1. ONE DAY,
GEORGE THE STEAMROLLER,
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2. WAS WAITING
FOR PERCY TO TAKE HIM
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3. TO A NEW WORKPLACE.
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4. GEORGE WAS BEING RUDE
TO RHENEAS AND SKARLOEY.
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5. "YOU'RE JUST WORN-OUT WHEELS
ON WORN-OUT RAILS!"
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6. "YOU NEED ROCKS
FOR YOUR ROADS!"
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7. REPLIED SKARLOEY,
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8. "AND WE'RE HELPING YOU."
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9. "I NEED TO FLATTEN LITTLE
ENGINES IN THE SCRAPYARDS,"
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10. RETORTED GEORGE.
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11. THEN, PERCY ARRIVED
TO TAKE GEORGE AWAY.
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12. HE WAS STILL REBELLING.
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13. "RAILWAYS ARE NO GOOD.
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14. TURN 'EM INTO ROADS."
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15. THE LITTLE ENGINES
WERE PLEASED TO SEE HIM GO.
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16. GEORGE GRUMBLED ALL THE WAY
TO THE OLD BRANCHLINE,
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17. HE WAS GOING TO
TURN IT INTO A ROAD.
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18. WHEN THEY ARRIVED,
GEORGE WAS RUDE AGAIN.
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19. "BUMPY RIDE
ON ROTTEN RAILS.
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20. I'M GLAD IT'S OVER."
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21. "SO AM I!"
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22. SAID PERCY.
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23. "HUH!"
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24. HUFFED GEORGE.
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25. PERCY WAS STILL FUMING
WHEN HE MET THOMAS.
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26. "WHAT'S UP, PERCY?"
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27. "IT'S GEORGE...
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28. HE MAKES ME FEEL DOWN."
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29. "JUST IGNORE HIM,"
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30. PUFFED THOMAS.
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31. GEORGE WAS
NOW ENJOYING HIMSELF.
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32. "RIPPING UP RAILS,"
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33. HE CHORTLED.
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34. "WHAT A LIFE!"
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35. "WHADYA THINK OF THIS,
THOMAS?"
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36. THOMAS TOOK NO NOTICE.
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37. GEORGE FELT INSULTED.
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38. "YOU'RE A USELESS
BLUE PUFFBALL!"
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39. BUT THOMAS DIDN'T HEAR.
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40. "I'LL SHOW HIM
WHO'S BOSS!"
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41. AT LAST THE WORKMEN REACHED
THE LEVEL CROSSING.
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42. "WHAT SHALL WE DO HERE?"
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43. "TEAR IT UP;
TARMAC IT,"
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44. SAID GEORGE.
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45. SO THEY DID...
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46. BUT NOT PROPERLY,
AND GEORGE KNEW IT.
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47. LATER, THOMAS WAS TRAVELING
HOME ON THE SAME LINE.
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48. HE WAS PULLING FREIGHT CARS
FILLED WITH VEGETABLES.
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49. THE SIGNALMAN HAD FORGOTTEN
TO WARN HIS DRIVER
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50. ABOUT THE CROSSING.
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51. "THAT'S NICE;
WE DON'T NEED TO STOP,"
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52. SAID THOMAS HAPPILY.
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53. "YES, WE DO,"
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54. CALLED HIS DRIVER.
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55. BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
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56. NEXT DAY, PERCY TOLD GORDON
ALL ABOUT GEORGE.
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57. "HUH!"
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58. SNORTED GORDON.
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59. "YOU'RE JUST
A SMALL ENGINE.
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60. "THAT'S WHY
HE'S RUDE TO YOU.
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61. HE WOULDN'T DARE
CAUSE ME ANY TROUBLE."
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62. GEORGE HAD BEEN TAKEN
TO SOME YARDS TO WORK.
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63. DUCK ARRIVED WITH A TRAIN
OF EMPTY FREIGHT CARS.
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64. GEORGE WAS
BLOCKING HIS WAY,
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65. AND A CAR WAS STUCK
ON THE MAINLINE.
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66. "LET ME THROUGH,"
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67. DEMANDED DUCK.
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68. "YOU'LL JUST
HAVE TO WAIT,"
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69. REPLIED GEORGE.
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70. "THERE'S NO TIME TO WAIT.
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71. "I MUST CLEAR MY FREIGHT CARS
FROM THE MAINLINE
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72. TO LET GORDON THROUGH."
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73. "THEN, HE'LL HAVE TO WAIT, TOO,"
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74. SAID GEORGE.
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75. DUCK'S DRIVER WENT TO COMPLAIN
TO THE STATIONMASTER,
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76. BUT THE SIGNALMAN
HAD SET THE SIGNAL
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77. TO ALLOW GORDON
TO SPEED THROUGH.
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78. HIS PASSENGERS
WERE SINGING HIS PRAISES
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79. AND HE WAS MAKING
EXPRESS TIME.
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80. "I'M THE GREATEST.
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81. JUST WATCH ME FLY BY."
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82. HE WHISTLED LONG AND LOUD
AS HE APPROACHED THE STATION.
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83. SUDDENLY, HE SAW A CAR
ON THE LINE AHEAD.
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84. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
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85. BUT THE FREIGHT CAR
WOULDN'T MOVE...
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86. UNTIL GORDON FORCED IT...
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87. BY ACCIDENT.
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88. GORDON WAS WORRIED
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89. THAT SIR TOPHAM HATT
WOULD BE CROSS.
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90. HE WAS,
BUT NOT WITH GORDON.
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91. "WHOEVER CAUSED THIS DISTURBANCE
WILL HAVE ME TO ANSWER TO."
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92. AND HE DID,
A FEW DAYS LATER.
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93. "LOOK WHO'S HERE!"
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94. SAID THOMAS.
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95. GEORGE HAD BEEN FOUND OUT
BY SIR TOPHAM HATT
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96. AND PUNISHED.
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97. HE LOOKED MISERABLE.
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98. "NOW WE'LL GET
SOME PEACE AT LAST,"
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99. SAID PERCY.
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100. "I WANT
TO GET ROLLING AGAIN,
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101. BUT I'VE GOT TO WAIT
A WHOLE WEEK TILL I DO."
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102. "AND THEN YOU'LL BE
JUST AS RUDE AS EVER...
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103. EH, GEORGE?"
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104. I HOPE NOT, DON'T YOU.
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105. IN SUMMER,
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106. THE ISLAND OF SODOR
GLEAMS IN THE SUN
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107. AND EVERY STATION
IS FILLED WITH FLOWERS.
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108. PERCY HAD BEEN
WORKING AT THE DOCKS ALL DAY
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109. AND WAS TIRED
OF THE SMELL OF FISH.
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110. "PSHEW!
COME ON, PERCY,"
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111. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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112. "TIME TO GO HOME."
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113. "PLEASE, SIR...
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114. CAN I HAVE
A WASH DOWN FIRST?"
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115. "SORRY, PERCY;
THERE ISN'T TIME.
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116. SIR TOPHAM HATT IS WAITING
FOR US AT THE SHEDS."
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117. "THERE IS TO BE
A FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS,"
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118. ANNOUNCED SIR TOPHAM HATT.
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119. "THIS SIGN SAYING
'BEST DRESSED STATION'
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120. "WILL BE AWARDED
TO THE WINNER.
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121. PLEASE HELP
WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS."
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122. THE ENGINES WERE EXCITED.
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123. "MY FAVORITE STATION
IS FFARQUHAR,"
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124. SAID THOMAS.
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125. "MINE IS MAITHWAITE,"
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126. SAID TOBY.
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127. "PERCY, WHAT'S YOURS?"
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128. PERCY WAS TOO TIRED
TO THINK PROPERLY.
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129. "THE DOCKS,"
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130. HE MURMURED.
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131. "HUH!"
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132. SNIFFED THOMAS.
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133. "WE CAN TELL."
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134. TOBY LAUGHED.
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135. "THE DOCKS ARE FULL OF FISH,
NOT FLOWERS."
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136. "ALL RIGHT, THEN;
ARLESDALE END."
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137. "THAT'S MY HOME,"
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138. REPLIED TOBY.
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139. "THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT.
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140. "ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU'RE THERE
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141. "AND NOT HERE
SAYING I'M SILLY.
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142. GOOD NIGHT!"
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143. NEXT MORNING, PERCY WAS PROUD
TO BE SPARKLING AGAIN.
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144. HIS TRAIN OF FREIGHT CARS
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145. WERE BEING LOADED
WITH VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS.
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146. "THESE ARE FOR MAITHWAITE,"
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147. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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148. "THEY'LL DISPLAY THEM
ON THE PLATFORM."
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149. ON THE WAY
PERCY SAW HAROLD.
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150. "WHY IS HAROLD
BUZZING ABOUT?"
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151. HE PUFFED.
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152. "I HAVEN'T TIME
FOR A RACE TODAY."
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153. "WHAT'S THAT?"
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154. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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155. "WHY, BLESS ME!
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156. "IT'S A RAM.
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157. "NOW WE'LL BE LATE,
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158. "I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
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159. THAT HAROLD WAS TRYING
TO TELL US SOMETHING."
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160. "BAA."
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161. "I'VE GOT JUST THE TICKET
TO GET HIM OFF THE TRACK,"
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162. CRIED THE FIREMAN.
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163. "FOOD."
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164. HE FOUND
SOME CABBAGE LEAVES.
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165. THE RAM
CHOMPED HAPPILY AWAY.
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166. "PLEASE,
CAN WE GO NOW?"
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167. WHEN PERCY ARRIVED
AT THE STATION
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168. HIS DRIVER TOLD
THE STATIONMASTER
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169. WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
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170. "I'VE HEARD
ABOUT THIS RAM,
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171. HE'S ALWAYS HUNGRY."
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172. A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
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173. THE STATION
WAS DECKED WITH FLOWERS.
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174. "MAITHWAITE WILL DEFINITELY
WIN FIRST PRIZE,"
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175. DECIDED PERCY.
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176. HE LEFT HIS COACHES
AND WENT TO A SIDING
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177. WHERE NO ONE
COULD SEE HIM.
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178. "TIME FOR A SNOOZE,"
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179. HE THOUGHT.
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180. BUT IT WASN'T.
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181. "WE'D BETTER SEE
WHAT ALL THAT NOISE IS ABOUT,"
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182. SAID HIS DRIVER.
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183. PERCY WAS SHOCKED!
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184. FLOWERS WERE SCATTERED
EVERYWHERE.
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185. "IT'S THAT RAM.
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186. "HE'S MADE A MEAL
OF THE STATION TOO."
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187. THEN THERE WAS TROUBLE.
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188. "WE CAN'T GET INTO
THE WAITING ROOM!"
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189. THE PASSENGERS CRIED.
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190. "WHY NOT?"
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191. ASKED THE STATIONMASTER.
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192. "THE RAM
WON'T LET US."
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193. EVERYONE LOOKED AT THE RAM
AND THE RAM LOOKED AT THEM.
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194. "HE'S NOT ALONE!"
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195. EXCLAIMED PERCY'S DRIVER.
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196. "LET US OUT!"
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197. BEGGED THE BOYS.
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198. "WE'RE SORRY."
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199. "WELL, LOOK AT THAT,"
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200. SAID THE STATIONMASTER.
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201. "THE BOYS ARE OUR CULPRITS,
NOT THE RAM.
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202. HE WAS JUST MAKING SURE
THEY DID NO MORE DAMAGE."
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203. "WE THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE FUN,
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204. "BUT IT WASN'T.
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205. WE'LL PUT
EVERYTHING BACK!"
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206. A FEW DAYS LATER
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207. SIR TOPHAM HATT INVITED
SOME OF THE ENGINES
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208. TO MAITHWAITE...
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209. WINNER OF
THE BEST DRESSED STATION AWARD.
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210. "I'm sorry, Toby,"
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211. WHISPERED PERCY.
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212. "You made the right choice."
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213. THEN, SIR TOPHAM HATT
MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
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214. "THERE IS ONE MORE PRIZE
FOR OUR GOOD FRIEND, THE RAM.
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215. "HERE IT IS...
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216. AND I'LL EAT MY HAT
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT!"
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217. THEN HAROLD LANDED.
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218. THE WIND FROM HIS BLADES BLEW
SIR TOPHAM HATT'S HAT OFF.
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219. "BAAAA!"
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220. "WELL... SEEMS I WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO EAT MY HAT
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221. EVEN IF I HAD TO!"
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222. EVERYONE LAUGHED,
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223. AND THE ONLY SOUND
FROM THE RAM
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224. WAS A CONTENTED HICCUP!
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