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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... carefully . To you and me there is not much difference between one tortoise and another . They differ only in their size and in the colour of their shells . Alfie had a darkish shell , so Mr Hoppy chose only the darker - shelled ...
... carefully . To you and me there is not much difference between one tortoise and another . They differ only in their size and in the colour of their shells . Alfie had a darkish shell , so Mr Hoppy chose only the darker - shelled ...
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... was all . Mr Hoppy had to pick his way carefully on his toes between this moving sea of brown shells whenever he walked across the room . But enough of that . He must get on with the job . 3 рок Before he retired Mr Hoppy had been a. 31 ...
... was all . Mr Hoppy had to pick his way carefully on his toes between this moving sea of brown shells whenever he walked across the room . But enough of that . He must get on with the job . 3 рок Before he retired Mr Hoppy had been a. 31 ...
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... , 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 less than. 36.
... , 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 less than. 36.
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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