Here is the story of how the teddy bear was born.
Nearly 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt went on a bear hunt. He e______ hunting in the woods. Because he was the President of the USA, the people who organized the hunt wanted to make it s____.
But after three days of walking and climbing and riding, n______ bears were found! The next day the hunt guide and his hunting dogs f_____ found an old bear. The dogs and the guide followed the bear for quite a distance until the bear was too tired to run. The dogs attacked and hurt the old bear. To stop it from running away, the guide t_______ the bear to a tree and called for the President. Here was a bear for him to shoot! President Roosevelt came, looked at the poor old bear and said “No”. He ordered that the bear should be let go.
Mr Berryman, a cartoonist, heard of this story. He drew a cartoon showing how the President refused to shoot the bear while h______. Mr Michtom, the owner of a toy store, came up with an idea by the cartoon. He and his wife made a toy bear and put it in his toy store window. Next to it w_____ a copy of the cartoon. To his surprise, many people showed great i___ in the toy and hoped to own one. He asked for and received President Roosevelt’s permission to u______ his name for the bear, and the teddy bear was born.
Since then the toy bear has been famous around the world and e _   popular with children.