Woah!
Just one more inspection,
and when you hear my whistle
you are ready to go!
Sounds good
And this is a priority trade you say?
I did say
Now then, don't wait around dilly dallying
Off you go!
Off we go!
(metal screeching)
Off I go!
(bump) Come on! Come on!
(straining) Let's go...
Come on!
(metal bangs)
(ice cream jingle plays)
(ice cream jingle continues)
Oh! Hello Duck!
And uh,
hello Brad!
(ice cream jingle plays)
BOTH: "Not now Rory!"
(gasp) Duck?
Brad?
Rory!
He did it again.
Who did it again?
BOTH: Thomas!
And here comes some stupid pun...
(chuckling)
This rush train has really put a
*strain* on you guys
I can't keep *track* of you both
when you're rushing back and forth like that
And here I thought you were just playing.
Nope.
Thomas just pulled,
yet another,
prank on us.
Too bad you can't prank him back.
Putting two Thomases on the ends of a train --
-- that would be a sight!
Well, as I'm here..
...would anyone like an ice cream?
Come on before it melts!
Two Thomases, no...
But two competitive priority trains...?
Yes.
I think you might be onto something here.
Oh Thomas!
There you are!
No time for pleasantries,
I really need your help.
Well, of course, Brad.
What's the matter?
It's Rory,
the hapless, but lovable
ice cream van,
he has broken down.
But I feel fine!
And indeed you will feel fine,
my good cream van,
once you are at the factory.
You get it?
But--
Knock it off Rory!
You're gonna blow this!
I've got him loaded here,
but he needs to get to the factory,
and quickly, Thomas.
Or else he'll melt...?
Yes, I...yes.
unless he gets over to the ice cream factory
in a hurry
the ice cream will melt.
As you may already know,
this summer has been a
particularly busy season for Rory
so he needs to get going right away.
I cannot do it,
so I need you to go.
It is extremely important that you hurry.
The line ahead is clear,
and you are very quick,
if you leave now,
you can probably get there--
...early.
(Arri roars)
Come on.
Get moving you!
Let's go.
Don't want you to ruin this right out of the gate.
Thomas! There you are!
Just the engine I wanted to see,
I really need your help.
Um...all right.
What can I do for you?
Arri was due to be attached to the last
train through here hours ago.
It was one of those last minute deliveries,
but it was delivered
last minute.
What is this--
Where did you find him...?
Where are all of these trucks with faces coming from?
First Bronco, now Arri...
Shh
Don't you shush me, you shush you!
Brad, you promised me this would be quicker.
Rory shush
hey
I cannot do this so I need you to go.
It is extremely important that you hurry,
the line is clear and if you go now
you can make up for lost time.
What are you...? Looking at me, like that...?
Oh there's more!
Arri can be a handful,
but I know you are
more than competent enough
to take him.
Well, of course, I am,
so where does this
truck have to go?
just beyond the ice cream factory
Wait a minute -- beyond the ice cream factory?
Would you believe that Rory needs to go
that way too?
Huh, how utterly fortuitous!
I do..?
Mmm!
Oh yeah, I do!
DUCK: Oh Brad,
could you imagine the look on the
workmans' faces,
when they see Thomas arrive,
with this exceptionally-late truck?
Oh no no no, Duck,
think about how grateful
everyone will be,
when Rory tells them
that Thomas saved
the ice cream.
ARRI: Ice cream!!
And think of how grateful I'll be when
Thomas cuts my commute in half the time,
eh, Thomas?
Not a problem, guys.
Please, let me take
care of this.
Remember, Thomas,
the ice cream will melt if you don't hurry.
And whatever you do, Thomas, take care,
Arri is carrying fragile cargo:
Vases
...Vases?
Hurry up!
Go slow!
Vases, vases...
right, got it.
I'll probably feel guilty in about an hour.
In about an hour he probably won't
have made it past the first signal.
What is Arri carrying anyway --
did you say vases?
Vay-ses
Vah-ses
Vases?
Huh, really?
No.
He's carrying nothing at all.
All right, good luck, Thomas.
(revs traction engine motor)
Slow!
(metal straining)
Go slow!
Slower!
(ice cream jingle plays)
Not not, Rory, please!
Sorry! I could play something else?
Any requests?
Go slow!
(ice cream jingle continues)
Brad said this would be quicker!
Under different circumstances it would be
right, Arri...?
Yeah!
Come on, Arri,
I know you're being cautious, but give me a break here.
(snap)
(break)
That's not what I meant!
Oh botheration.
Hey! This is more like it!
That's torn it.
Oh!
No!
Oh no!
Oh no!
Oh help!
(ice cream jingle plays)
(crash)
Oh boy,
this is going to be a tough one to explain.
Ice cream!
uh
Care for an ice cream, James?
I mean, you could come on up,
or help me down..?
Oh! (laughs)
I can explain that truck up there.
It's a, um,
tree house ice cream delivery service!
That was a great test run, Rory!
He's getting better every time.
(twig snaps)
Uh, thanks?
Whoa!
Batter up, Thomas!
Honestly, how did you even manage that?
Gravity
Well, to be fair,
you definitely got a lot further down the line
than we thought you would.
And points for creativity, at least!
Hey Duck, did you hear?
Rory decided to
*spruce* things up a bit.
I did!
I heard he'd opened
up a new
*branch.*
Okay, come on...
Yeah,
he was really *pining*
for a change of scenery.
That must be really good
*fir* his customers!
That's enough...
I think we're
*barking* up the wrong tree here!
oh
well I guess we'll just
*leaf* it at that, then!
We're funny!
Er...?
So, all of this was a joke?
Really?
No rush?
No ice cream?
No vases...?
RORY: I'm not even really broken down, either!
Yeah!
Well, I mean,
This...?
This isn't much better
Unbelievable!
You can take your stupid van back then!
(thud)
(items smashing inside)
Nooo!
Oh!
Ah!
Huh!
(ice cream jingle plays)
(tree branch cracks)
(crash)
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