INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappento
volt
havereadanotherbookaboutChristopherRobin,youmayemlékszel
rememberthatheoncehadegy
aswan(ortheswanvolt
hadChristopherRobin,Idon'ttudom
knowwhich)andthatheusedtocallezt
thisswanPooh.Thatwasalongtimeago,
és
andwhenwesaidgood-bye,wefogja
tookthenamewithus,aswedidn'tthinktheswanfogja
wouldwantitanymore.Nos
Well,whenEdwardBearsaidthathewouldlikeegy
anexcitingnamealltohimself,ChristopherRobinmondta
saidatonce,withoutstoppingtothink,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.És
Andhewas.So,asIhaveexplainedthePoohpart,Iwill
most
nowexplaintherestofit.Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
sokáig
longwithoutgoingtotheZoo.Therearesome
emberek
peoplewhobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,és
andwalkasquicklyastheytudnak
canpasteverycageuntiltheygettotheonecalledWAYOUT,de
butthenicestpeoplegostraighttotheanimaltheylovethemost,és
andstaythere.SowhenChristopherRobin
megy
goestotheZoo,hemegy
goestowherethePolarBearsvannak
are,andhewhisperssomethingtothethirdkeeperfromtheleft,és
anddoorsareunlocked,andwewanderthroughdarkpassagesés
andupsteepstairs,untilatlastwecometothespeciális
specialcage,andthecageisopened,és
andouttrotssomethingbrownés
andfurry,andwithaboldog
happycryof"Oh,Bear!"ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Most
Nowthisbear'snameisWinnie,ami
whichshowswhatagoodnév
nameforbearsitis,de
butthefunnythingisthatwecan'temlékszünk
rememberwhetherWinnieiscalledután
afterPooh,orPoohafterWinnie.Wedid
tudtuk
knowonce,butwehaveforgotten....I
van
hadwrittenasfarasthisamikor
whenPigletlookedupandmondta
saidinhissqueakyvoice,"WhataboutMe?""MydearPiglet,"I
mondtam
said,"thewholebookisaboutyou.""SoitisaboutPooh,"hesqueaked.
You
látod
seewhatitis.Heisjealous
mert
becausehethinksPoohishavingaGrandIntroductionalltohimself.Poohisthefavourite,of
persze
course,there'snodenyingit,de
butPigletcomesinforagoodsok
manythingswhichPoohmisses;mert
becauseyoucan'ttakePoohtoschoolwithoutmindenki
everybodyknowingit,butPigletissokicsi
smallthatheslipsintoegy
apocket,whereitisverycomfortingtofeelhimamikor
whenyouarenotquitebiztos
surewhethertwicesevenistwelvevagy
ortwenty-two.Sometimesheslipsout
és
andhasagoodlookintheink-pot,és
andinthiswayhehaskapott
gotmoreeducationthanPooh,de
butPoohdoesn'tmind.Somehavebrains,
és
andsomehaven't,hesays,és
andthereitis.And
most
nowalltheothersaresaying,"WhataboutUs?"So
talán
perhapsthebestthingtodoistostopwritingIntroductionsés
andgetonwiththebook.CHAPTERI
INWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
És
ANDSOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGINItt
HereisEdwardBear,comingdownstairsmost
now,bump,bump,bump,onthehátsó
backofhishead,behindChristopherRobin.Itis,asfarasheknows,theonlywayof
jöjjön
comingdownstairs,butsometimeshefeelshogy
thattherereallyisanotherway,ha
ifonlyhecouldstopbumpingforegy
amomentandthinkofez
it.Andthenhefeels
hogy
thatperhapsthereisn't.Anyhow,
itt
hereheisatthebottom,és
andreadytobeintroducedtoyou.Winnie-the-Pooh.
Amikor
WhenIfirstheardhisnevét
name,Isaid,justasyouaregoingtomondtam
say,"ButIthoughthewasaboy?"SodidI,"
mondta
saidChristopherRobin.Thenyoucan'tcallhimWinnie?"
Idon't."
De
Butyousaid——".He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyou
tudod
knowwhat'ther'means?"Ah,
igen
yes,nowIdo,"Isaidquickly;és
andIhopeyoudotoo,mert
becauseitisalltheexplanationyouaregoingtokapni
get.SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesagameofsomesort
amikor
whenhecomesdownstairs,andnéha
sometimeshelikestositquietlyinfrontofthetűz
fireandlistentoastory.Thisevening——.
Whatabout
egy
astory?"saidChristopherRobin.
Whatabout
egy
astory?"Isaid.
Couldyou
nagyon
verysweetlytellWinnie-the-Poohone?"IsupposeIcould,"I
mondtam
said."Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
Abouthimself.
Mert
Becausehe'sthatsortofBear."Oh,Isee."
So
tudnál
couldyouverysweetly?"I'lltry,"I
mondtam
said.SoItried.
Onceuponatime,a
nagyon
verylongtimeagonow,aboutmúlt
lastFriday,Winnie-the-Poohlivedinaforestallbyhimselfunderaz
thenameofSanders.("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
kérdezte
askedChristopherRobin.Itmeanshe
volt
hadthenameovertheajtó
dooringoldletters,andélt
livedunderit."Winnie-the-Poohwasn'tquitesure,"saidChristopherRobin.
NowIam,"said
egy
agrowlyvoice.ThenI
fogok
willgoon,"saidI.)One
nap
daywhenhewasoutwalking,hecametoannyílt
openplaceinthemiddleoftheforest,és
andinthemiddleofthisplacewasalargeoak-tree,és
and,fromthetopofthetree,therecamealoudbuzzing-noise.Winnie-the-Poohsatdownatthefootofthetree,
tette
puthisheadbetweenhispawsés
andbegantothink.Firstofallhe
mondta
saidtohimself:"Thatbuzzing-noise
jelent
meanssomething.Youdon'tget
egy
abuzzing-noiselikethat,justbuzzingés
andbuzzing,withoutitsmeaningsomething.Ha
Ifthere'sabuzzing-noise,somebody'shogy
makingabuzzing-noise,andtheegyetlen
onlyreasonformakingabuzzing-noiseamit
thatIknowofisbecauseyou'reegy
abee."Thenhethoughtanotherlongtime,
és
andsaid:"Andtheonly
ok
reasonforbeingabeeamit
thatIknowofismakinghoney."És
Andthenhegotup,és
andsaid:"Andtheonly
ok
reasonformakinghoneyissoasIcaneatit."Sohebegantoclimb
a
thetree.Heclimbedandheclimbed
és
andheclimbed,andasheclimbedhesangegy
alittlesongtohimself.Itwentlikethis:.
Thenheclimbed
egy
alittlefurther...and
egy
alittlefurther...andthenjust
egy
alittlefurther.Bythattimehehad
gondolt
thoughtofanothersong.Hewasgettingrathertiredbythistime,sothatiswhyhesang
egy
aComplainingSong.Hewasnearly
ott
therenow,andifhecsak
juststoodonthatbranch...Crack!
Oh,help!"
mondta
saidPooh,ashedroppedtíz
tenfeetonthebranchbelowhim.IfonlyIhadn't——"
he
mondta
said,ashebouncedtwentyfeetontothekövetkező
nextbranch.Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
és
andcrashedontoanotherbranchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".Of
persze
course,itwasrather——"headmitted,asheslithered
nagyon
veryquicklythroughthenexthat
sixbranches.Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashe
mondott
saidgood-byetothelastbranch,spunroundthreetimes,és
andflewgracefullyintoagorse-bush,"italljön
comesoflikinghoneysomuch.Oh,help!"
Hecrawled
ki
outofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,és
andbegantothinkagain.És
Andthefirstpersonhegondolt
thoughtofwasChristopherRobin.("Wasthatme?"
mondta
saidChristopherRobininanawedvoice,hardlydaringtoelhinni
believeit.Thatwasyou."
ChristopherRobin
mondott
saidnothing,buthiseyesgotlargerés
andlarger,andhisfacegotpinkerés
andpinker.)SoWinnie-the-PoohwentroundtohisfriendChristopherRobin,
aki
wholivedbehindagreenajtó
doorinanotherpartoftheforest.Jó
Goodmorning,ChristopherRobin,"hemondta
said.Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
Iwonderifyou'vegot
olyan
suchathingasaballoonaboutyou?"Egy
Aballoon?"Yes,Ijust
mondtam
saidtomyselfcomingalong:'Iwonder
ha
ifChristopherRobinhassuchegy
athingasaballoonabouthim?'I
csak
justsaidittomyself,thinkingofballoons,és
andwondering."Whatdoyouwant
egy
aballoonfor?"yousaid.
Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundto
lássa
seethatnobodywaslistening,tette
puthispawtohismouth,és
andsaidinadeepwhisper:"Honey!"
De
Butyoudon'tgethoneya
withballoons!"Ido,"saidPooh.
Nos
Well,itjusthappenedthatyouhadbeentoegy
apartythedaybeforeatthehouseofyourfriendPiglet,és
andyouhadballoonsatthepartin
party.Youhadhada
nagy
biggreenballoon;andoneofRabbit'srelations
volt
hadhadabigblueone,és
andhadleftitbehind,beingreallytúl
tooyoungtogotoapartyatall;és
andsoyouhadbroughtthegreenoneés
andtheblueonehomewithyou.Whichonewouldyoulike?"
you
kérdezted
askedPooh.Heputhis
fejét
headbetweenhispawsandthoughtnagyon
verycarefully.It'slikethis,"he
mondta
said."Whenyougoafter
méz
honeywithaballoon,thenagy
greatthingisnottohagyd
letthebeesknowyou'recoming.Most
Now,ifyouhaveagreenballoon,theymightthinkyouwerecsak
onlypartofthetree,és
andnotnoticeyou,and,ha
ifyouhaveablueballoon,theymightthinkyouwerecsak
onlypartofthesky,és
andnotnoticeyou,andthekérdés
questionis:Whichismostlikely?"
Wouldn'ttheynoticeyouunderneath
a
theballoon?"youasked.
Theymightortheymightnot,"
mondta
saidWinnie-the-Pooh."Younevercantellwithbees."
Hethoughtfor
egy
amomentandsaid:"Ishalltrytolook
mint
likeasmallblackcloud.Thatwilldeceivethem."
Thenyouhad
jobb
betterhavetheblueballoon,"youmondtad
said;andsoitwasdecided.
Well,youbothwentoutwiththeblueballoon,
és
andyoutookyourgunwithyou,csak
justincase,asyoumindig
alwaysdid,andWinnie-the-Poohwenttoegy
averymuddyplacethathetudott
knewof,androlledandrolledamíg
untilhewasblackallover;és
andthen,whentheballoonwasblownupasnagy
bigasbig,andyoués
andPoohwerebothholdingontothestring,youletgosuddenly,és
andPoohBearfloatedgracefullyupintothesky,és
andstayedthere—levelwiththetopofthetreeés
andabouttwentyfeetawayfromit.Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn'tthatfine?"
shoutedWinnie-the-Poohdowntoyou.
"WhatdoIlooklike?"
Youlook
mint
likeaBearholdingontoegy
aballoon,"yousaid.Not,"
mondta
saidPoohanxiously,"—notlikeegy
asmallblackcloudinegy
abluesky?"Notverymuch."
Ah,
hát
well,perhapsfromuphereitnéz ki
looksdifferent.And,asI
mondtam
say,younevercantella
withbees."Therewasnowindtoblowhimnearerto
a
thetree,sotherehestayed.He
tudta
couldseethehoney,hetudta
couldsmellthehoney,buthecouldn'tquitereacha
thehoney.Afteralittlewhilehecalleddowntoyou.
ChristopherRobin!"
he
mondta
saidinaloudwhisper.Hallo!"
I
hiszem
thinkthebeessuspectsomething!"Whatsortofthing?"
Idon't
tudom
know.Butsomethingtellsme
hogy
thatthey'resuspicious!"Perhapstheythink
hogy
thatyou'reaftertheirhoney."Itmaybe
hogy
that.Younevercantell
a
withbees."Therewasanother
kis
littlesilence,andthenhecalledle
downtoyouagain.ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Van
Haveyouanumbrellainyourhouse?"I
hiszem
thinkso."Iwishyouwouldbringit
ki
outhere,andwalkupés
anddownwithit,andnéz ki
lookupatmeeverynowés
andthen,andsay'Tut-tut,itnéz ki
lookslikerain.'Ithink,
ha
ifyoudidthat,itwouldhelpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingonthesebees."Nos
Well,youlaughedtoyourself,"Sillyöreg
oldBear!"butyoudidn't
mondtad
sayitaloudbecauseyouweresofondofhim,és
andyouwenthomeforyourumbrella.Oh,thereyouare!"
called
le
downWinnie-the-Pooh,assoonasyougotbacktoa
thetree."Iwasbeginningtogetanxious.
Ihavediscovered
hogy
thatthebeesarenowdefinitelySuspicious."ShallIputmyumbrellaup?"
you
mondtad
said.Yes,butwaitamoment.
We
kell
mustbepractical.Theimportantbeetodeceiveis
a
theQueenBee.Canyousee
melyik
whichistheQueenBeefromdownthere?"No."
Apity.
Nos
Well,now,ifyouwalkfel
upanddownwithyourumbrella,mondod
saying,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'IshalldowhatItudok
canbysingingalittleCloudSong,suchasegy
acloudmightsing....Go!"
So,whileyouwalked
fel
upanddownandwonderedifitfog
wouldrain,Winnie-the-Poohsangthissong:.A
Thebeeswerestillbuzzingassuspiciouslyasever.Someofthem,indeed,lefttheirnests
és
andflewallroundthecloudasitbeganthemásodik
secondverseofthissong,és
andonebeesatdownonthenoseofthecloudforamoment,és
andthengotupagain.Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledout
a
thecloud.Yes?"
Ihavejustbeenthinking,
és
andIhavecometoegy
averyimportantdecision.Thesearethewrong
fajta
sortofbees."Arethey?"
Elég
Quitethewrongsort.SoI
kellene
shouldthinktheywouldmaketherossz
wrongsortofhoney,shouldn'tyou?"Wouldthey?"
Igen
Yes.SoIthinkIshallcomedown."
How?"
askedyou.
Winnie-the-Poohhadn't
gondolt
thoughtaboutthis.Ifheletgoofthestring,hewouldfall—bump—andhedidn'tlikethe
gondolat
ideaofthat.Sohethoughtforalongtime,andthenhe
mondta
said:.ChristopherRobin,youmustshoottheballoonwithyourgun.
Van
Haveyougotyourgun?"Of
persze
courseIhave,"yousaid."But
ha
ifIdothat,itwillspoila
theballoon,"yousaid.