Polish hero chosen by children

Matolek the Billy-Goat 

Koziołek Matołek -(Matołek the Billy-Goat) is a fictional character created by Kornel Makuszynski (story) and Marian Walentynowicz. (art) .

Matolek-the Billy Goat is one of the first and most famous Polish comics back in 1933.
It became a cult classic, popular since its creation till today, and becoming an important
part of canon of Polish children's literature.

All Matolek’ stories center around the quest that Matołek, an anthropomorphic goat undertakes: to find Pacanow, a town where it is rumored they are making goatshoes. Matołek's adventures are amusing if sometimes surreal, and the titular hero is nice, naive, clumsy, laughable and not very bright - in many regards similar to another famous children stories character, Winnie the Pooh. His search for Pacanów will take him to various corners of the Earth, from Africa to the Wild West.

A link to a page where children can see a short film with Matolek

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=vkY147p39G4