Alan Alexander Miln. The house at Pooh Corner -
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Owl said, "No, they won't, so it's no good thinking about it,"
and Piglet said "Then we'd better think of something else," and
began to at once. But Pooh's mind had gone back to the day when
he had saved Piglet from the flood, and everybody had admired
him so much; and as that didn't often happen, he thought he
would like it to happen again. And suddenly, just as it had
come before, an idea came to him.
"Owl," said Pooh, "I have thought of something."
"Astute and Helpful Bear," said Owl.
Pooh looked proud at being called a stout and helpful
bear, and said modestly that he just happened to think of it.
You tied a piece of string to Piglet, and you flew up to the
letter-box with the other end in your beak, and you pushed it
through the wire and brought it down to the floor, and you and
Pooh pulled hard at this end, and Piglet went slowly up at the
other end. And there you were.
"And there Piglet is," said Owl. "If the string doesn't
break."
"Supposing it does?" asked Piglet, really wanting to
know.
"Then we try another piece of string."
This was not very comforting to Piglet, because however
many pieces of string they tried pulling up with, it would
always be the same him coming down; but still, it did seem the
only thing to do. So with one last look back in his mind at all
the happy hours he had spent in the Forest not being, pulled up
to the ceiling by a piece of string, Piglet nodded bravely at
Pooh and said that it was a Very Clever pup-pup-pup Clever
pup-pup Plan.
"It won't break," whispered Pooh comfortingly, "because
you're a Small Animal, and I'll stand underneath, and if you
save us all, it will be a Very Grand Thing to talk about
afterwards, and perhaps I'll make up a Song, and people will