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  Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends®

  Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W Awdry

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  Illustrated by Richard Courtney

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Thomas goes fishing / illustrated by Richard Courtney.

  p. cm. — (Step into reading. A step 1 book) “Thomas the tank engine & friends.”

  Based on The railway series by the Rev. W. Awdry.

  “A Britt Allcroft Company production.”

  SUMMARY: Envious of the children who are fishing in the river near the railroad tracks, Thomas the tank engine finds a way to enjoy the same activity.

  eISBN: 978-0-375-98394-8

  [1. Railroads—Trains—Fiction. 2. Fishing—Fiction.] I. Courtney, Richard, ill. II. Awdry, W.

  III. Series: Step into reading. Step 1.

  PZ7.T36949735 2005 [E]—dc22 2004013892

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  v3.1

  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright

  First Page

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  Thomas chugged

  by the river.

  He saw children fishing.

  “Peep, peep,”

  Thomas said.

  The children waved.

  “I wish to fish,”

  said Thomas.

  “An engine fishing,”

  the Driver said.

  “That is funny!”

  Each day Thomas

  saw the children.

  Each day Thomas

  wished to fish.

  One day

  Thomas stopped.

  “Oh, dear!” he said.

  “My boiler hurts!”

  The Driver looked

  in the boiler.

  It was empty.

  The Driver filled

  Thomas’ boiler

  with water

  from the river.

  Soon they were

  chugging along.

  Thomas stopped again.

  “Hee hee!” said Thomas.

  “My boiler feels funny.”

  The Driver looked

  in the boiler.

  It was not empty.

  There was water

  in the boiler.

  That was not all!

  There were fish, too!

  Thomas had an idea.

  He peeped loudly.

  The children came

  to see Thomas.

  The children could fish

  in the river!

  The Driver could fish

  in Thomas!

  And that is what

  they did.

  “Peep! Peep!”

  Hooray for Thomas!

  Lost at Sea!

  Thomas and the Big, Big Bridge

  Thomas and the Treasure

  Percy’s Chocolate Crunch

 

 

  Rev. W. Awdry, Thomas Goes Fishing

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