March 7, 2025 • 38 mins
Snooze with a bedtime journey to the Hundred Acre Wood, where heffalumps may be imaginary, but the lessons about friendship, bravery, and the occasional perils of honey jars are perfectly real. So, snuggle up in your blankets and have sweet dreams.
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Jordan (00:21):
Welcome to Dreamful Podcast bedtime stories for
slumber.
I would like to start thisepisode by thanking our newest
supporters, ross Kohlhagen,jessica Hampton and Stacey
Morrison.
Thank you all so much, and Ihope you have the sweetest of
(00:42):
dreams.
If you'd like to support theshow and gain access to
subscriber-only episodes whilereceiving a shout out, visit
dreamfulstoriescom and, on thesupport page, find a link to
become a Buzzsprout supporter orsubscribe via Supercast.
If you listen on Spotify, yoursupport means so much and it
really keeps the podcast going.
(01:04):
It goes toward things likemusic licensing and equipment
upgrades and, of course, payingmy beautiful, amazing editor,
katie.
I am so excited to announcethat this episode is sponsored
by aqua.
True, and if you're like me, youprobably don't like your tap
water for some some reason, ifwe run it too long, our tap
(01:25):
water smells like a sulfuricswimming pool, if that makes
sense.
But then I found AquaTru andlet me tell you it's completely
changed the way my family drinkswater.
In fact, we tossed our oldpitcher filters and drink way
more water now because it justtastes that good.
So that's why you must checkout AquaTru.
AquaTru purifiers use afour-stage reverse osmosis
(01:49):
purification process and itremoves 15 times more
contaminants than ordinarypitcher filters, including PFAs,
which are also known as foreverchemicals, and they're found in
nearly half of the US tap water.
And the best part, there's nocomplicated installation you
just plug it in and startenjoying clean, delicious water
(02:12):
instantly.
They have purifiers for everyhome, from countertop models,
which I have, to under-sinkoptions and even wi-fi connected
purifiers with mineral boostfeatures.
I've had my AquaTru for over ayear and it's hands down our
favorite appliance.
The water tastes so pure mykids drink even more of it and
(02:33):
even my cats prefer it.
Plus, the filters last betweensix months to two years, saving
us money and reducing plasticwaste, because just one set of
filters from their classicpurifier makes the equivalent of
4,500 bottles of water.
AquaTru comes with a 30-daymoney-back guarantee and even
(02:54):
makes a great gift.
Today, my listeners receive 20%off any AquaTru purifier.
Just go to Aquatrucom that'sA-Q-U-A-T-R-U dot com and enter
code DREAMFUL at checkout.
That's 20% off any Aquatruwater purifier when you go to
(03:16):
Aquatrucom and use code DREAMFUL.
That's D-R-E-A-M-F-U-L.
Fall that's D-R-E-A-M-F-U-L.
It's finally March and here inIdaho the sun is coming out, and
nothing reminds me of a springday like the classic stories of
(03:36):
Winnie the Pooh.
This is one of our mostrequested books.
So I'm looking forward toreading the chapter in which
Piglet finds a heffalump.
So snuggle up in your blanketsand have sweet dreams, thank you
(04:39):
.
One day, when Christopher Robinand Winnie the Pooh and Piglet
were all talking together,christopher Robin finished the
mouthful he was eating and said,carelessly I saw a heffalump
today, piglet.
What was it doing?
Asked Piglet.
Just lumping along, saidChristopher Robin.
I don't think it saw me.
(05:00):
I saw one once, said Piglet, atleast I think I did, he said
Only, perhaps it wasn't so did I, said Pooh, wondering what a
(05:21):
heffalump was like.
You don't often see them, saidChristopher Robin.
Carelessly.
Not now, said Piglet, not atthis time of year, said Pooh.
Then they all talked aboutsomething else until it was time
(05:43):
for Pooh and Piglet to go hometogether.
At first, as they stumped alongthe path which edged the
hundred-acre wood, they didn'tsay much to each other.
But when they came to thestream and had helped each other
cross the stepping stones andwere able to walk side by side
(06:06):
again over the heather, theybegan to talk in a friendly way
about this and that, and Pigletsaid If you see what I mean,
pooh, and Pooh said it's justwhat I think myself, piglet and
Pigoh said.
It's just what I think myself,piglet and Piglet said.
(06:28):
But on the other hand, pooh, wemust remember.
And Pooh said Quite true,piglet, although I had forgotten
it for the moment.
And then, just as they came tothe six pine trees, pooh looked
(06:48):
round to see that nobody elsewas listening and said in a very
solemn voice Piglet, I havedecided something.
What have you decided, pooh?
I have decided to catch aheffalump.
Pooh nodded his head severaltimes as he said this and waited
(07:15):
for Piglet to say how, or, pooh, you couldn't, or something
helpful of that sort.
But Piglet said nothing.
The fact was, piglet waswishing that he had thought
about it first.
I shall do it, said Pooh, afterwaiting a little longer, by
(07:41):
means of a trap, and it must bea cunning trap.
So you will have to help me,piglet.
Who said Piglet, feeling quitehappy again, now I will.
And then he said how shall wedo it?
And Pooh said that's just it,how.
(08:05):
And then they sat down together.
And Pooh said that's just it,how.
And then they sat down togetherto think it out.
Pooh's first idea was that theyshould dig a very deep pit and
then the heffalump would comealong and fall into the pit.
And why, said Piglet?
And then the heffalump wouldcome along and fall into the pit
(08:26):
.
And why, said Piglet, why?
What said Pooh?
Why would he fall in?
Pooh rubbed his nose with hispaw and said that the heffalump
might be walking along humming alittle song and looking up at
(08:46):
the sky wondering if it wouldrain, and so he wouldn't see the
very deep pit until he washalfway down, when it would be
too late.
Piglet said that this was avery good trap, but supposing it
were raining already, poohrubbed his nose again and said
(09:12):
that he hadn't thought of that.
And then he brightened up andsaid that if it were raining
already, the heffalump would belooking at the sky wondering if
it would clear up, and so hewouldn't see the very deep pit
until he was halfway down, whenit would be too late.
(09:34):
Piglet said that now that thispoint had been explained, he
thought it was a cunning trap.
Pooh was very proud when heheard this and he felt that the
heffalump was as good as caughtalready.
But there was just one thingwhich had to be thought about,
(10:00):
and it was this when should theydig the very deep pit?
Piglet said that the best placewould be somewhere where
Heflump was just before he fellinto it, only about a foot
farther on.
But then he would see usdigging it, said Pooh.
(10:24):
Not if he was looking at thesky, you would suspect, said
Pooh, if he happened to lookdown.
He thought for a long time andthen added sadly, it isn't as
easy as I thought.
I suppose that's why heffalumpshardly ever get caught.
(10:47):
That must be it, said Piglet.
They sighed and got up, andwhen they had taken a few gorse
prickles out of themselves theysat down again.
And all the time Pooh wassaying to himself If only I
could think of something.
(11:09):
For he felt sure that a veryclever brain could catch a
heffalump, if only he knew theright way to go about it.
Suppose he said to Piglet "'youwanted to catch me?
"'how would you do it'?
"'well' said Piglet, "'i shoulddo it like this "'I should make
(11:35):
a trap, "'and I put a jar ofhoney in the trap, "'and you
would smell it.
"'and you would go in after it.
"'and I would go in after it,said Pooh excitedly, only very
carefully so as not to hurtmyself, and I would get the jar
of honey and I should lick roundthe edges, first of all
(11:59):
pretending that there wasn't anymore, you know, and then I
should walk away and think aboutit a little, and then I should
come back and start looking inthe middle of the jar and then,
yes, well, never mind about that, there you would be, and there
I should catch you.
(12:20):
Now the first thing to think ofis what do heffalumps like?
I should think acorns, wouldn't.
You Will get a lot of.
I say wake up, pooh.
Pooh, who had gone into a happydream, woke up with a start and
(12:41):
said that honey was a much moretrappy thing than acorns.
Piglet didn't think so, andthey were just going to argue
about it when Piglet rememberedthat if they put acorns in the
trap, he would have to find theacorns, but if they put honey,
(13:03):
then Pooh would have to give upsome of his own honey.
So he said All right, honey.
Then, just as Pooh rememberedit too and was going to say All
right, acorns, honey, saidPiglet to himself in a
(13:23):
thoughtful way, as if it werenow settled, I'll dig the pit
while you go and get the honey.
Very well, said Pooh, and hestumped off.
As soon as he got home he wentto the larder and he stood on a
(13:47):
chair and he took down a verylarge jar of honey from the top
shelf.
It had honey written on it butjust to make sure, he took off
the paper cover and looked at itand it looked just like honey.
But you never can tell, saidPooh.
(14:10):
I remember my uncle saying oncethat he had seen cheese just
this color.
So he put his tongue in andtook a large lick.
Yes, he said, it is no doubtabout that.
And honey, I should say, rightdown to the bottom of the jar.
(14:36):
Unless, of course, he saidsomebody put cheese in at the
bottom just for a joke.
Perhaps I'd better go a littlefurther, just in case, in case
Hufflumps don't like cheese,same as me.
(14:57):
Ah, and he gave a deep sigh.
I was right, it is honey, rightthe way down.
Having made certain of this, hetook the jar back to Piglet and
Piglet looked up from the bottomof his very deep pit and said
(15:21):
Got it?
And Pooh said yes, but it isn'tquite a full jar.
And he threw it down to Pigletand Piglet said no, it isn't.
Is that all you've got left?
And Pooh said yes, because itwas.
(15:44):
So Piglet put the jar at thebottom of the pit and climbed
out and they went off hometogether.
Well, good night, pooh, saidPiglet, when they had got to
Pooh's house.
And we meet at six o'clocktomorrow morning by the pine
trees and see how manyheffalumps we've got in our trap
(16:06):
.
Six o'clock, piglet.
But have you got any string?
No, why do you want string Tolead them home with?
Oh, I think heffalumps come ifyou whistle.
Some do and some don't.
(16:27):
You never can tell withheffalumps.
Well, good night, good night.
And off, piglet trotted to hishouse, trespassers W, while Pooh
made his preparations for bed.
(16:51):
Some hours later, just as thenight was beginning to steal
away, pooh woke up suddenly witha sinking feeling.
He had had that sinking feelingbefore and he knew what it
meant.
He was hungry.
So he went to the larder and hestood on a chair and reached up
(17:15):
to the top shelf and foundnothing.
That's funny.
He thought I know I had a jarof honey there, a full jar full
of honey, right up to the top,and it had honey written on it,
(17:37):
so that I should know it washoney.
That's very funny.
And then he began to wander upand down, wondering where it was
and murmuring a murmur tohimself Like this it's very
funny.
Very funny Because I know I hadsome honey Because it had a
(18:00):
label on.
Very funny Because I know I hadsome honey Because it had a
label on Saying honey, aglobsious full-up pot too.
And I don't know where it's gotto.
No, I don't know where it'sgone.
Well, it's funny.
He had murmured this to himselfthree times in a singing sort of
way, when suddenly heremembered he had put it into
(18:24):
the cunning trap to catch theheffalump.
Bother said Pooh, it all comesof trying to be kind to
heffalumps.
And he got back into bed but hecouldn't sleep.
The more he back into bed, buthe couldn't sleep.
The more he tried to sleep, themore he couldn't.
He tried counting sheep, whichis sometimes a good way of
(18:49):
getting to sleep, and as thatwas no good, he tried counting
heffa-lumps, and that was worse.
Heffalumps.
And that was worse becauseevery heffalump that he counted
was making straight for a pot ofPooh's honey and eating it all.
For some minutes there he laymiserably.
(19:10):
But when the 587th heffalumpwas licking its jaws and saying
to itself Very good honey, thisI don't know when I've tasted
better who could bear it nolonger.
He jumped out of bed, he ran outof the house and he ran
(19:34):
straight to the six pine trees.
The sun was still in bed, butthere was a lightness in the sky
over the hundred-acre woodwhich seemed to show that it was
waking up and would soon bekicking off the clothes.
(19:54):
In the half-light, the pinetrees looked cold and lonely and
the very deep pit seemed deeperthan it was.
And Pooh's jar of honey at thebottom was something mysterious
a shape and no more.
But as he got nearer to it, hisnose told him that it was
(20:19):
indeed honey and his tongue cameout and began to polish up his
mouth ready for it.
Father, said Pooh, as he gothis nose inside the jar, a
heffalump has been eating it.
A heffalump has been eating it.
And then he thought a littleand said oh no, I did.
(20:46):
I forgot.
Indeed, he had eaten most of it, but there was a little left at
the very bottom of the jar andhe pushed his head right in and
began to lick.
By and by, the glit woke up.
As soon as he woke, he said tohimself, oh.
(21:12):
Then he said, bravely, yes.
And then still more bravely,quite so.
But he didn't feel very brave,for the word which was really
jiggering about his brain washeffalumps.
(21:33):
What was a heffalump like?
Was it fierce?
Did it come when you whistled?
And how did it come?
Was it fond of pigs at all?
If it was fond of pigs, did itmake any difference?
(21:56):
What sort of pig, supposing itwas fierce with pigs?
Would it make any difference ifthe pig had a grandfather
called Trespassers William?
He didn't know the answer to anyof these questions and he was
going to see his first heffalumpin about an hour from now.
Of course Pooh would be withhim and it was much more
(22:16):
friendly with two, him and itwas much more friendly with two.
But suppose heffalumps werevery fierce with pigs and bears.
Wouldn't it be better topretend that he had a headache
and couldn't go up to the sixpine trees this morning?
But then suppose that it was avery fine day and there was no
(22:38):
heffalump in the trap here.
He would be in bed all themorning simply wasting his time
for nothing.
What should he do?
And then he had a clever idea.
He would go up very quietly tothe six pine trees now, peep
(23:01):
very cautiously into the trapand see if there was a heffalump
there, and if there was hewould go back to bed, and if
there wasn't he wouldn't.
So off he went.
At first he thought that therewouldn't be a heffalump in the
(23:23):
trap, and then he thought thatthere would.
And as he got near he was surethat there would, because he
could hear it heffalumping aboutlike anything.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, saidPiglet to himself, and he
wanted to run away.
(23:43):
But somehow, having got so near, he felt that he must see what
Heffalump was like.
So he crept to the side of thetrap and looked in, and all the
time Winnie the Pooh had beentrying to get the honey jar off
(24:04):
his head.
The more he shook it, the moretightly it stuck.
Father, he said inside the jar.
And oh, help, and mostly ow.
And he tried bumping it againstthings, but as he couldn't see
(24:25):
what he was, bumping it against,it didn't help him.
And he tried to climb out ofthe trap, but as he could see
nothing but jar and not much ofthat, he couldn't find his way.
So so at last he lifted up hishead, jar and all, and made a
(24:47):
loud, roaring noise of sadnessand despair.
And it was at that moment thatPiglet looked down that Piglet
looked down.
Help, help, cried Piglet.
A heffalump, a horribleheffalump.
And he scampered off as hard ashe could, still crying out Help
(25:15):
, help.
A horrible heffalump, aheffalump, a horrible heffalump,
a heffalump, a horribleheffolump.
Huff, huff, a hellable horlump,hull, hull, a huffable
hellerump.
And he didn't stop crying andscampering until he got to
Christopher Robin's house.
Whatever's the matter, piglet,said Christopher Robin, who was
just getting up.
(25:35):
F, said Piglet, breathing sohard that he could hardly speak.
A hell, a heff, a heff, a lumpwhen Up there, said Piglet,
waving his paw.
What did it look?
like, like, like it had thebiggest head you ever saw,
(25:59):
Christopher Robin.
A great, enormous thing.
Like like nothing.
A huge, big.
Well, like a I don't know.
Like an enormous big, nothingLike a jar.
Well, said Christopher Robinputting on his shoes, I shall go
(26:20):
and look at it, come on.
Piglet wasn't afraid if he hadChristopher Robin with him.
So off they went.
I can hear it, can't you, saidPiglet anxiously as they got
near.
I can hear something, saidChristopher Robin.
(26:40):
It was Pooh bumping his headagainst a tree root he had found
there, said Piglet, isn't itawful?
And he held on tight toChristopher Robin's hand.
Suddenly Christopher Robinbegan to laugh and he laughed
(27:04):
and he laughed and he laughedand while he was still laughing,
crash went the heffalump's headagainst the tree root, smash
went the jar and out came Pooh'shead again.
Then Piglet saw what a foolishpiglet he had been and he was so
(27:31):
ashamed of himself that he ranstraight off home and went to
bed with a headache.
But Christopher Robin and Poohwent home to breakfast together.
Oh bear, said Christopher Robin, how I do love you.
So do I, said Christopher Robin, how I do love you
no-transcript.
Welcome to Dreamful Podcast bedtime stories for
slumber.
I would like to start thisepisode by thanking our newest
supporters, ross Kohlhagen,jessica Hampton and Stacey
Morrison.
Thank you all so much, and Ihope you have the sweetest of
(00:42):
dreams.
If you'd like to support theshow and gain access to
subscriber-only episodes whilereceiving a shout out, visit
dreamfulstoriescom and, on thesupport page, find a link to
become a Buzzsprout supporter orsubscribe via Supercast.
If you listen on Spotify, yoursupport means so much and it
really keeps the podcast going.
(01:04):
It goes toward things likemusic licensing and equipment
upgrades and, of course, payingmy beautiful, amazing editor,
katie.
I am so excited to announcethat this episode is sponsored
by aqua.
True, and if you're like me, youprobably don't like your tap
water for some some reason, ifwe run it too long, our tap
(01:25):
water smells like a sulfuricswimming pool, if that makes
sense.
But then I found AquaTru andlet me tell you it's completely
changed the way my family drinkswater.
In fact, we tossed our oldpitcher filters and drink way
more water now because it justtastes that good.
So that's why you must checkout AquaTru.
AquaTru purifiers use afour-stage reverse osmosis
(01:49):
purification process and itremoves 15 times more
contaminants than ordinarypitcher filters, including PFAs,
which are also known as foreverchemicals, and they're found in
nearly half of the US tap water.
And the best part, there's nocomplicated installation you
just plug it in and startenjoying clean, delicious water
(02:12):
instantly.
They have purifiers for everyhome, from countertop models,
which I have, to under-sinkoptions and even wi-fi connected
purifiers with mineral boostfeatures.
I've had my AquaTru for over ayear and it's hands down our
favorite appliance.
The water tastes so pure mykids drink even more of it and
(02:33):
even my cats prefer it.
Plus, the filters last betweensix months to two years, saving
us money and reducing plasticwaste, because just one set of
filters from their classicpurifier makes the equivalent of
4,500 bottles of water.
AquaTru comes with a 30-daymoney-back guarantee and even
(02:54):
makes a great gift.
Today, my listeners receive 20%off any AquaTru purifier.
Just go to Aquatrucom that'sA-Q-U-A-T-R-U dot com and enter
code DREAMFUL at checkout.
That's 20% off any Aquatruwater purifier when you go to
(03:16):
Aquatrucom and use code DREAMFUL.
That's D-R-E-A-M-F-U-L.
Fall that's D-R-E-A-M-F-U-L.
It's finally March and here inIdaho the sun is coming out, and
nothing reminds me of a springday like the classic stories of
(03:36):
Winnie the Pooh.
This is one of our mostrequested books.
So I'm looking forward toreading the chapter in which
Piglet finds a heffalump.
So snuggle up in your blanketsand have sweet dreams, thank you
(04:39):
.
One day, when Christopher Robinand Winnie the Pooh and Piglet
were all talking together,christopher Robin finished the
mouthful he was eating and said,carelessly I saw a heffalump
today, piglet.
What was it doing?
Asked Piglet.
Just lumping along, saidChristopher Robin.
I don't think it saw me.
(05:00):
I saw one once, said Piglet, atleast I think I did, he said
Only, perhaps it wasn't so did I, said Pooh, wondering what a
(05:21):
heffalump was like.
You don't often see them, saidChristopher Robin.
Carelessly.
Not now, said Piglet, not atthis time of year, said Pooh.
Then they all talked aboutsomething else until it was time
(05:43):
for Pooh and Piglet to go hometogether.
At first, as they stumped alongthe path which edged the
hundred-acre wood, they didn'tsay much to each other.
But when they came to thestream and had helped each other
cross the stepping stones andwere able to walk side by side
(06:06):
again over the heather, theybegan to talk in a friendly way
about this and that, and Pigletsaid If you see what I mean,
pooh, and Pooh said it's justwhat I think myself, piglet and
Pigoh said.
It's just what I think myself,piglet and Piglet said.
(06:28):
But on the other hand, pooh, wemust remember.
And Pooh said Quite true,piglet, although I had forgotten
it for the moment.
And then, just as they came tothe six pine trees, pooh looked
(06:48):
round to see that nobody elsewas listening and said in a very
solemn voice Piglet, I havedecided something.
What have you decided, pooh?
I have decided to catch aheffalump.
Pooh nodded his head severaltimes as he said this and waited
(07:15):
for Piglet to say how, or, pooh, you couldn't, or something
helpful of that sort.
But Piglet said nothing.
The fact was, piglet waswishing that he had thought
about it first.
I shall do it, said Pooh, afterwaiting a little longer, by
(07:41):
means of a trap, and it must bea cunning trap.
So you will have to help me,piglet.
Who said Piglet, feeling quitehappy again, now I will.
And then he said how shall wedo it?
And Pooh said that's just it,how.
(08:05):
And then they sat down together.
And Pooh said that's just it,how.
And then they sat down togetherto think it out.
Pooh's first idea was that theyshould dig a very deep pit and
then the heffalump would comealong and fall into the pit.
And why, said Piglet?
And then the heffalump wouldcome along and fall into the pit
(08:26):
.
And why, said Piglet, why?
What said Pooh?
Why would he fall in?
Pooh rubbed his nose with hispaw and said that the heffalump
might be walking along humming alittle song and looking up at
(08:46):
the sky wondering if it wouldrain, and so he wouldn't see the
very deep pit until he washalfway down, when it would be
too late.
Piglet said that this was avery good trap, but supposing it
were raining already, poohrubbed his nose again and said
(09:12):
that he hadn't thought of that.
And then he brightened up andsaid that if it were raining
already, the heffalump would belooking at the sky wondering if
it would clear up, and so hewouldn't see the very deep pit
until he was halfway down, whenit would be too late.
(09:34):
Piglet said that now that thispoint had been explained, he
thought it was a cunning trap.
Pooh was very proud when heheard this and he felt that the
heffalump was as good as caughtalready.
But there was just one thingwhich had to be thought about,
(10:00):
and it was this when should theydig the very deep pit?
Piglet said that the best placewould be somewhere where
Heflump was just before he fellinto it, only about a foot
farther on.
But then he would see usdigging it, said Pooh.
(10:24):
Not if he was looking at thesky, you would suspect, said
Pooh, if he happened to lookdown.
He thought for a long time andthen added sadly, it isn't as
easy as I thought.
I suppose that's why heffalumpshardly ever get caught.
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That must be it, said Piglet.
They sighed and got up, andwhen they had taken a few gorse
prickles out of themselves theysat down again.
And all the time Pooh wassaying to himself If only I
could think of something.
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For he felt sure that a veryclever brain could catch a
heffalump, if only he knew theright way to go about it.
Suppose he said to Piglet "'youwanted to catch me?
"'how would you do it'?
"'well' said Piglet, "'i shoulddo it like this "'I should make
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a trap, "'and I put a jar ofhoney in the trap, "'and you
would smell it.
"'and you would go in after it.
"'and I would go in after it,said Pooh excitedly, only very
carefully so as not to hurtmyself, and I would get the jar
of honey and I should lick roundthe edges, first of all
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pretending that there wasn't anymore, you know, and then I
should walk away and think aboutit a little, and then I should
come back and start looking inthe middle of the jar and then,
yes, well, never mind about that, there you would be, and there
I should catch you.
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Now the first thing to think ofis what do heffalumps like?
I should think acorns, wouldn't.
You Will get a lot of.
I say wake up, pooh.
Pooh, who had gone into a happydream, woke up with a start and
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said that honey was a much moretrappy thing than acorns.
Piglet didn't think so, andthey were just going to argue
about it when Piglet rememberedthat if they put acorns in the
trap, he would have to find theacorns, but if they put honey,
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then Pooh would have to give upsome of his own honey.
So he said All right, honey.
Then, just as Pooh rememberedit too and was going to say All
right, acorns, honey, saidPiglet to himself in a
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thoughtful way, as if it werenow settled, I'll dig the pit
while you go and get the honey.
Very well, said Pooh, and hestumped off.
As soon as he got home he wentto the larder and he stood on a
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chair and he took down a verylarge jar of honey from the top
shelf.
It had honey written on it butjust to make sure, he took off
the paper cover and looked at itand it looked just like honey.
But you never can tell, saidPooh.
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I remember my uncle saying oncethat he had seen cheese just
this color.
So he put his tongue in andtook a large lick.
Yes, he said, it is no doubtabout that.
And honey, I should say, rightdown to the bottom of the jar.
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Unless, of course, he saidsomebody put cheese in at the
bottom just for a joke.
Perhaps I'd better go a littlefurther, just in case, in case
Hufflumps don't like cheese,same as me.
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Ah, and he gave a deep sigh.
I was right, it is honey, rightthe way down.
Having made certain of this, hetook the jar back to Piglet and
Piglet looked up from the bottomof his very deep pit and said
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Got it?
And Pooh said yes, but it isn'tquite a full jar.
And he threw it down to Pigletand Piglet said no, it isn't.
Is that all you've got left?
And Pooh said yes, because itwas.
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So Piglet put the jar at thebottom of the pit and climbed
out and they went off hometogether.
Well, good night, pooh, saidPiglet, when they had got to
Pooh's house.
And we meet at six o'clocktomorrow morning by the pine
trees and see how manyheffalumps we've got in our trap
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.
Six o'clock, piglet.
But have you got any string?
No, why do you want string Tolead them home with?
Oh, I think heffalumps come ifyou whistle.
Some do and some don't.
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You never can tell withheffalumps.
Well, good night, good night.
And off, piglet trotted to hishouse, trespassers W, while Pooh
made his preparations for bed.
(16:51):
Some hours later, just as thenight was beginning to steal
away, pooh woke up suddenly witha sinking feeling.
He had had that sinking feelingbefore and he knew what it
meant.
He was hungry.
So he went to the larder and hestood on a chair and reached up
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to the top shelf and foundnothing.
That's funny.
He thought I know I had a jarof honey there, a full jar full
of honey, right up to the top,and it had honey written on it,
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so that I should know it washoney.
That's very funny.
And then he began to wander upand down, wondering where it was
and murmuring a murmur tohimself Like this it's very
funny.
Very funny Because I know I hadsome honey Because it had a
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label on.
Very funny Because I know I hadsome honey Because it had a
label on Saying honey, aglobsious full-up pot too.
And I don't know where it's gotto.
No, I don't know where it'sgone.
Well, it's funny.
He had murmured this to himselfthree times in a singing sort of
way, when suddenly heremembered he had put it into
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the cunning trap to catch theheffalump.
Bother said Pooh, it all comesof trying to be kind to
heffalumps.
And he got back into bed but hecouldn't sleep.
The more he back into bed, buthe couldn't sleep.
The more he tried to sleep, themore he couldn't.
He tried counting sheep, whichis sometimes a good way of
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getting to sleep, and as thatwas no good, he tried counting
heffa-lumps, and that was worse.
Heffalumps.
And that was worse becauseevery heffalump that he counted
was making straight for a pot ofPooh's honey and eating it all.
For some minutes there he laymiserably.
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But when the 587th heffalumpwas licking its jaws and saying
to itself Very good honey, thisI don't know when I've tasted
better who could bear it nolonger.
He jumped out of bed, he ran outof the house and he ran
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straight to the six pine trees.
The sun was still in bed, butthere was a lightness in the sky
over the hundred-acre woodwhich seemed to show that it was
waking up and would soon bekicking off the clothes.
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In the half-light, the pinetrees looked cold and lonely and
the very deep pit seemed deeperthan it was.
And Pooh's jar of honey at thebottom was something mysterious
a shape and no more.
But as he got nearer to it, hisnose told him that it was
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indeed honey and his tongue cameout and began to polish up his
mouth ready for it.
Father, said Pooh, as he gothis nose inside the jar, a
heffalump has been eating it.
A heffalump has been eating it.
And then he thought a littleand said oh no, I did.
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I forgot.
Indeed, he had eaten most of it, but there was a little left at
the very bottom of the jar andhe pushed his head right in and
began to lick.
By and by, the glit woke up.
As soon as he woke, he said tohimself, oh.
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Then he said, bravely, yes.
And then still more bravely,quite so.
But he didn't feel very brave,for the word which was really
jiggering about his brain washeffalumps.
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What was a heffalump like?
Was it fierce?
Did it come when you whistled?
And how did it come?
Was it fond of pigs at all?
If it was fond of pigs, did itmake any difference?
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What sort of pig, supposing itwas fierce with pigs?
Would it make any difference ifthe pig had a grandfather
called Trespassers William?
He didn't know the answer to anyof these questions and he was
going to see his first heffalumpin about an hour from now.
Of course Pooh would be withhim and it was much more
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friendly with two, him and itwas much more friendly with two.
But suppose heffalumps werevery fierce with pigs and bears.
Wouldn't it be better topretend that he had a headache
and couldn't go up to the sixpine trees this morning?
But then suppose that it was avery fine day and there was no
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heffalump in the trap here.
He would be in bed all themorning simply wasting his time
for nothing.
What should he do?
And then he had a clever idea.
He would go up very quietly tothe six pine trees now, peep
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very cautiously into the trapand see if there was a heffalump
there, and if there was hewould go back to bed, and if
there wasn't he wouldn't.
So off he went.
At first he thought that therewouldn't be a heffalump in the
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trap, and then he thought thatthere would.
And as he got near he was surethat there would, because he
could hear it heffalumping aboutlike anything.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, saidPiglet to himself, and he
wanted to run away.
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But somehow, having got so near, he felt that he must see what
Heffalump was like.
So he crept to the side of thetrap and looked in, and all the
time Winnie the Pooh had beentrying to get the honey jar off
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his head.
The more he shook it, the moretightly it stuck.
Father, he said inside the jar.
And oh, help, and mostly ow.
And he tried bumping it againstthings, but as he couldn't see
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what he was, bumping it against,it didn't help him.
And he tried to climb out ofthe trap, but as he could see
nothing but jar and not much ofthat, he couldn't find his way.
So so at last he lifted up hishead, jar and all, and made a
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loud, roaring noise of sadnessand despair.
And it was at that moment thatPiglet looked down that Piglet
looked down.
Help, help, cried Piglet.
A heffalump, a horribleheffalump.
And he scampered off as hard ashe could, still crying out Help
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, help.
A horrible heffalump, aheffalump, a horrible heffalump,
a heffalump, a horribleheffolump.
Huff, huff, a hellable horlump,hull, hull, a huffable
hellerump.
And he didn't stop crying andscampering until he got to
Christopher Robin's house.
Whatever's the matter, piglet,said Christopher Robin, who was
just getting up.
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F, said Piglet, breathing sohard that he could hardly speak.
A hell, a heff, a heff, a lumpwhen Up there, said Piglet,
waving his paw.
What did it look?
like, like, like it had thebiggest head you ever saw,
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Christopher Robin.
A great, enormous thing.
Like like nothing.
A huge, big.
Well, like a I don't know.
Like an enormous big, nothingLike a jar.
Well, said Christopher Robinputting on his shoes, I shall go
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and look at it, come on.
Piglet wasn't afraid if he hadChristopher Robin with him.
So off they went.
I can hear it, can't you, saidPiglet anxiously as they got
near.
I can hear something, saidChristopher Robin.
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It was Pooh bumping his headagainst a tree root he had found
there, said Piglet, isn't itawful?
And he held on tight toChristopher Robin's hand.
Suddenly Christopher Robinbegan to laugh and he laughed
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and he laughed and he laughedand while he was still laughing,
crash went the heffalump's headagainst the tree root, smash
went the jar and out came Pooh'shead again.
Then Piglet saw what a foolishpiglet he had been and he was so
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ashamed of himself that he ranstraight off home and went to
bed with a headache.
But Christopher Robin and Poohwent home to breakfast together.
Oh bear, said Christopher Robin, how I do love you.
So do I, said Christopher Robin, how I do love you
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