Dear Disney,
All of the Fat Controller's Engines are now becoming quite famous, but they aren't the only ones that's been getting lots of attention. They're special helpers, Lady, Tramp, and the others are also starting to be recognized more and more as well.
The Fat Controller was so pleased with their contributed to their work that he decided to do something special for them. What is it? You ask. Well read these stories and find out.
The Author
Percy Takes the Plunge
The North Western Railway is just one of the busiest railways in the world, but it's not the only railway in the country. If an engine continues down the line, they would soon enter a railway own by a different controller and they would meet engines from the other railway. Sometimes these engines would have their own animal helper to which they would meet and talk to the dogs from the North Western Railway.
One day, Percy was taking some stone trucks to the harbor at the other end of the line. There, he and Lucky met some Tank engines who had some puppies with them. As Percy deliver the trucks of stone, he and Lucky decided to talk to the tank engines. Later, Henry wanted a rest in the shed, but he and Pongo notice some Tank engines and saw that Percy and Lucky were talking to them.
Percy: It was raining hard, water swirled under my boiler. I couldn't see where I was going, but I struggled on with Lucky.
Jinty: Oh, Percy. You and Lucky are brave!
Lucky: Oh it was nothing. We were just lucky we had some extra help as well. We wouldn't have made through the flood without Percy's crew and Collette and Danielle.
Percy: And besides, water is nothing to a engine or a dog with determination.
Puppy: Please, tell us more Percy!
Pongo: Lucky. What's going on over here?
Lucky: Hello, pop. These are our new friends. These two tank engines are named Jinty and Pug, and these puppies right here are named Johnny and Matt.
Matt: Hello Mr. Pongo. We were just listening to your son's brave adventure.
Johnny: It must be great to rise such a brave and heroic son.
Pongo (Chuckling): Well I won't lie. He and Percy are really awesome. I'm sorry to do this, but this shed is usually for the Fat Controller's engines. So I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you two to leave. We don't want to get you two into trouble.
The two engines went away.
Henry: Silly things!
Percy: They're not silly!
Lucky: They're nice engines and dogs!
Henry: Pah. Again they're silly and so are you two. "Water's nothing to an engine or a dog with determination." Pah!
Percy: Says the engine that was afraid of water twice before.
Lucky just laughed.
Pongo: Henry has a point. I'm still proud of you two for helping out Thomas and Scamp with their passengers and I'm very proud that you and Percy got promoted to work on Thomas' branch line, but I'm worry that you're letting your heroic deeds go through your head. So please still listen to reason and don't do any sort of reckless thing okay?
Lucky: Don't worry, pop. Me and Percy knows not to do anything stupid. We have to get going. See ya.
Percy (Singing): Once an engine attached to a train. Was afraid of a few drops of rain!
Percy and Lucky laughed all the way home.
Percy: Silly old Henry.
Lucky: Hey look, there's Thomas and Scamp.
Percy: It looks like they're looking at a board.
Indeed there was a board on the key it said DANGER.
Scamp: Oh man. Not another one.
Thomas: Yeah. I don't even want to think about the last time we did that.
Percy: What's going on you two?
Percy and Lucky noticed the DANGER sign.
Scamp: Take it from experience. You two don't want to go pass that danger sign.
Lucky: How come?
Thomas: Danger means falling down something. I was stupid enough to go pass a danger sign once and I end up falling down a mine.
Scamp: It's true. I was also there with him. So please don't go pass it. Promise?
Lucky: Don't worry, we promise, right Percy?
Percy (Thinking): But I don't see a mine.
Percy didn't know that the rails just stops at the key side and if an engine went passed the danger sign they would end up falling down to the water.
Lucky: Percy?
Percy: Uh. Oh right, of course. Don't worry Thomas, I promise not to go pass the danger sign.
But the very next day Percy stopped at the station near the harbor and was trying to pass the danger sign, but his driver suddenly stopped him.
Percy's Driver: No you don't!
Percy kept trying and trying, but no matter what he did, his driver kept stopping him.
Lucky: Percy, you promised!
Percy: But Lucky. There's nothing to worry about. Thomas and Scamp are probably just trying to trick us.
Lucky: Maybe so, but Thomas and Scamp both sounded like we're serious when they warned us about the danger sign. So he have to trust them, just like they trusted us when we saved the children and Scamp's sisters. Now come on, we need to bring some trucks to the harbor.
Percy (Thinking): Trucks… Hmm…
Percy had a plan.
When they reached the top station Percy whispered to the trucks.
Percy (Whispering): Well you give me a bump, when we get to the key?
The trucks were surprised. They've never been asked to bump an engine before.
Lucky: Everything's in order. Are you ready Percy?
Percy: Oh, yes. Of course!
The trucks giggled and chatted about bumping Percy as they headed towards the harbor.
Percy had to stopped at a nearby signal.
Percy (Thinking): Neither my driver nor Lucky knows about my plan.
Trucks (Laughing): On, on, on!
Percy thought they were helping.
Percy (Thinking): I'll pretend to stop at the station, but the trucks will push me pass the board, then I'll make them stop. I can do that whenever I like.
If Percy hadn't been so conceited, he would never had been so careless. Every wise engine knows that you cannot trust trucks.
They've reached the harbor station and Percy's breaks came on. That was the signal for the trucks.
Trucks: Go on, go on!
They gave Percy such a fearful bump, that they knocked his driver, fireman, and Lucky off the footplate.
Percy: OW!
Percy was sliding pass the board and he soon regretted the plan went he saw what was up ahead.
Percy: That's enough!
But it was too late. Once he was pass the DANGER sign, he came off the rails, crash through the barriers, and he sloped down into the sea. Percy was sunk, his wheels were beneath the water and he was very cold.
Lucky was very cross and so was the Fat Controller he saw everything.
Fat Controller: You are a very disobedient engine.
The forman borrowed a small boat, and he row both the Fat Controller and Lucky around.
Percy: P-P-Please s-s-s-sir! G-G-Get me out, s-s-s-sir! I-I'm truly s-s-sorry, s-s-sir!
Fat Controller: No Percy, we cannot do that until high tie. I hope this will teach you to obey orders!
Lucky: And for breaking promises!
Percy: Y-y-y-yes, sir!
Percy was starting to feel cold beneath his wheels, fish were playing hide and sneak with his wheels, but when night time came, the workmen brought some floating crane arms to lift Percy out of the water. Thomas brought a flatbed for Percy, Percy was too cold and stiff to move by himself. So Thomas put Percy on a siding, then the next day he was send to works on Henry's goods train.
Henry (Chuckling): Well, well, well. Did you like the water?
Percy: No.
Pongo: Really? Well I'm surprise. Lucky didn't you say that water means nothing to an engine with determination?
Lucky: Determination and common sense apparently. But don't worry, he'll probably like it better next time.
Percy was quite determined that there won't be a next time.