тАЬDear, dear,тАЭ said Pooh, тАЬI didnтАЩt know it was as late as that.тАЭ So he sat down and took the top off his jar of honey. тАЬLucky I brought this with me,тАЭ he thought. тАЬMany a bear going out on a warm day like this would never have thought of bringing a little something with him.тАЭ And he began to eat.
тАЬNow let me see,тАЭ he thought, as he took his last lick of the inside of the jar, тАЬwhere was I going? Ah, yes, Eeyore.тАЭ He got up slowly.
And then, suddenly, he remembered. He had eaten EeyoreтАЩs birthday present!
тАЬ Bother! тАЭ said Pooh. тАЬWhat shall I do? I must give him something .тАЭ
For a little while he couldnтАЩt think of anything. Then he thought: тАЬWell, itтАЩs a very nice pot, even if thereтАЩs no honey in it, and if I washed it clean, and got somebody to write тАШ A Happy Birthday тАЩ on it, Eeyore could keep things in it, which might be Useful.тАЭ So, as he was just passing the Hundred Acre Wood, he went inside to call on Owl, who lived there.
тАЬGood morning, Owl,тАЭ he said.
тАЬGood morning, Pooh,тАЭ said Owl.
тАЬMany happy returns of EeyoreтАЩs birthday,тАЭ said Pooh.
тАЬOh, is that what it is?тАЭ
тАЬWhat are you giving him, Owl?тАЭ
тАЬWhat are you giving him, Pooh?тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩm giving him a Useful Pot to Keep Things In, and I wanted to ask youтБатАФтАЭ
тАЬIs this it?тАЭ said Owl, taking it out of PoohтАЩs paw.
тАЬYes, and I wanted to ask youтБатАФтАЭ
тАЬSomebody has been keeping honey in it,тАЭ said Owl.
тАЬYou can keep anything in it,тАЭ said Pooh earnestly. тАЬItтАЩs Very Useful like that. And I wanted to ask youтБатАФтАЭ