21x14 - The Big Freeze

[bunniefuu]

[bouncy music]

♪ ♪

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 ♪

♪ ♪

[whistle toots]

[steam hisses]

male narrator:

"New crane on the Dock."

It was early morning

at Brendham...

[both snoring]

And today,

there was a new crane

on the dock.

[crane whirring]

- Good morning, Brendham Docks!

Whoo-hoo!

- What?

What?

- Oh!

Ooh, ooh.

- Uh, who's that?

What?

- What is happening?

- All hands on deck!

- Who's making all that noise?

- [shouting]

All right!

- Oh, it's you, Carly.

- Nothing like making the most

of the day, chums.

[horn honking, whistle tooting]

Good morning, boys.

It's my first official day

working at Brendham Docks,

and I can't wait

to get crackin'.

So, where do I start?

[train horn honking]

[light music]

[train horn bellows]

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[playful music]

- Hi, Carly.

Remember me?

I helped bring you to Sodor.

- Of course I remember you,

Thomas.

Great to see you again.

How can I help?

- I've come to collect

a crate of spare parts

for the steam works.

- Ooh, coming right on dock.

- Oh, ha, after you, Carly.

- Oops.

- You go right ahead.

- Thanks, Cranky.

[giggles]

- Thanks, Carly!

Oh, it's great to see

everything at the docks

running so smoothly.

- That's right, Thomas.

[laughs]

Now that we have Carly on board,

it's gonna be clean sailing

all the way.

[laughs]

Just pull up here, Percy,

and I'll...uh...

[whistle tooting]

- Hello.

I'm Percy.

- Percy.

That's a handsome name

for a handsome little engine.

- Oh, uh...

- Are those crates for me?

Better get a wriggle on to.

- Uh, okay.

Oh...

- [chuckles]

Looks like you can

rest your hook, shipmate.

[chuckles]

Carly's got everything in hand.

[laughs]

- Hmm, yes.

[whistle toots]

She's doing a very good job.

But there's plenty of work here

for all of us.

[whistle toots]

You see?

Always a flatbed

that needs unloading.

Hello, Emily.

- Hi, Cranky.

- I've got this one, Cranky.

Back up a bit, chum,

maybe take the weight

off your wheels.

- Oh, you must be Carly.

- See that?

She's doing everything

while I'm just standing here,

twiddling my hook.

- Don't get so steamed up,

Cranky.

Why don't you tell her

to ease up?

- Or I could just lift in quick

while she's still

busy with Emily.

- Well, I suppose it is handy

to have a crane arm like mine.

I can reach things

that are further away.

- That's great!

And useful.

- Thanks, Emily.

It is.

There you go, chum.

All done.

- Thanks, Carly.

[whistle toots]

Lovely meeting you.

See you again soon.

- Take care!

Ah-ha.

There's something

that needs loading.

- Cranky is back in business.

Ha!

I can work just as fast as her.

Whoa, Edward,

stop right there.

- [gasps]

What's the hurry, Cranky?

- Can't stop to talk.

I'm too busy.

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Oy, what are you doing?

I just unloaded that lot.

- Oops.

Sorry, Cranky.

Don't worry, I'll work harder

to make up for my mistake.

- Well,

if you're gonna work harder,

then I'm gonna work

even harder than that.

[dynamic music]

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narrator: All day long,

Carly worked hard.

But Cranky tried

to work even harder.

♪ ♪

He was determined

to show the newcomer

how it was done.

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Then there was trouble.

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- [retches]

- Carly, let go!

- I can't!

I'm stuck.

- Ah, this is all your fault.

- Me?

What have I done?

[both grunting]

- Ahoy, shipmate!

[horn blows]

You're both pulling

in opposite directions.

And that's what

you've been doing all day long.

- But I've been working

really hard.

- And I've been working

even harder.

- But you haven't been

working together.

This reminds me of an old

sea fairy tale from long ago.

- Do we have to listen to this?

- Well, since you're marooned,

you've got nothing better to do.

[chuckles]

Now, where was I?

Ah, there was once a ferocious

two-headed sea serpent.

Mildred was its name.

[record scratches]

Or was it Monstro?

Well, anyway,

one of the serpent's heads

liked to eat ships.

[serpent growls]

[people screaming]

But the other head

liked to eat fish.

[Celtic music]

[serpent growls]

♪ ♪

One head wanted one thing,

the other head wanted

something else.

[serpents groaning]

And then, it became obvious

they needed to communicate.

- I say, old boy, wouldn't it be

better if we worked together?

- Jolly good idea, old sport.

[both growl]

- After you, old chap.

[people screaming]

♪ ♪

- Your turn, old bean.

- And from then on,

that double-headed sea serpent

never went short

of his fish and ships.

[laughs]

- Maybe I was being

a little too pushy.

- I guess

I could have spoken up.

- We shouldn't be pulling

in opposite directions, Cranky.

- You're right.

Now, what if I just...

- That--that's it, Cranky.

[gasps]

Up a bit.

- Left a bit.

- Almost there.

Oh.

[all cheering]

- There you go, shipmates.

Communication.

Oh-ho!

It's a wonderful thing.

- Oh, whew.

Whew.

- [chuckles]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

narrator:

Thanks to Salty's story,

Cranky and Carly learned

about working together

and pulling in

the same direction.

♪ ♪

[whistle tooting]

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- You take this one, Cranky.

- Thank you, Carly.

There's a ship over there

needs unloading.

- No problem, Cranky.

- Two cranes working

in perfect harr-mony.

[laughs]

- Don't you mean three cranes?

- Huh?

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- What?

- So now you speak?

You've been

standing there silent

all these years, Big Mickey,

and you've never said

a single word.

- Well, you've never said

a single word to me, either.

- Communication.

Ah, arr.

Just like I was saying.

[chuckles]

- Welcome to the team,

Big Mickey.

- You three cranes will be just

like those three musketeers.

[laughs]

[Celtic music]

- All for one...

all: And one for all!

[laughter]

[steam hisses]

[gentle woodwind music]

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children singing:

[whistle blasts]

[whistle toots]

[upbeat music]

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