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Tigger Is Unbounced
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They walked off together; and for a long time Piglet said nothing, so as not to interrupt the pots; and then suddenly he made a squeaky noise . . . and an oo-noise . . . because now he began to know where he was; but he still didn’t dare to say so out loud, in case he wasn’t. And just when he was getting so sure of himself that it didn’t matter whether the pots went on calling or not, there was a shout from in front of them, and out of the mist came Christopher Robin.

“Oh, there you are,” said Christopher Robin carelessly, trying to pretend that he hadn’t been Anxious.

“Here we are,” said Pooh.

“Where’s Rabbit?”

“I don’t know,” said Pooh.