INTRODUCTION
Ifyouhappento
ha
havereadanotherbookaboutChristopherRobin,youkanske
mayrememberthatheoncehaden
aswan(ortheswanhadChristopherRobin,Idon'tvet
knowwhich)andthathebrukade
usedtocallthisswanPooh.Att
Thatwasalongtimesedan
ago,andwhenwesaidgood-bye,wetog
tookthenamewithus,aswedidn'ttrodde
thinktheswanwouldwantitanymore.Well,whenEdwardBearsaidthathe
vilja
wouldlikeanexcitingnamealltohimself,ChristopherRobinsaidatonce,utan
withoutstoppingtothink,thathewasWinnie-the-Pooh.Och
Andhewas.So,asI
har
haveexplainedthePoohpart,Ikommer
willnowexplaintherestofit.Youcan'tbeinLondonfor
länge
longwithoutgoingtotheZoo.Thereare
vissa
somepeoplewhobegintheZooatthebeginning,calledWAYIN,och
andwalkasquicklyastheykan
canpasteverycageuntiltheykommer
gettotheonecalledWAYOUT,men
butthenicestpeoplegostraighttotheanimaltheyälskar
lovethemost,andstaythere.So
när
whenChristopherRobingoestoden
theZoo,hegoestodär
wherethePolarBearsare,och
andhewhisperssomethingtoden
thethirdkeeperfromtheleft,och
anddoorsareunlocked,andwewandergenom
throughdarkpassagesandupsteepstairs,untilatlastwekommer
cometothespecialcage,och
andthecageisopened,och
andouttrotssomethingbrownoch
andfurry,andwithahappycryof"Oh,Bear!"ChristopherRobinrushesintoitsarms.
Now
här
thisbear'snameisWinnie,vilket
whichshowswhatagoodnamn
nameforbearsitis,men
butthefunnythingisatt
thatwecan'trememberwhetherWinnieiscalledefter
afterPooh,orPoohafterWinnie.Wedid
visste
knowonce,butwehaveglömt
forgotten....Ihadwrittenas
långt
farasthiswhenPiglettittade
lookedupandsaidinhissqueakyvoice,"WhataboutMe?""My
kära
dearPiglet,"Isaid,"thewholeboken
bookisaboutyou.""Soitis
om
aboutPooh,"hesqueaked.You
ser
seewhatitis.Heisjealousbecausehe
tror
thinksPoohishavingaGrandIntroductionalltohimself.Poohisthefavourite,ofcourse,there's
inte
nodenyingit,butPigletkommer
comesinforagoodmanythingssom
whichPoohmisses;becauseyoucan't
ta
takePoohtoschoolwithoutalla
everybodyknowingit,butPigletissoliten
smallthatheslipsintoen
apocket,whereitismycket
verycomfortingtofeelhimnär
whenyouarenotquitesäker
surewhethertwicesevenistwelveeller
ortwenty-two.Sometimesheslips
ut
outandhasagoodtitt
lookintheink-pot,andindetta
thiswayhehasgotmer
moreeducationthanPooh,butPoohdoesn'tmind.Vissa
Somehavebrains,andsomehaven't,hesäger
says,andthereitis.Och
Andnowalltheothersaresäger
saying,"WhataboutUs?"So
kanske
perhapsthebestthingtogöra
doistostopwritingIntroductionsoch
andgetonwiththeboken
book.CHAPTERI
INWHICHWEAREINTRODUCEDTOWINNIE-THE-POOH
Och
ANDSOMEBEES,ANDTHESTORIESBEGINHär
HereisEdwardBear,comingdownstairsnu
now,bump,bump,bump,onthebaksidan
backofhishead,behindChristopherRobin.It
är
is,asfarasheknows,theonlywayofkomma
comingdownstairs,butsometimeshekänner
feelsthattherereallyisanotherway,om
ifonlyhecouldstopbumpingforett
amomentandthinkofit.Och
Andthenhefeelsthatkanske
perhapsthereisn't.Anyhow,hereheisatthebottom,
och
andreadytobeintroducedtoyou.Winnie-the-Pooh.
När
WhenIfirstheardhisnamn
name,Isaid,justasyouaregoingtosäga
say,"ButIthoughthewasen
aboy?"SodidI,"
sade
saidChristopherRobin.Thenyoucan't
kalla
callhimWinnie?"Idon't."
Men
Butyousaid——".He'sWinnie-ther-Pooh.
Don'tyou
vet
knowwhat'ther'means?"Ah,
ja
yes,nowIdo,"Isa
saidquickly;andIhopeyou
gör
dotoo,becauseitisalltheexplanationyouaregoingtofå
get.SometimesWinnie-the-Poohlikesagameofsome
slag
sortwhenhecomesdownstairs,och
andsometimeshelikestositta
sitquietlyinfrontoftheelden
fireandlistentoahistoria
story.Thisevening——.
Whatabout
en
astory?"saidChristopherRobin.
What
om
aboutastory?"Isaid.
Kan
CouldyouverysweetlytellWinnie-the-Poohone?"IsupposeIcould,"I
sa
said."Whatsortofstoriesdoeshelike?"
Om
Abouthimself.Becausehe'sthatsortofBear."
Oh,Isee."
So
kan
couldyouverysweetly?"I'lltry,"I
sa
said.SoItried.
Onceupon
en
atime,averylongtimesedan
agonow,aboutlastFriday,Winnie-the-Poohbodde
livedinaforestallbyhimselfunder
underthenameofSanders.("Whatdoes'underthename'mean?"
frågade
askedChristopherRobin.Itmeanshe
hade
hadthenameoverthedörren
dooringoldletters,andbodde
livedunderit."Winnie-the-Poohwasn't
helt
quitesure,"saidChristopherRobin.Nu
NowIam,"saidagrowlyvoice.ThenI
kommer
willgoon,"saidI.)One
dag
daywhenhewasoutgick
walking,hecametoanöppen
openplaceinthemiddleoftheforest,och
andinthemiddleofdenna
thisplacewasalargeoak-tree,och
and,fromthetopofthetree,therekom
camealoudbuzzing-noise.Winnie-the-Poohsatdownatthefootofthetree,
satte
puthisheadbetweenhispawsoch
andbegantothink.Firstofallhe
sa
saidtohimself:"Thatbuzzing-noise
betyder
meanssomething.Youdon'tget
ett
abuzzing-noiselikethat,justbuzzingoch
andbuzzing,withoutitsmeaningnågot
something.Ifthere'sabuzzing-noise,somebody'smaking
ett
abuzzing-noise,andtheonlyreasonformakingett
abuzzing-noisethatIknowofisbecauseyou'reett
abee."Thenhethoughtanother
lång
longtime,andsaid:"And
den
theonlyreasonforbeingett
abeethatIknowofisgöra
makinghoney."Andthenhegotup,
och
andsaid:"Andtheonlyreasonfor
göra
makinghoneyissoasIkan
caneatit."Sohebegantoclimbthetree.
Heclimbed
och
andheclimbedandheclimbed,och
andasheclimbedhesjöng
sangalittlesongtohimself.Itwentlike
här
this:.Thenheclimbeda
lite
littlefurther...anda
lite
littlefurther...andthen
bara
justalittlefurther.Bythat
tiden
timehehadthoughtofanothersong.Hewasgettingrathertiredby
här
thistime,sothatisdärför
whyhesangaComplainingSong.Hewasnearly
där
therenow,andifhebara
juststoodonthatbranch...Crack!
Oh,help!"
sa
saidPooh,ashedroppedtio
tenfeetonthebranchbelowhonom
him.IfonlyIhadn't——"
he
sa
said,ashebouncedtwentyfeetontothenästa
nextbranch.Yousee,whatI
menade
meanttodo,"heexplained,ashevände
turnedhead-over-heels,andcrashedontoanotherbranchthirtyfeetbelow,"whatImenade
meanttodo——".Ofcourse,itwasrather——"
headmitted,asheslithered
mycket
veryquicklythroughthenextsex
sixbranches.Itallcomes,Isuppose,"hedecided,ashe
sa
saidgood-byetothelastbranch,spunroundtre
threetimes,andflewgracefullyintoen
agorse-bush,"itallcomesofgilla
likinghoneysomuch.Oh,help!"
Hecrawled
ut
outofthegorse-bush,brushedthepricklesfromhisnose,och
andbegantothinkagain.Och
Andthefirstpersonhetänkte
thoughtofwasChristopherRobin.("Wasthatme?"
sa
saidChristopherRobininanawedvoice,hardlydaringtotro
believeit.Thatwasyou."
ChristopherRobin
sa
saidnothing,buthiseyesgotlargeroch
andlarger,andhisfacegotpinkeroch
andpinker.)SoWinnie-the-Poohwentroundtohis
vän
friendChristopherRobin,wholivedbakom
behindagreendoorinanotherdel
partoftheforest.Goodmorning,ChristopherRobin,"he
sa
said.Goodmorning,Winnie-ther-Pooh,"saidyou.
Iwonderifyou'vegot
sådan
suchathingasaballoonaboutyou?"En
Aballoon?"Yes,Ijust
sa
saidtomyselfcomingalong:'IwonderifChristopherRobin
har
hassuchathingasen
aballoonabouthim?'I
bara
justsaidittomyself,tänkte
thinkingofballoons,andwondering."Whatdoyouwant
en
aballoonfor?"yousaid.
Winnie-the-Poohlookedroundto
se
seethatnobodywaslistening,satte
puthispawtohismouth,och
andsaidinadeepwhisper:"Honey!"
Men
Butyoudon'tgethoneymed
withballoons!"Ido,"saidPooh.
Tja
Well,itjusthappenedthatyouhade
hadbeentoapartythedagen
daybeforeatthehouseofyourvän
friendPiglet,andyouhadballoonsatthefest
party.Youhadhada
stor
biggreenballoon;andoneofRabbit'srelationshadhada
stor
bigblueone,andhadlämnat
leftitbehind,beingreallyför
tooyoungtogotoafest
partyatall;andsoyou
hade
hadbroughtthegreenoneoch
andtheblueonehomemed
withyou.Whichonewouldyoulike?"
you
frågade
askedPooh.Heputhishead
mellan
betweenhispawsandthoughtmycket
verycarefully.It'slikethis,"he
sa
said."Whenyougoafter
honung
honeywithaballoon,thegreatthingisnottolåta
letthebeesknowyou'rekommer
coming.Now,ifyouhave
en
agreenballoon,theymighttror
thinkyouwereonlypartofthetree,och
andnotnoticeyou,and,om
ifyouhaveablueballoon,theykanske
mightthinkyouwereonlydel
partofthesky,andnotnoticeyou,och
andthequestionis:Whichis
mest
mostlikely?"Wouldn'ttheynoticeyouunderneaththeballoon?"
you
frågade
asked.Theymightorthey
kanske
mightnot,"saidWinnie-the-Pooh."You
aldrig
nevercantellwithbees."He
tänkte
thoughtforamomentandsa
said:"Ishalltryto
se
looklikeasmallblackcloud.Att
Thatwilldeceivethem."Thenyouhadbetterhavetheblueballoon,"you
sa
said;andsoitwasdecided.
Well,you
båda
bothwentoutwiththeblueballoon,och
andyoutookyourgunmed
withyou,justincase,asyoualltid
alwaysdid,andWinnie-the-Poohwenttoen
averymuddyplacethathekände
knewof,androlledandrolleduntilhewassvart
blackallover;andthen,
när
whentheballoonwasblownupp
upasbigasbig,och
andyouandPoohwerebåda
bothholdingontothestring,youletgosuddenly,och
andPoohBearfloatedgracefullyupp
upintothesky,andstayedthere—levelmed
withthetopofthetreeoch
andabouttwentyfeetawayfromit.Hooray!"
youshouted.
Isn'tthatfine?"
shoutedWinnie-the-Pooh
ner
downtoyou."WhatdoI
ser
looklike?"Youlooklike
en
aBearholdingontoen
aballoon,"yousaid.Not,"
sa
saidPoohanxiously,"—notlikealitet
smallblackcloudinabluesky?"Notverymuch."
Ah,well,
kanske
perhapsfromuphereitser
looksdifferent.And,asIsay,you
aldrig
nevercantellwithbees."Therewas
ingen
nowindtoblowhimnearertothetree,sotherehestayed.Hecould
se
seethehoney,hecouldsmellthehoney,men
buthecouldn'tquitereachthehoney.Efter
Afteralittlewhilehecalledner
downtoyou.ChristopherRobin!"
he
sa
saidinaloudwhisper.Hallo!"
I
tror
thinkthebeessuspectsomething!"Whatsortofthing?"
Idon't
vet
know.Butsomethingtellsme
att
thatthey'resuspicious!"Perhapsthey
tror
thinkthatyou'reaftertheirhoney."It
kan
maybethat.Younever
kan
cantellwithbees."Therewasanother
liten
littlesilence,andthenhecalledner
downtoyouagain.ChristopherRobin!"
Yes?"
Har
Haveyouanumbrellainyourhouse?"I
tror
thinkso."Iwishyouwould
ta
bringitouthere,andgå
walkupanddownwithit,och
andlookupatmeeverynowoch
andthen,andsay'Tut-tut,itlookssom
likerain.'Ithink,ifyou
gjorde
didthat,itwouldhelpthedeceptionwhichwearepractisingondessa
thesebees."Well,youlaughedtoyourself,"Silly
gammal
oldBear!"butyoudidn't
sa
sayitaloudbecauseyouweresofondofhonom
him,andyouwenthomeforyourumbrella.Oh,
där
thereyouare!"calleddownWinnie-the-Pooh,as
fort
soonasyougotbacktothetree."Iwasbeginningtogetanxious.
Ihavediscovered
att
thatthebeesarenowdefinitelySuspicious."ShallI
sätta
putmyumbrellaup?"you
sa
said.Yes,butwaitamoment.
We
måste
mustbepractical.Theimportantbeetodeceiveis
det
theQueenBee.Canyou
se
seewhichistheQueenBeefromdownthere?"No."
Apity.
Tja
Well,now,ifyouwalkupp
upanddownwithyourumbrella,säger
saying,'Tut-tut,itlookslikerain,'Ishallgöra
dowhatIcanbysjunga
singingalittleCloudSong,suchasen
acloudmightsing....Go!"
So,
medan
whileyouwalkedupandner
downandwonderedifitwouldrain,Winnie-the-Poohsjöng
sangthissong:.Thebeeswere
fortfarande
stillbuzzingassuspiciouslyasever.Några
Someofthem,indeed,lefttheirnestsoch
andflewallroundthecloudasitbegantheandra
secondverseofthissong,och
andonebeesatdownonthenoseofthecloudforaögonblick
moment,andthengotupigen
again.Christopher—ow!—Robin,"calledoutthecloud.
Yes?"
I
har
havejustbeenthinking,andIhar
havecometoaveryviktigt
importantdecision.Thesearethe
fel
wrongsortofbees."Arethey?"
Helt
Quitethewrongsort.SoIshould
tro
thinktheywouldmakethefel
wrongsortofhoney,shouldn'tyou?"Wouldthey?"
Ja
Yes.SoIthinkIshall
komma
comedown."How?"
askedyou.
Winnie-the-Poohhadn't
tänkt
thoughtaboutthis.Ifheletgoof
det
thestring,hewouldfall—bump—andhedidn'tgillade
liketheideaofthat.Sohe
tänkte
thoughtforalongtime,och
andthenhesaid:.ChristopherRobin,you
måste
mustshoottheballoonwithyourpistol
gun.Haveyougotyourgun?"
OfcourseIhave,"you
sa
said."ButifIdo
att
that,itwillspoiltheballoon,"yousa
said.