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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... hold Alfie up to your face and whisper these words to him three times a day , morning , noon and night . Let me hear you practice them . " Very slowly and stumbling a little over the strange words , Mrs Silver read the whole message out ...
... hold Alfie up to your face and whisper these words to him three times a day , morning , noon and night . Let me hear you practice them . " Very slowly and stumbling a little over the strange words , Mrs Silver read the whole message out ...
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... holding 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 ...
... holding 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 ...
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... hold Alfie myself ? " " Why , of course you can ! " Mrs Silver cried . " Come down at once . " Mr Hoppy rushed down the stairs and Mrs Silver opened the door to him . Together they went out onto the balcony . " Just look at him ! " Mrs ...
... hold Alfie myself ? " " Why , of course you can ! " Mrs Silver cried . " Come down at once . " Mr Hoppy rushed down the stairs and Mrs Silver opened the door to him . Together they went out onto the balcony . " Just look at him ! " Mrs ...
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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