Beneath a canopy of trees flowing like green ocean in an ancient forest lived Armando Each morning he awakened to the smell of the earth the sounds and songs of treetops the taste of just picked berries
6 He grew to know the moods of the rainforest the angry thunder the endless rain the deep darkness of the forest floor the sunlight snaking its way through a bright gap where a giant tree had fallen Walking barefoot leaves crunching beneath him playing along riverbanks mud squishing between toes skipping across fallen logs grasshoppers jumping climbing liana vines lizards scrambling beside him he felt connected to his leafy refuge
