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1. Thomas the Tank engine was born
January 06, 2011
Back in 1943, little Christopher Awdry, a three years-old son of an Anglican clergyman named Thomas Sabo Wilbert Awdry, was suffering from scarlet fever. Due to the nature of the disease he was forced to remain in isolation. As a way to keep him entertained, his father started telling him several stories about a group of trains living out adventures and having fun together, and thus, Thomas the Tank engine was born.As is to be expected with any child, he demanded his father to tell him the stories over again and again,thomas sabo sale and of course corrected him each and every time an inconsi... (read more)
Author: Booker Hays
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