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INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappento
haben
have
readanotherbookaboutChristopherRobin,youmayremember
dass
that
heoncehadaswan(ortheswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon'tknowwhich)
und
and
thatheusedtocallthisswanPooh.
Thatwasalong
zeit
time
ago,andwhenwesaidgood-bye,wetookthenamewithus,aswedidn't
dachten
think
theswanwouldwantitany
mehr
more
.
Well,whenEdwardBearsaid
dass
that
hewouldlikeanexcitingnamealltohimself,ChristopherRobinsaidatonce,
ohne
without
stoppingtothink,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.
Und
And
hewas.
So,asIhaveexplained
den
the
Poohpart,Iwill
jetzt
now
explaintherestofit.
Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
lange
long
withoutgoingtotheZoo.
Dort
There
aresomepeoplewhobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,
und
and
walkasquicklyasthey
können
can
pasteverycageuntiltheygettotheonecalledWAYOUT,
aber
but
thenicestpeoplegostraighttotheanimalthey
lieben
love
themost,andstay
dort
there
.
SowhenChristopherRobin
geht
goes
totheZoo,he
geht
goes
towherethePolarBearsare,
und
and
hewhisperssomethingtothethirdkeeperfromthe
geht
left
,anddoorsareunlocked,
und
and
wewanderthroughdarkpassages
und
and
upsteepstairs,untilatlastwe
kommen
come
tothespecialcage,
und
and
thecageisopened,
und
and
outtrotssomethingbrown
und
and
furry,andwithahappycryof"Oh,Bear!"
ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Now
dieses
this
bear'snameisWinnie,whichshowswhat
ein
a
goodnameforbearsitis,
aber
but
thefunnythingis
dass
that
wecan'trememberwhetherWinnieiscalled
nach
after
Pooh,orPoohafterWinnie.
Wedidknow
einmal
once
,butwehaveforgotten....
IhadwrittenasfarasthiswhenPigletlookedup
und
and
saidinhissqueakyvoice,"WhataboutMe?"
"MydearPiglet,"Isaid,"the
ganze
whole
bookisaboutyou."
"SoitisaboutPooh,"hesqueaked.
You
siehst
see
whatitis.
Heisjealous
weil
because
hethinksPoohishaving
eine
a
GrandIntroductionalltohimself.
Poohisthefavourite,ofcourse,there's
nicht
no
denyingit,butPigletcomesinfor
ein
a
goodmanythingswhichPooh
verpasst
misses
;
becauseyoucan'ttakePoohto
schule
school
withouteverybodyknowingit,
aber
but
Pigletissosmallthatheslipsinto
eine
a
pocket,whereitis
sehr
very
comfortingtofeelhim
wenn
when
youarenotquite
sicher
sure
whethertwicesevenistwelveortwenty-two.
Manchmal
Sometimes
heslipsoutandhasagood
blick
look
intheink-pot,andin
diese
this
wayhehasgot
mehr
more
educationthanPooh,butPoohdoesn'tmind.
Einige
Some
havebrains,andsomehaven't,hesays,
und
and
thereitis.
And
jetzt
now
alltheothersaresaying,"WhataboutUs?"
So
vielleicht
perhaps
thebestthingtodoistostopwritingIntroductions
und
and
getonwiththe
buch
book
.
CHAPTERI
INWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
Und
AND
SOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGIN
Hier
Here
isEdwardBear,comingdownstairs
jetzt
now
,bump,bump,bump,on
der
the
backofhishead,
hinter
behind
ChristopherRobin.
Itis,asfarasheknows,
der
the
onlywayofcomingdownstairs,
aber
but
sometimeshefeelsthatthere
wirklich
really
isanotherway,ifonlyhe
könnte
could
stopbumpingfora
moment
moment
andthinkofit.
Und
And
thenhefeelsthat
vielleicht
perhaps
thereisn't.
Anyhow,hereheisatthebottom,
und
and
readytobeintroducedtoyou.
Winnie-the-Pooh.
WhenIfirstheardhisname,Isaid,justasyouaregoingto
sagen
say
,"ButIthoughthewas
ein
a
boy?"
SodidI,"saidChristopherRobin.
Thenyoucan'tcallhimWinnie?"
Idon't."
Aber
But
yousaid——".
He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyouknowwhat'ther'means?"
Ah,
ja
yes
,nowIdo,"Isaidquickly;
und
and
Ihopeyoudo
auch
too
,becauseitisalltheexplanationyouaregoingto
bekommen
get
.
SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesa
spiel
game
ofsomesortwhenhecomesdownstairs,
und
and
sometimeshelikestositquietlyinfrontofthe
feuer
fire
andlistentoa
geschichte
story
.
Thisevening——.
Whataboutastory?"
saidChristopherRobin.
Whataboutastory?"
Isaid.
Könntest
Could
youverysweetlytellWinnie-the-Poohone?"
IsupposeIcould,"Isaid.
"Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
Über
About
himself.
Becausehe'sthat
art
sort
ofBear."
Oh,Isee."
So
könntest
could
youverysweetly?"
I'lltry,"Isaid.
SoI
versucht
tried
.
Onceuponatime,a
sehr
very
longtimeagonow,
etwa
about
lastFriday,Winnie-the-Poohlivedinaforestallbyhimself
unter
under
thenameofSanders.
("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
fragte
asked
ChristopherRobin.
Itmeanshehadthename
über
over
thedooringoldletters,
und
and
livedunderit."
Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
ganz
quite
sure,"saidChristopherRobin.
Jetzt
Now
Iam,"saidagrowlyvoice.
ThenI
werde
will
goon,"saidI.)
Oneday
als
when
hewasoutwalking,he
kam
came
toanopenplacein
der
the
middleoftheforest,
und
and
inthemiddleof
dieses
this
placewasalargeoak-tree,
und
and
,fromthetopof
der
the
tree,therecamealoudbuzzing-noise.
Winnie-the-Poohsatdownatthefootofthetree,puthis
kopf
head
betweenhispawsandbeganto
denken
think
.
Firstofallhesaidtohimself:
"Thatbuzzing-noisemeans
etwas
something
.
Youdon'tgetabuzzing-noiselike
dass
that
,justbuzzingandbuzzing,
ohne
without
itsmeaningsomething.
Ifthere'sabuzzing-noise,somebody'smakingabuzzing-noise,
und
and
theonlyreasonformakingabuzzing-noise
dass
that
Iknowofisbecauseyou'reabee."
Thenhe
dachte
thought
anotherlongtime,andsaid:
"Andthe
einzige
only
reasonforbeingabeethatIknowofismakinghoney."
Und
And
thenhegotup,
und
and
said:
"Andtheonly
grund
reason
formakinghoneyissoasIcan
essen
eat
it."
Sohebegantoclimb
den
the
tree.
Heclimbedandheclimbed
und
and
heclimbed,andasheclimbedhesang
ein
a
littlesongtohimself.
It
ging
went
likethis:.
Thenheclimbed
ein
a
littlefurther...
and
ein
a
littlefurther...
andthen
nur
just
alittlefurther.
Bythat
zeit
time
hehadthoughtofanothersong.
Hewasgettingrathertiredby
dieser
this
time,sothatiswhyhesang
ein
a
ComplainingSong.
Hewasnearly
da
there
now,andifhe
nur
just
stoodonthatbranch...
Crack!
Oh,help!"
saidPooh,ashedropped
zehn
ten
feetonthebranchbelow
ihm
him
.
IfonlyIhadn't——"
hesaid,ashebouncedtwentyfeetonto
den
the
nextbranch.
Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
und
and
crashedontoanotherbranchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".
Ofcourse,itwasrather——"
headmitted,asheslithered
sehr
very
quicklythroughthenext
sechs
six
branches.
Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashesaidgood-byetothelastbranch,spunroundthreetimes,
und
and
flewgracefullyintoagorse-bush,"itallcomesofliking
honig
honey
somuch.
Oh,help!"
Hecrawledoutof
die
the
gorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,
und
and
begantothinkagain.
Und
And
thefirstpersonhe
dachte
thought
ofwasChristopherRobin.
("Wasthatme?"
saidChristopherRobininanawedvoice,hardlydaringto
glauben
believe
it.
Thatwasyou."
ChristopherRobinsaid
nichts
nothing
,buthiseyesgotlarger
und
and
larger,andhisfacegotpinker
und
and
pinker.)
SoWinnie-the-Poohwentroundtohis
freund
friend
ChristopherRobin,wholived
hinter
behind
agreendoorinanother
teil
part
oftheforest.
Good
morgen
morning
,ChristopherRobin,"hesaid.
Good
morgen
morning
,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
Iwonder
ob
if
you'vegotsuchathingasaballoonaboutyou?"
Aballoon?"
Ja
Yes
,Ijustsaidtomyselfcomingalong:
'Iwonder
ob
if
ChristopherRobinhassuchathingasaballoonabouthim?'
I
nur
just
saidittomyself,
dachte
thinking
ofballoons,andwondering."
Whatdoyouwantaballoonfor?"
yousaid.
Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundto
sehen
see
thatnobodywaslistening,puthispawtohismouth,
und
and
saidinadeepwhisper:
"Honey!"
Aber
But
youdon'tgethoneywithballoons!"
Ido,"saidPooh.
Nun
Well
,itjusthappenedthatyouhadbeentoa
party
party
thedaybeforeat
der
the
houseofyourfriendPiglet,
und
and
youhadballoonsat
der
the
party.
Youhadhadabiggreenballoon;
und
and
oneofRabbit'srelationshadhadabigblue
einer
one
,andhadleftitbehind,being
wirklich
really
tooyoungtogotoa
party
party
atall;
andsoyouhadbrought
den
the
greenoneandtheblueonehomewithyou.
Whichonewouldyoulike?"
you
gefragt
asked
Pooh.
Heputhis
kopf
head
betweenhispawsand
dachte
thought
verycarefully.
It'slikethis,"hesaid.
"Whenyougo
nach
after
honeywithaballoon,
die
the
greatthingisnottolet
die
the
beesknowyou'recoming.
Now,
wenn
if
youhaveagreenballoon,theymight
denken
think
youwereonlypartof
die
the
tree,andnotnoticeyou,
und
and
,ifyouhaveablueballoon,theymight
denken
think
youwereonlypartof
die
the
sky,andnotnoticeyou,
und
and
thequestionis:
Whichismostlikely?"
Wouldn'ttheynoticeyouunderneaththeballoon?"
you
gefragt
asked
.
Theymightortheymightnot,"saidWinnie-the-Pooh.
"You
nie
never
cantellwithbees."
He
dachte
thought
foramomentandsaid:
"Ishall
versuchen
try
tolooklikeasmallblackcloud.
That
wird
will
deceivethem."
Thenyouhad
besser
better
havetheblueballoon,"yousaid;
und
and
soitwasdecided.
Nun
Well
,youbothwentoutwith
den
the
blueballoon,andyoutookyourgunwithyou,
nur
just
incase,asyoualways
tatet
did
,andWinnie-the-Poohwenttoa
sehr
very
muddyplacethatheknew
an
of
,androlledandrolleduntilhewas
schwarz
black
allover;
andthen,whentheballoonwasblownupas
groß
big
asbig,andyou
und
and
Poohwerebothholdingontothestring,you
ließest
let
gosuddenly,andPoohBearfloatedgracefullyupintothesky,
und
and
stayedthere—levelwiththe
spitze
top
ofthetreeand
etwa
about
twentyfeetawayfromit.
Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn'tthatfine?"
shoutedWinnie-the-Poohdowntoyou.
"WhatdoIlooklike?"
You
siehst aus
look
likeaBearholdingonto
ein
a
balloon,"yousaid.
Not,"saidPoohanxiously,"—notlike
eine
a
smallblackcloudin
eine
a
bluesky?"
Notverymuch."
Ah,
nun
well
,perhapsfromuphereitlooksdifferent.
Und
And
,asIsay,you
nie
never
cantellwithbees."
Dort
There
wasnowindtoblowhimnearertothetree,so
dort
there
hestayed.
Hecould
sehen
see
thehoney,hecouldsmell
den
the
honey,buthecouldn't
ganz
quite
reachthehoney.
Afteralittlewhilehecalleddowntoyou.
ChristopherRobin!"
hesaidinaloudwhisper.
Hallo!"
I
glaube
think
thebeessuspectsomething!"
Whatsortofthing?"
Idon'tknow.
Aber
But
somethingtellsmethatthey'resuspicious!"
Vielleicht
Perhaps
theythinkthatyou're
nach
after
theirhoney."
Itmaybethat.
You
nie
never
cantellwithbees."
Therewas
noch eine
another
littlesilence,andthenhecalleddowntoyou
wieder
again
.
ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Haveyouanumbrellainyourhouse?"
I
glaube
think
so."
Iwishyou
würdest
would
bringitouthere,
und
and
walkupanddownwith
es
it
,andlookupatmeeverynow
und
and
then,andsay'Tut-tut,it
sieht aus
looks
likerain.'
Ithink,
wenn
if
youdidthat,it
würde
would
helpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingonthesebees."
Nun
Well
,youlaughedtoyourself,"SillyoldBear!"
aber
but
youdidn'tsayitaloud
weil
because
youweresofondof
ihn
him
,andyouwenthomeforyourumbrella.
Oh,
da
there
youare!"
calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,assoonasyougotbacktothetree.
"Iwasbeginningtogetanxious.
Ihavediscovered
dass
that
thebeesarenowdefinitelySuspicious."
ShallIputmyumbrellaup?"
yousaid.
Ja
Yes
,butwaitamoment.
We
müssen
must
bepractical.
Theimportantbeetodeceiveis
die
the
QueenBee.
Canyou
sehen
see
whichistheQueenBeefrom
unten
down
there?"
No."
Apity.
Well,now,
wenn
if
youwalkupanddownwithyourumbrella,saying,'Tut-tut,it
sieht aus
looks
likerain,'Ishall
tun
do
whatIcanbysingingalittleCloudSong,suchasacloudmightsing....
Go!"
So,
während
while
youwalkedupanddown
und
and
wonderedifitwouldrain,Winnie-the-Poohsang
dieses
this
song:.
Thebeeswere
immer noch
still
buzzingassuspiciouslyasever.
Einige
Some
ofthem,indeed,lefttheirnests
und
and
flewallroundthecloudasitbeganthe
zweite
second
verseofthissong,
und
and
onebeesatdownonthenoseofthecloudfora
moment
moment
,andthengotup
wieder
again
.
Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthecloud.
Yes?"
Ihave
gerade
just
beenthinking,andIhavecometoa
sehr
very
importantdecision.
Thesearethewrong
art
sort
ofbees."
Arethey?"
Ganz
Quite
thewrongsort.
SoI
sollte
should
thinktheywouldmake
die
the
wrongsortofhoney,shouldn'tyou?"
Würden
Would
they?"
Yes.
SoI
denke
think
Ishallcomedown."
How?"
gefragt
asked
you.
Winnie-the-Poohhadn'tthoughtaboutthis.
Wenn
If
heletgoofthestring,he
würde
would
fall—bump—andhedidn'tliketheideaofthat.
Sohe
dachte
thought
foralongtime,
und
and
thenhesaid:.
ChristopherRobin,youmust
schießen
shoot
theballoonwithyourgun.
Haveyougotyourgun?"
OfcourseIhave,"yousaid.
"But
wenn
if
Idothat,it
wird
will
spoiltheballoon,"yousaid.