In early drafts, Milne and Shepard introduced Eegore Hunny-Badger to the lovable cast-of-characters that lived and frolicked in the the Hundred Acre Woods. Regretfully, they were soon to realize their creative blunder – that a Pooh Bear, a Hunny Badger, and a hunny pot were a bad-mix, and, pretty much, an "accident" waiting to happen. Sure enough, it wasn't long 'til the Badger, in a battle for sole possession of the hunny pot, "accidentally," and quite literally, tore the stuffing out of the Pooh Bear! Fearing lawsuits from PC loving/cartoon-violence hating parents and lawyers, the creators hastily returned to the drawing board, and the way-too-cranky Eegore Hunny-Badger was declawed, defanged, given a complete makeover, and reintroduced as the still way-too-cranky, but definitely far-more PC and docile Eeyore the Donkey... at least they let him keep nifty clip-on bow tail!
The tubby little cubby was re-stuffed with fluff, and after a few thousand stitches was good as new.
©2011 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory
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