The Adventures of Paddington Bear 106

left peru and sailed to england alone

there he met the browns and they took

him home

now a new life has begun he

is son

cause he always does his best to help

everyone

when a problem appears he never misses a

beat

and always finds a way to land on his

feet

has his very own unique point of view

looks at everything as if it's brand new

he is friendly and polite and he tries

to do things right

but he gets in sticky messes just the

same

he's curious and speaks his mind but

trouble's never far behind it's

paddington

there's been another burglary in the

neighborhood it's getting so you can't

trust anybody these days

i agree mrs brown it's just terrible

go ahead

but just one or you'll spoil your dinner

i expect if i were a detective i could

catch that burglar in no time

oh so it's detective you're playing at

is it then maybe you can solve the

mystery of who put this marmalade stain

on the new tablecloth

hmm

that's easy i did you see my first case

and it's already solved you won't

believe what's happened someone's stolen

my prized pumpkin

never mind henry dear you've got several

others just as good i do mind and the

others will never be as good not in time

for the vegetable show next week perhaps

it was one of your competitors

that's it

of course

you know i have a good mind to offer

some kind of reward a reward

i set out to solve the case of the

missing pumpkin

my first step was to visit mr gruber at

his antique shop

mr gruber gave me a magnifying glass and

an ink pad for taking fingerprints

how are you getting on mr brown

i'm afraid bears are good at making paw

prints

well here are some other things you

might find useful a police whistle

a notebook for writing down clues

and some invisible ink

with all this equipment i'm sure i'll be

able to solve this case

um

there's only one thing missing

every good detective needs a disguise

now let's see what we have

no

i don't think so

definitely not

now that's better

perfect

i decided to try out my disguise right

away and find some clues

i was looking for a vegetable thief so i

thought the green grocers might be a

good place to start

excuse me but have you noticed any

missing pumpkins lately

the green grocer wasn't very helpful but

then i remembered something mr gruber

said

the criminal always returns to the scene

of the crime

i had a perfect view of the back garden

from my bedroom window

so that night i lay and wait

i had all the necessary surveillance

equipment and i was determined to stay

up all night if i had to

that's when i noticed something strange

when i flashed a light at the neighbor's

house

someone flashed back

but the neighbors were away on holiday

it seemed very suspicious so i decided

to investigate

i knew where to find the key because mrs

bird was taking care of the plants while

the neighbors were away

hello

i was still looking for the missing

pumpkin so i went to check the

refrigerator

i found cucumbers and tomatoes

but no pumpkin

henry

henry wake up i think i just heard a

police whistle

i caught him

i caught the burglar

he's inside i've got him trapped now now

slow down who's trapped the burglar i

put a chair under the doorknob so he

can't get out

hey

let me out of here there is someone in

there careful he's probably dangerous

you just let us worry about that

what's going on

right

someone's got some explaining to do

let me see if i've got this right you

were looking for a missing pumpkin and

you saw lights coming from an empty

house so you put on a disguise and

packed up your

what was it marmalade sandwiches

right

it's all here in my notebook

these pages are all blank

well of course it's invisible ink

that's it we're taking you in

well can i at least get my marmalade

sandwiches they're in the kitchen

the super is never gonna believe this

one

what a story trust paddington to catch a

burglar with marmalade sandwiches

well i'm just glad it's over

but what about my pumpkin

oh i solved that case as well you did

of course it was you mrs brown you took

the pumpkin

what

oh it's true henry i'm sorry i took the

pumpkin by mistake i didn't know you

were going to enter it into the

vegetable show

hmm

but how did you figure it out paddington

simple

last night you made pumpkin pie

so you see aunt lucy i solved the case

after all although mrs bird confiscated

my fingerprint pad but not before i made

one last paw print

mr gruber says ireland is a magical

place rich in legend myths and

some very strange

customs that's the famous bloney stone

mr brown if you kiss it you will

magically receive the gift of eloquence

thousands of people have been there

before you thousands

i don't think i fancy kissing it anymore

it's a good thing i've got something to

take the taste away mr gruber told me

that eloquence means you talk a lot

i wonder what mrs bird would think about

all this she often says that bears

should be seen and not heard

do you feel any different mr brown i was

feeling dizzy

but i didn't want to disappoint mr

gruber in front of his friend why don't

you say something really beautiful and

poetic

there is no charge for kissing the

blaney stone remove all those valuables

before doing so

they don't say there's poetry and

everything if you look hard you know

would you like to kiss the blinny stone

siobhan oh grandfather i'm too old for

that silliness

i didn't think kissing the blarney stone

was silly

just dangerous

ah mr gruber

before siobhan's last birthday she loved

my old tales in the irish legends

i fear she may have forgotten about the

part of her heart that wants to believe

in such things as the blahni stone or

leprechauns or santa claus not believe

in santa claus mrs bird takes me to see

him every christmas i wish there was

some way to make siobhan remember

oh

well let's go home for supper and i'll

tell you a wonderful story about a

leprechaun great

now while i love stories about

leprechauns it was clear siobhan didn't

and that's when the young girl saw the

leprechaun oh she knew he'd show her

where his treasure was hidden but she

had to keep staring at him or he'd

disappear into thin air i'm sure your

hard stare would work very well on

leprechauns mr brown if they existed

grandfather's stories are okay

but i know leprechauns and fairies don't

exist

how do you know that because i've never

seen one

and you know what they say

seeing is believing

goodnight paddington seeing is believing

oh it's you mr brown what are you doing

seeing is believing mr gruber

it certainly is siobhan said she doesn't

think leprechauns are real because she's

never seen one

but if she did see one she might believe

in them again and in all the old stories

she used to love

mr brown you are a genius

but i'm a bear there are times when that

is one and the same thing come we have

work to do

you take the library mr brown and see if

you can find out what a leprechaun looks

like bears are good at finding out

things

meanwhile i will try to gather together

some treasure

aha

the leprechaun of ireland

legend has it that if you catch a

leprechaun he will lead you to a

treasure but take your eyes off him and

he will vanish into thin air

at least you couldn't mistake him in a

crowd

when you want to find out something it's

nothing like a good book the trick is

finding the right one

i wish aunt lucy could see me now

you make a wonderful leprechaun mr brown

and this bucket of marbles looks like

real gold but whatever else you do you

mustn't speak

because that will give the game away

now get some sleep tomorrow we try to

remind siobhan about how much fun magic

magical stories can be

good night mr plum

i was looking forward to the morning i'd

never been a leprechaun before

i wonder where mr brown is it's not like

him to oversleep please can you go and

see if he's awake siobhan okay

oh i i overslept hope i'm not too late

to be a leprechaun

paddington

hey

what's been going on

i see you paddington

hey nice trick i didn't know bears are

so fast but i bet i can still catch you

you're not a leprechaun you know

it was really mr brown's idea

he just needed a little assistance here

and there

that's a very convincing costume if i

didn't know better i think he was a real

leprechaun

ha there you are

back so soon mr brown but i've only just

begun mr gruber

it's nice to see you are taking your

role seriously you were very convincing

before

i didn't know what mr gruber was talking

about

where did he go where did you go siobhan

paddington he was in the library just

now playing tricks pretending to be a

leprechaun in the library

here's our leprechaun

and his treasure

yes but i wasn't in the library nor the

kitchen before now i've only just woken

up

being a leprechaun makes you hungry

especially if you haven't had breakfast

but if that wasn't you in the library

or in here

then who

a real leprechaun

look where did he go out the window

but i'm sure i left it closed

he's gone

do you think it was a real leprechaun mr

gruber

i'm not sure mr brown but this will

certainly make a great chapter in my

book the world and its wonders

to think

thanks to paddington i've seen a real

leprechaun

and seeing is believing

good morning paddington

good morning judy what are you doing ah

do you remember the radio contest i

entered judy well the winner is supposed

to be notified by this morning's post

huh

there there paddington there'll be other

contests you can what's this

a letter addressed to paddington brown

dear mr brown for correctly answering

lima as the capital of peru you have won

tickets to the new play no daughter of

mine starring cecilia bloom

a play

cecelia bloom

i haven't seen him on stage since i was

a school girl

oh he was so handsome

was he's right he's a great old bear of

a man now

old bear

i suppose he does look a bit like my

uncle in darkest peru

not enough cheese

how am i to remember me lines when fed

such meager fell

yes well maybe we should go over some of

those lines ceceli now your first line

is

my daughter has yet to return

oh

how i hate opening nights

i'd seen pictures of theaters before but

i'd never been inside one i couldn't

wait to see the stage

although it looked as if i might have to

this is much better it's lucky bears

have good eyesight you can use those

opera glasses they're only 20p

20p for a pair of opera glasses is very

good value

they'll be handy for watching television

at home you don't get to keep them

you put them back when you leave what

but 20p my marmalade

oh sandwich my sandwich daughter

my daughter has yet to return

her mother will be heartbroken marmalade

a marmalade will be heartbroken

mother will be heartbroken

don't worry i have another one

oh father

please let me stay

please

let me stay

no

no

fancy cersei turning his own daughter

out into the cold he's ignoring my hard

stairs perhaps it's because i'm using

these opera glasses

don't you worry judy mr brown would

never treat you like that

there was only one thing to do

i had to tell the man that it wasn't his

daughter's fault she just made a mistake

and i'm a bear who knows about making

mistakes

oh

father

worry miss bloom wait until i speak with

your father my father

oh

you mean cecilia he'll be off at the end

of the act oh why am i forced to do this

thing

there must be a way to change these

circumstances

but she my only daughter has disgraced

and besmirched the family name

i'll just wait for cecilia to come off

stage and then tell what

my line my

um

i have cast my daughter from my home may

accursed soul forever rome

why is paddington on cecilia's best my

daughter from my home

me her cursed soul

a ghost

where

there is nothing about a ghost in here

the ghost

i'm not a ghost i am paddington brown

and you are a hard-hearted father who

won't even listen to his own daughter

you should come and stay at mr mrs

brown's they took me in and i came all

the way from darkest peru

what is so funny

don't you see darling

paddington believes you really are

throwing me out into the world without a

penny

it shows what a great actor you are

yes of course

quite an understandable mistake

especially for such an intelligent and

cultured looking bear you see darling we

were only acting but i shall always

remember the brave bear who came to my

rescue

cecilia

how about if

um i'm so sorry cecilia you see

paddington tends to get a bit carried

away

we'll just leave and let you get on with

your play nonsense we have decided we

need a ghost for the second act and this

young bar is a born actor

never been so scared my life

don't thank me

thank the ghost

the ghost

ladies and gentlemen

i'd like to introduce you to someone who

has reminded me of the power of the

theater

and frightened me into remembering all

my lines

paddington brown

oh i love opening nights

and so do i aunt lucy

cecilia even gave me this autograph

picture which i am sending to you

to paddington from an old bear to a

great one

oh

two oh

two

two

curious and speaks says