Author(s): Rev. W. Awdry

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One morning, Thomas arrives at Brendam Docks. He is to take bee hives to Farmer Trotter, and Hiro is to deliver flowers to Farmer McColl. Hiro is very stern, and tells Thomas to take the bees through the woods. But Thomas thinks that the woods are very boring, and takes the route along a large meadow instead. The bees escape, however, and will not come back to the hives, as they are too busy with the flowers in the meadow. Thomas decides to borrow Hiro's flower truck that Hiro had left at Farmer McColl's to lure the bees back. However, the bees start to swarm around Thomas, much to his dismay. Hiro meets Thomas at a junction and tells Thomas that his truck of flowers had gone missing.