17x22 - Gone Fishing

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[train whistling]

[opening theme song playing]

♪ They're two, they're four, they're six, they're eight ♪

♪ Shunting trucks and hauling freights ♪

♪ 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 ♪

[song ends]

[narrator] "Gone Fishing."

There are many cranes on the island of Sodor.

Great big cranes that always stay in one location,

like Merrick up at the blue mountain quarry.

And Cranky, down at Brendam docks.

There are also cranes like Rocky,

who can be shunted to wherever there is work to be done.

But there is one crane who can make his own way

to where he is needed, and that's Harvey, the crane engine.

If there's heavy cargo that needs lifting,

Harvey is just the engine for the job.

One day, Harvey was loading flatbeds at Brendam docks,

where Sir Topham Hatt's new engine, Porter, was working.

[honking]

Harvey had never met Porter before

and Porter had never seen a crane engine.

Hey there, you're a really useful engine

or should I say you're a really useful crane.

[laughs] I'm a crane engine. So you can say either, I suppose.

-[laughs] -[Porter chuckles]

Then I suppose you must be doubly useful.

Pleased to meet you. My name's Porter.

A pleasure, my name's Harvey.

[trains whistling]

Oh, look then, it's Harvey.

What's he doing down at the docks?

He's probably trying to go fishing, Bill.

Better put your hook in the water, Harvey,

if you want to catch something.

[both laughs]

Oh, they're always teasing like that.

Don't mind them, Porter.

I won't.

[train whistling]

[narrator] Then there was trouble.

Oh, watch where you're going, bumpy boiler.

[laughs]

Bumpy boiler, because of his three domes.

[laughs] That's a good one.

[both laughing]

[chuckles] I guess I am a bumpy boiler.

See what I mean? They're always saying teasy things.

It's okay Harvey, I'm proud of my three domes.

I find them very useful.

It doesn't matter what anyone else says.

They're what makes me special.

Besides, water off a duck's back.

What does that mean?

It means I don't let it bother me.

I just let what they say slide out of my mind.

The way water slides off a duck's back.

[train whistles]

Oh...

[narrator] Later, Harvey had loaded all the flatbeds

ready to be taken to Vicarstown.

Okay, that's it. This cargo's ready to go.

Edward was supposed to pull this load of machinery,

but he's been delayed. We'll have to find another engine.

Oh, how about Bill and Ben? They're not doing anything.

Oh, we just remembered, we have to get back

to the clay pits right away.

That's right. We have such a lot of work to do,

you wouldn't believe it.

Why don't you take the train Harvey?

You're not just a crane, you're an engine too.

Yeah. I don't know, I don't usually pull any of the cargo.

I don't think I'm very good at it.

Well, you don't have to pull them Harvey.

That's right, you can pick them up

with your hook and carry them if you like.

-Like fish. -Yes, like fish.

Water off a duck's back, remember?

Water off a duck's back.

Maybe I will take these flatbeds to Vicarstown

That would be an excellent idea.

I quite agree.

[narrator] Sir Topham Hatt had just arrived,

for a very important meeting.

Let's get you coupled up and you can show us

what a fine engine you can be. Off to our meeting then.

[narrator] So, Harvey was coupled up for to line of heavy flatbeds.

[honks]

Harvey felt proud as he pulled the heavy flatbeds

toward Vicarstown.

Harvey was usually only busy

when there were things to be lifted,

but there was no reason why he couldn't pull things, also.

I'm not just a crane, I'm an engine too.

[narrator] Harvey got to Gordon's Hill.

As he made his way up the steep slope,

the flatbeds got a lot harder to pull.

They felt very heavy indeed.

Oh, pulling a heavy train uphill

is much more difficult than I thought.

Oh!

[train whistling]

Keep going, Harvey, you can do it.

That's right, Thomas, I can do it.

[narrator] At last, Harvey reached the top of Gordon's Hill.

I did it.

[narrator] And then he started to go down the other side.

Harvey went faster and faster

as he hurried down the slope

with that heavy train, pushing him forward.

Pulling a heavy train downhill

is much easier than I thought.

[chuckles]

[narrator] But when Harvey reached the next bend,

he suddenly realized that he was going

much too fast to be safe.

Oh, oh!

[wheels screeching]

Oh!

[narrator] Luckily, nobody was hurt.

Oh, I knew I shouldn't have pulled those flatbeds.

I didn't think I'd be any good at it.

Oh, I hope Bill and Ben don't see me.

They would say teasy things.

[Bill] You can pick them up with your hook and carry them if you like.

-[Ben] Like fish. -[Bill] Yes, like fish.

[both laughing]

Yes, I have a hook.

So, I can pick up these derailed flatbeds.

Ha! Bill and Ben couldn't do that.

I'm not just an engine, I'm a crane too.

What's happened here?

Nothing I can't handle, Gordon.

I've got it all under control.

Right you are, Harvey.

[train whistling]

[narrator] Soon, Harvey had all his flatbeds of heavy equipment

back on the track.

He was quickly coupled up and hurried

on his way to Vicarstown.

[Harvey whistling]

Now, Harvey knew that he would have to pull hard

going up the hills.

[Harvey grunting]

And he knew to put his brakes on, on the way down.

So as not to go too fast.

Sir Topham Hatt was just finishing

his very important meeting,

when Harvey finally made it back to the docks.

Harvey, by safely delivering

all the heavy flatbeds to Vicarstown,

you have proven that even a crane engine

can help pull cargo.

You are a really useful engine.

Oh, thank you, sir.

Oh, and sir, it's a doubly useful thing to have a hook,

I can even go fishing.

[everyone laughs]

-Fishing. -Fishing.

[both laugh]

Oh, he's fishing, Ben.

[closing theme song]

[train whistling]

[children singing]

[closing theme music playing]