Belle is a tank engine who lives at the big station on the Island of Sodor. She's a cheeky engine with twelve wheels wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a stumpy boiler, and a short stumpy dome. She's a fussy engine, too. Always pulling coaches about, ready for the big engines to take on long journeys. And when trains come in, she pulls the empty coaches away so that the big engines can go and rest. Belle thinks no engine works as hard as she does. She loves playing tricks on them, inculding Mavis, the proudest engine of them all. Belle likes whistling rudely at her." Wake up, lazy bones! Why don't you work hard, like me?" One day, after pulling the big express, Mavis arrived back at the siding, vey tired. She was just going to sleep when Belle came up in her cheeky way." Wake up, lazy bones, do some hard work for a change!" You can't catch me!" And off she ran, laughing. Instead of going to sleep again, Mavis thought how she could get back at Belle. One Morning, Belle wouldn't wake up. Her driver and fireman couldn't make her start. Her fire went out and there was not enough steam. It was nearly time for the express. People were waiting, but the coaches weren't ready. At last, Belle started." Oh, dear, oh, dear!" She yawned. She fussed into the station, where Mavis is waiting." Hurry up, you!" said Mavis. Hurry yourself!" replied Belle. Mavis began making her plan." Yes," said Mavis," "I will." And almost before the coaches stopped moving, Mavis reversed quickly and was coupled on." Get in quickly, please." She whistled. Belle usually pushed behind the big trains to help them start, but she was always uncoupled first. This time, Mavis started so quickly, they forgot to uncouple Belle. Mavis' chance had come." Come on, come on," Puffed Mavis to the coaches. The train went faster and faster. Too fast for Belle. She wanted to stop, but she couldn't!" Peep, peep! Stop, stop!" Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Laughed Mavis." You can't get away, you can't get away!" Laughed the coaches. Poor Belle was going faster then she had ever gone before, She was out of breath, and her wheels hurt her, but she had to go on." I shall never be the same again." She thought sadly." My wheels will be quite worn out." At last, they stopped at a station. Belle was uncoupled, and she felt very silly and exhausted. Next, she went on to a turntable, thinking of everyone laughing at her. And then she ran onto a siding, out of the way." Well, little Belle," chuckled Mavis." Now you know what hard work means, don't you?" Poor Belle couldn't anwser. She had no breath. She just puffed slowly away to rest, and had a long, long drink. She went home very slowly, home
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