04x11 - Special Funnel

[bunniefuu]

(gentle music)

(happy and upbeat music)

[Narrator]- It was winter

on the Island of Sodor,

Peter Sam puffed

nervously along the line.

(mysterious music)

His funnel had never

been the same since his

accident with some cars.

Now the biting wind

was trying to blow it away.

(birds chirping)

"My funnel feels

wobbly!" He complained,

"I wish Manager would

hurry up with my new one.

He says it would be

something special."

"You and your special funnel,"

laughed the other engines.

They were fond of Peter

Sam, but his special funnel

had become quite a joke.

The winter wind grew

worse, the rain came too,

turning hillside

streams into torrents,

which threatened to

wash the line away.

(light orchestral music)

Rusty the Little

Diesel worked hard

carrying workmen up

and down the line.

They were removing

branches and leafs

so water could flow away.

But one morning Rusty's

driver brought bad news.

"There's been a washout

near the tunnel,

the track bed has

been swept away,

we must repair the

damage immediately!"

The important work took

longer than expected.

As days went by,

the weather changed.

It became frosty

and much colder.

(cheerful music)

The workmen finished at last.

Peter Sam was most

careful as he took the

morning train over the

mended piece of track.

(bird caws)

Soon he approached the tunnel.

It was short and

curved, so his driver

could not see right through it.

Peter Sam was

heading for trouble.

(train horn toots)

"There's something

hanging from the roof!"

shouted his driver. Peter

Sam came out of the tunnel

a different looking engine.

He no longer had his funnel!

"Here's what hit you, Peter

Sam," called the conductor,

and he produced a

thick, cold, icicle.

(train horn toots)

They set off again,

but without his funnel,

the journey was very difficult.

Then his firemen saw

an old drain pipe

lying beside the track.

"We'll use that

instead of your funnel,

at least it'll help

control the smoke."

(train horn toots)

Peter Sam finished

his journey with the

drain pipe wired to his boiler.

(train halts)

The other engines laughed,

and Sir Handel sang

a song about it.

(singing) "Peter Sam

said again and again

his new funnel will

put us to shame,

went into the tunnel

and lost his old funnel,

now his famous new

funnel's a drain."

(playful music)

The teasing continues

until at last

the day came when his

new funnel arrived.

Sir Topham Hatt

proudly presented it.

"Oh dear, someone squashed

it!" Said Peter Sam,

but Sir Topham Hatt laughed,

"Don't worry, Peter

Sam. This funnel is

something special

indeed, you'll soon see."

Peter Sam's new funnel

had special pipes,

which made puffing much easier.

"I feel stronger than

ever before!" He hummed,

even Sir Handel was impressed,

"I can't understand it.

Peter Sam just seems to

stroll along the line. He

makes work look so easy!"

The engines don't laugh

at Peter Sam's funnel now.

They wish they had one like it.

(upbeat music)