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00:00DIRTY WORK
00:05James is a shiny red engine.
00:09He always likes to look his best,
00:12and he likes his friends to know he's the smartest engine on Sodor.
00:18Thomas, Percy and Emily were at Tidmouth Sheds.
00:22James arrived. He'd been to the fitters' yard for repairs.
00:26He was excited to get back to work.
00:29I hope I get an important job today, wheezed James.
00:34The Fat Controller arrived.
00:36I need an engine for a special, boomed the Fat Controller.
00:40The Mayor must be taken to the Festival of Lights at the Scottish Castle.
00:45I'm the perfect engine for that job, sir, James whistled.
00:49Very well, James, said the Fat Controller.
00:52James was delighted.
00:55Thomas, Emily and Percy, added the Fat Controller,
00:58if you finish your jobs in time, you can all go to the festival too.
01:03I can't wait to see the festival, peeped Percy.
01:07Neither can I, wheezed Emily.
01:09You'll be the star of the show, James, tooted Thomas.
01:13That made James very happy.
01:16He couldn't wait to make a grand entrance.
01:19We have lots of jobs to do first, peeped Percy.
01:22You haven't anything to do all day, James, wheezed Emily.
01:25Can you help us?
01:27Me, snorted James.
01:29I can't help.
01:30It's much more important for me to look really smart
01:33when I arrive with my important passenger.
01:36And James puffed proudly away to the washdown.
01:43At the washdown, James was very happy.
01:46He enjoyed having his boiler brushed and his cab cleaned.
01:51Percy stopped by on his way to the quarry.
01:54I still have lots of work to do, he puffed.
01:57Can you help me, James?
01:59Sorry, Percy, sniffed James.
02:01It's much more important that I look smart.
02:04Now I need to be polished.
02:09Soon James was being polished until he shone.
02:13Don't forget to buff up my buffers, he tooted happily.
02:18Thomas puffed up with a long line of coal trucks.
02:21Cling, clang, cling, clang, they giggled.
02:24Those trucks look troublesome, laughed James.
02:27They are, tooted Thomas.
02:30Can you help me, James?
02:31Sorry, Thomas, cried James.
02:34I need to look smart for my passengers.
02:36Now I have to get my funnel swept.
02:39As his funnel was being swept, James smelt a fishy smell.
02:44Brush my buffers, he cried.
02:47What's that?
02:48It was Emily.
02:50She was pulling fish trucks very slowly.
02:55These are very heavy.
02:57Can you help me, James? she puffed.
03:00I need to have some special flags fitted, sniffed James.
03:05They'll make me look smart when I arrive at the festival.
03:10At last James was ready.
03:13His flags were fitted, his buffers beamed,
03:16and his paintwork shone from funnel to footplate.
03:21Everyone he passed cheered and waved.
03:25I'm the smartest engine ever, James puffed proudly.
03:34On the way to collect the mare, James passed the Scottish castle.
03:39It looked wonderful.
03:42Everything was ready for the festival, and the Fat Controller was waiting.
03:47But there were no engines.
03:49James was surprised.
03:51Where are Thomas and Percy and Emily?
03:54They haven't finished their work yet, boomed the Fat Controller,
03:57so they won't be here for the festival.
04:02James felt terrible.
04:04I must help my friends, otherwise they won't be here to see me be the star of the show.
04:13James found Thomas.
04:15He was still having trouble with his coal trucks.
04:18I'm going to miss the festival, he sighed sadly.
04:22No you're not, puffed James, because I'm going to help you.
04:26And James did.
04:30James buffered up, and he helped,
04:34even though he got covered in coal dust.
04:38Next, James found Percy in the quarry.
04:42Percy was struggling to pull the quarry trucks.
04:45I'm going to miss the festival, Percy sighed sadly.
04:49No you're not, puffed James, because I'm going to help you.
04:57And James did,
04:59even though he got covered in quarry dust.
05:03Then James found Emily at the junction.
05:07I can't pull the fish trucks any further, James.
05:10They're too heavy. I'm going to miss the festival, she sighed sadly.
05:15No you're not, puffed James, because I'm going to help you.
05:20And James did.
05:24Then James found Emily at the junction.
05:27I can't pull the fish trucks any further, James.
05:30And James did,
05:34even though he knew he would be covered in smelly fish.
05:46At the Scottish castle, the brass band was waiting.
05:51A red carpet was ready,
05:53and so were Thomas, Percy and Emily.
05:56They were all waiting for James to arrive with his important passenger.
06:01Here comes James, tooted Thomas.
06:05Everyone cheered as James arrived with the mare.
06:10But James was worried.
06:12After helping his friends, he didn't look smart at all,
06:16and he certainly didn't feel like the star of the show.
06:20James, said the Fat Controller,
06:22you are a very hard-working and really useful engine.
06:27James was amazed.
06:30You're not cross with me, sir,
06:33even though my flags are drooping and I'm covered in coal dust and quarry dust and fish.
06:38What matters, James, said the Fat Controller,
06:42is that you helped all your friends and safely delivered your important passenger.
06:47Well done!
06:49James was very happy,
06:52and his friends all thought that James was still the star of the show.