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Please, Look After This Bear
By Michael Bond
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FORTUNE
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DIRECT
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WEAR
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POLITE
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CROWD
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PUT
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USUAL
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MR. AND MRS. Brown first met Paddington on a railway platform. In fact, that was how he came to have such an 11 name for a bear, for Paddington was the name of the station.
The Browns were there to meet their daughter Judy, who was coming home from school for the holidays. It was a warm summer day and the station
12 with people on their way to the seaside.
“A bear? On Paddington station?” Mrs. Brown looked at her husband in amazement. “Don’t be silly, Henry. There can’t be!”
Mr. Brown adjusted his glasses. “But there is,” he insisted. “I distinctly saw it. Over there – near the bicycle rack.” “There you are,” he announced triumphantly, pointing towards a dark corner, “I told you so!”
Mrs. Brown followed the 13 of his arm and dimly made out a small, furry object in the shadows. It seemed to be sitting on some kind of suitcase and around its neck there was a label with some writing on it.
Mrs. Brown clutched at her husband. “Why, Henry,” she exclaimed. “I believe you were right after all. It is a bear!”
She peered at it more closely. It seemed a very strange kind of bear. It was brown in colour, a rather dirty brown, and it 14 a most odd looking hat, with a wide brim, just as Mr. Brown had said. From beneath the brim two large, round eyes stared back at her.
Seeing that something was expected of it the bear stood up and 15 raised its hat, revealing two black ears. “Good afternoon,” it said, in a small, clear voice.
A Bear called Paddington by Michael Bond ©P&Co.Ltd.2012
