It Is Shown That Tigger's Don't Climb Trees - Pooh Corner

Please join me while I read "It Is Shown That Tigger's Don't Climb Trees" from the book "A House at Pooh Corner" by A. A. Milne. This is a 24.5-minute story, accompanied by an additional 5 minutes of ambient music.

The story:
Pooh sets out to see all of his friends that he hasn't seen in days to discover that Piglet is planting haycorns. Pooh asks Piglet to walk with him to visit his friends and they find Roo and Tigger in a peculiar circumstance.

Transcript

Welcome to Restful Journeys. In this track I will be reading in which it is shown that tiggers don't climb trees. Please find a comfortable place to sit or lie down and relax. Take a few moments to clear your mind and allow yourself to listen to these words. Let's begin, In which it is shown that tiggers don't climb trees. One day, When Pooh was thinking, He thought he would go and see Eeyore, Because he hadn't seen him since yesterday. And as he walked through the heather, Singing to himself, He suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Owl since the day before yesterday. So he thought that he would just look in at the hundred-acre wood on his way and see if Owl was at home. Well, He went on singing until he came to the part of the stream where the stepping stones were, And when he was in the middle of the third stone, He began to wonder how Kanga and Roo and Tigger were getting on, Because they all lived together in a different part of the forest. And he thought, I haven't seen Roo for a long time, And if I don't see him today, It will be a still longer time. So he sat down on the stone in the middle of the stream and sang another verse of his song while he wondered what to do. The other verse of his song was like this, I could spend a happy morning seeing Roo. I could spend a happy morning being Pooh, For it doesn't seem to matter if I don't get any fatter, And I don't get any fatter what I do. The sun was so delightfully warm, And the stone, Which had been sitting in it for a long time, Was so warm too that Pooh had almost decided to go on being Pooh in the middle of the stream for the rest of the morning when he remembered Rabbit. Rabbit, Said Pooh to himself, I like that Rabbit. He talks about sensible things, He doesn't use long difficult words like owl, He uses short easy words like what about lunch, And help yourself Pooh, I suppose really I ought to go and see Rabbit, Which made him think of another verse, Oh, I like his way of talking, Yes I do, It's the nicest way of talking, Just for two, And a help yourself with Rabbit though it may become a habit, Is a pleasant sort of habit for a Pooh. So when he had sung this, He got up off his stone, Walked back across the stream and set off for Rabbit's house, But he hadn't got far before he began to say to himself, Yes, But suppose Rabbit is out, Or suppose I get stuck in his front door again, Coming out as I did once when his front door wasn't big enough, Because I know I'm not getting fatter, But his front door may be getting thinner, So wouldn't it be better if, And all the times he was saying things like this, He was going more and more westerly, Without thinking, Until suddenly he found himself at his own front door again, And it was eleven o'clock, Which was time for a little something, Half an hour later he was doing what he had always really meant to do, He was stumping off to Piglet's house, And as he walked, He wiped his mouth with the back of his paw, And sang rather a fluffy song through the fur, It went like this, I could spend a happy morning seeing Piglet, And I couldn't spend a happy morning not seeing Piglet, And it doesn't seem to matter if I don't see Al or Eeyore, Or any of the others, And I'm not going to see Al or Eeyore, Or any of the others, Or Christopher Robin, Written down like this, It doesn't seem a very good song, But coming through a pale fawn fluff at half past eleven on a very sunny morning, It seemed to Pooh to be one of the best songs he had ever sung, So he went on singing it, Piglet was busy digging a small hole in the ground outside his house, Hello Piglet, Said Pooh, Hello Pooh, Said Piglet, Giving a jump of surprise, I knew it was you, So did I, Said Pooh, What are you doing, I'm planting a acorn Pooh, So that it can grow up into an oak tree, And have lots of acorns, Just outside the front door, Instead of having to walk miles and miles, Don't you see Pooh, Supposing it doesn't, Said Pooh, It will, Because Christopher Robin says it will, So that's why I'm planting it, Well, Said Pooh, If I plant a honeycomb outside my house, Then it will grow up into a beehive, Piglet wasn't quite sure about this, Or a piece of a honeycomb, Said Pooh, So as not to waste too much, Only then I might only get a piece of a beehive, And it might be the wrong piece, Where the bees were buzzing, And not the honeying, Bother, Piglet agreed, That that would be rather bothering, Besides Pooh, It's a very difficult thing, Planting, Unless you know how to do it, He said, And he put the acorn in the hole he had made, And covered it up with earth, And jumped on it, I don't know, Said Pooh, Because Christopher Robin gave me a master shalom seed, And I planted it, And I'm going to have master shaloms all over the front door, I thought they were nastateriums, Said Piglet timidly, And he went on jumping, No, Said Pooh, Not these, These are called master shaloms, When Piglet had finished jumping, He wiped his paws on his front, And said, What shall we do now, And Pooh said, Let's go and see Kanga, And Roo, And Tigger, And Piglet said, Yes, Let's, Because he was still a little anxious about Tigger, Who was a very bouncy animal, With a way of saying, How do you do, Which always left your ears full of sand, Even after Kanga had said, Gently Tigger dear, And had helped you up again, So they set off for Kanga's house, Now it happened that Kanga had felt rather motherly that morning, And wanting to count things, Like Roo's vests, And how many pieces of soap were left, And the two clean spots in Tigger's feeder, So she had sent them out with a packet of watercress sandwiches for Roo, And a packet of extract of malt sandwiches for Tigger, To have a nice long morning in the forest, Not getting into mischief, And off they had gone, And as they went, Tigger told Roo, Who wanted to know all about the things that Tiggers could do, Can they fly, Asked Roo, Yes, Said Tigger, They're very good flyers, Tiggers are, Stornary good flyers, Oh, Said Roo, Can they fly as well as an owl, Yes, Said Tigger, Only they don't want to, Why don't they want to, Well, They just don't like it somehow, Roo couldn't understand this, Because he thought it would be lovely to be able to fly, But Tigger said it was difficult to explain to anybody, Who wasn't a Tigger himself, Well, Said Roo, Can they jump as far as Kangas, Yes, Said Tigger, When they want to, I love jumping, Said Roo, Let's see who can jump the farthest, You or me, I can, Said Tigger, But we mustn't stop now, Or we shall be late, Late for what, For whatever we want to be in time for, Said Tigger, Hurrying on, In a little while they came to the six pine trees, I can swim, Said Roo, I fell into the river and I swam, Can Tiggers swim, Of course they can, Tiggers can do everything, Can they climb trees better than Pooh, Asked Roo, Stopping under the tallest pine tree and looking up at it, Climbing trees is what they do best, Said Tigger, Much better than Pooh's, Could they climb this one, They're always climbing trees like that, Said Tigger, Up and down all day, Oh Tigger, Are they really, I'll show you, Said Tigger bravely, And you can sit on my back and watch me, For all the things which he had said Tiggers could do, The only one he felt really certain about suddenly was climbing trees, Oh Tigger, Oh Tigger, Oh Tigger, Squeaked Roo excitedly, So he sat on Tigger's back and up they went, And for the first 10 feet Tiggers said happily to himself, Up we go, And for the next 10 feet he said, I always said Tiggers could climb trees, And for the next 10 feet he said, Not that it's easy, Mind you, And for the next 10 feet he said, Of course, There's coming down too, Backwards, And then he said, Which can be difficult, Unless one fell, When it would be easy, And at the word easy the branch he was standing on broke suddenly, And he just managed to clutch at the one above him as he felt himself going, And then slowly he got his chin over it, And then one back paw, And then the other, Until at last he was sitting on it, Breathing very quickly, And wishing that he had gone in for swimming instead, Roo climbed off and sat down next to him, Oh Tigger, He said excitedly, Are we at the top, No, Said Tigger, Are we going to the top, No, Said Tigger, Oh, Said Roo rather sadly, And then he went on hopefully, That was a lovely bit just now, When you pretended we were going to fall bump to the bottom, And we didn't, Will you do that bit again, No, Said Tigger, Roo was silent for a little while, And then he said, Shall we eat our sandwiches Tigger, And Tigger said, Yes, Where are they, And Roo said, At the bottom of the tree, And Tigger said, I don't think we'd better eat them just yet, So they didn't, By and by Poo and Piglet came along, Poo was telling Piglet in a singing voice, That it didn't seem to matter if he didn't get any fatter, And he didn't think he was getting any fatter, What he did, And Piglet was wondering how long it would be before his acorn came up, Look Poo, Said Piglet suddenly, There's something in one of the pine trees, So there is, Said Poo, Looking up wonderingly, There's an animal, Piglet took Poo's arm, In case Poo was frightened, Is it one of the fiercer animals, He said, Looking the other way, Poo nodded, It's a jagular, He said, What do jagulars do, Said Piglet, Hoping that they wouldn't, They hide in the branches of trees, And drop on you as you go underneath, Said Poo, Christopher Robin told me, Perhaps we better hadn't go underneath Poo, In case he dropped and hurt himself, They don't hurt themselves, Said Poo, They're such very good droppers, Piglet still felt that to be underneath a very good dropper would be a mistake, And he was just going to hurry back for something, Which he had forgotten, When the jagular called out to them, Help, Help, It called, That's what jagulars always do, Said Poo, Much interested, They call help, Help, And then when you look up, They drop on you, I'm looking down, Cried Piglet loudly, So as the jagular shouldn't do the wrong thing by accident, Something very excited next to the jaguar heard him and squeaked, Oh Poo and Piglet, Poo and Piglet, All of a sudden Piglet felt that it was a much nicer day than he had thought it was, All warm and sunny, Poo, He cried, I believe it's Tigger and Roo, So it is, Said Poo, I thought it was a jagular and another jagular, Hello Roo, Said Piglet, What are you doing, We can't get down, We can't get down, We can't get down, Cried Roo, Poo, Isn't it fun, Tigger and I were living in a tree, Like an owl, And we're going to stay here forever and ever, I can see Piglet's house, Piglet, I can see your house from here, Aren't we high, Is Owl's house as high up as this, How did you get up there Roo, Asked Piglet, On Tigger's back, And Tigger's can't climb downwards because their tails get in the way, Only upwards, And Tigger forgot about that when we started, And he's only just embarrassed, So we've got to stay here forever and ever, Unless we go higher, What do you say Tigger, Oh, Tigger says if we go higher, We shan't be able to see Piglet's house so well, So we're going to stop here, Piglet, Said Poo solemnly, When he had heard all this, What shall we do, And he began to eat Tigger's sandwiches, Are they stuck, Asked Piglet anxiously, Poo nodded, Could you climb up to them, I might Piglet, And I might bring Roo down on my back, But I shouldn't bring Tigger down, So we must think of something else, And in a thoughtful way, He began to eat Roo's sandwich too, Whether he would have thought of anything before he had finished the last sandwich, I don't know, But he had got to his last one, When there was a crackling in the bracken, And Christopher Robin and Eeyore came strolling along together, I shouldn't be surprised if it held a good deal tomorrow, Eeyore was saying, Blizzards and what not, Being fine today doesn't mean anything, It has no sig, What's that word, Well, It has none of that, It's just a piece of weather, There's Poo, Said Christopher Robin, Who didn't much mind what it did tomorrow, As long as he was out in it, Hello Poo, It's Christopher Robin, Said Piglet, He'll know what to do, They hurried up to him, Oh Christopher Robin, Began Poo, And Eeyore, Said Eeyore, Tigger and Roo are right up in the six pine trees, And they can't get down, And, And I was just saying, Put in Piglet, That if only Christopher Robin, And Eeyore, If only you were here, Then we could think of something to do, Christopher Robin looked up at Tigger and Roo, And tried to think of something, I thought, Said Piglet earnestly, That if Eeyore stood at the bottom of the tree, And if Poo stood on Eeyore's back, And if I stood on Poo's shoulders, And if Eeyore's back snapped suddenly, Then we could all laugh, Ha ha, Amusing in a quiet way, Said Eeyore, But not really helpful, Well, Said Piglet meekly, I thought, Would it break your back Eeyore, Asked Poo, Very much surprised, That's what would be so interesting Poo, Not being quite sure till afterwards, Poo said, Oh, And they all began to think again, I've got an idea, Said Christopher Robin suddenly, Listen to this Piglet, Said Eeyore, And then you'll know what we're trying to do, I'll take off my tunic, And we'll each hold a corner, And then Roo and Tigger can jump into it, And it will be all soft and bouncy for them, And they won't hurt themselves, Getting Tigger down, Said Eeyore, And not hurting anybody, Keep those two ideas in your head Piglet, And you'll be all right, But Piglet wasn't listening, He was so agog at the thought of seeing Christopher Robin's blue braces again, He had only seen them once before, When he was much younger, And being a little over excited by them, Had had to go to bed half an hour earlier than usual, And he had always wondered since, If they were really as blue and as bracing as he had thought them, So when Christopher Robin took off his tunic, And they were, He felt quite friendly to Eeyore again, And he held the corner of the tunic next to him, And smiled happily at him, And Eeyore whispered back, I'm not saying there won't be an accident now, Mind you, They're funny things, Accidents, You never have them, Till you're having them, When Roo understood what he had to do, He was wildly excited, And cried out, Tigger, Tigger, We're going to jump, Look at me jumping Tigger, Like flying my jumping will be, Can Tigger do it, And he squeaked out, I'm coming Christopher Robin, And he jumped, Straight into the middle of the tunic, And he was going so fast, That he bounced up again, Almost as high as where he was before, And went on bouncing and saying, Ooh, For quite a long time, And then at last he stopped and said, Ooh lovely, And they put him on the ground, Come on Tigger, He called out, It's easy, But Tigger was holding on to the branch, And saying to himself, It's all very well for jumping animals like Kangas, But it's quite different for swimming animals like Tiggers, And he thought of himself floating on his back down a river, Or striking out from one island to another, And he felt, That that was really the life for a Tigger, Come along, Called Christopher Robin, You'll be all right, Just wait a moment, Said Tigger nervously, Small piece of bark in my eye, And he moved slowly along his branch, Come on, It's easy, Squeaked Drew, And suddenly Tigger found how easy it was, Ow, He shouted as the tree flew past him, Look out, Cried Christopher Robin to the others, There was a crash, A tearing noise, And a confused heap of everybody on the ground, Christopher Robin and Pooh and Piglet picked themselves up first, And then they picked Tigger up, And underneath everybody else was Eeyore, Oh Eeyore, Cried Christopher Robin, Are you hurt, And he felt him rather anxiously, And dusted him and helped him to stand up again, Eeyore said nothing for a long time, And then he said, Is Tigger there, Tigger was there, Feeling bouncy again already, Yes, Said Christopher Robin, Tigger's here, Well, Just thank him for me, Said Eeyore, That concludes the story in which it is shown that Tiggers don't climb trees. Thank you so much for listening, I hope that you have enjoyed this story, Become relaxed and possibly fallen asleep.

Reviews

Oh tigger! And eeyore, so classic! Thank you, great reading!✨🙏🏼✨