Penny's Christmas Adventure

Hide and Seek and trouble with Boyce

Out in the mountains,

The children were about to find some fun things to do in the snow before Christmas dinner. Norman, Sarah, James, Mandy, and Hannah were all gathered to start a game. "Ok... What can we do until we can head out for dinner?" Mandy asked.

"Oh! I know! We can throw snowballs!" Norman answered.

"If I see a single snowball hit me from you, Norman Price... I will throw one back at you!" Added Hannah.

"Trust him to play snowballs." Sarah whispered to James.

James nodded in agreement with his twin sister. They both looked back at Mandy. "I was actually thinking we can combine both. Hide and seek with snowballs to tag someone." Mandy chimed.

"Good idea, Mandy."

"Right! Who should start counting?" Norman asked.

"I was hoping you would, Norman Price."

"No way! I'm the best hider in all of Pontypandy!"

"How do you know? You haven't even been found since we played the last time while with your mum and Trevor."

"Well, then... Prove it!"

"You're on!"

"Right! Mandy's going to count and we're all going to hide while she tries to find us with snowballs."

"Game on!" Hannah shouted as they all ran for a good hiding spot.

Mandy started counting while the others went to hide on Pontypandy Mountain trails. She knew that Norman would not hide that easily.

Back in the town,

The spare truck that Sam asked for has arrived. It was a similar design to Jupiter but with a different engine front. They parked it in the parking spot in the garage while Venus was out in Newtown with Penny and Ellie. Sam looked at this truck and then he agreed it was just what he needed. "Thanks for bringing this over to us. We had a mishap with our current rig because one of our firefighters was too distracted. You should see the damage to the ladder on our current rig." He said to the mechanic.

"Oh, I bet it is bad."

They went to where they parked the current truck for Jupiter and then Sam pointed to the extending ladder while the truck itself was stabilized. The mechanic was surprised at the damage done. "Oh my... How did this happen?" He asked Sam.

"We were decorating the station and somehow... Firefighter Cridlington got carried away with his music and didn't focus on Firefighter Phillips getting his attention. She managed to try and catch it but nearly fell and clinged onto the ladder for dear life. Eventually, we got her down with the garland laying right here and she is safe. Firefighter Morris is at the hospital with her right now."

"Ah... Ok. I'll take this rig back to the fitter's while you have this rig for a while."

"Alright. I'll tell Station Officer Steele the news."

The mechanic jumped into the cab of the damaged Jupiter and raised the stabilizers. They later drove off to Newtown Fire Service Maintenance to get Jupiter's ladder fixed. Sam went to find Station Officer Steele in his office, filing a damage report for Boyce. He saw Sam enter his office. "Yes, Sam?" He asked.

"Good news is that the spare rig has arrived, and our damaged rig is off to Newtown for repairs."

"Excellent. But I must say that the one we just received has been damaged too. I remember when the controls for the snorkel were stuck and yet we had to rescue Mike from Bella's roof."