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Poohsticks
Poohsticks is a sport first mentioned in ''The House at Pooh Corner'', a Winnie-the-Pooh book by A. A. Milne. It is a simple sport which may be played on any bridge over running water; each player drops a stick on the upstream side of a bridge and the one whose stick first appears on the downstream side is the winner. The annual World Poohsticks Championships have been held at Day's Lock on the River Thames in the UK since 1984.〔
==History==
Poohsticks was invented by English author A. A. Milne for his son Christopher Robin Milne.〔 The sport first came to prominence when it was described in the author's book ''The House at Pooh Corner''〔A. A. Milne. (1928) ''The House at Pooh Corner'', London: Methuen. ISBN 0-7497-0116-1.〕 as well as in the Disney animated featurette ''Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore''. Winnie-the-Pooh, the protagonist of the book, accidentally drops a pine cone into a river from a bridge and, after observing how it appeared on the other side of the bridge, devises the rules for Poohsticks. Pooh continues to play the sport with the other characters, Christopher Robin, Tigger and Eeyore.〔
The sport was first developed at a bridge located in Ashdown Forest, close to the village of Upper Hartfield, East Sussex, England. Built in 1907 and originally called Posingford Bridge, it is considered to be the bridge on which Milne and his son first played the game.〔 However, it is uncertain whether the sport was first played at the bridge then written into the story, or vice versa.〔 The bridge maintained the public's interest and a campaign to rebuild it in the late seventies was considered important enough to feature on the BBC ''Nine O'Clock News''. The bridge was subsequently reopened by Christopher Robin Milne and officially renamed as ''Poohsticks Bridge''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=PoohCorner )〕
The site was so popular that in 1999 the East Sussex county council made an appeal to Disney as the old wooden bridge had been worn down by an overwhelming number of visitors. The company provided a substantial donation towards the estimated £30,000 needed to replace the bridge. Partly rebuilt in 1979, the donations from Disney, building firms and members of the public funded its complete reconstruction. The newly built and modernised bridge retained its precursor's original style. A plaque was also placed to commemorate the occasion and thank those who financially contributed to the project.〔 The sport can still be played in Ashdown Forest to this day and the site regularly attracts tourists from as far afield as the United States and Japan.〔 However, visitors are now advised to bring their own sticks, as previous visitors have caused damage to the trees in the vicinity.〔
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