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That huge mass
of soil
Floating on the
water
All on a sudden
Began to tree
A man who was
the god
Was behind it
He was alone
No angels were
with him
And neither was
any devil
Good for him
He was the
father
And the mother
Of that barren
land
That became
An emerald
island
That now chirps
and twitters
Runs with deer
feet
Roars in a tiger
voice
Trumpets in joy
And plays with
the sun
And the moon and
the stars
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little more than 30 years ago, a teenager named Jadav "Molai" Payeng
began burying seeds along a barren sandbar near his birthplace in northern
India's Assam region to grow a refuge for wildlife. Not long after, he decided
to dedicate his life to this endeavor, so he moved to the site so he could work
full-time creating a lush new forest ecosystem. Incredibly, the spot today
hosts a sprawling 1,360 acres of jungle that Payeng planted — single-handedly. Source
