| Winnie the Pooh by A.A.
Milne “Hallo!” said Piglet, “what are you doing?”
“Hunting,” said Pooh.
“Hunting what?”
“Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.
“Tracking what,” said Piglet, coming closer.”
“That’s just what I ask myself. I ask myself, What?”
“What do you think you’ll answer?”
“I shall have to wait until I catch up with it,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
“Now, look there.” He pointed to the ground in front of him.
“What do you see there?”
“Tracks,” said Piglet. “Paw-marks.” He gave a
little squeak of excitement. “Oh, Pooh! Do you think it’s
a – a – a Woozle?’
“It may be,” said Pooh. “Sometimes it is, and sometimes
it isn’t. You never can tell with paw-marks.”
With these few words he went on tracking, and Piglet, after watching
him for a minute or two, ran after him. Winnie-the-Pooh had come to a
sudden stop, and was bending over the tracks in a puzzled sort of way.
“What’s the matter?” asked Piglet.
“It’s a very funny thing,” said Bear, “but there
seems to be two animals now. This – whatever-it-was – has
been joined by another – whatever-it-is – and the two of them
are now proceeding in company. Would you mind coming with me, Piglet,
in case they turn out to be Hostile Animals?”
Piglet scratched his ear is a nice sort of way, and said that he had
nothing to do until Friday, and would be delighted to come, in case it
really was a Woozle.
“You mean, in case it really is two Woozles,” said Winnie-the-Pooh,
and Piglet said that anyhow he had nothing to do until Friday. So off
they went together.
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photo credit, Karen
DiTullio
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