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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... 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 he could change places with Alfie and become a tortoise . ہو a Now we come ...
... 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 he could change places with Alfie and become a tortoise . ہو a Now we come ...
Page 23
... hand . " I'm going to lower it to you on a bit of string , " he said , " or it might blow away . Here it comes . " Mrs Silver caught the paper and held it up in front of her . This is what she read : ESIO TROT , ESIO TROT , TEG REGGIB ...
... hand . " I'm going to lower it to you on a bit of string , " he said , " or it might blow away . Here it comes . " Mrs Silver caught the paper and held it up in front of her . This is what she read : ESIO TROT , ESIO TROT , TEG REGGIB ...
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... hand - lever so that the claws opened wide . Then he lowered the two claws neatly over Alfie's shell and pulled the lever . The claws closed tightly over the shell like two fingers of a hand . He hauled Alfie up on to his own balcony ...
... hand - lever so that the claws opened wide . Then he lowered the two claws neatly over Alfie's shell and pulled the lever . The claws closed tightly over the shell like two fingers of a hand . He hauled Alfie up on to his own balcony ...
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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