06x01 - Salty's Secret

[bunniefuu]

(upbeat children's music)

(train whistling)

- [Narrator] All the engines

on the island of Sodor

love their work but sometimes

there is too much work.

That's when Sir Topham

Hatt brings new engines

to the island.

Salty, the dockyard diesel

is one of these engines.

He loves to tell

tales of the sea.

- [Salty] We heaved

until the old freighter

finally caught the tide.

Argh, it's good to be useful.

- [Narrator] Salty is

excited about coming

to the island of Sodor.

Islands are

surrounded by the sea.

Salty loves the sea.

Soon Salty arrived

at his new job.

- [Salty] Ahoy Matey's,

Salty, pride of the seven seas.

I'm a new diesel and I'm

here to give you some help.

- [Narrator] Bill

and Ben didn't think

they needed any help

especially from a diesel.

Welcome to center island

quarry, Mavis said proudly.

Salty looked all around.

Everywhere he looked he

saw nothing but rocks.

A quarry, he cried.

There must be some mistake.

I'm a dockyard diesel.

You're a quarry diesel

now, Mavis said.

And she explained that

they had to complete

an important job

for Sir Topham Hatt.

Salty was sad that he

wouldn't be working by the sea

but he knew what it meant

to be a really useful engine

and he set to work at once.

Ah well, Salty said,

at least there be trucks.

You better mind

them, Mavis said.

They can be a bother.

He won't last five

minutes, said Bill.

Those trucks will trip him

up soon enough, said Ben.

But to Bill and Ben's surprise,

the trucks seemed to give Salty

no trouble at all.

♪ And the captain yawns ♪

♪ Yo ho ho and a

bucket of prons ♪

♪ The tiller spins ♪

sang Salty.

♪ And the captain yawns ♪

sang the trucks.

Thanks to Salty, Sir

Topham Hatt's important job

was almost done.

Bill and Ben were surprised

and a little jealous.

Here comes mister

show off, groused Ben.

You have to admit he's got

a knack with those trucks,

said Mavis.

Driver says he'll

bore the bolts off us

with his stories, huffed Bill.

But Salty didn't say a word.

He didn't come near the shed.

(crickets chirping)

Mavis was worried.

She rolled alongside and

asked him what he was doing

on his own.

- [Salty] Oh I thought I might

catch a bit of seabreeze.

- [Narrator] You really do

miss the sea, don't you?

Asked Mavis.

Aye, said Salty.

I do.

But Salty knew the quarry

work was important.

The next day he tried

to show Bill and Ben

his secret with the trucks.

I like working to a

musical rhythm, he said.

And so do the trucks.

Why don't you give it

a try, me hearty's?

♪ Here we go, here

we go, here we go. ♪

♪ No we don't, no we don't,

no we don't, don't don't. ♪

But try as they might,

Bill and Ben could

not move the trucks

the way Salty could.

Later that day, Sir Topham

Hatt came to the quarry.

He was surprised to see

the job had been completed.

Well done, said Sir Topham Hatt.

It was Salty, said Mavis.

We couldn't have

done it without him.

Then I've got a bigger

job for you Salty.

- [Salty] Aye, aye sir.

What kind of quarry is it?

- [Narrator] Quarry?

Said Sir Topham Hatt.

I'm sending you

to Brendham docks.

The docks!

Salty exclaimed.

The docks are hard by the sea.

Oh thank you sir, he said.

This reminds me of

a time in Bemany.

And Salty was telling

stories again.

Salty loves Brendham docks.

He gets more work done

than any three engines

and feels really useful

and only the trucks

know his secret.

♪ The tiller spins ♪

♪ And the captain yawns ♪

(upbeat children's music)