02x09 - Wrong Track

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reach for the whistle go where the rail

may run

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follow the rainbow the sun

to a shining time station

where dreams can come true

waiting there for you

okay

wait wait wait wait wait let me just

check one more time i got one two three

bags i got my tickets

stacy you're gonna miss your train if

you don't hurry you're really excited oh

i'm always excited when i go visit my

sister tracy we always have so much fun

and we've been planning this for so long

station billy speaking

oh hello mr king oh yeah she's right

here

mr jb king esquire superintendent of the

railroad probably wants to wish you

happy travels

stacy joe is speaking

hello mr king

yes sir

oh

i see there's a problem and all the

trains have been re-routed through

snarleyville come on let's put stacy's

bags on the train i'd hold that thought

becky there may be trouble oh yes sir i

understand sure

absolutely sir

yes goodbye

come on in stacy you better hurry before

the train leaves well you better leave

my bags right there you mean you're

going without your suitcases yeah how

are you gonna brush your teeth oh well

i'm not going at all what yeah

there's a problem up in snarleyville and

all the trains have been rerouted and i

have to make up a new train schedule

can't you do that when you come back oh

if stacy doesn't make up the new train

schedules there could be an accident on

the railroad yes billy's right it's my

responsibility so come on i better

unpack and get to work

oh stacy

what a shift man i gotta agree that is

some raw deal

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you okay rex oh

just a little emotional text

nothing worse than being hot tied when

all you wanna do is

see your kid

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well seems to me if we're all feeling

droopy in the chops we ought to do

something to pick ourselves up like what

well what about

a party we could have a party to

champion stacy you mean like a surprise

party sure we could make decorations and

have games and treats and all sorts of

neat things

did i miss a party

no mr conductor we said we were having a

party well that's different i'd hate to

have been to a party i missed especially

since i was just invited to another

party that wouldn't have a balloon

that's right this balloon will help me

play leap frog with all the frogs at

lucy's leap i mean you're going to play

leap frog with real frogs

yes

and i'm sure we'll have a leaping good

time of course you have to be an expert

to work the balloon

and i

i may not be an expert

mr conductor are you all right oh yes

just a little winded i've heard of being

taken for a ride but that's ridiculous

now what were we talking about we were

gonna tell you about the surprise party

friend stacy she's sad because she

didn't get to go on her vacation oh

that's not good but what is good is that

she has friends like you to help her

when she's feeling sad

it's like that time with thomas and

james and the breakdown train can you

tell us what happened

you know

i have just enough time before my

leapfrog party here we go

every day sir topham hatt came to the

station to catch his train

hello he always said to thomas don't let

the silly freight cars tease you

remember you have an important job as a

special helper in the train yard

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there were lots of freight cars and

thomas worked very hard pushing and

pulling them into place

there was also a small coach and two

strange things his driver called cranes

that's the breakdown train he told

thomas

the cranes are for lifting heavy things

like engines and coaches and freight

cars

one day thomas was in the yard suddenly

he heard an engine whistling help help a

freight train came rushing through much

too fast

the engine was changed and he was

frightened

his brake blocks were on fire they're

pushing me they're pushing me he panted

on on left the freight cars still

whistling help help poor james

disappeared

i'd like to teach those freight cars a

lesson said thomas the tank engine

soon came the alarm james is off the

line the breakdown train quickly

thomas was coupled on and off they went

thomas worked his hardest hurry hurry

hurry he puffed he wasn't pretending to

be like gordon he really meant it

bother those freight cars and their

tricks i hope poor james isn't hurt

james's driver and fireman were feeling

him all over to see if he was hurt

never mind james they said it was those

silly freight cars and your old wooden

brakes that caused the accident

thomas pushed the breakdown train

alongside then he pulled away the unhurt

freight cars oh dear oh dear they

groaned serve you right serves you right

puff thomas

he was hard at work puffing backwards

and forwards all afternoon this will

teach you a lesson this will teach you a

lesson he told the freight cars

and they answered yes it will yes it

will

they left the broken cars then with two

cranes they put james back on the rails

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he tried to move but he couldn't so

thomas helped him back to the shed

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sir topham hatt was waiting anxiously

for them

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well thomas he said i've heard all about

it and i'm very pleased with you you're

a really useful engine

james shall have some proper breaks and

a new coat of paint and you shall have a

branch line all to yourself oh thank you

sir said thomas

now thomas is as happy as can be he has

a branch line and two coaches called

annie and clarabel he puffs proudly

backwards and forwards with them all day

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he is never lonely edward and henry stop

quite often and tell him the news

gordon is always in a hurry but never

forgets to say

and thomas always whistles beep beep in

return

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so you see everyone needs help sometime

whether it's an engine who needs help

over a bump or a friend in a bit of a

slump

which

reminds me

it's my turn to jump

conductor's right let's make this the

best party stacy's ever had you know

maybe we could even buy her a present i

have some money me too well hey hey hey

what did we say today hi keith

well i didn't always come in myself till

i woke up this morning and i said throw

me in the dog dish isn't this the day

that stacy goes on her vacation and i

answered myself it sure is ginny you

best get down there and see how the kids

are getting on stacey had to stay here

and work out the new train schedule yeah

otherwise all the trains will start

smashing into each other

that sounds like an apple with a mighty

big worm inside yeah but we have a way

to cheer her up oh

come here

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my surprise

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a party party

well patch me like a tire if i haven't

got the very thing

for refreshments

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homemade fudge from the farm and say

haven't i got a couple of big jugs of

cider at all i sure do

think we could use them

with fudge and cider all we need to do

is make the decorations and buy stacy's

presents uh-huh well then why don't you

help me get the cider and then we'll all

bump our way over to barton winslow

store to see what he's got

i'll stay here until you come back from

denny's and start on the decorations

that's teamwork becky dan cara

come on you help me load the cider boy

this is gonna be the best party ever

hey miss stacy george the ticket for

this game

what uh miss stacy jones i need to know

whether an important package has arrived

for me yet oh no nothing has arrived yet

schemer all the trains have been

rerouted it'll be quite a while whoa

whoa whoa whoa whoa

hey this is an important package and

it's a secret

[Laughter]

i bet you want to know what it is don't

you oh not really scary yes you do and

i'm not gonna tell you no matter how

much money you give me schemer i am very

very busy

geez you don't have to yell

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he's trying to have some fun

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thinks a guy doesn't have any feelings

what's the matter schemer well miss

jones just yelled at me with malicious

content

oh she's sad because she couldn't go on

her vacation

so what so what she hurt my feelings

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and what do you got there

that fudge

oh great

you know what i'll do i'll have some

fudge and that'll make me feel a whole

lot better but that's for the party

we're giving stacey give it back

becky

don't you want me to feel better

come on in one piece

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the heck already thanks

hey

you know what always makes me feel

really great when i'm feeling sad

spending money

yeah great idea come on becky let's go

spread some money come on come on yeah

oh there's the jukebox right there make

steamer feel better

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becca you're not spending all the money

you're spending one nickel at a time i

mean what's a nickel it's

barely five cents

but this is the money for stacy's party

stacy stacey this they see that

what about schemer what about me and my

feelings

i'm sad i want to hear some music and i

wish i could hear some music so i could

feel better hey schemer

i said okay

[Laughter]

um oh i'm feeling better now

oh here it goes

and one

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did you ever hear tell of sweet betsy

from pike who crossed the high mountains

with her lover ike with two yoke of

cattle and an old yeller dog a tall

shanghai rooster and one spotted

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one evening quite early they camped on

the flat it was nearby the road on a

green shady flat where betsy quite

tiredly down to repose while with wonder

i gazed on his pike county rose

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did you ever hear a tale of sweet betsy

from pike who crossed the high mountains

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a tall shanghai rooster and one spotted

hog

sing to

you rely you really

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oh no schemer i don't have any money

left oh no that's horrible i'm truly

sorry about that

but hey those are the breaks becky

listen seriously though i want to thank

you from the bottom of my heart for

making me feel so much better and i know

that you feel better too and you know

what

if my secret package comes today

today is going to be a perfect schemer

day

i think i'll celebrate with a pizza

fudge oop last one oh well here you go

thanks so much

becky

i've seen happier faces in a frowning

contest

mr conductor

i've done something really bad

i was supposed to hold on to the money

for stacy's present but

i spent it all on the arcade well it

sounds like you lost not only your money

but your common sense as well

now we can't buy stacy a present

and dan and cow will hate me forever

well i'm not so sure about that you just

got carried away with yourself it

happens to all of us you're not kidding

have you ever been carried away of

course

just now playing leapfrog

i leaped too far and landed in the mud

frogs had to carry me away no i mean

starting something that's wrong

but you just can't stop well that's a

leap of a different matter

but not so different from what happened

to thomas when he went down the mine

what happened well gordon had to help

pull him out let me tell you about it

one day thomas was at the junction when

gordon shuffled in with some freight

cars

remarked thomas what a funny smell

can you smell a smell i can't smell a

smell said annie a funny musty sort of

smell said thomas no one noticed it till

you did granted gordon it must be yours

not long ago he had fallen into a dirty

ditch thomas enjoyed teasing him about

it annie clarabel do you know what i

think it is

it's ditch water

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before gordon could answer thomas puffed

away

annie and clarabel could hardly believe

their ears he's dreadfully rude i feel

quite ashamed i feel quite ashamed he's

dreadfully rude and to thomas they said

you mustn't be rude you make us ashamed

but thomas didn't care a bit

that was funny that was funny he

chuckled he felt very pleased with

himself annie and clarabel were deeply

shocked they had great respect for

gordon the big engine

thomas left the coaches at the station

and went off to a mine for some cars

long ago miners digging for lead had

made tunnels under the ground their

roofs are strong enough to hold up cars

but not the weight of engines a large

notice warns them not to enter the area

danger engines must not pass this board

silly old board thought thomas he had

often tried to pass it but had never

succeeded but this morning he had made a

plan

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the fireman went to throw the switch

now for my plan thought thomas bumping

the cars fiercely he jerked his driver

off the foot plate and followed them

into the siding come back yelled his

driver

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fire and smoke said thomas i'm sunk

and he was

oh dear he said i am a silly engine

[Music]

and a very naughty one too i saw you

said sir topham hatt

please get me out i won't do it again

i'm not sure we can't lift you out with

a crane the ground's not firm enough

hmm

let me see

i wonder if gordon could pull you out

yes sir said thomas but he didn't want

to meet gordon just yet

down a mine is he

laughed gordon what a joke

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little thomas we'll have you out in a

couple of pops

strong cables were fastened between the

two engines

are you ready

heave

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it was a lot harder than they all

thought at last thomas was free

i'm sorry i was cheeky said thomas

that's all right thomas you made me

laugh replied gordon

i'm in disgrace

so am i said thomas

why so you are thomas shall we form an

alliance you help me and i'll help you

right you are agreed thomas

good that's settled rumbled gordon and

buffered a buffer the allies puffed home

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so you see we all get carried away at

some time or other i don't get it you

mean gordon wasn't mad at thomas for

getting stuck in that big hole

gordon understood that we all make

mistakes sometimes

i still think dan and carol will want to

k*ll me

maybe i could tell him there's a hole in

my pocket but that's just making a story

out of whole cloth

i'm sure there's a way to work things

out together

i know

you could you could use your magic and

make me more money you don't really want

me to do that do you

want a bit

no

this time you'll have to work it out on

your own

but

we got decided

uh hi cara hi dan so what do you think

we should get at stacy yeah

um there's a problem there you you see i

um see the uh

our money is what about it

uh see

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the money was uh stolen stolen

yeah sam i put it over there on the

counter and then i left to get the

things to make decorations and i um

someone

one of the passengers that's right must

have stolen it you left our money out in

the open how could you i didn't mean too

much to you oh no now now what's this

all about billy becky let someone steal

our money for stacy's present and it's

all her fault hold on a minute if the

money was stolen then it's not becky's

fault it's just something bad that

happened it's not like she went out and

spent it is it

i

i guess not i i'm sorry becky it's not

like you spent it oh i can help out i'll

lend you three some money how much did

you lose well i am

oh boy

i can't do this i have to tell the truth

i spent the money i told you she spent

it

but it wasn't my fault it was schemer he

was sad and after he ate all our fudge

well he said that if i played the

machines it would make him feel better

he's a doer he's a dreamer he's

absolutely schemer and he's me

the wonderful me

he's a doer he's a

he's

schemer you stole all our money what are

you talking about what money one for

stacy's party and you ate all our fudge

hey i did not steal any money and i did

not eat any

frankly i had a couple pieces

but eating the food gave me a great idea

see fruitcakes made by my mommy five

cents a piece giver

did you make becky spend all her money

no i didn't did too

did not

not

actually he didn't see i didn't

i didn't

i guess i could have said no

but i just got carried away she could

have said no but she got carried away

did you know the fudge was for stacy's

party stacy's party stacy's party who

cares about stacy's party some stupid

party i wasn't invited to anyway oh you

do care and you are invited

i am

he is

of course he is

but it wouldn't be much of a party

without fruitcakes

yeah okay

that was a good idea i just had

i'm glad i almost thought of it

all right

what did i tell you i'm very surprised

[Applause]

what is all of this i thought you were

sad because you couldn't go see your

sister so we threw you a party oh isn't

that wonderful i i just don't know what

to say

i need your signature miss jones that

would be my package

be prepared to have the eyes fall out of

your head

well

after eating over 300 boxes of cowboy

carl's crunchy cow poke cereal sending

away all those box tops and 937 nickels

schemer is now the proud owner of a

cowboy carl's official

cowboy outfit

your leg's going to get a little cold in

the skirt schemer

she's good

wait a second i ordered a cowboy not a

cow girl outfit hey stacy jones don't

sign that yet don't sign that yet oh no

i have to sign for everything here

schemer

wait a minute

wait a minute this must mean the trains

are running again yes ma'am we started

on your new schedule about an hour ago

mr king put it in effect right away good

day ma'am oh good day have a nice party

doesn't that mean yeah doesn't that mean

that it sure does it means that stacy

can catch the first express out tomorrow

morning and be it her sisters by noon

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attention everyone attention everyone uh

schemer would like to uh give to stacy

jones a official cowboy carl's

cowgirl okay oh

boy thank you schemer that is so

generous of you

yes it is uh would you like to

contribute

contribute what

handshake

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okay dan how about you cutting off that

fruitcake yeah let's get some food i'll

break out ginny's homemade side

just in time mr conductor i want to

thank you for your help would you like

some fruitcake

we'd love some fruitcake

we who's we

well my guests and me

are they

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reach for the speed

reach for the whistle

go where the rail may run

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

so much to see

so far to travel

so much to learn to know

friends by your side

hopes to hold on to who knows how far

you'll go

to a shining time station

where dreams can come true

your own

imagination

waiting there for you

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