Bell Ringers

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**Bell Ringers** is the twenty-fifth episode of the first season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

After Andy Pandy finishes his breakfast one morning, he goes to his special cupboard to fetch the picture book he has promised to show his friends. As Andy tries to lift the heavy picture book, a blue hand bell falls out of the cupboard. Andy has never seen the bell before, he rings it a couple of times and wants his friends to hear it so he takes it outside. Looby Loo and Teddy come running when they hear the bell and Teddy wants to ring it himself. Looby says it is a fine bell but very noisy and Andy agrees so he decides to save the bell for special occasions. Looby and Andy go back to their houses but Teddy really wants to ring the bell so he waits until nobody is watching.

Andy is so busy trying to lift the heavy picture book that he doesn't notice Teddy creeping into his house and taking the bell off the table. When Teddy gets back to his own garden, he feels it is safe to ring the bell so he starts doing that. Andy hears the ringing, turns around and sees that his bell is not where he left it. Outside, Teddy is still ringing the bell and Bilbo and Orbie come out of their houses to complain about the noise but Teddy thinks they want to join in the fun.

Andy is outside his house looking around when Looby arrives wondering why he is ringing his bell, but Andy tells her someone has taken it and he is going to find out who. Andy finds Teddy on the green with his bell and taps him on the shoulder, Teddy gets a surprise and stops ringing the bell, Andy tells him that she should not have taken the bell and he mustn't ring it ever again. Teddy is cross at being told off but he gives Andy the bell back and leaves. Andy leaves the bell on the picnic table and decides when he takes his picture book to the green, he will gently ring the bell to call his friends.

Andy comes into his house with a wheelbarrow so he wouldn't have to carry the heavy picture book to the green, he puts it in the wheelbarrow and wheels it out of his house. When Andy closes his door, the wheelbarrow slips down his garden path and Andy falls into the barrow, then he gets out and wheels the barrow to the green. Andy is relieved to get the heavy picture book to the green at last, so he takes it out of the wheelbarrow and puts it on the picnic table, but then the picture book falls on his foot and Andy can't move.

Andy decides to ring the bell to call for help so he does that and soon Looby arrives to the rescue, they put the picture book back on the picnic table, but it falls on Andy's other foot. Tiffo arrives wondering what is going on and when Looby tells him that Andy's foot is trapped under the heavy picture book, he knows just what to do. Tiffo stands back and runs towards the picture book pushing it off Andy's foot. Just then Teddy arrives and is sorry he caused so much trouble ringing the bell and helps Andy to lift the picture book on the picnic table. Soon everyone else arrives to look at the picture book so Andy opens it up and starts showing the pictures to them. Andy is glad that his bell has helped him in the end and is delighted that everyone likes his picture book.

## Characters

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

## Compilations

### VHS/DVD

* Charming Stories
* Teddy's Sunglasses and other stories

### YouTube

* Playtime With Oscar: Volume 2
* The Complete Series 1
* Oscar Barnett's Favourite Memory Characters: Volume 25 - Recorder Edition