Another Thomas rewrite, this time it's the classic "Thomas Goes Fishing" from Season 1, with added lines by tate310. Enjoy and comment.
Every day, when Thomas puffed along his branch line, he always looked forward to the sight of the river. As he passed the bridge, he would often see people fishing.
Thomas often wanted to stop and watch, but his driver always said "No. What would Sir Topham Hatt say if we were late?"
Whenever he met another engine, like James for instance, he would say "I want to fish!"
But they all had the same answer.
"Engines don't go fishing!"
"Silly stick in the mud's!" thought Thomas.
One day, he stopped to get water at the station, when he noticed a large sign reading.
OUT OF
ORDER
"Bother!" said Thomas. "I'm thirsty!"
"Never mind." said the driver, "we'll get some water from the river."
They found a bucket and some rope and went to the bridge. The driver lowered the bucket, which was very old and had five holes, to the water. They had to pull it up as fast as they could, and lower it into Thomas' boiler, several times over.
At last, they were finished.
"That's good, that's good!" puffed Thomas as he set off once more.
Suddenly, Thomas began to feel a pain in his boiler. Steam began to hiss from his safety valve in a alarming way!
"It's too dangerous!" said the driver.
"I'm going to burst, I'm going to burst!" groaned Thomas.
But they struggled on anyways.
"I've got such a pain, I've got such a pain!" hissed Thomas.
They stopped just outside the last station, uncoupled Annie and Clarabel, and moved Thomas, who was still hissing, to a siding out of the way.
While the conductor telephoned for an engine inspector, the driver found large signs in large letters, which he placed next to Thomas. The signs said.
DANGER
KEEP
AWAY
Soon, the inspector and Sir Topham Hatt arrived.
"Cheer up Thomas!" they said. "We'll soon make you better!"
The driver told them what had happened.
"So the feed pipe is blocked!" said the inspector. "I'll just look in the tanks."
He climbed up and peered in. Then, he came down.
"Excuse me sir. Please look in the tank and tell me what you see."
"Certainly inspector!" replied Sir Topham Hatt.
He climbed up, peered in, and nearly fell off in surprise.
"Inspector. Can you see... fish?"
Everyone was surprised.
"How did the fish get in there?" asked Sir Topham Hatt
"We must have fished them out of the river with our bucket!" said the driver.
"Well Thomas, so you and your driver have been fishing! But fish don't suit you, we must get them out at once!"
They all took turns fishing in Thomas' tank, while Sir Topham Hatt looked on, and told them how to do it. When all the fish were caught, they had a lovely picnic supper, of fish and chips.
"That was good!" said Sir Topham Hatt. But fish don't suit you Thomas, so you must not do it again.
"No sir I won't!" said Thomas sadly. "Engines don't go fishing. It's too uncomfortable.