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00:00On a clear day when the sky is blue and there is just enough breeze to blow the clouds away,
00:06you can stand on the big hill above the valley and watch Duck and Oliver far below,
00:11busily at work on Duck's branch line near the sea.
00:15The two engines are very proud of their matching coats of gleaming colour.
00:20Oliver often talks about the time that Douglas saved him from scrap.
00:25If it wasn't for his help, Oliver will say,
00:28I might have been caught when I ran away from the scrapyard
00:31and I would never have come to live here on the Fat Controller's railway.
00:36The other engines all wanted to know about Oliver's adventures.
00:40Amazing, remarked Henry.
00:42Oliver, said James, has resource and sagacity, put in Gordon.
00:47What does that mean? whispered Percy.
00:50I think, replied Thomas, it's about being clever and wise.
00:54He is, finished Gordon, an example to us all.
00:58I'm sorry to say that Oliver became very puffed up in the smokebox.
01:03Henry says, I'm amazing, he's right, he whistled as he swooshed along the line.
01:10One day, the Fat Controller came to see him.
01:14You are doing well. Now, you must learn how to look after trucks.
01:20Every wise engine knows that you cannot trust trucks.
01:24The other engines warned Oliver, but he took no notice.
01:32You think I can't manage, he said huffily.
01:36Gordon knows better. He says, I'm sagacious.
01:39You may be good gracious, or whatever you call it,
01:42but trucks can be troublesome and...
01:44Say no more, Doc, interrupted Donald.
01:47It may be a pity, but the wee engine will have to learn for himself.
01:53Oliver pulled some loaded trucks to a siding and pushed the empties to the chute.
02:04Then, he came back to take the loaded trucks away.
02:09They were comfortable and didn't want to move.
02:12What right has he to poke his funnel in here? they grumbled.
02:15We want Doc, or Donald, or Douglas.
02:20Look sharp, puffed Oliver.
02:22That's not the way to speak, hissed the trucks.
02:26We'll pay him out.
02:28Oliver heard nothing.
02:30The trucks moved smoothly at first.
02:33Then suddenly, Oliver felt them push forward.
02:37His driver applied the brakes, but they were useless against the surging trucks.
02:42On, on, on, yelled the trucks.
02:45Oliver fought hard, but still they forced him on and on.
02:58At last, the trucks grew tired.
03:01I'm winning, gasped Oliver.
03:04But it was too late.
03:07Oliver lay, bruised and bemused, bunker down in the turntable well.
03:13Doc surveyed the damage.
03:15Hello, Oliver. Are you being a good, gracious engine?
03:19Beg pardon, of course, but we really don't like this sort of surprise.
03:23Donald and Douglas will miss their turntable until it is mended.
03:28That evening, Oliver was hauled gently to safety.
03:32That evening, Oliver was hauled gently to safety.
03:36I'm sorry, sir, he said to the Fat Controller.
03:39I should have listened to Doc's advice.
03:42I don't feel good, gracious, whatever it is. I just feel silly.
03:47Well, Oliver, replied the Fat Controller,
03:50now you know the damage trucks can do.
03:54Yes, I do, sir, groaned Oliver.
03:56I look like a load of scrap iron.
03:59Ho, ho. Oh, I don't think so, laughed the Fat Controller.
04:03But you do need to go to the works to be mended.
04:06The other engines now felt sorry for Oliver.
04:09The branch line won't be the same without you, whistled Doc. Come back soon.
04:15A few days later, Oliver did come back.
04:19His coat gleamed brighter than ever.
04:22He was a wiser engine, too, and never made a mistake about trucks again.
04:29Thank you.