A half moon night

My sister and I wanted to sleep out one night, under the stars, on the roof, and without any tent; just a couple of thin mattresses, sheets and pillows. I particularly wanted to experience the sounds of the night around our house and feel the coldness of these days.

Sushi, our dog ended up going upstairs and keeping us accompanied the whole night. It was a night with no moon at the beginning, we were unable to see the sky because of the clouds and we were thinking that rain was going to make us get back inside before 12:00; in spite of it we organized our sleeping nest and went to bed.

Although the idea of sleeping under the stars is attracting and beautiful, I was a little scared. Thinking about the animals I could see or feel, kept me awake for almost an hour, and when I finally fell asleep it took me just 2 more hours to be conscious again; I repeated this process many times during intervals of 1 and 2 hours.

This night (taking into account my previous knowledge) I could realize that nocturnal animals have their own time to be acknowledged; so, considering it I can say that toads appear during the early night, rodents prefer midnight and roosters and other kind of birds start singing a couple of hours before sunrise. Crickets were the only ones which presence I felt all the way, they refused to stop singing.

Around 2 o´clock, I could see the moon; it was reflecting its light just above us since there were no more clouds in sight, and cold made my sheet feel humid to my touch as if a light drizzle had started and we didn´t notice it.