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[the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

author of [the] [adventures] of [peter] [cottontail] , [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [,] [etc] [.] 
1 author 2 of
2 of 8 ,
5 of 8 ,

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

boston [little] , [brown] [,] [and] [company] 
1 boston 3 ,

[@number@] 

[ [illustration] [:] [reddy] [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] had stuck a pin into him [.] 
1 [ 12 had
12 had 13 stuck
13 stuck 14 a
13 stuck 15 pin
15 pin 16 into
16 into 17 him

[frontispiece] [.] []] 

[contents] 

[chapter] 

[i] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [caught] [ii] [.] 

[reddy] [fox] [thinks] [he] [sees] [a] [ghost] [iii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sends] [for] [his] [family] [iv] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [enters] [the] [wrong] [house] [v] [bobby] [coon] [is] [waked] [up] [vi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [learns] [peter] [rabbit's] [secret] [vii] [.] 

[four] [little] [scamps] [plan] [mischief] [viii] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [sends] [out] [word] [ix] [.] 

[mr] [.] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] [put] [their] [heads] [together] [x] [the] [runaway] [cabbage] [xi] [.] 

[reddy] [fox] [goes] [hungry] [xii] [.] 

[prickly] [porky] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] [xiii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [hungry] [xiv] [.] 

[old] [mrs] [possum] [grows] [worried] [xv] [.] 

[the] [foolishness] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xvi] [.] 

[why] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [didn't] [go] [home] [xvii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lies] [low] [xviii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [a] [prisoner] [xix] [.] 

[what] [the] [snow] [did] [xx] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [wishes] [he] [had] [snowshoes] [xxi] [.] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [chops] [down] [a] [tree] [xxii] [.] 

[where] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [xxiii] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [makes] [an] [unexpected] [call] [xxiv] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [helps] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xxv] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel's] [bright] [idea] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

[reddy] [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] [had] [stuck] [a] [pin] [into] [him] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[such] [a] [rumpus] [as] [there] [was] [right] [away] [in] [that] [hollow] [tree] [!] 

" [what] [do] [you] [mean] [?] " 
1 " 7 "

[exclaimed] [the] [others] [all] [together] 

[he] [just] [ate] [and] [ate] [and] [ate] [until] [he] [couldn't] [eat] [another] [one] 

[there] [all] [the] [way] [from] [farmer] [brown's] [hen-house] [,] [was] [a] [broad] [trail] [in] [the] [smooth] [white] [snow] 

" [yo] ['] [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ['] [care] [if] [he] [never] [comes] [back] " 
1 " 19 "

[i] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [caught] 

the [green] [meadows] [were] [thrown] [into] [great] [excitement] [late] [one] [afternoon] [,] [just] [as] [the] [black] shadows came creeping down [from] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 
1 the 17 shadows
17 shadows 18 came
18 came 19 creeping
19 creeping 20 down

reddy [fox] [brought] [the] [news] [,] [and] [when] [he] [told] [it] [he] [grinned] [as] [if] [he] [enjoyed] [it] [and] was [glad] of it [.] 
1 reddy 20 was
20 was 22 of
22 of 23 it

["] [old] [billy] [possum] [is] [dead] [.] 

i know it [because] [i] [saw] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] carrying [him] [home] [by] [the] [tail] , " [said] [reddy] [.] 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 it
3 it 9 's
9 's 11 carrying
11 carrying 17 ,
17 , 18 "

" [so] [you] [see] he [wasn't] [so] [smart] as you thought [he] was , " he added maliciously [.] 
1 " 5 he
1 " 17 added
5 he 13 was
9 as 10 you
10 you 11 thought
11 thought 13 was
14 , 15 "
14 , 16 he
16 he 17 added
17 added 18 maliciously

that is , everybody [but] [reddy] [fox] [said] [so] [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
2 is 4 everybody

reddy said that it served [unc] ['] [billy] right , because he was of no account [,] [anyway] [.] 
1 reddy 2 said
2 said 3 that
3 that 4 it
3 that 13 was
4 it 5 served
5 served 9 right
10 , 11 because
11 because 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 of
14 of 16 account
15 no 16 account

then everybody began to hoot and hiss at [reddy] until he was glad enough to slink away [.] 
1 then 2 everybody
2 everybody 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 6 and
4 to 6 and
5 hoot 6 and
6 and 7 hiss
7 hiss 8 at
7 hiss 10 until
10 until 11 he
10 until 12 was
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 glad
13 glad 14 enough
13 glad 15 to
13 glad 16 slink
15 to 16 slink
16 slink 17 away

and [while] they were all saying such nice things about him , [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] having [an] [exciting] [adventure] [.] 
1 and 3 they
1 and 12 ,
3 they 4 were
4 were 6 saying
5 all 6 saying
6 saying 9 things
6 saying 10 about
7 such 9 things
8 nice 9 things
9 things 10 about
10 about 11 him
12 , 18 having

for once he had been too bold [.] 
1 for 3 he
2 once 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 7 bold
6 too 7 bold

he had gone up to [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house before [dark] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 gone
3 gone 4 up
3 gone 5 to
3 gone 10 before
5 to 9 hen-house

jimmy [skunk] [had] tried to [stop] [him] , but he had heeded [jimmy] [skunk] [not] [at] [all] [.] 
1 jimmy 4 tried
4 tried 5 to
5 to 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 he
9 but 12 heeded
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 heeded

he had said that he was hungry and wanted an egg , and he couldn't wait till dark to get it [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 said
3 said 4 that
4 that 5 he
4 that 8 and
5 he 8 and
6 was 7 hungry
6 was 8 and
8 and 9 wanted
8 and 13 and
10 an 11 egg
11 egg 13 and
12 , 13 and
13 and 17 till
13 and 18 dark
14 he 15 couldn't
15 couldn't 16 wait
16 wait 17 till
18 dark 19 to
19 to 20 get
20 get 21 it

so [off] he had started , [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] is very [headstrong] [and] obstinate [.] 
1 so 3 he
1 so 6 ,
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 started
6 , 12 is
12 is 16 obstinate
13 very 16 obstinate

he had reached the hen-house and slipped inside without being seen [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 6 and
3 reached 5 hen-house
3 reached 6 and
4 the 5 hen-house
6 and 7 slipped
6 and 8 inside
6 and 9 without
9 without 10 being
10 being 11 seen

the nests were full of [eggs] , and [soon] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [enjoying] [his] [feast] [so] that he forgot to keep watch [.] 
1 the 2 nests
2 nests 3 were
3 were 4 full
4 full 5 of
5 of 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 18 that
18 that 19 he
18 that 20 forgot
19 he 20 forgot
20 forgot 21 to
20 forgot 22 keep
21 to 22 keep
22 keep 23 watch

suddenly the door opened [,] [and] [in] [stepped] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [to] [get] [some] [eggs] [for] [supper] [.] 
1 suddenly 3 door
2 the 3 door
3 door 4 opened

there was no time to run [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 time
3 no 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 run

unc ['] [billy] [just] [dropped] [right] [down] in his [tracks] [as] [if] [he] [were] [dead] [.] 
1 unc 8 in
8 in 9 his

when [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [saw] [him] , he didn't know what to make [of] him , for he had [never] [seen] [unc] ['] [billy] [before] [.] 
1 when 5 boy
5 boy 20 had
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
11 know 12 what
11 know 13 to
13 to 14 make
14 make 16 him
14 make 18 for
17 , 18 for
18 for 19 he
19 he 20 had

" he certainly is dead enough , whatever killed him [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 4 is
3 certainly 4 is
4 is 5 dead
5 dead 6 enough
5 dead 8 whatever
7 , 8 whatever
8 whatever 9 killed
9 killed 10 him

i wonder what he was doing in here [.] ["] 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 4 he
3 what 6 doing
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 doing
6 doing 7 in
7 in 8 here

then he saw some egg on [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [lips] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 5 egg
4 some 5 egg
5 egg 6 on

" [ho] [!] [ho] [!] " [shouted] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [so] you are the thief who has been getting my eggs [!] ["] 
1 " 3 you
3 you 4 are
4 are 6 thief
5 the 6 thief
6 thief 7 who
6 thief 8 has
6 thief 10 getting
7 who 8 has
8 has 9 been
10 getting 12 eggs
11 my 12 eggs

and picking [up] [unc] ['] [billy] [by] [the] [tail] , he started with him for the house [.] 
1 and 11 he
1 and 12 started
2 picking 10 ,
2 picking 11 he
11 he 12 started
12 started 13 with
12 started 15 for
13 with 14 him
15 for 17 house
16 the 17 house

when [he] [turned] [to] pick [up] [unc] ['] [billy] [again] , [unc] ['] [billy] [wasn't] [there] [.] 
1 when 11 ,
5 pick 11 ,

farmer [brown] 's boy dropped his wood and hunted everywhere , but not a trace [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [he] [find] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 8 and
5 dropped 7 wood
5 dropped 8 and
6 his 7 wood
8 and 11 ,
9 hunted 10 everywhere
9 hunted 11 ,
11 , 13 not
12 but 13 not
13 not 15 trace
14 a 15 trace

[ii] 

[reddy] [fox] [thinks] [he] [sees] [a] [ghost] 

[reddy] [fox] [came] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [on] [his] [way] [to] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 

he had brushed his red coat until it shone [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 brushed
3 brushed 6 coat
3 brushed 7 until
4 his 6 coat
5 red 6 coat
7 until 8 it
7 until 9 shone
8 it 9 shone

his white waistcoat was spotless , and [he] [carried] [his] [big] [tail] [high] [in] [the] [air] [,] that it might not [become] [soiled] [.] 
1 his 3 waistcoat
2 white 3 waistcoat
3 waistcoat 4 was
4 was 7 and
5 spotless 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 18 that
18 that 20 might
19 it 20 might
20 might 21 not

reddy was feeling as fine as he looked [.] 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 5 fine
4 as 5 fine
5 fine 6 as
6 as 7 he
6 as 8 looked
7 he 8 looked

if there is one thing [that] [reddy] [fox] [dislikes] [more] [than] [another] [,] it is being laughed at [.] 
1 if 2 there
1 if 3 is
1 if 14 it
2 there 3 is
3 is 5 thing
4 one 5 thing
14 it 15 is
15 is 16 being
16 being 18 at
17 laughed 18 at

reddy chuckled at his thoughts , and what do you think he was thinking about [?] 
1 reddy 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 at
3 at 9 do
4 his 9 do
5 thoughts 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 what
7 and 9 do
9 do 10 you
9 do 15 about
10 you 11 think
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 thinking
14 thinking 15 about

why [,] [about] [how] he had seen [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [carrying] [off] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [by] [the] [tail] [the] [afternoon] before [.] 
1 why 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 seen
7 seen 23 before

of course [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [dead] [.] 
1 of 2 course

there could be no doubt about it [.] 
1 there 2 could
2 could 3 be
3 be 5 doubt
4 no 5 doubt
5 doubt 6 about
6 about 7 it

and [reddy] was [glad] of it [.] 
1 and 3 was
3 was 5 of
5 of 6 it

yes , [sir] [,] [reddy] [was] [glad] [of] [it] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

reddy remembered that [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [hollow] tree was not far away [.] 
1 reddy 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that
3 that 9 tree
3 that 10 was
9 tree 10 was
10 was 11 not
10 was 12 far
11 not 12 far
12 far 13 away

he would go over that way [,] [just] to [have] [another] look at it [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 go
3 go 4 over
3 go 9 to
4 over 6 way
5 that 6 way
9 to 12 look
12 look 13 at
13 at 14 it

so [over] he went [.] 
1 so 3 he
3 he 4 went

it [was] [reddy] 's turn to grin now [.] 
1 it 4 's
4 's 5 turn
4 's 6 to
6 to 7 grin
7 grin 8 now

["] [ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] [he] ['s] [gone] [before] [!] 

ol ['] [bill] [possum] , [he] [is] [no] [more] [!] 
1 ol 5 ,

bill was a scamp [,] [sir] [;] [bill] [was] [a] [thief] [!] 
1 bill 2 was
2 was 4 scamp
3 a 4 scamp

bill [stole] [an] [egg] , [sir] [;] [bill] [came] to grief [.] 
1 bill 10 to
5 , 10 to
10 to 11 grief

ol ' [bill] [possum] [,] [it] [served] [him] [right] [;] [and] [he] [is] [no] [more] [,] [for] [he] [died] last [night] [.] ["] 
1 ol 2 '
2 ' 20 last

["] [very] [good] [,] [sah] [,] [very] [good] [.] 

reddy [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] had stuck a pin into him [.] 
1 reddy 9 had
9 had 10 stuck
10 stuck 11 a
10 stuck 12 pin
12 pin 13 into
13 into 14 him

every hair stood on [end] , as he looked up at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] doorway [.] 
1 every 2 hair
2 hair 3 stood
3 stood 4 on
4 on 6 ,
6 , 7 as
7 as 8 he
7 as 9 looked
8 he 9 looked
9 looked 10 up
9 looked 11 at
11 at 16 doorway

then his teeth began to chatter with fright [.] 
1 then 3 teeth
2 his 3 teeth
3 teeth 4 began
4 began 5 to
4 began 6 chatter
5 to 6 chatter
6 chatter 7 with
7 with 8 fright

looking out of [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] doorway and grinning down at him was something [that] [looked] [for] [all] [the] [world] [like] [unc] ['] [billy] [himself] [.] 
1 looking 3 of
1 looking 11 down
1 looking 14 was
2 out 3 of
3 of 9 and
8 doorway 9 and
9 and 10 grinning
11 down 12 at
12 at 13 him
14 was 15 something

reddy never once looked back [.] 
1 reddy 4 looked
2 never 4 looked
3 once 4 looked
4 looked 5 back

["] [how] [did] [ah] [do] [it] [?] 

why , [ah] [just] [pretended] [ah] [was] daid , when [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [caught] [me] [,] ["] [explained] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 8 daid
8 daid 9 ,
9 , 10 when

["] [of] [course] [he] ['] [wouldn't] [kill] [a] [daid] [possum] [.] 

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [grinned] [broader] [than] [ever] , and [jimmy] [skunk] [grinned] [,] [too] [.] 
1 unc 9 ,
9 , 10 and

[iii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sends] [for] [his] [family] 

everybody hastened to pay their respects [,] [that] [is] [everybody] [but] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 everybody 2 hastened
2 hastened 3 to
2 hastened 4 pay
3 to 4 pay
4 pay 6 respects
5 their 6 respects

thereafter whenever [one] [of] [them] [caught] [sight] [of] [reddy] [fox] [at] [a] [safe] [distance] , he would shout [:] 
1 thereafter 16 he
2 whenever 15 ,
2 whenever 16 he
16 he 17 would
17 would 18 shout

["] [ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] [he] ['s] [gone] [before] [!] 

ol ['] [bill] [possum] , [he] [is] [no] [more] [!] ["] 
1 ol 5 ,

[and] [of] [course] [reddy] [fox] [hated] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [more] [than] [ever] [.] 

but [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [care] , [not] [he] [!] 
1 but 7 ,

but in spite of all his friends , [unc] ['] [billy] was [lonesome] [.] 
1 but 2 in
1 but 12 was
2 in 3 spite
3 spite 4 of
3 spite 8 ,
4 of 5 all
5 all 6 his
5 all 7 friends
6 his 7 friends

finally [he] [told] [jimmy] [skunk] [all] [about] [it] , and [for] once [unc] ['] [billy] had [forgotten] how to grin [.] 
1 finally 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 once
10 and 16 had
16 had 20 grin
18 how 19 to
19 to 20 grin

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [forgotten] [how] [to] [grin] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

instead he [just] wept , wept [great] [big] [tears] of lonesomeness [.] 
1 instead 2 he
2 he 5 ,
4 wept 5 ,
5 , 6 wept
6 wept 10 of
10 of 11 lonesomeness

" [ah] [reckon] [ah] ['ll] [have] [to] [go] [back] [to] [ol] ['] [virginny] [,] [ah] cert'nly [do] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 " 20 said
16 cert'nly 20 said

[jimmy] [skunk] [grew] [very] [thoughtful] [.] 

[now] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [talking] [about] [going] [away] [.] 

jimmy thought very hard [.] 
1 jimmy 2 thought
2 thought 4 hard
3 very 4 hard

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

" [why] [not] [send] [for] [your] [family] [to] [come] [here] [and] [live] in [the] [green] [forest] , [uncle] [billy] [?] " he asked [.] 
1 " 23 asked
13 in 17 ,
13 in 22 he
17 , 21 "
22 he 23 asked

[unc] ['] [billy] [stopped] [crying] [.] 

his two little eyes looked up sharply [.] 
1 his 2 two
2 two 4 eyes
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 looked
5 looked 6 up
5 looked 7 sharply

" [how] [do] [yo'all] [reckon] [ah] [can] [send] [word] [?] " he asked [.] 
1 " 13 asked
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 asked

jimmy scratched his head [.] 
1 jimmy 2 scratched
2 scratched 4 head
3 his 4 head

["] [there] ['s] [mr] [skimmer] [the] [swallow] [;] [he] ['s] [fixing] [to] [go] [south] [.] 

perhaps he 'll take the message to [your] [family] , " said he [.] 
1 perhaps 2 he
2 he 3 'll
3 'll 4 take
4 take 6 message
4 take 7 to
5 the 6 message
7 to 10 ,
10 , 11 "
10 , 12 said
12 said 13 he

" [the] [very] [thing] [!] ["] cried [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] wiping his eyes [.] 
1 " 7 cried
7 cried 13 wiping
13 wiping 15 eyes
14 his 15 eyes

["] [ah] [thanks] [yo] ['] [,] [sah] [.] 

ah [does] , [indeed] [.] 
1 ah 3 ,

[ah] ['ll] [see] [mistah] [skimmer] [at] [once] [.] ["] 

and [without] [another] [word] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [started] [down] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] to look [for] [skimmer] [the] [swallow] [.] 
1 and 19 to
19 to 20 look

[iv] 

[bobby] [coon] [enters] [the] [wrong] [house] 

unc ' [billy] [isn't] [any] [too] [fond] [of] work [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 9 work

but getting ready to receive his family was different [.] 
1 but 2 getting
1 but 8 was
2 getting 3 ready
3 ready 4 to
3 ready 5 receive
4 to 5 receive
6 his 7 family
7 family 8 was
8 was 9 different

no one else could arrange things to suit him [.] 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 else
2 one 4 could
4 could 5 arrange
5 arrange 6 things
5 arrange 7 to
7 to 8 suit
8 suit 9 him

this was [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [own] job [,] and he tended [right] to [it] [every] [minute] [of] [the] [day] [.] 
1 this 2 was
2 was 8 job
8 job 14 to
10 and 11 he
10 and 14 to
11 he 12 tended

first of all he had to clean [house] [.] 
1 first 4 he
2 of 3 all
2 of 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 to
6 to 7 clean

he had been keeping [bachelor's] [hall] so long in the big hollow tree that things were not very tidy [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 keeping
4 keeping 8 long
4 keeping 9 in
4 keeping 19 tidy
7 so 8 long
9 in 13 tree
10 the 13 tree
11 big 13 tree
12 hollow 13 tree
13 tree 14 that
13 tree 16 were
14 that 15 things
14 that 16 were
15 things 16 were
16 were 17 not
17 not 18 very

so [unc] ['] [billy] [cleaned] [house] , and while he worked he whistled and sang [.] 
1 so 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 12 he
8 and 14 and
9 while 10 he
9 while 11 worked
9 while 12 he
10 he 11 worked
12 he 14 and
13 whistled 14 and
14 and 15 sang

peter [rabbit] , [passing] [that] [way] [,] [overheard] [unc] ['] [billy] [singing] [:] 
1 peter 3 ,

["] [mah] [ol] ['] [woman] [is] [away] [down] [souf] [come] [along] [!] 

come along [!] 
1 come 2 along

ain't [nothin] ['] [sharper] [than] [the] [tongue] [in] [her] mouf [come] [along] [!] 
1 ain't 10 mouf

come along [!] 
1 come 2 along

come along [!] 
1 come 2 along

["] [mah] [pickaninnies] [am] [a-headin] ['] [dis] [way] [come] [along] [!] 

come along [!] 
1 come 2 along

daddy [am] [a-watchin] ['] fo ['] ['] [em] [day] [by] [day] [come] [along] [!] 
1 daddy 5 fo

come along [!] 
1 come 2 along

come along [!] ["] 
1 come 2 along

[every] [little] [while] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [would] [sit] [down] [to] [rest] [,] [for] [he] [wasn't] [used] [to] [so] [much] [real] [work] [.] 

the more he thought about it , the more he wanted that egg [.] 
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 10 he
9 more 11 wanted
10 he 11 wanted
11 wanted 13 egg
12 that 13 egg

[now] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [hardly] [out] [of] [sight] [when] [along] [came] [bobby] [coon] [.] 

anyway , when he reached [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] [tree] , he began to climb up it just as if it were his own [.] 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 when
3 when 4 he
3 when 5 reached
3 when 13 ,
3 when 14 he
4 he 5 reached
14 he 15 began
15 began 16 to
15 began 17 climb
16 to 17 climb
17 climb 18 up
17 climb 20 just
18 up 19 it
20 just 22 if
21 as 22 if
22 if 23 it
22 if 24 were
23 it 24 were
24 were 26 own
25 his 26 own

[he] [looked] [in] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [door] [.] 

there was the most comfortable bed that he had seen for a long time [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 6 bed
3 the 6 bed
4 most 5 comfortable
5 comfortable 6 bed
6 bed 7 that
6 bed 10 seen
7 that 8 he
7 that 10 seen
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 seen
10 seen 11 for
11 for 14 time
12 a 14 time
13 long 14 time

he looked this way and he looked that way [.] 
1 he 5 and
2 looked 4 way
2 looked 5 and
3 this 4 way
5 and 7 looked
5 and 9 way
6 he 7 looked
8 that 9 way

nobody was in sight [.] 
1 nobody 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 sight

then [he] looked [in] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [door] [once] [more] [.] 
1 then 3 looked

that bed certainly did look soft and comfortable [.] 
1 that 2 bed
2 bed 4 did
3 certainly 4 did
4 did 5 look
5 look 7 and
6 soft 7 and
7 and 8 comfortable

bobby [coon] chuckled [to] [himself] [.] 
1 bobby 3 chuckled

" [i] [believe] [i] ['ll] [just] [see] [if] [that] [bed] [is] [as] [comfortable] [as] [it] [looks] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 19 said
19 said 20 he

and two [minutes] [later] [bobby] [coon] [was] curled up [fast] [asleep] in [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] bed [.] 
1 and 2 two
1 and 8 curled
8 curled 9 up
9 up 12 in
12 in 18 bed

[v] 

[bobby] [coon] [is] [waked] [up] 

["] [dey] ['s] [a-coming] [,] [dey's] [a-coming] [,] [dey's] [a-coming] [mighty] [soon] [.] 

but dey can't [come] soon enuff fo ['] [me] [!] 
1 but 2 dey
1 but 6 enuff
2 dey 3 can't
3 can't 6 enuff
5 soon 6 enuff
6 enuff 7 fo

dey 's a-coming , dey's a-coming at [de] [turning] [ob] [de] moon [,] [whar] [ah] [waits] [in] [mah] [ol] ['] [holler] [tree] [!] ["] 
1 dey 2 's
2 's 3 a-coming
3 a-coming 7 at
4 , 5 dey's
5 dey's 6 a-coming
5 dey's 7 at
7 at 12 moon

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [singing] to [himself] , as he [slowly] trudged [home] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 unc 7 to
7 to 9 ,
9 , 10 as
10 as 11 he
10 as 13 trudged
11 he 13 trudged

he was feeling [very] [good] , very good indeed , was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 8 good
6 , 8 good
7 very 8 good
8 good 9 indeed
8 good 10 ,
10 , 11 was

so he trudged along and sang in a funny , cracked voice [.] 
1 so 2 he
1 so 5 and
2 he 5 and
3 trudged 4 along
3 trudged 5 and
5 and 6 sang
5 and 7 in
7 in 12 voice
8 a 9 funny
8 a 12 voice
9 funny 10 ,
9 funny 12 voice
11 cracked 12 voice

presently he came to his big hollow tree and started to climb up to the door of his house [.] 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 9 and
3 came 4 to
3 came 9 and
4 to 8 tree
5 his 8 tree
6 big 8 tree
7 hollow 8 tree
9 and 10 started
10 started 11 to
10 started 12 climb
11 to 12 climb
12 climb 13 up
12 climb 14 to
14 to 16 door
15 the 16 door
16 door 17 of
17 of 19 house
18 his 19 house

half [way] [up] [he] [broke] [off] [short] [in] [the] [middle] [of] [his] [song] [and] [sat] [down] [on] a convenient branch [.] 
1 half 18 a
18 a 20 branch
19 convenient 20 branch

he put one ear against the trunk of the tree and listened [.] 
1 he 11 and
2 put 4 ear
2 put 5 against
2 put 11 and
3 one 4 ear
5 against 7 trunk
6 the 7 trunk
7 trunk 8 of
8 of 10 tree
9 the 10 tree
11 and 12 listened

then he put the other ear against the tree and listened [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 10 and
3 put 6 ear
3 put 7 against
3 put 10 and
4 the 5 other
5 other 6 ear
7 against 9 tree
8 the 9 tree
10 and 11 listened

there [certainly] [was] [a] [funny] [noise] , and it seemed to come from right inside his hollow tree [.] 
1 there 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 it
9 it 10 seemed
10 seemed 11 to
10 seemed 12 come
11 to 12 come
12 come 13 from
12 come 15 inside
13 from 14 right
14 right 15 inside
15 inside 18 tree
16 his 18 tree
17 hollow 18 tree

unc ['] [billy] [turned] [and] [looked] [up] [at] [his] [doorway] [,] scratching [his] [head] [thoughtfully] with one hand [.] 
1 unc 12 scratching
12 scratching 16 with
16 with 18 hand
17 one 18 hand

" [mah] [goodness] [!] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] , ["] it [cert'nly] sounds like there was somebody [in] mah [house] [!] ["] 
1 " 6 said
6 said 20 mah
10 , 12 it
10 , 20 mah
12 it 14 sounds
14 sounds 15 like
15 like 16 there
15 like 17 was
16 there 17 was
17 was 18 somebody

then [very] [softly] [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] up [to] [his] [doorway] [and] [peeped] [in] [.] 
1 then 8 up

but if he couldn't see , he could hear [.] 
1 but 7 he
2 if 3 he
2 if 5 see
2 if 6 ,
2 if 7 he
3 he 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 see
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 hear

oh , yes , indeed , [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [hear] [perfectly] well , and what he [heard] was a snore [!] 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 4 ,
2 , 3 yes
4 , 5 indeed
5 indeed 6 ,
5 indeed 17 he
6 , 15 and
13 well 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 what
17 he 19 was
19 was 21 snore
20 a 21 snore

there was some one in [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [house] , and more [than] [that] , they were [fast] asleep in [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] bed [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 one
2 was 5 in
3 some 4 one
5 in 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 more
12 and 18 were
16 , 17 they
17 they 18 were
18 were 20 asleep
20 asleep 21 in
21 in 26 bed

["] [mah] [goodness] [!] 

mah goodness [!] ["] [exclaimed] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] , and his two sharp little eyes began to snap [.] 
1 mah 2 goodness
2 goodness 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 16 eyes
11 and 17 began
12 his 13 two
13 two 16 eyes
14 sharp 16 eyes
15 little 16 eyes
17 began 18 to
18 to 19 snap

then he stuck his head in at the door and shouted [:] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 10 and
3 stuck 5 head
3 stuck 6 in
3 stuck 7 at
3 stuck 10 and
4 his 5 head
7 at 9 door
8 the 9 door
10 and 11 shouted

["] [hi] [,] [yo'all] [!] 

what yo ['] [doing] [in] [mah] [house] [?] ["] 
1 what 2 yo

the only answer was another snore [.] 
1 the 2 only
1 the 3 answer
3 answer 4 was
4 was 6 snore
5 another 6 snore

[unc] ['] [billy] [waited] [a] [minute] [.] 

then he put his head in once more [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 5 head
3 put 6 in
3 put 7 once
3 put 8 more
4 his 5 head

the only answer was a snore louder than before [.] 
1 the 2 only
1 the 3 answer
3 answer 4 was
4 was 6 snore
5 a 6 snore
6 snore 7 louder
7 louder 8 than
7 louder 9 before
8 than 9 before

[then] [unc] ['] [billy] [quite] [lost] [his] [temper] [.] 

some one who had no business there was in his house [!] 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 who
2 one 4 had
2 one 8 was
3 who 4 had
4 had 6 business
4 had 7 there
5 no 6 business
6 business 7 there
8 was 9 in
9 in 11 house
10 his 11 house

he didn't know who it was , and he didn't care [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 8 and
3 know 4 who
3 know 8 and
5 it 7 ,
6 was 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 11 care
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 care

they were going to come out or he would know why [not] [.] 
1 they 7 or
2 were 3 going
2 were 7 or
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 come
5 come 6 out
7 or 10 know
8 he 9 would
9 would 10 know
10 know 11 why

unc ['] [billy] [gritted] [his] [teeth] [and] in [he] [went] [.] 
1 unc 8 in

my [!] [my] [!] [my] [!] [such] [a] rumpus [as] [there] [was] [right] [away] [in] [that] [hollow] [tree] [!] 
1 my 9 rumpus

peter [rabbit] [happened] [to] be [coming] [along] [that] [way] [and] [heard] it [.] 
1 peter 5 be
5 be 12 it

peter stopped and gazed at the hollow tree with eyes and mouth wide open [.] 
1 peter 3 and
2 stopped 3 and
3 and 4 gazed
3 and 5 at
3 and 9 with
3 and 14 open
5 at 8 tree
6 the 8 tree
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 9 with
9 with 11 and
10 eyes 11 and
11 and 12 mouth
13 wide 14 open

such [a] snarling and growling [!] 
1 such 3 snarling
3 snarling 4 and
4 and 5 growling

then [out] [of] the doorway began to fly leaves and moss [.] 
1 then 5 doorway
4 the 5 doorway
5 doorway 6 began
6 began 7 to
6 began 8 fly
7 to 8 fly
8 fly 10 and
9 leaves 10 and
10 and 11 moss

they were [part] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [bed] [.] 
1 they 2 were

[then] [peter] [saw] [a] [big] [ringed] [tail] [hanging] [out] [of] [the] [doorway] [.] 

peter recognized it right away [.] 
1 peter 2 recognized
2 recognized 3 it
3 it 4 right
4 right 5 away

no one possessed [a] [tail] [like] that [but] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 possessed
3 possessed 7 that

in [a] [minute] [bobby] [followed] his [tail] [,] [hastily] [backing] [down] [the] [tree] [.] 
1 in 6 his

[then] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [sharp] [little] [old] [face] [appeared] [at] [the] [doorway] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [down] [at] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [grinned] [.] 

" [ah] [guess] [mistah] [coon] [done] [make] [a] [mistake] [when] he went [to] [bed] in mah [house] , " said he [.] 
1 " 11 he
11 he 12 went
12 went 15 in
15 in 18 ,
16 mah 18 ,
18 , 19 "
18 , 20 said
20 said 21 he

and [bobby] [coon] [sheepishly] [admitted] that he did [.] 
1 and 8 did
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 did

[vi] 

[sammy] [jay] [learns] [peter] [rabbit's] [secret] 

["] [i] ['m] [mr] [jaybird] [,] [tee-hee-hee] [!] 

[i] ['m] [mr] [jaybird] [;] [you] [watch] [me] [!] 

you 've got to [rise] ['] [fore] break of day [if] [you] [want] [to] [fool] [old] [mr] [jay] [.] ["] 
1 you 2 've
2 've 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 8 break
8 break 9 of
9 of 10 day

over and over [sammy] [jay] [hummed] [this] , [as] [he] [brushed] [his] [handsome] [blue] and [white] [coat] [.] 
1 over 2 and
2 and 3 over
3 over 8 ,
8 , 15 and

when [peter] [goes] [about] [whispering] [,] [it] 's a sure sign that [he] ['s] [got] [a] [secret] [.] 
1 when 8 's
8 's 11 sign
9 a 10 sure
9 a 11 sign
10 sure 11 sign
11 sign 12 that

he thinks that he can keep it from [me] , but he can't [.] 
1 he 2 thinks
2 thinks 3 that
3 that 4 he
3 that 6 keep
4 he 5 can
5 can 6 keep
6 keep 7 it
6 keep 8 from
8 from 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
11 but 13 can't
12 he 13 can't

oh , my , no [!] 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 my
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 no

i never knew of a secret that could be kept by more than two people [,] [and] [already] [i] ['ve] [seen] [peter] [whisper] [to] [five] [.] 
1 i 3 knew
2 never 3 knew
3 knew 4 of
3 knew 11 by
4 of 6 secret
5 a 6 secret
6 secret 7 that
6 secret 8 could
7 that 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 kept
11 by 15 people
12 more 13 than
13 than 14 two
14 two 15 people

i 'll just see what [reddy] [fox] [knows] [about] [it] [.] ["] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 4 see
3 just 4 see
4 see 5 what

with [a] [flirt] [of] [his] [tail] [sammy] [jay] [started] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] [,] [where] [reddy] [fox] [was] [busy] [hunting] [for] his breakfast [.] 
1 with 23 breakfast
22 his 23 breakfast

" it ['s] [a] [fine] [morning] [,] [reddy] [fox] [,] ["] said [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 12 said
2 it 12 said

" [it] [would] [be] [finer] [,] [if] [i] [could] [fill] [my] [stomach] [faster] [,] " [replied] [reddy] [.] 
1 " 15 "

" [that] ['s] [a] [pretty] [good] [secret] [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [,] [isn't] it [?] ["] asked [sammy] [,] [pretending] [to] [look] [very] [wise] [.] 
1 " 17 asked
14 it 17 asked

reddy pricked up his sharp little ears [.] 
1 reddy 2 pricked
2 pricked 3 up
2 pricked 7 ears
4 his 7 ears
5 sharp 7 ears
6 little 7 ears

" [what] [secret] [?] " he demanded [.] 
1 " 7 demanded
5 " 6 he
6 he 7 demanded

blacky knew nothing about [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [secret] , [nor] did [shadow] [the] [weasel] [,] [whom] [he] [met] [by] [the] [way] [.] 
1 blacky 9 ,
2 knew 3 nothing
2 knew 4 about
2 knew 9 ,
9 , 11 did

but [sammy] [jay] [was] not [in] [the] [least] [bit] discouraged [.] 
1 but 5 not
5 not 10 discouraged

" [i] ['ll] [try] [johnny] [chuck] ; he ['ll] [know] [,] ["] said [sammy] to himself [.] 
1 " 13 said
7 ; 8 he
8 he 13 said
13 said 15 to
15 to 16 himself

he found [johnny] sitting on his doorstep , watching the world go by [.] 
1 he 2 found
2 found 4 sitting
4 sitting 5 on
5 on 7 doorstep
6 his 7 doorstep
7 doorstep 9 watching
8 , 9 watching
9 watching 11 world
9 watching 12 go
10 the 11 world
12 go 13 by

" [good] [morning] [,] [johnny] [chuck] [,] ["] said [sammy] [,] [with] [a] [low] bow [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 15 bow

" [good] [morning] [,] " [replied] [johnny] [chuck] [,] [who] [always] [is] [polite] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [isn't] [that] [a] [fine] [secret] [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [?] " [exclaimed] [sammy] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [knew] [all] [about] [it] [.] 
1 " 12 "

[johnny] [chuck] [raised] [his] [eyebrows] [and] [put] [on] [the] [most] [surprised] [look] [.] 

" [do] [tell] [me] [what] [it] [is] [!] " [he] [begged] [.] 
1 " 9 "

and as he flew , he said to himself : " [johnny] [chuck] [can't] [fool] [me] [;] [he] [does] know [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [secret] [.] ["] 
1 and 6 he
1 and 20 know
2 as 3 he
2 as 4 flew
2 as 5 ,
2 as 6 he
3 he 4 flew
6 he 7 said
7 said 8 to
7 said 10 :
8 to 9 himself
10 : 11 "

[over] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [he] [found] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [making] [a] [great] [racket] [on] [the] [hollow] [limb] [of] [an] [old] [chestnut] [.] 

sammy sat down near [by] and listened [.] 
1 sammy 6 and
2 sat 3 down
2 sat 4 near
2 sat 6 and
6 and 7 listened

["] [my] [,] [that] ['s] [fine] [!] 

i [wish] [i] could do that [.] 
1 i 4 could
4 could 5 do
5 do 6 that

you must be [practising] [,] ["] said [sammy] at the end of a long rat-a-tat-tat [.] 
1 you 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 7 said
7 said 9 at
9 at 11 end
10 the 11 end
11 end 12 of
12 of 15 rat-a-tat-tat
13 a 15 rat-a-tat-tat
14 long 15 rat-a-tat-tat

[drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [felt] [very] [much] [flattered] [.] 

" [i] [am] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 6 said
6 said 7 he

" [i] ['m] [practising] [for] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] " 
1 " 11 "

" [i] [thought] so [,] ["] [replied] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 4 so

of course he hadn't thought anything of the kind [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 hadn't
4 hadn't 5 thought
5 thought 6 anything
6 anything 7 of
7 of 9 kind
8 the 9 kind

" [won't] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [be] [surprised] [?] " [remarked] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [,] [as] [he] [sat] [down] [to] [rest] [.] 
1 " 10 "

by and [by] [,] [as] he flew [home] , [sammy] [jay] [chuckled] and [said] [:] 
1 by 9 ,
2 and 6 he
2 and 9 ,
6 he 7 flew
9 , 13 and

" [you] ['ve] [got] [to] [rise] ['] [fore] [break] [of] [day] [if] [you] [want] [to] [fool] [old] [mr] [jay] [.] " 
1 " 21 "

[vii] 

[four] [little] [scamps] [plan] [mischief] 

["] [some] [folks] [think] [they] ['re] [mighty] [smart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 

oh , la [me] ! 
1 oh 3 la
2 , 3 la
3 la 5 !

like the knave [who] [stole] [the] [tart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 3 knave
2 the 3 knave

oh , la [me] ! 
1 oh 3 la
2 , 3 la
3 la 5 !

some folks will waken up [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] [fool] [mr] [jay] [!] ["] 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 will
3 will 4 waken
4 waken 5 up

sammy [jay] was mightily pleased with himself [.] 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 4 mightily
3 was 5 pleased
5 pleased 6 with
6 with 7 himself

sammy [jay] [smacked] [his] [lips] [as] [he] thought of this [.] 
1 sammy 8 thought
8 thought 9 of
9 of 10 this

then he looked up [at] [jolly] , round , red [mr] [sun] and winked [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 13 and
3 looked 4 up
3 looked 13 and
7 , 9 ,
7 , 13 and
8 round 9 ,
9 , 10 red
13 and 14 winked

the worst of it is , they are not honest [.] 
1 the 2 worst
2 worst 3 of
3 of 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 10 honest
6 , 7 they
7 they 8 are
8 are 9 not
9 not 10 honest

they steal whenever they get a chance [,] [and] [always] [they] [try] to get [others] into trouble [.] 
1 they 2 steal
2 steal 3 whenever
3 whenever 4 they
3 whenever 5 get
4 they 5 get
5 get 7 chance
6 a 7 chance
7 chance 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 16 into
16 into 17 trouble

that was [why] [peter] [rabbit] [had] [left] [them] out , when he planned [his] [surprise] [party] [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 9 out
9 out 11 when
10 , 11 when
11 when 12 he
11 when 13 planned
12 he 13 planned

sammy had a plan , and [the] [angrier] the others grew , the more likely were they to help him [.] 
1 sammy 2 had
2 had 6 and
2 had 12 ,
3 a 4 plan
4 plan 6 and
5 , 6 and
6 and 10 others
9 the 10 others
11 grew 12 ,
12 , 19 help
13 the 15 likely
14 more 15 likely
15 likely 16 were
16 were 17 they
16 were 18 to
18 to 19 help
19 help 20 him

" [you] [wait] [till] [i] [catch] [peter] [rabbit] [!] " [said] [reddy] [fox] [and] [showed] [all] [his] [teeth] [.] 
1 " 10 "

he quite forgot that , despite all his smartness , he never [yet] had [caught] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 he 3 forgot
2 quite 3 forgot
3 forgot 4 that
4 that 11 he
4 that 14 had
5 , 6 despite
6 despite 7 all
6 despite 10 ,
6 despite 11 he
7 all 8 his
7 all 9 smartness
8 his 9 smartness
11 he 14 had
12 never 14 had

[blacky] [the] [crow] [scratched] [his] [head] [thoughtfully] [.] 

" [we] [can] [spoil] [his] [surprise] [by] [telling] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [all] [about] [it] [beforehand] [,] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 19 said
19 said 20 he

sammy [jay] winked at each of the others [.] 
1 sammy 3 winked
3 winked 4 at
4 at 5 each
5 each 6 of
6 of 8 others
7 the 8 others

he cleared his throat and [looked] [all] [around] , to make sure that no one else was near [.] 
1 he 5 and
2 cleared 4 throat
2 cleared 5 and
3 his 4 throat
5 and 9 ,
9 , 10 to
10 to 11 make
11 make 12 sure
12 sure 13 that
13 that 15 one
13 that 17 was
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 else
15 one 17 was
17 was 18 near

then he leaned forward and whispered [:] ["] [let's] [invite] [ourselves] [to] [the] [party] [.] ["] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 5 and
3 leaned 4 forward
3 leaned 5 and
5 and 6 whispered

" [what] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ["] exclaimed the others , all together [.] 
1 " 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 10 others
9 the 10 others
10 others 12 all
11 , 12 all
12 all 13 together

" [just] [what] [i] [say] [,] " [replied] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 7 "

["] [we] ['ll] [be] [the] [real] [surprise] [.] 

before the party begins , you will hide close to [where] it is to be [.] 
1 before 3 party
1 before 4 begins
1 before 5 ,
1 before 8 hide
2 the 3 party
3 party 4 begins
6 you 8 hide
7 will 8 hide
8 hide 10 to
8 hide 13 is
9 close 10 to
10 to 12 it
13 is 14 to
13 is 15 be
14 to 15 be

of [course] [every] [one] [will] [run] [away] , and we 'll have all the good things to eat [.] ["] 
1 of 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 12 have
10 we 11 'll
11 'll 12 have
12 have 13 all
12 have 17 to
13 all 14 the
13 all 16 things
14 the 16 things
15 good 16 things
17 to 18 eat

["] [haw] [!] [haw] [!] [haw] [!] 

the very thing [!] 
1 the 2 very
1 the 3 thing

we 'll all be there , " cried [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 6 ,
3 all 4 be
4 be 5 there
4 be 6 ,
6 , 7 "
6 , 8 cried

the four little scamps shook hands and separated [.] 
1 the 2 four
2 four 4 scamps
3 little 4 scamps
4 scamps 5 shook
4 scamps 7 and
6 hands 7 and
7 and 8 separated

as they went across [the] [green] [meadows] , [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] [floated] [back] to [the] [lone] [pine] [.] 
1 as 2 they
1 as 3 went
2 they 3 went
3 went 4 across
4 across 8 ,
8 , 15 to

he was singing , although he has a very poor voice for singing , and this was his song [:] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 singing
2 was 5 although
4 , 5 although
5 although 6 he
5 although 14 ,
6 he 7 has
7 has 11 voice
8 a 11 voice
9 very 10 poor
10 poor 11 voice
11 voice 12 for
12 for 13 singing
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 this
15 and 17 was
16 this 17 was
17 was 19 song
18 his 19 song

[ [illustration] : ["] what do you mean [?] " [exclaimed] [the] [others] [all] [together] [.] []] 
1 [ 3 :
3 : 5 what
5 what 6 do
6 do 7 you
7 you 8 mean
8 mean 10 "

["] [some] [folks] [think] [they] ['re] [mighty] [smart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 

oh , la [me] ! 
1 oh 3 la
2 , 3 la
3 la 5 !

like the knave [who] [stole] [the] [tart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 3 knave
2 the 3 knave

oh , la [me] ! 
1 oh 3 la
2 , 3 la
3 la 5 !

some folks will waken up [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] [fool] [mr] [jay] [!] ["] 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 will
3 will 4 waken
4 waken 5 up

" [is] [that] so [?] 
1 " 4 so

then [old] [mr] [toad] winked slowly and solemnly [at] [jolly] [,] [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [and] [started] [off] [to] [find] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 then 5 winked
5 winked 7 and
6 slowly 7 and
7 and 8 solemnly

[viii] 

[peter] [rabbit] [sends] [out] [word] 

it was a beautiful morning [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 morning
3 a 5 morning
4 beautiful 5 morning

everybody said so , and what everybody says is usually so [.] 
1 everybody 2 said
2 said 3 so
3 so 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 what
5 and 9 is
6 what 7 everybody
6 what 8 says
6 what 9 is
7 everybody 8 says
9 is 10 usually
9 is 11 so

[peter] [rabbit] [wore] [the] [broadest] [kind] [of] [a] [smile] [.] 

peter stopped them before they had a chance to run away [.] 
1 peter 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 them
2 stopped 4 before
4 before 5 they
4 before 6 had
5 they 6 had
6 had 8 chance
7 a 8 chance
8 chance 9 to
8 chance 10 run
9 to 10 run
10 run 11 away

sammy [jay] had risen very early that morning [.] 
1 sammy 3 had
3 had 4 risen
4 risen 6 early
4 risen 8 morning
5 very 6 early
7 that 8 morning

almost [at] [once] [his] sharp [eyes] [had] [seen] [peter] [rabbit] [sending] [out] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [.] 
1 almost 5 sharp

sammy 's wits [are] [as] [sharp] [as] [his] [eyes] , and you know it is very hard to really fool sharp wits [.] 
1 sammy 2 's
2 's 3 wits
3 wits 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 you
12 you 13 know
13 know 14 it
14 it 15 is
15 is 17 hard
16 very 17 hard
17 hard 18 to
17 hard 20 fool
18 to 20 fool
19 really 20 fool
20 fool 22 wits
21 sharp 22 wits

right [away] [sammy] [had] [guessed] [what] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] [hurrying] [so] [for] , but he sat and waited [and] [listened] [.] 
1 right 15 ,
15 , 19 and
16 but 17 he
17 he 18 sat
18 sat 19 and
19 and 20 waited

pretty soon [he] [heard] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [start] [a] [long] [rat-a-tat-tat] [over] [by] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] [tree] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon

[then] [sammy] [was] [sure] [that] [this] [was] [the] [day] [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] 

sammy grinned as he hurried [off] [to] [find] [blacky] [the] [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [.] 
1 sammy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 as
3 as 4 he
3 as 5 hurried
4 he 5 hurried

reddy was [not] [yet] out of [bed] , but when he heard [sammy] [jay] at his door , he tumbled out in a hurry [.] 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 6 of
5 out 6 of
6 of 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 19 he
9 but 20 tumbled
10 when 11 he
10 when 12 heard
10 when 19 he
11 he 12 heard
15 at 17 door
15 at 18 ,
15 at 19 he
16 his 17 door
19 he 20 tumbled
20 tumbled 21 out
20 tumbled 22 in
22 in 24 hurry
23 a 24 hurry

he didn't stop to get any breakfast , because he had planned to get all he could eat at the party [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 stop
3 stop 4 to
3 stop 5 get
4 to 5 get
5 get 7 breakfast
5 get 9 because
6 any 7 breakfast
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 he
9 because 12 planned
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 planned
12 planned 13 to
12 planned 14 get
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 all
14 get 19 at
15 all 16 he
15 all 18 eat
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 eat
19 at 21 party
20 the 21 party

so he hurried over [to] where the party was to be [.] 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 hurried
3 hurried 4 over
4 over 6 where
6 where 8 party
6 where 9 was
6 where 11 be
7 the 8 party
8 party 9 was
10 to 11 be

there he stretched himself out and made himself as [comfortable] as he could [.] 
1 there 2 he
2 he 6 and
3 stretched 4 himself
3 stretched 5 out
3 stretched 6 and
6 and 7 made
6 and 8 himself
6 and 9 as
9 as 13 could
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 could

pretty soon [shadow] [the] [weasel] [joined] [reddy] [fox] [in] [the] [hollow] [log] [,] [and] [they] [whispered] [and] [chuckled] [while] [they] [waited] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon

sammy [jay] [saw] [him] [there] [but] , [smart] [as] [sammy] [is] , he didn't [once] suspect innocent-looking [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 
1 sammy 7 ,
7 , 12 ,
12 , 13 he
12 , 16 suspect
13 he 14 didn't
16 suspect 17 innocent-looking

you see , he didn't know that [old] [mr] [toad] [had] [overheard] [all] [of] [his] [plans] [.] 
1 you 3 ,
2 see 3 ,
3 , 6 know
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 know
6 know 7 that

[ix] 

[mr] [.] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] [put] [their] [heads] [together] 

when he reached the ground , [prickly] [porky] [shook] [himself] [until] he [rattled] [the] [thousand] [little] [spears] hidden in his long coat [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 3 reached
1 when 6 ,
1 when 12 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 5 ground
4 the 5 ground
12 he 18 hidden
18 hidden 19 in
19 in 22 coat
20 his 22 coat
21 long 22 coat

" [tee-hee-hee] [!] " 
1 " 4 "

" [no] [one] [is] [laughing] [at] [you] [,] ["] replied a voice right behind him [.] 
1 " 10 replied
10 replied 13 right
11 a 13 right
12 voice 13 right
13 right 14 behind
14 behind 15 him

[prickly] [porky] [turned] [around] [.] 

[there] [sat] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 

his big mouth was [stretched] [wide] [open] [,] and he was laughing all to himself [.] 
1 his 3 mouth
2 big 3 mouth
3 mouth 4 was
4 was 9 and
9 and 11 was
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 laughing
12 laughing 13 all
12 laughing 14 to
13 all 14 to
14 to 15 himself

something was tickling [old] [mr] [toad] [mightily] [.] 
1 something 2 was
2 was 3 tickling

prickly [porky] [scowled] , and a few more little spears peeped out of his long coat [.] 
1 prickly 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 10 spears
5 and 11 peeped
6 a 7 few
7 few 8 more
8 more 9 little
9 little 10 spears
10 spears 11 peeped
11 peeped 13 of
12 out 13 of
13 of 16 coat
14 his 16 coat
15 long 16 coat

you know no one likes to be laughed at , and it certainly did look [as] [if] [old] [mr] [toad] was [laughing] at him [.] 
1 you 10 ,
2 know 4 one
2 know 10 ,
3 no 4 one
4 one 5 likes
5 likes 6 to
5 likes 9 at
7 be 9 at
8 laughed 9 at
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 it
11 and 21 was
12 it 14 did
13 certainly 14 did
14 did 15 look
21 was 23 at
23 at 24 him

[mr] [toad] [stopped] [laughing] [and] [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] [.] 

" [it] ['s] [a] [joke] [,] ["] said he , and slowly winked one eye [.] 
1 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
8 said 10 ,
8 said 12 slowly
8 said 13 winked
10 , 11 and
12 slowly 13 winked
13 winked 15 eye
14 one 15 eye

" [i] [don't] [see] [any] [joke] [,] " [said] [prickly] [porky] [,] [and] [his] [voice] [was] [very] [fretful] [.] 
1 " 8 "

[mr] [toad] [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] [.] 

" [are] [you] [going] [to] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [?] " 
1 " 11 "

["] [of] [course] [i] [am] [.] 

what a foolish question [,] ["] [replied] [prickly] [porky] [.] 
1 what 4 question
2 a 3 foolish
2 a 4 question
3 foolish 4 question

" [to] [be] [sure] [,] [a] [very] [foolish] [question] [,] [a] [very] [foolish] [question] [,] [indeed] [,] " [assented] [mr] [toad] [.] 
1 " 18 "

[old] [mr] [toad] [chuckled] [deep] [down] [in] [his] [throat] [.] 

" [i] was [underneath] a [piece] [of] bark [on] [which] [sammy] [jay] [was] [sitting] [when] [the] [plan] [was] [made] [.] 
1 " 3 was
3 was 8 bark
5 a 8 bark

of course he didn't know [i] [was] [there] [,] [and] of [course] [i] [didn't] [tell] him [.] ["] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 know
5 know 11 of
11 of 16 him

" [of] [course] [not] [,] " [interrupted] [prickly] [porky] [,] [beginning] [to] [grin] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [of] [course] [not] [,] " [continued] [mr] [toad] [,] [grinning] [,] [too] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [have] [you] [told] [peter] [rabbit] [?] " [asked] [prickly] [porky] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [not] [yet] [,] [but] [i] ['m] [going] [to] [,] [by] [and] [by] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 
1 " 15 "

["] [but] [first] [,] [i] [want] [you] [to] [help] [me] [fool] [sammy] [jay] [and] [blacky] [the] [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [.] 

will you [?] ["] 
1 will 2 you

" [of] [course] [i] [will] [if] [i] [can] [,] [but] [how] [can] [i] [?] " [answered] [prickly] [porky] [promptly] [.] 
1 " 15 "

old [mr] [toad] [hopped] [up] , and stretching up [on] [tiptoe] , [whispered] in one of [prickly] [porky] ['s] ears [.] 
1 old 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 stretching
7 and 12 ,
8 stretching 9 up
12 , 14 in
14 in 15 one
15 one 16 of
16 of 20 ears

[prickly] [porky] [began] [to] [smile] [.] 

then he began to chuckle [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 chuckle

finally he laughed until he had to hold his sides [.] 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 laughed
3 laughed 4 until
4 until 5 he
4 until 6 had
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 to
7 to 8 hold
8 hold 10 sides
9 his 10 sides

" [will] [you] [do] it [?] ["] asked [mr] [toad] [.] 
1 " 8 asked
5 it 8 asked

prickly [porky] [reached] [for] [his] [bundle] of tender [young] bark [.] 
1 prickly 7 of
7 of 10 bark
8 tender 10 bark

" [of] [course] [i] [will] [,] ["] said he , still chuckling [.] 
1 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
8 said 10 ,
8 said 11 still
11 still 12 chuckling

" [come] [on] [,] [mr] [toad] [,] [it] ['s] [time] [we] [were] [going] [.] " 
1 " 15 "

[x] 

[the] [runaway] [cabbage] 

reddy [fox] , [hiding] [with] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [in] [a] [hollow] [log] [near] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [home] [,] [nudged] [shadow] [with] [his] [elbow] [.] 
1 reddy 3 ,

" [i] [hear] [some] [one] [coming] , " he whispered [.] 
1 " 10 whispered
7 , 8 "
7 , 9 he
9 he 10 whispered

shadow peeped out [.] 
1 shadow 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 out

" [it] ['s] [old] [mr] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] , " he whispered back [.] 
1 " 13 whispered
10 , 11 "
10 , 12 he
12 he 13 whispered
13 whispered 14 back

" [and] [there] [comes] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [with] [a] [big-goose] [egg] [under] [each] [arm] [!] " [continued] [shadow] [,] [smacking] [his] [lips] [.] 
1 " 16 "

reddy [fox] wriggled [up] [where] [he] [could] [peep] [out] [,] [too] [.] 
1 reddy 3 wriggled

["] [my] [goodness] [!] 

what 's that coming down [the] [lone] [little] [path] [?] ["] [whispered] [reddy] [.] 
1 what 2 's
2 's 4 coming
2 's 5 down
3 that 4 coming

shadow looked [.] 
1 shadow 2 looked

then he began to [laugh] , and [reddy] began to laugh , too [.] 
1 then 2 he
1 then 9 began
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 6 ,
6 , 7 and
9 began 10 to
9 began 11 laugh
10 to 11 laugh
11 laugh 13 too
12 , 13 too

but it was [laughter] [that] [made] no sound , [for] [reddy] and [shadow] [didn't] [want] any one to know that they were hiding there [.] 
1 but 2 it
1 but 20 that
2 it 9 ,
3 was 8 sound
3 was 9 ,
7 no 8 sound
9 , 12 and
12 and 17 one
12 and 19 know
16 any 17 one
18 to 19 know
20 that 22 were
21 they 22 were
22 were 23 hiding
23 hiding 24 there

it was a funny sight they were peeping out at [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 sight
3 a 4 funny
3 a 5 sight
4 funny 5 sight
5 sight 6 they
5 sight 10 at
6 they 7 were
7 were 8 peeping
8 peeping 9 out
9 out 10 at

it certainly was a funny sight [.] 
1 it 3 was
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 6 sight
4 a 5 funny
4 a 6 sight
5 funny 6 sight

down [the] [lone] [little] [path] [came] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [his] [cousin] , [juniper] [the] [hare] , [rolling] a huge cabbage [.] 
1 down 12 ,
12 , 16 ,
16 , 20 cabbage
18 a 19 huge
19 huge 20 cabbage

right at the top of a little hill the cabbage got away from them [.] 
1 right 10 cabbage
2 at 4 top
2 at 10 cabbage
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
5 of 8 hill
6 a 7 little
6 a 8 hill
9 the 10 cabbage
10 cabbage 11 got
11 got 12 away
11 got 13 from
13 from 14 them

down [it] [started] , rolling and bounding along , with [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] the [hare] frantically [trying] [to] [catch] [it] [.] 
1 down 4 ,
4 , 6 and
5 rolling 6 and
6 and 7 bounding
6 and 10 with
7 bounding 8 along
9 , 10 with
10 with 17 frantically
15 the 17 frantically

just ahead was [johnny] [chuck] [with] a [big] bundle of [sweet] [clover] , which he was bringing [to] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] 
1 just 2 ahead
1 just 3 was
3 was 9 bundle
7 a 9 bundle
9 bundle 10 of
10 of 13 ,
13 , 14 which
13 , 16 was
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 bringing

he didn't see the big cabbage coming [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
3 see 6 cabbage
4 the 6 cabbage
5 big 6 cabbage
6 cabbage 7 coming

it knocked his feet from under [him] , and down he went with a thump , flat on his back [.] 
1 it 2 knocked
2 knocked 4 feet
2 knocked 5 from
3 his 4 feet
4 feet 5 from
5 from 6 under
6 under 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 he
9 and 12 went
10 down 11 he
11 he 12 went
12 went 13 with
12 went 18 on
13 with 16 ,
14 a 15 thump
15 thump 16 ,
16 , 17 flat
18 on 20 back
19 his 20 back

right [on] [top] of [him] [fell] [jumper] [the] [hare] , who was close behind the runaway cabbage and had no time to turn aside [.] 
1 right 4 of
4 of 10 ,
10 , 18 and
11 who 18 and
12 was 13 close
12 was 18 and
13 close 14 behind
14 behind 17 cabbage
15 the 17 cabbage
16 runaway 17 cabbage
18 and 19 had
19 had 21 time
19 had 24 aside
20 no 21 time
21 time 22 to
21 time 23 turn
22 to 23 turn

over the two of them [fell] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 over 3 two
2 the 3 two
3 two 4 of
4 of 5 them

such a mix-up [!] 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 mix-up

and the big cabbage kept right on running away [.] 
1 and 4 cabbage
1 and 5 kept
2 the 4 cabbage
3 big 4 cabbage
4 cabbage 5 kept
5 kept 6 right
5 kept 7 on
6 right 7 on
7 on 8 running
8 running 9 away

jimmy [skunk] [,] [who] [never] [hurries] [,] heard the noise behind him and turned to see what it all meant [.] 
1 jimmy 13 and
8 heard 10 noise
8 heard 11 behind
8 heard 13 and
9 the 10 noise
10 noise 11 behind
11 behind 12 him
13 and 14 turned
13 and 15 to
15 to 16 see
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 it
17 what 20 meant
18 it 20 meant
19 all 20 meant

but he didn't have time to more than blink his eyes before the runaway cabbage hit him full in the stomach [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 4 have
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 have
4 have 5 time
4 have 6 to
4 have 8 than
5 time 6 to
6 to 7 more
8 than 9 blink
9 blink 11 eyes
10 his 11 eyes
11 eyes 12 before
11 eyes 18 full
12 before 14 runaway
13 the 14 runaway
14 runaway 15 cabbage
14 runaway 16 hit
15 cabbage 16 hit
16 hit 17 him
18 full 19 in
19 in 21 stomach
20 the 21 stomach

[down] [went] [jimmy] [skunk] [with] [a] [grunt] [.] 

one big egg flew over against a tree and broke [.] 
1 one 3 egg
2 big 3 egg
3 egg 9 and
4 flew 5 over
4 flew 6 against
4 flew 9 and
6 against 8 tree
7 a 8 tree
9 and 10 broke

jimmy landed on the other , and this broke , too [.] 
1 jimmy 2 landed
1 jimmy 7 and
2 landed 3 on
3 on 5 other
4 the 5 other
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 this
7 and 9 broke
9 broke 11 too
10 , 11 too

such a [sight] [as] [jimmy] [skunk] [was] [!] 
1 such 2 a

egg dripped from every part of his handsome black and white coat [.] 
1 egg 2 dripped
2 dripped 3 from
3 from 5 part
4 every 5 part
5 part 6 of
6 of 12 coat
7 his 12 coat
8 handsome 12 coat
9 black 10 and
10 and 11 white
10 and 12 coat

it was in his eyes and all over his face and dripped from his whiskers [.] 
1 it 11 and
2 was 3 in
2 was 11 and
3 in 6 and
4 his 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 and
6 and 7 all
6 and 8 over
7 all 8 over
8 over 10 face
9 his 10 face
11 and 12 dripped
11 and 13 from
13 from 15 whiskers
14 his 15 whiskers

it knocked all the wind out of [mr] [toad] , and [of] [course] [striped] [chipmunk] [spilled] all [his] [corn] [.] 
1 it 2 knocked
2 knocked 3 all
2 knocked 7 of
3 all 4 the
3 all 5 wind
4 the 5 wind
6 out 7 of
7 of 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 17 all

[prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [heard] [the] [noise] [.] 

he looked [up] to see a strange thing bounding down [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 8 thing
5 see 10 down
6 a 8 thing
7 strange 8 thing
8 thing 9 bounding

[prickly] [porky] [didn't] [wait] [to] [see] [what] [it] [was] [.] 

the runaway cabbage bounced off the stump and hit [prickly] [porky] [.] 
1 the 3 cabbage
2 runaway 3 cabbage
3 cabbage 8 and
4 bounced 5 off
4 bounced 8 and
5 off 7 stump
6 the 7 stump
8 and 9 hit

then it stopped [.] 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 stopped

[xi] 

[reddy] [fox] [goes] [hungry] 

like a great [green] [pincushion] [lay] [the] [runaway] cabbage [of] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] [.] 
1 like 9 cabbage
2 a 9 cabbage
3 great 9 cabbage

every one thought it was the very best joke ever [.] 
1 every 2 one
2 one 3 thought
3 thought 4 it
3 thought 5 was
4 it 5 was
5 was 9 joke
5 was 10 ever
6 the 7 very
6 the 8 best
6 the 9 joke

jimmy [skunk] had gone off to take a bath and get [two] [more] eggs [for] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] 
1 jimmy 3 had
3 had 4 gone
4 gone 5 off
4 gone 6 to
6 to 10 and
7 take 9 bath
7 take 10 and
8 a 9 bath
10 and 11 get
11 get 14 eggs

shadow smacked his lips [.] 
1 shadow 2 smacked
2 smacked 4 lips
3 his 4 lips

he meant to have those eggs himself [.] 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
2 meant 4 have
3 to 4 have
4 have 6 eggs
4 have 7 himself
5 those 6 eggs

my [,] [such] [a] feast [as] was [spread] [out] [there] [!] 
1 my 5 feast
5 feast 7 was

[over] [in] [the] [top] [of] [a] [tall] [pine] [tree] [blacky] [the] [crow] [was] [hiding] [and] [chuckling] [to] [himself] [as] [he] [watched] [.] 

reddy [fox] was [getting] impatient [.] 
1 reddy 3 was
3 was 5 impatient

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

it seemed as if his stomach would just give him no peace at all [.] 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 4 if
3 as 4 if
4 if 6 stomach
4 if 9 give
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 would
7 would 9 give
8 just 9 give
9 give 10 him
9 give 12 peace
9 give 13 at
11 no 12 peace
12 peace 13 at
13 at 14 all

he [wished] that [sammy] [jay] [would] [bring] [the] [false] [message] [that] [bowser] [the] [hound] was [coming] [,] [so] [as] to frighten all the rest away [.] 
1 he 3 that
3 that 15 was
15 was 20 to
20 to 21 frighten
21 frighten 22 all
21 frighten 25 away
22 all 23 the
22 all 24 rest
23 the 24 rest

" [i] ['m] [nearly] [starved] [!] " [whispered] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [i] [hope] [sammy] [jay] [will] [hurry] [up] [.] " 
1 " 10 "

[just] [then] [they] [noticed] [that] [peter] [rabbit] [was] [very] [busy] [.] 

he hopped from guest to guest and whispered in the ear of each [.] 
1 he 7 and
2 hopped 3 from
2 hopped 7 and
3 from 4 guest
4 guest 5 to
5 to 6 guest
7 and 8 whispered
7 and 9 in
9 in 11 ear
10 the 11 ear
11 ear 12 of
12 of 13 each

" [now] [i] [wonder] [what] [peter] [rabbit] [is] [whispering] [about] [,] " [said] [reddy] [.] 
1 " 12 "

suddenly the light at the end of the hollow log disappeared [.] 
1 suddenly 3 light
2 the 3 light
3 light 4 at
3 light 11 disappeared
4 at 6 end
5 the 6 end
6 end 7 of
7 of 10 log
8 the 10 log
9 hollow 10 log

there was a queer rattling sound that sent shivers up [and] [down] [reddy] ['s] [backbone] [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 6 sound
3 a 4 queer
3 a 6 sound
4 queer 6 sound
5 rattling 6 sound
6 sound 7 that
6 sound 8 sent
7 that 8 sent
8 sent 9 shivers
8 sent 10 up

[reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] [in] [a] [prison] [.] 

you see there was no other opening to the hollow log [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 there
2 see 4 was
3 there 4 was
4 was 7 opening
4 was 8 to
5 no 6 other
6 other 7 opening
7 opening 8 to
8 to 11 log
9 the 10 hollow
9 the 11 log

" [never] [mind] [,] ["] [whispered] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [,] ["] he ['ll] [go] [away] [when] [sammy] [jay] [shouts] [that] [bowser] [the] [hound] is coming [.] ["] 
1 " 12 he
12 he 24 is
24 is 25 coming

blacky [the] [crow] [,] hidden in the top of the tall pine [,] [was] [also] [wondering] [what] [peter] [was] [whispering] [.] 
1 blacky 5 hidden
5 hidden 6 in
6 in 8 top
7 the 8 top
8 top 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 tall
11 tall 12 pine

now , [sammy] [jay] [knew] [nothing] [about] [all] [this] [.] 
1 now 2 ,

now , [sammy] , with [all] [his] faults [,] [is] [one] of the best watchmen [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 4 ,
4 , 5 with
5 with 8 faults
8 faults 12 of
12 of 15 watchmen
13 the 14 best
13 the 15 watchmen

if there is any danger which his sharp eyes discover , he always screams at the top of his lungs [.] 
1 if 2 there
1 if 3 is
1 if 11 ,
1 if 12 he
2 there 3 is
3 is 5 danger
4 any 5 danger
5 danger 6 which
5 danger 10 discover
6 which 9 eyes
6 which 10 discover
7 his 9 eyes
8 sharp 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 discover
12 he 14 screams
13 always 14 screams
14 screams 15 at
15 at 17 top
16 the 17 top
17 top 18 of
18 of 20 lungs
19 his 20 lungs

because [sammy] [knew] [this] he felt sure of breaking up this party [.] 
1 because 5 he
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 7 sure
7 sure 8 of
8 of 9 breaking
9 breaking 10 up
9 breaking 12 party
11 this 12 party

["] [run] [!] [run] [!] [run] [!] 

here [comes] [bowser] [the] [hound] , " [he] [shouted] [.] 
1 here 6 ,
6 , 7 "

still no one moved [.] 
1 still 3 one
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 moved

sammy stopped on a tall pine and pretended to be terribly excited [.] 
1 sammy 7 and
2 stopped 3 on
2 stopped 7 and
3 on 6 pine
4 a 6 pine
5 tall 6 pine
7 and 8 pretended
7 and 9 to
9 to 10 be
10 be 12 excited
11 terribly 12 excited

" [you] [had] [better] [run] [before] [bowser] [gets] [here] , " he shouted [.] 
1 " 13 shouted
10 , 11 "
10 , 12 he
12 he 13 shouted

what do you think happened then [?] 
1 what 2 do
1 what 5 happened
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
4 think 5 happened
5 happened 6 then

why , [everybody] [set] [up] [a] [great] [shout] [.] 
1 why 2 ,

" [ha] [!] [ha] [!] [ha] [!] " [laughed] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [ho] [!] [ho] [!] [ho] [!] " [shouted] [johnny] [chuck] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [hee] [!] [hee] [!] [hee] [!] " [giggled] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [what] [time] [will] [bowser] [get] [here] [?] " [asked] [bobby] [coon] [,] [gravely] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" [tell] [bowser] [that] [we] [are] [all] [waiting] [for] [him] [,] " [added] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 12 "

" [is] [bowser] [quite] [out] [of] [breath] [?] " [inquired] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 " 9 "

sammy [jay] didn't know what to do [or] what to say [.] 
1 sammy 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 know
4 know 5 what
4 know 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 9 what
9 what 10 to
9 what 11 say
10 to 11 say

you [see] [,] [old] [mr] [toad] had [told] [peter] [all] [about] [sammy] ['s] [plan] , and this is [what] [peter] [had] [been] whispering to [the] [others] [.] 
1 you 7 had
7 had 15 ,
15 , 18 is
16 and 17 this
17 this 18 is
18 is 23 whispering
23 whispering 24 to

[xii] 

[prickly] [porky] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

peter [rabbit] 's [party] [promised] [to] [be] a [great] success [.] 
1 peter 3 's
3 's 10 success
8 a 10 success

prickly [porky] settled [himself] [very] [comfortably] [and] [began] [to] [tell] [stories] [about] [his] [home] [,] [way] up in the [north] [woods] [.] 
1 prickly 3 settled
3 settled 17 up
17 up 18 in
18 in 19 the

worse [still] , he was so hungry that he could cry [.] 
1 worse 3 ,
1 worse 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 7 hungry
6 so 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 that
8 that 9 he
8 that 11 cry
9 he 10 could
10 could 11 cry

[shadow] [the] [weasel] [felt] [just] [as] [uncomfortable] [as] [reddy] [fox] [,] [and] [shadow] [is] [very] [short-tempered] [.] 

[every] [time] [reddy] [moved] [and] [squeezed] [shadow] [,] [shadow] [would] [snap] [at] [him] [.] 

he certainly was enjoying himself [.] 
1 he 3 was
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 enjoying
4 enjoying 5 himself

it tickled him almost to pieces to think [how] [easily] he had [trapped] [smart] [reddy] [fox] [,] [the] [boaster] [.] 
1 it 2 tickled
2 tickled 3 him
2 tickled 4 almost
2 tickled 7 to
4 almost 5 to
5 to 6 pieces
7 to 8 think
8 think 11 he
8 think 12 had
11 he 12 had

only [sammy] [jay] [,] [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] [unhappy] [,] [and] [of] [course] no one cared [for] that [.] 
1 only 21 no
21 no 22 one
22 one 23 cared
23 cared 25 that

[xiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [hungry] 

unc ['] [billy] [didn't] [like] the [cold] weather [.] 
1 unc 8 weather
6 the 8 weather

and all the time he would be saying : 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
2 all 4 time
2 all 9 :
3 the 4 time
4 time 5 he
4 time 7 be
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 saying

" [way] [down] [souf] [de] [sun] [am] [shinin] ['] [yas] [,] [sah] [,] [dat] [am] so [!] 
1 " 16 so

fo ' [dat] lan ['] mah [heart] [am] pinin ['] [yas] , [sah] , dat [am] [so] ! 
1 fo 2 '
2 ' 4 lan
4 lan 6 mah
6 mah 9 pinin
9 pinin 15 dat
12 , 14 ,
14 , 15 dat
15 dat 18 !

now [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [prepared] [for] [the] [winter] [by] [getting] [just] [as] [fat] [as] he knew how [.] 
1 now 16 he
16 he 17 knew
17 knew 18 how

he was so [fat] that he could [hardly] [waddle] [when] [jack] [frost] [first] [came] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 5 that
5 that 7 could
6 he 7 could

now [johnny] [chuck] [just] [slept] [and] [slept] [and] [slept] , [without] [waking] once [the] [whole] [winter] [long] [.] 
1 now 10 ,
10 , 13 once

but [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [couldn't] [sleep] [like] that [.] 
1 but 9 that

he had to stick his head out [every] little [while] to see how the world was getting along without him [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to
2 had 11 to
2 had 12 see
3 to 4 stick
4 stick 6 head
4 stick 7 out
4 stick 9 little
5 his 6 head
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 how
13 how 15 world
13 how 16 was
14 the 15 world
15 world 16 was
16 was 17 getting
17 getting 18 along
17 getting 19 without
19 without 20 him

but he didn't enjoy it much [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 4 enjoy
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 enjoy
4 enjoy 5 it
4 enjoy 6 much

it made his feet cold [,] [and] [then] [he] [didn't] [like] [the] [tracks] [he] [made] [.] 
1 it 2 made
2 made 4 feet
2 made 5 cold
3 his 4 feet

so [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] go [out] [very] [much] , and [very] seldom [indeed] when the snow was soft [.] 
1 so 11 and
6 go 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 15 when
11 and 18 was
13 seldom 15 when
16 the 17 snow
17 snow 18 was
18 was 19 soft

it seemed [to] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] as if the winter never , never would go [.] 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 9 if
8 as 9 if
9 if 11 winter
9 if 16 go
10 the 11 winter
11 winter 15 would
12 never 15 would
13 , 14 never
14 never 15 would
15 would 16 go

he was beginning to grow thin now , and of course he was getting hungry [.] 
1 he 9 and
2 was 3 beginning
2 was 9 and
3 beginning 4 to
3 beginning 5 grow
4 to 5 grow
5 grow 6 thin
7 now 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 was
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 getting
14 getting 15 hungry

he began to think about it , and [the] more he thought about it , [the] [hungrier] he grew [.] 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 4 think
3 to 4 think
4 think 5 about
4 think 8 and
4 think 11 he
4 think 12 thought
6 it 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 more
11 he 12 thought
12 thought 13 about
12 thought 15 ,
12 thought 18 he
12 thought 19 grew
13 about 14 it
18 he 19 grew

one morning he stuck his head [out] of his doorway , [and] [whom] [should] [he] [see] trotting along [below] [but] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 one 2 morning
2 morning 3 he
3 he 4 stuck
4 stuck 6 head
5 his 6 head
6 head 8 of
8 of 11 ,
9 his 10 doorway
10 doorway 11 ,
11 , 17 trotting
17 trotting 18 along

jimmy looked fat and comfortable [and] as if he did not mind the cold weather at all [.] 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 15 weather
2 looked 16 at
3 fat 4 and
4 and 5 comfortable
4 and 15 weather
5 comfortable 8 if
7 as 8 if
8 if 9 he
8 if 12 mind
9 he 10 did
10 did 11 not
10 did 12 mind
11 not 12 mind
12 mind 14 cold
13 the 14 cold
15 weather 16 at
16 at 17 all

" [good] [mo'ning] [,] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 8 "

jimmy [skunk] looked up [.] 
1 jimmy 3 looked
3 looked 4 up

" [hello] , [unc] ['] [billy] [!] " he exclaimed [.] 
1 " 10 exclaimed
3 , 8 "
3 , 9 he
9 he 10 exclaimed

" [i] [haven't] [seen] [you] [for] [a] [long] [time] [!] " 
1 " 11 "

" [whar] [yo] ['] [been] [,] [jimmy] [skunk] [?] " [asked] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 10 "

jimmy winked one eye [.] 
1 jimmy 2 winked
2 winked 4 eye
3 one 4 eye

" getting my breakfast of nice fresh eggs , " he replied [.] 
1 " 12 replied
2 getting 4 breakfast
2 getting 9 ,
2 getting 11 he
3 my 4 breakfast
4 breakfast 5 of
5 of 8 eggs
6 nice 8 eggs
7 fresh 8 eggs
9 , 10 "
11 he 12 replied

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [mouth] [began] [to] [water] [.] 

" [did] [yo] ['] [leave] [any] [?] " he anxiously inquired [.] 
1 " 11 inquired
8 " 9 he
9 he 11 inquired
10 anxiously 11 inquired

[unc] ['] [billy] [couldn't] [sleep] [any] [more] [now] [.] 

no , [sir] [,] [he] [couldn't] [sleep] [a] [wink] [.] 
1 no 2 ,

all he could do was to think [how] [hungry] he was [.] 
1 all 2 he
1 all 4 do
1 all 5 was
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
5 was 6 to
6 to 7 think
7 think 10 he
7 think 11 was
10 he 11 was

finally [unc] ['] [billy] [made] up [his] [mind] [.] 
1 finally 6 up

" [ah] ['m] [going] [up] [there] [the] [very] [first] [dark] [night] [!] ["] said he [.] 
1 " 14 said
14 said 15 he

[xiv] 

[old] [mrs] [possum] [grows] [worried] 

" [one] [,] [two] [,] [three] [,] [four] [,] [five] [,] [six] [,] [seven] [,] [eight] [.] " 
1 " 18 "

they were all there [.] 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 all
3 all 4 there

just as soon as the beautiful spring came , they would one by one slip away [.] 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 10 they
4 as 7 spring
4 as 8 came
4 as 9 ,
4 as 10 they
5 the 7 spring
6 beautiful 7 spring
7 spring 8 came
10 they 11 would
11 would 15 slip
12 one 13 by
13 by 14 one
14 one 15 slip
15 slip 16 away

[mrs] [possum] [sighed] [again] [.] 

she didn't like winter [.] 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 winter

no , [sir] [,] she didn't like winter one bit [.] 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 5 she
5 she 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 like
7 like 8 winter
8 winter 9 one
8 winter 10 bit
9 one 10 bit

but when she thought of how her babies would leave her , she almost wished that spring never would come [.] 
1 but 13 she
1 but 15 wished
2 when 3 she
2 when 12 ,
2 when 13 she
3 she 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 how
6 how 10 leave
7 her 8 babies
8 babies 9 would
9 would 10 leave
10 leave 11 her
13 she 15 wished
14 almost 15 wished
15 wished 16 that
16 that 17 spring
16 that 20 come
17 spring 19 would
18 never 19 would
19 would 20 come

sure that her babies were warm and comfortable [,] [old] [mrs] [possum] [went] [to] [the] [door] [and] [looked] [out] [.] 
1 sure 2 that
2 that 4 babies
2 that 5 were
3 her 4 babies
4 babies 5 were
5 were 7 and
6 warm 7 and
7 and 8 comfortable

it was [plain] to be seen that [mrs] [possum] was [worried] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 to
2 was 7 that
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 seen
7 that 10 was

that was the tenth time she had looked out in half an hour [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 5 time
2 was 9 out
3 the 5 time
4 tenth 5 time
5 time 6 she
5 time 8 looked
6 she 7 had
7 had 8 looked
9 out 10 in
10 in 11 half
11 half 12 an
11 half 13 hour
12 an 13 hour

her sharp little old face looked sharper than ever [.] 
1 her 5 face
2 sharp 5 face
3 little 5 face
4 old 5 face
5 face 6 looked
6 looked 7 sharper
7 sharper 9 ever
8 than 9 ever

it always looks sharper when she is worried , just as the tongues of some people always grow sharper when they are worried [.] 
1 it 3 looks
2 always 3 looks
3 looks 4 sharper
4 sharper 5 when
5 when 6 she
5 when 7 is
6 she 7 is
7 is 8 worried
8 worried 11 as
9 , 11 as
10 just 11 as
11 as 13 tongues
11 as 18 grow
12 the 13 tongues
13 tongues 14 of
13 tongues 18 grow
14 of 16 people
15 some 16 people
17 always 18 grow
18 grow 19 sharper
19 sharper 20 when
20 when 21 they
20 when 22 are
21 they 22 are
22 are 23 worried

["] [ah] [don] ['] [see] [what] [can] [be] [keepin] ['] [mah] [ol] ['] [man] [!] 

ah ['m] plumb worried [to] death [,] ["] [muttered] [old] [mrs] [possum] [.] 
1 ah 6 death
3 plumb 4 worried
4 worried 6 death

right that very minute she heard a noise outside that made her hurry to the door and thrust her head out once more [.] 
1 right 2 that
2 that 4 minute
3 very 4 minute
4 minute 9 outside
5 she 6 heard
6 heard 8 noise
7 a 8 noise
8 noise 9 outside
9 outside 10 that
10 that 17 and
11 made 13 hurry
11 made 14 to
11 made 17 and
12 her 13 hurry
13 hurry 14 to
14 to 16 door
15 the 16 door
17 and 18 thrust
17 and 20 head
17 and 21 out
17 and 22 once
17 and 23 more
18 thrust 19 her

it was [sammy] [jay] , shrieking : 
1 it 5 ,
2 was 5 ,
5 , 6 shrieking
6 shrieking 7 :

["] [thief] [!] 

[thief] [!] 

[thief] [!] ["] [at] [the] [top] [of] [his] [lungs] [.] 

" [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [jay] [,] ["] said she [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 10 she

" [hello] [!] " [exclaimed] [sammy] [jay] [,] [not] [at] [all] [politely] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [where] ['s] [uncle] [billy] [possum] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

" he [done] [go] [out] [fo] ['] [a] [walk] [,] ["] replied [old] [mrs] [possum] [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 12 replied

" [ah] [reckons] [yo'all] [just] [got] [up] [,] [or] [yo] ['] [would] [have] [met] [up] [with] [him] [somewhere] [.] " 
1 " 20 "

sammy 's temper flared up right away [.] 
1 sammy 2 's
2 's 3 temper
3 temper 4 flared
4 flared 5 up
4 flared 6 right
6 right 7 away

" [i] ['ve] [been] [up] [ever] [since] [sun-up] [!] " [he] [sputtered] [.] 
1 " 10 "

no , [sir] [,] [i] [wouldn't] [blame] [him] [the] [least] [bit] [!] " 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 13 "

["] [keep] [your] [temper] [,] [brer] [jay] [!] 

keep your temper , do , [oh] [pray] [!] ["] 
1 keep 3 temper
1 keep 4 ,
2 your 3 temper
4 , 5 do
5 do 6 ,

said [old] [mrs] [possum] , [grinning] [in] [the] [most] [aggravating] [way] as she turned back to her babies [.] 
1 said 5 ,
5 , 12 as
12 as 13 she
12 as 14 turned
13 she 14 turned
14 turned 15 back
15 back 16 to
16 to 18 babies
17 her 18 babies

she had found out what [she] [wanted] [to] [know] [sammy] [jay] [had] [seen] [nothing] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 she 2 had
2 had 4 out
3 found 4 out
4 out 5 what

[old] [mrs] [possum] [sat] [down] [with] [her] [head] [in] [her] [hands] [.] 

she was more worried than ever [.] 
1 she 2 was
2 was 4 worried
3 more 4 worried
4 worried 5 than
5 than 6 ever

[xv] 

[the] [foolishness] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

but all those things did happen [.] 
1 but 2 all
2 all 3 those
2 all 4 things
2 all 5 did
3 those 4 things
5 did 6 happen

[after] [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [mentioned] [his] [fine] [breakfast] [of] [fresh] [eggs] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [couldn't] [think] [of] [anything] [else] [.] 

he knew well enough where [jimmy] [had] [found] [those] [eggs] [.] 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 well
2 knew 5 where
3 well 4 enough

yes , indeed [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [all] [about] [it] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed

he could see the rows of nests and the beautiful brown eggs in them [.] 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 see
3 see 8 and
4 the 8 and
5 rows 6 of
5 rows 8 and
6 of 7 nests
8 and 12 eggs
8 and 13 in
9 the 12 eggs
10 beautiful 12 eggs
11 brown 12 eggs
13 in 14 them

jimmy [skunk] couldn't climb , [and] so he could have gotten [only] the eggs in the lower nests [.] 
1 jimmy 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 climb
4 climb 7 so
4 climb 15 in
5 , 7 so
7 so 8 he
7 so 11 gotten
8 he 9 could
10 have 11 gotten
11 gotten 14 eggs
13 the 14 eggs
14 eggs 15 in
15 in 18 nests
16 the 18 nests
17 lower 18 nests

he [hadn't] [been] there , and he couldn't go [now] , because it was [daylight] [.] 
1 he 14 was
4 there 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
6 and 11 ,
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 go
11 , 12 because
12 because 13 it
13 it 14 was

it made him more and more uneasy and fidgety [.] 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 him
2 made 8 and
4 more 5 and
5 and 6 more
6 more 7 uneasy
7 uneasy 8 and
8 and 9 fidgety

[old] [mrs] [possum] [couldn't] [stand] [it] [.] 

" [what] [all] [am] [the] [matter] [with] [yo] ['] ? " she snapped [.] 
1 " 13 snapped
10 ? 11 "
10 ? 12 she
12 she 13 snapped

" [ah] [do] [wish] [yo] ['] [would] [keep] [still] [a] [minute] [!] " 
1 " 13 "

unc ['] [billy] [muttered] [something] , but all that [mrs] [possum] [could] [hear] was ["] eggs [.] ["] 
1 unc 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 9 that
7 but 14 was
8 all 9 that
14 was 16 eggs

" [now] [don't] [yo'all] [get] [to] [thinking] [of] [such] [foolishness] [as] [eggs] [,] " she commanded [.] 
1 " 16 commanded
14 " 15 she
15 she 16 commanded

["] [it] [isn't] [safe] [to] [be] [snooping] [around] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [when] [there] ['s] [snow] [on] [the] [ground] [.] 

yo ['] just fo'get all about eggs [!] 
1 yo 4 fo'get
3 just 4 fo'get
4 fo'get 5 all
4 fo'get 6 about
5 all 6 about
6 about 7 eggs

do yo ['] hear [what] [ah] [say] [?] ["] 
1 do 2 yo
1 do 4 hear

unc ['] [billy] [nodded] that [he] [did] [.] 
1 unc 5 that

but just the same he couldn't think of anything else [.] 
1 but 4 same
1 but 5 he
2 just 4 same
3 the 4 same
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 think
7 think 8 of
8 of 9 anything
9 anything 10 else

just [the] [same] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [that] he had got to have a nice fresh egg [.] 
1 just 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 got
12 got 13 to
12 got 14 have
13 to 14 have
14 have 18 egg
15 a 18 egg
16 nice 18 egg
17 fresh 18 egg

he had got to have it [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 it

that is all there was about it [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 all
3 all 4 there
3 all 5 was
4 there 5 was
5 was 6 about
6 about 7 it

" [where] [are] [yo] ['] [going] [?] " [demanded] [mrs] [possum] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [just] [to] [stretch] [the] [kinks] [out] [of] [mah] [legs] [,] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 12 "

[old] [mrs] [possum] [looked] [after] [him] [suspiciously] [.] 

" [don't] [yo] ['] [go] [fo] ['] [to] [do] [any] [foolishness] [!] ["] she called [.] 
1 " 14 she
14 she 15 called

[unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [answer] [.] 

he was on his way to [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 on
3 on 5 way
4 his 5 way
5 way 6 to
6 to 10 hen-house

[xvi] 

[why] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [didn't] [go] [home] 

unc ['] [billy] [possum] had [a] [very] [good] [reason] [for] [not] [going] [home] [,] [a] [very] [good] [reason] [,] [indeed] [.] 
1 unc 5 had

even [old] [mrs] [possum] [would] [have] [thought] it [was] [a] [good] [reason] [,] [could] [she] [have] [known] [it] [.] 
1 even 8 it

sometimes he felt little shivers of fear run all over him as he thought of what might become of him if he should be found [.] 
1 sometimes 2 he
2 he 3 felt
3 felt 5 shivers
3 felt 21 if
4 little 5 shivers
5 shivers 6 of
5 shivers 8 run
5 shivers 15 of
5 shivers 18 become
5 shivers 19 of
6 of 7 fear
8 run 10 over
8 run 12 as
9 all 10 over
10 over 11 him
12 as 13 he
12 as 14 thought
13 he 14 thought
15 of 16 what
16 what 17 might
19 of 20 him
21 if 22 he
21 if 25 found
22 he 23 should
23 should 24 be
24 be 25 found

now [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [very] , [very] [crafty] [.] 
1 now 7 ,

but with all his craft , there was one thing [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] [.] 
1 but 5 craft
1 but 6 ,
2 with 3 all
3 all 4 his
4 his 5 craft
6 , 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 10 thing
9 one 10 thing

yes , [sir] [,] there was one thing [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] [all] [about] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 8 thing
7 one 8 thing

he forgot to keep his tail up [.] 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 to
2 forgot 4 keep
3 to 4 keep
4 keep 6 tail
4 keep 7 up
5 his 6 tail

[ [illustration] : he just ate and ate until he couldn't eat another one [.] []] 
1 [ 3 :
3 : 7 and
4 he 7 and
5 just 6 ate
6 ate 7 and
7 and 8 ate
7 and 9 until
9 until 10 he
9 until 12 eat
10 he 11 couldn't
11 couldn't 12 eat
12 eat 14 one
13 another 14 one

when [unc] ['] [billy] was [safely] in the hen-house [,] [he] [hurried] [from] [one] nest [to] [another] [.] 
1 when 5 was
5 was 7 in
7 in 15 nest
8 the 15 nest
9 hen-house 15 nest

there were eggs , plenty of them [.] 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 eggs
3 eggs 5 plenty
4 , 5 plenty
5 plenty 6 of
6 of 7 them

it seemed to him that nothing he had ever seen before had looked [half] so good as those eggs [.] 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 5 that
3 to 4 him
5 that 6 nothing
5 that 13 looked
6 nothing 7 he
6 nothing 10 seen
6 nothing 12 had
7 he 8 had
8 had 10 seen
9 ever 10 seen
10 seen 11 before
12 had 13 looked
13 looked 16 good
15 so 16 good
16 good 17 as
17 as 19 eggs
18 those 19 eggs

he just ate and ate and ate until he couldn't eat another one [.] 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 ate
3 ate 4 and
4 and 5 ate
5 ate 6 and
6 and 7 ate
7 ate 8 until
8 until 9 he
9 he 13 one
10 couldn't 13 one
11 eat 12 another
12 another 13 one

now a full stomach is very apt to make a sleepy head [.] 
1 now 4 stomach
2 a 3 full
2 a 4 stomach
3 full 4 stomach
4 stomach 5 is
5 is 7 apt
6 very 7 apt
7 apt 8 to
7 apt 9 make
8 to 9 make
9 make 12 head
10 a 11 sleepy
10 a 12 head
11 sleepy 12 head

unc ['] [billy] [knew] that the thing for him to do was to [hurry] [home] [as] [fast] [as] [he] [could] [go] [,] [but] [he] [didn't] [.] 
1 unc 13 to
5 that 7 thing
6 the 7 thing
7 thing 8 for
7 thing 10 to
7 thing 11 do
7 thing 12 was
8 for 9 him
10 to 11 do
12 was 13 to

no , [sir] [,] he didn't do it [.] 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 do
7 do 8 it

the hen-house was warm and [here] were some of the nicest nests of hay [.] 
1 the 2 hen-house
2 hen-house 5 and
3 was 4 warm
3 was 5 and
5 and 7 were
7 were 12 nests
8 some 9 of
8 some 12 nests
9 of 12 nests
10 the 11 nicest
10 the 12 nests
12 nests 13 of
13 of 14 hay

why not [take] a teeny , weeny nap before he started back home [?] 
1 why 10 he
2 not 8 nap
2 not 10 he
4 a 5 teeny
4 a 8 nap
5 teeny 6 ,
5 teeny 8 nap
7 weeny 8 nap
8 nap 9 before
10 he 11 started
11 started 12 back
12 back 13 home

unc ['] [billy] climbed [to] the very [last] nest in the topmost row , way up in a dark corner [.] 
1 unc 4 climbed
4 climbed 10 in
6 the 7 very
6 the 9 nest
9 nest 10 in
10 in 13 row
11 the 13 row
12 topmost 13 row
13 row 16 up
14 , 16 up
15 way 16 up
16 up 17 in
17 in 20 corner
18 a 20 corner
19 dark 20 corner

it hadn't been used for a long time [,] [but] it was [full] [of] [nice] [,] [soft] [hay] [.] 
1 it 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 used
4 used 5 for
5 for 8 time
6 a 7 long
6 a 8 time
7 long 8 time
8 time 11 it
8 time 12 was
11 it 12 was

he didn't open them again until he heard an angry voice right close to him [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 open
3 open 4 them
3 open 5 again
3 open 6 until
6 until 7 he
6 until 8 heard
7 he 8 heard
8 heard 12 right
8 heard 14 to
9 an 10 angry
9 an 12 right
10 angry 11 voice
11 voice 12 right
12 right 14 to
13 close 14 to
14 to 15 him

he peeped out [.] 
1 he 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 out

farmer [brown] 's boy was angry [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 was
5 was 6 angry

yes , indeed , he was very [,] very angry [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
3 indeed 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 10 angry
7 very 9 very
9 very 10 angry

[unc] ['] [billy] [shivered] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 

then he snuggled down out of sight under the hay of the nest [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 snuggled
3 snuggled 4 down
4 down 6 of
4 down 8 under
5 out 6 of
6 of 7 sight
7 sight 8 under
8 under 10 hay
9 the 10 hay
10 hay 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 nest

[xvii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lies] [low] 

farmer [brown] 's boy was angry [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 was
5 was 6 angry

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

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

it was a terrible position to be in , right there in the hen-house , with no chance to run [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 position
2 was 16 with
3 a 4 terrible
3 a 5 position
4 terrible 5 position
5 position 6 to
5 position 8 in
5 position 10 right
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 in
9 , 10 right
10 right 11 there
10 right 12 in
10 right 15 ,
12 in 14 hen-house
13 the 14 hen-house
16 with 18 chance
17 no 18 chance
18 chance 19 to
18 chance 20 run
19 to 20 run

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

why hadn't he gone right straight back there , after eating those eggs , instead of taking a nap ? 
1 why 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 he
2 hadn't 4 gone
4 gone 5 right
4 gone 6 straight
4 gone 7 back
4 gone 10 after
4 gone 16 of
7 back 8 there
9 , 10 after
10 after 11 eating
10 after 14 ,
11 eating 13 eggs
12 those 13 eggs
14 , 16 of
15 instead 16 of
16 of 17 taking
16 of 20 ?
17 taking 19 nap
18 a 19 nap

but he hadn't [.] 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 hadn't

he had taken a nap and [overslept] , and here he was , [right] in the hen-house , in broad daylight [.] 
1 he 6 and
2 had 3 taken
2 had 6 and
3 taken 5 nap
4 a 5 nap
6 and 12 was
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 he
10 here 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 15 in
13 , 15 in
15 in 17 hen-house
15 in 18 ,
16 the 17 hen-house
18 , 19 in
19 in 21 daylight
20 broad 21 daylight

i 'll just look around a bit [.] ["] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 4 look
3 just 4 look
4 look 5 around
4 look 7 bit
6 a 7 bit

unc ['] [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [as] [he] heard [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [go] [out] [.] 
1 unc 8 heard

" [he] ['ll] [find] [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [tracks] , but he [won't] [find] [mine] [,] ["] thought [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 17 thought
9 , 11 he
10 but 11 he
11 he 17 thought

" [isn't] [it] [lucky] [that] [i] [thought] [to] [step] [right] [in] [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [tracks] [when] [i] [came] [here] [?] " 
1 " 21 "

he lay [still] and listened to [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [poking] [around] outside [.] 
1 he 4 and
2 lay 4 and
4 and 5 listened
4 and 6 to
4 and 13 outside
6 to 10 boy

unc ['] [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [again] [as] he [thought] [what] [a] [smart] [fellow] [he] had been to step in [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [tracks] [.] 
1 unc 8 he
8 he 15 had
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 to
17 to 18 step
18 step 19 in

" [hello] [!] ["] said the voice of [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [.] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 7 voice
6 the 7 voice
7 voice 8 of
8 of 12 boy

["] [these] [are] [queer] [tracks] [!] 

he had dragged it in the snow , and of course it had left a mark [.] 
1 he 8 ,
2 had 3 dragged
2 had 8 ,
3 dragged 4 it
3 dragged 5 in
5 in 7 snow
6 the 7 snow
8 , 9 and
9 and 12 it
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 it
12 it 13 had
13 had 14 left
14 left 16 mark
15 a 16 mark

" [i] [guess] [that] [there] was more than one visitor here [last] [night] [,] ["] [continued] [the] [voice] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 " 6 was
6 was 10 visitor
7 more 8 than
8 than 9 one
9 one 10 visitor
10 visitor 11 here

whoever made them must be right around here now [.] ["] 
1 whoever 2 made
1 whoever 4 must
2 made 3 them
4 must 5 be
5 be 6 right
5 be 7 around
5 be 9 now
6 right 7 around
7 around 8 here

back into the [hen-house] [came] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy and began to poke around in all the corners [.] 
1 back 2 into
1 back 10 and
2 into 9 boy
3 the 9 boy
10 and 11 began
11 began 12 to
11 began 13 poke
12 to 13 poke
13 poke 14 around
13 poke 15 in
15 in 16 all
16 all 17 the
16 all 18 corners
17 the 18 corners

he moved all the boxes and looked in the grain bin [.] 
1 he 6 and
2 moved 3 all
2 moved 6 and
3 all 4 the
3 all 5 boxes
4 the 5 boxes
6 and 7 looked
6 and 8 in
8 in 11 bin
9 the 11 bin
10 grain 11 bin

then he began to look in the nests [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 in
6 in 8 nests
7 the 8 nests

[unc] ['] [billy] [could] [hear] [him] [coming] [nearer] [and] [nearer] [.] 

he was looking in the very next nest to the one [in] [which] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 looking
2 was 4 in
2 was 9 to
3 looking 4 in
4 in 8 nest
5 the 6 very
5 the 7 next
5 the 8 nest
8 nest 9 to
9 to 11 one
10 the 11 one

finally he looked into that [very] nest [.] 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 into
4 into 7 nest
5 that 7 nest

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [held] [his] [breath] [.] 

" it ['s] [queer] [,] ["] said [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 " 7 said
2 it 7 said

["] [it] ['s] [very] [queer] [!] 

i [guess] [i] shall have to set [some] [traps] [.] ["] 
1 i 4 shall
4 shall 5 have
5 have 6 to
6 to 7 set

and all [the] [time] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [held] [his] [breath] [and] [lay] [low] [.] 
1 and 2 all

[xviii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [a] [prisoner] 

["] [mah] [home] [is] [in] [a] [holler] [tree] [it] ['s] [a] [long] [way] [home] [!] 

ah [wish] [ah] ['s] [there] , [but] [here] [ah] be [it] ['s] [a] [long] [way] [home] [!] 
1 ah 6 ,
1 ah 10 be

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [lay] curled [up] under the hay in the highest [nest] in the darkest corner in [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 unc 6 curled
6 curled 11 in
8 under 10 hay
9 the 10 hay
10 hay 11 in
11 in 13 highest
12 the 13 highest
13 highest 15 in
15 in 18 corner
16 the 17 darkest
16 the 18 corner
18 corner 19 in

unc ['] [billy] [didn't] [dare] go to [sleep] [,] [because] [he] [was] [afraid] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [might] [find] [him] [.] 
1 unc 7 to
6 go 7 to

and , anyway , he wanted to see just what [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy was doing [.] 
1 and 3 anyway
1 and 5 he
1 and 15 was
2 , 3 anyway
3 anyway 4 ,
5 he 6 wanted
6 wanted 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 9 just
8 see 10 what
10 what 14 boy
15 was 16 doing

so [peeping] [out] , he [watched] [farmer] [brown] 's boy , who seemed to be very busy indeed [.] 
1 so 4 ,
4 , 5 he
4 , 11 ,
5 he 9 's
9 's 10 boy
11 , 12 who
11 , 13 seemed
13 seemed 14 to
13 seemed 15 be
14 to 15 be
15 be 17 busy
16 very 17 busy
17 busy 18 indeed

what do you think he was doing [?] 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 think
4 think 5 he
4 think 6 was
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 doing

[unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [.] 

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [just] [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [doing] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

he was setting traps [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 setting
3 setting 4 traps

[unc] ['] [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [aloud] [.] 

yes , [sir] , [he] [almost] [chuckled] aloud [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 8 aloud
4 , 8 aloud

unc ['] [billy] [laughed] [under] [his] [breath] [as] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [closed] [the] [door] of the hen-house [and] [went] [off] [whistling] [.] 
1 unc 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 hen-house

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

ha , [ha] [,] [ha] [!] 
1 ha 2 ,

hee , hee ! " 
1 hee 3 hee
2 , 3 hee
3 hee 4 !
4 ! 5 "

unc ['] [billy] [broke] [off] [short] [,] [right] in the very middle of his laugh [.] 
1 unc 9 in
9 in 12 middle
10 the 11 very
10 the 12 middle
12 middle 13 of
13 of 15 laugh
14 his 15 laugh

he had just thought of [something] , and it wasn't funny at all [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 thought
3 just 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 it
8 and 10 wasn't
9 it 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 funny
11 funny 12 at
12 at 13 all

the [joke] [wasn't] [on] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy , [after] [all] [;] [it] [was] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 the 8 boy
8 boy 9 ,

but [unc] ['] [billy] [couldn't] see [that] it was any joke at all [.] 
1 but 6 see
6 see 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 11 joke
10 any 11 joke
11 joke 12 at
12 at 13 all

" [it] ['s] [a] [long] [way] [home] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [mournfully] [,] as he peeped out of a crack [toward] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 " 10 said
10 said 17 he
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 peeped
18 peeped 20 of
19 out 20 of
20 of 22 crack
21 a 22 crack

[xix] 

[what] [the] [snow] [did] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [did] [a] [lot] [of] [thinking] [.] 

he was a prisoner , just as [much] a prisoner as if he were in a cage [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 prisoner
3 a 4 prisoner
4 prisoner 6 just
5 , 6 just
6 just 7 as
6 just 12 if
7 as 10 prisoner
9 a 10 prisoner
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 he
12 if 14 were
13 he 14 were
14 were 15 in
15 in 17 cage
16 a 17 cage

if it hadn't been [for] [those] [two] [worries] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [would] have been willing to stay there the rest of the winter [.] 
1 if 2 it
2 it 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 been
4 been 14 have
14 have 15 been
15 been 16 willing
16 willing 17 to
16 willing 18 stay
17 to 18 stay
18 stay 19 there
18 stay 21 rest
20 the 21 rest
21 rest 22 of
22 of 24 winter
23 the 24 winter

it was delightfully warm and cosy [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 delightfully
2 was 5 and
4 warm 5 and
5 and 6 cosy

[having] [all] [the] [eggs] [he] [could] [eat] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [grown] [very] [particular] [.] 

nothing but the best , the very best , would do for him [.] 
1 nothing 2 but
1 nothing 10 would
2 but 4 best
3 the 4 best
4 best 8 best
5 , 8 best
6 the 7 very
6 the 8 best
8 best 9 ,
10 would 11 do
11 do 12 for
12 for 13 him

["] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut-aa-cut] [!] 

i lay the finest eggs in the world [!] ["] 
1 i 2 lay
2 lay 5 eggs
2 lay 6 in
3 the 4 finest
3 the 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 in
6 in 8 world
7 the 8 world

no one lays [such] [splendid] eggs [as] [i] [do] [!] ["] 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 lays
3 lays 6 eggs

sometimes the door was left open [during] [the] [day] [,] and [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [peep] [out] [and] wish that he dared to run [.] 
1 sometimes 3 door
2 the 3 door
3 door 4 was
4 was 11 and
5 left 6 open
5 left 11 and
11 and 19 wish
19 wish 20 that
20 that 21 he
20 that 22 dared
21 he 22 dared
22 dared 23 to
22 dared 24 run
23 to 24 run

at last one day it began to snow [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 5 it
3 one 4 day
4 day 5 it
5 it 6 began
6 began 7 to
6 began 8 snow
7 to 8 snow

it snowed all day [and] [it] [snowed] [all] [night] [.] 
1 it 2 snowed
2 snowed 4 day
3 all 4 day

rough [brother] [north] [wind] [piled] [it] up in [great] [drifts] [in] front of the hen-house [door] [and] [all] [along] [one] [side] of the hen-house [.] 
1 rough 15 hen-house
7 up 8 in
8 in 12 front
12 front 13 of
13 of 14 the
14 the 15 hen-house
15 hen-house 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 hen-house

it covered the traps so deep that they couldn't possibly catch any one [.] 
1 it 2 covered
2 covered 4 traps
3 the 4 traps
4 traps 6 deep
5 so 6 deep
6 deep 7 that
7 that 8 they
7 that 11 catch
8 they 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 11 catch
10 possibly 11 catch
11 catch 13 one
12 any 13 one

[xx] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [wishes] [he] [had] [snowshoes] 

usually he dislikes the snow very much [,] [and] [doesn't] [go] [out] [in] [it] [any] [more] [than] [he] [has] [to] [.] 
1 usually 2 he
2 he 3 dislikes
3 dislikes 5 snow
3 dislikes 7 much
4 the 5 snow
6 very 7 much

but this time the snow had done [unc] ['] [billy] a good turn , a very good turn , indeed [.] 
1 but 3 time
1 but 5 snow
2 this 3 time
4 the 5 snow
5 snow 6 had
6 had 7 done
7 done 13 turn
7 done 20 indeed
11 a 12 good
11 a 13 turn
12 good 13 turn
13 turn 18 turn
14 , 18 turn
15 a 16 very
15 a 18 turn
16 very 17 good
17 good 18 turn
18 turn 19 ,

[once] [out] [of] [the] [hen-house] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [lost] [no] [time] [in] [starting] [for] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

but it was slow , hard work [.] 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 7 work
4 slow 5 ,
4 slow 7 work
6 hard 7 work

you see [,] the [snow] [was] newly [fallen] [and] [very] [soft] [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 7 newly
4 the 7 newly

of course [unc] ['] [billy] [sank] [into] it [almost] [up] [to] [his] [middle] [at] [every] [step] [.] 
1 of 2 course
1 of 8 it

he [huffed] and he puffed and he grunted [and] [groaned] [.] 
1 he 6 and
3 and 4 he
3 and 5 puffed
5 puffed 6 and
6 and 8 grunted
7 he 8 grunted

now it never does to let one 's wits go to sleep [.] 
1 now 2 it
2 it 4 does
3 never 4 does
4 does 5 to
5 to 6 let
6 let 9 wits
6 let 10 go
7 one 8 's
8 's 9 wits
10 go 11 to
11 to 12 sleep

some folks call it forgetting [,] [but] [forgetting] [is] [nothing] [but] [sleepy] [wits] [.] 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 call
3 call 4 it
4 it 5 forgetting

and sleepy wits get more people into trouble than anything else in the world [.] 
1 and 3 wits
1 and 4 get
2 sleepy 3 wits
3 wits 4 get
4 get 6 people
4 get 7 into
4 get 9 than
4 get 12 in
5 more 6 people
6 people 7 into
7 into 8 trouble
9 than 10 anything
10 anything 11 else
12 in 14 world
13 the 14 world

unc ['] [billy] [possum] 's wits were asleep when he left [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [.] 
1 unc 5 's
5 's 6 wits
6 wits 7 were
7 were 8 asleep
8 asleep 9 when
9 when 10 he
9 when 11 left
10 he 11 left
11 left 15 hen-house

if they hadn't been , he would have remembered this little saying : 
1 if 2 they
1 if 4 been
1 if 5 ,
1 if 6 he
2 they 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 been
6 he 7 would
7 would 8 have
8 have 9 remembered
9 remembered 12 saying
9 remembered 13 :
10 this 11 little
11 little 12 saying
12 saying 13 :

but [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] wits certainly were asleep [.] 
1 but 6 wits
1 but 8 were
6 wits 8 were
7 certainly 8 were
8 were 9 asleep

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] [!] 
1 yes 2 ,

what did he forget [?] 
1 what 2 did
2 did 3 he
2 did 4 forget

[ [illustration] : there all the [way] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house was a broad trail in the smooth white snow [.] []] 
1 [ 3 :
3 : 17 in
4 there 5 all
5 all 6 the
6 the 12 hen-house
12 hen-house 13 was
13 was 16 trail
14 a 16 trail
15 broad 16 trail
16 trail 17 in
17 in 21 snow
18 the 21 snow
19 smooth 20 white
20 white 21 snow

unc ['] [billy] [looked] [behind] [him] , and he turned pale [.] 
1 unc 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 turned
10 turned 11 pale

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [turned] [pale] [!] 
1 yes 2 ,

["] [oh] [,] [dear] [!] 

oh , dear [!] 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear

whatever did [ah] [leave] [the] [hen-house] [for] [?] ["] [wailed] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 whatever 2 did

his wits were all wide awake now [.] 
1 his 2 wits
2 wits 3 were
3 were 4 all
4 all 5 wide
5 wide 6 awake
5 wide 7 now

it wouldn't do to go back [.] 
1 it 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 do
3 do 4 to
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 back

farmer [brown] 's boy would see that he had gone back , and then he would hunt [that] [hen-house] [through] [until] [he] [found] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 would
5 would 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 he
7 that 17 hunt
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 gone
10 gone 11 back
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 he
14 then 15 he
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 hunt

unc ['] [billy] [drew] [a] [long] [breath] [and] [began] to wade [ahead] [toward] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 unc 10 to
10 to 11 wade

" [if] [ah] [only] [had] [snowshoes] [!] " he panted [.] 
1 " 10 panted
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 panted

" [if] [ah] [only] [had] [snowshoes] [like] [mrs] [grouse] [.] " 
1 " 11 "

[xxi] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [chops] [down] [a] [tree] 

["] [there] [was] [an] [old] [possum] [lived] [up] [in] [a] [tree] [;] [hi] [,] [ho] [,] [see] [the] [chips] [fly] [!] 

the sliest old thief [that] [you] ever did see [;] [hi] [,] [ho] [,] [see] [the] [chips] [fly] [!] 
1 the 2 sliest
1 the 4 thief
3 old 4 thief
4 thief 8 did
7 ever 8 did
8 did 9 see

hi , [ho] , see the chips fly [!] ["] 
1 hi 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 see
5 see 7 chips
5 see 8 fly
6 the 7 chips

farmer [brown] 's boy sang as he swung his keen axe [,] [and] [the] [chips] [did] [fly] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 sang
5 sang 6 as
6 as 7 he
6 as 8 swung
7 he 8 swung
8 swung 11 axe
9 his 11 axe
10 keen 11 axe

they flew out on the white snow in all directions [.] 
1 they 2 flew
2 flew 3 out
2 flew 4 on
2 flew 8 in
4 on 7 snow
5 the 7 snow
6 white 7 snow
7 snow 8 in
8 in 10 directions
9 all 10 directions

and the [louder] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [sang] , [the] [faster] [the] [chips] [flew] [.] 
1 and 2 the
2 the 7 boy
7 boy 9 ,

he didn't have the least doubt about it [,] [and] [that] [is] [why] [he] [sang] [as] [he] [made] [the] [chips] [fly] [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 6 doubt
3 have 7 about
4 the 6 doubt
5 least 6 doubt
6 doubt 7 about
7 about 8 it

he had tracked that [possum] [right] [up] to [that] [tree] , and there were no tracks going away from it [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 tracked
2 had 8 to
3 tracked 4 that
8 to 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 there
12 and 14 were
13 there 14 were
14 were 16 tracks
14 were 19 from
15 no 16 tracks
16 tracks 17 going
16 tracks 19 from
17 going 18 away
19 from 20 it

right up near the top he could see [a] hollow [,] [just] [such] [a] [hollow] [as] [a] [possum] [likes] [.] 
1 right 6 he
2 up 6 he
3 near 5 top
3 near 6 he
4 the 5 top
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 see
8 see 10 hollow

all he had to do was to cut the tree down and split it open [,] [and] [mr] [possum] [would] [be] [his] [.] 
1 all 2 he
1 all 3 had
1 all 6 was
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 do
6 was 7 to
7 to 12 and
8 cut 10 tree
8 cut 11 down
8 cut 12 and
9 the 10 tree
12 and 13 split
12 and 14 it
12 and 15 open

of course it was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [whose] tracks [he] [had] [followed] [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 10 tracks

he had seen them outside of the hen-house , just as [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [been] [afraid] that he would [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 seen
3 seen 4 them
3 seen 6 of
3 seen 11 as
5 outside 6 of
6 of 9 ,
7 the 8 hen-house
8 hen-house 9 ,
9 , 10 just
11 as 18 that
18 that 20 would
19 he 20 would

he [couldn't] [very] [well] [have] [helped] [it] , those tracks were so very plain to be [seen] [.] 
1 he 16 be
8 , 11 were
9 those 10 tracks
10 tracks 11 were
11 were 14 plain
12 so 13 very
13 very 14 plain
14 plain 15 to
15 to 16 be

that had been [a] [long] [,] [hard] [,] [anxious] journey [for] [unc] ['] [billy] from [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [to] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 that 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 15 from
10 journey 15 from
15 from 19 hen-house

the snow was so deep that he could hardly wade through it [.] 
1 the 2 snow
2 snow 3 was
3 was 5 deep
4 so 5 deep
5 deep 6 that
6 that 7 he
6 that 10 wade
7 he 8 could
8 could 10 wade
9 hardly 10 wade
10 wade 11 through
11 through 12 it

when he reached that hollow tree , he was so tired that it was all he could do to climb it [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 3 reached
1 when 7 ,
1 when 8 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 6 tree
4 that 6 tree
5 hollow 6 tree
8 he 9 was
9 was 11 tired
10 so 11 tired
11 tired 12 that
12 that 13 it
12 that 14 was
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 all
15 all 16 he
15 all 18 do
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 do
18 do 19 to
19 to 20 climb
20 climb 21 it

of course it wasn't [his] [own] [hollow] [tree] [,] [where] [old] [mrs] [possum] [and] [the] [eight] [little] [possums] [lived] [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 wasn't

he knew [better] [than] to go there [,] [leaving] [a] [plain] [track] [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [to] [follow] [.] 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 5 to
5 to 6 go
6 go 7 there

so he had been very thankful to climb up this hollow tree [.] 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 6 thankful
5 very 6 thankful
6 thankful 7 to
7 to 8 climb
8 climb 9 up
8 climb 12 tree
10 this 12 tree
11 hollow 12 tree

and , just as he had feared , there was [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [.] 
1 and 2 ,
2 , 7 feared
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
4 as 7 feared
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 feared
7 feared 8 ,
7 feared 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 14 boy

chop , chop , chop [!] 
1 chop 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
3 chop 4 ,
4 , 5 chop

the snow was covered with chips now [.] 
1 the 2 snow
2 snow 3 was
3 was 4 covered
4 covered 5 with
4 covered 7 now
5 with 6 chips

chop , chop , chop [!] 
1 chop 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
3 chop 4 ,
4 , 5 chop

the tree began to shiver and then to shake [.] 
1 the 2 tree
2 tree 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 6 and
4 to 6 and
5 shiver 6 and
6 and 8 to
6 and 9 shake
7 then 8 to
8 to 9 shake

[cra-a-ck] [!] 

with a great crash [over] it went [!] 
1 with 4 crash
1 with 6 it
2 a 4 crash
3 great 4 crash
6 it 7 went

but he didn't run out [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 4 run
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 run
4 run 5 out

farmer [brown] 's boy rapped on the tree with the handle of [his] [axe] , but no one ran out [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 rapped
5 rapped 6 on
5 rapped 9 with
6 on 8 tree
7 the 8 tree
8 tree 9 with
9 with 11 handle
10 the 11 handle
11 handle 12 of
12 of 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 18 one
16 but 19 ran
17 no 18 one
18 one 19 ran
19 ran 20 out

and as he chopped , he began to sing again [.] 
1 and 3 he
1 and 7 began
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 chopped
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 began
7 began 8 to
8 to 9 sing
9 sing 10 again

pretty soon he had split the tree wide open [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 split
5 split 7 tree
5 split 9 open
6 the 7 tree
8 wide 9 open

in the bottom of the hollow was an old nest of [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] , and that was all [.] 
1 in 3 bottom
1 in 7 was
2 the 3 bottom
3 bottom 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 hollow
7 was 10 nest
8 an 9 old
8 an 10 nest
9 old 10 nest
10 nest 11 of
11 of 17 and
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 that
18 that 19 was
19 was 20 all

farmer [brown] 's boy rubbed his eyes and stared and stared and stared [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 8 and
5 rubbed 7 eyes
5 rubbed 8 and
6 his 7 eyes
8 and 10 and
9 stared 10 and
10 and 12 and
11 stared 12 and
12 and 13 stared

there were [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [tracks] [leading] [straight] up to that tree and none leading away [.] 
1 there 2 were
2 were 10 up
10 up 11 to
11 to 14 and
12 that 13 tree
13 tree 14 and
14 and 15 none
14 and 16 leading
16 leading 17 away

[did] [that] [possum] [have] [wings] [?] 

[xxii] 

[where] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] 

[where] [was] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [?] 

that is [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [wanted] to know [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 9 to
9 to 10 know

that is [what] [bowser] [the] [hound] [wanted] to know [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 8 to
8 to 9 know

[where] [was] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [?] 

["] [you] [certainly] [did] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [!] 

how did you do it [?] ["] [asked] [a] [voice] [right] [over] [unc] ['] [billy] 's head [.] 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 16 's
16 's 17 head

unc ' [billy] [looked] up [in] [surprise] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 5 up

[there] [was] [tommy] [tit] [the] [chickadee] [.] 

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

" [ah] [just] [naturally] [expected] [ah] [was] [gwine] [to] [have] [visitors] [,] [and] so [ah] [prepared] [a] [little] [surprise] [.] 
1 " 14 so

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [done] [prepare] a little [surprise] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 9 little
8 a 9 little

yo ['] see , mah tracks in the snow [was] powerful plain [.] 
1 yo 4 ,
3 see 4 ,
4 , 6 tracks
4 , 7 in
5 mah 6 tracks
7 in 12 plain
8 the 12 plain
9 snow 12 plain
11 powerful 12 plain

yes , [sah] [,] [they] [sho'ly] [was] [!] 
1 yes 2 ,

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [done] [get] [so] [anxious] [ah] [just] [couldn't] [get] [any] [rest] [in] [mah] [mind] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

sho ['] [enough] , just before sundown , here he comes [.] 
1 sho 10 he
4 , 5 just
4 , 6 before
6 before 7 sundown
6 before 8 ,
6 before 10 he
9 here 10 he
10 he 11 comes

" so [this] [is] [whar] [yo] ['] [live] [,] [is] [it] [,] [mistah] [possum] [?] 
1 " 2 so

ah reckon [bowser] [and] [ah] ['ll] [make] [yo] ['] [a] [call] [to-morrow] [.] ["] 
1 ah 2 reckon

["] [when] [i] [heard] [him] [say] [that] [,] [ah] [felt] [right] [bad] [.] 

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [sho'ly] [did] [feel] [right] [smart] [bad] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,

[ah] [studied] [and] [ah] [studied] [how] [ah] [was] [gwine] [to] [fool] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [bowser] [the] [hound] [.] 

[ah] [done] [wish] [ah] [had] [wings] [like] [yo] ['] [and] [brer] [buzzard] [.] 

" so [po] ['] [ol] ['] [unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [studying] [and] [studying] [and] [getting] [mo] ['] [and] [mo] ['] [troubled] [in] [his] [mind] [.] 
1 " 2 so

ah didn't waste no [mo] ['] time studying [.] 
1 ah 2 didn't
2 didn't 7 time
3 waste 7 time
4 no 7 time
7 time 8 studying

no , [sah] [,] [ah] [just] [moved] [right] [away] [,] [and] [here] [ah] [am] [.] " 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 16 "

" [and] [you] [didn't] [leave] [any] [tracks] [,] [and] [you] [didn't] [have] [any] [wings] [,] " [said] [tommy] [tit] [the] [chickadee] [.] 
1 " 16 "

" [dee] [,] [dee] [,] [dee] [!] " [laughed] [tommy] [tit] [merrily] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [be] [patient] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [and] [perhaps] [you] [will] [.] " 
1 " 14 "

[xxiii] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [makes] [an] [unexpected] [call] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [likes] [the] [snow] [.] 

he always has liked the snow [.] 
1 he 3 has
2 always 3 has
3 has 4 liked
4 liked 6 snow
5 the 6 snow

it makes him feel frisky [.] 
1 it 2 makes
2 makes 3 him
2 makes 4 feel
4 feel 5 frisky

when his feet get cold , all he has to do is to scamper up a tree and warm them in his own fur coat [.] 
1 when 3 feet
1 when 4 get
1 when 6 ,
1 when 7 all
2 his 3 feet
3 feet 4 get
4 get 5 cold
7 all 8 he
7 all 9 has
7 all 12 is
8 he 9 has
9 has 10 to
10 to 11 do
12 is 13 to
13 to 18 and
14 scamper 15 up
14 scamper 18 and
15 up 17 tree
16 a 17 tree
18 and 19 warm
19 warm 20 them
19 warm 21 in
21 in 25 coat
22 his 23 own
22 his 25 coat
24 fur 25 coat

[happy] [jack] [didn't] [know] [anything] [about] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [troubles] [.] 

after frisking [about] he would stop to rest [.] 
1 after 2 frisking
1 after 4 he
4 he 5 would
5 would 6 stop
6 stop 7 to
7 to 8 rest

his beautiful , great gray tail would be arched up over his back [.] 
1 his 6 tail
2 beautiful 3 ,
2 beautiful 6 tail
4 great 6 tail
5 gray 6 tail
6 tail 7 would
7 would 8 be
8 be 9 arched
9 arched 10 up
10 up 11 over
11 over 13 back
12 his 13 back

farmer [brown] 's boy called it barking [,] [but] it was [happy] [jack] ['s] [way] of shouting [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 called
5 called 6 it
6 it 7 barking
7 barking 10 it
10 it 11 was
11 was 16 of
16 of 17 shouting

["] [i] [love] [to] [romp] [!] 

i love to play [!] 
1 i 2 love
2 love 3 to
2 love 4 play
3 to 4 play

i 'm happy , happy , all the day [!] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 happy
3 happy 5 happy
4 , 5 happy
5 happy 6 ,
6 , 7 all
7 all 8 the
7 all 9 day
8 the 9 day

i love the snow , so soft and white ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 4 snow
3 the 4 snow
4 snow 8 and
5 , 8 and
6 so 7 soft
7 soft 8 and
8 and 9 white
8 and 10 !

i love the sun that shines so bright [!] 
1 i 2 love
2 love 4 sun
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 5 that
4 sun 6 shines
5 that 6 shines
6 shines 7 so
6 shines 8 bright

i love the whole world [,] [for] [,] [you] [see] [,] [the] [world] [is] [very] [good] [to] [me] [!] ["] 
1 i 2 love
2 love 5 world
3 the 5 world
4 whole 5 world

" [hello] [!] " [exclaimed] [happy] [jack] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [that] ['s] [one] [of] [the] [old] [storehouses] [of] [my] [cousin] [,] [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [!] 

i 've got an old storehouse near here [,] [and] [i] [guess] [i] ['ll] [see] [if] [i] [have] [left] [any] [nuts] [in] [it] [.] ["] 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 got
3 got 6 storehouse
3 got 7 near
4 an 5 old
4 an 6 storehouse
5 old 6 storehouse
7 near 8 here

he scampered over to another hollow tree standing near [.] 
1 he 2 scampered
2 scampered 3 over
3 over 4 to
4 to 7 tree
5 another 7 tree
6 hollow 7 tree
7 tree 8 standing
8 standing 9 near

he scampered up the tree [as] [only] [happy] [jack] [can] and whisked in at the open doorway of the hollow [.] 
1 he 11 and
2 scampered 3 up
2 scampered 11 and
3 up 5 tree
4 the 5 tree
11 and 12 whisked
11 and 13 in
13 in 17 doorway
14 at 15 the
15 the 17 doorway
16 open 17 doorway
17 doorway 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 hollow

happy [jack] [was] [so] [surprised] [that] [he] [didn't] [know] [what] to do [for] [a] [second] [.] 
1 happy 11 to
11 to 12 do

[happy] [jack] [was] [so] [frightened] [that] [he] [scrambled] [out] [as] [fast] [as] [he] [could] [.] 

he could hear a very angry voice inside , and in a minute who should appear [at] [the] [doorway] [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 hear
3 hear 7 voice
4 a 5 very
4 a 7 voice
5 very 6 angry
6 angry 7 voice
7 voice 10 and
7 voice 14 who
7 voice 15 should
8 inside 10 and
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 in
11 in 13 minute
12 a 13 minute
14 who 15 should
15 should 16 appear

unc ['] [billy] had been waked out of a sound sleep , and that was enough to make any one cross [.] 
1 unc 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 13 and
6 waked 8 of
6 waked 11 sleep
6 waked 13 and
7 out 8 of
8 of 10 sound
9 a 10 sound
12 , 13 and
13 and 18 make
14 that 15 was
15 was 16 enough
16 enough 17 to
17 to 18 make
18 make 19 any
18 make 21 cross
20 one 21 cross

besides , he had been badly frightened , and that made him crosser [still] [.] 
1 besides 2 ,
1 besides 3 he
3 he 8 ,
4 had 5 been
4 had 8 ,
5 been 6 badly
5 been 7 frightened
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 that
9 and 11 made
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 him
11 made 13 crosser

" what do you mean [by] [stealing] [into] [other] [folk] ['s] houses [?] ["] [demanded] [happy] [jack] [,] [just] [as] [angrily] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 12 houses
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 12 houses

[xxiv] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [helps] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

it is enough to make any one lose his temper [.] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 make
5 make 7 one
5 make 8 lose
6 any 7 one
8 lose 10 temper
9 his 10 temper

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [lost] [his] [.] 

it is enough to make any one lose his temper [.] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 make
5 make 7 one
5 make 8 lose
6 any 7 one
8 lose 10 temper
9 his 10 temper

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lost] [his] [.] 

and [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] sat in the doorway of the hollow tree and showed [his] [teeth] [to] [happy] [jack] and said unpleasant things [.] 
1 and 14 and
6 sat 7 in
6 sat 14 and
7 in 9 doorway
8 the 9 doorway
9 doorway 10 of
10 of 13 tree
11 the 13 tree
12 hollow 13 tree
14 and 21 and
15 showed 21 and
21 and 22 said
22 said 24 things
23 unpleasant 24 things

it really was very dreadful the way those two did talk [.] 
1 it 3 was
2 really 3 was
3 was 5 dreadful
4 very 5 dreadful
5 dreadful 7 way
6 the 7 way
7 way 9 two
7 way 10 did
8 those 9 two
9 two 10 did
10 did 11 talk

pretty soon he was [laughing] just as hard [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 8 hard
6 just 7 as
7 as 8 hard

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

ha , [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " [they] [laughed] [together] [.] 
1 ha 2 ,
2 , 7 "

finally they had to stop for breath [.] 
1 finally 2 they
2 they 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 stop
5 stop 6 for
6 for 7 breath

" [what] [are] [you] [doing] [in] [my] [storehouse] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [?] ["] asked [happy] [jack] [,] [when] he could [stop] [laughing] [.] 
1 " 15 asked
15 asked 20 he
20 he 21 could

happy [jack] [put] [his] [head] [on] [one] [side] [and] thought [very] [hard] [.] 
1 happy 10 thought

" [why] [don't] [you] [stay] [right] [here] [until] [the] [snow] [goes] , [unc] ['] [billy] [?] " he asked [.] 
1 " 19 asked
12 , 17 "
12 , 18 he
18 he 19 asked

there was a twinkle in [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [eyes] [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 twinkle
3 a 4 twinkle
4 twinkle 5 in

[happy] [jack] [laughed] [.] 

" you 're welcome to stay as long as you like [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] [he] [said] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 welcome
4 welcome 5 to
5 to 6 stay
6 stay 8 long
6 stay 9 as
7 as 8 long
9 as 10 you
9 as 11 like
10 you 11 like

" you [better] [stay] [right] [where] [you] are [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [go] [tell] old [mrs] [possum] [where] [you] [are] [.] ["] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 8 are
8 are 15 old

["] [thank] [yo] ['] [!] 

thank yo ['] [!] 
1 thank 2 yo

that is very kind [of] [yo] ['] [,] [brer] [squirrel] [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 4 kind
3 very 4 kind

that [will] be [a] [great] [help] , [fo] ['] it will lift [a] [great] load [off] mah [mind] , " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 that 3 be
3 be 17 mah
7 , 10 it
7 , 17 mah
10 it 11 will
11 will 12 lift
12 lift 15 load
17 mah 19 ,
19 , 20 "

["] [to] [get] [yourself] [in] [trouble] [is] [a] [very] [easy] [thing] [.] 

i notice that to others it will always [worries] bring [.] 
1 i 2 notice
2 notice 3 that
3 that 6 it
3 that 10 bring
4 to 5 others
4 to 6 it
6 it 7 will
7 will 10 bring
8 always 10 bring

but [getting] [out] [of] [trouble] ['s] [always] [quite] [the] [other] way [the] [more] [you] [try] to [wriggle] [out] , [the] [longer] you must stay [.] ["] 
1 but 19 ,
1 but 22 you
11 way 16 to
16 to 19 ,
22 you 23 must
23 must 24 stay

[xxv] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel's] [bright] [idea] 

he found [old] [mrs] [possum] [very] [much] [worried] and very much [out] [of] [sorts] [.] 
1 he 2 found
2 found 9 and
9 and 11 much
10 very 11 much

you [see] [unc] ['] [billy] had been [gone] [a] [long] [time] for [him] , and she didn't know what had become [of] him [.] 
1 you 6 had
6 had 7 been
7 been 12 for
12 for 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 she
16 she 17 didn't
17 didn't 18 know
18 know 19 what
19 what 20 had
20 had 21 become
21 become 23 him

but just as soon as she knew that he was safe , she forgot all about how worried she had been [.] 
1 but 4 soon
1 but 13 she
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 soon
5 as 6 she
5 as 7 knew
5 as 12 ,
5 as 13 she
6 she 7 knew
7 knew 8 that
8 that 10 was
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 safe
13 she 14 forgot
14 forgot 15 all
14 forgot 16 about
15 all 16 about
16 about 17 how
17 how 18 worried
18 worried 21 been
19 she 20 had
20 had 21 been

["] [yo] ['] [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ['] [care] [if] [he] [never] [comes] [back] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [chuckled] [as] [he] [started] [back] [to] [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 

he [knew] [perfectly] [well] [that] [old] [mrs] [possum] didn't mean what she said [.] 
1 he 9 didn't
9 didn't 10 mean
10 mean 11 what
11 what 12 she
11 what 13 said
12 she 13 said

he [knew] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] would know that she didn't mean it [.] 
1 he 7 would
7 would 8 know
8 know 9 that
9 that 10 she
9 that 12 mean
10 she 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 mean
12 mean 13 it

then all of a [sudden] [happy] [jack] thought of a way [for] [unc] ['] [billy] to get home without waiting until the snow melted away [.] 
1 then 2 all
2 all 3 of
2 all 8 thought
3 of 4 a
8 thought 9 of
8 thought 19 without
8 thought 21 until
9 of 11 way
10 a 11 way
16 to 17 get
17 get 18 home
18 home 19 without
19 without 20 waiting
21 until 23 snow
21 until 24 melted
22 the 23 snow
23 snow 24 melted
24 melted 25 away

that [might] [be] [a] [very] [long] [time] , for there was a great deal of snow [on] [the] [ground] [.] 
1 that 8 ,
8 , 9 for
9 for 10 there
10 there 11 was
11 was 14 deal
12 a 13 great
12 a 14 deal
13 great 14 deal
14 deal 15 of
15 of 16 snow

what do you [suppose] [gave] [happy] [jack] [his] [idea] [?] 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you

why , [a] [tiny] [little] [snowflake] [that] [hit] [happy] [jack] [right] [on] [the] [end] [of] [his] [nose] [!] 
1 why 2 ,

yes , [sir] [,] it was [that] tiny [little] [snowflake] that [gave] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [his] [bright] [idea] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 8 tiny
8 tiny 11 that

he hurried [back] [to] the hollow [tree] [where] [unc] ['] [billy] was hiding and scrambled up to the doorway [.] 
1 he 2 hurried
2 hurried 17 to
5 the 6 hollow
6 hollow 12 was
12 was 14 and
13 hiding 14 and
14 and 15 scrambled
14 and 16 up
14 and 17 to
17 to 19 doorway
18 the 19 doorway

["] [hello] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [!] 

you can go home to-night [!] ["] [he] [shouted] [.] 
1 you 2 can
2 can 3 go
3 go 4 home
4 home 5 to-night

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [stuck] [his] [head] [out] of the doorway [.] 
1 unc 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 doorway

" [what] ['s] [that] [yo] ['] say , [brer] [squirrel] [?] " he said [.] 
1 " 14 said
7 say 8 ,
7 say 13 he
8 , 12 "
13 he 14 said

" [just] [look] [up] [in] [the] [sky] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [!] " [said] [happy] [jack] [.] 
1 " 13 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [.] 

the sky was full of dancing snowflakes [.] 
1 the 2 sky
2 sky 3 was
3 was 4 full
4 full 5 of
5 of 6 dancing
6 dancing 7 snowflakes

they got in his eyes and clung to his whiskers [.] 
1 they 6 and
2 got 3 in
2 got 6 and
3 in 5 eyes
4 his 5 eyes
6 and 7 clung
6 and 8 to
8 to 10 whiskers
9 his 10 whiskers

unc ['] [billy] [shook] [his] [head] in disgust [.] 
1 unc 7 in
7 in 8 disgust

" [ah] [don] ['] [see] [anything] but [mo] ['] [snow] , and yo ['] know [ah] [don] ['] [like] [snow] [!] ["] he said [.] 
1 " 24 said
7 but 11 ,
7 but 23 he
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 yo
12 and 15 know
23 he 24 said

" [what] [yo] ['] [driving] [at] [,] [brer] [squirrel] [?] " 
1 " 11 "

[happy] [jack] [laughed] [.] 

" why , it 's just as [simple] as can be [,] [unc] ['] [billy] ! " he cried [.] 
1 " 19 cried
2 why 3 ,
2 why 4 it
4 it 5 's
5 's 6 just
6 just 7 as
7 as 18 he
9 as 10 can
9 as 11 be
9 as 16 !
9 as 18 he
10 can 11 be
16 ! 17 "
18 he 19 cried

["] [just] [as] [soon] [as] [it] ['s] [dark] [,] [you] [start] [for] [home] [.] 

it 's going to [snow] [all] [night] , and in the morning there won't be any tracks [.] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 there
9 and 15 be
10 in 12 morning
10 in 13 there
11 the 12 morning
13 there 14 won't
14 won't 15 be
15 be 17 tracks
16 any 17 tracks

the snowflakes will have covered them all up [.] ["] 
1 the 2 snowflakes
2 snowflakes 3 will
3 will 4 have
4 have 5 covered
5 covered 7 all
5 covered 8 up
6 them 7 all

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

" [ah] [believe] [yo] ['] [are] [right] [,] [brer] [squirrel] [,] [ah] [believe] [yo] ['] [are] [right] [!] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 " 19 "

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [learned] [how] [easy] it is to get into trouble and how hard to get out of it [.] 
1 so 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 to
11 to 12 get
12 get 13 into
13 into 15 and
14 trouble 15 and
15 and 16 how
15 and 17 hard
17 hard 18 to
18 to 19 get
19 get 21 of
20 out 21 of
21 of 22 it

but he isn't the only one who has found this out [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 3 isn't
2 he 3 isn't
3 isn't 6 one
4 the 5 only
4 the 6 one
6 one 7 who
6 one 8 has
7 who 8 has
8 has 9 found
9 found 10 this
9 found 11 out

just [ask] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [particular] [friend] , [mistah] [mocker] [the] [mocking] [bird] [.] 
1 just 9 ,

he will tell you the very same thing [.] 
1 he 2 will
2 will 3 tell
3 tell 4 you
3 tell 8 thing
5 the 6 very
5 the 7 same
7 same 8 thing