All night, the rainy season creatures came. They didn't speak, but they left gifts: a forgotten button polished silver, a dried petal made soft again, a single note of a song her grandfather used to whistle. By dawn, they had slipped back into the gutters and down to the flooded fields.
Many species of termites and ants use the rain as a cue for "nuptial flights," where winged reproductives (swarmers) emerge in massive numbers to establish new colonies. Reptiles on the Move rainy season creatures
They weren't scary. They looked… lonely. All night, the rainy season creatures came
Suddenly, the heavy downpour shifted to a soft drizzle. The light changed, filtering through the clouds in pale, silver shafts. This was the "magic hour." a dried petal made soft again