Hidden Cloud

"Time seemed to stop, the rotation of the earth halted, nothing moved for just that moment. A drop of sweat fell from Amos's face and splattered in the dust on the ground. A fly flew around Peter's head without notice. A rattlesnake slide by Samantha, on the crest of the hill, although she didn't react to it. A tarantula walked across Abigail's foot, and although she knew it was there, she did not kick her foot. A rat jumped from the hill and just missed Shasta's head and landed on the grou...