Alan Alexander Miln. The house at Pooh Corner -
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remembered. So we've got to stay here for ever and ever--unless
we go higher. What did you say, Tigger? Oh, Tigger says if we
go higher we shan't be able to see Piglet's house so well, so
we're going to stop here."
"Piglet," said Pooh solemnly, when he had heard all
this, "what shall we do?" And he began to eat Tigger's
sandwiches.
"Are they stuck?" asked Piglet anxiously.
Pooh nodded.
"Couldn't you climb up to them?"
"I might, Piglet, and I might bring Roo down on my
back, but I couldn't bring Tigger down. So we must think of
something else. "And in a thoughtful way he began to eat Roo's
sandwiches, too.
Whether he would have thought of anything before he had
finished the last sandwich, I don't know, but he had just got
to the last but one when there was a crackling in the bracken,
and Christopher Robin and Eeyore came strolling along together.
"I shouldn't be surprised if it hailed a good deal
to-morrow," Eeyore was saying. "Blizzards and what-not. Being
fine to-day doesn't Mean Anything. It has no sig--what's that
word? Well, it has none of that. It's just a small piece of
weather."
"There's Pooh!" said Christopher Robin, who didn't much
mind what it did to-morrow, as long as he was out in it.
"Hallo, Pooh!"
"It's Christopher Robin!" said Piglet. "He'll know what
to do."
They hurried up to him.
"Oh, Christopher Robin," began Pooh.
"And Eeyore," said Eeyore.
"Tigger and Roo are right up the Six Pine Trees, and
they can't get down, and----"
"And I was just saying," put in Piglet, "that if only
Christopher Robin----"
"And Eeyore----"
"If only you were here, then we could think of
something to do."