Winnie-the-Pooh ②

★Once upon a time; a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders.

upon[formal]

→used to "on" or "onto"

意味：〜の上に

※”on”の方が口語的

★One day when he was out walking, he came to an open place in the middle of the forest, and in the middle of this place was a large oak-tree, and, from the top of the tree, there came a loud buzzing-noise.

oak[uncountable and countable]

→a large tree that is common in northern countries, or the hard wood of this tree:

buzz

[countable]

→a continuous noise like the sound of a BEE

[singular]

→a lot of activity, noise, and excitement