Diesel's Frosty Friend

***Diesel's Frosty Friend*** is the tenth episode of the tenth series.

## Plot

It was the winter holidays on the Island of Sodor, and all the engines are very busy. One morning, Diesel was on his way to Brendam Docks to collect logs for Farmer McColl. On his way, Diesel stopped at a signal where Dennis was waiting. Diesel looked in the field nearby, and there was a big snowman with children all around it. The two engines were surprised to see a snowman so big, and just then, the signal changed and Diesel rolled off. But as he dieseled away, a gust of wind lifted the snowman off the ground and towards Diesel, revealing it was only a balloon. The balloon's guide ropes got caught on Diesel's rear end buffers, causing the balloon to follow him.

Diesel stopped at the level crossing, and the snowman drifted in front of him. Surprised, Diesel asked the snowman what he was doing there, but Mr. Snowman didn’t say anything, Diesel told him to go back to the children. The wind blew the snowman back behind Diesel, and he raced off to the Docks. He hoped the snowman didn’t follow him, unaware that it was a balloon.

Diesel arrived the Docks and reversed to his flatbeds loaded with logs. D199 was delivering coal, and asked Diesel why he had a snowman with him. Diesel was surprised to see Mr. Snowman again, and told him to go back to the children again. Diesel rolled off, pulling his flatbed and the snowman. D199 asked why Diesel has a giant balloon tied to his buffers, but Diesel didn’t hear him.

Diesel arrived at Farmer McColl's farm, and Farmer McColl was also surprised to see the giant snowman. Diesel once again told the snowman to go back to the children, and he didn’t know what to say to Farmer McColl. So, Diesel raced off again. Then, Farmer McColl asked the same question as D199 did, but Thomas didn’t hear him either.

Diesel stopped at Maithwaite, where Daisy was collecting passengers. Daisy laughed at the snowman, and asked Diesel about it. Once more, Diesel told the snowman to go back to the children, and then he rolled away. Daisy also asked the same question about the giant balloon, but Diesel didn’t hear her either.

By now, Diesel didn’t know what else to do, so he decided to hide so Mr. Snowman couldn’t find him. So Diesel oiled into a lonely siding. There was no one else around, and Diesel felt relieved... until he saw Mr. Snowman once more. Realising the snowman was never going back to the children, Diesel decided to ask the Fat Controller for help, so he rushed away.

Back at Maithwaite Station, he found Farmer McColl and the Fat Controller, who Diesel told about Mr. Snowman. The Fat Controller laughed, and he revealed that Mr. Snowman was really a balloon, and his guide ropes were caught on his rear end buffers. Therefore, Diesel pulled the balloon. Diesel was surprised to realise this, and now he understood what to do; he set off for the children's field, pulling the balloon behind him.

Diesel soon arrived back at the field with the balloon, and the children were happy to see them again. Diesel was happy to have returned Mr. Snowman, and the balloon even shifted it’s arms and head as if it was waving at them.

## Characters

* Diesel
* Diesel 199
* Dennis
* Daisy
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Farmer McColl
* Diesel 10 (*does not speak*)
* BoCo (*cameo*)
* Express Coaches (*cameos*)
* Cyril the Fogman (*cameo*)

## Trivia

* This episode has a similarly to the twentieth episode, Thomas' Frosty Friend from the tenth series of *Thomas & Friends*.
* Stock footage from the eighth series episode, Diesel 199 Goes Too Far is used.