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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... spring , when Alfie felt the warmer weather through his shell , he would wake up and crawl very slowly out of his house onto the balcony . And Mrs Silver would clap her hands with joy and cry out , " Welcome back , my darling one ! Oh ...
... spring , when Alfie felt the warmer weather through his shell , he would wake up and crawl very slowly out of his house onto the balcony . And Mrs Silver would clap her hands with joy and cry out , " Welcome back , my darling one ! Oh ...
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... spring , when he wakes up from his winter sleep , I weigh him on the kitchen scales . And do you know that in all the eleven years I've had him he's not gained more than three ounces ! That's almost nothing ! " " What does he weigh now ...
... spring , when he wakes up from his winter sleep , I weigh him on the kitchen scales . And do you know that in all the eleven years I've had him he's not gained more than three ounces ! That's almost nothing ! " " What does he weigh now ...
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... SPRING UP , BLOW UP , SWELL UP ! GORGE ! GUZZLE ! STUFF ! GULP ! PUT ON FAT , TORTOISE , PUT ON FAT ! GET ON , GET ON ! GOBBLE FOOD ! " Mrs Silver examined the magic words on the paper more closely . " I guess you're right , " she Y ...
... SPRING UP , BLOW UP , SWELL UP ! GORGE ! GUZZLE ! STUFF ! GULP ! PUT ON FAT , TORTOISE , PUT ON FAT ! GET ON , GET ON ! GOBBLE FOOD ! " Mrs Silver examined the magic words on the paper more closely . " I guess you're right , " she Y ...
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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