霍皮先生過著安靜的退休生活，平日裡照顧照顧陽臺上的小花園，逛逛商店，然後回家。他瘋狂而無望地暗戀著樓下的鄰居西爾維婭太太。他深深被其魅力和友善所吸引，但卻總是無法啟齒。不過，霍皮先生制定了一個計畫，打算贏取佳人的芳心。那就是，她的小烏龜。
In Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, Mr Hoppy lives a quiet retiree's life, tending to his balcony garden and pottering to the shops and back. And being passionately and hopelessly in love with his downstairs neighbour, Mrs Silver, and utterly captivated by her sparkle and warmth, which he always utterly neglects to mention. But Mr Hoppy has a plan to win Mrs Silver's Heart. Her tortoise.
