Alfred and the Elephant

Transcript
Narrator: Alfred and Montana were lonely when Casey Jr. left the yards to run his branchline. They missed him very much. They had more work to do, they couldn't wait in the shed until it was time and find the coaches at the platform. They had to fetch them themselves.

Applejack: Come on, Alfred. We have no time today!

Alfred: (Groaning) Fine! We're going.

(Puffs out of the sheds into the yards)

Applejack: And quit your boiler achin.

Rainbow Dash: You too Montana. You've just been overhauled to run faster.

Montana: Ah, put a piece of coal in it will yah! I'm going, I'm going!

(Puff out of the shed into the yards)

Rainbow Dash: Hey! Don't you snap at me, Montana.

Montana: (Groan) Alright… just don't get your feathers in a knot.

Narrator: Johnny often did odd jobs with Fluttershy and so did Harry and Rojo with Rarity. Johnny and Rojo found it to be relaxing as did Harry for a while. But soon, Harry began to grumble too.

Fluttershy: That's the way Johnny, you're doing great Johnny.

Johnny: Oh thank you Fluttershy. I couldn't have done this without you or William and Rachel.

Fluttershy: (Giggle)

Rarity: Come along Harry darling. We've got shunting to do.

Harry: Oh for Yorkshire's sake! Shunting again!?

Rarity: Look, I don't like it as much as you do Harry, but the work has to be done.

Harry: Oh Blimey! Fine! Let's just get this horrid lot shunted and out of the way.

Rojo: Calm down brother. It's not that bad.

Harry: Easy for you to say. (Puffs off with Rarity.)

Johnny: He'll learn Rojo. I'm sure of it.

Rojo: I hope so. It is a little quiet without Rarity working with me like she did before Harry arrived.

Fluttershy: I could work with you for a bit.

Rojo: But what about Johnny?

Fluttershy: I'll fly backwards and forwards between you.

Rojo: Gee, thanks Fluttershy. That's very kind of you.

Fluttershy: (Giggle)

Narrator: Hoity Toity had kindly gave Montana and Alfred new coats of paint. Montana naturally chose blue, and Alfred chose red, but, they still grumbled as they clanked about the yard.

Alfred: We get no rest!

Montana: We get no rest!

Harry: We get no rest!

Narrator: But the ponies and coaches just laughed.

Coaches: Your lazy and slack!

Applejack: Your lazy and slack Alfred!

Rainbow dash: Your lazy and slack Montana!

Rarity: You're lazy and slack Harry!

Coach 1: I wonder if Yakota and Gwen are fairing better with Casey Jr. on the branchline.

Coach 2: Or those other coaches with Johnny and Rojo.

Narrator: All together, the engines were causing Hoity Toity a great deal of trouble. That was until a circus came. The engines soon forgot to be cross. They all wanted to shunt the colorful coaches and trucks. Montana, Alfred, and Rainbow Dash were dreadfully jealous of Harry and Rarity when Hoity Toity told them to pull the train when the circus went away, but Rainbow Dash managed to calm down a bit.

Harry: Oh boy. This is the best day ever. We're going up in the world Rarity.

Rarity: Well I must say this, is quite an honor to be pulling a very popular show train.

Harry: Later guys. See you tomorrow.

Narrator: And they puffed away.

Montana: (Groans) Why did it have to be Harry?

Alfred: That's not fair.

Rainbow Dash/Applejack: Oh, put a piece of coal in it you 2.

Rojo: We should be happy for them my friends.

Fluttershy: Rojo is right. It isn't right to get jealous.

Narrator: Eventually, the engines soon forgot about the animals as they had more work to do long after Harry and Rarity returned from London with the circus train. One morning, Hoity Toity told Alfred to take some workmen to the blocked tunnel at Ballahoo.

Alfred: (Groaning) Oh why is it always me and that ruddy tunnel.

William: Oh come on Alfred! You know as well as I do that we need to clear the up line. We can't have up trains running on to the down line. It would be dangerous.

Alfred: Hmph. It's only a tunnel.

Applejack: Oh put an apple in it. Come on Alfred. Hoity Toity's orders.

Alfred: (Sigh) I guess.

Narrator: And he grumbled away to find two trucks and the workmen and their tools.

Alfred: (Grumbling) Pushing trucks! Pushing trucks!

Applejack: Cheer up Alfred. It's not that bad.

Alfred: (PPFF) Says you, farm Girl.

William: Oh cry me a stinking river Alfred and build me a narrow boat. Surely you can push two zippidy doodah trucks.

Alfred: (Groan) Fine!

Narrator: Soon they stopped outside the tunnel mouth. They all tried to look through it but no day light shone from the other end.

Applejack: Hmm. I wonder what could be in there, Will.

William: Search me. I hope we can clear it out.

Narrator: The workmen grabbed their tools and went in. It was dark and quiet. But not for long.

?: ewaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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Narrator: Suddenly with a shout, they all ran out screaming like little girls and looking frightened… um, again, no offense to little girls that are reading this. Uh… back to the story.

Applejack: Oh good gravy! What's in there guys?

Workmen: (Panting frighten) W.w..ww.w. We went to the block…..And s.s.s. start to ddd dig. But it grunted… and moved.

Foreman: Oh rubbish!

Workmen: No it is not rubbish! It's big! And alive! And probably very cross! (beginning to cry like a sissy) And we're not going in there again and that is absolutely final!

Narrator: The foreman slapped his face in frustration.

Foreman: (Sigh) Fine you cowardly lot, I'll ride in a truck and Alfred shall push it out.

Narrator: Alfred wheeshed unhappily. He hated tunnels. He had been shut up in this particular tunnel once for being afraid of the rain, but this was worse. Something big and alive was inside.

Alfred: I don't want to go in.

William: Well neither do I, Alfred. But we must clear the up line.

Applejack: Come on Alfred, lets go. We'll just tackle this very slowly we'll be with you every wheel turn of the way.

Alfred: Oh dear! Oh dear!

Narrator: William and Applejack took a deep breath.

William: Well, here goes nothing.

Narrator: William took hold of the regulator and ever so carefully eased Alfred slowly into the darkness. It was pitch black inside. Alfred slowly inched along the line.

Applejack: What's in this tunnel?

William: I can't tell. It's too dark to see. (chill of nervousness) I wonder if there really is something alive inside.

Applejack: Don't be so farfetched William.

William: But what if the workmen were right. If that's the case, we're in for a load of trouble.

Narrator: BUMP! With a loud clang and clashing of buffers. William quickly shut off steam and stopped the train. Then everything happened at once. One moment they were sitting still, next thing they were reversing all by themselves.

Alfred: HELP! HELP! WE'RE GOING BACK! WE'RE GOING BACK!

William: GREAT SCOT!

Applejack: YAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! WHOA NELLY!

Narrator: Then coming out of the daylight came Alfred, then the trucks. And last of all, pushing hard and very crossly, was a large elephant!

Applejack: Well I'll be an apples' auntie, where'd that elephant come from?

Foreman: Well I never did! It's Henri! The elephant from the circus.

William: Well that solves that mystery Applejack.

Applejack: Sure does Will.

Narrator: William set the brakes hard on, a workman telephoned for Henri's keeper and Fluttershy to calm the elephant down. The elephant came towards the men just as Fluttershy arrived just in time on Rojo with Rachel to sooth Herni's ruffled feelings.

Fluttershy: Il ya Henri, c'est bien, permettez-moi de prendre soin de votre blessure au pied, là vous allez tous mieux que c'est une bonne éléphant.

Narrator: And she put a bandage on Henri's bruised foot. Soon the elephant began to calm down and licked Fluttershy lovingly.

Fluttershy: (Giggle)

William: Gee Fluttershy. I didn't know you could speak French. What did you tell him?

Fluttershy: I told him. "There there Henri, it's all right, let me just take care of your hurt foot. There you go. All better. That's a good elephant."

Applejack: Well I'll be. That's impressive Fluttershy.

Rojo: No kidding. That's a new one on me.

Rachel: Wow! I thought I was the only one of us who worked on this railway that could speak a bit of French.

Narrator: William, Rachel, and the workmen gave Henri some sandwiches and cake, while Applejack brought Henri some apples. So he forgot he was cross and remembered he was hungry. Henri drank 3 buckets of water without stopping and was just about to drink another when Alfred suddenly let off steam. The elephant jumped and Hooshed! Henri Squirted the water all over Alfred by mistake. Poor Alfred.

William: Hahahahaha! Looks like you you got an elephant bath.

Applejack: heheheheh! Oh, Alfred! Whatever next?

Rachel: Hahahaha! I'll have to take a note of this.

Rojo: Hehehehe! Oh dear. What a crack up.

Narrator: When the keeper of Henri came, the workmen piled into the trucks and they rode away laughing at their adventure. But Alfred was furious.

Alfred: An elephant pushed me! An elephant hooshed me!

Narrator: Alfred was sulky all day and his coaches had a very unpleasant time, so much so that Rojo was called to take his train from the 1st station they stopped at. That night, Alfred told Montana and Harry about the elephant and I'm sorry to say that instead of laughing and telling him not to be so silly, they looked very sad.

Montana: Oh you poor engine.

Harry: You have been badly treated.