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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... tremendous like saving her life or rescuing her from a gang of armed thugs , if only he could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes . If only ... The trouble with Mrs Silver was that she gave all 12 6 ...
... tremendous like saving her life or rescuing her from a gang of armed thugs , if only he could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes . If only ... The trouble with Mrs Silver was that she gave all 12 6 ...
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... armed with his long metal pole . He called this his tortoise - catcher . He leaned over the balcony railings and lowered the pole down onto Mrs Silver's balcony below . Alfie was basking in the pale sunlight over to one side . " Hello ...
... armed with his long metal pole . He called this his tortoise - catcher . He leaned over the balcony railings and lowered the pole down onto Mrs Silver's balcony below . Alfie was basking in the pale sunlight over to one side . " Hello ...
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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