Bears and JKR.. a thought

[geoff_bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 187726

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zfshiruba" <zfshiruba at ...> wrote:

Geoff:
> > Please look after this bear?
> > :-)

> > (hoping that the source is recognised).
 
Zfshiruba: 
> At the very least, the note must explain about the blood protection. Otherwise, what would Dumbledore's howler in OOP, (PETUNIA, REMEMBER
> MY LAST.) be referencing?

> Geoff, XD love the bear

Geoff:
I'm glad you recognised it. Not many other people seemed to. 

I don't know, I slip in a one-line humorous response - note the 
smiley folks - and hardly anyone takes it light-heartedly.

However, on reflection, I wondered whether I had accidentally 
stumbled on something in Harry Potter worthy of at least a small 
footnote.

To those folk who are not familiar with my quote above, it refers 
to Paddington Bear, the eponymous hero of a series of children's 
books by Michael Bond which first appeared in the UK just over 
50 years ago,

Mr. and Mrs. Brown discover a bear at Paddington railway station 
in Central London carrying a suitcase containing marmalade 
sandwiches  and with a label round his neck on which is written 
"Please look after this bear". They adopt him and name him after 
the place where he was found and there follows a long series of 
books covering his adventures - books beloved of several generations 
of children, including children in grown-up bodies. :-)

So, what has this to do with JKR?

After I wrote my humorous(?) little PS, I recalled that Paddington had 
travelled to London from "darkest Peru" and, at that point, a little light 
went on above my head and I thought "Peruvian Darkness Powder" - 
could it be a nod by herself to the Michael Bond books?