In November of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi. His hunt was going【B1】that day, and he couldn't seem to find anything worth of【B2】his rifle. Then, his staff captured a black baby bear for the President to shoot, but he could not. The thought of shooting a bear that was tied to a tree did not seem sporting, so he【B3】the life of the baby bear and set it free. Based on this story, a famous political cartoonist for the Washington Star drew a cartoon, which showed Teddy Roosevelt, rifle【B4】, with his back turned on a cute(可爱的) baby bear. Morris Michtom, owner of a Brooklyn toy store, was【B5】by the cartoon to make a stuffed baby bear. Intending it only as a display, he placed the stuffed bear in his toy store【B6】, and next to it placed a copy of the cartoon from the newspaper. To Michtom's surprise, his store was flooded by customers【B7】to buy. He asked for and received President Roosevelt's【B8】to use his name for the hand-sewn bears that he and his wife made, and the 'Teddy Bear' was born! Michtom was soon manufacturing Teddy bear【B9】the thousands. The money from the sale enabled him, in 1903, to【B10】the Ideal Toy Company. 【B1】