Postman Pat and the Troublesome Train Postman Pat

# Postman Pat, Postman Pat Postman Pat

# And his black-and-white cat

# Early in the morning

# Just as day is dawning

# He picks up all the postbags in his van

# Postman Pat, Postman Pat

# Postman Pat And his black-and-white cat

# All the birds are singing

# And the day is just beginning

# Pat feels he's a really happy man

# Everybody knows His bright red van

# All his friends will smile As he waves to greet them

# Maybe - you can never be sure -

# There'll be knock, ring

# Letters through your door

# Postman Pat, Postman Pat

# Postman Pat And his black-and-white cat

# All the birds are singing And the day is just beginning

# Pat feels he's a really happy man

# Pat feels he's a really happy man

# Pat feels He's a really happy man. #

Why do I have to go to school when you're having the day off, Dad?

Because it's Monday morning, Julian, and you have to go to school.

But I want to go on the Greendale Rocket with you.

It's only a little round trip, Julian.

Ajay's testing the engine and I'm helping out.

Oh, come along, Julian, you always have a lovely time at school.

Miaow.

Och!

Have a nice day, son.

-Right then, Jess...

-Miaow?

-All set for a day out?

-Miaow.

Morning, Ajay. Morning, Ted.

-Hello.

-Morning, Pat.

So...what would you like us to do?

Well, the first job we've got to do is fill up the engine.

We can use coal from the tender.

Hee-hee! This is different from delivering letters, isn't it, Jess?

Miaow.

Hee-hee! If only Mrs Goggins could see us now.

PAT CHOKES, AJAY AND TED LAUGH

Well, maybe not right now!

Morning, everybody.

My word, Pat, you look like a proper engine driver!

Yes! It's my day off and Ajay's letting me help out.

But I got a bit too enthusiastic when I was stoking up the engine.

All aboard! ..All aboard!

I say, it's rather nice going on a little round trip!

We'll be able to sit back and admire the lovely countryside.

Relax and enjoy the trip.

By 'eck, this is grand, isn't it, Dorothy?

Gorgeous.

I brought some sandwiches and a bottle of orangeade.

And I've brought a cream cake and a flask of tea.

And we've got some home-grown strawberries.

Well, we're not going to get hungry on this trip. Hee-hee!

Miaow.

The Rocket's going well today.

Um...Ted, look at the water gauge! Should it be going down that fast?

By 'eck, we're running out of water!

Oh, no!

I'd better put the brakes on.

What are we going to do, Ajay?

We won't get far without any water.

Why don't we fill up with river water?

Good idea, Pat. But it'll take a lot of water to fill this boiler.

Mmm. ..Er, perhaps our passengers can help.

OK, everybody, have you all got something to hold water?

ALL: Oh, yes!

Right...start filling!

Whoa!

-Oops!

-Miaow!

-Sorry, Jess.

Miaow!

-I wish I wasn't at school today, Meera.

-What's wrong with school?

My dad's gone off for a ride in the Greendale Rocket and left me behind.

I wouldn't want to be in the Greendale Rocket today.

-Ooh!

-Oh, it's more fun here!

THEY LAUGH

Hey! Water the flowers, not each other!

THEY LAUGH

There!

Thanks, Ted.

Every little helps, eh?

Just a drop more should fill up the tank, Ajay.

Well done, Vicar. It's full up.

Every drop is safely gathered in.

Thanks, everyone.

Let's get going again now.

All aboard! ..All aboard!

By 'eck, all that exercise has made me hungry!

I think we should have something to eat.

Well, I do have a cream cake we could all share.

Hey, cream cake and strawberries, eh?

You can't beat that.

LOUD CLANKING

Miaow?

Goodness me! That was quite a jolt.

-Nothing to worry about, Pat.

-Just a set of bumpy points.

ALL: Oh!

Oh, my word!

I wonder what my dad's doing on the Greendale Rocket.

Hee-hee! I bet he's not eating Lucy Selby's birthday cake! ..Look.

< Wow!

Mmm! Yummy!

We're making up time now.

Aye, we're fairly belting along, Ajay!

Oh, no!

No wonder we're making up time.

We've left the passengers behind!

What?!

By gum!

Miaow!

Hey-up, they've left us behind.

What are we going to do?

We're lost and abandoned in the wilderness.

WHISTLE BLOWS

Oh, the prodigal engine returns.

Sorry about that, everyone. The pin slipped out of the bolt.

It must have come out when we went over that set of points.

Can you get it back in, Pat?

Er, I-I-I think so.

There. Got it.

By 'eck, you'd be a good train driver, I reckon.

That was a tough one, Jess.

Miaow.

This is my dad on the Greendale Rocket.

-Do you still wish you were with him?

-No, this is much more fun.

Oh!

THEY LAUGH

PAT PUFFS AND PANTS

Up we go.

Oh, you have to be fit if you want to be an engine driver.

Miaow.

Hee-hee! We've had quite a busy day.

Mmm. Well, nothing else can possibly go wrong now, Ted.

-HE LAUGHS

-Let's hope not, Pat.

Hmm. Pity about all this good food going to waste.

Still, I've managed to hang on to the cake. Would anyone like a slice?

Oh, yes please, Vicar.

I'm starving.

Let's get stuck in before something else happens.

Miaow. ..Miaow!

Oh, look out!

Ajay, stop the train!

Oh, Alf, forgive me.

HE CHUCKLES

That was a bigger piece than I was expecting, Vicar.

I wonder what's happened.

Oh, no! What's going on?

These look like my sheep.

What are you lot doing here?

-How will we get them off the line?

-Don't worry. I'll move them.

Clear off! Go on!

-Shoo! Shoo!

-Miaow!

I think Jess wants to help you.

-Miaow! Miaow! Miaow!

-Bring them round, Jess. ..Come by! Come by!

Miaow! ..Miaow!

-Choo-choo! Follow me. Choo-choo-choo-choo...

-Woo-woo!

Woo-woo!

Well, we've got your sheep off the line, Alf.

-What will we do with them now?

-We can't put them back in the field.

Look, they've trampled down the fence -

so they'll only get on the line again.

The sheep will have to travel in the Greendale Rocket.

Baa!

SHEEP BLEAT

Oh! ..Oh, dear.

Well, at least the sheep are enjoying our strawberries, Alf.

Oh, surrounded by my gentle flock.

SHEEP BLEAT

-We'd better get this lot home.

-I'll give you a hand, Alf.

Bye-bye, everybody. Bye-bye.

Thanks for an exciting day, Ajay, even if it was a little unexpected.

It didn't quite go according to plan, did it?

All these things are sent to try us.

Thank you for helping me out today, Pat. Sorry for all the disasters.

No problem, Ajay. I really enjoyed it.

But it was a lot harder than I thought, being a train driver.

Miaow.

Phew!

Miaow!

Dad! Dad! I've had a great day.

Meera and I played a brilliant splashing game,

then Lucy Selby gave me a piece of her birthday cake,

then I painted a picture of the Greendale Rocket,

then I was the leader in Follow My Leader!

Sounds like you had a much better day at school than I had.

What happened, Dad? What did you do?

Well, I got covered in coal dust, black oil and freezing-cold water.

Then the carriage got disconnected from the engine

and then we got stopped by a flock of sheep blocking the line.

-SHE LAUGHS

-You're both mucky pups!

Oh!

What would you rather be, Dad, a postman or a train driver?

Miaow.

No doubt about it, son,

a postman - it's much, much easier.

# Postman, Postman Pat

# Can you guess what's in his bag?

-# Is there a letter? #

-Miaow!

-# Is there a parcel? #

-Miaow!

-# Is there a postcard? #

-Miaow!

# What's left? Jess the cat?

# Postman, Postman Pat

# Can you guess what's in his bag? #

Miaow!