04x19 - Henry & the Elephant

[bunniefuu]

(joyful music)

(train toot toot)

- [Narrator] Thomas the

t*nk engine puffed happily

along his branched line

with Annie and Clarabel.

Sir Topham Hatt was

waiting on the platform.

He looked at his watch.

"Well done, Thomas.

You were right on time

and really reliable."

(toot toot)

"Thank you, Sir,"

whistled Thomas.

"Oh, right on time

and really reliable,"

hummed the coaches.

But the big engines were

not feeling cheerful at all.

"Where's Percy?" mumbled Henry,

"He's supposed to

fetch our coaches."

"We get no rest,"

complained James.

He edged angrily

onto the turn table

and spoke rudely to Henry.

"What's the matter, Henry?

There's no rain today.

Stop worrying and do

some work instead."

"I'm not afraid of getting

wet anymore," huffed Henry,

"Anyway, you look silly

enough to be a clown.

You should join the circus."

"Oh," whistled Percy, "So

you've hear the news?"

"What news?"

"About the circus."

"Percy, what are

you talking about?"

"The circus has arrived,"

explained Percy,

"I've been shunting

special cars.

Sir Topham Hatt needs

your help, too."

the engines soon forgot

to be tired and cross

until it was time for

the circus to leave,

then Gordon and Henry

were cross all over again

when James got to

pull the train away.

(upbeat music)

A little later, Sir

Topham Hatt returned.

"Come along, Henry.

A tunnel is blocked

down the line.

You must take some

workmen to investigate."

"Pushing cars, pushing

cars," grumbled Henry.

They stopped outside the tunnel.

The workmen went inside.

It was very dark and

quiet but not for long.

(elephant trumpet)

"Help!" shouted the

workmen and they ran out.

(squeaky footsteps)

"We started to dig at the block

but it grunted and

moved," one said.

"Rubbish," said the foreman.

"It's not rubbish.

It's big and alive.

We're not going in there again."

"Right," said the foreman,

"I'll ride in the cars and

Henry shall push it out."

"Wheesh," said Henry unhappily.

He had been shut in the tunnel

for being afraid of the rain

but this was worse.

Something big and

alive was inside.

"Peep, peep.

I don't want to go in."

"Neither do I," said his driver,

"But we must clear the line."

"Oh, dear. Oh,

dear," puffed Henry.

(engine sounds)

Then there was trouble.

The block was indeed

alive and very strong.

It began to push

the train backwards.

Out of the tunnel came Henry.

Then the cars and last of

all a large cross elephant.

"Well, I never,"

cried the foreman.

The workmen gave him some cake.

(elephant trumpet)

He drank three buckets of

water and was just about

to drink another when

Henry let off steam.

(elephant trumpet)

cried the elephant.

Water went all over Henry.

Poor Henry.

The elephant and his

keeper were soon reunited

but Henry was most upset.

"An elephant pushed me.

An elephant hosed me."

That night he told the

other engines all about it.

Gordon and James felt sorry

for Henry but still teased him.

"First the rain,

then an elephant.

Whatever will you

be afraid of next?"

"Nevermind, Henry,"

murmured Thomas,

"I think you were brave today

and really reliable, too."

(upbeat music)