INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappentohavereadanotherbook
o
aboutChristopherRobin,youmayrememberthatheoncehadje
aswan(ortheswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon'tznam
knowwhich)andthatheusedtocallovaj
thisswanPooh.Thatwas
je
alongtimeago,andkad
whenwesaidgood-bye,wetooktheime
namewithus,aswedidn'tthinkthelabud
swanwouldwantitanyviše
more.Well,whenEdwardBearsaidthathewouldlikean
uzbudljivo
excitingnamealltohimself,ChristopherRobinsaidatonce,bez
withoutstoppingtothink,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.I
Andhewas.So,asIhaveexplainedthePooh
dio
part,Iwillnowexplaintheostatak
restofit.Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
dugo
longwithoutgoingtotheZoološki vrt
Zoo.Therearesomepeople
koji
whobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,i
andwalkasquicklyastheymogu
canpasteverycageuntiltheygettotheonecalledWAYOUT,ali
butthenicestpeoplegoravno
straighttotheanimaltheyvole
lovethemost,andstaytamo
there.SowhenChristopherRobingoestothe
Zoološki vrt
Zoo,hegoestowherethePolarni
PolarBearsare,andhewhispersnešto
somethingtothethirdkeeperfromtheleft,i
anddoorsareunlocked,andwewanderkroz
throughdarkpassagesandupstrme
steepstairs,untilatlastwecometothespecialkavez
cage,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.HeisjealousbecausehethinksPoohishavingaGrand
Uvod
Introductionalltohimself.Poohisthefavourite,of
naravno
course,there'snodenyingit,ali
butPigletcomesinforagoodmnogo
manythingswhichPoohmisses;jer
becauseyoucan'ttakePoohtoschoolwithoutsvi
everybodyknowingit,butPigletissomali
smallthatheslipsintoadžep
pocket,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.Poglavlje
CHAPTERIINWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
I
ANDSOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESPočinju
BEGINHereisEdwardBear,coming
dolje
downstairsnow,bump,bump,bump,onthebackofhishead,iza
behindChristopherRobin.Itis,asfarasheknows,
na
theonlywayofcomingdownstairs,ali
butsometimeshefeelsthatpostoji
therereallyisanotherway,ako
ifonlyhecouldstopbumpingforatrenutak
momentandthinkofit.A
Andthenhefeelsthatmožda
perhapsthereisn't.Anyhow,hereheisatthe
dnu
bottom,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,"Isaidbrzo
quickly;andIhopeyoudotoo,
jer
becauseitisalltheobjašnjenje
explanationyouaregoingtodobiti
get.SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesa
igre
gameofsomesortwhenhecomesdownstairs,andponekad
sometimeshelikestositmirno
quietlyinfrontofthevatre
fireandlistentoastory.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,aboutlastPetka
Friday,Winnie-the-Poohlivedinašumi
forestallbyhimselfunderthenameofSanders.("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
askedChristopherRobin.
Itmeanshehadthe
ime
nameoverthedooringoldletters,i
andlivedunderit."Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
sasvim
quitesure,"saidChristopherRobin.Sada
NowIam,"saidagrowlyglas
voice.ThenIwillgoon,"saidI.)
One
dana
daywhenhewasoutwalking,hecametoanopenmjesto
placeinthemiddleofna
theforest,andinthemiddleofthismjesto
placewasalargeoak-tree,a
and,fromthetopofna
thetree,therecameaglasno
loudbuzzing-noise.Winnie-the-Poohsatdownatthefootofthe
drveta
tree,puthisheadbetweenhispawsi
andbegantothink.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
onlyreasonforbeingapčela
beethatIknowofismakinghoney."Andthenhegotup,andsaid:
"Andthe
jedini
onlyreasonformakinghoneyissoasImogu
caneatit."Sohebegantoclimb
na
thetree.Heclimbedandheclimbed
i
andheclimbed,andasheclimbedhesangje
alittlesongtohimself.Itwentlikethis:.
Thenheclimbeda
malo
littlefurther...anda
malo
littlefurther...andthen
samo
justalittlefurther.Bythattimehehadthoughtofanother
pjesmu
song.Hewasgettingrather
umoran
tiredbythistime,sothatiswhyhesangaComplainingPjesmu
Song.Hewasnearlythere
sada
now,andifhejuststoodonthatgrani
branch...Crack!
Oh,help!"
saidPooh,ashedropped
deset
tenfeetonthebranchispod
belowhim.IfonlyIhadn't——"
hesaid,ashebouncedtwenty
metara
feetontothenextgranu
branch.Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
i
andcrashedontoanothergranu
branchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".Of
naravno
course,itwasrather——"headmitted,asheslithered
vrlo
veryquicklythroughthenextšest
sixbranches.Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashesaidgood-byetothelast
grani
branch,spunroundthreetimes,i
andflewgracefullyintoagorse-bush,"itsve
allcomesoflikinghoneysomuch.Oh,help!"
Hecrawledoutofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhis
nosa
nose,andbegantothinkopet
again.AndthefirstpersonhethoughtofwasChristopherRobin.
("Was
to
thatme?"saidChristopherRobininanawed
glas
voice,hardlydaringtobelieveit.To
Thatwasyou."ChristopherRobinsaid
ništa
nothing,buthiseyesgotveće
largerandlarger,andhislice
facegotpinkerandpinker.)SoWinnie-the-PoohwentroundtohisfriendChristopherRobin,
koji
wholivedbehindagreenvrata
doorinanotherpartofthešume
forest.Goodmorning,ChristopherRobin,"hesaid.
Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
I
pitam
wonderifyou'vegotsuchastvar
thingasaballoonaboutyou?"Aballoon?"
Yes,I
samo
justsaidtomyselfcomingalong:'IwonderifChristopherRobinhassucha
stvar
thingasaballoonabouthim?'I
samo
justsaidittomyself,thinkingofballoons,i
andwondering."Whatdoyouwantaballoonfor?"
yousaid.
Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundto
vidi
seethatnobodywaslistening,puthisšapu
pawtohismouth,andsaidinadeepšapuću
whisper:"Honey!"
Butyoudon'tget
med
honeywithballoons!"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,ifyouhaveagreenbalon
balloon,theymightthinkyouweresamo
onlypartofthetree,andnotprimijetiti
noticeyou,and,ifyouhaveabluebalon
balloon,theymightthinkyouweresamo
onlypartofthesky,andnotprimijetiti
noticeyou,andthequestionis:Što
Whichismostlikely?"Wouldn'ttheynoticeyou
ispod
underneaththeballoon?"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,youletgoodjednom
suddenly,andPoohBearfloatedgraciozno
gracefullyupintothesky,andstayedthere—levels
withthetopofthedrveta
treeandabouttwentyfeetawayfromga
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
Therewasnowindtoblowhimbliže
nearertothetree,sotamo
therehestayed.Hecould
vidjeti
seethehoney,hecouldnamirisati
smellthehoney,buthecouldn'tsasvim
quitereachthehoney.After
je
alittlewhilehecalleddolje
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?"
Haveyouan
kišobran
umbrellainyourhouse?"Ithinkso."
Iwishyouwouldbringitouthere,
i
andwalkupanddowns
withit,andlookupatmeeverynowi
andthen,andsay'Tut-tut,itlookskao
likerain.'Ithink,ifyoudidthat,itwouldhelpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingonthesebees."
Pa
Well,youlaughedtoyourself,"Sillystari
oldBear!"butyoudidn'tsayit
naglas
aloudbecauseyouweresofondofhim,i
andyouwenthomeforyourkišobran
umbrella.Oh,thereyouare!"
calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,assoonasyougotbackto
na
thetree."Iwasbeginningtoget
uznemiren
anxious.Ihavediscoveredthatthebeesare
sada
nowdefinitelySuspicious."ShallIputmy
kišobran
umbrellaup?"yousaid.
Yes,
ali
butwaitamoment.Wemustbepractical.
The
važna
importantbeetodeceiveistheKraljica
QueenBee.Canyousee
koja
whichistheQueenBeefromdownthere?"No."
A
šteta
pity.Well,now,ifyouwalk
gore
upanddownwithyourumbrella,saying,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'Ishallučiniti
dowhatIcanbysingingamalo
littleCloudSong,suchasaoblak
cloudmightsing....Go!"
So,
dok
whileyouwalkedupanddolje
downandwonderedifitwouldrain,Winnie-the-Poohsangovu
thissong:.Thebeeswerestillbuzzingassuspiciouslyasever.
Neke
Someofthem,indeed,lefttheirnestsandflewallroundthecloudasitbeganthesecondverseofthissong,andjedna
onebeesatdownonthenoseofthecloudforje
amoment,andthengotupopet
again.Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthe
oblak
cloud.Yes?"
Ihavejustbeenthinking,
i
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.