Alan Alexander Miln. The house at Pooh Corner -
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Christopher Robin looked up at Tigger and Roo, and
tried to think of something.
"I thought," said Piglet earnestly, "that if Eeyore
stood at the bottom of the tree, and if Pooh stood on Eeyore's
back, and if I stood on Pooh's shoulders----"
"And if Eeyore's back snapped suddenly, then we could
all laugh. Ha ha! Amusing in a quiet way," said Eeyore, "but
not really helpful."
"Well," said Piglet meekly, "I thought----"
"Would it break your back, Eeyore?" asked Pooh, very
much surprised.
"That's what would be so interesting, Pooh. Not being
quite sure till afterwards."
Pooh said "Oh!" and they all began to think again.
"I've got an idea!" cried Christopher Robin suddenly.
"Listen to this, Piglet," said Eeyore, "and then you'll
know what we're trying to do."
"I'll take off my tunic and we'll each hold a corner,
and then Roo and Tigger can jump into it, and it will be all
soft and bouncy for them, and they won't hurt themselves."
"Getting Tigger down," said Eeyore, "and not hurting
anybody. Keep those two ideas in your head, Piglet, and you'll
be all right."
But Piglet wasn't listening, he was so agog at the
thought of seeing Christopher Robin's blue braces again. He had
only seen them once before, when he was much younger, and,
being a little over-excited by them, had had to go to bed half
an hour earlier than usual; and he had always wondered since if
they were really as blue and as bracing as he had thought them.
So when Christopher Robin took his tunic off, and they were, he
felt quite friendly to Eeyore again, and held the corner of the
tunic next to him and smiled happily at him. And Eeyore
whispered back: "I'm not saying there won't be an Accident now,