Mr. Hoppy is in love with his neighbor, Mrs. Silver; but she is in love with someone else—Alfie, her pet tortoise. With all her attention focused on Alfie, Mrs. Silver doesn’t even know Mr. Hoppy is alive. And Mr. Hoppy is too shy to even ask Mrs. Silver over for tea. Then one day Mr. Hoppy comes up with a brilliant idea to get Mrs. Silver's attention. If Mr. Hoppy's plan works, Mrs. Silver will certainly fall in love with him. After all, everyone knows the way to a woman’s heart is through her tortoise.
荷畢先生很仰慕鄰居喜爾福太太,但一直羞於表達……有一天,荷畢先生發現喜爾福太太很煩惱自己養的烏龜長不大,便想了一個妙計──寫了一個咒語,要喜爾福太太一天念三次給烏龜聽,「喂咕嗚,喂咕嗚,點大點大變……」結局如何?讓人意想不到哦!
By Roald Dahl, Paperback, Traditional Chinese characters and English, 137 pages, 8.25"x5.8"