2009年7月8日水曜日

Book Review +a:A Bear Called paddington


I have a paper back book, and I will introduce this book, A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON. This book was written by MICHAEL BOND. It was first published in1958 and followed by ten more books.
This book is organized with PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR, A BEAR IN HOT WATER, PADDINGTON GOES UNDER GROUND, A SHOPPING EXPEDITION, PADDINGTON AND THE “OLD MASTER”, A VISIT TO THE THEATRE, ADVENTURE AT THE SEASIDE, and A DISAPPEARING TRICK.

I would like to explain two of those stories.

PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR:
Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddington on a railway platform. In fact, that was how he came to have such an usual name for a bear, for Paddington was the name of the station.

It seemed to be sitting on some kind of suitcase an around its neck there was a label with some writing on it. The suitcase was old and battered and on the side, in large letters, were the words WANTED ON VOYAGE. And it seemed a very unusual kind of bear. It was brown, and it was wearing a most odd-looking hat, with a wide brim. When Mrs. Brown peered at it, it the Bear stood up and politely raised its hat, revealing two black ears. “Good afternoon,” it said, in a small, clean voice.

He used to live with his Aunt Lucy in Darkest Peru, but she had to go into a home for retired bear. So he came all the way from South America to England by himself. To tell the truth, he was a stowaway.

Then, Mrs. Brown caught a glimpse of the writing on the label. It said, simply, PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR. THANK YOU.

After consulting, Mr. Brown asked the Bear if he would like to come and stay with them. He jumped and his hat nearly fell off with excitement, and answered “Oooh, yes, please. I should like that very much. I have nowhere to go.” While Mrs. Brown went to meet her daughter Judy, Mr. Brown and Paddington went to the buffet and Paddington had a cup of tea and a large cream-and- jam cakes. But, he caused trouble; he ate the cake with his paws and he became sticky with it. And in the taxi, which they took to their home, the taxi driver got angry with the sticky bear.

PADDINGTON GOES UNDER GROUND:
Paddington travels on the underground with Mrs. Brown and Judy. At the station, but finds himself in a spot of bother with one of the inspectors.

And when he tried to run up the escalator, he felt himself falling. He went bump, bump, bump all the way down before he shot off the end and finally skidded to a stop by the wall. Then he found a button of the escalator and it said, in big red letters: TO STOP THE ESCALATOR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY PUSF THE BUTTON. It also said in much smaller letters, ‘Penalty for Improper Use - £50’. But in his hurry Paddington did not notice this, and he was scolded by the passengers.

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