Winnie-the-Pooh sits under a big tree, and he hears a loud buzzing-noise at the top of the tree. He begins to think: 'If there is a buzzing-noise, it means that there are bees there. And if there are bees at the top of the tree, it means there will be honey there. So, if I climb up the tree, I will have a lot of honey'. He begins to climb up, but suddenly he falls down. Then Winnie remembers about Cristopher Robin, and he is sure that his friend will help him. He goes round to his house and asks: "You will give me a balloon, please?" What do you want a balloon for?" asks Christopher Robin. If I have a balloon,' answers Pooh, I will fly to the top of the tree. And when get there, I will eat honey.' Christopher Robin asks, 'What kind of balloon you will take: blue or green?' Winnie begins to think. 'If my balloon is blue, the bees will think that it is part of the sky and that I am a little cloud, so they will not worry me '. So Pooh goes up in the sky on a blue balloon, and he sings a song about a little cloud. But still the bees start flying round him. Then he calls down to Christoper Robin: 'Please, will you bring your umbrella here?' His friend asks in surprise: "Why do you need my umbrella? 23 "Because, answers Pooh, 'if you open your umbrella, the bees will think that the rain is coming, and they will fly away'. So Robin brings his umbrella and opens it. And Pooh says loudly, Tut-tut, it looks like rain'. But still the bees continue to fly round Winnie, and one of them sits on his nose. Winnie's hands are busy, so he begins to blow at the bee: he says 'Pooh- pooh-pooh' maybe, that is why everybody calls him 'Pooh'. Then he cries out again, I think they are the wrong kind of bees, and they make the wrong kind of honey. So I come down . Please, Christopher Robin, will you bring your gun here?' Robin asks, "What do you need a gun for?", and Winnie explains, ' If I simply fall down, I will hurt myself. But if you shoot the balloon with your gun, the air will start to come out of it, and I will go down slowly'. Christopher says, 'But if I do this, it will spoil the balloon'. "And if you will not do this,' answers Pooh, 'I just will fall down, and it will spoil me'. So Christopher Robin brings a gun and fires at the balloon, and Winnie-the-Pooh slowly goes down. (after Milne)
