03x04 - Stacy Cleans Up

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follow the rainbow sun

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where dreams can come true

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i'm stacy hi dan would you do me a big

favor

could you please empty all the waste

baskets sure oh thank you honey can't

have shining time station looking messy

huh

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mr conductor you in there today's

garbage day

hi dan good you're collecting the trash

hold on a minute i think i can make a

contribution

and here it is

don't go away

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i've been doing a little house cleaning

here's another one

i'm not done yet

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now where did i put that other bag oh

here it is

lots of memories in this one but i need

the room

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all this

came from there oh yes

how did it fit

i'm very organized

gather around everybody gather round for

a schemer special deluxe one day only

event

now i know what you're gonna be saying

you'll be saying schemer have your big

brain started to drip out of that genius

skull of yours

well maybe

because

i am going to be

giving away these

extra good

lollapalooza pops

i know what you might be saying to

yourself why schemer why why why why are

you giving them away

why am i giving them away for absolutely

free

well

because they're free samples some guy is

actually paying me to give these away

and he said they're really really good

and made with extra special healthy

artificial natural flavors well they're

wrapped really well it's in tea foil oh

yeah that's to keep all the artificial

natural flavor in

what's this

wax paper

yes wax paper that's to uh keep all the

germs out and all the bad stuff

cardboard

and cardboard that's to uh

keep its natural shape

is this plastic

yeah

uh that's probably this to keep the um

the the dangerous ultraviolet rays of

the sun out

look at this

what is this

oh it's hospital gauze it's hospital

guards to keep it healthy you know to

keep the bugs out and stuff because if

bugs could get in here then i'm sure

they just love it

it's a little lollipop it's a tiny

lollipop no no no it's a very

well-wrapped beautifully sealed for

natural goodness

little tiny lollipop

good huh

yes so

hey it's free we have a look at all this

wrapping it's a lot

where can we throw it all um

oh hey dan the garbage man just the guy

i wanted to see damn is that all the

garbage no there's more out back good

here take some of this with you real

quick there's no more room in here

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hello miss jones oh hello mr tight ball

how's the newspaper business just great

couldn't be better top of the world have

you seen the paper no that happened my

story is the headline the big news the

lead story

wow let's see the garbage dump is

closing pretty great isn't it i wrote it

all myself searched out the facts

interviewed people typed it all up took

careful notes and and uh had to look up

a few words in dictionary and the paper

printed and there it is this is terrible

i suppose you are entitled to your

opinion miss jones but i'm telling you

it's some of the best writing you'll

ever read in this entire valley oh no no

mr typo not your writing the fact that

the garbage dump is closing it's

terrible where are we gonna put all our

garbage oh it beats me here i brought

along lots of extra coffee so you can

hand them out to people but what are we

gonna do with them but we don't have any

place now to throw them out throw them

out no no no you don't throw something

out as good as this you

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you cherish it

we're gonna have to stop making garbage

hey i don't make garbage i make music

what do we do with our trash

oh

trash

hmm

hey we can put it in a nice box yeah and

we could cover it with a nice pair of

paper and wrap it up in ribbon and make

it look something like this

ain't that purty hey

did you hear the dump is closed

and we'll give it to dino for his

birthday

happy birthday tito for me

you shouldn't have

we know

let's get out of here

oh

there's a train coming in very slowly on

track four track four

we haven't used that track in years let

me see

no

there aren't any trains scheduled to be

on it

i'll clean up and then go out and have a

look

oh no mr conductor billy's not here

today i need you to stay and keep an eye

on things i'll go out and try to find

that

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hey mr engineer

yeah hey kid

what you doing

i'm doing what i'm always doing

searching for fresh exciting news the

truth behind the truth the big story

i've got a story yeah yeah goldilocks

got a haircut i'm looking for real

stories kid not fairy tales but it is a

real story okay okay okay okay okay i'll

bite

what's your story

well you see this garbage

well most of it came from

that switch house station in the

painting

this garbage came from that switch

station in the painting huh

yes

don't tell me there's a little man who

lives in there yes you know oh sure i

know all about little man who live in

pictures in the wall that's why i'm the

ace reporter for the indian valley

gazette

you don't believe me yeah run along

sonny before little men start sitting on

my hat

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yes kids today i tell you

wait

today's kids nuttier than ever

oh dad i can't find that engineer

anywhere well i'm all done aunt stacy

honey where did you throw the trash on a

train what train the one that's parked

right outside that's his garb giant

oh

excuse me sir is that your train outside

ah it is the one marked garbage on it i

well sir i am stacy jones i'm in charge

of this station rusty rob mccrael chief

engineer the rno freightliner how'd you

do oh how do you do sir mr mcrael may we

put our trash on your train

you might as well everyone else has oh

that's terrific becky get all those

empty paint cans out of billy's workshop

i'll grab whatever else we have to throw

away there's a train outside collecting

trash

uh excuse me uh can i put my trash on

your train too hi you're me

that's my kind of train

hi

hi yourself

what are you doing

i'm reading a map

complicated things maps are

has anyone ever taught you her to read a

map blood

where

you're the smartwei thing

how would you like to engineer a huge

train

try this one

i can't see

well that could hold you back

thanks for letting us throw our treasure

on your train yes thank you sir is there

anything we can do for you do no there's

nothing you can do but you can tell me

something what's that say you can tell

me in the clearest possible manner how

to get to the indian valley garbage dump

oh sir it's closed

this is my lucky day another dump closed

hey mister

is that your train outside

hi

it smells awful of course so would you

miss if you've been stuffed to the roof

with garbage and sitting out in the sun

for 30 days have you been traveling that

long hi how did you get here

that's a long story

is it a sad story oh hi

parts of it are truly tragic

i started out

far far away with a song in my heart and

a smile on my lips

and a whole tree load full of dirty

trash and filthy junk

and worse

half eaten egg solid sandwiches

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so i jumped on down to the town dump not

here they said go away you filthy thing

take your trash somewhere else

so i went down to the next dump

but place after place was closed

lucy's leap farmers dell loom key they

were all closed that's awful hi it is

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i guess you'll be moving on to

another dump yeah you better get started

yeah i mean the track is all clear

you know the sooner you get going the

sooner you'll quit stinking up this

joint well i like that

one minute you're telling me they're

there you dear sweet man

and the next you're giving me the boot

may we please put our trash on your

train rusty why certainly well now get

going with it you stinky man

i thought you people were a bit

different

but you're the same as all the others

you don't understand

there's no way to dump the garbage

i have nowhere to go

well it's just uh well look nobody wants

a train load of

of garbage sitting in their station look

i'll go talk to mr mcrael maybe this

there's something that that we can work

out

well garbage doesn't go away on its own

someone has got to take care of it yeah

but nobody likes garbage

yeah except flies they love it

hey you know if i could charge a fly a

nickel every time they landed on the

garbage i'd be a rich man hey get over

here you'll be a nickel

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hi kids what's the buzz what are these

honey bees now they're garbage flies

not quite the same thing is it i'm quite

fond of honeybees unless they try to

sting me

but i haven't made up my mind about

garbage flies

are there a lot of honeybees on the

island of sodor oh indeed there are

james had quite an experience with

honeybees i'll never forget it neither

will he

i'll tell you all about it

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trevor the traction engine was enjoying

his work in the vicarage orchard birds

were singing and apples were ripening on

the trees it was a lovely day

hello trevor said james you look as

bright and cheerful as my red paint oh i

am replied trevor

what's that noise

it's the bees laugh trevor they're all

in these boxy things called beehives i'm

taking them to the station the vicar

says his bees make good honey and he's

giving some of them to his friends

just then boco the diesel engine hummed

in

take care you two don't make the bees

angry they might sting you

james didn't like being told what to do

by a diesel and he buzzed away

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goodbye trevor called boco and set off

to see duck at the next station

bill and ben the tank engine twins were

busy arranging cars but they scampered

off when they saw boco

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i remember the first time i met those

two laugh boco they nearly made my eyes

pop out edward soon put a stop to their

games

edward is the only one who can keep bill

and ben in order chuckle duck i

sometimes call them the bees

a good name replied boco they're terrors

when they start buzzing around

james bustled in

what's that duck are you afraid of bees

they're only insects after all so don't

let that buzz box diesel tell you

different

his name is boko and he didn't we i

wouldn't care if hundreds were swarming

around i'd just blow smoke and make them

buzz off

buzz buzz buzz retorted duck

the next morning james arrived at the

station to collect his coaches the

passengers were excited and keen to get

on board the platform was crowded and

the porter was in a hurry

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mind your backs he shouted

then there was trouble the beehive fell

and broke open

the station cleared like

magic james heard a familiar buzzing

the bees were too cold to be crossed so

they buzzed around the firemen hoping

he'd mend their hive but he didn't

understand nor did his driver so the

bees turned to james

his boiler was nice and warm

buzz off buzz off his james one bee

burnt his foot

the bee thought james had burned him on

purpose

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so it stung james right back on the nose

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whistle james he had had enough

so had his fireman and driver

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they didn't notice till too late that

they had left all their coaches behind

they tried everything to get rid of the

bees

first they spawn on the turntable but to

no avail

they tried washing them off but the bees

clung harder to james's warm boiler

then they tried smoking them off by

going through a long tunnel but still

the bees wouldn't go away

it's no good james said his driver we'll

just have to go back to the orchard and

fetch another hive

james's reply was drowned by the sound

of buzzing

the vicar was waiting anxiously for

james

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when he arrived the bees swarmed

straight into their new home

come on james said his driver what you

need now is a good hose down

later that evening james was resting in

the shed when the vicar came to see him

thank you for saving my bees he said

it's a pity it's not christmas then we

could call you james the red-nosed

engine

everyone laughed even james but instead

they decided to call james the bee's

knees which means they thought he was

more useful than ever

well i wish these garbage flies were

honey bees

i know the bee stung james but bees only

sting when they're angry

garbage flies are dirty all the time

too bad this garbage couldn't just fly

away

yeah

you see the garbage dump is closed

well remember for every door that closes

a window opens

well the windows are shut and it still

smells in here no that's not what mr

conductor means you mean like the

expression if life gives you lemons you

make lemonade exactly

maybe we could turn all this trash into

something we can use

well

let's think about it

if we can't throw the garbage away what

else can we do with it

i'll tell you what why don't we go down

the anything tunnel and maybe we'll get

some ideas

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a difference you

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be sure to bring back all your empty

bottles

we using them will sure save energy

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now we really don't have to make new

ones

so pick up every bottle that you see

like me

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what a great world this would be

nothing smells as bad as piles of

garbage

and when it stands the odor grows and

grows

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just like you and me

if everyone helped a

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what a great world this would be

if we care enough for one another

we'll separate the trash that's thrown

away

yes this world will be a whole lot

sweeter

and we will breathe clean air each

bright

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a yes

a little what a great world

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i smell a story here

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oh with the diapers here

oh that's much better the garbage drain

outside has no place to go

garbage dub opens at dining time station

no no no victor typo we've got to figure

something out

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there's a dory here i wrote for my

school newspaper about how the valley

railway needs a recycling gender let me

do that

what's uh retitling dinner

well it's where all the trash gets

separated all the glass all the cans all

the papers and they get to be reused oh

that's a great idea becky does mr

mcwhale know about recycling that yet

but i'm going to tell him oh but wait a

minute becky we don't have a red

colleague danter where is she going i

don't know she definitely got dumped on

her mind

calm down lass no

let me understand you

you want to turn my train into a

recycling center we can help you it

should just do we go we can recycle all

our garbage recycle

you mean

you mean go through all that filthy

trash and sort it out then send it to

some place to make it useful again yet

you're talking about a whole train for

last you know that

there's an awful lot of

half eaten egg salad sandwiches in there

we can compost those

and use it for our gardens there are all

you people willing to do that for me yes

cause you're a fine bunch

right let's get at it then

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old egg salad savages forget about it

hey

i know what i'll do i'll play some red

league music

oh skeeper would you play some red

league music yes i will oh skiba you are

so wonderful

i know i am

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hey i recognize that nickel

garbage isn't the only thing that gets

recycled well

let's recycle some final tune and making

stretches new

how about oh that's a good working song

and a one and a two and a one two three

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you can hear me

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500

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500 miles away from home

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is

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gone

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yes

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fresh air at last now we can use these

clothes pins the way they were supposed

to be used to hang up our clothes

i i can be there in half an hour

certainly my train's all loaded

can you beat that who was it

a plastic manufacturer will pay me money

for the big pile of plastic and so will

a car make up for the pile of g*ns oh

wow will they really turn all that back

into new i they will and make it useful

again and uh i have to bring it to them

i've got a new career i'm the new

recycle express

and uh

i think i have you to thank for it all

young lady you've done more good today

than you know i thank you

will we see you again

well it's uh hard to say

but uh

i do know this

whenever you see a pile of trash that

needs to be sorted and hauled somewhere

nearby

i'll be there

wish me luck

oh

just in case

what's this now

unless i'm much mistaken

a wee person has just sorted out his

trash for me

goodbye everybody

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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

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to a shining tide station

where dreams can come true

waiting there for

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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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