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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.

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