Andy Pandy's Musical Box

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**Andy Pandy's Musical Box** is the thirteenth episode of the first season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

One afternoon, Andy Pandy finds a pink box in his special cupboard, he puts it on the table, takes the lid off and inside is a miniature ballerina. Andy then sees a handle on the side of the box and turns it. Teddy arrives to see if Andy has any spare food that need eaten up. but Andy wants to show him the box he has found. Teddy thinks the ballerina looks very pretty but doesn't know what she does. Andy stops turning the handle and lets it go, then a tune plays and the ballerina dances. Andy and Teddy discover that the box is a musical box and dance to the music. The ballerina dances and never feels dizzy, but Andy and Teddy feel dizzy and fall over. The two friends are thrilled about the musical box and when the music stops playing, they take the box to show Looby Loo.

Looby is just as thrilled about the musical box as Andy and Teddy. Andy turns the handle and the box starts playing, Looby starts dancing to the music and so does Teddy, but Andy doesn't him to feel dizzy and fall over again. Looby dances without feeling dizzy at all, she dances even more beautiful than the ballerina, in fact she can't stop. Looby dances out of her house and Andy and Teddy follow her holding the musical box. Everyone else hears the music of the box and comes to see what is going on, they all think Looby and the ballerina dance beautifully.

When the music stops playing, Missy Hissy wishes she could dance like Looby and the ballerina and so does everyone else. Bilbo the sailor says his dancing days are over but asks Looby if she will teach the others to dance. Looby then decides they should have a moonlit ball on the green tonight. The dancing lessons begin, Looby teaches Missy Hissy how to dance but she can't learn the steps as snakes don't have any legs. Orbie the ball doesn't find dancing easy either because every time Looby tries to teach him, he rolls straight out of her arms.

Teddy has just the right number of legs and feet and he wants to show Looby and Andy he can be a fine dancer so he winds the handle of the musical box, but he winds it far too quickly so the music plays very fast and Teddy and Looby dance very fast. Andy is glad when the music slows down and the musical box stops playing. After the fast dancing, Teddy feels a bit odd and goes to his house to have a lie-down before the moonlit ball. Looby and Andy go to Tiffo's house to teach him how to dance, but Tiffo doesn't find dancing easy either, he follows Looby with his front legs but forgets to move his back legs and he gets in a terrible tangle.

Andy is now ready for his dancing lesson and Looby shows him how to move to the music. Andy is enjoying himself and is now ready to dance with Looby. Andy and Looby dance beautifully together, they dance all afternoon and into the evening. Andy and Looby all around Andy's garden and onto the green, all their friends soon arrive for the moonlit ball and are very happy to see Andy and Looby dancing together. Teddy brings the musical box with him and turns the handle, this time he winds it at the correct speed so the music plays in the correct speed. As Andy and Looby dance, the moon comes out from behind some clouds and shines on the ballerina, Andy and Looby.

## Characters

* Andy Pandy
* Teddy
* Looby Loo
* Missy Hissy
* Bilbo
* Orbie (does not speak)
* Tiffo (does not speak)

## Compilations

### VHS/DVD

* Charming Stories
* The Birthday Cake

### YouTube

* Oscar Barnett's Favourite Memory Characters: Volume 5 - Musical Fun
* The Complete Series 1