This could be the room of any small boy. But it just happens to belong to a boy named, Christopher Robin. Like most small boys, Christopher Robin has toy animals to play with and they all live together in a world of make-believe. But his best friend is a bear called Winnie the Pooh, or Pooh or short. Now, Pooh had some very unusual adventures and they all happened here in the Hundred Acre Wood.
The Narrator
Winnie the Pooh lived in this enchanted forest under the name of Sanders, which means he had the name over the door in gold letters and he lived under it. And if Pooh heard his cuckoo clock, he knew it was time for something. But he was a bear of very little brain. Then as he thought, he thought in the thoughtful way he could think.
The Narrator
Owl talked from page 41 to page 62, and on page 62, the blustery day turned into a blustery night. To Pooh, it was a very anxious sort of night, filled with anxious sorts of noises, and one of the noises was a sound that had never been heard before.
The Narrator
Now, the very blustery night turned into a very rainy night. And, Pooh kept his lonely vigil, hour, after hour, after hour, until at last Pooh fell fast asleep and began to dream.
The Narrator
As a matter it was raining all over the Hundred Acre Wood. There was a thunderstorm on page 71, and on page 73, there was a bit of a cloudburst. It rained, and it rained, and it rained.
Pooh
Oh, stuff and fluff.
Tigger
Honey! Oh, boy, honey! That's what tiggers like best.
Pooh
I was afraid of that.
Tigger
Oh, say.
Tigger
YUCK! Tiggers don't like honey!
Pooh
But you said that you liked....
Tigger
Yeah, that icky, sticky stuff is only fit for heffalumps and woozles.
Pooh
You mean elephants and weasels.
Tigger
That's what I said, heffalumps and woozles.
It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it.
Pooh
The only reason for being a bee is to make honey. And the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it.
Narrator
Winnie the Pooh crawled out of the gorse bush, brushed the prickles from his nose and began to think again.
Pooh
Think, think, think.
Narrator
And the first person he thought of was...
Pooh
Winnie the Pooh?
Narrator
No. Christopher Robin.
Pooh
Oh.
There now. Did I get your tail back on properly, Eeyore?
No matter. Most likely lose it again anyway.
Pooh
Good morning, Christopher Robin.
Oh, good morning, Winnie the Pooh.
Good morning, Pooh bear.
If it is a good morning, which I doubt.
Pooh
There, now. [giggles, then hops out of the mud puddle]
Pooh
Isn't it a clever disguise?
What are you supposed to be?
Pooh
I'm a little, black rain cloud, of course.
Silly old bear.
Pooh
I must be going now. Goodbye, Rabbit.
Rabbit
Well, goodbye, if you're sure you won't have any more.
Pooh
Is there any more?
Rabbit
No, there isn't.
Pooh
I thought not. [tries to climb out the front door but gets stuck]
Pooh
Oh, oh, help and bother! I'm stuck.
Rabbit
Oh, dear. Oh, gracious. Oh. [tries to push Pooh out] Well, it all comes from eating too much.
Pooh
It all comes from not having front doors big enough!
Owl
Blast it all!
Gopher
Good idea! We'll dynamite! Save time.
Owl
Eh, what's the charge?
Gopher
The charge? Oh, about seven sticks of dynamite.
Owl
Oh, no, no, no, no! The cost! The charge in money.
Gopher
Nope, no charge account. I work strictly cash.
Owl
Obviously, but, I should think...
Gopher
Well, I can't stand around lollygagging all day. I got a tight schedule. [falls down a hole, screaming] If you think it over, let me know. You got my card. I'm not in the book, you know.
Owl
Oh. Dash it all, he's gone.
Pooh
After all, he's not in the book, you know.
Owl
Oh.
Kanga
Pooh, Roo has a little surprise for you.
Flowers.
Pooh
Honeysuckle! [tries to eat flowers]
Kanga
No, Pooh, you don't eat them. You smell them.
Pooh
Oh.
Rabbit
Why did I ever invite that bear to lunch? Why, oh, why, oh, why?
Pooh
Could you spare a small smackerel?
Gopher
Say, you ought to do something about that speech impediment, sonny. [offers Pooh his jar of honey]
Pooh
Oh, thank you, Gopher.
The Narrator
Winnie the Pooh lived in this enchanted forest under the name of Sanders, which means he had the name over the door in gold letters and he lived under it. And if Pooh heard his cuckoo clock... [Winnie the Pooh hears his cuckoo clock sound off] He knew it was time for something. But he was a bear of very little brain. Then as he thought, he thought in the thoughtful way he could think.
Winnie the Pooh
Haven't thought of anything, have you? [shakes his head] Well, neither have I. Think, think, think... Oh yes! Time for my stoutness exercise.
The Narrator
Winnie the Pooh crawled out of the gorse bush, brushed the prickles from his nose and began to think again.
Winnie the Pooh
Think, think, think.
The Narrator
And the first person he thought of was...
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh?
The Narrator
No. Christopher Robin.
Winnie the Pooh
Oh.
The Narrator
Christopher Robin lived in another part of the forest, where he could be near his friends and help them with their problems. On this summer day, gloomy old Eeyore, being stuffed with sawdust, had lost his tail again.
Eeyore, this won't hurt.
Never does.
Ooh, heh, heh. There now. Did I get your tail back on properly, Eeyore?
No matter. Most likely lose it again anyway.
Owl
It is my considered opinion that Eeyore's tail should be placed a trifle to the... right.
Kanga
Now, if you would ask me, I think it just a wee bit...
South!
Kanga
No, no. North, dear.
Cheer up, Eeyore. Don't be so gloomy. Try swishing it.
Owl
It worked, it worked!
Oh Goody! Hooray!
Thanks. It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it.
Winnie the Pooh
Good morning, Christopher Robin!
Oh, good morning, Winnie the Pooh!
Kanga
Good morning, Pooh!
Owl
Good morning, Pooh!
Good morning, Pooh Bear!
If it is a good morning, which I doubt.
What are you looking for, Pooh Bear?
Winnie the Pooh
I just said to myself coming along thinking and wondering if you had such a thing as a umm, such a thing, Christopher... as a balloon about you?
What do you want a balloon for?
Winnie the Pooh
Psst... Honey.
But you don't get honey with a balloon.
Winnie the Pooh
I do.
How?
Winnie the Pooh
I just fly like a bee, up to the honey tree, see!
But, just a minute. You can't fool the bees that way.
Winnie the Pooh
You'll see. Now, would you be so kind as to pull me to a muddy place of which I know of?
The Narrator
So Christopher Robin pulled Winnie the Pooh to the very muddy place. And Pooh rolled and rolled until he was black all over.
Winnie the Pooh
There, now. [chuckles] Isn't it a clever disguise?
What are you supposed to be?
Winnie the Pooh
I'm a little black rain cloud, of course.
Silly old bear.
Winnie the Pooh
Now, would you aim me as the bees, please?
Careful, Pooh. Hold on tight. [hands Pooh the balloon]
Winnie the Pooh
Yes.
Four!
Winnie the Pooh
Yes.
Three!
Winnie the Pooh
Yes.
Two!
Winnie the Pooh
Yes!
One!
Rabbit
Oh, there he goes!
Gopher
Sufferin' sassafrass! He is sailing clean out of the book! Quick, turn the page!
Stuck again.
Don't worry, Pooh! We'll get you out!
Winnie the Pooh
No hurry. Take your time. Yum, yum! [singing] Bears love honey and I'm a Pooh bear! Yum, yum, yum, yum! Time for something sweet!
The Narrator
So we come to the next chapter, in which...
Winnie the Pooh
But, I haven't finished yet!
The Narrator
But, Pooh, you're in the next chapter.
Winnie the Pooh
Oh. What happens to me?
The Narrator
Well, let's turn the page and find out. Now one fine day, the east wind traded places with the west wind, and that's turned things up a bit all through the Hundred Acre Wood.
The Narrator
Now, Piglet lived in the middle of the forest in a very grand house in the middle of a beech tree. And Piglet loved it very much.
Piglet
Yes. Oops. You see its been in the family a long time, a... it belonged to my grandfather. Oh, that's his name up there, "Trespassers Will", that's short for a...Trespassers William.
The Narrator
Trespassers William?
Piglet
Yes, and Grandma, she called him TW. That's even shorter.
The Narrator
Yes, yes, yes, and on this blustery day...
Piglet
Whoa!
The Narrator
...the wind was giving you a bit of a bother.
Piglet
Now, you've been here before. I don't mind the leaves that are leaving. It's the leaves that are coming.
Piglet
Oh dear, oh dear, dear!
Owl
Well, I say! Someone hasn't - [Winnie the Pooh pops up as well] Pooh. Did you do it?
Winnie the Pooh
I don't think so.
The Narrator
As soon as Christopher Robin heard of the disaster, he hurried to the scene of Owl's misfortune.
What a pity. Owl, I don't think we will ever be able to fix it.
If you ask me, when a house looks like that, it's time to find another one.
That's a very good idea, Eeyore.
It might take a day or two, but I'll find a new one.
The Narrator
So the Hundred Acre Wood got floodier and floodier. But the water couldn't come up to Christopher Robin's house, so that's where everyone was gathering. It was a time of great excitement. But in the midst of all excitement, Eeyore stubbornly stuck to his task of house hunting for Owl.
There's one. Cozy cottage. Nice location. Bit damp for Owl though. [the house sinks into the water]
The Narrator
Meanwhile, little Roo made an important discovery.
Look! I've rescued a bottle! And it's got something in it too!
It's a message! And it says: "Help! P-P-Piglet Me!" Owl, you fly over to Piglet's house, and tell him we'll make a rescue.
Owl
A rescue! Yes, yes, of course, of course.
The Narrator
So, Owl flew out the flood and he soon spotted two tiny objects below him. One was little Piglet caught in the whirlpool, and the other was Pooh trying to get the last bit of honey from the pot.
Winnie the Pooh
Good-bye, Piglet. Now, is the next chapter all about me?
The Narrator
No, no, it's mostly about Tigger.
Winnie the Pooh
Oh, brother.
The Narrator
But, you're in it.
Winnie the Pooh
Oh, good. What will I be doing?
The Narrator
Well, there goes Tigger, always bouncing in on his friends when they least expect him. [the scene fades to Piglet sweeping up leaves when Tigger bounces him]
The Narrator
Meanwhile, Rabbit was still wandering around in the mist. By now he was lost and bewildered. And to make matters worse, his mind was beginning to play tricks on him.
Rabbit
What’s that? Pooh? Piglet? [frog croaks at Rabbit screams, then caterpillar chewing on leaf and gulping at Rabbit gasps, more plus frogs croaking hearing the noises sound] Help!
Tigger
Hello, Rabbit!
Rabbit
Tigger! B-B-But… you’re supposed to be lost.
Tigger
Oh! Tiggers never get lost, Bunny Boy.
Rabbit
Never… get… lost.
Tigger
Of course not.
Rabbit
Oh, no.
Tigger
Come on, Rabbit, let’s go home! Hang on! Hoo-hoo-hoo!
The Narrator
So they started back, and Rabbit was now a humiliated Rabbit. A lost and found Rabbit. And “oh, why, oh, why, do these things happen to me” Rabbit.
Pooh, what do you like doing best in the world?
Winnie the Pooh
What I like best is me going to visit you and you saying "how about a smackarill of honey?"
I like that too. But what I like best is just doing nothing.
Winnie the Pooh
How do you do just nothing?
Well, it's when the grown-ups ask" what are you going to do?" and you're saying nothing and then you go out and do it.
Winnie the Pooh
I like that. Let's do it all the time!
You know something Pooh? I'm not going to do just nothing any more.
Winnie the Pooh
You mean never again?
Well, not so much. Pooh, when I'm away just doing nothing will you come up here sometimes?
Winnie the Pooh
You mean alone? Just me?
Yes. And Pooh. Promise you won't forget me, ever?
Winnie the Pooh
Oh I won't Christopher, I promise.
Not even when I'm a hundred?
Winnie the Pooh
How old shall I be then?
Ninety-nine, silly old bear.
The Narrator
Wherever they go and whatever happens to them on the way in that enchanted place on top of the forest, a little bear will always be waiting.
