06x24 - Dunkin' Duncan

[bunniefuu]

(upbeat music)

- [Narrator] Rusty,

Rheneas, and Skarloey

chugged cheerfully through

the Sodor countryside.

The engines were

going to help Duncan

with an important job

at the inclined railway.

The engines enjoy working

at the inclined railway.

They like the clever

way the loaded

slate cars roll

down the incline,

pulling the empty slate cars up.

But they are always careful.

(train whistles)

Duncan doesn't like working

at the inclined railway.

He is always impatient to

get back to the junction.

This makes him careless and

gets him into lots of trouble.

Rusty hoped Duncan would

stay out of trouble today.

But he was already in

too much of a hurry.

"I'm a plain speaking

engine," gruffed Duncan.

"So collect your slate cars

and be quick about it."

And off he steamed.

"Bossy boots," chuffed Rheneas.

"Pushy puffer," huffed Skarloey.

They didn't like Duncan

telling them what to do.

"He just wants to get

back to the bustle

of the junction," Rusty said.

Duncan wanted everyone

to work faster.

"You're supposed

to be helping me,"

he grumbled, "But you're

as slow as snails."

"We're proper engines,"

Rusty huffed crossly.

"We follow the rules."

"We can't send up more

than four slate cars

at a time," chuffed Rheneas.

"Then work faster,"

said Duncan impatiently.

Later that day, Duncan

was working the incline.

"I'll show you how fast

a really useful engine

can work," Duncan

called as he hastily

biffed one slate

car into another.

And then another.

Soon, Duncan had

his four slate cars.

"Nothing to it," he

boasted to Rusty.

"Those slate cars will pay

you back," warned Rusty.

"Slate cars don't

like to be biffed."

"I can handle slate

cars," he cried.

The three little

engines could see

Duncan was not going to listen.

They carefully chuffed

away from the incline

with their slate

cars full of slate.

Duncan was so impatient he

became even more careless.

"I'll show that smelly diesel

and those lazy steamers,"

he said to his driver.

"Careful," cautioned his driver,

"You're asking for trouble."

And he got it.

Duncan didn't notice

his chain was tangled

in the coupling of the

slate car in front of him.

Suddenly, he was being

pulled up the track

by the empty slate cars.

"Bouncing bogies," he

cried, "It's got me!"

Duncan's driver jumped clear.

Rusty returned to see Duncan

being pulled up the incline.

"I tried to warn

him," said Rusty.

"He never listens," the

little diesel's driver said.

The chain pulling

Duncan's slate cars

couldn't hold the weight.

It suddenly snapped. Duncan

plummeted down the incline.

"Help!" he yelled.

"Glug, glug, glug," he

said, "Bluggle my bloiler."

Duncan felt foolish

and very wet.

When Sir Topham Hatt arrived,

he spoke severely to Duncan.

"You have not been a

responsible engine," he said,

"Your impatience has

caused confusion and delay,

and you owe these

engines an apology."

"Sorry," Duncan said to

Rusty, Rheneas, and Skarloey.

"Once you have been repaired,"

Sir Topham Hatt said,

"You will work the

incline until you learn

to be patient and careful."

"Yes, sir," said Duncan.