At 4 a.m. each morning, Michelle Knight — who changed her name to Lily Rose Lee— wakes up and prepares to feed her menagerie, which includes a dog, chickens, birds, reptiles and a pony. Today was no different.
"God put me on this earth for a purpose. And I believe the purpose was to help animals and humans connect in a special way," Lee says. "They mimic and feel everything that you're going through. So, when you're sad, and you're distraught, they come up, they give you kisses, they show you how beautiful life can truly be."
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