тАЬHush!тАЭ to him , that he buried himself head downwards in a crack in the ground, and stayed there for two days until the danger was over, and then went home in a great hurry, and lived quietly with his Aunt ever-afterwards. His name was Alexander Beetle.
They had come to a stream which twisted and tumbled between high rocky banks, and Christopher Robin saw at once how dangerous it was.
тАЬItтАЩs just the place,тАЭ he explained, тАЬfor an Ambush.тАЭ
тАЬWhat sort of bush?тАЭ whispered Pooh to Piglet. тАЬA gorse-bush?тАЭ
тАЬMy dear Pooh,тАЭ said Owl in his superior way, тАЬdonтАЩt you know what an Ambush is?тАЭ
тАЬOwl,тАЭ said Piglet, looking round at him severely, тАЬPoohтАЩs whisper was a perfectly private whisper, and there was no needтБатАФтАЭ
тАЬAn Ambush,тАЭ said Owl, тАЬis a sort of Surprise.тАЭ
тАЬSo is a gorse-bush sometimes,тАЭ said Pooh.
тАЬAn Ambush, as I was about to explain to Pooh,тАЭ said Piglet, тАЬis a sort of Surprise.тАЭ
тАЬIf people jump out at you suddenly, thatтАЩs an Ambush,тАЭ said Owl.
тАЬItтАЩs an Ambush, Pooh, when people jump at you suddenly,тАЭ explained Piglet.
Pooh, who now knew what an Ambush was, said that a gorse-bush had sprung at him suddenly one day when he fell off a tree, and he had taken six days to get all the prickles out of himself.
тАЬWe are not talking about gorse-bushes,тАЭ said Owl a little crossly.
тАЬI am,тАЭ said Pooh.
They were climbing very cautiously up the stream now, going from rock to rock, and after they had gone a little way they came to a place where the banks widened out at each side, so that on each side of the water there was a level strip of grass on which they could sit down and rest. As soon as he saw this, Christopher Robin called тАЬHalt!тАЭ and they all sat down and rested.