Thomas, Cranky And The Piano

It was a splendid day on the Island of Sodor. The Fat Controller's engines are working hard every day. One day, Thomas was excited. He was going to collect a new piano for the new piano player who just moved in into Wellsworth.

Thomas was excited. Soon, Fergus puffed up alongside him. "It's a very important job, Thomas," he said. "I know it is," said Thomas, "The new piano is very important." Thomas collected a flatbed truck and set off towards the harbour.

When Thomas arrived, Cranky was still unloading the new piano. "All right!" said Thomas, "Hurry up, Cranky!" "I'm trying!" called out Cranky. Thomas was eager to get the new piano to the new musician. Then, trouble happened.

Cranky accidentally jerked a bit, therefore causing the piano to drop from his hook. There was a loud crash with a yell. Cranky had dropped the piano onto Thomas. Broken piano wood and piano keys were all over Thomas. He wasn't hurt, but he was partly dented and scratched. However, his funnel was cracked and his dome was bent.

Thomas was cross. And so was the harbourmaster. "What is going on here?" he demanded in his loud voice. "Cranky dropped the piano on me!" cried Thomas. "I didn't mean to!" snapped Cranky back. "Yes, you did!" snapped Thomas back. Both Cranky and Thomas were so angry that everyone else joined in. Soon enough, all of their voices started to spread throughout the harbour, thus causing a disturbance. Finally, a loud voice broke the racket.

"SILENCE!" It was the Fat Controller, "Cranky, you have caused delay and disaster. And you have upset the new piano player! Because of this, she won't get her piano! Now what will happen?" "Thanks, a lot, Cranky!" said Thomas. Cranky felt silly. Duck and Salty came to pull Thomas to the works to be repaired.

For the next few days, Thomas was thinking about pianos and Cranky. He was upset. Cranky was ashamed. Salty had scolded Cranky about the piano.

While Thomas was being repaired, Cranky continued working at the docks, unloading ships and trucks. At least he didn't drop any cargo throughout the time.

But still Cranky felt sad. When Thomas was repaired, he returned to his daily duties. He was still thinking about the piano and Cranky. Fortunately, one day, Thomas was told that another new piano was on it's way from England, and Thomas once again headed towards the harbour to pick up the piano.

The harbourmaster told Cranky to unload the new piano from the ship and load it onto Thomas' flatbed. This time the harbourmaster told Cranky to be careful, very seriously. Luckily, this time, Cranky took great care when loading the piano onto Thomas' flatbed. Thomas was grateful, mostly, he didn't have a giant piano dropped onto him like in classic cartoons.

"Thanks, Cranky," said Thomas. "No problem," said Cranky. This time, everyone was happy instead of cross. Thomas set off carefully to deliver the new piano to the new piano player. Don't worry; he was very careful to avoid narrow areas and bumpy tracks. That night, the new piano player played her piano at one of her concerts.

Everyone enjoyed it. At the same time, Thomas was talking to Cranky about the mishap a few days ago. "Thomas," said Cranky, "Sorry I dropped the piano on you." "That's okay," said Thomas, "Sorry I yelled at you."

Then, the two made jokes about cartoons where pianos are dropped onto cartoon characters and declared it to be truly funny than in real life.