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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... BIGGER BIGGER ! COME ON , TORTOISE , GROW UP , PUFF UP , SHOOT UP ! SPRING UP , BLOW UP , SWELL UP ! GORGE ! GUZZLE ! STUFF ! GULP ! PUT ON FAT , TORTOISE , PUT ON FAT ! GET ON , GET ON ! GOBBLE FOOD ! " Mrs Silver examined the magic ...
... BIGGER BIGGER ! COME ON , TORTOISE , GROW UP , PUFF UP , SHOOT UP ! SPRING UP , BLOW UP , SWELL UP ! GORGE ! GUZZLE ! STUFF ! GULP ! PUT ON FAT , TORTOISE , PUT ON FAT ! GET ON , GET ON ! GOBBLE FOOD ! " Mrs Silver examined the magic ...
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... bigger than Alfie but only a tiny bit bigger . The difference had to be so small that Mrs Silver wouldn't notice it . 2 1954 From his vast collection , it was not difficult ...
... bigger than Alfie but only a tiny bit bigger . The difference had to be so small that Mrs Silver wouldn't notice it . 2 1954 From his vast collection , it was not difficult ...
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... bigger . It was bigger by two ounces . This was Tortoise Number 2 . Mr Hoppy took Tortoise Number 2 out onto the balcony. 38.
... bigger . It was bigger by two ounces . This was Tortoise Number 2 . Mr Hoppy took Tortoise Number 2 out onto the balcony. 38.
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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