20x24 - Hugo & the Airship

[bunniefuu]

[whistle toots]

[bouncy music]

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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:

Hugo and the airship.

male narrator: A new engine had

arrived on the Island of Sodor.

[whistle toots]

[horn blows]

His name was Hugo

and he didn't look

like any engine

anyone had ever

seen before.

He was known

as a rail zeppelin,

and was very popular

with the passengers.

Sir Topham Hatt

liked Hugo too,

but he did have some concerns,

as did the railway inspectors.

- I see.

- A propeller.

- Hmm.

- We're not used to propellers

in stations, Hugo,

so you must be careful.

[chuckles]

It's usually helicopters

that have propellers,

or aeroplanes,

not railway engines.

- Yes, sir,

and knowing this,

my propeller is

always switched off

before coming

into a station.

It does not

start up again

until I'm fully clear

of the platform.

- And does this propeller

make you go

as fast as they say it does,

Hugo?

- Hugo's the fastest engine

in the world.

- Incredible.

- Is he really?

- Mm.

[whistle blows]

- Carry on, Hugo.

Off you go now.

[horn blows]

Oh, not again.

all: Hmm.

narrator: One day, as Henry was

coming back from the mainland,

he saw something that gave him

a very big surprise.

- Hugo! You're flying!

[whistle toots]

narrator:

Henry couldn't wait

to tell the others

what he'd seen.

- I knew he wasn't really

a proper engine.

He was only pretending.

- But how can Hugo fly?

Surely he's too heavy.

- Maybe you should

ask Hugo.

- Yes.

what is it you

would like to ask?

- I saw you, Hugo.

What's it like

up there in the sky?

- I don't understand what

this is you are talking about.

- I just saw Hugo.

He was flying in the sky.

Hugo?

[grunts and coughs]

But...how come you're here and

in the sky at the same time?

- This is indeed

a mystery.

narrator:

Thomas was pulling the local,

when Hugo caught

up with him.

- Hello, Thomas.

[horn blows]

Have you seen this flying thing

that looks like me?

- What flying thing,

Hugo?

- I don't know.

I have not seen it yet.

narrator: Hugo raced

up Gordon's Hill so fast

that Thomas thought he was

going to take off into the sky.

[adventure music]

It was only later that Thomas

did see the flying thing.

- Wow.

That really does look like Hugo.

- Oh, what looks

like Hugo?

- Hugo looks like Hugo.

[laughs]

- No, Annie. I was talking

about that airship, not--

- That is where I should be,

Thomas, up there in the sky.

- But you're not

an airship.

- Airship?

They're calling it a zeppelin,

and everyone is calling me

a rail zeppelin,

so I think I should be

flying too.

- Oh, I can see Hugo now.

And the other Hugo too--

the flying one.

[laughs]

[blows whistle]

[whistle toots]

[adventure music]

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- Huh? Ohh.

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narrator: Hugo continued

to follow the airship

as it made its way

across the island.

- It's much quieter

than a helicopter

or an airplane.

- It's a bit like

a big balloon.

narrator:

He followed it all the way

to the end

of the island.

- Whoa!

Hello.

I'm Skiff.

What's your name?

- I am Hugo, and I should be

flying like this zeppelin.

- Oh, you mean like me.

- You can fly?

- No, I meant I can go

on the tracks and in the water,

and you can go on the tracks

and fly up in the air.

- This is what I am meant to do,

but I can't.

- Oh.

[whistle toots]

- You know, Hugo, sometimes

I wish I could fly too.

Sometimes I dream

I have wings,

but I know

I'll never really fly.

I'm too heavy.

You and I, Hugo,

we're built for the railway.

We have to have our adventures

down here on the ground.

- You might not be able

to fly, Thomas,

but Hugo looks

just like a flying machine.

I'm sure he can fly,

if he really tries.

- That little railboat

is right.

I should be able to fly.

I just have to try harder.

narrator: Hugo raced

back across the island

to Gordon's Hill,

and spinning his propeller

as fast as he could,

rushed for the top

and tried to launch himself

into the sky.

- [groans]

narrator: But Hugo's wheels

wouldn't leave the rails.

- [gasps]

- Oh!

narrator:

Hugo tried again.

And again.

- Come on! Come on!

Oh!

[groans]

narrator: His wheels

wouldn't leave the tracks.

He didn't give up until the sun

finally started to go down.

- [groans]

narrator: Thomas was right.

He was too heavy to fly.

[horn blows]

- Oh, Thomas,

this is impossible.

Why can't I fly?

- [gasps]

Ah, ha ha ha ha ha!

- Hugo! Hugo!

Your propeller!

- Oh.

Sorry, sir.

I was not thinking.

I have been trying

to make myself fly.

- Huh?

[groans] Oh.

- But this has not

been working.

- Eh? Oh.

[chuckles]

Oh, dear.

[clears throat]

Oh, Hugo.

If your designer had

wanted you to fly,

he would have given you wings.

[chuckles]

Oh. As well as making you

considerably lighter.

[chuckles]

You, Hugo, are a rail zeppelin,

and that makes you

very special--

the fastest vehicle

on land no less.

You don't need to fly.

You just need to be proud

of all the things you can do,

with that amazing propeller.

- Yes, sir.

Maybe this is correct.

- [laughs]

Again, again! Hugo.

Hugo, do that again.

- Skiff here wants another blast

of your propeller breeze, Hugo.

[laughs]

- Oh, okay.

[chuckles]

But let me back out

from the station first.

[chuckles]

- Whee! [laughs]

[laughter]

- Look at him fly!

[whistle tooting]

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