Esio TrotWinner of the Smarties Prize (6-8 category) 1990, this is a tale of true love involving two middle-aged people and no less than 140 tortoises. The author also wrote Rhyme Stew, Matilda, The Twits and George's Marvellous Medicine. |
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Page 28
... chose only the darker - shelled tortoises for his great collection . Size , of course , was everything . Mr Hoppy chose all sorts of different sizes , some weighing only slightly more than Alfie's thirteen ounces , others a great deal ...
... chose only the darker - shelled tortoises for his great collection . Size , of course , was everything . Mr Hoppy chose all sorts of different sizes , some weighing only slightly more than Alfie's thirteen ounces , others a great deal ...
Page 54
... chose one and lowered it down with his tortoise - catcher . Then , still gripping the tor- toise , he tested it to see if it would go through the door . It wouldn't . He chose another . Again he tested it . This one went through nicely ...
... chose one and lowered it down with his tortoise - catcher . Then , still gripping the tor- toise , he tested it to see if it would go through the door . It wouldn't . He chose another . Again he tested it . This one went through nicely ...
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afternoon Alfie's become a tortoise beside a nice bit bigger bit smaller cabbage leaves Charlie Chocolate Factory claws closed claws opened colour crawl crispy celery Dahl's darling door EGROG ELBBOG DOOF ELZZUG EMOC ESIO TROT FFUP PU FFUTS fifteen ounces GNIRPS PU grow hibernated hold Alfie holding the tortoise Hoppy chose Hoppy popped Hoppy took Hoppy's secret kitchen scales lady lettuce little house little tortoise living-room LLEWS PU looking magic words metal claws morning North Africa ounces End pet tortoise pet-shop popped his head PUT ON FAT Quentin Blake Roald Dahl Roberta 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 TUP NO TAF twenty-seven ounces week TORTOISE weigh Alfie weighed exactly whispering endear winner WOLB PU WORG PU نا