Percy Takes the Plunge

One day, Percy is bragging to Bill and Ben about his battle through the floods to get the Vicar's School Group home, and crows that "Water's nothing to an engine with determination!" Henry overhears this and scoffs indignantly, and is beyond words when Percy reminds him of when the big green engine was bricked up in a tunnel for his phobia of the rain! Later, Percy and Thomas observe a DANGER notice at the Harbour Quay. The real reason is because the foundations of the quay have sunk, meaning that the wharf is uneven and slopes downward to the sea. Percy doesn't realize this and his curiosity gets the better of him. After foolishly asking "help" from the trucks, he ends up overshooting the buffers and is up to his chin in seawater! When he is eventually rescued, Henry has the last laugh when he hauls Percy to the Works.