The suitcase was old and battered, and on the side, in large letters, were the words WANTED ON VOYAGE. It seemed to be sitting on some kind of suitcase, and around its neck there was a label with some writing on it. Brown followed the direction of his arm and dimly made out a small, furry object in the shadows. There you are, he announced triumphantly, pointing towards a dark corner, I told you so! Without waiting for a reply, he caught hold of his wife’s arm and pushed her through the crowd, round a trolley laden with chocolate and cups of tea, past a bookstall, and through a gap in a pile of suitcases towards the Lost Property Office. Brown looked at her husband in amazement. Brown, who saw him first, had to tell his wife several times before she understood. Trains were humming, loudspeakers blaring, porters rushing about shouting at one another, and altogether there was so much noise that Mr. It was a warm summer day, and the station was crowded with people on their way to the seaside. The Browns were there to meet their daughter, Judy, who was coming home from school for the holidays. In fact, that was how he came to have such an unusual name for a bear, for Paddington was the name of the station. Brown first met Paddington on a railway platform.
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