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[a] [bedtime] [story-book] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [jimmy] [skunk] 

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

[illustrations] [by] [harrison] [cady] 

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little , [brown] [and] [company] [boston] [toronto] 
1 little 2 ,

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[chapter] [page] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [jimmy] [skunk] 

[i] 

[peter] [rabbit] [plans] [a] [joke] 

the [imp] of [mischief] , woe is me , [is] [always] [busy] [as] [a] bee [.] 
1 the 3 of
3 of 9 ,
5 , 7 is
5 , 9 ,
6 woe 7 is
7 is 8 me
9 , 15 bee

that is why so many people are [forever] getting into trouble [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 why
3 why 6 people
3 why 7 are
4 so 5 many
5 many 6 people
6 people 7 are
7 are 9 getting
7 are 10 into
9 getting 10 into
10 into 11 trouble

he won't keep still [.] 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 3 keep
3 keep 4 still

no , [sir] [,] [he] [won't] [keep] [still] [unless] [he] [is] [made] [to] [.] 
1 no 2 ,

once let him [get] [started] there is no knowing where he will stop [.] 
1 once 2 let
2 let 3 him
2 let 10 where
6 there 7 is
7 is 9 knowing
8 no 9 knowing
9 knowing 10 where
10 where 11 he
10 where 13 stop
11 he 12 will
12 will 13 stop

of course [peter] [shouldn't] [have] [listened] [.] 
1 of 2 course

[certainly] [not] [.] 

but he did [.] 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 did

you know [peter] [dearly] [loves] [a] [joke] when it is on some one [else] [.] 
1 you 2 know
2 know 8 when
8 when 9 it
8 when 10 is
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 on
11 on 13 one
12 some 13 one

he sat right where he was and watched to see [if] [jimmy] [would] [come] out of the barrel [.] 
1 he 7 and
2 sat 3 right
2 sat 7 and
3 right 4 where
4 where 5 he
4 where 6 was
5 he 6 was
7 and 8 watched
7 and 16 of
8 watched 9 to
9 to 10 see
15 out 16 of
16 of 18 barrel
17 the 18 barrel

jimmy didn't come [out] [,] [and] [after] [a] [little] [peter] [stole] [over] to the barrel [and] [peeped] [inside] [.] 
1 jimmy 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 come
3 come 13 to
13 to 15 barrel
14 the 15 barrel

there was [jimmy] [skunk] [curled] [up] [for] a nap [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 9 nap
8 a 9 nap

peter tiptoed away very softly [.] 
1 peter 2 tiptoed
2 tiptoed 3 away
2 tiptoed 5 softly
4 very 5 softly

all the time [the] [imp] [of] [mischief] was [whispering] [to] [him] that [this] was a splendid chance to play a joke on [jimmy] [.] 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 time
3 time 8 was
8 was 12 that
8 was 18 to
12 that 14 was
14 was 17 chance
15 a 16 splendid
15 a 17 chance
16 splendid 17 chance
18 to 19 play
19 play 21 joke
20 a 21 joke
21 joke 22 on

you know it is very easy to play a joke on any one who is asleep [.] 
1 you 2 know
2 know 11 on
2 know 14 who
3 it 4 is
4 is 6 easy
5 very 6 easy
6 easy 7 to
6 easy 8 play
7 to 8 play
8 play 10 joke
9 a 10 joke
10 joke 11 on
11 on 13 one
12 any 13 one
14 who 15 is
15 is 16 asleep

peter doesn't often have a chance to play a joke on [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 peter 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 4 have
3 often 4 have
4 have 6 chance
5 a 6 chance
6 chance 7 to
7 to 8 play
8 play 10 joke
9 a 10 joke
10 joke 11 on

it isn't a very safe thing [to] [do] [,] [not] [if] [jimmy] [is] [awake] [.] 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 6 thing
3 a 6 thing
4 very 5 safe
5 safe 6 thing

no one knows that better than [peter] [.] 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 knows
3 knows 4 that
3 knows 5 better
3 knows 6 than

he sat down some distance from the barrel but where he could keep an eye on it [.] 
1 he 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
2 sat 6 from
2 sat 9 but
3 down 5 distance
4 some 5 distance
5 distance 6 from
6 from 8 barrel
7 the 8 barrel
8 barrel 9 but
9 but 10 where
10 where 11 he
10 where 13 keep
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 keep
13 keep 15 eye
13 keep 16 on
14 an 15 eye
15 eye 16 on
16 on 17 it

then he [went] [into] [a] [brown] [study] [,] [which] is [one] [way] of saying that he thought very hard [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 10 is
10 is 13 of
13 of 14 saying
14 saying 15 that
15 that 16 he
15 that 17 thought
16 he 17 thought
17 thought 19 hard
18 very 19 hard

he wanted to play a joke on [jimmy] , but [like] [most] [jokers] he didn't want [the] [joke] to come back on himself [.] 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
2 wanted 9 ,
3 to 4 play
4 play 6 joke
5 a 6 joke
6 joke 7 on
9 , 10 but
10 but 14 he
10 but 20 come
14 he 15 didn't
15 didn't 16 want
19 to 20 come
20 come 21 back
21 back 22 on
22 on 23 himself

as he sat [there] in a brown study , [he] [happened] [to] [glance] [over] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] and there he saw something red [.] 
1 as 2 he
2 he 9 ,
3 sat 5 in
3 sat 9 ,
5 in 8 study
6 a 8 study
7 brown 8 study
9 , 19 and
19 and 21 he
20 there 21 he
21 he 22 saw
22 saw 23 something
23 something 24 red

he looked [very] [hard] , and in a minute he saw that it was [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 he 5 ,
2 looked 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 10 he
7 in 9 minute
7 in 10 he
8 a 9 minute
10 he 11 saw
11 saw 12 that
12 that 13 it
12 that 14 was
13 it 14 was

right [away] , [peter] ['s] [nimble] [wits] [began] [to] [plan] [how] [he] [could] [use] [reddy] [fox] [to] [play] [a] [joke] [on] [jimmy] [.] 
1 right 3 ,

all in a flash an idea came to him , an idea [that] made him [laugh] right out [.] 
1 all 2 in
1 all 14 made
2 in 4 flash
3 a 4 flash
4 flash 6 idea
4 flash 7 came
5 an 6 idea
6 idea 7 came
7 came 8 to
8 to 10 ,
9 him 10 ,
10 , 12 idea
11 an 12 idea
14 made 15 him
14 made 17 right
14 made 18 out

you see [,] [the] [imp] [of] [mischief] [was] [very] [,] [very] [busy] [whispering] [to] [peter] [.] 
1 you 2 see

" [what] [are] [you] [laughing] [at] [?] ["] asked a voice [.] 
1 " 9 asked
9 asked 11 voice
10 a 11 voice

it was [the] [voice] [of] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 it 2 was

[right] [away] [a] [plan] [for] [getting] [reddy] [up] [there] [flashed] [into] [peter] ['s] [head] [.] 

he would get [sammy] angry , and [that] [would] make [sammy] [scream] [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 7 and
3 get 5 angry
3 get 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 make

reddy would be sure to come up there to see what [sammy] [jay] was making such a fuss about [.] 
1 reddy 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 sure
4 sure 5 to
4 sure 10 see
5 to 6 come
6 come 7 up
7 up 8 there
7 up 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 what
10 see 15 making
11 what 14 was
15 making 18 fuss
15 making 19 about
16 such 17 a
17 a 18 fuss

[sammy] [,] [you] [know] [,] [is] [very] [quick-tempered] [.] 

no one knows this better than [peter] [.] 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 knows
3 knows 4 this
3 knows 5 better
3 knows 6 than

so instead of replying [politely] [to] [sammy] , as he should have [done] [,] [peter] [spoke] crossly : 
1 so 9 as
1 so 18 :
2 instead 3 of
3 of 4 replying
3 of 8 ,
3 of 9 as
9 as 10 he
9 as 12 have
9 as 18 :
10 he 11 should
11 should 12 have
17 crossly 18 :

["] [fly] [away] [,] [sammy] [,] [fly] [away] [!] 

it is no business of yours [what] [i] [am] [laughing] at , " said he [.] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 4 business
2 is 11 at
3 no 4 business
4 business 5 of
5 of 6 yours
11 at 12 ,
12 , 13 "
12 , 14 said
14 said 15 he

[right] [away] [sammy] ['s] [quick] [temper] [flared] [up] [.] 

he began to [call] [peter] [names] , and [peter] [answered] [back] [.] 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 7 ,
7 , 8 and

peter saw him lift his head to listen [.] 
1 peter 2 saw
2 saw 3 him
2 saw 4 lift
4 lift 6 head
4 lift 7 to
5 his 6 head
7 to 8 listen

in a few minutes he began to trot that way [.] 
1 in 4 minutes
1 in 5 he
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
5 he 6 began
6 began 7 to
6 began 8 trot
7 to 8 trot
8 trot 10 way
9 that 10 way

he was coming to find out what that fuss was about [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 coming
3 coming 4 to
4 to 5 find
5 find 6 out
5 find 7 what
7 what 8 that
7 what 11 about
8 that 9 fuss
8 that 10 was
9 fuss 10 was
10 was 11 about

peter knew that [reddy] [wouldn't] [come] [straight] [up] [there] [.] 
1 peter 2 knew
2 knew 3 that

[that] [isn't] [reddy] ['s] [way] [.] 

" [as] [soon] as he sees me he [will] [think] [that] [at] [last] [he] [has] [a] [chance] [to] [catch] [me] [,] ["] thought [peter] [.] 
1 " 23 thought
4 as 5 he
4 as 6 sees
4 as 8 he
5 he 6 sees
6 sees 7 me
8 he 23 thought

["] [i] [shall] [have] [to] [run] [my] [very] [fastest] [,] [but] [if] [everything] [goes] [right] [,] [he] [will] [soon] [forget] [all] [about] [me] [.] 

[ii] 

[peter] [makes] [a] [flying] [jump] 

to risk your life unless there 's [need] [is] [downright] foolishness indeed [.] 
1 to 2 risk
2 risk 4 life
2 risk 5 unless
3 your 4 life
5 unless 6 there
5 unless 7 's
6 there 7 's
7 's 11 foolishness
7 's 12 indeed

never forget that [.] 
1 never 2 forget
2 forget 3 that

[never] [do] [such] [a] [crazy] [thing] [as] [peter] [rabbit] [was] [doing] [.] 

what was he doing [?] 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 he
2 was 4 doing

why [,] he was [running] [the] [risk] [of] [being] [caught] [by] [reddy] [fox] all for the sake of a joke [.] 
1 why 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 14 all
14 all 15 for
15 for 17 sake
16 the 17 sake
17 sake 18 of
18 of 20 joke
19 a 20 joke

did you ever hear of anything more foolish [?] 
1 did 2 you
1 did 4 hear
3 ever 4 hear
4 hear 5 of
5 of 6 anything
6 anything 8 foolish
7 more 8 foolish

the fact is [,] [peter] [didn't] [stop] [to] [think] [what] [dreadful] [thing] [might] [happen] [if] [his] [plans] [didn't] [work] [out] [as] [he] [intended] [.] 
1 the 2 fact
2 fact 3 is

he didn't once think of [little] [mrs] [peter] over in the dear [old] [briar-patch] [and] [how] [she] [would] [feel] [if] [he] [never] [came] [home] [again] [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 4 think
3 once 4 think
4 think 5 of
4 think 9 over
9 over 10 in
10 in 12 dear
11 the 12 dear

that 's the trouble with [thoughtlessness] [;] [it] [never] [remembers] other people [.] 
1 that 2 's
2 's 4 trouble
3 the 4 trouble
4 trouble 5 with
5 with 12 people
11 other 12 people

if he had known it , he would have suspected one of [peter] ['s] tricks [.] 
1 if 2 he
1 if 4 known
1 if 6 ,
1 if 7 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 known
4 known 5 it
7 he 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 suspected
10 suspected 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 15 tricks

" he will steal along to that place where the wall is [lowest] and will jump over it right there [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 14 and
3 will 4 steal
3 will 14 and
4 steal 5 along
4 steal 6 to
4 steal 9 where
6 to 8 place
7 that 8 place
8 place 9 where
9 where 11 wall
9 where 12 is
10 the 11 wall
11 wall 12 is
14 and 15 will
14 and 18 it
15 will 16 jump
16 jump 17 over
18 it 19 right
19 right 20 there

i must be ready to jump the very second he does [.] ["] 
1 i 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 ready
4 ready 5 to
4 ready 6 jump
5 to 6 jump
6 jump 9 second
7 the 8 very
7 the 9 second
9 second 10 he
9 second 11 does
10 he 11 does

it all happened just [as] [peter] [had] [expected] [.] 
1 it 2 all
2 all 3 happened
3 happened 4 just

the [instant] [that] [sharp] [nose] [dropped] [out] of [sight] , [peter] [made] [ready] [to] [run] for his life [.] 
1 the 8 of
8 of 10 ,
10 , 16 for
16 for 18 life
17 his 18 life

["] [go] [it] [,] [peter] [!] 

[go] [it] [!] ["] [he] [screamed] [excitedly] [.] 

that was just [like] [sammy] [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 just

peter did go [it] [.] 
1 peter 2 did
2 did 3 go

he had to [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to

he ran with all his [might] [.] 
1 he 2 ran
2 ran 3 with
3 with 4 all
3 with 5 his

reddy grinned [as] [he] [saw] [peter] [start] [towards] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 reddy 2 grinned

he watched [sharply] [for] [peter] to dodge and try to get back to the old stone wall [.] 
1 he 2 watched
2 watched 6 to
6 to 8 and
7 dodge 8 and
8 and 9 try
9 try 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 12 back
12 back 13 to
13 to 17 wall
14 the 17 wall
15 old 16 stone
16 stone 17 wall

he didn't mean to [let] [peter] do that [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mean
3 mean 4 to
3 mean 7 do
4 to 7 do
7 do 8 that

[but] [peter] [didn't] [even] [try] [.] 

he ran straight [for] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [hill] [above] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 he 2 ran
2 ran 3 straight

then , for the first time , [reddy] [noticed] [an] [old] [barrel] [there] [lying] [on] [its] [side] [.] 
1 then 2 ,
1 then 7 ,
2 , 3 for
3 for 6 time
4 the 6 time
5 first 6 time

" [if] he tries [that] , [i] [will] [get] [him] [without] [the] [trouble] [of] [much] [of] [a] [chase] [,] " thought [reddy] , and chuckled [.] 
1 " 3 he
3 he 6 ,
4 tries 6 ,
6 , 24 and
20 " 21 thought
21 thought 24 and
23 , 24 and
24 and 25 chuckled

lipperty-lipperty-lip [ran] [peter] , lipperty-lipperty-lip , [reddy] [right] [at] [his] [heels] [!] 
1 lipperty-lipperty-lip 4 ,
1 lipperty-lipperty-lip 5 lipperty-lipperty-lip
4 , 5 lipperty-lipperty-lip
5 lipperty-lipperty-lip 6 ,

to [sammy] [jay] [it] [looked] [as] [if] [in] [a] [few] [more] [jumps] [reddy] [certainly] [would] catch [peter] [.] 
1 to 16 catch

["] [go] [it] [,] [peter] [!] 

oh , go [it] [!] 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 go

just as he reached the old barrel , [reddy] [was] so [close] [to] [him] that [peter] was [almost] [sure] that he could [feel] [reddy] ['s] [breath] [.] 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 he
2 as 4 reached
2 as 8 ,
2 as 21 he
3 he 4 reached
4 reached 7 barrel
5 the 7 barrel
6 old 7 barrel
8 , 11 so
11 so 15 that
15 that 17 was
17 was 20 that
21 he 22 could

in fact , he suspected that the joke which he had planned was working out just as he had hoped it would [.] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
2 fact 4 he
4 he 5 suspected
5 suspected 6 that
6 that 8 joke
6 that 13 was
6 that 22 would
7 the 8 joke
8 joke 9 which
8 joke 12 planned
8 joke 13 was
9 which 10 he
9 which 12 planned
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 planned
13 was 14 working
13 was 17 as
14 working 15 out
16 just 17 as
17 as 18 he
17 as 20 hoped
18 he 19 had
19 had 20 hoped
20 hoped 21 it

[iii] 

[what] [happened] [at] [the] [old] [barrel] 

peter [rabbit] ['s] [jump] [over] [the] [old] [barrel] [on] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [hill] was unexpected [to] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 peter 15 was
15 was 16 unexpected

in fact [,] [reddy] was [so] [close] [on] [peter] ['s] [heels] that he had no thought of anything [but] catching [peter] [.] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 5 was
5 was 12 that
12 that 14 had
13 he 14 had
14 had 16 thought
15 no 16 thought
16 thought 17 of
17 of 18 anything
18 anything 20 catching

now you remember that that barrel was right on the edge of the hill [.] 
1 now 2 you
2 you 3 remember
3 remember 4 that
4 that 6 barrel
4 that 7 was
5 that 6 barrel
6 barrel 7 was
7 was 8 right
7 was 9 on
9 on 11 edge
10 the 11 edge
11 edge 12 of
12 of 14 hill
13 the 14 hill

you know a barrel is [a] [very] [rolly] [sort] of [thing] , and once it has started down a hill , nothing can stop it [.] 
1 you 2 know
2 know 4 barrel
2 know 5 is
3 a 4 barrel
4 barrel 5 is
5 is 10 of
10 of 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 22 nothing
13 and 24 stop
14 once 15 it
14 once 17 started
14 once 21 ,
14 once 22 nothing
15 it 16 has
16 has 17 started
17 started 18 down
17 started 20 hill
19 a 20 hill
22 nothing 23 can
23 can 24 stop
24 stop 25 it

it was just so this time [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
2 was 4 so
2 was 6 time
5 this 6 time

reddy [fox] had [no] [more] [than] [picked] [himself] up [when] [the] [barrel] [was] [half] [way] [down] [the] [hill] [and] [going] [faster] [and] [faster] [.] 
1 reddy 3 had
3 had 9 up

it bounced along over [the] [ground] , and every time it hit a little hummock it seemed to jump right up in the air [.] 
1 it 2 bounced
2 bounced 3 along
2 bounced 4 over
4 over 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 16 it
8 and 17 seemed
9 every 10 time
10 time 11 it
10 time 12 hit
10 time 16 it
11 it 12 hit
12 hit 15 hummock
13 a 14 little
13 a 15 hummock
14 little 15 hummock
16 it 17 seemed
17 seemed 18 to
17 seemed 19 jump
18 to 19 jump
19 jump 20 right
20 right 21 up
21 up 22 in
22 in 23 the
23 the 24 air

and all the time it was making the strangest noises [.] 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 time
4 time 6 was
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 making
7 making 9 strangest
7 making 10 noises
8 the 9 strangest

reddy quite forgot the smarting sore places where he had bumped into the barrel [.] 
1 reddy 3 forgot
2 quite 3 forgot
3 forgot 7 places
3 forgot 8 where
4 the 7 places
5 smarting 7 places
6 sore 7 places
7 places 8 where
8 where 9 he
8 where 11 bumped
9 he 10 had
10 had 11 bumped
11 bumped 12 into
12 into 14 barrel
13 the 14 barrel

he simply stood and stared at the runaway [.] 
1 he 4 and
2 simply 3 stood
3 stood 4 and
4 and 5 stared
4 and 6 at
6 at 8 runaway
7 the 8 runaway

" [as] [i] [live] [,] ["] he [exclaimed] [,] ["] [i] [believe] [there] was [some] one in that old barrel [!] ["] 
1 " 7 he
7 he 14 was
14 was 17 in
16 one 17 in
17 in 20 barrel
18 that 20 barrel
19 old 20 barrel

[there] [was] [.] 

you remember that [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [curled] [up] [in] [there] [for] [a] [nap] [.] 
1 you 2 remember
2 remember 3 that

now [jimmy] [was] [awake] , [very] [much] [awake] [.] 
1 now 5 ,

and it wasn't at all comfortable [.] 
1 and 2 it
1 and 3 wasn't
2 it 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 at
3 wasn't 6 comfortable
4 at 5 all

no , [sir] [,] it wasn't at all a comfortable way in [which] [to] travel [.] 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 at
6 wasn't 11 way
6 wasn't 12 in
7 at 8 all
9 a 11 way
10 comfortable 11 way
12 in 15 travel

he went over and over so fast that it made him dizzy [.] 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 over
2 went 7 fast
2 went 8 that
3 over 4 and
4 and 5 over
6 so 7 fast
8 that 9 it
8 that 10 made
9 it 10 made
10 made 11 him
10 made 12 dizzy

first he was right [side] [up] and [then] wrong [side] [up] [,] so [fast] [that] he couldn't tell [which] [side] [up] he was [.] 
1 first 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 7 and
3 was 13 so
4 right 7 and
7 and 9 wrong
13 so 16 he
13 so 23 was
16 he 17 couldn't
18 tell 22 he
22 he 23 was

of course , he couldn't get out , because he was rolled over and over so fast that he didn't have a chance to try [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 4 he
4 he 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 get
6 get 7 out
7 out 9 because
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 he
9 because 12 rolled
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 rolled
12 rolled 15 over
12 rolled 17 fast
12 rolled 18 that
13 over 14 and
14 and 15 over
16 so 17 fast
18 that 19 he
18 that 21 have
19 he 20 didn't
20 didn't 21 have
21 have 23 chance
22 a 23 chance
23 chance 24 to
24 to 25 try

now [reddy] [didn't] [know] who was in the barrel [.] 
1 now 5 who
5 who 6 was
6 was 7 in
7 in 9 barrel
8 the 9 barrel

he just knew by the sounds that some one was [.] 
1 he 3 knew
2 just 3 knew
3 knew 4 by
3 knew 7 that
4 by 6 sounds
5 the 6 sounds
7 that 10 was
8 some 9 one
9 one 10 was

so he started down the hill after the barrel to see what would happen when it stopped [.] 
1 so 2 he
1 so 3 started
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 down
3 started 6 hill
3 started 7 after
3 started 10 to
5 the 6 hill
7 after 9 barrel
8 the 9 barrel
10 to 11 see
11 see 12 what
12 what 13 would
13 would 14 happen
14 happen 15 when
15 when 16 it
15 when 17 stopped
16 it 17 stopped

[sammy] [jay] [was] [flying] [overhead] [,] [screaming] [enough] [to] [split] [his] [throat] [.] 

altogether , it was [quite] the most exciting thing [peter] [had] [ever] [seen] [.] 
1 altogether 2 ,
1 altogether 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 9 thing
6 the 9 thing
7 most 8 exciting
8 exciting 9 thing

of course , he heard the noise and looked up to see what it meant [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 4 he
4 he 8 and
5 heard 7 noise
5 heard 8 and
6 the 7 noise
8 and 9 looked
9 looked 10 up
9 looked 11 to
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 what
13 what 14 it
13 what 15 meant
14 it 15 meant

peter decided that it was high time for him to get out of sight [.] 
1 peter 2 decided
2 decided 3 that
3 that 4 it
3 that 5 was
4 it 5 was
5 was 7 time
6 high 7 time
7 time 8 for
7 time 10 to
7 time 11 get
8 for 9 him
10 to 11 get
11 get 13 of
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 sight

so he dodged into the [old] house [of] [johnny] [chuck] [and] [lay] [low] in the doorway [,] [where] [he] [could] [watch] [.] 
1 so 3 dodged
2 he 3 dodged
3 dodged 4 into
4 into 7 house
5 the 7 house
7 house 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 doorway

he saw [jimmy] [skunk] [lay] [perfectly] [still] [,] [and] [a] [great] [fear] [crept] [into] [his] [heart] [.] 
1 he 2 saw

[had] [jimmy] [been] [killed] [?] 

he hadn't once thought of what might happen [to] [jimmy] [when] [he] [planned] [that] [joke] [.] 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 4 thought
3 once 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 what
6 what 7 might
7 might 8 happen

but [presently] [jimmy] [began] [to] [wave] [first] [one] [leg] [and] [then] [another] , [as] [if] to make sure that he had some legs left [.] 
1 but 13 ,
13 , 16 to
16 to 17 make
17 make 18 sure
18 sure 19 that
19 that 20 he
19 that 21 had
20 he 21 had
21 had 23 legs
21 had 24 left
22 some 23 legs

then slowly he rolled over and got on to his feet [.] 
1 then 3 he
2 slowly 3 he
3 he 6 and
4 rolled 5 over
4 rolled 6 and
6 and 7 got
6 and 9 to
7 got 8 on
9 to 11 feet
10 his 11 feet

peter breathed a sigh of relief [.] 
1 peter 2 breathed
2 breathed 4 sigh
3 a 4 sigh
4 sigh 5 of
5 of 6 relief

[iv] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [very] [mad] [indeed] 

[when] [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [angry] [then] [every] [one] [watch] [out] [!] 

it 's better far at such a time [to] [be] [nowhere] [about] [.] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 better
3 better 4 far
3 better 5 at
5 at 8 time
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 time

[jimmy] [skunk] [was] [angry] [this] [time] [and] [no] [mistake] [.] 

he was [just] plain [mad] , and [when] [jimmy] [skunk] [feels] that way , [no] [one] [wants] to be very near him [.] 
1 he 6 ,
2 was 4 plain
2 was 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 13 way
7 and 14 ,
12 that 13 way
14 , 18 to
18 to 19 be
19 be 21 near
20 very 21 near
21 near 22 him

you know he is one of the very best-natured little fellows in the world ordinarily [.] 
1 you 2 know
2 know 4 is
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 one
4 is 12 in
4 is 15 ordinarily
5 one 6 of
6 of 11 fellows
7 the 11 fellows
8 very 9 best-natured
9 best-natured 11 fellows
10 little 11 fellows
11 fellows 12 in
12 in 14 world
13 the 14 world

he minds his own business [,] [and] [if] [no] [one] [interferes] [with] [him] [,] [he] [interferes] [with] [no] [one] [.] 
1 he 2 minds
2 minds 5 business
3 his 4 own
3 his 5 business

but once he is aroused and feels that he hasn't been treated fairly , look out for him [!] 
1 but 2 once
1 but 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 6 and
5 aroused 6 and
6 and 14 ,
7 feels 8 that
7 feels 14 ,
8 that 9 he
8 that 12 treated
9 he 10 hasn't
10 hasn't 11 been
11 been 12 treated
12 treated 13 fairly
14 , 15 look
15 look 16 out
16 out 17 for
17 for 18 him

and this time [jimmy] was [mad] [clear] [through] , as he got to his feet and shook himself to see that he was all there [.] 
1 and 3 time
1 and 5 was
2 this 3 time
5 was 10 as
9 , 10 as
10 as 16 and
11 he 16 and
12 got 13 to
12 got 16 and
13 to 15 feet
14 his 15 feet
16 and 17 shook
16 and 19 to
18 himself 19 to
19 to 20 see
20 see 21 that
21 that 22 he
21 that 23 was
23 was 24 all
24 all 25 there

i don't know that any one could blame him [.] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 6 one
4 that 8 blame
5 any 6 one
6 one 7 could
7 could 8 blame
8 blame 9 him

so he really is not to be blamed for feeling as he did [.] 
1 so 2 he
1 so 4 is
2 he 4 is
3 really 4 is
4 is 6 to
5 not 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 blamed
8 blamed 9 for
8 blamed 11 as
9 for 10 feeling
11 as 12 he
11 as 13 did
12 he 13 did

now [jimmy] can never be accused of being stupid [.] 
1 now 3 can
3 can 5 be
4 never 5 be
5 be 6 accused
6 accused 7 of
7 of 8 being
8 being 9 stupid

he knew that an old barrel [which] has been lying in one place for a long time doesn't move of its own accord [.] 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 6 barrel
3 that 9 been
4 an 5 old
4 an 6 barrel
5 old 6 barrel
6 barrel 8 has
8 has 9 been
9 been 10 lying
9 been 11 in
10 lying 11 in
11 in 13 place
12 one 13 place
13 place 14 for
13 place 20 of
14 for 19 move
15 a 16 long
15 a 19 move
16 long 17 time
17 time 18 doesn't
20 of 23 accord
21 its 22 own
21 its 23 accord

the first [person] [he] [saw] was [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 the 2 first
2 first 6 was

in fact [,] [reddy] was [right] [close] [at] [hand] [.] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 5 was

if [reddy] [had] [known] [that] it was [jimmy] [skunk] , he would have been quite content to remain at the top of the hill [.] 
1 if 6 it
1 if 7 was
1 if 10 ,
1 if 11 he
6 it 7 was
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 been
14 been 16 content
15 quite 16 content
16 content 17 to
16 content 18 remain
17 to 18 remain
18 remain 19 at
19 at 21 top
20 the 21 top
21 top 22 of
22 of 24 hill
23 the 24 hill

now [when] [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [angry] , [he] [doesn't] [bite] and he doesn't scratch [.] 
1 now 7 ,
7 , 11 and
11 and 14 scratch
12 he 13 doesn't
13 doesn't 14 scratch

that is why he is afraid of no one , and why every one respects [jimmy] and his rights [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 4 he
3 why 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
7 of 17 and
8 no 9 one
9 one 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 why
11 and 14 one
11 and 15 respects
11 and 17 and
13 every 14 one
17 and 19 rights
18 his 19 rights

he [used] [it] [now] [,] [and] [he] didn't waste any time [about] [it] [.] 
1 he 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 waste
9 waste 11 time
10 any 11 time

he [threw] [some] [of] [that] [perfume] [right] [in] [the] [face] [of] [reddy] [fox] [before] [reddy] had [a] [chance] to [turn] [or] [to] say [a] [word] [.] 
1 he 16 had
16 had 19 to
19 to 23 say

" [take] [that] [!] " [snapped] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [perhaps] [it] [will] [teach] [you] [not] [to] [play] [tricks] [on] [your] [honest] [neighbors] [!] " 
1 " 16 "

[poor] [reddy] [!] 

some of that perfume got in his eyes and made them smart dreadfully [.] 
1 some 2 of
1 some 4 perfume
2 of 4 perfume
3 that 4 perfume
4 perfume 9 and
5 got 6 in
5 got 9 and
6 in 8 eyes
7 his 8 eyes
9 and 10 made
10 made 11 them
10 made 12 smart
12 smart 13 dreadfully

in fact , for a [little] while he couldn't see at all [.] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
2 fact 8 he
4 for 7 while
4 for 8 he
5 a 7 while
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 see
10 see 11 at
11 at 12 all

and then the smell of it was so strong that it made him quite sick [.] 
1 and 2 then
1 and 4 smell
1 and 7 was
3 the 4 smell
4 smell 5 of
4 smell 7 was
5 of 6 it
7 was 9 strong
8 so 9 strong
9 strong 10 that
10 that 11 it
10 that 12 made
11 it 12 made
12 made 13 him
12 made 15 sick
14 quite 15 sick

he rolled over and over on the ground , choking and gasping and rubbing his eyes [.] 
1 he 2 rolled
2 rolled 5 over
2 rolled 6 on
2 rolled 16 eyes
3 over 4 and
4 and 5 over
6 on 13 and
7 the 8 ground
8 ground 9 ,
9 , 10 choking
9 , 11 and
11 and 12 gasping
11 and 13 and
13 and 14 rubbing
15 his 16 eyes

jimmy [skunk] [just] [stood] [and] [looked] [on] , [and] [there] [wasn't] [a] [bit] [of] [pity] [in] [his] [eyes] [.] 
1 jimmy 8 ,

" [how] [do] [you] [like] [that] [?] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 10 he

["] [you] [thought] [yourself] [very] [smart] [,] [rolling] [me] [down] [hill] [in] [a] [barrel] [,] [didn't] [you] [?] 

you might have broken my neck [.] ["] 
1 you 2 might
2 might 3 have
3 have 4 broken
4 broken 6 neck
5 my 6 neck

" [huh] [!] " [snorted] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [who] [didn't] [believe] [a] [word] [of] [it] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [i] [didn't] [.] 

[honestly] [i] [didn't] [,] ["] [protested] [reddy] [.] 

["] [i] [ran] [against] [the] [barrel] [by] [accident] [,] [chasing] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 

i didn't have any idea that any one was in it [.] ["] 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 5 idea
4 any 5 idea
5 idea 6 that
6 that 8 one
6 that 9 was
7 any 8 one
8 one 9 was
9 was 10 in
10 in 11 it

" [huh] [!] " [said] [jimmy] [skunk] [again] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [if] [you] [were] [chasing] [peter] [rabbit] [,] [where] [is] [he] [now] [?] " 
1 " 14 "

reddy had to confess he didn't know [.] 
1 reddy 2 had
2 had 3 to
2 had 4 confess
3 to 4 confess
4 confess 5 he
4 confess 7 know
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 know

he was nowhere in [sight] , and he certainly hadn't had time to reach [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 nowhere
2 was 4 in
4 in 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 10 hadn't
9 certainly 10 hadn't
10 hadn't 11 had
11 had 12 time
12 time 13 to
13 to 14 reach

jimmy looked this way and that way [,] [but] [there] [was] [no] [sign] [of] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 7 way
3 this 7 way
4 way 5 and
5 and 6 that
5 and 7 way

" [huh] [!] ["] said he again , turning his back on [reddy] [fox] [and] [walking] [away] [with] [a] [great] [deal] [of] [dignity] [.] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
5 said 7 again
5 said 9 turning
8 , 9 turning
9 turning 11 back
9 turning 12 on
10 his 11 back

[v] 

[reddy] [fox] [sneaks] [away] 

just as soon [as] [reddy] [fox] [could] [see] [after] [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [thrown] [that] [terrible] [perfume] [in] [reddy] ['s] [face] he started for the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 21 he
21 he 22 started
22 started 23 for
23 for 24 the

he wanted to get away by himself [.] 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
2 wanted 4 get
3 to 4 get
4 get 5 away
4 get 6 by
6 by 7 himself

but he didn't trot with his head up and his big plumey tail carried proudly as is usual with him [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 4 trot
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 trot
4 trot 5 with
5 with 13 tail
6 his 13 tail
7 head 13 tail
8 up 9 and
9 and 12 plumey
9 and 13 tail
10 his 12 plumey
11 big 12 plumey
13 tail 14 carried
13 tail 18 usual
14 carried 15 proudly
14 carried 17 is
16 as 17 is
18 usual 19 with
19 with 20 him

[no] [indeed] [.] 

instead he hung his head , and his handsome tail [was] dropped between his legs [;] [he] [was] [the] [very] [picture] [of] [shame] [.] 
1 instead 2 he
2 he 3 hung
3 hung 7 and
3 hung 13 between
4 his 5 head
5 head 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 tail
7 and 12 dropped
7 and 13 between
8 his 10 tail
9 handsome 10 tail
13 between 15 legs
14 his 15 legs

[poor] [reddy] [!] 

he didn't know what to do or [where] to go [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 7 or
3 know 4 what
3 know 7 or
4 what 5 to
4 what 6 do
5 to 6 do
7 or 9 to
7 or 10 go
9 to 10 go

he couldn't go home , for [old] [granny] [fox] [would] [drive] [him] [out] [of] the house [.] 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 go
3 go 4 home
3 go 6 for
5 , 6 for
6 for 16 house
15 the 16 house

[sammy] [jay] [would] [see] [to] [that] [.] 

he knew just how they would point at him and make fun of him [.] 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 just
2 knew 4 how
4 how 5 they
4 how 10 and
5 they 10 and
6 would 7 point
6 would 10 and
7 point 8 at
8 at 9 him
10 and 11 make
11 make 12 fun
12 fun 13 of
13 of 14 him

he would never hear the last of it [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 4 hear
3 never 4 hear
4 hear 6 last
5 the 6 last
6 last 7 of
7 of 8 it

he felt as if he never , never would be able to hold his head and his tail up again [.] 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 4 if
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 he
4 if 10 be
5 he 9 would
6 never 9 would
7 , 8 never
8 never 9 would
9 would 10 be
10 be 11 able
11 able 12 to
11 able 13 hold
12 to 13 hold
13 hold 16 and
13 hold 19 up
13 hold 20 again
14 his 15 head
15 head 16 and
16 and 18 tail
17 his 18 tail

[every] [few] [minutes] [he] [stopped] [to] [roll] [over] [and] [over] [on] [the] [ground] [trying] [to] [get] [rid] [of] [that] [dreadful] [perfume] [.] 

when he reached [the] [green] [forest] he hurried over to [the] [laughing] [brook] [to] wash out his eyes [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 3 reached
1 when 7 he
2 he 3 reached
7 he 8 hurried
8 hurried 9 over
8 hurried 10 to
10 to 15 wash
15 wash 16 out
15 wash 18 eyes
17 his 18 eyes

it was just his luck to have [billy] [mink] come along while he was doing this [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
2 was 5 luck
2 was 6 to
4 his 5 luck
6 to 7 have
7 have 10 come
10 come 11 along
10 come 12 while
12 while 13 he
12 while 14 was
13 he 14 was
14 was 15 doing
15 doing 16 this

billy didn't need to be told what had happened [.] 
1 billy 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 need
3 need 4 to
3 need 6 told
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 told
6 told 7 what
7 what 8 had
8 had 9 happened

" [phew] [!] " he exclaimed , holding on to his nose [.] 
1 " 6 exclaimed
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 exclaimed
6 exclaimed 8 holding
7 , 8 holding
8 holding 10 to
9 on 10 to
10 to 12 nose
11 his 12 nose

then he turned and hurried beyond the reach of that perfume [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 4 and
3 turned 4 and
4 and 5 hurried
4 and 6 beyond
6 beyond 8 reach
7 the 8 reach
8 reach 9 of
9 of 11 perfume
10 that 11 perfume

there he stopped and made fun of [reddy] [fox] and said all the provoking things he could think of [.] 
1 there 2 he
2 he 4 and
3 stopped 4 and
4 and 10 and
5 made 6 fun
5 made 10 and
6 fun 7 of
10 and 11 said
11 said 12 all
12 all 13 the
12 all 15 things
13 the 15 things
14 provoking 15 things
15 things 16 he
15 things 19 of
16 he 17 could
18 think 19 of

reddy took no notice at all [.] 
1 reddy 2 took
2 took 4 notice
2 took 5 at
3 no 4 notice
4 notice 5 at
5 at 6 all

he felt too miserable to quarrel [.] 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 4 miserable
3 too 4 miserable
4 miserable 5 to
5 to 6 quarrel

after he had washed his face he felt better [.] 
1 after 2 he
1 after 4 washed
1 after 7 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 washed
4 washed 6 face
5 his 6 face
7 he 8 felt
8 felt 9 better

water wouldn't take away the awful smell [,] [but] [it] [did] [take] [away] [the] [smart] [from] [his] [eyes] [.] 
1 water 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 take
3 take 4 away
3 take 7 smell
5 the 7 smell
6 awful 7 smell

then he tried to plan what to do next [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 tried
3 tried 4 to
3 tried 5 plan
4 to 5 plan
5 plan 6 what
6 what 7 to
6 what 8 do
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 next

" [the] [only] [thing] [i] [can] [do] [is] [to] [get] [as] [far] [away] [from] [everybody] [as] [i] [can] [,] " [thought] [he] [.] 
1 " 20 "

" [i] [guess] [i] ['ll] [have] [to] [go] [up] [to] [the] [old] [pasture] [to] [live] [for] [a] [while] [.] " 
1 " 20 "

so he started for the [old] [pasture] [,] [keeping] as much out of sight as possible [.] 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 for
3 started 11 much
3 started 13 of
3 started 16 possible
4 for 5 the
10 as 11 much
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 sight
15 as 16 possible

on the way he remembered that [old] [man] [coyote] [lived] [there] [.] 
1 on 3 way
1 on 4 he
2 the 3 way
4 he 5 remembered
5 remembered 6 that

there he stretched himself out and was perfectly miserable [.] 
1 there 2 he
2 he 6 and
3 stretched 4 himself
3 stretched 5 out
3 stretched 6 and
6 and 7 was
7 was 9 miserable
8 perfectly 9 miserable

" [it] [wouldn't] [be] so [bad] [if] [i] [had] [really] [been] [to] [blame] [,] [but] [i] [wasn't] [.] 
1 " 5 so

i didn't know [jimmy] [skunk] [was] [in] that [barrel] and [i] didn't mean to start it rolling down the hill anyway [,] ["] [he] [muttered] [.] 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 10 and
3 know 8 that
3 know 10 and
10 and 13 mean
12 didn't 13 mean
13 mean 14 to
13 mean 15 start
14 to 15 start
15 start 16 it
15 start 21 anyway
16 it 17 rolling
17 rolling 18 down
17 rolling 20 hill
19 the 20 hill

" [it] was all [an] [accident] [and] ["] [he] [stopped] [and] [into] [his] [yellow] [eyes] [crept] [a] [look] [of] [suspicion] [.] 
1 " 3 was
3 was 4 all

i wonder [.] " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 4 "

[vi] 

[peter] [rabbit] [doesn't] [enjoy] [his] [joke] 

he felt sure that [reddy] [fox] was in [for] [something] [unpleasant] , and he was glad [.] 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 sure
3 sure 4 that
4 that 7 was
7 was 8 in
8 in 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 glad

of [course] , that [wasn't] [a] [bit] [nice] [of] [peter] [.] 
1 of 3 ,
1 of 4 that

so he chuckled as he waited for what was to happen [.] 
1 so 2 he
1 so 3 chuckled
2 he 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 as
4 as 5 he
4 as 6 waited
5 he 6 waited
6 waited 7 for
7 for 8 what
8 what 9 was
9 was 10 to
10 to 11 happen

suddenly that chuckle broke right off in the middle , and [peter] [cried] ["] ouch [!] ["] 
1 suddenly 3 chuckle
2 that 3 chuckle
3 chuckle 4 broke
4 broke 5 right
4 broke 7 in
5 right 6 off
7 in 11 and
8 the 9 middle
9 middle 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 15 ouch

he had felt a pain as if a hot needle had been thrust into him [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 felt
3 felt 5 pain
3 felt 7 if
4 a 5 pain
6 as 7 if
7 if 10 needle
7 if 12 been
8 a 9 hot
8 a 10 needle
9 hot 10 needle
10 needle 11 had
11 had 12 been
12 been 13 thrust
12 been 14 into
13 thrust 14 into
14 into 15 him

it made him almost jump out of the doorway [.] 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 him
2 made 5 jump
4 almost 5 jump
5 jump 7 of
6 out 7 of
7 of 9 doorway
8 the 9 doorway

so it would not do to show himself now [.] 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 would
3 would 4 not
4 not 5 do
5 do 6 to
6 to 7 show
7 show 8 himself
7 show 9 now

no , indeed [!] 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed

all he could do was to kick and squirm and twist his head around to see what was happening [.] 
1 all 2 he
1 all 4 do
1 all 5 was
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
5 was 6 to
6 to 7 kick
7 kick 8 and
8 and 10 and
9 squirm 10 and
10 and 11 twist
11 twist 13 head
11 twist 14 around
11 twist 15 to
12 his 13 head
15 to 16 see
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 was
18 was 19 happening

it didn't take long to find out [.] 
1 it 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 take
3 take 4 long
3 take 5 to
3 take 6 find
5 to 6 find
6 find 7 out

two very angry little insects were just getting ready to sting him again [,] [and] [more] [were] [coming] [.] 
1 two 5 insects
2 very 3 angry
3 angry 5 insects
4 little 5 insects
5 insects 6 were
6 were 8 getting
7 just 8 getting
8 getting 9 ready
9 ready 10 to
9 ready 11 sting
10 to 11 sting
11 sting 12 him
11 sting 13 again

they [were] [yellow] [jackets] [,] [which] [you] [know] belong to the wasp family [and] [carry] [very] [sharp] [little] [lances] [in] [their] [tails] [.] 
1 they 9 belong
9 belong 10 to
10 to 13 family
11 the 13 family
12 wasp 13 family

[poor] [peter] [!] 

what could he do [?] 
1 what 2 could
2 could 3 he
2 could 4 do

he didn't dare go out , and he simply couldn't stay where he was [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 dare
3 dare 7 and
4 go 5 out
4 go 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 11 stay
8 he 10 couldn't
9 simply 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 stay
11 stay 12 where
12 where 13 he
12 where 14 was
13 he 14 was

by this time he had lost all interest in what was going on outside [.] 
1 by 3 time
1 by 10 what
2 this 3 time
3 time 4 he
3 time 6 lost
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 lost
6 lost 8 interest
6 lost 9 in
7 all 8 interest
10 what 11 was
11 was 12 going
12 going 13 on
12 going 14 outside

there was quite enough going on [inside] [;] too much , in fact [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 going
2 was 6 on
3 quite 4 enough
4 enough 5 going
5 going 6 on
6 on 10 much
9 too 10 much
10 much 12 in
11 , 12 in
12 in 13 fact

he remembered that [johnny] [chuck] [digs] [his] [house] [deep] [down] [in] [the] [ground] [.] 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that

he looked down the long hall [.] 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 down
3 down 6 hall
4 the 6 hall
5 long 6 hall

it was dark down there [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 dark
3 dark 4 down
3 dark 5 there

perhaps if he went down there , these angry little warriors wouldn't follow him [.] 
1 perhaps 11 warriors
2 if 3 he
2 if 4 went
2 if 11 warriors
3 he 4 went
4 went 5 down
6 there 7 ,
6 there 11 warriors
8 these 11 warriors
9 angry 11 warriors
10 little 11 warriors
11 warriors 12 wouldn't
12 wouldn't 13 follow
13 follow 14 him

it was worth trying , anyway [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 worth
3 worth 4 trying
4 trying 6 anyway
5 , 6 anyway

so [peter] [scrambled] [to] [his] [feet] [and] [scurried] [down] [the] long [hall] , and as he ran , he cried " [ouch] [!] 
1 so 13 ,
11 long 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 19 he
14 and 20 cried
15 as 16 he
15 as 17 ran
15 as 18 ,
15 as 19 he
16 he 17 ran
19 he 20 cried
20 cried 21 "

[ouch] [!] 

[oh] [!] 

[ohoo] [!] ["] 

those sharp little lances were very busy [,] [and] [there] [was] [no] [way] [of] [fighting] [back] [.] 
1 those 4 lances
2 sharp 4 lances
3 little 4 lances
4 lances 5 were
5 were 7 busy
6 very 7 busy

at the end of the long hall was a snug little room , very dark but cool and comfortable [.] 
1 at 3 end
1 at 8 was
2 the 3 end
3 end 4 of
4 of 7 hall
5 the 7 hall
6 long 7 hall
8 was 12 room
9 a 12 room
10 snug 12 room
11 little 12 room
12 room 15 dark
13 , 15 dark
14 very 15 dark
15 dark 16 but
16 but 18 and
17 cool 18 and
18 and 19 comfortable

it was just as he [had] [hoped] [;] [the] [yellow] [jackets] did not follow [him] [down] [there] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 12 did
12 did 13 not
12 did 14 follow
13 not 14 follow

they had driven him away from their home , which was right near the entrance , and they were satisfied [.] 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 driven
3 driven 4 him
3 driven 5 away
3 driven 6 from
6 from 8 home
7 their 8 home
8 home 10 which
9 , 10 which
10 which 11 was
10 which 16 ,
11 was 12 right
12 right 13 near
13 near 15 entrance
14 the 15 entrance
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 they
17 and 19 were
18 they 19 were
19 were 20 satisfied

but what [a] [fix] he was in [!] 
1 but 2 what
1 but 6 was
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 in

what a dreadful fix [!] 
1 what 4 fix
2 a 3 dreadful
2 a 4 fix
3 dreadful 4 fix

he ached and smarted all over [.] 
1 he 3 and
2 ached 3 and
3 and 4 smarted
4 smarted 6 over
5 all 6 over

my goodness [,] [how] [he] [did] [smart] [!] 
1 my 2 goodness

and [to] [get] [out] he would have to go right past [the] [yellow] [jacket] [home] [again] [.] 
1 and 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 to
7 have 10 right
8 to 9 go
10 right 11 past

" [i] [guess] [i] [am] [served] [just] [right] [.] " 
1 " 10 "

i [rather] think he was , [don't] [you] [?] 
1 i 3 think
3 think 4 he
3 think 6 ,
4 he 5 was

[vii] 

[sammy] [jay] [does] [some] [guessing] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [a] [queer] [fellow] [.] 

many are the times he has given them warning of danger [.] 
1 many 2 are
2 are 4 times
2 are 9 warning
3 the 4 times
4 times 5 he
4 times 7 given
5 he 6 has
6 has 7 given
7 given 8 them
9 warning 10 of
10 of 11 danger

this is one reason they are quite willing to overlook his own shortcomings [.] 
1 this 2 is
2 is 4 reason
3 one 4 reason
4 reason 5 they
4 reason 6 are
5 they 6 are
6 are 8 willing
7 quite 8 willing
8 willing 9 to
8 willing 10 overlook
9 to 10 overlook
10 overlook 13 shortcomings
11 his 12 own
11 his 13 shortcomings

so , of course , he had [seen] [what] [happened] to [reddy] [.] 
1 so 7 had
2 , 4 course
3 of 4 course
4 course 5 ,
4 course 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 11 to

now , instead of being sorry [for] [reddy] , he had openly rejoiced [.] 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 10 he
2 , 4 of
3 instead 4 of
4 of 5 being
4 of 9 ,
4 of 10 he
5 being 6 sorry
10 he 11 had
11 had 13 rejoiced
12 openly 13 rejoiced

it seems to be just that way with a great [many] people [.] 
1 it 2 seems
2 seems 3 to
2 seems 4 be
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 just
5 just 7 way
5 just 8 with
6 that 7 way
7 way 8 with
8 with 12 people
9 a 10 great
9 a 12 people
10 great 12 people

they like to see others who are considered very smart get into trouble [.] 
1 they 2 like
2 like 3 to
2 like 4 see
3 to 4 see
4 see 5 others
4 see 11 get
5 others 6 who
5 others 7 are
6 who 7 are
7 are 8 considered
8 considered 10 smart
9 very 10 smart
11 get 12 into
12 into 13 trouble

so [sammy] had laughed and made fun of [poor] [reddy] [.] 
1 so 5 and
3 had 5 and
4 laughed 5 and
5 and 6 made
6 made 7 fun
7 fun 8 of

in the first place it was very exciting [,] [and] [sammy] [dearly] [loves] [excitement] [.] 
1 in 4 place
1 in 5 it
2 the 4 place
3 first 4 place
5 it 6 was
6 was 8 exciting
7 very 8 exciting

and then it would make such a splendid story to tell , and no one likes to [carry] [tales] [more] [than] [does] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 and 5 make
2 then 3 it
3 it 4 would
4 would 5 make
5 make 9 story
5 make 10 to
6 such 7 a
7 a 9 story
8 splendid 9 story
10 to 12 ,
11 tell 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 one
13 and 16 likes
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 likes
16 likes 17 to

he watched [reddy] [sneak] [away] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] [slowly] [walk] [away] [in] [a] [very] [dignified] [manner] [.] 
1 he 2 watched

then [sammy] [flew] back [to] [the] [old] [orchard] [to] [spread] [the] [news] [among] [the] [little] [people] [there] [.] 
1 then 4 back

it wasn't until he reached [the] [old] [orchard] [that] [he] [remembered] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 until
3 until 4 he
3 until 5 reached
4 he 5 reached

the [fact] [is] [,] [sammy] [jay] was doing some hard thinking [.] 
1 the 7 was
7 was 8 doing
8 doing 11 thinking
9 some 11 thinking
10 hard 11 thinking

he had suddenly begun to wonder [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 begun
3 suddenly 4 begun
4 begun 5 to
4 begun 6 wonder
5 to 6 wonder

it had popped into that shrewd little head of his that [it] was very strange [how] [suddenly] [peter] [rabbit] [had] [disappeared] [.] 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 popped
3 popped 4 into
4 into 8 head
5 that 8 head
6 shrewd 8 head
7 little 8 head
8 head 9 of
8 head 11 that
8 head 13 was
9 of 10 his
11 that 13 was
13 was 15 strange
14 very 15 strange

but [i] [saw] it [all] , and [i] [know] that it was [all] an accident [so] [far] [as] [reddy] was concerned [.] 
1 but 4 it
1 but 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 that
7 and 20 was
10 that 11 it
10 that 20 was
11 it 12 was
12 was 15 accident
14 an 15 accident
20 was 21 concerned

[but] [peter] [rabbit] [may] [have] [known] [.] 

why [did] [peter] [run] [so] [that] [he] [would] [have] to [jump] [over] that [barrel] [when] he could have [run] [right] [past] [it] [?] 
1 why 18 have
10 to 13 that
10 to 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 have

that would have been pretty [smart] [of] [peter] and quite like him [.] 
1 that 2 would
2 would 9 and
3 have 4 been
3 have 9 and
4 been 5 pretty
9 and 11 like
10 quite 11 like
11 like 12 him

the [more] [i] [think] of it , [the] [more] [i] [believe] that [peter] did [know] [and] [that] [he] [planned] [the] [whole] [thing] [.] 
1 the 5 of
5 of 7 ,
6 it 7 ,
7 , 12 that
12 that 14 did

if he did , it was one of the smartest tricks [i] [ever] [heard] [of] [.] 
1 if 2 he
1 if 3 did
1 if 4 ,
1 if 5 it
2 he 3 did
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 one
7 one 8 of
8 of 11 tricks
9 the 10 smartest
9 the 11 tricks

i didn't think [peter] [had] it [in] [him] [.] 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 think
3 think 6 it

it was rather hard on [jimmy] [skunk] , [but] [it] [got] [rid] [of] [reddy] [fox] [for] [a] [while] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 hard
3 rather 4 hard
4 hard 5 on
5 on 8 ,

he won't dare show his face around here for a long time [.] 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 3 dare
3 dare 4 show
4 show 6 face
4 show 7 around
4 show 9 for
5 his 6 face
6 face 7 around
7 around 8 here
9 for 12 time
10 a 12 time
11 long 12 time

that means that [peter] [will] [have] [one] [less] [worry] [on] [his] [mind] [.] 
1 that 2 means
2 means 3 that

[hello] [!] 

[here] [comes] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 

i 'll ask him a few questions [.] ["] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 ask
3 ask 4 him
3 ask 7 questions
5 a 6 few
6 few 7 questions

jimmy came [ambling] along in his usual lazy manner [.] 
1 jimmy 2 came
2 came 4 along
2 came 5 in
5 in 9 manner
6 his 9 manner
7 usual 9 manner
8 lazy 9 manner

he had quite recovered his good nature [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 recovered
3 quite 4 recovered
4 recovered 7 nature
5 his 7 nature
6 good 7 nature

["] [hello] [,] [jimmy] [.] 

have you seen [peter] [rabbit] [this] [morning] [?] ["] [cried] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 have 2 you
1 have 3 seen

jimmy looked up and grinned [.] 
1 jimmy 4 and
2 looked 3 up
2 looked 4 and
4 and 5 grinned

" [yes] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 6 he

["] [i] [saw] [him] [up] [here] [early] [this] [morning] [.] 

[why] [?] ["] 

" [did] he [see] [you] [go] [into] [that] [old] [barrel] [?] ["] persisted [sammy] [.] 
1 " 3 he
3 he 13 persisted

" [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [confessed] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 6 "

["] [he] [may] [have] [.] 

what have you got on your mind [,] [sammy] [jay] [?] ["] 
1 what 2 have
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 got
4 got 5 on
5 on 7 mind
6 your 7 mind

jimmy pricked up his ears [.] 
1 jimmy 2 pricked
2 pricked 3 up
2 pricked 5 ears
4 his 5 ears

" [then] [reddy] [didn't] [do] [it] [purposely] [!] " he exclaimed [.] 
1 " 11 exclaimed
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 exclaimed

" [no] [,] " [replied] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [he] [didn't] [do] [it] [purposely] [.] 

i am quite sure that he didn't know you were in it [.] 
1 i 2 am
2 am 4 sure
3 quite 4 sure
4 sure 5 that
5 that 6 he
5 that 8 know
6 he 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 know
8 know 9 you
8 know 10 were
9 you 10 were
10 were 11 in
11 in 12 it

but how [about] [peter] [rabbit] [?] 
1 but 2 how

i am wondering [.] 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 wondering

and [i] ['m] [doing] [a] [little] [guessing] , [too] [.] " 
1 and 8 ,
8 , 11 "

[viii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [looks] [for] [peter] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [looked] [very] [hard] [at] [sammy] [jay] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [looked] [very] [hard] [at] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 

then [sammy] [slowly] [shut] one [eye] [and] [as] [slowly] [opened] [it] [again] [.] 
1 then 5 one

it was a wink [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 wink
3 a 4 wink

is that it [?] ["] 
1 is 2 that
1 is 3 it

[sammy] [jay] [said] [nothing] [,] [but] [winked] [again] [.] 

jimmy grinned [.] 
1 jimmy 2 grinned

then he looked thoughtful [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 thoughtful

" [i] [wonder] [,] " [said] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [and] [i] [wonder] if he [did] [it] [just] [to] [get] [reddy] [into] [trouble] [,] ["] continued [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 17 continued
5 if 6 he
6 he 17 continued

" [i] [wonder] [,] " [repeated] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [i] [wonder] [,] " [said] [sammy] [jay] [once] [more] [,] [and] [burst] [out] [laughing] [.] 
1 " 5 "

[now] [jimmy] [skunk] [has] [a] [very] [shrewd] [little] [head] [on] [his] [shoulders] [.] 

" so [that] [is] [your] [guess] [,] [is] [it] [?] 
1 " 2 so

well , [i] [wouldn't] [be] [a] [bit] [surprised] if you are right , " said [he] , nodding his head [.] 
1 well 2 ,
1 well 13 ,
2 , 9 if
9 if 10 you
10 you 11 are
11 are 12 right
13 , 14 "
13 , 15 said
15 said 18 nodding
17 , 18 nodding
18 nodding 20 head
19 his 20 head

["] [i] [think] [i] [will] [go] [look] [for] [peter] [.] 

i think he needs a lesson [.] 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 he
2 think 4 needs
3 he 4 needs
4 needs 6 lesson
5 a 6 lesson

jokes that put other people in danger or make them uncomfortable can have no excuse [.] 
1 jokes 2 that
1 jokes 8 or
1 jokes 12 can
2 that 8 or
3 put 5 people
3 put 6 in
3 put 8 or
4 other 5 people
6 in 7 danger
8 or 9 make
9 make 10 them
9 make 11 uncomfortable
12 can 13 have
13 have 15 excuse
14 no 15 excuse

my neck might have been broken in that wild ride down the hill [,] [and] [certainly] [i] [was] [made] [most] [uncomfortable] [.] 
1 my 2 neck
2 neck 3 might
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 been
5 been 6 broken
6 broken 7 in
6 broken 11 down
7 in 10 ride
8 that 10 ride
9 wild 10 ride
11 down 13 hill
12 the 13 hill

i felt as if everything inside me was shaken out of place and all mixed up [.] 
1 i 2 felt
2 felt 4 if
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 everything
4 if 9 shaken
5 everything 6 inside
5 everything 8 was
6 inside 7 me
8 was 9 shaken
9 shaken 11 of
9 shaken 16 up
10 out 11 of
11 of 13 and
12 place 13 and
13 and 14 all
13 and 15 mixed
14 all 15 mixed

even now my stomach feels a bit queer , as if it might not be just where it ought to be [.] 
1 even 2 now
1 even 4 stomach
3 my 4 stomach
4 stomach 5 feels
5 feels 8 queer
6 a 7 bit
7 bit 8 queer
8 queer 11 if
9 , 11 if
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 it
11 if 15 be
12 it 13 might
13 might 14 not
13 might 15 be
14 not 15 be
15 be 16 just
16 just 17 where
17 where 18 it
17 where 19 ought
18 it 19 ought
19 ought 20 to
19 ought 21 be
20 to 21 be

by the way , what [became] [of] [peter] [after] [he] [jumped] [over] [the] [barrel] [?] ["] 
1 by 4 ,
2 the 3 way
3 way 4 ,
4 , 5 what

sammy shook his head [.] 
1 sammy 2 shook
2 shook 4 head
3 his 4 head

" [i] [don't] [know] , " he confessed [.] 
1 " 8 confessed
5 , 6 "
5 , 7 he
7 he 8 confessed

i [guess] [reddy] [fox] forgot all about [peter] [.] 
1 i 5 forgot
5 forgot 6 all
5 forgot 7 about

i know [i] [did] [.] 
1 i 2 know

[after] [it] [was] [over] [,] [i] [looked] [for] [peter] [,] [but] [he] [was] [nowhere] [in] [sight] [.] 

he hadn't had time to reach [the] [old] [briar-patch] [.] 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 had
3 had 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 reach

i really would like to know myself what became [of] him [.] ["] 
1 i 3 would
2 really 3 would
3 would 4 like
4 like 5 to
4 like 6 know
5 to 6 know
6 know 7 myself
6 know 8 what
8 what 9 became
9 became 11 him

[jimmy] [skunk] [turned] [and] [looked] [down] [the] [hill] [.] 

then in his usual slow way he started back towards the broken barrel [.] 
1 then 7 he
2 in 6 way
2 in 7 he
3 his 6 way
4 usual 6 way
5 slow 6 way
7 he 8 started
8 started 9 back
9 back 10 towards
10 towards 13 barrel
11 the 13 barrel
12 broken 13 barrel

" [where] [are] [you] [going] [?] " [asked] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [to] [look] [for] [peter] [rabbit] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [i] [want] [to] [ask] [him] [a] [few] [questions] [.] " 
1 " 11 "

[jimmy] [skunk] [ambled] [along] [down] [the] [hill] [.] 

he isn't likely to bother any one for some time [.] 
1 he 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 likely
3 likely 4 to
3 likely 5 bother
4 to 5 bother
5 bother 7 one
5 bother 8 for
6 any 7 one
7 one 8 for
8 for 10 time
9 some 10 time

peter really ought to be punished [,] [but] [somehow] [i] [don't] [feel] [so] [much] [like] [punishing] [him] [as] [i] [did] [.] 
1 peter 3 ought
2 really 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
3 ought 6 punished
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 punished

i 'll just give him a little scare and let the scamp off with that [.] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 9 and
3 just 4 give
4 give 5 him
4 give 8 scare
4 give 9 and
6 a 7 little
6 a 8 scare
9 and 10 let
10 let 12 scamp
10 let 13 off
10 let 14 with
11 the 12 scamp
14 with 15 that

now [,] [i] [wonder] [where] [he] can be [.] 
1 now 7 can
7 can 8 be

i have an idea he isn't very far away [.] 
1 i 2 have
2 have 4 idea
3 an 4 idea
4 idea 5 he
4 idea 6 isn't
5 he 6 isn't
6 isn't 9 away
7 very 8 far
8 far 9 away

let me see [.] 
1 let 2 me
1 let 3 see

[seems] [to] [me] [i] [remember] [an] [old] [house] [of] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [not] [very] [far] [from] [here] [.] 

i 'll have a look in that [.] ["] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 have
3 have 5 look
3 have 6 in
4 a 5 look
5 look 6 in
6 in 7 that

[[] [illustration] []] 

[ix] 

[jimmy] [visits] [johnny] [chuck's] [old] [house] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [was] [smiling] [as] [he] [ambled] [towards] [the] [old] [house] [of] [johnny] [chuck] [near] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [hill] [.] 

there was no one near to see him , and this made him smile still more [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 one
2 was 15 still
3 no 4 one
4 one 5 near
5 near 6 to
6 to 7 see
7 see 10 and
7 see 12 made
8 him 10 and
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 this
10 and 12 made
12 made 13 him
12 made 14 smile
15 still 16 more

to [jimmy] [himself] [it] [wasn't] [unpleasant] [at] [all] , and he couldn't understand why other people disliked it so [.] 
1 to 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 couldn't
12 couldn't 13 understand
13 understand 14 why
14 why 16 people
14 why 17 disliked
15 other 16 people
16 people 17 disliked
17 disliked 18 it
17 disliked 19 so

he had puzzled over that a great deal [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 puzzled
3 puzzled 4 over
3 puzzled 8 deal
4 over 5 that
6 a 7 great
7 great 8 deal

" [i] [guess] [it] ['s] [a] [good] [thing] [that] [old] [mother] [nature] [didn't] [make] [us] [all] [alike] [,] ["] said he to himself [.] 
1 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
20 said 22 to
22 to 23 himself

["] [i] [think] [there] [must] [be] [something] [the] [matter] [with] [their] [noses] [,] [and] [i] [suppose] [they] [think] [there] [is] [something] [the] [matter] [with] [mine] [.] 

but there isn't [.] 
1 but 2 there
2 there 3 isn't

[not] [a] [thing] [.] 

[hello] [!] 

there [is] [johnny] [chuck] 's [old] [house] [just] [ahead] of me [.] 
1 there 5 's
5 's 10 of
10 of 11 me

now we will see what we shall see [.] ["] 
1 now 2 we
2 we 3 will
3 will 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 6 we
5 what 8 see
6 we 7 shall
7 shall 8 see

he walked softly as he drew near to the old house [.] 
1 he 2 walked
2 walked 3 softly
2 walked 4 as
4 as 5 he
4 as 6 drew
5 he 6 drew
6 drew 7 near
7 near 11 house
8 to 9 the
9 the 11 house
10 old 11 house

if [peter] [was] [way] [down] inside , it wouldn't matter how he approached [.] 
1 if 8 it
6 inside 7 ,
6 inside 8 it
8 it 9 wouldn't
9 wouldn't 10 matter
10 matter 11 how
11 how 12 he
11 how 13 approached
12 he 13 approached

[jimmy] [didn't] [intend] [to] [give] [peter] [a] [chance] [to] [do] [any] [such] [thing] [.] 

if [peter] [once] [got] [outside] that [old] [house] , [his] [long] [legs] [would] [soon] [put] [him] [beyond] [jimmy] ['s] [reach] [,] and [jimmy] [knew] it [.] 
1 if 6 that
6 that 9 ,
9 , 22 and
22 and 25 it

at last he reached a position where with one jump he could land right on the doorstep [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 3 he
3 he 4 reached
4 reached 6 position
4 reached 7 where
5 a 6 position
6 position 7 where
7 where 11 he
7 where 13 land
8 with 10 jump
8 with 11 he
9 one 10 jump
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 land
13 land 14 right
13 land 15 on
14 right 15 on
15 on 17 doorstep
16 the 17 doorstep

he waited a few minutes and cocked his head on one side to listen [.] 
1 he 6 and
2 waited 5 minutes
2 waited 6 and
3 a 4 few
4 few 5 minutes
6 and 7 cocked
7 cocked 9 head
7 cocked 10 on
7 cocked 13 to
8 his 9 head
9 head 10 on
10 on 12 side
11 one 12 side
13 to 14 listen

there wasn't a sound to tell him [whether] [peter] [was] [there] [or] [not] [.] 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 4 sound
2 wasn't 5 to
3 a 4 sound
5 to 6 tell
6 tell 7 him

then lightly he jumped over to the doorstep and looked in at the doorway [.] 
1 then 3 he
2 lightly 3 he
3 he 9 and
4 jumped 5 over
4 jumped 6 to
4 jumped 9 and
6 to 8 doorstep
7 the 8 doorstep
9 and 10 looked
10 looked 11 in
10 looked 12 at
12 at 14 doorway
13 the 14 doorway

there was [no] [peter] to be seen [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 seen

" if he is here , he [is] [way] [down] [inside] [,] ["] thought [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 14 thought
2 if 3 he
2 if 4 is
2 if 6 ,
2 if 7 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 here
7 he 14 thought

" [i] [wonder] [if] he [really] is here [.] 
1 " 5 he
5 he 7 is
7 is 8 here

i [think] [i] 'll look about a bit [before] [i] [go] [in] [.] ["] 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 look
5 look 6 about
6 about 8 bit
7 a 8 bit

now the doorstep was of [sand] , as [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [doorsteps] [always] [are] [.] 
1 now 3 doorstep
2 the 3 doorstep
3 doorstep 4 was
4 was 5 of
5 of 7 ,
7 , 8 as

[almost] [at] [once] [jimmy] [chuckled] [.] 

there were [peter] ['s] tracks , and they pointed straight towards the inside of [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [old] house [.] 
1 there 2 were
2 were 7 and
2 were 11 towards
5 tracks 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 they
7 and 9 pointed
7 and 11 towards
9 pointed 10 straight
11 towards 13 inside
12 the 13 inside
13 inside 14 of
14 of 19 house

jimmy looked carefully , but not a single track pointing the other way could [he] find [.] 
1 jimmy 4 ,
2 looked 3 carefully
2 looked 4 ,
4 , 6 not
5 but 6 not
6 not 9 track
7 a 8 single
7 a 9 track
8 single 9 track
9 track 10 pointing
9 track 13 way
9 track 16 find
11 the 12 other
12 other 13 way
13 way 14 could
14 could 16 find

then he chuckled again [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 again

" [the] [scamp] [is] [here] [all] [right] , " he muttered [.] 
1 " 11 muttered
8 , 9 "
8 , 10 he
10 he 11 muttered

in [this] [jimmy] [was] [partly] right [and] [partly] [wrong] , as you and [i] know [.] 
1 in 6 right
1 in 10 ,
10 , 11 as
11 as 12 you
11 as 15 know
13 and 15 know

he stared down the long dark doorway a minute [.] 
1 he 2 stared
2 stared 3 down
2 stared 7 doorway
4 the 7 doorway
5 long 7 doorway
6 dark 7 doorway
7 doorway 9 minute
8 a 9 minute

then he made up his mind [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 made
3 made 4 up
3 made 6 mind
5 his 6 mind

but that was as far [as] [jimmy] [skunk] went [.] 
1 but 2 that
1 but 9 went
2 that 3 was
3 was 5 far
4 as 5 far

yes , [sir] [,] that was just as far [as] [jimmy] [skunk] [went] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 9 far
7 just 8 as
8 as 9 far

[jimmy] [skunk] [knows] [all] [about] [yellow] [jackets] [and] [the] [sharp] [little] [lances] [they] [carry] [in] [their] [tails] [;] [he] [has] [the] [greatest] [respect] [for] [them] [.] 

he backed out in a hurry and actually hurried away to a safe distance [.] 
1 he 7 and
2 backed 3 out
2 backed 4 in
2 backed 7 and
4 in 6 hurry
5 a 6 hurry
7 and 9 hurried
7 and 10 away
7 and 11 to
8 actually 9 hurried
11 to 14 distance
12 a 14 distance
13 safe 14 distance

then he sat down to think [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
4 down 5 to
5 to 6 think

after a little he began to chuckle again [.] 
1 after 3 little
1 after 4 he
2 a 3 little
4 he 5 began
5 began 6 to
5 began 7 chuckle
6 to 7 chuckle
7 chuckle 8 again

" [i] [know] [what] [happened] [,] ["] said he , [talking] to himself [.] 
1 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
8 said 12 to
10 , 12 to
12 to 13 himself

["] [peter] [rabbit] [popped] [into] [that] [doorway] [.] 

[those] [yellow] [jackets] [just] [naturally] [got] [after] [him] [.] 

i [reckon] [i] don't [need] [to] [scare] [peter] [to] [pay] [him] [for] [that] [joke] [.] 
1 i 4 don't

i reckon he 's been punished already [.] ["] 
1 i 2 reckon
2 reckon 3 he
2 reckon 4 's
3 he 4 's
4 's 5 been
5 been 6 punished
6 punished 7 already

[[] [illustration] []] 

[x] 

[peter] [rabbit] [is] [most] [uncomfortable] 

if [ever] any one was sorry for having played pranks on [other] [folks] , that one was [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 if 4 one
1 if 5 was
1 if 17 was
3 any 4 one
4 one 5 was
5 was 6 sorry
6 sorry 7 for
7 for 8 having
8 having 9 played
9 played 10 pranks
9 played 11 on
11 on 14 ,
15 that 16 one
16 one 17 was

i am afraid it wasn't [quite] the right kind of sorrow [.] 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 afraid
3 afraid 4 it
3 afraid 5 wasn't
4 it 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 11 sorrow
7 the 9 kind
8 right 9 kind
9 kind 10 of
9 kind 11 sorrow
10 of 11 sorrow

peter wished [with] [all] [his] [might] that he had known [about] [their] [home] [in] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [old] [house] before [ever] he thought [of] [hiding] [there] [.] 
1 peter 2 wished
2 wished 7 that
7 that 8 he
7 that 23 thought
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 known
20 before 22 he
22 he 23 thought

but wishes of that kind are about the most useless things in the world [.] 
1 but 2 wishes
1 but 6 are
2 wishes 3 of
2 wishes 6 are
3 of 5 kind
4 that 5 kind
6 are 7 about
6 are 12 in
7 about 11 things
8 the 9 most
9 most 11 things
10 useless 11 things
11 things 12 in
12 in 14 world
13 the 14 world

they wouldn't help him now [.] 
1 they 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 help
3 help 4 him
3 help 5 now

all at once he had [a] [comforting] [thought] [.] 
1 all 2 at
1 all 5 had
2 at 3 once
4 he 5 had

he remembered that [johnny] [chuck] [usually] [has] [a] [back] [door] [.] 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that

if that were the case here , he would be all right [.] 
1 if 2 that
1 if 3 were
1 if 7 ,
1 if 8 he
2 that 3 were
3 were 5 case
3 were 6 here
4 the 5 case
8 he 9 would
9 would 10 be
10 be 12 right
11 all 12 right

he would [find] [out] [.] 
1 he 2 would

cautiously he poked his head out of the snug bedroom [.] 
1 cautiously 2 he
2 he 3 poked
3 poked 5 head
3 poked 7 of
4 his 5 head
5 head 7 of
6 out 7 of
7 of 10 bedroom
8 the 10 bedroom
9 snug 10 bedroom

there was the long hall [down] which he had come [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 hall
3 the 5 hall
4 long 5 hall
5 hall 7 which
5 hall 10 come
7 which 8 he
7 which 10 come
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 come

and there [yes] , [sir] , there was another hall [!] 
1 and 2 there
1 and 8 was
4 , 6 ,
6 , 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 10 hall
9 another 10 hall

it must be the way to the back door [.] 
1 it 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 5 way
4 the 5 way
5 way 6 to
6 to 9 door
7 the 9 door
8 back 9 door

[carefully] [peter] [crept] [up] [it] [.] 

" [funny] , " [thought] he [,] ["] [that] [i] [don't] [see] [any] [light] ahead [of] [me] [.] ["] 
1 " 15 ahead
3 , 4 "
3 , 6 he
6 he 15 ahead

and then he bumped his nose [.] 
1 and 2 then
1 and 3 he
1 and 4 bumped
3 he 4 bumped
4 bumped 6 nose
5 his 6 nose

yes , [sir] [,] [peter] [bumped] [his] [nose] [against] [the] [end] [of] [that] [hall] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

you see [,] it was an old house , [and] like [most] [old] [houses] [it] [was] [rather] a tumble-down [affair] [.] 
1 you 9 ,
2 see 4 it
2 see 9 ,
4 it 5 was
5 was 8 house
6 an 7 old
6 an 8 house
7 old 8 house
9 , 11 like
11 like 19 tumble-down
18 a 19 tumble-down

anyway , the back door had been blocked with [a] [great] [stone] , and the walls of the back hall had fallen in [.] 
1 anyway 2 ,
1 anyway 5 door
3 the 5 door
4 back 5 door
5 door 6 had
6 had 7 been
7 been 8 blocked
8 blocked 9 with
9 with 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 16 walls
14 and 22 fallen
15 the 16 walls
16 walls 17 of
16 walls 21 had
17 of 20 hall
18 the 20 hall
19 back 20 hall
21 had 22 fallen
22 fallen 23 in

there was no way out there [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 way
3 no 4 way
4 way 5 out
5 out 6 there

[sadly] [peter] [backed] [out] [to] [the] [little] [bedroom] [.] 

meanwhile he would try to get a nap and forget his aches and pains [.] 
1 meanwhile 2 he
2 he 3 would
3 would 4 try
4 try 5 to
4 try 9 and
5 to 9 and
6 get 8 nap
6 get 9 and
7 a 8 nap
9 and 13 and
10 forget 12 aches
10 forget 13 and
11 his 12 aches
13 and 14 pains

[hardly] [had] [peter] [curled] [up] [for] [that] [nap] [when] [he] [heard] [a] [voice] [.] 

it sounded as if it came from a long way [off] , but he knew [just] [where] it came from [.] 
1 it 2 sounded
2 sounded 4 if
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 it
4 if 19 came
5 it 6 came
6 came 7 from
7 from 10 way
8 a 9 long
8 a 10 way
9 long 10 way
12 , 13 but
13 but 14 he
13 but 15 knew
14 he 15 knew
15 knew 18 it
18 it 19 came
19 came 20 from

it came from the doorway of that old house [.] 
1 it 2 came
2 came 3 from
3 from 5 doorway
4 the 5 doorway
5 doorway 6 of
6 of 9 house
7 that 9 house
8 old 9 house

he knew , too , whose voice it was [.] 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 4 too
2 knew 6 whose
3 , 4 too
4 too 5 ,
6 whose 7 voice
7 voice 9 was
8 it 9 was

it was [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [voice] [.] 
1 it 2 was

" [i] [know] [where] [you] [are] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [,] ["] said the voice [.] 
1 " 12 said
12 said 14 voice
13 the 14 voice

" [and] [i] [know] [why] you are [hiding] [down] [there] [.] 
1 " 6 you
6 you 7 are

i know , too , how it [happened] [that] [i] was [rolled] [down] [hill] in that barrel [.] 
1 i 2 know
2 know 4 too
2 know 6 how
3 , 4 too
4 too 5 ,
6 how 7 it
6 how 11 was
7 it 11 was
11 was 15 in
15 in 17 barrel
16 that 17 barrel

i 'm just giving you a little warning [,] [peter] [.] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 4 giving
3 just 4 giving
4 giving 5 you
4 giving 8 warning
6 a 7 little
6 a 8 warning
7 little 8 warning

there [are] [a] [lot] [of] [very] [angry] [yellow] [jackets] [up] [here] , [as] you will [find] [out] [if] [you] [try] [to] come out before [dark] [.] 
1 there 12 ,
1 there 14 you
14 you 15 will
15 will 22 come
22 come 23 out
23 out 24 before

i 'm [going] [away] [now] [,] [but] [i] ['m] going to come back about dark to wait for you [.] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 10 going
10 going 11 to
10 going 12 come
11 to 12 come
12 come 13 back
12 come 14 about
12 come 15 dark
15 dark 16 to
15 dark 18 for
16 to 17 wait
18 for 19 you

i may want to play a little joke on you to pay you back for the one you played on me [.] " 
1 i 2 may
2 may 3 want
3 want 4 to
3 want 12 pay
4 to 5 play
5 play 8 joke
5 play 9 on
6 a 7 little
6 a 8 joke
7 little 8 joke
9 on 10 you
11 to 12 pay
12 pay 14 back
12 pay 15 for
13 you 14 back
14 back 15 for
15 for 17 one
16 the 17 one
17 one 18 you
17 one 19 played
18 you 19 played
19 played 20 on
20 on 21 me
21 me 23 "

that put an end to [peter] ['s] hope [of] [a] [nap] [.] 
1 that 2 put
2 put 4 end
2 put 5 to
3 an 4 end
5 to 8 hope

he shivered as he thought of what might happen to him [if] [jimmy] [skunk] [should] [catch] [him] [.] 
1 he 2 shivered
2 shivered 3 as
3 as 4 he
3 as 5 thought
4 he 5 thought
5 thought 6 of
6 of 7 what
6 of 9 happen
7 what 8 might
8 might 9 happen
9 happen 10 to
10 to 11 him

he was almost ready to face [those] [yellow] [jackets] [rather] [than] [wait] [and] [meet] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 almost
2 was 4 ready
4 ready 5 to
5 to 6 face

twice he started up the long hall , but turned back [.] 
1 twice 2 he
2 he 9 but
3 started 4 up
3 started 7 hall
3 started 9 but
5 the 7 hall
6 long 7 hall
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 turned
10 turned 11 back

he just couldn't stand any more stings [.] 
1 he 3 couldn't
2 just 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 stand
4 stand 7 stings
5 any 6 more
6 more 7 stings

he was miserable [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 miserable

yes , [sir] [,] he was miserable and most uncomfortable in both [body] and mind [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 8 and
7 miserable 8 and
8 and 10 uncomfortable
9 most 10 uncomfortable
10 uncomfortable 11 in
11 in 14 and
12 both 14 and
14 and 15 mind

" [i] [wish] [i] ['d] [never] [thought] [of] [that] [joke] , " he [half] sobbed [.] 
1 " 15 sobbed
11 , 12 "
11 , 13 he
13 he 15 sobbed

["] [i] [thought] [it] [was] [a] [great] [joke] [,] [but] [it] [wasn't] [.] 

it was a horrid , mean joke [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 7 joke
3 a 4 horrid
3 a 7 joke
4 horrid 5 ,
4 horrid 7 joke
6 mean 7 joke

why , [oh] [,] [why] [did] [i] [ever] [think] [of] [it] [?] ["] 
1 why 2 ,

[meanwhile] [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [gone] [off] [,] [chuckling] [.] 

[xi] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [keeps] [his] [word] 

keep your word , whate'er you do , [and] [to] [your] [inmost] [self] [be] [true] [.] 
1 keep 3 word
2 your 3 word
3 word 5 whate'er
4 , 5 whate'er
5 whate'er 6 you
5 whate'er 7 do
5 whate'er 8 ,
6 you 7 do

he did it to make [peter] [uneasy] and to worry him [.] 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 it
2 did 4 to
4 to 8 and
5 make 8 and
8 and 9 to
8 and 10 worry
10 worry 11 him

the truth is [,] [jimmy] [was] [no] [longer] [angry] [at] [all] [.] 
1 the 2 truth
2 truth 3 is

he had quite recovered his good nature and was very much inclined to laugh [himself] over [peter] ['s] [trick] [.] 
1 he 8 and
2 had 4 recovered
2 had 8 and
3 quite 4 recovered
4 recovered 7 nature
5 his 7 nature
6 good 7 nature
8 and 9 was
8 and 16 over
9 was 12 inclined
10 very 11 much
11 much 12 inclined
12 inclined 13 to
13 to 14 laugh

so that is [why] he [told] [peter] [that] [he] was coming back [at] [dark] [.] 
1 so 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 5 he
5 he 10 was
10 was 11 coming
11 coming 12 back

as [jimmy] ambled [away] to look for [some] [beetles] [,] he chuckled and chuckled and chuckled [.] 
1 as 11 he
3 ambled 5 to
5 to 6 look
6 look 7 for
7 for 11 he
11 he 13 and
12 chuckled 13 and
13 and 15 and
14 chuckled 15 and
15 and 16 chuckled

" [i] [guess] [that] [by] [this] [time] [peter] [wishes] he [hadn't] thought of that joke on [reddy] [fox] [and] [myself] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 10 he
1 " 23 said
10 he 12 thought
12 thought 13 of
13 of 15 joke
14 that 15 joke
15 joke 16 on
23 said 24 he

["] [perhaps] [i] ['ll] [go] [back] [there] [tonight] [and] [perhaps] [i] [won't] [.] 

he won't [know] [whether] [i] [do] [or] [not] [,] [and] [he] [won't] [dare] come out [.] ["] 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 14 come
14 come 15 out

then he stopped and scratched his head thoughtfully [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 4 and
3 stopped 4 and
4 and 5 scratched
5 scratched 7 head
5 scratched 8 thoughtfully
6 his 7 head

then he sighed [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sighed

then he scratched his head again [and] [once] [more] [sighed] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 scratched
3 scratched 5 head
3 scratched 6 again
4 his 5 head

" [i] [really] [don't] [want] [to] [go] [back] [there] [tonight] [,] ["] he muttered , " but [i] [guess] [i] ['ll] [have] [to] [.] 
1 " 13 he
13 he 14 muttered
14 muttered 15 ,
15 , 16 "
15 , 17 but

i said [i] [would] , and [so] [i] ['ll] have to do it [.] 
1 i 2 said
2 said 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 12 do
10 have 11 to
11 to 12 do
12 do 13 it

i believe in keeping my word [.] 
1 i 2 believe
2 believe 3 in
2 believe 6 word
3 in 4 keeping
5 my 6 word

yes , [sir] [,] [i] ['ll] [have] [to] [go] [back] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

there is nothing like making people believe that when you say a thing you mean it [.] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 like
4 like 5 making
5 making 6 people
5 making 7 believe
7 believe 8 that
8 that 14 you
8 that 15 mean
9 when 10 you
9 when 11 say
9 when 14 you
10 you 11 say
11 say 13 thing
12 a 13 thing
14 you 15 mean
15 mean 16 it

there is nothing like keeping your word to make people respect you [.] ["] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 nothing
2 is 4 like
3 nothing 4 like
4 like 5 keeping
5 keeping 7 word
5 keeping 8 to
6 your 7 word
8 to 9 make
9 make 10 people
9 make 11 respect
11 respect 12 you

there [jimmy] [found] [a] [warm] , [sunny] [spot] and [curled] up [for] [a] [nap] [.] 
1 there 6 ,
6 , 9 and
9 and 11 up

in fact , he spent all the day there [.] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
2 fact 4 he
4 he 5 spent
5 spent 6 all
5 spent 9 there
6 all 7 the
6 all 8 day
7 the 8 day

a look at the footprints in the sand on the doorstep told him that [peter] [had] [not] [come] [out] [.] 
1 a 2 look
2 look 3 at
2 look 12 told
3 at 5 footprints
4 the 5 footprints
5 footprints 6 in
6 in 8 sand
7 the 8 sand
8 sand 9 on
9 on 11 doorstep
10 the 11 doorstep
12 told 13 him
12 told 14 that

jimmy sat down and waited until it was quite dark [.] 
1 jimmy 4 and
2 sat 3 down
2 sat 4 and
4 and 5 waited
4 and 6 until
6 until 7 it
6 until 8 was
7 it 8 was
8 was 10 dark
9 quite 10 dark

then he poked his head in at the doorway [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 poked
3 poked 5 head
3 poked 6 in
3 poked 7 at
4 his 5 head
7 at 9 doorway
8 the 9 doorway

the [yellow] [jackets] had gone to bed for the night [.] 
1 the 4 had
4 had 5 gone
5 gone 7 bed
5 gone 8 for
6 to 7 bed
8 for 10 night
9 the 10 night

["] [come] [out] [,] [peter] [.] 

i 'm waiting for [you] [!] ["] [he] [called] [down] [the] [hall] , and [made] [his] [voice] [sound] [as] [angry] as he could [.] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 waiting
3 waiting 4 for
4 for 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 22 he
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 could

but inside he was chuckling [.] 
1 but 2 inside
1 but 4 was
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 chuckling

[then] [jimmy] [skunk] [calmly] [turned] [and] [went] [about] [his] [business] [.] 

he had kept his word [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 kept
3 kept 5 word
4 his 5 word

as for [peter] [rabbit] , that had been one of the very worst days he could recall [.] 
1 as 2 for
1 as 6 that
2 for 5 ,
6 that 7 had
7 had 8 been
8 been 9 one
9 one 10 of
10 of 14 days
11 the 12 very
11 the 13 worst
11 the 14 days
14 days 15 he
14 days 17 recall
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 recall

he had had just a little bit of hope [,] and this was that [jimmy] [skunk] [wouldn't] come [back] when it grew dark [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 had
3 had 4 just
3 had 11 and
5 a 6 little
5 a 7 bit
7 bit 8 of
7 bit 11 and
8 of 9 hope
11 and 12 this
11 and 14 that
11 and 18 come
12 this 13 was
18 come 20 when
20 when 21 it
20 when 22 grew
21 it 22 grew
22 grew 23 dark

[poor] [peter] [!] 

the sound of that voice almost broke his heart [.] 
1 the 2 sound
2 sound 3 of
2 sound 7 broke
3 of 5 voice
4 that 5 voice
6 almost 7 broke
7 broke 9 heart
8 his 9 heart

" he has come back [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 has
3 has 4 come
4 come 5 back

he 's [kept] [his] [word] , " he [half] sobbed as [he] once more went back to [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [old] [bedroom] [.] 
1 he 2 's
2 's 17 to
6 , 7 "
6 , 10 sobbed
8 he 10 sobbed
10 sobbed 11 as
11 as 14 more
11 as 15 went
13 once 14 more
14 more 15 went
15 went 16 back
16 back 17 to

there he stayed nearly all the rest of the night [,] [though] [his] [stomach] [was] [so] [empty] [it] [ached] [.] 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 stayed
3 stayed 4 nearly
4 nearly 5 all
5 all 6 the
5 all 7 rest
6 the 7 rest
7 rest 8 of
8 of 10 night
9 the 10 night

just before it was time for [mr] [sun] [to] [rise] , [peter] [ventured] to dash [out] [of] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [old] [house] [.] 
1 just 2 before
1 just 4 was
2 before 3 it
4 was 5 time
4 was 6 for
4 was 14 to
6 for 11 ,
14 to 15 dash

he got past [the] home [of] [the] [yellow] [jackets] safely [,] [for] [they] [were] [not] [yet] [awake] [.] 
1 he 2 got
2 got 3 past
2 got 5 home
2 got 10 safely

with his heart in his mouth , he sprang out of the doorway [.] 
1 with 3 heart
1 with 7 ,
1 with 8 he
2 his 3 heart
3 heart 4 in
4 in 6 mouth
5 his 6 mouth
8 he 9 sprang
9 sprang 11 of
10 out 11 of
11 of 13 doorway
12 the 13 doorway

[jimmy] [skunk] [wasn't] [there] [.] 

with a sigh of relief [,] [peter] [started] for the dear , safe [old] [briar-patch] [,] [lipperty-lipperty-lip] [,] [as] [fast] [as] he could go [.] 
1 with 3 sigh
1 with 22 he
2 a 3 sigh
3 sigh 4 of
4 of 5 relief
5 relief 9 for
9 for 12 ,
10 the 11 dear
11 dear 12 ,
12 , 13 safe
22 he 23 could
23 could 24 go

" [i] ['ll] [never] [,] [never] [play] [another] [joke] , " he said , over and over again as he ran [.] 
1 " 13 said
10 , 11 "
10 , 12 he
12 he 13 said
13 said 17 over
13 said 18 again
13 said 19 as
14 , 15 over
15 over 16 and
16 and 17 over
19 as 20 he
19 as 21 ran

[xii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [meet] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [ambled] [along] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

he didn't hurry [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 hurry

jimmy never does hurry [.] 
1 jimmy 3 does
2 never 3 does
3 does 4 hurry

hurrying [and] worrying are two things he leaves for his neighbors [.] 
1 hurrying 3 worrying
1 hurrying 4 are
4 are 6 things
5 two 6 things
6 things 7 he
6 things 8 leaves
7 he 8 leaves
8 leaves 9 for
9 for 11 neighbors
10 his 11 neighbors

now [and] [then] [jimmy] [stopped] [to] [turn] [over] [a] [bit] [of] [bark] [or] [a] [stick] , hoping [to] [find] [some] [fat] [beetles] [.] 
1 now 16 ,
16 , 17 hoping

but it was plain to see that he had something besides fat beetles on his mind [.] 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 plain
4 plain 5 to
4 plain 16 mind
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 he
7 that 9 had
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 something
9 had 11 besides
9 had 14 on
9 had 16 mind
11 besides 13 beetles
12 fat 13 beetles
14 on 15 his

[up] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [shuffled] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 

he didn't hurry [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 hurry

it was too warm to hurry [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 too
2 was 4 warm
4 warm 5 to
5 to 6 hurry

unlike [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [he] [does] [hurry] [sometimes] [,] [does] [unc] ['] [billy] , [especially] [when] he suspects that [bowser] [the] [hound] is [about] [.] 
1 unlike 23 is
14 , 17 he
17 he 18 suspects
18 suspects 19 that
19 that 23 is

[and] [sometimes] [unc] ['] [billy] [does] [worry] [.] 

you [see] [,] [there] [are] [people] [who] think that [unc] ['] [billy] would make [a] [very] [good] [dinner] [.] 
1 you 8 think
8 think 9 that
9 that 13 would
13 would 14 make

[unc] ['] [billy] [doesn't] [think] [he] [would] [.] 

anyway , he has no desire to have the experiment tried [.] 
1 anyway 2 ,
1 anyway 3 he
3 he 4 has
4 has 6 desire
5 no 6 desire
6 desire 7 to
6 desire 8 have
7 to 8 have
8 have 10 experiment
9 the 10 experiment
10 experiment 11 tried

so occasionally , when he discovers one of these people who think he would make a good dinner , he worries a little [.] 
1 so 2 occasionally
2 occasionally 3 ,
2 occasionally 20 he
3 , 4 when
4 when 5 he
4 when 6 discovers
4 when 19 ,
4 when 20 he
5 he 6 discovers
6 discovers 7 one
7 one 8 of
8 of 10 people
9 these 10 people
10 people 11 who
10 people 12 think
11 who 12 think
12 think 13 he
12 think 15 make
13 he 14 would
14 would 15 make
15 make 18 dinner
16 a 17 good
16 a 18 dinner
17 good 18 dinner
20 he 21 worries
21 worries 23 little
22 a 23 little

but [just] now [unc] ['] [billy] was [neither] [hurrying] [nor] [worrying] [.] 
1 but 3 now
1 but 7 was

there was no need of [doing] [either] , and [unc] ['] [billy] [never] [does] [anything] that [there] is no need of doing [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 need
3 no 4 need
4 need 5 of
5 of 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 16 that
16 that 18 is
18 is 20 need
19 no 20 need
20 need 21 of
21 of 22 doing

[[] [illustration] []] 

jimmy [skunk] grinned [.] 
1 jimmy 3 grinned

" [hello] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [!] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 10 he

" [have] [you] [seen] [any] [fat] [beetles] [this] [morning] [?] " 
1 " 11 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [.] 

" [good] [mo'nin] ['] [,] [brer] [skunk] , " he replied [.] 
1 " 11 replied
8 , 9 "
8 , 10 he
10 he 11 replied

["] [ah] [can't] [rightly] [say] [ah] [have] [.] 

ah [had] [it] [on] [mah] mind to ask yo ['] the same thing [.] ["] 
1 ah 6 mind
6 mind 7 to
6 mind 13 thing
7 to 8 ask
8 ask 9 yo
11 the 12 same
12 same 13 thing

[jimmy] [sat] [down] [and] [looked] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [with] [twinkling] [eyes] [.] 

his grin grew broader and became a chuckle [.] 
1 his 2 grin
2 grin 5 and
3 grew 4 broader
3 grew 5 and
5 and 6 became
6 became 8 chuckle
7 a 8 chuckle

" [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] said he , " have you ever in your life combed your hair or brushed your coat ? " 
1 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
7 said 9 ,
7 said 11 have
7 said 24 ?
9 , 10 "
11 have 12 you
11 have 13 ever
11 have 14 in
11 have 20 or
14 in 16 life
15 your 16 life
17 combed 19 hair
17 combed 20 or
18 your 19 hair
20 or 21 brushed
21 brushed 23 coat
22 your 23 coat
24 ? 25 "

[unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [.] 

["] [but] [it] [seems] [to] [me] [a] [powerful] [waste] [of] [time] [.] 

ah [have] mo ['] [important] [things] [to] [worry] [about] [.] 
1 ah 3 mo

by [the] [way] , [brer] [skunk] , did yo ['] ever run away from anybody in all your life [?] ["] 
1 by 4 ,
1 by 7 ,
1 by 8 did
8 did 9 yo
8 did 12 run
11 ever 12 run
12 run 13 away
12 run 14 from
12 run 16 in
14 from 15 anybody
15 anybody 16 in
16 in 17 all
17 all 18 your
17 all 19 life
18 your 19 life

jimmy looked surprised at the question [.] 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 3 surprised
3 surprised 4 at
4 at 6 question
5 the 6 question

he scratched his head thoughtfully [.] 
1 he 2 scratched
2 scratched 4 head
2 scratched 5 thoughtfully
3 his 4 head

" [not] [that] [i] [remember] [of] [,] ["] said he [after] [a] [little] [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 10 he

" [most] [folks] [run] [away] [from] [me] , " he added with a little throaty chuckle [.] 
1 " 11 added
8 , 9 "
8 , 10 he
10 he 11 added
11 added 12 with
12 with 16 chuckle
13 a 14 little
13 a 16 chuckle
14 little 15 throaty

["] [those] [who] [don't] [run] [away] [always] [are] [polite] [and] [step] [aside] [.] 

why do you ask [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [?] ["] 
1 why 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 ask

["] [oh] [,] [no] [reason] [in] [particular] [,] [brer] [skunk] [.] 

no reason in particular [.] 
1 no 2 reason
2 reason 4 particular
3 in 4 particular

only [ah] wonder sometimes if yo ['] ever realize how lucky yo ['] are [.] 
1 only 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 sometimes
3 wonder 5 if
5 if 6 yo
5 if 9 realize
6 yo 9 realize
8 ever 9 realize
9 realize 10 how
10 how 11 lucky
11 lucky 14 are
12 yo 14 are

[if] [ah] [never] [had] [to] [worry] [about] [mah] [hungry] [neighbors] [,] [ah] [reckons] [perhaps] [ah] [might] [brush] [mah] [coat] [oftener] [.] ["] 

[unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [more] [than] [ever] [.] 

" [worry] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [sagely] [,] ["] [is] [the] [result] [of] [being] [unprepared] [.] 
1 " 4 "

anybody who is prepared has no occasion to worry [.] 
1 anybody 2 who
1 anybody 3 is
1 anybody 5 has
2 who 3 is
3 is 4 prepared
5 has 7 occasion
5 has 8 to
6 no 7 occasion
7 occasion 8 to
8 to 9 worry

just [think] [it] [over] , [unc] ['] [billy] [.] " 
1 just 5 ,
5 , 10 "

it was [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] turn to scratch his head thoughtfully [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 7 turn
2 was 8 to
8 to 9 scratch
9 scratch 11 head
9 scratch 12 thoughtfully
10 his 11 head

" [ah] [fear] [ah] [don't] [quite] [get] [your] [meaning] [,] [brer] [skunk] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 15 said
15 said 16 he

" [sit] [down] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [explain] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 14 "

[xiii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [explains] 

you 'll [find] [this] [true] [where'er] [you] go [that] [those] [prepared] [few] [troubles] [know] [.] 
1 you 2 'll
2 'll 8 go

" [to] [begin] [with] [,] [i] [am] [not] [such] [a] [very] [big] [fellow] [,] [am] [i] [?] " [said] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 18 "

you know [jimmy] [skunk] [really] [is] [a] [little] [fellow] [compared] [with] [some] [of] [his] [neighbors] [.] 
1 you 2 know

" [and] [i] [haven't] [very] [long] [claws] [or] [very] [big] [teeth] [,] [have] [i] [?] " [continued] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 16 "

" [ah] [reckons] [mine] [are] [about] [as] [long] [and] [about] [as] [big] [,] " [returned] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [looking] [more] [puzzled] [than] [ever] [.] 
1 " 14 "

" [but] [you] [never] [see] [anybody] [bothering] [me] [,] [do] [you] [?] " [went] [on] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 13 "

" [no] [,] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [and] [it] ['s] [the] [same] [way] [with] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [.] 

you never see anybody bothering him or offering to do him any harm , do you [?] ["] [persisted] [jimmy] [.] 
1 you 14 ,
2 never 3 see
3 see 4 anybody
3 see 14 ,
4 anybody 5 bothering
4 anybody 12 any
4 anybody 13 harm
5 bothering 7 or
5 bothering 9 to
6 him 7 or
7 or 8 offering
9 to 10 do
10 do 11 him
12 any 13 harm
14 , 15 do
15 do 16 you

" [no] [,] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [once] [more] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [why] [?] " [demanded] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 4 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [broadly] [.] 

leastways , [ah] [does] [.] 
1 leastways 2 ,

ah ain't [aiming] fo ['] trouble with either of yo ['] [.] 
1 ah 2 ain't
2 ain't 4 fo
2 ain't 6 trouble
2 ain't 7 with
6 trouble 7 with
7 with 8 either
8 either 9 of
9 of 10 yo

ah knows [when] [ah] ['s] well off , and [ah] reckons most folks feel the same way [.] ["] 
1 ah 9 and
2 knows 9 and
6 well 7 off
7 off 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 reckons
9 and 12 most
12 most 13 folks
12 most 14 feel
13 folks 14 feel
14 feel 17 way
15 the 16 same
16 same 17 way

jimmy [skunk] chuckled [.] 
1 jimmy 3 chuckled

" [one] [more] [question] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 11 said
11 said 12 he

" [did] [you] [ever] [know] [me] [to] [pick] [a] [quarrel] [and] [use] [that] [bag] [of] [scent] [without] [being] [attacked] [?] " 
1 " 21 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [considered] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [.] 

" [ah] [can't] [say] [ah] [ever] [did] , " he replied [.] 
1 " 11 replied
8 , 9 "
8 , 10 he
10 he 11 replied

" and you [never] knew [prickly] [porky] to go [hunting] [trouble] [either] [,] ["] [declared] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 you
2 and 9 go
3 you 5 knew
8 to 9 go

buster [bear] [could] squash [me] [by] [just] [stepping] [on] [me] [,] [but] [he] [doesn't] [try] [it] [.] 
1 buster 4 squash

you notice he always is very polite when we meet [.] 
1 you 2 notice
2 notice 3 he
2 notice 5 is
3 he 5 is
4 always 5 is
5 is 7 polite
6 very 7 polite
7 polite 8 when
8 when 9 we
8 when 10 meet
9 we 10 meet

prickly [porky] [and] [i] [are] [armed] [for] defence [,] [but] [we] [never] [use] [our] [weapons] [for] [offence] [.] 
1 prickly 8 defence

nobody bothers us [,] [and] [we] [bother] [nobody] [.] 
1 nobody 2 bothers
2 bothers 3 us

that 's the beauty of being prepared [.] ["] 
1 that 2 's
2 's 4 beauty
3 the 4 beauty
4 beauty 5 of
5 of 6 being
6 being 7 prepared

[unc] ['] [billy] [thought] [it] [over] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [.] 

then he sighed and sighed again [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 4 and
3 sighed 4 and
4 and 5 sighed
4 and 6 again

" [ah] [reckons] [yo] ['] [and] [brer] [porky] [are] [about] [the] [luckiest] [people] [ah] [knows] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 18 said
18 said 19 he

["] [yes] [,] [sah] [,] [ah] [reckons] [yo] ['] [is] [just] [that] [.] 

ah don't fear anybody [mah] own size [,] [but] [ah] [cert'nly] [does] [have] [some] [mighty] [scary] [times] [when] [ah] [meets] [some] [people] [ah] [might] [mention] [.] 
1 ah 2 don't
2 don't 3 fear
3 fear 4 anybody
4 anybody 6 own
4 anybody 7 size
6 own 7 size

ah cert'nly believes [in] preparedness after [seein] ['] [yo] ['] , [brer] [skunk] [.] 
1 ah 3 believes
2 cert'nly 3 believes
3 believes 5 preparedness
3 believes 6 after
6 after 11 ,

ah cert'nly [does] just [that] [very] thing [.] 
1 ah 7 thing
2 cert'nly 4 just
4 just 7 thing

have yo ['] found any nice fresh aiggs lately [?] ["] 
1 have 2 yo
1 have 4 found
4 found 5 any
4 found 8 aiggs
4 found 9 lately
6 nice 8 aiggs
7 fresh 8 aiggs

[xiv] 

[a] [little] [something] [about] [eggs] 

" [an] [egg] [,] " [says] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] ["] [is] [good] [;] [it] ['s] [very] [good] [indeed] [to] [eat] [.] ["] 
1 " 5 "

" [an] [egg] [,] " [says] [mrs] [grouse] [,] ["] [is] [dear] [;] ['] [twill] [hatch] [into] [a] [baby] [sweet] [.] ["] 
1 " 5 "

so in the matter of eggs , as in [a] [great] many other matters , it all depends on the point of view [.] 
1 so 17 all
1 so 18 depends
2 in 4 matter
2 in 7 ,
2 in 17 all
3 the 4 matter
4 matter 5 of
5 of 6 eggs
8 as 9 in
8 as 17 all
9 in 15 ,
12 many 13 other
13 other 14 matters
14 matters 15 ,
15 , 16 it
17 all 18 depends
18 depends 19 on
19 on 21 point
20 the 21 point
21 point 22 of
22 of 23 view

to [jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [eggs] [are] [looked] [on] [from] [the] [viewpoint] [of] [something] [to] eat [.] 
1 to 19 eat

their stomachs prompt them to think of eggs [.] 
1 their 2 stomachs
2 stomachs 3 prompt
3 prompt 4 them
3 prompt 5 to
3 prompt 6 think
5 to 6 think
6 think 7 of
7 of 8 eggs

eggs are good to fill empty stomachs [.] 
1 eggs 2 are
2 are 3 good
3 good 4 to
4 to 5 fill
5 fill 7 stomachs
6 empty 7 stomachs

the mere [thought] [of] [eggs] [will] [make] [jimmy] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [smack] [their] [lips] [.] 
1 the 2 mere

they say they " love " eggs [,] [but] [they] [don't] [.] 
1 they 2 say
2 say 3 they
2 say 5 love
3 they 4 "
3 they 5 love
5 love 6 "
5 love 7 eggs

they " like " them [,] [which] [is] [quite] [different] [.] 
1 they 2 "
1 they 3 like
3 like 4 "
3 like 5 them

it is the heart instead of the stomach that responds to the thought of eggs [.] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 4 heart
2 is 6 of
3 the 4 heart
5 instead 6 of
6 of 8 stomach
7 the 8 stomach
8 stomach 9 that
8 stomach 10 responds
9 that 10 responds
10 responds 11 to
11 to 13 thought
12 the 13 thought
13 thought 14 of
14 of 15 eggs

blacky [the] [crow] is one [and] [his] [cousin] [,] [sammy] [jay] [,] [is] [another] [.] 
1 blacky 4 is
4 is 5 one

i should have said , [rather] [,] [his] [stomach] [.] 
1 i 2 should
2 should 3 have
3 have 4 said
4 said 5 ,

to tell [the] [truth] [,] it was [a] [longing] for some [eggs] that [had] [brought] [jimmy] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 to 2 tell
2 tell 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 10 for
7 was 13 that
10 for 11 some

" [no] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [,] ["] [i] [haven't] [had] [any] [luck] [at] [all] [this] [spring] [.] 
1 " 4 "

i 've almost forgotten what an egg tastes like [.] 
1 i 2 've
2 've 4 forgotten
3 almost 4 forgotten
4 forgotten 5 what
5 what 7 egg
5 what 9 like
6 an 7 egg
7 egg 8 tastes
8 tastes 9 like

[either] [i] ['m] [growing] [dull] [and] [stupid] [,] [or] [some] [folks] [are] [smarter] [than] [they] [used] [to] [be] [.] 

by the way , [have] you [seen] [mrs] [.] grouse lately [?] ["] 
1 by 3 way
1 by 4 ,
1 by 6 you
2 the 3 way
6 you 10 grouse
10 grouse 11 lately

jimmy looked very innocent [as] [he] [asked] [this] [.] 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 4 innocent
3 very 4 innocent

[unc] ['] [billy] [chuckled] [until] [his] [sides] [shook] [.] 

" [do] [yo] ['] [suppose] [ah] ['d] tell [yo] ['] if [ah] [had] [?] ["] he demanded [.] 
1 " 17 demanded
8 tell 16 he
11 if 16 he
16 he 17 demanded

here [unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [back] [over] [his] [shoulder] [to] [make] [sure] [that] [old] [mrs] [possum] [wasn't] [within] [hearing] , [and] [jimmy] [skunk] [chuckled] [.] 
1 here 20 ,

["] [that] [would] [be] [no] [mo] ['] [than] [fair] [.] 

yo ['] know [ah] [never] [did] hanker [fo] ['] to get far away from [trees] , but yo ['] don't mind [.] 
1 yo 17 but
3 know 17 but
7 hanker 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 13 away
11 get 14 from
12 far 13 away
14 from 16 ,
16 , 17 but
17 but 21 mind
18 yo 20 don't
20 don't 21 mind

a [right] smart lot of birds make their nests on the ground there [.] 
1 a 4 lot
3 smart 4 lot
4 lot 5 of
4 lot 6 birds
5 of 6 birds
6 birds 7 make
7 make 9 nests
7 make 10 on
7 make 13 there
8 their 9 nests
9 nests 10 on
10 on 12 ground
11 the 12 ground
12 ground 13 there

there is [brer] [bob] [white] [and] [brer] [meadowlark] [and] [brer] [bobolink] [and] [brer] [field] [sparrow] [and] [brer] ["] 
1 there 2 is

" [never] [mind] [any] [more] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] " [interrupted] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 11 "

["] [i] [know] [all] [about] [them] [.] 

that is [,] [i] [know] all about them [i] [want] [to] [know] [,] [except] [where] [their] [eggs] [are] [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 6 all
6 all 7 about
7 about 8 them

[didn't] [i] [just] [tell] [you] [i] [haven't] [had] [any] [luck] [at] [all] [?] 

that 's [why] [i] ['m] over [here] [.] ["] 
1 that 2 's
2 's 6 over

[xv] 

[a] [second] [meeting] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [couldn't] [think] [of] [anything] [but] [eggs] [.] 

the more he thought of them , the more he wanted some [.] 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
2 more 4 thought
2 more 7 ,
2 more 9 more
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 them
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 he
9 more 11 wanted
10 he 11 wanted
11 wanted 12 some

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [faring] [about] [the] [same] [way] [.] 

he couldn't [,] [for] [the] [life] [of] [him] [,] [stop] [thinking] [about] [those] [eggs] [that] [belonged] [to] [mrs] [grouse] [.] 
1 he 2 couldn't

the more he tried to forget about them , the more he thought about them [.] 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
2 more 4 tried
2 more 9 ,
2 more 11 more
3 he 4 tried
4 tried 5 to
4 tried 7 about
5 to 6 forget
7 about 8 them
10 the 11 more
11 more 12 he
11 more 13 thought
12 he 13 thought
13 thought 14 about
14 about 15 them

["] [no] [,] [sah] [,] [there] [isn't] [the] [least] [bit] [of] [use] [.] 

[ah] [done] [look] [every] [place] [ah] [can] [think] [of] [already] [.] 

still [,] [ah] [haven't] [got] [anything] [else] [special] [on] mah [mind] , and those aiggs cert'nly would taste good [.] 
1 still 10 mah
10 mah 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 aiggs
13 and 18 taste
14 those 15 aiggs
15 aiggs 17 would
16 cert'nly 17 would
17 would 18 taste
18 taste 19 good

ah [reckons] it must [be] [ah] [needs] [those] [aiggs] [,] [or] [ah] [wouldn't] have them [on] [mah] [mind] [so] [much] [.] 
1 ah 3 it
3 it 4 must
4 must 14 have
14 have 15 them

ah finds it rather painful to carry aiggs on [mah] mind all the time [,] but [ah] [would] enjoy [carrying] them [in] [mah] [stomach] [.] 
1 ah 2 finds
2 finds 3 it
2 finds 16 but
3 it 5 painful
4 rather 5 painful
5 painful 6 to
5 painful 7 carry
6 to 7 carry
7 carry 8 aiggs
7 carry 9 on
7 carry 14 time
8 aiggs 9 on
9 on 11 mind
12 all 13 the
13 the 14 time
16 but 19 enjoy
19 enjoy 21 them

ah cert'nly [would] [.] ["] 
1 ah 2 cert'nly

unc ['] [billy] [grinned] [and] [started] [to] [ramble] [about] [aimlessly] , [hoping] [that] [chance] [would] [lead] [him] to [the] [nest] [of] [mrs] [grouse] [.] 
1 unc 11 ,
11 , 18 to

and that led him to think of [farmer] [brown] ['s] henhouse [.] 
1 and 2 that
1 and 3 led
3 led 4 him
3 led 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 7 of
7 of 11 henhouse

he stopped to listen [.] 
1 he 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 to
3 to 4 listen

there was no sign of [bowser] the [hound] [,] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [sighed] [gently] [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 sign
3 no 4 sign
4 sign 5 of
5 of 7 the

it was a sigh of relief [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 sigh
3 a 4 sigh
4 sigh 5 of
5 of 6 relief

then he crept around a corner of the henhouse towards a certain hole under it [he] [remembered] [well] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 crept
3 crept 4 around
3 crept 10 towards
3 crept 14 under
4 around 6 corner
5 a 6 corner
7 of 9 henhouse
8 the 9 henhouse
9 henhouse 10 towards
10 towards 13 hole
11 a 12 certain
11 a 13 hole
12 certain 13 hole
13 hole 14 under
14 under 15 it

just as he reached it , he saw something white [.] 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 he
2 as 4 reached
2 as 6 ,
2 as 7 he
3 he 4 reached
4 reached 5 it
7 he 8 saw
8 saw 9 something
9 something 10 white

it moved [.] 
1 it 2 moved

it was coming towards him from the other end of the henhouse [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 coming
2 was 4 towards
2 was 6 from
3 coming 4 towards
4 towards 5 him
6 from 9 end
7 the 8 other
8 other 9 end
9 end 10 of
10 of 12 henhouse
11 the 12 henhouse

[unc] ['] [billy] [stopped] [right] [where] [he] [was] [.] 

he was undecided whether to run or stay [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 undecided
3 undecided 4 whether
4 whether 5 to
5 to 7 or
6 run 7 or
7 or 8 stay

then he heard a little grunt and decided to stay [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 7 and
3 heard 6 grunt
3 heard 7 and
4 a 6 grunt
5 little 6 grunt
7 and 8 decided
8 decided 9 to
9 to 10 stay

he even grinned [.] 
1 he 3 grinned
2 even 3 grinned

a few [seconds] [later] [up] [came] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 a 2 few

it was [a] [white] stripe on [jimmy] ['s] [coat] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [seen] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 stripe
2 was 6 on

[jimmy] [gave] [a] [little] [snort] [of] [surprise] [when] [he] [almost] [bumped] [into] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

" [what] [are] [you] [doing] [here] [?] " he demanded [.] 
1 " 10 demanded
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 demanded

" [just] [taking] [a] [li'l] [walk] [fo] ['] [the] [good] [of] [mah] [appetite] [,] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [grinning] [more] [broadly] [than] [ever] [.] 
1 " 15 "

" [what] [are] [yo] ['] [doing] [here] [,] [brer] [skunk] [?] " 
1 " 12 "

" [the] [same] [thing] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 6 "

then he chuckled [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 chuckled

["] [this] [is] [an] [unexpected] [meeting] [.] 

i guess you must have had the same thing on your mind [all] [day] [that] [i] [have] [,] ["] [he] [added] [.] 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 you
2 guess 6 had
3 you 4 must
5 have 6 had
6 had 9 thing
6 had 10 on
7 the 8 same
7 the 9 thing
9 thing 10 on
10 on 12 mind
11 your 12 mind

" [ah] [reckon] so [,] ["] [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [and] [both] [grinned] [.] 
1 " 4 so

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xvi] 

[a] [matter] [of] [politeness] 

it costs [not] [much] to be polite [and] [,] [furthermore] [,] [it] ['s] [always] [right] [.] 
1 it 2 costs
2 costs 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 polite

it is queer [how] [a] like thought often [brings] [people] together [.] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 queer
3 queer 6 like
3 queer 8 often
3 queer 11 together
6 like 7 thought

more [than] [this] , [it] [was] [the] [second] [time] [that] [day] [that] [they] [had] [met] [.] 
1 more 4 ,

and it was all on account of eggs [.] 
1 and 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 all
3 was 7 of
4 all 7 of
5 on 6 account
6 account 7 of
7 of 8 eggs

yes , [sir] [,] it was all on account of eggs [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 all
6 was 10 of
7 all 10 of
8 on 9 account
9 account 10 of
10 of 11 eggs

" [are] you [just] [coming] [out] [,] [or] are [you] just going in [?] ["] 
1 " 3 you
3 you 9 are
9 are 12 going
11 just 12 going
12 going 13 in

jimmy inquired politely [.] 
1 jimmy 2 inquired
2 inquired 3 politely

" [ah] [was] [just] [going] [in] [,] [but] [ah] ['ll] [follow] [yo] ['] [,] [brer] [skunk] [,] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [just] [as] [politely] [.] 
1 " 18 "

" [nothing] [of] [the] [kind] [,] " [returned] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 7 "

["] [i] [wouldn't] [for] [a] [minute] [think] [of] [going] [before] [you] [.] 

i [hope] [i] know my manners better than that [.] ["] 
1 i 4 know
4 know 6 manners
5 my 6 manners
6 manners 7 better
7 better 8 than
8 than 9 that

["] [yo] ['] [cert'nly] [are] [most] [polite] [,] [brer] [skunk] [.] 

yo ['] cert'nly are most polite [.] 
1 yo 4 are
3 cert'nly 4 are
4 are 6 polite
5 most 6 polite

yo ['] are a credit to your bringing up [,] [but] [politeness] [always] [did] [run] [in] [your] [family] [.] 
1 yo 3 are
3 are 5 credit
3 are 6 to
3 are 9 up
4 a 5 credit
5 credit 6 to
6 to 8 bringing
7 your 8 bringing

there is a saying that han'some is as han'some does [,] and your politeness is as fine as [yo] ['] [are] [han'some] , [brer] [skunk] [.] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 4 saying
3 a 4 saying
4 saying 6 han'some
4 saying 7 is
5 that 6 han'some
6 han'some 7 is
7 is 8 as
7 is 16 as
7 is 18 as
8 as 12 and
8 as 15 is
9 han'some 10 does
9 han'some 12 and
12 and 14 politeness
13 your 14 politeness
14 politeness 15 is
16 as 17 fine
18 as 23 ,

jimmy [skunk] chuckled [.] 
1 jimmy 3 chuckled

" [i] [guess] [you] ['ve] [forgotten] [that] [other] [old] [saying] [,] ['] [age] [before] [beauty] [,] ['] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 23 said
23 said 24 he

" so [you] [go] [first] [.] 
1 " 2 so

you [know] [you] [are] [older] [than] [i] [..y] [i] couldn't think of being so impolite as to go first [.] 
1 you 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 think
11 think 12 of
12 of 13 being
13 being 15 impolite
14 so 15 impolite
15 impolite 16 as
16 as 17 to
16 as 18 go
17 to 18 go
18 go 19 first

i really couldn't think of such a thing [.] ["] 
1 i 3 couldn't
2 really 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 8 thing
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 thing

and so they argued and argued , each insisting in the most polite way that the other should go first [.] 
1 and 2 so
2 so 5 and
3 they 5 and
4 argued 5 and
5 and 6 argued
5 and 9 insisting
7 , 9 insisting
8 each 9 insisting
9 insisting 10 in
10 in 14 way
11 the 14 way
12 most 13 polite
13 polite 14 way
14 way 15 that
15 that 17 other
15 that 19 go
16 the 17 other
17 other 18 should
18 should 19 go
19 go 20 first

if the truth were known , neither of them was insisting out of politeness at all [.] 
1 if 3 truth
1 if 5 known
1 if 6 ,
1 if 7 neither
2 the 3 truth
3 truth 4 were
4 were 5 known
5 known 6 ,
7 neither 8 of
7 neither 10 was
8 of 9 them
10 was 11 insisting
11 insisting 13 of
11 insisting 15 at
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 politeness
14 politeness 15 at
15 at 16 all

if there was [,] [he] [much] [preferred] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [should] [be] the one to find it out [.] 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 15 one
3 was 16 to
14 the 15 one
16 to 17 find
17 find 18 it
18 it 19 out

yes , [sir] [,] that [is] [why] [jimmy] [skunk] was so very polite [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 that
5 that 10 was
10 was 13 polite
11 so 12 very
12 very 13 polite

[unc] ['] [billy] [wanted] [jimmy] [to] [go] [first] [because] [he] [always] [feels] [safer] [behind] [jimmy] [than] [in] [front] [of] [him] [.] 

jimmy seldom uses it [,] [but] [sometimes] [he] [does] [if] [he] [happens] [to] [be] [startled] [and] [thinks] [danger] [near] [.] 
1 jimmy 3 uses
2 seldom 3 uses
3 uses 4 it

[so] [unc] ['] [billy] [preferred] [that] [jimmy] [should] [go] [first] [.] 

it wasn't [politeness] at all [on] [the] [part] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 4 at
4 at 5 all

in both cases it was a kind of selfishness [.] 
1 in 3 cases
1 in 4 it
2 both 3 cases
4 it 5 was
5 was 7 kind
6 a 7 kind
7 kind 8 of
8 of 9 selfishness

each [was] thinking [of] self [.] 
1 each 5 self
3 thinking 5 self

how [long] they would have continued to argue and try to appear polite if something hadn't happened [,] [nobody] [knows] [.] 
1 how 3 they
1 how 9 and
1 how 17 happened
3 they 9 and
4 would 5 have
4 would 9 and
5 have 6 continued
6 continued 7 to
6 continued 8 argue
7 to 8 argue
9 and 10 try
10 try 11 to
10 try 12 appear
11 to 12 appear
12 appear 13 polite
13 polite 14 if
14 if 15 something
14 if 16 hadn't
15 something 16 hadn't

but something did happen [.] 
1 but 2 something
2 something 3 did
3 did 4 happen

there was a sudden loud sniff just around the corner of the henhouse [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 6 sniff
3 a 6 sniff
4 sudden 6 sniff
5 loud 6 sniff
6 sniff 7 just
7 just 8 around
8 around 10 corner
9 the 10 corner
10 corner 11 of
11 of 13 henhouse
12 the 13 henhouse

it was [from] [bowser] [the] [hound] [.] 
1 it 2 was

they couldn't [,] [because] [it] [wasn't] [big] [enough] [,] [but] [,] [they] [tried] [hard] [.] 
1 they 2 couldn't

bowser sniffed again , and this time [unc] ['] [billy] [managed] [to] [squeeze] [jimmy] [aside] [and] [slip] [through] [.] 
1 bowser 2 sniffed
1 bowser 5 and
2 sniffed 3 again
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 this
5 and 7 time

jimmy was right at his heels [.] 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 right
2 was 4 at
4 at 6 heels
5 his 6 heels

[xvii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [gets] [a] [bump] 

when [bowser] [reached] [that] [hole] , [of] [course] [he] smelled [the] [tracks] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] [jimmy] , and right away he became excited [.] 
1 when 6 ,
6 , 19 ,
10 smelled 19 ,
19 , 20 and
20 and 23 he
20 and 24 became
21 right 23 he
22 away 23 he
23 he 24 became
24 became 25 excited

he began to dig [.] 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 dig

goodness , [how] [he] [did] [make] [the] [dirt] [fly] [!] 
1 goodness 2 ,

all the time he whined with eagerness [.] 
1 all 3 time
2 the 3 time
3 time 4 he
3 time 5 whined
4 he 5 whined
5 whined 6 with
6 with 7 eagerness

unc ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [bowser] [couldn't] [get] [through] [that] , [even] [if] [he] [did] [manage] to dig [his] [way] [under] [the] [henhouse] [.] 
1 unc 11 ,
11 , 17 to
17 to 18 dig

once through that and [fairly] in the henhouse [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [drew] [a] [long] [breath] [.] 
1 once 4 and
2 through 3 that
2 through 4 and
4 and 6 in
6 in 8 henhouse
7 the 8 henhouse

he felt safe for the time being , anyway , and he didn't propose [to] worry over the future [.] 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 safe
3 safe 4 for
3 safe 9 anyway
4 for 7 being
5 the 7 being
6 time 7 being
8 , 9 anyway
9 anyway 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
11 and 14 propose
12 he 13 didn't
13 didn't 14 propose
14 propose 16 worry
14 propose 17 over
16 worry 17 over
17 over 19 future
18 the 19 future

[jimmy] [skunk] [hurried] [after] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

it wasn't fear [that] [caused] [jimmy] [to] [hurry] [.] 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 fear

no , indeed , it wasn't fear [.] 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 5 it
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
3 indeed 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 fear

he had been startled by the unexpectedness [of] [bowser] ['s] [appearance] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 startled
4 startled 5 by
5 by 7 unexpectedness
6 the 7 unexpectedness

it was this that had caused him to struggle to be first through that hole under the henhouse [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 this
2 was 4 that
2 was 5 had
2 was 16 under
4 that 5 had
5 had 6 caused
6 caused 7 him
6 caused 8 to
6 caused 9 struggle
8 to 9 struggle
9 struggle 10 to
9 struggle 13 through
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 first
13 through 15 hole
14 that 15 hole
16 under 18 henhouse
17 the 18 henhouse

but once [through] , he had felt a bit ashamed that he had been so undignified [.] 
1 but 2 once
1 but 4 ,
1 but 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 felt
7 felt 10 ashamed
8 a 9 bit
9 bit 10 ashamed
10 ashamed 11 that
11 that 12 he
11 that 14 been
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 been
14 been 16 undignified
15 so 16 undignified

he wasn't afraid [of] [bowser] [.] 
1 he 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 afraid

he was [sorely] tempted [to] [turn] [around] and [send] [bowser] [about] [his] [business] , as he knew he [very] [well] could [.] 
1 he 8 and
2 was 4 tempted
2 was 8 and
8 and 21 could
14 , 18 he
15 as 16 he
15 as 17 knew
15 as 18 he
16 he 17 knew
18 he 21 could

but he thought better of it [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 3 thought
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 better
3 thought 5 of
5 of 6 it

he had come for eggs , and [so] had [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 7 and
3 come 4 for
3 come 7 and
4 for 5 eggs
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 had

it would never do to [let] [unc] ['] [billy] be [alone] up there for long [.] 
1 it 2 would
2 would 4 do
3 never 4 do
4 do 5 to
4 do 14 for
5 to 10 be
10 be 12 up
12 up 13 there
14 for 15 long

so [jimmy] [skunk] did [what] he [very] [seldom] [does] [hurried] [.] 
1 so 4 did
4 did 6 he

yes , [sir] [,] he hurried [after] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 he
5 he 6 hurried

he meant to make sure of his share of the eggs he was [certain] were up there [.] 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
2 meant 8 share
2 meant 15 were
3 to 4 make
4 make 5 sure
5 sure 6 of
6 of 7 his
8 share 9 of
8 share 15 were
9 of 11 eggs
10 the 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 he
11 eggs 13 was
12 he 13 was
15 were 16 up
16 up 17 there

there was a row of nesting boxes along one side close to the floor [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 row
2 was 8 along
2 was 12 to
3 a 4 row
4 row 5 of
5 of 7 boxes
6 nesting 7 boxes
7 boxes 8 along
8 along 10 side
9 one 10 side
10 side 12 to
11 close 12 to
12 to 14 floor
13 the 14 floor

above these was another row [and] [above] [these] [a] [third] [row] [.] 
1 above 2 these
1 above 3 was
3 was 5 row
4 another 5 row

jimmy doesn't climb [,] [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [is] [a] [famous] [climber] [.] 
1 jimmy 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 climb

" [i] ['ll] [take] [these] [lower] [nests] [,] " [said] [jimmy] [,] [and] [lifted] [his] [tail] [in] [a] [way] [that] [made] [unc] ['] [billy] [nervous] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" [all] [right] [,] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [promptly] [.] 
1 " 5 "

["] [all] [right] [,] [brer] [skunk] [.] 

it 's just as yo ['] say [.] ["] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 7 say
5 yo 7 say

with [this] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [scrambled] [up] [to] the [next] [row] [of] nests [.] 
1 with 14 nests
10 the 14 nests

jimmy grinned and started to look in the lower nests [.] 
1 jimmy 3 and
2 grinned 3 and
3 and 4 started
4 started 5 to
4 started 6 look
5 to 6 look
6 look 7 in
7 in 10 nests
8 the 10 nests
9 lower 10 nests

he took his time about it [,] [for] [that] [is] [jimmy] ['s] [way] [.] 
1 he 2 took
2 took 4 time
2 took 5 about
3 his 4 time
4 time 5 about
5 about 6 it

there was nothing in the first one and nothing in the second one and nothing in the third one [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 nothing
2 was 16 in
3 nothing 4 in
4 in 8 and
5 the 6 first
5 the 7 one
7 one 8 and
8 and 9 nothing
10 in 14 and
11 the 12 second
11 the 13 one
13 one 14 and
14 and 15 nothing
14 and 16 in
16 in 19 one
17 the 18 third
17 the 19 one

this was [disappointing] [,] to say [the] [least] , and [jimmy] [began] [to] [move] [a] [little] [faster] [.] 
1 this 2 was
2 was 5 to
5 to 6 say
6 say 9 ,
9 , 10 and

[meanwhile] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [hurried] [from] [one] [nest] [to] [another] [in] [the] [second] [row] [with] [no] [better] [success] [.] 

disappointment was making [unc] ['] [billy] [lose] [his] [temper] [.] 
1 disappointment 2 was
2 was 3 making

at last he so lost his temper that when he found another of those eggs he angrily kicked it out of the nest [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 3 he
3 he 5 lost
4 so 5 lost
5 lost 7 temper
6 his 7 temper
7 temper 8 that
7 temper 18 kicked
8 that 16 he
8 that 18 kicked
9 when 11 found
9 when 16 he
10 he 11 found
11 found 15 eggs
12 another 13 of
12 another 15 eggs
13 of 15 eggs
14 those 15 eggs
16 he 18 kicked
17 angrily 18 kicked
18 kicked 19 it
18 kicked 21 of
19 it 21 of
20 out 21 of
21 of 23 nest
22 the 23 nest

now it [happened] [that] [jimmy] [skunk] was just underneath [.] 
1 now 2 it
2 it 7 was
7 was 8 just
8 just 9 underneath

down fell that hard china egg squarely on [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [head] [.] 
1 down 2 fell
1 down 7 squarely
1 down 8 on
2 fell 6 egg
3 that 4 hard
4 hard 5 china
5 china 6 egg

for just a minute [jimmy] [saw] [stars] [.] 
1 for 4 minute
2 just 4 minute
3 a 4 minute

at least , he thought he did [.] 
1 at 2 least
2 least 6 he
3 , 4 he
3 , 5 thought
5 thought 6 he
6 he 7 did

jimmy was sore at heart because he had found no eggs , and now he had a bump on the head that also was sore [.] 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 sore
3 sore 13 and
3 sore 19 on
4 at 5 heart
4 at 13 and
5 heart 6 because
5 heart 9 found
6 because 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 found
9 found 11 eggs
10 no 11 eggs
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 now
15 he 16 had
16 had 18 bump
17 a 18 bump
18 bump 19 on
19 on 21 head
20 the 21 head
21 head 22 that
21 head 24 was
22 that 24 was
23 also 24 was
24 was 25 sore

jimmy [skunk] [lost] [his] [temper] , [a] [thing] [he] [rarely] [does] [.] 
1 jimmy 6 ,

[xviii] 

[a] [sad] [,] [sad] [quarrel] 

what he saw was the [anxious] [looking] face [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [staring] [down] at him [.] 
1 what 2 he
1 what 3 saw
1 what 4 was
2 he 3 saw
4 was 8 face
4 was 16 at
5 the 8 face
16 at 17 him

" [you] [did] [that] [purposely] [!] " [snapped] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [you] [did] [that] [purposely] [,] [and] [you] [needn't] [tell] [me] [you] [didn't] [.] " 
1 " 15 "

" [on] [mah] [honor] [ah] [didn't] [,] " [protested] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [it] [was] [an] [accident] [,] [just] [a] [sho] ['] ['] [nuff] [accident] [,] [and] [ah] ['m] [right] [sorry] [fo] ['] [it] [.] " 
1 " 24 "

["] [that] [sounds] [very] [nice] [,] [but] [i] [don't] [believe] [a] [word] [of] [it] [.] 

you did it purposely , and you can't make me believe anything else [.] 
1 you 6 and
2 did 3 it
2 did 6 and
4 purposely 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 9 make
7 you 8 can't
8 can't 9 make
9 make 10 me
9 make 11 believe
11 believe 12 anything
12 anything 13 else

come down here and fight [.] 
1 come 2 down
1 come 4 and
2 down 3 here
4 and 5 fight

i dare you to ! " 
1 i 2 dare
2 dare 3 you
2 dare 4 to
2 dare 5 !
4 to 5 !
5 ! 6 "

jimmy was getting more and more angry every minute [.] 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 getting
2 was 9 minute
3 getting 5 and
3 getting 7 angry
4 more 5 and
5 and 6 more
8 every 9 minute

[unc] ['] [billy] [began] [to] [grow] [angry] [.] 

he hadn't known that [jimmy] [was] [there] [.] 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 known
3 known 4 that

he had [apologized] , and he felt that no one could do more than that [.] 
1 he 4 ,
2 had 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 he
6 he 7 felt
7 felt 8 that
8 that 10 one
8 that 12 do
9 no 10 one
10 one 11 could
11 could 12 do
12 do 13 more
12 do 14 than
14 than 15 that

jimmy [skunk] had [doubted] [his] [word] , had refused to believe him , and that made him angry [.] 
1 jimmy 3 had
3 had 7 ,
7 , 8 had
8 had 9 refused
9 refused 10 to
9 refused 11 believe
10 to 11 believe
11 believe 14 and
11 believe 16 made
12 him 14 and
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 that
14 and 16 made
16 made 17 him
16 made 18 angry

his little eyes glowed with rage [.] 
1 his 3 eyes
2 little 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 glowed
4 glowed 5 with
5 with 6 rage

["] [if] [yo] ['] [want] [to] [fight] [,] [come] [up] [here] [.] 

i 'll wait [fo] ['] [yo] ['] [right] [where] [ah] [am] [,] ["] [he] [sputtered] [.] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 wait

[this] [made] [jimmy] [angrier] [than] [ever] [.] 

he couldn't climb up there [,] [and] [he] [knew] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [it] [.] 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 climb
3 climb 4 up
3 climb 5 there

[unc] ['] [billy] [was] [perfectly] [safe] [in] [promising] [to] [wait] [for] [him] [.] 

" you 're a coward [,] [just] [a] [plain] [no-account] [coward] [!] ["] [snapped] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 5 coward
4 a 5 coward

nobody can drop things on my head and not get paid back [.] 
1 nobody 2 can
2 can 8 and
3 drop 4 things
3 drop 5 on
3 drop 8 and
4 things 5 on
5 on 7 head
6 my 7 head
8 and 9 not
8 and 10 get
8 and 12 back
9 not 10 get
10 get 11 paid

i thought you were a friend [,] [but] [now] [i] [know] [better] [.] ["] 
1 i 2 thought
2 thought 3 you
2 thought 4 were
3 you 4 were
4 were 6 friend
5 a 6 friend

["] [wait] [as] [long] [as] [yo] ['] [please] [.] 

ah [reckons] [ah] [can] [stay] [as] [long] [as] [yo] ['] [can] , " [retorted] [unc] ['] [billy] , [grinding] and snapping [his] [teeth] [.] 
1 ah 12 ,
1 ah 18 ,
12 , 13 "
18 , 20 and
20 and 21 snapping

" [suit] [yourself] [,] " [retorted] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [i] ['m] [going] [to] [pay] [you] [up] [for] [that] [bump] [on] [my] [head] [or] [know] [the] [reason] [why] [.] " 
1 " 21 "

it really was dreadful [.] 
1 it 3 was
2 really 3 was
3 was 4 dreadful

and it was all because both had been sadly disappointed [.] 
1 and 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 all
3 was 5 because
5 because 6 both
5 because 8 been
6 both 7 had
7 had 8 been
8 been 9 sadly
8 been 10 disappointed

they had found no eggs where they had been sure they would find plenty [.] 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 found
3 found 5 eggs
3 found 6 where
4 no 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 where
6 where 7 they
6 where 9 been
7 they 8 had
8 had 9 been
9 been 10 sure
10 sure 11 they
10 sure 13 find
11 they 12 would
12 would 13 find
13 find 14 plenty

you [see] [,] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] had [gathered] [every] [egg] [when] [he] [shut] [the] [biddies] up [for] [the] [night] [.] 
1 you 8 had
8 had 17 up

did you ever notice what a bad thing for the temper disappointment often is [?] 
1 did 2 you
1 did 4 notice
3 ever 4 notice
4 notice 5 what
5 what 8 thing
5 what 14 is
6 a 8 thing
7 bad 8 thing
8 thing 9 for
8 thing 14 is
9 for 12 disappointment
10 the 12 disappointment
11 temper 12 disappointment
13 often 14 is

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xix] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [true] [to] [his] [word] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [having] [a] [bad] [night] [of] [it] [.] 

when he had grown tired of quarreling [with] [jimmy] [skunk] , he had tried to take a nap [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 4 grown
1 when 11 ,
1 when 12 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 grown
4 grown 5 tired
5 tired 6 of
6 of 7 quarreling
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 tried
14 tried 15 to
14 tried 16 take
15 to 16 take
16 take 18 nap
17 a 18 nap

he had tried first one nest and then another , but none just suited him [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 tried
3 tried 4 first
3 tried 7 and
5 one 6 nest
6 nest 7 and
7 and 8 then
7 and 9 another
7 and 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 none
11 but 14 suited
12 none 14 suited
13 just 14 suited
14 suited 15 him

this was partly because he wasn't sleepy [.] 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 partly
2 was 4 because
4 because 5 he
4 because 6 wasn't
5 he 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 sleepy

he was hungry and not at all sleepy [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 and
3 hungry 4 and
4 and 5 not
4 and 8 sleepy
5 not 6 at
6 at 7 all

unc ['] [billy] had [no] [intention] [of] [going] [down] [while] [jimmy] [was] [there] [.] 
1 unc 4 had

he thought that [jimmy] would [soon] [grow] [tired] [of] [waiting] [and] [go] [away] [.] 
1 he 2 thought
2 thought 3 that
3 that 5 would

[so] [for] [quite] [awhile] [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [worry] [.] 

but as it began to get towards morning he began to grow anxious [.] 
1 but 2 as
1 but 9 he
2 as 3 it
3 it 4 began
4 began 5 to
4 began 6 get
5 to 6 get
6 get 7 towards
7 towards 8 morning
9 he 10 began
10 began 11 to
11 to 12 grow
12 grow 13 anxious

unc ' [billy] [had] [no] [desire] [to] be [found] [in] [that] [henhouse] [when] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [came] [to] [feed] [the] [biddies] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 8 be

then , [too] [,] he was hungry [.] 
1 then 2 ,
1 then 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 hungry

he had counted on a good meal of eggs , and not one [had] [he] found [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 counted
3 counted 4 on
3 counted 11 and
5 a 7 meal
6 good 7 meal
7 meal 8 of
7 meal 11 and
8 of 9 eggs
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 not
11 and 13 one
13 one 16 found

yes , [sir] [,] it was a great deal better to go hungry [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 9 deal
6 was 10 better
7 a 8 great
8 great 9 deal
10 better 11 to
10 better 12 go
11 to 12 go
12 go 13 hungry

several times , when he thought [jimmy] was [asleep] , he tried to steal down [.] 
1 several 2 times
2 times 3 ,
2 times 11 he
3 , 4 when
4 when 5 he
4 when 8 was
4 when 10 ,
4 when 11 he
5 he 6 thought
11 he 12 tried
12 tried 13 to
12 tried 14 steal
13 to 14 steal
14 steal 15 down

he was just as careful not to make a sound as he could be , but every time [jimmy] knew and was waiting for him [.] 
1 he 2 was
1 he 21 and
2 was 5 careful
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 careful
5 careful 7 to
6 not 7 to
7 to 8 make
8 make 10 sound
8 make 11 as
8 make 14 be
9 a 10 sound
11 as 12 he
11 as 13 could
12 he 13 could
14 be 16 but
15 , 16 but
16 but 18 time
17 every 18 time
20 knew 21 and
21 and 22 was
22 was 23 waiting
23 waiting 24 for
24 for 25 him

[unc] ['] [billy] [wished] [that] [there] [was] [no] [such] [place] [as] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] [.] 

he wished he had never thought of eggs [.] 
1 he 2 wished
2 wished 3 he
2 wished 7 of
3 he 4 had
4 had 7 of
5 never 7 of
6 thought 7 of
7 of 8 eggs

" [don] ['] [yo] ['] [think] [we-uns] [better] [make] [up] [and] [get] [out] [of] [here] [,] [brer] [skunk] [?] " [he] [ventured] [.] 
1 " 20 "

it was plain to see that [jimmy] [hadn't] [forgiven] [him] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 that

for some time [unc] ['] [billy] [said] [no] [more] , [but] [he] [grew] [more] [and] [more] [restless] [.] 
1 for 2 some
2 some 3 time
3 time 10 ,

you see , he knew it would [soon] be [time] [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to come to let the hens out and feed them [.] 
1 you 3 ,
2 see 3 ,
3 , 17 come
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 6 it
6 it 7 would
7 would 9 be
9 be 16 to
16 to 17 come
17 come 18 to
18 to 23 and
19 let 21 hens
19 let 22 out
19 let 23 and
20 the 21 hens
23 and 24 feed
24 feed 25 them

at last he ventured to speak again [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 3 he
3 he 4 ventured
4 ventured 5 to
5 to 6 speak
6 speak 7 again

" [ah] [reckons] [yo] ['] [done] [forget] [something] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 11 said
11 said 12 he

" [what] [is] [that] [?] " [asked] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 6 "

["] [i] ['m] [not] [worrying] [about] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 

he can [come] [as] [soon] [as] [he] [pleases] , " [retorted] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [and] [grinned] [.] 
1 he 2 can
2 can 9 ,
9 , 10 "

that sounded like [boasting] , but it wasn't [.] 
1 that 2 sounded
2 sounded 3 like
3 like 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 it
6 but 8 wasn't
7 it 8 wasn't

no , [sir] [,] it wasn't [,] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [it] [.] 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't

he knew that [jimmy] [meant] [it] [.] 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that

[unc] ['] [billy] [was] [in] [despair] [.] 

he didn't dare stay , and he didn't dare go down and face [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [and] [there] [he] [was] [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 dare
3 dare 6 and
4 stay 6 and
5 , 6 and
6 and 9 dare
7 he 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 dare
9 dare 12 and
10 go 11 down
10 go 12 and
12 and 13 face

it certainly had been a bad night [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 it 3 had
2 certainly 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 7 night
5 a 7 night
6 bad 7 night

[xx] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [arrives] 

the light crept farther under the door of [farmer] [brown] ['s] henhouse , and by this time the hens were all awake [.] 
1 the 2 light
2 light 3 crept
3 crept 4 farther
3 crept 14 and
5 under 7 door
5 under 14 and
6 the 7 door
7 door 8 of
8 of 12 henhouse
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 by
15 by 17 time
16 this 17 time
17 time 19 hens
17 time 22 awake
18 the 19 hens
19 hens 20 were
20 were 22 awake
21 all 22 awake

furthermore , they had [discovered] [jimmy] [skunk] [down] [below] [and] [were] [making] [a] [great] [fuss] [.] 
1 furthermore 2 ,
1 furthermore 3 they
3 they 4 had

["] [i] [don't] [mind] [their] [noise] [.] 

it doesn't trouble me a bit [,] ["] [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [and] [grinned] [.] 
1 it 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 trouble
3 trouble 4 me
3 trouble 6 bit
5 a 6 bit

it was [plain] [enough] [to] [unc] ['] [billy] that [jimmy] was [enjoying] the situation [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 9 that
9 that 11 was
11 was 14 situation
13 the 14 situation

[but] [unc] ['] [billy] [wasn't] [.] 

he was so anxious that he couldn't keep still [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 anxious
3 so 4 anxious
4 anxious 5 that
5 that 6 he
5 that 8 keep
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 keep
8 keep 9 still

at last [he] [heard] [them] , and he knew by the sound that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was [coming] in a hurry [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 6 ,
1 at 8 he
6 , 7 and
8 he 9 knew
9 knew 10 by
9 knew 13 that
10 by 12 sound
11 the 12 sound
13 that 18 was
18 was 20 in
20 in 22 hurry
21 a 22 hurry

he had heard the noise of the hens and was coming to find out what it was all about [.] 
1 he 9 and
2 had 3 heard
2 had 9 and
3 heard 5 noise
4 the 5 noise
5 noise 6 of
6 of 8 hens
7 the 8 hens
9 and 10 was
10 was 11 coming
11 coming 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 out
13 find 15 what
15 what 16 it
15 what 17 was
17 was 18 all
17 was 19 about

[unc] ['] [billy] [hoped] [that] [now] [jimmy] [skunk] [would] [retreat] [through] [the] [hole] [in] [the] [floor] [and] [give] [him] [a] [chance] [to] [escape] [.] 

["] [he] ['s] [coming] [!] 

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [is] [coming] [,] [brer] [skunk] [!] 

yo ['] better get away while yo ['] can [!] ["] [whispered] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 yo 4 get
3 better 4 get
4 get 5 away
4 get 6 while
6 while 7 yo
6 while 9 can
7 yo 9 can

" [i] [hear] [him] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [calmly] [.] 
1 " 6 "

["] [i] ['m] [waiting] [for] [him] [to] [open] [the] [door] [for] [me] [to] [go] [out] [.] 

it will be much easier than squeezing through that hole [.] ["] 
1 it 2 will
2 will 3 be
3 be 5 easier
4 much 5 easier
5 easier 6 than
5 easier 8 through
6 than 7 squeezing
7 squeezing 8 through
8 through 10 hole
9 that 10 hole

[unc] ['] [billy] [gasped] [.] 

he [hoped] [that] [at] [last] [jimmy] ['s] [boldness] would get [him] into trouble [.] 
1 he 9 would
9 would 10 get
10 get 12 into
12 into 13 trouble

yes , he did [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 3 he
3 he 4 did

you see , that might give him a chance to slip away himself [.] 
1 you 3 ,
2 see 3 ,
3 , 6 give
4 that 5 might
5 might 6 give
6 give 7 him
6 give 9 chance
8 a 9 chance
9 chance 10 to
9 chance 11 slip
10 to 11 slip
11 slip 12 away
11 slip 13 himself

otherwise , he would be in a bad fix [.] 
1 otherwise 2 ,
1 otherwise 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 be
5 be 6 in
6 in 9 fix
7 a 8 bad
7 a 9 fix
8 bad 9 fix

the latch on the door rattled [.] 
1 the 2 latch
2 latch 3 on
2 latch 6 rattled
3 on 5 door
4 the 5 door

the door swung open , letting in a flood of light [.] 
1 the 2 door
2 door 3 swung
3 swung 6 letting
3 swung 7 in
4 open 5 ,
4 open 6 letting
6 letting 7 in
7 in 9 flood
8 a 9 flood
9 flood 10 of
10 of 11 light

the hens stopped their noise [.] 
1 the 2 hens
2 hens 3 stopped
3 stopped 5 noise
4 their 5 noise

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [stood] [in] [the] [doorway] [and] [looked] [in] [.] 

of course [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [saw] [him] [at] [once] [.] 
1 of 2 course

" [so] [it] ['s] [you] , [you] [black] [and] [white] [rascal] [!] " he exclaimed [.] 
1 " 15 exclaimed
6 , 13 "
6 , 14 he
14 he 15 exclaimed

["] [i] [suppose] [you] [expect] [me] [to] [step] [out] [of] [your] [way] [,] [and] [i] [suppose] [i] [will] [do] [just] [that] [very] [thing] [.] 

you are the most impudent and independent fellow of my acquaintance [.] 
1 you 2 are
2 are 6 and
3 the 4 most
4 most 6 and
5 impudent 6 and
6 and 8 fellow
6 and 9 of
7 independent 8 fellow
9 of 11 acquaintance
10 my 11 acquaintance

that 's what you are [.] 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 what
3 what 5 are
4 you 5 are

you didn't [get] [any] [eggs] [,] [because] [i] [gathered] [all] [of] [them] [last] [night] [.] 
1 you 2 didn't

come along out of [there] , [you] [rascal] [.] " 
1 come 2 along
1 come 4 of
3 out 4 of
4 of 6 ,
6 , 10 "

[xxi] 

[the] [nest-egg] [gives] [unc] ['] [billy] [away] 

['] [tis] [little] [things] [that] [often] [seem] [scarce] [worth] [a] [passing] [thought] [which] [in] [the] [end] [may] [prove] [that] [they] [with] [big] [results] [are] [fraught] [.] 

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [watched] [jimmy] [skunk] [calmly] [and] [peacefully] [go] [his] [way] [and] [grinned] [as] [he] [watched] [him] [.] 

he scratched his head thoughtfully [.] 
1 he 2 scratched
2 scratched 4 head
2 scratched 5 thoughtfully
3 his 4 head

" [i] [suppose] [,] ["] said he [,] ["] [that] [that] is [as] [perfect] [an] [example] of [the] [value] [of] preparedness as there is [.] 
1 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
6 said 22 as
7 he 12 is
12 is 17 of
17 of 21 preparedness
22 as 23 there
23 there 24 is

jimmy [knew] [he] was [all] [ready] [for] [trouble] [if] [i] [chose] [to] [make] [it] , [and] [that] [because] [of] [that] [i] [wouldn't] [make] [it] [.] 
1 jimmy 4 was
4 was 15 ,

so he has [calmly] gone [his] [way] [as] [if] [he] [were] [as] [much] [bigger] [than] [i] [as] [i] [am] [bigger] [than] [he] [.] 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 has
3 has 5 gone

there certainly is nothing like being prepared if you want to avoid trouble [.] ["] 
1 there 3 is
2 certainly 3 is
3 is 4 nothing
3 is 5 like
4 nothing 5 like
5 like 6 being
6 being 7 prepared
7 prepared 8 if
7 prepared 11 to
8 if 9 you
8 if 10 want
9 you 10 want
11 to 12 avoid
12 avoid 13 trouble

then [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [once] [more] [turned] [to] [the] [henhouse] [and] [entered] it [.] 
1 then 14 it

that one thing was the china nest-egg on the floor [.] 
1 that 3 thing
2 one 3 thing
3 thing 4 was
4 was 6 china
5 the 6 china
6 china 7 nest-egg
7 nest-egg 8 on
8 on 10 floor
9 the 10 floor

" [hello] [!] " [exclaimed] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [when] [he] [saw] [it] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [now] [how] [did] [that] [come] [there] [?] 

it must be [that] [jimmy] [skunk] [pulled] [it] [out] of one of those lower nests [.] ["] 
1 it 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 10 of
10 of 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 15 nests
13 those 15 nests
14 lower 15 nests

" [that] ['s] [queer] , " he muttered [.] 
1 " 8 muttered
5 , 6 "
5 , 7 he
7 he 8 muttered

["] [that] [egg] [must] [have] [come] [from] [one] [of] [the] [upper] [nests] [.] 

jimmy couldn't have got up to those [.] 
1 jimmy 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 have
3 have 4 got
4 got 5 up
5 up 6 to
6 to 7 those

none of the hens could have kicked it out last night , because they were all on the roosts [when] [i] [shut] [them] [up] [.] 
1 none 2 of
1 none 4 hens
2 of 4 hens
3 the 4 hens
4 hens 5 could
5 could 6 have
6 have 7 kicked
7 kicked 8 it
8 it 9 out
9 out 11 night
9 out 13 because
10 last 11 night
12 , 13 because
13 because 14 they
13 because 15 were
14 they 15 were
15 were 16 all
15 were 17 on
16 all 17 on
17 on 19 roosts
18 the 19 roosts

they certainly didn't do it [this] [morning] [,] [because] [they] [wouldn't] [have] [dared] [leave] [the] [roosts] [with] [jimmy] [skunk] [here] [.] 
1 they 3 didn't
2 certainly 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 do
4 do 5 it

i 'll have to look into this [.] ["] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 have
3 have 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 into
6 into 7 this

so he began with the second row of nests and looked in each [.] 
1 so 2 he
1 so 10 and
2 he 10 and
3 began 4 with
3 began 10 and
4 with 7 row
5 the 6 second
5 the 7 row
7 row 8 of
8 of 9 nests
10 and 11 looked
11 looked 12 in
11 looked 13 each

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [forgotten] [his] [tail] [,] [and] [it] [hung] [just] [over] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [nest] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

of course [,] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [saw] it [.] 
1 of 2 course
1 of 9 it

he couldn't help but see it [.] 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 4 but
3 help 4 but
4 but 5 see
5 see 6 it

" [ho] , [ho] [!] " he exclaimed right away [.] 
1 " 8 exclaimed
3 , 6 "
3 , 7 he
7 he 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 9 right
8 exclaimed 10 away

["] [ho] [,] [ho] [!] 

so there was more than one visitor here last night [.] 
1 so 2 there
1 so 3 was
2 there 3 was
3 was 7 visitor
3 was 8 here
3 was 10 night
4 more 5 than
5 than 6 one
6 one 7 visitor
7 visitor 8 here
9 last 10 night

this henhouse seems to be a very popular place [.] 
1 this 2 henhouse
2 henhouse 3 seems
3 seems 4 to
3 seems 5 be
4 to 5 be
5 be 9 place
6 a 9 place
7 very 8 popular
8 popular 9 place

i see that the first thing for me to do after breakfast is to nail a board over that hole in the floor [.] 
1 i 2 see
2 see 3 that
2 see 18 over
2 see 21 in
4 the 5 first
4 the 6 thing
6 thing 7 for
6 thing 9 to
6 thing 10 do
6 thing 13 is
7 for 8 me
9 to 10 do
10 do 11 after
11 after 12 breakfast
13 is 14 to
13 is 15 nail
14 to 15 nail
15 nail 17 board
16 a 17 board
17 board 18 over
18 over 20 hole
19 that 20 hole
20 hole 21 in
21 in 23 floor
22 the 23 floor

so it was you , [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] [who] [kicked] [that] [nest-egg] [out] [.] 
1 so 2 it
1 so 5 ,
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 you

found it a little hard for your teeth [,] [didn't] [you] [?] 
1 found 2 it
2 it 5 hard
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 hard
5 hard 6 for
6 for 8 teeth
7 your 8 teeth

lost your temper and kicked it out [,] [didn't] [you] [?] 
1 lost 3 temper
1 lost 4 and
2 your 3 temper
4 and 5 kicked
5 kicked 6 it
6 it 7 out

that was [foolish] , [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [very] [foolish] [indeed] [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 4 ,

never lose your temper over trifles [.] 
1 never 2 lose
2 lose 4 temper
2 lose 5 over
3 your 4 temper
4 temper 5 over
5 over 6 trifles

it doesn't pay [.] 
1 it 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 pay

now [i] [wonder] [what] [i] ['d] [better] do [with] you [.] ["] 
1 now 8 do
8 do 10 you

all this time [unc] ['] [billy] [hadn't] [moved] [.] 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time

of course , he couldn't understand what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [saying] [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 4 he
4 he 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 understand
6 understand 7 what

nor could he see what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was doing [.] 
1 nor 2 could
2 could 3 he
2 could 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 10 was
10 was 11 doing

so he held his breath and hoped and hoped that he hadn't been discovered [.] 
1 so 2 he
1 so 6 and
2 he 6 and
3 held 5 breath
3 held 6 and
4 his 5 breath
6 and 8 and
7 hoped 8 and
8 and 9 hoped
9 hoped 10 that
10 that 11 he
10 that 14 discovered
11 he 12 hadn't
12 hadn't 13 been
13 been 14 discovered

and perhaps he wouldn't have been but for that telltale nest-egg on the floor [.] 
1 and 2 perhaps
1 and 3 he
1 and 6 been
3 he 4 wouldn't
4 wouldn't 5 have
5 have 6 been
6 been 7 but
7 but 8 for
8 for 10 telltale
9 that 10 telltale
10 telltale 11 nest-egg
11 nest-egg 12 on
12 on 14 floor
13 the 14 floor

that was the cause of all his troubles [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 4 cause
3 the 4 cause
4 cause 5 of
5 of 6 all
6 all 7 his
6 all 8 troubles
7 his 8 troubles

first it had angered [jimmy] [skunk] because as you remember , it had fallen on [jimmy] ['s] [head] [.] 
1 first 2 it
2 it 3 had
3 had 4 angered
4 angered 7 because
7 because 12 it
7 because 14 fallen
8 as 9 you
8 as 10 remember
8 as 11 ,
8 as 12 it
9 you 10 remember
12 it 13 had
13 had 14 fallen
14 fallen 15 on

then it had [led] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to look in all the nests [.] 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 had
3 had 9 to
9 to 10 look
10 look 11 in
11 in 12 all
12 all 13 the
12 all 14 nests
13 the 14 nests

it had [seemed] a trifle , kicking that egg out of that nest , [but] see what the results were [.] 
1 it 2 had
2 had 5 trifle
2 had 16 see
4 a 5 trifle
5 trifle 7 kicking
6 , 7 kicking
7 kicking 9 egg
7 kicking 11 of
7 kicking 14 ,
8 that 9 egg
9 egg 11 of
10 out 11 of
11 of 13 nest
12 that 13 nest
16 see 17 what
17 what 19 results
17 what 20 were
18 the 19 results
19 results 20 were

truly , [little] [things] [often] [are] [not] [so] [little] [as] [they] [seem] [.] 
1 truly 2 ,

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xxii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [tries] [his] [old] [trick] 

the first [knowledge] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [that] [he] was [discovered] [came] to him [through] [his] [tail] [.] 
1 the 2 first
2 first 11 was
11 was 14 to
14 to 15 him

yes , [sir] [,] [it] [came] [to] [him] [through] [his] [tail] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [pinched] [it] [.] 

it was rather a mean thing to [do] , but [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was [curious] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 rather
2 was 6 thing
2 was 7 to
4 a 6 thing
5 mean 6 thing
7 to 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 15 was

he wanted to see what [unc] ['] [billy] would do [.] 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 9 would
9 would 10 do

and he didn't pinch [very] hard , not hard enough to really hurt [.] 
1 and 2 he
1 and 4 pinch
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 pinch
4 pinch 7 ,
4 pinch 10 enough
4 pinch 11 to
6 hard 7 ,
7 , 8 not
7 , 9 hard
8 not 9 hard
11 to 13 hurt
12 really 13 hurt

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [is] [too] [good-hearted] [to] [hurt] [any] [one] [if] [he] [can] [help] [it] [.] 

[but] [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [.] 

no , [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [.] 
1 no 2 ,

that tail might have belonged to any one but him so far as he made any sign [.] 
1 that 2 tail
2 tail 3 might
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 belonged
5 belonged 6 to
5 belonged 9 but
5 belonged 12 far
5 belonged 13 as
6 to 8 one
7 any 8 one
8 one 9 but
9 but 10 him
11 so 12 far
13 as 14 he
13 as 15 made
14 he 15 made
15 made 16 any
15 made 17 sign

of course , he felt like pulling it away [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 6 like
6 like 7 pulling
7 pulling 8 it
7 pulling 9 away

any one would have in his place [.] 
1 any 2 one
2 one 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 in
5 in 7 place
6 his 7 place

but he didn't move it the tiniest bit , [which] goes to show that [unc] ['] [billy] [has] [great] [self-control] [when] [he] [wishes] [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 9 ,
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 move
4 move 5 it
6 the 7 tiniest
7 tiniest 9 ,
8 bit 9 ,
9 , 11 goes
11 goes 12 to
12 to 13 show
13 show 14 that

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [pinched] [again] [,] [just] [a] [little] [harder] [,] [but] [still] [unc] ['] [billy] [made] [no] [sign] [.] 

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [chuckled] [and] [began] [to] [pull] [on] [that] [tail] [.] 

there wasn't the least sign of life about [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 5 sign
2 wasn't 8 about
3 the 5 sign
4 least 5 sign
5 sign 6 of
6 of 7 life

he looked [as] [if] [he] [were] [dead] , and he acted as if he were dead [.] 
1 he 8 ,
2 looked 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
9 and 11 acted
10 he 11 acted
11 acted 13 if
12 as 13 if
13 if 14 he
13 if 15 were
14 he 15 were
15 were 16 dead

any one [not] [knowing] [unc] ['] [billy] would have supposed that he was dead [.] 
1 any 2 one
2 one 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 supposed
10 supposed 11 that
11 that 12 he
11 that 13 was
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 dead

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [dropped] [unc] ['] [billy] [on] [the] [floor] [.] 

he lay just as he fell [.] 
1 he 2 lay
2 lay 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 fell

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [rolled] [him] [over] [with] [his] [foot] [,] [but] [there] [wasn't] [a] [sign] [of] [life] [in] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

he hoped that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [really] [did] [think] [him] [dead] [.] 
1 he 2 hoped
2 hoped 3 that

that was what he wanted [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 what
3 what 4 he
3 what 5 wanted
4 he 5 wanted

then he went about his work of cleaning out the henhouse and measuring out the grain for the biddies [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 about
3 went 14 out
3 went 17 for
4 about 12 and
5 his 6 work
6 work 7 of
6 work 12 and
7 of 8 cleaning
8 cleaning 9 out
8 cleaning 11 henhouse
10 the 11 henhouse
12 and 13 measuring
14 out 16 grain
15 the 16 grain
16 grain 17 for
17 for 19 biddies
18 the 19 biddies

unc ['] [billy] [lay] [there] [on] [the] [box] , [and] [he] [certainly] [was] [pathetic] [looking] [.] 
1 unc 9 ,

his hair was all rumpled up [,] as it usually is [.] 
1 his 2 hair
2 hair 3 was
3 was 5 rumpled
4 all 5 rumpled
5 rumpled 6 up
6 up 8 as
8 as 9 it
8 as 11 is
9 it 11 is
10 usually 11 is

it was filled with dust from the floor and bits of straw [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 filled
3 filled 4 with
3 filled 6 from
4 with 5 dust
5 dust 6 from
6 from 9 and
7 the 8 floor
8 floor 9 and
9 and 10 bits
9 and 11 of
11 of 12 straw

his lips were drawn back [and] [his] [mouth] [partly] [open] [.] 
1 his 2 lips
2 lips 3 were
3 were 4 drawn
4 drawn 5 back

his eyes seemed to be closed [.] 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
3 seemed 6 closed
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 closed

but to have looked at him you would have thought him as dead as the deadest thing that ever was [.] 
1 but 2 to
1 but 4 looked
1 but 7 you
2 to 3 have
4 looked 5 at
5 at 6 him
7 you 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 thought
10 thought 11 him
10 thought 13 dead
12 as 13 dead
13 dead 14 as
14 as 17 thing
15 the 16 deadest
15 the 17 thing
17 thing 18 that
17 thing 20 was
18 that 20 was
19 ever 20 was

as he [went] [about] [his] [work] [farmer] [brown] 's boy kept an eye on [unc] ['] [billy] and chuckled [.] 
1 as 2 he
2 he 9 's
9 's 10 boy
10 boy 18 and
11 kept 13 eye
11 kept 14 on
11 kept 18 and
12 an 13 eye
18 and 19 chuckled

" [you] [old] [fraud] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 7 said
7 said 8 he

" you [think] [you] are [fooling] [me] [,] [but] [i] [know] [you] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 5 are

possums don't die of nothing in hens ' nests [.] 
1 possums 2 don't
2 don't 3 die
3 die 4 of
3 die 6 in
4 of 5 nothing
5 nothing 6 in
6 in 9 nests
7 hens 8 '
8 ' 9 nests

you [certainly] are [a] [clever] [old] [rascal] [,] and the best [actor] [i] ['ve] [ever] [seen] [.] 
1 you 3 are
3 are 11 best
9 and 10 the
10 the 11 best

i wonder how long you will keep it up [.] 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 how
3 how 4 long
4 long 7 keep
5 you 6 will
6 will 7 keep
7 keep 8 it
7 keep 9 up

i wish [i] [had] [half] [as] [much] [self-control] [.] ["] 
1 i 2 wish

still [unc] ['] [billy] [gave] no sign of life [.] 
1 still 7 sign
6 no 7 sign
7 sign 8 of
8 of 9 life

he wondered where he was being taken to [.] 
1 he 2 wondered
2 wondered 3 where
3 where 4 he
3 where 5 was
3 where 8 to
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 being
6 being 7 taken
7 taken 8 to

he was terribly frightened [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 frightened
3 terribly 4 frightened

but he stuck to his old trick of playing [dead] which had served him so well more than once before [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 3 stuck
2 he 3 stuck
3 stuck 4 to
3 stuck 15 so
4 to 7 trick
5 his 7 trick
6 old 7 trick
7 trick 8 of
8 of 9 playing
9 playing 11 which
9 playing 12 had
11 which 12 had
12 had 13 served
13 served 14 him
15 so 16 well
16 well 17 more
16 well 18 than
16 well 19 once
19 once 20 before

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xxiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [gives] [himself] [away] 

[never] [had] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [played] [that] [old] [trick] [of] [his] [better] [than] [he] [was] [playing] [it] [now] [.] 

they were half-way from the henyard to [the] [house] [when] [bowser] [the] [hound] [came] [to] meet his master [.] 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 half-way
2 were 4 from
2 were 7 to
4 from 6 henyard
5 the 6 henyard
7 to 16 meet
16 meet 18 master
17 his 18 master

" [now] [we] [shall] [see] [what] [we] [shall] [see] [,] " [said] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [,] [as] [bowser] [came] [trotting] [up] [.] 
1 " 11 "

" [if] [unc] ['] [billy] [can] [stand] [this] [test] [,] [i] ['ll] [take] [off] [my] [hat] [to] [him] [every] [time] [we] [meet] [hereafter] [.] " 
1 " 25 "

he [held] [unc] ['] [billy] [out] [to] [bowser] [,] [and] [bowser] sniffed [him] all [over] [.] 
1 he 12 sniffed
12 sniffed 14 all

just imagine that [!] 
1 just 2 imagine
2 imagine 3 that

just think of being nosed and sniffed [at] by one of whom you were terribly afraid and not so much [as] twitching an ear [!] 
1 just 2 think
2 think 3 of
3 of 4 being
4 being 6 and
5 nosed 6 and
6 and 7 sniffed
6 and 24 ear
7 sniffed 9 by
7 sniffed 10 one
7 sniffed 17 and
10 one 11 of
11 of 12 whom
11 of 14 were
12 whom 13 you
12 whom 14 were
13 you 14 were
14 were 15 terribly
16 afraid 17 and
17 and 18 not
17 and 22 twitching
19 so 20 much
20 much 22 twitching
23 an 24 ear

he 's dead [.] 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 dead

he must [be] [the] [fellow] [i] [saw] go [under] [the] [henhouse] last night [.] 
1 he 2 must
2 must 8 go
8 go 13 night
12 last 13 night

how did you kill him [?] ["] 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
2 did 4 kill
4 kill 5 him

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [laughed] [and] [picked] [unc] ['] [billy] [up] [by] [the] [tail] [again] [.] 

the mother of [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy was in the doorway , watching them approach [.] 
1 the 2 mother
2 mother 3 of
2 mother 8 was
3 of 7 boy
8 was 9 in
9 in 11 doorway
10 the 11 doorway
11 doorway 13 watching
12 , 13 watching
13 watching 14 them
13 watching 15 approach

" [what] [have] [you] [got] [there] ? " she demanded [.] 
1 " 10 demanded
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 she
9 she 10 demanded

["] [i] [declare] [if] [it] [isn't] [a] [possum] [!] 

where did you kill him [?] 
1 where 2 did
2 did 3 you
2 did 4 kill
4 kill 5 him

was he the cause of all that racket among the chickens [?] ["] 
1 was 2 he
1 was 4 cause
1 was 9 among
3 the 4 cause
4 cause 5 of
5 of 6 all
6 all 7 that
6 all 8 racket
7 that 8 racket
9 among 11 chickens
10 the 11 chickens

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [took] [unc] ['] [billy] [into] [the] [kitchen] [and] [dropped] [him] [on] [a] [chair] [.] 

[mrs] [brown] [came] [over] [to] [look] [at] [him] [closer] [.] 

" [poor] [little] [fellow] [,] ["] said she [.] 
1 " 7 said
7 said 8 she

["] [poor] [little] [fellow] [.] 

it was too bad [he] got into mischief and had to be killed [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 9 and
3 too 4 bad
4 bad 6 got
6 got 7 into
6 got 9 and
7 into 8 mischief
9 and 10 had
10 had 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 killed

i don't suppose he knew any better [.] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 he
3 suppose 5 knew
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 7 better
6 any 7 better

[she] [stroked] [unc] ['] [billy] [gently] [.] 

the eyes of [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy twinkled [.] 
1 the 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 of
2 eyes 8 twinkled
3 of 7 boy

he went over to a corner and pulled a straw from his mother 's broom [.] 
1 he 7 and
2 went 3 over
2 went 7 and
3 over 4 to
4 to 6 corner
5 a 6 corner
7 and 8 pulled
8 pulled 10 straw
8 pulled 11 from
9 a 10 straw
10 straw 11 from
11 from 15 broom
12 his 13 mother
13 mother 14 's
14 's 15 broom

then he returned [to] [unc] ['] [billy] and began to tickle [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [nose] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 8 and
3 returned 8 and
8 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
10 to 11 tickle

[mrs] [brown] [looked] [puzzled] [.] 

she was puzzled [.] 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 puzzled

" [what] [are] [you] [doing] [that] [for] ? " she asked [.] 
1 " 11 asked
8 ? 9 "
8 ? 10 she
10 she 11 asked

" [just] [for] [fun] [,] " [replied] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [kept] [on] [tickling] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [nose] [.] 
1 " 6 "

he had got to sneeze [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 sneeze

he did sneeze [.] 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 sneeze

he couldn't help it [,] [though] [it] [were] [to] [cost] [him] [his] [life] [.] 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 help
3 help 4 it

" [do] [you] mean to say [that] [that] [possum] [is] [alive] [?] ["] 
1 " 6 say
4 mean 5 to
5 to 6 say

" [seems] [that] [way] [,] " [replied] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [sneezed] [again] [,] [for] [that] [straw] [was] [still] [tickling] [his] [nose] [.] 
1 " 6 "

["] [i] [should] [certainly] [say] [it] [seems] [that] [way] [.] 

the old sinner is no more dead than [i] [am] [.] 
1 the 3 sinner
2 old 3 sinner
3 sinner 4 is
4 is 7 dead
5 no 6 more
6 more 7 dead
7 dead 8 than

he 's just pretending [.] 
1 he 2 's
2 's 4 pretending
3 just 4 pretending

he fooled you all right [,] [mother] [,] [but] [he] [didn't] [fool] [me] [.] 
1 he 2 fooled
2 fooled 3 you
2 fooled 5 right
4 all 5 right

i haven't hurt a hair of him [.] 
1 i 2 haven't
2 haven't 3 hurt
3 hurt 5 hair
4 a 5 hair
5 hair 6 of
6 of 7 him

you ought to know me well enough by this time to know that [i] [wouldn't] [hurt] [him] [.] " 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 know
4 know 5 me
4 know 6 well
4 know 8 by
6 well 7 enough
8 by 10 time
9 this 10 time
10 time 11 to
11 to 12 know
12 know 13 that
13 that 19 "

he looked at his mother reproachfully , and she hastened to apologize [.] 
1 he 7 ,
2 looked 3 at
2 looked 6 reproachfully
2 looked 7 ,
3 at 5 mother
4 his 5 mother
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 she
9 she 10 hastened
10 hastened 11 to
11 to 12 apologize

" [but] [what] [could] [i] [think] ? " she demanded [.] 
1 " 10 demanded
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 she
9 she 10 demanded

["] [if] [he] [isn't] [a] [dead-looking] [creature] [,] [i] [never] [have] [seen] [one] [.] 

what are you going to do with him , son [?] ["] 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 with
7 with 9 ,
8 him 9 ,
9 , 10 son

" [take] [him] [over] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [after] [breakfast] [and] [let] [him] [go] [,] " [replied] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 " 16 "

this is just what he did do [,] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [wasted] [no] [time] [in] [getting] [home] [.] 
1 this 2 is
2 is 4 what
3 just 4 what
4 what 5 he
4 what 7 do
5 he 6 did

it was a long time before [he] [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [again] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 time
2 was 6 before
3 a 5 time
4 long 5 time

when [he] [did] , [jimmy] was [his] [usual] good-natured [self] , and [unc] ['] [billy] was [wise] enough [not] to refer to eggs [.] 
1 when 4 ,
4 , 12 and
6 was 9 good-natured
6 was 12 and
11 , 12 and
12 and 16 was
16 was 18 enough
18 enough 20 to
20 to 21 refer
21 refer 22 to
22 to 23 eggs