07x24 - Not So Hasty Puddings

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(upbeat music)

(gentle music)

- [Narrator] It was Christmas

time on the Island of Sodor

(train whistling)

and Sir Topham Hatt's

engines were busy.

The snow made their

journeys difficult.

They had to work hard

to deliver passengers

and goods to their

destinations on time.

This made the engines

feel very reliable.

(truck rumbling)

Elizabeth pulled

into the fitters yard

with Thomas's snowplow.

"I don't need that silly

old thing," huffed Thomas.

"Stuff and nonsense,"

steamed Elizabeth.

"You can't be a reliable engine

"if you can't get

through the snow."

That made Thomas cross.

"You know I'm reliable, I

just don't like my snowplow.

(dramatic music)

"Elizabeth is rude,"

Thomas chuffed,

"And this snowplow

makes my buffers ache."

Later Thomas saw Sir Topham

Hatt talking to Elizabeth.

"The Sodor Cake

Factory is snowed in.

"Their Christmas cakes

must get to the docks

"before the ship sails

for the mainland."

"Let me do the job."

"I need you on

your line, Thomas.

"Besides Elizabeth

knows those roads well.

"She's very reliable."

"I'm reliable too,"

puffed Thomas.

"Apparently not reliable

enough," Elizabeth chuffed.

(bright music)

Now Thomas was crosser still.

(bright music)

The snow was heavy

but Thomas arrived

at every station right on time.

(train chugging)

Elizabeth was struggling

to stay on the road.

Her wheels did not like

the slippery ice at all.

When Thomas arrived at the

docks to pick up Terence,

he was surprised that

Elizabeth had not returned.

"The ship will miss the

tide," said the dock manager,

"And the children won't

have their Christmas cakes.

"Thomas go and look

for Elizabeth at once."

"Yes, sir," answered Thomas.

"Perhaps Elizabeth isn't

"so reliable after

all," he whispered.

(bright music)

At the cake factory

Elizabeth was piled high

with crates of Christmas cakes.

"Sir Topham Hatt's

counting on me,

"I mustn't be late."

(dramatic music)

(wheels rattling)

She chuffed onto the icy road.

Suddenly, she was

on a steep hill.

Her driver applied the brakes.

Elizabeth slid out of control

into a deep snowdrift.

Poor Elizabeth.

(wind whooshing)

Thomas and Terence puffed

through the swirling snow.

They couldn't see

Elizabeth anywhere.

Soon they spotted her driver.

He was standing by

the level crossing.

"Elizabeth is stuck under the

snow," her driver explained.

"I need help to dig her out."

(engine roaring)

Terence rescued her in no time.

"We will have to

hurry," said Thomas.

"It wasn't your fault Elizabeth,

it's the slippery roads."

Elizabeth felt much better.

(bright music)

Thomas chuffed and puffed

as fast as he could.

They reached the

docks just in time.

Sir Topham Hatt was delighted

to see the bakery crates

and that Elizabeth

was safe and well.

"We'll get you

unloaded immediately.

"Now the children will have

"their Christmas

cake," said Thomas.

"Well done," said

Sir Topham Hatt.

"Oh thank you, Thomas,"

said Elizabeth.

"You and I are both reliable."

Thomas agreed.

(gentle music)

(upbeat music)