The water wheel
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00:00THE WATER WHEEL
00:07Is this it?
00:08Yes, Thomas, that's the one.
00:10OK, if you say so.
00:20It's Thomas!
00:26Hello, Thomas.
00:28What's wrong with you today? You don't look very happy.
00:32That's because I've been given a silly job.
00:35Look what they've given me to take to Tuzi Kwan.
00:38Oh, wow! That's their new water wheel.
00:42That's really important.
00:44The old water wheel at Tuzi Kwan is broken.
00:47And they need it to bring water to the paddy fields where the rice grows.
00:52Oh, but it doesn't look strong enough to be a proper water wheel.
00:57I pass a water wheel every day back on Sodor.
01:00It's big and made of wood, and it looks really strong.
01:05But I don't know what this water wheel is made of. It's not heavy at all.
01:10It's made from bamboo, Thomas.
01:13Bamboo is strong and tough, but light enough to float on water.
01:17It can be used to make all sorts of things.
01:20And it comes from the forest all around us.
01:23Wow!
01:28Look up ahead, Thomas.
01:30They're using bamboo to help with repairing a building.
01:34Hello!
01:39And that flute is made of bamboo, too.
01:42Bamboo is used to make lots of different things.
01:45Furniture and...
01:47Wow! A bike! No way!
01:51So can anything be made from bamboo?
01:58I'm so tough! And strong! And light!
02:03I can do anything!
02:08So close!
02:10Thomas!
02:12You'd better stop daydreaming and deliver that water wheel.
02:16Without the water wheel, the paddy fields will dry out.
02:20And without the water, the rice won't grow.
02:23Come on, Thomas. They've been doing this for a long time.
02:26I can't do it.
02:28I can't do it.
02:30I can't do it.
02:32I can't do it.
02:34The rice won't grow.
02:36Come on, Thomas. They need it now.
02:39Right!
02:41I know! I'll take a shortcut.
02:44And then, though I didn't realize it, there was trouble.
03:15Hi, Thomas. Where are you off to in such a rush?
03:19I'm taking this water wheel to Tuzi Kwan. It's very important.
03:23What water wheel?
03:25Huh?
03:27The water wheel!
03:30Oh, no! I've got to get it back!
03:33Good luck, Thomas!
03:38Oh, no!
03:41Oh, no!
03:51Watch out! Watch out!
03:53I can't do it! I can't do it!
03:55Help me! Watch out!
03:57I can't do it! I can't do it!
04:05Watch out!
04:11I chase the water wheel all over the railway.
04:28Watch out!
04:34Phew!
04:40Oops!
05:02Finally!
05:11Phew!
05:14Phew!
05:38Oh, wow!
05:44Oh, no!
05:50Thomas, at last!
05:52Where is the water wheel?
05:54Well, I took a shortcut and...
05:57Oh, I'm very sorry, but the water wheel...
06:01Is here!
06:03Hurray!
06:05What a good idea to bring the water wheel by water.
06:09After all that, bamboo really is tough and strong and light.
06:16You can help us pull it into place, Thomas.
06:19Now that sounds like something really useful that I can do.
06:26I help the villagers pull the water wheel into place.
06:29Stop! Stop!
06:32The water wheel took water from the river,
06:35sending it to the paddy fields where the rice is grown.
06:38Because rice needs water to grow, just like steam engines need it to go.
06:43It's brilliant to see the water wheel in action.
06:46I guess you could call it wheely useful!