Mr Spoon's world

    Mr Spoon's world doesn't appear to have a name. It's known simply as
    "home". Oh, but what a home.  The Spoon family - Mr Spoon, Mrs Spoon
    and Tina Teaspoon - live in a delightful red Ox box house, with a higgeldy-
    piggeldy garden fence and big sweeping brush trees lining up behind
    their super spaceship - beyond which is Mr Spoon's garden shed.

     

    It's all quite a contrast from the collection of tower boxes not far away,
    where you'll find Winny Wilson.
    
    Mr Spoon's world is bigger than Button Moon. But it's still rather small.
    Occasionally, we get a long shot of the world, as he blasts off into space,
    Blanket Sky, and by compositing a couple of images, we can get
    a pretty good view from on high. That's Mr Spoon's red house in the middle,
    and there are the tower boxes on the far left of the picture...

    
    
 

     Blanket Sky

     Ah, Blanket Sky. It really is an extraordinary place. The route from
     Mr Spoon's house takes us past ever-changing sights, like rippling
     streamers and bright Summer kites, or spinning windmills. 

     Occasionally, bubbles drift by the window of Mr Spoon's spaceship as
     a soapy bucket and mop washes the stars, to make them shine
     even brighter...

         

     But it's not always so cheerful. At times, Umbrella stormclouds can
     gather, rain pours from big green watering cans and a line of fork lightning
     zig-zags down!...

         

     Oh, but it was only a passing shower. Now a flock of Banana Birds
     have taken flight, and they lead us on to the fruity delights of
     Planet Gooseberry!...

 
  
     Button Moon

     At last we've arrived at our special destination. From a distance,
     Button Moon is merely a round yellow button, with nothing much to
     offer its visitors. But once we land, its secrets are revealed...

    

    

     You see that network of pipes extending away into Blanket Sky? - This
     is where you'll find the Bottle Army, and Big Small and Little Bottle.
     And look closely - yes, that's right - the piping is forever changing
     its layout and colour!

     Along the pipwork you'll find Freddy Teddy's red toybox, and
     Ragdoll's lovely dollhouse...

         

     But the most popular haunt on Button Moon is surely the Button Moon
     Theatre, where the bottles queue up to watch performaces of "The Snoring
     Princess" or the theatrical masterpiece that is "The Paper Garden".

     The Rainbow entrance and box office lead into a large auditorium with
     stalls and a high balcony. There are also two special boxes located
     left and right of the stage - the seats of choice for Mr and Mrs Spoon,
     on the occasion of their anniversary visit. Let's take a closer look...

      

 

     The Paper Garden

     Presented at the Button Moon Theatre on the day of Mr and Mrs Spoon's
     anniversary, this is a deeply romantic tale which brings a tear to Mrs
     Spoon's eye. It goes something like this:

     

    Princess Ping is the daughter of the Emperor of China, who
    lives in a paper palace with a paper garden. Ping is in love with
    Pong the lowly gardener, but the Emperor sets him a cruel task.
    Pong must bring back a silver claw from the Magic Monster in
    the Mountains if he is to marry his daughter. And thus Pong
    departs.

    The Princess waits and waits for his return. But when he fails
    to appear she sets sail in pursuit. She sails for many sunsets
    until she encounters a vulture, warning her away from the
    mountainous island she is approaching. But Ping alights and
    climbs the mountain until she meets with a mound of waste
    paper that stirrs and reveals itself to be none other than the
    Magic Monster with the Silver Claws. The Monster has snared
    Pong, who now tends the creature's paper garden.

    Now that Ping and Pong are reunited the Monster sees
    they are very much in love and he relents. He decrees that he
    will have his silver claws cut, and he will donate a claw as a
    wedding gift, provided the couple return to see him again. 

    And thus True Love wins through, and Ping and Pong are
    married and live happily ever after!...