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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... slowly and stumbling a little over the strange words , Mrs Silver read the whole message out loud in tortoise language . " Not bad , " Mr Hoppy said . " But try to get a little more expression into it when you say it to Alfie . If you ...
... slowly and stumbling a little over the strange words , Mrs Silver read the whole message out loud in tortoise language . " Not bad , " Mr Hoppy said . " But try to get a little more expression into it when you say it to Alfie . If you ...
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Roald Dahl. 11 " different sizes , some walking slowly about and exploring , some munching cabbage leaves , others drinking water from a big shallow dish . They made just the faintest rustling sound as they moved over the canvas sheet ...
Roald Dahl. 11 " different sizes , some walking slowly about and exploring , some munching cabbage leaves , others drinking water from a big shallow dish . They made just the faintest rustling sound as they moved over the canvas sheet ...
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... slowly enough - I mean very very slowly indeed - then you'll never notice that it has grown at all , especially if you see it every day . It's the same with children . They are actually growing taller every week , but their mothers ...
... slowly enough - I mean very very slowly indeed - then you'll never notice that it has grown at all , especially if you see it every day . It's the same with children . They are actually growing taller every week , but their mothers ...
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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