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Ever wonder how Pooh got his name?




In 1914, during World War I, troops from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) were being transported to eastern Canada on their way overseas to Europe. When the train stopped at White River, Ontario, there was a trapper standing on the platform with a bear cub. One of the soldiers who stepped off the train to take a break was Captain Harry Colebourn, a Canadian Army veterinarian. Colebourn bought the cub for $20 and named her "Winnipeg", or "Winnie" for short. Winnie became the mascot of the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade and went to Britain with the unit. Unfortunately, the the Brigade was posted to the battlefields of France, Winnie could not go. She was placed instead with the London Zoo, in Regent's Park. Over the years, the bear became very popular with the children and was well known for her playful nature. One little boy, in particular, was attracted to Winnie. The little boy's father would often tell him bedtime stories about the bear and a make-believe world. The little boy, Christopher Robin Milne, was a featured character in most of those stories. The little boy's father, A.A. Milne, went on to write a series of books about "Winnie-the-Pooh", Christopher Robin, and their friends at "100 Aker Wood".








Here is the story of how Pooh got the "Pooh" in his name!!


Well I'm sure that everyone recalls the story of Pooh and the honey tree. Pooh (who was not Pooh at the time) wanted honey out of the honey tree, but there were SO many bees up there!! So he decided that he could use a blue balloon and roll around in the mud, and the bees would think that he was a little black rain cloud and not get suspicious that their honey was about to be stolen. Well his plan would have worked, but Pooh soon realized (after one pinched him on the nose) that these were the wrong KIND of bees. Obviously meaning that they made the WRONG kind of honey. Needless to say, Pooh was stuck up in the air with no way to get down. So he called to Christopher Robin who shot the balloon with his pop gun, and Pooh floated to the ground. Unfortunately, Pooh's arms were so sore from holding the balloon that he had to hold them up in the air for a whole week. During this week, flies would land on Pooh's nose, and having no way to get them off without the use of his paws, he tried to blow them off. "Pooh, pooh" the air said as it came out his mouth. And that is how Pooh got his name!

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"You can't help respecting anybody who can spell Tuesday,
even if he doesn't spell it right." - Rabbit









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