Why isn’t anyone surprised to see a talking bear?
When Paddington first arrives in London, very few people seem surprised to see a talking bear.
- Keep your eyes down. There's some sort of bear over there.
- Probably selling something.
At some points people act as if a talking bear is unusually rare, but at other times it seems commonplace.
Are talking bears common in London? If not, why is nobody surprised to see one?
Best Answer
Because they're common.
Well, maybe not as common in London as in other parts of the world, but common enough that Londoners don't see one as being unusual.
Remember, in the Paddington Universe, Paddington is not the only talking bear in the world. He has an Aunt Lucy, who lives in a Home For Retired Bears in Lima, the capital city of Peru.
This indicates that there a many talking, sentient bears in the world.
So for Mr Brown, such a bear is nothing more than another struggling immigrant.
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