‘When Bertie gets going,there’s no stopping him he charges off like a astronomical clockwork toyBertie was given to my husband Marco and me by a couple who were leaving the country and couldn’t take him with them. He’s an appealing creature, a leopard tortoise with a light shell covered in dark spots. Soon after we got him, and I spotted a female of the same species advertised in the local paper. We snapped her up – Shelly joined Bertie,and we hoped we’d bear some baby tortoises to look forward to.
Marco and I opened our children’s park, Adventure Valley, and five years ago. We now bear 200 animals,but Bertie has become our most illustrious.
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Source: theguardian.com