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「物語とイラストがこれ以上ピッタリはまるペアはない」ことで知られる作家とイラストレーターが贈る、甘くて、バカバカしくもある64ページのラブストーリー。
ホッピー氏は何年ものあいだ、バルコニーの手すりにもたれて、階下に住むシルバーさんに見とれてきた。でも、シルバーさんの愛情はすべてペットのカメ、アルフィーのもの。アルフィーは大満足だったが、飼い主のシルバーさんには心配ごとがあった。それは、アルフィーと暮らし始めてから11年もたつというのに、アルフィーの体重がたったの3オンスしか増えていないことだ。悩んだシルバーさんは、アルフィーを大きくする方法を見つけたら、「一生言うことをききます」と宣言。意を決したホッピー氏は、カメが成長していると思わせるための巧妙な計画を思いつく。（ホッピー氏いわく「カメとは『逆さまに書かれた言葉しか理解できない』後退性の生き物である」から、「tortoise」（かめさんよ）を逆さまにした「Esio Trot」（ヨンサメカ）と呼びかければいい、とシルバーさんに教えたのだ。）シルバーさんにすっかり信用されて大喜びのホッピー氏。
おとなや高学年の子どもたちなら、著者ダールの巧みなストーリーテリングの技を十分に理解できる。イラストレーターのブレイクの動画のように生き生きとしたイラストに思わず笑いがこみあげることも間違いない。しかし、本書の長さと微妙なユーモアを考慮すると、低年齢の子どもにはやや難しい。すべての年齢層向け。
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
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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.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the ハードカバー edition.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the ハードカバー edition.
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