(upbeat music)
- [Narrator] One winter's
night when the cold wind blew,
the engines found
it hard to sleep.
'What we need' suggested Toby
'is to listen to a story'
'Yes' agreed Percy,
'A mysterious story'.
'But' added Doc, 'it
must have a happy ending'
'Driver told me a story' said
Thomas, so everyone listened.
'Once upon a time' began Thomas,
'there were three
little engines who lived
'in their own little shed
on their own little railway.
'Their names were Duke,
Stewart, and Falkin.
'Duke was the oldest, and
was named after His Grace,
'The Duke of Sodor.
(trumpets)
'He was proud of this,
'he loved to keep the
little engines in order.
(train whistle)
(upbeat music)
'Whenever they did anything,
'Duke thought
wrong, he would say
'That would never
suit His Grace'.
'Other engines came and went,
but Duke outlasted them all.
'Stewart and Falkin used
to call him Grandpuff.
'They were fond of him,
'but they got very tired of
hearing all about His Grace.
'Sometimes they would
tease him and chant
'Engines come and engines go,
Grandpuff goes on forever'.
'You impertinent
scallywags' Duke would say.
'Whatever are you
engines coming to?'
'Nevermind Grandpuff,
we're only young once'
'Well, you'd better mind,
'unless you'd want to
end up like Smudger.'
'Oh Grandpuff,
whatever happened?'
'Smudger' said Duke
'was a showoff.
'he road roughly and
often came off the rails'
'I warned him to be careful,
but he took no notice'
'Listen Dukey' he snarled.
'Who worries about
a few spills?'
'We do here', I said,
but Smudger just laughed,
(laughing)
'until one day, Manager said
'he was going to make
him useful at last.
'Smudger stopped laughing then.'
'Well why, what did he do?'
'He turned him
into a generator.'
'He's still out there
behind our shed.'
'He'll never move again.'
(birds chirping)
'After that Stewart and Falkin
became really useful engines,
'and all three were happy
together for many years.
(upbeat music)
'Then hard times came.
(sad music)
'The mines in the hills closed,
'and the railway was closed too.
'People came to buy the engines.
'We'll take Stewart and Falkin.'
'No one wanted Duke, they
thought him too old.'
'Cheer up Grandpuff'
called Stewart.
'We'll find you a
nice railway and
'then you can come
and keep us in order.'
'They tried to be
brave and cheerful,
'but no one really thought
their dreams would come true.
'Duke's driver and fireman
oiled and greased him
'one last time.
'They sheeted him
snugly and said goodbye,
'then they had to go
away and find work.
'Duke was alone.
'Oh well,' he sighed
'I'll go to sleep,
'it'll help to pass the time'
(thunder)
'Winter torrents washed
soils from the hill
(calm music)
'trees and bushes
grew all around.
'You wouldn't have
known a shed was there,
'let alone a little
engine asleep inside.
'That's not a happy
ending' cried Percy.
'Ah' murmured Thomas.
'There will be one,
'but that'll have to
wait until next time.'
(upbeat music)
04x01 - Granpuff
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British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.
British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.