Winnie-the-Pooh character Christopher Robin was based. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys – Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger – were incorporated into Milne's stories. Two more characters, Owl and Rabbit, were created by Milne's imagination, while Gopher was added to the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York City. Christopher Milne had named his toy bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear he often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh", a swan they had met while on holiday. The bear cub was purchased from
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day When Khitruk visited the Disney Studios, Wolfgang Reitherman, the author of "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, told him that he liked the Soviet version better than his own. Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day ( , or Winnie the Pooh and a Day of Troubles in the English dub title) is a 1972 animated film by Soyuzmultfilm directed by Fyodor Khitruk and Gennady Sokolsky. The film is based on the book series by A. A. Milne. It is the third and final part