20x21 - Henry in the Dark

[bunniefuu]

[whistle toots]

[bouncy music]

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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 ♪

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[whistle toots]

[instrumental music]

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male narrator:

Henry in the dark.

[upbeat music]

male narrator:

It was another busy day

at the Sodor Steamworks...

Apart from all the repairs,

there were lots of things

that needed to be painted.

Not just engines and cars...

but signs and signals too.

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Some signs are painted

in a special luminous paint

that glows in the dark,

so that engines can see them

when they work at night.

One day, Henry was coming to

the Steamworks to be repainted.

He was very excited.

[whistle toots]

- Hello, everyone.

- Oh, hello Henry.

As you can see,

we are very busy today.

But if you could

just wait here

I'll get Kevin to fetch

your new paint.

Kevin!

- Who ordered

these new boiler tubes?

And, uh, what's happened

to the snifting valves?

- Kevin, stop rushing.

Please go and get

Henry's new paint.

- New paint?

Right.

I'm on it, boss.

[crashing]

Oops.

[chuckles]

[tires screeching]

[crashing]

- That's our Kevin.

- [chuckles]

- There you go, Henry.

[splats]

[dings]

Now where on earth are those

snifting valves?

[whistle toots]

- Thanks, everyone.

narrator:

When the job was done,

Henry left the Steamworks

very happy,

and very green.

But as the sun went down,

and it began to get dark,

something strange

began to happen...

Henry started to glow.

He didn't know it,

but Kevin had brought him

the wrong paint.

The paint that glows

in the dark.

Thomas was just finishing

his last job of the day

when he saw Henry.

- Wha--what's that?

[gasps]

A ghost!

[dramatic musical sting]

- That's strange.

I'm sure I saw Thomas.

[whistles toots]

- [gasps]

Oh, Gordon.

I just saw...

a ghost train.

- [chuckles]

Don't be ridiculous.

There's no such thing

as a ghost train.

But even if there was,

I wouldn't be afraid

of it.

[bird squawks]

- [gasps]

[bouncy music]

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- Ah. There's James.

[spooky music]

- [gasps]

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Wha--wha--wha--ahh!

- What?

Where did he go?

I don't understand.

[bouncy music]

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[whistle toots]

- Watch out, Gordon!

There's a g--ghost train

ahead.

- Nonsense, James.

There's no such thing

as a ghost train.

[whistle toots]

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Silly little engines.

Fancy being frightened

of a--

a--oh!

- Huh?

- It was horrible.

- All ghostly and glowing.

[whistle toots]

- [panting]

- Did you see the ghost train,

Gordon?

- I, uh, did see it, Percy.

But I'm not scared

of a-a silly ghost train.

narrator:

But it wasn't just the engines

who were scared

of the ghost train...

- Oh, no. Oh, no.

- Cranky, what's wrong?

Why is everyone

running away from me?

- Henry?

Salty! Porter!

It's only Henry.

- Henry?

Why are you glowing?

- Argh.

All lit up like a lighthouse.

- I don't know what any

of you are talking about.

- Wait there

and I'll show you.

- Oh, wow.

I must have been painted

with the wrong paint.

[gasps] That's why everyone

was running away from me.

They must have thought

I was a ghost train!

[whistle toots]

[chuckles]

narrator: Henry was still

chuckling to himself

as he got ready to pull

the Flying Kipper.

[whistle toots]

- Argh!

[both laughing]

narrator: By the time Henry

arrived back at Tidmouth Sheds

it wasn't dark any more,

so his paint wasn't glowing.

- I didn't get

a wink of sleep last night

thinking about

that ghost train.

Not a wink.

- Good morning, everyone.

I have something funny

to tell you all.

- That ghost train must be the

scariest thing I've ever seen!

- You must have seen it,

Henry.

You've been out all night.

- Well, the--the thing is--

- Is it really terrifying,

Henry?

James says

it has a ghastly glow

and a horrible

wailing whistle.

- Yes.

Well actually--

- I bet Henry was shaking

in his smokebox!

- We all know what a scaredy

engine you are, Henry!

- Once an engine

attached to a train

was afraid of

a few drops of rain!

[laughter]

- I'm not scared

of that ghost train!

And yes, I have seen it.

But it didn't frighten me

at all!

- Um, what did you want

to tell us, Henry?

- It doesn't matter.

narrator: The next evening

all the engines made sure

they were back in the sheds

before it got dark.

Nobody wanted to go out while

the ghost train was about.

- I'm not going out tonight.

You'll have to take

the mail train, Thomas.

- Me? [scoffs]

I'm not doing it.

How about Edward?

- I'm not setting one wheel

out there in the dark.

- What's wrong with you all?

Somebody has to deliver

the mail. Gordon?

- [chuckles] I'm not actually

frightened, Sir.

It's just I'm having trouble

with my boiler.

Otherwise I'd be happy

to help.

Well if Henry is out there

pulling the Flying Kipper,

surely one of you

can take the mail train.

- [gasps]

Henry?

Out there all alone?

With that terrifying

ghost train?

- He's so brave.

- You silly engines!

I'm telling you all

for the last time.

There is no such thing

as a ghost train!

[whistle toots]

Ahh!

[spooky music]

all: Argh!

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- Only me.

- Henry?

You mean you're the ghost train?

- Why didn't you tell us?

- I tried to.

But you all laughed at me.

And said I was

a scaredy engine.

- It's not fair.

We all got told off

by Sir Topham Hatt

because of you.

- Uh,

where is Sir Topham Hatt?

all: Argh!

- [coughing, sputtering]

Oh.

Well, it's perfectly obvious

what's happened, isn't it?

- Is it?

- [chuckles] Of course.

[grunts]

Henry must have been painted

with the wrong kind

of paint.

You'll need to return

to the Steamworks

first thing in the morning

and get yourself repainted

with some proper green paint.

- Yes, Sir.

I shall, Sir.

- However, since you were

the only engine working tonight,

you'll receive

a glowing report.

[laughing]

- Thank you, Sir.

[laughter]

- Oh.

- Oh, dear.

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[children singing]

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[whistle trills]

[children singing]

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[whistle tooting]

[bouncy music]

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