1. IF YOU
SHOULD VISIT A PLACE
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2. THAT HAS
A LAKE IN THE WOODS,
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3. AND A BEAUTIFUL WATERFALL,
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4. THEN YOU MAY ALSO FIND
TWO LITTLE ENGINES
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5. CALLED SKARLOEY AND RHENEAS.
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6. THE ENGINES KNOW EVERYBODY,
AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THEM.
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7. THERE ARE TWO MORE ENGINES...
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8. SIR HANDEL
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9. AND PETER SAM.
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10. THEY USED TO BE CALLED
STEWART AND FALCON,
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11. BUT THEY LIKE
THEIR NEW NAMES BETTER.
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12. ONE DAY SIR TOPHAM HATT
SENT EDWARD TO THE WORKS
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13. TO BE MENDED.
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14. A BIG SURPRISE
AWAITED EDWARD.
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15. "IT'S SKARLOEY.
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16. WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?"
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17. SKARLOEY WAS PLEASED
TO SEE EDWARD.
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18. "I'VE BEEN SENT HERE
FOR A REST,"
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19. HE SIGHED.
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20. "I WAS PUT
IN THIS SHED
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21. "SO THAT I COULD
SEE EVERYTHING
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22. "AND NOT BE LONELY,
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23. "BUT I DO MISS RHENEAS.
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24. "HE'S GOING TO BE MENDED,
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25. "I WISH I COULD
BE MENDED TOO,
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26. AND PULL COACHES AGAIN."
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27. JUST THEN,
SOME WORKMEN ARRIVED.
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28. "WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU
TO THE WORKS NOW, EDWARD.
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29. COME ALONG."
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30. "GOOD-BYE, SKARLOEY,
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31. YOUR RAILWAY'S
A LOVELY LINE."
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32. "OH, IT IS, IT IS.
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33. "YOU'VE CHEERED ME UP, EDWARD.
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34. GOOD-BYE."
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35. MEANWHILE,
SIR HANDEL WAS HAVING TROUBLE
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36. WITH SOME COACHES.
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37. HE TRIED TO BE KIND,
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38. BUT THE COACHES
DIDN'T TRUST HIM.
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39. THEY WERE AWKWARD AND RUDE.
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40. THERE WAS WORSE TO COME.
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41. SOME CARELESS SHEEP
HAD STRAYED ONTO THE LINE.
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42. "HE'S BUMPED US,"
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43. SCREAMED THE COACHES.
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44. "LET'S GET BACK AT HIM."
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45. THEY SURGED INTO SIR HANDEL
AND PUSHED HIM OFF THE RAILS.
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46. NO ONE WAS HURT,
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47. BUT SIR HANDEL LIMPED SADLY
TO THE SHED.
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48. "NO MORE WORK FOR YOU
TODAY,"
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49. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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50. "HOW ARE WE GOING TO
PULL THE VISITOR'S TRAIN
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51. WITHOUT AN ENGINE?"
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52. "WHAT ABOUT ME, SIR?"
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53. "SKARLOEY,
CAN YOU DO IT?"
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54. "I'LL TRY,"
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55. SAID THE OLD ENGINE.
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56. THE COACHES STOOD
AT THE PLATFORM.
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57. "I'M ASHAMED OF YOU,"
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58. SCOLDED SKARLOEY.
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59. "YOU MIGHT HAVE HURT
YOUR PASSENGERS."
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60. THE COACHES QUIVERED.
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61. "WE'RE SORRY, SKARLOEY."
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62. THE CONDUCTOR
BLEW THE WHISTLE,
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63. AND THEIR JOURNEY BEGAN.
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64. SKARLOEY REMEMBERED
ALL THE GATES AND STILES
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65. WHERE HE HAD TO STOP.
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66. THE SUN SHONE,
THE RAILS WERE DRY.
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67. "THIS IS LOVELY,"
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68. SANG SKARLOEY.
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69. PRESENTLY,
THE LINE GREW STEEP.
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70. SKARLOEY FELT SHORT OF STEAM.
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71. "TAKE YOUR TIME,"
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72. SOOTHED HIS DRIVER.
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73. "IT'LL BE BETTER DOWNHILL,"
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74. SKARLOEY SAID TO HIMSELF.
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75. BUT IT WASN'T.
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76. HIS SPRINGS WERE WEAK,
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77. AND THE RAIL JOINTS
JARRED HIS WHEELS.
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78. AT LAST,
A SPRING GAVE WAY.
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79. "I FEEL ALL CROOKED,"
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80. CRIED SKARLOEY.
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81. "WE'LL NEED A BUS NOW
FOR OUR PASSENGERS,"
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82. SIGHED HIS DRIVER.
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83. "NO,"
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84. PLEADED SKARLOEY.
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85. "I'LL GET THEM
TO THE STATION OR BURST."
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86. JAMES WAS WAITING
AT THE PLATFORM.
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87. CLANGING AND CLANKING,
SKARLOEY STEAMED IN.
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88. "I'LL DO IT,
I'LL DO IT.
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89. I'VE DONE IT."
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90. JAMES COLLECTED
HIS PASSENGERS,
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91. AND RESPECTFULLY PUFFED AWAY.
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92. EVERYONE WAS PLEASED
WITH SKARLOEY,
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93. BUT HE WAS STILL WORRIED.
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94. "OLD ENGINES CAN'T PULL TRAINS
LIKE THE YOUNG ONES CAN."
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95. "THEY CAN IF THEY'RE MENDED,
OLD FAITHFUL,"
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96. SMILED HIS DRIVER.
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97. "AND THAT'S WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
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98. YOU DESERVE IT."
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99. SKARLOEY AND RHENEAS
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100. WORK ON THE RAILWAY
THAT WEAVES AROUND LAKES,
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101. AND ALONG MOUNTAINSIDES.
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102. THEIR COACHES ARE FILLED
WITH VISITORS,
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103. AND THE ENGINES ARE PROUD
TO RUN THE LINE
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104. COME RAIN OR SHINE.
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105. THE ENGINES WILL NEVER
LET THEIR PASSENGERS DOWN,
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106. BUT THEY ARE OLD,
AND THEY TIRE MORE EASILY.
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107. THEIR DRIVERS
UNDERSTOOD THIS,
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108. AND THEY SPOKE KINDLY TO THEM.
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109. "THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH
WORK FOR BOTH OF YOU
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110. "ON THIS RAILWAY.
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111. "THE MANAGER IS SENDING
TWO MORE ENGINES
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112. TO HELP US
RUN THE LINE."
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113. SKARLOEY AND RHENEAS WERE
PLEASED WITH THIS NEWS
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114. AND PROMISED
TO GIVE THE NEW ENGINES
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115. A BIG WELCOME.
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116. WHEN SIR HANDEL
AND PETER SAM ARRIVED,
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117. THEY FOUND
THEY HAD MUCH TO LEARN.
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118. "WHAT A SMALL SHED,"
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119. GRUNTED SIR HANDEL.
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120. "THIS WON'T DO
AT ALL.
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121. WE'RE MUCH TOO GOOD
FOR THIS OLD SHACK."
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122. "I THINK IT'S NICE,"
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123. SAID PETER SAM.
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124. "HA!"
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125. REPLIED SIR HANDEL.
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126. "WHAT'S THAT RUBBISH?"
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127. "SHH..."
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128. SAID PETER SAM.
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129. "THAT'S SKARLOEY,
HE'S FAMOUS."
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130. AND THEN
HE WHISPERED TO SKARLOEY,
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131. "I'M SORRY, SKARLOEY.
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132. SIR HANDEL'S UPSET NOW,
BUT HE'S QUITE NICE, REALLY."
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133. SKARLOEY FELT SORRY
FOR PETER SAM.
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134. "NOW, SIR HANDEL,"
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135. SAID THE FIREMAN.
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136. "I WILL GET YOU
READY FOR WORK."
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137. "I'M TIRED;
LET PETER SAM GO,
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138. HE'D LOVE IT."
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139. "NO... YOU'RE FIRST."
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140. SIR HANDEL PUFFED AWAY
TO FETCH HIS COACHES.
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141. HE DIDN'T LIKE
THE LOOK OF THEM AT ALL.
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142. "WHAT HAVE WE NEXT?
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143. THOSE AREN'T COACHES,
THEY'RE CATTLE CARS."
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144. "OH,"
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145. SCREAMED THE COACHES.
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146. "WHAT A HORRID ENGINE."
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147. "IT'S NOT
WHAT I'M USED TO,"
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148. CLANKED SIR HANDEL.
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149. HE ROLLED TO THE PLATFORM
JUST AS GORDON ARRIVED.
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150. "HELLO, WHO ARE YOU?"
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151. "I'M GORDON;
WHO ARE YOU?"
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152. "I'M SIR HANDEL.
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153. I'VE HEARD OF YOU,
YOU'RE AN EXPRESS ENGINE.
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154. "SO AM I,
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155. "BUT I'M USED TO NEW COACHES,
NOT THESE CATTLE CARS.
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156. "DO YOU HAVE NEW COACHES?
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157. "I SEE YOU DO.
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158. "WE MUST HAVE A CHAT.
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159. "SORRY I CAN'T STOP,
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160. WE MUST KEEP TIME,
YOU KNOW."
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161. GORDON WAS SPEECHLESS.
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162. CLOUDS OF STEAM
FILLED THE AIR
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163. AS SIR HANDEL HUFFED
AND PUFFED ALONG THE LINE.
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164. HE WAS STILL CROSS
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165. WHEN THEY REACHED
THE TOP STATION.
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166. SIR HANDEL WAS
HOPING FOR A REST,
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167. BUT HIS DRIVER
THOUGHT OTHERWISE.
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168. "WE'LL LEAVE
THE COACHES NOW
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169. AND FETCH SOME CARS
FROM THE QUARRY."
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170. "CARS,"
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171. SNORTED SIR HANDEL.
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172. "CARS! I WON'T!
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173. SO THERE."
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174. SIR HANDEL WAS ABOUT TO CAUSE
A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE.
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175. "TOLD YOU,"
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176. SAID SIR HANDEL.
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177. BY THE TIME WORKMEN
CAME TO RESCUE HIM,
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178. SIR HANDEL WAS
FEELING RATHER SILLY.
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179. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,
THERE STOOD SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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180. HIS MESSAGE TO SIR HANDEL
WAS BRIEF AND BLUNT.
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181. "I SHALL TALK TO YOU LATER."
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182. THEN HE AND THE FIREMAN
LEFT WITH PETER SAM.
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183. SIR HANDEL
FELT SILLIER STILL.
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184. "COME ON,"
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185. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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186. "LET'S GET YOU
BACK ON THE RAILS."
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187. WHEN SIR HANDEL
CRAWLED HOME,
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188. HE FOUND SIR TOPHAM HATT
WAITING FOR HIM.
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189. "YOU'RE A VERY
NAUGHTY ENGINE.
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190. "I HOPE I CAN TRUST YOU
TO BEHAVE
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191. WHEN YOU NEXT
COME OUT OF THIS SHED."
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192. AFTER HEARING THAT,
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193. I'M SURE SIR HANDEL WILL,
AREN'T YOU?
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