Cultural depictions of turtles Adventures in Wonderland". In the illustration by John Tenniel, the Mock Turtle is depicted as a turtle with the head, hooves, and tail of a calf; referencing the real ingredients of mock turtle soup. In the children's story, "Esio Trot" by Roald Dahl, a character named Mrs. Silver has a small pet tortoise, Alfie, who she loves very much. One morning, Mrs. Silver mentions to Mr. Hoppy that even though she has had Alfie for many years, her pet has only grown a tiny bit and has gained only 3 ounces in weight. She confesses that she wishes she knew
UK Film Festival UK Film Festival The UK Film Festival, founded in 2011, is an annual film festival in London held every November. The festival aims to discover new filmmakers but always mixes established filmmakers into their screening programmes. Previous festival screenings have included films that have gone on to win Oscars including ""Ida," "The Broken Circle Breakdown," "Stutterer"" and ""The Phone Call"". Bafta winners include ""Operator"". They also hosted the film festival world premiere of Roald Dahl's "Esio Trot" with Dustin Hoffmann, Judi Dench and James Corden. They present awards for shorts, features, documentaries, animations, student shorts and music videos as well