Esio TrotMr. Hoppy is in love with his neighbor, Mrs. Silver; but she is in love with someone else--Alfie, her pet tortoise. With all her attention focused on Alfie, Mrs. Silver doesn't even know Mr. Hoppy is alive. And Mr. Hoppy is too shy to even ask Mrs. Silver over for tea. Then one day Mr. Hoppy comes up with a brilliant idea to get Mrs. Silver's attention. If Mr. Hoppy's plan works, Mrs. Silver will certainly fall in love with him. After all, everyone knows the way to a woman's heart is through her tortoise. [www.amazon.fr] |
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... Alfie had a darkish shell , so Mr Hoppy chose only the darker - shelled tortoises for his great collection . Size , of course , was everything . Mr Hoppy chose all sorts of different sizes , some weighing only slightly more than Alfie's ...
... Alfie had a darkish shell , so Mr Hoppy chose only the darker - shelled tortoises for his great collection . Size , of course , was everything . Mr Hoppy chose all sorts of different sizes , some weighing only slightly more than Alfie's ...
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Roald Dahl. Two ounces is not much . It is less than a smallish hen's egg weighs . But you see , the important thing in Mr Hoppy's plan was to make sure that the new tortoise was bigger than Alfie but only a tiny bit bigger . The ...
Roald Dahl. Two ounces is not much . It is less than a smallish hen's egg weighs . But you see , the important thing in Mr Hoppy's plan was to make sure that the new tortoise was bigger than Alfie but only a tiny bit bigger . The ...
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... weigh Alfie when a startled cry from the balcony below brought him outside fast . " Look ! " Mrs Silver was shouting . " Alfie's too big to get through the door of his little house ! He must have grown enormously ! " " Weigh him , " Mr ...
... weigh Alfie when a startled cry from the balcony below brought him outside fast . " Look ! " Mrs Silver was shouting . " Alfie's too big to get through the door of his little house ! He must have grown enormously ! " " Weigh him , " Mr ...
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afternoon Alfie's become a tortoise beside a nice bit bigger cabbage leaves CHARLIE claws closed claws opened colour crawl crispy celery darling door EGROG ELBBOG DOOF ELZZUG EMOC ESIO TROT FANTASTIC MR FOX FFUP PU FFUTS fifteen ounces GIANT PEACH GIRAFFE GLASS ELEVATOR GNIRPS PU GOING SOLO grow 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 FINGER magic words metal claws morning North Africa ounces End pet-shop PUFFIN BOOKS PUT ON FAT Quentin Blake Roald Dahl 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 week TORTOISE weigh Alfie weighed exactly whispering endear WOLB PU WORG PU