[produced] [by] [kent] [fielden] [.] [html] [version] [by] [al] [haines] [.] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] [contents] [chapter] [i] [:] [peter] [rabbit] [meets] [lightfoot] peter [rabbit] was [on] [his] [way] back from the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] deep in [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 peter 3 was 3 was 7 back 7 back 8 from 8 from 10 pond 9 the 10 pond 10 pond 11 of 10 pond 15 deep 11 of 13 the 15 deep 16 in farewells are always rather sad , and [this] particular [farewell] [had] [left] [peter] with a lump in his throat , a queer , choky feeling [.] 1 farewells 2 are 2 are 3 always 2 are 4 rather 2 are 7 and 5 sad 6 , 5 sad 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 particular 9 particular 14 with 14 with 16 lump 15 a 16 lump 16 lump 17 in 17 in 23 , 18 his 19 throat 19 throat 20 , 20 , 22 queer 20 , 23 , 21 a 22 queer 23 , 25 feeling 24 choky 25 feeling " [if] [i] [were] [sure] [that] [they] [would] [return] next [spring] , [it] [wouldn't] [be] so [bad] [,] ["] he muttered [.] 1 " 21 muttered 10 next 12 , 12 , 16 so 16 so 20 he 20 he 21 muttered ["] [it] ['s] [those] [terrible] [guns] [.] i know what it is to have to watch out for them [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 what 2 know 8 to 3 what 4 it 3 what 5 is 5 is 6 to 6 to 7 have 8 to 9 watch 9 watch 10 out 10 out 11 for 11 for 12 them farmer [brown] 's boy used to hunt me with one of [them] , but he doesn't [any] [more] . 1 farmer 3 's 3 's 4 boy 4 boy 5 used 5 used 6 to 5 used 7 hunt 6 to 7 hunt 7 hunt 8 me 7 hunt 9 with 9 with 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 he 14 but 19 . 15 he 16 doesn't but even when he did hunt me it wasn't [anything] [like] [what] [the] [ducks] [have] to go through . 1 but 8 it 1 but 19 . 2 even 3 when 2 even 8 it 3 when 4 he 3 when 6 hunt 4 he 5 did 5 did 6 hunt 6 hunt 7 me 8 it 9 wasn't 9 wasn't 16 to 16 to 17 go 17 go 18 through i never had to worry about my meals [.] 1 i 3 had 2 never 3 had 3 had 4 to 3 had 5 worry 4 to 5 worry 5 worry 6 about 5 worry 8 meals 7 my 8 meals but with [the] [ducks] it is a thousand times worse [.] 1 but 2 with 1 but 6 is 2 with 5 it 5 it 6 is 6 is 10 worse 7 a 8 thousand 8 thousand 9 times 9 times 10 worse they 've got to eat while making that long journey , and they can eat only where there is the right kind of food . 1 they 2 've 2 've 3 got 3 got 4 to 3 got 25 . 4 to 5 eat 5 eat 6 while 6 while 7 making 7 making 8 that 7 making 9 long 7 making 10 journey 11 , 12 and 11 , 25 . 12 and 13 they 12 and 15 eat 13 they 14 can 14 can 15 eat 15 eat 16 only 15 eat 17 where 17 where 18 there 17 where 19 is 18 there 19 is 19 is 24 food 20 the 22 kind 21 right 22 kind 22 kind 23 of 22 kind 24 food 23 of 24 food that isn't hunting [.] 1 that 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 hunting it's it's ["] 1 it's 2 it's ["] [well] [,] [what] [is] [it] [?] what are you talking to yourself about , [peter] [rabbit] [?] " 1 what 2 are 1 what 4 talking 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 talking 4 talking 5 to 4 talking 7 about 5 to 6 yourself 7 about 8 , 8 , 12 " " [it] ['s] [awful] [,] " [declared] [peter] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [it] ['s] [worse] [than] [unfair] [.] it doesn't give them any chance at all [.] ["] 1 it 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 3 give 3 give 4 them 3 give 6 chance 3 give 7 at 5 any 6 chance 6 chance 7 at 7 at 8 all peter grinned [.] 1 peter 2 grinned lightfoot listened and his [great] [soft] eyes were filled with pity for the [quack] family [.] 1 lightfoot 2 listened 2 listened 3 and 3 and 9 filled 4 his 7 eyes 7 eyes 8 were 8 were 9 filled 9 filled 10 with 10 with 11 pity 11 pity 12 for 12 for 15 family 13 the 15 family " [i] [hope] [they] [will] [get] [through] [all] [right] [,] ["] said he , " and [i] [hope] they will get back in the spring . 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 12 said 14 , 12 said 16 and 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 and 16 and 19 they 16 and 26 . 19 they 20 will 20 will 21 get 21 get 22 back 21 get 23 in 23 in 25 spring 24 the 25 spring men are strange creatures [.] 1 men 2 are 2 are 4 creatures 3 strange 4 creatures i do not understand them at all [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 2 do 4 understand 3 not 4 understand 4 understand 5 them 4 understand 6 at 6 at 7 all none of the people [of] [the] [green] [forest] would think of doing such terrible things [.] 1 none 2 of 1 none 9 would 2 of 4 people 3 the 4 people 9 would 10 think 10 think 11 of 11 of 12 doing 12 doing 15 things 13 such 15 things 14 terrible 15 things and yet that is what men seem to do it for [.] 1 and 2 yet 2 yet 3 that 2 yet 4 is 3 that 4 is 4 is 5 what 5 what 6 men 5 what 11 for 6 men 7 seem 7 seem 8 to 7 seem 9 do 8 to 9 do 9 do 10 it 9 do 11 for i guess the trouble is they never have been hunted themselves and don't know how it feels [.] 1 i 2 guess 2 guess 4 trouble 2 guess 12 and 3 the 4 trouble 4 trouble 5 is 6 they 12 and 7 never 8 have 8 have 9 been 8 have 12 and 9 been 10 hunted 10 hunted 11 themselves 12 and 14 know 13 don't 14 know 14 know 15 how 15 how 17 feels 16 it 17 feels [sometimes] [i] [think] [i] ['ll] [hunt] [one] [some] [day] [just] [to] [teach] [him] [a] [lesson] [.] what are you laughing at , [peter] [?] " 1 what 2 are 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 laughing 4 laughing 5 at 5 at 6 , 6 , 9 " " [at] [the] [idea] [of] [you] [hunting] [a] [man] [,] " [replied] [peter] [.] 1 " 11 " " [your] [heart] [is] [all] [right] [,] [lightfoot] [,] [but] you are too timid and gentle to frighten any one [.] 1 " 11 you 11 you 12 are 12 are 15 and 13 too 14 timid 14 timid 15 and 15 and 16 gentle 15 and 17 to 15 and 18 frighten 17 to 18 frighten 18 frighten 20 one 19 any 20 one [big] [as] [you] [are] [i] [wouldn't] [fear] [you] [.] ["] with a single swift [bound] [lightfoot] sprang [out] in front [of] [peter] [.] 1 with 10 front 2 a 3 single 2 a 10 front 3 single 4 swift 4 swift 7 sprang 7 sprang 9 in his [eyes] [,] [which] [peter] [had] [always] [thought] [so] soft [and] [gentle] , [seemed] to flash fire [.] 1 his 10 soft 10 soft 13 , 13 , 15 to 15 to 16 flash 16 flash 17 fire lightfoot chuckled [.] 1 lightfoot 2 chuckled " [did] [you] [say] [i] [couldn't] [frighten] [any] [one] [?] " he demanded [.] 1 " 13 demanded 11 " 12 he 12 he 13 demanded " [i] [i] [didn't] [know] [you] [could] [look] so [terribly] [fierce] [,] ["] [stammered] [peter] [.] 1 " 9 so ["] [those] [antlers] [look] [really] [dangerous] [when] [you] [point] [them] [that] [way] [.] why why [what] is that hanging to them [?] 1 why 2 why 2 why 4 is 4 is 5 that 4 is 6 hanging 4 is 7 to 6 hanging 7 to 7 to 8 them it looks like bits of old fur [.] 1 it 2 looks 2 looks 3 like 3 like 4 bits 4 bits 5 of 5 of 7 fur 6 old 7 fur have you been tearing somebody 's coat [,] [lightfoot] [?] ["] 1 have 2 you 1 have 3 been 3 been 4 tearing 4 tearing 7 coat 5 somebody 6 's 6 's 7 coat peter 's eyes were wide with wonder and suspicion [.] 1 peter 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 were 4 were 5 wide 5 wide 6 with 6 with 8 and 7 wonder 8 and 8 and 9 suspicion [chapter] [ii] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [new] [antlers] peter [rabbit] was puzzled [.] 1 peter 3 was 3 was 4 puzzled he stared [at] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] a [wee] bit suspiciously [.] 1 he 2 stared 2 stared 10 suspiciously 7 a 9 bit 9 bit 10 suspiciously " [have] [you] [been] [tearing] [somebody] ['s] [coat] [?] " he asked again [.] 1 " 12 asked 10 " 11 he 11 he 12 asked 12 asked 13 again he didn't like to think it of [lightfoot] , [whom] he always had believed [quite] [as] gentle , harmless , and timid as himself [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 like 3 like 4 to 3 like 5 think 4 to 5 think 5 think 6 it 6 it 7 of 7 of 21 and 9 , 11 he 9 , 21 and 11 he 13 had 12 always 13 had 13 had 14 believed 17 gentle 19 harmless 17 gentle 20 , 18 , 19 harmless 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 timid 22 timid 23 as 23 as 24 himself but what [else] [could] [he] think [?] 1 but 2 what 1 but 6 think lightfoot slowly shook his head [.] 1 lightfoot 3 shook 2 slowly 3 shook 3 shook 5 head 4 his 5 head " [no] [,] ["] said he , ["] [i] [haven't] [torn] anybody 's coat . ["] 1 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 , 5 said 15 . 7 , 12 anybody 12 anybody 13 's 13 's 14 coat " [then] [what] [are] [those] [rags] [hanging] [on] [your] [antlers] [?] " [demanded] [peter] [.] 1 " 12 " lightfoot chuckled [.] 1 lightfoot 2 chuckled " [they] [are] [what] [is] [left] [of] [the] [coverings] [of] [my] [new] [antlers] , " he explained [.] 1 " 17 explained 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 he 16 he 17 explained ["] [what] ['s] [that] [?] what do you mean by new antlers [?] ["] 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 mean 3 you 4 mean 4 mean 5 by 5 by 7 antlers 6 new 7 antlers peter was sitting up very straight , with his eyes fixed on [lightfoot] ['s] antlers as though he never had seen them before [.] 1 peter 2 was 2 was 3 sitting 3 sitting 4 up 4 up 6 straight 4 up 8 with 5 very 6 straight 7 , 8 with 8 with 10 eyes 8 with 11 fixed 9 his 10 eyes 11 fixed 12 on 11 fixed 17 though 12 on 15 antlers 16 as 17 though 17 though 18 he 17 though 21 seen 18 he 20 had 19 never 20 had 20 had 21 seen 21 seen 22 them 21 seen 23 before " [just] [what] [i] [said] [,] " [retorted] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [what] [do] [you] [think] [of] [them] [?] i think they are the finest antlers [i] ['ve] [ever] [had] [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 they 2 think 4 are 3 they 4 are 4 are 7 antlers 5 the 6 finest 5 the 7 antlers lightfoot rubbed his antlers against the trunk of a tree till some of the rags hanging to them dropped [off] . 1 lightfoot 2 rubbed 2 rubbed 4 antlers 2 rubbed 5 against 2 rubbed 11 till 3 his 4 antlers 5 against 7 trunk 6 the 7 trunk 7 trunk 8 of 8 of 10 tree 9 a 10 tree 11 till 15 rags 12 some 15 rags 13 of 15 rags 14 the 15 rags 15 rags 16 hanging 15 rags 19 dropped 16 hanging 17 to 17 to 18 them 19 dropped 21 . peter blinked very hard [.] 1 peter 2 blinked 2 blinked 4 hard 3 very 4 hard he was trying to understand [and] [he] [couldn't] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 trying 3 trying 4 to 4 to 5 understand 5 understand 9 . finally he said so [.] 1 finally 2 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 so " [what] [kind] [of] [a] [story] [are] [you] [trying] to [fill] me [up] [with] [?] ["] he demanded indignantly [.] 1 " 18 demanded 10 to 12 me 10 to 17 he 17 he 18 demanded 18 demanded 19 indignantly " [do] you [mean] [to] [tell] [me] [that] [those] are [not] the antlers [that] [you] [have] [had] [as] [long] [as] [i] ['ve] [known] [you] [?] 1 " 3 you 3 you 10 are 10 are 13 antlers 12 the 13 antlers how can anything hard like those antlers grow [?] 1 how 2 can 2 can 3 anything 2 can 8 grow 3 anything 4 hard 4 hard 5 like 5 like 7 antlers 6 those 7 antlers and if those are new ones , where are the old ones [?] 1 and 2 if 1 and 9 are 2 if 3 those 2 if 4 are 2 if 7 , 2 if 8 where 3 those 4 are 4 are 6 ones 5 new 6 ones 8 where 9 are 9 are 12 ones 10 the 12 ones 11 old 12 ones show [me] [the] [old] [ones] , and [perhaps] [i] ['ll] [believe] [that] these are new ones [.] 1 show 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 13 these 7 and 14 are 14 are 16 ones 15 new 16 ones the idea of [trying] [to] [make] me [believe] [that] [antlers] [grow] [just] [like] plants [!] 1 the 2 idea 2 idea 3 of 2 idea 14 plants 3 of 7 me i 've [seen] [bossy] [the] [cow] [all] [summer] [and] [i] [know] [she] [has] got the same horns she had last summer [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 14 got 14 got 17 horns 15 the 16 same 15 the 17 horns 17 horns 18 she 17 horns 19 had 18 she 19 had 19 had 20 last 19 had 21 summer new antlers [indeed] [!] ["] 1 new 2 antlers " you are quite right [,] [peter] [,] [quite] [right] about [bossy] [the] [cow] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 5 right 4 quite 5 right 5 right 11 about she never has new horns [,] but that isn't any reason [why] [i] [shouldn't] [have] [new] [antlers] [,] [is] [it] [?] ["] [replied] [lightfoot] [patiently] [.] 1 she 3 has 2 never 3 has 3 has 5 horns 3 has 7 but 3 has 9 isn't 4 new 5 horns 5 horns 7 but 7 but 8 that 9 isn't 11 reason 10 any 11 reason ["] [her] [horns] [are] [quite] [different] [from] [my] [antlers] [.] i have a new pair every year [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 5 pair 2 have 7 year 3 a 5 pair 4 new 5 pair 6 every 7 year you haven't seen me all summer , have you [,] [peter] [?] ["] 1 you 2 haven't 2 haven't 3 seen 3 seen 4 me 3 seen 7 , 5 all 6 summer 6 summer 7 , 7 , 8 have 8 have 9 you " [no] [,] [i] [don't] [remember] [that] [i] [have] [,] " [replied] [peter] [,] [trying] [very] [hard] [to] [remember] [when] [he] [had] [last] [seen] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 11 " " [i] [know] [you] [haven't] [,] " [retorted] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 7 " " [i] [know] [it] [because] [i] [have] [been] [hiding] [in] [a] [place] [you] [never] [visit] [.] " 1 " 17 " " [what] [have] [you] [been] [hiding] [for] [?] " [demanded] [peter] [.] 1 " 9 " " [for] [my] [new] [antlers] [to] [grow] [,] " [replied] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [when] [my] [new] [antlers] [are] [growing] [,] [i] [want] [to] [be] [away] [by] [myself] [.] i don't like to be seen without them or with halfgrown ones [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 3 like 4 to 3 like 6 seen 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 seen 6 seen 9 or 7 without 8 them 7 without 9 or 9 or 10 with 10 with 12 ones 11 halfgrown 12 ones besides , [i] [am] very uncomfortable [while] [the] [new] antlers are growing [and] [i] [want] to be [alone] [.] ["] 1 besides 17 be 2 , 6 uncomfortable 2 , 10 antlers 5 very 6 uncomfortable 10 antlers 11 are 11 are 12 growing 12 growing 16 to 16 to 17 be " they [dropped] [off] [last] [spring] [,] [but] [i] [don't] [remember] [just] [where] [,] ["] replied [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 16 replied 2 they 16 replied ["] [i] [was] [too] [glad] [to] [be] [rid] [of] [them] [to] [notice] [where] [they] [dropped] [.] i 've got one more point [on] [each] [than] [i] [had] [last] [year] [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 got 3 got 6 point 4 one 5 more 5 more 6 point lightfoot began once more to rub his antlers against the tree to get off the queer rags hanging to them and to polish the points [.] 1 lightfoot 2 began 2 began 3 once 2 began 4 more 2 began 5 to 2 began 6 rub 5 to 6 rub 6 rub 8 antlers 6 rub 9 against 6 rub 12 to 7 his 8 antlers 9 against 11 tree 10 the 11 tree 12 to 21 and 13 get 14 off 13 get 17 rags 13 get 21 and 15 the 17 rags 16 queer 17 rags 17 rags 18 hanging 18 hanging 19 to 19 to 20 them 21 and 22 to 21 and 23 polish 23 polish 25 points 24 the 25 points peter watched in silence for a few minutes [.] 1 peter 2 watched 2 watched 3 in 2 watched 5 for 3 in 4 silence 5 for 8 minutes 6 a 7 few 7 few 8 minutes then , all his suspicions returning , he said : 1 then 2 , 1 then 3 all 3 all 4 his 3 all 5 suspicions 3 all 10 : 4 his 5 suspicions 5 suspicions 6 returning 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 : " [but] [you] [haven't] [told] [me] [anything] [about] [those] [rags] [hanging] [to] [your] [antlers] [.] " 1 " 16 " " and you [haven't] [believed] [what] [i] have [already] told you [,] " [retorted] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 10 told 2 and 3 you 3 you 8 have 8 have 10 told 10 told 11 you 11 you 13 " " [i] [don't] [like] [telling] [things] [to] [people] [who] [won't] [believe] [me] [.] " 1 " 14 " [chapter] [iii] [:] [lightfoot] [tells] [how] [his] [antlers] [grew] it is hard to believe what seems impossible [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 hard 3 hard 4 to 4 to 5 believe 5 believe 6 what 6 what 7 seems 7 seems 8 impossible and yet what seems impossible to you may be a very commonplace matter to some one [else] [.] 1 and 2 yet 2 yet 3 what 2 yet 4 seems 3 what 4 seems 4 seems 5 impossible 5 impossible 6 to 6 to 16 one 7 you 8 may 8 may 9 be 9 be 13 matter 9 be 14 to 10 a 11 very 10 a 13 matter 11 very 12 commonplace 12 commonplace 13 matter 13 matter 14 to 14 to 16 one 15 some 16 one so it does not do to say that a thing cannot be possible just because you cannot understand how it can be [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 does 3 does 4 not 4 not 5 do 5 do 6 to 6 to 7 say 7 say 8 that 8 that 10 thing 8 that 12 be 9 a 10 thing 10 thing 11 cannot 11 cannot 12 be 12 be 13 possible 13 possible 14 just 14 just 15 because 15 because 16 you 15 because 18 understand 16 you 17 cannot 17 cannot 18 understand 18 understand 19 how 19 how 20 it 19 how 22 be 20 it 21 can 21 can 22 be peter [rabbit] [wanted] [to] [believe] [what] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] had [just] [told] [him] , [but] [somehow] [he] [couldn't] [.] 1 peter 10 had 10 had 14 , if he had seen those antlers growing , it would have been another matter [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 7 growing 1 if 8 , 1 if 9 it 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 seen 4 seen 6 antlers 4 seen 7 growing 5 those 6 antlers 7 growing 8 , 9 it 10 would 10 would 11 have 11 have 12 been 12 been 14 matter 13 another 14 matter but he hadn't [seen] [lightfoot] [since] [the] [very] [last] [of] [winter] , and [then] [lightfoot] had worn just such handsome antlers as he [now] had . 1 but 2 he 1 but 12 , 2 he 3 hadn't 12 , 26 . 13 and 16 had 13 and 17 worn 16 had 17 worn 17 worn 18 just 17 worn 21 antlers 17 worn 22 as 19 such 21 antlers 20 handsome 21 antlers 22 as 23 he 22 as 26 . 23 he 25 had 25 had 26 . " [i] ['m] [trying] to [believe] [it] , " he said , quite humbly [.] 1 " 11 said 5 to 8 , 5 to 10 he 8 , 9 " 10 he 11 said 11 said 14 humbly 12 , 14 humbly 13 quite 14 humbly " [it] ['s] [all] [true] [,] " [broke] [in] [another] [voice] [.] 1 " 7 " peter jumped and turned to [find] his [big] cousin [,] [jumper] [the] [hare] [.] 1 peter 3 and 2 jumped 3 and 3 and 4 turned 4 turned 5 to 5 to 9 cousin 7 his 9 cousin unseen and unheard , he had stolen up and had overheard [what] [peter] and [lightfoot] had said [.] 1 unseen 2 and 2 and 3 unheard 3 unheard 4 , 4 , 9 and 5 he 6 had 6 had 9 and 7 stolen 8 up 7 stolen 9 and 9 and 10 had 10 had 14 and 11 overheard 14 and 14 and 16 had 16 had 17 said " [how] [do] [you] [know] [it] [is] [true] [?] " [snapped] [peter] [a] [little] [crossly] [,] [for] [jumper] [had] [startled] [him] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [all] [right] [!] i 'll believe [anything] [that] [lightfoot] [tells] [me] [if] [you] [say] it is true , " declared [peter] [,] [who] [greatly] admires [his] [cousin] [,] [jumper] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 believe 3 believe 12 it 12 it 15 , 13 is 14 true 13 is 15 , 15 , 16 " 15 , 17 declared 17 declared 22 admires ["] [now] [tell] [me] [about] [those] [rags] [,] [lightfoot] [.] please do [.] ["] 1 please 2 do lightfoot couldn't resist that " please [.] ["] 1 lightfoot 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 resist 3 resist 4 that 3 resist 6 please 4 that 5 " ["] [very] [soon] [after] [my] [old] [ones] [dropped] [off] [the] [new] [ones] [began] [to] [grow] [.] they were not [hard] [,] [not] at all [like] [they] [are] [now] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 not 3 not 7 at 7 at 8 all they were soft and very tender , and the blood ran through them just as it does through our bodies [.] 1 they 7 , 2 were 4 and 2 were 7 , 3 soft 4 and 4 and 6 tender 5 very 6 tender 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 blood 8 and 11 ran 9 the 10 blood 10 blood 11 ran 11 ran 12 through 11 ran 14 just 12 through 13 them 14 just 15 as 15 as 16 it 15 as 17 does 16 it 17 does 17 does 18 through 18 through 20 bodies 19 our 20 bodies they were covered with a sort of skin with hairs on it like thin fur [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 covered 3 covered 4 with 3 covered 9 with 3 covered 11 on 3 covered 13 like 4 with 6 sort 5 a 6 sort 6 sort 7 of 7 of 8 skin 9 with 10 hairs 11 on 12 it 13 like 15 fur 14 thin 15 fur the ends [were] [not] [sharply] [pointed] [they] [now] [are] , but were big and rounded , like knobs [.] 1 the 2 ends 2 ends 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 14 and 11 but 16 , 12 were 13 big 12 were 14 and 14 and 15 rounded 16 , 17 like 17 like 18 knobs they were not like antlers at all , and they made my head hot and were very uncomfortable [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 not 2 were 15 and 3 not 15 and 4 like 5 antlers 4 like 6 at 4 like 14 hot 4 like 15 and 5 antlers 6 at 6 at 9 and 7 all 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 they 9 and 11 made 11 made 13 head 12 my 13 head 15 and 16 were 16 were 18 uncomfortable 17 very 18 uncomfortable that is why [i] [hid] [away] [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 why it seemed to me sometimes as if all my strength went into those new antlers [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 5 sometimes 2 seemed 7 if 3 to 4 me 6 as 7 if 7 if 8 all 7 if 11 went 8 all 9 my 8 all 10 strength 8 all 11 went 9 my 10 strength 11 went 12 into 12 into 15 antlers 13 those 15 antlers 14 new 15 antlers and [i] had to be very careful not to hit them against anything [.] 1 and 3 had 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 7 careful 6 very 7 careful 7 careful 9 to 8 not 9 to 9 to 10 hit 10 hit 11 them 10 hit 12 against 12 against 13 anything in the first place it would have hurt [,] and [in] [the] [second] [place] it might have spoiled the shape of them [.] 1 in 4 place 1 in 5 it 2 the 3 first 2 the 4 place 5 it 6 would 6 would 7 have 7 have 10 and 8 hurt 10 and 10 and 18 spoiled 15 it 16 might 16 might 17 have 17 have 18 spoiled 18 spoiled 20 shape 19 the 20 shape 20 shape 21 of 21 of 22 them ["] [when] [they] [had] [grown] [to] [the] [length] [you] [now] [see] [,] [they] [began] [to] [shrink] [and] [grow] [hard] [.] the knobs on the ends shrank until they became pointed [.] 1 the 2 knobs 2 knobs 3 on 2 knobs 6 shrank 3 on 5 ends 4 the 5 ends 6 shrank 7 until 7 until 8 they 7 until 9 became 8 they 9 became 9 became 10 pointed as soon as they stopped growing the blood stopped flowing up in [them] , and as they became hard they were no longer tender . 1 as 2 soon 2 soon 3 as 3 as 4 they 3 as 5 stopped 3 as 6 growing 4 they 5 stopped 6 growing 8 blood 6 growing 9 stopped 7 the 8 blood 9 stopped 10 flowing 10 flowing 11 up 11 up 12 in 12 in 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 20 they 15 and 25 . 16 as 17 they 16 as 18 became 16 as 20 they 17 they 18 became 18 became 19 hard 20 they 21 were 21 were 24 tender 22 no 24 tender 23 longer 24 tender the skin which had covered them grew dry and split [,] and [i] rubbed it [off] on trees and bushes [.] 1 the 2 skin 2 skin 3 which 2 skin 4 had 2 skin 9 and 3 which 4 had 4 had 5 covered 5 covered 6 them 7 grew 8 dry 7 grew 9 and 9 and 10 split 10 split 12 and 12 and 14 rubbed 14 rubbed 15 it 15 it 17 on 17 on 19 and 18 trees 19 and 19 and 20 bushes the little rags [you] [see] [are] [what] [is] [left] , but [i] will soon be rid of those [.] 1 the 2 little 2 little 3 rags 3 rags 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 13 will 13 will 15 be 14 soon 15 be 15 be 16 rid 16 rid 17 of 17 of 18 those lightfoot tossed his head proudly and rattled his wonderful antlers against the nearest tree [.] 1 lightfoot 6 and 2 tossed 4 head 2 tossed 5 proudly 2 tossed 6 and 3 his 4 head 6 and 7 rattled 7 rattled 10 antlers 7 rattled 11 against 8 his 10 antlers 9 wonderful 10 antlers 10 antlers 11 against 11 against 14 tree 12 the 13 nearest 12 the 14 tree it is hard to [believe] , but [i] [suppose] it must be true . ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 hard 3 hard 4 to 4 to 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 10 it 7 but 14 . 10 it 11 must 11 must 12 be 12 be 13 true you 've always thought of [lightfoot] [as] timid and [afraid] , but you should see him when he is angry [.] 1 you 2 've 2 've 4 thought 3 always 4 thought 4 thought 5 of 4 thought 9 and 5 of 8 timid 9 and 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 you 12 but 15 see 13 you 14 should 14 should 15 see 15 see 16 him 15 see 17 when 17 when 18 he 17 when 19 is 18 he 19 is 19 is 20 angry few people care to face him then [.] ["] 1 few 2 people 2 people 3 care 3 care 4 to 3 care 5 face 4 to 5 face 5 face 6 him 5 face 7 then [chapter] [iv] [:] [the] [spirit] [of] [fear] when the days grow cold and the nights are [clear] [,] [there] stalks [abroad] [the] [spirit] of fear [.] 1 when 3 days 1 when 4 grow 1 when 6 and 2 the 3 days 3 days 4 grow 5 cold 6 and 6 and 8 nights 6 and 9 are 7 the 8 nights 9 are 13 stalks 13 stalks 17 of 17 of 18 fear [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] it is sad but [true] . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 sad 3 sad 4 but 4 but 6 . autumn is often called the sad time of [the] [year] , and it is the sad time . 1 autumn 2 is 2 is 4 called 3 often 4 called 4 called 7 time 5 the 7 time 6 sad 7 time 7 time 8 of 8 of 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 it 12 and 18 . 13 it 14 is 14 is 17 time 15 the 17 time 16 sad 17 time but it shouldn't be . 1 but 2 it 1 but 5 . 2 it 3 shouldn't 3 shouldn't 4 be [old] [mother] [nature] [never] [intended] [that] [it] [should] [be] [.] she meant it to be the [glad] time [.] 1 she 2 meant 2 meant 3 it 2 meant 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 8 time 6 the 8 time it is the season when food is plentiful , and every one is fat and is , or ought to be [,] [care] free . 1 it 9 , 2 is 4 season 2 is 9 , 3 the 4 season 4 season 5 when 5 when 6 food 5 when 7 is 6 food 7 is 7 is 8 plentiful 9 , 10 and 9 , 20 to 10 and 12 one 10 and 15 and 11 every 12 one 12 one 15 and 13 is 14 fat 13 is 15 and 15 and 18 or 16 is 18 or 17 , 18 or 18 or 19 ought 20 to 21 be 21 be 25 . 24 free 25 . all [night] [as] [well] [as] all [day] the [spirit] [of] [fear] searches [out] the little people [of] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 all 16 people 6 all 8 the 8 the 16 people 12 searches 14 the 14 the 15 little 15 little 16 people it will not let them sleep [.] 1 it 2 will 2 will 3 not 2 will 4 let 3 not 4 let 4 let 5 them 4 let 6 sleep it will not let them eat in peace [.] 1 it 2 will 2 will 3 not 2 will 4 let 3 not 4 let 4 let 5 them 4 let 6 eat 6 eat 7 in 7 in 8 peace it drives them to seek new hiding-places and then drives them out of those [.] 1 it 8 and 2 drives 3 them 2 drives 4 to 2 drives 8 and 4 to 5 seek 5 seek 7 hiding-places 6 new 7 hiding-places 8 and 10 drives 9 then 10 drives 10 drives 11 them 10 drives 13 of 12 out 13 of 13 of 14 those it keeps them ever ready to fly or run at the slightest sound [.] 1 it 2 keeps 2 keeps 3 them 2 keeps 4 ever 2 keeps 5 ready 5 ready 6 to 5 ready 8 or 6 to 8 or 7 fly 8 or 8 or 9 run 9 run 10 at 10 at 13 sound 11 the 12 slightest 11 the 13 sound peter [rabbit] was thinking of [this] as he sat at the edge of [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] , [looking] [over] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 peter 3 was 3 was 4 thinking 4 thinking 5 of 5 of 18 , 7 as 8 he 7 as 9 sat 8 he 9 sat 9 sat 10 at 10 at 12 edge 11 the 12 edge 12 edge 13 of 13 of 18 , very [,] very lovely were the reds and yellows and browns against the dark green of the pines and the spruces and the hemlocks [.] 1 very 3 very 3 very 4 lovely 4 lovely 10 and 4 lovely 19 and 5 were 8 and 5 were 10 and 6 the 7 reds 7 reds 8 and 8 and 9 yellows 10 and 11 browns 10 and 12 against 12 against 15 green 13 the 15 green 14 dark 15 green 15 green 16 of 16 of 18 pines 17 the 18 pines 19 and 21 spruces 19 and 22 and 20 the 21 spruces 22 and 24 hemlocks 23 the 24 hemlocks the [purple] [hills] [were] [more] [softly] purple [than] [at] [any] [other] season of the year [.] 1 the 7 purple 1 the 12 season 12 season 13 of 13 of 15 year 14 the 15 year it was [all] very [,] very beautiful [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 7 beautiful 4 very 6 very 6 very 7 beautiful it wasn't fear of [reddy] [fox] , [or] [redtail] [the] [hawk] , [or] [hooty] [the] [owl] , [or] [old] [man] [coyote] . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 fear 3 fear 4 of 4 of 7 , 7 , 22 . 12 , 17 , 17 , 22 . but the fear that chilled his heart now never left him even for a moment [.] 1 but 3 fear 1 but 7 heart 2 the 3 fear 3 fear 4 that 3 fear 5 chilled 4 that 5 chilled 6 his 7 heart 7 heart 10 left 8 now 10 left 9 never 10 left 10 left 11 him 10 left 12 even 12 even 13 for 13 for 15 moment 14 a 15 moment it was [even] clutching at the hearts of [granny] [and] [reddy] [fox] and [of] [great] , [big] [buster] [bear] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 clutching 4 clutching 5 at 5 at 7 hearts 6 the 7 hearts 7 hearts 8 of 8 of 16 , 13 and 16 , 16 , 20 . it seemed [to] [peter] that [no] one was [so] [big] [or] [so] [small] that [this] [terrible] [spirit] [of] [fear] had [not] searched him [out] [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 5 that 5 that 7 one 5 that 8 was 8 was 14 that 14 that 20 had 20 had 22 searched 22 searched 23 him far in the distance sounded [a] sudden [bang] [.] 1 far 2 in 1 far 5 sounded 2 in 4 distance 3 the 4 distance 5 sounded 7 sudden peter jumped and shivered [.] 1 peter 2 jumped 2 jumped 4 shivered 3 and 4 shivered he knew that every one [else] who had heard that bang had jumped and shivered just as he had . 1 he 14 and 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 14 and 3 that 5 one 3 that 9 heard 4 every 5 one 5 one 7 who 5 one 8 had 5 one 9 heard 7 who 8 had 9 heard 11 bang 9 heard 13 jumped 10 that 11 bang 11 bang 12 had 12 had 13 jumped 14 and 15 shivered 14 and 16 just 16 just 17 as 17 as 18 he 18 he 19 had 19 had 20 . it was the season of hunters with terrible guns [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 season 3 the 4 season 4 season 5 of 5 of 6 hunters 6 hunters 7 with 7 with 9 guns 8 terrible 9 guns ["] [they] [seem] [to] [find] [pleasure] [,] [actually] [find] [pleasure] [,] [in] [trying] [to] [kill] [us] [.] i don't understand them at all [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 understand 3 understand 4 them 3 understand 5 at 5 at 6 all they haven't any hearts [.] 1 they 2 haven't 2 haven't 4 hearts 3 any 4 hearts that must be the reason [;] [they] [haven't] [any] hearts [.] ["] 1 that 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 10 hearts 4 the 5 reason 4 the 10 hearts [chapter] [v] [:] [sammy] [jay] [brings] [lightfoot] [word] sammy [jay] is one of those who believe in the wisdom of the old saying , " early to bed and early to rise [.] ["] 1 sammy 3 is 3 is 4 one 3 is 9 in 3 is 21 and 4 one 5 of 5 of 6 those 6 those 7 who 6 those 8 believe 7 who 8 believe 9 in 10 the 10 the 11 wisdom 11 wisdom 12 of 12 of 15 saying 13 the 15 saying 14 old 15 saying 16 , 17 " 16 , 21 and 18 early 20 bed 18 early 21 and 19 to 20 bed 21 and 22 early 22 early 23 to 23 to 24 rise sammy needs no alarm clock to get up early in the morning [.] 1 sammy 2 needs 2 needs 5 clock 2 needs 6 to 2 needs 7 get 3 no 5 clock 4 alarm 5 clock 6 to 7 get 7 get 8 up 7 get 9 early 9 early 10 in 10 in 12 morning 11 the 12 morning he is awake as soon as it is light enough to see and wastes no time wishing he could sleep a little longer [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 awake 3 awake 5 soon 3 awake 6 as 4 as 5 soon 6 as 13 and 7 it 13 and 8 is 9 light 8 is 13 and 9 light 10 enough 9 light 11 to 9 light 12 see 11 to 12 see 13 and 14 wastes 13 and 16 time 15 no 16 time 16 time 17 wishing 16 time 18 he 16 time 20 sleep 18 he 19 could 19 could 20 sleep 20 sleep 23 longer 21 a 22 little 22 little 23 longer his stomach wouldn't let him if he wanted to [.] 1 his 2 stomach 2 stomach 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 4 let 4 let 5 him 4 let 6 if 6 if 7 he 6 if 8 wanted 7 he 8 wanted 8 wanted 9 to sammy always wakes up hungry [.] 1 sammy 3 wakes 2 always 3 wakes 3 wakes 4 up 3 wakes 5 hungry in this he is no different from all his feathered neighbors [.] 1 in 2 this 1 in 3 he 3 he 4 is 4 is 6 different 5 no 6 different 6 different 7 from 7 from 8 all 8 all 9 his 8 all 11 neighbors 9 his 11 neighbors 10 feathered 11 neighbors on this particular morning he had planned to fly over to [farmer] [brown] ['s] dooryard , but at the last minute he changed his mind [.] 1 on 4 morning 1 on 5 he 2 this 3 particular 3 particular 4 morning 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 planned 7 planned 8 to 7 planned 17 but 7 planned 22 he 7 planned 23 changed 8 to 9 fly 9 fly 10 over 11 to 15 dooryard 11 to 17 but 16 , 17 but 17 but 18 at 18 at 21 minute 19 the 21 minute 20 last 21 minute 22 he 23 changed 23 changed 25 mind 24 his 25 mind instead , he flew over to the dooryard of another farm [.] 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 3 he 3 he 4 flew 4 flew 5 over 4 flew 6 to 6 to 8 dooryard 7 the 8 dooryard 8 dooryard 9 of 9 of 11 farm 10 another 11 farm sammy stopped on the top of the nearest tree [.] 1 sammy 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 on 3 on 5 top 4 the 5 top 5 top 6 of 6 of 9 tree 7 the 8 nearest 7 the 9 tree " [now] [what] [is] [that] [man] [doing] [up] [as] [early] [as] [this] [?] " [muttered] [sammy] [.] 1 " 14 " then he caught sight of something under the man 's arm [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 caught 3 caught 4 sight 4 sight 5 of 4 sight 7 under 5 of 6 something 7 under 11 arm 8 the 9 man 9 man 10 's 10 's 11 arm he didn't have to look twice to know what it was . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 3 have 4 to 4 to 5 look 5 look 7 to 6 twice 7 to 7 to 8 know 8 know 9 what 8 know 12 . 9 what 11 was 10 it 11 was it was a gun [!] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 gun 3 a 4 gun yes , sir , it was a gun , a terrible gun . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 13 . 2 , 3 sir 3 sir 4 , 3 sir 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 gun 7 a 8 gun 8 gun 12 gun 9 , 12 gun 10 a 12 gun 11 terrible 12 gun " [ha] [!] " [exclaimed] [sammy] [,] [and] [quite] [forgot] [that] [his] [stomach] [was] [empty] [.] 1 " 4 " " [now] [who] [can] [that] [fellow] [be] [after] so [early] [in] [the] [morning] [?] 1 " 9 so i think [i] ['ll] [sit] [right] [here] and watch . ["] 1 i 8 and 2 think 8 and 8 and 9 watch 9 watch 10 . so [sammy] [sat] [in] [the] [top] [of] [the] [tree] and [watched] the hunter with the [terrible] gun [.] 1 so 10 and 10 and 17 gun 12 the 13 hunter 13 hunter 14 with 14 with 15 the 15 the 17 gun he saw [him] [head] [straight] [for] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 he 2 saw " [it] ['s] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [grouse] [after] [all] [,] [i] [guess] [,] " [thought] [sammy] [.] 1 " 15 " " [if] [i] [knew] [just] [where] [they] [were] [i] ['d] [go] [over] [and] [warn] [them] [.] " 1 " 17 " he thought of [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 he 2 thought 2 thought 3 of sammy watched the hunter enter [the] [green] [forest] [,] [then] [he] [silently] [followed] [him] [.] 1 sammy 2 watched 2 watched 4 hunter 2 watched 5 enter 3 the 4 hunter from [the] [way] [the] [hunter] [moved] [,] [sammy] [decided] that [he] [wasn't] [thinking] [of] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [grouse] [.] 1 from 10 that " [it] ['s] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [,] [sure] [as] [i] [live] [,] " [muttered] [sammy] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [he] [ought] [to] [be] [warned] [.] he certainly ought to be warned [.] 1 he 3 ought 2 certainly 3 ought 3 ought 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 warned i know right where he is [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 right 2 know 4 where 4 where 5 he 4 where 6 is 5 he 6 is i [believe] [i] 'll warn him [myself] [.] " 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 warn 5 warn 6 him 6 him 9 " sammy [found] [lightfoot] right where he had [expected] [to] [.] 1 sammy 4 right 4 right 5 where 5 where 6 he 5 where 7 had 6 he 7 had " he ['s] [coming] [!] ["] cried [sammy] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 7 cried " [a] [hunter] [with] [a] [terrible] [gun] [is] [coming] [!] " 1 " 11 " [chapter] [vi] [:] [a] [game] [of] [hide] [and] [seek] there was a game of hide and seek that [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [once] [played] [with] [buster] [bear] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 game 3 a 4 game 4 game 5 of 5 of 6 hide 6 hide 7 and 7 and 8 seek 8 seek 9 that it was a very dreadful game [for] [danny] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 game 3 a 4 very 4 very 5 dreadful 5 dreadful 6 game in the case of [buster] [bear] and [danny] , [the] latter had simply to keep [out] [of] reach [of] [buster] [.] 1 in 2 the 2 the 3 case 3 case 4 of 4 of 9 , 7 and 9 , 9 , 11 latter 11 latter 12 had 12 had 13 simply 12 had 14 to 12 had 15 keep 14 to 15 keep 15 keep 18 reach as long as [buster] [didn't] [get] [his] [great] [paws] [on] [danny] , the latter was safe [.] 1 as 2 long 2 long 3 as 3 as 12 , 12 , 16 safe 13 the 14 latter 14 latter 15 was 15 was 16 safe then , [too] , [danny] [is] [a] [very] [small] [person] . 1 then 2 , 1 then 4 , 4 , 11 . he is so small that he can hide under two or three leaves [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 small 3 so 4 small 4 small 5 that 5 that 6 he 5 that 8 hide 7 can 8 hide 8 hide 9 under 9 under 13 leaves 10 two 11 or 11 or 12 three 11 or 13 leaves wherever he is , he is pretty sure to find a hiding-place of some sort [.] 1 wherever 2 he 2 he 4 , 3 is 4 , 4 , 6 is 5 he 6 is 6 is 7 pretty 7 pretty 9 to 7 pretty 15 sort 8 sure 9 to 9 to 10 find 10 find 12 hiding-place 10 find 15 sort 11 a 12 hiding-place 12 hiding-place 13 of 12 hiding-place 15 sort 13 of 14 some his small [size] gives him advantages in a game of hide and seek [.] 1 his 2 small 2 small 12 and 4 gives 5 him 4 gives 6 advantages 4 gives 7 in 4 gives 12 and 6 advantages 7 in 7 in 9 game 8 a 9 game 9 game 10 of 10 of 11 hide 12 and 13 seek it certainly does [.] 1 it 3 does 2 certainly 3 does but [lightfoot] [the] [deer] is [big] [.] 1 but 5 is he is one of the largest of the people who live in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 6 largest 5 the 6 largest 6 largest 7 of 6 largest 12 in 7 of 9 people 8 the 9 people 9 people 10 who 9 people 11 live 10 who 11 live 12 in 13 the being so big , it is not easy to hide [.] 1 being 3 big 1 being 4 , 1 being 5 it 2 so 3 big 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 not 6 is 8 easy 7 not 8 easy 8 easy 9 to 9 to 10 hide moreover , a hunter with a terrible gun does not have to get close in order to kill [.] 1 moreover 2 , 1 moreover 4 hunter 3 a 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 with 4 hunter 9 does 5 with 8 gun 6 a 8 gun 7 terrible 8 gun 9 does 10 not 9 does 11 have 11 have 12 to 12 to 13 get 13 get 14 close 14 close 15 in 15 in 16 order 16 order 17 to 17 to 18 kill lightfoot knew all this as he waited for the coming of the hunter [of] [whom] [sammy] [jay] [had] warned him [.] 1 lightfoot 2 knew 2 knew 4 this 2 knew 19 warned 3 all 4 this 4 this 5 as 4 this 19 warned 5 as 13 hunter 6 he 7 waited 7 waited 8 for 8 for 10 coming 9 the 10 coming 10 coming 11 of 11 of 13 hunter 12 the 13 hunter 19 warned 20 him he had learned many lessons in the hunting season of the year before [and] he remembered every one of them [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 learned 3 learned 5 lessons 4 many 5 lessons 5 lessons 6 in 6 in 9 season 7 the 9 season 8 hunting 9 season 9 season 10 of 10 of 12 year 11 the 12 year 12 year 13 before 13 before 15 he 15 he 16 remembered 16 remembered 18 one 17 every 18 one 18 one 19 of 19 of 20 them he knew that to forget even one of them might cost him his life [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 to 4 to 5 forget 5 forget 6 even 5 forget 11 cost 6 even 7 one 7 one 8 of 7 one 10 might 8 of 9 them 10 might 11 cost 11 cost 12 him 11 cost 14 life 13 his 14 life so , standing motionless behind a tangle of [fallen] [trees] , [lightfoot] [listened] [and] [watched] . 1 so 2 , 2 , 16 . 3 standing 4 motionless 4 motionless 5 behind 5 behind 7 tangle 6 a 7 tangle 7 tangle 8 of 8 of 11 , 11 , 16 . presently [over] in the [distance] [he] [heard] [sammy] [jay] screaming , " [thief] [,] thief , [thief] [!] " 1 presently 3 in 1 presently 16 , 3 in 15 thief 4 the 15 thief 10 screaming 11 , 10 screaming 15 thief 11 , 12 " 16 , 19 " a little sigh of relief escaped [lightfoot] [.] 1 a 2 little 1 a 3 sigh 2 little 3 sigh 3 sigh 4 of 3 sigh 6 escaped 4 of 5 relief he knew that [that] screaming [of] [sammy] [jay] ['s] was a warning to tell him where the hunter was [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 10 was 5 screaming 10 was 10 was 12 warning 10 was 13 to 11 a 12 warning 13 to 14 tell 14 tell 15 him 14 tell 16 where 16 where 18 hunter 16 where 19 was 17 the 18 hunter 18 hunter 19 was knowing just where the hunter was made it easier [for] [lightfoot] to know what to do . 1 knowing 2 just 1 knowing 7 made 2 just 3 where 3 where 5 hunter 3 where 6 was 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 was 7 made 8 it 7 made 9 easier 9 easier 12 to 12 to 13 know 13 know 14 what 13 know 17 . 14 what 15 to 14 what 16 do 15 to 16 do a [merry] [little] [breeze] [came] stealing [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 a 6 stealing it came from behind [lightfoot] and danced on towards the hunter with the terrible gun [.] 1 it 6 and 2 came 3 from 2 came 6 and 3 from 4 behind 6 and 7 danced 7 danced 8 on 7 danced 9 towards 7 danced 12 with 9 towards 11 hunter 10 the 11 hunter 12 with 15 gun 13 the 15 gun 14 terrible 15 gun instantly [lightfoot] [began] to steal softly [away] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 instantly 4 to 4 to 5 steal 5 steal 6 softly he took the greatest care to make no sound [.] 1 he 2 took 2 took 5 care 2 took 6 to 3 the 4 greatest 3 the 5 care 6 to 7 make 7 make 9 sound 8 no 9 sound he went in a half-circle , stopping [every] few steps to listen and test the air with his wonderful nose [.] 1 he 2 went 2 went 3 in 2 went 7 stopping 3 in 5 half-circle 4 a 5 half-circle 6 , 7 stopping 7 stopping 10 steps 7 stopping 11 to 7 stopping 17 with 9 few 10 steps 11 to 12 listen 12 listen 13 and 13 and 14 test 14 test 16 air 15 the 16 air 17 with 20 nose 18 his 20 nose 19 wonderful 20 nose can you guess what [lightfoot] was [trying] to do [?] 1 can 2 you 1 can 3 guess 3 guess 4 what 4 what 6 was 6 was 8 to 8 to 9 do he was trying to get behind the hunter [so] that [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [would] [bring] to [him] the [dreaded] man-scent [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 trying 2 was 17 to 3 trying 4 to 3 trying 5 get 4 to 5 get 5 get 6 behind 5 get 10 that 6 behind 8 hunter 7 the 8 hunter 17 to 21 man-scent 19 the 21 man-scent so [long] [as] [lightfoot] [could] [get] that [scent] , [he] [would] [know] [where] [the] [hunter] [was] , though he could neither see nor hear him [.] 1 so 7 that 7 that 9 , 9 , 23 nor 17 , 19 he 18 though 19 he 19 he 20 could 20 could 23 nor 21 neither 22 see 22 see 23 nor 23 nor 24 hear 24 hear 25 him if he [had] remained [where] [sammy] [jay] [had] [found] [him] , the hunter might have come within shooting [distance] before [lightfoot] [could] [have] [located] him [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 4 remained 1 if 11 , 1 if 13 hunter 2 he 4 remained 12 the 13 hunter 13 hunter 14 might 14 might 15 have 15 have 16 come 16 come 17 within 16 come 20 before 17 within 18 shooting 20 before 25 him [chapter] [vii] [:] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [help] [lightfoot] you see [,] [lightfoot] [was] [behind] [the] [hunter] [instead] [of] in front of him [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 11 in 11 in 12 front 12 front 13 of 13 of 14 him he was following the hunter , so as to keep track of him [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 following 3 following 5 hunter 3 following 9 to 4 the 5 hunter 6 , 9 to 7 so 8 as 8 as 9 to 9 to 10 keep 10 keep 11 track 11 track 12 of 12 of 13 him as long as he knew just where the hunter was , he felt reasonably safe [.] 1 as 2 long 2 long 3 as 2 long 11 , 2 long 12 he 3 as 4 he 3 as 5 knew 4 he 5 knew 5 knew 6 just 5 knew 7 where 7 where 9 hunter 7 where 10 was 8 the 9 hunter 9 hunter 10 was 12 he 13 felt 13 felt 15 safe 14 reasonably 15 safe the [merry] [little] [breezes] [are] [lightfoot] ['s] best [friends] [.] 1 the 8 best they always bring to him all the different scents they find as they wander through [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 they 3 bring 2 always 3 bring 3 bring 4 to 3 bring 6 all 4 to 5 him 6 all 7 the 6 all 9 scents 7 the 9 scents 8 different 9 scents 9 scents 10 they 9 scents 11 find 10 they 11 find 11 find 12 as 12 as 13 they 12 as 14 wander 13 they 14 wander 14 wander 15 through he knows that they will bring to him warning of any danger which may lie in that direction [.] 1 he 2 knows 2 knows 3 that 3 that 4 they 3 that 6 bring 4 they 5 will 5 will 6 bring 6 bring 7 to 6 bring 9 warning 6 bring 16 in 7 to 8 him 9 warning 10 of 9 warning 16 in 10 of 12 danger 11 any 12 danger 12 danger 13 which 12 danger 14 may 13 which 14 may 14 may 15 lie 16 in 18 direction 17 that 18 direction then he had begun to hunt in that direction , knowing that thus his scent would be carried behind him [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 begun 4 begun 5 to 4 begun 6 hunt 5 to 6 hunt 6 hunt 7 in 6 hunt 9 direction 6 hunt 11 knowing 7 in 8 that 8 that 9 direction 10 , 11 knowing 11 knowing 12 that 12 that 13 thus 12 that 15 scent 12 that 18 carried 14 his 15 scent 15 scent 16 would 16 would 17 be 17 be 18 carried 18 carried 19 behind 19 behind 20 him presently he found [lightfoot] ['s] footprints in the soft [ground] and [studying] [them] [he] [knew] that [lightfoot] had known [of] [his] [coming] [.] 1 presently 2 he 2 he 3 found 3 found 6 footprints 6 footprints 7 in 7 in 11 and 8 the 9 soft 9 soft 11 and 11 and 16 that 16 that 18 had 18 had 19 known " [it] [was] [that] [confounded] [jay] [,] ["] muttered the hunter [.] 1 " 9 muttered 9 muttered 11 hunter 10 the 11 hunter ["] [lightfoot] [heard] [him] [and] [knew] [what] [it] [meant] [.] i know what he has done [;] [he] [has] [circled] [round] [so] [as] to get behind me and get my scent [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 what 2 know 14 to 3 what 4 he 3 what 6 done 4 he 5 has 14 to 18 and 15 get 16 behind 15 get 18 and 16 behind 17 me 18 and 19 get 19 get 21 scent 20 my 21 scent it is a clever trick , a very clever trick , but two can play at that game [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 5 trick 3 a 4 clever 3 a 5 trick 4 clever 5 trick 5 trick 10 trick 6 , 10 trick 7 a 10 trick 8 very 9 clever 9 clever 10 trick 10 trick 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 two 12 but 15 play 14 can 15 play 15 play 16 at 16 at 18 game 17 that 18 game i 'll just try that little trick myself [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 4 try 3 just 4 try 4 try 7 trick 4 try 8 myself 5 that 7 trick 6 little 7 trick lightfoot had lost track of the hunter [.] 1 lightfoot 2 had 2 had 3 lost 3 lost 7 hunter 4 track 5 of 5 of 6 the 6 the 7 hunter [chapter] [viii] [:] [wit] [against] [wit] it was a dreadful game [the] hunter with the terrible gun and [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [were] playing in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 7 hunter 2 was 8 with 3 a 4 dreadful 3 a 7 hunter 4 dreadful 5 game 8 with 12 and 9 the 10 terrible 10 terrible 11 gun 11 gun 12 and 12 and 17 playing 17 playing 18 in 18 in 19 the it was a matching of [wit] [against] wit , the hunter seeking [to] [take] [lightfoot] ['s] [life] , and [lightfoot] seeking to save it [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 matching 3 a 4 matching 4 matching 5 of 5 of 18 , 8 wit 9 , 9 , 12 seeking 9 , 18 , 10 the 12 seeking 11 hunter 12 seeking 18 , 19 and 19 and 21 seeking 21 seeking 22 to 21 seeking 23 save 22 to 23 save 23 save 24 it but the hunter in his turn knew much of the ways [of] [deer] [.] 1 but 3 hunter 1 but 7 knew 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 in 3 hunter 7 knew 4 in 6 turn 5 his 6 turn 7 knew 8 much 8 much 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 ways so it was that each was trying his best to outguess the other [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 that 4 that 6 was 5 each 6 was 6 was 7 trying 7 trying 9 best 7 trying 10 to 7 trying 11 outguess 8 his 9 best 10 to 11 outguess 11 outguess 13 other 12 the 13 other when the hunter [found] [the] [hiding-place] [lightfoot] had left at the warning of [sammy] [jay] he [followed] [lightfoot] ['s] tracks for a short distance [.] 1 when 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 8 had 8 had 9 left 9 left 10 at 9 left 21 for 10 at 12 warning 11 the 12 warning 12 warning 13 of 16 he 20 tracks 20 tracks 21 for 21 for 24 distance 22 a 23 short 22 a 24 distance 23 short 24 distance it was slow work , and only one whose eyes had been trained to notice little things could have done it [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 and 3 slow 4 work 4 work 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 one 6 and 9 whose 7 only 8 one 9 whose 10 eyes 10 eyes 11 had 11 had 12 been 12 been 13 trained 13 trained 14 to 14 to 15 notice 15 notice 16 little 15 notice 17 things 15 notice 20 done 17 things 18 could 18 could 19 have 19 have 20 done 20 done 21 it these things told the hunter which way [lightfoot] [had] [gone] [.] 1 these 2 things 2 things 3 told 3 told 5 hunter 3 told 6 which 4 the 5 hunter 6 which 7 way slowly , patiently , watchfully , the hunter followed [.] 1 slowly 2 , 1 slowly 8 hunter 2 , 3 patiently 3 patiently 4 , 3 patiently 8 hunter 5 watchfully 6 , 5 watchfully 8 hunter 7 the 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 followed after a while he stopped with a satisfied grin [.] 1 after 3 while 1 after 4 he 2 a 3 while 4 he 5 stopped 5 stopped 6 with 6 with 9 grin 7 a 9 grin 8 satisfied 9 grin " [i] [thought] as [much] , " he muttered [.] 1 " 9 muttered 4 as 6 , 4 as 8 he 6 , 7 " 8 he 9 muttered " he heard that [pesky] [jay] and circled around so as to get my scent [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 7 and 3 heard 4 that 3 heard 7 and 7 and 8 circled 7 and 9 around 7 and 11 as 9 around 10 so 11 as 12 to 12 to 13 get 13 get 15 scent 14 my 15 scent i 'll just cut across [to] my old trail [and] [unless] [i] [am] [greatly] [mistaken] [,] [i] ['ll] [find] [his] [tracks] [there] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 4 cut 3 just 4 cut 4 cut 5 across 4 cut 9 trail 7 my 9 trail 8 old 9 trail once [more] he grinned . 1 once 3 he 3 he 4 grinned 4 grinned 5 . " [well] [,] [old] [fellow] [,] [i] ['ve] [outguessed] [you] [this] [time] [,] ["] said he to himself [.] 1 " 15 said 15 said 16 he 15 said 17 to 17 to 18 himself " [i] [am] [behind] [you] [and] [the] [wind] [is] [from] [you] [to] [me] [,] so [that] [you] [cannot] [get] [my] [scent] [.] 1 " 15 so i wouldn't be a bit surprised if you 're back right where you started from [,] behind that old windfall [.] ["] 1 i 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 be 3 be 5 bit 3 be 6 surprised 4 a 5 bit 6 surprised 7 if 7 if 8 you 7 if 9 're 8 you 9 're 9 're 11 right 9 're 12 where 10 back 11 right 11 right 12 where 12 where 13 you 12 where 14 started 13 you 14 started 14 started 15 from 15 from 17 behind 17 behind 20 windfall 18 that 20 windfall 19 old 20 windfall he [at] once began to move forward silently and cautiously , with eyes and ears alert and his terrible gun ready for instant use [.] 1 he 4 began 3 once 4 began 4 began 5 to 4 began 6 move 5 to 6 move 6 move 7 forward 6 move 9 and 6 move 12 with 8 silently 9 and 9 and 10 cautiously 11 , 12 with 12 with 17 and 13 eyes 14 and 14 and 16 alert 14 and 17 and 15 ears 16 alert 17 and 20 gun 18 his 20 gun 19 terrible 20 gun 20 gun 21 ready 21 ready 22 for 22 for 24 use 23 instant 24 use lightfoot stood still and listened with all his might for some little sound to tell him where the hunter was [.] 1 lightfoot 4 and 2 stood 3 still 2 stood 4 and 4 and 5 listened 4 and 6 with 4 and 10 for 4 and 14 to 6 with 7 all 7 all 8 his 8 his 9 might 10 for 13 sound 11 some 13 sound 12 little 13 sound 14 to 15 tell 15 tell 16 him 15 tell 17 where 17 where 19 hunter 17 where 20 was 18 the 19 hunter 19 hunter 20 was but there was [no] [sound] and [after] a little [lightfoot] [began] [to] move [on] [.] 1 but 6 and 2 there 3 was 3 was 6 and 6 and 13 move 8 a 9 little 8 a 13 move he didn't dare remain still , lest the hunter should creep up within shooting [distance] [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 dare 3 dare 4 remain 4 remain 5 still 5 still 7 lest 6 , 7 lest 7 lest 9 hunter 7 lest 11 creep 8 the 9 hunter 9 hunter 10 should 10 should 11 creep 11 creep 12 up 11 creep 13 within 13 within 14 shooting so [long] [as] [they] [brought] [him] none of the dreaded man-smell , he knew that he was safe . 1 so 14 knew 7 none 8 of 7 none 12 , 7 none 13 he 8 of 11 man-smell 9 the 11 man-smell 10 dreaded 11 man-smell 13 he 14 knew 14 knew 15 that 15 that 16 he 15 that 19 . 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 safe [chapter] [ix] [:] [lightfoot] [becomes] [uncertain] lightfoot [the] [deer] traveled on [through] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [straight] [ahead] in the direction [from] [which] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] blowing [.] 1 lightfoot 4 traveled 4 traveled 5 on 5 on 15 direction 13 in 14 the 14 the 15 direction 15 direction 23 blowing every [few] steps [he] would raise his delicate nose and test all the scents [that] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] were bringing . 1 every 3 steps 3 steps 10 and 5 would 6 raise 5 would 10 and 6 raise 9 nose 7 his 9 nose 8 delicate 9 nose 10 and 11 test 10 and 12 all 12 all 13 the 13 the 14 scents 14 scents 20 were 20 were 21 bringing 21 bringing 22 . lightfoot uses his nose very much as you [and] [i] use [our] [eyes] [.] 1 lightfoot 2 uses 2 uses 4 nose 2 uses 6 much 2 uses 7 as 3 his 4 nose 5 very 6 much 7 as 8 you 8 you 11 use it tells him the things [he] [wants] [to] [know] [.] 1 it 2 tells 2 tells 3 him 2 tells 5 things 4 the 5 things he knew that [reddy] [fox] [had] [been] [along] [ahead] [of] [him] [,] [although] he didn't get so much as a glimpse of [reddy] ['s] red coat [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 14 he 3 that 16 get 14 he 15 didn't 15 didn't 16 get 16 get 17 so 16 get 18 much 16 get 19 as 19 as 21 glimpse 20 a 21 glimpse 21 glimpse 22 of 22 of 26 coat 25 red 26 coat once he caught just the faintest of scents which caused him to stop abruptly and test the air more carefully than ever [.] 1 once 2 he 2 he 3 caught 3 caught 4 just 3 caught 6 faintest 5 the 6 faintest 6 faintest 7 of 6 faintest 12 to 6 faintest 15 and 7 of 8 scents 8 scents 9 which 8 scents 10 caused 9 which 10 caused 10 caused 11 him 12 to 15 and 13 stop 14 abruptly 13 stop 15 and 15 and 16 test 16 test 18 air 16 test 20 carefully 16 test 22 ever 17 the 18 air 19 more 20 carefully 21 than 22 ever it was the scent of [buster] [bear] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 scent 3 the 4 scent 4 scent 5 of you know the [merry] [little] [breezes] [are] [lightfoot] ['s] best [friends] [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 10 best 3 the 10 best but [lightfoot] [didn't] [want] [to] [keep] [going] [in] that [direction] [all] [day] . 1 but 9 that 9 that 13 . it would take him far away from that part of the [green] [forest] with which he was familiar and [which] he called home [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 take 3 take 4 him 3 take 6 away 3 take 7 from 5 far 6 away 7 from 9 part 8 that 9 part 9 part 10 of 9 part 14 with 10 of 11 the 14 with 15 which 14 with 19 and 14 with 22 called 16 he 17 was 16 he 19 and 17 was 18 familiar 19 and 21 he 21 he 22 called 22 called 23 home it might [in] time [take] him [out] of [the] [green] [forest] [and] [that] [wouldn't] [do] [at] all [.] 1 it 2 might 2 might 4 time 4 time 6 him 4 time 8 of 8 of 17 all so [after] [a] [while] [lightfoot] [became] uncertain [.] 1 so 7 uncertain he didn't know just what to do [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 just 3 know 5 what 5 what 6 to 5 what 7 do 6 to 7 do you see , he couldn't tell whether or not that hunter with the terrible gun was still following him [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 6 tell 4 he 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 tell 6 tell 9 not 7 whether 8 or 8 or 9 not 9 not 11 hunter 9 not 16 was 10 that 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 with 11 hunter 16 was 12 with 15 gun 13 the 15 gun 14 terrible 15 gun 16 was 17 still 16 was 19 him 17 still 18 following [every] [once] [in] [a] [while] [he] [would] [stop] [in] [a] [thicket] [of] [young] [trees] [or] [behind] [a] [tangle] [of] [fallen] [trees] [uprooted] [by] [the] [wind] [.] " [if] [only] [i] [could] [know] [if] that hunter [is] [still] [following] [,] [i] [would] [know] [better] [what] [to] [do] [,] ["] thought [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 23 thought 8 that 9 hunter 9 hunter 23 thought " [i] ['ve] [got] [to] [find] [out] [.] " 1 " 9 " [chapter] [x] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [clever] [trick] lightfoot [the] [deer] is smart [.] 1 lightfoot 4 is 4 is 5 smart yes , [sir] , [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [is] [smart] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 10 . he has to be , especially in the hunting season , to save his life [.] 1 he 2 has 2 has 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 7 in 5 , 7 in 6 especially 7 in 7 in 10 season 7 in 11 , 8 the 9 hunting 9 hunting 10 season 11 , 12 to 12 to 13 save 13 save 15 life 14 his 15 life if he were not smart he would have been killed long ago [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 were 1 if 6 he 2 he 3 were 3 were 4 not 3 were 5 smart 4 not 5 smart 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 have 8 have 9 been 9 been 10 killed 10 killed 12 ago 11 long 12 ago he never makes the foolish mistake of thinking that other people are not smart . 1 he 3 makes 2 never 3 makes 3 makes 6 mistake 4 the 6 mistake 5 foolish 6 mistake 6 mistake 7 of 7 of 8 thinking 8 thinking 9 that 9 that 11 people 9 that 12 are 10 other 11 people 11 people 12 are 12 are 13 not 12 are 14 smart 14 smart 15 . he had a very great respect for the smartness of that hunter [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 6 respect 3 a 4 very 3 a 6 respect 4 very 5 great 5 great 6 respect 6 respect 7 for 7 for 9 smartness 8 the 9 smartness 9 smartness 10 of 10 of 12 hunter 11 that 12 hunter he knew that he couldn't afford to be careless for one little minute . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 14 . 4 he 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 afford 6 afford 7 to 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 careless 9 careless 10 for 10 for 13 minute 11 one 13 minute 12 little 13 minute the certainty of danger is sometimes easier to bear than the uncertainty of not knowing whether or not there really is any danger [.] 1 the 2 certainty 2 certainty 3 of 2 certainty 5 is 3 of 4 danger 5 is 6 sometimes 5 is 7 easier 7 easier 8 to 7 easier 9 bear 8 to 9 bear 9 bear 10 than 10 than 12 uncertainty 11 the 12 uncertainty 12 uncertainty 13 of 13 of 14 not 14 not 15 knowing 15 knowing 18 not 16 whether 17 or 17 or 18 not 18 not 19 there 18 not 21 is 19 there 21 is 20 really 21 is 21 is 23 danger 22 any 23 danger lightfoot felt that if he could know just where the hunter was , he himself would know better what to do . 1 lightfoot 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 3 that 14 he 3 that 22 . 4 if 5 he 4 if 7 know 4 if 13 , 4 if 14 he 5 he 6 could 6 could 7 know 7 know 8 just 7 know 9 where 9 where 11 hunter 9 where 12 was 10 the 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 was 14 he 16 would 15 himself 16 would 16 would 17 know 17 know 18 better 17 know 19 what 19 what 20 to 19 what 21 do 20 to 21 do the hunter might have become discouraged and given up following [him] [.] 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 might 3 might 4 have 4 have 5 become 5 become 7 and 6 discouraged 7 and 7 and 10 following 8 given 10 following 9 up 10 following in that case he could rest and stop worrying [.] 1 in 3 case 1 in 4 he 2 that 3 case 4 he 5 could 5 could 7 and 6 rest 7 and 7 and 8 stop 8 stop 9 worrying it would be better to know that he was being followed than not to know [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 5 to 3 be 11 followed 4 better 5 to 5 to 6 know 7 that 8 he 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 being 10 being 11 followed 11 followed 12 than 11 followed 14 to 13 not 14 to 14 to 15 know but how was he to find out [?] 1 but 2 how 2 how 3 was 3 was 4 he 3 was 5 to 5 to 6 find 6 find 7 out lightfoot kept turning this over and over in his mind as he traveled through [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 lightfoot 2 kept 2 kept 3 turning 3 turning 4 this 3 turning 5 over 3 turning 8 in 3 turning 11 as 5 over 6 and 6 and 7 over 8 in 10 mind 9 his 10 mind 11 as 12 he 11 as 13 traveled 12 he 13 traveled 13 traveled 14 through then an idea came to him [.] 1 then 3 idea 2 an 3 idea 3 idea 4 came 4 came 5 to 5 to 6 him ["] [i] [know] [what] [i] ['ll] [do] [.] i [know] [just] [what] [i] 'll do , " said [lightfoot] [to] [himself] . 1 i 6 'll 6 'll 8 , 7 do 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 said 10 said 14 . ["] [i] ['ll] [find] [out] [whether] [or] [not] [that] [hunter] [is] [still] [following] [me] [and] [i] ['ll] [get] [a] [little] [rest] [.] goodness [knows] , [i] [need] [a] [rest] [.] " 1 goodness 3 , 3 , 9 " this was near the top of a little hill [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 near 3 near 5 top 4 the 5 top 5 top 6 of 6 of 9 hill 7 a 8 little 7 a 9 hill lightfoot went up the hill and stopped behind the pile of brush [.] 1 lightfoot 6 and 2 went 3 up 2 went 6 and 3 up 5 hill 4 the 5 hill 6 and 7 stopped 6 and 8 behind 8 behind 10 pile 9 the 10 pile 10 pile 11 of 11 of 12 brush for a few moments he stood there perfectly still , looking and listening [.] 1 for 4 moments 1 for 5 he 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 moments 5 he 6 stood 6 stood 7 there 6 stood 8 perfectly 6 stood 12 and 9 still 10 , 10 , 11 looking 10 , 12 and 12 and 13 listening if the hunter were still following him , he would pass through that hollow in plain sight [.] 1 if 3 hunter 1 if 4 were 1 if 8 , 1 if 9 he 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 were 4 were 5 still 4 were 7 him 5 still 6 following 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 pass 11 pass 12 through 11 pass 15 in 12 through 14 hollow 13 that 14 hollow 14 hollow 15 in 15 in 17 sight 16 plain 17 sight for a long tune [lightfoot] [rested] [comfortably] [behind] the pile of brush [.] 1 for 4 tune 1 for 10 pile 2 a 4 tune 3 long 4 tune 9 the 10 pile 10 pile 11 of 11 of 12 brush there was not a [suspicious] movement [or] a suspicious [sound] [to] [show] [that] danger [was] [abroad] in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 14 danger 3 not 6 movement 4 a 6 movement 8 a 9 suspicious 9 suspicious 14 danger 14 danger 17 in 17 in 18 the he saw [mr] and [mrs] [.] grouse fly down across the hollow and disappear among the trees on the other side [.] 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 7 grouse 2 saw 13 and 4 and 7 grouse 8 fly 9 down 8 fly 10 across 8 fly 13 and 10 across 12 hollow 11 the 12 hollow 13 and 14 disappear 14 disappear 15 among 14 disappear 18 on 15 among 17 trees 16 the 17 trees 17 trees 18 on 18 on 21 side 19 the 20 other 20 other 21 side he saw [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [looking] [over] a hollow [tree] and guessed [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [getting] [ready] to go into winter quarters [.] 1 he 12 and 2 saw 10 hollow 2 saw 12 and 9 a 10 hollow 12 and 13 guessed 12 and 23 into 13 guessed 21 to 21 to 22 go 23 into 25 quarters 24 winter 25 quarters he saw [jumper] [the] [hare] squat down under a low-hanging branch of a hemlock-tree and prepare to take a nap . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 15 and 6 squat 7 down 6 squat 8 under 6 squat 15 and 8 under 11 branch 9 a 10 low-hanging 9 a 11 branch 10 low-hanging 11 branch 11 branch 12 of 12 of 14 hemlock-tree 13 a 14 hemlock-tree 15 and 16 prepare 16 prepare 17 to 16 prepare 21 . 17 to 18 take 18 take 20 nap 19 a 20 nap he [heard] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [at] [work] [drilling] [after] worms in [a] [tree] [not] [far] [away] [.] 1 he 10 worms 10 worms 11 in little by little [lightfoot] grew easy in his mind [.] 1 little 2 by 1 little 5 grew 2 by 3 little 5 grew 6 easy 6 easy 7 in 7 in 9 mind 8 his 9 mind it must be that that hunter had become discouraged and was no longer following him [.] 1 it 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 4 that 4 that 6 hunter 4 that 10 and 5 that 6 hunter 6 hunter 10 and 7 had 8 become 7 had 10 and 8 become 9 discouraged 10 and 11 was 11 was 14 following 12 no 13 longer 13 longer 14 following 14 following 15 him [chapter] [xi] [:] [the] [hunted] [watches] [the] [hunter] it didn't seem possible that there could be any need for watchfulness [.] 1 it 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 seem 3 seem 4 possible 4 possible 5 that 5 that 6 there 5 that 8 be 6 there 7 could 7 could 8 be 8 be 10 need 8 be 11 for 9 any 10 need 10 need 11 for 11 for 12 watchfulness but [lightfoot] [long] [ago] [had] [learned] that often danger is [nearest] when it seems least to be expected [.] 1 but 7 that 7 that 18 expected 8 often 9 danger 9 danger 10 is 10 is 12 when 10 is 18 expected 12 when 13 it 12 when 14 seems 13 it 14 seems 14 seems 15 least 14 seems 16 to 14 seems 17 be 16 to 17 be so , though he would have liked very much to have taken a nap , [lightfoot] was too wise to do anything so foolish [.] 1 so 2 , 2 , 4 he 2 , 15 , 3 though 4 he 4 he 5 would 5 would 6 have 6 have 7 liked 7 liked 10 to 7 liked 12 taken 8 very 9 much 9 much 10 to 10 to 11 have 11 have 12 taken 12 taken 14 nap 13 a 14 nap 15 , 17 was 17 was 19 wise 18 too 19 wise 19 wise 20 to 20 to 21 do 21 do 22 anything 22 anything 24 foolish 23 so 24 foolish he kept his great ears gently moving to catch every little sound [.] 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 5 ears 2 kept 6 gently 2 kept 7 moving 3 his 5 ears 4 great 5 ears 7 moving 8 to 7 moving 9 catch 8 to 9 catch 9 catch 12 sound 10 every 12 sound 11 little 12 sound it was better to be overwatchful than the least bit careless [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 to 2 was 11 careless 3 better 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 overwatchful 6 overwatchful 7 than 8 the 9 least 9 least 10 bit 10 bit 11 careless by [and] [by] [,] [lightfoot] ['s] [keen] ears caught the sound of the snapping of [a] [little] [stick] [in] the distance [.] 1 by 21 distance 8 ears 9 caught 9 caught 11 sound 10 the 11 sound 11 sound 12 of 12 of 14 snapping 13 the 14 snapping 14 snapping 15 of 15 of 20 the 20 the 21 distance it was so faint a sound that [you] or [i] would have missed it altogether [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 sound 2 was 7 that 3 so 4 faint 3 so 5 a 4 faint 5 a 5 a 6 sound 7 that 13 missed 9 or 11 would 11 would 12 have 12 have 13 missed 13 missed 14 it 13 missed 15 altogether but [lightfoot] [heard] it and instantly he was doubly [alert] [,] watching in the direction from which that faint sound had come [.] 1 but 4 it 1 but 8 was 5 and 7 he 6 instantly 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 13 in 9 doubly 12 watching 12 watching 13 in 13 in 15 direction 14 the 15 direction 15 direction 16 from 16 from 17 which 16 from 20 sound 16 from 22 come 18 that 19 faint 19 faint 20 sound 20 sound 21 had 21 had 22 come after what seemed a long , long time he saw something moving , and a moment later a man came into view [.] 1 after 2 what 1 after 19 man 2 what 3 seemed 3 seemed 8 time 3 seemed 14 and 4 a 5 long 4 a 8 time 5 long 6 , 5 long 8 time 7 long 8 time 8 time 9 he 8 time 10 saw 9 he 10 saw 10 saw 11 something 12 moving 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 later 15 a 16 moment 16 moment 17 later 18 a 19 man 19 man 20 came 20 came 21 into 21 into 22 view it was the hunter and [across] one arm [he] [carried] [the] [terrible] gun [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 13 gun 3 the 4 hunter 3 the 13 gun 4 hunter 5 and 5 and 8 arm 7 one 8 arm lightfoot knew now that this hunter had patience and perseverance and had not yet given up hope of getting [near] [enough] to shoot [lightfoot] [.] 1 lightfoot 11 and 2 knew 3 now 2 knew 4 that 2 knew 11 and 4 that 6 hunter 4 that 7 had 5 this 6 hunter 6 hunter 7 had 7 had 9 and 8 patience 9 and 9 and 10 perseverance 11 and 12 had 12 had 13 not 12 had 15 given 13 not 15 given 14 yet 15 given 15 given 16 up 15 given 17 hope 17 hope 18 of 18 of 19 getting 19 getting 22 to 22 to 23 shoot he moved forward slowly , setting each foot down with the greatest care , so as [not] to snap a stick or rustle the leaves [.] 1 he 2 moved 2 moved 3 forward 2 moved 4 slowly 2 moved 6 setting 2 moved 18 to 5 , 6 setting 6 setting 8 foot 6 setting 9 down 6 setting 10 with 6 setting 14 , 7 each 8 foot 10 with 13 care 11 the 12 greatest 11 the 13 care 15 so 16 as 16 as 18 to 18 to 22 or 19 snap 21 stick 19 snap 22 or 20 a 21 stick 22 or 23 rustle 23 rustle 25 leaves 24 the 25 leaves he was watching sharply ahead [,] [ready] to shoot [should] [he] [catch] a glimpse of [lightfoot] [within] range [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 watching 2 was 4 sharply 2 was 5 ahead 5 ahead 8 to 8 to 9 shoot 9 shoot 14 glimpse 13 a 14 glimpse 14 glimpse 15 of 15 of 18 range right along [through] the hollow at the foot of the little hill below [lightfoot] the hunter passed [.] 1 right 2 along 1 right 6 at 1 right 13 below 1 right 16 hunter 2 along 5 hollow 4 the 5 hollow 5 hollow 6 at 6 at 8 foot 7 the 8 foot 8 foot 9 of 9 of 12 hill 10 the 12 hill 11 little 12 hill 15 the 16 hunter 16 hunter 17 passed he was doing what is called " hunting up-wind [.] ["] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 doing 3 doing 4 what 4 what 5 is 5 is 6 called 6 called 7 " 6 called 9 up-wind 8 hunting 9 up-wind lightfoot kept perfectly still and watched the hunter disappear among the trees [.] 1 lightfoot 5 and 2 kept 3 perfectly 2 kept 4 still 2 kept 5 and 5 and 6 watched 6 watched 8 hunter 6 watched 9 disappear 7 the 8 hunter 9 disappear 10 among 10 among 12 trees 11 the 12 trees he felt sure that that hunter would not find him again that day [.] 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 sure 3 sure 4 that 4 that 6 hunter 4 that 9 find 5 that 6 hunter 6 hunter 7 would 7 would 8 not 7 would 9 find 8 not 9 find 9 find 10 him 9 find 11 again 9 find 13 day 12 that 13 day [chapter] [xii] [:] [lightfoot] [visits] [paddy] [the] [beaver] deep in [the] [green] [forest] [is] the pond [where] lives [paddy] [the] [beaver] [.] 1 deep 2 in 2 in 8 pond 7 the 8 pond 8 pond 10 lives it is [paddy] ['s] [own] pond , for he made it [himself] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 6 pond 2 is 8 for 7 , 8 for 8 for 9 he 9 he 10 made 10 made 11 it he made it by building [a] [dam] [across] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 he 2 made 2 made 3 it 2 made 4 by 3 it 4 by 4 by 5 building when [lightfoot] [bounded] [away] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [after] watching [the] [hunter] pass through the hollow below [him] , [he] [remembered] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [.] 1 when 20 , 11 watching 14 pass 14 pass 15 through 14 pass 18 below 15 through 17 hollow 16 the 17 hollow 18 below 20 , " [that] ['s] [where] [i] ['ll] [go] [,] " [thought] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [it] [is] [such] [a] [lonesome] [part] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [i] [do] [not] [believe] [that] [hunter] [will] [come] [there] [.] i 'll just run over and make [paddy] [a] [friendly] [call] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 6 and 3 just 4 run 4 run 5 over 4 run 6 and 6 and 7 make so [lightfoot] [bounded] [along] deeper and deeper [into] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 so 5 deeper 5 deeper 6 and 6 and 7 deeper 7 deeper 12 . presently through the trees he caught the gleam of water [.] 1 presently 5 he 2 through 4 trees 2 through 5 he 3 the 4 trees 5 he 6 caught 6 caught 8 gleam 7 the 8 gleam 8 gleam 9 of 9 of 10 water it was [paddy] ['s] pond [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 pond lightfoot approached it cautiously [.] 1 lightfoot 2 approached 2 approached 3 it 2 approached 4 cautiously he knew that he couldn't afford to be careless for [even] one little minute . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 15 . 4 he 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 afford 6 afford 7 to 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 careless 9 careless 10 for 10 for 14 minute 12 one 14 minute 13 little 14 minute no one who is hunted , be he [big] or little , can afford ever to be careless . 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 who 2 one 4 is 2 one 7 be 2 one 13 can 3 who 4 is 4 is 5 hunted 6 , 7 be 7 be 10 or 7 be 12 , 8 he 10 or 10 or 11 little 13 can 14 afford 14 afford 15 ever 14 afford 16 to 14 afford 17 be 16 to 17 be 17 be 18 careless 18 careless 19 . now [lightfoot] [had] [known] [of] [hunters] [hiding] [near] [water] , hoping [to] [shoot] [him] [when] he came to drink [.] 1 now 10 , 10 , 11 hoping 11 hoping 16 he 16 he 17 came 17 came 18 to 18 to 19 drink that always seemed to [lightfoot] a dreadful thing [,] [an] unfair [thing] [.] 1 that 3 seemed 2 always 3 seemed 3 seemed 4 to 3 seemed 11 unfair 4 to 8 thing 6 a 8 thing 7 dreadful 8 thing but hunters had done it before and they might do it again [.] 1 but 7 and 2 hunters 7 and 3 had 4 done 3 had 7 and 4 done 5 it 5 it 6 before 7 and 10 do 8 they 9 might 9 might 10 do 10 do 11 it 10 do 12 again so [lightfoot] [was] careful [to] [approach] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [upwind] [.] 1 so 4 careful he knew that [if] [any] [hunters] [were] [hidden] [there] [,] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] would bring him their scent [and] [thus] [warn] [him] [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 15 would 15 would 16 bring 16 bring 17 him 16 bring 19 scent 18 their 19 scent he had almost reached the edge [of] [paddy] 's [pond] [when] from the farther shore there [came] a sudden crash [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 reached 3 almost 4 reached 4 reached 16 there 4 reached 20 crash 5 the 6 edge 6 edge 9 's 9 's 12 from 12 from 15 shore 13 the 15 shore 14 farther 15 shore 15 shore 16 there 18 a 19 sudden 18 a 20 crash 19 sudden 20 crash it [startled] [lightfoot] [terribly] [for] [just] [an] [instant] . 1 it 9 . then he guessed what it meant [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 guessed 3 guessed 4 what 4 what 5 it 4 what 6 meant 5 it 6 meant that crash was the falling of a tree [.] 1 that 2 crash 2 crash 3 was 3 was 5 falling 4 the 5 falling 5 falling 6 of 6 of 8 tree 7 a 8 tree there wasn't [enough] [wind] [to] blow [over] [even] [the] [most] [shaky] [dead] [tree] [.] 1 there 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 6 blow there had been no sound of axes , so he knew it could not have been chopped down by men [.] 1 there 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 5 sound 3 been 9 so 4 no 5 sound 5 sound 6 of 6 of 7 axes 8 , 9 so 9 so 10 he 9 so 11 knew 10 he 11 knew 11 knew 12 it 11 knew 17 chopped 12 it 13 could 13 could 14 not 15 have 16 been 16 been 17 chopped 17 chopped 18 down 17 chopped 19 by 19 by 20 men so [lightfoot] [hurried] [forward] [eagerly] , cautiously [.] 1 so 6 , 6 , 7 cautiously it was [paddy] [the] [beaver] [taking] the branch to his food pile [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 8 branch 7 the 8 branch 8 branch 9 to 9 to 12 pile 10 his 12 pile 11 food 12 pile [chapter] [xiii] [:] [lightfoot] [and] [paddy] [become] [partners] the instant [lightfoot] [saw] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [he] [knew] that for the time being , [at] least , there was no danger [.] 1 the 2 instant 2 instant 10 that 10 that 19 there 10 that 20 was 11 for 13 time 11 for 19 there 12 the 13 time 14 being 15 , 15 , 17 least 17 least 18 , 17 least 19 there 19 there 20 was 20 was 22 danger 21 no 22 danger paddy [saw] [lightfoot] [almost] [as] [soon] [as] [he] stepped out on the bank [.] 1 paddy 9 stepped 9 stepped 10 out 10 out 11 on 11 on 13 bank 12 the 13 bank there he forced the branch down until it was held by other branches already sunken in the pond [.] 1 there 2 he 2 he 3 forced 3 forced 5 branch 4 the 5 branch 5 branch 6 down 5 branch 15 sunken 6 down 7 until 6 down 11 by 6 down 14 already 7 until 8 it 7 until 10 held 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 held 11 by 13 branches 12 other 13 branches 15 sunken 16 in 16 in 18 pond 17 the 18 pond this [done] , he [swam] [over] [to] [where] [lightfoot] was [watching] . 1 this 3 , 3 , 12 . 4 he 10 was 10 was 12 . " [hello] , [lightfoot] [!] " he exclaimed [.] 1 " 8 exclaimed 3 , 6 " 3 , 7 he 7 he 8 exclaimed " you are looking handsomer than ever [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 looking 4 looking 5 handsomer 5 handsomer 7 ever 6 than 7 ever how are you feeling these fine autumn days [?] ["] 1 how 2 are 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 feeling 4 feeling 8 days 5 these 8 days 6 fine 7 autumn 7 autumn 8 days " [anxious] [,] " [replied] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [i] [am] [feeling] [terribly] [anxious] [.] do you know what day this is [?] ["] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 5 day 5 day 7 is 6 this 7 is " [no] [,] ["] replied [paddy] , " [i] don't know what day it is , and [i] don't particularly care [.] 1 " 5 replied 5 replied 17 and 7 , 8 " 7 , 10 don't 10 don't 17 and 11 know 12 what 11 know 17 and 12 what 13 day 13 day 15 is 14 it 15 is 16 , 17 and 17 and 21 care 19 don't 21 care 20 particularly 21 care it is enough for me that it is one of the finest days we 've had for a long time [.] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 enough 2 is 6 that 3 enough 4 for 4 for 5 me 6 that 7 it 6 that 8 is 7 it 8 is 8 is 9 one 8 is 17 for 9 one 10 of 10 of 13 days 11 the 12 finest 11 the 13 days 13 days 14 we 13 days 16 had 14 we 15 've 15 've 16 had 17 for 20 time 18 a 19 long 18 a 20 time 19 long 20 time " [i] [wish] [i] [could] [feel] [that] [way] [,] " [said] [lightfoot] [wistfully] [.] 1 " 10 " ["] [i] [wish] [i] [could] [feel] [that] [way] [,] [paddy] [,] [but] [i] [can't] [.] no , [sir] , [i] [can't] . 1 no 2 , 2 , 7 . 4 , 7 . you see [,] [this] [is] [the] [first] [of] [the] [most] [dreadful] [days] in all the year for me [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 13 in 13 in 16 year 14 all 15 the 15 the 16 year 16 year 17 for 17 for 18 me the hunters [started] [looking] [for] [me] [before] [mr] [sun] [was] [really] [out] [of] [bed] [.] 1 the 2 hunters at least [one] [hunter] [did] , and [i] [don't] [doubt] there are others [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 there 7 and 12 are 11 there 12 are 12 are 13 others paddy crept out on the bank and chewed a little twig of poplar thoughtfully [.] 1 paddy 7 and 2 crept 3 out 2 crept 7 and 3 out 4 on 4 on 6 bank 5 the 6 bank 7 and 8 chewed 8 chewed 11 twig 8 chewed 14 thoughtfully 9 a 10 little 9 a 11 twig 10 little 11 twig 11 twig 12 of 12 of 13 poplar paddy says he can always think better if he is chewing something [.] 1 paddy 2 says 2 says 3 he 2 says 6 think 3 he 4 can 4 can 6 think 5 always 6 think 6 think 7 better 6 think 8 if 8 if 9 he 8 if 10 is 9 he 10 is 10 is 11 chewing 11 chewing 12 something ["] [that] ['s] [bad] [news] [,] [lightfoot] [.] i 'm sorry to hear it [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sorry 3 sorry 4 to 4 to 5 hear 5 hear 6 it i certainly am sorry to hear it , " said [paddy] . 1 i 8 , 2 certainly 3 am 3 am 4 sorry 3 am 8 , 4 sorry 5 to 5 to 6 hear 6 hear 7 it 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 said 10 said 12 . " [why] [anybody] [wants] [to] [hunt] [such] [a] [handsome] [fellow] [as] you are [,] [i] [cannot] [understand] [.] 1 " 12 you 12 you 13 are my , [but] [that] ['s] [a] [beautiful] [set] [of] [antlers] you have [!] ["] 1 my 2 , 1 my 11 you 11 you 12 have ["] [good] [looks] [are] [not] [always] [to] [be] [desired] [.] have you seen any hunters around here lately [?] ["] 1 have 2 you 1 have 3 seen 3 seen 5 hunters 3 seen 6 around 3 seen 8 lately 4 any 5 hunters 5 hunters 6 around 6 around 7 here paddy shook [his] [lead] [.] 1 paddy 2 shook " not a single hunter , " he replied [.] 1 " 9 replied 2 not 5 hunter 2 not 6 , 2 not 8 he 3 a 4 single 3 a 5 hunter 4 single 5 hunter 6 , 7 " 8 he 9 replied ["] [i] [tell] [you] [what] [it] [is] [,] [lightfoot] [,] [let's] [be] [partners] [for] [a] [while] [.] you stay right around my pond [.] 1 you 2 stay 2 stay 3 right 2 stay 4 around 3 right 4 around 4 around 6 pond 5 my 6 pond if [i] [see] [or] [hear] [or] [smell] [anything] [suspicious] [,] [i] ['ll] [warn] you . 1 if 14 you 14 you 15 . you do the same for me [.] 1 you 2 do 2 do 4 same 2 do 5 for 3 the 4 same 5 for 6 me two sets of eyes , ears and noses are better than one [.] 1 two 2 sets 2 sets 3 of 2 sets 5 , 3 of 4 eyes 5 , 6 ears 5 , 7 and 7 and 8 noses 8 noses 9 are 9 are 10 better 10 better 11 than 11 than 12 one what do you say , [lightfoot] [?] " 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 say 4 say 5 , 5 , 8 " " [i] ['ll] [do] [it] [,] " [replied] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 7 " [chapter] [xiv] [:] [how] [paddy] [warned] [lightfoot] it was a queer partnership , [that] [partnership] [between] [lightfoot] and [paddy] , but it was a good partnership [.] 1 it 6 , 2 was 5 partnership 2 was 6 , 3 a 4 queer 3 a 5 partnership 4 queer 5 partnership 6 , 16 was 11 and 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 it 14 but 16 was 16 was 19 partnership 17 a 18 good 17 a 19 partnership 18 good 19 partnership they had been the best of friends for a long time [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 5 best 3 been 8 for 4 the 5 best 5 best 6 of 6 of 7 friends 8 for 11 time 9 a 11 time 10 long 11 time paddy had always been glad to have [lightfoot] visit his pond [.] 1 paddy 2 had 2 had 4 been 3 always 4 been 4 been 5 glad 5 glad 6 to 6 to 7 have 7 have 9 visit 9 visit 11 pond 10 his 11 pond to tell the truth , he was [rather] fond [of] handsome [lightfoot] [.] 1 to 2 tell 1 to 5 , 1 to 6 he 2 tell 4 truth 3 the 4 truth 6 he 7 was 7 was 9 fond 9 fond 11 handsome you know [paddy] [is] [himself] [not] [at] all [handsome] [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 8 all on land he is a rather clumsy-looking fellow and really homely . 1 on 2 land 1 on 3 he 3 he 4 is 4 is 9 and 5 a 6 rather 5 a 8 fellow 6 rather 7 clumsy-looking 7 clumsy-looking 8 fellow 8 fellow 9 and 9 and 10 really 9 and 11 homely 11 homely 12 . so he admired [lightfoot] [greatly] [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 admired that is one reason why he proposed that they be partners [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 4 reason 3 one 4 reason 4 reason 5 why 5 why 6 he 5 why 7 proposed 6 he 7 proposed 7 proposed 8 that 8 that 9 they 8 that 10 be 9 they 10 be 10 be 11 partners lightfoot himself thought the idea a splendid one [.] 1 lightfoot 3 thought 2 himself 3 thought 3 thought 5 idea 3 thought 8 one 4 the 5 idea 6 a 8 one 7 splendid 8 one he spent that night browsing not far from [paddy] ['s] pond [.] 1 he 2 spent 2 spent 5 browsing 2 spent 8 from 3 that 5 browsing 4 night 5 browsing 5 browsing 6 not 6 not 8 from 7 far 8 from 8 from 11 pond with the coming of daylight he lay down in a thicket of young hemlock-trees near the upper end of the pond [.] 1 with 3 coming 1 with 6 he 2 the 3 coming 3 coming 4 of 4 of 5 daylight 6 he 7 lay 7 lay 8 down 7 lay 9 in 7 lay 15 near 10 a 11 thicket 11 thicket 12 of 12 of 14 hemlock-trees 13 young 14 hemlock-trees 14 hemlock-trees 15 near 15 near 18 end 16 the 18 end 17 upper 18 end 18 end 19 of 19 of 20 the 20 the 21 pond it was a quiet , peaceful day [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 7 day 3 a 4 quiet 3 a 7 day 4 quiet 5 , 6 peaceful 7 day but they were , and [lightfoot] [knew] that [sooner] [or] [later] one of them would be sure to visit [paddy] ['s] [pond] . 1 but 2 they 1 but 23 . 2 they 4 , 3 were 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 8 that 5 and 16 be 12 one 13 of 12 one 15 would 13 of 14 them 15 would 16 be 16 be 17 sure 17 sure 18 to 18 to 19 visit so , though he rested and took short naps all through that beautiful day , he was anxious [.] 1 so 2 , 2 , 17 was 3 though 4 he 3 though 6 and 3 though 15 , 3 though 16 he 4 he 6 and 5 rested 6 and 6 and 7 took 7 took 14 day 8 short 9 naps 9 naps 14 day 10 all 11 through 11 through 14 day 12 that 13 beautiful 13 beautiful 14 day 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 anxious he couldn't help but be [.] 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 4 but 3 help 4 but 4 but 5 be the next morning [found] [lightfoot] [back] [in] [the] [same] [place] [.] 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 morning but this morning he took no naps [.] 1 but 3 morning 1 but 4 he 2 this 3 morning 4 he 5 took 5 took 7 naps 6 no 7 naps he rested , but all the time he was watchful and alert [.] 1 he 2 rested 2 rested 11 and 3 , 4 but 4 but 5 all 4 but 9 was 5 all 6 the 5 all 7 time 6 the 7 time 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 watchful 10 watchful 11 and 11 and 12 alert a feeling of uneasiness possessed him [.] 1 a 2 feeling 2 feeling 3 of 2 feeling 5 possessed 3 of 4 uneasiness 5 possessed 6 him he felt in his bones that danger in the shape of a hunter with a terrible gun was not far distant . 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 in 2 felt 6 that 3 in 5 bones 4 his 5 bones 6 that 7 danger 6 that 18 was 7 danger 8 in 7 danger 18 was 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 shape 10 shape 11 of 11 of 13 hunter 12 a 13 hunter 13 hunter 14 with 14 with 17 gun 15 a 16 terrible 15 a 17 gun 16 terrible 17 gun 18 was 19 not 18 was 20 far 18 was 21 distant 19 not 20 far 21 distant 22 . but the hours slipped away , and little by little he grew less uneasy [.] 1 but 7 and 1 but 11 he 2 the 3 hours 3 hours 4 slipped 3 hours 7 and 4 slipped 5 away 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 little 7 and 9 by 9 by 10 little 11 he 12 grew 12 grew 14 uneasy 13 less 14 uneasy he began to hope that that day would prove as peaceful as the previous day had been [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 9 prove 3 to 4 hope 4 hope 5 that 4 hope 9 prove 5 that 8 would 6 that 7 day 7 day 8 would 8 would 9 prove 9 prove 11 peaceful 10 as 11 peaceful 11 peaceful 12 as 12 as 15 day 12 as 17 been 13 the 14 previous 13 the 15 day 15 day 16 had 16 had 17 been then suddenly there was a sharp report from the farther end of [paddy] ['s] pond [.] 1 then 3 there 2 suddenly 3 there 3 there 4 was 4 was 7 report 4 was 8 from 5 a 6 sharp 5 a 7 report 8 from 11 end 9 the 11 end 10 farther 11 end 11 end 12 of 12 of 15 pond it was almost like a pistol shot [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 almost 3 almost 4 like 4 like 6 pistol 5 a 6 pistol 6 pistol 7 shot however , it wasn't a pistol shot [.] 1 however 2 , 1 however 3 it 3 it 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 6 pistol 5 a 6 pistol 6 pistol 7 shot it wasn't a shot at all [.] 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 4 shot 3 a 4 shot 4 shot 5 at 5 at 6 all it was the slap of [paddy] ['s] [broad] tail on the surface of the water [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 10 on 3 the 4 slap 4 slap 5 of 5 of 9 tail 9 tail 10 on 10 on 12 surface 11 the 12 surface 12 surface 13 of 13 of 15 water 14 the 15 water [instantly] [lightfoot] [was] [on] [his] [feet] [.] he knew just what that meant [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 just 2 knew 4 what 4 what 5 that 4 what 6 meant 5 that 6 meant he [knew] [that] [paddy] had seen or heard [or] [smelled] [a] [hunter] [.] 1 he 5 had 5 had 7 or 6 seen 7 or 7 or 8 heard it was even so [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 even 2 was 4 so paddy had heard a dry stick snap [.] 1 paddy 2 had 2 had 3 heard 3 heard 7 snap 4 a 5 dry 4 a 7 snap 5 dry 6 stick it was a very tiny snap , but it was enough to warn [paddy] [.] 1 it 8 but 2 was 6 snap 2 was 8 but 3 a 4 very 3 a 6 snap 4 very 5 tiny 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 was 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 enough 11 enough 12 to 12 to 13 warn with only his head above water he had watched in the direction from which that sound had come [.] 1 with 12 direction 2 only 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 above 4 head 7 he 4 head 8 had 4 head 9 watched 5 above 6 water 7 he 8 had 9 watched 10 in 10 in 12 direction 11 the 12 direction 12 direction 13 from 13 from 14 which 13 from 16 sound 13 from 18 come 15 that 16 sound 16 sound 17 had 17 had 18 come presently , stealing quietly along [towards] the pond , a hunter had come in view [.] 1 presently 2 , 1 presently 3 stealing 3 stealing 4 quietly 3 stealing 5 along 3 stealing 12 had 5 along 9 , 7 the 8 pond 8 pond 9 , 9 , 11 hunter 10 a 11 hunter 12 had 13 come 13 come 14 in 14 in 15 view instantly [paddy] [had] [brought] his [broad] tail down on the water with all his force [.] 1 instantly 15 force 5 his 7 tail 7 tail 8 down 8 down 9 on 8 down 12 with 9 on 11 water 10 the 11 water 11 water 12 with 12 with 13 all 13 all 14 his 14 his 15 force he [knew] [that] [lightfoot] would know that that meant danger [.] 1 he 5 would 5 would 6 know 6 know 7 that 7 that 8 that 7 that 9 meant 8 that 9 meant 9 meant 10 danger then [paddy] [had] [dived] , and swimming under water [,] had sought the safety of his house [.] 1 then 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 swimming 7 swimming 8 under 7 swimming 11 had 8 under 9 water 11 had 12 sought 12 sought 14 safety 13 the 14 safety 14 safety 15 of 15 of 17 house 16 his 17 house he had done his part , and there was nothing more [he] could do [.] 1 he 7 and 2 had 3 done 2 had 7 and 3 done 5 part 4 his 5 part 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 was 8 there 9 was 9 was 10 nothing 10 nothing 11 more 10 nothing 14 do 11 more 13 could 13 could 14 do [chapter] [xv] [:] [the] [three] [watchers] he was on his feet instantly , with eyes , ears and nose seeking the cause of [paddy] 's warning [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 on 2 was 6 instantly 3 on 5 feet 4 his 5 feet 6 instantly 20 warning 7 , 14 seeking 7 , 19 's 8 with 12 and 8 with 14 seeking 9 eyes 10 , 10 , 11 ears 10 , 12 and 12 and 13 nose 14 seeking 16 cause 14 seeking 19 's 15 the 16 cause 16 cause 17 of 19 's 20 warning there he hid among some close-growing young hemlock-trees [.] 1 there 2 he 2 he 3 hid 3 hid 4 among 4 among 8 hemlock-trees 5 some 8 hemlock-trees 6 close-growing 8 hemlock-trees 7 young 8 hemlock-trees it wasn't long before he saw a hunter with a terrible gun come down to the shore of the pond [.] 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 long 3 long 4 before 4 before 5 he 4 before 6 saw 5 he 6 saw 6 saw 8 hunter 6 saw 9 with 6 saw 13 come 7 a 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 with 9 with 12 gun 10 a 12 gun 11 terrible 12 gun 13 come 14 down 14 down 15 to 15 to 17 shore 16 the 17 shore 17 shore 18 of 18 of 19 the 19 the 20 pond now the hunter had [heard] [paddy] [slap] [the] [water] [with] [his] [broad] [tail] [.] 1 now 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 had of course [.] 1 of 2 course there would have been [something] [very] wrong with his ears had he failed to hear it [.] 1 there 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 7 wrong 7 wrong 8 with 8 with 10 ears 9 his 10 ears 10 ears 11 had 10 ears 14 to 11 had 12 he 11 had 13 failed 14 to 15 hear 15 hear 16 it " [confound] [that] [beaver] [!] ["] muttered the hunter [crossly] [.] 1 " 7 muttered 7 muttered 9 hunter 8 the 9 hunter " [if] [there] [was] [a] [deer] [anywhere] [around] [this] [pond] [,] he probably is on his way now [.] 1 " 12 he 12 he 14 is 13 probably 14 is 14 is 15 on 14 is 18 now 15 on 17 way 16 his 17 way i 'll have a look around and see if there are any signs [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 7 and 3 have 5 look 3 have 6 around 3 have 7 and 4 a 5 look 7 and 8 see 8 see 9 if 9 if 10 there 9 if 11 are 10 there 11 are 11 are 13 signs 12 any 13 signs so the hunter went on to the edge of [paddy] ['s] pond [and] [then] [began] to walk [around] [it] , studying the ground as he walked . 1 so 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 went 4 went 6 to 5 on 6 to 6 to 8 edge 7 the 8 edge 8 edge 9 of 9 of 12 pond 12 pond 16 to 16 to 17 walk 17 walk 21 studying 17 walk 27 . 20 , 21 studying 21 studying 23 ground 21 studying 24 as 22 the 23 ground 24 as 25 he 24 as 26 walked 25 he 26 walked presently he found the footprints of [lightfoot] in the mud [where] [lightfoot] [had] [gone] [down] to the pond [to] drink [.] 1 presently 2 he 2 he 3 found 3 found 5 footprints 4 the 5 footprints 5 footprints 6 of 6 of 10 mud 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 mud 10 mud 16 to 16 to 20 drink 17 the 20 drink 18 pond 20 drink " [i] [thought] [as] [much] [,] ["] muttered the hunter [.] 1 " 8 muttered 8 muttered 10 hunter 9 the 10 hunter ["] [those] [tracks] [were] [made] [last] [night] [.] that [deer] [probably] was lying down somewhere near here , and [i] [might] have had a shot but for that [pesky] [beaver] [.] 1 that 11 and 4 was 5 lying 4 was 11 and 5 lying 6 down 6 down 7 somewhere 6 down 8 near 7 somewhere 8 near 8 near 9 here 10 , 11 and 11 and 15 had 14 have 15 had 15 had 17 shot 15 had 18 but 16 a 17 shot 17 shot 18 but 18 but 19 for 19 for 20 that i 'll [just] [look] the land [over] , and [then] [i] [think] [i] ['ll] wait here [awhile] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 9 and 5 the 6 land 6 land 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 15 wait 15 wait 16 here if [that] [deer] [isn't] [too] [badly] [scared] [,] he may come back [.] " 1 if 9 he 9 he 10 may 10 may 11 come 11 come 12 back 12 back 14 " so the hunter went [quite] around the pond , looking into all likely hiding-places [.] 1 so 4 went 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 went 4 went 6 around 4 went 11 into 6 around 9 , 7 the 8 pond 8 pond 9 , 9 , 10 looking 11 into 14 hiding-places 12 all 14 hiding-places 13 likely 14 hiding-places he [found] [where] [lightfoot] had been lying , and he knew that in all probability [lightfoot] had been there [when] [paddy] [gave] [the] [danger] [signal] [.] 1 he 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 lying 7 lying 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 18 been 10 he 11 knew 11 knew 12 that 13 in 14 all 13 in 15 probability 15 probability 17 had 17 had 18 been 18 been 19 there " [it] ['s] [of] [no] [use] [for] [me] [to] [try] [to] [follow] [him] [,] " [thought] [the] [hunter] [.] 1 " 15 " ["] [it] [is] [too] [dry] [for] [me] [to] [track] [him] [.] he may not be so badly scared , after all [.] 1 he 2 may 2 may 3 not 2 may 4 be 3 not 4 be 4 be 6 badly 4 be 7 scared 5 so 6 badly 7 scared 9 after 8 , 9 after 9 after 10 all i 'll just find a good place and wait [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 8 and 3 just 4 find 4 find 7 place 4 find 8 and 5 a 7 place 6 good 7 place 8 and 9 wait so the hunter found an old log behind some small trees and there sat down [.] 1 so 4 found 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 found 4 found 7 log 4 found 14 sat 5 an 7 log 6 old 7 log 7 log 12 and 7 log 14 sat 8 behind 11 trees 8 behind 12 and 9 some 11 trees 10 small 11 trees 12 and 13 there 14 sat 15 down he could see all [around] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 see 3 see 4 all he sat perfectly still [.] 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 3 perfectly 2 sat 4 still what he didn't know was that [lightfoot] had been watching him all the time and was even then standing where he could see him [.] 1 what 2 he 1 what 4 know 1 what 15 and 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 5 was 6 that 5 was 15 and 6 that 8 had 8 had 9 been 9 been 10 watching 10 watching 11 him 10 watching 14 time 12 all 13 the 13 the 14 time 15 and 16 was 15 and 19 standing 16 was 17 even 17 even 18 then 19 standing 20 where 20 where 21 he 20 where 23 see 21 he 22 could 22 could 23 see 23 see 24 him so the hunter [watched] [for] [lightfoot] [,] and [lightfoot] and [paddy] [watched] the hunter [.] 1 so 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 8 and 8 and 14 hunter 10 and 13 the 13 the 14 hunter [chapter] [xvi] [:] [visitors] [to] [paddy] ['s] [pond] that hunter was a man of patience [.] 1 that 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 was 3 was 5 man 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 of 6 of 7 patience also he was a man who understood [the] [little] people [of] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 1 also 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 5 man 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 who 5 man 7 understood 6 who 7 understood 7 understood 10 people he knew that if he would not be seen he must not move . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 10 he 3 that 14 . 4 if 5 he 4 if 9 seen 4 if 10 he 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 not 6 would 8 be 7 not 8 be 8 be 9 seen 10 he 11 must 11 must 12 not 12 not 13 move so he didn't move [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 move he kept as motionless as if he were a part of the very log on which he was sitting [.] 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 4 motionless 3 as 4 motionless 4 motionless 5 as 5 as 17 he 5 as 18 was 5 as 19 sitting 6 if 7 he 6 if 8 were 6 if 17 he 7 he 8 were 8 were 10 part 9 a 10 part 10 part 11 of 10 part 15 on 11 of 14 log 12 the 13 very 12 the 14 log 15 on 16 which 17 he 18 was for some time there was no sign of any living thing [.] 1 for 3 time 1 for 4 there 2 some 3 time 4 there 5 was 5 was 7 sign 6 no 7 sign 7 sign 8 of 8 of 11 thing 9 any 11 thing 10 living 11 thing for a few moments they sat on the water , a picture of watchful suspicion [.] 1 for 4 moments 1 for 5 they 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 moments 5 they 6 sat 6 sat 7 on 7 on 10 , 8 the 9 water 9 water 10 , 10 , 12 picture 11 a 12 picture 12 picture 13 of 13 of 15 suspicion 14 watchful 15 suspicion they were looking and listening to make sure that no danger was near [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 4 and 3 looking 4 and 4 and 5 listening 4 and 6 to 4 and 13 near 6 to 7 make 8 sure 9 that 9 that 11 danger 9 that 13 near 10 no 11 danger 11 danger 12 was 12 was 13 near satisfied at last , they began to clean their feathers [.] 1 satisfied 2 at 1 satisfied 4 , 1 satisfied 5 they 2 at 3 last 5 they 6 began 6 began 7 to 7 to 8 clean 8 clean 10 feathers 9 their 10 feathers it was plain that they felt safe [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 plain 3 plain 4 that 4 that 5 they 4 that 6 felt 5 they 6 felt 6 felt 7 safe so [mr] . and [mrs] [quack] [swam] [about] [within] [easy] [range] [of] that terrible gun [without] [once] [suspecting] [that] danger was [anywhere] near [.] 1 so 3 . 3 . 4 and 4 and 13 that 4 and 21 was 14 terrible 15 gun 15 gun 20 danger 20 danger 21 was 21 was 23 near by [and] [by] the hunter 's keen [eyes] [caught] [a] movement [at] [one] [end] of [paddy] ['s] dam [.] 1 by 11 movement 4 the 5 hunter 4 the 11 movement 5 hunter 6 's 6 's 7 keen 11 movement 15 of 15 of 18 dam an instant [later] [bobby] [coon] [appeared] [.] 1 an 2 instant it was [clear] that [bobby] was quite unsuspicious [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 that 4 that 6 was 6 was 8 unsuspicious 7 quite 8 unsuspicious he [carried] [something] [,] [but] [just] [what] [the] [hunter] could not [make] out [.] 1 he 10 could 10 could 11 not 11 not 13 out he took it down to the edge of the water and there carefully washed [it] [.] 1 he 2 took 2 took 3 it 3 it 4 down 3 it 14 washed 4 down 11 and 5 to 7 edge 5 to 11 and 6 the 7 edge 7 edge 8 of 8 of 10 water 9 the 10 water 11 and 12 there 13 carefully 14 washed then he climbed up on [paddy] ['s] dam and began to eat . 1 then 2 he 2 he 9 and 3 climbed 4 up 3 climbed 9 and 4 up 5 on 5 on 8 dam 9 and 10 began 10 began 11 to 11 to 12 eat 12 eat 13 . you [know] [bobby] [coon] [is] [very] particular about his food [.] 1 you 7 particular 7 particular 8 about 8 about 10 food 9 his 10 food whenever there is [water] [near] , [bobby] [washes] his food [before] [eating] [.] 1 whenever 2 there 1 whenever 6 , 2 there 3 is 6 , 10 food 9 his 10 food once more the hunter was tempted , but did not yield to [the] [temptation] , [which] [was] [a] [very] [good] [thing] for [bobby] [coon] . 1 once 2 more 2 more 11 yield 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 8 but 5 was 6 tempted 5 was 8 but 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 did 9 did 10 not 10 not 11 yield 11 yield 12 to 12 to 15 , 15 , 22 for 22 for 25 . all [this] [lightfoot] [saw] as he [stood] [among] [the] [little] hemlock-trees at the top of the ridge [behind] the hunter [.] 1 all 14 top 5 as 6 he 6 he 11 hemlock-trees 11 hemlock-trees 12 at 12 at 13 the 13 the 14 top 14 top 15 of 15 of 16 the 16 the 20 hunter 17 ridge 19 the 19 the 20 hunter he saw [and] [he] [understood] [.] 1 he 2 saw " [what] [have] [i] [ever] [done] [that] [he] [should] [be] so [anxious] [to] [kill] [me] [?] ["] 1 " 11 so still the hunter sat without moving [.] 1 still 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 sat 4 sat 5 without 5 without 6 moving mr and [mrs] [.] quack contentedly hunted for food in the mud at the bottom of [paddy] ['s] pond [.] 1 mr 2 and 2 and 5 quack 5 quack 7 hunted 6 contentedly 7 hunted 7 hunted 8 for 7 hunted 10 in 7 hunted 13 at 8 for 9 food 9 food 10 in 10 in 12 mud 11 the 12 mud 12 mud 13 at 13 at 15 bottom 14 the 15 bottom 15 bottom 16 of 16 of 19 pond bobby [coon] finished his meal , crossed the dam and disappeared in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 bobby 6 , 3 finished 5 meal 3 finished 6 , 4 his 5 meal 6 , 10 and 7 crossed 9 dam 7 crossed 10 and 8 the 9 dam 10 and 11 disappeared 11 disappeared 12 in 12 in 13 the he had gone off to take a nap somewhere [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 gone 3 gone 4 off 3 gone 5 to 5 to 6 take 6 take 8 nap 6 take 9 somewhere 7 a 8 nap time slipped away [.] 1 time 2 slipped 2 slipped 3 away the hunter continued to watch patiently for [lightfoot] , and [lightfoot] and [paddy] the [beaver] [watched] [the] hunter [.] 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 continued 3 continued 4 to 4 to 5 watch 5 watch 6 patiently 5 watch 7 for 7 for 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 18 hunter 12 and 14 the 14 the 18 hunter finally , another visitor appeared at the upper end of the pond [a] visitor in a wonderful coat of red [.] 1 finally 2 , 1 finally 4 visitor 3 another 4 visitor 4 visitor 5 appeared 5 appeared 6 at 5 appeared 15 in 6 at 9 end 7 the 8 upper 7 the 9 end 9 end 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 pond 14 visitor 15 in 15 in 18 coat 16 a 17 wonderful 16 a 18 coat 17 wonderful 18 coat 18 coat 19 of 19 of 20 red it was [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 it 2 was [chapter] [xvii] [:] [sammy] [jay] [arrives] when [reddy] [fox] arrived at the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] [,] [the] hunter [who] was hiding there [saw] [him] [instantly] [.] 1 when 14 hunter 4 arrived 5 at 5 at 6 the 6 the 7 pond 7 pond 8 of 8 of 10 the 10 the 14 hunter 14 hunter 16 was 16 was 17 hiding 17 hiding 18 there so [did] [lightfoot] . 1 so 4 . but no one else did . 1 but 3 one 1 but 6 . 2 no 3 one 3 one 4 else 3 one 5 did he approached in that cautious , careful way that he always uses when he is hunting [.] 1 he 2 approached 2 approached 3 in 3 in 8 way 4 that 8 way 5 cautious 6 , 5 cautious 8 way 7 careful 8 way 8 way 9 that 8 way 12 uses 9 that 10 he 9 that 12 uses 10 he 12 uses 11 always 12 uses 12 uses 13 when 13 when 14 he 13 when 15 is 14 he 15 is 15 is 16 hunting he stopped with one foot lifted in the act of taking a step [.] 1 he 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 with 3 with 5 foot 4 one 5 foot 5 foot 6 lifted 5 foot 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 act 9 act 10 of 10 of 11 taking 11 taking 13 step 12 a 13 step he had seen [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] quack [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 seen 3 seen 8 quack now you know there is [nothing] [reddy] [fox] [likes] [better] for a dinner [than] [a] [duck] [.] 1 now 2 you 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 there 3 know 5 is 5 is 11 for 11 for 13 dinner 12 a 13 dinner the instant [he] [saw] [mr] [.] [and] [mrs] [quack] , a gleam of longing crept into his eyes and his mouth began to water [.] 1 the 2 instant 2 instant 10 , 10 , 12 gleam 10 , 19 and 11 a 12 gleam 12 gleam 13 of 12 gleam 15 crept 13 of 14 longing 15 crept 16 into 16 into 17 his 18 eyes 19 and 19 and 21 mouth 20 his 21 mouth 21 mouth 22 began 22 began 23 to 22 began 24 water 23 to 24 water then like a red flash he bounded out of [sight] [behind] the dam of [paddy] the [beaver] [.] 1 then 6 he 2 like 5 flash 2 like 6 he 3 a 5 flash 4 red 5 flash 6 he 7 bounded 7 bounded 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 13 dam 12 the 13 dam 13 dam 14 of 14 of 16 the presently the hunter saw [reddy] ['s] [black] nose [at] [the] end of the dam [as] [reddy] [peeped] [around] [it] to watch [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] quack [.] 1 presently 11 end 2 the 3 hunter 2 the 11 end 3 hunter 4 saw 4 saw 8 nose 11 end 12 of 12 of 14 dam 13 the 14 dam 14 dam 20 to 20 to 21 watch 21 watch 26 quack the latter were slowly moving along in that direction as they fed [.] 1 the 2 latter 2 latter 3 were 3 were 5 moving 4 slowly 5 moving 5 moving 6 along 5 moving 7 in 7 in 9 direction 8 that 9 direction 9 direction 12 fed 10 as 12 fed 11 they 12 fed reddy was quick to see this [.] 1 reddy 2 was 2 was 3 quick 3 quick 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 this all [he] need [do] was to be patient and wait [.] 1 all 3 need 3 need 5 was 5 was 6 to 6 to 9 and 7 be 8 patient 7 be 9 and 9 and 10 wait so , [with] his eyes fixed fast on [mr] and [mrs] . [quack] , [reddy] [fox] crouched [behind] [paddy] ['s] [dam] and waited [.] 1 so 2 , 2 , 10 and 4 his 5 eyes 5 eyes 10 and 6 fixed 7 fast 6 fixed 10 and 7 fast 8 on 10 and 23 waited 12 . 14 , 14 , 17 crouched 17 crouched 22 and 22 and 23 waited watching [reddy] and the [ducks] [,] [the] hunter [almost] [forgot] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 watching 8 hunter 3 and 4 the 4 the 8 hunter mr and [mrs] [.] quack [were] [getting] [very] [near] [to] [where] [reddy] was waiting for them [.] 1 mr 2 and 2 and 5 quack 5 quack 13 was 13 was 14 waiting 14 waiting 15 for 15 for 16 them the hunter was tempted to get up and frighten [those] [ducks] [.] 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 was 3 was 4 tempted 4 tempted 8 and 5 to 8 and 6 get 7 up 6 get 8 and 8 and 9 frighten he didn't want [reddy] [fox] to have them , because he hoped some day to get them himself [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 want 3 want 6 to 6 to 7 have 7 have 8 them 7 have 10 because 9 , 10 because 10 because 11 he 10 because 12 hoped 11 he 12 hoped 12 hoped 15 to 12 hoped 16 get 13 some 14 day 14 day 15 to 15 to 16 get 16 get 17 them 16 get 18 himself " [i] [suppose] [,] ["] [thought] he [,] ["] [i] was foolish not to shoot [them] [when] [i] [had] the chance [.] 1 " 7 he 7 he 11 was 11 was 12 foolish 12 foolish 14 to 13 not 14 to 14 to 15 shoot 15 shoot 21 chance 20 the 21 chance they are too far away now [,] [and] [it] [looks] [very] [much] [as] [if] [that] [red] [rascal] [will] [get] [one] [of] [them] [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 4 far 3 too 4 far 4 far 5 away 4 far 6 now i [believe] [i] 'll spoil that red scamp 's plans by frightening them away [.] 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 spoil 5 spoil 10 plans 6 that 8 scamp 7 red 8 scamp 8 scamp 9 's 9 's 10 plans 10 plans 11 by 11 by 12 frightening 12 frightening 13 them 12 frightening 14 away i don't believe that [deer] will be [back] here to-day anyway [,] [so] [i] [may] [as] [well] [save] [those] [ducks] [.] ["] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 believe 3 believe 4 that 4 that 6 will 6 will 7 be 7 be 9 here 7 be 10 to-day 10 to-day 11 anyway but the hunter did nothing of the kind [.] 1 but 4 did 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 did 4 did 5 nothing 5 nothing 6 of 6 of 8 kind 7 the 8 kind you see [,] [just] [as] [he] [was] [getting] [ready] [to] step [out] [from] [his] [hiding-place] [,] [sammy] [jay] [arrived] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 11 step he perched in a tree close to the end of [paddy] ['s] dam and [at] once he spied [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 he 2 perched 2 perched 3 in 2 perched 7 to 3 in 5 tree 4 a 5 tree 5 tree 7 to 6 close 7 to 7 to 9 end 8 the 9 end 9 end 10 of 10 of 14 and 13 dam 14 and 14 and 18 spied 16 once 17 he 17 he 18 spied it didn't take him a second to discover what [reddy] was hiding there [for] [.] 1 it 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 take 3 take 4 him 3 take 6 second 3 take 7 to 3 take 8 discover 5 a 6 second 7 to 8 discover 8 discover 9 what 9 what 11 was 11 was 12 hiding 12 hiding 13 there " [thief] [,] [thief] [,] [thief] [!] " [screamed] [sammy] [,] [and] [then] [looked] [down] [at] [reddy] [with] [a] [mischievous] [look] [in] [his] [sharp] [eyes] [.] 1 " 8 " there is [nothing] [sammy] [jay] delights in more [than] in upsetting the plans [of] [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 6 delights 2 is 10 in 6 delights 7 in 7 in 8 more 10 in 11 upsetting 11 upsetting 13 plans 12 the 13 plans at the sound of [sammy] ['s] voice , [mr] and [mrs] [.] quack [swam] [hurriedly] [towards] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [pond] [.] 1 at 3 sound 1 at 8 , 1 at 13 quack 2 the 3 sound 3 sound 4 of 4 of 7 voice 8 , 10 and they knew exactly what that warning meant [.] 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 4 what 3 exactly 4 what 4 what 5 that 4 what 7 meant 5 that 6 warning 5 that 7 meant reddy [fox] looked up [at] [sammy] [jay] and snarled angrily [.] 1 reddy 8 and 3 looked 4 up 3 looked 8 and 8 and 9 snarled 9 snarled 10 angrily then , knowing it was useless to hide longer , he bounded away through [the] [green] [forest] to hunt elsewhere [.] 1 then 11 he 2 , 3 knowing 3 knowing 4 it 3 knowing 5 was 3 knowing 10 , 3 knowing 11 he 5 was 6 useless 6 useless 7 to 6 useless 8 hide 7 to 8 hide 8 hide 9 longer 11 he 12 bounded 12 bounded 13 away 12 bounded 14 through 12 bounded 18 to 18 to 19 hunt 19 hunt 20 elsewhere [chapter] [xviii] [:] [the] [hunter] [loses] [his] [temper] the hunter , hidden near the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] , chuckled silently [.] 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 4 hidden 2 hunter 13 chuckled 3 , 4 hidden 4 hidden 5 near 4 hidden 12 , 5 near 7 pond 6 the 7 pond 7 pond 8 of 8 of 10 the 13 chuckled 14 silently that is to say , he laughed without making any sound [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 to 3 to 4 say 4 say 5 , 4 say 6 he 6 he 7 laughed 7 laughed 8 without 8 without 9 making 9 making 11 sound 10 any 11 sound the hunter thought [the] warning of [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] quack [by] [sammy] [jay] was a great joke on [reddy] [.] 1 the 2 hunter 1 the 5 warning 2 hunter 3 thought 5 warning 6 of 5 warning 15 was 6 of 11 quack 15 was 18 joke 16 a 17 great 17 great 18 joke 18 joke 19 on to tell the truth , he was very much [pleased] [.] 1 to 2 tell 1 to 5 , 1 to 6 he 2 tell 4 truth 3 the 4 truth 6 he 7 was 7 was 9 much 8 very 9 much as you know , he [wanted] [those] [ducks] [himself] . 1 as 2 you 1 as 3 know 1 as 4 , 1 as 5 he 2 you 3 know 5 he 10 . " [sammy] [jay] [did] [me] [a] [good] [turn] [,] ["] thought the hunter , " although he doesn't know it . 1 " 11 thought 11 thought 13 hunter 11 thought 16 although 12 the 13 hunter 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 although 16 although 17 he 16 although 19 know 17 he 18 doesn't 18 doesn't 19 know 19 know 20 it 20 it 21 . reddy [fox] [certainly] [would] [have] [caught] [one] [of] [those] [ducks] had [sammy] not come along just when he did [.] 1 reddy 11 had 11 had 13 not 11 had 14 come 13 not 14 come 14 come 15 along 14 come 16 just 16 just 17 when 17 when 18 he 17 when 19 did 18 he 19 did it would have been a shame to [have] [had] one of them [caught] [by] [that] [fox] [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 6 shame 5 a 6 shame 6 shame 7 to 7 to 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 12 them i mean to get one [,] [and] [i] [hope] [both] of them [,] [myself] . ["] 1 i 2 mean 2 mean 3 to 2 mean 15 . 3 to 4 get 4 get 5 one 5 one 11 of 11 of 12 them reddy was hunting them because he was hungry [.] 1 reddy 2 was 2 was 3 hunting 3 hunting 4 them 3 hunting 5 because 5 because 6 he 5 because 7 was 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 hungry the hunter would have shot them for sport [.] 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 would 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 shot 5 shot 6 them 5 shot 7 for 7 for 8 sport he didn't need them [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 need 3 need 4 them he had plenty of other food [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 plenty 3 plenty 4 of 4 of 6 food 5 other 6 food reddy [fox] doesn't kill just for the pleasure of killing [.] 1 reddy 3 doesn't 3 doesn't 4 kill 4 kill 5 just 5 just 6 for 6 for 8 pleasure 7 the 8 pleasure 8 pleasure 9 of 9 of 10 killing so the hunter continued to sit in his hiding-place with very friendly feelings [for] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 so 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 continued 4 continued 5 to 5 to 6 sit 6 sit 7 in 6 sit 10 with 7 in 9 hiding-place 8 his 9 hiding-place 10 with 13 feelings 11 very 12 friendly 12 friendly 13 feelings sammy watched [reddy] [fox] [disappear] and then flew over to that side of the pond where the hunter was [.] 1 sammy 6 and 2 watched 6 and 6 and 8 flew 7 then 8 flew 8 flew 9 over 8 flew 10 to 8 flew 16 where 10 to 12 side 11 that 12 side 13 of 15 pond 14 the 15 pond 15 pond 16 where 16 where 18 hunter 16 where 19 was 17 the 18 hunter 18 hunter 19 was for some time [sammy] [sat] [quietly] [in] [the] [top] [of] [the] [tree] , but all the time his sharp eyes were very busy [.] 1 for 3 time 1 for 13 , 1 for 20 eyes 2 some 3 time 14 but 15 all 14 but 20 eyes 15 all 16 the 15 all 17 time 16 the 17 time 18 his 20 eyes 19 sharp 20 eyes 20 eyes 21 were 21 were 23 busy 22 very 23 busy [by] [and] [by] [he] [spied] [the] [hunter] [sitting] [on] [the] [log] [.] at first he couldn't make out just what it was he was looking at [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 4 couldn't 4 couldn't 5 make 5 make 6 out 5 make 7 just 5 make 8 what 8 what 9 it 8 what 14 at 9 it 10 was 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 looking 13 looking 14 at it [didn't] [move] [,] [but] [nevertheless] [sammy] was suspicious . 1 it 8 was 8 was 9 suspicious 9 suspicious 10 . presently he flew over to a tree where he could see better [.] 1 presently 2 he 2 he 3 flew 3 flew 4 over 3 flew 5 to 3 flew 8 where 5 to 7 tree 6 a 7 tree 7 tree 8 where 8 where 9 he 8 where 11 see 9 he 10 could 10 could 11 see 11 see 12 better right away he spied the terrible gun [,] and he knew just what that was [.] 1 right 3 he 2 away 3 he 3 he 4 spied 4 spied 7 gun 4 spied 9 and 5 the 7 gun 6 terrible 7 gun 9 and 10 he 9 and 15 was 10 he 11 knew 11 knew 12 just 11 knew 13 what 14 that 15 was once [more] he began to [yell] [,] ["] [thief] ! thief ! thief ! " [at] [the] top of [his] lungs [.] 1 once 3 he 3 he 4 began 4 began 5 to 5 to 21 lungs 10 ! 11 thief 10 ! 12 ! 12 ! 13 thief 12 ! 14 ! 14 ! 15 " 14 ! 18 top 18 top 21 lungs 19 of 21 lungs it was then that the hunter lost his temper [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 then 2 was 4 that 4 that 6 hunter 4 that 7 lost 5 the 6 hunter 6 hunter 7 lost 7 lost 9 temper 8 his 9 temper he knew that now he had been discovered by [sammy] [jay] , and it was useless to remain there longer . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 5 he 3 that 8 discovered 4 now 5 he 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 been 7 been 8 discovered 8 discovered 9 by 9 by 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 it 13 and 21 . 14 it 15 was 15 was 16 useless 16 useless 17 to 16 useless 18 remain 17 to 18 remain 18 remain 19 there 18 remain 20 longer he was [angry] clear through [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 clear 4 clear 5 through [chapter] [xix] [:] [sammy] [jay] [is] [modest] every one within hearing could tell just where that hunter was by [sammy] ['s] [voice] [.] 1 every 2 one 2 one 3 within 2 one 5 could 3 within 4 hearing 5 could 6 tell 6 tell 7 just 6 tell 8 where 8 where 10 hunter 8 where 11 was 9 that 10 hunter 10 hunter 11 was 11 was 12 by it kept growing fainter and fainter , and [by] that [lightfoot] [knew] that the hunter was getting farther and farther away [.] 1 it 2 kept 2 kept 3 growing 3 growing 5 and 4 fainter 5 and 5 and 6 fainter 6 fainter 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 that 8 and 19 and 10 that 16 was 13 that 15 hunter 14 the 15 hunter 15 hunter 16 was 16 was 17 getting 18 farther 19 and 19 and 20 farther 20 farther 21 away paddy [the] [beaver] swam out from his hiding-place and climbed out on the bank [near] [lightfoot] [.] 1 paddy 9 and 4 swam 5 out 4 swam 9 and 5 out 6 from 6 from 8 hiding-place 7 his 8 hiding-place 9 and 10 climbed 10 climbed 11 out 11 out 12 on 12 on 14 bank 13 the 14 bank there was a twinkle in his eyes [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 twinkle 3 a 4 twinkle 4 twinkle 5 in 5 in 7 eyes 6 his 7 eyes " [that] [blue-coated] [mischief-maker] [isn't] [such] [a] [bad] [fellow] [at] [heart] , after all , [is] he [?] ["] said [he] . 1 " 20 said 12 , 13 after 13 after 14 all 13 after 15 , 13 after 17 he 17 he 20 said 20 said 22 . lightfoot lifted his beautiful head and set his ears forward to catch the sound of [sammy] ['s] voice in the distance . 1 lightfoot 6 and 2 lifted 5 head 2 lifted 6 and 3 his 5 head 4 beautiful 5 head 6 and 7 set 7 set 9 ears 7 set 10 forward 7 set 11 to 8 his 9 ears 11 to 12 catch 12 catch 14 sound 12 catch 19 in 13 the 14 sound 14 sound 15 of 15 of 18 voice 19 in 21 distance 20 the 21 distance 21 distance 22 . he brought me warning of the coming of the hunter the other morning [.] 1 he 2 brought 2 brought 4 warning 2 brought 13 morning 3 me 4 warning 4 warning 5 of 5 of 7 coming 6 the 7 coming 7 coming 8 of 8 of 10 hunter 9 the 10 hunter 11 the 12 other 12 other 13 morning you [saw] [him] [save] [mr] [and] [mrs] . [quack] [a] [little] [while] [ago] , and then he actually drove that hunter away [.] 1 you 8 . 8 . 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 19 drove 16 then 17 he 17 he 19 drove 18 actually 19 drove 19 drove 21 hunter 19 drove 22 away 20 that 21 hunter i [suppose] [sammy] [jay] [has] saved more lives [than] [any] [one] [i] [know] [of] [.] 1 i 6 saved 6 saved 8 lives 7 more 8 lives i wish he would come back here and let me thank him [.] " 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 3 he 2 wish 8 and 3 he 8 and 4 would 5 come 4 would 8 and 5 come 6 back 6 back 7 here 8 and 9 let 9 let 10 me 9 let 11 thank 11 thank 12 him 12 him 14 " [some] [time] [later] [sammy] [jay] [did] [come] [back] [.] i 'm glad to see he hasn't got you yet [,] [lightfoot] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 glad 3 glad 4 to 3 glad 5 see 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 he 5 see 8 got 6 he 7 hasn't 7 hasn't 8 got 8 got 9 you 8 got 10 yet i 've been a bit worried about you [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 6 worried 4 a 5 bit 5 bit 6 worried 6 worried 7 about 7 about 8 you " [sammy] [,] ["] [said] [lightfoot] [,] ["] you are one of the best friends [i] [have] [.] 1 " 9 you 9 you 10 are 10 are 11 one 11 one 12 of 12 of 15 friends 13 the 14 best 13 the 15 friends i [don't] [know] [how] [i] can ever thank you for [what] you have done [for] me [.] ["] 1 i 6 can 6 can 8 thank 7 ever 8 thank 8 thank 9 you 8 thank 10 for 10 for 12 you 12 you 13 have 13 have 14 done 14 done 16 me " [don't] [try] [,] " [replied] [sammy] [shortly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [haven't] [done] [anything] [but] [what] [anybody] [else] [would] [have] [done] [.] [old] [mother] [nature] [gave] [me] [a] [pair] [of] [good] [eyes] [and] [a] [strong] [voice] [.] i simply make the best use of them [i] [can] [.] 1 i 3 make 2 simply 3 make 3 make 6 use 4 the 5 best 4 the 6 use 6 use 7 of 7 of 8 them just to see a hunter with a terrible gun makes me angry clear through [.] 1 just 2 to 2 to 3 see 3 see 5 hunter 3 see 10 makes 4 a 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 with 5 hunter 10 makes 6 with 9 gun 7 a 9 gun 8 terrible 9 gun 10 makes 12 angry 10 makes 13 clear 11 me 12 angry 13 clear 14 through i 'd [rather] spoil his hunting than [eat] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 4 spoil 4 spoil 6 hunting 4 spoil 7 than 5 his 6 hunting 6 hunting 7 than ["] [you] [want] [to] [watch] [out] [,] [sammy] [.] " [don't] [worry] [about] [me] [,] " [replied] [sammy] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [i] [know] [just] [how] [far] [those] [terrible] [guns] [can] [shoot] [,] [and] [i] [don't] [take] [any] [chances] [.] by [the] way [,] [lightfoot] [,] [the] [green] [forest] [is] [full] of [hunters] looking for you . 1 by 3 way 3 way 12 of 12 of 14 looking 14 looking 15 for 15 for 16 you 16 you 17 . [chapter] [xx] [:] [lightfoot] [hears] [a] [dreadful] [sound] day after day [,] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [played] [hide] and [seek] [for] [his] [life] [with] [the] [hunters] [who] [were] [seeking] [to] [kill] him [.] 1 day 2 after 1 day 10 and 2 after 3 day 10 and 23 him he saw them many times [,] [though] [not] [one] [of] [them] [saw] [him] [.] 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 3 them 2 saw 5 times 4 many 5 times more than [once] a hunter [passed] [close] [to] [lightfoot] 's hiding-place [without] [once] [suspecting] [it] [.] 1 more 2 than 2 than 11 hiding-place 4 a 5 hunter 5 hunter 10 's 10 's 11 hiding-place but [poor] [lightfoot] [was] [feeling] [the] [strain] . 1 but 8 . he was growing thin , and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him . 1 he 5 , 2 was 3 growing 2 was 5 , 3 growing 4 thin 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 he 6 and 24 . 7 he 8 was 8 was 10 nervous 9 so 10 nervous 10 nervous 11 that 11 that 13 falling 11 that 22 startle 12 the 13 falling 13 falling 14 of 13 falling 21 would 14 of 17 leaf 15 a 16 dead 15 a 17 leaf 16 dead 17 leaf 17 leaf 18 from 18 from 20 tree 19 a 20 tree 21 would 22 startle 22 startle 23 him there is nothing [quite] so terrible as being continually hunted [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 3 nothing 3 nothing 6 terrible 3 nothing 10 hunted 5 so 6 terrible 6 terrible 7 as 6 terrible 9 continually 7 as 8 being it was [getting] [so] that [lightfoot] [half] [expected] [a] [hunter] [to] [step] [out] from behind every tree [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 that 2 was 14 from 14 from 15 behind 15 behind 17 tree 16 every 17 tree only [when] [the] [black] [shadows] [wrapped] [the] [green] [forest] in darkness did [he] [know] a [moment] [of] peace [.] 1 only 10 in 1 only 12 did 10 in 11 darkness 12 did 18 peace 15 a 18 peace and those hours of safety were filled with dread of what the next day might bring [.] 1 and 2 those 1 and 7 filled 3 hours 4 of 3 hours 6 were 4 of 5 safety 6 were 7 filled 7 filled 8 with 8 with 9 dread 9 dread 10 of 10 of 11 what 11 what 14 day 11 what 16 bring 12 the 13 next 12 the 14 day 14 day 15 might 15 might 16 bring early one morning a terrible sound rang through [the] [green] [forest] and brought [lightfoot] [to] [his] [feet] [with] [a] [startled] [jump] [.] 1 early 6 sound 2 one 3 morning 3 morning 6 sound 4 a 6 sound 5 terrible 6 sound 6 sound 12 and 7 rang 8 through 7 rang 12 and 12 and 13 brought it was the baying of hounds following a trail [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 baying 3 the 4 baying 4 baying 5 of 5 of 6 hounds 6 hounds 7 following 7 following 9 trail 8 a 9 trail at first it did not sound so terrible [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 it 3 it 4 did 4 did 5 not 4 did 6 sound 5 not 6 sound 6 sound 8 terrible 7 so 8 terrible lightfoot had often heard it before [.] 1 lightfoot 2 had 2 had 4 heard 3 often 4 heard 4 heard 5 it 4 heard 6 before 5 it 6 before many times he had listened to the baying of [bowser] the [hound] [,] as he [followed] [reddy] [fox] . 1 many 2 times 2 times 3 he 3 he 4 had 4 had 5 listened 5 listened 6 to 5 listened 14 as 6 to 8 baying 7 the 8 baying 8 baying 9 of 9 of 11 the 14 as 15 he 14 as 19 . it had not sounded so terrible [then] [because] [it] [meant] [no] [danger] [to] [lightfoot] [.] 1 it 2 had 2 had 3 not 2 had 4 sounded 3 not 4 sounded 4 sounded 6 terrible 5 so 6 terrible but suddenly a dreadful suspicion came to him [and] he grew more and more anxious as he listened [.] 1 but 5 suspicion 1 but 10 he 2 suddenly 5 suspicion 3 a 4 dreadful 3 a 5 suspicion 4 dreadful 5 suspicion 5 suspicion 6 came 6 came 7 to 7 to 8 him 10 he 11 grew 11 grew 13 and 12 more 13 and 13 and 14 more 13 and 15 anxious 15 anxious 16 as 16 as 17 he 16 as 18 listened 17 he 18 listened in a few minutes there was no longer any doubt in his mind [.] 1 in 4 minutes 1 in 5 there 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 5 there 6 was 6 was 8 longer 6 was 10 doubt 6 was 11 in 7 no 8 longer 9 any 10 doubt 10 doubt 11 in 11 in 13 mind 12 his 13 mind those hounds were following his trail [.] 1 those 2 hounds 2 hounds 3 were 3 were 4 following 4 following 6 trail 5 his 6 trail it was then that the sound of that baying became terrible [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 then 2 was 4 that 4 that 6 sound 4 that 10 became 5 the 6 sound 6 sound 7 of 6 sound 10 became 7 of 9 baying 8 that 9 baying 10 became 11 terrible he must run for his life [!] 1 he 2 must 2 must 3 run 3 run 4 for 4 for 6 life 5 his 6 life those hounds would give him no rest [.] 1 those 2 hounds 2 hounds 3 would 3 would 4 give 4 give 5 him 4 give 7 rest 6 no 7 rest and he knew that in running from them , he would no longer be able to watch so closely for the hunters with terrible guns . 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 knew 3 knew 4 that 4 that 10 he 4 that 26 . 5 in 6 running 5 in 9 , 5 in 10 he 6 running 7 from 7 from 8 them 10 he 11 would 11 would 14 be 12 no 13 longer 13 longer 14 be 14 be 15 able 15 able 16 to 16 to 17 watch 17 watch 19 closely 17 watch 20 for 18 so 19 closely 20 for 22 hunters 21 the 22 hunters 22 hunters 23 with 23 with 25 guns 24 terrible 25 guns he would no longer be able to hide in thickets [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 5 be 3 no 4 longer 4 longer 5 be 5 be 6 able 6 able 7 to 7 to 8 hide 8 hide 9 in 9 in 10 thickets at any time he might be driven right past one of those hunters [.] 1 at 3 time 1 at 4 he 2 any 3 time 4 he 5 might 5 might 6 be 6 be 8 right 6 be 9 past 7 driven 8 right 8 right 9 past 9 past 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 13 hunters 12 those 13 hunters lightfoot bounded [away] with such leaps [as] [only] [lightfoot] [can] [make] [.] 1 lightfoot 2 bounded 2 bounded 4 with 4 with 6 leaps 5 such 6 leaps in a [little] while the voices of the hounds grew fainter [.] 1 in 4 while 1 in 6 voices 2 a 4 while 5 the 6 voices 6 voices 7 of 6 voices 10 grew 7 of 8 the 8 the 9 hounds 10 grew 11 fainter lightfoot stopped to get his breath and stood trembling as he listened [.] 1 lightfoot 2 stopped 2 stopped 7 and 3 to 7 and 4 get 6 breath 4 get 7 and 5 his 6 breath 7 and 8 stood 7 and 9 trembling 9 trembling 12 listened 10 as 11 he 10 as 12 listened 11 he 12 listened the baying of the hounds again grew louder and louder . 1 the 2 baying 2 baying 3 of 2 baying 7 grew 3 of 4 the 4 the 5 hounds 6 again 7 grew 7 grew 9 and 8 louder 9 and 9 and 10 louder 10 louder 11 . those wonderful noses of theirs were following his trail without the least difficulty [.] 1 those 3 noses 2 wonderful 3 noses 3 noses 4 of 3 noses 6 were 4 of 5 theirs 6 were 7 following 7 following 9 trail 7 following 10 without 8 his 9 trail 9 trail 10 without 10 without 13 difficulty 11 the 13 difficulty 12 least 13 difficulty in a panic of [fear] , [lightfoot] [bounded] [away] [again] . 1 in 3 panic 2 a 3 panic 3 panic 4 of 4 of 6 , 6 , 11 . as he crossed an old road [,] [the] [green] [forest] rang with the roar of a terrible gun [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 11 rang 2 he 3 crossed 3 crossed 6 road 4 an 6 road 5 old 6 road 11 rang 12 with 12 with 14 roar 13 the 14 roar 14 roar 15 of 15 of 18 gun 16 a 17 terrible 17 terrible 18 gun something tore a strip [of] bark from the trunk of a tree just above [lightfoot] ['s] [back] [.] 1 something 2 tore 2 tore 6 bark 2 tore 7 from 3 a 4 strip 3 a 6 bark 4 strip 6 bark 6 bark 7 from 7 from 9 trunk 8 the 9 trunk 9 trunk 10 of 10 of 12 tree 11 a 12 tree 12 tree 13 just 13 just 14 above it was a bullet and [it] had just missed [lightfoot] [.] 1 it 5 and 2 was 4 bullet 2 was 5 and 3 a 4 bullet 5 and 7 had 7 had 9 missed 8 just 9 missed it added to his terror and this in turn added to his speed [.] 1 it 2 added 2 added 3 to 2 added 11 to 3 to 6 and 4 his 5 terror 5 terror 6 and 6 and 7 this 6 and 10 added 6 and 11 to 8 in 9 turn 9 turn 10 added 11 to 13 speed 12 his 13 speed so [lightfoot] [ran] and [ran] , and behind him the voices of the hounds continued to ring [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 so 7 and 4 and 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 voices 7 and 15 continued 8 behind 9 him 8 behind 11 voices 10 the 11 voices 11 voices 12 of 11 voices 15 continued 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 hounds 15 continued 16 to 16 to 17 ring [chapter] [xxi] [:] [how] [lightfoot] [got] [rid] [of] [the] [hounds] [poor] [lightfoot] [!] it seemed to him that there were no such things as justice and fair play . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 5 that 3 to 4 him 5 that 6 there 5 that 7 were 6 there 7 were 7 were 10 things 7 were 11 as 8 no 9 such 9 such 10 things 11 as 13 and 12 justice 13 and 13 and 14 fair 13 and 15 play 15 play 16 . had it been just one hunter at a time against whom he had to match his wits it would not have been so bad [.] 1 had 2 it 1 had 3 been 1 had 17 wits 3 been 6 hunter 3 been 7 at 4 just 5 one 5 one 6 hunter 7 at 9 time 8 a 9 time 9 time 10 against 10 against 11 whom 10 against 12 he 10 against 13 had 12 he 13 had 13 had 14 to 13 had 15 match 16 his 17 wits 17 wits 21 have 18 it 19 would 19 would 20 not 20 not 21 have 21 have 22 been 22 been 24 bad 23 so 24 bad but there were many hunters with terrible guns looking for him , and in dodging one he was likely at any time to meet another [.] 1 but 2 there 1 but 17 he 2 there 3 were 3 were 5 hunters 4 many 5 hunters 5 hunters 6 with 6 with 8 guns 7 terrible 8 guns 8 guns 9 looking 9 looking 13 and 10 for 11 him 10 for 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 in 14 in 15 dodging 15 dodging 16 one 17 he 18 was 18 was 19 likely 19 likely 20 at 19 likely 22 time 20 at 21 any 22 time 23 to 22 time 24 meet 23 to 24 meet 24 meet 25 another this [in] itself seemed terribly unfair and unjust . 1 this 4 seemed 3 itself 4 seemed 4 seemed 5 terribly 4 seemed 7 and 6 unfair 7 and 7 and 8 unjust 8 unjust 9 . but now , added [to] this was the greater unfairness of being trailed by hounds [.] 1 but 2 now 1 but 3 , 1 but 6 this 3 , 4 added 6 this 7 was 7 was 10 unfairness 7 was 14 by 8 the 10 unfairness 9 greater 10 unfairness 10 unfairness 11 of 11 of 12 being 12 being 13 trailed 12 being 14 by 14 by 15 hounds do you wonder that [lightfoot] thought of [men] as utterly heartless [?] 1 do 3 wonder 2 you 3 wonder 3 wonder 7 of 4 that 7 of 6 thought 7 of 7 of 9 as 9 as 11 heartless 10 utterly 11 heartless he could not know that it was against the law to hunt him with dogs [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 not 2 could 4 know 3 not 4 know 4 know 5 that 5 that 6 it 5 that 7 was 6 it 7 was 7 was 8 against 7 was 11 to 8 against 10 law 9 the 10 law 11 to 12 hunt 12 hunt 13 him 12 hunt 14 with 14 with 15 dogs the ground was damp [and] [scent] [always] [lies] [best] on damp ground [.] 1 the 2 ground 2 ground 3 was 3 was 4 damp 4 damp 10 on 10 on 12 ground 11 damp 12 ground this made it easy for the hounds to follow him with their wonderful noses [.] 1 this 2 made 2 made 3 it 2 made 4 easy 4 easy 5 for 4 easy 8 to 4 easy 9 follow 5 for 7 hounds 6 the 7 hounds 8 to 9 follow 9 follow 10 him 9 follow 11 with 11 with 14 noses 12 their 14 noses 13 wonderful 14 noses lightfoot tried every trick he could think of to make those hounds lose the scent [.] 1 lightfoot 2 tried 2 tried 4 trick 2 tried 9 to 3 every 4 trick 4 trick 5 he 4 trick 8 of 5 he 6 could 7 think 8 of 9 to 10 make 10 make 12 hounds 10 make 13 lose 11 those 12 hounds 13 lose 15 scent 14 the 15 scent but he couldn't . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 . they allowed him no rest [.] 1 they 2 allowed 2 allowed 3 him 2 allowed 5 rest 4 no 5 rest he was becoming very [,] very tired [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 becoming 3 becoming 7 tired 4 very 6 very 6 very 7 tired he could no longer bound lightly over fallen logs or brush , as he had [done] at first [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 5 bound 3 no 4 longer 4 longer 5 bound 5 bound 6 lightly 5 bound 7 over 5 bound 13 as 5 bound 18 first 7 over 10 or 8 fallen 9 logs 9 logs 10 or 10 or 11 brush 10 or 12 , 13 as 14 he 13 as 15 had 14 he 15 had 17 at 18 first his lungs ached as he panted for breath [.] 1 his 2 lungs 2 lungs 3 ached 3 ached 4 as 4 as 5 he 4 as 6 panted 5 he 6 panted 6 panted 7 for 7 for 8 breath there would come a time when he would have to stop [.] 1 there 2 would 2 would 3 come 3 come 5 time 4 a 5 time 5 time 6 when 6 when 7 he 6 when 9 have 7 he 8 would 8 would 9 have 9 have 10 to 9 have 11 stop 10 to 11 stop then those hounds would catch up with him and tear him to pieces . 1 then 3 hounds 2 those 3 hounds 3 hounds 9 and 4 would 5 catch 4 would 9 and 5 catch 6 up 6 up 7 with 7 with 8 him 9 and 10 tear 10 tear 11 him 10 tear 12 to 10 tear 14 . 12 to 13 pieces it was then that he remembered [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 then 2 was 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 remembered he turned towards it [.] 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 towards 3 towards 4 it it was [his] only [chance] and he knew it [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 only 2 was 6 and 6 and 8 knew 7 he 8 knew 8 knew 9 it straight through [the] [green] [forest] [,] [out] [across] [the] [green] [meadows] [to] the bank of [the] [big] [river] , [lightfoot] [ran] . 1 straight 2 through 2 through 14 bank 13 the 14 bank 14 bank 15 of 15 of 19 , 19 , 22 . for just a second he paused to look behind [.] 1 for 4 second 1 for 5 he 2 just 4 second 3 a 4 second 5 he 6 paused 6 paused 7 to 7 to 8 look 8 look 9 behind the hounds were almost at his heels [.] 1 the 2 hounds 2 hounds 3 were 3 were 4 almost 3 were 5 at 4 almost 5 at 5 at 7 heels 6 his 7 heels lightfoot hesitated no longer but plunged [into] [the] [big] [river] and began to swim [.] 1 lightfoot 2 hesitated 2 hesitated 4 longer 2 hesitated 5 but 2 hesitated 13 to 2 hesitated 14 swim 3 no 4 longer 5 but 11 and 6 plunged 11 and 11 and 12 began 13 to 14 swim on the banks the hounds stopped and bayed their disappointment , for they did not dare follow [lightfoot] [out] [into] [the] [big] [river] . 1 on 3 banks 1 on 5 hounds 2 the 3 banks 4 the 5 hounds 5 hounds 7 and 5 hounds 24 . 6 stopped 7 and 7 and 8 bayed 7 and 10 disappointment 7 and 12 for 9 their 10 disappointment 11 , 12 for 12 for 13 they 13 they 14 did 14 did 15 not 14 did 17 follow 15 not 16 dare [chapter] [xxii] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [long] [swim] the [big] [river] [was] very wide [.] 1 the 5 very 1 the 6 wide it would have [been] [a] [long] [swim] [for] [lightfoot] had he been fresh [and] at his best [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 10 had 10 had 11 he 10 had 12 been 12 been 13 fresh 13 fresh 15 at 15 at 17 best 16 his 17 best strange as it may seem [,] [lightfoot] [is] [a] [splendid] [swimmer] [,] [despite] [his] [small] [,] [delicate] [feet] [.] 1 strange 5 seem 2 as 3 it 3 it 4 may 4 may 5 seem he enjoys swimming [.] 1 he 2 enjoys 2 enjoys 3 swimming but now [lightfoot] was terribly [tired] from [his] [long] [run] ahead of the hounds [.] 1 but 2 now 1 but 4 was 4 was 5 terribly 5 terribly 7 from 7 from 14 hounds 11 ahead 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 hounds then he [turned] [and] headed for a point [down] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 5 headed 5 headed 6 for 6 for 8 point 7 a 8 point this made the swimming easier , for the current helped [him] instead of hindering him [.] 1 this 2 made 2 made 4 swimming 2 made 5 easier 3 the 4 swimming 5 easier 7 for 6 , 7 for 7 for 9 current 8 the 9 current 9 current 10 helped 9 current 13 of 10 helped 12 instead 13 of 14 hindering 14 hindering 15 him even then he could feel his strength leaving him [.] 1 even 2 then 2 then 3 he 2 then 5 feel 3 he 4 could 4 could 5 feel 5 feel 7 strength 6 his 7 strength 7 strength 8 leaving 8 leaving 9 him had he escaped those hounds and the terrible hunters only to be drowned in the [big] [river] [?] 1 had 2 he 1 had 3 escaped 3 escaped 6 and 3 escaped 11 to 4 those 5 hounds 5 hounds 6 and 6 and 9 hunters 7 the 9 hunters 8 terrible 9 hunters 10 only 11 to 11 to 12 be 12 be 13 drowned 13 drowned 14 in 14 in 15 the this new fear gave him more strength for a [little] while [.] 1 this 2 new 2 new 3 fear 3 fear 4 gave 4 gave 5 him 4 gave 7 strength 4 gave 8 for 6 more 7 strength 7 strength 8 for 8 for 11 while 9 a 11 while but it did not last long . 1 but 2 it 1 but 7 . 2 it 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 last 4 not 5 last 5 last 6 long he was three fourths of the way [across] [the] [big] [river] [but] [still] that [other] shore [seemed] a long distance away [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 fourths 3 three 4 fourths 4 fourths 5 of 4 fourths 14 that 4 fourths 16 shore 5 of 7 way 6 the 7 way 14 that 16 shore 16 shore 20 distance 16 shore 21 away 18 a 19 long 18 a 20 distance 19 long 20 distance little by little hope died in the heart [of] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 little 2 by 1 little 5 died 2 by 4 hope 3 little 4 hope 5 died 6 in 6 in 8 heart 7 the 8 heart just as [lightfoot] [felt] [that] he could not take another stroke and that [the] [end] was [at] [hand] [,] [one] foot [touched] [something] [.] 1 just 2 as 2 as 6 he 2 as 16 was 6 he 7 could 7 could 8 not 7 could 9 take 9 take 11 stroke 10 another 11 stroke 12 and 13 that 13 that 16 was 16 was 21 foot then , all four feet touched [.] 1 then 2 , 1 then 5 feet 3 all 4 four 4 four 5 feet 5 feet 6 touched a second later he had found solid footing and was standing with the water only up to his knees [.] 1 a 2 second 2 second 3 later 3 later 4 he 4 he 9 and 5 had 6 found 5 had 9 and 6 found 8 footing 7 solid 8 footing 9 and 10 was 9 and 16 up 9 and 17 to 10 was 11 standing 10 was 12 with 10 was 15 only 11 standing 12 with 12 with 14 water 13 the 14 water 17 to 19 knees 18 his 19 knees he [had] found a little sand bar out in the [big] [river] [.] 1 he 3 found 3 found 7 bar 3 found 9 in 4 a 5 little 4 a 7 bar 5 little 6 sand 6 sand 7 bar 7 bar 8 out 9 in 10 the with a little [gasp] [of] [returning] [hope] , [lightfoot] [waded] [along] [until] the [water] [began] [to] [grow] deeper [again] [.] 1 with 3 little 1 with 8 , 2 a 3 little 8 , 18 deeper 13 the 18 deeper he had hoped that he would be able to wade ashore , but he saw now that he would have to swim again . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 hoped 3 hoped 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 7 be 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 be 7 be 8 able 8 able 9 to 8 able 12 , 9 to 10 wade 10 wade 11 ashore 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 he 13 but 24 . 14 he 15 saw 15 saw 17 that 16 now 17 that 17 that 18 he 17 that 20 have 18 he 19 would 19 would 20 have 20 have 21 to 20 have 22 swim 21 to 22 swim 22 swim 23 again so for a long time he remained right where he was [.] 1 so 6 he 2 for 5 time 2 for 6 he 3 a 5 time 4 long 5 time 6 he 7 remained 7 remained 8 right 8 right 9 where 9 where 10 he 9 where 11 was 10 he 11 was he was so tired that he trembled all over , and he was as frightened as he was tired [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 tired 3 so 4 tired 4 tired 5 that 5 that 6 he 5 that 13 was 6 he 7 trembled 7 trembled 9 over 8 all 9 over 9 over 10 , 11 and 12 he 12 he 13 was 13 was 15 frightened 14 as 15 frightened 15 frightened 16 as 16 as 17 he 16 as 18 was 16 as 19 tired 17 he 18 was he knew that standing out there in the water he could be seen for a long distance , and that made him nervous and fearful . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 19 and 2 knew 21 made 3 that 4 standing 4 standing 5 out 4 standing 13 seen 4 standing 19 and 5 out 6 there 5 out 7 in 7 in 9 water 8 the 9 water 9 water 10 he 9 water 12 be 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 be 13 seen 14 for 14 for 17 distance 15 a 17 distance 16 long 17 distance 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 that 19 and 21 made 21 made 22 him 21 made 24 and 23 nervous 24 and 24 and 25 fearful 25 fearful 26 . supposing a hunter on the shore [he] was trying to reach should see him [.] 1 supposing 3 hunter 1 supposing 8 was 1 supposing 12 should 2 a 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 on 3 hunter 8 was 4 on 5 the 5 the 6 shore 8 was 9 trying 9 trying 10 to 10 to 11 reach 12 should 13 see 13 see 14 him but rest he must , [and] so he stood for a long time on the little sand bar in [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 but 2 rest 1 but 3 he 3 he 4 must 4 must 7 so 5 , 7 so 7 so 8 he 7 so 9 stood 8 he 9 stood 9 stood 10 for 9 stood 14 on 9 stood 19 in 10 for 13 time 11 a 12 long 11 a 13 time 12 long 13 time 14 on 18 bar 15 the 18 bar 16 little 17 sand 17 sand 18 bar and [little] by little he felt his strength returning . 1 and 5 he 1 and 10 . 3 by 4 little 3 by 5 he 5 he 6 felt 6 felt 8 strength 7 his 8 strength 8 strength 9 returning [chapter] [xxiii] [:] [lightfoot] [finds] [a] [friend] on the bank he had left , he could see two black-and-white specks moving about [,] [and] [across] [the] [water] [came] the barking of dogs [.] 1 on 3 bank 1 on 7 , 1 on 8 he 2 the 3 bank 3 bank 4 he 3 bank 6 left 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 left 8 he 9 could 9 could 10 see 10 see 13 specks 10 see 14 moving 11 two 13 specks 12 black-and-white 13 specks 14 moving 15 about 15 about 23 barking 22 the 23 barking 23 barking 24 of 24 of 25 dogs those two specks were the hounds who had driven him [into] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 those 2 two 2 two 3 specks 3 specks 4 were 4 were 6 hounds 5 the 6 hounds 6 hounds 7 who 6 hounds 8 had 7 who 8 had 8 had 9 driven 9 driven 10 him they were barking now , instead of baying [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 barking 2 were 4 now 2 were 7 of 5 , 7 of 6 instead 7 of 7 of 8 baying presently a brown form joined the black-and-white specks [.] 1 presently 4 form 2 a 4 form 3 brown 4 form 4 form 5 joined 5 joined 8 specks 6 the 8 specks 7 black-and-white 8 specks it was a hunter drawn there by the barking of the dogs [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 hunter 2 was 7 by 3 a 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 drawn 4 hunter 7 by 5 drawn 6 there 7 by 9 barking 8 the 9 barking 9 barking 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 dogs he was [too] [far] [away] to [be] [dangerous] , but the mere sight of him filled [lightfoot] with terror [again] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 6 to 6 to 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 13 sight 10 but 16 filled 11 the 13 sight 12 mere 13 sight 13 sight 14 of 14 of 15 him 16 filled 18 with 16 filled 21 . 18 with 19 terror he watched the hunter walk along the bank and disappear in the bushes [.] 1 he 2 watched 2 watched 4 hunter 2 watched 9 and 3 the 4 hunter 5 walk 6 along 5 walk 9 and 6 along 8 bank 7 the 8 bank 9 and 10 disappear 10 disappear 11 in 11 in 13 bushes 12 the 13 bushes presently [out] [of] [the] [bushes] [came] [a] [boat] , and [in] it was the hunter . 1 presently 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 it 10 and 16 . 12 it 13 was 13 was 15 hunter 14 the 15 hunter he [headed] [straight] [towards] [lightfoot] [,] [and] [then] [lightfoot] knew that his brief rest was at an end [.] 1 he 10 knew 10 knew 11 that 11 that 14 rest 11 that 15 was 12 his 14 rest 13 brief 14 rest 14 rest 15 was 15 was 16 at 16 at 18 end 17 an 18 end he must once [more] swim or be shot by the hunter in the boat [.] 1 he 6 or 2 must 5 swim 2 must 6 or 3 once 5 swim 6 or 7 be 7 be 8 shot 8 shot 9 by 8 shot 12 in 10 the 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 in 12 in 14 boat 13 the 14 boat so [lightfoot] [again] struck out for the shore [.] 1 so 4 struck 4 struck 5 out 5 out 6 for 6 for 8 shore 7 the 8 shore his [rest] [had] [given] [him] [new] strength , but still he was [very] , very tired and swimming was hard work [.] 1 his 7 strength 7 strength 8 , 8 , 17 and 9 but 10 still 9 but 11 he 11 he 17 and 12 was 16 tired 12 was 17 and 14 , 16 tired 15 very 16 tired 17 and 19 was 18 swimming 19 was 19 was 21 work 20 hard 21 work slowly , oh so slowly , he drew [nearer] to the bank [.] 1 slowly 7 he 2 , 3 oh 3 oh 5 slowly 3 oh 6 , 3 oh 7 he 4 so 5 slowly 7 he 8 drew 8 drew 10 to 10 to 12 bank 11 the 12 bank what new dangers might be waiting there [,] [he] [did] [not] [know] [.] 1 what 3 dangers 2 new 3 dangers 3 dangers 4 might 4 might 5 be 5 be 6 waiting 6 waiting 7 there he had never been on that side of the [big] [river] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 been 3 never 4 been 4 been 5 on 5 on 7 side 6 that 7 side 7 side 8 of 8 of 9 the he knew nothing of the country on that side [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 nothing 2 knew 7 on 4 of 6 country 5 the 6 country 6 country 7 on 7 on 9 side 8 that 9 side but the uncertainty was better than the certainty behind him [.] 1 but 3 uncertainty 1 but 4 was 2 the 3 uncertainty 3 uncertainty 4 was 4 was 5 better 5 better 6 than 5 better 9 behind 6 than 8 certainty 7 the 8 certainty 8 certainty 9 behind 9 behind 10 him [on] [lightfoot] [struggled] [.] at last he felt [bottom] beneath his feet [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 4 felt 4 felt 6 beneath 6 beneath 8 feet 7 his 8 feet he staggered up through some bushes along the bank [and] [then] [for] [an] [instant] [it] [seemed] [to] [him] [his] [heart] [stopped] [beating] [.] 1 he 2 staggered 2 staggered 3 up 2 staggered 4 through 2 staggered 7 along 4 through 6 bushes 5 some 6 bushes 6 bushes 7 along 7 along 9 bank 8 the 9 bank right in front of him stood a man [.] 1 right 3 front 1 right 4 of 1 right 6 stood 2 in 3 front 4 of 5 him 6 stood 8 man 7 a 8 man he had come out into the back yard of the home of that man [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 come 3 come 4 out 4 out 5 into 5 into 8 yard 6 the 8 yard 7 back 8 yard 8 yard 9 of 9 of 11 home 10 the 11 home 11 home 12 of 12 of 14 man 13 that 14 man it is [doubtful] [which] was the more surprised , [lightfoot] or the man [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 5 was 5 was 11 or 6 the 8 surprised 7 more 8 surprised 8 surprised 9 , 9 , 11 or 11 or 13 man 12 the 13 man [right] [then] [and] [there] [lightfoot] [gave] [up] [in] [despair] [.] he couldn't run [.] 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 run it was all he could do to walk . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 he 3 all 6 do 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 do 6 do 7 to 7 to 8 walk 8 walk 9 . not a spark of hope remained [to] [lightfoot] [.] 1 not 3 spark 2 a 3 spark 3 spark 4 of 3 spark 6 remained 4 of 5 hope he simply stood still and trembled [,] partly with fear and partly with weariness [.] 1 he 5 and 2 simply 3 stood 3 stood 4 still 3 stood 5 and 5 and 6 trembled 5 and 8 partly 8 partly 11 and 9 with 10 fear 9 with 11 and 11 and 12 partly 11 and 13 with 13 with 14 weariness then a surprising thing happened [.] 1 then 4 thing 2 a 3 surprising 2 a 4 thing 3 surprising 4 thing 4 thing 5 happened the man spoke softly [.] 1 the 2 man 2 man 3 spoke 3 spoke 4 softly he advanced , not threateningly [but] [slowly] , and in a friendly way [.] 1 he 2 advanced 2 advanced 5 threateningly 2 advanced 10 in 3 , 4 not 3 , 5 threateningly 5 threateningly 8 , 8 , 9 and 10 in 13 way 11 a 12 friendly 11 a 13 way 12 friendly 13 way he walked [around] back [of] [lightfoot] [and] [then] [straight] [towards] [him] [.] 1 he 2 walked 2 walked 4 back lightfoot walked on a few steps , and the man followed , still talking softly [.] 1 lightfoot 2 walked 2 walked 3 on 2 walked 15 softly 3 on 12 , 4 a 5 few 5 few 6 steps 6 steps 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 man 8 and 11 followed 8 and 12 , 9 the 10 man 12 , 14 talking 13 still 14 talking little [by] little he urged [lightfoot] on [,] driving him towards [an] [open] shed in which was a pile of hay [.] 1 little 9 driving 3 little 4 he 4 he 5 urged 5 urged 7 on 7 on 9 driving 9 driving 10 him 9 driving 11 towards 9 driving 15 in 11 towards 14 shed 15 in 21 hay 16 which 17 was 17 was 19 pile 18 a 19 pile 19 pile 20 of 20 of 21 hay without understanding just how [,] [lightfoot] [knew] that [he] [had] [found] [a] [friend] [.] 1 without 2 understanding 1 without 8 that 2 understanding 3 just 2 understanding 4 how so he entered the open shed and [with] a long sigh lay down in the soft hay [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 12 lay 2 he 3 entered 3 entered 6 shed 4 the 6 shed 5 open 6 shed 7 and 11 sigh 9 a 11 sigh 10 long 11 sigh 11 sigh 12 lay 12 lay 13 down 12 lay 14 in 14 in 17 hay 15 the 16 soft 16 soft 17 hay [chapter] [xxiv] [:] [the] [hunter] [is] [disappointed] how he knew he was safe [,] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [couldn't] [have] [told] [you] [.] 1 how 2 he 2 he 3 knew 3 knew 4 he 3 knew 5 was 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 safe he [just] knew it , that was all [.] 1 he 5 , 3 knew 4 it 3 knew 5 , 5 , 7 was 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 all but he didn't have to understand words to know that he had found a friend [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 4 have 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 have 4 have 5 to 4 have 6 understand 5 to 6 understand 6 understand 7 words 6 understand 8 to 8 to 9 know 9 know 10 that 10 that 11 he 10 that 13 found 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 found 13 found 15 friend 14 a 15 friend lightfoot 's friend was waiting just at the top of the bank [.] 1 lightfoot 2 's 2 's 3 friend 3 friend 4 was 4 was 5 waiting 5 waiting 6 just 6 just 7 at 7 at 9 top 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 bank of course the hunter saw him at once [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 4 hunter 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 saw 5 saw 6 him 5 saw 8 once 7 at 8 once " [hello] [,] [friend] [!] ["] cried the hunter [.] 1 " 7 cried 7 cried 9 hunter 8 the 9 hunter ["] [did] [you] [see] [a] [deer] [pass] [this] [way] [a] [few] [minutes] [ago] [?] he swam across the river , and [if] [i] know [anything] [about] it [he] 's too tired to travel far now [.] 1 he 7 and 2 swam 3 across 2 swam 7 and 4 the 5 river 5 river 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 15 's 10 know 13 it 13 it 15 's 15 's 17 tired 16 too 17 tired 17 tired 18 to 18 to 19 travel 19 travel 20 far 20 far 21 now i 've been hunting [that] [fellow] for [several] [days] , [and] [if] [i] have any luck at all [i] [ought] to get him this time [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 4 hunting 4 hunting 7 for 7 for 10 , 10 , 14 have 14 have 16 luck 14 have 21 to 15 any 16 luck 16 luck 17 at 17 at 18 all 21 to 22 get 22 get 23 him 22 get 25 time 24 this 25 time " [i] ['m] [afraid] [you] [won't] [have] [any] [luck] [at] [all] [,] " [said] [lightfoot] ['s] [friend] [.] 1 " 13 " " [you] [see] [,] [i] [don't] [allow] [any] [hunting] [on] [my] [land] [.] " 1 " 14 " the hunter [looked] [surprised] , and then his surprise gave way to anger [.] 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 then 6 and 9 surprise 6 and 11 way 8 his 9 surprise 9 surprise 11 way 10 gave 11 way 11 way 12 to 12 to 13 anger " [you] [mean] [,] ["] said he , " that you intend to [get] [that] [deer] [yourself] . " 1 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 , 6 said 9 " 6 said 10 that 6 said 18 . 6 said 19 " 10 that 11 you 10 that 12 intend 11 you 12 intend 12 intend 13 to lightfoot 's friend shook his head [.] 1 lightfoot 2 's 2 's 3 friend 3 friend 4 shook 4 shook 6 head 5 his 6 head " [no] [,] ["] said he , " [i] don't [mean] [anything] [of] [the] [kind] . 1 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 , 5 said 16 . 7 , 8 " 7 , 10 don't the best thing for you to do , my friend , is to get into your boat and row back where you came [from] [.] 1 the 2 best 1 the 3 thing 3 thing 4 for 3 thing 6 to 3 thing 7 do 3 thing 10 friend 3 thing 12 is 4 for 5 you 6 to 7 do 8 , 10 friend 9 my 10 friend 10 friend 11 , 12 is 13 to 12 is 21 where 13 to 14 get 14 get 15 into 15 into 18 and 16 your 17 boat 17 boat 18 and 18 and 20 back 18 and 21 where 19 row 20 back 21 where 22 you 21 where 23 came 22 you 23 came are those your hounds barking over there [?] ["] 1 are 2 those 1 are 4 hounds 1 are 6 over 3 your 4 hounds 4 hounds 5 barking 4 hounds 6 over 6 over 7 there " [no] [,] ["] replied the hunter [promptly] [.] 1 " 5 replied 5 replied 7 hunter 6 the 7 hunter " [i] [know] [the] [law] just as well as you do , and it is [against] the law [to] [hunt] [deer] [with] dogs [.] 1 " 13 and 6 just 7 as 6 just 12 , 7 as 8 well 8 well 9 as 9 as 10 you 10 you 11 do 12 , 13 and 13 and 23 dogs 14 it 15 is 15 is 18 law 17 the 18 law 18 law 23 dogs i don't even know who owns those two hounds over there [.] ["] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 4 know 3 even 4 know 4 know 5 who 5 who 6 owns 6 owns 9 hounds 6 owns 10 over 7 those 8 two 8 two 9 hounds 9 hounds 10 over 10 over 11 there " [that] [may] be [true] [,] ["] replied [lightfoot] ['s] [friend] [.] 1 " 8 replied 4 be 8 replied ["] [i] [don't] [doubt] [it] [is] [true] [.] but you are willing to take advantage of the fact that the dogs of some one [else] have broken the law . 1 but 2 you 1 but 22 . 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 willing 4 willing 5 to 5 to 6 take 6 take 7 advantage 7 advantage 8 of 8 of 10 fact 9 the 10 fact 10 fact 11 that 11 that 13 dogs 11 that 19 broken 12 the 13 dogs 13 dogs 14 of 13 dogs 18 have 14 of 16 one 15 some 16 one 18 have 19 broken 19 broken 21 law 20 the 21 law you are not hunting for the pleasure of hunting but just to kill [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 not 2 are 4 hunting 4 hunting 5 for 5 for 7 pleasure 6 the 7 pleasure 7 pleasure 8 of 8 of 9 hunting 9 hunting 10 but 10 but 12 to 11 just 12 to 12 to 13 kill you don't know the meaning of justice or fairness [.] 1 you 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 5 meaning 4 the 5 meaning 5 meaning 6 of 6 of 8 or 7 justice 8 or 8 or 9 fairness now get off my land [.] 1 now 2 get 2 get 3 off 3 off 5 land 4 my 5 land get back into your boat and off my land as quick as you can [.] 1 get 2 back 1 get 6 and 1 get 11 quick 1 get 12 as 3 into 5 boat 3 into 6 and 4 your 5 boat 6 and 7 off 7 off 9 land 8 my 9 land 10 as 11 quick 12 as 13 you 12 as 14 can 13 you 14 can that [deer] is not very far from here and so tired that he cannot move . 1 that 6 far 1 that 9 and 3 is 4 not 4 not 5 very 5 very 6 far 6 far 7 from 7 from 8 here 9 and 11 tired 9 and 12 that 9 and 15 move 10 so 11 tired 12 that 14 cannot 13 he 14 cannot 15 move 16 . now go [.] ["] 1 now 2 go muttering [angrily] , [the] [hunter] got back into his boat and pushed off , but he didn't row back across the river [.] 1 muttering 3 , 1 muttering 14 , 3 , 11 and 6 got 7 back 6 got 8 into 6 got 11 and 8 into 10 boat 9 his 10 boat 11 and 12 pushed 12 pushed 13 off 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 he 15 but 18 row 16 he 17 didn't 17 didn't 18 row 18 row 19 back 19 back 20 across 20 across 22 river 21 the 22 river [chapter] [xxv] [:] [the] [hunter] [lies] [in] [wait] if [ever] there was an angry hunter , it was the one who had [followed] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [across] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 if 3 there 1 if 4 was 1 if 8 , 1 if 9 it 3 there 4 was 4 was 7 hunter 5 an 6 angry 5 an 7 hunter 6 angry 7 hunter 9 it 10 was 10 was 12 one 11 the 12 one 12 one 13 who 12 one 14 had 13 who 14 had instead , he rowed down the river , finally landing on the same side but on land [which] [lightfoot] ['s] [friend] [did] [not] [own] [.] 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 3 he 3 he 4 rowed 4 rowed 5 down 5 down 7 river 6 the 7 river 7 river 10 landing 8 , 10 landing 9 finally 10 landing 10 landing 11 on 10 landing 15 but 11 on 14 side 12 the 13 same 13 same 14 side 14 side 15 but 15 but 16 on 16 on 17 land " [when] that [deer] [has] [become] [rested] he ['ll] [become] [uneasy] [,] ["] thought [the] [hunter] [.] 1 " 14 thought 3 that 8 he 8 he 14 thought ["] [he] [won't] [stay] [on] [that] [man] ['s] [land] [.] he 'll start for the nearest woods [.] 1 he 2 'll 2 'll 3 start 3 start 4 for 4 for 7 woods 5 the 6 nearest 5 the 7 woods i 'll go up there and wait for him [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 6 and 3 go 4 up 3 go 5 there 3 go 6 and 6 and 7 wait 7 wait 8 for 8 for 9 him i 'll get [that] [deer] [if] [only] to [spite] that [fellow] [back] [there] [who] [drove] [me] [off] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 get 3 get 8 to 8 to 10 that had it [not] been for [him] , [i] ['d] have [that] [deer] [right] [now] [.] 1 had 2 it 1 had 4 been 4 been 5 for 5 for 7 , 7 , 10 have he was too tired to have gone far [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 tired 3 too 4 tired 4 tired 5 to 5 to 6 have 6 have 7 gone 7 gone 8 far he 's got the handsomest pair of antlers [i] ['ve] [seen] for years [.] 1 he 2 's 2 's 3 got 3 got 6 pair 3 got 12 for 4 the 5 handsomest 4 the 6 pair 6 pair 7 of 6 pair 12 for 7 of 8 antlers 12 for 13 years i can sell that head of his for a good price [.] ["] 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 sell 3 sell 4 that 3 sell 5 head 3 sell 8 for 5 head 6 of 5 head 8 for 6 of 7 his 8 for 11 price 9 a 11 price 10 good 11 price so the hunter tied his boat to a tree and once more climbed out [.] 1 so 10 and 1 so 13 climbed 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 tied 3 hunter 10 and 4 tied 6 boat 4 tied 7 to 5 his 6 boat 6 boat 7 to 7 to 9 tree 8 a 9 tree 10 and 12 more 11 once 12 more 12 more 13 climbed 13 climbed 14 out he climbed up the bank and studied the land [.] 1 he 6 and 2 climbed 3 up 2 climbed 6 and 3 up 5 bank 4 the 5 bank 6 and 7 studied 7 studied 9 land 8 the 9 land across a wide meadow he could see a brushy old pasture and back of that [some] thick woods [.] 1 across 4 meadow 1 across 5 he 2 a 3 wide 2 a 4 meadow 3 wide 4 meadow 5 he 6 could 6 could 7 see 7 see 12 and 8 a 11 pasture 9 brushy 11 pasture 10 old 11 pasture 11 pasture 12 and 12 and 13 back 12 and 14 of 14 of 18 woods 15 that 17 thick 17 thick 18 woods he grinned . 1 he 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 . " [that] ['s] [where] [that] [deer] [will] [head] for , " he decided [.] 1 " 13 decided 9 for 10 , 9 for 12 he 10 , 11 " 12 he 13 decided ["] [there] [isn't] [any] [other] [place] [for] [him] [to] [go] [.] all [i] ['ve] [got] [to] [do] is be patient and wait [.] ["] 1 all 7 is 7 is 10 and 8 be 9 patient 8 be 10 and 10 and 11 wait so the hunter took his terrible gun and tramped across the meadow to the brush-grown pasture [.] 1 so 8 and 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 8 and 4 took 7 gun 4 took 8 and 5 his 7 gun 6 terrible 7 gun 8 and 9 tramped 8 and 10 across 8 and 13 to 11 the 12 meadow 12 meadow 13 to 13 to 16 pasture 14 the 16 pasture 15 brush-grown 16 pasture there he hid among the bushes where he could peep out and watch the land [of] [lightfoot] ['s] friend [.] 1 there 2 he 2 he 3 hid 3 hid 4 among 3 hid 7 where 4 among 6 bushes 5 the 6 bushes 6 bushes 7 where 7 where 8 he 7 where 12 and 8 he 9 could 9 could 12 and 10 peep 11 out 10 peep 12 and 11 out 12 and 12 and 13 watch 12 and 19 friend 13 watch 15 land 14 the 15 land he was still angry because he had been prevented from shooting [lightfoot] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 still 2 was 4 angry 4 angry 5 because 5 because 6 he 5 because 9 prevented 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 been 8 been 9 prevented 9 prevented 10 from 10 from 11 shooting at the same time he chuckled [,] [because] [he] [thought] himself [very] [smart] [.] 1 at 4 time 1 at 5 he 2 the 3 same 3 same 4 time 5 he 6 chuckled 6 chuckled 11 himself so he made himself comfortable and prepared to wait the rest of the day , if necessary [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 made 3 made 4 himself 3 made 6 and 5 comfortable 6 and 6 and 7 prepared 7 prepared 8 to 8 to 9 wait 9 wait 11 rest 9 wait 17 necessary 10 the 11 rest 11 rest 12 of 12 of 14 day 13 the 14 day 15 , 17 necessary 16 if 17 necessary " [we] ['ll] [fool] [him] [,] ["] said he , chuckling to himself , as [he] [walked] [back] [towards] the shed [where] [poor] [lightfoot] was resting . 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 11 chuckling 10 , 11 chuckling 11 chuckling 12 to 11 chuckling 14 , 12 to 13 himself 14 , 15 as 15 as 21 shed 20 the 21 shed 21 shed 25 was 25 was 26 resting 26 resting 27 . he did not go [too] near [lightfoot] , for he did not want to alarm him [.] 1 he 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 go 3 not 4 go 4 go 6 near 4 go 9 for 6 near 8 , 9 for 10 he 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 not 11 did 13 want 12 not 13 want 13 want 14 to 13 want 15 alarm 14 to 15 alarm 15 alarm 16 him he just kept within sight of [lightfoot] , paying no attention to him but going about his work [.] 1 he 3 kept 2 just 3 kept 3 kept 4 within 3 kept 11 attention 3 kept 12 to 3 kept 14 but 4 within 5 sight 5 sight 6 of 6 of 8 , 8 , 9 paying 10 no 11 attention 11 attention 12 to 12 to 13 him 14 but 15 going 15 going 16 about 16 about 18 work 17 his 18 work lightfoot , watching him , understood [.] 1 lightfoot 3 watching 1 lightfoot 6 understood 2 , 3 watching 3 watching 4 him 3 watching 5 , he knew that this man was a friend and would do him [no] harm . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 5 man 3 that 9 and 4 this 5 man 5 man 9 and 6 was 8 friend 6 was 9 and 7 a 8 friend 9 and 10 would 9 and 14 harm 10 would 11 do 11 do 12 him 14 harm 15 . little by little , the wonderful , blessed feeling of safety crept over [lightfoot] [.] 1 little 2 by 1 little 10 of 1 little 12 crept 2 by 4 , 3 little 4 , 4 , 9 feeling 5 the 9 feeling 6 wonderful 7 , 6 wonderful 9 feeling 8 blessed 9 feeling 10 of 11 safety 12 crept 13 over no hunter could harm him here [.] 1 no 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 could 3 could 4 harm 4 harm 5 him 4 harm 6 here [chapter] [xxvi] [:] [lightfoot] [does] [the] [wise] [thing] it required a lot of patience on the part of the hunter , [but] the hunter had plenty of patience [.] 1 it 2 required 2 required 4 lot 2 required 7 on 3 a 4 lot 4 lot 5 of 5 of 6 patience 6 patience 7 on 7 on 9 part 8 the 9 part 9 part 10 of 10 of 13 , 11 the 12 hunter 12 hunter 13 , 13 , 16 hunter 15 the 16 hunter 16 hunter 17 had 17 had 18 plenty 18 plenty 19 of 19 of 20 patience it sometimes seems as if hunters have more patience than any other people [.] 1 it 3 seems 2 sometimes 3 seems 3 seems 5 if 4 as 5 if 5 if 6 hunters 5 if 7 have 6 hunters 7 have 7 have 9 patience 7 have 10 than 8 more 9 patience 10 than 13 people 11 any 12 other 12 other 13 people but this hunter waited in [vain] [.] 1 but 3 hunter 2 this 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 waited 4 waited 5 in jolly , round , red [mr] [sun] sank [down] in the west to [his] bed [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 1 jolly 2 , 1 jolly 15 bed 2 , 4 , 3 round 4 , 4 , 5 red 8 sank 10 in 10 in 12 west 11 the 12 west 12 west 13 to 13 to 15 bed the [black] [shadows] [crept] [out] [and] [grew] blacker [.] 1 the 8 blacker one by one the stars began to twinkle [.] 1 one 2 by 2 by 3 one 3 one 5 stars 4 the 5 stars 5 stars 6 began 6 began 7 to 6 began 8 twinkle 7 to 8 twinkle still [the] [hunter] [waited] , [and] [still] there was no sign [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 still 5 , 1 still 8 there 8 there 9 was 9 was 11 sign 10 no 11 sign at last it became so dark that it was useless for the hunter to remain longer [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 it 3 it 4 became 4 became 6 dark 5 so 6 dark 6 dark 7 that 7 that 8 it 7 that 9 was 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 useless 10 useless 11 for 10 useless 14 to 10 useless 15 remain 11 for 13 hunter 12 the 13 hunter 14 to 15 remain 15 remain 16 longer then he tramped [home] and his thoughts were very bitter [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 tramped 3 tramped 5 and 5 and 7 thoughts 6 his 7 thoughts 7 thoughts 8 were 8 were 10 bitter 9 very 10 bitter he knew that he could have shot [lightfoot] had [it] not been for the man who had protected [the] [deer] [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 9 had 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 have 6 have 7 shot 9 had 11 not 9 had 12 been 11 not 12 been 12 been 13 for 13 for 15 man 14 the 15 man 15 man 16 who 15 man 17 had 16 who 17 had 17 had 18 protected in fact , the hunter had not had so much as [another] glimpse [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 5 hunter 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 had 6 had 7 not 6 had 8 had 7 not 8 had 8 had 10 much 8 had 11 as 9 so 10 much 11 as 13 glimpse the reason that the hunter had been so disappointed was that [lightfoot] was smart [.] 1 the 2 reason 2 reason 3 that 2 reason 10 was 3 that 5 hunter 3 that 7 been 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 had 6 had 7 been 7 been 9 disappointed 8 so 9 disappointed 10 was 11 that 11 that 13 was 13 was 14 smart he was smart enough to understand that the man who was saving him from the hunter had done it because he was a true friend [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 smart 3 smart 4 enough 3 smart 5 to 5 to 6 understand 6 understand 7 that 7 that 9 man 7 that 18 done 8 the 9 man 9 man 10 who 9 man 11 was 9 man 17 had 10 who 11 was 11 was 12 saving 12 saving 13 him 12 saving 14 from 14 from 16 hunter 15 the 16 hunter 17 had 18 done 18 done 19 it 18 done 20 because 20 because 21 he 20 because 22 was 21 he 22 was 22 was 25 friend 23 a 25 friend 24 true 25 friend " [he] [not] [only] [will] [let] [no] [one] [else] [harm] [me] , but he [himself] [will] [not] [harm] [me] [,] ["] thought [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 22 thought 12 , 14 he 13 but 14 he 14 he 22 thought " [as] [long] [as] he is [near] , [i] [am] [safe] [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 is 6 is 8 , so all [afternoon] [lightfoot] rested and did [not] so much [as] [put] [his] [nose] [outside] [that] [open] [shed] [.] 1 so 2 all 1 so 6 and 2 all 5 rested 6 and 10 much 7 did 9 so 9 so 10 much that is why the hunter got no glimpse of him [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 why 3 why 5 hunter 3 why 6 got 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 got 6 got 8 glimpse 7 no 8 glimpse 8 glimpse 9 of 9 of 10 him when it [became] dark , so dark that he knew [there] was [no] [longer] [danger] , [lightfoot] [got] up and stepped [out] [under] the stars [.] 1 when 16 , 2 it 16 , 4 dark 5 , 5 , 6 so 6 so 7 dark 7 dark 8 that 8 that 9 he 8 that 12 was 9 he 10 knew 12 was 16 , 16 , 20 and 19 up 20 and 20 and 21 stepped 21 stepped 25 stars 24 the 25 stars he was feeling [quite] himself again [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 feeling 3 feeling 5 himself 3 feeling 6 again his splendid strength had returned [.] 1 his 3 strength 2 splendid 3 strength 3 strength 4 had 4 had 5 returned he bounded lightly across the meadow and up into the brushy pasture where the hunter had been hidden [.] 1 he 2 bounded 2 bounded 3 lightly 2 bounded 4 across 2 bounded 9 into 2 bounded 13 where 4 across 7 and 5 the 6 meadow 6 meadow 7 and 7 and 8 up 7 and 9 into 9 into 12 pasture 10 the 12 pasture 11 brushy 12 pasture 12 pasture 13 where 13 where 15 hunter 13 where 18 hidden 14 the 15 hunter 15 hunter 16 had 16 had 17 been 17 been 18 hidden the farmer smiled [.] 1 the 2 farmer 2 farmer 3 smiled " you are as wise as you are handsome , old fellow , ["] [said] [he] . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 5 wise 4 as 5 wise 5 wise 6 as 6 as 7 you 7 you 8 are 8 are 9 handsome 9 handsome 17 . 10 , 12 fellow 10 , 13 , 11 old 12 fellow 13 , 17 . [chapter] [xxvii] [:] [sammy] [jay] [worries] it isn't [often] [sammy] [jay] [worries] [about] [anybody] [but] [himself] [.] 1 it 2 isn't truth to tell , he doesn't worry about himself very often [.] 1 truth 5 he 2 to 3 tell 2 to 4 , 2 to 5 he 5 he 6 doesn't 6 doesn't 7 worry 7 worry 8 about 7 worry 9 himself 7 worry 11 often 10 very 11 often you see , [sammy] [is] smart , and he knows he is smart [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 13 smart 6 smart 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 he 9 he 10 knows 10 knows 11 he 10 knows 12 is 11 he 12 is 12 is 13 smart under that pointed cap of his are some of the cleverest wits in [all] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 under 4 cap 1 under 7 are 2 that 4 cap 3 pointed 4 cap 4 cap 5 of 5 of 6 his 7 are 12 wits 8 some 9 of 8 some 12 wits 9 of 12 wits 10 the 11 cleverest 10 the 12 wits 12 wits 13 in sammy seldom worries about himself because he feels quite able to take care of himself [.] 1 sammy 3 worries 2 seldom 3 worries 3 worries 4 about 3 worries 6 because 3 worries 8 feels 4 about 5 himself 6 because 7 he 7 he 8 feels 8 feels 10 able 9 quite 10 able 10 able 11 to 10 able 12 take 11 to 12 take 12 take 13 care 13 care 14 of 14 of 15 himself but [sammy] [jay] [was] worrying [now] [.] 1 but 5 worrying he was worrying about [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 worrying 3 worrying 4 about yes , [sir] , [sammy] [jay] [was] [worrying] [about] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 13 . for two days he had been unable to find [lightfoot] [or] [any] trace [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 for 3 days 1 for 4 he 2 two 3 days 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 unable 7 unable 8 to 8 to 9 find 9 find 13 trace but he did find plenty of hunters with terrible guns [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 8 with 2 he 3 did 4 find 5 plenty 5 plenty 6 of 6 of 7 hunters 7 hunters 8 with 8 with 10 guns 9 terrible 10 guns it seemed to him that they were everywhere in [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 5 that 3 to 4 him 5 that 6 they 5 that 7 were 6 they 7 were 7 were 8 everywhere 7 were 9 in sammy began to suspect that one of them must have succeeded [in] [killing] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 sammy 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 4 suspect 4 suspect 5 that 5 that 6 one 5 that 11 succeeded 6 one 7 of 6 one 9 must 7 of 8 them 9 must 10 have 10 have 11 succeeded sammy knew all [of] [lightfoot] ['s] [hiding-places] [.] 1 sammy 2 knew 2 knew 3 all he visited every one of them [.] 1 he 2 visited 2 visited 4 one 3 every 4 one 4 one 5 of 5 of 6 them lightfoot wasn't to be [found] , and no one [whom] [sammy] [met] had seen [lightfoot] [for] [two] [days] . 1 lightfoot 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 19 . 6 , 7 and 6 , 19 . 7 and 9 one 7 and 14 seen 8 no 9 one 9 one 13 had sammy felt badly [.] 1 sammy 2 felt 2 felt 3 badly you see [,] he was very fond [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 4 he 2 see 5 was 4 he 5 was 5 was 7 fond 6 very 7 fond you remember [it] [was] [sammy] [who] [warned] [lightfoot] [of] the [coming] [of] the hunter [on] [the] [morning] [when] [the] [dreadful] [hunting] season [began] [.] 1 you 2 remember 2 remember 22 season 10 the 14 hunter 10 the 22 season 13 the 14 hunter ever [since] [the] [hunting] [season] [had] [opened] , [sammy] [had] [done] [his] [best] [to] [make] [trouble] [for] [the] [hunters] [.] 1 ever 8 , sammy had [known] [all] [about] [the] chasing of [lightfoot] [by] the hounds [.] 1 sammy 2 had 2 had 12 hounds 7 chasing 8 of 8 of 11 the 11 the 12 hounds everybody [in] [the] [green] [forest] had known [about] it [.] 1 everybody 6 had 6 had 7 known 7 known 9 it you [see] [,] [everybody] had heard [the] [voices] of those hounds [.] 1 you 5 had 5 had 6 heard 6 heard 9 of 9 of 11 hounds 10 those 11 hounds that was [the] last [sammy] [had] [seen] [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 last he had been able to save [lightfoot] from the hunters , but he couldn't save him from the hounds [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 able 4 able 5 to 4 able 11 , 5 to 6 save 6 save 8 from 8 from 10 hunters 9 the 10 hunters 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 he 12 but 15 save 13 he 14 couldn't 14 couldn't 15 save 15 save 16 him 15 save 17 from 17 from 19 hounds 18 the 19 hounds the [more] [sammy] [thought] [things] [over] [,] [the] [more] [he] [worried] . 1 the 12 . " [if] he [were] [alive] [,] [somebody] certainly would have seen [him] and [nobody] [has] [,] [since] the [day] [those] hounds [chased] [him] [.] 1 " 3 he 3 he 9 would 8 certainly 9 would 9 would 10 have 10 have 11 seen 11 seen 21 hounds 13 and 18 the 18 the 21 hounds i [declare] [,] [i] have [quite] lost my appetite worrying about [him] [.] 1 i 5 have 5 have 7 lost 7 lost 9 appetite 8 my 9 appetite 9 appetite 10 worrying 9 appetite 11 about if [lightfoot] [is] [dead] [,] [and] [i] [am] [almost] [sure] he is , [the] [green] [forest] [will] [never] [seem] [the] [same] [.] " 1 if 11 he 11 he 12 is 12 is 13 , 13 , 23 " [chapter] [xxviii] [:] [the] [hunting] [season] [ends] the very worst things come to an end at last [.] 1 the 2 very 1 the 3 worst 1 the 4 things 4 things 5 come 5 come 6 to 5 come 9 at 6 to 8 end 7 an 8 end 8 end 9 at 9 at 10 last no matter how bad a thing is , it cannot last forever [.] 1 no 2 matter 2 matter 3 how 2 matter 8 , 2 matter 9 it 3 how 4 bad 4 bad 7 is 5 a 6 thing 6 thing 7 is 9 it 10 cannot 10 cannot 11 last 11 last 12 forever so it was with the hunting season for [lightfoot] the [deer] [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 with 4 with 7 season 5 the 7 season 6 hunting 7 season 7 season 8 for 8 for 10 the there came a [day] [when] [the] law protected [all] [deer] [,] [a] day when the hunters could no longer go searching [for] [lightfoot] [.] 1 there 2 came 2 came 13 day 3 a 7 law 3 a 13 day 7 law 8 protected 13 day 14 when 14 when 16 hunters 14 when 20 go 15 the 16 hunters 16 hunters 17 could 17 could 20 go 18 no 19 longer 19 longer 20 go 20 go 21 searching but this year there was no rejoicing [.] 1 but 3 year 1 but 4 there 2 this 3 year 4 there 5 was 5 was 7 rejoicing 6 no 7 rejoicing you see , [no] [one] [could] find [lightfoot] [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 7 find sammy [jay] had hunted everywhere through [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 sammy 3 had 3 had 4 hunted 4 hunted 5 everywhere 4 hunted 6 through blacky [the] [crow] , [whose] [eyes] [are] [quite] [as] [sharp] [as] [those] [of] [sammy] [jay] , had joined in the search . 1 blacky 4 , 1 blacky 22 . 4 , 16 , 16 , 17 had 17 had 18 joined 18 joined 19 in 19 in 21 search 20 the 21 search they had found [no] trace [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 found 3 found 5 trace paddy [the] [beaver] [said] [that] [for] [three] [days] [lightfoot] had [not] visited [his] [pond] for a drink [.] 1 paddy 10 had 10 had 12 visited 12 visited 15 for 15 for 17 drink 16 a 17 drink jumper [the] [hare] had visited [lightfoot] ['s] favorite eating places at [night] , but [lightfoot] had [not] been in any of them [.] 1 jumper 14 but 4 had 5 visited 4 had 14 but 8 favorite 9 eating 9 eating 10 places 9 eating 11 at 11 at 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 16 had 16 had 18 been 18 been 19 in 19 in 20 any 20 any 21 of 21 of 22 them " [i] [tell] [you] what it [is] [,] ["] said [sammy] [jay] [to] [bobby] [coon] [,] ["] [something] [has] [happened] [to] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 10 said 5 what 6 it 6 it 10 said either [those] [hounds] [caught] [him] [and] [killed] [him] , [or] he was shot [by] one of those hunters [.] 1 either 9 , 1 either 11 he 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 shot 13 shot 15 one 15 one 16 of 16 of 18 hunters 17 those 18 hunters the [green] [forest] will never be the same without him [.] 1 the 4 will 4 will 6 be 5 never 6 be 6 be 8 same 6 be 9 without 7 the 8 same 8 same 9 without 9 without 10 him i don't [think] [i] [shall] want to come over here very much [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 6 want 6 want 7 to 6 want 8 come 7 to 8 come 8 come 9 over 8 come 12 much 9 over 10 here 11 very 12 much there isn't one of all the other people who live in [the] [green] [forest] who would be missed [as] [lightfoot] [will] be [.] ["] 1 there 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 one 3 one 4 of 3 one 15 who 3 one 16 would 3 one 18 missed 4 of 5 all 5 all 6 the 5 all 8 people 6 the 7 other 7 other 8 people 8 people 9 who 8 people 10 live 9 who 10 live 10 live 11 in 15 who 16 would 16 would 17 be 18 missed 22 be bobby [coon] nodded [.] 1 bobby 3 nodded " [that] ['s] [true] [,] [sammy] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 10 he 11 . ["] [without] [lightfoot] [,] [the] [green] [forest] [will] [never] [be] [the] [same] [.] he never harmed anybody [.] 1 he 3 harmed 2 never 3 harmed 3 harmed 4 anybody why those hunters should have been so anxious to kill one so beautiful is something [i] [can't] [understand] [.] 1 why 3 hunters 2 those 3 hunters 3 hunters 4 should 4 should 5 have 5 have 6 been 6 been 8 anxious 7 so 8 anxious 8 anxious 9 to 9 to 10 kill 10 kill 11 one 10 kill 12 so 12 so 13 beautiful 12 so 14 is 13 beautiful 14 is 14 is 15 something for [that] matter [,] [i] [don't] [understand] [why] [they] [want] [to] [kill] [any] of us [.] 1 for 3 matter 3 matter 14 of 14 of 15 us if they really needed us for food , it would be a different matter [,] [but] [they] [don't] [.] 1 if 2 they 1 if 4 needed 1 if 9 it 2 they 4 needed 3 really 4 needed 4 needed 5 us 6 for 7 food 6 for 8 , 6 for 9 it 9 it 10 would 10 would 11 be 11 be 14 matter 12 a 13 different 12 a 14 matter 13 different 14 matter have you been up in [the] [old] [pasture] [and] [asked] [old] [man] [coyote] [if] [he] [has] [seen] anything [of] [lightfoot] [?] " 1 have 2 you 1 have 3 been 3 been 4 up 4 up 5 in 5 in 18 anything 18 anything 22 " sammy nodded [.] 1 sammy 2 nodded " [i] ['ve] [been] [up] [there] [twice] [,] ["] said he . 1 " 10 said 10 said 11 he 11 he 12 . " [old] [man] [coyote] [has] [been] [lying] [very] [low] [during] [the] [days] [,] [but] [nights] he has [done] a lot of traveling [.] 1 " 16 he 16 he 17 has 17 has 20 lot 19 a 20 lot 20 lot 21 of 21 of 22 traveling i thought he might have [found] the place [where] [lightfoot] was killed , but he hasn't , although he has looked for it [.] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 3 he 2 thought 12 killed 3 he 4 might 4 might 5 have 7 the 8 place 8 place 11 was 11 was 12 killed 12 killed 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 he 14 but 16 hasn't 15 he 16 hasn't 16 hasn't 18 although 17 , 18 although 18 although 19 he 19 he 20 has 20 has 21 looked 21 looked 22 for 22 for 23 it well , [the] [hunting] [season] [for] [lightfoot] [is] [over] , [but] [i] am afraid it has ended too late [.] ["] 1 well 2 , 2 , 10 , 10 , 13 am 13 am 14 afraid 14 afraid 15 it 14 afraid 17 ended 15 it 16 has 16 has 17 ended 17 ended 19 late 18 too 19 late [chapter] [xxix] [:] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [are] [startled] it was [the] [evening] of [the] [day] [after] the closing of the hunting season for [lightfoot] the [deer] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 of 5 of 14 season 9 the 10 closing 9 the 14 season 10 closing 11 of 11 of 13 hunting 12 the 13 hunting 14 season 15 for 15 for 17 the [mr] [.] [and] [mrs] [quack] [were] [getting] [their] [evening] [meal] [among] [the] [brown] [stalks] [of] [the] [wild] [rice] [along] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [big] [river] [.] they took turns in searching for the rice grains in the mud [.] 1 they 2 took 2 took 3 turns 2 took 4 in 2 took 6 for 2 took 10 in 3 turns 4 in 4 in 5 searching 5 searching 6 for 6 for 8 rice 7 the 8 rice 9 grains 10 in 10 in 12 mud 11 the 12 mud then [mrs] [quack] [took] [her] [turn] [at] [keeping] [watch] , [while] [mr] [quack] [stood] on his [head] [and] [hunted] [for] [rice] [.] 1 then 10 , 10 , 15 on 15 on 16 his it was wonderfully quiet and peaceful . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 wonderfully 2 was 5 and 4 quiet 5 and 5 and 6 peaceful 6 peaceful 7 . there was not even a ripple on [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 4 even 2 was 6 ripple 2 was 7 on 5 a 6 ripple it was so quiet that they could hear the barking of a dog at a farmhouse a mile away [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 quiet 3 so 4 quiet 4 quiet 5 that 4 quiet 14 at 4 quiet 19 away 6 they 7 could 7 could 8 hear 8 hear 10 barking 9 the 10 barking 10 barking 11 of 11 of 13 dog 12 a 13 dog 13 dog 14 at 14 at 16 farmhouse 15 a 16 farmhouse 17 a 18 mile 18 mile 19 away they were far enough out from the bank to have nothing to fear [from] [reddy] [fox] [or] [old] [man] [coyote] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 far 2 were 5 out 3 far 4 enough 5 out 6 from 5 out 9 to 6 from 8 bank 7 the 8 bank 9 to 10 have 10 have 11 nothing 11 nothing 12 to 12 to 13 fear so they had nothing to fear [from] [any] one [save] [hooty] [the] [owl] . 1 so 2 they 1 so 14 . 2 they 3 had 3 had 4 nothing 3 had 5 to 4 nothing 5 to 5 to 6 fear 6 fear 9 one it was [for] [hooty] that they took turns in watching . 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 that 5 that 6 they 5 that 7 took 6 they 7 took 7 took 8 turns 7 took 9 in 8 turns 9 in 9 in 10 watching 10 watching 11 . it was [just] [the] [hour] [when] [hooty] likes best to hunt [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 10 to 8 likes 9 best 9 best 10 to 10 to 11 hunt [by] [and] [by] [they] [heard] [booty] ['s] [hunting] [call] [.] it was far away in [the] [green] [forest] , [then] [mr] [.] and [mrs] [quack] [felt] easier , and they talked in low , contented voices . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 far 3 far 4 away 3 far 5 in 5 in 9 , 9 , 13 and 13 and 26 voices 13 and 27 . 17 easier 18 , 17 easier 26 voices 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 they 19 and 24 , 20 they 21 talked 21 talked 22 in 22 in 23 low 24 , 25 contented they felt that for a while at least there was nothing to fear [.] 1 they 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 3 that 9 there 3 that 10 was 4 for 6 while 4 for 9 there 5 a 6 while 7 at 8 least 8 least 9 there 9 there 10 was 10 was 11 nothing 11 nothing 12 to 12 to 13 fear suddenly a little splash out [in] [the] [big] [river] caught [mr] [quack] ['s] [quick] [ear] [.] 1 suddenly 4 splash 2 a 3 little 2 a 4 splash 3 little 4 splash 4 splash 5 out 4 splash 10 caught as [mrs] [quack] [brought] [her] [head] [up] [out] [of] [the] [water] , [mr] [quack] [warned] [her] to keep quiet [.] 1 as 12 , 12 , 17 to 17 to 18 keep 18 keep 19 quiet noiselessly they swam [among] [the] [brown] [stalks] [until] [they] [could] [see] [out] [across] [the] [big] [river] . 1 noiselessly 2 they 2 they 3 swam 3 swam 17 . there was another little splash out there in the middle [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 splash 3 another 5 splash 4 little 5 splash 5 splash 6 out 5 splash 8 in 6 out 7 there 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 middle it wasn't the splash made by a fish ; it was a splash made by [something] [much] [bigger] [than] any fish [.] 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 4 splash 2 wasn't 15 by 3 the 4 splash 4 splash 5 made 4 splash 6 by 6 by 8 fish 7 a 8 fish 9 ; 10 it 10 it 11 was 11 was 13 splash 12 a 13 splash 13 splash 14 made 13 splash 15 by 15 by 21 fish 20 any 21 fish presently they [made] [out] [a] [silver] [line] [moving] [towards] [them] [from] [the] [black] [shadows] . 1 presently 2 they 2 they 15 . they knew exactly what it meant [.] 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 4 what 3 exactly 4 what 4 what 5 it 4 what 6 meant 5 it 6 meant it meant that some one was [out] [there] [in] [the] [big] [river] moving towards them [.] 1 it 2 meant 2 meant 3 that 3 that 5 one 3 that 6 was 4 some 5 one 5 one 6 was 6 was 13 moving 13 moving 14 towards 14 towards 15 them could it be a boat containing a hunter [?] 1 could 2 it 1 could 3 be 3 be 5 boat 4 a 5 boat 5 boat 6 containing 6 containing 8 hunter 7 a 8 hunter with their necks stretched high , [mr] and [mrs] [.] quack [watched] [.] 1 with 3 necks 1 with 6 , 1 with 11 quack 2 their 3 necks 3 necks 4 stretched 4 stretched 5 high 6 , 8 and they were ready to take to their strong wings the instant they discovered danger [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 ready 3 ready 4 to 3 ready 5 take 4 to 5 take 5 take 6 to 5 take 11 instant 6 to 9 wings 7 their 9 wings 8 strong 9 wings 10 the 11 instant 11 instant 12 they 11 instant 13 discovered 12 they 13 discovered 13 discovered 14 danger but they did not want to fly until they were sure [that] [it] [was] danger [approaching] [.] 1 but 2 they 1 but 5 want 2 they 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 want 4 not 5 want 5 want 6 to 6 to 7 fly 7 fly 8 until 7 fly 15 danger 8 until 9 they 8 until 10 were 9 they 10 were 10 were 11 sure they were startled , very much startled [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 startled 3 startled 4 , 3 startled 7 startled 5 very 6 much 6 much 7 startled presently they made out what looked like the branch of a tree moving over the water towards them [.] 1 presently 2 they 2 they 3 made 3 made 4 out 3 made 5 what 5 what 6 looked 6 looked 7 like 7 like 9 branch 8 the 9 branch 9 branch 10 of 10 of 12 tree 11 a 12 tree 12 tree 13 moving 13 moving 14 over 13 moving 16 water 13 moving 17 towards 15 the 16 water 17 towards 18 them that was [queer] , very queer [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 6 queer 4 , 6 queer 5 very 6 queer [mr] [quack] [said] [so] [.] [mrs] [quack] [said] [so] [.] both were growing more and more suspicious [.] 1 both 2 were 2 were 3 growing 3 growing 5 and 4 more 5 and 5 and 6 more 6 more 7 suspicious they couldn't understand it at [all] , and it is always best to be suspicious of things you cannot understand . 1 they 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 understand 3 understand 4 it 3 understand 5 at 5 at 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 it 8 and 21 . 9 it 10 is 10 is 11 always 10 is 12 best 12 best 13 to 13 to 14 be 14 be 15 suspicious 15 suspicious 16 of 16 of 17 things 17 things 18 you 17 things 20 understand 18 you 19 cannot 19 cannot 20 understand mr and [mrs] [.] quack [half] lifted their wings to fly . 1 mr 2 and 2 and 5 quack 5 quack 7 lifted 7 lifted 9 wings 7 lifted 10 to 8 their 9 wings 10 to 11 fly 11 fly 12 . [chapter] [xxx] [:] [the] [mystery] [is] [solved] it was very mysterious [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 mysterious 3 very 4 mysterious yes , [sir] [,] it was very mysterious [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 mysterious 7 very 8 mysterious [mr] [quack] [thought] [so] [.] [mrs] [quack] [thought] [so] [.] but how could the branch of a tree swim [?] 1 but 2 how 2 how 3 could 3 could 5 branch 3 could 9 swim 4 the 5 branch 5 branch 6 of 6 of 8 tree 7 a 8 tree that was too much [for] [mr] [quack] [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 much 3 too 4 much it was too much [for] [mrs] [quack] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 much 3 too 4 much they were ready to spring into the air and trust to their swift wings the instant they should detect danger [.] 1 they 9 and 2 were 3 ready 2 were 9 and 3 ready 4 to 3 ready 5 spring 4 to 5 spring 5 spring 6 into 6 into 8 air 7 the 8 air 9 and 10 trust 9 and 11 to 9 and 16 instant 11 to 14 wings 12 their 14 wings 13 swift 14 wings 15 the 16 instant 16 instant 19 detect 17 they 18 should 18 should 19 detect 19 detect 20 danger but they did not want to fly unless they had to [.] 1 but 2 they 1 but 5 want 2 they 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 want 4 not 5 want 5 want 6 to 6 to 7 fly 7 fly 8 unless 8 unless 9 they 8 unless 10 had 9 they 10 had 10 had 11 to besides , they were curious [.] 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 3 they 3 they 4 were 4 were 5 curious they were very curious indeed [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 4 curious 3 very 4 curious 4 curious 5 indeed they wanted to find out what that mysterious thing moving through the water towards them was [.] 1 they 2 wanted 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 5 out 3 to 5 out 4 find 5 out 5 out 6 what 6 what 9 thing 7 that 8 mysterious 8 mysterious 9 thing 9 thing 10 moving 9 thing 16 was 10 moving 11 through 12 the 13 water 13 water 14 towards 13 water 16 was 14 towards 15 them but [paddy] [the] [beaver] [was] [way] [back] in his own pond , deep in [the] [green] [forest] , and they knew it . 1 but 8 in 1 but 22 it 8 in 19 and 9 his 10 own 9 his 11 pond 11 pond 19 and 12 , 13 deep 13 deep 14 in 14 in 18 , 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 they 20 they 21 knew 22 it 23 . so this thing became more and more [of] a mystery [.] 1 so 3 thing 1 so 4 became 2 this 3 thing 3 thing 4 became 4 became 6 and 4 became 10 mystery 5 more 6 and 6 and 7 more 9 a 10 mystery the nearer [it] [came] , the more nervous and anxious [they] [grew] [,] [and] at the same [time] the greater [became] [their] curiosity [.] 1 the 2 nearer 2 nearer 5 , 5 , 9 and 6 the 8 nervous 7 more 8 nervous 8 nervous 9 and 9 and 10 anxious 10 anxious 15 at 15 at 23 curiosity 16 the 17 same 16 the 23 curiosity 19 the 20 greater 20 greater 23 curiosity at last [mr] [quack] [felt] [that] [not] [even] [to] [gratify] [his] curiosity would it be safe to [wait] [longer] [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 12 curiosity 12 curiosity 17 to 13 would 14 it 13 would 15 be 15 be 16 safe 16 safe 17 to he prepared to spring into the air , knowing that [mrs] [quack] [would] [follow] [him] [.] 1 he 2 prepared 2 prepared 3 to 2 prepared 4 spring 3 to 4 spring 4 spring 5 into 5 into 7 air 6 the 7 air 7 air 9 knowing 8 , 9 knowing 9 knowing 10 that it was just then that a funny little sound reached him [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 just 3 just 4 then 3 just 5 that 5 that 9 sound 5 that 10 reached 6 a 7 funny 6 a 9 sound 7 funny 9 sound 8 little 9 sound 9 sound 10 reached 10 reached 11 him it was [half] [snort] [,] [half] [cough] [,] as [if] [some] one [had] sniffed [some] [water] [up] his nose [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 9 as 9 as 12 one 12 one 14 sniffed 14 sniffed 19 nose 18 his 19 nose there was something familiar about that sound . 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 something 2 was 8 . 3 something 4 familiar 4 familiar 5 about 5 about 7 sound 6 that 7 sound [mr] [quack] [decided] [to] [wait] [a] [few] [minutes] [longer] [.] somehow [i] [have] [a] [feeling] [that] [we] [are] [in] [no] danger [.] ["] 1 somehow 11 danger so [mr] . [and] [mrs] [quack] [waited] [and] [watched] [.] 1 so 3 . it was a mystery no longer [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 mystery 2 was 6 longer 3 a 4 mystery 5 no 6 longer they saw that they had mistaken the antlers of [lightfoot] the [deer] for the branch of a tree [.] 1 they 2 saw 2 saw 3 that 3 that 4 they 3 that 6 mistaken 4 they 5 had 5 had 6 mistaken 6 mistaken 8 antlers 6 mistaken 13 for 7 the 8 antlers 8 antlers 9 of 9 of 11 the 13 for 15 branch 14 the 15 branch 15 branch 16 of 16 of 18 tree 17 a 18 tree lightfoot was [swimming] [across] [the] [big] [river] on his way back to his home in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 lightfoot 2 was 2 was 8 on 8 on 11 back 9 his 11 back 10 way 11 back 11 back 12 to 12 to 14 home 13 his 14 home 14 home 15 in 15 in 16 the at [once] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [swam] [out] [to] [meet] [him] [and] [to] [tell] [him] [how] [glad] they were that he was alive and safe [.] 1 at 19 they 19 they 20 were 20 were 25 and 21 that 22 he 22 he 23 was 23 was 24 alive 24 alive 25 and 25 and 26 safe [chapter] [xxxi] [:] [a] [surprising] [discovery] so [lightfoot] roamed [about] [without] [fear] [and] [was] [happy] . 1 so 3 roamed 3 roamed 10 . it seemed to him that he could not be happier . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 5 that 3 to 4 him 5 that 6 he 5 that 11 . 6 he 7 could 7 could 8 not 8 not 9 be 9 be 10 happier there was plenty to eat [and] that blessed feeling of nothing to fear [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 plenty 2 was 12 to 3 plenty 4 to 4 to 5 eat 5 eat 7 that 8 blessed 9 feeling 9 feeling 10 of 10 of 11 nothing 11 nothing 12 to 12 to 13 fear what [more] could any one ask [?] 1 what 3 could 1 what 6 ask 3 could 5 one 3 could 6 ask 4 any 5 one he began to grow sleek and fat and handsomer than ever [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 4 grow 4 grow 6 and 5 sleek 6 and 6 and 8 and 7 fat 8 and 8 and 9 handsomer 9 handsomer 10 than 10 than 11 ever the days were growing colder and the frosty air made him feel good [.] 1 the 2 days 2 days 6 and 3 were 4 growing 3 were 6 and 4 growing 5 colder 6 and 12 feel 7 the 9 air 8 frosty 9 air 9 air 10 made 10 made 11 him 10 made 12 feel 12 feel 13 good just at dusk one evening he went down to his favorite drinking place [at] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 just 6 he 2 at 3 dusk 2 at 6 he 3 dusk 4 one 3 dusk 5 evening 6 he 7 went 7 went 8 down 8 down 9 to 9 to 11 favorite 10 his 11 favorite 11 favorite 12 drinking 12 drinking 13 place as he put down his head to drink he saw something [which] so surprised [him] that he quite forgot he was thirsty . 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 put 1 as 9 he 2 he 3 put 3 put 4 down 3 put 6 head 3 put 7 to 5 his 6 head 6 head 7 to 7 to 8 drink 9 he 10 saw 10 saw 11 something 10 saw 13 so 13 so 14 surprised 13 so 21 was 14 surprised 16 that 14 surprised 21 was 16 that 17 he 16 that 19 forgot 17 he 19 forgot 18 quite 19 forgot 20 he 21 was 21 was 22 thirsty 22 thirsty 23 . what do you think it was he saw [?] 1 what 2 do 1 what 8 saw 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 think 4 think 5 it 4 think 6 was 5 it 6 was 7 he 8 saw it was a footprint in the soft mud [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 footprint 3 a 4 footprint 4 footprint 5 in 5 in 6 the 6 the 8 mud 7 soft 8 mud yes , [sir] [,] it was a footprint [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 footprint 7 a 8 footprint for a long time [lightfoot] [stood] staring at that footprint [.] 1 for 4 time 1 for 7 staring 2 a 4 time 3 long 4 time 7 staring 8 at 8 at 10 footprint 9 that 10 footprint in his great , soft eyes was a look of wonder and surprise [.] 1 in 6 eyes 1 in 7 was 2 his 6 eyes 3 great 4 , 3 great 6 eyes 5 soft 6 eyes 7 was 9 look 8 a 9 look 9 look 10 of 10 of 12 and 11 wonder 12 and 12 and 13 surprise you see , that footprint was exactly like one of his own , only [smaller] [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 8 like 4 that 5 footprint 5 footprint 6 was 6 was 8 like 7 exactly 8 like 8 like 9 one 8 like 14 only 9 one 10 of 10 of 11 his 11 his 12 own 12 own 13 , to [lightfoot] [it] [was] [a] [very] [wonderful] [footprint] . 1 to 9 . he was quite sure that never had [he] seen such a dainty footprint [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 sure 3 quite 4 sure 4 sure 5 that 4 sure 9 seen 5 that 7 had 6 never 7 had 7 had 9 seen 9 seen 13 footprint 10 such 11 a 11 a 13 footprint 12 dainty 13 footprint he forgot to drink [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 to 3 to 4 drink instead , he began to search for [other] [footprints] , and presently he found them [.] 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 3 he 3 he 4 began 4 began 5 to 5 to 6 search 6 search 7 for 7 for 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 he 11 and 14 found 12 presently 13 he 13 he 14 found 14 found 15 them each was as dainty as that first one [.] 1 each 2 was 2 was 4 dainty 3 as 4 dainty 4 dainty 5 as 5 as 8 one 6 that 8 one 7 first 8 one who could have made them [?] 1 who 2 could 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 made 4 made 5 them that is [what] [lightfoot] [wanted] to know [and] what he meant to find out . 1 that 2 is 2 is 6 to 6 to 7 know 7 know 9 what 9 what 10 he 9 what 11 meant 10 he 11 meant 11 meant 12 to 12 to 13 find 13 find 14 out 14 out 15 . it was clear to him that there was a stranger in the [green] [forest] , and somehow he didn't resent it [in] the least [.] 1 it 15 , 2 was 3 clear 2 was 15 , 3 clear 4 to 3 clear 6 that 4 to 5 him 6 that 7 there 6 that 8 was 8 was 10 stranger 9 a 10 stranger 10 stranger 11 in 11 in 12 the 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 somehow 16 and 18 he 16 and 20 resent 18 he 19 didn't 19 didn't 20 resent 20 resent 21 it 20 resent 24 least 23 the 24 least in fact , he was glad [.] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 glad he couldn't [have] [told] [why] , but it was true [.] 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 6 , 6 , 9 was 7 but 8 it 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 true lightfoot put his nose to the footprints and sniffed [of] them [.] 1 lightfoot 8 and 2 put 4 nose 2 put 5 to 2 put 8 and 3 his 4 nose 5 to 7 footprints 6 the 7 footprints 8 and 9 sniffed 9 sniffed 11 them a great longing to find the maker of those footprints took possession of him [.] 1 a 3 longing 2 great 3 longing 3 longing 4 to 3 longing 5 find 3 longing 11 took 4 to 5 find 5 find 7 maker 6 the 7 maker 7 maker 8 of 8 of 10 footprints 9 those 10 footprints 11 took 12 possession 12 possession 13 of 13 of 14 him he lifted his handsome head and listened for some slight sound which might show that the stranger was near [.] 1 he 6 and 2 lifted 5 head 2 lifted 6 and 3 his 5 head 4 handsome 5 head 6 and 7 listened 6 and 8 for 8 for 11 sound 9 some 11 sound 10 slight 11 sound 11 sound 12 which 11 sound 13 might 12 which 13 might 13 might 14 show 14 show 15 that 15 that 17 stranger 15 that 18 was 16 the 17 stranger 17 stranger 18 was 18 was 19 near with [his] [delicate] nostrils [he] [tested] [the] [wandering] [little] [night] [breezes] for a stray [whiff] of scent to tell him which way to go [.] 1 with 4 nostrils 4 nostrils 12 for 12 for 14 stray 13 a 14 stray 14 stray 16 of 16 of 17 scent 17 scent 18 to 18 to 19 tell 19 tell 20 him 19 tell 21 which 21 which 22 way 22 way 24 go 23 to 24 go but there was no sound [and] [the] [wandering] [little] [night] [breezes] [told] [him] [nothing] [.] 1 but 2 there 2 there 3 was 3 was 5 sound 4 no 5 sound lightfoot followed the dainty footprints up the bank [.] 1 lightfoot 2 followed 2 followed 5 footprints 2 followed 6 up 3 the 5 footprints 4 dainty 5 footprints 6 up 8 bank 7 the 8 bank there they disappeared [,] [for] [the] [ground] [was] [hard] . 1 there 2 they 2 they 3 disappeared 3 disappeared 10 . lightfoot paused , undecided [which] [way] to go [.] 1 lightfoot 2 paused 2 paused 3 , 2 paused 4 undecided 3 , 4 undecided 4 undecided 7 to 4 undecided 8 go 7 to 8 go [chapter] [xxxii] [:] [lightfoot] [sees] [the] [stranger] lightfoot [the] [deer] was unhappy [.] 1 lightfoot 4 was 4 was 5 unhappy it was a strange unhappiness , [an] unhappiness [such] as he had never known before [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 8 unhappiness 2 was 10 as 3 a 4 strange 3 a 8 unhappiness 4 strange 5 unhappiness 5 unhappiness 6 , 10 as 14 known 11 he 12 had 12 had 14 known 13 never 14 known 14 known 15 before you see [,] he [had] discovered that there was a stranger in the [green] [forest] [,] [a] stranger of [his] [own] [kind] , [another] [deer] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 4 he 2 see 6 discovered 4 he 6 discovered 6 discovered 7 that 7 that 8 there 7 that 9 was 8 there 9 was 9 was 11 stranger 10 a 11 stranger 11 stranger 12 in 12 in 23 , 13 the 18 stranger 18 stranger 19 of 19 of 23 , he knew it by dainty footprints in the mud [along] [the] [laughing] [brook] and on the edge of the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 it 2 knew 4 by 4 by 6 footprints 5 dainty 6 footprints 6 footprints 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 mud 9 mud 14 and 14 and 15 on 15 on 17 edge 16 the 17 edge 17 edge 18 of 18 of 19 the 19 the 20 pond 20 pond 21 of 21 of 23 the he knew it by other signs which he ran across [every] now [and] then [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 it 2 knew 4 by 3 it 4 by 4 by 6 signs 5 other 6 signs 6 signs 7 which 6 signs 9 ran 7 which 8 he 7 which 9 ran 8 he 9 ran 9 ran 10 across 9 ran 12 now 9 ran 14 then but search as he would , he was unable to find that newcomer [.] 1 but 2 search 1 but 7 he 3 as 4 he 3 as 5 would 3 as 6 , 3 as 7 he 4 he 5 would 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 unable 9 unable 10 to 9 unable 11 find 10 to 11 find 11 find 13 newcomer 12 that 13 newcomer he [had] [searched] [everywhere] [but] [always] [he] was just too late [.] 1 he 8 was 8 was 9 just 9 just 10 too 9 just 11 late the stranger had been [and] gone [.] 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 6 gone now there was no anger in [lightfoot] ['s] desire to find that [stranger] [.] 1 now 2 there 2 there 3 was 3 was 5 anger 3 was 10 to 4 no 5 anger 5 anger 6 in 6 in 9 desire 10 to 11 find 11 find 12 that instead , there was a great longing . 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 8 . 2 , 3 there 3 there 4 was 4 was 7 longing 5 a 6 great 6 great 7 longing for the first time in his life [lightfoot] [felt] [lonely] [.] 1 for 4 time 2 the 4 time 3 first 4 time 4 time 5 in 5 in 7 life 6 his 7 life so he hunted and hunted and was unhappy [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 hunted 3 hunted 4 and 4 and 6 and 5 hunted 6 and 6 and 7 was 7 was 8 unhappy he lost his appetite [.] 1 he 2 lost 2 lost 4 appetite 3 his 4 appetite he slept little [.] 1 he 2 slept 2 slept 3 little he roamed about uneasily , looking , listening , testing [every] [merry] [little] [breeze] [,] but all [in] vain [.] 1 he 2 roamed 2 roamed 3 about 2 roamed 6 looking 3 about 4 uneasily 5 , 6 looking 6 looking 8 listening 6 looking 10 testing 6 looking 16 but 6 looking 19 vain 7 , 8 listening 8 listening 9 , 16 but 17 all then , one never-to-be-forgotten night [,] as he drank at [the] [laughing] [brook] , [a] [strange] [feeling] swept [over] him [.] 1 then 2 , 1 then 5 night 3 one 5 night 4 never-to-be-forgotten 5 night 5 night 7 as 5 night 18 swept 7 as 8 he 7 as 9 drank 8 he 9 drank 9 drank 10 at 10 at 14 , 18 swept 20 him it was the feeling of being watched [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 feeling 3 the 4 feeling 4 feeling 5 of 5 of 6 being 6 being 7 watched lightfoot lifted his beautiful head and a slight movement caught his quick eye and drew it to a thicket not far away [.] 1 lightfoot 6 and 2 lifted 5 head 2 lifted 6 and 3 his 5 head 4 beautiful 5 head 6 and 14 and 7 a 8 slight 8 slight 9 movement 9 movement 14 and 10 caught 13 eye 10 caught 14 and 11 his 13 eye 12 quick 13 eye 14 and 15 drew 15 drew 16 it 15 drew 17 to 17 to 19 thicket 18 a 19 thicket 19 thicket 20 not 20 not 21 far 21 far 22 away for a long minute [lightfoot] [stood] [gazing] [.] 1 for 4 minute 2 a 4 minute 3 long 4 minute a pair of wonderful , great , soft eyes gazed back at him [.] 1 a 2 pair 2 pair 3 of 2 pair 10 gazed 3 of 9 eyes 4 wonderful 5 , 4 wonderful 9 eyes 6 great 7 , 6 great 9 eyes 8 soft 9 eyes 10 gazed 11 back 11 back 12 at 12 at 13 him then that beautiful head disappeared [.] 1 then 4 head 2 that 4 head 3 beautiful 4 head 4 head 5 disappeared with a mighty bound , [lightfoot] cleared [the] [laughing] [brook] and rushed over to the thicket in which that beautiful head had disappeared [.] 1 with 4 bound 1 with 11 and 2 a 3 mighty 3 mighty 4 bound 5 , 7 cleared 7 cleared 11 and 11 and 12 rushed 12 rushed 13 over 13 over 14 to 14 to 16 thicket 15 the 16 thicket 16 thicket 17 in 17 in 18 which 17 in 21 head 17 in 23 disappeared 19 that 21 head 20 beautiful 21 head 21 head 22 had 22 had 23 disappeared he plunged in , but there was no one there . 1 he 2 plunged 2 plunged 3 in 3 in 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 there 5 but 7 was 7 was 9 one 7 was 11 . 8 no 9 one 9 one 10 there frantically he searched [,] [but] that thicket was [empty] . 1 frantically 2 he 2 he 3 searched 3 searched 6 that 6 that 7 thicket 6 that 8 was 7 thicket 8 was 8 was 10 . then he stood still and listened [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 5 and 3 stood 4 still 3 stood 5 and 5 and 6 listened not a sound reached him [.] 1 not 3 sound 1 not 4 reached 2 a 3 sound 3 sound 4 reached 4 reached 5 him it was [as] still [as] [if] there [were] [no] [other] living [things] in [all] the [green] [forest] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 7 there 2 was 11 living 4 still 7 there 11 living 13 in 13 in 15 the the beautiful stranger had slipped away as silently as a shadow [.] 1 the 3 stranger 2 beautiful 3 stranger 3 stranger 4 had 4 had 5 slipped 5 slipped 6 away 5 slipped 8 silently 5 slipped 9 as 7 as 8 silently 9 as 11 shadow 10 a 11 shadow all the rest of [that] [night] [lightfoot] [searched] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [but] his search was in [vain] [.] 1 all 3 rest 2 the 3 rest 3 rest 4 of 4 of 14 his 14 his 15 search 15 search 16 was 16 was 17 in the longing to find that beautiful stranger had become so great that he fairly ached with it [.] 1 the 2 longing 2 longing 3 to 2 longing 4 find 2 longing 8 had 3 to 4 find 4 find 7 stranger 5 that 7 stranger 6 beautiful 7 stranger 8 had 9 become 9 become 11 great 10 so 11 great 11 great 12 that 12 that 13 he 12 that 15 ached 13 he 15 ached 14 fairly 15 ached 15 ached 16 with 16 with 17 it it seemed to him that until he found her he could know no happiness [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 5 that 3 to 4 him 5 that 10 he 5 that 12 know 6 until 7 he 6 until 8 found 6 until 10 he 7 he 8 found 8 found 9 her 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 know 12 know 14 happiness 13 no 14 happiness [chapter] [xxxiii] [:] [a] [different] [game] [of] [hide] [and] [seek] once [more] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [was] [playing] hide and seek in the [green] [forest] . 1 once 9 and 8 hide 9 and 9 and 10 seek 10 seek 11 in 11 in 15 . 12 the 15 . but it was a very different game from the one he had played just a short time before [.] 1 but 8 from 1 but 11 he 2 it 3 was 3 was 7 game 4 a 5 very 4 a 7 game 5 very 6 different 7 game 8 from 8 from 10 one 9 the 10 one 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 played 13 played 14 just 13 played 17 time 13 played 18 before 15 a 16 short 15 a 17 time 16 short 17 time now , he was ["] it " , and some one [else] was doing the hiding [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 he 3 he 8 , 4 was 6 it 4 was 8 , 6 it 7 " 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 one 9 and 13 was 10 some 11 one 11 one 13 was 13 was 14 doing 14 doing 16 hiding 15 the 16 hiding at [times] [lightfoot] [would] lose his temper [.] 1 at 7 temper 5 lose 6 his 6 his 7 temper yes , [sir] [,] [lightfoot] would lose his temper [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 6 would 6 would 7 lose 7 lose 9 temper 8 his 9 temper that was a foolish thing to [do] , but it seemed to him that he just couldn't help it . 1 that 2 was 2 was 5 thing 2 was 6 to 3 a 5 thing 4 foolish 5 thing 6 to 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 it 9 but 11 seemed 10 it 11 seemed 11 seemed 12 to 11 seemed 14 that 12 to 13 him 14 that 15 he 14 that 20 . 15 he 17 couldn't 16 just 17 couldn't 17 couldn't 18 help 18 help 19 it more [than] [once] [when] [he] [did] [this] [a] [pair] of [great] , [soft] [,] [gentle] [eyes] [were] [watching] [him] , though he didn't know it . 1 more 10 of 10 of 12 , 12 , 26 . 20 , 22 he 20 , 26 . 21 though 22 he 22 he 23 didn't 23 didn't 24 know 24 know 25 it at other times [lightfoot] [would] [steal] [about] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [as] [noiselessly] [as] [a] [shadow] [.] 1 at 3 times 2 other 3 times he would peer into thickets and behind tangles of fallen trees and brush piles , hoping to surprise the one he sought [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 peer 3 peer 6 and 4 into 5 thickets 4 into 6 and 6 and 7 behind 7 behind 12 and 8 tangles 9 of 8 tangles 12 and 9 of 11 trees 10 fallen 11 trees 12 and 14 piles 12 and 16 hoping 13 brush 14 piles 15 , 16 hoping 16 hoping 17 to 16 hoping 18 surprise 17 to 18 surprise 18 surprise 20 one 19 the 20 one 20 one 21 he 20 one 22 sought 21 he 22 sought he would be very , very patient [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 7 patient 4 very 6 very 5 , 6 very 6 very 7 patient perhaps he would come to the thicket which he knew from the signs the stranger had left only a few moments before [.] 1 perhaps 2 he 2 he 3 would 3 would 4 come 4 come 5 to 4 come 11 from 5 to 7 thicket 6 the 7 thicket 7 thicket 8 which 7 thicket 10 knew 8 which 9 he 8 which 10 knew 9 he 10 knew 11 from 13 signs 12 the 13 signs 13 signs 15 stranger 13 signs 17 left 14 the 15 stranger 15 stranger 16 had 16 had 17 left 17 left 18 only 18 only 22 before 19 a 20 few 20 few 21 moments 21 moments 22 before then his patience would vanish in [impatience] , and he would dash [ahead] [,] eager to catch up with the shy stranger [.] 1 then 3 patience 2 his 3 patience 3 patience 4 would 4 would 5 vanish 5 vanish 6 in 6 in 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 15 eager 10 he 11 would 11 would 12 dash 15 eager 16 to 16 to 17 catch 17 catch 18 up 18 up 19 with 19 with 22 stranger 20 the 22 stranger 21 shy 22 stranger but always it was [in] vain [.] 1 but 2 always 1 but 4 was 3 it 4 was 4 was 6 vain he had thought himself very clever but this stranger was proving herself more clever [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 thought 2 had 4 himself 2 had 7 but 2 had 10 was 5 very 6 clever 6 clever 7 but 7 but 9 stranger 8 this 9 stranger 10 was 11 proving 10 was 14 clever 11 proving 12 herself 13 more 14 clever of course it wasn't long before all the little people [in] [the] [green] [forest] knew what was going on [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 it 3 it 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 5 long 5 long 6 before 6 before 7 all 6 before 15 knew 7 all 8 the 7 all 10 people 7 all 15 knew 8 the 10 people 9 little 10 people 15 knew 16 what 16 what 17 was 17 was 18 going 18 going 19 on but now , instead of trying to help [lightfoot] as they did then , they gave him no help at all [.] 1 but 2 now 1 but 3 , 1 but 15 they 4 instead 5 of 5 of 6 trying 5 of 15 they 6 trying 7 to 7 to 8 help 10 as 11 they 10 as 12 did 10 as 15 they 11 they 12 did 13 then 14 , 13 then 15 they 15 they 16 gave 16 gave 17 him 16 gave 19 help 16 gave 20 at 18 no 19 help 19 help 20 at 20 at 21 all the [fact] [is] , they were enjoying [that] game [.] 1 the 9 game 4 , 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 7 enjoying 7 enjoying 9 game mischievous [sammy] [jay] [even] [went] [so] [far] [as] to [warn] the stranger [several] [times] [when] [lightfoot] was approaching . 1 mischievous 9 to 9 to 11 the 11 the 12 stranger 12 stranger 17 was 17 was 18 approaching 18 approaching 19 . of [course] [lightfoot] [knew] [when] [sammy] [did] [this] , and [each] [time] he lost his temper . 1 of 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 he 10 and 17 . 13 he 14 lost 14 lost 16 temper 15 his 16 temper for the time being , he quite forgot [all] that [sammy] [had] [done] [for] [him] [when] he was the one that was being hunted [.] 1 for 4 being 1 for 5 , 1 for 6 he 2 the 4 being 3 time 4 being 6 he 8 forgot 7 quite 8 forgot 8 forgot 10 that 10 that 17 he 10 that 18 was 17 he 18 was 18 was 20 one 19 the 20 one 20 one 21 that 20 one 22 was 21 that 22 was 22 was 23 being 23 being 24 hunted but when [buster] grinned [good-naturedly] at [him] , [lightfoot] thought [better] of it and bounded [away] to continue his search [.] 1 but 2 when 1 but 14 and 4 grinned 6 at 4 grinned 14 and 6 at 8 , 8 , 10 thought 10 thought 12 of 12 of 13 it 14 and 15 bounded 15 bounded 17 to 17 to 18 continue 18 continue 20 search 19 his 20 search then there were [times] [when] [lightfoot] would sulk and [would] [declare] [over] and [over] [to] [himself] [,] ["] [i] [don't] [care] [anything] [about] [that] stranger . 1 then 2 there 2 there 3 were 3 were 13 and 7 would 8 sulk 7 would 9 and 9 and 13 and 13 and 25 stranger 25 stranger 26 . i won't spend another minute looking for her [.] ["] 1 i 2 won't 2 won't 3 spend 3 spend 5 minute 3 spend 7 for 4 another 5 minute 5 minute 6 looking 5 minute 7 for 7 for 8 her and then within five minutes he would be watching , listening and seeking some sign that she was still in the [green] [forest] . 1 and 6 he 1 and 24 . 2 then 6 he 3 within 5 minutes 3 within 6 he 4 five 5 minutes 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 be 8 be 9 watching 9 watching 12 and 9 watching 15 sign 9 watching 20 in 10 , 12 and 11 listening 12 and 12 and 13 seeking 14 some 15 sign 15 sign 16 that 16 that 17 she 16 that 18 was 17 she 18 was 18 was 19 still 20 in 21 the [chapter] [xxxiv] [:] [a] [startling] [new] [footprint] he had stolen very softly [clown] to [the] [laughing] [brook] , hoping to surprise the beautiful stranger drinking there [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 stolen 3 stolen 5 softly 3 stolen 7 to 3 stolen 13 to 4 very 5 softly 7 to 11 , 11 , 12 hoping 13 to 14 surprise 14 surprise 17 stranger 14 surprise 19 there 15 the 17 stranger 16 beautiful 17 stranger 17 stranger 18 drinking 17 stranger 19 there she wasn't to be seen [.] 1 she 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 seen almost [at] [once] [he] discovered [fresh] [footprints] [.] 1 almost 5 discovered they were not the prints he was looking for [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 not 2 were 5 prints 4 the 5 prints 5 prints 6 he 5 prints 9 for 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 looking 8 looking 9 for no , [sir] , [they] [were] [not] [the] dainty [prints] he had learned to know so well . 1 no 2 , 2 , 18 . 4 , 11 he 4 , 18 . 9 dainty 11 he 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 learned 13 learned 14 to 13 learned 15 know 14 to 15 know 15 know 16 so 16 so 17 well they were prints very near the size of his own [big] [ones] , and they had been made only a short time before [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 prints 2 were 5 near 3 prints 5 near 4 very 5 near 5 near 7 size 6 the 7 size 7 size 8 of 8 of 9 his 9 his 10 own 10 own 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 they 14 and 18 made 15 they 16 had 16 had 17 been 17 been 18 made 18 made 19 only 18 made 22 time 18 made 23 before 20 a 21 short 20 a 22 time 21 short 22 time 22 time 23 before the finding of [those] [prints] [was] a dreadful shock [to] [lightfoot] [.] 1 the 2 finding 2 finding 3 of 3 of 9 shock 7 a 8 dreadful 8 dreadful 9 shock he understood instantly what they meant [.] 1 he 2 understood 2 understood 3 instantly 2 understood 4 what 4 what 5 they 4 what 6 meant 5 they 6 meant they meant that a second stranger had come into the [green] [forest] [,] [one] [who] [had] antlers [like] [his] [own] [.] 1 they 2 meant 2 meant 3 that 3 that 6 stranger 3 that 8 come 4 a 5 second 4 a 6 stranger 5 second 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 had 7 had 8 come 8 come 9 into 9 into 17 antlers 10 the 17 antlers jealousy took possession of [lightfoot] the [deer] [;] jealousy that filled his heart [with] rage [.] 1 jealousy 2 took 2 took 3 possession 3 possession 4 of 4 of 15 rage 6 the 9 jealousy 6 the 15 rage 9 jealousy 11 filled 10 that 11 filled 11 filled 13 heart 12 his 13 heart " he has come here to [seek] [that] [beautiful] [stranger] [i] have been hunting for , " [thought] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 has 3 has 4 come 4 come 5 here 4 come 6 to 6 to 12 have 12 have 13 been 13 been 14 hunting 14 hunting 15 for 15 for 16 , 16 , 17 " " he has come here to try to steal her away from me [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 has 3 has 4 come 4 come 5 here 4 come 6 to 6 to 7 try 7 try 8 to 7 try 9 steal 8 to 9 steal 9 steal 10 her 9 steal 11 away 9 steal 12 from 12 from 13 me he has no right here [in] [my] [green] [forest] [.] 1 he 2 has 2 has 4 right 3 no 4 right 4 right 5 here that is where that beautiful stranger must have come [from] , too [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 where 3 where 6 stranger 3 where 9 come 4 that 6 stranger 5 beautiful 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 must 7 must 8 have 8 have 9 come 9 come 12 too 11 , 12 too i want her to stay , but [i] must drive this fellow out . 1 i 7 but 2 want 3 her 2 want 4 to 2 want 5 stay 2 want 7 but 4 to 5 stay 6 , 7 but 7 but 10 drive 9 must 10 drive 10 drive 12 fellow 10 drive 13 out 11 this 12 fellow 13 out 14 . i 'll make him fight [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 make 3 make 4 him 3 make 5 fight that ['s] [what] [i] 'll [do] [;] [i] ['ll] make him fight [!] 1 that 5 'll 5 'll 10 make 10 make 11 him 10 make 12 fight i 'm not afraid of [him] , but [i] ['ll] [make] [him] [fear] [me] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 not 2 'm 4 afraid 3 not 4 afraid 4 afraid 5 of 5 of 7 , 7 , 8 but lightfoot stamped [his] [feet] and [with] his [great] antlers thrashed the bushes as if he felt that they were the enemy he sought [.] 1 lightfoot 5 and 2 stamped 5 and 5 and 10 thrashed 7 his 9 antlers 9 antlers 10 thrashed 10 thrashed 12 bushes 10 thrashed 13 as 11 the 12 bushes 13 as 18 they 13 as 19 were 14 if 15 he 14 if 16 felt 14 if 18 they 15 he 16 felt 16 felt 17 that 18 they 19 were 19 were 21 enemy 20 the 21 enemy 21 enemy 22 he 21 enemy 23 sought 22 he 23 sought could you have looked into his great eyes then [,] [you] [would] [have] [found] [nothing] [soft] [and] [beautiful] [about] [them] [.] 1 could 2 you 1 could 3 have 3 have 4 looked 4 looked 5 into 4 looked 9 then 5 into 8 eyes 6 his 8 eyes 7 great 8 eyes 8 eyes 9 then they became almost red with anger [.] 1 they 2 became 2 became 4 red 3 almost 4 red 4 red 5 with 5 with 6 anger lightfoot quivered all over with rage [.] 1 lightfoot 2 quivered 2 quivered 4 over 2 quivered 5 with 3 all 4 over 5 with 6 rage the hair on the back of his neck stood up [.] 1 the 2 hair 2 hair 3 on 2 hair 9 stood 3 on 5 back 4 the 5 back 5 back 6 of 6 of 8 neck 7 his 8 neck 9 stood 10 up lightfoot [the] [deer] looked [anything] [but] gentle [.] 1 lightfoot 4 looked 4 looked 7 gentle then he leaped over [the] [laughing] [brook] and once more began to search [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 8 and 3 leaped 4 over 3 leaped 8 and 8 and 11 began 9 once 10 more 10 more 11 began 11 began 12 to 12 to 13 search but this time it was not for the beautiful stranger with the dainty feet [.] 1 but 3 time 1 but 5 was 2 this 3 time 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 not 5 was 11 with 7 for 10 stranger 8 the 10 stranger 9 beautiful 10 stranger 10 stranger 11 with 11 with 14 feet 12 the 14 feet 13 dainty 14 feet he had no time to think of her now [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 time 3 no 4 time 4 time 5 to 5 to 6 think 6 think 7 of 6 think 9 now 7 of 8 her he [must] [first] [find] [this] [newcomer] [and] [he] meant to waste no time in doing it [.] 1 he 9 meant 9 meant 10 to 9 meant 11 waste 10 to 11 waste 11 waste 13 time 11 waste 14 in 12 no 13 time 13 time 14 in 14 in 15 doing 15 doing 16 it [chapter] [xxxv] [:] [lightfoot] [is] [reckless] in his search for the new stranger who had come to [the] [green] [forest] , [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [was] [wholly] [reckless] . 1 in 3 search 2 his 3 search 3 search 4 for 3 search 8 who 3 search 9 had 4 for 7 stranger 5 the 7 stranger 6 new 7 stranger 8 who 9 had 9 had 10 come 10 come 11 to 11 to 15 , 15 , 22 . he bounded along , [careless] [of] [how] [much] [noise] [he] [made] [.] 1 he 2 bounded 2 bounded 3 along 3 along 4 , after such exhibitions of anger he would pause to [listen] , hoping to hear some sound which would tell him where the stranger was [.] 1 after 3 exhibitions 1 after 6 he 2 such 3 exhibitions 3 exhibitions 4 of 4 of 5 anger 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 pause 8 pause 9 to 9 to 11 , 11 , 12 hoping 12 hoping 14 hear 13 to 14 hear 14 hear 16 sound 15 some 16 sound 16 sound 17 which 16 sound 18 would 17 which 18 would 18 would 19 tell 19 tell 20 him 19 tell 21 where 21 where 23 stranger 21 where 24 was 22 the 23 stranger 23 stranger 24 was each time he found these signs [lightfoot] ['s] rage increased [.] 1 each 2 time 2 time 3 he 2 time 4 found 2 time 10 increased 3 he 4 found 4 found 6 signs 4 found 9 rage 5 these 6 signs of course it [didn't] [take] [sammy] [jay] [long] [to] [discover] [what] was going on [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 it 3 it 12 was 12 was 13 going 13 going 14 on there is little [that] [escapes] [those] [sharp] [eyes] [of] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 3 little then , by chance , [sammy] [had] [visited] [the] [laughing] [brook] [just] as the big stranger had come down there to drink [.] 1 then 2 , 1 then 5 , 2 , 3 by 3 by 4 chance 5 , 13 as 13 as 16 stranger 14 the 16 stranger 15 big 16 stranger 16 stranger 17 had 17 had 18 come 18 come 19 down 19 down 20 there 19 down 21 to 19 down 22 drink 21 to 22 drink for [once] [sammy] [had] [kept] his tongue [still] [.] 1 for 7 tongue 6 his 7 tongue " [there] [is] [going] [to] be excitement [here] [when] [lightfoot] [discovers] [this] [fellow] [,] ["] [thought] [sammy] [.] 1 " 6 be 6 be 7 excitement ["] [if] [they] [ever] [meet] [,] [and] [i] [have] [a] [feeling] [that] [they] [will] [,] [there] [is] [going] [to] [be] [a] [fight] [worth] [seeing] [.] i must pass the word around [.] ["] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 pass 3 pass 5 word 3 pass 6 around 4 the 5 word so [sammy] [jay] hunted up his cousin , [blacky] [the] [crow] , and [told] [him] what [he] had discovered [.] 1 so 19 discovered 4 hunted 5 up 4 hunted 8 , 5 up 7 cousin 6 his 7 cousin 8 , 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 what 16 what 18 had 18 had 19 discovered then he hunted up [bobby] [coon] and told him [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 7 and 3 hunted 4 up 3 hunted 7 and 7 and 8 told 8 told 9 him he saw [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sitting] in the doorway of his hollow tree and told him [.] 1 he 15 and 2 saw 10 doorway 2 saw 15 and 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 doorway 10 doorway 11 of 11 of 14 tree 12 his 14 tree 13 hollow 14 tree 15 and 16 told 16 told 17 him he discovered [jumper] the [hare] [sitting] [under] a little hemlock-tree and told him [.] 1 he 11 and 2 discovered 10 hemlock-tree 2 discovered 11 and 4 the 10 hemlock-tree 8 a 9 little 9 little 10 hemlock-tree 11 and 12 told 12 told 13 him then he flew over to [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [to] tell [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 flew 3 flew 4 over 3 flew 5 to 5 to 11 tell sammy [didn't] [forget] [to] [tell] [paddy] [the] [beaver] , but it was no news [to] [paddy] . 1 sammy 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 it 10 but 17 . 11 it 12 was 12 was 14 news 13 no 14 news paddy had seen the big stranger on the edge of his pond early the night before [.] 1 paddy 2 had 2 had 3 seen 3 seen 6 stranger 4 the 6 stranger 5 big 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 on 7 on 8 the 8 the 9 edge 9 edge 10 of 10 of 12 pond 11 his 12 pond 12 pond 13 early 13 early 16 before 14 the 15 night 15 night 16 before of [course] , [lightfoot] [knew] [nothing] [about] [all] [this] . 1 of 3 , 3 , 10 . his one thought was to find that big stranger and drive him from [the] [green] [forest] , and so [he] continued his search tirelessly [.] 1 his 2 one 2 one 3 thought 2 one 18 and 4 was 5 to 4 was 10 and 4 was 18 and 5 to 10 and 6 find 9 stranger 6 find 10 and 7 that 9 stranger 8 big 9 stranger 10 and 11 drive 11 drive 12 him 11 drive 13 from 13 from 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 continued 19 so 21 continued 21 continued 23 search 21 continued 24 tirelessly 22 his 23 search [chapter] [xxxvi] [:] [sammy] [jay] [takes] [a] [hand] sammy [jay] was bubbling over with excitement as he flew [about] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [following] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] . 1 sammy 3 was 3 was 4 bubbling 3 was 5 over 3 was 8 as 4 bubbling 5 over 5 over 6 with 6 with 7 excitement 8 as 9 he 8 as 21 . 9 he 10 flew he was [so] [excited] [he] wanted to scream [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 6 wanted 6 wanted 7 to 7 to 8 scream but he didn't . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 . he kept his tongue still [.] 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 4 tongue 2 kept 5 still 3 his 4 tongue you see , he didn't want [lightfoot] to know that he was being followed [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 9 know 4 he 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 want 6 want 8 to 8 to 9 know 9 know 10 that 10 that 11 he 10 that 12 was 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 being 13 being 14 followed under that [pointed] cap [of] [sammy] [jay] ['s] are quick wits [.] 1 under 4 cap 1 under 9 are 2 that 4 cap 9 are 11 wits 10 quick 11 wits lightfoot made so much noise that it was quite easy to know just where he was and so keep out of his sight [.] 1 lightfoot 2 made 2 made 5 noise 3 so 4 much 4 much 5 noise 5 noise 6 that 5 noise 17 and 6 that 7 it 6 that 17 and 7 it 8 was 8 was 10 easy 9 quite 10 easy 11 to 17 and 12 know 13 just 12 know 14 where 12 know 17 and 14 where 15 he 14 where 16 was 15 he 16 was 17 and 19 keep 17 and 21 of 18 so 19 keep 20 out 21 of 21 of 23 sight 22 his 23 sight " that stranger is nearly as [big] as [lightfoot] [,] [but] it is [very] [plain] [that] he [doesn't] [want] [to] [fight] [,] ["] thought [sammy] [.] 1 " 24 thought 2 that 3 stranger 3 stranger 4 is 4 is 5 nearly 4 is 6 as 6 as 8 as 8 as 12 it 12 it 13 is 13 is 17 he 17 he 24 thought " [he] [must] [be] [a] [coward] [.] " 1 " 8 " now [the] [truth] [is] , the stranger was not [a] coward . 1 now 5 , 5 , 8 was 6 the 7 stranger 7 stranger 8 was 8 was 9 not 8 was 11 coward 11 coward 12 . he was ready and willing to fight if he had to , but if he could avoid fighting he meant [to] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 and 2 was 14 if 3 ready 4 and 4 and 5 willing 5 willing 6 to 6 to 7 fight 7 fight 8 if 8 if 9 he 8 if 10 had 9 he 10 had 10 had 11 to 11 to 12 , 12 , 13 but 14 if 15 he 14 if 20 meant 15 he 16 could 16 could 17 avoid 17 avoid 18 fighting 19 he 20 meant you see [,] [big] [as] he was [,] [he] [wasn't] [quite] so [big] [as] [lightfoot] , and he knew it [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 6 he 2 see 7 was 6 he 7 was 7 was 12 so 7 was 17 and 12 so 16 , 17 and 19 knew 18 he 19 knew 19 knew 20 it he [had] [seen] [lightfoot] 's [big] footprints , and from their size he knew that [lightfoot] must be bigger and heavier than [he] . 1 he 5 's 5 's 7 footprints 7 footprints 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 he 9 and 24 . 10 from 12 size 10 from 13 he 11 their 12 size 13 he 14 knew 14 knew 15 that 15 that 17 must 17 must 18 be 18 be 20 and 19 bigger 20 and 20 and 21 heavier 21 heavier 22 than then , [too] , he knew that he really had no right to be there in [the] [green] [forest] . 1 then 2 , 2 , 20 . 4 , 5 he 4 , 20 . 5 he 6 knew 6 knew 7 that 7 that 8 he 7 that 14 be 8 he 10 had 9 really 10 had 10 had 12 right 10 had 13 to 11 no 12 right 13 to 14 be 14 be 15 there 14 be 16 in that was [lightfoot] ['s] home [and] so he was an intruder [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 5 home 2 was 7 so 7 so 8 he 8 he 9 was 9 was 11 intruder 10 an 11 intruder he knew that [lightfoot] [would] [feel] [this] [way] [about] [it] and that this would make him fight all [the] harder [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 11 and 3 that 11 and 11 and 12 that 12 that 13 this 12 that 15 make 13 this 14 would 14 would 15 make 15 make 16 him 15 make 17 fight 17 fight 18 all 17 fight 20 harder so the big stranger wanted to avoid a fight if possible [.] 1 so 4 stranger 1 so 5 wanted 2 the 4 stranger 3 big 4 stranger 4 stranger 5 wanted 5 wanted 6 to 6 to 7 avoid 7 avoid 9 fight 7 avoid 11 possible 8 a 9 fight 10 if 11 possible but he wanted [still] [more] to [find] [that] [beautiful] [young] visitor with the dainty feet [for] [whom] [lightfoot] had been looking [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 19 had 2 he 3 wanted 3 wanted 6 to 6 to 11 visitor 11 visitor 12 with 12 with 15 feet 13 the 15 feet 14 dainty 15 feet 19 had 20 been 20 been 21 looking if he had to , he would fight for [her] , but until he had to he would keep out [of] the fight [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 had 1 if 6 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 , 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 fight 8 fight 9 for 9 for 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 17 he 12 but 19 keep 13 until 14 he 13 until 15 had 13 until 17 he 14 he 15 had 15 had 16 to 17 he 18 would 18 would 19 keep 19 keep 20 out 19 keep 23 fight 22 the 23 fight so he dodged [lightfoot] and at the same time looked for the beautiful stranger [.] 1 so 5 and 1 so 10 looked 2 he 3 dodged 2 he 5 and 5 and 9 time 6 at 8 same 6 at 9 time 7 the 8 same 9 time 10 looked 10 looked 11 for 11 for 14 stranger 12 the 14 stranger 13 beautiful 14 stranger all [this] [sammy] [jay] guessed , and after a while he grew tired of [following] [lightfoot] [for] [nothing] [.] 1 all 14 of 5 guessed 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 he 8 after 10 while 8 after 11 he 9 a 10 while 11 he 12 grew 12 grew 13 tired 13 tired 14 of " [i] ['ll] [have] [to] [take] [a] [hand] [in] [this] [thing] [myself] [,] " [muttered] [sammy] [.] 1 " 14 " " [at] [this] [rate] [,] [lightfoot] [never] [will] [find] [that] [big] [stranger] [!] " 1 " 14 " so [sammy] [stopped] [following] [lightfoot] [and] [began] [to] [search] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [for] [the] [big] [stranger] . 1 so 18 . it didn't take very long to find him [.] 1 it 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 take 3 take 5 long 3 take 6 to 3 take 7 find 4 very 5 long 6 to 7 find 7 find 8 him he was over near the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 over 3 over 4 near 4 near 6 pond 5 the 6 pond 6 pond 7 of 7 of 9 the as soon [as] he [saw] [him] [,] [sammy] began to scream at the top of his lungs [.] 1 as 2 soon 2 soon 4 he 4 he 9 began 9 began 10 to 10 to 11 scream 11 scream 12 at 12 at 14 top 13 the 14 top 14 top 15 of 15 of 16 his 16 his 17 lungs [chapter] [xxxvii] [:] [the] [great] [fight] down from the top of the ridge [back] of the pond of [paddy] [the] [beaver] [plunged] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] , his eyes blazing with rage [.] 1 down 11 pond 2 from 3 the 3 the 4 top 4 top 5 of 5 of 6 the 6 the 7 ridge 7 ridge 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 pond 11 pond 12 of 12 of 20 , 20 , 25 rage 21 his 22 eyes 22 eyes 23 blazing 23 blazing 24 with 24 with 25 rage he had understood [the] screaming [of] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 understood 3 understood 5 screaming he knew that somewhere down there was the big stranger he had been looking for [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 6 there 3 that 7 was 4 somewhere 5 down 5 down 6 there 6 there 7 was 7 was 10 stranger 8 the 10 stranger 9 big 10 stranger 10 stranger 11 he 10 stranger 15 for 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 been 13 been 14 looking 13 been 15 for the big stranger had understood [sammy] ['s] screaming [quite] [as] [well] [as] [lightfoot] [.] 1 the 3 stranger 2 big 3 stranger 3 stranger 4 had 4 had 5 understood 5 understood 8 screaming he [must] fight [.] 1 he 3 fight there was no way out of it , [he] [must] fight [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 way 2 was 6 of 3 no 4 way 5 out 6 of 6 of 8 , 7 it 8 , 8 , 11 fight the hair on the back of his neck stood up with anger just as did the hair on the neck [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 the 2 hair 2 hair 3 on 2 hair 9 stood 3 on 5 back 4 the 5 back 5 back 6 of 6 of 8 neck 7 his 8 neck 9 stood 10 up 9 stood 11 with 11 with 12 anger 12 anger 13 just 13 just 14 as 13 just 18 on 14 as 15 did 15 did 17 hair 16 the 17 hair 17 hair 18 on 18 on 20 neck 19 the 20 neck his eyes also blazed [.] 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 4 blazed 3 also 4 blazed he bounded [out] into a little open place by the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] and there he waited [.] 1 he 16 and 2 bounded 4 into 2 bounded 9 by 2 bounded 16 and 4 into 8 place 5 a 6 little 5 a 8 place 6 little 8 place 7 open 8 place 8 place 9 by 9 by 11 pond 10 the 11 pond 11 pond 12 of 12 of 14 the 16 and 19 waited 17 there 18 he 18 he 19 waited meanwhile [sammy] [jay] [was] [flying] [about] in the greatest excitement [,] [screaming] at the top of his lungs , " a fight [!] 1 meanwhile 7 in 7 in 10 excitement 8 the 9 greatest 8 the 10 excitement 10 excitement 13 at 13 at 15 top 14 the 15 top 15 top 16 of 16 of 19 , 17 his 18 lungs 18 lungs 19 , 19 , 20 " 19 , 22 fight 21 a 22 fight a fight [!] 1 a 2 fight a fight [!] ["] 1 a 2 fight everybody who was near enough hurried there [.] 1 everybody 2 who 1 everybody 3 was 1 everybody 6 hurried 2 who 3 was 3 was 4 near 4 near 5 enough 6 hurried 7 there bobby [coon] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] climbed [trees] [from] [which] [they] [could] [see] [and] at the same time [be] [safe] [.] 1 bobby 8 climbed 8 climbed 16 at 16 at 19 time 17 the 18 same 18 same 19 time billy [mink] hurried to a safe place on the dam of [paddy] the [beaver] [.] 1 billy 3 hurried 3 hurried 4 to 3 hurried 8 on 4 to 7 place 5 a 7 place 6 safe 7 place 7 place 8 on 8 on 10 dam 9 the 10 dam 10 dam 11 of 11 of 13 the paddy himself climbed up on the roof of his house out in the pond [.] 1 paddy 3 climbed 2 himself 3 climbed 3 climbed 4 up 3 climbed 5 on 5 on 7 roof 6 the 7 roof 7 roof 8 of 8 of 10 house 9 his 10 house 10 house 11 out 11 out 12 in 12 in 14 pond 13 the 14 pond buster [bear] shuffled [down] [the] [hill] and [watched] [from] the [other] [side] of the pond [.] 1 buster 3 shuffled 1 buster 7 and 7 and 10 the 10 the 13 of 13 of 15 pond 14 the 15 pond [reddy] [and] [granny] [fox] [were] [both] [there] [.] then , snorting with rage , they lowered their heads and plunged together [.] 1 then 2 , 1 then 3 snorting 3 snorting 4 with 3 snorting 11 and 4 with 6 , 5 rage 6 , 6 , 7 they 8 lowered 10 heads 8 lowered 11 and 9 their 10 heads 11 and 12 plunged 11 and 13 together their antlers clashed with a noise that rang through [the] [green] [forest] , and both fell to their knees [.] 1 their 2 antlers 2 antlers 3 clashed 3 clashed 4 with 3 clashed 17 to 4 with 6 noise 5 a 6 noise 6 noise 7 that 6 noise 14 and 7 that 14 and 8 rang 9 through 8 rang 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 fell 15 both 16 fell 17 to 19 knees 18 their 19 knees there they pushed and struggled [.] 1 there 2 they 2 they 4 and 3 pushed 4 and 4 and 5 struggled then they separated and backed away , to repeat the movement [over] again [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 4 and 3 separated 4 and 4 and 7 , 5 backed 6 away 5 backed 7 , 7 , 8 to 7 , 9 repeat 8 to 9 repeat 9 repeat 11 movement 9 repeat 13 again 10 the 11 movement it was a terrible fight [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 fight 3 a 4 terrible 3 a 5 fight 4 terrible 5 fight everybody said so [.] 1 everybody 2 said 2 said 3 so if they had not known before , everybody knew now what those great antlers were for [.] 1 if 2 they 1 if 5 known 1 if 8 everybody 2 they 3 had 3 had 4 not 3 had 5 known 4 not 5 known 6 before 7 , 6 before 8 everybody 8 everybody 9 knew 9 knew 10 now 9 knew 11 what 11 what 14 antlers 11 what 16 for 12 those 14 antlers 13 great 14 antlers 14 antlers 15 were 15 were 16 for it [only] made [lightfoot] [fight] [harder] [.] 1 it 3 made sometimes they would rear up and strike with their sharp hoofs [.] 1 sometimes 2 they 2 they 6 and 3 would 4 rear 3 would 6 and 4 rear 5 up 6 and 7 strike 7 strike 8 with 8 with 11 hoofs 9 their 11 hoofs 10 sharp 11 hoofs back and forth they plunged , and the ground was torn up by their feet [.] 1 back 2 and 2 and 7 and 3 forth 4 they 4 they 5 plunged 5 plunged 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 torn 8 the 9 ground 9 ground 10 was 10 was 11 torn 11 torn 12 up 11 torn 13 by 13 by 15 feet 14 their 15 feet both were getting out of breath , and from time to time they had to stop for a moment 's rest [.] 1 both 2 were 2 were 3 getting 3 getting 8 and 3 getting 15 to 3 getting 16 stop 4 out 5 of 5 of 6 breath 5 of 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 from 9 from 10 time 10 time 11 to 11 to 12 time 12 time 13 they 13 they 14 had 15 to 16 stop 16 stop 17 for 17 for 21 rest 18 a 19 moment 19 moment 20 's 20 's 21 rest then they would come together again more fiercely than ever [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 3 would 3 would 4 come 4 come 5 together 4 come 6 again 4 come 8 fiercely 4 come 10 ever 7 more 8 fiercely 9 than 10 ever never had such a fight been seen [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 never 2 had 2 had 5 fight 2 had 6 been 3 such 4 a 4 a 5 fight 6 been 7 seen [chapter] [xxxviii] [:] [an] [unseen] [watcher] each was filled fully with rage and determined to [drive] the other [from] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 each 2 was 2 was 7 and 3 filled 4 fully 3 filled 5 with 3 filled 7 and 5 with 6 rage 7 and 8 determined 8 determined 9 to 9 to 12 other 11 the 12 other each was fighting for the right to win [the] love [of] [miss] [daintyfoot] [.] 1 each 2 was 2 was 3 fighting 2 was 4 for 3 fighting 4 for 4 for 6 right 5 the 6 right 6 right 7 to 6 right 8 win 7 to 8 win 8 win 10 love neither of them knew that [miss] [daintyfoot] [herself] was watching them [.] 1 neither 2 of 1 neither 4 knew 2 of 3 them 4 knew 5 that 5 that 9 was 9 was 10 watching 10 watching 11 them but she was . 1 but 2 she 1 but 4 . 2 she 3 was timidly she had stolen forward to a thicket [where] , safely hidden , she could watch that terrible fight [.] 1 timidly 2 she 2 she 3 had 3 had 4 stolen 4 stolen 5 forward 4 stolen 6 to 6 to 8 thicket 7 a 8 thicket 8 thicket 12 hidden 10 , 12 hidden 11 safely 12 hidden 12 hidden 13 , 13 , 16 watch 14 she 15 could 15 could 16 watch 16 watch 19 fight 17 that 19 fight 18 terrible 19 fight she knew that they were fighting for her [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 they 3 that 5 were 4 they 5 were 5 were 6 fighting 6 fighting 7 for 7 for 8 her of course [.] 1 of 2 course she knew it just as she had known how both had been hunting for her [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 it 2 knew 4 just 2 knew 5 as 5 as 6 she 5 as 8 known 6 she 7 had 7 had 8 known 8 known 9 how 9 how 10 both 9 how 12 been 10 both 11 had 11 had 12 been 12 been 13 hunting 13 hunting 14 for 14 for 15 her what [she] didn't know for some time was which one she wanted to win that fight [.] 1 what 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 for 4 know 9 which 5 for 6 some 6 some 7 time 7 time 8 was 9 which 10 one 10 one 12 wanted 11 she 12 wanted 12 wanted 13 to 12 wanted 14 win 13 to 14 win 14 win 16 fight 15 that 16 fight both [lightfoot] [and] [the] [big] [stranger] were handsome [.] 1 both 7 were 7 were 8 handsome yes , indeed , they were very handsome . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 9 . 2 , 3 indeed 3 indeed 4 , 3 indeed 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 8 handsome 7 very 8 handsome lightfoot was just a little bit [the] bigger and it seemed to her just a little bit [the] handsomer [.] 1 lightfoot 9 and 2 was 8 bigger 2 was 9 and 3 just 4 a 3 just 5 little 5 little 6 bit 6 bit 8 bigger 9 and 11 seemed 10 it 11 seemed 11 seemed 12 to 11 seemed 14 just 11 seemed 19 handsomer 12 to 13 her 15 a 16 little 16 little 17 bit 17 bit 19 handsomer she almost wanted him to win [.] 1 she 3 wanted 2 almost 3 wanted 3 wanted 4 him 3 wanted 5 to 3 wanted 6 win 5 to 6 win that great fight lasted a long time [.] 1 that 3 fight 2 great 3 fight 3 fight 4 lasted 4 lasted 7 time 5 a 6 long 6 long 7 time to [pretty] [miss] [daintyfoot] it seemed that it [never] would end [.] 1 to 11 end 5 it 6 seemed 6 seemed 7 that 7 that 8 it 7 that 11 end 8 it 10 would but after a while [lightfoot] ['s] greater size and strength began to tell [.] 1 but 2 after 1 but 9 and 2 after 4 while 3 a 4 while 7 greater 8 size 8 size 9 and 9 and 10 strength 9 and 11 began 11 began 12 to 12 to 13 tell little by little the big stranger was forced back towards the edge of the open place [.] 1 little 6 stranger 2 by 3 little 2 by 6 stranger 4 the 6 stranger 5 big 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 was 7 was 8 forced 8 forced 9 back 8 forced 10 towards 10 towards 12 edge 11 the 12 edge 12 edge 13 of 13 of 16 place 14 the 16 place 15 open 16 place now he would be thrown to his knees [when] [lightfoot] [wasn't] [.] 1 now 2 he 2 he 3 would 3 would 4 be 4 be 5 thrown 5 thrown 6 to 6 to 8 knees 7 his 8 knees as [lightfoot] [saw] [this] , he seemed to gain new strength [.] 1 as 5 , 1 as 6 he 6 he 7 seemed 7 seemed 8 to 7 seemed 9 gain 8 to 9 gain 9 gain 11 strength 10 new 11 strength at last he caught the stranger in such a way that he threw him over [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 4 caught 4 caught 6 stranger 4 caught 7 in 5 the 6 stranger 7 in 10 way 8 such 9 a 9 a 10 way 10 way 11 that 11 that 12 he 11 that 13 threw 12 he 13 threw 13 threw 14 him 13 threw 15 over [while] [the] [stranger] [struggled] [to] [get] [to] [his] [feet] [again] [,] [lightfoot] ['s] [sharp] [antlers] [made] [long] [tears] [in] [his] [gray] [coat] [.] the stranger was [beaten] and he knew it [.] 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 was 3 was 5 and 5 and 7 knew 6 he 7 knew 7 knew 8 it the instant [he] succeeded in getting to his feet he turned tail and plunged for the shelter of the [green] [forest] [.] 1 the 2 instant 2 instant 4 succeeded 4 succeeded 5 in 4 succeeded 7 to 5 in 6 getting 6 getting 7 to 7 to 17 shelter 8 his 9 feet 9 feet 10 he 9 feet 11 turned 9 feet 13 and 10 he 11 turned 12 tail 13 and 13 and 14 plunged 13 and 15 for 15 for 17 shelter 16 the 17 shelter 17 shelter 18 of 18 of 19 the with a [snort] [of] triumph [,] [lightfoot] [plunged] [after] [him] [.] 1 with 5 triumph 2 a 5 triumph but now that he was beaten , fear took possession of the stranger [.] 1 but 8 fear 1 but 9 took 2 now 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 6 beaten 3 that 7 , 3 that 8 fear 4 he 5 was 8 fear 9 took 9 took 10 possession 10 possession 11 of 11 of 12 the 12 the 13 stranger all desire to fight left [him] [.] 1 all 2 desire 2 desire 3 to 2 desire 4 fight 3 to 4 fight 4 fight 5 left his one thought was to get away , and fear gave him speed [.] 1 his 2 one 2 one 3 thought 2 one 9 and 2 one 11 gave 3 thought 4 was 4 was 5 to 4 was 9 and 5 to 9 and 6 get 7 away 6 get 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 fear 11 gave 12 him 11 gave 13 speed straight back [towards] [the] [great] [mountain] [from] [which] [he] [had] [come] [the] [stranger] [headed] [.] 1 straight 2 back lightfoot followed only a short distance [.] 1 lightfoot 2 followed 2 followed 3 only 2 followed 6 distance 4 a 6 distance 5 short 6 distance he knew that that stranger was going for good and would [not] come back [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 5 stranger 3 that 10 and 4 that 5 stranger 5 stranger 10 and 6 was 7 going 6 was 10 and 7 going 9 good 8 for 9 good 10 and 11 would 11 would 13 come 13 come 14 back then [lightfoot] [turned] [back] [to] [the] [open] [place] [where] they had fought [.] 1 then 10 they 10 they 11 had 11 had 12 fought there he [threw] up his [beautiful] [head] [,] [crowned] [by] [its] [great] antlers , and [whistled] a challenge to all [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 there 2 he 2 he 14 , 4 up 13 antlers 4 up 14 , 5 his 13 antlers 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 challenge 17 a 18 challenge 18 challenge 19 to 19 to 20 all as she looked at him [,] [miss] [daintyfoot] [knew] [that] she had [wanted] [him] to win [.] 1 as 2 she 1 as 3 looked 1 as 11 she 2 she 3 looked 3 looked 4 at 4 at 5 him 11 she 12 had 12 had 15 to 15 to 16 win she [knew] [that] [there] [simply] couldn't be [anybody] else [so] handsome and strong and brave in all [the] [great] [world] [.] 1 she 6 couldn't 6 couldn't 7 be 7 be 9 else 9 else 11 handsome 11 handsome 12 and 12 and 13 strong 13 strong 14 and 14 and 15 brave 15 brave 16 in 16 in 17 all [chapter] [xxxix] [:] [lightfoot] [discovers] [love] she adored [him] [,] [which] [means] that she loved him just as much as it was possible for her to love [.] 1 she 2 adored 2 adored 7 that 7 that 8 she 7 that 16 was 8 she 9 loved 9 loved 10 him 9 loved 13 much 11 just 12 as 12 as 13 much 14 as 15 it 15 it 16 was 16 was 17 possible 17 possible 18 for 17 possible 20 to 18 for 19 her 20 to 21 love but [lightfoot] didn't [know] [this] . 1 but 6 . 3 didn't 6 . in fact , he didn't know that [miss] [daintyfoot] was there [.] 1 in 2 fact 1 in 11 there 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 he 4 he 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 know 6 know 7 that 7 that 10 was his one thought had been to drive [out] of the [green] [forest] the big stranger who had come down [from] [the] [great] [mountain] . 1 his 2 one 2 one 3 thought 2 one 4 had 4 had 5 been 5 been 6 to 6 to 7 drive 7 drive 9 of 7 drive 15 stranger 9 of 10 the 13 the 15 stranger 14 big 15 stranger 15 stranger 16 who 15 stranger 17 had 16 who 17 had 17 had 18 come 18 come 19 down 19 down 24 . he had been jealous of [that] [big] [stranger] , [though] he hadn't known that he was [jealous] . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 jealous 4 jealous 5 of 5 of 9 , 9 , 18 . 11 he 12 hadn't 12 hadn't 13 known 13 known 14 that 14 that 15 he 15 he 16 was 16 was 18 . of course this was nothing but jealousy [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 this 3 this 4 was 4 was 5 nothing 5 nothing 6 but 6 but 7 jealousy in its place was a great longing [to] [find] [miss] [daintyfoot] [.] 1 in 3 place 1 in 4 was 2 its 3 place 4 was 7 longing 5 a 6 great 6 great 7 longing his great eyes became once more soft and beautiful [.] 1 his 3 eyes 2 great 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 became 4 became 5 once 4 became 6 more 4 became 8 and 7 soft 8 and 8 and 9 beautiful in them was a look of wistfulness [.] 1 in 2 them 1 in 3 was 3 was 5 look 4 a 5 look 5 look 6 of 6 of 7 wistfulness lightfoot walked down to the edge of the water and drank , for he was very [,] very thirsty [.] 1 lightfoot 10 and 2 walked 3 down 2 walked 4 to 2 walked 10 and 4 to 6 edge 5 the 6 edge 6 edge 7 of 7 of 9 water 8 the 9 water 10 and 11 drank 11 drank 13 for 12 , 13 for 13 for 14 he 14 he 15 was 15 was 19 thirsty 16 very 18 very 18 very 19 thirsty then [he] [turned] , intending to take up [once] more [his] [search] [for] [beautiful] [miss] [daintyfoot] [.] 1 then 4 , 4 , 5 intending 5 intending 6 to 6 to 7 take 7 take 8 up 8 up 10 more when he turned he faced the thicket in which [miss] [daintyfoot] [was] [hiding] [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 turned 1 when 4 he 2 he 3 turned 4 he 5 faced 5 faced 7 thicket 6 the 7 thicket 7 thicket 8 in 8 in 9 which his keen eyes caught a little movement of the branches [.] 1 his 3 eyes 2 keen 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 caught 4 caught 7 movement 5 a 6 little 5 a 7 movement 7 movement 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 branches he wondered if she would disappear and run away as she had the last time he saw her [.] 1 he 2 wondered 2 wondered 3 if 3 if 4 she 3 if 7 and 4 she 5 would 5 would 7 and 6 disappear 7 and 7 and 8 run 8 run 9 away 8 run 10 as 10 as 11 she 10 as 12 had 11 she 12 had 12 had 15 time 13 the 15 time 14 last 15 time 15 time 16 he 15 time 17 saw 16 he 17 saw 17 saw 18 her he took a step or two forward [.] 1 he 2 took 2 took 5 or 3 a 4 step 4 step 5 or 5 or 7 forward 6 two 7 forward the beautiful head was withdrawn [.] 1 the 3 head 2 beautiful 3 head 3 head 4 was 4 was 5 withdrawn lightfoot 's heart sank [.] 1 lightfoot 2 's 2 's 3 heart 3 heart 4 sank then he bounded forward into that thicket [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 bounded 3 bounded 4 forward 3 bounded 5 into 5 into 7 thicket 6 that 7 thicket there [stood] [miss] [daintyfoot] , [timid] [,] [bashful] , but [with] [a] [look] [in] [her] [eyes] [which] [lightfoot] [could] not mistake . 1 there 5 , 5 , 22 . 9 , 20 not 9 , 22 . 10 but 20 not 20 not 21 mistake it was love [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 love lightfoot [knew] [that] [he] [loved] [miss] [daintyfoot] [and] , [looking] [into] [her] [soft] , [gentle] [eyes] , he knew that [miss] [daintyfoot] [loved] [him] . 1 lightfoot 9 , 9 , 14 , 14 , 25 . 17 , 18 he 17 , 25 . 18 he 19 knew 19 knew 20 that [chapter] [xl] [:] [happy] [days] [in] [the] [green] [forest] these were happy days in [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 these 2 were 2 were 4 days 2 were 5 in 3 happy 4 days at least [,] they were happy [for] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 4 they 4 they 5 were 5 were 6 happy they were the happiest days he had ever known [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 5 days 3 the 4 happiest 3 the 5 days 5 days 6 he 5 days 9 known 6 he 7 had 7 had 9 known 8 ever 9 known you [see] [,] [he] had won [beautiful] , slender , [young] [miss] [daintyfoot] [,] and now she was no longer [miss] [daintyfoot] [but] [mrs] [lightfoot] . 1 you 5 had 5 had 6 won 6 won 9 slender 8 , 9 slender 9 slender 10 , 10 , 15 and 15 and 17 she 15 and 26 . 16 now 17 she 17 she 18 was 18 was 20 longer 19 no 20 longer wherever [lightfoot] [went] , [mrs] [lightfoot] [went] . 1 wherever 4 , 4 , 8 . he showed her all his favorite hiding-places [.] 1 he 2 showed 2 showed 3 her 2 showed 4 all 2 showed 7 hiding-places 4 all 5 his 4 all 7 hiding-places 5 his 6 favorite he led her to his favorite [eating-places] . 1 he 2 led 2 led 3 her 2 led 4 to 4 to 6 favorite 5 his 6 favorite 6 favorite 8 . but he didn't stop to think and proudly led her from place to place . 1 but 2 he 1 but 15 . 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 stop 4 stop 5 to 5 to 7 and 6 think 7 and 7 and 9 led 8 proudly 9 led 9 led 10 her 9 led 11 from 9 led 13 to 11 from 12 place 13 to 14 place and [mrs] [lightfoot] [wisely] [expressed] [delight] [with] all she saw [quite] as if it were all [new] [.] 1 and 8 all 8 all 10 saw 9 she 10 saw 10 saw 13 if 12 as 13 if 13 if 14 it 13 if 15 were 14 it 15 were 15 were 16 all and they really did feel glad [.] 1 and 2 they 1 and 5 feel 2 they 4 did 3 really 4 did 4 did 5 feel 5 feel 6 glad the [green] [forest] [would] [not] be [the] [same] [at] [all] [without] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 the 6 be " [i] [know] [,] " [replied] [mrs] [lightfoot] [softly] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [know] [all] [about] [it] [.] you see [,] [there] [were] [hunters] [on] [the] [great] [mountain] [.] 1 you 2 see in fact , that is [how] [i] [happened] to come down [to] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 that 4 that 5 is 5 is 9 to 9 to 10 come 10 come 11 down 11 down 16 . they hunted [me] [so] [up] [there] [that] [i] did not dare stay , and [i] [came] [down] [here] [thinking] that [there] might be fewer [hunters] [.] 1 they 2 hunted 2 hunted 14 and 9 did 10 not 9 did 13 , 10 not 11 dare 12 stay 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 20 that 20 that 22 might 22 might 23 be 23 be 24 fewer i [wouldn't] have [believed] that [i] could [ever] be thankful to hunters for [anything] , [but] [i] [am] , truly [i] [am] . ["] 1 i 3 have 3 have 13 for 5 that 7 could 7 could 9 be 9 be 10 thankful 10 thankful 11 to 11 to 12 hunters 12 hunters 13 for 13 for 15 , 15 , 19 , 19 , 20 truly 20 truly 23 . there was a puzzled look on [lightfoot] ['s] [face] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 look 3 a 5 look 4 puzzled 5 look 5 look 6 on " [what] [for] [?] " he demanded [.] 1 " 7 demanded 5 " 6 he 6 he 7 demanded " [i] [can't] [imagine] [anybody] [being] [thankful] [to] [hunters] [for] [anything] [.] " 1 " 13 " " [oh] [,] [you] [stupid] [,] " [cried] [mrs] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 7 " " [don't] [you] [see] [that] [if] [i] [hadn't] [been] [driven] [down] [from] [the] [great] [mountain] [,] [i] [never] [would] [have] [found] [you] [?] " 1 " 24 " " [you] [mean] [,] [i] [never] [would] [have] [found] [you] [,] " [retorted] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [i] [guess] [i] [owe] [these] [hunters] [more] [than] [you] [do] [.] i owe them the greatest happiness [i] [have] [ever] [known] , [but] [i] [never] would have thought of [it] [myself] [.] 1 i 2 owe 2 owe 3 them 2 owe 6 happiness 4 the 5 greatest 4 the 6 happiness 6 happiness 18 of 11 , 15 would 15 would 16 have 16 have 17 thought 17 thought 18 of isn't it queer [how] things which [seem] the very worst possible sometimes turn out to be the very best possible [?] ["] 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 5 things 3 queer 5 things 5 things 6 which 5 things 13 turn 6 which 11 possible 6 which 13 turn 8 the 9 very 8 the 10 worst 8 the 11 possible 11 possible 13 turn 12 sometimes 13 turn 13 turn 14 out 13 turn 15 to 15 to 16 be 16 be 20 possible 17 the 18 very 17 the 19 best 17 the 20 possible blacky [the] [crow] is one of [lightfoot] ['s] [friends] , but sometimes even friends are envious [.] 1 blacky 4 is 4 is 5 one 5 one 6 of 6 of 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 sometimes 11 but 14 friends 11 but 15 are 13 even 14 friends 14 friends 15 are 15 are 16 envious it is so [with] [blacky] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 so he insists that he is quite as important [in] [the] [green] [forest] [as] is [lightfoot] and that his doings are quite as interesting [.] 1 he 2 insists 2 insists 16 and 3 that 4 he 3 that 14 is 3 that 16 and 4 he 5 is 5 is 8 important 6 quite 7 as 7 as 8 important 16 and 17 that 17 that 19 doings 18 his 19 doings 19 doings 20 are 20 are 23 interesting 21 quite 22 as 22 as 23 interesting therefore just to please him the next book is to be [blacky] [the] [crow] . 1 therefore 2 just 2 just 3 to 2 just 9 is 2 just 10 to 3 to 4 please 4 please 5 him 6 the 7 next 6 the 8 book 8 book 9 is 10 to 11 be 11 be 15 . end of [project] [gutenberg] ['s] [lightfoot] the [deer] [,] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of 2 of 7 the