Dannichols Theodore Tugboat Stories Thread

[dannichols]

Here, I'll be putting my stories about the Theodore Tugboat series. I started doing these last summer since I knew TUGS. Here is my first completed story.

Theodore and the bridge

One day, Theodore went out into the ocean to welcome a big ship. As usual, he went under Benjamin, the giant bridge. "Hey, Theodore!" shouted Benjamin. "Good morning," said Theodore in his bright, smiling face. "Do you see that strange thing out there?" asked Benjamin. "Yes," replied Theodore, "That' as cargo ship. I am going to tow it in myself. The Dispatcher says I'm strong enough now." "Oh, now be careful," replied Benjamin. Tooting his horn, Theodore raced off to the ship. He was careful not to bump it. It had a very tall pole, almost as tall as Benjamin Bridge. Benjamin watched as the ship came into the harbor. "Well, there is something you don't see everyday," said Benjamin, "The ship-." Suddenly, the tall pole was right in front of Benjamin. "OH NO!!!" Shouted Benjamin as the pole came towards him. But the pole wasn't tall enough to hit Benjamin. The pole went under Benjamin. Benjamin was shaking in fear as Theodore towed the ship into the harbor. Later that day, when Hank was towing Brunswick out to the oil factory, Benjamin Bridge shouted at Hank, "Hey! Watch that thing!" "Whoa, I never seen or hear bridges done that," Hank said to himself. Hank and Brunswick tow away as fast as they could. "What with them?" Digby, the cable laying ship was just cooing into the Big Harbor for new cables. "DO NOT GO UNDER ME WITH PIPES!" Shouted Benjamin at Digby. "What his problem?" asked Digby to himself, "I don't have any pipes, just getting new cables." Digby went into the harbor, ignoring Benjamin. Hank told George all about Benjamin. "Benjamin had turned mean," explained Hank. "Must had an attitude problem," said George. "He just shouted at me," continued Hank. Theodore was near by, hearing what Hank said. "It must be the tall pole on the big ship," Theodore said to himself, "It must frightened Benjamin." "Maybe he needs a storm," suggested George. "No, not that," replied Hank. As George and Hank were telling each other what to do with Benjamin, Theodore raced off for Benjamin. "Benjamin, what's going on?" asked Theodore. "It's these ships!" Quivered Benjamin," I'm scared that the ship's giant poles may hit me! I don't want to get crushed!" Theodore understand Benjamin was afraid that a ship's tall pole may hit Benjamin. He had an Idea. "Benjamin," said Theodore, I'll help you face your fears." Theodore hurried off to get Foduck. Foduck was with Emily. Together, they were towing Chester into the Harbor. Theodore told Foduck about his plan. "Uh, Theodore," said Foduck, "Are you sure that is a good idea?" Theodore said yes, and together, they set off, passing Bedford the buoy, and out of the harbor. Foduck brought a long barge and what rise up from it was a tall pole, but not tall enough. "Do you think this will make Benjamin face his fears," asked Foduck. "We don't have a choice," explained Theodore, "We have to do this." Together, they set out back to the harbor, but very quiet. Benjamin was asleep when Theodore and Foduck dieseled in. "You're sure about this?" asked Foduck. Emily came in to see what Theodore was doing. Theodore told Emily to watch and learn. Theodore started to move towards Benjamin Bridge. When Benjamin woke up, he saw the pole heading towards him. "AHHHHHH!!!" cried Benjamin in horror, "Don't hit me!!!!!" But the pole went under Benjamin. He sighed in relief as the pole went along. Emily watched the entire thing. Later that day, Theodore was resting when Emily, Foduck and Digby came to see him. "Theodore, what were you thinking?!" shouted Digby. "Well, an Idea of how to help Benjamin," explained Theodore. But however, it worked. Benjamin did not shout at anyone again. Now all the boat can do their works without any problems. But however, Theodore felt that he forgot something, but whatever it is, he will remember it soon.

 

[dannichols]

Okay, because nobody's posting in this thread or any of the threads I've started, I'll post another story here.

Hank and the Big Canyon

One fine morning, the tugboats got their orders from the Dispatcher. Foduck was assigned to patrol the harbor with Pearl and Petra. Emily helped Sigrid take supplies out to Owen, the giant oil rig. George was assigned to have Shelburne, the giant barge salvage near shipwreck rock, and Theodore and Hank were to tow in Cumberland, the cargo ship. "Well, all the other tugboats were chosen to do something else," said Hank, "But we were chosen to tow in a cargo ship." However, Cumberland wasn't too big, just right for Theodore and Hank to tow in together. "Well, this is easy," said Theodore. "Just right," said Hank. Digby the cable ship motored by the two tugs, saying, "Hello you two youngsters." "Morning Digby," said Theodore and Hank. But Digby accidentally dropped one of his cable into the water and it was caught Cumberland's rudder, but no one notice. Meanwhile, George was getting impatient. Shelburne was working slowly, as usual. "Hurry up! Hurry up!!" shouted George. "O-Kay," said Shelburne, slowly and worked even slower. George was fuming. When the day was done, everyone went back to their docks. But the cable, that was still stuck in the ship's rudder floated and got caught in Hank's propeller after he docked in. As it was time for the ship to leave, Foduck led Cumberland out into the open ocean. A few seconds later, Hank started to move, while sleeping. Foduck was about to head towards his dock when Hank floated by him, backwards. "Must be playing backwards at night," he said to himself, "Better tell the Dispatcher that." He saw the Dispatcher sleeping. "Maybe tomorrow," said Foduck. He went to his place to sleep. But Hank was still being towed out to the open ocean. The next morning, Theodore was fast asleep. But when he woke up, he saw that Hank wasn't in there! Theodore was alarmed that he blew his whistle and he went backwards really fast that he bumped into Foduck, who blasted his whistle which woke everyone in the Big Harbor up. "Quite!" shouted Benjamin Bridge. "What's the alarm?" asked Bedford Buoy. "Shivers me timbers!" yelled Digby. "Can't we get some nap?" said Bayswater, Brunswick and Barrington the barges. "Hank is gone!!!" shouted Theodore and everyone came and saw Hank was missing. Far, far away, Cumberland was still towing Hank. Then the cable broke. Cumberland went forward while Hank drifted out further. Then, Hank ended up on near a rocky bank far away from the Big Harbor. When he woke up, he was really surprised! "Where am I?!" Hank shouted. He was so shocked that he went in circles, helplessly . Then Hank wanted to go home. So he took a path that lead to a river that leads to a big place. He wasn't going where he wanted to go. A few hours later, Hank ended up being in a river with very tall rocky edges. Hank was stunned. He never seen a place like this. Hank was scared. Back at the Big Harbor, everyone spread out to look for Hank. Theodore and Constance went out into the open ocean to find Hank. But the bigger tugs weren't having much luck. Hank went further up the river between the walls. He began to notice this was the Grand Canyon. Hank shuddered and said, "I want to go home!" Hank then decided to head back the way he came. A few hours later, Hank was almost out of the canyon. But then, he hit his propeller on a shallow rock, denting it. Hank couldn't get under control. Then, Hank ran right into some jagged rocks and one rock torn a hole in his hull. Hank was sinking! "Help!" shouted Hank, but no one heard him. He was almost out of the river. Hank couldn't do anything. Then, in the distance was a cargo ship. Hank called out for it. "Help!" Hank shouted. He blew his whistle in alarm. Then the cargo ship turned and saw Hank. After a few seconds, it came towards him. The ship was Inverness. "Oh my," she said, "What's happened?" "Well, N-I'm sinking, I hit a rock, and I want to go home," said Hank in panic. Hank almost said "Needlenose", but quickly corrected himself because he was sinking. "Well, I'll try to help you," said Inverness. But she couldn't do much. All she could do was preventing Hank from sinking more. Then along came Dartmouth, the giant cable ship. Inverness called out Dartmouth for help. Dartmouth used his cables to tie Hank next to Inverness, to keep him from sinking. And then, Inverness and Dartmouth took Hank home together. At the big harbor, everyone was still looking for Hank. Theodore was missing his friend. "I miss Hank," said Theodore. "I'm very sure he's in a better place," said George. "Stop that," said Emily, "We all miss him." "Don't give up," said the Dispatcher, "I know Hank out there somewhere." Just then, the Dispatcher got a long distance call. "I got a message from Dartmouth," he said, "He and the cargo ship, Inverness had found Hank, far away from here, and they'll bring him home very soon." After hearing that, Theodore was so excited that he revved his engine and tooted his whistle. All the other tugs did, too. A few days later, Dartmouth and Inverness brought Hank home. But, before, they took Hank to a nearby harbor to have him repaired. Then they took Hank home. Theodore rushed to his friend. "Where were you?" he asked. "I had an adventure, but I didn't want to have one," said Hank, "I went to a canyon, I wanted to go home, and then, I hit a rock, and these guys came to help me and I wanted to go home and I am at home," Hank explained. "Well the important thing is that you're alright," said Theodore. "One thing, I'll never leave the harbor again," promised Hank. "Well, you take care," said Dartmouth, "We have to go." Theodore and Hank watched Inverness and Dartmouth until they disappear in the distance. Hank told everyone about his adventure. "So how did you get there in the first place?" asked Foduck. "I don't know," said Hank. "Well I have something to say," said Digby, "One of my cables are missing. It happened before Hank disappear. As I-Hey is that half of my missing cable?" asked Digby, looking at Hank. The cable was in Hank's aft deck, was broken in half. "I got it," announced Foduck, "I must have fallen out of Digby while was moving and it got caught in Cumberland's rudder and got tied to Hank's propeller. When the ship leaved, it pulled Hank along with him. Then, it must have broken somewhere and that's how Hank got lost." After that, everyone was glad that Hank is back home. "Hey, where is George?" asked Hank. Again, George was doing salvaging with Shelburne. "Hurry up! Hurry up!" complained George to Shelburne. "O-Kay," said Shelburne and worked even slower. George was about to explode! "Oh, well," said Hank. Theodore was just glad that Hank is home.

 

[dannichols]

Here is another Theodore Tugboat Story I just finished.


George and the 5 Great Lakes

It was a peaceful day in the big harbor. George the biggest tug was getting ready for his job. He was to help Constance with patrolling the harbor. On that day, George was listening to one of Constance's stories. This one is all about the 5 great lakes. "They are called Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron," said Constance, "But Superior is the biggest of all." "I like to see these great lakes myself," said George. But he knew he had a lot of work to do. Usually, Foduck was to patrol with Constance, but today, he was with Pearl and Petra. George was eager to see the great lakes. But he knew he couldn't. George noticed something behind a rock. He saw the back of a vessel, but he didn't bother. The two boats continued their patrol. George and Constance stopped at Willy's Island to say hello to Lily the Lighthouse. Constance checked to make sure her light is working properly. Then they checked Shipwreck rock. George noticed something again. It was a mysterious vessel. Constance and George had finished their patrol and now they're heading back to their docks. "Hi George," said Theodore and George docked in for the night. "Well, good night Theodore, George," said Northumberland Submarine as he started his night work. Theodore, George and the other tugboat soon fast asleep. Unfortunately, the dark vessel came in and kidnapped George. Oh, man, it's Oliver the Vast! "Step one of my revenge is starting," said Oliver as he towed George away. George did not wake up. The next morning, Theodore woke up to find George is missing. "Oh no!" said Theodore. Foduck woke up. Then Emily and last, Hank woke up. "What the deal today?" asked Hank. "George is missing!" shouted Foduck, blasting his whistle. "Oh, my," said Emily. "It happened again!" said Foduck. George was far away from the Big Harbor. He was on Lake Ontario. George woke up to find he's not at his home anymore. "Where is this?!" cried George. Meanwhile, back at the Big Harbor, the tugs were looking for George. "George!!" they all cried. "Where are you?" said Rebecca. She and Theodore were out in the open ocean searching for George. Hank and Emily went out to Owan to ask if he's seen George. George has now moved out to Lake Erie. George became upset. "Will I ever get home?" he asked. But George was enjoying his visit at the Great Lakes. A few days later is in Lake Huron after he visit Lake Michigan. Back at the harbor, the tugboats were still looking for George. George has one more lake to visit. Lake Superior. So George went to Lake Superior. He found out it was the biggest of all the other Great Lakes. There he met Stewiacke and Pugwash who were exploring the Biggest Great Lake of all. They saw George and floated towards him. "What are you doing out here?" asked Pugwash. "I came here to visit these lakes," explained George, "I don't know how I even got here in the first place." "Well let's get you back to the Big Harbor," said Pugwash. And Stewiacke, Pugwash and George all traveled back through the way the came. Finally they were out in the open ocean a few days later. Theodore and Rebecca were still looking for George. Then they herd a ships' horn. It was Stewiacke. "George!" said Theodore. "Well, it's been a long time, Theodore," said George. Foduck, Emily and Hank soon came up. "We've been worried about you, George," they said. "Yes, but guess what? I have visited all 5 great lakes," explained George. "You have?" said Constance as she came up. "Well, here the fact," said Foduck, "George had been kidnapped!" The tugs gasped. "Who would do something like that?" asked Emily. "Someone who wants revenge on us," said Foduck, "We better keep on guard." The tugs were glad George is back, but at that time, Oliver the Vast had teamed up with some mean pirate ships. Now they'll allow Oliver to have his revenge. But that's another story. At the tugboat dock, George was telling everyone his adventures at the 5 great lakes.

 

[dannichols]

I am going to post another Theodore story I finished last week.


Emily and Carla

It was a beautiful day in the Big Harbor and Emily was working very happily. Emily had lots of friends in the Big Harbor. She said hello to Sigrid. Then she said hello to Rebecca. Then she said hello to Theodore. Emily's friends were always happy to see her. One day, Emily was towing Brunswick barge loaded with important goods. She said hello to Carla the cool cabin cruiser, only to find Carla heading towards her. "Watch out!" cried Emily as she violently swerved right to avoid crashing. The load on Brunswick spilled into the ocean. "Carla!" shouted Emily, "Watch where you're going!" "My load has disappeared," exclaimed Brunswick. Constance the coast guard ship saw everything. She went to get help. Soon, Theodore and George brought Shelburne to fish the cargo out. Emily was cross at Carla. "Have you have no control?" she asked angrily at Carla. "Probably, maybe not," replied Carla, cheekily. For the rest of the salvage, Emily stared angrly at Carla. As soon as the cargo was fished out, Emily set off, still angry at Carla. Carla continued her zigzagging way. Emily said hello to Sheddiack, the supply shed. He was waiting for his cargo. "Hello, Emily," said Sheddiack. "I got your cargo for you," said Emily, "Sorry I'm late. I had a bee to dodge." "Who's the bee?" asked Sheddiack. "Carla, the Zany Cabin Cruiser," replied Emily, angrily. Meanwhile, Carla was speeding alongside the harbor. "I'm the cool cabin cruiser and I'm zipping along the waster," sang Carla, until she ran into Owan the Giant Oil Rig. She nearly hit one of his anchor cables. "Hey, watch out there!" blared Owan, "Oh, it's you, Carla." "Yep!" exclaimed Carla. "You better stay clear of the area," roared Owan, "It's very dangerous." "Alright," called out Carla as she spun around and hear another way. A few minutes later, Carla ran into Northumberland Submarine. As soon as Northumberland saw Carla, he moved right to avoid her crashing into him. Northumberland ended up hitting his propeller against the docks. "Hello, North Thumper Land," said Carla, miss saying his name. "Hello, and my name is Northumberland, and don't scare me by-" "I met up with Emily and she got mad at me, and then I ran into Owan and now I ran into you," interrupted Carla and she continued telling Northumberland about her day. Then, she started telling him about her past and then, she ended up babbling like an idiot. 8 hours passed and Northumberland decided he had enough. "Bye!" said Carla as she sped away. Northumberland had fallen asleep. Near him, was a mysterious vessel. It sped away before it was noticed. At Shipwreck Rocks, Carla was speeding along her way, until she saw a dark vessel. Carla went after the vessel. She was thrilled to see who it was, until the vessel turned a corner. Carla went after the vessel and followed it around the corner, until she couldn't see it anymore. "Wheel that's strange," said Carla. She turned around for home, until the vessel came up behind her. The vessel was Oliver the Vast. An a lightning flash, Oliver moved forward and rammed Carla onto some sharp rocks. "What's going on?!" cried Carla. "Enjoy the movies!" crackled Oliver as he sped away, laughing evilly. After Theodore had finished his works, he headed for home, until two pirate ships attacked him. "What's going on?" cried Theodore as the pirate ships trapped him by some rocks. "You cannot save your speedy cabin cruiser now," said one of the pirate ships. Theodore looked puzzled. "What are you talking about?" he asked. "The cruiser has zanyied on to some rocks," said one of the pirate ships. "Oh no!" cried Theodore, "I must help her." "You cannot!" said a pirate ship. Theodore was trapped. Meanwhile, Emily was cruising out in the open ocean, until she heard a horn blast. It was in the sound of emergency. "That's Carla!" cried Emily, "I must help her!" Emily raced to the rescue. Carla was in a dangerous situation. She didn't know that there was a rock perched dangerously above her. Any loud noises or waves hitting the shore could cause the rock to fall. Emily found Carla as she sped towards her, until she saw the rock. Emily slowed down. Her waves could cause vibration and could cause the rock to fall. "Don't worry, I'm here to save you," whispered Emily. "Make it quick!" shouted Carla, as her shouting caused the rock to move slightly. "Shut up!" whispered Emily to Carla. Quickly, Emily attached her towrope to Carla. Carla was tied tightly and Emily pulled Carla slowly off the rocks. If Emily pulled faster, it could cause the rock above to fall and smash her and Carla. Emily carefully and slowly pulled Carla off the rocks. Her hull was scraped and her propeller was damaged. But there were no holes in her hull. At last Emily pulled Carla off the rocks. "Thank you for saving me," said Carla, "I'm sorry if I made your load spill." "That's okay," said Emily, "At least no had been hurt." Just then Northumberland Submarine came up towards Carla. "Carla, I hope you have some explaining to say," he said firmly. Carla looked at Northumberland in a silly way. "Of course I do!" shouted Carla. Northumberland was about to listen. Carla shout's had caused the rock above to fall. It made a loud crash that scared Northumberland. Northumberland dived back down hoping he could get away from the wreckage. Emily looked at Carla sternly. "I thought he wanted to listen to me," said Carla. "You are some wild cat!" said Emily. Meanwhile, Constance arrested the two pirate ships that attacked Theodore. Theodore was freed and saw Emily and Carla coming into the harbor. "Hello, Carla and Emily," said Theodore. "You mean Emily and Mrs. Wildcat," corrected Emily. "They must had a hard time like I did," thought Theodore. It got dark and Emily settled down for the night. However, out in the ocean, Oliver look at the five tugs with an evil look. "Well, that's lost me two pirates," he said and slinked slyly away. Emily tried to calm down but she couldn't. She was thinking about Carla and her zany actions. But Theodore told Emily not to think about her. He told her to think about oceans, forests and mountains. Emily thought about those and she finally calmed down and then, she fell fast asleep. But Theodore was still wondering what had happened today.

I would be very happy if someone post a reply here, too.

 

[dannichols]

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.

 

[dannichols]

I have just finished this story today.


Theodore and Barrington Barge

Another day in the Big Harbor and Theodore was happily cruising along. Or was he? He was thinking about what happened last week. He talked to Digby. "So what the deal?" asked Digby. "I don't know," explained Theodore, "But I have a feeling is that someone is after us. If we let whoever this is go to far, we'll be history." Digby though for a moment. "Well, if what you say is true," murmured Digby, "We better be on our guard." And he diesel away. Theodore went to get his barge. Barrington Barge was waiting happily for Theodore. But Theodore was in no mood for smiling. He was thinking about who could be the attacker. Theodore was to have Barrington loaded with pipes to take the oil refinery. After the pipes were loaded, Theodore towed Barrington towards the oil refinery. When George said hello to Theodore, he didn't reply back. Theodore was still thinking about the attacker. Then Theodore passed by Bedford Buoy. "Hello, Theodore," called Bedford. Theodore stormed by. "Must be in a hurry," Bedford said to himself. After Theodore got to the oil refinery, he didn't say hello to Sigrid who was resting there. "Theodore, what's the matter with you today?" asked Sigrid. Theodore jumped. "Oh, wait, what is it?" Theodore stammered. "I'm worried about you," said Sigrid, "Everyone is worried." "I'm still thinking about last week," replied Theodore, "You know what happened last week." Sigrid did remember and it frightened her to think about it. Theodore set off with Barrington to do his last job of the day. Two heavy crates were stacked onto Barrington. Theodore set off, but they were not properly tied down. Theodore had to be careful. So he put away his thoughts about last week and focused on his job. Theodore was halfway there before there was trouble. Hank was rushing to Theodore. He was going to tell him that Owan needs his supplies. Then there was trouble. Hank accidentally bumped into Barrington and the upper crate crashed onto Hank. "Now I have one crate," said Barrington. "Hank, what are you doing?" cried Theodore. "Owan's supplies are ready," replied Hank. "Let me guess," replied Theodore, "They're burned last week?" "Yes," answered Hank. Unfortunately Theodore and Hank had to wait for the loads to be cleared up and loaded back into Barrington. George brought Bobby to fish most of the loads from the bottom of the ocean. Then, Theodore set off again. Then, he took the supplies out to Owan. Then, Theodore docked Barrington and set off for home. Theodore was still thinking how to protect everyone in the Big Harbor when he got back. He knew this would be a challenge.

To be continued here:

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