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[the] [adventures] [of] [mr] [.] [mocker] 

[by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 

author of " the [adventures] [of] [reddy] [fox] [,] ["] ["] old [mother] [west] [wind] , ["] [etc] 
1 author 2 of
2 of 3 "
2 of 4 the
4 the 12 old
12 old 16 ,

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

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[contents] 

i [the] [lone] [traveler] [ii] . 
1 i 6 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] [iii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] [iv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] [v] [sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] [vi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] [vii] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] [viii] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] [ix] [.] 

[the] [mystery] [grows] [x] [sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] [xi] [.] 

[how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] [xii] [.] 

[no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] [xiii] [.] 

[sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] [xiv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] [xvi] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] [xvii] [.] 

[the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] [xviii] [.] 

[the] [mischief-makers] [xix] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] [xx] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] [xxi] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] [xxii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] [xxiii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [xxiv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] [xxv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] [xxvi] [.] 

[mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

" [i] [don't] [know] [that] [it's] [any] [of] [your] [business] [!] " 
1 " 12 "

[said] [sticky-toes] [.] 

[such] [a] [thing] [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgetting] [to] [say] [good-by] [had] [never] [happened] [before] 

[blacky's] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [listened] [to] [sammy] [jay's] [tale] [of] [woe] [.] 

" [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [,] " [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] 
1 " 8 "

[there] [sat] [the] [three] [little] [scamps] [on] [the] [big] [rock] 

[sometimes] [he] [woke] [up] [in] [the] [night] [and] [would] [sing] [for] [very] [joy] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [mistah] [mocker] 

[i] 

[the] [lone] [traveler] 

winsome [bluebird] [goes] [just] [a] [little] [way] [ahead] [of] [her] , [for] [winsome] is [the] [herald] of [mistress] [spring] [.] 
1 winsome 11 ,
1 winsome 14 is
14 is 17 of

and [with] [her] [come] [little] [friend] [the] [song] [sparrow] , and [cheerful] [robin] and [mr] and [mrs] [.] redwing . 
1 and 20 .
10 , 11 and
10 , 14 and
10 , 16 and
16 and 19 redwing
16 and 20 .

then follow other travelers , [ever] so many of them , [all] [eager] [to] [get] [back] [to] [the] [beautiful] [green] [forest] and [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 then 2 follow
2 follow 4 travelers
3 other 4 travelers
4 travelers 8 many
5 , 8 many
7 so 8 many
8 many 9 of
8 many 11 ,
9 of 10 them
11 , 22 and

ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [used] [to] [think] that [way] [.] 
1 ol 8 that

but he was . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 .

yes , [sir] , he was . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 7 .
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 .

he was so [much] interested that he began to wish [he] [could] [see] for [himself] all these things [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] was telling about [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
2 was 5 interested
5 interested 6 that
6 that 7 he
6 that 23 was
7 he 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 wish
10 wish 14 for
14 for 18 things
16 all 17 these
17 these 18 things
23 was 24 telling
24 telling 25 about

but he didn't say a word , not a word . 
1 but 2 he
1 but 11 .
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 say
4 say 6 word
5 a 6 word
6 word 10 word
7 , 8 not
7 , 10 word
9 a 10 word

he just listened and listened and then went on about his business [.] 
1 he 4 and
2 just 3 listened
3 listened 4 and
4 and 6 and
5 listened 6 and
6 and 8 went
7 then 8 went
8 went 9 on
8 went 10 about
10 about 12 business
11 his 12 business

he didn't say anything about it to [any] [one] , but he just started off by himself [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 say
3 say 4 anything
3 say 7 to
4 anything 5 about
5 about 6 it
7 to 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
11 but 14 started
12 he 14 started
13 just 14 started
14 started 15 off
14 started 16 by
16 by 17 himself

" [all] [ah] [done] [got] [to] [do] [is] [to] [keep] [on] [going] [till] [ah] [see] [brer] [buzzard] [,] " [thought] [he] [.] 
1 " 19 "

so he traveled and traveled without speaking to any one , and always looking up in the blue , blue sky [.] 
1 so 2 he
1 so 4 and
2 he 4 and
3 traveled 4 and
4 and 5 traveled
4 and 6 without
4 and 15 up
4 and 16 in
6 without 7 speaking
7 speaking 8 to
7 speaking 12 and
8 to 9 any
10 one 12 and
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 always
12 and 14 looking
16 in 21 sky
17 the 20 blue
18 blue 19 ,
18 blue 20 blue
20 blue 21 sky

finally it dropped down , down , down until it disappeared among the trees [.] 
1 finally 2 it
2 it 3 dropped
3 dropped 4 down
3 dropped 6 down
3 dropped 8 down
3 dropped 9 until
5 , 6 down
6 down 7 ,
9 until 10 it
9 until 11 disappeared
10 it 11 disappeared
11 disappeared 12 among
12 among 14 trees
13 the 14 trees

["] [ah] [reckon] [ah] ['ll] [give] [unc] ['] [billy] [a] [surprise] [.] 

yes , [sah] , [ah] reckon [so] . ["] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 6 reckon
6 reckon 8 .

[ii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] 

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [sat] [at] [the] [foot] of the [great] hollow [tree] [in] which [his] [home] is [.] 
1 unc 9 of
9 of 12 hollow
10 the 12 hollow
12 hollow 15 which
15 which 18 is

unc ['] [billy] felt [very] [fine] that [morning] [.] 
1 unc 4 felt
4 felt 7 that

he could hear [old] [mrs] [possum] cleaning [house] and scolding [the] [little] [possums] [who] [kept] [climbing] [up] on her [back] [.] 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 hear
3 hear 9 and
7 cleaning 9 and
9 and 10 scolding
10 scolding 18 on
18 on 19 her

as he listened , [unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] and began to sing in a queer cracked voice [:] 
1 as 2 he
2 he 9 and
3 listened 4 ,
3 listened 9 and
9 and 10 began
10 began 11 to
11 to 12 sing
12 sing 13 in
13 in 17 voice
14 a 17 voice
15 queer 17 voice
16 cracked 17 voice

["] [mah] [ol] ['] [woman] [am] [a] [plain] [ol] ['] [dame] ['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] 

['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] 

quick with her broom , with her tongue [the] [same] ['] [deed] she am [!] 
1 quick 13 she
2 with 4 broom
2 with 5 ,
2 with 13 she
3 her 4 broom
6 with 8 tongue
6 with 13 she
7 her 8 tongue
13 she 14 am

['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] 

['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] ["] 

just then out tumbled his eight children [,] [making] [such] [a] [racket] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [clapped] [both] [hands] [over] [his] [ears] [.] 
1 just 3 out
2 then 3 out
3 out 4 tumbled
4 tumbled 7 children
5 his 6 eight
6 eight 7 children

" [mah] [goodness] [gracious] [sakes] [alive] [!] " he exclaimed [.] 
1 " 10 exclaimed
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 exclaimed

one pulled [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] tail [.] 
1 one 2 pulled
2 pulled 7 tail

two scrambled up on his back [.] 
1 two 2 scrambled
2 scrambled 3 up
3 up 4 on
4 on 6 back
5 his 6 back

right [in] [the] [midst] of it [unc] ['] [billy] [sprang] [to] [his] [feet] [.] 
1 right 5 of
5 of 6 it

his eyes were shining , and his funny [little] [ears] [were] [pricked] [up] [.] 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 were
3 were 4 shining
4 shining 8 funny
5 , 7 his
6 and 7 his
7 his 8 funny

" [hush] , [yo'alls] [!] " he commanded [.] 
1 " 8 commanded
3 , 6 "
3 , 7 he
7 he 8 commanded

" [how] [do] [yo'alls] [think] [ah] [can] [hear] [anything] [with] [yo'alls] [making] [such] [a] [racket] [?] " 
1 " 17 "

["] [ah] [cert'nly] [thought] [ah] [heard] [the] [voice] [of] [an] [ol] ['] [friend] [from] [way] [down] [souf] [!] 

[iii] 

[unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [excited] [.] 

any one would have known it just to look at him [.] 
1 any 2 one
2 one 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 known
5 known 6 it
5 known 8 to
7 just 8 to
8 to 9 look
9 look 10 at
10 at 11 him

he hurried [off] up [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [without] [even] [saying] [good-by] to [old] [mrs] [possum] and all the little [possums] [.] 
1 he 2 hurried
2 hurried 4 up
2 hurried 17 to
17 to 24 little
21 and 22 all
22 all 23 the
23 the 24 little

yes , indeed , [unc] ['] [billy] certainly [was] [excited] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 8 certainly
8 certainly 11 .

old [mrs] [possum] [sat] [in] [the] doorway [of] [their] [home] [in] the [great] [hollow] [tree] [and] [watched] [unc] ['] [billy] [out] [of] sight [.] 
1 old 7 doorway
7 doorway 23 sight
12 the 23 sight

her sharp little eyes seemed to grow sharper as she watched [.] 
1 her 4 eyes
2 sharp 4 eyes
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 seemed
5 seemed 6 to
5 seemed 7 grow
6 to 7 grow
7 grow 8 sharper
8 sharper 9 as
9 as 10 she
9 as 11 watched
10 she 11 watched

no , [sah] [!] 
1 no 2 ,

then she started out to hunt for [their] [dinner] [,] [still] muttering [as] she went [.] 
1 then 2 she
2 she 3 started
3 started 4 out
3 started 5 to
5 to 6 hunt
6 hunt 7 for
7 for 12 muttering
12 muttering 14 she
14 she 15 went

[old] [mrs] [possum] [was] [quite] [right] [.] 

unc ['] [billy] had forgotten all about that dinner [.] 
1 unc 4 had
4 had 5 forgotten
5 forgotten 6 all
5 forgotten 7 about
6 all 7 about
7 about 9 dinner
8 that 9 dinner

you see he had something else on his mind [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
2 see 4 had
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 something
4 had 7 on
5 something 6 else
7 on 9 mind
8 his 9 mind

he had [listened] and listened but [didn't] hear it again , and yet he was sure he had heard it [that] once [.] 
1 he 11 ,
2 had 4 and
2 had 11 ,
4 and 6 but
5 listened 6 but
6 but 8 hear
8 hear 9 it
8 hear 10 again
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 yet
12 and 14 he
12 and 15 was
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 sure
16 sure 17 he
16 sure 19 heard
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 heard
19 heard 20 it
19 heard 22 once

he just had to go look for him [.] 
1 he 3 had
2 just 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 look
6 look 7 for
7 for 8 him

but [nowhere] did he catch a glimpse of his old friend [.] 
1 but 5 catch
3 did 4 he
3 did 5 catch
5 catch 7 glimpse
6 a 7 glimpse
7 glimpse 8 of
8 of 11 friend
9 his 11 friend
10 old 11 friend

the longer he looked , the more excited he grew [.] 
1 the 2 longer
2 longer 3 he
2 longer 4 looked
2 longer 5 ,
2 longer 7 more
3 he 4 looked
6 the 7 more
7 more 8 excited
8 excited 10 grew
9 he 10 grew

["] [nuffin] [,] [nuffin] [,] [sah] [!] 

ah ['m] [just] [walking] [fo] ['] [mah] [health] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] [over] [his] [shoulder] , as he hurried on [.] 
1 ah 9 ,
1 ah 18 ,
9 , 10 "
9 , 11 replied
18 , 19 as
19 as 20 he
19 as 21 hurried
20 he 21 hurried
21 hurried 22 on

his neck ached from looking up in [the] [tree-tops] , and his feet were sore from walking [.] 
1 his 2 neck
2 neck 3 ached
3 ached 4 from
4 from 5 looking
5 looking 6 up
6 up 7 in
7 in 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 feet
11 and 14 were
12 his 13 feet
13 feet 14 were
14 were 15 sore
15 sore 16 from
16 from 17 walking

and just then [unc] ['] [billy] [for] the first time [thought] of that dinner [that] [old] [mrs] [possum] [had] [sent] [him] [to] [get] [.] 
1 and 2 just
1 and 10 time
1 and 12 of
2 just 3 then
8 the 9 first
8 the 10 time
12 of 14 dinner
13 that 14 dinner

unc ['] [billy] [sat] [down] and [mopped] his brow [in] [dismay] [.] 
1 unc 6 and
6 and 9 brow
8 his 9 brow

" [ah] ['] [specks] [ah'm] in [fo] ['] [it] this time , [sho] ['] [enough] [!] " he said . 
1 " 19 said
6 in 11 time
6 in 12 ,
6 in 18 he
10 this 11 time
12 , 17 "
18 he 19 said
19 said 20 .

[iv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] 

["] [ah] ['] [specks] [ah'm] [in] [fo] ['] [it] [.] 

ah ['] [specks] [ah] sho'ly am in fo ['] [it] this time , " [he] kept muttering . 
1 ah 13 ,
1 ah 18 .
5 sho'ly 6 am
6 am 7 in
6 am 12 time
6 am 13 ,
7 in 8 fo
11 this 12 time
13 , 14 "
13 , 16 kept
13 , 17 muttering

so [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] [along] [in] [the] [black] [shadows] [until] he got where he could look up and see his own doorway [.] 
1 so 12 he
12 he 13 got
13 got 14 where
14 where 15 he
14 where 19 and
15 he 16 could
16 could 19 and
17 look 18 up
17 look 19 and
19 and 20 see
20 see 23 doorway
21 his 22 own
21 his 23 doorway

then he sat down and watched a while [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 5 and
3 sat 4 down
3 sat 5 and
5 and 6 watched
5 and 8 while
7 a 8 while

all was still [.] 
1 all 2 was
2 was 3 still

there wasn't a sound in the great hollow tree [.] 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 4 sound
2 wasn't 5 in
3 a 4 sound
4 sound 5 in
5 in 9 tree
6 the 9 tree
7 great 9 tree
8 hollow 9 tree

but [at] the first scratch of his toe-nails on the bark [the] [sharp] [face] of [old] [mrs] [possum] [appeared] in the doorway [.] 
1 but 5 scratch
3 the 4 first
3 the 5 scratch
5 scratch 6 of
6 of 8 toe-nails
7 his 8 toe-nails
8 toe-nails 9 on
9 on 11 bark
10 the 11 bark
11 bark 15 of
15 of 22 doorway
20 in 21 the
21 the 22 doorway

" [good] [evening] [,] [mah] [dear] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [,] in the mildest [kind] [of] [a] [voice] [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 16 mildest
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 mildest

old [mrs] [possum] [said] [nothing] , [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [as] [if] [her] [sharp] [black] [eyes] [were] [looking] [right] [through] [him] [.] 
1 old 6 ,

unc ['] [billy] grinned [a] [sickly] [kind] [of] [grin] as he said : 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 10 as
10 as 11 he
10 as 12 said
11 he 12 said
12 said 13 :

" [ah] [hopes] [yo'alls] [are] [feeling] [good] [tonight] [.] " 
1 " 10 "

" [where] ['s] [that] [dinner] [ah] [sent] [yo] ['] [fo] ['] [?] " [demanded] [old] [mrs] [possum] [sharply] [.] 
1 " 13 "

unc ['] [billy] fidgeted [uneasily] [.] 
1 unc 4 fidgeted

" [ah] [done] [brought] [yo] ['] [two] [eggs] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] , " he replied meekly [.] 
1 " 17 replied
14 , 15 "
14 , 16 he
16 he 17 replied
17 replied 18 meekly

["] [two] [eggs] [!] 

two eggs [!] 
1 two 2 eggs

how [do] [yo] ['] [think] [ah] [am] [going] to feed eight [hungry] mouths on [two] eggs [?] ["] [snapped] [old] [mrs] [.] [possum] [.] 
1 how 9 to
9 to 10 feed
10 feed 13 mouths
11 eight 13 mouths
13 mouths 14 on
14 on 16 eggs

unc ['] [billy] hung [his] [head] [.] 
1 unc 4 hung

he hadn't a word to say [.] 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 4 word
2 hadn't 5 to
3 a 4 word
5 to 6 say

no , [sir] , [unc] ['] [billy] [hadn't] [a] [word] [to] [say] . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 13 .
4 , 13 .

unc ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [he] [deserved] [every] [bit] of it [.] 
1 unc 10 of
10 of 11 it

he felt [very] miserable , and [he] [was] too tired to have a bit of spirit [left] [.] 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 6 and
4 miserable 5 ,
4 miserable 6 and
6 and 10 tired
9 too 10 tired
10 tired 11 to
11 to 12 have
12 have 16 spirit
13 a 14 bit
14 bit 15 of
14 bit 16 spirit
15 of 16 spirit

all [the] [time] she was looking [at] [unc] ['] [billy] with those sharp eyes of hers [.] 
1 all 4 she
4 she 5 was
5 was 6 looking
5 was 11 with
11 with 14 eyes
12 those 14 eyes
13 sharp 14 eyes
14 eyes 15 of
15 of 16 hers

when she had finished the egg , she pushed the other over to him [.] 
1 when 2 she
1 when 7 ,
1 when 8 she
2 she 3 had
3 had 4 finished
4 finished 6 egg
5 the 6 egg
8 she 9 pushed
9 pushed 11 other
9 pushed 12 over
9 pushed 13 to
10 the 11 other
13 to 14 him

" [yo] ['] [eat] [that] [!] " she said shortly [.] 
1 " 9 said
7 " 8 she
8 she 9 said
9 said 10 shortly

" [yo] ['] [look] [as] [if] [yo] ['] [hadn't] [had] [anything] [to] [eat] [to-day] " [(] [which] [was] [true] [)] [.] 
1 " 15 "

" [then] [yo] ['] [hustle] [up] [to] [bed] [;] [it] ['s] [all] [ready] [fo] ['] [yo] ['] [.] " 
1 " 19 "

unc ['] [billy] [did] [as] [he] [was] [bid] , and as he tucked himself into his snug , warm bed he murmured sleepily [:] 
1 unc 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 21 he
11 as 12 he
11 as 13 tucked
11 as 21 he
12 he 13 tucked
13 tucked 14 himself
15 into 18 ,
15 into 21 he
16 his 17 snug
17 snug 18 ,
18 , 20 bed
19 warm 20 bed
21 he 22 murmured
22 murmured 23 sleepily

["] [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [sharp] [,] [sharp] [tongue] [,] [but] [her] [bark] [is] [worse] [than] [her] [bite] [.] 

for [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [soft] [,] [soft] [heart] [though] she hides [it] [way] out of sight [.] " 
1 for 13 she
13 she 14 hides
14 hides 18 of
17 out 18 of
18 of 19 sight
19 sight 21 "

[v] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] 

sammy [jay] was indignant [.] 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 4 indignant

yes , [sir] , [sammy] [jay] [was] [very] [much] [put] [out] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 12 .

in fact [,] [sammy] was just plain [downright] [mad] [!] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 5 was
5 was 7 plain
6 just 7 plain

it had begun [when] [he] [met] [jimmy] [skunk] early in the morning [.] 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 begun
3 begun 9 early
9 early 10 in
10 in 12 morning
11 the 12 morning

["] [hello] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] 

what were you doing up so late last night [?] ["] [said] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 what 2 were
1 what 4 doing
2 were 3 you
2 were 4 doing
4 doing 5 up
4 doing 7 late
4 doing 9 night
6 so 7 late
8 last 9 night

["] [oh] [,] [come] [,] [sammy] [jay] [,] [be] [honest] [for] [once] [in] [your] [life] [!] 

what was it all about [?] ["] 
1 what 2 was
2 was 4 all
2 was 5 about
3 it 4 all

sammy [jay] stamped one foot [.] 
1 sammy 3 stamped
3 stamped 5 foot
4 one 5 foot

he was beginning to lose his temper [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 beginning
3 beginning 4 to
4 to 5 lose
5 lose 6 his
6 his 7 temper

you know he loses it very easily [.] 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
2 know 4 loses
3 he 4 loses
4 loses 5 it
4 loses 7 easily
6 very 7 easily

" [i] [am] [honest] [!] " he screamed [.] 
1 " 8 screamed
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 screamed

" [i] [tell] [you] [i] [went] [to] [bed] [just] [as] [i] [always] [do] [,] [and] [i] [didn't] [wake] [up] [until] [this] [morning] [.] " 
1 " 24 "

when he did , he flew off screaming at the top of his lungs [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 3 did
1 when 4 ,
1 when 5 he
2 he 3 did
5 he 6 flew
6 flew 7 off
6 flew 9 at
7 off 8 screaming
8 screaming 9 at
9 at 11 top
10 the 11 top
11 top 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 lungs

he was still screaming when he flew over [the] [old] [briar-patch] where [peter] [rabbit] was [just] beginning to doze off [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 still
2 was 4 screaming
4 screaming 5 when
4 screaming 17 beginning
5 when 6 he
5 when 15 was
6 he 7 flew
7 flew 8 over
8 over 12 where
17 beginning 18 to
17 beginning 19 doze
18 to 19 doze
19 doze 20 off

peter was sleepy [.] 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 sleepy

he didn't like to have his morning nap disturbed [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 to
3 like 5 have
4 to 5 have
5 have 8 nap
6 his 8 nap
7 morning 8 nap
8 nap 9 disturbed

["] [hi] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] 

didn't you make racket enough last night to give honest folks a little peace and quiet to-day [?] ["] [shouted] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 didn't 2 you
1 didn't 3 make
3 make 4 racket
3 make 7 night
3 make 8 to
5 enough 7 night
6 last 7 night
8 to 9 give
9 give 11 folks
9 give 14 peace
9 give 15 and
10 honest 11 folks
12 a 13 little
12 a 14 peace
15 and 17 to-day
16 quiet 17 to-day

["] [what] ['s] [the] [joke] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [?] 

" [then] [it] ['s] [a] [funny] [way] [you] [have] [of] [sleeping] [,] " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 13 "

" [peter] [rabbit] [,] you [and] [jimmy] [skunk] are crazy , just as crazy as loons [!] ["] sputtered [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 5 you
5 you 9 are
9 are 11 ,
10 crazy 11 ,
11 , 12 just
11 , 14 crazy
13 as 14 crazy
14 crazy 15 as
15 as 16 loons
16 loons 19 sputtered

" [i] [tell] [you] [i] [was] [asleep] [,] [and] [i] [guess] [i] [ought] [to] [know] [!] " 
1 " 17 "

" [and] [i] [guess] [i] [know] [your] [voice] [when] [i] [hear] [it] [!] " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 14 "

["] [it] ['s] [bad] [enough] [in] [daytime] [,] [but] [if] [i] [was] [you] [,] [i] ['d] [quit] [yelling] [in] [the] [night] [.] 

some [one] of [these] [times] [hooty] [the] [owl] will [hear] you , and that will be [the] [end] of you and your noise [.] 
1 some 3 of
3 of 13 and
9 will 11 you
11 you 13 and
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 that
14 that 15 will
15 will 16 be
16 be 19 of
19 of 21 and
20 you 21 and
21 and 23 noise
22 your 23 noise

now go [away] [;] [i] [want] to sleep . ["] 
1 now 2 go
2 go 7 to
7 to 8 sleep
8 sleep 9 .

sammy went [.] 
1 sammy 2 went

he was [mad] clear through , and yet he didn't know what to make [of] it [.] 
1 he 6 ,
2 was 4 clear
2 was 6 ,
4 clear 5 through
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 yet
7 and 9 he
7 and 14 make
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
11 know 12 what
13 to 14 make
14 make 16 it

were they just trying to [make] [him] [mad] , or had he really been screaming in his sleep [?] 
1 were 2 they
1 were 3 just
1 were 4 trying
3 just 4 trying
4 trying 5 to
5 to 9 ,
9 , 10 or
10 or 11 had
10 or 14 been
11 had 12 he
11 had 14 been
13 really 14 been
14 been 15 screaming
14 been 16 in
15 screaming 16 in
16 in 18 sleep
17 his 18 sleep

he flew over [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 3 over

jerry [muskrat] looked up and saw him [.] 
1 jerry 5 and
3 looked 4 up
3 looked 5 and
5 and 6 saw
6 saw 7 him

" [what] [were] [you] [yelling] [about] [in] [the] [night] [,] [sammy] [jay] [?] " [asked] [jerry] [.] 
1 " 14 "

this was too much [.] 
1 this 2 was
2 was 4 much
3 too 4 much

sammy [jay] let his wings and his tail droop dejectedly and hung his head [.] 
1 sammy 11 and
3 let 6 and
3 let 9 droop
3 let 11 and
4 his 5 wings
5 wings 6 and
6 and 8 tail
7 his 8 tail
9 droop 10 dejectedly
11 and 12 hung
12 hung 14 head
13 his 14 head

["] [i] [don't] [know] [.] 

i really don't know anything about [it] , " [he] said . 
1 i 3 don't
2 really 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 anything
5 anything 6 about
6 about 8 ,
8 , 9 "
8 , 11 said
11 said 12 .

[vi] 

[sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] 

["] [sammy] [jay] [screams] [all] [day] [long] [,] [and] [now] [what] [do] [you] [think] [?] 

why [,] [sammy] [sits] [and] [yells] [all] [night] [and] doesn't [sleep] [a] wink [!] ["] 
1 why 13 wink
10 doesn't 13 wink

everywhere he [went] [sammy] [jay] heard that [shouted] [after] [him] [.] 
1 everywhere 2 he
2 he 6 heard
6 heard 7 that

dozens and dozens of [times] a day [he] [heard] [it] [.] 
1 dozens 2 and
2 and 3 dozens
3 dozens 4 of
4 of 7 day
6 a 7 day

at first he lost his temper and was [the] [very] [maddest] [jaybird] ever seen [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [or] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 7 and
4 lost 6 temper
4 lost 7 and
5 his 6 temper
7 and 8 was
8 was 14 seen
13 ever 14 seen

["] [it] [isn't] [true] [!] 

it isn't true [!] 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 true

it isn't true [!] ["] [he] [would] [scream] at the top of his lungs [.] 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 true
3 true 9 at
9 at 11 top
10 the 11 top
11 top 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 lungs

and then everybody within hearing would shout : " it is true ! " 
1 and 2 then
1 and 3 everybody
1 and 7 shout
3 everybody 4 within
3 everybody 6 would
4 within 5 hearing
6 would 7 shout
7 shout 8 :
7 shout 9 "
7 shout 10 it
7 shout 11 is
7 shout 13 !
7 shout 14 "
11 is 12 true

sammy would just dance up and down and scream and scream and [scream] , he was so angry [.] 
1 sammy 2 would
2 would 8 and
3 just 4 dance
4 dance 7 down
4 dance 8 and
5 up 6 and
6 and 7 down
8 and 10 and
9 scream 10 and
10 and 12 and
11 scream 12 and
12 and 14 ,
14 , 18 angry
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 so
17 so 18 angry

and then he was sure to hear some one pipe up : 
1 and 3 he
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 sure
5 sure 6 to
6 to 7 hear
6 to 12 :
7 hear 10 pipe
7 hear 11 up
8 some 9 one
9 one 10 pipe

["] [sammy] ['s] [mad] [and] [we] [are] [glad] [,] [and] [we] [know] [how] [to] [tease] [him] [!] 

but [some] [dark] [night] he 'll get [a] [fright] , [for] [hooty] ['ll] come and seize [him] [!] ["] 
1 but 5 he
5 he 6 'll
6 'll 10 ,
7 get 10 ,
10 , 16 seize
14 come 15 and
15 and 16 seize

that really began to worry him [.] 
1 that 3 began
2 really 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 5 worry
4 to 5 worry
5 worry 6 him

then he began to think that it might be true that he did talk in his sleep , and this worried him a whole lot [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 25 lot
4 to 5 think
5 think 15 in
5 think 19 and
5 think 21 worried
6 that 7 it
6 that 9 be
6 that 11 that
7 it 8 might
8 might 9 be
9 be 10 true
11 that 12 he
11 that 13 did
12 he 13 did
13 did 14 talk
14 talk 15 in
15 in 16 his
17 sleep 19 and
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 this
19 and 21 worried
21 worried 22 him
23 a 25 lot
24 whole 25 lot

the [more] [he] [thought] [about] [it] [,] [the] [more] [worried] [sammy] [jay] [became] . 
1 the 14 .

he lost his appetite and began to grow thin [.] 
1 he 5 and
2 lost 4 appetite
2 lost 5 and
3 his 4 appetite
5 and 6 began
6 began 7 to
7 to 8 grow
8 grow 9 thin

he kept [out] [of] [sight] whenever possible and no longer [screamed] ["] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] ["] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 8 and
6 whenever 7 possible
7 possible 8 and
8 and 10 longer
9 no 10 longer

in fact his voice was rarely heard during the day [.] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 4 voice
3 his 4 voice
4 voice 5 was
5 was 6 rarely
5 was 7 heard
7 heard 8 during
8 during 10 day
9 the 10 day

but it seemed that he must be talking just as much as [ever] in the night . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 that
4 that 5 he
4 that 17 .
5 he 6 must
6 must 7 be
7 be 8 talking
8 talking 11 much
8 talking 12 as
8 talking 14 in
9 just 10 as
10 as 11 much
12 as 14 in
14 in 16 night
15 the 16 night

at least everybody said that he was . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 everybody
3 everybody 4 said
4 said 5 that
5 that 6 he
5 that 8 .
6 he 7 was

worse still , different ones said that they heard him in different places in the [green] [forest] and even [down] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 worse 5 ones
2 still 3 ,
2 still 5 ones
4 different 5 ones
5 ones 18 and
6 said 7 that
6 said 18 and
7 that 8 they
7 that 9 heard
8 they 9 heard
9 heard 10 him
9 heard 11 in
9 heard 14 in
11 in 13 places
12 different 13 places
14 in 15 the
18 and 19 even

could it be that he was flying about as well as talking in his sleep [?] 
1 could 2 it
1 could 3 be
3 be 4 that
4 that 5 he
4 that 6 was
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 flying
6 was 8 about
8 about 11 as
9 as 10 well
10 well 11 as
11 as 12 talking
12 talking 13 in
13 in 15 sleep
14 his 15 sleep

and nobody believed him when he said that he was asleep all night . 
1 and 2 nobody
1 and 3 believed
2 nobody 3 believed
3 believed 4 him
3 believed 5 when
5 when 6 he
5 when 7 said
6 he 7 said
7 said 8 that
8 that 9 he
8 that 14 .
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 asleep
11 asleep 13 night
12 all 13 night

they thought that he was awake [and] doing it purposely [.] 
1 they 2 thought
2 thought 3 that
3 that 5 was
4 he 5 was
5 was 8 doing
6 awake 8 doing
8 doing 9 it
8 doing 10 purposely

" [if] they [are] [not] [all] [crazy] [,] [then] [i] [must] [be] [,] ["] said [.] 
1 " 15 said
3 they 15 said

sammy [jay] [to] [himself] , [as] [he] [turned] [away] [from] [the] [breakfast] [which] [he] [could] [not] [eat] . 
1 sammy 5 ,
1 sammy 18 .

then he had a happy idea [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 6 idea
4 a 5 happy
4 a 6 idea
5 happy 6 idea

["] [why] [didn't] [i] [think] [of] [it] [before] [?] 

i 'll [sleep] [all] [day] [,] [and] [then] [i] ['ll] keep awake all night and see what happens then [!] ["] [he] [exclaimed] [.] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 15 and
11 keep 12 awake
11 keep 15 and
12 awake 14 night
13 all 14 night
15 and 16 see
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 happens
18 happens 19 then

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] [away] to [the] [darkest] [part] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [tried] [to] sleep through the day [.] 
1 so 6 to
6 to 17 sleep
17 sleep 18 through
18 through 20 day
19 the 20 day

[vii] 

[sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] 

sammy [jay] sat in the dark and shivered [.] 
1 sammy 7 and
3 sat 4 in
3 sat 7 and
4 in 6 dark
5 the 6 dark
7 and 8 shivered

sammy was lonely [,] more lonely than he had ever supposed [anybody] [could] [be] [.] 
1 sammy 2 was
2 was 3 lonely
2 was 6 lonely
5 more 6 lonely
6 lonely 7 than
7 than 11 supposed
8 he 9 had
9 had 11 supposed
10 ever 11 supposed

and to tell the truth [sammy] [jay] was scared [.] 
1 and 2 to
1 and 8 was
2 to 3 tell
3 tell 5 truth
4 the 5 truth
8 was 9 scared

yes , [sir] , that was just [the] [way] [sammy] [jay] [felt] scared . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 14 .
4 , 5 that
4 , 14 .
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 just
6 was 13 scared

[every] [time] [a] [leaf] [rustled] [,] [sammy] [jumped] [almost] [out] [of] [his] [skin] [.] 

his heart went pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat [.] 
1 his 2 heart
2 heart 3 went
3 went 8 pit-a-pat
4 pit-a-pat 5 ,
5 , 7 ,
6 pit-a-pat 7 ,
7 , 8 pit-a-pat

but [to-night] [sammy] [sat] in the darkest , thickest part of a big pine-tree and [kept] [blinking] [his] [eyes] [to] [keep] [from] going to sleep [.] 
1 but 25 sleep
5 in 9 thickest
5 in 15 and
6 the 7 darkest
6 the 9 thickest
7 darkest 8 ,
10 part 11 of
10 part 15 and
11 of 14 pine-tree
12 a 13 big
12 a 14 pine-tree
13 big 14 pine-tree
15 and 23 going
23 going 24 to
24 to 25 sleep

he just would keep his eyes and his ears wide open [.] 
1 he 3 would
2 just 3 would
3 would 4 keep
4 keep 7 and
4 keep 10 wide
5 his 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 and
7 and 9 ears
8 his 9 ears
10 wide 11 open

what was he doing it for [?] 
1 what 2 was
1 what 6 for
2 was 3 he
2 was 4 doing
4 doing 5 it
4 doing 6 for

now [sammy] [knew] [better] . 
1 now 5 .

he [never] [in] [his] [life] had screamed in the [night] [unless] well , [unless] [he] [did] [it] [in] [his] [sleep] and [didn't] [know] it . 
1 he 13 ,
6 had 7 screamed
6 had 13 ,
7 screamed 8 in
8 in 12 well
9 the 12 well
13 , 21 and
21 and 24 it
24 it 25 .

he had watched the black shadows creep through [the] [green] [forest] and grow blacker and blacker [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 watched
3 watched 6 shadows
3 watched 12 and
4 the 6 shadows
5 black 6 shadows
7 creep 8 through
7 creep 12 and
12 and 13 grow
13 grow 15 and
14 blacker 15 and
15 and 16 blacker

the blacker [they] [grew] , [the] [lonesomer] [he] [became] . 
1 the 2 blacker
2 blacker 5 ,
5 , 10 .

by and [by] it was so [dark] [that] he couldn't see [anything] at all , and every little noise made him shiver [.] 
1 by 15 ,
2 and 4 it
2 and 15 ,
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 9 he
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 see
11 see 13 at
13 at 14 all
15 , 16 and
16 and 19 noise
16 and 20 made
17 every 19 noise
18 little 19 noise
20 made 21 him
20 made 22 shiver

sammy [jay] had it now [.] 
1 sammy 3 had
3 had 4 it
3 had 5 now
4 it 5 now

he felt so creepy that it seemed as if he would crawl right out of his skin [.] 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 4 creepy
3 so 4 creepy
4 creepy 5 that
5 that 6 it
5 that 7 seemed
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 9 if
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 he
9 if 12 crawl
10 he 11 would
11 would 12 crawl
12 crawl 13 right
12 crawl 15 of
14 out 15 of
15 of 17 skin
16 his 17 skin

he kept saying over and over to himself : " there 's nothing to be afraid of [.] 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 saying
3 saying 6 over
3 saying 7 to
3 saying 9 :
4 over 5 and
5 and 6 over
7 to 8 himself
9 : 10 "
9 : 11 there
9 : 12 's
11 there 12 's
12 's 13 nothing
13 nothing 14 to
13 nothing 17 of
14 to 15 be
16 afraid 17 of

there 's nothing to be afraid of [.] 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 to
3 nothing 7 of
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of

i 'm just as safe as [if] [i] [was] [fast] asleep [.] ["] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 5 safe
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 safe
5 safe 6 as
6 as 11 asleep

but still he shivered and shook [.] 
1 but 2 still
1 but 3 he
3 he 5 and
4 shivered 5 and
5 and 6 shook

by [and] [by] [,] looking up through the top of the big pine-tree , he saw the little stars [come] [out] [one] [by] [one] [.] 
1 by 5 looking
1 by 14 ,
1 by 15 he
5 looking 6 up
6 up 7 through
7 through 9 top
8 the 9 top
9 top 10 of
10 of 13 pine-tree
11 the 13 pine-tree
12 big 13 pine-tree
15 he 16 saw
16 saw 19 stars
17 the 19 stars
18 little 19 stars

they seemed to be looking right down at him and winking at him in the jolliest way [.] 
1 they 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 4 be
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 looking
5 looking 6 right
5 looking 7 down
5 looking 8 at
5 looking 14 in
8 at 10 and
9 him 10 and
10 and 11 winking
10 and 12 at
10 and 14 in
12 at 13 him
14 in 17 way
15 the 16 jolliest
15 the 17 way

somehow , [he] [didn't] [feel] quite so lonely [then] , and he tried to wink [back] [.] 
1 somehow 2 ,
2 , 11 and
6 quite 7 so
7 so 8 lonely
8 lonely 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
11 and 15 wink
12 he 13 tried
13 tried 14 to
14 to 15 wink

then little , soft , silvery bars of light began to creep through the branches of the trees and along the ground [.] 
1 then 7 bars
2 little 3 ,
2 little 7 bars
4 soft 5 ,
4 soft 7 bars
6 silvery 7 bars
7 bars 8 of
7 bars 10 began
8 of 9 light
10 began 11 to
10 began 12 creep
11 to 12 creep
12 creep 19 and
13 through 15 branches
13 through 19 and
14 the 15 branches
15 branches 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 trees
19 and 20 along
20 along 22 ground
21 the 22 ground

they were moonbeams , and [sammy] [could] see [just] [a] [little] [,] [a] [very] [little] [.] 
1 they 5 and
2 were 3 moonbeams
2 were 5 and
4 , 5 and
5 and 8 see

he began to feel better [.] 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 4 feel
3 to 4 feel
4 feel 5 better

" [whooo-hoo-hoo] [,] [whooo-hoo] [!] " 
1 " 6 "

it was a terrible sound , fierce and hungry [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 sound
2 was 8 and
3 a 5 sound
4 terrible 5 sound
6 , 8 and
7 fierce 8 and
8 and 9 hungry

sammy [jay] nearly [fell] [from] [his] [perch] [.] 
1 sammy 3 nearly

he opened his mouth to scream with fright [.] 
1 he 2 opened
2 opened 4 mouth
3 his 4 mouth
4 mouth 5 to
5 to 6 scream
6 scream 7 with
7 with 8 fright

then he remembered [just] in time and closed it without a sound [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 7 and
3 remembered 5 in
3 remembered 7 and
5 in 6 time
7 and 8 closed
8 closed 9 it
8 closed 10 without
9 it 10 without
10 without 12 sound
11 a 12 sound

it was the hunting-cry of [hooty] the [owl] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 hunting-cry
3 the 4 hunting-cry
4 hunting-cry 5 of
5 of 7 the

sammy [jay] sat [huddled] in a little , forlorn , shivering heap , while twice [more] that fierce cry rang through [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 sammy 3 sat
3 sat 5 in
3 sat 14 while
5 in 8 ,
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 ,
8 , 12 heap
9 forlorn 10 ,
9 forlorn 12 heap
11 shivering 12 heap
13 , 14 while
14 while 19 cry
14 while 20 rang
15 twice 19 cry
17 that 19 cry
18 fierce 19 cry
19 cry 20 rang
20 rang 21 through

then a shadow floated over the big pine-tree [.] 
1 then 3 shadow
2 a 3 shadow
3 shadow 4 floated
4 floated 5 over
5 over 8 pine-tree
6 the 8 pine-tree
7 big 8 pine-tree

hooty [the] [owl] had flown [away] without [seeing] [him] , and [sammy] breathed easier [.] 
1 hooty 4 had
4 had 11 and
5 flown 11 and
7 without 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 breathed
13 breathed 14 easier

[viii] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] 

sammy [jay] was having no trouble in keeping awake now [.] 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 4 having
4 having 6 trouble
4 having 7 in
5 no 6 trouble
6 trouble 7 in
7 in 8 keeping
8 keeping 9 awake
9 awake 10 now

[not] [a] [bit] [!] 

he was too frightened and shivery and creepy to sleep . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
2 was 5 and
4 frightened 5 and
5 and 7 and
6 shivery 7 and
7 and 8 creepy
8 creepy 9 to
9 to 10 sleep
10 sleep 11 .

but he didn't want to , [anyway] . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 want
4 want 5 to
5 to 6 ,
6 , 8 .

so he sat in the thickest part of the big pine-tree , shivering and creepy and miserable [.] 
1 so 3 sat
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 in
3 sat 7 part
3 sat 14 and
4 in 6 thickest
5 the 6 thickest
7 part 8 of
8 of 11 pine-tree
9 the 11 pine-tree
10 big 11 pine-tree
12 , 14 and
13 shivering 14 and
14 and 16 and
15 creepy 16 and
16 and 17 miserable

out in a patch of bright moonlight he saw [peter] [rabbit] jumping and [dancing] and having the greatest kind of [a] time all by himself [.] 
1 out 8 he
2 in 4 patch
2 in 8 he
3 a 4 patch
4 patch 5 of
5 of 7 moonlight
6 bright 7 moonlight
8 he 9 saw
9 saw 13 and
12 jumping 13 and
13 and 15 and
15 and 16 having
15 and 18 greatest
15 and 22 time
17 the 18 greatest
18 greatest 22 time
19 kind 20 of
20 of 22 time
22 time 23 all
22 time 24 by
23 all 24 by
24 by 25 himself

pretty soon [peter] [was] [joined] [by] [his] [cousin] [,] [jumper] [the] [hare] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon

such antics [as] they did cut up [!] 
1 such 2 antics
2 antics 4 they
2 antics 5 did
2 antics 6 cut
4 they 5 did
6 cut 7 up

sammy [jay] almost laughed aloud as he watched [.] 
1 sammy 4 laughed
3 almost 4 laughed
4 laughed 5 aloud
4 laughed 6 as
6 as 7 he
6 as 8 watched
7 he 8 watched

it was less lonely with them there , and he did want to call to them dreadfully [.] 
1 it 8 ,
2 was 4 lonely
2 was 8 ,
3 less 4 lonely
4 lonely 5 with
4 lonely 7 there
5 with 6 them
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
9 and 12 want
10 he 11 did
11 did 12 want
12 want 13 to
12 want 14 call
13 to 14 call
14 call 15 to
14 call 17 dreadfully
15 to 16 them

but that would never , never do , for no one must know that he was sitting up awake all night [.] 
1 but 2 that
1 but 8 ,
2 that 3 would
3 would 7 do
4 never 5 ,
4 never 7 do
5 , 6 never
8 , 9 for
9 for 11 one
10 no 11 one
11 one 12 must
12 must 13 know
13 know 14 that
14 that 15 he
14 that 16 was
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 sitting
17 sitting 18 up
18 up 19 awake
18 up 21 night
20 all 21 night

by and [by] [along] [came] [jimmy] [skunk] , [walking] [out] [into] the patch of bright moonlight [.] 
1 by 8 ,
2 and 8 ,
8 , 13 patch
12 the 13 patch
13 patch 14 of
14 of 16 moonlight
15 bright 16 moonlight

he touched noses with [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] , [which] [is] [one] [way] [of] [saying] " [good] [evening] " in the [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 touched
2 touched 3 noses
2 touched 4 with
2 touched 22 in
4 with 11 ,
11 , 18 "
18 " 21 "
22 in 26 .
23 the 26 .

" [isn't] [it] [most] [time] [for] [sammy] [jay] [to] scream in his sleep [?] ["] [asked] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 10 scream
10 scream 11 in
11 in 13 sleep
12 his 13 sleep

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

" scream in his sleep [!] 
1 " 2 scream
2 scream 3 in
3 in 5 sleep
4 his 5 sleep

[nonsense] [!] 

sammy [jay] isn't any more asleep than [i] [am] [.] 
1 sammy 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 any
4 any 6 asleep
5 more 6 asleep
6 asleep 7 than

he just screams out of pure meanness to wake up and frighten good honest folks who want to sleep [.] 
1 he 3 screams
2 just 3 screams
3 screams 5 of
3 screams 8 to
4 out 5 of
5 of 7 meanness
6 pure 7 meanness
8 to 11 and
9 wake 10 up
9 wake 11 and
11 and 12 frighten
12 frighten 15 folks
13 good 15 folks
14 honest 15 folks
15 folks 16 who
15 folks 17 want
16 who 17 want
17 want 18 to
17 want 19 sleep
18 to 19 sleep

for [my] [part] [,] [i] [don't] [see] [what] any one [wants] [to] [sleep] [for] [on] such a [fine] night [as] [this] [,] [anyway] [.] 
1 for 10 one
1 for 19 night
9 any 10 one
16 such 17 a
17 a 19 night

it serves ['] em right if they do get waked up , " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 it 2 serves
2 serves 5 right
2 serves 6 if
2 serves 11 up
4 em 5 right
6 if 7 they
6 if 9 get
7 they 8 do
8 do 9 get
9 get 10 waked
11 up 12 ,
12 , 13 "

" [but] [sammy] [jay] says [that] he doesn't do it [and] [doesn't] [know] [anything] [about] [it] [,] ["] [said] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 5 says
5 says 7 he
7 he 8 doesn't
8 doesn't 9 do
9 do 10 it

" [have] [you] [ever] [seen] [him] scream in the night , [jimmy] [skunk] [?] ["] 
1 " 7 scream
7 scream 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 ,

" [no] [,] [i] [don't] [have] [to] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 9 "

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

" [i] [guess] you 're right [,] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 4 you
4 you 5 're
5 're 6 right

i guess you 're right [,] ["] [he] [said] [.] 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 you
2 guess 4 're
3 you 4 're
4 're 5 right

["] [of] [course] [i] ['m] [right] [.] 

there , now [!] ["] 
1 there 2 ,
2 , 3 now

jimmy held up one hand to warn [peter] [to] [keep] [still] [.] 
1 jimmy 2 held
2 held 3 up
2 held 5 hand
2 held 6 to
4 one 5 hand
6 to 7 warn

they all heard it [.] 
1 they 3 heard
2 all 3 heard
3 heard 4 it

sammy [jay] heard it , too , and scratched himself to be sure that he was awake and sitting there in the big pine-tree [.] 
1 sammy 8 and
3 heard 4 it
3 heard 6 too
3 heard 8 and
5 , 6 too
6 too 7 ,
8 and 9 scratched
8 and 20 there
8 and 21 in
9 scratched 11 to
10 himself 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 sure
13 sure 14 that
14 that 15 he
14 that 16 was
16 was 18 and
17 awake 18 and
18 and 19 sitting
21 in 24 pine-tree
22 the 24 pine-tree
23 big 24 pine-tree

["] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [kept] [awake] [,] [but] 

["] [maybe] [i] ['m] [going] [crazy] [!] 

my wits are getting hazy [!] 
1 my 2 wits
2 wits 3 are
3 are 4 getting
4 getting 5 hazy

that 's surely me [,] [yet] [here] [i] [be] [!] 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 surely
2 's 4 me

oh , dear , [i] [sure] [am] [crazy] [!] " 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 4 ,
2 , 3 dear
4 , 10 "

[ix] 

[the] [mystery] [grows] 

["] [can] [a] [body] [be] [a] [body] [,] [yet] [not] [a] [body] [be] [?] 

tell a body , anybody , [didst] such a body [see] [?] ["] 
1 tell 3 body
1 tell 10 body
2 a 3 body
3 body 5 anybody
4 , 5 anybody
5 anybody 6 ,
8 such 9 a
9 a 10 body

of course it was [sammy] [jay] who was humming such a foolish-sounding rhyme as that [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 7 who
7 who 8 was
8 was 9 humming
9 humming 13 rhyme
9 humming 14 as
10 such 11 a
11 a 13 rhyme
12 foolish-sounding 13 rhyme
14 as 15 that

but [really] , it wasn't so foolish in [sammy] ['s] case , [after] [all] . 
1 but 3 ,
1 but 12 ,
3 , 11 case
4 it 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 7 foolish
6 so 7 foolish
7 foolish 8 in
8 in 11 case
12 , 15 .

now he knew [.] 
1 now 2 he
2 he 3 knew

did [ever] [a] [jaybird] [have] [anything] so [queer] [as] [that] [to] [puzzle] [him] [?] 
1 did 7 so

anyway , [sammy] [jay] [knew] that [he] [didn't] scream in his sleep , and there was a whole lot of comfort in that [.] 
1 anyway 2 ,
1 anyway 6 that
6 that 16 was
9 scream 14 and
10 in 12 sleep
10 in 14 and
11 his 12 sleep
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 there
15 there 16 was
16 was 19 lot
17 a 18 whole
17 a 19 lot
19 lot 20 of
20 of 21 comfort
21 comfort 22 in
22 in 23 that

he could eat with a better appetite now [.] 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 eat
3 eat 4 with
3 eat 8 now
4 with 7 appetite
5 a 7 appetite
6 better 7 appetite

now he knew that he could go to sleep in peace , just as he always had [.] 
1 now 2 he
2 he 3 knew
3 knew 4 that
4 that 5 he
4 that 7 go
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 go
7 go 8 to
7 go 10 in
7 go 14 as
8 to 9 sleep
10 in 11 peace
12 , 14 as
13 just 14 as
14 as 15 he
14 as 17 had
15 he 17 had
16 always 17 had

sammy [jay] brushed and smoothed out his handsome blue coat and made himself as pert and smart-appearing as possible [.] 
1 sammy 3 brushed
3 brushed 4 and
4 and 11 and
5 smoothed 6 out
5 smoothed 10 coat
5 smoothed 11 and
7 his 10 coat
8 handsome 9 blue
9 blue 10 coat
11 and 12 made
12 made 13 himself
12 made 14 as
12 made 19 possible
14 as 16 and
15 pert 16 and
16 and 17 smart-appearing
18 as 19 possible

he had been so worried lately that he hadn't taken much care of himself , [which] [is] very unusual [for] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 he 15 ,
2 had 3 been
2 had 15 ,
3 been 5 worried
4 so 5 worried
5 worried 6 lately
5 worried 7 that
7 that 8 he
7 that 10 taken
8 he 9 hadn't
9 hadn't 10 taken
10 taken 12 care
11 much 12 care
12 care 13 of
13 of 14 himself
15 , 19 unusual
18 very 19 unusual

now , however , he felt so much better that he began to think about his looks . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 however
3 however 4 ,
3 however 5 he
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 9 better
6 felt 10 that
7 so 8 much
8 much 9 better
10 that 11 he
10 that 18 .
11 he 12 began
12 began 13 to
13 to 14 think
14 think 15 about
15 about 17 looks
16 his 17 looks

when he had finished dressing , he started for [the] alders [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] [just] to [have] [a] look around [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 4 finished
1 when 6 ,
1 when 7 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 finished
4 finished 5 dressing
7 he 8 started
8 started 9 for
9 for 11 alders
11 alders 17 to
17 to 20 look
20 look 21 around

of course he didn't expect to find his voice down there , for who ever saw a voice [?] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 expect
5 expect 6 to
5 expect 16 saw
6 to 7 find
7 find 9 voice
7 find 13 for
8 his 9 voice
9 voice 10 down
10 down 11 there
12 , 13 for
13 for 14 who
14 who 16 saw
15 ever 16 saw
16 saw 18 voice
17 a 18 voice

still he thought that he might find something that would explain the mystery [.] 
1 still 2 he
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 that
4 that 5 he
4 that 7 find
5 he 6 might
6 might 7 find
7 find 8 something
8 something 9 that
8 something 10 would
9 that 10 would
10 would 11 explain
11 explain 13 mystery
12 the 13 mystery

he hunted all [around] in the thicket of [alders] [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] , but nothing unusual did [he] [find] [.] 
1 he 2 hunted
2 hunted 3 all
3 all 5 in
5 in 7 thicket
6 the 7 thicket
7 thicket 8 of
8 of 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 nothing
15 but 18 did
16 nothing 17 unusual
16 nothing 18 did

then [for] a long time he sat as still as still can be , studying and thinking [.] 
1 then 5 time
3 a 4 long
3 a 5 time
4 long 5 time
5 time 6 he
5 time 7 sat
5 time 12 can
6 he 7 sat
7 sat 9 still
8 as 9 still
9 still 10 as
10 as 11 still
12 can 13 be
13 be 16 and
14 , 16 and
15 studying 16 and
16 and 17 thinking

" [thief] [!] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

then out popped [jenny] [wren] , and she was so mad that she couldn't sit still [a] second [.] 
1 then 2 out
2 out 3 popped
3 popped 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 11 mad
8 she 9 was
9 was 10 so
10 so 11 mad
11 mad 12 that
12 that 13 she
12 that 15 sit
13 she 14 couldn't
14 couldn't 15 sit
15 sit 16 still
16 still 18 second

my , my , my , [how] she did scold [!] 
1 my 8 she
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
3 my 8 she
5 my 6 ,
5 my 8 she
8 she 9 did
9 did 10 scold

["] [you] [ought] [to] [be] [ashamed] [of] [yourself] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] 

you ought to be ashamed of yourself [!] ["] [she] [sputtered] [.] 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 ashamed
5 ashamed 6 of
6 of 7 yourself

" [isn't] [it] [enough] [to] [keep] [us] [awake] [half] [the] [night] [without] [coming] [down] [and] [screaming] [all] [day] [?] " 
1 " 20 "

" [i] [haven't] [been] [down] [here] [in] [the] [night] [,] [and] [i] [haven't] [kept] [anybody] [awake] [!] " [replied] [sammy] [jay] [indignantly] [.] 
1 " 18 "

jenny [wren] [came] [right] [up] in front of [sammy] [jay] [and] [hopped] up [and] [down] [.] 
1 jenny 6 in
6 in 7 front
7 front 8 of
8 of 13 up

she was so mad that with every word she jerked her funny little tail [so] that [sammy] [jay] [almost] [had] to laugh [.] 
1 she 2 was
2 was 4 mad
3 so 4 mad
4 mad 5 that
4 mad 21 to
5 that 9 she
5 that 10 jerked
6 with 8 word
6 with 9 she
7 every 8 word
9 she 10 jerked
10 jerked 14 tail
10 jerked 16 that
11 her 14 tail
12 funny 14 tail
13 little 14 tail
21 to 22 laugh

["] [don't] [tell] [that] [to] [me] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] 

don't tell that to me [!] ["] [she] [cried] [.] 
1 don't 2 tell
2 tell 3 that
2 tell 4 to
4 to 5 me

["] [didn't] [i] [see] [you] [with] [my] [own] [eyes] [sitting] [in] [that] [alder] [over] [there] [?] 

don't tell that to me [!] 
1 don't 2 tell
2 tell 3 that
2 tell 4 to
4 to 5 me

you ought to be ashamed of yourself [!] ["] 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 ashamed
5 ashamed 6 of
6 of 7 yourself

[x] 

[sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] 

sammy [jay] had a headache , such a headache ! 
1 sammy 3 had
3 had 5 headache
4 a 5 headache
5 headache 9 headache
6 , 9 headache
7 such 8 a
8 a 9 headache
9 headache 10 !

he had thought and thought and thought , until [now] it seemed to him that the world surely had turned topsy-turvy [.] 
1 he 4 and
2 had 3 thought
2 had 4 and
4 and 6 and
4 and 9 until
5 thought 6 and
6 and 7 thought
8 , 9 until
9 until 11 it
9 until 12 seemed
11 it 12 seemed
12 seemed 13 to
12 seemed 15 that
13 to 14 him
15 that 17 world
15 that 20 turned
16 the 17 world
17 world 19 had
18 surely 19 had
19 had 20 turned
20 turned 21 topsy-turvy

his poor little head was [all] in [a] [whirl] , and that was what made it ache [.] 
1 his 4 head
2 poor 4 head
3 little 4 head
4 head 5 was
5 was 7 in
7 in 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 that
11 and 13 was
12 that 13 was
13 was 14 what
14 what 15 made
15 made 16 it
15 made 17 ache

first he had been accused of screaming in the night to waken and scare the little meadow and forest people who wanted to sleep . 
1 first 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 accused
5 accused 6 of
5 accused 8 in
5 accused 11 to
6 of 7 screaming
8 in 10 night
9 the 10 night
11 to 12 waken
12 waken 13 and
13 and 18 and
14 scare 17 meadow
14 scare 18 and
15 the 17 meadow
16 little 17 meadow
18 and 19 forest
19 forest 20 people
19 forest 23 to
20 people 21 who
20 people 22 wanted
21 who 22 wanted
23 to 24 sleep
24 sleep 25 .

it was no wonder that his head ached [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 wonder
2 was 5 that
3 no 4 wonder
5 that 7 head
5 that 8 ached
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 ached

hardly any of the little meadow and forest people would speak to him now [.] 
1 hardly 2 any
1 hardly 9 people
2 any 3 of
3 of 7 and
4 the 6 meadow
5 little 6 meadow
6 meadow 7 and
7 and 8 forest
9 people 10 would
10 would 11 speak
11 speak 12 to
11 speak 14 now
12 to 13 him

they just turned their backs to him whenever he met them [.] 
1 they 3 turned
2 just 3 turned
3 turned 5 backs
3 turned 6 to
3 turned 8 whenever
4 their 5 backs
6 to 7 him
8 whenever 9 he
8 whenever 10 met
9 he 10 met
10 met 11 them

he didn't mind this so much , because he knew that none of them had ever liked him very well [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mind
3 mind 4 this
3 mind 6 much
3 mind 8 because
5 so 6 much
7 , 8 because
8 because 9 he
8 because 10 knew
9 he 10 knew
10 knew 11 that
11 that 12 none
11 that 17 liked
12 none 13 of
12 none 15 had
13 of 14 them
15 had 17 liked
16 ever 17 liked
17 liked 18 him
17 liked 20 well
19 very 20 well

you see he had played too many mean tricks for any one to really like him [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
2 see 5 played
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 played
5 played 9 tricks
5 played 10 for
5 played 13 to
6 too 7 many
7 many 9 tricks
8 mean 9 tricks
9 tricks 10 for
10 for 12 one
11 any 12 one
13 to 15 like
14 really 15 like
15 like 16 him

but he did hate to have them blame him for something that he hadn't done [.] 
1 but 4 hate
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 hate
4 hate 5 to
4 hate 6 have
5 to 6 have
6 have 7 them
6 have 8 blame
8 blame 9 him
8 blame 10 for
10 for 11 something
11 something 12 that
11 something 15 done
12 that 13 he
12 that 15 done
13 he 14 hadn't
14 hadn't 15 done

" it ['s] [too] [much] [for] [me] [!] ["] said [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 10 said
2 it 10 said

["] [it] ['s] [too] [much] [for] [me] [!] 

i must get help somewhere [.] 
1 i 2 must
2 must 3 get
3 get 4 help
3 get 5 somewhere

now , [who] [can] [i] [go] [to] , so few will have anything to do [with] [me] [?] ["] 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 15 do
8 , 12 have
9 so 10 few
10 few 11 will
11 will 12 have
12 have 13 anything
13 anything 14 to
14 to 15 do

" [caw] [,] [caw] [,] [caw] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

sammy [jay] pricked up his ears and spread his wings [.] 
1 sammy 7 and
3 pricked 4 up
3 pricked 6 ears
3 pricked 7 and
5 his 6 ears
7 and 8 spread
8 spread 10 wings
9 his 10 wings

" [my] [cousin] , [blacky] [the] [crow] [!] " he cried [.] 
1 " 11 cried
4 , 9 "
4 , 10 he
10 he 11 cried

["] [why] [didn't] [i] [think] [of] [him] [before] [?] 

he 's very smart , [is] [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] and perhaps he can tell me what to do [.] ["] 
1 he 5 ,
2 's 4 smart
2 's 5 ,
3 very 4 smart
5 , 11 and
11 and 12 perhaps
11 and 13 he
11 and 15 tell
13 he 14 can
15 tell 16 me
15 tell 17 what
17 what 18 to
17 what 19 do
18 to 19 do

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] [as] [fast] [as] he could [to] [lay] [his] [troubles] [before] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 so 8 he
8 he 9 could

blacky 's eyes twinkled as he listened to [sammy] [jay] ['s] tale of woe . 
1 blacky 2 's
2 's 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 twinkled
4 twinkled 5 as
5 as 6 he
5 as 15 .
6 he 7 listened
7 listened 8 to
8 to 12 tale
12 tale 13 of
13 of 14 woe

when [sammy] had finished and had asked for [blacky] ['s] [advice] [,] [blacky] [went] [into] a [black] study [.] 
1 when 5 and
3 had 4 finished
3 had 5 and
4 finished 5 and
5 and 6 had
6 had 7 asked
7 asked 8 for
8 for 18 study
16 a 18 study

sammy sat and waited [patiently] , for he felt certain that [blacky] 's shrewd [head] [would] [find] [some] [plan] to [solve] the mystery [.] 
1 sammy 3 and
2 sat 3 and
3 and 4 waited
4 waited 20 to
6 , 7 for
6 , 13 's
7 for 8 he
8 he 9 felt
9 felt 10 certain
11 that 13 's
13 's 14 shrewd
14 shrewd 20 to
20 to 23 mystery
22 the 23 mystery

" [how] [?] " [asked] [sammy] [jay] [eagerly] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [go] [away] [from] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [stay] [away] [for] [a] [week] [,] " [replied] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 " 19 "

["] [go] [up] [to] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] [on] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [mountain] [,] [where] [reddy] [and] [granny] [fox] [are] [living] [.] 

" [the] [very] [thing] [!] " [cried] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [i] ['ll] [move] [at] [once] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

and [off] he hurried to prepare to move up to [the] [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 and 10 to
3 he 4 hurried
4 hurried 5 to
5 to 6 prepare
6 prepare 7 to
7 to 8 move
8 move 9 up
8 move 10 to

[xi] 

[how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] 

" [thief] [!] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

old [granny] [fox] , [trotting] [along] [a] cow-path in [the] [old] [pasture] on the edge of the mountain [,] [heard] [it] [and] [grinned] [.] 
1 old 4 ,
1 old 8 cow-path
8 cow-path 18 mountain
9 in 15 edge
13 on 14 the
14 the 15 edge
15 edge 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 mountain

pretty soon he caught sight of a wonderful coat of bright blue with white trimmings [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 caught
4 caught 5 sight
4 caught 13 with
5 sight 6 of
6 of 9 coat
7 a 9 coat
8 wonderful 9 coat
9 coat 10 of
10 of 12 blue
11 bright 12 blue
12 blue 13 with
13 with 15 trimmings
14 white 15 trimmings

["] [hi] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] 

what are you doing up here [?] ["] [shouted] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 what 4 doing
2 are 3 you
2 are 4 doing
4 doing 5 up
5 up 6 here

sammy [jay] heard him and hurried over [to] where [reddy] [fox] [was] [sitting] [.] 
1 sammy 5 and
3 heard 4 him
3 heard 5 and
5 and 6 hurried
5 and 7 over
7 over 9 where

["] [hello] [,] [reddy] [fox] [!] 

how are you feeling [?] ["] [said] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 how 2 are
2 are 3 you
2 are 4 feeling

["] [better] [,] [thank] [you] [.] 

what are you doing way up here in this lonely place [?] ["] [replied] [reddy] [.] 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
2 are 4 doing
4 doing 6 up
4 doing 8 in
5 way 6 up
6 up 7 here
8 in 11 place
9 this 10 lonely
10 lonely 11 place

" it ['s] [a] [long] [story] [,] ["] said [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 9 said
2 it 9 said

" [tell] [it] [to] [me] [,] " [begged] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 " 7 "

then he [told] [about] [blacky] [the] [crow] 's plan , [which] [was] [that] [sammy] [should] come [to] [the] [old] [pasture] and live for a week [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 8 's
8 's 9 plan
9 plan 10 ,
10 , 21 and
16 come 21 and
21 and 22 live
22 live 23 for
23 for 25 week
24 a 25 week

reddy [fox] chuckled as he listened . 
1 reddy 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 as
4 as 5 he
4 as 7 .
5 he 6 listened

that [night] [sammy] [jay] [found] [a] [comfortable] [place] [which] [seemed] [quite] safe [in] [which] to go to sleep [.] 
1 that 18 sleep
12 safe 15 to
15 to 16 go
16 go 17 to
17 to 18 sleep

sammy screamed twice [.] 
1 sammy 2 screamed
2 screamed 3 twice

boomer heard him [and] [down] [he] [came] [with] [a] [rush] [.] 
1 boomer 2 heard
2 heard 3 him

" [why] [,] [sammy] [jay] [,] [what] [under] [the] [sun] [are] [you] [doing] [way] [off] [here] [?] " [exclaimed] [boomer] [.] 
1 " 18 "

" [going] [to] [bed] [,] " [replied] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [say] [,] [boomer] [,] [will] [you] [do] [something] [for] [me] [?] " 
1 " 13 "

" [that] [depends] [upon] [what] [it] [is] [,] " [replied] [boomer] [.] 
1 " 9 "

boomer promised that he would [,] and [off] he started [.] 
1 boomer 2 promised
1 boomer 7 and
2 promised 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 would
7 and 10 started
9 he 10 started

he found [peter] and told him [.] 
1 he 4 and
2 found 4 and
4 and 5 told
5 told 6 him

[xii] 

[no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] 

[peter] [rabbit] [sat] [in] [his] [secret] [place] [in] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [.] 

peter was doing some very hard thinking [.] 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 doing
3 doing 7 thinking
4 some 7 thinking
5 very 6 hard
6 hard 7 thinking

he ought to have been [asleep] , for he had been out the whole night [long] . 
1 he 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 have
4 have 5 been
5 been 17 .
7 , 8 for
7 , 17 .
8 for 9 he
9 he 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 12 out
12 out 15 night
13 the 15 night
14 whole 15 night

but instead of sleeping , he was wide awake and thinking and thinking [.] 
1 but 3 of
1 but 6 he
2 instead 3 of
3 of 4 sleeping
4 sleeping 5 ,
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 wide
8 wide 10 and
9 awake 10 and
10 and 12 and
11 thinking 12 and
12 and 13 thinking

you see [early] [the] [night] [before] [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [had] [told] [peter] [that] [sammy] [jay] [was] up in the far-away [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 18 in
17 up 18 in
18 in 20 far-away
19 the 20 far-away

boomer had seen him going to bed there and had come straight down to tell [peter] [.] 
1 boomer 2 had
2 had 9 and
3 seen 4 him
3 seen 5 going
3 seen 9 and
5 going 7 bed
5 going 8 there
6 to 7 bed
9 and 10 had
10 had 11 come
11 come 12 straight
12 straight 13 down
12 straight 14 to
14 to 15 tell

so he had hurried this way and that way , [telling] [every] [one] he [met] [how] [sammy] [jay] had moved [away] to the [old] [pasture] . 
1 so 2 he
1 so 10 ,
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 hurried
4 hurried 7 and
5 this 6 way
6 way 7 and
7 and 9 way
8 that 9 way
10 , 14 he
10 , 20 moved
14 he 19 had
20 moved 22 to
22 to 26 .
23 the 26 .

but no one believed him . 
1 but 3 one
1 but 6 .
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 believed
4 believed 5 him

["] [wait] [and] [see] [!] 

wait and see [!] ["] [said] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 wait 2 and
2 and 3 see

" it ['s] [just] [a] [trick] [,] ["] said [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 " 2 it
1 " 9 said
2 it 9 said

" [but] [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [saw] [him] [up] [there] [going] [to] [bed] [and] [talked] [with] [him] [!] " [cried] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 18 "

" [but] [that] [would] [be] [a] [wrong] [story] [,] [and] [i] [don't] [believe] [that] [boomer] [would] [do] [anything] [like] [that] [!] " [cried] [peter] [.] 
1 " 22 "

just then there was a shrill scream of " [thief] [!] thief [!] [thief] [!] ["] [over] in [the] alder bushes [.] 
1 just 2 then
1 just 3 there
1 just 4 was
4 was 7 scream
5 a 7 scream
6 shrill 7 scream
7 scream 8 of
8 of 9 "
8 of 12 thief
12 thief 18 in
18 in 21 bushes
20 alder 21 bushes

it certainly [sounded] [like] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] [.] 
1 it 2 certainly

["] [what] [did] [i] [tell] [you] [?] 

now what do you think [?] ["] [cried] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 now 2 what
2 what 3 do
2 what 5 think
4 you 5 think

peter didn't know what to think [,] [and] [he] [said] so [.] 
1 peter 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
3 know 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 11 so

so [now] [peter] [sat] [in] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [thinking] [and] [thinking] [,] [when] he should have been asleep [.] 
1 so 14 he
14 he 15 should
15 should 16 have
16 have 17 been
17 been 18 asleep

finally he yawned and stretched and then started along one of his private little paths [.] 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 4 and
3 yawned 4 and
4 and 6 and
4 and 9 along
5 stretched 6 and
6 and 8 started
7 then 8 started
9 along 10 one
10 one 11 of
11 of 15 paths
12 his 15 paths
13 private 15 paths
14 little 15 paths

" [i] ['ll] [just] [run] [up] to [the] [green] [forest] and [try] to [find] [sammy] [jay] , ["] he said . 
1 " 20 said
7 to 17 ,
7 to 19 he
11 and 13 to
13 to 17 ,
19 he 20 said
20 said 21 .

so [peter] hunted [and] [hunted] [all] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [for] [sammy] [jay] , and [asked] [everybody] he met if they had seen [sammy] [.] 
1 so 3 hunted
3 hunted 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 18 he
15 and 19 met
19 met 20 if
20 if 21 they
20 if 23 seen
21 they 22 had
22 had 23 seen

but no [one] [had] , [though] [every] one [took] [pains] [to] [tell] [peter] [that] [they] had heard [sammy] in the night . 
1 but 8 one
1 but 22 .
2 no 5 ,
2 no 8 one
8 one 16 had
16 had 17 heard
17 heard 19 in
19 in 21 night
20 the 21 night

at last [peter] [found] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 at 2 last

he was muttering and grumbling to himself , and he didn't see [peter] [.] 
1 he 8 ,
2 was 4 and
2 was 8 ,
3 muttering 4 and
4 and 5 grumbling
5 grumbling 6 to
6 to 7 himself
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
9 and 12 see
10 he 11 didn't

[xiii] 

[sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] 

sticky-toes was [quite] upset . 
1 sticky-toes 2 was
2 was 4 upset
4 upset 5 .

there was no doubt about it [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 doubt
3 no 4 doubt
4 doubt 5 about
5 about 6 it

["] [don't] [know] [what] [it] [means] [!] 

don't know what it means [!] 
1 don't 2 know
2 know 3 what
3 what 4 it
3 what 5 means
4 it 5 means

don't know what it means [!] ["] [croaked] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [,] [over] [and] [over] [again] [.] 
1 don't 2 know
2 know 3 what
3 what 4 it
3 what 5 means
4 it 5 means

" [don't] [know] [what] [what] [means] [?] ["] asked [peter] [rabbit] [,] [whose] curiosity [would] [not] [let] [him] [keep] [still] [.] 
1 " 9 asked
9 asked 14 curiosity

["] [hello] [,] [long-ears] [!] 

i don't know that it 's any of your business [!] ["] [said] [sticky-toes] [.] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 5 it
4 that 6 's
5 it 6 's
6 's 7 any
7 any 8 of
8 of 9 your
9 your 10 business

sticky-toes nodded his head [.] 
1 sticky-toes 2 nodded
2 nodded 4 head
3 his 4 head

" [i] [heard] [it] [,] ["] said he . 
1 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" [but] [how] [could] [sammy] [jay] [be] [down] [here] [if] he went to bed [way] [off] [there] in [the] [old] [pasture] [?] 
1 " 11 he
11 he 12 went
12 went 13 to
12 went 18 in
13 to 14 bed

tell me that [,] [sticky-toes] [?] ["] [said] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 tell 2 me
1 tell 3 that

sticky-toes shook his head [.] 
1 sticky-toes 2 shook
2 shook 4 head
3 his 4 head

["] [don't] [ask] [me] [!] 

don't ask me [!] 
1 don't 2 ask
2 ask 3 me

just tell me how it is [that] [i] [hear] [my] [own] [voice] [when] [i] [don't] [speak] [a] [word] [,] ["] [said] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 just 2 tell
2 tell 3 me
2 tell 4 how
4 how 5 it
4 how 6 is
5 it 6 is

" [what] ['s] [that] [?] " [exclaimed] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 6 "

[then] [sticky-toes] [poured] [out] [all] [his] [troubles] [to] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 

they were very much like the troubles [of] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 they 2 were
2 were 5 like
3 very 4 much
4 much 5 like
5 like 7 troubles
6 the 7 troubles

he was getting so worried that he couldn't eat [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 getting
3 getting 5 worried
3 getting 6 that
3 getting 9 eat
4 so 5 worried
6 that 7 he
6 that 9 eat
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 eat

peter [rabbit] listened [with] [his] [mouth] [wide] [open] [.] 
1 peter 3 listened

it was just the same kind of a story that [sammy] [jay] [had] told [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 6 kind
2 was 10 that
2 was 14 told
3 just 5 same
4 the 5 same
5 same 6 kind
6 kind 7 of
7 of 9 story
8 a 9 story

what [under] the sun could be going on [?] 
1 what 4 sun
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 5 could
5 could 6 be
6 be 7 going
7 going 8 on

peter couldn't understand it at all [.] 
1 peter 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 understand
3 understand 4 it
3 understand 5 at
5 at 6 all

it certainly was [very] , very curious [.] 
1 it 3 was
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 7 curious
5 , 7 curious
6 very 7 curious

he just must find [out] [about] it [!] 
1 he 3 must
2 just 3 must
3 must 4 find
4 find 7 it

[xiv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

[after] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [had] [poured] [out] [his] [troubles] [,] [peter] [went] [back] [to] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [,] [more] [puzzled] [than] [ever] [.] 

wasn't it enough to drive any one [crazy] [?] 
1 wasn't 2 it
1 wasn't 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 drive
5 drive 7 one
6 any 7 one

the more [peter] studied [over] [it] , the more puzzled he grew [.] 
1 the 2 more
2 more 4 studied
2 more 7 ,
2 more 9 more
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 puzzled
10 puzzled 12 grew
11 he 12 grew

the next night he started out for the [green] [forest] with a new plan in his head [.] 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 night
3 night 4 he
4 he 5 started
5 started 6 out
5 started 7 for
5 started 11 with
5 started 15 in
7 for 8 the
11 with 14 plan
12 a 13 new
12 a 14 plan
13 new 14 plan
14 plan 15 in
15 in 17 head
16 his 17 head

he would hide down among the alders by [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 hide
3 hide 4 down
3 hide 5 among
3 hide 8 by
5 among 7 alders
6 the 7 alders

he would see for himself who was screaming with the [voice] [of] [sammy] [jay] [and] talking with the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 see
3 see 4 for
3 see 6 who
4 for 5 himself
6 who 7 was
7 was 8 screaming
7 was 9 with
7 was 17 with
9 with 16 talking
10 the 16 talking
17 with 19 voice
18 the 19 voice
19 voice 20 of
20 of 22 the

he just had to know [!] 
1 he 3 had
2 just 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 know

he was hurrying so that he [almost] ran [into] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 hurrying
3 hurrying 5 that
4 so 5 that
5 that 6 he
5 that 8 ran
6 he 8 ran

" [yo] ['] [seem] [to] [be] [in] [a] [powerful] [hurry] [,] [brer] [rabbit] [,] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 15 "

" [i] [am] [,] " [replied] [peter] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [i] [must] [get] [down] [to] [the] [laughing] [brook] [before] [dark] [.] " 
1 " 13 "

" ['] [pears] [to] [me] it [must] [be] [mighty] [impo'tant] [to] [make] [yo] ['] [hurry] [this] [way] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 " 20 said
6 it 20 said

" [it] [is] [,] " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [it] ['s] [to] [keep] [me] [from] [going] [crazy] [.] " 
1 " 11 "

unc ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [peter] [very] [hard] for a few minutes [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [thought] [that] [peter] [was] [crazy] [already] [.] 
1 unc 9 for
9 for 12 minutes
10 a 11 few
11 few 12 minutes

then he put a hand behind one ear just as if he was [hard] of hearing . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 5 hand
3 put 6 behind
3 put 9 just
4 a 5 hand
6 behind 8 ear
7 one 8 ear
9 just 10 as
10 as 12 he
10 as 17 .
11 if 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 15 of
15 of 16 hearing

peter chuckled in spite of [himself] , as [he] once more replied : 
1 peter 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 in
3 in 4 spite
4 spite 5 of
5 of 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 11 more
8 as 12 replied
8 as 13 :
10 once 11 more
11 more 12 replied

" [it] ['s] [to] [keep] [me] [from] [going] [crazy] [.] " 
1 " 11 "

then [peter] [told] [unc] ['] [billy] all [about] [sammy] [jay] ['s] troubles and all [about] the troubles of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 then 7 all
7 all 13 and
12 troubles 13 and
13 and 17 troubles
14 all 16 the
16 the 17 troubles
17 troubles 18 of
18 of 20 the

he listened to all that [peter] [rabbit] [had] to say , and a funny , pleased sort of look came into his eyes [.] 
1 he 2 listened
2 listened 3 to
2 listened 9 to
3 to 5 that
4 all 5 that
9 to 10 say
10 say 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 18 of
12 and 20 came
13 a 14 funny
13 a 18 of
14 funny 15 ,
14 funny 18 of
16 pleased 18 of
17 sort 18 of
18 of 19 look
18 of 20 came
20 came 21 into
21 into 23 eyes
22 his 23 eyes

" [ah] [reckon] [ah] [will] [go] [along] [with] [yo'all] [,] ["] said he . 
1 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [went] [with] [peter] [rabbit] [to] [the] [laughing] [brook] , [where] they hid underneath the alders [.] 
1 so 14 ,
1 so 16 they
16 they 17 hid
17 hid 18 underneath
18 underneath 20 alders
19 the 20 alders

[xv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] 

" [what] ['s] [that] [?] ["] asked [peter] , [pricking] [up] his ears [.] 
1 " 7 asked
7 asked 13 ears
9 , 12 his
12 his 13 ears

["] [nothing] [,] [nothing] [,] [brer] [rabbit] [,] [nothing] [at] [all] [.] 

ah has a habit of just talking foolishness to mahself , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 11 ,
1 ah 17 .
2 has 4 habit
2 has 11 ,
3 a 4 habit
4 habit 5 of
5 of 7 talking
6 just 7 talking
7 talking 8 foolishness
7 talking 9 to
8 foolishness 9 to
9 to 10 mahself
11 , 12 "
11 , 13 replied

unc ['] [billy] [agreed] , and side by side they sat [as] still as if they were made of wood or stone [.] 
1 unc 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 10 they
6 and 21 or
7 side 8 by
8 by 9 side
9 side 10 they
10 they 21 or
11 sat 13 still
11 sat 21 or
13 still 15 if
14 as 15 if
15 if 16 they
15 if 19 of
16 they 17 were
17 were 19 of
18 made 19 of
19 of 20 wood
21 or 22 stone

it grew later and later , and still there was not a sound of the voice of [either] [sammy] [jay] [or] [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 it 2 grew
2 grew 4 and
3 later 4 and
4 and 5 later
5 later 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 still
7 and 9 there
7 and 10 was
9 there 10 was
10 was 11 not
10 was 13 sound
12 a 13 sound
13 sound 14 of
14 of 16 voice
15 the 16 voice
16 voice 17 of
17 of 23 the

peter began to get hungry [.] 
1 peter 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 4 get
3 to 4 get
4 get 5 hungry

the more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew [.] 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
2 more 4 thought
2 more 7 ,
2 more 9 hungrier
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 about
5 about 6 it
8 the 9 hungrier
9 hungrier 11 grew
10 he 11 grew

the [moonbeams] [crept] farther and farther [into] the thicket of alder trees and bushes [where] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] were hiding . 
1 the 4 farther
4 farther 5 and
5 and 6 farther
5 and 12 trees
8 the 9 thicket
8 the 12 trees
9 thicket 10 of
10 of 11 alder
12 trees 13 and
13 and 14 bushes
14 bushes 23 were
23 were 24 hiding
24 hiding 25 .

then it was that they heard the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 that
4 that 5 they
4 that 6 heard
5 they 6 heard
6 heard 8 voice
7 the 8 voice
8 voice 9 of
9 of 11 the

peter looked up [.] 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 up

there [sat] [sticky-toes] [himself] [,] [but] [his] [voice] was [coming] [from] [an] [alder] on the [other] side of the [laughing] [brook] [.] 
1 there 9 was
9 was 17 side
14 on 15 the
15 the 17 side
17 side 18 of
18 of 19 the

["] [do] [you] [hear] [that] [?] 

do you hear that [?] 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 hear
3 hear 4 that

there 's my voice over there [,] [and] [here] [i] [am] [here] [!] 
1 there 2 's
2 's 4 voice
2 's 5 over
3 my 4 voice
5 over 6 there

what do you make [of] it [?] ["] [whispered] [sticky-toes] [.] 
1 what 2 do
1 what 4 make
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 make
4 make 6 it

peter didn't know what to make [of] it [.] 
1 peter 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
3 know 5 to
5 to 6 make
6 make 8 it

all he could do was to gaze at [sticky-toes] as if he thought [sticky-toes] [was] [a] [ghost] [.] 
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 gaze
7 gaze 8 at
7 gaze 11 if
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 he
11 if 13 thought
12 he 13 thought

peter turned to [ask] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [what] [he] [thought] , but [unc] ['] [billy] [wasn't] there [.] 
1 peter 2 turned
2 turned 3 to
3 to 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 18 there

[xvi] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] 

but when he heard a whisper right over their heads and looked up to see [sticky-toes] [himself] , [unc] ['] [billy] [almost] chuckled out loud [.] 
1 but 2 when
1 but 11 and
3 he 11 and
4 heard 7 right
4 heard 8 over
4 heard 11 and
5 a 7 right
6 whisper 7 right
7 right 8 over
8 over 10 heads
9 their 10 heads
11 and 12 looked
11 and 13 up
11 and 14 to
14 to 18 ,
15 see 18 ,
18 , 23 chuckled
23 chuckled 24 out
24 out 25 loud

["] [yo] ['] [can't] [fool] [uncle] [billy] [,] [so] [don't] [go] [fo] ['] [to] [try] [!] 

ah [knows] [yo] ['] , yes , [ah] [knows] [yo] ['] [ah] [knows] [yo] ['] , [mistah] [sly] . ["] 
1 ah 5 ,
5 , 6 yes
6 yes 7 ,
6 yes 16 ,
16 , 19 .

unc ['] [billy] is very soft-footed , [oh] [,] [very] [soft-footed] indeed , when he wants to be [.] 
1 unc 18 be
4 is 6 soft-footed
4 is 7 ,
5 very 6 soft-footed
7 , 12 indeed
12 indeed 13 ,
12 indeed 15 he
13 , 14 when
15 he 16 wants
16 wants 17 to
17 to 18 be

you see one must needs be [very] soft-footed to steal eggs in [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 one
2 see 4 must
4 must 5 needs
4 must 6 be
6 be 8 soft-footed
8 soft-footed 9 to
9 to 10 steal
10 steal 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 in
12 in 16 hen-house

peter rubbed his eyes and stared all around , this way and that way , but [no] sign [of] [unc] ['] [billy] could he see [.] 
1 peter 5 and
1 peter 8 around
1 peter 9 ,
2 rubbed 4 eyes
2 rubbed 5 and
3 his 4 eyes
5 and 6 stared
7 all 8 around
9 , 11 way
9 , 12 and
10 this 11 way
12 and 14 way
12 and 15 ,
13 that 14 way
15 , 16 but
16 but 18 sign
16 but 25 see
23 could 24 he
23 could 25 see

[this] [so] [surprised] [peter] [rabbit] [that] [he] [felt] [queer] [all] [over] [.] 

now [here] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [disappeared] , [just] [as] [if] the [earth] [had] [swallowed] [him] up [.] 
1 now 9 ,
9 , 18 up
13 the 18 up

all this [time] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] had been crawling along without the tiniest sound [.] 
1 all 2 this
2 this 8 had
8 had 9 been
9 been 10 crawling
10 crawling 11 along
10 crawling 12 without
12 without 15 sound
13 the 14 tiniest
13 the 15 sound

when he came to [the] [laughing] [brook] , he went up a way until he found a big tree with a branch stretching [clear] across [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 3 came
1 when 9 he
2 he 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 8 ,
9 he 10 went
10 went 11 up
10 went 14 until
10 went 20 with
11 up 13 way
12 a 13 way
14 until 15 he
14 until 16 found
15 he 16 found
16 found 19 tree
17 a 19 tree
18 big 19 tree
20 with 22 branch
20 with 23 stretching
21 a 22 branch
23 stretching 25 across

he was [across] the [laughing] [brook] [without] [even] wetting [his] [feet] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 9 wetting
4 the 9 wetting

unc ['] [billy] [didn't] waste [any] [time] [.] 
1 unc 5 waste

unc ['] [billy] [listened] , and [the] [longer] he listened , [the] broader grew [the] [smile] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] shrewd [face] [.] 
1 unc 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 9 he
6 and 14 grew
9 he 10 listened
10 listened 11 ,
10 listened 13 broader
14 grew 22 shrewd

" [thief] [!] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

it certainly sounded for all the world like [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] , and it was right over [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [head] . 
1 it 3 sounded
2 certainly 3 sounded
3 sounded 4 for
3 sounded 8 like
4 for 5 all
5 all 6 the
5 all 7 world
6 the 7 world
8 like 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 it
14 and 24 .
15 it 16 was
16 was 17 right
17 right 18 over

unc ' [billy] [peered] up [through] [the] [alders] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 5 up

the leaves were so thick that he could not see [very] well , but [what] he did [see] [was] [enough] [.] 
1 the 2 leaves
2 leaves 3 were
3 were 5 thick
4 so 5 thick
5 thick 6 that
6 that 7 he
6 that 17 did
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 not
9 not 10 see
12 well 13 ,
12 well 16 he
13 , 14 but
16 he 17 did

it was a long tail , a tail of feathers hanging down [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 tail
3 a 4 long
3 a 5 tail
4 long 5 tail
5 tail 8 tail
6 , 8 tail
7 a 8 tail
8 tail 9 of
9 of 10 feathers
10 feathers 11 hanging
11 hanging 12 down

it [wasn't] [sammy] [jay] 's tail , [either] [.] 
1 it 5 's
5 's 6 tail
6 tail 7 ,

" [don] ['] [yo'all] [think] [that] [yo'all] [have] [joked] [enough] [?] ["] asked [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [trying] [hard] [to] [keep] [from] chuckling [aloud] [.] 
1 " 13 asked
13 asked 23 chuckling

a cry of ["] [thief] ["] [stopped] [right] in the middle , and two sharp eyes looked [down] in surprise [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 a 2 cry
2 cry 3 of
2 cry 13 and
3 of 11 middle
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 middle
12 , 13 and
13 and 16 eyes
13 and 17 looked
14 two 16 eyes
15 sharp 16 eyes
17 looked 19 in
19 in 20 surprise

[xvii] 

[the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] 

["] [why] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [!] 

what are [yo'all] [doing] [way] up [here] [?] ["] [cried] the owner of the long tail and sharp eyes [.] 
1 what 2 are
2 are 12 owner
6 up 11 the
11 the 12 owner
12 owner 13 of
13 of 17 and
14 the 16 tail
15 long 16 tail
16 tail 17 and
17 and 19 eyes
18 sharp 19 eyes

["] [this] [is] [mah] [home] [now] [.] 

ah [done] [moved] [up] [here] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 6 ,
1 ah 12 .
6 , 7 "
6 , 8 replied

["] ['] [pears] [to] [me] [that] [the] [question] [is] [what] [am] [yo'all] [doing] [way] [off] [up] [here] [?] 

ah [thought] [ah] [sho'ly] [done] [hear] [your] [voice] [the] [other] [day] , and [ah] [most] wore [mah] po ['] feet out looking fo ['] yo ['] [.] 
1 ah 12 ,
1 ah 16 wore
12 , 13 and
16 wore 18 po
16 wore 21 out
16 wore 25 yo
20 feet 21 out
21 out 23 fo
22 looking 23 fo

ah [thought] [ah] [was] [mistaken] , but [now] [ah] reckon that [ah] was right , after all . 
1 ah 6 ,
1 ah 18 .
6 , 10 reckon
7 but 10 reckon
10 reckon 11 that
11 that 13 was
13 was 14 right
14 right 16 after
15 , 16 after
16 after 17 all

my , [but] [ah] [am] [right] [smart] [glad] [to] [see] [yo] ['] [!] " 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 14 "

" [thank] [yo] ['] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] replied the owner of the long tail and the sharp eyes [.] 
1 " 11 replied
11 replied 13 owner
12 the 13 owner
13 owner 14 of
14 of 18 and
15 the 17 tail
16 long 17 tail
17 tail 18 and
18 and 21 eyes
19 the 21 eyes
20 sharp 21 eyes

["] [ah] [reckon] [yo] ['] [can't] [be] [any] [more] [glad] [to] [see] [me] [,] [than] [ah] [am] [to] [see] [yo] ['] [.] 

fact [is] [,] [ah] was [getting] [right] smart lonesome [.] 
1 fact 5 was
5 was 8 smart
8 smart 9 lonesome

["] ['] [pears] [like] [if] [all] [ah] [hear] [am] [true] [,] [that] [yo] ['] [haven't] [done] [much] [lying] [low] [nights] [.] 

ah reckon yo ['] [done] make up fo ['] those lonesome feelings [.] 
1 ah 2 reckon
2 reckon 3 yo
2 reckon 6 make
3 yo 6 make
6 make 8 fo
6 make 12 feelings
7 up 8 fo
10 those 12 feelings
11 lonesome 12 feelings

yes , [sah] , [ah] reckon [so] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 6 reckon
6 reckon 8 .

mah goodness , man [,] yo ['] [done] set everybody to running around [like] [they] was crazy [!] ["] [exclaimed] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 mah 2 goodness
2 goodness 4 man
2 goodness 16 was
3 , 4 man
4 man 11 to
4 man 13 around
6 yo 9 set
9 set 10 everybody
10 everybody 11 to
11 to 12 running
16 was 17 crazy

the owner of the long tail and sharp eyes threw back his head and laughed , and his laugh was like the most beautiful music [.] 
1 the 2 owner
2 owner 3 of
2 owner 20 was
3 of 17 and
4 the 6 tail
5 long 6 tail
6 tail 7 and
7 and 9 eyes
7 and 14 and
7 and 17 and
8 sharp 9 eyes
10 threw 11 back
10 threw 13 head
10 threw 14 and
12 his 13 head
14 and 15 laughed
16 , 17 and
17 and 19 laugh
18 his 19 laugh
20 was 21 like
21 like 25 music
22 the 23 most
23 most 25 music
24 beautiful 25 music

it made [unc] ['] [billy] [feel] [good] [just] [listening] [to] [it] [.] 
1 it 2 made

the next mo'ning everybody said that he had been screaming just the same , and [po] ['] [sammy] [jay] [just] moved [away] . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 mo'ning
2 next 5 said
3 mo'ning 4 everybody
5 said 6 that
6 that 7 he
6 that 23 .
7 he 15 and
8 had 9 been
8 had 15 and
9 been 10 screaming
10 screaming 11 just
10 screaming 13 same
12 the 13 same
14 , 15 and
15 and 21 moved

yo ['] ought to be ashamed to play such jokes [.] ["] 
1 yo 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 ashamed
6 ashamed 7 to
7 to 8 play
8 play 10 jokes
9 such 10 jokes

unc ['] [billy] grinned as he said it . 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 as
5 as 6 he
5 as 7 said
6 he 7 said
7 said 8 it
8 it 9 .

then both little rascals laughed fit to kill themselves [.] 
1 then 4 rascals
2 both 4 rascals
3 little 4 rascals
4 rascals 5 laughed
5 laughed 6 fit
6 fit 7 to
6 fit 8 kill
7 to 8 kill
8 kill 9 themselves

" [yo] ['] [come] [over] [to] [my] [house] [,] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 10 "

she [done] [been] [laughing] [at] [me] [fo] ['] [a] [week] [,] [because] [ah] was sho ['] [ah] [done] [hear] yo ['] [that] [day] [.] ["] 
1 she 14 was
14 was 20 yo
15 sho 20 yo

[xviii] 

[the] [mischief-makers] 

there was a dreadful time on [the] [green] [meadows] and in the [green] [forest] . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 time
3 a 4 dreadful
3 a 5 time
4 dreadful 5 time
5 time 10 and
6 on 10 and
10 and 11 in
11 in 15 .
12 the 15 .

oh , dear , dear , dear [!] 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 7 dear
3 dear 4 ,
3 dear 7 dear
5 dear 6 ,
5 dear 7 dear

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

first [sammy] [jay] had been accused of screaming in the night and keeping honest little meadow and forest people awake when they wanted to sleep . 
1 first 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 accused
6 accused 7 of
6 accused 9 in
6 accused 21 when
7 of 8 screaming
9 in 12 and
10 the 11 night
11 night 12 and
12 and 13 keeping
12 and 17 and
12 and 20 awake
14 honest 16 meadow
15 little 16 meadow
16 meadow 17 and
17 and 19 people
17 and 20 awake
18 forest 19 people
21 when 22 they
21 when 23 wanted
22 they 23 wanted
23 wanted 24 to
24 to 25 sleep
25 sleep 26 .

and all the time [sammy] [jay] [hadn't] made a sound [.] 
1 and 2 all
1 and 8 made
2 all 3 the
2 all 4 time
2 all 8 made
3 the 4 time
8 made 10 sound
9 a 10 sound

those who had been the very best of friends would pass without speaking [.] 
1 those 2 who
1 those 3 had
1 those 10 would
2 who 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 7 best
5 the 6 very
5 the 7 best
7 best 8 of
8 of 9 friends
10 would 11 pass
11 pass 12 without
12 without 13 speaking

you see [,] [everybody] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] in [the] [green] [forest] [knows] everybody else [by] [their] [voice] [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 10 in
10 in 15 everybody
15 everybody 16 else

instead , he went straight over and [told] [johnny] [chuck] [the] [unkind] [things] that he had overheard [mrs] [redwing] [saying] [about] [johnny] [.] 
1 instead 2 ,
1 instead 3 he
3 he 7 and
4 went 5 straight
4 went 7 and
5 straight 6 over
7 and 17 overheard
14 that 17 overheard
15 he 16 had
16 had 17 overheard

and [so] it was [,] all over [the] [green] [meadows] and [through] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 and 3 it
1 and 16 .
3 it 4 was
4 was 7 over
6 all 7 over
11 and 16 .

it seemed as if almost everybody was heard talking about some one else , and never saying nice things [.] 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 4 if
3 as 4 if
4 if 6 everybody
4 if 8 heard
5 almost 6 everybody
6 everybody 7 was
7 was 8 heard
8 heard 9 talking
9 talking 10 about
9 talking 15 and
11 some 12 one
12 one 15 and
13 else 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 never
15 and 19 things
17 saying 19 things
18 nice 19 things

the only one who still managed to keep on good terms with everybody was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 the 3 one
2 only 3 one
3 one 4 who
3 one 6 managed
3 one 14 was
4 who 6 managed
5 still 6 managed
6 managed 7 to
6 managed 8 keep
7 to 8 keep
8 keep 9 on
8 keep 11 terms
8 keep 12 with
10 good 11 terms
11 terms 12 with
12 with 13 everybody

my , my , [no] [,] indeed [!] 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 7 indeed

then they would whisper and sometimes talk right out loud , when they felt sure that no one was near to hear [.] 
1 then 2 they
2 they 5 and
3 would 4 whisper
3 would 5 and
5 and 7 talk
6 sometimes 7 talk
7 talk 8 right
7 talk 9 out
7 talk 10 loud
7 talk 12 when
11 , 12 when
12 when 13 they
12 when 14 felt
13 they 14 felt
14 felt 15 sure
15 sure 16 that
16 that 19 was
17 no 18 one
18 one 19 was
19 was 20 near
20 near 21 to
20 near 22 hear
21 to 22 hear

what were they talking about [?] 
1 what 2 were
2 were 3 they
2 were 4 talking
4 talking 5 about

yes , [sir] , they were the mischief-makers . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 9 .
4 , 5 they
4 , 9 .
5 they 6 were
6 were 8 mischief-makers
7 the 8 mischief-makers

it was great fun to fool everybody so [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 to
3 great 4 fun
4 fun 5 to
5 to 6 fool
6 fool 7 everybody
6 fool 8 so

they never once stopped to think [how] [very] [,] [very] [uncomfortable] [it] [kept] [everybody] [feeling] [.] 
1 they 4 stopped
2 never 4 stopped
3 once 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 to
4 stopped 6 think
5 to 6 think

[xix] 

[bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] 

bobby [coon] had overslept [.] 
1 bobby 3 had
3 had 4 overslept

usually [bobby] [is] [astir] [shortly] [after] [jolly] , [round] , [red] [mr] [sun] [has] [gone] to bed [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 
1 usually 8 ,
1 usually 10 ,
10 , 16 to
16 to 17 bed

but [bobby] is very irregular in his habits [.] 
1 but 3 is
3 is 5 irregular
4 very 5 irregular
5 irregular 6 in
6 in 8 habits
7 his 8 habits

this [night] [bobby] [coon] had [overslept] [because] [he] [had] [not] gone to [bed] [until] the middle of the day [.] 
1 this 5 had
5 had 11 gone
11 gone 12 to
12 to 16 middle
15 the 16 middle
16 middle 17 of
17 of 19 day
18 the 19 day

by this time [bobby] [coon] [had] [sticks] [in] his eyes [.] 
1 by 3 time
1 by 10 eyes
2 this 3 time
9 his 10 eyes

he was so sleepy that it seemed to him that he never [,] never could get home [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 sleepy
3 so 4 sleepy
4 sleepy 5 that
5 that 6 it
5 that 7 seemed
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 to
7 seemed 10 that
8 to 9 him
10 that 11 he
10 that 16 get
11 he 15 could
12 never 15 could
14 never 15 could
15 could 16 get
16 get 17 home

he [was] [stumbling] [along] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [when] [he] came to a hollow log [.] 
1 he 11 came
11 came 12 to
12 to 15 log
13 a 14 hollow
13 a 15 log

what do you think he did [?] 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
4 think 5 he
4 think 6 did
5 he 6 did

there [bobby] slept all the rest of the day [and] until long after [mr] [sun] [had] [pulled] on his rosy nightcap [.] 
1 there 3 slept
3 slept 4 all
4 all 5 the
4 all 6 rest
5 the 6 rest
6 rest 7 of
6 rest 11 until
7 of 9 day
8 the 9 day
11 until 13 after
12 long 13 after
13 after 21 nightcap
18 on 21 nightcap
19 his 21 nightcap
20 rosy 21 nightcap

perhaps he would have slept there all night , if he hadn't been waked up [.] 
1 perhaps 2 he
2 he 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 slept
5 slept 6 there
5 slept 8 night
5 slept 10 if
7 all 8 night
9 , 10 if
10 if 11 he
10 if 14 waked
11 he 12 hadn't
12 hadn't 13 been
13 been 14 waked
14 waked 15 up

it was the cry of " [thief] [!] thief [!] [thief] [!] ["] that [waked] [him] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 cry
2 was 14 that
3 the 4 cry
4 cry 5 of
5 of 6 "
5 of 9 thief

it seemed to come from right over his head [.] 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 4 come
3 to 4 come
4 come 5 from
5 from 6 right
6 right 7 over
7 over 9 head
8 his 9 head

at first he couldn't think where he was [.] 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 think
5 think 6 where
6 where 7 he
6 where 8 was
7 he 8 was

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

" [this] is the greatest [joke] [that] [ever] [was] [!] ["] [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 3 is
3 is 5 greatest
4 the 5 greatest

["] [pretty] [soon] [nobody] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [or] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [will] [speak] [to] [anybody] [else] [excepting] [me] [.] 

yo ['] cert'nly have got all your ol ['] tricks with yo ['] [.] ["] 
1 yo 4 have
3 cert'nly 4 have
4 have 5 got
5 got 6 all
5 got 10 tricks
5 got 11 with
6 all 7 your
6 all 8 ol
7 your 8 ol
10 tricks 11 with
11 with 12 yo

" [yes] [,] ["] said the voice , " ah done [got] all [mah] ol ['] tricks and some more [.] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 7 voice
5 said 8 ,
5 said 18 and
6 the 7 voice
8 , 9 "
10 ah 11 done
10 ah 18 and
11 done 17 tricks
13 all 17 tricks
15 ol 17 tricks
18 and 20 more
19 some 20 more

don ' [yo] ['] think it is most time to stop [?] 
1 don 2 '
2 ' 5 think
5 think 6 it
5 think 7 is
6 it 7 is
7 is 9 time
8 most 9 time
9 time 10 to
9 time 11 stop
10 to 11 stop

ah don't want to show mahself in daylight [.] 
1 ah 2 don't
2 don't 3 want
3 want 4 to
3 want 5 show
4 to 5 show
5 show 6 mahself
5 show 7 in
6 mahself 7 in
7 in 8 daylight

besides , if [ah'm] found out , nobody ain't gwine to have anything to do with me [.] " 
1 besides 8 nobody
2 , 3 if
3 if 5 found
3 if 7 ,
3 if 8 nobody
5 found 6 out
8 nobody 9 ain't
9 ain't 10 gwine
9 ain't 11 to
11 to 12 have
12 have 13 anything
13 anything 14 to
14 to 15 do
15 do 16 with
16 with 17 me
17 me 19 "

["] [don't] [yo] ['] [worry] [.] 

nobody 's gwine to find yo ['] out . 
1 nobody 2 's
2 's 3 gwine
2 's 4 to
4 to 5 find
5 find 6 yo
5 find 8 out
8 out 9 .

we 'll keep it up just a day or [two] longer [.] 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 keep
3 keep 4 it
3 keep 5 up
5 up 6 just
5 up 9 or
7 a 8 day
8 day 9 or
9 or 11 longer

yo ['] cert'nly [am] [powerful] [good] [at] imitating other people 's voices [.] 
1 yo 8 imitating
3 cert'nly 8 imitating
8 imitating 12 voices
9 other 10 people
10 people 11 's
11 's 12 voices

ah wonder [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [hasn't] [got] [his] [eye] on yo ['] before [now] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 ah 2 wonder
2 wonder 12 on
2 wonder 15 before
12 on 13 yo
15 before 17 ,
17 , 18 "
17 , 19 said
19 said 24 .

bobby [coon] had [become] [wide] [awake] [as] [he] listened [.] 
1 bobby 3 had
3 had 9 listened

bobby waited until [unc] ['] [billy] [and] his [friend] [had] [left] [.] 
1 bobby 2 waited
2 waited 3 until
3 until 8 his

then he crawled out of the hollow log , and he was chuckling to himself [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 crawled
3 crawled 5 of
4 out 5 of
5 of 9 ,
6 the 7 hollow
6 the 8 log
8 log 9 ,
9 , 13 chuckling
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 chuckling
13 chuckling 14 to
14 to 15 himself

" [i] ['ll] [just] [have] [a] [little] [talk] [with] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [,] " [said] [bobby] [to] [himself] [.] 
1 " 15 "

[xx] 

[bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] 

bobby had watched him until his own neck ached [.] 
1 bobby 2 had
2 had 3 watched
3 watched 4 him
3 watched 5 until
5 until 8 neck
5 until 9 ached
6 his 7 own
6 his 8 neck
8 neck 9 ached

mistah [buzzard] [hardly] [ever] moved [his] [wings] [.] 
1 mistah 5 moved

at last [mistah] [buzzard] [came] [sailing] [down] [straight] for the tall [dead] [tree] [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 11 tall
9 for 11 tall
10 the 11 tall

with two or three flaps of his great wings he settled down on his favorite perch and looked down [at] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 with 5 flaps
1 with 10 he
2 two 3 or
3 or 4 three
3 or 5 flaps
5 flaps 6 of
6 of 9 wings
7 his 9 wings
8 great 9 wings
10 he 17 and
11 settled 12 down
11 settled 17 and
12 down 13 on
13 on 16 perch
14 his 15 favorite
14 his 16 perch
17 and 18 looked
18 looked 19 down

" [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [,] " [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [fair] [to] [middling] [well] [,] ["] said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [,] [with] a twinkle [in] [his] [eyes] [.] 
1 " 8 said
8 said 16 twinkle
15 a 16 twinkle

" [what] [can] [ah] [do] [fo] ['] [yo'all] [?] " 
1 " 10 "

[is] [there] [?] ["] 

bobby was using his very politest manner [.] 
1 bobby 2 was
2 was 3 using
3 using 7 manner
4 his 5 very
4 his 6 politest
4 his 7 manner

["] [cert'nly] [!] 

[cert'nly] [!] ["] [chuckled] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 

["] [it] ['s] [mistah] [mockah] [the] [mocking-bird] [.] 

why , that bird just likes to go around making trouble ; he [just] naturally [likes] [to] [.] 
1 why 15 naturally
2 , 4 bird
2 , 6 likes
2 , 12 ;
3 that 4 bird
4 bird 6 likes
5 just 6 likes
6 likes 7 to
6 likes 8 go
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 around
9 around 10 making
10 making 11 trouble
12 ; 13 he
13 he 15 naturally

why do yo ['] ask [,] [brer] [coon] [?] ["] 
1 why 2 do
2 do 3 yo
2 do 5 ask

" [because] he is right here in the [green] [forest] now [,] ["] [replied] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 " 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 right
4 is 6 here
4 is 7 in
4 is 11 now
5 right 6 here
7 in 8 the

["] [what] ['s] [that] [yo] ['] [am] [a-saying] [,] [brer] [coon] [?] 

what 's that [?] ["] [cried] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [,] [growing] [very] [excited] [.] 
1 what 2 's
2 's 3 that

ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] chuckled [.] 
1 ol 5 chuckled

" [yo] ['] [might] [have] [known] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [behind] [all] [that] [trouble] [,] ["] said he . 
1 " 17 said
17 said 18 he
18 he 19 .

["] [yes] [,] [sah] [,] [yo] ['] [might] [have] [known] [that] [ol] ['] [rascal] [was] [behind] [it] [.] 

when [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [and] [mockah] [get] [their] [haids] [together] [,] [there] [sho'ly] is [gwine] [to] [be] something [doing] [.] ["] 
1 when 15 is
15 is 19 something

[xxi] 

[bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] 

bobby [coon] had left [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sitting] [on] [his] [favorite] [dead] [tree] [.] 
1 bobby 3 had
3 had 4 left

[every] [few] [minutes] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [would] [chuckle] [.] 

["] [brer] [coon] [is] [right] [smart] [,] [and] [ah] [reckon] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [gwine] [to] [get] [a] [taste] [of] [his] [own] [medicine] [.] 

yes , [sah] , [ah] reckon he is [!] ["] said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 16 .
2 , 11 said
4 , 6 reckon
6 reckon 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 11 said

he whispered a few words in the ear of one [and] then hurried on to whisper to the next one [.] 
1 he 2 whispered
2 whispered 5 words
2 whispered 13 hurried
3 a 4 few
4 few 5 words
5 words 6 in
5 words 9 of
5 words 13 hurried
6 in 8 ear
7 the 8 ear
9 of 10 one
12 then 13 hurried
13 hurried 14 on
13 hurried 15 to
15 to 16 whisper
16 whisper 17 to
17 to 20 one
18 the 19 next
18 the 20 one

when he got through , he always carried away with him a promise that [just] what he had asked should be done [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 3 got
1 when 6 he
2 he 3 got
3 got 4 through
4 through 5 ,
6 he 8 carried
7 always 8 carried
8 carried 9 away
8 carried 10 with
8 carried 13 promise
10 with 11 him
12 a 13 promise
13 promise 14 that
13 promise 22 done
14 that 16 what
14 that 22 done
16 what 17 he
16 what 19 asked
16 what 20 should
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 asked
21 be 22 done

it was the busiest day [that] [bobby] [coon] [could] [remember] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 day
3 the 4 busiest
3 the 5 day

it was the very next morning that [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] was trotting [along] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] down the hill [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 6 morning
2 was 7 that
3 the 4 very
3 the 5 next
5 next 6 morning
7 that 12 was
12 was 13 trotting
13 trotting 19 down
19 down 21 hill
20 the 21 hill

he was just starting out on his daily round of calls , and he was grinning as only [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] can grin [.] 
1 he 12 ,
2 was 4 starting
2 was 12 ,
3 just 4 starting
4 starting 5 out
5 out 6 on
6 on 9 round
7 his 9 round
8 daily 9 round
9 round 10 of
10 of 11 calls
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
13 and 15 was
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 grinning
15 was 17 as
17 as 18 only
17 as 24 grin
23 can 24 grin

["] [mah] [name] [is] [billy] [possum] [and] [mah] [home] ['s] [a] [hollow] [tree] [!] 

by day or night [ah] wander forth it 's all the same to me [!] 
1 by 3 or
1 by 6 wander
2 day 3 or
3 or 4 night
6 wander 7 forth
6 wander 13 to
8 it 9 's
9 's 10 all
10 all 11 the
10 all 12 same
11 the 12 same
12 same 13 to
13 to 14 me

ah [fill] mah stomach with an egg , [or] sometimes it [is] [fish] [;] [in] [fact] [ah] [always] helps [mahself] to [anything] [ah] [wish] [.] 
1 ah 21 to
3 mah 4 stomach
4 stomach 5 with
5 with 8 ,
6 an 7 egg
7 egg 8 ,
8 , 19 helps
10 sometimes 11 it
11 it 19 helps
19 helps 21 to

this morning he was on his way to call first on [johnny] [chuck] [.] 
1 this 2 morning
2 morning 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 on
5 on 7 way
6 his 7 way
7 way 8 to
7 way 9 call
8 to 9 call
9 call 10 first
9 call 11 on

half-way down the hill [he] [met] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 half-way 2 down
2 down 4 hill
3 the 4 hill

unc ['] [billy] [stopped] [and] [held] [out] [one] [hand] as he said ["] [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [.] 
1 unc 12 said
10 as 11 he
10 as 12 said
11 he 12 said

[how] [do] [yo'all] [do] [this] [fine] [mo'ning] [?] ["] 

[bobby] [coon] [walked] [right] [past] [as] [if] [he] [didn't] [see] [unc] ['] [billy] [at] [all] [.] 

he didn't even look at him [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 4 look
3 even 4 look
4 look 5 at
5 at 6 him

" what ['s] the [matter] [with] yo ['] [this] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [?] ["] shouted [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 7 yo
2 what 4 the
4 the 7 yo
7 yo 16 shouted

bobby [coon] [kept] [right] [on] , [without] [so] [much] [as] turning his head [.] 
1 bobby 11 turning
6 , 11 turning
11 turning 13 head
12 his 13 head

unc ['] [billy] [watched] [him] , and there was a puzzled look on [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [face] [.] 
1 unc 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 there
7 and 9 was
8 there 9 was
9 was 12 look
9 was 13 on
10 a 11 puzzled
10 a 12 look
11 puzzled 12 look

" [must] [be] [that] [brer] [coon] [has] [something] [powerful] [impo'tant] [on] [his] [mind] [,] " [muttered] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [as] [he] [started] [on] [.] 
1 " 15 "

pretty soon he [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [who] had always been one of [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] best [friends] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 8 had
8 had 10 been
9 always 10 been
10 been 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 17 best

jimmy was looking under every stick and stone for beetles for his breakfast [.] 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 looking
2 was 4 under
2 was 9 for
4 under 7 and
5 every 6 stick
6 stick 7 and
7 and 8 stone
7 and 9 for
9 for 10 beetles
10 beetles 11 for
11 for 13 breakfast
12 his 13 breakfast

" [good] [mo'ning] [,] [neighbor] [skunk] [!] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [in] [his] heartiest [voice] [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 15 heartiest

jimmy just went right on about his business [.] 
1 jimmy 3 went
2 just 3 went
3 went 4 right
3 went 6 about
4 right 5 on
6 about 8 business
7 his 8 business

unc ['] [billy] [sat] [down] [and] scratched [his] [head] [.] 
1 unc 7 scratched

his face had lost the cheerful grin with which he had started out [.] 
1 his 2 face
2 face 3 had
3 had 4 lost
4 lost 7 grin
5 the 7 grin
6 cheerful 7 grin
7 grin 8 with
8 with 9 which
8 with 10 he
8 with 12 started
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 started
12 started 13 out

pretty soon he started on [,] [but] [every] [few] [minutes] [he] [would] [stop] [and] [scratch] [his] [head] [thoughtfully] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 started
4 started 5 on

he didn't know what to make [of] [bobby] [coon] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
3 know 5 to
5 to 6 make

he was so surprised that he hadn't known whether to be angry [or] [not] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 surprised
4 surprised 5 that
5 that 6 he
5 that 8 known
6 he 7 hadn't
7 hadn't 8 known
8 known 9 whether
9 whether 10 to
9 whether 11 be
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 angry

" [ah] [must] [find] [out] [what] [brer] [chuck] [knows] [about] [it] [,] ["] [thought] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [as] he trotted on [.] 
1 " 20 he
20 he 21 trotted
21 trotted 22 on

[xxii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] 

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [very] [sober] [as] he hurried down [the] [lone] [little] [path] [to] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [house] [.] 
1 unc 9 he
9 he 10 hurried
10 hurried 11 down

he was very sober indeed , and that is very unusual [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 6 ,
2 was 4 sober
2 was 6 ,
3 very 4 sober
4 sober 5 indeed
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 that
7 and 9 is
8 that 9 is
9 is 11 unusual
10 very 11 unusual

it was very plain to see that something was bothering him [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 plain
3 very 4 plain
4 plain 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 something
7 that 9 was
8 something 9 was
9 was 10 bothering
10 bothering 11 him

johnny [chuck] was sitting on his doorstep [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] in sight , trotting [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] 
1 johnny 3 was
3 was 4 sitting
4 sitting 5 on
5 on 7 doorstep
6 his 7 doorstep
7 doorstep 14 in
14 in 16 ,
15 sight 16 ,
16 , 17 trotting

unc ['] [billy] came to a stop about [two] [feet] [behind] [johnny] [chuck] [.] 
1 unc 4 came
4 came 5 to
5 to 7 stop
6 a 7 stop
7 stop 8 about

" [a-hem] [!] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 4 "

johnny [chuck] sat there without moving , just as if he hadn't heard [.] 
1 johnny 3 sat
3 sat 4 there
3 sat 5 without
3 sat 10 if
5 without 7 ,
6 moving 7 ,
7 , 8 just
9 as 10 if
10 if 11 he
10 if 13 heard
11 he 12 hadn't
12 hadn't 13 heard

" [it] ['s] [a] [fine] [mo'ning] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [in] [his] pleasantest [voice] [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 15 pleasantest

instead [of] [replying] , [johnny] [chuck] suddenly kicked up his heels and disappeared [inside] his [house] . 
1 instead 4 ,
1 instead 17 .
4 , 12 and
7 suddenly 8 kicked
8 kicked 9 up
8 kicked 11 heels
8 kicked 12 and
10 his 11 heels
12 and 13 disappeared
13 disappeared 15 his

after a while he started on [.] 
1 after 3 while
1 after 4 he
2 a 3 while
4 he 5 started
5 started 6 on

pretty soon he [came] [to] [where] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] was playing all by himself [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 10 was
10 was 11 playing
11 playing 12 all
11 playing 13 by
12 all 13 by
13 by 14 himself

he didn't know that [unc] ['] [billy] was [about] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] said [:] " [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [meadow] [mouse] [.] ["] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 8 was
8 was 14 said
14 said 16 "

now [danny] [had] [always] [been] [delighted] [to] see [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [and] [to] [have] [a] [chat] [with] [him] [whenever] [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [stop] [.] 
1 now 8 see

but this morning [no] [sooner] [did] [danny] [hear] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [voice] [than] he turned [his] [back] [to] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 but 3 morning
1 but 15 he
2 this 3 morning
15 he 16 turned

this was more than [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [stand] [.] 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 more
2 was 4 than

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gave] it [up] [and] went [on] [down] to the [smiling] [pool] . 
1 so 7 it
7 it 10 went
10 went 13 to
13 to 17 .
14 the 17 .

[there] [little] [joe] [otter] [and] [billy] [mink] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [were] [at] [play] [.] 

" [hello] [,] [yo'alls] [!] " [shouted] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 6 "

[splash] [!] 

all three had dived into [the] [smiling] [pool] , and though [unc] ['] [billy] [waited] [and] [waited] , he didn't see one of them again [.] 
1 all 2 three
2 three 3 had
3 had 4 dived
4 dived 5 into
5 into 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 19 he
10 and 21 see
11 though 18 ,
11 though 19 he
19 he 20 didn't
20 didn't 21 see
21 see 22 one
21 see 25 again
22 one 23 of
23 of 24 them

so he went [home] to his hollow [tree] in [the] [green] [forest] [early] [that] [day] to try and study [out] what it all meant [.] 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 5 to
3 went 16 to
5 to 7 hollow
6 his 7 hollow
7 hollow 9 in
16 to 18 and
17 try 18 and
18 and 19 study
19 study 21 what
21 what 22 it
21 what 24 meant
22 it 24 meant
23 all 24 meant

[xxiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] 

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [has] [very] [sharp] [eyes] [.] 

nobody has sharper eyes than [he] [.] 
1 nobody 2 has
2 has 4 eyes
2 has 5 than
3 sharper 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 than

there is very little [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [misses] [.] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 4 little
3 very 4 little

by and [by] [unc] ['] [billy] [looked] up in the sky [where] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [was] sailing ['] [round] [and] ['] [round] [.] 
1 by 11 sky
2 and 8 up
8 up 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 sky
11 sky 18 sailing

then [unc] ['] [billy] hopped [up] [mighty] [spry] [.] 
1 then 5 hopped

he hadn't been [there] [long] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [shuffling] [along] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [was] out [walking] for his health [.] 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 20 out
20 out 22 for
22 for 24 health
23 his 24 health

["] [howdy] [,] [mistah] [buzzard] [!] 

ah [cert'nly] hopes yo'all [feel] [right] [smart] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 8 ,
3 hopes 4 yo'all
4 yo'all 8 ,
8 , 9 "
8 , 10 said
10 said 14 .

ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [replied] [:] ["] [ah] [feel] [right] [pert] , [brer] [possum] [,] [thank] yo ['] [.] 
1 ol 17 ,
17 , 22 yo

ah hopes [yo] ['] feel the same [.] 
1 ah 2 hopes
2 hopes 5 feel
5 feel 7 same
6 the 7 same

yo ['] look like nothing ever bothers yo ['] [.] ["] 
1 yo 3 look
3 look 4 like
4 like 5 nothing
4 like 7 bothers
5 nothing 7 bothers
6 ever 7 bothers
7 bothers 8 yo

nothing ever does bother me [.] ["] 
1 nothing 3 does
2 ever 3 does
3 does 4 bother
4 bother 5 me

" [ah] [watched] [yo] ['] [take] [a] [long] [walk] [this] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [possum] [,] " [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 
1 " 16 "

" [did] [yo] ['] [,] [indeed] [;] [yo] ['] [have] [keen] [eyes] [,] [mistah] [buzzard] [!] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 17 "

["] [ah] [saw] [yo] ['] [meet] [a] [lot] [of] [yo] ['] [friends] [.] 

it 's fine to have a lot of friends , [isn't] [it] [,] [brer] [possum] [?] " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 it 10 ,
2 's 3 fine
2 's 10 ,
3 fine 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 7 lot
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
8 of 9 friends
10 , 17 "
10 , 18 said
18 said 23 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sharply] [.] 

unc ['] [billy] [stared] , and for a minute he couldn't find his tongue . 
1 unc 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 10 he
6 and 12 find
7 for 9 minute
7 for 10 he
8 a 9 minute
10 he 11 couldn't
12 find 14 tongue
12 find 15 .
13 his 14 tongue

then he heard a noise that sounded very much like a chuckle [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 heard
3 heard 5 noise
3 heard 10 like
4 a 5 noise
5 noise 6 that
5 noise 7 sounded
6 that 7 sounded
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 like
10 like 12 chuckle
11 a 12 chuckle

in a few minutes it was a laugh [.] 
1 in 4 minutes
1 in 5 it
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
5 it 6 was
6 was 8 laugh
7 a 8 laugh

finally [unc] ['] [billy] [began] to laugh [too] [.] 
1 finally 6 to
6 to 7 laugh

unc ['] [billy] shook [his] [head] [doubtfully] [.] 
1 unc 4 shook

["] [serves] [yo'alls] [right] [!] 

["] [ah] [know] [it] [.] 

it cert'nly does [,] ["] [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [meekly] [.] 
1 it 3 does
2 cert'nly 3 does

["] [mischief] [always] [trots] [ahead] [of] [grim] [ol] ['] [mistah] [trouble] [,] [they] [look] [and] [act] [enough] [alike] [to] [be] [each] [other] ['s] [double] [.] 

whoever [fools] [with] [mischief] 's gwine to wake [some] [day] [or] [other] [and] [find] that [trouble] 's just the same [as] [mischief] ['s] [own] [twin] [brother] [.] ["] 
1 whoever 5 's
5 's 20 same
6 gwine 7 to
7 to 8 wake
8 wake 15 that
15 that 17 's
17 's 18 just
18 just 20 same
19 the 20 same

old [mrs] [possum] [grumbled] [and] [scolded] , but all the time she was thinking , and [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] that she was . 
1 old 7 ,
7 , 16 and
8 but 9 all
8 but 12 she
9 all 10 the
9 all 11 time
10 the 11 time
12 she 13 was
13 was 14 thinking
14 thinking 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 21 that
16 and 23 was
22 she 23 was
23 was 24 .

finally she finished sweeping the doorsteps and looked [thoughtfully] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 finally 2 she
2 she 7 and
3 finished 4 sweeping
3 finished 7 and
4 sweeping 6 doorsteps
5 the 6 doorsteps
7 and 8 looked

" [why] [don't] [yo] ['] [give] [a] [party] [fo] ['] [mistah] [mocking-bird] ? " she inquired [.] 
1 " 16 inquired
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 15 she
15 she 16 inquired

" [the] [very] [thing] [!] ["] cried [unc] ['] [billy] , and [like] a flash [back] [came] [his] old-time [grin] [.] 
1 " 7 cried
7 cried 19 old-time
11 , 12 and
11 , 19 old-time
12 and 15 flash
14 a 15 flash

[xxiv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] 

at first [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [been] [afraid] [that] [no] [one] [would] [come] [.] 
1 at 2 first

of course that meant that [unc] ['] [billy] [must] [take] [them] [around] [himself] [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 that
3 that 4 meant
4 meant 5 that

my , [but] [that] [was] [hard] [work] [!] 
1 my 2 ,

it took him two [whole] days [.] 
1 it 2 took
2 took 3 him
2 took 6 days
4 two 6 days

in the first place there were so many to see . 
1 in 4 place
1 in 5 there
2 the 4 place
3 first 4 place
5 there 6 were
6 were 8 many
6 were 9 to
7 so 8 many
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [make] [another] low bow and hurry on to the next one [.] 
1 then 8 low
8 low 9 bow
9 bow 10 and
10 and 11 hurry
11 hurry 13 to
12 on 13 to
13 to 16 one
14 the 15 next
14 the 16 one

mistah [buzzard] [had] [found] [sammy] [jay] [in] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] , and [sammy] [had] [moved] [back] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [very] [day] [.] 
1 mistah 12 ,
12 , 13 and

such a good time as everybody did have [!] 
1 such 2 a
2 a 4 time
3 good 4 time
4 time 5 as
4 time 7 did
5 as 6 everybody
7 did 8 have

there were heaps and heaps of good things to eat . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 4 and
2 were 9 to
3 heaps 4 and
4 and 5 heaps
4 and 6 of
6 of 8 things
7 good 8 things
9 to 10 eat
10 eat 11 .

they danced and played hide and seek [.] 
1 they 2 danced
2 danced 3 and
3 and 6 and
4 played 5 hide
4 played 6 and
6 and 7 seek

finally [unc] ['] [billy] [climbed] up [on] [a] [stump] . 
1 finally 6 up
6 up 10 .

he was dressed in his finest suit , and he wore his broadest grin [.] 
1 he 8 ,
2 was 3 dressed
2 was 8 ,
3 dressed 4 in
4 in 7 suit
5 his 6 finest
5 his 7 suit
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
9 and 11 wore
10 he 11 wore
11 wore 14 grin
12 his 13 broadest
12 his 14 grin

everybody crowded around to hear what [unc] ['] [billy] was about to say [.] 
1 everybody 2 crowded
2 crowded 3 around
2 crowded 4 to
4 to 5 hear
5 hear 6 what
6 what 10 was
10 was 11 about
11 about 12 to
12 to 13 say

" [mah] [friends] [and] [neighbors] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] [ah] [have] [a] [great] [surprise] [fo] ['] yo'alls [.] ["] 
1 " 8 said
8 said 21 yo'alls

then he stepped [down] , and everybody began to wonder and to guess what the surprise could be [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 5 ,
3 stepped 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 everybody
6 and 8 began
8 began 9 to
8 began 11 and
9 to 11 and
10 wonder 11 and
11 and 12 to
11 and 13 guess
12 to 13 guess
13 guess 14 what
14 what 16 surprise
14 what 18 be
15 the 16 surprise
16 surprise 17 could
17 could 18 be

[xxv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] 

everybody was asking everybody else what the surprise could be which [unc] ['] [billy] [had] said he had for them [.] 
1 everybody 2 was
2 was 3 asking
3 asking 4 everybody
3 asking 6 what
3 asking 11 which
3 asking 19 for
4 everybody 5 else
6 what 8 surprise
7 the 8 surprise
8 surprise 9 could
9 could 10 be
11 which 18 had
16 said 17 he
17 he 18 had
19 for 20 them

after he had made his speech , he had [scurried] [out] [of] [sight] , and no one could find him . 
1 after 2 he
1 after 4 made
1 after 7 ,
1 after 8 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 made
4 made 6 speech
5 his 6 speech
8 he 9 had
9 had 21 .
14 , 15 and
14 , 21 .
15 and 17 one
15 and 19 find
16 no 17 one
17 one 18 could
18 could 19 find
19 find 20 him

sammy [jay] became greatly excited [.] 
1 sammy 3 became
3 became 4 greatly
3 became 5 excited

" [there] [!] " he cried ! 
1 " 6 cried
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 cried
6 cried 7 !

["] [you] [heard] [that] [when] [you] [was] [standing] [right] [in] [front] [of] [me] [and] [talking] [to] [me] [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 

you know that [i] [wasn't] [making] [a] [sound] [!] 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 that

i told you [that] [i] hadn't been screaming in [the] [night] , and this proves it [!] ["] 
1 i 13 and
2 told 13 and
3 you 6 hadn't
6 hadn't 7 been
7 been 8 screaming
8 screaming 9 in
9 in 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 proves
14 this 15 proves
15 proves 16 it

jerry [muskrat] looked as if he couldn't believe his own ears [.] 
1 jerry 3 looked
3 looked 5 if
4 as 5 if
5 if 6 he
5 if 8 believe
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 believe
8 believe 11 ears
9 his 10 own
9 his 11 ears

just [then] [the] [voice] [of] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [began] to [croak] ["] it 's [going] [to] rain [!] 
1 just 11 to
11 to 18 rain
14 it 15 's
15 's 18 rain

it 's going to rain [!] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 rain

it 's going to rain [!] ["] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 rain

the voice seemed to come out of that very [same] hemlock-tree [.] 
1 the 2 voice
2 voice 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
3 seemed 5 come
4 to 5 come
5 come 7 of
5 come 11 hemlock-tree
6 out 7 of
7 of 8 that
9 very 11 hemlock-tree

it was [sticky-toes] himself , and he had dropped from another tree altogether [.] 
1 it 5 ,
2 was 4 himself
2 was 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
6 and 9 dropped
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 dropped
9 dropped 10 from
9 dropped 13 altogether
10 from 12 tree
11 another 12 tree

" [you] [hear] [it] [!] ["] he shrieked , [dancing] [up] and down he was so angry . 
1 " 7 he
7 he 9 ,
8 shrieked 9 ,
9 , 12 and
12 and 14 he
12 and 18 .
13 down 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 so
16 so 17 angry

["] [you] [hear] [it] [!] 

it isn't me [,] [is] [it] [?] 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 me

that ['s] [my] [voice] , yet it isn't [mine] [,] [because] [i] ['m] [right] [here] [!] 
1 that 8 isn't
5 , 6 yet
6 yet 7 it
7 it 8 isn't

how can [i] [be] [here] [and] [over] [there] [too] [?] 
1 how 2 can

tell me that [!] ["] 
1 tell 2 me
1 tell 3 that

no [one] [could] [tell] [him] , [and] [sticky-toes] continued to scold and sputter and swell himself up with anger . 
1 no 6 ,
1 no 20 .
6 , 9 continued
9 continued 12 and
10 to 12 and
11 scold 12 and
12 and 14 and
13 sputter 14 and
14 and 15 swell
15 swell 16 himself
15 swell 17 up
15 swell 18 with
18 with 19 anger

now no one [knew] [that] [blacky] [the] [crow] had come to [the] [party] , for [blacky] [never] [goes] abroad at night [.] 
1 now 3 one
2 no 3 one
3 one 9 had
9 had 10 come
10 come 11 to
10 come 20 at
11 to 14 ,
14 , 15 for
15 for 19 abroad
20 at 21 night

" [come] [out] , [blacky] [!] ["] they all shouted [.] 
1 " 10 shouted
4 , 8 they
8 they 10 shouted
9 all 10 shouted

but [no] [blacky] [appeared] . 
1 but 5 .

instead out of that magic hemlock-tree poured a beautiful song , so beautiful that when it ended everybody clapped their hands [.] 
1 instead 6 hemlock-tree
2 out 3 of
3 of 5 magic
3 of 6 hemlock-tree
4 that 5 magic
6 hemlock-tree 7 poured
7 poured 10 song
8 a 10 song
9 beautiful 10 song
10 song 13 beautiful
11 , 13 beautiful
12 so 13 beautiful
13 beautiful 14 that
14 that 18 everybody
14 that 19 clapped
15 when 16 it
15 when 17 ended
15 when 18 everybody
16 it 17 ended
18 everybody 19 clapped
19 clapped 21 hands
20 their 21 hands

no one had ever heard anything like it , and when it ended every one shouted for more [.] 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 had
3 had 5 heard
4 ever 5 heard
5 heard 6 anything
5 heard 17 for
6 anything 7 like
7 like 10 and
8 it 10 and
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 when
12 it 13 ended
13 ended 15 one
14 every 15 one
15 one 16 shouted
15 one 17 for
17 for 18 more

even [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [forgot] [his] ill [temper] [.] 
1 even 8 ill
3 the 8 ill

instead of more music , out from the hemlock-tree flew a stranger [.] 
1 instead 2 of
2 of 3 more
2 of 4 music
4 music 6 out
4 music 10 flew
5 , 6 out
6 out 7 from
7 from 9 hemlock-tree
8 the 9 hemlock-tree
10 flew 12 stranger
11 a 12 stranger

he was about the size of [sammy] [jay] and wore a modest gray suit with white trimmings [.] 
1 he 9 and
2 was 3 about
2 was 9 and
3 about 5 size
4 the 5 size
5 size 6 of
9 and 10 wore
10 wore 14 suit
11 a 12 modest
11 a 14 suit
12 modest 14 suit
13 gray 14 suit
14 suit 15 with
15 with 17 trimmings
16 white 17 trimmings

unc ['] [billy] [wore] his broadest grin [.] 
1 unc 7 grin
5 his 6 broadest
5 his 7 grin

we [uns] [is] [right] [sorry] [fo] ['] [the] [trouble] we [uns] have made [.] 
1 we 10 we
10 we 12 have
12 have 13 made

it was [all] a joke , and now [we] asks yo ['] pardon [.] 
1 it 6 ,
2 was 5 joke
2 was 6 ,
4 a 5 joke
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 asks
8 now 10 asks
10 asks 11 yo
10 asks 13 pardon

mah [friend] [mistah] [mockah] [would] like to stay here and live , [if] yo'alls [is] [willing] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 mah 6 like
6 like 10 and
7 to 10 and
8 stay 9 here
8 stay 10 and
10 and 12 ,
11 live 12 ,
12 , 14 yo'alls
14 yo'alls 17 ,
17 , 18 "
17 , 19 said
19 said 23 .

[xxvi] 

[mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

while they were talking [the] [matter] [over] [,] [mr] [mocker] [began] [to] [sing] [again] [that] [wonderful] [song] [of] [his] [.] 
1 while 2 they
1 while 3 were
1 while 4 talking
2 they 3 were

it was so beautiful that by the time it was ended , every one was ready to grant the pardon [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 beautiful
3 so 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 that
4 beautiful 17 to
4 beautiful 18 grant
5 that 14 one
5 that 15 was
6 by 8 time
6 by 12 ,
6 by 14 one
7 the 8 time
8 time 9 it
8 time 11 ended
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 ended
11 ended 12 ,
13 every 14 one
14 one 15 was
15 was 16 ready
17 to 18 grant
18 grant 20 pardon
19 the 20 pardon

of course they heard all about the party the next morning and were very anxious indeed to see the stranger with the wonderful voice [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 they
3 they 12 and
4 heard 5 all
4 heard 6 about
4 heard 11 morning
4 heard 12 and
6 about 8 party
7 the 8 party
9 the 10 next
10 next 11 morning
12 and 13 were
13 were 15 anxious
14 very 15 anxious
15 anxious 17 to
15 anxious 18 see
16 indeed 17 to
17 to 18 see
18 see 20 stranger
18 see 21 with
19 the 20 stranger
20 stranger 21 with
21 with 24 voice
22 the 24 voice
23 wonderful 24 voice

of [course] [mr] [mocker] [had] [to] [show] [off] his [wonderful] [voice] [to] each [one] [.] 
1 of 13 each
9 his 13 each

so he soon made himself at home and , because he was happy , he would sing all day long [.] 
1 so 8 and
1 so 17 sing
2 he 4 made
2 he 8 and
3 soon 4 made
4 made 5 himself
4 made 6 at
6 at 7 home
8 and 15 he
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 he
10 because 12 was
10 because 14 ,
10 because 15 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 happy
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 sing
17 sing 19 day
17 sing 20 long
18 all 19 day

and sometimes , when the moon was shining , he woke up in the night and would sing for very joy . 
1 and 10 he
1 and 22 .
2 sometimes 3 ,
3 , 4 when
4 when 6 moon
4 when 7 was
4 when 9 ,
4 when 10 he
5 the 6 moon
6 moon 7 was
8 shining 9 ,
10 he 11 woke
11 woke 12 up
12 up 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 night
15 night 16 and
16 and 17 would
17 would 18 sing
18 sing 19 for
19 for 20 very
20 very 21 joy

it was great fun [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 fun
3 great 4 fun

finally he thought [of] [grandfather] [frog] , who is [very] old and very wise . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 7 ,
7 , 8 who
7 , 9 is
8 who 9 is
9 is 12 and
11 old 12 and
12 and 14 wise
13 very 14 wise
14 wise 15 .

" he ['ll] [know] [,] ["] said [peter] , as [off] he posted [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 7 said
2 he 7 said
7 said 9 ,
7 said 18 .
9 , 10 as
10 as 12 he
10 as 13 posted
12 he 13 posted

now [grandfather] [frog] [was] [feeling] [out] [of] [sorts] [that] [morning] . 
1 now 11 .

" [chugarum] [!] " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [crossly] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [go] [ask] [mr] [buzzard] , " and [that] [was] all [that] [peter] [could] [get] [out] [of] [him] [.] 
1 " 8 and
6 , 7 "
6 , 8 and
8 and 11 all

ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [laughed] [when] [he] [heard] that [some] [folks] [said] that [mr] [mocker] had [not] come by his voice honestly [.] 
1 ol 9 that
9 that 18 come
13 that 16 had
16 had 18 come
18 come 19 by
18 come 22 honestly
19 by 21 voice
20 his 21 voice

" [there] [isn't] [a] [word] [of] [truth] [in] [it] [,] [brer] [rabbit] , " he declared [.] 
1 " 16 declared
13 , 14 "
13 , 15 he
15 he 16 declared

" [yo] ['] [go] [tell] [all] [your] [friends] [that] [mistah] [mockah] [is] [the] [best] [loved] [of] [all] [the] [birds] [way] [down] [souf] [.] " 
1 " 24 "

and this is all for the present about the adventures of [mr] [mocker] the [mocking-bird] [.] 
1 and 2 this
1 and 3 is
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 all
3 is 5 for
3 is 8 about
4 all 5 for
5 for 7 present
6 the 7 present
7 present 8 about
8 about 10 adventures
9 the 10 adventures
10 adventures 11 of
11 of 14 the

but others have had adventures , and one is [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 but 2 others
1 but 6 ,
2 others 3 have
3 have 4 had
4 had 5 adventures
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 one
7 and 9 is

the next book will tell all about them [.] 
1 the 2 next
1 the 3 book
3 book 4 will
4 will 5 tell
5 tell 6 all
5 tell 7 about
6 all 7 about
7 about 8 them

[the] [end] 

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