A Cambodian girl who disappeared aged eight has been found  
                after living wild in the jungle for 18 years, police say

                                                                                        — BBC News


You were minding buffalo at the edge of
jungle soaked with seasonal storm. And yet your
herd was tranquil, chewing its cud of swamp. You
                 vanished, a young girl.

Older, bent and thin like a forest ape, you
stole the rice from paddies nearby and knew no
language. But they caught you and clothed you, found your
                 father, and he cried.

Did the fans of kapoks and leaves of teak trees
coax you away? Calls of piculet bird, the rain quail,
milky stork bewitch you to turn from
                 family, herd, home?