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INTRODUCTION

If you happen to have read another book about Christopher Robin, you mayremember that he once had a swan (or the swan had Christopher Robin, Idon't know which) and that he used to call this swan Pooh. That was along time ago, and when we said good-bye, we took the name with us, aswe didn't think the swan would want it any more. Well, when Edward Bearsaid that he would like an exciting name all to himself, ChristopherRobin said at once, without stopping to think, that he wasWinnie-the-Pooh. And he was. So, as I have explained the Pooh part, Iwill now explain the rest of it.

You can't be in London for long without going to the Zoo. There are somepeople who begin the Zoo at the beginning, called WAYIN, and walk asquickly as they can past every cage until they get to the one calledWAYOUT, but the nicest people go straight to the animal they love themost, and stay there. So when Christopher Robin goes to the Zoo, he goesto where the Polar Bears are, and he whispers something to the thirdkeeper from the left, and doors are unlocked, and we wander through darkpassages and up steep stairs, until at last we come to the special cage,and the cage is opened, and out trots something brown and furry, andwith a happy cry of "Oh, Bear!" Christopher Robin rushes into its arms.Now this bear's name is Winnie, which shows what a good name for bearsit is, but the funny thing is that we can't remember whether Winnie iscalled after Pooh, or Pooh after Winnie. We did know once, but we haveforgotten....

I had written as far as this when Piglet looked up and said in hissqueaky voice, "What about Me?" "My dear Piglet," I said, "the wholebook is about you." "So it is about Pooh," he squeaked. You see what itis. He is jealous because he thinks

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