Paddington, Scout, Rosie and the Train
SCOUT: “Choo-choo! Choo-choo! Choo-choo!” *Grips steering wheel.*
ROSIE: “Here comes the tunnel, Train Driver Scout! Whoo-whoo!”
PADDY: “Hullo Scout! Hullo Rosie! What are you doing in the cabin of the make-believe train here in the playground?”
SCOUT: “Paddy! I’m surprised at you!”
PADDY: “At me?” *Startled.* “Why?”
SCOUT: “Well, I would have thought that if you knew this was the train cabin, you would also know that we are playing at being train drivers!”
ROSIE: “What else would we be doing, Paddy? This isn’t a ship you know, so we aren’t ship’s captains. The ship is over there!” *Points to make-believe ship nearby.*
SCOUT: “Now, we mustn’t be cross with Paddy, Assistant Train Driver Rosie. It’s not his fault that he doesn’t realise that we are playing at being train drivers. When you get ancient, like Paddy is, your mind is perhaps not as sharp as it once was.”
PADDY: “I am here Scout, and I can hear everything you are saying about me, you know.” *Non-plussed.*
ROSIE: Well, at least his hearing is still working well, Train Driver Scout.”
PADDY: “What I meant to say… I don’t think… oh, never mind!”
SCOUT: “Now, if you will excuse us, Paddy, Assistant Train Driver Rosie and I must get back to driving the train.” *Grips steering wheel.* “Choo-choo! Choo-choo! Choo-choo!”
ROSIE: “Here comes a village, Train Driver Scout! Whoo-whoo!”
PADDY: “But how can you drive the train, Scout? You are facing the wrong way! The front of the train is that way.” *Points behind Scout.*
SCOUT: “That’s very observant of you, for an ancient bear, Paddy.”
PADDY: “Scout!”
SCOUT: “What?!?! I was just paying you a nice compliment, Paddy.” *Nods. “Anyway, in answer to your question, Paddy, I cannot sit on the seat and steer the train. The seat is too far down and my legs aren’t long enough to stand on the seat, so I have to stand on this side and hold the steering wheel.” *Grips steering wheel tightly.*
ROSIE: “And that’s where I come into the plan, as Assistant Train Driver, Paddy.”
PADDY: “How is that, Rosie?”
ROSIE: “Well Paddy, I am being Train Driver Scout’s eyes. I tell him what is coming up, so he knows where to turn and best of all, I get to blow the whistle! Whoo-whoo!” *Jumps up and down with joy.*
PADDY: “Oh!” *Bemused.*
SCOUT: “Now Paddy, unless you pay for a seat on our train, Assistant Train Driver Rosie and I will have to ask you to get off at the next stop. Isn’t that right, Assistant Train Driver Rosie?”
ROSIE: “Yes it is, Train Driver Scout! We can’t have any fare evaders on our train, so pay up, or you will have to get off.”
PADDY: “Pay?”
SCOUT: “Yes Paddy!” *Nods seriously.*
PADDY: “But… but I don’t have any money, Scout!”
SCOUT: “Why do you need money, Paddy?”
PADDY: “Because you just told me that I had to pay to stay on the train.”
ROSIE: “You do, Paddy, but not with money.”
PADDY: “What do I pay with then, Rosie?”
ROSIE: “With snuffly kisses of course, Paddy! The train fare is two snuffly kisses. One for Train Driver Scout and one for me.” *Giggles.*
PADDY: “Oh!” *Happy.* “Well, I can afford that!” *Gives a snuffly kiss each to Scout and Rosie.*
SCOUT: Thank you Paddy. Now, you can stay on the train for as long as you like!” *Smiles.* “Choo-choo! Choo-choo! Choo-choo!” *Grips steering wheel.*
ROSIE: “Here comes another tunnel, Train Driver Scout! Whoo-whoo!”
PADDY: “Where is this train going to, anyway, Scout and Rosie?”
SCOUT: “We are driving it to the Netherlands, so that we can see mijn beste vriend Peter.”
ROSIE: “Who is also mijn prins Peter!”
SCOUT: “Mijn beste vriend has found a baby dragon, but the poor thing is sick!”
ROSIE: “Yes, poor baby dragon.”
PADDY: “Oh yes, poor dragon!”
SCOUT: “So we are taking the steam train in the hope that we can make the sick dragon well by puffing up some steam!”
PADDY: “Oh what a good idea, Scout and Rosie!”
ROSIE: “So you can see your beste vriend Oleg too!”
PADDY: “Oh good!” *Excited.* “That is a wonderful idea too!”
ROSIE: “And our train is going via Spencer’s house, and Bruno’s house and then to Pärnu so we can pick up Odessa, Otis and Pat!”
PADDY: “Oh! Even better!” *More excited.*
SCOUT: “So sit back and enjoy the ride, Paddy! Choo-choo! Choo-choo! Choo-choo!” *Grips steering wheel.*
ROSIE: “Here comes another village, Train Driver Scout! Whoo-whoo!”
My bears Paddy and Scout have made very good friends with two bears in Holland called Peter and Oleg (www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/galleries/721577154558...) and their Mummy (www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/) . Peter and Scout are very similar and have become best friends. Peter loves Rosie and Rosie loves Peter, so they have become prince and princess to one another. Paddy and Oleg are very similar too and have become best friends as well. Peter found a baby dragon, but the poor thing appears to be flagging a little. You can see the photos here www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/53127318106/in/datepos... and here www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/53129278985/in/photost... or in the first comment below. Scout and Rosie have decided that a steam train with its puffing engine might help perk up the baby dragon. I think that is an excellent idea! What do you think?
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Rosie is Scout's cousin, because like Scout, she is a free trade knitted bear from Africa. She was made in Kenya by one of the Kenana Knitters, Martha Wanjira. She is made from home spun and dyed wool. She was a gift to me from two very dear friends, includng the one who gave Scout to Paddy.
Being colder here, Paddy and Scout are wearing hand knitted scarves, Paddy is wearing hand knitted hat and Rosie is wearing a hand knitted cape made by Lorna's Lovely Looks. Paddy sports a heart pin and Scout insisted on wearing a pink cupcake one, which seems most appropriate considering his perpetual grumbly tummy. Both were gifts from a good friend who is very fond of both Paddy and Scout.
Paddington, Scout, Rosie and the Train
SCOUT: “Choo-choo! Choo-choo! Choo-choo!” *Grips steering wheel.*
ROSIE: “Here comes the tunnel, Train Driver Scout! Whoo-whoo!”
PADDY: “Hullo Scout! Hullo Rosie! What are you doing in the cabin of the make-believe train here in the playground?”
SCOUT: “Paddy! I’m surprised at you!”
PADDY: “At me?” *Startled.* “Why?”
SCOUT: “Well, I would have thought that if you knew this was the train cabin, you would also know that we are playing at being train drivers!”
ROSIE: “What else would we be doing, Paddy? This isn’t a ship you know, so we aren’t ship’s captains. The ship is over there!” *Points to make-believe ship nearby.*
SCOUT: “Now, we mustn’t be cross with Paddy, Assistant Train Driver Rosie. It’s not his fault that he doesn’t realise that we are playing at being train drivers. When you get ancient, like Paddy is, your mind is perhaps not as sharp as it once was.”
PADDY: “I am here Scout, and I can hear everything you are saying about me, you know.” *Non-plussed.*
ROSIE: Well, at least his hearing is still working well, Train Driver Scout.”
PADDY: “What I meant to say… I don’t think… oh, never mind!”
SCOUT: “Now, if you will excuse us, Paddy, Assistant Train Driver Rosie and I must get back to driving the train.” *Grips steering wheel.* “Choo-choo! Choo-choo! Choo-choo!”
ROSIE: “Here comes a village, Train Driver Scout! Whoo-whoo!”
PADDY: “But how can you drive the train, Scout? You are facing the wrong way! The front of the train is that way.” *Points behind Scout.*
SCOUT: “That’s very observant of you, for an ancient bear, Paddy.”
PADDY: “Scout!”
SCOUT: “What?!?! I was just paying you a nice compliment, Paddy.” *Nods. “Anyway, in answer to your question, Paddy, I cannot sit on the seat and steer the train. The seat is too far down and my legs aren’t long enough to stand on the seat, so I have to stand on this side and hold the steering wheel.” *Grips steering wheel tightly.*
ROSIE: “And that’s where I come into the plan, as Assistant Train Driver, Paddy.”
PADDY: “How is that, Rosie?”
ROSIE: “Well Paddy, I am being Train Driver Scout’s eyes. I tell him what is coming up, so he knows where to turn and best of all, I get to blow the whistle! Whoo-whoo!” *Jumps up and down with joy.*
PADDY: “Oh!” *Bemused.*
SCOUT: “Now Paddy, unless you pay for a seat on our train, Assistant Train Driver Rosie and I will have to ask you to get off at the next stop. Isn’t that right, Assistant Train Driver Rosie?”
ROSIE: “Yes it is, Train Driver Scout! We can’t have any fare evaders on our train, so pay up, or you will have to get off.”
PADDY: “Pay?”
SCOUT: “Yes Paddy!” *Nods seriously.*
PADDY: “But… but I don’t have any money, Scout!”
SCOUT: “Why do you need money, Paddy?”
PADDY: “Because you just told me that I had to pay to stay on the train.”
ROSIE: “You do, Paddy, but not with money.”
PADDY: “What do I pay with then, Rosie?”
ROSIE: “With snuffly kisses of course, Paddy! The train fare is two snuffly kisses. One for Train Driver Scout and one for me.” *Giggles.*
PADDY: “Oh!” *Happy.* “Well, I can afford that!” *Gives a snuffly kiss each to Scout and Rosie.*
SCOUT: Thank you Paddy. Now, you can stay on the train for as long as you like!” *Smiles.* “Choo-choo! Choo-choo! Choo-choo!” *Grips steering wheel.*
ROSIE: “Here comes another tunnel, Train Driver Scout! Whoo-whoo!”
PADDY: “Where is this train going to, anyway, Scout and Rosie?”
SCOUT: “We are driving it to the Netherlands, so that we can see mijn beste vriend Peter.”
ROSIE: “Who is also mijn prins Peter!”
SCOUT: “Mijn beste vriend has found a baby dragon, but the poor thing is sick!”
ROSIE: “Yes, poor baby dragon.”
PADDY: “Oh yes, poor dragon!”
SCOUT: “So we are taking the steam train in the hope that we can make the sick dragon well by puffing up some steam!”
PADDY: “Oh what a good idea, Scout and Rosie!”
ROSIE: “So you can see your beste vriend Oleg too!”
PADDY: “Oh good!” *Excited.* “That is a wonderful idea too!”
ROSIE: “And our train is going via Spencer’s house, and Bruno’s house and then to Pärnu so we can pick up Odessa, Otis and Pat!”
PADDY: “Oh! Even better!” *More excited.*
SCOUT: “So sit back and enjoy the ride, Paddy! Choo-choo! Choo-choo! Choo-choo!” *Grips steering wheel.*
ROSIE: “Here comes another village, Train Driver Scout! Whoo-whoo!”
My bears Paddy and Scout have made very good friends with two bears in Holland called Peter and Oleg (www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/galleries/721577154558...) and their Mummy (www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/) . Peter and Scout are very similar and have become best friends. Peter loves Rosie and Rosie loves Peter, so they have become prince and princess to one another. Paddy and Oleg are very similar too and have become best friends as well. Peter found a baby dragon, but the poor thing appears to be flagging a little. You can see the photos here www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/53127318106/in/datepos... and here www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/53129278985/in/photost... or in the first comment below. Scout and Rosie have decided that a steam train with its puffing engine might help perk up the baby dragon. I think that is an excellent idea! What do you think?
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Rosie is Scout's cousin, because like Scout, she is a free trade knitted bear from Africa. She was made in Kenya by one of the Kenana Knitters, Martha Wanjira. She is made from home spun and dyed wool. She was a gift to me from two very dear friends, includng the one who gave Scout to Paddy.
Being colder here, Paddy and Scout are wearing hand knitted scarves, Paddy is wearing hand knitted hat and Rosie is wearing a hand knitted cape made by Lorna's Lovely Looks. Paddy sports a heart pin and Scout insisted on wearing a pink cupcake one, which seems most appropriate considering his perpetual grumbly tummy. Both were gifts from a good friend who is very fond of both Paddy and Scout.