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호피씨는 옆집에 실버여사를 사랑하지만 실버여사의 관심은 집에서 키우는 조그만 거북이한테 쏠려있습니다. 어느날 호피씨는 실버 여사의 관심을 끌만한 기막힌 아이디어가 떠올랐지만 이 계획을 실행하는데는 만만치 않은 장애물이 가로 놀여 있습니다...
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Edition: Paperback: 64 pages
ISBN-10: 0141304642
ISBN-13: 978-0141304649
책 크기: 19.6cm x 13cm
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Book Description
Mr. Hoppy is "a shy man smitten with his downstairs neighbor, Mrs. Silver, who seems oblivious to his yearnings. Her main concern is her tortoise, Alfie, who, she fears, is not growing as fast as he should. Years pass. Finally, Mr. Hoppy comes up with a plan to win his love's affection and get rid of his reptile rival. A secret incantation (merely words written backward) will make Alfie grow, Mr. Hoppy assures his neighbor lady. And the tortoise does get bigger, but only because Mr. Hoppy has purchased loads of tortoises, which he keeps substituting to make it appear as if the original Alfie, now long gone, is growing. . . . Grades three to five." (Booklist)
Publishers Weekly
This celebrated, splendidly matched author-illustrator team here present a 64-page love story that is equally sweet and silly. For years, Mr. Hoppy has leaned over his balcony rail to gaze longingly at Mrs. Silver, who lives one floor below him. But all of her attention and affection is showered upon her pet tortoise, Alfie. Although the creature seems content, his devoted owner is concerned because he has gained a mere three ounces in the 11 years she has owned him. When the distressed Mrs. Silver tells her neighbor that she will be his ``slave for life'' if he can find a way to make Alfie grow, the determined Mr. Hoppy devises an elaborate scheme to make her think the tortoise is growing. (Since tortoises, according to Mr. Hoppy, are backward creatures that ``can only understand words that are written backwards,'' his exhortation to the pet begins ``Esio Trot''--which is ``tortoise'' reversed.) It is a happy Hoppy who gets all the credit--and Mrs. Silver's hand. Adults and older children will appreciate Dahl's superior storytelling skills, and will chuckle at Blake's animated, cartoony drawings. But the book's length and subtle humor make it less suitable for beginning readers. All ages.
Children's Literature
Mr. Hoppy has admired Mrs. Silver, his downstairs neighbor, for years. She, however, has bestowed all her love and attention on her pet turtle Alfie. Mr. Hoppy is so shy that he just can't bring himself to ask her to tea. One day he hears her lamenting the slow growth of her pet, and he is struck with an idea. He concocts a magic spell and convinces Mrs. Silver that he has the secret to help Alfie grow. How he manages to fool her, and finally succeeds in getting her to notice him, will have readers chuckling. It is all delightfully illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Quentin Blake.
School Library Journal
What is this? A love story by Dahl? By the master of the malign, the nabob of the nasty, the king of the coarse, the baron of the body function? Can it truly be he? Well, in a word . . . yes--it can. And to those who still disbelieve, it's a sweetly insouciant love story at that. For years, old Mr. Hoppy has loved his neighbor, Mrs. Silver, a widow who, alas, only has eyes for her pet tortoise, Alfie. The details of how her wish that Alfie would grow a little faster inspires Mr. Hoppy to win the widow's heart will not be divulged here (but it has something to do with the fact that ``Esio Trot'' is ``tortoise'' spelled backward). There's not much room for character development in this slender story, but Blake's jauntily scribbled illustrations are--as always--the perfect comic complement and manage to give even Alfie a personality.
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