Thomas is dismayed.So hot there huh, bean leaves the size of my hand, adult kiddie pool, our overwhelm is hitting now, pollen count suddenly thru the roof, while you weren’t looking everything came up, sharpen your shovel, regardless of the disasters you have to pass, a little scary, secrets to weeding, wheelies, flower garden in, lilies, dahlias, peony, alyssum, dill, we planted thickly, liter, rude signs, bucket full of tools, the disorganized brain, I have a confession: I like dandelions, no mow May, dead nettle, such happy bees, an affinity for the natives, what’s wrong with my hands?, right tool for the right job, hooks & stubly stubs & forky forks, half-moon leverager on a weeder, crossing things off lists, weed hack, kitchen gardening, Christopher Lloyd, pencils, musical chairs, geranium & white fly, upside down sprayer, day ruiner, Abrum Darby rose, foraging, cucumbers are looking good, habanero peppers, so so, cats using garden as a litter box, too much of a good thing, get a good wheelbarrow, six-pack of peppers, tools not designed for women, Red Pig Tools, vast experience, weed the middle first, margherita pizza, Shrimp Louie with from-the-garden salad, having a plan, look at what’s blooming and what works, take time to enjoy your garden, bye, bye, good one. When Thomas backs into the station, he suggests his streamlining idea to the Fat Controller, who agrees that it is an excellent idea.
Thomas thunders down the line and imagines that he is a streamlined tank engine zooming all over the island, but overshoots the platform at Knapford when he rushes through the station too fast. Just then, Caitlin thunders by, which gives Thomas an idea: if he was streamlined like her, then he could go much faster. The next morning, Thomas is feeling a lot more cheerful and believes that if he is able to go as fast as Flying Scotsman, then he might have a chance of being taken to the show. Just then, Philip rolls into the yard and tells Thomas that if he wants to go to the show, then he should put his mind to it, just as he had done when he had supposedly beaten Gordon in a race. Together they try to help Thomas find his way home. Along the way, he gets lost at sea and finds himself on the mysterious Misty Island, where he meets new friends Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand. When Thomas helps a friend in need, he is rewarded with an exciting trip to the Mainland. Percy tries to compliment Thomas on his knowledge of shunting, but Thomas is still down. The engines are hard at work to build the new Sodor Search and Rescue Center. That evening, Thomas grumbles to Percy as he shunts Henry's train, believing that he will be left behind to do shunting while the Great Railway Show is held. The Fat Controller says that he does not know who to take to the show and even when he does choose, most of the engines will still have to do their normal jobs and orders the engines to get back to work. Thomas especially wants to go, but the bigger engines laugh at him, believing that he is not big enough to compete in the events. Word of the Great Railway Show soon spreads across the rest of Sodor and all of the engines – large and small - want to go and participate in the events. Thomas wants to go and Flying Scotsman tells him that, with any luck, he might be able to, before departing for the Mainland with his passenger train. He explains to a curious Thomas that the Great Railway Show is an event in which engines compete to see who is the fastest, the strongest and whatnot, but he does not know if any Sudrian engines will be going. Flying Scotsman tells Gordon that he has been invited to take part in the Great Railway Show on the Mainland and that he will be competing in the race. Thomas introduces himself to the new engine and tells him about the time he and the other famous engines of Sodor went back to the Mainland, to which the new engine says that he did not know Sodor had any famous engines the engine then recognizes Gordon, who begrudgingly introduces Thomas to his brother, the Flying Scotsman. When Thomas comes to a stop at Vicarstown, he expresses desire to go along the Vicarstown Bridge and visit the Mainland again, when all of a sudden, he sees an unfamiliar green engine with two tenders backing down on the train beside him. Annie and Clarabel try to tell him not to do anything, but Thomas wants to race Gordon to the next signalbox and picks up speed, flying along the line and making it to the signal first, narrowly winning. As he puffs along the line, he hears Gordon behind him.
One day, Thomas is pulling the local train along the Main Line.
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