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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{#blank#}1{#/blank#} hunting in the woods. Because he was the President of the USA, the
people who organized the hunt wanted to make it s{#blank#}2{#/blank#}
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{#blank#}3{#/blank#} 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{#blank#}4{#/blank#} 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{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. 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{#blank#}6{#/blank#} a copy of the cartoon. To his surprise, many
people showed great i{#blank#}7{#/blank#} in the toy and hoped to own one. He asked for
and received President Roosevelt's permission (同意) to u{#blank#}8{#/blank#} 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.
