Keeping Cool (1992 magazine story)

Keeping Cool is a magazine story.

Plot
One morning, Thomas is going to collect a supply of wool from a hill farm. Before he sets off, The Fat Controller and his grandchildren come to see him. The Fat Controller is letting Stephen and Bridget travel to the farm with Thomas. Annie is then coupled behind Thomas' trucks and they soon set off.

At the farm, Thomas is surprised to see some sheep without their fluffy coats and some others are currently being shorn by a farmhand. Thomas' driver explains what is happening to Thomas and the children, citing that the sheep will be more comfortable when it gets hotter. The wool is then take to a mill where the miller explains the uses for the wool. He then gives Stephen and Bridget some freshly knit woollen jumpers. Thomas thinks they look very smart and wishes engines could wear them too.

Back at the main station, The Fat Controller also compliments the jumpers and the children go off to play with a ball in a nearby field. It begins to get hotter so the children end up taking their jumpers off and leaving them with Thomas' driver until they are done playing. Thomas compares the children getting cooler to the freshly shorn sheep.

Characters

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