The Adventures of Paddington Bear 109

left peru and sailed to england alone

there he met the browns and they took

him home

now a new life has begun he's windsor

garden's favorite 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

brilliant shot

what are your comments arnold parker

well all the years i've been a golf pro

i've hardly ever seen a better display

of technique and finish

i had broken something and i didn't even

hit the ball whatever was that horrible

noise

it's that mr curry he's practicing his

golf game for this weekend's open

tournament

and he's broken his own window

seeing how i was trying to learn about

golf i thought it might be good to watch

someone play in the flesh

this knot hole usually gave a very good

view of mr curry's garden

but something was blocking it

did you do that on purpose oh no mr

curry i was only trying to unblock the

hole if i'd known you were there i would

have done it much more gently

i was looking for my golf ball it went

into your garden

it couldn't have gone too far mr curry

found it but

i think you'll be in trouble with mr

brown he's very fond of his tomato

plants

if people don't take the trouble to

build their fences high enough they must

expect these things

bear i need a caddy for the golf

competition tomorrow if you're

interested i might not report you for

nearly poking my eye out a caddy

oh

wonderful the first thing to do is fill

my golf bag with my cubs in the proper

order

the driver the three woods six irons

sand wedge pitching wedge for the short

game and of course the putter

that's settled then i'll see you on the

links at two o'clock shop thank you mr

curry i don't think i've ever been on a

lynx before

links

caddy

of all the silly types of games that

people like to play there's really

nothing quite as hard as what we'll do

today

to golf you need a set of clubs in a bag

strapped on your back a different club

for every stroke just to give the ball a

whack a par birdie hole in one boogie

eagle or four you need a dictionary just

to keep the score i guess golf is a

simple game you only have one goal to

hit the ball with your strokes and put

it in the hole let's put it in the hole

they have a giant sandbox where groom

men have a fit

how about this little white ball that

they can't seem to hit a cat he carries

all the clubs and never gets to play i'd

rather sit here on the green and eat

some marmalade i guess golf is a simple

game if you only have one goal

to hit the ball with your strokes and

put it in the hole and put it in the

hole let's put it in the hole

mr curry told me i've got to keep sight

of his ball after he hits it so i

decided a marmalade chunk would make it

impossible to mix his ball up with

anyone else's

oops

my driver i'll i'll

perhaps we could tie the two ends

together tie them together i shall make

you pay for that bear that was my best

club

if anyone is owed an apology it's this

young bear and if this is your best club

i must say i wouldn't care to see your

worst it's all rusty yeah my name's

parker arnold parker i'm acting isn't

official here this afternoon

thank you very much mr parker my name's

brown paddington brown arnold parker

the golf pro

i was only joking

this is just my practice set of clubs

bear do you happen to have my tea handy

i'll be right back mr curry

your team is the curry the clubhouse

said you could pay for it after the

tournament pay for it

i didn't mean that sort of tea i meant

the kind you placed the ball on no

nevermind

now stand clear

oh dear i think you've trodden on the

sandwich mr brown was kind enough to

bring you

why you bear

i'll show i want to get my hands on you

it's all your fault

leaving marmalade sandwiches lying

around like that nonsense if you hadn't

thrown it down in the first place it

never would have happened perhaps i

could take your place in the competition

mr curry there's no reason why not i

don't say anything in the rules about

bears being bad mind you make a good job

of it bear

you'll have to reimburse my entrance fee

this is a new competitor the crowd is

breathless with anticipation

address the ball properly mr brown

address the ball

but i don't even have any stamps

yes well try again

and bring your stance closer to it

five

is paddington yeah

it's

hmm

a marmalade chunk

no you can't trust anyone today

famed golf pro arnold parker

well i've never seen anything like it

getting through an 18-hole golf course

in one swing it must be a world record

ladies and gentlemen i present to you

the winner of this year's open

tournament muddington blown

and i present to you mr brown the grand

prize

the brand new set of golf clubs thank

you very much mr parker i'm going to

give these golf clubs to my neighbor mr

curry after all i did break his best

club

incredible i can't believe my luck

and i do so hope he's all right

i'm glad we're up here or not down there

mr gruber i would have to agree mr brown

those are wildebeest the thunder of the

planes and they'll make the perfect

picture for your book the world and its

wonders mr gruber if only they would

stay still for a moment patience mr

brown

things move at a different pace here in

africa

everything comes to those who wait

waiting is the hardest part the

diversity of species is hard to believe

from anteaters to zebras but despite the

efforts of nature lovers like ourselves

animals continue to disappear each day

poachers are the big

problem poachers

like for eggs

even egg poachers nothing is safe

the villains are always on the lookout

to take what they can

ranger tombe is right mr brown it has

become a very serious matter

i could tell that it was

so that night i decided to do something

about it

i would protect our eggs from the

poachers

even if mr gruber prefers his scramble

but then i remembered that ranger

odumbai said the villains are always on

the lookout to take what they can so i

intended to take extra special care

if those egg poachers try anything

they'll have ranger paddington to deal

with

oh

who goes there

there was someone out there

luckily back home in the jungles of

darkest peru my aunt lucy had taught me

how to move through the forest quietly

and unseen ah what a steal

this ostrich egg is worth a fortune egg

poachers

i had to tell ranger a dumbay

oh

ah good morning mr brown did you sleep

well

mr brown

mr brown is gone but to where

who knows but we must find him before he

goes too far

i also got my keen sense of direction

from aunt lucy and i was certain our

camp was through here

on second thoughts

oh dear

i hope that ostrich doesn't think i took

her egg

one good peck from her and i'd have a

headache for days

on the other hand if i'd laid an egg

that size and it was stolen i'd be upset

too

if everybody went around stealing

ostrich eggs there soon wouldn't be any

left and that would be the end of

ostriches

tire marks poachers are in the area

oh i hope they haven't found mr brown

can you tell which way they

went get us down

it was mr gruber and ranger adam bay

they were in some kind of danger

it was up to ranger paddington to save

them

well now this is quite a catch you're

both under arrest

you won't get away with this

mr gruber is very close

and so are you

not many people know crocodiles like

marmalade

that's something else aunt lucy taught

me

this all looks very serious

poaching is a crime you will be punished

you should be ashamed

this ostrich will fetch us a fortune and

there's no one about to stop us

just as i suspected

release mr gruber and ranger odumbe you

egg poachers run mr brown get help

do you see what i see he'll be worth a

fortune to the right customer grab him

that's nuts

well done mr brown

but look out you'll pay for that bear

oh

only when you're locked up safe and

sound i'm so glad i found you mr grouper

i had quite a time what with all the egg

poaching going on

egg poaching yes i was guarding our

breakfast eggs when i saw these men with

this poor ostrich's egg

egg poachers oh mr brown you never cease

to amaze me bears certainly do have a

way of landing on their paws don't they

that's what mrs bird always says mr

gruber

mr gruber i think i've managed to find

the perfect photograph to take for your

book the world and its wonders

this is all very

egg

sighting

after that day's experience we decided

that for breakfast we would only have

fruit and toast during the rest of our

stay in africa

and i think that was a very good

decision indeed

dear aunt lucy how i miss the simple

christmases in darkest peru here in

england christmas is like a jigsaw

puzzle every time you get someone a

present you fill in a piece

when you have all your presents you

finished the puzzle

it's getting the presents that's the

hard part

this year i've decided to take the

advice of my favorite television show

and make all of mine

the program's called make it yourself

in the last show they told us to find

some wood set out some tools and mix up

some paste in the kitchen but they

didn't say anything about the mess

welcome to the best in do-it-yourself

programming it's the make-it-yourself

show

with your hosts john and jeremy

okay everyone at home have you got

everything ready got your paste

yes

got your wood and your tools and your

paper patterns all neatly organized

yes

so are we ready to begin

remember safety first so safety glasses

everyone

by the end of the show i had almost

filled in the whole of my christmas

puzzle we hope you had as much fun as we

did now let's see what we've made shall

we two trinket boxes for mrs brown and

judy

rack for jonathan

a useful spoon for stirring mrs bird

will like that

and a toothbrush holder

for mr brown

now be sure to clean up otherwise you'll

be in trouble and until next time make

it yourself

i had done it but i still needed to make

a gift for jan and jeremy the make it

yourself team the only question was

what

then i noticed that if i wanted to i

could put the piece back into mr brown's

toothbrush holder and make a small towel

rack

and that's when an even better idea

struck me

i would make them a puzzle

but what to make it from

a glance outside gave me my answer

for mr curry appeared to be throwing out

the very thing i needed

yes what is it i'm a busy man today

mr curry i wonder since you seem to be

finished with that i'm not finished i'm

only just beginning i have lots more to

do before i'm finished yes but i wonder

if i might

that is christmas is coming and whatever

it is fine i wish you luck now leave me

to my work

thank you very much

i couldn't believe my good fortune the

painting was even stuck to a sheet of

plywood it would make the perfect puzzle

ah

now for the finishing touch

a present for you

there i've made all my gifts

thieves

dragons bandits

bear did you notice any suspicious

characters while you were prowling

around my house

a present for you

a present for me

you got me a present bear

actually it's a christmas present a

christmas present i must say bear i'm

very touched let's open it now shall we

you don't understand it's meant for a

jigsaw and home made of that fancy you

get all that trouble for me actually i

didn't really go to any trouble for you

you've made me feel much better there

i'm upset you see because of what

happened while i was cleaning my hall

this afternoon

cleaning i'd stood all the things

outside while i was working and guess

what happened

you mean you weren't throwing things out

someone stole a priceless painting hard

to believe isn't it oh i believe you mr

carrie perhaps you should finish the

jigsaw later nonsense it's starting to

take shape

that's what i was afraid of

bear i can't see to do my jigsaw oh

that's good i i mean my painting

this is my painting bear

what's the meaning of this where are you

come back here

get away from there they're eye things

leave them alone

thankfully aunt lucy it appeared mr

curry didn't like jan and jeremy's

present after all

i felt badly about his painting and

wanted to make it up to him but that

meant i had to get busy

thank you mrs bird i'll see myself in

he destroyed a perfectly good painting a

perfectly good painting it's an outrage

absolute outrage he left me this note oh

until i get my hands on him uh may i

help you mr curry that bear that bear

um dear mr curry if you watch make it

yourself this afternoon you may see

something to your advantage what on

earth is that supposed to mean

i expect it means advantage paddington

doesn't spell very well

it's the make-it-yourself show working

here on make it yourself is full of

surprises today for example we became

the proud owners of a bear's restoration

now who could have predicted that

what's that that's my painting what

you're doing on your television never

mind your painting what's paddington

doing this used to be a worthless copy

of a painting called the laughing

cavalier

worthless it's been in my family for

years until it was improved by

paddington brown now it's a picture and

a jigsaw talk about a clever gift idea

paddington asked us to send the prince

original owner a brand new copy of his

painting we've put it in a new frame

that's worth more on its own than the

old frame and picture put together

well will a new frame too you say things

are looking up and perhaps when mr

curry's new painting arrives i could

turn that into a jigsaw as well

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curious and speaks his mind