es . ▁ ▁Sh ir ley ▁Clark son ' s ▁book ▁describes ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁the ▁to y ▁P adding ton ▁from ▁Christmas ▁gift ▁to ▁subject ▁of ▁lit ig ation ▁and ▁ultimately ▁commercial ▁success . ▁ ▁Story line ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁story , ▁P adding ton ▁is ▁found ▁at ▁P adding ton ▁railway ▁station ▁in ▁London ▁by ▁the ▁Brown ▁family , ▁sitting ▁on ▁his ▁suit case ▁with ▁a ▁note ▁attached ▁to ▁his ▁coat ▁that ▁reads ▁" Please ▁look ▁after ▁this ▁bear . ▁Thank ▁you ." ▁Bond ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁his ▁mem ories ▁of ▁news re els ▁showing ▁train loads ▁of ▁child ▁ev ac ue es ▁leaving ▁London ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁with ▁labels ▁around ▁their ▁ne cks ▁and ▁their ▁poss essions ▁in ▁small ▁suit cases , ▁prompt ed ▁him ▁to ▁do ▁the ▁same ▁for ▁P adding ton . ▁ ▁P adding ton ▁arriv es ▁as ▁a ▁st ow away ▁coming ▁from ▁" D ark est ▁Peru ", ▁sent ▁by ▁his ▁A unt ▁Lucy ▁( one ▁of ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁known ▁relatives ▁aside ▁from ▁an ▁Uncle ▁Past u zo ▁who ▁gave ▁P adding ton ▁his ▁hat ), ▁who ▁has ▁gone ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁Home ▁for ▁Ret ired ▁B ears ▁in ▁Lima . ▁He ▁claims , ▁" I ▁came ▁in ▁a ▁lif eb o at , ▁and ▁a te ▁mar mal ade . ▁B ears ▁like ▁mar mal ade ." ▁He ▁tells ▁them ▁that ▁no - one ▁can ▁understand ▁his ▁Per uv ian ▁name , ▁so ▁the ▁Brow ns ▁decide ▁to ▁call