Thursday, April 21, 2005

Thomas and His Many Adventures

Lately, I've been very interested in Thomas. My current favorite Thomas game is "Thomas and his Many Adventures." The usual format of the game is for Thomas to start out at the station with Sir Topham Hatt. Sir Topham then gives Thomas some sort of a mission such as delivering schoolchildren to the zoo, taking coal to the coaling station, or delivering some barrels. Then Thomas sets off. Sometimes these missions are uneventful, but most of the time there is some obstacle to Thomas' completing his work. One time the low lying area between two bridges was flooded. Thomas got stuck and the water doused the fire in his boiler. He needed his friend Mavis, the diesel engine to help push him out. Another time there was a rockslide from the misty mountains that blocked the track. The "rocks" consisted of Lego blocks. Since Thomas is very strong, he was able to push his way through the rocks and complete his deliveries.

Daddy seems to be able to come up with lots of adventures for Thomas but, just in case he is running out, this morning I picked up a whole bunch of adventures in my hand and gave them to him to put in his pocket so there will be plenty of Thomas adventures for the next time we play.

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