Alan Alexander Miln. The house at Pooh Corner -
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Of bouncing at Rabbit
Would matter
No longer,
If Rabbit
Was taller.
"What was Pooh saying?" asked Rabbit. "Any good?"
"No," said Pooh sadly. "No good."
"Well, I've got an idea," said Rabbit, "and here it is.
We take Tigger for a long explore, somewhere where he's never
been, and we lose him there, and next morning we find him
again, and--mark my words--he'll be a different Tigger
altogether."
"Why?" said Pooh.
"Because he'll be a Humble Tigger. Because he'll be a
Sad Tigger, a Melancholy Tigger, a Small and Sorry Tigger, an
Oh-Rabbit-I-am-glad-to-see-you Tigger. That's why."
"Will he be glad to see me and Piglet, too?"
"Of course."
"That's good," said Pooh.
"I should hate him to go on being Sad," said Piglet
doubtfully.
"Tiggers never go on being Sad," explained Rabbit.
"They get over it with Astonishing Rapidity. I asked Owl, just
to make sure, and he said that that's what they always get over
it with. But if we can make Tigger feel Small and Sad just for
five minutes, we shall have done a good deed."
"Would Christopher Robin think so?" asked Piglet.
"Yes," said Rabbit. "He'd say 'You've done a good deed,
Piglet. I would have done it myself, only I happened to be
doing something else. Thank you, Piglet.' And Pooh, of course."
Piglet felt very glad about this, and he saw at once
that what they were going to do to Tigger was a good thing to
do, and as Pooh and Rabbit were doing it with him, it was a
thing which even a Very Small Animal could wake up in the
morning and be comfortable about doing. So the only question
was, where should they lose Tigger?