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

Just A Childhood Memory

As the days passed, the family began to lose all hope of finding Manuela ever again and decided to move on. Years passed, and the experience became a funny childhood memory that they sometimes forgot about.

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The kids, adult by then, would sometimes remember Manuela and they’d share an amusing laugh. However, it was only when Leonel grew older and passed on that the story was made more significant again.