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When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming.
— Winnie the Pooh · Winnie the Pooh
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An editorial interpretation.
Pooh offers earnest advice for a very silly plan: sneak up on the bees. His logic is solemn and childlike, as if the balloon were a perfectly reasonable honey tool. The humour is how seriously he treats it.
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