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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... his balcony . They grew in pots and tubs and baskets , and in summer the little balcony became a riot of colour . Mr Hoppy's second love was a secret he kept entirely to himself . The balcony immediately below Mr Hoppy's jutted out a good.
... his balcony . They grew in pots and tubs and baskets , and in summer the little balcony became a riot of colour . Mr Hoppy's second love was a secret he kept entirely to himself . The balcony immediately below Mr Hoppy's jutted out a good.
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... secret love . He had loved her from his balcony for many years , but he was a very shy man and he had never been able to bring himself to give her even the smallest hint of his love . Every morning , Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver exchanged ...
... secret love . He had loved her from his balcony for many years , but he was a very shy man and he had never been able to bring himself to give her even the smallest hint of his love . Every morning , Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver exchanged ...
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... 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 grown at all , especially if you see it every day . It's the same with children . They are actually ...
... 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 grown at all , especially if you see it every day . It's the same with children . They are actually ...
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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