scamper
verb (used without object)
to run or go hastily or quickly.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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No fear of them," returned the old man, laughing in his own peculiar and silent manner; "I warrant me the devils will be scampering after their beasts these six hours yet!
From The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper