MarkL1987
Pokémon Trainer
- Pronouns
- He/him
Episode 1: Pooh's Honey Tree
The room you're currently looking at could be one of any Pallet Town trainer. But it just happens to belong to a trainer named Ash Ketchum, and as you see…. oh, wait a second. He's not there. I wonder where Ash could possibly be? Well, he does have a best friend named Lucy, and since Ash isn't in his house, he must be at Lucy's house. The camera quickly zoomed out of Ash's room and into Lucy's bedroom at her house. Ah, that's much better. There's Ash and Lucy right now. And their Pokemon partners, Pikachu and Eevee, happen to be with them. Both of these fine trainers received them as their starters at the beginning of their Pokemon journey, a journey which has seen them go through a lot of adventures. But for the time being, they have decided to return to Pallet Town for a bit and take a break from their journey. They were both longing to go on a new adventure, but of course, that's easier said than done when it's raining out. Pikachu, Little Pikachu and Eevee were listening to the raindrops at the window, but they quickly grew bored and tried to find something to do. The two of them quickly scanned the rows of books Lucy had on her shelf until Eevee finally pointed to one that she thought looked like it might be fun.
"Vee!" cried Eevee. (Read this one to us please!) Lucy chuckled and grabbed the book off the shelf, but when she saw what it was, she let out a gasp.
"Ash, look at this!" she cried.
"What is it?" asked Ash.
"It's my Winnie The Pooh book that my dad used to read to me when I was very little." Said Lucy. "This book brings back a lot of memories for me. I'm really glad you picked this book, Eevee."
"You know, this is the kind of story that I think Togepi would enjoy hearing." Said Ash.
"Yeah, but Togepi's with Misty in Johto right now." Replied Lucy. "But we can tell Togepi about it once we get back there. Misty and Brock will probably want to hear about it too. Anyway, let's begin the story." She opened the book to reveal the map of the Hundred Acre Wood on the opening page. And then, all of a sudden, the door to Lucy's closet swung open.
"That's weird. My closet isn't usually supposed to open on its own." She said.
"Pikachu Pika Pi!" cried Pikachu. (I think the closet wants us to step inside it!)
"You may be right, Pikachu." Said Ash.
"But the only way to know is to find out for ourselves." Said Lucy. "Come on, guys." Lucy, Ash, Pikachu, Little Pikachu and Eevee stepped inside and saw a gaping hole where the wall should've been.
"If my dad sees that hole, he'll kill me!" cried Lucy. "But I guess it's a good thing he's not home right now. Let's go through that hole and see where we end up." The five of them jumped through the hole, and when they came out on the other side, they found themselves surrounded by a beautiful forest landscape. Butterflies and birds were flying around, and some squirrels were also running around. There was also a bright blue sky with some clouds overhead.
"What happened?" wondered Ash. "Where are we right now?"
"We're definitely not in Pallet Town anymore, that's for sure." Said Lucy.
"Pika Pi Pikachu." Said Pikachu. (This landscape is so beautiful.)
"You're right, Pikachu, it's very beautiful." Said Ash.
"Except that I wanted to be reading the story, not be in the story itself!" cried Lucy. "We have to get back home. But how do we do that?"
"Well, we got here through that hole. Maybe we can get back the same way." Ash proposed.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Great idea, Ash!) But when they looked into the sky, there were no holes to be found.
"Where'd that hole go?" wondered Ash.
"It disappeared!" cried Lucy. "Which means we're now stuck here for who knows how long!"
"Misty and Brock will be worried!" cried Ash. "There just has to be a way out of here!" The four of them looked around for any possible way of getting back to Pallet Town so that they could return to the Johto region. Then, both Pikachu and Eevee spotted something.
"Pika Pi Pikachu Pika!" cried Pikachu. (There's a bear in a red shirt sitting down on that log!)
"Vee!" cried Eevee. (Maybe he can help us!)
"Good thinking, guys!" cried Ash.
"I hope the people that live here are friendly." Said Lucy.
"They should be." Replied Ash. "We are in a storybook world, after all."
"Maybe the bear that Pikachu pointed out can tell us how to get back." Said Lucy. She saw the bear sitting down and he looked like he was deep thought. She was stunned upon seeing who the bear was, and let out a gasp. She recognized that the very bear that they were near was the same one that she loved so dear.
"Is that bear who I think it is?" Lucy murmured. She grabbed a hold of Ash's hand. "He is! He's the one and only Winnie The Pooh! Come on, let's go meet him!" So Lucy, Ash, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu all rushed over to the log where Pooh was sitting at. Now Pooh, of course, is a bear of very little brain. He was sporting a bright red short sleeve shirt, which was the only piece of clothing that he owned. On this sunny day in the woods, he was sitting down and trying hard to think of something.
"Think, think, think, think…" said Pooh.
"Oh, hello there." Lucy greeted kindly. "Um, why are you talking to yourself?"
"Because I'm thinking." Answered Pooh. "You see, you're standing in my thoughtful spot."
"Pi?" wondered Little Pikachu. (Thoughtful spot?)
"It's his special spot that he visits sometimes when he feels like thinking." Lucy explained to her Pikachu.
"Just what are you thinking about?" wondered Ash.
"I'm thinking about how to say hello to Pooh." Said Pooh. "Or was it goodbye? Oh bother. I don't quite remember."
"Oh, so you're the famous Winnie The Pooh." Said Lucy.
"That's right. I'm Winnie The Pooh, or Pooh for short." Replied Pooh. "I'm afraid I don't know who any of you are. Could you kindly introduce yourselves?"
"Why sure, Pooh." Answered Lucy. She sat on the log next to him. "My name is Lucy. The little brown fox here is my partner, Eevee, and the short Pikachu also belongs to me. I call him Little Pikachu."
"I'm Ash Ketchum, and the other Pikachu is my own partner." Said Ash. "Lucy and I are best friends."
"I also have a best friend." Replied Pooh. "His name is Christopher Robin. You might see him later."
"It's very nice to meet you, Pooh." Said Ash. "But you have other friends too, don't you?"
"Oh yes, but they're all scattered around the woods." Said Pooh. "You'll have to find them if you want to meet them."
"We can do that." Said Lucy. "Ash and I are very good at finding things."
"Before we go looking for my friends, how about going to my house for something to eat." Pooh suggested. Ash and Lucy's stomachs rumbled.
"Well, we are kind of hungry." Said Lucy.
"Then you must have rumblies in your tummies." Said Pooh.
"Pikachu and Eevee could use a little something to eat too." Said Ash. "Lucy, since you love Pooh so much, you can be the leader."
"Okay, Ash." Replied Lucy. "Onward to Pooh's house, everyone." Ash, Pikachu, Little Pikachu and Eevee followed Lucy and Pooh through the forest to his house for a snack so that they'd have the energy to look for the rest of Pooh's friends.
"Pika Pi." Said Pikachu. (This place really is beautiful, isn't it, Eevee?)
"Eevee Vee." Answered Eevee. (It certainly is) And so begins a wonderful adventure of make believe, an adventure that will happen right here in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood, where Christopher Robin plays.
You'll find the enchanted neighborhood, of Christopher's childhood days.
A donkey named Eeyore is his friend.
And Kanga, and Little Roo. (And Tigger Too)
There's Rabbit, Piglet, and there's Owl.
But most of all, Winnie the Pooh.
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff
He's Winnie The Pooh
Winnie The Pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear
Winnie The Pooh
Winnie The Pooh
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff
He's Winnie The Pooh
Winnie The Pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear
The group of five soon arrived at Pooh Bear's house, which was under the name of Sanders.
"Vee?" wondered Eevee. (Sanders?)
"That means he has the name over the door in gold letters and he lives under it." Explained Lucy.
"You have such a nice place, Pooh." Said Ash.
"Pika Pi!" cried Pikachu. (He has a lot of honey pots here!)
"Why thank you, Pikachu." Said Pooh. "I clean my honey pots after I use them so I can put more honey in them."
"Well, Lucy, what do you think of Pooh's house?" asked Ash.
"It's certainly bigger than how they make it look in the story." Said Lucy. "Let's have something to eat, and then we can look for Pooh's friends."
"Before we eat, there's one thing I have to do." Said Pooh.
"What's that?" asked Ash.
"My stoutness exercises." Pooh answered. "You can all do them with me. Here we go."
Up, down, up.
When I up, down, and touch the ground,
It puts me in the mood.
Up, down, touch the ground,
In the mood…. for food.
I am stout, round and I have found,
Speaking poundage wise,
I improve my appetite when I exercise.
I am short, fat, and proud of that,
And so with all my might,
I up, down, and up down to,
My appetite's delight.
While I up, down and touch the ground,
I think of things to chew,
Like honey, milk and chocolate,
With a hefty, happy appetite,
I'm a hefty, happy Pooh. Ash and Lucy finished the song.
"With a hefty, happy appetite, he's a hefty, happy Pooh!" they sang. However, Pooh soon ran into a problem regarding his honey pots.
"Oh, bother. Empty again!" he cried. "Only the sticky part's left. Ash, Lucy, I'm terribly sorry, but it would appear that I'm fresh out of honey."
"Pika." Said Pikachu sarcastically. (Well that's just great)
"What do you suppose happened to Pooh's honey, guys?" Ash asked the three Pokemon.
"Vee." Eevee surmised. (Maybe Team Rocket snuck in here and stole it)
"No, Eevee, I don't think so." Replied Lucy. "Pooh probably ate up all his honey before we arrived."
"So what do we do now?" asked Ash. "How do we solve this little honey problem?"
"Pika Pikachu Pi Chu Pika." Pikachu suggested. (We find a hive somewhere and ask the bees nicely if we can borrow their honey)
"No, Pikachu, that won't work." Said Ash. "Bees are like Beedrill back home. If we try and take their honey without asking, they'll bunch up into a swarm and chase us." A small bee then flew into Pooh's house.
"That buzzing noise can only mean one thing." Said Pooh. "The only reason for a buzzing noise as far as I know is because you're a bee!" The bee smiled and nodded and flew out just as quickly as it had flown in.
"And the only reason for being a bee and making honey is so we can eat it." Said Lucy.
"I suppose we shall have to follow that bee, won't we?" asked Ash.
"If we want honey, then yes." answered Pooh. He led Ash, Lucy and their Pokemon out of his house and took them to a large oak tree in the middle of the wood. There was a hole at the top of the tree, with a big hive full of honey inside it. The hive was where the bees made the honey under the rule of the Queen Bee. Her job was to guard the hive and protect it from any thieves.
"Well, this is it." Said Pooh. "This is the honey tree."
"The bee's hive must be up there." Said Ash.
"Chu…" sighed Pikachu. (I hate bees)
"It is indeed." Pooh replied. "And there's some delicious honey up there that has my name on it."
"But Pooh, aren't you worried about being stung?" asked Lucy.
"I'll be just fine, Lucy." Replied Pooh. "Just trust me." With that, Pooh started to climb the honey tree. He climbed and he climbed, and as he climbed, he hummed a little hum, and it went a little bit like this.
Hum hum dee dum
Hum dee dum dum
I'm so rumbly in my tumbly,
Time to munch an early luncheon,
Hum de dum dum dum.
"Take it, Lucy!" cried Pooh. Lucy picked up the song where Pooh had left off.
Oh he wouldn't climb this tree
If a Pooh flew like a bee
But he wouldn't be a bear then,
So I guess he wouldn't care then.
Because bears love honey and he's a Pooh Bear
So he does care, so he'll climb there.
He's so rumbly in his tumbly
Time for something sweet to eat.
Suddenly, there was a crack in the branch he was standing on. It cracked and collapsed, and then he fell from branch to branch.
"If only I hadn't…" said Pooh. "You see, what I meant to do…." He crashed onto another branch below and then slithered quickly through the next several branches.
"It all comes, I suppose, from liking honey so much." Sighed Pooh. He crash landed into a gorse bush.
"Are you all right, Pooh?" asked Lucy.
"I'm just fine, Lucy." Pooh answered as he crawled out of the bush and brushed the prickles away from his nose.
"How many times have you climbed up there and gotten stung?" asked Ash.
"More times than I can count." Answered Pooh. "I've also lost track of how many bee stings I've endured.
"You mean those stings don't bother you?" said Lucy.
"Nope." Pooh answered. "No matter how many times I get stung, I just keep going back for more."
"There has to be another way for Pooh to get honey." Said Ash.
"Preferably one that's more safe." Said Lucy. A pessimistic and gloomy donkey then arrived on the scene and offered a suggestion.
"If you ask me, not that anyone ever does, just try and distract them with flowers." He said.
"Oh, hello there, Eeyore!" cried Pooh. "Uh, where's your tail?"
"Pikachu." Observed Little Pikachu. (His tail looks like a balloon)
"That's because it is a balloon." Replied Lucy.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" asked Eeyore.
"Oh, Eeyore, these are my new friends Ash and Lucy." Said Pooh. "I just met them today."
"I'm Ash." Said Ash to Eeyore. "Pikachu's over there."
"I'm Lucy, and right beside Pikachu is Eevee." Said Lucy.
"My name's Eeyore." Said Eeyore. "I've been looking for my tail since yesterday. It would be wonderful if you could help me find it."
"Actually, the balloon on your tail does give me an idea." Said Pooh. "Do you think we could use that balloon, Lucy?"
"I suppose so." Said Lucy as she untied the balloon from Eeyore's bottom. "But what do you need the balloon for?"
"What else? Honey." Answered Pooh.
"But you don't get honey with a balloon." Said Lucy.
"I do." Said Pooh.
"How?" replied Lucy. "How are you going to do that?"
'I will fly like a bee, up to the honey tree, see?" said Pooh.
"Just a second, Pooh. You can't fool the bees that way." Said Lucy. "Although, there is a muddy place we passed on the way over here." She and Pooh ran to the muddy place, with Ash, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu following behind. Pooh rolled around in the mud until he was black all over.
"Now then, isn't this a clever disguise?" asked Pooh. Lucy and Ash were a little skeptical.
"And just what are you supposed to be?" said Ash.
"I'm a little black raincloud, of course." Pooh answered.
"Silly old bear." Giggled Lucy.
"Aim me at the bees, please." Said Pooh nicely. He pointed up to the beehive.
"Careful, Pooh. Hold on tight." Warned Lucy as she handed Pooh the string of the balloon.
"Yes." Said Pooh. Lucy began to count down.
"Four…. three…. two…one!" she cried and let go of the balloon, which allowed Pooh to float upward.
"There he goes!" cried Ash. Pooh started singing as he floated up.
I'm just a little black raincloud
Hovering under the honey tree.
I'm only a little black raincloud
Pay no attention to little me. Lucy joined in on the song.
Everyone knows that a raincloud
Never eats honey, no not a nip
I'm just floating around,
Over the ground
Wondering where I will drip
As they finished the song, Pooh floated to the top of the tree, and since there was no wind, he was able to see and smell the honey. He tried to reach for it, but a little bee flew out of the hole and hovered around Pooh looking very confused.
"Lucy, I think the bees s-u-s-p-e-c-t something." Said Pooh.
"Maybe they think you're after their honey." Said Lucy.
"It may be that." Said Pooh. "You never can tell with bees." As Pooh tried distracting the bees with a song verse, he stuck his hand into the hive and accidentally pulled out a giant handful of honey that was full of bees. One of the bees went back to warn the rest of the clan. Pooh then ate the honey, but started spitting the bees out after a lengthy battle in his mouth. He closed his eyes, and upon opening them again, he let out a sigh of relief that the bees were gone. But his mouth started buzzing again as he spit more bees out and giggled. His head then began buzzing as he got some of the bees out of his ear before spitting out one more. Unfortunately, it was the Queen Bee, and she was very angry with Pooh. He kicked her away, which caused her to get covered with mud.
"Uh oh." Said Ash. "I think this is going to be trouble."
"I know the feeling all too well, Ash." Said Lucy. "We run into trouble with Team Rocket all the time." She quickly got an umbrella out.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Pooh's in trouble!) He got ready to shock the bees in case they came after them.
"Vee!" cried Eevee. (I think those bees are getting suspicious) In the beehive, Pooh was surrounded by confused and suspicious bees from the hive, and to make things worse, his disguise started wearing off.
"Lucy, I think it would help with this deception if you open your umbrella and say tut tut, it looks like rain." Said Pooh.
"Tut tut, it looks like rain." Said Lucy once the umbrella was opened and over her head. "Tut tut, it looks like rain." The queen bee finally got out of the mud puddle, and needless to say, she was very angry. She knew the difference between an actual rain cloud and a very hungry Pooh Bear. She shook off the mud from herself and flew back up to the hive where Pooh was at and stung him on his softest spot.
"Ouch!" cried Pooh. He swung left and right, and then accidentally swung his now sore bottom into the tree's hole and got stuck. Ash, Lucy, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu gasped in horror as the bees laughed at Pooh's misfortune, especially the Queen Bee. She was laughing very hard, clearly enjoying the whole thing.
"Lucy, Ash, Pikachu, Eevee, I've come to a very important decision!" cried Pooh. "These are the wrong sorts of bees!" The tree shook violently, and then the bees forced Pooh out of the hole. The string holding the balloon came loose, which made the balloon fly out of control. Pooh was taken for a ride as the bees kept chasing him. The queen bee kept laughing but was then forced to take cover as her clan whizzed by her face. The chase was then reversed as the bees were now being chased by Pooh.
"Excuse me please, bees!" cried Pooh. Ash, Lucy, Pikachu, Little Pikachu and Eevee all ducked for cover as the bees swooped down before retreating to their hive. The balloon then deflated its last bit of air.
"Lucy! Ash!" cried Pooh. "Oh bother. I think I shall come down." Lucy held out her arms and caught Pooh.
"Are you all right?" she asked him.
"I think so." Pooh answered. The queen bee then called the others to attention.
"CHARGE!" she yelled. The swarm started giving chase, which sent Lucy, Ash, Eevee and both Pikachu running.
"There's a bank of water nearby!" cried Lucy. "Everybody, jump in!"
"Pikachu, use your Thunderbolt on the bees!" cried Ash. Pikachu jumped into the air and aimed a bolt of lightning at the bees.
"Pika…. CHU!" cried Pikachu. Pikachu released the attack, and the lightning proved to be too much for the bees. They flew away into the distance to find a new honey tree.
"Vee!" cried Eevee. (Nice job, Pikachu! You scared the bees away!)
"That was a close one." Said Lucy. "Although, I would've preferred to not get covered in mud."
"Hey, mud is better than bee stings." Said Ash.
"You never can tell with bees." Said Pooh. Well, after that fiasco, they went to find somewhere else to eat, and they ended up coming across a big garden. On the garden's other side was a tree and sandy bank which happened to be Rabbit's house. Now Pooh and his new friends weren't the sorts to give up easily. Pooh, especially, did not want to abandon his search. When he put his mind to honey, he stuck to it. He sat down and began to think again.
"Look at all these flowers, Ash!" cried Lucy. "I've never seen so many flowers in my life."
"And the roses are beautiful too." Replied Ash. "But what are we going to do about lunch? I'm pretty sure Pikachu and Eevee are still hungry."
"Now honey rhymes with bunny, and bunny rhymes with…. Rabbit!" cried Pooh. "Rabbit's cool because he uses short, easy words."
"I think I've heard those words before." Said Lucy. "They're something like 'How about lunch? And help yourself, Pooh.'" Rabbit had heard the talking from inside and began to panic.
"Pooh?! Lunch?! Oh no, not again!" he cried. He tried to pretend that nobody was home. Pooh faced the hole and called out "Is anybody at home?" There was silence, and then Pooh tried again. "What I said was, is anybody at home?"
"No!" cried Rabbit.
"Bother!" cried Pooh.
"Hold it." Said Ash. "I may not be as much of a Pooh fanatic as Lucy, but if there's nobody here, then who's voice did we just hear?"
"What voice?! There's nobody here!" cried Rabbit.
"But every voice belongs to something." Said Lucy.
"You must be hearing things!" cried Rabbit.
"There must be somebody in there, because somebody said nobody." Said Pooh.
"It's clear that someone doesn't want us inside their home." Said Ash.
"Rabbit, is that you?" said Pooh.
"No!" yelled Rabbit, in a different voice this time around.
"Lucy, you know a lot about Pooh." Said Ash. "Who's voice is that in there?"
"It's Rabbit's, I think." Said Lucy. "We'll have to go inside to be sure."
"I don't think it's me." Said Rabbit. "It isn't meant to be." Pooh stuck his head inside the hole and immediately recognized Rabbit.
"Hello, Rabbit." He said.
"Oh, hello Pooh Bear." Said Rabbit. He then realized who had stuck their head in the hole.
"Pooh Bear!" cried Rabbit. "What a pleasant surprise!"
"Yep, it's him." Said Lucy from outside. She, Ash, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu all made their way through the hole and into Rabbit's house.
"Uh, who are you all?" Rabbit wondered.
"These, Rabbit, are my new friends." Answered Pooh. "Meet Ash, Lucy, Pikachu, Eevee, and a smaller Pikachu.
"We are definitely new around here." said Ash.
"It's very nice to meet you all." Said Rabbit. "Uh, how about lunch?"
"Don't mind if we do." Said Lucy. "We're quite hungry, aren't we, guys?"
"Pika." Answered Pikachu. (Very hungry)
"Well don't you worry, Pikachu." Said Ash. "It looks like we'll finally get to have lunch." They sat down at the table that Rabbit had prepared.
"Running from bees does work up an appetite." Said Lucy.
"Bees?!" cried Rabbit. "Oh, Pooh, you were after the bee's honey again, weren't you?"
"Yes, Rabbit, I was." Answered Pooh. "Rabbit sighed.
"I must've told you a million times not to disturb the bees to try and get honey from them." He replied. "Well, that doesn't matter now. Help yourselves, everyone."
"I'm so hungry I could practically eat up three or four pots of honey." Said Lucy.
"There's no need to eat quite that much." Said Rabbit. "We have to make sure there's enough for everybody. Now, would you like condensed milk or honey on your bread?"
"Both, but never mind the bread please, just a small helping will do." Pooh answered.
"I'd like both please." Said Lucy.
"So would I." replied Ash.
"Pika/Vee!" cried Pikachu and Eevee. (Us too!)
"Pi!" cried Little Pikachu. (Don't forget about me!)
"Ah, there you are." Said Rabbit as he served Ash, Lucy and their Pokemon.
"This is quite good, Rabbit!" cried Lucy as she took a bite. Pooh, however, was less than satisfied.
"Is, uh, something wrong?" Rabbit asked him.
"Well, I did mean a larger small helping." Said Pooh.
"Perhaps you'd save time if you took the whole jar." said Rabbit.
"Oh, thank you, Rabbit." Replied Pooh. He grabbed the entire pot and started chugging down. Eevee and Pikachu gave disgusted looks on their faces.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu angrily. (How rude!)
"Vee!" agreed Eevee. (Very rude!)
"Thankfully, Ash and I know better than to just grab like that." Said Lucy.
"You're both very smart like that." Said Rabbit. "Now, what I want to know from both of you is how you got to the Hundred Acre Wood to begin with."
"Well, Lucy and I were at her house in Pallet Town trying to pass time because it was raining, you see." Said Ash. "Her Eevee suggested that we read a book, and she happened to pick out the very book that we're in."
"But we need to find a way home sooner rather than later." Lucy went on. "Ash and I are supposed to go back to the Johto region soon so that we can continue our Pokemon journey."
"Johto? What's that?" asked Rabbit.
"It's a region in our world that's got lots of really cool Pokemon there, and Lucy and I have already caught a few of them." Said Ash.
"Rabbit, I don't suppose there's any way we can get back home directly from here, do you?" asked Lucy.
"Well, there is one way." Said Rabbit. "But I'm warning you, it'll take a bit of time first."
"What do we have to do?" asked Ash.
"Okay, in the world you're both in right now, there are four different stories that happen." Answered Rabbit. "Right now, we're in the first one. In order for you guys to get back home and return to your own world, you have to go through all four of the stories from start to finish. That's all you have to do."
"Oh, well that shouldn't be too hard." Said Lucy. She looked beside her and saw that Pooh was still stuffing himself, having gone through multiple honey pots.
"Boy, Pooh, you sure love your honey, don't you?" she giggled. Pooh continued to eat until there was no honey left. When everyone was finally done, Pooh said in a rather sticky voice "We must be going now. Goodbye, Rabbit."
"Well, goodbye, if you're sure you won't have any more." Said Rabbit.
"We're definitely not having any more." Said Ash.
"Good, because there isn't any more left anyway." Said Rabbit. Lucy, Ash and their Pokemon went out through the back door, while Pooh tried to get out from the hole. He pulled with his front and back with all his strength, before realizing that he had a problem on his hands.
"Oh help and bother! I'm stuck!" cried Pooh. Rabbit, Ash, Lucy, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu were all alarmed that Pooh had only gotten halfway out.
"Oh no!" cried Lucy. "He's stuck!"
"What'll we do?!" cried Ash.
"We'll have to pull him out." Lucy answered. "Hang on, Pooh." She grabbed his front paws, with Ash taking a hold of Lucy's waist. The two of them, plus Eevee and both Pikachu started pulling from outside, while Rabbit pushed from inside.
"It all comes from eating too much!" cried Rabbit as he pushed, but it was no good.
"It all comes from not having front doors big enough!" Pooh replied.
"I think Rabbit's right, Pooh." Said Lucy. "You did eat quite a lot in there."
"Well, if we can't pull him out, then maybe we'll have to push him back." Suggested Ash.
"No! Not that!" cried Rabbit from inside. "Having gone this far, it would be a pity to waste it!"
"Then there's only one thing we can do." Said Lucy. "We'll just have to wait for Pooh to get thin again."
"Oh bother." Said Pooh. "How long will that take?"
"Not too long, thankfully." Said Ash. "I'd say about a week or so." Pooh let out a sigh of relief, as did Rabbit.
"I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to be rude to Rabbit, but one of us was eating too much." Said Lucy.
"It wasn't me." Said Ash.
"Me either." Replied Lucy.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Definitely not me!)
"Vee!" replied Eevee. (Certainly not me!)
"Pi!" cried Little Pikachu. (I didn't do it!)
"If I only have to put up with that thing in my door for about a week, I might as well make the best of it." Said Rabbit. He turned away from Pooh's bottom while the others set up camp outside. They made sure to get comfortable since they would be there for a fair bit. When Rabbit looked at his mirror again, he just about flinched.
"Oh no! There it is again!" he cried. "I'll just turn it to the wall." He took the frame off the mirror and measured it against Pooh's bottom.
"At least Tigger's not bothering me this time." Said Rabbit.
"Uh, Rabbit, who's Tigger?" asked Ash. Before Rabbit could answer, they all heard a bouncing noise.
"You hear that, Ash?" said Lucy. "THAT is Tigger." She then got pounced on by the orange creature.
"Ouch!" she cried.
"It's not nice to just bounce on people like that, you know." Said Ash.
"But bouncing is what Tiggers do best!" cried the creature. "As your friend here pointed out, the name's Tigger. T-I-Double G-ER. That spells Tigger!" He got off of Lucy.
"Oh hello there, Tigger." Said Pooh.
"Say, it's Buddy Bear!" cried Tigger. "Uh, but what are you doing in there?"
"He's stuck." Lucy answered.
"Lucy, does Tigger bounce on everyone he sees?" asked Ash.
"Well, that's kind of his trademark." Said Lucy. Tigger agreed.
"Like I said, bouncing is what Tiggers do best!" cried Tigger. "But it looks like we have a situation here. Stand back and watch as I get Pooh boy out of this here hole."
"Uh, Tigger, we tried that already." Said Ash.
"Well you clearly didn't try hard enough." Said Tigger. He pulled on Pooh as hard as he could, even going so far as to stand on his springy tail. But whatever he tried was all in vain.
"He's really stuck." Said Tigger.
"Just out of curiosity, what do Tiggers do?" wondered Lucy.
"Well, don't say I didn't warn her…." Tigger laughed before breaking out into his song.
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of spring
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I'm the only one.
I'm the only one!
Meanwhile, Rabbit was decorating Pooh's bottom with a frame and flower pot.
"It just doesn't have that rustic informer look." He said, and grabbed two tree branches.
"There. A hunting trophy." He said as he stuck the branches on.
"Uh, Rabbit, what's going on in there?" asked Lucy. Rabbit ignored her and painted eyes and a nose on Pooh's rear.
"Something tickles." Said Pooh. He laughed as Rabbit tried to paint the smile, which made the line wibble and wobble.
"Oh, Pooh! You messed up my moose!" cried Rabbit.
"Looks like his trophy got ruined." Said Ash. Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu, meanwhile, had gone off to find some flowers. They looked and spotted some that Pooh would like and rushed back with them.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Look at this!)
"Honey suckle flowers." Said Lucy. "You want to sniff them, Pooh?"
"Yes, please." Said Pooh. Lucy handed him a flower and he began to sniff. Rabbit was admiring his handiwork.
"Not bad. Not bad at all. It's rather good, I think." He said. He was quite pleased with himself.
"Ah, ah." Pooh sniffed.
"Uh oh. He's going to sneeze!" cried Ash.
"Everyone duck for cover!" cried Lucy.
Inside…..
"No, Pooh! Don't sneeze!" cried Rabbit. He tried to stop Pooh's sneeze, but he was too late.
"ACHOO!" cried Pooh.
"Oh no! No! Help!" cried Rabbit. He tried to catch his things, but he tripped and the frame fell around his neck.
"Why did I ever invite that bear to lunch?!" he cried. "Why, oh why, oh why?"
Outside…
"Did you hear that, Ash?" said Lucy.
"It sounds like he just said that he regrets inviting Pooh for lunch." Ash answered. Pooh let out a sigh.
"I'm sorry, Rabbit." He apologized. "I just couldn't resist smelling the flowers."
A couple of days passed, and sadly, Pooh was still stuck in the hole. But at least he wasn't completely alone. Lucy had brought some of her books with her, and so she read them to Pooh. Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu all ran around and played, but they made sure to stay where Lucy and Ash could keep an eye on them. And then, a flying owl arrived on the scene.
"Well, if it isn't Pooh Bear." He said. "I say now, are you stuck?"
"No." replied Pooh. "I'm just resting." The owl cleared his throat.
"You, sir, are stuck." He said. "A great bear in a wedged tightness. In a word, irremovable!"
"And just who might you be?" asked Lucy.
"The name's Owl." Said the owl. "I'm one of the more wiser animals here. And you are?"
"I'm Lucy, that's Ash, and over there are Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu." Said Lucy.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Nice to meet you!)
"Eevee!" cried Eevee. (The pleasure is mine!)
"As you can see, we have a situation over here with this front door." Said Ash.
"So you do." Replied Owl. "Naturally, a situation like this calls for an expert." A gopher popped out from underground.
"Did somebody call for an excavation expert?" he asked. "I'm not in the book, but I'm at your service. Gopher's the name."
"So that's Gopher?" said Ash.
"That's right." Replied Lucy.
"Pleased to meet you." Said Gopher. "What seems to be the trouble?"
"It appears that the entrance to Rabbit's residence is impassable." Said Owl. "To put it more simply, plugged."
"And you want me to dig it out." Said Gopher.
"Precisely." Replied Owl.
"Well, if you want help with that, you'll have to talk to the threesome that I hired." Said Gopher.
"What threesome?" wondered Ash.
"He couldn't possibly mean…." Replied Lucy.
"Oh yes he could!" cried a familiar voice. Ash and Lucy couldn't believe it.
"Not them again!" they cried.
"How did you even get in to this story, anyway?!" cried Lucy.
"That doesn't matter, but what does matter is that you all should prepare for trouble!"
"And while we're at it, let's make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!"
"Pichu!"
"Team Rocket!" cried Ash and Lucy.
"I haven't heard of this Team Rocket that you speak of." Said Owl. The trio stumbled over in disbelief.
"They're three of the most idiotic individuals you'll ever meet!" cried Lucy.
"They're always trying to steal our Pikachu and Eevee away from us!" cried Ash.
"The twerps are correct on both counts, but we're not here to steal Pokemon today." Said Jessie.
"The underground animal hired us to take care of a little problem, and that's exactly what we plan to do." Replied James.
"With this!" cried Meowth. He presented some special dynamite, which made Ash and Lucy gasp.
"You can't do that!" cried Ash.
"You'll blow up Pooh and destroy Rabbit's house if you do!" cried Lucy. "He'll also be left severely injured!" Pooh got scared at the thought of being blown up.
"Lucy, Ash, please don't let them do this!" cried Pooh.
"Don't worry, Pooh, we won't!" Cried Lucy. She and Ash angrily faced Team Rocket.
"Haven't you learned anything from what happened at Grandpa Canyon?" cried Ash.
"Look, kid, we're bad guys." Said Meowth. "We don't learn from mistakes."
"Well maybe you'll learn from this!" cried Lucy. "Little Pikachu, use your Thunder attack!"
"Pikachu, you too!" cried Ash. The two Pikachu unleashed their attacks, which sent Team Rocket flying.
"We're blasting off again!" they cried.
"Let's hope we don't see those three again." Said Owl.
"We shouldn't." Said Lucy. "After all, they're not in the book, you know."
"Ash, Lucy, thank you!" cried Pooh.
"You're welcome, Pooh." Replied Lucy. "I couldn't let anything happen to you."
"Say, Lucy, what exactly do you and Ash do?" asked Gopher.
"We're Pokemon trainers." Said Ash.
"I don't have Pokemon to give you, but I do have a few pots of honey." Said Gopher. He took out a couple of pots and gave one each to Ash and Lucy. He tried giving one to Pooh, but Ash stopped him.
"Pooh can't have any right now." Said Ash.
"He has to get thin again first." Said Lucy.
"Then I'm going to skedaddle." Said Gopher. He walked back toward his hole, but he wasn't paying attention to where he was going and crash landed in the hole.
"I'm glad I'm not in the book!" he cried.
And then, one morning early the following week, when Rabbit was beginning to think that he might never be able to use his front door again, it happened.
"He budged!" cried Rabbit. "Ash! Lucy!" He hurried outside through the back door to where the two best friends were.
"He bidged! He badged! He boodged! Today is the day!" he cried.
"Come on, Ash!" cried Lucy. She and Ash pulled and tugged, with help from Pikachu, Eevee, Little Pikachu and Owl. Tigger and Eeyore quickly arrived and helped to pull too. Gopher popped up and helped himself. Rabbit pushed from inside.
"Heave! Ho!" cried Lucy.
"Heave! Ho!" cried Ash. This went back and forth for a bit until Rabbit backed up and ran into Pooh's bottom. Pooh was sent flying out of the hole.
"There he goes!" cried Rabbit.
"My dingy! He's sailing clear over yonder!" cried Gopher. Pooh landed in another honey hive, but his entrance scared the bees. Everyone quickly rushed over.
"Stuck again." Sighed Eeyore.
"Don't worry, Pooh, we'll get you out!" cried Lucy.
"No hurry! Take your time!" cried Pooh. He definitely was in no rush, as he now had all the honey he could ever want.
"Well, he's certainly happy." Said Ash.
"Congratulations, Ash. You and Lucy have successfully completed the first story." Said Rabbit. "But there's still three more to go." A small breeze started picking up.
"Ash, do you hear that?" asked Lucy.
"Pika." Said Pikachu. (I hear it)
"I may be totally wrong, but I think that's a hint for the next story that we have to go through." Said Ash.
"Wait a second! I haven't finished my honey yet!" Pooh protested.
"But Pooh, we're in the next story." Replied Lucy.
"Oh." Said Pooh. "What happens to us?" Well, Pooh, that's an answer you'll have to wait for. All I shall say right now is that it involves the east and west wind trading places, and that's sure to cause all sorts of havoc in the Hundred Acre Wood.
TO BE CONTINUED
The room you're currently looking at could be one of any Pallet Town trainer. But it just happens to belong to a trainer named Ash Ketchum, and as you see…. oh, wait a second. He's not there. I wonder where Ash could possibly be? Well, he does have a best friend named Lucy, and since Ash isn't in his house, he must be at Lucy's house. The camera quickly zoomed out of Ash's room and into Lucy's bedroom at her house. Ah, that's much better. There's Ash and Lucy right now. And their Pokemon partners, Pikachu and Eevee, happen to be with them. Both of these fine trainers received them as their starters at the beginning of their Pokemon journey, a journey which has seen them go through a lot of adventures. But for the time being, they have decided to return to Pallet Town for a bit and take a break from their journey. They were both longing to go on a new adventure, but of course, that's easier said than done when it's raining out. Pikachu, Little Pikachu and Eevee were listening to the raindrops at the window, but they quickly grew bored and tried to find something to do. The two of them quickly scanned the rows of books Lucy had on her shelf until Eevee finally pointed to one that she thought looked like it might be fun.
"Vee!" cried Eevee. (Read this one to us please!) Lucy chuckled and grabbed the book off the shelf, but when she saw what it was, she let out a gasp.
"Ash, look at this!" she cried.
"What is it?" asked Ash.
"It's my Winnie The Pooh book that my dad used to read to me when I was very little." Said Lucy. "This book brings back a lot of memories for me. I'm really glad you picked this book, Eevee."
"You know, this is the kind of story that I think Togepi would enjoy hearing." Said Ash.
"Yeah, but Togepi's with Misty in Johto right now." Replied Lucy. "But we can tell Togepi about it once we get back there. Misty and Brock will probably want to hear about it too. Anyway, let's begin the story." She opened the book to reveal the map of the Hundred Acre Wood on the opening page. And then, all of a sudden, the door to Lucy's closet swung open.
"That's weird. My closet isn't usually supposed to open on its own." She said.
"Pikachu Pika Pi!" cried Pikachu. (I think the closet wants us to step inside it!)
"You may be right, Pikachu." Said Ash.
"But the only way to know is to find out for ourselves." Said Lucy. "Come on, guys." Lucy, Ash, Pikachu, Little Pikachu and Eevee stepped inside and saw a gaping hole where the wall should've been.
"If my dad sees that hole, he'll kill me!" cried Lucy. "But I guess it's a good thing he's not home right now. Let's go through that hole and see where we end up." The five of them jumped through the hole, and when they came out on the other side, they found themselves surrounded by a beautiful forest landscape. Butterflies and birds were flying around, and some squirrels were also running around. There was also a bright blue sky with some clouds overhead.
"What happened?" wondered Ash. "Where are we right now?"
"We're definitely not in Pallet Town anymore, that's for sure." Said Lucy.
"Pika Pi Pikachu." Said Pikachu. (This landscape is so beautiful.)
"You're right, Pikachu, it's very beautiful." Said Ash.
"Except that I wanted to be reading the story, not be in the story itself!" cried Lucy. "We have to get back home. But how do we do that?"
"Well, we got here through that hole. Maybe we can get back the same way." Ash proposed.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Great idea, Ash!) But when they looked into the sky, there were no holes to be found.
"Where'd that hole go?" wondered Ash.
"It disappeared!" cried Lucy. "Which means we're now stuck here for who knows how long!"
"Misty and Brock will be worried!" cried Ash. "There just has to be a way out of here!" The four of them looked around for any possible way of getting back to Pallet Town so that they could return to the Johto region. Then, both Pikachu and Eevee spotted something.
"Pika Pi Pikachu Pika!" cried Pikachu. (There's a bear in a red shirt sitting down on that log!)
"Vee!" cried Eevee. (Maybe he can help us!)
"Good thinking, guys!" cried Ash.
"I hope the people that live here are friendly." Said Lucy.
"They should be." Replied Ash. "We are in a storybook world, after all."
"Maybe the bear that Pikachu pointed out can tell us how to get back." Said Lucy. She saw the bear sitting down and he looked like he was deep thought. She was stunned upon seeing who the bear was, and let out a gasp. She recognized that the very bear that they were near was the same one that she loved so dear.
"Is that bear who I think it is?" Lucy murmured. She grabbed a hold of Ash's hand. "He is! He's the one and only Winnie The Pooh! Come on, let's go meet him!" So Lucy, Ash, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu all rushed over to the log where Pooh was sitting at. Now Pooh, of course, is a bear of very little brain. He was sporting a bright red short sleeve shirt, which was the only piece of clothing that he owned. On this sunny day in the woods, he was sitting down and trying hard to think of something.
"Think, think, think, think…" said Pooh.
"Oh, hello there." Lucy greeted kindly. "Um, why are you talking to yourself?"
"Because I'm thinking." Answered Pooh. "You see, you're standing in my thoughtful spot."
"Pi?" wondered Little Pikachu. (Thoughtful spot?)
"It's his special spot that he visits sometimes when he feels like thinking." Lucy explained to her Pikachu.
"Just what are you thinking about?" wondered Ash.
"I'm thinking about how to say hello to Pooh." Said Pooh. "Or was it goodbye? Oh bother. I don't quite remember."
"Oh, so you're the famous Winnie The Pooh." Said Lucy.
"That's right. I'm Winnie The Pooh, or Pooh for short." Replied Pooh. "I'm afraid I don't know who any of you are. Could you kindly introduce yourselves?"
"Why sure, Pooh." Answered Lucy. She sat on the log next to him. "My name is Lucy. The little brown fox here is my partner, Eevee, and the short Pikachu also belongs to me. I call him Little Pikachu."
"I'm Ash Ketchum, and the other Pikachu is my own partner." Said Ash. "Lucy and I are best friends."
"I also have a best friend." Replied Pooh. "His name is Christopher Robin. You might see him later."
"It's very nice to meet you, Pooh." Said Ash. "But you have other friends too, don't you?"
"Oh yes, but they're all scattered around the woods." Said Pooh. "You'll have to find them if you want to meet them."
"We can do that." Said Lucy. "Ash and I are very good at finding things."
"Before we go looking for my friends, how about going to my house for something to eat." Pooh suggested. Ash and Lucy's stomachs rumbled.
"Well, we are kind of hungry." Said Lucy.
"Then you must have rumblies in your tummies." Said Pooh.
"Pikachu and Eevee could use a little something to eat too." Said Ash. "Lucy, since you love Pooh so much, you can be the leader."
"Okay, Ash." Replied Lucy. "Onward to Pooh's house, everyone." Ash, Pikachu, Little Pikachu and Eevee followed Lucy and Pooh through the forest to his house for a snack so that they'd have the energy to look for the rest of Pooh's friends.
"Pika Pi." Said Pikachu. (This place really is beautiful, isn't it, Eevee?)
"Eevee Vee." Answered Eevee. (It certainly is) And so begins a wonderful adventure of make believe, an adventure that will happen right here in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood, where Christopher Robin plays.
You'll find the enchanted neighborhood, of Christopher's childhood days.
A donkey named Eeyore is his friend.
And Kanga, and Little Roo. (And Tigger Too)
There's Rabbit, Piglet, and there's Owl.
But most of all, Winnie the Pooh.
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff
He's Winnie The Pooh
Winnie The Pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear
Winnie The Pooh
Winnie The Pooh
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff
He's Winnie The Pooh
Winnie The Pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear
The group of five soon arrived at Pooh Bear's house, which was under the name of Sanders.
"Vee?" wondered Eevee. (Sanders?)
"That means he has the name over the door in gold letters and he lives under it." Explained Lucy.
"You have such a nice place, Pooh." Said Ash.
"Pika Pi!" cried Pikachu. (He has a lot of honey pots here!)
"Why thank you, Pikachu." Said Pooh. "I clean my honey pots after I use them so I can put more honey in them."
"Well, Lucy, what do you think of Pooh's house?" asked Ash.
"It's certainly bigger than how they make it look in the story." Said Lucy. "Let's have something to eat, and then we can look for Pooh's friends."
"Before we eat, there's one thing I have to do." Said Pooh.
"What's that?" asked Ash.
"My stoutness exercises." Pooh answered. "You can all do them with me. Here we go."
Up, down, up.
When I up, down, and touch the ground,
It puts me in the mood.
Up, down, touch the ground,
In the mood…. for food.
I am stout, round and I have found,
Speaking poundage wise,
I improve my appetite when I exercise.
I am short, fat, and proud of that,
And so with all my might,
I up, down, and up down to,
My appetite's delight.
While I up, down and touch the ground,
I think of things to chew,
Like honey, milk and chocolate,
With a hefty, happy appetite,
I'm a hefty, happy Pooh. Ash and Lucy finished the song.
"With a hefty, happy appetite, he's a hefty, happy Pooh!" they sang. However, Pooh soon ran into a problem regarding his honey pots.
"Oh, bother. Empty again!" he cried. "Only the sticky part's left. Ash, Lucy, I'm terribly sorry, but it would appear that I'm fresh out of honey."
"Pika." Said Pikachu sarcastically. (Well that's just great)
"What do you suppose happened to Pooh's honey, guys?" Ash asked the three Pokemon.
"Vee." Eevee surmised. (Maybe Team Rocket snuck in here and stole it)
"No, Eevee, I don't think so." Replied Lucy. "Pooh probably ate up all his honey before we arrived."
"So what do we do now?" asked Ash. "How do we solve this little honey problem?"
"Pika Pikachu Pi Chu Pika." Pikachu suggested. (We find a hive somewhere and ask the bees nicely if we can borrow their honey)
"No, Pikachu, that won't work." Said Ash. "Bees are like Beedrill back home. If we try and take their honey without asking, they'll bunch up into a swarm and chase us." A small bee then flew into Pooh's house.
"That buzzing noise can only mean one thing." Said Pooh. "The only reason for a buzzing noise as far as I know is because you're a bee!" The bee smiled and nodded and flew out just as quickly as it had flown in.
"And the only reason for being a bee and making honey is so we can eat it." Said Lucy.
"I suppose we shall have to follow that bee, won't we?" asked Ash.
"If we want honey, then yes." answered Pooh. He led Ash, Lucy and their Pokemon out of his house and took them to a large oak tree in the middle of the wood. There was a hole at the top of the tree, with a big hive full of honey inside it. The hive was where the bees made the honey under the rule of the Queen Bee. Her job was to guard the hive and protect it from any thieves.
"Well, this is it." Said Pooh. "This is the honey tree."
"The bee's hive must be up there." Said Ash.
"Chu…" sighed Pikachu. (I hate bees)
"It is indeed." Pooh replied. "And there's some delicious honey up there that has my name on it."
"But Pooh, aren't you worried about being stung?" asked Lucy.
"I'll be just fine, Lucy." Replied Pooh. "Just trust me." With that, Pooh started to climb the honey tree. He climbed and he climbed, and as he climbed, he hummed a little hum, and it went a little bit like this.
Hum hum dee dum
Hum dee dum dum
I'm so rumbly in my tumbly,
Time to munch an early luncheon,
Hum de dum dum dum.
"Take it, Lucy!" cried Pooh. Lucy picked up the song where Pooh had left off.
Oh he wouldn't climb this tree
If a Pooh flew like a bee
But he wouldn't be a bear then,
So I guess he wouldn't care then.
Because bears love honey and he's a Pooh Bear
So he does care, so he'll climb there.
He's so rumbly in his tumbly
Time for something sweet to eat.
Suddenly, there was a crack in the branch he was standing on. It cracked and collapsed, and then he fell from branch to branch.
"If only I hadn't…" said Pooh. "You see, what I meant to do…." He crashed onto another branch below and then slithered quickly through the next several branches.
"It all comes, I suppose, from liking honey so much." Sighed Pooh. He crash landed into a gorse bush.
"Are you all right, Pooh?" asked Lucy.
"I'm just fine, Lucy." Pooh answered as he crawled out of the bush and brushed the prickles away from his nose.
"How many times have you climbed up there and gotten stung?" asked Ash.
"More times than I can count." Answered Pooh. "I've also lost track of how many bee stings I've endured.
"You mean those stings don't bother you?" said Lucy.
"Nope." Pooh answered. "No matter how many times I get stung, I just keep going back for more."
"There has to be another way for Pooh to get honey." Said Ash.
"Preferably one that's more safe." Said Lucy. A pessimistic and gloomy donkey then arrived on the scene and offered a suggestion.
"If you ask me, not that anyone ever does, just try and distract them with flowers." He said.
"Oh, hello there, Eeyore!" cried Pooh. "Uh, where's your tail?"
"Pikachu." Observed Little Pikachu. (His tail looks like a balloon)
"That's because it is a balloon." Replied Lucy.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" asked Eeyore.
"Oh, Eeyore, these are my new friends Ash and Lucy." Said Pooh. "I just met them today."
"I'm Ash." Said Ash to Eeyore. "Pikachu's over there."
"I'm Lucy, and right beside Pikachu is Eevee." Said Lucy.
"My name's Eeyore." Said Eeyore. "I've been looking for my tail since yesterday. It would be wonderful if you could help me find it."
"Actually, the balloon on your tail does give me an idea." Said Pooh. "Do you think we could use that balloon, Lucy?"
"I suppose so." Said Lucy as she untied the balloon from Eeyore's bottom. "But what do you need the balloon for?"
"What else? Honey." Answered Pooh.
"But you don't get honey with a balloon." Said Lucy.
"I do." Said Pooh.
"How?" replied Lucy. "How are you going to do that?"
'I will fly like a bee, up to the honey tree, see?" said Pooh.
"Just a second, Pooh. You can't fool the bees that way." Said Lucy. "Although, there is a muddy place we passed on the way over here." She and Pooh ran to the muddy place, with Ash, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu following behind. Pooh rolled around in the mud until he was black all over.
"Now then, isn't this a clever disguise?" asked Pooh. Lucy and Ash were a little skeptical.
"And just what are you supposed to be?" said Ash.
"I'm a little black raincloud, of course." Pooh answered.
"Silly old bear." Giggled Lucy.
"Aim me at the bees, please." Said Pooh nicely. He pointed up to the beehive.
"Careful, Pooh. Hold on tight." Warned Lucy as she handed Pooh the string of the balloon.
"Yes." Said Pooh. Lucy began to count down.
"Four…. three…. two…one!" she cried and let go of the balloon, which allowed Pooh to float upward.
"There he goes!" cried Ash. Pooh started singing as he floated up.
I'm just a little black raincloud
Hovering under the honey tree.
I'm only a little black raincloud
Pay no attention to little me. Lucy joined in on the song.
Everyone knows that a raincloud
Never eats honey, no not a nip
I'm just floating around,
Over the ground
Wondering where I will drip
As they finished the song, Pooh floated to the top of the tree, and since there was no wind, he was able to see and smell the honey. He tried to reach for it, but a little bee flew out of the hole and hovered around Pooh looking very confused.
"Lucy, I think the bees s-u-s-p-e-c-t something." Said Pooh.
"Maybe they think you're after their honey." Said Lucy.
"It may be that." Said Pooh. "You never can tell with bees." As Pooh tried distracting the bees with a song verse, he stuck his hand into the hive and accidentally pulled out a giant handful of honey that was full of bees. One of the bees went back to warn the rest of the clan. Pooh then ate the honey, but started spitting the bees out after a lengthy battle in his mouth. He closed his eyes, and upon opening them again, he let out a sigh of relief that the bees were gone. But his mouth started buzzing again as he spit more bees out and giggled. His head then began buzzing as he got some of the bees out of his ear before spitting out one more. Unfortunately, it was the Queen Bee, and she was very angry with Pooh. He kicked her away, which caused her to get covered with mud.
"Uh oh." Said Ash. "I think this is going to be trouble."
"I know the feeling all too well, Ash." Said Lucy. "We run into trouble with Team Rocket all the time." She quickly got an umbrella out.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Pooh's in trouble!) He got ready to shock the bees in case they came after them.
"Vee!" cried Eevee. (I think those bees are getting suspicious) In the beehive, Pooh was surrounded by confused and suspicious bees from the hive, and to make things worse, his disguise started wearing off.
"Lucy, I think it would help with this deception if you open your umbrella and say tut tut, it looks like rain." Said Pooh.
"Tut tut, it looks like rain." Said Lucy once the umbrella was opened and over her head. "Tut tut, it looks like rain." The queen bee finally got out of the mud puddle, and needless to say, she was very angry. She knew the difference between an actual rain cloud and a very hungry Pooh Bear. She shook off the mud from herself and flew back up to the hive where Pooh was at and stung him on his softest spot.
"Ouch!" cried Pooh. He swung left and right, and then accidentally swung his now sore bottom into the tree's hole and got stuck. Ash, Lucy, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu gasped in horror as the bees laughed at Pooh's misfortune, especially the Queen Bee. She was laughing very hard, clearly enjoying the whole thing.
"Lucy, Ash, Pikachu, Eevee, I've come to a very important decision!" cried Pooh. "These are the wrong sorts of bees!" The tree shook violently, and then the bees forced Pooh out of the hole. The string holding the balloon came loose, which made the balloon fly out of control. Pooh was taken for a ride as the bees kept chasing him. The queen bee kept laughing but was then forced to take cover as her clan whizzed by her face. The chase was then reversed as the bees were now being chased by Pooh.
"Excuse me please, bees!" cried Pooh. Ash, Lucy, Pikachu, Little Pikachu and Eevee all ducked for cover as the bees swooped down before retreating to their hive. The balloon then deflated its last bit of air.
"Lucy! Ash!" cried Pooh. "Oh bother. I think I shall come down." Lucy held out her arms and caught Pooh.
"Are you all right?" she asked him.
"I think so." Pooh answered. The queen bee then called the others to attention.
"CHARGE!" she yelled. The swarm started giving chase, which sent Lucy, Ash, Eevee and both Pikachu running.
"There's a bank of water nearby!" cried Lucy. "Everybody, jump in!"
"Pikachu, use your Thunderbolt on the bees!" cried Ash. Pikachu jumped into the air and aimed a bolt of lightning at the bees.
"Pika…. CHU!" cried Pikachu. Pikachu released the attack, and the lightning proved to be too much for the bees. They flew away into the distance to find a new honey tree.
"Vee!" cried Eevee. (Nice job, Pikachu! You scared the bees away!)
"That was a close one." Said Lucy. "Although, I would've preferred to not get covered in mud."
"Hey, mud is better than bee stings." Said Ash.
"You never can tell with bees." Said Pooh. Well, after that fiasco, they went to find somewhere else to eat, and they ended up coming across a big garden. On the garden's other side was a tree and sandy bank which happened to be Rabbit's house. Now Pooh and his new friends weren't the sorts to give up easily. Pooh, especially, did not want to abandon his search. When he put his mind to honey, he stuck to it. He sat down and began to think again.
"Look at all these flowers, Ash!" cried Lucy. "I've never seen so many flowers in my life."
"And the roses are beautiful too." Replied Ash. "But what are we going to do about lunch? I'm pretty sure Pikachu and Eevee are still hungry."
"Now honey rhymes with bunny, and bunny rhymes with…. Rabbit!" cried Pooh. "Rabbit's cool because he uses short, easy words."
"I think I've heard those words before." Said Lucy. "They're something like 'How about lunch? And help yourself, Pooh.'" Rabbit had heard the talking from inside and began to panic.
"Pooh?! Lunch?! Oh no, not again!" he cried. He tried to pretend that nobody was home. Pooh faced the hole and called out "Is anybody at home?" There was silence, and then Pooh tried again. "What I said was, is anybody at home?"
"No!" cried Rabbit.
"Bother!" cried Pooh.
"Hold it." Said Ash. "I may not be as much of a Pooh fanatic as Lucy, but if there's nobody here, then who's voice did we just hear?"
"What voice?! There's nobody here!" cried Rabbit.
"But every voice belongs to something." Said Lucy.
"You must be hearing things!" cried Rabbit.
"There must be somebody in there, because somebody said nobody." Said Pooh.
"It's clear that someone doesn't want us inside their home." Said Ash.
"Rabbit, is that you?" said Pooh.
"No!" yelled Rabbit, in a different voice this time around.
"Lucy, you know a lot about Pooh." Said Ash. "Who's voice is that in there?"
"It's Rabbit's, I think." Said Lucy. "We'll have to go inside to be sure."
"I don't think it's me." Said Rabbit. "It isn't meant to be." Pooh stuck his head inside the hole and immediately recognized Rabbit.
"Hello, Rabbit." He said.
"Oh, hello Pooh Bear." Said Rabbit. He then realized who had stuck their head in the hole.
"Pooh Bear!" cried Rabbit. "What a pleasant surprise!"
"Yep, it's him." Said Lucy from outside. She, Ash, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu all made their way through the hole and into Rabbit's house.
"Uh, who are you all?" Rabbit wondered.
"These, Rabbit, are my new friends." Answered Pooh. "Meet Ash, Lucy, Pikachu, Eevee, and a smaller Pikachu.
"We are definitely new around here." said Ash.
"It's very nice to meet you all." Said Rabbit. "Uh, how about lunch?"
"Don't mind if we do." Said Lucy. "We're quite hungry, aren't we, guys?"
"Pika." Answered Pikachu. (Very hungry)
"Well don't you worry, Pikachu." Said Ash. "It looks like we'll finally get to have lunch." They sat down at the table that Rabbit had prepared.
"Running from bees does work up an appetite." Said Lucy.
"Bees?!" cried Rabbit. "Oh, Pooh, you were after the bee's honey again, weren't you?"
"Yes, Rabbit, I was." Answered Pooh. "Rabbit sighed.
"I must've told you a million times not to disturb the bees to try and get honey from them." He replied. "Well, that doesn't matter now. Help yourselves, everyone."
"I'm so hungry I could practically eat up three or four pots of honey." Said Lucy.
"There's no need to eat quite that much." Said Rabbit. "We have to make sure there's enough for everybody. Now, would you like condensed milk or honey on your bread?"
"Both, but never mind the bread please, just a small helping will do." Pooh answered.
"I'd like both please." Said Lucy.
"So would I." replied Ash.
"Pika/Vee!" cried Pikachu and Eevee. (Us too!)
"Pi!" cried Little Pikachu. (Don't forget about me!)
"Ah, there you are." Said Rabbit as he served Ash, Lucy and their Pokemon.
"This is quite good, Rabbit!" cried Lucy as she took a bite. Pooh, however, was less than satisfied.
"Is, uh, something wrong?" Rabbit asked him.
"Well, I did mean a larger small helping." Said Pooh.
"Perhaps you'd save time if you took the whole jar." said Rabbit.
"Oh, thank you, Rabbit." Replied Pooh. He grabbed the entire pot and started chugging down. Eevee and Pikachu gave disgusted looks on their faces.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu angrily. (How rude!)
"Vee!" agreed Eevee. (Very rude!)
"Thankfully, Ash and I know better than to just grab like that." Said Lucy.
"You're both very smart like that." Said Rabbit. "Now, what I want to know from both of you is how you got to the Hundred Acre Wood to begin with."
"Well, Lucy and I were at her house in Pallet Town trying to pass time because it was raining, you see." Said Ash. "Her Eevee suggested that we read a book, and she happened to pick out the very book that we're in."
"But we need to find a way home sooner rather than later." Lucy went on. "Ash and I are supposed to go back to the Johto region soon so that we can continue our Pokemon journey."
"Johto? What's that?" asked Rabbit.
"It's a region in our world that's got lots of really cool Pokemon there, and Lucy and I have already caught a few of them." Said Ash.
"Rabbit, I don't suppose there's any way we can get back home directly from here, do you?" asked Lucy.
"Well, there is one way." Said Rabbit. "But I'm warning you, it'll take a bit of time first."
"What do we have to do?" asked Ash.
"Okay, in the world you're both in right now, there are four different stories that happen." Answered Rabbit. "Right now, we're in the first one. In order for you guys to get back home and return to your own world, you have to go through all four of the stories from start to finish. That's all you have to do."
"Oh, well that shouldn't be too hard." Said Lucy. She looked beside her and saw that Pooh was still stuffing himself, having gone through multiple honey pots.
"Boy, Pooh, you sure love your honey, don't you?" she giggled. Pooh continued to eat until there was no honey left. When everyone was finally done, Pooh said in a rather sticky voice "We must be going now. Goodbye, Rabbit."
"Well, goodbye, if you're sure you won't have any more." Said Rabbit.
"We're definitely not having any more." Said Ash.
"Good, because there isn't any more left anyway." Said Rabbit. Lucy, Ash and their Pokemon went out through the back door, while Pooh tried to get out from the hole. He pulled with his front and back with all his strength, before realizing that he had a problem on his hands.
"Oh help and bother! I'm stuck!" cried Pooh. Rabbit, Ash, Lucy, Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu were all alarmed that Pooh had only gotten halfway out.
"Oh no!" cried Lucy. "He's stuck!"
"What'll we do?!" cried Ash.
"We'll have to pull him out." Lucy answered. "Hang on, Pooh." She grabbed his front paws, with Ash taking a hold of Lucy's waist. The two of them, plus Eevee and both Pikachu started pulling from outside, while Rabbit pushed from inside.
"It all comes from eating too much!" cried Rabbit as he pushed, but it was no good.
"It all comes from not having front doors big enough!" Pooh replied.
"I think Rabbit's right, Pooh." Said Lucy. "You did eat quite a lot in there."
"Well, if we can't pull him out, then maybe we'll have to push him back." Suggested Ash.
"No! Not that!" cried Rabbit from inside. "Having gone this far, it would be a pity to waste it!"
"Then there's only one thing we can do." Said Lucy. "We'll just have to wait for Pooh to get thin again."
"Oh bother." Said Pooh. "How long will that take?"
"Not too long, thankfully." Said Ash. "I'd say about a week or so." Pooh let out a sigh of relief, as did Rabbit.
"I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to be rude to Rabbit, but one of us was eating too much." Said Lucy.
"It wasn't me." Said Ash.
"Me either." Replied Lucy.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Definitely not me!)
"Vee!" replied Eevee. (Certainly not me!)
"Pi!" cried Little Pikachu. (I didn't do it!)
"If I only have to put up with that thing in my door for about a week, I might as well make the best of it." Said Rabbit. He turned away from Pooh's bottom while the others set up camp outside. They made sure to get comfortable since they would be there for a fair bit. When Rabbit looked at his mirror again, he just about flinched.
"Oh no! There it is again!" he cried. "I'll just turn it to the wall." He took the frame off the mirror and measured it against Pooh's bottom.
"At least Tigger's not bothering me this time." Said Rabbit.
"Uh, Rabbit, who's Tigger?" asked Ash. Before Rabbit could answer, they all heard a bouncing noise.
"You hear that, Ash?" said Lucy. "THAT is Tigger." She then got pounced on by the orange creature.
"Ouch!" she cried.
"It's not nice to just bounce on people like that, you know." Said Ash.
"But bouncing is what Tiggers do best!" cried the creature. "As your friend here pointed out, the name's Tigger. T-I-Double G-ER. That spells Tigger!" He got off of Lucy.
"Oh hello there, Tigger." Said Pooh.
"Say, it's Buddy Bear!" cried Tigger. "Uh, but what are you doing in there?"
"He's stuck." Lucy answered.
"Lucy, does Tigger bounce on everyone he sees?" asked Ash.
"Well, that's kind of his trademark." Said Lucy. Tigger agreed.
"Like I said, bouncing is what Tiggers do best!" cried Tigger. "But it looks like we have a situation here. Stand back and watch as I get Pooh boy out of this here hole."
"Uh, Tigger, we tried that already." Said Ash.
"Well you clearly didn't try hard enough." Said Tigger. He pulled on Pooh as hard as he could, even going so far as to stand on his springy tail. But whatever he tried was all in vain.
"He's really stuck." Said Tigger.
"Just out of curiosity, what do Tiggers do?" wondered Lucy.
"Well, don't say I didn't warn her…." Tigger laughed before breaking out into his song.
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of spring
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I'm the only one.
I'm the only one!
Meanwhile, Rabbit was decorating Pooh's bottom with a frame and flower pot.
"It just doesn't have that rustic informer look." He said, and grabbed two tree branches.
"There. A hunting trophy." He said as he stuck the branches on.
"Uh, Rabbit, what's going on in there?" asked Lucy. Rabbit ignored her and painted eyes and a nose on Pooh's rear.
"Something tickles." Said Pooh. He laughed as Rabbit tried to paint the smile, which made the line wibble and wobble.
"Oh, Pooh! You messed up my moose!" cried Rabbit.
"Looks like his trophy got ruined." Said Ash. Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu, meanwhile, had gone off to find some flowers. They looked and spotted some that Pooh would like and rushed back with them.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Look at this!)
"Honey suckle flowers." Said Lucy. "You want to sniff them, Pooh?"
"Yes, please." Said Pooh. Lucy handed him a flower and he began to sniff. Rabbit was admiring his handiwork.
"Not bad. Not bad at all. It's rather good, I think." He said. He was quite pleased with himself.
"Ah, ah." Pooh sniffed.
"Uh oh. He's going to sneeze!" cried Ash.
"Everyone duck for cover!" cried Lucy.
Inside…..
"No, Pooh! Don't sneeze!" cried Rabbit. He tried to stop Pooh's sneeze, but he was too late.
"ACHOO!" cried Pooh.
"Oh no! No! Help!" cried Rabbit. He tried to catch his things, but he tripped and the frame fell around his neck.
"Why did I ever invite that bear to lunch?!" he cried. "Why, oh why, oh why?"
Outside…
"Did you hear that, Ash?" said Lucy.
"It sounds like he just said that he regrets inviting Pooh for lunch." Ash answered. Pooh let out a sigh.
"I'm sorry, Rabbit." He apologized. "I just couldn't resist smelling the flowers."
A couple of days passed, and sadly, Pooh was still stuck in the hole. But at least he wasn't completely alone. Lucy had brought some of her books with her, and so she read them to Pooh. Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu all ran around and played, but they made sure to stay where Lucy and Ash could keep an eye on them. And then, a flying owl arrived on the scene.
"Well, if it isn't Pooh Bear." He said. "I say now, are you stuck?"
"No." replied Pooh. "I'm just resting." The owl cleared his throat.
"You, sir, are stuck." He said. "A great bear in a wedged tightness. In a word, irremovable!"
"And just who might you be?" asked Lucy.
"The name's Owl." Said the owl. "I'm one of the more wiser animals here. And you are?"
"I'm Lucy, that's Ash, and over there are Pikachu, Eevee and Little Pikachu." Said Lucy.
"Pika!" cried Pikachu. (Nice to meet you!)
"Eevee!" cried Eevee. (The pleasure is mine!)
"As you can see, we have a situation over here with this front door." Said Ash.
"So you do." Replied Owl. "Naturally, a situation like this calls for an expert." A gopher popped out from underground.
"Did somebody call for an excavation expert?" he asked. "I'm not in the book, but I'm at your service. Gopher's the name."
"So that's Gopher?" said Ash.
"That's right." Replied Lucy.
"Pleased to meet you." Said Gopher. "What seems to be the trouble?"
"It appears that the entrance to Rabbit's residence is impassable." Said Owl. "To put it more simply, plugged."
"And you want me to dig it out." Said Gopher.
"Precisely." Replied Owl.
"Well, if you want help with that, you'll have to talk to the threesome that I hired." Said Gopher.
"What threesome?" wondered Ash.
"He couldn't possibly mean…." Replied Lucy.
"Oh yes he could!" cried a familiar voice. Ash and Lucy couldn't believe it.
"Not them again!" they cried.
"How did you even get in to this story, anyway?!" cried Lucy.
"That doesn't matter, but what does matter is that you all should prepare for trouble!"
"And while we're at it, let's make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!"
"Pichu!"
"Team Rocket!" cried Ash and Lucy.
"I haven't heard of this Team Rocket that you speak of." Said Owl. The trio stumbled over in disbelief.
"They're three of the most idiotic individuals you'll ever meet!" cried Lucy.
"They're always trying to steal our Pikachu and Eevee away from us!" cried Ash.
"The twerps are correct on both counts, but we're not here to steal Pokemon today." Said Jessie.
"The underground animal hired us to take care of a little problem, and that's exactly what we plan to do." Replied James.
"With this!" cried Meowth. He presented some special dynamite, which made Ash and Lucy gasp.
"You can't do that!" cried Ash.
"You'll blow up Pooh and destroy Rabbit's house if you do!" cried Lucy. "He'll also be left severely injured!" Pooh got scared at the thought of being blown up.
"Lucy, Ash, please don't let them do this!" cried Pooh.
"Don't worry, Pooh, we won't!" Cried Lucy. She and Ash angrily faced Team Rocket.
"Haven't you learned anything from what happened at Grandpa Canyon?" cried Ash.
"Look, kid, we're bad guys." Said Meowth. "We don't learn from mistakes."
"Well maybe you'll learn from this!" cried Lucy. "Little Pikachu, use your Thunder attack!"
"Pikachu, you too!" cried Ash. The two Pikachu unleashed their attacks, which sent Team Rocket flying.
"We're blasting off again!" they cried.
"Let's hope we don't see those three again." Said Owl.
"We shouldn't." Said Lucy. "After all, they're not in the book, you know."
"Ash, Lucy, thank you!" cried Pooh.
"You're welcome, Pooh." Replied Lucy. "I couldn't let anything happen to you."
"Say, Lucy, what exactly do you and Ash do?" asked Gopher.
"We're Pokemon trainers." Said Ash.
"I don't have Pokemon to give you, but I do have a few pots of honey." Said Gopher. He took out a couple of pots and gave one each to Ash and Lucy. He tried giving one to Pooh, but Ash stopped him.
"Pooh can't have any right now." Said Ash.
"He has to get thin again first." Said Lucy.
"Then I'm going to skedaddle." Said Gopher. He walked back toward his hole, but he wasn't paying attention to where he was going and crash landed in the hole.
"I'm glad I'm not in the book!" he cried.
And then, one morning early the following week, when Rabbit was beginning to think that he might never be able to use his front door again, it happened.
"He budged!" cried Rabbit. "Ash! Lucy!" He hurried outside through the back door to where the two best friends were.
"He bidged! He badged! He boodged! Today is the day!" he cried.
"Come on, Ash!" cried Lucy. She and Ash pulled and tugged, with help from Pikachu, Eevee, Little Pikachu and Owl. Tigger and Eeyore quickly arrived and helped to pull too. Gopher popped up and helped himself. Rabbit pushed from inside.
"Heave! Ho!" cried Lucy.
"Heave! Ho!" cried Ash. This went back and forth for a bit until Rabbit backed up and ran into Pooh's bottom. Pooh was sent flying out of the hole.
"There he goes!" cried Rabbit.
"My dingy! He's sailing clear over yonder!" cried Gopher. Pooh landed in another honey hive, but his entrance scared the bees. Everyone quickly rushed over.
"Stuck again." Sighed Eeyore.
"Don't worry, Pooh, we'll get you out!" cried Lucy.
"No hurry! Take your time!" cried Pooh. He definitely was in no rush, as he now had all the honey he could ever want.
"Well, he's certainly happy." Said Ash.
"Congratulations, Ash. You and Lucy have successfully completed the first story." Said Rabbit. "But there's still three more to go." A small breeze started picking up.
"Ash, do you hear that?" asked Lucy.
"Pika." Said Pikachu. (I hear it)
"I may be totally wrong, but I think that's a hint for the next story that we have to go through." Said Ash.
"Wait a second! I haven't finished my honey yet!" Pooh protested.
"But Pooh, we're in the next story." Replied Lucy.
"Oh." Said Pooh. "What happens to us?" Well, Pooh, that's an answer you'll have to wait for. All I shall say right now is that it involves the east and west wind trading places, and that's sure to cause all sorts of havoc in the Hundred Acre Wood.
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