Andrei Lubensky

“ The Hunter looked around. Terrible idols sculptured by a thunderstorm of ashes and dust gathered round them. You can see them on the picture. (They are terrible, aren't they?) . Just so, the Great Troubles will look if you meet them on the backside of the Moon. (In other places, they may look in a different way) . The idols stood silent looking at the Mosquito and the Hunter by their empty eye–sockets.
"Oh!" said the Hunter, "Really, It's enough to make my flesh creep! Run away from here!"
"Why?' asked the Mosquito, "They will not chase us. They are only idols. Statues!" ”

“ However hardly they made their first steps, the idols suddenly came back to the life and rushed to them with extraordinary quickness.
"Hold them! Tie them up!" pronounced somebody with snuffling voice. ”