The Big Spring Clean

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**The Big Spring Clean** is the fourteenth episode of the first season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

There is a lot going on at Looby Loo's house one morning, she's having a big spring clean and Andy Pandy and Teddy have come round to lend a hand. Andy is cleaning with a duster, Teddy is cleaning with a mop and Looby is cleaning with a feather duster. Teddy is enjoying the mopping so much, he evens mops the bed. Looby says that her bed doesn't need mopping, then Teddy accidentally knock a picture of Looby off the wall. Looby is quite cross and tells Teddy he should be more careful, the picture is now ruined and it is all Teddy's fault. Teddy says he has only been trying to help so he grumpily leaves while Andy and Looby carry on spring cleaning.

Soon Andy and Looby have finished spring cleaning, Looby thanks Andy for helping and Andy says goodbye and sets off for his house. As Andy is walking home, he meets Bilbo who asks him what he has been doing. Andy tells Bilbo that he has been helping Looby with a big spring clean she has every year. Bilbo thinks that is a wonderful idea as his boathouse hasn't had a good clean for ages. Andy says he can come and help Bilbo clean his boathouse and Bilbo thanks him very much so the two of them set off for the boathouse.

Firstly, Andy has to clean out all the clutter which is very dusty and it makes him sneeze. Andy sneezes so hard, he falls into Bilbo's collection of seashells. Soon everything is out of the boathouse and Andy can start cleaning, he sweeps, dusts, mops, vacuums, polishes and cleans until the boathouse is looking clean again. Now it is time to put all of Bilbo's stuff back inside but as Andy is about to put Bilbo's shell collection back into the boathouse, he has an idea. Andy asks if he can have some of the shells, some bits of rope and seaweed. Bilbo wonders what Andy wants them for, but after Andy explains, he is happy to let him have what he wants.

Teddy is pleased to see Andy coming and wonders what is in the box he is holding, but when Andy opens it up and shows him the shells, rope and seaweed, Teddy wonders what he wants with those things. Andy explains that he and Teddy are going to make a picture to replace the one Teddy had knocked off Looby's wall. Later on, Andy has fetched some cardboard, glue and paints, then he shows Teddy how to make a picture with odds and ends. At first, Teddy finds it tricky and gets glue on himself, but he soon gets the hang of it. Soon Andy and Teddy have finished sticking the shells, rope and seaweed to the cardboard, now it is time to paint. When the picture is finished completely, Teddy is proud of their work and Andy says that Teddy should take the picture to Looby and give it to her as a replacement for the one he ruined when they were spring cleaning, but Teddy is worried that Looby might still be cross with him.

When Andy and Teddy get to Looby's house, Teddy knocks on the door very quietly but no one answers. Teddy says there is no one at home but Andy tells him he has knocked so quietly no one would've heard him, so Teddy bangs on the door very loudly. Looby hears the banging and thinks someone must be trying to knock her door down, she answers the door and Teddy says he has come to say sorry for what had happened to her picture earlier on and shows her the picture that he and Andy have made. Looby is very pleased and thinks Teddy has been very clever to make a picture out of shells, rope and seaweed. Teddy says he had a little help from Andy and Looby thanks them both for the picture and invites them for tea, but she makes Teddy promise not to do any mopping.

## Characters

* Andy Pandy
* Teddy
* Looby Loo
* Bilbo

## Compilations

### VHS/DVD

* Charming Stories
* Teddy's Sunglasses and other stories
* The Birthday Cake

### YouTube

* The Complete Series 1
* Oscar Barnett's Favourite Memory Characters: Volume 29 - Spring Time