Air date: September 4th, 2006 (UK), September 3rd, 2006 (US)
One day, Thomas is in a grumpy mood as he has been shutting Troublesome Trucks and has been using all his puff to keep them in order. James arrives and told Thomas that the Fat Controller gave him the job to collect the flour to make the cakes and bread for the children's harvest festival and asks Thomas to shunt the truck of flour for him. Thomas is jealous that he did not get the job and mumbles that James is a bossy boiler.
Thomas wants to finish the job quickly, but without taking any care, he hits the truck so hard that the door on the right side opens and leaks flour, but Thomas does not know. Thomas has an idea to hide James' truck so James will have to find him and the truck himself. After Thomas leaves, James who had came back from taking on water notices the flour falling out of his truck that Thomas had and tries to tell Thomas, but he is too far to hear him, so James goes after Thomas. Every time Thomas finds a hiding place, he is surprised that James knew where he was and continues trying to hide the truck. James finally catches up to Thomas and is furious when he tells Thomas that he left a trail of flour all over the Wharf. Thomas is upset after realizing his actions and goes to the flour mill to get a new truck of flour.
But when Thomas arrives at the flour mill, it is closed. Dusty Dave who is leaving tells Thomas there is one truck filled with flour. Thomas knows he cannot move all the empty trucks by himself and goes back to the Wharf. Thomas tells James he is sorry for not listening and the two friends make up as they arrive at the flour mill shunting all the empty trucks out of the way for James to collect the flour truck. That evening, the flour is made into delicious cakes and bread for the festival and Thomas cheers for James as he heads home to the sheds.
Tropes featured in the episode:
- The Bus Came Back: Sir Handel makes his first appearance since "Gallant Old Engine" from Series 4, which first aired ten years prior. His absence is Handwaved in the next episode by an explanation that he had been working in the stone quarry all summer.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Thomas shows a bit of jealousy when James is to take the flour to the Harvest Festival.
- Jerkass Ball: Thomas thinks that James was being bossy when he was politely asking him to shunt the truck and plans to play hide and seek with him.
- Kindness Ball: James isn't rude and vain in this episode and this time around and only politely asks Thomas to shunt the flour truck for him.
- Sanity Ball: James who angrily calls out Thomas for leaving a trail of flour pouring all over the wharf.
- With Catlike Tread: Unknowingly to Thomas, as he tries to hide the flour truck, but because he'd bumped into it so hard earlier, he leaves a trail all over the yard, which is how James is able to follow that flour.
