THE REAL CHRIS... AND THE REAL POOH

Christopher Robin Milne and Winnie the Pooh, like they looked in real life.
Indeed, Chris (born in Chelsea, to learned and loving parents) owned all of the Hundred Acre Woods characters: Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore (known as Igor in the Spanish version), Kanga and Roo (Rito)... Which inspired his father to write storybooks based upon all of their imaginary adventures, in which the token human always was the leader and the voice of reason.
Christopher Robin looks pretty cute here... He was (quite obviously) often teased at school for preferring stuffed animals to weapons and vehicles. So, he learned to box (boxing) to defend himself from school bullies (well done, Chris!).
Upon coming of age? He studied Maths at the prestigious Trinity College in Cambridge. During the Second World War, he temporarily interrupted his studies, serving crown and country in the Mediterranean theatre of the conflict, and he came to hate the Pooh books, the cause of his bullying having become famous at an international level (he saw the Pooh books abroad, during the war). After the war had given way to peace, he graduated with flying colours. In 1951, he opened a bookshop on the English coast, together with his wife Lesley de Sélincourt. It was a huge success.
In 1956, the Milnes were blessed with a daughter, Clare, born with cerebral palsy. She came to run a charity for the disabled, the Clare Milne trust (Alex, Chris, and Clare... three successful generations!).
In 1974, Chris published The Enchanted Places, about his early years (plushies, school, war, and the trouble with the Pooh series). He gave the Hundred Acre Woods plushies to his editor.
Christopher Robin Milne died in his sleep in 1996, having lived to a ripe old age.