Chapter 17

Narrator: Sally, Harry, and Lady were driving their engine across the island of Sodor, and they were looking at all of the sites that the island had to offer. I t was a wonderful place! There was green grass everywhere, lush flowers of almost every color, and all sorts of trees and plants that were as healthy as one could be. There were also railway tracks in all directions. Harry spoke up.

Harry: Lady, you said that this island is covered completely by railways, and that the railways are run by teenagers that have their own train engines, well, where are they?

Lady: They are probably at the engine sheds where their engines are all parked for the night. It is towards the end of the day, and they probably have all of their work done. Why don't we go and see them?

Sally: OK. Let's see where they are all at.

Narrator: So Lady started to take them over to the engine sheds. After about an hour, they got there. Then, they looked around and saw three small green 0-4-0 tank locomotives that looked exactly like each other. They had square green bodies, no cabs, and square buffers on their fronts and backs. There were three boys standing there talking to each other. Lady pulled her engine over to them, and got their attention. The three boys looked up, and smiled when they saw their keeper coming towards them. Harry spoke up.

Harry: Hi there! My name is Harry, and this is Sally. Who are you?

First boy: My name is Clive, and those are Neil and Matthew. We drive those three engines over there, and we work for the Sodor And Mainland Railway company.

Harry: Wow! Say, are you three brothers?

Neil: Yes, we are. We were all born on the same day. We are all sixteen years old, and we all share everything in common. We do the same hobbies, we all wear the same clothes, and we all do everything together! Tell us a bit about yourself, and what you are doing here.

Harry: As I said, my name is Harry. I live in the opposite universe from this one, and I worked for a rail factory in the town of Bethlehem, until I was blamed for killing Lady, here. I am a fugitive on the run now, and I had one heck of a last week and a half trying to outrun the law!

Matthew: That must have been very scary!

Harry: Yes, is was! I am still a wanted fugitive because I accidentally shot a police man in Philadelphia. I don't know what I am going to do about living my normal life now.

Clive: Don't worry about that, you could live here on the island of Sodor, and no one will even where you are.

Harry: yes, but I have a wife back at home that is probably worried sick about me, and will probably want to come here with me.

Neil: Well ,why don't you go back to Bethlehem secretly, and sneak her out and bring her here?

Harry: That would be a great idea! I can't wait till she hears from me again! She will love this place, and all that it has to offer!

Matthew: Well, boys, we had probably start heading home to our parents. They will be getting worried about us if we are not back in time for dinner.

Clive: You're right. Well, you three, we best be off.

Sally: Wait, I just want to say something about myself. As you know, my name is Sally. I am the station Master at Harrisburg. I am twenty-eight years old.

Clive: That is very cool! I hope you have a good time telling your friends about your adventure with Harry here!

Sally: I will, don't you worry about that.

Narrator: And with that, Clive, Neil, and Matthew left for home. Just then, Lady spoke up.

Lady: Well, I think that we had better head back towards Welsh mountain. We had better get some sleep for tomorrow.

Harry: Where are we going to sleep at Welsh mountain?

Lady: My magic has made us a little cottage for us. Now I must tell you, you are responsible for taking care of me from now on. You will live with me at the cottage.

Harry: Wow! So now I really do have a daughter with her own train engine!

Lady: Yes. Now let's head off. We will have a full day tomorrow.

Narrator: And with that, harry, Sally, and Lady went back to Welsh Mountain. Harry thought that he would be able to get Maria to go with him to Welsh Mountain, but what he did not know was that he would have a nasty shock when he would get to see her again.