Soon enough he would have to seek answers from the small men again, as the rain had erased the tracks of the larger wagon containing his children.
The Famine Early Warning System, an American-financed hunger watchdog, said in mid-February that recent heavier rains could erase some of that deficit.
Not only was the hilly and winding road that led from Kleth to Diev empty of all traffic, but also the rain and weather had erased all sign of horses or wagons, as if no one had traveled that way in eight-days.
Except for the few fire stains that the wind and rain had not erased, the roofless walls could have been built the day before.
Finally what he saw in his dream was that the order in the horse's heart was more durable for it was written in a place where no rain could erase it.
The rain would make it harder to read them, but even this much rain would not erase all trace of the tracks.
Later, when he meets Cimabue and goes to his workshop to see how pigments and gesso work, the young shepherd observes, "Neither rain nor wind will ever erase this picture."
The rain erased the prints of the sasquatch.
When the three had filled their bellies, they arose to continue their search for Jana and Jason, only to discover that the torrential rain had effectually erased every vestige of the spoor that they had been following.
The artificers, One after one, here in this grated cell, Where the rain erases, and the rust consumes, Fell upon lasting silence.