民间故事|How did the teddy bear got its name?

Can you bear it? The famous teddy bear is more than 100 years old, and got its name from a United^{1 States president.}

In 1902, President Theodore Teddy Roosevelt took a trip to the American South to help work out a land disagreement^{2 between Mississippi and Louisiana. While there, the president went hunting for bear.}

Days passed with no luck for the president, but lots of good luck for the bears. Finally, his guides captured^{3 a bear and offered to let the president shoot it, so he wouldnt have to go home empty-handed.}

Roosevelt flatly refused. He thought it would be unfair and cruel.

When word of the presidents decision got out, a cartoonist for The Washington^{4 Star newspaper drew a picture of the bear and Roosevelt holding up his hand to say No.}

The cartoon was seen all over the country, making the president, who was already popular, a hero.

Meanwhile, the owner of a small store in New York asked his wife to make a toy bear for sale. He displayed it in his window with a copy of the cartoon and a sign that said, Teddys Bear.

That bear, and many others like it, sold big, especially after President Roosevelt gave his official permission for his name to be used. Finally, the s was dropped and Teddys Bear became simply the teddy bear.

So the bear that youve slept with is really a part of our countrys history.