Alan Alexander Miln. The house at Pooh Corner -
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mind you. They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them
till you're having them."
When Roo understood what he had to do, he was wildly
excited, and cried out: "Tigger, Tigger, we're going to jump!
Look at me jumping, Tigger! Like flying, my jumping will be.
Can Tiggers do it?" And he squeaked out: "I'm coming,
Christopher Robin!" and he jumped-- straight into the middle of
the tunic. And he was going so fast that he bounced up again
almost as high as where he was before--and went on bouncing and
saying, "Oo!" for quite a long time--and then at last he
stopped and said, "Oo, lovely!" And they put him on the ground.
"Come on, Tigger," he called out. "It's easy."
But Tigger was holding on to the branch and saying to
himself: "It's all very well for Jumping Animals like Kangas,
but it's quite different for Swimming Animals like Tiggers.
"And he thought of himself floating on his back down a river,
or striking out from one island to another, and he felt that
that was really the life for a Tigger.
"Come along," called Christopher Robin. "You'll be all
right."
"Just wait a moment," said Tigger nervously. "Small
piece of bark in my eye." And he moved slowly along his branch.
"Come on, it's easy!" squeaked Roo. And suddenly Tigger
found how easy it was.
"Ow!" he shouted as the tree flew past him.
"Look out!" cried Christopher Robin to the others.
There was a crash, and a tearing noise, and a confused
heap of everybody on the ground.
Christopher Robin and Pooh and Piglet picked themselves
up first, and then they picked Tigger up, and underneath
everybody else was Eeyore.
"Oh, Eeyore!" cried Christopher Robin. "Are you hurt?"
And he felt him rather anxiously, and dusted him and helped him