Children everywhere like toy bears. People have been making them for hundreds of years. Children also like stories about bears. The most famous storybook bears are Rupert Bear, Winnie the Pooh ( Poo h Bear) and Paddington Bear. Most children in Britain and the US are also familiar with the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears! Now toy bears are very popular with adults as well as children. And many stores sell all kinds of toy bears.
Many people call toy bears Teddy Bears, but this name has only been used since the early 1900s. The name" Teddy" is short for Theodore, and there was an American president named Theodore Roosevelt. He was very popular and people soon started calling him Teddy Roosevelt. While he was out hunting(打猎) one day, Roosevelt refused to kill a bear. As soon as people heard about this, they started calling their toy bears Teddy.
