Chapter 2 of Class 10 NCERT book Footprints Without Feet focuses on basic human values and relationships. The author is the famous Ruskin Bond and he has maintained a particular writing style throughout the chapter that makes it much more than just a thief’s story. The protagonist of the story is a 15 years-old thief who is habitual of changing his name every month to stay ahead of the police and old employers. In the story, he mentions himself as Hari Singh. The other lead in the story is a 25-year-old writer Anil. Both of them meet one day and Hari Singh puts forward his desire of joining hands with Anil. The story gradually shifts when Hari Singh deceives Anil by committing theft. Later the thief withdraws from thefts.
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