Esio Trot

By Roald Dahl

Illustrated by Quentin Blake

56pg

About: Mr Hoppy is very shy and loves his neighbour and she loves her tortoise. But her tortoise is too small and Mrs Silver, Mr Hoppy’s neighbour, is getting worried. Mr Hoppy decides to “help” and tells Mrs Silver to speak to her tortoise saying things that Mr hoppy says, every day. Each day Mr Hoppy puts a bigger tortoise on her porch but one day the tortoise can’t fit in his home. Mrs Silver tells this to Mr Hoppy and he starts putting smaller tortoise on the porch and says its because of what she says. In the end Mrs Silver is happy and they get married.