Here is another story I've just finished.
Foduck has a problem
One bright day, Theodore was bringing in a Cargo ship, loaded with machinery. Then Foduck came alongside to scan the ship. His radar scanned the ship from the top. His underwater sonar scanned the ship from the bottom and he checked to make sure everything is safe. “All safe!” he shouted. And Theodore towed the ship in. A few days later, Foduck was with Digby, as he was digging up his old cables and laying new ones. “Careful now,” said Foduck with caution. Theodore came by. “Good luck,” he chirped. But then, part of Digby’s old cables got caught between some rocks. “Keep it steady,” said Foduck. Meanwhile, George was towing Bobby the barge out to sea. He was going to clear up the ocean floor. “Must be a better job than this,” he said to himself. Then, there was trouble. As Northumberland Submarine rised up, Digby began jerking the cable which is stuck. Then, smoke started to whiz out from Digby’s cable winch. “Digby, you’re cables are stuck!” shouted Northumberland. “Wha?!” said Digby, but it was too late. Then, with a spark Fire blasted from Digby’s Cable winch. It landed on Northumberland’s periscope. “Dive, dive, dive!” he shouted. He dived and put out the fire on his periscope. “FIRE!!!!” shouted Foduck. He turned on his radar, his sonar and his searchlight immediately. “Help me!” shouted Digby. Foduck used his fire nozzle and set it to full blast and fired water at Digby. Soon, the fire was out, but Digby’s new cables, his cable winch and parts of his old cables were turned to ashes. Foduck towed Digby to the repair docks and Foduck headed home. The job was not completed. But there was no other choice. A few hours later, Foduck was working with Theodore. They were towing Emma Sophia, the cargo ship into the harbor. But suddenly smoke billowed from inside Emma Sophia’s cargo hold. Then, it erupted into fire. “FIRE!!!!!!” shouted Foduck. He turned on his sonar, his radar and his searchlights immediately and used his fire nozzle to blast Emma Sophia with full power. Soon the fire inside Emma Sophia was out. But her cargo was destroyed. Theodore was about to find out what caused the fire when he saw smoke from Foduck. “What’s happening?!” cried Foduck in alarm. His radar sparked out. His sonar burned out. And his searchlight blew out. His sonar, his radar and his searchlights have broken down. He could not use them anymore. His engine still works and so does his fire nozzles. “Foduck,” asked Theodore, “What happened to you?” “My safety equipment has had a meltdown,” replied Foduck, weakly. He limped towards the Great Ocean Tug docks. The Dispatcher saw Foduck come towards him. “Hello, Foduck,” he said, “How was job-” “Sir,” said Foduck weakly, “Don’t talk to me.” Foduck passed by, but sparks blasted the Dispatcher from Foduck’s radar. “Oh, that’s smarts!” he shuddered. Thedore towed Emma Sophia to the repair docks. Constance came by. “Uh, Constance?” called Theodore. Constance turned towards Theodore. “Emma Sophia had an accident. Fire roared out of her hold. Can you check to find out what started the fire?” asked Theodore. “Sure,” said Constance, “I will.” Constance checked the ship. “Hey, Theodore?” a voice said. It was Digby. “What are you here for?” asked Theodore. “Burning my cables,” replied Digby, “That was my fault.” Meanwhile, Emily was towing Bayswater the Barge towards Owen. But Oliver was watching. “Thing are going my way,” he sneered. Two evil boats came towards him. “You two are late!” thundered Oliver. “No, we are on time,” said one of the boats. “He’s right,” said the other. “Now that I hope Emma Sucker is burned to ashes, the tugs will be gone soon.” Later, Theodore was working with Barrington Barge when Constance came up to him. “Theodore,” she said. Theodore stopped. “What did I do?” he said. “You’ve told me to find out what caused the fire in Emma Sophia,” she replied, “And I have found out what did.” Theodore listened. “I found the dust of an explosive inside Emma Sophia’s hold,” she replied sternly, “I was strong enough to star a fire.” Theodore looked worried “Don’t worry, I know you would never do something like that,” comfort Constance, “But whoever did it will wish it never run into me.” Later, the two evil boats cane towards the Dispatcher. They looked innocent when they approached. “Excuse me mister,” said one. “What do you two want?” asked the dispatcher. “I see that you have a broken tug,” said the other, “Would you like to sell him?” “For what?” asked the Dispatcher. “For scrap!” one said. Foduck herd that word. “What are you two-“ stammered the Dispatcher, “I would never sell my tugs for scrap.” “It’s okay, sir,” said Foduck, “They can buy me.” “Foduck, don’t give yourself up,” said the Dispatcher, “You’re the official safety tug and and a good friend and I’m not going to sell you,” said the Dispatcher. “Not anymore,” said Foduck, “I’m nothing now.” “We’ll give you 3 hours to think about it,” said one of the boats and they slinked away. Theodore and Hank heard everything. The truth was that it was Oliver who threw the explosive inside Emma Sophia. He also hid one in one of the Cargo Emily was going to deliver to Owan. Emily was with Sigrid when she was delivering the cargo to Owan. “Thanks girls!” shouted Owan. They turned away. But they were no further than 300 yards when they hear a loud bang. They stopped and they turned around only to find Owan on fire! “Help!” shouted Owan. He was scared! “What should we do?” asked Sigrid. “I have no idea!” replied Emily, “But we have to do something.” Hank floated by when he saw the fire. Hank rushed over. “What happened?!” he asked. “Owan is on fire!” explained Emily. “We have to save him!” said Sigird, “Right, you two go get help, I’ll stay here and try to save Owan.” Emily, Hank and Bayswater raced off to get help. But they know only one tug that can help. They raced to get Foduck. Hank tried to tell Emily about Foduck. “We don’t have time for that,” said Emily. They got to the tug docks. “Sir?” asked Emily. “Yes?” said the Dispatcher. “Owan is on fire,” said Emily, “We need Foduck now!” “Yes, I’ll tell him,” said the Dispatcher, as he turned to Foduck. Foduck turned around. “Yes sir?” said Foduck weakly. “There is an emergency,” explained the Dispatcher, “And you must help.” Theodore came alongside. “This might be my last rescue mission,” said Foduck weakly, “But I’m not going to let Owan die!” Theodore explained the problem to Emily and Hank. “His safety equipment broke and recently, two boats tried to talk the Dispatcher in to sell Foduck for scrap,” explained Theodore and Hank to Emily and Constance as they raced to the rescue. However, that’s all they heard. Emily, Hank, Theodore and Foduck collected fire barges and race to the rescue. Foduck, with his engine now breaking, rushed as fast as he could. All Sigrid was just to prevent the fire from getting worse. It’s nearly got to Owan. “I’m burning!” he cried. “I’m trying!” called Sigrid. Then, Emily, Hank, Theodore and Foduck came just in time. Emily, Theodore, and Hank used the fire barges to blast water at Owan. Then, Foduck, used his last strength to revved his engine as hard as he could and blasted Owan with his fire nozzle. Owan was afraid, but the tugs never gave up, especially Foduck. His engine was breaking and banging, but he didn’t care. Finally, Owan was glad as the fire was put out. Sigrid was delighted. Northumberland rose up. “What have I missed?” he asked. “Owan was on fire, but we saved him,” said Hank. “Owan, I’m glad you’re safe,” said Sigrid. Then, they heard a loud crash. Theodore saw that Foduck had broken down completely. He was in a terrible condition. His engine was destroyed. “That was my last rescue operation I’ll ever do,” he sighed, “And we all did it together.” But Theodore was worried. Hank, Sigrid and Emily tow Owan to the repair docks as Theodore towed Foduck to the Tug docks. Constance followed Owan to find out what set off the fire. Theodore arrived. “Foduck, are you alright?” asked the Dispatcher. “No sir, I’m ready for scrap,” Foduck replied weakly. The two evil boats came up. “Okay, times up,” said one. “Have you made up you’re mind?” said the other. “Sir,” said Theodore, “Don’t sell Foduck.” “He’s been a good tug and I trust him,” said Hank, “And he may be serious and stern, but he has a good heart and he cares for others, and if you sell him, all that rescue actions he did wouldn’t matter. Don’t sell Foduck.” The Dispatcher stood still for a moment and remember what Foduck had done. 1 minute passed. “Do we have a deal?” one of the boats said. The Dispatcher look at the boats severely. “Look here you two, Foduck is my safety tug and he cares for others, and I’m not selling him to devils like you two!” shouted the Dispatcher at the boats. “I’m not selling Foduck so we don’t have a deal now get lost you two!” “What?” cried the boats. “We’re not leaving without crash bucket!” And they tried to grab Foduck. Theodore took action and rammed the boats towards the docks. Constance arrived and captured the two boats. “You two are coming with me,” she said sternly, “Oh, Theodore, Foduck, Hank and the Dispatcher, I have found pieces of an explosive on Owan. It was hidden inside a crate he was loading. It was the same as the one in Emma Sophia’s engine.” Theodore, Hank and Foduck were shocked. “What is going on?!” cried Hank. “I don’t know, but we have to find out,” replied Theodore. “Good now you two are coming with me,” she said to the two evil boats. And she took them away. “You have not seen the last of us!” they cried. The Dispatcher told Theodore to tow Foduck to the repair docks. However, Emma Sophia, Owan and Digby were already getting repaired and so the repairs took a long time for Foduck. Theodore, Emily, Hank and George had to do lots of work to make money to pay for the repairs. And they have to make thousands. 9 weeks passed and the repairs were done. Emma Sophia was released and set off on her next trip. Owan returned to drilling for oil out in the open ocean. Digby continued his job he had not done in 9 weeks. And finally, Foduck had his engine repaired, and his safety equipment working again. He was happy and Theodore was the happiest of all. Foduck started his safety patrol again and he was delighted. But he now only used his radar, his sonar and his searchlights in real emergencies. Theodore was happy indeed.
Two amazing kids series from the 1980's.