10-year-old girl keeps same pet 56 years
For her 10th birthday, Jeanna Smith was surprised with a special gift.
Her party at the Milwaukee County Zoo would have been plenty. But then the zoo director � a friend of Jeanna�s father � handed her a young tortoise. It was Jeanna�s to keep.
The year was 1962. Today, Jeanna is 65. She still has her pet.
�George is probably my oldest friend,� Jeanna says of the gopher tortoise she brought home 56 years ago. �He�s just really been a wonderful pet.�
From day one, Jeanna had a soft spot for the creature beneath the hard shell.
�He’s always gotten strawberries and kiwi for Christmas morning,� Jeanna says. �He’d ride in my bike basket when I was a little girl.”
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