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Chapter two of The House at Pooh Corner by A. A.
Mil This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter two,
in which Tigger comes to the forest and has breakfast.
Winnie the Pooh woke up suddenly in the middle of
the night and listened. Then he got out of bed

(00:21):
and lit his candle and stumped across the room to
see if anybody was trying to get into his honey cupboard.
And they weren't, so he stumped back again, blew out
his candle, and got into bed. Then he heard the
noise again. Is that you, piglet, he said, But it
wasn't come in Christopher Robin, he said. But Christopher Robin

(00:45):
didn't tell me about it tomorrow, you said Pooh sleepily.
But the noise went on. Whoaouw said, whatever it was,
and Pooh found that he wasn't asleep after all, What
can it be? He thought? There are lots of noises

(01:07):
in the forest, but this is a different one. It
isn't a growl, and it isn't a purr, and it
isn't a bark, and it isn't the noise you make
before beginning a piece of poetry. But it's a noise
of some kind made by a strange animal, and he's
making it outside my door, so I shall get up
and ask him not to do it. He got out

(01:30):
of bed and opened his front door. Hallo, said Pooh,
in case there was anything outside, Hallo said, whatever it was,
Oh said Pooh, Hallo, Hallo. Oh there you are, said Pooh,
Hallo Hallo said the strange animal. Wondering how long this

(01:52):
was going on, Pooh was just going to say hello
for the fourth time when he thought that he wouldn't,
so he said, who is it instead? Me? Said a voice?
Oh said Pooh. Well, come here. So whatever it was
came here, and in the light of the candle, he

(02:12):
and Pooh looked at each other. I'm Pooh, said Pooh.
I'm Tiger, said Tiger. Oh said Pooh, for he had
never seen an animal like this before. Does Christopher Robin
know about you? Of course he does, said Tigger. Well,
said Pooh. It's the middle of the night, which is

(02:33):
a good time for going to sleep, and tomorrow morning
we'll have some honey for breakfast. Do tiggers like honey?
They like everything, said Tigger cheerfully. Then if they like
going to sleep on the floor. I'll go back to bed,
said Pooh, and we'll do things in the morning. Good night,
and he got back into bed and went fast to sleep.

(02:54):
When he awoke in the morning, the first thing he
saw was Tigger sitting in front of the glass and
looking at himself. Hello, said Pooh. Hello, said Tigger. I
found somebody just like me. I thought I was the
only one of them. Pooh got out of bed and
began to explain what a looking glass was, but just

(03:15):
as he was getting to the interesting part, Tigger said,
excuse me a moment, but there's something climbing up your table,
And with one loud worm, he jumped at the end
of the tablecloth, pulled it to the ground, wrapped himself
up in it three times, rolled to the other end
of the room, and after a terrible struggle, got his

(03:36):
head into the daylight again and said, cheerfully. Have I won.
That's my tablecloth, said Pooh as he began to unwind Tigger.
I wondered what it was, said Tigger. It goes on
the table and you put things on it. Then why
did it try to bite me when I wasn't looking.
I don't think it did, said Pooh. It tried, said Tigger,

(03:59):
but I was too quick for it. Pooh put the
cloth back on the table, and he put a large
honeypot on the cloth, and they sat down to breakfast.
And as soon as they sat down, Tigger took a
large mouthful of honey, and he looked up at the
ceiling with his head on one side, and made exploring
noises with his tongue and considering noises and what have

(04:23):
we got here noises? And then he said, in a
very decided voice, tigers don't like honey, Oh, said Pooh,
and he tried to make it sound sad and regretful.
I thought they liked everything, everything except honey, said Tigger.
Pooh felt rather pleased about this, and said that as

(04:44):
soon as he had finished his own breakfast, he would
take Tigger round a Piglet's house and Tigger could try
some of piglets hayhorns. Thank you, Pooh, said Tigger, because
haghorns is really what tiggers like best. So after breakfast
they went round to see Piglet, and Pooh explained as
they went that Piglet was a very small animal who

(05:04):
didn't like bouncing, and asked Tigger not to be too bouncy,
just at first, and Tigger, who had been hiding behind
trees and jumping out on Pooh's shadow when it wasn't looking,
said that tiggers were only bouncy before breakfast, and that
as soon as they had had a few haycorns they
became quiet and refined. So by and by they knocked
at the door of Piglet's house. Hello, Pooh, said Piglet,

(05:27):
Hello Piglet, This is Tigger. Oh is it? Said Piglet,
and he edged round to the other side of the table.
I thought tiggers were smaller than that. Not the big ones,
said Tigger. They like hacorns, said Pooh. That's what we've
come for, because poor Tigger hasn't had any breakfast yet.
Piglet pushed the bowl of haycorns towards Tigger and said

(05:50):
help yourself. And then he got close up to Pooh
and felt much braver and said, so your tigger, well well,
in a careless sort of voice. But Tiger said nothing
because his mouth was full of haycorns. After a long
munching noise, he said oh. And when Pooh and Piglet

(06:10):
said what, he said ooh, and went outside for a moment,
and when he came back in, he said firmly, tigers
don't like hacorns. But you said they liked everything except honey,
said Pooh, everything except honey and hahorns, explained Tigger. When
he heard this, Pooh said, oh, I see. And Piglet,

(06:32):
who is rather glad that tiggers didn't like haycorns, said
what about thistles? That's all's said Tiger. Is what tigers
like best. Then let's go along and see ere, said Piglet.
So the three of them went, and after they had
walked and walked and walked, they came to the part
of the forest where Eore was. Hello. Ey Or said Pooh,

(06:55):
this is Tigger. What is said Eyore? This explained Pooh
and Piglet together, and Tigger smiled his happiest smile and
said nothing. Eyore walked all round Tigger one way, and
then turned and walked all round him the other way.
What did you say it was, he asked Tigger. Ah

(07:18):
said Eyoor, He's just come, explained Piglet. Ah said Eyor again,
he thought for a long time and then said, when
is he going? Pooh explained to Eoor that Tigger was
a great friend of Christopher Robbin's, who had come to
stay in the forest. And Piglet explained to Tigger that

(07:39):
he mustn't mind what Eyore said, because he was always gloomy.
And Eyor explained to Piglet that, on the contrary, he
was feeling particularly cheerful this morning. And Tigger explained to
anybody who was listening that he hadn't had any breakfast yet.
I knew there was something, said Pooh, Tiggers always eat thistles,
so that was why we came to see you, Eyore.

(08:00):
Don't mention it, pooh oh, Eyor, I didn't mean that
I didn't want to see you quite quite for your
stripy new friend. Naturally, he wants his breakfast. What did
you say? His name was Tigger? Then come this way,
Tigger eyre led the way to the most thistly looking

(08:20):
patch of thistles that ever was, and waved a hoof
at it. A little patch I was keeping for my birthday,
he said, But after all, what are birthdays here today
and gone tomorrow? Help yourself, Tiger. Tigger thanked him and
looked a little anxiously at Pooh, are these really thistles?

(08:43):
He whispered, yes, said Pooh, what tiger's like best? That's right,
said Pooh. I see, said tigger. So he took a
large mouthful, and he gave a large crunch Ow, said Tigger.
He said down and put his paw in his mouth.
What's the matter, asked poo, What mumbled tigger? Your friend said,

(09:09):
your appears to have bitten on a bee. Pooh's friend
stopped shaking his head to get the prickles out and
explain that tiggers didn't like thistles. Then why bend a
perfectly good one, asked your but you said, began Pooh.
You said that tiggers like everything except honey and haycorns
and theodles, said Tigger, who was now running round in

(09:32):
circles with his tongue hanging out. Pooh looked at him sadly.
What are we going to do? He asked Piglet. Piglet
knew the answer to that, and he said at once
that they must go and see Christopher Robbin. You'll find
him with Kanga, said ere. He came close to Pooh
and said, in a loud whisper, could you ask your

(09:52):
friend to do his exercises somewhere else, I shall be
having lunch directly, and don't want it bounced just before
I begin. A trifling matter and fussy of me. But
we all have our little ways. Pooh nodded solemnly and
called the tiger. Come along, and we'll go and see Kanga.

(10:12):
She's sure to have lots of breakfast for you. Tigger
finished his last circle and came up to Pooh and
Piglet hat he explained, with a large and friendly smile,
come on, and he rushed off. Pooh and Piglet walked
slowly after him. And as they walked, Piglet said nothing
because he couldn't think of anything, and Pooh said nothing

(10:33):
because he was thinking of a poem. And when he
had thought of it, he began, what shall we do
about poor little tigger. He never eats nothing, he'll never
get bigger. He doesn't like honey and haycorns and thistles
because of the taste, and because of the bristles, and
all the good things which an animal likes have the
wrong sort of swallow or too many spikes. He's quite

(10:57):
big enough, anyhow, said Piglet. He isn't really very big, well,
he seems so. Pooh was thoughtful when he heard this,
and then he murmured to himself, but whatever his weight
in pounds, shillings and ounces, he always seems bigger because
of his bounces. And that's the whole poem, he said.

(11:18):
Do you like it, Piglet, All except the shillings, said Piglet.
I don't think they ought to be there. They wanted
to come in after the pounds, explained Pooh. So I
let them in. It is the best way to write poetry,
letting things come. Oh, I didn't know, said Piglet. Tigger
had been bouncing in front of them all this time,

(11:39):
turning round every now and then to ask is this
the way? And now at last they came in sight
of Kanga's house and there was Christopher Robin. Tigger rushed
up to him. Oh, there you are, Tigger, said Christopher Robin.
I knew you'd be somewhere. I've been finding things in
the forest, said Tigger, importantly. I found a Pooh and

(11:59):
a Piglet and an eyore, but I can't find any breakfast.
Pooh and Piglet came up and hugged Christopher Robin and
explained what had been happening. Don't you know what tiggers like,
asked Pooh. I expect if I thought very hard, I should,
said Christopher Robin. But I thought Tigger knew I do,
said Tigger, everything that was in the world except honey

(12:22):
and hahorns and what were those hot things called thistles? Yes,
and those? Oh, well, then Kanga can give you some breakfast.
So they went into Kangi's house, and when Ru had
said Hello Boo and Hello piglet once and Hello Tiger
twice because he had never said it before and it

(12:43):
sounded funny, they told Kanga what they wanted, and Kangis said,
very kindly, well, look in my cupboard, tigger, dear, and
see what you'd like, because she knew at once that,
however big Tigger seemed to be, he wanted as much
kindness as rue. Shall I look too, who, said Pooh,
who was beginning to feel a little eleven o'clockish. And

(13:04):
he found a small tin of condensed milk, and something
seemed to tell him that tiggers didn't like this, so
he took it into a corner by itself and went
with it to see that nobody interrupted it. But the
more Tigger put his nose into this and his paw
into that, the more things he found which tiggers didn't like.
And when he had found everything in the cupboard and

(13:25):
couldn't eat any of it, he said to Kanga, what happens? No,
But Kanga and Christopher, Robin and Piglet were all standing
round Rue watching him have his extract of malt, and
Ru was saying must i, and Kanga was saying, now, Ru, dear,
you remember what you promised? What is it? Whispered Tigger

(13:46):
to Piglet, his strengthening medicine, said Piglet, he hates it.
So Tigger came closer, and he leaned over the back
of Rue's chair, and suddenly he put out his tongue
and took one large goalalap and with a sudden jump
of surprise, Kenka said oh, and then clutched the spoon
again just as it was disappearing, and pulled it safely

(14:06):
back out of Tiger's mouth, but the extract of malt
had gone. Tigger, dear, said Kanga, He's taken my medicine.
He's taken my medicine. He's taken my medicine, sang Rue, happily,
thinking it was a tremendous joke. Then Tigger looked up
at the ceiling and closed his eyes, and his tongue
went round and round his chops in case he had

(14:30):
left any outside, and a peaceful smile came over his
face as he said, So that's what Tiger's like, which
explains why he always lived at Kanga's house afterwards, and
had extract of malt for breakfast, dinner, and tea, and
sometimes when Kanga thought he wanted strengthening, he had a

(14:50):
spoonful or two of Rue's breakfast after meals as medicine.
But I think, said Piglet Tapoo, that he's been strengthened
quite enough. End of Chapter two
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