Picnic Surprise

Picnic Surprise is a magazine story.

Plot
It is a lovely day and Thomas is delivering a new plough to one of the farms on his branch line. Thomas loves the countryside and he discovers a small woodland area with plenty of animals and flowers. When he reaches the station, Thomas hopes he can visit that area again.

At the main station, Sir Topham Hatt asks Thomas to take schoolchildren on a seaside picnic. Thomas is very happy and so are the children. However, the mood changes when they arrive as it is high tide and there is not much room on the beach for the children to play. The teacher sadly says the children must go back to school.

Thomas suddenly gets an idea. The children can have their picnic in the woodland area he saw earlier. The Fat Controller accepts the idea and Thomas and the children have a wonderful picnic.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Annie
 * Clarabel