(happy, playful music)
- [Narrator] On starry
nights when the moon is full
and the air still,
you can hear the
sounds of faraway ships
and distant laughter.
They echo over the hills
and through the valley.
Down calm canals
and sleepy inlets.
Every engine knows that
these are the sounds
that say the harbor
is hard at work
at the big station by the sea.
(train whistle)
One night a special load
of fish was ordered.
Sir Topham Hatt decided that
extra vans must be added
to the train that the men
called the Flying Kipper.
The only vans available
were old ones.
They had not been
used for a long time.
(train whistle)
Henry waited impatiently
by the key side
as Duck shunted
them into position.
Thomas puffed by
with the mail train.
- [Thomas] Hello
Duck, going fishing?
I'd take care if I were you.
- Why? puffed Duck.
Well for one thing,
puffed Thomas,
remembering his own experience.
If fish get into
an engine's boiler,
they always cause trouble.
And for another, fish
can be awfully smelly.
And I know what
I'm talking about.
Good night.
Henry grunted dreadfully.
"You'll just have to
put up with it Henry,"
said his driver.
"At least the extra load
will mean you can have
another engine help
us up Gordon's Hill."
(train whistle) (engine puffing)
Meanwhile, Duck was
waiting at Edward's Station
so that he could
help the heavy train
by pushing from behind.
Henry made good progress.
(train whistle)
(happy music)
When they reached
Edward's Station,
his driver stopped the
train beyond the platform.
Then Henry gave
a special signal.
Beep beep beep beep
I need help please.
(train whistle) Beep
beep, replied Duck.
I won't be long.
Duck buffered gently
up to Henry's train.
He was not coupled on.
Henry would then be
able to run on without
stopping when they reached
the top of the hill.
(train whistle)
Ready, whistled Duck.
And off they went.
(train whistle)
(engine puffing)
(lighthearted music)
Soon they reached Gordon's Hill.
Push hard, push
hard, puffed Henry.
We're doing it, we're
doing it, replied Duck.
Henry was pulling his train
harder than he realized.
Duck felt the weight
on his buffers slacken.
Then Duck noticed
something else.
There's no sign of a
tail lamp, he puffed.
He whistled, but
there was no reply.
Meanwhile Henry had
noticed something too.
My train's getting heavier,
he thought to himself.
I'm slowing down.
Then there was trouble.
(crash)
No one was hurt,
but a strong smell of
fish hung in the air.
Next day, workmen found
the broken tail lamp
at the bottom of the hill.
Sir Topham Hatt
spoke kindly to Duck.
"The accident wasn't your fault.
We should have checked
that this tail lamp
was fixed on properly.
We'll soon have you in
working order again."
"Thank you sir,"
said Duck sadly.
"Thomas told me to be
careful about fish.
They got me in a right
pickle, didn't they?"
(whimsical music)
04x24 - Fish
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British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.
British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.