The Lost Watch

The Lost Watch is a magazine story.

Plot
One morning, when Thomas arrives back at the Main Station from his branch line, the Fat Controller goes to check his pocket watch to confirm he is on time but finds he has lost it. He asks the stationmaster and all the firemen if they have seen his watch, but to no avail. After he mentions that Lady Hatt will be upset that he has lost it as it was a gift from her, Edward suggests that the engines help him find it.

The next day, the engines all look for the watch while they are working. Both Annie and Clarabel as well as Gordon's express coaches are searched too, but it cannot be found.

Though he has almost given up on finding the watch, the Fat Controller continues working and goes to the clay pits to check up on Bill and Ben. When he arrives, he sees Bill give one of the trucks a hard bump to teach it a lesson. The truck rolls into a disused siding and bumps into the buffers at the end.

When the Fat Controller goes to check the damage, he is surprised to find his watch glistening in the weeds along the track, which had fallen out of his pocket when he was inspecting the siding. The Fat Controller is so pleased to have found it that he cannot be cross at Bill and Ben for causing trouble.

Characters

 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Bill
 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Percy
 * Gordon
 * Ben
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Lady Hatt