тАЬYou ought to write тАШ A Happy Birthday тАЩ on it.тАЭ
тАЬ That was what I wanted to ask you,тАЭ said Pooh. тАЬBecause my spelling is Wobbly. ItтАЩs good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. Would you write тАШA Happy BirthdayтАЩ on it for me?тАЭ
тАЬItтАЩs a nice pot,тАЭ said Owl, looking at it all round. тАЬCouldnтАЩt I give it too? From both of us?тАЭ
тАЬNo,тАЭ said Pooh. тАЬThat would not be a good plan. Now IтАЩll just wash it first, and then you can write on it.тАЭ
Well, he washed the pot out, and dried it, while Owl licked the end of his pencil, and wondered how to spell тАЬbirthday.тАЭ
тАЬCan you read, Pooh?тАЭ he asked a little anxiously. тАЬThereтАЩs a notice about knocking and ringing outside my door, which Christopher Robin wrote. Could you read it?тАЭ
тАЬChristopher Robin told me what it said, and then I could.тАЭ
тАЬWell, IтАЩll tell you what this says, and then youтАЩll be able to.тАЭ
So Owl wroteтБатАКтБатАж and this is what he wrote:
Hipy Papy Bthuthdth Thuthda Bthuthdy.
Pooh looked on admiringly.
тАЬIтАЩm just saying тАШA Happy Birthday,тАЩтАКтАЭ said Owl carelessly.
тАЬItтАЩs a nice long one,тАЭ said Pooh, very much impressed by it.
тАЬWell, actually , of course, IтАЩm saying тАШA Very Happy Birthday with love from Pooh.тАЩ Naturally it takes a good deal of pencil to say a long thing like that.тАЭ
тАЬOh, I see,тАЭ said Pooh.
While all this was happening, Piglet had gone back to his own house to get EeyoreтАЩs balloon. He held it very tightly against himself, so that it shouldnтАЩt blow away, and he ran as fast as he could so as to get to Eeyore before Pooh did; for he thought that he would like to be the first one