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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... weighing only slightly more than Alfie's thirteen ounces , 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 ...
... weighing only slightly more than Alfie's thirteen ounces , 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 ...
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Roald Dahl. Mr Hoppy weighed Alfie on his own kitchen scales just to make sure that Mrs Silver's figure of thirteen ounces was correct . It was . Now , holding ... weighed exactly two ounces more . Two ounces is not much . It is less than.
Roald Dahl. Mr Hoppy weighed Alfie on his own kitchen scales just to make sure that Mrs Silver's figure of thirteen ounces was correct . It was . Now , holding ... weighed exactly two ounces more . Two ounces is not much . It is less than.
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... weighed exactly fifteen ounces . He must now find one that weighed exactly seventeen ounces , two ounces more . From his enormous collection , he easily found a seventeen - ounce tortoise and once again he made sure the shells matched ...
... weighed exactly fifteen ounces . He must now find one that weighed exactly seventeen ounces , two ounces more . From his enormous collection , he easily found a seventeen - ounce tortoise and once again he made sure the shells matched ...
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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