There is a farm east of London. There is a hundred acres of forest on the edge of the farm. 4-year-old Mean and his closest nanny Olive are playing under a tree estimated to be hundreds of years old as usual.
At this time, a man and a woman walked up to them with surprised faces and whispered to each other: "Blue sweater, blond hair, babysitter in an apron, the child is climbing on the tree... It's like stepping out of a book, touching it!"
The two strangers came to Mean's forest and stared at Mean and Olive like tourists entering a zoo. They reported that they were reporters from The Times and wanted to interview Christopher Robin, the owner of "Winnie the Pooh," the blond boy in a blue sweater.
Mean will never know that these two people are the beginning of his fate change, nor does he know that from that day onwards, he will have to accept countless interviews, advertisements, fan meetings; let alone that he will no longer be as calm as before. Playing in this forest, forgetting time.
Mean is the boy "Christopher Robin" in the "Winnie the Pooh" series of stories. He is the prototype of the story, and the story is also the original restoration of his life, his playmates, and the imagination in his mind. But Mean hated the bear ever since "Winnie the Pooh" came out.
Mean's mother bought him a birthday present when he was one year old, and the bear is a fluffy doll that can turn around Mean started walking, and took the bear with him wherever he went.
Mean's father, Alan, was a well-known writer, but he suffered from post-traumatic sequelae (PTSD) after participating in World War I, and a burst balloon could instantly paralyze him. He wanted to write an anti-war work, thinking that returning to the country would help him think, so when Mean was 3 years old, the family moved to live on a farm east of London.
Father Allen didn't know how to get along with his son, and his wife and nanny took care of everything at home. Mean was in awe of his father, and even a little scared. The most common thing he said to his father was Sorry!
On one occasion, the mother and the nanny left the house at the same time, and the father and son were forced to be alone for two weeks, and it was during these two weeks that the story of Winnie the Pooh appeared.
There is a forest near Meen's house, a river, and a mountain. Every day he takes his playmate Bear, and his father to the woods to play. A child and an imaginative adult play together in this natural environment. Father Alan, out of a writer's instinct, digs the story between his son and the bear in the process.
Alan would come up with a lot of ideas with Mean, such as naming the bear " Winnie the Pooh " and finding a "home" for the bear with a blue door.
At first, it was just their father and son to play. Later, the father found an illustrator and painted while playing.
It wasn't until a Times reporter showed up in Mean's Hundred Acre Wood that he understood that his experiences with his father and Winnie the Pooh had been written down, drawn, and published. And he himself became a star, with countless fans everywhere, and he became the most enviable boy "Christopher" in the world.
After the "Winnie the Pooh" series "fired", his father never went to play in the forest with Mean again, and Mean's life was also filled with various interviews, fan meetings, advertisements, etc. Winnie the Pooh, who originally belonged to him alone, has become a toy shared by children all over the world, and his memory of playing in the forest has become a story shared by the public.
Later, when Mean grew up, World War II came, and he went to serve as a soldier.
Before setting off for battle, he said to his father:
"That bear ruined my childhood. I'm not going to take a penny from Winnie the Pooh's revenue because once I do, it's my acceptance of being Christopher Robin, which is not who I really am."
It turned out that after Christopher entered the boarding school, as long as someone found out that he was Christopher Robin from "Winnie the Pooh", they would beat him and bully him.
He has always lived under the halo given to him by his father, has no choice, is forced to become Christopher, and can't find his true self, and the only beauty of childhood has been put in the spotlight, which used to be a private and pure experience. became a household story. He became a pawn in business, and those time with his parents became a cash cow. He was angry.
As an adult, Mean seems to have been trying to get rid of everything related to "Winnie the Pooh". He left his parents and opened a bookstore with his wife in another city. In the 15 years since his father died, he has only met his mother once, who later died.
Mean didn't want to keep the original Winnie the Pooh doll, so he sent it to a publisher in New York, who contacted the museum to display it (it is still displayed in the children's section of the New York Public Library).
Mean's father poured all his warmth into the world devastated by the war, and wrote a lot of warm words in the story of Winnie the Pooh, but he couldn't tell his son any warmth.
He recorded every bit of his son's growth in the way he was good at, and wanted to give him a perfect childhood; but he didn't expect to bring unbearable pain to the child.
When Mean joined the army in World War II, many people in the camp mentioned the encouragement brought to them by the story of Winnie the Pooh, and even hummed the song of Winnie the Pooh in the dark night to cheer each other up. At that moment, he finally understood the value of "that bear".
It's a pity that the misunderstanding between Meen and his parents has not been resolved after all. Forgiving the hurt that a dearest person inflicted on oneself, even the cruelest time can't solve it.
I've loved Winnie the Pooh since I was a kid, but I didn't know the story behind it until I saw the movie Goodbye Christopher Robin. After being acquired by Disney, Winnie the Pooh is a cheerful and cute image. Who would have known that his round belly and small head originally carried the father's love for his son and the son's desire for father's love?
May we not be imprisoned by knots in our hearts, and can love what you love, and what you find unlovable, without regrets.
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