Get the Kleenex out!

In 2011 a 71- year old brick layer found a penguin covered in oil and close to death .

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” I love the penguin like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me. When he sees me he wags his tail like a dog and honks with delight”

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“Everyone said he wouldn’t return but he has been coming back to visit me for the past four years”

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“He stayed with me for 11 months and then…he disappeared”

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But Dindum the penguin did come back! Swimming 8,000 Km every year to visit!

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“No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do”

 

Our heart has officially melted

Mike and Helena

source: http://www.boredpanda.com/man-saves-penguin-returns-swims-5000-miles/