07x08 - The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop

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(upbeat playful music)

- [Narrator] It was

a hot summer's day

on the Island of Sodor.

The engines were busy

taking freight cars

full of slate from the quarry.

The heat and dust

made their axles ache.

"We've shunted every freight car

"in the quarry today,"

wheezed Skarloey.

"But I'm too thirsty

to feel useful,"

complained Peter Sam.

The summer sunshine

made people thirsty too.

The refreshment lady

was keeping very busy

at the refreshment stand.

The next day, Sir Topham

Hatt had news for Peter Sam.

"The refreshment

lady needs a place

"for another refreshment stand."

"I can find her a

beautiful place."

"I knew it.

"It will be a piece of cake."

"But refreshment stands

don't live in cakes."

"It's just my way of saying

"it will be fun and easy to

find the right place, dear."

Peter Sam puffed along

to the Woodland Way.

(whistle blows)

And the old Castle Causeway.

And the Whispering Waterfall.

"Thank you, Peter Sam,"

said the refreshment lady.

"But I don't know what to do.

"I can't make up my mind.

"What a shame I can't

build a refreshment stand

"in each place."

Peter Sam was very disappointed.

He didn't feel useful.

That night, there was a storm.

Lightning flashed

and thunder crashed.

The rain poured down.

All the engines were talking

excitedly about the storm,

except Peter Sam.

He was thinking about the

refreshment lady's stand.

The next morning, Sir Topham

Hatt came to the sheds.

"Peter Sam, I want you to go

"and help Rusty clear

the storm damage."

"Yes sir," Peter Sam

said, and hurried away.

At last he thought he

could be really useful.

Peter Sam soon found Rusty.

The storm had swept

the shed onto the line.

"Driver says this

shed is useless now."

"It's not a shed,"

exclaimed Peter Sam.

"It's an old railway coach."

And that gave him an idea.

(whistle blows)

(soft music)

Back at the yards,

his driver spoke

to Sir Topham Hatt.

"Peter Sam thinks this old coach

"could be a refreshment stand."

"Hmm, I'll have Jem take a look.

"I'm sure he can repair

it," agreed Sir Topham Hatt.

Sir Topham Hatt was right.

In no time at all,

the old coach had turned into

a refreshment stand on wheels.

The refreshment lady could

hardly believe her eyes.

"Oh, it's beautiful.

"I told you it would

be a piece of cake."

Sir Topham Hatt

paused for a moment.

"With many cakes

in it, I'm sure."

Then he turned to Peter Sam.

"And you shall pull the

refreshment stand special."

"I'll be proud to,

sir," replied Peter Sam.

Now, the refreshment

lady serves refreshments

at all her favorite places.

At Woodland Way,

the old Castle Causeway,

and Whispering Waterfall.

(soft music)

Peter Sam is a happy engine.

"I told you it would

be a piece of cake."

(upbeat playful music)