Rabbit scratched his whiskers thoughtfully, and pointed out that, when once Pooh was pushed back, he was back, and of course nobody was more glad to see Pooh than he was, still there it was, some lived in trees and some lived underground, andтБатАФ
тАЬYou mean IтАЩd never get out?тАЭ said Pooh.
тАЬI mean,тАЭ said Rabbit, тАЬthat having got so far, it seems a pity to waste it.тАЭ
Christopher Robin nodded.
тАЬThen thereтАЩs only one thing to be done,тАЭ he said. тАЬWe shall have to wait for you to get thin again.тАЭ
тАЬHow long does getting thin take?тАЭ asked Pooh anxiously.
тАЬAbout a week, I should think.тАЭ
тАЬBut I canтАЩt stay here for a week !тАЭ
тАЬYou can stay here all right, silly old Bear. ItтАЩs getting you out which is so difficult.тАЭ
тАЬWeтАЩll read to you,тАЭ said Rabbit cheerfully. тАЬAnd I hope it wonтАЩt snow,тАЭ he added. тАЬAnd I say, old fellow, youтАЩre taking up a good deal of room in my houseтБатАФ do you mind if I use your back legs as a towel-horse? Because, I mean, there they areтБатАФdoing nothingтБатАФand it would be very convenient just to hang the towels on them.тАЭ
тАЬA week!тАЭ said Pooh gloomily. тАЬ What about meals? тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩm afraid no meals,тАЭ said Christopher Robin, тАЬbecause of getting thin quicker. But we will read to you.тАЭ
Bear began to sigh, and then found he couldnтАЩt because he was so tightly stuck; and a tear rolled down his eye, as he said:
тАЬThen would you read a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort a Wedged Bear in Great Tightness?тАЭ
So for a week Christopher Robin read that sort of book at the North end of Pooh, and Rabbit hung his washing on the South endтБатАКтБатАж and in between Bear felt himself getting slenderer and slenderer. And at the end of the week Christopher Robin said, тАЬ Now! тАЭ