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Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery: The Movie (2008)

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Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery: The Movie (2008)

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( Brakes wheesh! )

( Chug-chug-chug-chug! )

( Toot-toot! )

( Brakes wheesh! )

( Toot-toot! )

("Engine roll call" )

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 differenroles to play.

Round tidmouth sheds

or far away,

down the hills

and round the bends.

Thomas and his friends!

Storyteller:

the island of sodor

is surrounded

by beautiful blue sea.

It has fields of green

and sandy, yellow beaches.

There are rivers, streams,

and lots of trees

where the birds sing.

There are windmills

and a coal mine

and docks where visitors

to the island arrive.

The island also has

lots and lots of railway lines.

Who's that puffing

down the track?

( Toot-toot! )

It's thomas!

Hello, thomas!

( Toot-toot! )

"Hello, everybody!

Welcome to

the island of sodor!"

( Toot-toot! )

Chug-chug-chug-chug...

( Toot-toot! )

( Brakes wheesh! )

Sodor day was coming

to the island of sodor.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

Thomas and james

were very excited.

There would be picnics

all over the island.

( Children laughing )

a magnificent brass band.

And the biggest carnival

sodor had ever seen!

All the engines were busy.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

( Toot-toot-toot! )

And everyone was excited!

Sodor day was the island's

grandest celebration.

Thomas and james

were racing to the wharf.

Whoever arrived first would be

given a "special" special!

"I'm going to win!"

Tooted thomas.

"No, I will!"

Whistled james.

And on they raced.

Faster than the wind

and more daring

than darting arrows.

("Racing to the wharf" )

children singing:

( whistles tooting )

thomas and james

steamed into the wharf.

First, james in front,

then thomas took the lead.

The wharf was buzzing!

Barges chugged, cranes swung

and freight cars

rattled and rolled.

Thomas and james raced by.

The little narrow gauge engines

whistled and wheeshed

in surprise

at the speed and the steam

of the big engines.

The narrow gauge controller

was waiting.

Thomas whooshed

around the corner,

puffing and huffing

just in front of james!

"I won!"

Tooted thomas.

"Hooray!

Bad luck, james!"

James' cheeks were as red

as his paintwork!

"I'll win on the way

back to tidmouth!"

"Well done, both of you,"

mr. Percival announced loudly.

"James, you are to unload

barges here at the wharf!"

James smiled.

He liked that job.

Now, he didn't mind

losing the race!

"And the "special"

special

goes to the winner,

thomas!"

Thomas was excited.

( Toot-toot-toot! )

"You are to work

with duncan.

"You will bring lumber

from the hills

"down to the wharf.

It's a very

important job."

Thomas wheeshed

a whiff of steam.

He was disappointed.

He wanted to work at the wharf.

And duncan was tricky.

He liked to tease

the big engines,

especially thomas!

"Duncan,"

added mr. Percival,

"please look

after thomas!"

"Mr. Percival says thabecause you mainline engines

don't know the tracks

in the hills!"

Duncan teased.

"Yes, we do!

"Mr. Percival wants me

to work with you

because you little engines

can only carry small loads!"

Teased thomas back.

Duncan huffed crossly away.

Later, at the transfer yards,

thomas was waiting for duncan.

Duncan puffed in.

"Is that all the lumber

you can pull?"

Teased thomas.

"James is waiting for me

at the wharf!

I can't wait for you all day!"

That made duncan cross!

Thomas pumped his pistons.

His trucks

were now piled with logs

and he was ready to leave.

Then, duncan had a cheeky idea.

"I can show you a quick way

back to the wharf.

"But you have to go

over rolling river bridge.

It's very high."

Thomas wasn't sure.

"You big engines aren't scared

of high bridges, are you?"

Puffed duncan.

"No, we're not!"

Huffed thomas crossly.

"I like high bridges!

"Please, show me the way

to rolling river bridge."

So, the two engines

steamed off.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

Thomas and duncan

chuffed up to the junction.

"Take this old track

to the bridge!"

Puffed duncan.

"It's downhill

from the other side,

straight to the wharf!"

Thomas' signal turned green.

"Thank you, duncan,"

thomas tooted.

And he puffed off.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

But duncan didn't know

the high bridge wasn't safe.

It hadn't been used

for a very long time.

Thomas chuffed slowly

toward the bridge.

The bridge looked very old.

And it was very high.

And the ravine was very deep.

Thomas could hear rocks

falling into the ravine.

He felt a little scared.

"I like high bridges,

"but this one is really high!

"If I chuff slowly,

I'll reach the other side

before I know it!"

He puffed bravely.

Wheel turn by wheel turn

thomas edged onto the bridge.

"I am brave and I am strong,

I'll get to the wharf,

and it won't take long!"

He chuffed to himself.

Thomas was now

halfway across the bridge.

The sound of the falling rocks

was louder and louder.

The bridge had started

to shudder and shake!

Thomas didn't like it at all!

But he wanted to geto the other side!

Then thomas heard

a mighty crack!

( Loud crack! )

Part of the bridge in front of

him came away from the rocks.

( Crash! )

"Cinders and ashes!"

Cried thomas.

"I must get back to safety."

He was very scared.

Then, thomas

started to reverse.

He puffed slowly and carefully.

Then, there was

another mighty crack!

( Crack! Crash! )

A large piece

of the broken bridge

fell down

into the ravine below!

( Crash! )

With the biggest puff

he had ever huffed,

thomas pushed backwards

onto the hillside.

"I'm safe!"

He cried...

Just as the last parof the bridge groaned

and swung over

the deep ravine.

( Crashing! )

Thomas peered down

to the broken bridge below.

"Oh, flatten my funnel!"

He gasped.

(Music )

thomas puffed back

to the junction.

He saw there was another track.

( Wheesh! )

(Toot-toot! )

"Maybe this track goes

to the wharf, too!"

Whistled thomas.

And he rattled away

down the steep track.

The track was covered

in thick brambles and bushes.

They scrunched and scratched

as thomas chuffed through them.

(Music )

"whoo! No one has been down here

for a very long time!"

He huffed.

And he puffed on.

(Music continues )

then thomas gasped!

He had arrived

at a hidden town.

It was overgrown,

rusty and very old.

"Bubbling boilers!"

Thomas cried.

There were lots

of old buildings

and a station covered in ivy.

"What a funny place

to have a town!"

He tooted.

Thomas was very excited.

"I wonder what else I'll find!"

He wheeshed.

Thomas chuffed to a halt.

"Fizzling fireboxes!"

He gasped.

Thomas had never seen

such an amazing sight!

"There are so many buildings.

It must have been

a very large town!"

He cried.

"That looks like

part of a tower."

Thomas was very excited indeed.

"I must tell everyone

about this!"

He tooted loudly.

(Music )

thomas bumped and bashed

his way along the old track.

He had to spread the news!

He whistled as hard

as he could!

"Someone must hear me!"

He thought.

So, he whistled again!

Suddenly, a horn hooted.

"That's madge!"

Thomas tooted.

Madge was surprised

to see thomas.

"Madge!

I've discovered an old town!

It's hidden in the forest!"

Wheeshed thomas, excitedly.

"Fenders and flatbeds!"

Exclaimed madge.

"Everyone must know about this!"

( Engine revs )

madge found mighty mac

at a crossing.

"Thomas

has discovered

a hidden town!"

She hooted loudly.

"Tell everyone!"

Mighty mac told sir handel...

Who told skarloey...

Who told rheneas...

Who told

the narrow gauge controller...

Who told harold...

Who immediately flew off

to find sir topham hatt.

Sir topham hathad been having tea

when harold arrived.

"Thomas has discovered

a hidden town!"

Shouted harold.

Sir topham hatwas very excited.

"Take me to thomas at once!"

He boomed.

Soon, thomas

and sir topham hatarrived at the hidden town.

"Here it is, sir!"

Thomas wheeshed.

Sir topham hatt beamed

from ear to ear.

"Thomas, you have made

a wonderful discovery.

This is the town

of great waterton!"

Thomas gasped!

He and the other engines

had heard stories

about great waterton.

"When steam engines

first came to sodor,"

sir topham hatt said,

"this was the main town.

"It was called great waterton.

The waterworks here

provided water for everyone."

"Why does no one

live here now?"

Puffed thomas.

"All the people lefto live in new towns.

"And everyone thoughthe town of great waterton

was lost forever."

"But now it is found!"

Cheered thomas.

"Thanks to you, thomas,"

smiled sir topham hat"I will telephone

the mayor straight away.

I am very proud of you!"

Thomas felt really important.

"Thank you, sir,"

he tooted.

"Hooray!"

Sir topham hatarrived at tidmouth sheds.

The other engines

were very proud of thomas.

"The town of great waterton

is to be restored

in time for sodor day!"

He boomed.

"The restoration

will be a lot of work."

Percy was puzzled.

"What's restoration?"

He wheeshed quietly.

"Restoration,"

groaned gordon loudly.

"That is when

you make something very old,

look new again."

"There are

many jobs to be done,"

sir topham hatt added.

All the engines were pleased.

Sir topham hatt gave each

of the engines important jobs.

( Engines whistle & toot )

they whistled and tooted

in excitement!

"Now, I will telephone

miss jenny.

We need the help

of the sodor

construction company."

(Music )

sir topham hattelephoned miss jenny.

"Miss jenny,

"thomas

has discovered

the old town

of great waterton.

"We need the help

of jack and his team

to rebuild it.

It must be ready

in time for sodor day."

"How exciting!"

Said miss jenny.

"They will be

delighted to help.

I'll tell them

right away, sir."

So, miss jenny went to see jack

and his team.

"We will work

harder than ever!"

Hooted jack excitedly.

At the depot, mr. Percival

gathered his engines.

He spoke loudly.

"You will all

be very busy!"

The engines whistled

and tooted happily.

"I know you will all do

your very best!"

Mr. Percival cheered.

( Engines whistle & toot )

("jobs a plenty" )

children singing:

boy singing:

girl singing:

children singing:

girl singing:

boy singing:

children singing:

back at tidmouth sheds,

sir topham hatwas talking to thomas.

"Thomas, you are to find

all the lost and hidden tracks

around the town."

Thomas was pleased!

"And because

you discovered

great waterton,"

sir topham hatt added.

"I am also giving you

the most important job of all.

"You are to be in charge

of all the work."

"Fizzling fireboxes!"

Puffed thomas proudly.

"I am bringing

an engine

"from the mainland

to do

your usual jobs,"

sir topham hatt added.

Thomas didn't take

any notice of this,

he was too busy thinking aboubeing in charge of all the work

at great waterton.

The next morning,

sir topham hatarrived at brendham docks

to meet the new engine.

Even cranky was excited!

Suddenly there was a loud sound

of pistons pumping.

From behind the cloud of steam,

a new tank engine

puffed slowly out.

He was shinier and bigger

and stronger than thomas.

"This is stanley,"

boomed sir topham hatt,

"welcome to sodor, stanley."

"Oh, my, my,"

gasped henry.

"Whatever

will thomas say?"

Thomas didn't know

that stanley had arrived.

He had been busy.

He had already found

a lot of hidden tracks.

Thomas puffed proudly along

to his new engine shed.

James huffed up.

"Look at my new shed!"

Thomas tooted grandly.

"While I'm in charge,

I won't have time

to puff back to tidmouth!"

But james wasn't interested

in thomas' shed.

"I've just methe new engine,"

snorted james.

"He's called stanley.

"He's very friendly.

"Everyone likes him.

He's doing your jobs very well."

Thomas was surprised.

Suddenly, his new shed

didn't seem so important.

The next day,

thomas had to pull

heavy freight cars of stone

to the docks.

He stopped at the wash-down.

He saw a shiny new tank engine.

"That must be stanley,"

he puffed to himself.

Stanley and percy

were playing and joking.

Both engines

had told the workmen

to pour on more bubbles.

Percy was giggling

and stanley was laughing

even louder.

Thomas felt left out.

( Toot-toot! )

He tooted to his friend,

but percy was too busy

having fun.

He didn't notice thomas.

Thomas puffed on.

He was upset.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

Later, thomas stopped

at a junction.

Gordon was waiting.

( Toot-toot-toot! )

Suddenly,

with a whoosh and a whistle,

stanley raced onto

the main line

with annie and clarabel.

They were having

a wonderful time!

They clattered

straight past thomas.

"Stanley knows

how to have fun,"

gordon declared.

Thomas watched

stanley disappear.

He didn't think

it was fun at all.

That night, thomas puffed

into tidmouth sheds.

He was very tired.

Tonight, he wanted

to be with his friends.

( Gasp! )

"Cinders and ashes!"

He gasped.

Stanley was in his berth!

Stanley blew a high sound

from his whistle.

Then gordon blew a low sound.

And emily trembled a sound

no one had ever heard before!

All the engines whooshed

and wheeshed with laughter.

"Hello!

You must be thomas!"

Whistled stanley.

"Hello, thomas!"

Chuckled the other engines.

But thomas wasn't chuckling.

He didn't like

stanley doing his jobs.

Or pulling his passenger cars

or being everyone's

best friend.

But laughing in his berth

at tidmouth sheds

was worst of all!

"I have to get back

to great waterton!"

He huffed.

"I have work to do."

And he chuffed quickly away.

Thomas wished stanley

had never come to sodor.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

The next day,

thomas was extra busy.

He wanted everyone to see

he was better than stanley.

( Wheesh! )

Thomas collected jack.

"I need you all to work harder

than you've ever worked!"

He tooted to jack.

"Don't worry, thomas.

"Alfie, ned and oliver

are the best!

"And monty and max

are dumping such heavy loads,

they're getting dizzy!"

Thomas smiled.

He liked being in charge.

Thomas wanted to show everyone

he could do everything!

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

Next, he was pulling

some heavy freight cars.

Then there was trouble.

Thomas was puffing

too fast round the bend.

He toppled off the track!

( Crash! )

His load crashed down the bank!

"Oh, no!"

Cried thomas.

Luckily, no one was hurt.

Sir topham hatt arrived

with edward and rocky.

He was cross.

"Thomas, you must go

to the repair yard."

Thomas didn't wanto go to the repair yard.

He wanted to stay in charge.

"Stanley will take your place

in charge of the work

at great waterton,"

added sir topham hatt.

This was the worst news

ever for thomas!

He was so upset!

Rocky lowered thomas

onto edward's flatbed.

Slowly, edward puffed away

from great waterton.

Edward had to stop at a signal.

Stanley chuffed cheerfully

towards them.

"Bad luck, thomas!"

He whistled

and he puffed away.

In the distance they could hear

the other engines cheer.

"Welcome, stanley!"

Thomas was cross.

"I found great waterton,"

he hooted.

"I'll be back!

"I'll be in charge again!

Then everyone will see

I'm more useful than stanley!"

Edward's signal changed to go

and he puffed on.

Soon, thomas was

as good as new!

"Now I can get back to my job

at great waterton,"

he tooted.

Thomas couldn't wait.

He chuffed cheerily

out of the repair yard.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

Thomas was very happy

to see his friend percy.

"Hello, percy,"

he tooted.

"I thought toby

was to pick up workmen."

"Hello, thomas.

"Stanley has given me extra jobs

"because he says

I give very smooth rides!"

Peeped percy proudly.

"Tomorrow, stanley and I

are going to work together

on the tower!"

Thomas didn't want to hear

about stanley.

He was upset.

Next, thomas found

jack, monty and max.

They were very busy.

"Come on, monty and max,

let's make stanley proud!"

Jack cried.

"He's asked us

to fill in three holes

and we've only filled in one."

"Hello!"

Tooted thomas.

But jack, monty and max

were too busy to notice him.

Thomas was even more upset.

He felt as if

he didn't matter at all.

He puffed sadly away.

But thomas forgoall about feeling sad

when he chuffed

into great waterton station.

It was starting to look

as it must have done long ago.

"Bubbling boilers!"

He cried.

"This is very exciting!"

Then thomas saw stanley.

He was with sir topham hatt.

Sir topham hatt saw thomas.

"Come here!"

He boomed.

( Toot-toot! )

"Hello, thomas!"

Steamed stanley.

( Toot-toot! )

Thomas tooted back.

But very quietly.

"Stanley has done a good job.

Work is moving fast,"

sir topham hatt declared.

"So I have decided,"

he added,

"that stanley

will stay in charge

and you will help him."

Thomas' funnel flattened!

Stanley was to stay in charge?

Thomas had losthe most important job of all!

The job he wanted

more than anything else!

That afternoon,

stanley asked thomas

to shunt some freight cars.

"You're the best shunter ever,

thomas!"

Stanley chuffed cheerily.

"I will be back

for the freight cars very soon."

Thomas was very good

at shunting freight cars

and he also really liked

shunting freight cars.

But he didn't really like

stanley telling him what to do.

Thomas chuffed unhappily

to the freight cars.

He wanted things

back the way they were...

Before stanley

had arrived on the island.

Thomas shunted

lots of freight cars.

Stanley had to take them up

the steep hill out of the town

to the wharf.

Suddenly, an idea

flew into thomas' funnel.

"If I shunt an extra long line

of freight cars

stanley will never be able

to pull them!"

He puffed to himself.

"Everyone will see

he's not so strong after all!

Then I will be

in charge again!"

Soon, the cars were ready.

They were very, very heavy.

( Toot-toot-toot! )

Stanley chuffed back.

"My! That's a long train!"

He puffed.

"Not for a strong engine

like you!"

Tooted thomas.

But thomas knew it was

too long and too heavy!

(Music )

stanley started up the hill.

It was very steep.

Stanley was doing his best.

Stanley was using all his huff

and all his puff.

The trucks clanked and creaked.

The train was far too heavy!

Stanley's wheels spun and slid.

Suddenly the coupling snapped

and stanley's trucks

rolled away...

Faster and faster!

The engines gasped

as stanley's train

came racing down the hill!

It smashed into the tower!

( Crash! )

As the tower crashed

to the ground,

bricks and dusexploded everywhere!

All the hard work was wasted.

The engines gasped in horror.

And thomas felt worst of all.

He knew it was all his fault.

Sir topham hatt and miss jenny

came to see what had happened.

"This is a disaster!"

Boomed sir topham hatt.

"Thomas,"

he asked,

"why did you shunso many freight cars

for stanley?"

Thomas felt terrible.

He knew why he had done it,

but he couldn't tell

sir topham hatand the other engines.

He felt too ashamed.

So, he said nothing.

Sir topham hatt was very cross.

The other engines

started to whisper.

"Thomas doesn't like stanley,"

snorted james.

"That's why he shunted

too many freight cars for him."

"Why would thomas

do such a thing?"

Asked toby.

"Thomas would never do that,"

peeped percy.

But he was worried.

Thomas felt very bad.

He puffed slowly away.

( Brakes wheesh! )

Thomas found an old track.

He wanted to be alone.

"The other engines

don't want me around,"

he puffed sadly.

"They wish

I wasn't here at all."

Stanley puffed towards thomas.

He saw that thomas

looked sad and alone.

"Thomas feels bad,"

he chuffed to himself.

He felt very sorry for him.

Later sir topham hatcalled the engines together.

"Now, great waterton may nobe ready for sodor day,"

he announced sternly.

The engines gasped!

"Miss jenny's crew

will load the rubble

"into the freight cars tonight.

"But this means

extra work

for all of you!"

He added.

"Tomorrow,

you will star"to shunthe freight cars

away to

the sidings."

Thomas had let down

sir topham hatt,

he had let down

the other engines,

and he had let himself down.

The other engines

started to chuff away.

No one spoke to thomas.

He was no longer in charge.

And he felhe was no longer wanted.

That night,

all the other engines

were asleep in their sheds.

But not thomas.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

( Wheesh! )

Jack and alfie had already

loaded their cars of rubble.

"If I shunt all the freighcars away to the sidings,

"the tracks will be clear

in the morning.

Then everyone

will like me again!"

Thomas wanted to do something

to get his old job back.

So thomas started to shunthe freight cars away.

Thomas worked very hard.

He felt very pleased

with himself.

Then thomas saw

one last freight car.

It had rolled in fronof an old mine shaft.

"I'll soon fix that!"

Thomas smiled.

Then there was trouble.

Thomas biffed the car too hard!

It rolled forward

and disappeared into the mine!

"Cinders and ashes!"

Exclaimed thomas.

"Where did that freight car go?"

Thomas rolled forward

and peered inside.

It was very dark.

"I must finish the job!"

He huffed.

"I'll soon find that car."

And thomas

puffed into the mine.

It was very dark.

Thomas was happy

he had a bright lamp.

He saw the freight car

rolling away.

Then it disappeared

around a bend!

"Bust my buffers!"

Puffed thomas.

"I'd better go after it!"

The slope was very steep!

Thomas whizzed down iand clattered around the bend!

Up thomas whooshed

and down he whizzed!

( Toot-toot-toot! )

"Whee-hee!"

Thomas whistled.

And,

"whoaaa!"

He cried.

It was very scary,

but it was very exciting!

Thomas had almost caught up

to the freight car.

"You won't get away from me!"

He whistled happily.

But thomas didn't see

the junction ahead!

The freight car

whizzed down the right track

and thomas sped down the left!

Thomas had losthe runaway car!

But his roller coaster ride

was so much fun...

Thomas soon forgoabout the freight car!

Then there was trouble.

The tunnel ahead was blocked!

"Oh, no!"

Cried thomas.

He applied his brakes,

but it was too late!

Thomas crashed straight through

the blocked tunnel!

( Crash! Bang! )

With a mighty splash,

thomas landed

in a pool of water!

"Oh! Frizzling fireboxes!

This tunnel is flooded!"

He gasped.

It didn't feel fun anymore.

It felt scary.

"I wish I was back

at great waterton,"

he wheeshed quietly.

Thomas drifted slowly forward.

There was nothing he could do.

"Cinders and ashes!"

Thomas gasped

as he floated along the tunnel.

He tooted as loudly

as he could.

"Help!"

He cried.

But there was no one there

to hear his whistle.

"No one will find me now!"

Thomas wailed.

No one will want to find me."

( Brakes wheesh! )

The next morning,

stanley, james, gordon, percy,

edward, henry, emily and toby

had arrived for work.

"Where's thomas?"

Stanley asked.

The engines looked...

Thomas wasn't there.

They all thought hard.

No one knew where thomas was.

James was worried.

He asked the little engines

at the junction,

"have any of you seen thomas?"

James puffed.

None of the little engines

had seen thomas either.

Percy called

jack and his team together.

( Engine rumbling )

"we can't find thomas,"

percy peeped.

"Do you know

where he's gone?"

Jack and his team

thought hard.

But none of them

had seen thomas.

Thomas drifted

along the tunnel,

he realized

he was moving faster.

"Bust my buffers!"

He cried

as he raced through the tunnel.

Sir topham hatt was called.

"Sir, thomas has disappeared,"

edward puffed.

"No one knows where he is!"

Whistled emily.

"And I miss him!"

Peeped percy.

"This is very strange,"

boomed sir topham hatt.

Everyone agreed.

And they had

to find thomas at once.

"This is a state of emergency!"

He boomed importantly,

"everyone must look for thomas!"

("Where oh where is thomas" )

children singing:

( toot! )

Deep inside the mine,

thomas went up and down,

round and about...

( Splashing )

and the water

roared around him.

( Splashing )

sir topham hatt drove...

And drove

to every lookout point.

High in the hills,

the narrow gauge engines

puffed and peered...

But no one could find thomas.

Sir topham hatstood by the tumbled tower.

Everyone was tired.

Everyone

had tried their hardest.

But there was no sign

of thomas.

"Sir, we have to find thomas!"

Peeped percy.

"He found great waterton!

"It's his town!

We can't have the opening

without him!"

All the engines agreed.

"You're quite

right, percy,"

boomed sir topham hatt.

"We must find thomas!"

Stanley also knew

how important thomas was.

He chuffed away thoughtfully.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

Stanley arrived at the sidings.

A train of freight cars

was waiting for him.

But stanley wasn't thinking

about freight cars.

He was thinking about thomas.

Stanley thought back to the day

when thomas saw him

pulling annie and clarabel.

And he remembered the evening

at tidmouth sheds.

When thomas was upset because

stanley was in his berth.

Then, stanley remembered

thomas'

face

after the accident.

"Thomas isn't a bad engine;

he's a sad engine,"

stanley puffed slowly.

"I wonder if he has run away

"because he thinks

no one likes him anymore.

"Maybe thomas is hiding

up in the hidden hills.

"I'll look for him there.

I must tell him

we all miss him."

And stanley whooshed away

to the hills.

In the dark tunnel,

thomas was very scared.

He was washed and waved

forward.

His fire had gone ouand his boiler was cold.

( Splashing )

stanley was high up

in the hills.

"Where are you, thomas?

We miss you!"

He whistled.

But only his echo came back.

Echo:

"we miss you!"

The river was rushing

and thomas whooshed with ioff into the darkness!

Suddenly, he crashed through

a thick wall of bushes.

( Crash! )

He flew across a ravine

and hit the ground with a bump.

Thomas slid down a hill.

Trees and rocks

were everywhere!

"Help!!"

Thomas cried.

At last,

thomas slithered to a stop

at the bottom of the hill.

He was stuck!

Thomas saw he had landed

next to an old track.

"But how am I going

to get onto it?"

He cried.

Thomas could do nothing

but wait...

And hope.

Stanley had looked everywhere.

He couldn't find thomas.

Soon he would have to go back

to work at great waterton.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

Thomas was thinking abougreat waterton.

He thought about the tower

and the moment stanley's

freight cars smashed into it,

and the tower tumbled down.

( Crash! )

"I wish I hadn't made stanley

pull all those freight cars.

"I didn't like him

doing my jobs,

"and now look where I am.

I'm a very silly engine,"

he puffed sadly.

Thomas wished he was back

with his friends.

Stanley had to get back

to great waterton.

"I'll blow my whistle

one last time!"

Stanley wheeshed.

And he whistled

loud and long...

( Too-ooot! )

This time,

thomas heard the whistle!

"It's stanley!"

He gasped!

With his very last puff

and his very last huff

thomas blew his whistle

as loud as he could!

Stanley heard thomas!

Quickly, he reversed

back to the branch line.

(Music )

"thomas!"

He whistled happily.

"Is that you?"

( Toot-toot-toot! )

Thomas had run out of puff.

He couldn't whistle again.

He could only wait.

Then, thomas saw stanley

chuffing around the bend.

"Stanley!"

He cried.

"I'm very happy to see you!"

"Thomas!"

Whistled stanley.

"Where have you been?

Did you run away?"

"No,"

tooted thomas sadly.

"I was trying to be

a really useful engine."

Then, thomas told stanley

all about his

adventure in the mine.

Stanley was amazed!

"Stanley,"

tooted thomas.

"I'm sorry thai was horrible to you.

"I was wrong.

"And I was silly to be cross

that you were in charge.

I want to be your friend."

Stanley smiled.

"Thomas!"

He wheeshed,

"we will be friends.

And I'll have you back

on that track in no time!"

( Chains clatter )

soon, stanley

was hooked up to thomas.

( Wheesh! )

Then stanley huffed and puffed.

Thomas was very heavy.

There was a lot of water

in his firebox.

Stanley didn't give up.

"I can do it!"

He wheeshed.

And with a mighty heave,

stanley pulled his friend

back onto the track!

"Hooray!"

Tooted thomas.

Then there was

a very loud crack!

The valve in stanley's boiler

had burst!

Stanley was

a very strong engine,

but pulling thomas

had been too much!

Now, he couldn't move!

Stanley felt very sad.

"Don't worry!"

Whistled thomas.

"It's my turn to help you!

I'll shunt you home."

Stanley smiled.

Thomas was his new friend.

There was nothing thomas

wouldn't do for stanley.

The firemen put stanley's

dry coal into thomas' firebox.

In no time at all,

thomas' boiler was bubbling

and his steam was wheeshing.

"Here we go, stanley!"

Thomas huffed happily.

Stanley smiled back.

And puff by puff

thomas shunted stanley

along the track.

( Chug-chug-chug-chug... )

It was very hard work.

Thomas had to puff up hills

and huff through bushes.

But thomas didn't mind.

He was proud to push

his new friend stanley home.

At last, thomas and stanley

puffed into great waterton.

Thomas was tired,

but he had

never felt happier!

Henry, rocky, edward and emily

were busy working.

They tooted and whistled

when they saw

thomas and stanley

and soon the sound

of engine's whistles

were echoing around

great waterton!

The news spread

throughout sodor!

"Thomas is found!"

The small engines cried.

The narrow gauge controller

beamed with pride!

Terence told harvey...

And harvey told trevor.

"Thomas is home!

He's back forever!"

Bill told ben...

And ben told molly.

They cheered and they whistled.

They felt so jolly!

All the diesels

met in the sidings.

They couldn't believe

such wonderful tidings!

Percy told gordon

and toby and james!

"My best friend is found!"

Percy proudly exclaimed.

Arthur told emily

along the coast track.

"Have you heard the news,

thomas is back!"

Miss jenny told jack...

And jack told his team.

"Hooray and hurrah!"

They shouted and screamed.

Harold touched down

and found bertie the bus.

Bertie hooted and tooted

and made such a fuss!

Bertie found lady hatt,

who whooped and waved.

Lady hatt told her husband,

"sodor is saved!"

"Thomas is found!"

Cranked cranky aloud.

The cheers and the cheering

were a marvelous sound!

Sir topham hatproclaimed very grandly,

"stanley saved thomas

and thomas saved stanley!"

Next morning, thomas puffed

into great waterton.

Percy and stanley

were working hard

helping to rebuild the tower.

It was almost finished.

Thomas smiled.

Now he was happy

stanley had come to sodor.

He had so many

wonderful friends.

"How could I ever have wanted

to be more importanthan any of them?"

He puffed to himself.

Now they all worked happily

together.

Later sir topham hatt arrived.

The tower was finished!

It looked magnificent!

"Well done to you all!"

Beamed sir topham hatt.

"Great waterton

is now ready for sodor day!"

"Please, sir,"

tooted thomas.

"May stanley bring the mayor

to the opening?"

"That was your special, thomas,"

said sir topham hatt.

"Are you sure?"

"Oh yes, sir,"

thomas smiled.

"Surer than sure!"

Sodor day arrived!

Stanley chuffed

proudly in with the mayor.

Thomas was pleased

for his friend.

The mayor, sir topham hatand lady hatstood by the new tower.

"Great waterton

is no longer lost!"

"Welcome to the town

of great waterton!"

Then, everyone looked up.

They could hear

the whirr of a jet plane.

It was jeremy!

He flew high in the sky

and over the town

of great waterton!

( Engines tooting )

all the engines whistled

and wheeshed.

Jack and his team cheered

and everyone clapped!

( Cheers & applause )

( toot-toot! Toot-toot! )

Thomas smiled.

He had wanted to be

the leader of the track!

"But we're all leaders

of the track,"

puffed thomas proudly.

And he couldn'have been happier!

("Engine roll call" )

( toot! )

Children singing:

( wheesh! )

("Thomas you're the leader" )

male rapper:

it's thomas!

You're the leader!

( Toot-toot! )

Uh-uh! Come on!

( Toot-toot! )

Okay...

They're two, they're four,

they're six, they're eight

shuntin' trucks

and hauling freight!

Red and green

and brown and blue!

They're the useful crew,

that's who!

All with different roles

to play.

Round tidmouth sheds

and far away.

Now stanley's joined

this friendly pack,

but who's this

coming down the track?

( Toot-toot! )

( Toot-toot! )

Male singer:

thomas, he's my number one,

shining in the morning sun,

working hard,

but having fun!

Yeah, yeah, thomas!

You're the leader!

You're the leader!

Thomas!

You're the leader!

Yeah, oh,

thomas has so many friends.

The list is long,

it never ends.

James and percy

huff and puff.

And emily,

she knows her stuff.

Henry, edward, what a pair!

Toby, like I say,

he's square!

Gordon

thunders down the line.

Everyone's

a friend of mine.

( Toot-toot! )

That's right!

( Toot-toot! )

Thomas,

he's my number one,

shining in the morning sun,

working hard,

but having fun!

Yeah, thomas!

You're the leader!

The number one, thomas!

You're the leader!

Let's not forgethe narrow gauge

where small and strong

is all the rage.

Sir handel, rusty,

mighty mac.

Fearless freddie

at the back.

Rheneas and then peter sam.

Skarloey, duncan--

he's my man!

With mr. Percival

in charge,

no work's too hard;

no job's too large.

( Toot-toot! )

Yeah, uh-uh, yeah!

Uh-uh-uh!

Thomas,

he's my number one,

shining in the morning sun,

working hard,

but having fun!

Come on, come on, thomas,

you're the leader!

Yeah, yeah,

you are the leader, thomas!

You're the leader!

It's thomas! It's thomas!

Jeremy and harold,

rocky, harvey, too.

Salty, mavis, bertie,

the really useful crew!

It's not just engines

full of steam,

there's jack

and all his building team.

Tipping stones

and digging roads,

filling trucks

and loading loads.

Sir topham hatt,

he keeps an eye

on every engine passing by.

Everything is tickety-boo

'cause out in fronis you know who!

( Toot-toot! )

Yeah! Uh-uh!

Yeah-uh! Come on!

Thomas,

he's my number one,

shining in the morning sun,

working hard,

but having fun!

T-t-t-thomas! Thomas!

You're the leader!

T-t-t-thomas! Thomas!

You're the leader!

Thomas,

he's my number one!

Shining in the morning sun,

working hard,

but having fun!

You're having fun!

Thomas!

You're the leader!

You're the leader,

you're the leader, thomas!

You're the leader!

(Music continues )

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