In Which Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast
- Winnie-the-Pooh wakes up with a start in the middle of the night.Honey burglars?
- No.
- Piglet?
- No.
- Christopher Robin (the character)?
- No.
- It's something that makes a funny, repetitive, almost springy noise. A noise a certain bear has never heard before.
- He opens the front door, and says Hallo to a strange animal, who says Hallo back and they go on back and forth like this for a bit.
- Finally, they get to the introduction.
- Pooh, meet Tigger.
- Tigger, Pooh.
- Luckily, CR (the character) has vouched for the new character, so Pooh invites him for a honey breakfast in the morning.
- This is good, because Tiggers like to eat everything.
- Pooh wakes up to see Tigger staring at himself in the mirror, thinking he discovered a second creature exactly like him.
- Before Pooh can explain about the mirror, the new guy gets into a wrestling match with the table cloth, thinking that it's a thing crawling up on Pooh's table.
- Sometimes—not often—but sometimes, Pooh gets to be empirically smarter than someone else.
- This is one of those times.
- Pooh straightens everything out and sets out some honey.
- Turns out, Tiggers like everything except honey, so Pooh tries to sound disappointed.
- But really, that just means more honey for him.
- So Pooh takes Tigger over to Piglet's to get some acorns, which we now know is something Piglet loves.
- After some introductions...
- Piglet, Tigger.
- Tigger, Piglet.
- ...Tigger gets a mouthful of acorns.
- Oh.
- Turns out Tiggers like everything except honey and acorns.
- They decide to go on to Eeyore's to get some thistles.
- Eeyore, Tigger.
- Tigger, Eeyore.
- Munch Munch.
- Okay, Tiggers like everything, except honey and acorns and thistles.
- Piglet realizes that they must go see Christopher Robin (the character).
- CR is over at Kanga's house, so on they go.
- Along the walk, Pooh makes up a Tigger poem.
- Piglet worries about how big Tigger is. Pooh reminds him he's not so big. Piglet says he seems big.
- Indeed, Tigger has a big personality, and you know what they say about big personalities.
- Meanwhile, instead of walking, Tigger is bouncing the entire way to Kanga's. He's a little hyper, you could say.
- They come across CR, and Tigger explains his plight. Okay, "plight" might be a strong word here, but he explains that he hasn't had any breakfast yet.
- Unfortunately, CR doesn't know what Tiggers like to eat either, so they turn to Kanga.
- Good old mom. She always knows.
- She knows that however big Tigger seems, he really wants the same kindness as Roo (Milne's words, not ours [House.2.129]). What does that mean? It means that Tigger is just a big kid at heart, and he needs someone to take care of him.
- Sadly, there's nothing in the cupboard that Tigger likes.
- As a last resort, he takes a lick of Roo's "strengthening medicine." Really, it's malt extract, which is about as repulsive as a spoonful of grade A maple syrup, but for some reason Roo hates the stuff.
- Tigger, on the other hand, loves it.
- So that's what Tiggers like.
- Needless to say, Tigger decides to stay awhile at Kanga and Roo's house, where he has an endless supply of deliciousness.
- Who can blame him?