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Dark story behind winnie the pooh

Milne and English illustrator E. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News for Christmas Eve The character is based on a stuffed toy that Milne had bought for his son Christopher Robin in Harrods department store. The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh , and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner All four volumes were illustrated by E.

The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages, including Alexander Lenard's Latin translation, Winnie ille Pu , which was first published in , and, in , became the only Latin book ever to have been featured on The New York Times Best Seller list. The original English manuscripts are held at Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge , Milne's alma mater to whom he had bequeathed the works.

Milne and the licensing agent Stephen Slesinger, Inc. Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne , on whom the character Christopher Robin was based. Shepard in turn based his illustrations of Pooh on his own son's teddy bear named Growler, instead of Christopher Robin's bear.

Two more characters, Owl and Rabbit , were created by Milne's imagination, while Gopher was added to the Disney version. In , Milne bought his son Christopher Robin the toy bear from Harrods department store. Christopher Robin had named his toy bear after Winnie , a Canadian black bear he often saw at London Zoo , and Pooh, a friend's pet swan they had encountered while on holiday.

Colebourn, a veterinary officer with the Fort Garry Horse cavalry regiment, named the bear Winnie after his adopted hometown in Winnipeg , Manitoba. Winnie was surreptitiously brought to England with her owner, and gained unofficial recognition as The Fort Garry Horse regimental mascot. Colebourn left Winnie at the London Zoo while he and his unit were in France; after the war she was officially donated to the zoo, as she had become a much-loved attraction there.