[whistle toots]
children: ♪ James, Percy ♪
♪ Nia and Gordon ♪
♪ Rebecca and Emily ♪
♪ And Thomas, number ♪
man: ♪ Let's go, go, go ♪
♪ On a big-world adventure ♪
♪ Let's go, go, go explore ♪
♪ With Thomas
and his friends ♪
♪ Let's go, go, go ♪
♪ And meet
new friendly faces ♪
♪ The world's
just a train ride away ♪
all: ♪ Big world,
big, big adventures ♪
♪ "Thomas & Friends
Big World! Big Adventures!" ♪
[laughter]
[cheerful music]
♪ ♪
- Whoo-hoo!
♪ ♪
When I was in China,
I made lots of new friends
and saw many new things.
I had to learn new things, too,
as you're about to see.
[whistle toots]
All aboard
for a big adventure!
♪ ♪
[Thomas narrating]
[flute music]
♪ ♪
- Help!
Oh, no!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[engine chugging]
- No, no, no!
Whoa, whoa!
Whoa!
♪ ♪
- Don't worry, Lei!
I'm right here,
and I'm going to help you!
- Whoa!
♪ ♪
- [humming]
♪ ♪
♪ La, la, la, la-la-la-la ♪
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
I can't stop!
I can't stop!
- Someone's in trouble.
They need my help.
[mystical music]
[intense music]
♪ ♪
Hi-yah!
♪ ♪
Ha!
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
♪ ♪
Thank you.
- Wow, Thomas!
What a hero!
- You really are number !
[laughs]
[triumphant music]
[dramatic music]
- Thomas to the rescue!
♪ ♪
- Don't worry, Lei!
I'm going to switch tracks
to get in front of you,
and then slow down...
- I've got you!
♪ ♪
[slow motion]
- Whoa!
♪ ♪
[sighs]
Oh, hi, Thomas.
- Yes!
I did it!
I saved the day!
- I know you were trying
to help, Thomas,
but that wasn't the right way
to stop the car.
- But I really did
stop the car.
I saved the day.
- Yes,
but you also flipped Lei
right off the tracks.
- Oh, don't worry about me.
I'm completely fine.
[goofy music]
- I was getting ready
to stop Lei
in a different way,
a etter way.
- What do you mean,
a better way?
- Have you seen the people
in the square doing tai chi?
Exercising and moving slowly
together:
that's how I was going
to stop Lei.
- I don't know anything
about tai chi.
- I'll show you in the morning.
Now, I have to go
and fetch a crane.
[whistle blowing]
[engine chugging]
- I'm sorry, Lei.
I was sure I was doing
the right thing.
I thought I was being a hero.
- And I'm sorry
I got you into trouble.
You're still a hero to me,
Thomas.
Oops.
[laughs]
Oh, dear.
[rooster crowing]
[whistle tooting]
- The next day,
Yong Bao took me to see
the people in the square.
[peaceful music]
- They're doing
their morning exercising.
It's called "tai chi."
- Wow.
I've never seen anything
like that before.
♪ ♪
- This is how I would have
stopped the runaway car.
- With tai chi?
What do you mean?
- Do you see the way
they're all moving together,
Thomas?
Rather than crashing into Lei,
you could have backed up
with him.
Then both of you could have
slowed down gently,
moving together.
- Moving together,
like tai chi.
- I'll show you.
[whistle blowing]
Follow me.
- [whistle toots]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Whee!
♪ ♪
- To stop the moving car,
don't just block it:
move together.
Move with the car!
♪ ♪
- Wah-hey!
- Okay, Thomas,
now you try.
Move together, like tai chi.
♪ ♪
- Whoa!
Oof!
No harm done!
- Try again, Thomas!
♪ ♪
- Ow!
Oof!
♪ ♪
Ah!
Whoa!
♪ ♪
- Remember to move with him,
Thomas!
♪ ♪
- So using the motion
of tai chi,
I started moving backwards
with him.
- Now you're starting
to get it!
- Yeah!
[cheerful music]
♪ ♪
Let's do it again!
♪ ♪
[gasps]
- Yong Bao,
what should we do?
- Go, Thomas!
You can rescue him!
- [whistle toots]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
I'm coming for you, Lei!
- I don't think I can handle
another crash, Thomas!
♪ ♪
[engine chugging]
♪ ♪
Lei!
I'm switching tracks
to pass you!
♪ ♪
[engine chugging]
What?
How did you get
onto my track?
♪ ♪
- To stop the moving car,
don't just block it;
move together!
Move with the car!
♪ ♪
- Hooray!
- I did it!
- Well done, Thomas.
This time you really did
save the day!
Your practice has paid off,
and you have learned
one of the guiding principles
of tai chi:
to move with the flow
of energy,
not just block it.
- Thank you, Yong Bao.
I can't wait to try it again.
- I can.
[all laughing]
[bell ringing]
[engine chugging]
[whistle toots]
[engine puffing]
- How do you feel when
you don't do something right
the first time?
Sometimes I get upset.
The first time I pulled
the Troublesome Trucks,
they convinced me
to go too fast
and I couldn't slow down,
so I crashed.
I felt very silly,
but I didn't give up.
I kept on pulling those cars
until I got much better at it.
And when I was in China,
I got upset
when Yong Bao told me
I had stopped
a runaway car the wrong way.
But then he taught me
a better way,
and with some practice
I learned the best way
to stop a runaway car.
[mystical music]
So if you're learning
something new
and you don't get it right
the first time,
don't get upset.
Just keep on trying.
- Come on, Thomas!
It's time to go.
- See you next time!
[whistle toots]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
[whistle toots]
[man singing]
- Come on!
- Yeah!
- Let's go!
- Yeah!
- Come on!
[upbeat music]
man: ♪ Let's go, go, go ♪
♪ On a big-world adventure ♪
♪ The world's
just a train ride away ♪
all: ♪ Big world,
big, big adventures ♪
♪ "Thomas & Friends
Big World! Big Adventures!" ♪
[laughter]
[whistle toots]
22x09 - An Engine of Many Colours
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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.