1. NANCY IS
A CONDUCTOR'S DAUGHTER.
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2. ONE DAY SHE WAS
WORKING ON SKARLOEY
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3. WITH SOME POLISH AND A RAG.
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4. SKARLOEY WAS SNOOZING HAPPILY,
BUT NANCY WANTED TO TALK.
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5. "WAKE UP, LAZYBONES!
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6. "YOUR BRASS IS FILTHY.
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7. AREN'T YOU ASHAMED?"
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8. "NO,"
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9. YAWNED SKARLOEY.
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10. "YOU'RE JUST
AN OLD FUSS POT."
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11. AND SKARLOEY CLOSED
HIS EYES.
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12. HE WAS THINKING
ABOUT HIS FRIEND RHENEAS
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13. AND ALL THE GOOD TIMES
THEY HAD SHARED
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14. BEFORE RHENEAS
WENT AWAY TO BE MENDED.
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15. NANCY INTERRUPTED AGAIN.
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16. "DON'T YOU WANT TO LOOK NICE
WHEN RHENEAS COMES HOME?"
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17. SKARLOEY WASN'T
SLEEPY ANYMORE!
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18. "WHAT!
WHEN!"
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19. "SOON...
DADDY TOLD ME.
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20. I'M GOING NOW,"
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21. SHE SAID.
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22. "NANCY, STOP!
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23. "DO I REALLY LOOK NICE?
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24. PLEASE POLISH ME AGAIN."
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25. "NOW WHO'S AN OLD FUSS POT,"
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26. LAUGHED NANCY
AND SET TO WORK ONCE MORE.
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27. DUNCAN WAS JEALOUS.
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28. "AREN'T YOU GOING
TO POLISH ME TOO?"
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29. "SORRY, NOT TODAY.
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30. "I'M GOING NOW,
I'M HELPING
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31. THE REFRESHMENT LADY
THIS AFTERNOON.
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32. "WE MUST GET THE ICE CREAM
READY FOR THE PASSENGERS.
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33. NEVER MIND, DUNCAN."
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34. BUT DUNCAN DID MIND.
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35. "IT ISN'T FAIR,"
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36. HE COMPLAINED.
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37. "PETER SAM GETS
A SPECIAL FUNNEL,
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38. "SIR HANDEL GETS
SPECIAL WHEELS,
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39. PASSENGERS GET ICE CREAM,
BUT I'M NOT EVEN POLISHED."
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40. OF COURSE THIS WASN'T TRUE
BUT DUNCAN ENJOYED COMPLAINING.
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41. HE BECAME SULKIER STILL.
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42. THAT AFTERNOON, THERE WAS
BAD NEWS FROM UP THE LINE.
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43. "ONE OF SKARLOEY'S COACHES
HAS COME OFF THE RAILS,"
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44. CALLED DUNCAN'S DRIVER.
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45. "WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE WORKMEN
THERE RIGHT AWAY."
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46. "ALL THIS EXTRA WORK,"
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47. GRUMBLED DUNCAN.
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48. "IT WEARS AN ENGINE OUT."
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49. "RUBBISH!
COME ON!"
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50. THE DERAILED COACH
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51. WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF SKARLOEY'S TRAIN,
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52. SO HE HAD GONE ON
TO THE TOP STATION
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53. WITH HIS FRONT COACHES.
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54. DUNCAN SHUNTED THE WORKS TRAIN
INTO THE SIDINGS
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55. AND LEFT THE WORKMEN
TO SORT OUT THE MESS.
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56. THEN HE BROUGHT THE PASSENGERS
IN THE REAR COACHES HOME.
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57. HE SULKED ALL THE WAY.
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58. "I GET NO REST,
I GET NO REST,"
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59. HE MUTTERED.
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60. DUNCAN MADE THE JOURNEY
VERY DIFFICULT.
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61. HE WAS SHORT OF STEAM
SO HIS DRIVER WAITED A WHILE
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62. IN THE HOPE
OF RAISING MORE.
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63. BUT DUNCAN WOULDN'T TRY.
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64. "WE'LL KEEP OUR PASSENGERS
WAITING,"
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65. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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66. DUNCAN WAS CROSS.
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67. "YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT
THE PASSENGERS
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68. AND NEVER ABOUT ME."
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69. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE DUNCAN
BUILT UP ENOUGH STEAM
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70. TO SET OFF AGAIN.
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71. BUT HE WAS STILL VERY GRUMPY
AND CROSS.
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72. "I'M OVERWORKED
AND I WON'T STAND IT!"
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73. AT LAST THEY REACHED
THE VIADUCT NEAR THE STATION.
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74. "COME ON, DUNCAN,"
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75. CALLED HIS DRIVER.
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76. "ONE MORE EFFORT
AND YOU'LL HAVE A REST
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77. AND A DRINK AT THE STATION."
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78. THEN DUNCAN WAS VERY RUDE.
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79. "KEEP YOUR OLD STATION.
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80. I'M STAYING HERE!"
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81. AND HE DID TOO!
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82. SKARLOEY HAD TO HAUL DUNCAN
AND HIS TRAIN
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83. ALL THE WAY TO THE PLATFORM.
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84. THE PASSENGERS
WERE FURIOUS.
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85. THEY TOLD EVERYONE
WHAT A BAD RAILWAY IT WAS.
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86. THAT NIGHT THE SIR TOPHAM HATT
SPOKE TO DUNCAN.
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87. "NO PASSENGERS
MEANS NO POLISH."
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88. "AND NO POLISH
MEANS NO PASSENGERS,"
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89. DUNCAN MUTTERED TO HIMSELF.
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90. HE STILL HAS A LOT
TO LEARN, DOESN'T HE?
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91. DUNCAN WOULD NOT STOP GRUMBLING.
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92. HE GRUMBLED THAT HE
WASN'T POLISHED ENOUGH.
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93. HE GRUMBLED
THAT HE WAS OVERWORKED.
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94. MOST OF ALL, HE GRUMBLED
ABOUT THE PASSENGERS.
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95. "I'M ASHAMED
OF YOU, DUNCAN!"
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96. SAID SKARLOEY.
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97. "THANK GOODNESS RHENEAS
IS COMING HOME SOON.
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98. "PERHAPS HE'LL TEACH YOU
SOME SENSE
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99. BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE."
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100. "WHAT HAS RHENEAS
TO DO WITH ME?"
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101. "RHENEAS SAVED
OUR RAILWAY,"
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102. REPLIED SKARLOEY.
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103. "PLEASE TELL US ABOUT IT,"
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104. SAID PETER SAM.
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105. "WELL,"
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106. BEGAN SKARLOEY.
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107. "IT WAS BEFORE
YOU CAME HERE.
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108. "THINGS WERE BAD.
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109. "RHENEAS AND I HAD TO KEEP
THE TRAINS RUNNING
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110. OR OUR RAILWAY WOULD
HAVE TO CLOSE."
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111. "HOW AWFUL,"
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112. MURMURED PETER SAM.
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113. "I TRIED HARD,"
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114. CONTINUED SKARLOEY,
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115. "BUT MY OLD WHEELS ACHED.
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116. "RHENEAS UNDERSTOOD.
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117. "'IT'S MY TURN NOW,'
HE'D TELL ME.
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118. "HE WAS OFTEN SHORT OF STEAM,
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119. "BUT HE ALWAYS STRUGGLED
TO A STATION
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120. "AND THEN RESTED THERE.
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121. "'I MUSTN'T STOP
BETWEEN STATIONS,' HE'D SAY,
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122. 'THE PASSENGERS
WOULDN'T LIKE IT.'"
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123. "HUH!"
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124. HUFFED DUNCAN.
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125. HE HAD STOPPED ON A VIADUCT
AND HADN'T CARED AT ALL.
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126. "PASSENGERS,"
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127. CONTINUED SKARLOEY,
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128. "GET CROSS IF YOU STOP
AT THE WRONG PLACES.
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129. "RHENEAS STOPPED
IN A WRONG PLACE ONCE
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130. "AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:
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131. "ONE WET AND WINDY AFTERNOON
WHEN THE RAILS WERE DAMP,
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132. "RHENEAS WAS TRAVELING HOME
WITH A FULL TRAIN.
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133. "THERE WERE EVEN PASSENGERS
IN THE CABOOSE.
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134. "IT WASN'T A COMFORTABLE RIDE
AT ALL.
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135. "RHENEAS' WHEELS KEPT SLIPPING
AND IT WAS A STEEP CLIMB.
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136. "AT LAST HIS WHEELS
GRIPPED THE RAILS AGAIN.
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137. "'THE WORST IS OVER,'
HE THOUGHT.
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138. "'NOW WE'RE AWAY.'
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139. "BUT THEY WEREN'T!
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140. "'AAAH!
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141. "I'VE GOT A CRAMP!'
HE GROANED.
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142. "AND RHENEAS STOPPED ON
THE LONELIEST PART OF THE LINE.
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143. "HIS DRIVER EXAMINED
HIM CAREFULLY.
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144. "'YOUR VALVE GEAR
HAS JAMMED.
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145. "'WE NEED TO REACH
THE NEXT STATION.
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146. "'DO YOU THINK YOU CAN
STILL GET US THERE?'
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147. "'I'LL TRY,'
REPLIED RHENEAS.
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148. "RHENEAS DID HIS BEST.
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149. "'IF I FAIL,'
HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF,
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150. "'THE PASSENGERS WILL BE CROSS
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151. "AND THE RAILWAY
WILL CLOSE.'
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152. "EVERYTHING BLURRED.
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153. "HE WAS REALLY TOO TIRED
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154. "TO MAKE ANOTHER TURN
OF HIS WHEELS,
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155. "BUT HE DID!
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156. "AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER...
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157. "AND ANOTHER.
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158. "FINALLY,
TIRED BUT TRIUMPHANT,
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159. "RHENEAS REACHED THE STATION.
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160. "'I'M HERE AT LAST,'
HE WHEEZED.
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161. "'THANK YOU
FOR GETTING US HOME,'
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162. "SAID THE PASSENGERS.
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163. "'WE'LL TELL ALL OUR FRIENDS
WHAT A FINE RAILWAY THIS IS!'
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164. "HIS DRIVER WAS DELIGHTED.
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165. "'YOU'RE A GALLANT
LITTLE ENGINE,'
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166. "HE SAID TO RHENEAS.
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167. "'WHEN YOU'RE RESTED,
WE'LL MEND YOU
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168. SO YOU'LL BE READY
FOR TOMORROW.'"
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169. "AND,"
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170. SMILED SKARLOEY,
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171. "RHENEAS ALWAYS WAS READY
FOR TOMORROW."
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172. "THANKS FOR TELLING US
ABOUT HIM,"
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173. WHISPERED DUNCAN.
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174. "I WAS WRONG.
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175. PASSENGERS ARE IMPORTANT
AFTER ALL!"
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176. THE NEXT DAY
RHENEAS CAME HOME.
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177. ALL THE ENGINES WERE
THERE TO GREET HIM.
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178. EDWARD PUSHED HIS TRUCK
TO THE SIDING
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179. WHERE HE WAS LIFTED
ONTO HIS RAILS.
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180. THIS WAS THE SIGNAL
FOR A CHORUS OF WHISTLES
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181. FROM ENGINES LARGE AND SMALL.
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182. EVERYONE WAS HAPPY
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183. AND RHENEAS WAS THE HAPPIEST
OF ALL.
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184. "YOU KNOW,"
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185. HE WHISPERED TO SKARLOEY,
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186. "THIS HELPS A LITTLE ENGINE
TO FEEL THAT, AT LAST,
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187. HE HAS REALLY COME HOME."
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