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Friend of the Water

RYSTALLINE DROPLETS roll down the crowns of Ecuador’s cloud forest and into the folds of elephant ear leaves. Damp feathers ruffle below the flight of a white witch moth. Glasswing butterflies float through the vapor, intermittently visible. Above a clear, rocky stream, a tiny green tree frog perches on

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