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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Roald Dahl. 6 Oh , if only , he kept telling himself , if only he could do something tremendous like saving her life or rescuing her from a gang of armed thugs , if only he could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her ...
Roald Dahl. 6 Oh , if only , he kept telling himself , if only he could do something tremendous like saving her life or rescuing her from a gang of armed thugs , if only he could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her ...
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... tell me ! Am I feeding him the wrong things ? " " I worked in North Africa once , " Mr Hoppy said . " That's where all these tortoises in England come from , and a bedouin tribesman told me the secret . " " Tell me ! " cried Mrs Silver ...
... tell me ! Am I feeding him the wrong things ? " " I worked in North Africa once , " Mr Hoppy said . " That's where all these tortoises in England come from , and a bedouin tribesman told me the secret . " " Tell me ! " cried Mrs Silver ...
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Roald Dahl. no 11- magic words . Instead of telling him to get bigger and bigger , tell him to get a bit smaller . But in tortoise language of course . " " Will that work ? " " Of course it'll work . " " Tell me exactly what I have to ...
Roald Dahl. no 11- magic words . Instead of telling him to get bigger and bigger , tell him to get a bit smaller . But in tortoise language of course . " " Will that work ? " " Of course it'll work . " " Tell me exactly what I have to ...
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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