I, Peter: The Sodor Tales

Chapter 10: Seeing RHENEAS

We looked at the sheds. There was an engine sleeping in each one. But which one was RHENEAS?

Jesse looked at one of the engines and asked, "Are you RHENEAS?"

"No", he said. "I am Sir Handel. I do not like being teased. I am the most important engine here. I don't deserve to pull trucks, if that's what you're here for."

"Are you RHENEAS?", I asked the engine in the second shed.

"Definitely not!", this engine steamed. "I am Duncan. I love rocking and rolling on the rails, getting polished and being given the most important jobs this railway has to offer. I don't like little rabbits barging into my shed!" He sounded like Mr McGregor. And that scared me.

"I don't know if I want to go looking in sheds for Rheneas anymore.", I told Jesse.

"Don't worry.", she said. "We have run over train tracks past speeding trains, fought evil stationmasters with makeshift weapons, and navigated to RHENEAS' shed with the help of a confusing map and a green engine who helped us interpret the map. So we can keep looking in all the sheds until we find RHENEAS!"

But we didn't have to look any further because at the next shed we asked the engine there,"Are you RHENEAS?", and can you guess what he said?

That's right. He said,"Yes I am RHENEAS and by the way only the R is capital. Now, I have many fans who come to be my friends or people who have a question for me. Are you fans who have come to be my friends or do you have a question for me?"

"RHENEAS, will you be our friend?", asked Jesse in the sweetest, squeakiest voice that I have ever heard.

"Yes", he said(Jesse jumped with joy)"But first you must prove to me that you are a good friend. You have to be highly determined, brave, and courageous. You have to be a tough, comitted worker who takes great responsibility in your work. You have to be keen to keep your friends smiling and be an adventurer too. You have to know when it is time to call on the help of your friends, while staying entirely dedicated ton the task at hand."

"That sounds good to me.", I said. "We'll do our best, Rheneas, You can count on us."