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Speaker 1: Chapter eight of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milney.

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This liveryvox recording is in the public domain. Chapter eight,

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in which Christopher Robin leads an expedition to the North Pole.

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One fine day, Pooh had stumped up to the top

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of the forest to see if his friend, Christopher Robin

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was interested in bears at all. At breakfast that morning,

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a simple meal of marmalade spread lightly over a honeycomb

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or two, he had suddenly thought of a new song.

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It began like this, sing all for the Life of

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a Bear. When he had got as far as this,

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he scratched his head and thought to himself, that's a

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very good start for a song. But what about the

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second line. He tried singing hole two or three times,

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but it didn't seem to help. Perhaps it would be better,

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he thought, if I sang Hi for the Life of

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a Bear. So he sang it, but it wasn't hm

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very well. Then he said, I shall sing the first

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line twice, and perhaps if I sing it very quickly,

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I shall find myself singing the third and fourth lines

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before I have time to think of them, and that

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will be a good song. Now, then sing whole for

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the Life of a bear, sing Hole for the life

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of a bear. I don't much mind if it rains

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or snows, because I've got a lot of honey on

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my nice snow nose. I don't much care if it

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snows or thaws, because I've got a lot of honey

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on my nice clean pause. Sing Ho for a bear,

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sing Ho for a Pooh, and I'll have a little

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something in an hour or two. He was so pleased

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with this song that he sang it all the way

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to the top of the forest. And if I go

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on singing it much longer, he thought, it will be

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time for the little something, and then the last line

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won't be true, so he turned it into a hum instead.

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Christopher Robin was sitting outside his door putting on his

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big boots. As soon as he saw the big boots,

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poo knew that an adventure was going to happen, and

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he brushed the honey off his nose with the back

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of his paw and spruced himself up as well as

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he could so as to look ready for anything. Good morning.

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Christopher Robin called out, Hello, Pooh bear, I can't get

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this boot on. That's bad, said Pooh, do you think

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you could very kindly lean against me, because I keep

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pulling so hard that I fall over backward. Woo sat down,

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dug his feet into the ground, and pushed hard against

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Christopher Robbin's back, and Christopher Robin pushed hard against his

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and pulled and pulled at his boot until he had

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got it on. And that's that, said Pooh. What do

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we do next? We are all going on an expedition,

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said Christopher Robin as he got up and brushed himself.

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Thank you, Pooh, going on an expetition, said Pooh eagerly.

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I don't think I've ever been on one of those.

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Where are we going on this expedition? Expedition? Silly old bear.

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It's got an X in it, Oh, said Pooh. I know,

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but he didn't. Really. We're going to discover the North Pole, oh,

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said Pooh again. What is the North Pole? He asked.

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It's just a thing you discover, said Christopher Robin carelessly,

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not being quite sure himself. Oh I see, said Pooh.

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Or a bear's any good at discovering it? Of course

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they are, and Rabbit and Kanga and all of you.

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It's an expedition, that's what an expedition means a long

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line of everybody. You'd better tell the others to get

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ready while I see if my gun's all right. And

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we must all bring provisions, bring what things to eat? Oh,

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said Pooh happily. I thought you said pro visions. I'll

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go and tell them. And he's stumped off. The first

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person he met was Rabbit. Hello, Rabbit, he said, is

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that you? Let's pretend it isn't, said Rabbit, and see

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what happens. I've got a message for you. I'll give

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it to him. We're all going on an expedition with

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Christopher Robin. What is it when we're on it? A

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sort of boat, I think, said pooh Oh. That's sorting, yes,

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and we're going to discover a pole or something or

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was it a mole? Anyhow, we're going to discover it.

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We are, are we, said Rabbit. Yes, And we've got

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to bring pro things to eat with us in case

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we want to eat them. Now, I'm going to down

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to Piglets. Tell Kanga, will you. He left Rabbit and

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hurried down to Piglet's house. The piglet was sitting on

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the ground at the door of his house, blowing happily

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at a dandelion and wondering whether it would be this year,

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next year, some time, or never. He had just discovered

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that it would be never, and was trying to remember

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what it was and hoping it wasn't anything nice. When

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Pooh came up. Oh, Piglet said Pooh excitedly. We're going

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on an expetition, all of us with things to eat,

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to discover something to discover, what said Piglet anxiously, Oh,

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just something, nothing fierce. Christopher Robin didn't say anything about fierce.

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He just said it had an x. It isn't there

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next I mind, said Picklet. Honestly, it's their teeth. But

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if Christopher Robbin is coming, I don't mind anything. In

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a little while, they were already at the top of

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the forest and the expedition started. First came Christopher Robin

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and Rabbit, then Piglet and Pooh, then Kanga with ru

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in her pocket, and Owl, then Eyre and at the end,

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in a long line, all Rabbit's friends and relations. I

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didn't ask them, he explained Rabbit carelessly. They just came.

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They always do. They can mark at the end after

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eyor what I say said, or here's that it's unsettling.

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I didn't want to calm on this sexpo. What Pooh said,

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I only came to oblige.

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Speaker 2: But here I am. And if I am the end

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of the expo what we're talking about, then let me

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be the end. But if every time I want to

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sit down for a little rest, I have to brush

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away half a dozen of rabbits, smaller friends and relations first,

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then this isn't an expo whatever it is at all.

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It's simply a confused noise.

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Speaker 1: That's what I say. I see what ear means, said Owl,

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if you ask me, I'm not asking anybody, said Ere.

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I'm just telling everybody. We can look for the north pole,

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or we can play. Here we go gathering nuts and

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may with the impart of finance nest. It's all the

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same to me. There was a shout from the top

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of the line. Come on, called Christopher Robin, come on,

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called Pooh, and piglet, come on, called Owl. We're starting,

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said Rabbit, I must go, and he hurried off to

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the front of the expetition with Christopher Robin. All right,

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said Eor, we're going, only don't blame me. So off

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they all went to discover the pole, and as they walked.

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They chattered to each other of this and that, all

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except Pooh, who was making up a song. This is

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the first verse, he said to Piglet when he was

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ready with it. First verse of what my song? What song?

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This one? Which one? Well, if you listen, Piglet, you

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will hear it. How do you know I'm not listening.

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Pooh couldn't answer that one, so he began to sing.

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They all went off to discover the pole. Owl and

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Piglet and rabbit and all. It's the thing you discover,

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as I've been told by Owl and pigling and rabbit

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and all e your Christopher Robin and Pooh and Rabbit's

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relations all went to and where the pole was. None

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of them knew sing Hey for Owl and rabbit and all. Hush,

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said Christopher Robin, turning round to Pooh. We're just coming

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to a dangerous place. Hush, said Pooh, turning round quickly

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to pickle it. Hush said Picklet to Kangum, Hush said

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Kanga to Owl, while Rue said hush several times to

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himself very quietly. Hush said Owl to Eore. Huh, Bush

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said ere in a terrible voice, to all rabbits friends

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and relations, and hush, they said hastily to each other

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all down the line, until it got to the last

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one of all, and the last and smallest friend in

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relation was so upset to find that the whole expedition

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was saying hush to him that he buried himself head

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downward in a crack in the ground, and stayed there

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for two days until the danger was over, and then

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went home in a great hurry, and lived quietly with

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his aunt ever afterwards. His name was Alexander Beadle. They

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had come to a stream which twisted and tumbled between

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high rocky banks, and Christopher Robbins saw at once how

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dangerous it was. It's just the place, he explained, for

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an ambush. What sort of bush, whispered Pooh to pillt

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a gorse bush, My dear Pooh, said owl in his

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superior way. Don't you know what an ambush is? Owl

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said Picklet, looking round at him severely. Pooh's whisper was

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a perfectly private whisper, and there was no need an ambush,

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said Owl. Is a sort of surprise. So is a

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gorse bush, sometimes, said Pooh. An ambush. As I was

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about to explain to Pooh, said Picklet. Is a sort

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of surprise. If people jump out at you suddenly, that's

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an ambush, said Owl. It's an ambush, Pooh, when people

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jump at you suddenly, explained Picklet. Pooh, who now knew

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what an ambush was, said that a gorse bush had

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sprung at him suddenly one day when he fell off

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a tree, and he had taken six days to get

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all the prickles out of himself. We are not talking

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about goarse bushes, said Owl, a little crossly. I am,

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said Pooh. They were climbing very cautiously up the stream now,

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going from rock to rock, And after they had gone

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a little way, they came to a place where the

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banks widened out at each side, so that on each

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side of the water there was a level strip of

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grass on which they could sit down and rest. As

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soon as he saw this, Christopher Robin called halt, and

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they all sat down and rested. I think, said Christopher Robin,

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that we ought to eat all our provisions now, so

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that we shan't have so much to carry eat. All

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are what, said Pooh, all that we've brought, said Piglet.

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Getting to work. That's a good idea, said Pooh. And

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he got to work too. Have you all got something,

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asked Christopher Robin, with his mouthful All up, me said

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ere as usual. He looked round at them in his

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melancholy way. I suppose none of you are sitting on

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a thistle by any chance, I believe I am, said

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pooh Oh. He got up and looked behind him. Yes

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I was, I thought, so, thank you, Pooh. If you've

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quite finished with it, he moved across the Pooh's place

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and began to eat it. Don't do them any good,

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you know, sitting on them, he went on as he

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looked up, munching takes all the life out of them.

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Remember that another time, all of you. A little consideration,

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a little thought for others, makes all the difference. As

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soon as he had finished his lunch, Christopher Robin whispered

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to Rabbit, and Rabbit said yes, yes, of course, and

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they walked a little way up the stream together. I

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didn't want the others to hear, said Christopher Robin. Quite so,

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said rabbit, looking important. It's I wondered. It's only rabbit.

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I suppose you don't know. What does the north pole

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look like? Well, said rabbit, stroking his whiskers. Now you're

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asking me. I did know once, only i've sort of forgotten,

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said Christopher Robin carelessly. It's a funny thing, said Rabbit.

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But I've sort of forgotten too, although I did know once.

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I suppose it's just a pole stuck in the ground.

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Sure to be a pole, said Rabbit, because of calling

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it a pole. And if it's a pole, well I

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should think it would be sticking in the ground, shouldn't you,

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because that be nowhere else to sticket. Yes, that's what

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I thought. The only thing, said Rabbit, is where is

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it sticking? That's what we're looking for, said Christopher Robin.

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Then they went back to the others. Piglett was lying

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on his back, sleeping peacefully. Ru was washing his face

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and paws in the stream, while Kanga explained to everybody

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proudly that this was the first time he had ever

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washed his face himself. And Owl was telling Kanga an

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interesting anecdote full of long words like encyclopedia and rhododendron,

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to which Kanga wasn't listening. I don't hold with all

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this washing, grumbled ere, this modern behind the ears nonsense.

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Why do you think Pooh whoa? Said Pooh? I think,

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but we shall never know what Pool thought, for there

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came a sudden squeak from Rue, a splash, and a

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loud cry of alarm from Kangum. So much for washing,

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said Eore. Ruth's fallen in, cried Rabbit, and he and

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Christopher Robin came rushing down to the rescue. Look at

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me swimming, squeaked Rue from the middle of his pool

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and was hurried down a waterfall into the next pool.

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Are you all right, ru Deer, called Kanga anxiously, Yes,

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said Ruth, look at me swat and down he went

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over the next waterfall into another pool. Everybody was doing

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something to help Picklet wide awake, suddenly was jumping up

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and down and making oh I say noises. Owl was

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explaining that in a case of sudden and tipperary immersion,

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the important thing was to keep the head above water.

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Kanga was jumping along the bank, saying, are you sure

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you're all right, ru Deer, to which Ru, from whatever

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pool he was in at the moment, was answering, look

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at me swimming. Eorre had turned round and hung his

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tail over the first pool into which Ru fell, and

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with his back to the accident, was grumbling quietly to

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himself and saying, all this washing, but catch on to

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my tail, little Rue, and you'll be all right. And

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Christopher Robin and Rabbit came hurrying past Ere and were

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calling out to the others in front of them. All right, Rue,

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I'm coming, called Christopher Robin. Get something across the stream

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lower down, some of you fellows called rabbit. But Pooh

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was getting something two pools below Rue. He was standing

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with a long pole in his paws, and Kanga came

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up and took one end of it, and between them

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they held it across the lower part of the pool,

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and Rue, still bubbling proudly, look at me swimming, drifted

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up against it and climbed out. Did you see me swimming?

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Sweeked Rue excitedly, while Kanga scolded him and rubbed him down. Pooh,

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did you see me swimming? That's all swimming? What I

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was doing? Rabbit? Did you see what I was doing? Swimming? Hello, Pimot,

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I say, piclet, what do you think I was doing? Swimming?

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Christopher Robin? Did you see me? But Christopher Robin wasn't listening.

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He was looking at Pooh Pooh. He said, where did

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you find that pole? Pooh looked at the pole in

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his hands. I just found it, he said. I thought

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it ought to be useful. I just picked it up. Pooh,

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said Christopher Robin solemnly. The expedition is over. You have

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found the north pole, Oh said poop. Or was sitting

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with his tail in the water when they all got

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back to him. Tell rude of be quick somebody, He said,

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my tail's getting cold. I don't want to mention it,

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but I just mention it. I don't want to complain,

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but there it is. My tail's cold. Here I am,

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squeaked rue. Oh there you are. Did you see me swimming?

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Eor took his tail out of the water and swished

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it from side to side as I expected, he said,

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lost all feeling numbed it. That's what it's done, numbed it. Well.

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As long as nobody minds, I suppose it's all right,

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poor old Eyore, I'll try it for you, said Christopher Robin,

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and he took out his handkerchief and rubbed it up.

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Thank you, Christopher Robin, you're the only one who seems

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to understand about tales. They don't think. That's what's the

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matter with some of these others. They've no imagination. A

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tail isn't a tail to them. It's just a little

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bit extra at the back. Never mind, ere, said Christopher Robin,

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rubbing his hardest. Is that better? It's feeling more like

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a tail. Perhaps it belongs again, if you know what

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I mean. Hello eyre, said Pooh, coming up to them

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with his pole. Hello Pooh, thank you for asking, but

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I shall be able to use it again in a

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day or two. Use what, said Pooh? What we are

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talking about? I wasn't talking about anything, said Pooh, looking puzzled. Oh,

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my mistake again. I thought you were saying how sorry

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you were about my tale being all numb? And could

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you do anything to help? No, said Pooh. That wasn't me,

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he said. He thought for a little, then suggested helpfully,

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perhaps it was somebody else. Well, thank him for me

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when you see him. Pooh looked anxiously at Christopher Robin.

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Poo's found the north pole, said Christopher Robin. Isn't that lovely?

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Pooh looked modestly down. Is that it? Said e Or? Yes,

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said Christopher Robin. Is that what we were looking for? Yes,

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said Pooh? Oh said eore. Well, anyhow, it didn't rain

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he said. They stuck the pole on the ground and

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Christopher Robin tied a message on to it. North Pole

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discovered by Pooh. Pooh found it. Then they all went

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home again, and I think, but I'm not quite sure,

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that Rue had a hot bath and went straight to bed.

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But Pooh went back to his own house, and, feeling

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very proud of what he had done, had a little

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something to revive himself. End of Chapter eight