Three years and three months ago a tortoise crawled into the grounds of "Marengo Cliase," Morpeth, New South Wales, thei residence of Captain D. J. Marshall. At the same time a bat appeared. The tortoise and the bat were friends, and their association caused much amusement. After wao. derinsr about the grounds for three months, the tortoise left, followed by the bat. Neither the tortoise nor the bat'was seen around Morpeth for three vears, but a day or two ago Captain Marshall was greatly surprised at the reappearance in his grounds of the tortoise and the bat. Daring their absence they had made a new friend—a magpie/ The tortoise, the bat. and the magnie are still in the grounds (says a Sydney .paper), each looking after the other.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17856, 31 August 1923, Page 6
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