The Noisy Ball

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**The Noisy Ball** is the sixth episode of the second season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

One morning, Teddy's house is full of very strange sounds and Andy Pandy wants to know what is making him. Teddy comes out of his house and it is him who is making the strange sounds. There is no honey in Teddy's cupboard and he has had no breakfast. Teddy's tummy is so empty it is rumbling but Andy has a jar of honey at home so he will make honey sandwiches for Teddy's breakfast. Teddy is delighted, he kisses Andy and the two friends set off for Andy's house.

Teddy can hardly wait for Andy to open his special cupboard but when Andy opens the cupboard, an alive, yellow and noisy ball comes out and gives Andy and Teddy a great surprise. Andy and Teddy have never met such a noisy ball and it begins to chase Teddy around Andy's house. Andy finds that funny but Teddy doesn't think it is funny at all. The ball wants Andy to play with it so he kicks it and the ball bounces around the house and out the door. At first, Andy and Teddy don't know where the noisy ball has gone, but when they hear it, they run outside.

On the green, Andy and Teddy are kicking the noisy ball to each other. When Tiffo arrives, he thinks the kicking game sounds fun and he tries to kick the ball like Andy and Teddy but he has got too many legs. Teddy kicks the noisy ball very hard and bounces through the window of Looby Loo's house, then Andy and Teddy hear crashing and banging from inside Looby's house, they go inside and see that the ball has made a terrible mess of Looby's house. Looby throws the ball out of her house as she is very cross with it. Andy promises Looby that he and Teddy will help her tidy up, Looby is pleased but Teddy isn't very good at tidying up. It has taken a long time to put everything right in Looby's house but as soon as they have finished, Andy and Teddy can't wait to play with the noisy ball again.

Andy and Teddy see the ball by the tree and think it is trying to hide so Andy creeps up on it and kicks it, but then Andy realises he has actually kicked Orbie who has been having a rest in the fresh air. Andy is very sorry and tries to make Orbie feel better. The noisy ball is on the swing waiting for Andy and Teddy. Andy tells Orbie all about the noisy ball and Orbie wants to join in their games, he tries to make friends but the noisy ball doesn't seem pleased to meet another ball and starts bumping Orbie. At first Andy and Teddy think the noisy ball is playing but then it bumps Orbie very hard and starts to chase him around the green, Bilbo and Missy Hissy then arrive as they have heard all the noise. Everyone realises that the noisy ball isn't very friendly after all.

The noisy ball chases Orbie onto the see-saw and when Orbie gets off his end and before the noisy ball has a chance to get off its end, Teddy runs up the slide and jumps onto the other end of the see-saw and catapults the noisy ball into the sky and soon it disappears out of sight. Orbie is pleased that the noisy ball has gone and Andy says that Orbie is really the only ball they want as a friend. Then Teddy's tummy starts rumbling again and Teddy has forgotten he is so hungry after all the excitement. It isn't long before Andy, Teddy and Orbie are at Andy's house eating lots of honey sandwiches and they are all very happy.

## Characters

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

## Compilations

### VHS/DVD

* Charming Stories (*Bonus Feature, DVD only*)

### YouTube

* Oscar Barnett's Favourite Memory Characters: Volume 6 - Bumper Collection
* Fun In The Sun
* Here Comes Andy Pandy
* The Complete Series 2
* Quick on the Straw

## Trivia

* When the ball starts bouncing around the house after Andy kicks it and before pushing the door open, it knock a Looby Loo picture off the wall just like Looby's one that Teddy had knocked off in The Big Spring Clean, but it did not get ruined.