

He ends up staying awake all night keeping a lookout for monsters. Percy is still paranoid that night when he is taking the mail, and he mistakes almost everything around him for a monster. The "monster" appears out of the fog, revealing himself to be a steam engine named Gerald, who has earned the nickname "Gator" due to his sloping water tank.


He yells that there is a monster, startling Cranky, who drops a load of sandbags onto Thomas.

Percy is so scared that he reverses all the way back to the docks. He leaves with a goods train as a fog rolls in, but while he is rolling along he sees a mysterious sloping object, which he believes to be a monster, approaching him. Percy begins to worry that there may be a monster on Sodor. Percy is still curious about the footprints, but Thomas still does not know what made them. Thomas goes to the docks, where he meets Percy. She tells him not to go past the danger sign indicating the fallen clay walls, and he cannot investigate. The Fat Controller tells Thomas to go to the docks, but he is worried about the footprints.īefore Thomas goes to the docks, he returns to the Clay Pits to investigate the footprints, but is interrupted by a new steam shovel named Marion. Thomas explains the footprints to a curious Percy. As the rest of the engines leave, Thomas and Percy are the only two left in the yard. They pay tribute to Bill and Ben, who rescued Thomas from the landslide at the clay pits while he is praising them, Gordon and James mumble with disapproval. The next morning, the Fat Controller gathers a few of his engines at the shunting yard for a very important meeting. As the twins run off laughing, Timothy warns Thomas to be careful as a storm closes in and the rain makes the clay cliffs unstable.Īs Thomas is going along, a flash of lightning reveals what looks like giant footprints on the slope above, but a landslide has begun and Thomas cannot stay to investigate Bill and Ben push Thomas to safety just in time. Thomas pulls the trucks forward, jerking Timothy backwards suddenly. They trick Thomas into being coupled to a line of trucks, which are already coupled to a new oil-burning engine named Timothy from the other direction. However, Bill and Ben are in the mood for pranks. When he first arrives, he can see no one, but after catching sight of one of the twins, he chases them to the other side of the quarry. Too)Ī bridge on Thomas' Branch Line is closed for maintenance, so Thomas has to go and work at the Clay Pits.
