Wow, I'm getting this one out so early, some of you might even get to read
it *before* you go to bed!

H A P P Y  I N D E P E N D E N C E  D A Y !

to those U.S. subscribers.

Today we learn why Rabbit and Pooh and Piglet got lost.

        "The fact is," said Rabbit, "we've missed our way somehow."
        They were having a rest in a small sand-pit on the top of the
Forest. Pooh was getting tired of that sand-pit, and suspected it of
following them about, because whichever direction they started in, they
always ended up at it, and each time, as it came through the mist at them,
Rabbit said triumphantly, "Now I know where we are!" and Pooh said sadly,
"So do I," and Piglet said nothing. He had tried to think of something to
say, but the only thing he could think of was, "Help, help!" and it seemed
silly to say that when he had Pooh and Rabbit with him.
        "Well, said Rabbit, after a long silence in which nobody thanked him
for the nice walk they were having, "We'd better get on, I suppose. Which
way shall we try?"

All of this is due, of course, to the fact that Rabbit is a male. Had he
been a female, he would have stopped and asked for directions...!

Cheerio!

CR