
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends™
Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W Awdry.© 2008 Gullane (Thomas) LLC.Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and Thomas & Friends are trademarks of Gullane (Thomas) Limited.All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.Step into Reading, Random House, and the Random House colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.HIT and the HIT Entertainment logo are trademarks of HIT Entertainment Limited.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataThe close shave / [illustrated by Richard Courtney]. --- 1st ed. p. cm. --- (Step into reading)"Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W Awdry.""Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends created by Britt Allcroft."Summary: Thomas's friend and fellow engine, Duck, has a close shave while trying to stop runaway trucks.eISBN: 978-0-375-98616-1[1. Railroad trains---Fiction. 2. Trucks---Fiction.] I. Courtney, Richard, ill. II. Awdry, W. Railway series. III. Thomas the tank engine and friends. PZ7.C62387 2008 [E]---dc22 2007029800Random House Children's Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read.
Contents
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Thomas and Duckare friends.
They arenot friends with theTroublesome Trucks.
They liketo chug up hills.
They liketo zip down hills.
One day,Duck was zippingdown a hill.Hello, Thomas!
Duck hearda warning whistle.
"Peeeeeep! Peeeeeep!"
Trucks had run awayfrom Thomas.
Go, Duck!No! Trucks!
The Trucksbumped Duck.
Mad Duck!
Glad Trucks!
Duck and the Trucksrushed down the hill.
Duck sawthe end of the line.Duck had to stop!
Duck crashedinto the barber shop.
Sad Duck!Bad Trucks!
The barberwas cross.Soapy Duck.
Dopey Trucks!
"I am sorry,"said Duck.
"I had to stopthe runaway Trucks."
No one was hurt.The shop could be fixed.Duck was a hero!
Duck got cleaned up.
The Trucksgot picked up.
Duck hada close shave!
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