00:00Summertime was over in the top left-hand corner of Wales. The leaves were still on the trees,
00:16but a cold wind was blowing. Ivor the engine was standing at the platform at Lanyog station.
00:21Oh, well, he was just now. Oh, where has he got to? I don't know. Well, he was here just
00:29now, and he's supposed to be here still. Well, I don't suppose he's far away? I dare say,
00:34but you'll know it won't do. Won't do at all. It is against the regulations engines driving
00:41themselves. You'll know it, I know it, and Ivor knows it, and if he doesn't look out, I shall
00:46tell head office. Oh, dear. Oh, hello, Mr. Gregory. Hello. Dye station there seems a bit fed up.
00:56Oh, well, he's a bit cross because Ivor keeps going off on his own when there's nothing to do.
01:01Well, you can't blame him for that, really. Oh, well, I'd better get him back all the same.
01:08Hmm. I wonder where he is, though. Hello, Nell. Do you want me? I reckon she knows where Ivor is.
01:17Is that right, Nell? Well, look, you borrow my bike, if you like. I'll have a chat with Dye
01:24station and see if I can calm him down a bit. Oh, well, all right. Oh, thank you. Yeah,
01:29I'll do that. Oh, well, come on, Nell. Ivor wasn't far away. Well, not far from a bicycle
01:41or an engine. He was down by Mr. Pew's farmyard. Hey, what happened to you, Ivor? Chickens. Chickens.
01:54Chickens. Hey, four. You are entirely covered with chickens. Look at that, Nell. Chickens all
02:02over. I suppose they're just warming their feet on your boiler, Ivor. And who do you think
02:08is going to wash you after all the mess they will have made? Me? Oh, yes. Well, I dare say
02:15I shall. But listen, Chickens. I'm afraid the party is over. It's time for Ivor to do some
02:21work. Come on. Off you get. Excuse me, please. Would you mind? Down you come, please. There
02:31we are. Thank you. Mind out now. We're off. Oh, there you are. Turned up at last, have you?
02:47Oh, yes. He's all right. And, well, thank you for the loan of your bicycle, Mr. Gregory.
02:51I dare say, but it is not all right, you know. How did I ever get covered with bird droppings
02:58for a start? Well, he was visiting his friends, Mr. Pugh's chickens. They were warming their
03:03feet on his boiler. Oh, really? That's ridiculous. Well, that's where he was. I don't see he was
03:09doing any harm. Doing any harm? He is a railway engine, not a poultry keeper. He's supposed to
03:15be here, ready to work, ready to get coal and take it to grumbling gasworks like he should
03:20have done already. How do you know he's not come to any harm? Well, I'll have a little inspection.
03:28No harm at all. Quite the contrary. Three eggs. Oh. Oh, yes. Well, that is more interesting.
03:40Now I get the idea. Three eggs, is it? Mm, yes. That cheered you up, didn't it, Di? Ah, well,
03:48I don't like to appear to interfere or anything, but I'd rather think those eggs are the property
03:55of Mr. Pugh and his chickens. I think on the whole I had better return them myself. If
04:03you would be good enough to place them carefully in my helmet, I will attend to the matter.
04:10Oh. Oh, right-o, then. Good afternoon, gentlemen.
04:16Oh. I suppose that's right. Only I wonder if Mr. Pugh will ever see those eggs.
04:23Oh, Di-Station, what are you saying? You cannot be doubting the honesty of Mr. P.C. Gregory,
04:28our only village policeman? Come on, then, Ivo. Grumly Gasworks is waiting.
04:36Shhh
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