Dear Disney,
I just got a letter from Scamp and his adventures with Thomas on his branch line. He says that it's much different than the mainline and he is never bore.
His two sisters, Collette and Danielle agreed with him. They even met and made some new friends on the branch line.
Thomas and Scamp said that you are welcome to come over and travel on their railway. "They'll never see anything like it." I know I haven't.
The Author
Thomas and the Guard
Thomas the tank engine is very proud of his branch line. He thinks it's the most important part on the North Western Railway.
He has a little dog named Scamp, who helps the driver and fireman in case something is wrong.
Thomas has two coaches and in them are Scamp's two sisters.
The coaches are named Annie and Clarabel and Scamp's sisters are called Collette and Danielle.
Annie can only take passengers, but Clarable can take passengers, luggage, and the guard. Collette and Danielle are guard dogs, they search and sniff at the passengers' luggage to make sure they were carrying anything illegal or dangerous in them, but they also provide great company for the passengers, especially the kids and the guard.
Annie and Clarable are old and need new paint, but Thomas and the dogs love them very much.
As they run backwards and forwards along the line, they sing songs to each other.
When Thomas and Scamp start from a station, they sing…
Thomas: Oh come along we're rather late, oh come along we're rather late.
Scamp: Yes please hurry, yes please hurry.
And the coaches and sisters replied…
Annie and Clarable: We're coming along, we're coming along.
Collette and Danielle: We're hurrying, we're hurrying.
They don't mind what Thomas or Scamp say to them, because they know they're trying to please The Fat Controller and they know too that if Thomas is cross, he's not cross with them, he's cross with the mainline engines that make him late.
One day they had to wait for Henry's train.
The driver looked at his watch.
Thomas' Driver: 2mins late.
Scamp: This is the 5th time this week!
Thomas: Indeed Scamp; how can we run our line properly if Henry is always late; he doesn't realize that The Fat Controller depends on me!
Collette: Well don't forget you two, Henry is a bit older than us, plus he's bigger too.
Danielle: Pongo's doing his best too, but they still don't know what's wrong with him.
At last Henry arrived.
Pongo: Look I know what you're going to say and I'm terribly sorry. We're trying we really are, but we just can't get Henry to run properly.
Henry: Yes my system is out of order, no one understands my case; you guys don't know what I suffer!
Scamp: Look you two I know you're trying, and I do feel bad for you two, but this can't go on like this forever. Please the last thing we want is for you two to lose your jobs, just try to find the problem as quick as you can.
Annie: I agreed we're starting to lose patience's too.
Henry: I'll try.
Thomas: If you ask me, I think it's because you're fat, you need some exercises!
Danielle: Thomas, that was uncalled for!
But Thomas didn't care and the guard soon blew his whistle as soon as everyone got on Thomas; the guard turned quickly to his van, but he tripped over an old lady's umbrella and fell flat on his face.
By the time he had picked himself up, Thomas was already out of the station.
Thomas: Come along, come along!
But Danielle realized that there was no guard that Clarable didn't want to come.
Clarable: I've lost my nice guard; I've lost my nice guard!
Danielle, told her sister Collette, who told her brother Scamp, and Scamp tried to tell Thomas what had happened.
Scamp: We haven't a guard, we haven't a guard!
But Thomas was hurrying and wouldn't listen.
Scamp: It's no good!
Collette: Well we got to stop the coaches then.
Danielle: But I don't where the break is and even if I do I can't pull it all by myself.
Annie: And we can't stop ourselves without a guard.
Annie and Clarable: Where is our guard, where is out guard?!
But Thomas didn't stop till they came to a signal.
Thomas: Brother that signal! What's the matter?
Thomas's Driver: I don't know; the guard will tell us in a minute.
Scamp: Um sir…
Thomas's Fireman: Not now Scamp we're trying to wait for the guard.
They waited and waited but the guard didn't come.
Thomas: Peep, peep!
Thomas: Where is the guard!
Annie and Clarable: We've left him behind!
Thomas: What?!
Scamp: That's what we been trying to tell you!
Danielle: We must have left him behind at the last station.
Everyone looked and there was the guard running as fast as he could along the line with his flags in one hand and his whistle in the other.
The passengers and dogs cheered him on, till at last he caught up.
He was very hot, so he had a drink, and told them all about it.
Thomas: I'm very sorry Mr. Guard.
Guard: That's all right it wasn't your fault anyway; it was the old lady's umbrella.
Danielle: I'm glad you've caught up, I've missed you.
The guard patted her head.
Guard: I've missed you too, and you as well Clarable.
Clarable smiled.
Guard: Look the signal is down, we can go.
Scamp: Come on let's make up for lost time!
So Thomas started and Annie, Clarable, Collette, and Danielle were so please to have their guard back, that they sang…
Annie and Clarable: As fast as you like.
Collette and Danielle: As fast as you like.
To Thomas and Scamp all the way and they've reach the end of the line quicker than ever before.