Oliver Gets the Bird (1985)

"Fancy being fooled by a bird, eh, Oliver? I reckon that makes us quits, don't you?"

- Duck after Oliver's run in with Cocky Oliver Gets the Bird is an annual story.

Plot
Oliver is excited about the stationmaster's father's parrot, Cocky. Duck however, is not at all impressed, and doesn't believe that Cocky can talk. One day, Oliver was waiting for Rex's train. Oliver's driver hears a guard's whistle, and leaves the station. When they reach the big station though, the guard is cross with Oliver, telling him to wait for the guard's whistle. Oliver and his crew are puzzled, adamant they heard a guard's whistle, despite the guard's claims that he was in his van, stacking boxes. Then the fireman figures it out, it was Cocky who made the guards whistle! When Duck hears about it, he is quick to tease Oliver.

Characters

 * Oliver


 * Duck


 * Rex (mentioned) 


 * Dilly (mentioned)

Goofs

 * In the first illustration, Oliver is an 0-6-2.
 * In the second illustration, both Oliver and Duck are devoid of side-rods.
 * The text says that Oliver was waiting for the last Small Railway train, but the station is not Arlesburgh.
 * The fourth illustration portrays Oliver as an 0-4-4, and what's more, his whole body is out of proportion in the same illustration.