16x20 - The Christmas Tree Express

[bunniefuu]

[whistle tooting]

[upbeat music]

♪ 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 ♪

[narrator] " The Christmas Tree Express"

In the high hills of Sodor,

the little engines were busy.

Pushing and pulling, heaving and hauling,

lifting and loading in the Blue Mountain Quarry.

The little engines were so busy,

they hadn't even remembered that it was Christmas.

Thomas, Toby and Rheneas

had been shunting trucks of stone all night.

The other engines were sleeping.

Bust my buffers, I'm tired.

I don't have time to be tired.

I have to hurry to collect the Christmas tree

from the Sodor Search and Rescue Center.

Bash, Dash and Ferdinand are bringing it from Misty Island.

[narrator] Rheneas was surprised.

We don't have a Christmas tree.

[narrator] Toby weeshed wisely.

You must have a Christmas tree.

It wouldn't be the Christmas holiday without one.

And Misty Island is the best place

to find a Christmas tree.

[narrator] That made Rheneas very excited.

Oh, I'd like to go to Misty Island right now.

Then I can bring the Christmas tree back here

before the other engines wake up.

Oh, that would be the best

Christmas holiday surprise of all!

Will you take me, Thomas?

I'm sorry, Rheneas, I don't have time.

I'm sure Toby will take you.

[narrator] Toby huffed and puffed.

I'd like to help you, Rheneas,

but Salty has told me stories about Misty Island.

Now, I think Misty Island is strange

and maybe just a little scary.

[narrator] Thomas chuffed cheerfully.

No, it's not, Toby. Don't worry.

Now, I must whoosh away.

[narrator] Rheneas pumped this pistons.

Come on, Toby. We must hurry.

I must have the Christmas tree here

before the others wake up.

[narrator] So Rheneas huffed happily towards a flatbed

to start the journey.

Toby pulled Rheneas' to the Sodor Search and Rescue Center.

Thomas was there with Bash, Dash and Ferdinand.

They had brought Thomas a magnificent Christmas tree.

Fizzling fire boxes, what a tree.

You'll face plenty more!

On our island.

That's right!

Hurry, Toby.

[narrator] So Toby and Rheneas

clickety-clacked into the tunnel

and out into Misty Island.

Oh me, oh my.

I'm sure Salty is right.

This island is strange.

I would like to chuff slowly and carefully.

No, Toby. We must hurry.

Whir your wheels faster and faster!

[narrator] So Toby did what Rheneas wanted.

Toby weeshed straight on to the Hollow Tree Tunnel.

Toby stopped.

Oh me, oh my.

It's a tree trunk and it's a tunnel.

This is strange and scary.

Hurry, Toby.

Whir your wheels faster and faster!

If I close my eyes, maybe it won't be so scary.

[narrator] So Toby closed his eyes tight

and did what Rheneas wanted.

Toby weeshed faster and faster into the Hollow Tree Tunnel

and out the other side.

At the side of the track,

Rheneas saw some magnificent Christmas trees.

Rheneas was excited.

Open your eyes, Toby. Stop!

Stop!

[narrator] Toby opened his eyes, but Toby didn't stop.

I must whir my wheels faster and faster.

[narrator] So Toby rushed on.

Rheneas has rattled and rocked

through valleys and hills,

past perfect Christmas trees

until they came to the Shake Shake Bridge.

Suddenly, Toby stopped.

Oh me.

Oh my.

This bridge is very strange

and very scary.

[narrator] Rheneas could see the morning sun

shining brighter and brighter.

Oh, my friends will wake soon and we haven't found a tree.

Hurry, Toby, whir your wheels faster and faster!

If I close my eyes, maybe it won't be so scary.

[narrator] So Toby closed his eyes tight

and did what Rheneas wanted.

Toby weeshed faster and faster over the Shake Shake Bridge.

On Toby weeshed and on Toby whooshed

past magnificent Christmas trees.

Open your eyes, Toby! Stop!

Stop!

[narrator] Toby opened his eyes,

but Toby didn't stop.

I must whir my wheels faster and faster.

[narrator] Then, the mist came down.

Toby stopped.

Oh me.

Oh my.

This mist is very strange

and very, very scary.

[narrator] Rheneas still had to find a tree.

He was still in a hurry.

Hurry, Toby!

Whir your wheels faster and faster!

If I close my eyes,

maybe it won't be so scary.

[narrator] So Toby closed his eyes tight,

but his wheels didn't whir.

Toby was too scared.

Toby couldn't do what Rheneas wanted.

Rheneas huffed hard.

Aw, my friends will be awake now,

and there is no tree for them.

[narrator] Toby trembled. He opened his eyes.

Rheneas, Misty Island is strange and scary to me.

When I whir my wheels and go faster and faster,

it's even stranger and scarier.

[narrator] Rheneas listened to Toby.

Rheneas could see Toby's wheels couldn't whir.

They could only wobble.

Of course, Toby, I've been silly to make you chuff fast.

We can chuff slowly, then we'll find the best tree of all.

The Christmas tree will be a Christmas holiday surprise

whenever my friends see it.

[whistles tooting]

[all] Hello.

We'd like to take you.

Slowly and carefully.

To find the most magnificent tree of all.

That's right!

[narrator] The Logging Locos smiled at Toby.

Toby liked that and that made Rheneas smile.

Are you ready to roll, Toby?

Ready to roll, Rheneas!

[narrator] So Toby and Rheneas

followed Bash, Dash and Ferdinand

slowly and carefully over the Shake Shake bridge.

[Rheneas] Are your eyes wide open, Toby?

[Toby] My eyes are wide open, Rheneas!

This isn't strange or scary at all! [chuckles]

[narrator] And on the puffed

to the most magnificent Christmas tree.

Are your eyes wide open, Toby?

[narrator] Toby chuckled.

They're would open, Rheneas!

[narrator] The Logging Locos giggled and jiggled.

Oh, this is the finest tree of all.

Thank you!

You're welcome!

Anytime.

That's right.

[narrator] When Toby and Rheneas puffed

into the Blue Mountain Quarry,

all the little engines were busy heaving and hauling.

Rheneas tooted happily.

Happy Christmas holidays!

[narrator] The little engines stopped.

They saw the Christmas tree.

What a magnificent tree.

What a wonderful Christmas holiday surprise.

[narrator] And that made Rheneas beam

from buffer to buffer.

[whooshing]

-[upbeat music] -[whistle tooting]

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Thomas, he's the cheeky one ♪

♪ James is vain But lots of fun ♪

♪ Percy pulls The mail on time ♪

♪ Gordon thunders Down the line ♪

♪ Emily really knows Her stuff ♪

♪ Henry toots and Huffs and puffs ♪

♪ Edward wants to Help and share ♪

♪ Toby, well, let's Say, he's square ♪

♪ 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 ♪

[whooshing]

[upbeat music continues]