Thomas Friends

"Rex: I've been here all the time. I'm Rex and you, I'm sure, are Duck."

"Duck: How did you know?"

"Rex: That's easy; there's only one great western engine in these parts."

"Rex: (To Duck) As you can see, the small controller's given us different coats."

"Mike: (Grumbles) Silly nonsense."

"Bert: (Protests) I like being blue."

"Mike: (Fumes) It's all right for you, but not for me. Passengers'll say I look like a pillar box!"

"Rex: Shocking! Consider my feelings. When we were both green. Passengers kept calling me "Mike"!"

"Mike: (Splutters) You...you..."

"Bert: Hey, you two. Duck, have you seen our coaches?"

"Duck: Where are they?"

"Bert: Over there."

"Duck: But they're trucks...(Finishes lamely) I mean they're not like ours."

"Rex: I agree. They are like trucks, but they behave surprisingly well."

"Mike: (rudely) Says you."

"Bert's Driver: We've got visitors today"

"Mike: We have 'em every day."

"Bert's Driver: But these are special. One takes 'moving pictures' and the other writes books. So mind you all behave."

"Bert: I don't want to be a moving picture in a book. I want to stay as I am."

"Bert: They did it on purpose!"

"Bert: They splashed me! They SPLASHED me!"

"Bert: Pictures indeed!"

"Bert: I'm a nice picture; covered in mud!"

"Narrator: He sizzled crossly when the Fat Clergyman sat in his tender for the journey back."

"Bert: Driver oughtn't to allow him after what he's done!"

"Bert: (To himself) I know how to pay the Fat One out. It's a lovely plan. I only wish the Thin One was there too."

"Bert: Tit for Tat! TIT for TAT!"

"The Small Controller: You're a very naughty engine. I won't have rudeness to visitors."

"Bert: (Falters) They splashed me. I only.... (Bert is probably crying as he's talking)"

"The Small Controller: That's no excuse I'm ashamed of you."

"Bert: (To Rex and Mike) Those visitors are nice. They came and said 'sorry', and I said 'sorry' too. Then they cleaned me like driver does. They know lots about engines. The Thin One's writing about me in a book. He promised he'd write about you too. Think of that!"

"Mike: Sloppy! Sloppy! It's shocking! If engines can't whistle properly, they shouldn't try."

"Bert: Then why do you?"

"Mike: Why do I what?"

"Bert: Try to whistle, of course."

"Mike: Be Quiet! You're jealous."

"Narrator: Mike was proud of his shrill whistle."

"Thomas was a tank engine who lived at a Big Station. He had six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler, and a short stumpy dome. – Thomas the Tank Engine"

"Rex: Listen, Mike. If I had a whistle like yours, d'you know what I'd do? (Pauses impressively) I'd lose it."

"Mike: (Splutters) The Idea! Whistles are important, let me tell you. Engines without whistles aren't proper engines at all."

"Narrator: Mike went redder than ever with fury. His steam pressure went up suddenly, and his safety-valves blew off, "Whoooooosh!""

"Mike's driver: Hello! As you're ready first, you'd better take the 'passenger'."

"Mike: What! and leave my goods?"

"Mike's driver: Yes, Bert can do that. We can't have you blowing off in here. Come on!"

"Mike's driver: What's bitten him? He doesn't like coaches, but he's never been as bad as this."

"Mike: (muttering) They're jealous, they're jealous. I'll show them! I'll show them!"

"Mike's driver: (remarks) He's in a flaming temper about something."

"The Small Controller: I've no spare whistles. So you'll have to wait. It serves you right for being such a cross patch."

"Duck: (as Mike comes in) What's that?"

"Rex: Oh! Take no notice. It's an Improper engine."