POOH BEAR

Winnie the Pooh made his appearance in 1926 when the book Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne was first published.

Winnie the Pooh has lots of friends including Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet, all of whom are very familier to us today.

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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS

One of the earliest stories to feature bears who behaved like human beings was Goldilocks and the Three Bears written by the English poet Robert Southey. In the story, the three bears do lots of things like humans, such as sleeping in beds, shaving and, of course, eating porridge. The story was published as long ago as 1837. The bears in this story weren't very friendly and Goldilocks was actually frightened of them when she woke up in their house.

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Paddington Bear lives in London, England, but he originally came from Darkest Peru where he was brought up by his Aunt Lucy after he was orphaned following an earthquake when he was just a few weeks old. Aunt Lucy went to live in the Home for Retired Bears in Lima so she taught her nephew English and then sent him to England. Paddington eventually arrived on Paddington Station in London which is where Mr and Mrs Brown first met him. He got his unusla name from the name of the railway station.
The Browns were meeting their daughter Judy at the station when Mr Brown spotted a bear sitting on a suitcase, behind a pile of mail bags, close to the lost property office. The bear was wearing nothing but a hat and a label hanging round his neck upon which were written the words “Please Look After This Bear. Thank You.” They did!

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Rupert Bear lives in Nutwood and has many friends including Edward Trunk the Elephant, Podgy Pig, Bill Badger (his best friend), Bingo the brainy pup and a little Chinese girl called Tigerlily. He even has an Uncle Polar at the North Pole and an Uncle Grizzly in the USA. Stories about Rupert Bear have appeared in the Daily Express newspaper for nearly a hundred years, the first one being published in November 1920.

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Biffo the Bear had his own comic strip in The Beano and, from 1948, he was on the front page, where he stayed until 1974, when his place was taken by Dennis the Menace.

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Yogi Bear was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and made his first appearance on the Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958. He lives with his friend and sidekick Boo Boo in Jellystone National Park. He was always breaking the park rules and getting into trouble with Ranger Smith. One of his favourite activities was eating the contents of picnic baskets, much to the dismay of people visiting the park! Yogi referred to himself as being ‘smarter than the average bear’!

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Baloo is a fun-loving bear who loves to scratch his back on a good tree and to take long naps. In Jungle Book we hear about how he met the man-cub Mowgli and helped the child to adapt to life in general.

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Created by Jim Henson as a member of The Muppets, Fozzie Bear is very good-natured and is always telling jokes which aren’t always that funny. He is constantly being heckled by the audience and having tomatoes thrown at him! His catch phrase is “Wocka Wocka Wocka!”

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Sooty made his first appearance in 1952 and is a hand puppet originally operated by Harry Corbett. After appearing on other television shows they soon got their own show. Sooty was playful and was always playing pranks on Harry which included regularly soaking him with water! Sooty’s friends included a long-eared dog called Sweep, a black and white female bear called Soo, another cat called Kipper, Butch the dog and, strangest of all, a snake called Ramsbottom!

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