05x03 - A Better View for Gordon

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(bright, cheerful music)

(happy, bouncy music)

- [Narrator] Gordon

was feeling grumpy.

This was making James cross.

"Why are you complaining

all the time?"

"Because I'm a big blue

engine and I know everything.

"I shall complain

whenever I want.

"You're just a small red engine

"with ideas above your station."

"I can't see any," said Percy,

"Where are they?"

"Any what?"

"Ideas above the station,

the sky's empty."

"Like your smokebox,

Percy," laughed James,

but Gordon was still grumpy.

"One day I'll show you

just what a big engine

could really do."

"So what can a big

engine really do?"

"Not speak to silly little

green engines for a start,"

replied Gordon,

then he puffed away.

(train tracks rumbling)

Later that day, Sir Topham

Hatt came to see him.

"Gordon, you'll be

making one stop today

"with an empty express

to test our new station.

"You can make up

time afterwards."

"Why can't Henry do it?

"He likes idling in stations."

"You will do as you are told."

(train whistle blows)

So Gordon did.

(adventurous music)

(train engine chugging)

But he was still unhappy

and he grew sick, too.

"I just can't get up

to speed," he moaned.

"It's time for your

visit to the works.

"Your pipes are clogged,"

said the fireman.

(train whistle blowing)

At last, they approached

the new station.

Gordon was impressed, but

his mood soon changed.

In front of him was a blank

wall and huge buffers.

(steam hissing)

"What a boring view!

"Important engines like me

should have a panoramic view

"where I can see people

and people can see me."

And he wheeshed angrily.

Gordon was happy when

it was time to leave.

"Now you can really

enjoy your run,

"as long as your pipes will

let you," said his driver.

(train engine chugging)

(cheerful, adventurous music)

"Come on, come on, I can

go faster that this,"

huffed Gordon.

"Sick, me?

"Never."

(train tracks rumbling)

(steam hissing)

(wheels squeaking)

But Gordon began to feel

more and more feeble,

and soon, he came

to a complete stop.

(brakes squeaking)

"What happened?"

(steam hissing)

His driver and

fireman inspected him.

"Something's broken inside

you, Gordon," said his fireman.

"Now you're really will

have to go to the works."

(grumpy music)

Gordon was still fuming

when James arrived to

collect his coaches.

"Well, well, well, so much

for knowing about everything.

"You got too puffed

up in your boiler,

"so it serves you right."

When Gordon returned from

the works a few days later,

he was still boasting.

"I am the finest engine

on the Island of Sodor,

"probably the finest

in the world."

"Come on, Gordon,

"we're going to the official

opening of the new station."

(triumphant music)

(train engine chugging)

(steam hissing)

Then there was trouble.

(train whistle blows)

As Gordon approached

the new station,

neither the driver nor fireman

could apply his brakes.

(tense music)

Something had jammed.

The driver reduced steam,

but Gordon was still

going too fast.

(train whistle blowing)

(crashes)

(wall smashes)

"Help me, please."

(mischievous music)

"Well, Gordon," said

Sir Topham Hatt,

"I knew you wanted

a panoramic view,

"but this is not the

way to achieve it."

"Yes sir, sorry, sir."

(triumphant music)

When Gordon was repaired again,

he took Sir Topham

Hatt to the new station

for its second official opening.

(train tracks rumbling)

This time he arrived safely,

and everyone clapped and

cheered as he pulled in.

Sir Topham Hatt spoke to him.

"Your panoramic view

is here to stay.

"I trust you will

always see through it,

from the safety of

your own rails."

Gordon heartily agreed.

(happy, bouncy music)