One cold morning, Winnie the Pooh had stumped up to the forest.
Everything was covered with a thick layer of white snow. Pooh was always very thoughtful. It had been a long winter, and he was getting very tired of looking at plain white snow. As he looked around, he saw that the cold wind was howling through the Hundred Acre-Wood, and he
knew that the air was freezing.
“I do hope this cold air does not bite my nose,” said Pooh. “Honey always can be better than the white snow.”
Pooh was very scared to walk down the forest, but he had to have a big
breakfast. He said he wanted to go inside to keep himself cool – in
which he did so. As he walked by Piglet’s house, he knocked on the front
door.
“Excuse me, Piglet,” said Pooh. “I’m so cold. Perhaps I can walk in so I
can keep myself warm by the fire.”
“Sure,” said Piglet. “I baked some yummy cookies so we all can eat together.”
When Pooh walked inside Piglet’s house, Piglet and Pooh had to sit
down at the table to eat the cookies. They smelled very, very good in
Piglet’s kitchen! Pooh took a large mouthful of cookies and gave a little
crunch.
“These cookies are good!” said Pooh with a smile. “I love them!”
“Me too,” answered Piglet. “I love all of those.”
“Delicious,” said Pooh. “But wait – there’s something right beside me.”
By then, Pooh noticed a spot with a few of pots filled with honey. And
he began to sing a song about when everything was always full of honey.
As he finished his song, he then thought of an idea.
“Piglet,” he said, “I would like to say that I shall drop by Eeyore’s house
now.”
“Good for you,” said Piglet. “I can bake more cookies later so we can eat
them all together whenever you visit me.”
In another part of the forest, Christopher Robin looked around to see if
Pooh was around him, but the snowstorm was still swirling through the
air and through the trees. So Christopher Robin covered himself up by
using a big blue blanket. But when Pooh was walking through the forest,
he paused for a moment and told him about this very cold weather.
“Hello, Christopher Robin!” said Pooh. “I just had some yummy cookies
with my best friend, Piglet.”
Christopher Robin was very happy to hear what Pooh said about what
he did before, and Pooh asked Christopher Robin to join him for his
walk through the Hundred Acre-Wood. Then they saw Eeyore watching.
“Hello, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore.
“Hello, Eeyore,” said Pooh. “Christopher Robin and I are just chilling
out together.”
“Don’t think I’ve ever spent time with Christopher Robin,” said Eeyore.
“Why don’t we do something so Eeyore can join me and Christopher
Robin for a walk in the snow?” asked Pooh.
“Let’s sing a cheering-up Eeyore song,” said Christopher Robin.
“I like that, Christopher Robin,” Pooh agreed.
So Pooh and Christopher Robin smiled at Eeyore and began to sing:
“When Eeyore’s down, let’s wiggle our ears
And cheer him up like a clown, or doing a funny dance!
Jump up and prance and turn his frown upside down!
Tickle him ‘till he wiggles. Make faces ’til he giggles.
Never know ‘till you try what will cheer up Eeyore now!”
“Well, I suppose I shall go to Tigger’s house,” said Pooh. “And I hope
you will meet me at my house because it’s still getting cold. But for now,
I’m going to say good-by.”
“So long!” said Christopher Robin as he waved good-by.
“Come back soon,” said Eeyore.
And so Pooh set off to find his friend, Tigger. While Pooh was walking
down along the path, he soon thought that Christopher Robin and all
his friends would meet him at his house. But when Pooh knocked on the
door, he said that he shall cool off on Tigger’s favorite chair.
“There’s a big snowstorm,” said Pooh, “and I asked Christopher Robin if
he can meet me at my house.”
“What?!” exclaimed Tigger. “Meet you at his house?”
“Of course, Tigger,” said Pooh, “but the air is very, very cold.”
“Don’t worry, Buddy Boy,” said Tigger proudly. “I’ve got just the thing
for you because I made a red scarf with green patches on it!”
“Thank you,” Pooh answered. “Perhaps I would love this scarf so it will
keep me warm from the snow.” And so Pooh grabbed the scarf from
Tigger and set off in the Hundred Acre-Wood.
While he was walking, he didn’t dare if the cold air had stung him. He
just kept walking through the white snow.
As Pooh walked down the forest, he saw that the honey tree was not
filled with bees, but the leaves already disappeared. Then he began to
sing the song “The More It Snows,” while sitting down in the snow.
Suddenly, Piglet reappeared and as he saw Pooh singing his song, he
sang the lines “Tiddley-pom.”
As Pooh walked over to Rabbit’s house, he stood there and began to
think what he should do.
“What’s going on?” asked Rabbit.
“It’s very cold, and the wind has stung my nose,” said Pooh. “My friend,
Tigger, gave me this scarf to keep myself warm.”
“I wanted to help you plant my garden,” said Rabbit, “but I can’t.”
“What can we do then?” asked Pooh.
“You can sing a song that can help you be better,” answered Rabbit.
“Thanks, Rabbit,” said Pooh.
So Pooh stood back up and began to sing his own song for himself about
all the wonderful leaves of a tree.
When Pooh began to sing the second chorus, Rabbit was very happy.
He loved hearing him singing softly and gently. As Pooh continued
singing the song, Rabbit gently swayed from side to side.
As Pooh finished his song, it was getting dark, and the cold wind was
howling while bigger snowflakes fell harder and harder.
In a gloomy part of the forest, Eeyore walked gently in the snow and
looked around the trees. As he got a little closer to take a look at the
snow, Tigger appeared from behind the corner.
“Look! I found you!” he called. “You’re just bouncin’ or stayin’ in the
snow!”
“No, Tigger,” said Eeyore. “I’m still the same as always.”
“That coldy-boldy snow’s still freezin’ out there,” said Tigger. “Ol’ Bud-
dy Pooh said he’s shiverin’, so I gave him a red scarf with green patches
on it.” Just then, Piglet appeared with another plate full of cookies. They
smelled very, very good, and everybody took a closer look at the yummy
cookies.
“Hey Eeyore,” said Piglet. “I made more cookies for everybody to eat
because we shall go inside.” Eeyore didn’t notice that the cookies were
delicious, especially when Pooh had tried many of them as possible.
“Thanks, Little Piglet!” said Tigger happily. “Cookies are what Tiggers
like best!”
“I think Christopher Robin knows the way to my house,” said Pooh.
“Me, and Rabbit, and Christopher Robin have come to get you.” Every-
body agreed to what Pooh said about this very cold weather and did ex-
actly what Christopher Robin told them to do.
“C’mon, Ol’ Pooh Buddy Boy!” said Tigger. “Let’s get a’-rollin’!”
And so Pooh and his friends set off to go home. When Pooh sat down at the table with all his friends, they were getting ready to eat a single cookie that Piglet had made when Kanga and Roo and Owl appeared. And when everybody sat down, Pooh took a big mouthful of cookies and one mouthful of honey. Christopher Robin gave everybody some hot cocoa and Rabbit gave everybody some delicious carrot soup and Kanga gave everybody one chocolate cake because they all were cooling off. And Pooh wasn’t very cold at all.
“Many thanks to Piglet for all the cookies!” said Pooh cheerfully.
“That’s because I baked them all for Pooh’s friends,” said Piglet.
“It’s so much fun to get together,” said Rabbit.
“Just sss-say the word, if you need my sss-services,” said Gopher.
“Perhaps I’m not getting cold anymore,” said Pooh. “I am now feeling
safe and warm.”
“And so do Roo and I,” replied Kanga.
As it grew darker in the forest, Pooh was off to bed while his friends
were still having their yummy meal.
“I think the snow might melt away tomorrow,” he said with a yawn.
“Perhaps I shall go to bed before the time comes.” He got into bed and
waited for the snowstorm to stop. While the snowstorm continued
howling, he noticed that there was simultaneously thirteen feet of snow
in the Hundred Acre-Wood, but Pooh didn’t mind because it was still
getting late. And so he cuddled himself up and fell fast asleep.