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A Bear Named Winnie
A Bear Named Winnie
Before sending to the front of the First World War Lieutenant of the Canadian army, Harry Coleborn saved the little bear, whose mother the hunters killed, and in honor of the native city of Winnipeg named Winnie. The soldiers fell in love with the curious restless bear and made her a talisman of the regiment. And yet they had to part with Winnie and leave her in the London Zoo. When the war ended, Coleborne returned to London to fulfill the promise given to Winnie to return her to Canada. But, seeing how great joy she brings to children, he left a bear in London. And it was Winnie who became the source of inspiration for the writer Alexander Miln, who composed a book about a mischievous bear with sawdust in his head ...