A to Z April Challenge - R is for Reap

Today's inspiration is Reap. Having been in Cairns, where all you see is mountains or miles of sugarcane crops, helped me with this choice.

The heat was stifling. The humidity was a hundred percent and the heat from the flames didn't help any. Standing on the verandah he stared across the oceans of flame in front of him. The crops were eerily highlighted as the flames went through them.

He couldn't tell for sure but it looked as though the flames were finally starting to abate. Not that it would make much difference to the heat, it was almost midnight now. But it felt like midday. No wonder the old ways were being phased out.

Tomorrow the flames will have gone out and they would start reaping the harvest of sugarcane. At least all the snakes and toads were gone.