The wind was against them now, and Piglet's ears streamed behind him like banners as he fought his way along, and it seemed hours before he got them into the shelter of the Hundred Acre Wood and they stood upright again, to listen, a little nervously, to the roaring of the gale among the treetops.

"Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?"

"Supposing it didn't," said Pooh after careful thought.

A.A.Milne, Winnie the Pooh

"Owl," said Pooh, "Could you fly up to the letter-box with Piglet on your back?"

"No," said Piglet quickly, "He couldn't."

Owl explained to Pooh about the necessary Dorsal Muscles. Piglet hurriedly added that he had been getting much bigger lately, "so it's no good thinking about it."

A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner