[First lines. The episode opens on a blustery day in the countryside and a bus driving down a hill]
It's blowing a gale today in Pontypandy, but a hurricane wouldn't lower the spirits of the ever cheerful debonair Trevor Evans the bus.
[Trevor Evans is singing while driving the minibus when a leaf blows into the windscreen]
Oh! [Switches the wipers on to get rid of the leaf] Ha!
[He drives past a telephone cable which is blowing about in the wind, and it eventually falls onto the road. The camera cuts to the home of Fireman Sam Jones in Pontypandy, the town in which Fireman Sam is set]
Fireman Sam is just finishing his breakfast.
[We see Sam eating his breakfast while listening to the radio]
SSSam's Radio
High winds this morning in South Wales, but moderating later in the day.
Mmmm. [Turns off his radio] I quite like windy days. Wind blows those cobwebs away. I know. [He gets out of his seat] I think I'll give Sarah and James a ring. [Picks up the telephone in the hall] Perhaps we could go to the park after I finish my shift. Odd. That's very odd. The phone's dead!
[Minutes later, Sam is walking in the wind as debris goes flying in the other direction. Inside the nearby cafe, Bella Lasagne, the cafe's owner, is trying to make a phone call, but to no avail]
BellaPronto, pronto. Hello, hello? Oh, the telephone! It not work!
[Sam enters the cafe]
Hello there, Bella. I'll have my usual. Cheese and chutney sandwiches, please.
Bella
Sandwiches, I will make the sandwiches? I got no bread. I phone the baker, but the phone are no work. Oh, Mamma Mia!
Mmm, leave it to me, Bella, I'll see what I can do.
[Bella is walking out of her café when Jupiter, with Sam driving, arrives. Sam gets out to speak to Bella]
Bella
Sam, where's a my Rosa?
Sam; Well I'm afraid I can't tell you.
Bella
You no bring her home?
[from insider Jupiter] [meows and purrs] [Jumps out of Jupiter]
Bella
Rosa! Come a Rosa. [Picks up Rosa] Oh, Grazia, Sam.
[The episode opens with snow falling around Pontypandy, but it fades to the morning]
There's a surprise for the people of Pontypandy as they open their curtains this morning.
[Dilys Price goes to look at the snow that's fallen outside N.W. Price's general store]
Bloomin' nuisance, this snow. Makes the place untidy. [The camera pans right to Bella's cafe] Norman! Norm, help me clear the path!
[off camera] I want to go sledging, mum.
[Bella is looking at the snow from her cafe]
Bella
Ah, the snow. It glisten like the diamond in the sunlight.
[Some snow falls off the awning of Bella's cafe, revealing the name. Meanwhile, a robin lands on the fountain which is now frozen and pecks on the ice, but then it flies away. Then, the camera fades to outside Sam's house]
SSSam's Radio
It's going to be a white Christmas as predicted. Four inches of snow fell overnight in parts of Wales, with drifting in places....
[Inside his house, Sam is having breakfast]
SSSam's Radio
And with these colder fronts moving in from Scandinavia and Russia, there's more on the way.
[Sam turns his radio off]
Hmmmm. Well, I hope the snowploughs have done their job. [Reads the Christmas card that he has just opened] I wonder if Sarah and James are up yet. They're going to have some fun today.
[At Bella's Café, Bella is showing her ring to Dilys]
Bella
Is a family heirloom, it's a beautiful, no, Mrs. Price?
They can work wonders in class these days, can't they?
[Trevor enters the café]
Good morning, ladies! Oh, a double dose of beauty to behold. Lucky me.
I'll have a cup of tea, please, Bella, my lovely. [Sees the ring on Bella's finger] Goodness me! You got a diamond the size of a sugar lump. [Bella goes over to the sink and puts a cup of tea in the sink] You haven't gone and got yourself engaged, have you?
Don't be daft, man, she inhabited that ring.
[Then, Norman comes into the café]
Mum, there's a man in the shop.
Tell him I'm closed for lunch!
From the VAT! [Leaves the café]
Oh! Excuse me! [Gets out of her seat and walks out of the café] Norman, come back here this minute! What exactly did you tell him?
[Meanwhile, Bella gives Trevor his cup of tea]
Now, come on, my lovely, let's have another dekko at that rock of yours. [Bella shows him her left hand, but her ring is gone] Oh. Um, Bella? Where is it?
Bella
[checks her left hand] Oh, mamma mia! She disappear into slim air.
Well, no no you had it on when you washed those cups up.
Bella
Come here. [Walks back to the sink] It - it must be in the sink. [Looks in the sink and finds that her ring has gone completely] Oh, no no, it's not.
Well, no it's just gone down the plughole, see? I'll bet you anything it has. [Puts his screwdriver inside Bella's sink] We'll just, uh, take the grill off the pole. No, it's too small for my hand. Now, see, I'll try and get it from uh, from underneath. [Starts inspecting underneath the sink]
Bella
I no no. Ah, maybe my hand defeat.
Now, which one is the worst. [Touches one of the two small pipes] Um, is this? No no, no no, it must be this one. [Pulls the other small pipe and water comes rushing out, some of which squirts Trevor in the face] Oh! Blooming heck!
Bella
Trevor, what have you done?
Oh, come. Come over here, Bella, quick!
Bella
I can't! My hand is a stuck in the plughole!
[Final lines in the original series. In her café, Bella gives Norman a plate with a burger and some chips]
Bella
Hamburger and chips, Norman, your favourite.
Oh, thanks. [Picks up his burger and takes a bite] Mmmmm. Hey, Penny, can I have a lick with my burger now? Ha hey! Ha hey! [Licks the ketchup on his wrist]
[to Penny] See, I've tried to bring him up proper, Penny, I don't know where he gets it from. [Puts her finger on some mustard bottle and tastes it]
[Meanwhile, Station Officer Steele is congratulating everyone as he joins Sam and Elvis at their table]
Well done, everyone, lunch is on the fire service. Um....
Lunch here? But what about my curry?
Yes, uh, well I think it's probably, uh, dried to a frazzle now, Cridlington. Still, can't be helped.
I-I suppose so, sir. [Smiles] Hey, as Bella's so busy, I could give her hand with the cooking. [Leaves the table]
Aye, well good try, anyway, sir.
[At Bella's Café, Bella is polishing her counter when Rosa comes over to her meowing at her]
Bella
Was a matter Rosa? Why you not a snuggle up in your basket? it's a nice and a warm by the pizza oven.
[They make their way to the pizza oven only to discover Woolly asleep in Rosa's basket]
Bella
Mamma Mia!
[Woolly wakes up and gets out of Rosa's basket]
Bella
Norman, your a Woolly is a bully, he pusha my Rosa out of her bed, he is a baaad!, from a the cafe!
Okay, but we need something to keep us warm [he looks at the table clothe] can I borrow this?
Bella
Yes, yes, just a take him out please!
[Bella places Rosa back into her bed]
Come on Woolly, I got something to show you.
Thank you Sam, thank you, me and my poor Norman could've lost everything.
Well at least this little fella's safe.
[Norman takes his Snuggle Bun hot water bottle from Sam, but quickly hides it behind his back from Bella]
It was your electric blanket that caused the fire Dilys.
That's strange?, I've had it 40 years and it's never been a problem before.
You have to be careful with old ones, if you don't store them right they can be dangerous.
Bella
So where are you going to sleep now Norman?
I'm too tired to care, anywhere will do, Mam, can Woolly stay with me?
All right then, just this once.
Oh, there it is Bella, the alien spaceship what took my precious Norman.
Bella
Is a getting closer [through binoculars, a bright light can be seen] is a coming straight for us.
Stands to reason if they are looking for intelligent life forms.
[Silhouettes of Sam and Norman then appear]
Bella
Oh, is a hideous, is a terrifying, it's a Ohh!
There you go ladies, one green life form safe and sound.
Norman my little precious. [kisses Norman]
Eugh, You taste like Pea soup, Norman, is that my cooking foil?
Look, Mam, look! It's one of those big cats like we saw on the telly!
Must think I was born yesterday, [Dilys gasps] Oh, my Giddy Aunt! There's a black beast on the loose!
See I told you, it was so hungry it ate a lettuce, two carrots and a cucumber.
Heavens to goodness Norman! It could have eaten you! I would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes.
Bella
What do you see Dilys?
A big black cat as big as a bear, escaped from a zoo or a circus.
[Bella gasps and almost faints until Dilys catches her]
This is no time to get historical Bella, we've got to call Fireman Sam.
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