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Esio Trot

by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 · rating details · 10,729 ratings · 491 reviews

Mr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver, but her heart belongs to Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr. Hoppy is too shy to approach Mrs. Silver, until one day he comes up with a brilliant idea to win her heart. If Mr. Hoppy's plan works, Mrs. Silver will certainly fall in love with him. But it's going to take one hundred and forty tortoises, an ancient spell, and a little bit of mag...more

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Published November 6th 2003 by Jonathan Cape Children's Books (first published April 19th 1989)

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Feb 01, 2010 Bunga Mawar rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: numpang-baca, translated-into-indonesian, fiction

Kalau kamu suka pada seseorang, baiklah cepat sampaikan kepadanya. Lihat apa yang berikutnya terjadi. Karena belum tentu besok kamu masih suka. Atau kalaupun masih, siapa tahu akan ada orang lain yang duluan menyatakan suka padanya, sehingga mereka hidup bahagia bersama saling menyukai tanpa mengajak2 kamu. Atau sebenarnya dia pun suka padamu tapi tidak berani bilang, dan jadilah kalian hidup merana seumur2 tanpa tahu bahwa kalian saling suka.

Demikianlah pesan moral cerita Aruk-aruk ini, tentang...more

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Dec 19, 2010 Harun Harahap rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: punya, fiksi, terjemahan, anak-hingga-remaja

Ay nupma eda2 eja aynedi dlaor lhad. Amo-apo tineg gnay aynnaukalek kag huaj irad gba habmatid aruk-aruk nad asahab kilab naklisahgnem atirec gnay repus ucul.

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Jan 21, 2008 Allison rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone

I've read Roald Dahl's books probably about 5 times each. They are primarily for kids, but I even picked them up and read them again just this last summer. You should experience him at least once in your lifetime. They all have a twist in the end and are brilliantly original and creative.

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Jan 12, 2011 Jeanette rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: all-fiction, for-the-munchkins

I didn't know what this one was about when I grabbed it. I thought maybe "Esio Trot" was the name of a foreign little boy. Turns out it's "tortoise" spelled backwards.
This one's kinda dumb. It was published the year Roald Dahl died, and I think he'd lost his edge by then. I'll give it three stars, though, because I would have liked it when I was at the appropriate age.

My kid self would have liked this book because we used to have turtles as pets. Not tortoises like in the book, but those littl...more

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Mar 19, 2008 sarafem rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: animal abusers, compulsive liars, and other immoral people who would enjoy a quick read.

Shelves: 2008, juvenile-7-to-10, royally-sucked

At first I thought "Awww...pretty cute story!" And then Reality-Sara bitchslapped mushy All-Books-Are-Super!-Sara because this story breaks all former immorality and suckosity records in the entire world history of written word.

Esio Trot tells our young children that we can all build beautiful relationships built upon deceit and lies and obsession. They also learn that men are clever and women are idiots, and that it's quite all right to neglect your interchangeable and therefore worthless pets....more

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May 19, 2013 Yasmin Ferdaws added it

Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

This story follows the cunning plans of Mr Hoppy, an old lonely man living in a tall concrete building, who is longing for the love from Mrs Silver an old but attractive lady living downstairs. Mr Hoppy is shy and cannot express his feelings for her but enjoys the short conversations with her from his balcony.

Mrs Silver has a tortoise called Alfie who she loves immensely. But she is upset that he has only grown a little since she got him. My Hoppy find this opportunity to...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Sylvia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

Ini sebuah kisah romantis lainnya yang sejak lama pingin baca tapi baru kesampaian kemarin.

Kisahnya tentang seorang laki-laki bernama Mr. Hoppy yang tinggal di lantai atas flatnya, bertetangga dengan Mrs. Silver yang tinggal di lantai bawah dan memiliki peliharaan penyu kecil bernama Alfie.

Diam-diam, Mr. Hoppy mencintai Mrs. Silver karena kelembutan dan sifatnya yang penyayang (terutama terhadap Alfie, penyunya) Sering kali Mr. Hoppy merasa cemburu pada Alfie dan ingin bertukar tempat dengan pen...more

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Dec 16, 2012 Louise Arnott rated it 3 of 5 stars

Another one of Roald Dahl's amazing well illustrated children's books. This is only a short story and it is about a man who lives upstairs to a women he admires. The lady owns a small tortoise and wants to see him grow bigger. Mr Hoppy thinks of a plan to make this happen over night. He tells Mrs silver to say a rhyme to the tortoise which doesn't make much sense but is 'tortoise grow bigger spelt backwards' he then goes out to buy bigger tortoise's and replaces her tortoise with a slightly larg...more

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Nov 18, 2012 Salma Khatun rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book is about Mr Hoppy who is in love with Mrs Silver. However Mrs Silver gives all her love to her pet tortoise, Alfie. Therefore, Mr Hoppy comes up with a plan to win Mrs Silver's love. Mrs Silver wants Alfie to grow a little so Mr Hoppy gives her a poem to read to Alfie everyday which will apparently help Alfie grow.

Meanwhile, Mr Hoppy buys a whole lot of tortoises and ensures that they are fed well. Whilst Mrs Silver goes to work, Mr Hoppy then swaps Alfie with one of his tortoises. He...more

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Sep 30, 2012 bakanekonomama rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Pertama ngeliat sampulnya dan ngeh kalo ini bukunya Opa Dahl, tanpa pikir panjang langsung ditenteng. Apalagi cuma goceng coy...!!! Mantab daahh!!! Masa iyak kagak kita bawa ke kasir?? xp

Sama seperti yang lain-lain, sempet bingung sama judul Esio Trot. Ditambah lagi di bawah ada tambahan kata "Aruk-aruk". Sempet mikir kalo jangan-jangan "aruk-aruk" itu salah satu jenis spesies kura-kura (soalnya di covernya ada Opa Hoppy sama Oma Silver plus kura-kura). Nggak nyangka kalo ternyata "aruk-aruk" i...more

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Sep 25, 2012 Jennifer Lavonier rated it 4 of 5 stars

A quick note about the title, Esio Trot is tortoise spelled backwards.

Mr. Hoppy lives upstairs from Mrs. Silver. He’s quite smitten with her but he’s also quite shy. He often converses with her from their respective balconies but just that requires all courage he can muster. Mrs. Silver has a pet tortoise, Alfie that she is quite fond of. Alfie’s lived with her for eleven years (I myself have had a pet turtle for 19 years) and in that time he has only gained three ounces. Mrs. Silver is desperat...more A quick note about the title, Esio Trot is tortoise spelled backwards.

Mr. Hoppy lives upstairs from Mrs. Silver. He’s quite smitten with her but he’s also quite shy. He often converses with her from their respective balconies but just that requires all courage he can muster. Mrs. Silver has a pet tortoise, Alfie that she is quite fond of. Alfie’s lived with her for eleven years (I myself have had a pet turtle for 19 years) and in that time he has only gained three ounces. Mrs. Silver is desperate, and impatient, for Alfie to grow bigger. This is when Mr. Hopper sees his opportunity to win Mrs. Silver’s heart.

Mr. Hoppy confides that he has a secret, a phrase to say to Alfie three times a day that will make him grow. Mrs. Silver dutifully, though skeptically, follows his instructions. In the meantime, Mr. Hopper visits every pet store in town and purchases 140 tortoises of varying sizes. You see where this is going, right?

Mr. Hopper is ever so careful in his plan to make it appear as though it is Alfie that is really growing. He weighs each tortoise, matches the colors on the shell to the original model and picks one that is ever so slightly larger to replace Alfie. He does this every week for eight weeks. Mrs. Silver is overjoyed at how well the spell is working. It’s working so well Alfie has grown too big to fit into his house!

Not to worry. Mr. Hopper gives her another spell, this time to reverse the growing, just enough so that Alfie fits back in his house. And Mr. Silver goes through the whole process again, backwards. And it works again! Mrs. Silver is so overjoyed she invites Mr. Hopper to come down to her balcony and he proposes on the spot! She joyfully accepts.

They live happily, Mrs. Silver is none the wiser and Mr. Hopper is able to return all the excess tortoises he’d purchased. Alfie, who was returned to one of those stores, is purchased a week later and goes to live with a young girl named Roberta Squibb. Roberta is grown up now; she’s married and has a family of her own. Alfie still lives with them and it’s taken him all that time to grow twice the size he was when he lived with Mrs. Silver.

If you’re familiar with Roald Dahl, you know Quentin Blake; he is Roald Dahl’s main illustrator. Blake has a vast cannon of his own amazing works as well. He illustrated Dr. Seuss’s A Great Day for Up! He’s also my favorite illustrator, which is too bad because it’s near impossible to collect all of his books.

Blake’s art is loose, free, uncomplicated and energetic. He is able to capture everything you need to know with a simple line stroke. When he works in color, he uses a perfect palette and adds just enough color to give you the essence you need. His work looks so effortless that it can, wrongly, give you the idea that what he does is easy. It’s not. There have been many illustrators who have tried to copy Blake’s style, but there’s no comparison. Only Blake can convey so much emotion with so little ink.
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Jul 15, 2012 Caroline rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-books

Mr. Hoppy loves Miss Silver. Miss Silver loves her tortoise, Alfie. (Side note: the author points out that all of this takes place before England put a ban on importing tortoises from North Africa, so all future events are okay, based on their historical context...basically.) Mr. Hoppy has never been able to act on this love because he is too shy to do anything about it. So, to win her affection, he tells her that her tortoise will get bigger if she whispers a little chant to him. He then goes o...more

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Jun 14, 2012 Nadia Fadhillah rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: owned

Lucu ada cara si Kakek ngedapetin hatinya Janda yang udah lama diincernya untuk dijadikan istri.
Bisa aja, haha. Kakek namanya Mr. Hoppy, dan si ibu ini namanya Mrs. Silver.

Ceritanya ada Mr. Hoppy jatuh cinta pada Mrs. Silver yang tinggal di bawah rumahnya. Beranda Mr. Hoppy penuh dengan pepohonan dalam pot, sedangkan beranda Mrs. Silver lebih besar namun hanya berisi Kura-kura piarannya.

Suatu hari Mrs. Silver ingin sekali kura-kuranya menjadi besar, karena selama sebelas tahun terakhir, berat ku...more

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Mar 17, 2012 Jill rated it 2 of 5 stars

Not the best message here, that burglary and deception are acceptable tactics for gaining affection and Roald Dahl doesn't present the main female character in the most agreeable light. But consider cutting him a little slack for being a product of his generation. That, and no fully functioning adult would fall for Mr. Hoppy's scheme. Then again, plenty of fully functioning adults are gullible enough to wire their money to Nigeria, so who's to say! Final decision: as with The Twits, the characte...more

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Feb 21, 2012 Yunji Kim rated it 5 of 5 stars

Warning: contain Spoiling

The main character is Mr.Hoppy, Mrs.Silver and tortoise. Mr.Hoppy and Mrs.Silver is neighbor. Mr.Hoppy is fell in loved with Mrs.Silver by talking on the balcony. But she only cares and loved Alfie, her tortoise. One day when when they were talking on the balcony, Mrs.Silver said to Mr. Hoppy that she wants her tortoise to grow faster. Mr.Hoppy want her to love him so he lied, that he can make tortoise to grow faster. Then he gave her a letter and said read it every day...more

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Nov 18, 2011 Matti Karjalainen rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: lapset, luonto-ja-eläimet, romantiikka, 1970-1999

Ujonpuoleinen herra Hapuli rakastaa salaa alakerrassa asuvaa rouva Hopiaa, joka ei puolestaan osaa aavistaakaan naapurinsa tunteista, vaan keskittyy pitämään huolta lemmikkikilpikonnastaan Allusta. Leskeksi vastikään jäänyt rouva erehtyy kerran lausahtamaan, että on huolissaan lemmikkinsä pienestä koosta, ja niinpä herra Hapulin päässä kehittyy suunnitelma...

Roald Dahlin värikkäässä tuotannossa "Annok iplik" (tässä tapauksessa Otava, 2009) edustaa sitä heikompaa laitaa. Nopealukuisesta lastenkir...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Tara O' rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Esio Trot written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
This story is about a shy man Mr Hoppy who lives alone and has retired from work, leaving him now lonelier than ever. Mr Hoppy has two loves in his life: One, the flowers he grows on his balcony and two, a secret he kept entirely to himself, his love for Mrs Silver. Mrs Silver lives in the flat just below him. She is a widow and lives alone just like Mr Hoppy. Every morning Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver exchanged polite conversation from...more Esio Trot written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
This story is about a shy man Mr Hoppy who lives alone and has retired from work, leaving him now lonelier than ever. Mr Hoppy has two loves in his life: One, the flowers he grows on his balcony and two, a secret he kept entirely to himself, his love for Mrs Silver. Mrs Silver lives in the flat just below him. She is a widow and lives alone just like Mr Hoppy. Every morning Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver exchanged polite conversation from their balconies but that was as far as it ever went. Mr Hoppy longed to invite Mrs Silver up for a cup of tea but his courage left him down on several occasions.

Mrs Silver had a tortoise called Alfie, who she concentrated all her love and energy upon and Mr Hoppy can’t help but fell absurdly jealous of the pet tortoise. Mrs Silver tells Mr Silver of her concern, that Alfie isn’t growing enough. She has had him eleven years now and he hasn’t gained more than three ounces!! Suddenly Mr Hoppy knows the way to win Mrs Silvers Heart. If only he could make Alfie grow, Mrs Silver would fall deeply in love with him. Mr Hoppy grabs his big chance. He cleverly tells Mrs Silver that he knows how to make tortoise grow faster and he makes up a backward magical spell for Mrs Silver to whisper into Alfie’s ear, several times each day. He tells her that the spell is written backwards because tortoises are very backward creatures. Therefore, Esio Trot: the title of this book, is simply tortoise written backwards. Mrs Silver was so impressed with Mr Hoppy’s clever idea, was she told him if the spell worked she would be his slave forever.

Now, Mr Hoppy had a lot of work to do. He started to ring every pet shop in the city looking for tortoises that looked like Alfie but weighed more than Alfie. When he had finished, Mr Hoppy , in his enthusiasm, had bought no less than one hundred and forty tortoises. His plan was coming together. He was going to replace Alfie with a slightly larger tortoise and repeat this action every day until Mrs Silver started to notice the increase in her so called pet “Alfie’s” weight. He skilfully made a tortoise catcher in order to lower each tortoise onto Mrs Silver’s balcony and to lift the other tortoise up into his flat. It was genius!! Mrs Silver didn’t notice a thing until one day her so called “Alfie” couldn’t fit into his little house on the balcony. When she put him on the scales, he weighed twenty seven ounces. She was over the moon with joy but there was one little problem… Alfie couldn’t fit into his house. Not to fear, cunning Mr Hoppy came to the rescue once again. He told her simply just to change the magical spell so Alfie would get a little smaller. The next afternoon, Mr Hoppy replaced the tortoise with a slightly smaller tortoise and when Mrs Silver returned from work, she shrieked with excitement. Mr poppy plucked up the courage to ask Mrs Silver if he could come down to have a look. They had a cup of tea and Mr Hoppy asked Ms Silver to to marry him. The next day Mr Hoppy carried the entire group of tortoise back to the pet shops and said they could have them for nothing.

Two weeks later ,Mrs Silver became Mrs Hoppy and the two lived happily ever after together. In the last page of the book, we are ensured that Alfie was also content. He was bought from the pet shop by a little girl and Alfie is a much loved family pet. Eventually, after 30years Alfie has grown twice the size he was when Mrs Silver had him.

This book was fun to read. I found it interesting how the narrative was set almost entirely in the flats and balconies of Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver and how the story line stayed highly amusing throughout the book. Although, I enjoyed reading this story as an adult, some could argue that this story may not be suitable for children. After all, Mr Hoppy sort of misleads Mrs Silver into marrying him and we know that this should never be the case in real life situations. I think that this story must be taken light heartedly and maybe a teacher or a parent should clarify for children how wrong it is to mislead people in daily life. I think this book would be suitable to read out loud for children in year 4 and it would be suitable for independent reading in year 5 and upwards.
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Oct 20, 2011 Koko Nata rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mr Hoppy jatuh cinta pada Mrs Silver yang tinggal satu apartemen tepat di lantai bawah kamarnya. Namun ia tidak mempunyai keberanian untuk menyapa tetangganya itu. Sampai suatu hari ia mendengar Mrs Silver berbicara pada Alfie, kura-kura peliharaannya. Mrs Silver ingin Alfie segera besar. Timbullah ide di benak Mr Hoppy untuk mewujudkan keinginan Mrs Silver tersebut sebagai salah satu cara untuk melakukan pendekatan pada sang tetangga.

Mr Hoppy memberikan mantra untuk mempercepat pertumbuhan kura...more

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Oct 10, 2011 Tom Stickings rated it 2 of 5 stars

Esio Trot is the story of an old man and his secret love for the neighbour in the flat below. The man, Mr Hoppy, is too shy to tell the lady in question, Mrs Silver, how he truly feels, but when she tells him of her worries about the slow growth of her beloved pet tortoise, Mr Hoppy promises her he can make her tortoise grow. Mr Happy buys one hundred and forty tortoises and, by repeatedly switching them round, tricks Mrs Silver into believing her pet is growing. Mrs Silver is so delighted she a...more

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Sep 13, 2011 Lisa Bland rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is about two characters; Mrs Silver and Mr Hoppy. Mrs Silver lives in the flat below Mr Hoppy and they would often talk to each other from the balcony. Mr Hoppy is very much in love with Mrs Silver and seeks a way of trying to impress her to finally win her over.
He notices that Mrs Silver loves her pet tortoise Alfie very much and Mr Hoppy observes her with him over the balcony. Mrs Silver tells Mr Hoppy that she wants Alfie to grow... this gives Mr Hoppy an idea to buy lots of other...more

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Sep 11, 2011 Khalida wahid rated it 4 of 5 stars

Esio Trot is a charming short story about an older gentleman and how he goes about to win the heart of his neighbour who he is very much in love with.
Mr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver and he spends much of his time leaning over his balcony to talk with her while she tends to her flowers and her beloved pet tortoise Alfie. Mrs Silver gives all her attention to Alfie and Mr. Hoppy soon devise’s a cunning plan to win Mrs Silver’s attention and heart and plays on her concern of Alfie’s slow grow...more Esio Trot is a charming short story about an older gentleman and how he goes about to win the heart of his neighbour who he is very much in love with.
Mr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver and he spends much of his time leaning over his balcony to talk with her while she tends to her flowers and her beloved pet tortoise Alfie. Mrs Silver gives all her attention to Alfie and Mr. Hoppy soon devise’s a cunning plan to win Mrs Silver’s attention and heart and plays on her concern of Alfie’s slow growth to win her affections.
Mr. Hoppy provides Mrs. Silver with a magical spell to help her darling Alfie to grow faster. When this apparent magic spell works, Mrs Silver very quickly falls in love with Mr. Hoppy and they marry and live happily ever after.
This is not one of Roald Dahl’s books that I read as a child, I read it as an adult in my first school based job, when working with a small group off 12year olds who needed a helping hand with their journey into the world off reading. When I read it to prepare for my work with the group it made me giggle out loud on the tube journey home. It is a very light hearted book and highlights the limitless actions some would take to win the heart of the person they are smitten with. It is also very unrealistic but in true Roald Dahl fashion you can’t take the way the story unfolds too seriously – which is what makes all Roald Dahl books magical – it doesn’t need to be ‘do-able’ it’s all about escapism and imagination.
The book would appeal to all ages and genders as I was able to use it with both early KS3 and KS2 pupils and we all enjoyed the book, including me.
There are many activities one could set in the classroom while reading this book, for example the children could write their own magic spells, or write about how they would feel if they were Alfie – or one off the characters, they could write their own adventure of getting their own way (persuasive writing), they could make their own tortoise houses for D&T projects, make paintings/drawing in art of different tortoises, and maybe carryout some research into tortoises and where they are from and so on. It may even be possible for the class to be introduced to a class pet at the same time and learn how to care for and take responsibility for a pet.
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Jan 24, 2010 Debbie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-books

Short little book took about 15 mins to read thru.

Mr. Hoppy is in love with his neighbour Mrs Silver who is shown as a buxom women in the illustrations giving Hoppy something to lear at which he does.

She wants her tortoise to grow bigger, big is everything to her, and seeing his opportunity he tricks her into thinking her tortoise is growing faster by using a secret code.

Not sure the message this book is sending out is a good one for children.Middle aged Mr. Hoppy who lves alone is basiscally...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Nabila Anwar rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Saya tidak tahu apakah bisa langsung menyukai buku ini jika saya membacanya saat masih SD dulu. Cerita tentang usaha kakek-kakek menggaet tetangganya yang janda, apa menariknya? Tapi rasanay bukan Eyang Dahl kalau tidak bisa membuat ini jadi menarik.

Mr Hoppy jatuh cinta dengan Mrs Silver. Sudah berlangsung lama tapi si Mister tidak berani mengungkapkannya. Mr Hoppy tinggal satu flat di atas tempat tinggal Mrs Silver. Jadi saat Mr Hoppy menyirami tanaman, dengan mudah dia bisa menemukan Mrs Silve...more

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May 09, 2013 Juste rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

ESIO TROT, ESIO TROT, TEG REGGIB REGGIB!
EMOC NO, ESIO TROT, WORG PU, FFUP PU, TOOHS PU!
GNIRPS PU, WOLB PU, LLEWS PU!
EGROG! ELZZUG! FFUTS! PLUG!
TUP NO TAF, ESIO TROT, TUP NO TAF!
TEG NO, TEG NO, ELBBOG DOOF!

Esio Trot is probably one of my favourite Dahl books as it’s grounded a bit more in reality than most of his stories and forsakes many of the token Dahl story aspects of magic and talking animals.

The story revolves around a shy old man named Mr. Hoppy and his unexpressed love for his downstair...more

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Sep 04, 2011 Eileen rated it 4 of 5 stars

I personally enjoyed reading this book because I immediately wanted to know what was going to happen after reading the first page.

The story entails the life of Mr Hoppy, an old man who has two loves in life, his flowers and his neighbour Mrs Silver who lives directly underneath him. However, she has a different love of her own, Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy would do anything to please Mrs Silver and one can see from the opening pages that he is quite jealous of Alife.

Surprisingly, he uses Al...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Kailynnec rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

There was a little turtle that was called Alfie. And Mr. Hoppy loves Ms. Silver a lot. When Silver brought Alfie home, she named her Alfie. Mr. Hoppy liked this name, too! So often every day, Mr. Hoppy would come down to help Ms. Silver to feed Alfie. One day, Mr. Hoppy went down to Ms Silver's balcony and took Alfie with his tool. Mr. Hoppy brought Alfie to a pet store that only sells turtle. Mr. Hoppy ask the cashier man that he needed a lot of turtle that looked like Alfie. When they got home...more

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Apr 09, 2013 Gale rated it 2 of 5 stars

“SENIOR ROMANCE--TURTLE LIGHT”

Humorist Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake have teamed up to produce a delightful senior romance. Now, if you are expecting to meet a character mentioned in the title, forget it, for ESIO TROT is not a name—nor a person—at all. Elderly Mr. Hoppy has a secret crush on his below-balcony neighbor, Mrs. Silver, but how can he earn her gratitude--and hopefully more—when he is to shy to even invite her up for tea?

Desperate to make a favorable impression the gentl...more

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Jan 17, 2013 Cruth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-aloud, childrens-chapter-book, 2013-read-aloud-personal-challenge

A romantic novella (57 pages) from the pen of Roald Dahl with illustrations by Quentin Blake.

First published in 1990. (Roald Dahl died November 1990).

A cute story of Mr Hoppy manipulating Mrs Silver into believing her tortoise, Alfie, is growing so she will be "his slave for life". Funny, clever, endearing - it's a Dahl novella. But different from his usual fare. There are no children for a start, but also no fart jokes, no morbidly black humour. But we still have the lyrical language and off-th...more

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Mar 07, 2013 Kynan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audio, childrens, classic, fiction

We had a big car trip planned and since the kids have both shown an interest in audio books I purchased a set of Roald Dahl stories on CD. When I was looking through them I was surprised to see one that I'd never even heard of (given that I'd ravenously devoured everything else Mr Dahl has written when I was growing up), so we listened to it.

It's a very short story and didn't end at all as I expected. It seemed to be missing the usual Dahl-darkness, which isn't to say it was lacking in any way,...more

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Apr 04, 2012 Alvina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: anak-anak, punya

Pertama membaca judul buku ini saya terbingung-bingung sendiri karena masih tidak mengerti apa maksud judul nggak jelas ini? *Padahal udah terpampang jelas gambar tokoh utamanya di cover buku. Nah begitu mulai membaca dan mengikuti ceritanya yang ringan, saya baru sadar. “Oh ya ampun… ternyataaaaaa.. “, begitulah kurang lebih reaksi saya.

Ceritanya begini. *tsaah.. *ndongeng

Di suatu apartemen, tinggallah Mr. Hoppy, seorang lelaki yang sudah pension dari pekerjaannya, yang mencintai dua hal. Hal p...more

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Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.

Dahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. S. Forester, was Shot Down Over Libya. Today the story is published as "A Piece of...more

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“Tortoise, Tortoise get bigger, bigger. Come on Tortoise grow up, puff up, shoot up! Spring up, Blow up swell up! Gorge! Guzzle! Stuff! Gulp! Put on fat, Tortoise, Put on fat! get on, Get on! Gobble food!!” — 1 person liked it

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