A Day on the Farm

**A Day on the Farm** is the fifth episode of the second season.

## Plot

When the buses are enjoying a nice relaxing Sunday, Farmer Waggle's tractor has broken down, and the buses are called out to help him.

## Characters

* Sammy
* Roger
* Susan
* Harry
* Colin
* Penny
* Arnold
* Stephanie
* Mr. Spector
* Farmer Waggle *(debut)*
* Alan *(mentioned)*

## Trivia

* Stock footage from Stephanie Gets Soaked is used.
* This episode marks the first appearence of Farmer Waggle.
* Farmer Waggle's tractor never made an on-screen appearence.

## Quotes

* (It's a nice Sunday morning, and the buses are enjoying their day off, Penny and Susan catch up on some talk while Harry tells Sammy a joke)
* **Susan:** What were you going to tell me?
* **Penny:** And did you Miss Blossom from the flower shop, pet?
* **Susan:** No.
* **Penny:** She's dyed her hair bright green!
* **Susan:** No, I don't believe it!
* **Harry:** Here's another one for you.
* **Sammy:** Oh, yeah.
* **Harry:** Now, what's grey and squirts jam at you?
* **Sammy:** I don't know what is grey and squirts jam at you.
* **Harry:** A mouse eating donut! (Sammy and Harry laugh)
* (Stephanie is in the coach wash while singing)
* **Stephanie:** Oh, lovely! (Comes out of the coach wash looking sparkling clean) Well, I'm so clean and shiny, you could use me as a mirror.
* **Arnold:** Oh, yes! I love Sundays! Nothing to do and all day to do it.
* (The phone in Mr. Spector's office starts to ring and starts to recieve an emergency call from Farmer Waggle)
* **Mr. Spector:** A tractor with a broken engine? Lots of jobs to be done?!
* **Sammy:** (Hears about the call) What?
* **Mr. Spector:** Of course! I'll send help right away.
* **Sammy:** Oh. (Goes to spead the news to the other buses) Hey! Farmer Waggle's tractor has a broken engine. And he needs our help. Wha, hey!
* **Roger:** Ho-ho! Sounds like a like a job for Colin.
* **Susan:** But Colin's in Brambly Widget visiting his cousin Alan.
* **Arnold:** Well, I hope I don't have to go. I'm ready for a mid-morning nap.
* **Stephanie:** And I certainly don't want to go to a muddy farm when I'm so shiny and clean.
* (Roger agrees to help volunteer at the farm)
* **Roger:** I'll go! There's nothing like an emergency to get the old oil boiling. Ha-ha!
* **Arnold:** Good for you, old boy! Well done!
* (Roger leaves)
* (Roger is heading towards the farm, but unknown to him, Mr. Spector decided to send the other buses to help him)
* **Arnold:** Oh, I'm getting too old for this kind of thing! Oh!
* (The buses arrive at the farm while Farmer Waggle opens the gate for them)
* **Farmer Waggle:** Morning!
* (The first job Farmer Waggle needs is for Roger and Arnold to plough the field, while Stephanie supervises them)
* **Stephanie:** Okay, Roger, okay, Arnold! And when I say go - and go!
* (Roger and Arnold begin ploughing)
* **Roger:** Keep pulling, Arnold! Oh, I say!
* (Stephanie gets covered in mud)
* **Stephanie:** Oh! Oh, no! Eurghhhh!!! Oh, I'm covered in horrible smelly mud!
* (Roger and Arnold laugh)
* (Penny and Sammy are delivering hay bales to the barn)
* **Sammy:** Hey, hey! This is great fun, Penny.
* **Penny:** I-I know. But this hay makes me...(Penny is about to sneeze) sneeze!
* **Sammy:** Oh, me too! (Penny and Sammy end up both sneezing)
* (Susan begins sowing the seeds on a freshly ploughed field)
* **Susan:** Oh, dear! Oh! Oohhhh! Oh, it's hard work being a tractor!
* (Farmer Waggle sends Harry off to scare crows due to his scarecrow being in the workshop)
* **Harry:** Ah, go on! Shoo! Shoo! Go on, clear off! Boo! Go on, go away! Go on! Ha-ha-ha! Go, go on! Brrrrrrr!!! Shoo! Shoo! Brrrrrrrr!!!
* **Farmer Waggle:** (Starts to laugh at Harry's funny moves) That bus Harry is the best scarecrow I've ever had! I can't wait to tell Mr. Spector!
* (Evening came, and the buses have finishing working at Farmer Waggle's farm and are about to head back to the garage)
* **Stephanie:** Oh! So much for our lazy Sunday. I'm exhausted.
* (A very clean Colin arrives at the garage, and is suprised to see the other buses in such a muddy condition)
* **Colin:** Evening! Have you all had a nice quiet Sunday?
* **Arnold:** Quiet Sunday?! I've never worked so hard in me life! I'm exhausted! I'm worn out!
* **Harry:** Oh, you can say that again, Arnold, I'll be glad to go back to work tomorrow, so that I can have a rest!
* (The other buses laugh)