The shot, after tearing through the boughs, rises to some height in the air, and, making a curve, falls of its own weight only, like Pattering hail-and as harmless-upon an aged woman, just then trudging slowly round the corner.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
If the visitor be very patient, and lie still, he will presently hear the Pattering of tiny feet on the leaves, and see the brown birds come running in from every direction.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
Even as she spoke there was a slight Pattering here in the sunlight, and diamonds began to glitter on the brackan.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black