Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends (1984) s17e09 Episode Script
The Switch
Millie, the narrow gauge engine, loves her job at Ulfstead Castle! She loves being a Really Useful engine and doing whatever needs to be done on the estate.
Running errands for the groundskeeper And showing visitors around the castle grounds.
Luke is also a narrow gauge engine, and he loves his job at the Blue Mountain Quarry! He feels right at home in the noise and the dust! He loves collecting crushed stone and carrying boulders.
He really loves whooshing through the dark tunnels, and bursting out the other side.
One day Luke was given a job that took him out of the quarry, to Ulfstead Castle.
Hello there! Hello.
My name's Luke.
I've come with the stone for the castle! Great! Well, I'm the Earl and this is Millie.
Bonjour.
She'll show you where to take the stone.
You've got a smudgy face! Hahaha Oh! Yes! Well, it's quite dusty over in the quarry.
Why don't you stay here for the rest of the day? I could show you around! I'd love to! But I should really return to the quarry.
- I have work to do there! - I have work to do too! I deliver plants to the groundskeeper.
And there are visitors to take round the park.
That sounds great! But I have more of these stones to move.
They're very heavy! I have to pull heavy loads too! Like, supplies for the estate! Ah, good for you! I'd better rush back to the quarry.
Anyone can rush! Sometimes I have to be quiet and patient.
Oh, I know how to be patient.
And then an idea flew into Luke's funnel! Oh, I know, why don't we switch places? - What? Swap duties? - Just for the day.
So I can see what it's like to do your job in the quarry.
And I can see what it's like to do your job at the castle.
The Earl thought Luke and Millie's plan sounded fun! But first he had to speak to the Thin Controller, Mr Percival.
Mr Percival says a switch sounds like an excellent idea! Millie puffed up to the Blue Mountain Quarry.
She was curious, she was quite nervous at what she might find there.
Meanwhile, Luke set to work at Ulfstead Castle.
Full to the top of his funnel with confidence.
Are you sure this a good idea? The Thin Controller has approved it, Rheneas.
Can you take these trucks over to Owen, please, Millie? No problem, Peter Sam! Urghh, oooff, uhhh.
I knew it! Give the trucks to me.
Urgghhh.
Well done, Millie.
Meanwhile at Ulfstead Castle Is that it? I can pull that easily! This load is ever so light! Now to find the Groundskeeper's Lodge! But all Luke could see was green trees and green grass.
Green, green, green! Everywhere looks the same around here! Luke was used to the busy quarry, full of dusty machines and tumbling stone, not big open spaces! Luke found himself back where he'd started, he travelled the full loop of the estate! Wait What? I've been all the way around the park! But Where was the Groundskeeper's Lodge? Millie was pulling her load through the quarry.
When she came to the mouth of a tunnel.
- Ohh! - What's the hold up? Sorry! I'm not used to going into tunnels.
The tunnel seemed like a small and dark space compared to the castle grounds.
Well, I can't hang around all day! Get going! - I'm not sure that I can.
- I can give you a push if it helps.
No! I can do it.
Here I go.
Woooh! Hehehe.
I love tunnels! Later on, Luke had been given a different job pulling sightseers around the estate, but there was a deer on the track.
Hmm.
If I want to be a Really Useful engine, I should get that deer out of the way! Ohhhhh Here you go, Luke.
Ohh.
Hello there.
Luke's doing my job today and I'm doing his! My name's Millie.
Oh, pleased to meet you, Millie.
But can you take this load of gravel off me? Off you go then! Back at the Earl's Estate, Luke was speeding through the grounds.
Luke! It's not a race! The passengers don't like being bounced around like peas in a pod.
- Ohhhhh.
- Again, again! Sorry, sir.
You've got to learn to take things a bit easy.
You wouldn't have spent so long looking for the Groundskeeper's Lodge, if you'd gone a bit slower.
At the quarry, Millie had learned that she was stronger than she realised.
That she wasn't afraid of tunnels And that she didn't mind a little dust! While Luke realised that there was so much to see at the park.
And the best way to see it all was to keep his eyes open.
And take things smooth and steady.
Luke had finished his day's work and was leaving when he saw Millie.
You've got a smudgy face! Well, it's quite dusty over in the quarry.
- Did you like it there? - Yes! I loved the tunnels! And the noise! So exciting! How about you? Well, it was very peaceful and beautiful.
But I can't wait to get home! Me too! - Bye, Millie! - Au revoir.
Millie and Luke were glad to be heading back to their old jobs but they were both very happy to have made a new friend!
Running errands for the groundskeeper And showing visitors around the castle grounds.
Luke is also a narrow gauge engine, and he loves his job at the Blue Mountain Quarry! He feels right at home in the noise and the dust! He loves collecting crushed stone and carrying boulders.
He really loves whooshing through the dark tunnels, and bursting out the other side.
One day Luke was given a job that took him out of the quarry, to Ulfstead Castle.
Hello there! Hello.
My name's Luke.
I've come with the stone for the castle! Great! Well, I'm the Earl and this is Millie.
Bonjour.
She'll show you where to take the stone.
You've got a smudgy face! Hahaha Oh! Yes! Well, it's quite dusty over in the quarry.
Why don't you stay here for the rest of the day? I could show you around! I'd love to! But I should really return to the quarry.
- I have work to do there! - I have work to do too! I deliver plants to the groundskeeper.
And there are visitors to take round the park.
That sounds great! But I have more of these stones to move.
They're very heavy! I have to pull heavy loads too! Like, supplies for the estate! Ah, good for you! I'd better rush back to the quarry.
Anyone can rush! Sometimes I have to be quiet and patient.
Oh, I know how to be patient.
And then an idea flew into Luke's funnel! Oh, I know, why don't we switch places? - What? Swap duties? - Just for the day.
So I can see what it's like to do your job in the quarry.
And I can see what it's like to do your job at the castle.
The Earl thought Luke and Millie's plan sounded fun! But first he had to speak to the Thin Controller, Mr Percival.
Mr Percival says a switch sounds like an excellent idea! Millie puffed up to the Blue Mountain Quarry.
She was curious, she was quite nervous at what she might find there.
Meanwhile, Luke set to work at Ulfstead Castle.
Full to the top of his funnel with confidence.
Are you sure this a good idea? The Thin Controller has approved it, Rheneas.
Can you take these trucks over to Owen, please, Millie? No problem, Peter Sam! Urghh, oooff, uhhh.
I knew it! Give the trucks to me.
Urgghhh.
Well done, Millie.
Meanwhile at Ulfstead Castle Is that it? I can pull that easily! This load is ever so light! Now to find the Groundskeeper's Lodge! But all Luke could see was green trees and green grass.
Green, green, green! Everywhere looks the same around here! Luke was used to the busy quarry, full of dusty machines and tumbling stone, not big open spaces! Luke found himself back where he'd started, he travelled the full loop of the estate! Wait What? I've been all the way around the park! But Where was the Groundskeeper's Lodge? Millie was pulling her load through the quarry.
When she came to the mouth of a tunnel.
- Ohh! - What's the hold up? Sorry! I'm not used to going into tunnels.
The tunnel seemed like a small and dark space compared to the castle grounds.
Well, I can't hang around all day! Get going! - I'm not sure that I can.
- I can give you a push if it helps.
No! I can do it.
Here I go.
Woooh! Hehehe.
I love tunnels! Later on, Luke had been given a different job pulling sightseers around the estate, but there was a deer on the track.
Hmm.
If I want to be a Really Useful engine, I should get that deer out of the way! Ohhhhh Here you go, Luke.
Ohh.
Hello there.
Luke's doing my job today and I'm doing his! My name's Millie.
Oh, pleased to meet you, Millie.
But can you take this load of gravel off me? Off you go then! Back at the Earl's Estate, Luke was speeding through the grounds.
Luke! It's not a race! The passengers don't like being bounced around like peas in a pod.
- Ohhhhh.
- Again, again! Sorry, sir.
You've got to learn to take things a bit easy.
You wouldn't have spent so long looking for the Groundskeeper's Lodge, if you'd gone a bit slower.
At the quarry, Millie had learned that she was stronger than she realised.
That she wasn't afraid of tunnels And that she didn't mind a little dust! While Luke realised that there was so much to see at the park.
And the best way to see it all was to keep his eyes open.
And take things smooth and steady.
Luke had finished his day's work and was leaving when he saw Millie.
You've got a smudgy face! Well, it's quite dusty over in the quarry.
- Did you like it there? - Yes! I loved the tunnels! And the noise! So exciting! How about you? Well, it was very peaceful and beautiful.
But I can't wait to get home! Me too! - Bye, Millie! - Au revoir.
Millie and Luke were glad to be heading back to their old jobs but they were both very happy to have made a new friend!