The Missing Whistle

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**The Missing Whistle** is the twelfth episode of the second season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

Looby Loo has brought Andy Pandy five young plants she has grown from a packet of seeds as a present for him. Andy wants to plant them in his garden right away so he fetches his best trowel and hurries outside to dig holes for the plants to go into. Andy knows where he wants the plants to go and he starts digging the first hole while Looby heads back for her house. Meanwhile, Teddy finds a parcel on his doorstep and inside is a penny whistle from his uncle who plays music in a teddy bear band. Teddy hasn't seen a thing like it before but he soon knows what it is when he blows into a hole at one end, the whistle is just like the one his uncle plays in the teddy bear band.

Tiffo arrives asking if Teddy wants to play a game with him when Teddy starts playing his whistle but he plays it awfully. Tiffo doesn't like the noise so he runs off but Teddy is pleased with his tune, he can't wait to play his whistle for his friends but he has to tidy up first. Tiffo wants to know if the awful noise has really stopped, he has never seen a penny whistle before and thinks it's a long thin bone that Teddy has left out for him. Tiffo wants to bury the 'long thin bone' in a secret place until he is hungry. Andy has finished digging the holes for his new plants and he goes into his house to fetch them when Tiffo arrives and buries the whistle in one of the holes Andy has dug.

Tiffo goes off to tell his friends about his 'long thin bone' when Andy comes back with the plants and is ready to put the plants into their new homes. Tiffo meets Looby watering her garden and tells her about the 'long thin bone' he has just buried and is very pleased about it. When Teddy comes out of his house, he sees that his whistle has disappeared and is worried about where it has gone so he starts looking for it. Teddy looks everywhere he can think of but the whistle isn't anywhere in his garden so he runs to the green to look for it. Orbie and Missy Hissy are playing on the see-saw when Teddy arrives and pushes Missy Hissy off the see-saw to see if the whistle is under her end, but it isn't. Then Teddy pushes Orbie off the see-saw to see if the whistle is under his end, but it isn't there either.

Andy has planted four of the plants in his garden but he is puzzled because all the holes are full and there is one plant left on the tray. Andy thinks he must've counted them wrongly but he still digs another hole and puts the last plant into it. Looby arrives wanting to see how the new plants look in the holes and thinks they'll grow beautifully but she notices that there is a gap in the row of plants. Teddy arrives and starts looking for his whistle in Andy's garden, when he tells Andy and Teddy about his missing whistle, Looby guesses what has happened, she remembers Tiffo telling her about the long thin bone he has buried in a secret place and thinks Andy's garden is that very place.

Andy digs up the gap in the row of plants and brings out Teddy's whistle, Teddy is thrilled and wants to play it right away but Looby says they should clean it first as it has been buried in the ground. As soon as his whistle is clean, Teddy starts to play it but he still does it badly and Andy and Looby can soon see tell Teddy hasn't learnt how to play his whistle properly so Andy suggests Teddy can let someone else play the whistle. Teddy knows Looby loves music so he lets her play the whistle first and she plays it beautifully.

## Characters

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

## Compilations

### YouTube

* Here Comes Andy Pandy
* The Complete Series 2
* Scaredy Bear
* Oscar Barnett's Favourite Memory Characters: Volume 34 - Lost & Found