Mysterious Tracks

Mysterious Tracks is a magazine story.

Plot
It is cold and snowy on the Island of Sodor. Thomas returns to the yard after his first branch line train and finds Stephen and Bridget Hatt waving to him. The children explain they are staying on Sodor for the weekend and are excited at the fact that it snowed. They like making footprints in the snow. Thomas' driver explains there are plenty of different footprints to see in the countryside and The Fat Controller decides that he and his grandchildren will go for a ride on Thomas' next train.

Thomas begins to make his way down the line. The Hatts spy a fox running across a feild, leaving footprints. They then spy footprints from a farmer, his sheepdog and even a little bird. Later, Thomas tells Percy about what they saw. Percy is then instructed to take slate from the quarry to the harbour. On his way to the harbour, Percy spies two sets of tracks in the snow that are very wide and deep. He has no idea what could have made tracks like that and informs Thomas and the Hatts.

Next morning, when Thomas takes a passenger train to the harbour, Stephen and Bridget tag along again. Sure enough, Percy's mystery tracks are still in the fields. When Thomas comes to a level crossing, he finds Terence freeing a cart that got stuck in the snow. Terence is glad that his caterpillars are extra useful in snow and this leads to Thomas and the children learning who was responsible for the mysterious tracks.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Terence
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Bridget Hatt
 * Annie