▁a ▁river , ▁and ▁then ▁all ▁the ▁green , ▁h illy ▁coun tr ys ide ▁beyond , ▁me adows ▁and ▁woods , ▁waiting ▁to ▁be ▁expl ored ." ▁The ▁place ▁became ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁fiction , ▁with ▁Mil ne ▁stating , ▁" G ill ' s ▁Lap ▁that ▁inspired ▁G alle on ' s ▁Lap , ▁the ▁group ▁of ▁p ine ▁trees ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁road ▁that ▁became ▁the ▁Six ▁P ine ▁Tre es , ▁the ▁bridge ▁over ▁the ▁river ▁at ▁Pos ing ford ▁that ▁became ▁Po oh - st icks ▁Bridge ," ▁and ▁a ▁nearby ▁" anci ent ▁wal nut ▁tree " ▁became ▁Po oh ' s ▁House . ▁His ▁to ys , ▁Po oh , ▁E ey ore , ▁P ig let , ▁plus ▁two ▁invent ed ▁characters , ▁O w l ▁and ▁Rab bit , ▁came ▁to ▁life ▁through ▁Mil ne ▁and ▁his ▁mother , ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁could ▁write ▁stories ▁about ▁them . ▁K anga ▁and ▁T igger ▁were ▁later ▁presents ▁from ▁his ▁parents . ▁ ▁Of ▁this ▁time , ▁Mil ne ▁states , ▁" I ▁loved ▁my ▁N anny , ▁I ▁loved ▁Cot ch ford . ▁I ▁also ▁quite ▁liked ▁being ▁Christopher ▁Robin ▁and ▁being ▁famous ." ▁ ▁When ▁his ▁n anny ▁depart ed ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁age   9 , ▁Mil ne ' s ▁relationship ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁grew . ▁As ▁he ▁put ▁it , ▁" For ▁nearly ▁ten ▁years ▁I ▁had ▁cl ung ▁to ▁N anny . ▁For