Esio TrotShy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger. |
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Page 14
... Alfie could walk about without toppling over the edge , and in one corner there was a little house into which Alfie would crawl every night to keep warm . When the colder weather came along in November , Mrs Silver would fill Alfie's ...
... Alfie could walk about without toppling over the edge , and in one corner there was a little house into which Alfie would crawl every night to keep warm . When the colder weather came along in November , Mrs Silver would fill Alfie's ...
Page 35
... Alfie was basking in the pale sunlight over to one side . " Hello Alfie , " Mr Hoppy said . " You are about to go for a little ride . " He wiggled the tortoise - catcher till it was right above Alfie . He pushed the hand - lever so that ...
... Alfie was basking in the pale sunlight over to one side . " Hello Alfie , " Mr Hoppy said . " You are about to go for a little ride . " He wiggled the tortoise - catcher till it was right above Alfie . He pushed the hand - lever so that ...
Page 36
... Alfie in one hand , he picked his way carefully through his huge collection of tortoises to find one that first of all had the same colour shell as Alfie's and secondly weighed exactly two ounces more . Two ounces is not much . It is ...
... Alfie in one hand , he picked his way carefully through his huge collection of tortoises to find one that first of all had the same colour shell as Alfie's and secondly weighed exactly two ounces more . Two ounces is not much . It is ...
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afternoon Alfie's become a tortoise bedouin tribesman told beside a nice bit bigger bought cabbage leaves claws closed claws opened crawl crispy celery darling door EGROG ELBBOG DOOF ELZZUG EMOC ESIO TROT excitement swept FFUP PU FFUTS Giant Peach GNIRPS PU hibernated hold Alfie holding the tortoise Hoppy chose Hoppy popped Hoppy took Hoppy's secret kitchen scales lettuce little house little tortoise living room LLEWS PU looking magic words metal claws morning North Africa once ounces End QUENTIN BLAKE Roald Dahl Roberta shiver of excitement shouting Silver answered Silver cried Silver had gone Silver was saying Silver's balcony slowly smile stroking his shell TEG REGGIB REGGIB tell thirteen ounces TIB RELLAMS titchy TOOHS PU tortoise language Tortoise Number tortoise-catcher tortoises grow faster tortoises in England TUP NO TAF twenty-seven ounces week TORTOISE weigh Alfie weighed exactly whispering endear WOLB PU words your slave WORG PU