Percy's Spooky Tooth

Percy's Spooky Tooth is a magazine story.

Plot
One night in the shed, Percy is telling a ghost story to the other engines about a mysterious engine which rolls through the fog without a driver or fireman. The other engines scoff at Percy's story, but Thomas is unable to sleep because he keeps thinking about the ghost train.

The next morning, the Fat Controller sends Thomas to the harbour to pick up some pipes. Along the way, he is frightened when he goes through a tunnel and thinks he hears the ghost train, however it is only Percy coming the other way and blowing his whistle. Thomas then picks up the pipes from the harbour and returns to the Main Station.

Later in the yards, Thomas is uncoupled from his trucks. On his way back to the shed, Percy teases him about the ghost train in the tunnel.

That night, while Percy is shunting coal trucks, he hears a spooky noise through the wind and hurries back to the sheds. When he tells the other engines about it, they do not believe him. While the other engines are asleep, Percy is still awake and occasionally hears the wailing sound outside.

The following day, Percy is sleepy and can barely keep his eyes open. He is startled in the yards when he hears the noise again, however Thomas laughs and tells him it is just the wind blowing through the pipes he had brought down from the harbour.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Percy
 * Edward
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * This story may have been the inspiration for the eighteenth series episode Flatbeds of Fear.

Goofs

 * In the primary illustration, Thomas and James have white buffers.