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wouldn't.
"They hide in the branches of trees, and drop on you as
you go underneath," said Pooh. "Christopher Robin told me."
"Perhaps we better hadn't go underneath, Pooh. In case
he dropped and hurt himself."
"They don't hurt themselves," said Pooh. "They're such
very good droppers."
Piglet still felt that to be underneath a Very Good
Dropper would be a Mistake, and he was just going to hurry back
for something which he had forgotten when the Jagular called
out to them.
"Help! Help!" it called.
"That's what Jagulars always do," said Pooh, much
interested. "They call 'Help! Help!' and then when you look up,
they drop on you."
"I'm looking down," cried Piglet loudly, so as the
Jagular shouldn't do the wrong thing by accident. Something
very excited next to the Jagular heard him, and squeaked:
"Pooh and Piglet! Pooh and Piglet!"
All of a sudden Piglet felt that it was a much nicer
day than he had thought it was. All warm and sunny----
"Pooh!" he cried. "I believe it's Tigger and Roo!"
"So it is," said Pooh. "I thought it was a Jagular and
another Jagular."
"Hallo, Roo!" called Piglet. "What are you doing?"
"We can't get down, we can't get down!" cried Roo.
"Isn't it fun? Pooh, isn't it fun, Tigger and I are living in a
tree, like Owl, and we're going to stay here for ever and ever.
I can see Piglet's house. Piglet, I can see your house from
here. Aren't we high? Is Owl's house as high up as this?"
"How did you get there, Roo?" asked Piglet.
"On Tigger's back! And Tiggers can't climb downwards,
because their tails get in the way, only upwards, and Tigger
forgot about that when we started, and he's only just