04x01 - Granpuff

[bunniefuu]

(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)