тАЬThey might or they might not,тАЭ said Winnie-the-Pooh. тАЬYou never can tell with bees.тАЭ He thought for a moment and said: тАЬI shall try to look like a small black cloud. That will deceive them.тАЭ
тАЬThen you had better have the blue balloon,тАЭ you said; and so it was decided.
Well, you both went out with the blue balloon, and you took your gun with you, just in case, as you always did, and Winnie-the-Pooh went to a very muddy place that he knew of, and rolled and rolled until he was black all over; and then, when the balloon was blown up as big as big, and you and Pooh were both holding on to the string, you let go suddenly, and Pooh Bear floated gracefully up into the sky, and stayed thereтБатАФlevel with the top of the tree and about twenty feet away from it.
тАЬHooray!тАЭ you shouted.
тАЬIsnтАЩt that fine?тАЭ shouted Winnie-the-Pooh down to you. тАЬWhat do I look like?тАЭ
тАЬYou look like a Bear holding on to a balloon,тАЭ you said.
тАЬNot,тАЭ said Pooh anxiously, тАЬтБатАФnot like a small black cloud in a blue sky?тАЭ
тАЬNot very much.тАЭ
тАЬAh, well, perhaps from up here it looks different. And, as I say, you never can tell with bees.тАЭ
There was no wind to blow him nearer to the tree, so there he stayed. He could see the honey, he could smell the honey, but he couldnтАЩt quite reach the honey.
After a little while he called down to you.
тАЬChristopher Robin!тАЭ he said in a loud whisper.
тАЬHallo!тАЭ
тАЬI think the bees suspect something!тАЭ
тАЬWhat sort of thing?тАЭ