Christina Robin

Chapter One: Off to America

It was a cool, wet day in the city of London. Crowds of people walking on the footways trying to get to work, catch the Lodekka, or go home. It has been years since World War II took place. But this isn’t about the people of England, this story is about the creatures of England. Mostly, in a forest called Hundred Acre Wood.

    In the Hundred Acre Wood lived a yellow bear in a red shirt named Pooh. he wasn’t just any bear, a talking stuffed bear, you know,  those little stuffed animals that we all had once and we believed that they could talk. Well in the Wood there lived Pooh and his friends. A pig named Piglet, a tiger named Tigger, an owl and a rabbit just named Owl and Rabbit, a Mother kangaroo named Kanga, her baby named Roo, and lastly, a donkey named Eeyore. They all lived in little houses they had built themselves.

    Pooh was walking on the trail of leaves that lead to a small hall table. The leaves were changing for the fall season which was an exciting time for everyone in the Woods. Pooh had a jar of honey in his paws that he put on the table. He inhales the fresh air, the smell of herbs, spices, nutmeg, and other food related items danced under his snout. Kanga must be fixing up something delicious.

    Her cooking is so heavenly he thought. He sat down at the seat that had a honeypot carved on the back board. He spotted his good friend Tigger hopping down the leaf trail.

    “Oh what a happy day!” he exclaimed as he hopped down the trail. Pooh smiled as he saw his old friend.
   
“What a happy day indeed!” an anonymous voice agreed, it was the wisest animal in the woods, Owl. he flew down to the ground carrying a basket full of foods that smelled delicious also. He took off his pilot hat and goggles and set them down on a stump. He lowered the basket to the center of the table.

    “That smells delightful!” Tigger said. Pooh nodded in agreement, Tigger and Owl sat down in their seats and they started having a conversion. Moments later everyone was here. Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Tigger, and Pooh. They saw Kanga and her son walking towards the table.
   
     “Sorry we’re late everyone, we were trying to find Roo’s coat!”  she explained. Everyone was happy to see them. They got up and started setting the table. They started eating, everyone was having a good time, smiling and laughing. Until Piglet made a comment.

    “Do you smell that?” questioned Piglet. Everyone sniffed the air, it smelled like smoke, that was very strange.
    “It smells yucky!” said Roo, everyone started to get concerned.
   
    “Everyone remain calm, I will fly up in the air to see if it's just smoke from a chimney!” Owl suggested, he put on his goggles and pilot hat and flew into the air. As he did the smoke was thickening, he saw people throwing matches at the woods.
   
“Oh no…” he saw the fire spreading and immediately flew back. Everyone saw the look of worry in his eyes.
    “We have to leave!” he said in fright “The woods are on fire!” everyone immediately rose up from their seats, they saw a roaring  flames of amber and crimson red swallowing everything it touches.

“RUN” Rabbit screamed and everyone did. Everyone ran for the hills where the small barbed wire fence sat. Tigger stopped at the fence and looked at everyone.

    “Hurry, I'll boost you over it!” He said.
    “I'll catch everyone on the other side!” Owl said after him. He flew over the fence and Roo was first. Tigger picked him up and threw him over the barbed wire. Owl catches him and sets him down. They did this over and over again til every single one was over the fence and they started running again.

Pooh was far behind, he tried to keep up but when a stuffed bear and a jar of honey and only honey is your diet it would be difficult to run. “Wait for me!” he yelled out but they couldn't hear him from the distance between them.

The rest stopped for air, they looked at their surroundings, they were on some type of dock “is everyone alright?” they nod. They then hear foot steps from some type of boot closing in. “hide!" Eeyore uttered, they hid in a crate.

Pooh made it to where everyone else was, he was catching his breath until he heard the footsteps. He panicked, sat down, and froze like a statue. The person walked over, he was listening to music on a Stowaway and saw Pooh on the ground. “well hello lil guy” he picked him up, “you ain't supposed to be out here, let's put you back"

The guy opened a crate and gently placed Pooh in it, the crate had various kinds of toys. He closes the crate and slaps a sticker on the side “alright, off to America you go!” he picked up the crate full of toys and threw it onto a boat. America? Pooh thought, that's until the wooden box hits the boat. “oof!” Pooh huffed out.

“Pooh!”

He heard Piglet say, but his voice seemed so far away. “Oh no.....don't worry Pooh, they're probably going to the same place...”