My brother wrote a story about a Winne-the-Pooh talking toy who lived at my grandmother’s house when we were very small boys. When you pulled the string, he would say things like, “hmm, I’m hungry”, “I’m just a bear and bears love honey”, and, the inspirations for this character, “I’m Pooh and I love you”.
This is our first (only) writing/illustration collaboration, although we’d like to do some more. You can read an excerpt here or at Goodreads.