Andy Pandy's Odd Ink

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**Andy Pandy's Odd Ink** is the eighth episode of the second season and is narrated by Tom Conti,

## Plot

Andy Pandy wants to draw a picture of his favourite chair, he looks in his special cupboard to see what colour of ink he might find and he takes a strange-looking bottle. Andy takes the top off, dips his pen into the strange bottle and discovers it is full of blue ink which is just the right colour for Andy's drawing. Andy is about to draw his picture when Bilbo arrives for help, he wants to invite everyone to a picnic to celebrate the day he had first set sail on his travels but he doesn't have any ink to write the invitations. Andy says he has lots of ink and would be happy to give some to Bilbo so he pours some into a small bottle and puts a cork in the top to close it.

At Teddy's house, Teddy has so many jars of honey that he is going to keep them all in a box. Teddy wants to draw a picture of a bee on his box to remind him that there is honey inside, so he looks in his bits-and-pieces basket and finds a pen but he doesn't find any ink. Meanwhile, Bilbo has finished writing the invitations to his picnic and now it is time to deliver them. After Bilbo delivers invitations to Orbie, Missy Hissy and Tiffo, Tiffo is very excited and wants to help deliver the rest of the invitations so he goes to Looby Loo's house first of all and leaves Looby's invitation on the floor.

Meanwhile, Andy has finished his picture and is so pleased with it that he wants to show it to Looby right away. Just as Andy is leaving his house, Teddy arrives and asks if he can borrow some ink and Andy says he can borrow as much as he likes. At Looby's house, Looby is excited to see Andy's picture but she and Andy are surprised to see that Andy's paper is blank. Outside, Bilbo gives Tiffo an invitation to give to Teddy so Tiffo runs to Teddy's house and leaves the invitation on the floor. By now, Teddy has finished his drawing and is so pleased with it that he wants to show it to Andy right away. Just as Teddy is about to leave his house, he sees a card on his floor and wonders why it is blank.

When Andy gets back to his house, he finds another blank card on his floor. Just then Teddy arrives and wants Andy to come with him right away so Andy follows Teddy to his house. On the green, Bilbo has the picnic all set up and is waiting for his friends, he has waited all afternoon but nobody has come to his picnic. Teddy wants to surprise Andy with his drawing but when Andy uncovers his eyes, he and Teddy see that Teddy's paper is blank. At Looby's house, Bilbo arrives and asks Looby why she hasn't come to his picnic and she tells him that all she has found is a blank card. Bilbo is surprised to see that his card is blank and when Looby tells him that the paper on which Andy has drawn his picture is also blank, Bilbo guesses what has happened.

At Andy's house, Bilbo says to Andy and Looby that the ink in Andy's strange bottle must be invisible ink and that's why Andy's drawing and Bilbo's writing has faded away. Andy wants to know if the writing will ever come back and Bilbo thinks it might come back if they heat it so he, Andy and Looby start blowing on the ink and the writing on Bilbo's invitation is indeed coming back. Everyone is invited to the picnic after all and now that the sun has warmed the ink on Andy's paper, they can all see his chair drawing. Teddy's bee drawing can also be seen again and everyone think it is very good.

## Characters

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

## Compilations

### YouTube

* Oscar Barnett's Favourite Memory Characters: Volume 16 - Magical Adventures
* Playing In The Garden
* The Complete Series 2
* Get Your Skates On and other stories
* Quick on the Straw