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[the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

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

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

author of [the] [adventures] [of] [peter] [cottontail] [,] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] , etc . 
1 author 2 of
1 author 14 etc
13 , 14 etc
14 etc 15 .

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

boston [little] , [brown] , and [company] 
1 boston 3 ,
3 , 6 and
5 , 6 and

[@number@] 

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

[frontispiece] [.] []] 

[contents] 

[chapter] 

i [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [caught] [ii] . 
1 i 9 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

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

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

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

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

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

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

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

" [yo] ' [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ['] [care] [if] [he] [never] [comes] [back] ["] 
1 " 3 '

[i] 

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

the [green] [meadows] [were] thrown into great excitement late one afternoon , just as the black shadows [came] creeping [down] [from] [the] [purple] [hills] . 
1 the 25 .
5 thrown 6 into
6 into 7 great
6 into 15 the
7 great 8 excitement
8 excitement 9 late
8 excitement 14 as
9 late 11 afternoon
10 one 11 afternoon
11 afternoon 12 ,
13 just 14 as
15 the 17 shadows
16 black 17 shadows
17 shadows 19 creeping
19 creeping 25 .

reddy [fox] [brought] the news , and when he told it he grinned as if he enjoyed it and was glad of it . 
1 reddy 13 grinned
4 the 5 news
5 news 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 13 grinned
8 when 9 he
8 when 11 it
8 when 12 he
9 he 10 told
12 he 13 grinned
13 grinned 14 as
13 grinned 17 enjoyed
13 grinned 24 .
14 as 15 if
15 if 16 he
18 it 20 was
19 and 20 was
20 was 21 glad
21 glad 22 of
22 of 23 it
23 it 24 .

" [old] [billy] [possum] is dead . 
1 " 5 is
5 is 6 dead
6 dead 7 .

i know it [because] [i] [saw] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [carrying] [him] [home] by the tail , " said [reddy] . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 it
3 it 9 's
9 's 10 boy
10 boy 21 .
14 by 15 the
14 by 16 tail
16 tail 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 .

" so you see he wasn't so smart as you thought he was , " he added maliciously . 
1 " 2 so
2 so 8 smart
3 you 4 see
4 see 8 smart
5 he 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 8 smart
7 so 8 smart
8 smart 9 as
8 smart 18 maliciously
9 as 10 you
11 thought 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
15 " 17 added
17 added 18 maliciously
18 maliciously 19 .

that is , everybody but [reddy] [fox] [said] so . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 10 .
2 is 9 so
3 , 5 but
3 , 9 so
4 everybody 5 but

reddy said that it served [unc] ['] [billy] [right] , because he was of no account , anyway . 
1 reddy 13 was
2 said 3 that
3 that 13 was
4 it 5 served
4 it 13 was
10 , 11 because
11 because 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 of
13 was 15 no
15 no 16 account
16 account 18 anyway
17 , 18 anyway
18 anyway 19 .

then everybody began to hoot and hiss [at] [reddy] [until] he was glad enough to [slink] away . 
1 then 3 began
1 then 11 he
2 everybody 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 5 hoot
5 hoot 6 and
5 hoot 7 hiss
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 glad
13 glad 15 to
13 glad 18 .
14 enough 15 to
17 away 18 .

and while they were all saying such nice things about him , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [was] having an exciting adventure . 
1 and 2 while
2 while 3 they
2 while 6 saying
3 they 4 were
4 were 5 all
6 saying 7 such
7 such 9 things
7 such 19 an
8 nice 9 things
9 things 10 about
10 about 11 him
10 about 18 having
11 him 12 ,
12 , 14 '
19 an 20 exciting
20 exciting 21 adventure
21 adventure 22 .

for once he had been too bold . 
1 for 2 once
2 once 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 too
6 too 7 bold
7 bold 8 .

he had gone up to [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [before] [dark] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 gone
3 gone 5 to
3 gone 12 .
4 up 5 to
9 hen-house 12 .

jimmy [skunk] had tried to stop him , but he had heeded [jimmy] [skunk] not at all . 
1 jimmy 11 had
3 had 4 tried
4 tried 5 to
5 to 6 stop
6 stop 7 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 heeded
12 heeded 17 all
15 not 16 at
16 at 17 all
17 all 18 .

he had said that he was hungry and wanted an egg , and he couldn't wait till dark to get it . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 said
1 he 15 couldn't
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 was
5 he 9 wanted
5 he 15 couldn't
6 was 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 and
10 an 11 egg
11 egg 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 couldn't
15 couldn't 16 wait
15 couldn't 20 get
16 wait 17 till
17 till 18 dark
19 to 20 get
20 get 21 it
21 it 22 .

so [off] he [had] started , for [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] is very [headstrong] [and] obstinate . 
1 so 3 he
1 so 16 obstinate
3 he 5 started
5 started 7 for
6 , 7 for
12 is 13 very
13 very 16 obstinate
16 obstinate 17 .

he had reached the hen-house and slipped inside without being seen . 
1 he 3 reached
2 had 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
3 reached 5 hen-house
5 hen-house 6 and
5 hen-house 7 slipped
5 hen-house 8 inside
5 hen-house 12 .
6 and 7 slipped
8 inside 9 without
9 without 10 being
10 being 11 seen

the nests were full of eggs , and soon [unc] ['] [billy] was enjoying [his] feast so that he forgot to keep watch . 
1 the 2 nests
1 the 16 feast
2 nests 3 were
3 were 4 full
4 full 5 of
4 full 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 soon
13 was 14 enjoying
14 enjoying 16 feast
16 feast 20 forgot
16 feast 24 .
17 so 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 forgot
20 forgot 23 watch
21 to 22 keep
22 keep 23 watch

suddenly the door opened , and in stepped [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to get some eggs for supper . 
1 suddenly 3 door
2 the 3 door
3 door 4 opened
3 door 8 stepped
5 , 6 and
5 , 8 stepped
6 and 7 in
8 stepped 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 some
15 some 16 eggs
16 eggs 18 supper
17 for 18 supper
18 supper 19 .

there was no time to run . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 no
3 no 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 .

unc ['] [billy] just dropped right down in his tracks as if he were dead . 
1 unc 10 tracks
4 just 5 dropped
5 dropped 7 down
5 dropped 8 in
5 dropped 10 tracks
6 right 7 down
9 his 10 tracks
10 tracks 14 were
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 he
12 if 14 were
14 were 15 dead
15 dead 16 .

when [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] saw him , he didn't know what to make of him , for he had never seen [unc] ['] [billy] before . 
1 when 6 saw
6 saw 7 him
6 saw 16 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
11 know 12 what
12 what 14 make
13 to 14 make
14 make 15 of
16 him 17 ,
17 , 18 for
17 , 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 22 seen
21 never 22 seen
22 seen 26 before
26 before 27 .

" he certainly is dead enough , whatever killed him . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 9 killed
3 certainly 4 is
3 certainly 9 killed
4 is 5 dead
4 is 6 enough
7 , 8 whatever
8 whatever 9 killed
9 killed 10 him
10 him 11 .

i wonder what he was doing in here . ["] 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 6 doing
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 doing
6 doing 7 in
6 doing 8 here
8 here 9 .

then he saw [some] egg [on] [unc] ['] [billy] 's lips . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 5 egg
5 egg 12 .
10 's 11 lips
11 lips 12 .

" [ho] ! ho ! " shouted [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 6 "
4 ho 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 shouted
7 shouted 12 .

" so you are the thief who has been getting my eggs ! " 
1 " 6 thief
2 so 3 you
3 you 4 are
4 are 6 thief
5 the 6 thief
6 thief 7 who
6 thief 13 !
7 who 8 has
8 has 9 been
10 getting 11 my
10 getting 12 eggs
12 eggs 13 !
13 ! 14 "

and picking up [unc] ['] [billy] [by] the tail , he started with him for the house . 
1 and 2 picking
2 picking 3 up
2 picking 16 the
3 up 8 the
8 the 9 tail
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 started
12 started 13 with
13 with 14 him
14 him 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 house
17 house 18 .

when he turned to pick up [unc] ['] [billy] again , [unc] ' [billy] wasn't there . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 turned
3 turned 4 to
4 to 5 pick
5 pick 6 up
6 up 10 again
10 again 11 ,
10 again 17 .
11 , 13 '
15 wasn't 16 there
16 there 17 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [dropped] [his] [wood] [and] hunted everywhere , but not a trace of [unc] ['] [billy] could he [find] . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 9 hunted
9 hunted 23 .
10 everywhere 11 ,
10 everywhere 21 he
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 not
12 but 20 could
13 not 14 a
14 a 15 trace
15 trace 16 of
21 he 23 .

[ii] 

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

reddy [fox] [came] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [on] [his] [way] [to] [the] [green] [meadows] . 
1 reddy 20 .

he had brushed his red coat until it shone . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 brushed
3 brushed 4 his
3 brushed 6 coat
5 red 6 coat
6 coat 7 until
6 coat 9 shone
6 coat 10 .
8 it 9 shone

his white waistcoat was spotless , and he carried his big tail high in the air , that it might not become soiled . 
1 his 3 waistcoat
1 his 12 tail
2 white 3 waistcoat
3 waistcoat 5 spotless
4 was 5 spotless
5 spotless 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 carried
8 he 9 carried
10 his 12 tail
11 big 12 tail
12 tail 23 soiled
12 tail 24 .
13 high 23 soiled
14 in 16 air
15 the 16 air
16 air 23 soiled
17 , 23 soiled
18 that 20 might
19 it 20 might
20 might 23 soiled
21 not 23 soiled
22 become 23 soiled

reddy was feeling as fine as he looked . 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 4 as
3 feeling 5 fine
3 feeling 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 looked
8 looked 9 .

if there is one thing that [reddy] [fox] [dislikes] more than another , it is [being] [laughed] [at] . 
1 if 2 there
1 if 14 it
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 one
4 one 5 thing
4 one 10 more
5 thing 6 that
10 more 11 than
11 than 12 another
13 , 14 it
14 it 15 is
15 is 19 .

reddy chuckled at his thoughts , and what do you think he was thinking about ? 
1 reddy 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 at
2 chuckled 4 his
4 his 5 thoughts
5 thoughts 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 what
8 what 9 do
9 do 10 you
9 do 11 think
11 think 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 thinking
14 thinking 15 about
15 about 16 ?

why , [about] [how] he had seen [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [carrying] [off] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [by] [the] [tail] [the] [afternoon] before . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 seen
7 seen 23 before
23 before 24 .

of course [unc] ['] [billy] was [dead] [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 6 was

there could be no doubt about it . 
1 there 3 be
1 there 4 no
2 could 3 be
4 no 5 doubt
5 doubt 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 .

and [reddy] [was] [glad] [of] it . 
1 and 6 it
6 it 7 .

yes , [sir] , [reddy] was glad of it . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 10 .
6 was 7 glad
7 glad 8 of
7 glad 10 .
8 of 9 it

reddy remembered that [unc] ['] [billy] 's [hollow] tree was not far away . 
1 reddy 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that
3 that 7 's
7 's 9 tree
9 tree 14 .
10 was 11 not
11 not 12 far
12 far 13 away
13 away 14 .

he would go over that way , just to have another look at [it] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 go
2 would 12 look
3 go 4 over
3 go 6 way
5 that 6 way
6 way 7 ,
8 just 12 look
9 to 12 look
10 have 11 another
11 another 12 look
12 look 13 at
13 at 15 .

so over he went . 
1 so 2 over
1 so 3 he
3 he 4 went
4 went 5 .

it was [reddy] 's turn to grin now . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 's
4 's 5 turn
5 turn 7 grin
6 to 7 grin
7 grin 8 now
8 now 9 .

" [ol] ['] [bill] [possum] , he 's [gone] [before] [!] 
1 " 7 he
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 's

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

bill was a scamp , [sir] [;] [bill] was a thief ! 
1 bill 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 scamp
4 scamp 5 ,
4 scamp 11 thief
9 was 10 a
10 a 11 thief
11 thief 12 !

bill stole [an] egg , [sir] [;] [bill] came to grief . 
1 bill 2 stole
2 stole 4 egg
4 egg 5 ,
4 egg 12 .
9 came 10 to
10 to 11 grief
11 grief 12 .

ol ['] [bill] [possum] , it served him right ; [and] [he] is no more , for he died last night . " 
1 ol 5 ,
5 , 23 "
6 it 7 served
6 it 13 is
7 served 8 him
7 served 9 right
9 right 10 ;
13 is 14 no
14 no 15 more
14 no 16 ,
16 , 17 for
16 , 23 "
18 he 19 died
19 died 20 last
20 last 21 night
21 night 22 .
22 . 23 "

" very good , [sah] [,] very good . 
1 " 8 good
2 very 3 good
2 very 8 good
3 good 4 ,
7 very 8 good
8 good 9 .

reddy [fox] sprang [up] as if some one had stuck a pin [into] him . 
1 reddy 3 sprang
3 sprang 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 some
6 if 9 had
7 some 8 one
9 had 10 stuck
10 stuck 12 pin
11 a 12 pin
12 pin 15 .
14 him 15 .

every hair stood on end , as he looked up at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] doorway [.] 
1 every 2 hair
2 hair 3 stood
3 stood 4 on
3 stood 5 end
3 stood 10 up
3 stood 11 at
3 stood 16 doorway
6 , 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 looked
9 looked 10 up

then his teeth began to chatter with fright . 
1 then 2 his
2 his 3 teeth
3 teeth 6 chatter
4 began 5 to
4 began 6 chatter
6 chatter 8 fright
7 with 8 fright
8 fright 9 .

looking out of [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] doorway [and] grinning down at [him] [was] [something] [that] [looked] [for] all the world [like] [unc] ['] [billy] [himself] . 
1 looking 2 out
2 out 3 of
3 of 8 doorway
8 doorway 27 .
10 grinning 11 down
11 down 12 at
12 at 19 all
19 all 21 world
20 the 21 world
21 world 27 .

reddy never once looked back . 
1 reddy 4 looked
2 never 3 once
2 never 4 looked
4 looked 5 back
5 back 6 .

" how did [ah] do it ? 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 did
2 how 5 do
5 do 6 it
5 do 7 ?

why , [ah] [just] pretended [ah] [was] [daid] , [when] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [caught] [me] , " explained [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 9 ,
2 , 5 pretended
9 , 18 "
13 's 14 boy
14 boy 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 explained
19 explained 23 .

" [of] [course] he ['] wouldn't kill [a] [daid] [possum] . 
1 " 4 he
4 he 6 wouldn't
6 wouldn't 7 kill
7 kill 11 .

unc ['] [billy] [possum] grinned broader than ever , and [jimmy] [skunk] grinned , too . 
1 unc 5 grinned
1 unc 13 grinned
5 grinned 6 broader
6 broader 7 than
7 than 8 ever
9 , 10 and
10 and 13 grinned
13 grinned 16 .
14 , 15 too
15 too 16 .

[iii] 

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

everybody hastened to pay their respects , that is everybody [but] [reddy] [fox] . 
1 everybody 2 hastened
1 everybody 9 is
1 everybody 10 everybody
3 to 4 pay
4 pay 5 their
4 pay 6 respects
6 respects 7 ,
7 , 8 that
8 that 9 is
10 everybody 14 .

thereafter whenever one of them caught sight of [reddy] [fox] [at] a safe [distance] , he would shout : 
1 thereafter 13 safe
2 whenever 3 one
3 one 4 of
4 of 5 them
4 of 7 sight
6 caught 7 sight
7 sight 8 of
8 of 12 a
12 a 13 safe
13 safe 15 ,
15 , 16 he
16 he 17 would
17 would 18 shout
18 shout 19 :

" [ol] ['] [bill] [possum] , he 's [gone] [before] [!] 
1 " 7 he
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 's

ol ['] [bill] [possum] , [he] [is] no more ! " 
1 ol 5 ,
5 , 11 "
8 no 9 more
8 no 10 !
10 ! 11 "

and [of] [course] [reddy] [fox] hated [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] more than ever . 
1 and 6 hated
6 hated 14 .
11 more 12 than
12 than 13 ever
13 ever 14 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] didn't care , not he [!] 
1 but 5 didn't
1 but 9 he
5 didn't 6 care
6 care 7 ,
6 care 8 not

but in spite of all his friends [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [lonesome] . 
1 but 3 spite
2 in 3 spite
3 spite 4 of
3 spite 5 all
5 all 6 his
6 his 7 friends
7 friends 14 .

finally he told [jimmy] [skunk] all about it , and for once [unc] ['] [billy] had forgotten how to grin . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 told
3 told 7 about
6 all 7 about
7 about 8 it
8 it 9 ,
8 it 21 .
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 once
11 for 12 once
16 had 17 forgotten
17 forgotten 18 how
18 how 20 grin
19 to 20 grin
20 grin 21 .

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] had forgotten [how] to grin . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 12 grin
8 had 9 forgotten
9 forgotten 11 to
11 to 12 grin
12 grin 13 .

instead he just wept , wept great big tears of lonesomeness . 
1 instead 2 he
1 instead 6 wept
2 he 6 wept
3 just 6 wept
4 wept 5 ,
4 wept 6 wept
6 wept 11 lonesomeness
7 great 8 big
8 big 9 tears
9 tears 11 lonesomeness
10 of 11 lonesomeness
11 lonesomeness 12 .

" ah reckon [ah] 'll have to go back to [ol] ['] [virginny] , [ah] cert'nly do , " said [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckon
2 ah 14 ,
3 reckon 10 to
5 'll 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 back
9 back 10 to
14 , 20 said
14 , 22 '
16 cert'nly 19 "
17 do 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
22 ' 25 .

jimmy [skunk] grew very thoughtful . 
1 jimmy 6 .
3 grew 5 thoughtful
4 very 5 thoughtful
5 thoughtful 6 .

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [talking] [about] [going] [away] [.] 
1 now 5 was

jimmy thought very hard . 
1 jimmy 2 thought
2 thought 4 hard
3 very 4 hard
4 hard 5 .

then he had a bright idea . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 bright
5 bright 6 idea
6 idea 7 .

" why not send for your family to come here and [live] [in] [the] [green] [forest] , [uncle] [billy] [?] ["] he asked . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 23 asked
2 why 3 not
2 why 4 send
4 send 5 for
5 for 6 your
6 your 7 family
8 to 9 come
9 come 10 here
10 here 11 and
10 here 17 ,
17 , 22 he
22 he 23 asked
23 asked 24 .

unc ['] [billy] stopped crying . 
1 unc 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 crying
5 crying 6 .

his two little eyes looked up sharply . 
1 his 4 eyes
2 two 3 little
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 looked
5 looked 6 up
5 looked 7 sharply
7 sharply 8 .

" how do yo'all reckon [ah] can send word ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 4 yo'all
3 do 4 yo'all
4 yo'all 5 reckon
4 yo'all 8 send
4 yo'all 10 ?
7 can 8 send
8 send 9 word
10 ? 11 "
11 " 13 asked
12 he 13 asked
13 asked 14 .

jimmy scratched his head . 
1 jimmy 2 scratched
2 scratched 3 his
2 scratched 4 head
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 .

" there 's [mr] [skimmer] the [swallow] [;] he 's fixing [to] [go] [south] . 
1 " 2 there
1 " 9 he
2 there 3 's
3 's 6 the
9 he 10 's
10 's 11 fixing
11 fixing 15 .

perhaps he 'll take the message to your family , " said he . 
1 perhaps 2 he
1 perhaps 3 'll
3 'll 4 take
4 take 6 message
4 take 8 your
5 the 6 message
6 message 7 to
8 your 9 family
9 family 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

" the very thing ! " cried [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] , wiping his eyes . 
1 " 7 cried
2 the 4 thing
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 cried
7 cried 16 .
12 , 13 wiping
13 wiping 14 his
14 his 15 eyes
15 eyes 16 .

" ah thanks yo ' , [sah] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 thanks
2 ah 6 ,
3 thanks 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
6 , 8 .

ah does , indeed . 
1 ah 2 does
1 ah 3 ,
3 , 4 indeed
4 indeed 5 .

ah ['ll] [see] [mistah] [skimmer] at once . " 
1 ah 6 at
6 at 7 once
7 once 8 .
8 . 9 "

and [without] [another] [word] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] started [down] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] to look for [skimmer] [the] [swallow] [.] 
1 and 9 started
9 started 21 for
19 to 20 look
20 look 21 for

[iv] 

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

unc ['] [billy] isn't any too fond [of] [work] . 
1 unc 10 .
4 isn't 5 any
4 isn't 6 too
6 too 7 fond
7 fond 10 .

but getting ready to receive his family was different . 
1 but 9 different
2 getting 3 ready
3 ready 4 to
4 to 5 receive
5 receive 9 different
6 his 7 family
7 family 8 was
8 was 9 different
9 different 10 .

no one else could arrange things to suit him . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 else
3 else 5 arrange
4 could 5 arrange
5 arrange 6 things
5 arrange 8 suit
7 to 8 suit
8 suit 9 him
9 him 10 .

this was [unc] ['] [billy] 's own job , and he tended right to it every minute of the day . 
1 this 2 was
1 this 17 minute
6 's 7 own
7 own 8 job
8 job 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 tended
11 he 12 tended
12 tended 13 right
12 tended 15 it
12 tended 17 minute
13 right 14 to
16 every 17 minute
17 minute 21 .
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 day
20 day 21 .

first of all he had to clean house . 
1 first 2 of
1 first 4 he
2 of 3 all
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 to
6 to 7 clean
7 clean 8 house
8 house 9 .

he had been keeping bachelor's hall so long in the big hollow tree that things were not very tidy . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 5 bachelor's
3 been 18 very
4 keeping 5 bachelor's
5 bachelor's 6 hall
5 bachelor's 7 so
7 so 8 long
7 so 11 big
7 so 14 that
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 big
11 big 13 tree
12 hollow 13 tree
15 things 16 were
16 were 17 not
16 were 18 very
18 very 19 tidy
19 tidy 20 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [cleaned] [house] , and [while] he worked he whistled and sang . 
1 so 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 he
10 he 11 worked
11 worked 13 whistled
12 he 13 whistled
13 whistled 15 sang
14 and 15 sang
15 sang 16 .

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

" [mah] ol ['] [woman] [is] [away] [down] [souf] [come] [along] [!] 
1 " 3 ol

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

ain't [nothin] ['] [sharper] [than] [the] tongue in her [mouf] [come] [along] [!] 
1 ain't 7 tongue
7 tongue 8 in
8 in 9 her

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

" [mah] pickaninnies [am] a-headin ' dis [way] [come] [along] [!] 
1 " 3 pickaninnies
3 pickaninnies 5 a-headin
5 a-headin 6 '
6 ' 7 dis

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

daddy am a-watchin ' fo ' ' em day by day [come] along ! 
1 daddy 3 a-watchin
1 daddy 14 !
2 am 3 a-watchin
3 a-watchin 4 '
3 a-watchin 5 fo
3 a-watchin 8 em
3 a-watchin 9 day
3 a-watchin 10 by
3 a-watchin 11 day
3 a-watchin 13 along
6 ' 8 em
7 ' 8 em

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

come along ! " 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !
3 ! 4 "

every little while [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [would] sit down [to] [rest] , [for] he [wasn't] [used] [to] [so] [much] [real] [work] [.] 
1 every 2 little
2 little 3 while
3 while 15 he
5 ' 9 sit
9 sit 10 down
10 down 13 ,
13 , 15 he

the more he thought about it , the more he wanted that egg . 
1 the 13 egg
2 more 11 wanted
3 he 4 thought
3 he 11 wanted
4 thought 5 about
5 about 6 it
5 about 8 the
6 it 7 ,
9 more 11 wanted
10 he 11 wanted
11 wanted 13 egg
12 that 13 egg
13 egg 14 .

now [unc] ['] [billy] [was] hardly out of [sight] [when] [along] [came] [bobby] [coon] . 
1 now 6 hardly
6 hardly 8 of
6 hardly 15 .
7 out 8 of

anyway , when he [reached] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's hollow tree , he began to climb up it just as if it were his own . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 when
3 when 4 he
3 when 14 he
4 he 10 's
11 hollow 12 tree
12 tree 13 ,
13 , 14 he
14 he 15 began
15 began 16 to
16 to 17 climb
17 climb 18 up
18 up 21 as
18 up 25 his
19 it 20 just
20 just 21 as
21 as 22 if
22 if 23 it
22 if 24 were
25 his 26 own
26 own 27 .

he looked in at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] door . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 in
2 looked 4 at
4 at 9 door
9 door 10 .

there was the most comfortable bed that he had seen for a long time . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 most
3 the 14 time
4 most 5 comfortable
5 comfortable 6 bed
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 seen
9 had 12 a
11 for 12 a
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 time
14 time 15 .

he looked this way and he looked that way . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 9 way
3 this 4 way
3 this 9 way
4 way 5 and
6 he 7 looked
7 looked 9 way
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 .

nobody was in sight . 
1 nobody 2 was
1 nobody 3 in
3 in 4 sight
4 sight 5 .

then he looked in at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] door once more . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 in
3 looked 5 at
5 at 10 door
10 door 13 .
11 once 12 more
11 once 13 .

that bed certainly did look soft and comfortable . 
1 that 2 bed
2 bed 8 comfortable
2 bed 9 .
3 certainly 4 did
3 certainly 8 comfortable
4 did 5 look
6 soft 7 and
6 soft 8 comfortable

bobby [coon] chuckled to [himself] . 
1 bobby 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 to
4 to 6 .

" [i] [believe] [i] ['ll] just see if that [bed] is as comfortable as it looks , " said he . 
1 " 8 if
1 " 19 said
6 just 7 see
7 see 8 if
9 that 11 is
9 that 16 looks
11 is 13 comfortable
12 as 13 comfortable
13 comfortable 14 as
14 as 15 it
16 looks 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
20 he 21 .

and [two] [minutes] later [bobby] [coon] was curled up fast asleep in [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's bed . 
1 and 4 later
4 later 19 .
7 was 8 curled
7 was 12 in
8 curled 11 asleep
9 up 10 fast
10 fast 11 asleep
12 in 18 bed
17 's 18 bed
18 bed 19 .

[v] 

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

" [dey] ['s] a-coming [,] dey's [a-coming] , dey's a-coming mighty [soon] . 
1 " 4 a-coming
1 " 6 dey's
6 dey's 8 ,
6 dey's 11 mighty
8 , 9 dey's
9 dey's 10 a-coming
11 mighty 13 .

but dey can't come soon enuff fo ' me ! 
1 but 2 dey
2 dey 3 can't
2 dey 6 enuff
4 come 6 enuff
5 soon 6 enuff
6 enuff 7 fo
6 enuff 9 me
6 enuff 10 !
7 fo 8 '

dey 's a-coming , dey's a-coming at de turning ob de moon , [whar] [ah] waits in mah ol ' holler tree ! " 
1 dey 3 a-coming
2 's 3 a-coming
3 a-coming 5 dey's
3 a-coming 7 at
3 a-coming 8 de
4 , 5 dey's
5 dey's 6 a-coming
8 de 10 ob
9 turning 10 ob
10 ob 11 de
11 de 12 moon
12 moon 13 ,
13 , 24 "
16 waits 21 holler
17 in 21 holler
18 mah 19 ol
18 mah 21 holler
19 ol 20 '
21 holler 22 tree
21 holler 23 !
23 ! 24 "

unc ['] [billy] [possum] was singing to himself , as he slowly trudged home from [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house . 
1 unc 6 singing
5 was 6 singing
6 singing 20 .
7 to 8 himself
8 himself 13 trudged
9 , 10 as
10 as 13 trudged
11 he 13 trudged
12 slowly 13 trudged
13 trudged 14 home
13 trudged 19 hen-house
14 home 15 from
19 hen-house 20 .

he was feeling very good , very good indeed , [was] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 7 very
3 feeling 4 very
3 feeling 7 very
4 very 5 good
5 good 6 ,
7 very 8 good
7 very 9 indeed
9 indeed 10 ,
10 , 13 '
13 ' 16 .

so he trudged along and sang in a funny , cracked voice . 
1 so 2 he
1 so 3 trudged
2 he 3 trudged
3 trudged 4 along
3 trudged 6 sang
5 and 6 sang
6 sang 11 cracked
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 funny
9 funny 10 ,
9 funny 11 cracked
11 cracked 12 voice
12 voice 13 .

presently he came to his big hollow tree and started to climb up to the door of his house . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 5 his
5 his 6 big
6 big 8 tree
6 big 19 house
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 12 climb
9 and 10 started
10 started 12 climb
11 to 12 climb
12 climb 13 up
13 up 14 to
15 the 16 door
15 the 19 house
16 door 17 of
18 his 19 house
19 house 20 .

half way up he broke off short in the middle of his song and sat down on a convenient branch . 
1 half 2 way
1 half 5 broke
2 way 3 up
4 he 5 broke
5 broke 6 off
5 broke 7 short
5 broke 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 middle
10 middle 11 of
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 song
13 song 21 .
14 and 15 sat
15 sat 16 down
15 sat 17 on
17 on 18 a
18 a 19 convenient
19 convenient 20 branch
19 convenient 21 .

he put one ear against the trunk of the tree and listened . 
1 he 2 put
2 put 4 ear
3 one 4 ear
4 ear 5 against
4 ear 12 listened
5 against 7 trunk
6 the 7 trunk
7 trunk 8 of
7 trunk 10 tree
9 the 10 tree
10 tree 11 and
12 listened 13 .

then he put the other ear against the tree and listened . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 11 listened
3 put 4 the
3 put 6 ear
5 other 6 ear
6 ear 7 against
6 ear 11 listened
7 against 9 tree
8 the 9 tree
10 and 11 listened
11 listened 12 .

there certainly was a funny noise , and it seemed to come from right inside his hollow tree . 
1 there 3 was
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 6 noise
4 a 17 hollow
5 funny 6 noise
6 noise 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 it
9 it 10 seemed
10 seemed 11 to
12 come 13 from
12 come 15 inside
14 right 15 inside
15 inside 16 his
15 inside 17 hollow
17 hollow 18 tree
18 tree 19 .

unc ['] [billy] turned and looked up at his doorway , scratching his head thoughtfully with one hand . 
1 unc 10 doorway
4 turned 6 looked
4 turned 9 his
5 and 6 looked
6 looked 7 up
6 looked 8 at
9 his 10 doorway
10 doorway 12 scratching
11 , 12 scratching
12 scratching 15 thoughtfully
13 his 14 head
14 head 15 thoughtfully
15 thoughtfully 16 with
15 thoughtfully 17 one
15 thoughtfully 19 .
17 one 18 hand

" [mah] goodness ! " said [unc] ' [billy] , " it cert'nly sounds like there was somebody in mah house ! " 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 13 cert'nly
4 ! 5 "
4 ! 8 '
5 " 6 said
8 ' 13 cert'nly
10 , 11 "
11 " 13 cert'nly
12 it 13 cert'nly
13 cert'nly 14 sounds
14 sounds 15 like
14 sounds 18 somebody
16 there 17 was
16 there 18 somebody
18 somebody 20 mah
19 in 20 mah
20 mah 21 house
20 mah 22 !
22 ! 23 "

then [very] [softly] [unc] ['] [billy] crept up to his doorway and peeped in . 
1 then 13 peeped
7 crept 8 up
7 crept 13 peeped
9 to 10 his
10 his 11 doorway
11 doorway 13 peeped
12 and 13 peeped
13 peeped 14 in
13 peeped 15 .

but if he couldn't see , he could hear . 
1 but 2 if
2 if 8 could
3 he 4 couldn't
3 he 8 could
4 couldn't 5 see
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 hear
9 hear 10 .

oh , yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] could hear perfectly well , and what he heard was a snore ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 14 ,
2 , 3 yes
3 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 indeed
5 indeed 6 ,
6 , 8 '
10 could 11 hear
11 hear 12 perfectly
12 perfectly 13 well
13 well 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 what
16 what 19 was
17 he 18 heard
17 he 19 was
19 was 20 a
20 a 21 snore
21 snore 22 !

there was some one in [unc] ['] [billy] 's house , and more than that [,] they were [fast] [asleep] in [unc] ['] [billy] 's bed . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 9 's
2 was 4 one
2 was 5 in
3 some 4 one
9 's 10 house
10 house 12 and
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 more
13 more 14 than
14 than 15 that
15 that 17 they
17 they 18 were
18 were 21 in
21 in 26 bed
25 's 26 bed
26 bed 27 .

" [mah] goodness ! 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !

mah goodness ! " exclaimed [unc] ' [billy] [possum] , and his two sharp little eyes began to snap . 
1 mah 2 goodness
2 goodness 3 !
2 goodness 10 ,
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 7 '
4 " 5 exclaimed
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 his
11 and 17 began
12 his 16 eyes
13 two 14 sharp
14 sharp 15 little
14 sharp 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 began
17 began 18 to
18 to 19 snap
19 snap 20 .

then he stuck his head in at the door and shouted : 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 stuck
2 he 11 shouted
3 stuck 5 head
3 stuck 6 in
4 his 5 head
6 in 8 the
7 at 8 the
8 the 9 door
9 door 10 and
11 shouted 12 :

" hi , yo'all ! 
1 " 2 hi
2 hi 3 ,
2 hi 4 yo'all
4 yo'all 5 !

what yo ' doing in mah house ? " 
1 what 2 yo
1 what 8 ?
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 6 mah
4 doing 6 mah
5 in 6 mah
6 mah 7 house
8 ? 9 "

the only answer was another snore . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 6 snore
3 answer 6 snore
4 was 6 snore
5 another 6 snore
6 snore 7 .

unc ['] [billy] waited a minute . 
1 unc 4 waited
4 waited 6 minute
5 a 6 minute
6 minute 7 .

then he put his head in once more . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 in
5 head 9 .
7 once 8 more
7 once 9 .

the only answer was a snore louder than before . 
1 the 7 louder
2 only 6 snore
3 answer 6 snore
4 was 6 snore
5 a 6 snore
6 snore 7 louder
7 louder 8 than
7 louder 9 before
7 louder 10 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] [quite] [lost] his temper . 
1 then 7 his
7 his 8 temper
8 temper 9 .

some one who had no business there was in his house ! 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 who
3 who 4 had
4 had 5 no
5 no 6 business
6 business 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 in
9 in 10 his
10 his 11 house
11 house 12 !

he didn't know who it was , and he didn't care . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
2 didn't 11 care
3 know 4 who
5 it 6 was
5 it 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 care
11 care 12 .

they were going to come out or he would know why not . 
1 they 2 were
1 they 9 would
2 were 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 come
5 come 6 out
7 or 9 would
8 he 9 would
9 would 12 not
10 know 11 why
11 why 12 not
12 not 13 .

unc ['] [billy] gritted his teeth and in he went [.] 
1 unc 4 gritted
4 gritted 5 his
4 gritted 6 teeth
4 gritted 10 went
7 and 8 in
7 and 10 went
9 he 10 went

my ! [my] [!] my ! such a rumpus as there was right away in that hollow tree ! 
1 my 2 !
1 my 19 !
5 my 6 !
5 my 19 !
7 such 9 rumpus
8 a 9 rumpus
9 rumpus 10 as
9 rumpus 11 there
9 rumpus 12 was
9 rumpus 13 right
9 rumpus 17 hollow
11 there 12 was
13 right 14 away
15 in 17 hollow
16 that 17 hollow
17 hollow 18 tree
18 tree 19 !

peter [rabbit] happened [to] [be] [coming] [along] that way and heard it . 
1 peter 3 happened
3 happened 8 that
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 and
9 way 13 .
11 heard 12 it
12 it 13 .

peter stopped and gazed at the hollow tree with eyes and mouth wide open . 
1 peter 2 stopped
2 stopped 4 gazed
3 and 4 gazed
4 gazed 5 at
5 at 6 the
6 the 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 13 wide
9 with 10 eyes
10 eyes 13 wide
11 and 13 wide
12 mouth 13 wide
13 wide 14 open
14 open 15 .

such a snarling and growling ! 
1 such 2 a
1 such 3 snarling
3 snarling 4 and
3 snarling 5 growling
3 snarling 6 !

then out of the doorway began to fly leaves and moss . 
1 then 2 out
2 out 3 of
2 out 5 doorway
4 the 5 doorway
5 doorway 6 began
5 doorway 11 moss
5 doorway 12 .
6 began 7 to
7 to 8 fly
9 leaves 10 and
9 leaves 11 moss

they were [part] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [bed] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 10 .

then [peter] [saw] [a] [big] [ringed] [tail] hanging out of the doorway . 
1 then 8 hanging
8 hanging 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 doorway
12 doorway 13 .

peter recognized it right away . 
1 peter 2 recognized
2 recognized 3 it
2 recognized 4 right
4 right 5 away
5 away 6 .

no one possessed a tail like that but [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 no 2 one
1 no 8 but
2 one 3 possessed
3 possessed 7 that
4 a 5 tail
5 tail 6 like
6 like 7 that

in a minute [bobby] [followed] his tail [,] hastily backing down the tree . 
1 in 2 a
1 in 6 his
2 a 3 minute
6 his 7 tail
7 tail 14 .
9 hastily 10 backing
9 hastily 14 .
10 backing 13 tree
11 down 12 the
12 the 13 tree

then [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [sharp] [little] [old] [face] [appeared] [at] the doorway . 
1 then 12 the
12 the 13 doorway
13 doorway 14 .

unc ['] [billy] looked down at [peter] [rabbit] and grinned . 
1 unc 4 looked
1 unc 10 grinned
4 looked 5 down
4 looked 6 at
9 and 10 grinned
10 grinned 11 .

" ah guess [mistah] [coon] done make a mistake when he went to bed in mah house , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 6 done
3 guess 16 mah
3 guess 18 ,
7 make 8 a
8 a 9 mistake
9 mistake 10 when
10 when 11 he
11 he 12 went
12 went 14 bed
13 to 14 bed
14 bed 16 mah
15 in 16 mah
16 mah 17 house
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
21 he 22 .

and [bobby] [coon] sheepishly admitted that he did . 
1 and 7 he
4 sheepishly 5 admitted
5 admitted 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 did
8 did 9 .

[vi] 

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

" [i] ['m] [mr] [jaybird] [,] tee-hee-hee ! 
1 " 7 tee-hee-hee
7 tee-hee-hee 8 !

i 'm [mr] [jaybird] [;] [you] watch me ! 
1 i 2 'm
1 i 7 watch
7 watch 8 me
8 me 9 !

you 've got to rise ' fore break of day [if] you want to fool [old] [mr] [jay] . " 
1 you 2 've
1 you 13 want
2 've 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 rise
5 rise 7 fore
6 ' 7 fore
7 fore 8 break
8 break 10 day
9 of 10 day
12 you 13 want
13 want 14 to
13 want 15 fool
15 fool 19 .
19 . 20 "

over and over [sammy] [jay] hummed [this] , as he brushed his handsome blue and white coat . 
1 over 11 brushed
2 and 11 brushed
3 over 11 brushed
6 hummed 11 brushed
8 , 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 brushed
11 brushed 12 his
11 brushed 17 coat
13 handsome 17 coat
14 blue 15 and
14 blue 17 coat
16 white 17 coat
17 coat 18 .

when [peter] goes [about] whispering , it 's a sure sign that he 's got a secret . 
1 when 3 goes
3 goes 5 whispering
5 whispering 18 .
6 , 7 it
7 it 8 's
7 it 18 .
8 's 9 a
8 's 17 secret
10 sure 11 sign
10 sure 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 15 got
14 's 15 got
15 got 16 a
16 a 17 secret

he thinks that he can keep it from me , but he can't . 
1 he 2 thinks
2 thinks 4 he
2 thinks 5 can
2 thinks 12 he
3 that 4 he
5 can 6 keep
6 keep 7 it
8 from 9 me
9 me 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 can't
13 can't 14 .

oh , my , no ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 my
1 oh 4 ,
1 oh 5 no
1 oh 6 !

i never knew of a secret that could be kept by more than two people , and [already] [i] ['ve] [seen] [peter] whisper [to] five . 
1 i 2 never
2 never 3 knew
3 knew 6 secret
3 knew 7 that
4 of 5 a
5 a 6 secret
7 that 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 kept
10 kept 25 five
11 by 25 five
12 more 13 than
13 than 14 two
13 than 25 five
14 two 15 people
15 people 16 ,
16 , 17 and
23 whisper 25 five
25 five 26 .

i 'll just see what [reddy] [fox] knows about it . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
2 'll 4 see
4 see 5 what
4 see 10 it
8 knows 9 about
9 about 10 it
10 it 11 .
11 . 12 "

with a flirt of his tail [sammy] [jay] [started] for the [green] [meadows] , [where] [reddy] [fox] was [busy] hunting for [his] breakfast . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 flirt
3 flirt 4 of
3 flirt 6 tail
4 of 5 his
6 tail 10 for
10 for 11 the
11 the 23 breakfast
14 , 18 was
18 was 20 hunting
20 hunting 21 for
20 hunting 23 breakfast
23 breakfast 24 .

" it 's a fine morning , [reddy] [fox] , " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 12 said
2 it 3 's
3 's 5 fine
4 a 5 fine
5 fine 6 morning
7 , 11 "
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 15 .

" it would be finer , if [i] could fill my stomach faster , " replied [reddy] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 5 finer
2 it 3 would
3 would 4 be
5 finer 6 ,
5 finer 13 faster
6 , 7 if
7 if 9 could
9 could 10 fill
10 fill 11 my
10 fill 12 stomach
13 faster 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
16 replied 18 .

" that 's a pretty good secret of [peter] [rabbit] ['s] , isn't it ? " asked [sammy] [,] pretending to look very wise . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 a
3 's 24 wise
4 a 6 good
4 a 7 secret
5 pretty 6 good
7 secret 8 of
7 secret 20 pretending
12 , 16 "
12 , 20 pretending
13 isn't 14 it
13 isn't 15 ?
15 ? 16 "
16 " 17 asked
20 pretending 21 to
21 to 22 look
23 very 24 wise
24 wise 25 .

reddy pricked up his sharp little ears . 
1 reddy 2 pricked
2 pricked 3 up
2 pricked 7 ears
4 his 7 ears
5 sharp 6 little
5 sharp 7 ears
7 ears 8 .

" what secret ? " he demanded . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 secret
3 secret 4 ?
4 ? 5 "
5 " 6 he
6 he 7 demanded
7 demanded 8 .

blacky knew [nothing] about [peter] [rabbit] ['s] secret [,] [nor] [did] [shadow] the [weasel] , [whom] [he] [met] by the way . 
1 blacky 2 knew
2 knew 4 about
4 about 8 secret
8 secret 22 .
13 the 21 way
15 , 19 by
19 by 20 the
20 the 21 way
21 way 22 .

but [sammy] [jay] [was] not in the least bit discouraged [.] 
1 but 5 not
5 not 9 bit
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 least
8 least 9 bit
9 bit 10 discouraged

" [i] ['ll] [try] [johnny] [chuck] [;] he ['ll] know , " said [sammy] to himself . 
1 " 8 he
8 he 13 said
8 he 16 himself
10 know 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
15 to 16 himself
16 himself 17 .

he found [johnny] sitting on his doorstep , watching the world [go] [by] . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 4 sitting
4 sitting 5 on
5 on 7 doorstep
5 on 10 the
6 his 7 doorstep
7 doorstep 9 watching
8 , 9 watching
10 the 11 world
11 world 14 .

" good morning , [johnny] [chuck] , " said [sammy] , with a low bow . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
3 morning 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 ,
11 , 12 with
12 with 13 a
13 a 14 low
14 low 15 bow
15 bow 16 .

" good morning , " [replied] [johnny] [chuck] , who [always] is polite . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 14 .
9 , 10 who
9 , 14 .
10 who 12 is
12 is 13 polite

" isn't that a fine secret of [peter] [rabbit] 's ? " exclaimed [sammy] , just as if he knew all about it . 
1 " 2 isn't
1 " 13 exclaimed
2 isn't 3 that
2 isn't 4 a
4 a 5 fine
5 fine 6 secret
6 secret 7 of
10 's 11 ?
11 ? 12 "
12 " 13 exclaimed
13 exclaimed 24 .
15 , 18 if
16 just 17 as
17 as 18 if
18 if 19 he
19 he 20 knew
20 knew 22 about
21 all 22 about
22 about 23 it
23 it 24 .

johnny [chuck] raised his eyebrows and [put] [on] the most surprised look . 
1 johnny 3 raised
1 johnny 13 .
4 his 5 eyebrows
5 eyebrows 6 and
5 eyebrows 13 .
6 and 9 the
9 the 10 most
10 most 11 surprised
11 surprised 12 look

" do tell me what it is ! " he begged . 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 tell
3 tell 4 me
3 tell 5 what
5 what 7 is
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 begged
11 begged 12 .

and as he flew , he said to himself : " [johnny] [chuck] can't fool me ; he [does] [know] [peter] [rabbit] 's secret . " 
1 and 6 he
2 as 3 he
2 as 6 he
3 he 4 flew
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 said
7 said 10 :
8 to 9 himself
9 himself 10 :
10 : 26 "
11 " 14 can't
14 can't 15 fool
15 fool 16 me
16 me 25 .
17 ; 18 he
18 he 23 's
23 's 24 secret
24 secret 25 .
25 . 26 "

over in [the] [green] [forest] [he] [found] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] making a great racket on the hollow limb of an old chestnut . 
1 over 2 in
2 in 18 limb
11 making 14 racket
12 a 14 racket
13 great 14 racket
14 racket 15 on
14 racket 18 limb
16 the 17 hollow
17 hollow 18 limb
18 limb 19 of
18 limb 22 chestnut
18 limb 23 .
20 an 21 old
21 old 22 chestnut

sammy sat down near by and listened . 
1 sammy 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
2 sat 5 by
2 sat 7 listened
4 near 5 by
6 and 7 listened
7 listened 8 .

" my , that 's fine ! 
1 " 2 my
2 my 6 fine
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 's
5 's 6 fine
6 fine 7 !

i wish [i] could do that . 
1 i 2 wish
1 i 5 do
2 wish 4 could
5 do 6 that
5 do 7 .

you must be [practising] [,] ["] [said] [sammy] at the end of a [long] rat-a-tat-tat . 
1 you 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 9 at
9 at 10 the
10 the 11 end
10 the 16 .
11 end 12 of
12 of 13 a
13 a 15 rat-a-tat-tat

drummer [the] [woodpecker] felt very [much] flattered . 
1 drummer 7 flattered
4 felt 5 very
5 very 7 flattered
7 flattered 8 .

" [i] [am] , " said he . 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
7 he 8 .

" [i] ['m] practising [for] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] . " 
1 " 4 practising
4 practising 10 .
10 . 11 "

" [i] thought so , " replied [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 7 replied
3 thought 4 so
4 so 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 10 .

of course he hadn't thought anything of the kind . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 8 the
1 of 9 kind
2 course 4 hadn't
3 he 4 hadn't
4 hadn't 5 thought
4 hadn't 6 anything
7 of 8 the
9 kind 10 .

" won't [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] be surprised [?] ["] [remarked] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] , as he sat down to rest . 
1 " 2 won't
2 won't 7 be
7 be 8 surprised
8 surprised 15 ,
15 , 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 sat
18 sat 19 down
19 down 21 rest
20 to 21 rest
21 rest 22 .

by and by , as he flew home , [sammy] [jay] [chuckled] [and] said : 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 15 :
4 , 5 as
4 , 14 said
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 flew
8 home 9 ,
9 , 14 said
14 said 15 :

" you 've got to rise ' fore break of day [if] you want to fool [old] [mr] [jay] . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 've
2 you 14 want
3 've 4 got
4 got 5 to
5 to 6 rise
6 rise 8 fore
7 ' 8 fore
8 fore 9 break
9 break 11 day
10 of 11 day
13 you 14 want
14 want 15 to
14 want 16 fool
16 fool 20 .
20 . 21 "

[vii] 

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

" some folks think they 're mighty smart [oh] [,] [la] [me] ! 
1 " 13 !
2 some 3 folks
3 folks 4 think
3 folks 7 mighty
5 they 6 're
6 're 7 mighty
7 mighty 8 smart
8 smart 13 !

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

like the knave [who] stole the tart [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 3 knave
2 the 3 knave
3 knave 7 tart
5 stole 6 the
6 the 7 tart

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

some folks will waken up some day [and] find [they] [can't] fool [mr] [jay] ! " 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 4 waken
3 will 4 waken
4 waken 5 up
4 waken 6 some
4 waken 9 find
4 waken 12 fool
6 some 7 day
12 fool 15 !
15 ! 16 "

sammy [jay] was mightily pleased with himself . 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 4 mightily
4 mightily 5 pleased
5 pleased 8 .
6 with 7 himself
7 himself 8 .

sammy [jay] smacked his lips as he thought of this . 
1 sammy 3 smacked
3 smacked 4 his
3 smacked 5 lips
5 lips 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 thought
8 thought 9 of
8 thought 10 this
10 this 11 .

then he looked up at jolly , round , red [mr] [sun] [and] [winked] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 up
3 looked 8 round
5 at 6 jolly
6 jolly 7 ,
6 jolly 8 round
8 round 9 ,
8 round 10 red

the worst of it is , they are not honest . 
1 the 2 worst
2 worst 3 of
2 worst 6 ,
3 of 4 it
4 it 5 is
6 , 7 they
7 they 8 are
8 are 9 not
9 not 10 honest
10 honest 11 .

they steal whenever they get a chance , and always they try to get others into trouble . 
1 they 2 steal
2 steal 3 whenever
3 whenever 4 they
3 whenever 5 get
3 whenever 11 they
3 whenever 14 get
6 a 7 chance
7 chance 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 always
9 and 11 they
12 try 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 others
14 get 16 into
16 into 17 trouble
17 trouble 18 .

that was [why] [peter] [rabbit] had left them out , when he planned his surprise party for [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 22 .
6 had 7 left
6 had 13 planned
7 left 8 them
8 them 9 out
10 , 11 when
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 planned
13 planned 15 surprise
14 his 15 surprise
15 surprise 16 party
16 party 17 for
16 party 22 .

sammy had a plan , and the angrier the others grew , the more likely were they to help him . 
1 sammy 2 had
1 sammy 4 plan
3 a 4 plan
4 plan 19 help
5 , 6 and
6 and 8 angrier
7 the 8 angrier
8 angrier 10 others
8 angrier 11 grew
9 the 10 others
11 grew 12 ,
11 grew 14 more
13 the 14 more
14 more 15 likely
15 likely 17 they
15 likely 18 to
16 were 17 they
18 to 19 help
19 help 20 him
20 him 21 .

" you wait [till] [i] catch [peter] [rabbit] ! " said [reddy] [fox] and showed all his teeth . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 11 said
2 you 3 wait
6 catch 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 19 .
14 and 15 showed
15 showed 16 all
15 showed 18 teeth
17 his 18 teeth
18 teeth 19 .

he quite forgot that [,] [despite] all [his] smartness , he [never] [yet] had caught [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 he 3 forgot
1 he 14 had
1 he 18 .
2 quite 3 forgot
4 that 7 all
4 that 11 he
7 all 9 smartness
9 smartness 10 ,
11 he 14 had
14 had 15 caught

blacky [the] [crow] scratched his head thoughtfully . 
1 blacky 4 scratched
4 scratched 5 his
4 scratched 6 head
5 his 6 head
6 head 8 .
7 thoughtfully 8 .

" we can spoil his surprise [by] telling [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] all about it beforehand , " said he . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 can
3 can 4 spoil
4 spoil 5 his
4 spoil 6 surprise
6 surprise 8 telling
6 surprise 21 .
8 telling 15 it
13 all 14 about
14 about 15 it
16 beforehand 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
19 said 21 .

sammy [jay] winked [at] each of the others . 
1 sammy 3 winked
1 sammy 9 .
5 each 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 others
8 others 9 .

he cleared his throat and looked all around , to make sure that no one else was near . 
1 he 2 cleared
1 he 17 was
2 cleared 3 his
3 his 4 throat
4 throat 5 and
5 and 6 looked
6 looked 8 around
7 all 8 around
8 around 9 ,
10 to 11 make
11 make 12 sure
12 sure 13 that
13 that 17 was
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 else
16 else 17 was
17 was 18 near
18 near 19 .

then he leaned forward and whispered : " let's invite ourselves to the party . " 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 leaned
2 he 6 whispered
3 leaned 4 forward
4 forward 5 and
6 whispered 7 :
7 : 8 "
8 " 9 let's
9 let's 10 invite
10 invite 14 party
11 ourselves 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 party
14 party 15 .
15 . 16 "

" what do you mean ? " exclaimed the others , all together . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 5 mean
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 10 others
8 exclaimed 14 .
9 the 10 others
10 others 11 ,
10 others 13 together
12 all 13 together

" [just] what [i] say , " replied [sammy] . 
1 " 3 what
1 " 8 replied
5 say 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 replied
8 replied 10 .

" we 'll be the real surprise . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 be
4 be 6 real
5 the 6 real
6 real 7 surprise
7 surprise 8 .

before the party begins , you will hide close to where it is to be . 
1 before 9 close
1 before 16 .
2 the 3 party
3 party 4 begins
4 begins 8 hide
5 , 6 you
6 you 7 will
7 will 8 hide
8 hide 9 close
9 close 10 to
9 close 11 where
9 close 14 to
11 where 13 is
12 it 13 is
14 to 15 be

of course every one will run away , and we 'll have all the good things to eat . " 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 every
2 course 5 will
3 every 4 one
5 will 6 run
5 will 12 have
5 will 18 eat
7 away 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 we
10 we 11 'll
11 'll 12 have
13 all 14 the
13 all 16 things
15 good 16 things
16 things 18 eat
17 to 18 eat
18 eat 19 .
19 . 20 "

" haw ! haw ! haw ! 
1 " 2 haw
2 haw 3 !
2 haw 4 haw
4 haw 5 !
4 haw 6 haw
6 haw 7 !

the very thing ! 
1 the 3 thing
2 very 3 thing
3 thing 4 !

we 'll all be there , " cried [blacky] the [crow] [.] 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 all
2 'll 4 be
4 be 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 cried
8 cried 10 the

the four little scamps shook hands and separated . 
1 the 4 scamps
2 four 4 scamps
3 little 4 scamps
4 scamps 5 shook
4 scamps 8 separated
5 shook 6 hands
6 hands 7 and
8 separated 9 .

as they went across [the] [green] [meadows] [,] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] floated back to the [lone] [pine] [.] 
1 as 2 they
2 they 3 went
3 went 4 across
4 across 16 the
13 floated 14 back
14 back 15 to
15 to 16 the

he was singing , although he has a very poor voice for singing , and this was his song : 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 singing
3 singing 5 although
3 singing 19 song
4 , 5 although
5 although 6 he
6 he 7 has
7 has 8 a
8 a 9 very
9 very 10 poor
11 voice 13 singing
12 for 13 singing
13 singing 14 ,
13 singing 19 song
14 , 15 and
16 this 17 was
16 this 19 song
18 his 19 song
19 song 20 :

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [what] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ["] [exclaimed] [the] [others] [all] [together] [.] []] 

" some folks think they 're mighty smart [oh] [,] [la] [me] ! 
1 " 13 !
2 some 3 folks
3 folks 4 think
3 folks 7 mighty
5 they 6 're
6 're 7 mighty
7 mighty 8 smart
8 smart 13 !

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

like the knave [who] stole the tart [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 3 knave
2 the 3 knave
3 knave 7 tart
5 stole 6 the
6 the 7 tart

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

some folks will waken up some day [and] find [they] [can't] fool [mr] [jay] ! " 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 4 waken
3 will 4 waken
4 waken 5 up
4 waken 6 some
4 waken 9 find
4 waken 12 fool
6 some 7 day
12 fool 15 !
15 ! 16 "

" is that so ? 
1 " 2 is
2 is 3 that
2 is 4 so
2 is 5 ?

then [old] [mr] [toad] [winked] [slowly] [and] [solemnly] [at] [jolly] , [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] and started off [to] [find] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 then 11 ,
11 , 17 and
17 and 18 started
18 started 19 off
19 off 24 .

[viii] 

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

it was a beautiful morning . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 morning
5 morning 6 .

everybody said so , and what everybody says is usually so . 
1 everybody 2 said
1 everybody 3 so
1 everybody 8 says
4 , 5 and
5 and 7 everybody
6 what 7 everybody
7 everybody 8 says
8 says 10 usually
8 says 12 .
9 is 10 usually
10 usually 11 so

peter [rabbit] [wore] [the] broadest [kind] [of] [a] [smile] . 
1 peter 10 .
5 broadest 10 .

peter stopped them before they had a chance to run away . 
1 peter 2 stopped
1 peter 6 had
3 them 4 before
4 before 5 they
5 they 6 had
6 had 10 run
7 a 8 chance
8 chance 9 to
9 to 10 run
10 run 11 away
11 away 12 .

sammy [jay] [had] risen [very] [early] that [morning] . 
1 sammy 4 risen
4 risen 7 that
7 that 9 .

almost at once his sharp eyes had seen [peter] [rabbit] sending [out] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [.] 
1 almost 2 at
1 almost 5 sharp
2 at 3 once
4 his 5 sharp
5 sharp 6 eyes
5 sharp 11 sending
7 had 8 seen
7 had 11 sending

sammy 's wits are as sharp as his eyes , and you know it is very hard to really fool sharp wits . 
1 sammy 2 's
1 sammy 6 sharp
3 wits 4 are
3 wits 6 sharp
4 are 5 as
6 sharp 7 as
6 sharp 9 eyes
6 sharp 22 wits
8 his 9 eyes
9 eyes 11 and
10 , 11 and
12 you 13 know
12 you 19 really
13 know 14 it
14 it 15 is
15 is 16 very
16 very 17 hard
17 hard 18 to
19 really 20 fool
20 fool 21 sharp
21 sharp 22 wits
22 wits 23 .

right away [sammy] had guessed [what] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] [hurrying] [so] [for] , but he sat and waited and listened . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 23 .
4 had 5 guessed
4 had 22 listened
5 guessed 15 ,
15 , 16 but
15 , 21 and
17 he 18 sat
17 he 20 waited
18 sat 19 and
20 waited 21 and
22 listened 23 .

pretty soon he [heard] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] start [a] [long] [rat-a-tat-tat] [over] [by] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] [tree] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
1 pretty 8 start
2 soon 3 he

then [sammy] [was] [sure] [that] [this] [was] the [day] of [peter] [rabbit] ['s] party . 
1 then 8 the
8 the 14 party
10 of 14 party
14 party 15 .

sammy grinned as he hurried [off] to find [blacky] [the] [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] and [shadow] the [weasel] . 
1 sammy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 as
2 grinned 19 .
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 hurried
5 hurried 7 to
5 hurried 17 the
7 to 8 find
15 and 17 the

reddy was not yet out of bed , but when he heard [sammy] [jay] [at] [his] [door] , he tumbled out in a hurry . 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 3 not
2 was 5 out
3 not 4 yet
5 out 6 of
5 out 7 bed
5 out 20 tumbled
7 bed 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 when
10 when 11 he
10 when 12 heard
18 , 19 he
19 he 20 tumbled
20 tumbled 21 out
20 tumbled 24 hurry
22 in 24 hurry
23 a 24 hurry
24 hurry 25 .

he didn't stop to get any breakfast , because he had planned to get all he could eat at the party . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 17 could
2 didn't 3 stop
3 stop 4 to
5 get 6 any
6 any 7 breakfast
7 breakfast 8 ,
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 he
10 he 11 had
10 he 17 could
11 had 12 planned
12 planned 13 to
12 planned 15 all
13 to 14 get
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 eat
18 eat 22 .
19 at 20 the
20 the 21 party
21 party 22 .

so he hurried over to where the party was to be . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 hurried
3 hurried 4 over
3 hurried 5 to
5 to 11 be
6 where 7 the
7 the 8 party
8 party 9 was
8 party 10 to
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 .

there [he] [stretched] [himself] [out] and [made] [himself] [as] [comfortable] [as] [he] [could] [.] 
1 there 6 and

pretty soon [shadow] [the] [weasel] joined [reddy] [fox] in the hollow log , and they [whispered] and [chuckled] [while] they waited . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 6 joined
6 joined 14 and
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 hollow
11 hollow 12 log
12 log 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 they
15 they 21 waited
17 and 21 waited
20 they 21 waited
21 waited 22 .

sammy [jay] saw him there but , smart [as] [sammy] [is] , he didn't once suspect innocent-looking [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 sammy 3 saw
3 saw 4 him
4 him 7 ,
4 him 21 .
5 there 7 ,
6 but 7 ,
8 smart 12 ,
8 smart 16 suspect
12 , 13 he
13 he 14 didn't
14 didn't 15 once
16 suspect 17 innocent-looking
17 innocent-looking 21 .

you see , he didn't know that old [mr] [toad] had overheard all of his plans . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 know
6 know 7 that
6 know 17 .
7 that 8 old
11 had 12 overheard
12 overheard 13 all
13 all 16 plans
14 of 15 his
15 his 16 plans
16 plans 17 .

[ix] 

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

when he reached the ground , [prickly] [porky] [shook] [himself] until he rattled the [thousand] [little] spears hidden in his long coat . 
1 when 3 reached
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
3 reached 5 ground
5 ground 6 ,
5 ground 23 .
11 until 12 he
11 until 13 rattled
13 rattled 14 the
13 rattled 17 spears
17 spears 18 hidden
17 spears 23 .
18 hidden 19 in
19 in 20 his
20 his 22 coat
21 long 22 coat

" [tee-hee-hee] ! " 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 4 "

" no one is laughing at you , " replied a voice right behind him . 
1 " 2 no
1 " 10 replied
2 no 3 one
2 no 5 laughing
4 is 5 laughing
5 laughing 6 at
7 you 8 ,
8 , 10 replied
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 12 voice
11 a 12 voice
12 voice 14 behind
12 voice 16 .
13 right 14 behind
14 behind 15 him

prickly [porky] [turned] [around] . 
1 prickly 5 .

there sat [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 there 2 sat
2 sat 6 .

his big mouth was stretched wide open , and he was laughing all to himself . 
1 his 3 mouth
2 big 3 mouth
3 mouth 6 wide
3 mouth 16 .
4 was 6 wide
5 stretched 6 wide
6 wide 7 open
8 , 9 and
8 , 12 laughing
9 and 10 he
11 was 12 laughing
12 laughing 13 all
12 laughing 15 himself
12 laughing 16 .
14 to 15 himself

something was tickling [old] [mr] [toad] mightily . 
1 something 3 tickling
2 was 3 tickling
3 tickling 7 mightily
7 mightily 8 .

prickly [porky] [scowled] , and a [few] [more] [little] spears peeped out of his long coat . 
1 prickly 17 .
4 , 5 and
4 , 17 .
5 and 6 a
6 a 10 spears
10 spears 11 peeped
11 peeped 12 out
12 out 13 of
12 out 14 his
14 his 16 coat
15 long 16 coat

you know no one likes to be laughed at , and it certainly did look as if [old] [mr] [toad] was laughing at him . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 5 likes
3 no 4 one
4 one 5 likes
5 likes 6 to
5 likes 8 laughed
6 to 7 be
8 laughed 9 at
8 laughed 11 and
8 laughed 23 at
10 , 11 and
12 it 13 certainly
13 certainly 14 did
14 did 15 look
15 look 16 as
15 look 23 at
16 as 17 if
21 was 22 laughing
22 laughing 23 at
23 at 24 him
24 him 25 .

mr [toad] [stopped] [laughing] [and] [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] . 
1 mr 10 .

" it 's a joke , " said he , and slowly winked one eye . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 joke
5 joke 13 winked
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 12 slowly
9 he 12 slowly
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 slowly
12 slowly 13 winked
13 winked 14 one
13 winked 15 eye
14 one 15 eye
15 eye 16 .

" [i] don't see any joke , " said [prickly] [porky] , and his voice was very [fretful] . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 see
3 don't 5 any
5 any 6 joke
6 joke 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 his
14 his 15 voice
15 voice 16 was
16 was 17 very
17 very 19 .

mr [toad] [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] . 
1 mr 7 .

" are you going to [peter] [rabbit] ['s] party ? " 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
2 are 4 going
4 going 5 to
4 going 10 ?
5 to 9 party
10 ? 11 "

" [of] course [i] [am] [.] 
1 " 3 course

what a foolish question , " replied [prickly] [porky] . 
1 what 2 a
2 a 3 foolish
3 foolish 4 question
4 question 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 10 .

" to be sure , a very foolish question , a very foolish question , indeed , " assented [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 19 assented
2 to 3 be
3 be 4 sure
3 be 6 a
4 sure 5 ,
6 a 8 foolish
7 very 8 foolish
8 foolish 9 question
8 foolish 13 foolish
9 question 10 ,
11 a 12 very
11 a 13 foolish
12 very 13 foolish
13 foolish 14 question
13 foolish 16 indeed
15 , 16 indeed
16 indeed 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 assented
19 assented 22 .

old [mr] [toad] [chuckled] [deep] [down] [in] [his] throat . 
1 old 9 throat
9 throat 10 .

" [i] [was] underneath a piece of bark on which [sammy] [jay] was sitting when the plan was made . 
1 " 4 underneath
4 underneath 6 piece
5 a 6 piece
6 piece 7 of
6 piece 8 bark
8 bark 9 on
9 on 10 which
10 which 13 was
13 was 14 sitting
14 sitting 20 .
15 when 16 the
16 the 17 plan
17 plan 18 was
17 plan 20 .
18 was 19 made

of course he [didn't] [know] [i] was there , and [of] [course] [i] [didn't] tell him . " 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 7 was
7 was 8 there
8 there 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 15 tell
15 tell 16 him
16 him 17 .
17 . 18 "

" of course not , " interrupted [prickly] [porky] [,] beginning to grin . 
1 " 7 interrupted
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 not
3 course 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 interrupted
7 interrupted 13 grin
11 beginning 12 to
12 to 13 grin
13 grin 14 .

" of course not , " continued [mr] [toad] , grinning , [too] . 
1 " 14 .
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 not
3 course 5 ,
3 course 12 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 continued
7 continued 11 grinning
10 , 11 grinning
12 , 14 .

" have you told [peter] [rabbit] ? " asked [prickly] [porky] . 
1 " 9 asked
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 told
3 you 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 asked
9 asked 12 .

" not [yet] [,] [but] [i] ['m] going to , by and by , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 not
1 " 16 replied
2 not 8 going
8 going 9 to
10 , 12 and
10 , 16 replied
11 by 12 and
12 and 13 by
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
16 replied 20 .

" but first , [i] [want] you [to] [help] [me] fool [sammy] [jay] and [blacky] the [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] . 
1 " 7 you
1 " 11 fool
2 but 3 first
3 first 4 ,
4 , 7 you
11 fool 14 and
14 and 16 the
16 the 25 .

will you ? " 
1 will 2 you
2 you 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

" of course [i] [will] [if] [i] [can] , but how [can] [i] ? " answered [prickly] [porky] promptly . 
1 " 11 how
2 of 3 course
3 course 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 how
11 how 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
15 " 16 answered
16 answered 19 promptly
19 promptly 20 .

old [mr] [toad] [hopped] [up] , and stretching up [on] [tiptoe] , [whispered] in one of [prickly] [porky] 's ears . 
1 old 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 stretching
8 stretching 9 up
9 up 21 .
12 , 14 in
14 in 15 one
15 one 16 of
16 of 20 ears
19 's 20 ears
20 ears 21 .

prickly [porky] [began] [to] [smile] . 
1 prickly 6 .

then he began to chuckle . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 5 chuckle
5 chuckle 6 .

finally he laughed until he had to hold his sides . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 laughed
3 laughed 4 until
4 until 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 to
7 to 8 hold
8 hold 9 his
9 his 10 sides
10 sides 11 .

" will you do it ? " asked [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 3 you
2 will 3 you
3 you 6 ?
4 do 5 it
4 do 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 asked
8 asked 11 .

prickly [porky] [reached] for his bundle of tender [young] bark . 
1 prickly 6 bundle
4 for 5 his
5 his 6 bundle
6 bundle 11 .
7 of 8 tender
8 tender 10 bark
10 bark 11 .

" of course [i] [will] , " said he , [still] chuckling . 
1 " 8 said
2 of 3 course
3 course 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
8 said 10 ,
10 , 12 chuckling
12 chuckling 13 .

" come on , [mr] [toad] , it 's time we were going . " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 on
2 come 4 ,
4 , 15 "
7 , 8 it
8 it 9 's
8 it 14 .
9 's 10 time
10 time 11 we
11 we 12 were
12 were 13 going
14 . 15 "

[x] 

[the] [runaway] [cabbage] 

reddy [fox] [,] [hiding] [with] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [in] [a] [hollow] [log] [near] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's home [,] [nudged] [shadow] [with] [his] [elbow] . 
1 reddy 18 's
18 's 19 home
19 home 26 .

" [i] [hear] [some] one [coming] , " he whispered . 
1 " 10 whispered
5 one 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 whispered
10 whispered 11 .

shadow peeped out . 
1 shadow 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 out
3 out 4 .

" it 's old [mr] [toad] and [prickly] [porky] , " he whispered [back] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 13 whispered
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 old
7 and 13 whispered
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 he
11 " 13 whispered
12 he 13 whispered
13 whispered 15 .

" [and] there comes [jimmy] [skunk] , with a big-goose egg under [each] arm ! " continued [shadow] , smacking his lips . 
1 " 3 there
1 " 17 continued
3 there 4 comes
7 , 8 with
7 , 16 "
8 with 10 big-goose
9 a 10 big-goose
10 big-goose 11 egg
10 big-goose 12 under
14 arm 15 !
15 ! 16 "
16 " 17 continued
17 continued 23 .
19 , 20 smacking
20 smacking 22 lips
21 his 22 lips
22 lips 23 .

reddy [fox] wriggled [up] where he could peep out , too . 
1 reddy 12 .
3 wriggled 8 peep
5 where 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 peep
8 peep 9 out
8 peep 10 ,
10 , 11 too
11 too 12 .

" my goodness ! 
1 " 3 goodness
2 my 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !

what 's [that] coming down the [lone] [little] [path] ? " whispered [reddy] . 
1 what 2 's
1 what 10 ?
2 's 4 coming
4 coming 5 down
5 down 6 the
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 whispered
12 whispered 14 .

shadow looked . 
1 shadow 2 looked
2 looked 3 .

then he began to laugh , and [reddy] began to laugh , too . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 laugh
5 laugh 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
10 to 11 laugh
11 laugh 12 ,
12 , 13 too
13 too 14 .

but it was laughter that made no sound , for [reddy] and [shadow] didn't want any one to know that they were hiding [there] . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
2 it 25 .
3 was 7 no
4 laughter 6 made
5 that 6 made
6 made 7 no
7 no 8 sound
7 no 9 ,
9 , 10 for
12 and 21 they
14 didn't 15 want
14 didn't 19 know
15 want 16 any
15 want 18 to
16 any 17 one
19 know 20 that
20 that 21 they
21 they 22 were
22 were 23 hiding
23 hiding 25 .

it was a funny sight they were peeping out at . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 11 .
2 was 8 peeping
3 a 4 funny
4 funny 5 sight
4 funny 8 peeping
6 they 7 were
7 were 8 peeping
8 peeping 9 out
8 peeping 10 at

it certainly was a funny sight . 
1 it 2 certainly
1 it 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 funny
5 funny 6 sight
6 sight 7 .

down the [lone] [little] [path] [came] [peter] [rabbit] and his cousin [,] [juniper] [the] [hare] , rolling a huge cabbage . 
1 down 2 the
2 the 11 cousin
9 and 10 his
10 his 11 cousin
11 cousin 21 .
16 , 17 rolling
17 rolling 20 cabbage
18 a 19 huge
18 a 20 cabbage
20 cabbage 21 .

right at the top of a little hill the cabbage got away from them . 
1 right 12 away
2 at 3 the
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
4 top 8 hill
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 hill
8 hill 10 cabbage
9 the 10 cabbage
10 cabbage 11 got
10 cabbage 12 away
12 away 13 from
12 away 15 .
13 from 14 them
14 them 15 .

down [it] [started] , rolling and bounding along , with [peter] [rabbit] and [jumper] [the] [hare] [frantically] trying to catch it . 
1 down 13 and
4 , 5 rolling
4 , 13 and
5 rolling 7 bounding
6 and 7 bounding
7 bounding 8 along
8 along 10 with
9 , 10 with
13 and 20 catch
18 trying 19 to
19 to 20 catch
20 catch 22 .
21 it 22 .

just ahead [was] [johnny] [chuck] with a big bundle of [sweet] clover , [which] he was bringing to [peter] [rabbit] ['s] party . 
1 just 2 ahead
2 ahead 10 of
6 with 7 a
7 a 9 bundle
8 big 9 bundle
9 bundle 10 of
10 of 12 clover
12 clover 13 ,
13 , 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 bringing
17 bringing 18 to
17 bringing 22 party
22 party 23 .

he didn't see the big cabbage coming . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
3 see 7 coming
4 the 6 cabbage
5 big 6 cabbage
6 cabbage 7 coming
7 coming 8 .

it knocked his feet from under him , and down he went with a thump , flat on his back . 
1 it 2 knocked
2 knocked 4 feet
2 knocked 7 him
2 knocked 9 and
2 knocked 10 down
3 his 4 feet
4 feet 6 under
5 from 6 under
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 and
10 down 17 flat
11 he 12 went
12 went 13 with
13 with 14 a
14 a 15 thump
15 thump 16 ,
15 thump 17 flat
17 flat 18 on
17 flat 20 back
18 on 19 his
20 back 21 .

right on top of him [fell] [jumper] [the] [hare] , who was [close] [behind] the [runaway] cabbage and had no time to turn aside . 
1 right 2 on
2 on 3 top
3 top 4 of
4 of 5 him
5 him 25 .
10 , 11 who
11 who 12 was
11 who 19 had
12 was 15 the
15 the 17 cabbage
17 cabbage 18 and
19 had 20 no
20 no 21 time
21 time 22 to
21 time 25 .
22 to 23 turn
23 turn 24 aside

over the two of them [fell] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 over 2 the
1 over 5 them
3 two 4 of
4 of 5 them
5 them 9 .

such a mix-up ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 mix-up
3 mix-up 4 !

and the big cabbage kept right on running away . 
1 and 5 kept
2 the 4 cabbage
3 big 4 cabbage
4 cabbage 5 kept
5 kept 6 right
6 right 7 on
6 right 9 away
8 running 9 away
9 away 10 .

jimmy [skunk] [,] [who] never [hurries] [,] heard the noise behind him [and] [turned] to see what it all meant . 
1 jimmy 21 .
5 never 8 heard
8 heard 10 noise
9 the 10 noise
10 noise 11 behind
11 behind 12 him
12 him 15 to
12 him 21 .
15 to 16 see
16 see 17 what
16 see 18 it
18 it 19 all
19 all 20 meant

but he didn't have time to more than blink his eyes before the runaway cabbage hit him full in the stomach . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 have
3 didn't 9 blink
5 time 6 to
6 to 9 blink
7 more 8 than
8 than 9 blink
9 blink 10 his
9 blink 22 .
10 his 11 eyes
10 his 21 stomach
12 before 14 runaway
13 the 14 runaway
14 runaway 15 cabbage
14 runaway 16 hit
14 runaway 21 stomach
16 hit 17 him
18 full 21 stomach
19 in 20 the
19 in 21 stomach

down [went] [jimmy] [skunk] with [a] [grunt] [.] 
1 down 5 with

one big egg flew over against a tree and broke . 
1 one 2 big
2 big 3 egg
2 big 8 tree
3 egg 4 flew
4 flew 5 over
6 against 8 tree
7 a 8 tree
8 tree 9 and
8 tree 10 broke
8 tree 11 .

jimmy landed on the other , and this broke , too . 
1 jimmy 2 landed
1 jimmy 12 .
2 landed 3 on
2 landed 9 broke
3 on 4 the
4 the 5 other
5 other 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 this
10 , 11 too
11 too 12 .

such a sight as [jimmy] [skunk] [was] ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 sight
3 sight 4 as
3 sight 8 !

egg dripped from every part of his handsome black and white coat . 
1 egg 2 dripped
2 dripped 3 from
2 dripped 4 every
2 dripped 5 part
2 dripped 7 his
2 dripped 8 handsome
2 dripped 9 black
2 dripped 11 white
2 dripped 12 coat
5 part 6 of
9 black 10 and
12 coat 13 .

it was in his eyes and all over his face and dripped from his whiskers . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 7 all
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 his
4 his 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 and
7 all 8 over
8 over 9 his
9 his 10 face
10 face 12 dripped
11 and 12 dripped
12 dripped 13 from
12 dripped 15 whiskers
14 his 15 whiskers
15 whiskers 16 .

it knocked all the wind out of [mr] [toad] , and of course [striped] [chipmunk] spilled all his corn . 
1 it 3 all
1 it 20 .
2 knocked 3 all
3 all 4 the
3 all 16 spilled
4 the 5 wind
4 the 12 of
5 wind 7 of
5 wind 10 ,
6 out 7 of
10 , 11 and
12 of 13 course
16 spilled 19 corn
17 all 18 his
18 his 19 corn

prickly [porky] the [porcupine] heard the noise . 
1 prickly 3 the
3 the 7 noise
5 heard 6 the
6 the 7 noise
7 noise 8 .

he looked up to see [a] [strange] [thing] [bounding] down the [lone] [little] [path] [.] 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
2 looked 10 down
3 up 4 to
4 to 5 see
10 down 11 the

prickly [porky] didn't wait to see what it was . 
1 prickly 4 wait
3 didn't 4 wait
4 wait 10 .
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 what
6 see 8 it
8 it 9 was
8 it 10 .

the runaway cabbage bounced off the stump and hit [prickly] [porky] . 
1 the 2 runaway
2 runaway 3 cabbage
2 runaway 4 bounced
2 runaway 9 hit
4 bounced 5 off
4 bounced 7 stump
6 the 7 stump
7 stump 8 and
9 hit 12 .

then it stopped . 
1 then 2 it
1 then 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 .

[xi] 

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

like a great green pincushion [lay] the runaway cabbage of [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] the [hare] [.] 
1 like 2 a
1 like 15 the
2 a 3 great
3 great 4 green
4 green 5 pincushion
5 pincushion 10 of
7 the 8 runaway
8 runaway 9 cabbage
9 cabbage 10 of

every one thought it was the very best joke ever . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 10 ever
3 thought 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 the
5 was 7 very
7 very 8 best
8 best 9 joke
9 joke 10 ever
10 ever 11 .

jimmy [skunk] had gone off to take a bath and get two more eggs for [peter] [rabbit] 's party . 
1 jimmy 3 had
3 had 4 gone
4 gone 5 off
4 gone 6 to
6 to 7 take
7 take 9 bath
8 a 9 bath
9 bath 10 and
9 bath 11 get
9 bath 14 eggs
12 two 13 more
12 two 14 eggs
14 eggs 20 .
15 for 19 party
18 's 19 party
19 party 20 .

shadow smacked his lips . 
1 shadow 2 smacked
2 smacked 3 his
2 smacked 4 lips
4 lips 5 .

he meant to have those eggs himself . 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
3 to 4 have
3 to 7 himself
5 those 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 himself
7 himself 8 .

my , such a feast as was spread out there ! 
1 my 2 ,
1 my 11 !
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 feast
5 feast 6 as
5 feast 8 spread
5 feast 11 !
7 was 8 spread
8 spread 9 out
9 out 10 there

over in the top of a tall pine [tree] [blacky] [the] [crow] was hiding and chuckling to himself as he watched . 
1 over 3 the
2 in 3 the
3 the 8 pine
4 top 5 of
4 top 7 tall
6 a 7 tall
7 tall 8 pine
8 pine 14 hiding
13 was 14 hiding
14 hiding 16 chuckling
15 and 16 chuckling
16 chuckling 17 to
16 chuckling 18 himself
16 chuckling 19 as
16 chuckling 22 .
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 watched

reddy [fox] was [getting] impatient . 
1 reddy 3 was
3 was 5 impatient
5 impatient 6 .

he was hungry . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 hungry
3 hungry 4 .

it seemed as if his stomach would just give him no peace at all . 
1 it 2 seemed
1 it 14 all
1 it 15 .
2 seemed 3 as
3 as 4 if
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 would
6 stomach 8 just
6 stomach 12 peace
9 give 10 him
9 give 12 peace
11 no 12 peace
12 peace 14 all
13 at 14 all

he wished that [sammy] [jay] would bring the false message that [bowser] [the] [hound] was [coming] , so as to frighten all the [rest] [away] . 
1 he 2 wished
1 he 26 .
2 wished 3 that
2 wished 17 ,
2 wished 23 the
3 that 6 would
6 would 7 bring
7 bring 9 false
8 the 9 false
9 false 10 message
10 message 15 was
11 that 15 was
17 , 19 as
18 so 19 as
20 to 21 frighten
21 frighten 22 all
22 all 23 the

" [i] ['m] [nearly] starved ! " whispered [reddy] [fox] . 
1 " 8 whispered
5 starved 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 whispered
8 whispered 11 .

" [i] [hope] [sammy] [jay] [will] hurry up . " 
1 " 7 hurry
7 hurry 8 up
8 up 9 .
9 . 10 "

just then they noticed that [peter] [rabbit] was very busy . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 they
3 they 4 noticed
4 noticed 5 that
5 that 8 was
8 was 9 very
9 very 10 busy
10 busy 11 .

he hopped from guest to guest and whispered in the ear of each . 
1 he 2 hopped
2 hopped 3 from
2 hopped 4 guest
2 hopped 5 to
2 hopped 6 guest
6 guest 8 whispered
7 and 8 whispered
8 whispered 11 ear
9 in 10 the
9 in 11 ear
11 ear 13 each
11 ear 14 .
12 of 13 each

" now [i] [wonder] what [peter] [rabbit] is whispering about , " said [reddy] . 
1 " 2 now
1 " 5 what
1 " 13 said
5 what 8 is
8 is 9 whispering
10 about 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 .

suddenly the light at the end of the hollow log disappeared . 
1 suddenly 11 disappeared
2 the 3 light
2 the 6 end
4 at 6 end
5 the 6 end
6 end 7 of
6 end 10 log
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 hollow
9 hollow 10 log
10 log 11 disappeared
11 disappeared 12 .

there was a queer rattling sound that sent shivers up and down [reddy] 's backbone . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
2 was 16 .
3 a 4 queer
4 queer 5 rattling
5 rattling 6 sound
5 rattling 9 shivers
5 rattling 10 up
5 rattling 12 down
5 rattling 15 backbone
7 that 9 shivers
8 sent 9 shivers
10 up 11 and
14 's 15 backbone

reddy [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] [in] [a] [prison] . 
1 reddy 11 .

you see there was no other opening to the hollow log . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 there
3 there 4 was
3 there 5 no
5 no 6 other
6 other 7 opening
7 opening 10 hollow
8 to 9 the
9 the 10 hollow
10 hollow 11 log
11 log 12 .

" never mind , ["] whispered [shadow] [the] [weasel] , " he 'll go away [when] [sammy] [jay] shouts that [bowser] [the] [hound] is coming . " 
1 " 2 never
2 never 3 mind
3 mind 4 ,
4 , 6 whispered
6 whispered 10 ,
10 , 11 "
10 , 27 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 'll
13 'll 14 go
14 go 15 away
19 shouts 20 that
20 that 24 is
24 is 25 coming
25 coming 26 .
26 . 27 "

blacky [the] [crow] [,] hidden in the top of the tall [pine] , was also wondering what [peter] was whispering . 
1 blacky 5 hidden
5 hidden 7 the
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 top
8 top 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 tall
11 tall 21 .
13 , 16 wondering
14 was 16 wondering
15 also 16 wondering
16 wondering 17 what
16 wondering 20 whispering
19 was 20 whispering
20 whispering 21 .

now , [sammy] [jay] [knew] [nothing] [about] [all] [this] . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 10 .

now , [sammy] , with all his faults , is one of the [best] watchmen [in] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 4 ,
4 , 5 with
5 with 6 all
6 all 8 faults
7 his 8 faults
8 faults 9 ,
8 faults 15 watchmen
10 is 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 15 watchmen
15 watchmen 20 .

if there is any danger which his sharp eyes discover , he always screams at the top of his lungs . 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 is
2 there 4 any
4 any 5 danger
5 danger 6 which
5 danger 21 .
7 his 20 lungs
8 sharp 9 eyes
8 sharp 10 discover
10 discover 14 screams
11 , 12 he
12 he 14 screams
13 always 14 screams
14 screams 20 lungs
15 at 16 the
16 the 17 top
17 top 18 of
17 top 20 lungs
19 his 20 lungs
20 lungs 21 .

because [sammy] [knew] [this] he felt sure of breaking up this party . 
1 because 5 he
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 7 sure
7 sure 8 of
7 sure 9 breaking
9 breaking 10 up
9 breaking 12 party
11 this 12 party
12 party 13 .

" [run] ! [run] [!] [run] [!] 
1 " 3 !

here comes [bowser] [the] [hound] , " he shouted . 
1 here 2 comes
1 here 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 shouted
9 shouted 10 .

still no one moved . 
1 still 2 no
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 moved
4 moved 5 .

sammy stopped on a tall pine and pretended to be terribly excited . 
1 sammy 2 stopped
1 sammy 8 pretended
3 on 4 a
4 a 5 tall
5 tall 6 pine
6 pine 7 and
6 pine 8 pretended
8 pretended 9 to
8 pretended 10 be
8 pretended 11 terribly
11 terribly 12 excited
12 excited 13 .

" you had better [run] [before] [bowser] gets here , " he shouted . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 13 shouted
2 you 4 better
3 had 4 better
8 gets 9 here
9 here 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 shouted
13 shouted 14 .

what do you think happened then ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 5 happened
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
5 happened 6 then
5 happened 7 ?

why , everybody set up a great shout . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 3 everybody
3 everybody 8 shout
4 set 5 up
4 set 8 shout
6 a 7 great
7 great 8 shout
8 shout 9 .

" [ha] [!] ha ! ha ! " laughed [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 4 ha
4 ha 5 !
4 ha 6 ha
6 ha 7 !
6 ha 9 laughed
7 ! 8 "
9 laughed 12 .

" [ho] ! ho ! ho ! " shouted [johnny] [chuck] . 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 ho 5 !
4 ho 6 ho
6 ho 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 shouted
9 shouted 12 .

" [hee] ! hee ! hee ! " giggled [danny] [meadow] [mouse] . 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 hee 5 !
4 hee 6 hee
6 hee 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 giggled
9 giggled 13 .

" what time will [bowser] get here ? " asked [bobby] [coon] , gravely . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 10 asked
2 what 4 will
3 time 4 will
4 will 6 get
7 here 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
8 ? 10 asked
10 asked 14 gravely
13 , 14 gravely
14 gravely 15 .

" tell [bowser] that we are all waiting for him , " added [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 5 we
2 tell 4 that
4 that 5 we
5 we 6 are
6 are 7 all
6 are 8 waiting
8 waiting 9 for
8 waiting 10 him
10 him 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 added
13 added 16 .

" is [bowser] quite out of breath ? " inquired [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 " 2 is
1 " 10 inquired
4 quite 7 breath
5 out 6 of
5 out 7 breath
7 breath 10 inquired
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 inquired
10 inquired 13 .

sammy [jay] didn't know what to do or what to say . 
1 sammy 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 know
3 didn't 11 say
4 know 5 what
4 know 9 what
5 what 7 do
6 to 7 do
8 or 9 what
10 to 11 say
11 say 12 .

you see , [old] [mr] [toad] [had] [told] [peter] all [about] [sammy] 's plan , and this is what [peter] had been whispering to the others . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 27 .
2 see 3 ,
2 see 10 all
13 's 14 plan
14 plan 27 .
15 , 16 and
15 , 27 .
16 and 17 this
17 this 18 is
18 is 19 what
19 what 21 had
21 had 22 been
22 been 23 whispering
23 whispering 24 to
23 whispering 26 others
24 to 25 the

[xii] 

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

peter [rabbit] 's party promised to be a great success . 
1 peter 3 's
3 's 4 party
4 party 5 promised
5 promised 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 a
8 a 9 great
9 great 10 success
10 success 11 .

prickly [porky] settled himself very comfortably and began to tell stories about his [home] [,] way up in the [north] [woods] [.] 
1 prickly 19 the
3 settled 6 comfortably
4 himself 6 comfortably
5 very 6 comfortably
6 comfortably 8 began
6 comfortably 13 his
7 and 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 tell
10 tell 11 stories
11 stories 12 about
13 his 16 way
16 way 17 up
17 up 18 in
18 in 19 the

worse still , he was so hungry that he could cry . 
1 worse 2 still
2 still 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 could
10 could 11 cry
11 cry 12 .

shadow [the] [weasel] [felt] just as uncomfortable as [reddy] [fox] , and [shadow] [is] [very] short-tempered [.] 
1 shadow 8 as
1 shadow 11 ,
5 just 6 as
5 just 8 as
6 as 7 uncomfortable
11 , 12 and
12 and 16 short-tempered

every time [reddy] [moved] [and] [squeezed] [shadow] [,] [shadow] would snap at him . 
1 every 2 time
2 time 14 .
10 would 11 snap
11 snap 13 him
12 at 13 him
13 him 14 .

he certainly was enjoying himself . 
1 he 5 himself
2 certainly 4 enjoying
3 was 4 enjoying
4 enjoying 5 himself
5 himself 6 .

it tickled him almost to pieces [to] think how [easily] he had trapped [smart] [reddy] [fox] [,] [the] [boaster] . 
1 it 2 tickled
1 it 20 .
2 tickled 3 him
2 tickled 4 almost
2 tickled 5 to
5 to 6 pieces
5 to 8 think
8 think 9 how
11 he 12 had
11 he 13 trapped
13 trapped 20 .

only [sammy] [jay] [,] [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] [unhappy] [,] [and] [of] [course] [no] one cared [for] [that] . 
1 only 22 one
1 only 23 cared
23 cared 26 .

[xiii] 

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

unc ['] [billy] didn't like the cold weather . 
1 unc 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 like
5 like 6 the
6 the 8 weather
7 cold 8 weather
8 weather 9 .

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

" [way] [down] [souf] de sun am shinin ' [yas] [,] [sah] , dat [am] [so] ! 
1 " 5 de
5 de 8 shinin
6 sun 8 shinin
7 am 8 shinin
8 shinin 9 '
8 shinin 14 dat
13 , 14 dat
14 dat 17 !

fo ' dat lan ' mah [heart] am pinin ['] [yas] [,] [sah] , dat am so ! 
1 fo 2 '
1 fo 3 dat
3 dat 4 lan
3 dat 16 am
3 dat 17 so
3 dat 18 !
4 lan 5 '
4 lan 15 dat
5 ' 6 mah
6 mah 9 pinin
8 am 9 pinin
14 , 15 dat

now [unc] ['] [billy] had [prepared] [for] [the] [winter] [by] [getting] just as fat as he knew how . 
1 now 19 .
5 had 12 just
12 just 13 as
13 as 14 fat
14 fat 15 as
14 fat 19 .
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 knew
17 knew 18 how

he was so fat that he could hardly [waddle] [when] [jack] [frost] [first] came to the [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 14 came
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 fat
4 fat 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 hardly
14 came 15 to
14 came 19 .
15 to 16 the

now [johnny] [chuck] [just] [slept] and slept and slept , without waking once the whole winter [long] . 
1 now 6 and
6 and 7 slept
7 slept 9 slept
8 and 9 slept
9 slept 12 waking
10 , 12 waking
11 without 12 waking
12 waking 13 once
12 waking 15 whole
14 the 15 whole
15 whole 16 winter
16 winter 18 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [couldn't] [sleep] [like] that . 
1 but 9 that
9 that 10 .

he had to stick his head out every little while to see how the world was getting along without him . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to
3 to 12 see
4 stick 6 head
4 stick 7 out
4 stick 11 to
5 his 6 head
7 out 8 every
8 every 9 little
9 little 10 while
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 how
12 see 20 him
14 the 15 world
15 world 19 without
16 was 17 getting
17 getting 18 along
18 along 19 without
19 without 20 him
20 him 21 .

but he didn't enjoy it much . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 enjoy
4 enjoy 5 it
5 it 7 .
6 much 7 .

it made his feet cold , and then he didn't like the tracks he made . 
1 it 2 made
1 it 16 .
2 made 3 his
3 his 4 feet
3 his 13 tracks
4 feet 5 cold
5 cold 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 like
12 the 13 tracks
13 tracks 15 made
14 he 15 made

so [unc] ['] [billy] didn't go out very much , and very seldom indeed when the snow was soft . 
1 so 9 much
1 so 13 seldom
5 didn't 6 go
5 didn't 9 much
6 go 7 out
8 very 9 much
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 seldom
12 very 13 seldom
13 seldom 14 indeed
13 seldom 19 soft
13 seldom 20 .
15 when 16 the
16 the 17 snow
17 snow 19 soft
18 was 19 soft

it seemed to [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] as if the [winter] [never] , never would go . 
1 it 2 seemed
1 it 17 .
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 8 as
8 as 9 if
8 as 10 the
13 , 14 never
14 never 15 would
15 would 16 go
16 go 17 .

he was beginning to grow thin now , and of course he was getting hungry . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 beginning
3 beginning 4 to
3 beginning 5 grow
5 grow 6 thin
6 thin 9 and
7 now 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 12 he
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 getting
14 getting 15 hungry
15 hungry 16 .

he began to think about it , and the more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 4 think
4 think 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 the
9 the 17 hungrier
10 more 17 hungrier
11 he 12 thought
12 thought 17 hungrier
13 about 17 hungrier
14 it 15 ,
15 , 17 hungrier
16 the 17 hungrier
17 hungrier 18 he
17 hungrier 19 grew
17 hungrier 20 .

one morning he stuck his head out of his doorway [,] [and] whom should he see trotting along below [but] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 one 2 morning
2 morning 4 stuck
3 he 4 stuck
4 stuck 6 head
4 stuck 7 out
4 stuck 9 his
4 stuck 10 doorway
5 his 6 head
7 out 8 of
10 doorway 23 .
13 whom 14 should
13 whom 15 he
13 whom 17 trotting
16 see 17 trotting
17 trotting 18 along
17 trotting 19 below
19 below 23 .

jimmy looked fat and comfortable and as if he did not mind the cold weather at all . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 7 as
2 looked 16 at
3 fat 5 comfortable
4 and 5 comfortable
5 comfortable 6 and
5 comfortable 7 as
7 as 8 if
8 if 9 he
9 he 10 did
10 did 11 not
11 not 12 mind
12 mind 15 weather
13 the 15 weather
14 cold 15 weather
16 at 17 all
17 all 18 .

" [good] mo'ning , [jimmy] [skunk] , " said [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 9 said
1 " 13 .
3 mo'ning 4 ,
4 , 8 "
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
11 ' 13 .

jimmy [skunk] looked up . 
1 jimmy 3 looked
3 looked 4 up
4 up 5 .

" hello , [unc] ' [billy] ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
3 , 5 '
5 ' 10 exclaimed
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 .

" [i] haven't [seen] you for a long time [!] ["] 
1 " 3 haven't
3 haven't 9 time
5 you 6 for
6 for 7 a
7 a 8 long
8 long 9 time

" [whar] yo ['] [been] , [jimmy] [skunk] ? " asked [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 3 yo
3 yo 6 ,
3 yo 15 .
6 , 13 '
9 ? 10 "
9 ? 13 '
10 " 11 asked

jimmy winked one eye . 
1 jimmy 2 winked
1 jimmy 5 .
3 one 4 eye
4 eye 5 .

" [getting] my breakfast of nice fresh eggs , " he replied . 
1 " 3 my
3 my 4 breakfast
4 breakfast 7 fresh
5 of 7 fresh
6 nice 7 fresh
7 fresh 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 12 replied
11 he 12 replied
12 replied 13 .

unc ['] [billy] [possum] 's mouth [began] to [water] [.] 
1 unc 5 's
5 's 6 mouth
6 mouth 8 to

" did yo ' leave any ? " he anxiously inquired . 
1 " 11 inquired
2 did 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 leave
4 ' 11 inquired
5 leave 6 any
7 ? 11 inquired
8 " 9 he
9 he 11 inquired
10 anxiously 11 inquired
11 inquired 12 .

unc ['] [billy] couldn't sleep any more now . 
1 unc 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 sleep
4 couldn't 6 any
6 any 7 more
7 more 9 .
8 now 9 .

no , [sir] , he couldn't sleep a wink . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 sleep
7 sleep 9 wink
7 sleep 10 .
8 a 9 wink

all he could do was to think how hungry he was . 
1 all 12 .
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
4 do 7 think
5 was 6 to
6 to 7 think
7 think 8 how
8 how 9 hungry
9 hungry 11 was
9 hungry 12 .
10 he 11 was

finally [unc] ['] [billy] made up his mind . 
1 finally 5 made
5 made 6 up
6 up 8 mind
7 his 8 mind
8 mind 9 .

" ah 'm going up there the very first dark night ! " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 14 said
2 ah 3 'm
3 'm 4 going
3 'm 8 very
4 going 5 up
5 up 6 there
5 up 7 the
8 very 9 first
8 very 10 dark
10 dark 11 night
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
15 he 16 .

[xiv] 

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

" [one] , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight . " 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 18 "
4 two 5 ,
4 two 6 three
6 three 7 ,
6 three 8 four
8 four 9 ,
8 four 10 five
10 five 11 ,
10 five 12 six
12 six 13 ,
12 six 14 seven
14 seven 15 ,
14 seven 16 eight
16 eight 17 .
17 . 18 "

they were [all] there . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 4 there
4 there 5 .

just as soon as the beautiful spring came , they would one by one slip away . 
1 just 2 as
1 just 15 slip
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
5 the 6 beautiful
6 beautiful 7 spring
6 beautiful 15 slip
7 spring 8 came
7 spring 9 ,
9 , 10 they
11 would 15 slip
12 one 15 slip
13 by 14 one
14 one 15 slip
15 slip 16 away
16 away 17 .

mrs [possum] [sighed] [again] . 
1 mrs 5 .

she didn't like winter . 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 winter
4 winter 5 .

no , [sir] , she [didn't] [like] [winter] one bit . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
1 no 9 one
4 , 5 she
9 one 10 bit
10 bit 11 .

but when she thought of how her babies would leave her , she almost wished that spring never would come . 
1 but 3 she
2 when 3 she
3 she 9 would
3 she 15 wished
3 she 18 never
3 she 19 would
4 thought 5 of
4 thought 9 would
5 of 8 babies
6 how 8 babies
7 her 8 babies
9 would 10 leave
10 leave 11 her
12 , 13 she
13 she 15 wished
14 almost 15 wished
15 wished 16 that
15 wished 17 spring
16 that 17 spring
19 would 20 come
20 come 21 .

sure that her babies were warm [and] comfortable [,] [old] [mrs] [possum] [went] to the door and looked out . 
1 sure 2 that
2 that 4 babies
3 her 4 babies
4 babies 5 were
4 babies 6 warm
6 warm 8 comfortable
8 comfortable 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 door
16 door 17 and
17 and 18 looked
18 looked 19 out
19 out 20 .

it was plain to be seen that [mrs] [possum] was worried . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 4 to
3 plain 12 .
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 seen
7 that 10 was
10 was 11 worried
11 worried 12 .

that was the tenth time she had looked out in half an hour . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 4 tenth
3 the 4 tenth
4 tenth 5 time
4 tenth 8 looked
4 tenth 9 out
4 tenth 13 hour
4 tenth 14 .
6 she 7 had
6 she 8 looked
10 in 12 an
11 half 12 an
12 an 13 hour

her sharp little old face looked sharper than ever . 
1 her 2 sharp
2 sharp 3 little
2 sharp 4 old
2 sharp 7 sharper
5 face 7 sharper
6 looked 7 sharper
7 sharper 8 than
8 than 9 ever
9 ever 10 .

it always looks sharper when she is worried , just as the tongues of some people always grow sharper when they are worried . 
1 it 3 looks
2 always 3 looks
3 looks 4 sharper
3 looks 11 as
3 looks 19 sharper
4 sharper 5 when
4 sharper 8 worried
5 when 6 she
6 she 7 is
8 worried 9 ,
10 just 11 as
12 the 13 tongues
13 tongues 14 of
13 tongues 19 sharper
15 some 16 people
16 people 19 sharper
17 always 19 sharper
18 grow 19 sharper
19 sharper 20 when
19 sharper 23 worried
20 when 21 they
21 they 22 are
23 worried 24 .

" ah don ' see what can be keepin ' mah ol ' man ! 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 don
2 ah 15 !
3 don 9 keepin
4 ' 9 keepin
5 see 6 what
6 what 9 keepin
7 can 9 keepin
8 be 9 keepin
9 keepin 10 '
9 keepin 11 mah
9 keepin 13 '
9 keepin 14 man
11 mah 12 ol

ah 'm plumb worried to death , " muttered [old] [mrs] [possum] [.] 
1 ah 3 plumb
2 'm 3 plumb
3 plumb 4 worried
3 plumb 6 death
3 plumb 9 muttered
5 to 6 death
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 muttered

right that very minute she heard a noise outside that made her hurry to the door and thrust her head out once more . 
1 right 4 minute
2 that 4 minute
3 very 4 minute
4 minute 6 heard
5 she 6 heard
6 heard 7 a
7 a 8 noise
7 a 13 hurry
8 noise 9 outside
8 noise 11 made
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 her
13 hurry 18 thrust
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 door
16 door 18 thrust
17 and 18 thrust
18 thrust 20 head
18 thrust 21 out
19 her 20 head
21 out 22 once
22 once 23 more
23 more 24 .

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

" thief ! 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !

thief ! 
1 thief 2 !

thief ! " at the top of his lungs . 
1 thief 2 !
1 thief 9 lungs
2 ! 3 "
4 at 5 the
5 the 6 top
6 top 7 of
6 top 9 lungs
8 his 9 lungs
9 lungs 10 .

" [good] mo'ning , [brer] [jay] , " said she . 
1 " 3 mo'ning
3 mo'ning 4 ,
4 , 8 "
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
8 " 10 she
10 she 11 .

" hello ! " exclaimed [sammy] [jay] , [not] [at] [all] politely . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
2 hello 12 politely
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
8 , 12 politely
12 politely 13 .

" where 's [uncle] [billy] [possum] ? " 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 's
2 where 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

" he done [go] [out] fo ['] a walk , " replied [old] [mrs] [possum] . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 done
3 done 6 fo
3 done 16 .
8 a 9 walk
9 walk 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 replied
12 replied 16 .

" ah reckons yo'all just got up , or yo ' would have met up with him somewhere . " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
3 reckons 4 yo'all
3 reckons 10 yo
4 yo'all 5 just
4 yo'all 6 got
6 got 7 up
7 up 8 ,
9 or 10 yo
10 yo 11 '
10 yo 14 met
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 met
14 met 16 with
14 met 17 him
15 up 16 with
17 him 18 somewhere
17 him 19 .
19 . 20 "

sammy 's temper flared up right away . 
1 sammy 4 flared
2 's 4 flared
3 temper 4 flared
4 flared 5 up
4 flared 6 right
6 right 7 away
7 away 8 .

" [i] ['ve] been [up] ever since sun-up ! " he sputtered . 
1 " 12 sputtered
4 been 7 since
6 ever 7 since
7 since 8 sun-up
8 sun-up 12 sputtered
9 ! 10 "
9 ! 12 sputtered
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 sputtered
12 sputtered 13 .

no , [sir] [,] [i] wouldn't blame him the least bit ! " 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 7 blame
1 no 12 !
6 wouldn't 7 blame
7 blame 8 him
7 blame 10 least
9 the 10 least
10 least 11 bit
12 ! 13 "

" keep your temper [,] [brer] [jay] ! 
1 " 8 !
2 keep 3 your
3 your 4 temper
4 temper 8 !

keep your temper , do , [oh] pray ! " 
1 keep 2 your
2 your 3 temper
3 temper 4 ,
4 , 10 "
5 do 6 ,
6 , 10 "
8 pray 9 !
9 ! 10 "

said [old] [mrs] [possum] , grinning in the most aggravating [way] as she turned back to her babies . 
1 said 5 ,
5 , 6 grinning
6 grinning 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 most
9 most 10 aggravating
10 aggravating 18 babies
12 as 13 she
13 she 14 turned
14 turned 15 back
15 back 16 to
16 to 17 her
17 her 18 babies
18 babies 19 .

she had found out what she wanted to know [sammy] [jay] had seen nothing of [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 she 2 had
1 she 20 .
2 had 3 found
2 had 13 seen
2 had 14 nothing
3 found 4 out
4 out 5 what
6 she 7 wanted
6 she 12 had
7 wanted 8 to
7 wanted 9 know
12 had 13 seen
14 nothing 15 of

old [mrs] [possum] [sat] [down] [with] [her] [head] [in] [her] [hands] . 
1 old 12 .

she was more worried than ever . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 more
3 more 4 worried
3 more 5 than
5 than 6 ever
6 ever 7 .

[xv] 

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

but all those things did happen . 
1 but 2 all
2 all 4 things
3 those 4 things
4 things 6 happen
5 did 6 happen
6 happen 7 .

after [jimmy] [skunk] had mentioned his [fine] breakfast of fresh eggs , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [couldn't] think [of] anything else . 
1 after 6 his
4 had 5 mentioned
5 mentioned 6 his
6 his 8 breakfast
8 breakfast 9 of
9 of 10 fresh
10 fresh 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 ,
12 , 14 '
14 ' 22 .
18 think 20 anything
20 anything 21 else
21 else 22 .

he knew well enough [where] [jimmy] had found those eggs . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 7 had
1 he 11 .
2 knew 3 well
3 well 4 enough
7 had 8 found
8 found 10 eggs
9 those 10 eggs

yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] [knew] all about it . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 9 all
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 6 '
9 all 10 about
10 about 11 it
11 it 12 .

he could see the rows of nests and the beautiful brown eggs in them . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 see
3 see 5 rows
3 see 14 them
4 the 5 rows
5 rows 6 of
5 rows 7 nests
7 nests 8 and
7 nests 12 eggs
7 nests 13 in
9 the 12 eggs
10 beautiful 12 eggs
11 brown 12 eggs
14 them 15 .

jimmy [skunk] couldn't climb , and so he could have gotten only the eggs in the lower nests . 
1 jimmy 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 climb
4 climb 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 so
7 so 19 .
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 have
10 have 11 gotten
11 gotten 12 only
11 gotten 14 eggs
11 gotten 18 nests
13 the 14 eggs
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 lower
17 lower 18 nests
18 nests 19 .

he hadn't been there , and he couldn't go now , because it was daylight . 
1 he 2 hadn't
1 he 8 couldn't
1 he 14 was
2 hadn't 3 been
4 there 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 go
10 now 11 ,
11 , 12 because
12 because 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 daylight
15 daylight 16 .

it made him more and more uneasy and fidgety . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 him
2 made 9 fidgety
4 more 9 fidgety
5 and 9 fidgety
6 more 9 fidgety
7 uneasy 9 fidgety
8 and 9 fidgety
9 fidgety 10 .

old [mrs] [possum] [couldn't] stand [it] [.] 
1 old 5 stand

" what all am the matter with yo ' ? " she snapped . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 6 matter
3 all 5 the
4 am 5 the
5 the 6 matter
6 matter 7 with
6 matter 10 ?
7 with 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 she
12 she 13 snapped
13 snapped 14 .

" ah do wish yo ' would keep still a minute ! " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 5 yo
2 ah 12 !
3 do 4 wish
3 do 5 yo
5 yo 6 '
7 would 8 keep
8 keep 9 still
9 still 11 minute
10 a 11 minute
11 minute 12 !
12 ! 13 "

unc ['] [billy] [muttered] [something] , but [all] that [mrs] [possum] [could] [hear] was ["] [eggs] . " 
1 unc 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 9 that
9 that 14 was
14 was 17 .
17 . 18 "

" now don't yo'all get to thinking of such foolishness as eggs , " she commanded . 
1 " 2 now
1 " 3 don't
1 " 16 commanded
3 don't 4 yo'all
4 yo'all 5 get
4 yo'all 6 to
7 thinking 8 of
7 thinking 10 foolishness
9 such 10 foolishness
10 foolishness 11 as
10 foolishness 12 eggs
10 foolishness 16 commanded
12 eggs 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 she
16 commanded 17 .

" it [isn't] safe to be [snooping] [around] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] when there 's snow on the ground . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 4 safe
4 safe 5 to
4 safe 20 .
5 to 6 be
13 when 14 there
14 there 15 's
15 's 19 ground
16 snow 17 on
17 on 18 the
18 the 19 ground
19 ground 20 .

yo ' just fo'get all about eggs ! 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 4 fo'get
3 just 4 fo'get
4 fo'get 5 all
4 fo'get 6 about
4 fo'get 7 eggs
7 eggs 8 !

do yo ' [hear] what [ah] [say] ? ["] 
1 do 8 ?
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 5 what
5 what 8 ?

unc ['] [billy] nodded that he did . 
1 unc 4 nodded
4 nodded 8 .
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 did
7 did 8 .

but just the same he couldn't think of anything else . 
1 but 2 just
1 but 5 he
2 just 4 same
3 the 4 same
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 think
6 couldn't 9 anything
7 think 8 of
9 anything 10 else
10 else 11 .

just the same , [unc] ['] [billy] felt that he had got to have a nice fresh egg . 
1 just 2 the
2 the 3 same
2 the 18 egg
3 same 4 ,
8 felt 9 that
8 felt 17 fresh
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 had
12 got 17 fresh
13 to 14 have
14 have 15 a
15 a 16 nice
16 nice 17 fresh
17 fresh 18 egg
18 egg 19 .

he had got to have it . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 it
6 it 7 .

that is all there was about it . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 all
2 is 4 there
4 there 5 was
5 was 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 .

" where are yo ' going ? " demanded [mrs] [possum] . 
1 " 2 where
1 " 9 demanded
2 where 3 are
3 are 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
6 going 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 demanded
9 demanded 12 .

" just to [stretch] the [kinks] [out] of [mah] legs , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 13 replied
2 just 3 to
3 to 5 the
5 the 8 of
8 of 10 legs
10 legs 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 replied
13 replied 17 .

old [mrs] [possum] [looked] [after] [him] [suspiciously] . 
1 old 8 .

" don't yo ' go fo ' to do any foolishness ! " she called . 
1 " 3 yo
2 don't 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 6 fo
5 go 6 fo
6 fo 7 '
6 fo 11 foolishness
8 to 9 do
9 do 10 any
10 any 11 foolishness
11 foolishness 12 !
11 foolishness 15 called
11 foolishness 16 .
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 she
14 she 15 called

unc ['] [billy] didn't answer . 
1 unc 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 answer
5 answer 6 .

he was on his way to [farmer] [brown] 's hen-house . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 9 's
2 was 3 on
3 on 4 his
4 his 5 way
5 way 6 to
9 's 10 hen-house
10 hen-house 11 .

[xvi] 

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] had a very good reason for not going home , a very good reason , indeed . 
1 unc 5 had
5 had 6 a
5 had 11 not
5 had 15 a
6 a 8 good
7 very 8 good
8 good 9 reason
9 reason 10 for
11 not 12 going
12 going 13 home
13 home 14 ,
15 a 17 good
16 very 17 good
17 good 18 reason
17 good 20 indeed
18 reason 19 ,
20 indeed 21 .

even old [mrs] [possum] [would] [have] [thought] [it] [was] [a] [good] [reason] [,] [could] [she] [have] [known] [it] [.] 
1 even 2 old

sometimes he felt little shivers of fear run all over him as he thought of what might become of him if he should be found . 
1 sometimes 3 felt
2 he 3 felt
3 felt 5 shivers
3 felt 12 as
4 little 5 shivers
5 shivers 6 of
5 shivers 7 fear
5 shivers 8 run
5 shivers 9 all
5 shivers 10 over
10 over 11 him
12 as 13 he
13 he 17 might
14 thought 15 of
14 thought 17 might
16 what 17 might
17 might 18 become
18 become 19 of
18 become 20 him
20 him 21 if
21 if 22 he
22 he 25 found
23 should 24 be
24 be 25 found
25 found 26 .

now [unc] ['] [billy] was very , very crafty . 
1 now 10 .
5 was 6 very
5 was 8 very
6 very 7 ,
8 very 9 crafty
9 crafty 10 .

but [with] [all] [his] [craft] , there was one thing that [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] [.] 
1 but 7 there
1 but 9 one
6 , 7 there
7 there 8 was
9 one 10 thing
10 thing 11 that

yes , [sir] , there was [one] [thing] [unc] ['] [billy] forgot all about . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 13 all
12 forgot 13 all
13 all 14 about
14 about 15 .

he forgot to keep his tail up . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 4 keep
2 forgot 5 his
3 to 4 keep
5 his 6 tail
6 tail 7 up
6 tail 8 .

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

when [unc] ['] [billy] was safely in the hen-house , he hurried [from] [one] [nest] to another . 
1 when 11 he
5 was 6 safely
5 was 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 hen-house
9 hen-house 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 hurried
12 hurried 16 to
16 to 17 another
17 another 18 .

there were eggs , plenty of them . 
1 there 2 were
1 there 5 plenty
2 were 3 eggs
3 eggs 4 ,
5 plenty 6 of
6 of 7 them
7 them 8 .

it seemed to him that nothing he had ever seen before had looked half so good as those eggs . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 him
4 him 20 .
5 that 6 nothing
5 that 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 10 seen
9 ever 10 seen
10 seen 11 before
10 seen 18 those
11 before 12 had
13 looked 17 as
14 half 15 so
14 half 16 good
14 half 17 as
17 as 18 those
18 those 19 eggs
19 eggs 20 .

he just ate and ate and ate until he couldn't eat another one . 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 ate
3 ate 5 ate
4 and 5 ate
5 ate 7 ate
6 and 7 ate
7 ate 8 until
8 until 9 he
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 eat
11 eat 12 another
11 eat 13 one
11 eat 14 .

now a full stomach is very apt to make a sleepy head . 
1 now 13 .
2 a 11 sleepy
3 full 4 stomach
4 stomach 7 apt
5 is 6 very
5 is 7 apt
6 very 7 apt
7 apt 8 to
7 apt 9 make
7 apt 11 sleepy
9 make 10 a
11 sleepy 12 head
11 sleepy 13 .

unc ['] [billy] knew that the thing for him to do was to hurry home as fast as he could go , but he didn't . 
1 unc 4 knew
4 knew 5 that
5 that 12 was
5 that 19 he
6 the 7 thing
7 thing 8 for
7 thing 11 do
7 thing 12 was
9 him 10 to
10 to 11 do
13 to 14 hurry
14 hurry 15 home
14 hurry 17 fast
16 as 17 fast
17 fast 18 as
18 as 19 he
19 he 20 could
19 he 25 didn't
21 go 22 ,
22 , 23 but
23 but 25 didn't
24 he 25 didn't
25 didn't 26 .

no , [sir] , he didn't do it . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 9 .
6 didn't 7 do
7 do 8 it
8 it 9 .

the hen-house was warm and here were some of the nicest nests of hay . 
1 the 2 hen-house
2 hen-house 3 was
2 hen-house 4 warm
4 warm 5 and
4 warm 6 here
4 warm 14 hay
7 were 8 some
8 some 14 hay
9 of 10 the
9 of 14 hay
10 the 11 nicest
12 nests 14 hay
13 of 14 hay
14 hay 15 .

why not take a teeny , weeny nap before he started back home ? 
1 why 2 not
1 why 14 ?
3 take 4 a
3 take 8 nap
5 teeny 6 ,
5 teeny 7 weeny
7 weeny 8 nap
8 nap 9 before
8 nap 11 started
8 nap 14 ?
10 he 11 started
11 started 12 back
11 started 13 home

unc ['] [billy] climbed to the very last nest in the topmost row , way up in a dark corner . 
1 unc 4 climbed
4 climbed 20 corner
5 to 12 topmost
6 the 8 last
6 the 12 topmost
7 very 8 last
9 nest 12 topmost
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 topmost
12 topmost 13 row
12 topmost 14 ,
12 topmost 15 way
12 topmost 16 up
12 topmost 19 dark
17 in 18 a
17 in 19 dark
19 dark 20 corner
20 corner 21 .

it hadn't been used for a long time , but it was full of nice , soft hay . 
1 it 2 hadn't
1 it 12 was
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 used
5 for 6 a
6 a 7 long
7 long 8 time
7 long 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 full
13 full 14 of
13 full 18 hay
15 nice 16 ,
15 nice 17 soft
17 soft 18 hay
18 hay 19 .

he didn't open them again until he heard an angry voice right close to him . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 8 heard
3 open 4 them
4 them 5 again
5 again 6 until
6 until 7 he
7 he 8 heard
8 heard 11 voice
8 heard 15 him
9 an 10 angry
10 angry 11 voice
11 voice 13 close
12 right 13 close
13 close 14 to
15 him 16 .

he peeped out . 
1 he 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 out
3 out 4 .

farmer [brown] 's boy was angry . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 6 angry
3 's 4 boy
5 was 6 angry
6 angry 7 .

yes , indeed , he was very , very angry . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 very
7 very 10 angry
8 , 9 very
9 very 10 angry
10 angry 11 .

unc ['] [billy] shivered as he listened . 
1 unc 7 listened
4 shivered 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 listened
7 listened 8 .

then he snuggled down out of sight under the hay of the nest . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 snuggled
3 snuggled 4 down
3 snuggled 7 sight
3 snuggled 8 under
3 snuggled 10 hay
5 out 6 of
5 out 7 sight
8 under 9 the
9 the 10 hay
10 hay 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 nest
13 nest 14 .

[xvii] 

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

farmer [brown] 's boy was angry . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 6 angry
3 's 4 boy
5 was 6 angry
6 angry 7 .

yes , [sir] , he was angry . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 he
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 angry
7 angry 8 .

there was no doubt about that . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 no
3 no 4 doubt
4 doubt 5 about
5 about 6 that
6 that 7 .

it was a terrible position to be in , right there in the hen-house , with no chance to run . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 terrible
3 a 18 chance
4 terrible 5 position
5 position 7 be
5 position 8 in
5 position 9 ,
6 to 7 be
10 right 14 hen-house
11 there 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 hen-house
14 hen-house 15 ,
14 hen-house 16 with
14 hen-house 18 chance
17 no 18 chance
18 chance 19 to
18 chance 21 .
19 to 20 run

oh , dear ! oh , dear ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 dear
1 oh 7 dear
3 dear 4 !
5 oh 6 ,
5 oh 7 dear
7 dear 8 !

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

but he hadn't . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 .

he had taken a nap and overslept , and here he was , right in the hen-house , in broad daylight . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 taken
3 taken 5 nap
4 a 5 nap
5 nap 7 overslept
5 nap 10 here
5 nap 20 broad
6 and 7 overslept
7 overslept 8 ,
8 , 9 and
11 he 12 was
12 was 20 broad
13 , 20 broad
14 right 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 hen-house
17 hen-house 20 broad
18 , 19 in
19 in 20 broad
20 broad 21 daylight
21 daylight 22 .

i 'll just look around a bit . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
3 just 4 look
4 look 5 around
4 look 7 bit
6 a 7 bit
7 bit 8 .
8 . 9 "

unc ['] [billy] almost chuckled as he [heard] [farmer] [brown] 's boy go out . 
1 unc 5 chuckled
4 almost 5 chuckled
5 chuckled 6 as
5 chuckled 14 out
5 chuckled 15 .
6 as 7 he
7 he 11 's
11 's 12 boy
13 go 14 out

" he ['ll] [find] [jimmy] [skunk] 's tracks , but he won't find [mine] [,] ["] thought [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 11 he
2 he 7 's
7 's 8 tracks
8 tracks 9 ,
9 , 10 but
11 he 12 won't
11 he 17 thought
12 won't 13 find
17 thought 21 .

" isn't it lucky [that] [i] [thought] [to] [step] [right] [in] [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] tracks when [i] came here ? " 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
2 isn't 4 lucky
4 lucky 15 tracks
15 tracks 21 "
16 when 18 came
18 came 19 here
19 here 20 ?
20 ? 21 "

he lay still and listened to [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy poking around outside . 
1 he 2 lay
2 lay 3 still
2 lay 11 poking
3 still 5 listened
4 and 5 listened
5 listened 6 to
10 boy 11 poking
11 poking 12 around
11 poking 13 outside
13 outside 14 .

unc ['] [billy] almost chuckled again as he thought what a smart fellow he had been to step [in] [jimmy] [skunk] 's tracks . 
1 unc 5 chuckled
4 almost 5 chuckled
5 chuckled 6 again
5 chuckled 7 as
7 as 8 he
7 as 12 smart
8 he 9 thought
10 what 11 a
11 a 12 smart
12 smart 13 fellow
12 smart 14 he
12 smart 23 tracks
12 smart 24 .
14 he 15 had
15 had 16 been
15 had 17 to
17 to 18 step
22 's 23 tracks

" hello ! " said the voice of [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 the
6 the 7 voice
7 voice 8 of
7 voice 13 .

" [these] are queer tracks ! 
1 " 3 are
3 are 4 queer
4 queer 5 tracks
5 tracks 6 !

he had dragged it in the snow , and of course it had left a mark . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 dragged
2 had 14 left
3 dragged 4 it
3 dragged 12 it
4 it 8 ,
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 snow
7 snow 8 ,
8 , 9 and
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 it
13 had 14 left
14 left 16 mark
14 left 17 .
15 a 16 mark

" [i] guess that there was more than one visitor here last night , " continued the [voice] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 24 .
3 guess 4 that
3 guess 24 .
4 that 13 night
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 more
7 more 8 than
8 than 10 visitor
9 one 10 visitor
10 visitor 11 here
10 visitor 12 last
12 last 13 night
14 , 15 "
14 , 24 .
15 " 16 continued
16 continued 17 the
17 the 23 boy

whoever made them must be right around here now . " 
1 whoever 2 made
1 whoever 8 here
2 made 3 them
4 must 5 be
5 be 8 here
6 right 8 here
7 around 8 here
8 here 9 now
9 now 10 .
10 . 11 "

back into the hen-house [came] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] and began to poke [around] in all the corners . 
1 back 2 into
2 into 17 the
3 the 4 hen-house
4 hen-house 13 poke
4 hen-house 15 in
10 and 11 began
11 began 12 to
12 to 13 poke
15 in 17 the
16 all 17 the
17 the 18 corners
18 corners 19 .

he moved all the boxes and looked in the grain bin . 
1 he 2 moved
1 he 7 looked
2 moved 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 boxes
5 boxes 6 and
7 looked 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 grain
9 the 11 bin
11 bin 12 .

then he began to look in the nests . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 nests
8 nests 9 .

unc ['] [billy] could hear him coming nearer and nearer . 
1 unc 4 could
4 could 5 hear
5 hear 6 him
6 him 7 coming
7 coming 8 nearer
8 nearer 9 and
8 nearer 10 nearer
10 nearer 11 .

he was looking in the very next nest to the one in which [unc] ['] [billy] was . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 17 was
2 was 6 very
3 looking 4 in
3 looking 6 very
4 in 5 the
6 very 7 next
7 next 8 nest
8 nest 10 the
8 nest 12 in
9 to 10 the
11 one 12 in
13 which 17 was
17 was 18 .

finally he looked into that very nest . 
1 finally 2 he
1 finally 7 nest
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 into
3 looked 6 very
5 that 6 very
7 nest 8 .

unc ['] [billy] [possum] held his breath . 
1 unc 5 held
5 held 7 breath
6 his 7 breath
7 breath 8 .

" it 's queer , " said [farmer] [brown] 's boy . 
1 " 12 .
2 it 3 's
2 it 10 's
2 it 12 .
3 's 4 queer
4 queer 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
10 's 11 boy

" it 's very queer ! 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 very
4 very 5 queer
5 queer 6 !

i guess [i] shall have [to] [set] some traps . " 
1 i 2 guess
1 i 4 shall
4 shall 5 have
5 have 8 some
8 some 9 traps
9 traps 10 .
10 . 11 "

and all the time [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [held] [his] breath and [lay] low . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 time
3 the 11 breath
11 breath 14 low
12 and 14 low
14 low 15 .

[xviii] 

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

" [mah] [home] is [in] a [holler] [tree] [it] 's a long way home ! 
1 " 4 is
4 is 6 a
6 a 12 long
10 's 11 a
11 a 12 long
12 long 13 way
13 way 14 home
14 home 15 !

ah [wish] [ah] ['s] [there] , but [here] [ah] be [it] 's a long way home ! 
1 ah 6 ,
1 ah 17 !
6 , 7 but
10 be 13 a
12 's 13 a
13 a 14 long
14 long 15 way
15 way 16 home
16 home 17 !

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [lay] curled up under the hay in the highest nest in the darkest corner in [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house . 
1 unc 6 curled
1 unc 10 hay
6 curled 7 up
8 under 9 the
9 the 10 hay
10 hay 13 highest
11 in 12 the
11 in 13 highest
13 highest 14 nest
14 nest 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 darkest
16 the 18 corner
18 corner 19 in
18 corner 24 .
23 hen-house 24 .

unc ['] [billy] didn't dare go to sleep , [because] he was afraid that [farmer] [brown] 's boy might find him . 
1 unc 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 dare
5 dare 6 go
5 dare 7 to
7 to 8 sleep
7 to 20 find
8 sleep 9 ,
9 , 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 afraid
13 afraid 14 that
14 that 17 's
17 's 18 boy
19 might 20 find
20 find 21 him
21 him 22 .

and , anyway , he wanted to see [just] what [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [was] doing . 
1 and 3 anyway
2 , 3 anyway
3 anyway 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 wanted
6 wanted 7 to
6 wanted 8 see
8 see 10 what
10 what 13 's
13 's 16 doing
16 doing 17 .

so peeping out , [he] watched [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , who seemed to be very busy indeed . 
1 so 2 peeping
1 so 17 busy
2 peeping 3 out
3 out 4 ,
6 watched 17 busy
11 , 12 who
12 who 13 seemed
13 seemed 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 very
16 very 17 busy
17 busy 18 indeed
18 indeed 19 .

what do you think he was doing ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 7 doing
3 you 4 think
4 think 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 doing
7 doing 8 ?

unc ['] [billy] knew . 
1 unc 4 knew
1 unc 5 .

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [knew] [just] what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was doing . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 10 what
10 what 15 was
15 was 16 doing
16 doing 17 .

he was setting traps . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 setting
3 setting 4 traps
4 traps 5 .

unc ['] [billy] almost chuckled aloud . 
1 unc 5 chuckled
4 almost 5 chuckled
5 chuckled 6 aloud
6 aloud 7 .

yes , [sir] , he almost chuckled aloud . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 he
4 , 5 he
5 he 7 chuckled
6 almost 7 chuckled
7 chuckled 8 aloud
8 aloud 9 .

unc ['] [billy] [laughed] [under] his breath [as] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] closed the door of the hen-house and went off whistling . 
1 unc 23 .
6 his 7 breath
7 breath 13 closed
7 breath 23 .
13 closed 14 the
14 the 15 door
15 door 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 hen-house
18 hen-house 22 whistling
19 and 22 whistling
20 went 22 whistling
21 off 22 whistling

" [ho] , ho , ho ! 
1 " 4 ho
3 , 4 ho
4 ho 6 ho
5 , 6 ho
6 ho 7 !

ha , ha , ha ! 
1 ha 2 ,
2 , 3 ha
3 ha 5 ha
4 , 5 ha
5 ha 6 !

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

unc ['] [billy] broke off short , right in the very middle of his laugh . 
1 unc 4 broke
4 broke 5 off
4 broke 6 short
6 short 7 ,
6 short 12 middle
6 short 15 laugh
8 right 12 middle
9 in 10 the
9 in 12 middle
10 the 12 middle
11 very 12 middle
12 middle 13 of
13 of 14 his
15 laugh 16 .

he had just thought of something , and it wasn't funny at all . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 just
2 had 4 thought
2 had 6 something
4 thought 5 of
6 something 11 funny
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 it
9 it 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 funny
11 funny 12 at
11 funny 14 .
12 at 13 all

the joke [wasn't] [on] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , after all ; it was on [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 the 2 joke
2 joke 9 ,
2 joke 20 .
9 , 10 after
10 after 11 all
12 ; 13 it
13 it 14 was
13 it 20 .
14 was 15 on

but [unc] ['] [billy] [couldn't] [see] that it was any joke at all . 
1 but 7 that
7 that 9 was
8 it 9 was
9 was 13 all
10 any 11 joke
11 joke 12 at
12 at 13 all
13 all 14 .

" it 's a long way home , " said [unc] ' [billy] mournfully , as he peeped out of a crack toward the [green] [forest] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 way
6 way 7 home
7 home 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 17 he
10 said 27 .
12 ' 14 mournfully
14 mournfully 15 ,
15 , 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 peeped
18 peeped 19 out
19 out 20 of
20 of 21 a
21 a 22 crack
22 crack 23 toward
23 toward 24 the

[xix] 

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] did a lot of thinking . 
1 unc 5 did
1 unc 10 .
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
7 lot 10 .
8 of 9 thinking

he was a prisoner , just as much a prisoner as if he were in a cage . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 prisoner
4 prisoner 5 ,
4 prisoner 10 prisoner
5 , 7 as
6 just 7 as
7 as 8 much
9 a 10 prisoner
10 prisoner 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 he
12 if 14 were
14 were 15 in
15 in 16 a
16 a 17 cage
17 cage 18 .

if it hadn't been for [those] [two] worries , [unc] ' [billy] [would] have been willing to stay there the rest of the winter . 
1 if 2 it
2 it 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 been
4 been 5 for
5 for 24 winter
8 worries 9 ,
9 , 11 '
11 ' 14 have
14 have 15 been
15 been 16 willing
16 willing 17 to
16 willing 18 stay
18 stay 19 there
18 stay 21 rest
20 the 21 rest
21 rest 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 winter
24 winter 25 .

it was delightfully warm and cosy . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 delightfully
3 delightfully 4 warm
3 delightfully 6 cosy
4 warm 5 and
6 cosy 7 .

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

nothing but the best , the very best , would do for him . 
1 nothing 2 but
1 nothing 11 do
1 nothing 12 for
2 but 3 the
2 but 6 the
3 the 4 best
4 best 5 ,
6 the 8 best
7 very 8 best
8 best 9 ,
10 would 11 do
12 for 13 him
13 him 14 .

" [cut] , [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut-aa-cut] [!] 
1 " 3 ,

i lay [the] [finest] [eggs] in the [world] [!] ["] 
1 i 2 lay
2 lay 6 in
6 in 7 the

no one lays such splendid eggs as [i] [do] ! " 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 lays
3 lays 4 such
3 lays 5 splendid
3 lays 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 as
6 eggs 10 !
10 ! 11 "

sometimes [the] [door] [was] [left] [open] [during] [the] [day] , and [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [peep] [out] [and] [wish] [that] he dared to run . 
1 sometimes 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 21 he
21 he 22 dared
22 dared 23 to
23 to 24 run
24 run 25 .

at last one day it began to snow . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 4 day
3 one 4 day
4 day 6 began
4 day 9 .
5 it 6 began
6 began 7 to
8 snow 9 .

it snowed all day and it snowed all night . 
1 it 7 snowed
2 snowed 3 all
2 snowed 4 day
2 snowed 7 snowed
5 and 7 snowed
6 it 7 snowed
7 snowed 8 all
7 snowed 9 night
9 night 10 .

rough [brother] [north] [wind] piled [it] up in [great] [drifts] in front of the hen-house [door] and all [along] one side of the hen-house . 
1 rough 5 piled
5 piled 25 .
7 up 24 hen-house
7 up 25 .
8 in 14 the
8 in 23 the
11 in 12 front
12 front 13 of
13 of 14 the
14 the 15 hen-house
15 hen-house 17 and
15 hen-house 18 all
20 one 21 side
21 side 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 hen-house

it covered the traps so deep that they couldn't possibly catch any one . 
1 it 2 covered
2 covered 4 traps
3 the 4 traps
4 traps 5 so
4 traps 6 deep
4 traps 10 possibly
4 traps 14 .
7 that 8 they
8 they 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 possibly
10 possibly 11 catch
10 possibly 12 any
12 any 13 one

[xx] 

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

usually he dislikes the snow very much , and doesn't go out in it any more than he has to . 
1 usually 3 dislikes
2 he 3 dislikes
3 dislikes 5 snow
3 dislikes 16 more
4 the 5 snow
6 very 7 much
7 much 16 more
8 , 9 and
9 and 16 more
10 doesn't 11 go
10 doesn't 14 it
10 doesn't 15 any
11 go 12 out
12 out 13 in
15 any 16 more
16 more 17 than
16 more 21 .
17 than 18 he
18 he 19 has
19 has 20 to

but this time [the] [snow] [had] [done] [unc] ['] [billy] [a] [good] [turn] , [a] very good [turn] , indeed . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 14 ,
14 , 20 indeed
16 very 17 good
16 very 20 indeed
19 , 20 indeed
20 indeed 21 .

once [out] [of] [the] [hen-house] , [unc] ' [billy] [lost] no [time] in [starting] [for] the [green] [forest] . 
1 once 6 ,
1 once 13 in
6 , 8 '
8 ' 11 no
13 in 16 the
16 the 19 .

but it was slow , hard work . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 slow
4 slow 5 ,
4 slow 7 work
6 hard 7 work
7 work 8 .

you see , the snow was newly fallen and very soft . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
2 see 4 the
4 the 5 snow
5 snow 7 newly
6 was 7 newly
7 newly 8 fallen
7 newly 11 soft
8 fallen 9 and
10 very 11 soft
11 soft 12 .

of course [unc] ['] [billy] [sank] [into] it [almost] up [to] his middle at every step . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 12 his
2 course 8 it
8 it 10 up
12 his 17 .
13 middle 16 step
14 at 15 every
15 every 16 step
16 step 17 .

he huffed and he puffed and he grunted and groaned . 
1 he 2 huffed
2 huffed 3 and
2 huffed 4 he
2 huffed 5 puffed
2 huffed 6 and
2 huffed 7 he
2 huffed 8 grunted
2 huffed 9 and
2 huffed 10 groaned
10 groaned 11 .

now [it] [never] [does] [to] let one 's wits go to sleep . 
1 now 6 let
6 let 10 go
7 one 9 wits
8 's 9 wits
9 wits 10 go
10 go 12 sleep
11 to 12 sleep
12 sleep 13 .

some folks call it forgetting , but forgetting is nothing but sleepy wits . 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 call
2 folks 5 forgetting
3 call 4 it
5 forgetting 8 forgetting
6 , 7 but
6 , 8 forgetting
8 forgetting 10 nothing
8 forgetting 12 sleepy
9 is 10 nothing
10 nothing 11 but
12 sleepy 14 .
13 wits 14 .

and sleepy wits get more people into trouble than anything else in the world . 
1 and 2 sleepy
2 sleepy 3 wits
3 wits 4 get
4 get 5 more
4 get 7 into
5 more 6 people
7 into 8 trouble
8 trouble 9 than
9 than 11 else
10 anything 11 else
11 else 14 world
12 in 14 world
13 the 14 world
14 world 15 .

unc ['] [billy] [possum] 's wits were asleep when he [left] [farmer] [brown] 's hen-house . 
1 unc 6 wits
5 's 6 wits
6 wits 7 were
6 wits 8 asleep
8 asleep 9 when
9 when 10 he
10 he 14 's
14 's 15 hen-house
15 hen-house 16 .

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

but [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [wits] [certainly] [were] asleep . 
1 but 9 asleep
9 asleep 10 .

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [forgot] ! 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 9 !
4 , 6 '

what did he forget ? 
1 what 2 did
1 what 5 ?
2 did 3 he
2 did 4 forget

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

unc ['] [billy] looked behind him , and he turned pale . 
1 unc 4 looked
4 looked 5 behind
4 looked 11 pale
5 behind 6 him
6 him 7 ,
7 , 8 and
9 he 10 turned
10 turned 11 pale
11 pale 12 .

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [turned] [pale] ! 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 11 !
4 , 6 '

" oh , dear ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
2 oh 4 dear
4 dear 5 !

oh , dear ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 dear
3 dear 4 !

whatever [did] [ah] leave the hen-house for ? " wailed [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 whatever 6 hen-house
4 leave 6 hen-house
5 the 6 hen-house
6 hen-house 7 for
6 hen-house 10 wailed
6 hen-house 14 .
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 wailed

his wits were all wide awake now . 
1 his 2 wits
2 wits 3 were
2 wits 6 awake
3 were 4 all
5 wide 6 awake
6 awake 7 now
7 now 8 .

it wouldn't do to go back . 
1 it 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 do
2 wouldn't 5 go
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 back
6 back 7 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [would] [see] [that] [he] had gone [back] , and then he would hunt that hen-house through until he found [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 9 had
3 's 4 boy
9 had 10 gone
10 gone 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 then
14 then 15 he
14 then 22 he
15 he 16 would
17 hunt 19 hen-house
18 that 19 hen-house
19 hen-house 20 through
19 hen-house 21 until
21 until 22 he
22 he 23 found
23 found 27 .

unc ['] [billy] drew a long breath and began to wade ahead toward the [green] [forest] . 
1 unc 4 drew
4 drew 7 breath
5 a 6 long
6 long 7 breath
7 breath 11 wade
7 breath 17 .
8 and 11 wade
9 began 10 to
9 began 11 wade
11 wade 12 ahead
11 wade 13 toward
13 toward 14 the

" if [ah] [only] had snowshoes ! " he panted . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 5 had
5 had 6 snowshoes
6 snowshoes 11 .
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 panted
10 panted 11 .

" if [ah] [only] had snowshoes [like] [mrs] [grouse] . " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 5 had
5 had 6 snowshoes
6 snowshoes 10 .
10 . 11 "

[xxi] 

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

" there was [an] [old] [possum] [lived] up in a tree ; [hi] [,] ho , see the chips fly ! 
1 " 2 there
1 " 15 ho
2 there 3 was
3 was 8 up
8 up 9 in
8 up 10 a
10 a 11 tree
11 tree 12 ;
15 ho 16 ,
15 ho 19 chips
15 ho 21 !
17 see 19 chips
18 the 19 chips
19 chips 20 fly

the sliest old thief that [you] [ever] [did] [see] [;] [hi] [,] ho , see the chips fly ! 
1 the 2 sliest
2 sliest 3 old
2 sliest 4 thief
4 thief 5 that
4 thief 19 !
13 ho 14 ,
13 ho 17 chips
13 ho 19 !
15 see 17 chips
16 the 17 chips
17 chips 18 fly

hi , ho , see the chips fly ! " 
1 hi 2 ,
1 hi 3 ho
3 ho 4 ,
3 ho 7 chips
3 ho 9 !
5 see 7 chips
6 the 7 chips
7 chips 8 fly
9 ! 10 "

farmer [brown] 's boy sang as he swung his keen axe , and the chips did fly . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 15 chips
3 's 4 boy
5 sang 6 as
5 sang 15 chips
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 swung
8 swung 9 his
10 keen 11 axe
11 axe 12 ,
11 axe 15 chips
12 , 13 and
14 the 15 chips
15 chips 16 did
15 chips 17 fly
17 fly 18 .

they flew out on the white snow in all directions . 
1 they 2 flew
2 flew 3 out
2 flew 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 7 snow
6 white 7 snow
7 snow 10 directions
8 in 10 directions
9 all 10 directions
10 directions 11 .

and the louder [farmer] [brown] 's boy sang [,] the faster the chips [flew] . 
1 and 2 the
1 and 8 sang
2 the 3 louder
3 louder 6 's
6 's 7 boy
8 sang 11 faster
10 the 11 faster
11 faster 13 chips
12 the 13 chips
13 chips 15 .

he didn't have the least doubt about it , and that is why he sang as he made the [chips] [fly] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
2 didn't 5 least
4 the 5 least
5 least 6 doubt
5 least 22 .
6 doubt 7 about
6 doubt 9 ,
6 doubt 11 that
7 about 8 it
9 , 10 and
11 that 12 is
11 that 14 he
12 is 13 why
14 he 15 sang
15 sang 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 made
18 made 19 the

he had [tracked] [that] [possum] [right] up to [that] tree , and there were no tracks [going] away from [it] . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 7 up
7 up 8 to
8 to 10 tree
10 tree 12 and
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 there
13 there 14 were
14 were 15 no
14 were 16 tracks
16 tracks 21 .
18 away 19 from
18 away 21 .

right up near the top he could see [a] [hollow] , [just] such a hollow as [a] [possum] likes . 
1 right 2 up
2 up 4 the
3 near 4 the
4 the 5 top
5 top 19 likes
5 top 20 .
6 he 7 could
6 he 19 likes
7 could 8 see
8 see 11 ,
11 , 16 as
13 such 14 a
13 such 16 as
14 a 15 hollow

all he had to do was to [cut] the tree [down] and split [it] [open] , and [mr] [possum] would [be] [his] . 
1 all 23 .
2 he 3 had
2 he 6 was
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 do
6 was 7 to
7 to 9 the
9 the 10 tree
10 tree 12 and
10 tree 23 .
12 and 13 split
13 split 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 20 would

of course it was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [whose] [tracks] he had followed . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
3 it 14 .
11 he 12 had
11 he 14 .
12 had 13 followed

he had seen them outside of the hen-house [,] [just] [as] [unc] ['] [billy] had been afraid that he would . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 seen
2 had 16 been
3 seen 4 them
5 outside 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 hen-house
8 hen-house 15 had
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 afraid
17 afraid 18 that
18 that 20 would
19 he 20 would
20 would 21 .

he couldn't very well have helped it , those tracks were so very plain to be seen . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 5 have
3 very 4 well
4 well 5 have
5 have 6 helped
5 have 17 seen
6 helped 7 it
6 helped 10 tracks
7 it 8 ,
9 those 10 tracks
10 tracks 11 were
10 tracks 14 plain
11 were 12 so
13 very 14 plain
15 to 16 be
16 be 17 seen
17 seen 18 .

that had been a long , hard [,] [anxious] journey [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] to the [green] [forest] . 
1 that 2 had
2 had 3 been
2 had 24 .
3 been 10 journey
4 a 5 long
4 a 10 journey
5 long 6 ,
5 long 7 hard
10 journey 20 to
20 to 21 the

the snow was so deep that he could hardly wade through it . 
1 the 2 snow
2 snow 10 wade
3 was 4 so
4 so 5 deep
5 deep 10 wade
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 hardly
9 hardly 10 wade
10 wade 11 through
10 wade 12 it
12 it 13 .

when he reached that hollow tree , he was so tired that it was all he could do to climb it . 
1 when 3 reached
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 5 hollow
4 that 5 hollow
5 hollow 6 tree
6 tree 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 so
10 so 11 tired
10 so 12 that
12 that 14 was
12 that 16 he
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 all
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 do
17 could 20 climb
19 to 20 climb
20 climb 22 .
21 it 22 .

of course it wasn't his own hollow tree , [where] [old] [mrs] [possum] and the eight [little] [possums] [lived] . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 5 his
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 wasn't
5 his 6 own
6 own 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 9 ,
9 , 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 16 eight
16 eight 20 .

he knew better than to go there , [leaving] a [plain] track [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to follow . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 better
3 better 4 than
4 than 12 track
5 to 6 go
6 go 7 there
7 there 8 ,
7 there 10 a
10 a 12 track
12 track 20 .
18 to 19 follow
19 follow 20 .

so he had been very thankful to climb up this hollow tree . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 very
5 very 6 thankful
6 thankful 8 climb
7 to 8 climb
8 climb 9 up
8 climb 12 tree
10 this 12 tree
11 hollow 12 tree
12 tree 13 .

and , just as he had feared [,] there was [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 and 5 he
2 , 4 as
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 feared
7 feared 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 15 .

chop , chop , chop ! 
1 chop 2 ,
2 , 3 chop
3 chop 5 chop
4 , 5 chop
5 chop 6 !

the snow was covered with chips now . 
1 the 2 snow
2 snow 4 covered
3 was 4 covered
4 covered 5 with
4 covered 6 chips
6 chips 7 now
7 now 8 .

chop , chop , chop ! 
1 chop 2 ,
2 , 3 chop
3 chop 5 chop
4 , 5 chop
5 chop 6 !

the tree began to shiver and then to shake . 
1 the 2 tree
2 tree 3 began
2 tree 10 .
3 began 4 to
3 began 9 shake
5 shiver 9 shake
6 and 7 then
6 and 9 shake
8 to 9 shake

cra-a-ck ! 
1 cra-a-ck 2 !

with a great crash over it went [!] 
1 with 2 a
1 with 4 crash
2 a 4 crash
3 great 4 crash
4 crash 5 over
4 crash 7 went
5 over 6 it

but he didn't run out . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 run
4 run 5 out
4 run 6 .

farmer [brown] 's boy rapped on the tree with the handle of his axe , but no one ran out . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 rapped
5 rapped 6 on
5 rapped 20 out
5 rapped 21 .
6 on 7 the
6 on 10 the
7 the 8 tree
8 tree 9 with
10 the 11 handle
11 handle 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 axe
14 axe 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 no
17 no 18 one
19 ran 20 out

and as he chopped , he began to sing again . 
1 and 4 chopped
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 chopped
4 chopped 9 sing
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 began
7 began 8 to
7 began 9 sing
9 sing 10 again
10 again 11 .

pretty soon he had split the tree wide open . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
2 soon 5 split
3 he 4 had
5 split 9 open
6 the 7 tree
7 tree 8 wide
8 wide 9 open
9 open 10 .

in the bottom of the hollow was an old nest of [chatterer] the [red] [squirrel] , and that was all . 
1 in 2 the
1 in 10 nest
2 the 3 bottom
2 the 9 old
3 bottom 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 hollow
7 was 8 an
8 an 9 old
10 nest 11 of
10 nest 21 .
11 of 13 the
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 that
18 that 19 was
19 was 20 all
20 all 21 .

farmer [brown] 's [boy] [rubbed] [his] eyes and stared and stared and stared . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 7 eyes
7 eyes 13 stared
7 eyes 14 .
8 and 9 stared
9 stared 11 stared
10 and 11 stared
11 stared 13 stared
12 and 13 stared

there were [unc] ['] [billy] 's tracks leading straight up to [that] tree and [none] leading [away] . 
1 there 2 were
1 there 6 's
6 's 7 tracks
7 tracks 8 leading
8 leading 9 straight
9 straight 10 up
9 straight 11 to
11 to 13 tree
13 tree 14 and
14 and 16 leading
16 leading 18 .

did [that] [possum] have wings ? 
1 did 6 ?
4 have 5 wings
5 wings 6 ?

[xxii] 

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

where was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ? 
1 where 2 was
1 where 7 ?

that is what [farmer] [brown] 's boy wanted to know . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 6 's
2 is 3 what
6 's 7 boy
7 boy 11 .
8 wanted 9 to
8 wanted 10 know
10 know 11 .

that is what [bowser] [the] [hound] wanted [to] [know] . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 what
3 what 7 wanted
7 wanted 10 .

where was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ? 
1 where 2 was
1 where 7 ?

" you certainly did , [unc] ' [billy] [!] 
1 " 2 you
1 " 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 did
3 certainly 5 ,
5 , 7 '

how did you do it ? " asked [a] [voice] right over [unc] ['] [billy] 's head . 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 6 ?
4 do 5 it
4 do 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 asked
8 asked 18 .
11 right 12 over
12 over 17 head
16 's 17 head
17 head 18 .

unc ['] [billy] looked up in surprise . 
1 unc 4 looked
4 looked 5 up
5 up 6 in
6 in 7 surprise
7 surprise 8 .

there was [tommy] [tit] the [chickadee] . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 the
5 the 7 .

unc ['] [billy] grinned . 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 .

" ah just naturally expected [ah] was gwine to have visitors , and so [ah] prepared a little surprise . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 4 naturally
3 just 4 naturally
4 naturally 5 expected
5 expected 20 .
7 was 8 gwine
7 was 17 a
8 gwine 9 to
9 to 10 have
10 have 11 visitors
11 visitors 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 so
14 so 16 prepared
17 a 18 little
18 little 19 surprise
19 surprise 20 .

yes , [sah] , [ah] [done] prepare a little surprise . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 11 .
7 prepare 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 surprise
10 surprise 11 .

yo ' see , mah tracks in the snow was powerful plain . 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 3 see
1 yo 5 mah
3 see 4 ,
5 mah 6 tracks
6 tracks 7 in
6 tracks 12 plain
8 the 9 snow
9 snow 10 was
10 was 11 powerful
11 powerful 12 plain
12 plain 13 .

yes , [sah] , they sho'ly [was] ! 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 8 !
4 , 5 they
6 sho'ly 8 !

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [done] [get] so anxious [ah] just couldn't get any rest in mah mind . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 17 mah
2 , 8 so
8 so 9 anxious
11 just 12 couldn't
12 couldn't 13 get
12 couldn't 14 any
14 any 17 mah
15 rest 17 mah
16 in 17 mah
17 mah 18 mind
18 mind 19 .

sho ' enough , just before sundown , here he comes . 
1 sho 2 '
1 sho 3 enough
3 enough 4 ,
3 enough 7 sundown
5 just 7 sundown
6 before 7 sundown
7 sundown 8 ,
7 sundown 9 here
7 sundown 11 comes
7 sundown 12 .
10 he 11 comes

" so [this] is whar yo ['] [live] , is it [,] [mistah] [possum] ? 
1 " 2 so
1 " 4 is
4 is 15 ?
5 whar 6 yo
6 yo 9 ,
9 , 11 it
10 is 11 it
11 it 15 ?

ah reckon [bowser] [and] [ah] 'll make yo ' a call to-morrow . " 
1 ah 8 yo
1 ah 13 .
2 reckon 8 yo
6 'll 7 make
7 make 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
8 yo 12 to-morrow
10 a 11 call
11 call 12 to-morrow
13 . 14 "

" [when] [i] [heard] [him] [say] that , [ah] [felt] [right] [bad] [.] 
1 " 7 that
7 that 8 ,

yes , [sah] , [ah] [sho'ly] did feel [right] smart [bad] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 12 .
7 did 8 feel
8 feel 10 smart
10 smart 12 .

ah studied and [ah] studied [how] [ah] [was] gwine [to] fool [farmer] [brown] 's boy [and] [bowser] [the] [hound] . 
1 ah 2 studied
2 studied 3 and
3 and 5 studied
5 studied 9 gwine
9 gwine 20 .
11 fool 15 boy
14 's 15 boy
15 boy 20 .

ah [done] [wish] [ah] [had] wings [like] yo ' and [brer] [buzzard] . 
1 ah 6 wings
6 wings 8 yo
6 wings 13 .
8 yo 10 and
9 ' 10 and

" [so] [po] ' ol ['] [unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [studying] [and] [studying] [and] [getting] [mo] ['] [and] [mo] ['] troubled in his mind . 
1 " 5 ol
4 ' 5 ol
5 ol 25 .
21 troubled 22 in
22 in 23 his
23 his 24 mind
24 mind 25 .

ah didn't waste no mo ' time studying . 
1 ah 5 mo
2 didn't 3 waste
3 waste 5 mo
4 no 5 mo
5 mo 6 '
5 mo 7 time
5 mo 8 studying
8 studying 9 .

no , [sah] , [ah] just moved [right] away , and here [ah] [am] . " 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 6 just
6 just 7 moved
7 moved 9 away
9 away 10 ,
10 , 16 "
11 and 12 here
12 here 15 .
15 . 16 "

" and you didn't leave any tracks , and you didn't have any wings , " said [tommy] [tit] the [chickadee] . 
1 " 3 you
2 and 3 you
3 you 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 leave
4 didn't 6 any
4 didn't 10 you
4 didn't 13 any
6 any 7 tracks
7 tracks 9 and
8 , 9 and
11 didn't 13 any
12 have 13 any
13 any 14 wings
14 wings 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 20 the
17 said 22 .

" [dee] [,] dee , dee ! " [laughed] [tommy] [tit] merrily . 
1 " 6 dee
4 dee 5 ,
4 dee 6 dee
6 dee 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 12 merrily
12 merrily 13 .

" [be] [patient] , [unc] ['] [billy] , and perhaps you [will] . " 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 14 "
8 , 9 and
8 , 10 perhaps
10 perhaps 11 you
11 you 13 .
13 . 14 "

[xxiii] 

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

happy [jack] [squirrel] [likes] [the] snow . 
1 happy 6 snow
6 snow 7 .

he always has liked the snow . 
1 he 4 liked
2 always 3 has
2 always 4 liked
4 liked 6 snow
5 the 6 snow
6 snow 7 .

it makes him feel frisky . 
1 it 2 makes
2 makes 5 frisky
3 him 5 frisky
4 feel 5 frisky
5 frisky 6 .

when his feet get cold , all he has to do is to scamper up a tree and warm them in his own fur coat . 
1 when 2 his
1 when 4 get
1 when 7 all
1 when 8 he
2 his 3 feet
4 get 5 cold
5 cold 6 ,
8 he 9 has
8 he 14 scamper
10 to 11 do
10 to 14 scamper
12 is 14 scamper
13 to 14 scamper
14 scamper 15 up
14 scamper 17 tree
14 scamper 19 warm
14 scamper 20 them
14 scamper 21 in
14 scamper 24 fur
16 a 17 tree
17 tree 18 and
21 in 22 his
22 his 23 own
24 fur 25 coat
25 coat 26 .

happy [jack] [didn't] [know] [anything] [about] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] troubles . 
1 happy 12 troubles
12 troubles 13 .

after frisking about he would stop to rest . 
1 after 2 frisking
2 frisking 3 about
2 frisking 5 would
2 frisking 6 stop
4 he 5 would
6 stop 7 to
6 stop 8 rest
8 rest 9 .

his beautiful , great gray tail would be arched up over his back . 
1 his 13 back
2 beautiful 9 arched
3 , 9 arched
4 great 9 arched
5 gray 9 arched
6 tail 9 arched
7 would 8 be
8 be 9 arched
9 arched 10 up
9 arched 11 over
9 arched 13 back
11 over 12 his
13 back 14 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [called] [it] [barking] , but it was [happy] [jack] 's way of shouting . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 17 shouting
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 it
10 it 11 was
10 it 14 's
15 way 16 of
15 way 17 shouting
17 shouting 18 .

" [i] [love] [to] romp [!] 
1 " 5 romp

i love to play ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 3 to
3 to 4 play
4 play 5 !

i 'm happy , happy , all the day ! 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 happy
2 'm 5 happy
3 happy 4 ,
5 happy 6 ,
5 happy 9 day
5 happy 10 !
7 all 9 day
8 the 9 day

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

i love the sun that shines so bright ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 6 shines
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 6 shines
5 that 6 shines
6 shines 7 so
6 shines 8 bright
6 shines 9 !

i love the whole world , for , you see , [the] world is very good to me ! " 
1 i 2 love
2 love 14 is
3 the 5 world
3 the 13 world
4 whole 5 world
5 world 6 ,
6 , 7 for
7 for 9 you
8 , 9 you
9 you 10 see
10 see 11 ,
13 world 14 is
14 is 15 very
15 very 16 good
16 good 17 to
17 to 18 me
18 me 19 !
19 ! 20 "

" hello ! " exclaimed [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 8 .

" that 's one of the old [storehouses] of my cousin , [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [!] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 11 cousin
4 one 5 of
4 one 9 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 old
9 of 10 my
10 my 11 cousin
11 cousin 12 ,

i 've got an old storehouse near here , and [i] guess [i] 'll see if [i] have [left] any nuts in it . " 
1 i 2 've
1 i 14 'll
2 've 3 got
3 got 7 near
4 an 5 old
4 an 6 storehouse
6 storehouse 7 near
7 near 8 here
8 here 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 guess
14 'll 15 see
14 'll 18 have
15 see 16 if
18 have 20 any
20 any 21 nuts
21 nuts 22 in
22 in 23 it
23 it 24 .
24 . 25 "

he scampered over to another hollow tree standing near . 
1 he 2 scampered
2 scampered 3 over
3 over 4 to
3 over 7 tree
5 another 6 hollow
6 hollow 7 tree
7 tree 8 standing
8 standing 9 near
9 near 10 .

he scampered up the tree as [only] [happy] [jack] [can] and whisked in at the open doorway of the hollow . 
1 he 2 scampered
2 scampered 3 up
3 up 4 the
4 the 5 tree
4 the 17 doorway
5 tree 6 as
11 and 12 whisked
12 whisked 17 doorway
13 in 17 doorway
14 at 15 the
14 at 17 doorway
15 the 17 doorway
16 open 17 doorway
17 doorway 18 of
17 doorway 20 hollow
17 doorway 21 .
19 the 20 hollow

happy [jack] [was] [so] [surprised] [that] [he] [didn't] [know] [what] [to] [do] [for] [a] second . 
1 happy 15 second
15 second 16 .

happy [jack] [was] [so] [frightened] [that] [he] [scrambled] [out] as [fast] [as] he could . 
1 happy 10 as
10 as 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 .

he could hear a very angry voice inside , and in a minute who should appear at the doorway [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 hear
3 hear 4 a
4 a 13 minute
5 very 6 angry
5 very 13 minute
6 angry 7 voice
6 angry 9 ,
7 voice 8 inside
9 , 10 and
11 in 12 a
12 a 13 minute
13 minute 16 appear
14 who 16 appear
15 should 16 appear
16 appear 17 at
16 appear 19 doorway
17 at 18 the
18 the 19 doorway
19 doorway 25 .

unc ['] [billy] had been waked out of a sound sleep , and that was enough to make any one cross . 
1 unc 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 waked
6 waked 7 out
6 waked 11 sleep
7 out 8 of
9 a 10 sound
10 sound 11 sleep
11 sleep 12 ,
11 sleep 19 any
11 sleep 22 .
13 and 14 that
14 that 15 was
15 was 16 enough
16 enough 17 to
17 to 18 make
18 make 19 any
19 any 20 one
20 one 21 cross

besides , he had been badly frightened , and that made him crosser still . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 badly
6 badly 7 frightened
7 frightened 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 made
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 him
12 him 15 .
13 crosser 14 still
14 still 15 .

" what do you mean by stealing into other folk 's houses ? " demanded [happy] [jack] [,] [just] [as] angrily . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 5 mean
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 7 stealing
6 by 7 stealing
7 stealing 8 into
7 stealing 9 other
9 other 10 folk
10 folk 11 's
10 folk 12 houses
12 houses 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 demanded
15 demanded 21 angrily
21 angrily 22 .

[xxiv] 

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

it is enough to make any one lose his temper . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 make
5 make 6 any
6 any 7 one
7 one 8 lose
8 lose 10 temper
9 his 10 temper
10 temper 11 .

happy [jack] [squirrel] [lost] [his] . 
1 happy 6 .

it is enough to make any one lose his temper . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 make
5 make 6 any
6 any 7 one
7 one 8 lose
8 lose 10 temper
9 his 10 temper
10 temper 11 .

unc ' [billy] [possum] [lost] [his] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

and [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sat] in the doorway of the hollow tree and showed his teeth [to] [happy] [jack] and said unpleasant things . 
1 and 7 in
7 in 13 tree
8 the 9 doorway
9 doorway 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 hollow
11 the 13 tree
13 tree 14 and
13 tree 25 .
15 showed 16 his
15 showed 17 teeth
17 teeth 21 and
17 teeth 23 unpleasant
21 and 22 said
23 unpleasant 24 things
24 things 25 .

it really was very dreadful the way those two did talk . 
1 it 2 really
1 it 12 .
2 really 5 dreadful
2 really 9 two
2 really 10 did
3 was 4 very
4 very 5 dreadful
6 the 7 way
6 the 9 two
8 those 9 two
10 did 11 talk

pretty soon he was laughing just as hard as [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 laughing
4 was 6 just
6 just 7 as
6 just 9 as
8 hard 9 as

" [ho] , ho , ho ! 
1 " 4 ho
3 , 4 ho
4 ho 6 ho
5 , 6 ho
6 ho 7 !

ha , ha , ha ! " they laughed together . 
1 ha 2 ,
2 , 3 ha
3 ha 4 ,
3 ha 5 ha
5 ha 6 !
5 ha 9 laughed
6 ! 7 "
8 they 9 laughed
9 laughed 10 together
10 together 11 .

finally they had to stop for breath . 
1 finally 2 they
2 they 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 stop
5 stop 6 for
6 for 7 breath
7 breath 8 .

" what are you doing in my storehouse , [unc] ' [billy] ? " asked [happy] [jack] , when he could stop laughing . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 24 .
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 doing
4 you 9 ,
5 doing 8 storehouse
6 in 7 my
7 my 8 storehouse
9 , 11 '
11 ' 15 asked
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 15 asked
18 , 19 when
19 when 20 he
20 he 21 could
21 could 22 stop
22 stop 23 laughing
23 laughing 24 .

happy [jack] [put] [his] [head] [on] [one] [side] [and] thought very hard . 
1 happy 10 thought
10 thought 12 hard
11 very 12 hard
12 hard 13 .

" why don't you stay right here until the snow goes , [unc] ' [billy] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 don't
3 don't 4 you
4 you 5 stay
5 stay 6 right
5 stay 7 here
5 stay 8 until
8 until 10 snow
9 the 10 snow
10 snow 11 goes
10 snow 12 ,
12 , 14 '
14 ' 19 asked
16 ? 17 "
16 ? 19 asked
17 " 18 he
19 asked 20 .

there was a twinkle in [unc] ['] [billy] 's eyes . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 twinkle
4 twinkle 5 in
4 twinkle 10 eyes
9 's 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 .

happy [jack] [laughed] . 
1 happy 4 .

" you 're welcome to stay as long as you like , [unc] ' [billy] , " he said . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 welcome
4 welcome 5 to
4 welcome 12 ,
5 to 6 stay
6 stay 7 as
7 as 9 as
8 long 9 as
9 as 10 you
10 you 11 like
12 , 14 '
14 ' 20 .
16 , 17 "
17 " 19 said
18 he 19 said
19 said 20 .

" you better stay right where you are [,] [and] [i] 'll go tell old [mrs] [possum] where you are . " 
1 " 6 where
2 you 4 stay
3 better 4 stay
4 stay 5 right
4 stay 6 where
6 where 8 are
6 where 13 go
6 where 15 old
6 where 20 are
7 you 8 are
12 'll 13 go
13 go 14 tell
18 where 20 are
19 you 20 are
20 are 21 .
21 . 22 "

" thank yo ' ! 
1 " 2 thank
2 thank 3 yo
2 thank 5 !
3 yo 4 '

thank yo ' ! 
1 thank 2 yo
1 thank 4 !
2 yo 3 '

that is very kind of yo ['] , [brer] [squirrel] . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 kind
4 kind 5 of
5 of 6 yo
6 yo 8 ,
8 , 11 .

that will be a great help , [fo] ' it will lift a great load off mah [mind] , " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 that 2 will
2 will 3 be
3 be 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 help
6 help 7 ,
7 , 9 '
9 ' 17 mah
10 it 11 will
11 will 15 load
12 lift 13 a
13 a 14 great
14 great 15 load
15 load 16 off
15 load 17 mah
17 mah 23 '
19 , 20 "
19 , 23 '
20 " 21 said

" [to] [get] [yourself] [in] [trouble] is a very easy thing . 
1 " 7 is
7 is 8 a
8 a 10 easy
9 very 10 easy
10 easy 11 thing
11 thing 12 .

i notice that to others it will always worries bring . 
1 i 2 notice
1 i 10 bring
2 notice 3 that
4 to 10 bring
5 others 7 will
6 it 7 will
7 will 10 bring
8 always 9 worries
9 worries 10 bring
10 bring 11 .

but [getting] [out] [of] [trouble] ['s] [always] [quite] the [other] [way] [the] more you try to wriggle out , the longer you must stay . ["] 
1 but 9 the
9 the 25 .
13 more 17 wriggle
14 you 15 try
15 try 16 to
15 try 17 wriggle
17 wriggle 18 out
17 wriggle 19 ,
17 wriggle 21 longer
17 wriggle 24 stay
17 wriggle 25 .
20 the 21 longer
22 you 23 must
23 must 24 stay

[xxv] 

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

he [found] [old] [mrs] [possum] [very] [much] worried [and] [very] [much] out of sorts . 
1 he 8 worried
8 worried 15 .
12 out 13 of
12 out 15 .
13 of 14 sorts

you see [unc] ['] [billy] had been gone a long time for him [,] and she didn't know what had become of him . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 18 know
2 see 13 him
6 had 7 been
6 had 8 gone
8 gone 10 long
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 time
11 time 12 for
12 for 13 him
15 and 16 she
16 she 17 didn't
17 didn't 18 know
18 know 19 what
19 what 21 become
20 had 21 become
21 become 22 of
21 become 23 him
23 him 24 .

but just as soon as she knew that he was safe , she forgot all about how worried she had been . 
1 but 6 she
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 soon
4 soon 5 as
5 as 6 she
6 she 7 knew
6 she 20 had
7 knew 8 that
9 he 10 was
9 he 14 forgot
9 he 20 had
10 was 11 safe
11 safe 12 ,
13 she 14 forgot
14 forgot 15 all
14 forgot 16 about
14 forgot 17 how
15 all 16 about
17 how 18 worried
19 she 20 had
20 had 21 been
21 been 22 .

" yo ' tell [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ['] care if he never comes back . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 15 he
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 tell
2 yo 6 '
13 care 14 if
14 if 15 he
15 he 17 comes
16 never 17 comes
17 comes 18 back
18 back 19 .

happy [jack] [chuckled] as he started back to tell [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 happy 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 started
6 started 7 back
7 back 8 to
8 to 9 tell

he knew perfectly well that [old] [mrs] [possum] didn't mean what she said . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 9 didn't
1 he 13 said
2 knew 3 perfectly
2 knew 5 that
3 perfectly 4 well
9 didn't 10 mean
11 what 12 she
12 she 13 said
13 said 14 .

he knew that [unc] ['] [billy] would know that she didn't mean it . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 7 would
2 knew 3 that
7 would 8 know
8 know 9 that
9 that 10 she
10 she 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 mean
12 mean 13 it
13 it 14 .

then all of a sudden [happy] [jack] thought of a way [for] [unc] ['] [billy] to get home without waiting until the snow [melted] [away] . 
1 then 5 sudden
2 all 5 sudden
3 of 5 sudden
4 a 5 sudden
5 sudden 23 snow
8 thought 9 of
9 of 10 a
9 of 22 the
10 a 11 way
11 way 16 to
16 to 17 get
17 get 18 home
17 get 19 without
19 without 20 waiting
20 waiting 21 until
22 the 23 snow
23 snow 26 .

that might be a very long time , for there was a great deal of snow on the ground . 
1 that 2 might
2 might 3 be
3 be 4 a
4 a 6 long
5 very 6 long
6 long 7 time
7 time 9 for
7 time 10 there
8 , 9 for
10 there 11 was
11 was 12 a
12 a 14 deal
13 great 14 deal
14 deal 15 of
15 of 18 the
16 snow 17 on
17 on 18 the
18 the 19 ground
19 ground 20 .

what do you suppose [gave] [happy] [jack] [his] idea ? 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 suppose
2 do 10 ?
9 idea 10 ?

why , [a] [tiny] little [snowflake] [that] hit [happy] [jack] [right] [on] [the] [end] [of] [his] [nose] [!] 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 8 hit
2 , 5 little

yes , [sir] [,] it was that tiny little [snowflake] that [gave] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] his [bright] idea . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 it
5 it 6 was
5 it 19 .
6 was 7 that
8 tiny 9 little
8 tiny 18 idea
11 that 16 his
16 his 18 idea
18 idea 19 .

he hurried back to the hollow tree where [unc] ['] [billy] was hiding and scrambled up to the doorway . 
1 he 2 hurried
2 hurried 6 hollow
3 back 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 hollow
6 hollow 7 tree
7 tree 8 where
8 where 12 was
12 was 13 hiding
13 hiding 19 doorway
14 and 15 scrambled
15 scrambled 16 up
16 up 17 to
16 up 18 the
18 the 19 doorway
19 doorway 20 .

" hello , [unc] ' [billy] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
2 hello 7 !
3 , 5 '

you can go home to-night ! " he shouted . 
1 you 2 can
1 you 6 !
2 can 3 go
3 go 4 home
4 home 5 to-night
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 shouted
9 shouted 10 .

unc ['] [billy] [possum] stuck his head out of the doorway . 
1 unc 11 doorway
5 stuck 11 doorway
6 his 7 head
6 his 11 doorway
7 head 8 out
8 out 9 of
9 of 10 the
11 doorway 12 .

" what 's that yo ' say , [brer] [squirrel] ? " he said . 
1 " 5 yo
2 what 3 's
2 what 5 yo
4 that 5 yo
5 yo 6 '
5 yo 15 .
7 say 8 ,
8 , 12 "
11 ? 12 "
12 " 14 said
13 he 14 said
14 said 15 .

" just look up in the sky , [unc] ' [billy] ! " said [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 2 just
1 " 14 said
3 look 4 up
4 up 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 sky
7 sky 8 ,
8 , 10 '
10 ' 14 said
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 17 .

unc ['] [billy] looked . 
1 unc 5 .
4 looked 5 .

the sky was full of dancing snowflakes . 
1 the 2 sky
1 the 7 snowflakes
2 sky 5 of
2 sky 6 dancing
3 was 4 full
4 full 5 of
7 snowflakes 8 .

they got in his eyes and clung to his whiskers . 
1 they 2 got
2 got 10 whiskers
3 in 4 his
4 his 5 eyes
4 his 10 whiskers
5 eyes 6 and
7 clung 10 whiskers
8 to 9 his
9 his 10 whiskers
10 whiskers 11 .

unc ['] [billy] shook his head in disgust . 
1 unc 4 shook
4 shook 6 head
4 shook 8 disgust
5 his 6 head
7 in 8 disgust
8 disgust 9 .

" ah don ' see anything but mo ' snow , and yo ' [know] [ah] don ' like snow ! " he said . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 don
2 ah 8 mo
3 don 4 '
5 see 6 anything
6 anything 8 mo
7 but 8 mo
8 mo 9 '
8 mo 10 snow
8 mo 18 '
8 mo 20 snow
8 mo 21 !
10 snow 12 and
11 , 12 and
13 yo 14 '
13 yo 17 don
13 yo 18 '
19 like 20 snow
21 ! 22 "
22 " 24 said
23 he 24 said
24 said 25 .

" what yo ['] [driving] [at] , [brer] [squirrel] ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 yo
3 yo 7 ,
7 , 11 "
10 ? 11 "

happy [jack] [laughed] . 
1 happy 4 .

" why , it 's just as simple as can be , [unc] ' [billy] ! " he cried . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 19 cried
2 why 3 ,
3 , 7 as
4 it 5 's
5 's 6 just
6 just 7 as
8 simple 9 as
8 simple 12 ,
9 as 10 can
10 can 11 be
12 , 14 '
12 , 17 "
16 ! 17 "
17 " 19 cried
18 he 19 cried
19 cried 20 .

" just as soon as it 's dark , you start for home . 
1 " 10 you
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 soon
3 as 8 dark
3 as 10 you
4 soon 5 as
6 it 7 's
6 it 8 dark
8 dark 9 ,
10 you 11 start
11 start 12 for
11 start 13 home
11 start 14 .
13 home 14 .

it 's going to snow all night , and in the morning there won't be any tracks . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
2 's 17 tracks
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 snow
6 all 7 night
6 all 11 the
7 night 9 and
8 , 9 and
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 morning
11 the 17 tracks
13 there 16 any
14 won't 15 be
14 won't 16 any
16 any 17 tracks
17 tracks 18 .

the snowflakes will have covered them all up . " 
1 the 2 snowflakes
2 snowflakes 3 will
2 snowflakes 4 have
2 snowflakes 5 covered
5 covered 6 them
5 covered 8 up
6 them 7 all
8 up 9 .
9 . 10 "

unc ['] [billy] grinned . 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 .

" ah [believe] yo ' are right , [brer] [squirrel] , [ah] [believe] yo ' [are] right ! " said [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 24 .
2 ah 4 yo
2 ah 11 ,
5 ' 6 are
6 are 7 right
7 right 8 ,
7 right 11 ,
14 yo 15 '
14 yo 22 '
15 ' 20 said
17 right 18 !
18 ! 19 "
19 " 20 said
22 ' 24 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [learned] [how] easy it is to get [into] [trouble] and how hard to get out of it . 
1 so 8 easy
8 easy 12 get
8 easy 23 .
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 to
11 to 12 get
15 and 16 how
16 how 22 it
17 hard 18 to
18 to 19 get
19 get 20 out
19 get 22 it
20 out 21 of
22 it 23 .

but he isn't the only one who has found this out . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 isn't
2 he 8 has
2 he 9 found
4 the 5 only
5 only 6 one
6 one 7 who
7 who 8 has
9 found 10 this
9 found 11 out
11 out 12 .

just [ask] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] particular [friend] [,] [mistah] [mocker] [the] [mocking] [bird] . 
1 just 7 particular
7 particular 15 .

he will tell you the very same thing . 
1 he 2 will
2 will 3 tell
3 tell 4 you
3 tell 5 the
5 the 7 same
6 very 7 same
7 same 8 thing
7 same 9 .