(upbeat playful music)
- [Narrator] It was
a hot summer's day
on the Island of Sodor.
The engines were busy
taking freight cars
full of slate from the quarry.
The heat and dust
made their axles ache.
"We've shunted every freight car
"in the quarry today,"
wheezed Skarloey.
"But I'm too thirsty
to feel useful,"
complained Peter Sam.
The summer sunshine
made people thirsty too.
The refreshment lady
was keeping very busy
at the refreshment stand.
The next day, Sir Topham
Hatt had news for Peter Sam.
"The refreshment
lady needs a place
"for another refreshment stand."
"I can find her a
beautiful place."
"I knew it.
"It will be a piece of cake."
"But refreshment stands
don't live in cakes."
"It's just my way of saying
"it will be fun and easy to
find the right place, dear."
Peter Sam puffed along
to the Woodland Way.
(whistle blows)
And the old Castle Causeway.
And the Whispering Waterfall.
"Thank you, Peter Sam,"
said the refreshment lady.
"But I don't know what to do.
"I can't make up my mind.
"What a shame I can't
build a refreshment stand
"in each place."
Peter Sam was very disappointed.
He didn't feel useful.
That night, there was a storm.
Lightning flashed
and thunder crashed.
The rain poured down.
All the engines were talking
excitedly about the storm,
except Peter Sam.
He was thinking about the
refreshment lady's stand.
The next morning, Sir Topham
Hatt came to the sheds.
"Peter Sam, I want you to go
"and help Rusty clear
the storm damage."
"Yes sir," Peter Sam
said, and hurried away.
At last he thought he
could be really useful.
Peter Sam soon found Rusty.
The storm had swept
the shed onto the line.
"Driver says this
shed is useless now."
"It's not a shed,"
exclaimed Peter Sam.
"It's an old railway coach."
And that gave him an idea.
(whistle blows)
(soft music)
Back at the yards,
his driver spoke
to Sir Topham Hatt.
"Peter Sam thinks this old coach
"could be a refreshment stand."
"Hmm, I'll have Jem take a look.
"I'm sure he can repair
it," agreed Sir Topham Hatt.
Sir Topham Hatt was right.
In no time at all,
the old coach had turned into
a refreshment stand on wheels.
The refreshment lady could
hardly believe her eyes.
"Oh, it's beautiful.
"I told you it would
be a piece of cake."
Sir Topham Hatt
paused for a moment.
"With many cakes
in it, I'm sure."
Then he turned to Peter Sam.
"And you shall pull the
refreshment stand special."
"I'll be proud to,
sir," replied Peter Sam.
Now, the refreshment
lady serves refreshments
at all her favorite places.
At Woodland Way,
the old Castle Causeway,
and Whispering Waterfall.
(soft music)
Peter Sam is a happy engine.
"I told you it would
be a piece of cake."
(upbeat playful music)
07x08 - The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop
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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.