ear !" ▁Pen ny - pin ch ing ▁by ▁nature , ▁Mr ▁Cur ry ▁always ▁wants ▁something ▁for ▁nothing ▁and ▁often ▁persu ades ▁P adding ton ▁to ▁run ▁err ands ▁for ▁him . ▁He ▁tends ▁to ▁inv ite ▁himself ▁to ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁Brow ns ' ▁special ▁occasions ▁just ▁to ▁sample ▁the ▁sn acks . ▁In ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁stories , ▁he ▁gets ▁his ▁come upp ance ▁as ▁a ▁frequent ▁victim ▁of ▁P adding ton ' s ▁mis ad vent ures ; ▁however , ▁he ▁does ▁sometimes ▁benefit ▁from ▁P adding ton ' s ▁mistakes ▁and ▁has ▁even ▁reward ed ▁him ▁for ▁them ▁on ▁occasion . ▁ ▁A unt ▁Lucy : ▁P adding ton ' s ▁a unt ▁from ▁Dark est ▁Peru ▁( the ▁film ▁establish es ▁that ▁she ▁and ▁Uncle ▁Past u zo ▁res cu ed ▁P adding ton ▁rather ▁than ▁being ▁bi olog ically ▁related ▁to ▁him ). ▁She ▁was ▁his ▁legal ▁guard ian ▁until ▁she ▁had ▁to ▁move ▁into ▁the ▁Home ▁for ▁Ret ired ▁B ears ▁in ▁Lima , ▁Peru . ▁Why ▁she ▁had ▁to ▁do ▁this ▁was ▁never ▁made ▁clear , ▁until ▁in ▁the ▁movie ▁when , ▁after ▁a ▁dead ly ▁earth qu ake , ▁she ▁inform s ▁P adding ton ▁that ▁she ' s ▁too ▁old ▁to ▁travel ▁to ▁London ▁with ▁him . ▁ ▁Uncle ▁Past u zo : ▁P adding ton ' s ▁wealth y ▁glo be - t rott ing ▁uncle . ▁In ▁the ▁film ▁adaptation , ▁Uncle ▁Past u zo ▁is ▁killed ▁by ▁a ▁falling