The one brought to Taft's table weighed 18 pounds. So after dinner, the orchestra started to play, and the guests burst into song, and all of a sudden, Taft was surprised with the presentation of a gift from a group of local supporters, and this was a stuffed opossum toy, all beady-eyed and bald-eared, and it was a new product they were putting forward to be the William Taft presidency's answer to Teddy Roosevelt's teddy bear.
El que sirvieron en la mesa de Taft pesaba 8 kg. Después de la cena, la orquesta empezó a tocar y los invitados empezaron a cantar, y, de repente, sorprendieron a Taft con la presentación de un regalo de un grupo de simpatizantes locales; era una zarigüeya de peluche, de ojos pequeños y orejas calvas, era un nuevo juguete que estaban sacando, era la respuesta de la presidencia de William Taft al oso de peluche de Teddy Roosevelt.