5-year-old girl who visited Disney World loses beloved toy 4,200 miles from home — then, surprise

A young girl has Mickey Mouse to thank for a remarkable act of kindness. 

Leilani Hatton, age 5, from Darlington, England, recently took a trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, but came home without her teddy bear. 

Hatton’s family traveled roughly 4,200 miles for the trip and had the bear named Jofli with them up until the end, according to SWNS, the British news service. 

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Grandmother Lynne Cullen said Hatton takes Jofli with her "anywhere and everywhere."

But then, "one of the days we just suddenly realized he wasn’t with us anymore. We got back to the hotel and thought, ‘Where’s the bear?’"

After reviewing photos from the trip to see when Jofli might have gone missing, the family determined he must have been left at either Epcot or the Magic Kingdom. 

Cullen said the family had brought Jofli with them into each park to meet the Disney princesses. 

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She added, "We’ve got photographs of her with this bear and all the Disney princesses and characters."

After realizing that Jofli was lost, the family had no choice but to continue with their trip and go home to England. 

Cullen told Fox News Digital the family put in a lost property claim the day before they went home but didn’t have high hopes of getting the item back. 

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About two weeks later, however, something surprising occurred.

"We got an email a couple of weeks later saying [Jofli] had been found, and he arrived in the post a few days later," she told Fox News Digital. 

Disney employees somehow found the beloved stuffed animal — and mailed it about 4,200 miles to Hatton’s home. 

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Grandmother Cullen said the family let Hatton open the package — which contained Jofli, safe and sound.

"We surprised her and let her open the parcel, saying that Mickey Mouse found it for her. The teddy has always been important to her, so she was delighted," she told SWNS. 

She added, "Those parks are massive, and there must be a lot of lost property, so it was a really lovely touch for them to go out of their way and make sure he returned home."

Hatton then wrote a "thank you" note to Mickey Mouse for returning her toy and sending it safely home.

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Cullen said, "Jofli has certainly had an adventure of his own, and he’s ready for his next one after returning from America."

Florida woman arrested after allegedly leaving grandchild in hot car while she grocery shopped

A Florida woman was arrested after police said she left her toddler grandchild alone in a hot car while she went grocery shopping in Publix.

Elena Grady, 63, was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail for neglect of a child causing bodily harm after her 2-year-old grandchild was found unattended inside a hot car in the Publix parking lot on Tuesday.

Grady was released just after midnight on Wednesday after posting her $3,000 bond, jail records show.

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Volusia County sheriff's deputies responded to the Publix on Roscommon Drive at Ormond Beach at around 3 p.m. Tuesday after managers at the store noticed a child alone inside the parked car, the department said on Facebook.

The child "appeared lethargic" inside the car, which was "parked in full sun, no shade, not running, with the windows cracked," the post said.

A manager at Publix was able to reach into the car to unlock it and brought the toddler into the store to cool down. Grady then approached them inside the store and "took custody of the child."

"[Grady] left Publix but was later located by deputies who also checked on the child and found her to be in good health," the sheriff's office said.

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When the toddler was left in the car, it was 91 degrees outside with a heat index of 101 degrees, according to the sheriff's office. It was also determined that the toddler had been alone in the car for about 16 minutes.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office posted a reminder on Facebook about how quickly temperatures can rise inside a car that's turned off, sharing that on a 90-degree day, cars can reach 120 degrees within 30 minutes and 138 degrees after 90 minutes.

"Let's avoid tragedy and remember NOT to leave children, pets, or vulnerable adults in a hot vehicle even if it's only supposed to be a few minutes," the Volusia Sheriff's Office wrote on Facebook.

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