Choose the Present or Future Tense. Winnie-the-Pooh sits under a big tree, and he hears a loud buzzing-noise at the top of the tree. He begins to think: 'If there (to be) a buzzing-noise, it means that there (to be) bees there. And if there (to be) bees at the top of the tree, it means there (to be) honey there. So, ifI (to climb) up the tree, I (to have) a lot of honey'. He begins to climb up, but suddenly he falls down. Then Winnie remembers about Cristopher Robin, and he is sure that his friend (to help) him. He goes round to his house and asks: "You (to give) me a balloon, please?" What do you want a balloon for?" asks Christopher Robin. If I (to have) a balloon,' answers Pooh, I (to fly) to the top of the tree. And when 1 (to get) there, I (to eat) honey.' Christopher Robin asks, 'What kind of balloon you (to take): blue or green?' Winnie begins to think. 'If my balloon (to be) blue, the bees (to think) that it (to be) part of the sky and that I (to be) a little cloud, so they (not to worry) me '. So Pooh goes up in the sky on a blue balloon, and he sings a song about a little cloud. But still the bees start flying round him. Then he calls down to Christoper Robin: 'Please, you (to bring) your umbrella here?' His friend asks in surprise: "Why do you need my umbrella? 23 "Because, answers Pooh, 'if you (to open) your umbrella, the bees (to think) that the rain is coming, and they (to fly) away'. So Robin brings his umbrella and opens it. And Pooh says loudly, Tut-tut, it looks like rain'. But still the bees continue to fly round Winnie, and one of them sits on his nose. Winnie's hands are busy, so he begins to blow at the bee: he says 'Pooh- pooh-pooh' (maybe, that is why everybody calls him 'Pooh'). Then he cries out again, I think they are the wrong kind of bees, and they make the wrong kind of honey. So I (to come) down . Please, Christopher Robin, you (to bring) your gun here?' Robin asks, "What do you need a gun for?", and Winnie explains, ' If I simply (to fall) down, I (to hurt) myself. But if you (to shoot) the balloon with your gun, the air (to start) to come out of it, and I (to go) down slowly'. Christopher says, 'But if I (to do) this, it (to spoil) the balloon'. "And if you (not to do ) this,' answers Pooh, 'I just (to fall) down, and it (to spoil) me'. So Christopher Robin brings a gun and fires at the balloon, and Winnie-the-Pooh slowly goes down. (after Milne)

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