Theodore's Friendship Circle

It was a beautiful day in the Great Big Harbour. Theodore and his friend Hank were floating in their dock together. "Isn't it a nice day today?" asked Hank. "Oh sure it is," replied Theodore. "Who knows what's in for today?" asked Hank.

"Silly question," said Theodore as George and Emily returned from taking a container ship out to sea. "Hi, George and Emily," said Theodore. "Hello," said George. "We're back," said Emily.

"Uh, yeah," said Hank. Then, Foduck returned from his morning safety patrol. "Well, no dangerous things to report today," said Foduck. "I see that," said Theodore.

"What do you mean dangerous?" asked Hank. "You know," said Foduck, "Ships running into oil rigs, hot air, blowing up things, that kind of stuff." "Oh," said Theodore. "Who knows what's in it for today?" asked Emily. "Uh, Hank already asked that," said Theodore, "And Foduck, that happened before."

"Oh, yeah," said Foduck, "I know." "Maybe we should do something right now," suggested Hank. "Oh, Hank," said George.

The tugboats decided to head out to the Sandy beach. But they haven't decided what to do when they all got there. "What do you want to do?" asked Hank. "I don't know," said Theodore. "Maybe we can find shells," said Emily.

"Probably," said George, "Perhaps I should recall the story of the 5 great lakes." "No," said Theodore. "Okay," said George. The tugboats set off again, still deciding of what to do.

They've reached the large rock base near the harbour limits. "What are we here for?" asked Foduck. "I have no idea," answered Hank. "Great," said Emily.

"Maybe," said Theodore, "No, that's stupid." The tugboats were thinking so much about what to do that the time passed quickly that day. The tugboats have no idea what to do that day.

"And by the way, where is George?" asked Hank. "We- He was right here," said Emily. "He must have gone home," said Foduck. "But maybe we should do something today," said Theodore. But it was almost dark by then.

"We should go home," said Foduck. "Maybe tomorrow," said Emily. "All right," said Hank and Theodore, disappointed. The four tugboats set off for home.

It was a silent day, but as the tugboats turned for home at the sandy beach, much to their surprise, they found George. "Hey, George," said Theodore. "I thought you were heading home," said Foduck. George was actually stuck on a sandbar. "Uh, I'm stuck on this sandbar," said George.

"Don't worry," said Theodore, "We'll help you." Soon, Emily, Foduck, Theodore and Hank tied their towropes onto George. They pulled hard. George was really heavy.

However in no time at all, George was free. "Yay!" cheered the tugboats. "Thanks," said George. "I thought you never get stuck," said Hank.

"Well," said George, "Nothing new happened today, so I thought I change that. I got stuck for the first time ever." "Well, I guess you wanted to make things exciting," said Foduck, "Saving you is exciting, too."

Then the tugboats realized that they made a circle of themselves. "Everyone," said Theodore, "We did made things exciting." "Yeah, you're right," said Hank. "We did make a difference today," said Emily. "All of us," said Foduck.

"I guess me being stuck on the sandbar changed things around," said George. "Yes," said Theodore, "We did."

So after their "friendship circle" the tugboats will have more adventures and more mishaps. Uh sort of. But they will always be true friends.