1. HENRY THE GREEN ENGINE
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2. HAS LIVED ON THE ISLAND
OF SODOR FOR MANY YEARS.
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3. HE WOULDN'T WANT
TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE.
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4. HE LIKES EVERY PART OF IT,
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5. FROM THE FIELDS
FILLED WITH FLOWERS
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6. TO THE WHITE, SANDY BEACHES,
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7. BUT THERE IS ONE PLACE THAT
HENRY ALWAYS ENJOYED VISITING
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8. MORE THAN ANY OTHER.
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9. HIS DRIVER KNEW THIS TOO.
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10. "COME ON, HENRY,"
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11. HE WOULD SOMETIMES SAY.
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12. "WE'VE MADE GOOD TIME TODAY.
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13. WE'LL STOP FOR A WHILE
BY THE FOREST."
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14. HENRY LOVED IT HERE.
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15. THE FOREST WAS FULL
OF BROAD OAKS AND TALL PINES.
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16. HENRY COULD REMEMBER
THE DAY, LONG AGO,
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17. WHEN HE AND TOBY BROUGHT
SOME NEW TREES TO BE PLANTED
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18. AND TERENCE AND TREVOR
HELPED HAUL THEM INTO PLACE.
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19. NOW HE COULD SEE THE TREES
GROWING AMONGST THE OTHERS
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20. ON THE HILLSIDE.
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21. HENRY ALWAYS FELT BETTER
FOR BEING HERE.
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22. HE COULDN'T REALLY EXPLAIN WHY,
BUT HIS DRIVER UNDERSTOOD.
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23. "IT'S PEACEFUL,"
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24. HE SAID TO HENRY.
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25. BUT ONE NIGHT,
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
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26. THE ENGINES WERE RESTING
IN THE SHED.
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27. "LISTEN,"
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28. SAID THOMAS.
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29. "CAN YOU HEAR A STRANGE
WHISTLING SOUND?"
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30. "IT'S THE WIND
BLOWING OUTSIDE OUR SHED,"
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31. REPLIED TOBY.
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32. "BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD IT
LIKE THIS BEFORE."
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33. "DO YOU KNOW,"
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34. ADDED JAMES,
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35. "IF GORDON WASN'T HERE NOW,
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36. "I'D SAY IT WAS HIM
THUNDERING BY WITH THE EXPRESS."
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37. ALL THE ENGINES LAUGHED,
EXCEPT HENRY.
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38. "I HOPE THE WIND
WON'T HARM THE FOREST."
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39. BY MORNING,
THE FIERCE WINDS HAD GONE,
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40. BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE.
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41. HENRY'S DRIVER CAME TO SEE HIM
IN THE YARD.
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42. "TREES HAVE FALLEN
ON THE LINE,"
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43. HE SAID,
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44. "WE MUST HELP CLEAR
THE TRACKS."
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45. DONALD SET OFF
WITH THE BREAKDOWN TRAIN,
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46. AND HENRY FOLLOWED.
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47. TREES LAY EVERYWHERE.
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48. THE HILLSIDE
NOW LOOKED SO BARE.
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49. HENRY FELT SAD.
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50. "WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL
THE ANIMALS WHO LIVE HERE?"
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51. HE THOUGHT.
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52. WHEN HENRY'S FLAT CARS
WERE FULL OF LOGS,
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53. HE TOOK THEM
TO THE TIMBER MILL
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54. WHERE THEY WOULD BE TURNED INTO
FURNITURE AND OTHER THINGS.
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55. HENRY WAS GLAD THE WOOD
WAS BEING PUT TO GOOD USE,
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56. BUT HE WAS STILL SORRY
TO LOSE PART OF HIS FOREST.
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57. "OH, DEAR,"
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58. SIGHED TOBY TO THOMAS.
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59. "I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING
WE COULD DO
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60. "TO MAKE THINGS
BETTER AGAIN."
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61. "YES, INDEED,"
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62. REPLIED THOMAS.
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63. "BUT WHAT?
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64. WE CAN'T MEND
BROKEN TREES!"
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65. "HELLO, TOBY,"
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66. SAID SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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67. "YOU DO LOOK GLUM."
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68. "I'M SAD
ABOUT THE TREES,"
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69. SAID TOBY.
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70. "AND SO IS HENRY.
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71. "THE FOREST IS
A SPECIAL PLACE TO HIM.
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72. "NOW SOME OF IT IS GONE."
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73. "WE'LL SOON
PUT THAT RIGHT,"
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74. REPLIED SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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75. "I HAVE AN IMPORTANT JOB
FOR YOU, TOBY.
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76. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE SOME
FREIGHT CARS TO THE FOREST."
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77. WHEN THE FREIGHT CARS ARRIVED,
TOBY WAS DELIGHTED.
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78. THEY WERE FULL
OF SPLENDID, YOUNG TREES
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79. ALL READY FOR PLANTING.
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80. "THIS IS THE BEST JOB
I'VE EVER HAD!"
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81. SAID TOBY HAPPILY.
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82. WHEN HENRY RETURNED,
HE WAS MOST SURPRISED.
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83. THERE WERE TERENCE AND TREVOR
BUSILY HELPING THE WORKMEN
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84. CLEAR THE TORN STUMPS
AND BRANCHES.
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85. "LOOK, HENRY!"
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86. CALLED TERENCE.
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87. "WE'RE BEGINNING AGAIN,
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88. "THE HILLSIDE WILL LOOK
BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
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89. YOU'LL SEE."
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90. NOW WHENEVER HENRY
STOPS BY THE FOREST,
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91. HE CAN SEE THE NEW TREES
GROWING STRONG AND TALL.
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92. SOMETIMES EVERYWHERE
IS VERY QUIET,
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93. AND AT OTHER TIMES,
HENRY CAN HEAR LEAVES RUSTLING,
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94. OR A BIRD'S WING
BRUSHING THE AIR.
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95. OFTEN HE CAN HEAR THE DISTANT
SOUND OF CHILDREN LAUGHING,
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96. AND ALWAYS,
HE IS HAPPY HERE.
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97. ONE MORNING
THOMAS WAS BEING CLEANED
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98. WHEN GORDON ARRIVED.
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99. MUD HAD BLOWN
ALL OVER HIS SMART BLUE PAINT.
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100. "HELLO, GORDON,"
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101. CALLED THOMAS.
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102. "YOU LOOK AS IF
YOU'VE HAD A MUD BATH,
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103. BE A SENSIBLE ENGINE,
HAVE A SHOWER INSTEAD."
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104. GORDON SNORTED.
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105. "I HAVEN'T TIME
TO DAWDLE OVER MY APPEARANCE
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106. LIKE FUSSY
TANK ENGINES DO."
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107. THE WIND BLEW STRONGER.
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108. "GORDON, SLOW DOWN,"
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109. CALLED HIS DRIVER.
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110. THIS MADE GORDON
CROSSER STILL.
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111. "NOW I'LL BE DIRTY AND LATE,
DIRTY AND LATE,"
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112. HE HISSED.
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113. AT THE NEXT STATION
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114. "ALL TRAINS
MUST WASH DOWN DAILY."
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115. JAMES HAD JUST FINISHED
BEING CLEANED.
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116. "COME ON, GORDON,"
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117. SAID HIS DRIVER,
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118. "YOU'LL FEEL BETTER, TOO,
AFTER A GOOD HOSE DOWN."
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119. "PAAH,"
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120. SAID GORDON
AND ANGRILY LET OFF STEAM.
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121. "YOU'RE A VERY NAUGHTY ENGINE,"
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122. SAID GORDON'S DRIVER.
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123. "NOW JAMES WILL NEED
ANOTHER SHOWER.
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124. YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT
YOUR TURN TILL LATER."
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125. "GOOD RIDDANCE,"
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126. HUFFED GORDON.
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127. "I'M FAR TOO BUSY
TO WASTE TIME WITH WATER."
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128. HE FINISHED HIS JOURNEY SAFELY
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129. AND STEAMED INTO
THE BIG STATION.
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130. SIR TOPHAM HATT
WAS WAITING.
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131. SO WERE GORDON'S COACHES
AND THE PASSENGERS.
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132. "GOODNESS GRACIOUS,"
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133. SAID SIR TOPHAM HATT,
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134. "YOU CAN'T
PULL THE TRAIN.
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135. "HENRY WILL
HAVE TO DO IT.
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136. GORDON, YOU'D BETTER
GET CLEANED STRAIGHT AWAY."
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137. GORDON WAS
SOON BEING WASHED.
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138. "MIND MY EYES!"
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139. HE GRUMBLED.
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140. THEN, HE PULLED CARS
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
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141. "FREIGHT TRAINS,
FREIGHT TRAINS,"
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142. HE SPLUTTERED.
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143. HE FELT
HIS POSITION DEEPLY.
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144. "THAT'S FOR YOU...
AND YOU...
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145. AND YOU."
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146. "CARS WILL BE CARS,"
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147. LAUGHED JAMES.
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148. "THEY WON'T WITH ME,"
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149. SNORTED GORDON.
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150. "I'LL TEACH THEM."
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151. JAMES GOT READY
TO TAKE THE EXPRESS
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152. WHEN GORDON RETURNED.
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153. "BE CAREFUL,"
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154. WARNED GORDON.
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155. "THE HILLS ARE SLIPPERY;
YOU MAY NEED HELP."
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156. "I DON'T NEED HELP
ON HILLS,"
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157. REPLIED JAMES HUFFILY.
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158. "GORDON THINKS
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING."
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159. EARLIER, A STORM
HAD SWEPT GORDON'S HILL
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160. BLOWING LEAVES
ONTO THE TRACKS
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161. WHICH MADE THEM SLIPPERY.
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162. EVEN THOUGH
THE STORM HAD PASSED,
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163. THE HILL WAS
STILL DIFFICULT TO CLIMB.
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164. JAMES KNEW THIS.
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165. THE SIGNAL SHOWED "CLEAR"
AND JAMES BEGAN TO GO FASTER.
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166. "I'LL DO IT,
I'LL DO IT,"
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167. HE PUFFED.
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168. HALF WAY UP,
HE WAS NOT SO SURE.
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169. "I MUST DO IT,
I MUST DO IT."
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170. BUT HIS WHEELS SLIPPED
ON THE LEAVES.
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171. HE COULDN'T PULL
THE TRAIN AT ALL.
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172. "HELP! HELP!"
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173. WHISTLED JAMES.
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174. HIS WHEELS
WERE TURNING FORWARD,
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175. BUT THE HEAVY COACHES
PULLED HIM BACKWARDS.
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176. THE WHOLE TRAIN STARTED
SLIPPING DOWN THE HILL.
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177. HIS DRIVER SHUT OFF STEAM,
AND PUT ON THE BRAKES.
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178. THEN, CAREFULLY,
HE STOPPED THE TRAIN.
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179. GORDON SAW EVERYTHING.
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180. "AH, WELL,
WE LIVE AND LEARN.
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181. "NEVER MIND,
LITTLE JAMES,
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182. I'M GOING TO PUSH BEHIND."
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183. CLOUDS OF SMOKE
AND STEAM BILLOWED
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184. FROM THE SNORTING ENGINES
AS THEY STRUGGLED UP THE HILL.
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185. "WE CAN DO IT,"
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186. PUFFED JAMES.
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187. "WE WILL DO IT,"
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188. PUFFED GORDON.
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189. AT LAST
THEY REACHED THE TOP.
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190. "PEEP, PEEP,
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191. THANK YOU;
GOOD-BYE,"
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192. WHISTLED JAMES.
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193. "BOOP, BOOP,"
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194. ANSWERED GORDON,
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195. "GOOD-BYE."
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196. THAT NIGHT,
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197. SIR TOPHAM HATT CAME
TO SEE THE ENGINES.
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198. GORDON WAS MISERABLE.
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199. "PLEASE, SIR,"
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200. SAID THOMAS.
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201. "CAN GORDON
PULL COACHES AGAIN NOW?"
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202. "IF YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT HAVING A WASH DOWN
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203. "IS ESSENTIAL
TO EVERY ENGINE,
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204. THEN, YES, GORDON,
YOU MAY."
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205. "THANK YOU,"
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206. GRUNTED GORDON.
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207. "DIRTY OR CLEAN,
I'M A FAMOUS MACHINE,"
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208. BUT NO ONE HEARD
BUT HIM.
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