All things have souls, animals also have emotions, they even know how to remember saving our lives.
An old Brazilian man , João Pereira de Souza, was fishing on a small island when he encountered a penguin in distress . At this time, the penguin was covered in oil and had difficulty surviving. He brought it home and it took more than a week to remove it. Clean its fur and feed it fish to help it regain strength.
Under his careful care, the penguin quickly recovered. Initially, he intended to bring it to the beach to release it into the wild. Unexpectedly, the penguin had no intention of leaving and lived with him for another 11 months. .
People and birds lived happily like that until the bird changed into new feathers and disappeared without a trace.
At first people thought it would never come back again, but unexpectedly the next year the bird returned to visit him until February. It only leaves and returns to its homeland after about a month.
South American penguins often breed on the coast of Argentina and Chile, about 4,000 to 8,000 km from the old man’s home.
Biologists believe that rescued animals are often released back into the wild and try to avoid them establishing relationships with humans.
However, this case is an exception. Biologists believe that such a situation has never happened, but it seems that the old man took very good care of it, sticking it together like a family member . Penguins will always wag their tails to show goodwill and joy to be around.
The old man also proudly said that the boy was very close to him: ” Actually, no one can touch him. If they touch it, it will peck at them, it will lie on your lap and let you bathe it, feed the sardines and hold it.”
“ I love this penguin, it’s like my child and I believe it loves me too .” He shared more
This story was published as a children’s picture book “The Old Man and His Penguin”, which touched many adults and children!
