Lazy Daisy

"Aaah! They're so cute!"

- Daisy about the wild cats

Lazy Daisy is a magazine story.

Plot
Every day, Daisy travels up and down a loop line with her passengers. A family of wild cats live near the line by a river. They are used to engines and do not run away when Daisy passes.

Later that day, Daisy has no passengers to carry so she stops to play with the wild cats. The cats like Daisy's friendly face and are soon climbing all over her and rubbing up against her wheels. Daisy plays with the cats until they finally run away. Daisy is now running very late and Sir Topham Hatt is waiting at the station for her. Thomas offers to go and look for Daisy and steams down the loop line. He rounds a bend and sees Daisy right in front of him on the same line. Thomas stops just in time and tells Daisy to move along. But Daisy doesn't move. The Fat Controller comes to scold her for not being useful, but Daisy still refuses to budge and says she cannot carry anymore passengers.

Daisy eventually agrees to roll onto a siding where she stays for several days, without moving a wheel. The other engines start to tease her for doing nothing. James tells her that from now on, she's going to be called 'Lazy Daisy'. A little while later, it becomes clear why Daisy refused to work. Some mother cats had hidden themselves in her carriage to have their kittens. Daisy tells the Fat Controller that she couldn't disturb them. The Fat Controller agrees and declares that Daisy is not lazy, but a really useful engine.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Toby
 * Daisy
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Goofs

 * At the beginning, Daisy is said to be 'chugging' along the loop-line, but she doesn't chug as she's a diesel.