Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Teddy Bear Day


The teddy bear was invented by a German woman with polio. Her name was Margarete Steiff. She got polio when she was a little girl and had to use a wheel chair. She was blessed, however, with an innovative and creative mind. She worked as a seamstress sewing clothes, but started making pin cushions shaped like animals. Her little animals became quite popular, and she started making more and more toys including the bear



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