Daughter of the Regiment
“The air sort of pricked at your skin, and was almost too dense to breathe. The sky was a high pale blue, as if it had been washed a lot. Was that why he’d felt that something was going to happen earlier? It was just the coming storm.
Down on the flat the hens raced in widening circles, pecking newly-hatched flying termite queens out of the air. Soon the termites would lose their wings, thought Harry, and scurry down into shelter. He watched as Midnight Sky flapped her wings, half flying up to g...rab a high one.
The termites only flew when it was going to rain. Sometimes it might be just a sprinkle, half damp, half dust; other times a downpour; but the termites always knew.
The ants would probably be frantic, too, scurrying in and out of their holes, erecting sandy barriers against a flood, and yes—there were a pair of golden skinks, tearing at each others’ throats. Lizards always got niggly before a storm. That meant a thunderstorm, then, not just a gentle rain … It was hard to breathe in the chookhouse, as though the coming storm had sucked out all the air.MoreLess
Down on the flat the hens raced in widening circles, pecking newly-hatched flying termite queens out of the air. Soon the termites would lose their wings, thought Harry, and scurry down into shelter. He watched as Midnight Sky flapped her wings, half flying up to g...rab a high one.
The termites only flew when it was going to rain. Sometimes it might be just a sprinkle, half damp, half dust; other times a downpour; but the termites always knew.
The ants would probably be frantic, too, scurrying in and out of their holes, erecting sandy barriers against a flood, and yes—there were a pair of golden skinks, tearing at each others’ throats. Lizards always got niggly before a storm. That meant a thunderstorm, then, not just a gentle rain … It was hard to breathe in the chookhouse, as though the coming storm had sucked out all the air.MoreLess
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