The Polar Express Page #4

And that rope is the whistle.

The whistle. Mm-hm.

You wanna try it?

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

I've wanted to do that my whole life.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[SCREAMING]

Hold still! Hold still! Don't move!

Look!

[SCREAMING]

Stop the train! Stop the train!

Stop the train!

What?

They want us to stop the train.

[GASPS]

Which one is the brake? He told me this was.

Who? The engineer.

The engineer? This one looks like a brake. No, he said this was the brake.

Are you sure?

Uh.... Are you sure?

ENGINEER:
Pull the brake!

Stop the train!

[SCREAMING]

Caribou?

Ugh. CONDUCTOR:
- There's no Christmas...

...without the Polar Express arriving on time.

Am I the only one who understands that?

You. I should have known.

Are you bound and determined that this train never reaches the North Pole?

But look.

Caribou crossing?!

I make that herd to be at least 1 00,000, maybe even a million.

It's gonna be hours before they clear this track.

A tough nut to crack. We are in some serious jelly.

And a jam. Tight spot.

Up a creek. Up a tree.

Lost in the grass. I'll tell you what's grass: our a... Ow!

[CARIBOU WHINES]

[SCREAMING]

[WHINES]

[SCREAMING]

[WHINES]

Problem solved. All ahead, slow.

[GRUNTS]

HERO BOY:
We're going pretty fast.

Tell the engineer to slow down.

HERO GIRL:
Slow it down.

Watch the speed!

Ah! Jumping jeepers, the cotter pin sheared off.

What? The pin.

Where? There.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

They can't hear me. They can't? Oh....

CONDUCTOR:
I don't like the look of this. Quick, under the safety bar.

Is everything all right? What should we do?

Well, considering the fact that we have lost communication with the engineer...

...we are standing totally exposed on the front of the locomotive...

...the train appears to be accelerating uncontrollably...

...and we are rapidly approaching Glacier Gulch...

...which just happens to be the steepest downhill grade in the world...

...I suggest we all hold on...

...tightly!

[ALL SCREAMING]

The pin. The pin.

[GRUNTING]

Jiminy Christmas, the ice has frozen over the tracks.

Hold on. Hold on. No, no.

Come on. Watch your step.

Come on, sweetie. Up you go. Up you go.

Shh. Put your feet on here. On here.

CONDUCTOR:
Little adventure, huh?

Young man, quick thinking on your part.

Step to your left, please. To your left.

Oh!

Well, that is more like it.

What in the name of Mike?

[CRACKING]

Look.

Get us the blazes out of here!

Turn this sled around.

Look there.

Tracks.

Dead ahead.

Right.

Left.

Right.

Hang a Louie.

Toss a Ritchie.

Port astern.

To the starboard.

HERO BOY:
- My slipper. You're gonna lose your ticket.

It's not my ticket, it's yours.

It's my ticket? Yes.

Right. Keep up with me. Left.

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