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True love exists — At the end of every August, Klepetan, a male stork, migrates to South Africa, leaving behind his female partner, Malena, and their a nest located on the rooftop of a house in the small village of Brodski Varoš, Croatia. She can’t fly with him – her wing was injured by a hunter 22 years ago, so she patiently waits for him throughout the fall and winter months. Stjepan Vokić, a former school janitor, takes care of Malena while Klepetan is away. While storks don’t necessarily mate for life, they do tend to return to the same nests and mating partner