

The love Mrs Silver shows for her pet is beautiful, you really get the feeling that when Mr Silver died (again just guessing here) Alfie became the new love of her life and one of the only things that keeps her going. This is a really beautiful romance story about two elderly neighbours, Mr Hoppy is completely in love with Mrs Silver (presumably her husband died) but just looks at her from his balcony and the only thing he can talk about is Mrs Silver’s tortoise, Alfie. With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last? One day Mrs Silver asks Mr Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenly Mr Hoppy knows the way to win her heart. Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie.


He had always been a lonely man and now that he was retired from work he was more lonely than ever.’ ‘M r Hoppy lived in a small flat high up in a tall concrete building.
