"Even Paddington can't come to much harm in half an hour," said Mrs Brownoptimistically. But he can manage a lot of other things in even less time-- like hanging Mr Curry's lawnmower from a tree-top, or coming up throughthe bandstand floor during the 'Surprise Symphony'. Then Paddington has asticky time of it making toffee in Mrs Bird's kitchen, and an evenstickier time explaining what went wrong. And who else but Paddingtoncould set Father Christmas's beard on fire?