(gentle music)
(happy and upbeat music)
[Narrator]- It was winter
on the Island of Sodor,
Peter Sam puffed
nervously along the line.
(mysterious music)
His funnel had never
been the same since his
accident with some cars.
Now the biting wind
was trying to blow it away.
(birds chirping)
"My funnel feels
wobbly!" He complained,
"I wish Manager would
hurry up with my new one.
He says it would be
something special."
"You and your special funnel,"
laughed the other engines.
They were fond of Peter
Sam, but his special funnel
had become quite a joke.
The winter wind grew
worse, the rain came too,
turning hillside
streams into torrents,
which threatened to
wash the line away.
(light orchestral music)
Rusty the Little
Diesel worked hard
carrying workmen up
and down the line.
They were removing
branches and leafs
so water could flow away.
But one morning Rusty's
driver brought bad news.
"There's been a washout
near the tunnel,
the track bed has
been swept away,
we must repair the
damage immediately!"
The important work took
longer than expected.
As days went by,
the weather changed.
It became frosty
and much colder.
(cheerful music)
The workmen finished at last.
Peter Sam was most
careful as he took the
morning train over the
mended piece of track.
(bird caws)
Soon he approached the tunnel.
It was short and
curved, so his driver
could not see right through it.
Peter Sam was
heading for trouble.
(train horn toots)
"There's something
hanging from the roof!"
shouted his driver. Peter
Sam came out of the tunnel
a different looking engine.
He no longer had his funnel!
"Here's what hit you, Peter
Sam," called the conductor,
and he produced a
thick, cold, icicle.
(train horn toots)
They set off again,
but without his funnel,
the journey was very difficult.
Then his firemen saw
an old drain pipe
lying beside the track.
"We'll use that
instead of your funnel,
at least it'll help
control the smoke."
(train horn toots)
Peter Sam finished
his journey with the
drain pipe wired to his boiler.
(train halts)
The other engines laughed,
and Sir Handel sang
a song about it.
(singing) "Peter Sam
said again and again
his new funnel will
put us to shame,
went into the tunnel
and lost his old funnel,
now his famous new
funnel's a drain."
(playful music)
The teasing continues
until at last
the day came when his
new funnel arrived.
Sir Topham Hatt
proudly presented it.
"Oh dear, someone squashed
it!" Said Peter Sam,
but Sir Topham Hatt laughed,
"Don't worry, Peter
Sam. This funnel is
something special
indeed, you'll soon see."
Peter Sam's new funnel
had special pipes,
which made puffing much easier.
"I feel stronger than
ever before!" He hummed,
even Sir Handel was impressed,
"I can't understand it.
Peter Sam just seems to
stroll along the line. He
makes work look so easy!"
The engines don't laugh
at Peter Sam's funnel now.
They wish they had one like it.
(upbeat music)
04x11 - Special Funnel
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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.