- “A ROOT, TOOT, TOW, we want to go, the fruit's going off, 'cause you're too slow!”
- ― The trucks
Off to Market! is a magazine story, illustrated using photographs from the television series.
Plot
Unlike the Troublesome Trucks, Arthur likes to do things properly. One day, on the way to market, Arthur's trucks started to misbehave and sing loudly. Arthur orders them to stop, so the trucks decide to teach Arthur a lesson for being bossy; when they get to the hill, the pull Arthur down it, colliding with the crossing gates and leading to fruit flying everywhere!
Later, as Arthur is having the squashed fruit cleaned from his funnel, Thomas pulls up. Arthur is worried that he has been naughty, but Thomas assures him that the accident was the trucks' fault.
Characters
- Thomas
- Arthur
- Troublesome Trucks
- Henry (cameo)
- Gordon (cameo, does not appear in 2007 version)
Locations
Trivia
- This story is loosely based on the seventh series episode, The Spotless Record.
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