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[a storm hits the island, awakening the engines in the middle of the night]
Listen! Can you hear a strange whistling sound?
It's the wind blowing outside our shed. But I've never heard it like this before.
Do you know? If Gordon wasn't here now, I'd say it was him thundering by with the Express.
[after the forest is damaged] Oh, dear. I wish there was something we could do to make things better again.
Yes, indeed. But what? We can't mend broken trees.
[upon hearing the bad news about Mavis]
I warned her!
She's young yet. And...
She can manage her trucks herself!
They're your trucks, really. Mavis is supposed to stay at the Quarry. If the Fat Controller finds out...
Hmm, yes.
[after saving Toby from the damaged bridge] I'm sorry about the trucks. I can't think how you managed to stop them in time.
Oh, well. My driver told me about circus people who walk tightropes, but I just didn't fancy doing it myself.
You're afraid of getting hurt yourself.
I'm not!
Yes, you are. I don't have stupid cow-catchers, but I'm not frightened. I'd just toot and they'd all go away.
But they don't.
They would with me. Animals run if they toot and look them in the eye.
Even bulls?
Even bulls.
Good evening, you three! Aren't we all a fine sight?
Very splendid, indeed.
Sorry we can't stop. The Fat Controller wants us all together at the station.
What is this about?
The Fat Controller has a plan. Come on.
So they followed the other engines to the Big Sheds at the end of the line. An excited chorus of whistles surrounded the area.
SILENCE! I have an important letter to read from a little girl who is 5 years old.
Dear Thomas and all the engines, please can I meet you? My friends say they would like to meet you, too. You can come to my house for tea, but my mom says there aren't any railway tracks to my house. Can you come to the station instead? Thank you very much!
It seems that there are many girls and boys who would like to meet you. Therefore, we are all going to the big city far away!
Hooray! Hooray!
Silence! Other engines will be working here while you're away, so please show them what to do.
Well, if that doesn't take the biscuit! They've run out of room in the parade and don't need a special attraction after all. We've got to go home, Toby. I'm sorry, old boy.
[sighs] So am I.
What's this lump of steaming scrap iron?
I'll be back. So you can wipe that silly smile off your smokebox.
Ha! [blows steam at him loudly]
Then Butch the Breakdown Vehicle arrived. He was towing the lorry from the flour mill.
What happened?
He was overloaded with flour, and he broke down.
Not very useful now are you? (Michael Angelis: Said Toby.)
Grr!
Then James whistled excitedly.
They're bringing in the third lorry on a barge. What happened to that one?
The stupid lorry was reversing and fell straight into the sea.
Later Thomas arrived. He looked at the 3 lorries and laughed.
[looks at the damaged lorries] Well, well, well. The brothers grim. Smashed, broken, and sunk!
My favorite station is Ffarquhar.
Mine's Maithwaite. Percy, what's yours?
[sleepily] The docks.
Ha! We can tell!
The docks are full of fish, not flowers.
[wide awake] All right, then, Arlesdale End.
That's my home!
That's why I like it. Especially when you're there and not here saying I'm silly! Good night.
[about the dam during the storm] Driver tells me it may be dangerous up there. Please be careful, Toby.
I'll try.
I could never have been so brave, Toby.
Oh, I'm sure you would be, but you never know until you've tried.
We're glad you're here to help us.
Are these my trucks?
Only some of them. There's masses more in the sidings.
The more the merrier.
The Old Warrior wants to meet you.
Can't it wait until morning?
Ghosts don't work day shifts.
Well, bless my bell!
This is your ghost, Toby. His name's really Bertram, but we call him "The Old Warrior", because he's so brave.
Bitter cold, bitter cold, bitter cold. Still, I'll soon be back in my nice, dry shed.
But suddenly, Toby's driver applied the brakes. He could see the farmer standing on a knee deep in snow. He was waving a red flag.
My phone lines are down. All the roads are blocked. And my sheep have just started lambing. They're trapped on the hillsides, cut off by the snow.
What can we do to help?
I need a vet as quickly as possible.
We'll stop at the next signalbox. I'll phone the vet from there.
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