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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... others a great deal more , but he didn't want any that weighed less . " Feed them cabbage leaves , " the pet shop owners told him . " That's all they'll need . And a bowl of water . " Find 永萬寶汁/ When he had finished ,
... others a great deal more , but he didn't want any that weighed less . " Feed them cabbage leaves , " the pet shop owners told him . " That's all they'll need . And a bowl of water . " Find 永萬寶汁/ When he had finished ,
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... less than one hundred and forty tortoises and he carried them home in baskets , ten or fifteen at a time . He had to make a lot of trips and he was quite exhausted at the end of it all , but it was worth it . Boy , was it worth it ! And ...
... less than one hundred and forty tortoises and he carried them home in baskets , ten or fifteen at a time . He had to make a lot of trips and he was quite exhausted at the end of it all , but it was worth it . Boy , was it worth it ! And ...
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... less . When he had got it , he put it on the kitchen table beside Alfie , and even he could hardly tell that one was bigger than the other . But it was bigger . It was bigger by two ounces . This was Tortoise Number 2 . Mr Hoppy took ...
... less . When he had got it , he put it on the kitchen table beside Alfie , and even he could hardly tell that one was bigger than the other . But it was bigger . It was bigger by two ounces . This was Tortoise Number 2 . Mr Hoppy took ...
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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