CHAPTER I Deep in the jungle, where no human had ever set foot, was a pond full of Vitória Régias (water lilies). One night during an eclipse, the moon shone a bright silver stream into a lily like a laser beam. The lily glowed, and closed. Three days later, the lily opened, revealing a human child: Âme. With no other human in sight, the forest raised Âme like she raised all other animals. Âme learned to speak with the araras (macaws) and move with the micos (monkeys). She ate abiu and biribá...