Magpie Mavis

"Now I can run my railway again! And it's all thanks to 'Magpie Mavis'!"

- Sir Topham Hatt

Magpie Mavis is a magazine story.

Plot
Mavis has been watching a bird whose nest is situated in a tree near her line. Mavis suspects the bird of stealing shiny things from the station. Her driver climbs up to the nest to investigate. In the nest he finds, the stationmaster whistle and lots of other missing items. At the station, the shiny things are given back to their rightful owners. The Fat Controller asks if they found his watch but they did not.

Sir Topham Hatt's missing watch is causing confusion and delay on the railway - Henry and James arrive at the same platform at the same station at the same time! Meanwhile, Mavis is delivering diesel fuel to the Little Railway. Suddenly, she stopped. She had spotted something shiny in the grass - the Fat Controller's watch! So, when she returned to the station, the missing watch is given back to the Fat Controller who is so happy that he jumps for joy!

Characters

 * Mavis
 * Henry
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * James (does not speak)

Goofs

 * A chef clutching a shiny spoon is seen on the platform when Mavis returns the missing items but a spoon was not seen in the bird nest.
 * So much confusion would not have been caused by Sir Topham loosing his watch.
 * What was Sir Topham Hatt's watch doing in a field on route to the Narrow Gauge Railway?