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 \n# MIRACULOUS EVER-GROWING TORTOISE\n\nFromEsio Trot  \nILLUSTRATED BY QUENTIN BLAKE  \nPUFFIN  \nPUFFIN BOOKS  \nUK|USA|Canada |Ireland|AustraliaIndia|New Zealand |South Africa  \nPufin Books is part of the Penguin Random Housegroup of companieswhose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com.  \nwww.penguin.co.uk www.pufin.co.uk wwwladybird.co.uk  \nPenguin  \nRandom HouseUK  \nMade for McDonald's 2018001  \nThe following trade marks are owned by McDonald's Corporation and its affiliatesMcDonald's,Happy Meal,Happy Readers and The Golden Arches Logo◎McDonald's 2018  \nText copyright o The Roald Dahl Story Company Limited,1990,2018llustrations copyright eQucntin Blake,1990,2018The moral right of the author and illustrator has been asserted  \nEnio Trot first published by Jonathan Cape 1990Published in paperback by Puffin Books  \nPrinted in China  \nTHH  \nACIP catalogue record for this book is available from the Briuish Library  \nISBN:978-0-241-84575-7  \nThe National Literacy Trust is a registered charity no.1116260 and a company limnitedby guarantee no.5836486 registered in England and Wales and a registered charity inScotland no.SC042944.Registered adres:68 South Lambeth Road,London SW8 IRLNational LiteracyTrust logo and reading tips copyrightO National Literacy Trust,2018literacytrust.orguk/donate  \nDate code:C4N  \n# INTRODUCING\n\nALFIE THE TORTOISE  \nMrs Silver LOVESher tortoise,Alfie.Sheonly wishes he would GROW A LITTLEFASTER!Luckily,her neighbour Mr Hoppyknows some SPECIALMAGIC that couldhelp Alfie onTurn to thehis way.back of your book  \nfor STICKERSand a handyBO0KMARKSEARCH and FIND!  \nHow many TORTOISES can you spot in this book?Don't forget to include the front cover,bookmarkand sticker pages!  \n—  \nAnswer on page 62  \nAlfie the Tortoise  \nMr Hoppy lived in a small flat highup in a tall concrete building.He livedalone.He had always been a lonelyman and now that he was retired fromwork he was more lonely than ever.  \nThere were two loves in Mr Hoppy'slife.One was the flowers he grew onhis balcony.They grew in pots andtubs and baskets,and in summer thelittle balcony became a riot of colour.  \nMr Hoppy's second love was a secrethe kept entirely to himself.  \nThe balcony immediately below MrHoppy's jutted out a good bit furtherfrom the building than his own,so MrHoppy always had a fine view of whatwas going on down there.This balcony  \nbelonged to an attractive middle-agedlady called Mrs Silver.Mrs Silver wasa widow who also lived alone.Andalthough she didn't know it,it was shewho was the object of Mr Hoppy'ssecret love.He had loved her from hisbalcony for many years,but he was avery shy man and he had never beenable to bring himself to give her eventhe smallest hint of his love.  \nEvery morning,Mr Hoppy and MrsSilver exchanged polite conversation,the one looking down from above,  \n4  \nthe other looking up,but that was as faras it ever went.Thedistance between  \ntheir balconies mightnot have been more  \nthan a few yards,but toMr Hoppy it seemed likea million miles.  \nHe longed toinvite Mrs Silverup for a cupof tea and a  \nbiscuit,but every time he was about toform the words on his lips,his couragefailed him.As I said,he was a veryvery shy man.  \nOh,if only,he kept telling himself,if only he could perform some greatfeat that would make him a hero in hereyes.If only...  \nThe trouble with Mrs Silver was  \nthat she gave all her love to somebodyelse,and that somebody was a smalltortoise called Alfie.Every day,whenMr Hoppy looked over his balcony","cbCait8zF65pmq2f","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCait8zF65pmq2f","pdf",1958104,74,"English","# Introducing Alfie the Tortoise\n## Mr Hoppy’s lonely life and two loves","[{\"question\":\"Who is Alfie the tortoise in the story?\",\"answer\":\"Alfie is a small tortoise loved by Mrs Silver, and the introduction emphasizes the wish for him to grow faster with special magic.\"},{\"question\":\"What two loves does Mr Hoppy have?\",\"answer\":\"Mr Hoppy’s first love is the flowers he grows on his balcony, and his second love is a secret he keeps to himself—his feelings for Mrs Silver.\"},{\"question\":\"How do Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver interact each day?\",\"answer\":\"They exchange polite conversation from their balconies, one looking down and the other looking up, but the distance prevents their relationship from going further.\"}]","MIRACULOUS EVER-GROWING TORTOISE - From Esio Trot - Illustrated by Quentin Blake | PDF",1790645298,114]