A Muddy Day

**A Muddy Day** is the eighth episode of the second season.

## Plot

It's a rainy day and none of the buses want to go outside; except Colin, who loves the mud.

## Characters

* Sammy
* Harry
* Colin
* Arnold
* Stephanie
* Mr. Spector
* Duke
* Molly

## Quotes

* (Chumley garage, morning, a storm has arrived and no one wants to go out at this time)
* **Arnold:** I hate the rain! That weather plays up with me suspension.
* **Harry:** And nothing makes my passengers grumpier than a wet outing!
* (Colin doesn't care about what Arnold and Harry has to say about the weather)
* **Colin:** I loves the rain! It makes everything squishy and muddy! (Colin has a flashback about being the muddiest bus ever, then leaves) See you later, Molly!
* (The other buses refuse to leave the garage)
* **Mr. Spector:** Out you go! You can't stay here all day. You've got passengers to pick up.
* (Everyone else leaves as Arnold complains about it more)
* **Arnold:** D'oh! Look at it! It's raining harder than ever!
* (Colin happily enjoys driving through the wet streets of Chumley, he then goes to see Duke who is barking in the next street)
* **Colin:** Hey, hey! Oh, hello, Duke! Didn't see you there. Lovely day, isn't it?
* (Colin laughs as Duke barks at him before setting off to the country, later on, he drives down lots of muddy dirt roads while picking up some farmers)
* **Colin:** I loves mud, I do!
* (Colin drives through a giant muddy puddle)
* **Colin:** Wha, hey! Oh-arrr! (Drives past a field of sheep) Oh, morning, sheep! I hope your wooly coats are keeping you dry.
* (Colin arrives at the pig pen, and sees three pigs covered in mud)
* **Colin:** Oh! I think you pigs like mud nearly as much as I do.
* (Colin arrives at his last stop before heading off to market)
* **Farmer:** Morning, Colin!
* (Colin arrives at the market where everyone is complaining about the storm)
* **Farmer 2:** Oh, dear me!
* (Colin takes the farmers back home after the market closed)
* **Colin:** Wha, hey! Ha-ha! (Slips) Oh, steady! Oh! All that rain's made the road slippery.
* (As the storm continues, the other buses are glad to be back at the garage)
* **Harry:** Ohh! I don't think I've ever been so wet and cold! Ohhhhh!!!
* (Sammy and the other buses start to wonder where Colin is as he has not been seen since morning)
* **Arnold:** Don't worry, Sammy, Colin's always the last one home.
* **Stephanie:** But even for Colin, this is very late. I do hope he's alright. (Stephanie hears Molly miaowing nearby) Oh!
* **Sammy:** (Turns around and spots Molly) Hello, Molly! What's wrong? (Duke barks in the distance alerting Sammy to come see him) That sounds like Duke. I wonder what he's barking at this time of night? (Sets off to find Duke) I'm going to find out! Here I come! Hi, Duke, what's wrong? (Sammy finds Duke who is barking at him to warn him that Colin has had an accident, some sheep also bleat in the distance while Sammy hears a distress call) Oh, no! It sounds like the sheep are in trouble! (Sammy heads off to the country) Here I come, sheep!
* (Sammy arrives at the farm where the sheep in their field are constantly bleating at him to help)
* **Sammy:** Oh! Hello, sheep! What's wrong? (Sammy hears some pigs oink in the distance) Huh?! Oh, no! It sounds like the pigs are in trouble. Right, don't worry, pigs! Here I come! (Sammy arrives at the pig pen)
* **Sammy:** Oh! Hello, pigs! What's wrong? (Sammy hears Colin screaming in the distance)
* **Colin:** (In the distance) Help! Heeelllllp! I can't move!
* **Sammy:** That's strange? That sounds a bit like -
* (Colin has crashed into a hedge and is unable to move)
* **Colin:** Help! Oh!
* **Sammy:** Like, Colin!
* **Colin:** Oh, Sammy!
* **Sammy:** Oh! What are you doing down there?
* (Colin explains to Sammy that he was unable to brake on the steep gradient and crashed into a ditch near to a hedge)
* **Colin:** I've only just woken up!
* **Sammy:** Don't worry, Colin! I'll soon help you out of there! Here we go! Ready? (Sammy pushes Colin free from the ditch)
* **Colin: '**Ere, Sammy, how did you know where to find me?
* **Sammy:** Easy! Your friends told me, Colin.
* (Colin hears Molly miaowing and Duke barking in the distance)
* **Sammy:** Your friends told me!
* **Colin:** I'll be! My friends told him!
* (Sammy and Colin laugh as A Muddy Day ends)