The Clouds Which Obscured the Sun

By Harry More

This novelette is the story of a storm and how it affects a man in a tree with balloons, a little boy watching him, a cougar and the mountain deer he devours, a crow, a mosquito, a man who works in a aluminum siding factory, a fisherman and his cat, a photographer, a man who works at a hardware store, and a man driving a truck who drinks a beer in a bar. Written in a uniquely surreal manner.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harry More
• Release date: Nov 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466196711

Harry More

Harry More is the assumed name of a writer who lives on Planet Earth.

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The Clouds Which Obscured the Sun

By Harry More

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Copyright 2011 Harry More

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I got six balloons here, said the man on a branch on the cherry tree, a cherry tree which grew on soil, soil which came from leaves which rotted in the sun and in the rain, the rain which had come from clouds, clouds which had kept out sunlight, sunlight which came from the sun.

The same sun made it so the boy in front of the tree could see the balloons, the balloons which were made of synthetic rubber. The boy wondered why the man had balloons with a brain made of neurons, neurons which had carbon in them, carbon which came from stars.

The man released a balloon, and the balloon went up in the air, the air carried the scent of the field, the field which contained the tree with the man, the boy, and the grass which moved in the breeze. The breeze came from the mountains, which were made of rocks, rocks that had been there a very long time, rocks that had been formed by the moving of tectonic plates.

The sun shone on the rocks, the sun which made it so the boy in front of the tree could see the balloons, balloons which were made of synthetic rubber. The boy watched the balloon the man had let go of float through the breeze, the breeze which blew in the grass. The boy saw the balloon in the sky, the sky which was blue and also had clouds, which kept out some of the sunlight which came from the sun.

A bird flew by the man and the boy, casting a shadow,