03x21 - Escape!

[bunniefuu]

(instrumental music)

♪ Thomas and

Friends theme song ♪

- [Narrator] One day,

Edward was talking to Trevor

when Douglas steamed by.

He was pulling a train

of heavy coal cars.

Come on, Edward.

Stop gossiping in the sun

when there's work to be done.

Later, Edward spoke to Douglas.

Trevor and I are old friends,

and you and he have

a lot in common too.

We do?

Quizzed Douglas.

And what would that be?

Scrap, said Edward quietly.

Douglas gasped.

Don't mention that word!

It makes me wheels wobble!

It does the same to

Trevor, replied Edward.

He was being sent

to the scrapyard,

but the Vicar and I saved him,

and now he's really

useful again.

Even so, Sir Topham

Hatt certainly does need

another steam engine here.

Aye, he does, and quickly.

That night, Douglas

was still working.

He had taken the midnight

goods train to a station

at a faraway part of the island

where only the diesels work.

He was just shunting, ready

for his return journey, when

that sounds like a steam

engine, he thought.

The hiss came again.

Who's there?

Asked Douglas.

A whisper came.

Are you Sir Topham

Hatt's engine?

Aye, and proud of it.

Well I'm Oliver and I'm

with my break van, Toad.

We've run out of coal

and I've no more steam.

But what are you doing?

Escaping?

From what?

Scrap.

Douglas shivered.

Then, he remembered Edward's

story about saving Trevor.

I'll be glad to help you.

It'll have to look those

as you're ready for scrap

and I'm taking you away.

Their drivers and firemen

agreed to help too.

Everyone worked fast.

No time to turn round.

I'll run tender first; come on.

(upbeat music)

(dog barks)

But before they could clear

the station they were stopped.

Aha, called a foreman.

A great western engine

and a break van too.

You can't take these.

Aye, but they're all for

us, said Douglas' driver.

See for yourself.

The foreman looked

all over Oliver.

Seems in order;

right away, guard.

(upbeat music)

That was a near thing.

We've had worse, replied

Oliver, and they forged ahead.

It was daylight when

their journey ended.

We're home, cried Douglas.

Shh, said his driver.

There are the works.

We'll find a place for Oliver.

Oliver said goodbye and thank

you, and Douglas puffed away.

The next day, Douglas

told the other engines

all about Oliver.

Sir Topham Hatt would

have to know, said James.

Douglas should tell him

at once, added Gordon.

Well, here he is, said a voice.

Now what's this all about?

Beg pardon, sir, but we

do need another engine.

Yes sir, ventured Gordon.

A steam engine, sir.

Well, unless one saved from

scrap, there's little hope.

But sir, one has!

Yes indeed.

And thanks to you, Douglas,

he is now at our works.

Oliver is just what we need

for Duck's branch line.

Everyone cheered.

Now Oliver and Toad

are mended and painted

in full great western colors.

Duck and Oliver are happy

on their branch line.

The others laughed at first

and called it The

Little Western.

Duck and Oliver were delighted

and so the little western,

it will always be.

♪ Thomas and

Friends theme song ♪