Thomas Makes a Mistake (magazine story)

"Anyone for a swim?"

- Ashima

Thomas Makes a Mistake is a magazine story illustrated using images from the CGI television series.

Plot
One day, on the Indian Railway, Thomas is given the special task of delivering a truck full of silks to a fashion designer. Thomas has to take the first junction after the lake to get to the correct station, but today, the lake is full of elephants. Thomas is fascinated by the animals and misses the junction.

At the next station he comes to, Thomas talks to Noor Jehan about the elephants. He is so distracted daydreaming about elephants that he leaves the trucks and heads back to the main station. It is only when he reaches the main station that he realises he has made a mistake.

Thomas rushes back to the station where he left his trucks. Thankfully, they are still there and he takes them to the correct station without checking them. When the fashion designer opens the wagon, it turns out to be full of goats. Thomas tries to fix his mistake again, but makes things even worse. The silk truck is opened up and the material flies everywhere, then he bumps into Shankar and spills his truck of mangoes. Noor Jehan tells Thomas to speak to Charubala as it is too much for Thomas to put right on his own.

Thomas finds Charubala and explains the situation. Charubala tells Thomas that he should have come to her to start with before the problem got any bigger. All the engines and railway workers help to put the mistakes right. The mangoes are collected, the goats are put back in their trucks and a monkey even helps by collecting some of the silks. Thomas is very grateful for the help.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Ashima
 * Noor Jehan
 * Charubala
 * Shankar
 * The Indian Fashion Designer

Trivia

 * This story is based on the twenty-third series episode of the same name.