[produced] [by] [david] [newman] [and] [pg] [distributed] [proofreaders] [the] [adventures] [of] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] [with] [illustrations] [by] [harrison] [cady] [@number@] [contents] [chapter] i [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [puzzled] [ii] . 1 i 7 . [jimmy] [skunk] [consults] [his] [friends] [iii] [.] [the] [hunt] [for] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [iv] [.] [peter] [rabbit] [finds] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [v] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [music] [bag] [vi] [.] [peter] [discovers] [something] [more] [vii] [.] [a] [shadow] [passes] [over] [the] [smiling] [pool] [viii] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [babies] [ix] [.] [the] [smiling] [pool] [kindergarten] [x] [the] [little] [toads] [start] [out] [to] [see] [the] [world] [xi] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [queer] [tongue] [xii] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [shows] [his] [tongue] [xiii] [.] [peter] [rabbit] [is] [impolite] [xiv] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [disappears] [xv] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [gives] [peter] [a] [scare] [xvi] [.] [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [surprised] [xvii] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [mistake] [xviii] [.] [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [just] [in] [time] [xix] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [gets] [his] [stomach] [full] [xx] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [is] [puffed] [up] [xxi] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [receives] [another] [invitation] [xxii] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [learns] [a] [lesson] [xxiii] [.] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [is] [very] [humble] [list] [of] [illustrations] " [can] [you] [tell] [me] [where] [all] [these] [little] [toads] [came] [from] [?] " 1 " 14 " " [do] [you] [see] [anything] [queer] [about] [him] [?] " 1 " 10 " [he] [asked] ["] [if] [he] [don't] [watch] [out] [,] [he'll] [blow] [up] [and] [bust] [!] ["] [the] [adventures] [of] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [i] [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [puzzled] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [almost] [sighed] [as] [she] [watched] [them] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [.] she felt that she would like to join them . 1 she 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 3 that 4 she 3 that 10 . 4 she 5 would 5 would 6 like 6 like 7 to 7 to 8 join 8 join 9 them always the springtime made her feel this way , young , mad , carefree , and happy [.] 1 always 3 springtime 1 always 6 feel 2 the 3 springtime 3 springtime 4 made 4 made 5 her 6 feel 8 way 6 feel 10 young 6 feel 16 and 7 this 8 way 9 , 10 young 10 young 11 , 11 , 16 and 12 mad 13 , 13 , 14 carefree 13 , 16 and 14 carefree 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 happy but she had work to do [.] 1 but 3 had 2 she 3 had 3 had 4 work 3 had 5 to 5 to 6 do so she puffed [her] [cheeks] out and started about her business [.] 1 so 2 she 1 so 7 and 2 she 7 and 3 puffed 6 out 3 puffed 7 and 7 and 8 started 7 and 9 about 9 about 11 business 10 her 11 business jimmy [skunk] sat at the top of the hill that overlooks [the] [green] [meadows] and watched her out of sight [.] 1 jimmy 3 sat 3 sat 4 at 4 at 6 top 5 the 6 top 6 top 7 of 6 top 10 that 6 top 15 and 7 of 8 the 8 the 9 hill 10 that 15 and 11 overlooks 15 and 15 and 16 watched 16 watched 17 her 16 watched 19 of 18 out 19 of 19 of 20 sight then he started to amble down [the] [lone] [little] [path] to look for some beetles [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 started 3 started 4 to 3 started 5 amble 4 to 5 amble 5 amble 6 down 5 amble 11 to 11 to 12 look 12 look 13 for 13 for 15 beetles 14 some 15 beetles of course he turned to see [who] it was , and he was greatly surprised when he discovered [old] [mr] [toad] . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 he 3 he 4 turned 4 turned 5 to 5 to 6 see 6 see 8 it 8 it 10 , 9 was 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 11 and 22 . 12 he 13 was 13 was 15 surprised 14 greatly 15 surprised 15 surprised 16 when 16 when 17 he 16 when 18 discovered 17 he 18 discovered yes , [sir] [,] it was [old] [mr] [toad] , and he [seemed] [in] a great hurry [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 10 , 6 was 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 11 and 17 hurry 15 a 17 hurry 16 great 17 hurry now it is a very unusual thing [for] [mr] [toad] to hurry , very unusual indeed [.] 1 now 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 7 thing 3 is 11 to 4 a 7 thing 5 very 6 unusual 6 unusual 7 thing 11 to 12 hurry 12 hurry 15 unusual 13 , 15 unusual 14 very 15 unusual 15 unusual 16 indeed as a rule he hops a few steps and then sits down to think it [over] . 1 as 3 rule 1 as 4 he 2 a 3 rule 4 he 9 and 5 hops 8 steps 5 hops 9 and 6 a 7 few 7 few 8 steps 9 and 11 sits 10 then 11 sits 11 sits 12 down 12 down 13 to 13 to 14 think 14 think 15 it 15 it 17 . of [course] [the] [first] [thing] [jimmy] [thought] [of] [was] [mr] [blacksnake] , and he looked for him . 1 of 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 he 13 and 18 . 14 he 15 looked 15 looked 16 for 16 for 17 him but there was no sign of [mr] [blacksnake] [nor] [of] any other danger [.] 1 but 2 there 2 there 3 was 3 was 5 sign 4 no 5 sign 5 sign 6 of 6 of 13 danger 11 any 12 other 12 other 13 danger old [mr] [toad] [didn't] [say] [a] [word] , [but] [simply] [tried] [to] [get] [past] [jimmy] and [keep] on his way [.] 1 old 8 , 8 , 16 and 16 and 18 on 18 on 20 way 19 his 20 way ["] [i] [i] [beg] [your] [pardon] [.] i didn't have any breath to spare , " panted [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 3 have 5 breath 4 any 5 breath 5 breath 6 to 6 to 7 spare 7 spare 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 panted " [you] [see] [i] ['m] [in] [a] [great] [hurry] [.] " 1 " 11 " " [yes] [,] [i] [see] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 7 " " [but] [don't] [you] [know] [that] [it] [isn't] [good] [for] [the] [health] [to] [hurry] so [?] 1 " 15 so now , [pray] [,] what are you in such a hurry for [?] 1 now 2 , 1 now 5 what 5 what 6 are 5 what 12 for 6 are 7 you 8 in 11 hurry 9 such 10 a 10 a 11 hurry 11 hurry 12 for i don't see anything to run away from [.] ["] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 see 3 see 4 anything 4 anything 5 to 4 anything 8 from 5 to 6 run 6 run 7 away 6 run 8 from " [i] ['m] [not] [running] [away] [,] " [retorted] [old] [mr] [toad] [indignantly] [.] 1 " 8 " " [i] ['ve] [business] [to] [attend] [to] [at] [the] [smiling] [pool] [,] [and] [i] ['m] [late] [as] [it] [is] [.] " 1 " 21 " " [business] [!] " [exclaimed] [jimmy] [as] [if] [he] [could] [hardly] [believe] [his] [ears] [.] 1 " 4 " " [what] [business] [have] [you] [at] [the] [smiling] [pool] [?] " 1 " 11 " " [that] [is] [my] [own] [affair] [,] " [retorted] [old] [mr] [toad] [,] ["] [but] [if] [you] [really] [want] [to] [know] [,] [i] ['ll] [tell] [you] [.] 1 " 8 " i have a very important part in the [spring] chorus , [and] [i] ['m] [going] [down] [there] to sing [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 6 part 2 have 7 in 3 a 4 very 3 a 6 part 4 very 5 important 6 part 7 in 7 in 10 chorus 8 the 10 chorus 10 chorus 11 , 11 , 18 to 18 to 19 sing i have a very beautiful voice [.] ["] 1 i 2 have 2 have 6 voice 3 a 6 voice 4 very 5 beautiful 5 beautiful 6 voice that was too much [for] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 much 3 too 4 much he just lay down and rolled over and over with laughter [.] 1 he 5 and 2 just 3 lay 3 lay 4 down 3 lay 5 and 5 and 6 rolled 5 and 7 over 5 and 10 with 7 over 8 and 8 and 9 over 10 with 11 laughter the idea of any one so homely , almost ugly-looking , as [mr] [toad] [thinking] that [he] had a beautiful voice [!] 1 the 2 idea 2 idea 3 of 2 idea 18 had 3 of 5 one 4 any 5 one 5 one 7 homely 6 so 7 homely 7 homely 10 ugly-looking 7 homely 12 as 8 , 10 ugly-looking 9 almost 10 ugly-looking 10 ugly-looking 11 , 12 as 16 that 18 had 21 voice 19 a 21 voice 20 beautiful 21 voice ["] [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] ho , ho , ho ! " roared [jimmy] . 1 ho 2 , 1 ho 10 . 2 , 8 roared 3 ho 5 ho 3 ho 8 roared 4 , 5 ho 5 ho 6 ! 6 ! 7 " when at last he stopped because he couldn't laugh any more , he discovered [that] [old] [mr] [toad] [was] [on] his way [again] [.] 1 when 4 he 1 when 5 stopped 1 when 13 he 2 at 3 last 2 at 4 he 4 he 5 stopped 5 stopped 6 because 6 because 7 he 6 because 9 laugh 7 he 8 couldn't 8 couldn't 9 laugh 10 any 11 more 11 more 12 , 11 more 13 he 13 he 14 discovered 14 discovered 22 way 21 his 22 way hop , hop , [hipperty-hop] , hop , hop , hipperty-hop went [mr] [toad] [.] 1 hop 3 hop 2 , 3 hop 3 hop 4 , 4 , 6 , 6 , 7 hop 6 , 8 , 8 , 9 hop 8 , 10 , 10 , 11 hipperty-hop 10 , 12 went jimmy [watched] [him] , and he confessed that he was puzzled . 1 jimmy 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 he 6 he 7 confessed 7 confessed 8 that 8 that 9 he 8 that 12 . 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 puzzled [ii] [jimmy] [skunk] [consults] [his] [friends] he certainly was puzzled , was [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 he 5 , 2 certainly 3 was 3 was 4 puzzled 3 was 5 , 5 , 6 was the truth is [,] [jimmy] [didn't] [believe] it [.] 1 the 2 truth 2 truth 3 is 3 is 8 it he thought that [old] [mr] [toad] was [trying] to fool him [.] 1 he 2 thought 2 thought 3 that 3 that 7 was 7 was 9 to 9 to 10 fool 10 fool 11 him [presently] [peter] [rabbit] [came] [along] [.] he found [jimmy] [skunk] sitting in [a] [brown] [study] [.] 1 he 2 found 2 found 5 sitting 5 sitting 6 in " [hello] [,] [old] [striped-coat] [,] [what] [have] [you] [got] [on] [your] [mind] [this] [fine] [morning] [?] " [cried] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 18 " " [him] [,] " [said] [jimmy] [simply] [,] [pointing] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] 1 " 4 " peter looked [.] 1 peter 2 looked " [do] [you] [mean] [old] [mr] [toad] [!] " he asked [.] 1 " 11 asked 9 " 10 he 10 he 11 asked jimmy nodded [.] 1 jimmy 2 nodded " [do] [you] [see] [anything] [queer] [about] [him] [?] " he asked in his turn [.] 1 " 12 asked 10 " 11 he 11 he 12 asked 12 asked 13 in 13 in 15 turn 14 his 15 turn [ [illustration] : " do you see anything queer about him [?] " [he] [asked] [.] []] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 do 5 do 6 you 5 do 7 see 7 see 8 anything 7 see 10 about 8 anything 9 queer 8 anything 10 about 10 about 11 him 11 him 13 " peter stared [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] 1 peter 2 stared " [no] , " he replied , " except that [he] seems [in] a great hurry [.] ["] 1 " 6 replied 3 , 4 " 3 , 5 he 5 he 6 replied 6 replied 7 , 6 replied 9 except 6 replied 12 seems 7 , 8 " 9 except 10 that 9 except 12 seems 12 seems 16 hurry 14 a 15 great 14 a 16 hurry 15 great 16 hurry " [that] ['s] [just] [it] [,] " [jimmy] [returned] [promptly] [.] 1 " 7 " " [did] [you] [ever] [see] [him] [hurry] [unless] he was frightened [?] ["] 1 " 9 he 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 frightened peter confessed that he [never] had . 1 peter 2 confessed 2 confessed 3 that 3 that 4 he 4 he 6 had 6 had 7 . " [well] , he [isn't] [frightened] [now] [,] [yet] [just] [look] [at] [him] [go] [,] ["] retorted [jimmy] [.] 1 " 17 retorted 3 , 4 he 4 he 17 retorted peter looked [very] [hard] [at] [jimmy] to see if he was fooling or telling the truth [.] 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 7 to 7 to 8 see 8 see 9 if 8 see 16 truth 9 if 10 he 9 if 11 was 10 he 11 was 11 was 13 or 12 fooling 13 or 13 or 14 telling 15 the 16 truth then he began to laugh [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 began 3 began 4 to 4 to 5 laugh ["] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [sing] [!] the very idea [!] ["] [he] [cried] [.] 1 the 2 very 1 the 3 idea " he can sing about as much as [i] [can] , and [that] [is] [not] [at] all [.] ["] 1 " 12 and 2 he 3 can 3 can 4 sing 4 sing 5 about 4 sing 8 as 5 about 7 much 6 as 7 much 8 as 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 17 all jimmy grinned [.] 1 jimmy 2 grinned " [i] [think] he 's crazy [,] [if] you [ask] [me] , " said he . 1 " 4 he 4 he 12 , 5 's 6 crazy 5 's 12 , 6 crazy 9 you 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 said 14 said 15 he 15 he 16 . " [and] [yet] he was just as earnest about it as if it were really so [.] 1 " 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 just 6 just 7 as 6 just 9 about 6 just 12 if 7 as 8 earnest 8 earnest 9 about 9 about 10 it 11 as 12 if 12 if 13 it 12 if 14 were 13 it 14 were 14 were 15 really 14 were 16 so i think he must have eaten something that has gone to his head . 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 he 2 think 14 . 3 he 4 must 4 must 5 have 5 have 6 eaten 6 eaten 7 something 7 something 8 that 7 something 9 has 8 that 9 has 9 has 10 gone 10 gone 11 to 11 to 13 head 12 his 13 head [there] ['s] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [over] [there] [.] let's ask him what he thinks [.] ["] 1 let's 2 ask 2 ask 3 him 2 ask 4 what 4 what 5 he 4 what 6 thinks 5 he 6 thinks so [jimmy] and [peter] joined [unc] ['] [billy] , and [jimmy] [told] [the] [story] [about] [old] [mr] [toad] all [over] [again] . 1 so 22 . 3 and 9 , 5 joined 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 19 all 19 all 22 . unc ['] [billy] [chuckled] and [laughed] [just] [as] [they] [had] [at] the idea of [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] saying [he] had a beautiful voice [.] 1 unc 5 and 5 and 12 the 12 the 13 idea 13 idea 14 of 13 idea 21 had 14 of 19 saying 21 had 24 voice 22 a 23 beautiful 22 a 24 voice 23 beautiful 24 voice but [unc] ['] [billy] [has] [a] shrewd [little] [head] [on] [his] [shoulders] [.] 1 but 7 shrewd after a few minutes he stopped laughing [.] 1 after 4 minutes 1 after 5 he 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 5 he 6 stopped 6 stopped 7 laughing " [we-uns] [done] [think] [of] [brer] [toad] [as] [ugly-lookin] ['] [fo] ['] so [long] [that] [we-uns] [may] [have] [overlooked] [something] [.] 1 " 13 so ah don ['] [reckon] [brer] [toad] can sing [,] [but] [ah] ['] [lows] that [perhaps] he thinks [he] [can] [.] 1 ah 2 don 2 don 7 can 7 can 8 sing 8 sing 14 that 14 that 16 he 14 that 17 thinks 16 he 17 thinks what do you-alls [say] [to] [we-uns] [going] down [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] and [finding] out what [he] [really] is [up] to [?] ["] 1 what 2 do 1 what 21 to 3 you-alls 13 and 8 down 13 and 13 and 15 out 15 out 16 what 16 what 19 is 19 is 21 to " [the] [very] [thing] [!] ["] cried [peter] , [kicking] up [his] [heels] [.] 1 " 7 cried 7 cried 11 up 9 , 11 up you [know] [peter] [is] [always] [ready] [to] [go] [anywhere] [or] do [anything] [that] [will] satisfy his curiosity [.] 1 you 11 do 11 do 15 satisfy 15 satisfy 17 curiosity 16 his 17 curiosity [iii] [the] [hunt] [for] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] you see he cannot make long jumps like his cousin , [grandfather] [frog] , but only little short hops [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 he 2 see 5 make 3 he 4 cannot 4 cannot 5 make 5 make 15 but 5 make 19 hops 6 long 7 jumps 7 jumps 8 like 7 jumps 11 , 8 like 10 cousin 9 his 10 cousin 11 , 15 but 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 only 15 but 18 short 17 little 18 short so [peter] [and] [jimmy] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [took] [their] [time] [about] [following] [him] . 1 so 15 . they stopped to hunt for [fat] beetles for [jimmy] [skunk] , and [at] [every] [little] patch of sweet clover [for] [peter] [rabbit] to help himself [.] 1 they 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 to 2 stopped 4 hunt 3 to 4 hunt 4 hunt 5 for 4 hunt 8 for 4 hunt 23 to 5 for 7 beetles 8 for 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 16 patch 16 patch 17 of 17 of 19 clover 18 sweet 19 clover 23 to 24 help 24 help 25 himself he didn't find the nest for the very good reason that [carol] [hadn't] [built] [one] [yet] [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 find 3 find 5 nest 3 find 6 for 4 the 5 nest 5 nest 6 for 6 for 10 reason 7 the 8 very 7 the 10 reason 9 good 10 reason 10 reason 11 that peter was secretly glad [.] 1 peter 2 was 2 was 3 secretly 2 was 4 glad you know he doesn't eat eggs , and he is [always] sorry for his feathered friends when their eggs are stolen [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 he 2 know 10 is 3 he 4 doesn't 4 doesn't 5 eat 6 eggs 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 he 9 he 10 is 10 is 12 sorry 12 sorry 13 for 13 for 16 friends 14 his 16 friends 15 feathered 16 friends 16 friends 17 when 17 when 19 eggs 17 when 21 stolen 18 their 19 eggs 19 eggs 20 are 20 are 21 stolen when at last they started on [again] [,] [old] [mr] [toad] [was] [out] [of] [sight] [.] 1 when 4 they 2 at 3 last 2 at 4 they 4 they 5 started 5 started 6 on you see all the time he had kept right on going , hop , hop , hipperty-hop [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 5 time 2 see 6 he 2 see 8 kept 3 all 4 the 4 the 5 time 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 kept 8 kept 9 right 8 kept 10 on 8 kept 17 hipperty-hop 10 on 11 going 12 , 13 hop 12 , 14 , 14 , 15 hop 14 , 16 , 16 , 17 hipperty-hop " [never] [mind] [,] ["] said [peter] , ["] we can catch up [with] [him] [easy] [enough] [,] [he] ['s] [such] [a] [slow-poke] [.] ["] 1 " 6 said 6 said 13 up 8 , 10 we 8 , 13 up 10 we 11 can 11 can 12 catch so it was [with] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was " [do] [you] [suppose] he hid [somewhere] , and we passed him [?] ["] [asked] [peter] [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 8 , 6 hid 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 we 9 and 11 passed 10 we 11 passed 11 passed 12 him unc ['] [billy] shook [his] [head] [.] 1 unc 4 shook " [ah] [don] ['] [reckon] [so] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 10 he 11 . " [we-uns] [done] [been] foolin ['] [away] [our] [time] [,] [an] ['] [brer] [toad] [done] [stole] a march [on] [us] [.] 1 " 5 foolin 5 foolin 18 march 17 a 18 march ah [reckons] we-uns will find him sittin ['] on the bank here somewhere [.] ["] 1 ah 3 we-uns 3 we-uns 4 will 4 will 5 find 5 find 6 him 5 find 7 sittin 5 find 9 on 5 find 12 here 5 find 13 somewhere 9 on 11 bank 10 the 11 bank so right away the three separated to look [for] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 so 2 right 2 right 5 three 3 away 5 three 4 the 5 three 5 three 6 separated 6 separated 7 to 7 to 8 look all along the bank of the [smiling] [pool] [they] looked [.] 1 all 2 along 1 all 10 looked 2 along 4 bank 3 the 4 bank 4 bank 5 of 5 of 6 the they peeped under old leaves and sticks [.] 1 they 2 peeped 2 peeped 3 under 3 under 6 and 4 old 5 leaves 5 leaves 6 and 6 and 7 sticks they looked [in] [every] [place] [where] [old] [mr] [toad] [might] [have] [hidden] , [but] not a trace of him did [they] [find] [.] 1 they 13 , 2 looked 13 , 13 , 20 did 15 not 17 trace 16 a 17 trace 17 trace 18 of 17 trace 20 did 18 of 19 him ["] [tra-la-la-lee] [!] [oka-chee] [!] [oka-chee] [!] [happy] [am] [i] [as] [i] [can] [be] [!] ["] sang [mr] [redwing] [,] as he swayed [to] and [fro] among the bulrushes [.] 1 sang 5 as 1 sang 9 and 5 as 6 he 5 as 7 swayed 6 he 7 swayed 9 and 13 bulrushes 11 among 12 the 12 the 13 bulrushes " [say] [,] [mr] [redwing] [,] [have] [you] [seen] [old] [mr] [toad] [?] " [called] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 14 " " [no] [,] " [replied] [mr] [redwing] [.] 1 " 4 " " [is] [that] [whom] you [fellows] are looking [for] [?] 1 " 5 you 5 you 7 are 7 are 8 looking i wondered if you had lost something [.] 1 i 2 wondered 2 wondered 3 if 3 if 4 you 3 if 6 lost 4 you 5 had 5 had 6 lost 6 lost 7 something what do you want [with] [old] [mr] [toad] [?] ["] 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 want peter explained how [they] [had] [followed] [old] [mr] [toad] [just] [to] [see] [what] [he] [really] [was] [up] [to] [.] 1 peter 2 explained 2 explained 3 how it looks [to] [us] [as] [if] [the] [spring] [has] [made] [old] [mr] [toad] [crazy] [.] ["] 1 it 2 looks " [oh] [,] [that] ['s] [it] [,] [is] [it] [?] " [replied] [mr] [redwing] [,] [his] [bright] [eyes] [twinkling] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [some] [people] [don't] [know] [as] [much] [as] [they] [might] [.] then [once] [more] [mr] [redwing] [began] to sing [.] 1 then 7 to 7 to 8 sing [iv] [peter] [rabbit] [finds] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] it isn't often that [peter] [rabbit] [is] [truly] [envious] [,] but [sometimes] in the joyousness of spring he is [.] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 often 2 isn't 4 that 4 that 19 is 11 but 13 in 11 but 18 he 13 in 15 joyousness 14 the 15 joyousness 15 joyousness 16 of 16 of 17 spring 18 he 19 is he envies the birds because they can pour out in beautiful song [the] joy that is in them [.] 1 he 2 envies 2 envies 4 birds 2 envies 5 because 2 envies 10 in 3 the 4 birds 5 because 6 they 5 because 8 pour 6 they 7 can 7 can 8 pour 8 pour 9 out 10 in 14 joy 11 beautiful 12 song 12 song 14 joy 14 joy 15 that 14 joy 16 is 16 is 17 in 17 in 18 them the only way he can express his feelings is by kicking his long heels , jumping about , and such foolish things [.] 1 the 2 only 1 the 3 way 3 way 4 he 3 way 6 express 3 way 9 is 4 he 5 can 5 can 6 express 6 express 8 feelings 7 his 8 feelings 9 is 10 by 10 by 11 kicking 11 kicking 19 and 12 his 14 heels 13 long 14 heels 14 heels 15 , 15 , 16 jumping 15 , 19 and 16 jumping 17 about 18 , 19 and 19 and 22 things 20 such 22 things 21 foolish 22 things so there are times [when] [peter] [wishes] [he] [could] [sing] [.] 1 so 2 there 2 there 3 are 3 are 4 times he was wishing this [very] thing now , as he sat on the bank of the [smiling] [pool] [,] listening to the great spring chorus [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 wishing 3 wishing 6 thing 3 wishing 14 bank 4 this 6 thing 6 thing 7 now 6 thing 12 on 8 , 9 as 9 as 10 he 9 as 12 on 10 he 12 on 11 sat 12 on 13 the 14 bank 14 bank 15 of 14 bank 21 to 15 of 20 listening 16 the 20 listening 21 to 25 chorus 22 the 25 chorus 23 great 24 spring 24 spring 25 chorus ["] [tra-la-la-lee] [!] [oka-chee] [!] [oka-chee] [!] there 's joy in the spring for you and for me [.] ["] 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 joy 3 joy 4 in 4 in 5 the 5 the 6 spring 6 spring 9 and 7 for 8 you 7 for 9 and 9 and 10 for 10 for 11 me sang [redwing] [the] [blackbird] [from] the bulrushes [.] 1 sang 7 bulrushes 6 the 7 bulrushes even [sammy] [jay] [was] [adding] a [beautiful] [,] bell-like note [instead] of his usual harsh scream [.] 1 even 10 note 6 a 9 bell-like 6 a 10 note 10 note 12 of 12 of 16 scream 13 his 16 scream 14 usual 16 scream 15 harsh 16 scream peter knew who those singers were , although [look] as he would he could see none of them [.] 1 peter 2 knew 2 knew 3 who 2 knew 8 although 3 who 5 singers 3 who 6 were 4 those 5 singers 5 singers 6 were 7 , 8 although 8 although 13 he 10 as 11 he 10 as 12 would 10 as 13 he 11 he 12 would 13 he 14 could 14 could 15 see 15 see 18 them 16 none 17 of 16 none 18 them 17 of 18 them they were hylas , the tiny cousins of [stickytoes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 hylas 3 hylas 7 cousins 4 , 7 cousins 5 the 7 cousins 6 tiny 7 cousins 7 cousins 8 of 8 of 10 the listening to all these [joyous] voices , [peter] forgot for a time what had [brought] him [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 listening 2 to 1 listening 9 forgot 2 to 3 all 3 all 4 these 3 all 7 , 4 these 6 voices 9 forgot 10 for 9 forgot 13 what 10 for 12 time 11 a 12 time 13 what 14 had 14 had 16 him but [jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] didn't [forget] . 1 but 11 . 9 didn't 11 . they were [still] hunting [for] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 4 hunting peter came to himself with a start [.] 1 peter 2 came 2 came 3 to 2 came 5 with 3 to 4 himself 5 with 7 start 6 a 7 start " [no] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 6 he 7 . ["] [i] [was] [just] [listening] [and] [wishing] [that] [i] [could] [sing] [,] [too] [.] don't you ever wish you could sing [,] [jimmy] [?] ["] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 4 wish 1 don't 7 sing 3 ever 4 wish 4 wish 5 you 4 wish 6 could " [no] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [i] [never] [waste] [time] [wishing] [i] [could] [do] [things] [it] [was] [never] [meant] [i] [should] [do] [.] it 's funny [where] [old] [mr] [toad] [is] . 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 funny 3 funny 9 . he said that he was coming down [here] to sing , and [redwing] [the] [blackbird] seemed to be expecting him . 1 he 2 said 2 said 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 21 . 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 coming 6 coming 7 down 7 down 9 to 9 to 12 and 10 sing 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 16 seemed 16 seemed 17 to 16 seemed 18 be 17 to 18 be 18 be 19 expecting 19 expecting 20 him i 've looked everywhere [i] [can] [think] [of] [without] [finding] [him] [,] [but] [i] [don't] [believe] in giving up without another try [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 looked 3 looked 4 everywhere 3 looked 17 in 3 looked 20 without 17 in 19 up 18 giving 19 up 19 up 20 without 20 without 22 try 21 another 22 try stop your dreaming and [come] help us hunt [.] ["] 1 stop 3 dreaming 1 stop 4 and 2 your 3 dreaming 4 and 6 help 6 help 7 us 6 help 8 hunt so [peter] [stopped] [his] [dreaming] [and] joined in the search [.] 1 so 7 joined 7 joined 10 search 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 search now there was one [place] [where] [neither] [peter] [nor] [jimmy] nor [unc] ['] [billy] had thought of [looking] [.] 1 now 2 there 2 there 3 was 3 was 4 one 4 one 17 of 11 nor 15 had 15 had 16 thought 16 thought 17 of that was in [the] [smiling] [pool] itself . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 in 3 in 7 itself 7 itself 8 . they just took it for granted [that] [old] [mr] [toad] [was] somewhere on the bank [.] 1 they 3 took 2 just 3 took 3 took 4 it 3 took 6 granted 3 took 13 on 5 for 6 granted 12 somewhere 13 on 13 on 15 bank 14 the 15 bank suddenly he jumped right up in the air with surprise [.] 1 suddenly 2 he 2 he 3 jumped 3 jumped 4 right 4 right 5 up 5 up 6 in 5 up 9 with 6 in 7 the 7 the 8 air 9 with 10 surprise there was a familiar-looking head sticking out of the water [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 head 2 was 8 of 3 a 5 head 4 familiar-looking 5 head 5 head 6 sticking 5 head 8 of 7 out 8 of 8 of 10 water 9 the 10 water peter had [found] [old] [mr] [toad] [!] 1 peter 2 had [v] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [music] [bag] never think that [you] [have] [learned] [all] there is to know [.] 1 never 2 think 2 think 3 that 2 think 9 is 3 that 8 there 3 that 9 is 9 is 10 to 10 to 11 know that 's the surest way [of] [all] [ignorance] to show [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 5 way 2 's 9 to 3 the 4 surest 3 the 5 way 9 to 10 show " [i] ['ve] [found] [old] [mr] [toad] [!] " [cried] [peter] [rabbit] [,] [hurrying] [after] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 9 " " [where] [?] " [demanded] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 4 " " [in] [the] [water] [,] " [declared] [peter] [.] 1 " 6 " " he 's [sitting] right over [there] [where] [the] [water] [is] [shallow] , and he didn't notice me at all . 1 " 2 he 2 he 13 , 3 's 5 right 3 's 13 , 5 right 6 over 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 he 14 and 21 . 15 he 16 didn't 16 didn't 17 notice 17 notice 18 me 17 notice 19 at 19 at 20 all sure enough [,] [there] [sat] [old] [mr] [toad] [with] [just] [his] [head] [out] [of] [water] [.] 1 sure 2 enough and while they were watching him , something very strange happened [.] 1 and 8 something 1 and 11 happened 2 while 3 they 2 while 4 were 2 while 7 , 2 while 8 something 3 they 4 were 4 were 5 watching 5 watching 6 him 8 something 10 strange 8 something 11 happened 9 very 10 strange " [what] [what] ['s] [the] [matter] [with] [him] [?] " [whispered] [peter] [,] [his] [big] [eyes] [looking] [as] [if] [they] [might] [pop] [out] [of] [his] [head] [.] 1 " 10 " " [if] he [don't] [watch] [out] [,] [he] ['ll] [blow] up and [bust] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [jimmy] . 1 " 3 he 3 he 12 and 11 up 12 and 12 and 18 . [ [illustration] : " [if] [he] don't watch [out] , he 'll blow up and bust [!] ["] [exclaimed] [jimmy] [.] []] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 7 don't 7 don't 10 , 8 watch 10 , 10 , 15 and 11 he 12 'll 12 'll 15 and 13 blow 14 up 13 blow 15 and 15 and 16 bust " [listen] [!] " [whispered] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [do] [mah] [ol] ['] [ears] [hear] [right] [?] ['] [pears] [to] [me] [that] [that] [song] [is] [coming] [right] [from] [where] [brer] [toad] [is] [sitting] [.] ["] it certainly did appear so , and [of] all the songs that [glad] [spring] day there was none sweeter [.] 1 it 3 did 2 certainly 3 did 3 did 4 appear 4 appear 5 so 5 so 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 all 7 and 17 was 9 all 10 the 10 the 11 songs 12 that 15 day 15 day 16 there 16 there 17 was 17 was 18 none 18 none 19 sweeter indeed there were few as sweet [.] 1 indeed 2 there 2 there 3 were 3 were 4 few 3 were 6 sweet 5 as 6 sweet the only [trouble] [was] [the] song was so very short [.] 1 the 2 only 1 the 6 song 6 song 7 was 7 was 8 so 8 so 10 short 9 very 10 short it lasted only for two or three seconds [.] 1 it 2 lasted 2 lasted 3 only 3 only 4 for 4 for 8 seconds 5 two 6 or 6 or 7 three 6 or 8 seconds and [when] it [ended] [,] [old] [mr] [toad] looked [quite] his natural self again [;] just [as] commonplace , almost ugly , as [ever] . 1 and 3 it 1 and 25 . 3 it 9 looked 9 looked 18 commonplace 11 his 18 commonplace 12 natural 13 self 13 self 18 commonplace 14 again 16 just 16 just 18 commonplace 18 commonplace 21 ugly 19 , 21 ugly 20 almost 21 ugly 21 ugly 22 , 22 , 23 as peter looked at [jimmy] [skunk] , [jimmy] [looked] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] and [unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [peter] [.] 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 6 , 6 , 15 and and no one had a word to say [.] 1 and 4 had 2 no 3 one 3 one 4 had 4 had 6 word 4 had 7 to 5 a 6 word 7 to 8 say then all three looked back [at] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 then 3 three 2 all 3 three 3 three 4 looked 4 looked 5 back it was very hard to [believe] , [but] [peter] [and] [jimmy] and [unc] ['] [billy] both saw and heard , and that was enough [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 hard 3 very 4 hard 4 hard 5 to 5 to 7 , 7 , 21 and 12 and 18 and 12 and 20 , 16 both 17 saw 17 saw 18 and 18 and 19 heard 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 that 21 and 23 was 23 was 24 enough [their] [respect] [for] [old] [mr] [toad] [grew] [tremendously] [as] [they] [listened] [.] " [how] [does] he [do] [it] [?] ["] whispered [peter] [.] 1 " 4 he 4 he 9 whispered " [with] [that] [bag] [under] [his] [chin] [,] [of] [course] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 12 " " [don't] [you] [see] it 's only [when] that is [swelled] [out] [that] he sings [?] 1 " 15 sings 5 it 6 's 6 's 7 only 6 's 9 that 9 that 10 is 10 is 14 he 14 he 15 sings it 's a regular music bag [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 6 bag 3 a 4 regular 3 a 6 bag 4 regular 5 music 5 music 6 bag and [i] didn't know he had any [such] bag there at all [.] ["] 1 and 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 he 4 know 6 had 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 any 6 had 9 bag 9 bag 10 there 9 bag 11 at 11 at 12 all [vi] [peter] [discovers] [something] [more] there are stranger things in the world [to-day] [than] [ever] [you] [dreamed] [could] [be] [.] 1 there 2 are 2 are 4 things 3 stranger 4 things 4 things 5 in 5 in 7 world 6 the 7 world there 's beauty in [some] [of] the commonest [things] [if] [only] [you've] eyes to see . 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 beauty 2 's 14 to 3 beauty 4 in 4 in 13 eyes 7 the 8 commonest 7 the 13 eyes 14 to 15 see 15 see 16 . also he had thought [old] [mr] [toad] [almost] ugly-looking , and he knew that most of his neighbors thought the same way [.] 1 also 2 he 2 he 11 and 3 had 4 thought 3 had 11 and 9 ugly-looking 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 knew 12 he 13 knew 13 knew 14 that 14 that 18 neighbors 14 that 19 thought 15 most 16 of 15 most 18 neighbors 16 of 18 neighbors 17 his 18 neighbors 18 neighbors 19 thought 19 thought 22 way 20 the 21 same 21 same 22 way this was [especially] [so] [with] [peter] [.] 1 this 2 was " [what] [was] the [use] [of] wasting [my] [breath] [?] ["] demanded [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 12 demanded 4 the 7 wasting 7 wasting 12 demanded ["] [you] [wouldn't] [have] [believed] [me] [if] [i] [had] [.] you didn't [believe] [me] [when] [i] [did] tell you [.] " 1 you 2 didn't 2 didn't 8 tell 8 tell 9 you 9 you 11 " peter [knew] [that] [this] [was] [true] , and he couldn't find any answer ready [.] 1 peter 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 he 8 and 11 find 9 he 10 couldn't 10 couldn't 11 find 11 find 13 answer 12 any 13 answer 13 answer 14 ready at last he ventured another question [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 4 ventured 4 ventured 6 question 5 another 6 question " [why] [haven't] [i] [ever] [heard] [you] [sing] [before] [?] " 1 " 11 " " [you] [have] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [tartly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [sang] [right] [in] [this] [very] [place] [last] [spring] [,] [and] [the] [spring] [before] [,] [and] [the] [spring] [before] [that] [.] you 've [sat] [on] [that] [very] [bank] lots of times [while] [i] [was] [singing] [.] 1 you 2 've 2 've 8 lots 8 lots 9 of 9 of 10 times the trouble [with] [you] , [peter] , is that you don't use your eyes or your ears . ["] 1 the 2 trouble 2 trouble 5 , 5 , 7 , 7 , 8 is 8 is 9 that 9 that 10 you 9 that 18 . 10 you 11 don't 11 don't 12 use 12 use 15 or 13 your 14 eyes 14 eyes 15 or 15 or 17 ears 16 your 17 ears peter looked more foolish than ever [.] 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 4 foolish 3 more 4 foolish 4 foolish 6 ever 5 than 6 ever but he ventured another question . 1 but 2 he 1 but 6 . 2 he 3 ventured 3 ventured 5 question 4 another 5 question it wouldn't be [peter] [to] [let] a chance [for] [questions] [go] [by] [.] 1 it 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 be 3 be 8 chance 7 a 8 chance " [have] [i] [ever] [heard] [you] [singing] [up] [on] [the] [meadows] [or] [in] [the] [old] [orchard] [?] " 1 " 18 " " [no] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [,] ["] [i] [only] [sing] [in] [the] [springtime] [.] 1 " 4 " that 's the time for singing [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 4 time 2 's 5 for 3 the 4 time 5 for 6 singing i just have to sing then [.] 1 i 3 have 2 just 3 have 3 have 4 to 3 have 5 sing 4 to 5 sing 5 sing 6 then in the summer it is too hot [,] [and] in the winter [i] [sleep] [.] 1 in 3 summer 1 in 4 it 2 the 3 summer 4 it 5 is 5 is 6 too 5 is 7 hot 7 hot 10 in 10 in 12 winter 11 the 12 winter i always return to my old home to sing [.] 1 i 3 return 2 always 3 return 3 return 4 to 3 return 8 to 4 to 7 home 5 my 7 home 6 old 7 home 8 to 9 sing you know [i] [was] [born] [here] [.] 1 you 2 know all my family gathers here in the spring to [sing] , so [of] [course] [i] [come] [too] . ["] 1 all 2 my 1 all 3 family 1 all 4 gathers 2 my 3 family 4 gathers 5 here 4 gathers 6 in 4 gathers 9 to 6 in 8 spring 7 the 8 spring 9 to 11 , 11 , 12 so 12 so 18 . old [mr] [toad] filled [out] his queer music bag under his chin [and] [began] [to] [sing] [again] [.] 1 old 4 filled 4 filled 9 bag 6 his 9 bag 7 queer 9 bag 8 music 9 bag 9 bag 10 under 10 under 12 chin 11 his 12 chin peter watched him [.] 1 peter 2 watched 2 watched 3 him now it [just] [happened] [that] [old] [mr] [toad] was facing him [,] and [so] [peter] looked down straight into his eyes [.] 1 now 2 it 2 it 13 and 9 was 10 facing 9 was 13 and 10 facing 11 him 13 and 16 looked 16 looked 17 down 17 down 18 straight 17 down 19 into 19 into 21 eyes 20 his 21 eyes " [oh] [!] ["] he exclaimed , ["] what [beautiful] [eyes] you have [,] [mr] [toad] [!] ["] 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 exclaimed 6 exclaimed 7 , 7 , 9 what 9 what 12 you 12 you 13 have " so [i] ['ve] [been] [told] [before] [,] ["] [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 2 so ["] [my] [family] [always] [has] [had] [beautiful] [eyes] [.] there is [an] [old] [saying] that [every] [toad] [has] [jewels] in [his] [head] , but [of] [course] he hasn't , [not] real jewels [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 11 in 6 that 11 in 11 in 14 , 14 , 15 but 15 but 18 he 15 but 20 , 18 he 19 hasn't 20 , 23 jewels 22 real 23 jewels it is just the beautiful eyes [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 just 2 is 6 eyes 4 the 6 eyes 5 beautiful 6 eyes excuse me , [peter] , but [i] ['m] [needed] in that chorus [.] ["] 1 excuse 2 me 1 excuse 3 , 3 , 6 but 5 , 6 but 6 but 10 in 10 in 12 chorus 11 that 12 chorus [old] [mr] [toad] [once] [more] [swelled] [out] [his] [throat] [and] [began] [to] [sing] [.] peter [watched] [him] [a] [while] [longer] , [then] hopped away [to] the dear [old] [briarpatch] , and he was very thoughtful [.] 1 peter 7 , 7 , 17 and 9 hopped 10 away 9 hopped 17 and 12 the 13 dear 13 dear 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 19 was 18 he 19 was 19 was 21 thoughtful 20 very 21 thoughtful don't you think so ? 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 think 3 think 4 so 4 so 5 ? [vii] [a] [shadow] [passes] [over] [the] [smiling] [pool] he says that that is the reason that he lives to a good old age , [does] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 he 2 says 2 says 3 that 3 that 4 that 3 that 16 , 4 that 5 is 5 is 7 reason 6 the 7 reason 7 reason 8 that 8 that 9 he 8 that 10 lives 9 he 10 lives 10 lives 11 to 11 to 15 age 12 a 13 good 12 a 15 age 13 good 15 age 14 old 15 age it is the same way with danger and trouble [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 5 way 2 is 6 with 3 the 4 same 4 same 5 way 5 way 6 with 6 with 8 and 7 danger 8 and 8 and 9 trouble so [old] [mr] [toad] [very] [wisely] [watches] [out] when there seems to be the least need of it , and he finds [it] [always] [pays] [.] 1 so 22 finds 9 when 10 there 9 when 19 , 10 there 11 seems 11 seems 12 to 11 seems 13 be 12 to 13 be 13 be 16 need 14 the 16 need 15 least 16 need 16 need 17 of 17 of 18 it 19 , 20 and 20 and 21 he 21 he 22 finds it was a beautiful spring evening [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 spring 3 a 4 beautiful 3 a 5 spring 4 beautiful 5 spring 5 spring 6 evening but [over] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [smiling] [pool] [the] [shadows] had [drawn] a curtain of [soft] dusk [which] in the [green] [forest] [became] [black] . 1 but 12 had 12 had 15 curtain 14 a 15 curtain 15 curtain 16 of 16 of 18 dusk 18 dusk 20 in 20 in 26 . 21 the 26 . the little stars looked down from the sky and twinkled just to see their reflections twinkle back at them [from] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 the 3 stars 2 little 3 stars 3 stars 9 and 3 stars 17 back 4 looked 5 down 4 looked 6 from 4 looked 9 and 6 from 8 sky 7 the 8 sky 9 and 10 twinkled 9 and 12 to 11 just 12 to 12 to 13 see 13 see 15 reflections 13 see 16 twinkle 14 their 15 reflections 17 back 18 at 18 at 19 them and there and all around it was perfect peace [.] 1 and 2 there 1 and 7 was 3 and 6 it 4 all 5 around 5 around 6 it 6 it 7 was 7 was 9 peace 8 perfect 9 peace all the feathered songsters who had made [joyous] the bright day had gone to bed [.] 1 all 2 the 1 all 4 songsters 2 the 4 songsters 3 feathered 4 songsters 4 songsters 5 who 4 songsters 12 had 5 who 6 had 6 had 7 made 7 made 11 day 9 the 11 day 10 bright 11 day 12 had 13 gone 13 gone 14 to 14 to 15 bed but this did not mean that the glad spring chorus was silent [.] 1 but 2 this 2 this 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 mean 4 not 5 mean 5 mean 6 that 6 that 10 chorus 6 that 11 was 7 the 10 chorus 8 glad 9 spring 9 spring 10 chorus 10 chorus 11 was 11 was 12 silent oh , my , no [!] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 my 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 no no indeed [!] 1 no 2 indeed it was so peaceful and beautiful there that it didn't seem possible that danger of any kind could be lurking near [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 so 3 so 5 and 4 peaceful 5 and 5 and 6 beautiful 5 and 7 there 5 and 8 that 5 and 20 lurking 5 and 21 near 8 that 9 it 8 that 19 be 9 it 10 didn't 10 didn't 11 seem 11 seem 12 possible 13 that 14 danger 14 danger 15 of 14 danger 18 could 15 of 17 kind 16 any 17 kind 18 could 19 be 19 be 20 lurking instantly he stopped singing [.] 1 instantly 2 he 2 he 3 stopped 3 stopped 4 singing now that was a signal [.] 1 now 2 that 2 that 3 was 3 was 5 signal 4 a 5 signal that great chorus stopped as abruptly as the electric lights go out when you press a button [.] 1 that 3 chorus 2 great 3 chorus 3 chorus 4 stopped 4 stopped 6 abruptly 4 stopped 7 as 5 as 6 abruptly 7 as 10 lights 7 as 11 go 8 the 10 lights 9 electric 10 lights 10 lights 11 go 11 go 12 out 11 go 13 when 13 when 14 you 13 when 15 press 14 you 15 press 15 press 17 button 16 a 17 button [after] [awhile] [the] [shadow] [floated] [away] [over] [the] [green] [meadows] [without] [a] [sound] [.] then he swelled out his music bag and began to sing again [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 8 and 3 swelled 4 out 3 swelled 7 bag 3 swelled 8 and 5 his 7 bag 6 music 7 bag 8 and 9 began 9 began 10 to 10 to 11 sing 11 sing 12 again [viii] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [babies] the [smiling] [pool] ['s] [a] nursery [where] [all] [the] [sunny] [day] [a] thousand funny babies [are] [taught] [while] [at] [their] [play] [.] 1 the 6 nursery 1 the 15 babies 13 thousand 14 funny 14 funny 15 babies really [the] [smiling] [pool] [is] [a] [sort] [of] [kindergarten] [,] [one] [of] [the] [most] [interesting] [kindergartens] [in] [the] [world] . 1 really 20 . [little] [joe] [otter] ['s] [children] [learn] [to] [swim] [there] [.] so do [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] babies [and] [those] of [billy] [mink] , the [trout] and [minnow] babies , and a lot more [.] 1 so 2 do 2 do 19 and 6 babies 9 of 6 babies 19 and 9 of 12 , 13 the 17 babies 15 and 17 babies 17 babies 18 , 18 , 19 and 19 and 22 more 20 a 21 lot 21 lot 22 more and there you will find the [children] [and] grandchildren [of] [grandfather] [frog] [and] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 and 5 find 2 there 3 you 3 you 4 will 4 will 5 find 5 find 9 grandchildren 6 the 9 grandchildren peter had heard it said that [toads] [rain] [down] [from] [the] [sky] , and sometimes it seems as if this must be so . 1 peter 2 had 2 had 3 heard 3 heard 4 it 3 heard 5 said 4 it 5 said 5 said 6 that 6 that 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 it 14 and 24 . 15 sometimes 16 it 16 it 17 seems 17 seems 19 if 18 as 19 if 19 if 20 this 19 if 22 be 20 this 21 must 21 must 22 be 22 be 23 so of course he knew it couldn't be [,] [but] [it] [puzzled] [him] a [great] deal [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 he 3 he 4 knew 4 knew 5 it 5 it 6 couldn't 6 couldn't 7 be 7 be 15 deal 13 a 15 deal there wouldn't be [a] [toad] in sight [.] 1 there 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 be 3 be 6 in 6 in 7 sight he remembered this as he went to pay [his] daily [call] [on] [old] [mr] [toad] in the [smiling] [pool] and listen to his sweet song . 1 he 2 remembered 2 remembered 3 this 2 remembered 4 as 2 remembered 7 to 4 as 5 he 4 as 6 went 5 he 6 went 7 to 20 and 8 pay 10 daily 8 pay 20 and 10 daily 16 in 16 in 17 the 20 and 21 listen 21 listen 22 to 21 listen 26 . 22 to 25 song 23 his 25 song 24 sweet 25 song old [mr] [toad] [was] [sitting] [in] [his] [usual] [place] , [but] [he] [wasn't] [singing] [.] 1 old 10 , he was staring at something in the water [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 at 2 was 6 in 3 staring 4 at 4 at 5 something 6 in 8 water 7 the 8 water when [peter] [said] ["] [good] [morning] , ["] old [mr] [toad] [didn't] [seem] [to] [hear] [him] . 1 when 7 , 7 , 17 . 9 old 17 . he was too much interested in what he was watching . 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 much 3 too 4 much 4 much 5 interested 4 much 6 in 6 in 7 what 6 in 8 he 6 in 9 was 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 watching 10 watching 11 . " [what] [are] [you] [staring] [at] so [,] [mr] [sobersides] [?] ["] [asked] [peter] [,] [speaking] [a] [little] [louder] [than] [before] [.] 1 " 7 so old [mr] [toad] [turned] [and] [looked] [at] [peter] , and there was a look of great pride in his face [.] 1 old 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 there 10 and 12 was 11 there 12 was 12 was 14 look 12 was 18 in 13 a 14 look 14 look 15 of 15 of 17 pride 16 great 17 pride 18 in 20 face 19 his 20 face ["] [i] ['m] [just] [watching] [my] [babies] [.] aren't they lovely [?] ["] [said] [he] [.] 1 aren't 2 they 1 aren't 3 lovely peter stared harder than ever [,] [but] [he] [couldn't] [see] [anything] [that] [looked] [like] [a] [baby] [toad] [.] 1 peter 2 stared 2 stared 3 harder 2 stared 5 ever 4 than 5 ever " [where] [are] [they] [?] ["] asked he [.] 1 " 7 asked 7 asked 8 he [old] [mr] [toad] [grew] [indignant] [.] " [those] [are] [not] [grandfather] [frog] ['s] [children] [;] [they] ['re] [mine] [!] " [he] [sputtered] [.] 1 " 14 " " [and] [i] ['ll] [have] you [know] [that] [they] are the most beautiful babies in th ['] world [!] ["] 1 " 6 you 6 you 10 are 10 are 14 babies 11 the 12 most 12 most 14 babies 13 beautiful 14 babies 14 babies 15 in 15 in 18 world 16 th 18 world peter drew a hand across his mouth to hide a smile [.] 1 peter 2 drew 2 drew 4 hand 2 drew 5 across 2 drew 8 to 3 a 4 hand 4 hand 5 across 5 across 7 mouth 6 his 7 mouth 8 to 9 hide 9 hide 11 smile 10 a 11 smile " [i] [beg] [your] [pardon] [,] [mr] [toad] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 11 said 11 said 12 he 12 he 13 . ["] [i] [i] [thought] [all] [tadpoles] [were] [frog] [babies] [.] they all look alike to me [.] ["] 1 they 3 look 2 all 3 look 3 look 4 alike 4 alike 5 to 5 to 6 me " [well] , they ['re] [not] [,] ["] declared [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 9 declared 3 , 4 they 4 they 9 declared ["] [how] [any] [one] [can] [mistake] [my] [babies] [for] [their] [cousins] [i] [cannot] [understand] [.] now mine are beautiful [,] [while] ["] 1 now 2 mine 2 mine 3 are 3 are 4 beautiful " [chug-arum] [!] ["] interrupted the [great] deep voice [of] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 5 interrupted 5 interrupted 9 voice 6 the 8 deep 6 the 9 voice ["] [what] [are] [you] [talking] [about] [?] why , your babies are [no] [more] [to] [be] [compared] [with] [my] [babies] [for] [real] [beauty] [than] [nothing] [at] [all] [!] 1 why 5 are 2 , 4 babies 3 your 4 babies 4 babies 5 are i ['ll] [leave] [it] [to] [peter] [if] [they] [are] . ["] 1 i 10 . but [peter] wisely [held] [his] [tongue] . 1 but 3 wisely 1 but 7 . to tell the truth , he couldn't see beauty in any of them [.] 1 to 5 , 2 tell 4 truth 2 tell 5 , 3 the 4 truth 5 , 8 see 6 he 7 couldn't 7 couldn't 8 see 8 see 9 beauty 8 see 10 in 9 beauty 10 in 10 in 11 any 11 any 12 of 12 of 13 them to him they were all just wriggling pollywogs [.] 1 to 2 him 1 to 3 they 3 they 4 were 4 were 8 pollywogs 5 all 8 pollywogs 6 just 7 wriggling 7 wriggling 8 pollywogs [ix] [the] [smiling] [pool] [kindergarten] play a little , [learn] [a] [little] , [grow] [a] [little] [too] ; [that] ['s] what [every] pollywoggy tries his best to do [.] 1 play 3 little 1 play 4 , 2 a 3 little 4 , 8 , 8 , 23 do 13 ; 16 what 16 what 19 tries 18 pollywoggy 19 tries 19 tries 21 best 19 tries 22 to 20 his 21 best 22 to 23 do of course [.] 1 of 2 course that 's what a kindergarten is for [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 what 3 what 5 kindergarten 3 what 7 for 4 a 5 kindergarten 5 kindergarten 6 is 6 is 7 for they [looked] [considerably] [alike] [,] did [these] [little] [cousins] , for they were all pollywogs to begin with [.] 1 they 6 did 6 did 11 for 10 , 11 for 11 for 12 they 12 they 13 were 13 were 15 pollywogs 14 all 15 pollywogs 15 pollywogs 16 to 15 pollywogs 18 with 16 to 17 begin 17 begin 18 with [peter] [rabbit] [came] [over] [every] [day] [to] [watch] [them] [.] peter stared [.] 1 peter 2 stared could it be that that ugly-looking bug [was] [as] [dangerous] [an] [enemy] to the baby [toad] as [reddy] [fox] [is] [to] a baby [rabbit] [?] 1 could 2 it 1 could 3 be 3 be 7 bug 3 be 13 to 3 be 17 as 4 that 7 bug 5 that 6 ugly-looking 6 ugly-looking 7 bug 13 to 15 baby 14 the 15 baby 17 as 23 baby 22 a 23 baby there were several [kinds] of [queer] [,] [ugly-looking] bugs forever [darting] out at the wriggling pollywogs [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 3 several 3 several 5 of 5 of 9 bugs 9 bugs 10 forever 10 forever 12 out 12 out 13 at 13 at 16 pollywogs 14 the 16 pollywogs 15 wriggling 16 pollywogs hungry-looking [fish] [lay] in [wait] [for] [them] , [and] [longlegs] [the] [blue] [heron] [seemed] to have a special liking for them [.] 1 hungry-looking 4 in 4 in 8 , 8 , 15 to 15 to 16 have 16 have 19 liking 17 a 18 special 17 a 19 liking 19 liking 20 for 20 for 21 them but the pollywogs were spry , and seemed to have learned to watch out [.] 1 but 7 and 2 the 3 pollywogs 3 pollywogs 7 and 4 were 7 and 5 spry 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 seemed 8 seemed 9 to 8 seemed 14 out 9 to 10 have 10 have 11 learned 11 learned 12 to 11 learned 13 watch 12 to 13 watch they [seemed] [to] [peter] [to] [spend] all their time swimming and eating and growing [.] 1 they 7 all 7 all 13 and 8 their 10 swimming 9 time 10 swimming 10 swimming 11 and 11 and 12 eating 11 and 13 and 13 and 14 growing they grew so fast that it seemed to him that he could almost see them grow [.] 1 they 2 grew 2 grew 4 fast 3 so 4 fast 4 fast 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 14 see 11 he 12 could 12 could 14 see 13 almost 14 see 14 see 15 them 14 see 16 grow that [puzzled] [peter] [more] [than] [anything] he had [seen] [in] a [long] time [.] 1 that 7 he 7 he 8 had 8 had 13 time 11 a 13 time " [why] , [i] [couldn't] [do] [that] [!] " he exclaimed right [out] loud [.] 1 " 11 exclaimed 3 , 9 " 3 , 10 he 10 he 11 exclaimed 11 exclaimed 12 right 11 exclaimed 14 loud " [do] [what] [?] " [demanded] [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [who] [happened] [along] [just] [then] [.] 1 " 5 " " [why] , grow a new tail like that pollywog , " [replied] [peter] , and [told] [jerry] all that he had [seen] [.] 1 " 16 and 3 , 4 grow 3 , 11 , 4 grow 7 tail 4 grow 8 like 5 a 6 new 5 a 7 tail 6 new 7 tail 7 tail 8 like 8 like 10 pollywog 9 that 10 pollywog 11 , 12 " 11 , 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 19 all 19 all 22 had 20 that 21 he 21 he 22 had jerry laughed [.] 1 jerry 2 laughed " [you] ['ll] [see] [queerer] [things] [than] [that] [if] [you] [watch] [those] [pollywogs] [long] [enough] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 18 said 18 said 19 he 19 he 20 . ["] [they] [are] [a] [queer] [lot] [of] [babies] [,] [and] [very] [interesting] [to] [watch] [if] [you] ['ve] [got] [the] [time] [for] [it] [.] i haven't [.] 1 i 2 haven't this [smiling] [pool] is [a] [great] kindergarten , and [there] ['s] [something] happening here [every] [minute] [.] 1 this 4 is 4 is 9 and 7 kindergarten 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 happening 13 happening 14 here there 's no place like it [.] ["] 1 there 2 's 2 's 4 place 2 's 5 like 3 no 4 place 4 place 5 like 5 like 6 it " [are] [those] [great] [big] [fat] [pollywogs] [grandfather] [frog] ['s] [children] [,] [or] [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] [?] " [asked] [peter] [.] 1 " 19 " " [grandfather] [frog] ['s] [last] [year] ['s] [children] [,] " [replied] [jerry] [.] 1 " 10 " " [they] ['ll] [grow] [into] [real] [frogs] [this] [summer] [,] [if] [nothing] [happens] [to] [them] [.] " 1 " 17 " " [where] [are] [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] [last] [year] ['s] [children] [?] " [asked] [peter] [.] 1 " 13 " " [don't] [ask] [me] [,] " [replied] [jerry] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [they] [hopped] [away] [last] [summer] [.] never [saw] [anything] [like] [the] [way] [those] [toad] youngsters [grow] [.] 1 never 9 youngsters those [toad] [pollywogs] [you] [see] [now] [will] [turn] [into] [real] [toads] [,] [and] be [leaving] [the] [smiling] [pool] [in] a few weeks [.] 1 those 14 be 14 be 22 weeks 20 a 21 few 21 few 22 weeks people think [old] [mr] [toad] [is] [slow] [,] [but] [there] [is] [nothing] [slow] [about] [his] [children] [.] 1 people 2 think look at that little fellow over there [;] [he] ['s] [begun] [to] [grow] [legs] [already] [.] ["] 1 look 2 at 1 look 6 over 2 at 5 fellow 3 that 5 fellow 4 little 5 fellow 5 fellow 6 over 6 over 7 there peter looked , and sure enough there was a pollywog with a pair of [legs] sprouting [out] [.] 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 16 sprouting 3 , 4 and 3 , 8 was 5 sure 6 enough 5 sure 7 there 5 sure 8 was 8 was 10 pollywog 9 a 10 pollywog 10 pollywog 11 with 11 with 13 pair 12 a 13 pair 13 pair 14 of 14 of 16 sprouting they were his fore legs , and they certainly did make him look funny [.] 1 they 7 and 2 were 5 legs 2 were 7 and 3 his 5 legs 4 fore 5 legs 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 make 8 they 10 did 9 certainly 10 did 10 did 11 make 11 make 12 him 11 make 13 look 13 look 14 funny and only a few days before there hadn't been a sign of legs [.] 1 and 2 only 1 and 5 days 1 and 9 been 3 a 4 few 4 few 5 days 5 days 6 before 5 days 8 hadn't 6 before 7 there 8 hadn't 9 been 9 been 11 sign 10 a 11 sign 11 sign 12 of 12 of 13 legs " [my] [gracious] [!] " [exclaimed] [peter] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [what] [a] [funny] [sight] [!] i thought my babies grew fast [,] [but] [these] [beat] [them] [.] ["] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 4 babies 2 thought 5 grew 3 my 4 babies 4 babies 5 grew 5 grew 6 fast [x] [the] [little] [toads] [start] [out] [to] [see] [the] [world] it had been [some] time [since] [peter] [rabbit] had visited [the] [smiling] [pool] to [watch] the pollywogs [.] 1 it 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 17 pollywogs 5 time 9 had 9 had 10 visited 10 visited 14 to 14 to 16 the 16 the 17 pollywogs so [off] he started , lipperty-lipperty-lip [.] 1 so 3 he 3 he 4 started 4 started 5 , 4 started 6 lipperty-lipperty-lip 5 , 6 lipperty-lipperty-lip he [wondered] [if] [those] [pollywog] [children] [of] [old] [mr] [toad] would be much changed [.] 1 he 11 would 11 would 12 be 12 be 13 much 13 much 14 changed the last time he saw them some of them had just begun to grow legs , although they still had long tails [.] 1 the 3 time 2 last 3 time 3 time 4 he 3 time 5 saw 3 time 7 some 4 he 5 saw 5 saw 6 them 7 some 8 of 7 some 10 had 8 of 9 them 10 had 12 begun 11 just 12 begun 12 begun 13 to 12 begun 20 had 13 to 14 grow 14 grow 15 legs 14 grow 17 although 16 , 17 although 17 although 18 they 18 they 20 had 19 still 20 had 20 had 22 tails 21 long 22 tails he [had] [almost] [reached] [the] [smiling] [pool] [when] [great] [big] [drops] [of] [rain] began to splash down [.] 1 he 14 began 14 began 15 to 14 began 16 splash 15 to 16 splash 16 splash 17 down and with those first raindrops something funny happened [.] 1 and 6 something 1 and 8 happened 2 with 5 raindrops 2 with 6 something 3 those 5 raindrops 4 first 5 raindrops 6 something 7 funny 6 something 8 happened anyway , it seemed funny [to] [peter] [.] 1 anyway 2 , 1 anyway 3 it 3 it 4 seemed 4 seemed 5 funny right away he was surrounded by [tiny] [little] [toads] [.] 1 right 3 he 2 away 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 surrounded 5 surrounded 6 by peter 's big eyes grew round with surprise as he stared [.] 1 peter 2 's 2 's 4 eyes 3 big 4 eyes 4 eyes 5 grew 5 grew 6 round 6 round 7 with 7 with 8 surprise 8 surprise 11 stared 9 as 10 he 9 as 11 stared 10 he 11 stared where had they all come from so suddenly [?] 1 where 2 had 2 had 3 they 2 had 5 come 4 all 5 come 5 come 6 from 5 come 8 suddenly 6 from 7 so a minute before he hadn't seen a single [one] , and now he could hardly move without stepping on one [.] 1 a 2 minute 2 minute 3 before 3 before 4 he 4 he 5 hadn't 5 hadn't 6 seen 6 seen 20 one 7 a 20 one 8 single 10 , 8 single 20 one 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 now 11 and 13 he 11 and 16 move 13 he 14 could 14 could 16 move 15 hardly 16 move 16 move 17 without 16 move 19 on 17 without 18 stepping it [seemed] [,] [it] [really] [seemed] [,] [as] [if] [each] raindrop [turned] into a tiny [toad] the instant [it] [struck] [the] ground [.] 1 it 11 raindrop 11 raindrop 13 into 13 into 22 ground 14 a 15 tiny 14 a 22 ground 15 tiny 18 instant 17 the 18 instant of course [peter] [knew] that [that] [couldn't] [be] [,] but it was [very] puzzling . 1 of 2 course 2 course 5 that 5 that 12 was 10 but 11 it 11 it 12 was 12 was 14 puzzling 14 puzzling 15 . and all [those] [little] [toads] were bravely hopping along as if they were bound for some particular place [.] 1 and 2 all 2 all 6 were 6 were 8 hopping 7 bravely 8 hopping 8 hopping 9 along 8 hopping 11 if 10 as 11 if 11 if 12 they 11 if 13 were 12 they 13 were 13 were 14 bound 14 bound 15 for 15 for 18 place 16 some 18 place 17 particular 18 place peter watched them for a few minutes , then [he] once more started for the [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 peter 2 watched 2 watched 3 them 2 watched 4 for 2 watched 9 then 4 for 7 minutes 5 a 6 few 6 few 7 minutes 8 , 9 then 9 then 12 more 9 then 13 started 11 once 12 more 12 more 13 started 13 started 14 for 14 for 15 the on [the] [very] [bank] whom should he meet [but] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 on 5 whom 1 on 6 should 6 should 7 he 6 should 8 meet he looked [rather] [thin] , and his back was [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 he 5 , 2 looked 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 back 6 and 9 was 7 his 8 back yes , [sir] , he was hopping [away] from [the] [smiling] [pool] where he had been [all] [the] [spring] [,] singing in the [great] chorus . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 26 . 4 , 5 he 4 , 26 . 5 he 6 was 6 was 7 hopping 7 hopping 9 from 9 from 25 chorus 13 where 14 he 14 he 15 had 15 had 16 been 16 been 21 singing 21 singing 22 in 22 in 23 the 23 the 25 chorus " [good] [morning] [,] [old] [mr] [toad] [,] ["] said [peter] [in] [his] [most] [polite] manner [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 16 manner " [can] [you] [tell] [me] [where] [all] [these] [little] [toads] [came] [from] [?] " 1 " 14 " [ [illustration] : " can you tell me where [all] [these] [little] [toads] [came] [from] [?] ["] []] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 can 5 can 6 you 5 can 7 tell 7 tell 8 me 7 tell 9 where " [certainly] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [they] [came] [from] [the] [smiling] [pool] [,] [of] [course] [.] where did you suppose they came from [?] ["] 1 where 2 did 2 did 3 you 2 did 4 suppose 4 suppose 5 they 4 suppose 6 came 5 they 6 came 6 came 7 from ["] [i] [i] [didn't] [know] [.] there wasn't one to be [seen] , and then it began to rain , and right away they were everywhere . 1 there 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 one 2 wasn't 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 then 8 and 10 it 8 and 14 , 10 it 11 began 11 began 12 to 11 began 13 rain 12 to 13 rain 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 they 15 and 20 everywhere 16 right 18 they 17 away 18 they 18 they 19 were 20 everywhere 21 . it [it] almost seemed as if they had rained down out of the sky [.] ["] 1 it 4 seemed 3 almost 4 seemed 4 seemed 6 if 5 as 6 if 6 if 7 they 6 if 9 rained 7 they 8 had 8 had 9 rained 9 rained 10 down 10 down 12 of 11 out 12 of 12 of 14 sky 13 the 14 sky [old] [mr] [toad] [chuckled] [.] " [they] ['ve] [got] [good] [sense] [,] [if] [i] [must] [say] [it] [about] [my] [own] [children] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 19 said 19 said 20 he 20 he 21 . " [they] [know] [that] [wet] weather [is] [the] [only] [weather] [for] [toads] [to] [travel] in [.] 1 " 6 weather 6 weather 15 in the minute this shower came up , they knew it was good traveling weather and out they popped [.] ["] 1 the 2 minute 2 minute 4 shower 2 minute 5 came 2 minute 8 they 3 this 4 shower 4 shower 5 came 6 up 7 , 6 up 8 they 8 they 9 knew 9 knew 10 it 10 it 11 was 11 was 15 and 12 good 14 weather 13 traveling 14 weather 14 weather 15 and 15 and 16 out 15 and 17 they 15 and 18 popped " [but] [what] [did] [they] [leave] [the] [smiling] [pool] [for] [?] " 1 " 12 " peter asked [.] 1 peter 2 asked " [to] [see] [the] [great] [world] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [foolish] [,] [very] [foolish] [of] [them] [,] [but] [they] [would] [do] [it] [.] i [did] [the] [same] [thing] [myself] [when] [i] was their age [.] 1 i 9 was 9 was 11 age 10 their 11 age [couldn't] [stop] [me] [any] [more] [than] [i] [could] [stop] [them] [.] they don't know when they ['re] well off , but young [folks] never do [.] 1 they 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 when 4 when 5 they 4 when 10 but 5 they 10 but 7 well 8 off 8 off 10 but 9 , 10 but 10 but 14 do 11 young 14 do 13 never 14 do fine [weather] , [isn't] [it] [?] " 1 fine 3 , 3 , 7 " [xi] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [queer] [tongue] old [mother] [nature] [doth] [provide] [for] [all] [her] [children] , [large] [or] [small] [.] 1 old 10 , her wisdom foresees [all] [their] [needs] [and] [makes] [provision] [for] [them] [all] [.] 1 her 2 wisdom 2 wisdom 3 foresees perhaps you 'll learn something just [as] [peter] [did] [.] 1 perhaps 2 you 2 you 3 'll 3 'll 4 learn 4 learn 5 something 5 something 6 just when [the] [last] [little] [toad] [had] [passed] [them] [,] [old] [mr] [toad] [suddenly] [remembered] that he was hungry , very hungry indeed [.] 1 when 17 was 15 that 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 21 hungry 18 hungry 19 , 19 , 21 hungry 20 very 21 hungry 21 hungry 22 indeed " [didn't] [have] [time] to [eat] [much] [while] [i] [was] [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] , " he explained [.] 1 " 18 explained 5 to 15 , 5 to 17 he 15 , 16 " 17 he 18 explained ["] [couldn't] [eat] [and] [sing] [too] [,] [and] [while] [i] [was] [down] [there] [,] [i] [was] [supposed] [to] [sing] [.] see that bug over there on that leaf [?] 1 see 3 bug 1 see 4 over 1 see 6 on 2 that 3 bug 3 bug 4 over 4 over 5 there 6 on 8 leaf 7 that 8 leaf watch him [.] ["] 1 watch 2 him peter [looked] , and sure [enough] there was a fat bug crawling along on an old leaf [.] 1 peter 3 , 3 , 4 and 4 and 7 there 4 and 8 was 5 sure 7 there 7 there 8 was 8 was 11 bug 9 a 11 bug 10 fat 11 bug 11 bug 12 crawling 12 crawling 13 along 12 crawling 14 on 14 on 17 leaf 15 an 16 old 15 an 17 leaf 16 old 17 leaf he was about two inches [from] [old] [mr] [toad] , and he was crawling very fast [.] 1 he 11 and 2 was 3 about 2 was 11 and 3 about 5 inches 4 two 5 inches 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 was 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 crawling 14 crawling 16 fast 15 very 16 fast and right [while] [peter] was looking at him [he] [disappeared] [.] 1 and 2 right 1 and 5 was 5 was 6 looking 6 looking 7 at 7 at 8 him peter turned to look [at] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 peter 2 turned 2 turned 3 to 3 to 4 look he hadn't budged [.] 1 he 2 hadn't 2 hadn't 3 budged peter opened his [eyes] very wide [.] 1 peter 2 opened 2 opened 6 wide 3 his 5 very 3 his 6 wide " [wha] [what] ["] he began [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 began " [nice] [bug] [,] " [interrupted] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 5 " " [nicest] [bug] [i] ['ve] [eaten] [for] [a] [longtime] [.] " 1 " 11 " " but [i] [didn't] [see] [you] [catch] [him] [!] ["] [protested] [peter] , [looking] at [old] [mr] [toad] [as] [if] he suspected [him] [of] [joking] [.] 1 " 22 suspected 2 but 13 , 2 but 21 he 13 , 15 at 21 he 22 suspected " [anything] [wrong] [with] [your] [eyes] [?] " [inquired] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 8 " " [no] [,] " [replied] [peter] [just] [a] [wee] [bit] [crossly] [.] 1 " 4 " " [my] [eyes] [are] [just] [as] [good] [as] [ever] [.] " 1 " 11 " " [then] [watch] [me] [catch] [that] [fly] [over] [yonder] [,] " [said] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 11 " he hopped towards a fly which had lighted on a blade of grass just ahead [.] 1 he 2 hopped 2 hopped 3 towards 3 towards 5 fly 4 a 5 fly 5 fly 6 which 5 fly 7 had 6 which 7 had 7 had 8 lighted 8 lighted 9 on 9 on 11 blade 10 a 11 blade 11 blade 12 of 12 of 13 grass 13 grass 14 just 14 just 15 ahead about two inches [from] [it] [he] [stopped] , and so far as [peter] [could] [see] , he sat perfectly still . 1 about 2 two 2 two 3 inches 3 inches 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 17 he 9 and 21 . 10 so 11 far 11 far 17 he 12 as 16 , 12 as 17 he 17 he 18 sat 18 sat 19 perfectly 18 sat 20 still but [the] [fly] [disappeared] , and it wasn't because it flew away , [either] . 1 but 13 , 5 , 6 and 5 , 11 flew 5 , 13 , 6 and 7 it 7 it 8 wasn't 9 because 10 it 10 it 11 flew 11 flew 12 away 13 , 15 . peter was sure of that [.] 1 peter 2 was 2 was 3 sure 3 sure 4 of 4 of 5 that [old] [mr] [toad] [chuckled] [.] " [didn't] [you] [see] [that] [one] [go] , [peter] [?] " he asked [.] 1 " 13 asked 8 , 11 " 8 , 12 he 12 he 13 asked peter shook his head [.] 1 peter 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head " [i] [wish] [you] [would] [stop] fooling [me] [,] ["] said [peter] [.] 1 " 11 said 7 fooling 11 said please , [mr] [toad] [.] " 1 please 2 , 2 , 6 " now [when] [peter] [said] [please] [that] [way] , of [course] [old] [mr] [toad] [couldn't] resist [him] [.] 1 now 8 , 1 now 15 resist 8 , 9 of nobody could [.] 1 nobody 2 could ["] [here] [comes] [an] [ant] [this] [way] [.] now you watch my mouth instead of the ant and see what happens [,] ["] [said] [old] [mr] [toad] . 1 now 2 you 2 you 10 and 3 watch 5 mouth 3 watch 7 of 3 watch 10 and 4 my 5 mouth 6 instead 7 of 7 of 9 ant 8 the 9 ant 10 and 11 see 11 see 12 what 12 what 13 happens 13 happens 20 . peter looked and saw a big black ant coming [.] 1 peter 3 and 2 looked 3 and 3 and 4 saw 3 and 8 ant 5 a 8 ant 6 big 8 ant 7 black 8 ant 8 ant 9 coming then he kept his eyes on [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] mouth [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 kept 3 kept 5 eyes 3 kept 6 on 4 his 5 eyes 5 eyes 6 on 6 on 11 mouth but [when] he looked for the ant , it was nowhere to be seen . 1 but 3 he 1 but 15 . 3 he 4 looked 4 looked 5 for 5 for 8 , 6 the 7 ant 7 ant 8 , 8 , 9 it 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 nowhere 10 was 12 to 12 to 13 be 13 be 14 seen peter looked [at] [old] [mr] [toad] [very] [hard] [.] 1 peter 2 looked [old] [mr] [toad] [chuckled] [again] [.] with every insect swallowed he felt better natured [.] 1 with 3 insect 1 with 5 he 2 every 3 insect 3 insect 4 swallowed 5 he 6 felt 6 felt 7 better 6 felt 8 natured " [you] ['ve] [guessed] [it] [,] [peter] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 10 said 10 said 11 he 11 he 12 . " [handy] [tongue] [,] [isn't] [it] [?] " 1 " 8 " " [i] think it 's a very queer tongue , " retorted [peter] , ["] and [i] [don't] [understand] it [at] all [.] 1 " 16 and 3 think 4 it 3 think 14 , 4 it 10 , 5 's 9 tongue 5 's 10 , 6 a 7 very 6 a 9 tongue 7 very 8 queer 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 retorted 14 , 16 and 16 and 22 all 20 it 22 all if it 's so long as all that , where do you keep it when it isn't in use [?] 1 if 2 it 1 if 3 's 1 if 10 where 2 it 3 's 3 's 5 long 4 so 5 long 6 as 8 that 6 as 9 , 6 as 10 where 7 all 8 that 10 where 11 do 11 do 12 you 11 do 13 keep 13 keep 14 it 14 it 15 when 15 when 16 it 15 when 17 isn't 16 it 17 isn't 17 isn't 18 in 18 in 19 use " [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " [laughed] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [my] [tongue] [never] [is] [in] [the] [way] [,] [and] [it] ['s] [the] [handiest] [tongue] [in] [the] [world] [.] i 'll show it to you [.] " 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 show 3 show 4 it 3 show 5 to 5 to 6 you 6 you 8 " [xii] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [shows] [his] [tongue] i 'm quite sure you would [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 4 sure 3 quite 4 sure 4 sure 5 you 4 sure 6 would 5 you 6 would [old] [mr] [toad] [thinks] [his] [tongue] [the] [most] [satisfactory] [tongue] [in] [the] [world] [.] in fact , he is quite sure that without it he couldn't get along at all , and [i] don't know as he could [.] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 he 4 he 5 is 5 is 7 sure 6 quite 7 sure 7 sure 8 that 8 that 11 he 8 that 18 and 9 without 10 it 9 without 11 he 11 he 12 couldn't 12 couldn't 18 and 13 get 14 along 13 get 15 at 13 get 18 and 15 at 16 all 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 know 18 and 22 as 20 don't 21 know 22 as 23 he 22 as 24 could 23 he 24 could and yet very few of his neighbors know anything about that tongue and [how] different it is from most other tongues [.] 1 and 2 yet 1 and 7 neighbors 1 and 8 know 3 very 4 few 4 few 5 of 4 few 7 neighbors 5 of 7 neighbors 6 his 7 neighbors 7 neighbors 8 know 8 know 13 and 8 know 16 it 8 know 17 is 9 anything 10 about 9 anything 13 and 10 about 12 tongue 11 that 12 tongue 13 and 15 different 16 it 17 is 17 is 18 from 18 from 21 tongues 19 most 20 other 20 other 21 tongues what [peter] [couldn't] [understand] was what [old] [mr] [toad] [did] [with] [a] [tongue] [that] would reach [two] inches [beyond] [his] [mouth] [.] 1 what 5 was 5 was 6 what 6 what 15 would 15 would 16 reach 16 reach 18 inches he said as much [.] 1 he 2 said 2 said 4 much 3 as 4 much he opened his big mouth and slowly ran his tongue out its full length [.] 1 he 6 and 2 opened 5 mouth 2 opened 6 and 3 his 5 mouth 4 big 5 mouth 6 and 8 ran 7 slowly 8 ran 8 ran 10 tongue 8 ran 11 out 9 his 10 tongue 11 out 14 length 12 its 14 length 13 full 14 length ["] [why] [!] [why-ee] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [peter] [.] " [it] ['s] [fastened] [at] [the] [wrong] [end] [!] " 1 " 10 " " [no] [such] [thing] [!] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [indignantly] [.] 1 " 6 " " [if] [it] [was] [fastened] [at] [the] [other] [end] [,] [how] [could] [i] [run] [it] [out] so [far] [?] ["] 1 " 17 so " [but] [mine] [and] [all] [other] [tongues] [that] [i] [ever] [have] [seen] [are] [fastened] [way] [down] [in] [the] [throat] [,] " [protested] [peter] [.] 1 " 21 " ["] [yours] [is] [fastened] [at] [the] [other] [end] [,] [way] [in] [the] [very] [front] [of] [your] [mouth] [.] i never heard of such a thing [.] ["] 1 i 3 heard 2 never 3 heard 3 heard 4 of 4 of 7 thing 5 such 6 a 6 a 7 thing " [there] [are] [a] [great] [many] [things] [you] [have] [never] [heard] [of] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [drily] [.] 1 " 17 " ["] [mine] [is] [the] [right] [way] [to] [have] [a] [tongue] [.] because it is fastened way up in the front of my mouth that way [,] [i] [can] [use] [the] [whole] [of] [it] [.] 1 because 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 fastened 4 fastened 6 up 5 way 6 up 6 up 7 in 6 up 14 way 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 front 9 front 10 of 10 of 12 mouth 11 my 12 mouth 13 that 14 way you see it goes out its full length [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 it 2 see 4 goes 3 it 4 goes 4 goes 5 out 5 out 8 length 6 its 8 length 7 full 8 length peter thought this over for a few minutes before he ventured another question [.] 1 peter 2 thought 2 thought 3 this 2 thought 4 over 2 thought 9 before 4 over 5 for 5 for 8 minutes 6 a 7 few 7 few 8 minutes 9 before 10 he 9 before 11 ventured 10 he 11 ventured 11 ventured 13 question 12 another 13 question " [i] [begin] [to] [understand] [,] ["] said he , " but [how] [do] you hold [on] [to] the bug [with] [your] tongue ? " 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 10 , 8 said 11 " 8 said 12 but 8 said 24 ? 8 said 25 " 12 but 15 you 15 you 16 hold 16 hold 23 tongue 19 the 20 bug 19 the 23 tongue " [my] [tongue] [is] [sticky] [,] [of] [course] [,] [mr] [stupid] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [,] [looking] [very] [much] [disgusted] [.] 1 " 13 " " [just] [let] [me] [touch] [a] [bug] [with] [it] [,] [and] [he] ['s] [mine] [every] [time] [.] " 1 " 18 " peter thought this [over] [.] 1 peter 2 thought 2 thought 3 this then he felt [of] his own tongue [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 felt 3 felt 7 tongue 5 his 6 own 5 his 7 tongue " [mine] [isn't] [sticky] [,] ["] said he very innocently [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 10 innocently 9 very 10 innocently [old] [mr] [toad] [laughed] [right] [out] [.] " [perhaps] [if] it was [,] [you] [couldn't] [ask] so many questions [,] ["] said he . 1 " 4 it 1 " 15 said 4 it 5 was 5 was 12 questions 10 so 11 many 11 many 12 questions 15 said 16 he 16 he 17 . " [now] [watch] [me] [catch] [that] [fly] [.] " 1 " 9 " his funny [little] tongue [darted] [out] , and the fly was gone [.] 1 his 2 funny 2 funny 4 tongue 4 tongue 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 fly 8 and 11 was 9 the 10 fly 10 fly 11 was 11 was 12 gone [ [illustration] : his funny [little] tongue [darted] [out] , and the fly was gone [.] ] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 11 and 4 his 5 funny 5 funny 7 tongue 7 tongue 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 fly 11 and 14 was 12 the 13 fly 13 fly 14 was 14 was 15 gone 15 gone 17 ] " it [certainly] [is] [very] [handy] [,] ["] said [peter] [politely] [.] 1 " 9 said 2 it 9 said " [i] [think] we [are] [going] [to] have [more] rain , and [i] ['d] [better] be [getting] back to [the] [dear] [old] [briarpatch] [.] 1 " 4 we 4 we 8 have 8 have 10 rain 10 rain 19 to 11 , 12 and 11 , 18 back 12 and 16 be 18 back 19 to very much obliged to [you] , [mr] [toad] . 1 very 2 much 2 much 3 obliged 3 obliged 4 to 4 to 6 , 6 , 9 . i think you are very wonderful . ["] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 you 2 think 7 . 3 you 4 are 4 are 6 wonderful 5 very 6 wonderful " [not] [at] [all] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [i] ['ve] [simply] [got] [the] [things] [i] [need] [in] [order] [to] [live] [,] [just] [as] [you] [have] [the] [things] [you] [need] [.] i couldn't get along with your kind of [a] [tongue] , but no more could you get along with mine [.] 1 i 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 get 3 get 5 with 4 along 5 with 5 with 7 kind 6 your 7 kind 7 kind 8 of 8 of 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 14 more 12 but 15 could 12 but 17 get 13 no 14 more 15 could 16 you 15 could 17 get 17 get 18 along 17 get 19 with 19 with 20 mine if you live long enough , you will learn [that] [old] [mother] [nature] [makes] [no] [mistakes] [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 live 1 if 6 , 1 if 7 you 2 you 3 live 3 live 4 long 4 long 5 enough 7 you 8 will 8 will 9 learn she gives each of [us] [what] [we] [need] , and each one has different needs [.] ["] 1 she 2 gives 2 gives 3 each 3 each 4 of 4 of 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 each 10 and 13 has 12 one 13 has 13 has 15 needs 14 different 15 needs [xiii] [peter] [rabbit] [is] [impolite] peter [rabbit] couldn't get [old] [mr] [toad] off [his] [mind] [.] 1 peter 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 get 4 get 8 off and his respect [for] [old] [mr] [toad] had become very great indeed [.] 1 and 2 his 2 his 3 respect 3 respect 8 had 8 had 9 become 9 become 11 great 10 very 11 great 11 great 12 indeed of course [.] 1 of 2 course who wouldn't respect any one with such beautiful eyes and such a sweet voice and such a wonderful tongue [?] 1 who 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 respect 3 respect 5 one 3 respect 6 with 4 any 5 one 5 one 6 with 6 with 15 and 7 such 9 eyes 8 beautiful 9 eyes 9 eyes 10 and 10 and 14 voice 10 and 15 and 11 such 12 a 12 a 14 voice 13 sweet 14 voice 15 and 19 tongue 16 such 17 a 17 a 18 wonderful 17 a 19 tongue 18 wonderful 19 tongue " [funny] , " mused [peter] , " [how] we can live right beside [people] all our lives and [not] [really] [know] [them] [at] all [.] 1 " 19 and 3 , 4 " 3 , 5 mused 3 , 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 10 we 7 , 19 and 10 we 11 can 11 can 12 live 12 live 13 right 12 live 14 beside 14 beside 16 all 16 all 17 our 16 all 18 lives 17 our 18 lives 19 and 25 all i suppose that is why we should never judge people hastily [.] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 that 3 that 4 is 4 is 5 why 5 why 6 we 5 why 9 judge 6 we 7 should 7 should 9 judge 8 never 9 judge 9 judge 10 people 9 judge 11 hastily i [believe] [i] will go hunt [up] [old] [mr] [toad] and [see] [if] [i] can find [out] [anything] [more] [.] ["] 1 i 11 and 4 will 5 go 4 will 11 and 5 go 6 hunt 11 and 16 find 15 can 16 find off [started] [peter] , [lipperty-lipperty-lip] [.] 1 off 4 , but [when] he got there , [peter] [found] no [trace] [of] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 but 3 he 1 but 6 , 3 he 4 got 4 got 5 there 6 , 9 no you [see] [,] [it] had rained [the] [day] [before] [,] [and] that is [just] the kind of weather that [a] [toad] likes best for traveling [.] 1 you 5 had 5 had 6 rained 6 rained 12 that 12 that 13 is 13 is 18 weather 13 is 24 for 15 the 16 kind 16 kind 17 of 16 kind 18 weather 17 of 18 weather 18 weather 19 that 18 weather 22 likes 23 best 24 for 24 for 25 traveling peter ought [to] have thought of [that] , but he didn't . 1 peter 2 ought 2 ought 4 have 4 have 5 thought 5 thought 6 of 6 of 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 he 9 but 12 . 10 he 11 didn't jolly , [round] , [bright] [mr] [sun] was shining his brightest , and [peter] [soon] [forgot] all [about] [old] [mr] [toad] . 1 jolly 2 , 1 jolly 22 . 2 , 4 , 4 , 8 was 8 was 9 shining 9 shining 11 brightest 10 his 11 brightest 12 , 13 and 12 , 22 . 13 and 17 all he had just done this when his ears caught the sound of a queer noise a little to one side of the [crooked] [little] [path] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 done 3 just 4 done 4 done 5 this 4 done 6 when 6 when 8 ears 6 when 9 caught 7 his 8 ears 8 ears 9 caught 9 caught 11 sound 9 caught 17 little 9 caught 18 to 10 the 11 sound 11 sound 12 of 12 of 15 noise 13 a 14 queer 14 queer 15 noise 16 a 17 little 18 to 20 side 19 one 20 side 20 side 21 of 21 of 22 the instantly [peter] [stopped] [and] [sat] [up] to listen [.] 1 instantly 7 to 7 to 8 listen there [it] [was] [again] , and it seemed to come from under an old piece of board . 1 there 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 it 6 and 18 . 7 it 8 seemed 8 seemed 9 to 8 seemed 10 come 9 to 10 come 10 come 11 from 11 from 12 under 12 under 15 piece 13 an 15 piece 14 old 15 piece 15 piece 16 of 16 of 17 board it was just a little , rustling sound , hardly to be heard [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 just 3 just 5 little 3 just 7 rustling 3 just 11 to 3 just 13 heard 4 a 5 little 6 , 7 rustling 7 rustling 8 sound 7 rustling 9 , 10 hardly 11 to 11 to 12 be 12 be 13 heard " [there] ['s] [some] [one] [under] [that] [old] [board] [,] " [thought] [peter] [,] [and] [peeped] [under] [.] 1 " 11 " all he could see was that there was something moving [.] 1 all 2 he 1 all 4 see 1 all 5 was 2 he 3 could 3 could 4 see 5 was 6 that 6 that 8 was 7 there 8 was 8 was 9 something 9 something 10 moving instantly [peter] [was] [all] curiosity [.] 1 instantly 5 curiosity whoever was there was not very big [.] 1 whoever 2 was 1 whoever 4 was 2 was 3 there 4 was 7 big 5 not 6 very 6 very 7 big he was sure of that [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 sure 3 sure 4 of 4 of 5 that of course that meant that he had nothing to fear [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 that 3 that 4 meant 4 meant 5 that 5 that 6 he 5 that 7 had 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 nothing 7 had 9 to 8 nothing 9 to 9 to 10 fear so what do you think [peter] [did] [?] 1 so 5 think 2 what 3 do 3 do 4 you 4 you 5 think why , [he] [just] [pulled] [that] old [board] [over] . 1 why 2 , 2 , 10 . 7 old 10 . and when he did that , he saw , [whom] do you think ? 1 and 7 he 1 and 13 think 2 when 3 he 2 when 4 did 2 when 6 , 2 when 7 he 3 he 4 did 5 that 6 , 7 he 8 saw 9 , 11 do 11 do 12 you 12 you 13 think 13 think 14 ? why , [old] [mr] [toad] , [to] [be] [sure] . 1 why 2 , 2 , 10 . 6 , 10 . but such a sight [as] [old] [mr] [toad] was [!] 1 but 4 sight 1 but 9 was 2 such 3 a 3 a 4 sight peter just stared [.] 1 peter 3 stared 2 just 3 stared for a full minute he couldn't find his voice [.] 1 for 4 minute 1 for 5 he 2 a 3 full 2 a 4 minute 3 full 4 minute 5 he 6 couldn't 6 couldn't 7 find 7 find 9 voice 8 his 9 voice old [mr] [toad] [was] changing [his] [clothes] [!] 1 old 5 changing yes , [sir] [,] that is just what [old] [mr] [toad] [was] [doing] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 that 5 that 6 is 6 is 8 what 7 just 8 what 8 what 14 . he was taking [off] his old suit , and [under] it was a brand new one [.] 1 he 9 and 2 was 3 taking 2 was 9 and 5 his 7 suit 6 old 7 suit 7 suit 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 was 11 it 12 was 12 was 16 one 13 a 16 one 14 brand 16 one 15 new 16 one but such a time as he was having [!] 1 but 4 time 1 but 6 he 2 such 3 a 3 a 4 time 5 as 6 he 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 having he was opening and shutting his big mouth , and drawing his hind legs under him , and rubbing them against his body [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 and 3 opening 4 and 4 and 5 shutting 4 and 10 and 6 his 8 mouth 7 big 8 mouth 8 mouth 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 23 body 11 drawing 23 body 12 his 14 legs 13 hind 14 legs 14 legs 15 under 14 legs 18 and 15 under 16 him 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 rubbing 18 and 21 against 18 and 23 body 19 rubbing 20 them 21 against 22 his [then] [peter] [saw] [a] [strange] [thing] [.] all the time [old] [mr] [toad] was [working] [very] [hard] to suck it at the corners of his big mouth [.] 1 all 2 the 2 the 3 time 3 time 7 was 7 was 11 to 11 to 12 suck 12 suck 13 it 12 suck 14 at 14 at 16 corners 15 the 16 corners 16 corners 17 of 17 of 20 mouth 18 his 20 mouth 19 big 20 mouth he glared angrily at [peter] , but he couldn't say anything because his mouth was too full [.] 1 he 2 glared 2 glared 3 angrily 2 glared 4 at 4 at 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 he 7 but 10 say 8 he 9 couldn't 9 couldn't 10 say 10 say 11 anything 10 say 12 because 12 because 14 mouth 12 because 15 was 13 his 14 mouth 14 mouth 15 was 15 was 17 full 16 too 17 full he [looked] [so] [funny] [that] [peter] just threw himself on the ground and rolled over and over with laughter [.] 1 he 13 and 7 just 8 threw 8 threw 9 himself 8 threw 10 on 8 threw 13 and 10 on 12 ground 11 the 12 ground 13 and 14 rolled 14 rolled 15 over 15 over 16 and 16 and 17 over 17 over 18 with 18 with 19 laughter this [made] [old] [mr] [toad] [glare] [more] [angrily] [than] [ever] , but he couldn't say [anything] , [not] [a] [word] . 1 this 11 , 11 , 21 . 12 but 13 he 12 but 17 , 13 he 14 couldn't 14 couldn't 15 say 17 , 21 . [xiv] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [disappears] admit your fault when you ['ve] done wrong [,] [and] [don't] [postpone] [it] [over] [long] [.] 1 admit 3 fault 1 admit 8 wrong 2 your 3 fault 3 fault 4 when 4 when 5 you 4 when 7 done 5 you 7 done peter [rabbit] didn't blame [old] [mr] [toad] [a] [bit] [for] [being] [indignant] [because] [peter] [had] [watched] him [change] [his] [suit] [.] 1 peter 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 blame 4 blame 17 him it wasn't a nice thing to do [.] 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 5 thing 2 wasn't 6 to 3 a 4 nice 3 a 5 thing 4 nice 5 thing 6 to 7 do old [mr] [toad] [had] [looked] [very] [funny] [while] [he] [was] [struggling] [out] [of] [his] [old] [suit] , and [peter] [just] [couldn't] [help] laughing at him [.] 1 old 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 23 laughing 23 laughing 24 at 24 at 25 him but he realized that he had been very impolite , and he very meekly told [old] [mr] [toad] [so] . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 realized 3 realized 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 20 . 5 he 10 , 6 had 7 been 6 had 10 , 7 been 9 impolite 8 very 9 impolite 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 11 and 15 told 13 very 14 meekly 14 meekly 15 told " [you] [see] [,] [it] [was] [this] [way] [,] " [explained] [peter] [.] 1 " 10 " " [i] [heard] [something] [under] [that] [old] [board] [,] [and] [i] [just] [naturally] [turned] [it] [over] [to] [find] [out] [what] [was] [there] [.] " 1 " 24 " " [hump] [!] ["] grunted [old] [mr] [.] toad [.] 1 " 5 grunted 5 grunted 9 toad " [i] [didn't] [have] [the] [least] [idea] [that] [you] [were] [there] [,] " [continued] [peter] [.] 1 " 13 " but [i] ['m] [sorry] , [mr] [toad] . 1 but 5 , 5 , 8 . truly [i] [am] . 1 truly 4 . i didn't mean to be so impolite [.] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 mean 3 mean 4 to 3 mean 5 be 4 to 5 be 5 be 7 impolite 6 so 7 impolite i promise never to do it again [.] 1 i 2 promise 2 promise 4 to 2 promise 5 do 3 never 4 to 4 to 5 do 5 do 6 it 5 do 7 again i had heard that you swallowed your old suits [,] [but] [i] [never] [half] [believed] [it] [.] 1 i 2 had 2 had 3 heard 3 heard 4 that 4 that 5 you 4 that 6 swallowed 5 you 6 swallowed 6 swallowed 9 suits 7 your 9 suits 8 old 9 suits now [i] [know] it is [so] and just how you do it , [and] [i] [feel] as [if] [i] [had] [learned] [something] [worth] knowing [.] 1 now 4 it 4 it 5 is 5 is 17 as 7 and 9 how 7 and 13 , 8 just 9 how 9 how 11 do 10 you 11 do 11 do 12 it 13 , 17 as 17 as 24 knowing do you go down into the mud at the bottom of the [smiling] [pool] the way [grandfather] [frog] [does] [?] ["] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 go 3 go 4 down 3 go 5 into 3 go 8 at 3 go 16 way 5 into 7 mud 6 the 7 mud 8 at 10 bottom 9 the 10 bottom 10 bottom 11 of 11 of 12 the 15 the 16 way " [certainly] [not] [!] " [retorted] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [use] [your] [common] [sense] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [.] i 'm not so fond of long journeys as all that [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 not 2 'm 5 fond 4 so 5 fond 5 fond 6 of 5 fond 9 as 6 of 8 journeys 7 long 8 journeys 9 as 11 that 10 all 11 that " [that] ['s] so [.] ["] 1 " 4 so peter looked foolish [.] 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 3 foolish " [i] [didn't] [think] [of] [that] [when] [i] [spoke] [.] " 1 " 11 " " [now] [if] [i] [wanted] [to] [,] [i] [could] [disappear] [right] [here] [.] " 1 " 14 " " [nothing] [of] [the] [sort] [!] " [snapped] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 7 " " [i] [could] [disappear] [and] [not] [go] [near] [that] [old] [board] [,] [not] [a] [step] [nearer] [than] [i] [am] [now] [.] " 1 " 22 " [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [.] here was a chance to get even [with] [peter] for watching him change his suit [.] 1 here 2 was 2 was 4 chance 3 a 4 chance 4 chance 5 to 4 chance 6 get 5 to 6 get 6 get 7 even 6 get 10 for 10 for 11 watching 11 watching 12 him 11 watching 13 change 13 change 15 suit 14 his 15 suit " [more] [than] [that] [,] [i] [give] [you] [my] [word] [of] [honor] [that] [i] [will] [not] [hop] [three] [feet] [from] [where] [i] [am] [sitting] [.] " 1 " 26 " " [all] [right] [,] " [replied] [peter] [promptly] [,] [turning] [his] [back] [to] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] ['ll] [look] [down] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [for] [five] [minutes] [and] [promise] [not] [to] [peek] [.] " 1 " 19 " so [peter] [sat] [and] [gazed] straight [down] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [.] 1 so 6 straight when he thought the five minutes were up , he turned around [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 thought 1 when 9 , 1 when 10 he 2 he 3 thought 3 thought 6 minutes 3 thought 7 were 4 the 5 five 5 five 6 minutes 6 minutes 7 were 7 were 8 up 10 he 11 turned 11 turned 12 around old [mr] [toad] [was] nowhere [to] [be] [seen] [.] 1 old 5 nowhere peter looked [hastily] this way and that [way] , but there was [not] a sign [of] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 6 and 4 this 5 way 5 way 6 and 6 and 7 that 7 that 12 was 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 there 11 there 12 was 12 was 15 sign 14 a 15 sign he had disappeared as completely as if he never had been there [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 disappeared 3 disappeared 5 completely 3 disappeared 7 if 4 as 5 completely 6 as 7 if 7 if 8 he 7 if 11 been 8 he 10 had 9 never 10 had 10 had 11 been 11 been 12 there [xv] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [gives] [peter] [a] [scare] [old] [mr] [toad] [was] [getting] [even] [with] [peter] [for] [laughing] [at] [him] [.] [while] [peter] ['s] [back] [had] [been] [turned] [,] [old] [mr] [toad] [had] [disappeared] [.] it was too much [for] [peter] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 much 3 too 4 much nevertheless , [peter] hopped over to it and [turned] [it] [over] [again] , because he couldn't think of any other place to look . 1 nevertheless 2 , 1 nevertheless 24 . 2 , 8 and 4 hopped 5 over 4 hopped 6 to 4 hopped 8 and 6 to 7 it 8 and 13 , 13 , 14 because 14 because 15 he 15 he 16 couldn't 16 couldn't 17 think 17 think 18 of 18 of 21 place 19 any 20 other 20 other 21 place 21 place 22 to 21 place 23 look 22 to 23 look of course , [old] [mr] [toad] [wasn't] there [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 , 2 course 8 there of course not [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 not he had given [his] [word] [that] [he] [wouldn't] [hide] there , and he always lives up to his word [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 given 3 given 19 word 10 there 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 he 12 and 15 lives 13 he 15 lives 14 always 15 lives 15 lives 16 up 15 lives 17 to 17 to 18 his 18 his 19 word peter should have [known] better than to have looked there [.] 1 peter 2 should 2 should 3 have 3 have 7 to 3 have 9 looked 5 better 7 to 6 than 7 to 7 to 8 have 8 have 9 looked 9 looked 10 there but [if] [old] [mr] [toad] [had] [nothing] [to] [hide] [under] , of course he must have hopped [away] , reasoned [peter] . 1 but 11 , 1 but 19 , 11 , 17 hopped 12 of 13 course 13 course 14 he 14 he 15 must 15 must 16 have 16 have 17 hopped 19 , 20 reasoned 20 reasoned 22 . peter never had felt more foolish in all his life [.] 1 peter 3 had 2 never 3 had 3 had 4 felt 4 felt 6 foolish 5 more 6 foolish 6 foolish 7 in 7 in 8 all 8 all 9 his 8 all 10 life 9 his 10 life he began to think that [old] [mr] [toad] must be bewitched and had some strange power of making himself [invisible] [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 12 and 4 think 5 that 4 think 12 and 5 that 9 must 9 must 10 be 10 be 11 bewitched 12 and 13 had 12 and 19 himself 13 had 16 power 14 some 16 power 15 strange 16 power 16 power 17 of 17 of 18 making and [yet] [old] [mr] [toad] had disappeared [.] 1 and 6 had 6 had 7 disappeared suddenly [peter] [gave] [a] [frightened] [scream] [and] [jumped] [higher] [than] he ever had jumped [before] in [all] his life [.] 1 suddenly 11 he 11 he 13 had 12 ever 13 had 13 had 14 jumped 14 jumped 16 in 16 in 19 life 18 his 19 life a voice [,] [the] [voice] [of] [old] [mr] [toad] [himself] [,] [had] said [,] ["] [well] [,] [now] [are] [you] [satisfied] [?] ["] 1 a 2 voice 2 voice 13 said and that [voice] had come from right [under] [peter] [!] do you wonder that he was frightened [?] 1 and 2 that 1 and 11 do 2 that 4 had 4 had 5 come 5 come 6 from 6 from 7 right 11 do 12 you 12 you 13 wonder 13 wonder 14 that 14 that 15 he 14 that 16 was 15 he 16 was 16 was 17 frightened when he turned to look , [there] [sat] [old] [mr] [toad] [right] where he himself had been sitting a moment before [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 turned 1 when 6 , 1 when 14 he 2 he 3 turned 3 turned 4 to 4 to 5 look 6 , 13 where 14 he 16 had 15 himself 16 had 16 had 17 been 17 been 18 sitting 18 sitting 20 moment 18 sitting 21 before 19 a 20 moment 20 moment 21 before peter rubbed his eyes and stared very foolishly [.] 1 peter 5 and 2 rubbed 4 eyes 2 rubbed 5 and 3 his 4 eyes 5 and 6 stared 5 and 8 foolishly 7 very 8 foolishly " [wh-wh-where] [did] [you] [come] [from] [?] " he stammered at last [.] 1 " 10 stammered 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 stammered 10 stammered 11 at 11 at 12 last [old] [mr] [toad] [grinned] [.] " [i] ['ll] [show] [you] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 9 he 10 . then that disappeared [.] 1 then 2 that 2 that 3 disappeared old [mr] [toad] [had] [gone] [down] , and the sand had fallen right back over him [.] 1 old 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 sand 8 and 12 fallen 9 the 10 sand 10 sand 11 had 11 had 12 fallen 12 fallen 13 right 12 fallen 14 back 14 back 15 over 15 over 16 him peter just had to rub his eyes again [.] 1 peter 3 had 2 just 3 had 3 had 4 to 3 had 5 rub 4 to 5 rub 5 rub 7 eyes 5 rub 8 again 6 his 7 eyes he had to ! 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 to 3 to 4 ! then , to make [sure] , he began to dig [away] the sand [where] [old] [mr] [toad] [had] [been] [sitting] [.] 1 then 2 , 1 then 7 he 3 to 4 make 3 to 6 , 3 to 7 he 7 he 8 began 8 began 9 to 9 to 10 dig 10 dig 13 sand 12 the 13 sand in a minute he [felt] [old] [mr] [toad] [,] [who] [at] [once] came out again [.] 1 in 3 minute 1 in 4 he 2 a 3 minute 4 he 13 came 13 came 14 out 14 out 15 again [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] [beautiful] [eyes] [twinkled] [more] [than] [ever] [.] " [i] [guess] [we] [are] [even] [now] [,] [peter] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 13 he 14 . peter nodded [.] 1 peter 2 nodded ["] [more] [than] [that] [,] [mr] [toad] [.] i think you have a little the best of [it] , " he replied [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 you 2 think 4 have 3 you 4 have 4 have 6 little 4 have 8 best 5 a 6 little 7 the 8 best 8 best 9 of 9 of 11 , 11 , 12 " 11 , 14 replied 13 he 14 replied " [now] [won't] [you] [tell] [me] [how] [you] [did] [it] [?] " 1 " 12 " old [mr] [toad] [held] [up] [one] [of] [his] [stout] [hind] [feet] , and on it was a kind of spur [.] 1 old 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 on 14 on 15 it 15 it 16 was 16 was 18 kind 17 a 18 kind 18 kind 19 of 19 of 20 spur " [there] ['s] [another] [just] [like] [that] [on] [the] [other] [foot] [,] ["] said he , ["] and [i] use [them] to dig [with] . 1 " 14 said 14 said 15 he 14 said 16 , 14 said 25 . 16 , 23 dig 18 and 20 use 20 use 22 to 22 to 23 dig you go into a hole headfirst [,] [but] [i] [go] [in] [the] [other] [way] [.] 1 you 2 go 2 go 3 into 2 go 6 headfirst 3 into 5 hole 4 a 5 hole i make my hole in soft earth and back into it at the same time , this way [.] ["] 1 i 2 make 2 make 4 hole 2 make 5 in 2 make 10 into 2 make 12 at 3 my 4 hole 4 hole 5 in 5 in 8 and 6 soft 7 earth 7 earth 8 and 8 and 9 back 8 and 10 into 10 into 11 it 12 at 16 , 13 the 14 same 14 same 15 time 15 time 16 , 16 , 18 way 17 this 18 way he began to [work] [his] stout hind [feet] , and as he kicked the earth out , he backed in at the same time [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 10 and 6 stout 7 hind 7 hind 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 19 backed 11 as 12 he 11 as 13 kicked 11 as 17 , 11 as 18 he 12 he 13 kicked 13 kicked 15 earth 13 kicked 16 out 14 the 15 earth 18 he 19 backed 19 backed 20 in 19 backed 21 at 21 at 24 time 22 the 23 same 23 same 24 time when [he] [once] [more] reappeared , [peter] [thanked] [him] [.] 1 when 6 , 5 reappeared 6 , then he asked one more question [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 asked 3 asked 6 question 4 one 5 more 5 more 6 question " is [that] the [way] [you] [go] [into] [winter] quarters [?] ["] 1 " 2 is 2 is 10 quarters 4 the 10 quarters [old] [mr] [toad] [nodded] [.] " [and] [it] ['s] [the] [way] [i] [escape] [from] [my] [enemies] [.] " 1 " 13 " [xvi] [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [surprised] jimmy [skunk] ambled along [the] [crooked] [little] [path] down the hill [.] 1 jimmy 3 ambled 3 ambled 4 along 3 ambled 9 down 9 down 11 hill 10 the 11 hill he didn't hurry [because] [jimmy] [doesn't] [believe] [in] [hurrying] [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 hurry the only time he ever hurries is when he sees a fat beetle trying to get out of sight [.] 1 the 2 only 1 the 3 time 3 time 4 he 3 time 6 hurries 3 time 7 is 4 he 6 hurries 5 ever 6 hurries 7 is 8 when 7 is 14 trying 8 when 9 he 8 when 10 sees 9 he 10 sees 10 sees 13 beetle 11 a 12 fat 11 a 13 beetle 12 fat 13 beetle 14 trying 15 to 15 to 16 get 16 get 18 of 17 out 18 of 18 of 19 sight [then] [jimmy] [does] [hurry] [.] but just now he didn't see any fat beetles , although he was looking for them [.] 1 but 2 just 1 but 6 see 3 now 4 he 4 he 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 see 6 see 8 fat 6 see 9 beetles 7 any 8 fat 8 fat 9 beetles 9 beetles 11 although 10 , 11 although 11 although 12 he 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 looking 14 looking 15 for 15 for 16 them so he just ambled [along] as if he had all the time in the world , as [indeed] he had [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 20 had 2 he 4 ambled 3 just 4 ambled 6 as 8 he 6 as 9 had 6 as 16 , 6 as 19 he 7 if 8 he 8 he 9 had 9 had 10 all 9 had 13 in 10 all 11 the 10 all 12 time 11 the 12 time 12 time 13 in 13 in 15 world 14 the 15 world 16 , 17 as 19 he 20 had he was feeling very good-natured , was [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 he 6 , 2 was 3 feeling 2 was 6 , 3 feeling 5 good-natured 4 very 5 good-natured 6 , 7 was and why [shouldn't] [he] [?] 1 and 2 why there was everything to make him feel good-natured [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 everything 2 was 4 to 4 to 5 make 5 make 6 him 5 make 7 feel 7 feel 8 good-natured summer had arrived to stay . 1 summer 2 had 2 had 3 arrived 3 arrived 4 to 4 to 5 stay 5 stay 6 . on every side he heard glad voices [.] 1 on 3 side 1 on 4 he 2 every 3 side 4 he 5 heard 5 heard 7 voices 6 glad 7 voices bumble [the] [bee] was [humming] a song [.] 1 bumble 4 was 4 was 7 song 6 a 7 song best [of] [all] , [jimmy] [had] [found] three beetles that [very] [morning] , and he knew that there were more if he could find them [.] 1 best 4 , 4 , 9 beetles 4 , 14 and 8 three 9 beetles 10 that 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 he 14 and 16 knew 16 knew 17 that 17 that 18 there 17 that 19 were 18 there 19 were 19 were 20 more 19 were 21 if 21 if 22 he 21 if 24 find 22 he 23 could 23 could 24 find 24 find 25 them so why shouldn't he feel good [?] 1 so 2 why 2 why 3 shouldn't 3 shouldn't 4 he 3 shouldn't 5 feel 5 feel 6 good his sharp little eyes twinkled as he ambled [along] [,] and there wasn't much that they missed [.] 1 his 4 eyes 2 sharp 4 eyes 3 little 4 eyes 4 eyes 5 twinkled 5 twinkled 6 as 6 as 11 and 6 as 13 wasn't 7 he 8 ambled 7 he 11 and 11 and 12 there 12 there 13 wasn't 13 wasn't 14 much 14 much 15 that 14 much 17 missed 15 that 16 they 15 that 17 missed 16 they 17 missed ["] [beetle] [,] [beetle] [,] [smooth] [and] [smug] [,] [you] [are] [nothing] [but] [a] [bug] [.] bugs were made [for] [skunks] to eat , [so] come out from your retreat [.] 1 bugs 2 were 2 were 3 made 3 made 6 to 6 to 8 , 7 eat 8 , 8 , 10 come 10 come 11 out 11 out 12 from 12 from 14 retreat 13 your 14 retreat ["] [hello] [!] there 's a nice big piece of bark over there that looks as if it ought to have a dozen fat beetles under it [.] 1 there 2 's 2 's 6 piece 3 a 4 nice 3 a 6 piece 4 nice 6 piece 5 big 6 piece 6 piece 7 of 6 piece 11 that 6 piece 12 looks 7 of 8 bark 8 bark 9 over 9 over 10 there 11 that 12 looks 12 looks 14 if 13 as 14 if 14 if 15 it 14 if 16 ought 15 it 16 ought 16 ought 17 to 16 ought 18 have 17 to 18 have 18 have 22 beetles 18 have 23 under 19 a 20 dozen 20 dozen 22 beetles 21 fat 22 beetles 22 beetles 23 under 23 under 24 it it 's great fun to pull over pieces of bark and see fat beetles run all ways at once [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 fun 2 's 17 ways 2 's 19 once 3 great 4 fun 4 fun 5 to 4 fun 6 pull 4 fun 15 run 5 to 6 pull 6 pull 7 over 8 pieces 9 of 8 pieces 11 and 9 of 10 bark 10 bark 11 and 11 and 12 see 12 see 14 beetles 12 see 15 run 13 fat 14 beetles 14 beetles 15 run 16 all 17 ways 18 at 19 once i 'll just have to see what is under that piece [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 4 have 3 just 4 have 4 have 5 to 4 have 6 see 5 to 6 see 6 see 7 what 7 what 8 is 8 is 9 under 9 under 11 piece 10 that 11 piece " [beetle] [,] [beetle] [,] [smooth] [and] [smug] [,] [you] [are] [nothing] [but] [a] [bug] [.] " 1 " 17 " as he said the last word , he suddenly pulled the piece [of] bark over [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 said 1 as 7 , 1 as 8 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 6 word 4 the 6 word 5 last 6 word 8 he 10 pulled 9 suddenly 10 pulled 10 pulled 14 bark 10 pulled 15 over 11 the 14 bark 12 piece 14 bark " [who] ['s] [a] [bug] [?] ["] asked a funny voice , and [it] [sounded] rather cross . 1 " 8 asked 8 asked 13 and 9 a 10 funny 9 a 11 voice 10 funny 11 voice 11 voice 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 rather 13 and 17 cross 17 cross 18 . jimmy [skunk] nearly tumbled over backward in surprise , and for a minute he couldn't find his tongue [.] 1 jimmy 4 tumbled 3 nearly 4 tumbled 4 tumbled 5 over 4 tumbled 6 backward 4 tumbled 10 and 7 in 10 and 8 surprise 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 for 11 for 13 minute 12 a 13 minute 13 minute 14 he 13 minute 16 find 14 he 15 couldn't 15 couldn't 16 find 16 find 18 tongue 17 his 18 tongue " [who] ['s] [a] [bug] [?] " he repeated [.] 1 " 9 repeated 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 repeated instead [of] answering , [jimmy] [skunk] [began] to laugh [.] 1 instead 9 laugh 3 answering 4 , 4 , 8 to 8 to 9 laugh " [who] ['s] [a] [bug] [?] " [demanded] [old] [mr] [toad] [,] [more] [crossly] [than] [before] [.] 1 " 7 " " [there] [isn't] [any] [bug] [,] [mr] [toad] [,] [and] [i] [beg] [your] [pardon] [,] ["] replied [jimmy] [,] [remembering] [his] politeness [.] 1 " 17 replied 17 replied 22 politeness ["] [i] [just] [thought] [there] [was] [.] you [see] [,] [i] didn't know you were under that piece [of] bark [.] 1 you 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 know 6 know 7 you 6 know 8 were 7 you 8 were 8 were 9 under 9 under 13 bark 10 that 13 bark 11 piece 13 bark i hope you will excuse me [,] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 i 2 hope 2 hope 3 you 2 hope 5 excuse 4 will 5 excuse 5 excuse 6 me have you seen any fat beetles this morning [?] ["] 1 have 2 you 1 have 3 seen 3 seen 4 any 3 seen 6 beetles 5 fat 6 beetles 6 beetles 8 morning 7 this 8 morning " [no] [,] ["] said [old] [mr] [toad] grumpily [,] [and] [yawned] [and] [rubbed] [his] [eyes] [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 9 grumpily " [why] [,] " [exclaimed] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] ["] [i] [believe] [you] [have] [just] [waked] [up] [!] ["] 1 " 4 " " [what] [if] [i] [have] [?] " [demanded] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 7 " " [who] [was] [the] [other] [?] " [asked] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 7 " " [mr] [blacksnake] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 5 " " he inquired for you . ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 inquired 3 inquired 4 for 4 for 5 you 5 you 6 . [old] [mr] [toad] [turned] [quite] [pale] [.] " [i] [i] [think] [i] ['ll] [be] [moving] [along] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 13 he 14 . [xvii] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [mistake] and when he had pulled it over , [he] found [old] [mr] [toad] [there] [.] 1 and 2 when 1 and 10 found 2 when 3 he 2 when 5 pulled 3 he 4 had 4 had 5 pulled 5 pulled 6 it 5 pulled 7 over 7 over 8 , old [mr] [toad] [had] [crept] [under] [that] [piece] [of] [bark] [because] [he] [wanted] [to] [take] [a] nap [.] 1 old 17 nap yes , [sir] , he was wide awake right away . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 11 . 4 , 5 he 4 , 11 . 5 he 6 was 6 was 7 wide 6 was 9 right 7 wide 8 awake 9 right 10 away you see [,] [he] [knew] [right] [away] why [mr] [blacksnake] [had] [asked] [after] [him] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 8 why he [knew] [that] [mr] [blacksnake] has a fondness for [toads] . 1 he 6 has 6 has 8 fondness 7 a 8 fondness 8 fondness 9 for 9 for 11 . he [turned] [quite] [pale] [when] he [heard] that [mr] [blacksnake] had [asked] [after] [him] , and right then he made his mistake . 1 he 15 , 6 he 8 that 8 that 11 had 11 had 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 19 he 16 and 23 . 17 right 19 he 18 then 19 he 19 he 20 made 20 made 22 mistake 21 his 22 mistake he hardly waited long enough to say good-by to [jimmy] [skunk] , but started off as fast as he could go [.] 1 he 13 but 2 hardly 3 waited 3 waited 4 long 3 waited 6 to 3 waited 13 but 4 long 5 enough 6 to 7 say 7 say 8 good-by 9 to 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 started 14 started 15 off 14 started 17 fast 14 started 18 as 16 as 17 fast 18 as 19 he 18 as 21 go 19 he 20 could 20 could 21 go now when people are very much afraid , they almost always seem to think that danger is behind instead [of] in front of them [.] 1 now 9 they 2 when 3 people 2 when 4 are 2 when 8 , 2 when 9 they 3 people 4 are 4 are 6 much 4 are 7 afraid 5 very 6 much 9 they 12 seem 10 almost 11 always 11 always 12 seem 12 seem 13 to 12 seem 14 think 13 to 14 think 14 think 15 that 15 that 17 is 16 danger 17 is 17 is 18 behind 17 is 19 instead 17 is 23 of 21 in 22 front 22 front 23 of 23 of 24 them it was so [with] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 so instead of watching out in front [as] he hopped along , he kept watching over his shoulder , and that was his second mistake [.] 1 instead 2 of 2 of 3 watching 2 of 8 he 3 watching 4 out 4 out 5 in 5 in 6 front 8 he 19 and 9 hopped 10 along 9 hopped 19 and 11 , 12 he 11 , 18 , 12 he 13 kept 13 kept 14 watching 13 kept 15 over 14 watching 15 over 15 over 17 shoulder 16 his 17 shoulder 18 , 19 and 19 and 21 was 20 that 21 was 21 was 24 mistake 22 his 24 mistake 23 second 24 mistake and [all] [the] [time] he kept looking behind [for] [mr] [blacksnake] . 1 and 5 he 1 and 12 . 5 he 6 kept 6 kept 7 looking 7 looking 8 behind it was a question which was more surprised [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 question 3 a 4 question 4 question 5 which 4 question 6 was 5 which 6 was 6 was 8 surprised 7 more 8 surprised for [just] a wee second they stared at each other [.] 1 for 5 second 1 for 6 they 3 a 5 second 4 wee 5 second 6 they 7 stared 7 stared 8 at 8 at 10 other 9 each 10 other [then] [mr] [blacksnake] ['s] [eyes] [began] [to] [sparkle] [.] ["] [good] [morning] [,] [mr] [toad] [.] isn't this a beautiful morning [?] 1 isn't 2 this 1 isn't 5 morning 3 a 5 morning 4 beautiful 5 morning i was just thinking about [you] , " said he . 1 i 2 was 2 was 4 thinking 2 was 5 about 3 just 4 thinking 5 about 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 said 9 said 10 he 10 he 11 . but [poor] [old] [mr] [toad] didn't [say] [good] [morning] . 1 but 10 . 6 didn't 10 . he didn't say anything [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 say 3 say 4 anything he couldn't , because he was too scared [.] 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 , 3 , 6 was 4 because 5 he 5 he 6 was 6 was 7 too 6 was 8 scared [xviii] [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [just] [in] [time] it [had] [been] [funny] , very funny [indeed] , to see [mr] [toad] [try] to hurry [.] 1 it 5 , 5 , 7 funny 5 , 9 , 6 very 7 funny 9 , 10 to 9 , 16 hurry 10 to 11 see 15 to 16 hurry [suddenly] [jimmy] [stopped] [chuckling] [.] then he stopped [ambling] [along] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 stopped he turned around and looked [back] , and as he did so he scratched his head thoughtfully [.] 1 he 4 and 2 turned 3 around 2 turned 4 and 4 and 14 scratched 5 looked 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 13 he 9 as 10 he 9 as 11 did 9 as 13 he 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 so 13 he 14 scratched 14 scratched 16 head 14 scratched 17 thoughtfully 15 his 16 head how stupid [of] [him] [not] [to] [have] [asked] [me] [where] [mr] [blacksnake] [was] [!] 1 how 2 stupid well , it 's none of my business [.] 1 well 2 , 1 well 3 it 3 it 4 's 4 's 5 none 5 none 6 of 6 of 8 business 7 my 8 business i [guess] [i] 'll go on . ["] 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 go 5 go 6 on 6 on 7 . but he had [gone] [on] [down] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] only a few steps when he stopped again . 1 but 2 he 1 but 19 . 2 he 3 had 3 had 14 steps 11 only 13 few 12 a 13 few 13 few 14 steps 14 steps 15 when 15 when 16 he 16 he 17 stopped 17 stopped 18 again " [i] [hate] [to] [go] [way] [back] [there] [,] ["] he grumbled , for you know he is naturally rather lazy [.] 1 " 11 he 11 he 12 grumbled 12 grumbled 14 for 13 , 14 for 14 for 15 you 15 you 16 know 16 know 17 he 16 know 18 is 17 he 18 is 18 is 19 naturally 18 is 21 lazy 20 rather 21 lazy ["] [still] [,] [the] [green] [meadows] [wouldn't] [be] [quite] [the] [same] [without] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] i should miss him if anything happened to him [.] 1 i 2 should 2 should 3 miss 3 miss 4 him 3 miss 5 if 5 if 6 anything 5 if 7 happened 6 anything 7 happened 7 happened 8 to 8 to 9 him " [maybe] he [won't] [meet] [mr] [blacksnake] [,] ["] said a little voice inside [of] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 3 he 3 he 10 said 10 said 14 inside 11 a 12 little 12 little 13 voice 13 voice 14 inside " [and] maybe he [will] [,] ["] said [jimmy] [right] [out] loud [.] 1 " 8 said 3 maybe 4 he 4 he 8 said 8 said 12 loud and with that , he started back up [the] [crooked] [little] [path] , and strange to say [jimmy] [hurried] [.] 1 and 5 he 1 and 8 up 2 with 3 that 2 with 4 , 2 with 5 he 5 he 6 started 6 started 7 back 8 up 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 strange 15 strange 16 to 16 to 17 say he had [just] [reached] [a] [turn] in [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [when] [who] [should] [run] [right] [plump] [into] him [but] [poor] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 7 in 7 in 19 him he gave a frightened squeal and fell right over on his back , and kicked foolishly as he tried to get on his feet again [.] 1 he 6 and 2 gave 5 squeal 2 gave 6 and 3 a 4 frightened 3 a 5 squeal 4 frightened 5 squeal 6 and 14 and 6 and 16 foolishly 6 and 17 as 6 and 20 to 7 fell 8 right 7 fell 10 on 7 fell 14 and 8 right 9 over 10 on 12 back 11 his 12 back 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 kicked 17 as 18 he 17 as 19 tried 18 he 19 tried 20 to 21 get 21 get 22 on 21 get 24 feet 21 get 25 again 23 his 24 feet but he was all out of breath , and so frightened [and] tired that all he could do was to kick and kick . 1 but 2 he 1 but 24 . 2 he 9 and 3 was 4 all 3 was 6 of 3 was 9 and 5 out 6 of 6 of 7 breath 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 frightened 9 and 13 tired 9 and 14 that 10 so 11 frightened 14 that 19 was 15 all 16 he 15 all 18 do 15 all 19 was 16 he 17 could 17 could 18 do 19 was 20 to 20 to 21 kick 21 kick 22 and 22 and 23 kick right behind him [came] [mr] [blacksnake] [.] 1 right 2 behind 2 behind 3 him of course he saw [jimmy] , and he stopped short and hissed angrily [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 he 3 he 11 and 4 saw 11 and 6 , 7 and 6 , 11 and 7 and 8 he 8 he 9 stopped 9 stopped 10 short 11 and 12 hissed 12 hissed 13 angrily " [what] [were] [you] [going] [to] [do] [to] [mr] [toad] [?] " [demanded] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 12 " " [none] [of] [your] [business] [!] " [hissed] [mr] [blacksnake] [.] 1 " 7 " " [get] [out] [of] [my] [way] [,] [or] [you] ['ll] [be] [sorry] [.] " 1 " 14 " jimmy [skunk] [just] [laughed] [and] stepped in front [of] [poor] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 jimmy 6 stepped 6 stepped 7 in 7 in 8 front mr [blacksnake] [coiled] [himself] up [in] [the] [path] and [darted] [his] [tongue] [out] [at] [jimmy] [in] the most impudent [way] [.] 1 mr 5 up 5 up 9 and 9 and 19 impudent 17 the 18 most 18 most 19 impudent then he tried to make himself look very fierce [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 tried 3 tried 4 to 4 to 5 make 5 make 6 himself 5 make 7 look 7 look 9 fierce 8 very 9 fierce you see , he was just trying to scare [jimmy] [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 9 scare 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 just 5 was 7 trying 7 trying 8 to 8 to 9 scare but [jimmy] didn't [scare] . 1 but 5 . 3 didn't 5 . he [knows] [all] [about] [mr] [blacksnake] [and] that [really] he is a coward . 1 he 8 that 8 that 10 he 8 that 14 . 10 he 11 is 11 is 13 coward 12 a 13 coward so he suddenly gritted his teeth in a way not at all pleasant to hear and started [for] [mr] [blacksnake] [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 4 gritted 2 he 4 gritted 3 suddenly 4 gritted 4 gritted 6 teeth 4 gritted 7 in 4 gritted 11 at 5 his 6 teeth 7 in 9 way 8 a 9 way 9 way 10 not 10 not 11 at 11 at 12 all 12 all 13 pleasant 13 pleasant 14 to 14 to 16 and 15 hear 16 and 16 and 17 started [mr] [blacksnake] [didn't] [wait] [.] no , [sir] , he didn't wait . 1 no 2 , 2 , 8 . 4 , 5 he 4 , 8 . 5 he 6 didn't 6 didn't 7 wait he suddenly turned and glided back up [the] [crooked] [little] [path] , [hissing] angrily [.] 1 he 4 and 2 suddenly 3 turned 3 turned 4 and 4 and 5 glided 4 and 6 back 4 and 7 up 4 and 14 angrily 5 glided 6 back 7 up 12 , jimmy [followed] [him] [a] [little] [way] , and then he went back to [old] [mr] [toad] . 1 jimmy 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 he 9 then 10 he 10 he 11 went 11 went 12 back 11 went 13 to 13 to 17 . " [oh] [,] " [panted] [mr] [toad] [,] ["] [you] [came] [just] [in] [time] [!] 1 " 4 " i couldn't have hopped another hop [.] ["] 1 i 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 have 3 have 4 hopped 4 hopped 6 hop 5 another 6 hop " [i] [guess] [i] [did] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 7 " " [now] [you] [get] [your] [breath] [and] [come] [along] [with] [me] [.] " 1 " 13 " and [old] [mr] [toad] did [.] 1 and 5 did [xix] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [gets] [his] [stomach] [full] there are ants , for instance [.] 1 there 2 are 2 are 3 ants 2 are 6 instance 4 , 6 instance 5 for 6 instance you wouldn't want to eat them even if you were dreadfully hungry [.] 1 you 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 want 3 want 4 to 3 want 5 eat 4 to 5 eat 5 eat 6 them 5 eat 7 even 7 even 8 if 8 if 9 you 8 if 10 were 9 you 10 were 10 were 11 dreadfully 10 were 12 hungry but [old] [mr] [toad] and [buster] [bear] [think] there is nothing much nicer [.] 1 but 10 is 5 and 9 there 9 there 10 is 10 is 11 nothing 11 nothing 13 nicer 12 much 13 nicer right away he invited [old] [mr] [toad] to dine with him [.] 1 right 3 he 2 away 3 he 3 he 4 invited 4 invited 8 to 8 to 9 dine 9 dine 10 with 10 with 11 him he fell right over on his back , which wasn't at all dignified , and made [buster] [bear] [laugh] [.] 1 he 15 and 2 fell 3 right 2 fell 5 on 2 fell 15 and 3 right 4 over 5 on 7 back 6 his 7 back 8 , 9 which 8 , 14 , 9 which 10 wasn't 10 wasn't 11 at 11 at 12 all 12 all 13 dignified 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 made that frightened [mr] [toad] [more] [than] [ever] [.] 1 that 2 frightened so he said [in] [a] [very] [faint] [voice] that he would be pleased to dine [with] [buster] . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 9 that 9 that 10 he 9 that 18 . 10 he 11 would 11 would 12 be 12 be 13 pleased 13 pleased 14 to 14 to 15 dine then he waved his feet [feebly] , trying to get on his feet again [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 waved 3 waved 4 his 3 waved 5 feet 5 feet 8 trying 7 , 8 trying 8 trying 9 to 8 trying 10 get 9 to 10 get 10 get 11 on 10 get 14 again 11 on 13 feet 12 his 13 feet buster [bear] laughed [harder] [than] [ever] [.] 1 buster 3 laughed it was a low , deep , grumbly-rumbly laugh , and sent cold shivers all over [poor] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 it 11 and 2 was 4 low 2 was 11 and 3 a 4 low 5 , 6 deep 5 , 7 , 7 , 9 laugh 7 , 10 , 8 grumbly-rumbly 9 laugh 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 sent 11 and 14 shivers 13 cold 14 shivers 14 shivers 16 over 15 all 16 over but [when] [buster] [reached] [out] [a] [great] [paw] with great cruel-looking claws [mr] [toad] [quite] [gave] [up] [.] 1 but 9 with 1 but 12 claws 9 with 11 cruel-looking 10 great 11 cruel-looking he didn't have strength enough left to even kick [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 3 have 4 strength 4 strength 5 enough 4 strength 9 kick 5 enough 6 left 6 left 7 to 7 to 9 kick 8 even 9 kick he just closed his eyes and waited for the end . 1 he 6 and 2 just 3 closed 3 closed 5 eyes 3 closed 6 and 4 his 5 eyes 6 and 7 waited 6 and 11 . 7 waited 8 for 8 for 10 end 9 the 10 end what do you think happened [?] 1 what 2 do 1 what 5 happened 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 think why [,] he was rolled [over] [on] [to] [his] [feet] [so] [gently] that he just gasped with surprise [.] 1 why 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 rolled 5 rolled 13 that 13 that 14 he 13 that 16 gasped 14 he 16 gasped 15 just 16 gasped 16 gasped 17 with 17 with 18 surprise it didn't seem possible that such a great paw could be so gentle [.] 1 it 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 seem 3 seem 4 possible 4 possible 5 that 5 that 9 paw 5 that 11 be 6 such 7 a 7 a 9 paw 8 great 9 paw 9 paw 10 could 10 could 11 be 11 be 13 gentle 12 so 13 gentle you follow me , and we 'll have it in no time [.] ["] 1 you 2 follow 2 follow 10 in 3 me 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 we 5 and 7 'll 7 'll 8 have 8 have 9 it 9 it 10 in 10 in 12 time 11 no 12 time so [buster] [bear] led [the] [way] , and [old] [mr] [toad] [followed] as fast as he could , because he didn't dare not to [.] 1 so 4 led 4 led 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 14 fast 8 and 18 , 13 as 14 fast 14 fast 15 as 15 as 16 he 15 as 17 could 16 he 17 could 18 , 19 because 19 because 20 he 20 he 21 didn't 21 didn't 22 dare 22 dare 24 to 23 not 24 to presently [buster] [stopped] [beside] a [big] decayed [old] [log] [.] 1 presently 7 decayed 5 a 7 decayed " [if] you are ready [,] [mr] [toad] [,] [we] [will] [dine] [now] [,] ["] [said] [he] [.] 1 " 3 you 3 you 4 are 4 are 5 ready [old] [mr] [toad] [didn't] [see] [anything] [to] [eat] [.] his heart sank again [,] [and] [he] [shook] [all] [over] [.] 1 his 2 heart 2 heart 3 sank 3 sank 4 again " [i] [i] ['m] [not] [hungry] [,] ["] said he in a very faint voice [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 in 11 in 15 voice 12 a 15 voice 13 very 14 faint 14 faint 15 voice buster [bear] didn't seem to hear [.] 1 buster 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 seem 4 seem 5 to 4 seem 6 hear 5 to 6 hear he hooked his great claws into the old log and gave a mighty pull [.] 1 he 10 and 2 hooked 5 claws 2 hooked 6 into 2 hooked 10 and 3 his 5 claws 4 great 5 claws 5 claws 6 into 6 into 9 log 7 the 9 log 8 old 9 log 10 and 11 gave 11 gave 14 pull 12 a 14 pull 13 mighty 14 pull " [help] [yourself] [,] " [said] [buster] [bear] [politely] [.] 1 " 5 " [old] [mr] [toad] [didn't] [wait] [to] [be] [told] [twice] [.] he forgot all about his fright [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 all 3 all 4 about 4 about 6 fright 5 his 6 fright he forgot all about [buster] [bear] [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 all 2 forgot 4 about he forgot that he wasn't hungry [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 5 wasn't 5 wasn't 6 hungry he forgot his manners [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 4 manners 3 his 4 manners he jumped right in among those ants , and for a little while he was [the] [busiest] [toad] [ever] [seen] [.] 1 he 2 jumped 2 jumped 3 right 2 jumped 9 and 2 jumped 13 while 3 right 4 in 5 among 7 ants 5 among 9 and 6 those 7 ants 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 for 10 for 12 little 11 a 12 little 13 while 14 he 13 while 15 was 14 he 15 was buster [bear] was busy too [.] 1 buster 3 was 3 was 4 busy 4 busy 5 too at last [old] [mr] [toad] [couldn't] [hold] [another] ant [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 9 ant then he remembered [buster] [bear] and looked up a little fearfully [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 6 and 3 remembered 6 and 6 and 7 looked 6 and 8 up 6 and 11 fearfully 9 a 10 little 10 little 11 fearfully buster was [smacking] his lips , and there was a twinkle in each eye [.] 1 buster 2 was 1 buster 7 and 2 was 7 and 4 his 5 lips 5 lips 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 was 8 there 9 was 9 was 11 twinkle 10 a 11 twinkle 11 twinkle 12 in 12 in 14 eye 13 each 14 eye " [good] [,] [aren't] [they] [?] ["] said he . 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 9 he 10 . " [the] [best] [i] [ever] [ate] [,] ["] declared [old] [mr] [toad] [with] a sigh of satisfaction [.] 1 " 9 declared 9 declared 15 sigh 14 a 15 sigh 15 sigh 16 of 16 of 17 satisfaction " [thank] [you] [,] [i] [will] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 8 " [xx] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [is] [puffed] [up] [old] [mr] [toad] [hopped] [slowly] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] he usually does hop slowly [,] [but] [this] [time] [he] [hopped] [slower] [than] [ever] [.] 1 he 3 does 2 usually 3 does 3 does 4 hop 4 hop 5 slowly you see , he was [so] [puffed] [up] that he couldn't have hopped fast if he had [wanted] to , and he didn't want to [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 24 want 4 he 5 was 5 was 9 that 9 that 10 he 9 that 17 had 10 he 11 couldn't 11 couldn't 12 have 12 have 13 hopped 13 hopped 14 fast 15 if 16 he 16 he 17 had 17 had 19 to 19 to 20 , 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 he 21 and 24 want 22 he 23 didn't 24 want 25 to in the first place his stomach was so full of ants that there wasn't room for another one [.] 1 in 4 place 1 in 12 that 2 the 3 first 2 the 4 place 4 place 7 was 5 his 6 stomach 6 stomach 7 was 7 was 9 full 8 so 9 full 9 full 10 of 10 of 11 ants 12 that 13 there 12 that 14 wasn't 14 wasn't 15 room 14 wasn't 16 for 15 room 16 for 16 for 18 one 17 another 18 one no , [sir] [,] [old] [mr] [toad] [couldn't] [have] [swallowed] [another] ant [if] he had [tried] . 1 no 2 , 1 no 14 he 2 , 12 ant 14 he 15 had 15 had 17 . of [course] [they] [made] [his] [stomach] [stick] [out] , but it wasn't the ants that puffed [him] out all over [.] 1 of 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 it 10 but 12 wasn't 11 it 12 wasn't 12 wasn't 14 ants 12 wasn't 15 that 12 wasn't 16 puffed 12 wasn't 20 over 13 the 14 ants 15 that 16 puffed 16 puffed 18 out 19 all 20 over oh , my , no [!] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 my 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 no it was pride [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 pride that 's what it was pride [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 what 3 what 4 it 3 what 5 was 5 was 6 pride you know nothing can puff [any] [one] up quite like foolish pride [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 nothing 2 know 5 puff 3 nothing 4 can 4 can 5 puff 5 puff 8 up 5 puff 10 like 9 quite 10 like 10 like 12 pride 11 foolish 12 pride [old] [mr] [toad] [was] [old] [enough] [to] [have] [known] [better] [.] he held his head so high that he couldn't see his own feet , and more than once he stubbed his toes [.] 1 he 2 held 2 held 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 6 high 5 so 6 high 6 high 7 that 6 high 15 and 6 high 17 than 7 that 8 he 7 that 10 see 8 he 9 couldn't 9 couldn't 10 see 10 see 12 own 11 his 12 own 13 feet 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 more 17 than 19 he 17 than 20 stubbed 18 once 19 he 19 he 20 stubbed 20 stubbed 22 toes 21 his 22 toes presently he met his old friend [,] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [.] 1 presently 2 he 2 he 3 met 3 met 6 friend 4 his 6 friend 5 old 6 friend he tipped his head a little higher , puffed himself out a little more , and pretended not to see [danny] . 1 he 8 , 2 tipped 4 head 2 tipped 7 higher 2 tipped 8 , 3 his 4 head 5 a 6 little 6 little 7 higher 8 , 16 and 8 , 19 to 9 puffed 10 himself 9 puffed 11 out 9 puffed 16 and 11 out 14 more 12 a 13 little 13 little 14 more 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 pretended 18 not 19 to 19 to 20 see 20 see 22 . " [hello] [,] [mr] [toad] [,] " [said] [danny] [.] 1 " 7 " [mr] [toad] [pretended] [not] [to] [hear] [.] danny looked puzzled [.] 1 danny 2 looked 2 looked 3 puzzled then he spoke [again] , and this time he shouted : ["] [hello] [,] [mr] [toad] [!] 1 then 2 he 2 he 5 , 3 spoke 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 time 6 and 11 : 7 this 8 time 8 time 9 he 8 time 10 shouted 8 time 11 : 9 he 10 shouted i haven't seen you for some time [.] ["] 1 i 2 haven't 2 haven't 3 seen 3 seen 4 you 3 seen 5 for 5 for 7 time 6 some 7 time it wouldn't do to pretend not to hear this time [.] 1 it 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 do 3 do 4 to 4 to 5 pretend 5 pretend 7 to 6 not 7 to 7 to 8 hear 8 hear 10 time 9 this 10 time " [sorry] [i] [can't] [stop] [,] [but] [i] ['ve] [been] [dining] [with] [,] [my] [friend] [,] [buster] [bear] [,] [and] [now] [i] [must] [get] [home] [.] " 1 " 27 " when he mentioned the name of [buster] [bear] , he puffed himself out a little more [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 mentioned 1 when 10 he 2 he 3 mentioned 3 mentioned 5 name 4 the 5 name 5 name 6 of 6 of 9 , 10 he 11 puffed 11 puffed 12 himself 11 puffed 13 out 13 out 16 more 14 a 15 little 15 little 16 more danny grinned as he watched him hop on down [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] 1 danny 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 as 3 as 4 he 3 as 5 watched 4 he 5 watched 5 watched 6 him 5 watched 7 hop 7 hop 8 on 7 hop 9 down " [can't] [talk] [with] [common] [folks] [any] [more] , " he muttered [.] 1 " 12 muttered 9 , 10 " 9 , 11 he 11 he 12 muttered " [i] ['ve] [heard] [that] [pride] [is] [very] [apt] [to] [turn] [people] ['s] [heads] [,] [but] [i] [never] [expected] [to] [see] [old] [mr] [toad] [proud] [.] " 1 " 27 " [ [illustration] : " [can't] talk with common folks any more [,] ["] [he] [muttered] [.] []] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 6 talk 3 : 7 with 3 : 11 more 6 talk 7 with 7 with 9 folks 8 common 9 folks 10 any 11 more [mr] [toad] [kept] [on] [his] [way] [,] [and] [presently] [he] [met] [peter] [rabbit] [.] peter stopped to gossip [,] as is his way [.] 1 peter 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 to 2 stopped 4 gossip 3 to 4 gossip 4 gossip 7 is 4 gossip 9 way 6 as 7 is 8 his 9 way but [old] [mr] [toad] [took] [no] [notice] [of] [him] [at] all [.] 1 but 11 all he kept right on with his head high [,] and all puffed out [.] 1 he 2 kept 1 he 10 and 2 kept 3 right 2 kept 5 with 2 kept 8 high 3 right 4 on 5 with 7 head 6 his 7 head 10 and 12 puffed 11 all 12 puffed 12 puffed 13 out peter might have been a stick or a stone for all the notice [old] [mr] [toad] [took] of him [.] 1 peter 2 might 2 might 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 7 or 5 a 6 stick 6 stick 7 or 7 or 9 stone 7 or 10 for 7 or 18 of 8 a 9 stone 10 for 11 all 11 all 12 the 11 all 13 notice 12 the 13 notice 18 of 19 him peter looked puzzled [.] 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 3 puzzled then he hurried down to tell [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [about] it . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 hurried 3 hurried 4 down 4 down 5 to 5 to 6 tell 6 tell 11 it 11 it 12 . [striped] [chipmunk] [told] [the] [same] [story] [.] so [did] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 1 so 7 . [xxi] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [receives] [another] [invitation] the friends and neighbors of [old] [mr] [toad] [decided] that he needed to be [taught] [a] lesson [.] 1 the 2 friends 2 friends 3 and 3 and 4 neighbors 4 neighbors 5 of 5 of 17 lesson 10 that 11 he 11 he 12 needed 12 needed 13 to 13 to 14 be 14 be 17 lesson the very next [day] [jimmy] [skunk] [went] [into] [the] [green] [forest] [to] [look] [for] [buster] [bear] [.] 1 the 2 very 1 the 3 next you know [jimmy] [isn't] [afraid] [of] [buster] [.] 1 you 2 know jimmy [is] [usually] [very] [polite] , but [this] [time] he [quite] forgot politeness . 1 jimmy 6 , 1 jimmy 14 . 6 , 7 but 7 but 10 he 7 but 13 politeness 10 he 12 forgot i am afraid he is rather apt [to] when fat beetles are concerned [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 he 3 afraid 5 is 4 he 5 is 5 is 6 rather 5 is 7 apt 7 apt 9 when 9 when 11 beetles 9 when 12 are 10 fat 11 beetles 11 beetles 12 are 12 are 13 concerned but [buster] didn't [seem] [to] [mind] . 1 but 7 . 3 didn't 7 . when [the] [last] [beetle] [had] [disappeared] [jimmy] [smacked] [his] [lips] , and then he told [buster] [bear] what he had come for . 1 when 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 he 12 and 23 . 13 then 14 he 14 he 15 told 15 told 18 what 18 what 19 he 18 what 22 for 19 he 20 had 21 come 22 for of course , [at] [first] [buster] [had] thought it was for the fat beetles [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 , 2 course 9 it 3 , 8 thought 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 for 11 for 14 beetles 12 the 14 beetles 13 fat 14 beetles but it wasn't . 1 but 2 it 1 but 4 . 2 it 3 wasn't no , [sir] [,] it wasn't for the fat beetles at all [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 5 it 5 it 6 wasn't 6 wasn't 7 for 6 wasn't 11 at 7 for 10 beetles 8 the 10 beetles 9 fat 10 beetles 10 beetles 11 at 11 at 12 all it was to get [buster] [bear] ['s] [help] in a plan to teach [old] [mr] [toad] a lesson [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 to 2 was 13 teach 3 to 4 get 4 get 9 in 9 in 11 plan 10 a 11 plan 12 to 13 teach 13 teach 18 lesson 17 a 18 lesson then [jimmy] [told] [him] [the] [plan] to teach [old] [mr] [toad] a lesson [and] [asked] [buster] [if] [he] [would] [help] [.] 1 then 7 to 7 to 8 teach 8 teach 13 lesson 12 a 13 lesson buster 's eyes twinkled as he promised to do [what] [jimmy] [asked] . 1 buster 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 twinkled 4 twinkled 5 as 5 as 6 he 5 as 13 . 6 he 7 promised 7 promised 8 to 8 to 9 do then [jimmy] [went] [straight] [to] [where] [old] [mr] [toad] [was] [sitting] [all] [puffed] [up] , taking [a] [sun-bath] [.] 1 then 15 , 15 , 16 taking now [if] [old] [mr] [toad] [was] [puffed] [up] [before] , [just] [think] [how] he swelled out when he heard that [.] 1 now 10 , 1 now 14 he 14 he 15 swelled 15 swelled 16 out 15 swelled 17 when 17 when 18 he 17 when 19 heard 18 he 19 heard 19 heard 20 that jimmy [skunk] was actually afraid that he would burst [.] 1 jimmy 3 was 3 was 4 actually 3 was 5 afraid 5 afraid 6 that 6 that 7 he 6 that 8 would 8 would 9 burst jimmy went off to deliver his reply [,] and [old] [mr] [toad] [sat] and [puffed] [himself] [out] [until] he could hardly breathe [.] 1 jimmy 2 went 2 went 3 off 2 went 4 to 4 to 9 and 5 deliver 7 reply 5 deliver 9 and 6 his 7 reply 9 and 22 breathe 14 and 19 he 14 and 21 hardly 19 he 20 could 21 hardly 22 breathe " [honor] [him] [by] [dining] [with] [him] [,] ["] said he [over] [and] [over] to himself [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 11 he 10 said 15 to 15 to 16 himself " [i] [never] [was] so [flattered] [in] [my] [life] [.] ["] 1 " 5 so [xxii] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [learns] [a] [lesson] pride is like a great big bubble [;] [you] ['ll] [find] [there] ['s] [nothing] [in] [it] [.] 1 pride 2 is 2 is 3 like 3 like 7 bubble 4 a 7 bubble 5 great 7 bubble 6 big 7 bubble prick [it] [and] for all [your] [trouble] [it] [has] vanished in a minute [.] 1 prick 4 for 4 for 13 minute 5 all 10 vanished 10 vanished 11 in 11 in 13 minute 12 a 13 minute everybody knew where he was going , and this made [old] [mr] [toad] [feel] more important and proud [than] [ever] [.] 1 everybody 2 knew 2 knew 3 where 3 where 4 he 3 where 5 was 4 he 5 was 5 was 18 proud 6 going 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 this 8 and 10 made 10 made 17 and 15 more 16 important 16 important 17 and 17 and 18 proud no , indeed , [jimmy] [didn't] [say] [anything] at [all] [about] [that] [!] 1 no 2 , 2 , 3 indeed 3 indeed 4 , 4 , 9 at he didn't see his old friends and neighbors peeping out at him and laughing because he looked so foolish and silly [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 see 3 see 5 old 3 see 7 and 4 his 5 old 5 old 7 and 6 friends 7 and 7 and 8 neighbors 7 and 9 peeping 9 peeping 10 out 10 out 11 at 10 out 15 because 11 at 13 and 12 him 13 and 13 and 14 laughing 15 because 16 he 15 because 17 looked 16 he 17 looked 17 looked 18 so 17 looked 20 and 19 foolish 20 and 20 and 21 silly buster was waiting for him [.] 1 buster 2 was 2 was 3 waiting 3 waiting 4 for 4 for 5 him ["] [how] [do] [you] [do] [this] [fine] [day] [?] you look [a] [little] [tired] and [rather] [warm] [,] [mr] [toad] , " said he . 1 you 2 look 2 look 6 and 6 and 12 , 12 , 13 " 12 , 14 said 14 said 15 he 15 he 16 . " [i] [hope] you are [feeling] [as] [well] [as] [you] [are] looking [,] [mr] [bear] [.] ["] 1 " 4 you 4 you 5 are 5 are 12 looking [ [illustration] : ["] [i] [am] a little warm , " [replied] [mr] [toad] [in] [his] [most] [polite] manner [.] []] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 19 manner 7 a 8 little 7 a 9 warm 9 warm 10 , 9 warm 19 manner 10 , 11 " buster [bear] laughed [a] [great] [,] grumbly-rumbly [laugh] [.] 1 buster 3 laughed 3 laughed 7 grumbly-rumbly " [i] [always] [feel] [fine] [when] [there] [is] [a] [dinner] [of] [fat] [ants] [ready] [for] [me] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 19 said 19 said 20 he 20 he 21 . " [it] [is] [fine] [of] [you] [to] [honor] [me] [by] [coming] [to] [dine] [.] " 1 " 15 " [here] [mr] [toad] [put] [one] [hand] [on] [his] [stomach] [and] [tried] [to] [make] [a] [very] [grand] [bow] [.] peter [rabbit] [,] [hiding] [behind] [a] near-by [tree] , [almost] giggled [aloud] , he looked so funny [.] 1 peter 7 near-by 7 near-by 9 , 9 , 13 , 11 giggled 13 , 13 , 15 looked 14 he 15 looked 15 looked 17 funny 16 so 17 funny " [i] [have] [ventured] [to] [invite] [another] [to] [enjoy] [the] [dinner] [with] [us] [,] " [continued] [buster] [bear] [.] 1 " 15 " [mr] [toad] ['s] [face] [fell] [.] you see he was selfish [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 he 2 see 4 was 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 selfish he wanted to be the only one to have the honor of dining [with] [buster] [bear] [.] 1 he 2 wanted 2 wanted 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 7 one 5 the 6 only 5 the 7 one 7 one 8 to 8 to 9 have 9 have 11 honor 10 the 11 honor 11 honor 12 of 12 of 13 dining ah , there [he] [comes] [now] ! " 1 ah 3 there 2 , 3 there 3 there 7 ! 7 ! 8 " old [mr] [toad] [looked] [in] [the] direction [in] [which] [buster] [bear] [was] [looking] [.] 1 old 7 direction he gave a little gasp and turned quite pale [.] 1 he 6 and 2 gave 5 gasp 2 gave 6 and 3 a 4 little 3 a 5 gasp 6 and 7 turned 7 turned 9 pale 8 quite 9 pale all his puffiness disappeared [.] 1 all 2 his 1 all 3 puffiness 1 all 4 disappeared he didn't look [like] [the] [same] [toad] at all [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 look 3 look 8 at 8 at 9 all the newcomer was [mr] [blacksnake] [.] 1 the 2 newcomer 2 newcomer 3 was " [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " [shouted] [peter] [rabbit] [,] [jumping] [out] [from] [behind] [a] [tree] [.] 1 " 8 " " [ho] [,] [ho] [,] [ho] [!] " [shouted] [jimmy] [skunk] [from] [behind] [another] [.] 1 " 8 " " [hee] [,] [hee] [,] [hee] [!] ["] shouted [johnny] [chuck] [from] [behind] [a] third [.] 1 " 9 shouted 9 shouted 15 third then [old] [mr] [toad] [knew] [that] [his] [old] [friends] [and] [neighbors] [had] [planned] [this] to teach him a lesson [.] 1 then 15 to 15 to 16 teach 16 teach 17 him 16 teach 19 lesson 18 a 19 lesson [xxiii] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [is] [very] [humble] he forgot to ask [buster] [bear] to excuse him [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 to 3 to 4 ask 4 ask 8 excuse 7 to 8 excuse 8 excuse 9 him he forgot that he was tired and hot [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 5 was 4 he 5 was 5 was 7 and 6 tired 7 and 7 and 8 hot he forgot all the pride with which he had been so puffed up [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 all 2 forgot 12 puffed 3 all 4 the 3 all 5 pride 3 all 12 puffed 4 the 5 pride 5 pride 6 with 6 with 7 which 6 with 8 he 6 with 10 been 8 he 9 had 9 had 10 been 10 been 11 so 12 puffed 13 up he forgot everything but the need of getting out of sight [of] [mr] [blacksnake] as soon as [ever] he could [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 everything 2 forgot 4 but 2 forgot 10 of 2 forgot 16 soon 2 forgot 17 as 3 everything 4 but 4 but 6 need 5 the 6 need 6 need 7 of 7 of 8 getting 8 getting 10 of 9 out 10 of 10 of 11 sight 15 as 16 soon 17 as 19 he 17 as 20 could 19 he 20 could so [away] [went] [old] [mr] [toad] , hop , [hop] , hipperty-hop , hop , [hop] , hipperty-hop [!] 1 so 7 , 7 , 12 hipperty-hop 8 hop 9 , 9 , 11 , 11 , 12 hipperty-hop 12 hipperty-hop 13 , 13 , 15 , 14 hop 15 , 15 , 17 , 17 , 18 hipperty-hop he heard [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] and [johnny] [chuck] and others of his old friends and neighbors shouting with laughter [.] 1 he 2 heard 2 heard 20 with 8 and 11 and 11 and 12 others 11 and 13 of 11 and 17 and 13 of 14 his 15 old 16 friends 16 friends 17 and 17 and 18 neighbors 17 and 19 shouting 19 shouting 20 with 20 with 21 laughter yes , and he heard the [deep] [,] [grumbly-rumbly] laugh [of] [buster] [bear] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 14 . 2 , 3 and 3 and 4 he 3 and 5 heard 4 he 5 heard 5 heard 10 laugh 6 the 10 laugh but he didn't mind it [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 4 mind 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 mind 4 mind 5 it not [then] , [anyway] [.] 1 not 3 , he hadn't [room] [for] any [feeling] [except] [fear] [of] [mr] [blacksnake] [.] 1 he 2 hadn't 2 hadn't 5 any but [old] [mr] [toad] [had] to stop [after] [a] [while] [.] 1 but 7 stop 6 to 7 stop you see , his legs [were] so tired they just wouldn't go any longer [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 5 legs 3 , 4 his 4 his 5 legs 5 legs 8 tired 5 legs 9 they 5 legs 12 go 7 so 8 tired 9 they 11 wouldn't 10 just 11 wouldn't 11 wouldn't 12 go 12 go 14 longer 13 any 14 longer and he was so out of breath that he wheezed [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 was 2 he 3 was 3 was 6 of 3 was 8 that 4 so 6 of 5 out 6 of 6 of 7 breath 8 that 9 he 8 that 10 wheezed he crawled under a big piece [of] bark , and there he lay flat on the ground and panted and panted for breath . 1 he 9 , 2 crawled 3 under 2 crawled 9 , 3 under 8 bark 4 a 5 big 4 a 8 bark 5 big 6 piece 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 he 10 and 24 . 11 there 12 he 12 he 18 and 13 lay 14 flat 13 lay 18 and 14 flat 15 on 15 on 17 ground 16 the 17 ground 18 and 20 and 19 panted 20 and 20 and 21 panted 21 panted 22 for 22 for 23 breath he would stay there until jolly , round [,] [bright] [mr] [sun] [went] [to] [bed] [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 stay 3 stay 4 there 3 stay 5 until 5 until 7 , 6 jolly 7 , 7 , 8 round then [mr] [blacksnake] [would] go to bed too , and it would be safe for him to go home . 1 then 9 , 5 go 6 to 5 go 8 too 5 go 9 , 6 to 7 bed 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 it 10 and 20 . 11 it 12 would 12 would 13 be 13 be 14 safe 14 safe 15 for 14 safe 17 to 15 for 16 him 17 to 18 go 18 go 19 home at first he was angry , very angry indeed [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 8 angry 5 angry 6 , 6 , 8 angry 7 very 8 angry 8 angry 9 indeed then he began to see how foolish and silly he had been , and shame took the place of anger [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 began 3 began 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 how 6 how 14 and 6 how 16 took 7 foolish 8 and 8 and 9 silly 8 and 10 he 8 and 12 been 8 and 14 and 10 he 11 had 11 had 12 been 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 shame 14 and 16 took 16 took 18 place 17 the 18 place 18 place 19 of 19 of 20 anger as he remembered the deep , grumbly-rumbly laughter of [buster] [bear] [,] the feeling of shame grew [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 remembered 1 as 6 , 1 as 8 laughter 2 he 3 remembered 3 remembered 5 deep 4 the 5 deep 7 grumbly-rumbly 8 laughter 8 laughter 9 of 8 laughter 17 grew 9 of 14 feeling 13 the 14 feeling 14 feeling 15 of 15 of 16 shame " [i] [deserve] [it] [,] " [thought] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [yes] [,] [sir] [,] [i] [deserve] [every] [bit] [of] [it] [.] the only thing [that] [i] [have] [to] [be] [proud] [of] is [that] [i] ['m] [honest] [and] work for my living [.] 1 the 2 only 1 the 3 thing 3 thing 11 is 11 is 17 work 17 work 18 for 18 for 20 living 19 my 20 living yes , [sir] , that 's all . ["] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 8 . 4 , 5 that 4 , 8 . 5 that 6 's 6 's 7 all when [darkness] [came] at last , and he crawled out to go home , he was feeling very humble [.] 1 when 8 he 1 when 9 crawled 1 when 14 , 1 when 15 he 4 at 5 last 4 at 6 , 4 at 8 he 6 , 7 and 8 he 9 crawled 9 crawled 10 out 10 out 11 to 11 to 12 go 12 go 13 home 15 he 16 was 16 was 17 feeling 17 feeling 19 humble 18 very 19 humble [peter] [rabbit] [happened] [along] [just] [then] [.] [mr] [toad] [gulped] [and] [went] [on] [.] pretty soon he met [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 he 3 he 4 met jimmy went right on about his business and actually stepped right over [old] [mr] [toad] as if he had been a stick or a stone [.] 1 jimmy 8 and 1 jimmy 23 or 2 went 3 right 2 went 5 about 2 went 8 and 3 right 4 on 5 about 7 business 6 his 7 business 8 and 10 stepped 8 and 11 right 8 and 12 over 8 and 17 if 9 actually 10 stepped 16 as 17 if 17 if 18 he 17 if 20 been 18 he 19 had 19 had 20 been 20 been 22 stick 21 a 22 stick 23 or 25 stone 24 a 25 stone [old] [mr] [toad] [gulped] [again] [and] [went] [on] [.] the next day he went down to see [danny] [meadow] [mouse] . 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 day 3 day 4 he 4 he 5 went 5 went 6 down 6 down 7 to 7 to 8 see 8 see 12 . he [meant] [to] [tell] [danny] [how] ashamed he was for [the] [way] he had [treated] [danny] [and] [his] [other] [friends] [.] 1 he 14 had 7 ashamed 8 he 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 for 10 for 13 he 13 he 14 had but [danny] [brushed] [right] [past] [without] [even] a glance [at] [him] . 1 but 9 glance 1 but 12 . 8 a 9 glance [old] [mr] [toad] [gulped] [and] [started] [up] [to] [see] [johnny] [chuck] [.] the same thing happened again [.] 1 the 2 same 2 same 3 thing 3 thing 4 happened 4 happened 5 again so it did when he met [striped] [chipmunk] [.] 1 so 3 did 2 it 3 did 3 did 4 when 4 when 5 he 4 when 6 met 5 he 6 met he didn't have appetite [enough] to snap at a single fly [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 3 have 4 appetite 3 have 6 to 3 have 8 at 6 to 7 snap 7 snap 8 at 8 at 11 fly 9 a 10 single 9 a 11 fly 10 single 11 fly late that afternoon he heard a little noise and looked up to find all his old friends and neighbors forming a circle around him [.] 1 late 4 he 2 that 3 afternoon 3 afternoon 4 he 4 he 9 and 5 heard 8 noise 5 heard 9 and 6 a 8 noise 7 little 8 noise 9 and 10 looked 10 looked 11 up 10 looked 12 to 12 to 13 find 13 find 18 and 14 all 15 his 14 all 18 and 16 old 17 friends 17 friends 18 and 18 and 19 neighbors 18 and 20 forming 20 forming 22 circle 20 forming 23 around 21 a 22 circle 22 circle 23 around 23 around 24 him suddenly they began to dance and shout [:] 1 suddenly 2 they 2 they 6 and 3 began 4 to 3 began 5 dance 3 began 6 and 4 to 5 dance 6 and 7 shout ["] [old] [mr] [toad] [is] [a] [jolly] [good] [fellow] [!] his temper is sweet [,] [disposition] [is] [mellow] [!] 1 his 2 temper 2 temper 3 is 3 is 4 sweet and [now] [that] [his] [bubble] [of] pride is [quite] busted [we] know that he knows that his friends can be trusted [.] ["] 1 and 7 pride 1 and 12 know 7 pride 8 is 8 is 10 busted 12 know 13 that 13 that 14 he 13 that 15 knows 14 he 15 knows 15 knows 16 that 16 that 18 friends 16 that 21 trusted 17 his 18 friends 18 friends 19 can 19 can 20 be 20 be 21 trusted the next book will tell you all about his adventures [.] 1 the 2 next 1 the 3 book 3 book 4 will 4 will 5 tell 5 tell 7 all 5 tell 8 about 6 you 7 all 8 about 10 adventures 9 his 10 adventures [the] [end] end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] [of] [the] [adventures] [of] [old] [mr] [toad] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of 2 of 3 the