article_snippet.sent: But the couple, who could just about make out the word 'Stokes' written in white paint on A tortoise shell, felt the couple, who could just about make out the word 'Stokes' written in white paint on his shell needed to find out who A tortoise belonged to.
article_snippet.sent: With nothing else to go on, the couple, who could just about make out the word 'Stokes' written in white paint on his shell decided to call every Stokes in Kent listed in the phonebook.
article_snippet.sent: Wendy's Wendy's said: 'I had painted my name and number on the side of his shell but my name and number had faded when Wendy's went missing
article_snippet.sent: so they couldn't read my name and number. '
article_snippet.sent: The people who found Wendy's could read Stokes but The people who found him couldn't make out the number. '
article_snippet.sent: Wendy's had got out because I had left my gate open.
article_snippet.sent: It is normally closed because we have sheep in the paddock but they were in a different field. '