Mister Khoppi vliublen v svoiu sosedku, no uvy, ona liubit drugogo, i etot drugoi вÐ"†elfi, malenkaia cherepashka. Missis Silver tolko ob elfi i dumaet, a do mistera Khoppi ei net nikakogo dela. Sam zhe mister Khoppi вÐ"†chelovek zastenchivyi, on dazhe ne reshaetsia priglasit sosedku na chashechku chaia. No odnazhdy ego oseniaet blestiashchaia ideia. Teper on znaet, kak privlech vnimanie missis Silver! Esli plan srabotaet, ona nepremenno vliubitsia v mistera Khoppi. V kontce kontcov, vsem izvestno, chto put k serdtcu zhenshchiny lezhit cherez ee cherepashku.