It did not, though he watched it for a full minute.

He looked at the sun--it had not set but glowed big and yellow as far from the earth as his father was tall.

Ezra had lied to him.

Dead snakes did not wiggle their tails until sundown.
Buddy looked for the dust cloud of the herd, and was surprised to find it smaller than he had ever seen it, and farther away.

Indeed, he could only guess that the faint smudge on the horizon was the dust he had followed for more days than he could count.