Thomas & Friends (TV Series)

A Scarf for Percy (1991)

Michael Angelis: Narrator (UK)

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Narrator : It was a cold winter's morning on the Island of Sodor. The wind was bitter and the ground was hard with frost. Thomas and Percy were cold and cross.

  Thomas : [getting tired of the blizzard]  All I want is a warm boiler! Firelighter knows that. He's late.

  Percy : He's not late. This cold weather woke us up early.

  Narrator : Gusts of wind swirled around the shed, tossing flakes of snow toward Thomas. Then they swooshed past Percy too.

  Percy : Let's talk about something else.

  Thomas : Yes. Like how silly we'll look when our funnels turn into icicles.

  Percy : That's not funny. Maybe we'll stop feeling cold if we talk about warm things, like sunshine and steam.

  Thomas : And fire lighters!

  Percy : [while picturing himself wearing a scarf]  Scarves.

  Thomas : Scarves? That's what you need, Percy. A woolly scarf around your funnel.

  Narrator : Thomas was only teasing, but Percy thought happily about scarves, until the firelighter came.

• Percy : [to Henry]  My funnel's cold, my funnels cold! I want a scarf, I want a scarf!

  Henry : Rubbish, Percy. Engines don't wear scarves.

  Percy : Engines with proper funnels do! You've only got a small one.

  Narrator : [while Henry looks up at his own funnel, feeling insulted]  Before Henry could answer, Percy puffed away.

• [Percy has crushed Sir Topham Hatt's baggage trolley, sending luggage and a crate of jelly flying into the air. The jelly covers Percy, Sir Topham Hatt, and the passengers] 

  Narrator : Stick streams of jam trickled down Percy's face. A top hat hung on his lamp iron. Worst of all, a pair trousers coiled lovenly around his funnel. Everyone was very angry.

  Sir Topham Hatt : [seizes his top hat angrily]  Mine! Percy, look at this.

  Percy : Yes, sir. I am, sir.

  Sir Topham Hatt : My best trousers too!

  Percy : Yes, sir. Please, sir.

  Sir Topham Hatt : We must pay the passengers for their spoiled clothes and my trousers are ruined. I hope this will teach you not to play tricks with the coaches.