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As a self-confessed bear of very little brain, Winnie-the-Pooh has done very well in life.

As a self-confessed bear of very little brain, Winniethe-Pooh has done very well in life.

The self-described 'bear of very little brain' has been used in the past on social media to poke fun at portly Xi, a joke that has drawn crackdowns from Beijing's censors.

Since last year, references to the character have been banned on the Chinese social media site Weibo, after a spate of posts comparing the "bear of very little brain" to the country's president Xi Jinping.

Milne's "bear of very little brain" and his woodland friends.

HE MAY have been a bear of very little brain but Winnie The Pooh is a global superstar.

HE MAY have been a bear of very little brain, but Winnie the Pooh is a global superstar.

Winnie-the-Pooh may be a bear of very little brain, but thanks to his friends Piglet, Eeyore and, of course, Christopher Robin, he's never far from an adventure.

Some people also like to commemorate the day by creating Winnie the Pooh artwork or simply watching their favorite Disney specials featuring the "Bear of Very Little Brain," as Pooh is sometimes known.

But the self-confessed "Bear of Very Little Brain" lives on as one of the most popular creations in children's literature -- and now he has been recruited to help Britain's honey bees who are in deep trouble.

AA Milne's classic, published in 1926, was the first volume of stories about the likes of Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and the "bear of very little brain".

Winnie the Pooh, the bear of very little brain, has been KIDNAPPED.