Alan Alexander Miln. The house at Pooh Corner -
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or whenever it is. Come on. He's waiting for us."
When they got to Kanga's house, they found that Roo was
waiting too, being a great friend of Tigger's, which made it
Awkward; but Rabbit whispered "Leave this to me" behind his paw
to Pooh, and went up to Kanga.
"I don't think Roo had better come," he said. "Not
to-day."
"Why not?" said Roo, who wasn't supposed to be
listening.
"Nasty cold day," said Rabbit, shaking his head. "And
you were coughing this morning."
"How do you know?" asked Roo indignantly.
"Oh, Roo, you never told me," said Kanga reproachfully.
"It was a biscuit cough," said Roo, "not one you tell
about."
"I think not to-day, dear. Another day."
"To-morrow?" said Roo hopefully.
"We'll see," said Kanga.
"You're always seeing, and nothing ever happens," said
Roo sadly.
"Nobody could see on a day like this, Roo," said
Rabbit. "I don't expect we shall get very far, and then this
afternoon we'll all--we'll all-- we'll--ah, Tigger, there you
are. Come on. Goodbye, Roo! This afternoon we'll--come on,
Pooh! All ready? That's right. Come on."
So they went. At first Pooh and Rabbit and Piglet
walked together, and Tigger ran round them in circles, and
then, when the path got narrower, Rabbit, Piglet and Pooh
walked one after another, and Tigger ran round them in oblongs,
and by-and-by, when the gorse got very prickly on each side of
the path, Tigger ran up and down in front of them, and
sometimes he bounced into Rabbit and sometimes he didn't. And
as they got higher, the mist got thicker, so that Tigger kept
disappearing, and then when you thought he wasn't there, there
he was again, saying "I say, come on," and before you could say