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Terence the Tractor is a fictional anthropomorphic crawler tractor from The Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry, and the spin-off TV series ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends''. Terence first appeared in the Railway Series story 'Thomas, Terence and the Snow' from the book ''Tank Engine Thomas Again'' (1949). In this story, he is portrayed with a widow's peak – the guise that would be used as the basis for the TV series character. Terence was teased about his caterpillar tracks by Thomas the Tank Engine when they both met each other for the first time. He laughs the joke off and gets back to business. He is slow but good enough – he can go anywhere, because of his caterpillar tracks. He becomes a good friend of Thomas after Terence helps Thomas out of a snow drift. ((view photo). ) Terence's second appearance in The Railway Series comes in Christopher Awdry's book ''Toby, Trucks and Trouble''. In the story "Toby Takes the Road", Terence had been brought in to help shunt trucks in Ffarquhar Yard while Percy was away dealing with the incident at the harbour involving Bulstrode. In the illustration showing Terence, Clive Spong depicted Terence with a rectangular face and no widow's peak. This detail was reproduced on all the illustrator's subsequent pictures of Terence in related publications. Terence is the only named character in The Railway Series to have caterpillar tracks, although a nameless orange crane with caterpillar tracks is seen in C. Awdry's 'Washout'. ==Adventures== Throughout his life on Sodor, Terence has: *Rescued Thomas from a snowdrift (TV and Railway Series) *Helped rescue Mrs. Kyndley from her snowed-in house (TV and a book by the Rev. W. Awdry that wasn't a Railway Series book) *Helped haul trees in the forest (TV) *Helped a snowed-in village with Thomas, Percy and Harold (TV) *Helped Elizabeth out of a snowdrift (TV) *Slipped down an embankment and into a pond (annuals) *Dug up a pot in his field (annuals) *Helped Thomas out of a rockslide (TV Series) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terence the Tractor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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