THE FRUIT ACCIDENT
Thomas the Tank Engine Puffed along his branch line with Annie and Clarabel. They were singing...until they were rudely interrupted.
"Watch where you're going!" shouted a familiar voice. It was Elisabeth.
"Sorry Elisabeth" replied Thomas
"You should be!" moaned Elisabeth and she drove off. Thomas was fuming.
"Bossy Boiler!" huffed Thomas, and he puffed away, still fuming. "Who does she think she is?" groaned Thomas.
That night, he puffed back to the shed fuming. "What's the matter" asked Emily.
"Elisabeth" moaned Thomas.
"Oh" replied Percy and Emily together.
The next morning Thomas was feeling better. "Thomas," said the Fat Controller, "today you will deliver Fruit to the docks"
"Yes sir" he said as he backed on to the trucks. "I'll get them there"
But he spoke to soon….
Thomas enjoyed puffing along, the trucks however didn't. "Let's play a trick" they said, but Thomas heard nothing, he wanted to make up for lost time.
When they got to a big hill, the trucks put their plan into action. "Hold Back" they whispered. Thomas now felt the strain, until he got up to the top.
"Easy now" he told the trucks.
"We'll show him" the trucks thought. "On, On, On!"
Thomas whooshed as he was pushed down the hill, he went faster and faster, and then to his horror, he saw….Elisabeth!
He tried to apply his brakes, and whistled at her, but it was too late!
CRASH!
Luckily no one was hurt…but fruit was all over Thomas and Elisabeth.
Elisabeth was in a state of shock, "But…But….But!"
"C'mon Thomas, lets clean you up" said his driver.
Thomas was embarrassed, and it didn't help that Tidmouth Sheds were full.
"Hey, look," said James, "It's Thomas The Trifle Engine"
Thomas laughed too, he was a trifle engine!
