Super-Padd, Peter, Scout and the Closed Door
Super-Padd, who has recently taken up residence at Mummy Marian (Marian Kloon (on and off)\'s) house in the Netherlands wants to visit Cousin Paddington, Paddy, Daddy Jesse and all the bears in Australia. Unfortunately, he couldn\'t go through the magic portal that exists between Mummy Marian\'s House and Daddy Jesse\'s House as he is too big and too tubby. Peter asked for help from Fairy Mum, who has made Super-Padd a little...well...a little too little, but still big enough to visit Cousin Paddington via the magic portal. Cousin Paddington and Scout waited for the arrival of Super Padd and Peter, and when they arrived escorted them to the house where Daddy Jesse put on a wonderful afternoon tea for them all before they played hide-and-seek. However all good things come to an end, and it was time for Peter and Super-Padd to go home to Mummy Marian's. Part of Super-Padd's promise to Fairy Mum in exchange for her making him small was that he had to be back in Mummy Marian's garden within 24 hours before the spell was broken. Now Super-Padd and Peter are at the magical portal doorway.
PETER: "We are here Super-Padd. Will you please open the door because with all these home-baked biscuits in my hands from Daddy Jesse, I can't. My paws are full, and I'm afraid they'll fall. I don't want to give Mummy Marian broken biscuits!"
SUPER-PADD: "Pulls on the door.* "Hmpf...argh....I can't get the door open!"
PETER: "What? Oh, then I'll do it, Super-Padd." *Puts the biscuits down carefully*. "With those little paws of yours, you won't be able to open the door. It can be a bit stiff sometimes."
SUPER-PADD: "Thank you Peter."
PETER: "Pulls hard on the door.* "Darn...it's stuck
How can that be?" *Shocked.* "What should we do? In a little while the spell will be broken Super-Padd, and you will return to full size and be too big to get through the magical portal! The biscuits will go limp and stale, and the Christmas Bear won't come!" *Tears well in eyes.* "Oh we can't have that! We have to think... and quickly!" *Worried.*
SCOUT: "Peter! Peter mijn allerbeste vriend! Wait!"
PETER: "What? Scout! What is it, mijn beste vriend?"
SCOUT: "You forgot the shortbread biscuits for Mummy Marian and Jan!" *Stops.* "Peter! What's wrong? You're crying!" *Alarmed.*
PETER: "Oh Scout! The door to the magic portal is stuck! In a little while the spell cast by Fairy Mum over Super-Padd will be broken and he will return to full size and be too big to get through the magical portal!"
SCOUT: "Well, I'm sure Daddy wouldn't mind having Super-Padd live here, and I know Cousin Paddington would like it soooo much! And Daddy loves you and you know how happy your princes Rosie and I would be if you lived with us too!"
PETER: "No, you don't understand, Scout. There are ram.. rami... ramific... there are other things that will happen if Super-Padd and I can't get through the magic portral! The biscuits will go limp and stale, and the Christmas Bear wwon't come! And besides." *Starts to cry again.* "However much I would love to be here with you and mijn allerliefste Prinses Rosie forever, I would miss Oleg, even if he is grumpy, and Mummy Marian and Jan! And... and...a nd if the door is stuck, it means nobear can get through the portal to visit one another!"
SCOUT: "Oh no!" *Alarmed.*
PETER: "And time is running out! We don't have long!" *Concerned.*
SCOUT: "Oh no!" *Starts to cry.*
DADDY: "Now, now! What is all this! Peter, Scout, you are crying! What's wrong?"
SCOUT: "Oh Daddy! Daddy! The door to the magic portal is stuck! Super-Padd needs to get home before he becomes to big to fit through the magic portal again!"
DADDY: "Let me see if I can help you. Here Super-Padd. Let me try."
SUPER-PADD: *Stops trying to open the magic portal door.* "Oh thank you, Mr. Daddy!"
SCOUT and PETER: "Thank you, Daddy!"
DADDY: *Pulls on the door.* "Hmpf.... hmpf... hhhmmm... it is rather stuck!"
SUPER-PADD, SCOUT and PETER: "Oh please try harder, Daddy!"
DADDY: *Pulls on the door.* "Hmpf.... hmpf..." *Feels it moving.* "Oh, it's opening!"
The magic portal door finally gives way and opens, revealing Mummy Marian's garden.
SUPER-PADD, SCOUT and PETER: "Oh thank you, Daddy!"
DADDY: "There you are! Off you go now." *Smiles.* "Oh Peter! Don't forget the shortbread biscuits too!" *Gives Peter some home made shortbread biscuits for Mummy Marian and Jan.*
PETER: "Oh thank you, Daddy!" *Accepts biscuits.* "Goddbye and thank you again, Daddy!"
DADDY: "Goodbye Peter. Goodbye Super-Padd! Come back and play again soon!"
SUPER-PADD: "Thank you Mr. Daddy! Bye-bye!" *Waves as he walks through the portal door just in time before he becomes big again.*
PETER: "Goodbye mijn beste vriend Scout! See you soon! Next time, you can come and play with me at Mummy Marian's house!"
SCOUT: "Yes! I will come and play soon! Ik hou zoooooo veel van jou! Berenkusjes van Scout, je allerbeste vriend!" *Waves as Peter walks through the portal into Mummy Marian's garden.*
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 Marian Kloon (on and off). Peter and Scout are very similar and have become best friends. Peter also loves Rosie and she loves him, so they have become prince and princess to one another. Super-Padd (www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/albums/72177720322005215/) is distantly related to Cousin Paddington. He has taken up residence at Mummy Marian\'s house, and can now take advantage of the magic portal between Mummy Marian\'s house and mine! You can see Super-Padd flying through the sky here: and being reduced in size here: www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/54176124571/in/album-7... or in the first comment below.
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.
Thank you very much to Marian Kloon (on and off) for the use of her photo of Peter and Super-Padd at the magic portral door to help make my photo montage, and for her words at the beginning of the story.
Super-Padd, Peter, Scout and the Closed Door
Super-Padd, who has recently taken up residence at Mummy Marian (Marian Kloon (on and off)\'s) house in the Netherlands wants to visit Cousin Paddington, Paddy, Daddy Jesse and all the bears in Australia. Unfortunately, he couldn\'t go through the magic portal that exists between Mummy Marian\'s House and Daddy Jesse\'s House as he is too big and too tubby. Peter asked for help from Fairy Mum, who has made Super-Padd a little...well...a little too little, but still big enough to visit Cousin Paddington via the magic portal. Cousin Paddington and Scout waited for the arrival of Super Padd and Peter, and when they arrived escorted them to the house where Daddy Jesse put on a wonderful afternoon tea for them all before they played hide-and-seek. However all good things come to an end, and it was time for Peter and Super-Padd to go home to Mummy Marian's. Part of Super-Padd's promise to Fairy Mum in exchange for her making him small was that he had to be back in Mummy Marian's garden within 24 hours before the spell was broken. Now Super-Padd and Peter are at the magical portal doorway.
PETER: "We are here Super-Padd. Will you please open the door because with all these home-baked biscuits in my hands from Daddy Jesse, I can't. My paws are full, and I'm afraid they'll fall. I don't want to give Mummy Marian broken biscuits!"
SUPER-PADD: "Pulls on the door.* "Hmpf...argh....I can't get the door open!"
PETER: "What? Oh, then I'll do it, Super-Padd." *Puts the biscuits down carefully*. "With those little paws of yours, you won't be able to open the door. It can be a bit stiff sometimes."
SUPER-PADD: "Thank you Peter."
PETER: "Pulls hard on the door.* "Darn...it's stuck
How can that be?" *Shocked.* "What should we do? In a little while the spell will be broken Super-Padd, and you will return to full size and be too big to get through the magical portal! The biscuits will go limp and stale, and the Christmas Bear won't come!" *Tears well in eyes.* "Oh we can't have that! We have to think... and quickly!" *Worried.*
SCOUT: "Peter! Peter mijn allerbeste vriend! Wait!"
PETER: "What? Scout! What is it, mijn beste vriend?"
SCOUT: "You forgot the shortbread biscuits for Mummy Marian and Jan!" *Stops.* "Peter! What's wrong? You're crying!" *Alarmed.*
PETER: "Oh Scout! The door to the magic portal is stuck! In a little while the spell cast by Fairy Mum over Super-Padd will be broken and he will return to full size and be too big to get through the magical portal!"
SCOUT: "Well, I'm sure Daddy wouldn't mind having Super-Padd live here, and I know Cousin Paddington would like it soooo much! And Daddy loves you and you know how happy your princes Rosie and I would be if you lived with us too!"
PETER: "No, you don't understand, Scout. There are ram.. rami... ramific... there are other things that will happen if Super-Padd and I can't get through the magic portral! The biscuits will go limp and stale, and the Christmas Bear wwon't come! And besides." *Starts to cry again.* "However much I would love to be here with you and mijn allerliefste Prinses Rosie forever, I would miss Oleg, even if he is grumpy, and Mummy Marian and Jan! And... and...a nd if the door is stuck, it means nobear can get through the portal to visit one another!"
SCOUT: "Oh no!" *Alarmed.*
PETER: "And time is running out! We don't have long!" *Concerned.*
SCOUT: "Oh no!" *Starts to cry.*
DADDY: "Now, now! What is all this! Peter, Scout, you are crying! What's wrong?"
SCOUT: "Oh Daddy! Daddy! The door to the magic portal is stuck! Super-Padd needs to get home before he becomes to big to fit through the magic portal again!"
DADDY: "Let me see if I can help you. Here Super-Padd. Let me try."
SUPER-PADD: *Stops trying to open the magic portal door.* "Oh thank you, Mr. Daddy!"
SCOUT and PETER: "Thank you, Daddy!"
DADDY: *Pulls on the door.* "Hmpf.... hmpf... hhhmmm... it is rather stuck!"
SUPER-PADD, SCOUT and PETER: "Oh please try harder, Daddy!"
DADDY: *Pulls on the door.* "Hmpf.... hmpf..." *Feels it moving.* "Oh, it's opening!"
The magic portal door finally gives way and opens, revealing Mummy Marian's garden.
SUPER-PADD, SCOUT and PETER: "Oh thank you, Daddy!"
DADDY: "There you are! Off you go now." *Smiles.* "Oh Peter! Don't forget the shortbread biscuits too!" *Gives Peter some home made shortbread biscuits for Mummy Marian and Jan.*
PETER: "Oh thank you, Daddy!" *Accepts biscuits.* "Goddbye and thank you again, Daddy!"
DADDY: "Goodbye Peter. Goodbye Super-Padd! Come back and play again soon!"
SUPER-PADD: "Thank you Mr. Daddy! Bye-bye!" *Waves as he walks through the portal door just in time before he becomes big again.*
PETER: "Goodbye mijn beste vriend Scout! See you soon! Next time, you can come and play with me at Mummy Marian's house!"
SCOUT: "Yes! I will come and play soon! Ik hou zoooooo veel van jou! Berenkusjes van Scout, je allerbeste vriend!" *Waves as Peter walks through the portal into Mummy Marian's garden.*
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 Marian Kloon (on and off). Peter and Scout are very similar and have become best friends. Peter also loves Rosie and she loves him, so they have become prince and princess to one another. Super-Padd (www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/albums/72177720322005215/) is distantly related to Cousin Paddington. He has taken up residence at Mummy Marian\'s house, and can now take advantage of the magic portal between Mummy Marian\'s house and mine! You can see Super-Padd flying through the sky here: and being reduced in size here: www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/54176124571/in/album-7... or in the first comment below.
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.
Thank you very much to Marian Kloon (on and off) for the use of her photo of Peter and Super-Padd at the magic portral door to help make my photo montage, and for her words at the beginning of the story.