Orbie's Game

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**Orbie's Game** is the twenty-first episode of the second season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

One day, Andy Pandy and Teddy are having a race on the green, Andy is on his trike and Teddy is on his scooter, but it is hard to tell who is in the lead. It is a hot day and racing is thirsty work so they stop to have a drink. Teddy makes quite a lot of noise with his drink and Andy starts to race again before Teddy is ready. Orbie has heard Andy and Teddy playing so he bounces over to see what they are up to. Andy asks Orbie if he would like to ride on his trike and Teddy asks him if he would like to ride on his scooter, Orbie thanks them but says he isn't the right shape for riding a trike or scooter so Andy and Teddy start to race again and Orbie leaves.

Looby Loo has found a piece of string and she is playing catch cradle with it. Orbie wonders what Looby is doing and she shows him and asks if he would like to try, Orbie says he doesn't think he'd be able to play catch cradle as he doesn't have any fingers so he says goodbye and leaves. Tiffo is scratching his ear when Orbie passes by, Tiffo says there is nothing like a good scratch and Orbie wishes he can have a good scratch but he doesn't have legs like Tiffo so he leaves.

Missy Hissy is playing 'Catch The Snake Tail' and she is racing in and out of her pipes trying to catch her tail. Orbie thinks it must be great fun to play a game like that but he can't as he doesn't have a tail. Missy Hissy doesn't know she has a visitor and gets quite a shock when she bumps into Orbie, she asks if he would like to join in with her game but Orbie says isn't the right shape for 'Catch The Snake Tail' so he leaves. By now Andy and Teddy have finished their drinks, but they've been playing all this time and they are as thirsty as ever so they go back to Andy's house to fetch more drinks. As Orbie makes his way home, he hears some music and it is coming from Bilbo's boathouse, he decides to go and see what is making the music. Bilbo is playing a little whistle and he asks Orbie if he would like to play it, Orbie says he'd love to but he'd only be able to play one note as he doesn't have any fingers to go on the holes.

Then Andy and Teddy arrive to hear Bilbo's whistle playing and they are carrying two more drinks. As Bilbo plays his whistle, Andy notices that Orbie is looking sad and asks what is the matter so Orbie says he can't do any of the things that he has seen his friends do today. Then Andy has an idea, he asks Teddy to back to his house to help him and says the plastic bottles for their drinks will come in handy. At his house, Andy finds some more plastic bottles and his paintbox, then he and Teddy start painting the bottles. When they have finished painting the bottles, Andy and Teddy take them outside and put some little stones so they won't fall over so easily. When there are enough stones in the bottles, Andy and Teddy screw the tops back on.

When they get to Orbie's house, Andy and Teddy begin to stand the bottles up next to each other. Orbie wonders what they are doing so Andy tells him that they've invented a special game for Orbie to play, what he needs to do is roll at the ten bottles and see how many he can knock over. Orbie rolls at the bottles and knocks down six of them, Andy and Teddy stand the bottles back up and Orbie rolls at them again, this time he knocks over all ten bottles. At last Andy has found a game that Orbie can play and they play the bowling game until it is time for bed.

## Characters

* Andy Pandy
* Teddy
* Looby Loo
* Orbie
* Tiffo
* Missy Hissy
* Bilbo

## Compilations

### YouTube

* Playing In The Garden
* The Complete Series 2
* Get Your Skates On and other stories