{"id":7032958,"date":"2026-08-08T02:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/friendship-honey-and-the-simple-life-100-years-of-winnie-the-pooh\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:42:07","slug":"friendship-honey-and-the-simple-life-100-years-of-winnie-the-pooh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7032958","title":{"rendered":"Friendship, honey and the simple life: 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Isn\u2019t it funny <br \/>How a Bear likes honey<br \/>Buzz buzz<br \/>I wonder why he does<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just over a century ago, the satirical writer and playwright A.A. Milne, suffering from the after-effects of fighting in the trenches of World War I, started writing some poems for his only child, Christopher Robin. <\/p>\n<p>They were published in a collection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/821003.When_We_Were_Very_Young?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23\">When We Were Very Young<\/a> and they caused a literary sensation for a reading public looking for comfort in difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, Milne followed up with the stories of the Hundred Acre Wood in his book Winnie-the-Pooh, based on the tangle of scrub and trees at the bottom of his garden and populated by Christopher Robin\u2019s toys. <\/p>\n<p>Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Roo, and Owl, each distinctive characters in their own right, chatted and played, going on adventures, solving problems, presided over by Christopher Robin, the wise child who knows what to do.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-right zoomable\">\n            <a role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Zoomable image\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728574\/original\/file-20260408-83-gdxoee.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"placeholder-container\" style=\"--aspect-ratio-percent:145.56962025316454%;--background-color:#a59963\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728574\/original\/file-20260408-83-gdxoee.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=237&amp;fit=clip\" class=\"native-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728574\/original\/file-20260408-83-gdxoee.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=874&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728574\/original\/file-20260408-83-gdxoee.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=874&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728574\/original\/file-20260408-83-gdxoee.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=874&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728574\/original\/file-20260408-83-gdxoee.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=1098&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728574\/original\/file-20260408-83-gdxoee.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=1098&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728574\/original\/file-20260408-83-gdxoee.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=1098&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption>\n              <span class=\"caption\"\/><br \/>\n              <span class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"source\">Goodreads<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not every critic loved it: \u201cTonstant Reader fwowed up\u201d wrote the acerbic Dorothy Parker in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1928\/10\/20\/far-from-well\">New Yorker Constant Reader column<\/a>. She found the stories saccharine and cloying.  But for those who enjoyed the simple humour, cameraderie and warmth of the stories, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends became part of the children\u2019s literary canon. And so they have remained to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Winnie-the-Pooh has been translated into over 50 languages, including Bengali, Swedish, Polish and Latin (with the wonderful Winnie Ille Pu). In Poland, a Warsaw street, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kubusia_Puchatka_Street,_Warsaw\">Ulica Kubusia Puchatka<\/a>, was named after Winnie-the-Pooh by the children of the city. <\/p>\n<p>In 1961, Disney <a href=\"https:\/\/natlawreview.com\/article\/once-and-all-pooh-belongs-to-disney-disney-s-trademark-rights\">acquired the rights to Winnie-the-Pooh<\/a>, resulting in a popular television cartoon and merchandising.  In China, in 2018, a film version of Winnie-the-Pooh was banned after internet memes compared his gentle laziness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/aug\/07\/china-bans-winnie-the-pooh-film-to-stop-comparisons-to-president-xi\">to the President, Xi Jinping<\/a>. More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/arts-culture\/winnie-pooh-became-household-bear-180967090\/\">20 million<\/a> copies of the books have been sold worldwide. <\/p>\n<p>Winnie-the-Pooh contains a perfect mixture of sweetness and sharp observation, shifting between light and dark, between funny and tragi-comic.  The stories of Pooh and his friends, each one flawed but also delightful, demonstrate the ups and downs of life, held in a delicate and optimistic balance.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for instance, the depressive toy donkey, Eeyore, continually miserable yet somehow contented in his misery, bouncy toy tiger, Tigger, causing mayhem with every move, or timid Piglet, Pooh\u2019s best friend. All (along with Pooh) have problems that are solved with one another\u2019s help and particularly with the help of the boy-hero, Christopher Robin.  Problems occur, are solved, and life carries on.<\/p>\n<h2>A romance of community<\/h2>\n<p>The Winnie-the-Pooh stories are what we might think of as a romance of community. The inhabitants of the 100 Acre Wood show resilience and resourcefulness in dealing with difficulties, largely because they deal with them together.<\/p>\n<p>They are also pastoral, set in a comfortable and nonthreatening rural place, offering readers (often weary urbanites) a holiday from their busy lives. And as such, they allow us to gently contemplate what makes life tick, and what makes life worth living. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center zoomable\">\n            <a role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Zoomable image\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728543\/original\/file-20260408-57-vixwsn.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"placeholder-container\" style=\"--aspect-ratio-percent:85.80901856763926%;--background-color:#56412d\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728543\/original\/file-20260408-57-vixwsn.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" class=\"native-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728543\/original\/file-20260408-57-vixwsn.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=515&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728543\/original\/file-20260408-57-vixwsn.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=515&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728543\/original\/file-20260408-57-vixwsn.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=515&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728543\/original\/file-20260408-57-vixwsn.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=647&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728543\/original\/file-20260408-57-vixwsn.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=647&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728543\/original\/file-20260408-57-vixwsn.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=647&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption>\n              <span class=\"caption\">A A Milne with his son Christopher Robin Milne in 1926.<\/span><br \/>\n              <span class=\"attribution\"><a class=\"source\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A._A._Milne#\/media\/File:A._A._Milne_with_his_son_Christopher_Robin_Milne_and_Pooh_Bear_-_Howard_Coster_-_NPG_P715.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This philosophical streak runs through all Milne\u2019s work for children: in his follow-up to Winnie-the-Pooh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/387241.Winnie_The_Pooh?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=TuTrjPJhkC&amp;rank=2\">The House at Pooh Corner<\/a> (1928), and his second collection of poems, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/821000.Now_We_Are_Six?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=rxYrCzuE4j&amp;rank=1\">Now We Are Six<\/a> (1927). In 1929 he adapted another children\u2019s classic, Kenneth Grahame\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/5659.The_Wind_in_the_Willows?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=xfQzDC8Spn&amp;rank=1\">The Wind in the Willows<\/a>, for the stage.  Also a pastoral, featuring anthropomorphised animals rather than toys, it promoted the English countryside as a space for gentle reflection on the good life and friendship. <\/p>\n<p>The Wind in the Willows has a wild quality.  Such wildness does not impinge greatly in the Pooh stories: the characters are toys rather than animals and the god-figure is Christopher Robin.  <\/p>\n<p>Asked, for instance, to help resolve a squabble between Eeyore and Tigger, after Tigger\u2019s loud sneeze has frightened Eeyore into falling into the river, Christopher Robin concludes: \u201cWell, \u2026 I think \u2013 I think we all ought to play Poohsticks\u201d. This is a simple game in which players drop sticks on the upstream side of a bridge over running water and wait to see which one emerges first. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/visit\/50-things\/no.-19-play-pooh-sticks\">See: How to Play Pooh Sticks)<\/a> <\/p>\n<h2>Living in the moment<\/h2>\n<p>Why is Winnie-the-Pooh called Winnie-the-Pooh?  The name Winnie comes from a North American black bear at the London Zoo, which was brought to Britain <a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.com\/the-tragic-true-origin-story-of-winnie-the-pooh\/\">from Winnipeg, Canada<\/a>.  Like many London children, Christopher Robin was taken to the London zoo to see the animals, and he shortened the name Winnipeg to \u201cWinnie\u201d. \u201cPooh,\u201d on the other hand, came from a swan, <a href=\"https:\/\/pooh.fandom.com\/wiki\/Pooh_(Swan)\">encountered on a family holiday<\/a>.  This mixture of inside-joke and idiosyncratic names created by a very young child adds to the book\u2019s whimsy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-left zoomable\">\n            <a role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Zoomable image\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727284\/original\/file-20260331-69-wdzygj.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"placeholder-container\" style=\"--aspect-ratio-percent:151.47679324894514%;--background-color:#552c50\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727284\/original\/file-20260331-69-wdzygj.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=237&amp;fit=clip\" class=\"native-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727284\/original\/file-20260331-69-wdzygj.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=909&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727284\/original\/file-20260331-69-wdzygj.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=909&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727284\/original\/file-20260331-69-wdzygj.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=909&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727284\/original\/file-20260331-69-wdzygj.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=1142&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727284\/original\/file-20260331-69-wdzygj.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=1142&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727284\/original\/file-20260331-69-wdzygj.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=1142&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption>\n              <span class=\"caption\"\/><br \/>\n              <span class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"source\">Goodreads<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In their appeal to the good life and emphasis on friendship and community, these books have struck a chord with readers well beyond the nursery. Best known in this vein is Benjamin Hoff\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/48757.The_Tao_of_Pooh?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15\">The Tao of Pooh<\/a>, a philosophical work that connects the behaviour of Pooh and friends with the principles of <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/daoism\/\">Daoism<\/a>, which emphasise the importance of simplicity, naturalness and effortlessness. <\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the innocent everyman Pooh exemplifies the ability to live in the present moment, and to live a life of simple \u201cbeing\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>As such, he is the valuable sounding-board for the other characters, beset by life difficulties and behavioural dysfunction: the hyperactive Tigger, the depressive Eeyore,  anxious Piglet, busy Rabbit and so-on.  He offers solutions to their problem, without criticising them, in doing so providing stability for them and for readers. <\/p>\n<p>Certainly, when one visits the 100 Acre Wood, one is aware of entering a place of calm, of smallness, a place attuned to nature where the oddities of human character and behaviour are distilled into small, funny, calming stories. It is a world close to beauty, but also tolerant of imperfection.<\/p>\n<p>According to Daoism, the secret of life lies in accepting things according to their true nature, neither blaming nor praising.  <\/p>\n<h2>What of Christopher?<\/h2>\n<p>It helps, too, that Pooh Corner is visually lovely: the illustrations by E.H. Shephard present Pooh and friends as cute and appealing, while remaining faithful to the toys that inspired them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-left \">\n<div class=\"placeholder-container\" style=\"--aspect-ratio-percent:108.86075949367088%;--background-color:#82817e\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728541\/original\/file-20260408-57-woegi3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=237&amp;fit=clip\" class=\"native-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728541\/original\/file-20260408-57-woegi3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=654&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728541\/original\/file-20260408-57-woegi3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=654&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728541\/original\/file-20260408-57-woegi3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=654&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728541\/original\/file-20260408-57-woegi3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=822&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728541\/original\/file-20260408-57-woegi3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=822&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/728541\/original\/file-20260408-57-woegi3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=822&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\"\/><\/div><figcaption>\n              <span class=\"caption\">An early illustration by E.H. Shephard.<\/span><br \/>\n              <span class=\"attribution\"><a class=\"source\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winnie-the-Pooh#\/media\/File:Pooh_Shepard1928.jpg\">Wkipedia<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pictures such as one where Pooh and Piglet climb a gate together show the odd-couple balance of their friendship \u2013 brave Pooh, fearful Piglet \u2013 trusting one another in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Robin Milne had a somewhat difficult time as a child thrust into the spotlight when the books found fame.  It is hard enough having one\u2019s childish cuteness paraded around family and friends; harder still when one\u2019s reputation precedes one.  <\/p>\n<p>In adult life, Christopher Robin owned a successful bookshop and before he died in 1996, he did reach a measure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gylesbrandreth.net\/blog\/2020\/8\/19\/now-we-are-100-the-truth-about-christopher-robin\">acceptance of his father\u2019s work<\/a>.  In 2001, Disney Corporation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/the-real-life-christopher-robin-accepted-a-tiny-payment-from-disney-thats-still-changing-lives\/\">paid a large sum of money<\/a> to Milne\u2019s estate and other rights holders of Winnie-the-Pooh.  His wife Lesley and daughter Clare decided the money should be used to fund a charity supporting people with disabilities. The <a href=\"https:\/\/claremilnetrust.com\/about-the-trust\/\">Clare Milne Trust<\/a> has been in operation since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>2026 will be a year of busy celebration for Winnie-the-Pooh. Disney, unsurprisingly, will <a href=\"https:\/\/thewaltdisneycompany.com\/news\/winnie-pooh-100\/\">launch new merchandise<\/a>. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homerton.cam.ac.uk\/events\/100-years-100-acres\">academic conference<\/a> on 100 years of the 100 acres will be held at the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of us, it may be time to dig out our childhood copies of Milne\u2019s books, to spend a little time with old friends from these best of old stories, hanging out in the 100 Acre Wood, doing not very much and thinking a little about life.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn\u2019t it funny How a Bear likes honeyBuzz buzzI wonder why he does Just over a century ago, the satirical writer and playwright A.A. 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