тАЬBut then he would see us digging it,тАЭ said Pooh.
тАЬNot if he was looking at the sky.тАЭ
тАЬHe would Suspect,тАЭ said Pooh, тАЬif he happened to look down.тАЭ He thought for a long time and then added sadly, тАЬIt isnтАЩt as easy as I thought. I suppose thatтАЩs why Heffalumps hardly ever get caught.тАЭ
тАЬThat must be it,тАЭ said Piglet.
They sighed and got up; and when they had taken a few gorse prickles out of themselves they sat down again; and all the time Pooh was saying to himself, тАЬIf only I could think of something!тАЭ For he felt sure that a Very Clever Brain could catch a Heffalump if only he knew the right way to go about it.
тАЬSuppose,тАЭ he said to Piglet, тАЬ you wanted to catch me , how would you do it?тАЭ
тАЬWell,тАЭ said Piglet, тАЬI should do it like this. I should make a Trap, and I should put a Jar of Honey in the Trap, and you would smell it, and you would go in after it, andтБатАФтАЭ
тАЬAnd I would go in after it,тАЭ said Pooh excitedly, тАЬonly very carefully so as not to hurt myself, and I would get to the Jar of Honey, and I should lick round the edges first of all, pretending that there wasnтАЩt any more, you know, and then I should walk away and think about it a little, and then I should come back and start licking in the middle of the jar, and thenтБатАФтАЭ
тАЬYes, well never mind about that. There you would be, and there I should catch you. Now the first thing to think of is, What do Heffalumps like? I should think acorns, shouldnтАЩt you? WeтАЩll get a lot ofтБатАФI say, wake up, Pooh!тАЭ
Pooh, who had gone into a happy dream, woke up with a start, and said that Honey was a much more trappy thing than Haycorns. Piglet didnтАЩt think so; and they were just going to argue about it, when Piglet remembered that, if they put acorns in the Trap, he would have to find the acorns, but if they put honey, then Pooh would have to give up some of his own honey, so he said, тАЬAll right, honey then,тАЭ just as Pooh remembered it too, and was going to say, тАЬAll right, haycorns.тАЭ
тАЬHoney,тАЭ said Piglet to himself in a thoughtful way, as if it were now settled. тАЬ IтАЩll dig the pit, while you go and get the honey.тАЭ
тАЬVery well,тАЭ said Pooh, and he stumped off.