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[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] 

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[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] [.] 

and [with] [her] [come] [little] [friend] [the] [song] [sparrow] , and [cheerful] [robin] [and] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [redwing] [.] 
1 and 10 ,
10 , 11 and

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 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] [.] 

[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

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 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 were
3 were 4 shining

" [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] [.] 

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] [:] 

" [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

["] [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] [:] 

["] [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 15 it

[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 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] [.] 

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 24 whole
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
6 he 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 4 he
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 6 pit-a-pat
4 pit-a-pat 5 ,
4 pit-a-pat 6 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 12 and
2 had 12 and
12 and 15 and
14 blacker 15 and
15 and 16 blacker

[the] [blacker] [they] [grew] [,] [the] [lonesomer] [he] [became] [.] 

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

[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 2 he
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 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 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
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 10 the

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 2 ,
1 my 8 she
2 , 3 my
3 my 8 she
4 , 5 my
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] [.] 

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

["] [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 13 and
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 " 2 it
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
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 7 listened

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 3 and
2 sat 3 and
3 and 4 waited
3 and 5 patiently

" [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 7 to
3 he 4 hurried
4 hurried 5 to
5 to 6 prepare
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 " 2 it
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
4 he 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 10 had
10 had 11 told

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 " 2 it
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
3 do 4 you
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 5 it
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 3 very

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 13 new
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
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] [.] 

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 14 ,

[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] [.] 

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 12 trees

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
4 voice 5 over
5 over 6 there

what do you make [of] it [?] ["] [whispered] [sticky-toes] [.] 
1 what 2 do
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
4 what 5 to
4 what 6 make
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] [.] 

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

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 , 11 as

all this time [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] had [been] [crawling] [along] [without] [the] [tiniest] [sound] [.] 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 8 had

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 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

[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] [.] 

" [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] [.] 

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 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

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 9 been
7 he 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 2 done

[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
8 screaming 9 in
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
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] [.] 

[usually] [bobby] [is] [astir] [shortly] [after] [jolly] [,] [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [has] [gone] [to] [bed] [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 

but [bobby] is [very] [irregular] [in] [his] [habits] [.] 
1 but 3 is

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 11 came
11 came 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 " 11 "

["] [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] [.] 

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
7 hollow 8 log

" [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
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] [.] 

[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

he was [just] [starting] out on his daily round of calls , and he was [grinning] [as] [only] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [can] [grin] [.] 
1 he 12 ,
2 was 5 out
2 was 12 ,
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 14 he
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] [.] 

[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] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [watched] [him] [,] [and] [there] [was] [a] [puzzled] [look] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [face] [.] 

" [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
4 what 5 to
4 what 6 make
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 6 ,
2 was 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 that
7 and 9 is
8 that 9 is
9 is 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 " 9 said
2 it 9 said

[instead] [of] [replying] [,] [johnny] [chuck] [suddenly] [kicked] [up] [his] [heels] [and] [disappeared] [inside] [his] [house] [.] 

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 10 and
10 and 22 one
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] [.] 

then [unc] ['] [billy] [hopped] up [mighty] [spry] [.] 
1 then 6 up

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] ['] [.] 

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] [.] 

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] [.] ["] 

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 4 place
3 first 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] [.] 

such a good time as everybody did have [!] 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 good
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 " 7 "

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 15 and
11 out 12 of
12 of 14 ,
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 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

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 9 beautiful
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 15 is
15 is 16 willing

[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

[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] [.] 

" [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] 

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