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Stuck in the Mud (Thomas & Friends)




  Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends™

  Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W Awdry.

  © 2009 Gullane (Thomas) LLC.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Stuck in the mud / based on The railway series by the Reverend W. Awdry; illustrated by Richard Courtney.

  p. cm. — (Step into reading. Step 1)

  “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.”

  eISBN: 978-0-375-98407-5

  I. Awdry, W. II. Courtney, Richard. III. Thomas the tank engine and friends.

  PZ7.S937563 2009 [E]—dc22 2009010028

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  v3.1

  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright

  First Page

  Other Thomas & Friends e-books

  Click-clack!

  Click-clack!

  Thomas puffs

  down the track.

  Thomas finds

  an old engine.

  Hiro is broken.

  Will he be sent

  to the scrap yard?

  No!

  Thomas will fix him.

  Uh-oh!

  Here comes Spencer!

  “I’m going to tell!”

  says Spencer.

  Oh, no!

  Hiro needs help!

  Thomas puffs off

  to get help.

  Click-clack!

  Click-clack!

  Thomas and Spencer

  race down the track.

  Splat!

  Spencer falls

  into the mud!

  Now Thomas must help

  two engines.

  He tells Sir Topham Hatt.

  Clang! Clang!

  Bang! Bang!

  Hiro is fixed.

  But who will

  help Spencer?

  Thomas is too small.

  Hiro will.

  He huffs and puffs.

  He pulls Spencer

  out of the mud.

  “Thank you,”

  says Spencer.

  Hooray for Hiro!

  Click-clack!

  Click-clack!

  All the friends steam

  down the track.

  Christmas in Wellsworth

  Easter in Harwick

  Halloween in Anopha

  James and the Red Balloon

  Misty Island Rescue

  The Special Delivery

  Steam Engine Stories

  Thomas and the Shooting Star

  Thomas’ Christmas Delivery

  Thomas-saurus Rex

  Track Stars!

  Trouble in the Tunnel*

  *A STEP INTO READING® leveled reader

 

 

  Rev. W. Awdry, Stuck in the Mud (Thomas & Friends)

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