Many of us are really missing our family and friends while we’re in lockdown because of the coronavirus.
Fernández, who lives in Spain, was also really missing his family.
He couldn’t wait to visit the countryside where some people very special to him live.
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Fernández’s brother has a pet donky named Baldomera.
Little did he know, Baldomera was really missing him too.
Fernández would normally be at his brother’s place at least once a week.
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The two brothers love to walk the hills, spend quality time together with each other, and Baldomera, or Baldo, for short.
But the quarantine orders put a pin in their routine.
When the quarantine orders were finally lifted, Fernández knew exactly where he would go first.
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“Many people wanted to go out to bars, but I wanted to visit my donkey. I missed her a lot,” Fernández told The Dodo. “The first thing that I did was go see her.”
The first thing Fernández did when he got to his family’s farm was call out for Baldo. He was afraid that she might not recognize him. But those fears were unfounded.
Baldo came running at the sound of Fernández’s voice! The two couldn’t haven been happier to see one another.
It was actually an emotional moment.
Fernández broke down in tears. And then so did Baldo. Fernández just held Baldo as they both cried.
“I started crying. I was so happy to be seeing her,” Fernández said. “And when she saw me, she started crying. I never heard that sound from her before. She cried with me. We cried together.”
I’m not sure what was more heartwrenching. Fernández’s cry… or Baldo’s.
“I’m not ashamed that you hear me cry, because here is one of the most unconditional demonstrations of love that exist,” Fernández wrote in a post on Facebook.
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Baldo’s cry was a bit more dramatic if I do say so. Poor Baldo was braying and hee-hawing loudly.
It sounded like a toddler’s hysterical cry. Thankfully, they were just a lot of happy tears.
Since then, Baldo and Fernández have been inseparable. It seems that Baldo definitely has a favorite brother.
“I think my brother is a little jealous. He’s been here all the time, taking very good care of her, but now she’s so much happier,” Fernández said. “She only wants to be with me.”
They still let Fernández’s brother tag along on their walks.
That time of separation helped Fernández and Baldo realize how strong their love for each other is.
Fernández never knew how large he loomed in Baldo’s heart.
But that was made very clear when they were finally reunited.
Because to Fernández, Baldo is just another member of his family.
And he knows that she feels the same way.
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“Animals like Baldo have a heart. Animals have feelings. Animals feel what you feel. They empathized with us,” he said, adding that for the people in Baldo’s life, she’s more than just a pet. “For us, she’s family.”
And that’s definitely clear of Fernández’s reunion video with Baldo. It ended up going viral and was viewed more than 677,000 times.
Baldo has since become an internet celebrity. He even has his own Facebook page here. You can watch Fernández’s emotional reunion with Baldomoment in the video below.
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