The Tent

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**The Tent** is the second episode of the second season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

It has been a very hot night and the heat has kept Andy Pandy and Teddy awake. When Bilbo arrives, Andy tells him how hard it is to sleep during a hot night and Bilbo says that Andy and Teddy should make a tent so they can sleep in the fresh air. All they need is an old sheet and clothesline, Andy thinks Looby Loo might have some old sheets and a clothesline so he and Teddy set off for her house. Looby soon finds an old sheet and clothesline for Andy and Teddy and she sends them off to Bilbo so he can teach them how make their tent.

On the green, Bilbo tells Andy and Teddy to tie one end of Looby's clothesline to the tree and the other end to the top of the slide. Andy and Teddy hang the sheet over the clothesline and Andy puts pebbles on the side of the sheet to hold the tent in place. Then the tent is ready and it would soon be time to try it out. That night, Teddy lights the way with a torch as Looby helps Andy carry everything they would need for the night in their new tent. Teddy falls asleep and drops his torch so it is very dark. Andy and Looby can't see where they are going and they trip over Teddy waking him up, but the moon comes out from behind some clouds and its light helps them see what they are doing.

Once Andy and Teddy have settled into their tent, Looby and Bilbo say goodnight before heading off back to their houses. Andy and Teddy are eating biscuits for their supper, Teddy wants one last biscuit but falls asleep before he can eat it, so Andy finishes Teddy's biscuit and then also goes to sleep. Tiffo is out for an evening walk when he sees the tent in the middle of the green, he wonders what the strange new white thing can be and starts attacking it to make it go away. Tiffo's barking wakes up Andy and Teddy and when Andy tells what the tent is for, Tiffo decides to leave it alone and then goes back to his house. When Andy and Teddy go back to sleep, the wind starts to blow and the night gets much colder. The wind blows so hard that the tent blows away. Andy and Teddy start to feel cold and they want to go back to their houses and back to their warm beds.

The tent lands on Missy Hissy's pipes and starts flapping about in the wind. Andy and Teddy think the tent is a horrid white giant and they run back to their houses as fast as they can, but they don't even stop to pick up their blankets. The next day is dull and chilly and Looby is walking to the green with a tray of warm sweet drinks for Andy and Teddy after their night in the tent, but when she gets there, she sees that Andy, Teddy and the tent have gone. Then Looby hears Missy Hissy and sees that her sheet has trapped her inside her house so she goes to find Andy and Teddy.

As soon as Andy and Teddy remove the sheet from Missy Hissy's pipes, Missy Hissy thanks them for rescuing her. After being trapped by a tent, Missy Hissy would really like a mug of Looby's warm sweet drink. At Looby's house, Andy, Teddy, Looby and Missy Hissy are all having mugs of the warm sweet drink as it has been such a strange night last night. The drink makes Teddy feel so cosy, he is soon very sleepy again and then falls asleep.

## Characters

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

## Compilations

### YouTube

* Here Comes Andy Pandy
* Playtime With Oscar: Volume 2
* The Complete Series 2
* Quick on the Straw
* Oscar Barnett's Favourite Memory Characters: Volume 37 - Camping & Nature