In which a house is built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore (2)

In which a house is built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore (2)

" So what I'll do, " said Pooh, " is I'll do this. I'll just go home first and see what the time is, and perhaps I'll put a muffler round mu neck, and then I'll go and see Eeyore and sing it to him. "

He hurried back to his own house ; and his mind was so busy on the way with the hum that he was getting ready for Eeyore that, when he suddenly saw Piglet sitting in his best arm-chair, he could only stand there rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in.

" Hallo, Piglet, " he said, " I thought you were out. "

" No, " said Piglet, " it's you who were out, Pooh. "

" So it was, " said Pooh.
" I knew one of us was. "

He looked up at his clock, which had stopped at five minutes to eleven some weeks ago.

" Nearly eleven o'clock, " said Pooh happily.
" You're just in time for a little smackerel of something, " and he put his head into the cupboard.

" And then we'll go out, Piglet, and sing my song to Eeyore. "

" Which song, Pooh ? "

" The one we're going to sing to Eeyore, " explained Pooh.

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《忘れていました　注　Piglet ピグレット　》

小さい子豚のぬいぐるみで、プーさんの親友の一人。
好物ドングリで、ブナの木の家に住んでいる。
親切な人柄などから信頼が厚い。陰気なロバのイーヨー Eeyore には頼りにされている。

《忘れていました　注　Eeyore イーヨー　》

年老いたロバのぬいぐるみ。
悲観的な性格。いつも物事を悪い方へ考えてしまう。
友達思いの寂しがり屋で、大好物は、あざみ。
木で出来た家は、すぐ倒れてしまう。
しっぽは、くぎでとまっているので、すぐに取れてしまう。