03x19 - Mysterious Stranger

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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

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the circus train is ready to go i hope

you haven't forgotten anything miss

jones ring masters never forget i have a

system everything is here on my list i

check it off as it's loaded on the train

nothing ever goes wrong

my glasses i i can't find my glasses oh

sure

ah you see i knew i'd put them in a safe

place

i better hurry or they'll leave without

me

see you next year bye-bye

oh

his list boy i hope he hasn't forgotten

anything else sure your list

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hi mr conductor

what are you looking for my sketch pad i

thought i left it on this very spot has

anyone seen it oh yes mr conductor i i

think i just saw it outside but just let

me get my cap first and then i'll check

thank you stacy

that's strange i can't find my cap

oh that's okay stacy i'll look for it

myself i was sure i left that sketch pad

right here

mr conductor's sketch pad is missing

my cap is missing

what's going on

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things are disappearing all over shining

time station

what happens if my nickel stopped

disappearing

right

oh

i was hoping you'd say that

someone's coming quick

hey tito everything okay

no

everything is not okay

stacy's missing a cap mr conductor's

missing his pad it's just a matter of

minutes before something happens to my

nickels

oh

come on everybody got all excited with

the circus in town that's all and and

they misplaced some of their stuff yeah

that's easy for you to say dede

you are not

a collector

right i am not a collector i am a

musician and so are you and we have to

rehearse come on no

all right

i'll be right back later darlings will

you be okay cheeto

okay

well don't you think it's kind of weird

i mean the way so many things are

missing all at once

what's going on mr conductor

is everyone getting forgetful at the

same time

or maybe there's a thief in this station

i don't know about you guys but i'm

getting scared

yeah

but um

we don't know what to see you're

absolutely right becky it's probably

just some coincidence because it really

is possible to be scared for no good

reason

remember henry the big green engine on

the island of sodor

you will in a minute

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once an engine attached to a train was

afraid of a few drops of rain

it went into a tunnel and squeaked

through its funnel and wouldn't come out

again

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the engine's name is henry his driver

and fireman argued with him but he would

not move

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the rain will spoil my lovely green

paint and red stripes he said

the conductor blew his whistle till he

had no more breath and waved his flag

till his arms ached but henry still

stayed in the tunnel and blew steam at

him

i'm not going to spoil my lovely green

paint and red stripes for you

then along came sir topham hatt the man

in charge of all the engines on the

island of sodor

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we will pull you out said sir topham

hatt

but henry only blew steam at him

everyone pulled except sir topham hatt

because he said my doctor has forbidden

me to pull

but still henry stayed in the tunnel

then they tried pushing from the other

end

sir topham hatt said one two three push

but he didn't help

my doctor has forbidden me to push he

said

they pushed and pushed and pushed but

still henry stayed in the tunnel

at last thomas came along the conductor

waved his red flag and stopped him

everyone argued with henry look it has

stopped raining they said

yes but it will begin again soon said

henry and what would become of my green

paint with red stripes then

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thomas pushed and puffed and pushed as

hard as ever he could

but still henry stayed in the tunnel

eventually even sir topham hatt gave up

we shall take away your rails he said

and leave you here until you're ready to

come out of the tunnel

they took up the old rails and built a

wall in front of henry so that other

engines wouldn't bump into him

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all henry could do was to watch the

trains rushing through the other tunnel

he was very sad because he thought no

one would ever see his lovely green

paint with red stripes again

as time went on edward and gordon would

often pass by

edward would say beep beep hello

and gordon would say

serves you right

poor henry had no steam to answer his

fire had gone out

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soot and dirt from the tunnel had

spoiled his lovely green paint and red

stripes anyway

how long do you think henry will stay in

the tunnel before he overcomes his fear

of the rain and decides to journey out

again

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poor henry did they just leave him there

in the tunnel

that's not very nice

henry just needs quiet time to work out

his problems i'll tell you the rest of

the story when he gets over being afraid

and speaking of working out problems

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relax everybody it's just schemer

this better be good schemer

billy i don't believe in good only great

yeah well right now i'll take good we

know that theft problem that you're

having ms jones well worry no more

presenting schemer's personal protection

program now let's say for example that

there's a uh uh somebody sneaking around

your house looking in your windows or

something like that what do you do well

you use one of schemers really scary

masks

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they run away well let's say there's

somebody sneaking up behind you well you

take one of schemer's stereophonic

mirrors and you i got you i see you now

just like that you detected them now

let's say for example if someone's

coming at you really quick somebody

really bad really mean then you take one

of schemers genuine banana peels throw

it down in front of them

i'm okay it was just it was a

demonstration all right now listen

schemer i don't have time for any of

this billy may i speak to you privately

sure

well it's not nice to tell secrets

billy

schemer might be right about that thief

i mean

even a broken clock is right twice a day

well you know there is one way to find

out what i mean we could stay here

tonight

oh

and if we saw anything or heard anything

suspicious we just call the police

please thank you

please

what what's the soda for here the soda

my young the soda my the soda my young

inquisitive friends is for spraying in

the face of a criminal this way he gets

confused long enough for me to be able

to drop the net on them and call the

authorities

observe here we go

one can a couple of shakes

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i'm not gonna buy another can

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next time i'm gonna make it raspberry

soda

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okay kids i want you to go home now all

right

well billy and i have some serious work

to do

oh wow catching a thief great we'll help

yeah oh no no i'm sorry honey but it

could be dangerous

oh cool come on stacy i've never done

anything dangerous before now kids this

isn't a game it's very serious and i

want you to go home come on now okay

come on guys let's go

bye stacy bye bye

bye billy bye stacy

see you tomorrow

stacy yeah

um

i want to ask you a question and i want

you to be totally honest with me okay

yeah billy what

are you scared oh of the dark no

of of sitting in the dark maybe

love sitting in the dark waiting for a

thief

yes okay why don't you go home tonight

and i'll stay here oh absolutely not oh

no no no no shiny time station is my

station i have to stay here whether i'm

scared or not and protect it

what if this thief is just seeing the

little stuff to warm up what if he or

she starts taking the big stuff next

like

like us

did you guys see what i saw

a

big hand just turned off the lights

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look people

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we can't just sit around being scared

let's play something

maybe it'll go away

there once was a swagman camped in a

billabong

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under the shade of a cooler bar train

and he sang as he looked at his old

billy boiler

oh come on

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down came a jump up to drink at the

waterhole

up jumped the swagman and grabbed him

with glee

and he sang as he stole him away in his

tucker bag

you'll come a waltz in matilda with me

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with me

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bread

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tree and his ghost may be

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with me

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all right all right come out from behind

that jukebox

wait a minute

oh becky

dan carol what are you doing here we

wanted to see you and billy catch the

thief oh come on now this is serious you

don't belong here you belong at home

don't be mad at stacy we just wanted to

have some fun but this is not fun okay

we'll go home now oh wait a minute

i don't want you walking home at night

alone i'm gonna go and call your parents

i knew this was a bad idea

stacy was really scared no perhaps don't

ever get scared

yeah only babies too not me

you both jumped you're scared

i don't care what you think

i'm not and i know it

okay there's a song in the picture

machine

about being afraid i bet you're too

afraid to watch it

um

i will if you will

and i will

deal

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everyone's afraid of something so don't

be afraid of your fear

take a deep breath and count to ten and

soon it'll disappear

if you're afraid of a shadow

you see when you're alone

don't be frightened don't be scared it

might just be your own

everyone gets afraid it's really true

everyone gets afraid so why shouldn't

you

everyone's afraid of something so don't

be afraid of your fear

take a deep breath and count to ten

and soon it'll disappear

don't let your imagination

run away from you

you might blame somebody for

something they didn't do

everyone gets afraid it's

really true

everyone gets afraid so why shouldn't

you

everyone's afraid of something so don't

be afraid of your fear

take a deep breath and count to ten

and soon it'll disappear

don't be afraid of the dark because it

always goes away

just wait a while and soon there'll be

a brand new bright new day

every gets afraid it's really true

everyone gets afraid so why shouldn't

you

everyone's afraid of something so don't

be afraid of your fear

take a deep breath and count to ten

one two three four five six seven

eight

nine

ten

and soon it'll disappear

i guess sometimes we're afraid of things

we don't have to be afraid of

yeah

you don't have to be afraid of something

if you're imagining it

but what if this is real

are you afraid too mr conductor

people are usually afraid of things they

don't understand

and i don't understand what everyone is

so afraid of so you could say that i'm

as scared as the rest of you

well can't you do something magical and

make everything all right again

being afraid is one of those things that

can't be magicked away we have to face

our fears and overcome them

even engines are scared sometimes

engines do you mean like when henry was

afraid exactly why don't i tell you all

about it

maybe it will help us forget about being

afraid

gordon always pulled the big express he

was proud of being the only engine

strong enough to do so

it was full of important people like sir

topham hatt and gordon was seeing how

fast he could go

hurry hurry hurry he said tricketty

truck tricketty truck tricketty truck

said the coaches

in a minute gordon would see the tunnel

where henry stood bricked up and lonely

oh dear why did i worry about rain

spoiling my lovely coat of paint i'd

like to come out of the tunnel

but henry didn't know how to ask

i'm going to poop at henry said gordon

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he was almost there when

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and there was proud gordon going slower

and slower than a cloud of steam

his driver stopped the train

what has happened to me ask gordon i

feel so weak

you burst your safety valve said the

driver you can't pull the train anymore

oh dear said gordon we were going so

nicely too and look there's henry

laughing at me

everyone came to see gordon

said sir topham hatt these big engines

are always causing me trouble sent for

another engine at once

while the conductor went to find one

they uncoupled gordon who had enough

puff to slink onto the siding out of the

way

edward was the only engine left i'll

come and try

said gordon that's no use edward can't

push the train

kind edward puffed and pushed and pushed

and puffed

but he couldn't move the heavy coaches

i told you so said gordon why not let

henry try

yes said sir topham hatt i will

will you help pull this train henry

oh yes said henry

when henry had got up steam he puffed

out he was dirty and covered with

cobwebs

oh i'm stiff i'm stiff he groaned

have a run to ease your joints and find

a turntable said sir topham hatt

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when henry came back he felt much better

then they coupled him up

said edward i'm ready

said henry so am i pull hard we'll do it

pull hard we'll do it they puff together

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we've done it together we've done it

together said edward and henry you've

done it hooray you've done it hooray

sang the coaches

everyone was excited sir topham hatt

leaned out of the window to wave at

edward and henry

but the train was going so fast that his

hat blew off into a field where a goat

ate it for tea

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they never stopped till they came to the

station at the end of the line

the passengers all said thank you and

sir topham hatt promised henry a new

coat of paint

on their way home edward and henry

helped gordon back to the shed all three

engines are now great friends

henry doesn't mind the rain now he knows

that the best way to keep his paint nice

is not to run into tunnels but to ask

his driver to rub him down when the

day's work is

over henry got out of the tunnel and he

wasn't afraid anymore that's because he

learned there was nothing to be afraid

of and because he had some help from his

friends

and stacy where have you been phoning

your parents

did you guys hear anything

oh no

never mind oh

okay okay kids now just just stay very

close to me okay

billy

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what are you doing here

or just

trying to protect my arcade

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somebody

don't worry

we're gonna get to the bottom of this

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let me shed a little light on this

oh

what oh there's my cap

and mr c's sketch pad and schemer's comb

like home

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felicity it's a monkey

yes it's baby felicity from the circus

they must have left her behind by

accident she's very friendly

you mean she's been hiding all our

things schemer

meet your thief

don't think you should come near the

arcade i don't believe in monkeys being

part of the human entertainment industry

you know

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well it serves me right for forgetting

my clipboard

and leaving felicity behind i hope she

didn't bother you too much oh no we had

a fun evening monkeying around with her

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 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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part by the corporation for public

broadcasting and by the financial

support of viewers like you

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