[whistle toots]
children: ♪ James, Percy ♪
♪ Mia 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]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Whoo-hoo!
♪ ♪
We all know
that the cars on Sodor
can be troublesome.
But when I was in India,
I had something really
troublesome in one of my cars.
[whistle toots]
All aboard for a big adventure!
[Thomas narrating]
It was a hot day
on the Indian Railway.
And everybody wanted to drink
refreshing coconut water.
Even Charubala,
the railway controller.
- One, please.
- Sorry.
That was the last one.
[whistle toots]
- Ah, Thomas.
Can you please collect
some more coconuts?
It's very important,
so please hurry.
- Don't worry, Charubala,
Ma'am, I won't let anything
slow me down.
[whistle toots]
Bye!
On my way
to the shunting yard,
I saw a very unusual sign.
Hmm. That looks interesting.
Maybe I should check it out.
But Charubala wants
more coconuts.
So Charubala shall have
more coconuts.
[whistle toots]
♪ ♪
[whistle toots]
Ah, hello, Rajiv.
Can I ask you a question
about the Indian Raiway?
- Of course you can!
Nobody knows it better than I.
- That's great. Uh...
Because I passed a funny sign
on the way here.
It had a monkey and a--
- [gasps]
You mean the Monkey Palace?
Do not go near it.
Do you understand?
- Why?
- It is riddled
with troublesome monkeys.
When I went, they tried to
steal my crown, Thomas.
My crown!
Imagine me, Rajiv,
without a crown.
I'd be, like,
well,
just another ordinary engine
like you, I suppose.
But I mean that in a nice way.
[whistle toots]
- Huh.
[train cars clunk]
[whistle toots]
Oh, you'd think that Rajiv
lived in a palace
the way he talked.
I could be just as regal
as he can.
[mystical music]
[gasps]
Charubala, Ma'am.
- I am your fairy railway
controller, Thomas.
And you won't be an ordinary
looking engine anymore.
♪ ♪
Now you're fit for the palace.
King Thomas.
[whistle toots]
- Behold the new king
of the Monkey Palace!
[royal fanfare]
[chuckles]
[gasps]
Oh, I know Rajiv
said I shouldn't,
but I really wanna see
the Monkey Palace.
And if I hurry,
I won't even be late
with the coconuts.
Monkey Palace, here I come!
[upbeat music]
[monkey chatters]
- Oh! [laughs]
Hello, little monkey.
Oh, hello,
and hello to you too.
And hello!
[laughs]
[monkeys chattering]
[gasps]
Wow!
The Monkey Palace.
I'm so glad I came to see this.
It's beautiful.
[chuckles]
And you fellas are so funny.
[laughs]
[monkeys chattering]
Ooh. [laughs]
Okay. You can get down now.
Hello?
[gasps]
Maybe they really do want me
to be their king.
But I need to get these
coconuts back to Charubala.
[whistle toots]
[monkeys screeching]
Oh, dear.
I didn't mean to frighten you.
But I need to go.
I'm sorry.
But I can't be your king today.
[monkeys screeching]
[curious music]
♪ ♪
[laughs] I don't know what
Rajiv was so worried about.
[coconuts clatter]
Those were some of the nicest
monkeys I've ever met.
[coconuts clunking]
What's going on?
Is it raining coconuts?
[monkey chatters]
Huh, whoa!
[coconuts clatter]
Are you okay?
I'm sorry.
But what did you do that for?
[monkey screeches]
You almost caused an accident.
[monkey chatters]
Sorry I can't play with you
now.
[whistle toots]
I have coconuts to deliver.
[train engine chugging]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
[whistle toots]
- Ah, Thomas!
What kept you?
Everyone is waiting.
Sorry, Charubala, Ma'am.
It's just that--
- [gasps]
Where are all the coconuts?
- Huh?
What do you mean?
I did have the coconuts.
[gasps]
They must have spilled when
that pesky monkey
made me crash.
- Stop this monkeying around,
and get some more coconuts.
[whistle toots]
[upbeat music]
[monkey chatters]
- Phew.
There they are.
[horn blows]
[coconuts cracking]
- Cinders and ashes!
[sighs] Now what am I gonna do?
[monkey screeches]
Just leave me alone.
Why don't you go back home
to your monkey palace?
[monkey chatters]
Ohh.
Do you need help getting home?
[monkey chatters]
Oh, is that what you were
trying to tell me before?
[monkey screeches]
Well, don't worry.
I'll take you home!
[whistle toots]
Hold on tight.
[jaunty music]
♪ ♪
[monkeys chattering]
♪ ♪
Right.
Well, I better dash
if I'm gonna get more coconuts
back to Charubala on time.
[monkeys screeching]
What are you trying
to tell me now?
Ohh, coconut trees!
♪ ♪
[coconuts clatter]
♪ ♪
Wa-hoo!
Thanks, friends!
[monkeys chattering]
[whistle toots]
So with the help
of my monkey friends,
I finally managed to deliver
the coconuts,
and everybody was happy again.
- Hm, delicious.
[slurps]
[bell ringing]
[whistle toots]
Have you ever found it hard
to understand
what someone is trying
to tell you?
I know I have.
But sometimes,
it's just about paying more
attention.
One time, when Samson was
going to the Quarry,
he coupled up the coaches
instead of cars.
The other engines tried to
tell him he made a mistake,
but Samson ignored them
and took passenger coaches
to pick up some rocks.
If I'd paid more attention
to what the monkey was trying
to tell me in the first place,
I might have realized
that he wanted to go home.
And I might have seen
the spilled coconuts
in time to save them
from being squashed.
It's important to pay attention
when someone is trying
to tell you something.
And it's good to ask questions
if you don't understand.
[whistle chirps]
But right now I need
to pay attention
to the station
master.
- 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]
22x13 - Seeing is Believing
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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.