20x19 - Mike's Whistle

[bunniefuu]

[bouncy music]

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children:

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♪ Red and green

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♪ They're the really

useful crew ♪

♪ All with different roles

to play ♪

♪ Round Tidmouth Sheds

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♪ Thomas and his friends ♪

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[whistle toots]

[steam hisses]

male narrator: Mike's whistle.

[whistle tooting]

male narrator: Rex and Bert are

two of the very small engines

on the island of Sodor

that work

on the miniature railway

near Arlesburgh.

And then there's Mike,

the red engine.

He can be rather grumpy

at times,

and he doesn't much like

pulling passengers either.

[whistle toots]

- [laughing]

narrator: One morning,

Thomas was laughing

as he arrived

at Arlesburgh West

to collect ballast stone

for his branch line.

- Oh-ho!

- What's so funny?

- Ha, it's Duck!

Have you heard his whistle

this morning?

His driver boiled an egg on it,

and some of the egg got stuck!

But don't laugh.

[whistle burpling]

[muffled giggling]

- Ho!

Oh, is that

really you, Duck?

I never knew you could boil

an egg on a steam whistle.

- Neither did I,

and I don't recommend it.

- All right, all right.

Don't go on about it, Duck.

[whistle blowing]

[whistle burpling]

[Thomas and Rex laughing]

- Duck shouldn't make

such horrible sounds.

It's shocking!

- Ha, I'm going

to whistle like that

to everyone today!

[inhales sharply

and blows raspberries]

[giggles]

- If engines

can't whistle properly,

they shouldn't try.

- Then why do you?

[giggles]

- I was talking about Duck!

Unlike him,

I have an excellent whistle.

[whistle blows]

[laughter]

- If I had a whistle

like yours, Mike...

- Yes?

- I'd lose it!

- What?

- [laughing]

Hoo!

- Whistles

are very important, Rex.

The engines without whistles

aren't proper engines at all.

narrator: Mike's steam pressure

went so high

that his safety valve blew off!

- Oh!

- Oh, dear!

Is Mike overheating again?

narrator: Mr. Fergus Duncan

is known

as the Small Controller

because he's in charge

of the miniature railway,

but he's not actually small.

In fact, he's rather tall.

- I shall have to put you

on lighter duties.

I suggest you take

the passenger train today.

- No, sir.

Uh, please, sir.

I'll be fine.

Heh-heh.

You know I prefer

hauling goods to passengers.

- Sorry, Mike,

but I can't have you

blowing off steam like this.

Bert shall take

the goods train today,

and you shall take passengers,

once your safety valve

is back in order.

- Oh, ooh!

narrator: Mike was still

in a bad mood

as he went to collect

the passengers.

- Oh, isn't he sweet?

- Oh! Oh, it's so lovely!

- What a cute

little steam engine.

- Blah, blah, blah.

"Lovely day.

"What a cute

little steam engine.

Isn't he sweet?"

- Behave yourself, Mike.

[whistle blows]

[steam hissing,

train engine chugging]

[whistle blowing]

- Whoa!

- Ha-ha!

Nothing wrong with my whistle!

[laughs]

[upbeat music]

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[train engine chugging]

Silly Rex and Bert,

making fun of my whistle.

They're jealous.

They're jealous!

I'll show 'em.

I'll show 'em!

narrator: There are places

along the line

where boards are put up

to let the engines know

that they have to whistle,

but Mike was blowing

his whistle at everything.

[train engine chugging]

[whistle blowing]

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[whistle blows]

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[whistle blows]

[birds chirping]

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[birds chirping]

When they reached

the end of the line,

Mike's driver checked him over.

- I just can't seem to work out

what's wrong with you today.

- There's nothing

wrong with me!

I'm fine!

Just don't go thinking about

cooking an egg on my whistle!

- Ha-ha-ha!

[laughing] I won't.

narrator: But as they were

traveling back along the line,

Mike's driver

heard a funny noise.

[rattling]

- What's that?

- What's what?

- That funny sound.

- Don't you start.

[rattling continues]

- No. Listen.

Something is rattling

on your boiler.

- Never mind that.

You can tighten up

whatever it is when we get back.

narrator: But then

more was trouble.

[cow moos,

whistle blows]

- Get out of my way!

[whistle blowing]

- Patience, Mike.

The cow will move on

in time.

- Oh!

That cow is always wandering

onto the tracks,

and she only makes me cross.

[whistle blowing]

Shoo, shoo, shoo!

Go on!

[whistle blowing]

Right!

This is the last straw.

Get out of my way,

you silly animal.

[cow mooing,

whistle blowing]

narrator: Mike got so cross

and he whistled so hard

that his whistle cap

blew right off like a rocket.

[cap whistling]

[cow lowing]

[whistling]

[splat]

- Ha-ha!

So that's what was loose.

- Oh. Oh!

Oh!

[suspenseful music]

narrator: Mike's driver

and his guard

searched the field

trying to find the whistle cap,

but there was no sign of it.

The passengers

were getting impatient.

- Hurry up!

- Uh, really, uh...

- Oh, dear,

why have they stopped?

- Could you go faster,

please?

- What are you looking for?

- I'm going to be late

and miss my connection.

What's so important

about a whistle anyway?

- Oh, I have to whistle

at certain places along the line

to let others know I'm coming.

That's orders!

Haven't you found

my whistle yet?

[whimsical music]

- Gah, this won't do at all!

We could be here

until tomorrow morning.

- We'll have to whistle

for you.

[whistles]

- Good idea!

I can whistle.

[whistling]

[passengers whistling,

cow moos]

[whistling continues]

[cheers and applause]

- [blowing]

[cheers and applause continue]

[upbeat music]

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narrator: So Mike

continued along the line,

and every time

he came to a place

where he was supposed

to whistle,

his driver and guard

and the passengers

all whistled for him.

[cheers and whistles]

[birds chirping]

[cheers and whistles continue]

They made more noise

than he ever did,

but Mike felt foolish

and improper without a whistle.

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Mike was running rather late

when he got back to Arlesburgh,

and Duck had to wait for him.

- Traffic jam, was it, Mike?

- No.

There was a cow on the line.

[steam hisses]

And a problem

with my whistle.

- Well,

I know what that's like.

[whistle toots]

At least my driver

finally cleaned mine out!

[laughs]

[whistle toots]

[whimsical music]

- What's up with Mike?

- Oh, take no notice

of him, Thomas.

He's an improper engine.

- Improper?

What do you mean?

- He's got no whistle.

[chuckles]

- It's shocking.

We don't approve

of engines without whistles,

do we, Mike?

- Oh!

- Oh.

Did someone

boil an egg on it?

- No.

He got cross with a cow!

[laughs]

- That's right.

And all he had to do

was say "moove."

[laughs]

- [giggles]

Or maybe go...

[blows raspberry]

[laughter]

narrator: Poor Mike wished

he didn't get cross

so easily.

If he hadn't been so hotheaded,

he might never have lost

his whistle in the first place.

[whistle tooting]

- Oh, give it a rest, won't you?

[train engine chugging]

[laughing]

[murmuring indistinctly]

Oh, I don't know.

[laughing] Oh, never.

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[steam hisses]

[gentle woodwind music]

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[children singing]

[whistle blasts]

[upbeat music]

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