The Party

The Party is a magazine story

Plot
The day's work was done and the engines were to have a party at the sheds, while The Fat Controller holds a party at a hotel near the main station. Meanwhile, Diesel was stood in a siding all cold and alone. Snow was falling down on him. He thought everyone would forgot about him. But he was wrong. James said that he was glad that Diesel was on his own after he told stories about him. But Edward says that it's Christmas and that they should feel sorry for him and they should invite him to the party. The other engines didn't agree with him at first but he persuaded them that they should forgive Diesel. So Edward and his crew went to look for him. Diesel was pleased to be found and when they returned to the sheds, the other engines were all nice to him. Soon they were all fast asleep. In the end It proved that even a naughty engine like Diesel can be good if other engines are good to him.

Characters

 * Diesel
 * Edward
 * James (does not speak)
 * The Fat Controller
 * Thomas (does not speak)
 * Percy (does not speak)
 * Henry (does not speak)
 * Duck (does not speak)

Trivia

 * The story continues from "Diesel's Christmas ".

Goofs

 * James' front bogey wheel is white in the last illustration.