Here is the story of how the teddy bear was born.

    Nearly 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt (罗斯福)  went on a bear hunt.  He e hunting in the woods.  Because he was the President of the USA, the people who organized the hunt wanted to make it s 

    But after three days of walking and climbing and riding, no bears were found! The next day the hunt guide and his hunting dogs f found an old bear. The dogs and guide followed the bear for quite a distance until the bear was too tired to run. The dogs attacked and hurt the old bear. To stop it from running away, the guide t the bear to a tree and called for the President. Here was a bear for him to shoot! President Roosevelt came, looked at the poor old bear and said "No". He ordered that the bear should be let go.

    Mr. Berryman, a cartoonist(漫画家) , heard of this story.  He drew a cartoon showing how the President refused to shoot the bear while h. Mr. Michtom, owner of a toy store, came up with an idea by the cartoon. He and his wife made a toy bear and put it in his toy store window. Next to it w a copy of the cartoon. To his surprise, many people showed great i in the toy and hoped to own one. He asked for and received President Roosevelt's permission (同意) to u his name for the bear, and the teddy bear was born!

    Since then the toy bear has been famous around the world and especially popular with children.