(NARRATOR READING)
Percy is a cheery little tank engine
who loves working with his friends on the Island of Sodor.
(HORN BLOWING)
One day, Salty noticed Percy standing at Brendam Docks,
looking out across the water.
Percy seemed sad about something.
- (SIGHS) - Ahoy there, matey.
Thinking of taking up life on the sea, are ya?
Huh? Oh, no, Salty.
I was just thinking about my old friend Gator.
A monster! A monster! It's coming this way!
It's the monster from the clay pits!
NARRATOR: When Gator first came to Sodor,
he gave Percy a real fright!
- Oh! Hello! - SALTY: Ha-harrr!
That be no monster, Percy! That be an engine!
- Hello, Percy. - Hello.
NARRATOR: But once Percy got to know him,
the two engines quickly become friends.
But now Gator had gone away,
leaving Percy missing his friend and feeling sad.
Arrr. I bet your friend Gator
wouldn't like to see you moping around like this.
Best not to think about him if you ask me! Gator's gone!
And you've got trucks to pull and other engines to think about!
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
(SIGHS) Cranky is right!
Maybe if I don't think about Gator I won't feel so sad.
NARRATOR: When he pulled heavy trucks up Gordon's Hill,
Percy remembered how Gator made it all seem so easy.
And when he came back to Brendam Docks,
he remembered where Gator had waited for his ship to come in.
Being brave is not the same as not feeling scared.
Being brave is about what you do even when you do feel scared.
Ah, thinking about Gator again, are ye?
Huh? How did you know?
You've been there for half an hour with your trucks coupled up!
Keep yourself busy. That'll take your mind off anything!
Harr! No truer word, Percy. Keep busy. Ha-harrr!
Okay, then. I'll keep busy!
NARRATOR: So, Percy decided to stop thinking about Gator
by keeping himself very busy indeed.
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Oh! Slow down there, Percy!
- Uh! Sorry, Stafford... - (WHISTLE BLOWING)
...but I've got to keep busy!
WOMAN: (ON PA) Your attention, please.
This is a station announcement.
Hello, Percy. Percy!
Oh, Sorry, Thomas. Mustn't stop! Otherwise I'll start thinking about...
Aw! Never mind!
NARRATOR: Then, Percy was sent to the earl's estate
to take some very important trucks to the docks.
They were loaded with valuable sculptures
and paintings for an exhibition.
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
PERCY: ♪ Keeping busy Keeping busy
♪ Never thinking isn't easy
♪ Move some more trucks down the line
♪ Who needs thinking I feel fine ♪
Hello, Percy! Your trucks are ready and waiting.
Thanks, Millie! Mustn't stop!
But don't you need to be coupled up?
No, thanks! I've got to keep busy,
so I don't think about anything!
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
♪ Keeping busy Keeping busy
♪ Never thinking isn't ♪ Uh-oh!
NARRATOR: Then there was trouble. The Troublesome Trucks
started racing ahead!
TROUBLESOME TRUCKS: Faster! Faster! (CHEERING)
Stop! Wait!
- Whee! - (LAUGHING)
NARRATOR: The trucks rattled the points
and switched onto the track that lead to the old mine.
Oh, no, stop, please!
But the trucks were going too fast to stop now!
Argh! Come back, come back!
(TROUBLESOME TRUCKS CHEERING)
NARRATOR: The entrance
had only recently been re-boarded up.
Ahhh!
But even that couldn't stop them.
Percy slowed down when he saw the dark tunnel ahead.
Hello? Anybody there?
Percy knew that he should go in and bring back the trucks.
But he didn't like the look of the mine.
(GASPS)
Percy was scared. He didn't know what to do.
He just had to stop and think for a moment.
But of course, what he thought of was...
(GASPS) Gator.
Being brave is not the same as not feeling scared.
Being brave is about what you do even when you do feel scared.
NARRATOR: Percy remembered what Gator had said to him.
And he knew he could do it! He could be brave.
He could go into the dark tunnel!
Hello? Hello, trucks? Where are you?
Deeper and deeper into the tunnel he went,
wheel turn by wheel turn,
until at last Percy saw some shadowy shapes ahead of him.
Oh, Percy! Help! Help! Pull us out of here!
We don't like being all alone in the dark!
NARRATOR: The trucks were very happy to see Percy!
They were frightened, too!
Come on, you Troublesome Trucks! Let's get you out of here!
Percy had done it! He had rescued the trucks!
Percy knew he shouldn't have rushed off with the Troublesome Trucks.
But then he smiled. He realised that it was Gator's wise words
that helped him to be brave and rescue the trucks all by himself.
Ahoy there, Percy! Not still thinking about Gator, are ye?
You know it only makes you sad.
No, Salty, thinking about Gator makes me happy, too!
I learned a lot from that engine!
I'm lucky to have Gator as a friend, even if he is far away right now.
Aye, Percy! And who knows,
but he might come back to Sodor one day. Ha-ha-harrr!
I hope so, Salty. I really do.
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