"The Train With No Name"

  

Words in RED are the personalized words

 

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"The Train With No Name"

was created especially for

Seth Harrison

at the age of 4

Lots of love,

Grandmom & Granddad

May 2, 2002

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Seth, along with Stephen, Andrew and Dax went to the Enid, Oklahoma Train Station to see the big circus train that was coming to town.

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After exploring all the trains, Seth climbed onto the back of a little track tester. Looking around, he found some old uniforms lying next to the little train.

"Hey! We can be engineers!" said Stephen.

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Seth had a feeling the other trains didn't like having these new little visitors there.

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To their surprise, Seth along with Stephen, Andrew and Dax heard the trains talking about the arrival of the circus train.

"It has three big engines!" said The Two Engine Express.

"...and smoke stacks as big as trees!" exclaimed The Timberline Steamer.

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Then Seth heard the little track tester say, "I can't wait to see the circus train with all the animals and clowns!"

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"Who cares what you want?" huffed The Two Engine Express. "Who do you think you are anyway? You don't even have a name or an engineer."

Seth felt sorry for the little train with no name.

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The little track tester was sad.

"I never go anywhere important, and more than anything, I do wish I had an engineer," he sighed.

That gave Seth an idea.

Soon, the trains lined up to leave Enid, Oklahoma. As usual, the little track tester was last in line, but this time Seth along with Stephen, Andrew and Dax were on board.

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"Look!" shouted Andrew, tugging on the whistle cord. "It looks like it's rusted shut."

The little train suddenly stopped on its tracks.

"Who's that?" shouted the train with no name.

Seth proudly announced, "I'm Seth, and this is Stephen, Andrew and Dax. We're your new engineers!"

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"But, you... you can't just..."

Suddenly, Seth heard an alarm.

"Look!" shouted Dax. "There's something wrong up ahead."

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The little track tester saw the circus train heading toward the bridge. "A rail has come loose!" cried the track tester. "The circus train could crash!"

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Quickly, Seth jumped from the train, grabbed a loose spike from the track, and pushed it through the rusty whistle to unclog it.

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Seth pulled hard on the cord, and the old whistle sang out loud! The circus train screeched to a full stop. This gave everyone time to fix the track.

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When the little track tester returned to Enid, Oklahoma. The Timberline Steamer rolled up, puffing with excitement. "You and Seth have saved the circus train," he said, "and we think it is time you had a name!"

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"We've decided to call you Hooty," said Seth.

No longer a train with no name, Hooty blew his whistle and announced that Seth along with Stephen, Andrew and Dax were his new engineers.

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Everyone cheered for Hooty, now the biggest little train in Enid, Oklahoma.

After a very exciting day, Seth had learned a big lesson....

You don't have to be big to be important.