As two frightened little cubs ran, whimpering and tumbling over each other, for the safety of the bedroom under the great windfall, Peter Rabbit thumped twice more just by way of adding to their fright.
" Peter suddenly thumped the[13] ground very hard with his hind feet.
" Aunt Nancy thumped her stick angrily on the floor.
Young Isaac turned into grandfather's pew and thumped the bag of oatmeal down on the seat with a thud that cracked it.
CHAPTER 1 IN THE GARRET OF GREEN GABLES "Thanks be, I'm done with geometry, learning or teaching it," said Anne Shirley, a trifle vindictively, as she thumped a somewhat battered volume of Euclid into a big chest of books, banged the lid in triumph, and sat down upon it, looking at Diana Wright across the Green Gables garret, with gray eyes that were like a morning sky.
" I thumped on the panels, and rattled the latch angrily; and Catherine asked why I was still shut up?
"Oh, don't cry—don't," said Phyllis, "it's all right now," and she patted him on one big, broad shoulder, while Peter conscientiously thumped the other.
But before he went to school he thumped his sister between the shoulders and told her to cheer up.
My heart thumped against my ribs, and, I do not know why, I flew into a temper.
Her shoulders were thumped and her hands shaken vigorously.
"Dad took the fiddle to the telephone and thumped the strings.
Clinton thumped Mr.
Songs were sung and glasses thumped on the bar.
And Eustace nodded his terrible dragon head and thumped his tail in the sea and everyone skipped back (some of the sailors with ejaculations I will not put down in writing) to avoid the enormous and boiling tears which flowed from his eyes.
…… The giant thumped around for a while, but could not find Jack.
Something thumped next door.
Something thumped against the door, maybe his forehead.
If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.
The little elf could not go to sleep, it thumped so loudly.
