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One day when Pooh was out walking, he heard a loud noise. He sat down, put his between his paws, and began to think.
"If there's a
noise, somebody's making a noise, and the only reason that I know of for making a noise is because you're a . And the only reason for being a that I know of is making . And the only reason for making is so as I can eat it." So Winnie the Pooh went round to his friend , who lived behind a door in another part of the Forest.
"Good morning, ," he said.
"Good morning, Winnie the Pooh," said
"I wonder if you have such a thing as a
about you?"
"A
?"
"Yes."
"What do you want a
for?" said
.
Winnie the Pooh looked round to see that nobody was
listening, put his paw to his mouth and said in a loud whisper: "
!"
"But you don't get
with
s!"
"I do," said Pooh.
Well it just so happens that
had 2
s about, a blue one and a
one. Pooh wanted the blue one, so
blew it up for him, as big as big. Pooh walked to a muddy spot that he
knew of, and rolled around in it so as to look like a
.
When
and Pooh Bear were underneath the tree, and were both holding
onto the string of the
,
let go, and Pooh Bear floated up gracefully to the sky, and stayed
there - level with the top of the tree but about 20 feet away from it. After a while, Pooh called down.
"!" he called.
"Hello!"
"I think the
s suspect something. If you would walk up and down with your
, and say 'Tut - tut, it looks like
', they might stop suspecting."
Well
laughed softly, "
bear," and went home for the
.
When
came back, Pooh was getting
, and very anxious to start the plan. So
walked up and down and up and down, saying "Tut-tut, it looks like
," until Pooh Bear came to an Important Decision.
"!"
"Yes?"
"These are the wrong sort of
s!"