INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappentohave
przeczytałeś
readanotherbookaboutChristopherRobin,youmoże
mayrememberthatheoncehadaswan(ortheswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon'twiem
knowwhich)andthatheusedtocalltego
thisswanPooh.Thatwasa
dawno
longtimeago,andwhenwesaidgood-bye,wewzięliśmy
tookthenamewithus,aswedidn'tmyśleliśmy
thinktheswanwouldwantitanymore.Well,whenEdwardBear
powiedział
saidthathewouldlikeanexcitingimię
namealltohimself,ChristopherRobinpowiedział
saidatonce,withoutstoppingtothink,że
thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.Andhewas.
So,asIhaveexplainedthePoohpart,Iwill
teraz
nowexplaintherestofit.Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
długo
longwithoutgoingtotheZoo.Tam
TherearesomepeoplewhobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,i
andwalkasquicklyastheymogą
canpasteverycageuntiltheygettotheonecalledWAYOUT,ale
butthenicestpeoplegostraighttotheanimaltheykochają
lovethemost,andstaytam
there.SowhenChristopherRobin
idzie
goestotheZoo,heidzie
goestowherethePolarBearssą
are,andhewhisperssomethingtothethirdkeeperfromtheleft,anddoorsareunlocked,andwewanderprzez
throughdarkpassagesandupsteepstairs,untilatlastwecometothespecialcage,andthecageisopened,andouttrotscoś
somethingbrownandfurry,andwithahappycryof"Oh,Bear!"ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Nowthisbear's
imię
nameisWinnie,whichshowswhatadobre
goodnameforbearsitis,ale
butthefunnythingisże
thatwecan'trememberwhetherWinnieiscalledpo
afterPooh,orPoohafterWinnie.Wedid
wiedzieliśmy
knowonce,butwehaveforgotten....Ihadwrittenasfaras
tego
thiswhenPigletlookedupi
andsaidinhissqueakyvoice,"WhataboutMe?""MydearPiglet,"I
powiedziałem
said,"thewholebookiso
aboutyou.""Soitis
o
aboutPooh,"hesqueaked.You
widzisz
seewhatitis.Heisjealous
bo
becausehethinksPoohisma
havingaGrandIntroductionalltohimself.Poohisthefavourite,of
oczywiście
course,there'snodenyingit,ale
butPigletcomesinforagoodwiele
manythingswhichPoohmisses;becauseyoucan'ttakePoohtoschool
bez
withouteverybodyknowingit,butPigletissomały
smallthatheslipsintoapocket,gdzie
whereitisverycomfortingtoczuć
feelhimwhenyouarenotquitesurewhethertwicesevenistwelveortwenty-two.Czasami
Sometimesheslipsoutandma
hasagoodlookintheink-pot,i
andinthiswayhema
hasgotmoreeducationthanPooh,ale
butPoohdoesn'tmind.Some
mają
havebrains,andsomehaven't,hesays,andnie
thereitis.Andnowalltheothersaresaying,"WhataboutUs?"
So
może
perhapsthebestthingtozrobić
doistostopwritingIntroductionsi
andgetonwiththebook.CHAPTERI
INWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
I
ANDSOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGINTutaj
HereisEdwardBear,comingdownstairsnow,bump,bump,bump,onthetył
backofhishead,behindChristopherRobin.Itis,asfarashe
wie
knows,theonlywayofcomingdownstairs,ale
butsometimeshefeelsthattherenaprawdę
reallyisanotherway,iftylko
onlyhecouldstopbumpingforamomenti
andthinkofit.Andthenhe
czuje
feelsthatperhapsthereisn't.Anyhow,hereheisatthebottom,
i
andreadytobeintroducedtoyou.Winnie-the-Pooh.
WhenI
po raz pierwszy
firstheardhisname,Ipowiedziałem
said,justasyouaregoingtopowiedzieć
say,"ButIthoughthewasaboy?"SodidI,"
powiedział
saidChristopherRobin.Thenyoucan'tcallhimWinnie?"
Idon't."
Ale
Butyousaid——".He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyou
wiesz
knowwhat'ther'means?"Ah,
tak
yes,nowIdo,"Ipowiedziałem
saidquickly;andIhopeyoudo
też
too,becauseitisalltheexplanationyouaregoingtodostaniesz
get.SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesa
grę
gameofsomesortwhenhecomesdownstairs,andczasami
sometimeshelikestositquietlyinfrontofthefireandsłuchać
listentoastory.Thisevening——.
Whataboutastory?"
powiedział
saidChristopherRobin.Whataboutastory?"
I
powiedziałem
said.Couldyouverysweetly
powiedzieć
tellWinnie-the-Poohone?"IsupposeIcould,"I
powiedziałem
said."Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
O
Abouthimself.Becausehe'sthatsortofBear."
Oh,Isee."
Socouldyou
bardzo
verysweetly?"I'lltry,"I
powiedziałem
said.SoItried.
Onceuponatime,a
bardzo
verylongtimeagonow,około
aboutlastFriday,Winnie-the-Poohlivedinaforestallbyhimselfpod
underthenameofSanders.("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
zapytał
askedChristopherRobin.Itmeanshe
miał
hadthenameoverthedooringoldletters,i
andlivedunderit."Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
całkiem
quitesure,"saidChristopherRobin.Teraz
NowIam,"saidagrowlyvoice.ThenIwill
pójdę
goon,"saidI.)One
dnia
daywhenhewasoutwalking,heprzyszedł
cametoanopenplaceinthemiddleoftheforest,a
andinthemiddleoftego
thisplacewasalargeoak-tree,a
and,fromthetopofthetree,thereprzyszedł
camealoudbuzzing-noise.Winnie-the-Pooh
usiadł
satdownatthefootofthetree,puthisgłowę
headbetweenhispawsandbegantomyśleć
think.Firstofallhe
powiedział
saidtohimself:"Thatbuzzing-noisemeans
coś
something.Youdon'tgetabuzzing-noiselikethat,
tylko
justbuzzingandbuzzing,withoutitsmeaningsomething.Jeśli
Ifthere'sabuzzing-noise,somebody'smakingabuzzing-noise,a
andtheonlyreasonformakingabuzzing-noiseże
thatIknowofisbecauseyou'reabee."Thenhe
pomyślał
thoughtanotherlongtime,andpowiedział
said:"AndtheonlyreasonforbeingabeethatIknowofismakinghoney."
Andthenhegotup,and
powiedział
said:"Andtheonlyreasonformaking
miód
honeyissoasIcaneatit."Sohebegantoclimbthetree.
Heclimbed
i
andheclimbedandheclimbed,i
andasheclimbedheśpiewał
sangalittlesongtohimself.Itwentlikethis:.
Thenheclimbeda
trochę
littlefurther...anda
trochę
littlefurther...andthenjusta
trochę
littlefurther.Bythattimehehad
pomyślał
thoughtofanothersong.Hewasgettingrathertiredby
tym
thistime,sothatiswhyhesangaComplainingSong.Hewasnearly
tam
therenow,andifhetylko
juststoodonthatbranch...Crack!
Oh,help!"
powiedział
saidPooh,ashedroppeddziesięć
tenfeetonthebranchbelowniego
him.IfonlyIhadn't——"
he
powiedział
said,ashebouncedtwentyfeetontothenextbranch.Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
i
andcrashedontoanotherbranchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".Of
oczywiście
course,itwasrather——"headmitted,asheslithered
bardzo
veryquicklythroughthenextsześć
sixbranches.Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashesaidgood-byetothelastbranch,spunround
trzy
threetimes,andflewgracefullyintoagorse-bush,"itallcomesoflikinghoneysodużo
much.Oh,help!"
Hecrawled
się
outofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,i
andbegantothinkagain.I
Andthefirstpersonhepomyślał
thoughtofwasChristopherRobin.("Wasthatme?"
powiedział
saidChristopherRobininanawedvoice,hardlydaringtobelieveit.Thatwasyou."
ChristopherRobin
powiedział
saidnothing,buthiseyesgotlargerandlarger,andhisfacegotpinkerandpinker.)SoWinnie-the-Pooh
poszedł
wentroundtohisfriendChristopherRobin,który
wholivedbehindagreendoorinanotherczęści
partoftheforest.Goodmorning,ChristopherRobin,"he
powiedział
said.Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
Iwonderifyou'vegotsucha
coś
thingasaballoonaboutyou?"Aballoon?"
Tak
Yes,Ijustsaidtomyselfcomingalong:'IwonderifChristopherRobin
ma
hassuchathingasaballoono
abouthim?'Ijustsaidittomyself,thinkingofballoons,
i
andwondering."Whatdoyouwantaballoonfor?"
you
powiedziałeś
said.Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundtosee
że
thatnobodywaslistening,puthispawtohismouth,i
andsaidinadeepwhisper:"Honey!"
Ale
Butyoudon'tgethoneyz
withballoons!"Ido,"saidPooh.
Well,itjusthappened
że
thatyouhadbeentoapartythedzień
daybeforeatthehouseofyourfriendPiglet,i
andyouhadballoonsattheparty.You
miałeś
hadhadabiggreenballoon;i
andoneofRabbit'srelationsmiał
hadhadabigbluejeden
one,andhadleftitbehind,beingnaprawdę
reallytooyoungtogotoapartyatall;i
andsoyouhadbroughtthegreenonei
andtheblueonehomeze
withyou.Whichonewouldyoulike?"
you
zapytałeś
askedPooh.Heputhis
głowę
headbetweenhispawsandpomyślał
thoughtverycarefully.It'slikethis,"he
powiedział
said."Whenyougoafter
miód
honeywithaballoon,thegreatrzeczą
thingisnottoletthebeesznać
knowyou'recoming.Now,ifyou
masz
haveagreenballoon,theymightpomyśleć
thinkyouwereonlypartofthetree,andnotnoticeyou,and,jeśli
ifyouhaveablueballoon,theymightpomyśleć
thinkyouwereonlypartofthesky,andnotnoticeyou,andthepytanie
questionis:Whichismostlikely?"
Wouldn'ttheynoticeyouunderneaththeballoon?"
you
zapytałeś
asked.Theymightortheymightnot,"
powiedział
saidWinnie-the-Pooh."Younevercantell
z
withbees."Hethoughtforamoment
i
andsaid:"Ishalltryto
wyglądać
looklikeasmallblackcloud.Thatwilldeceivethem."
Thenyouhad
lepiej
betterhavetheblueballoon,"youpowiedziałeś
said;andsoitwasdecided.
Well,youboth
poszedł
wentoutwiththeblueballoon,andyouwzięliście
tookyourgunwithyou,justincase,asyouzawsze
alwaysdid,andWinnie-the-Poohwenttoabardzo
verymuddyplacethathewiedział
knewof,androlledandrolleduntilhewasczarny
blackallover;andthen,
kiedy
whentheballoonwasblownupaswielki
bigasbig,andyouandPoohwerebothtrzymaliście
holdingontothestring,youletgosuddenly,andPoohBearfloatedgracefullyupintothesky,andstayedthere—levelwiththetopofthetreeandokoło
abouttwentyfeetawayfromgo
it.Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn'tthatfine?"
shoutedWinnie-the-Poohdowntoyou.
"WhatdoIlooklike?"
You
wyglądasz
looklikeaBearholdingontoaballoon,"youpowiedziałeś
said.Not,"saidPoohanxiously,"—not
jak
likeasmallblackcloudinabluesky?"Notverymuch."
Ah,well,
może
perhapsfromuphereitwygląda
looksdifferent.And,asIsay,you
nigdy nie
nevercantellwithbees."Therewasnowindtoblowhimnearertothetree,sotherehestayed.
Hecould
widzieć
seethehoney,hecouldsmellthemiód
honey,buthecouldn'tquitereachthemiód
honey.Afteralittlewhilehe
zadzwonił
calleddowntoyou.ChristopherRobin!"
he
powiedział
saidinaloudwhisper.Hallo!"
I
myślę
thinkthebeessuspectsomething!"Whatsortofthing?"
Idon't
wiem
know.Butsomethingtellsme
że
thatthey'resuspicious!"Perhapsthey
myślą
thinkthatyou'reaftertheirhoney."It
może
maybethat.Younevercantell
z
withbees."Therewasanother
mała
littlesilence,andthenhecalleddowntoyouznowu
again.ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Haveyouanumbrellainyourhouse?"
I
myślę
thinkso."Iwishyouwould
przyniósł
bringitouthere,andchodził
walkupanddownwithgo
it,andlookupatmeeverynowi
andthen,andsay'Tut-tut,itwygląda
lookslikerain.'Ithink,
jeśli
ifyoudidthat,itwouldhelpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingontych
thesebees."Well,youlaughedtoyourself,"Silly
stary
oldBear!"butyoudidn't
powiedziałeś
sayitaloudbecauseyouweresofondofhim,i
andyouwenthomeforyourumbrella.Oh,
tu
thereyouare!"calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,assoonasyougotbacktothetree.
"Iwasbeginningtogetanxious.
Ihavediscovered
że
thatthebeesarenowdefinitelySuspicious."ShallIputmyumbrellaup?"
you
powiedziałeś
said.Yes,butwaitamoment.
Wemustbepractical.
TheimportantbeetodeceiveistheQueenBee.
Canyou
widzisz
seewhichistheQueenBeefromdownthere?"No."
Apity.
Well,
teraz
now,ifyouwalkupi
anddownwithyourumbrella,saying,'Tut-tut,itwygląda
lookslikerain,'Ishallzrobię
dowhatIcanbysingingalittleCloudSong,suchasacloudmightśpiewać
sing....Go!"
So,whileyou
chodziłeś
walkedupanddownandwonderedifitwouldrain,Winnie-the-Poohśpiewał
sangthissong:.Thebeeswere
wciąż
stillbuzzingassuspiciouslyasever.Niektóre
Someofthem,indeed,lefttheirnestsandflewallroundthecloudasitbeganthedruga
secondverseofthissong,andonebeeusiadła
satdownonthenoseofthecloudforamoment,andthengotsię
upagain.Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthecloud.
Yes?"
Ihavejustbeen
myślałem
thinking,andIhavecometoabardzo
veryimportantdecision.Thesearethewrongsortofbees."
Arethey?"
Zupełnie
Quitethewrongsort.SoIshould
pomyśleć
thinktheywouldmakethewrongsortofhoney,shouldn'tyou?"Wouldthey?"
Tak
Yes.SoIthinkIshallcomedown."
How?"
zapytał
askedyou.Winnie-the-Poohhadn'tthought
o
aboutthis.Ifheletgoof
ten
thestring,hewouldfall—bump—andhedidn'tliketen
theideaofthat.Sohe
myślał
thoughtforalongtime,a
andthenhesaid:.ChristopherRobin,youmust
zastrzelić
shoottheballoonwithyourgun.Masz
Haveyougotyourgun?"OfcourseIhave,"you
powiedziałeś
said."ButifIdothat,itwillspoiltheballoon,"you
powiedziałeś
said.