Birdsong

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**Birdsong** is the eighteenth episode of the second season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

Looby Loo is so pleased with the biscuits she has just baked, she invites Andy Pandy to taste them. Andy is going to ask Looby for another biscuit when they hear a bird singing outside, it is singing so beautifully that they want to see the bird, but when they look outside it has flown away. Looby has an idea, she thinks that if she and Andy put her biscuits on the picnic table on the green, the bird might fly down to eat them and they'll be able to see it. Andy and Looby go back to Looby's house to wait for the bird to find the biscuits, but Teddy has come out for a walk and *he* finds the biscuits. Teddy doesn't think anyone would mind if tries the biscuits so he eats them.

Andy and Looby have waited all morning and all afternoon but the bird they have heard hasn't come back. Teddy arrives wondering where Andy and Looby have been all this time but now he has found them, he tells them about the tasty biscuits he has found on the picnic table. At last, Andy and Looby know why the bird hasn't flown down to eat the biscuits and they head for the green with Teddy following behind. When they get there, Teddy wonders why Andy and Looby look sad so Andy tells him about the bird and the biscuits they have left out for it. Teddy realises his mistake and apologies for eating the biscuits, but says they were delicious.

Bilbo arrives and Andy tells him about the bird and its beautiful song, Bilbo says that if he, Teddy and Looby get up as early in the morning as him, they will hear the singing of the dawn chorus when all the birds wake up and sing to each other. Andy, Teddy and Looby say they will wake up at dawn the next day, but the next morning, they are all still asleep when the sun comes up. Bilbo has been waiting for a very long time but when Andy, Teddy and Looby finally arrive, Bilbo has to tell them they have slept so late that they have missed the dawn chorus. Bilbo has an idea, he says that if they want to hear the dawn chorus the next day, they should try an old trick he has learnt at sea - before Andy, Teddy and Looby go to bed, they should tie one end of a very long string to one of their feet and hang the other end of the green gate, then at dawn Bilbo will tug the strings to wake them all.

That night, Tiffo is out for a nighttime stroll when he sees the strings and thinks they must be a toy so he starts to play with them. Now Andy, Teddy and Looby are all awake and Tiffo has gone home when they get to the green so there is no one to tell them it is still early in the night and it would be many hours till dawn. Andy, Teddy and Looby where Bilbo is and they sit down at the picnic table to wait for him, but they are all very tired and soon they fall asleep. Next morning, Bilbo comes out to wake Andy, Teddy and Looby but he is surprised to see they are up already and he is even more surprised to see they are all fast asleep. Bilbo tries to wake Andy, Teddy and Looby to hear the dawn chorus but it is no good so he blows his ship's whistle and that surprises them as well as wakes them up.

The whistle has been very loud but none of them can hear the dawn chorus as the whistle has frightened all the birds away. Andy, Teddy and Looby are sorry to have missed the dawn chorus again but Looby invites Andy, Teddy and Bilbo to her house for an early breakfast. As Andy, Teddy, Looby and Bilbo are having their breakfast, they all hear a beautiful sound. Andy, Teddy and Looby rush outside to see what it is and it is the sound of the birdsong that Andy and Looby have heard the other day, this time they can see the bird. It is only a small brown bird but that doesn't matter because it sings such a beautiful song.

## Characters

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

## Compilations

### YouTube

* Oscar Barnett's Favourite Memory Characters: Volume 2 - Animal Adventures
* Out In The Fresh Air
* The Complete Series 2
* Scaredy Bear