By Paul Harris PUBLISHED: 17:57 EST, 20 November 2013 | UPDATED: 14:08 EST, 21 November 2013 These days it would probably be played on an Xbox, with Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin competing at the controls as they sit glued to a TV screen. Back in the real world, it inspired one of the simplest and most enchanting games for generations of children growing up without the aid of technology. Now the original drawing for A.A. Milne’s depiction of his most celebrated characters playing Poohsticks has emerged after 85 years. This lost sketch that is the first ever depiction of the game Poohsticks by famed illustrator E.H Shepard has been found after 87 years
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Classic game inspired by A.A. Milne's timeless stories appears in images
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Pictures of Winnie the Pooh and other characters emerged after 85 years
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Drawings by E.H. Shepard were lost after they were torn from sketchbook
One of Shepard's very first @placeholder colour drawings produced in 1928