INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappento
у
havereadanotherbookaboutChristopherRobin,youmayвспомнить
rememberthatheoncehadaлебедь
swan(ortheswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon'tзнаю
knowwhich)andthatheusedtocallthisлебедь
swanPooh.Thatwasalongtimeago,
и
andwhenwesaidgood-bye,wetooktheимя
namewithus,aswedidn'tthinktheлебедь
swanwouldwantitanyбольше
more.Well,whenEdwardBearsaid
что
thathewouldlikeanexcitingимя
namealltohimself,ChristopherRobinsaidatonce,withoutstoppingtothink,что
thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.Andhewas.
So,asIhaveexplainedthePooh
часть
part,Iwillnowexplaintherestofit.Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
долго
longwithoutgoingtotheЗоопарк
Zoo.Therearesomepeople
которые
whobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,и
andwalkasquicklyastheycanмимо
pasteverycageuntiltheygettotheonecalledWAYOUT,но
butthenicestpeoplegoпрямо
straighttotheanimaltheylovetheбольше всего
most,andstaythere.So
когда
whenChristopherRobingoestotheЗоопарк
Zoo,hegoestowherethePolarBearsare,и
andhewhisperssomethingtothethirdkeeperfromtheleft,и
anddoorsareunlocked,andwewanderthroughdarkpassagesи
andupsteepstairs,untilatlastwecometothespecialcage,и
andthecageisopened,и
andouttrotssomethingbrownи
andfurry,andwithahappycryof"Oh,Bear!"ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Теперь
Nowthisbear'snameisWinnie,whichshowswhatagoodимя
nameforbearsitis,но
butthefunnythingisthatwecan'tвспомнить
rememberwhetherWinnieiscalledafterPooh,или
orPoohafterWinnie.Wedidknow
когда
once,butwehaveforgotten....Ihadwrittenas
далеко
farasthiswhenPigletlookedвверх
upandsaidinhissqueakyголос
voice,"WhataboutMe?""MydearPiglet,"Isaid,"thewhole
книга
bookisaboutyou.""Soitis
о
aboutPooh,"hesqueaked.Youseewhatitis.
Heisjealous
потому что
becausehethinksPoohishavingaGrandВведение
Introductionalltohimself.Poohisthe
фаворит
favourite,ofcourse,there'snodenyingit,но
butPigletcomesinforagoodmanythingswhichPoohmisses;becauseyoucan'ttakePoohtoschoolwithout
все
everybodyknowingit,butPigletissosmallthatheslipsintoaкарман
pocket,whereitisverycomfortingtofeelhimкогда
whenyouarenotquiteуверен
surewhethertwicesevenistwelveили
ortwenty-two.Sometimesheslipsout
и
andhasagoodlookintheink-pot,и
andinthiswayhehasgotбольше
moreeducationthanPooh,butPoohdoesn'tmind.Somehavebrains,
и
andsomehaven't,hesays,и
andthereitis.And
теперь
nowalltheothersaresaying,"WhataboutUs?"So
возможно
perhapsthebestthingtoсделать
doistostopwritingIntroductionsи
andgetonwiththebook.CHAPTERI
INWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
И
ANDSOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGINВот
HereisEdwardBear,comingвниз
downstairsnow,bump,bump,bump,ontheзадней
backofhishead,behindChristopherRobin.Itis,asfarasheknows,theonly
способ
wayofcomingdownstairs,butиногда
sometimeshefeelsthatthereсамом деле
reallyisanotherway,ifonlyhecouldперестать
stopbumpingforamomentи
andthinkofit.Andthenhefeels
что
thatperhapsthereisn't.Anyhow,
вот
hereheisatthebottom,и
andreadytobeintroducedtoyou.Winnie-the-Pooh.
Когда
WhenIfirstheardhisимя
name,Isaid,justasyouaregoingtoсказать
say,"ButIthoughthewasaboy?"SodidI,"saidChristopherRobin.
Thenyoucan't
называть
callhimWinnie?"Idon't."
Но
Butyousaid——".He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyouknowwhat'ther'means?"
Ah,
да
yes,nowIdo,"Isaidбыстро
quickly;andIhopeyoudo
тоже
too,becauseitisalltheобъяснение
explanationyouaregoingtoget.Иногда
SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesagameofsomesortкогда
whenhecomesdownstairs,andиногда
sometimeshelikestositтихо
quietlyinfrontofthefireи
andlistentoastory.Thisevening——.
Whataboutastory?"
saidChristopherRobin.
Whataboutastory?"
Isaid.
Couldyou
очень
verysweetlytellWinnie-the-Poohone?"IsupposeIcould,"Isaid.
"Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
О
Abouthimself.Becausehe'sthatsortofBear."
Oh,Isee."
Socouldyou
очень
verysweetly?"I'lltry,"Isaid.
SoItried.
Когда
Onceuponatime,aочень
verylongtimeagonow,aboutlastПятницу
Friday,Winnie-the-Poohlivedinaforestallbyhimselfпод
underthenameofSanders.("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
askedChristopherRobin.
Itmeanshehadthe
имя
nameoverthedooringoldletters,и
andlivedunderit."Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
совсем
quitesure,"saidChristopherRobin.NowIam,"saidagrowly
голос
voice.ThenIwillgoon,"said
Я
I.)Onedaywhenhewasoutwalking,hecametoanopenplaceinthe
середине
middleoftheforest,andintheсередине
middleofthisplacewasaбольшой
largeoak-tree,and,fromthetopofthetree,therecameaгромкий
loudbuzzing-noise.Winnie-the-Poohsatdownatthefootofthetree,puthis
голову
headbetweenhispawsandbegantoдумать
think.Firstofallhesaidtohimself:
"Thatbuzzing-noisemeans
то
something.Youdon'tgetabuzzing-noiselikethat,
просто
justbuzzingandbuzzing,withoutitsmeaningто
something.Ifthere'sabuzzing-noise,somebody'smakingabuzzing-noise,
и
andtheonlyreasonformakingabuzzing-noiseчто
thatIknowofisbecauseyou'reabee."Thenhethoughtanother
долгое
longtime,andsaid:"Andtheonly
причина
reasonforbeingabeethatIзнаю
knowofismakinghoney."И
Andthenhegotup,и
andsaid:"Andtheonly
причина
reasonformakinghoneyissoasIcaneatit."Sohebegantoclimbthe
дерево
tree.Heclimbedandheclimbed
и
andheclimbed,andasheclimbedhesangalittlesongtohimself.Itwentlikethis:.
Thenheclimbeda
немного
littlefurther...anda
немного
littlefurther...andthenjusta
немного
littlefurther.Bythattimehehadthoughtofanothersong.
Hewasgetting
довольно
rathertiredbythistime,sothatiswhyhesangaComplainingSong.Hewas
почти
nearlytherenow,andifheпросто
juststoodonthatbranch...Крэк
Crack!Oh,help!"
saidPooh,ashedropped
десять
tenfeetonthebranchниже
belowhim.IfonlyIhadn't——"
hesaid,ashebouncedtwenty
футов
feetontothenextветвь
branch.Yousee,whatImeanttodo,"heexplained,asheturnedhead-over-heels,
и
andcrashedontoanotherветвь
branchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImeanttodo——".Of
конечно
course,itwasrather——"headmitted,asheslithered
очень
veryquicklythroughthenextшесть
sixbranches.Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashesaidgood-byetothelastbranch,spunround
три
threetimes,andflewgracefullyintoagorse-bush,"itвсе
allcomesoflikinghoneysoмного
much.Oh,help!"
Hecrawledoutofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,
и
andbegantothinkagain.И
AndthefirstpersonhethoughtofwasChristopherRobin.("Wasthatme?"
saidChristopherRobininanawedvoice,
едва
hardlydaringtobelieveit.Это
Thatwasyou."ChristopherRobinsaid
ничего
nothing,buthiseyesgotбольше
largerandlarger,andhisfacegotpinkerи
andpinker.)SoWinnie-the-PoohwentroundtohisfriendChristopherRobin,
который
wholivedbehindagreendoorinдругой
anotherpartoftheforest.Good
утро
morning,ChristopherRobin,"hesaid.Good
утро
morning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.I
интересно
wonderifyou'vegotsuchaвещь
thingasaballoonaboutyou?"Aballoon?"
Да
Yes,Ijustsaidtomyselfcomingalong:'I
интересно
wonderifChristopherRobinhassuchaвещь
thingasaballoonabouthim?'I
просто
justsaidittomyself,thinkingofballoons,и
andwondering."Whatdoyouwantaballoonfor?"
yousaid.
Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundto
увидеть
seethatnobodywaslistening,puthispawtohisрту
mouth,andsaidinadeepwhisper:"Honey!"
Но
Butyoudon'tgethoneyс
withballoons!"Ido,"saidPooh.
Ну
Well,itjusthappenedthatyouhadbeentoapartythedaybeforeatthehouseofyourfriendPiglet,и
andyouhadballoonsattheparty.Youhadhada
большой
biggreenballoon;andoneofRabbit'srelationshadhada
большой
bigblueone,andhadleftitпозади
behind,beingreallytooyoungtoпойти
gotoapartyatall;и
andsoyouhadbroughttheзеленый
greenoneandtheblueoneдомой
homewithyou.Whichonewouldyoulike?"
youaskedPooh.
Heputhis
голову
headbetweenhispawsandthoughtочень
verycarefully.It'slikethis,"hesaid.
"Whenyougoafterhoney
с
withaballoon,thegreatthingisnottoletthebeesзнать
knowyou'recoming.Now,ifyou
у
haveagreenballoon,theymightподумать
thinkyouwereonlypartofthetree,и
andnotnoticeyou,and,если
ifyouhaveablueballoon,theymightподумать
thinkyouwereonlypartofthesky,и
andnotnoticeyou,andthequestionis:Что
Whichismostlikely?"Wouldn'ttheynoticeyou
под
underneaththeballoon?"youasked.
Theymight
или
ortheymightnot,"saidWinnie-the-Pooh."Younevercan
сказать
tellwithbees."Hethoughtfora
мгновение
momentandsaid:"Ishalltryto
выглядеть
looklikeasmallblackоблако
cloud.Thatwilldeceivethem."
Thenyouhad
лучше
betterhavetheblueballoon,"yousaid;и
andsoitwasdecided.Ну
Well,youbothwentoutс
withtheblueballoon,andyoutookyourпистолет
gunwithyou,justinслучай
case,asyoualwaysdid,и
andWinnie-the-Poohwenttoaочень
verymuddyplacethatheknewof,и
androlledandrolleduntilhewasblackallover;и
andthen,whentheballoonwasblownupasбольшой
bigasbig,andyouи
andPoohwerebothholdingontothestring,youletgoвнезапно
suddenly,andPoohBearfloatedgracefullyupintotheнебо
sky,andstayedthere—levelwiththetopofthetreeи
andabouttwentyfeetawayfromего
it.Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn't
это
thatfine?"shoutedWinnie-the-Poohdowntoyou.
"WhatdoIlooklike?"
Youlook
как
likeaBearholdingontoaballoon,"yousaid.Not,"saidPoohanxiously,"—not
как
likeasmallblackcloudinabluesky?"Not
очень
verymuch."Ah,well,perhapsfromuphereitlooksdifferent.
И
And,asIsay,younevercantellс
withbees."Therewasnowindtoblowhim
ближе
nearertothetree,soтам
therehestayed.Hecould
видеть
seethehoney,hecouldsmelltheмед
honey,buthecouldn'tquitereachtheмед
honey.Afteralittlewhilehecalleddowntoyou.
ChristopherRobin!"
hesaidinaloudwhisper.
Hallo!"
Ithinkthebeessuspectsomething!"
Whatsortofthing?"
Idon't
знаю
know.Butsomethingtellsme
что
thatthey'resuspicious!"Perhapstheythink
что
thatyou'reaftertheirhoney."It
может
maybethat.Younevercantell
с
withbees."Therewasanotherlittle
тишина
silence,andthenhecalleddowntoyouснова
again.ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Haveyouanumbrellainyourhouse?"
Ithinkso."
Iwishyouwouldbringitout
сюда
here,andwalkupandвниз
downwithit,andlookвверх
upatmeeverynowи
andthen,andsay'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain.'I
думаю
think,ifyoudidthat,itwouldhelpthedeceptionкоторый
whichwearepractisingonthesebees."Ну
Well,youlaughedtoyourself,"Sillyстарый
oldBear!"butyoudidn'tsayit
вслух
aloudbecauseyouweresofondofhim,и
andyouwenthomeforyourumbrella.Oh,thereyouare!"
calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,as
только
soonasyougotbacktothetree."Iwasbeginningtogetanxious.
Ihavediscovered
что
thatthebeesarenowопределенно
definitelySuspicious."ShallIputmyumbrellaup?"
yousaid.
Да
Yes,butwaitamoment.Wemustbepractical.
Theimportant
пчела
beetodeceiveistheКоролева
QueenBee.Canyouseewhichisthe
Королева
QueenBeefromdownthere?"No."
A
жалость
pity.Well,now,ifyou
ходить
walkupanddownwithyourumbrella,saying,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'IshalldowhatIcanbysingingв
alittleCloudSong,suchasв
acloudmightsing....Go!"
So,
пока
whileyouwalkedupandвниз
downandwonderedifitwouldдождь
rain,Winnie-the-Poohsangthissong:.Thebeeswere
все еще
stillbuzzingassuspiciouslyasever.Некоторые
Someofthem,indeed,lefttheirnestsи
andflewallroundthecloudasitbegantheвторой
secondverseofthissong,и
andonebeesatdownontheнос
noseofthecloudforaмгновение
moment,andthengotupснова
again.Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthe
облако
cloud.Yes?"
Ihavejustbeenthinking,
и
andIhavecometoaочень
veryimportantdecision.Thesearethewrongsortofbees."
Arethey?"
Quitethe
неправильный
wrongsort.SoIshould
думать
thinktheywouldmaketheнеправильный
wrongsortofhoney,shouldn'tyou?"Wouldthey?"
Да
Yes.SoIthinkIshallcomedown."
How?"
askedyou.
Winnie-the-Poohhadn'tthought
об
aboutthis.Ifheletgoofthestring,hewouldfall—bump—andhedidn'tlikethe
идея
ideaofthat.Sohethoughtfora
долго
longtime,andthenhesaid:.ChristopherRobin,you
должен
mustshoottheballoonwithyourgun.Haveyougotyourgun?"
Of
конечно
courseIhave,"yousaid."But
если
ifIdothat,itwillspoiltheballoon,"yousaid.