Bogong Moth (Agrotis Infusa) ~ Longing for True North
A few months ago I was traveling through the mountains of Honduras. I was there to speak to farmers about plans to restore their forests. I was staying in a tiny village high in the hills at a camp called Granadilla, where most people get around on horseback due to the rugged streets. One afternoon I was in the camp when I heard all the people around me start shouting, “Zapato! Zapato!” In Spanish, ‘zapato’ means ‘shoe’. I wondered, why is everyone shouting about shoes?! Then I noticed a small dog running excitedly from person to person. Everyone was smiling and clapping. Apparently, this little dog was named ‘zapato’ because whenever she found a shoe, she would steal it and run away with it. Zapato had been adopted by the people of the Granadilla camp and they were all very fond of her. But the little dog had accidentally been sold to a man passing through Granadilla, and he lived far away in a town called Tintel. The people were very sad and assumed they would never see their pe