Christopher Robin's Idea

Christopher Robin thought about Pooh's wondering. Then he smiled.

"You cannot climb up there without troubling the bees," he said. "But perhaps there is another way to look."

He held up his blue balloon.

"You could float up beside the hive," he said. "If you are very still, the bees might think you are a little cloud."

Pooh liked that idea very much. "A cloud that likes honey," he said. "That sounds just right — as long as I am quiet and polite."