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Narrator: Early one morning, Gordon's fire would not light
The Firelighter: I don't know what's wrong. There must be gremlins about.
Percy: What are gremlins?
Thomas: I've heard that they're little green men who play tricks.
Percy: Can we find one?
James: Pah! Gremlins don't exist. They're just an excuse when things go wrong and no one knows why.
Thomas: [insisting] If firelighter says there are gremlins, there are!
James: Pah!
Narrator: Sir Topham Hatt had heard everything.
Sir Topham Hatt: SILENCE! I am expecting a VIP. A very important person today. She has heard that all of my engines are really useful. Please prove it.
Percy, Thomas, James: Yes, sir.
Percy: As long as the gremlins let us.
Sir Topham Hatt: What gremlins?
Percy: The ones in Gordon's fire, sir. That's why he's not ready yet.
Sir Topham Hatt: We'll see about that!