01x09 - Two Old Hands

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you reach for the speed reach for the

whistle go where the ra

May reach for the words reach for the

story Follow The Rainbow Sun

to a shining Time

Station where dreams can come true

waiting there for

you mail call anything for me anything

for me anything for me all right just a

second

t uh me Oh

Ma look my P pal sent me a picture oh

isn't mail wonderful you put a letter in

a mailbox and someone gives it to your

friend a th000 miles

away got any mail for me there

Stacy oh my oh dear time for me to

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disappear well is there any meal for me

I don't think so so Harry no were you

expecting something no not

necessarily just thought there might

have

been thank

you

oh something wrong with Harry looked

like he was expecting something he sure

seems sad oh no I just remembered it's

Grandpa's birthday oh no wonder

it's Harry's birthday I've got an idea

why don't we show Harry how much we care

about him and throw him a surprise party

let's tell right

now get over

here the whole point of a surprise party

is that the person doesn't know about it

until it begins we've got to get him

some presents I know I'll get him a jump

rope and I'm going to get him a baseball

bat well I've got another idea how about

we make him something oh an original

creation I want anybody can buy a

present but making him something's

really special it's a little bit of you

let me go see if I can find some

supplies where you going we need some

music if we're working right music right

hey did you guys hear that it's Harry's

birthday we should play a song har

really

likes head up

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here the song is a Railroader for me he

we know that

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onei

he's in

the

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raow

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thrott a

railro a

railro a

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ra

I would not marry a

farmer

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he thats a stri

shirt a

railro a

rail a

rail for me

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there now all we need is something to

put it in

see Stacy man you hear that tune again

yes don't let Harry see the

present um I'm sorry Harry uh somebody

needs something who needs

what schemer Scher yes he needs a box of

cheese Giggles from the store room I

just brought him up some cheese giggles

this morning yeah but he needs another

one would you mind going to the store

room and getting it for him I must be

getting old people keep thinking of jobs

me just to make me feel

useful now we got to find a box to put

all the stuff in how about this

perfect now let's look for a place to

hide

it well it's a relief that's over with

Mr Conductor what happened you mean to

say you didn't hear it hear what all

that that grumbling and fussing on the

island of

Sodor all the grumbling we're hearing is

from Harry but that'll be over soon

who's been grumbling and fussing it was

Gordon and the others and they were

having well let me blow my whistle and

you just

listen so now the other engines are

friends with Percy oh yes they just had

to get to know him that's all well you

can be friend as my grand

all you have to do is get to know him

you can come to Harry surprise party oh

dear I don't know he may not even like

me he's a very private person isn't he I

think he's just shy that's impossible

grups aren shy some grownups are like

who well I can tell you about this

friend of mine who lived alone somewhere

for many years then some new folk moved

in and it made him very shy indeed that

sounds like you Mr Conductor hi Mr

Conductor well g*ng we're all set all we

have to do is clean up a little

bites the word and so is

goodbye tell schemer he can carry his

own boxes from now

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on I'm getting too old for this sort of

thing oh Harry that's the second time

today you said how old you're getting

you look pretty pey to me I feel fine

but I wouldn't call

py come on do it there you go it never

hurts to say hello hi

Harry hear something PL little

voice allow me to introduce

myself

Lord I am getting old

H I'm hearing

voices I'm seeing

things well I tried remember what you

told us keep on trying what's that Mr

Conductor it's a present for Thomas to

cheer him up he's been in a lot of

trouble lately what kind of trouble I'll

tell you the

story does that mean you should try and

do things on your own

oh my word no it just means that there

are some things that no one can do on

their own even though they Ride The Rail

trains need drivers without

fail okay kids will you come and help me

for a while all right better go with

Stacy see you sure

bye a drum roll please

uhoh hello everyone it is is I

schemer I

said hello everyone it is I

SK

M

oh this is just terrific just h*nky JW a

public place like this and nobody is

even on duty nobody is even

here cheese

Giggles oh hey I know

I'll put these in the machine it's about

time

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now oo I love these little

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things hey another box of cheese

Giggles yeah that gives me an idea I'll

put that box of cheese Giggles in the

machine along with the potato boom booms

and the corn whammies and this one I'll

take home

I mean hey I paid for

them now we've got everything not quite

where's the cake that's right where's

the cake I thought you'd never ask take

a look down the anything

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tunnel

you need some flour sugar and eggs too

add some baking powder a stick of

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butter you can cook everything from soup

to a steak

but don't be mistaken there's like Bing

a cake

a a

cake a

cake b a cake chocolate or vanilla any

Flav will do mix it all together now

it's a bow

of you could have made pudding that you

eat till you ate

but whatever

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you're a c

a a

cake a

c Bing a

cake best of all is when it's out from

the oven you're so proud of

yourself put all that love in and it's

so exciting to give it away W when

everyone

shouts happy

birthday it's a

to frosting

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C happy

birthday happy

birthday to

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you

but where's the

cake

wow now we better hide it

yeah I better do the

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dishes uhoh T is that a box of cheese

Giggles or birthday

presents cheese Giggles oh no I think

our friend schemer was here while we

were gone and took the box of birthday

presents by

mistake okay don't panic Don't Panic

we'll do something hey Miss Jones where

were you about 10 minutes ago I came in

here and the place was empty what

happens if a what happens what happens

if a customer came in here looking for

change for my arcade and what is

everybody staring

at

Oh I thought that this was a carton of

cheese Giggles turns out to be a box of

uh artsy craftsy stuff is that schemer

out here listen Mister the next time you

want stuff brought up from downstairs

you'd better do it yourself oh uh excuse

me Harry uh uh have you fixed that

ticket puncher yet not yet oh would you

mind taking a look at it it it it um or

should I just have it sent out no need

to send anything out I'll fix

it GE whiz I do not even know what he's

talking about I didn't ask ask him to

bring anything up here and besides this

is not a carton of cheese Giggles it's a

box of uh birthday presents birthday

presents somebody around here is having

a birthday party Harry we're having a

surprise party for those are the

presents we

made I mean uh oh I uh I don't like

surprise parties much myself uh you kids

uh go ahead and party without me you

ever been to a surprise party

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schemer kid

kids would you like to come to Grandpa's

surprise

party I mean uh well that of course

would uh depend on what time it was

taking place right now now

yeah hey I don't have a present to give

him this could be very embarrassing for

schemer why don't you give him some

nickel for the Juke

boox

nichels coins of the realm Moola you

want schemer to give

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Harry money what a great idea schemer

you know how much Harry loves to play

the Juke Box uh okay hey I'll get to

listen to the music too so it won't be a

total loss okay is everybody ready yeah

okay oh Harry could you come out here

for a second

please now what can a man work in peace

well someone wants to tell you something

well what is it happy happy

[Applause]

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birthday well

sir this is mighty

nice

yes I guess maybe I was a little bit

irritable

today but it's

always good to know there are folks who

care about

you so thank

you oh there's the mail from Pelican

Falls right on

time

Harry Harry uhuh Harry Harry oh the

whole bundle birthday

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card

that was a great

party the best birthday party I ever

had but what if he doesn't like me talk

about something you both love

trains very

well here I

go excuse

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me

you for real as real as you

are was that a you I saw

before that's relief at

least but what do you do here I live

here being here since before the remosa

limited made her first run that's going

backways oh I've Been Around The

Roundhouse a couple of times started

this job the day the president's train

went through do you remember that indeed

I

do I was working on the E division then

and just imagine the president of the

United States was going to be riding on

the Indian Valley Railroad the man

himself was on the back

platform any way you

do just

imagine I can I can I was on that train

too you were I've been trying to tell

you I was the Indian Valley Railroad

special conductor every special train

that went out I was there just to make

sure that nothing ever went wrong you

mean to tell

me we were both on the same train and we

didn't even know it it looks that way

can you beat

that I uh did catch your name Mr

Conductor At Your

Service I'm glad you spoke up Mr

Conductor yep reminds me of the story

big Dan Cunningham told me once swears

it's true of course train was moving

through a hail stor he said there were

hail Stones as big as basketballs I said

no possibly baseballs but not basketball

but he SW to it it the biggest H Stones

he' ever seen reach for the spe

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shins so much to see so far to travel so

much learn to

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knowes

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knows a shin

station where Dreams

Come

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