Oil Rigs, Barges And Dories
One day, Sigrid set out to deliver supplies to Owan the oil rig as usual. Theodore and Foduck decided to join up with her. "Hello," said Sigrid. "Hey," said Theodore and Foduck.
The two tugboats and supply ship slowed down to have a little conversation. "So," began Theodore, "I thought I tag along to say hi to you and Owan." "Thanks," said Sigrid, "I though that we needed company."
"We're happy to do so," said Foduck. The floated along together. "So Foduck," Sigrid said, "How long have you been a firefighting tugboat?" "Oh, about 20 years," said Foduck. "Ok then," Sigrid replied, "Interesting."
The three friends talked and talked and talked until they reached Owan. "Hello!" boomed Owan in his loud voice. "Hello," said Theodore. "I'm glad to have visitors!" said Owan out loud. "I know!" said Theodore.
Sigrid let Owan unload his regular supplies. "Here you go," said Sigrid. "Thank you!" said Owan. The moment Sigrid was finished with her job, Theodore turned around.
That's when Theodore saw two more oil rigs far away from Owan. "I have a feeling that none of those two oil rigs are Tex," Foduck said. "Right!" said Owan, "They're from another harbour."
"I see," said Foduck. That's when Foduck's radio picked up a message from one of the two oil rigs. "All right," he said, "One of those oil rigs needs to be moved."
Foduck set off to move one of the oil rigs to another spot out in the ocean. Theodore and Sigird waited until Foduck got back with another order. "Theodore," said Foduck, "I need help with the other oil rig." "What?" asked Theodore. "Come on!" said Foduck, "One of its anchor cables got stuck on a large rock."
"Okay," said Theodore and he set off with Foduck. Sigrid followed Foduck and Theodore. They all reached the oil rig and started helping it out. Theodore and Foduck used their towropes with a hook on the end.
They were going to use them to remove the anchor at the end of the oil rig's anchor cable from the rock which it got stuck on. "Ready?" Foduck said, "Now!" Theodore and Foduck pulled hard.
They used their strengths to pull the anchor free from the rock. "I feel movement!" said Theodore. The anchor became free from the rock. "We got it!" said Theodore.
Unfortunately, Theodore and Foduck's hauling hooks ropes ended up getting tangled together with the anchor cable. "Oh hat," said Foduck. "Sorry," said Theodore, a bit embarrassed.
"We'll have to work together now," said Foduck. So, Theodore and Foduck moved the oil rig with their tangled towropes, but the trip was actually successful. They moved the oil rig to another part of the ocean. Then Sigrid helped get Theodore and Foduck's towropes untangled from the anchor cable.
After that, the three friends returned to the Big Harbour to do the next jobs. Sigrid left for Ceilidh's Cove. Theodore and Foduck's next job was to move cargo. "Barge time," said Foduck. "All right," said Theodore. So Theodore tugged onto Barrington barge, while Foduck tugged onto Bonnavista barge.
Theodore used Barrington barge to shift cargo from one part of the harbour to another. Foduck worked with Bonnavista to remove an old trailer from a beach and take it to the scrap yard.
After Theodore finished with Barrington, Theodore's next job was to tow Brunswick barge. "Hey," said Theodore, "Careful!" Brunswick rocked back and forth nonetheless.
"Sorry, Theodore," said Brunswick, "I can't help it." "We need to move a container from a dock," said Theodore. Theodore and Brunswick collected the container and took it to the container terminal, where Clayton was finishing unloading Jennifer.
"Thanks," said Clayton. Theodore kept Brunswick steady so that Clayton could pick up the container and load it onto Jennifer. "That was an important container," said Clayton.
"I know," said Theodore, "And good job of keeping steady, Brunswick." "It was easy," said Brunswick. Then Theodore saw that Guysborough was nearby, loaded with garbage.
"Uh, Theodore," said Guysborough. "I'm on my way," said Theodore. So Theodore tied his towrope onto Guysborough and tugged away, towing two barges. "Okay," said Brunswick, not saying anything about Guysborough.
"Double towing," said Theodore. Then, Theodore saw Bobby barge, loaded with a steel rig. "Here I go for the third time," said Theodore. So he tied his towrope onto Bobby barge and set off with three barges.
"Now I'm triple towing," Theodore said to himself. He puffed by Foduck, towing Shelburne to help dredge a shallow cove. "Shallow water," said Foduck, as he puffed by Theodore, "Needs to be dredge so that it'll be deep enough for ships. And you are really towing three barges!"
"I know!" said Theodore. Foduck left with Shelburne and Theodore set off towing Guysborough, Brunswick and Bobby barge. After Theodore left Guysborough off at the junk dock. And took Brunswick back to his dock.
Then he towed Bobby barge to a steelworks where he unloaded his steel rig. "Whew!" sighed Theodore. "Welcome back, Brunswick," said Bayswater barge, "Theodore, I'm glad that you had a good time with Bayswater."
"I know," said Theodore, "He was polite today." Theodore decided to go to Ceilidhs cove to meet Foduck and Sigrid. He could see Foduck trying to work with Shelburne to dredge the cove, but Dorothy wanted to have some fun. Sigrid was there, talking to Truro. She stopped to see Theodore arrive. "What is going on?" asked Theodore.
"Oh," said Foduck, "I think Dorothy wants to play with us." "Well," said Sigrid, "I could play with Dorothy." "Me too," said Theodore, "That'll keep Dorothy entertained while Foduck can do his work." "Wanna have fun, Dorothy?" asked Sigrid. "Yay!" cheered Dorothy. So Theodore and Sigrid played games with Dorothy and have fun as well, while Foduck and Shelburne cleared the bottom of the cove to make it deeper.
An hour later, Theodore and Sigrid were tired from playing with Dorothy. "Whew!" said Theodore. "I'm exhausted," said Sigrid. "That was fun," said Dorothy. "Well," said Theodore, "I'm glad that you had fun." "Yes, it was fun," said Dorothy.
"Well, what do you want to do now?" asked Theodore. "Wanna do more fun?" asked Dorothy, turning away. "Huh?" said Theodore, "And oh." Theodore and Sigrid turned to see 14 more dories.
"Well, let's give them a fun time," said Theodore. "All right," said Sigrid. "All right," said Foduck, "Me and Shelburne are finished. Oh dear." "Wanna join in, Foduck?" asked Theodore. "All right," said Foduck.
"Yay," said Shelburne, slowly, "Fun." After a few more hours, Theodore, Foduck, Sigrid and Shelburne all set off for home after having fun with the dories. "What a day," said Theodore. "Today was a crazy day," said Foduck.
"Well, it was fun at the end," said Sigird. "It wasn't too bad," said Theodore. "Yes," said Foduck, "But let's take a break for a while." "I agree," said Sigrid. "Yeah," said Shelburne.
In the future, Theodore, Foduck and Sigrid will carry on with their jobs no matter what.
Even around Oil Rigs, Barges and Dories!