Owl felt that it was rather beneath him to talk about little cake things with pink sugar icing, so he told Pooh exactly what Christopher Robin had said, and flew off to Eeyore.
тАЬA party for Me?тАЭ thought Pooh to himself. тАЬHow grand!тАЭ And he began to wonder if all the other animals would know that it was a special Pooh Party, and if Christopher Robin had told them about The Floating Bear and the Brain of Pooh and all the wonderful ships he had invented and sailed on, and he began to think how awful it would be if everybody had forgotten about it, and nobody quite knew what the party was for; and the more he thought like this, the more the party got muddled in his mind, like a dream when nothing goes right. And the dream began to sing itself over in his head until it became a sort of song. It was an
3 Cheers for Pooh! ( For Who? ) For PoohтБатАФ ( Why what did he do? ) I thought you knew; He saved his friend from a wetting! 3 Cheers for Bear! ( For where? ) For BearтБатАФ He couldnтАЩt swim, But he rescued him! ( He rescued who? ) Oh, listen, do! I am talking of PoohтБатАФ ( Of who? ) Of Pooh! ( IтАЩm sorry I keep forgetting ). Well, Pooh was a Bear of Enormous Brain ( Just say it again! ) Of enormous brainтБатАФ ( Of enormous what? ) Well, he ate a lot, And I donтАЩt know if he could swim or not, But he managed to float On a sort of boat ( On a sort of what? ) Well, a sort of potтБатАФ So now letтАЩs give him three hearty cheers ( So now letтАЩs give him three hearty whiches? ) And hope heтАЩll be with us for years and years, And grow in health and wisdom and riches! 3 Cheers for Pooh! ( For who? ) For PoohтБатАФ 3 Cheers for Bear! ( For where? ) For BearтБатАФ 3 Cheers for the wonderful Winnie-the-Pooh! ( Just tell me, somebody тБатАФ what did he do ?)
While this was going on inside him, Owl was talking to Eeyore.
тАЬEeyore,тАЭ said Owl, тАЬChristopher Robin is giving a party.тАЭ
тАЬVery interesting,тАЭ said Eeyore. тАЬI suppose they will be sending me down the odd bits which got trodden on. Kind and Thoughtful. Not at all, donтАЩt mention it.тАЭ
тАЬThere is an Invitation for you.тАЭ
тАЬWhatтАЩs that like?тАЭ
тАЬAn Invitation!тАЭ
тАЬYes, I heard you. Who dropped it?тАЭ
тАЬThis isnтАЩt anything to eat, itтАЩs asking you to the party. Tomorrow.тАЭ