[produced] [by] [kent] [fielden] [the] [adventures] [of] [jerry] [muskrat] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] [chapter] [i] [:] [jerry] [muskrat] [has] [a] [fright] what was it [mother] [muskrat] had said about [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy and his traps [?] 1 what 2 was 1 what 7 said 3 it 6 had 6 had 7 said 7 said 8 about 8 about 13 and 12 boy 13 and 13 and 15 traps 14 his 15 traps jerry [muskrat] sat on the edge of the [big] [rock] and kicked his heels while he tried to remember [.] 1 jerry 11 and 3 sat 4 on 3 sat 11 and 4 on 6 edge 5 the 6 edge 6 edge 7 of 7 of 8 the 11 and 12 kicked 12 kicked 14 heels 12 kicked 15 while 13 his 14 heels 15 while 16 he 15 while 17 tried 16 he 17 tried 17 tried 18 to 17 tried 19 remember 18 to 19 remember the fact is [,] [jerry] [had] [not] [half] [heeded] [.] 1 the 2 fact 2 fact 3 is he had been thinking of other things [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 thinking 4 thinking 5 of 5 of 7 things 6 other 7 things besides , it [seemed] [to] [him] [that] [mother] [muskrat] was [altogether] foolish about [a] [great] many things [.] 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 3 it 3 it 10 was 10 was 12 foolish 12 foolish 13 about 13 about 17 things 16 many 17 things what [if] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [is] setting [traps] [around] [the] [smiling] [pool] [?] 1 what 5 's 5 's 8 setting i guess [he] [can't] [fool] [your] [uncle] [jerry] [.] 1 i 2 guess he isn't so smart as he thinks he is [;] [i] [can] [fool] [him] [any] [day] [.] ["] 1 he 2 isn't 2 isn't 4 smart 3 so 4 smart 4 smart 5 as 5 as 6 he 5 as 7 thinks 6 he 7 thinks 7 thinks 8 he 7 thinks 9 is 8 he 9 is jerry chuckled [.] 1 jerry 2 chuckled he was thinking of how [he] [had] [once] [fooled] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] into thinking a big trout was on his hook [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 thinking 2 was 14 into 2 was 20 on 3 thinking 4 of 3 thinking 14 into 4 of 5 how 14 into 15 thinking 15 thinking 18 trout 15 thinking 19 was 16 a 18 trout 17 big 18 trout 18 trout 19 was 20 on 22 hook 21 his 22 hook [slowly] [jerry] [slid] [into] [the] [smiling] [pool] [and] [swam] [over] [towards] [his] [favorite] [log] [.] [peter] [rabbit] [stuck] [his] [head] [over] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [bank] [.] better watch [out] [!] ["] 1 better 2 watch ["] [go] [chase] [yourself] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [.] i guess [i] [can] [look] [out] [for] [myself] , " [replied] [jerry] , [just] a little [crossly] [.] 1 i 9 , 2 guess 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 13 , 13 , 16 little 15 a 16 little peter made a wry face and started for the sweet clover patch [.] 1 peter 6 and 2 made 5 face 2 made 6 and 3 a 5 face 4 wry 5 face 6 and 7 started 6 and 8 for 8 for 12 patch 9 the 12 patch 10 sweet 11 clover 11 clover 12 patch [hardly] [was] [he] [out] [of] [sight] [when] [billy] [mink] [and] [bobby] [coon] [came] [down] [the] [laughing] [brook] [together] [.] they seemed very much excited [.] 1 they 2 seemed 2 seemed 5 excited 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 excited " [you] ['d] [better] [watch] [out] [,] [jerry] [,] ["] [warned] [billy] [mink] [,] [who] is a great traveler [and] [has] [had] [wide] [experience] [.] 1 " 16 is 16 is 19 traveler 17 a 19 traveler 18 great 19 traveler and what do you suppose he was thinking about as he swam along [?] 1 and 2 what 2 what 3 do 3 do 4 you 3 do 5 suppose 5 suppose 6 he 5 suppose 7 was 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 thinking 7 was 10 as 8 thinking 9 about 10 as 12 swam 11 he 12 swam 12 swam 13 along as he drew near his favorite log , something tickled his nose [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 drew 1 as 8 , 1 as 9 something 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 near 4 near 7 log 5 his 6 favorite 5 his 7 log 9 something 10 tickled 10 tickled 12 nose 11 his 12 nose he stopped swimming to sniff and sniff [.] 1 he 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 swimming 3 swimming 4 to 4 to 6 and 5 sniff 6 and 6 and 7 sniff my , [how] good it did smell [!] 1 my 2 , 1 my 5 it 4 good 5 it 5 it 6 did 6 did 7 smell and it seemed to come right straight from the old log [.] 1 and 2 it 1 and 3 seemed 2 it 3 seemed 3 seemed 4 to 3 seemed 6 right 4 to 5 come 6 right 7 straight 6 right 8 from 8 from 11 log 9 the 11 log 10 old 11 log jerry began to swim as fast as he could [.] 1 jerry 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 swim 3 to 4 swim 4 swim 6 fast 4 swim 7 as 5 as 6 fast 7 as 8 he 7 as 9 could 8 he 9 could in a few minutes he scrambled out on the old log [.] 1 in 4 minutes 1 in 5 he 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 5 he 6 scrambled 6 scrambled 7 out 7 out 8 on 8 on 11 log 9 the 11 log 10 old 11 log then [jerry] [rubbed] [his] [eyes] [three] [times] to [be] [sure] that he saw [aright] [.] 1 then 12 he 8 to 11 that 8 to 12 he 12 he 13 saw there were luscious pieces of carrot lying right in front of him [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 4 pieces 2 were 11 of 3 luscious 4 pieces 4 pieces 5 of 5 of 6 carrot 6 carrot 7 lying 6 carrot 11 of 7 lying 8 right 9 in 10 front 10 front 11 of 11 of 12 him now there is nothing [that] [jerry] [muskrat] [likes] [better] [than] [carrot] [.] 1 now 2 there 2 there 3 is 3 is 4 nothing so he didn't stop to wonder how it got there [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 stop 4 stop 5 to 5 to 6 wonder 6 wonder 7 how 7 how 8 it 7 how 9 got 8 it 9 got 9 got 10 there he just reached out for the nearest piece and ate it [.] 1 he 9 and 2 just 3 reached 3 reached 4 out 3 reached 5 for 3 reached 9 and 5 for 8 piece 6 the 7 nearest 6 the 8 piece 9 and 10 ate 10 ate 11 it then he reached for the next piece and ate it [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 8 and 3 reached 4 for 3 reached 8 and 4 for 7 piece 5 the 6 next 5 the 7 piece 8 and 9 ate 9 ate 10 it then he did a funny little dance just for joy [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 did 3 did 7 dance 4 a 7 dance 5 funny 7 dance 6 little 7 dance 7 dance 8 just 8 just 9 for 9 for 10 joy when he was quite out of breath , he sat down to rest [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 was 1 when 8 , 1 when 9 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 6 of 4 quite 6 of 5 out 6 of 6 of 7 breath 9 he 10 sat 10 sat 11 down 11 down 12 to 12 to 13 rest [snap] [!] [something] [had] [jerry] [muskrat] [by] [the] [tail] [!] jerry squealed with fright and pain [.] 1 jerry 2 squealed 2 squealed 3 with 3 with 5 and 4 fright 5 and 5 and 6 pain oh , [how] [it] [did] [hurt] [!] 1 oh 2 , he twisted and [turned] [,] but he was held fast and could not see what had him [.] 1 he 3 and 2 twisted 3 and 3 and 8 was 6 but 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 11 and 9 held 10 fast 9 held 11 and 11 and 12 could 12 could 13 not 12 could 14 see 13 not 14 see 14 see 15 what 15 what 16 had 16 had 17 him then he pulled and pulled , until it seemed as if his tail would pull off [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 4 and 3 pulled 4 and 4 and 5 pulled 4 and 7 until 6 , 7 until 7 until 8 it 7 until 9 seemed 8 it 9 seemed 9 seemed 11 if 10 as 11 if 11 if 13 tail 11 if 15 pull 12 his 13 tail 13 tail 14 would 14 would 15 pull 15 pull 16 off but it didn't [.] 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 didn't so he kept pulling , and pretty soon the thing [let] [go] [so] [suddenly] [that] [jerry] [tumbled] [head] [first] [into] [the] [water] [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 kept 3 kept 6 and 4 pulling 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 soon 6 and 10 thing 7 pretty 8 soon 9 the 10 thing when he [reached] [home] [,] [mother] [muskrat] did [his] [sore] [tail] [up] [for] [him] [.] 1 when 8 did 2 he 8 did " [what] [did] [i] [tell] [you] [about] [traps] ? " she asked severely [.] 1 " 12 asked 9 ? 10 " 9 ? 11 she 11 she 12 asked 12 asked 13 severely jerry stopped crying [.] 1 jerry 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 crying " [was] [that] [a] [trap] [?] " he asked [.] 1 " 9 asked 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 asked then he remembered that in his fright he didn't even see it [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 remembered 3 remembered 4 that 4 that 8 he 4 that 11 see 5 in 7 fright 5 in 8 he 6 his 7 fright 8 he 9 didn't 9 didn't 11 see 10 even 11 see 11 see 12 it " [oh] [,] [dear] , " he moaned [,] ["] [i] [wouldn't] [know] [one] [to-day] [if] [i] [met] [it] [.] ["] 1 " 8 moaned 5 , 6 " 5 , 7 he 7 he 8 moaned [chapter] [ii] [:] [the] [convention] [at] [the] [big] [rock] jolly round [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [looked] [down] [on] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 jolly 2 round he almost forgot to keep on climbing up in the blue sky [,] [he] [was] [so] [interested] [in] [what] [he] [saw] [there] [.] 1 he 3 forgot 2 almost 3 forgot 3 forgot 4 to 3 forgot 5 keep 4 to 5 keep 5 keep 6 on 5 keep 7 climbing 7 climbing 8 up 8 up 9 in 9 in 11 blue 10 the 11 blue 11 blue 12 sky what do you think it was [?] 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 think 4 think 5 it 4 think 6 was 5 it 6 was why , it was a convention at [the] [big] [rock] , [the] [queerest] [convention] he ever had seen [.] 1 why 2 , 1 why 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 6 convention 5 a 6 convention 6 convention 7 at 6 convention 15 he 6 convention 18 seen 7 at 11 , 15 he 17 had 16 ever 17 had 17 had 18 seen your papa would say that it was a mass-meeting of angry citizens [.] 1 your 2 papa 2 papa 3 would 3 would 4 say 4 say 5 that 5 that 7 was 6 it 7 was 7 was 9 mass-meeting 8 a 9 mass-meeting 9 mass-meeting 10 of 10 of 12 citizens 11 angry 12 citizens maybe [it] [was] , but that is a pretty long term [.] 1 maybe 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 that 5 but 7 is 6 that 7 is 7 is 11 term 8 a 9 pretty 8 a 11 term 9 pretty 10 long 10 long 11 term anyway , [mother] [muskrat] said it was a convention , and she ought to know , for she is the one who had called it [.] 1 anyway 2 , 2 , 17 for 5 said 6 it 5 said 16 , 6 it 10 , 7 was 9 convention 7 was 10 , 8 a 9 convention 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 she 12 she 13 ought 13 ought 14 to 14 to 15 know 16 , 17 for 17 for 18 she 18 she 19 is 19 is 21 one 20 the 21 one 21 one 22 who 21 one 23 had 22 who 23 had 23 had 24 called 24 called 25 it of course [jerry] [muskrat] [was] there , and his uncles and aunts and [all] his cousins [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 13 and 6 there 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 uncles 8 and 11 and 9 his 10 uncles 11 and 12 aunts 11 and 13 and 13 and 16 cousins 15 his 16 cousins little [joe] [otter] was [there] [,] [with] [his] [father] [and] [mother] [and] all [his] [relations] [even] [to] [his] [third] [cousins] [.] 1 little 4 was 4 was 13 all and everybody was looking very [solemn] , very solemn [indeed] [.] 1 and 2 everybody 1 and 3 was 3 was 4 looking 4 looking 9 solemn 5 very 8 very 7 , 8 very 8 very 9 solemn then she made a speech [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 made 3 made 5 speech 4 a 5 speech she stopped and pointed to [jerry] ['s] [sore] [tail] [.] 1 she 3 and 2 stopped 3 and 3 and 4 pointed 3 and 5 to " [what] [do] [you] [think] [did] [that] ? " she demanded [.] 1 " 11 demanded 8 ? 9 " 8 ? 10 she 10 she 11 demanded [mrs] [muskrat] [glared] [at] [him] [,] [for] [she] [had] [overheard] [the] [remark] [.] then she held up one hand to command silence [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 held 3 held 4 up 3 held 6 hand 3 held 7 to 5 one 6 hand 6 hand 7 to 7 to 9 silence 8 command 9 silence ["] [it] [is] [no] [longer] [safe] [for] [our] [little] [folks] [to] [play] [around] [the] [smiling] [pool] [or] [along] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] what are we going to do about it [?] ["] 1 what 6 do 2 are 3 we 2 are 4 going 4 going 5 to 5 to 6 do 6 do 7 about 7 about 8 it everybody looked at everybody else in dismay [.] 1 everybody 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 6 in 3 at 4 everybody 4 everybody 5 else 4 everybody 6 in 6 in 7 dismay indeed , [i] [am] [afraid] [that] they [would] have blistered [.] 1 indeed 2 , 1 indeed 7 they 7 they 9 have 9 have 10 blistered such excitement [!] 1 such 2 excitement everybody had a different idea [,] [and] [nobody] [would] [listen] [to] [anybody] [else] [.] 1 everybody 2 had 2 had 5 idea 3 a 5 idea 4 different 5 idea [old] [mr] [mink] [lost] [his] [temper] [and] [called] [grandpa] [otter] [a] [meddlesome] [know-nothing] [.] it looked very much as if the convention was going to break up in a sad quarrel [.] 1 it 2 looked 2 looked 4 much 2 looked 6 if 2 looked 13 up 2 looked 14 in 3 very 4 much 5 as 6 if 6 if 8 convention 6 if 9 was 7 the 8 convention 8 convention 9 was 9 was 10 going 10 going 11 to 11 to 12 break 14 in 17 quarrel 15 a 17 quarrel 16 sad 17 quarrel then [mr] [coon] [climbed] [up] on [the] [big] [rock] and [with] [a] [stick] [pounded] [for] [silence] [.] 1 then 6 on 6 on 10 and all in favor please raise their right hands [.] ["] 1 all 2 in 1 all 5 raise 2 in 3 favor 4 please 5 raise 5 raise 8 hands 6 their 8 hands 7 right 8 hands at once [the] [air] [was] [full] [of] [hands] [,] [and] [everybody] [was] [good-natured] [once] [more] [.] 1 at 2 once so it was agreed to call in [great-grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 so 2 it 1 so 4 agreed 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 agreed 4 agreed 5 to 5 to 6 call 6 call 7 in [chapter] [iii] [:] [the] [oracle] [of] [the] [smiling] [pool] but he pretended to be [very] [much] surprised [when] [jerry] [muskrat] [very] [politely] said : " [good] [morning] , [grandfather] [frog] [.] ["] 1 but 2 he 1 but 19 , 2 he 3 pretended 3 pretended 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 8 surprised 14 said 15 : 14 said 19 , 15 : 16 " ["] [good] [morning] [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] you 're out early this morning [,] ["] [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 you 2 're 2 're 3 out 3 out 4 early 3 out 6 morning 5 this 6 morning " [if] you [please] [,] [you] are [wanted] [over] at [the] [big] [rock] , " said [jerry] [.] 1 " 3 you 3 you 7 are 7 are 10 at 10 at 14 , 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 said grandfather [frog] 's eyes twinkled , but he made his voice [very] deep and gruff as he replied : " [chugarum] [!] 1 grandfather 3 's 3 's 4 eyes 4 eyes 7 but 5 twinkled 7 but 6 , 7 but 7 but 11 voice 8 he 9 made 9 made 10 his 9 made 11 voice 11 voice 14 and 11 voice 16 as 13 deep 14 and 14 and 15 gruff 16 as 17 he 16 as 18 replied 17 he 18 replied 18 replied 19 : 19 : 20 " you 're a scamp [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [and] [little] [joe] [otter] [is] [another] [.] 1 you 2 're 2 're 4 scamp 3 a 4 scamp what trick are you trying to play on me now [?] ["] 1 what 2 trick 2 trick 7 play 3 are 4 you 3 are 5 trying 5 trying 6 to 6 to 7 play 7 play 8 on 7 play 10 now 8 on 9 me " [really] [and] [truly] [,] [grandfather] [frog] [,] [there] [isn't] [any] [trick] [this] [time] [,] " [said] [jerry] [.] 1 " 16 " please come [.] ["] 1 please 2 come finally he spoke [.] 1 finally 2 he 2 he 3 spoke " [get] [right] [on] [my] [back] [and] [i] ['ll] [take] [you] [over] [there] [,] " [said] [jerry] [eagerly] [.] 1 " 15 " " [i] ['m] [afraid] [that] [you] ['ll] [spill] [me] [off] [,] " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 12 " " [no] [,] [i] [won't] [;] [just] [try] [me] [and] [see] [,] " [begged] [jerry] [.] 1 " 13 " so [grandfather] [frog] [climbed] [on] [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [back] , and [jerry] [started] [for] [the] [big] [rock] [as] [fast] as he could go [.] 1 so 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 21 he 20 as 21 he 21 he 22 could 22 could 23 go you know an oracle is one who is very wise [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 4 oracle 2 know 5 is 3 an 4 oracle 4 oracle 5 is 5 is 6 one 6 one 7 who 6 one 8 is 7 who 8 is 8 is 10 wise 9 very 10 wise when she said [this] [,] [grandfather] [frog] [puffed] [himself] [up] [until] it [seemed] [as] if his white and yellow waistcoat would [surely] [burst] [.] 1 when 2 she 2 she 3 said 3 said 12 it 3 said 15 if 15 if 18 and 15 if 21 would 16 his 17 white 17 white 18 and 18 and 20 waistcoat 18 and 21 would 19 yellow 20 waistcoat he sat very still for a while and gazed straight at [jolly] , [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] without blinking once [.] 1 he 8 and 2 sat 4 still 2 sat 8 and 3 very 4 still 4 still 5 for 5 for 7 while 6 a 7 while 8 and 9 gazed 8 and 10 straight 8 and 11 at 8 and 19 without 11 at 13 , 19 without 20 blinking 20 blinking 21 once then he spoke in a very deep voice [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 spoke 3 spoke 4 in 4 in 8 voice 5 a 8 voice 6 very 7 deep 7 deep 8 voice " [to-morrow] [morning] [at] [sunrise] [i] [will] [tell] [you] [what] [to] [do] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 15 said 15 said 16 he and not another word could [they] get out of him [.] 1 and 2 not 2 not 4 word 2 not 7 get 3 another 4 word 4 word 5 could 5 could 7 get 7 get 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 10 him [chapter] [iv] [:] [grandfather] [frog] ['s] [plan] early as he was , all the little people who live [along] [the] [laughing] [brook] [and] [around] [the] [smiling] [pool] were waiting for him [.] 1 early 2 as 1 early 5 , 1 early 6 all 2 as 3 he 2 as 4 was 3 he 4 was 6 all 7 the 6 all 9 people 6 all 21 were 7 the 9 people 8 little 9 people 9 people 10 who 9 people 11 live 10 who 11 live 21 were 22 waiting 21 were 23 for 22 waiting 23 for 23 for 24 him bobby [coon] had [found] two traps [set] [by] [farmer] [brown] 's boy , and [billy] [mink] had almost stepped in a third [.] 1 bobby 14 and 3 had 6 traps 3 had 14 and 5 two 6 traps 11 's 12 boy 11 's 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 had 17 had 19 stepped 18 almost 19 stepped 19 stepped 20 in 20 in 22 third 21 a 22 third no one felt safe any more [,] [yet] [no] [one] [knew] [what] [to] [do] [.] 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 felt 3 felt 4 safe 4 safe 6 more 5 any 6 more so they all waited for [the] [advice] [of] [great-grandfather] [frog] , [who] , you know , [is] accounted very [,] very wise [.] 1 so 4 waited 2 they 4 waited 3 all 4 waited 4 waited 5 for 5 for 11 , 11 , 13 , 13 , 14 you 13 , 16 , 14 you 16 , 15 know 16 , 16 , 18 accounted 18 accounted 22 wise 19 very 21 very 21 very 22 wise grandfather [frog] cleared [his] [throat] [.] 1 grandfather 3 cleared " [chugarum] [!] ["] said he [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 6 he " [you] [must] [find] [all] [the] [traps] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [has] [set] [.] " 1 " 16 " " [how] [are] we [going] [to] do [it] [?] ["] [asked] [bobby] [coon] [.] 1 " 4 we 4 we 7 do " [by] [looking] [for] [them] [,] " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [tartly] [.] 1 " 7 " bobby [coon] [looked] [foolish] and [slipped] out of sight [behind] [his] [mother] [.] 1 bobby 5 and 5 and 8 of 7 out 8 of 8 of 9 sight you must use your eyes and your noses [.] 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 use 3 use 6 and 4 your 5 eyes 5 eyes 6 and 6 and 8 noses 7 your 8 noses when you find things good to eat where you have never found them before , watch out [!] 1 when 2 you 2 you 3 find 3 find 4 things 3 find 8 where 3 find 17 out 4 things 5 good 4 things 8 where 5 good 6 to 5 good 7 eat 6 to 7 eat 8 where 9 you 8 where 15 , 9 you 15 , 10 have 12 found 10 have 15 , 11 never 12 found 12 found 13 them 12 found 14 before 15 , 16 watch when you get the first whiff of the man-smell , watch out [!] 1 when 2 you 2 you 3 get 3 get 6 whiff 3 get 12 out 4 the 5 first 4 the 6 whiff 6 whiff 7 of 7 of 11 watch 8 the 11 watch 9 man-smell 10 , 9 man-smell 11 watch [billy] [mink] [,] [you] [are] [small] [and] [quick] [,] [and] [your] [eyes] [are] [sharp] [.] you sit [here] [on] [the] [big] [rock] [until] [you] [see] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [coming] [.] 1 you 2 sit then go hide in the bulrushes where you can watch him , but where he cannot see you [.] 1 then 2 go 2 go 3 hide 3 hide 4 in 4 in 6 bulrushes 5 the 6 bulrushes 6 bulrushes 13 but 7 where 8 you 7 where 10 watch 7 where 13 but 8 you 9 can 9 can 10 watch 10 watch 11 him 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 where 14 where 15 he 14 where 17 see 15 he 16 cannot 16 cannot 17 see 17 see 18 you follow him everywhere he goes [around] [the] [smiling] [pool] [or] [along] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 follow 2 him 1 follow 3 everywhere 3 everywhere 4 he 3 everywhere 5 goes 4 he 5 goes without knowing it , he will show you where every trap is hidden [.] 1 without 2 knowing 1 without 4 , 1 without 5 he 2 knowing 3 it 5 he 6 will 6 will 7 show 7 show 8 you 7 show 9 where 9 where 11 trap 9 where 13 hidden 10 every 11 trap 11 trap 12 is 12 is 13 hidden ["] [when] [all] [the] [traps] [have] [been] [found] [,] [drop] [a] [stick] [or] [a] [stone] [in] [each] [.] that [will] [spring] [them] , and then they will be harmless [.] 1 that 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 then 6 and 8 they 6 and 10 be 9 will 10 be 10 be 11 harmless then you can bury them deep in the mud [.] 1 then 2 you 2 you 3 can 3 can 4 bury 4 bury 5 them 4 bury 6 deep 4 bury 7 in 7 in 9 mud 8 the 9 mud ["] [hurrah] [for] [grandfather] [frog] [!] that 's a great idea [!] ["] [shouted] [little] [joe] [otter] [,] [turning] [a] [somersault] [in] [the] [water] [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 5 idea 3 a 4 great 3 a 5 idea 4 great 5 idea every one agreed with [little] [joe] [otter] [,] and [immediately] [they] [began] [to] [plan] [a] [grand] [hunt] [for] [the] [traps] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 1 every 2 one 2 one 3 agreed 3 agreed 4 with 4 with 9 and [chapter] [v] [:] [a] [busy] [day] [at] [the] [smiling] [pool] everybody was excited [.] 1 everybody 2 was 2 was 3 excited yes , [sir] [,] [everybody] [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] [and] [along] [the] [laughing] [brook] [was] [just] [bubbling] [over] [with] [excitement] [.] 1 yes 2 , what was it all about [?] 1 what 2 was 2 was 4 all 2 was 5 about 3 it 4 all yes , [sir] [,] they were hunting for traps set by [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , [just] [as] [grandfather] [frog] [had] [advised] [them] [to] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 7 hunting 6 were 8 for 8 for 9 traps 9 traps 10 set 9 traps 11 by 11 by 16 , [jerry] [muskrat] [and] [little] [joe] [otter] [were] [hunting] [together] [.] sniff , sniff , sniff , [went] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 sniff 2 , 1 sniff 5 sniff 2 , 3 sniff 4 , 5 sniff 5 sniff 6 , then little cold shivers ran down his backbone and way out to the tip of his tail [.] 1 then 4 shivers 2 little 4 shivers 3 cold 4 shivers 4 shivers 5 ran 5 ran 6 down 6 down 9 and 7 his 8 backbone 8 backbone 9 and 9 and 10 way 10 way 11 out 11 out 12 to 12 to 14 tip 13 the 14 tip 14 tip 15 of 15 of 17 tail 16 his 17 tail " [what] [is] it [?] ["] asked [little] [joe] [otter] [.] 1 " 7 asked 4 it 7 asked " [it] ['s] [the] [man-smell] [,] " [whispered] [jerry] [.] 1 " 7 " just [then] [little] [joe] [otter] [gave] [a] long [sniff] [.] 1 just 8 long " [my] , [i] [smell] [fish] [!] " he cried , his eyes sparkling , and started in the direction from which the smell came [.] 1 " 10 cried 3 , 8 " 3 , 9 he 9 he 10 cried 10 cried 11 , 10 cried 16 and 12 his 16 and 13 eyes 14 sparkling 13 eyes 16 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 started 16 and 18 in 18 in 20 direction 19 the 20 direction 20 direction 21 from 21 from 22 which 21 from 24 smell 21 from 25 came 23 the 24 smell 24 smell 25 came he swam [faster] [than] [jerry] , and in a minute he shouted in delight [.] 1 he 6 , 2 swam 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 he 7 and 12 shouted 8 in 10 minute 8 in 11 he 9 a 10 minute 11 he 12 shouted 12 shouted 13 in 13 in 14 delight ["] [hi] [,] [jerry] [!] some one's left a fish on the edge of the bank [:] [what] [a] [feast] [!] ["] 1 some 3 left 2 one's 3 left 3 left 5 fish 3 left 6 on 4 a 5 fish 5 fish 6 on 6 on 8 edge 7 the 8 edge 8 edge 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 bank " [don't] [touch] [it] , " he panted [.] 1 " 8 panted 5 , 6 " 5 , 7 he 7 he 8 panted " [don't] [touch] [it] [,] [joe] [otter] [!] " 1 " 9 " [little] [joe] [laughed] [.] ["] [what] ['s] [the] [matter] [,] [jerry] [?] ['] [fraid] [i] ['ll] [eat] [it] [all] [up] [before] [you] [get] [here] [?] ["] [he] [asked] [,] [as] [he] [reached] [out] [for] [the] [fish] [.] " [stop] [!] " [shrieked] [jerry] [,] [and] [gave] [little] [joe] [a] [push] [,] [just] [as] [the] [latter] [touched] [the] [fish] [.] 1 " 4 " [snap] [!] a pair of wicked steel jaws flew together and caught [little] [joe] [otter] [by] a claw of one toe [.] 1 a 2 pair 2 pair 3 of 2 pair 9 and 3 of 6 jaws 4 wicked 5 steel 5 steel 6 jaws 7 flew 8 together 7 flew 9 and 9 and 10 caught 10 caught 16 claw 15 a 16 claw 16 claw 17 of 17 of 19 toe 18 one 19 toe if it hadn't been for [jerry] ['s] [push] , he would have been caught by a foot [.] 1 if 2 it 1 if 4 been 1 if 10 he 2 it 3 hadn't 3 hadn't 4 been 4 been 5 for 5 for 9 , 10 he 11 would 11 would 12 have 12 have 13 been 13 been 14 caught 14 caught 15 by 15 by 17 foot 16 a 17 foot ["] [oh] [!] [oh] [!] [oh] [!] ["] [cried] [little] [joe] [otter] [.] but he left the claw behind and had a dreadfully sore toe as a result [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 7 and 2 he 7 and 3 left 5 claw 3 left 6 behind 3 left 7 and 4 the 5 claw 7 and 8 had 8 had 12 toe 8 had 13 as 9 a 10 dreadfully 9 a 12 toe 10 dreadfully 11 sore 13 as 15 result 14 a 15 result then they buried the trap deep down in the mud and started to look for another [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 11 and 3 buried 5 trap 3 buried 11 and 4 the 5 trap 5 trap 6 deep 6 deep 7 down 6 deep 8 in 8 in 10 mud 9 the 10 mud 11 and 12 started 12 started 13 to 12 started 14 look 13 to 14 look 14 look 15 for 15 for 16 another [chapter] [vi] [:] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [is] [puzzled] farmer [brown] 's boy was whistling merrily as he tramped down [across] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 1 farmer 3 's 3 's 4 boy 4 boy 5 was 5 was 6 whistling 6 whistling 7 merrily 6 whistling 8 as 8 as 9 he 8 as 10 tramped 9 he 10 tramped 10 tramped 11 down [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [saw] [him] [coming] [,] [and] [they] [raced] [over] [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] [to] [tell] [billy] [mink] [.] farmer [brown] 's boy was coming to visit his traps [.] 1 farmer 3 's 3 's 4 boy 4 boy 5 was 5 was 6 coming 6 coming 7 to 7 to 8 visit 8 visit 10 traps 9 his 10 traps he was [very] sure [that] he would [find] [billy] [mink] [or] [little] [joe] [otter] [,] [or] [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [or] [perhaps] [bobby] [coon] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 sure 4 sure 6 he 4 sure 7 would 6 he 7 would [billy] [mink] [was] [sitting] [on] [top] [of] [the] [big] [rock] [.] he saw the [merry] [little] [breezes] racing [across] [the] [green] [meadows] , and [behind] [them] he [saw] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [.] 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 21 boy 3 the 7 racing 7 racing 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 he 16 he 20 's 20 's 21 boy [billy] [mink] [dived] [head] [first] [into] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] then he swam over [to] [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [house] and warned [jerry] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 10 and 3 swam 4 over 3 swam 10 and 10 and 11 warned the first place [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [visited] was [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [old] log [.] 1 the 2 first 1 the 3 place 3 place 9 was 9 was 14 log very cautiously he peeped over the edge of the bank [.] 1 very 2 cautiously 2 cautiously 3 he 3 he 4 peeped 4 peeped 5 over 5 over 7 edge 6 the 7 edge 7 edge 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 bank the trap was gone [!] 1 the 2 trap 2 trap 3 was 3 was 4 gone " [hurrah] [!] " [shouted] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 1 " 4 " he was very much excited , as he caught hold of the end of the chain , which fastened it to the old log [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 excited 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 excited 5 excited 7 as 6 , 7 as 7 as 16 chain 7 as 17 , 8 he 9 caught 9 caught 10 hold 10 hold 11 of 11 of 13 end 12 the 13 end 13 end 14 of 14 of 15 the 15 the 16 chain 17 , 19 fastened 18 which 19 fastened 19 fastened 20 it 19 fastened 21 to 20 it 21 to 21 to 24 log 22 the 24 log 23 old 24 log he was sure that at last he had [caught] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 sure 3 sure 4 that 4 that 8 had 5 at 6 last 5 at 7 he 7 he 8 had when he pulled the trap up , it was empty [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 pulled 1 when 8 it 2 he 3 pulled 3 pulled 5 trap 4 the 5 trap 6 up 7 , 6 up 8 it 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 empty farmer [brown] 's boy was disappointed [.] 1 farmer 3 's 3 's 4 boy 4 boy 5 was 5 was 6 disappointed " [well] [,] [i] ['ll] [get] [him] [to-morrow] [,] [anyway] [,] ["] said he to himself [.] 1 " 13 said 13 said 14 he 13 said 15 to 15 to 16 himself then he went on to [his] [next] [trap] [;] it was nowhere to be seen [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 on 3 went 5 to 5 to 10 it 10 it 11 was 11 was 12 nowhere 11 was 13 to 13 to 14 be 14 be 15 seen when he pulled the chain he was so excited that he trembled [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 pulled 1 when 6 he 2 he 3 pulled 3 pulled 5 chain 4 the 5 chain 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 so 8 so 9 excited 9 excited 10 that 10 that 11 he 11 he 12 trembled the trap did not come up at once [.] 1 the 2 trap 2 trap 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 come 4 not 5 come 5 come 6 up 6 up 8 once 7 at 8 once he pulled and pulled [,] [and] [then] [suddenly] [up] it [came] [,] [all] [covered] [with] [mud] [.] 1 he 3 and 2 pulled 3 and 3 and 4 pulled 4 pulled 10 it in it was one [little] claw [from] [little] [joe] [otter] [.] 1 in 2 it 1 in 3 was 3 was 6 claw 4 one 6 claw [very] [carefully] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [set] [the] [trap] [again] [.] he had stopped whistling by this time , and there was a puzzled frown on his freckled face [.] 1 he 9 and 2 had 3 stopped 2 had 9 and 3 stopped 4 whistling 3 stopped 5 by 4 whistling 5 by 5 by 7 time 6 this 7 time 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 was 10 there 11 was 11 was 14 frown 11 was 15 on 12 a 14 frown 13 puzzled 14 frown 14 frown 15 on 15 on 18 face 16 his 18 face 17 freckled 18 face what did it mean [?] 1 what 2 did 1 what 4 mean 2 did 3 it 2 did 4 mean could some other boy have found all his traps and played a trick by springing all of them [?] 1 could 4 boy 1 could 10 and 2 some 3 other 3 other 4 boy 5 have 6 found 5 have 10 and 6 found 7 all 7 all 8 his 7 all 9 traps 10 and 11 played 11 played 13 trick 11 played 14 by 12 a 13 trick 14 by 15 springing 15 springing 18 them 16 all 17 of 16 all 18 them 17 of 18 them the more he thought about it , the more [puzzled] he became [.] 1 the 2 more 2 more 3 he 2 more 4 thought 2 more 7 , 2 more 9 more 3 he 4 thought 4 thought 5 about 5 about 6 it 8 the 9 more 9 more 12 became 11 he 12 became " [chugarum] ! " said [grandfather] [frog] [,] [as] he snapped up [a] [foolish] [green] [fly] [.] 1 " 11 snapped 3 ! 4 " 3 ! 5 said 5 said 10 he 10 he 11 snapped 11 snapped 12 up " [much] [good] [it] [will] [do] [you] [to] [set] [those] [traps] [again] [!] " 1 " 14 " then they prepared for a [grand] feast [of] [the] [good] [things] [to] [eat] [which] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [left] , scattered around the traps [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 21 , 3 prepared 4 for 3 prepared 21 , 4 for 7 feast 5 a 7 feast 21 , 22 scattered 21 , 23 around 23 around 25 traps 24 the 25 traps [chapter] [vii] [:] [jerry] [muskrat] [makes] [a] [discovery] little [joe] [otter] [had] [been] [more] [full] [of] [fun] [than] [ever] , [if] [that] [were] [possible] [.] 1 little 12 , mr and [mrs] [.] redwing had come back to the bulrushes from their winter home way down in [the] [warm] [southland] [.] 1 mr 2 and 2 and 5 redwing 5 redwing 6 had 6 had 7 come 7 come 8 back 7 come 12 from 7 come 15 home 7 come 17 down 8 back 9 to 9 to 11 bulrushes 10 the 11 bulrushes 11 bulrushes 12 from 12 from 14 winter 13 their 14 winter 16 way 17 down 17 down 18 in everybody was happy , just as happy [as] could be [.] 1 everybody 4 , 2 was 3 happy 2 was 4 , 4 , 9 could 5 just 6 as 6 as 7 happy 7 happy 9 could 9 could 10 be [suddenly] [jerry] ['s] [sharp] [eyes] [saw] [something] [that] [made] [him] [wrinkle] [his] [forehead] [in] [a] [puzzled] [frown] [and] [look] [and] [look] [at] [the] [opposite] [bank] [.] finally he called [to] [little] [joe] [otter] [.] 1 finally 2 he 2 he 3 called ["] [hi] [,] [little] [joe] [!] come over here [!] ["] [shouted] [jerry] [.] 1 come 2 over 2 over 3 here " [what] [for] [?] " [asked] [little] [joe] [,] [turning] [a] [somersault] [in] [the] [water] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [want] [you] [to] [see] [if] [there] [is] [anything] [wrong] [with] [my] [eyes] [,] " [replied] [jerry] [.] 1 " 16 " little [joe] [otter] [stopped] [swimming] [and] [stared] up [at] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 little 8 up " [they] [look] [all] [right] [to] [me] [,] ["] said he [,] [as] [he] [started] to [climb] up on [the] [big] [rock] [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 11 he 10 said 16 to 16 to 18 up 18 up 19 on " [of] [course] they [look] all [right] [,] ["] replied [jerry] [,] ["] [but] [what] [i] [want] [to] [know] [is] [if] [they] [see] [all] [right] [.] 1 " 10 replied 4 they 10 replied 6 all 10 replied look over at that bank [.] ["] 1 look 2 over 1 look 3 at 3 at 5 bank 4 that 5 bank [little] [joe] [otter] [looked] [over] [at] [the] [bank] [.] he [stared] [and] [stared] [,] [but] [he] didn't see anything unusual [.] 1 he 8 didn't 8 didn't 9 see 9 see 10 anything 10 anything 11 unusual it looked just as it always did [.] 1 it 2 looked 2 looked 3 just 3 just 4 as 4 as 7 did 5 it 7 did 6 always 7 did [he] [told] [jerry] [muskrat] [so] [.] " [then] [it] [must] [be] [my] [eyes] [,] " [sighed] [jerry] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [it] [certainly] [must] [be] [my] [eyes] [.] it looks to me as if the water does not come as high up on the bank as it did yesterday [.] ["] 1 it 2 looks 2 looks 3 to 2 looks 6 if 3 to 4 me 5 as 6 if 6 if 8 water 6 if 11 come 7 the 8 water 8 water 9 does 9 does 10 not 9 does 11 come 10 not 11 come 11 come 13 high 11 come 14 up 12 as 13 high 14 up 15 on 14 up 18 as 15 on 17 bank 16 the 17 bank 18 as 20 did 19 it 20 did 20 did 21 yesterday [little] [joe] [otter] [looked] [again] [and] [his] [eyes] [opened] [wide] [.] " [you] [are] [right] , [jerry] [muskrat] [!] " he cried [.] 1 " 11 cried 5 , 9 " 5 , 10 he 10 he 11 cried ["] [there] ['s] [nothing] [the] [matter] [with] [your] [eyes] [.] the water is as low as it ever gets , even in the very middle of summer [.] 1 the 2 water 2 water 3 is 3 is 5 low 3 is 6 as 4 as 5 low 6 as 7 it 6 as 9 gets 7 it 9 gets 8 ever 9 gets 9 gets 11 even 10 , 11 even 11 even 12 in 12 in 15 middle 13 the 14 very 13 the 15 middle 15 middle 16 of 16 of 17 summer what can it mean [?] ["] 1 what 2 can 1 what 4 mean 2 can 3 it 2 can 4 mean " [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [replied] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [it] [is] [queer] [!] it certainly is very queer [!] 1 it 3 is 2 certainly 3 is 3 is 5 queer 4 very 5 queer let's go [ask] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 let's 2 go you know he is very old and very wise , so perhaps he can tell us what it means [.] ["] 1 you 7 and 2 know 3 he 2 know 4 is 2 know 7 and 3 he 4 is 4 is 6 old 5 very 6 old 7 and 9 wise 7 and 11 so 8 very 9 wise 10 , 11 so 11 so 13 he 11 so 19 means 12 perhaps 13 he 13 he 14 can 14 can 15 tell 15 tell 16 us 17 what 18 it 18 it 19 means [splash] [!] jerry [muskrat] [and] [little] [joe] [otter] dived [into] [the] [smiling] [pool] [and] [started] [a] [race] to see who could reach [grandfather] [frog] [first] [.] 1 jerry 7 dived 7 dived 16 to 16 to 17 see 17 see 18 who 18 who 19 could 19 could 20 reach ["] [chugarum] [!] there 's [nothing] the matter with [the] [smiling] [pool] [;] it 's the best place in all the world , " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [gruffly] [.] 1 there 2 's 2 's 5 matter 2 's 6 with 4 the 5 matter 5 matter 6 with 6 with 11 it 11 it 12 's 12 's 15 place 13 the 14 best 13 the 15 place 15 place 16 in 16 in 17 all 17 all 18 the 17 all 20 , 18 the 19 world 20 , 21 " " [but] [there] [is] [something] [the] [matter] [,] " [insisted] [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [and] [then] [he] [told] [what] [he] [had] [discovered] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [don't] [believe] it [,] ["] said [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 8 said 5 it 8 said " [i] [never] [heard] [of] [such] [a] [thing] [in] [the] [springtime] [.] " 1 " 13 " [chapter] [viii] [:] [grandfather] [frog] [watches] [his] [toes] [grandfather] [frog] [sat] [among] [the] [bulrushes] [on] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] over [his] [head] [mr] [redwing] [was] [singing] [as] [if] [his] [heart] [would] [burst] with the very joy of springtime [.] 1 over 14 with 14 with 17 joy 15 the 16 very 15 the 17 joy 17 joy 18 of 18 of 19 springtime ["] [tra-la-la-lee] [,] [see] [me] [!] see me [!] 1 see 2 me [happy] [am] [i] [as] [i] [can] [be] [!] [happy] [am] [i] [the] [whole] [day] [long] [and] [so] [i] [sing] [my] [gladsome] [song] [.] ["] of course [mr] [redwing] [was] happy [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 6 happy why shouldn't he be [?] 1 why 2 shouldn't 2 shouldn't 3 he 2 shouldn't 4 be here it was [the] [beautiful] [springtime] [,] the gladdest [time] of all the [year] [,] [the] time when happiness creeps into everybody ['s] [heart] [.] 1 here 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 9 gladdest 8 the 9 gladdest 9 gladdest 11 of 11 of 17 time 12 all 13 the 13 the 17 time 17 time 18 when 18 when 19 happiness 18 when 20 creeps 19 happiness 20 creeps 20 creeps 21 into 21 into 22 everybody [grandfather] [frog] [listened] [.] he nodded his head [.] 1 he 2 nodded 2 nodded 4 head 3 his 4 head ["] [chugarum] [!] i 'm happy , too , " said [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 happy 3 happy 5 too 4 , 5 too 5 too 6 , 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 said little by little the smile grew smaller and smaller , until there wasn't any smile [.] 1 little 5 smile 2 by 3 little 2 by 5 smile 4 the 5 smile 5 smile 6 grew 6 grew 8 and 7 smaller 8 and 8 and 9 smaller 9 smaller 11 until 10 , 11 until 11 until 12 there 11 until 13 wasn't 12 there 13 wasn't 13 wasn't 15 smile 14 any 15 smile no , [sir] [,] there wasn't any smile [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 5 there 5 there 6 wasn't 6 wasn't 8 smile 7 any 8 smile instead of looking happy , as he said he [felt] [,] [grandfather] [frog] [actually] looked unhappy [.] 1 instead 2 of 2 of 3 looking 2 of 5 , 2 of 9 he 3 looking 4 happy 5 , 6 as 6 as 7 he 6 as 8 said 7 he 8 said 9 he 15 looked 15 looked 16 unhappy he didn't believe it , not a word [of] [it] [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 5 , 3 believe 4 it 3 believe 5 , 5 , 6 not 5 , 8 word 7 a 8 word at least he tried to make himself think that he didn't believe it [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 3 he 3 he 4 tried 4 tried 5 to 5 to 6 make 6 make 7 himself 6 make 8 think 8 think 9 that 9 that 10 he 9 that 12 believe 10 he 11 didn't 11 didn't 12 believe 12 believe 13 it now [grandfather] [frog] [is] [very] [old] [and] [very] [wise] , and he had never heard of such a thing happening in the springtime [.] 1 now 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 11 and 20 happening 12 he 13 had 13 had 15 heard 14 never 15 heard 15 heard 16 of 16 of 19 thing 17 such 18 a 18 a 19 thing 20 happening 21 in 21 in 23 springtime 22 the 23 springtime so he wouldn't believe it now [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 4 believe 4 believe 5 it 5 it 6 now and [yet] [and] [yet] [grandfather] [frog] had an uncomfortable feeling that something was wrong [.] 1 and 7 had 7 had 10 feeling 8 an 9 uncomfortable 8 an 10 feeling 9 uncomfortable 10 feeling 10 feeling 11 that 11 that 12 something 11 that 13 was 12 something 13 was 13 was 14 wrong [ha] [!] [he] [knew] [now] [what] [it] [was] [!] you see he just couldn't make himself believe what he wanted to believe , try as he would [.] 1 you 14 , 2 see 3 he 2 see 6 make 2 see 14 , 3 he 5 couldn't 4 just 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 make 6 make 7 himself 6 make 8 believe 8 believe 9 what 9 what 10 he 9 what 11 wanted 10 he 11 wanted 11 wanted 12 to 11 wanted 13 believe 12 to 13 believe 14 , 15 try 15 try 16 as 16 as 17 he 16 as 18 would 17 he 18 would ["] [chugarum] [!] i know what [i] ['ll] [do] [;] [i] ['ll] [watch] [my] toes [!] ["] [exclaimed] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 what 3 what 12 toes so [grandfather] [frog] [waded] [out] [into] [the] [water] [until] [it] [covered] his feet , and then he sat down and began to watch his toes [.] 1 so 20 and 12 his 13 feet 13 feet 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 17 he 16 then 17 he 17 he 20 and 18 sat 19 down 18 sat 20 and 20 and 21 began 21 began 22 to 22 to 23 watch 23 watch 25 toes 24 his 25 toes " [watching] [my] [toes] [,] " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [gruffly] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [watching] [your] [toes] [!] ho , ho , ho ! 1 ho 2 , 1 ho 5 ho 3 ho 4 , 4 , 5 ho 5 ho 6 ! [watching] [your] [toes] [!] who ever heard of such a thing [?] 1 who 3 heard 2 ever 3 heard 3 heard 4 of 4 of 7 thing 5 such 6 a 6 a 7 thing are you afraid that they will run away [,] [grandfather] [frog] [?] ["] [shouted] [mr] [redwing] [.] 1 are 2 you 1 are 3 afraid 3 afraid 4 that 4 that 5 they 4 that 7 run 5 they 6 will 6 will 7 run 7 run 8 away [grandfather] [frog] [didn't] [answer] [.] he kept right on watching his toes [.] 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 3 right 2 kept 4 on 3 right 4 on 4 on 5 watching 5 watching 7 toes 6 his 7 toes [mr] [redwing] [flew] [away] [to] [tell] [everybody] [he] [met] [how] [grandfather] [frog] [had] [become] [foolish] [and] [was] [watching] [his] [toes] [.] the sun shone [down] warm and bright [,] [and] [pretty] [soon] [grandfather] [frog] ['s] [big] [goggly] [eyes] [began] [to] [blink] [.] 1 the 2 sun 2 sun 3 shone 3 shone 6 and 5 warm 6 and 6 and 7 bright then his head began to nod [,] [and] [then] [why] [,] [then] [grandfather] [frog] [fell] [fast] [asleep] [.] 1 then 3 head 2 his 3 head 3 head 4 began 4 began 5 to 4 began 6 nod 5 to 6 nod [by] [and] [by] [grandfather] [frog] [awoke] [with] [a] [start] [.] he looked down at his toes [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 down 3 down 4 at 4 at 6 toes 5 his 6 toes they were not in the water at all [!] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 not 2 were 4 in 2 were 7 at 3 not 4 in 4 in 6 water 5 the 6 water 7 at 8 all indeed , the water was a good long jump away [.] 1 indeed 2 , 1 indeed 4 water 3 the 4 water 4 water 5 was 5 was 9 jump 5 was 10 away 6 a 7 good 6 a 9 jump 7 good 9 jump 8 long 9 jump ["] [chugarum] [!] [chapter] [ix] [:] [the] [laughing] [brook] [stops] [laughing] there was something wrong [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 something 3 something 4 wrong [grandfather] [frog] [knew] [it] [the] [very] [minute] [he] [got] [up] [that] [morning] [.] at first he couldn't think what it was [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 4 couldn't 4 couldn't 5 think 5 think 6 what 6 what 8 was 7 it 8 was [suddenly] [grandfather] [frog] [realized] [how] [still] [it] [was] [.] it was a different kind of stillness from anything he could ever remember [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 7 stillness 2 was 8 from 3 a 5 kind 4 different 5 kind 5 kind 6 of 5 kind 7 stillness 6 of 7 stillness 7 stillness 8 from 8 from 9 anything 9 anything 10 he 9 anything 13 remember 10 he 11 could 11 could 13 remember 12 ever 13 remember he missed [something] , and he couldn't think what it was [.] 1 he 4 , 2 missed 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 he 6 he 7 couldn't 7 couldn't 8 think 8 think 9 what 9 what 11 was 10 it 11 was it wasn't [the] [song] [of] [mr] [redwing] [.] 1 it 2 wasn't there were many times when he didn't hear that [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 4 times 3 many 4 times 4 times 5 when 5 when 6 he 5 when 8 hear 6 he 7 didn't 7 didn't 8 hear 8 hear 9 that it was [grand-father] [frog] [gave] [a] [startled] [jump] [out] on [to] the shore [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 10 on 10 on 13 shore 12 the 13 shore ["] [chugarum] [!] [it] ['s] [the] [laughing] [brook] [!] the [laughing] [brook] has stopped laughing [!] ["] [cried] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 the 4 has 4 has 5 stopped 5 stopped 6 laughing could it be [?] 1 could 2 it 1 could 3 be who ever heard of such a thing , excepting [when] [jack] [frost] [bound] [the] [laughing] [brook] with hard black ice [?] 1 who 3 heard 2 ever 3 heard 3 heard 4 of 4 of 8 , 5 such 6 a 6 a 7 thing 7 thing 8 , 8 , 9 excepting 9 excepting 17 with 17 with 20 ice 18 hard 20 ice 19 black 20 ice [never] [once] [in] [all] [that] [time] [had] [the] [laughing] [brook] [failed] [to] [laugh] [.] it couldn't be true now [!] 1 it 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 be 3 be 4 true 4 true 5 now [grandfather] [frog] [put] [a] [hand] [behind] [one] [ear] [and] [listened] [and] [listened] [,] [but] [not] [a] [sound] [could] [he] [hear] [.] ["] [chugarum] [!] it must [be] [me] , " said [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 it 2 must 2 must 5 , 5 , 6 " 5 , 7 said ["] [it] [must] [be] [that] [i] [am] [growing] [old] [and] [deaf] [.] i 'll go over and ask [jerry] [muskrat] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 5 and 3 go 4 over 3 go 5 and 5 and 6 ask so [grandfather] [frog] dove [into] [the] [water] [and] [swam] [out] [to] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [smiling] [pool] [,] [on] [his] [way] [to] [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [house] [.] 1 so 4 dove he stopped swimming to look [around] , and it seemed as if his great [goggly] eyes would pop right out of his head [.] 1 he 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 swimming 3 swimming 4 to 4 to 7 , 5 look 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 it 9 it 10 seemed 10 seemed 12 if 11 as 12 if 12 if 16 eyes 12 if 18 pop 13 his 16 eyes 14 great 16 eyes 16 eyes 17 would 17 would 18 pop 18 pop 19 right 18 pop 21 of 20 out 21 of 21 of 23 head 22 his 23 head yes , [sir] [,] it [seemed] [as] [if] [those] [great] [goggly] [eyes] [certainly] would pop right [out] [of] [grandfather] [frog] ['s] [head] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 14 would 14 would 15 pop 15 pop 16 right the [smiling] [pool] [had] [grown] [so] [small] [that] [there] [wasn't] [enough] [of] [it] left [to] [smile] [!] 1 the 14 left " [where] [are] [you] [going] [,] [grandfather] [frog] [?] ["] asked a voice over his head [.] 1 " 11 asked 11 asked 13 voice 11 asked 14 over 12 a 13 voice 13 voice 14 over 14 over 16 head 15 his 16 head [grandfather] [frog] [looked] [up] [.] [looking] [down] [on] [him] [from] [over] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [big] [rock] [was] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] the edge of the [big] [rock] was [twice] [as] [high] above [the] [water] [as] [grandfather] [frog] [had] [ever] [seen] it [before] [.] 1 the 2 edge 2 edge 3 of 2 edge 7 was 3 of 4 the 7 was 11 above 11 above 20 it " [i] [i] [was] [going] [to] [swim] [over] [to] [your] [house] [to] [see] [you] [,] " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 16 " " [it] ['s] [of] [no] [use] [,] " [replied] [jerry] [,] ["] [because] [i] ['m] [not] [there] [.] 1 " 8 " besides , you couldn't swim there , anyway [.] ["] 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 3 you 3 you 4 couldn't 4 couldn't 5 swim 5 swim 6 there 5 swim 8 anyway 7 , 8 anyway " [why] [not] [?] " [demanded] [grandfather] [frog] [in] [great] [surprise] [.] 1 " 5 " " [what] ['s] [that] [you] [say] [?] ["] cried [grandfather] [frog] [,] [as] [if] he [couldn't] [believe] [his] [own] [ears] [.] 1 " 9 cried 9 cried 15 he " [it] ['s] [just] [as] [true] [as] [that] [i] ['m] [sitting] [here] [,] " [replied] [jerry] [sadly] [.] 1 " 14 " " [listen] [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [and] [tell] [me] [truly] [;] [is] [the] [laughing] [brook] [laughing] [?] " [cried] [grandfather] [frog] [sharply] [.] 1 " 18 " [chapter] [x] [:] [why] [the] [world] [seemed] [upside] [down] [to] [jerry] [muskrat] you see [,] [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [little] [world] [was] [topsy-turvy] [.] 1 you 2 see yes , [sir] [,] [jerry] ['s] [world] [was] [upside] [down] [!] 1 yes 2 , anyway , it seemed so [to] [him] , and he couldn't understand it at all [.] 1 anyway 2 , 1 anyway 8 , 2 , 4 seemed 3 it 4 seemed 4 seemed 5 so 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 11 couldn't 11 couldn't 12 understand 12 understand 13 it 12 understand 14 at 13 it 14 at 14 at 15 all the [smiling] [pool] [,] [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] [are] [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [little] world [.] 1 the 18 world now , as he sat on [the] [big] [rock] and looked about him , [the] [green] [meadows] [were] as [lovely] [as] [ever] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 14 , 2 , 3 as 3 as 4 he 3 as 10 and 4 he 10 and 5 sat 6 on 5 sat 10 and 10 and 11 looked 10 and 12 about 12 about 13 him 14 , 19 as he could see no change in them [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 see 3 see 5 change 3 see 6 in 4 no 5 change 5 change 6 in 6 in 7 them but [the] [laughing] [brook] [had] [stopped] [laughing] , and [the] [smiling] [pool] [had] [stopped] [smiling] [.] 1 but 8 , 8 , 9 and the truth is [there] wasn't enough [of] [the] [laughing] [brook] [left] to laugh , and there wasn't enough [of] [the] [smiling] [pool] left to smile [.] 1 the 2 truth 2 truth 3 is 3 is 5 wasn't 5 wasn't 6 enough 5 wasn't 12 to 5 wasn't 15 and 12 to 15 and 13 laugh 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 25 smile 16 there 17 wasn't 17 wasn't 18 enough 17 wasn't 23 left 17 wasn't 24 to 24 to 25 smile it was dreadful [!] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 dreadful jerry looked over to his house [,] [of] [which] [he] [had] [once] [been] [so] [proud] [.] 1 jerry 2 looked 2 looked 3 over 2 looked 4 to 4 to 6 house 5 his 6 house he had built it with the doorway under water [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 built 3 built 4 it 3 built 5 with 3 built 8 under 5 with 7 doorway 6 the 7 doorway 7 doorway 8 under 8 under 9 water now [the] [smiling] [pool] [had] [grown] [so] [small] that [jerry] 's [house] [wasn't] in [the] [water] [at] all [.] 1 now 9 that 9 that 11 's 11 's 14 in 14 in 18 all anybody who wanted [to] could get into it [.] 1 anybody 2 who 1 anybody 3 wanted 1 anybody 5 could 2 who 3 wanted 5 could 6 get 6 get 7 into 7 into 8 it there was the doorway plainly to be seen [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 doorway 2 was 6 to 3 the 4 doorway 5 plainly 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 seen worse [still] , [there] [was] [the] [secret] [entrance] [to] [the] [long] [tunnel] [leading] [to] [his] [castle] [under] [the] roots [of] [the] [big] [hickory-tree] [.] 1 worse 3 , 1 worse 19 roots that [had] [been] [jerry] ['s] [most] [secret] [secret] , and now there it was for all the world to see [.] 1 that 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 now 10 and 13 it 10 and 14 was 12 there 13 it 13 it 14 was 14 was 15 for 14 was 19 to 15 for 16 all 16 all 17 the 16 all 18 world 17 the 18 world 19 to 20 see now anybody could find them , for they were plainly to be seen [.] 1 now 2 anybody 2 anybody 3 could 3 could 4 find 4 find 5 them 4 find 7 for 6 , 7 for 7 for 8 they 8 they 9 were 9 were 10 plainly 9 were 11 to 11 to 12 be 12 be 13 seen and [where] had always been smiling [,] [dimpling] [water] [,] [jerry] [saw] [only] [mud] [.] 1 and 3 had 3 had 5 been 4 always 5 been 5 been 6 smiling it was mud , mud , [mud] everywhere ! 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 mud 2 was 8 everywhere 3 mud 5 mud 4 , 5 mud 5 mud 6 , 6 , 8 everywhere 8 everywhere 9 ! jerry turned [towards] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 jerry 2 turned all the secrets of the [laughing] [brook] were exposed , just [as] were the secrets of the [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 all 2 the 2 the 3 secrets 3 secrets 4 of 3 secrets 8 were 4 of 5 the 8 were 10 , 9 exposed 10 , 10 , 13 were 11 just 13 were 13 were 15 secrets 14 the 15 secrets 15 secrets 16 of 16 of 17 the " [yes] [,] [sir] [,] [the] [world] [has] [turned] [upside] [down] [,] ["] said [jerry] [in] a mournful voice [.] 1 " 14 said 14 said 19 voice 17 a 18 mournful 17 a 19 voice 18 mournful 19 voice " [i] [know] it [has] [!] ["] cried [jerry] [.] 1 " 8 cried 4 it 8 cried " [i] [wonder] [if] [it] [will] [ever] [turn] [upside] [up] [again] [.] " 1 " 13 " " if it [doesn't] [,] [what] [are] [you] [going] [to] [do] [?] ["] asked [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 14 asked 2 if 3 it 3 it 14 asked " [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [replied] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 " 6 " " [here] [come] [little] [joe] [otter] [and] [billy] [mink] [;] [let's] [find] [out] [what] [they] [are] [going] [to] [do] [.] " 1 " 21 " [chapter] [xi] [:] [five] [heads] [together] something had to be done [.] 1 something 2 had 2 had 3 to 2 had 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 done jerry [muskrat] said so [.] 1 jerry 3 said 3 said 4 so [grandfather] [frog] [said] [so] [.] [billy] [mink] [said] [so] [.] [little] [joe] [otter] [said] [so] [.] even [spotty] [the] [turtle] [said] so [.] 1 even 6 so the [laughing] [brook] [couldn't] [laugh] [,] [and] [the] [smiling] [pool] [couldn't] smile [.] 1 the 12 smile you see , there wasn't water enough in either of them to laugh or smile , and nobody [knew] [if] there ever would be [again] [.] 1 you 17 and 2 see 17 and 3 , 5 wasn't 3 , 16 , 4 there 5 wasn't 5 wasn't 6 water 5 wasn't 7 enough 7 enough 8 in 7 enough 12 to 8 in 9 either 9 either 10 of 10 of 11 them 12 to 14 or 13 laugh 14 or 14 or 15 smile 16 , 17 and 17 and 24 be 18 nobody 21 there 18 nobody 23 would 22 ever 23 would 23 would 24 be nobody had ever known anything like it before , [and] so nobody knew what to think or do [.] 1 nobody 2 had 2 had 4 known 3 ever 4 known 4 known 5 anything 4 known 6 like 4 known 8 before 4 known 11 so 5 anything 6 like 6 like 7 it 9 , 11 so 11 so 12 nobody 11 so 13 knew 12 nobody 13 knew 13 knew 14 what 13 knew 15 to 15 to 17 or 16 think 17 or 17 or 18 do and yet they all felt that something must be done [.] 1 and 2 yet 2 yet 3 they 2 yet 5 felt 3 they 5 felt 4 all 5 felt 5 felt 6 that 6 that 7 something 6 that 9 be 7 something 8 must 8 must 9 be 9 be 10 done " [what] [do] [you] [think] [,] [billy] [mink] [?] " [asked] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 10 " but somehow he didn't want to catch them [.] 1 but 3 he 2 somehow 3 he 3 he 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 want 5 want 6 to 6 to 7 catch 7 catch 8 them " [i] [think] [that] [the] [best] [thing] we [can] do [is] [to] [move] [down] [to] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 " 8 we 8 we 10 do i 've been [down] there , and that 's all right [,] ["] [said] [billy] [mink] [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 11 right 5 there 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 's 8 that 9 's 9 's 10 all 10 all 11 right " [that] ['s] [what] [i] [think] [,] " [said] [little] [joe] [otter] [.] 1 " 8 " " [there] ['s] [no] [danger] [that] [the] [big] [river] [will] [go] [dry] [.] " 1 " 14 " " [how] [do] [you] [know] [?] " [asked] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 " 7 " " [the] [laughing] [brook] [and] [the] [smiling] [pool] [never] [went] [dry] [before] [.] " 1 " 14 " ["] [chugarum] [!] i , for one , don't want to [leave] [the] [smiling] [pool] [without] [finding] [out] what [the] trouble [is] [.] 1 i 3 for 1 i 6 don't 2 , 3 for 3 for 4 one 3 for 5 , 6 don't 7 want 7 want 8 to 8 to 18 trouble 16 what 18 trouble " [there] ['s] [nothing] [happens] [,] [as] [you] [know] [,] [but] [has] [a] [cause] [to] [make] [it] so [.] 1 " 18 so jerry [muskrat] nodded his head [.] 1 jerry 3 nodded 3 nodded 5 head 4 his 5 head " [grandfather] [frog] [is] [right] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he ["] [of] [course] [there] [must] [be] [a] [cause] [,] [but] [where] [are] [we] [to] [look] [for] [it] [?] i ['ve] [been] [all] [over] [the] [smiling] [pool] [,] [and] [i] 'm sure it isn't there [.] ["] 1 i 12 'm 12 'm 13 sure 13 sure 14 it 13 sure 15 isn't 14 it 15 isn't 15 isn't 16 there [grandfather] [frog] [actually] [smiled] [.] " [chugarum] [!] ["] said he [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 6 he ["] [of] [course] [the] [cause] [of] [all] [the] [trouble] [isn't] [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] any one would know that [!] " 1 any 2 one 2 one 3 would 3 would 4 know 4 know 5 that 5 that 7 " " [well] [,] [if] [you] [know] so [much] [,] [tell] [us] [where] [it] [is] [then] [!] ["] [snapped] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 " 7 so " [in] [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [of] [course] [,] " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 10 " " [no] [such] [thing] [!] " [said] [billy] [mink] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] ['ve] [been] [all] [the] [way] [down] [the] [laughing] [brook] [to] [the] [big] [river] [,] [and] [i] [didn't] [find] [a] [thing] [.] " 1 " 24 " " [have] [you] [been] [all] [the] [way] [up] [the] [laughing] [brook] [to] [the] [place] it [starts] [from] [?] ["] asked [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 20 asked 15 it 20 asked " [no-o] [,] " [replied] [billy] [mink] [.] 1 " 4 " " [that] ['s] so [!] 1 " 4 so i never had thought of [that] , " [cried] [little] [joe] [otter] [.] 1 i 3 had 2 never 3 had 3 had 4 thought 4 thought 5 of 5 of 7 , 7 , 8 " " [i] [tell] [you] [what] [,] [billy] [mink] [and] [i] [will] [go] [way] [up] [the] [laughing] [brook] [and] [see] [what] [we] [can] [find] [.] " 1 " 25 " ["] [chugarum] [!] let us all go , ["] [said] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 let 3 all 1 let 4 go 2 us 3 all 4 go 5 , then [the] [five] [put] [their] [heads] [together] [and] [decided] [that] they would go [up] [the] [laughing] [brook] to hunt for the trouble [.] 1 then 11 they 11 they 12 would 12 would 13 go 13 go 18 to 18 to 19 hunt 19 hunt 20 for 20 for 22 trouble 21 the 22 trouble [chapter] [xii] [:] [a] [hunt] [for] [trouble] ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] , sailing [high] [in] [the] [blue] , [blue] [sky] , [looked] down on [a] [funny] [sight] [.] 1 ol 5 , 5 , 6 sailing 5 , 11 , 11 , 14 , 14 , 16 down 16 down 17 on yes , [sir] [,] it certainly was a funny sight [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 7 was 6 certainly 7 was 7 was 10 sight 8 a 9 funny 8 a 10 sight 9 funny 10 sight it was a little procession of five of his friends [of] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 procession 3 a 4 little 3 a 5 procession 4 little 5 procession 5 procession 6 of 6 of 7 five 7 five 8 of 8 of 10 friends 9 his 10 friends first [was] [billy] [mink] , [who] [,] [because] he [is] [slim] [and] [nimble] [,] moves so quickly it sometimes is hard to follow him [.] 1 first 5 , 1 first 9 he 9 he 15 moves 15 moves 16 so 16 so 18 it 16 so 20 is 17 quickly 18 it 18 it 20 is 19 sometimes 20 is 20 is 21 hard 21 hard 22 to 21 hard 23 follow 22 to 23 follow 23 follow 24 him [behind] [him] [was] [little] [joe] [otter] [,] [whose] [legs] [are] [so] [short] [that] [he] [almost] [looks] [as] [if] [he] [hadn't] [any] [.] [behind] [little] [joe] [was] [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [who] [is] [a] [better] [traveler] [in] [the] [water] [than] [on] [land] [.] [behind] [jerry] [was] [grandfather] [frog] [,] [who] [neither] [walks] [nor] [runs] [but] [travels] [with] [great] [jumps] [.] last of [all] [was] [spotty] [the] [turtle] , who [travels] [very] , very slowly because [,] you know , he carries his house with him [.] 1 last 2 of 2 of 8 , 8 , 9 who 9 who 12 , 12 , 20 he 12 , 21 carries 13 very 14 slowly 14 slowly 20 he 15 because 17 you 15 because 18 know 15 because 19 , 15 because 20 he 17 you 18 know 20 he 21 carries 21 carries 23 house 21 carries 24 with 22 his 23 house 23 house 24 with 24 with 25 him and all [five] were headed up [the] [laughing] [brook] , [which] [laughed] [no] [more] [,] because there was not water [enough] in it [.] 1 and 2 all 1 and 10 , 2 all 4 were 4 were 5 headed 5 headed 6 up 10 , 16 because 16 because 17 there 17 there 18 was 18 was 19 not 18 was 20 water 18 was 22 in 22 in 23 it ["] [fo] ['] [the] [lan's] [sake] [!] fo ' [the] lan's [sake] [!] ["] 1 fo 2 ' 2 ' 4 lan's " [where] [are] [yo'alls] [going] [?] " [asked] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [chugarum] [!] to find out what is the trouble with [the] [laughing] [brook] , " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 to 2 find 2 find 3 out 3 out 4 what 4 what 5 is 5 is 7 trouble 5 is 8 with 6 the 7 trouble 8 with 12 , 12 , 13 " " [i] ['ll] [help] [you] [,] ["] said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [,] once more [sailing] up [in] [the] [blue] [,] [blue] [sky] [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 17 up 14 once 15 more 15 more 17 up [grandfather] [frog] [watched] [him] [until] [he] [was] [nothing] [but] [a] [speck] [.] the [laughing] [brook] [came] [down] [from] [the] [green] [forest] [and] wound [through] [the] [green] [meadows] [for] [a] [little] [way] [before] [it] [reached] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 the 11 wound there the sun shone down into [it] , and [grandfather] [frog] [didn't] [mind] [,] [although] [his] [legs] [were] [getting] [tired] [.] 1 there 3 sun 2 the 3 sun 3 sun 4 shone 4 shone 5 down 4 shone 6 into 6 into 8 , 8 , 9 and but when [they] [got] [into] [the] [green] [forest] it was dark and gloomy [.] 1 but 2 when 1 but 10 was 9 it 10 was 10 was 12 and 11 dark 12 and 12 and 13 gloomy at least [grandfather] [frog] [thought] [so] , [and] [so] [did] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [,] [for] [both] [dearly] [love] [the] [sunshine] [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 7 , but still they kept on , for they felt that [they] [must] [find] [the] [trouble] [with] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 but 3 they 1 but 5 on 2 still 3 they 3 they 5 on 4 kept 5 on 5 on 7 for 6 , 7 for 7 for 8 they 8 they 9 felt 9 felt 10 that if they found this , they would [also] [find] [the] [trouble] [with] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 if 2 they 1 if 3 found 1 if 5 , 1 if 6 they 2 they 3 found 3 found 4 this 6 they 7 would [chapter] [xiii] [:] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sees] [something] [indeed] [,] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [can] [see] [all] [that] [is] [going] [on] [below] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] his wings [are] [very] [broad] , and he can sail through the air very swiftly when he makes up his mind [to] [.] 1 his 2 wings 2 wings 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 he 7 and 10 sail 8 he 9 can 9 can 10 sail 10 sail 11 through 10 sail 15 swiftly 10 sail 16 when 11 through 13 air 12 the 13 air 14 very 15 swiftly 16 when 17 he 16 when 18 makes 17 he 18 makes 18 makes 19 up 18 makes 21 mind 20 his 21 mind in a few minutes he was [as] [far] ahead of [billy] [mink] [as] [billy] [was] [ahead] [of] [spotty] the [turtle] [.] 1 in 4 minutes 1 in 5 he 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 5 he 6 was 6 was 9 ahead 9 ahead 10 of 10 of 19 the for wings are swifter [far] [than] [legs] , [on] [whatsoever] [purpose] [bent] , [but] doubly swift and tireless [those] wings on [kindly] [deed] [intent] [.] 1 for 2 wings 2 wings 3 are 3 are 20 wings 3 are 21 on 4 swifter 8 , 4 swifter 20 wings 8 , 13 , 13 , 16 swift 13 , 17 and 15 doubly 16 swift 17 and 18 tireless he forgot everything but [his] [own] great surprise , and [he] [blinked] his eyes [a] [great] [many] [times] [to] [make] [sure] [that] [he] [wasn't] [dreaming] [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 everything 2 forgot 4 but 4 but 10 and 7 great 8 surprise 8 surprise 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 14 eyes 13 his 14 eyes ["] [did] [yo] ['] [ever] [?] no , [ah] [never] [!] 1 no 2 , [did] [yo] ['] [ever] [?] no , [ah] [never] [!] " 1 no 2 , 2 , 6 " [chapter] [xiv] [:] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [keeps] [right] [on] [going] " [one] [step] [,] [two] [steps] [,] [three] [steps] [,] so [!] 1 " 11 so four steps [,] [five] [steps] [,] [six] [steps] [go] [!] 1 four 2 steps keep right on and do your best [;] [mayhap] [you] ['ll] [win] [while] [others] [rest] [.] ["] 1 keep 2 right 1 keep 4 and 2 right 3 on 4 and 5 do 5 do 7 best 6 your 7 best and every time he said it , he felt better [.] 1 and 8 he 2 every 3 time 3 time 4 he 3 time 5 said 3 time 7 , 3 time 8 he 4 he 5 said 5 said 6 it 8 he 9 felt 9 felt 10 better they were very short steps , very short [steps] indeed , [for] [spotty] ['s] [legs] [are] [very] [short] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 5 steps 3 very 4 short 4 short 5 steps 5 steps 8 short 6 , 8 short 7 very 8 short 8 short 10 indeed 8 short 11 , but each one carried him forward just so much , and he knew that he was just so much nearer the thing he was seeking [.] 1 but 2 each 1 but 6 forward 2 each 3 one 2 each 4 carried 3 one 4 carried 4 carried 5 him 6 forward 11 and 6 forward 22 thing 7 just 9 much 7 just 11 and 8 so 9 much 10 , 11 and 11 and 20 nearer 12 he 13 knew 13 knew 14 that 14 that 15 he 14 that 16 was 16 was 17 just 17 just 20 nearer 18 so 19 much 19 much 20 nearer 21 the 22 thing 22 thing 23 he 22 thing 25 seeking 23 he 24 was anyway , he hoped he was [.] 1 anyway 2 , 1 anyway 3 he 3 he 4 hoped 4 hoped 5 he 4 hoped 6 was 5 he 6 was so [spotty] [the] [turtle] , who has to carry his house with him [,] was [a] [long] [,] [long] [way] [behind] [the] [others] [.] 1 so 5 , 5 , 6 who 5 , 15 was 6 who 7 has 7 has 8 to 7 has 9 carry 8 to 9 carry 9 carry 11 house 9 carry 12 with 10 his 11 house 11 house 12 with 12 with 13 him but he kept right on going [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 kept 3 kept 4 right 4 right 5 on 5 on 6 going " [one] [step] [,] [two] [steps] [,] [three] [steps] [,] so [!] ["] 1 " 11 so and he didn't stop for anything [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 4 stop 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 stop 4 stop 5 for 5 for 6 anything he crawled over sticks and [around] [big] stones and [sometimes] [,] [when] [he] [found] a little pool [of] [water] [,] [he] [swam] [.] 1 he 2 crawled 2 crawled 3 over 3 over 9 and 4 sticks 5 and 5 and 8 stones 5 and 9 and 9 and 17 pool 15 a 16 little 15 a 17 pool he always felt better then , because he can swim faster than he can walk [.] 1 he 3 felt 2 always 3 felt 3 felt 4 better 3 felt 13 he 3 felt 15 walk 5 then 6 , 5 then 13 he 7 because 8 he 7 because 10 swim 7 because 13 he 8 he 9 can 9 can 10 swim 10 swim 11 faster 12 than 13 he 13 he 14 can 14 can 15 walk after a long , long time , [spotty] [the] [turtle] [came] to a little pool [where] the sunshine [lay] [warm] [and] [inviting] [.] 1 after 6 time 1 after 7 , 1 after 18 sunshine 2 a 6 time 3 long 4 , 3 long 6 time 4 , 5 long 7 , 12 to 12 to 15 pool 13 a 15 pool 14 little 15 pool 17 the 18 sunshine there , in [the] middle [of] [it] , on a mossy stone , [sat] [grandfather] [frog] [fast] [asleep] [.] 1 there 2 , 2 , 3 in 3 in 13 , 5 middle 9 on 8 , 9 on 9 on 12 stone 9 on 13 , 10 a 12 stone 11 mossy 12 stone he had thought that he was [so] [far] [ahead] [of] [spotty] that he could safely rest his tired legs [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 thought 3 thought 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 was 6 was 12 that 12 that 13 he 12 that 16 rest 13 he 14 could 14 could 16 rest 15 safely 16 rest 16 rest 19 legs 17 his 19 legs 18 tired 19 legs spotty wanted to climb right up beside him and take a nap too [,] [but] [he] [didn't] [.] 1 spotty 9 and 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 4 climb 2 wanted 9 and 3 to 4 climb 4 climb 5 right 5 right 6 up 6 up 7 beside 7 beside 8 him 9 and 10 take 10 take 12 nap 10 take 13 too 11 a 12 nap he just grinned and kept right on going [.] 1 he 4 and 2 just 3 grinned 3 grinned 4 and 4 and 5 kept 5 kept 6 right 6 right 7 on 7 on 8 going " [one] [step] [,] [two] [steps] [,] [three] [steps] [,] so [!] ["] 1 " 11 so [while] [grandfather] [frog] [slept] [on] [.] spotty would have liked to take just one slide [,] [but] [he] [didn't] [.] 1 spotty 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 liked 4 liked 5 to 4 liked 6 take 5 to 6 take 6 take 9 slide 7 just 8 one 8 one 9 slide he [didn't] [even] [let] [little] [joe] [otter] [see] [him] [,] [but] kept right on going [.] 1 he 12 kept 12 kept 13 right 13 right 14 on 14 on 15 going " [one] [step] [,] [two] [steps] [,] [three] [steps] [,] so [!] ["] 1 " 11 so who was it [?] 1 who 2 was 2 was 3 it why , [billy] [mink] [,] [to] [be] [sure] [!] 1 why 2 , [spotty] [the] [turtle] [didn't] [waken] [him] [.] [chapter] [xv] [:] [what] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [found] spotty [the] [turtle] stared and stared and stared [,] [until] [it] [seemed] [as] [if] his [eyes] [surely] [would] [pop] [out] [of] [his] [funny] [little] [head] [.] 1 spotty 5 and 4 stared 5 and 5 and 7 and 6 stared 7 and 7 and 8 stared 8 stared 15 his no , [sir] [,] [he] [wouldn't] [have] [believed] [it] [.] 1 no 2 , you see [,] [he] [couldn't] [have] [believed] [it] [because] [why] [,] [because] [it] [didn't] [seem] [as] if it could be really [and] truly so [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 17 if 17 if 18 it 17 if 20 be 18 it 19 could 19 could 20 be 20 be 21 really 20 be 23 truly 20 be 24 so it made no difference [.] 1 it 2 made 2 made 4 difference 3 no 4 difference spotty [the] [turtle] was feeling pretty good [.] 1 spotty 4 was 4 was 5 feeling 5 feeling 7 good 6 pretty 7 good at least [,] he thought that he was the first , and he was of all the little people who live [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 4 he 4 he 5 thought 5 thought 6 that 6 that 7 he 6 that 14 was 7 he 8 was 9 the 10 first 10 first 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 he 13 he 14 was 14 was 15 of 15 of 16 all 16 all 17 the 16 all 19 people 17 the 19 people 18 little 19 people 19 people 20 who 19 people 21 live 20 who 21 live [the] [ones] [who] [really] [counted] [were] [billy] [mink] [and] [little] [joe] [otter] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [and] [grandfather] [frog] [.] [billy] [mink] [had] [stopped] [for] [a] [nap] [.] [little] [joe] [otter] [had] [stopped] [to] [play] [.] jerry [muskrat] had stopped to eat [.] 1 jerry 3 had 3 had 4 stopped 4 stopped 5 to 4 stopped 6 eat 5 to 6 eat [grandfather] [frog] [had] [stopped] [for] [a] [sun-nap] [.] do you wonder that he felt proud and very happy [?] 1 do 3 wonder 2 you 3 wonder 3 wonder 4 that 3 wonder 6 felt 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 felt 5 he 6 felt 6 felt 8 and 7 proud 8 and 8 and 10 happy 9 very 10 happy keeping at it , that 's the way [spotty] [won] [the] [race] [that] [day] [.] 1 keeping 2 at 1 keeping 6 's 2 at 4 , 3 it 4 , 4 , 5 that 6 's 8 way 7 the 8 way but now [spotty] was [beginning] [to] [wish] that [some] of the others [would] [hurry] [up] [.] 1 but 2 now 1 but 4 was 4 was 8 that 8 that 10 of 10 of 12 others 11 the 12 others he wanted to know what they thought [.] 1 he 2 wanted 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 7 thought 3 to 4 know 4 know 5 what 6 they 7 thought he wanted to talk it all over [.] 1 he 2 wanted 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 4 talk 3 to 4 talk 4 talk 5 it 5 it 7 over 6 all 7 over so [spotty] [the] [turtle] [found] [a] [good] [place] to [spend] [the] [night] , and then he sat down to watch and wait [.] 1 so 14 and 9 to 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 then 14 and 16 he 14 and 17 sat 17 sat 18 down 18 down 19 to 19 to 21 and 20 watch 21 and 21 and 22 wait right before him was the thing which he had found [and] [which] [puzzled] [him] [so] [.] 1 right 2 before 1 right 4 was 2 before 3 him 4 was 6 thing 5 the 6 thing 6 thing 7 which 6 thing 10 found 7 which 8 he 7 which 10 found 8 he 9 had 9 had 10 found what was it [?] 1 what 2 was 2 was 3 it why , it was a wall [.] 1 why 2 , 1 why 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 6 wall 5 a 6 wall spotty wondered what lay behind that wall , and who had built it , and what [for] , and a lot of other things [.] 1 spotty 2 wondered 2 wondered 3 what 3 what 4 lay 4 lay 5 behind 4 lay 9 and 5 behind 7 wall 6 that 7 wall 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 who 9 and 11 had 11 had 12 built 12 built 19 and 13 it 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 what 15 and 19 and 18 , 19 and 19 and 21 lot 19 and 22 of 20 a 21 lot 22 of 24 things 23 other 24 things and he was still wondering when he fell asleep [.] 1 and 3 was 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 still 3 was 5 wondering 5 wondering 6 when 6 when 7 he 6 when 8 fell 7 he 8 fell 8 fell 9 asleep [chapter] [xvi] [:] [the] [pond] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [was] [awake] [by] [the] [time] [the] [first] [rays] [of] [the] [rising] [sun] [began] [to] [creep] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] when he had rubbed the last sleepy-wink out of his eyes , he looked again [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 4 rubbed 1 when 12 , 1 when 13 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 rubbed 4 rubbed 6 last 5 the 6 last 6 last 7 sleepy-wink 7 sleepy-wink 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 11 eyes 10 his 11 eyes 13 he 14 looked 14 looked 15 again there it was , just as he had seen it the night before ! 1 there 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 6 as 4 , 6 as 5 just 6 as 6 as 7 he 6 as 9 seen 6 as 14 ! 7 he 8 had 8 had 9 seen 9 seen 10 it 9 seen 13 before 10 it 13 before 11 the 12 night 12 night 13 before then [spotty] knew that it was real , and he began to wonder what was on the other side of it [.] 1 then 11 began 3 knew 4 that 3 knew 8 , 4 that 6 was 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 real 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 11 began 11 began 12 to 12 to 13 wonder 13 wonder 14 what 14 what 15 was 15 was 16 on 16 on 19 side 17 the 18 other 18 other 19 side 19 side 20 of 20 of 21 it " [oh] [,] [dear] [,] [i] [wish] [that] [i] [could] [climb] [like] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [!] " 1 " 17 " just [then] a [thought] [popped] [into] [his] [head] [and] [chased] [away] [the] little [frown] [that] [had] [crept] [into] [spotty] ['s] [face] [.] 1 just 3 a 1 just 13 little " [perhaps] [happy] [jack] [sometimes] [wishes] [that] [he] [could] [swim] [as] [i] [can] [,] so [i] [guess] [we] [are] [even] [.] 1 " 15 so i can't climb , but he can't swim [.] 1 i 5 but 2 can't 3 climb 2 can't 5 but 4 , 5 but 5 but 8 swim 6 he 7 can't 7 can't 8 swim how [foolish] it is to wish for things never meant for you [!] ["] 1 how 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 5 to 5 to 6 wish 6 wish 7 for 6 wish 11 for 7 for 8 things 8 things 10 meant 8 things 11 for 9 never 10 meant 11 for 12 you so [spotty] [the] [turtle] [wasted] [no] [more] [time] [wishing] that he could do something it was never [meant] [that] [he] [should] [do] [.] 1 so 10 that 10 that 16 was 11 he 12 could 12 could 13 do 13 do 14 something 14 something 15 it 14 something 16 was 15 it 16 was 16 was 17 never instead , he picked out what looked like the easiest place to climb the bank and started up [.] 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 3 he 3 he 4 picked 4 picked 5 out 4 picked 6 what 6 what 16 and 7 looked 8 like 7 looked 16 and 8 like 11 place 9 the 10 easiest 9 the 11 place 11 place 12 to 11 place 13 climb 12 to 13 climb 13 climb 15 bank 14 the 15 bank 16 and 17 started 16 and 18 up my , my , my , it was hard work [!] 1 my 2 , 1 my 7 it 2 , 3 my 3 my 7 it 4 , 5 my 5 my 6 , 5 my 7 it 7 it 8 was 8 was 10 work 9 hard 10 work ["] [i] [can] [if] [i] [will] [,] [and] [will] [if] [i] [can] [!] i 'm sure [to] [get] there [if] [i] [follow] [this] [plan] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 6 there " [i] [needed] [to] [cool] [off] [,] " [said] [spotty] [to] [himself] [and] [slid] [into] [a] [little] [pool] [of] [water] [.] 1 " 8 " then [he] [tried] [the] [bank] [again] , and just as before he slipped back two steps for every three he went up [.] 1 then 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 20 he 9 just 10 as 10 as 12 he 10 as 13 slipped 10 as 20 he 11 before 12 he 12 he 13 slipped 13 slipped 14 back 13 slipped 16 steps 15 two 16 steps 16 steps 17 for 17 for 19 three 18 every 19 three 20 he 21 went 21 went 22 up there he stopped to get his breath [.] 1 there 2 he 2 he 3 stopped 3 stopped 4 to 4 to 5 get 5 get 7 breath 6 his 7 breath ["] [i] [can] [if] [i] [will] [,] [and] [will] [if] [i] [can] [!] i 'm sure [to] [get] there [if] [i] [follow] [this] [plan] [,] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 6 there said [he] and started on again [.] 1 said 3 and 3 and 4 started 4 started 5 on 4 started 6 again twice [more] he tumbled [clear] down to the place he had started from , but each time he laughed at himself and tried again [.] 1 twice 3 he 3 he 4 tumbled 4 tumbled 6 down 6 down 7 to 7 to 9 place 8 the 9 place 9 place 10 he 9 place 13 from 9 place 15 but 10 he 11 had 11 had 12 started 12 started 13 from 14 , 15 but 15 but 17 time 16 each 17 time 17 time 18 he 17 time 22 and 18 he 22 and 19 laughed 20 at 19 laughed 22 and 20 at 21 himself 22 and 23 tried 22 and 24 again and at last he reached the top of the bank [.] 1 and 4 he 1 and 5 reached 2 at 3 last 2 at 4 he 4 he 5 reached 5 reached 7 top 6 the 7 top 7 top 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 bank " [i] said [i] [could] [if] [i] [would] , and [i] would [if] [i] [could] , and [i] [have] [!] ["] he cried [.] 1 " 23 cried 3 said 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 would 10 and 16 , 12 would 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 22 he 22 he 23 cried then he hurried to see what was behind the strange wall [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 hurried 3 hurried 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 what 6 what 7 was 7 was 8 behind 8 behind 11 wall 9 the 11 wall 10 strange 11 wall what do you think it was [?] 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 think 4 think 5 it 4 think 6 was 5 it 6 was why , [a] [pond] [!] 1 why 2 , yes , [sir] [,] there was a pond right in the middle of the [green] [forest] [!] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 5 there 5 there 6 was 6 was 9 right 7 a 9 right 8 pond 9 right 9 right 10 in 10 in 12 middle 11 the 12 middle 12 middle 13 of 13 of 14 the trees were coming up right out of the middle of it , but it was a sure enough pond [.] 1 trees 2 were 2 were 3 coming 3 coming 4 up 3 coming 5 right 3 coming 7 of 6 out 7 of 7 of 9 middle 8 the 9 middle 9 middle 10 of 10 of 12 , 11 it 12 , 12 , 14 it 13 but 14 it 14 it 15 was 15 was 19 pond 16 a 17 sure 16 a 19 pond 17 sure 18 enough 17 sure 19 pond spotty [found] [it] [harder] [work] [to] [believe] [his] [own] [eyes] [now] [than] [when] [he] had [first] seen the strange wall [across] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 spotty 15 had 15 had 17 seen 17 seen 20 wall 18 the 20 wall 19 strange 20 wall " [why] [,] [why] [,] [why] [,] [what] [does] [it] [mean] [?] " [exclaimed] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [.] 1 " 13 " " [that] ['s] [what] [i] [want] [to] [know] [!] ["] cried [billy] [mink] , [who] [came] [hurrying] up [just] [then] [.] 1 " 11 cried 11 cried 18 up 14 , 18 up [chapter] [xvii] [:] [who] [had] [made] [the] [strange] [pond] [?] who had made the strange pond [?] 1 who 2 had 2 had 3 made 3 made 6 pond 4 the 6 pond 5 strange 6 pond that is [what] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [wanted] to know [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 8 to 8 to 9 know that is [what] [billy] [mink] [wanted] to know [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 7 to 7 to 8 know so [did] [little] [joe] [otter] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [and] [grandfather] [frog] , when they arrived [.] 1 so 12 , 1 so 14 they 12 , 13 when 14 they 15 arrived so [did] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] , [looking] [down] [from] [the] [blue] [,] [blue] [sky] [.] 1 so 7 , it was very [strange] [,] very strange [indeed] [!] 1 it 2 was 2 was 7 strange 3 very 6 very 6 very 7 strange of course some one had made it [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 4 one 3 some 4 one 4 one 5 had 5 had 6 made 6 made 7 it spotty [the] [turtle] had [known] [that] [as] [soon] [as] [he] [had] seen the strange pond [.] 1 spotty 4 had 4 had 12 seen 12 seen 15 pond 13 the 15 pond 14 strange 15 pond all in a flash he had understood what that wall of logs and brush and mud across [the] [laughing] [brook] was for [.] 1 all 2 in 1 all 7 understood 2 in 4 flash 3 a 4 flash 4 flash 5 he 4 flash 6 had 5 he 6 had 7 understood 8 what 8 what 10 wall 8 what 22 for 9 that 10 wall 10 wall 11 of 10 wall 21 was 11 of 15 and 12 logs 13 and 13 and 14 brush 13 and 15 and 15 and 16 mud 15 and 17 across 21 was 22 for it was to stop [the] [water] [from] [running] [down] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 to 3 to 4 stop of course [!] 1 of 2 course there was nothing else for it to do [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 nothing 2 was 7 to 3 nothing 4 else 3 nothing 5 for 5 for 6 it 7 to 8 do spotty felt very proud when he had thought that out all by himself [.] 1 spotty 2 felt 2 felt 4 proud 3 very 4 proud 4 proud 5 when 5 when 6 he 5 when 8 thought 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 thought 8 thought 9 that 8 thought 10 out 8 thought 12 by 10 out 11 all 11 all 12 by 12 by 13 himself " [you] [don't] [say] so [!] ["] [said] [billy] [mink] [.] 1 " 5 so ["] [how] [ever] [,] [ever] [,] [did] [you] [guess] [it] [?] are you [sure] [,] quite sure that the pond didn't make the wall [?] ["] 1 are 2 you 1 are 6 sure 5 quite 6 sure 6 sure 7 that 7 that 9 pond 7 that 11 make 8 the 9 pond 9 pond 10 didn't 10 didn't 11 make 11 make 13 wall 12 the 13 wall " this [wall] is what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [calls] [a] [dam] , " said [billy] [mink] [,] [who] is a great traveler [.] 1 " 2 this 1 " 20 is 2 this 4 is 4 is 5 what 5 what 13 , 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 said 20 is 23 traveler 21 a 23 traveler 22 great 23 traveler ["] [dams] [are] [usually] [built] [to] [keep] [water] [from] [running] [where] [it] [isn't] [wanted] [or] [to] [make] [it] [go] [where] [it] [is] [wanted] [.] who do you think [built] [this] [dam] [,] [grandfather] [frog] [?] ["] 1 who 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 think [grandfather] [frog] [shook] [his] [head] [.] his [big] [goggly] eyes [seemed] [more] [goggly] [than] [ever] , [as] [he] [stared] [at] [the] [new] [pond] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 his 4 eyes 4 eyes 10 , " [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [said] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [don't] [know] [what] [to] [think] [.] " 1 " 9 " " [why] [,] it [must] [be] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [or] [farmer] [brown] [himself] [,] ["] said [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 " 17 said 4 it 17 said " [of] [course] [,] ["] said [little] [joe] [otter] [,] [just] [as] [if] he knew all about it [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 14 he 14 he 15 knew 15 knew 16 all 16 all 17 about 17 about 18 it still [grandfather] [frog] [shook] [his] [head] , [as] [if] [he] [didn't] [agree] [.] 1 still 7 , " [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [said] [grandfather] [frog] [,] ["] [i] [don't] [know] [.] 1 " 6 " it doesn't look so to me [.] ["] 1 it 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 3 look 3 look 4 so 3 look 5 to 5 to 6 me [billy] [mink] [ran] [along] [the] [top] [of] [the] [dam] [and] [down] [the] [back] [side] [.] he looked it all over with those sharp little eyes of his [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 it 2 looked 6 with 3 it 5 over 3 it 6 with 4 all 5 over 6 with 10 eyes 7 those 10 eyes 8 sharp 10 eyes 9 little 10 eyes 10 eyes 11 of 11 of 12 his " [grandfather] [frog] [is] [right] [,] ["] said he , when he came back [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he 8 said 11 when 10 , 11 when 11 when 12 he 11 when 13 came 12 he 13 came 13 came 14 back ["] [it] [doesn't] [look] [like] [the] [work] [of] [farmer] [brown] [or] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] but if they didn't do it , who did [?] 1 but 2 if 1 but 9 did 2 if 3 they 2 if 5 do 2 if 7 , 2 if 8 who 3 they 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 do 5 do 6 it 8 who 9 did who could have done it [?] ["] 1 who 2 could 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 done 4 done 5 it " [i] [don't] [know] [,] ["] said [grandfather] [frog] [again] [,] [in] a [dreamy] [sort] [of] voice [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 17 voice 13 a 17 voice [chapter] [xviii] [:] [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [big] [cousin] fiddle , faddle , feedle , fuddle [!] 1 fiddle 2 , 2 , 7 fuddle 3 faddle 4 , 3 faddle 7 fuddle 4 , 5 feedle 5 feedle 6 , was there ever such a muddle [?] 1 was 2 there 1 was 3 ever 1 was 6 muddle 4 such 5 a 5 a 6 muddle fuddle , feedle , faddle , [fiddle] [!] 1 fuddle 2 , 2 , 4 , 3 feedle 4 , 4 , 5 faddle 5 faddle 6 , who is there will solve the riddle [?] 1 who 2 is 2 is 4 will 2 is 5 solve 3 there 4 will 5 solve 7 riddle 6 the 7 riddle here was the [laughing] [brook] laughing no longer [.] 1 here 2 was 2 was 6 laughing 2 was 8 longer 3 the 6 laughing 7 no 8 longer [here] [was] [the] [smiling] [pool] [smiling] [no] [longer] [.] here was a brand [new] [pond] [deep] in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 here 2 was 2 was 4 brand 3 a 4 brand 4 brand 8 in 8 in 9 the here was a wall of [logs] and [bushes] and mud [called] [a] [dam] , [built] by some one whom nobody had seen [.] 1 here 2 was 2 was 4 wall 3 a 4 wall 4 wall 5 of 5 of 14 , 7 and 9 and 7 and 14 , 9 and 10 mud 14 , 16 by 16 by 18 one 17 some 18 one 18 one 19 whom 18 one 22 seen 19 whom 20 nobody 19 whom 22 seen 20 nobody 21 had 21 had 22 seen " [i] [i] [haven't] [any] [big] [cousin] [,] ["] said [jerry] [,] [when] he had [quite] recovered from his surprise [at] [grandfather] [frog] ['s] [question] [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 14 he 14 he 15 had 15 had 17 recovered 17 recovered 18 from 18 from 20 surprise 19 his 20 surprise " [chugarum] ! " [exclaimed] [grandfather] [frog] , and [the] [scornful] [way] [in] [which] he said [it] [made] [jerry] [muskrat] [feel] [very] [small] [.] 1 " 16 said 3 ! 4 " 3 ! 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 15 he 15 he 16 said ["] [chugarum] [!] of course you 've got [a] [big] [cousin] in [the] [north] [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 you 3 you 4 've 4 've 5 got 5 got 9 in do you mean to tell me that you don't know that [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [?] " 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 mean 3 mean 4 to 3 mean 5 tell 4 to 5 tell 5 tell 6 me 5 tell 7 that 7 that 8 you 7 that 10 know 8 you 9 don't 10 know 11 that 11 that 16 " jerry had to admit that it was true that he didn't know anything about that big cousin [.] 1 jerry 2 had 2 had 3 to 2 had 4 admit 3 to 4 admit 4 admit 5 that 5 that 7 was 6 it 7 was 7 was 8 true 8 true 9 that 9 that 10 he 9 that 12 know 10 he 11 didn't 11 didn't 12 know 12 know 13 anything 12 know 14 about 13 anything 14 about 14 about 17 cousin 15 that 17 cousin 16 big 17 cousin still , it was very hard [for] [jerry] to believe that he had a big cousin of whom he had never heard [.] 1 still 2 , 1 still 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 6 hard 5 very 6 hard 6 hard 9 to 9 to 10 believe 10 believe 11 that 11 that 12 he 11 that 13 had 12 he 13 had 13 had 16 cousin 14 a 15 big 14 a 16 cousin 15 big 16 cousin 16 cousin 17 of 16 cousin 22 heard 17 of 18 whom 18 whom 19 he 18 whom 20 had 19 he 20 had 21 never 22 heard " [did] [did] [you] [ever] [see] [him] [,] [grandfather] [frog] [?] " 1 " 12 " jerry asked [.] 1 jerry 2 asked " [no] [!] " [snapped] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [i] [never] [did] [,] [but] [i] [know] [all] [about] [him] [.] he is a great worker , is this [big] [cousin] of [yours] , and he builds dams like this one we are sitting on [.] ["] 1 he 6 , 2 is 5 worker 2 is 6 , 3 a 5 worker 4 great 5 worker 6 , 14 and 7 is 8 this 7 is 11 of 11 of 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 he 14 and 16 builds 15 he 16 builds 16 builds 17 dams 16 builds 18 like 17 dams 18 like 18 like 20 one 19 this 20 one 20 one 21 we 20 one 23 sitting 21 we 22 are 22 are 23 sitting 23 sitting 24 on " [i] [don't] [believe] it [!] ["] cried [billy] [mink] [.] 1 " 8 cried 5 it 8 cried ["] [i] [don't] [believe] [any] [cousin] [of] [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [ever] [built] [such] [a] [dam] [as] [this] [.] why , [just] [look] [at] [that] [great] [tree] [trunk] [at] [the] [bottom] [!] 1 why 2 , no one [but] [farmer] [brown] [or] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] could ever have dragged [that] [there] [.] 1 no 2 one 2 one 11 could 11 could 13 have 12 ever 13 have 13 have 14 dragged you 're crazy [,] [grandfather] [frog] [,] [just] [plain] [crazy] [.] ["] 1 you 2 're 2 're 3 crazy billy [mink] [sometimes] is very disrespectful [to] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 billy 4 is 4 is 6 disrespectful 5 very 6 disrespectful " [chugarum] [!] " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 4 " " [did] [i] [say] [that] [that] [tree] [trunk] [was] [dragged] [here] [?] " 1 " 13 " " [no] [,] " [replied] [billy] [mink] [,] ["] [but] [if] [it] [wasn't] [dragged] [here] [,] [how] [did] [it] [get] [here] [?] 1 " 4 " you are so [smart] , [grandfather] [frog] [,] [tell] [me] [that] [!] " 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 so 3 so 5 , 5 , 13 " that tree wasn't dragged here [;] [it] [was] [cut] [so] [that] [it] [fell] [right] [where] [it] [lies] [.] ["] 1 that 2 tree 2 tree 3 wasn't 3 wasn't 4 dragged 4 dragged 5 here as he spoke , [grandfather] [frog] pointed to the stump of the tree , and [billy] [mink] [saw] that he was right [.] 1 as 2 he 2 he 4 , 3 spoke 4 , 4 , 15 and 7 pointed 8 to 7 pointed 15 and 8 to 10 stump 9 the 10 stump 10 stump 11 of 11 of 13 tree 12 the 13 tree 14 , 15 and 15 and 21 was 19 that 20 he 20 he 21 was 21 was 22 right but [billy] [mink] [is] [like] [a] [great] [many] [other] [people] [;] he dearly [loves] to have the last word [.] 1 but 12 he 1 but 15 to 12 he 13 dearly 15 to 16 have 16 have 19 word 17 the 19 word 18 last 19 word now he suddenly began to laugh [.] 1 now 2 he 2 he 4 began 3 suddenly 4 began 4 began 5 to 4 began 6 laugh 5 to 6 laugh ["] [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] ho , ho , ho ! " [laughed] [billy] [mink] [.] 1 ho 2 , 1 ho 5 ho 3 ho 4 , 4 , 5 ho 5 ho 6 ! 6 ! 7 " ["] [ho] [,] [ho] [,] [ho] [!] ha , [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " 1 ha 2 , 2 , 7 " " [what] [is] [it] [that] [is] so [funny] [?] ["] [snapped] [grandfather] [frog] [,] [for] [nothing] [makes] [him] [so] [angry] [as] [to] [be] [laughed] [at] [.] 1 " 7 so " [why] [,] [that] [would] [be] [as] [hard] [as] [to] [drag] [the] [tree] [here] [.] " 1 " 16 " " [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [big] [cousin] [from] [the] [north] [could] [do] [it] , [and] [i] [believe] he [did] [,] ["] replied [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 21 replied 13 , 17 he 17 he 21 replied [chapter] [xix] [:] [jerry] [muskrat] [has] [a] [busy] [day] it was very queer [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 queer 3 very 4 queer the more they thought about it , the queerer it seemed [.] 1 the 2 more 2 more 3 they 2 more 4 thought 2 more 7 , 2 more 9 queerer 3 they 4 thought 4 thought 5 about 5 about 6 it 8 the 9 queerer 9 queerer 11 seemed 10 it 11 seemed they looked this way [,] and [they] [looked] that way [.] 1 they 2 looked 2 looked 10 way 3 this 10 way 4 way 6 and 6 and 9 that 6 and 10 way ["] [they] [are] [selfish] [,] [just] [plain] [,] [every-day] [selfish] [;] [that] ['s] [what] [they] [are] [!] " [and] so [what] [?] ["] [cried] [billy] [mink] [impatiently] [.] 1 " 3 so " [and] [so] we must spoil this dam [.] 1 " 4 we 4 we 5 must 5 must 6 spoil 6 spoil 8 dam 7 this 8 dam we must make a place for the water to run through [,] ["] [said] [grandfather] [frog] [very] [gravely] [.] 1 we 2 must 2 must 3 make 3 make 5 place 4 a 5 place 5 place 6 for 5 place 9 to 5 place 10 run 6 for 8 water 7 the 8 water 9 to 10 run 10 run 11 through ["] [of] [course] [!] that 's the very thing [!] ["] [cried] [little] [joe] [otter] [and] [billy] [mink] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [and] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 5 thing 3 the 4 very 3 the 5 thing [grandfather] [frog] [scratched] [his] [head] [thoughtfully] [and] [looked] [a] [long] [time] [at] [the] [dam] [of] [logs] [and] [sticks] [and] [mud] [.] then his big mouth widened in a big smile [.] 1 then 4 mouth 2 his 4 mouth 3 big 4 mouth 4 mouth 5 widened 5 widened 6 in 6 in 9 smile 7 a 8 big 7 a 9 smile 8 big 9 smile " [the] [very] [thing] [!] " [cried] [little] [joe] [otter] [and] [billy] [mink] [and] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [,] [but] [jerry] [muskrat] [thought] [it] [wasn't] [fair] [.] 1 " 6 " you see , it gave [him] [all] [of] [the] [real] [work] to do [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 13 do 4 it 5 gave 5 gave 12 to 12 to 13 do but almost right away he found trouble [.] 1 but 2 almost 1 but 5 he 2 almost 3 right 4 away 5 he 5 he 6 found 6 found 7 trouble yes , [sir] [,] [jerry] [had] [hardly] [begun] [before] [he] [found] [real] [trouble] [.] 1 yes 2 , it was [hard] [work] [,] the hardest kind of hard work [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 8 kind 6 the 7 hardest 6 the 8 kind 8 kind 9 of 9 of 11 work 10 hard 11 work but [jerry] [muskrat] [is] [the] [kind] that is [the] [more] [determined] to do the work the harder [the] work is to be done [.] 1 but 7 that 7 that 8 is 8 is 12 to 12 to 13 do 13 do 15 work 14 the 15 work 15 work 19 work 15 work 23 done 16 the 19 work 17 harder 19 work 19 work 20 is 20 is 23 done 21 to 22 be 22 be 23 done [chapter] [xx] [:] [jerry] [has] [a] [dreadful] [disappointment] there 's nothing in this world that ['s] [sure] , [no] matter [how] we scheme and plan [.] 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 nothing 3 nothing 4 in 4 in 6 world 5 this 6 world 6 world 7 that 6 world 17 plan 7 that 10 , 12 matter 16 and 14 we 16 and 15 scheme 16 and 16 and 17 plan we simply have to be content [with] [doing] [just] [the] [best] [we] [can] [.] 1 we 3 have 2 simply 3 have 3 have 4 to 3 have 6 content 4 to 5 be but he was happy [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 happy yes , indeed [,] [jerry] [was] [happy] [.] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 indeed he could hear [the] [laughing] [brook] [beginning] [to] [laugh] [again] [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 hear so [jerry] [was] [happy] , for was it not because of him that [the] [laughing] [brook] was beginning to laugh [?] 1 so 5 , 5 , 7 was 6 for 7 was 7 was 8 it 7 was 9 not 7 was 11 of 7 was 13 that 10 because 11 of 11 of 12 him 13 that 17 was 17 was 18 beginning 18 beginning 19 to 19 to 20 laugh it was because he had worked so hard all day that he was going to sleep now [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 because 2 was 8 hard 3 because 4 he 3 because 6 worked 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 worked 7 so 8 hard 8 hard 10 day 8 hard 11 that 8 hard 15 to 8 hard 16 sleep 9 all 10 day 11 that 12 he 11 that 13 was 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 going 15 to 16 sleep 16 sleep 17 now usually he would [rather] sleep a part of the day and be abroad at night [.] 1 usually 2 he 2 he 11 and 3 would 5 sleep 3 would 11 and 5 sleep 7 part 6 a 7 part 7 part 8 of 8 of 10 day 9 the 10 day 11 and 12 be 11 and 13 abroad 11 and 14 at 14 at 15 night he was still dreaming [when] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [found] [him] [and] [waked] [him] , for it was broad daylight [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 still 3 still 4 dreaming 4 dreaming 15 for 14 , 15 for 15 for 16 it 16 it 17 was 17 was 19 daylight 18 broad 19 daylight jerry [yawned] [and] [stretched] , and then he lay [still] for a minute to listen to the pleasant murmur of the [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 jerry 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 he 6 and 9 lay 7 then 8 he 8 he 9 lay 9 lay 11 for 9 lay 14 to 11 for 13 minute 12 a 13 minute 14 to 15 listen 15 listen 16 to 16 to 19 murmur 17 the 19 murmur 18 pleasant 19 murmur 19 murmur 20 of 20 of 21 the but there wasn't any pleasant murmur [.] 1 but 2 there 1 but 3 wasn't 3 wasn't 6 murmur 4 any 6 murmur 5 pleasant 6 murmur there wasn't any sound at all [.] 1 there 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 4 sound 2 wasn't 5 at 3 any 4 sound 4 sound 5 at 5 at 6 all jerry began to wonder if he really was awake after all [.] 1 jerry 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 wonder 3 to 4 wonder 4 wonder 5 if 5 if 6 he 5 if 8 was 6 he 8 was 7 really 8 was 8 was 9 awake 9 awake 10 after 10 after 11 all he looked at [spotty] [the] [turtle] , and he knew then that he was , [for] [spotty] ['s] [face] [had] such a worried look [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 3 at 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 he 8 and 24 look 9 he 10 knew 10 knew 11 then 10 knew 12 that 12 that 13 he 12 that 14 was 14 was 15 , 21 such 22 a 22 a 24 look 23 worried 24 look ["] [get] [up] [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [and] [come] [look] [at] [the] [hole] [you] [made] [yesterday] [in] [the] [dam] [.] " [i] [did] [do] [it] [well] [!] " [snapped] [jerry] [crossly] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [i] [did] [it] [just] [as] [well] [as] [i] [know] [how] [.] ["] [i] [i] [beg] [your] [pardon] [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] i didn't mean to say just that [,] ["] [replied] [spotty] [.] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 mean 3 mean 4 to 3 mean 5 say 4 to 5 say 5 say 6 just 5 say 7 that " you [see] [,] [we] are all worried [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 6 are 6 are 8 worried 7 all 8 worried first he carefully examined it from the [laughing] [brook] side [.] 1 first 2 he 2 he 4 examined 3 carefully 4 examined 4 examined 5 it 4 examined 6 from 5 it 6 from 6 from 10 side 7 the 10 side then he dived down under water on the other side [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 dived 3 dived 4 down 3 dived 5 under 3 dived 7 on 5 under 6 water 6 water 7 on 7 on 10 side 8 the 9 other 9 other 10 side " [what] [is] [the] [trouble] [?] " [cried] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [and] [grandfather] [frog] [and] [billy] [mink] [and] [little] [joe] [otter] [together] [.] 1 " 7 " " [is] [the] [hole] [filled] [up] [with] [stuff] [that] [has] [drifted] [in] [?] " 1 " 14 " jerry shook his head , as he slowly climbed out of the water [.] 1 jerry 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 2 shook 11 of 3 his 4 head 4 head 9 climbed 5 , 6 as 6 as 7 he 6 as 9 climbed 7 he 9 climbed 8 slowly 9 climbed 10 out 11 of 11 of 13 water 12 the 13 water " [no] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 6 he ["] [no] [,] [it] [isn't] [filled] [with] [drift] [stuff] [brought] [down] [by] [the] [water] [.] it is filled with sticks and mud that somebody has put there [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 filled 3 filled 4 with 4 with 6 and 5 sticks 6 and 6 and 7 mud 6 and 8 that 6 and 11 put 8 that 9 somebody 8 that 11 put 9 somebody 10 has 10 has 11 put 11 put 12 there [chapter] [xxi] [:] [jerry] [muskrat] [keeps] [watch] i 'm going to find out [if] [i] [have] [to] [move] up [here] and live all summer [!] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 going 3 going 4 to 4 to 5 find 5 find 14 and 5 find 16 all 5 find 17 summer 6 out 12 up 6 out 14 and 14 and 15 live 16 all 17 summer the [way] [in] [which] [jerry] said [this] [and] [snapped] [his] [teeth] [together] [showed] that [he] [meant] [just] [what] [he] [said] [.] 1 the 6 said 6 said 14 that that had been enough [for] [jerry] [.] 1 that 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 enough he hadn't tried again [.] 1 he 2 hadn't 2 hadn't 3 tried 3 tried 4 again instead he had made up his mind that he would find out who was playing such a trick on him [.] 1 instead 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 made 4 made 5 up 4 made 19 on 6 his 7 mind 7 mind 8 that 7 mind 15 playing 8 that 9 he 8 that 12 out 9 he 10 would 10 would 12 out 11 find 12 out 12 out 13 who 13 who 14 was 15 playing 18 trick 16 such 17 a 17 a 18 trick 18 trick 19 on 19 on 20 him billy [mink] [and] [little] [joe] [otter] had [given] [up] [in] disgust [and] [started] [for] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 billy 7 had 7 had 11 disgust they [bad] [gone] [to] [sleep] [now] [,] [each] [in] [his] [own] [secret] [place] [where] [he] would be safe for the night [.] 1 they 16 would 16 would 17 be 17 be 18 safe 18 safe 19 for 19 for 21 night 20 the 21 night [so] [jerry] [muskrat] [sat] [alone] [and] [watched] [.] the black shadows crept farther and farther across the pond and grew blacker and blacker [.] 1 the 3 shadows 2 black 3 shadows 3 shadows 11 and 4 crept 6 and 4 crept 8 across 4 crept 11 and 5 farther 6 and 6 and 7 farther 8 across 10 pond 9 the 10 pond 11 and 12 grew 12 grew 13 blacker 13 blacker 14 and 14 and 15 blacker jerry had sat there a long time without moving [.] 1 jerry 2 had 2 had 3 sat 3 sat 4 there 3 sat 7 time 3 sat 8 without 5 a 6 long 5 a 7 time 6 long 7 time 7 time 8 without 8 without 9 moving he was listening and watching [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 and 3 listening 4 and 4 and 5 watching by and [by] he saw something that made him [draw] [in] [his] [breath] and anger [leap] [into] [his] [eyes] [.] 1 by 14 and 2 and 4 he 2 and 14 and 4 he 5 saw 5 saw 6 something 6 something 7 that 6 something 8 made 7 that 8 made 8 made 9 him 14 and 15 anger it was a little [silver] line on [the] [water] , and it was coming straight towards the dam where he sat [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 line 2 was 7 on 3 a 4 little 3 a 6 line 7 on 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 it 12 it 13 was 13 was 14 coming 14 coming 15 straight 15 straight 16 towards 15 straight 19 where 16 towards 18 dam 17 the 18 dam 18 dam 19 where 19 where 20 he 19 where 21 sat 20 he 21 sat jerry knew that it was made by some one swimming [.] 1 jerry 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 it 3 that 6 made 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 made 6 made 7 by 7 by 9 one 8 some 9 one 9 one 10 swimming " [ha] [!] " [said] [jerry] [.] 1 " 4 " " [now] [we] [shall] [see] [!] " 1 " 7 " nearer and nearer [came] [the] silver line [.] 1 nearer 2 and 2 and 3 nearer 2 and 7 line 6 silver 7 line [then] [jerry] [made] [out] [the] [head] [of] [the] [swimmer] [.] suddenly all the anger left [jerry] [.] 1 suddenly 2 all 2 all 3 the 2 all 4 anger 2 all 5 left 3 the 4 anger he didn't have room for anger [;] [a] [great] [fear] [had] [crowded] [it] out [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 3 have 4 room 3 have 5 for 4 room 5 for 5 for 6 anger 6 anger 14 out the head was bigger than that of any [muskrat] [jerry] [had] [ever] [seen] [.] 1 the 2 head 2 head 3 was 3 was 4 bigger 4 bigger 5 than 5 than 6 that 5 than 7 of 7 of 8 any it was bigger than the head of any of [billy] [mink] ['s] relatives [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 bigger 3 bigger 4 than 4 than 6 head 5 the 6 head 6 head 7 of 7 of 8 any 8 any 9 of 9 of 13 relatives jerry held his breath as the stranger swam past and then climbed out on the dam [.] 1 jerry 2 held 2 held 4 breath 2 held 5 as 3 his 4 breath 5 as 7 stranger 6 the 7 stranger 7 stranger 10 and 8 swam 9 past 8 swam 10 and 10 and 12 climbed 10 and 13 out 10 and 14 on 11 then 12 climbed 14 on 16 dam 15 the 16 dam he looked [very] [much] like [jerry] himself , [only] [ever] and [ever] [so] [much] [bigger] [.] 1 he 8 , 2 looked 5 like 2 looked 8 , 5 like 7 himself 8 , 11 and and his tail [!] 1 and 2 his 2 his 3 tail jerry had never seen such a tail [.] 1 jerry 2 had 2 had 4 seen 3 never 4 seen 4 seen 7 tail 5 such 6 a 6 a 7 tail it was very broad and flat [.] 1 it 5 and 2 was 4 broad 2 was 5 and 3 very 4 broad 5 and 6 flat [suddenly] [the] [big] [stranger] [turned] [and] [looked] [straight] [at] [jerry] [.] " [hello] [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [!] ["] said he [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he " [don't] [you] [know] [me] [?] " 1 " 7 " jerry was too frightened to speak [.] 1 jerry 2 was 2 was 3 too 2 was 4 frightened 4 frightened 5 to 5 to 6 speak [chapter] [xxii] [:] [jerry] [loses] [his] [fear] it 's true [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 true it 's the truest thing that ever was [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 thing 2 's 6 that 2 's 8 was 3 the 4 truest 3 the 5 thing 6 that 8 was 7 ever 8 was if you don't believe it , you [just] go [ask] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 6 , 1 if 7 you 2 you 3 don't 3 don't 4 believe 4 believe 5 it 7 you 9 go he 'll tell you it 's true [,] [and] [jerry] [knows] [.] 1 he 2 'll 2 'll 3 tell 3 tell 4 you 3 tell 5 it 3 tell 6 's 5 it 6 's 6 's 7 true you [see] [,] [it] ['s] [this] [way] [:] [words] are more than just sounds [.] 1 you 10 are 10 are 11 more 10 are 12 than 12 than 14 sounds 13 just 14 sounds oh , my , yes [!] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 my 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 yes they are little messengers [,] [and] [once] [they] [have] [been] [sent] [out] [,] [you] [can't] [call] [them] [back] [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 4 messengers 3 little 4 messengers just take the ease [of] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 just 2 take 2 take 4 ease 3 the 4 ease so he sat with chattering teeth , too frightened to even try to run [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 3 sat 2 he 3 sat 3 sat 4 with 3 sat 9 frightened 4 with 6 teeth 5 chattering 6 teeth 7 , 9 frightened 8 too 9 frightened 9 frightened 10 to 9 frightened 14 run 10 to 12 try 11 even 12 try 12 try 13 to 12 try 14 run 13 to 14 run " [i] [wish] [i] [had] [let] [some] [one] [else] [keep] [watch] [,] " [said] [jerry] [to] [himself] [.] 1 " 13 " then the big stranger had spoken [.] 1 then 4 stranger 2 the 4 stranger 3 big 4 stranger 4 stranger 5 had 5 had 6 spoken he had said : " hello , [jerry] [muskrat] [!] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 said 3 said 4 : 3 said 6 hello 3 said 7 , 4 : 5 " don't you know me [?] ["] [and] [his] [voice] [hadn't] [sounded] [the] [least] [bit] [angry] [.] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 know 3 know 4 me then he [had] [told] [jerry] that he was [his] [big] [cousin] , [paddy] [the] [beaver] , and he hoped that they would be friends [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 12 , 6 that 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 12 , 12 , 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 he 18 he 19 hoped 19 hoped 20 that 20 that 21 they 20 that 23 be 21 they 22 would 22 would 23 be 23 be 24 friends so he replied [to] [paddy] [the] [beaver] as politely [as] [he] [knew] [how] [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 replied 3 replied 9 politely 8 as 9 politely jerry didn't know just what to say [.] 1 jerry 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 just 3 know 5 what 5 what 6 to 5 what 7 say 6 to 7 say at last he made up his mind to tell the whole story [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 4 made 4 made 5 up 4 made 7 mind 4 made 8 to 6 his 7 mind 8 to 9 tell 9 tell 12 story 10 the 12 story 11 whole 12 story [chapter] [xxiii] [:] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [does] [a] [kind] [deed] " [that] [is] [why] [i] [tried] [to] [spoil] [your] [dam] [.] " 1 " 12 " " [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [said] [jerry] [muskrat] [sadly] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [don't] [see] [what] we [can] do [about] [it] [.] 1 " 6 we 6 we 8 do i tell you what [!] ["] 1 i 2 tell 2 tell 3 you 2 tell 4 what jerry 's eyes sparkled as a brand new thought came to him [.] 1 jerry 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 sparkled 4 sparkled 5 as 5 as 7 brand 6 a 7 brand 7 brand 9 thought 7 brand 10 came 8 new 9 thought 9 thought 10 came 10 came 11 to 11 to 12 him ["] [couldn't] [you] [come] [down] [and] [live] [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] [with] [us] [?] i 'm sure there is room [enough] [!] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 4 there 3 sure 5 is 4 there 5 is 5 is 6 room paddy [the] [beaver] shook his head [.] 1 paddy 4 shook 4 shook 6 head 5 his 6 head " [no] [,] ["] said he [,] [and] [jerry] ['s] [heart] [sank] [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 6 he ["] [no] [,] [i] [can't] [do] [that] [because] [down] [there] [there] [isn't] [any] [of] [the] [kind] [of] [food] [i] [eat] [.] besides , [i] [wouldn't] [feel] [at] all [safe] [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 7 all you see [,] [i] [always] [live] in the woods [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 7 in 7 in 9 woods 8 the 9 woods no , [i] [couldn't] [possibly] [come] [down] [to] [live] [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 no 2 , but [i] ['m] [truly] [sorry] that [i] [have] made [you] [so] [much] [worry] , [cousin] [jerry] , and [i] ['m] going to prove it to you [.] 1 but 6 that 1 but 23 prove 9 made 18 and 14 , 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 going 21 going 22 to 22 to 23 prove 23 prove 24 it 24 it 25 to 25 to 26 you now you sit [right] [here] [until] [i] [come] [back] [.] ["] 1 now 2 you 2 you 3 sit then there [began] [a] great [disturbance] down [under] water [.] 1 then 5 great 2 there 5 great 5 great 7 down 7 down 9 water paddy was [gone] a long time [.] 1 paddy 2 was 2 was 6 time 4 a 5 long 4 a 6 time 5 long 6 time jerry wondered how he could stay under water so long without air [.] 1 jerry 2 wondered 2 wondered 3 how 3 how 4 he 3 how 6 stay 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 stay 6 stay 7 under 7 under 8 water 8 water 10 long 9 so 10 long 10 long 11 without 11 without 12 air all the time [paddy] was [just] [fooling] [him] [.] 1 all 2 the 2 the 3 time 3 time 5 was what do you think that sound was [?] 1 what 7 was 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 think 4 think 5 that 5 that 6 sound 5 that 7 was 6 sound 7 was why , it was the sound of rushing water , the sweetest sound [jerry] [had] [listened] [to] [for] [a] [long] [time] [.] 1 why 2 , 1 why 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 6 sound 5 the 6 sound 6 sound 7 of 7 of 10 , 8 rushing 9 water 9 water 10 , 10 , 13 sound 11 the 12 sweetest 11 the 13 sound there was a great hole in [the] [dam] , and already the brook was beginning to laugh as the water rushed down it [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 hole 3 a 4 great 3 a 5 hole 4 great 5 hole 5 hole 6 in 6 in 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 brook 10 and 14 was 11 already 13 brook 12 the 13 brook 13 brook 14 was 14 was 15 beginning 15 beginning 16 to 16 to 17 laugh 17 laugh 18 as 18 as 20 water 18 as 21 rushed 19 the 20 water 20 water 21 rushed 21 rushed 22 down 22 down 23 it " [how] [do] [you] [like] [that] [,] [cousin] [jerry] [?] ["] said a voice [right] in his ear [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 14 voice 13 a 14 voice 14 voice 16 in 16 in 18 ear 17 his 18 ear paddy [the] [beaver] [had] [climbed] [up] [beside] [him] , and his eyes were twinkling [.] 1 paddy 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 eyes 11 his 12 eyes 12 eyes 13 were 13 were 14 twinkling " [it] it ['s] [splendid] [!] ["] cried [jerry] [.] 1 " 8 cried 3 it 8 cried " [but] [but] [you] ['ve] [spoiled] [your] [dam] [!] " 1 " 10 " " [oh] [,] [that] ['s] [all] [right] [,] " [replied] [paddy] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [i] [didn't] [really] [want] [it] [now] [,] [anyway] [.] you see [,] [i] [was] [traveling] [through] [here] [,] [and] [it] [seemed] [such] [a] [nice] [place] [,] that [i] [thought] [i] [would] [stay] [a] [while] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 18 that i didn't know anything about [the] [smiling] [pool] , [you] [know] [.] 1 i 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 anything 4 anything 5 about 5 about 9 , you see , [i] don't like to be troubled myself , and so [i] don't want to trouble other people [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 6 like 5 don't 6 like 6 like 7 to 6 like 12 and 7 to 12 and 8 be 9 troubled 8 be 12 and 9 troubled 10 myself 11 , 12 and 12 and 18 trouble 13 so 16 want 15 don't 16 want 16 want 17 to 17 to 18 trouble 18 trouble 20 people 19 other 20 people this [green] [forest] is a very nice place [.] ["] 1 this 4 is 4 is 8 place 5 a 6 very 5 a 8 place 6 very 7 nice " [the] [very] [nicest] [place] [in] [all] [the] [world] [excepting] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [smiling] [pool] [!] " [replied] [jerry] [promptly] [.] 1 " 19 " ["] [won't] [you] [stay] [,] [cousin] [paddy] [?] i 'm sure we would all like to have you [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sure 3 sure 4 we 3 sure 7 like 4 we 5 would 5 would 7 like 6 all 7 like 7 like 8 to 7 like 9 have 8 to 9 have 9 have 10 you " [of] [course] [we] [would] [,] ["] said a gruff voice [right] [beside] [them] [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 11 voice 9 a 11 voice 10 gruff 11 voice it was [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 it 2 was paddy [the] [beaver] looked [thoughtful] [.] 1 paddy 4 looked " [perhaps] [i] [will] [,] ["] said he [,] " [if] [i] [can] [find] [some] [good] [hiding-places] [in] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] ["] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 8 he 10 " [chapter] [xxiv] [:] [a] [merry] [home-going] " [the] [laughing] [brook] [is] [merry] [and] so [am] [i] [,] ["] [cried] [jerry] [.] 1 " 8 so [grandfather] [frog] [said] [he] [was] [too] [.] and [spotty] was [,] [the] [others] [knew] [.] 1 and 3 was in the dam was a great hole made by [paddy] himself [.] 1 in 3 dam 1 in 4 was 2 the 3 dam 4 was 7 hole 5 a 6 great 5 a 7 hole 6 great 7 hole 7 hole 8 made 8 made 9 by 8 made 11 himself through the [green] [forest] [rang] [the] [laughter] [of] [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [for] [once] [more] [the] [water] [ran] [deep] [between] [its] banks [.] 1 through 2 the 2 the 22 banks and there was one more who laughed [.] 1 and 2 there 2 there 3 was 3 was 5 more 4 one 5 more 5 more 6 who 5 more 7 laughed 6 who 7 laughed who was it [?] 1 who 2 was 2 was 3 it spotty laughed good-naturedly [.] 1 spotty 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 good-naturedly i 've found that is the only way to get anywhere [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 found 3 found 4 that 4 that 5 is 5 is 8 way 6 the 7 only 6 the 8 way 8 way 9 to 9 to 10 get 10 get 11 anywhere " [let] [us] [all] [go] [down] [together] " [said] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 8 " " [we] [can] [help] [each] [other] [over] [the] [bad] [places] [.] " 1 " 12 " now [spotty] [the] [turtle] [is] [a] [very] [slow] [traveler] [on] [land] , [but] [in] [the] [water] [spotty] is [not] so slow [.] 1 now 12 , 12 , 21 slow 18 is 20 so 20 so 21 slow in fact , it was not long before [grandfather] [frog] [found] that he was the one who could not keep up [.] 1 in 2 fact 1 in 3 , 1 in 4 it 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 not 5 was 12 that 6 not 7 long 7 long 8 before 12 that 13 he 12 that 14 was 14 was 16 one 15 the 16 one 16 one 17 who 16 one 18 could 17 who 18 could 18 could 19 not 18 could 20 keep 19 not 20 keep 20 keep 21 up you see , while he is a great diver and can swim fast for a short distance , he is soon tired out [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 4 while 2 see 19 he 2 see 22 tired 3 , 4 while 4 while 5 he 4 while 10 and 4 while 18 , 5 he 10 and 6 is 9 diver 6 is 10 and 7 a 9 diver 8 great 9 diver 10 and 11 can 10 and 13 fast 10 and 14 for 11 can 12 swim 14 for 17 distance 15 a 17 distance 16 short 17 distance 19 he 20 is 20 is 21 soon 20 is 22 tired 22 tired 23 out pretty soon he was puffing and blowing and dropping farther and farther behind [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 8 and 5 puffing 6 and 6 and 7 blowing 6 and 8 and 8 and 9 dropping 8 and 11 and 10 farther 11 and 11 and 12 farther 11 and 13 behind by [and] [by] , [spotty] [the] [turtle] [looked] [back] [.] 1 by 4 , there was [grandfather] [frog] just tumbling [head] [first] over [a] [little] [waterfall] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 6 tumbling 5 just 6 tumbling 6 tumbling 9 over he came up choking and gasping [and] kicking his long legs very feebly [.] 1 he 2 came 2 came 3 up 3 up 5 and 4 choking 5 and 5 and 6 gasping 5 and 8 kicking 8 kicking 11 legs 8 kicking 13 feebly 9 his 11 legs 10 long 11 legs 12 very 13 feebly spotty climbed out on a rock and waited [.] 1 spotty 7 and 2 climbed 3 out 2 climbed 7 and 3 out 4 on 4 on 6 rock 5 a 6 rock 7 and 8 waited why , [he] [took] [grandfather] [frog] [right] [on] [his] [back] [and] [started] [on] [again] [.] 1 why 2 , now [jerry] [muskrat] [and] [paddy] [the] [beaver] , being [great] swimmers , [were] [soon] [out] of [sight] [.] 1 now 8 , 1 now 12 , 8 , 11 swimmers 9 being 11 swimmers 12 , 16 of so he [and] [paddy] sat down to wait [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 5 sat 5 sat 6 down 6 down 7 to 7 to 8 wait after what seemed [a] long time , they saw something queer bobbing along in the water [.] 1 after 2 what 1 after 7 , 1 after 8 they 2 what 3 seemed 3 seemed 5 long 5 long 6 time 8 they 9 saw 9 saw 10 something 9 saw 14 in 10 something 11 queer 10 something 12 bobbing 10 something 14 in 12 bobbing 13 along 14 in 16 water 15 the 16 water " it ['s] [grandfather] [frog] [,] ["] cried [paddy] [the] [beaver] [.] 1 " 8 cried 2 it 8 cried " [no] [,] it ['s] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [,] ["] said [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 " 11 said 4 it 11 said " [it] ['s] [both] [,] " [replied] [paddy] [,] [beginning] [to] [laugh] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [have] [an] [idea] [!] " [cried] [paddy] [.] 1 " 7 " " [what] [is] it [?] ["] asked [jerry] [.] 1 " 7 asked 4 it 7 asked " [chugarum] [!] " [said] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 4 " [chapter] [xxv] [:] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [decides] [to] [stay] " [chugarum] [!] " [said] [grandfather] [frog] [in] [his] [great] [deep] [voice] [from] [the] [bulrushes] [.] 1 " 4 " " [one] [never] [knows] [how] [great] [their] [blessings] [are] [until] [they] [have] [been] [lost] [and] [found] [again] [.] " 1 " 19 " the bulrushes nodded , as if they [too] were thinking of this [.] 1 the 2 bulrushes 2 bulrushes 3 nodded 3 nodded 6 if 4 , 6 if 5 as 6 if 6 if 7 they 6 if 9 were 7 they 9 were 9 were 10 thinking 10 thinking 11 of 11 of 12 this you see their feet were once more in the cool water [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 4 feet 2 see 5 were 3 their 4 feet 4 feet 5 were 5 were 6 once 5 were 8 in 7 more 8 in 8 in 11 water 9 the 11 water 10 cool 11 water " it surely is a very nice place [here] [,] [and] [i] [don't] [wonder] that you couldn't bear to leave it [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 2 it 1 " 24 said 2 it 4 is 3 surely 4 is 4 is 8 place 4 is 15 that 5 a 8 place 6 very 7 nice 7 nice 8 place 15 that 16 you 15 that 18 bear 16 you 17 couldn't 17 couldn't 18 bear 18 bear 19 to 18 bear 20 leave 19 to 20 leave 20 leave 21 it 24 said 25 he " [i] ['m] [sorry] [that] [i] [made] [you] [all] [that] [trouble] [and] [worry] [,] [but] [you] [see] [i] [didn't] [know] [.] " 1 " 22 " " [oh] [,] [that] ['s] [all] [right] [,] " [replied] [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [who] [was] [now] [very] [proud] [of] [his] [big] [cousin] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [hope] [that] [now] [you] [see] [how] [nice] [it] [is] [,] [you] [will] [stay] [and] [make] [your] [home] [here] [.] " 1 " 22 " paddy [the] [beaver] looked [back] [at] [the] [great] [black] [shadow] [which] [he] [knew] [was] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 paddy 4 looked [way] [over] [in] [the] [middle] [of] [it] [he] [heard] [the] [hunting-call] [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] [.] " [no] [,] " [said] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [,] ["] [i] [can't] [possibly] [live] [here] [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 " 4 " it is a very nice pool [,] [but] [it] [wouldn't] [do] at all for me [,] [cousin] [jerry] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 6 pool 3 a 4 very 3 a 6 pool 4 very 5 nice 6 pool 12 at 12 at 13 all 13 all 14 for 14 for 15 me i wouldn't feel [safe] here a minute [.] 1 i 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 feel 3 feel 5 here 3 feel 7 minute 6 a 7 minute besides , there is nothing to eat here [.] ["] 1 besides 2 , 2 , 3 there 3 there 4 is 4 is 5 nothing 4 is 6 to 6 to 7 eat 7 eat 8 here " [oh] [,] [yes] [,] [there] [is] [,] " [jerry] [muskrat] [interrupted] [.] 1 " 9 " " [there] [are] [lily-roots] [and] [the] [nicest] [fresh-water] [clams] [and] " 1 " 11 " " [but] [there] [are] [no] [trees] [,] ["] said [paddy] [the] [beaver] , " and you know [i] [have] [to] [have] [trees] [.] ["] 1 " 9 said 9 said 15 and 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 and 15 and 16 you 15 and 17 know jerry stared [at] [paddy] [as] [if] [he] [didn't] [understand] [.] 1 jerry 2 stared " [do] [do] [you] [eat] [trees] [?] " he asked [finally] [.] 1 " 10 asked 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 asked paddy laughed [.] 1 paddy 2 laughed " [just] [the] [bark] [,] ["] said he [,] " [and] [i] [have] to [have] [a] [great] [deal] [of] it [.] ["] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 14 to 8 he 10 " 14 to 20 it jerry looked as disappointed as he felt [.] 1 jerry 2 looked 2 looked 4 disappointed 3 as 4 disappointed 4 disappointed 5 as 5 as 6 he 5 as 7 felt paddy 's eyes twinkled [.] 1 paddy 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 twinkled " [perhaps] [we] [may] [yet] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he but if [i] [do] [stay] [,] you [and] [grandfather] [frog] [and] [spotty] [the] [turtle] must keep my secret [.] 1 but 7 you 1 but 16 keep 2 if 7 you 7 you 15 must 15 must 16 keep 16 keep 18 secret 17 my 18 secret no one must know that [i] [am] there [.] 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 must 3 must 4 know 4 know 5 that 5 that 8 there will you [?] ["] 1 will 2 you " [of] [course] [we] [will] [!] " [cried] [jerry] [muskrat] [and] [grandfather] [frog] [and] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [together] [.] 1 " 7 " " [then] [i] ['ll] [stay] [,] ["] said [paddy] the [beaver] [,] diving [into] [the] [smiling] [pool] with a great splash [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 13 diving 10 the 13 diving 13 diving 18 with 18 with 21 splash 19 a 20 great 20 great 21 splash and [so] one of [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [greatest] adventures ended in the finding of [his] [biggest] [cousin] , [paddy] [the] [beaver] [.] 1 and 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 9 adventures 9 adventures 10 ended 10 ended 11 in 11 in 13 finding 12 the 13 finding 13 finding 14 of 14 of 18 , now [jerry] [has] [a] [lot] [of] [cousins] , and one of them lives [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [not] [far] [from] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 now 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 one 9 and 13 lives 10 one 11 of 11 of 12 them his name [is] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [,] [and] [danny] [is] [forever] [having] [adventures] [too] [.] 1 his 2 name he has them every day [.] 1 he 2 has 2 has 3 them 2 has 5 day 4 every 5 day in the next book you will be told about some of these , if you care to read about them [.] 1 in 4 book 1 in 5 you 2 the 3 next 2 the 4 book 5 you 6 will 6 will 7 be 7 be 8 told 8 told 9 about 8 told 14 if 9 about 10 some 10 some 11 of 11 of 12 these 13 , 14 if 14 if 15 you 14 if 16 care 15 you 16 care 16 care 17 to 16 care 18 read 17 to 18 read 18 read 19 about 19 about 20 them end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [the] [adventures] [of] [jerry] [muskrat] , [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of 2 of 13 , 3 the 7 of 7 of 13 ,