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The world began at the edge of a

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breath.

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High above the floor of the ancient rainforest,

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a thick, humid morning fog swirled lazily through

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the canopy,

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drinking the shadows and leaving behind a world

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painted in silver and pale jade.

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The dawn was still young, bleeding a fragile,

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milky light

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through the tangled crown of ferns and towering

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mahogany.

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It was a quiet, mysterious atmosphere, hushed and

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reverent,

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as if the forest itself were holding its

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breath waiting for the sun.

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Clinging tightly to a damp, curling vine was

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a tiny emerald chameleon,

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no larger than a dew -droplet in leaf.

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Every single scale on its microscopic frame caught

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the nascent light,

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shimmering like polished jewels.

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Its skin shifted subtly, a dance of living

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green and gold,

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responding to the chill of the morning mist.

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With agonizing slowness, the little reptile turned its

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head.

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One turreted eye swiveled backward to scan the

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mossy abyss below,

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while the other fixed on a microscopic speck

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of light shimmering on a nearby frond.

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Its breath hitched in its throat.

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In this hidden kingdom, where giants of fur

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and feather ruled the lower tiers,

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survival belonged to the masters of stillness.

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Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the chameleon unlocked its zygodactylus

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grip,

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took one deliberate step forward, and dissolved back

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into the green,

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becoming nothing more than a whisper in the

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dawn.