Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave Page #3

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before tomorrow.

Well,

why can't Emily do it or thomas?

I don't like pulling cars.

I'm asking you, James.

You can't always do the jobs

you like, you know.

Be careful out there, James.

Monsters can be very hard

to see in the dark.

Percy was very happy

to be pulling

the mail train again.

Thomas is right.

There's no such thing

as monsters.

And gator is right too.

I can be brave.

That's not a monster.

That's just a haystack.

Those aren't monsters, either.

They're just trees...

not scary at all.

Percy didn't feel

scared about monsters anymore.

He felt brave,

while James, on the other hand,

felt grumpy.

It's not fair.

First I'm sent to work

at the scrapyard.

And now Henry gets to go

on holiday to the mainland,

while I have to spend the night

pulling smelly fish.

Ugh.

Yuck.

You look like you're in

a sunny mood again, James.

Hmph, well it's not sunny.

It's nighttime.

Hello.

Ah! oh!

Not again.

Ahh!

Ohh!

James was so frightened

that he missed the red signal,

hit the points,

came off the rails,

and ended up in a pond.

Oh!

Pthew!

Are you all right?

I didn't mean to give you

a fright.

Oh, James.

Heh, I see you met gator.

Heh.

The next day,

Percy was very happy,

not just because he had taken

the mail train again

and not because of what

had happened to James

but because his new friend,

gator,

was now working

on sir topham hatt's railway.

Later that day,

James arrived

at knapford station.

Here he comes.

The other engines

thought what had happened

to him was very funny, indeed.

Gator may have

a sloping water tank, James,

but that's nothing to be

frightened of.

Percy got a fright too

when he first saw gator.

Thank you for taking

the flying kipper for me, James,

only you're meant to deliver

the fish,

not throw them back

in the water.

I'll show them who

the scaredy-engine is.

That night when Percy set out

to take the mail train...

James set out

into the night too.

And he wasn't taking

the flying kipper.

Percy was back into his routine.

Everything was going fine.

He stopped in the stations

and waited

while the mail sacks

were loaded and unloaded,

and he didn't see anything

that worried him at all.

Then there was trouble.

Ha-h a.

There was something

unusual on the track up ahead,

something big.

Oh...

It wasn't a haystack

or a clothesline.

It could only be one thing.

There's no such thing

as monsters.

There's no such thing

as monsters.

Ahh!

The monster!

Percy just wanted

to get back to the sheds

as quickly as his little wheels

could carry him.

Oh, it's coming to get me.

It's right behind me!

I know it is!

The monster!

The monster!

Percy.

I saw it.

I really saw it!

Silly Percy.

There's no such thing

as monsters.

You probably saw

another haystack.

Yes,

a haystack or a shirt on a line.

Maybe you were just dreaming.

You're all wrong.

It was a monster.

It had spikes and teeth

and claws

and spikes and teeth.

Stop it.

That's enough.

Tell them, thomas.

Tell them.

There are monsters on sodor.

You saw those

enormous footprints.

Tell them.

Uh, well,

I...

I don't know what I saw, Percy,

or what you saw either.

But I don't think it could have

really been a monster.

There's no such thing

as monsters.

Edward is right, no such thing,

never was and never will be.

Remember what happened

when you first saw gator?

You must have seen

something you thought

looked like a monster again.

Oh, yes, Percy, admit it.

You're just a scaredy-engine.

James, you got a fright

when you saw gator too.

No, I didn't.

I just missed a signal

in the dark.

I wasn't scared,

not like Percy.

None of you believe me,

and you're right,

I was scared,

but I know what I saw.

Later that morning,

sir topham hatt came

to the sheds.

And he didn't look very happy.

James, what's this I hear

about a car loaded with scrap

being left on the line?

Sorry, sir.

I'll see to it right away.

And where is Percy?

I've also had reports of mail

not being delivered.

Percy was more worried

than ever.

He felt upset that his friends

didn't believe him.

He'd seen the monster,

and he didn't want

to see it again,

especially by himself.

Gator.

Hello, Percy.

Where are you off to

this morning?

I'm just delivering the mail

from last night,

but maybe I should travel

with you.

I bet you'd know what to do

if we see any monsters.

Any monsters?

Oh,

you are a funny little engine.

Percy.

Don't worry, thomas.

Give him time.

Give him time.

It's good to have a new friend

on the island, gator.

I'm really glad

you're not going away.

But, Percy, I am going away.

I've just been useful

while I was waiting for my ship,

and my ship is coming in

tonight.

James?

What is that?

Nothing.

It's just the car of scrap

that was left on the line.

James,

you played a trick on Percy.

You made a monster out of scrap

to give him a fright.

What if I did?

It was only a-a little joke.

Not to Percy it wasn't.

Percy is your friend.

You need to find him

and tell him what you did

and apologize.

Now arriving at platform five

is the great warderton special.

Your attention, please.

This is a station announcement.

Percy was finally delivering

the last of the mail

when he met sir topham hatt.

Percy, you have caused

confusion and delay.

The mail train is meant

to travel at night

so that people get their letters

in the morning.

Yes, sir.

I know, sir.

But I had a bit of a fright

last night.

Excuse me, sir.

You're wanted on the telephone.

Oh, bother, that telephone.

I'll be right back, Percy.

You stay where you are.

Percy wanted to tell

sir topham hatt

about the monster he had seen,

but he never got the chance.

Percy!

I'm sorry about last night,

Percy.

I really am.

Are you, thomas?

Hmph.

I thought at least you

were my friend.

But I am your friend, Percy.

No, you're not.

Friends believe each other.

When you told me

about the footprints,

I believed you.

And when I told you

about the monster,

you should have believed me.

But, Percy-

- maybe I should go

to a faraway land

and make new friends,

like gator.

You can stay here on sodor

with the monsters.

Percy, listen.

Percy, I thought I told you...

to wait.

Percy.

What do you want?

I just wanted

to say something...

about last night.

I know you think I'm

a scaredy-engine, James,

but I'm not.

And I'm going to do something

to prove it,

something brave

that will surprise you all.

That night in tidmouth sheds,

thomas was waiting to see James.

Well, did you talk to him?

Talk to whom?

To Percy, James.

Did you apologize?

I tried, but he wouldn't listen.

He started talking about

doing something brave.

Where is he?

He hasn't come back.

He's probably taking

the mail train, thomas.

Yes, and he probably thinks

taking the mail train

is very brave.

Has anyone seen Percy?

I don't know what's got into

that engine:

Running backwards

through the docks,

delivering mail late,

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