Esio TrotMr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver, but her heart belongs to Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr. Hoppy is too shy to approach Mrs. Silver, until one day he comes up with a brilliant idea to win her heart. If Mr. Hoppy's plan works, Mrs. Silver will certainly fall in love with him. But it's going to take one hundred and forty tortoises, an ancient spell, and a little bit of magic. |
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... Hoppy . So on that first exciting afternoon , after he had made sure that Mrs 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 ...
... Hoppy . So on that first exciting afternoon , after he had made sure that Mrs 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 ...
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... the kitchen table beside Alfie , and even he could hardly tell that one was bigger than the other . But it was bigger . It was bigger by two ounces . This was Tortoise Number 2 . Mr Hoppy took Tortoise Number 2 out onto the balcony. 38.
... the kitchen table beside Alfie , and even he could hardly tell that one was bigger than the other . But it was bigger . It was bigger by two ounces . This was Tortoise Number 2 . Mr Hoppy took Tortoise Number 2 out onto the balcony. 38.
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... Hoppy said . " We'll keep him for ever . The next afternoon , Mr Hoppy took all his other tortoises back to the pet shops and said they could have them for nothing . Then he cleaned up his living room , leaving not a leaf of cabbage nor ...
... Hoppy said . " We'll keep him for ever . The next afternoon , Mr Hoppy took all his other tortoises back to the pet shops and said they could have them for nothing . Then he cleaned up his living room , leaving not a leaf of cabbage nor ...
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afternoon Alfie's become a tortoise bedouin tribesman told beside a nice bit bigger cabbage leaves claws closed claws opened crawl crispy celery darling door EGROG ELBBOG DOOF ELZZUG EMOC ESIO TROT excitement swept FFUP PU FFUTS Giant Peach GNIRPS PU hibernated hold Alfie holding the tortoise Hoppy chose Hoppy popped Hoppy took Hoppy's secret kitchen scales lettuce little house little tortoise living room LLEWS PU looking magic words metal claws morning North Africa once ounces End PUFFIN BOOKS QUENTIN BLAKE Roald Dahl Roberta shiver of excitement 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 tortoises grow faster tortoises in England TUP NO TAF twenty-seven ounces week TORTOISE weigh Alfie weighed exactly whispering endear WOLB PU words your slave WORG PU