Explore "The Horse-Thieves" by Aleksandr Kuprin on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Suddenly, heavy, rapid footsteps were heard in the rushes in the direction from which Buzyga and Akim had come a short while before. Somebody was evidently running in haste without picking his way, splashing the water and breaking dry branches. The horse-thieves pricked up their ears. Akim Shpak stood on his knees. Buzyga, his hands on the ground, crouched down, ready to jump up and rush off in an instant.
"Who is that? " asked Vasil in a whisper.