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INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappento
har
have
readanotherbookaboutChristopherRobin,you
kan
may
rememberthatheoncehad
en
a
swan(ortheswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon't
ved
know
which)andthathe
plejede
used
tocallthisswanPooh.
At
That
wasalongtime
siden
ago
,andwhenwesaidgood-bye,we
tog
took
thenamewithus,aswedidn't
troede
think
theswanwouldwantitany
mere
more
.
Well,whenEdwardBearsaidthathe
ville
would
likeanexcitingnamealltohimself,ChristopherRobinsaidatonce,
uden
without
stoppingtothink,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.
Og
And
hewas.
So,asI
har
have
explainedthePoohpart,I
vil
will
nowexplaintherestofit.
Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
længe
long
withoutgoingtotheZoo.
Thereare
nogle
some
peoplewhobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,
og
and
walkasquicklyasthey
kan
can
pasteverycageuntilthey
kommer
get
totheonecalledWAYOUT,
men
but
thenicestpeoplegostraighttotheanimalthey
elsker
love
themost,andstaythere.
So
når
when
ChristopherRobingoestotheZoo,he
går
goes
towherethePolarBearsare,
og
and
hewhisperssomethingtothethirdkeeperfromtheleft,
og
and
doorsareunlocked,andwewander
gennem
through
darkpassagesandupsteepstairs,
indtil
until
atlastwecometothespecialcage,
og
and
thecageisopened,
og
and
outtrotssomethingbrown
og
and
furry,andwithahappycryof"Oh,Bear!"
ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Now
denne
this
bear'snameisWinnie,
hvor
which
showswhatagood
navn
name
forbearsitis,
men
but
thefunnythingis
at
that
wecan'trememberwhetherWinnieiscalled
efter
after
Pooh,orPoohafterWinnie.
Wedid
vidste
know
once,butwehaveforgotten....
I
havde
had
writtenasfaras
dette
this
whenPigletlookedup
og
and
saidinhissqueakyvoice,"WhataboutMe?"
"My
kære
dear
Piglet,"Isaid,"thewhole
bogen
book
isaboutyou."
"Soitis
om
about
Pooh,"hesqueaked.
You
se
see
whatitis.
Heisjealous
fordi
because
hethinksPoohis
har
having
aGrandIntroductionalltohimself.
Poohisthefavourite,of
selvfølgelig
course
,there'snodenyingit,
men
but
Pigletcomesinforagood
mange
many
thingswhichPoohmisses;
becauseyoucan't
tage
take
Poohtoschoolwithout
alle
everybody
knowingit,butPigletisso
lille
small
thatheslipsinto
en
a
pocket,whereitis
meget
very
comfortingtofeelhim
når
when
youarenotquite
sikker
sure
whethertwicesevenistwelve
eller
or
twenty-two.
Sometimesheslips
ud
out
andhasagood
kig
look
intheink-pot,andin
denne
this
wayhehasgot
mere
more
educationthanPooh,butPoohdoesn't
noget imod
mind
.
Somehavebrains,and
nogle
some
haven't,hesays,and
der
there
itis.
Andnow
alle
all
theothersaresaying,"WhataboutUs?"
So
måske
perhaps
thebestthingto
gøre
do
istostopwritingIntroductions
og
and
getonwiththe
bogen
book
.
CHAPTERI
INWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
Og
AND
SOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGIN
Her
Here
isEdwardBear,comingdownstairs
nu
now
,bump,bump,bump,onthe
bagsiden
back
ofhishead,behindChristopherRobin.
It
er
is
,asfarashe
ved
knows
,theonlywayof
komme
coming
downstairs,butsometimeshe
føler
feels
thattherereallyisanother
måde
way
,ifonlyhecouldstopbumpingfora
øjeblik
moment
andthinkofit.
Og
And
thenhefeelsthat
måske
perhaps
thereisn't.
Anyhow,hereheisatthebottom,and
klar
ready
tobeintroducedtoyou.
Winnie-the-Pooh.
Da
When
Ifirstheardhis
navn
name
,Isaid,justasyouaregoingto
sige
say
,"ButIthoughthewas
en
a
boy?"
SodidI,"
sagde
said
ChristopherRobin.
Thenyoucan't
kalde
call
himWinnie?"
Idon't."
Men
But
yousaid——".
He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyou
ved
know
what'ther'means?"
Ah,
ja
yes
,nowIdo,"I
sagde
said
quickly;
andIhopeyou
gør
do
too,becauseitis
al
all
theexplanationyouaregoingto
get
.
SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesa
spil
game
ofsomesortwhenhe
kommer
comes
downstairs,andsometimeshe
lide
likes
tositquietlyin
foran
front
ofthefireand
lytte
listen
toastory.
Thisevening——.
Whatabout
en
a
story?"
saidChristopherRobin.
Whatabout
en
a
story?"
Isaid.
Couldyou
meget
very
sweetlytellWinnie-the-Poohone?"
IsupposeIcould,"I
sagde
said
.
"Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
Om
About
himself.
Becausehe'sthat
slags
sort
ofBear."
Oh,Isee."
So
kunne
could
youverysweetly?"
I'lltry,"I
sagde
said
.
SoItried.
Onceupon
en
a
time,averylongtime
siden
ago
now,aboutlastFriday,Winnie-the-Poohlivedin
en
a
forestallbyhimself
under
under
thenameofSanders.
("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
spurgte
asked
ChristopherRobin.
Itmeanshe
havde
had
thenameoverthe
døren
door
ingoldletters,andlived
under
under
it."
Winnie-the-Poohwasn'tquitesure,"
sagde
said
ChristopherRobin.
NowIam,"
sagde
said
agrowlyvoice.
ThenI
vil
will
goon,"saidI.)
One
dag
day
whenhewasout
walking
,hecametoan
åbent
open
placeinthemiddleoftheforest,
og
and
inthemiddleof
dette
this
placewasalargeoak-tree,
og
and
,fromthetopofthetree,
der
there
camealoudbuzzing-noise.
Winnie-the-Poohsat
ned
down
atthefootofthetree,
satte
put
hisheadbetweenhispaws
og
and
begantothink.
Firstofallhesaidtohimself:
"Thatbuzzing-noise
betyder
means
something.
Youdon'tget
en
a
buzzing-noiselikethat,justbuzzing
og
and
buzzing,withoutitsmeaning
noget
something
.
Ifthere'sabuzzing-noise,somebody'smaking
en
a
buzzing-noise,andtheonly
grund
reason
formakingabuzzing-noisethatI
kender
know
ofisbecauseyou're
en
a
bee."
Thenhethoughtanotherlong
tid
time
,andsaid:
"Andthe
eneste
only
reasonforbeingabee
at
that
Iknowofis
lave
making
honey."
Andthenhegotup,
og
and
said:
"Andtheonly
grund
reason
formakinghoneyissoasI
kan
can
eatit."
Sohebegantoclimbthetree.
Heclimbed
og
and
heclimbedandheclimbed,
og
and
asheclimbedhe
sang
sang
alittlesongtohimself.
It
gik
went
likethis:.
Thenheclimbeda
lidt
little
further...
anda
lidt
little
further...
andthen
bare
just
alittlefurther.
Bythat
tidspunkt
time
hehadthoughtofanothersong.
Hewas
blive
getting
rathertiredbythis
tidspunkt
time
,sothatiswhyhe
sang
sang
aComplainingSong.
Hewasnearlythere
nu
now
,andifhejust
stod
stood
onthatbranch...
Crack!
Oh,help!"
sagde
said
Pooh,ashedropped
ti
ten
feetonthebranchbelow
ham
him
.
IfonlyIhadn't——"
he
sagde
said
,ashebouncedtwentyfeetonto
den
the
nextbranch.
Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
og
and
crashedontoanotherbranchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".
Of
selvfølgelig
course
,itwasrather——"
headmitted,asheslithered
meget
very
quicklythroughthenext
seks
six
branches.
Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashesaidgood-byetothe
sidste
last
branch,spunroundthreetimes,
og
and
flewgracefullyintoagorse-bush,"itall
kommer
comes
oflikinghoneyso
meget
much
.
Oh,help!"
Hecrawled
ud
out
ofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,
og
and
begantothinkagain.
Og
And
thefirstpersonhe
tænkte
thought
ofwasChristopherRobin.
("Wasthatme?"
sagde
said
ChristopherRobininanawedvoice,hardlydaringto
tro
believe
it.
Thatwasyou."
ChristopherRobin
sagde
said
nothing,buthiseyes
blev
got
largerandlarger,andhis
ansigt
face
gotpinkerandpinker.)
SoWinnie-the-Pooh
gik
went
roundtohisfriendChristopherRobin,
der
who
livedbehindagreen
dør
door
inanotherpartoftheforest.
Goodmorning,ChristopherRobin,"he
sagde
said
.
Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
Iwonderifyou'vegot
sådan
such
athingasaballoon
om
about
you?"
Aballoon?"
Yes,I
bare
just
saidtomyselfcomingalong:
'IwonderifChristopherRobin
har
has
suchathingas
en
a
balloonabouthim?'
I
bare
just
saidittomyself,
tænkte
thinking
ofballoons,andwondering."
Whatdoyou
vil
want
aballoonfor?"
you
sagde
said
.
Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundto
se
see
thatnobodywaslistening,
lagde
put
hispawtohismouth,
og
and
saidinadeepwhisper:
"Honey!"
Men
But
youdon'tgethoney
med
with
balloons!"
Ido,"saidPooh.
Well,it
bare
just
happenedthatyouhadbeento
en
a
partythedaybeforeatthe
hus
house
ofyourfriendPiglet,
og
and
youhadballoonsattheparty.
Youhadhad
en
a
biggreenballoon;
andoneofRabbit'srelationshadhada
stor
big
blueone,andhad
efterladt
left
itbehind,beingreally
for
too
youngtogotoa
fest
party
atall;
andsoyou
havde
had
broughtthegreenone
og
and
theblueonehome
med
with
you.
Whichonewouldyoulike?"
you
spurgte
asked
Pooh.
Heputhishead
mellem
between
hispawsandthought
meget
very
carefully.
It'slikethis,"he
sagde
said
.
"Whenyougoafter
honning
honey
withaballoon,the
store
great
thingisnotto
lade
let
thebeesknowyou're
kommer
coming
.
Now,ifyouhave
en
a
greenballoon,theymight
tror
think
youwereonlypartofthetree,
og
and
notnoticeyou,and,
hvis
if
youhaveablueballoon,they
kun
might
thinkyouwereonly
del
part
ofthesky,andnotnoticeyou,
og
and
thequestionis:
Whichis
mest
most
likely?"
Wouldn'ttheynoticeyouunderneaththeballoon?"
you
spurgte
asked
.
Theymightorthey
kan
might
not,"saidWinnie-the-Pooh.
"You
aldrig
never
cantellwithbees."
He
tænkte
thought
foramomentand
sagde
said
:
"Ishalltryto
se
look
likeasmallblackcloud.
That
vil
will
deceivethem."
Thenyou
had
betterhavetheblueballoon,"you
sagde
said
;
andsoitwasdecided.
Well,you
begge
both
wentoutwiththeblueballoon,
og
and
youtookyourgun
med
with
you,justincase,asyou
altid
always
did,andWinnie-the-Poohwentto
et
a
verymuddyplacethathe
kendte
knew
of,androlledandrolled
indtil
until
hewasblackall
over
over
;
andthen,whentheballoonwasblown
op
up
asbigasbig,
og
and
youandPoohwere
begge
both
holdingontothestring,you
lod
let
gosuddenly,andPoohBearfloatedgracefully
op
up
intothesky,andstayedthere—level
med
with
thetopofthetree
og
and
abouttwentyfeetawayfromit.
Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn'tthatfine?"
shoutedWinnie-the-Pooh
ned
down
toyou.
"WhatdoI
ser
look
like?"
Youlooklike
en
a
Bearholdingonto
en
a
balloon,"yousaid.
Not,"
sagde
said
Poohanxiously,"—notlike
en
a
smallblackcloudin
en
a
bluesky?"
Notverymuch."
Ah,
well
,perhapsfromuphereit
ser
looks
different.
And,asI
siger
say
,younevercantell
med
with
bees."
Therewasnowindtoblowhimnearertothetree,so
der
there
hestayed.
Hecould
se
see
thehoney,hecouldsmellthehoney,
men
but
hecouldn'tquitereachthehoney.
Efter
After
alittlewhilehe
kaldte
called
downtoyou.
ChristopherRobin!"
he
sagde
said
inaloudwhisper.
Hallo!"
I
tror
think
thebeessuspectsomething!"
Whatsortofthing?"
Idon't
ved
know
.
Butsomethingtellsme
at
that
they'resuspicious!"
Perhapsthey
tror
think
thatyou'reaftertheirhoney."
It
kan
may
bethat.
Younever
kan
can
tellwithbees."
Therewasanother
lille
little
silence,andthenhe
kaldte
called
downtoyouagain.
ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Har
Have
youanumbrellainyourhouse?"
I
tror
think
so."
Iwishyou
ville
would
bringitouthere,
og
and
walkupanddown
med
with
it,andlookupatmeeverynow
og
and
then,andsay'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain.'
I
tror
think
,ifyoudidthat,it
ville
would
helpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingon
disse
these
bees."
Well,youlaughedtoyourself,"Silly
gamle
old
Bear!"
butyoudidn't
sagde
say
italoudbecauseyouweresofondof
ham
him
,andyouwenthomeforyourumbrella.
Oh,
der
there
youare!"
calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,as
snart
soon
asyougotbacktothetree.
"Iwasbeginningto
blive
get
anxious.
Ihavediscovered
at
that
thebeesarenowdefinitelySuspicious."
ShallI
sætte
put
myumbrellaup?"
you
sagde
said
.
Yes,butwaita
øjeblik
moment
.
Wemustbepractical.
Den
The
importantbeetodeceiveis
den
the
QueenBee.
Canyou
se
see
whichistheQueenBeefromdownthere?"
No."
En
A
pity.
Well,now,ifyou
går
walk
upanddownwithyourumbrella,
siger
saying
,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'Ishall
gøre
do
whatIcanby
synge
singing
alittleCloudSong,suchas
en
a
cloudmightsing....
Go!"
So,
mens
while
youwalkedupand
ned
down
andwonderedifit
ville
would
rain,Winnie-the-Poohsangthissong:.
Thebeeswere
stadig
still
buzzingassuspiciouslyasever.
Nogle
Some
ofthem,indeed,lefttheirnests
og
and
flewallroundthecloudasitbeganthe
anden
second
verseofthissong,
og
and
onebeesatdownonthenoseofthecloudfora
øjeblik
moment
,andthengotup
igen
again
.
Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthecloud.
Yes?"
I
har
have
justbeenthinking,andI
har
have
cometoavery
vigtig
important
decision.
Thesearethe
forkerte
wrong
sortofbees."
Arethey?"
Ganske
Quite
thewrongsort.
SoI
burde
should
thinktheywouldmakethe
forkerte
wrong
sortofhoney,shouldn'tyou?"
Ville
Would
they?"
Yes.
SoI
tror
think
Ishallcomedown."
How?"
spurgte
asked
you.
Winnie-the-Poohhadn'tthoughtaboutthis.
Hvis
If
heletgoof
det
the
string,hewouldfall—bump—andhedidn't
lide
like
theideaofthat.
Sohe
tænkte
thought
foralongtime,
og
and
thenhesaid:.
ChristopherRobin,you
must
shoottheballoonwithyour
pistol
gun
.
Haveyougotyourgun?"
OfcourseIhave,"you
sagde
said
.
"ButifIdothat,it
vil
will
spoiltheballoon,"you
sagde
said
.