1. BILL AND BEN
ARE THE MOST MISCHIEVOUS ENGINES
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2. WORKING ON SIR TOPHAM HATT'S
RAILWAY.
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3. THEY'RE KEPT BUSY
PUSHING AND PULLING CARS
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4. UP AND DOWN THE LINE
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5. THAT RUNS FROM
THE CHINA CLAY WORKS
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6. TO THE HARBOR YARD.
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7. THEY LIKE TO HAVE FUN TOGETHER,
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8. AND OFTEN PLAY TRICKS
ON THE WORKMEN,
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9. BUT SOMETIMES
THEIR TEASING WAYS
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10. CAN GET THEM INTO TROUBLE.
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11. ONE MORNING, SIR TOPHAM HATT
CAME TO SEE THEM,
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12. "IMPORTANT GOODS HAVE
ARRIVED IN THE BIG YARD.
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13. BILL AND BEN, I NEED YOU
TO HELP THE OTHER ENGINES."
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14. "OH, YES,
OF COURSE, SIR."
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15. REPLIED THE TWINS.
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16. THEY SET OFF HAPPILY ON
THEIR IMPORTANT MISSION.
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17. BOCO WAS RESTING IN THE YARD,
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18. WHEN SUDDENLY HE HEARD
A PAIR OF FAMILIAR WHISTLES.
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19. "HMM,"
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20. SIGHED BOCO,
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21. "HERE COMES TROUBLE."
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22. "SIR TOPHAM HATT
TOLD US YOU WERE TIRED,"
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23. TEASED BILL.
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24. "HE ASKED US TO TAKE
ALL YOUR CARS FOR YOU."
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25. "YOU TWO NEVER STOP, DO YOU?"
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26. "BUT I'M WISE
TO YOUR PRANKS
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27. AND WE DO NEED HELP HERE."
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28. THE TWINS WERE SOON BUSY
PUSHING AND PULLING
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29. THE HEAVY CARS INTO PLACE.
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30. AT LAST THE DAY'S WORK WAS DONE.
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31. THE TWINS NOW BECAME EXCITED.
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32. THEY WERE GOING
TO USE THE TURNTABLE
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33. FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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34. BILL WENT FIRST.
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35. "THIS IS FUN!"
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36. HE SHRIEKED TO BEN.
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37. HE DIDN'T WANT
TO MOVE OFF AT ALL.
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38. THE FOREMAN STOPPED
THE TURNTABLE.
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39. "PLEASE MAKE WAY
FOR THE OTHER ENGINES,"
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40. HE ORDERED.
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41. BILL DID SO...
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42. BUT THE FOREMAN
HAD ACCIDENTALLY
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43. STOPPED THE TURNTABLE
IN THE WRONG PLACE.
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44. BILL WAS ON THE WRONG TRACK,
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45. AND THERE WAS BEN PUFFING
DIRECTLY TOWARD HIM.
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46. THE ENGINE CAME
TO A GRINDING HALT.
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47. THEY GAZED GRIMLY AT EACH OTHER.
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48. "I WAS HERE FIRST,"
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49. SAID BILL.
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50. "BUT YOU'RE IN MY WAY,"
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51. PROTESTED BEN.
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52. "YOU'LL HAVE TO BACK UP AGAIN."
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53. "I WON'T."
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54. "YOU WILL."
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55. "I WON'T."
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56. SIR TOPHAM HATT
CAME TO STOP THE NOISE.
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57. "IF YOU DON'T BEHAVE, I SHALL
NOT ALLOW YOU HERE AGAIN."
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58. THE NEXT DAY,
BEN WAS STILL GRUMPY.
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59. "THAT BILL, IMAGINE GETTING
IN MY WAY ON THE TURNTABLE.
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60. HE'S A REALLY SILLY ENGINE."
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61. "THE WAY I HEARD IT,"
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62. SIGHED BOCO,
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63. "IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU
WERE BOTH TO BLAME."
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64. "PUHH.
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65. YOU MUST'VE HEARD IT
ALL WRONG."
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66. THE TWINS GRUMBLED
ABOUT EACH OTHER ALL DAY.
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67. EVEN KIND EDWARD LOST PATIENCE,
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68. "ALL THIS GRUMBLING SPREADS
BAD ATMOSPHERE IN THE YARD."
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69. "YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT,
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70. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE
COME UP WITH A PLAN."
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71. BOCO WHISPERED HIS PLAN
TO EDWARD.
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72. THEN HIS DRIVER
TOLD SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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73. "I'LL START MAKING
ARRANGEMENTS RIGHT AWAY."
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74. THE NEXT MORNING HE CALLED
BILL AND BEN INTO THE YARD.
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75. "BOCO IS TAKING A SPECIAL TRAIN
TO THE HARBOR,
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76. "HIS REGULAR HEAVY GOODS TRAIN
IS WAITING ON THE SIDING.
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77. YOU CAN PULL IT TOGETHER."
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78. "BUT..."
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79. "BUT..."
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80. PROTESTED BILL AND BEN,
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81. WHO WERE STILL NOT SPEAKING
TO EACH OTHER.
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82. "GOOD.
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83. I KNEW I COULD RELY ON YOU TWO."
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84. "I'LL TAKE THE TRAIN MYSELF,"
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85. HUFFED BEN.
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86. "GO RIGHT AHEAD,"
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87. SAID BILL.
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88. BEN WAS COUPLED UP
TO THE TRAIN OF FREIGHT CARS,
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89. BUT THEY WERE TOO HEAVY
FOR HIM TO MOVE ALONE.
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90. "GO ON,"
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91. TEASED BILL.
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92. "I CAN'T,"
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93. SAID BEN.
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94. THEN SUDDENLY
BOTH TWINS LAUGHED.
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95. "I DON'T THINK WE'LL TAKE TURNS
THIS TIME, BEN."
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96. SAID BILL.
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97. "I THINK WE'D BETTER
PULL TOGETHER."
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98. BEN WAS DELIGHTED.
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99. IT WAS GOOD TO BE
HELPING EACH OTHER.
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100. BEST OF ALL, IT WAS GOOD
TO BE FRIENDS AGAIN.
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101. ONE MORNING GORDON
WAS IN THE YARD
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102. TAKING ON A LARGE SUPPLY
OF COAL.
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103. "THAT'S THE THIRD LOAD OF COAL
YOU'VE HAD TODAY, GORDON"
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104. SAID JAMES.
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105. "SOME MIGHT SAY
YOU'RE BEING RATHER GREEDY."
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106. "I'M AN IMPORTANT ENGINE."
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107. REPLIED GORDON.
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108. "IMPORTANT ENGINES NEED
PLENTY OF COAL
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109. BUT I DOUBT IF YOU WOULD
UNDERSTAND THAT, JAMES!"
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110. JAMES SNORTED
AND WENT ABOUT HIS WORK.
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111. LATER, GORDON WAS TAKING ON
WATER FROM A STANDPIPE
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112. BECAUSE THE WATER TOWER
WAS UNDER REPAIR.
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113. "I WOULDN'T DRINK TOO MUCH
OF THAT WATER
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114. IF I WERE YOU, GORDON.
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115. IT MIGHT GIVE YOU
BOILER ACHE."
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116. "PAH"
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117. SAID GORDON.
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118. "WHAT'S THIS?
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119. "EDUCATING GORDON DAY?
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120. "FIRST JAMES
AND NOW YOU, DUCK.
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121. "BIG ENGINES HAVE BIG NEEDS.
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122. LITTLE ENGINES
ARE JUST ANNOYING."
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123. "DON'T SAY
I DIDN'T WARN YOU,"
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124. LAUGHED DUCK.
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125. LATER, GORDON STEAMED INTO
THE YARD AT THE BIG STATION.
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126. "THAT'S WHAT I NEED,"
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127. EXCLAIMED GORDON.
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128. THERE, EMERGING
OUT OF THE SHEDS,
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129. WERE TWO SHINY TENDERS.
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130. "NOW, IF I HAD TWO TENDERS,"
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131. SAID GORDON,
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132. "I WOULDN'T NEED
TO STOP SO OFTEN
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133. "AND I WOULDN'T HAVE
TO LISTEN
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134. TO SILLY LITTLE ENGINES."
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135. "THOSE TENDERS
BELONG TO A VISITOR"
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136. REPLIED HIS DRIVER.
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137. DIESEL SIDLED UP ALONGSIDE.
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138. "EVERYONE KNOWS THAT TENDERS
ARE A MARK OF DISTINCTION,
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139. "BUT I'M AFRAID THAT NO AMOUNT
OF TENDERS WILL SAVE YOU
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140. "IN THE END.
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141. "WE DIESELS ARE TAKING OVER
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142. "AND WE DON'T NEED TENDERS
TO MAKE US IMPORTANT,
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143. NOT EVEN ONE."
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144. GORDON WAS MOST UPSET.
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145. HE WAS FEELING
JUST THE SAME NEXT DAY.
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146. "I'M NOT HAPPY".
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147. "I KNOW,"
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148. SAID DUCK,
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149. "IT'S BOILER-ACHE."
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150. "IT'S NOT BOILER-ACHE,"
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151. PROTESTED GORDON,
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152. "IT'S..."
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153. "OF COURSE IT IS"
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154. INTERRUPTED HENRY.
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155. "THAT WATER'S BAD.
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156. "HAVE A GOOD WASH-OUT.
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157. "THEN YOU'LL FEEL
A DIFFERENT ENGINE.
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158. YOUR BOILER MUST
BE FULL OF SLUDGE."
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159. "DON'T BE VULGAR,"
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160. HUFFED GORDON.
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161. HE BACKED DOWN ONTO HIS TRAIN,
HISSING MOURNFULLY.
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162. "CHEER UP, GORDON"
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163. SAID SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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164. "I CAN'T, SIR.
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165. IS IT TRUE
WHAT DIESEL SAYS, SIR?"
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166. "WHAT DOES HE SAY?"
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167. "THAT DIESELS
ARE TAKING OVER."
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168. "DON'T WORRY GORDON, THAT WILL
NEVER HAPPEN ON MY RAILWAY."
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169. "ONE MORE THING, SIR—
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170. WHY DID THE VISITOR
HAVE TWOTENDERS?"
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171. "BECAUSE HE LIVES ON A RAILWAY
WITH LONG DISTANCES
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172. BETWEEN COALING DEPOTS."
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173. GORDON FELT BETTER.
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174. BUT HENRY STARTED COMPLAINING.
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175. HE BANGED SOME CARS ANGRILY.
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176. "I ALWAYS WORK HARD ENOUGH
FOR TWO."
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177. HE PUFFED.
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178. "I DESERVE ANOTHER TENDER".
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179. DUCK WHISPERED
SOMETHING TO DONALD.
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180. HE WAS GOING TO PLAY
A TRICK ON HENRY.
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181. "HENRY,"
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182. HE ASKED,
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183. "WOULD YOU LIKE MY TENDERS?"
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184. "YOURS.
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185. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
TO DO WITH TENDERS?"
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186. "ALL RIGHT,"
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187. SAID DUCK,
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188. "THE DEAL'S OFF.
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189. WOULD YOU LIKE THEM,
DONALD?"
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190. "I WOULDN'T DEPRIVE YOU
OF THE HONOR"
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191. REPLIED DONALD.
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192. "IT IS A GREAT HONOR,"
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193. CONTINUED DUCK THOUGHTFULLY
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194. "BUT I'M ONLY A TANK ENGINE.
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195. PERHAPS JAMES MIGHT..."
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196. "I'M SORRY I WAS RUDE,"
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197. SAID HENRY HASTILY.
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198. "HOW MANY TENDERS HAVE YOU
AND WHEN COULD I HAVE THEM?"
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199. "UHH... HMMMMM...
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200. I HAVE SIX AND YOU CAN HAVE THEM
THIS EVENING."
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201. "SIX LOVELY TENDERS"
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202. CHORTLED HENRY.
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203. "WHAT A SPLENDID SIGHT
I'LL BE!"
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204. HENRY WAS EXCITED ALL DAY.
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205. "DO YOU THINK IT
WILL BE ALL RIGHT?"
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206. HE ASKED FOR
THE UMPTEENTH TIME.
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207. "OF COURSE"
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208. SAID DUCK.
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209. "THEY'RE ALL READY NOW."
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210. THE OTHER ENGINES WAITED
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211. WHERE THEY COULD
EACH GET A GOOD VIEW.
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212. BUT HENRY WASN'T
A SPLENDID SIGHT AT ALL.
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213. HIS SIX TENDERS
WERE VERY OLD, DIRTY
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214. AND FILLED WITH BOILER SLUDGE!
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215. "HAD A GOOD WASH-OUT, HENRY?"
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216. CALLED A VOICE.
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217. "THAT'S RIGHT.
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218. YOU'LL FEEL
A DIFFERENT ENGINE NOW."
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219. HENRY WAS NOT SURE,
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220. BUT HE THOUGHT THE VOICE
BELONGED TO GORDON!
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