тАЬI suppose itтАЩs just a pole stuck in the ground?тАЭ
тАЬSure to be a pole,тАЭ said Rabbit, тАЬbecause of calling it a pole, and if itтАЩs a pole, well, I should think it would be sticking in the ground, shouldnтАЩt you, because thereтАЩd be nowhere else to stick it.тАЭ
тАЬYes, thatтАЩs what I thought.тАЭ
тАЬThe only thing,тАЭ said Rabbit, тАЬis, where is it sticking ?тАЭ
тАЬThatтАЩs what weтАЩre looking for,тАЭ said Christopher Robin.
They went back to the others. Piglet was lying on his back, sleeping peacefully. Roo was washing his face and paws in the stream, while Kanga explained to everybody proudly that this was the first time he had ever washed his face himself, and Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopaedia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasnтАЩt listening.
тАЬI donтАЩt hold with all this washing,тАЭ grumbled Eeyore. тАЬThis modern Behind-the-ears nonsense. What do you think, Pooh?тАЭ
тАЬWell,тАЭ said Pooh, тАЬ I thinkтБатАФтАЭ
But we shall never know what Pooh thought, for there came a sudden squeak from Roo, a splash, and a loud cry of alarm from Kanga.
тАЬSo much for washing ,тАЭ said Eeyore.
тАЬRooтАЩs fallen in!тАЭ cried Rabbit, and he and Christopher Robin came rushing down to the rescue.
тАЬLook at me swimming!тАЭ squeaked Roo from the middle of his pool, and was hurried down a waterfall into the next pool.
тАЬAre you all right, Roo dear?тАЭ called Kanga anxiously.
тАЬYes!тАЭ said Roo. тАЬLook at me swтБатАФтАЭ and down he went over the next waterfall into another pool.
Everybody was doing something to help. Piglet, wide awake suddenly, was jumping up and down and making тАЬOo, I sayтАЭ noises; Owl was explaining that in a case of Sudden and Temporary Immersion the Important Thing was to keep the Head Above Water; Kanga was jumping along the bank, saying тАЬAre you sure youтАЩre all right, Roo dear?тАЭ to which Roo, from whatever pool he was in at the moment, was answering