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half?  We  find  these  very  exciting,  and  when we have been
excited quite enough, we curl up and go to  sleep  .  .  .  and
Pooh,  sitting wakeful a little longer on his chair by our pil­
low, thinks Grand Thoughts to himself about Nothing, until  he,
too,  closes his eyes and nods his head, and follows us on tip-
toe into the Forest. There, still, we  have  magic  adventures,
more wonderful than any I have told you about; but now, when we
wake up in the morning, they are gone before we can catch  hold
of  them.  How  did  the last one begin? "One day when Pooh was
walk­ ing in the Forest, there were one hundred and seven  cows
on a gate . . ." No, you see, we have lost it. It was the best,
I think. Well, here are some of the other  ones,  all  that  we
shall  remember  now. But, of course, it isn't really Good-bye,
because the Forest will always be there . . . and  anybody  who
is Friendly with Bears can find it.

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Chapter I. In which a house is built
 at Pooh Corner
for Eeyore

    ONE  day  when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought
he would do something, so he went round to  Piglet's  house  to
see  what  Piglet was doing. It was still snowing as he stumped
over the white forest track, and he  expected  to  find  Piglet
warming  his  toes in front of his fire, but to his surprise he
saw that the door was open, and the more he looked  inside  the
more Piglet wasn't there.
        "He's  out,"  said Pooh sadly. "That's what it is. He's
not in. I shall have to go a  fast  Thinking  Walk  by  myself.
Bother!"
        But  first  he  thought that he would knock very loudly
just to make quite sure . . . and while he  waited  for  Piglet
not  to  answer,  he jumped up and down to keep warm, and a hum

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