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The Spring Peepers on County Road 12
In late March, along County Road 12 outside Ithaca, New York, ten-year-old Maya Chen pressed her face against the car window and frowned. Her father had pulled onto the shoulder near a marshy stretch of farmland, killed the engine, and said, "Listen."
She heard nothing. Just wind. Maybe a distant truck on Route 96.
"I don't hear anything, Dad."
"Keep listening."
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