The Winx Club's Sodor Adventures - Season 1

Episode 12: Thomas Goes Fishing

When Thomas puffed along his branch line, he always looked forward to something special: The sight of the river. As he rumbled over the bridge, he would see people fishing.

Thomas often wanted to stay and watch, but Bloom said, "No! What would Sir Topham Hatt say if we were late?"

Every time he met another engine, he would say, "I want to fish."

But they all had the same answer: "Engines don't go fishing!"

"Silly stick-in-the-muds!" thought Thomas.

One day, he stopped as usual to take on water at the station by the river.

"Out of order? Bother!" said Thomas. "I'm thirsty."

"Never mind," said Bloom. "We'll get some water from the river."

They found a bucket and some rope, and went to the bridge. Then Bloom let the bucket down to the water. The bucket was old and had five holes. So she had to fill it, pull it up and empty it into Thomas' tank as quickly as she could, several times over.

"How long is this going to take, Bloom?" asked Thomas. "If we still had the water column back at the station, we would've been done in ten minutes."

"I know, Thomas," said his fairy friend, "but it's still better than nothing. And sometimes, those things happen unexpectedly."

Soon, she finished at last.

"That's good! That's good!" puffed Thomas, and Annie and Clarabel ran happily behind.

Suddenly, Thomas began to feel a pain in his boiler. Steam began to hiss from his safety valve in an alarming way.

"There's too much steam," said Bloom.

"Oh, dear!" groaned Thomas. "I'm going to burst! I'm going to burst!"

Bloom damped down his fire and struggled on.

"I've got such a pain! I've got such a pain!" Thomas hissed.

At Ffarquhar, Bloom stopped just outside the last station, uncoupled Annie and Clarabel and ran Thomas, who was still hissing fit to burst, on a siding right out of the way.

Then while the conductor telephoned for an engine inspector, Bloom found notices in large letters which she hung on Thomas in front and behind, "DANGER, KEEP AWAY."

Soon the inspector and Sir Topham Hatt arrived. "Cheer up, Thomas!" they said. "We'll soon put you right."

Bloom 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 clambered up, looked in and nearly fell off in surprise. "Inspector," he whispered. "Can you see fish?"

Thomas gasped.

"Gracious goodness me! How did the fish get there, Bloom?" Sir Topham Hatt asked.

"We must have fished them from the Els River with our bucket by mistake," replied Bloom.

"Well, Thomas, so you and Bloom have been fishing. But fish don't suit you. We must get them out."

They all took turns at fishing in Thomas' tank, while Sir Topham Hatt looked on and told them how to do it. When they had caught all the fish, they had a lovely picnic supper of fish and chips.

"Mmmm, that was good!" said Sir Topham Hatt. "But fish don't suit you, Thomas, so you mustn't do it again."

"No, sir, I won't," said Thomas sadly. "Engines don't go fishing, it's too uncomfortable."

The End