Counting on Nia
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00:00Counting on Nia.
00:05Nia is a really clever engine.
00:09She's good at finding her way around Sodor, and she knows the names of all the stations.
00:16Nia's also great at solving problems.
00:31There! Problem solved!
00:34Oh, thank you, Nia!
00:44Come on, come on! Move, will you?
00:49It's no use blowing your whistle, Gordon. That won't make her move.
00:53But I'm pulling the express, and I can't be late!
00:57Wait! I have an idea!
01:01Your driver could pick some of that long grass over there, and use it to guide her away from the trucks.
01:12There!
01:13Thank you, Nia. That was, uh, very clever.
01:18Yes, Nia certainly is a very clever engine.
01:25Good morning, sir.
01:26Oh, Nia! How would you like to work with Annie and Clarabel today?
01:32Oh, yes, please! This is so exciting!
01:36Then it's settled. You can pick up your passengers from Platform 2.
01:41Platform 2? Uh, yes, sir. Right away, sir.
01:48Not Platform 5, Nia!
01:51Platform 2!
01:53Oh, uh, of course!
02:01This is Platform 1!
02:04Oops! Sorry!
02:07Huh? Oops!
02:11That's Platform 2, Nia! The one with the man in a... funny hat.
02:17Uh, sorry, everyone! I'm just so excited to be carrying passengers!
02:31Clarabel!
02:34Clarabel? Was that a speed limit sign?
02:38I think it was! And that was another one! We need to...
02:42Slow down!
02:44Nia! Watch out!
02:46You're going too fast!
02:48Oh, no!
03:04There you go!
03:07You're back on track again!
03:10Oh, dear, oh, dear, Nia. Didn't you see the speed limit signs?
03:15Yes, sir. I, uh, did see some signs, sir.
03:19Then you should have taken notice of what they said and slowed down!
03:24I'm very sorry, sir.
03:34Nia? Wait! Where are we going?
03:37This isn't the way back to Knapford!
03:39Nia! What are you doing?
03:41Why are we here?
03:43I've let the FUD controller down.
03:46And now everyone will think I'm silly.
03:49Silly? Why?
03:51You're one of the cleverest engines we know, but isn't she, Clarabel?
03:55Oh, yes! Carly told us how you sorted out all the trucks
03:59when they were in a muddle at the docks.
04:01And Thomas told us about your idea of making a funnel out of leaves
04:06to catch rainwater when you got stuck in the Amazon.
04:09You're a very clever engineer!
04:13But I'll never be a really useful engine if I don't know numbers.
04:19You don't know numbers?
04:21I can count, all right.
04:23One, two, three, four, five.
04:26And I know that there are three birds on that branch over there.
04:30But I can't read those squiggles that people call numbers.
04:35Oh! You mean you don't know what a one and a two and a three look like?
04:42So that's why you didn't slow down for the speed limit signs.
04:46You should have told us sooner. It's OK to ask for help.
04:51We can teach you to read numbers, Nia.
04:55The number one is tall and straight.
04:58Oh, like a tree!
05:00Yes, exactly!
05:02And a two is curved with a straight line, like a swan.
05:08Three is rounded on one side.
05:11Oh, a butterfly!
05:13Number four crisscrosses, like Marion's crane.
05:18And five is straight and curly.
05:22Oh, a squirrel!
05:24Six curls up like a...
05:26I know! An ostrich!
05:28And seven is two sharp lines.
05:32Like an axe!
05:34And eight? It has two circles.
05:37Oh, a snowman!
05:39And nine curls downward.
05:42Like a drooping flower.
05:44And don't forget zero!
05:46It's a circle!
05:48Like my wheels!
05:51So, my number is a one and a shape that looks like a snowman,
05:57which is the number eight.
05:59That's 18!
06:01Hooray!
06:04Nia was a very quick learner.
06:07Before long, she was recognising numbers everywhere.
06:12Hi there, number one and two.
06:15Good afternoon, number seven.
06:19Hey there, number four.
06:21She's already forgotten our names.
06:24No, she hasn't, Gordon.
06:26She's just practising her numbers.
06:31Hi, Nia!
06:34What's my number?
06:40Six and eight?
06:4468!
06:46Always ready, never late!
06:49Hooray! Oh, well done, Nia!
06:53Oh, very good, Nia!
06:55Woo-hoo! Yay!