The Monster Under the Shed

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

- Gordon

The Monster Under the Shed is a pictureback book.

Plot
When the Fat Controller closes the railway early due to bad weather, the engines are stuck at the station. While the engines wait to go back to the 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 went on, but when the weather turned bad he settled into an old shed. Later, he woke up to a noise, and when he opened his eyes he was chased out of the shed by a monster. No one has heard of him again.

Later that night, Percy wakes to a clanking noise behind his shed, but it's only James shaking some scrap. When Thomas wakes up later the next night, he thinks a hedgehog is the monster.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * The little blue engine
 * Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)
 * Monster 2x

Goofs

 * James' splasher is not colored black
 * Gordon's and Henry's track is missing.
 * A light was in Thomas' shed but it cannot be seen.
 * On the cover a big hole is seen under Thomas without ballast.
 * It is said that James was pulling the express but he only has one coach.
 * The stationmaster said to pick up a coach that was left on the other end of the line. If it's the end of the line, there should a station, sheds, goods yards, etc, but there's only a shed.
 * In the illustration of Thomas puffing towards the sheds, his yellow lining is missing from his cab.
 * In the first and third illustrations, James is twice the size of Gordon and Henry.