Brown takes Paddington to get some tea and cakes. Brown decides to name the bear "Paddington" after the station where they found him. Brown asks the bear what his name is, he replies that he does not have a name, apart from "a Peruvian one which no one can understand." Mrs. Brown asks the bear if he would like to stay with them for a few days. The bear explains to the Browns that he traveled to England in a lifeboat and lived off one jar of marmalade. He had been brought up by his Aunt Lucy but she urged him to emigrate after she went to live in a home for retired bears in Lima. They find out that he has just arrived from Peru as a stowaway. Brown notices a small dirty looking bear who is wearing an odd hat and sitting on an old suitcase. Brown go to Paddington, the London train station, to meet their daughter Judy who is coming home from school. Statue of Paddington Bear at Paddington Station, London. Children are likely to request that their favorite chapters from the novel be re-read to them over and over again. Many of the chapters in A Bear Called Paddington can be enjoyed as stand-alone stories. Nevertheless, things always seem to work out well for Paddington in the end. As a result, Paddington often finds himself in trouble of some kind. As a small bear, he also has some physical difficulty coping in a world which is not designed for him, which makes him appear to be somewhat clumsy. However, he also has a childlike curiosity and is rather naive, life among humans in England is new and fascinating to him and he has some difficulty adjusting. Although he is capable of making those he thinks are being rude or condescending towards him feel uncomfortable simply by giving them a hard stare, Paddington is very friendly, extremely polite and has a strong sense of right and wrong. Gruber and how he makes an enemy in the form of the Browns' neighbor Mr. The novel describes how Paddington Bear from "Darkest Peru" comes to live with the Brown family of 32 Windsor Gardens, London, how he makes a friend in the form of the antiques dealer Mr. It is the first of fourteen novels which Bond wrote about the character of Paddington Bear. It was first published in the United Kingdom on October 13, 1958. Front cover of a first edition of A Bear Called Paddington from 1958.Ī Bear Called Paddington is a humorous children's novel of eight chapters by the British author Michael Bond.
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