Talk:Thomas DVD Booklets/@comment-162.206.185.149-20190528190711

IT WAS WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON ON THE ISLAND OF SODOR.

EVERYWHERE WAS COVERED IN A BEAUTIFUL BLANKET

OF SOFT SNOW.

SIR TOPHAM HATT WAS AT THE FITTER’S YARD.

THE ENGINES WERE HAVING THEIR SNOWPLOWS FITTED.

“WE MUST GET THE ISLAND MOVING AGAIN,” HE BOOMED,

“AND WHEN THE LINES ARE CLEAR,

“I WILL NEED AN ENGINE TO TAKE THE PRESENTS TRAIN

TO THE HOLIDAY PARTY AT KNAPFORD.”

ALL THE ENGINES WANTED TO TAKE THE PRESENTS TRAIN.

IT WAS A JOLLIEST TRAIN OF THE YEAR.

“JAMES, YOU MUST WORK WITH EDWARD,” HE SAID.

“REMEMBER THE TRACKS ARE ICY AND HE YOU MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER

AND TAKE CARE.”

BUT JAMES WANTED TO FINISH FIRST

AND TAKE THE PRESENTS TRAIN.

“AN OLD BLUE SLOWCOACH LIKE YOU WAS SURE TO SLOW ME DOWN,”

HE HUFFED.

JAMES AND EDWARD’S FIRST JOB

WAS TO CLEAR THE LINES TO KNAPFORD.

EDWARD WORKED AS FAST AS HE COULD.

BUT IT WASN’T FAST ENOUGH FOR JAMES.

“HURRY UP!” HE SNORTED.

HENRY WAS CLEARING THE LINE

WHEN JAMES STEAMED QUICKLY PAST.

“SLOW DOWN!”

CRIED HENRY,

“AND TAKE CARE.”

BUT JAMES WASN’T LISTENING.

HE WAS DREAMING ABOUT THE PRESENTS TRAIN.

HE DIDN’T NOTICE THAT THE TRACKS WERE ICY!

JAMES’S WHEELS BEGAN TO SLIP AND SLIDE.

“WHOA!”

HE CRIED.

HE WAS GOING FASTER AND FASTER.

“YIPPY,”

CALLED JAMES.

HE WAS STARTED TO ENJOY HIMSELF.

HE WAS SLIDING SO FAST THAT HE SLID ALL THE WAY

INTO MAITHWAITE STATION.

(Wheesh!) (Toot-Toot-Toot!)

LATER JAMES AND EDWARD HAD TO TAKE SOME COAL CARS

TO THE COALING PLANT.

JAMES WAITED FOR EDWARD.

HE LISTENED TO THE CHOIR

AND WATCHED ALL THE COLORFUL DECORATIONS

BEING PUT UP.

JAMES WANTED TO TAKE THE PRESENTS TRAIN

MORE THAN EVER!

FINALLY, EDWARD PUFFED IN.

“TRUST A BLUE ENGINE TO BE LATE,”

CALLED JAMES.

“I’M SORRY,”

GASPED EDWARD.

“I HAVE TO GO SLOWLY AND TAKE CARE.”

“SLOW ENGINES LIKE YOU DON’T GET TO PULL THE PRESENTS TRAIN,”

SNORTED JAMES

AND THEY PULLED AWAY.

(Chug-Chug-Chug-Chug)

JAMES RACED TO THE COALING PLANT

AS FAST AS HE COULD.

“MUST BE FIRST. MUST BE FIRST,”

HE PUFFED.

JAMES REACHED THE TOP OF GORDON’S HILL.

THE TRACKS WERE ICY AND JAMES STARTED TO SPEED UP.

EDWARD WASN’T HAPPY.

JAMES’S WHEELS STARTED TO SLIP AND SLIDE.

“WHEEE!”

CRIED JAMES.

“THIS IS THE WAY TO GET THE JOB DONE FAST.”

JAMES THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST SLIDE EVER!

AT THE COALING PLANT, JAMES’S AND EDWARD’S TRAIN

HAD BEEN FILLED WITH COAL.

EDWARD CALLED TO JAMES.

“YOU MUST SLOW DOWN AND TAKE CARE.”

“I AM TAKING CARE,”

REPLIED JAMES,

“TAKING CARE THE FINISH FIRST.

I’M GOING TO PULL THE PRESENTS TRAIN.”

AND JAMES PULLED OUT.

(Chug-Chug-Chug-Chug)

THEY HEADED FOR BRENDAM DOCKS.

“FINISH FIRST. FINISH FAST,”

JAMES PUFFED HAPPILY.

HE STARTED TO GO FASTER… AND FASTER…

AND FASTER!

BUT HE DIDN’T KNOW HOW VERY ICY THE TRACKS WERE.

HIS WHEELS STARTED TO SLIP AND SLIDE.

“OH MY,”

CRIED JAMES

AND HE APPLIED HIS BRAKES AS HARD AS HE COULD.

“WHOA!”

EDWARD TRIED TO BREAK, AS WELL, BUT IT WAS TO LATE.

(Whoosh!)

“BUST MY BUFFERS,”

CRIED JAMES.

“OH, DEAR,”

WHEESHED EDWARD.

SIR TOPHAM HATT ARRIVED ON SALTY.

HE WAS VERY CROSS.

“JAMES AND EDWARD,”

HE BOOMED.

“THE TRACKS WERE ICY AND YOU WERE NOT TAKING CARE.

YOU HAVE CAUSED CONFUSION AND DELAY.”

JAMES FELT BAD.

“EDWARD WANTED TO SLOW DOWN, BUT I WANTED TO GO FAST

SO THAT I COULD PULL THE PRESENTS TRAIN.”

“YOU WON’T BE DOING THAT NOW, JAMES,”

SAID SIR TOPHAM HATT.

“EDWARD, YOU ARE A RELIABLE ENGINE.

“YOU CAN PULL THE PRESENTS TRAIN,

“BUT YOU CAN’T PULL IT ALONE.

IT’S A VERY LONG TRAIN.”

“SIR,”

CALLED JAMES.

“IF I PROMISE TO GO SLOWLY AND TAKE CARE,

CAN I BE EDWARD’S BACK ENGINE?”

SIR TOPHAM HATT WASN’T SURE.

“ONLY IF YOU CAN PUFF SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY,”

HE SAID.

JAMES FELT PLEASED.

“EDWARD,”

HE PUFFED,

“I WILL LEARN TO TAKE CARE JUST LIKE YOU.”

AND SO EDWARD PULLED JAMES BACK ONTO THE TRACKS.

LATER AT BRENDAM DOCKS,

THE TWO ENGINES COLLECTED THE PRESENTS TRAIN

AND SET OFF CAREFULLY FOR KNAPFORD.

(Music*)

WHENEVER THEY CAME TO SOME ICY TRACK,

EDWARD CALLED OUT,

“SLOW DOWN!”

AND NOW JAMES SLOWED DOWN.

AND WHEN THEY WHEN DOWN GORDON’S HILL,

EDWARD CALLED OUT,

“APPLY YOUR BRAKES, JAMES!”

AND JAMES APPLIED HIS BRAKES.

SO SLOWLY AND SAFELY

THE TWO FRIENDS PUFFED INTO KNAPFORD STATION.

WHEN THE CHILDREN SAW THE PRESENTS,

THEY CHEERED AND CHEERED.

“THANK YOU, JAMES,”

CALLED EDWARD.

“THANK YOU, EDWARD,”

SAID JAMES.

“YOU ARE A REALLY USEFUL BLUE ENGINE.”