Percy and the Calliope - Thomas & Friends™ 80th Anniversary Storytime

Thomas & Friends™ Storytime (US)

Gullane Limited.

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.5 • 758 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Percy and Diesel are delivering a very old musical organ to the smelters yard. But Percy thinks it's special and tries to make it play music again. Tune in to today’s music-themed Thomas & Friends™ 80th Anniversary podcast story for kids, read by Series Producer Ian McCue, to find out more. For more kids' stories, subscribe and listen to Thomas & Friends™ 80th Anniversary podcast series on Apple Podcasts®, Spotify®, and wherever else you listen to your podcasts. ©2025 Gullane (Thomas) Limited.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Thomas and Friends 80th anniversary story time.
0:05.0	Today's story is Percy and the Calliope, based on the railway series by the Reverend W. Audrey.
0:12.0	Created by Bruthorcroft, read by Ian McHugh.
0:17.0	This story is called Percy and the Calliope.
0:24.6	The engines on Sodor work hard to keep the island clean and tidy.
0:31.6	There is always garbage to be removed,
0:34.6	scrapped to be scrapped and junk to and junked. But the engines are always
0:41.0	happy because they all want to be really useful engines. One day Percy and
0:49.4	Diesel were collecting scrap. Their last stop was at the Duke and Duchess of Boxford Summerhouse.
0:57.0	The Duchess had a very unusual piece of junk for them.
1:01.0	What is it, man? asked Percy.
1:05.0	It is a calliope, said the Duchess. A calliope is an organ that played music at some affairs years ago.
1:15.6	Sadly, this one has been forgotten about and left outside to rust.
1:21.6	Percy's eyes were wide with wonder.
1:24.6	Oh my!
1:31.6	So now I'm afraid you must take it to the smelters yard.
1:33.7	It has to be scrapped.
1:38.2	Yes, Duchess, Diesel replied with delight.
1:42.5	So Percy and Diesel coupled up to the cliopee.
1:49.0	Wouldn't it be wonderful to hear the cliope play music again? Pete Percy. Diesel scoffed, phe, it's just a jumble of junk. The sooner it scrapped the better.
1:56.0	But Percy didn't think the organ was junk. He thought it was special.
2:01.6	If I can make the Calliope work, it won't have to be scrapped.
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