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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Page 41
... tortoise up and stroked his shell . Then she fished Mr Hoppy's piece of paper out of her pocket , and holding the tortoise very close to her face , she whispered , reading from the paper : " ESIO TROT , ESIO TROT , TEG REGGIB REGGIB ...
... tortoise up and stroked his shell . Then she fished Mr Hoppy's piece of paper out of her pocket , and holding the tortoise very close to her face , she whispered , reading from the paper : " ESIO TROT , ESIO TROT , TEG REGGIB REGGIB ...
Page 49
... holding the tortoise in both hands and waving it above her head and shouting , " Guess what , Mr Hoppy ! Guess what ! He weighs twenty - seven ounces ! He's twice as big as he was before ! Oh you darling ! " she cried , stroking the ...
... holding the tortoise in both hands and waving it above her head and shouting , " Guess what , Mr Hoppy ! Guess what ! He weighs twenty - seven ounces ! He's twice as big as he was before ! Oh you darling ! " she cried , stroking the ...
Page 50
... hold Alfie myself ? " " Why , of course you can ! " Mrs Silver cried ... tortoise now , " Mr Hoppy said . " And you did it ! " Mrs Silver cried ... tortoise who was trying to push his way into his house . But he was too big . " I shall ...
... hold Alfie myself ? " " Why , of course you can ! " Mrs Silver cried ... tortoise now , " Mr Hoppy said . " And you did it ! " Mrs Silver cried ... tortoise who was trying to push his way into his house . But he was too big . " I shall ...
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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