[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
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 different roles
to play ♪
♪ Round Tidmouth Sheds
or far away ♪
♪ Down the hills
and round the bends ♪
♪ Thomas and his friends ♪
♪ ♪
[whistle toots]
[pleasant music]
male narrator:
Letters to Santa.
It was just before Christmas
on the Island of Sodor
and all the children had been
busy writing letters to Santa.
It was the last chance
to mail them to the North Pole
in time for Christmas.
Once the postman had
collected up
all of the letters,
Percy would take them
by train to Vicarstown.
Then Hiro would take them
across to the Mainland,
and from there, they would go
by plane to the North Pole.
♪ ♪
It was Percy's job to deliver
the letters to Vicarstown,
but it was a difficult job
to do with snow on the line.
- Have to hurry.
Mail coming through!
[panting]
- Hello, Percy.
Are you okay?
- [struggling]
Yes, of course, Harold.
- Perhaps you'd like me to take
the letters to Vicarstown?
Snow on the rails is
no problem for me.
- Thank you, but it's my job
to deliver the mail.
- I only meant that you
seem to be struggling.
- I am not struggling.
[panting]
- Suit yourself.
I'll continue patrolling
the island.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Why does that whirlybird
think he's so much better
than everyone else?
narrator:
Percy couldn't help remembering
how Harold had called him slow
and out of date
when they first met.
- Slow and out of date, huh?
I'll show him!
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
narrator: Even though Percy had
beaten Harold in a race,
Harold still made Percy
feel second best.
[playful music]
♪ ♪
[whistles tooting]
- Hello, Percy.
What's the matter?
- The snow is making me slow,
Thomas,
and today's the last chance
to get the letters to Santa.
I have to take the letters
to Vicarstown
and then Hiro has to get them
to the mainland.
And then they still have to go
all the way to the North Pole.
- Goodness,
that is a long way.
- I know.
I'd better hurry.
[whistle toots]
- Percy, hold on!
- [grunts]
- There's still
another sack of letters!
narrator: But Percy was
too far away to hear.
- I can help.
[upbeat music]
- Percy!
Percy, stop!
- Sorry, Harold,
but I'm in a hurry.
- But I have some of your--
whoa!
narrator: Percy had no idea
Harold was trying to help,
he thought he was just
making fun of his speed again.
- Percy, please listen!
- I'll show him.
I'm not slow and
I don't need any help.
- Please!
- Oh, no!
- Yes!
- Percy! Look out!
- No!
[brakes screeching]
I don't believe it.
[coughs]
I suppose you think
this is funny.
- Not at all.
I was trying to tell you
that you'd left a sack of mail
behind at Dryaw Station.
I've brought it for you.
- Oh. Well, it doesn't make
any difference now.
I can't get through
this snowdrift,
so none of the letters will
get to the North Pole.
Christmas is ruined.
- Perhaps I could take them
across the Island
to Vicarstown for you.
Then the letters will still
get to Santa on time.
- Oh. Would you, Harold?
That's very kind.
narrator:
Soon all the mail was loaded
and Harold was ready to leave
for Vicarstown
to pass it on to Hiro.
- Thank you, Harold.
- It's my pleasure.
Lucky we helicopters can't get
stuck in the snow, eh?
[dramatic music]
narrator: But traveling
in the wintry weather
wasn't easy
for Harold either.
- Oh! This snow!
[coughs]
I can barely see
where I'm going.
[groans]
narrator: So Harold was late
with the letters too
and Hiro couldn't wait
at Vicarstown any longer.
[whistle toots]
He had to go.
Hiro hurried across the bridge
and onto the mainland.
- Hiro!
Hiro! [coughs]
Hiro, wait!
- I can't stop, Harold.
I'm already late.
I waited for Percy to bring me
the mail but he never came.
- But that's why
I'm here!
Percy got stuck in a snow drift,
and I've got his mail for you.
- What's wrong, Percy?
Did you manage to deliver
the mail on time?
- No.
I got stuck in a snow drift
and Harold had to take
all my mail,
but he couldn't help
pointing out
that helicopters are better
because they don't
have to use tracks.
I've let everyone down,
Thomas.
- No, you haven't,
Percy.
it's not your fault the weather
stopped you doing your job.
And isn't the important thing
that all the children's letters
get to Santa on time?
- Yes, I know, but--
- You always say Christmas
is a time of goodwill
to all people
and engines.
Maybe Harold was just showing
the Christmas spirit
by helping you.
narrator:
The next day,
Percy heard some worrying news
about Harold.
- Percy.
Have you heard?
Harold didn't return
to the search and rescue center
last night.
- Oh, no.
I hope he's okay.
narrator: Percy dumped his cars
at the Shunting Yard
and raced off to find out
what had happened.
All the snow had been cleared
from the mainline,
but there was no sign
of Harold,
or the letters to Santa.
- Harold!
Harold!
narrator: Finally,
Percy spotted Harold,
sitting in a snow-covered field
on the mainland.
- Harold, are you okay?
What are you doing here?
- Oh, hello, Percy.
Uh, it's a bit embarrassing,
actually.
- You did get
all the children's letters
to Hiro, didn't you?
- Oh, yes, but I was so eager
to catch him up,
that I didn't check
I had enough fuel
to get back to Sodor.
I might have to spend Christmas
in this field.
- I won't let that happen,
Harold.
[whistle toots]
One good turn
deserves another.
narrator:
And so Percy came back
with a Christmas surprise
for Harold.
[whistle tooting]
- [gasps]
Percy!
You've brought me my fuel!
Oh, I don't know what to say.
- You helped me
when I was stuck yesterday,
so I'm now helping you.
- Oh, thank you, Percy.
- It's like I always say.
Christmas is a time
for good will
to all people and engines,
and even whirlybirds.
[both laughing]
- Yeah.
[both laughing]
narrator:
Percy and Harold realized
that they were both
really useful
in their own ways,
and together
they had made sure
that the children of Sodor
got the gifts
they had asked for
on Christmas Day.
[pleasant music]
♪ ♪
[children laughing]
♪ ♪
[whistle tooting]
[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
[children singing]
[whistles toot]
♪ ♪
[whistle toots]
[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
20x02 - Toby's New Friend
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British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.
British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.