Esio Trot – in fact – does know of a way to make a tortoise grow bigger. He writes the following words on a slip of paper, and lowers it down to Mrs Silver: <poem> ESIO TROT, ESIO TROT, TEG REGGIB REGGIB, EMOC NO, ESIO TROT, WORG PU, FFUP PU, TOOHS PU, PU, WOLB PU, LLEWS PU, EGROG! ELZZUG! FFUTS! PLUG, TUP NO TAF, ESIO TROT, TUP NO TAF, TEG NO, TEG NO, ELBBOG DOOF.</poem> Mr Hoppy explains that these magic words, when whispered in Alfie's ear three times a day, will cause Alfie to grow bigger and bigger. Mrs Silver is
Lucy Dahl Lucy Dahl Lucy Neal Dahl (born 4 August 1965) is a British screenwriter and daughter of British author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal. Lucy Dahl was born on 4 August 1965 in England. Her parents were author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal. Dahl wrote the screenplay for "Wild Child" and served as a consultant on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", based on her father's book of the same name. She is also a content contributor to the online food and wine magazine "Zester Daily". Dahl has been married twice. She married firstly, in 1987, Michael Faircloth, with