...And So Came The Rains

With the workday done, it was finally time to relax and enjoy the fruit of a day's labor.Chili and another small group had spent most of their day marking the location of dewdapple plants that, hopefully, would fruit sometime later in the rainy season. It had been important work and they found quite a few; a boon for the future. But now it was time to relax and enjoy good company.And, even more importantly,...

Chili had been right in their assumptions; the rolling clouds above had brought out everyone.When the green and orange roo arrived at their group they caught sight of others taking their chance to enjoy the rainclouds. Young roos were collecting berries while splashing through puddles, a few older ones took advantage of the cooldown to do heavier work, and some placed out jars and pails and other bits and bobs t...

The season had been unusual; the lack of rainclouds and the rumble they brought alongside them had brought many worries to the Veld. No rain meant a pause in nature's cycle- a missed step in its ever-turning wheel. It had become a constant thought and a stream of 'what ifs' that none could answer.So Chili was no exception to the excitement that followed the roll of thunder.The fenroo had been slumbering ben...