It is funny what you find that interests you on a cool rainy day... 😂
It appears that on this day in 1926 an English humorist A.A. Milne published Winnie-the-Pooh, a children's book (characters my daughters just loved) featuring the adventures of a honey-loving bear and his friends, including Eeyore and Piglet.
The back story is Winnie the Pooh is a boy. He is referred to as "he" in AA Milne's books and in the Disney cartoons his voice has always been provided by a man.
But, it turns out that the real-life bear that he is named after, was actually a female black bear named Winnie.
Christopher Robin, son of AA Milne and star of the books and cartoons, had called his teddy Winnie, having seen the actual bear a number of times in London Zoo.
For the curious, researchers thought the fictional character could have mental health diagnoses: A quiz based on a studies identified the psychiatric diagnoses each: Winnie the Pooh characters was ADD, Tigger was ADHD, Rabbit was OCD, Roo was autism, Eeyore was depression and Christopher Robin was schizophrenia.
Now That's The Story... Does that upset your apple cart? 🤪
Hope y'all have a wonderful day...
Nana
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