20x11 - Letters To Santa

[bunniefuu]

[bouncy music]

♪♪

children:

♪ They're two, they're four ♪

♪ They're six, they're eight ♪

♪ Shunting trucks

and hauling freight ♪

♪ Red and green

and brown and blue ♪

♪ They're the really

useful crew ♪

♪ All with different roles

to play ♪

♪ Round Tidmouth Sheds

or far away ♪

♪ Down the hills

and round the bends ♪

♪ Thomas and his friends ♪

♪♪

[whistle toots]

male narrator:

Pouty James.

[whistle toots]

[brakes screech]

- Ta-da!

Here's James!

I'm ready for my coaches!

- Hello, James.

narrator:

James is always showing off.

He likes to be

the center of attention.

- [sighs]

What does an engine have to do

to get some coaches around here?

[whistle toots]

- Here you go, James.

Fresh from the wash-down.

[whistle toots]

- Oh, yes.

Very shiny.

Just the way I like them.

[whistle toots]

[upbeat music]

♪♪

I am just the brightest engine

on Sodor.

♪ ♪

[indistinct voice on intercom]

[whistle toots]

[steam hissing]

- Uh-oh.

[whistle blows]

You overshot

the platform, James!

- I know.

Sometimes I'm just too fast

for my own good.

[laughs]

- [clears throat]

- Oh.

- [groans]

- Oh.

narrator: James is

a mixed traffic engine.

This means that

he is equally good

at pulling coaches

and pulling goods trains.

Some engines

enjoy pulling goods trains,

but not James!

[whistle toots]

He only likes

pulling coaches

and wishes that was the kind of

work he did all the time.

- Ta-da!

[all exclaiming, grunting]

- I say!

- How was that for a stop?

- Oh, not very good.

- What?

I didn't overshoot

the platform this time.

- No, James,

you've undershot it.

Look where you've pulled up!

- Oh.

- How are we supposed

to get out?

- Honestly.

- This is a terrible railway.

- Would you stop showing off

and pull forward please James?

narrator: But James

was in too much of a good mood

to let one stationmaster

bother him

and he continued showing off

for the rest of the day.

- Here's James!

Ta-da!

[whistle toots]

Here's--

- James!

I have had nothing

but complaints about you

all day and the passengers

have all been saying

what a bad railway this is!

- Hm. The passengers

are just being silly, sir.

- Ugh, honestly, James.

We are supposed to look after

our passengers.

I think it's high time

you changed your attitude!

And until you do...

I'm taking your coaches away.

- [gasps]

[whistle blows]

- What's the matter with you,

James?

- Nothing.

[sighs] Sir Topham Hatt

says I need

to change my attitude.

- I think he's right, James.

- No, he's not!

What's wrong

with my attitude?

- Look at that pouty face.

- No engine is better

at making a pouty face

than James.

[laughs]

- [laughs]

How about this face?

[gibberish]

- Oh! How about me?

[groaning]

[laughter]

- Never mind, James.

Whatever is bothering you

will probably seem better

in the morning.

narrator:

But the next morning

not much had changed.

- James?

- [grumpily] What?

[grunts]

Sir?

- [groans]

Don't you remember

what I said about

changing you attitude?

Oh, you don't expect me

to let you pull passengers

with a face like that do you?

- Hm.

- Don't you want

a job today, James?

- What does it matter

what I want?

- Ha!

Very well.

You can stay here then.

In the shed.

- [gasps]

- I don't know, engines today.

- [groans]

- Why don't you just

say you're sorry

and stop being grumpy?

It's no fun sitting

in the shed all day.

- Ohh.

- [groans]

[laughter]

- [groans]

[laughter]

narrator: It wasn't much fun

sitting in the shed

doing nothing.

- Oh that silly Sir Topham Hatt!

What's wrong with my attitude?

I was only trying to do my best

and be really useful!

narrator: But later

that morning Sir Topham Hatt

came back again

and James tried

to put things right.

- I'm sorry I was

so grumpy earlier, sir.

I really would like a job today.

- [grunts]

- I want to be useful.

- Very well, James,

but But I expect you

to be on your best behavior

and no more sulking!

- Yes, sir!

Of course not, sir!

I'll be on my best behavior.

Waste cars?!

Smelly waste cars?!

But--but why can't I take

those lovely

clean coaches again?

- Edward has taken

those coaches today.

Sir Topham Hatt's orders.

- Ohh!

narrator: Unfortunately, James

was in too much of a bad mood

to work quickly

and it took him ages

to get to the waste dump

with his cars.

And even longer to get back

to the shunting yard.

- Oh, my attitude.

[muttering]

narrator: And he still

didn't get any coaches to pull.

- [gasps] Hi, James!

- Yay! Hi, James!

Wha--

both: Ohh.

[whistle toots]

- James! I have had almost

as many complaints

about you today

as I had yesterday!

Going around in a sulk,

being rude to other engines

and taking far too long

to get your cars from A to B!

You need to change

your attitude,

young steam engine!

Oh, dear, oh, dear.

[car starts, drives off]

- Change my attitude?

How am I supposed

to change my attitude?

- What a face, James.

[laughs]

You look even crankier than me!

- No engine

is better at making

a pouty face than James is!

- Stop teasing.

- [groans]

- [laughs]

[groans]

- [chuckles]

- [groans]

- [chuckles harder]

- [groans]

- [laughs]

[laughter]

- That's it, James.

That's much better.

- What do you mean?

- He means

you're changing your attitude.

- Come on, James!

[whistle toots]

Put a smile on that face!

We've got work to do!

- Last one back

to the shunting yard

is a broken brake van!

[whistle toots]

- [laughs]

[upbeat music]

narrator: So James

tried to change his attitude

and work more quickly.

♪♪

He still had to pull cars

and do the jobs

he didn't like doing...

But whenever he started

to look sulky again,

his friends

helped to remind him!

- [groans]

[both laugh]

narrator:

And before long, James found

he was even enjoying himself.

♪♪

[whistle toots]

- Did somebody order some milk?

[laughs]

[laughter]

- [chuckles]

- Moo!

[laughter]

- Oh, dear.

narrator: He didn't even mind

that he wasn't

pulling coaches...

♪♪

And so that was how James

learned to change his attitude.

[whistle toots]

- See you later,

lazy boiler!

narrator: But not for long.

[both laughing]

[whistle toots]

[bouncy music]

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[children singing]

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[whistle toots]