Narrator quotes from Thomas & Friends

The express is late, and it's got two engines! I think James couldn't pull it on his own, so Toby had to help him.

Never mind, James. They're only joking.

[crossly] HA!

Toby just smiled.

[rockets past] He did it! I'll do it! He did it! I'll do it!

Gordon's train rocketed past, and was gone.

He'll knock himself to bits.

[about the egg under Duck's bunker] Well, well, well! Ye must've laid it in the night, Duck. All unbeknownst!

Then Duck laughed, too.

You win, Donald. It'd take a clever engine to get the better of you!

Wake up, Thomas! Are you dreaming about the time you thought I was a ghost?

Certainly not! Anyway, I was only pretending to be scared. I knew it was you, really.

Percy went on teasing him.

I hope the guard leaves the light on for you tonight.

Why? I quite like the dark.

Oh, really?! I am surprised. I always thought you were afraid of the dark. I wonder why.

You'll never guess what I saw last night.

Gordon was in no mood for puzzles.

I'm a busy engine. I don't have time for your games.

I've seen a huge dragon. It was covered in lights!

Gordon snorted.

You've been in the sun too long. Your dome has cracked!

[approaches the shed] Good morning.

The two engines had not worked with Diesel for a long time.

What are you doing here?!

Your worthy Fat - uh, Sir Topham Hatt sent me. I hope you are pleased to see me again. I am to shunt some dreadfully tiresome trucks.

Shunt where?

Where? Why from here to there. And then again, from there to here. Easy, isn't it?

With that, Diesel, as if he was to make himself quite clear, bumped some trucks hard.

OH!

GRR!

[sees Gordon covered in mud] Hello, Gordon. You look as if you've had a mud bath. Be a sensible engine and have a shower instead.

I haven't time to dawdle over my appearance like fussy tank engines do.

The wind blew stronger.

Phew, Gordon! Slow down!

This made Gordon even crosser.

I'll be dirty and late, dirty and late!

At the next station was a sign "All trains must wash down daily." James had just finished being cleaned.

Come on, Gordon. You'll feel better, too, after a good hosedown.

BAH!

You're a very naughty engine! Now James will need another shower! You'll have to wait your turn till later!

Good riddance! I'm far too busy to waste time with water!

Thomas was shunting shining new coaches.

Good morning, James!

Are those coaches for me?

No. These are for Gordon's Express. I'll fetch your trucks next.

But James was going to play a trick on the other engines.

Actually, Thomas, I'm taking the coaches. The Fat Controller asked me to tell you.

What about the trucks?

Uh, give them to Gordon.

Come on, Thomas. Orders are orders.

Bother! It's that dizzy thing Harold!

[lands] Good morning. I always said railways were out of date, but you're so slow with the mail. You should give everyone their stamps back. Post haste! [flies off]

Percy was too tired to explain.

Bird brain!

Thank goodness I have a chance to speak to you. Driver says that the person in charge of the post has complained to the Fat Controller about the delay last night.

But that wasn't my fault!

I know! And so does the Fat Controller. But this post person wouldn't listen. Tonight, we'll just have to be quicker than ever before.

The engines were just leaving the station when they heard a familiar buzzing.

I say, you two, there's news flying about.

Where?!

All over the place. They're going to scrap the mail train and use me instead. Wings work wonders, you know. [flies off again] Always.

Rubbish!

Cheer up, Mavis.

Mavis was still remembering the trouble she'd had with trucks.

[about her previous troubles] Manager says I don't listen to his advice. He says I've no business jauntering down Toby's line. Toby's a fusspot!

Toby has forgotten more about trucks than you will ever know. You must put the trucks where he wants them, then you'll be a Really Useful Engine. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to take these stones to the harbor.

Hello, Trevor. Why are you dozing there like an old stick-in-the-mud?

I'm not dozing. I'm resting.

Then he told Bertie about the vicar's party.

I'll be there, too. I'm not sure people will want to ride on an old traction engine after traveling in a smart, red bus like me.

Hello, Trevor. You look as bright and cheerful as my red paint.

Oh, I am.

What's that noise?

It's the bees. They're all in these boxy things called beehives. I'm taking them to the station. The Vicar says his bees make good honey and he's giving some of them to his friends.

Just then, BoCo the Diesel Engine hummed in.

Take care, you two. Don't make the bees angry. They might sting you.

James didn't like being told what to do by a diesel, and he buzzed away.

I remember the first time I met those two. They nearly made my eyes pop out. Edward soon put a stop to their games.

Edward is the only one who can keep Bill and Ben in order. I sometimes call them the bees.

A good name. They're terrors when they start buzzing around.

James bustled in.

What's that, Duck, are you afraid of bees? They're only insects after all, so don't let that buzz-box diesel tell you different.

His name is BoCo, and he didn't. We–

I wouldn't care if hundreds were swarming around! I'd just blow smoke and make them buzz off!

Buzz, buzz, buzz.

I was here first!

But you're in my way! You'll have to back up again.

I won't!

You will!

I won't!

The Fat Director came to stop the noise.

If you don't behave, I shall not allow you here again.