Did I miss?" you asked. "You didn't exactly miss," said Pooh, "But you missed the balloon." "I'm so sorry," you said, and you fired again, and this time you hit the balloon and the air came slowly out, and Winnie-the-Pooh floated down to the ground.
Pooh's Bedtime Book (ed. Putnam Juvenile, 1997) - ISBN: 9780140387933