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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... pet tortoise was a common sight 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 ...
... pet tortoise was a common sight 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 ...
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... pet - shop in the city . There were fourteen of them altogether . عليكم ཞུ་ ས་ It took him two days to visit each pet -
... pet - shop in the city . There were fourteen of them altogether . عليكم ཞུ་ ས་ It took him two days to visit each pet -
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... 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 water . " When he had finished , Mr Hoppy , in his.
... 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 water . " When he had finished , Mr Hoppy , in his.
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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