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-When I was a little boy,

-about your age I'd say...

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-..or maybe a little older...

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-..I enjoyed staying

-with Mam-gu and Tad-cu.

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-They were special people.

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-Mam-gu was kind

-and would always cwtsh me.

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-She always smelled

-like sweet apples.

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-No-one could make rice pudding

-like Mam-gu.

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-Or make a bed feel so comfortable.

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-My bed in Mam-gu's house was larger

-than the one I had at home.

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-Smooth and welcoming.

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-Soft blankets

-and thick feather-filled cushions

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-She would read me stories

-and sing special lullabies...

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-..before I sailed away

-to the land of dreams.

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-And that was always

-a good night's sleep.

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-And Tad-cu?

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-Tad-cu was my best friend.

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-He was funny and mischievous.

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-He had the greatest laugh

-you could imagine.

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-If Tad-cu laughed,

-the whole world laughed with him.

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-But the best thing about Mam-gu

-and Tad-cu's home was in the garden.

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-That's where I'd spend all my time,

-Tad-cu and me.

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-Tad-cu loved trains.

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-And so, he built the most magical

-and incredible railway you ever saw.

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-His little engines and carriages

-would be the centre of attention.

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-He would polish them

-and look after them...

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-..and they would run happily

-on the railway all day long.

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-The journey would begin

-in the kitchen train station...

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-..and I was the station manager.

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-When Tad-cu was ready, I would shout

-"all aboard for Tad-cu's garden".

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-I would blow my whistle

-and Tad-cu would fire up the engine.

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-Off went the train with puffs

-of smoke rising from its chimney.

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-The train would leave

-the kitchen station...

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-..and chuff-chuff past flower valley

-and Mam-gu's little paradise...

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-..a corner of the garden where she'd

-planted primroses and pansies...

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-..between pieces of slate

-and little stones.

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-Tad-cu had built a tunnel

-in Mam-gu's little paradise...

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-..and when the train came out

-the other side...

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-..it would continue its journey

-around the lawn.

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-More often than not, Wini,

-Mam-gu and Tad-cu's old cat...

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-..would slouch across the track

-at this point.

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-As soon as she heard

-the train approaching...

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-..with a loud choo-choo...

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-..she would dart into the hedge

-and hide...

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-..until the train

-had disappeared from sight.

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-On went the journey

-to the bottom of the garden...

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-..behind the shed,

-towards the compost heap...

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-..before heading for home

-past the hedge, the rosebush...

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-..and Norman and Kevin,

-the two garden gnomes.

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-It would eventually arrive

-at the kitchen window.

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-The train would be out of steam

-by then, but proud of itself.

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-"Kitchen station, last stop,"

-Tad-cu would announce.

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-I would wave my red banner before

-entering the station office...

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-..in the kitchen for a glass of

-milk and a slice of buttery toast...

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-..made by the cafe mistress, Mam-gu.

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-Then we'd go back

-and do it all again.

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-We'd continue like this

-until tea-time.

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-During the evening,

-Tad-cu would work on the carriages.

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-He'd fix them and clean them

-until they shone brightly.

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-"You look after that train better

-than you look after yourself,"...

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-..Mam-gu would whisper

-with a sly smile.

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-"Look after your things and one day,

-they'll thank you for it,"...

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-..Tad-cu would say every time.

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-One stormy autumn day, Tad-cu was

-busy at the bottom of the garden...

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-..clearing the brown,

-orange and yellow leaves...

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-..which had fallen

-from the nearby trees.

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-He would use a rake

-to gather up the leaves.

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-He'd load them into a wheelbarrow

-and pour them on the compost heap.

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-But he left his rake

-on the ground...

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-..as he moved the leaves from

-the wheelbarrow to the compost heap.

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-The next thing he knew,

-he was flat on the ground.

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-He'd tripped over the rake,

-landed awkwardly and hurt his foot.

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-He couldn't move.

-He started to shout for help.

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-Mam-gu was listening to the radio

-in the kitchen...

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-..so she couldn't hear or see him.

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-He was behind the shed,

-out of sight.

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-What on earth was he going to do?

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-Just then, he heard

-a "choo-choo" approaching.

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-As the train neared

-the back of the shed...

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-..it slowed down

-and stopped next to Tad-cu.

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-"Thank goodness you're here,"

-said Tad-cu.

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-"I'm so glad to see you.

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-"Take this to Mam-gu."

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-He took off his flat cap

-and placed it on the front carriage.

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-"OK," he said, "All aboard."

-The train continued its journey.

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-Tad-cu could see it carrying

-the cap past Mam-gu's bench.

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-"On you go, little train,"

-said Tad-cu.

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-There were leaves on the track

-by the rosebush...

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-..but the train

-battled bravely over them.

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-"Oh, no," groaned Tad-cu.

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-Norman the gnome had fallen over

-in the wind...

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-..and he was lying across the track.

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-"That's the end of it now.

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-"The train will hit Norman and

-they'll both be smashed to pieces."

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-But the little train

-slowed right down...

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-..and as it approached Norman,

-it started to shunt him slowly.

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-It used all its strength

-to move the gnome inch by inch...

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-..a little at a time...

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-..slowly and patiently.

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-"Well done, my dear friend,"

-said Tad-cu.

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-"Steady on now."

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-Mam-gu was washing the dishes.

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-She raised her head

-as the train approached her.

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-She was wondering what was lying

-across the front carriage.

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-A rabbit?

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-A bird?

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-The train stopped

-outside the kitchen window.

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-Mam-gu recognised the shape

-immediately.

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-"It's Tad-cu's flat cap! How on

-earth...? What's it doing...?

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-"Oh, no, something's happened.

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-"Bill? Bill?" she shouted.

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-"Over here, Megan," he shouted.

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-The poor dab was in a lot of pain.

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-Mam-gu went to help him.

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-She phoned the ambulance

-and it arrived promptly.

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-Tad-cu was taken to the hospital.

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-They looked after him

-until he was better.

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-Soon, he was back on his feet

-and feeling much better.

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-When I'd go on my holidays...

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-..Mam-gu would tell me that story

-before I went to sleep.

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-I loved it.

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-The story about how

-the little train rescued Tad-cu...

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-..and how Tad-cu would remind us...

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-.."Look after your things and

-one day, they'll thank you for it."

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