[produced] [by] [david] [newman] [and] [the] [online] [distributed] [proofreading] [team] [.] [the] [adventures] [of] [mr] [.] [mocker] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] author of " the [adventures] [of] [reddy] [fox] [,] ["] ["] old [mother] [west] [wind] , ["] [etc] 1 author 2 of 2 of 3 " 2 of 4 the 4 the 12 old 12 old 16 , [with] [illustrations] [by] [harrison] [cady] [@number@] [contents] [i] [the] [lone] [traveler] [ii] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] [iii] [.] [unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] [iv] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] [v] [sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] [vi] [.] [sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] [vii] [.] [sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] [viii] [.] [sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] [ix] [.] [the] [mystery] [grows] [x] [sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] [xi] [.] [how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] [xii] [.] [no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] [xiii] [.] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] [xiv] [.] [peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xv] [.] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] [xvi] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] [xvii] [.] [the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] [xviii] [.] [the] [mischief-makers] [xix] [.] [bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] [xx] [.] [bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] [xxi] [.] [bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] [xxii] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] [xxiii] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [xxiv] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] [xxv] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] [xxvi] [.] [mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] [list] [of] [illustrations] " [i] [don't] [know] [that] [it's] [any] [of] [your] [business] [!] " 1 " 12 " [said] [sticky-toes] [.] [such] [a] [thing] [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgetting] [to] [say] [good-by] [had] [never] [happened] [before] [blacky's] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [listened] [to] [sammy] [jay's] [tale] [of] [woe] [.] " [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [,] " [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] 1 " 8 " [there] [sat] [the] [three] [little] [scamps] [on] [the] [big] [rock] [sometimes] [he] [woke] [up] [in] [the] [night] [and] [would] [sing] [for] [very] [joy] [the] [adventures] [of] [mistah] [mocker] [i] [the] [lone] [traveler] winsome [bluebird] [goes] [just] [a] [little] [way] [ahead] [of] [her] , [for] [winsome] [is] [the] [herald] [of] [mistress] [spring] [.] 1 winsome 11 , and with her come [little] [friend] [the] [song] [sparrow] [,] [and] [cheerful] [robin] and [mr] and [mrs] [.] redwing [.] 1 and 19 redwing 2 with 3 her 2 with 4 come 4 come 16 and 14 and 16 and 16 and 19 redwing then follow other travelers , [ever] so many of them , [all] [eager] [to] [get] [back] [to] [the] [beautiful] [green] [forest] and [green] [meadows] [.] 1 then 2 follow 2 follow 4 travelers 3 other 4 travelers 4 travelers 8 many 5 , 8 many 7 so 8 many 8 many 9 of 8 many 11 , 9 of 10 them 11 , 22 and [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [used] [to] [think] [that] [way] [.] but he was [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 was yes , [sir] [,] he was [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 he 5 he 6 was he was [so] [much] [interested] that he began to wish [he] could see for himself all these things [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [was] [telling] [about] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 6 that 6 that 7 he 6 that 12 could 7 he 8 began 8 began 9 to 9 to 10 wish 12 could 13 see 13 see 14 for 13 see 16 all 14 for 15 himself 16 all 17 these 16 all 18 things 17 these 18 things but he didn't say a word , not a word [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 say 4 say 6 word 5 a 6 word 6 word 10 word 7 , 8 not 7 , 10 word 9 a 10 word he just listened and listened and then went on about his business [.] 1 he 4 and 2 just 3 listened 3 listened 4 and 4 and 6 and 5 listened 6 and 6 and 8 went 7 then 8 went 8 went 9 on 8 went 10 about 10 about 12 business 11 his 12 business he didn't say anything about it to [any] [one] , but he just started off by himself [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 say 3 say 4 anything 3 say 7 to 4 anything 5 about 5 about 6 it 7 to 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 he 11 but 14 started 12 he 14 started 13 just 14 started 14 started 15 off 14 started 16 by 16 by 17 himself " [all] [ah] [done] [got] [to] [do] [is] [to] [keep] [on] [going] [till] [ah] [see] [brer] [buzzard] [,] " [thought] [he] [.] 1 " 19 " so he traveled and traveled without speaking to any one , and always looking up in the blue , blue sky [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 4 and 2 he 4 and 3 traveled 4 and 4 and 5 traveled 4 and 6 without 4 and 15 up 4 and 16 in 6 without 7 speaking 7 speaking 8 to 7 speaking 12 and 8 to 9 any 10 one 12 and 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 always 12 and 14 looking 16 in 21 sky 17 the 20 blue 18 blue 19 , 18 blue 20 blue 20 blue 21 sky finally it dropped down , down , down until it disappeared among the trees [.] 1 finally 2 it 2 it 3 dropped 3 dropped 4 down 3 dropped 6 down 3 dropped 8 down 3 dropped 9 until 5 , 6 down 6 down 7 , 9 until 10 it 9 until 11 disappeared 10 it 11 disappeared 11 disappeared 12 among 12 among 14 trees 13 the 14 trees ["] [ah] [reckon] [ah] ['ll] [give] [unc] ['] [billy] [a] [surprise] [.] yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [reckon] [so] [.] " 1 yes 2 , 2 , 9 " [ii] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] unc ['] [billy] [possum] [sat] [at] [the] [foot] of the [great] [hollow] [tree] [in] [which] [his] [home] [is] [.] 1 unc 9 of 9 of 10 the [unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [very] [fine] [that] [morning] [.] he could hear [old] [mrs] [possum] cleaning [house] and scolding [the] [little] [possums] [who] [kept] [climbing] [up] [on] [her] [back] [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 hear 3 hear 9 and 7 cleaning 9 and 9 and 10 scolding as he [listened] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [and] began to sing in a queer cracked voice [:] 1 as 2 he 2 he 10 began 10 began 11 to 11 to 12 sing 12 sing 13 in 13 in 17 voice 14 a 15 queer 14 a 17 voice 15 queer 17 voice 16 cracked 17 voice ["] [mah] [ol] ['] [woman] [am] [a] [plain] [ol] ['] [dame] ['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] ['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] quick [with] [her] [broom] , [with] [her] [tongue] [the] [same] ['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] 1 quick 5 , ['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] ['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] ["] just then out tumbled his eight children [,] [making] [such] [a] [racket] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [clapped] [both] [hands] [over] [his] [ears] [.] 1 just 3 out 2 then 3 out 3 out 4 tumbled 4 tumbled 7 children 5 his 6 eight 6 eight 7 children " [mah] [goodness] [gracious] [sakes] [alive] [!] " he exclaimed [.] 1 " 10 exclaimed 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 exclaimed one pulled [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [tail] [.] 1 one 2 pulled two scrambled up on his back [.] 1 two 2 scrambled 2 scrambled 3 up 3 up 4 on 4 on 6 back 5 his 6 back right [in] [the] [midst] of it [unc] ['] [billy] [sprang] [to] [his] [feet] [.] 1 right 5 of 5 of 6 it his [eyes] [were] [shining] [,] [and] [his] [funny] [little] ears were pricked up [.] 1 his 10 ears 10 ears 11 were 11 were 12 pricked 12 pricked 13 up " [hush] [,] [yo'alls] [!] ["] he commanded [.] 1 " 8 commanded 7 he 8 commanded " [how] [do] [yo'alls] [think] [ah] [can] [hear] [anything] [with] [yo'alls] [making] [such] [a] [racket] [?] " 1 " 17 " ["] [ah] [cert'nly] [thought] [ah] [heard] [the] [voice] [of] [an] [ol] ['] [friend] [from] [way] [down] [souf] [!] [iii] [unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [excited] [.] any one would have known it just to look at him [.] 1 any 2 one 2 one 3 would 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 known 5 known 6 it 5 known 8 to 7 just 8 to 8 to 9 look 9 look 10 at 10 at 11 him he hurried [off] [up] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [without] [even] [saying] [good-by] to [old] [mrs] [possum] and all the little [possums] [.] 1 he 2 hurried 2 hurried 17 to 17 to 24 little 21 and 22 all 22 all 23 the 23 the 24 little yes , indeed [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [certainly] [was] [excited] [.] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 indeed old [mrs] [possum] [sat] [in] [the] [doorway] [of] [their] home [in] [the] [great] [hollow] [tree] [and] [watched] [unc] ['] [billy] [out] [of] [sight] [.] 1 old 10 home her sharp little eyes seemed to grow sharper as she watched [.] 1 her 4 eyes 2 sharp 4 eyes 3 little 4 eyes 4 eyes 5 seemed 5 seemed 6 to 5 seemed 7 grow 6 to 7 grow 7 grow 8 sharper 8 sharper 9 as 9 as 10 she 9 as 11 watched 10 she 11 watched no , [sah] [!] 1 no 2 , then she started out to hunt for their dinner [,] [still] [muttering] [as] [she] [went] [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 started 3 started 4 out 3 started 5 to 5 to 6 hunt 6 hunt 7 for 7 for 9 dinner 8 their 9 dinner [old] [mrs] [possum] [was] [quite] [right] [.] unc ['] [billy] had [forgotten] [all] [about] [that] [dinner] [.] 1 unc 4 had you see he had something else on his mind [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 he 2 see 4 had 3 he 4 had 4 had 5 something 4 had 7 on 5 something 6 else 7 on 9 mind 8 his 9 mind he had [listened] and listened but [didn't] hear it again , and yet he was sure he had heard it [that] once [.] 1 he 11 , 2 had 4 and 2 had 11 , 4 and 6 but 5 listened 6 but 6 but 8 hear 8 hear 9 it 8 hear 10 again 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 yet 12 and 14 he 12 and 15 was 15 was 16 sure 16 sure 17 he 16 sure 19 heard 17 he 18 had 18 had 19 heard 19 heard 20 it 19 heard 22 once he just had to go look for him [.] 1 he 3 had 2 just 3 had 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 go 5 go 6 look 6 look 7 for 7 for 8 him but [nowhere] did he catch a glimpse of his old friend [.] 1 but 3 did 1 but 5 catch 3 did 4 he 3 did 5 catch 5 catch 7 glimpse 6 a 7 glimpse 7 glimpse 8 of 8 of 11 friend 9 his 11 friend 10 old 11 friend the longer he looked , the more excited he grew [.] 1 the 2 longer 2 longer 3 he 2 longer 4 looked 2 longer 5 , 2 longer 7 more 3 he 4 looked 6 the 7 more 7 more 8 excited 8 excited 10 grew 9 he 10 grew ["] [nuffin] [,] [nuffin] [,] [sah] [!] ah ['m] [just] [walking] [fo] ['] [mah] [health] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] [over] [his] [shoulder] [,] [as] he [hurried] [on] [.] 1 ah 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 11 replied 11 replied 20 he his neck ached from looking up in [the] [tree-tops] , and his feet were sore from walking [.] 1 his 2 neck 2 neck 3 ached 3 ached 4 from 4 from 5 looking 5 looking 6 up 6 up 7 in 7 in 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 feet 11 and 14 were 12 his 13 feet 13 feet 14 were 14 were 15 sore 15 sore 16 from 16 from 17 walking and just then [unc] ['] [billy] [for] the first time [thought] of [that] [dinner] that old [mrs] [possum] [had] [sent] [him] [to] [get] [.] 1 and 2 just 1 and 10 time 1 and 12 of 2 just 3 then 8 the 9 first 8 the 10 time 12 of 16 old 15 that 16 old [unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [mopped] [his] [brow] [in] [dismay] [.] " [ah] ['] [specks] [ah'm] in [fo] ['] [it] this time , [sho] ['] [enough] [!] " he said [.] 1 " 19 said 6 in 11 time 6 in 12 , 6 in 18 he 10 this 11 time 12 , 17 " 18 he 19 said [iv] [unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] ["] [ah] ['] [specks] [ah'm] [in] [fo] ['] [it] [.] ah ['] [specks] [ah] sho'ly am in fo ['] [it] this time , " [he] kept muttering [.] 1 ah 13 , 5 sho'ly 6 am 6 am 7 in 6 am 12 time 6 am 13 , 7 in 8 fo 11 this 12 time 13 , 14 " 13 , 16 kept 13 , 17 muttering so [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] [along] [in] [the] [black] [shadows] [until] he got where he could look up and see his own doorway [.] 1 so 12 he 12 he 13 got 13 got 14 where 14 where 15 he 14 where 19 and 15 he 16 could 16 could 19 and 17 look 18 up 17 look 19 and 19 and 20 see 20 see 23 doorway 21 his 22 own 21 his 23 doorway then he sat down and watched a while [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 5 and 3 sat 4 down 3 sat 5 and 5 and 6 watched 5 and 8 while 7 a 8 while all was still [.] 1 all 2 was 2 was 3 still there wasn't a sound in the great hollow tree [.] 1 there 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 4 sound 2 wasn't 5 in 3 a 4 sound 4 sound 5 in 5 in 9 tree 6 the 9 tree 7 great 9 tree 8 hollow 9 tree but at the first scratch of his toe-nails on the bark [the] [sharp] face [of] [old] [mrs] [possum] [appeared] [in] [the] [doorway] [.] 1 but 2 at 1 but 14 face 2 at 5 scratch 3 the 5 scratch 4 first 5 scratch 5 scratch 6 of 6 of 8 toe-nails 7 his 8 toe-nails 8 toe-nails 9 on 9 on 11 bark 10 the 11 bark " [good] [evening] [,] [mah] [dear] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [in] [the] [mildest] [kind] [of] a voice [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 20 voice 19 a 20 voice old [mrs] [possum] [said] [nothing] , [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [as] [if] [her] [sharp] [black] [eyes] [were] [looking] [right] [through] [him] [.] 1 old 6 , unc ['] [billy] [grinned] [a] [sickly] [kind] [of] [grin] [as] [he] [said] : 1 unc 13 : " [ah] [hopes] [yo'alls] [are] [feeling] [good] [tonight] [.] " 1 " 10 " " [where] ['s] [that] [dinner] [ah] [sent] [yo] ['] [fo] ['] [?] " [demanded] [old] [mrs] [possum] [sharply] [.] 1 " 13 " [unc] ['] [billy] [fidgeted] [uneasily] [.] " [ah] [done] [brought] [yo] ['] [two] [eggs] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] , " he replied meekly [.] 1 " 17 replied 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 he 16 he 17 replied 17 replied 18 meekly ["] [two] [eggs] [!] two eggs [!] 1 two 2 eggs how do yo ['] think [ah] [am] [going] [to] [feed] [eight] [hungry] [mouths] [on] [two] [eggs] [?] ["] [snapped] [old] [mrs] [.] [possum] [.] 1 how 2 do 2 do 3 yo 2 do 5 think [unc] ['] [billy] [hung] [his] [head] [.] he hadn't a word to say [.] 1 he 2 hadn't 2 hadn't 4 word 2 hadn't 5 to 3 a 4 word 5 to 6 say no [,] [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [hadn't] a word [to] [say] [.] 1 no 10 word 9 a 10 word [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [he] [deserved] [every] [bit] [of] [it] [.] he [felt] [very] [miserable] [,] [and] [he] was too tired to have [a] [bit] [of] [spirit] left [.] 1 he 8 was 8 was 9 too 8 was 10 tired 10 tired 11 to 11 to 12 have 12 have 17 left all [the] [time] she was looking [at] [unc] ['] [billy] with those sharp eyes of hers [.] 1 all 4 she 4 she 5 was 5 was 6 looking 5 was 11 with 11 with 14 eyes 12 those 14 eyes 13 sharp 14 eyes 14 eyes 15 of 15 of 16 hers when she had finished the egg , she pushed the other over to him [.] 1 when 2 she 1 when 4 finished 1 when 7 , 1 when 8 she 2 she 3 had 3 had 4 finished 4 finished 6 egg 5 the 6 egg 8 she 9 pushed 9 pushed 11 other 9 pushed 12 over 9 pushed 13 to 10 the 11 other 13 to 14 him " [yo] ['] [eat] [that] [!] " she said shortly [.] 1 " 9 said 7 " 8 she 8 she 9 said 9 said 10 shortly " [yo] ['] [look] [as] [if] [yo] ['] [hadn't] [had] [anything] [to] [eat] [to-day] " [(] [which] [was] [true] [)] [.] 1 " 15 " " [then] [yo] ['] [hustle] [up] [to] [bed] [;] [it] ['s] [all] [ready] [fo] ['] [yo] ['] [.] " 1 " 19 " unc ['] [billy] [did] [as] [he] [was] [bid] , [and] [as] [he] [tucked] [himself] [into] [his] [snug] [,] [warm] [bed] [he] [murmured] [sleepily] [:] 1 unc 9 , ["] [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [sharp] [,] [sharp] [tongue] [,] [but] [her] [bark] [is] [worse] [than] [her] [bite] [.] for [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [soft] [,] [soft] [heart] [though] she hides [it] [way] [out] [of] [sight] [.] ["] 1 for 13 she 13 she 14 hides [v] [sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] [sammy] [jay] [was] [indignant] [.] yes , [sir] [,] [sammy] [jay] [was] [very] [much] [put] [out] [.] 1 yes 2 , in fact [,] [sammy] was [just] [plain] [downright] [mad] [!] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 5 was it had begun when he met [jimmy] [skunk] [early] [in] [the] [morning] [.] 1 it 2 had 2 had 3 begun 3 begun 4 when 4 when 5 he 4 when 6 met 5 he 6 met ["] [hello] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] what were you doing up so late last night [?] ["] [said] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 what 2 were 1 what 4 doing 2 were 3 you 2 were 4 doing 4 doing 5 up 4 doing 7 late 4 doing 9 night 6 so 7 late 8 last 9 night ["] [oh] [,] [come] [,] [sammy] [jay] [,] [be] [honest] [for] [once] [in] [your] [life] [!] what was it all about [?] ["] 1 what 2 was 2 was 4 all 2 was 5 about 3 it 4 all [sammy] [jay] [stamped] [one] [foot] [.] he was beginning to lose his temper [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 beginning 3 beginning 4 to 4 to 5 lose 5 lose 7 temper 6 his 7 temper you know he loses it very easily [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 he 2 know 4 loses 3 he 4 loses 4 loses 5 it 4 loses 7 easily 6 very 7 easily " [i] [am] [honest] ! ["] he screamed [.] 1 " 8 screamed 5 ! 7 he 7 he 8 screamed " [i] [tell] [you] [i] [went] [to] [bed] [just] [as] [i] [always] [do] [,] [and] [i] [didn't] [wake] [up] [until] [this] [morning] [.] " 1 " 24 " when he did , he flew off screaming at the top of his lungs [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 did 1 when 4 , 1 when 5 he 2 he 3 did 5 he 6 flew 6 flew 7 off 6 flew 9 at 7 off 8 screaming 8 screaming 9 at 9 at 11 top 10 the 11 top 11 top 12 of 12 of 14 lungs 13 his 14 lungs he was still screaming when he flew [over] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [where] [peter] [rabbit] [was] [just] beginning to doze off [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 still 2 was 4 screaming 4 screaming 5 when 4 screaming 17 beginning 5 when 6 he 5 when 7 flew 6 he 7 flew 17 beginning 18 to 17 beginning 19 doze 18 to 19 doze 19 doze 20 off peter was sleepy [.] 1 peter 2 was 2 was 3 sleepy he didn't like to have his morning nap disturbed [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 like 3 like 4 to 3 like 5 have 4 to 5 have 5 have 8 nap 6 his 8 nap 7 morning 8 nap 8 nap 9 disturbed ["] [hi] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] didn't you make racket enough last night to give honest folks a little peace and quiet to-day [?] ["] [shouted] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 didn't 2 you 1 didn't 3 make 3 make 4 racket 3 make 7 night 3 make 8 to 5 enough 7 night 6 last 7 night 8 to 9 give 9 give 11 folks 9 give 14 peace 9 give 15 and 10 honest 11 folks 12 a 13 little 12 a 14 peace 13 little 14 peace 15 and 17 to-day 16 quiet 17 to-day ["] [what] ['s] [the] [joke] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [?] " [then] [it] ['s] [a] [funny] [way] [you] [have] [of] [sleeping] [,] " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 13 " " [peter] [rabbit] [,] you [and] [jimmy] [skunk] are crazy , just as crazy as loons [!] ["] [sputtered] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 " 5 you 5 you 9 are 9 are 11 , 10 crazy 11 , 11 , 12 just 11 , 14 crazy 13 as 14 crazy 14 crazy 15 as 15 as 16 loons " [i] [tell] [you] [i] [was] [asleep] [,] [and] [i] [guess] [i] [ought] [to] [know] [!] " 1 " 17 " " [and] [i] [guess] [i] [know] [your] [voice] [when] [i] [hear] [it] [!] " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] [it] ['s] [bad] [enough] [in] [daytime] [,] [but] [if] [i] [was] [you] [,] [i] ['d] [quit] [yelling] [in] [the] [night] [.] some [one] of [these] [times] [hooty] [the] [owl] will [hear] you , and that will be [the] [end] of you and your noise [.] 1 some 3 of 3 of 13 and 9 will 11 you 11 you 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 that 14 that 15 will 15 will 16 be 16 be 19 of 19 of 21 and 20 you 21 and 21 and 23 noise 22 your 23 noise now go [away] [;] [i] [want] to sleep [.] ["] 1 now 2 go 2 go 7 to 7 to 8 sleep sammy went [.] 1 sammy 2 went he was [mad] clear through , and yet he didn't know what to make [of] it [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 7 and 4 clear 5 through 4 clear 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 14 make 8 yet 11 know 9 he 10 didn't 10 didn't 11 know 11 know 12 what 11 know 13 to 13 to 14 make 14 make 16 it were they just trying to [make] [him] [mad] , or had he really been screaming in his sleep [?] 1 were 2 they 1 were 3 just 1 were 4 trying 3 just 4 trying 4 trying 5 to 5 to 9 , 9 , 10 or 10 or 11 had 10 or 14 been 11 had 12 he 11 had 14 been 13 really 14 been 14 been 15 screaming 14 been 16 in 15 screaming 16 in 16 in 18 sleep 17 his 18 sleep he flew over [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 he 2 flew 2 flew 3 over [jerry] [muskrat] [looked] [up] [and] [saw] [him] [.] " [what] [were] [you] [yelling] [about] [in] [the] [night] [,] [sammy] [jay] [?] " [asked] [jerry] [.] 1 " 14 " this was too much [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 4 much 3 too 4 much [sammy] [jay] [let] [his] [wings] [and] [his] [tail] [droop] [dejectedly] [and] [hung] [his] [head] [.] ["] [i] [don't] [know] [.] i really don't know anything about [it] , " he said [.] 1 i 3 don't 2 really 3 don't 3 don't 4 know 4 know 5 anything 5 anything 6 about 6 about 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 11 said 10 he 11 said [vi] [sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] ["] [sammy] [jay] [screams] [all] [day] [long] [,] [and] [now] [what] [do] [you] [think] [?] why , [sammy] [sits] [and] [yells] [all] [night] [and] [doesn't] [sleep] [a] [wink] [!] ["] 1 why 2 , [everywhere] [he] [went] [sammy] [jay] [heard] [that] [shouted] [after] [him] [.] dozens [and] [dozens] of [times] a day [he] [heard] [it] [.] 1 dozens 4 of 4 of 7 day 6 a 7 day at first he lost his temper and was [the] [very] [maddest] [jaybird] ever seen [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [or] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 7 and 4 lost 6 temper 4 lost 7 and 5 his 6 temper 7 and 8 was 8 was 14 seen 13 ever 14 seen ["] [it] [isn't] [true] [!] it isn't true [!] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 true it isn't true [!] ["] [he] [would] [scream] [at] [the] [top] [of] [his] [lungs] [.] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 true and then everybody within hearing would shout : " it is true ! " 1 and 2 then 1 and 3 everybody 1 and 7 shout 3 everybody 4 within 3 everybody 6 would 4 within 5 hearing 6 would 7 shout 7 shout 8 : 7 shout 9 " 7 shout 10 it 7 shout 11 is 7 shout 13 ! 7 shout 14 " 10 it 11 is 11 is 12 true sammy would just dance up and down and scream and scream and scream [,] [he] [was] [so] [angry] [.] 1 sammy 2 would 2 would 8 and 3 just 4 dance 4 dance 7 down 4 dance 8 and 5 up 6 and 6 and 7 down 8 and 10 and 9 scream 10 and 10 and 12 and 11 scream 12 and 12 and 13 scream and then he was sure to hear some one pipe up : 1 and 3 he 2 then 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 sure 5 sure 6 to 6 to 7 hear 6 to 12 : 7 hear 10 pipe 7 hear 11 up 8 some 9 one 9 one 10 pipe ["] [sammy] ['s] [mad] [and] [we] [are] [glad] [,] [and] [we] [know] [how] [to] [tease] [him] [!] but [some] [dark] [night] he 'll [get] [a] [fright] [,] [for] [hooty] ['ll] come and seize him [!] ["] 1 but 5 he 5 he 6 'll 6 'll 15 and 14 come 15 and 15 and 16 seize 16 seize 17 him that really began to worry him [.] 1 that 3 began 2 really 3 began 3 began 4 to 3 began 5 worry 4 to 5 worry 5 worry 6 him then he began to think that it might be true that he did talk in his sleep , and this worried him a whole lot [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 began 3 began 4 to 3 began 25 lot 4 to 5 think 5 think 15 in 5 think 19 and 5 think 21 worried 6 that 7 it 6 that 9 be 6 that 11 that 7 it 8 might 8 might 9 be 9 be 10 true 11 that 12 he 11 that 13 did 12 he 13 did 13 did 14 talk 14 talk 15 in 15 in 16 his 17 sleep 19 and 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 this 19 and 21 worried 21 worried 22 him 23 a 25 lot 24 whole 25 lot [the] [more] [he] [thought] [about] [it] [,] [the] [more] [worried] [sammy] [jay] [became] [.] he lost his appetite and began to grow thin [.] 1 he 5 and 2 lost 4 appetite 2 lost 5 and 3 his 4 appetite 5 and 6 began 6 began 7 to 6 began 8 grow 7 to 8 grow 8 grow 9 thin he kept [out] [of] [sight] [whenever] possible and no longer [screamed] ["] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] ["] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 8 and 7 possible 8 and 8 and 10 longer 9 no 10 longer in fact his voice was rarely heard during the day [.] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 4 voice 3 his 4 voice 4 voice 5 was 5 was 6 rarely 5 was 7 heard 7 heard 8 during 8 during 10 day 9 the 10 day but it seemed that he must be talking just as much as [ever] in the night [.] 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 seemed 3 seemed 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 7 be 5 he 6 must 6 must 7 be 7 be 8 talking 8 talking 11 much 8 talking 12 as 8 talking 14 in 9 just 10 as 10 as 11 much 12 as 14 in 14 in 16 night 15 the 16 night at least everybody said that he was [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 3 everybody 3 everybody 4 said 4 said 5 that 5 that 6 he 5 that 7 was worse still , different ones said that they heard him in different places in the [green] [forest] and even [down] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 1 worse 5 ones 2 still 3 , 2 still 5 ones 4 different 5 ones 5 ones 18 and 6 said 7 that 6 said 18 and 7 that 8 they 7 that 9 heard 8 they 9 heard 9 heard 10 him 9 heard 11 in 9 heard 14 in 11 in 13 places 12 different 13 places 14 in 15 the 18 and 19 even could it be that he was flying about as well as talking in his sleep [?] 1 could 2 it 1 could 3 be 3 be 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 was 5 he 6 was 6 was 7 flying 6 was 8 about 8 about 11 as 9 as 10 well 10 well 11 as 11 as 12 talking 12 talking 13 in 13 in 15 sleep 14 his 15 sleep and nobody believed him when he said that he was asleep all night [.] 1 and 2 nobody 1 and 3 believed 2 nobody 3 believed 3 believed 4 him 3 believed 5 when 5 when 6 he 5 when 7 said 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 that 8 that 10 was 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 asleep 11 asleep 13 night 12 all 13 night they thought that he was awake [and] doing it purposely [.] 1 they 2 thought 2 thought 3 that 3 that 5 was 4 he 5 was 5 was 8 doing 6 awake 8 doing 8 doing 9 it 8 doing 10 purposely " [if] they [are] [not] [all] [crazy] [,] [then] [i] [must] [be] [,] ["] said [.] 1 " 15 said 3 they 15 said [sammy] [jay] [to] [himself] [,] [as] [he] [turned] [away] [from] [the] [breakfast] [which] [he] [could] [not] [eat] [.] then he had a happy idea [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 6 idea 4 a 5 happy 4 a 6 idea 5 happy 6 idea ["] [why] [didn't] [i] [think] [of] [it] [before] [?] i 'll [sleep] [all] [day] [,] [and] [then] [i] ['ll] keep awake all night and see what happens then [!] ["] [he] [exclaimed] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 15 and 11 keep 12 awake 11 keep 15 and 12 awake 14 night 13 all 14 night 15 and 16 see 16 see 17 what 17 what 18 happens 18 happens 19 then [so] [sammy] [jay] [hurried] [away] [to] [the] [darkest] [part] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [tried] [to] [sleep] [through] [the] [day] [.] [vii] [sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] [sammy] [jay] [sat] [in] [the] [dark] [and] [shivered] [.] sammy was lonely [,] [more] [lonely] than he had ever supposed [anybody] [could] [be] [.] 1 sammy 2 was 2 was 3 lonely 3 lonely 7 than 7 than 11 supposed 8 he 9 had 9 had 11 supposed 10 ever 11 supposed and to tell the truth [sammy] [jay] was [scared] [.] 1 and 2 to 1 and 8 was 2 to 3 tell 3 tell 5 truth 4 the 5 truth yes , [sir] [,] that was just [the] [way] [sammy] [jay] [felt] scared [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 that 5 that 6 was 6 was 7 just 6 was 13 scared [every] [time] [a] [leaf] [rustled] [,] [sammy] [jumped] [almost] [out] [of] [his] [skin] [.] his heart went pit-a-pat , [pit-a-pat] , pit-a-pat [.] 1 his 2 heart 2 heart 3 went 3 went 8 pit-a-pat 4 pit-a-pat 5 , 5 , 7 , 7 , 8 pit-a-pat but [to-night] [sammy] [sat] [in] [the] [darkest] , [thickest] [part] [of] [a] [big] [pine-tree] [and] [kept] [blinking] [his] [eyes] to keep [from] going to sleep [.] 1 but 8 , 8 , 20 to 20 to 21 keep 21 keep 23 going 23 going 24 to 24 to 25 sleep he just would keep his eyes and his ears wide open [.] 1 he 3 would 2 just 3 would 3 would 4 keep 4 keep 7 and 4 keep 10 wide 5 his 6 eyes 6 eyes 7 and 7 and 9 ears 8 his 9 ears 10 wide 11 open what was he doing it for [?] 1 what 2 was 1 what 6 for 2 was 3 he 2 was 4 doing 4 doing 5 it 4 doing 6 for [now] [sammy] [knew] [better] [.] he [never] [in] [his] [life] [had] screamed in the [night] [unless] well [,] [unless] [he] [did] [it] [in] [his] [sleep] [and] [didn't] [know] [it] [.] 1 he 7 screamed 7 screamed 8 in 8 in 12 well 9 the 12 well he had watched the black shadows creep [through] [the] [green] [forest] and grow blacker and blacker [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 watched 3 watched 6 shadows 3 watched 12 and 4 the 6 shadows 5 black 6 shadows 7 creep 12 and 12 and 13 grow 13 grow 15 and 14 blacker 15 and 15 and 16 blacker the blacker [they] [grew] , [the] [lonesomer] [he] [became] [.] 1 the 2 blacker 2 blacker 5 , by and [by] it was so [dark] [that] he couldn't see [anything] at all , and [every] [little] [noise] [made] [him] [shiver] [.] 1 by 15 , 2 and 4 it 2 and 15 , 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 so 6 so 9 he 9 he 10 couldn't 10 couldn't 11 see 11 see 13 at 13 at 14 all 15 , 16 and [sammy] [jay] [had] [it] [now] [.] he felt so creepy that it seemed as if he would crawl right out of his skin [.] 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 4 creepy 3 so 4 creepy 4 creepy 5 that 5 that 6 it 5 that 7 seemed 6 it 7 seemed 7 seemed 9 if 8 as 9 if 9 if 10 he 9 if 12 crawl 10 he 11 would 11 would 12 crawl 12 crawl 13 right 12 crawl 15 of 14 out 15 of 15 of 17 skin 16 his 17 skin he kept saying over and over to himself : " there 's nothing to be afraid of [.] 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 3 saying 3 saying 6 over 3 saying 7 to 3 saying 9 : 4 over 5 and 5 and 6 over 7 to 8 himself 9 : 10 " 9 : 11 there 9 : 12 's 11 there 12 's 12 's 13 nothing 13 nothing 17 of 14 to 15 be 15 be 16 afraid 16 afraid 17 of there 's nothing to be afraid of [.] 1 there 2 's 2 's 3 nothing 3 nothing 7 of 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 afraid 6 afraid 7 of i 'm just [as] safe [as] [if] [i] [was] [fast] [asleep] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 just 2 'm 5 safe but still he shivered and shook [.] 1 but 2 still 1 but 3 he 3 he 5 and 4 shivered 5 and 5 and 6 shook by [and] [by] [,] looking up through the top of the big pine-tree , he saw [the] [little] [stars] [come] [out] [one] [by] [one] [.] 1 by 5 looking 1 by 14 , 1 by 15 he 5 looking 6 up 6 up 7 through 7 through 9 top 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 10 of 13 pine-tree 11 the 13 pine-tree 12 big 13 pine-tree 15 he 16 saw they seemed to be looking right down at him and winking at him in the jolliest way [.] 1 they 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 looking 5 looking 6 right 5 looking 7 down 5 looking 8 at 5 looking 14 in 8 at 10 and 9 him 10 and 10 and 11 winking 10 and 12 at 10 and 14 in 12 at 13 him 14 in 17 way 15 the 16 jolliest 15 the 17 way somehow , he didn't feel [quite] so lonely then [,] [and] [he] [tried] [to] [wink] [back] [.] 1 somehow 2 , 1 somehow 3 he 3 he 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 feel 5 feel 8 lonely 7 so 8 lonely 8 lonely 9 then then little , soft , silvery bars of light began to creep through the branches of the trees and along the ground [.] 1 then 7 bars 2 little 3 , 2 little 7 bars 4 soft 5 , 4 soft 7 bars 6 silvery 7 bars 7 bars 8 of 7 bars 10 began 8 of 9 light 10 began 11 to 10 began 12 creep 11 to 12 creep 12 creep 19 and 13 through 15 branches 13 through 19 and 14 the 15 branches 15 branches 16 of 16 of 18 trees 17 the 18 trees 19 and 20 along 20 along 22 ground 21 the 22 ground they were moonbeams , and [sammy] [could] see [just] [a] [little] [,] [a] [very] [little] [.] 1 they 5 and 2 were 3 moonbeams 2 were 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 8 see he began to feel better [.] 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 feel 3 to 4 feel 4 feel 5 better " [whooo-hoo-hoo] [,] [whooo-hoo] [!] " 1 " 6 " it was a terrible sound , fierce and hungry [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 sound 2 was 8 and 3 a 4 terrible 3 a 5 sound 4 terrible 5 sound 6 , 8 and 7 fierce 8 and 8 and 9 hungry [sammy] [jay] [nearly] [fell] [from] [his] [perch] [.] he opened his mouth to scream with fright [.] 1 he 2 opened 2 opened 4 mouth 2 opened 5 to 3 his 4 mouth 5 to 6 scream 6 scream 7 with 7 with 8 fright then he remembered just [in] time and closed it without a sound [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 7 and 3 remembered 6 time 3 remembered 7 and 4 just 6 time 7 and 8 closed 8 closed 9 it 8 closed 10 without 9 it 10 without 10 without 12 sound 11 a 12 sound it was [the] hunting-cry [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 hunting-cry [sammy] [jay] [sat] [huddled] [in] [a] [little] [,] [forlorn] [,] [shivering] [heap] [,] [while] [twice] [more] [that] [fierce] [cry] [rang] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] then a shadow floated over the big pine-tree [.] 1 then 3 shadow 2 a 3 shadow 3 shadow 4 floated 4 floated 5 over 5 over 8 pine-tree 6 the 8 pine-tree 7 big 8 pine-tree hooty [the] [owl] had flown away without seeing [him] [,] [and] [sammy] [breathed] easier [.] 1 hooty 4 had 4 had 5 flown 5 flown 6 away 5 flown 7 without 5 flown 14 easier 7 without 8 seeing [viii] [sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] [sammy] [jay] [was] [having] [no] [trouble] [in] [keeping] [awake] [now] [.] [not] [a] [bit] [!] he was too frightened and shivery and creepy to sleep [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 too 2 was 5 and 4 frightened 5 and 5 and 7 and 6 shivery 7 and 7 and 8 creepy 8 creepy 9 to 9 to 10 sleep but he didn't want to , [anyway] [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 want 4 want 5 to 5 to 6 , so he sat in the thickest part of the big pine-tree , shivering and creepy and miserable [.] 1 so 3 sat 2 he 3 sat 3 sat 4 in 3 sat 7 part 3 sat 14 and 4 in 6 thickest 5 the 6 thickest 7 part 8 of 8 of 11 pine-tree 9 the 11 pine-tree 10 big 11 pine-tree 12 , 14 and 13 shivering 14 and 14 and 16 and 15 creepy 16 and 16 and 17 miserable out in a patch of bright moonlight [he] [saw] [peter] [rabbit] [jumping] and dancing and having the greatest kind of [a] time all by himself [.] 1 out 2 in 1 out 13 and 2 in 4 patch 3 a 4 patch 4 patch 5 of 5 of 7 moonlight 6 bright 7 moonlight 13 and 14 dancing 13 and 15 and 15 and 16 having 15 and 18 greatest 15 and 22 time 17 the 18 greatest 18 greatest 22 time 19 kind 20 of 20 of 22 time 22 time 23 all 22 time 24 by 23 all 24 by 24 by 25 himself pretty soon [peter] [was] [joined] [by] [his] [cousin] [,] [jumper] [the] [hare] [.] 1 pretty 2 soon such antics [as] they did cut up [!] 1 such 2 antics 2 antics 4 they 2 antics 5 did 2 antics 6 cut 4 they 5 did 6 cut 7 up [sammy] [jay] [almost] [laughed] [aloud] [as] [he] [watched] [.] it was [less] [lonely] with [them] [there] , and he did want to call to them dreadfully [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 with 5 with 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 12 want 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 want 12 want 13 to 12 want 14 call 13 to 14 call 14 call 15 to 14 call 17 dreadfully 15 to 16 them but that would never , never do , for no one must know that he was sitting up awake all night [.] 1 but 2 that 1 but 8 , 2 that 3 would 3 would 7 do 4 never 5 , 4 never 7 do 5 , 6 never 8 , 9 for 9 for 11 one 10 no 11 one 11 one 12 must 12 must 13 know 13 know 14 that 14 that 15 he 14 that 16 was 15 he 16 was 16 was 17 sitting 17 sitting 18 up 18 up 19 awake 18 up 21 night 20 all 21 night by [and] [by] [along] [came] [jimmy] [skunk] , [walking] [out] [into] [the] [patch] [of] [bright] [moonlight] [.] 1 by 8 , he [touched] [noses] [with] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] [,] [which] is [one] [way] of saying ["] [good] [evening] ["] in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 he 13 is 13 is 16 of 13 is 22 in 16 of 17 saying 22 in 23 the " [isn't] it [most] [time] [for] [sammy] [jay] [to] [scream] [in] [his] [sleep] [?] ["] asked [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 16 asked 3 it 16 asked sammy pricked up his ears [.] 1 sammy 2 pricked 2 pricked 3 up 2 pricked 5 ears 4 his 5 ears ["] [scream] [in] [his] [sleep] [!] [nonsense] [!] [sammy] [jay] [isn't] [any] [more] [asleep] [than] [i] [am] [.] he just screams out of pure meanness to wake up and frighten good honest folks who want to sleep [.] 1 he 3 screams 2 just 3 screams 3 screams 5 of 3 screams 8 to 4 out 5 of 5 of 7 meanness 6 pure 7 meanness 8 to 11 and 9 wake 10 up 9 wake 11 and 11 and 12 frighten 12 frighten 15 folks 13 good 15 folks 14 honest 15 folks 15 folks 16 who 15 folks 17 want 16 who 17 want 17 want 18 to 17 want 19 sleep 18 to 19 sleep for [my] [part] [,] [i] [don't] [see] [what] any one [wants] [to] [sleep] [for] [on] such a [fine] night [as] [this] [,] [anyway] [.] 1 for 10 one 1 for 19 night 9 any 10 one 16 such 17 a 17 a 19 night it serves ['] em right if they do get waked up [,] ["] [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 it 2 serves 2 serves 5 right 2 serves 6 if 2 serves 11 up 4 em 5 right 6 if 7 they 6 if 9 get 7 they 8 do 8 do 9 get 9 get 10 waked " but [sammy] [jay] [says] [that] [he] [doesn't] [do] it [and] doesn't [know] [anything] [about] it [,] ["] said [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 19 said 2 but 10 it 2 but 16 it 10 it 12 doesn't 16 it 19 said " [have] [you] [ever] [seen] [him] [scream] [in] [the] [night] [,] [jimmy] [skunk] [?] " 1 " 15 " " [no] [,] [i] [don't] [have] [to] [,] " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 9 " peter shook his head [.] 1 peter 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head " [i] [guess] you 're right [,] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 " 4 you 4 you 5 're 5 're 6 right i guess you 're right [,] ["] [he] [said] [.] 1 i 2 guess 2 guess 3 you 2 guess 4 're 3 you 4 're 4 're 5 right ["] [of] [course] [i] ['m] [right] [.] there , now [!] ["] 1 there 2 , 2 , 3 now jimmy held up one hand to warn [peter] [to] [keep] [still] [.] 1 jimmy 2 held 2 held 3 up 2 held 5 hand 2 held 6 to 4 one 5 hand 6 to 7 warn they all heard it [.] 1 they 3 heard 2 all 3 heard 3 heard 4 it [sammy] [jay] [heard] [it] [,] [too] [,] [and] [scratched] [himself] [to] [be] [sure] [that] [he] [was] [awake] [and] [sitting] [there] [in] [the] [big] [pine-tree] [.] ["] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [kept] [awake] [,] [but] ["] [maybe] [i] ['m] [going] [crazy] [!] my wits are getting hazy [!] 1 my 2 wits 2 wits 3 are 3 are 4 getting 4 getting 5 hazy that 's surely me [,] [yet] [here] [i] [be] [!] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 surely 2 's 4 me oh , dear , [i] [sure] [am] [crazy] [!] " 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 4 , 2 , 3 dear 4 , 10 " [ix] [the] [mystery] [grows] ["] [can] [a] [body] [be] [a] [body] [,] [yet] [not] [a] [body] [be] [?] tell a body , anybody , [didst] such a body [see] [?] ["] 1 tell 3 body 1 tell 10 body 2 a 3 body 3 body 5 anybody 4 , 5 anybody 5 anybody 6 , 8 such 9 a 9 a 10 body of course it was [sammy] [jay] who was humming such a foolish-sounding rhyme as that [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 7 who 7 who 8 was 8 was 9 humming 9 humming 13 rhyme 9 humming 14 as 10 such 11 a 11 a 13 rhyme 12 foolish-sounding 13 rhyme 14 as 15 that but really , it wasn't so foolish in [sammy] ['s] case [,] [after] [all] [.] 1 but 2 really 1 but 3 , 1 but 4 it 4 it 5 wasn't 5 wasn't 7 foolish 6 so 7 foolish 7 foolish 8 in 8 in 11 case now he knew [.] 1 now 2 he 2 he 3 knew did [ever] [a] [jaybird] [have] [anything] so [queer] [as] [that] [to] [puzzle] [him] [?] 1 did 7 so [anyway] [,] [sammy] [jay] [knew] [that] [he] [didn't] [scream] [in] [his] [sleep] [,] [and] [there] [was] [a] [whole] [lot] [of] [comfort] [in] [that] [.] he could eat with a better appetite now [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 eat 3 eat 4 with 3 eat 8 now 4 with 7 appetite 5 a 7 appetite 6 better 7 appetite 7 appetite 8 now now he knew that he could go to sleep in peace , just as he always had [.] 1 now 2 he 2 he 3 knew 3 knew 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 7 go 5 he 6 could 6 could 7 go 7 go 8 to 7 go 10 in 7 go 14 as 8 to 9 sleep 10 in 11 peace 12 , 14 as 13 just 14 as 14 as 15 he 14 as 17 had 15 he 17 had 16 always 17 had [sammy] [jay] [brushed] [and] [smoothed] [out] [his] [handsome] [blue] [coat] [and] [made] [himself] [as] [pert] [and] [smart-appearing] [as] [possible] [.] he had been so worried lately that he hadn't taken much care of himself [,] [which] [is] [very] [unusual] [for] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 5 worried 4 so 5 worried 5 worried 6 lately 5 worried 7 that 7 that 8 he 7 that 10 taken 8 he 9 hadn't 9 hadn't 10 taken 10 taken 12 care 11 much 12 care 12 care 13 of 13 of 14 himself now , however , he felt so much better that he began to think about his looks [.] 1 now 2 , 2 , 3 however 3 however 4 , 3 however 5 he 5 he 6 felt 6 felt 9 better 6 felt 10 that 7 so 8 much 8 much 9 better 10 that 11 he 10 that 12 began 11 he 12 began 12 began 13 to 13 to 14 think 14 think 15 about 15 about 17 looks 16 his 17 looks when he had finished dressing , he started for the alders [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] [just] [to] [have] [a] [look] [around] [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 4 finished 1 when 6 , 1 when 7 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 finished 4 finished 5 dressing 7 he 8 started 8 started 9 for 9 for 11 alders 10 the 11 alders of course he didn't expect to find his voice down there , for who ever saw a voice [?] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 he 3 he 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 expect 5 expect 6 to 5 expect 16 saw 6 to 7 find 7 find 9 voice 7 find 13 for 8 his 9 voice 9 voice 10 down 10 down 11 there 12 , 13 for 13 for 14 who 14 who 16 saw 15 ever 16 saw 16 saw 18 voice 17 a 18 voice still he thought that he might find something that would explain the mystery [.] 1 still 2 he 2 he 3 thought 3 thought 4 that 4 that 5 he 4 that 7 find 5 he 6 might 6 might 7 find 7 find 8 something 8 something 9 that 8 something 10 would 9 that 10 would 10 would 11 explain 11 explain 13 mystery 12 the 13 mystery he [hunted] [all] [around] [in] [the] [thicket] [of] [alders] [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [but] [nothing] [unusual] did [he] [find] [.] 1 he 18 did then [for] a long time he sat as still as still can be , studying and thinking [.] 1 then 5 time 3 a 4 long 3 a 5 time 4 long 5 time 5 time 6 he 5 time 7 sat 5 time 12 can 6 he 7 sat 7 sat 9 still 8 as 9 still 9 still 10 as 10 as 11 still 12 can 13 be 13 be 16 and 14 , 16 and 15 studying 16 and 16 and 17 thinking " [thief] [!] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] " 1 " 8 " then [out] [popped] [jenny] [wren] , and she was so mad that she couldn't sit still [a] second [.] 1 then 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 she 8 she 9 was 9 was 11 mad 10 so 11 mad 11 mad 12 that 12 that 13 she 12 that 15 sit 13 she 14 couldn't 14 couldn't 15 sit 15 sit 16 still 16 still 18 second my , my , my , [how] she did scold [!] 1 my 8 she 2 , 3 my 3 my 4 , 3 my 8 she 5 my 6 , 5 my 8 she 8 she 9 did 9 did 10 scold ["] [you] [ought] [to] [be] [ashamed] [of] [yourself] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] you ought to be ashamed of yourself [!] ["] [she] [sputtered] [.] 1 you 2 ought 2 ought 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 ashamed 5 ashamed 6 of 6 of 7 yourself " [isn't] [it] [enough] [to] [keep] [us] [awake] [half] [the] [night] [without] [coming] [down] [and] [screaming] [all] [day] [?] " 1 " 20 " " [i] [haven't] [been] [down] [here] [in] [the] [night] [,] [and] [i] [haven't] [kept] [anybody] [awake] [!] " [replied] [sammy] [jay] [indignantly] [.] 1 " 18 " jenny [wren] [came] [right] [up] [in] [front] of [sammy] [jay] [and] [hopped] up [and] [down] [.] 1 jenny 8 of 8 of 13 up she was so mad that with every word she jerked her funny little tail [so] that [sammy] [jay] [almost] [had] [to] [laugh] [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 4 mad 3 so 4 mad 4 mad 5 that 5 that 9 she 5 that 10 jerked 6 with 8 word 6 with 9 she 7 every 8 word 9 she 10 jerked 10 jerked 14 tail 10 jerked 16 that 11 her 14 tail 12 funny 14 tail 13 little 14 tail ["] [don't] [tell] [that] [to] [me] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] don't tell that to me [!] ["] [she] [cried] [.] 1 don't 2 tell 2 tell 3 that 2 tell 4 to 4 to 5 me ["] [didn't] [i] [see] [you] [with] [my] [own] [eyes] [sitting] [in] [that] [alder] [over] [there] [?] don't tell that to me [!] 1 don't 2 tell 2 tell 3 that 2 tell 4 to 4 to 5 me you ought to be ashamed of yourself [!] ["] 1 you 2 ought 2 ought 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 ashamed 5 ashamed 6 of 6 of 7 yourself [x] [sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] [sammy] [jay] [had] [a] [headache] [,] [such] [a] [headache] [!] he had thought and thought and thought , until [now] it seemed to him that the world surely had turned topsy-turvy [.] 1 he 4 and 2 had 3 thought 2 had 4 and 4 and 6 and 4 and 9 until 5 thought 6 and 6 and 7 thought 8 , 9 until 9 until 11 it 9 until 12 seemed 11 it 12 seemed 12 seemed 13 to 12 seemed 15 that 13 to 14 him 15 that 17 world 15 that 20 turned 16 the 17 world 17 world 19 had 18 surely 19 had 19 had 20 turned 20 turned 21 topsy-turvy his poor little head was [all] in [a] [whirl] , and that was what made it ache [.] 1 his 4 head 2 poor 4 head 3 little 4 head 4 head 5 was 5 was 7 in 7 in 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 that 11 and 13 was 12 that 13 was 13 was 14 what 14 what 15 made 15 made 16 it 15 made 17 ache first he had been accused of screaming in the night to waken and scare the little meadow and forest people who wanted to sleep [.] 1 first 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 5 accused 5 accused 6 of 5 accused 8 in 5 accused 11 to 6 of 7 screaming 7 screaming 8 in 8 in 10 night 9 the 10 night 11 to 12 waken 12 waken 13 and 13 and 18 and 14 scare 17 meadow 14 scare 18 and 15 the 17 meadow 16 little 17 meadow 18 and 19 forest 19 forest 20 people 19 forest 23 to 20 people 21 who 20 people 22 wanted 21 who 22 wanted 23 to 24 sleep it was no wonder that his head ached [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 wonder 2 was 5 that 3 no 4 wonder 5 that 7 head 5 that 8 ached 6 his 7 head 7 head 8 ached hardly any of the little meadow and forest people would speak to him now [.] 1 hardly 2 any 1 hardly 9 people 2 any 3 of 3 of 7 and 4 the 6 meadow 5 little 6 meadow 6 meadow 7 and 7 and 8 forest 9 people 10 would 10 would 11 speak 11 speak 12 to 11 speak 14 now 12 to 13 him they just turned their backs to him whenever he met them [.] 1 they 3 turned 2 just 3 turned 3 turned 5 backs 3 turned 6 to 3 turned 8 whenever 4 their 5 backs 6 to 7 him 8 whenever 9 he 8 whenever 10 met 9 he 10 met 10 met 11 them he didn't mind this so much , because he knew that none of them had ever liked him very well [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 mind 3 mind 4 this 3 mind 6 much 3 mind 8 because 5 so 6 much 7 , 8 because 8 because 9 he 8 because 10 knew 9 he 10 knew 10 knew 11 that 11 that 12 none 11 that 17 liked 12 none 13 of 12 none 15 had 13 of 14 them 15 had 17 liked 16 ever 17 liked 17 liked 18 him 17 liked 20 well 19 very 20 well you see he had played too many mean tricks for any one to really like him [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 he 2 see 5 played 3 he 4 had 4 had 5 played 5 played 9 tricks 5 played 10 for 5 played 13 to 6 too 7 many 7 many 9 tricks 8 mean 9 tricks 9 tricks 10 for 10 for 12 one 11 any 12 one 13 to 15 like 14 really 15 like 15 like 16 him but he did hate to have them blame him for something that he hadn't done [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 4 hate 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 hate 4 hate 5 to 4 hate 6 have 5 to 6 have 6 have 7 them 6 have 8 blame 8 blame 9 him 8 blame 10 for 10 for 11 something 11 something 12 that 11 something 15 done 12 that 13 he 12 that 15 done 13 he 14 hadn't 14 hadn't 15 done " it ['s] [too] [much] [for] [me] [!] ["] said [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 " 10 said 2 it 10 said ["] [it] ['s] [too] [much] [for] [me] [!] i must get help somewhere [.] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 get 3 get 4 help 3 get 5 somewhere now , [who] [can] [i] [go] [to] , so few will have anything to do [with] [me] [?] ["] 1 now 2 , 2 , 15 do 8 , 12 have 9 so 10 few 10 few 11 will 11 will 12 have 12 have 13 anything 13 anything 14 to 14 to 15 do " [caw] [,] [caw] [,] [caw] [!] " 1 " 8 " sammy [jay] pricked up his ears [and] [spread] [his] [wings] [.] 1 sammy 3 pricked 3 pricked 4 up 3 pricked 6 ears 5 his 6 ears " [my] [cousin] , [blacky] [the] [crow] [!] " he cried [.] 1 " 11 cried 4 , 9 " 4 , 10 he 10 he 11 cried ["] [why] [didn't] [i] [think] [of] [him] [before] [?] he 's very smart , [is] [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] and perhaps he can tell me what to do [.] ["] 1 he 5 , 2 's 4 smart 2 's 5 , 3 very 4 smart 5 , 11 and 11 and 12 perhaps 11 and 13 he 11 and 15 tell 13 he 14 can 14 can 15 tell 15 tell 16 me 15 tell 17 what 17 what 18 to 17 what 19 do 18 to 19 do so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] [as] [fast] [as] he could [to] [lay] [his] [troubles] [before] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 1 so 8 he 8 he 9 could blacky 's eyes twinkled as he [listened] [to] [sammy] [jay] 's [tale] of woe [.] 1 blacky 2 's 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 twinkled 4 twinkled 5 as 5 as 6 he 6 he 11 's 11 's 13 of 13 of 14 woe when [sammy] had finished and had asked for [blacky] ['s] [advice] , [blacky] [went] [into] [a] [black] [study] [.] 1 when 5 and 3 had 5 and 4 finished 5 and 5 and 6 had 6 had 7 asked 7 asked 8 for 8 for 12 , sammy [sat] [and] [waited] [patiently] [,] [for] [he] [felt] [certain] [that] [blacky] 's [shrewd] [head] [would] [find] [some] plan to solve the mystery [.] 1 sammy 13 's 13 's 19 plan 19 plan 20 to 20 to 21 solve 21 solve 23 mystery 22 the 23 mystery " [how] [?] " [asked] [sammy] [jay] [eagerly] [.] 1 " 4 " " [go] [away] [from] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [stay] [away] [for] [a] [week] [,] " [replied] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 1 " 19 " ["] [go] [up] [to] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] [on] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [mountain] [,] [where] [reddy] [and] [granny] [fox] [are] [living] [.] " [the] [very] [thing] [!] " [cried] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 " 6 " " [i] ['ll] [move] [at] [once] [!] " 1 " 8 " and [off] he hurried to prepare to move [up] to [the] [old] [pasture] [.] 1 and 3 he 1 and 10 to 3 he 4 hurried 4 hurried 5 to 5 to 6 prepare 6 prepare 7 to 7 to 8 move [xi] [how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] " [thief] [!] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] " 1 " 8 " old [granny] [fox] , [trotting] [along] [a] [cow-path] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] [on] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [mountain] [,] [heard] [it] and [grinned] [.] 1 old 4 , 4 , 22 and pretty soon he caught sight of a wonderful coat of bright blue with white trimmings [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 he 3 he 4 caught 4 caught 5 sight 4 caught 13 with 5 sight 6 of 6 of 9 coat 7 a 8 wonderful 7 a 9 coat 8 wonderful 9 coat 9 coat 10 of 10 of 12 blue 11 bright 12 blue 12 blue 13 with 13 with 15 trimmings 14 white 15 trimmings ["] [hi] [,] [sammy] [jay] [!] what are you doing up here [?] ["] [shouted] [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 what 2 are 1 what 4 doing 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 doing 4 doing 5 up 5 up 6 here [sammy] [jay] [heard] [him] [and] [hurried] [over] [to] [where] [reddy] [fox] [was] [sitting] [.] ["] [hello] [,] [reddy] [fox] [!] how are you feeling [?] ["] [said] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 how 2 are 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 feeling ["] [better] [,] [thank] [you] [.] what are you doing way up here in this lonely place [?] ["] [replied] [reddy] [.] 1 what 2 are 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 doing 4 doing 6 up 4 doing 8 in 5 way 6 up 6 up 7 here 8 in 11 place 9 this 10 lonely 10 lonely 11 place " it ['s] [a] [long] [story] [,] ["] said [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 " 9 said 2 it 9 said " [tell] [it] [to] [me] [,] " [begged] [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 " 7 " then he [told] [about] [blacky] [the] [crow] ['s] [plan] [,] [which] [was] [that] [sammy] should come to [the] [old] [pasture] [and] live [for] [a] [week] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 15 should 15 should 16 come 16 come 17 to 17 to 22 live [reddy] [fox] [chuckled] [as] [he] [listened] [.] [that] [night] [sammy] [jay] [found] [a] [comfortable] [place] [which] [seemed] [quite] [safe] [in] [which] [to] [go] [to] [sleep] [.] sammy screamed twice [.] 1 sammy 2 screamed 2 screamed 3 twice boomer heard him [and] [down] [he] [came] [with] [a] [rush] [.] 1 boomer 2 heard 2 heard 3 him " [why] [,] [sammy] [jay] [,] [what] [under] [the] [sun] [are] [you] [doing] [way] [off] [here] [?] " [exclaimed] [boomer] [.] 1 " 18 " " [going] [to] [bed] [,] " [replied] [sammy] [.] 1 " 6 " " [say] [,] [boomer] [,] [will] [you] [do] [something] [for] [me] [?] " 1 " 13 " " [that] [depends] [upon] [what] [it] [is] [,] " [replied] [boomer] [.] 1 " 9 " boomer promised that he would [,] [and] [off] [he] [started] [.] 1 boomer 2 promised 2 promised 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 5 would he found [peter] and told him [.] 1 he 4 and 2 found 4 and 4 and 5 told 5 told 6 him [xii] [no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] [peter] [rabbit] [sat] [in] [his] [secret] [place] [in] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [.] peter was doing some very hard thinking [.] 1 peter 2 was 2 was 3 doing 3 doing 7 thinking 4 some 7 thinking 5 very 6 hard 6 hard 7 thinking he ought to have been [asleep] , for he had been out the whole night [long] [.] 1 he 2 ought 2 ought 3 to 3 to 4 have 4 have 5 been 5 been 8 for 7 , 8 for 8 for 9 he 9 he 10 had 10 had 11 been 11 been 12 out 12 out 15 night 13 the 15 night 14 whole 15 night but instead of sleeping , he was wide awake and thinking and thinking [.] 1 but 3 of 1 but 5 , 1 but 6 he 2 instead 3 of 3 of 4 sleeping 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 wide 8 wide 10 and 9 awake 10 and 10 and 12 and 11 thinking 12 and 12 and 13 thinking you see [early] [the] [night] [before] [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [had] [told] [peter] [that] [sammy] [jay] [was] [up] in the far-away [old] [pasture] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 18 in 18 in 20 far-away 19 the 20 far-away boomer had seen him going to bed there and had come straight down to tell [peter] [.] 1 boomer 2 had 2 had 9 and 3 seen 4 him 3 seen 5 going 3 seen 9 and 5 going 7 bed 5 going 8 there 6 to 7 bed 9 and 10 had 10 had 11 come 11 come 12 straight 12 straight 13 down 12 straight 14 to 14 to 15 tell so he had hurried this way and that way , [telling] [every] [one] he [met] [how] [sammy] [jay] had [moved] [away] to [the] [old] [pasture] [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 19 had 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 hurried 4 hurried 9 way 5 this 9 way 6 way 7 and 7 and 8 that 7 and 9 way 10 , 14 he 14 he 19 had 19 had 22 to but no one believed him [.] 1 but 3 one 1 but 4 believed 2 no 3 one 3 one 4 believed 4 believed 5 him ["] [wait] [and] [see] [!] wait and see [!] ["] [said] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 wait 2 and 2 and 3 see " it ['s] [just] [a] [trick] [,] ["] said [bobby] [coon] [.] 1 " 9 said 2 it 9 said " [but] [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [saw] [him] [up] [there] [going] [to] [bed] [and] [talked] [with] [him] [!] " [cried] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 18 " " [but] [that] [would] [be] [a] [wrong] [story] [,] [and] [i] [don't] [believe] [that] [boomer] [would] [do] [anything] [like] [that] [!] " [cried] [peter] [.] 1 " 22 " [just] [then] [there] [was] [a] [shrill] [scream] [of] ["] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] ["] [over] [in] [the] [alder] [bushes] [.] [it] [certainly] [sounded] [like] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] [.] ["] [what] [did] [i] [tell] [you] [?] now what do you think [?] ["] [cried] [bobby] [coon] [.] 1 now 2 what 2 what 3 do 2 what 5 think 4 you 5 think peter didn't know what to think [,] [and] [he] [said] so [.] 1 peter 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 what 3 know 5 to 5 to 6 think 6 think 11 so so [now] [peter] [sat] [in] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [thinking] [and] [thinking] [,] [when] he should have been asleep [.] 1 so 14 he 14 he 15 should 15 should 16 have 16 have 17 been 17 been 18 asleep finally he yawned and stretched and then started along one of his private little paths [.] 1 finally 2 he 2 he 4 and 3 yawned 4 and 4 and 6 and 4 and 9 along 5 stretched 6 and 6 and 8 started 7 then 8 started 9 along 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 15 paths 12 his 15 paths 13 private 15 paths 14 little 15 paths " [i] ['ll] [just] [run] [up] to [the] [green] [forest] and [try] to [find] [sammy] [jay] , ["] he said [.] 1 " 20 said 7 to 17 , 7 to 19 he 11 and 13 to 13 to 17 , 19 he 20 said so [peter] [hunted] [and] [hunted] [all] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [for] [sammy] [jay] , and [asked] [everybody] he met if they had seen [sammy] [.] 1 so 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 he 15 and 19 met 19 met 20 if 20 if 21 they 20 if 23 seen 21 they 22 had 22 had 23 seen but [no] [one] [had] [,] [though] [every] [one] [took] [pains] [to] [tell] [peter] [that] they had heard [sammy] in the night [.] 1 but 15 they 15 they 16 had 16 had 17 heard 17 heard 19 in 19 in 21 night 20 the 21 night at last [peter] [found] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [.] 1 at 2 last he was muttering and grumbling to himself , and he didn't see [peter] [.] 1 he 8 , 2 was 4 and 2 was 8 , 3 muttering 4 and 4 and 5 grumbling 4 and 6 to 6 to 7 himself 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 12 see 10 he 11 didn't [xiii] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] sticky-toes was quite upset [.] 1 sticky-toes 2 was 2 was 4 upset 3 quite 4 upset 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 ["] [don't] [know] [what] [it] [means] [!] don't know what it means [!] 1 don't 2 know 2 know 3 what 3 what 4 it 3 what 5 means 4 it 5 means don't know what it means [!] ["] [croaked] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [,] [over] [and] [over] [again] [.] 1 don't 2 know 2 know 3 what 3 what 4 it 3 what 5 means 4 it 5 means " [don't] [know] [what] [what] [means] [?] " [asked] [peter] [rabbit] [,] [whose] [curiosity] [would] [not] [let] [him] [keep] [still] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [hello] [,] [long-ears] [!] i don't know that it 's any of your business [!] ["] [said] [sticky-toes] [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 that 4 that 6 's 5 it 6 's 6 's 7 any 7 any 8 of 8 of 10 business 9 your 10 business sticky-toes nodded his head [.] 1 sticky-toes 2 nodded 2 nodded 4 head 3 his 4 head " [i] [heard] [it] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he " [but] [how] [could] [sammy] [jay] [be] [down] [here] [if] he went to bed [way] [off] [there] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] [?] 1 " 11 he 11 he 12 went 12 went 14 bed 13 to 14 bed tell me that [,] [sticky-toes] [?] ["] [said] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 tell 2 me 1 tell 3 that sticky-toes shook his head [.] 1 sticky-toes 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 his 4 head ["] [don't] [ask] [me] [!] don't ask me [!] 1 don't 2 ask 2 ask 3 me just tell me how it is [that] [i] [hear] [my] [own] [voice] [when] [i] [don't] [speak] [a] [word] [,] ["] [said] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [.] 1 just 2 tell 2 tell 3 me 2 tell 4 how 4 how 5 it 4 how 6 is 5 it 6 is " [what] ['s] [that] [?] " [exclaimed] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 6 " [then] [sticky-toes] [poured] [out] [all] [his] [troubles] [to] [peter] [rabbit] [.] they were very much like [the] troubles [of] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 5 like 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 like 5 like 7 troubles he was getting so worried that he couldn't eat [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 getting 3 getting 5 worried 3 getting 6 that 3 getting 9 eat 4 so 5 worried 6 that 7 he 6 that 9 eat 7 he 8 couldn't 8 couldn't 9 eat [peter] [rabbit] [listened] [with] [his] [mouth] [wide] [open] [.] it was just the same kind of a story that [sammy] [jay] [had] told [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 kind 2 was 10 that 2 was 14 told 3 just 5 same 4 the 5 same 5 same 6 kind 6 kind 7 of 7 of 9 story 8 a 9 story what [under] the sun could be going on [?] 1 what 4 sun 3 the 4 sun 4 sun 5 could 5 could 6 be 6 be 7 going 7 going 8 on peter couldn't understand it at all [.] 1 peter 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 understand 3 understand 4 it 3 understand 5 at 4 it 5 at 5 at 6 all it certainly was very [,] very curious [.] 1 it 3 was 2 certainly 3 was 3 was 7 curious 4 very 6 very 6 very 7 curious he just must find [out] [about] it [!] 1 he 3 must 2 just 3 must 3 must 4 find 4 find 7 it [xiv] [peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [after] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [had] [poured] [out] [his] [troubles] [,] [peter] [went] [back] [to] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [,] [more] [puzzled] [than] [ever] [.] wasn't it enough to drive any one [crazy] [?] 1 wasn't 2 it 1 wasn't 3 enough 3 enough 4 to 4 to 5 drive 5 drive 7 one 6 any 7 one [the] [more] [peter] [studied] [over] [it] [,] [the] [more] [puzzled] [he] [grew] [.] the next night he started out for the [green] [forest] with a new plan in his head [.] 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 night 3 night 4 he 4 he 5 started 5 started 6 out 5 started 7 for 5 started 11 with 5 started 15 in 7 for 8 the 11 with 14 plan 12 a 14 plan 13 new 14 plan 14 plan 15 in 15 in 17 head 16 his 17 head he would hide [down] among the alders [by] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 hide 3 hide 5 among 5 among 7 alders 6 the 7 alders he would see for himself who was screaming with [the] [voice] [of] [sammy] [jay] and [talking] with the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 see 3 see 4 for 3 see 6 who 4 for 5 himself 6 who 7 was 7 was 8 screaming 7 was 9 with 7 was 17 with 8 screaming 9 with 9 with 15 and 17 with 19 voice 18 the 19 voice 19 voice 20 of 20 of 22 the he just had to know [!] 1 he 3 had 2 just 3 had 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 know he was hurrying so that he [almost] ran [into] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 hurrying 3 hurrying 5 that 4 so 5 that 5 that 6 he 5 that 8 ran 6 he 8 ran " [yo] ['] [seem] [to] [be] [in] [a] [powerful] [hurry] [,] [brer] [rabbit] [,] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 15 " " [i] [am] [,] " [replied] [peter] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [must] [get] [down] [to] [the] [laughing] [brook] [before] [dark] [.] " 1 " 13 " " ['] [pears] [to] [me] it [must] [be] [mighty] [impo'tant] [to] [make] [yo] ['] [hurry] [this] [way] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 " 20 said 6 it 20 said " [it] [is] [,] " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 " 5 " " [it] ['s] [to] [keep] [me] [from] [going] [crazy] [.] " 1 " 11 " unc ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [peter] [very] [hard] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] , [just] [as] [if] [he] [thought] [that] [peter] [was] [crazy] [already] [.] 1 unc 13 , then he put a hand behind one ear just as if he was [hard] of hearing [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 put 3 put 5 hand 3 put 6 behind 3 put 9 just 4 a 5 hand 6 behind 8 ear 7 one 8 ear 9 just 10 as 10 as 12 he 11 if 12 he 12 he 13 was 13 was 15 of 15 of 16 hearing peter chuckled in spite of [himself] , as [he] once more replied : 1 peter 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 in 3 in 4 spite 4 spite 5 of 5 of 7 , 7 , 8 as 8 as 11 more 8 as 12 replied 8 as 13 : 10 once 11 more 11 more 12 replied " [it] ['s] [to] [keep] [me] [from] [going] [crazy] [.] " 1 " 11 " [then] [peter] [told] [unc] ['] [billy] [all] [about] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [troubles] [and] [all] [about] [the] [troubles] [of] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [.] he [listened] [to] [all] [that] [peter] [rabbit] had to say , and a funny , pleased sort of look came into his eyes [.] 1 he 8 had 8 had 9 to 9 to 10 say 10 say 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 18 of 12 and 20 came 13 a 14 funny 13 a 18 of 14 funny 15 , 14 funny 18 of 16 pleased 18 of 17 sort 18 of 18 of 19 look 18 of 20 came 20 came 21 into 21 into 23 eyes 22 his 23 eyes " [ah] [reckon] [ah] [will] [go] [along] [with] [yo'all] [,] ["] said he [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [went] [with] [peter] [rabbit] [to] [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [where] [they] [hid] [underneath] the alders [.] 1 so 20 alders 19 the 20 alders [xv] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] " [what] ['s] [that] [?] " [asked] [peter] [,] [pricking] [up] [his] [ears] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [nothing] [,] [nothing] [,] [brer] [rabbit] [,] [nothing] [at] [all] [.] ah has a habit of just talking foolishness to mahself , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 ah 11 , 2 has 4 habit 2 has 11 , 3 a 4 habit 4 habit 5 of 5 of 7 talking 6 just 7 talking 7 talking 8 foolishness 7 talking 9 to 8 foolishness 9 to 9 to 10 mahself 11 , 12 " 11 , 13 replied unc ['] [billy] [agreed] , [and] [side] [by] [side] [they] [sat] [as] [still] [as] [if] [they] [were] [made] [of] [wood] [or] [stone] [.] 1 unc 5 , it [grew] [later] [and] [later] [,] [and] [still] [there] was [not] a sound of the voice of [either] [sammy] [jay] [or] [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 1 it 10 was 10 was 13 sound 12 a 13 sound 13 sound 14 of 14 of 16 voice 15 the 16 voice 16 voice 17 of 17 of 23 the peter began to get hungry [.] 1 peter 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 get 3 to 4 get 4 get 5 hungry the more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew [.] 1 the 2 more 2 more 3 he 2 more 4 thought 2 more 7 , 2 more 9 hungrier 3 he 4 thought 4 thought 5 about 5 about 6 it 8 the 9 hungrier 9 hungrier 11 grew 10 he 11 grew the [moonbeams] [crept] [farther] [and] [farther] [into] [the] thicket of alder trees and bushes where [peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [were] [hiding] [.] 1 the 9 thicket 9 thicket 10 of 10 of 13 and 11 alder 12 trees 12 trees 13 and 13 and 14 bushes 13 and 15 where then it was that they heard the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 1 then 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 that 4 that 5 they 4 that 6 heard 5 they 6 heard 6 heard 8 voice 7 the 8 voice 8 voice 9 of 9 of 11 the peter looked up [.] 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 3 up there [sat] [sticky-toes] [himself] , [but] [his] [voice] [was] [coming] [from] [an] [alder] [on] [the] [other] [side] [of] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 there 5 , ["] [do] [you] [hear] [that] [?] do you hear that [?] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 hear 3 hear 4 that there 's my voice over there [,] [and] [here] [i] [am] [here] [!] 1 there 2 's 2 's 4 voice 2 's 5 over 3 my 4 voice 5 over 6 there what do you make [of] it [?] ["] [whispered] [sticky-toes] [.] 1 what 4 make 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 make 4 make 6 it peter didn't know what to make [of] it [.] 1 peter 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 what 3 know 5 to 5 to 6 make 6 make 8 it all he could do was [to] [gaze] [at] [sticky-toes] as if he thought [sticky-toes] [was] [a] [ghost] [.] 1 all 2 he 1 all 4 do 1 all 5 was 2 he 3 could 3 could 4 do 5 was 10 as 10 as 12 he 10 as 13 thought 11 if 12 he 12 he 13 thought peter turned to [ask] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [what] [he] [thought] , but [unc] ['] [billy] [wasn't] there [.] 1 peter 2 turned 2 turned 3 to 3 to 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 18 there [xvi] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] but when he heard a whisper right over their heads and looked up to see [sticky-toes] [himself] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [out] [loud] [.] 1 but 2 when 1 but 11 and 3 he 11 and 4 heard 7 right 4 heard 8 over 4 heard 11 and 5 a 7 right 6 whisper 7 right 7 right 8 over 8 over 10 heads 9 their 10 heads 11 and 12 looked 11 and 13 up 11 and 14 to 14 to 15 see ["] [yo] ['] [can't] [fool] [uncle] [billy] [,] [so] [don't] [go] [fo] ['] [to] [try] [!] ah [knows] [yo] ['] , yes , [ah] [knows] [yo] ['] [ah] [knows] [yo] ['] [,] [mistah] [sly] [.] " 1 ah 5 , 1 ah 7 , 5 , 6 yes 7 , 20 " unc ['] [billy] [is] [very] [soft-footed] , [oh] [,] [very] [soft-footed] [indeed] [,] [when] [he] [wants] to be [.] 1 unc 7 , 7 , 17 to 17 to 18 be you see one must needs be [very] soft-footed to steal eggs in [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 one 2 see 4 must 4 must 5 needs 4 must 6 be 6 be 8 soft-footed 8 soft-footed 9 to 9 to 10 steal 10 steal 11 eggs 10 steal 12 in 11 eggs 12 in 12 in 16 hen-house peter rubbed his eyes and stared all around , this way and that way , but [no] [sign] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] could he see [.] 1 peter 5 and 1 peter 8 around 1 peter 9 , 2 rubbed 4 eyes 2 rubbed 5 and 3 his 4 eyes 5 and 6 stared 7 all 8 around 9 , 11 way 9 , 12 and 10 this 11 way 12 and 14 way 12 and 15 , 13 that 14 way 15 , 16 but 16 but 23 could 16 but 25 see 23 could 24 he 23 could 25 see [this] [so] [surprised] [peter] [rabbit] [that] [he] [felt] [queer] [all] [over] [.] now [here] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [disappeared] , [just] [as] [if] the [earth] [had] [swallowed] [him] up [.] 1 now 9 , 9 , 18 up 13 the 18 up all this [time] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] had been crawling along without the tiniest sound [.] 1 all 2 this 2 this 8 had 8 had 9 been 9 been 10 crawling 10 crawling 11 along 10 crawling 12 without 12 without 15 sound 13 the 14 tiniest 13 the 15 sound when he came to [the] [laughing] [brook] , he went up a way until he found a big tree with a branch stretching [clear] across [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 came 1 when 9 he 2 he 3 came 3 came 4 to 4 to 8 , 9 he 10 went 10 went 11 up 10 went 14 until 10 went 20 with 11 up 13 way 12 a 13 way 14 until 15 he 14 until 16 found 15 he 16 found 16 found 19 tree 17 a 18 big 17 a 19 tree 18 big 19 tree 20 with 22 branch 20 with 23 stretching 21 a 22 branch 23 stretching 25 across he was [across] the [laughing] [brook] [without] [even] wetting [his] [feet] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 9 wetting 4 the 9 wetting [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [waste] [any] [time] [.] unc ['] [billy] [listened] , [and] [the] [longer] [he] [listened] [,] [the] [broader] [grew] [the] [smile] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [shrewd] [face] [.] 1 unc 5 , " [thief] [!] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] " 1 " 8 " it certainly sounded for all the world like [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] , and it was right over [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [head] [.] 1 it 3 sounded 2 certainly 3 sounded 3 sounded 4 for 3 sounded 8 like 4 for 5 all 5 all 6 the 5 all 7 world 6 the 7 world 8 like 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 it 15 it 16 was 16 was 17 right 17 right 18 over unc ' [billy] [peered] up [through] [the] [alders] [.] 1 unc 2 ' 2 ' 5 up the leaves were so thick that he could not see very well [,] [but] [what] [he] [did] [see] [was] [enough] [.] 1 the 2 leaves 2 leaves 3 were 3 were 5 thick 4 so 5 thick 5 thick 6 that 6 that 7 he 6 that 10 see 7 he 8 could 8 could 9 not 8 could 10 see 9 not 10 see 10 see 12 well 11 very 12 well it was a long tail , a tail of feathers hanging down [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 tail 3 a 4 long 3 a 5 tail 4 long 5 tail 5 tail 8 tail 6 , 8 tail 7 a 8 tail 8 tail 9 of 9 of 10 feathers 10 feathers 11 hanging 11 hanging 12 down it [wasn't] [sammy] [jay] 's [tail] , [either] [.] 1 it 5 's 5 's 7 , " [don] ['] [yo'all] [think] [that] [yo'all] [have] [joked] [enough] [?] " [asked] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [trying] [hard] [to] [keep] [from] [chuckling] [aloud] [.] 1 " 12 " a cry [of] ["] [thief] ["] [stopped] right [in] [the] [middle] , and two sharp eyes looked [down] in surprise [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 a 2 cry 2 cry 13 and 8 right 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 16 eyes 13 and 17 looked 14 two 16 eyes 15 sharp 16 eyes 17 looked 19 in 19 in 20 surprise [xvii] [the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] ["] [why] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [!] what are yo'all doing way up here [?] ["] [cried] [the] [owner] [of] [the] [long] [tail] [and] [sharp] [eyes] [.] 1 what 2 are 2 are 4 doing 2 are 6 up 2 are 7 here 3 yo'all 4 doing 5 way 6 up ["] [this] [is] [mah] [home] [now] [.] ah [done] [moved] [up] [here] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 ah 6 , 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 replied ["] ['] [pears] [to] [me] [that] [the] [question] [is] [what] [am] [yo'all] [doing] [way] [off] [up] [here] [?] ah [thought] [ah] [sho'ly] [done] [hear] [your] [voice] [the] [other] [day] , and [ah] [most] [wore] mah [po] ['] [feet] [out] [looking] [fo] ['] [yo] ['] [.] 1 ah 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 17 mah ah [thought] [ah] was [mistaken] , [but] now [ah] [reckon] that [ah] was [right] [,] [after] all [.] 1 ah 6 , 4 was 6 , 6 , 13 was 8 now 11 that 11 that 13 was 13 was 17 all my , [but] [ah] [am] [right] [smart] [glad] [to] [see] [yo] ['] [!] " 1 my 2 , 2 , 14 " " [thank] [yo] ['] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] replied the owner of the long tail and the sharp eyes [.] 1 " 11 replied 11 replied 13 owner 12 the 13 owner 13 owner 14 of 14 of 18 and 15 the 17 tail 16 long 17 tail 17 tail 18 and 18 and 21 eyes 19 the 21 eyes 20 sharp 21 eyes ["] [ah] [reckon] [yo] ['] [can't] [be] [any] [more] [glad] [to] [see] [me] [,] [than] [ah] [am] [to] [see] [yo] ['] [.] fact is [,] [ah] [was] [getting] [right] [smart] [lonesome] [.] 1 fact 2 is ["] ['] [pears] [like] [if] [all] [ah] [hear] [am] [true] [,] [that] [yo] ['] [haven't] [done] [much] [lying] [low] [nights] [.] ah reckon yo ['] [done] make up fo ['] those lonesome feelings [.] 1 ah 2 reckon 2 reckon 3 yo 2 reckon 6 make 3 yo 6 make 6 make 8 fo 6 make 12 feelings 7 up 8 fo 10 those 12 feelings 11 lonesome 12 feelings yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [reckon] [so] [.] 1 yes 2 , mah goodness , man [,] yo ['] [done] set everybody to running around [like] [they] was crazy [!] ["] [exclaimed] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 mah 2 goodness 2 goodness 4 man 2 goodness 16 was 3 , 4 man 4 man 11 to 4 man 13 around 6 yo 9 set 9 set 10 everybody 10 everybody 11 to 11 to 12 running 16 was 17 crazy the owner of the long tail and sharp eyes threw back his head and laughed , and his laugh was like the most beautiful music [.] 1 the 2 owner 2 owner 3 of 2 owner 20 was 3 of 17 and 4 the 6 tail 5 long 6 tail 6 tail 7 and 7 and 9 eyes 7 and 14 and 7 and 17 and 8 sharp 9 eyes 10 threw 11 back 10 threw 13 head 10 threw 14 and 12 his 13 head 14 and 15 laughed 16 , 17 and 17 and 19 laugh 18 his 19 laugh 20 was 21 like 21 like 25 music 22 the 23 most 23 most 25 music 24 beautiful 25 music it made [unc] ['] [billy] [feel] [good] [just] [listening] [to] [it] [.] 1 it 2 made the next mo'ning everybody said that he had been screaming just the same [,] [and] [po] ['] [sammy] [jay] [just] [moved] [away] [.] 1 the 2 next 2 next 3 mo'ning 2 next 5 said 3 mo'ning 4 everybody 5 said 6 that 6 that 7 he 6 that 8 had 8 had 9 been 9 been 10 screaming 10 screaming 11 just 10 screaming 13 same 12 the 13 same yo ['] ought to be ashamed to play such jokes [.] ["] 1 yo 3 ought 3 ought 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 ashamed 6 ashamed 7 to 6 ashamed 8 play 7 to 8 play 8 play 10 jokes 9 such 10 jokes [unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [as] [he] [said] [it] [.] then both little rascals laughed fit to kill themselves [.] 1 then 4 rascals 2 both 4 rascals 3 little 4 rascals 4 rascals 5 laughed 5 laughed 6 fit 6 fit 7 to 6 fit 8 kill 7 to 8 kill 8 kill 9 themselves " [yo] ['] [come] [over] [to] [my] [house] [,] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 10 " she [done] [been] [laughing] [at] [me] [fo] ['] [a] [week] [,] [because] [ah] was sho ['] [ah] [done] [hear] [yo] ['] [that] [day] [.] ["] 1 she 14 was 14 was 15 sho [xviii] [the] [mischief-makers] there was a dreadful time on [the] [green] [meadows] and in [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 time 3 a 4 dreadful 3 a 5 time 4 dreadful 5 time 5 time 10 and 6 on 10 and 10 and 11 in oh , dear , dear , dear [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 7 dear 3 dear 4 , 3 dear 7 dear 5 dear 6 , 5 dear 7 dear it really was dreadful [!] 1 it 3 was 2 really 3 was 3 was 4 dreadful first [sammy] [jay] had been accused of screaming in the night and keeping honest little meadow and forest people awake when they wanted to sleep [.] 1 first 4 had 4 had 5 been 5 been 6 accused 6 accused 7 of 6 accused 9 in 6 accused 21 when 7 of 8 screaming 9 in 12 and 10 the 11 night 11 night 12 and 12 and 13 keeping 12 and 17 and 12 and 20 awake 14 honest 16 meadow 15 little 16 meadow 16 meadow 17 and 17 and 19 people 17 and 20 awake 18 forest 19 people 21 when 22 they 21 when 23 wanted 22 they 23 wanted 23 wanted 24 to 24 to 25 sleep and all the time [sammy] [jay] [hadn't] made a sound [.] 1 and 2 all 1 and 8 made 2 all 3 the 2 all 4 time 2 all 8 made 3 the 4 time 8 made 10 sound 9 a 10 sound those who had been the very best of friends would pass without speaking [.] 1 those 2 who 1 those 3 had 1 those 10 would 2 who 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 7 best 5 the 6 very 5 the 7 best 7 best 8 of 8 of 9 friends 10 would 11 pass 11 pass 12 without 12 without 13 speaking you see [,] [everybody] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [knows] [everybody] [else] [by] [their] [voice] [.] 1 you 2 see instead , he went straight over and [told] [johnny] [chuck] [the] [unkind] [things] that he had [overheard] [mrs] [redwing] [saying] [about] [johnny] [.] 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 3 he 3 he 7 and 4 went 5 straight 4 went 7 and 5 straight 6 over 7 and 16 had 14 that 15 he 15 he 16 had and so it was [,] all over [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 and 4 was 2 so 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 7 over 6 all 7 over it seemed as if almost everybody was heard talking about some one else , and never saying nice things [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 4 if 3 as 4 if 4 if 6 everybody 4 if 8 heard 5 almost 6 everybody 6 everybody 7 was 7 was 8 heard 8 heard 9 talking 9 talking 10 about 9 talking 15 and 11 some 12 one 12 one 15 and 13 else 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 never 15 and 19 things 17 saying 19 things 18 nice 19 things the only one who still managed to keep on good terms with everybody was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 the 3 one 2 only 3 one 3 one 4 who 3 one 6 managed 3 one 14 was 4 who 6 managed 5 still 6 managed 6 managed 7 to 6 managed 8 keep 7 to 8 keep 8 keep 9 on 8 keep 11 terms 8 keep 12 with 10 good 11 terms 11 terms 12 with 12 with 13 everybody my , my , [no] [,] [indeed] [!] 1 my 2 , 2 , 3 my 3 my 4 , then they would whisper and sometimes talk right out loud , when they felt sure that no one was near to hear [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 5 and 3 would 4 whisper 3 would 5 and 5 and 7 talk 6 sometimes 7 talk 7 talk 8 right 7 talk 9 out 7 talk 10 loud 7 talk 12 when 11 , 12 when 12 when 13 they 12 when 14 felt 13 they 14 felt 14 felt 15 sure 15 sure 16 that 16 that 19 was 17 no 18 one 18 one 19 was 19 was 20 near 20 near 21 to 20 near 22 hear 21 to 22 hear what were they talking about [?] 1 what 2 were 2 were 3 they 2 were 4 talking 4 talking 5 about yes , [sir] [,] they were the mischief-makers [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 8 mischief-makers 7 the 8 mischief-makers it was great fun to fool everybody so [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 fun 2 was 5 to 3 great 4 fun 5 to 6 fool 6 fool 7 everybody 6 fool 8 so they never once stopped to think [how] [very] [,] [very] [uncomfortable] [it] [kept] [everybody] [feeling] [.] 1 they 4 stopped 2 never 4 stopped 3 once 4 stopped 4 stopped 5 to 4 stopped 6 think 5 to 6 think [xix] [bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] bobby [coon] had overslept [.] 1 bobby 3 had 3 had 4 overslept usually [bobby] [is] [astir] [shortly] [after] [jolly] , [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [has] [gone] [to] [bed] [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 1 usually 8 , but [bobby] is very irregular in his habits [.] 1 but 3 is 3 is 5 irregular 4 very 5 irregular 5 irregular 6 in 6 in 8 habits 7 his 8 habits this [night] [bobby] [coon] had [overslept] [because] [he] [had] [not] [gone] [to] [bed] [until] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [day] [.] 1 this 5 had by this time [bobby] [coon] [had] [sticks] [in] his eyes [.] 1 by 3 time 1 by 10 eyes 2 this 3 time 9 his 10 eyes he was so sleepy that it seemed to him that he never [,] never could get home [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 sleepy 3 so 4 sleepy 4 sleepy 5 that 5 that 6 it 5 that 7 seemed 6 it 7 seemed 7 seemed 8 to 7 seemed 10 that 8 to 9 him 10 that 11 he 10 that 16 get 11 he 15 could 12 never 15 could 14 never 15 could 15 could 16 get 16 get 17 home he was [stumbling] [along] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [when] [he] [came] to a hollow log [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 12 to 12 to 15 log 13 a 14 hollow 13 a 15 log 14 hollow 15 log what do you think he did [?] 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 think 4 think 5 he 4 think 6 did 5 he 6 did there [bobby] slept all the rest of the day [and] [until] [long] [after] [mr] [sun] [had] [pulled] [on] [his] [rosy] [nightcap] [.] 1 there 3 slept 3 slept 4 all 4 all 5 the 4 all 6 rest 5 the 6 rest 6 rest 7 of 7 of 9 day 8 the 9 day perhaps he would have slept there all night , if he hadn't been waked up [.] 1 perhaps 2 he 2 he 3 would 3 would 4 have 4 have 5 slept 5 slept 6 there 5 slept 8 night 5 slept 10 if 7 all 8 night 9 , 10 if 10 if 11 he 10 if 14 waked 11 he 12 hadn't 12 hadn't 13 been 13 been 14 waked 14 waked 15 up it was the cry of " [thief] [!] thief [!] [thief] [!] ["] that [waked] [him] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 cry 2 was 14 that 3 the 4 cry 4 cry 5 of 5 of 6 " 5 of 9 thief it seemed to come from right over his head [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 come 3 to 4 come 4 come 5 from 5 from 6 right 6 right 7 over 7 over 9 head 8 his 9 head at first he couldn't think where he was [.] 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 4 couldn't 4 couldn't 5 think 5 think 6 where 6 where 7 he 6 where 8 was 7 he 8 was then he remembered [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 remembered " [this] is the greatest [joke] [that] [ever] [was] [!] ["] [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 3 is 3 is 5 greatest 4 the 5 greatest ["] [pretty] [soon] [nobody] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [or] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [will] [speak] [to] [anybody] [else] [excepting] [me] [.] yo ['] cert'nly have got all your ol ['] tricks with yo ['] [.] ["] 1 yo 4 have 3 cert'nly 4 have 4 have 5 got 5 got 6 all 5 got 10 tricks 5 got 11 with 6 all 7 your 6 all 8 ol 7 your 8 ol 10 tricks 11 with 11 with 12 yo " [yes] [,] ["] said the voice , " ah done [got] all [mah] ol ['] tricks and some more [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 7 voice 5 said 8 , 5 said 18 and 6 the 7 voice 8 , 9 " 10 ah 11 done 10 ah 18 and 11 done 17 tricks 13 all 17 tricks 15 ol 17 tricks 18 and 20 more 19 some 20 more don ' [yo] ['] think it is most time to stop [?] 1 don 2 ' 2 ' 5 think 5 think 6 it 5 think 7 is 6 it 7 is 7 is 9 time 8 most 9 time 9 time 10 to 9 time 11 stop 10 to 11 stop ah don't want to show mahself in daylight [.] 1 ah 2 don't 2 don't 3 want 3 want 4 to 3 want 5 show 4 to 5 show 5 show 6 mahself 5 show 7 in 6 mahself 7 in 7 in 8 daylight besides , if [ah'm] found out , nobody ain't gwine to have anything to do with me [.] " 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 8 nobody 2 , 3 if 3 if 5 found 3 if 7 , 3 if 8 nobody 5 found 6 out 8 nobody 9 ain't 9 ain't 10 gwine 9 ain't 11 to 11 to 12 have 12 have 13 anything 13 anything 14 to 14 to 15 do 15 do 16 with 16 with 17 me 17 me 19 " ["] [don't] [yo] ['] [worry] [.] nobody 's gwine to find yo ['] out [.] 1 nobody 2 's 2 's 3 gwine 2 's 4 to 4 to 5 find 5 find 6 yo 5 find 8 out we 'll keep it up just a day or [two] longer [.] 1 we 2 'll 2 'll 3 keep 3 keep 4 it 3 keep 5 up 5 up 6 just 5 up 9 or 7 a 8 day 8 day 9 or 9 or 11 longer yo ['] cert'nly [am] [powerful] [good] [at] imitating other people 's voices [.] 1 yo 8 imitating 3 cert'nly 8 imitating 8 imitating 12 voices 9 other 10 people 10 people 11 's 11 's 12 voices ah [wonder] [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [hasn't] [got] [his] [eye] [on] [yo] ['] [before] [now] , " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 ah 17 , 17 , 18 " [bobby] [coon] [had] [become] [wide] [awake] [as] [he] [listened] [.] bobby [waited] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] [his] [friend] [had] left [.] 1 bobby 11 left then he crawled out of the [hollow] log , and he was chuckling to [himself] [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 crawled 3 crawled 5 of 4 out 5 of 5 of 8 log 6 the 8 log 8 log 14 to 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 chuckling 10 and 14 to 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 chuckling " [i] ['ll] [just] [have] [a] [little] [talk] [with] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [,] " [said] [bobby] [to] [himself] [.] 1 " 15 " [xx] [bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] bobby had watched him until his own neck ached [.] 1 bobby 2 had 2 had 3 watched 3 watched 4 him 3 watched 5 until 5 until 8 neck 5 until 9 ached 6 his 7 own 6 his 8 neck 8 neck 9 ached [mistah] [buzzard] [hardly] [ever] [moved] [his] [wings] [.] at last [mistah] [buzzard] [came] [sailing] [down] [straight] [for] [the] [tall] [dead] [tree] [.] 1 at 2 last with two or three flaps of his great wings he [settled] [down] [on] [his] [favorite] [perch] [and] looked down [at] [bobby] [coon] [.] 1 with 5 flaps 1 with 10 he 2 two 3 or 3 or 4 three 3 or 5 flaps 5 flaps 6 of 6 of 9 wings 7 his 9 wings 8 great 9 wings 10 he 18 looked 18 looked 19 down " [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [,] " [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 1 " 8 " " [fair] [to] [middling] [well] [,] " [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [,] [with] [a] [twinkle] [in] [his] [eyes] [.] 1 " 7 " " [what] [can] [ah] [do] [fo] ['] [yo'all] [?] " 1 " 10 " [is] [there] [?] ["] bobby was using his very politest manner [.] 1 bobby 2 was 2 was 3 using 3 using 7 manner 4 his 5 very 4 his 6 politest 4 his 7 manner ["] [cert'nly] [!] [cert'nly] [!] ["] [chuckled] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] ["] [it] ['s] [mistah] [mockah] [the] [mocking-bird] [.] why , [that] [bird] [just] [likes] [to] [go] [around] [making] [trouble] [;] [he] [just] [naturally] [likes] [to] [.] 1 why 2 , why do yo ['] ask [,] [brer] [coon] [?] ["] 1 why 2 do 2 do 3 yo 2 do 5 ask " [because] he is right here in the [green] [forest] now [,] ["] [replied] [bobby] [coon] [.] 1 " 3 he 3 he 4 is 4 is 5 right 4 is 6 here 4 is 7 in 4 is 11 now 5 right 6 here 7 in 8 the ["] [what] ['s] [that] [yo] ['] [am] [a-saying] [,] [brer] [coon] [?] what 's that [?] ["] [cried] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [,] [growing] [very] [excited] [.] 1 what 2 's 2 's 3 that [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [chuckled] [.] " [yo] ['] [might] [have] [known] [unc] ['] [billy] was [behind] all [that] [trouble] [,] ["] [said] [he] [.] 1 " 10 was 10 was 12 all ["] [yes] [,] [sah] [,] [yo] ['] [might] [have] [known] [that] [ol] ['] [rascal] [was] [behind] [it] [.] when [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [and] [mockah] [get] [their] [haids] [together] [,] [there] [sho'ly] is [gwine] [to] [be] something [doing] [.] ["] 1 when 15 is 15 is 19 something [xxi] [bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] bobby [coon] [had] left [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sitting] [on] his [favorite] [dead] [tree] [.] 1 bobby 4 left 4 left 11 his [every] [few] [minutes] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [would] [chuckle] [.] ["] [brer] [coon] [is] [right] [smart] [,] [and] [ah] [reckon] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [gwine] [to] [get] [a] [taste] [of] [his] [own] [medicine] [.] yes , [sah] , [ah] [reckon] he is [!] ["] said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 11 said 4 , 7 he 7 he 8 is 8 is 11 said he whispered a few words in the ear of one [and] then hurried on to whisper to the next one [.] 1 he 2 whispered 2 whispered 5 words 2 whispered 13 hurried 3 a 4 few 4 few 5 words 5 words 6 in 5 words 9 of 5 words 13 hurried 6 in 8 ear 7 the 8 ear 9 of 10 one 12 then 13 hurried 13 hurried 14 on 13 hurried 15 to 15 to 16 whisper 16 whisper 17 to 17 to 20 one 18 the 19 next 18 the 20 one when he got through , he always carried away with him a promise that [just] what he had asked should be done [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 got 1 when 6 he 2 he 3 got 3 got 4 through 4 through 5 , 6 he 8 carried 7 always 8 carried 8 carried 9 away 8 carried 10 with 8 carried 13 promise 10 with 11 him 12 a 13 promise 13 promise 14 that 13 promise 22 done 14 that 16 what 14 that 22 done 16 what 17 he 16 what 19 asked 16 what 20 should 17 he 18 had 18 had 19 asked 20 should 21 be 21 be 22 done it was the busiest day [that] [bobby] [coon] [could] [remember] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 day 3 the 4 busiest 3 the 5 day it was the very next morning that [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] was trotting along [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [down] [the] [hill] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 morning 2 was 7 that 3 the 4 very 3 the 5 next 5 next 6 morning 7 that 12 was 12 was 13 trotting 13 trotting 14 along he was just starting out on his daily round of calls , and he was [grinning] [as] [only] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [can] [grin] [.] 1 he 13 and 2 was 4 starting 2 was 13 and 3 just 4 starting 4 starting 5 out 5 out 6 on 6 on 9 round 7 his 9 round 8 daily 9 round 9 round 10 of 10 of 11 calls 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 was 14 he 15 was ["] [mah] [name] [is] [billy] [possum] [and] [mah] [home] ['s] [a] [hollow] [tree] [!] by day or night [ah] wander forth it 's all the same to me [!] 1 by 3 or 1 by 6 wander 2 day 3 or 3 or 4 night 6 wander 7 forth 6 wander 13 to 8 it 9 's 9 's 10 all 10 all 11 the 10 all 12 same 11 the 12 same 12 same 13 to 13 to 14 me ah fill [mah] [stomach] with [an] [egg] [,] [or] [sometimes] it is [fish] [;] [in] [fact] [ah] [always] [helps] [mahself] to [anything] [ah] wish [.] 1 ah 2 fill 2 fill 5 with 5 with 11 it 11 it 12 is 12 is 21 to 21 to 24 wish this morning he was on his way to call first on [johnny] [chuck] [.] 1 this 2 morning 2 morning 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 on 5 on 7 way 6 his 7 way 7 way 8 to 7 way 9 call 8 to 9 call 9 call 10 first 9 call 11 on [half-way] [down] [the] [hill] [he] [met] [bobby] [coon] [.] unc ['] [billy] [stopped] [and] [held] [out] [one] [hand] [as] [he] [said] ["] [good] [mo'ning] , [brer] [coon] [.] 1 unc 16 , [how] [do] [yo'all] [do] [this] [fine] [mo'ning] [?] ["] [bobby] [coon] [walked] [right] [past] [as] [if] [he] [didn't] [see] [unc] ['] [billy] [at] [all] [.] he didn't even look at him [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 4 look 3 even 4 look 4 look 5 at 5 at 6 him " [what] ['s] [the] [matter] [with] [yo] ['] [this] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [?] " [shouted] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 15 " bobby [coon] [kept] [right] [on] , [without] [so] [much] [as] [turning] [his] [head] [.] 1 bobby 6 , unc ['] [billy] [watched] [him] , [and] [there] [was] [a] [puzzled] [look] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [face] [.] 1 unc 6 , " [must] [be] [that] [brer] [coon] [has] [something] [powerful] [impo'tant] [on] [his] [mind] [,] " [muttered] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [as] [he] [started] [on] [.] 1 " 15 " pretty soon he [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [who] had always been one of [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [best] friends [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 he 3 he 8 had 8 had 10 been 9 always 10 been 10 been 11 one 11 one 12 of 12 of 18 friends jimmy was looking under every stick and stone for beetles for his breakfast [.] 1 jimmy 2 was 2 was 3 looking 2 was 4 under 2 was 9 for 4 under 7 and 5 every 6 stick 6 stick 7 and 7 and 8 stone 7 and 9 for 9 for 10 beetles 10 beetles 11 for 11 for 13 breakfast 12 his 13 breakfast " [good] [mo'ning] [,] [neighbor] [skunk] [!] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [in] [his] [heartiest] [voice] [.] 1 " 8 " jimmy just went right on about his business [.] 1 jimmy 3 went 2 just 3 went 3 went 4 right 3 went 6 about 4 right 5 on 6 about 8 business 7 his 8 business [unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [scratched] [his] [head] [.] his face had lost the cheerful grin with which he had started out [.] 1 his 2 face 2 face 3 had 3 had 4 lost 4 lost 7 grin 5 the 7 grin 6 cheerful 7 grin 7 grin 8 with 8 with 9 which 8 with 10 he 8 with 12 started 10 he 11 had 11 had 12 started 12 started 13 out pretty soon he started on [,] [but] [every] [few] [minutes] [he] [would] [stop] [and] [scratch] [his] [head] [thoughtfully] [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 he 3 he 4 started 4 started 5 on he didn't know what to make [of] [bobby] [coon] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 what 3 know 5 to 5 to 6 make he was so surprised that he hadn't known whether to be angry [or] [not] [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 so 3 so 4 surprised 4 surprised 5 that 5 that 6 he 5 that 8 known 6 he 7 hadn't 7 hadn't 8 known 8 known 9 whether 9 whether 10 to 9 whether 11 be 10 to 11 be 11 be 12 angry " [ah] [must] [find] [out] [what] [brer] [chuck] [knows] [about] [it] [,] " [thought] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [as] [he] [trotted] [on] [.] 1 " 13 " [xxii] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [very] [sober] [as] [he] [hurried] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [to] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [house] [.] he was very sober indeed [,] and [that] [is] very unusual [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 1 he 2 was 1 he 7 and 2 was 4 sober 3 very 4 sober 4 sober 5 indeed 7 and 11 unusual 10 very 11 unusual it was very plain to see that something was bothering him [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 plain 3 very 4 plain 4 plain 5 to 5 to 6 see 6 see 7 that 7 that 8 something 7 that 9 was 8 something 9 was 9 was 10 bothering 10 bothering 11 him [johnny] [chuck] [was] [sitting] [on] [his] [doorstep] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [in] [sight] [,] [trotting] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [came] [to] [a] [stop] [about] [two] [feet] [behind] [johnny] [chuck] [.] " [a-hem] [!] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 4 " [johnny] [chuck] [sat] [there] [without] [moving] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [hadn't] [heard] [.] " it ['s] [a] [fine] [mo'ning] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [in] [his] [pleasantest] [voice] [.] 1 " 2 it 1 " 9 said 2 it 9 said instead [of] [replying] , [johnny] [chuck] [suddenly] [kicked] [up] [his] [heels] and [disappeared] [inside] [his] [house] [.] 1 instead 4 , 4 , 12 and after a while he started on [.] 1 after 3 while 1 after 4 he 2 a 3 while 4 he 5 started 5 started 6 on pretty soon he [came] [to] [where] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] was playing all by himself [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 he 3 he 10 was 10 was 11 playing 11 playing 12 all 11 playing 13 by 12 all 13 by 13 by 14 himself he didn't know that [unc] ['] [billy] was [about] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] said [:] " [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [meadow] [mouse] [.] ["] 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 that 4 that 8 was 8 was 14 said 14 said 16 " now [danny] [had] [always] [been] [delighted] [to] see [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [and] [to] [have] [a] [chat] [with] [him] [whenever] [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [stop] [.] 1 now 8 see but this morning [no] [sooner] [did] [danny] [hear] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [voice] [than] he turned [his] [back] [to] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 but 3 morning 1 but 15 he 2 this 3 morning 15 he 16 turned this was more than [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [stand] [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 more 2 was 4 than so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gave] [it] up and [went] [on] down [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 so 8 up 8 up 9 and 9 and 12 down [there] [little] [joe] [otter] [and] [billy] [mink] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [were] [at] [play] [.] " [hello] [,] [yo'alls] [!] " [shouted] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 6 " [splash] [!] all three had dived into [the] [smiling] [pool] , and though [unc] ['] [billy] [waited] [and] [waited] , he didn't see one of them again [.] 1 all 2 three 2 three 3 had 3 had 4 dived 4 dived 5 into 5 into 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 19 he 10 and 21 see 11 though 18 , 11 though 19 he 19 he 20 didn't 20 didn't 21 see 21 see 22 one 21 see 25 again 22 one 23 of 23 of 24 them so he went [home] to his [hollow] tree [in] [the] [green] [forest] [early] [that] [day] to [try] [and] [study] [out] what it all meant [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 5 to 3 went 16 to 5 to 8 tree 6 his 8 tree 16 to 21 what 21 what 22 it 21 what 24 meant 22 it 24 meant 23 all 24 meant [xxiii] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [has] [very] [sharp] [eyes] [.] nobody has sharper eyes than [he] [.] 1 nobody 2 has 2 has 4 eyes 2 has 5 than 3 sharper 4 eyes 4 eyes 5 than there is very little [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [misses] [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 little 3 very 4 little by [and] [by] [unc] ['] [billy] [looked] up [in] [the] [sky] [where] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [was] [sailing] ['] [round] [and] ['] [round] [.] 1 by 8 up then [unc] ['] [billy] hopped [up] [mighty] [spry] [.] 1 then 5 hopped he [hadn't] [been] [there] [long] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [shuffling] [along] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] was [out] walking for his health [.] 1 he 19 was 19 was 21 walking 21 walking 22 for 22 for 24 health 23 his 24 health ["] [howdy] [,] [mistah] [buzzard] [!] ah cert'nly hopes [yo'all] feel right smart [,] ["] [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 ah 3 hopes 2 cert'nly 3 hopes 3 hopes 5 feel 5 feel 6 right 5 feel 7 smart ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [replied] : ["] [ah] [feel] [right] [pert] [,] [brer] [possum] [,] [thank] [yo] ['] [.] 1 ol 11 : ah hopes [yo] ['] feel the same [.] 1 ah 2 hopes 2 hopes 5 feel 5 feel 7 same 6 the 7 same yo ['] look like nothing ever bothers yo ['] [.] ["] 1 yo 3 look 3 look 4 like 4 like 5 nothing 4 like 7 bothers 5 nothing 7 bothers 6 ever 7 bothers 7 bothers 8 yo nothing ever does bother me [.] ["] 1 nothing 3 does 2 ever 3 does 3 does 4 bother 4 bother 5 me " [ah] [watched] [yo] ['] [take] [a] [long] [walk] [this] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [possum] [,] " [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 1 " 16 " " [did] [yo] ['] [,] [indeed] [;] [yo] ['] [have] [keen] [eyes] [,] [mistah] [buzzard] [!] " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 " 17 " ["] [ah] [saw] [yo] ['] [meet] [a] [lot] [of] [yo] ['] [friends] [.] it 's fine to have a lot of friends , [isn't] it [,] [brer] [possum] [?] ["] said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 1 it 10 , 2 's 3 fine 2 's 10 , 3 fine 4 to 3 fine 5 have 4 to 5 have 5 have 7 lot 6 a 7 lot 7 lot 8 of 8 of 9 friends 10 , 18 said 12 it 18 said [unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sharply] [.] unc ['] [billy] [stared] , [and] [for] [a] [minute] [he] [couldn't] [find] [his] [tongue] [.] 1 unc 5 , then he heard a noise that sounded very much like a chuckle [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 heard 3 heard 5 noise 3 heard 10 like 4 a 5 noise 5 noise 6 that 5 noise 7 sounded 6 that 7 sounded 8 very 9 much 9 much 10 like 10 like 12 chuckle 11 a 12 chuckle in a few minutes it was a laugh [.] 1 in 4 minutes 1 in 5 it 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 laugh 7 a 8 laugh [finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [began] [to] [laugh] [too] [.] [unc] ['] [billy] [shook] [his] [head] [doubtfully] [.] ["] [serves] [yo'alls] [right] [!] ["] [ah] [know] [it] [.] it cert'nly does [,] ["] [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [meekly] [.] 1 it 3 does 2 cert'nly 3 does ["] [mischief] [always] [trots] [ahead] [of] [grim] [ol] ['] [mistah] [trouble] [,] [they] [look] [and] [act] [enough] [alike] [to] [be] [each] [other] ['s] [double] [.] whoever [fools] [with] [mischief] 's [gwine] to [wake] [some] [day] [or] [other] [and] find [that] [trouble] ['s] [just] the [same] [as] [mischief] ['s] [own] twin [brother] [.] ["] 1 whoever 5 's 5 's 7 to 7 to 14 find 14 find 25 twin 19 the 25 twin old [mrs] [possum] [grumbled] [and] [scolded] , but all the time she was thinking , and [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] that she was [.] 1 old 7 , 7 , 16 and 8 but 9 all 9 all 10 the 9 all 11 time 10 the 11 time 11 time 12 she 11 time 13 was 12 she 13 was 13 was 16 and 14 thinking 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 23 was 21 that 23 was 22 she 23 was finally she [finished] [sweeping] [the] [doorsteps] [and] looked [thoughtfully] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 finally 2 she 2 she 8 looked " [why] [don't] [yo] ['] [give] [a] [party] [fo] ['] [mistah] [mocking-bird] ? " she inquired [.] 1 " 16 inquired 13 ? 14 " 13 ? 15 she 15 she 16 inquired " [the] [very] [thing] [!] " [cried] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [and] [like] [a] [flash] [back] [came] [his] [old-time] [grin] [.] 1 " 6 " [xxiv] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] at first [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [been] [afraid] [that] [no] [one] [would] [come] [.] 1 at 2 first of course that meant that [unc] ['] [billy] [must] [take] [them] [around] [himself] [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 that 3 that 4 meant 4 meant 5 that my , [but] [that] [was] [hard] [work] [!] 1 my 2 , it took him two [whole] days [.] 1 it 2 took 2 took 3 him 2 took 6 days 4 two 6 days in the first place there were so many to see [.] 1 in 4 place 1 in 5 there 2 the 3 first 2 the 4 place 5 there 6 were 6 were 8 many 6 were 9 to 7 so 8 many 9 to 10 see then [unc] ['] [billy] would [make] [another] [low] [bow] [and] [hurry] [on] [to] [the] [next] [one] [.] 1 then 5 would mistah [buzzard] [had] [found] [sammy] [jay] [in] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] , and [sammy] [had] [moved] [back] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [very] [day] [.] 1 mistah 12 , 12 , 13 and such a good time as everybody did have [!] 1 such 2 a 2 a 4 time 3 good 4 time 4 time 5 as 4 time 7 did 5 as 6 everybody 7 did 8 have there were heaps and heaps of good things to eat [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 4 and 2 were 9 to 3 heaps 4 and 4 and 5 heaps 4 and 6 of 6 of 8 things 7 good 8 things 9 to 10 eat they danced and played hide and seek [.] 1 they 3 and 2 danced 3 and 3 and 6 and 4 played 5 hide 4 played 6 and 6 and 7 seek [finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [climbed] [up] [on] [a] [stump] [.] he was [dressed] in his finest suit , and he wore his broadest grin [.] 1 he 8 , 2 was 4 in 2 was 8 , 4 in 7 suit 5 his 6 finest 5 his 7 suit 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 9 and 11 wore 10 he 11 wore 11 wore 14 grin 12 his 13 broadest 12 his 14 grin everybody crowded around to hear what [unc] ['] [billy] was about to say [.] 1 everybody 2 crowded 2 crowded 3 around 2 crowded 4 to 4 to 5 hear 5 hear 6 what 6 what 10 was 10 was 11 about 11 about 12 to 12 to 13 say " [mah] [friends] [and] [neighbors] [,] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] [ah] [have] [a] [great] [surprise] [fo] ['] yo'alls [.] ["] 1 " 8 said 8 said 21 yo'alls then [he] [stepped] [down] , and everybody began to wonder and to guess what the surprise could be [.] 1 then 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 everybody 6 and 8 began 8 began 9 to 8 began 11 and 9 to 11 and 10 wonder 11 and 11 and 12 to 11 and 13 guess 12 to 13 guess 13 guess 14 what 14 what 16 surprise 14 what 18 be 15 the 16 surprise 16 surprise 17 could 17 could 18 be [xxv] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] [everybody] [was] [asking] [everybody] [else] [what] [the] [surprise] [could] [be] [which] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [said] [he] [had] [for] [them] [.] after he had made his speech , he had scurried out of sight , and [no] [one] could [find] [him] [.] 1 after 2 he 1 after 4 made 1 after 7 , 1 after 8 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 made 4 made 6 speech 5 his 6 speech 8 he 15 and 9 had 10 scurried 9 had 15 and 10 scurried 12 of 11 out 12 of 12 of 13 sight 14 , 15 and 15 and 18 could [sammy] [jay] [became] [greatly] [excited] [.] " [there] [!] " he cried ! 1 " 6 cried 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 cried 6 cried 7 ! ["] [you] [heard] [that] [when] [you] [was] [standing] [right] [in] [front] [of] [me] [and] [talking] [to] [me] [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] you know that [i] [wasn't] [making] [a] [sound] [!] 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 that i told you that [i] [hadn't] [been] [screaming] [in] [the] [night] [,] [and] [this] [proves] [it] [!] ["] 1 i 2 told 2 told 3 you 2 told 4 that [jerry] [muskrat] [looked] [as] [if] [he] [couldn't] [believe] [his] [own] [ears] [.] just [then] [the] [voice] [of] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [began] [to] [croak] ["] [it] ['s] going [to] [rain] [!] 1 just 16 going it 's going to rain [!] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 going 3 going 4 to 4 to 5 rain it 's going to rain [!] ["] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 going 3 going 4 to 4 to 5 rain the voice seemed to come out of that very [same] hemlock-tree [.] 1 the 2 voice 2 voice 3 seemed 3 seemed 4 to 3 seemed 5 come 4 to 5 come 5 come 7 of 5 come 11 hemlock-tree 6 out 7 of 7 of 8 that 9 very 11 hemlock-tree it was [sticky-toes] himself , and he had dropped from another tree altogether [.] 1 it 5 , 2 was 4 himself 2 was 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 he 6 and 9 dropped 7 he 8 had 8 had 9 dropped 9 dropped 10 from 9 dropped 13 altogether 10 from 12 tree 11 another 12 tree " [you] [hear] [it] [!] ["] he shrieked , [dancing] [up] and down he was so angry [.] 1 " 7 he 7 he 9 , 8 shrieked 9 , 9 , 12 and 12 and 14 he 13 down 14 he 14 he 15 was 15 was 17 angry 16 so 17 angry ["] [you] [hear] [it] [!] it isn't me [,] [is] [it] [?] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 me that ['s] [my] [voice] , yet it isn't [mine] [,] [because] [i] ['m] [right] [here] [!] 1 that 8 isn't 5 , 6 yet 6 yet 7 it 7 it 8 isn't how can [i] [be] [here] [and] [over] [there] [too] [?] 1 how 2 can tell me that [!] ["] 1 tell 2 me 1 tell 3 that no one [could] [tell] [him] [,] and [sticky-toes] [continued] [to] [scold] [and] [sputter] [and] swell himself up with anger [.] 1 no 2 one 2 one 7 and 7 and 15 swell 15 swell 16 himself 15 swell 17 up 15 swell 18 with 18 with 19 anger now no one [knew] [that] [blacky] [the] [crow] had come to the party [,] [for] [blacky] [never] [goes] [abroad] at night [.] 1 now 3 one 2 no 3 one 3 one 9 had 9 had 10 come 10 come 11 to 10 come 20 at 11 to 13 party 12 the 13 party 20 at 21 night " [come] [out] [,] [blacky] [!] ["] they all shouted [.] 1 " 10 shouted 8 they 10 shouted 9 all 10 shouted [but] [no] [blacky] [appeared] [.] instead out of that magic hemlock-tree poured a beautiful song , so beautiful that when it ended everybody clapped their hands [.] 1 instead 6 hemlock-tree 2 out 3 of 3 of 5 magic 3 of 6 hemlock-tree 4 that 5 magic 6 hemlock-tree 7 poured 7 poured 10 song 8 a 10 song 9 beautiful 10 song 10 song 13 beautiful 11 , 13 beautiful 12 so 13 beautiful 13 beautiful 14 that 14 that 18 everybody 14 that 19 clapped 15 when 16 it 15 when 17 ended 15 when 18 everybody 16 it 17 ended 18 everybody 19 clapped 19 clapped 21 hands 20 their 21 hands no one had ever heard anything like it , and when it ended every one shouted for more [.] 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 had 3 had 5 heard 4 ever 5 heard 5 heard 6 anything 5 heard 17 for 6 anything 7 like 7 like 10 and 8 it 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 when 12 it 13 ended 13 ended 15 one 14 every 15 one 15 one 16 shouted 15 one 17 for 17 for 18 more [even] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [forgot] [his] [ill] [temper] [.] instead of more music , out from the hemlock-tree flew a stranger [.] 1 instead 2 of 2 of 3 more 2 of 4 music 4 music 6 out 4 music 10 flew 5 , 6 out 6 out 7 from 7 from 9 hemlock-tree 8 the 9 hemlock-tree 10 flew 12 stranger 11 a 12 stranger he was about [the] [size] [of] [sammy] [jay] and wore a modest gray suit with white trimmings [.] 1 he 9 and 2 was 3 about 2 was 9 and 9 and 10 wore 10 wore 14 suit 10 wore 15 with 11 a 12 modest 11 a 14 suit 12 modest 14 suit 13 gray 14 suit 14 suit 15 with 15 with 17 trimmings 16 white 17 trimmings [unc] ['] [billy] [wore] [his] [broadest] [grin] [.] we [uns] [is] [right] [sorry] [fo] ['] [the] [trouble] we [uns] have made [.] 1 we 10 we 10 we 12 have 12 have 13 made it was [all] a joke , and now [we] asks yo ['] pardon [.] 1 it 7 and 2 was 5 joke 2 was 7 and 4 a 5 joke 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 asks 8 now 10 asks 10 asks 11 yo 10 asks 13 pardon mah [friend] [mistah] [mockah] [would] like to stay here and live , [if] yo'alls [is] [willing] [,] ["] [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 1 mah 6 like 6 like 10 and 7 to 10 and 8 stay 9 here 8 stay 10 and 10 and 12 , 11 live 12 , 12 , 14 yo'alls [xxvi] [mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] [while] [they] [were] [talking] [the] [matter] [over] [,] [mr] [mocker] [began] [to] [sing] [again] [that] [wonderful] [song] [of] [his] [.] it was so beautiful that by the time it was ended , every one was ready to grant the pardon [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 beautiful 3 so 4 beautiful 4 beautiful 5 that 4 beautiful 17 to 4 beautiful 18 grant 5 that 14 one 5 that 15 was 6 by 8 time 6 by 12 , 6 by 14 one 7 the 8 time 8 time 9 it 8 time 11 ended 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 ended 11 ended 12 , 13 every 14 one 14 one 15 was 15 was 16 ready 17 to 18 grant 18 grant 20 pardon 19 the 20 pardon of course they heard all about the party the next morning and were very anxious indeed to see the stranger with the wonderful voice [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 they 3 they 12 and 4 heard 5 all 4 heard 6 about 4 heard 11 morning 4 heard 12 and 5 all 6 about 6 about 8 party 7 the 8 party 9 the 10 next 10 next 11 morning 12 and 13 were 13 were 15 anxious 14 very 15 anxious 15 anxious 16 indeed 15 anxious 17 to 15 anxious 18 see 17 to 18 see 18 see 20 stranger 18 see 21 with 19 the 20 stranger 20 stranger 21 with 21 with 24 voice 22 the 24 voice 23 wonderful 24 voice of course [mr] [mocker] [had] [to] [show] [off] [his] [wonderful] [voice] [to] [each] [one] [.] 1 of 2 course so he soon made himself at home and , because he was happy , he would sing all day long [.] 1 so 8 and 1 so 17 sing 2 he 4 made 2 he 8 and 3 soon 4 made 4 made 5 himself 4 made 6 at 6 at 7 home 8 and 15 he 9 , 10 because 10 because 11 he 10 because 12 was 10 because 14 , 10 because 15 he 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 happy 15 he 16 would 16 would 17 sing 17 sing 19 day 17 sing 20 long 18 all 19 day and sometimes , when the moon was shining , he woke up in the night and would sing for very joy [.] 1 and 2 sometimes 1 and 10 he 1 and 16 and 3 , 4 when 4 when 6 moon 4 when 7 was 4 when 9 , 4 when 10 he 5 the 6 moon 6 moon 7 was 7 was 8 shining 10 he 16 and 11 woke 12 up 11 woke 13 in 11 woke 16 and 13 in 15 night 14 the 15 night 16 and 17 would 17 would 18 sing 18 sing 19 for 19 for 20 very 20 very 21 joy it was great fun [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 fun 3 great 4 fun finally he thought [of] [grandfather] [frog] , who is [very] old and very wise [.] 1 finally 2 he 2 he 3 thought 3 thought 7 , 7 , 8 who 7 , 9 is 8 who 9 is 9 is 12 and 11 old 12 and 12 and 14 wise 13 very 14 wise " he ['ll] [know] [,] ["] said [peter] , as [off] he posted [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 7 said 7 said 9 , 9 , 10 as 10 as 12 he 10 as 13 posted 12 he 13 posted [now] [grandfather] [frog] [was] [feeling] [out] [of] [sorts] [that] [morning] [.] " [chugarum] [!] " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [crossly] [.] 1 " 4 " " [go] [ask] [mr] [buzzard] , " and [that] [was] all [that] [peter] [could] [get] [out] [of] [him] [.] 1 " 8 and 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 and 8 and 11 all ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [laughed] [when] [he] [heard] [that] [some] [folks] [said] [that] [mr] [mocker] had [not] [come] [by] [his] [voice] [honestly] [.] 1 ol 16 had " [there] [isn't] [a] [word] [of] [truth] [in] [it] [,] [brer] [rabbit] [,] ["] he declared [.] 1 " 16 declared 15 he 16 declared " [yo] ['] [go] [tell] [all] [your] [friends] [that] [mistah] [mockah] [is] [the] [best] [loved] [of] [all] [the] [birds] [way] [down] [souf] [.] " 1 " 24 " and this is all for the present about the adventures of [mr] [mocker] the [mocking-bird] [.] 1 and 2 this 1 and 3 is 2 this 3 is 3 is 4 all 3 is 5 for 3 is 8 about 4 all 5 for 5 for 7 present 6 the 7 present 7 present 8 about 8 about 10 adventures 9 the 10 adventures 10 adventures 11 of 11 of 14 the but others have had adventures [,] [and] [one] [is] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 1 but 4 had 2 others 3 have 3 have 4 had 4 had 5 adventures the next book will tell all about them [.] 1 the 2 next 1 the 3 book 3 book 4 will 4 will 5 tell 5 tell 6 all 5 tell 7 about 6 all 7 about 7 about 8 them [the] [end] end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] [of] [the] [adventures] [of] [mr] [mocker] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of 2 of 3 the