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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... slowly out of his house onto the balcony . And Mrs Silver would clap her hands with joy and cry out , " Welcome back , my darling one ! Oh , how I have missed you ! " It was at times like these that Mr Hoppy wished more than ever that ...
... slowly out of his house onto the balcony . And Mrs Silver would clap her hands with joy and cry out , " Welcome back , my darling one ! Oh , how I have missed you ! " It was at times like these that Mr Hoppy wished more than ever that ...
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Roald Dahl. different sizes , some walking slowly about and exploring , some munching cabbage leaves , others drinking water from a big shallow dish . They made just the faintest rustling sound as they moved over the canvas sheet , but ...
Roald Dahl. different sizes , some walking slowly about and exploring , some munching cabbage leaves , others drinking water from a big shallow dish . They made just the faintest rustling sound as they moved over the canvas sheet , but ...
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... 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 growing taller every week , but their mothers ...
... 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 growing taller every week , but their mothers ...
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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