Mavis Figures It Out

"Mavis Figures It Out" is a story written by Loco123456.

Story
Mavis is seen shunting trucks under a chute at Ffarrquhar Quarry. The trucks can be heard grumbling. She bumps them hard, but the trucks put their brakes on. As she struggles, the narrator speaks.

NARRATOR (V.O) Mavis is a diesel engine who works at Ffarrquhar Quarry. She wants to do a good job with delivering stone to wherever they had to be delivered. But it isn't exactly an easy job working with trucks. MAVIS (angrily) Come on you lot! If you hadn't been troublesome you'd be loaded and in the sidings by now! TROUBLESOME TRUCKS We won't tolerate bumping by engines! We'll show you. Mavis pushes her line of trucks into a siding. Then she goes to where there are trucks waiting to be shunted to make trains for others to take them away. Mavis comes up to a truck, who decided to not move. TROUBLESOME TRUCK 2 (cheekily) Try try try, that's all you do! Yet you're not strong enough to push us into place! MAVIS (sternly) I must put you into place so you can leave this quarry for a while. TROUBLESOME TRUCK 2 And you too!

THOMAS' BRANCH LINE: AFTERNOON Mavis is hurrying down the branchline, panting. The trucks are giggling behind her. She looks disappointed. MAVIS (sadly) I don't get it; I tried so hard to get things done, yet I'll arrive late at the harbor! KNAPFORD HARBOUR Mavis pulls up and begins shunting them into sidings. A shunter walks up to her. KNAPFORD HARBOUR SHUNTER (crossly) You're two and a half hours late! The customers will be cross with the quarry!

FFARQUHAR QUARRY: EVENING Mavis is slowly and sadly backing into her shed. NARRATOR (V.O) Mavis thought and thought about what could have been done differently to avoid the delay. Nothing seemed to come to mind, until she was almost asleep, waking herself with a start. MAVIS (shocked) I'm the one who's caused this! If I focused on the problem at hand, maybe I could have made better choices. But what choices? Mavis closes her eyes. MAVIS Something will shurely come to mind.

FFARQUHAR QUARRY: MORNING: MAVIS is shunting trucks into sidings to arrange trains for others to take away once more. TROUBLESEOM TRUCK 3: (rudely) Try to shunt me if you can! MAVIS (thoughtfully, thinking to herself) I know what I could do. MAVIS (calmly) Alright then. Stay there. Someone will most likely crash into you. And if the impact is hard enough, you'll end up being nothing but broken wood and steel, only good for scrap! Mavis' driver comes out of her cab to uncouple the truck with a shunter's pole. TRUBLESOME TRUCK 3 (frantic) Please, I'll behave. Don't leave me on the points! Mavis' driver climbs back into her cab and she shunts the truck into the siding.

KNAPFORD HARBOUR: AFTERNOON: Mavis is arriving into the harbor, sand is dropped from her sandbox for her wheels to grip the rails. She comes to a full, gentle stop. MAVIS (proudly) Right on time, and no mishaps too! NARRATOR (V.O) Even though Mavis knows that she can't fix every problems, the problems she chooses to fix are ones that she knows needs time and effort. Over time, she'll surely handle situations much better.