(bright music)
(upbeat music)
- On a clear day
when the sky is blue
and there's just enough breeze
to blow the clouds away,
you can stand on the big
hill above the valley
and watch Duck and
Oliver far below,
busily at work on
Duck's branch line
near the sea.
The two engines were very
proud of their matching coats
of gleaming color.
Oliver often talks
about the time
that Douglas saved
him from scrap.
"If it wasn't for his
help," Oliver will say,
"I might've been caught when
I ran away from the scrapyard,
"and I would never have come
"to live here on Sir
Topham Hatt's railway."
The other engines
all wanted to know
about Oliver's adventures.
"Amazing," remarked Henry.
"Oliver," said James,
"has resource."
"And sagacity," put in Gordon.
"What does that mean?"
whispered Percy.
"I think," replied Thomas,
"it's about being clever
"and wise."
"He is," finished Gordon,
"an example to us all."
I'm sorry to say that
Oliver became very puffed up
in the smoke box.
"Henry says I'm amazing,
he's right," he whistled
as he swooshed along the line.
One day, Sir Topham
Hatt came to see him.
"You are doing well.
"Now, you must learn how to
look after freight cars."
Every wise engine knows that
you cannot trust freight cars.
The other engines warned Oliver,
but he took no notice.
"You think I can't
manage," he said huffily.
"Gordon knows better,
he says I'm sagacious."
"You may be good gracious
or whatever you call it,
"but cars can be
troublesome, and--"
"Say no more, Duck,"
interrupted Donald.
"It's a pity, but
the wee engine will
"just have to
learn for himself."
(engine chugging)
Oliver pulled some
loaded cars to a siding,
and pushed the
empties to the chute.
(mischievous music)
Then he came back to take
the loaded cars away,
(engine puffing)
but they were comfortable,
and didn't wanna move.
"What right has he to
poke his funnel in here?"
"We want Duck!"
"Or Donald."
"Or Douglas."
"Look sharp," huffed Oliver.
"That's not the way to
speak," hissed the cars.
"We'll get even."
Oliver heard nothing.
The cars moved
smoothly at first,
then suddenly, Oliver
felt them push forward.
(dramatic music)
His driver applied the breaks,
but they were useless
against the surging cars.
"On, on, on," yelled the cars.
Oliver fought hard, but still
they forced him on and on.
At last, the cars grew tired.
"I'm winning," gasped Oliver.
But it was too late.
(booming)
Oliver laid bruised
and bemused, bunkered down
in the turntable well.
Duck surveyed the damage.
"Hello Oliver, are you being
a good gracious engine?
"Beg pardon, but we
really don't like
"this sort of surprise.
"Donald and Douglas will
miss their turntable
"until it is mended."
That evening, Oliver was
hauled gently to safety.
"I'm sorry, Sir," he
said to Sir Topham Hatt.
"I shoulda listened
to Duck's advice.
"I don't feel good
gracious, or whatever it is,
"I just feel silly."
"Well, Oliver," replied
Sir Topham Hatt.
"Now you know the
damage cars can do."
"Yes I do, Sir.
"I look like a load
of scrap iron."
"Oh, I don't think so,"
laughed Sir Topham Hatt.
"But you do need to go to
the works to be mended."
The other engines now
felt sorry for Oliver.
"The Branch line won't
"be the same without
you," whistled Duck.
"Come back soon!"
(happy music)
A few days later, Oliver
did come back.
His coat gleamed
brighter than ever.
He was a wiser engine, too,
and never made a mistake
about cars again.
(upbeat music)
03x22 - Oliver Owns Up
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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.