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Esio Trot
by Roald Dahl
A lovely sweet little story.
It's surprising how few stories there are (especially children's stories) with old people as the protagonist. Mr Hoppy is in love with Ms Silver, but he doesn't have the nerve to tell her. It's a very sweet idea.
He then has some fun and hijinks with her tortoise and trying to make him grow. In the end is a bit of physical humour and a sweet ending. I like how we see what happens to the tortoises at the end, and we get a little warning update about owning and buying tortoises.
It's surprising how few stories there are (especially children's stories) with old people as the protagonist. Mr Hoppy is in love with Ms Silver, but he doesn't have the nerve to tell her. It's a very sweet idea.
He then has some fun and hijinks with her tortoise and trying to make him grow. In the end is a bit of physical humour and a sweet ending. I like how we see what happens to the tortoises at the end, and we get a little warning update about owning and buying tortoises.