Off the rails
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Transcript
00:00Gordon was resting in a siding.
00:04Sometimes, he thought, it's really tiring to be such a large and splendid engine.
00:11One does have to keep up appearances, so...
00:14Beep, beep, beep, beep.
00:18Hello, fat face, whistled Henry.
00:21What cheek, spluttered Gordon.
00:24That Henry is too big for his wheels.
00:26Fancy speaking to me like that.
00:28Me was never had an accident.
00:32Beep, beep, beep, beep.
00:36Aren't jammed whistles and burst safety valves accidents?
00:40Asked Percy innocently.
00:42Beep, beep, beep, beep.
00:44No, indeed, high spirits might happen to any engine.
00:48But to come off the rails like Henry did, well, I ask you, is it right?
00:52Beep, beep, beep, beep.
00:53Is it decent?
00:55Beep, beep, beep, beep.
00:57Then it was Henry's turn to take the express.
01:00Gordon watched him getting ready.
01:02Be careful, Henry, you're not pulling the flying kipper now.
01:06Mind you keep on the rails today.
01:09Beep, beep, beep, beep.
01:11Beep, beep, beep, beep.
01:17Henry went off in a huff and Gordon yawned and went to sleep.
01:22But not for long.
01:24Wake up, Gordon, said his driver.
01:26A special train's coming and we're to pull it.
01:29Is it coaches or trucks?
01:31Trucks, said his driver.
01:33Trucks, said Gordon.
01:40Gordon's fire was slow to start,
01:42so Edward had to push Gordon to the turntable to get him facing the right way.
01:48I won't go, I won't go, grumbled Gordon.
01:57Don't be silly, don't be silly, puffed Edward.
02:04At last Gordon was on the turntable.
02:06The movement had shaken his fire.
02:08It was now burning nicely and making steam.
02:13Gordon was cross and didn't care what he did.
02:16He waited till the table was halfway round.
02:19I'll show them, I'll show them, he hissed.
02:26He moved slowly forward to jam the table,
02:29but he couldn't stop himself and slithered into a ditch.
02:32Ooh, she hissed.
02:34Get me out, get me out.
02:40Not a hope, said his driver and fireman.
02:43You're stuck, you silly great engine.
02:45Don't you understand that?
02:48They telephoned the fat controller.
02:50So Gordon didn't want to take the special train and ran into a ditch.
02:57What's that you say? The special's waiting?
03:00Tell Edward to take it, please.
03:02And Gordon? Oh, leave him where he is.
03:04We haven't time to bother with him now.
03:07On the other side of the ditch some little boys were chattering.
03:11Coo, doesn't he look silly?
03:13They'll never get him out.
03:16They began to sing.
03:18Silly old Gordon fell in a ditch, fell in a ditch, fell in a ditch.
03:22Silly old Gordon fell in a ditch all on a Monday morning.
03:27Gordon lay in the ditch all day.
03:30Oh dear, he thought, I shall never get out.
03:38But that evening they lifted Gordon
03:40and made a road of sleepers under his wheels to keep him from the mud.
03:44Strong ropes were fastened to his back end
03:47and James and Henry, pulling hard, managed to bring him to safety.
04:10Late that night Gordon crawled home, a sadder and wiser engine.