Винни-Пух
Chapter 4
"Let’shavealook,"saidEeyore,andheturnedslowlyroundtotheplacewherehistailhadbeenalittlewhileago,andthen,findingthathecouldn’tcatchitup,heturnedroundtheotherway,untilhecamebacktowherehewasatfirst,andthenheputhisheaddownandlookedbetweenhisfrontlegs,andatlasthesaid,withalong,sadsigh,"Ibelieveyou’reright"
"OfcourseI’mright,"saidPooh
"ThataccountsforaGoodDeal,"saidEeyoregloomily."ItexplainsEverything.noWonder."
"Youmusthaveleftitsomewhere,"saidWinnie-the-Pooh.
"Somebodymusthavetakenit,"saidEeyore.
"HowLikeThem,"headded,afteralongsilence.Poohfeltthatheoughttosaysomethinghelpfulaboutit,butdidn’tquiteknowwhat.
Sohedecidedtodosomethinghelpfulinstead.
"Eeyore,"hesaidsolemnly,"I,Winnie-the-Pooh,willfindyourtailforyou."
"Thankyou,Pooh,"answeredEeyore."You’rearealfriend,"saidhe."NotlikeSome,"hesaid.
SoWinnie-the-PoohwentofftofindEeyore’stail.
Itwasafinespringmorningintheforestashestartedout.Littlesoftcloudsplayedhappilyinabluesky,skippingfromtimetotimeinfrontofthesunasiftheyhadcometoputitout,andthenslidingawaysuddenlysothatthenextmighthavehisturn.Throughthemandbetweenthemthesunshonebravely,andacopsewhichhadwornitsfirsalltheyearroundseemedoldanddowdynowbesidethenewgreenlacewhichthebeecheshadputonsoprettily.
