The Nest

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**The Nest** is the twenty-first episode of the first season and is narrated by Tom Conti.

## Plot

One morning, Missy Hissy finds a nest stuck in her window and asks Andy Pandy and Looby Loo to help her move it. Andy tells Missy Hissy to slither up to the nest and push out of the window then he would catch it. Missy Hissy does as she as asked and Andy catches the nest, then they and Looby discover that there are three eggs in the nest. There is no sign of the bird who laid the eggs so Looby decides they should leave the nest in the middle of the green where the bird can easily see it. Andy leaves the nest in the middle of to green and hides behind the tree with Looby and Missy Hissy, then the wait for the bird to land in its nest.

Andy, Looby and Missy Hissy wait for so long, they almost fall asleep but suddenly wake up when they hear Teddy coming. Teddy is walking towards the nest and he doesn't see it so Andy pushes him to the ground and explains to him about the nest. Teddy says that if the bird isn't going to the hatch the eggs into chicks, they must hatch the eggs themselves. Andy wants to take the nest into his house and hatch the eggs there so he, Teddy and Looby set off.

At Andy's house, Looby puts Andy's pillow from his bed on top of the nest to keep the eggs warm, then she, Andy and Teddy wait patiently. Later on, the eggs haven't hatched so Teddy says the eggs might need something bigger, warmer and furrier to make them hatch. Andy and Looby agree so they put the nest on the floor, lift Teddy up and put him on the nest as *he* is the biggest, warmest and furriest thing they know. Teddy now has to sit on the nest and hatch the eggs, then he remembers he has had nothing to eat since breakfast time so Andy and Looby go to find him some honey.

At Teddy's house, Andy and Looby take as long as they can to find Teddy's honey and are hoping that Teddy will have hatched the eggs when they get back to Andy's house. Soon Andy and Looby can't be patient any longer so they grab some honey pots out of Teddy's cupboard and head back to Andy's house. After Teddy has eaten all of the honey, the eggs still haven't hatched. Andy and Looby want to know if Teddy can feel anything moving underneath him, but Teddy thinks all the talking might make the chicks too frightened to come out of their shells so he asks Andy and Looby to go for a walk. Andy and Looby walk patiently outside Andy's house until it is evening, then they can't be patient any longer so they peep their heads around the front door.

Everyone else arrives outside Andy's house wanting to see if Teddy has hatched the eggs. Orbie bounces up to the front door and into the house bumping into Andy and Looby and frightening Teddy before rolling out of the house. Teddy is very cross with all the noise but he decides he has sat on the nest for long enough as he is tired, bored and very stiff. Andy and Looby help Teddy off the nest and see that the eggs still haven't hatched. As Andy, Teddy and Looby touch their eggs, the coverings come off revealing brown lumps from underneath. The lumps smell and taste of something Andy knows - chocolate. Andy, Teddy and Looby realise that Teddy has spent the whole day sitting on three chocolate eggs and they've all melted. Now that the three friends have discovered that the eggs are actually chocolate eggs, they happily eat them.

## Characters

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

## Compilations

### VHS/DVD

* Charming Stories
* Teddy's Sunglasses and other stories