"This could be the Garden of Eden," said Henry, nine, as we padded about on the hotel's luminous green lawns that stretched like a wide fairway towards distant volcanoes.
He padded about, gathering glasses and plates.
He padded about in his freedom with a towel knotted round his waist and put some toast to grill.
It came a little hard, then, to be constantly padding about, bleating for cheese sandwiches.
"We never did that," Mr. Griffin said, as his beloved Shar-Pei, Charlie Chan, padded about.
He padded softly about, looking behind the Chesterfield, peering in the half-light around the tall Chinese silk screen.
People padded about in stockinged feet.
He could hear them padding about in the fresh snow outside, their claws scraping on stone.
Closing the doors against the brilliant light, I padded about, exploring each nook, forgetting the drive, forgetting the pit, the danger, the desert traps.
Knowing that sound could carry even past her blanket of snow, especially percussive sounds, Alex padded about in stocking feet when he walked at all.
