Henry and the Tunnel: A Thomas the Tank Engine Storybook

Henry, the green tender engine in the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, tends to be a bit boastful about his abilities to the smaller engines. When it begins to rain, Henry lets his vanity go to his head and refuses to come out of a tunnel and risk getting rain on his lovely green paint. To teach him a lesson, Sir Topham Hatt has a wall built at the tunnel exit, forcing Henry to remain there until he changes his attitude! As days pass, Henry's green paint gets sooty and cold, and the other engines go about their business around him. Henry must then reconsider his stance, and just in time to help Gordon the Great Engine out of a real fix. This story is a wonderful one for illustrating what one misses out on by being haughty and not cooperating with others.