[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]
male narrator: Blown away.
It was late in
the day on the island of Sodor
and a storm was approaching.
Everyone was trying to get home
as quickly as possible.
[thunder rumbling]
[whistle trills]
[whistle tooting]
Everyone wanted to make sure
that they, their homes,
and their loved ones were safe
when the storm arrived.
The island was most exposed
along its coastlines.
That's where there was
the greatest risk
of damage from the storm.
- Whoa!
narrator:
Skiff and his Captain, Joe,
were travelling around
Arlesburgh Harbor
checking that everything
was secured.
- [straining]
- I think he needs help,
Captain Joe.
Oh, use one of my oars
to trap it.
- Good idea, Skiff.
- Thank you.
[lighthearted music]
♪ ♪
[horn tooting]
- Oh, I'm surprised to see you
out in this weather, Skiff.
- Captain Joe and I
have been warning everyone
about the storm, Oliver.
- That's very kind and helpful,
but shouldn't
you be getting home?
- That's right; all the other
boats are coming back
to the shelter of the harbor.
- Oh, I'll go home after
we return this sign, Duck,
but we needed to make sure
everyone was safe first!
And anyway, you and Oliver
are still out.
- But we are considerably bigger
and stronger than you, Skiff.
- Yes, we're not
tiny little railboats.
And we still have work to do.
- We have several journeys
to make before we can go home.
[whistle tooting]
- Stay safe, little railboat!
♪ ♪
- Don't be upset, Skiff.
I'm sure they only said
those things
because they're worried
about you.
- I might only be
a little railboat,
but I've still helped people
get ready for the storm.
- That you have.
And now we must make sure
you're safe too.
It wouldn't do for you
to get blown away in the storm!
- Oh, that's the last thing
I want.
- Oh, Joe, there you are!
I'm rather worried
about the pirate ship.
- So am I.
We should give her another check
from the lighthouse.
The winds are
really picking up now
and we need to be sure
everything is secured.
[dramatic music]
[whistle tooting]
narrator: Duck and Oliver
worked hard,
taking as many people home
as they could.
- Nearly done, Oliver?
- Yes, Duck, just one more
journey to Tidmouth and back.
- Me too.
One more run to Arlesburgh,
then home.
Maybe we'll both get back to our
sheds before the storm arrives.
- I hope so! Hmm...
[thunder rumbles]
narrator: Finally,
the storm arrived.
All Skiff could do
was weather it.
Then there was trouble.
- Oh no! My sail!
It's come loose. Joe! Joe!
Oh, he can't hear me.
It's okay, Skiff, don't panic.
Everything will be all right.
Ohh!
[thunder rumbles]
Ahh!
narrator: Poor Skiff
felt helpless
as he was buffeted about
by the wind.
- Oh, Joe! Where are you?
Oliver and Duck were right.
I'm only a tiny little railboat.
And I'm scared!
♪ ♪
narrator: Then there was
more trouble...
[lightning crackles]
[creaking]
[metal scraping]
Ohh! Oh! Oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh, no!
Ohh! Joe! Joe!
Ahh!
Ah! Oh! Oh!
Help! I can't stop!
Oh! Ohh!
Oof.
Ohh...
narrator: Duck had finally
finished for the night
and was turning around
to go back to Tidmouth.
But he didn't know
there was a fallen tree
on the line ahead of him.
And neither did Oliver,
who was finally going home
with Toad
in the opposite direction!
- Oh, I can hardly see a thing
with all this rain.
I can't wait to finish work.
- Oh! The storm's getting worse,
Mr. Oliver.
- Not long now, Toad,
nearly home.
Keep going! Keep going!
- Oh, what a mess!
Who's going to come and save me
in this storm?
[whistle tooting]
Oh no! That's Duck's whistle
and he'll be here any moment!
He's going to hit that tree!
Wait a minute.
[gasps]
He's going to hit me!
[straining]
Duck! Duck!
narrator: But Skiff's voice
was carried away by the wind.
- Oh, no! He can't hear me.
There's nothing I can do.
[straining]
Oh! My sail!
If I can just free my sail,
then maybe I can signal
for help!
[grunts]
[whistle toots]
But that wasn't Duck's whistle.
[gasps] It must have been...
Oliver!
[whistle tooting]
Uh-oh!
Must...get...free!
[grunting]
[sighs]
[laughs]
Stop!
- [gasps]
[brakes squealing]
[whistle tooting]
- What's that?
- Oh, Mr. Oliver,
what's going on?
[whistles tooting]
[brakes squealing]
- Oh, no!
[brakes squealing]
- Phew.
[sighs]
- Skiff, is that you?
- What happened?
- My sail came unfurled,
and my anchor rope snapped,
and I got blown
all the way down here.
- Lucky for us you did.
Otherwise we would have both
crashed straight into that tree.
- Oh, I was so scared!
I didn't know how to stop you
because my sail
was trapped under me.
But then I managed
to get it free!
- You saved us, Skiff!
You're the bravest
little railboat I've ever known.
- Me too.
Thank you, Skiff.
We'll never forget this.
narrator: By the next morning,
the storm had passed.
The islanders worked to clear
any damage
the storm had left behind.
- My word, Skiff.
You managed to stop a terrible
accident from happening.
[grunts]
- Only because
my rope snapped, sir.
- Oh, that doesn't change
the fact that you're a hero.
Duck, Oliver, and Toad all think
you should get an award.
- An award? Really?
- Oh, yes.
- Definitely.
- And I agree!
You're the bravest
little railboat
who ever travelled
by land or sea!
[together] Or both!
[laughter]
- Three cheers for Skiff.
Hip hip...
- all: Hooray!
- Hip hip...
- all: Hooray!
- Hip hip...
- all: Hooray!
[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
[whistle tooting]
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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.