All At Sea

All At Sea is the tenth and final short of Sugar Rush Speedway's 16 Sweet Years

Transcript

 * Mr. Litwak: Minty and Swizzle like working at the harbor by the sea. On a clear summer's night, there's no better place to be. The big ships bring passengers. Cargo ships carry machinery and other things. Swizzle's Toungue Twister and Minty's Veloci-Wrapper puffed backwards and forwards with the crates of cargo as they are loaded and unloaded by the key side. One morning, Swizzle and Minty noticed that the horizon was packed with sails flapping against the blue sky.


 * Swizzle: I wish my kart could sail to faraway lands.


 * Mr. Litwak: Sighed Swizzle.


 * Minty: Karts can't go sailing.
 * Alec Baldwin: Snorted Percy.
 * Percy: Because engines can't float.
 * Alec Baldwin: Duck still had his dreams. Suddenly, they were rudely interrupted.
 * Harold: Wakey, wakey.
 * Alec Baldwin: Hovered Harold.
 * Duck: I'm looking at the boats.
 * Alec Baldwin: Replied Duck.
 * Harold: That's the regatta. Lots of boats, lots of races. Great fun. I hover around in case I'm needed.
 * Duck: Do you go to the horizon?
 * Alec Baldwin: Asked Duck.
 * Harold: Yes and beyond.
 * Percy: I didn't know there was a beyond.
 * Alec Baldwin: Whispered Percy.
 * Duck: Do you go to other places at sea?
 * Alec Baldwin: Continued Duck.
 * Harold: Certainly. I can land on ships you know. Anywhere, anytime. Goodbye.
 * Alec Baldwin: Duck sighed. He went on talking about the regatta all day. Percy lost patience.
 * Percy: Well, Duck, I rather had my wheels on solid ground. Our rails can take us to all the places we can ever wish to see.
 * (We hear a siren wailing)
 * Duck's Driver: That's an emergency.
 * Alec Baldwin: Called Duck's driver.
 * Duck's Driver: I'll check with the harbormaster.
 * Alec Baldwin: He returned with bad news.
 * Duck's Driver: A man taking part in the regatta had hurt his hand. We're to take him to the hospital at the next station. Harold's bringing him now. Come on.
 * Harold: Good to see you again, Duck.
 * Alec Baldwin: Whirred Harold as he landed carefully on the platform. The man was gently helped to safety.
 * Harold: My job is to stay at sea in case of other emergencies. Otherwise I will take this gentleman to hospital myself. Must fly. Goodbye.
 * Alec Baldwin: Duck set off on his journey. Soon he was steaming well and his wheels were thundering along the track. When they reached the station, the man thanked everyone and Bertie got ready to take him to the hospital.
 * Bertie: You look splendid flying along the line, Duck.
 * Alec Baldwin: Bloat Bertie.
 * Bertie: No wonder they called you great western.
 * Duck: Thank you, Bertie. Percy's right.
 * Alec Baldwin: He thought to himself.
 * Duck: Engines are happiest when their wheels are firmly on the rails.
 * Alec Baldwin: That night, Percy and Duck stayed a little longer at the key. The air was warm and the sea calmed.
 * Duck: There's a shooting star.
 * Alec Baldwin: Said Duck.
 * Percy: Don't be daft.
 * Alec Baldwin: Laughed Percy.
 * Percy: It's Harold. Look, he's hovering overhead.
 * Alec Baldwin: Something fluttered down towards Duck. His driver caught it.
 * Duck's Driver: It's a flag from the regatta. Harold's giving it to you as a present, Duck.
 * Duck: That was kind of Harold.
 * Alec Baldwin: Whispered Duck.
 * Duck: He may have whirly arms instead of wheels. But he seems to understand just what an engine needs.
 * Alec Baldwin: Duck still wonders about the lands beyond the horizon. But I think he knows that, sometimes, the best travels are those we can only dream about. Don't you?