The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Page #6

Mama, when is Tigger gonna get here?

Be patient, dear, he'll be -

Well, here I am! I guess I surprised you Roo!

You sure did! I like surprises!

Hello Mrs. Kanga, ma'am!

What ails you Tigger dear?

She called me dear. Roo, are you ready for some bouncing?

Yeah. You and me are big bouncers!

Just a moment dear. Hold still! Goodness, you're bouncy today.

......

... scarf...

Not so tight, mama!

Is your sweater warm enough?

Yes, mother.

Well, come on Roo, let's go!

Tigger! .... And be careful!

Don't worry, Mrs. Kanga. I'll take care of the little nipper.

Ah, what a perfect day! Peace and quiet and thank goodness no Tigger.

See, look, look! ...... long eared .

Can Tiggers ice-skate, ...rabbit

Can Tiggers ice-skate? Why, that's what Tiggers do the best!

Say, this is a cinch. Hoooo, look out!

Oh, why does it always have to be me? Why, why, why?

Tigger, Tigger, are you all right?

Yuck, Tiggers don't like ice-skating.

So Tigger and Roo went farther into the Hundred Acre Wood looking for something that Tiggers do best.

.... climb trees... Tigger.

Climb trees? That's what Tiggers do best! Only Tiggers don't climb trees, they bounce them . Come on, let's go! I almost bounced clear out of the book! Fun bouncing? Say, how did this tree get so high? Hey, what's happening now?

....swing....

Stop that kid, please! S T O P stop! You're rocking the forest!

What's the matter, Tigger?

Oh, thank goodness. I was just getting sea-sick from seeing too much.

We just have to leave Tigger up in the tree top for a little while, because at the bottom of the next page Pooh is having a problem of his own.

What are you doing Pooh?

Shhh! Tracking something.

Tracking what?

Oh that's what I ask myself, Piglet. What?

And what do you think ... answer ....

Oh I shall have to wait until I catch up with it.

Pooh, for a bear of very little brain, you're sure a ....

Thank you, Piglet.

Now what?

A very mysterious thing Piglet. A whole new set of tracks! See?

And so it seemed to be. There was a track joining each other here, getting mixed up with each other there. But to Pooh quite clearly four sets of paw marks.

Piglet, whatever it was that made these tracks has now been joined by a whatever it is!

Yes, and all of them are proceeding in company.

Piglet, I wasn't exactly expecting company.

Neither was I Pooh.

So they went on feeling a little anxious now, in case the animals in front of them were of hostile intent.

Halloo!

Look, look, Piglet! There's something in that tree over there.

Is that one of the fiercer animals?

Yes. It's a Jagular.

What do Jagulars do Pooh?

Well, Jagulars always call " halloo" and when you look up they drop on you.

I'm looking down, Pooh.

Halloo!

Hey Tigger, it's Pooh and Piglet! Pooh! Piglet!

Why, it's only Tigger and Roo. Come on!

Hallo Roo! Hey what are you and Tigger doing up there?

I'm alright, but Tigger's stuck.

Help somebody, please! Get Christopher Robin!

Well it wasn't too long before word got back to Christopher Robin and the others that Tigger was in trouble.

Hallo Pooh, hallo Piglet. What's up?

Tigger and Roo are up.

Oh my goodness! Roo how did you get way up there?

Easy mama. We bounced up.

Oh gracious. Do be careful dear!

I'm all right mama, but Tigger's stuck.

Oh, what a shame. That's too bad.

No, that's good! ...he can't bounce anybody up there.

Oh dear. We just have to get him down somehow.

Down, down. Do we have to?

Come on everyone! Let's hold the corner of my coat.

You're first Roo! Jump!

Try not to fall too fast dear! Oh thank goodness!

Gee, that was fun! Come on Tigger! It doesn't hurt. Jump!

You're next Tigger! Jump!

Jump? Tiggers don't jump! They bounce.

Then bounce down.

Don't be ridiculous! Tiggers only bounce up!

You can climb down Tigger.

No, we Tiggers can't climb down because .... tail...

Hooray! ... if he won't jump and he can't climb down then we just have to leave him up there forever .

Forever? Oh if I ever get out of this I promise never to bounce again, never!

I heard that Tigger! He promised! Did you hear him promise? I heard him! I heard him! You heard him, didn't you? Didn't you?

Well Tigger, your bouncing really got you into trouble this time.

Say, who're you?

I'm the narrator.

Oh well, please for goodness sake narrate me down from here.

Very well. Hold on tight.

You can let go now Tigger.

Never.

But Tigger! Look for yourself! You're perfectly safe.....what did I tell you Tigger. Come on. There we go.

Oh good old ... I'm safe. ..happy I'm still bouncing.

Ah, you promised, you promised!

Oh, I did, didn't I. If you mean I can't ever bounce again?

Never!

Never? Not even just one incey wincey bounce?

Not even a .... of a bounce!

Oh the poor dear. Oh that's too bad.

Christopher Robin? I like the old bouncing Tigger the best.

So do I, Roo.

I do too.

Me too.

Of course we all do. Don't you agree Rabbit?

Well, Rabbit?

I, there is a, what I mean,

Well?

Oh, all right. I guess I like the old Tigger better too.

...you mean I can have my bounce back? Come on Rabbit! Let's you and me bounce!

Good heavens! Me bounce?

Why, certainly! Look! You get the feet for it!

I have?

Sure! Come on! Try it! And make you feel just right!

..... Come on everybody! Bounce!

The wonderful thing about Tiggers

Is Tiggers are wonderful things

Their tops are made out of rubber

Their bottoms are made out of springs

They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy

Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!

But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers

Is I'm the only one.

I'm the only one

(GRRrrrrrr...)

And so we come to the last chapter, in which Christopher Robin and Pooh come to the enchanted place, and we say goodbye.

Goodbye? Oh no, please can't we go back to page one and do it all over again?

Sorry Pooh, but all stories have an ending you know.

Oh, bother.

Yes the time had come at last. Christopher Robin was going away to school. Nobody else in the forest knew exactly why or where he was going, all they knew was it had something to do with twice times and how to make things called ABC and where a place called Brazil is.

Pooh, what do you like doing best in the world?

What I like best is me going to visit you and you saying " how about a ... of honey?"

I like that too. But what I like best is just doing nothing.

How do you do just nothing?

Well, it's when the grown-ups ask" what are you going to do?" and you're saying nothing and then you go out and do it.

I like that. Let's do it all the time!

You know something Pooh? .... nothing any more.

You mean never again?

Well, not so much. Pooh, when I'm away just doing nothing will you come up here sometimes?

You mean alone? Just me?

Yes. And Pooh. Promise you won't forget me,ever?

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