03x04 - Gordon & the Famous Visitor

[bunniefuu]

(lighthearted flute music)

(Thomas & Friends theme song)

(trumpet fanfare)

- [Narrator] It was an

important day in the yard.

Everyone was busy and excited,

making notes and

taking photographs.

A special visitor had arrived

and was now the

center of attention.

"Who is that?" Whispered

Thomas to Duck.

"That," said Duck

proudly, "is a celebrity."

"A what?" Asked Percy.

"A celebrity is a very

famous engine," replied Duck.

"Driver says we can

talk to him soon."

"Oh," said Thomas, "he's

probably too famous

to even notice us."

Just then, Gordon arrived.

"Puh," said Gordon, "who cares?

A lot of fuss about

nothing if you ask me."

And he steamed away.

Later that night,

the engines found

that the visitor wasn't

conceited at all.

He enjoyed talking

to the other engines

'til long after

the stars came out.

He left early next morning.

Gordon was still complaining.

"Good riddance," he grumbled.

"Chattering all night.

Who is he, anyway?"

"Duck told you," replied

Thomas, "he's famous!"

"As famous as me? Nonsense!"

"He's famouser than you,

he went miles an hour

before you were

even thought of."

"Huh, so he says,"

huffed Gordon.

"But I didn't like his looks.

He's got no dome!

Never trust domeless engines,

they're not respectable.

I never boast, but I'd

say miles an hour

would be easy for me.

Goodbye!"

(train chugging)

Duck took some freight

cars to Edward's station.

"Hello," called Edward.

"That famous engine came

through this morning.

He whistled to me!

Wasn't he kind?"

"He's the finest engine in

the world," replied Duck.

Then he told Edward

what Gordon had said.

"Take no notice,"

soothed Edward.

"He's just jealous.

He thinks no engine

should be famous but him.

Look, he's coming now!"

Gordon was running very fast,

his wheels pounded the rails.

(train chugging rapidly)

"He did it, I'll do it,

he did it, I'll do it!"

Gordon's train rocketed

past and was gone.

"He'll knock himself to

bits," chuckled Duck.

(train chugging rapidly)

Gordon's driver eased him off.

"Steady Gordon! We

aren't running a race."

"We are then," said Gordon,

but he said it to himself.

Suddenly, Gordon began

to feel a little strange.

"The top of my boiler

seems funny," he thought.

"It feels as if

something is loose!

I'd better go slower."

But it was too late.

On the viaduct, they met the

wind, it was a teasing wind

which blew suddenly

in hard puffs.

Gordon thought it wanted

to push him off the bridge.

"No you don't!" He said firmly.

But the wind had other ideas.

It curled 'round his boiler,

crept under his loose dome,

and lifted it off and away

into the valley below.

(forlorn music)

Gordon was most uncomfortable.

The cold wind was

whistling through the hole

where his dome should be,

and he felt silly without it.

At the big station, the

freight cars laughed at him.

(freight cars laughing)

Gordon tried to

'weesh' them away.

But they crowded around

him no matter what he did.

On the way back to the shed,

he wanted his driver to

stop and fetch his dome.

"We'll never find it

now," said the driver.

"You'll have to go to

the works for a new one!"

Gordon was very cross.

(train chugging steadily)

"I hope the shed is empty

tonight," he huffed to himself.

But all the engines

were there waiting.

"Never trust domeless

engines," said a voice

from somewhere behind him.

"They aren't respectable."

(Thomas & Friends theme music)