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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... lowered the pole down onto Mrs Silver's balcony below . Alfie was basking in the pale sunlight over to one side . " Hello Alfie , " Mr Hoppy said . " You are about to go for a little ride . He wiggled the tortoise - catcher till it was ...
... lowered the pole down onto Mrs Silver's balcony below . Alfie was basking in the pale sunlight over to one side . " Hello Alfie , " Mr Hoppy said . " You are about to go for a little ride . He wiggled the tortoise - catcher till it was ...
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... lowered it onto Mrs Silver's balcony , right beside a nice fresh lettuce leaf . Tortoise Number 2 had never eaten tender juicy lettuce leaves before . It had only had thick old cabbage leaves . It loved the lettuce and started chomping ...
... lowered it onto Mrs Silver's balcony , right beside a nice fresh lettuce leaf . Tortoise Number 2 had never eaten tender juicy lettuce leaves before . It had only had thick old cabbage leaves . It loved the lettuce and started chomping ...
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... lowered Tortoise Number 3 onto Mrs 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 ...
... lowered Tortoise Number 3 onto Mrs 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 ...
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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