[train whistles]
[male voice] ♪ Paddington ♪
[all] ♪ Paddington ♪
[male voice] ♪ Paddington Bear ♪
♪ Paddington ♪
[children] ♪ Paddington ♪
[male voice] ♪ Paddington Bear ♪
♪ He came from Peru ♪
♪ To be with me and you ♪
[all] ♪ He's a very rare sort of bear ♪
♪ P-A-D-D-I-N-G-T-O-N Paddington Bear ♪
♪ P-A-D-D-I-N-G-T-O-N ♪
♪ Paddington Bear ♪
Dear Aunt Lucy,
you once told me that I might miss home from time to time.
Well, today I discovered I'm not the only one.
It all started when we spotted something unusual in the park.
[quacking]
[Jonathan] Wow!
[Paddington] I've heard of flying fish, but I didn't expect to see one here!
It's a kite, Paddington.
Oh, I see!
You know looking through your paws
isn't the same as using real binoculars?
Oh, yes, but I left my binoculars at home today,
because I didn't know we'd be doing any spying.
[gasps] Miss Potts!
Oh, no! My kite!
[suspenseful music]
Don't worry, Miss Potts. I'll catch it!
By the way, we weren't spying on you.
-Huh? -Uh…
[gasps]
[Hungarian accent] Whoa! Paddington! What's up?
Miss Potts' kite!
Got it!
Oh!
Whoa!
-[quacking] -Excuse me! Coming through!
Huh?
[whimsical music]
Oh, no!
[splash]
-[Jonathan] Paddington! -You OK?
That was very uplifting.
[laughter]
So, do you like kite-flying, Miss Potts?
What? No, no, no.
Well, only today. It's my way of marking the New Year.
New Year? I remember staying up very late with the Browns
to say "Happy New Year",
but that can't have been a whole year ago.
Ah, that's because in China, where I grew up,
the New Year is celebrated later.
Oh, I see. But nobody was flying goldfish kites either.
Well, no, they wouldn't.
But, in China, goldfish are said to being good luck
and are often flown as kites at New Year.
When I was little, my whole family would get together
and the celebrations would go on for days.
Oh, it was wonderful!
I don't think I've ever seen you smile like that before.
Well, there's no sense dwelling on it, I suppose.
The Chinese New Year celebrations back home end tonight anyway.
[sighs] There's always next year.
[Paddington] Miss Potts was putting on a brave face, Aunt Lucy,
but I could tell she was a little sad about missing
the big Chinese New Year celebrations.
And that gave me an idea.
[Mr. Gruber] Chinese New Year, eh? Yes.
I believe I do have a book on it here.
It was a large green one, as I recall.
[soft music]
Where is it?
Whoa!
Huh?
[gasps] The green book!
Mr. Gruber! I… Whoa!
[gasps]
[Paddington] Got it!
Maybe we could decorate Miss Potts' front room for her. Like that!
Or we could make her some yummy Chinese dumplings!
Those both sound like terrific ideas.
Or we could make a giant dragon.
[Chinese music]
I do love the dragon idea, Paddington.
But it's going to take a lot of work to make it by tonight.
But Mr. Gruber's book also said that the dragon dance
is thought to bring great good luck.
Yes, but we haven't made it yet.
Precisely. We need to make the dragon so that we can do the dance
in order to get the good luck we need to make the dragon.
For starters, we'll need lots of red material to cover the body.
[gasps]
See? Our luck's changing already.
OK, Sofia says we're welcome to borrow some of her table cloths,
as long as we don't disturb anyone.
Great!
[Jonathan sighs]
I suppose we'll have to wait till he's finished.
We don't have time. We'll have to make do without.
I know. I saw a magician do this trick once,
where he whipped the cloth away without anything falling over.
Looked easy.
Hello, Mr. Curry. Don't mind me. I won't disturb you.
Prepare to be amazed!
[loud crash]
Bear!
Hmm?
Oh, dear.
[Paddington] With a spot of paint, these will look just like dragon's eyes.
Hold her steady, please!
I will, if Jonathan would just let me row.
But I want a go. It's my turn!
-Whoa! -Thank you.
-Got it, Paddington? -[Paddington] Yes… and no.
Bear overboard!
Oh, no!
Oh!
I'm sorry, Paddington. Are you dry now?
Yes. [sniffs]
But I do appear to have picked up a somewhat pondy scent.
Hey! Do we need horns for this dragon?
Brilliant.
And luckily it looks like someone's just left them here.
Right. Time to paint the railings.
Safety first. The cones.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Wait a minute. There's two missing!
Excuse me. Where are you going?
Come back! You can't go in there!
I can't wait to see the look on Miss Potts' face
when she sees the dragon we're going to make for her.
[doorbell rings]
-Hello, Mrs. Brown. -[gasp]
It's Miss Potts!
What's she doing here?
[gasps] Drum lesson!
But if she sees all this, it'll ruin the surprise!
[gasps] Goodness me!
All ready and prepared for once, Judy?
Must be my lucky day.
Just keen to learn, Miss Potts.
-Very good! -[muffled] Atchoo!
-[gasps] -Why don't we start with--?
Judy!
Oh, rock'n'roll!
Go, go, go!
[Jonathan] Quick!
Now, once more with a little less enthusiasm, please, Judy.
[Paddington] It was at that moment, Aunt Lucy,
that I realised I didn't know how to make a giant dragon after all.
Uh, sorry, Paddington. I'm not that good at arts and crafts.
-Oh. -[Mrs. Brown] Ahem.
Did somebody say arts and crafts?
Yes!
[joyful music]
There! Oh, I do hope Mrs. Potts likes it.
[Paddington] The dragon is rather impressive.
Yeah, and Miss Potts is right here,
so we can surprise her now.
Don't worry, Miss Potts has gone.
Wow! Nice dragon.
Gone? Oh, no!
Miss Potts!
Happy New… Wait!
Oh! Oh! Whoa!
Paddington?
[gasps]
Happy New Year, Miss Potts!
Wow!
[Paddington] Aaah!
Ooh, very nice.
Whoa!
Hmm? Hmm.
-Happy New Year, Mr. Curry! -Aaah!
[lively music]
Oh, no! Not again!
-Whoa! -[Miss Potts] Paddington!
Grab hold of the kite, Paddington!
Got it!
-[Paddington] Whoa! -I've got you!
-[lively music] -[Paddington] Ooh!
[Miss Potts] Excuse me, Mr. Gruber!
Miss Potts?
Oh, my!
[Miss Potts] Coming through!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
[scared gasp]
[splash]
Paddington, because of you,
I have never had a Chinese New Year like it.
Oh! Oh, dear.
It's the most fun I've had since I was a girl!
But we can't finish Chinese New Year like this.
There's one more thing we need.
A family feast!
Wow!
My way of saying thank you to you all.
Especially you, Paddington.
Thank you, Miss Potts.
[Paddington] Oh!
-Excuse paws. -[laughter]
-These look nice! -Delicious!
-Smells so good! -You've excelled yourself!
[speaks Chinese]
And so, Aunt Lucy, even though the surprise
didn't exactly go to plan, I think Miss Potts appreciated it.
She said it made her feel at home again,
which is just how I feel here in Windsor Gardens.
Love from Paddington.
Dear Aunt Lucy,
this week, I learned that while you are looking for one thing,
you might find something else that's even better.
It all started when Mr. Brown said…
-[honking] -Still eating? Come on, clean up!
We're going to miss the circus.
Dad, it doesn't start for ages.
Yes, but we want good seats.
It's Paddington's first time, remember?
I'm very excited.
I've read about circuses in books and I've always wanted to see a real one.
You're going to love it!
We've only been once before and it was amazing!
Pretty cool of old dad to buy up the last few tickets, hey?
These things sell out remarkably quickly, these tickets.
Tickets? Tickets? Tickets?
-Dad, where are the tickets? -Please say you haven't lost them.
Well, "lost" is a strong word.
I may have temporarily misplaced them.
When I can't find something,
Aunt Lucy always asks me to think about where I saw it last.
[Mr. Brown gasps] Good thinking, Paddington.
Yes. I remember having them at breakfast.
Then I took out the bins, went to the café,
Mr. Gruber's and the Town Hall.
So they could be anywhere, basically, Dad.
[sighs]
Don't worry, Mr. Brown.
If we all help, we're bound to find them.
Search the house, we'll search everywhere else.
Thanks Paddington.
I'm sorry, everyone, but I'm sure they'll turn up.
Tickets? Tickets, tickets, tickets, tickets, tickets, tickets!
Poor Mr. Brown. He looked very worried.
It's classic Dad.
He makes a really big effort to do something nice,
but then forgets some detail that ruins the whole thing.
Like the time
he volunteered to be the cameraman for our school play,
but accidentally held the camera back to front.
[Jonathan] Or the time he took me on a fishing holiday,
but forgot the fishing rods and the oars.
[Mr. Brown] Help!
I'm sure things will be different this time.
I really do want to see the circus.
[Sofia] Ah, no, I'm sorry. I haven't seen any circus tickets.
Perhaps if we retrace his steps.
Well, that's easy, Mr. Brown does the same thing each week.
He collects the oranges for Paddington's marmalade…
Oh! [laughs]
…tries to choose a healthy snack, gives up,
and orders a chocolate cake.
Then he tries my stew.
I know how he loves my spicy stew!
-[buzzer] -Un momento.
Loves spicy food? Spicy food makes Dad ill.
[Mateo] It sure does.
He doesn't want to offend Mum, so he eats it anyway.
Says he's super grateful she gets Paddington's oranges for him.
-They're from Peru. -[Paddington] Really?
I had no idea Mr. Brown went to so much trouble to get my oranges.
They're a taste of home.
[exotic ambiance]
Ah!
I really must thank him. And thank you, Sofia!
Anything for my favourite family. Now come try some stew!
I must say it smells delicious.
-That's rather nice! -Wonderful!
And the ghost peppers aren't too strong?
They can creep up on you.
Yes, now you mention it, there is a mild burning sensation.
Could I perhaps have some water? Water! Water!
No, Paddington! That's chilli sauce!
[suspenseful music]
[screaming]
[water splashes]
Ah!
Hmm.
What's going on? Every time you plan a day out with the children,
the house looks like a building site.
Ah… What have you lost?
Well, "lost" is a strong word.
-The tickets. -Oh, dear.
Right. Have you looked behind the sofa cushions?
That's where lost things usually turn up.
[Mr. Brown] Oh, good idea!
Oh, there are some amazing things in here!
Honestly, darling, you are always losing things.
How hard is it to keep things safe?
Is this the card for my mother that you said you'd posted?
What? No, of course not.
No. You keep looking. I just have to pop out.
Do we have any stamps?
[Paddington] Mr. Gruber hadn't seen the tickets either
and we were starting to worry that we'd never find them.
-We're running out of time! -[Hungarian accent] No, no.
We must keep looking.
A first trip to the circus is a very special thing.
I still remember the first time I went to the circus.
-[circus music] -Oh, the lights, the spectacle…
-[Mr. Gruber] The applause! -[applause]
OK, let's keep looking.
Hmm.
Ah, Jonathan. Your train.
Train?
A limited edition age-of-steam train your father ordered this morning.
Ah, he has been searching for that all over London.
He has? I had no idea Dad even knew I was looking for that one.
I never realised he listens so carefully to me.
[Paddington] Whoa!
[whimsical music]
Ooh!
-[applause] -[Judy] Ooh, well done, Pad!
[Mr. Brown] Come on, tickets! Tickets…
Oh…
Mr. Brown! Get your hands out of my dustbin!
Sorry, Mr. Curry. I'm just looking for--
I don't care what you're looking for. My bin is my property!
And I'd thank you to leave it alone.
Quite right. Sorry, Mr. Curry. Won't touch it again.
Oh, great timing, Mrs. Bird. Can I check your sidecar?
I wonder if I dropped something when you gave me a lift earlier.
[Scottish accent] Of course! What are we looking for?
Circus tickets.
[honking]
[Mr. Brown screams]
What?
Hmm.
Technically, it was the bike that touched your bin.
[nervous chuckle]
[bell in the distance]
[humming]
[kids] Miss Potts!
We think Mr. Brown may have dropped tickets here earlier.
Have you seen them? We really need to find them soon,
or we'll miss the circus.
Oh, I'm afraid not.
But, let's see. Your father dropped in your pictures earlier
and then he said he'd help with the sign,
so went up that ladder to fasten it for me.
What? Dad went up there? That can't be right.
He's terrified of heights.
He was rather nervous, but he said he wanted to make sure
everything looked perfect for your show, Judy.
[gasps]
Do be careful, Paddington. That ladder's very high.
[Paddington] Don't worry, Miss Potts. Bears are excellent climbers.
Oh!
Whoa!
-Paddington! -[circus music]
Whoa!
Would one of you be able to help me down?
Sorry about the banners.
-I'll have them back up in a jiffy. -Don't worry. I'll put them back.
I can't believe Dad climbed all the way up there for me,
even though he must have been so scared.
[Jonathan] Yeah, but I doubt it went as badly as this.
Actually, this is exactly what happened to Mr. Brown.
-Any luck? -[sighs]
Me neither.
So, we really aren't going to the circus?
I'm so sorry. I've really let you all down.
It was supposed to be such a wonderful afternoon!
But it was a wonderful afternoon, Mr. Brown.
We got to see something a lot better than the circus.
We got to see just how much you do for us every day.
You might forget the little things,
but you never forget what's really important to us.
You spent your whole morning doing nice things for us
and we think you're great.
We're so lucky to have you.
Oh, I certainly feel very lucky to have all of you.
You were all so excited, especially you, Paddington.
I've waited this long, Mr. Brown, what's one more year?
Anyway, Paddington treated us to a sort of circus today.
We've seen an amazing swinging trapeze, crazy juggling
and fire-breathing!
Ah… Sofia's stew?
Yes. It is a challenging snack.
Well, I think this calls for marmalade sandwiches all round.
Hmm?
[gasps] Mr. Brown, look!
The tickets!
Oh, great work, Paddington!
-How on Earth did they end up there? -[gasps]
I think I know.
We must have put them away with the lunch things earlier.
Losing the tickets wasn't your fault at all, Dad.
-It was ours. -Come on!
We just about have time to make it if we rush!
I must say, it's nice for it not to be my fault for a change.
[Paddington] So, it seems that it's easy to forget all the little things
that parents do for us every day.
Yes, you're quite right, Judy.
These are, in fact, for tomorrow afternoon.
[Paddington] And the circus was just as amazing
as Mr. Gruber said it would be.
In fact, maybe even better.
Love from Paddington.
[soft rock music]
[all] ♪ P-A-D-D-I-N-G-T-O-N, Paddington Bear ♪