Perhaps she will never again suffer a poor, unworthy earthling to walk in the shadow of her divine presence."
"The Awakening and Selected Short Stories"
Kate Chopin
The Martian was four feet tall, and skinny and weaponless, but he hit the earthling like a small tornado.
"Duel on Syrtis"
Poul William Anderson
He went back and dragged the earthling into a cave and hid him beyond all possibility of human search parties finding him.
"Duel on Syrtis"
Poul William Anderson