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The Little Engine That Could

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The Little Engine That Could	comment	The Little Engine That Could is a famous children's story, used to teach children the value of optimism and perseverance. The story is said to be a metaphor for the American dream.An early published version of the story, "Story of the Engine that Thought It Could", appeared in the New York Tribune, April 8, 1906, as part of a sermon by the Rev. Charles S. Wing.A version of the story appeared in the six-volume Bookhouse Books, which were copyrighted in the United Kingdom in 1920 and sold in the United States by door-to-door sellers. Although this version contained no author attribution, it was edited by Olive B. Miller and published in Chicago. The Bookhouse version began, "Once there was a Train-of-Cars, and she was flying merrily across the country with a load of Christmas toys for the children who lived way over on the other side of the mountain."In the 1941 Disney movie Dumbo, Casey Jr., the work train taking the circus animals to their destination, pulls his cargo up a hill repeating the well known saying, "I-Think-I-Can-I-Think-I-Can," and rolls down the hill saying, "I-Thought-I-Could-I-Thought-I-Could."The best-known incarnation of the story The Little Engine That Could was written by "Watty Piper", a pen name of Arnold Munk, who was the owner of the publishing firm Platt & Munk. Arnold Munk was born in Hungary; as a child, he moved with his family to the United States, settling in Chicago. Later he moved to New York. Platt & Munk offices were at 200 Fifth Avenue till 1957, when Arnold Munk died. Munk used the name Watty Piper both as an author of children's books and as the editor of many of the books that Platt & Munk published. He personally hired Lois Lenski to illustrate the book. This retelling of the tale The Pony Engine appeared in 1930. The first edition attributes Mabel C. Bragg as the originating author. However, Mabel C. Bragg, a school teacher in Boston, never claimed to have originated the story.In 1954, Platt & Munk published another version of The Little Engine That Could, with slightly revised language and new, more colorful illustrations by George and Doris Hauman. A 1976 rework featured art by Ruth Sanderson.The book received two movie adaptations: a half-hour film released in 1991 by Welsh studio Kalato Animation and distributed by MCA/Universal Home Video, and a computer-animated one released in 2011, twenty years later, by Universal Studios. Both were direct-to-video releases.The 1977 Rankin/Bass Productions Easter special The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town also incorporates the story into the plot, with the engine, Chuggs, delivering the Easter Bunny's cargo of eggs and candy.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: Like the 1991 half-hour special, this serves as one to the original novel, only it operates under the precipice of magic.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_2d1ba10b	type	Recycled IN SPACE!
The Little Engine That Could / int_2d1ba10b	comment	Recycledin Space: The story is basically the parable of The Good Samaritan with anthropomorphic train engines.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_34889673	type	Gender Flip
The Little Engine That Could / int_34889673	comment	Gender Flip: The Tower, which was a male in the first movie, is a female here. The same goes for the clown.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
The Little Engine That Could / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: She can.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_3e1c753d	comment	Blue Is Heroic: Little Engine.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_41435fc2	type	Pie in the Face
The Little Engine That Could / int_41435fc2	comment	Pie in the Face: This is a favorite of Beverly the Clown's.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_422cefe3	comment	True Blue Femininity: The titular little engine is often stated to be female, especially in the two film adaptations.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_496569e8	type	Race Against the Clock
The Little Engine That Could / int_496569e8	comment	Race Against the Clock: The train has to get over the hill by sunrise.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_63389b0b	type	Kids Are Cruel
The Little Engine That Could / int_63389b0b	comment	Kids Are Cruel: Two boys pick on Richard. They even steal his grandfather's watch from him.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_73d1a356	type	The Noun Who Verbed
The Little Engine That Could / int_73d1a356	comment	The Noun Who Verbed: The title.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
The Little Engine That Could / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: "I think I can, I think I can."
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The Little Engine That Could / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The Little Engine That Could / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: Nothing is ever stated about what became of the broken-down train in the book. However, the 1991 film shows that a doctor engine was notified of what'd happened, and took the broken down engine back to the train yard.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: The Nightmare Train.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: Some of the engines that show up in this one don't get proper names, unlike the first film adaptation.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
The Little Engine That Could / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Unlike the Tower from the 1991 adaptation, the one in this 2011 adaptation allowed Little Engine to take Richard back to the human world and congratulates her for doing so and taking the toys there after Red Engine #35 broke down.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_dcd2459e	type	Anthropomorphic Food
The Little Engine That Could / int_dcd2459e	comment	Anthropomorphic Food: The apples and oranges that the train is taking to all the little boys and girls.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
The Little Engine That Could / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: She thinks she can.
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The Little Engine That Could / int_f4a3140c	type	Survival Mantra
The Little Engine That Could / int_f4a3140c	comment	Survival Mantra: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
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The Little Engine That Could / int_fd9763d3	type	Non-Ironic Clown
The Little Engine That Could / int_fd9763d3	comment	Non-Ironic Clown: A toy clown assumes leadership of the toys after the engine stalls out and asks other passing engines for help.
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