21x13 - A Shed for Edward

[bunniefuu]

[bouncy music]

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children:

♪ They're two, they're four ♪

♪ They're six, they're eight ♪

♪ Shunting trucks

and hauling freight ♪

♪ Red and green

and brown and blue ♪

♪ They're the Really

Useful Crew ♪

♪ All with different roles

to play ♪

♪ Round Tidmouth Sheds

or far away ♪

♪ Down the hills

and round the bends ♪

♪ Thomas and his friends ♪

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[whistle toots]

[steam hisses]

[upbeat music]

male narrator: "Cranky at

the End of the Line."

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[train whistle blows]

- Hi, Salty!

Hi, Porter!

[train horns blow]

- Hello, Thomas.

- 'Tis a fine morning, matey.

Arr.

- [laughs]

Hello, Cranky!

- Hello, Thomas.

[metal creaks]

- What was that?

- Oh, sounded like the wail

of a giant sea squid.

- Oh, no!

- Uh, I thought it was, uh...

Cranky.

both: Cranky?

[metal creaking]

- Shiver me pistons!

Was that you, shipmate?

- I'm just

a little creaky today.

Nothing to worry about.

Carry on.

[metal creaking]

Carry on.

- Creaky Cranky.

[all laugh]

- Yeah, well, you'd creak, too,

if you were up here

night and day exposed

to the wind and the rain

and the salty sea air.

- Oh, you know,

I heard about these cranes

on the mainland--Ow!

[thuds]

[laughter]

Cranky!

[metal creaks]

- Oh, every creak

is another step nearer

the scrap yard.

[laughs tauntingly]

- I'm not that old.

I just need a spot of oil,

then I'll be right as rain.

- As I was saying,

Sir Topham Hatt was talking

about these big, new,

fancy cranes

that can do all sorts of stuff.

- Big, new, fancy cranes?

Ha!

Who needs them?

[strains]

[metal creaks]

[laughter]

Oh...

narrator:

Later that afternoon,

Sir Topham Hatt

came down to Brendham

for an important meeting

with the dock manager.

- Hello, sir,

good to see you.

- [laughs]

Hope you've put the kettle on.

- Better not creak while

Sir Topham Hatt's around,

Cranky, eh?

Don't want him to replace you

with a big,

new, fancy crane.

Know what I mean?

[laughs]

- Mustn't creak. Mustn't creak.

Slowly and carefully does it.

[metal creaks]

- Huh?

- [imitates coughing]

[metal creaking]

[water splashes]

- Oh!

Freight overboard!

- It's all right!

I got it!

No problem!

Everything's fine!

- Aah! [grunting]

[thudding]

Aah!

Whoa! Whoa!

[whimpering]

[grunts]

- Oh, no.

- Oh, dear, Cranky.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

- Oh, first I'm creaking,

and now I'm causing

confusion and delay.

Maybe I am getting old.

- Ow! Ooh!

Steady out, shipmate.

Don't overdo it.

- Hello, everyone.

What a lovely...day.

- No time to chat, Edward,

plenty to do.

I'm a busy crane, you know?

- He thinks if he works

twice as fast,

Sir Topham Hatt

won't replace him...

[muffled] With a big, new,

fancy crane.

- Replace him with a what?

- [muffled]

A big, new, fancy crane.

- A big shoe zebra plane?

- [muffled] No, a big, new,

fancy crane.

- A pig stew dancing lane?

- A big, new, fancy crane!

- Huh?

- Okay, okay,

no need to shout.

- [groans]

- And now he's working harder

and harder and faster and faster

to show Sir Topham Hatt

that he's not too old.

- Poor Cranky.

- He's working

all through the night.

He just won't stop.

- Even cranes

need their sleep.

- But Sir Topham Hatt

would never get rid of Cranky.

- Well, I did hear him talking

about big, new,

fancy cranes, Percy.

- No, he'd never replace

Cranky.

Would he?

[upbeat rock music]

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[metal creaking]

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- Aah! Whoa!

[metal creaking]

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- Whoa! [grunts]

Oh, abandon ship! Abandon ship!

We've hit an iceberg!

[metal creaking]

- Whoa!

- Be careful!

- Watch out!

- Aah! Oh!

[grunting]

Whoa! Whoa!

[grunts]

narrator: Cranky had worked

all through the night

and into the next day,

and he still wouldn't stop.

He was so worried

that Sir Topham Hatt

would think he couldn't do

his job anymore.

- Cranky!

- Oh.

- Slow down!

Everyone's rushed off

their wheels here.

narrator:

Then there was trouble.

- [grunts] Huh?

Oh, what on Earth is going on?

- Hello, sir. How are you?

I'm fine, better than fine.

Busy, busy, busy--that's me.

Can't stop. Work to do.

lifting and loading,

loading and lifting.

Just like always,

busy, busy, busy.

[gasps, whimpering]

- [groaning]

- Oh, dear, oh, dear.

- Sir! I must speak to you

about Cranky.

He's been working

all night, and...

- Oh, no.

[whistle toots]

- It's not looking good,

Thomas.

Sir Topham Hatt was down

at Brendham with a dock manager,

and they were talking

about Cranky.

- [chuckles] I don't think

that means anything.

Sir Topham Hatt's not really

going to replace Cranky

with a big,

new, fancy crane.

- Right, you two.

I have a very special special

for you today.

We're off

to the Mainland Crane Works

to look at some big, new,

fancy cranes.

[suspenseful music]

narrator:

That night Cranky was so tired

that he just couldn't stay

awake a second longer.

[tiredly]

Must keep working.

Need to lift another...

[grumbling softly]

[snoring]

narrator:

While he was sleeping,

Thomas and Edward returned

from the Mainland Crane Works,

and they brought

something back with them.

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- [snoring]

[metal creaking]

Wha--

- [groans]

- I wasn't asleep, sir.

I never sleep.

I'm too busy working.

Much too busy.

- Hey-up, Chuck.

- [gasps]

Don't get rid of me,

sir, please!

I-I'm not so old,

a-and I really am

a useful crane!

- [chuckles]

I know you are, Cranky,

very useful, indeed,

But just lately, every time

I've come to the docks,

I've noticed how frantically

you've been working,

so I thought maybe you needed

a helping hook.

- Hey-up, Chuck.

- Huh?

- I hear you've been struggling,

but don't worry.

I'm here now.

Callie's the name.

We'll soon have these docks

running smoothly again.

[quirky music]

- I--

- I'm sure you two

are going to get along

like a house on fire.

Isn't that right, Cranky?

- Oh, no.

- All right, then...

may as well make a start.

[grunts]

Oh, whoops!

[laughs]

- Hey!

You creak just like me!

- [chuckles] That's what happens

when you're made of metal.

A spot of oil

will soon fix that.

- Save some for me, Callie.

We'll make

a well-oiled team.

[laughter]

narrator: So now there was

a big, new, fancy crane

on the docks.

[steam hisses]

[gentle woodwind music]

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[children singing]

[whistle blasts]

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