INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappentohavereadanotherbook
o
aboutChristopherRobin,youmayrememberthatheoncehadje
aswan(ortheswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon'tznam
knowwhich)andthatheusedtocallovaj
thisswanPooh.Thatwas
je
alongtimeago,andkad
whenwesaidgood-bye,wetooktheime
namewithus,aswedidn'tthinktheswanwouldwantitbilo
anymore.Well,whenEdwardBearsaidthathewouldlikeanexciting
ime
namealltohimself,ChristopherRobinsaidatonce,bez
withoutstoppingtothink,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.I
Andhewas.So,asIhaveexplainedthePooh
dio
part,Iwillnowexplaintheostatak
restofit.Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
dugo
longwithoutgoingtotheZoo.Tamo
TherearesomepeoplewhobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,i
andwalkasquicklyastheymogu
canpasteverycageuntiltheygettotheonecalledWAYOUT,ali
butthenicestpeoplegostraighttotheanimaltheyvole
lovethemost,andstaytamo
there.SowhenChristopherRobingoestotheZoo,hegoesto
gdje
wherethePolarBearsare,i
andhewhisperssomethingtothethirdkeeperfromtheleft,i
anddoorsareunlocked,andwewanderkroz
throughdarkpassagesandupsteepstairs,untilatlastwecometothespecialcage,i
andthecageisopened,i
andouttrotssomethingbrowni
andfurry,andwithahappycryof"Oh,Bear!"ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Now
ovaj
thisbear'snameisWinnie,whichshowswhatadobro
goodnameforbearsitis,ali
butthefunnythingisthatwecan'tsjetiti
rememberwhetherWinnieiscalledafterPooh,ili
orPoohafterWinnie.Wedidknow
jednom
once,butwehaveforgotten....Ihadwrittenasfarasthis
kada
whenPigletlookedupandsaidinhissqueakyvoice,"WhataboutMe?""My
dragi
dearPiglet,"Isaid,"thewholeknjiga
bookisaboutyou.""Soitis
o
aboutPooh,"hesqueaked.Youseewhatit
je
is.HeisjealousbecausehethinksPoohishavingaGrandIntroductionalltohimself.
Poohisthefavourite,of
naravno
course,there'snodenyingit,ali
butPigletcomesinforagoodmnogo
manythingswhichPoohmisses;jer
becauseyoucan'ttakePoohtoschoolwithoutsvi
everybodyknowingit,butPigletissomali
smallthatheslipsintoapocket,gdje
whereitisverycomfortingtoosjetiti
feelhimwhenyouarenotquitesiguran
surewhethertwicesevenistwelveili
ortwenty-two.Sometimesheslipsout
i
andhasagoodlookinna
theink-pot,andinthisnačin
wayhehasgotmoreeducationod
thanPooh,butPoohdoesn'tsmeta
mind.Somehavebrains,and
neki
somehaven't,hesays,andthereitje
is.Andnowalltheothersaresaying,"WhataboutUs?"
So
možda
perhapsthebestthingtoučiniti
doistostopwritingIntroductionsi
andgetonwiththebook.CHAPTERI
IN
Kojem
WHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOHI
ANDSOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGINEvo
HereisEdwardBear,comingdownstairsnow,bump,bump,bump,onthebackofhishead,iza
behindChristopherRobin.Itis,asfarasheknows,
na
theonlywayofcomingdownstairs,ali
butsometimeshefeelsthatpostoji
therereallyisanotherway,ako
ifonlyhecouldstopbumpingforatrenutak
momentandthinkofit.A
Andthenhefeelsthatmožda
perhapsthereisn't.Anyhow,hereheisatthebottom,
i
andreadytobeintroducedtoyou.Winnie-the-Pooh.
Kad
WhenIfirstheardhisime
name,Isaid,justasyouaregoingtoreći
say,"ButIthoughthewasje
aboy?"SodidI,"saidChristopherRobin.
Thenyoucan't
zvati
callhimWinnie?"Idon't."
Ali
Butyousaid——".He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyou
znaš
knowwhat'ther'means?"Ah,
da
yes,nowIdo,"Isaidquickly;i
andIhopeyoudotoo,jer
becauseitisalltheexplanationyouaregoingtodobiti
get.SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesa
igre
gameofsomesortwhenhecomesdownstairs,andponekad
sometimeshelikestositquietlyinispred
frontofthefireandlistentoastory.Thisevening——.
Whataboutastory?"
saidChristopherRobin.
Whataboutastory?"
Isaid.
Couldyou
vrlo
verysweetlytellWinnie-the-Poohone?"IsupposeIcould,"Isaid.
"Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
O
Abouthimself.Becausehe'sthatsortofBear."
Oh,Isee."
Socouldyou
vrlo
verysweetly?"I'lltry,"Isaid.
SoItried.
Jednom
Onceuponatime,avrlo
verylongtimeagonow,aboutlastFriday,Winnie-the-Poohlivedinje
aforestallbyhimselfpod
underthenameofSanders.("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
askedChristopherRobin.
Itmeanshehadthe
ime
nameoverthedooringoldletters,i
andlivedunderit."Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
sasvim
quitesure,"saidChristopherRobin.Sada
NowIam,"saidagrowlyvoice.ThenIwill
ići
goon,"saidI.)One
dana
daywhenhewasoutwalking,hecametoanopenmjesto
placeinthemiddleofna
theforest,andinthemiddleofthismjesto
placewasalargeoak-tree,a
and,fromthetopofna
thetree,therecamealoudbuzzing-noise.Winnie-the-Poohsatdownatthefootofthetree,puthis
glavu
headbetweenhispawsandbegantorazmišljati
think.Firstofallhesaidtohimself:
"Thatbuzzing-noisemeans
nešto
something.Youdon'tgetabuzzing-noiselikethat,
samo
justbuzzingandbuzzing,withoutitsmeaningnešto
something.Ifthere'sabuzzing-noise,somebody'smakingabuzzing-noise,
a
andtheonlyreasonformakingabuzzing-noiseda
thatIknowofiszato što
becauseyou'reabee."Thenhethoughtanother
dugo
longtime,andsaid:"Andthe
jedini
onlyreasonforbeingabeethatIznam
knowofismakinghoney."Andthenhegotup,andsaid:
"Andthe
jedini
onlyreasonformakinghoneyissoasImogu
caneatit."Sohebegantoclimb
na
thetree.Heclimbedandheclimbed
i
andheclimbed,andasheclimbedhesangje
alittlesongtohimself.Itwentlikethis:.
Thenheclimbeda
malo
littlefurther...anda
malo
littlefurther...andthen
samo
justalittlefurther.Bythattimehehadthoughtofanothersong.
Hewasgettingrathertiredbythis
vremena
time,sothatiswhyhesangaComplainingSong.Hewasnearly
tamo
therenow,andifhesamo
juststoodonthatbranch...Crack!
Oh,help!"
saidPooh,ashedropped
deset
tenfeetonthebranchbelownjega
him.IfonlyIhadn't——"
hesaid,ashebouncedtwentyfeetontothenextbranch.
Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
i
andcrashedontoanotherbranchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".Of
naravno
course,itwasrather——"headmitted,asheslithered
vrlo
veryquicklythroughthenextšest
sixbranches.Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashesaidgood-byetothelastbranch,spunround
tri
threetimes,andflewgracefullyintoje
agorse-bush,"itallcomesoflikingmeda
honeysomuch.Oh,help!"
Hecrawledoutofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,
i
andbegantothinkagain.I
AndthefirstpersonhethoughtofwasChristopherRobin.("Was
to
thatme?"saidChristopherRobininanawedvoice,hardlydaringto
vjerovati
believeit.Thatwasyou."
ChristopherRobinsaid
ništa
nothing,buthiseyesgotlargerandlarger,andhislice
facegotpinkerandpinker.)SoWinnie-the-PoohwentroundtohisfriendChristopherRobin,
koji
wholivedbehindagreenvrata
doorinanotherpartoftheforest.Dobro
Goodmorning,ChristopherRobin,"hesaid.Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
Iwonderifyou'vegotsucha
stvar
thingasaballoonaboutyou?"Aballoon?"
Yes,I
samo
justsaidtomyselfcomingalong:'IwonderifChristopherRobinhassucha
stvar
thingasaballoonabouthim?'I
samo
justsaidittomyself,thinkingofballoons,i
andwondering."Whatdoyouwantaballoonfor?"
yousaid.
Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundto
vidi
seethatnobodywaslistening,puthispawtohismouth,i
andsaidinadeepwhisper:"Honey!"
Ali
Butyoudon'tgethoneysa
withballoons!"Ido,"saidPooh.
Pa
Well,itjusthappenedthatyouhadbeentoapartythedan
daybeforeatthehouseofyourfriendPiglet,i
andyouhadballoonsattheparty.Youhadhada
veliki
biggreenballoon;andoneofRabbit'srelationshadhad
je
abigblueone,andhadleftitbehind,beingstvarno
reallytooyoungtogotoje
apartyatall;andsoyouhadbroughtthegreenone
i
andtheblueonehomesa
withyou.Whichonewouldyoulike?"
youaskedPooh.
Heputhis
glavu
headbetweenhispawsandthoughtvrlo
verycarefully.It'slikethis,"hesaid.
"Whenyougoafterhoney
sa
withaballoon,thegreatstvar
thingisnottoletthebeesknowyou'recoming.Sada
Now,ifyouhaveagreenballoon,theymightmisliti
thinkyouwereonlypartofthetree,andnotnoticeyou,and,ako
ifyouhaveablueballoon,theymightmisliti
thinkyouwereonlypartofthesky,andnotnoticeyou,andthepitanje
questionis:Whichismostlikely?"
Wouldn'ttheynoticeyouunderneaththeballoon?"
youasked.
Theymightortheymightnot,"saidWinnie-the-Pooh.
"Younever
možeš
cantellwithbees."Hethoughtfor
je
amomentandsaid:"Ishalltrytolook
kao
likeasmallblackcloud.To
Thatwilldeceivethem."Thenyouhad
bolje
betterhavetheblueballoon,"yousaid;i
andsoitwasdecided.Pa
Well,youbothwentoutwithna
theblueballoon,andyoutookyourpištolj
gunwithyou,justincase,asyouuvijek
alwaysdid,andWinnie-the-Poohwenttoje
averymuddyplacethatheknewof,androlledandrolleddok
untilhewasblackallover;andthen,
kada
whentheballoonwasblownupasveliki
bigasbig,andyouandPoohwereobojica
bothholdingontothestring,youletgosuddenly,andPoohBearfloatedgracefullyupintothesky,andstayedthere—levels
withthetopofthetreeandoko
abouttwentyfeetawayfromga
it.Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn't
to
thatfine?"shoutedWinnie-the-Poohdowntoyou.
"WhatdoIlooklike?"
Youlook
kao
likeaBearholdingontoaballoon,"yousaid.Not,"saidPoohanxiously,"—not
kao
likeasmallblackcloudinje
abluesky?"Notverymuch."
Ah,
pa
well,perhapsfromuphereitlooksdifferent.I
And,asIsay,younikada
nevercantellwithbees."Tamo
Therewasnowindtoblowhimnearertothetree,sotamo
therehestayed.Hecould
vidjeti
seethehoney,hecouldsmellthehoney,ali
buthecouldn'tquitereachthehoney.Nakon
Afteralittlewhilehecalleddolje
downtoyou.ChristopherRobin!"
hesaidin
je
aloudwhisper.Hallo!"
Ithinkthebeessuspectsomething!"
Whatsortofthing?"
Idon't
znam
know.Butsomethingtellsme
da
thatthey'resuspicious!"Perhapstheythink
da
thatyou'reaftertheirhoney."It
možda
maybethat.Younever
možeš
cantellwithbees."Therewasanother
mala
littlesilence,andthenhecalleddolje
downtoyouagain.ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Haveyouanumbrellainyourhouse?"
Ithinkso."
Iwishyouwouldbringitouthere,
i
andwalkupanddowns
withit,andlookupatmeeverynowi
andthen,andsay'Tut-tut,itlookskao
likerain.'Ithink,ifyoudidthat,itwouldhelpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingonthesebees."
Pa
Well,youlaughedtoyourself,"Sillystari
oldBear!"butyoudidn'tsayitaloud
jer
becauseyouweresofondofhim,i
andyouwenthomeforyourumbrella.Oh,thereyouare!"
calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,assoonasyougotbackto
na
thetree."Iwasbeginningtogetanxious.
Ihavediscovered
da
thatthebeesarenowdefinitelySuspicious."ShallIputmyumbrellaup?"
yousaid.
Da
Yes,butwaitamoment.Wemustbepractical.
The
važna
importantbeetodeceiveistheQueenBee.Možete
CanyouseewhichistheQueenBeefromdownthere?"No."
Apity.
Pa
Well,now,ifyouwalkgore
upanddownwithyourumbrella,saying,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'Ishallučiniti
dowhatIcanbysingingamalo
littleCloudSong,suchasacloudmightsing....Go!"
So,
dok
whileyouwalkedupanddolje
downandwonderedifitwouldrain,Winnie-the-Poohsangovu
thissong:.Thebeeswerestillbuzzingassuspiciouslyasever.
Neke
Someofthem,indeed,lefttheirnestsandflewallroundthecloudasitbeganthesecondverseofthissong,andjedna
onebeesatdownonthenoseofthecloudforje
amoment,andthengotupopet
again.Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthecloud.
Yes?"
Ihave
upravo
justbeenthinking,andIhavecometoavrlo
veryimportantdecision.Thesearethewrongsortofbees."
Arethey?"
Prilično
Quitethewrongsort.SoIshould
misliti
thinktheywouldmakethewrongsortofmeda
honey,shouldn'tyou?"Wouldthey?"
Da
Yes.SoIthinkIshallcomedown."
How?"
askedyou.
Winnie-the-Poohhadn'tthoughtaboutthis.
Ako
Ifheletgoofthestring,hewouldfall—bump—andhedidn'tliketheideja
ideaofthat.Sohethoughtfor
je
alongtime,andthenhesaid:.ChristopherRobin,youmust
pucati
shoottheballoonwithyourgun.Haveyougotyourgun?"
Of
naravno
courseIhave,"yousaid."But
ako
ifIdothat,itće
willspoiltheballoon,"yousaid.