1. ONE MORNING,
PERCY WAS IMPATIENT.
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2. HE WAS WEARING
A NEW COAT OF PAINT
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3. AND LONGED FOR EVERYONE
TO SEE IT.
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4. THE OTHER ENGINES WERE
STILL DOZING BUT NOT PERCY.
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5. "DRIVER SHOULD BE HERE BY NOW.
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6. WHAT'S HE DOING!"
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7. "SLEEPING,"
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8. GRUNTED GORDON.
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9. "BUT THAT MEANS
I'LL BE LATE,
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10. "THE COACHES WILL BE WAITING
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11. AND THE PASSENGERS
WILL GET CROSS."
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12. "RUBBISH,"
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13. HUFFED HENRY.
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14. "IT'S STILL EARLY,"
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15. ADDED JAMES.
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16. "YOU JUST WANT TO SHOW OFF."
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17. "NO I DON'T!"
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18. "NEVER MIND, PERCY,"
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19. SAID THOMAS.
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20. "IT'LL SOON BE TIME FOR WORK
BUT BE CAREFUL
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21. "OR YOU MIGHT RUN INTO DANGER.
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22. AND DUKE IS NOT HERE
TO SAVE YOU."
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23. "D-D-DUKE,"
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24. STUTTERED TOBY.
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25. "YOU MEAN OUR HERO?"
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26. A LARGE PAINTING OF DUKE
HUNG IN THE ENGINE SHED.
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27. "THE VERY SAME,"
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28. SAID THOMAS.
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29. "DRIVER TOLD ME THE STORY.
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30. LISTEN..."
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31. AND THIS IS THE STORY
THOMAS TOLD THEM...
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32. LONG AGO WHEN PETER SAM
WAS STILL CALLED STUART
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33. AND SIR HANDEL, FALCON,
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34. THEY WORKED WITH DUKE
ON HIS OLD RAILWAY.
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35. BUT FALCON STILL
HAD A LOT TO LEARN.
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36. THE MANAGER CAME TO SEE HIM.
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37. "FALCON, I'M PLEASED
WITH YOUR WORK SO FAR.
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38. "NOW YOU MUST LEARN
A DIFFICULT PART OF THE LINE.
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39. WE CALL IT
'THE MOUNTAIN ROAD'."
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40. FALCON WAS EXCITED.
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41. "YES, PLEASE, SIR."
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42. "SO TOMORROW,
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43. "WHEN YOU HAVE
A NEW COAT OF PAINT,
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44. "YOU WILL GO ON IT.
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45. DUKE WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING."
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46. "HUH!"
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47. THOUGHT FALCON.
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48. "DUKE'S AN OLD FUSS POT."
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49. NEXT DAY CAME.
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50. "LISTEN,"
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51. WARNED DUKE.
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52. "THE MOUNTAIN ROAD
IS DIFFICULT.
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53. I'LL LEAD."
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54. "NO,"
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55. REPLIED FALCON.
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56. "I'LL LEAD.
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57. "HOW CAN I LEARN THE ROUTE
WITH YOU LUMBERING AHEAD
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58. AND BLOCKING THE VIEW?"
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59. "SUIT YOURSELF,"
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60. SAID DUKE,
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61. "BUT NEVER MIND THE VIEW.
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62. LOOK AT THE TRACK."
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63. THE ENGINES SET OFF.
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64. "LOOK AT THE TRACK,"
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65. PUFFED DUKE.
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66. "NEVER MIND THE VIEW."
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67. "FUSS POT, FUSS POT,"
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68. REPLIED FALCON.
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69. "FUDDY-DUDDY,
FUDDY-DUDDY, FUDDY-DUDDY."
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70. THE ENGINES' SPEED
GREW SLOWER AND SLOWER.
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71. "DON'T DAWDLE, DON'T DAWDLE,"
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72. URGED FALCON.
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73. "NO HURRY, NO HURRY,"
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74. PUFFED DUKE.
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75. SOON THEY APPROACHED A TUNNEL.
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76. FALCON DIDN'T LIKE THE TUNNEL.
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77. IT WAS CURVED
AND HE COULDN'T SEE.
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78. "I WANT TO GET OUT,
I WANT TO GET OUT,"
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79. HE SIGHED.
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80. ONE MOMENT
EVERYTHING SEEMED SAFE
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81. BUT THEN SUDDENLY...
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82. FALCON WAS DERAILED AND HUNG
DANGEROUSLY OVER THE EDGE.
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83. DUKE BRAVELY HELD ON
WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH.
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84. "STOP SHAKING,"
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85. HE CALLED.
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86. "I CAN'T HOLD YOU
IF YOU SHAKE."
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87. DUKE'S DRIVER AND FIREMAN
WORKED QUICKLY
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88. TO MAKE THE TWO ENGINES
SAFE AGAIN.
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89. THEN CAME MORE TROUBLE.
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90. "WATER,"
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91. CRIED DUKE'S FIREMAN.
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92. "DUKE NEEDS WATER QUICKLY."
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93. LUCKILY THERE WAS
A WORKMAN'S COTTAGE NEARBY.
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94. SOON EVERYONE WAS PASSING
JUGS, BUCKETS, KETTLES
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95. AND SAUCEPANS FILLED WITH WATER
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96. UNTIL DUKE'S THIRST
WAS QUENCHED.
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97. ALL THE WHILE, DUKE WAS
BUILDING MORE STRENGTH.
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98. AT LAST, WITH EVERYONE'S HELP,
HE WAS ABLE TO PULL FALCON
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99. BACK ONTO THE RAILS.
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100. THEN THEY STARTED OFF
ONCE MORE.
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101. THE MANAGER WAS WAITING
AT THE TOP STATION.
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102. HE APOLOGIZED
FOR THE ACCIDENT.
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103. "YOUR DUKE,"
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104. SAID THE PASSENGERS,
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105. "IS A HERO.
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106. HE STOOD FIRM LIKE A BULLDOG
AND WOULDN'T LET GO."
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107. FALCON WAS GRATEFUL TOO.
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108. "THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME, DUKE.
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109. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU BOTHERED
AFTER I'D BEEN SO RUDE."
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110. "OH WELL,"
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111. REPLIED DUKE,
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112. "YOU'D JUST HAD
A NEW COAT OF PAINT.
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113. "IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PITY
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114. IF YOU'D ROLLED DOWN
THE MOUNTAIN AND SPOILED IT!"
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115. DUKE IS THE HERO
OF ALL THE ENGINES.
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116. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT HIM.
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117. IT HAPPENED LONG AGO
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118. WHEN PETER SAM
WAS CALLED STUART
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119. AND SIR HANDEL, FALCON.
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120. MANY PEOPLE CAME
YEAR AFTER YEAR
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121. TO SEE THE MOUNTAINS
AND THE LAKES...
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122. AND MOST OF ALL, DUKE.
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123. HE ALWAYS PULLED HIS TRAIN,
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124. EVEN ON DAYS
WHEN HE DIDN'T FEEL WELL.
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125. "I MUSTN'T DISAPPOINT
MY FRIENDS,"
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126. HE WOULD SAY.
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127. EVERY MORNING HE TOOK
HIS PASSENGERS UP THE LINE
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128. AND STOPPED ANYWHERE
THEY WANTED.
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129. "PEEP, PEEP,"
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130. HE WHISTLED.
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131. "PLEASE BE READY
WHEN I COME BACK FOR YOU.
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132. "OTHERWISE WE MIGHT MISS
YOUR BOAT TO THE MAINLAND
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133. AND THAT WOULD NEVER DO."
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134. ONE DAY,
DUKE DIDN'T FEEL WELL.
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135. HE WAS SHORT OF STEAM
AND NEEDED TO REST.
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136. HIS DRIVER AND FIREMAN
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137. HAD JUST FINISHED
CLEARING HIS TUBES
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138. WHEN STUART BUSTLED IN.
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139. "HELLO, GRANPUFF,"
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140. HE TEASED.
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141. "ARE YOU SHORT
OF PUFF?"
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142. "NOTHING OF THE SORT.
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143. THIS IS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE."
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144. "TELL YOU WHAT,"
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145. WENT ON STUART,
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146. "YOU'RE GETTING OLD.
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147. WE MUST TAKE CARE OF YOU
IN CASE YOU BREAK DOWN."
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148. "HUMPH,"
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149. HOOSHED DUKE.
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150. "THAT'LL BE THE DAY."
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151. DUKE COULDN'T STAY CROSS
FOR LONG.
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152. IT WAS A LOVELY EVENING.
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153. "COULDN'T BE BETTER,
COULDN'T BE BETTER,"
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154. HE CHUNTERED HAPPILY.
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155. THEY BEGAN TO CLIMB,
BUT DUKE DIDN'T MIND.
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156. "I'VE PLENTY OF STEAM,"
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157. HE PUFFED.
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158. "WE'LL BE UP
IN A COUPLE OF PUFFS."
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159. BUT SOON DUKE'S PUFFS
CHANGED TO WHEEZES.
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160. HIS VALVES WERE LEAKING STEAM.
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161. "IT'S NOT SO EASY.
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162. IT'S NOT SO EASY,"
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163. HE CROAKED,
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164. "BUT I'LL MANAGE."
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165. AT LAST THEY
REACHED THE STATION.
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166. DUKE'S DRIVER EXAMINED HIM
CAREFULLY.
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167. ANXIOUS PASSENGERS
WAITED FOR NEWS.
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168. "DUKE IS GOING TO TAKE YOU
TO THE HARBOR,
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169. BUT HE MIGHT BE LATE,"
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170. SAID THE CONDUCTOR.
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171. "SO TWO ENGINES
ARE COMING TO HELP.
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172. YOU'LL STILL CATCH YOUR BOAT."
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173. FALCON BUFFERED UP IN FRONT.
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174. "POOR OLD GRANPUFF.
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175. WHAT A SHAME
YOU'VE BROKEN DOWN."
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176. "PEEP, PEEP, PIP,"
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177. TEASED STUART.
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178. "THIS IS THE DAY."
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179. HE WAS COUPLED ON BEHIND.
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180. "ARE YOU READY?"
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181. WHISTLED FALCON.
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182. "YES I AM,"
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183. REPLIED STUART,
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184. AND AWAY THEY WENT.
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185. WHEN THEY REACHED
THE NEXT STATION,
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186. THE CAVALCADE SPLIT UP.
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187. FALCON TOOK DUKE'S PASSENGERS
TO THE BOAT.
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188. STUART HEADED FALCON'S TRAIN
WITH DUKE COUPLED BEHIND.
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189. "FANCY ME RESCUING GRANPUFF.
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190. "THIS IS THE DAY.
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191. THIS IS THE DAY!"
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192. HE BOASTED.
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193. "POOR OLD ENGINE,
POOR OLD ENGINE."
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194. BUT DUKE STILL HAD PLENTY
OF STEAM LEFT IN HIM.
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195. HIS VALVES SOUNDED WORSE
THAN THEY WERE.
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196. HE AND HIS DRIVER HAD
THEIR OWN LITTLE JOKE READY.
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197. THEY WAITED UNTIL
THEY REACHED THE HILL.
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198. "NOW,"
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199. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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200. DUKE PUFFED AND ROARED
AS THOUGH HE WAS PUSHING
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201. THE WHOLE TRAIN'S WEIGHT
BEFORE HIM.
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202. THE NOISE ECHOED EVERYWHERE.
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203. WHEN THEY REACHED
THE LAST STATION,
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204. EVERYONE CHEERED.
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205. "WHAT HAPPENED?"
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206. ASKED A BOY.
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207. "THEY DON'T USUALLY
NEED TWO ENGINES."
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208. "WELL,"
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209. REPLIED HIS FATHER.
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210. "STUART BROKE DOWN.
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211. "DUKE HAD TO HELP HIM.
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212. IT SOUNDS AS IF HE HAD
A HARD JOB TOO!"
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213. DUKE AND HIS DRIVER'S JOKE
HAD WORKED!
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214. "FIDDLESTICKS!"
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215. EXCLAIMED STUART.
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216. AND HE VANISHED
IN A CLOUD OF STEAM.
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217. DUKE WHEEZED ALONGSIDE.
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218. "POOR OLD ENGINE,"
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219. HE TEASED.
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220. "IT'S NO GOOD, STUART,
YOU CAN'T WIN!"
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