Chapter 7

           NOBODYseemedtoknowwheretheycamefrom,buttheretheywereintheForest:KangaandBabyRoo.WhenPoohaskedChristopherRobin,

           "Howdidtheycomehere?"ChristopherRobinsaid,"IntheUsualWay,ifyouknowwhatImean,Pooh,"andPooh,whodidn’t,said"Oh!"Thenhenoddedhisheadtwiceandsaid,"IntheUsualWay.Ah!"ThenhewenttocalluponhisfriendPiglettoseewhathethoughtaboutit.AndatPiglet’shousehefoundRabbit.Sotheyalltalkedaboutittogether.

           "WhatIdon’tlikeaboutitisthis,"saidRabbit.

           "Herearewe—you,Pooh,andyou,Piglet,andMe—andsuddenly"

           "AndEeyore,"saidPooh.

           "AndEeyore—andthensuddenly—"

           "AndOwl,"saidPooh

           "AndOwl—andthenallofasudden—"

           "Oh,andEeyore,"saidPooh."Iwasforgettinghim."

           "Here—we—are,"saidRabbitveryslowlyandcarefully,all—or—us,andthen,suddenly,wewakeuponemorning,andwhatdowefind?WefindaStrangeAnimalamongus.Ananimalofwhomwehadneverevenheardbefore!Ananimalwhocarriesherfamilyaboutwithherinherpocket!SupposeIcarriedmyfamilyaboutwithmeinmypocket,howmanypocketsshouldIwant?"

           "Sixteen,"saidPiglet.

           "Seventeen,isn’tit?"saidRabbit."Andonemoreforahandkerchief—that’seighteen.Eighteenpocketsinonesuit!Ihaven’ttime."

           Therewasalongandthoughtfulsilence?..andthenPooh,whohadbeenfrowningveryhardforsomeminutes,said:"Imakeitfifteen."

           "What?"saidRabbit.

           "Fifteen."