![]() Over the hundreds of times my kids asked to watch the DVD, I realized Eeyore was teaching two very important lessons by simply existing. I wouldn’t be able to see Eeyore clearly, and why I so desperately wanted him to be happy, until I had kids of my own.Ĭoming back to The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh as an adult, like retreading anything from childhood, revealed layers I hadn’t initially realized–especially when it came to Eeyore. ![]() ![]() I thought the height of maturity was decreeing every member of the Hundred-Acre Wood needed to be medicated for various psychology maladies. But it was the same every time: there was Eeyore being sad while playing Poohsticks being sad while living in his little stick house being sad because he lost his tail, and why won’t someone just sew it on so he’ll stop being sad?Īs I got older, that desire to empathize with fictional stuffed animal was transformed by teenage cynicism. “Someone hug him,” I would quietly admonish while eating my Rainbow Brite breakfast cereal. I saw Eeyore feeling dejected and depressed and I wanted to make him feel better. I recall playing Poohsticks, covering myself head-to-toe in mud, and even jumping off a ledge with a helium balloon in the hopes that maybe physics wouldn’t work this time. From Welcome to Pooh Corner to the animated Many Adventures of Winnie-The-Pooh, I spent hours inside the world of the Hundred-Acre Wood. Pooh is innocence, Piglet is anxiety, Tigger is boisterousness, and Eeyore? Eeyore is bravery.Īs a child, I must have watched the various Disney incarnations of Winnie-The-Pooh hundreds of times–kids love repetition, after all. The stuffed toys that come to life and have adventures remain timeless avatars their personalities and struggles resonate with adults for their hidden complexity, but are easy enough for children to grasp. For almost one hundred years, children have fallen in love with A.A.
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