Nobody seemed to know where they came from, but there they were in the
Forest: Kanga and Baby Roo. When Pooh asked Christopher Robin, "How did
they come here?" Christopher Robin said, "In the Usual Way, if you know
what I mean, Pooh," and Pooh, who didn't, said "Oh!" Then he nodded his
head twice and said, "In the Usual Way. Ah!" Then he went to call upon
his friend Piglet to see what he thought about it. And at Piglet's
house he found Rabbit. So they all talked about it together.


"What I don't like about it is this," said Rabbit. "Here are we—you,
Pooh, and you, Piglet, and Me—and suddenly——"
"And Eeyore," said Pooh.
"And Eeyore—and then suddenly——"
"And Owl," said Pooh.
"And Owl—and then all of a sudden——"
"Oh, and Eeyore," said Pooh. "I was forgetting him."
"Here—we—are," said Rabbit very slowly and carefully, "all—of—us,
and then, suddenly, we wake up one morning and, what do we find? We find
a Strange Animal among us. An animal of whom we have never even heard
before! An animal who carries her family about with her in her pocket!
Suppose I carried my family about with me in my pocket, how many
pockets should I want?"
"Sixteen," said Piglet.
"Seventeen, isn't it?" said Rabbit. "And one more for a
handkerchief—that's eighteen. Eighteen pockets in one suit! I haven't
time."
There was a long and thoughtful silence ... and then Pooh, who had
been frowning very hard for some minutes, said: "I make it fifteen."
"What?" said Rabbit.
"Fifteen."
"Fifteen what?"
"Your family."
"What about them?"
Pooh rubbed his nose and said that he thought Rabbit had been talking
about his family.
"Did I?" said Rabbit carelessly.
"Yes, you said——"
"Never mind, Pooh," said Piglet impatiently.
"The question is, What are we to do about Kanga?"
"Oh, I see," said Pooh.
"The best way," said Rabbit, "would be this. The best way would be to
steal Baby Roo and hide him, and then when Kanga says, 'Where's Baby
Roo?' we say, 'Aha!'"
"Aha!" said Pooh, practising. "Aha! Aha! ... Of course," he went