produced [by] [juliet] [sutherland] , [richard] [j] [shiffer] and [the] [pg] [distributed] [proofreading] [team] [.] 1 produced 5 , 5 , 9 and [the] [bedtime] [story-books] [the] [adventures] [of] [prickly] [porky] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] [with] [illustrations] [by] [harrison] [cady] [boston] [little] [,] [brown] [,] [and] [company] [@number@] [ [illustration] : " do tell me quickly what has happened [to] [peter] [!] ["] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 do 5 do 6 tell 6 tell 7 me 7 me 8 quickly 8 quickly 9 what 9 what 10 has 10 has 11 happened [frontispiece] [.] [see] [page] [@number@] []] [contents] [list] [of] [illustrations] " [do] [tell] [me] [quickly] [what] [has] [happened] [to] [peter] [!] " 1 " 12 " [frontispiece] " [pooh] [,] " [exclaimed] [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 " 4 " " [who's] [afraid] [of] [that] [fellow] [?] " 1 " 8 " [then] [he] [braced] [himself] [and] [pulled] [with] [all] [his] [might] [reddy] [wouldn't] [have] [believed] [that] [it] [was] [alive] " [drop] [him] [!] " 1 " 5 " [he] [grunted] " [i] [see] [you] [are] [up] [to] [your] [old] [tricks] [,] [prickly] [porky] [!] " 1 " 15 " [he] [shouted] [the] [adventures] [of] [prickly] [porky] [i] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [makes] [a] [find] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [had] [had] [a] [wonderful] [day] [.] now he was thinking of going home , for it was getting late in the afternoon [.] 1 now 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 thinking 4 thinking 5 of 5 of 6 going 6 going 7 home 6 going 9 for 8 , 9 for 9 for 16 afternoon 10 it 11 was 11 was 12 getting 12 getting 13 late 13 late 14 in 14 in 16 afternoon 15 the 16 afternoon he looked out across the [open] field where [mr] [goshawk] [had] [nearly] [caught] [him] [that] [morning] [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 out 3 out 4 across 3 out 8 where 4 across 7 field 5 the 7 field his home was on the other side [.] 1 his 2 home 2 home 3 was 3 was 4 on 4 on 7 side 5 the 6 other 6 other 7 side so [happy] [jack] [started] on [his] [long] [journey] [around] [the] [open] [field] [.] 1 so 5 on now , [happy] [jack] 's [eyes] [are] bright , and there is very little [that] [happy] [jack] [does] [not] see [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 20 see 2 , 10 and 5 's 8 bright 5 's 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 there 10 and 12 is 11 there 12 is 12 is 14 little 13 very 14 little so , as he was jumping from one tree to another , [he] [spied] [something] down on the ground which excited his curiosity [.] 1 so 2 , 2 , 4 he 2 , 12 , 3 as 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 jumping 6 jumping 7 from 6 jumping 10 to 7 from 9 tree 8 one 9 tree 9 tree 10 to 10 to 11 another 12 , 16 down 16 down 17 on 17 on 19 ground 18 the 19 ground 19 ground 20 which 19 ground 21 excited 20 which 21 excited 21 excited 23 curiosity 22 his 23 curiosity " [i] [must] [stop] [and] [see] [what] [that] [is] [,] " [said] [happy] [jack] [.] 1 " 11 " so down [the] [tree] he ran , and in a few minutes he had found the queer thing , which had caught his eyes [.] 1 so 2 down 2 down 5 he 5 he 8 and 6 ran 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 15 found 9 in 12 minutes 9 in 13 he 10 a 11 few 11 few 12 minutes 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 found 15 found 18 thing 16 the 18 thing 17 queer 18 thing 18 thing 20 which 19 , 20 which 20 which 21 had 21 had 22 caught 22 caught 24 eyes 23 his 24 eyes it was smooth and black and white , and at one end it was very sharp with a tiny little barb [.] 1 it 8 , 2 was 4 and 2 was 8 , 3 smooth 4 and 4 and 6 and 5 black 6 and 6 and 7 white 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 it 10 at 12 end 10 at 13 it 11 one 12 end 13 it 14 was 14 was 16 sharp 15 very 16 sharp 16 sharp 17 with 17 with 21 barb 18 a 21 barb 19 tiny 21 barb 20 little 21 barb [happy] [jack] [found] [it] [out] [by] [pricking] [himself] [with] [it] [.] " [ooch] , " he cried [,] [and] [dropped] [the] [queer] [thing] [.] 1 " 6 cried 3 , 4 " 3 , 5 he 5 he 6 cried pretty soon he noticed there were a lot more on the ground [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 he 3 he 4 noticed 4 noticed 5 there 4 noticed 6 were 5 there 6 were 6 were 9 more 6 were 10 on 7 a 8 lot 8 lot 9 more 9 more 10 on 10 on 12 ground 11 the 12 ground " [i] [wonder] what they [are] [,] ["] said [happy] [jack] [.] 1 " 9 said 4 what 5 they 5 they 9 said ["] [they] [don't] [grow] [,] [for] [they] [haven't] [any] [roots] [.] they are not [thorns] , for [there] [is] [no] [plant] [from] [which] they could come [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 6 for 3 not 5 , 5 , 6 for 6 for 13 they 13 they 14 could 14 could 15 come they are not alive , so what can they be ? " 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 not 2 are 4 alive 2 are 6 so 5 , 6 so 6 so 7 what 6 so 10 be 6 so 11 ? 7 what 8 can 7 what 10 be 8 can 9 they 8 can 10 be 11 ? 12 " now , [happy] [jack] ['s] [eyes] [are] bright , [but] [sometimes] [he] [doesn't] [use] [them] [to] [the] [very] [best] [advantage] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 9 , 2 , 8 bright he was so busy examining the queer things on the ground that he never once thought to look up in the tops of the trees [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 examining 2 was 20 in 3 so 4 busy 4 busy 5 examining 5 examining 8 things 5 examining 19 up 6 the 8 things 7 queer 8 things 8 things 9 on 8 things 18 look 9 on 11 ground 10 the 11 ground 11 ground 17 to 12 that 16 thought 13 he 16 thought 14 never 16 thought 15 once 16 thought 16 thought 17 to 18 look 19 up 20 in 22 tops 21 the 22 tops 22 tops 23 of 23 of 25 trees 24 the 25 trees if he had , perhaps he would not have been so much puzzled [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 had 1 if 4 , 2 he 3 had 4 , 5 perhaps 5 perhaps 6 he 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 not 7 would 9 have 9 have 10 been 10 been 12 much 11 so 12 much 12 much 13 puzzled as it was he just gathered up three or four of the queer things and started on again [.] 1 as 2 it 1 as 3 was 1 as 4 he 2 it 3 was 4 he 15 and 5 just 6 gathered 6 gathered 7 up 6 gathered 9 or 6 gathered 15 and 8 three 9 or 9 or 10 four 9 or 11 of 11 of 14 things 12 the 14 things 13 queer 14 things 15 and 16 started 16 started 17 on 16 started 18 again on the way he met [peter] [rabbit] and showed [peter] [what] [he] [had] [.] 1 on 3 way 1 on 4 he 2 the 3 way 4 he 8 and 5 met 8 and 8 and 9 showed now , you know [peter] [rabbit] [is] [very] [curious] [.] 1 now 2 , 2 , 3 you 3 you 4 know he just couldn't sit still , but must scamper over to the place [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [told] [him] [about] [.] 1 he 7 but 2 just 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 sit 3 couldn't 7 but 4 sit 5 still 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 must 8 must 9 scamper 9 scamper 10 over 10 over 11 to 11 to 13 place 12 the 13 place " you ['d] [better] [be] [careful] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [;] [they] 're very sharp [,] ["] [shouted] [happy] [jack] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 12 're 12 're 14 sharp 13 very 14 sharp but as [usual] , [peter] was [in] too much of a hurry to heed what was said to him [.] 1 but 4 , 1 but 6 was 2 as 4 , 6 was 9 much 6 was 13 to 8 too 9 much 9 much 10 of 10 of 12 hurry 11 a 12 hurry 13 to 14 heed 14 heed 15 what 15 what 16 was 16 was 17 said 17 said 18 to 18 to 19 him lipperty-lipperty-lip , lipperty-lipperty-lip , [went] [peter] [rabbit] [through] the woods , as fast as his long legs would take him [.] 1 lipperty-lipperty-lip 2 , 2 , 3 lipperty-lipperty-lip 2 , 4 , 4 , 10 woods 4 , 11 , 9 the 10 woods 11 , 19 take 12 as 13 fast 13 fast 14 as 14 as 17 legs 15 his 17 legs 16 long 17 legs 17 legs 18 would 18 would 19 take 19 take 20 him then suddenly he squealed and sat down to nurse one of his feet [.] 1 then 3 he 2 suddenly 3 he 3 he 5 and 4 squealed 5 and 5 and 6 sat 6 sat 7 down 7 down 8 to 7 down 9 nurse 8 to 9 nurse 9 nurse 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 13 feet 12 his 13 feet but he was up again in a flash with another squeal louder than before [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 up 4 up 5 again 4 up 6 in 6 in 8 flash 7 a 8 flash 8 flash 9 with 9 with 11 squeal 10 another 11 squeal 11 squeal 12 louder 12 louder 13 than 12 louder 14 before 13 than 14 before peter [rabbit] had found [the] [queer] things [that] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [had] [told] [him] [about] [.] 1 peter 3 had 3 had 4 found 4 found 7 things one was sticking in [his] [foot] , and one was in the white patch on the seat of his trousers [.] 1 one 2 was 2 was 3 sticking 3 sticking 4 in 4 in 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 one 8 and 10 was 10 was 11 in 11 in 14 patch 12 the 14 patch 13 white 14 patch 14 patch 15 on 15 on 16 the 16 the 17 seat 17 seat 18 of 18 of 19 his 19 his 20 trousers [ii] [the] [stranger] [from] [the] [north] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [of] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [were] [excited] [.] yes , [sir] [,] they certainly were excited [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 they 5 they 7 were 6 certainly 7 were 7 were 8 excited they hurried this way and that way over [the] [green] [meadows] and told every one they met [.] 1 they 12 and 2 hurried 7 way 2 hurried 8 over 2 hurried 12 and 3 this 7 way 4 way 5 and 5 and 6 that 5 and 7 way 12 and 13 told 13 told 15 one 13 told 16 they 13 told 17 met 14 every 15 one 16 they 17 met finally they [reached] [the] [smiling] [pool] [and] [excitedly] [told] [grandfather] [frog] [all] [about] [it] [.] 1 finally 2 they [grandfather] [frog] [smoothed] [down] [his] [white] [and] [yellow] [waistcoat] [and] [looked] [very] [wise] [,] [for] [you] [know] [that] [grandfather] [frog] [is] [very] [old] [.] " [pooh] [,] " [said] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 4 " " [i] [know] [what] [they] [are] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [what] [?] ["] cried all [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] together [.] 1 " 5 cried 5 cried 6 all 6 all 11 together " [happy] [jack] says he is sure they do not grow , for there are no strange plants over [there] [.] ["] 1 " 4 says 4 says 5 he 5 he 6 is 6 is 7 sure 7 sure 8 they 7 sure 15 are 8 they 9 do 9 do 10 not 9 do 11 grow 10 not 11 grow 11 grow 13 for 12 , 13 for 13 for 14 there 14 there 15 are 15 are 18 plants 16 no 18 plants 17 strange 18 plants 18 plants 19 over grandfather [frog] [opened] [his] [big] [mouth] and [snapped] [up] [a] [foolish] [green] [fly] [that] [one] [of] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] blew over to him [.] 1 grandfather 7 and 7 and 21 blew 21 blew 22 over 21 blew 23 to 23 to 24 him " [chug-a-rum] [,] " [said] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [things] [do] [not] [have] [to] [be] [on] [plants] [in] [order] [to] [grow] [.] now [i] [am] [sure] [that] [those] [things] [grew] , and [that] they did not grow on a plant [.] ["] 1 now 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 they 10 and 15 grow 12 they 13 did 13 did 14 not 13 did 15 grow 14 not 15 grow 15 grow 16 on 16 on 18 plant 17 a 18 plant [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [looked] [puzzled] [.] " [what] [is] [there] [that] [grows] [and] [doesn't] [grow] [on] [a] [plant] [?] ["] asked one of them [.] 1 " 15 asked 15 asked 16 one 16 one 17 of 17 of 18 them " [how] [about] [the] [claws] [on] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [toes] [and] [the] [hair] [of] [happy] [jack] ['s] [tail] [?] " [asked] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 20 " the [merry] [little] [breezes] [looked] foolish [.] 1 the 6 foolish " [of] [course] , ["] they cried [.] 1 " 7 cried 4 , 6 they 6 they 7 cried ["] [we] [didn't] [think] [of] [that] [.] but we are quite sure that these queer things that prick so are not claws [,] [and] [certainly] [they] [are] [not] [hair] [.] ["] 1 but 2 we 1 but 3 are 2 we 3 are 3 are 5 sure 4 quite 5 sure 5 sure 6 that 6 that 9 things 6 that 13 are 7 these 9 things 8 queer 9 things 9 things 10 that 9 things 11 prick 9 things 13 are 10 that 11 prick 11 prick 12 so 13 are 14 not 13 are 15 claws " [don't] [you] [be] [too] [sure] [,] " [said] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 8 " away raced [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [to] [the] [green] [forest] and began to search among the treetops [.] 1 away 11 and 2 raced 11 and 11 and 12 began 12 began 13 to 12 began 14 search 13 to 14 search 14 search 15 among 15 among 17 treetops 16 the 17 treetops presently , way up in the top of a big poplar , they found a stranger [.] 1 presently 2 , 1 presently 13 they 3 way 4 up 4 up 13 they 5 in 7 top 5 in 12 , 5 in 13 they 6 the 7 top 7 top 8 of 8 of 11 poplar 9 a 10 big 9 a 11 poplar 10 big 11 poplar 13 they 14 found 14 found 16 stranger 15 a 16 stranger " [good] [morning] [,] " [said] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [politely] [.] 1 " 5 " " [mornin] ['] [,] " [grunted] [the] [stranger] [in] [the] [treetop] [.] 1 " 5 " " [may] [we] [ask] [where] [you] [come] [from] [?] ["] said one [of] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [politely] [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 12 one [iii] [prickly] [porky] [makes] [friends] the [merry] [little] [breezes] [soon] [spread] [the] [news] [over] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [a] stranger had come [from] [the] [north] [.] 1 the 20 stranger 20 stranger 21 had 21 had 22 come at first he was very shy and had nothing to say [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 7 and 4 was 6 shy 4 was 7 and 5 very 6 shy 7 and 8 had 8 had 9 nothing 9 nothing 10 to 10 to 11 say " [pooh] [,] " [exclaimed] [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 " 4 " " [who] ['s] [afraid] [of] [that] [fellow] [?] " 1 " 9 " just [then] [the] [stranger] [began] to come down the tree [.] 1 just 6 to 6 to 7 come 7 come 8 down 8 down 10 tree 9 the 10 tree reddy backed away [.] 1 reddy 2 backed 2 backed 3 away " it [looks] [as] [if] [you] [were] [afraid] [,] [reddy] [fox] [,] ["] said [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 2 it 1 " 14 said 2 it 14 said " [i] ['m] [not] [afraid] [of] [anything] [,] ["] said [reddy] [fox] , and [swelled] [himself] [up] [to] [look] [twice] [as] [big] as he [really] is [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 24 he 14 and 26 is 23 as 24 he 24 he 26 is " [it] [seems] [to] [me] [i] [hear] [bowser] [the] [hound] [,] " [piped] [up] [striped] [chipmunk] [.] 1 " 12 " [ [illustration] : " pooh [,] ["] [exclaimed] [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 pooh " [who] ['s] [afraid] [of] [that] [fellow] [?] " 1 " 9 " page [@number@] ] 1 page 3 ] my , [how] [everybody] [did] [run] [,] [everybody] [but] [the] [stranger] [from] [the] [north] [.] 1 my 2 , he kept on coming down the tree just the same [.] 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 3 on 2 kept 8 just 3 on 4 coming 4 coming 5 down 5 down 7 tree 6 the 7 tree 8 just 10 same 9 the 10 same bowser saw him and stopped in surprise [.] 1 bowser 4 and 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 4 and 4 and 5 stopped 4 and 6 in 6 in 7 surprise he had never seen anything quite like this big dark fellow [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 seen 3 never 4 seen 4 seen 5 anything 4 seen 7 like 5 anything 7 like 6 quite 7 like 7 like 11 fellow 8 this 11 fellow 9 big 11 fellow 10 dark 11 fellow " [bow] [,] [wow] [,] [wow] [!] " [shouted] [bowser] [in] [his] [deepest] [voice] [.] 1 " 8 " bowser was so surprised that he just stood still and stared [.] 1 bowser 2 was 2 was 4 surprised 3 so 4 surprised 4 surprised 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 10 and 7 just 8 stood 8 stood 9 still 8 stood 10 and 10 and 11 stared then he growled his deepest growl [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 growled 3 growled 6 growl 4 his 5 deepest 4 his 6 growl still the stranger paid no attention to him [.] 1 still 3 stranger 2 the 3 stranger 3 stranger 4 paid 4 paid 6 attention 4 paid 7 to 5 no 6 attention 7 to 8 him bowser did not know what to make [of] it [.] 1 bowser 2 did 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 know 4 know 5 what 5 what 6 to 5 what 7 make 6 to 7 make 7 make 9 it " [i] ['ll] [teach] [that] [fellow] [a] [lesson] [,] " [said] [bowser] [to] [himself] [.] 1 " 10 " " [i] ['ll] [shake] [him] [,] [and] [shake] [him] [and] [shake] [him] [until] he hasn't any breath left [.] ["] 1 " 14 he 14 he 15 hasn't 15 hasn't 17 breath 16 any 17 breath 17 breath 18 left by this time the stranger was down on the ground and starting for another tree , minding his own business [.] 1 by 3 time 1 by 6 was 2 this 3 time 4 the 5 stranger 5 stranger 6 was 6 was 7 down 7 down 8 on 7 down 13 for 8 on 11 and 9 the 10 ground 10 ground 11 and 11 and 12 starting 11 and 13 for 13 for 15 tree 14 another 15 tree 15 tree 17 minding 16 , 17 minding 17 minding 20 business 18 his 19 own 18 his 20 business then something happened [.] 1 then 2 something 2 something 3 happened bowser [made] [a] [rush] [at] [him] , and instead of running , what do you suppose the stranger did [?] 1 bowser 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 14 do 8 and 16 suppose 9 instead 10 of 10 of 12 , 10 of 14 do 11 running 12 , 12 , 13 what 14 do 15 you 14 do 16 suppose 16 suppose 18 stranger 16 suppose 19 did 17 the 18 stranger 18 stranger 19 did he just rolled himself up in a tight ball with his head tucked down in his waistcoat [.] 1 he 3 rolled 2 just 3 rolled 3 rolled 4 himself 3 rolled 5 up 3 rolled 6 in 3 rolled 10 with 6 in 9 ball 7 a 8 tight 8 tight 9 ball 10 with 12 head 11 his 12 head 12 head 13 tucked 13 tucked 14 down 13 tucked 15 in 15 in 17 waistcoat 16 his 17 waistcoat bowser stopped short [.] 1 bowser 2 stopped 2 stopped 3 short then he reached out his nose and sniffed at this queer thing [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 7 and 3 reached 4 out 3 reached 6 nose 3 reached 7 and 5 his 6 nose 7 and 8 sniffed 7 and 9 at 9 at 12 thing 10 this 12 thing 11 queer 12 thing [slap] [!] then [the] [stranger] [unrolled] [himself] [and] [smiled] , and all the little meadow people and forest folk who had been watching shouted aloud for joy [.] 1 then 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 all 9 and 22 shouted 10 all 11 the 10 all 15 and 10 all 22 shouted 11 the 14 people 12 little 13 meadow 13 meadow 14 people 14 people 15 and 15 and 17 folk 15 and 18 who 15 and 19 had 16 forest 17 folk 18 who 19 had 19 had 20 been 20 been 21 watching 22 shouted 23 aloud 22 shouted 24 for 24 for 25 joy and this is the way [that] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [made] [friends] [.] 1 and 2 this 2 this 3 is 3 is 5 way 4 the 5 way [iv] [peter] [rabbit] [has] [some] [startling] [news] she was worried [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 worried there was no doubt about it [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 doubt 3 no 4 doubt 4 doubt 5 about 5 about 6 it [little] [mrs] [peter] [was] [very] [much] [worried] [.] [why] [didn't] [peter] [come] [home] [?] she did wish that he would be content to stay close by [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [.] 1 she 2 did 2 did 3 wish 3 wish 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 7 be 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 be 7 be 8 content 8 content 9 to 8 content 10 stay 9 to 10 stay 10 stay 11 close 11 close 12 by for her part , she couldn't see why under the sun he wanted to go [way] [over] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 for 3 part 1 for 4 , 1 for 5 she 2 her 3 part 5 she 6 couldn't 6 couldn't 7 see 7 see 8 why 8 why 12 he 8 why 13 wanted 9 under 11 sun 9 under 12 he 10 the 11 sun 12 he 13 wanted 13 wanted 14 to 13 wanted 15 go 14 to 15 go she didn't feel easy in her mind one minute while he was out of her sight [.] 1 she 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 feel 3 feel 4 easy 4 easy 5 in 5 in 7 mind 6 her 7 mind 7 mind 8 one 7 mind 9 minute 9 minute 10 while 9 minute 14 of 10 while 11 he 10 while 12 was 11 he 12 was 13 out 14 of 14 of 16 sight 15 her 16 sight but he wouldn't promise not to go [to] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 4 promise 2 he 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 4 promise 4 promise 6 to 5 not 6 to 6 to 7 go no , [sir] [,] [peter] [wouldn't] [promise] [that] [.] 1 no 2 , this particular morning [she] was unusually anxious [.] 1 this 2 particular 2 particular 3 morning 3 morning 5 was 5 was 7 anxious 6 unusually 7 anxious peter had been [gone] all night [.] 1 peter 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 6 night 5 all 6 night ["] [something] [has] [happened] [.] i just know something has happened [!] ["] [she] [wailed] [.] 1 i 3 know 2 just 3 know 3 know 4 something 3 know 6 happened 4 something 5 has 5 has 6 happened " [oh] [,] [peter] [,] [peter] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [why] [will] [you] [be] so [heedless] [?] 1 " 14 so why will you take such dreadful risks , [so] foolish and so needless ? " 1 why 2 will 2 will 3 you 2 will 4 take 4 take 7 risks 5 such 7 risks 6 dreadful 7 risks 7 risks 11 and 8 , 11 and 10 foolish 11 and 11 and 13 needless 11 and 14 ? 12 so 13 needless 14 ? 15 " ["] [don't] [worry] [.] ["] [he] ['ll] [be] [home] [pretty] [soon] [.] in fact [,] [i] [think] [i] [see] [him] [coming] [now] [.] ["] 1 in 2 fact mrs [peter] [looked] [in] [the] direction [that] [the] [merry] [little] [breeze] was [looking] , and sure enough [there] [was] [peter] [.] 1 mrs 6 direction 6 direction 12 was 12 was 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 sure 16 sure 17 enough [mrs] [peter] ['s] [heart] [gave] [a] [frightened] [thump] [.] in a few minutes he reached her side [.] 1 in 4 minutes 1 in 5 he 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 5 he 6 reached 6 reached 8 side 7 her 8 side his eyes were very wide , and it was plain to see that he was bursting with important news [.] 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 7 and 3 were 5 wide 3 were 7 and 4 very 5 wide 6 , 7 and 7 and 12 see 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 plain 10 plain 11 to 11 to 12 see 12 see 13 that 13 that 14 he 13 that 15 was 15 was 16 bursting 16 bursting 17 with 17 with 19 news 18 important 19 news ["] [what] [is] [it] [,] [peter] [?] do tell me quick [!] 1 do 2 tell 2 tell 3 me 2 tell 4 quick have you had another narrow escape [?] ["] [gasped] [little] [mrs] [.] [peter] [.] 1 have 2 you 2 you 3 had 3 had 6 escape 4 another 6 escape 5 narrow 6 escape peter nodded while he panted for breath [.] 1 peter 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 while 3 while 4 he 3 while 5 panted 4 he 5 panted 5 panted 6 for 6 for 7 breath [v] [peter] [rabbit] [tells] [his] [story] at least [,] that is [what] [peter] said [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 4 that 4 that 5 is 5 is 8 said " [you] [see] [,] [it] [was] [this] [way] [,] " [declared] [peter] [.] 1 " 10 " [mrs] [peter] [nodded] [.] " [but] [somehow] [time] [slipped] [away] [faster] [than] [i] [thought] [for] [,] [or] [else] [mr] [sun] [got] [up] [earlier] [than] [usual] [,] " [continued] [peter] [.] 1 " 23 " then he stopped [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 stopped that last idea was a [new] one [,] and [it] [struck] [peter] [as] [a] [good] one [.] 1 that 3 idea 2 last 3 idea 3 idea 4 was 4 was 16 one 5 a 16 one 7 one 9 and 9 and 16 one [mrs] [peter] [looked] [as] [if] [she] [very] [much] [doubted] [it] [,] [but] [she] [didn't] [say] [anything] [,] [and] [so] [peter] [went] [on] [with] [his] [story] [.] of course [i] [thought] it was [prickly] [himself] [starting] [out] [for] [his] [breakfast] [,] and [i] looked up with my mouth [open] to say hello [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 15 and 6 was 23 to 15 and 17 looked 17 looked 18 up 17 looked 19 with 19 with 21 mouth 20 my 21 mouth 23 to 24 say 24 say 25 hello [but] [i] [didn't] [say] [hello] [.] no [,] [sir] [,] [i] [didn't] [say] a word [.] 1 no 9 word 8 a 9 word i was too scared [.] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 too 2 was 4 scared peter 's eyes grew [very] round and wide as he said this [.] 1 peter 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 grew 4 grew 7 and 6 round 7 and 7 and 8 wide 8 wide 9 as 9 as 10 he 9 as 11 said 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 this ["] [i] [took] [one] [good] [look] [,] [and] [then] [i] [jumped] [.] my [gracious] , [how] [i] [did] [jump] [!] " [he] [continued] [.] 1 my 3 , 3 , 9 " [mrs] [peter] [had] [listened] [with] [her] [mouth] [wide] [open] [.] when [peter] [finished] [,] she closed it with a snap [and] hopped over and felt of his head [.] 1 when 5 she 5 she 6 closed 6 closed 7 it 6 closed 8 with 7 it 8 with 8 with 10 snap 9 a 10 snap 10 snap 14 and 10 snap 16 of 12 hopped 13 over 12 hopped 14 and 14 and 15 felt 16 of 18 head 17 his 18 head " [are] [you] [sick] [,] [peter] ? " she asked anxiously [.] 1 " 10 asked 7 ? 8 " 7 ? 9 she 9 she 10 asked 10 asked 11 anxiously peter stared at her [.] 1 peter 2 stared 2 stared 3 at 3 at 4 her ["] [sick] [!] [me] [sick] [!] not a bit of it ! " he exclaimed [.] 1 not 5 it 1 not 6 ! 1 not 8 he 2 a 3 bit 3 bit 4 of 3 bit 5 it 4 of 5 it 6 ! 7 " 8 he 9 exclaimed ["] [never] [felt] [better] [in] [my] [life] [,] [save] [that] [i] [am] [a] [little] [tired] [from] [my] [long] [run] [.] what a silly question [!] 1 what 4 question 2 a 3 silly 2 a 4 question 3 silly 4 question [do] [i] [look] [sick] [?] ["] " [no-o] [,] " [replied] [little] [mrs] [peter] [slowly] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [no-o] [,] [you] [don't] [look] [sick] [,] [but] [you] [talk] [as] [if] [there] [were] [something] [the] [matter] [with] [your] [head] [.] i think [you] [must] [be] [just] [a] [little] [light-headed] , [peter] , or [else] you have taken a nap somewhere and had a bad dream [.] 1 i 10 , 2 think 10 , 10 , 12 , 12 , 13 or 13 or 15 you 13 or 21 and 15 you 21 and 16 have 17 taken 16 have 21 and 17 taken 19 nap 17 taken 20 somewhere 18 a 19 nap 21 and 22 had 22 had 25 dream 23 a 24 bad 23 a 25 dream 24 bad 25 dream did [i] [understand] you [to] say that this dreadful creature has no legs , and yet that [it] [chased] [you] [?] ["] 1 did 4 you 4 you 6 say 6 say 7 that 7 that 10 creature 7 that 11 has 8 this 10 creature 9 dreadful 10 creature 10 creature 11 has 11 has 15 and 12 no 13 legs 13 legs 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 yet 15 and 17 that peter scratched his head in great perplexity [.] 1 peter 2 scratched 2 scratched 4 head 2 scratched 5 in 3 his 4 head 5 in 7 perplexity 6 great 7 perplexity suddenly he had a happy thought [.] 1 suddenly 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 6 thought 4 a 6 thought 5 happy 6 thought " [mr] [blacksnake] [runs] [fast] [enough] [,] but he doesn't have legs , does he [?] ["] [he] asked in triumph [.] 1 " 19 asked 8 but 13 , 8 but 15 he 9 he 10 doesn't 10 doesn't 13 , 11 have 12 legs 11 have 13 , 13 , 14 does 15 he 19 asked 19 asked 20 in 20 in 21 triumph little [mrs] [peter] [looked] [a] bit [discomfited] [.] 1 little 6 bit " [no-o] [,] " she admitted [slowly] [,] ["] [he] [doesn't] [have] [legs] [;] [but] [i] [never] [could] [understand] [how] [he] [runs] [without] [them] [.] ["] 1 " 6 admitted 4 " 5 she 5 she 6 admitted " [well] [,] [then] [,] " [snapped] [peter] [,] ["] [if] [he] [can] [run] [without] [legs] [,] [why] [can't] [other] [creatures] [?] 1 " 6 " besides , this one didn't run exactly [;] [it] [rolled] [.] 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 4 one 3 this 4 one 4 one 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 run 6 run 7 exactly now [i] ['ve] told you [all] [i] ['m] going [to] [.] 1 now 4 told 4 told 5 you 5 you 9 going i [need] [a] [long] [nap] [,] [after] [all] [i] ['ve] [been] [through] [,] [so] don't let any one disturb me [.] " 1 i 15 don't 15 don't 16 let 16 let 18 one 16 let 19 disturb 17 any 18 one 19 disturb 20 me 20 me 22 " " [i] [won't] [,] " [replied] [mrs] [peter] [meekly] [.] 1 " 5 " " [but] [,] [peter] [,] [if] [i] [were] [you] [,] [i] [wouldn't] [tell] [that] [story] [to] [any] [one] [else] [.] " 1 " 21 " [vi] [peter] [has] [to] [tell] [his] [story] [many] [times] once you start [a] [story] [you] [cannot] [call] [it] [back] [;] [it] [travels] on and [on] and on and [ever] [on] , alack [!] 1 once 2 you 2 you 3 start 3 start 17 and 14 on 15 and 14 on 17 and 17 and 18 on 17 and 22 , 17 and 23 alack 18 on 19 and that is the reason why you should always be sure that a story you repeat is a good story [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 4 reason 3 the 4 reason 4 reason 5 why 5 why 6 you 5 why 9 be 6 you 7 should 7 should 9 be 8 always 9 be 9 be 10 sure 10 sure 11 that 11 that 13 story 11 that 16 is 12 a 13 story 13 story 14 you 13 story 15 repeat 13 story 16 is 14 you 15 repeat 16 is 19 story 17 a 18 good 17 a 19 story 18 good 19 story then you will be glad to have it travel on and on and [on] , and will never want to call it back [.] 1 then 2 you 2 you 3 will 3 will 4 be 4 be 5 glad 5 glad 6 to 5 glad 7 have 6 to 7 have 7 have 8 it 7 have 16 and 9 travel 11 and 9 travel 16 and 10 on 11 and 11 and 12 on 11 and 16 and 12 on 13 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 will 16 and 22 it 16 and 23 back 17 will 19 want 18 never 19 want 19 want 20 to 19 want 21 call 20 to 21 call you see stories are just like rivers , they run on and [on] forever [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 stories 2 see 10 run 3 stories 4 are 4 are 5 just 4 are 10 run 5 just 6 like 6 like 8 , 7 rivers 8 , 8 , 9 they 10 run 11 on 10 run 14 forever 11 on 12 and when [peter] [awoke] , the first thing [he] [thought] [of] was [the] [terrible] [creature] he had [seen] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 when 16 had 4 , 7 thing 4 , 11 was 5 the 6 first 6 first 7 thing 11 was 15 he 15 he 16 had " [i] [won't] [,] " [said] [peter] [to] [himself] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [won't] [repeat] [it] [to] [a] [soul] [.] no one will believe it [.] 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 will 3 will 4 believe 4 believe 5 it the truth is [,] [i] [can] [hardly] [believe] it [myself] [.] 1 the 2 truth 2 truth 3 is 3 is 9 it i 'll just keep my tongue still [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 4 keep 3 just 4 keep 4 keep 6 tongue 4 keep 7 still 5 my 6 tongue so [peter] [was] [obliged] [to] [repeat] [it] [ever] [so] many times [,] and [every] [time] it sounded [to] [him] more foolish than before [.] 1 so 10 many 1 so 13 and 10 many 11 times 13 and 16 it 16 it 17 sounded 17 sounded 21 foolish 20 more 21 foolish 21 foolish 22 than 22 than 23 before now , strange to say , no one laughed at [peter] , [queer] as the story sounded [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 8 one 2 , 3 strange 3 strange 4 to 3 strange 5 say 3 strange 6 , 3 strange 8 one 4 to 5 say 7 no 8 one 8 one 9 laughed 9 laughed 10 at 9 laughed 14 as 10 at 12 , 14 as 16 story 14 as 17 sounded 15 the 16 story 16 story 17 sounded then it had been [peter] ['s] [turn] to laugh at them [.] 1 then 2 it 2 it 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 8 to 8 to 9 laugh 9 laugh 10 at 10 at 11 them so now , impossible as this new story sounded , they didn't dare laugh at it [.] 1 so 11 they 1 so 13 dare 2 now 3 , 2 now 11 they 3 , 4 impossible 4 impossible 5 as 4 impossible 10 , 4 impossible 11 they 5 as 8 story 5 as 9 sounded 6 this 8 story 7 new 8 story 8 story 9 sounded 11 they 12 didn't 12 didn't 13 dare 13 dare 14 laugh 14 laugh 15 at 15 at 16 it " [that] [is] [very] [true] [,] " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [solemnly] [.] 1 " 7 " " probably [peter] [has] [seen] [something] [out] [of] [the] [ordinary] , [and] in his excitement he [has] exaggerated [it] [.] 1 " 18 exaggerated 2 probably 11 , 2 probably 16 he 11 , 13 in 13 in 15 excitement 14 his 15 excitement 16 he 18 exaggerated the thing to do is to make sure [whether] [or] [not] [there] [is] [a] [stranger] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 the 2 thing 2 thing 3 to 2 thing 4 do 2 thing 5 is 3 to 4 do 5 is 6 to 5 is 8 sure 6 to 7 make peter says that [it] [came] [down] [the] [hill] [where] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [lives] [.] 1 peter 2 says 2 says 3 that some one ought to go ask him what he knows about it [.] 1 some 2 one 2 one 3 ought 3 ought 4 to 4 to 5 go 5 go 6 ask 6 ask 7 him 6 ask 8 what 8 what 9 he 8 what 10 knows 9 he 10 knows 10 knows 11 about 11 about 12 it if there is such a terrible creature up there , he ought to have seen it [.] 1 if 2 there 1 if 3 is 1 if 11 he 2 there 3 is 3 is 7 creature 4 such 5 a 5 a 6 terrible 5 a 7 creature 6 terrible 7 creature 8 up 11 he 9 there 10 , 9 there 11 he 11 he 12 ought 12 ought 13 to 13 to 14 have 14 have 15 seen 15 seen 16 it why don't you go up there and ask him [,] [jimmy] [skunk] [?] 1 why 2 don't 2 don't 3 you 2 don't 7 and 4 go 5 up 4 go 6 there 4 go 7 and 7 and 8 ask 8 ask 9 him you 're not afraid of anybody or anything [.] ["] 1 you 2 're 2 're 3 not 2 're 4 afraid 4 afraid 5 of 5 of 7 or 6 anybody 7 or 7 or 8 anything " [i] [will] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [promptly] [,] [and] [off] [he] [started] [.] 1 " 5 " [vii] [jimmy] [skunk] [calls] [on] [prickly] [porky] ["] [of] [course] [i] ['m] [not] [afraid] [,] [but] [just] [the] [same] [i] [don't] [like] [meddling] [with] [things] [i] [don't] [know] [anything] [about] [.] whoever heard of such a thing [?] 1 whoever 2 heard 2 heard 3 of 3 of 6 thing 4 such 5 a 5 a 6 thing it gives me a queer feeling inside [.] ["] 1 it 2 gives 2 gives 3 me 2 gives 6 feeling 4 a 5 queer 4 a 6 feeling 5 queer 6 feeling 6 feeling 7 inside but there was nothing unusual to be seen [.] 1 but 2 there 2 there 3 was 3 was 4 nothing 3 was 6 to 4 nothing 5 unusual 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 seen [the] [green] [forest] [looked] [just] [as] [it] [always] [did] [.] it was [very] [still] [and] [quiet] [there] [save] [for] the [cheerful] voice of [redeye] the [vireo] [telling] [over] and [over] how [happy] he was [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 12 voice 2 was 19 and 10 the 12 voice 12 voice 13 of 13 of 15 the 19 and 24 was 21 how 23 he 23 he 24 was " [that] [doesn't] [sound] [as] [if] [there] [were] [any] [terrible] [stranger] [around] [here] [,] " [muttered] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 15 " jimmy grinned as he listened [.] 1 jimmy 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 as 3 as 4 he 3 as 5 listened 4 he 5 listened " [that] ['s] [prickly] [porky] [telling] [himself] [how] [good] [his] [dinner] [tastes] [,] " [laughed] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 14 " " [funny] [how] [some] [people] [do] [like] [to] [hear] [their] [own] [voices] [.] " 1 " 14 " " [hello] [!] " [said] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 4 " [prickly] [porky] [took] [no] [notice] [.] he was so busy [eating] , and [making] [so] [much] [noise] [about] [it] , that he didn't hear [jimmy] [at] [all] [.] 1 he 6 , 2 was 4 busy 2 was 6 , 3 so 4 busy 6 , 7 and 7 and 14 , 7 and 16 he 14 , 15 that 16 he 17 didn't 17 didn't 18 hear " [hello] [!] " [shouted] [jimmy] [a] [little] [louder] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [hello] [,] [there] [!] are you deaf [?] ["] 1 are 2 you 1 are 3 deaf of course [this] [wasn't] [polite] [at] [all] , but [jimmy] [was] [feeling] a little [out] of sorts [because] he had [had] to make this call [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 8 , 2 course 19 he 8 , 9 but 9 but 14 little 13 a 14 little 14 little 16 of 16 of 17 sorts 19 he 20 had 20 had 22 to 22 to 23 make 23 make 25 call 24 this 25 call this time [prickly] [porky] [looked] [down] [.] 1 this 2 time " hello [yourself] , and [see] [how] [you] [like] [it] , [jimmy] [skunk] [!] " he cried [.] 1 " 17 cried 2 hello 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 11 , 5 and 16 he 11 , 15 " 16 he 17 cried " [come] [on] [up] [and] [have] [some] [of] [this] [nice] [bark] [with] [me] [.] " 1 " 15 " jimmy made a face at him [.] 1 jimmy 2 made 2 made 4 face 2 made 5 at 3 a 4 face 4 face 5 at 5 at 6 him ["] [thank] [you] [,] [i] ['ve] [just] [dined] [.] come down [here] [where] [i] [can] [talk] to [you] [without] [straining] [my] [voice] , " he replied [.] 1 come 2 down 2 down 8 to 8 to 14 , 14 , 15 " 14 , 17 replied 16 he 17 replied " [wait] [until] [i] [get] [another] [bite] [,] " [replied] [prickly] [porky] [,] [stripping] [off] [a] [long] [piece] [of] [bark] [.] 1 " 9 " then with this to chew on , he came [half] way down the tree [and] made himself comfortable on a big limb [.] 1 then 8 he 2 with 3 this 2 with 8 he 4 to 5 chew 4 to 7 , 4 to 8 he 5 chew 6 on 8 he 9 came 9 came 19 on 11 way 12 down 12 down 14 tree 13 the 14 tree 14 tree 16 made 14 tree 19 on 16 made 17 himself 16 made 18 comfortable 19 on 22 limb 20 a 21 big 20 a 22 limb 21 big 22 limb " [now] [,] [what] [is] [it] [you've] [got] [on] [your] [mind] [?] " he demanded [.] 1 " 15 demanded 13 " 14 he 14 he 15 demanded at once [jimmy] [told] [him] [the] [queer] [story] [peter] [rabbit] [had] [told] [.] 1 at 2 once ["] [i] ['ve] [been] [sent] [up] [here] [to] [find] [out] [if] [you] [have] [seen] [this] [legless] [,] [headless] [,] [tailess] [creature] [.] have you [?] ["] [he] [concluded] [.] 1 have 2 you [prickly] [porky] [slowly] [shook] [his] [head] [.] " [no] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 6 he " [i] ['ve] [been] [right] [here] [all] [the] [time] [,] [and] [i] [haven't] [seen] [any] [such] [creature] [.] " 1 " 19 " " [that] ['s] [all] [i] [want] [to] [know] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 1 " 10 " " [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [got] [something] [the] [matter] [with] [his] [eyes] [,] [and] [i] ['m] [going] [straight] [back] [to] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [to] [tell] [him] so [.] 1 " 26 so much obliged [.] ["] 1 much 2 obliged with that [jimmy] [started] [back] [the] [way] he had come , grumbling to himself [.] 1 with 2 that 1 with 8 he 8 he 11 , 9 had 10 come 9 had 11 , 11 , 12 grumbling 12 grumbling 13 to 13 to 14 himself [viii] [prickly] [porky] [nearly] [chokes] he was very busy , [was] [redeye] , [telling] [all] who would [listen] how [happy] he was and what [a] [beautiful] [world] this is [.] 1 he 5 , 2 was 4 busy 2 was 5 , 3 very 4 busy 5 , 18 and 8 , 11 who 8 , 17 was 8 , 18 and 11 who 12 would 14 how 16 he 16 he 17 was 18 and 19 what 19 what 24 is 23 this 24 is it never seems to enter his head that he is making other people happy just by being happy himself and saying so [.] 1 it 3 seems 2 never 3 seems 3 seems 4 to 3 seems 8 that 4 to 5 enter 5 enter 7 head 6 his 7 head 8 that 9 he 8 that 10 is 9 he 10 is 10 is 11 making 11 making 13 people 11 making 22 so 12 other 13 people 13 people 14 happy 14 happy 15 just 14 happy 16 by 16 by 17 being 17 being 20 and 18 happy 19 himself 18 happy 20 and 20 and 21 saying right away he [saw] [that] [prickly] [porky] was in some kind of trouble , and that it was [he] who was making the queer noise [.] 1 right 3 he 2 away 3 he 3 he 8 was 8 was 9 in 9 in 11 kind 10 some 11 kind 11 kind 12 of 11 kind 20 who 11 kind 21 was 12 of 15 and 13 trouble 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 that 15 and 17 it 15 and 18 was 17 it 18 was 20 who 21 was 21 was 22 making 22 making 25 noise 23 the 25 noise 24 queer 25 noise it was such a [strange] performance that [redeye] [simply] [stared] [for] [a] [minute] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 performance 2 was 7 that 3 such 4 a 4 a 6 performance then in a flash it came to [him] what it meant [.] 1 then 5 it 2 in 4 flash 2 in 5 it 3 a 4 flash 5 it 6 came 6 came 7 to 7 to 9 what 9 what 10 it 9 what 11 meant 10 it 11 meant prickly [porky] [was] [choking] , and if something wasn't done to help him , he might choke to death [!] 1 prickly 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 15 he 6 and 17 choke 7 if 8 something 7 if 9 wasn't 7 if 14 , 7 if 15 he 8 something 9 wasn't 9 wasn't 10 done 10 done 11 to 11 to 12 help 12 help 13 him 15 he 16 might 16 might 17 choke 17 choke 18 to 18 to 19 death now there was nothing [that] [redeye] [himself] [could] [do] to [help] , for he was too small [.] 1 now 2 there 2 there 3 was 3 was 4 nothing 4 nothing 10 to 10 to 12 , 12 , 13 for 13 for 14 he 14 he 15 was 15 was 17 small 16 too 17 small he must get help somewhere else , and he must do it quickly [.] 1 he 2 must 2 must 8 and 3 get 4 help 3 get 5 somewhere 3 get 8 and 5 somewhere 6 else 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 do 9 he 10 must 10 must 11 do 11 do 12 it 11 do 13 quickly anxiously he looked this way and that [way] , but there was no one in sight [.] 1 anxiously 2 he 2 he 3 looked 3 looked 6 and 4 this 5 way 5 way 6 and 6 and 7 that 7 that 12 was 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 there 11 there 12 was 12 was 14 one 12 was 15 in 13 no 14 one 15 in 16 sight then he remembered that [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] tree was not far away [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 remembered 3 remembered 4 that 4 that 11 tree 4 that 12 was 11 tree 12 was 12 was 13 not 12 was 14 far 13 not 14 far 14 far 15 away [perhaps] [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [help] [.] he [hoped] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] was at home , and he wasted no time in finding out [.] 1 he 10 , 7 was 8 at 7 was 10 , 8 at 9 home 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 11 and 13 wasted 12 he 13 wasted 13 wasted 15 time 13 wasted 16 in 14 no 15 time 15 time 16 in 16 in 18 out 17 finding 18 out he saw right away what was the trouble [.] 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 3 right 2 saw 5 what 3 right 4 away 5 what 6 was 6 was 8 trouble 7 the 8 trouble prickly [porky] [did] as he was [told] [.] 1 prickly 6 was 4 as 5 he 5 he 6 was indeed , he was so weak from his long struggle that he was glad to [.] 1 indeed 2 , 1 indeed 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 6 weak 5 so 6 weak 6 weak 7 from 7 from 10 struggle 8 his 10 struggle 9 long 10 struggle 10 struggle 11 that 10 struggle 15 to 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 glad 14 glad 15 to unc ['] [billy] [caught] [hold] of the piece [of] bark [hanging] [from] [prickly] [porky] ['s] [mouth] [.] 1 unc 6 of 6 of 10 bark 7 the 10 bark 8 piece 10 bark then he braced himself and pulled with all his might [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 braced 3 braced 4 himself 4 himself 5 and 5 and 6 pulled 6 pulled 7 with 7 with 8 all 8 all 9 his 9 his 10 might for a minute the piece [of] bark held [.] 1 for 3 minute 1 for 7 bark 2 a 3 minute 4 the 7 bark 5 piece 7 bark 7 bark 8 held then it [gave] [way] [so] [suddenly] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [fell] [over] [flat] [on] [his] [back] [.] 1 then 2 it [ [illustration] : then he braced himself and pulled with all his might [.] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 then 4 then 5 he 4 then 8 and 5 he 8 and 6 braced 7 himself 6 braced 8 and 8 and 9 pulled 8 and 10 with 10 with 11 all 11 all 12 his 12 his 13 might page [@number@] ] 1 page 3 ] prickly [porky] [grinned] [weakly] [and] [rather] foolishly [.] 1 prickly 7 foolishly ["] [it] [wasn't] [greed] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] it wasn't greed at [all] , " [he] [replied] [.] 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 greed 3 greed 4 at 4 at 6 , 6 , 7 " " [then] [what] [was] [it] [,] [may] [ah] [ask] [?] " [demanded] [unc] ['] [billy] [severely] [.] 1 " 11 " he laughed and laughed [and] [laughed] [,] [until] [finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [quite] [lost] [patience] [.] 1 he 3 and 2 laughed 3 and 3 and 4 laughed " [yo] ['] [cert'nly] [have] [lost] [your] [manners] , [brer] [porky] [!] " he snapped [.] 1 " 15 snapped 9 , 13 " 9 , 14 he 14 he 15 snapped [prickly] [porky] [wiped] [the] [tears] [from] [his] [eyes] [.] " [come] [closer] [so] [that] [i] [can] [whisper] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 15 said 15 said 16 he [ix] [jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [tell] [different] [stories] the little people [of] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [green] [forest] [didn't] [know] [what] [to] [believe] [.] 1 the 3 people 2 little 3 people [first] [came] [peter] [rabbit] [with] [the] [strangest] [kind] [of] [a] [story] [about] [being] [chased] [by] [a] [terrible] [creature] [without] [legs] [,] [head] [,] [or] [tail] [.] he said that it had come down the hill [where] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [lives] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 he 2 said 2 said 3 that 3 that 4 it 3 that 6 come 4 it 5 had 5 had 6 come 6 come 7 down 7 down 9 hill 8 the 9 hill [if] [jimmy] [skunk] [was] [right] [,] [why] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [queer] [story] [wasn't] [to] [be] [believed] [at] [all] [.] [if] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [right] [,] [why] [peter] ['s] [story] [wasn't] [as] [crazy] [as] [it] [sounded] [.] little by little they began to think that [jimmy] [skunk] was right , and that [peter] [rabbit] 's [terrible] [creature] [existed] [only] [in] [peter] ['s] imagination [.] 1 little 2 by 1 little 5 began 2 by 3 little 4 they 5 began 5 began 6 to 6 to 7 think 7 think 8 that 8 that 11 was 11 was 26 imagination 12 right 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 that 14 and 18 's 15 that 18 's 18 's 26 imagination about this [time] [unc] ['] [billy] [told] [of] [having] [just] [such] [an] experience [as] [peter] [had] [.] 1 about 13 experience 2 this 13 experience " [what] [did] [you] [do] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [?] " [asked] [bobby] [coon] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [what] [did] [ah] [do] [?] " [yes] [,] [sah] [,] [ah] [done] [run] [,] [and] [ah] [didn't] [turn] [around] [until] [ah] [was] [safe] [in] [mah] [holler] [tree] [.] " 1 " 24 " " [pooh] [!] " [sneered] [reddy] [fox] [,] [who] [had] [been] [listening] [.] 1 " 4 " " you 're a coward [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 're 3 're 5 coward 4 a 5 coward i wouldn't have run [!] 1 i 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 have 3 have 4 run i would have waited and found out what it was [.] 1 i 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 5 and 4 waited 5 and 5 and 6 found 6 found 7 out 6 found 8 what 8 what 9 it 8 what 10 was 9 it 10 was you and [peter] [rabbit] [would] [run] [away] [from] your own shadows [.] ["] 1 you 2 and 2 and 11 shadows 9 your 10 own 9 your 11 shadows " [you] [don't] [dare] [go] [there] [yourself] [at] [daybreak] [to-morrow] [!] " [retorted] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 12 " " [i] [do] [too] [!] " [declared] [reddy] [angrily] [,] [though] [he] [didn't] [have] [the] [least] [intention] [of] [going] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [all] [right] [.] then [reddy] [knew] [that] he would have to [go] [or] [else] be called a coward [.] 1 then 5 he 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 have 7 have 8 to 8 to 12 be 12 be 13 called 13 called 15 coward 14 a 15 coward " [i] ['ll] [be] [there] , " he snarled [angrily] [,] as he slunk away [.] 1 " 9 snarled 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 snarled 9 snarled 12 as 12 as 13 he 12 as 14 slunk 13 he 14 slunk 14 slunk 15 away [x] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [tells] [jimmy] [skunk] [a] [secret] be sure before you drop a friend [that] you 've done nothing to offend [.] 1 be 2 sure 2 sure 3 before 2 sure 9 you 2 sure 10 've 3 before 4 you 3 before 5 drop 4 you 5 drop 5 drop 7 friend 6 a 7 friend 9 you 10 've 10 've 11 done 11 done 12 nothing 12 nothing 13 to 13 to 14 offend a friend is always worth keeping [.] 1 a 2 friend 2 friend 3 is 3 is 4 always 3 is 5 worth 5 worth 6 keeping unc ['] [billy] [possum] [says] [so] , and he knows [.] 1 unc 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 he 9 he 10 knows and [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [makes] [a] [friend] [,] he keeps him [.] 1 and 10 he 1 and 11 keeps 10 he 11 keeps 11 keeps 12 him he says that it is easier and a lot better to keep a friend than to make a new one [.] 1 he 2 says 2 says 3 that 3 that 5 is 4 it 5 is 5 is 7 and 6 easier 7 and 7 and 10 better 8 a 9 lot 9 lot 10 better 10 better 11 to 10 better 15 than 10 better 16 to 10 better 17 make 11 to 12 keep 12 keep 14 friend 13 a 14 friend 14 friend 15 than 16 to 17 make 17 make 20 one 18 a 20 one 19 new 20 one instead , he goes to [that] [friend] , finds out what the trouble is , explains it all away , and then does something nice [.] 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 3 he 3 he 4 goes 4 goes 5 to 5 to 8 , 8 , 15 , 9 finds 10 out 10 out 11 what 10 out 15 , 11 what 14 is 12 the 13 trouble 13 trouble 14 is 15 , 21 and 16 explains 18 all 16 explains 19 away 16 explains 21 and 17 it 18 all 20 , 21 and 21 and 23 does 22 then 23 does 23 does 24 something 24 something 25 nice in fact , they had been partners in stealing eggs from the hen-house of [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [.] 1 in 2 fact 1 in 3 , 1 in 4 they 4 they 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 partners 6 been 8 in 7 partners 8 in 8 in 9 stealing 9 stealing 10 eggs 9 stealing 11 from 10 eggs 11 from 11 from 13 hen-house 12 the 13 hen-house 13 hen-house 14 of 14 of 18 boy it seemed to him that [either] [prickly] [porky] [had] [told] [an] [untruth] or that [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [telling] [an] [untruth] [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 13 or 3 to 4 him 5 that 13 or 13 or 14 that it made him very angry [.] 1 it 2 made 2 made 3 him 2 made 5 angry 4 very 5 angry jimmy scowled and was going to pass without so much as speaking [.] 1 jimmy 3 and 2 scowled 3 and 3 and 4 was 4 was 5 going 5 going 6 to 5 going 7 pass 6 to 7 pass 7 pass 8 without 7 pass 11 as 8 without 10 much 9 so 10 much 11 as 12 speaking unc ['] [billy] ['s] [shrewd] [little] [eyes] [twinkled] , and he grinned as only [unc] ['] [billy] can grin [.] 1 unc 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 he 11 he 12 grinned 12 grinned 13 as 13 as 14 only 13 as 19 grin 18 can 19 grin " [howdy] [,] [brer] [skunk] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 9 he jimmy just frowned harder than ever and tried to pass [.] 1 jimmy 7 and 2 just 3 frowned 3 frowned 4 harder 3 frowned 7 and 4 harder 6 ever 5 than 6 ever 7 and 8 tried 8 tried 9 to 9 to 10 pass " [howdy] [,] [brer] [skunk] [,] " [repeated] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 " 7 " " [yo] ['] [must] [have] [something] [on] [your] [mind] [.] " 1 " 11 " jimmy [skunk] stopped [.] 1 jimmy 3 stopped " [i] [have] [!] " he snapped [.] 1 " 7 snapped 5 " 6 he 6 he 7 snapped " [i] [want] to know [whether] it is [you] [or] [prickly] [porky] [who] [has] [been] [telling] an untruth [.] 1 " 8 is 4 to 5 know 5 know 7 it 7 it 8 is 8 is 18 untruth 17 an 18 untruth if [peter] [saw] that [thing] , [prickly] [porky] [would] [know] [it] [,] for he hasn't been away from home this summer [.] 1 if 4 that 4 that 6 , 6 , 13 for 13 for 14 he 14 he 15 hasn't 15 hasn't 16 been 16 been 17 away 16 been 18 from 16 been 21 summer 18 from 19 home 20 this 21 summer why would he tell me that he hasn't seen it [if] [he] [has] [?] ["] 1 why 2 would 2 would 3 he 2 would 4 tell 4 tell 5 me 4 tell 6 that 6 that 7 he 6 that 9 seen 7 he 8 hasn't 8 hasn't 9 seen 9 seen 10 it ["] [don] ['] [be] [hasty] [,] [brer] [skunk] [.] don ' be hasty [,] ["] [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [soothingly] [.] 1 don 2 ' 2 ' 3 be 3 be 4 hasty " [ah] [haven't] said [that] [brer] [porky] [told] [me] [that] he had seen [the] [thing] that [peter] [says] [chased] [him] [.] 1 " 4 said 4 said 11 he 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 seen 13 seen 16 that he told the truth when he told you that he hadn't seen any stranger around his hill [.] 1 he 2 told 2 told 4 truth 2 told 9 that 3 the 4 truth 4 truth 5 when 5 when 6 he 5 when 7 told 6 he 7 told 7 told 8 you 9 that 10 he 9 that 12 seen 10 he 11 hadn't 11 hadn't 12 seen 12 seen 14 stranger 12 seen 15 around 13 any 14 stranger 14 stranger 15 around 15 around 17 hill 16 his 17 hill what he told me was that " here [unc] ['] [billy] [whispered] [.] 1 what 2 he 1 what 3 told 1 what 5 was 2 he 3 told 3 told 4 me 5 was 8 here 6 that 7 " 6 that 8 here jimmy [skunk] 's face [cleared] [.] 1 jimmy 3 's 3 's 4 face " [that] ['s] [different] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he " [of] [course] [it] [is] [,] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [yo] ['] [see] [peter] [did] [see] [something] [strange] [,] [even] [if] [brer] [porky] [didn't] [.] only [don] ['] forget that it 's a secret [.] ["] 1 only 4 forget 4 forget 5 that 5 that 6 it 5 that 7 's 6 it 7 's 7 's 9 secret 8 a 9 secret jimmy was chuckling by this time [.] 1 jimmy 2 was 2 was 3 chuckling 2 was 4 by 3 chuckling 4 by 4 by 6 time 5 this 6 time " [i] [won't] [forget] [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [be] [there] [,] " [he] [promised] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [don] ['] [mention] [it] [,] [brer] [skunk] [,] [don] ['] [mention] [it] [.] ah ['ll] be looking fo ['] [yo] ['] to-morrow mo'ning [,] ["] [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [with] [a] [sly] [wink] [that] [made] [jimmy] [laugh] [aloud] [.] 1 ah 3 be 3 be 10 mo'ning 4 looking 10 mo'ning 5 fo 10 mo'ning 9 to-morrow 10 mo'ning [xi] [what] [happened] [to] [reddy] [fox] he was just idly boasting and [nothing] more [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 just 3 just 4 idly 3 just 6 and 5 boasting 6 and 6 and 8 more you see [,] [reddy] [is] [one] [of] [the] [greatest] [boasters] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [or] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 1 you 2 see he likes to strut around and talk [big] [.] 1 he 2 likes 2 likes 3 to 2 likes 6 and 3 to 6 and 4 strut 5 around 4 strut 6 and 6 and 7 talk but like most boasters , he is a coward at heart [.] 1 but 2 like 1 but 5 , 1 but 6 he 2 like 4 boasters 3 most 4 boasters 6 he 7 is 7 is 9 coward 8 a 9 coward 9 coward 10 at 10 at 11 heart but [think] as [he] [would] , he couldn't think of a single excuse that would sound reasonable [.] 1 but 6 , 1 but 7 he 3 as 6 , 7 he 8 couldn't 8 couldn't 9 think 9 think 10 of 10 of 13 excuse 11 a 12 single 11 a 13 excuse 12 single 13 excuse 13 excuse 14 that 13 excuse 15 would 14 that 15 would 15 would 16 sound 16 sound 17 reasonable but he knew that [bowser] was chained [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 knew 3 knew 4 that 4 that 6 was 6 was 7 chained nevertheless he did go up to [farmer] [brown] ['s] dooryard [to] [make] [sure] [.] 1 nevertheless 2 he 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 go 4 go 5 up 4 go 6 to 6 to 10 dooryard it was just as he [expected] [,] [bowser] was chained [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 just 3 just 4 as 4 as 5 he 5 he 9 was 9 was 10 chained reddy sneaked away without [even] a look at [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [.] 1 reddy 2 sneaked 2 sneaked 3 away 2 sneaked 4 without 2 sneaked 8 at 4 without 7 look 6 a 7 look 7 look 8 at 8 at 12 hen-house he didn't see that the door had carelessly been left open , and even if he had , [it] [would] [have] [made] [no] [difference] [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 see 3 see 4 that 4 that 6 door 4 that 9 been 5 the 6 door 6 door 7 had 7 had 9 been 8 carelessly 9 been 9 been 10 left 9 been 13 and 11 open 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 even 14 even 15 if 15 if 16 he 15 if 18 , 16 he 17 had he hadn't a bit of appetite [.] 1 he 2 hadn't 2 hadn't 6 appetite 3 a 4 bit 4 bit 5 of 4 bit 6 appetite 5 of 6 appetite no , [sir] [.] 1 no 2 , reddy [fox] wouldn't have eaten the fattest chicken there if it had been right before him [.] 1 reddy 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 4 have 4 have 5 eaten 5 eaten 8 chicken 5 eaten 9 there 5 eaten 10 if 6 the 7 fattest 6 the 8 chicken 8 chicken 9 there 10 if 11 it 10 if 13 been 11 it 12 had 12 had 13 been 13 been 14 right 13 been 15 before 15 before 16 him he [just] wandered about restlessly , waiting for daybreak and hoping that [something] would turn [up] [to] [prevent] [him] [from] [going] [to] [prickly] [porky] ['s] [hill] [.] 1 he 6 , 3 wandered 4 about 3 wandered 6 , 4 about 5 restlessly 6 , 10 and 7 waiting 8 for 7 waiting 10 and 8 for 9 daybreak 10 and 11 hoping 10 and 12 that 10 and 15 turn 12 that 14 would he didn't dare to tell [old] [granny] [fox] [about] it [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 dare 3 dare 4 to 4 to 5 tell 5 tell 10 it he knew just what she would say [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 4 what 3 just 4 what 4 what 5 she 4 what 7 say 5 she 6 would 6 would 7 say it seemed as if he could hear her sharp voice and the very words [:] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 4 if 3 as 4 if 4 if 5 he 4 if 7 hear 5 he 6 could 6 could 7 hear 7 hear 11 and 8 her 10 voice 9 sharp 10 voice 10 voice 11 and 11 and 14 words 12 the 13 very 12 the 14 words ["] [serves] [you] [right] [for] [boasting] [about] [something] [you] [don't] [know] [anything] [about] [.] how many times [have] [i] [told] [you] [that] [no] [good] [comes] [of] [boasting] [?] 1 how 2 many 2 many 3 times [a] [wise] [fox] [never] [goes] [near] [strange] [things] [until] [he] [has] [found] [out] [all] [about] [them] [.] that is the only way to keep out of trouble and live to a ripe old age [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 5 way 3 the 4 only 3 the 5 way 5 way 6 to 5 way 7 keep 6 to 7 keep 7 keep 9 of 7 keep 13 to 7 keep 17 age 8 out 9 of 9 of 11 and 10 trouble 11 and 11 and 12 live 11 and 13 to 13 to 16 old 14 a 16 old 15 ripe 16 old wisdom is nothing but knowledge [,] [and] [a] [wise] [fox] [always] [knows] [what] [he] is [doing] [.] ["] 1 wisdom 2 is 2 is 3 nothing 2 is 4 but 3 nothing 4 but 4 but 5 knowledge 5 knowledge 15 is so [reddy] [wandered] [about] [all] [the] long [night] [.] 1 so 7 long it seemed as if it never would pass [,] [and] [yet] [he] [wished] [it] [would] [last] [forever] [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 4 if 3 as 4 if 4 if 5 it 4 if 8 pass 5 it 7 would 6 never 7 would 7 would 8 pass the more he thought about it , the more afraid he grew [.] 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 afraid 10 afraid 12 grew 11 he 12 grew at last he saw the first beams from [jolly] , round , red [mr] [sun] [creeping] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 he 3 he 4 saw 4 saw 7 beams 4 saw 8 from 5 the 7 beams 6 first 7 beams 7 beams 8 from 8 from 10 , 10 , 12 , 11 round 12 , 12 , 13 red the time had come [,] and he must choose between making his boast good or being called a coward by everybody [.] 1 the 2 time 2 time 3 had 3 had 4 come 4 come 6 and 6 and 9 choose 7 he 8 must 8 must 9 choose 9 choose 10 between 9 choose 20 by 10 between 11 making 11 making 13 boast 11 making 15 or 12 his 13 boast 14 good 15 or 15 or 16 being 15 or 17 called 15 or 20 by 17 called 19 coward 18 a 19 coward 20 by 21 everybody very , [very] [slowly] [,] [reddy] [fox] [began] [to] [walk] [towards] [the] [hill] [where] [prickly] [porky] [lives] [.] 1 very 2 , [xii] [what] [reddy] [fox] [saw] [and] [did] the trouble with a great [many] people is [that] [they] remember this too late [.] 1 the 2 trouble 2 trouble 3 with 2 trouble 8 is 3 with 7 people 4 a 5 great 4 a 7 people 5 great 7 people 8 is 11 remember 11 remember 12 this 11 remember 14 late 13 too 14 late [reddy] [fox] [is] [one] [of] [these] [.] you see it is a boastful tongue and an untruthful tongue and that is the worst combination for making trouble [that] [i] [know] [of] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 it 2 see 4 is 3 it 4 is 4 is 12 and 4 is 18 for 5 a 7 tongue 6 boastful 7 tongue 7 tongue 8 and 8 and 11 tongue 8 and 12 and 9 an 10 untruthful 9 an 11 tongue 10 untruthful 11 tongue 12 and 14 is 12 and 17 combination 13 that 14 is 15 the 16 worst 15 the 17 combination 18 for 19 making 19 making 20 trouble he had almost reached the foot of the hill without seeing anything out of the usual and without [any] signs [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 reached 3 almost 4 reached 4 reached 6 foot 4 reached 10 without 5 the 6 foot 6 foot 7 of 7 of 9 hill 8 the 9 hill 9 hill 10 without 10 without 11 seeing 11 seeing 12 anything 12 anything 17 and 13 out 14 of 14 of 16 usual 14 of 17 and 15 the 16 usual 17 and 18 without 18 without 20 signs reddy looked up with a sickly grin [.] 1 reddy 2 looked 2 looked 3 up 2 looked 4 with 4 with 7 grin 5 a 6 sickly 5 a 7 grin [there] [sat] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [in] [a] [pine] [tree] [right] [over] [his] [head] [.] he knew [now] that there was no backing out [;] [he] [had] [got] to go on [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 4 that 2 knew 14 to 4 that 6 was 5 there 6 was 6 was 8 backing 7 no 8 backing 8 backing 9 out 14 to 15 go 15 go 16 on he tried to swagger and look very bold and brave [.] 1 he 2 tried 2 tried 3 to 2 tried 5 and 3 to 5 and 4 swagger 5 and 5 and 9 and 6 look 8 bold 6 look 9 and 7 very 8 bold 9 and 10 brave ["] [i] [told] [you] [i] ['m] [not] [afraid] [.] ["] [keep] [right] [on] [to] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [hill] [;] [that] ['s] [where] [ah] [saw] [it] [yesterday] [.] my , [ah] ['m] [glad] [that] [we] ['ve] [got] [some] [one] [so] [truly] [brave] [!] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 my 2 , 2 , 16 " so , there being nothing else to do , he went on [.] 1 so 11 went 2 , 10 he 3 there 10 he 4 being 5 nothing 4 being 7 to 4 being 9 , 4 being 10 he 5 nothing 6 else 7 to 8 do 10 he 11 went 11 went 12 on he reached the foot of the hill without seeing [or] hearing a thing out of the usual [.] 1 he 2 reached 2 reached 4 foot 2 reached 8 without 2 reached 15 of 3 the 4 foot 4 foot 5 of 5 of 7 hill 6 the 7 hill 7 hill 8 without 8 without 9 seeing 11 hearing 13 thing 12 a 13 thing 13 thing 15 of 14 out 15 of 15 of 17 usual 16 the 17 usual [the] [green] [forest] [seemed] [just] [as] [it] [always] [had] [seemed] [.] redeye [the] [vireo] was pouring out his little song of gladness , [quite] as if everything was just as it should be [.] 1 redeye 4 was 4 was 5 pouring 5 pouring 6 out 5 pouring 9 song 5 pouring 15 if 7 his 9 song 8 little 9 song 9 song 10 of 10 of 11 gladness 12 , 15 if 14 as 15 if 15 if 16 everything 15 if 17 was 16 everything 17 was 17 was 18 just 18 just 19 as 19 as 20 it 20 it 21 should 21 should 22 be reddy 's courage began to come back [.] 1 reddy 2 's 2 's 3 courage 3 courage 4 began 4 began 5 to 4 began 6 come 5 to 6 come 6 come 7 back nothing had happened [,] [and] [nothing] [was] [going] to happen [.] 1 nothing 2 had 2 had 3 happened 3 happened 9 to 9 to 10 happen of course not [!] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 not it was all [some] of [peter] [rabbit] ['s] foolishness [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 all 2 was 5 of 5 of 9 foolishness some day he would [catch] [peter] [rabbit] [and] put an end to such silly tales [.] 1 some 2 day 2 day 3 he 3 he 4 would 4 would 9 put 9 put 11 end 9 put 12 to 10 an 11 end 12 to 15 tales 13 such 15 tales 14 silly 15 tales ["] [ah] [!] what was that [?] ["] 1 what 2 was 2 was 3 that reddy 's sharp ears had caught a sound up near the top of the hill [.] 1 reddy 2 's 2 's 4 ears 3 sharp 4 ears 4 ears 5 had 5 had 6 caught 6 caught 8 sound 7 a 8 sound 8 sound 9 up 9 up 10 near 10 near 12 top 11 the 12 top 12 top 13 of 13 of 15 hill 14 the 15 hill he stopped short and looked up [.] 1 he 4 and 2 stopped 3 short 2 stopped 4 and 4 and 5 looked 4 and 6 up for [just] a [little] [wee] minute [reddy] [couldn't] believe that his eyes saw right [.] 1 for 6 minute 3 a 6 minute 6 minute 9 believe 9 believe 10 that 10 that 12 eyes 10 that 13 saw 11 his 12 eyes 12 eyes 13 saw 13 saw 14 right coming down the hill straight towards him was the strangest thing he ever had seen [.] 1 coming 2 down 1 coming 8 was 2 down 4 hill 3 the 4 hill 4 hill 5 straight 5 straight 6 towards 6 towards 7 him 8 was 11 thing 9 the 10 strangest 9 the 11 thing 11 thing 12 he 11 thing 15 seen 12 he 14 had 13 ever 14 had 14 had 15 seen he couldn't see any legs [.] 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 see 3 see 5 legs 4 any 5 legs he couldn't see any head [.] 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 see 3 see 5 head 4 any 5 head he couldn't see any tail [.] 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 see 3 see 5 tail 4 any 5 tail it was [round] [like] a ball , but it was the strangest looking ball that ever was [.] 1 it 7 , 2 was 6 ball 2 was 7 , 5 a 6 ball 7 , 10 was 8 but 9 it 9 it 10 was 10 was 14 ball 11 the 12 strangest 11 the 14 ball 13 looking 14 ball 14 ball 15 that 14 ball 17 was 15 that 17 was 16 ever 17 was it was covered with old leaves [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 covered 3 covered 4 with 4 with 6 leaves 5 old 6 leaves reddy wouldn't have believed that it was alive but for the noises it was making [.] 1 reddy 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 have 3 have 4 believed 4 believed 5 that 5 that 6 it 6 it 7 was 7 was 8 alive 8 alive 9 but 9 but 10 for 10 for 12 noises 11 the 12 noises 12 noises 13 it 12 noises 15 making 13 it 14 was 14 was 15 making for [just] a wee minute he stared , and then , what do you think he did [?] 1 for 5 minute 1 for 6 he 3 a 5 minute 4 wee 5 minute 6 he 8 , 7 stared 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 what 9 and 15 think 10 then 11 , 10 then 12 what 12 what 13 do 13 do 14 you 13 do 15 think 15 think 16 he 15 think 17 did 16 he 17 did yes , [sir] [,] that 's just [what] [reddy] [fox] [did] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 that 5 that 6 's 6 's 7 just [ [illustration] : [reddy] [wouldn't] [have] [believed] that it was alive [.] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 8 that 8 that 10 was 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 alive page [@number@] ] 1 page 3 ] [xiii] [reddy] [fox] [is] [very] [miserable] he forgot all about [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [watching] [from] [the] [safety] [of] [a] [big] [pine-tree] [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 all 2 forgot 4 about he didn't see [jimmy] [skunk] [poking] [his] [head] out from behind an old stump and laughing [fit] [to] [kill] [himself] [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 see 3 see 15 and 9 out 10 from 9 out 15 and 10 from 11 behind 11 behind 14 stump 12 an 14 stump 13 old 14 stump 15 and 16 laughing when [reddy] was [safely] [past] [,] [peter] [came] [out] [.] 1 when 3 was ["] [why] [!] why , [my] [gracious] [,] [i] [do] [believe] [reddy] [has] [had] [a] [fright] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [peter] [.] 1 why 2 , " [i] [do] [believe] [that] [was] [it] [!] " he cried [.] 1 " 11 cried 9 " 10 he 10 he 11 cried ["] [i] [do] [believe] [it] [was] [.] reddy is coming from the direction of [prickly] [porky] ['s] , and that was [where] [i] [got] my fright [.] 1 reddy 2 is 2 is 3 coming 2 is 4 from 3 coming 4 from 4 from 6 direction 5 the 6 direction 6 direction 7 of 7 of 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 that 12 and 14 was 13 that 14 was 14 was 19 fright 18 my 19 fright [i] [i] ["] peter hesitated [.] 1 peter 2 hesitated he knew it would be a foolish thing to [do] , for [he] [might] [walk] [right] [into] danger [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 it 3 it 4 would 4 would 5 be 5 be 8 thing 5 be 9 to 6 a 7 foolish 6 a 8 thing 7 foolish 8 thing 9 to 11 , 11 , 12 for 12 for 18 danger " [it] [won't] [do] [any] [harm] [to] [go] [part] [way] [up] [there] [,] " [thought] [peter] [.] 1 " 14 " " [perhaps] [i] [will] [find] [out] [something] [without] [going] [way] [up] [there] [.] " 1 " 14 " with that he boldly hopped up the hill and joined them [.] 1 with 2 that 1 with 3 he 3 he 9 and 4 boldly 5 hopped 5 hopped 6 up 5 hopped 8 hill 5 hopped 9 and 7 the 8 hill 9 and 10 joined 10 joined 11 them " [what] ['s] [the] [joke] [?] " he demanded [.] 1 " 9 demanded 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 demanded " [did] [you] [meet] [reddy] [fox] [?] ["] asked [jimmy] [skunk] [,] wiping [the] [tears] [of] [laughter] [from] [his] [eyes] [.] 1 " 9 asked 9 asked 13 wiping ["] [did] [i] [meet] [him] [?] why [,] he [almost] [ran] [into] [me] [and] didn't see me [at] [all] [.] 1 why 3 he 3 he 9 didn't 9 didn't 10 see 10 see 11 me i guess he 's running yet [.] 1 i 2 guess 2 guess 3 he 2 guess 4 's 3 he 4 's 4 's 5 running 5 running 6 yet now , what 's the joke [?] ["] 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 what 3 what 4 's 4 's 6 joke 5 the 6 joke peter demanded [.] 1 peter 2 demanded " [now] [who] [else] [can] [we] [scare] [?] " 1 " 9 " all of which shows that there was something [very] like mischief [being] [planned] [on] [the] [hill] [where] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [lives] [.] 1 all 2 of 1 all 5 that 2 of 3 which 3 which 4 shows 5 that 7 was 6 there 7 was 7 was 8 something 8 something 10 like 10 like 11 mischief [xiv] [reddy] [fox] [tries] [to] [keep] [out] [of] [sight] never [in] [all] [his] [life] [was] [reddy] [fox] [more] [uncomfortable] [in] [his] mind [.] 1 never 13 mind and he [was] [right] [;] [everybody] did know it , and everybody was laughing about it [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 10 , 2 he 7 did 7 did 8 know 8 know 9 it 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 everybody 11 and 13 was 12 everybody 13 was 13 was 14 laughing 13 was 15 about 15 about 16 it usually he is very proud of [his] [handsome] [red] [coat] , but now he wished that he could get rid of it [.] 1 usually 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 5 proud 4 very 5 proud 5 proud 6 of 6 of 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 now 12 but 14 he 12 but 15 wished 14 he 15 wished 15 wished 16 that 16 that 17 he 16 that 21 of 17 he 18 could 18 could 21 of 19 get 20 rid 20 rid 21 of 21 of 22 it it is very hard to keep out of sight when you have bright colored clothes [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 hard 3 very 4 hard 4 hard 5 to 4 hard 6 keep 5 to 6 keep 6 keep 8 of 6 keep 15 clothes 7 out 8 of 8 of 9 sight 9 sight 10 when 10 when 11 you 10 when 14 colored 11 you 12 have 12 have 14 colored 13 bright 14 colored presently [sammy] [jay] ['s] [sharp] [eyes] [spied] [him] [as] he tried to [crawl] up on [the] [young] [family] [of] [mrs] [grouse] [.] 1 presently 10 he 10 he 11 tried 11 tried 12 to 12 to 14 up 14 up 15 on at [once] [sammy] [flew] over [there] [screaming] at the top of his lungs [:] 1 at 10 top 5 over 8 at 8 at 9 the 9 the 10 top 10 top 11 of 11 of 13 lungs 12 his 13 lungs reddy looked up [at] [sammy] and snarled [.] 1 reddy 6 and 2 looked 3 up 2 looked 6 and 6 and 7 snarled he had gone only a little way when a sharp voice called : ["] [coward] [!] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 gone 3 gone 4 only 3 gone 7 way 5 a 6 little 5 a 7 way 6 little 7 way 7 way 8 when 8 when 11 voice 8 when 13 : 9 a 10 sharp 9 a 11 voice 10 sharp 11 voice 11 voice 12 called 11 voice 13 : [coward] [!] [coward] [!] ["] it was [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [.] 1 it 2 was no [sooner] had he got out out of [chatterer] ['s] sight than he heard another voice [.] 1 no 3 had 3 had 4 he 3 had 5 got 5 got 6 out 6 out 8 of 6 out 12 than 7 out 8 of 8 of 11 sight 12 than 13 he 12 than 14 heard 13 he 14 heard 14 heard 16 voice 15 another 16 voice it was saying over and over [:] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 saying 2 was 6 over 4 over 5 and 5 and 6 over ["] [dee] [,] [dee] [,] [dee] [!] oh , me , me [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 4 , 2 , 3 me 4 , 5 me some folks can talk so [very] [brave] [and] [then] [such] [cowards] [be] [.] ["] 1 some 2 folks 2 folks 3 can 3 can 4 talk 4 talk 5 so it was [tommy] [tit] [the] [chickadee] [.] 1 it 2 was but nowhere that he could go was [he] free from those taunting voices [.] 1 but 2 nowhere 1 but 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 6 go 3 that 7 was 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 go 7 was 9 free 7 was 10 from 10 from 11 those 11 those 12 taunting 12 taunting 13 voices ["] [bumble] [,] [grumble] [,] [rumble] [,] [hum] [!] reddy surely can run some [.] ["] 1 reddy 3 can 2 surely 3 can 3 can 4 run 4 run 5 some [late] [that] [afternoon] [old] [granny] [fox] [called] [him] [out] [,] [and] [it] [was] [clear] [to] [see] [that] [granny] [was] [very] [much] [put] [out] [about] [something] [.] " [serves] [you] [right] [for] [boasting] [!] " [snapped] [granny] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [how] [many] [times] [have] [i] [told] [you] [that] [no] [good] [comes] [of] [boasting] [?] probably somebody has played a trick on you [.] 1 probably 2 somebody 2 somebody 3 has 3 has 4 played 4 played 6 trick 4 played 7 on 5 a 6 trick 6 trick 7 on 7 on 8 you i 've [lived] [a] [good] [many] [years] [,] [and] [i] never [before] heard of such a creature [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 13 heard 11 never 13 heard 13 heard 14 of 14 of 17 creature 15 such 16 a 16 a 17 creature if [there] [were] one , [i] ['d] [have] [seen] [it] [before] now [.] 1 if 4 one 1 if 5 , 5 , 12 now you go back into the house and stay there [.] 1 you 2 go 2 go 3 back 3 back 4 into 4 into 7 and 5 the 6 house 6 house 7 and 7 and 8 stay 7 and 9 there you are [a] [disgrace] [to] [the] [fox] [family] [.] 1 you 2 are i am going to have a look about and find out what is going on [.] 1 i 9 and 2 am 3 going 2 am 9 and 3 going 4 to 3 going 5 have 4 to 5 have 5 have 7 look 5 have 8 about 6 a 7 look 9 and 10 find 9 and 11 out 11 out 12 what 12 what 13 is 13 is 14 going 14 going 15 on if this is some trick , they 'll find that [old] [granny] [fox] [isn't] [so] [easily] [fooled] [.] ["] 1 if 2 this 1 if 3 is 1 if 6 , 1 if 7 they 2 this 3 is 3 is 5 trick 4 some 5 trick 7 they 8 'll 8 'll 9 find 9 find 10 that [xv] [old] [granny] [fox] [investigates] in-vest-i-gate is a great big word [,] [but] [its] [meaning] [is] [very] [simple] [.] 1 in-vest-i-gate 2 is 2 is 6 word 3 a 4 great 3 a 6 word 4 great 6 word 5 big 6 word to [in-vest-i-gate] is to look [into] [and] [try] to find out all [about] [something] [.] 1 to 3 is 3 is 4 to 4 to 5 look 5 look 9 to 9 to 10 find 10 find 11 out 11 out 12 all now [old] [granny] [fox] [is] [very] [sly] [and] [smart] [and] [clever] , as you all know [.] 1 now 12 , 12 , 13 as 13 as 14 you 13 as 16 know 14 you 16 know 15 all 16 know compared with her , [reddy] [fox] [is] [almost] [stupid] [.] 1 compared 2 with 1 compared 4 , 2 with 3 her he may be as sly and smart and clever some day [,] [but] [he] [has] [got] [a] [lot] [to] [learn] [before] [then] [.] 1 he 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 4 as 3 be 11 day 4 as 8 and 5 sly 6 and 6 and 7 smart 6 and 8 and 8 and 9 clever 10 some 11 day but [old] [granny] [fox] did [nothing] [of] [the] [kind] [.] 1 but 5 did oh , my , no [!] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 my 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 no she went about hunting her dinner just as usual and [didn't] appear to be paying the least attention to what was going on about her [.] 1 she 10 and 2 went 3 about 2 went 10 and 3 about 4 hunting 4 hunting 6 dinner 4 hunting 7 just 5 her 6 dinner 7 just 8 as 8 as 9 usual 10 and 12 appear 10 and 19 to 12 appear 13 to 13 to 14 be 14 be 15 paying 15 paying 17 least 15 paying 18 attention 16 the 17 least 19 to 20 what 20 what 21 was 21 was 22 going 22 going 23 on 22 going 24 about 24 about 25 her with her nose to the ground she ran this way and ran that way as if hunting for a trail [.] 1 with 3 nose 1 with 7 she 2 her 3 nose 3 nose 4 to 4 to 6 ground 5 the 6 ground 7 she 11 and 8 ran 10 way 8 ran 11 and 9 this 10 way 11 and 12 ran 11 and 14 way 11 and 16 if 13 that 14 way 15 as 16 if 16 if 17 hunting 17 hunting 18 for 18 for 20 trail 19 a 20 trail granny had heard that the same thing had happened to [peter] [rabbit] and to [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 granny 2 had 2 had 3 heard 3 heard 4 that 4 that 7 thing 4 that 9 happened 5 the 6 same 6 same 7 thing 7 thing 8 had 8 had 9 happened 9 happened 13 and 10 to 13 and 13 and 14 to so instead of coming to the hill along the hollow at the bottom , she came to it from the other way [.] 1 so 15 she 1 so 16 came 2 instead 3 of 3 of 4 coming 3 of 14 , 3 of 15 she 4 coming 5 to 4 coming 8 along 4 coming 11 at 5 to 7 hill 6 the 7 hill 7 hill 8 along 8 along 10 hollow 9 the 10 hollow 10 hollow 11 at 11 at 13 bottom 12 the 13 bottom 15 she 16 came 16 came 17 to 16 came 19 from 17 to 18 it 19 from 22 way 20 the 21 other 21 other 22 way " if there is anything there [,] [i] ['ll] [be] [behind] [it] [instead] [of] in front of it , " she thought shrewdly [.] 1 " 22 thought 2 if 3 there 2 if 4 is 2 if 19 , 2 if 21 she 3 there 4 is 4 is 5 anything 4 is 15 in 5 anything 6 there 15 in 16 front 16 front 17 of 17 of 18 it 19 , 20 " 21 she 22 thought 22 thought 23 shrewdly no one would ever have guessed that she was thinking of anything else [.] 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 would 3 would 5 have 4 ever 5 have 5 have 6 guessed 6 guessed 7 that 7 that 8 she 7 that 9 was 8 she 9 was 9 was 10 thinking 10 thinking 11 of 11 of 12 anything 12 anything 13 else she followed these down to the bottom [,] [but] [there] [they] [disappeared] [.] 1 she 2 followed 2 followed 4 down 2 followed 5 to 3 these 4 down 5 to 7 bottom 6 the 7 bottom as she was trotting home along [the] [lone] [little] [path] through [the] [green] [forest] , [she] [met] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 as 2 she 1 as 3 was 2 she 3 was 3 was 4 trotting 4 trotting 5 home 4 trotting 6 along 4 trotting 11 through 11 through 15 , no , she didn't exactly meet him , because he saw her before she saw him , and he promptly climbed a tree [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 3 she 3 she 4 didn't 4 didn't 6 meet 5 exactly 6 meet 6 meet 7 him 6 meet 9 because 8 , 9 because 9 because 10 he 9 because 11 saw 9 because 17 , 10 he 11 saw 11 saw 12 her 11 saw 13 before 13 before 14 she 13 before 15 saw 14 she 15 saw 15 saw 16 him 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 he 18 and 21 climbed 19 he 21 climbed 20 promptly 21 climbed 21 climbed 23 tree 22 a 23 tree granny stopped and looked up [.] 1 granny 3 and 2 stopped 3 and 3 and 4 looked 3 and 5 up " [it] [doesn't] [take] [much] [to] [scare] [the] [young] [and] [innocent] [,] [mr] [possum] [,] " she replied [.] 1 " 18 replied 16 " 17 she 17 she 18 replied ["] [i] [don't] [believe] [all] [i] [hear] [.] i 've [just] been hunting [all] [over] [the] [hill] [where] [prickly] [porky] [lives] [,] [and] [i] [couldn't] [find] [so] [much] [as] [a] [wood] [mouse] for dinner [.] 1 i 2 've 2 've 4 been 4 been 5 hunting 5 hunting 25 for 25 for 26 dinner do you believe such [a] [foolish] tale [,] [mr] [possum] [?] ["] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 believe 3 believe 7 tale 4 such 7 tale [unc] ['] [billy] [coughed] [behind] [one] [hand] [.] " [yes] [,] [mrs] [fox] [,] [ah] [confess] [ah] [done] [have] to [believe] [it] , " he replied [.] 1 " 18 replied 12 to 15 , 12 to 17 he 15 , 16 " 17 he 18 replied " [yo] ['] [see] [,] [ah] [done] [see] [that] [thing] [mah] [own] [self] [,] [and] [ah] [just] [naturally] [has] [to] [believe] [mah] [own] [eyes] [.] " 1 " 26 " ["] [huh] [!] i 'd like to see it [!] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 3 like 3 like 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 it maybe [i] ['d] [believe] it [then] [!] ["] snapped [granny] [fox] [.] 1 maybe 5 it 5 it 9 snapped " [the] [only] [time] [to] [see] [it] [is] [just] [at] [sun-up] [,] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [anybody] [that] [comes] [along] [through] [that] [hollow] [at] [the] [foot] [of] [brer] [porky] ['s] [hill] [at] [sun-up] [is] [likely] [never] [to] [forget] [it] [.] ah [wouldn't] do it again [.] 1 ah 3 do 3 do 4 it 3 do 5 again no , [sah] [,] [once] [is] [enough] fo ['] [your] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] ["] 1 no 2 , 1 no 8 fo " [huh] [!] " [snorted] [granny] [and] [trotted] [on] [.] 1 " 4 " unc ['] [billy] [watched] [her] [out] of [sight] [and] [grinned] broadly [.] 1 unc 7 of 7 of 11 broadly " [as] [sho] ['] [as] [brer] [sun] [gets] [up] [to-morrow] [mo'ning] [,] [ol] ['] [granny] [fox] [will] [be] [there] [,] ["] he chuckled [.] 1 " 22 he 22 he 23 chuckled " [ah] [must] [get] [word] [to] [brer] [porky] [and] [brer] [skunk] [and] [brer] [rabbit] [.] " 1 " 16 " [xvi] [old] [granny] [fox] [loses] [her] [dignity] [how] [did] [unc] ['] [billy] [know] [?] well , he [just] guessed [.] 1 well 2 , 1 well 3 he 3 he 5 guessed she 'll come just the way she did this afternoon [,] [from] [back] [of] [the] [hill] [instead] [of] [along] [the] [holler] [.] ["] 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 come 3 come 4 just 4 just 6 way 5 the 6 way 6 way 7 she 6 way 8 did 7 she 8 did 8 did 10 afternoon 9 this 10 afternoon [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [quite] [right] [.] she was at the top of the [hill] [where] [prickly] [porky] [lives] [a] [full] [hour] [before] sun-up , and there she sat down to wait [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 3 at 3 at 5 top 4 the 5 top 5 top 6 of 6 of 7 the 7 the 17 sun-up 17 sun-up 18 , 18 , 19 and 19 and 21 she 20 there 21 she 21 she 22 sat 22 sat 23 down 23 down 24 to 24 to 25 wait she couldn't see or hear anything in the least suspicious [.] 1 she 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 4 or 3 see 4 or 4 or 5 hear 5 hear 6 anything 5 hear 7 in 6 anything 7 in 7 in 10 suspicious 8 the 10 suspicious 9 least 10 suspicious only [prickly] [porky] [was] to be [seen] , and he seemed to be asleep in his favorite tree [.] 1 only 5 to 5 to 6 be 6 be 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 11 seemed 11 seemed 12 to 11 seemed 13 be 12 to 13 be 13 be 14 asleep 14 asleep 15 in 15 in 18 tree 16 his 17 favorite 16 his 18 tree everything seemed to be [just] [as] old [granny] [fox] [had] [seen] [it] [a] [hundred] [times] [before] [.] 1 everything 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 7 old at last the [jolly] [little] [sunbeams] [began] [to] dance [through] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [chasing] [out] [the] [black] [shadows] [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 9 dance 3 the 9 dance redeye [the] [vireo] awoke and [at] once began to sing [,] as is his way , not even waiting to get a mouthful of breakfast [.] 1 redeye 5 and 4 awoke 5 and 5 and 8 began 7 once 8 began 8 began 9 to 8 began 10 sing 9 to 10 sing 10 sing 13 is 10 sing 15 way 12 as 13 is 14 his 15 way 15 way 19 waiting 16 , 17 not 16 , 19 waiting 18 even 19 waiting 19 waiting 20 to 20 to 21 get 21 get 23 mouthful 22 a 23 mouthful 23 mouthful 24 of 24 of 25 breakfast [prickly] [porky] [yawned] [and] [grunted] [.] [old] [granny] [fox] [arose] [and] [slowly] [stretched] [.] she glanced [at] [prickly] [porky] contemptuously [.] 1 she 2 glanced 2 glanced 6 contemptuously she had seen him act in this stupid , uncertain way dozens of times before [.] 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 seen 3 seen 4 him 3 seen 5 act 5 act 6 in 5 act 14 times 5 act 15 before 6 in 11 way 7 this 11 way 8 stupid 9 , 8 stupid 11 way 10 uncertain 11 way 12 dozens 13 of 12 dozens 14 times 13 of 14 times 14 times 15 before now [old] [granny] [fox] can be very dignified when she wants to be , and she was now [.] 1 now 5 can 5 can 6 be 6 be 8 dignified 7 very 8 dignified 8 dignified 9 when 9 when 10 she 9 when 11 wants 10 she 11 wants 11 wants 12 to 11 wants 14 , 12 to 13 be 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 she 15 and 17 was 16 she 17 was 17 was 18 now she didn't hurry the least little [bit] [.] 1 she 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 hurry 3 hurry 5 least 3 hurry 6 little 4 the 5 least she carried her big , plumey tail just so [.] 1 she 2 carried 2 carried 7 tail 3 her 7 tail 4 big 5 , 4 big 7 tail 6 plumey 7 tail 7 tail 8 just 8 just 9 so she [turned] [like] [a] [flash] [and] [then] [well] [,] [for] [a] [minute] [old] [granny] [fox] was too surprised to do anything but stare [.] 1 she 16 was 16 was 17 too 16 was 18 surprised 18 surprised 19 to 18 surprised 22 but 19 to 22 but 20 do 21 anything 20 do 22 but 22 but 23 stare there , rolling down the hill straight towards her [,] was the very thing [reddy] [had] [told] [her] [about] [.] 1 there 2 , 1 there 3 rolling 3 rolling 4 down 3 rolling 6 hill 3 rolling 11 was 5 the 6 hill 6 hill 7 straight 7 straight 8 towards 8 towards 9 her 11 was 14 thing 12 the 13 very 12 the 14 thing the nearer it got , the [stranger] [and] more terrible it seemed [.] 1 the 2 nearer 2 nearer 4 got 2 nearer 5 , 2 nearer 9 more 3 it 4 got 6 the 9 more 9 more 10 terrible 10 terrible 12 seemed 11 it 12 seemed [then] [granny] [forgot] [her] [dignity] [.] yes , [sir] [,] [she] [forgot] [her] [dignity] [.] 1 yes 2 , in fact , she quite lost it altogether [.] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 she 4 she 6 lost 5 quite 6 lost 6 lost 7 it 6 lost 8 altogether [granny] [fox] [ran] [just] [as] [reddy] [had] [run] [!] [xvii] [granny] [fox] [catches] [peter] [rabbit] now listen to [this] [little] tale [that] [deals] [somewhat] with folly [,] [and] [shows] [how] [sometimes] [one] [may] [be] [a] [little] [bit] [too] [jolly] [.] 1 now 2 listen 2 listen 3 to 3 to 6 tale 6 tale 10 with 10 with 11 folly " [ho] [,] [ho] [,] [ho] [!] " [shouted] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 8 " " [i] [wonder] [what] [reddy] [fox] [would] [have] said [if] he could have seen [old] [granny] [go] [down] that [hollow] [!] ["] 1 " 9 said 9 said 11 he 11 he 12 could 12 could 13 have 13 have 14 seen 14 seen 19 that " [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " [shouted] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 8 " " [did] [you] [see] [how] [her] [eyes] [popped] [out] [?] " 1 " 11 " " [hee] [,] [hee] [,] [hee] [!] " [squeaked] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [in] [his] [funny] [cracked] [voice] [.] 1 " 8 " " [ah] [reckons] [she] [am] [bound] [to] [have] [sore] [feet] [if] [she] [keeps] [on] [running] [the] [way] [she] [started] [.] " 1 " 21 " [prickly] [porky] [didn't] [say] [a] [word] [.] he just smiled in a quiet sort of way as he slowly climbed up to the top of the hill [.] 1 he 3 smiled 2 just 3 smiled 3 smiled 4 in 3 smiled 10 as 4 in 8 of 5 a 6 quiet 5 a 8 of 6 quiet 8 of 7 sort 8 of 8 of 9 way 10 as 11 he 10 as 13 climbed 11 he 13 climbed 12 slowly 13 climbed 13 climbed 14 up 13 climbed 15 to 15 to 17 top 16 the 17 top 17 top 18 of 18 of 20 hill 19 the 20 hill [now] [old] [granny] [fox] [had] [been] [badly] [frightened] [.] who wouldn't have been at seeing a strange creature [without] head , tail , or legs rolling down hill straight towards them [?] 1 who 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 15 or 4 been 20 straight 5 at 6 seeing 5 at 15 or 6 seeing 9 creature 6 seeing 12 , 7 a 8 strange 7 a 9 creature 8 strange 9 creature 11 head 12 , 12 , 13 tail 14 , 15 or 15 or 19 hill 16 legs 17 rolling 17 rolling 19 hill 18 down 19 hill 20 straight 21 towards 21 towards 22 them [but] [granny] [was] [too] [old] [and] [wise] [to] [run] [very] [far] [without] [cause] [.] it didn't take her long to decide that it wasn't [.] 1 it 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 take 3 take 4 her 3 take 5 long 3 take 6 to 3 take 7 decide 6 to 7 decide 7 decide 8 that 8 that 9 it 8 that 10 wasn't 9 it 10 wasn't then she did some quick thinking [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 did 3 did 6 thinking 4 some 6 thinking 5 quick 6 thinking " [i] [said] [beforehand] [that] [there] [was] [some] [trick] [,] [and] [now] [i] ['m] sure of it , " she muttered [.] 1 " 21 muttered 15 sure 20 she 16 of 17 it 16 of 18 , 16 of 20 she 18 , 19 " 20 she 21 muttered " [i] [have] [an] [idea] [that] [that] [good-for-nothing] [old] [billy] [possum] [knows] [something] [about] [it] [,] [and] [i] ['m] [just] [going] [back] [to] [find] [out] [.] " 1 " 27 " she wasted no time thinking about it , but began to steal back the way she had come [.] 1 she 9 but 2 wasted 5 thinking 2 wasted 9 but 3 no 5 thinking 4 time 5 thinking 5 thinking 6 about 6 about 7 it 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 began 10 began 11 to 10 began 12 steal 11 to 12 steal 12 steal 13 back 12 steal 15 way 14 the 15 way 15 way 16 she 15 way 18 come 16 she 17 had 17 had 18 come now , no [one] [is] [lighter] [of] [foot] [than] [old] [granny] [fox] , and no one knows better how to keep out [of] sight [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 13 , 2 , 3 no 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 one 14 and 17 knows 15 no 16 one 16 one 17 knows 17 knows 18 better 17 knows 19 how 19 how 20 to 19 how 21 keep 20 to 21 keep 21 keep 24 sight 22 out 24 sight then she smiled grimly [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 smiled 3 smiled 4 grimly at last they were so tired with their good time that they just had to stop for a rest [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 they 3 they 4 were 4 were 5 so 5 so 6 tired 6 tired 7 with 7 with 10 time 8 their 10 time 9 good 10 time 10 time 11 that 11 that 12 they 11 that 14 had 12 they 14 had 13 just 14 had 14 had 15 to 14 had 16 stop 15 to 16 stop 16 stop 17 for 17 for 19 rest 18 a 19 rest " [oh] [,] [dear] [,] [i] ['m] [all] [out] [of] [breath] [,] " [panted] [peter] [,] [as] [he] [threw] [himself] [flat] [on] [the] [ground] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [that] [was] [the] [funniest] [thing] [i] [ever] [saw] [.] i wonder who [we] ["] 1 i 2 wonder 2 wonder 3 who peter didn't finish [.] 1 peter 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 finish no , [sir] [,] [peter] [didn't] [finish] [.] 1 no 2 , [old] [granny] [fox] [had] [caught] [peter] [rabbit] [at] [last] [!] [xviii] [a] [friend] [in] [need] [is] [a] [friend] [indeed] the friendship [which] is [truest] [,] [best] [,] [is] that [which] meets [the] [trouble] [test] [.] 1 the 2 friendship 2 friendship 4 is 4 is 10 that 10 that 12 meets no one really knows who his best friends are until he gets in trouble [.] 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 really 2 one 4 knows 4 knows 5 who 5 who 8 friends 5 who 9 are 6 his 7 best 6 his 8 friends 8 friends 9 are 9 are 10 until 10 until 11 he 10 until 12 gets 11 he 12 gets 12 gets 13 in 13 in 14 trouble when everything is lovely and there is no sign of trouble anywhere , one may have ever and ever so [many] friends [.] 1 when 5 and 1 when 7 is 1 when 13 , 1 when 14 one 2 everything 3 is 2 everything 5 and 3 is 4 lovely 5 and 6 there 6 there 7 is 7 is 9 sign 7 is 12 anywhere 8 no 9 sign 9 sign 10 of 10 of 11 trouble 14 one 18 and 15 may 16 have 15 may 18 and 16 have 17 ever 18 and 22 friends 19 ever 22 friends 20 so 22 friends at least [,] it may seem so [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 4 it 4 it 5 may 5 may 6 seem 6 seem 7 so these are the real friends [,] [the] [true] [friends] [,] [and] [they] [are] [worth] [more] [than] [all] [the] [others] [put] [together] [.] 1 these 2 are 2 are 5 friends 3 the 5 friends 4 real 5 friends remember that if you are a true friend to any one , you will stand by him and help him , no matter what happens [.] 1 remember 2 that 2 that 13 you 2 that 18 and 3 if 4 you 3 if 12 , 3 if 13 you 4 you 5 are 5 are 8 friend 5 are 9 to 6 a 7 true 6 a 8 friend 7 true 8 friend 8 friend 9 to 9 to 11 one 10 any 11 one 13 you 18 and 14 will 15 stand 14 will 18 and 15 stand 16 by 16 by 17 him 18 and 19 help 19 help 20 him 19 help 23 matter 21 , 23 matter 22 no 23 matter 23 matter 24 what 24 what 25 happens sometimes it is almost worth while getting into trouble just to find out who your real friends are [.] 1 sometimes 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 almost 3 is 5 worth 3 is 6 while 6 while 7 getting 7 getting 8 into 8 into 9 trouble 9 trouble 10 just 9 trouble 14 who 9 trouble 18 are 10 just 11 to 10 just 12 find 11 to 12 find 12 find 13 out 14 who 17 friends 14 who 18 are 15 your 17 friends 16 real 17 friends 17 friends 18 are peter [rabbit] [found] [out] [who] [some] [of] [his] [truest] [friends] [are] [when] , [because] [of] [his] [own] [carelessness] [,] [old] [granny] [fox] [caught] [him] [.] 1 peter 13 , now it was her turn to laugh , [all] because he had been careless and foolish [.] 1 now 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 5 turn 3 was 6 to 4 her 5 turn 6 to 7 laugh 7 laugh 10 because 8 , 10 because 10 because 11 he 10 because 13 been 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 been 13 been 15 and 14 careless 15 and 15 and 16 foolish at [peter] ['s] scream of [fright] , [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [scampered] [for] the nearest [tree] , and [jimmy] [skunk] [dodged] [behind] a [big] stump [.] 1 at 4 scream 1 at 18 and 5 of 17 , 7 , 15 nearest 7 , 17 , 14 the 15 nearest 17 , 18 and 18 and 25 stump 23 a 25 stump you see , [it] [was] so [sudden] [that] they really didn't know [what] [had] [happened] [.] 1 you 3 , 2 see 3 , 3 , 12 know 6 so 9 they 9 they 11 didn't 10 really 11 didn't 11 didn't 12 know but [prickly] [porky] , [whom] [some] [people] [call] stupid , [made] [no] [move] to run away [.] 1 but 4 , 1 but 10 , 4 , 9 stupid 10 , 14 to 14 to 15 run 15 run 16 away he happened to be looking at [peter] [when] [granny] [caught] [him] , and [so] he knew just what it meant [.] 1 he 2 happened 2 happened 3 to 2 happened 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 looking 5 looking 6 at 6 at 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 he 15 he 16 knew 16 knew 17 just 16 knew 18 what 18 what 19 it 18 what 20 meant 19 it 20 meant a spark of anger flashed in his usually dull eyes [and] [for] [once] [in] [his] life [prickly] [porky] [moved] [quickly] [.] 1 a 2 spark 1 a 16 life 2 spark 3 of 2 spark 5 flashed 3 of 4 anger 5 flashed 6 in 6 in 10 eyes 7 his 10 eyes 8 usually 9 dull 9 dull 10 eyes the [thousand] little spears hidden in his coat suddenly stood on [end] and [prickly] [porky] [made] [a] [fierce] [little] [rush] [forward] [.] 1 the 4 spears 3 little 4 spears 4 spears 5 hidden 4 spears 10 stood 5 hidden 6 in 6 in 8 coat 7 his 8 coat 9 suddenly 10 stood 10 stood 11 on 11 on 13 and [ [illustration] : " drop him [!] ["] [he] [grunted] [.] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 5 drop 5 drop 6 him page [@number@] ] 1 page 3 ] " [drop] [him] [!] ["] he grunted [.] 1 " 6 he 6 he 7 grunted granny [fox] [just] [snarled] [and] backed away , [dragging] [peter] [with] [her] and [keeping] [him] [between] [prickly] [porky] [and] [herself] [.] 1 granny 8 , 6 backed 7 away 6 backed 8 , 8 , 13 and [by] [this] [time] [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [recovered] [himself] [.] you know he is not afraid of anybody or anything [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 he 2 know 4 is 3 he 4 is 4 is 5 not 4 is 6 afraid 6 afraid 7 of 7 of 9 or 8 anybody 9 or 9 or 10 anything he sprang out from behind the stump , looking [a] [wee] [bit] [shame-faced] , and [started] [for] [old] [granny] [fox] [.] 1 he 14 , 2 sprang 3 out 2 sprang 4 from 2 sprang 14 , 4 from 5 behind 5 behind 8 , 6 the 7 stump 7 stump 8 , 8 , 9 looking 14 , 15 and " [you] [let] [peter] [rabbit] [go] [!] " he commanded in a very threatening way [.] 1 " 10 commanded 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 commanded 10 commanded 11 in 11 in 15 way 12 a 13 very 12 a 15 way 13 very 14 threatening [granny] [fox] [knows] [all] [about] [this] [.] for just a minute she hesitated [.] 1 for 4 minute 1 for 5 she 2 just 4 minute 3 a 4 minute 5 she 6 hesitated so she kept on backing [away] [,] [dragging] [peter] [with] [her] [.] 1 so 4 on 2 she 4 on 3 kept 4 on 4 on 5 backing he slipped down from the tree where he had sought safety , crept around [behind] [granny] , and bit her sharply on one heel [.] 1 he 2 slipped 2 slipped 3 down 2 slipped 4 from 2 slipped 7 where 4 from 6 tree 5 the 6 tree 6 tree 7 where 7 where 8 he 7 where 12 , 8 he 9 had 9 had 10 sought 10 sought 11 safety 12 , 18 and 13 crept 14 around 13 crept 18 and 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 bit 19 bit 20 her 19 bit 21 sharply 19 bit 22 on 22 on 24 heel 23 one 24 heel [granny] [let] [go] [of] [peter] [to] [turn] [and] [snap] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] this was [peter] ['s] [chance] [.] 1 this 2 was he slipped out from [under] [granny] ['s] [paws] and in a flash [was] [behind] [prickly] [porky] [.] 1 he 2 slipped 2 slipped 3 out 2 slipped 9 and 3 out 4 from 4 from 9 and 9 and 10 in 10 in 12 flash 11 a 12 flash [xix] [jimmy] [skunk] [takes] [word] [to] [mrs] [.] [peter] to think that she actually had caught [peter] [rabbit] and then lost him was [too] provoking [!] 1 to 2 think 1 to 14 was 2 think 3 that 3 that 10 and 4 she 6 had 5 actually 6 had 6 had 10 and 7 caught 10 and 10 and 12 lost 11 then 12 lost 12 lost 13 him 14 was 16 provoking it was more than her temper , never of the best , could stand [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 more 2 was 4 than 4 than 6 temper 4 than 14 stand 5 her 6 temper 6 temper 9 of 6 temper 13 could 7 , 8 never 7 , 9 of 9 of 11 best 9 of 12 , 10 the 11 best 13 could 14 stand her yellow eyes snapped so that it seemed [almost] as if sparks of fire flew from them [.] 1 her 3 eyes 2 yellow 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 snapped 4 snapped 6 that 5 so 6 that 6 that 7 it 6 that 8 seemed 7 it 8 seemed 8 seemed 11 if 10 as 11 if 11 if 12 sparks 11 if 15 flew 12 sparks 13 of 12 sparks 15 flew 13 of 14 fire 15 flew 16 from 16 from 17 them it made [peter] [shiver] [just] [to] [look] [at] [her] [.] 1 it 2 made so she [talked] [herself] [out] and [then] with many parting threats of what she would do , she started for home [.] 1 so 2 she 1 so 6 and 2 she 6 and 6 and 18 she 8 with 11 threats 8 with 17 , 8 with 18 she 9 many 11 threats 10 parting 11 threats 11 threats 12 of 12 of 13 what 13 what 14 she 13 what 16 do 14 she 15 would 18 she 19 started 19 started 20 for 20 for 21 home when she had gone [,] [the] [others] [turned] to [peter] [rabbit] [to] see how badly he had been hurt [.] 1 when 2 she 2 she 3 had 3 had 4 gone 4 gone 9 to 9 to 13 see 13 see 14 how 14 how 15 badly 15 badly 16 he 15 badly 19 hurt 16 he 17 had 17 had 18 been 18 been 19 hurt they looked him all over and found that he wasn't much [the] worse for his rough experience [.] 1 they 6 and 2 looked 3 him 2 looked 5 over 2 looked 6 and 4 all 5 over 6 and 7 found 7 found 8 that 8 that 9 he 8 that 10 wasn't 9 he 10 wasn't 10 wasn't 13 worse 11 much 13 worse 13 worse 14 for 14 for 17 experience 15 his 17 experience 16 rough 17 experience " [i] [must] [get] [home] [now] [,] ["] said he in a rather faint voice [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 in 11 in 15 voice 12 a 15 voice 13 rather 14 faint 14 faint 15 voice " [mrs] [peter] [will] [be] [sure] [that] [something] [has] [happened] [to] [me] [and] [will] [be] [worried] [almost] [to] [death] [.] " 1 " 21 " " [no] [,] [you] [don't] [!] " [declared] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 7 " " you are going to stay right here where we can take care of you [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 going 4 going 5 to 4 going 6 stay 5 to 6 stay 6 stay 7 right 6 stay 8 here 6 stay 9 where 9 where 10 we 9 where 12 take 10 we 11 can 11 can 12 take 12 take 13 care 13 care 14 of 14 of 15 you [he] [found] [little] [mrs] [peter] [anxiously] [looking] [towards] [the] [green] [forest] [for] [some] [sign] [of] [peter] [.] " [oh] [!] " she cried , " you have come to bring me bad news [.] 1 " 6 cried 4 " 5 she 5 she 6 cried 6 cried 7 , 6 cried 9 you 6 cried 11 come 7 , 8 " 9 you 10 have 10 have 11 come 11 come 12 to 12 to 13 bring 13 bring 14 me 13 bring 16 news 15 bad 16 news do tell me quickly what has happened [to] [peter] [!] ["] 1 do 2 tell 2 tell 3 me 3 me 4 quickly 4 quickly 5 what 5 what 6 has 6 has 7 happened " [nothing] [much] [has] [happened] [to] [peter] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [promptly] [.] 1 " 9 " [but] [little] [mrs] [peter] [wasn't] [wholly] [satisfied] [.] nothing [that] [jimmy] [could] [say] had the least effect , [and] so at last he agreed to take her [to] [peter] [.] 1 nothing 6 had 6 had 9 effect 6 had 12 so 7 the 9 effect 8 least 9 effect 10 , 12 so 12 so 15 he 12 so 16 agreed 13 at 14 last 13 at 15 he 15 he 16 agreed 16 agreed 17 to 17 to 18 take 18 take 19 her [xx] [a] [plot] [to] [frighten] [old] [man] [coyote] mischief leads to [mischief] , [for] [it] [is] [almost] [sure] [to] [never] , never be content without a little more [.] 1 mischief 2 leads 2 leads 3 to 3 to 5 , 5 , 13 , 13 , 15 be 14 never 15 be 15 be 16 content 16 content 17 without 17 without 20 more 18 a 19 little 19 little 20 more no , [sir] [,] [they] [were] not [!] 1 no 2 , 2 , 7 not you see , when danger is [over] , it is quickly forgotten [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 4 when 2 see 9 it 2 see 12 forgotten 3 , 4 when 4 when 5 danger 4 when 6 is 4 when 8 , 5 danger 6 is 9 it 10 is 10 is 12 forgotten 11 quickly 12 forgotten " [there] [is] [old] [man] [coyote] [;] he is [forever] [frightening] [those] smaller [and] [weaker] than himself [.] 1 " 8 he 8 he 9 is 9 is 13 smaller 13 smaller 16 than 16 than 17 himself i 'd just love to see him run [,] ["] [said] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 4 love 3 just 4 love 4 love 5 to 4 love 6 see 5 to 6 see 6 see 7 him 6 see 8 run " [the] [very] [one] [!] " [cried] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] [wonder] [if] he would be afraid [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 be 7 be 8 afraid you know [he] [is] [even] [smarter] [than] [granny] [fox] , and though she was frightened at first , she soon got over it [.] 1 you 10 , 2 know 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 19 she 11 and 21 got 12 though 13 she 12 though 14 was 12 though 19 she 13 she 14 was 14 was 15 frightened 16 at 17 first 17 first 18 , 17 first 19 she 19 she 21 got 20 soon 21 got 21 got 22 over 22 over 23 it how do you suppose we can get him over here [?] ["] 1 how 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 suppose 4 suppose 5 we 4 suppose 7 get 5 we 6 can 6 can 7 get 7 get 8 him 7 get 9 over 9 over 10 here ["] [we-uns] [will] [take] [brer] [jay] [into] [our] [secret] [.] " that 's all [brer] [jay] [need] to say [.] 1 " 9 say 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 all 3 's 8 to 8 to 9 say " [peter] [has] [had] [trouble] [enough] [already] [,] [and] [i] ['m] [not] [going] [to] [let] [him] [have] [any] [more] [,] so [there] [!] ["] 1 " 21 so " [peter] [isn't] [going] [to] [get] [into] [any] [trouble] [,] " [spoke] [up] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 11 " now , [please] , [mrs] [.] [peter] [,] don't be foolish [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 4 , 4 , 9 don't 9 don't 10 be 10 be 11 foolish you don't like [old] [man] [coyote] [,] [do] you [?] 1 you 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 3 like 9 you you know [sammy] [is] [always] [ready] [for] [any] [mischief] [.] 1 you 2 know just as he started [to] [look] for [old] [man] [coyote] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [made] another suggestion [.] 1 just 2 as 2 as 3 he 3 he 4 started 4 started 7 for 7 for 18 suggestion 17 another 18 suggestion yo ['] know she isn't wasting any love on him [.] 1 yo 3 know 3 know 4 she 3 know 5 isn't 4 she 5 isn't 5 isn't 6 wasting 6 wasting 8 love 6 wasting 9 on 7 any 8 love 8 love 9 on 9 on 10 him what do yo ['] [alls] say ? " 1 what 2 do 1 what 6 say 2 do 3 yo 6 say 7 ? 7 ? 8 " [xxi] [sammy] [jay] [delivers] [his] [message] sammy [jay] has been the bearer of so many messages that no one knows better than [he] how to deliver one [.] 1 sammy 3 has 3 has 4 been 4 been 6 bearer 5 the 6 bearer 6 bearer 7 of 7 of 10 messages 8 so 9 many 9 many 10 messages 10 messages 11 that 11 that 13 one 11 that 14 knows 12 no 13 one 13 one 14 knows 14 knows 15 better 14 knows 16 than 14 knows 18 how 18 how 19 to 18 how 20 deliver 19 to 20 deliver 20 deliver 21 one he [knows] [when] to be [polite] , and no one can be more polite than [he] [.] 1 he 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 one 8 and 12 be 9 no 10 one 10 one 11 can 12 be 14 polite 13 more 14 polite 14 polite 15 than " [all] [right] [,] " [replied] [sammy] [,] [quite] [as] [if] [it] [made] [no] [difference] [to] [him] [.] 1 " 5 " " [they] ['ll] [be] [there] , " he muttered [.] 1 " 9 muttered 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 muttered they 'll try to keep out of [sight] , but they 'll be there [.] ["] 1 they 2 'll 2 'll 3 try 3 try 4 to 4 to 5 keep 5 keep 6 out 6 out 7 of 7 of 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 they 11 they 12 'll 12 'll 13 be 13 be 14 there [sammy] [found] [old] [man] [coyote] [taking] [a] [sun-bath] [.] ["] [good] [morning] [,] [mr] [coyote] [.] i hope you are feeling well , " said [sammy] [in] [his] [politest] [manner] [.] 1 i 7 , 2 hope 3 you 2 hope 4 are 2 hope 7 , 3 you 4 are 4 are 5 feeling 5 feeling 6 well 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 said " [what] ['s] [the] [news] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [?] " 1 " 11 " " [there] [isn't] [any] [,] [that] [is] [,] [none] [to] [amount] [to] [anything] [,] " [declared] [sammy] [.] 1 " 15 " ["] [i] [never] [did] [see] [such] [a] [dull] [summer] [.] is there any [news] [down] [here] on [the] [green] [meadows] [?] 1 is 2 there 1 is 3 any 1 is 7 on i hear [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [has] [found] [his] [lost] [baby] [.] ["] 1 i 2 hear " so [i] [hear] [,] ["] [replied] [old] [man] [coyote] [.] 1 " 2 so ["] [i] [tried] [to] [find] [it] [for] [him] [.] you [know] [i] believe in being [neighborly] [.] ["] 1 you 4 believe 4 believe 5 in 5 in 6 being peter is going to come to a bad end some day if he doesn't watch out [.] ["] 1 peter 2 is 2 is 3 going 3 going 4 to 3 going 5 come 4 to 5 come 5 come 6 to 5 come 11 day 5 come 12 if 5 come 16 out 6 to 9 end 7 a 8 bad 7 a 9 end 8 bad 9 end 10 some 11 day 12 if 13 he 12 if 15 watch 13 he 14 doesn't 14 doesn't 15 watch " [that] [depends] [on] [what] [you] [call] [a] [bad] [end] [,] " [replied] [old] [man] [coyote] [with] [a] [sly] [grin] [.] 1 " 12 " " [it] [might] [be] [bad] [for] [peter] [and] [at] [the] [same] [time] [be] [very] [good] [for] [some] [one] [else] [.] " 1 " 21 " sammy laughed right out [.] 1 sammy 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 right 3 right 4 out " [that] ['s] [one] [way] [of] [looking] [at] [it] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he i [think] [i] 'll go up [to] [the] [old] [orchard] and see what is going on there [.] ["] 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 11 and 5 go 6 up 5 go 11 and 11 and 12 see 12 see 13 what 13 what 14 is 14 is 15 going 14 is 16 on 15 going 16 on 16 on 17 there off [flew] [sammy] [in] [the] [direction] [of] [the] [old] [orchard] , [and] [once] [more] [he] [chuckled] [as] [he] [flew] [.] 1 off 11 , " [old] [man] [coyote] [will] [start] [for] [the] [green] [forest] [as] [soon] [as] [i] [am] [out] [of] [sight] [,] " [thought] [sammy] [.] 1 " 20 " and that is just [what] [old] [man] [coyote] [did] [.] 1 and 2 that 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 just [xxii] [old] [man] [coyote] [loses] [his] [appetite] [hardly] [was] [sammy] [jay] [out] [of] [sight] [,] [flying] [towards] [the] [old] [orchard] [,] [before] [old] [man] [coyote] [started] [for] [the] [green] [forest] [.] he is [very] [sharp] , is [old] [man] [coyote] , so sharp that it is not very often that he is fooled [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 12 sharp 5 , 6 is 5 , 10 , 10 , 12 sharp 11 so 12 sharp 12 sharp 13 that 12 sharp 19 that 13 that 14 it 13 that 15 is 14 it 15 is 15 is 16 not 15 is 18 often 16 not 17 very 19 that 20 he 19 that 22 fooled 20 he 21 is sammy had been clever enough to know this [.] 1 sammy 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 clever 4 clever 5 enough 4 clever 6 to 4 clever 7 know 6 to 7 know 7 know 8 this [there] [wasn't] [even] [a] [hint] [that] [old] [man] [coyote] [should] [go] [over] [there] [.] this was what made him sure that the news [about] [peter] was probably true [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 what 3 what 4 made 4 made 5 him 4 made 6 sure 6 sure 7 that 7 that 12 was 8 the 9 news 9 news 12 was 12 was 13 probably 12 was 14 true " [i] [knew] [they] [would] [be] [on] [hand] [,] ["] he chuckled [.] 1 " 11 he 11 he 12 chuckled it was [decided] [that] [everybody] [but] [peter] [should] [get] out of sight [at] [once] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 11 of 10 out 11 of 11 of 12 sight [so] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [climbed] [a] [tree] [.] jimmy [skunk] crawled into a hollow log [.] 1 jimmy 3 crawled 3 crawled 4 into 4 into 7 log 5 a 7 log 6 hollow 7 log sammy [jay] hid in the thickest part of a hemlock tree [.] 1 sammy 3 hid 3 hid 4 in 4 in 7 part 5 the 6 thickest 5 the 7 part 7 part 8 of 8 of 11 tree 9 a 11 tree 10 hemlock 11 tree prickly [porky] [got] [behind] [a] [big] [stump] [right] at the top of the hill [.] 1 prickly 9 at 9 at 10 the 10 the 11 top 11 top 12 of 12 of 14 hill 13 the 14 hill peter [took] [a] [couple] [of] [steps] , and it was very plain to see that he was lame [,] [just] as [sammy] [jay] [had] said [.] 1 peter 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 it 9 it 10 was 10 was 12 plain 11 very 12 plain 12 plain 13 to 13 to 14 see 14 see 15 that 15 that 16 he 15 that 17 was 17 was 18 lame 18 lame 21 as 21 as 25 said " [that] [good-for-nothing] [jay] [told] [the] [truth] [for] [once] [,] " [thought] [old] [man] [coyote] [,] [with] [a] [hungry] [gleam] [in] [his] [eyes] [.] 1 " 11 " he [would] [lie] [perfectly] [still] [when] [peter] seemed to be looking towards him [.] 1 he 8 seemed 8 seemed 9 to 8 seemed 10 be 9 to 10 be 10 be 11 looking 10 be 12 towards 11 looking 12 towards 12 towards 13 him my , [but] [it] [was] [exciting] [to] [those] [who] [were] [watching] [!] 1 my 2 , peter knew what it meant and jumped to one side [.] 1 peter 2 knew 2 knew 3 what 3 what 6 and 4 it 6 and 5 meant 6 and 6 and 7 jumped 6 and 8 to 8 to 10 side 9 one 10 side it was plain to see that he was afraid [,] very much [afraid] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 plain 3 plain 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 that 6 that 7 he 6 that 8 was 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 afraid 9 afraid 12 much 11 very 12 much quite suddenly he had lost his appetite [.] 1 quite 2 suddenly 2 suddenly 3 he 3 he 4 had 4 had 5 lost 5 lost 7 appetite 6 his 7 appetite [xxiii] [buster] [bear] [gives] [it] [all] [away] now , it is a very bad plan to run fast down-hill [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 8 plan 5 a 6 very 5 a 8 plan 6 very 7 bad 7 bad 8 plan 8 plan 9 to 8 plan 10 run 9 to 10 run 10 run 12 down-hill 11 fast 12 down-hill yes , [sir] [,] it is a very bad plan [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 6 is 6 is 10 plan 7 a 10 plan 8 very 9 bad 9 bad 10 plan you see , once you are started , it is not the easiest thing in the world to stop [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 9 it 2 see 10 is 3 , 4 once 4 once 5 you 4 once 7 started 4 once 8 , 4 once 9 it 5 you 6 are 6 are 7 started 9 it 10 is 10 is 11 not 10 is 14 thing 10 is 15 in 10 is 18 to 12 the 13 easiest 12 the 14 thing 15 in 16 the 16 the 17 world 18 to 19 stop and then again , you are quite likely to stub your toes [.] 1 and 2 then 1 and 5 you 1 and 6 are 3 again 4 , 3 again 5 you 5 you 6 are 6 are 8 likely 7 quite 8 likely 8 likely 9 to 9 to 10 stub 10 stub 12 toes 11 your 12 toes this is [what] [old] [man] [coyote] [did] [.] 1 this 2 is he stubbed his toes and turned a complete somersault [.] 1 he 5 and 2 stubbed 4 toes 2 stubbed 5 and 3 his 4 toes 5 and 6 turned 6 turned 9 somersault 7 a 8 complete 7 a 9 somersault 8 complete 9 somersault he looked so funny that the little scamps watching him had all they could do to keep from shouting right out [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 4 funny 3 so 4 funny 4 funny 5 that 5 that 8 scamps 5 that 11 had 6 the 8 scamps 7 little 8 scamps 8 scamps 9 watching 8 scamps 11 had 9 watching 10 him 11 had 12 all 12 all 13 they 12 all 15 do 13 they 14 could 14 could 15 do 15 do 16 to 16 to 17 keep 17 keep 18 from 17 keep 21 out 18 from 19 shouting 19 shouting 20 right old [granny] [fox] [and] [reddy] [fox] , [looking] [on] [from] [a] [safe] [distance] [,] [did] [laugh] [.] 1 old 7 , [but] [old] [man] [coyote] [didn't] [stop] [for] [a] [little] [thing] [like] [a] [tumble] [.] oh , my , no [!] 1 oh 2 , 2 , 3 my 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 no he just rolled over on to his feet and was off again [,] harder than before [.] 1 he 9 and 2 just 3 rolled 3 rolled 4 over 3 rolled 6 to 3 rolled 9 and 5 on 6 to 6 to 8 feet 7 his 8 feet 9 and 10 was 10 was 11 off 10 was 12 again 10 was 14 harder 10 was 15 than 10 was 16 before 15 than 16 before why , [buster] [bear] [,] [to] [be] [sure] [.] 1 why 2 , where [buster] [had] [come] [from] [nobody] [knew] [,] [but] [there] he was , as big as life [.] 1 where 11 he 11 he 12 was 12 was 15 big 13 , 15 big 14 as 15 big 15 big 16 as 16 as 17 life then it was [that] [buster] [bear] [first] [saw] [,] [rolling] down the hill [,] [the] [strange] [creature] [which] [had] [so] [frightened] [old] [man] [coyote] [.] 1 then 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 11 down 11 down 13 hill 12 the 13 hill if he did , it would be almost too good to be true [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 did 1 if 4 , 1 if 5 it 2 he 3 did 5 it 6 would 6 would 7 be 7 be 8 almost 7 be 10 good 8 almost 9 too 9 too 10 good 10 good 11 to 11 to 12 be 12 be 13 true but he didn't [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 didn't then he began to laugh [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 began 3 began 4 to 4 to 5 laugh ["] [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] ho , ho , ho ! 1 ho 2 , 1 ho 5 ho 3 ho 4 , 4 , 5 ho 5 ho 6 ! ha , [ha] [,] ho [!] 1 ha 2 , 1 ha 5 ho [ [illustration] [:] ["] [i] [see] you are up to [your] [old] [tricks] , [prickly] [porky] [!] " [he] [shouted] [.] 1 [ 7 you 7 you 8 are 8 are 9 up 9 up 10 to 10 to 14 , 14 , 18 " page [@number@] ] 1 page 3 ] [old] [man] [coyote] [heard] [him] [and] [stopped] [short] [and] [turned] [to] [see] [what] [it] [meant] [.] very slowly the strange creature unrolled and turned over [.] 1 very 2 slowly 2 slowly 5 creature 3 the 5 creature 4 strange 5 creature 5 creature 7 and 6 unrolled 7 and 7 and 8 turned 8 turned 9 over there was a head now and a tail and four legs [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 9 and 3 a 4 head 4 head 5 now 4 head 6 and 6 and 8 tail 6 and 9 and 7 a 8 tail 9 and 11 legs 10 four 11 legs it was none [other] than [prickly] [porky] himself [!] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 none 2 was 5 than 2 was 8 himself [prickly] [porky] [grinned] [.] " [i] [think] [it] [was] [high] [time] [i] [did] [,] " [replied] [buster] [bear] [,] [still] [chuckling] [.] 1 " 11 " " you might have scared somebody to death down here where they don't know you [.] ["] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 might 3 might 4 have 4 have 5 scared 5 scared 6 somebody 5 scared 7 to 5 scared 11 where 6 somebody 7 to 7 to 8 death 8 death 9 down 8 death 11 where 9 down 10 here 11 where 12 they 11 where 14 know 12 they 13 don't 13 don't 14 know 14 know 15 you as for [old] [man] [coyote] , he sneaked away , grinding his teeth angrily [.] 1 as 2 for 1 as 7 he 2 for 6 , 7 he 8 sneaked 8 sneaked 9 away 8 sneaked 11 grinding 10 , 11 grinding 11 grinding 13 teeth 11 grinding 14 angrily 12 his 13 teeth like [a] [great] many other people , he couldn't take a joke on himself [.] 1 like 6 people 1 like 7 , 1 like 8 he 4 many 5 other 5 other 6 people 8 he 9 couldn't 9 couldn't 10 take 10 take 12 joke 10 take 13 on 11 a 12 joke 12 joke 13 on 13 on 14 himself so [prickly] [porky] [made] [himself] [at] [home] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [took] [his] [place] [among] [the] [little] [people] [who] [live] there [.] 1 so 22 there in [just] the [same] [way] [old] [man] [coyote] [came] [as] [a] [stranger] [to] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [established] [himself] [there] [.] 1 in 3 the [the] [end] end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] [of] [the] [adventures] [of] [prickly] [porky] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of 2 of 3 the