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Whether you’re avoiding waking the children, avoiding detection after a night out or avoiding the in-laws, there are times when the ability to creep around the home without making a sound is a precious thing.

This is where you need your slippers. They are to you as the soft-soled moccasin was to the Seminole Indian, the expert trackers of the American woodland. By adapting the wisdom of the Seminole we turn creeping downstairs into an exercise in primitive stealth. Using his feet to feel the way, the noble hunter could creep across the forest floor in total silence, creating a picture of every twig and rock underfoot. If this is too hard with slippers try it with socks^* and pick your path between the Lego bricks and those electronic toys ready to go off at the merest touch.