Family Thought Their Pet Tortoise Had Gone Missing Until They Looked At Their Storage

Gone Missing

The family looked for Manuela everywhere. They looked in the garden, out on the street, and went around the property. They looked at every nook and cranny that the tortoise could have snuck into.

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Sadly, their search came up empty-handed. At this point, they hoped Manuela was close to water. Being exposed to too much heat would not be good for an infant like Manuela. They also hoped nobody had actually taken her.