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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'tthinkthe
labud
swan
wouldwantitany
više
more
.
Well,whenEdwardBearsaidthathewouldlikean
uzbudljivo
exciting
namealltohimself,ChristopherRobinsaidatonce,
bez
without
stoppingtothink,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.
I
And
hewas.
So,asIhaveexplainedthePooh
dio
part
,Iwillnowexplainthe
ostatak
rest
ofit.
Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
dugo
long
withoutgoingtothe
Zoološki vrt
Zoo
.
Therearesomepeople
koji
who
begintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,
i
and
walkasquicklyasthey
mogu
can
pasteverycageuntiltheygettotheonecalledWAYOUT,
ali
but
thenicestpeoplego
ravno
straight
totheanimalthey
vole
love
themost,andstay
tamo
there
.
SowhenChristopherRobingoestothe
Zoološki vrt
Zoo
,hegoestowherethe
Polarni
Polar
Bearsare,andhewhispers
nešto
something
tothethirdkeeperfromtheleft,
i
and
doorsareunlocked,andwewander
kroz
through
darkpassagesandup
strme
steep
stairs,untilatlastwecometothespecial
kavez
cage
,andthecageisopened,
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
.
HeisjealousbecausehethinksPoohishavingaGrand
Uvod
Introduction
alltohimself.
Poohisthefavourite,of
naravno
course
,there'snodenyingit,
ali
but
Pigletcomesinforagood
mnogo
many
thingswhichPoohmisses;
jer
because
youcan'ttakePoohtoschoolwithout
svi
everybody
knowingit,butPigletisso
mali
small
thatheslipsintoa
džep
pocket
,whereitisverycomfortingto
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.
Poglavlje
CHAPTER
I
INWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
I
AND
SOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIES
Počinju
BEGIN
HereisEdwardBear,coming
dolje
downstairs
now,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,hereheisatthe
dnu
bottom
,andreadytobeintroducedtoyou.
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,"Isaid
brzo
quickly
;
andIhopeyoudotoo,
jer
because
itisallthe
objašnjenje
explanation
youaregoingto
dobiti
get
.
SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesa
igre
game
ofsomesortwhenhecomesdownstairs,and
ponekad
sometimes
helikestosit
mirno
quietly
infrontofthe
vatre
fire
andlistentoastory.
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,aboutlast
Petka
Friday
,Winnie-the-Poohlivedina
šumi
forest
allbyhimselfunderthenameofSanders.
("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
askedChristopherRobin.
Itmeanshehadthe
ime
name
overthedooringoldletters,
i
and
livedunderit."
Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
sasvim
quite
sure,"saidChristopherRobin.
Sada
Now
Iam,"saidagrowly
glas
voice
.
ThenIwillgoon,"saidI.)
One
dana
day
whenhewasoutwalking,hecametoanopen
mjesto
place
inthemiddleof
na
the
forest,andinthemiddleofthis
mjesto
place
wasalargeoak-tree,
a
and
,fromthetopof
na
the
tree,therecamea
glasno
loud
buzzing-noise.
Winnie-the-Poohsatdownatthefootofthe
drveta
tree
,puthisheadbetweenhispaws
i
and
begantothink.
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
reasonforbeinga
pčela
bee
thatIknowofismakinghoney."
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.
Bythattimehehadthoughtofanother
pjesmu
song
.
Hewasgettingrather
umoran
tired
bythistime,sothatiswhyhesangaComplaining
Pjesmu
Song
.
Hewasnearlythere
sada
now
,andifhejuststoodonthat
grani
branch
...
Crack!
Oh,help!"
saidPooh,ashedropped
deset
ten
feetonthebranch
ispod
below
him.
IfonlyIhadn't——"
hesaid,ashebouncedtwenty
metara
feet
ontothenext
granu
branch
.
Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
i
and
crashedontoanother
granu
branch
thirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".
Of
naravno
course
,itwasrather——"
headmitted,asheslithered
vrlo
very
quicklythroughthenext
šest
six
branches.
Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashesaidgood-byetothelast
grani
branch
,spunroundthreetimes,
i
and
flewgracefullyintoagorse-bush,"it
sve
all
comesoflikinghoneysomuch.
Oh,help!"
Hecrawledoutofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhis
nosa
nose
,andbegantothink
opet
again
.
AndthefirstpersonhethoughtofwasChristopherRobin.
("Was
to
that
me?"
saidChristopherRobininanawed
glas
voice
,hardlydaringtobelieveit.
To
That
wasyou."
ChristopherRobinsaid
ništa
nothing
,buthiseyesgot
veće
larger
andlarger,andhis
lice
face
gotpinkerandpinker.)
SoWinnie-the-PoohwentroundtohisfriendChristopherRobin,
koji
who
livedbehindagreen
vrata
door
inanotherpartofthe
šume
forest
.
Goodmorning,ChristopherRobin,"hesaid.
Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
I
pitam
wonder
ifyou'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,puthis
šapu
paw
tohismouth,andsaidinadeep
šapuću
whisper
:
"Honey!"
Butyoudon'tget
med
honey
withballoons!"
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
,ifyouhaveagreen
balon
balloon
,theymightthinkyouwere
samo
only
partofthetree,andnot
primijetiti
notice
you,and,ifyouhaveablue
balon
balloon
,theymightthinkyouwere
samo
only
partofthesky,andnot
primijetiti
notice
you,andthequestionis:
Što
Which
ismostlikely?"
Wouldn'ttheynoticeyou
ispod
underneath
theballoon?"
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,youletgo
odjednom
suddenly
,andPoohBearfloated
graciozno
gracefully
upintothesky,andstayedthere—level
s
with
thetopofthe
drveta
tree
andabouttwentyfeetawayfrom
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
wasnowindtoblowhim
bliže
nearer
tothetree,so
tamo
there
hestayed.
Hecould
vidjeti
see
thehoney,hecould
namirisati
smell
thehoney,buthecouldn't
sasvim
quite
reachthehoney.
After
je
a
littlewhilehecalled
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?"
Haveyouan
kišobran
umbrella
inyourhouse?"
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'tsayit
naglas
aloud
becauseyouweresofondofhim,
i
and
youwenthomeforyour
kišobran
umbrella
.
Oh,thereyouare!"
calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,assoonasyougotbackto
na
the
tree.
"Iwasbeginningtoget
uznemiren
anxious
.
Ihavediscoveredthatthebeesare
sada
now
definitelySuspicious."
ShallIputmy
kišobran
umbrella
up?"
yousaid.
Yes,
ali
but
waitamoment.
Wemustbepractical.
The
važna
important
beetodeceiveisthe
Kraljica
Queen
Bee.
Canyousee
koja
which
istheQueenBeefromdownthere?"
No."
A
šteta
pity
.
Well,now,ifyouwalk
gore
up
anddownwithyourumbrella,saying,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'Ishall
učiniti
do
whatIcanbysinginga
malo
little
CloudSong,suchasa
oblak
cloud
mightsing....
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,"calledoutthe
oblak
cloud
.
Yes?"
Ihavejustbeenthinking,
i
and
Ihavecometoa
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.