With what pains, and thumps, and whacks at school we first learned the way to put words together!
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
As soon as the ape sees the elephant reaching his trunk among the branches, he immediately slips near the elephant, and when an opportunity presents itself, he whacks him over the trunk with his club!
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
Seizing the two ends of his garment he advanced towards the dog with the contortions and bounds of a wrestler; the animal, knowing this of old, endeavoured to escape through the nearest door, but the Tato, cutting off his retreat, drove him into the nave, and, pretending to pursue him, drove him from chapel to chapel, finally rounding him up where he could give him some good sound whacks.
"The Shadow of the Cathedral"
Vicente Blasco Ibañez