Woolly Bear (magazine story)

"You're like a green caterpillar with red stripes!"

- Thomas

Woolly Bear is a magazine story.

Plot
In summertime, a group of gangers cut the long grass on the line side and rake it into keeps to dry in the hot sun, and Percy stops to collect the hay as the men loads them into the trucks for him to take to the station, and then Toby takes them to the hills for the farmers to feed their stock. One morning Percy gives Thomas a spooky whistle, but that does not scare Thomas any more as he remarks that his ugly fizz is enough to frighten anybody, and continues as he calls him "a green caterpillar with red stripes" because Percy is being late every afternoon in the week.

The remark left Percy feels crosser and decides to teach Thomas how he will eventually be on time, and really useful as he takes his trucks to the harbour. But as he and his crew decides to start home early, a crate of treacle falls down and covers all over Percy. He is now in a very sticky situation, however that does not help matters as he chuffs along the line, the wind blowing the pile of hay and over the track - which makes it slippery for Percy to grip until he grinds to a halt, and he have to wait until the line ahead is clear.

Later that afternoon, Thomas grows impatient with Percy being late again when everyone spots Percy - who is now covered in hay and laughs at how he looks like a hairy caterpillar. Percy apologises as Thomas starts to tease him even more. When Percy heads back to the shed, his driver showed him what he look like in a mirror - much to his surprise! He found out that he looks like a woolly bear.

However it took him a long time to be cleaned, as Thomas and Toby arrives home and made lots of jokes about "woolly bear" caterpillars and other crawly creatures.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Toby

Trivia

 * This story is based on the second season episode of the same name.