Alan Alexander Miln. The house at Pooh Corner -
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"We'll take him to the North Pole," said Rabbit,
"because it was a very long explore finding it, so it will be a
very long explore for Tigger un-finding it again."
It was now Pooh's turn to feel very glad, because it
was he who had first found the North Pole, and when they got
there, Tigger would see a notice which said, "Discovered by
Pooh, Pooh found it," and then Tigger would know, which perhaps
he didn't now, the sort of Bear Pooh was. That sort of Bear.
So it was arranged that they should start next morning,
and that Rabbit, who lived near Kanga and Roo and Tigger,
should now go home and ask Tigger what he was doing to-morrow,
because if he wasn't doing anything, what about coming for an
explore and getting Pooh and Piglet to come too? And if Tigger
said "Yes" that would be all right, and if he said "No "
"He won't," said Rabbit. "Leave it to me." And he went
off busily.
The next day was quite a different day. Instead of
being hot and sunny, it was cold and misty. Pooh didn't mind
for himself, but when he thought of all the honey the bees
wouldn't be making, a cold and misty day always made him feel
sorry for them. He said so to Piglet when Piglet came to fetch
him, and Piglet said that he wasn't thinking of that so much,
but of how cold and miserable it would be being lost all day
and night on the top of the Forest. But when he and Pooh had
got to Rabbit's house, Rabbit said it was just the day for
them, because Tigger always bounced on ahead of everybody, and
as soon as he got out of sight, they would hurry away in the
other direction, and he would never see them again.
"Not never?" said Piglet.
"Well, not until we find him again, Piglet. To-morrow,