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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... shell , he would wake up and crawl very slowly out of his house on to the balcony . And Mrs Silver would clap her hands with joy and cry out , " Welcome back , my darling one ! Oh , how I have missed you ! " It was at times like these ...
... shell , he would wake up and crawl very slowly out of his house on to the balcony . And Mrs Silver would clap her hands with joy and cry out , " Welcome back , my darling one ! Oh , how I have missed you ! " It was at times like these ...
Page 28
... shells . Alfie had a darkish shell , so Mr Hoppy 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 ...
... shells . Alfie had a darkish shell , so Mr Hoppy 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 ...
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... 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 . It was easy . Mr Hoppy weighed Alfie on his own kitchen scales just.
... 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 . It was easy . Mr Hoppy weighed Alfie on his own kitchen scales just.
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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