The man next to the bear is army lieutenant Harry Colebourn, who was en route to a training camp during World War I when he bought the bear cub from a hunter for $20. He named the bear after his home town and eventually smuggled it back to Britain.
You know the bear's name.
Hint: The lieutenant was from Canada. He named the bear cub after his home town.
Don't know? See the "comments" section.
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Lieutenant Colebourn was from Winnipeg, so he named the cub "Winnie."
ReplyDeleteEventually he donated her to the London Zoo, where she became a great favorite of Christopher Robin Milne, the son of a local playwright.
And now you know the rest of the story...
For those of you who don't know, (my hometown) Winnipeg is 200 miles north of Fargo, North Dakota:
ReplyDeletehttp://tinyurl.com/db4spj (Google Map - I swear).
It's Winnie "the Pooh" ^_^
ReplyDeleteShe was brought in to comfort Colebourn after he returned from war, mentally distressed from what he had experienced, refusing any human interaction.