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| - Narrator: Rosie was feeling proud about being a super spirited engine, she boasted endlessly about it, but she worked very hard, too, and made everything go like clockwork, it was a lovely perfect afternoon. Narrator: The Freight Cars and coaches behaved well, and the passengers even quit grumbling, but the railroad engines didn’t like having to bustle about it." Rosie: “There are some other ways of doing everything around here.” Narrator: Rosie told them. Rosie: “The railroad engine way or the wrong way, I’m a super spirited engine, and.........." Thomas, Percy, Oliver, Duck, Toby and Emily: “Don’t we know about it.” Narrator: they all groaned in unison. Narrator: the railroad engines were lucky when a peculiar visitor came. Narrator: She moved around smoothly towards them. Narrator: Mr. Perciva introduced her. Mr. Percival: “This is Daisy, we always agreed to give her a fair trial, she needs to learn everything about good behavior and bad behavior, please teach her those things, Rosie." Daisy: "Good afternoon." Narrator: said Daisy in her fancy tone of voice. Daisy: “Pleasure to meet you, Rosie, is that Thomas, Percy, Duck, Oliver, Toby and Emily as well? I’m pleased to meet such wonderful railroad engines.” Narrator: The railroad engines were flattered. Thomas, Percy, Oliver, Duck, Toby and Emily: “She’s very beautiful.” Narrator: they all said about the newcomer in unison. Thomas, Percy, Oliver, Duck, Toby and Emily: “We’re lucky to have her in our railroad engine yard.” Narrator: Rosie had her doubts. Rosie: “Come on, Daisy.” Narrator: Rosie said to her as Daisy trundled after her. Daisy: “You’re lucky our railroad inspector, Mr. Percival-” Rosie: “Our railroad manager, Mr. Percival-” Narrator: ordered Rosie. Narrator: Daisy looked shocked. Daisy: “You’re lucky our railroad manager, Mr. Percival thinks I need a lot to learn, he’s quite mistaken, we diesel engines don’t need to learn anything, we already know everything, we come to a yard and improve it, we’re revolutionary.” Rosie: “Yeah?” Narrator: said Rosie. Rosie: "If you’re revolutionary, maybe you would collect my Freight Cars while I go get Emily’s coaches." Narrator: Daisy, thrilled to show off, trundled away. Narrator: when Rosie returned, Daisy was trying to take some Freight Cars form a siding, they were empty and very old, and haven’t been touched for a long time, Daisy found them hard to move around. Daisy: “Pull, push, backwards, frontwards!” Freight Cars: “No, no!” Narrator: the Freight Cars groaned to Daisy in unison. Freight Cars: “We can’t, we won’t!” Narrator: Rosie watched with excitement and interest. Narrator: Daisy had lost her patience. Daisy: Grrrrargh! Narrator: she growled angrily, and gave 1 great heave. Narrator: the Freight Cars jerked frontward. Freight Cars: “Oh No!” Narrator: the Freight Cars screamed out loud in unison. Freight Cars: “We can’t, we won’t!” Narrator: Some of their joints snapped apart and their wheels jammed in the lower position. Daisy: Grrrrargh! Rosie: “Tee hee, hee!” Narrator: chuckled Rosie. Narrator: Daisy recovered and tried to push the Freight Cars back, but they wouldn’t move. Narrator: Rosie trundled silently around to collect the other Freight Cars. Rosie: “Thanks for arranging those, Daisy, I must go now.” Daisy: “Don’t you want this lot, Rosie?” Rosie: “No thanks.” Narrator: Daisy gulped nervously. Daisy: “And I already took all of this trouble? why didn’t you tell me?” Rosie: “You never asked me, Daisy, besides,” Narrator: said Rosie. Rosie: “you were having such fun and excitement being whatever it was you said, goodbye.” Daisy: Grrrrargh! Narrator: Daisy had to help the drivers and firemen clean up the mess, and she hated it, all of the Freight Cars were laughing and singing at her." Freight Cars: Freight Cars are waiting in the yard Daisy: Grrrrargh! Narrator: growled Daisy angrily, and she trundled away to sulk in her diesel engine house.
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