Many of us have loved a teddy bear. But do you know how the teddy bear got its name? The story is an interesting one. More than 100 years ago, American president Theodore Roosevelt 31 in the forest with several of his friends. After three days, almost everyone 32 shot an animal, but the president did not. Nobody wanted the president to look 33 , so they tied an American black bear to a tree. They wanted the president to shoot it.
The president was very surprised to see the bear tied to a tree. He 34 the poor bear and said “No.” He felt it was 35 to shoot the bear, because it couldn’t run away. So he 36 to shoot it, and the story of his decision went all over the country. 37 was moved by the president’s beliefs(信念). Clifford Berryman, a political cartoonist, heard this story. He 38 drew a cartoon showing how President Roosevelt refused to shoot the bear 39 hunting.
It was this cartoon and the story behind the president’s hunting trip that gave Morris who was a shopkeeper an idea to make a new 40 . He made a small, soft bear and 41 it in his shop window. He went to ask President Roosevelt if these toy bears could 42 “Teddy bears”—Teddy is the nickname of the President. The new toy was a big success and it 43 Morris with the money to create a toy company.
Teddy bears have been 44 since they were first made. A teddy bear would be the first choice when people think about children’s toys. Theodore Roosevelt’s famous 45 on a hunting trip in 1902 brought millions of soft, stuffed bears. They are being loved by people across the world.
