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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... lowered the pole down onto Mrs Silver's balcony below . Alfie was basking in the pale sunlight over to one side . " Hello Alfie , " Mr Hoppy said . " You are about to go for a little ride . " He wiggled the tortoise - catcher till it ...
... lowered the pole down onto Mrs Silver's balcony below . Alfie was basking in the pale sunlight over to one side . " Hello Alfie , " Mr Hoppy said . " You are about to go for a little ride . " He wiggled the tortoise - catcher till it ...
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... lowered it onto Mrs Silver's balcony , right beside a nice fresh 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 ...
... lowered it onto Mrs Silver's balcony , right beside a nice fresh 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 ...
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... lowered Tortoise Number 3 onto Mrs Silver's balcony . As you will have guessed by now , Mr Hoppy's secret was a very simple one . If a creature grows slowly enough - I mean very very slowly indeed - then you'll never notice that it has ...
... lowered Tortoise Number 3 onto Mrs Silver's balcony . As you will have guessed by now , Mr Hoppy's secret was a very simple one . If a creature grows slowly enough - I mean very very slowly indeed - then you'll never notice that it has ...
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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