Then a faint sound above and to my right told me that I was not the only spectator of the scene.

But the sound of voices inside told him he would have to approach the task from another angle.

The sounds behind parents' closed doors can tell a child a lot.

After a few minutes, only their sounds of laughter told me that the children were even there.

The sounds told Ivan only part of this, but the women kept him informed.

His door also revealed nobody, but the sound of water told her where he was.

The diminishing sound of her feet told him in which direction she had run.

Simply naming the sound, though, doesn't tell the whole story, and you'll soon see why.

And the faint sound of movement from below told her she was not the only one.

The sound of the water told her she was close to the river.