Alan Alexander Miln. The house at Pooh Corner -
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"EASY."
And at the word "easy," the branch he was standing on
broke suddenly, and he just managed to clutch at the one above
him as he felt himself going . . . and then slowly he got his
chin over it . . . and then one back paw . . . and then the
other . . . until at last he was sitting on it, breathing very
quickly, and wishing that he had gone in for swimming instead.
Roo climbed off, and sat down next to him.
"Oo, Tigger," he said excitedly, "are we at the top?
"No," said Tigger.
"Are we going to the top?"
"No," said Tigger.
"Oh!" said Roo rather sadly. And then he went on
hopefully: "That was a lovely bit just now, when you pretended
we were going to fall-bump-to-the-bottom, and we didn't. Will
you do that bit again?"
"No," said Tigger.
Roo was silent for a little while, and then he said,
"Shall we eat our sandwiches, Tigger?" And Tigger said, "Yes,
where are they?" And Roo said, "At the bottom of the tree." And
Tigger said, "I don't think we'd better eat them just yet." So
they didn't.
By-and-by Pooh and Piglet came along. Pooh was telling
Piglet in a singing voice that it didn't seem to matter, if he
didn't get any fatter, and he didn't think he was getting any
fatter, what he did; and Piglet was wondering how long it would
be before his haycorn came up.
"Look, Pooh!" said Piglet suddenly. "There's something
in one of the Pine Trees."
"So there is!" said Pooh, looking up wonderingly.
"There's an Animal."
Piglet took Pooh's arm, in case Pooh was frightened.
"Is it One of the Fiercer Animals?" he said, looking
the other way.
Pooh nodded.
"It's a Jagular," he said.
"What do Jagulars do?" asked Piglet, hoping that they