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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... called Mrs Silver . Mrs Silver was a widow who also lived alone . And although she didn't know it , it was she who was the object of Mr Hoppy's secret love . He had loved her from his balcony for many years , but he was a very shy man ...
... called Mrs Silver . Mrs Silver was a widow who also lived alone . And although she didn't know it , it was she who was the object of Mr Hoppy's secret love . He had loved her from his balcony for many years , but he was a very shy man ...
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... called hibernating . In early spring , when Alfie felt the warmer weather through his shell , he would wake up and crawl very slowly out of his house onto the balcony . And Mrs Silver would clap her hands with joy and cry out ...
... called hibernating . In early spring , when Alfie felt the warmer weather through his shell , he would wake up and crawl very slowly out of his house onto the balcony . And Mrs Silver would clap her hands with joy and cry out ...
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... called Roberta Squibb , and he settled down in Roberta's garden . Every day she fed him lettuce and tomato slices and crispy celery , and in the winters he hibernated in a box of dried leaves in the tool shed . That was a long time ago ...
... called Roberta Squibb , and he settled down in Roberta's garden . Every day she fed him lettuce and tomato slices and crispy celery , and in the winters he hibernated in a box of dried leaves in the tool shed . That was a long time ago ...
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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