Pooh's first idea was that they should dig a Very Deep
Pit, and then the Heffalump would come along and fall into the
Pit, and --
"Why?" said Piglet.
"Why what?" said Pooh.
"Why would he fall in?"
Pooh rubbed his nose with his paw, and said that the
Heffalump might be walking along, humming a little song, and
looking up at the sky, wondering if it would rain, and so he
wouldn't see the Very Deep Pit until he was half-way down, when
it would be too late.
Piglet said that this was a very good Trap, but
supposing it were raining already?
Pooh rubbed his nose again, and said that he hadn't
thought of that. And then he brightened up, and said that, if
it were raining already, the Heffalump would be looking at the
sky wondering if it would clear up, and so he wouldn't see the
Very Deep Pit until he was half-way down.... When it would be
too late.
Piglet said that, now that this point had been
explained, he thought it was a Cunning Trap.
Pooh was very proud when he heard this, and he felt
that the Heffalump was as good as caught already, but there was
just one other thing which had to be thought about, and it was
this. Where should they dig the Very Deep Pit?
Piglet said that the best place would be somewhere
where a Heffalump was, just before he fell into it, only about
a foot farther on.