Pirates!

Pirates! is a "read and colour" magazine story.

Plot
Duck loves his coastal branch line, but there's one thing that worries him - pirates! He's worried that pirates will board and take over his train. Then, one day, his worst nightmare become a reality when a group of fearsome pirates board his train! Before long the pirates were filling their buckets with with money and insisting that everyone "hands over their treasure"!

When they arrived at the Main Station, Duck's driver decides he should give the rowdy pirates some money, too. Next, the most astonishing thing happened; the Fat Controller arrived with some schoolchildren who play with the pirates! It was then that Duck's driver explains to the frightened engine that they are really local sailors raising money for a good cause.

That evening, Duck drops the sailors off at the lifeboat house. The chief "pirate" explains that they are raising money for a new lifeboat to help rescue people at sea. Duck was very happy as he'd met some pirates that weren't so fearsome after all. Now he's certain that his branch line is the best on the island!

Characters

 * Duck
 * Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)