winnie the pooh is a variation of statues where the person playing "pooh" (the curator) usually leans against a wall and has to shout "1, 2, 3, winnie the pooh, stop!" (so it is long enough for the players to reach some distance and because of the rhyme it provides in bulgarian, where this version comes from) before turning to face the players. whenever a player tags pooh they have to run so it doesn't catch them. if they manage to go back to the wall where pooh was leaning before it catches them, they become pooh and the game starts over. in this variation the role of pooh is more desirable.