Thomas Tries His Best (magazine story)

"I must hurry or I’ll miss the carnival."

- Thomas center

 Thomas Tries His Best  is a magazine story illustrated using photographs from the television series.

Plot
Thomas is very excited when the carnival arrives on the Island of Sodor. One afternoon, however, on his assignment to collect the chickens, he is told to wait as FarmerMcColl’s truck has a flat tyre. It has been a long time after Farmer McColl finally arrives with the chickens, and Thomas speeds away to reach Brendam Docks and finish his job in time to see the carnival. But the chickens are not happy with the speed, and Thomas slows down.

When he finally arrives at Brendam Docks, it is getting late and he thought he had missed the carnival. However he is assigned to take the crate to the carnival, which contains a generator, as the one there had broken down and all the rides stopped working. As Thomas pulls up to the carnival with the new generator to reactivate the rides, he is praised for being a really useful engine once again.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Farmer McColl (mentioned’’)

Trivia

 * This story is based on the ninth season episode of the same name.