The Monster Under the Shed

"Percy has a good imagination, Thomas, but I think yours is even better."

- Gordon

The Monster Under the Shed was a "Pictureback" book written in 2001, published by Random House.

Plot
When Sir Topham Hatt closes the railway early due to weather, the engines are at the station. While the engines wait to go back to the Tidmouth Sheds, Thomas suggests a story to be told. James tells the engines a story. A long time ago, a small blue engine was always ready to help. One night, the stationmaster asked him to retrieve a coach that was left behind. The engine goes on, but when the weather is bad, he settles into an old shed. Later, he wakes up to a noise. When he opens his eyes he is chased out of the shed by a monster. No one has ever heard from him again. Percy asks what happened to the monster, and Gordon tells Percy it was just a story. Later that night, Percy awakens to a clanking behind his shed, but James was shaking some scrap. When Thomas wakes up later the next night, he thinks a hedgehog is the monster.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Henry
 * Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)
 * The little blue engine
 * The monster