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

Trouble in the tunnel / illustrated by Richard Courtney. — 1st ed.

p. cm. — (Step into reading)

“Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W. Awdry.”

“Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends created by Britt Allcroft.”

eISBN: 978-0-375-98393-1

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

PZ7.T5335 2010

[E]—dc22 2010005871

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright

First Page

Other Thomas & Friends e-books

Peep! Peep!

Thomas was going

to the Mainland.

Cranky lifted him

onto a raft.

“Goodbye!” called Thomas.

The boat sailed to sea.

Thomas bobbed

behind on the raft.

Soon night came.

Thomas could not see.

But he could hear.

Crack! Crash!

The chain snapped.

“Help!” cried Thomas.

The boat

chugged away.

Thomas was all alone.

Thomas was scared!

The next morning,

the raft floated

to a far-off island.

How would Thomas find

his way back to Sodor?

Clickety-clack.

Thomas rattled

around a bend.

Then—screech!

He stopped.

Three strange engines

were in front of him!

“I’m Bash,”

said one.

“I’m Dash,”

said another.

“I’m Ferdinand,”

peeped the last.

The new engines said

they could help Thomas.

But they were silly.

They made jokes.

They teased Thomas.

He huffed away.

He puffed up hills.

He chuffed past rocks.

He raced along the track.

Thomas was lost.

Now he needed help!

Thomas found Bash,

Dash, and Ferdinand.

“I need help,”

said Thomas.

“Will you tell me

how to get home?”

The engines took Thomas

to an old tunnel.

“This leads to Sodor,”

they said.

They puffed inside.

The tunnel was dark.

The tracks were twisty.

Smash! Crash!

Rocks tumbled down.

Thomas and the engines

were stuck!

The engines had a plan.

They told Thomas to

puff as hard as he could.

Puff-puff-puff!

Thomas’ puffs rose

high into the sky.

Back on Sodor,

Percy wondered

where Thomas was.

Then he saw three puffs!

“Thomas!” cried Percy.

He whooshed away

to get help.

Clickety-clack.

Clickety-clack.

Thomas heard something

in the tunnel.

“We’ll save you!”

peeped Percy.

The engines from Sodor

bashed through the rocks.

Thomas was rescued.

Hooray!

Christmas in Wellsworth

Little Engines Can Do BIG Things

Lost at Sea!

Misty Island Rescue

Thomas and the Treasure

Thomas Breaks a Promise

Thomas-saurus Rex