Thomas and Friends Story Time

Steam Team Tales starring Thomas the Tank Engine and the Steam Team.

Based on the railway series by the Reverend W. Audrey, created by Britt Olcroft, read by Mark Morahan.

Welcome to the island of Sodor, a small magical island surrounded by sparkling bright blue sea.

It has fields of green and sandy yellow beaches, castles to explore and bustling docks, where giant cranes lift and load cargo from large ships.

There are also lots and lots of railway lines where engines work hard to deliver

goods and passengers to their destinations.

Today's story is about Thomas the tank engine, a small blue engine with six small wheels,

a short stumpy boiler, a short stumpy dome and a short stumpy funnel.

He was not the biggest engine on Soto, but had a big heart and wanted to prove what a really

useful engine he could be.

Thomas' job was to fetch coaches and goods trains for the big engines.

But Thomas dreamed of pulling his own coaches on his very own little branch line.

Thomas was a cheeky little engine.

One day he found Gordon the big blue engine resting on a siding

and thought it would be fun to play a trick on him.

Peep, peep! whistled Thomas loudly.

Wake up, lazy bones! Do some hard work for a change!

Gordon woke up startled. He decided to teach

little Thomas a lesson. The next morning, Thomas pushed Gordon's coaches into the

station as usual. Gordon called for his passengers to get on board. The signal went down and the guard waved his green flag.

But Gordon started so quickly.

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