Review of the chapter from "Winnie the Pooh" by A.A. Milne, entitled
"In Which Kanga
and Baby Roo come to the Forest, and Piglet has a bath"
(IBC Publishing, 2005)
by Nana Hasegawa (2009)
(with amazing original drawings by Nana !!!!!)
The
story:
This story's characters are Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Christopher Robin, Kanga and Roo. Kanga and Roo came to the forest abruptly, so the forest’s inhabitants, that is to say, Pooh and his friends, were very surprised. So that, the inhabitants talked about that a lot – “What are we to do about Kanga and Roo?” Rabbit suggested a plan for Piglet to disguise himself as Roo. When Kanga asks where Roo is, Rabbit and the others say this – Aha! Of course they know where Roo is, but they don’t tell easily. They tell it with a condition. The condition is that – to leave the forest and never come back!!
This story's characters are Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Christopher Robin, Kanga and Roo. Kanga and Roo came to the forest abruptly, so the forest’s inhabitants, that is to say, Pooh and his friends, were very surprised. So that, the inhabitants talked about that a lot – “What are we to do about Kanga and Roo?” Rabbit suggested a plan for Piglet to disguise himself as Roo. When Kanga asks where Roo is, Rabbit and the others say this – Aha! Of course they know where Roo is, but they don’t tell easily. They tell it with a condition. The condition is that – to leave the forest and never come back!!
When Piglet heard this plan, he became
fidgety a little because Piglet knew Kanga is a fierce animal.
Then, Rabbit get the idea into shape. When they capture Roo, they’ll run away quickly. The way of disguising is this, when Roo jumps out of Kanga’s pocket, Piglet jumps in it. Kanga wouldn’t know the difference because Piglet is a very small animal. And Pooh has to talk to her very excitedly, so she might look the other way for a moment.
Next, they went out to find the targets. Roo was practicing jumping and Kanga was watching it, so Rabbit and the others carried out the “great” plan!!
But this plan wasn’t great because Kanga could see through what happened too easy. However, she pretends that she doesn’t know Piglet is in her pocket instead of Roo. So after arriving at her house, she bathed Piglet. Piglet really hates taking a bath so he hoped Rabbit or Pooh would come to Kanga’s house to help him, but they didn’t. Because Rabbit was playing with Roo and feeling more fond of him every minute, and Pooh was practicing jumping to be like Kanga, so Piglet had to bear it. After the bath, fortunately Christopher Robin came to the house, so Piglet then ran away very quickly.
Then, Rabbit get the idea into shape. When they capture Roo, they’ll run away quickly. The way of disguising is this, when Roo jumps out of Kanga’s pocket, Piglet jumps in it. Kanga wouldn’t know the difference because Piglet is a very small animal. And Pooh has to talk to her very excitedly, so she might look the other way for a moment.
Next, they went out to find the targets. Roo was practicing jumping and Kanga was watching it, so Rabbit and the others carried out the “great” plan!!
But this plan wasn’t great because Kanga could see through what happened too easy. However, she pretends that she doesn’t know Piglet is in her pocket instead of Roo. So after arriving at her house, she bathed Piglet. Piglet really hates taking a bath so he hoped Rabbit or Pooh would come to Kanga’s house to help him, but they didn’t. Because Rabbit was playing with Roo and feeling more fond of him every minute, and Pooh was practicing jumping to be like Kanga, so Piglet had to bear it. After the bath, fortunately Christopher Robin came to the house, so Piglet then ran away very quickly.
So, after this incident, Kanga tells Pooh how
to jump well, and Rabbit spends some time with Roo ,and Piglet stays with
Christopher on every Tuesday. They could
be happy again in the forest.
My feeling & impressions:
I’ve read this book before in Japanese, and it was very funny so I’ve read it again and again. When I know about the summer homework, I decided to read it quickly once again. But reading was very difficult for me because I don’t know many words, so I had to refer to my dictionary while reading. Of course the story is the same as book in Japanese, so I could enjoy reading and the illustrations are very cute!!
Nowadays, many publishers sell books in English, so I want to read them in the future. Specially I want to read the Moomin series!!
This homework was a very good experience for me!!
My feeling & impressions:
I’ve read this book before in Japanese, and it was very funny so I’ve read it again and again. When I know about the summer homework, I decided to read it quickly once again. But reading was very difficult for me because I don’t know many words, so I had to refer to my dictionary while reading. Of course the story is the same as book in Japanese, so I could enjoy reading and the illustrations are very cute!!
Nowadays, many publishers sell books in English, so I want to read them in the future. Specially I want to read the Moomin series!!
This homework was a very good experience for me!!