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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... crawling about on the family lawn or in the back yard . You could buy them quite cheaply in any pet - shop and they were probably the least troublesome of all childhood pets , and quite harmless . Tortoises used to be brought into ...
... crawling about on the family lawn or in the back yard . You could buy them quite cheaply in any pet - shop and they were probably the least troublesome of all childhood pets , and quite harmless . Tortoises used to be brought into ...
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... corner there was a little house into which Alfie would crawl every night to keep warm . When the colder weather came along in November , Mrs Silver would fill Alfie's house عا الله דרך しいいま with dry hay , and the 14.
... corner there was a little house into which Alfie would crawl every night to keep warm . When the colder weather came along in November , Mrs Silver would fill Alfie's house عا الله דרך しいいま with dry hay , and the 14.
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... crawl in there and bury himself deep under the hay and go to sleep for months on end without food or water . This is called hibernating . In early spring , when Alfie felt the warmer weather through his shell , he would wake up and crawl ...
... crawl in there and bury himself deep under the hay and go to sleep for months on end without food or water . This is called hibernating . In early spring , when Alfie felt the warmer weather through his shell , he would wake up and crawl ...
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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