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|title=Paddington Takes the Test

|author=Michael Bond and Peggy Fortnum (illustrator)

|publisher=Harper Collins Children's Books

|date=July 2014

|summary=Another variety pack - and indeed the last original one - of stories from the creator of the world's most accident-prone bear.

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In the eyes of those who write proverbs, giving is as good as receiving. Similarly in the eyes of Paddington Bear, taking a test is as good as giving a test, for he is without equal in giving tests – to the patience of the Brown family who adopted him many years ago, principally. Other people he meets on a temporary basis in the course of his adventures – pantomime magicians, art school bosses, country house owners – have varying degrees of luck and ability in dealing with him, but it's the family he returns to each night that is put through a worrying mill so often, and still comes out loving him. But when he himself takes a test – well, the kind it actually is is best for you to discover yourself…