Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends™

Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W Awdry.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stuck in the mud / based on The railway series by the Reverend W. Awdry; illustrated by Richard Courtney.

p. cm. — (Step into reading. Step 1)

“Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.”

eISBN: 978-0-375-98407-5

I. Awdry, W. II. Courtney, Richard. III. Thomas the tank engine and friends.

PZ7.S937563 2009 [E]—dc22 2009010028

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright

First Page

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Click-clack!

Click-clack!

Thomas puffs

down the track.

Thomas finds

an old engine.

Hiro is broken.

Will he be sent

to the scrap yard?

No!

Thomas will fix him.

Uh-oh!

Here comes Spencer!

“I’m going to tell!”

says Spencer.

Oh, no!

Hiro needs help!

Thomas puffs off

to get help.

Click-clack!

Click-clack!

Thomas and Spencer

race down the track.

Splat!

Spencer falls

into the mud!

Now Thomas must help

two engines.

He tells Sir Topham Hatt.

Clang! Clang!

Bang! Bang!

Hiro is fixed.

But who will

help Spencer?

Thomas is too small.

Hiro will.

He huffs and puffs.

He pulls Spencer

out of the mud.

“Thank you,”

says Spencer.

Hooray for Hiro!

Click-clack!

Click-clack!

All the friends steam

down the track.

Christmas in Wellsworth

Easter in Harwick

Halloween in Anopha

James and the Red Balloon

Misty Island Rescue

The Special Delivery

Steam Engine Stories

Thomas and the Shooting Star

Thomas’ Christmas Delivery

Thomas-saurus Rex

Track Stars!

Trouble in the Tunnel*

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