Honey
Honey is money. Or fame. Or anything else that anyone desperately wants more than anything. It is the central product around which Pooh’s entire life revolves and the pursuit of it can lead either to friendship or disaster. Fortunately, the friendship based on the pursuit of honey comes to the rescue of whatever disaster the pursuit may cause.
The Woozle
The Woozle is a mystery that is contained within ourselves that we cannot even see. We spend our lives following the tracks left behind by our greatest fears and those fears usually wind up residing within ourselves. Such is the state of the pursuit of the Woozle.
Heffalump
The Heffalump is the most palpable symbol of the power of the imagination. This elephant-like creature appears in the chapter titled “In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump” when, in fact, the trap set by Piglet and Pooh fails to result in the creature’s capture. Nevertheless, the title is appropriate for they have met Heffalumps in their imagination that is as real a place as the Hundred Acre Wood.
Eeyore's Tail
Eeyore is constantly losing his tail, which must be reattached. That he can go around wearing a tail that is pinned on references the popular party game, of course, but also works beautifully as a symbol of the ability to often lose a part of ourselves temporarily and then find a way to get it back. The tail is fantastic symbol of the fluidity of character.
Christopher Robin
As the only human being in the Hundred Acre Wood, Christopher Robin exists primarily for symbolic value. He does occasionally get involved in the goings-on of the animals, but it is clear he is detached from them. Keep in mind that these characters are not actually animals, but stuffed representations of them, so in a sense they are all pure symbol, but Christopher Robin is the purest of them all because he is the only one who can grow up, mature and leave the Hundred Acre Wood.
