11 facts about Winnie the Pooh - the most famous bear cub in the world

1. Winnie-the-Pooh h3> Over time, the name of the bear several transformed. When the first book Milne, its main character named Winnie-the-Pooh, but when Disney bought the rights to the animation of characters, hyphen removed, to name became shorter.

2. Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh - one of the best selling books in the world h3> Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh - one of the best-selling books

Stories of Winnie the Pooh are very popular all over the world. Books about teddy bear published in dozens of languages, and the Latin translation in 1958 was the first book in the English language, which has got into the list of best-selling books on the New York Times.

3. Winnipeg - The Canadian black bear from London Zoo h3>

"Winnie the Pooh" may seem somewhat strange name for a teddy bear, but that's really a toy called Milne's son, Christopher Robin. Named as plush toy was in honor of Winnipeg - Canadian black bears out of the London Zoo, as well as a swan named Pooh, whose family once met during the holidays. Before toy got its famous name, it was originally sold in Harrods, titled "Edward Bear." As the swan Pooh, he also appeared in one of the books of Milne.

4. Winnie does not Sanders h3> Contrary to many rumors, not the name of Vinnie Sanders. This view has become very common, because the door of the house Pooh hangs a plaque with the inscription "Sanders." However, it is assumed that it is the name of the previous owner of the home, and Pooh just always lazy to change the plate.

5. Gopher appeared only in 1977 h3> Most of the other characters were also named in honor of Christopher Robin's toy. At least, except for owls, rabbits and gopher. Owl and Rabbit were created by Milne and illustrator Ernest Shepard only to add a little more variety list of characters. Gopher is added only in 1977, when Disney Company was withdrawn the animated series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh».

6. Kangaroo - Roo h3> Now you can see all of these plush toys Christopher Robin in the Public Library of New York. With one exception - Christopher Robin lost teddy kangaroo Baby Roo in 1930, so now the collection is incomplete.

7. Country house Milne h3> Also in real life, you can visit most places of the stories. Hundred Acre Wood and most other iconic places that can be found in the books of Milne have real prototypes - Ashdown Forest in southern England (Sussex), where Milne bought a country house in 1925.

8. Stolen good name and fame is empty h3> Christopher Robin was not thrilled with the success stories of his father. Apparently, his dissatisfaction arose in childhood when the boy started to tease the kids at school. When Christopher Robin grew up, he accused his father that he "succeeded, climbing on my children's shoulders that he stole from me my good name and left nothing but an empty glory».

9. Russian version of the cartoon closest to the original h3> Disney cartoons when shooting is actually pretty much changed the image of Winnie the Pooh and the subjects of stories. What is interesting is the closest to the original Russian version of the animated film about a teddy bear. As for Disney, the company makes a brand Winnie the Pooh as much on Mickey Mouse, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto - the classic Disney cartoon characters.

10. Pooh and the Philosophers h3> The image of a teddy bear was used by Benjamin Hoff in his book "The Tao of Pooh", where the writer using popular characters Milne explains the philosophy of Taoism. J. T. Williams used the image of the bear in the book "Down and philosophers" satire on philosophy, including the works of Descartes, Nietzsche, and Pluto. Frederick Crews using the image of Winnie the books "The impasse of Winnie the Pooh" and "Postmodern Pooh" ridiculed postmodernism.

11. The annual world championship "trivia» h3> Winnie the Pooh made his mark in the real world. There are streets in Warsaw and Budapest, named in his honor. Also, there is now a sport that has been taken from the books - a game of Trivia (Poohsticks), in which players throw sticks into the river from the bridge and waiting, whose stick first cross the finish line. According to the "trivia" even hosts the annual world championship in Oxfordshire.





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