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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... lettuce for you , my lovely , " she was saying . " And here's a slice of fresh tomato and a piece of crispy celery . " " Good morning , Mrs Silver , " Mr Hoppy said . " Alfie's looking well this morning . " " Isn't he gorgeous ! " Mrs ...
... lettuce for you , my lovely , " she was saying . " And here's a slice of fresh tomato and a piece of crispy celery . " " Good morning , Mrs Silver , " Mr Hoppy said . " Alfie's looking well this morning . " " Isn't he gorgeous ! " Mrs ...
Page 39
... lettuce leaf . Tortoise Number 2 had never eaten tender juicy lettuce leaves before . It had only had thick old cabbage leaves . It loved the lettuce and started chomping away at it with great gusto . There followed a rather nervous two ...
... lettuce leaf . Tortoise Number 2 had never eaten tender juicy lettuce leaves before . It had only had thick old cabbage leaves . It loved the lettuce and started chomping away at it with great gusto . There followed a rather nervous two ...
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... 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 . Roberta has grown up and is now married and has two children of her own . She lives in ...
... 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 . Roberta has grown up and is now married and has two children of her own . She lives in ...
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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