The Hot Day
It was a blistering hot day in the big harbour. The tugs were on alert today of a major heat storm. At the tugboats dock, Foduck was using his fire nozzle to cool down Hank and Theodore. "This is refreshing," Theodore said. "I agree," Hank replied.
"Be careful today," said Foduck seriously, "If we entered an area with high heat, then-" "KABOOM!" The tugboats all jumped. It was Carla, of course. "Carla," said Foduck, annoyed, "Let me finish my sentence, and no more scaring anymore ships."
"Got it," said Carla, cheekily and left.
Before the tugboats began their jobs for the day after the briefing, they were given warnings by the Dispatcher not to go into any superheated areas. "If we go into any superheated areas," Hank said. "Don't mention it," said Theodore.
Then, George came by, towing Katherine, a cargo ship, who looked really burned out. "What happened?" asked Theodore. "It was a big tank of gasoline," said Katherine, "I was taking it in and it went up in flames."
"She entered a forbidden area," explained George, "You know what I mean." Theodore and Hank understood. "Hank," said Theodore, looking at the cargo ship, "Let's be careful." Hank agreed with Theodore.
The day started like normal. Foduck and Constance were on harbour patrol because of any dangers of superheated air. Theodore and Hank were towing Barrington barge and Bonnavista Barge. Both were equipped with cranes to remove any gasoline drums that might catch fire.
However, one ship in the Big Harbour was lucky. Foduck and Constance ran into Bluenose, the sailing ship. "How are you doing today, Bluenose?" asked Foduck. "I'm doing all right," said Bluenose. "Well, no time to chat," said Foduck, "Have to be on guard." "Why?" asked Bluenose.
But Foduck and Constance both soldiered on. "What's going on with him?" she asked herself. Bluenose doesn't have an engine like the other ships in the harbour, so she won't get burned by her fuel because she doesn't use it. Later, Theodore and Hank had finished removing the gasoline drums from the repair dock.
"Let's get these things out of here," said Theodore. "Yeah," said Hank, "It scares me to think about what happens when the sun cooks the dock." The two tugs and barges took the drums away from the repair dock and moved it to someplace cooler.
Later, George was towing Kingston, a small cargo ship into the harbour, carrying a big metal fuel tank. "I have to stay away from high heat, or else," said George to himself. But that did not go according to George's plan as he heard a loud explosion behind him. "I spoke too soon," muttered George.
The fuel tank on Kingston's deck exploded. "Help!" cried Kingston. "Argh!" cried George, "You're burning!"
At that moment, Foduck arrived just in time. "Emergency!" Foduck shouted at the top of his voice and sounding his siren.
He quickly set to work and used his fire nozzle to put out the flames in Kingston. "That was close," sighed Foduck. "My tank blew up," said Kingston. "I tried to be extra careful," George explained. "I take it that the metal tank got superheated by the sun," said Foduck, "Metal tanks are no good in this condition."
Foduck set off again to meet up with Constance again as George towed Kingston to the repair dock to check for any damage done to him.
Later, Emily was towing Bobby barge with a load of explosives to take them to the storage warehouse far from the Big Harbour. She had to be careful. But she and Bobby were afraid. The sun was already beating down on the tug and barge. Bluenose was sailing along merrily. The wind steered her along the coast side.
Then she saw Emily and Bobby trying to avoid any accidents. Then Bluenose came up to them. "Say, Emily and Bobby," said Bluenose, "May I help carry those?" "Well, yes," said Emily, nervously, "But be careful, they're dangerous." So half of the explosives were loaded on bluenose deck.
And then the wind blew Bluenose on her way. Because the wind had a cool breeze, she had no worries of getting blown up. "Good work," said Emily. "Yes!" Bobby answered, "She's going great!"
At last they got to the storage warehouse. All the explosives were safely unloaded from Bluenose and Bobby and all three headed towards home. When the tugboats returned home, Theodore asked Emily how did she manage to survive. Emily told him that Bluenose helped them out.
Soon Foduck returned after working with Constance. "The harbour is now secured," he announced, "The explosives are not going to explode in any way." "That's a relief," said Theodore, "From now on we must be extra careful of what we're dealing with."
"Okay, but I have a funny feeling we forgot something," said Hank. "Well, I didn't succeed," groaned George. "Oh, that," said Hank.