YOU MISERABLE CHILD JUST LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MY LAYOUT 

I'm one of those that doesn't blame the late Reverend for what he did here, the Child should have been taught to never stick your fingers in other people's possession without being asked or allowed too (hopefully now that he's much older, that Child learnt a valuable lesson from that day in his life). That's the trouble with totally Overly-Preached PC world, there's simply no discipline and plus Actions speak louder than Words ever will. Granted some words can leave an everlasting impact, but Actions leave so much more.

child: puts finger in model train layout* Wilbert: *N O*

Awdry did nothing wrong. He scratch built those models himself and he didn’t want that child to disturb anything. He was a kind person, but the boy was breaking the rules.

They are pretty expensive those models so he does have a point

I don't blame him for doing that, I'd be a bit annoyed as well if someone touched my models like that ahah

Imagine if this happened today...

Honestly I would also panic at a child trying to mess with my *77 year old fragile models*

How would you feel if some kid with grotty hands touched your most prized possessions? I know some of you people would have done the same thing

now i am scared of the reverend Wilbert awdry

If I was Wibert I wouldn't be happy if someone caught there fingers on the model railway layout that I worked on for years.

I get the kid should not have touch the model set, but in Awdry’s defense he was worried that the kids finger prints would ruin the model set

IM GONNA BE BORN IN TWO DAYS. DONT WORRY!

Hahaha what a great man. I don't blame him for that. The child should know not to mess with his possessions. It's called Display for a reason, "not to be played with"

There was most likely a sign on the layout saying “do not touch” so you can see why Wilbert was annoyed that this kid was touching his 50 year old model trains that he scratch built himself + This kid should have been taught to keep his hands off people’s possessions, so I think Wilbert’s actions here are completely justified.

Maybe the kid was like Thomas in Down the Mine, and the "Don't touch" sign was like a dare XD Still, a bit harsh.

The boy must be between 39 & 42 years old

Song is Sounds of silence by Simon and Garfunkle, the original variant.

I thought that clip with the hand smack was Awdry hitting the box that powered the engines, not the kid.

He didn’t do anything that wasn’t unexpected. He wasn’t angry, he was just curt and the kid should know not to touch things anyway. If the kid got his finger hurt somehow then you have a much bigger problem. Better to snuff it out the way he did.

If a kid tried to touch my model trains, I wouldn’t touch him. I would just say “keep your hands to yourself”.

Reverend Awdry caught you trying to cause confusion and delay!

Train: derails Kid: re rails R.W.A: Get your finger out duma-

ripperoni in pepperoni

The wrath of GODWRY

Imagine him doing that today, he’d be in prison

That should have learned him to keep out of others BUSINESSS!!! Somebody should raised the Words, thought some sense into him!!!

Not only were they his trains, but also live electricity. But if just saying no is considered savage, I don't want to live here anymore.

Thug Life.

after watching this over and over I realized what the rip what for XD XD

Probably around 1988 then

Get your finger out! Lol

What was this from, may I ask?

Só wheres my face

WTF does Rip in pepperoni mean

Lol

What the hell does rip in pepperoni mean?!

WTF

Ladies and Gentleman: Please welcome a Reverend, A "Wise" Old Man, and the Apparent Dictator of How Thomas and Friends Should Be Run.

Y'all don't understand these kids couldn't have been over 6 years old and they don't know any better I don't care how old you are if you talk to my little kid like that who just barely makes it passed a toddlers age like that I'm confronting him

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