[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
children:
♪ They're two, they're four ♪
♪ They're six, they're eight ♪
♪ Shunting trucks
and hauling freight ♪
♪ Red and green
and brown and blue ♪
♪ They're the really
useful crew ♪
♪ All with different roles
to play ♪
♪ Round Tidmouth Sheds
or far away ♪
♪ Down the hills
and round the bends ♪
♪ Thomas and his friends ♪
♪ ♪
[whistle toots]
male narrator:
Love me tender.
Engines and
on Sir Topham Hatt's railway
are strong and able workers.
They are practical, peppery,
and proud.
Donald and Douglas,
the Scottish engines,
are also brothers.
[lively music]
[whistle toots]
- Stop being pushy.
- I'm not being pushy.
- You pushed me when
the signal changed.
- You pulled me more like.
- I didnae!
- Did too.
- I didnae!
- Did too.
narrator: And so, like all
brothers, they sometimes argue.
[both grumbling]
narrator: But no matter how
many times they fall out,
Donald and Douglas always
get back together again.
[whistle toots]
Snow had come early
to the island of Sodor.
It was heavier than usual,
and there were many lines
to clear.
- Hey, Donald!
How about we head down
Edward's Branch Line?
- Hmm, I don't think so,
Douglas.
- Oh, but it would be
really useful for us
to clear a path to the docks.
- I think it's better if we
stick to the main line for now.
[whistles toot]
- Oh.
narrator: Later on,
Donald and Douglas
were faced with another choice.
- I think we should head down to
the Search and Rescue Center.
- What for?
- To clear the line for
the emergency vehicles.
- No way.
We should stay on the main line
and clear the line for Thomas.
- Aye.
But the Rescue Center
is important,
and it won't take long.
narrator: All the argy bargy
between the two brothers
was causing a strain
on their couplings.
- Ah, this is taking ages.
narrator:
Finally the line was clear.
- Ooh, about time.
narrator: So they headed back
up to the main line
for their next job.
- I told you we should've
cleared this line first.
Now we're stuck behind
that wee engine.
Look, he can barely see over
the snow.
- Whisht, Douggie.
Will ya pipe down?
I cannae go any faster.
- On you go, Donald!
- Thanks, Toby!
- [sighs]
narrator:
Soon Donald and Douglas
were faced with yet
another choice.
And this time
there was trouble.
- Now then, Douggie.
What do ya think?
Shall we stick to the main line
or clear the line up
to the Castle?
- I'm sayin' nothing.
You'll choose your own way,
whatever I say.
In fact, I widnae be surprised
if you didn't just go
and do the exact opposite
of whatever I says.
- Wheest!
Dinnae act like
you're any different.
You always do
what you want to do,
and that's all there is to it.
- Dinnae!
- Do too!
- Then stop pulling!
- I'm no pulling!
You are!
Hey!
narrator:
The big, strong coupling
between Douglas and his tender
was broken.
- Ah, no!
Help!
- Donald!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
narrator: Donald had left
Douglas behind.
[peppy music]
[whistle toots]
- Hello, Donald.
Where's Douglas?
- I left that no good brother
of mine back at the junction.
He's no use to me or anyone.
- Did you see that?
Donald's got
the number tender.
And the number !
[bell dinging]
- Hello, Douglas.
Where's Donald?
- I don't know,
and I dinnae care.
We've parted ways, that's all.
- But what about your tender?
Do you need some help?
- Ach, no,
I'm fine, Toby.
I'm just cross with my brother.
Away you go.
- Okay, Douglas.
If that's what you want.
[bell dings]
narrator:
Douglas was fine for now.
His firebox was still warm
enough to melt the snow.
Meanwhile, all the way on
the other side of the island,
Donald was doing a grand job
of clearing the tracks.
[whistle toots]
[brakes screech]
- Donald!
Do you know you're
pulling two tenders?
You've got Douglas's tender
at the back there
behind your own.
The coupling must have broken.
- What? How?
Do you mean...
I've got all my brother's
coal and water?
- That's right.
And Douglas is--
- Stuck out there in the snow!
[whistle toots]
[dramatic music]
narrator: Douglas was without
his driver and his fireman,
and there was no warmth left
in his firebox.
But Donald was determined
to find him again.
- Dougie!
Dougie!
Dougie!
- Help! Help!
♪ ♪
Over here!
♪ ♪
- Dougie!
- [shivering] Ooh.
♪ ♪
[relaxing music]
♪ ♪
- This is really good cocoa.
[whistle toots]
- Toby!
Have you seen Douglas?
- Yes, I have.
He was back at the junction,
where you left him.
- But I've just come back
from there,
and there was no sign of him.
- I thought you two had
fallen out.
- Yes, yes, but he's still
my brother!
And he's stuck out
there somewhere
in the freezing cold!
[whistle toots]
[wind howling]
Dougie!
[whistle blows]
Dougie!
[whistle blows in distance]
- Donnie!
Donnie!
I'm over here, man!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Ah, Douglas.
Am I glad to see you.
- Me too, Donald.
I thought I was going to be
stuck out here forever.
- Aye, and we might be stuck out
here a while longer.
I've got nae water.
- But you've got my tender.
Maybe there's a wee drop
left in there.
- Brilliant!
That means I can shunt you
to the steam works.
We'll soon get you warmed up
again, Dougie!
- Ach, just knowing my brother
came back for me
has already warmed me up.
narrator: So Donald shunted
Douglas to the steam works
to have his coupling repaired
and his tender reattached.
[whistle toots]
- Trust you to run out of water.
- Ha!
Well, at least I've got
some coal.
- Some coal?
You mean my coal.
narrator: Like all brothers,
sometimes Donald
and Douglas argue.
- You took your time
getting here.
- Away and whisht!
narrator: But no matter how
many times they fall out,
Donald and Douglas always
get back together again.
[laughter]
[whistle tooting]
[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
[children singing]
[whistles toot]
[whistles toot]
[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
20x10 - The Way She Does It
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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.