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Winnie-the-Pooh | Progressively Translated Dutch A1 Books

Winnie-the-Pooh | Progressively Translated Dutch A1 Books

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INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappento
hebt
havereadanotherbookaboutChristopherRobin,youmayremember
dat
thatheoncehadaswan(or
de
theswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon't
weet
knowwhich)andthatheusedto
noemde
callthisswanPooh.
Thatwasa
lang
longtimeago,andwhenwesaidgood-bye,we
namen
tookthenamewithus,aswedidn't
dachten
thinktheswanwouldwantitany
meer
more.
Well,whenEdwardBear
zei
saidthathewouldlike
een
anexcitingnamealltohimself,ChristopherRobin
zei
saidatonce,withoutstoppingto
denken
think,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.
En
Andhewas.
So,asI
heb
haveexplainedthePoohpart,I
zal
willnowexplaintherestofit.
Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
lang
longwithoutgoingtotheZoo.
Thereare
sommige
somepeoplewhobegintheZooatthebeginning,
genoemd
calledWAYIN,andwalkasquicklyasthey
kunnen
canpasteverycageuntiltheygettothe
ene
onecalledWAYOUT,butthenicest
mensen
peoplegostraighttotheanimalthey
liefhebben
lovethemost,andstaythere.
So
als
whenChristopherRobingoesto
de
theZoo,hegoesto
waar
wherethePolarBearsare,
en
andhewhisperssomethingto
de
thethirdkeeperfromtheleft,
en
anddoorsareunlocked,andwewander
door
throughdarkpassagesandupsteepstairs,
totdat
untilatlastwecometo
de
thespecialcage,andthecageis
geopend
opened,andouttrotssomethingbrown
en
andfurry,andwithahappycryof"Oh,Bear!"
ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Now
deze
thisbear'snameisWinnie,whichshowswhat
een
agoodnameforbearsit
is
is,butthefunnythingis
dat
thatwecan'trememberwhetherWinnieiscalledafterPooh,orPoohafterWinnie.
Wedid
wisten
knowonce,butwehave
vergeten
forgotten....
Ihadwrittenas
ver
farasthiswhenPigletlookedup
en
andsaidinhissqueakyvoice,"WhataboutMe?"
"My
lieve
dearPiglet,"Isaid,"the
hele
wholebookisaboutyou."
"Soitis
over
aboutPooh,"hesqueaked.
You
ziet
seewhatitis.
Heisjealous
omdat
becausehethinksPoohis
heeft
havingaGrandIntroductionalltohimself.
Poohis
de
thefavourite,ofcourse,there'snodenyingit,
maar
butPigletcomesinforagood
veel
manythingswhichPoohmisses;
want
becauseyoucan'ttakePoohto
school
schoolwithouteverybodyknowingit,
maar
butPigletissosmall
dat
thatheslipsintoapocket,
waar
whereitisverycomfortingto
voelen
feelhimwhenyouarenot
helemaal
quitesurewhethertwicesevenistwelveortwenty-two.
Soms
Sometimesheslipsoutand
heeft
hasagoodlookintheink-pot,
en
andinthiswayhe
heeft
hasgotmoreeducationthanPooh,
maar
butPoohdoesn'tmind.
Some
hebben
havebrains,andsomehaven't,he
zegt
says,andthereitis.
En
Andnowalltheothersare
zeggen
saying,"WhataboutUs?"
So
misschien
perhapsthebestthingtodoisto
stoppen
stopwritingIntroductionsandgeton
met
withthebook.
CHAPTERI
INWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
En
ANDSOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGIN
Hier
HereisEdwardBear,comingdownstairs
nu
now,bump,bump,bump,on
de
thebackofhishead,
achter
behindChristopherRobin.
Itis,asfarashe
weet
knows,theonlywayof
komen
comingdownstairs,butsometimeshe
voelt
feelsthattherereallyis
andere
anotherway,ifonlyhe
kunnen
couldstopbumpingfora
moment
momentandthinkofit.
En
Andthenhefeelsthat
misschien
perhapsthereisn't.
Anyhow,hereheisat
de
thebottom,andreadytobeintroducedtoyou.
Winnie-the-Pooh.
WhenI
eerst
firstheardhisname,Isaid,
net
justasyouaregoingto
zeggen
say,"ButIthoughthewas
een
aboy?"
SodidI,"
zei
saidChristopherRobin.
Thenyoucan't
noemen
callhimWinnie?"
Idon't."
Maar
Butyousaid——".
He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyou
weet
knowwhat'ther'means?"
Ah,
ja
yes,nowIdo,"I
zei
saidquickly;
andIhopeyou
doet
dotoo,becauseitisall
de
theexplanationyouaregoingto
krijgen
get.
SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesagameofsomesort
als
whenhecomesdownstairs,and
soms
sometimeshelikestositquietlyinfrontof
het
thefireandlistento
een
astory.
Thisevening——.
Whatabout
een
astory?"
saidChristopherRobin.
Whatabout
een
astory?"
Isaid.
Couldyou
heel
verysweetlytellWinnie-the-Poohone?"
IsupposeIcould,"I
zei
said.
"Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
Over
Abouthimself.
Becausehe'sthat
soort
sortofBear."
Oh,Isee."
So
kunnen
couldyouverysweetly?"
I'lltry,"I
zei
said.
SoItried.
Onceupon
een
atime,averylongtime
geleden
agonow,aboutlastFriday,Winnie-the-Pooh
woonde
livedinaforestallbyhimself
onder
underthenameofSanders.
("Whatdoes'under
de
thename'mean?"
askedChristopherRobin.
It
betekent
meanshehadthename
over
overthedooringoldletters,
en
andlivedunderit."
Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
helemaal
quitesure,"saidChristopherRobin.
NowIam,"
zei
saidagrowlyvoice.
ThenI
zal
willgoon,"saidI.)
One
dag
daywhenhewasout
wandelen
walking,hecametoan
open
openplaceinthemiddleoftheforest,
en
andinthemiddleof
deze
thisplacewasalargeoak-tree,
en
and,fromthetopofthetree,
er
therecamealoudbuzzing-noise.
Winnie-the-Pooh
zitten
satdownatthefootof
de
thetree,puthishead
tussen
betweenhispawsandbeganto
denken
think.
Firstofallhe
zei
saidtohimself:
"Thatbuzzing-noise
betekent
meanssomething.
Youdon'tgetabuzzing-noise
als
likethat,justbuzzingandbuzzing,
zonder
withoutitsmeaningsomething.
Ifthere's
een
abuzzing-noise,somebody'smakingabuzzing-noise,
en
andtheonlyreasonformaking
een
abuzzing-noisethatIknowofis
omdat
becauseyou'reabee."
Thenhe
dacht
thoughtanotherlongtime,and
zei
said:
"Andtheonlyreasonforbeing
een
abeethatIknowofismakinghoney."
En
Andthenhegotup,
en
andsaid:
"Andtheonly
reden
reasonformakinghoneyissoasI
kan
caneatit."
Sohebegantoclimb
de
thetree.
Heclimbedandheclimbed
en
andheclimbed,andasheclimbedhe
zong
sangalittlesongtohimself.
It
ging
wentlikethis:.
Thenheclimbed
een
alittlefurther...
and
een
alittlefurther...
andthenjust
een
alittlefurther.
Bythat
tijd
timehehadthoughtof
ander
anothersong.
Hewasgettingrathertiredbythis
tijd
time,sothatiswhyhe
zong
sangaComplainingSong.
Hewasnearly
er
therenow,andifhe
gewoon
juststoodonthatbranch...
Crack!
Oh,help!"
zei
saidPooh,ashedropped
tien
tenfeetonthebranchbelow
hem
him.
IfonlyIhadn't——"
he
zei
said,ashebouncedtwentyfeetonto
de
thenextbranch.
Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,ashe
draaide
turnedhead-over-heels,andcrashedonto
andere
anotherbranchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".
Of
natuurlijk
course,itwasrather——"
headmitted,asheslithered
heel
veryquicklythroughthenext
zes
sixbranches.
Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashe
zei
saidgood-byetothelastbranch,spunround
drie
threetimes,andflewgracefullyinto
een
agorse-bush,"itallcomesofliking
honing
honeysomuch.
Oh,help!"
Hecrawledoutof
de
thegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,
en
andbegantothinkagain.
En
Andthefirstpersonhe
dacht
thoughtofwasChristopherRobin.
("Was
dat
thatme?"
saidChristopherRobinin
een
anawedvoice,hardlydaringto
geloven
believeit.
Thatwasyou."
ChristopherRobin
zei
saidnothing,buthiseyesgotlarger
en
andlarger,andhisfacegotpinker
en
andpinker.)
SoWinnie-the-Poohwentroundtohis
vriend
friendChristopherRobin,wholived
achter
behindagreendoorin
ander
anotherpartoftheforest.
Goodmorning,ChristopherRobin,"he
zei
said.
Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
Iwonderifyou'vegotsuch
een
athingasaballoon
over
aboutyou?"
Aballoon?"
Yes,Ijust
zei
saidtomyselfcomingalong:
'IwonderifChristopherRobin
heeft
hassuchathingas
een
aballoonabouthim?'
I
gewoon
justsaidittomyself,
dacht
thinkingofballoons,andwondering."
Whatdoyouwant
een
aballoonfor?"
yousaid.
Winnie-the-Pooh
keek
lookedroundtoseethat
niemand
nobodywaslistening,puthispawtohismouth,
en
andsaidinadeepwhisper:
"Honey!"
Maar
Butyoudon'tgethoney
met
withballoons!"
Ido,"saidPooh.
Nou
Well,itjusthappenedthatyou
had
hadbeentoapartythe
dag
daybeforeatthehouseofyour
vriend
friendPiglet,andyouhadballoonsatthe
feest
party.
Youhadhada
grote
biggreenballoon;
andoneofRabbit'srelationshadhada
grote
bigblueone,andhadleftitbehind,being
echt
reallytooyoungtogotoapartyatall;
en
andsoyouhadbrought
de
thegreenoneandtheblueone
huis
homewithyou.
Whichone
zou
wouldyoulike?"
youaskedPooh.
Heputhis
hoofd
headbetweenhispawsand
dacht
thoughtverycarefully.
It'slikethis,"he
zei
said.
"Whenyougoafter
honing
honeywithaballoon,thegreatthingisnotto
laten
letthebeesknowyou're
komt
coming.
Now,ifyouhave
een
agreenballoon,theymight
denken
thinkyouwereonlypartof
de
thetree,andnotnoticeyou,
en
and,ifyouhaveablueballoon,theymight
denken
thinkyouwereonlypartof
de
thesky,andnotnoticeyou,
en
andthequestionis:
Whichis
meest
mostlikely?"
Wouldn'ttheynoticeyouunderneath
de
theballoon?"
youasked.
Theymightortheymightnot,"
zei
saidWinnie-the-Pooh.
"Younevercantell
met
withbees."
Hethoughtforamoment
en
andsaid:
"Ishalltrytolooklike
een
asmallblackcloud.
That
zal
willdeceivethem."
Thenyou
heb
hadbetterhavetheblueballoon,"you
zei
said;
andsoitwasdecided.
Nou
Well,youbothwentout
met
withtheblueballoon,andyou
nam
tookyourgunwithyou,justin
geval
case,asyoualwaysdid,
en
andWinnie-the-Poohwenttoa
zeer
verymuddyplacethathe
kende
knewof,androlledandrolleduntilhewasblackallover;
en
andthen,whentheballoonwasblown
omhoog
upasbigasbig,
en
andyouandPoohwere
allebei
bothholdingontothestring,you
liet
letgosuddenly,andPoohBearfloatedgracefully
omhoog
upintothesky,andstayedthere—levelwiththe
top
topofthetreeand
ongeveer
abouttwentyfeetawayfromit.
Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn't
dat
thatfine?"
shoutedWinnie-the-Poohdowntoyou.
"WhatdoIlooklike?"
Youlook
als
likeaBearholdingonto
een
aballoon,"yousaid.
Not,"
zei
saidPoohanxiously,"—notlike
een
asmallblackcloudin
een
abluesky?"
Notverymuch."
Ah,
nou
well,perhapsfromuphereitlooksdifferent.
En
And,asIsay,you
nooit
nevercantellwithbees."
Therewas
geen
nowindtoblowhimnearerto
de
thetree,sotherehestayed.
He
kon
couldseethehoney,he
kon
couldsmellthehoney,buthecouldn't
helemaal
quitereachthehoney.
After
een
alittlewhilehecalleddowntoyou.
ChristopherRobin!"
he
zei
saidinaloudwhisper.
Hallo!"
I
denk
thinkthebeessuspectsomething!"
Whatsortofthing?"
Idon't
weet
know.
Butsomethingtellsme
dat
thatthey'resuspicious!"
Perhapsthey
denken
thinkthatyou'reaftertheirhoney."
It
kan
maybethat.
Younevercantell
met
withbees."
Therewasanother
beetje
littlesilence,andthenhecalleddowntoyou
weer
again.
ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Haveyou
een
anumbrellainyourhouse?"
I
denk
thinkso."
Iwishyouwould
bracht
bringitouthere,and
liep
walkupanddownwith
het
it,andlookupatmeeverynow
en
andthen,andsay'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain.'
I
denk
think,ifyoudidthat,it
zou
wouldhelpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingonthesebees."
Nou
Well,youlaughedtoyourself,"Silly
oude
oldBear!"
butyoudidn't
zei
sayitaloudbecauseyouweresofondof
hem
him,andyouwenthomeforyourumbrella.
Oh,
daar
thereyouare!"
calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,assoonasyougot
terug
backtothetree.
"Iwasbeginningtogetanxious.
I
heb
havediscoveredthatthebeesare
nu
nowdefinitelySuspicious."
ShallIputmyumbrellaup?"
you
zei
said.
Yes,butwaitamoment.
We
moeten
mustbepractical.
Theimportantbeetodeceiveis
de
theQueenBee.
Canyou
zien
seewhichistheQueenBeefromdownthere?"
No."
Apity.
Nou
Well,now,ifyouwalkup
en
anddownwithyourumbrella,
zegt
saying,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'Ishall
doen
dowhatIcanby
zingen
singingalittleCloudSong,suchas
een
acloudmightsing....
Go!"
So,
terwijl
whileyouwalkedupand
neer
downandwonderedifit
zou
wouldrain,Winnie-the-Poohsangthissong:.
De
Thebeeswerestillbuzzingassuspiciouslyasever.
Someof
hen
them,indeed,lefttheirnests
en
andflewallroundthecloudasitbeganthe
tweede
secondverseofthissong,
en
andonebeesatdownonthenoseofthecloudfora
ogenblik
moment,andthengotup
weer
again.
Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthecloud.
Yes?"
I
heb
havejustbeenthinking,andI
heb
havecometoaveryimportantdecision.
Theseare
de
thewrongsortofbees."
Arethey?"
Heel
Quitethewrongsort.
SoIshould
denken
thinktheywouldmakethewrong
soort
sortofhoney,shouldn'tyou?"
Zouden
Wouldthey?"
Yes.
SoI
denk
thinkIshallcomedown."
How?"
gevraagd
askedyou.
Winnie-the-Poohhadn'tthoughtaboutthis.
Ifheletgoofthestring,he
zou
wouldfall—bump—andhedidn'tlikethe
idee
ideaofthat.
Sohe
dacht
thoughtforalongtime,
en
andthenhesaid:.
ChristopherRobin,you
moet
mustshoottheballoonwithyour
pistool
gun.
Haveyougotyourgun?"
Of
natuurlijk
courseIhave,"yousaid.
"But
als
ifIdothat,it
zal
willspoiltheballoon,"you
zei
said.