Winnie the Pooh Chapter 10 | Read Aloud | Storytime with Jared

Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne Chapter 10 In which Christopher Robin gives Pooh a party and we say goodbye One day when the Sun had come back over the forest bringing with it the scent of May and all the streams of the Forest were tinkling happily to find themselves their own pretty shape again And the little pools laid dreaming of the life they had seen and the big things they had done And in the warmth and quiet of the forest the cuckoo was trying over his voice Carefully and listening to see if he liked it and the wood pigeons were complaining gently to themselves in their lazy Comfortable way that it was the other fellows fault But it didn't matter very much on such a day as this Christopher Robin whistled in a special way He had and owl came flying out of the hundred-acre wood to see what he wanted Owl said Christopher Robin. I'm going to give a party you are are you said owl? And it's to be a special sort of party because it's because of what Pooh did when he did what he did to save Piglet from the flood. Oh That's what it's for. Is it said owl? Yes, so will you tell Pooh as quickly as you can and all the others because it will be tomorrow Oh, it will will it said owl still being as helpful as possible So will you go and tell them owl? I will tried to think of something very wise to say but he couldn't So he flew off to tell the others and the first person he told was Pooh Pooh he said Christopher Robin is giving a party Oh said Pooh and then seeing that owl expected him to say something else He said will there be those little cake things with pink sugar icing? Owl felt that it was rather beneath him to talk about little cake things with pink sugar icing so he told Pooh exactly what Christopher Robin had said and flew off to Eeyore a Party for me thought Pooh to himself how grand and he began to wonder if all the other animals would know that it was a special Pooh party and if Christopher Robin had told them about the Floating bear and the brain of Pooh and all the wonderful ships he had invented and sailed on and he began to think how awful it would be if everybody had Forgotten about it and nobody quite knew what the party was for and the more he thought like this the more the party got muddled in his mind like a dream when nothing goes right and The dream began to sing itself over in his head until it became a sort of song It was an anxious Pooh song Three cheers for Pooh for who for Pooh. Why what did he do? I thought you knew he saved his friend from a wedding three cheers for bear for where? For bear he couldn't swim, but he rescued him. He rescued who? Oh, listen do I am talking of Pooh of who? Of Pooh. I'm sorry. I keep forgetting Well Pooh was a bear of enormous brain Just say it again of enormous brain of enormous What well he ate a lot and I don't know if he could swim or not But he managed to float on a sort of boat on a sort of what well a sort of pot now let's give him three hearty cheers now, let's give him three hearty witches and Hope he'll be with us for years and years and grow in health and wisdom and riches Three cheers for Pooh for who for Pooh three cheers for bear for where for bear Three cheers for the wonderful Winnie the Pooh. Just tell me somebody what did he do? Well, this was going on inside him owl was talking to Eeyore Eeyore said owl Christopher Robin is giving a party Very interesting said Eeyore. I suppose they will be sending me down the odd bits which got trodden on Kind and thoughtful not at all. Don't mention it. There is an invitation for you What's that like an invitation? Yes, I heard you who dropped it. This isn't anything to eat. It's asking you to the party tomorrow Eeyore shook his head slowly You mean piglet the little fellow with the excited ears. That's piglet. I'll tell him. No No said owl getting quite fussy. It's you. Are you sure? Of course, I'm sure Christopher Robin said all of them Tell all of them all of them except Eeyore all of them said owl sulkily Ah said Eeyore a mistake no doubt, but still I shall come only don't blame me if it rains But it didn't rain Christopher Robin had made a long table out of some long pieces of wood and they all sat rounded Christopher Robin sat at one end and poo sat at the other and between them on one side were owl and Eeyore and piglet and between them on the other side were rabbit and roo and Kanga and all rabbits friends and relations Spread themselves about on the grass and waited hopefully in case anybody spoke to them or dropped anything or asked them the time it was the first party to which Roo had ever been and He was very excited as soon as ever they had sat down. He began to talk. Hello poo He squeaked hello Roo said poo Roo jumped up and down in his seat for a little while and then began again. Hello piglet He squeaked piglet waved a paw at him being too busy to say anything Hello Eeyore said Roo. Eeyore nodded gloomily at him. It will rain soon You see if it doesn't he said Roo looked to see if it didn't and it didn't so he said hello owl and owl said Hello, my little friend in a kindly way and went on telling Christopher Robin about an accident Which had nearly happened to a friend of his whom Christopher Robin didn't know and Kanga said to Roo Drink up your milk first dear and talk afterwards so Roo who was drinking his milk tried to say that he could do both at once and Had to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwards When they had all nearly eaten enough Christopher Robin banged on the table with his spoon and everybody stopped talking and was very silent Except Roo who was just finishing a loud attack of hiccups and trying to look as if it was one of rabbits relations This party said Christopher Robin is a party because of what someone did and we all know who it was And it's his party because of what he did and I've got a present for him and here it is Then he felt about a little and whispered Where is it while he was looking you're coughed in an impressive way and began to speak Friends, he said Including oddments. It is a great pleasure or perhaps I had better say it has been a pleasure so far To see you at my party What I did was nothing any of you except rabbit and owl and Kanga would have done the same and Pooh My remarks do not of course apply to piglet and Roo because they are too small Any of you would have done the same but it just happened to be me It was not I need hardly say with an idea of getting what Christopher Robin is looking for now And he put his front leg to his mouth and said in a loud whisper Try under the table That I did what I did But because I feel that we should all do what we can to help. I feel that we should all Up said Roo accidentally Roo dear said Kanga reproachfully Was it me asked Roo a little surprised? What's your talking about? Piglet whispered to Pooh. I don't know said Pooh rather dolefully I thought this was your party. I Thought it was once but I suppose it isn't I'd sooner it was yours than yours said piglet so what I said Pooh, but up said Roo again as I was saying said your loudly and sternly as I was saying when I was interrupted by various loud sounds I feel that here it is cried Christopher Robin excitedly pass it down to silly old Pooh It's for Pooh for Pooh said your of course. It is the best bear in all the world I might have known city or after all one can't complain. I have my friends Somebody spoke to me only yesterday And was it last week or the week before that rabbit bumped into me and said bother The social round always something going on Nobody was listening for they were all saying open it Pooh. What is it Pooh? I know what it is No, you don't And other helpful remarks of this sort and of course Pooh was opening it as quickly as ever he could But without cutting the string because you never know when a bit of string might be useful at last it was undone When Pooh saw what it was he nearly fell down he was so pleased it was a special pencil case there were pencils in it marked B for bear and pencils marked HB for helping bear and pencils marked BB for brave bear there was a knife for sharpening the pencils and India rubber for rubbing out anything which you had spelt wrong and a ruler for ruling lines for the words to walk on and inches marked on the ruler in case you wanted to know how many inches anything was and blue pencils and red pencils and green pencils for saying special things in blue and red and Green and all these lovely things were in little pockets of their own in a special case Which shut with a click when you clicked it and they were all for Pooh. Oh Said Pooh. Oh Pooh said everybody else except Eeyore Thank you growled Pooh But Eeyore was saying to himself This writing business pencils and whatnot Overrated if you ask me silly stuff nothing in it later on when they had all said Goodbye, and thank you to Christopher Robin who and piglet walked home thoughtfully together in the golden evening And for a long time they were silent when you wake up in the morning Pooh said piglet at last What's the first thing you say to yourself? What's for breakfast said Pooh? What do you say piglet? I say I wonder? What's going to happen exciting today said piglet who nodded thoughtfully? It's the same thing. He said and what did happen asked Christopher Robin when? Next morning. I don't know. Could you think and tell me and Pooh sometime if you wanted it very much? Who does said Christopher Robin? He gave a deep sigh Picked his bear up by the leg and walked off to the door Trailing Winnie the Pooh behind him at the door. He turned and said coming to see me have my bath I might I said was Pooh's pencil case any better than mine It was just the same. I said he nodded and went out and in a moment. I heard Winnie the Pooh bump bump bump Going up the stairs behind him End of chapter 10 the final chapter in Winnie the Pooh