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Esio Trot / Roald Dahl : 4 of 5
6.04.2004 6:01 PM \| Link	Yes, Esio Trot is "tortoise" spelled backwards, and those are the magic words that bring this short love story to a happy ending. Once again, this is a very short story, filled with lots of illustrations (though I think these illustrations are even more fantastic than the ones in the other Dahl books), but the plot is just so cute and heartwarming that even a tiny book like this deserves a great rating! Mr. Hoppy lives in the apartment above his secret love, Mrs. Silver, and they see each other on their balconies. Mrs. Silver adores her pet tortoise, but wishes it would grow, so Mr. Hoppy hatches a plan to impress her that involves her saying special words (backwards, naturally) to tell her pet to grow. I can't tell you how his plan works, because that's the entire story in a nutshell, but once it does, the two finally meet for tea and instantly decide to get married. I guess it's a little funny that their whole romance is based on a deception, but this is still a charming story that made me smile. I think I need to move on to some meatier Dahl stories - at least something more than 50 pages! Labels: books


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