Esio TrotShy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger. |
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... Silver had gone to work , Mr Hoppy went out onto his balcony armed with his long metal pole . He called this his tortoise - catcher . He leaned over the balcony railings and lowered the pole down onto Mrs Silver's balcony below . Alfie ...
... Silver had gone to work , Mr Hoppy went out onto his balcony armed with his long metal pole . He called this his tortoise - catcher . He leaned over the balcony railings and lowered the pole down onto Mrs Silver's balcony below . Alfie ...
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Roald Dahl. Mr Hoppy took Tortoise Number 2 out onto the balcony and gripped it in the claws of his tortoise - catcher . Then he lowered it onto Mrs Silver's balcony , right beside a nice fresh lettuce leaf . Tortoise Number 2 had never ...
Roald Dahl. Mr Hoppy took Tortoise Number 2 out onto the balcony and gripped it in the claws of his tortoise - catcher . Then he lowered it onto Mrs Silver's balcony , right beside a nice fresh lettuce leaf . Tortoise Number 2 had never ...
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... Silver's balcony . As you will have guessed by now , Mr Hoppy's secret was a very simple one . If a creature grows slowly enough - I mean very very slowly indeed - then you'll never notice that it has grown at all , especially if you ...
... Silver's balcony . As you will have guessed by now , Mr Hoppy's secret was a very simple one . If a creature grows slowly enough - I mean very very slowly indeed - then you'll never notice that it has grown at all , especially if you ...
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afternoon Alfie's balcony rail become a tortoise beside a nice bit smaller cabbage leaves claws closed claws opened colour crawl crispy celery darling door EGROG ELBBOG DOOF ELZZUG EMOC ESIO TROT FFUP PU FFUTS fifteen ounces GNIRPS PU grow happened hibernated hold Alfie holding the tortoise Hoppy chose Hoppy popped Hoppy took Hoppy's secret kitchen scales lettuce little bit bigger little house little tortoise living room LLEWS PU long metal looking magic words metal claws morning North Africa ounces End pet shops pet tortoise popped his head PUT ON FAT 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 twice as big week TORTOISE weigh Alfie weighed exactly whispering endear WOLB PU WORG PU