тАЬThe tracks!тАЭ said Pooh. тАЬ A third animal has joined the other two! тАЭ
тАЬPooh!тАЭ cried Piglet. тАЬDo you think it is another Woozle?тАЭ
тАЬNo,тАЭ said Pooh, тАЬbecause it makes different marks. It is either Two Woozles and one, as it might be, Wizzle, or Two, as it might be, Wizzles and one, if so it is, Woozle. Let us continue to follow them.тАЭ
So they went on, feeling just a little anxious now, in case the three animals in front of them were of Hostile Intent. And Piglet wished very much that his Grandfather T. W. were there, instead of elsewhere, and Pooh thought how nice it would be if they met Christopher Robin suddenly but quite accidentally, and only because he liked Christopher Robin so much. And then, all of a sudden, Winnie-the-Pooh stopped again, and licked the tip of his nose in a cooling manner, for he was feeling more hot and anxious than ever in his life before. There were four animals in front of them!
тАЬDo you see, Piglet? Look at their tracks! Three, as it were, Woozles, and one, as it was, Wizzle. Another Woozle has joined them! тАЭ
And so it seemed to be. There were the tracks; crossing over each other here, getting muddled up with each other there; but, quite plainly every now and then, the tracks of four sets of paws.
тАЬI think ,тАЭ said Piglet, when he had licked the tip of his nose too, and found that it brought very little comfort, тАЬI think that I have just remembered something. I have just remembered something that I forgot to do yesterday and shanтАЩt be able to do tomorrow. So I suppose I really ought to go back and do it now.тАЭ
тАЬWeтАЩll do it this afternoon, and IтАЩll come with you,тАЭ said Pooh.
тАЬIt isnтАЩt the sort of thing you can do in the afternoon,тАЭ said Piglet quickly. тАЬItтАЩs a very particular morning thing, that has to be done in the morning, and, if possible, between the hours ofтБатАФWhat would you say the time was?тАЭ
тАЬAbout twelve,тАЭ said Winnie-the-Pooh, looking at the sun.
тАЬBetween, as I was saying, the hours of twelve and twelve five. So, really, dear old Pooh, if youтАЩll excuse meтБатАФ WhatтАЩs that? тАЭ
Pooh looked up at the sky, and then, as he heard the whistle again, he looked up into the branches of a big oak-tree, and then he saw a friend of his.
тАЬItтАЩs Christopher Robin,тАЭ he said.