1. IT WAS A MOONLIT NIGHT.
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2. HENRY WAS TAKING A GOODS TRAIN
TO THE STATION BY THE LAKE.
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3. "WHENEVER THAT OWL HOOTS,
A MIST ROLLS IN,"
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4. MURMURED EDWARD.
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5. "THERE'S A LEGEND
THAT WHEN THE MIST'S ABOUT,
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6. "THERE'S A GHOST ABOUT TOO.
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7. "TAKE CARE
ON THE OLD LINE, HENRY."
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8. "STUPID BIRD,"
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9. SAID HENRY.
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10. "OWLS, MISTS, GHOSTS...
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11. EDWARD'S GOING SOFT IN
THE BOILER; THERE'S NO MIST."
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12. BUT HENRY WAS WRONG.
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13. "WHAT'S THAT?"
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14. CRIED HENRY.
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15. "IT'S AN AMBER LAMP,"
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16. MURMURED HIS DRIVER.
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17. "THAT MEANS
PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
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18. "WHO'S THERE?"
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19. NO ONE REPLIED.
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20. HENRY CREPT SLOWLY FORWARD.
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21. HE STOPPED BY A TREE.
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22. "BEWARE OF THE VIADUCT."
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23. THE DRIVER WAS SURPRISED.
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24. "NO ONE WARNED US
ABOUT THAT BEFORE,
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25. "AND LOOK, THE SIGNAL'S RED
AND THE GATES ARE CLOSED!
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26. "A-A-A-AND THERE'S
A FOGMAN'S COAT...
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27. BUT WHERE IS ITS OWNER?"
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28. THEN THEY SAW A LIGHT MOVE
WITHIN THE STATION BUILDING.
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29. "G-G-GHOSTS!"
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30. EXCLAIMED HENRY.
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31. "EDWARD WAS RIGHT!"
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32. "SOMETHING VERYSTRANGE
IS HAPPENING,"
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33. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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34. "I THINK IT'S BEST
WE GO BACK."
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35. "SO DO I!"
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36. AGREED HENRY.
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37. BY MORNING,
THE MIST HAD CLEARED.
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38. A WORKMAN WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE UNSAFE VIADUCT.
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39. "LUCKY YOU DIDN'T CROSS IT
LAST NIGHT."
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40. "YES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW
WHO WARNED US,"
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41. REPLIED HENRY'S DRIVER.
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42. LATER THAT DAY,
HE SPOKE TO HENRY.
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43. "THE VIADUCT
HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
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44. WE CAN TAKE OUR TRAIN BACK
ALONG THE OLD LINE TONIGHT."
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45. HENRY REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO.
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46. BUT WHEN NIGHTFALL CAME,
HE WAS SIZZLING NICELY.
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47. SUDDENLY, AN OWL HOOTED
AND THEN GORDON THUNDERED BY.
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48. "OH, LOOK...
HENRY'S SPOOKED!"
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49. SAID A FREIGHT CAR.
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50. "BE QUIET!"
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51. SNAPPED HENRY.
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52. "I'M NOT SCARED!"
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53. BUT HE WAS.
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54. A LITTLE LATER,
THE FOG CAME DOWN.
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55. AS THEY APPROACHED
THE SAME AREA,
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56. THEY SAW
THE AMBER LIGHT AGAIN.
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57. "HERE WE GO,"
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58. SAID HENRY'S DRIVER.
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59. THEN, UNKNOWN TO HENRY,
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60. THE GATES MYSTERIOUSLY
CLOSED BY THEMSELVES
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61. AND THE SIGNAL WENT RED.
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62. THE FREIGHT CARS
HAD SEEN EVERYTHING
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63. AND THEY WERE SPOOKED.
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64. "FASTER, FASTER!
THERE'S A GHOST ABOUT!"
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65. "STOP! STOP!"
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66. YELLED HENRY.
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67. A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE
WATCHED HENRY GO BY.
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68. AHEAD WAS A LANDSLIDE
BLOCKING THE LINE.
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69. HENRY BRAKED HARD,
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70. BUT THE FREIGHT CARS
HIT SOME OF THE RUBBLE
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71. AND PLUNGED
INTO THE RAVINE.
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72. JUST THEN, HENRY'S DRIVER
SAW A STRANGE SIGHT
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73. COMING TOWARDS THEM.
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74. "WHAT'S THAT?"
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75. HE SAID.
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76. THE FIREMAN LAUGHED,
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77. "THAT'S OUR GHOST!
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78. "IT'S OLD BAILEY,
THE FOGMAN."
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79. OLD BAILEY WAS VERY CROSS.
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80. "I TRIED TO WARN YOU
ABOUT THE VIADUCT.
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81. WHY DIDN'T YOU
PAY ATTENTION?"
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82. "WE'RE SORRY,"
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83. REPLIED THE DRIVER.
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84. "IS THERE ANYTHING
WE CAN DO TO THANK YOU?"
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85. "I'D LIKE TO OPERATE
THAT OLD STATION."
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86. "IF YOU'LL LET ME, I PROMISE
I WON'T SPOOK HENRY AGAIN."
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87. AND IN A LITTLE WHILE,
OLD BAILEY'S WISH WAS GRANTED.
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88. "YOU AND YOUR STATION
WILL BE REALLY USEFUL,"
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89. SAID SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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90. "LET'S HEAR
A HEARTY THANK YOU
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91. TO THE FRIENDLIEST—UH—
'GHOST' ON THE ISLAND!"
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92. EVERYONE CHEERED,
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93. ESPECIALLY HENRY,
WHO WAS THE HAPPIEST OF ALL.
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94. BILL AND BEN,
THE TANK ENGINE TWINS,
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95. WORK IN THE CLAY MINES
AND QUARRIES
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96. NEAR BRENDAM DOCKS.
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97. THEIR WORK IS IMPORTANT
BUT IT CAN BE HOT AND DIRTY.
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98. SOMETIMES THIS MAKES
THE TWINS NAUGHTY.
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99. ONE MORNING THEY WERE FEELING
VERY NAUGHTY INDEED.
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100. "THAT'S MY LINE
OF CARS,"
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101. HUFFED BILL.
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102. "S'NOT, IT'S MINE,"
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103. SNORTED BEN,
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104. "YOURS IS
OVER THERE."
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105. "S'MINE."
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106. "S'NOT."
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107. "S'MINE."
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108. "S'NOT."
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109. THEIR FRIEND BOCO
WAS WORRIED.
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110. "STOP QUARRELLING,
YOU TWO,
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111. "OR THE ONLY THING
YOU'LL HAVE LEFT TO SHARE IS—
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112. —TROUBLE."
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113. "SILLY."
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114. SNAPPED BILL.
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115. "SILLY YOURSELF,"
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116. GRUMBLED BEN.
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117. "BILL AND BEN,
BEHAVE YOURSELVES,"
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118. SAID SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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119. "IT'S CLEAR TO ME
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120. "THAT WE NEED ANOTHER DIESEL
TO HELP OUT.
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121. "THERE IS ONLY ONE
AVAILABLE.
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122. HE'S NEW AND KEEN
TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION."
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123. "If I were you,"
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124. WHISPERED BOCO,
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125. I'd get back to work
right away."
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126. MEANWHILE, SIR TOPHAM HATT
WAS HAVING DOUBTS
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127. ABOUT HIS OWN DECISION.
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128. "I HOPE THE NEW DIESEL DOESN'T
CAUSE EVEN MORE CONFUSION.
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129. "HE'S BOUND TO HAVE
TEETHING TROUBLES."
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130. AND HE WAS RIGHT.
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131. "OH, MY GREASE AND OIL.
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132. "I WASN'T EXPECTING
THIS HILL.
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133. OH! WHAT'S THAT?"
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134. BOCO CAME TO THE RESCUE.
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135. "SORRY,"
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136. SAID THE DIESEL.
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137. "I'M ALL HOT AND BOTHERED.
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138. I'VE GOT TEETHING TROUBLES,
YOU KNOW."
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139. THE NEWS SOON SPREAD.
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140. "APPARENTLY,
IT'S TEETHING TROUBLES,"
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141. CONFIDED THOMAS TO PERCY.
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142. "HEY, YOU TWO,
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143. "THIS NEW DIESEL'S
GOT TOOTHACHE.
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144. GOOD LUCK!"
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145. "WHY DOES PERCY
WANT TO WISH US LUCK?"
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146. ASKED BILL.
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147. "BECAUSE HE KNOWS
WE'LL NEED IT!
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148. "A DIESEL WITH TOOTHACHE
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149. MUST BE THE WORST DIESEL
OF ALL!"
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150. THEN THEIR MANAGER
SPOKE TO THEM.
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151. "YOU WILL TAKE YOUR LOADS
TO THE DOCKS
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152. "AND REST THERE TONIGHT.
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153. THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK
TO DO TOMORROW."
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154. IT WAS DARK WHEN THE TWINS
REACHED THE DOCKS.
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155. THEY LEFT THE FREIGHT CARS
BY THE QUAY
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156. AND SCURRIED OFF
TO THE SHED.
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157. "YOU DO LUCK GLUM,"
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158. SIGHED DUCK.
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159. "IT'S THE NEW
DIESEL'S FAULT,"
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160. REPLIED BILL,
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161. "HE'S GOT TOOTHACHE."
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162. "HE HASN'T GOT TOOTHACHE.
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163. "HE'S GOT TEETHING TROUBLES.
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164. "THAT MEANS HE'S NEW
AND THIS CAUSES SOME PROBLEMS.
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165. IN HIS CASE,
IT'S HIS COOLING SYSTEM."
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166. NEXT MORNING,
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167. THE TWINS HEARD
AN UNFAMILIAR WHISTLE.
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168. "OH NO!
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169. IT'S THE NEW DIESEL!"
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170. AND IT WAS.
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171. "HELLO.
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172. "I'LL SOON
SORT THIS TRAIN OUT.
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173. "YOU TAKE THE FRONT
AND I'LL PUSH FROM BEHIND.
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174. HA-HA!
WHAT FUN!"
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175. ALL WENT WELL
AS THEY SET OFF.
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176. THEN THEY CAME TO A HILL.
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177. "COME ON, COME ON!
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178. PUSH HARDER,
YOU SILLY DIESEL,"
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179. SHOUTED BEN.
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180. BUT THE DIESEL
COULDN'T PUSH ANY HARDER.
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181. "I'M OVERHEATING AGAIN!"
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182. "OH, PAH!"
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183. SNORTED BILL.
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184. "YOU KNOW WHAT,"
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185. SIGHED THE DRIVER.
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186. "LET'S TRY AND FINISH
THE JOURNEY ANYWAY.
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187. "IT MEANS WE'LL HAVE TO
PULL THE DIESEL AS WELL.
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188. CAN YOU DO IT, TWINS?"
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189. "WE'LL TRY."
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190. AND SURE ENOUGH,
THEY COULD!
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191. THAT NIGHT, SIR TOPHAM HATT
CAME TO SEE THEM.
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192. "WELL DONE,
BILL AND BEN.
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193. "I'VE SENT THE NEW DIESEL
BACK TO THE WORKS.
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194. CAN YOU MANAGE ALONE?"
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195. "OH, YES, SIR."
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196. "Boco,"
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197. WHISPERED BILL,
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198. "I'M SORRY
WE WERE RUDE TO YOU."
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199. "AND..."
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200. ADDED BEN,
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201. "THE NEW DIESEL WAS
REALLY QUITE FRIENDLY."
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202. "AND YOU KNOW
WHAT FRIENDS DO?"
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203. MURMURED DUCK.
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204. "NO... WHAT?"
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205. "THEY ALWAYS SAY GOOD NIGHT
TO EACH OTHER."
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206. AND SO THEY DID,
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207. BUT THEY STILL
CHATTED ABOUT THE DIESEL
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208. AND HIS TEETHING TROUBLES
ALL NIGHT LONG.
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