<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliTommy bent down and removed his shoes, then, leaving them behind the curtain, he walked gingerly out on his stockinged feet, and kneeling down by the closed door he laid his ear cautiously to the crack.  <response>: Tommy akainama na kuondoa viatu vyake, kisha, akiacha nyuma ya pazia, alitembea kwa uangalifu nje juu ya miguu yake stockinged, na kupiga magoti chini kwa mlango kufungwa yeye kuweka sikio lake tahadhari kwa ufa. 