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INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappentohavereadanotherbook
o
about
ChristopherRobin,youmayrememberthatheoncehad
je
a
swan(ortheswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon't
znam
know
which)andthatheusedtocall
ovaj
this
swanPooh.
Thatwas
je
a
longtimeago,and
kad
when
wesaidgood-bye,wetookthe
ime
name
withus,aswedidn'tthinktheswanwouldwantit
bilo
any
more.
Well,whenEdwardBearsaidthathewouldlikeanexciting
ime
name
alltohimself,ChristopherRobinsaidatonce,
bez
without
stoppingtothink,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.
I
And
hewas.
So,asIhaveexplainedthePooh
dio
part
,Iwillnowexplainthe
ostatak
rest
ofit.
Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
dugo
long
withoutgoingtotheZoo.
Tamo
There
aresomepeoplewhobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,
i
and
walkasquicklyasthey
mogu
can
pasteverycageuntiltheygettotheonecalledWAYOUT,
ali
but
thenicestpeoplegostraighttotheanimalthey
vole
love
themost,andstay
tamo
there
.
SowhenChristopherRobingoestotheZoo,hegoesto
gdje
where
thePolarBearsare,
i
and
hewhisperssomethingtothethirdkeeperfromtheleft,
i
and
doorsareunlocked,andwewander
kroz
through
darkpassagesandupsteepstairs,untilatlastwecometothespecialcage,
i
and
thecageisopened,
i
and
outtrotssomethingbrown
i
and
furry,andwithahappycryof"Oh,Bear!"
ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Now
ovaj
this
bear'snameisWinnie,whichshowswhata
dobro
good
nameforbearsitis,
ali
but
thefunnythingisthatwecan't
sjetiti
remember
whetherWinnieiscalledafterPooh,
ili
or
PoohafterWinnie.
Wedidknow
jednom
once
,butwehaveforgotten....
Ihadwrittenasfarasthis
kada
when
Pigletlookedupandsaidinhissqueakyvoice,"WhataboutMe?"
"My
dragi
dear
Piglet,"Isaid,"thewhole
knjiga
book
isaboutyou."
"Soitis
o
about
Pooh,"hesqueaked.
Youseewhatit
je
is
.
HeisjealousbecausehethinksPoohishavingaGrandIntroductionalltohimself.
Poohisthefavourite,of
naravno
course
,there'snodenyingit,
ali
but
Pigletcomesinforagood
mnogo
many
thingswhichPoohmisses;
jer
because
youcan'ttakePoohtoschoolwithout
svi
everybody
knowingit,butPigletisso
mali
small
thatheslipsintoapocket,
gdje
where
itisverycomfortingto
osjetiti
feel
himwhenyouarenotquite
siguran
sure
whethertwicesevenistwelve
ili
or
twenty-two.
Sometimesheslipsout
i
and
hasagoodlookin
na
the
ink-pot,andinthis
način
way
hehasgotmoreeducation
od
than
Pooh,butPoohdoesn't
smeta
mind
.
Somehavebrains,and
neki
some
haven't,hesays,andthereit
je
is
.
Andnowalltheothersaresaying,"WhataboutUs?"
So
možda
perhaps
thebestthingto
učiniti
do
istostopwritingIntroductions
i
and
getonwiththebook.
CHAPTERI
IN
Kojem
WHICH
WEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
I
AND
SOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGIN
Evo
Here
isEdwardBear,comingdownstairsnow,bump,bump,bump,onthebackofhishead,
iza
behind
ChristopherRobin.
Itis,asfarasheknows,
na
the
onlywayofcomingdownstairs,
ali
but
sometimeshefeelsthat
postoji
there
reallyisanotherway,
ako
if
onlyhecouldstopbumpingfora
trenutak
moment
andthinkofit.
A
And
thenhefeelsthat
možda
perhaps
thereisn't.
Anyhow,hereheisatthebottom,
i
and
readytobeintroducedtoyou.
Winnie-the-Pooh.
Kad
When
Ifirstheardhis
ime
name
,Isaid,justasyouaregoingto
reći
say
,"ButIthoughthewas
je
a
boy?"
SodidI,"saidChristopherRobin.
Thenyoucan't
zvati
call
himWinnie?"
Idon't."
Ali
But
yousaid——".
He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyou
znaš
know
what'ther'means?"
Ah,
da
yes
,nowIdo,"Isaidquickly;
i
and
Ihopeyoudotoo,
jer
because
itisalltheexplanationyouaregoingto
dobiti
get
.
SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesa
igre
game
ofsomesortwhenhecomesdownstairs,and
ponekad
sometimes
helikestositquietlyin
ispred
front
ofthefireandlistentoastory.
Thisevening——.
Whataboutastory?"
saidChristopherRobin.
Whataboutastory?"
Isaid.
Couldyou
vrlo
very
sweetlytellWinnie-the-Poohone?"
IsupposeIcould,"Isaid.
"Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
O
About
himself.
Becausehe'sthatsortofBear."
Oh,Isee."
Socouldyou
vrlo
very
sweetly?"
I'lltry,"Isaid.
SoItried.
Jednom
Once
uponatime,a
vrlo
very
longtimeagonow,aboutlastFriday,Winnie-the-Poohlivedin
je
a
forestallbyhimself
pod
under
thenameofSanders.
("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
askedChristopherRobin.
Itmeanshehadthe
ime
name
overthedooringoldletters,
i
and
livedunderit."
Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
sasvim
quite
sure,"saidChristopherRobin.
Sada
Now
Iam,"saidagrowlyvoice.
ThenIwill
ići
go
on,"saidI.)
One
dana
day
whenhewasoutwalking,hecametoanopen
mjesto
place
inthemiddleof
na
the
forest,andinthemiddleofthis
mjesto
place
wasalargeoak-tree,
a
and
,fromthetopof
na
the
tree,therecamealoudbuzzing-noise.
Winnie-the-Poohsatdownatthefootofthetree,puthis
glavu
head
betweenhispawsandbeganto
razmišljati
think
.
Firstofallhesaidtohimself:
"Thatbuzzing-noisemeans
nešto
something
.
Youdon'tgetabuzzing-noiselikethat,
samo
just
buzzingandbuzzing,withoutitsmeaning
nešto
something
.
Ifthere'sabuzzing-noise,somebody'smakingabuzzing-noise,
a
and
theonlyreasonformakingabuzzing-noise
da
that
Iknowofis
zato što
because
you'reabee."
Thenhethoughtanother
dugo
long
time,andsaid:
"Andthe
jedini
only
reasonforbeingabeethatI
znam
know
ofismakinghoney."
Andthenhegotup,andsaid:
"Andthe
jedini
only
reasonformakinghoneyissoasI
mogu
can
eatit."
Sohebegantoclimb
na
the
tree.
Heclimbedandheclimbed
i
and
heclimbed,andasheclimbedhesang
je
a
littlesongtohimself.
Itwentlikethis:.
Thenheclimbeda
malo
little
further...
anda
malo
little
further...
andthen
samo
just
alittlefurther.
Bythattimehehadthoughtofanothersong.
Hewasgettingrathertiredbythis
vremena
time
,sothatiswhyhesangaComplainingSong.
Hewasnearly
tamo
there
now,andifhe
samo
just
stoodonthatbranch...
Crack!
Oh,help!"
saidPooh,ashedropped
deset
ten
feetonthebranchbelow
njega
him
.
IfonlyIhadn't——"
hesaid,ashebouncedtwentyfeetontothenextbranch.
Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
i
and
crashedontoanotherbranchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".
Of
naravno
course
,itwasrather——"
headmitted,asheslithered
vrlo
very
quicklythroughthenext
šest
six
branches.
Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashesaidgood-byetothelastbranch,spunround
tri
three
times,andflewgracefullyinto
je
a
gorse-bush,"itallcomesofliking
meda
honey
somuch.
Oh,help!"
Hecrawledoutofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,
i
and
begantothinkagain.
I
And
thefirstpersonhethoughtofwasChristopherRobin.
("Was
to
that
me?"
saidChristopherRobininanawedvoice,hardlydaringto
vjerovati
believe
it.
Thatwasyou."
ChristopherRobinsaid
ništa
nothing
,buthiseyesgotlargerandlarger,andhis
lice
face
gotpinkerandpinker.)
SoWinnie-the-PoohwentroundtohisfriendChristopherRobin,
koji
who
livedbehindagreen
vrata
door
inanotherpartoftheforest.
Dobro
Good
morning,ChristopherRobin,"hesaid.
Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
Iwonderifyou'vegotsucha
stvar
thing
asaballoonaboutyou?"
Aballoon?"
Yes,I
samo
just
saidtomyselfcomingalong:
'IwonderifChristopherRobinhassucha
stvar
thing
asaballoonabouthim?'
I
samo
just
saidittomyself,thinkingofballoons,
i
and
wondering."
Whatdoyouwantaballoonfor?"
yousaid.
Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundto
vidi
see
thatnobodywaslistening,puthispawtohismouth,
i
and
saidinadeepwhisper:
"Honey!"
Ali
But
youdon'tgethoney
sa
with
balloons!"
Ido,"saidPooh.
Pa
Well
,itjusthappenedthatyouhadbeentoapartythe
dan
day
beforeatthehouseofyourfriendPiglet,
i
and
youhadballoonsattheparty.
Youhadhada
veliki
big
greenballoon;
andoneofRabbit'srelationshadhad
je
a
bigblueone,andhadleftitbehind,being
stvarno
really
tooyoungtogoto
je
a
partyatall;
andsoyouhadbroughtthegreenone
i
and
theblueonehome
sa
with
you.
Whichonewouldyoulike?"
youaskedPooh.
Heputhis
glavu
head
betweenhispawsandthought
vrlo
very
carefully.
It'slikethis,"hesaid.
"Whenyougoafterhoney
sa
with
aballoon,thegreat
stvar
thing
isnottoletthebeesknowyou'recoming.
Sada
Now
,ifyouhaveagreenballoon,theymight
misliti
think
youwereonlypartofthetree,andnotnoticeyou,and,
ako
if
youhaveablueballoon,theymight
misliti
think
youwereonlypartofthesky,andnotnoticeyou,andthe
pitanje
question
is:
Whichismostlikely?"
Wouldn'ttheynoticeyouunderneaththeballoon?"
youasked.
Theymightortheymightnot,"saidWinnie-the-Pooh.
"Younever
možeš
can
tellwithbees."
Hethoughtfor
je
a
momentandsaid:
"Ishalltrytolook
kao
like
asmallblackcloud.
To
That
willdeceivethem."
Thenyouhad
bolje
better
havetheblueballoon,"yousaid;
i
and
soitwasdecided.
Pa
Well
,youbothwentoutwith
na
the
blueballoon,andyoutookyour
pištolj
gun
withyou,justincase,asyou
uvijek
always
did,andWinnie-the-Poohwentto
je
a
verymuddyplacethatheknewof,androlledandrolled
dok
until
hewasblackallover;
andthen,
kada
when
theballoonwasblownupas
veliki
big
asbig,andyouandPoohwere
obojica
both
holdingontothestring,youletgosuddenly,andPoohBearfloatedgracefullyupintothesky,andstayedthere—level
s
with
thetopofthetreeand
oko
about
twentyfeetawayfrom
ga
it
.
Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn't
to
that
fine?"
shoutedWinnie-the-Poohdowntoyou.
"WhatdoIlooklike?"
Youlook
kao
like
aBearholdingontoaballoon,"yousaid.
Not,"saidPoohanxiously,"—not
kao
like
asmallblackcloudin
je
a
bluesky?"
Notverymuch."
Ah,
pa
well
,perhapsfromuphereitlooksdifferent.
I
And
,asIsay,you
nikada
never
cantellwithbees."
Tamo
There
wasnowindtoblowhimnearertothetree,so
tamo
there
hestayed.
Hecould
vidjeti
see
thehoney,hecouldsmellthehoney,
ali
but
hecouldn'tquitereachthehoney.
Nakon
After
alittlewhilehecalled
dolje
down
toyou.
ChristopherRobin!"
hesaidin
je
a
loudwhisper.
Hallo!"
Ithinkthebeessuspectsomething!"
Whatsortofthing?"
Idon't
znam
know
.
Butsomethingtellsme
da
that
they'resuspicious!"
Perhapstheythink
da
that
you'reaftertheirhoney."
It
možda
may
bethat.
Younever
možeš
can
tellwithbees."
Therewasanother
mala
little
silence,andthenhecalled
dolje
down
toyouagain.
ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Haveyouanumbrellainyourhouse?"
Ithinkso."
Iwishyouwouldbringitouthere,
i
and
walkupanddown
s
with
it,andlookupatmeeverynow
i
and
then,andsay'Tut-tut,itlooks
kao
like
rain.'
Ithink,ifyoudidthat,itwouldhelpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingonthesebees."
Pa
Well
,youlaughedtoyourself,"Silly
stari
old
Bear!"
butyoudidn'tsayitaloud
jer
because
youweresofondofhim,
i
and
youwenthomeforyourumbrella.
Oh,thereyouare!"
calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,assoonasyougotbackto
na
the
tree.
"Iwasbeginningtogetanxious.
Ihavediscovered
da
that
thebeesarenowdefinitelySuspicious."
ShallIputmyumbrellaup?"
yousaid.
Da
Yes
,butwaitamoment.
Wemustbepractical.
The
važna
important
beetodeceiveistheQueenBee.
Možete
Can
youseewhichistheQueenBeefromdownthere?"
No."
Apity.
Pa
Well
,now,ifyouwalk
gore
up
anddownwithyourumbrella,saying,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'Ishall
učiniti
do
whatIcanbysinginga
malo
little
CloudSong,suchasacloudmightsing....
Go!"
So,
dok
while
youwalkedupand
dolje
down
andwonderedifitwouldrain,Winnie-the-Poohsang
ovu
this
song:.
Thebeeswerestillbuzzingassuspiciouslyasever.
Neke
Some
ofthem,indeed,lefttheirnestsandflewallroundthecloudasitbeganthesecondverseofthissong,and
jedna
one
beesatdownonthenoseofthecloudfor
je
a
moment,andthengotup
opet
again
.
Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthecloud.
Yes?"
Ihave
upravo
just
beenthinking,andIhavecometoa
vrlo
very
importantdecision.
Thesearethewrongsortofbees."
Arethey?"
Prilično
Quite
thewrongsort.
SoIshould
misliti
think
theywouldmakethewrongsortof
meda
honey
,shouldn'tyou?"
Wouldthey?"
Da
Yes
.
SoIthinkIshallcomedown."
How?"
askedyou.
Winnie-the-Poohhadn'tthoughtaboutthis.
Ako
If
heletgoofthestring,hewouldfall—bump—andhedidn'tlikethe
ideja
idea
ofthat.
Sohethoughtfor
je
a
longtime,andthenhesaid:.
ChristopherRobin,youmust
pucati
shoot
theballoonwithyourgun.
Haveyougotyourgun?"
Of
naravno
course
Ihave,"yousaid.
"But
ako
if
Idothat,it
će
will
spoiltheballoon,"yousaid.