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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Roald Dahl. The only furniture in Mr Hoppy's small living - room was a table and two chairs . These he moved into his bedroom . Then he went out and bought a sheet of thick canvas and spread it over the entire living - room floor to ...
Roald Dahl. The only furniture in Mr Hoppy's small living - room was a table and two chairs . These he moved into his bedroom . Then he went out and bought a sheet of thick canvas and spread it over the entire living - room floor to ...
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Roald Dahl. Mr Hoppy turned and ran from the balcony into the living - room , jumping on tip - toe like a ballet- dancer between the sea of tortoises that covered the floor . He flung open his front door and flew down the stairs two at a ...
Roald Dahl. Mr Hoppy turned and ran from the balcony into the living - room , jumping on tip - toe like a ballet- dancer between the sea of tortoises that covered the floor . He flung open his front door and flew down the stairs two at a ...
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... afternoon , Mr Hoppy took all his other tortoises back to the pet - shops and said they could have them for nothing . Then he cleaned up his living - room , leaving not a leaf of cabbage nor a trace of tortoise . C vm 11 C + me Y 日日.
... afternoon , Mr Hoppy took all his other tortoises back to the pet - shops and said they could have them for nothing . Then he cleaned up his living - room , leaving not a leaf of cabbage nor a trace of tortoise . C vm 11 C + me Y 日日.
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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