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Many don't know it, but there was a real Winnie-the-Pooh. In August of 1914 Lieutenant Harry Colebourn, a Veterinary Officer with the Canadian 34th Fort Garry Horse (Manitoba), was travelling by train to enroll in the Canadian Army Veterinary Corp at Valcartier, Quebec and notice a man on the station platform at White River Bend (Ontario) with an American black bear cub. The man was a trapper who had shot and killed the bear's mother. Coleburn purchased the bear cub for $20 and it became the mascot of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. As the Brigade prepared to ship out to France, in December 9, 1914, Coleburn offered the cub to the London Zoo, planning to pick it up again when the war ended. However, when he returned in 1918, the bear was so popular that he decided to let the Zoo keep it. It was there that Christopher Robin was delighted with Winnie (short, by the way, for Winnipeg) that his father wrote the story. Winnie lived until May 12, 1934. Earl Sande Semi-retired International School Librarian 10189 133 Street Surrey, BC V3T3Y8 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=