In which we are introduced to WINNIE-THE-POOH and some bees, and the story begin (3)

In which we are introduced to WINNIE-THE-POOH and some bees, and the story begin (3)

One day when he was out walking, he came to an open place in the middle of the forest, and in the middle of this place was a large oak-tree, and from the top of the tree, there came a loud buzzing-noise.

Winnie-the-Pooh sat down at the foot of the tree, put his head between his paws, and began to think.

First he said to himself : " That buzzing-noise means something. You don't get a buzzing-noise like that, just buzzing and buzzing, without its meaning something. If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're bee. "

Then he got up, and said : " And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it. "

So he began to climb the tree.



       He
climbed
      and
        he
climbed
      and
        he
climbed,
      and
        as
        he
climbed
       he
    sang
         a
    little
    song
        to
himself.
        It
    went
      like
    this :

   Isn't it funny
   How a bear likes honey ?
   Buzz ! Buzz ! Buzz !
   I wonder why he does ?

Then he climbed a little further. . . and a little further . . . and then just a little further.
By that time he had thought of another song.

   it's a very funny thought that, if Bears were bees,
   They'd build their nests at the bottom of trees.
   And that being so ( if the Bees were Bears ),
   We shouldn't have to climb up all these stairs.

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