Today 14th October it's 90 years since Winnie-the-Pooh was born. Actually, in 1926.
Winnie-the-Pooh is created by A.A. Milne and is based on a real bear. Like Winnie-the-Pooh, many of the other characters are based on plushes. Winnie-the-Pooh is a character in the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh that takes place in Hundred Acre Wood. The plushes was own by Milne's son Christopher Robin Milne, who is also the boy Christopher Robin in the stories is based on.
All of the characters in the stories was Chrstopher Robin's toys except for Owl and Rabbit. These two characters was added to the stories by Milne's imagination.
In the Disney version from 1977, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, there's another character than in the stories. The characters is named Gopher. There are many movies and series by Disney based on the stories. In fact, Winnie-the-Pooh is only known for Winnie the Pooh in the Disney versions without hyphens in the name.
For Winnie-the-Pooh's 90th birthday the new collection of stories that is or will be released this month will have a whole new character for the Hundred Acre Wood. The character is named Penguin, and is, of course, a penguin. Penguin will make his first appearance in the story "Winter" which is one of four stories that will be released in the book "The Best Bear in All the World.
Although the new characters will be in future stories it's impossible that Disney will take the character into the next movies. When there will be a new Winnie the Pooh movie unless the lice-action is unknown. Disney is also known for their origin characters so it can be a big change to add "Penguin". But who knows?
The last I would like to say is: Happy birthday Winnie-the-Pooh!!
Source: New York Times, Wikipedia
Picture: New York Times
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