James in a Rush

James in a Rush is a magazine story.

Plot
Percy is at the harbour. He shunts some trucks into place that are then loaded with crates from a cargo ship. James soon arrives to collect the trucks. James is in a rush to get his job done and begins to order Percy around. Percy does not like this at all.

James soon thinks he is all ready to go but Percy wants to double check. Unfortunately, James sets off when there is still a load of pipes to be loaded. Percy quicky fetches a flatbed and promises to catch up with James. Percy ends up in such a hurry that pipes begin to roll off the flatbed.

Percy soon reaches the station and James is still standing there. Percy informs James that he had left a load behind but James is puzzled by Percy's empty flatbed. Percy is shocked at the thought but, sure enough, all the pipes had rolled away from him. The stationmaster tells Percy to go back for them. James teases him for this but the stationmaster informs James that if he had simply waited, this would not have happened. He then orders James to stay behind until Percy returns.

Characters

 * James
 * Percy