One day, when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do [yeah, like that ever 
happens!], he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's 
house to see what Piglet was doing. It was still snowing as he stumped 
over the white forest track, and he expected to find Piglet warming his 
toes in front of his fire, but to his surprise he saw that the door was 
open, and the more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.
	"He's out," said Pooh sadly. "That's what it is. He's not in. I shall 
have to write a fast Thinking Email by myself. Bother!"
	But he thought he would knock very loudly just to make *quite* sure. . . 
and while he waited for Piglet not to answer, he jumped up and down to 
keep warm, and a hum came suddenly into his head, which seemed to him a 
Good Hum, such as is Hummed Hopefully to Others.

	The more I wait
			(Tiddely Pom),
	The more I hate
			(Tiddely Pom),
	The more I hate
			(Tiddely Pom),
		My waiting.
	Cause it's not too great
			(Tiddely Pom),
	When my homework's late
			(Tiddely Pom),
	In fact it's downright
			(Tiddely Pom),
		Frustrating.

	"So what I'll do," said Pooh, "is I'll do this. I'll just go home 
first and see what time it is, and perhaps I'll put a noose around my 
neck, and then I'll go see the ZEP  and sing it to them."
	He hurried back to his own house; and his mind was so busy on the way 
with the hum that he was getting ready for the ZEP that, when he suddenly 
saw Piglet sitting in his best arm-chair, he could only stand there 
rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in.
	"Hallo, Piglet," he said. "I thought you were out."
	"No," said Piglet, "It's you who were out, Pooh."
	"So it was," said Pooh. "I knew one of us was."
	He looked up at his clock which had stopped at 5 minutes to classtime 
some weeks ago.
	
	And here I sit, classtime looming, homework not finished, and definitely 
Out of It. Well, I knew one of us was.

-CR