produced by [juliet] [sutherland] , [richard] [j] [shiffer] and the [pg] [online] [distributed] [proofreading] [team] [.] 1 produced 2 by 2 by 10 the 5 , 9 and 9 and 10 the [mother] [west] [wind] ["] [why] ["] [stories] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] author of ["] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] , " and ["] the [bed] [time] [story-books] . " 1 author 2 of 1 author 17 " 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 and 10 and 12 the 12 the 16 . 16 . 17 " illustrations in [color] [by] [harrison] [cady] 1 illustrations 2 in [boston] [little] [,] [brown] [,] [and] [company] [@number@] [[] [illustration] [:] ["] [he] [went] [right] [on] [about] [his] [business] [.] ["] [frontispiece] [.] []] [books] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] [bedtime] [story-books] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [reddy] [fox] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [johnny] [chuck] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [peter] [cottontail] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [mr] [.] [mocker] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [jerry] [muskrat] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [grandfather] [frog] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [chatterer] [,] [the] [red] [squirrel] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [sammy] [jay] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [buster] [bear] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [prickly] [porky] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [old] [man] [coyote] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [poor] [mrs] [.] [quack] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [bobby] [coon] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [jimmy] [skunk] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [bob] [white] [@number@] [the] [adventures] [of] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [mother] [west] [wind] [series] [@number@] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [@number@] [mother] [west] [wind's] [children] [@number@] [mother] [west] [wind's] [animal] [friends] [@number@] [mother] [west] [wind's] [neighbors] [@number@] [mother] [west] [wind] ["] [why] ["] [stories] [@number@] [mother] [west] [wind] ["] [how] ["] [stories] [@number@] [mother] [west] [wind] ["] [when] ["] [stories] [@number@] [mother] [west] [wind] ["] [where] ["] [stories] [green] [meadow] [series] [@number@] [happy] [jack] [@number@] [mrs] [peter] [rabbit] [@number@] [bowser] [the] [hound] [@number@] [old] [granny] [fox] [the] [burgess] [bird] [book] [for] [children] [the] [burgess] [animal] [book] [for] [children] [contents] [chapter] i [why] [striped] [chipmunk] [is] [proud] [of] [his] [stripes] [ii] . 1 i 11 . [why] [peter] [rabbit] [cannot] [fold] [his] [hands] [iii] [.] [why] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [plays] [dead] [iv] [.] [why] [reddy] [fox] [wears] [red] [v] [why] [jimmy] [skunk] [never] [hurries] [vi] [.] [why] [sammy] [jay] [has] [a] [fine] [coat] [vii] [.] [why] [jerry] [muskrat] [builds] [his] [house] [in] [the] [water] [viii] [.] [why] [old] [man] [coyote] [has] [many] [voices] [ix] [.] [why] [miner] [the] [mole] [lives] [under] [ground] [x] [why] [mr] [.] [snake] [cannot] [wink] [xi] [.] [why] [bobby] [coon] [has] [rings] [on] [his] [tail] [xii] [.] [why] [there] [is] [a] [black] [head] [in] [the] [buzzard] [family] [xiii] [.] [why] [buster] [bear] [appears] [to] [have] [no] [tail] [xiv] [.] [why] [flitter] [the] [bat] [flies] [at] [night] [xv] [.] [why] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [carries] [his] [house] [with] [him] [xvi] [.] [why] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [has] [a] [broad] [tail] [list] [of] [illustrations] ["] [he] [went] [right] [on] [about] [his] [business] ["] " [as] [they] [were] [all] [very] [hungry] , [they] [would] [like] [to] [know] [when] [the] [feast] [would] [be] [ready] " 1 " 8 , 8 , 20 " " [you] [don't] [mean] [to] [say] [so] , [peter] , " [interrupted] [grandfather] [frog] 1 " 8 , 8 , 11 " 10 , 11 " [he] [would] [make] [no] [reply] [,] [save] [to] [run] [out] [his] [tongue] [at] [them] ["] [then] [old] [king] [bear] [wished] [that] [he] [hadn't] [a] [tail] ["] " [it] [must] [be] [fine] [to] [fly] , " [thought] [peter] . 1 " 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 12 . ["] [i] [wish] [i] [could] [fly] ["] " [hi] , [spotty] ! " 1 " 3 , 3 , 6 " 5 ! 6 " [he] [shouted] [,] ["] [where] [do] [you] [live] [?] ["] [the] [first] [thing] [peter] [looked] [to] [see] [was] [what] [kind] [of] [a] [tail] [paddy] [has] [i] [why] [striped] [chipmunk] [is] [proud] [of] [his] [stripes] the [merry] [little] [breezes] of [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [are] [great] [friends] [of] [striped] [chipmunk] [.] 1 the 5 of they hurry to call on [him] the very first thing [every] [morning] [after] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] has [brought] [them] down from the [purple] [hills] [.] 1 they 4 call 2 hurry 4 call 3 to 4 call 4 call 5 on 5 on 7 the 5 on 23 the 7 the 9 first 8 very 9 first 9 first 10 thing 10 thing 18 has 21 down 22 from 22 from 23 the they always beg him to stop and play with them , but often he refuses . 1 they 2 always 2 always 3 beg 3 beg 4 him 4 him 6 stop 4 him 16 . 5 to 6 stop 6 stop 15 refuses 7 and 8 play 8 play 9 with 8 play 15 refuses 10 them 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 15 refuses 13 often 15 refuses 14 he 15 refuses no , [sir] , [they] never [get] [cross] . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 6 never 6 never 9 . if anything , they think just [a] [little] [bit] [more] [of] [striped] [chipmunk] because he won't play . 1 if 2 anything 1 if 4 they 1 if 15 he 3 , 4 they 5 think 15 he 6 just 14 because 14 because 15 he 15 he 16 won't 16 won't 17 play 17 play 18 . " [when] there is work for me to do [the] sooner [started] , sooner through . " 1 " 3 there 1 " 11 sooner 3 there 4 is 4 is 5 work 5 work 6 for 6 for 7 me 7 me 8 to 8 to 9 do 11 sooner 13 , 13 , 17 " 14 sooner 15 through 15 through 16 . 16 . 17 " so every morning they ask him to play , and every morning they laugh when he says he has too much to do . 1 so 4 they 2 every 3 morning 3 morning 4 they 4 they 5 ask 5 ask 6 him 5 ask 7 to 7 to 8 play 7 to 14 laugh 7 to 23 do 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 every 11 every 12 morning 12 morning 13 they 13 they 14 laugh 14 laugh 15 when 14 laugh 20 too 15 when 16 he 15 when 18 he 16 he 17 says 17 says 18 he 18 he 19 has 20 too 21 much 21 much 22 to 23 do 24 . now [grandfather] [frog] is very old and very wise , and he knows all about the days when the world was [young] . 1 now 23 . 4 is 5 very 5 very 9 wise 6 old 9 wise 7 and 9 wise 8 very 9 wise 9 wise 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 11 and 16 the 12 he 13 knows 13 knows 14 all 14 all 15 about 16 the 17 days 17 days 18 when 18 when 19 the 19 the 20 world 20 world 21 was 20 world 23 . when he is feeling just right , he dearly loves to tell about those long-ago days . 1 when 2 he 1 when 8 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 5 just 3 is 6 right 4 feeling 5 just 6 right 7 , 8 he 10 loves 9 dearly 10 loves 10 loves 15 long-ago 11 to 12 tell 12 tell 13 about 13 about 15 long-ago 14 those 15 long-ago 15 long-ago 16 days 15 long-ago 17 . " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! they are stripes of honor , " replied [grandfather] [frog] , in his [deep] [,] gruff [voice] . 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 stripes 3 stripes 4 of 3 stripes 5 honor 5 honor 6 , 5 honor 16 gruff 5 honor 18 . 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 replied 11 , 12 in 12 in 13 his 13 his 16 gruff " honor [!] 1 " 2 honor oh , how lovely ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 how 3 how 4 lovely 4 lovely 5 ! do tell us about it ! 1 do 2 tell 2 tell 3 us 2 tell 4 about 4 about 5 it 5 it 6 ! please do ! " begged the [merry] [little] [breezes] . 1 please 2 do 1 please 10 . 2 do 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 begged 5 begged 6 the " [chug-a-rum] ! " [began] [grandfather] [frog] [,] [his] [big] [,] [goggly] [eyes] [twinkling] [.] 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " he was always very busy , very busy , indeed , and it was always about his own affairs . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 always 2 was 4 very 4 very 5 busy 4 very 10 indeed 5 busy 8 busy 6 , 7 very 7 very 8 busy 9 , 10 indeed 10 indeed 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 it 13 it 14 was 13 it 20 . 14 was 15 always 16 about 19 affairs 17 his 18 own 17 his 19 affairs 19 affairs 20 . " [just] [what] [striped] [chipmunk] [says] now , " [broke] [in] [one] [of] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] . 1 " 7 now 7 now 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 18 . " [old] [mr] [chipmunk] wore just a little , plain [brown] [coat] . 1 " 10 plain 5 wore 10 plain 6 just 7 a 7 a 8 little 8 little 9 , 9 , 10 plain 10 plain 13 . it didn't worry him a bit , not a bit , that his coat was just plain brown . 1 it 15 was 2 didn't 3 worry 3 worry 4 him 3 worry 10 bit 3 worry 12 that 5 a 6 bit 5 a 10 bit 6 bit 7 , 8 not 10 bit 9 a 10 bit 10 bit 11 , 12 that 15 was 13 his 14 coat 14 coat 15 was 15 was 17 plain 16 just 17 plain 17 plain 18 brown 17 plain 19 . he was perfectly satisfied with his little plain brown coat and took the best of care of it . 1 he 2 was 2 was 8 plain 3 perfectly 4 satisfied 3 perfectly 8 plain 4 satisfied 5 with 5 with 6 his 7 little 8 plain 8 plain 10 coat 8 plain 14 best 8 plain 19 . 9 brown 10 coat 10 coat 11 and 11 and 12 took 13 the 14 best 14 best 15 of 16 care 17 of 17 of 18 it 18 it 19 . over in a little path in the meadow grass was walking [old] [mr] [meadow] [mouse] . 1 over 2 in 2 in 3 a 3 a 4 little 4 little 5 path 5 path 8 meadow 6 in 7 the 7 the 8 meadow 8 meadow 9 grass 9 grass 11 walking 9 grass 16 . 10 was 11 walking he was strolling along as if there was nothing in the world to fear . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 strolling 3 strolling 4 along 3 strolling 14 fear 5 as 6 if 6 if 7 there 7 there 8 was 7 there 9 nothing 9 nothing 10 in 9 nothing 13 to 9 nothing 14 fear 10 in 12 world 11 the 12 world 14 fear 15 . way back behind him in the [same] [little] path , walking very fast but very quietly , [was] [big] [mr] [bob] [cat] . 1 way 2 back 1 way 3 behind 3 behind 4 him 3 behind 6 the 4 him 5 in 5 in 6 the 6 the 9 path 9 path 11 walking 10 , 11 walking 11 walking 13 fast 11 walking 16 quietly 12 very 13 fast 14 but 16 quietly 15 very 16 quietly 16 quietly 17 , 17 , 23 . his eyes were yellow , and a hungry look was in them . 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 3 were 3 were 4 yellow 3 were 8 hungry 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 hungry 7 a 8 hungry 8 hungry 9 look 8 hungry 13 . 9 look 11 in 10 was 11 in 12 them 13 . he [didn't] see [mr] [meadow] [mouse] [,] but he would in [a] few minutes . 1 he 3 see 3 see 15 . 8 but 9 he 8 but 11 in 9 he 10 would 11 in 13 few 13 few 14 minutes 14 minutes 15 . mr [chipmunk] [saw] [that] [he] [would] [,] [and] [that] [there] [was] [no] [place] [for] [mr] [meadow] [mouse] [to] [hide] . 1 mr 20 . " ' [humph] [!] 1 " 2 ' i never meddle in [other] [people] 's affairs , and this is none of my business , ' said little [mr] [chipmunk] . 1 i 2 never 2 never 3 meddle 3 meddle 4 in 4 in 8 affairs 7 's 8 affairs 8 affairs 23 . 9 , 10 and 9 , 15 my 10 and 11 this 11 this 12 is 12 is 13 none 13 none 14 of 15 my 16 business 16 business 17 , 16 business 23 . 17 , 18 ' 18 ' 19 said 19 said 20 little " [but] [old] [mr] [meadow] [mouse] was a [friend] . 1 " 10 . 7 was 8 a 8 a 10 . he thought a great deal of [mr] [meadow] [mouse] [,] did little [mr] [chipmunk] . 1 he 2 thought 1 he 11 did 2 thought 6 of 3 a 5 deal 4 great 5 deal 5 deal 6 of 11 did 15 . 12 little 15 . he couldn't bear to think of what would happen to [mr] [meadow] [mouse] if [big] [mr] [bob] [cat] should catch him . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 bear 3 bear 4 to 3 bear 22 . 4 to 5 think 5 think 6 of 7 what 9 happen 8 would 9 happen 9 happen 10 to 10 to 20 catch 14 if 19 should 19 should 20 catch 20 catch 21 him 21 him 22 . of course [big] [mr] [bob] [cat] [looked] up [right] [away] and [saw] [little] [mr] [chipmunk] sitting on the old stump . 1 of 2 course 2 course 8 up 8 up 21 . 11 and 18 the 16 sitting 17 on 17 on 18 the 18 the 19 old 19 old 20 stump 20 stump 21 . then , with great leaps , he came straight for the old stump on which [little] [mr] [chipmunk] was sitting . 1 then 2 , 2 , 15 which 3 with 5 leaps 3 with 15 which 4 great 5 leaps 6 , 15 which 7 he 8 came 8 came 9 straight 9 straight 10 for 9 straight 13 stump 11 the 12 old 12 old 13 stump 13 stump 15 which 14 on 15 which 15 which 19 was 19 was 20 sitting 20 sitting 21 . " [little] [mr] [chipmunk] [didn't] wait for him to get there . 1 " 6 wait 6 wait 7 for 7 for 8 him 8 him 9 to 9 to 10 get 10 get 11 there 11 there 12 . oh , my , no ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 my 1 oh 4 , 1 oh 5 no 1 oh 6 ! you see , there wasn't time to go anywhere else . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 4 there 4 there 5 wasn't 5 wasn't 6 time 6 time 7 to 7 to 8 go 8 go 9 anywhere 9 anywhere 10 else 10 else 11 . big [mr] [bob] [cat] found the hole in the stump right away . 1 big 10 stump 5 found 7 hole 6 the 7 hole 7 hole 8 in 7 hole 10 stump 8 in 9 the 10 stump 11 right 10 stump 13 . 11 right 12 away he snarled when he saw it . 1 he 2 snarled 1 he 5 saw 3 when 5 saw 4 he 5 saw 5 saw 6 it 6 it 7 . you see it was too small , very much too small , for him to get into himself . 1 you 16 get 2 see 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 5 too 5 too 6 small 5 too 7 , 5 too 9 much 5 too 11 small 5 too 12 , 5 too 13 for 8 very 9 much 10 too 11 small 13 for 14 him 14 him 15 to 15 to 16 get 16 get 17 into 16 get 18 himself 18 himself 19 . but he could get one hand and arm in , and he did , feeling all around inside [for] [little] [mr] [chipmunk] . 1 but 2 he 1 but 5 one 2 he 3 could 3 could 4 get 5 one 6 hand 6 hand 7 and 6 hand 8 arm 8 arm 9 in 8 arm 11 and 8 arm 14 , 8 arm 17 around 8 arm 23 . 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 12 he 13 did 14 , 15 feeling 16 all 17 around 17 around 18 inside little [mr] [chipmunk] [was] frightened [almost] [to] [death] . 1 little 5 frightened 5 frightened 9 . yes , [sir] , he was frightened almost to death . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 5 he 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 was 6 was 8 almost 7 frightened 8 almost 8 almost 10 death 9 to 10 death 10 death 11 . he made himself just as flat as he could on the bottom of the hollow and held his breath . 1 he 3 himself 1 he 17 held 2 made 3 himself 4 just 5 as 4 just 7 as 6 flat 7 as 7 as 8 he 8 he 9 could 8 he 17 held 10 on 11 the 11 the 12 bottom 12 bottom 13 of 12 bottom 15 hollow 14 the 15 hollow 15 hollow 17 held 16 and 17 held 17 held 19 breath 18 his 19 breath 19 breath 20 . " ['] [you] ['d] [better] come out of there , [mr] [chipmunk] , or [i] 'll pull you out ! ' snarled [mr] [bob] [cat] . 1 " 6 come 1 " 22 snarled 6 come 7 out 6 come 10 , 7 out 8 of 7 out 9 there 13 , 14 or 14 or 17 pull 16 'll 17 pull 17 pull 18 you 17 pull 19 out 17 pull 22 snarled 20 ! 21 ' 20 ! 22 snarled 22 snarled 26 . " [little] [mr] [chipmunk] [just] snuggled [down] flatter than ever and [didn't] [say] [a] [word] . 1 " 6 snuggled 6 snuggled 8 flatter 8 flatter 9 than 8 flatter 11 and 9 than 10 ever 11 and 16 . yes , [sir] [,] it stood right up on end , he was so scared . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 11 , 1 yes 16 . 5 it 7 right 6 stood 7 right 7 right 8 up 7 right 9 on 7 right 11 , 9 on 10 end 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 so 14 so 15 scared 15 scared 16 . when it [did] [that] , it tickled the claws [of] [mr] [bob] [cat] . 1 when 2 it 2 it 14 . 5 , 6 it 6 it 7 tickled 7 tickled 9 claws 8 the 9 claws 9 claws 14 . mr [bob] [cat] [grinned] . 1 mr 5 . it was an ugly grin to see . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 an 3 an 4 ugly 4 ugly 5 grin 5 grin 6 to 6 to 7 see 7 see 8 . then he [reached] [in] [a] [little] [farther] [and] made a [grab] [for] little [mr] [chipmunk] . 1 then 2 he 2 he 9 made 9 made 10 a 10 a 13 little 13 little 16 . his wide-spread , sharp claws caught in [little] [mr] [chipmunk] 's coat [near] the neck and tore little strips the whole length of it . 1 his 2 wide-spread 2 wide-spread 3 , 2 wide-spread 4 sharp 4 sharp 5 claws 5 claws 6 caught 5 claws 17 tore 6 caught 7 in 11 's 12 coat 12 coat 17 tore 14 the 15 neck 15 neck 17 tore 16 and 17 tore 17 tore 19 strips 17 tore 24 it 18 little 19 strips 19 strips 21 whole 19 strips 22 length 19 strips 23 of 20 the 21 whole 24 it 25 . " [of] [course] [little] [mr] [chipmunk] squealed with pain , for those claws hurt dreadfully , but he was glad that his coat tore . 1 " 7 squealed 7 squealed 9 pain 7 squealed 25 . 8 with 9 pain 9 pain 10 , 10 , 11 for 12 those 13 claws 13 claws 15 dreadfully 13 claws 24 tore 13 claws 25 . 14 hurt 15 dreadfully 16 , 17 but 17 but 18 he 18 he 19 was 18 he 24 tore 19 was 20 glad 20 glad 21 that 22 his 23 coat 23 coat 24 tore if it [hadn't] [,] [mr] [bob] [cat] would surely have pulled him [out] . 1 if 2 it 2 it 8 would 8 would 9 surely 8 would 10 have 10 have 11 pulled 11 pulled 12 him 12 him 14 . after a long time , [mr] [bob] [cat] [gave] [up] and went off , growling and snarling . 1 after 3 long 2 a 3 long 3 long 4 time 3 long 5 , 5 , 11 and 11 and 12 went 12 went 13 off 13 off 15 growling 14 , 15 growling 15 growling 17 snarling 16 and 17 snarling 17 snarling 18 . when he thought it was safe , [little] [mr] [chipmunk] crawled out of the old stump and hurried home . 1 when 2 he 2 he 3 thought 2 he 5 was 2 he 11 crawled 3 thought 4 it 5 was 6 safe 6 safe 7 , 11 crawled 12 out 12 out 13 of 13 of 14 the 14 the 15 old 15 old 16 stump 16 stump 18 hurried 17 and 18 hurried 18 hurried 19 home 19 home 20 . he ached and smarted terribly , and his little plain brown coat was torn in long strips . 1 he 2 ached 2 ached 3 and 3 and 4 smarted 4 smarted 5 terribly 5 terribly 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 his 8 his 12 coat 9 little 12 coat 10 plain 12 coat 11 brown 12 coat 12 coat 14 torn 13 was 14 torn 14 torn 15 in 15 in 17 strips 16 long 17 strips 17 strips 18 . " ['] [this] is what [i] [get] [for] meddling in the affairs of [other] folks ! ' said [little] [mr] [chipmunk] bitterly . 1 " 5 what 1 " 18 said 4 is 5 what 9 meddling 10 in 10 in 11 the 11 the 12 affairs 11 the 15 folks 12 affairs 13 of 15 folks 16 ! 16 ! 17 ' 17 ' 18 said 18 said 22 bitterly 22 bitterly 23 . ' [if] [i] 'd just minded my own business , it wouldn't have happened . ' 1 ' 16 ' 4 'd 6 minded 5 just 6 minded 6 minded 9 business 7 my 8 own 8 own 9 business 9 business 10 , 10 , 11 it 11 it 14 happened 12 wouldn't 13 have 13 have 14 happened 14 happened 15 . 15 . 16 ' " just then he happened to look over to the house of [mr] [meadow] [mouse] [.] 1 " 7 look 2 just 3 then 2 just 7 look 3 then 4 he 4 he 5 happened 5 happened 6 to 6 to 7 look 7 look 8 over 8 over 9 to 8 over 10 the 10 the 11 house 11 house 12 of there was [mr] [meadow] [mouse] playing with his children . 1 there 2 was 2 was 6 playing 6 playing 7 with 7 with 8 his 8 his 9 children 9 children 10 . little [mr] [chipmunk] [grinned] [as] [well] [as] [he] [could] [for] [the] pain . 1 little 12 pain 12 pain 13 . " ' [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [did] it , ' he muttered . 1 " 12 muttered 2 ' 12 muttered 8 it 9 , 9 , 10 ' 10 ' 11 he 11 he 12 muttered 12 muttered 13 . ' [yes] [,] [sir] [,] [i] ['m] glad [i] [did] it , and [i] ['m] [glad] [that] [neighbor] [meadow] [mouse] [doesn't] [know] [about] [it] . 1 ' 25 . 8 glad 13 and 11 it 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 25 . i 'm glad that nobody knows about it . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 glad 3 glad 4 that 4 that 5 nobody 5 nobody 6 knows 6 knows 7 about 7 about 8 it 8 it 9 . ' [a] kindly deed 's [most] [kindly] [done] [in] secret wrought , and seen of none . 1 ' 16 none 3 kindly 11 wrought 4 deed 5 's 5 's 10 secret 10 secret 11 wrought 11 wrought 13 and 11 wrought 14 seen 11 wrought 16 none 12 , 13 and 14 seen 15 of 16 none 17 . and so [i] ['m] glad that no one knows [.] ['] 1 and 2 so 2 so 5 glad 5 glad 6 that 6 that 9 knows 7 no 8 one 8 one 9 knows [old] [mother] [nature] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [she] [said] [:] they are honor stripes , and hereafter you and your children and your children 's children shall always wear stripes . ' 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 honor 3 honor 4 stripes 4 stripes 19 wear 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 hereafter 7 hereafter 17 shall 8 you 17 shall 9 and 17 shall 10 your 11 children 11 children 12 and 11 children 14 children 13 your 14 children 14 children 15 's 14 children 16 children 16 children 17 shall 17 shall 19 wear 18 always 19 wear 19 wear 20 stripes 20 stripes 21 . 21 . 22 ' [ii] [why] [peter] [rabbit] [cannot] [fold] [his] [hands] happy [jack] [squirrel] [sat] [with] [his] [hands] [folded] [across] [his] [white] [waistcoat] . 1 happy 13 . he is very fond of sitting with his hands folded that way . 1 he 2 is 1 he 10 folded 2 is 3 very 4 fond 5 of 4 fond 10 folded 6 sitting 10 folded 7 with 10 folded 8 his 9 hands 9 hands 10 folded 10 folded 12 way 11 that 12 way 12 way 13 . a little way from him [sat] [peter] [rabbit] . 1 a 2 little 2 little 3 way 3 way 4 from 4 from 5 him 5 him 9 . peter was sitting up very straight , but his hands dropped right down in front . 1 peter 2 was 1 peter 16 . 2 was 3 sitting 3 sitting 4 up 3 sitting 6 straight 5 very 6 straight 6 straight 15 front 7 , 8 but 8 but 11 dropped 9 his 10 hands 10 hands 11 dropped 11 dropped 15 front 12 right 15 front 13 down 14 in 14 in 15 front happy [jack] [noticed] [it] . 1 happy 5 . " why don't you fold your hands the way [i] do , [peter] [rabbit] ? " shouted [happy] [jack] . 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 don't 3 don't 4 you 3 don't 5 fold 5 fold 6 your 5 fold 7 hands 5 fold 8 the 8 the 9 way 9 way 20 . 11 do 12 , 12 , 16 " 15 ? 16 " 16 " 17 shouted 17 shouted 20 . " [i] [i] don't want to , " stammered [peter] . 1 " 4 don't 1 " 9 stammered 4 don't 5 want 5 want 6 to 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 stammered 9 stammered 11 . " you mean you can't ! " jeered [happy] [jack] . 1 " 2 you 1 " 8 jeered 2 you 3 mean 4 you 5 can't 4 you 6 ! 6 ! 7 " 7 " 8 jeered 8 jeered 11 . peter pretended not to hear , and a few minutes later he hopped away towards the [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [,] lipperty-lipperty-lip . 1 peter 2 pretended 1 peter 13 hopped 2 pretended 3 not 2 pretended 4 to 2 pretended 5 hear 6 , 7 and 7 and 13 hopped 8 a 9 few 9 few 10 minutes 10 minutes 11 later 11 later 13 hopped 12 he 13 hopped 13 hopped 14 away 13 hopped 15 towards 13 hopped 21 lipperty-lipperty-lip 15 towards 16 the 21 lipperty-lipperty-lip 22 . happy [jack] watched him [go] , and there was a puzzled look in [happy] [jack] ['s] [eyes] . 1 happy 18 . 3 watched 4 him 4 him 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 there 8 there 9 was 8 there 18 . 9 was 10 a 10 a 11 puzzled 11 puzzled 12 look 12 look 13 in " [i] [really] [believe] he can't fold his hands , " said [happy] [jack] to himself , but speaking aloud . 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 can't 5 he 12 said 5 he 16 himself 5 he 20 aloud 6 can't 7 fold 8 his 9 hands 9 hands 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 15 to 16 himself 16 himself 17 , 18 but 19 speaking 19 speaking 20 aloud 20 aloud 21 . " he can't , and none of his family can , " said a gruff voice . 1 " 2 he 1 " 3 can't 3 can't 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 15 gruff 6 none 15 gruff 7 of 8 his 8 his 15 gruff 9 family 10 can 9 family 15 gruff 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 said 13 said 15 gruff 14 a 15 gruff 15 gruff 16 voice 16 voice 17 . happy [jack] [turned] [to] [find] [old] [mr] [toad] [sitting] [in] [the] [lone] [little] [path] . 1 happy 15 . " why not ? " asked [happy] [jack] . 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 not 2 why 4 ? 4 ? 5 " 5 " 6 asked 6 asked 9 . " [ask] [grandfather] [frog] [;] he knows , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] , and started on about his business . 1 " 6 he 6 he 21 . 7 knows 8 , 7 knows 20 business 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 replied 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 started 16 started 17 on 17 on 19 his 18 about 19 his 19 his 20 business 20 business 21 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " said [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 8 . " [old] [mr] [rabbit] [,] the grandfather a thousand [times] [removed] of [peter] [rabbit] [,] [was] [always] [getting] [into] [trouble] . 1 " 6 the 1 " 7 grandfather 7 grandfather 21 . 8 a 9 thousand 9 thousand 12 of 12 of 21 . yes , [sir] , [old] [mr] [rabbit] [was] [always] [getting] [into] [trouble] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 13 . seemed like [he] [wouldn't] [be] [happy] [if] [he] [couldn't] [get] [into] [trouble] [.] 1 seemed 2 like it was all because he was so [dreadfully] curious about other people 's business , [just] as [peter] [rabbit] is [now] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 20 is 2 was 7 so 3 all 4 because 4 because 5 he 5 he 6 was 6 was 7 so 7 so 9 curious 9 curious 17 as 10 about 14 business 11 other 12 people 12 people 14 business 13 's 14 business 14 business 15 , 15 , 17 as 20 is 22 . it seemed that he was just born to be curious and so , of course , to get into trouble . 1 it 2 seemed 1 it 5 was 3 that 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 just 5 was 7 born 7 born 8 to 7 born 13 , 7 born 20 trouble 8 to 9 be 9 be 10 curious 11 and 12 so 12 so 13 , 14 of 15 course 14 of 20 trouble 15 course 16 , 17 to 18 get 18 get 19 into 19 into 20 trouble 20 trouble 21 . my , my , my , such a hurrying and scurrying and worrying as there was ! 1 my 2 , 1 my 17 ! 2 , 3 my 2 , 14 as 2 , 15 there 4 , 5 my 4 , 14 as 6 , 14 as 7 such 8 a 7 such 9 hurrying 7 such 14 as 9 hurrying 11 scurrying 10 and 11 scurrying 11 scurrying 13 worrying 12 and 13 worrying 15 there 16 was you see , everybody wanted to look his best [when] [old] [mother] [nature] [arrived] [,] [yes] [,] [sir] [,] everybody [wanted] to look his best . 1 you 2 see 2 see 4 everybody 3 , 4 everybody 4 everybody 5 wanted 4 everybody 20 everybody 5 wanted 6 to 6 to 7 look 7 look 9 best 8 his 9 best 20 everybody 22 to 22 to 23 look 23 look 25 best 24 his 25 best 25 best 26 . " there was [the] greatest changing of clothes you [ever] [did] see . 1 " 2 there 1 " 9 you 2 there 3 was 3 was 5 greatest 5 greatest 6 changing 6 changing 8 clothes 7 of 8 clothes 9 you 12 see 12 see 13 . old [king] [bear] put on his [blackest] coat [.] 1 old 8 coat 4 put 5 on 4 put 6 his 6 his 8 coat then everybody began to fix up their homes and make them as neat and nice as they knew how everybody but [mr] [rabbit] [.] 1 then 2 everybody 2 everybody 3 began 2 everybody 18 knew 3 began 4 to 4 to 10 make 5 fix 6 up 6 up 8 homes 7 their 8 homes 8 homes 9 and 8 homes 10 make 10 make 11 them 11 them 13 neat 12 as 13 neat 13 neat 14 and 13 neat 15 nice 13 neat 16 as 16 as 17 they 18 knew 19 how 18 knew 20 everybody 20 everybody 21 but " now [mr] [rabbit] was lazy . 1 " 2 now 2 now 7 . 5 was 6 lazy 6 lazy 7 . he didn't like to work any more than [peter] [rabbit] [does] [now] . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 like 3 like 4 to 4 to 5 work 5 work 8 than 5 work 13 . 6 any 7 more 7 more 8 than no [,] [sir] [,] [old] [mr] [rabbit] was afraid of work . 1 no 11 work 8 was 9 afraid 9 afraid 10 of 9 afraid 11 work 11 work 12 . the very sight of work scared old [mr] [rabbit] . 1 the 3 sight 1 the 7 old 2 very 3 sight 3 sight 4 of 3 sight 6 scared 5 work 6 scared 7 old 10 . you see , he was so busy minding other people 's business that he didn't have time to attend to his own . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 so 6 so 7 busy 6 so 13 that 7 busy 8 minding 8 minding 12 business 9 other 10 people 10 people 12 business 11 's 12 business 13 that 14 he 14 he 15 didn't 15 didn't 16 have 16 have 18 to 17 time 18 to 18 to 19 attend 19 attend 20 to 20 to 21 his 21 his 22 own 22 own 23 . so his brown and gray coat always was rumpled and tumbled and dirty . 1 so 13 dirty 2 his 6 coat 3 brown 4 and 3 brown 6 coat 5 gray 6 coat 6 coat 9 rumpled 7 always 9 rumpled 8 was 9 rumpled 9 rumpled 10 and 9 rumpled 11 tumbled 9 rumpled 12 and 9 rumpled 13 dirty 10 and 11 tumbled 13 dirty 14 . it was all weeds and brambles . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 all 3 all 4 weeds 4 weeds 5 and 4 weeds 6 brambles 6 brambles 7 . " ['] [oh] , dear ! 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 dear 5 dear 6 ! oh , dear ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 dear 3 dear 4 ! what shall [i] do ? ' wailed [mr] [rabbit] [,] wringing [his] [hands] . 1 what 2 shall 1 what 4 do 4 do 5 ? 5 ? 6 ' 6 ' 7 wailed 7 wailed 11 wringing 11 wringing 14 . " ['] [get] [busy] [and] clean [up] , ' advised [mr] [woodchuck] , hurrying [about] [his] [own] [work] . 1 " 6 clean 6 clean 19 . 8 , 9 ' 8 , 14 hurrying 9 ' 10 advised 13 , 14 hurrying 14 hurrying 19 . " now [mr] [woodchuck] was a worker and very , [very] neat . 1 " 2 now 2 now 13 . 5 was 6 a 6 a 7 worker 7 worker 8 and 8 and 12 neat 9 very 10 , 9 very 12 neat 12 neat 13 . he meant to have his home looking just as fine as he could make it . 1 he 2 meant 2 meant 3 to 2 meant 16 . 3 to 4 have 3 to 5 his 3 to 14 make 5 his 6 home 7 looking 11 as 8 just 9 as 8 just 11 as 10 fine 11 as 11 as 12 he 12 he 13 could 13 could 14 make 15 it 16 . he brought up some clean yellow sand from deep down in the ground and sprinkled it smoothly over his doorstep . 1 he 2 brought 2 brought 3 up 2 brought 4 some 4 some 5 clean 5 clean 7 sand 5 clean 20 doorstep 6 yellow 7 sand 7 sand 8 from 9 deep 15 sprinkled 10 down 12 the 11 in 12 the 12 the 13 ground 13 ground 15 sprinkled 14 and 15 sprinkled 15 sprinkled 16 it 15 sprinkled 17 smoothly 17 smoothly 18 over 17 smoothly 20 doorstep 19 his 20 doorstep 20 doorstep 21 . " ['] [i] ['ll] [help] you , [if] [i] get [through] [my] [own] [work] in time , ' shouted [mr] [woodchuck] over his shoulder . 1 " 6 you 1 " 19 shouted 6 you 7 , 7 , 18 ' 10 get 15 in 15 in 16 time 16 time 17 , 17 , 18 ' 19 shouted 25 . 22 over 23 his 23 his 24 shoulder 24 shoulder 25 . " that gave [mr] [rabbit] an idea . 1 " 2 that 2 that 7 idea 3 gave 6 an 6 an 7 idea 7 idea 8 . mr [rabbit] [was] [very] [fond] [of] [sitting] [with] [folded] [arms] . 1 mr 11 . it was very comfortable . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 very 3 very 4 comfortable 4 comfortable 5 . but this was no time to be doing it , and [mr] [skunk] told him so . 1 but 2 this 2 this 3 was 3 was 4 no 4 no 5 time 5 time 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 doing 8 doing 9 it 9 it 10 , 9 it 17 . 10 , 11 and 14 told 15 him 15 him 16 so 15 him 17 . " ' [that] ['s] [right] [,] [mr] [skunk] [!] 1 " 2 ' " finally [mr] [rabbit] had made the round of [all] his [friends] [and] neighbors , and he [once] [more] reached his [tumble-down] house . 1 " 2 finally 2 finally 14 neighbors 5 had 6 made 6 made 14 neighbors 7 the 8 round 7 the 9 of 9 of 11 his 11 his 14 neighbors 14 neighbors 24 . 15 , 16 and 15 , 24 . 16 and 17 he 16 and 21 his 17 he 20 reached 21 his 23 house she was greatly pleased with all she saw as she went along , until she came to the home [of] [mr] [rabbit] . 1 she 2 was 1 she 8 saw 1 she 11 went 2 was 3 greatly 3 greatly 4 pleased 4 pleased 5 with 5 with 6 all 7 she 8 saw 9 as 10 she 10 she 11 went 11 went 19 home 12 along 13 , 12 along 14 until 12 along 16 came 14 until 15 she 16 came 17 to 16 came 19 home 17 to 18 the 19 home 23 . ' [can] it be possible that [any] [one] [really] [lives] [here] ? ' 1 ' 5 possible 1 ' 6 that 3 it 4 be 4 be 5 possible 6 that 12 ? 12 ? 13 ' " at first she was very indignant , oh , very indignant , indeed ! 1 " 14 indeed 2 at 3 first 3 first 4 she 4 she 5 was 5 was 6 very 5 was 11 very 6 very 7 indignant 8 , 9 oh 9 oh 10 , 10 , 11 very 11 very 12 indignant 12 indignant 14 indeed 13 , 14 indeed 14 indeed 15 ! she decided that [mr] [rabbit] should be punished [very] severely . 1 she 2 decided 1 she 10 severely 2 decided 3 that 3 that 6 should 6 should 7 be 7 be 8 punished 10 severely 11 . but as she watched him sitting there , dreaming in the warm sunshine , her anger began to melt away . 1 but 3 she 2 as 3 she 3 she 4 watched 4 watched 5 him 5 him 6 sitting 5 him 8 , 5 him 21 . 6 sitting 7 there 9 dreaming 19 melt 10 in 11 the 10 in 15 her 11 the 12 warm 12 warm 13 sunshine 13 sunshine 14 , 15 her 16 anger 16 anger 19 melt 17 began 18 to 17 began 19 melt 19 melt 20 away 20 away 21 . with a long stick she reached in and tickled the end of his nose . 1 with 2 a 2 a 3 long 3 long 14 nose 4 stick 9 tickled 5 she 6 reached 6 reached 9 tickled 7 in 9 tickled 8 and 9 tickled 9 tickled 11 end 9 tickled 14 nose 10 the 11 end 11 end 12 of 13 his 14 nose 14 nose 15 . " [mr] [rabbit] sneezed , and [this] made him wake up . 1 " 4 sneezed 4 sneezed 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 made 8 made 9 him 9 him 10 wake 9 him 12 . 11 up 12 . he yawned and blinked , and then his eyes suddenly flew wide open with fright . 1 he 2 yawned 2 yawned 3 and 2 yawned 4 blinked 4 blinked 7 then 4 blinked 8 his 4 blinked 9 eyes 4 blinked 15 fright 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 then 9 eyes 12 wide 10 suddenly 11 flew 11 flew 12 wide 12 wide 13 open 14 with 15 fright 15 fright 16 . he had discovered [old] [mother] [nature] frowning at him . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 discovered 3 discovered 10 . 7 frowning 8 at 8 at 9 him 9 him 10 . she pointed a long forefinger at him and said : 1 she 2 pointed 1 she 9 said 2 pointed 5 forefinger 3 a 4 long 4 long 5 forefinger 5 forefinger 6 at 5 forefinger 7 him 5 forefinger 8 and 9 said 10 : ' [in] [every] single blessed [day] [there] ['s] [time] [for] [work] and [time] [for] play . 1 ' 4 single 4 single 16 . 5 blessed 15 play 5 blessed 16 . 12 and 15 play who folds his arms with work undone [doth] cheat himself and spoil his fun . ['] 1 who 2 folds 2 folds 4 arms 3 his 4 arms 4 arms 7 undone 5 with 7 undone 6 work 7 undone 7 undone 9 cheat 7 undone 15 . 10 himself 11 and 11 and 12 spoil 12 spoil 14 fun 13 his 14 fun 14 fun 15 . [iii] [why] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [plays] [dead] unc ['] [billy] had just grinned and said that they would have to ask his mammy . 1 unc 4 had 1 unc 6 grinned 5 just 6 grinned 6 grinned 7 and 6 grinned 16 mammy 6 grinned 17 . 8 said 9 that 9 that 16 mammy 10 they 11 would 11 would 12 have 11 would 16 mammy 13 to 14 ask 14 ask 16 mammy 15 his 16 mammy it was just so [with] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [johnny] [chuck] [and] [striped] [chipmunk] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 just 2 was 4 so 4 so 14 . the more [they] [talked] about it , [the] [more] they wanted [to] [know] . 1 the 2 more 2 more 5 about 5 about 6 it 6 it 7 , 6 it 14 . 10 they 11 wanted 11 wanted 14 . why was it [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [played] [dead] instead [of] [trying] to run away when he was surprised by his enemies ? 1 why 2 was 1 why 24 ? 3 it 11 instead 3 it 19 was 11 instead 14 to 14 to 15 run 16 away 17 when 17 when 18 he 18 he 19 was 19 was 20 surprised 20 surprised 23 enemies 21 by 23 enemies 22 his 23 enemies 23 enemies 24 ? they always tried to run away . 1 they 2 always 1 they 3 tried 3 tried 4 to 3 tried 5 run 5 run 6 away 6 away 7 . so [did] [everybody] [else] of their acquaintance excepting [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 1 so 13 . 5 of 6 their 6 their 7 acquaintance 7 acquaintance 8 excepting 8 excepting 13 . " there must be a reason " said [peter] gravely , as he pulled thoughtfully at one of his long ears . 1 " 2 there 1 " 8 said 2 there 3 must 3 must 4 be 4 be 5 a 5 a 6 reason 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 gravely 10 gravely 15 thoughtfully 11 , 12 as 12 as 13 he 13 he 14 pulled 14 pulled 15 thoughtfully 15 thoughtfully 16 at 15 thoughtfully 21 ears 15 thoughtfully 22 . 17 one 18 of 18 of 19 his 19 his 21 ears 20 long 21 ears " [of] [course] there is a reason , " asserted [johnny] [chuck] [,] chewing the end of a blade of grass . 1 " 4 there 4 there 5 is 5 is 6 a 5 is 22 . 6 a 7 reason 6 a 19 blade 7 reason 8 , 8 , 9 " 10 asserted 14 chewing 14 chewing 16 end 15 the 16 end 16 end 17 of 17 of 18 a 18 a 19 blade 19 blade 21 grass 20 of 21 grass " there 's a reason for [everything] , " added [striped] [chipmunk] , combing [out] the hair of his funny little tail . 1 " 2 there 2 there 3 's 2 there 5 reason 3 's 4 a 5 reason 6 for 5 reason 8 , 5 reason 23 . 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 added 10 added 14 combing 13 , 14 combing 16 the 18 of 17 hair 18 of 18 of 19 his 19 his 22 tail 20 funny 21 little 20 funny 22 tail 22 tail 23 . " [then] of course [grandfather] [frog] knows it , " said [peter] . 1 " 11 said 3 of 4 course 4 course 8 it 4 course 9 , 7 knows 8 it 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 13 . " [of] course [!] 1 " 3 course why didn't we think of him before ? " exclaimed the others . 1 why 2 didn't 1 why 8 ? 2 didn't 4 think 2 didn't 6 him 3 we 4 think 4 think 5 of 6 him 7 before 8 ? 9 " 9 " 10 exclaimed 10 exclaimed 12 others 10 exclaimed 13 . 11 the 12 others " [i] 'll beat you [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] ! " shouted [peter] . 1 " 5 you 1 " 12 shouted 3 'll 4 beat 4 beat 5 you 10 ! 11 " 11 " 12 shouted 12 shouted 14 . of course [he] [did] , for his legs are long and made for running , but [striped] [chipmunk] was not [far] [behind] . 1 of 2 course 2 course 5 , 2 course 15 , 5 , 11 and 6 for 7 his 7 his 8 legs 8 legs 9 are 8 legs 10 long 8 legs 11 and 11 and 12 made 12 made 13 for 14 running 15 , 15 , 16 but 16 but 20 not 19 was 20 not 20 not 23 . johnny [chuck] took his time , for he knew that he could not keep up with the others . 1 johnny 3 took 1 johnny 19 . 3 took 4 his 3 took 5 time 6 , 7 for 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 knew 9 knew 10 that 10 that 11 he 11 he 12 could 12 could 13 not 12 could 14 keep 14 keep 15 up 15 up 16 with 15 up 17 the 17 the 18 others 18 others 19 . besides he was so fat that to run made him puff and blow . 1 besides 5 fat 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 so 4 so 5 fat 5 fat 6 that 5 fat 11 puff 7 to 8 run 8 run 11 puff 9 made 11 puff 10 him 11 puff 11 puff 12 and 11 puff 13 blow 13 blow 14 . " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! what is it you want to know now ? " he demanded , [before] [peter] could fairly get his breath . 1 what 2 is 1 what 4 you 2 is 3 it 4 you 5 want 4 you 7 know 4 you 9 ? 4 you 18 get 5 want 6 to 8 now 9 ? 9 ? 10 " 10 " 11 he 11 he 12 demanded 12 demanded 13 , 16 could 18 get 17 fairly 18 get 18 get 20 breath 19 his 20 breath 20 breath 21 . grandfather [frog] chuckled . 1 grandfather 3 chuckled 3 chuckled 4 . " just to fool people , stupid ! " said he . 1 " 2 just 1 " 10 said 3 to 4 fool 4 fool 7 stupid 5 people 6 , 5 people 7 stupid 7 stupid 8 ! 8 ! 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 11 he 11 he 12 . " [i] suspect that his mammy taught him , " said [grandfather] [frog] , with another chuckle way down deep in his throat . 1 " 24 . 3 suspect 4 that 3 suspect 23 throat 5 his 6 mammy 6 mammy 7 taught 7 taught 8 him 8 him 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 14 , 14 , 15 with 15 with 17 chuckle 16 another 17 chuckle 17 chuckle 18 way 17 chuckle 20 deep 18 way 19 down 19 down 20 deep 20 deep 21 in 20 deep 23 throat 21 in 22 his 23 throat 24 . " but who taught his mammy ? " persisted [striped] [chipmunk] [.] 1 " 2 but 1 " 3 who 3 who 4 taught 4 taught 6 mammy 5 his 6 mammy 6 mammy 9 persisted 7 ? 8 " 7 ? 9 persisted unc ['] [billy] [possum] 's [grandfather] a thousand times removed [was] ["] 1 unc 5 's 5 's 7 a 7 a 8 thousand 8 thousand 10 removed 9 times 10 removed " [was] this way back in the days when the world was young ? " interrupted [peter] . 1 " 16 interrupted 3 this 4 way 4 way 5 back 5 back 6 in 6 in 11 world 7 the 11 world 8 days 9 when 9 when 10 the 10 the 11 world 11 world 13 young 11 world 14 ? 12 was 13 young 14 ? 15 " 15 " 16 interrupted 16 interrupted 18 . grandfather [frog] scowled [at] [peter] . 1 grandfather 3 scowled 3 scowled 6 . " if [i] [have] any more [interruptions] , there will be no [story] to-day " said he [severely] . 1 " 17 he 2 if 5 any 2 if 17 he 5 any 6 more 8 , 9 there 8 , 15 " 9 there 11 be 9 there 12 no 10 will 11 be 12 no 14 to-day 15 " 16 said 16 said 17 he 17 he 19 . peter looked ashamed and promised that he would hold his tongue right [between] his teeth [until] [grandfather] [frog] [was] [through] . 1 peter 2 looked 1 peter 5 promised 2 looked 3 ashamed 3 ashamed 4 and 5 promised 6 that 6 that 8 would 7 he 8 would 8 would 9 hold 9 hold 15 teeth 10 his 11 tongue 10 his 15 teeth 11 tongue 12 right 14 his 15 teeth 15 teeth 21 . grandfather [frog] cleared his throat and began again . 1 grandfather 3 cleared 3 cleared 5 throat 4 his 5 throat 5 throat 7 began 5 throat 9 . 6 and 7 began 7 began 8 again 8 again 9 . he was always very sly , and he played a great many tricks on his neighbors , and sometimes he got them into trouble . 1 he 2 was 1 he 21 got 2 was 3 always 2 was 4 very 4 very 5 sly 5 sly 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 he 7 and 9 played 9 played 13 tricks 10 a 11 great 11 great 12 many 12 many 13 tricks 13 tricks 14 on 13 tricks 16 neighbors 13 tricks 19 sometimes 15 his 16 neighbors 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 sometimes 20 he 21 got 21 got 23 into 22 them 23 into 23 into 24 trouble 24 trouble 25 . but when he did , he always managed to keep out of their way until they had forgotten all about their anger . 1 but 2 when 2 when 3 he 2 when 16 they 3 he 4 did 3 he 8 managed 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 always 7 always 8 managed 8 managed 9 to 9 to 10 keep 10 keep 11 out 11 out 12 of 12 of 13 their 13 their 14 way 15 until 16 they 16 they 17 had 16 they 21 their 17 had 18 forgotten 18 forgotten 19 all 18 forgotten 20 about 21 their 22 anger 22 anger 23 . " [one] [morning] [the] very imp [of] mischief [seemed] [to] [get] into [old] [mr] [possum] 's head . 1 " 5 very 5 very 6 imp 6 imp 8 mischief 8 mischief 12 into 12 into 17 head 16 's 17 head 17 head 18 . yes , [sir] [,] it certainly did seem that way . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 6 certainly 5 it 6 certainly 6 certainly 7 did 7 did 8 seem 8 seem 10 way 9 that 10 way 10 way 11 . i never knew it to fail . 1 i 2 never 2 never 3 knew 3 knew 4 it 4 it 7 . 5 to 6 fail 6 fail 7 . it 's just as sure as a stomach-ache is to follow overeating . " 1 it 2 's 2 's 8 stomach-ache 3 just 4 as 4 as 8 stomach-ache 5 sure 8 stomach-ache 6 as 8 stomach-ache 7 a 8 stomach-ache 8 stomach-ache 9 is 8 stomach-ache 12 overeating 10 to 11 follow 11 follow 12 overeating 12 overeating 13 . 13 . 14 " just [here] [grandfather] [frog] paused and looked [very] [hard] at [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 just 5 paused 5 paused 10 at 6 and 7 looked 7 looked 10 at he hid [old] [king] [bear] 's breakfast , while the latter had his head [turned] , and then pretended that he had just come along . 1 he 2 hid 2 hid 17 and 6 's 7 breakfast 7 breakfast 8 , 8 , 9 while 9 while 11 latter 10 the 11 latter 11 latter 12 had 11 latter 13 his 13 his 14 head 14 head 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 then 18 then 19 pretended 18 then 21 he 19 pretended 20 that 21 he 22 had 22 had 23 just 22 had 24 come 24 come 25 along 25 along 26 . he was very polite and offered to help [old] [king] [bear] hunt for his lost breakfast . 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 polite 2 was 6 offered 3 very 4 polite 4 polite 5 and 6 offered 7 to 6 offered 12 hunt 7 to 8 help 12 hunt 17 . 13 for 14 his 13 for 16 breakfast 14 his 16 breakfast 15 lost 16 breakfast 16 breakfast 17 . then , whenever [old] [king] [bear] came near the place where it was hidden [,] [old] [mr] [possum] [would] hide it somewhere [else] . 1 then 2 , 1 then 7 came 2 , 3 whenever 7 came 24 . 8 near 9 the 9 the 10 place 10 place 11 where 11 where 12 it 12 it 13 was 12 it 24 . 13 was 14 hidden 14 hidden 20 hide 20 hide 22 somewhere 21 it 22 somewhere old [king] [bear] [was] [hungry] , and he worked himself up into a terrible rage , for he was in a hurry for his breakfast . 1 old 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 he 8 he 9 worked 9 worked 10 himself 9 worked 12 into 10 himself 11 up 12 into 13 a 13 a 22 hurry 14 terrible 15 rage 15 rage 16 , 16 , 17 for 16 , 18 he 18 he 19 was 19 was 20 in 20 in 22 hurry 21 a 22 hurry 22 hurry 26 . 23 for 24 his 24 his 25 breakfast 25 breakfast 26 . old [mr] [possum] [was] [very] [sympathetic] [and] [seemed] [to] [be] [doing] [his] [very] [best] [to] [find] [the] [lost] meal . 1 old 19 meal 19 meal 20 . at last [old] [king] [bear] turned [his] [head] [suddenly] [and] [caught] sight of [old] [mr] [possum] [hiding] that breakfast in a new place . 1 at 2 last 1 at 12 sight 2 last 6 turned 12 sight 13 of 13 of 18 that 13 of 19 breakfast 19 breakfast 20 in 20 in 21 a 21 a 22 new 21 a 23 place 23 place 24 . my , my , but his temper did boil over ! 1 my 9 boil 2 , 3 my 3 my 4 , 3 my 9 boil 4 , 5 but 6 his 7 temper 7 temper 9 boil 8 did 9 boil 9 boil 10 over 9 boil 11 ! it certainly did . 1 it 2 certainly 2 certainly 3 did 3 did 4 . and if he could have laid hands on [old] [mr] [possum] that minute , it surely would have been the end of him . 1 and 3 he 2 if 3 he 3 he 4 could 4 could 5 have 5 have 6 laid 5 have 19 been 6 laid 7 hands 6 laid 8 on 12 that 13 minute 13 minute 14 , 14 , 15 it 15 it 16 surely 16 surely 17 would 17 would 18 have 18 have 19 been 19 been 21 end 20 the 21 end 21 end 22 of 22 of 23 him 23 him 24 . " [but] [old] [mr] [possum] was mighty [spry] , and he went off [through] the [green] [forest] laughing fit to kill himself . 1 " 23 . 6 was 7 mighty 7 mighty 9 , 9 , 10 and 9 , 23 . 10 and 11 he 10 and 15 the 11 he 12 went 12 went 13 off 15 the 18 laughing 18 laughing 19 fit 19 fit 20 to 20 to 21 kill 21 kill 22 himself pretty soon he [met] [mr] [panther] [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 he he was very polite to [mr] [panther] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 very 3 very 4 polite 4 polite 5 to 5 to 8 . " now , [mr] [panther] [was] [hungry] , for he had found nothing for his breakfast that morning . 1 " 2 now 1 " 10 he 2 now 3 , 2 now 8 , 8 , 9 for 10 he 11 had 11 had 12 found 12 found 13 nothing 12 found 16 breakfast 12 found 17 that 14 for 15 his 14 for 16 breakfast 15 his 16 breakfast 17 that 18 morning 18 morning 19 . pretty soon along came [mr] [lynx] [.] 1 pretty 2 soon 2 soon 3 along 3 along 4 came it was such a good joke [that] [old] [mr] [possum] tried it [on] [mr] [wolf] [and] [mr] [fisher] [and] [mr] [fox] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 a 3 such 4 a 4 a 5 good 5 good 6 joke 6 joke 22 . 11 tried 12 it 12 it 22 . then , one after another , the others came dropping in [,] [each] [licking] his chops , and [all] very polite [to] [old] [king] [bear] . 1 then 2 , 2 , 10 dropping 3 one 4 after 4 after 5 another 4 after 7 the 5 another 6 , 7 the 8 others 8 others 10 dropping 9 came 10 dropping 10 dropping 11 in 11 in 15 his 15 his 21 polite 16 chops 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 20 very 20 very 21 polite 21 polite 26 . [[] [illustration] [:] ["] [as] [they] [were] [all] [very] [hungry] [,] [they] [would] [like] [to] [know] [when] [the] [feast] [would] [be] [ready] [.] ["] []] " my , my , my , how angry everybody grew ! 1 " 8 how 2 my 3 , 3 , 4 my 3 , 8 how 5 , 8 how 6 my 7 , 7 , 8 how 8 how 9 angry 9 angry 10 everybody 9 angry 12 ! 10 everybody 11 grew with [old] [king] [bear] [at] their [head] [,] [they] [started] [out] [to] [hunt] [for] [old] [mr] [possum] [.] 1 with 6 their when he saw them coming , he realized that what he had thought was a joke had become no longer a laughing matter for him . 1 when 2 he 2 he 3 saw 2 he 8 realized 3 saw 4 them 3 saw 5 coming 6 , 7 he 7 he 8 realized 8 realized 9 that 8 realized 10 what 10 what 18 become 10 what 23 matter 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 thought 12 had 18 become 14 was 15 a 15 a 16 joke 16 joke 18 become 17 had 18 become 19 no 20 longer 19 no 23 matter 21 a 23 matter 22 laughing 23 matter 23 matter 25 him 24 for 25 him 25 him 26 . he was too frightened to run , so he scrambled up a tree . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 too 3 too 4 frightened 3 too 7 , 4 frightened 6 run 5 to 6 run 7 , 9 he 8 so 9 he 9 he 10 scrambled 10 scrambled 11 up 11 up 13 tree 12 a 13 tree 13 tree 14 . he quite forgot that [mr] [panther] [and] [mr] [lynx] could climb [just] as [fast] as he . 1 he 3 forgot 1 he 10 could 2 quite 3 forgot 3 forgot 4 that 10 could 11 climb 11 climb 13 as 13 as 15 as 15 as 16 he 16 he 17 . up the tree after him they scrambled , and he crept as far out as he could get on one of the branches . 1 up 2 the 2 the 3 tree 3 tree 7 scrambled 4 after 5 him 4 after 6 they 6 they 7 scrambled 7 scrambled 14 out 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 crept 10 he 11 crept 11 crept 13 far 11 crept 14 out 12 as 13 far 14 out 19 on 14 out 21 of 15 as 16 he 16 he 17 could 17 could 18 get 18 get 19 on 20 one 21 of 21 of 22 the 22 the 23 branches 23 branches 24 . mr [panther] [didn't] [dare] [go] [out] [there] [,] [so] [he] [just] [shook] [the] [branch] . 1 mr 15 . " [old] [mr] [possum] [was] [frightened] [almost] [to] [death] . 1 " 10 . he shut his eyes , and then he landed with a thump that knocked all the wind from his body . 1 he 2 shut 2 shut 3 his 3 his 4 eyes 4 eyes 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 then 7 then 8 he 8 he 9 landed 9 landed 12 thump 10 with 11 a 11 a 12 thump 12 thump 13 that 12 thump 14 knocked 14 knocked 17 wind 15 all 16 the 16 the 17 wind 17 wind 20 body 18 from 19 his 19 his 20 body 20 body 21 . presently , while he was wondering why they didn't jump on him and tear him to pieces , [old] [king] [bear] [spoke] [:] 1 presently 2 , 2 , 3 while 3 while 4 he 3 while 8 they 3 while 14 tear 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 wondering 6 wondering 7 why 8 they 9 didn't 9 didn't 10 jump 10 jump 11 on 12 him 14 tear 13 and 14 tear 14 tear 15 him 14 tear 17 pieces 15 him 16 to 17 pieces 18 , " ' [i] guess [mr] [possum] won't play any more jokes , [mr] [panther] , ' said he . 1 " 4 guess 2 ' 4 guess 4 guess 12 , 4 guess 15 , 7 won't 8 play 8 play 9 any 9 any 10 more 10 more 11 jokes 11 jokes 12 , 15 , 16 ' 16 ' 17 said 17 said 18 he 18 he 19 . ' [you] just knocked the life out of him when you shook him off that branch . ' 1 ' 18 ' 3 just 4 knocked 4 knocked 5 the 4 knocked 6 life 6 life 7 out 6 life 17 . 7 out 8 of 9 him 10 when 9 him 17 . 10 when 11 you 12 shook 13 him 13 him 14 off 13 him 17 . 14 off 16 branch 15 that 16 branch 17 . 18 ' " [mr] [panther] [came] [over] and sniffed at [mr] [possum] [and] [turned] him [over] with one paw . 1 " 6 and 1 " 7 sniffed 7 sniffed 8 at 8 at 13 him 13 him 15 with 15 with 17 paw 16 one 17 paw 17 paw 18 . all the time [mr] [possum] [lay] just as if he were dead , because he was too frightened to move . 1 all 3 time 2 the 3 time 3 time 19 to 7 just 8 as 7 just 14 because 8 as 9 if 9 if 10 he 9 if 11 were 11 were 12 dead 12 dead 13 , 14 because 15 he 15 he 16 was 16 was 17 too 17 too 18 frightened 18 frightened 19 to 19 to 20 move 20 move 21 . ' [i] didn't mean to kill him , ' said [mr] [panther] . 1 ' 10 said 3 didn't 4 mean 4 mean 5 to 5 to 6 kill 6 kill 7 him 7 him 8 , 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 10 said 13 . ' [we] certainly [will] [miss] [him] . 1 ' 3 certainly 3 certainly 7 . what will we do with him ? ' 1 what 4 do 2 will 4 do 3 we 4 do 4 do 5 with 4 do 7 ? 6 him 7 ? 7 ? 8 ' " ['] [leave] [him] here as a warning to [others] , ' growled [old] [king] [bear] . 1 " 5 here 1 " 17 . 5 here 7 a 6 as 7 a 7 a 8 warning 8 warning 9 to 11 , 12 ' 11 , 17 . 12 ' 13 growled " [each] [in] [turn] [came] up and sniffed [of] [mr] [possum] , and then they all went about their business . 1 " 6 up 6 up 21 . 7 and 8 sniffed 8 sniffed 12 , 8 sniffed 20 business 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 then 14 then 15 they 15 they 16 all 16 all 18 about 17 went 18 about 19 their 20 business 20 business 21 . he waited long enough to make sure that they were out of sight , and then took the shortest way home . 1 he 2 waited 1 he 17 took 2 waited 3 long 3 long 4 enough 4 enough 5 to 5 to 6 make 6 make 7 sure 7 sure 8 that 9 they 10 were 9 they 17 took 10 were 11 out 11 out 12 of 13 sight 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 then 16 then 17 took 17 took 19 shortest 18 the 19 shortest 19 shortest 20 way 19 shortest 21 home 21 home 22 . and then a bright idea struck him : he would try the same trick whenever he was caught . 1 and 2 then 2 then 6 struck 2 then 9 he 3 a 4 bright 4 bright 5 idea 5 idea 6 struck 6 struck 7 him 7 him 8 : 9 he 18 caught 10 would 11 try 11 try 15 whenever 12 the 13 same 13 same 14 trick 14 trick 15 whenever 15 whenever 16 he 15 whenever 18 caught 16 he 17 was 18 caught 19 . so the next time he got in trouble , instead of running away , he tried playing dead . 1 so 10 instead 2 the 3 next 2 the 8 trouble 4 time 5 he 5 he 6 got 6 got 8 trouble 7 in 8 trouble 8 trouble 10 instead 9 , 10 instead 10 instead 11 of 10 instead 12 running 10 instead 14 , 10 instead 17 playing 12 running 13 away 15 he 16 tried 16 tried 17 playing 17 playing 18 dead 18 dead 19 . unc ['] [billy] says it is a lot easier than running away , and safer , too . 1 unc 4 says 4 says 6 is 5 it 6 is 6 is 9 easier 7 a 8 lot 8 lot 9 easier 9 easier 10 than 9 easier 11 running 11 running 12 away 11 running 15 safer 12 away 13 , 14 and 15 safer 15 safer 17 too 16 , 17 too 17 too 18 . besides , it is always such a joke . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 5 always 4 is 6 such 6 such 7 a 7 a 8 joke 8 joke 9 . now , don't bother me any more , for [i] want to take a nap , " concluded [grandfather] [frog] . 1 now 2 , 2 , 17 " 3 don't 4 bother 3 don't 11 want 4 bother 5 me 4 bother 6 any 6 any 7 more 7 more 9 for 8 , 9 for 11 want 12 to 12 to 13 take 13 take 15 nap 14 a 15 nap 15 nap 16 , 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 concluded 18 concluded 21 . " thank you ! " cried [peter] [rabbit] [and] [johnny] [chuck] [and] [striped] [chipmunk] , and started [off] to hunt up [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 1 " 2 thank 1 " 26 . 2 thank 3 you 2 thank 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 cried 15 , 16 and 15 , 23 ' 16 and 17 started 17 started 20 hunt 19 to 20 hunt 20 hunt 21 up 23 ' 26 . [iv] [why] [reddy] [fox] [wears] [red] peter [rabbit] sat in the middle of the [dear] [old] [briar-patch] making faces and laughing [at] [reddy] [fox] . 1 peter 3 sat 1 peter 19 . 3 sat 4 in 4 in 5 the 5 the 6 middle 6 middle 7 of 7 of 8 the 12 making 13 faces 13 faces 15 laughing 13 faces 19 . 14 and 15 laughing of course that wasn't a nice thing to do , not a bit nice . 1 of 2 course 2 course 4 wasn't 3 that 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 13 bit 5 a 6 nice 5 a 13 bit 6 nice 7 thing 8 to 9 do 9 do 10 , 9 do 11 not 11 not 13 bit 12 a 13 bit 13 bit 14 nice 13 bit 15 . now [peter] was safe [in] [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] . 1 now 10 . 3 was 4 safe 4 safe 10 . you see , [reddy] [fox] [wouldn't] [run] [the] [risk] [of] tearing his handsome red coat on the brambles . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 19 . 3 , 11 tearing 11 tearing 15 coat 12 his 15 coat 13 handsome 15 coat 14 red 15 coat 16 on 17 the 16 on 19 . 17 the 18 brambles besides , they scratched terribly . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 4 scratched 3 they 4 scratched 4 scratched 5 terribly 5 terribly 6 . " [reddy] [fox] is [very] [sly] [!] 1 " 4 is [reddy] [fox] [is] [very] [spry] [!] but sly and spry , ' tis vain to [try] [to] be as sly and spry as [i] . " 1 but 16 spry 2 sly 3 and 2 sly 4 spry 4 spry 5 , 4 spry 16 spry 5 , 6 ' 6 ' 7 tis 7 tis 8 vain 8 vain 9 to 9 to 12 be 12 be 13 as 14 sly 15 and 14 sly 16 spry 16 spry 17 as 16 spry 19 . 19 . 20 " when [peter] [rabbit] [shouted] this [,] [reddy] [looked] [back] [and] showed [all] his teeth , but [peter] only laughed , and [reddy] trotted [on] . 1 when 11 showed 5 this 11 showed 11 showed 25 . 13 his 14 teeth 14 teeth 23 trotted 14 teeth 25 . 15 , 16 but 15 , 21 and 16 but 18 only 19 laughed 21 and 20 , 21 and 21 and 23 trotted peter watched him out of sight . 1 peter 2 watched 2 watched 3 him 3 him 7 . 4 out 5 of 4 out 6 sight 6 sight 7 . " my ! 1 " 2 my 2 my 3 ! " you wouldn't , if you had to wear it for the same reason [that] [reddy] [fox] has to wear his . 1 " 2 you 1 " 9 wear 2 you 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 5 if 4 , 5 if 5 if 6 you 6 you 8 to 7 had 8 to 9 wear 10 it 10 it 11 for 11 for 12 the 12 the 13 same 13 same 14 reason 14 reason 22 . 18 has 19 to 19 to 20 wear 20 wear 21 his 21 his 22 . a good heart and honest ways are better than fine clothes , [peter] [rabbit] . " 1 a 2 good 2 good 5 honest 3 heart 4 and 3 heart 5 honest 5 honest 6 ways 6 ways 7 are 6 ways 9 than 6 ways 11 clothes 6 ways 15 . 7 are 8 better 10 fine 11 clothes 11 clothes 12 , 15 . 16 " peter looked up . 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 3 up 3 up 4 . there was saucy , pert , little [jenny] [wren] fussing [around] in one of the old bramble bushes . 1 there 2 was 1 there 10 fussing 2 was 3 saucy 3 saucy 5 pert 4 , 5 pert 5 pert 6 , 5 pert 7 little 10 fussing 17 bramble 12 in 13 one 13 one 14 of 14 of 15 the 15 the 16 old 16 old 17 bramble 17 bramble 18 bushes 18 bushes 19 . " [hello] , [jenny] ! " said [peter] . 1 " 3 , 3 , 6 " 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 9 . " why does [reddy] wear [a] [red] [coat] ? " 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 does 2 why 9 ? 5 wear 9 ? 9 ? 10 " " do you mean to say that you don't know ? " 1 " 2 do 2 do 4 mean 3 you 4 mean 4 mean 5 to 4 mean 6 say 4 mean 11 ? 6 say 7 that 8 you 9 don't 8 you 11 ? 9 don't 10 know 11 ? 12 " jenny [wren] looked very hard at [peter] [with] her sharp eyes . 1 jenny 3 looked 3 looked 4 very 3 looked 6 at 4 very 5 hard 6 at 9 her 9 her 11 eyes 10 sharp 11 eyes 11 eyes 12 . " [i] thought [everybody] [knew] that ! 1 " 3 thought 3 thought 6 that 6 that 7 ! you certainly are slow , [peter] [rabbit] . 1 you 3 are 2 certainly 3 are 3 are 4 slow 4 slow 5 , 5 , 8 . i haven't time to tell you about it now . 1 i 2 haven't 2 haven't 3 time 3 time 4 to 3 time 10 . 4 to 5 tell 5 tell 6 you 5 tell 7 about 7 about 8 it 8 it 9 now go [ask] [grandfather] [frog] [;] [he] [knows] [all] about [it] . " 1 go 9 about 9 about 11 . 11 . 12 " jenny [wren] bustled [off] [before] [peter] could find his tongue . 1 jenny 3 bustled 3 bustled 11 . 7 could 8 find 8 find 10 tongue 9 his 10 tongue 10 tongue 11 . now , you [all] know how full of curiosity [peter] [rabbit] [is] . 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 you 3 you 5 know 5 know 6 how 5 know 13 . 7 full 8 of 8 of 9 curiosity 9 curiosity 13 . jenny [wren] 's busy tongue [had] [set] [that] curiosity fairly boiling over . 1 jenny 3 's 1 jenny 11 boiling 4 busy 5 tongue 5 tongue 9 curiosity 9 curiosity 11 boiling 10 fairly 11 boiling 11 boiling 12 over 12 over 13 . he just couldn't sit [still] for [wondering] and [wondering] [why] [reddy] [fox] wears a [red] coat . 1 he 3 couldn't 2 just 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 sit 4 sit 6 for 6 for 14 a 8 and 13 wears 8 and 14 a 14 a 16 coat 16 coat 17 . he had never thought anything about it before , but now he couldn't get it out of his head . 1 he 2 had 1 he 13 couldn't 2 had 3 never 3 never 4 thought 3 never 5 anything 5 anything 6 about 6 about 7 it 7 it 8 before 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 now 10 but 12 he 12 he 13 couldn't 13 couldn't 14 get 14 get 15 it 14 get 16 out 16 out 17 of 16 out 18 his 18 his 19 head 19 head 20 . he just had to know . 1 he 2 just 1 he 3 had 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 know 5 know 6 . there [he] [found] [grandfather] [frog] [setting] [on] [his] [big] [green] [lily-pad] , [just] as usual . 1 there 12 , 12 , 14 as 14 as 15 usual 15 usual 16 . " if you please , [grandfather] [frog] [,] why does [reddy] [fox] wear a [red] coat ? " panted [peter] [,] quite out of breath . 1 " 2 if 1 " 19 panted 2 if 3 you 2 if 4 please 2 if 10 does 4 please 5 , 9 why 10 does 10 does 13 wear 14 a 16 coat 16 coat 17 ? 17 ? 18 " 18 " 19 panted 19 panted 26 . 22 quite 25 breath 23 out 24 of 23 out 25 breath 25 breath 26 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " grunted [grandfather] [frog] crossly . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 grunted 5 grunted 8 crossly 8 crossly 9 . " don't you know that it is very impolite to disturb people when they are having a nap ? " 1 " 2 don't 2 don't 4 know 3 you 4 know 4 know 5 that 5 that 7 is 6 it 7 is 7 is 9 impolite 8 very 9 impolite 9 impolite 11 disturb 9 impolite 12 people 9 impolite 18 nap 10 to 11 disturb 12 people 15 are 13 when 14 they 14 they 15 are 16 having 17 a 16 having 18 nap 17 a 18 nap 18 nap 19 ? 19 ? 20 " " [i] [i] ['m] very [sorry] . 1 " 5 very 5 very 7 . indeed [i] [am] , [grandfather] [frog] , " said [peter] very humbly . 1 indeed 4 , 4 , 8 " 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 humbly 11 very 12 humbly 12 humbly 13 . " will you tell me if [i] [come] [again] some time when you are not so sleepy ? " 1 " 3 you 2 will 3 you 3 you 18 ? 4 tell 5 me 4 tell 13 you 5 me 6 if 10 some 11 time 11 time 12 when 12 when 13 you 13 you 14 are 14 are 15 not 14 are 16 so 16 so 17 sleepy 17 sleepy 18 ? 18 ? 19 " " [chug-a-rum] ! " said he . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 6 he 7 . if you 'll promise to sit perfectly still and ask no foolish questions , [i] 'll tell you the story . " 1 if 2 you 2 you 3 'll 3 'll 4 promise 3 'll 10 ask 3 'll 17 tell 5 to 6 sit 5 to 10 ask 6 sit 8 still 6 sit 9 and 7 perfectly 8 still 10 ask 13 questions 11 no 13 questions 12 foolish 13 questions 13 questions 14 , 16 'll 17 tell 17 tell 18 you 17 tell 20 story 19 the 20 story 20 story 21 . 21 . 22 " of course [peter] [promised] , and settled himself comfortably to listen . 1 of 2 course 2 course 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 settled 7 settled 8 himself 8 himself 12 . 9 comfortably 10 to 10 to 11 listen 11 listen 12 . and this is the story [that] [grandfather] [frog] told : 1 and 9 told 2 this 3 is 3 is 4 the 4 the 5 story 5 story 9 told 9 told 10 : he was so smart that he knew enough not to appear smart , and the fact is his neighbors thought him rather dull . 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 smart 3 so 4 smart 4 smart 8 enough 4 smart 12 smart 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 knew 7 knew 8 enough 9 not 10 to 10 to 11 appear 11 appear 12 smart 12 smart 14 and 12 smart 19 neighbors 13 , 14 and 15 the 16 fact 16 fact 17 is 16 fact 19 neighbors 18 his 19 neighbors 19 neighbors 20 thought 19 neighbors 21 him 19 neighbors 23 dull 19 neighbors 24 . 22 rather 23 dull he was always very polite , very polite indeed , to every one . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 always 3 always 8 polite 4 very 8 polite 5 polite 8 polite 6 , 7 very 7 very 8 polite 8 polite 9 indeed 8 polite 11 to 8 polite 12 every 8 polite 14 . 9 indeed 10 , 12 every 13 one yes , [sir] , [mr] [fox] was very polite . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 1 yes 10 . 7 was 8 very 8 very 9 polite 9 polite 10 . grandfather [frog] stopped [a] [minute] and looked very hard at [peter] after he said this , and [peter] looked uncomfortable . 1 grandfather 3 stopped 1 grandfather 21 . 3 stopped 7 looked 6 and 7 looked 7 looked 8 very 7 looked 10 at 8 very 9 hard 12 after 13 he 13 he 19 looked 14 said 16 , 15 this 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 19 looked 19 looked 20 uncomfortable 20 uncomfortable 21 . everything [he] [heard] [he] remembered [,] [so] [that] it wasn't long before he knew more about what was going on than all his neighbors together . 1 everything 5 remembered 5 remembered 26 . 9 it 10 wasn't 9 it 26 . 10 wasn't 11 long 11 long 12 before 12 before 13 he 13 he 14 knew 14 knew 24 neighbors 15 more 16 about 15 more 21 than 16 about 19 going 17 what 18 was 18 was 19 going 19 going 20 on 21 than 24 neighbors 22 all 23 his 22 all 24 neighbors 23 his 24 neighbors 24 neighbors 25 together but he kept his mouth tight closed , did [mr] [fox] , [and] was very humble and polite to everybody . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 kept 2 he 9 did 2 he 14 was 3 kept 4 his 4 his 5 mouth 5 mouth 6 tight 6 tight 7 closed 6 tight 8 , 9 did 12 , 14 was 15 very 15 very 16 humble 16 humble 18 polite 16 humble 21 . 17 and 18 polite 18 polite 19 to 18 polite 20 everybody every night he came home early and went to bed by sundown , and everybody said what [good] habits [mr] [fox] [had] . 1 every 2 night 2 night 4 came 3 he 4 came 4 came 5 home 5 home 6 early 5 home 12 sundown 7 and 8 went 8 went 10 bed 9 to 10 bed 10 bed 12 sundown 11 by 12 sundown 12 sundown 13 , 12 sundown 15 everybody 12 sundown 17 what 12 sundown 19 habits 12 sundown 23 . 13 , 14 and 15 everybody 16 said " but when everybody else was asleep , [mr] [fox] [used] to steal out [and] be gone half the night . 1 " 2 but 2 but 3 when 3 when 4 everybody 4 everybody 5 else 4 everybody 17 gone 6 was 7 asleep 6 was 17 gone 7 asleep 8 , 12 to 13 steal 12 to 16 be 13 steal 14 out 16 be 17 gone 17 gone 18 half 18 half 20 night 19 the 20 night 20 night 21 . yes , [sir] , [sometimes] he 'd be gone until almost morning . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 6 he 6 he 7 'd 7 'd 8 be 7 'd 9 gone 7 'd 11 almost 10 until 11 almost 11 almost 12 morning 12 morning 13 . sometimes it was a storehouse broken into , and the best things taken . 1 sometimes 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 6 broken 3 was 13 taken 4 a 6 broken 5 storehouse 6 broken 6 broken 7 into 7 into 10 the 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 the 10 the 11 best 11 best 12 things 13 taken 14 . sometimes it was of worse things that were told in whispers . 1 sometimes 2 it 1 sometimes 5 worse 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 of 5 worse 6 things 5 worse 11 whispers 6 things 7 that 6 things 8 were 9 told 11 whispers 10 in 11 whispers 11 whispers 12 . now , the very night before she arrived , [mrs] [quack] , who lived on the river bank , had a terrible fright . 1 now 2 , 1 now 9 , 1 now 12 , 3 the 5 night 4 very 5 night 5 night 6 before 6 before 7 she 7 she 8 arrived 8 arrived 9 , 12 , 13 who 13 who 14 lived 14 lived 15 on 15 on 16 the 16 the 17 river 16 the 23 fright 17 river 18 bank 18 bank 19 , 20 had 21 a 21 a 22 terrible 22 terrible 23 fright 23 fright 24 . somebody sprang upon her as she was sleeping , and in the struggle she lost all her tail feathers . 1 somebody 2 sprang 2 sprang 3 upon 3 upon 4 her 3 upon 8 sleeping 5 as 6 she 6 she 7 was 7 was 8 sleeping 8 sleeping 9 , 8 sleeping 11 in 8 sleeping 13 struggle 9 , 10 and 11 in 12 the 13 struggle 15 lost 14 she 15 lost 15 lost 16 all 15 lost 17 her 15 lost 19 feathers 18 tail 19 feathers 19 feathers 20 . mother [nature] [called] all the people of the forest and the meadows together . 1 mother 14 . 4 all 5 the 4 all 14 . 5 the 9 forest 6 people 9 forest 7 of 8 the 8 the 9 forest 9 forest 10 and 9 forest 12 meadows 10 and 11 the 11 the 12 meadows 12 meadows 13 together she made them all pass before her , and she looked sharply at each one as they went by . 1 she 2 made 1 she 11 looked 2 made 3 them 2 made 7 her 3 them 4 all 5 pass 6 before 6 before 7 her 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 looked 10 she 11 looked 11 looked 12 sharply 11 looked 13 at 11 looked 14 each 11 looked 16 as 14 each 15 one 16 as 17 they 17 they 18 went 18 went 19 by 18 went 20 . mr [fox] [looked] meeker [than] [ever] , and he was very humble and polite . 1 mr 4 meeker 4 meeker 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 he 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 very 11 very 12 humble 12 humble 15 . 13 and 14 polite 14 polite 15 . it was nothing but a little smear of red clay , but that was enough for [old] [mother] [nature] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 11 , 1 it 20 . 2 was 3 nothing 2 was 5 a 3 nothing 4 but 5 a 6 little 6 little 7 smear 7 smear 8 of 7 smear 9 red 9 red 10 clay 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 that 13 that 14 was 14 was 15 enough 15 enough 16 for you see , she knew that [mrs] [quack] 's home was right at the foot of [a] [red] [claybank] . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 3 , 4 she 4 she 5 knew 4 she 11 was 5 knew 6 that 6 that 9 's 9 's 10 home 11 was 12 right 12 right 20 . 13 at 14 the 14 the 15 foot 15 foot 16 of 15 foot 20 . she didn't say a word until everybody had paid their respects and passed before her . 1 she 2 didn't 1 she 8 had 2 didn't 3 say 3 say 5 word 4 a 5 word 5 word 6 until 6 until 7 everybody 8 had 9 paid 8 had 13 passed 9 paid 11 respects 10 their 11 respects 11 respects 12 and 11 respects 13 passed 13 passed 14 before 14 before 15 her 14 before 16 . " all of a sudden [mr] [fox] [became] aware [that] everybody was looking at him , and [in] [every] [face] [was] hate . 1 " 22 hate 2 all 3 of 3 of 4 a 4 a 5 sudden 5 sudden 17 and 9 aware 14 at 11 everybody 12 was 12 was 13 looking 13 looking 14 at 14 at 15 him 15 him 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 22 hate 22 hate 23 . he glanced at his coat . 1 he 2 glanced 2 glanced 3 at 3 at 4 his 4 his 5 coat 5 coat 6 . it was bright red ! 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 bright 3 bright 4 red 3 bright 5 ! then [mr] [fox] knew that he had been found out , and he sneaked [away] with his tail between his legs . 1 then 6 he 1 then 14 sneaked 4 knew 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 been 7 had 9 found 9 found 10 out 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 he 13 he 14 sneaked 14 sneaked 18 tail 16 with 17 his 17 his 18 tail 18 tail 19 between 18 tail 22 . 19 between 21 legs 20 his 21 legs the first chance [he] [got] , he went to [old] [mother] [nature] and begged her to give him back his [old] coat . 1 the 2 first 1 the 3 chance 3 chance 6 , 3 chance 16 to 6 , 7 he 6 , 13 and 7 he 8 went 8 went 9 to 13 and 14 begged 14 begged 15 her 16 to 17 give 17 give 18 him 18 him 23 . 19 back 20 his 20 his 22 coat 22 coat 23 . she promised that she would when his heart changed , and he changed his ways . 1 she 2 promised 1 she 9 changed 2 promised 3 that 4 she 5 would 4 she 9 changed 6 when 7 his 7 his 8 heart 8 heart 9 changed 9 changed 15 ways 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 12 he 13 changed 13 changed 14 his 14 his 15 ways 15 ways 16 . but his heart never did change , and his children and his children 's children were just like him . 1 but 17 just 2 his 3 heart 2 his 15 children 4 never 5 did 5 did 6 change 6 change 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 his 9 his 10 children 10 children 13 children 11 and 12 his 12 his 13 children 13 children 14 's 13 children 15 children 15 children 16 were 16 were 17 just 17 just 18 like 18 like 19 him 19 him 20 . and now you know why [reddy] [fox] wears [a] red coat , " concluded [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 and 2 now 1 and 8 wears 2 now 3 you 3 you 4 know 4 know 5 why 8 wears 14 concluded 10 red 11 coat 11 coat 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 concluded peter [rabbit] drew a long breath . 1 peter 3 drew 3 drew 4 a 3 drew 6 breath 5 long 6 breath 6 breath 7 . " thank you , thank you , [grandfather] [frog] ! " said he . 1 " 2 thank 1 " 5 thank 3 you 4 , 4 , 5 thank 5 thank 6 you 5 thank 7 , 7 , 11 " 10 ! 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 13 he 14 . " [i] [i] [think] [hereafter] [i] 'll be quite content with my own suit , even if it isn't handsome . 1 " 21 . 7 'll 8 be 8 be 10 content 9 quite 10 content 10 content 11 with 10 content 14 suit 10 content 21 . 12 my 13 own 12 my 14 suit 14 suit 16 even 14 suit 20 handsome 15 , 16 even 16 even 17 if 18 it 19 isn't 18 it 20 handsome jenny [wren] was right . 1 jenny 3 was 3 was 4 right 4 right 5 . a good heart and honest ways are better than fine clothes . " 1 a 2 good 2 good 5 honest 3 heart 4 and 3 heart 5 honest 5 honest 6 ways 6 ways 7 are 6 ways 9 than 6 ways 11 clothes 6 ways 12 . 7 are 8 better 8 better 9 than 10 fine 11 clothes 12 . 13 " [v] [why] [jimmy] [skunk] [never] [hurries] they romped and raced and danced away , some one way , some another , to see whom they could find to play with . 1 they 2 romped 2 romped 3 and 2 romped 4 raced 4 raced 6 danced 4 raced 7 away 4 raced 17 see 5 and 6 danced 7 away 8 , 9 some 10 one 9 some 11 way 11 way 12 , 11 way 14 another 11 way 15 , 11 way 16 to 13 some 14 another 16 to 17 see 17 see 18 whom 18 whom 20 could 19 they 20 could 20 could 21 find 20 could 23 play 22 to 23 play 23 play 24 with 23 play 25 . they knew what he was doing that for . 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 3 what 2 knew 7 that 2 knew 9 . 3 what 5 was 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 doing 8 for 9 . they knew that he was looking for fat beetles for his breakfast . 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 looking 6 looking 9 beetles 7 for 9 beetles 8 fat 9 beetles 9 beetles 10 for 9 beetles 12 breakfast 11 his 12 breakfast 12 breakfast 13 . they danced over to him and formed a ring around him while they sang : 1 they 2 danced 2 danced 3 over 2 danced 10 around 2 danced 14 sang 3 over 5 him 4 to 5 him 6 and 7 formed 7 formed 8 a 7 formed 9 ring 9 ring 10 around 10 around 11 him 12 while 13 they 13 they 14 sang 14 sang 15 : " who is it never , never hurries ? 1 " 2 who 2 who 3 is 2 who 8 hurries 3 is 4 it 5 never 8 hurries 6 , 7 never 7 never 8 hurries 8 hurries 9 ? who is it never , never worries ? 1 who 2 is 2 is 8 ? 3 it 7 worries 4 never 7 worries 5 , 6 never 6 never 7 worries 7 worries 8 ? who is [it] [does] just what [he] pleases , [just] like [us] [merry] [little] [breezes] ? 1 who 2 is 2 is 16 ? 5 just 6 what 5 just 11 like 6 what 8 pleases 8 pleases 9 , 11 like 16 ? jimmy [skunk] ! 1 jimmy 3 ! jimmy [skunk] ! " 1 jimmy 3 ! 3 ! 4 " now not so far away [but] that he could hear them [very] plainly [sat] [peter] [rabbit] , [just] finishing his breakfast in a sweet-clover patch . 1 now 17 , 1 now 26 . 2 not 3 so 3 so 4 far 3 so 7 that 3 so 13 plainly 4 far 5 away 7 that 8 he 8 he 9 could 9 could 10 hear 10 hear 11 them 13 plainly 17 , 19 finishing 24 sweet-clover 20 his 21 breakfast 21 breakfast 24 sweet-clover 22 in 23 a 22 in 24 sweet-clover 24 sweet-clover 25 patch 25 patch 26 . he sat up very straight , so as to hear better . 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 3 up 3 up 5 straight 3 up 12 . 4 very 5 straight 5 straight 8 as 5 straight 9 to 6 , 8 as 7 so 8 as 9 to 10 hear 11 better 12 . of course some of the [merry] [little] [breezes] [saw] him right away . 1 of 2 course 1 of 5 the 1 of 10 him 3 some 4 of 4 of 5 the 10 him 13 . 11 right 12 away 12 away 13 . they left [jimmy] to come over and dance in a circle [around] [peter] , for [peter] [is] a great favorite with them . 1 they 2 left 1 they 8 dance 4 to 5 come 4 to 8 dance 5 come 6 over 5 come 7 and 8 dance 21 with 9 in 10 a 10 a 11 circle 11 circle 14 , 14 , 15 for 15 for 18 a 18 a 19 great 19 great 20 favorite 20 favorite 21 with 21 with 22 them 22 them 23 . and as they danced they sang : 1 and 4 danced 2 as 3 they 3 they 4 danced 4 danced 6 sang 5 they 6 sang 6 sang 7 : " who is it hops and skips and jumps ? 1 " 2 who 2 who 3 is 2 who 7 skips 4 it 7 skips 5 hops 7 skips 6 and 7 skips 7 skips 8 and 7 skips 9 jumps 7 skips 10 ? who is it sometimes loudly thumps ? 1 who 2 is 2 is 7 ? 3 it 6 thumps 4 sometimes 6 thumps 5 loudly 6 thumps 6 thumps 7 ? who is it dearly loves to play , [but] when there 's danger runs away ? 1 who 2 is 1 who 14 runs 1 who 16 ? 3 it 14 runs 4 dearly 5 loves 4 dearly 14 runs 5 loves 6 to 6 to 7 play 7 play 8 , 10 when 13 danger 11 there 12 's 11 there 13 danger 13 danger 14 runs 14 runs 15 away peter [rabbit] ! 1 peter 3 ! peter [rabbit] ! ["] 1 peter 3 ! peter grinned good-naturedly . 1 peter 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 good-naturedly 3 good-naturedly 4 . he is quite used to being laughed at for always running away , and he doesn't mind it in the least . 1 he 2 is 1 he 4 used 2 is 3 quite 3 quite 4 used 4 used 5 to 4 used 6 being 6 being 7 laughed 7 laughed 8 at 7 laughed 22 . 8 at 21 least 9 for 11 running 9 for 20 the 10 always 11 running 11 running 12 away 12 away 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 he 15 he 16 doesn't 16 doesn't 17 mind 16 doesn't 18 it 19 in 20 the 20 the 21 least " [when] danger ['s] [near] , who runs away [will] [live] to [run] another [day] , " retorted [peter] promptly . 1 " 18 retorted 3 danger 8 runs 6 , 7 who 7 who 8 runs 8 runs 9 away 9 away 12 to 12 to 14 another 14 another 16 , 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 retorted 18 retorted 20 promptly 20 promptly 21 . " and we wish that you would tell us the same thing , " cried one of the [merry] [little] [breezes] . 1 " 3 we 1 " 6 you 1 " 15 cried 2 and 3 we 4 wish 5 that 4 wish 6 you 6 you 8 tell 7 would 8 tell 8 tell 9 us 10 the 11 same 11 same 12 thing 12 thing 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 cried 15 cried 18 the 15 cried 22 . 16 one 17 of 17 of 18 the " but [i] [can't] , " protested [peter] . 1 " 2 but 1 " 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 protested 7 protested 9 . " everybody else seems to hurry , at times anyway , but [jimmy] never [does] . 1 " 2 everybody 2 everybody 16 . 3 else 4 seems 4 seems 5 to 4 seems 6 hurry 4 seems 9 times 5 to 6 hurry 7 , 8 at 8 at 9 times 9 times 10 anyway 10 anyway 11 , 10 anyway 16 . 11 , 12 but 12 but 14 never he says [it] is a waste of energy , whatever that means . " 1 he 2 says 2 says 4 is 4 is 5 a 5 a 6 waste 6 waste 7 of 7 of 8 energy 8 energy 9 , 9 , 10 whatever 9 , 14 " 11 that 12 means 12 means 13 . 13 . 14 " " [i] [tell] you [what] let's go over [to] the [smiling] [pool] and ask [grandfather] [frog] about it [now] . 1 " 4 you 1 " 20 . 4 you 6 let's 6 let's 7 go 7 go 8 over 7 go 13 and 8 over 10 the 14 ask 17 about 17 about 18 it 18 it 20 . he 'll be sure to know , " spoke up one of the [merry] [little] [breezes] . 1 he 2 'll 1 he 9 spoke 2 'll 3 be 3 be 4 sure 4 sure 5 to 5 to 6 know 6 know 7 , 7 , 8 " 9 spoke 10 up 9 spoke 12 of 11 one 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 17 . " all right , " replied [peter] , [hopping] [to] [his] [feet] . 1 " 2 all 1 " 13 . 3 right 4 , 3 right 8 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 replied 8 , 13 . " but you 'll have to ask him . 1 " 2 but 1 " 3 you 3 you 4 'll 4 'll 5 have 4 'll 7 ask 6 to 7 ask 7 ask 8 him 8 him 9 . away [they] [all] hurried [to] the [smiling] [pool] [.] 1 away 4 hurried 4 hurried 6 the " oh , [grandfather] [frog] , why is it [that] [jimmy] [skunk] [never] [hurries] ? " [they] panted . 1 " 2 oh 1 " 7 why 2 oh 3 , 2 oh 6 , 7 why 15 ? 8 is 9 it 9 it 15 ? 15 ? 16 " 16 " 18 panted 18 panted 19 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " replied [grandfather] [frog] [in] [his] [deepest] [,] [gruffest] [voice] . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 14 . " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! probably because he has learned better . " 1 probably 2 because 1 probably 5 learned 3 he 4 has 4 has 5 learned 5 learned 6 better 6 better 7 . 7 . 8 " " oh ! " said one of the [merry] [little] [breezes] , in a [rather] faint , disappointed sort of voice . 1 " 2 oh 2 oh 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 21 voice 6 one 7 of 6 one 20 of 6 one 21 voice 7 of 8 the 12 , 13 in 13 in 14 a 14 a 16 faint 16 faint 17 , 16 faint 18 disappointed 18 disappointed 19 sort 19 sort 20 of 21 voice 22 . indeed the legs of the last one he tried to swallow stuck out of [one] corner of his big mouth . 1 indeed 21 . 2 the 3 legs 2 the 16 corner 3 legs 4 of 4 of 5 the 5 the 6 last 6 last 7 one 6 last 8 he 8 he 9 tried 9 tried 10 to 10 to 11 swallow 11 swallow 12 stuck 12 stuck 13 out 13 out 14 of 16 corner 17 of 16 corner 21 . 17 of 18 his 18 his 20 mouth 19 big 20 mouth " [chug-a-rum] ! " said [grandfather] [frog] , trying very hard to get [those] [legs] out of sight . 1 " 5 said 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 8 , 5 said 19 . 8 , 9 trying 10 very 11 hard 11 hard 12 to 12 to 13 get 13 get 16 out 16 out 17 of 16 out 18 sight 18 sight 19 . " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! i would [,] [if] [peter] [rabbit] [were] [here] . 1 i 2 would 2 would 9 . " but he is here ! " cried one of the [little] [breezes] . 1 " 8 cried 2 but 3 he 3 he 4 is 4 is 5 here 5 here 6 ! 6 ! 7 " 7 " 8 cried 8 cried 11 the 8 cried 14 . 9 one 10 of 10 of 11 the " he 's right over behind that little clump of tall grass . " 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 's 3 's 4 right 4 right 5 over 4 right 6 behind 6 behind 9 clump 7 that 8 little 8 little 9 clump 9 clump 10 of 9 clump 11 tall 9 clump 12 grass 12 grass 13 . 13 . 14 " " [humph] ! 1 " 3 ! i thought he wasn't very far away , " grunted [grandfather] [frog] , with a twinkle in his great , goggly eyes . 1 i 2 thought 1 i 4 wasn't 3 he 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 6 far 5 very 6 far 6 far 7 away 7 away 8 , 7 away 23 . 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 grunted 13 , 14 with 14 with 15 a 15 a 16 twinkle 16 twinkle 21 goggly 17 in 18 his 18 his 21 goggly 19 great 21 goggly 20 , 21 goggly 21 goggly 22 eyes 22 eyes 23 . peter crept out of his hiding-place , looking rather shamefaced and very foolish . 1 peter 10 shamefaced 2 crept 3 out 2 crept 10 shamefaced 4 of 5 his 5 his 6 hiding-place 6 hiding-place 10 shamefaced 7 , 8 looking 8 looking 10 shamefaced 9 rather 10 shamefaced 10 shamefaced 11 and 10 shamefaced 13 foolish 10 shamefaced 14 . 12 very 13 foolish the great-great-ever-so-great grandfather of [jimmy] [skunk] [was] slimmer [and] trimmer [than] [jimmy] [is] . 1 the 2 great-great-ever-so-great 2 great-great-ever-so-great 3 grandfather 2 great-great-ever-so-great 4 of 2 great-great-ever-so-great 8 slimmer 8 slimmer 14 . 10 trimmer 14 . he was more like his cousins , [mr] [weasel] and [mr] [mink] . 1 he 2 was 1 he 5 his 2 was 3 more 3 more 4 like 5 his 6 cousins 6 cousins 7 , 7 , 10 and 10 and 13 . he was just as quick moving as they were . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 just 3 just 4 as 3 just 7 as 5 quick 6 moving 5 quick 7 as 7 as 8 they 8 they 9 were 9 were 10 . yes , [sir] [,] [mr] [skunk] was very lively [on] [his] [feet] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 9 lively 7 was 8 very 8 very 9 lively 9 lively 13 . he was dressed all in black . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 dressed 3 dressed 4 all 3 dressed 5 in 3 dressed 6 black 6 black 7 . " now [mr] [skunk] was very smart and shrewd , oh , very ! 1 " 2 now 1 " 11 oh 2 now 10 , 5 was 6 very 6 very 7 smart 7 smart 8 and 8 and 9 shrewd 9 shrewd 10 , 11 oh 12 , 11 oh 14 ! 12 , 13 very " [mr] [skunk] had to [try] his new [defence] [only] [once] [or] [twice] [before] [his] enemies took the greatest care to let him [alone] . 1 " 25 . 4 had 5 to 5 to 25 . 7 his 16 enemies 8 new 16 enemies 16 enemies 19 greatest 16 enemies 25 . 17 took 19 greatest 18 the 19 greatest 19 greatest 20 care 20 care 21 to 21 to 23 him 22 let 23 him he found that he no [longer] had to run for a safe hiding-place when he [met] [mr] [wolf] [or] [mr] [lynx] [or] [mr] [panther] . 1 he 2 found 1 he 7 had 2 found 3 that 2 found 5 no 3 that 4 he 7 had 8 to 8 to 12 safe 9 run 10 for 10 for 11 a 11 a 12 safe 12 safe 13 hiding-place 13 hiding-place 25 . 14 when 15 he 15 he 25 . they just snarled at him and passed without offering to touch him . 1 they 3 snarled 2 just 3 snarled 3 snarled 4 at 3 snarled 9 offering 3 snarled 13 . 5 him 9 offering 6 and 7 passed 7 passed 9 offering 8 without 9 offering 9 offering 10 to 9 offering 11 touch 10 to 11 touch 11 touch 12 him so [mr] [skunk] [grew] very independent [and] [went] where he pleased when he pleased . 1 so 6 independent 5 very 6 independent 6 independent 15 . 9 where 10 he 9 where 11 pleased 11 pleased 12 when 11 pleased 14 pleased 12 when 13 he 14 pleased 15 . and [,] [because] he [no] [longer] had to run from his enemies , he got out of the habit of running . 1 and 4 he 4 he 7 had 7 had 9 run 8 to 9 run 9 run 16 out 10 from 11 his 11 his 12 enemies 12 enemies 13 , 13 , 14 he 14 he 15 got 15 got 16 out 16 out 17 of 16 out 20 of 17 of 18 the 18 the 19 habit 20 of 21 running 21 running 22 . then he made a discovery . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 made 3 made 4 a 4 a 5 discovery 5 discovery 6 . it wasn't long before [mr] [skunk] [saw] [that] [in] [their] [hurry] they overlooked a great deal . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 long 3 long 4 before 4 before 17 . 12 they 13 overlooked 12 they 16 deal 13 overlooked 15 great 14 a 15 great 16 deal 17 . in fact , by just following after them slowly , he found all he wanted to eat . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 10 , 2 fact 11 he 2 fact 14 he 4 by 6 following 5 just 6 following 6 following 7 after 6 following 9 slowly 7 after 8 them 9 slowly 10 , 11 he 12 found 12 found 13 all 14 he 15 wanted 15 wanted 16 to 16 to 17 eat 17 eat 18 . " so [mr] [skunk] began to grow fat . 1 " 2 so 2 so 8 fat 5 began 6 to 5 began 7 grow 7 grow 8 fat 8 fat 9 . but [mr] [skunk] didn't [mind] . 1 but 4 didn't 4 didn't 6 . he went right on about his business . 1 he 2 went 2 went 4 on 3 right 4 on 4 on 6 his 5 about 6 his 6 his 7 business 7 business 8 . he never worried , because , you know , he feared nobody . 1 he 2 never 2 never 3 worried 3 worried 5 because 3 worried 13 . 4 , 5 because 6 , 7 you 7 you 8 know 8 know 9 , 9 , 10 he 10 he 11 feared 11 feared 12 nobody 11 feared 13 . and he never hurried , because he found that it paid best to go slowly . 1 and 2 he 2 he 11 paid 3 never 11 paid 4 hurried 6 because 5 , 6 because 6 because 7 he 7 he 8 found 7 he 11 paid 8 found 9 that 8 found 10 it 11 paid 12 best 12 best 13 to 13 to 14 go 14 go 15 slowly 15 slowly 16 . in that way he never missed any of the good things that his hurrying , worrying neighbors did . 1 in 2 that 2 that 3 way 2 that 4 he 4 he 18 did 5 never 6 missed 5 never 7 any 5 never 18 did 7 any 8 of 7 any 10 good 7 any 17 neighbors 8 of 9 the 10 good 11 things 11 things 12 that 13 his 17 neighbors 14 hurrying 15 , 14 hurrying 16 worrying 16 worrying 17 neighbors 18 did 19 . so he grew fatter and fatter , while others grew thinner . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 grew 3 grew 6 fatter 3 grew 11 thinner 4 fatter 5 and 4 fatter 6 fatter 6 fatter 8 while 7 , 8 while 9 others 11 thinner 10 grew 11 thinner 11 thinner 12 . after a while he almost forgot how to run . 1 after 3 while 2 a 3 while 3 while 4 he 4 he 6 forgot 5 almost 6 forgot 6 forgot 7 how 6 forgot 8 to 8 to 9 run 9 run 10 . being fat and never hurrying or worrying made him good-natured . 1 being 2 fat 2 fat 3 and 2 fat 5 hurrying 4 never 5 hurrying 5 hurrying 6 or 5 hurrying 7 worrying 7 worrying 10 good-natured 8 made 9 him 8 made 10 good-natured 10 good-natured 11 . " [of] [course] he taught his children to [do] as he did , [and] they taught their children . 1 " 4 he 4 he 5 taught 5 taught 7 children 5 taught 8 to 6 his 7 children 8 to 19 . 10 as 11 he 10 as 15 they 11 he 12 did 12 did 13 , 15 they 16 taught 16 taught 17 their 16 taught 18 children 18 children 19 . now you know why [jimmy] [skunk] , whom you all know , is so independent [and] [never] [hurries] . " 1 now 2 you 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 why 4 why 7 , 7 , 20 " 8 whom 9 you 9 you 10 all 9 you 11 know 11 know 12 , 12 , 20 " 13 is 14 so 14 so 15 independent 15 independent 19 . 19 . 20 " " thank you ! 1 " 2 thank 1 " 3 you 3 you 4 ! thank you , [grandfather] [frog] ! " cried the [merry] [little] [breezes] [.] 1 thank 2 you 1 thank 3 , 3 , 7 " 6 ! 7 " 7 " 8 cried 8 cried 9 the " [when] you want some more foolish green flies , just let us know , and we 'll get them for you . " 1 " 3 you 1 " 22 you 3 you 4 want 3 you 14 know 4 want 5 some 5 some 7 foolish 6 more 7 foolish 7 foolish 9 flies 8 green 9 flies 9 flies 10 , 9 flies 11 just 9 flies 13 us 12 let 13 us 14 know 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 we 17 we 18 'll 18 'll 19 get 19 get 20 them 21 for 22 you 22 you 23 . 23 . 24 " " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! what are you looking so wistful [for] [,] [peter] [rabbit] ? " demanded [grandfather] [frog] . 1 what 2 are 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 looking 4 looking 6 wistful 5 so 6 wistful 6 wistful 11 ? 11 ? 12 " 12 " 13 demanded 13 demanded 16 . " [i] [i] was just wishing that [i] had a ["] [began] [peter] . 1 " 14 . 4 was 6 wishing 4 was 10 a 5 just 6 wishing 6 wishing 7 that 6 wishing 9 had 10 a 14 . then suddenly he made a face . 1 then 2 suddenly 1 then 3 he 3 he 4 made 4 made 5 a 4 made 6 face 6 face 7 . " no , [i] don't either ! " he declared . 1 " 2 no 1 " 10 declared 2 no 3 , 5 don't 6 either 6 either 10 declared 7 ! 8 " 8 " 9 he 8 " 10 declared 9 he 10 declared 10 declared 11 . " [i] guess [i] 'd [better] be getting home [to] [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [now] . 1 " 3 guess 3 guess 5 'd 5 'd 7 be 7 be 8 getting 8 getting 9 home 9 home 16 . mrs [peter] [probably] [thinks] [something] [has] [happened] [to] [me] . ["] 1 mrs 10 . and away he went , lipperty-lipperty-lip . 1 and 2 away 2 away 6 lipperty-lipperty-lip 3 he 4 went 4 went 6 lipperty-lipperty-lip 5 , 6 lipperty-lipperty-lip 6 lipperty-lipperty-lip 7 . [vi] [why] [sammy] [jay] [has] [a] [fine] [coat] sammy [jay] has [a] [very] [fine] [coat] [,] [a] [very] [beautiful] [coat] [.] 1 sammy 3 has everybody knows that . 1 everybody 2 knows 2 knows 3 that 3 that 4 . in fact , [sammy] ['s] [coat] [has] [long] [been] the envy of a great many of his neighbors in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 in 2 fact 1 in 10 the 1 in 20 the 2 fact 3 , 10 the 11 envy 11 envy 12 of 12 of 13 a 13 a 14 great 14 great 15 many 16 of 17 his 17 his 18 neighbors 18 neighbors 19 in 19 in 20 the some of them , you know , have very modest coats . 1 some 2 of 2 of 3 them 3 them 12 . 4 , 5 you 5 you 6 know 6 know 7 , 7 , 10 modest 8 have 10 modest 9 very 10 modest 10 modest 11 coats 11 coats 12 . they are not beautiful at all . 1 they 2 are 1 they 6 all 2 are 3 not 2 are 4 beautiful 5 at 6 all 6 all 7 . peter [rabbit] [often] had thought about it . 1 peter 4 had 4 had 5 thought 5 thought 6 about 6 about 7 it 7 it 8 . he has a number of feathered friends whom he likes [ever] [so] much better than he [does] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 he 2 has 1 he 10 likes 2 has 3 a 3 a 4 number 4 number 5 of 4 number 6 feathered 6 feathered 7 friends 6 feathered 8 whom 8 whom 9 he 10 likes 13 much 13 much 14 better 14 better 15 than 15 than 16 he in fact , he and [sammy] are forever falling out , [because] [sammy] delights [to] [tease] [peter] . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 18 . 3 , 4 he 3 , 5 and 7 are 8 forever 8 forever 9 falling 9 falling 10 out 9 falling 14 delights 10 out 11 , 14 delights 18 . but in spite of this , it never seemed to him quite right that [sammy] [jay] should be [so] [handsomely] dressed . 1 but 3 spite 1 but 7 it 2 in 3 spite 3 spite 4 of 4 of 5 this 5 this 6 , 7 it 9 seemed 7 it 22 . 8 never 9 seemed 9 seemed 10 to 9 seemed 12 quite 10 to 11 him 12 quite 13 right 14 that 17 should 17 should 18 be 18 be 21 dressed 21 dressed 22 . " [of] [course] , " said [peter] [to] [grandfather] [frog] , " [old] [mother] [nature] knows [a] [great] deal [more] [than] [i] [do] " 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 11 , 11 , 12 " 11 , 24 " 12 " 16 knows 19 deal 24 " " [really] ! 1 " 3 ! you don't mean to say so ! 1 you 2 don't 2 don't 3 mean 3 mean 4 to 3 mean 5 say 5 say 6 so 6 so 7 ! chug-a-rum ! 1 chug-a-rum 2 ! you don't mean to say so [,] [peter] ! " interrupted [grandfather] [frog] , pretending to be very much surprised [at] [what] [peter] [said] . 1 you 2 don't 2 don't 3 mean 3 mean 4 to 3 mean 5 say 5 say 6 so 5 say 14 , 6 so 9 ! 9 ! 10 " 10 " 11 interrupted 14 , 15 pretending 15 pretending 25 . 16 to 17 be 17 be 18 very 18 very 19 much 19 much 20 surprised 20 surprised 25 . [[] [illustration] [:] ["] [you] [don't] [mean] [to] [say] [so] [,] [peter] [,] ["] [interrupted] [grandfather] [frog] [.] []] peter grinned [and] [wrinkled] his nose [at] [grandfather] [frog] . 1 peter 2 grinned 2 grinned 5 his 2 grinned 10 . 5 his 6 nose there must be a reason , [i] [suppose] [,] but for the [life] of me [i] cannot understand it . 1 there 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 4 a 4 a 5 reason 5 reason 6 , 6 , 10 but 10 but 12 the 11 for 12 the 12 the 14 of 14 of 15 me 15 me 20 . 17 cannot 18 understand 18 understand 19 it 19 it 20 . i should think that she would give [such] a thief as [sammy] [jay] [the] [very] [homeliest] [suit] she could find . 1 i 3 think 1 i 21 . 2 should 3 think 3 think 4 that 3 think 6 would 5 she 6 would 6 would 7 give 6 would 20 find 7 give 9 a 9 a 10 thief 10 thief 11 as 11 as 18 she 18 she 19 could you may depend [i] would , if [i] were in her place . " 1 you 2 may 1 you 5 would 1 you 9 were 2 may 3 depend 6 , 7 if 7 if 9 were 9 were 10 in 10 in 11 her 10 in 12 place 12 place 13 . 13 . 14 " grandfather [frog] chuckled until he [shook] [all] [over] . 1 grandfather 3 chuckled 3 chuckled 4 until 3 chuckled 9 . 4 until 5 he " it 's lucky for some of us that you are not in her place ! " said he . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 4 lucky 4 lucky 5 for 4 lucky 16 ! 5 for 6 some 6 some 7 of 6 some 11 are 6 some 15 place 7 of 8 us 9 that 10 you 10 you 11 are 11 are 12 not 13 in 14 her 13 in 15 place 16 ! 17 " 17 " 18 said 18 said 19 he 19 he 20 . " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! it certainly is lucky ! " 1 it 2 certainly 2 certainly 4 lucky 3 is 4 lucky 4 lucky 5 ! 5 ! 6 " " if [i] were , [i] would give [you] a handsome [coat] , too , [grandfather] [frog] , " replied [peter] . 1 " 2 if 1 " 20 replied 2 if 4 were 5 , 20 replied 7 would 8 give 8 give 10 a 10 a 11 handsome 11 handsome 13 , 13 , 14 too 14 too 15 , 14 too 18 , 18 , 19 " 19 " 20 replied 20 replied 22 . grandfather [frog] suddenly swelled out with indignation . 1 grandfather 8 . 3 suddenly 4 swelled 4 swelled 7 indignation 5 out 6 with 6 with 7 indignation 7 indignation 8 . " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! chug-a-rum ! 1 chug-a-rum 2 ! what 's the matter with the coat [i] [have] [got] , [peter] [rabbit] ? 1 what 4 matter 2 's 4 matter 3 the 4 matter 4 matter 5 with 4 matter 14 ? 5 with 6 the 6 the 7 coat 7 coat 11 , tell me that ! 1 tell 2 me 2 me 3 that 2 me 4 ! who 's got a handsomer one ? " 1 who 7 ? 2 's 3 got 3 got 5 handsomer 4 a 5 handsomer 5 handsomer 6 one 5 handsomer 7 ? 7 ? 8 " grandfather [frog] glared with his [great] [,] goggly [eyes] [at] [peter] . 1 grandfather 12 . 3 glared 4 with 3 glared 8 goggly 4 with 5 his 8 goggly 12 . " [i] [didn't] [mean] [to] [say] [that] you [haven't] got a handsome coat . 1 " 8 you 8 you 10 got 10 got 11 a 11 a 12 handsome 12 handsome 13 coat 13 coat 14 . your coat is handsome , very handsome indeed , [grandfather] [frog] , " [peter] hastened to [say] . 1 your 2 coat 2 coat 3 is 2 coat 4 handsome 2 coat 7 handsome 4 handsome 5 , 6 very 7 handsome 7 handsome 8 indeed 8 indeed 9 , 9 , 15 hastened 12 , 13 " 12 , 15 hastened 15 hastened 18 . 16 to 18 . " [i] [always] did [like] [green] [.] 1 " 4 did i [just] love it [!] 1 i 3 love 3 love 4 it and [i] should [think] you would be ever so proud of your white and yellow waistcoat . 1 and 16 waistcoat 3 should 7 be 5 you 6 would 6 would 7 be 7 be 10 proud 8 ever 9 so 9 so 10 proud 10 proud 11 of 10 proud 16 waistcoat 11 of 12 your 13 white 16 waistcoat 14 and 16 waistcoat 15 yellow 16 waistcoat 16 waistcoat 17 . i would [if] [it] [were] [mine] . 1 i 2 would 2 would 7 . what [i] meant to say is , that [if] [i] [were] [in] [old] [mother] [nature] ['s] [place] [,] [i] would give [some] plain folks handsome suits . 1 what 3 meant 3 meant 4 to 4 to 5 say 5 say 6 is 5 say 7 , 5 say 8 that 8 that 20 would 20 would 21 give 21 give 23 plain 23 plain 24 folks 24 folks 27 . 25 handsome 26 suits 26 suits 27 . certainly [,] [i] [wouldn't] [give] [such] [a] rascal [as] [sammy] [jay] one of the [handsomest] coats in all the [green] [forest] . 1 certainly 8 rascal 8 rascal 22 . 12 one 13 of 13 of 14 the 14 the 16 coats 16 coats 17 in 16 coats 22 . 17 in 19 the 18 all 19 the knowing [sammy] as well as [i] [do] , it is hard work to believe that he came by it honestly . " 1 knowing 19 it 3 as 4 well 4 well 5 as 4 well 8 , 8 , 9 it 9 it 10 is 10 is 11 hard 11 hard 12 work 11 hard 13 to 11 hard 14 believe 14 believe 15 that 14 believe 19 it 15 that 16 he 16 he 17 came 17 came 18 by 19 it 21 . 20 honestly 21 . 21 . 22 " grandfather [frog] chuckled way down deep in his throat . 1 grandfather 3 chuckled 1 grandfather 10 . 4 way 5 down 5 down 6 deep 6 deep 7 in 7 in 8 his 8 his 9 throat 9 throat 10 . " [sammy] [came] [by] it honestly [enough] , [peter] . 1 " 5 it 5 it 10 . 6 honestly 8 , 6 honestly 10 . " but what , [grandfather] [frog] ? " asked [peter] eagerly , when he could keep still no longer . 1 " 3 what 2 but 3 what 3 what 7 ? 4 , 7 ? 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 asked 9 asked 20 . 11 eagerly 12 , 12 , 13 when 13 when 14 he 14 he 15 could 15 could 19 longer 16 keep 17 still 16 keep 19 longer 18 no 19 longer 19 longer 20 . grandfather [frog] settled himself [comfortably] on [his] [big] green [lily-pad] and looked very hard [at] [peter] . 1 grandfather 3 settled 3 settled 4 himself 3 settled 6 on 6 on 9 green 9 green 11 and 11 and 12 looked 12 looked 13 very 13 very 14 hard 14 hard 17 . in the first place , [sammy] [jay] is not wholly to blame for [all] his [bad] habits . 1 in 2 the 2 the 3 first 2 the 17 habits 3 first 4 place 4 place 5 , 8 is 9 not 9 not 10 wholly 10 wholly 12 blame 11 to 12 blame 12 blame 13 for 13 for 15 his 15 his 17 habits 17 habits 18 . peter nodded . 1 peter 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 . ' [i] 'll wait a bit , ' said [she] to herself , ' and see how he behaves . 1 ' 9 said 1 ' 17 how 3 'll 4 wait 4 wait 6 bit 5 a 6 bit 6 bit 7 , 7 , 9 said 8 ' 9 said 11 to 12 herself 11 to 16 see 12 herself 13 , 13 , 14 ' 15 and 16 see 16 see 17 how 17 how 19 behaves 18 he 19 behaves 19 behaves 20 . perhaps he is truly sorry [for] [what] [he] [has] done , and [i] will not have to punish him [more] . ' 1 perhaps 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 4 truly 4 truly 5 sorry 4 truly 14 will 5 sorry 12 and 10 done 11 , 11 , 12 and 14 will 15 not 15 not 18 punish 16 have 17 to 17 to 18 punish 18 punish 19 him 19 him 21 . 21 . 22 ' " but if [mr] [jay] [was] truly sorry , he gave no signs of it . 1 " 3 if 1 " 7 truly 2 but 3 if 7 truly 8 sorry 8 sorry 9 , 8 sorry 13 signs 9 , 10 he 11 gave 13 signs 12 no 13 signs 13 signs 14 of 14 of 15 it 15 it 16 . his bad habits had become fixed , as bad habits have a way of doing . 1 his 10 habits 2 bad 3 habits 2 bad 8 as 2 bad 10 habits 3 habits 5 become 4 had 5 become 5 become 6 fixed 7 , 8 as 9 bad 10 habits 10 habits 11 have 10 habits 13 way 10 habits 14 of 10 habits 15 doing 10 habits 16 . 11 have 12 a besides , [right] [down] in his heart , he wasn't sorry for [what] he had [done] , only angry at having been found out . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 8 , 2 , 5 in 5 in 6 his 6 his 7 heart 8 , 9 he 9 he 10 wasn't 10 wasn't 11 sorry 11 sorry 25 . 12 for 14 he 14 he 15 had 15 had 22 been 15 had 23 found 17 , 21 having 18 only 19 angry 19 angry 20 at 19 angry 21 having 21 having 22 been 23 found 24 out 24 out 25 . " [when] [old] [mother] [nature] [saw] this [,] she changed her mind about taking away his [handsome] [suit] [.] 1 " 7 this 1 " 9 she 9 she 10 changed 10 changed 12 mind 10 changed 16 his 11 her 12 mind 12 mind 13 about 12 mind 14 taking 14 taking 15 away that bright blue coat was forever giving him away when he was out on mischief . 1 that 4 coat 2 bright 3 blue 3 blue 4 coat 4 coat 5 was 4 coat 6 forever 6 forever 7 giving 6 forever 16 . 7 giving 8 him 7 giving 9 away 9 away 10 when 10 when 11 he 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 out 14 on 15 mischief 15 mischief 16 . " you would suppose that he would have mended him ways , wouldn't you ? " 1 " 2 you 1 " 14 you 2 you 13 wouldn't 3 would 9 mended 4 suppose 5 that 4 suppose 9 mended 5 that 6 he 7 would 8 have 8 have 9 mended 9 mended 10 him 9 mended 11 ways 9 mended 12 , 9 mended 13 wouldn't 14 you 15 ? 15 ? 16 " peter nodded . 1 peter 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 . " [but] he didn't . 1 " 3 he 3 he 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 . he grew more sly and crafty than ever . 1 he 2 grew 2 grew 3 more 2 grew 6 crafty 4 sly 5 and 4 sly 6 crafty 6 crafty 7 than 6 crafty 9 . 7 than 8 ever but in spite of this , he didn't begin to make as much trouble as before . 1 but 2 in 2 in 3 spite 2 in 14 trouble 3 spite 4 of 4 of 5 this 5 this 6 , 7 he 8 didn't 8 didn't 9 begin 9 begin 10 to 10 to 11 make 11 make 14 trouble 12 as 13 much 13 much 14 trouble 14 trouble 17 . 15 as 16 before 16 before 17 . he couldn't , you know , because of his bright coat . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 7 because 3 , 7 because 4 you 5 know 5 know 7 because 6 , 7 because 7 because 11 coat 8 of 9 his 9 his 11 coat 10 bright 11 coat 11 coat 12 . now what do you [think] , [peter] [rabbit] ? " 1 now 2 what 2 what 3 do 3 do 4 you 4 you 6 , 6 , 10 " 9 ? 10 " " [chug-a-rum] ! " said [grandfather] [frog] in his deepest [voice] . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 12 . 8 in 9 his 8 in 10 deepest 10 deepest 12 . " you may be sure she does . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 may 3 may 4 be 4 be 5 sure 5 sure 6 she 6 she 7 does 7 does 8 . and [another] [thing] , [peter] [rabbit] [:] never judge [any] one [by] his clothes . 1 and 9 judge 4 , 8 never 8 never 9 judge 9 judge 11 one 11 one 15 . 13 his 14 clothes 14 clothes 15 . it is a great mistake , a very great mistake . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 a 3 a 4 great 4 great 5 mistake 4 great 10 mistake 5 mistake 6 , 7 a 8 very 7 a 9 great 9 great 10 mistake 10 mistake 11 . plain clothes sometimes cover the kindest hearts , and fine clothes often are a warning to beware of mischief . " 1 plain 2 clothes 1 plain 11 clothes 2 clothes 4 cover 2 clothes 9 and 3 sometimes 4 cover 4 cover 6 kindest 5 the 6 kindest 6 kindest 7 hearts 8 , 9 and 10 fine 11 clothes 11 clothes 12 often 11 clothes 13 are 11 clothes 17 beware 14 a 15 warning 15 warning 16 to 15 warning 17 beware 17 beware 18 of 17 beware 19 mischief 19 mischief 20 . 20 . 21 " " [i] [i] don't know but you are right , " admitted [peter] . 1 " 4 don't 4 don't 5 know 4 don't 7 you 6 but 7 you 7 you 8 are 8 are 9 right 9 right 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 admitted 12 admitted 14 . " [i] know [i] [am] , " said [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 8 said 3 know 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 11 . [vii] [why] [jerry] [muskrat] [builds] [his] [house] [in] [the] [water] peter [rabbit] [and] [johnny] [chuck] had gone down to the [smiling] [pool] [for] [a] [call] [on] [their] old [friend] , [jerry] [muskrat] . 1 peter 6 had 1 peter 23 . 6 had 7 gone 7 gone 8 down 8 down 9 to 8 down 10 the 10 the 18 old 18 old 20 , but [jerry] [was] nowhere [to] [be] [seen] . 1 but 4 nowhere 4 nowhere 8 . they waited [and] [waited] , but no [jerry] [muskrat] . 1 they 2 waited 2 waited 10 . 5 , 6 but 5 , 10 . 6 but 7 no " that 's so , " replied [peter] . 1 " 2 that 1 " 7 replied 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 so 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 replied 7 replied 9 . " [i] don't see [what] [he] [has] [his] [house] [in] the water for , anyway . 1 " 3 don't 3 don't 4 see 4 see 11 the 11 the 12 water 12 water 13 for 12 water 15 anyway 14 , 15 anyway 15 anyway 16 . if he had built it on land , like sensible people , we might be able to waken him . 1 if 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 built 4 built 5 it 4 built 6 on 4 built 9 like 6 on 7 land 7 land 8 , 9 like 10 sensible 10 sensible 11 people 10 sensible 12 , 10 sensible 18 waken 13 we 14 might 14 might 15 be 15 be 16 able 16 able 17 to 17 to 18 waken 18 waken 19 him 19 him 20 . funny place to build a house , isn't it ? " 1 funny 2 place 1 funny 4 build 1 funny 10 ? 3 to 4 build 4 build 5 a 4 build 6 house 6 house 7 , 8 isn't 9 it 8 isn't 10 ? 10 ? 11 " johnny [chuck] scratched his head thoughtfully . 1 johnny 3 scratched 3 scratched 4 his 3 scratched 5 head 4 his 5 head 5 head 7 . 6 thoughtfully 7 . " it does seem a funny place , " he admitted . 1 " 2 it 2 it 12 . 3 does 4 seem 4 seem 6 funny 5 a 6 funny 6 funny 7 place 7 place 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 he 10 he 11 admitted 11 admitted 12 . " it certainly does seem a funny place . 1 " 3 certainly 2 it 3 certainly 3 certainly 4 does 4 does 5 seem 5 seem 7 funny 6 a 7 funny 7 funny 8 place 8 place 9 . but [then] , [jerry] [muskrat] [is] [a] [funny] [fellow] [.] 1 but 3 , you know how much of the time he stays in the water . 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 how 3 how 4 much 4 much 5 of 5 of 6 the 6 the 7 time 7 time 9 stays 8 he 9 stays 9 stays 10 in 9 stays 12 water 10 in 11 the 11 the 12 water 12 water 13 . that seems funny to me . 1 that 2 seems 2 seems 3 funny 3 funny 6 . 4 to 5 me 5 me 6 . i suppose there is a reason for it , and probably there is a reason for building his house where it is . 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 there 3 there 4 is 4 is 5 a 4 is 6 reason 6 reason 7 for 6 reason 17 building 7 for 8 it 8 it 9 , 9 , 10 and 11 probably 12 there 11 probably 17 building 12 there 13 is 13 is 14 a 15 reason 16 for 15 reason 17 building 17 building 19 house 18 his 19 house 19 house 20 where 19 house 23 . 20 where 22 is 21 it 22 is i 've found that there is a reason for most things . 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 found 3 found 4 that 4 that 6 is 5 there 6 is 6 is 7 a 6 is 8 reason 6 is 10 most 8 reason 9 for 10 most 11 things 11 things 12 . probably [jerry] ['s] [great-great-grandfather] [built] his house that way , and so [jerry] does the same thing . " 1 probably 19 " 6 his 7 house 6 his 9 way 8 that 9 way 9 way 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 so 11 and 15 the 12 so 14 does 15 the 16 same 16 same 17 thing 16 same 18 . 18 . 19 " peter [rabbit] [suddenly] brightened up . 1 peter 4 brightened 4 brightened 5 up 5 up 6 . there he is , over on his big green lily-pad , and he looks as if he might be feeling very good-natured this morning . 1 there 3 is 2 he 3 is 3 is 4 , 3 is 5 over 5 over 10 lily-pad 6 on 10 lily-pad 7 his 10 lily-pad 8 big 10 lily-pad 9 green 10 lily-pad 10 lily-pad 12 and 10 lily-pad 22 good-natured 10 lily-pad 25 . 11 , 12 and 13 he 14 looks 14 looks 15 as 14 looks 22 good-natured 15 as 16 if 17 he 18 might 18 might 19 be 19 be 22 good-natured 20 feeling 22 good-natured 21 very 22 good-natured 22 good-natured 24 morning 23 this 24 morning let's go ask him [why] [jerry] [muskrat] [builds] his house in the water . ["] 1 let's 2 go 1 let's 3 ask 3 ask 4 him 4 him 14 . 9 his 10 house 10 house 11 in 11 in 12 the 12 the 13 water 13 water 14 . grandfather [frog] saw them [coming] , and he guessed [right] away [that] [they] [were] [coming] for a story . 1 grandfather 9 guessed 3 saw 4 them 4 them 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 he 8 he 9 guessed 9 guessed 19 . 11 away 16 for 16 for 17 a 17 a 18 story 18 story 19 . he grinned to himself and pretended to go to sleep . 1 he 2 grinned 2 grinned 4 himself 2 grinned 11 . 3 to 4 himself 5 and 6 pretended 6 pretended 7 to 7 to 8 go 8 go 9 to 9 to 10 sleep 10 sleep 11 . " good morning , [grandfather] [frog] , " said [johnny] [chuck] . 1 " 2 good 2 good 3 morning 3 morning 4 , 3 morning 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 12 . grandfather [frog] didn't answer . 1 grandfather 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 answer 4 answer 5 . johnny tried again , and still no reply . 1 johnny 2 tried 2 tried 3 again 3 again 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 still 6 still 9 . 7 no 8 reply 8 reply 9 . peter looked at [grandfather] [frog] sharply . 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 6 sharply 6 sharply 7 . he wasn't so sure that that was a real nap . 1 he 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 so 2 wasn't 4 sure 4 sure 5 that 4 sure 6 that 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 a 8 a 10 nap 9 real 10 nap 10 nap 11 . it seemed to him that there was just the least little hint of [a] smile in the corners of [grandfather] [frog] 's [big] mouth . 1 it 2 seemed 1 it 22 's 2 seemed 3 to 3 to 4 him 3 to 9 the 4 him 5 that 5 that 7 was 6 there 7 was 7 was 8 just 9 the 10 least 9 the 18 corners 10 least 11 little 10 least 12 hint 12 hint 13 of 13 of 17 the 15 smile 16 in 16 in 17 the 18 corners 19 of 22 's 24 mouth 24 mouth 25 . " you sit here a minute , " he whispered in [johnny] [chuck] 's ear . 1 " 2 you 1 " 10 whispered 2 you 3 sit 3 sit 4 here 5 a 6 minute 6 minute 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 he 9 he 10 whispered 10 whispered 16 . 11 in 15 ear 14 's 15 ear 15 ear 16 . now [just] at that [place] on the bank was [growing] a [toadstool] . 1 now 13 . 3 at 4 that 3 at 7 the 6 on 7 the 7 the 8 bank 8 bank 9 was 8 bank 13 . 9 was 11 a peter looked over at [johnny] [chuck] [and] [winked] . 1 peter 2 looked 1 peter 9 . 2 looked 3 over 2 looked 4 at then he turned around , and with one of his long hind-feet , he kicked the toadstool with all his might . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 turned 3 turned 4 around 3 turned 6 and 3 turned 10 his 5 , 6 and 7 with 10 his 8 one 9 of 9 of 10 his 10 his 12 hind-feet 11 long 12 hind-feet 12 hind-feet 13 , 12 hind-feet 14 he 12 hind-feet 15 kicked 12 hind-feet 17 toadstool 15 kicked 16 the 17 toadstool 18 with 17 toadstool 19 all 17 toadstool 21 might 17 toadstool 22 . 20 his 21 might of course he didn't see it coming , and of course it gave him a great start . 1 of 2 course 1 of 11 course 2 course 4 didn't 2 course 6 it 2 course 8 , 3 he 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 see 7 coming 8 , 8 , 9 and 10 of 11 course 11 course 12 it 12 it 13 gave 13 gave 14 him 13 gave 17 start 15 a 16 great 16 great 17 start 17 start 18 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " exclaimed [grandfather] [frog] and dived [head] [first] into the water . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 exclaimed 5 exclaimed 15 . 8 and 9 dived 9 dived 12 into 12 into 14 water 13 the 14 water 14 water 15 . a minute later [peter] 's sharp eyes saw him peeping out from under a lily-pad to see what had frightened him so . 1 a 2 minute 2 minute 3 later 3 later 10 peeping 5 's 7 eyes 6 sharp 7 eyes 7 eyes 10 peeping 8 saw 9 him 8 saw 10 peeping 10 peeping 11 out 10 peeping 12 from 10 peeping 21 him 12 from 13 under 13 under 14 a 13 under 15 lily-pad 16 to 17 see 17 see 18 what 17 see 21 him 18 what 19 had 19 had 20 frightened 20 frightened 21 him 21 him 22 so 21 him 23 . " [ha] , ha , ha ! " shouted [peter] , dancing about on the bank . 1 " 6 ha 3 , 4 ha 4 ha 5 , 4 ha 6 ha 6 ha 7 ! 6 ha 11 , 6 ha 12 dancing 7 ! 8 " 8 " 9 shouted 12 dancing 13 about 12 dancing 14 on 14 on 15 the 15 the 16 bank 16 bank 17 . " [ha] , ha , ha ! 1 " 4 ha 3 , 4 ha 4 ha 6 ha 5 , 6 ha 6 ha 7 ! grandfather [frog] , [afraid] [of] [a] toadstool [!] 1 grandfather 7 toadstool 3 , 7 toadstool ha , ha , ha ! " 1 ha 2 , 2 , 3 ha 3 ha 5 ha 4 , 5 ha 5 ha 6 ! 6 ! 7 " at first [grandfather] [frog] [was] [angry] , [very] [angry] [indeed] . 1 at 2 first 2 first 7 , 7 , 11 . so [presently] he climbed back on to his big green lily-pad , blinking his great , goggly eyes and looking just a wee bit foolish . 1 so 3 he 3 he 4 climbed 4 climbed 5 back 4 climbed 7 to 5 back 6 on 7 to 8 his 8 his 17 goggly 9 big 11 lily-pad 9 big 17 goggly 10 green 11 lily-pad 11 lily-pad 12 , 11 lily-pad 13 blinking 14 his 17 goggly 15 great 17 goggly 16 , 17 goggly 17 goggly 18 eyes 17 goggly 20 looking 17 goggly 23 wee 17 goggly 26 . 18 eyes 19 and 21 just 23 wee 22 a 23 wee 23 wee 24 bit 23 wee 25 foolish " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! what do you mean by frightening an old fellow like me this way ? " 1 what 2 do 2 do 4 mean 3 you 4 mean 4 mean 6 frightening 4 mean 14 ? 5 by 6 frightening 6 frightening 7 an 6 frightening 9 fellow 7 an 8 old 8 old 9 fellow 9 fellow 10 like 10 like 11 me 10 like 12 this 12 this 13 way 14 ? 15 " " oh , [grandfather] [frog] , do [tell] [us] [why] it is that [jerry] [muskrat] [builds] his house in the water . 1 " 2 oh 1 " 7 do 2 oh 3 , 2 oh 6 , 7 do 11 it 11 it 12 is 11 it 22 . 12 is 13 that 17 his 18 house 18 house 19 in 19 in 20 the 20 the 21 water 21 water 22 . please do ! " 1 please 2 do 2 do 3 ! 3 ! 4 " " goody ! " cried [peter] [and] [johnny] [chuck] [together] [,] sitting [down] side by side on the very edge of the [bank] . 1 " 2 goody 2 goody 3 ! 2 goody 24 . 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 cried 5 cried 22 the 12 sitting 15 by 12 sitting 17 on 14 side 15 by 15 by 16 side 17 on 18 the 18 the 20 edge 19 very 20 edge 20 edge 21 of 21 of 22 the " [chug-a-rum] ! " he began . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 began 6 began 7 . yes , [sir] , most of the animals lived in the water , as sensible animals do to-day . " 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 20 " 5 most 6 of 6 of 8 animals 7 the 8 animals 8 animals 9 lived 8 animals 12 water 8 animals 14 as 8 animals 16 animals 8 animals 18 to-day 10 in 11 the 11 the 12 water 12 water 13 , 15 sensible 16 animals 17 do 18 to-day 18 to-day 19 . 19 . 20 " peter nudged [johnny] [chuck] . 1 peter 2 nudged 2 nudged 5 . " he means himself and his family , " he whispered with a chuckle . 1 " 11 whispered 2 he 3 means 2 he 4 himself 2 he 11 whispered 4 himself 5 and 6 his 7 family 7 family 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 whispered 10 he 11 whispered 11 whispered 15 . 12 with 13 a 13 a 14 chuckle 14 chuckle 15 . " [after] [a] [time] , " continued [grandfather] [frog] [,] ["] [there] began to be more land and still more . 1 " 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 continued 7 continued 14 to 13 began 14 to 14 to 15 be 15 be 20 more 16 more 20 more 17 land 18 and 17 land 19 still 19 still 20 more 20 more 21 . then [some] of the animals began to spend most of their time [on] the land . 1 then 14 the 3 of 5 animals 3 of 14 the 4 the 5 animals 5 animals 6 began 5 animals 8 spend 6 began 7 to 8 spend 9 most 8 spend 11 their 8 spend 12 time 9 most 10 of 14 the 15 land 15 land 16 . but it was of no use . 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 of 3 was 5 no 5 no 6 use 6 use 7 . you know that is the way with you to-day , [peter] [rabbit] . " 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 that 3 that 4 is 4 is 5 the 4 is 9 to-day 5 the 6 way 6 way 7 with 7 with 8 you 9 to-day 10 , 10 , 14 " 13 . 14 " peter nodded . 1 peter 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 . " [one] [day] [old] [mother] [nature] [found] [mr] [muskrat] [sitting] on a rock , [looking] [very] [mournful] . 1 " 18 . 11 on 12 a 12 a 13 rock 13 rock 14 , 14 , 18 . " ' [what] ['s] the matter , [mr] [muskrat] ? ' she asked . 1 " 13 asked 2 ' 13 asked 5 the 6 matter 6 matter 7 , 6 matter 10 ? 10 ? 11 ' 10 ? 13 asked 12 she 13 asked 13 asked 14 . " ' [then] why don't you build you a [fine] house on the land ? ' asked [old] [mother] [nature] . 1 " 4 why 2 ' 4 why 4 why 5 don't 4 why 15 ? 5 don't 6 you 6 you 7 build 7 build 8 you 7 build 9 a 11 house 14 land 11 house 15 ? 12 on 13 the 13 the 14 land 15 ? 16 ' 16 ' 17 asked 17 asked 21 . " [mr] [muskrat] hesitated . 1 " 4 hesitated 4 hesitated 5 . none of his friends on land had such a big , fine house , and [mr] [muskrat] was very proud of it . 1 none 2 of 2 of 3 his 3 his 4 friends 4 friends 6 land 5 on 6 land 6 land 21 of 7 had 8 such 8 such 9 a 9 a 10 big 9 a 12 fine 10 big 11 , 12 fine 13 house 13 house 15 and 13 house 21 of 14 , 15 and 18 was 19 very 19 very 20 proud 20 proud 21 of 21 of 22 it 22 it 23 . and that is [why] [jerry] [muskrat] [has] built [that] [fine] [house] in the [smiling] [pool] and [has] so few enemies , ["] [concluded] [grandfather] [frog] . 1 and 2 that 1 and 26 . 2 that 3 is 3 is 13 the 8 built 12 in 12 in 13 the 16 and 18 so 16 and 20 enemies 18 so 19 few 20 enemies 21 , 21 , 26 . peter [rabbit] drew a long breath , which was almost a sigh . 1 peter 3 drew 3 drew 4 a 3 drew 6 breath 5 long 6 breath 6 breath 10 almost 7 , 8 which 8 which 9 was 9 was 10 almost 10 almost 12 sigh 11 a 12 sigh 12 sigh 13 . " [i] [almost] [wish] my grandfather a thousand times removed had been content [to] [stay] in the water , too , " he said . 1 " 24 said 5 my 6 grandfather 6 grandfather 8 thousand 7 a 8 thousand 8 thousand 10 removed 9 times 10 removed 10 removed 12 been 11 had 12 been 12 been 13 content 13 content 16 in 16 in 17 the 17 the 18 water 18 water 19 , 19 , 22 " 20 too 21 , 21 , 22 " 22 " 24 said 23 he 24 said 24 said 25 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " retorted [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 retorted 5 retorted 8 . " if he had , you wouldn't have [the] dear [old] [briar-patch] . 1 " 3 he 1 " 10 dear 2 if 3 he 3 he 4 had 3 he 7 wouldn't 5 , 6 you 6 you 7 wouldn't 7 wouldn't 8 have 10 dear 13 . be content with what you 've got [,] ["] 1 be 2 content 2 content 3 with 2 content 4 what 4 what 5 you 5 you 6 've 6 've 7 got " [i] think [i] [will] , " said [peter] . 1 " 3 think 1 " 8 said 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 8 said 10 . [viii] [why] [old] [man] [coyote] [has] [many] [voices] so those who hear him always say that he has many voices , and that [certainly] [is] [the] [way] [it] [seems] . 1 so 15 that 1 so 22 . 2 those 3 who 2 those 12 voices 4 hear 5 him 4 hear 7 say 4 hear 12 voices 6 always 7 say 7 say 8 that 8 that 9 he 10 has 11 many 11 many 12 voices 12 voices 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 that no , [sir] , he wouldn't have believed [you] . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 wouldn't 6 wouldn't 7 have 7 have 8 believed 8 believed 10 . and you couldn't have blamed him . 1 and 5 blamed 2 you 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 have 3 couldn't 5 blamed 5 blamed 6 him 6 him 7 . he just couldn't help it . 1 he 3 couldn't 2 just 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 help 4 help 5 it 5 it 6 . " why , " said he , " every night [i] hear a whole crowd yelping and howling together . " 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 21 " 9 every 10 night 9 every 16 yelping 12 hear 16 yelping 13 a 14 whole 14 whole 16 yelping 15 crowd 16 yelping 16 yelping 17 and 16 yelping 18 howling 16 yelping 19 together 19 together 20 . 20 . 21 " " but you don't ! " insisted the [merry] [little] [breezes] [.] 1 " 2 but 1 " 7 insisted 3 you 4 don't 4 don't 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 insisted 7 insisted 8 the " it [is] [old] [man] [coyote] [alone] who makes [all] that noise . " 1 " 2 it 2 it 13 . 8 who 9 makes 9 makes 12 noise 11 that 12 noise 12 noise 13 . 13 . 14 " " don't you suppose [i] know what [i] [hear] ? " demanded [peter] . 1 " 2 don't 1 " 12 demanded 2 don't 3 you 2 don't 4 suppose 6 know 7 what 7 what 10 ? 10 ? 11 " 11 " 12 demanded 12 demanded 14 . " no ! " retorted the [merry] [little] [breezes] . 1 " 5 retorted 2 no 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 retorted 5 retorted 6 the 5 retorted 10 . and [with] [that] the [merry] [little] [breezes] [indignantly] raced away to spread the news all [over] the [green] [meadows] . 1 and 4 the 4 the 14 news 9 raced 10 away 9 raced 14 news 11 to 12 spread 12 spread 13 the 13 the 14 news 14 news 20 . 15 all 17 the 15 all 20 . he was still thinking of it as the [black] [shadows] [came] creeping down from the [purple] [hills] [across] the [green] [meadows] [.] 1 he 2 was 1 he 12 creeping 2 was 3 still 2 was 4 thinking 4 thinking 5 of 5 of 6 it 5 of 8 the 6 it 7 as 12 creeping 13 down 13 down 14 from 14 from 15 the 14 from 19 the suddenly [peter] [saw] [a] [dark] [form] [skulking] [among] the [black] [shadows] [.] 1 suddenly 9 the at first he thought it [was] [reddy] [fox] , [only] somehow it looked bigger . 1 at 2 first 2 first 4 thought 3 he 4 thought 4 thought 5 it 5 it 9 , 9 , 11 somehow 11 somehow 12 it 12 it 15 . 13 looked 14 bigger 14 bigger 15 . peter , [safe] [in] [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [,] watched . 1 peter 2 , 1 peter 10 watched 1 peter 11 . and now [peter] had to believe his eyes [rather] [than] [his] ears . 1 and 2 now 2 now 13 . 4 had 5 to 5 to 6 believe 6 believe 12 ears 7 his 8 eyes 7 his 12 ears 12 ears 13 . it was hard , very hard , to believe , but it was so . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 hard 2 was 5 very 3 hard 4 , 5 very 6 hard 6 hard 7 , 6 hard 8 to 6 hard 9 believe 9 believe 12 it 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 it 12 it 13 was 13 was 14 so 14 so 15 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " said [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 8 . this sounded so much like a story that [peter] straightway teased [grandfather] [frog] to tell him all about it . 1 this 2 sounded 2 sounded 3 so 3 so 4 much 4 much 5 like 4 much 10 straightway 5 like 6 a 6 a 7 story 7 story 8 that 10 straightway 20 . 11 teased 14 to 14 to 15 tell 15 tell 16 him 15 tell 18 about 17 all 18 about 18 about 19 it 19 it 20 . at last , to get rid of him and enjoy a little quiet and peace , [grandfather] [frog] [did] so . 1 at 2 last 2 last 3 , 2 last 15 peace 3 , 14 and 4 to 5 get 4 to 10 enjoy 5 get 6 rid 6 rid 7 of 6 rid 8 him 8 him 9 and 10 enjoy 13 quiet 11 a 12 little 11 a 13 quiet 13 quiet 14 and 15 peace 16 , 16 , 20 so 20 so 21 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " [he] [began] , as he always [does] . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 9 he 7 , 8 as 8 as 9 he 9 he 10 always 10 always 12 . he was just as smart and just as clever . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 just 3 just 4 as 4 as 5 smart 5 smart 9 clever 6 and 7 just 7 just 8 as 8 as 9 clever 9 clever 10 . indeed , he was smart enough and clever enough not to let his neighbors know that he was smart and clever at all . 1 indeed 2 , 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 smart 5 smart 6 enough 5 smart 7 and 5 smart 8 clever 5 smart 9 enough 5 smart 14 neighbors 5 smart 19 smart 9 enough 11 to 10 not 11 to 11 to 12 let 13 his 14 neighbors 14 neighbors 15 know 15 know 16 that 16 that 17 he 17 he 18 was 19 smart 20 and 19 smart 21 clever 21 clever 24 . 22 at 23 all 23 all 24 . those were very peaceful times at first , and everybody was on the best of terms with everybody else , as you know . 1 those 2 were 2 were 3 very 2 were 4 peaceful 4 peaceful 5 times 4 peaceful 6 at 4 peaceful 9 and 6 at 7 first 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 everybody 10 everybody 11 was 10 everybody 19 else 12 on 16 terms 13 the 14 best 14 best 15 of 14 best 16 terms 16 terms 17 with 16 terms 18 everybody 18 everybody 19 else 19 else 22 you 19 else 24 . 20 , 21 as 21 as 22 you 22 you 23 know so [old] [king] [bear] ruled in [the] [green] [forest] , and everybody was happy and contented . 1 so 16 contented 5 ruled 16 contented 6 in 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 16 contented 12 everybody 13 was 12 everybody 16 contented 14 happy 16 contented 15 and 16 contented 16 contented 17 . " but there came a time when food was scarce , and it was no longer easy to get plenty to eat . 1 " 2 but 2 but 7 when 3 there 4 came 3 there 5 a 5 a 6 time 6 time 7 when 7 when 8 food 8 food 10 scarce 9 was 10 scarce 10 scarce 23 . 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 it 13 it 14 was 13 it 17 easy 14 was 15 no 15 no 16 longer 17 easy 18 to 17 easy 23 . 18 to 19 get 19 get 20 plenty 20 plenty 22 eat 21 to 22 eat it was then that the stronger began to steal from the weaker , and by and by even to prey upon those smaller than themselves . 1 it 2 was 2 was 12 weaker 3 then 5 the 4 that 5 the 5 the 12 weaker 6 stronger 7 began 6 stronger 12 weaker 7 began 8 to 7 began 9 steal 9 steal 10 from 10 from 11 the 12 weaker 14 and 12 weaker 24 than 12 weaker 26 . 13 , 14 and 15 by 20 prey 16 and 17 by 17 by 20 prey 18 even 20 prey 19 to 20 prey 20 prey 21 upon 20 prey 23 smaller 22 those 23 smaller 23 smaller 24 than 25 themselves 26 . some of them [it] [made] very sly and cunning , [like] [old] [mr] [fox] . 1 some 2 of 2 of 3 them 3 them 15 . 6 very 7 sly 6 very 9 cunning 7 sly 8 and 9 cunning 10 , 9 cunning 15 . mr [coyote] [was] [another] [whom] [it] [made] [sly] [and] [cunning] . 1 mr 11 . and yet he liked the same things to eat . 1 and 2 yet 2 yet 4 liked 2 yet 10 . 3 he 4 liked 5 the 6 same 6 same 7 things 7 things 9 eat 8 to 9 eat 9 eat 10 . " so he used to study and plan how he could outwit them without danger to himself . 1 " 3 he 2 so 3 he 3 he 12 outwit 4 used 5 to 4 used 6 study 6 study 7 and 6 study 12 outwit 8 plan 12 outwit 9 how 12 outwit 10 he 12 outwit 11 could 12 outwit 12 outwit 13 them 12 outwit 14 without 12 outwit 15 danger 12 outwit 17 himself 15 danger 16 to 17 himself 18 . little by little he got the habit of slyly following them when they were hunting , always keeping out of sight . 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little 2 by 7 habit 4 he 5 got 5 got 7 habit 6 the 7 habit 7 habit 8 of 7 habit 9 slyly 7 habit 18 keeping 7 habit 20 of 9 slyly 10 following 9 slyly 11 them 12 when 13 they 13 they 14 were 14 were 15 hunting 14 were 17 always 15 hunting 16 , 17 always 18 keeping 19 out 20 of 20 of 21 sight 21 sight 22 . in this way , he managed to get many meals of scraps . 1 in 2 this 2 this 3 way 3 way 6 managed 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 managed 6 managed 7 to 6 managed 8 get 6 managed 12 scraps 9 many 10 meals 10 meals 12 scraps 11 of 12 scraps 12 scraps 13 . at last one day , as he stole soft-footed through the [green] [forest] , he discovered [mr] [lynx] [having] a great feast . 1 at 2 last 2 last 7 he 3 one 4 day 4 day 5 , 5 , 6 as 6 as 7 he 7 he 8 stole 7 he 16 discovered 8 stole 9 soft-footed 9 soft-footed 10 through 9 soft-footed 14 , 10 through 11 the 15 he 16 discovered 16 discovered 22 feast 20 a 21 great 21 great 22 feast 22 feast 23 . why not make [mr] [lynx] think he had a lot [of] [friends] with him ? 1 why 2 not 1 why 15 ? 2 not 3 make 6 think 7 he 7 he 8 had 8 had 9 a 9 a 10 lot 10 lot 13 with 13 with 14 him 14 him 15 ? it would do no harm to try . 1 it 2 would 1 it 8 . 2 would 3 do 3 do 5 harm 4 no 5 harm 5 harm 7 try 6 to 7 try so [mr] [coyote] [put] [his] [nose] [up] [in] [the] [air] and [howled] [.] 1 so 11 and mr [lynx] [looked] up and grinned . 1 mr 4 up 4 up 6 grinned 5 and 6 grinned 6 grinned 7 . he had no fear of [mr] [coyote] . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 no 3 no 4 fear 4 fear 5 of 4 fear 8 . mr [lynx] [stopped] [eating] [and] [looked] up [a] [little] [surprised] . 1 mr 7 up 7 up 11 . ' [i] [wonder] [if] [mr] [coyote] has [got] [a] brother with him , ' thought he . 1 ' 7 has 1 ' 10 brother 10 brother 13 , 11 with 12 him 12 him 13 , 13 , 14 ' 14 ' 15 thought 15 thought 16 he 16 he 17 . a minute later [mr] [coyote] howled [again] from the place where he had howled in the first place . 1 a 2 minute 2 minute 14 howled 3 later 6 howled 3 later 12 he 6 howled 8 from 8 from 9 the 9 the 10 place 10 place 11 where 12 he 13 had 12 he 14 howled 14 howled 15 in 15 in 16 the 16 the 17 first 17 first 18 place 18 place 19 . mr [lynx] [grew] [anxious] [and] [lost] [his] appetite [.] 1 mr 8 appetite ' [mr] [coyote] [must] have a whole crowd of brothers , ' thought he . 1 ' 5 have 5 have 6 a 6 a 8 crowd 7 whole 8 crowd 8 crowd 9 of 8 crowd 10 brothers 10 brothers 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 thought 13 thought 14 he 14 he 15 . ' [i] guess this is no place for me ! ' 1 ' 6 no 3 guess 4 this 4 this 5 is 5 is 6 no 6 no 7 place 7 place 8 for 8 for 9 me 9 me 10 ! 10 ! 11 ' with that he started to sneak away . 1 with 2 that 2 that 3 he 3 he 4 started 4 started 6 sneak 5 to 6 sneak 6 sneak 7 away 7 away 8 . " [mr] [coyote] [followed] [him] [,] [still] trying to make his voice sound [like] [the] voices [of] [many] . 1 " 16 voices 8 trying 9 to 8 trying 16 voices 9 to 10 make 10 make 13 sound 11 his 12 voice 12 voice 13 sound 16 voices 19 . mr [lynx] [gave] [a] [hurried] [look] [over] [his] [shoulder] [and] [began] [to] [run] . 1 mr 14 . then [mr] [coyote] [returned] to the dinner [mr] [lynx] [had] [left] , and ate and ate until he couldn't hold another mouthful . 1 then 6 the 5 to 6 the 6 the 7 dinner 7 dinner 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 ate 14 ate 16 ate 15 and 16 ate 16 ate 17 until 17 until 18 he 18 he 19 couldn't 19 couldn't 22 mouthful 20 hold 22 mouthful 21 another 22 mouthful 22 mouthful 23 . " so he had plenty to eat from that time on . 1 " 3 he 2 so 3 he 3 he 4 had 4 had 5 plenty 5 plenty 7 eat 5 plenty 10 time 6 to 7 eat 8 from 10 time 9 that 10 time 10 time 11 on 10 time 12 . and [all] his [children] and his children ['s] children [had] [that] [same] [wonderful] [voice] [,] [just] [as] [old] [man] [coyote] [has] [now] . 1 and 3 his 3 his 9 children 5 and 6 his 6 his 7 children 7 children 9 children 9 children 23 . chug-a-rum ! 1 chug-a-rum 2 ! now scamper home , [peter] [rabbit] , and see that you don't let [old] [man] [coyote] 's sharp wits get you into trouble . " 1 now 2 scamper 1 now 4 , 2 scamper 3 home 4 , 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 see 9 see 10 that 10 that 11 you 10 that 17 's 11 you 12 don't 12 don't 13 let 17 's 19 wits 18 sharp 19 wits 19 wits 20 get 19 wits 24 . 20 get 21 you 20 get 22 into 22 into 23 trouble 24 . 25 " " thank you , [grandfather] [frog] ! " cried [peter] and scampered as fast as he could go for the [dear] [,] safe [old] [briar-patch] . 1 " 2 thank 1 " 16 he 2 thank 3 you 2 thank 4 , 4 , 8 " 4 , 11 and 7 ! 8 " 8 " 9 cried 11 and 12 scampered 13 as 14 fast 14 fast 15 as 15 as 16 he 16 he 17 could 17 could 18 go 18 go 26 . 19 for 20 the 20 the 23 safe 23 safe 26 . [ix] [why] [miner] [the] [mole] [lives] [under] [ground] striped [chipmunk] [sat] staring at [a] [little] [ridge] [where] the grass was raised up . 1 striped 4 staring 4 staring 5 at 5 at 10 the 10 the 11 grass 11 grass 12 was 11 grass 13 raised 13 raised 14 up 14 up 15 . he had often seen little ridges like that without thinking much about them . 1 he 2 had 2 had 6 ridges 3 often 6 ridges 4 seen 6 ridges 5 little 6 ridges 6 ridges 7 like 6 ridges 8 that 6 ridges 9 without 6 ridges 10 thinking 6 ridges 13 them 10 thinking 12 about 11 much 12 about 13 them 14 . he knew that they were [made] [by] [miner] [the] [mole] . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 they 4 they 5 were 5 were 11 . he had known that ever since he was big enough to begin to ask questions . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 known 2 had 5 ever 3 known 4 that 5 ever 6 since 6 since 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 10 enough 9 big 10 enough 10 enough 11 to 10 enough 13 to 11 to 12 begin 13 to 14 ask 14 ask 15 questions 15 questions 16 . " what a queer way of living ! ["] [thought] [striped] [chipmunk] . 1 " 2 what 1 " 13 . 2 what 3 a 2 what 8 ! 3 a 4 queer 3 a 7 living 4 queer 5 way 5 way 6 of i wonder ["] 1 i 2 wonder " what do you wonder ? " 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 do 3 do 4 you 4 you 6 ? 5 wonder 6 ? 6 ? 7 " the voice was so close to [striped] [chipmunk] [that] it made him jump . 1 the 2 voice 2 voice 5 close 2 voice 14 . 3 was 4 so 4 so 5 close 5 close 6 to 6 to 13 jump 10 it 11 made 11 made 12 him 11 made 13 jump he whirled about . 1 he 2 whirled 2 whirled 3 about 3 about 4 . there was [johnny] [chuck] [,] [who] [had] tiptoed up as softly as he knew how [,] to give [striped] [chipmunk] a scare . 1 there 2 was 2 was 8 tiptoed 8 tiptoed 9 up 9 up 11 softly 10 as 11 softly 11 softly 12 as 12 as 13 he 13 he 14 knew 13 he 23 . 14 knew 15 how 15 how 17 to 17 to 22 scare 18 give 21 a 21 a 22 scare johnny grinned . 1 johnny 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 . " what do you wonder ? " he repeated . 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 do 3 do 4 you 4 you 6 ? 5 wonder 6 ? 6 ? 7 " 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 repeated 9 repeated 10 . striped [chipmunk] [made] [a] [face] [at] [johnny] . 1 striped 8 . " [i] wonder something that [i] bet you don't know , " he replied . 1 " 7 bet 1 " 8 you 3 wonder 5 that 3 wonder 7 bet 4 something 5 that 8 you 10 know 9 don't 10 know 10 know 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 14 replied 13 he 14 replied 14 replied 15 . " that 's easy , " replied [johnny] . 1 " 2 that 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 easy 4 easy 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 replied 7 replied 9 . " there are more [things] [i] don't know [than] [i] [do] [know] , but [i] ['m] always [ready] to learn . 1 " 2 there 1 " 7 don't 2 there 3 are 3 are 4 more 7 don't 8 know 8 know 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 17 always 17 always 19 to 19 to 20 learn 20 learn 21 . what is it this time ? " 1 what 2 is 1 what 6 ? 2 is 3 it 4 this 5 time 4 this 6 ? 6 ? 7 " " why does [miner] [the] [mole] [live] [under] [ground] all the time ? " 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 does 2 why 13 ? 10 all 12 time 11 the 12 time 12 time 13 ? 13 ? 14 " striped [chipmunk] pointed to the ridge [made] [by] [miner] . 1 striped 3 pointed 3 pointed 4 to 4 to 5 the 5 the 6 ridge 6 ridge 10 . johnny [chuck] scratched his head thoughtfully . 1 johnny 3 scratched 3 scratched 4 his 3 scratched 5 head 4 his 5 head 5 head 7 . 6 thoughtfully 7 . " [i] don't know , " he confessed finally . 1 " 3 don't 3 don't 4 know 4 know 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 he 7 he 8 confessed 8 confessed 9 finally 9 finally 10 . " [i] never thought of it before . 1 " 4 thought 3 never 4 thought 4 thought 5 of 4 thought 6 it 6 it 7 before 7 before 8 . of course there must be a reason . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 there 3 there 4 must 4 must 5 be 5 be 6 a 6 a 7 reason 7 reason 8 . i wonder ["] 1 i 2 wonder " well , what do you wonder ? " 1 " 2 well 1 " 4 what 3 , 4 what 4 what 5 do 5 do 6 you 6 you 8 ? 7 wonder 8 ? 8 ? 9 " " the same thing you wonder , " laughed [johnny] [chuck] . 1 " 5 you 1 " 6 wonder 2 the 3 same 3 same 4 thing 4 thing 5 you 6 wonder 7 , 6 wonder 12 . 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 laughed striped [chipmunk] [hadn't] [anything] [else] [to] [do] , [so] [off] [they] [started] . 1 striped 13 . 8 , 13 . on the way [they] [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [and] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] . 1 on 2 the 1 on 3 way 3 way 12 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " said he [in] his deep [voice] . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 11 . 6 he 8 his 9 deep 11 . " it 's very strange to me how little some folks know about their nearest neighbors . " 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 4 very 4 very 5 strange 4 very 15 nearest 5 strange 8 how 6 to 7 me 7 me 8 how 9 little 11 folks 10 some 11 folks 11 folks 12 know 11 folks 15 nearest 12 know 13 about 14 their 15 nearest 15 nearest 16 neighbors 16 neighbors 17 . 17 . 18 " he looked up and winked at jolly , round , bright [mr] [sun] . 1 he 5 winked 2 looked 3 up 2 looked 5 winked 4 and 5 winked 5 winked 6 at 5 winked 7 jolly 5 winked 11 bright 5 winked 14 . 7 jolly 8 , 7 jolly 9 round 7 jolly 10 , striped [chipmunk] , [johnny] [chuck] [,] [jimmy] [skunk] , and [danny] [meadow] [mouse] looked as [though] they felt very foolish , as indeed they did . 1 striped 3 , 3 , 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 14 looked 14 looked 15 as 15 as 17 they 17 they 25 did 18 felt 20 foolish 19 very 20 foolish 20 foolish 21 , 20 foolish 22 as 20 foolish 23 indeed 23 indeed 24 they 24 they 25 did 25 did 26 . " it happened a long time ago , " continued [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 10 continued 2 it 3 happened 3 happened 7 ago 4 a 5 long 5 long 6 time 5 long 7 ago 7 ago 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 continued 10 continued 13 . " when the world was young ? " interrupted [danny] [meadow] [mouse] . 1 " 9 interrupted 2 when 3 the 3 the 4 world 4 world 6 young 4 world 7 ? 5 was 6 young 7 ? 8 " 8 " 9 interrupted 9 interrupted 13 . " [of] [course] , " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [,] pretending to be [very] [much] put out [at] such a foolish question . 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 10 pretending 10 pretending 22 . 11 to 12 be 12 be 21 question 15 put 16 out 15 put 18 such 18 such 19 a 18 such 21 question 19 a 20 foolish 21 question 22 . danny hung his head and resolved that he would bite his tongue before he asked another question . 1 danny 2 hung 1 danny 6 resolved 2 hung 4 head 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 and 6 resolved 7 that 7 that 9 would 8 he 9 would 9 would 10 bite 10 bite 12 tongue 11 his 12 tongue 12 tongue 18 . 13 before 14 he 14 he 15 asked 15 asked 17 question 16 another 17 question 17 question 18 . " in [those] [days] [miner] ['s] [great-great-grandfather] a thousand times removed didn't [live] [under] ground , " continued [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 18 continued 2 in 8 a 2 in 15 ground 8 a 9 thousand 9 thousand 11 removed 10 times 11 removed 11 removed 12 didn't 15 ground 16 , 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 continued 18 continued 21 . " nobody [did] . 1 " 2 nobody 2 nobody 4 . he wasn't so very different from a lot of other animals . 1 he 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 so 3 so 5 different 4 very 5 different 5 different 6 from 5 different 11 animals 5 different 12 . 7 a 8 lot 8 lot 9 of 8 lot 11 animals 10 other 11 animals food was plenty , and everybody was on the best of terms with everybody else . 1 food 2 was 1 food 3 plenty 3 plenty 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 everybody 6 everybody 7 was 6 everybody 15 else 8 on 12 terms 9 the 10 best 10 best 11 of 10 best 12 terms 12 terms 13 with 12 terms 14 everybody 14 everybody 15 else 15 else 16 . mr [mole] [lived] [just] [as] [the] [rest] [did] . 1 mr 9 . he went and came as he pleased , and enjoyed the sunshine and took part in all the good times of his neighbors . 1 he 2 went 1 he 4 came 1 he 10 enjoyed 2 went 3 and 5 as 6 he 6 he 10 enjoyed 7 pleased 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 enjoyed 10 enjoyed 12 sunshine 10 enjoyed 15 part 11 the 12 sunshine 13 and 14 took 14 took 15 part 15 part 16 in 15 part 21 of 16 in 18 the 17 all 18 the 19 good 20 times 19 good 21 of 21 of 23 neighbors 22 his 23 neighbors 23 neighbors 24 . everybody liked him , and whenever he made a call , he was sure of a welcome . 1 everybody 2 liked 2 liked 3 him 3 him 6 whenever 3 him 18 . 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 whenever 6 whenever 7 he 6 whenever 10 call 6 whenever 12 he 6 whenever 17 welcome 7 he 8 made 8 made 9 a 11 , 12 he 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 sure 14 sure 15 of 16 a 17 welcome but one thing [mr] [mole] [never] [did] ; he [never] [meddled] [in] [other] [people] 's affairs . 1 but 2 one 1 but 9 he 2 one 3 thing 3 thing 8 ; 9 he 15 's 15 's 16 affairs 16 affairs 17 . no , [sir] , [mr] [mole] [never] poked his nose in where he had no business . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 8 poked 8 poked 10 nose 9 his 10 nose 10 nose 17 . 11 in 16 business 12 where 13 he 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 no 15 no 16 business 16 business 17 . " [for] [a] [long] [time] [everything] [went] smoothly [with] all the people of the [green] [forest] [and] the [green] [meadows] [.] 1 " 8 smoothly 8 smoothly 18 the 10 all 14 the 10 all 18 the 11 the 12 people 11 the 13 of 13 of 14 the then came hard times . 1 then 2 came 2 came 5 . 3 hard 4 times 4 times 5 . they grew harder and harder . 1 they 2 grew 2 grew 3 harder 3 harder 4 and 3 harder 5 harder 5 harder 6 . food was scarce and kept growing more scarce . 1 food 2 was 1 food 8 scarce 2 was 3 scarce 3 scarce 4 and 5 kept 6 growing 6 growing 7 more 6 growing 8 scarce 8 scarce 9 . everybody was hungry , and you know how it is with hungry people they grow ugly and quarrelsome . 1 everybody 3 hungry 2 was 3 hungry 3 hungry 4 , 3 hungry 12 hungry 3 hungry 19 . 4 , 5 and 6 you 7 know 7 know 8 how 8 how 9 it 8 how 12 hungry 9 it 10 is 9 it 11 with 12 hungry 18 quarrelsome 13 people 18 quarrelsome 14 they 18 quarrelsome 15 grow 18 quarrelsome 16 ugly 18 quarrelsome 17 and 18 quarrelsome matters grew worse and worse , and then it was that fear was born . 1 matters 3 worse 1 matters 5 worse 1 matters 15 . 2 grew 3 worse 4 and 5 worse 5 worse 6 , 5 worse 14 born 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 then 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 that 10 was 14 born 12 fear 14 born 13 was 14 born " now , as [i] [said] before , [mr] [mole] [never] had meddled [with] other people ['s] business , and he didn't [now] . 1 " 2 now 2 now 3 , 3 , 4 as 4 as 7 before 7 before 8 , 8 , 20 and 12 had 13 meddled 13 meddled 19 , 15 other 16 people 15 other 18 business 18 business 19 , 19 , 20 and 20 and 21 he 21 he 22 didn't 22 didn't 24 . he went off by himself to think things over . 1 he 2 went 2 went 3 off 2 went 4 by 2 went 6 to 2 went 9 over 4 by 5 himself 6 to 7 think 8 things 9 over 9 over 10 . ' [it] [isn't] safe to run around any more , ' said he . 1 ' 4 safe 1 ' 12 said 5 to 6 run 6 run 7 around 6 run 8 any 8 any 9 more 9 more 10 , 10 , 12 said 11 ' 12 said 12 said 13 he 13 he 14 . i believe he would have eaten me , [if] [i] [hadn't] crawled [into] an old hollow stump . 1 i 2 believe 1 i 5 have 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 have 5 have 6 eaten 6 eaten 7 me 7 me 8 , 8 , 12 crawled 12 crawled 17 stump 14 an 15 old 15 old 17 stump 16 hollow 17 stump 17 stump 18 . now [i] can't run fast , because my legs are too short . 1 now 13 . 3 can't 4 run 4 run 5 fast 5 fast 7 because 5 fast 9 legs 6 , 7 because 8 my 9 legs 9 legs 10 are 9 legs 12 short 9 legs 13 . 10 are 11 too i can't climb trees [like] [mr] [squirrel] , and [i] can't swim [like] [mr] [muskrat] . 1 i 2 can't 2 can't 12 swim 3 climb 9 and 3 climb 12 swim 4 trees 8 , 8 , 9 and 11 can't 12 swim 12 swim 16 . the only thing [i] can do is to dig . ' 1 the 3 thing 2 only 3 thing 3 thing 6 do 3 thing 7 is 3 thing 8 to 5 can 6 do 8 to 9 dig 9 dig 10 . 10 . 11 ' when it was finished , he was tired , so he curled up at the bottom for a nap . 1 when 4 finished 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 finished 4 finished 5 , 5 , 6 he 6 he 12 curled 7 was 8 tired 8 tired 9 , 9 , 11 he 10 so 11 he 11 he 12 curled 12 curled 13 up 13 up 14 at 14 at 15 the 15 the 16 bottom 16 bottom 17 for 17 for 18 a 18 a 19 nap 19 nap 20 . he was awakened by hearing voices outside . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 awakened 3 awakened 4 by 3 awakened 5 hearing 5 hearing 6 voices 6 voices 7 outside 6 voices 8 . he knew those voices right away . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 those 3 those 4 voices 4 voices 5 right 5 right 6 away 6 away 7 . they were the voices of [mr] [fox] [and] [mr] [badger] . 1 they 2 were 1 they 11 . 2 were 4 voices 3 the 4 voices 4 voices 5 of " ' [these] are [terrible] times , ' said [mr] [fox] . 1 " 9 said 1 " 12 . 2 ' 4 are 2 ' 9 said 6 times 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 said ' [i] ['m] [so] hungry that [i] ['m] [wasting] [away] to [a] shadow . 1 ' 14 . 5 hungry 6 that 5 hungry 11 to 11 to 13 shadow 13 shadow 14 . i wonder who has dug this hole . ' 1 i 2 wonder 2 wonder 5 dug 3 who 4 has 4 has 5 dug 5 dug 6 this 5 dug 7 hole 7 hole 8 . 8 . 9 ' " ['] [mr] [mole] , ' replied [mr] [badger] . 1 " 10 . 5 , 6 ' 5 , 10 . 6 ' 7 replied ' [i] [saw] [him] [at] [work] [here] this [morning] . 1 ' 8 this 8 this 10 . have you noticed how very plump he looks [?] ['] 1 have 2 you 1 have 3 noticed 3 noticed 4 how 3 noticed 6 plump 5 very 6 plump 6 plump 8 looks 7 he 8 looks " ['] [yes] , ' replied [mr] [fox] . 1 " 9 . 4 , 5 ' 4 , 9 . 5 ' 6 replied ' [he] [made] my mouth [water] the [very] last time [i] [saw] [him] . 1 ' 4 my 4 my 5 mouth 5 mouth 14 . 7 the 9 last 9 last 10 time 10 time 14 . seems to me [i] can smell him now . 1 seems 2 to 2 to 3 me 3 me 9 . 5 can 6 smell 6 smell 7 him 7 him 8 now 7 him 9 . " ['] [i] tell you what , ' [replied] [mr] [badger] . 1 " 12 . 4 tell 5 you 5 you 6 what 5 you 7 , 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 12 . " [with] that they went away , leaving [mr] [mole] [shaking] with [fright] [at] the bottom of his hole [.] 1 " 3 that 3 that 19 hole 4 they 5 went 5 went 6 away 6 away 7 , 6 away 12 with 7 , 8 leaving 12 with 15 the 15 the 19 hole 16 bottom 17 of 17 of 18 his 18 his 19 hole ' [it] ['s] [of] no [use] , ' thought [mr] [mole] . 1 ' 5 no 5 no 7 , 5 no 12 . 7 , 8 ' 8 ' 9 thought ' [if] [i] go [outside] , they will [soon] find me [,] and [if] [i] [stay] [here] [,] they will dig me [out] . 1 ' 4 go 4 go 13 and 6 , 7 they 6 , 13 and 7 they 8 will 8 will 10 find 10 find 11 me 13 and 19 they 19 they 20 will 20 will 21 dig 21 dig 22 me 22 me 24 . oh , dear , oh , dear ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 dear 1 oh 4 , 1 oh 7 dear 5 oh 6 , 5 oh 7 dear 7 dear 8 ! what [ever] can [i] do ? ' 1 what 5 do 3 can 5 do 5 do 6 ? 6 ? 7 ' " he lay there feeling very helpless and miserable , when all of a sudden a thought came to him . 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 lay 2 he 17 thought 2 he 18 came 3 lay 4 there 5 feeling 6 very 5 feeling 7 helpless 7 helpless 8 and 7 helpless 9 miserable 9 miserable 11 when 9 miserable 15 sudden 10 , 11 when 12 all 15 sudden 13 of 15 sudden 14 a 15 sudden 15 sudden 17 thought 16 a 17 thought 18 came 19 to 19 to 20 him 20 him 21 . he would make a little tunnel off one side and hide in that . 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 make 3 make 4 a 3 make 6 tunnel 4 a 5 little 5 little 6 tunnel 6 tunnel 7 off 6 tunnel 9 side 6 tunnel 10 and 6 tunnel 11 hide 6 tunnel 13 that 6 tunnel 14 . 8 one 9 side 11 hide 12 in so he went to work and made a little tunnel off one side just big enough for him to squeeze into . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 to 4 to 5 work 4 to 20 squeeze 6 and 7 made 7 made 8 a 8 a 9 little 9 little 10 tunnel 10 tunnel 11 off 10 tunnel 13 side 10 tunnel 14 just 10 tunnel 15 big 10 tunnel 20 squeeze 12 one 13 side 15 big 16 enough 16 enough 17 for 18 him 20 squeeze 19 to 20 squeeze 20 squeeze 21 into 20 squeeze 22 . " [but] they [didn't] . 1 " 3 they 1 " 5 . finally they went away , still calling each other names , and [from] that [day] to this , [foxes] and [badgers] [have] [never] [been] [friends] . 1 finally 2 they 1 finally 5 , 2 they 3 went 3 went 4 away 5 , 7 calling 6 still 7 calling 7 calling 8 each 8 each 9 other 9 other 10 names 10 names 11 , 11 , 12 and 11 , 20 and 12 and 14 that 16 to 17 this 17 this 18 , 18 , 20 and 20 and 26 . " [mr] [mole] [was] very thankful [for] his narrow escape , and it set him [to] thinking . 1 " 5 very 5 very 6 thankful 6 thankful 9 narrow 8 his 9 narrow 9 narrow 10 escape 10 escape 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 it 12 and 14 set 14 set 15 him 15 him 18 . 17 thinking 18 . if he had a lot of these underground tunnels , no one would be able to catch him . 1 if 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 a 4 a 5 lot 5 lot 6 of 6 of 7 these 7 these 8 underground 8 underground 9 tunnels 8 underground 19 . 9 tunnels 10 , 9 tunnels 11 no 9 tunnels 17 catch 11 no 12 one 13 would 14 be 14 be 15 able 15 able 16 to 15 able 17 catch 17 catch 18 him it was a splendid idea ! 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 splendid 4 splendid 5 idea 5 idea 6 ! he went to work on it at once . 1 he 2 went 2 went 3 to 3 to 4 work 4 work 5 on 4 work 7 at 4 work 9 . 5 on 6 it 7 at 8 once and then he made a discovery such a splendid discovery ! 1 and 2 then 2 then 3 he 3 he 4 made 4 made 10 discovery 5 a 10 discovery 6 discovery 10 discovery 7 such 8 a 8 a 9 splendid 9 splendid 10 discovery 10 discovery 11 ! there was plenty of food to eat right down under ground worms and grubs all he needed . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 plenty 3 plenty 4 of 3 plenty 5 food 5 food 7 eat 6 to 7 eat 7 eat 12 worms 8 right 12 worms 9 down 10 under 10 under 12 worms 11 ground 12 worms 12 worms 13 and 12 worms 14 grubs 14 grubs 15 all 14 grubs 17 needed 14 grubs 18 . 16 he 17 needed after that [,] [mr] [mole] spent all [his] time in his tunnels and seldom [put] his nose [outside] . 1 after 2 that 1 after 7 all 2 that 6 spent 7 all 19 . 9 time 10 in 10 in 11 his 11 his 12 tunnels 12 tunnels 13 and 13 and 14 seldom 14 seldom 16 his 16 his 17 nose 17 nose 19 . he was safe , and he was comfortable , and he could always find something to eat by digging for it . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 safe 3 safe 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 he 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 comfortable 8 comfortable 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 he 11 he 12 could 12 could 14 find 13 always 14 find 14 find 15 something 14 find 21 it 15 something 17 eat 16 to 17 eat 17 eat 19 digging 18 by 19 digging 19 digging 20 for 21 it 22 . " [little] [by] [little] [his] [old] neighbors forgot all about him . 1 " 7 neighbors 7 neighbors 12 . 8 forgot 9 all 9 all 10 about 10 about 11 him 11 him 12 . he was perfectly happy and satisfied there , and what is there in life better than to be happy and satisfied ? " 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 perfectly 2 was 6 satisfied 3 perfectly 4 happy 4 happy 5 and 6 satisfied 19 happy 7 there 11 is 7 there 18 be 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 what 10 what 11 is 12 there 18 be 13 in 14 life 14 life 18 be 15 better 16 than 15 better 18 be 17 to 18 be 18 be 19 happy 19 happy 20 and 19 happy 21 satisfied 21 satisfied 22 ? 22 ? 23 " " [nothing] , " [replied] [striped] [chipmunk] [,] [at] [whom] [grandfather] [frog] happened to be looking when he asked the question . 1 " 19 asked 3 , 4 " 3 , 17 when 4 " 13 happened 13 happened 14 to 14 to 15 be 15 be 16 looking 17 when 18 he 18 he 19 asked 19 asked 22 . 20 the 21 question 21 question 22 . " right ! " replied [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 5 replied 2 right 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 8 . " and now you know why [miner] the [mole] [lives] [under] ground because he is perfectly happy and satisfied there . ["] 1 " 6 why 1 " 14 he 2 and 3 now 3 now 4 you 4 you 5 know 5 know 6 why 8 the 12 ground 12 ground 13 because 13 because 14 he 14 he 15 is 15 is 16 perfectly 16 perfectly 17 happy 17 happy 21 . 18 and 20 there 19 satisfied 20 there 20 there 21 . just then up came [peter] [rabbit] [,] all out of breath . 1 just 2 then 2 then 3 up 2 then 4 came 4 came 9 out 8 all 9 out 9 out 10 of 9 out 11 breath 11 breath 12 . " [has] [grandfather] [frog] [been] telling [a] [story] ? " he panted . 1 " 12 panted 6 telling 12 panted 9 ? 10 " 10 " 11 he 10 " 12 panted 11 he 12 panted 12 panted 13 . and to this day [peter] [rabbit] [wonders] what [the] [story] was that he missed . 1 and 3 this 2 to 3 this 3 this 4 day 4 day 15 . 8 what 11 was 11 was 14 missed 12 that 13 he 13 he 14 missed 14 missed 15 . [x] [why] [mr] [.] [snake] [cannot] [wink] peter [rabbit] [and] [johnny] [chuck] [were] playing [tag] on the [green] [meadows] . 1 peter 13 . 7 playing 9 on 7 playing 13 . 9 on 10 the but he didn't . 1 but 3 didn't 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 . no , [sir] , [peter] [rabbit] [didn't] [do] [anything] [of] [the] [kind] . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 13 . it was great fun . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 great 3 great 4 fun 4 fun 5 . they raced and dodged and twisted and turned . 1 they 2 raced 2 raced 4 dodged 3 and 4 dodged 4 dodged 6 twisted 4 dodged 9 . 5 and 6 twisted 6 twisted 7 and 6 twisted 8 turned sometimes [peter] was so excited that he would forget and use all four legs . 1 sometimes 9 forget 3 was 4 so 4 so 5 excited 5 excited 6 that 6 that 8 would 7 he 8 would 8 would 9 forget 9 forget 10 and 9 forget 11 use 9 forget 12 all 9 forget 13 four 13 four 14 legs 14 legs 15 . then [johnny] [chuck] [would] [shout] ["] [no] [fair] ! ["] 1 then 9 ! peter would say that he didn't mean to , and to make up for it would be " it " and try to catch [johnny] . 1 peter 6 didn't 2 would 3 say 3 say 4 that 4 that 5 he 5 he 6 didn't 6 didn't 7 mean 7 mean 8 to 7 mean 9 , 7 mean 11 to 7 mean 19 it 7 mean 20 " 7 mean 23 to 9 , 10 and 11 to 12 make 11 to 17 be 12 make 13 up 13 up 14 for 15 it 16 would 16 would 17 be 18 " 19 it 21 and 22 try 22 try 23 to 23 to 24 catch 24 catch 26 . now it happened that [curled] up [on] [a] [little] grassy tussock , taking an early morning sun-bath , lay [little] [mr] [greensnake] . 1 now 3 happened 2 it 3 happened 3 happened 4 that 3 happened 23 . 6 up 10 grassy 10 grassy 11 tussock 11 tussock 17 sun-bath 11 tussock 23 . 12 , 13 taking 13 taking 17 sun-bath 14 an 15 early 15 early 16 morning 15 early 17 sun-bath 17 sun-bath 18 , 17 sun-bath 19 lay of course [peter] [rabbit] [and] [johnny] [chuck] were not afraid of him . 1 of 2 course 2 course 9 not 8 were 9 not 9 not 10 afraid 10 afraid 11 of 10 afraid 12 him 12 him 13 . if it had been [mr] [rattlesnake] [or] [mr] [gophersnake] , it would have been different . 1 if 2 it 1 if 3 had 3 had 4 been 3 had 14 been 10 , 11 it 11 it 12 would 12 would 13 have 13 have 14 been 14 been 15 different 15 different 16 . but [from] [little] [mr] [greensnake] there was nothing to fear , and sometimes , just for fun [,] [peter] [would] jump [right] over him . 1 but 6 there 6 there 7 was 6 there 8 nothing 8 nothing 9 to 8 nothing 10 fear 8 nothing 16 for 10 fear 11 , 12 and 13 sometimes 13 sometimes 14 , 14 , 16 for 15 just 16 for 16 for 17 fun 17 fun 25 . 21 jump 23 over 23 over 24 him 24 him 25 . when he did [that] , [peter] [always] winked [good-naturedly] . 1 when 2 he 2 he 3 did 2 he 8 winked 3 did 5 , 8 winked 10 . but [mr] [greensnake] never winked [back] . 1 but 4 never 4 never 5 winked 5 winked 7 . then [peter] would laugh and wink at him again . 1 then 9 again 3 would 4 laugh 4 laugh 5 and 4 laugh 6 wink 4 laugh 7 at 4 laugh 9 again 7 at 8 him 9 again 10 . but never once [did] [mr] [greensnake] [wink] back . 1 but 2 never 2 never 3 once 3 once 9 . 8 back 9 . [[] [illustration] [:] [he] [would] [make] [no] [reply] [,] [save] [to] [run] [out] [his] [tongue] [at] [them] [.] []] peter was thinking of this as he [and] [johnny] [chuck] stretched [out] in a sunny spot to [get] their breath and rest . 1 peter 2 was 2 was 3 thinking 3 thinking 4 of 4 of 5 this 5 this 16 spot 6 as 7 he 7 he 11 stretched 11 stretched 13 in 11 stretched 16 spot 13 in 14 a 14 a 15 sunny 16 spot 23 . 17 to 19 their 19 their 20 breath 20 breath 21 and 20 breath 22 rest 20 breath 23 . he mentioned the [matter] to [johnny] [chuck] . 1 he 2 mentioned 2 mentioned 3 the 2 mentioned 5 to 5 to 8 . " that 's so , " replied [johnny] thoughtfully . 1 " 2 that 1 " 7 replied 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 so 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 replied 7 replied 9 thoughtfully 9 thoughtfully 10 . " [i] [never] have seen any of them [wink] , [either] . 1 " 4 have 4 have 5 seen 5 seen 6 any 6 any 7 of 7 of 8 them 8 them 10 , 10 , 12 . do you suppose they can wink ? " 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 suppose 1 do 7 ? 3 suppose 4 they 3 suppose 6 wink 4 they 5 can 7 ? 8 " " let's go [ask] [mr] [greensnake] , " said [peter] . 1 " 2 let's 1 " 9 said 2 let's 3 go 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . finally they gave up asking him . 1 finally 2 they 1 finally 3 gave 3 gave 4 up 3 gave 6 him 5 asking 6 him 6 him 7 . " [i] tell you what , let's go over [to] the [smiling] [pool] and [ask] [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 7 let's 1 " 18 . 3 tell 4 you 4 you 5 what 4 you 6 , 6 , 7 let's 7 let's 8 go 8 go 9 over 8 go 14 and 9 over 11 the he 'll be sure to know , and perhaps , if he is feeling good , he 'll tell us a story , " said [peter] . 1 he 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 3 be 4 sure 3 be 15 good 4 sure 5 to 5 to 6 know 6 know 7 , 8 and 9 perhaps 9 perhaps 12 he 10 , 11 if 11 if 12 he 12 he 13 is 13 is 15 good 14 feeling 15 good 15 good 16 , 15 good 22 story 16 , 17 he 17 he 18 'll 18 'll 19 tell 19 tell 20 us 21 a 22 story 22 story 27 . 23 , 24 " 24 " 25 said 25 said 27 . so [off] they scampered to the [smiling] [pool] . 1 so 3 they 1 so 9 . 3 they 4 scampered 4 scampered 5 to 5 to 6 the his eyes twinkled as [peter] [and] [johnny] very politely wished him good [morning] . 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 3 twinkled 2 eyes 14 . 3 twinkled 4 as 8 very 9 politely 9 politely 10 wished 10 wished 11 him 11 him 14 . 12 good 14 . " good morning , " said he gruffly . 1 " 2 good 2 good 3 morning 3 morning 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 8 gruffly 7 he 8 gruffly 8 gruffly 9 . but [peter] had seen that twinkle in his [eyes] and knew that [grandfather] [frog] was feeling good-natured in spite of his gruff [greeting] . 1 but 8 his 3 had 4 seen 4 seen 5 that 4 seen 6 twinkle 6 twinkle 7 in 7 in 8 his 8 his 24 . 10 and 11 knew 11 knew 12 that 12 that 15 was 15 was 16 feeling 16 feeling 17 good-natured 17 good-natured 19 spite 17 good-natured 22 gruff 18 in 19 spite 19 spite 20 of 20 of 21 his 22 gruff 24 . " if you please , [grandfather] [frog] , [why] [doesn't] [mr] [greensnake] [wink] [at] [us] [when] we wink at him ? " he asked . 1 " 3 you 1 " 4 please 2 if 3 you 4 please 5 , 4 please 8 , 8 , 17 we 8 , 22 " 18 wink 19 at 19 at 20 him 20 him 21 ? 21 ? 22 " 22 " 24 asked 23 he 24 asked 24 asked 25 . " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! because he can't , " replied [grandfather] [frog] . 1 because 2 he 2 he 3 can't 2 he 6 replied 4 , 6 replied 5 " 6 replied 6 replied 9 . " can't ! " cried [peter] [rabbit] [and] [johnny] [chuck] together . 1 " 2 can't 1 " 5 cried 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 cried 5 cried 12 . 11 together 12 . " that 's what [i] said [can't] , " replied [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 2 that 1 " 6 said 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 what 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 replied 10 replied 13 . " and no more [can] [mr] . blacksnake , or [mr] [rattlesnake] , [or] [mr] [gophersnake] , or any other member of the [snake] family . " 1 " 3 no 1 " 7 . 2 and 3 no 3 no 4 more 7 . 8 blacksnake 7 . 13 , 8 blacksnake 9 , 9 , 10 or 13 , 27 " 17 , 18 or 17 , 27 " 18 or 20 other 19 any 20 other 21 member 22 of 22 of 23 the 23 the 25 family 25 family 26 . 26 . 27 " " why not ? " cried [peter] and [johnny] [,] all in the same breath . 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 not 2 why 4 ? 4 ? 5 " 5 " 6 cried 6 cried 16 . 8 and 11 all 11 all 14 same 12 in 13 the 13 the 14 same 14 same 15 breath 15 breath 16 . of course [peter] [and] [johnny] [promised] [to] [sit] perfectly [still] [and] [not] say [a] [word] . 1 of 2 course 2 course 9 perfectly 9 perfectly 16 . 13 say 16 . once [peter] [opened] [his] [mouth] [to] [ask] [why] , but remembered [in] [time] and closed it [again] [without] [making] a sound . 1 once 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 remembered 11 remembered 15 closed 14 and 15 closed 15 closed 16 it 16 it 22 . 20 a 21 sound 21 sound 22 . at last [grandfather] [frog] cleared his throat once more , and with a far-away [look] in his great [,] goggly eyes [began] [:] 1 at 2 last 1 at 14 far-away 5 cleared 6 his 6 his 7 throat 7 throat 11 and 7 throat 12 with 8 once 9 more 8 once 10 , 10 , 11 and 12 with 13 a 13 a 14 far-away 14 far-away 16 in 16 in 17 his 17 his 20 goggly 18 great 20 goggly 20 goggly 21 eyes of course he wasn't old [then] . 1 of 2 course 2 course 4 wasn't 2 course 7 . 3 he 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 5 old he was young and spry and smart , was [mr] [snake] . 1 he 2 was 1 he 9 was 2 was 3 young 3 young 5 spry 4 and 5 spry 5 spry 8 , 6 and 7 smart 7 smart 8 , 9 was 12 . now there is such a thing as being too smart . 1 now 11 . 2 there 3 is 3 is 10 smart 4 such 5 a 4 such 6 thing 4 such 7 as 7 as 10 smart 8 being 10 smart 9 too 10 smart 10 smart 11 . that was the [trouble] [with] [mr] [snake] . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 the 3 the 8 . yes , [sir] [,] that was the [trouble] [with] [mr] [snake] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 that 5 that 6 was 6 was 7 the 7 the 12 . it certainly was a very bad thing . " 1 it 2 certainly 1 it 3 was 3 was 5 very 4 a 5 very 5 very 6 bad 6 bad 7 thing 7 thing 8 . 8 . 9 " grandfather [frog] shook his head gravely . 1 grandfather 3 shook 3 shook 5 head 4 his 5 head 5 head 6 gravely 6 gravely 7 . mr [snake] [would] [go] [about] [all] [day] [cheating] [everybody] [he] [met] . 1 mr 12 . at night he would go home and chuckle over his smartness . 1 at 2 night 2 night 12 . 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 go 4 would 8 chuckle 5 go 6 home 5 go 7 and 8 chuckle 11 smartness 8 chuckle 12 . 9 over 11 smartness 10 his 11 smartness " now one bad habit almost always leads to another . 1 " 2 now 2 now 11 . 3 one 10 another 4 bad 5 habit 5 habit 8 leads 6 almost 8 leads 7 always 8 leads 8 leads 9 to 8 leads 10 another 10 another 11 . from [cheating] [,] [mr] [snake] [just] naturally [slipped] [to] [stealing] [.] 1 from 7 naturally yes , [sir] , he became a thief . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 1 yes 9 . 4 , 5 he 6 became 8 thief 7 a 8 thief 8 thief 9 . of course that [made] trouble [right] [away] , but [still] no one suspected [mr] [snake] . 1 of 2 course 1 of 5 trouble 2 course 3 that 5 trouble 8 , 8 , 9 but 9 but 11 no 11 no 12 one 12 one 13 suspected 12 one 16 . he was always very polite to every one and always offering to do favors for his neighbors . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 always 3 always 5 polite 3 always 11 offering 4 very 5 polite 5 polite 6 to 5 polite 7 every 5 polite 9 and 7 every 8 one 10 always 11 offering 11 offering 12 to 11 offering 14 favors 13 do 14 favors 14 favors 15 for 14 favors 17 neighbors 16 his 17 neighbors 17 neighbors 18 . in fact , [mr] [snake] was very well liked and much respected . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 13 . 6 was 7 very 7 very 8 well 7 very 11 much 9 liked 10 and 9 liked 11 much 11 much 12 respected 12 respected 13 . when any one had been robbed , he was always the first to offer sympathy and join in the hunt for the thief . 1 when 4 had 2 any 3 one 3 one 4 had 4 had 5 been 4 had 10 always 5 been 6 robbed 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 always 10 always 14 offer 11 the 12 first 12 first 13 to 13 to 14 offer 14 offer 15 sympathy 15 sympathy 16 and 15 sympathy 17 join 17 join 18 in 18 in 19 the 19 the 23 thief 20 hunt 21 for 21 for 22 the 22 the 23 thief 23 thief 24 . " [so] [mr] . snake found that lying helped him to cheat and steal , and all the time he kept thinking how smart he was . 1 " 4 . 4 . 5 snake 5 snake 8 lying 6 found 7 that 6 found 8 lying 8 lying 9 helped 9 helped 10 him 10 him 11 to 10 him 27 . 12 cheat 18 the 13 and 14 steal 14 steal 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 all 17 all 18 the 18 the 19 time 19 time 22 thinking 19 time 25 he 19 time 27 . 20 he 21 kept 21 kept 22 thinking 22 thinking 24 smart 23 how 24 smart 25 he 26 was but even [mr] [snake] had a little bit of [conscience] [,] [and] [once] [in] [a] [while] it would [trouble] him . 1 but 2 even 1 but 17 it 5 had 6 a 6 a 8 bit 7 little 8 bit 8 bit 9 of 9 of 17 it 17 it 21 . 18 would 20 him 20 him 21 . so [what] do you [think] [he] [did] ? 1 so 3 do 3 do 4 you 4 you 8 ? why , cheating had become such a habit with him that he actually tried to cheat himself to cheat his conscience ! 1 why 2 , 1 why 3 cheating 3 cheating 5 become 4 had 5 become 5 become 8 habit 6 such 7 a 7 a 8 habit 8 habit 9 with 9 with 21 conscience 10 him 19 cheat 11 that 12 he 12 he 13 actually 13 actually 19 cheat 14 tried 15 to 14 tried 19 cheat 16 cheat 17 himself 16 cheat 19 cheat 18 to 19 cheat 19 cheat 21 conscience 20 his 21 conscience 21 conscience 22 ! when he was telling a lie , he would wink one eye . 1 when 2 he 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 telling 3 was 5 a 5 a 6 lie 6 lie 7 , 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 would 9 would 10 wink 10 wink 12 eye 11 one 12 eye 12 eye 13 . but always he took care to wink the eye that was turned away from the one he was talking to . 1 but 2 always 1 but 3 he 3 he 4 took 3 he 18 was 4 took 5 care 5 care 7 wink 6 to 7 wink 7 wink 9 eye 7 wink 10 that 7 wink 14 from 7 wink 16 one 8 the 9 eye 10 that 11 was 12 turned 13 away 13 away 14 from 14 from 15 the 17 he 18 was 18 was 19 talking 19 talking 20 to 20 to 21 . " dear me , dear me , such terrible times as [there] [were] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [!] 1 " 5 dear 2 dear 3 me 2 dear 5 dear 4 , 5 dear 5 dear 6 me 5 dear 7 , 7 , 11 as 8 such 10 times 8 such 11 as 9 terrible 10 times she had all the little people come before her in turn and tell their troubles . 1 she 2 had 2 had 15 troubles 3 all 4 the 3 all 15 troubles 4 the 5 little 5 little 6 people 7 come 8 before 8 before 9 her 9 her 11 turn 9 her 15 troubles 10 in 11 turn 12 and 13 tell 13 tell 15 troubles 14 their 15 troubles 15 troubles 16 . when it [came] [mr] [snake] 's turn , he had no complaint to make . 1 when 2 it 1 when 9 he 2 it 6 's 6 's 7 turn 8 , 9 he 9 he 10 had 10 had 11 no 11 no 12 complaint 12 complaint 13 to 13 to 14 make 14 make 15 . he seemed to be the only one who had no troubles . 1 he 2 seemed 1 he 9 had 2 seemed 3 to 3 to 4 be 5 the 6 only 6 only 7 one 7 one 8 who 8 who 9 had 9 had 10 no 10 no 11 troubles 11 troubles 12 . she asked him a great many questions , and for each one he had a ready reply . 1 she 2 asked 2 asked 11 each 3 him 4 a 4 a 5 great 5 great 6 many 5 great 7 questions 7 questions 10 for 8 , 9 and 8 , 10 for 10 for 11 each 11 each 12 one 12 one 18 . 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 a 15 a 17 reply 16 ready 17 reply 17 reply 18 . of course a great many of these replies were lies , and every time he told one of these , he winked without knowing it . 1 of 2 course 1 of 3 a 3 a 4 great 3 a 14 time 4 great 5 many 6 of 7 these 7 these 8 replies 8 replies 9 were 8 replies 10 lies 10 lies 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 every 13 every 14 time 14 time 15 he 14 time 21 he 15 he 16 told 16 told 19 these 17 one 18 of 18 of 19 these 20 , 21 he 21 he 22 winked 22 winked 24 knowing 23 without 24 knowing 24 knowing 25 it 25 it 26 . you see , it had become a habit . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 4 it 4 it 9 . 5 had 6 become 6 become 8 habit 7 a 8 habit 8 habit 9 . " now , with [all] [his] [smartness] [,] [mr] [snake] [had] [forgotten] one thing , one very important thing . 1 " 2 now 2 now 3 , 3 , 4 with 4 with 18 important 13 one 14 thing 13 one 18 important 14 thing 15 , 16 one 18 important 17 very 18 important 18 important 19 thing 18 important 20 . it was this : you can't fool [old] [mother] [nature] , and it is of no use to try . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 this 3 this 4 : 4 : 6 can't 5 you 6 can't 6 can't 7 fool 7 fool 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 it 13 it 14 is 13 it 20 . 14 is 15 of 14 is 16 no 16 no 17 use 17 use 18 to 18 to 19 try he hadn't been talking three minutes before she knew who was at the bottom of all the trouble . 1 he 2 hadn't 1 he 11 was 2 hadn't 3 been 3 been 4 talking 4 talking 6 minutes 5 three 6 minutes 6 minutes 7 before 8 she 9 knew 9 knew 10 who 10 who 11 was 11 was 16 all 12 at 14 bottom 12 at 16 all 13 the 14 bottom 14 bottom 15 of 16 all 17 the 17 the 18 trouble 18 trouble 19 . she [let] [him] finish , then called [all] [the] [others] [about] her and told them who had made all the trouble . 1 she 4 finish 4 finish 5 , 5 , 6 then 6 then 7 called 7 called 12 her 12 her 22 . 13 and 14 told 14 told 15 them 15 them 19 all 15 them 22 . 16 who 17 had 17 had 18 made 18 made 19 all 19 all 20 the 20 the 21 trouble mr [snake] [was] [very] [bold] . 1 mr 6 . he held his head very high in the air and pretended not to care . 1 he 11 pretended 2 held 6 high 3 his 4 head 4 head 6 high 5 very 6 high 6 high 9 air 7 in 9 air 8 the 9 air 9 air 11 pretended 10 and 11 pretended 11 pretended 12 not 11 pretended 13 to 13 to 14 care 14 care 15 . " ' [from] this time [on] , no one will believe anything you say , and you shall have no friends . 1 " 20 no 2 ' 4 this 2 ' 18 shall 4 this 5 time 7 , 8 no 8 no 9 one 9 one 18 shall 10 will 13 you 11 believe 12 anything 11 believe 13 you 13 you 14 say 13 you 18 shall 14 say 15 , 15 , 16 and 17 you 18 shall 18 shall 19 have 19 have 20 no 20 no 21 friends 21 friends 22 . " and now you know why [little] [mr] [greensnake] cannot wink [at] you ; he hasn't [any] [eyelids] to wink [with] " finished [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 3 now 1 " 13 you 2 and 3 now 4 you 5 know 4 you 10 cannot 5 know 6 why 10 cannot 11 wink 11 wink 13 you 13 you 26 . 14 ; 15 he 15 he 16 hasn't 16 hasn't 19 to 16 hasn't 26 . 19 to 20 wink 20 wink 23 finished 22 " 23 finished peter [rabbit] drew a long breath . 1 peter 3 drew 3 drew 4 a 3 drew 6 breath 5 long 6 breath 6 breath 7 . " thank you , oh , thank you ever so much , [grandfather] [frog] , " he said . 1 " 2 thank 1 " 7 thank 2 thank 3 you 4 , 5 oh 5 oh 6 , 6 , 7 thank 7 thank 8 you 7 thank 12 , 8 you 9 ever 9 ever 10 so 10 so 11 much 12 , 16 " 15 , 16 " 16 " 18 said 17 he 18 said 18 said 19 . " will you tell us next time why [bobby] [coon] [wears] [rings] [on] [his] [tail] ? " 1 " 8 why 2 will 3 you 2 will 4 tell 4 tell 5 us 4 tell 8 why 5 us 6 next 6 next 7 time 8 why 16 ? 16 ? 17 " " perhaps , " replied [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 2 perhaps 1 " 5 replied 2 perhaps 3 , 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 8 . [xi] [why] [bobby] [coon] [has] [rings] [on] [his] [tail] peter [rabbit] would give [grandfather] [frog] no peace . 1 peter 9 . 3 would 4 give 4 give 8 peace 7 no 8 peace 8 peace 9 . every day [peter] visited [the] [smiling] [pool] to tease [grandfather] [frog] for a [story] [for] [one] particular [story] . 1 every 2 day 2 day 4 visited 2 day 19 . 4 visited 8 to 9 tease 12 for 12 for 13 a 13 a 17 particular 17 particular 19 . he wanted to know why it is that [bobby] [coon] wears [rings] [on] his [tail] . 1 he 2 wanted 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 4 know 4 know 5 why 5 why 11 wears 6 it 7 is 6 it 11 wears 7 is 8 that 11 wears 16 . 14 his 16 . you [see] [,] [peter] had admired [bobby] [coon] ['s] [tail] for a long time . 1 you 5 had 5 had 12 a 6 admired 11 for 11 for 12 a 12 a 13 long 13 long 14 time 14 time 15 . but it [wasn't] [envy] so much as curiosity [that] prompted [peter] to tease for that [story] . 1 but 2 it 2 it 5 so 2 it 17 . 5 so 6 much 6 much 7 as 8 curiosity 10 prompted 8 curiosity 17 . 10 prompted 13 tease 12 to 13 tease 13 tease 14 for 14 for 15 that bobby [coon] ['s] tail is very handsome , you know . 1 bobby 11 . 4 tail 5 is 5 is 6 very 6 very 7 handsome 7 handsome 8 , 7 handsome 11 . 8 , 9 you 9 you 10 know it has beautiful rings of black and gray , and [peter] didn't [know] of any other tail at all like it . 1 it 2 has 2 has 4 rings 3 beautiful 4 rings 4 rings 5 of 4 rings 6 black 4 rings 17 tail 4 rings 20 like 6 black 7 and 8 gray 9 , 8 gray 17 tail 9 , 10 and 12 didn't 15 any 14 of 15 any 15 any 16 other 15 any 17 tail 17 tail 19 all 18 at 19 all 20 like 21 it 21 it 22 . " [chug-a-rum] [!] ["] [began] [grandfather] [frog] , [smoothing] [down] [his] [white] and yellow waistcoat . 1 " 16 . 8 , 13 and 8 , 16 . 13 and 14 yellow 14 yellow 15 waistcoat " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! some folks seem to think that what they do doesn't matter to anybody but themselves . 1 some 2 folks 2 folks 3 seem 2 folks 5 think 3 seem 4 to 5 think 6 that 5 think 15 themselves 7 what 8 they 7 what 9 do 7 what 11 matter 10 doesn't 11 matter 11 matter 13 anybody 12 to 13 anybody 13 anybody 14 but 13 anybody 15 themselves 15 themselves 16 . that was the way with [old] [mr] [rabbit] , who lived a long time ago when the world was [young] . 1 that 2 was 1 that 4 way 3 the 4 way 4 way 5 with 4 way 21 . 9 , 10 who 10 who 11 lived 11 lived 13 long 12 a 13 long 13 long 14 time 13 long 15 ago 15 ago 16 when 16 when 17 the 17 the 18 world 18 world 19 was 18 world 21 . but it wasn't so . 1 but 3 wasn't 2 it 3 wasn't 3 wasn't 4 so 3 wasn't 5 . " it was the same way with [old] [mr] [coon] . 1 " 2 it 1 " 11 . 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 the 4 the 5 same 5 same 6 way 5 same 7 with he was dishonest and stole from [old] [king] [bear] [.] 1 he 2 was 1 he 5 stole 2 was 3 dishonest 3 dishonest 4 and 5 stole 6 from old [mother] [nature] [didn't] [say] [anything] , [but] [watched] [him] and smiled to herself [.] 1 old 7 , 7 , 11 and 11 and 12 smiled 12 smiled 14 herself 13 to 14 herself you see , she knew that [mr] [coon] was beginning a good habit , a very good habit indeed the habit of neatness . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 3 , 4 she 4 she 5 knew 4 she 9 was 5 knew 6 that 9 was 10 beginning 9 was 11 a 11 a 12 good 11 a 13 habit 13 habit 14 , 13 habit 23 neatness 15 a 17 good 16 very 17 good 17 good 18 habit 18 habit 23 neatness 19 indeed 23 neatness 20 the 21 habit 21 habit 22 of 21 habit 23 neatness 23 neatness 24 . " it was so [with] [mr] [coon] . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 so 4 so 8 . he found that his food tasted better for being so clean , and he grew very fussy about what he ate . 1 he 2 found 2 found 3 that 3 that 17 fussy 4 his 5 food 5 food 6 tasted 6 tasted 7 better 6 tasted 10 so 8 for 9 being 9 being 10 so 10 so 17 fussy 11 clean 12 , 11 clean 17 fussy 12 , 13 and 14 he 15 grew 15 grew 17 fussy 16 very 17 fussy 17 fussy 18 about 17 fussy 19 what 17 fussy 21 ate 17 fussy 22 . 20 he 21 ate they spoiled his supper . 1 they 2 spoiled 2 spoiled 4 supper 3 his 4 supper 4 supper 5 . yes , [sir] , they spoiled his supper . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 5 they 5 they 6 spoiled 6 spoiled 8 supper 7 his 8 supper 8 supper 9 . then he washed his face and brushed his coat . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 washed 2 he 7 brushed 3 washed 4 his 4 his 5 face 5 face 6 and 7 brushed 8 his 8 his 9 coat 9 coat 10 . ' [now] [i] feel better , [and] [i] [know] my supper will taste better , ' said he . 1 ' 17 said 4 feel 5 better 5 better 6 , 6 , 17 said 10 my 13 taste 10 my 15 , 11 supper 13 taste 12 will 13 taste 13 taste 14 better 15 , 17 said 16 ' 17 said 17 said 18 he 17 said 19 . " [now] [at] this time [mr] [coon] had a very plain [tail] . 1 " 4 this 4 this 5 time 5 time 13 . 8 had 9 a 9 a 10 very 10 very 11 plain 11 plain 13 . it was all of one color , a grayish white , not at all pretty . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 all 2 was 9 grayish 4 of 9 grayish 5 one 9 grayish 6 color 7 , 6 color 9 grayish 8 a 9 grayish 9 grayish 10 white 9 grayish 11 , 9 grayish 12 not 9 grayish 13 at 9 grayish 15 pretty 9 grayish 16 . 13 at 14 all mr [coon] [used] [to] [think] [a] [great] [deal] [about] [that] [tail] [and] [wish] [and] [wish] [that] [it] [was] [handsome] . 1 mr 20 . sometimes he [used] [to] [envy] [mr] [fox] [his] [beautiful] [red] [tail] [with] [its] [black] [and] [white] [tip] . 1 sometimes 2 he 1 sometimes 18 . " ' [good] morning , [mr] [coon] , ' said she [in] [her] [pleasantest] [voice] . 1 " 10 said 1 " 11 she 2 ' 10 said 4 morning 5 , 5 , 10 said 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 10 said 11 she 16 . " [mr] [coon] [got] up and made a very low bow . 1 " 5 up 5 up 12 . 6 and 7 made 7 made 8 a 8 a 10 low 9 very 10 low 10 low 11 bow 11 bow 12 . ' [good] morning , [mother] [nature] , ' he replied in his politest manner , which was very polite indeed . 1 ' 10 replied 3 morning 4 , 4 , 10 replied 7 , 10 replied 8 ' 10 replied 9 he 10 replied 10 replied 13 politest 11 in 13 politest 12 his 13 politest 13 politest 14 manner 13 politest 16 which 13 politest 19 polite 14 manner 15 , 17 was 18 very 18 very 19 polite 19 polite 20 indeed 19 polite 21 . " ['] [what] [were] you thinking about so hard ? ' asked [old] [mother] [nature] . 1 " 5 you 1 " 12 asked 5 you 6 thinking 6 thinking 7 about 6 thinking 9 hard 8 so 9 hard 10 ? 11 ' 10 ? 12 asked 12 asked 16 . " [mr] [coon] [looked] a [little] [bit] [ashamed] . 1 " 9 . 5 a 9 . then he sighed . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 sighed 3 sighed 4 . ' [i] [was] [wishing] [that] my tail was handsomer , ' said he . 1 ' 6 my 6 my 7 tail 7 tail 14 . 8 was 9 handsomer 9 handsomer 10 , 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 said 12 said 13 he 12 said 14 . ' [but] it is a very good tail as it is , ' he added hastily . 1 ' 4 is 3 it 4 is 4 is 5 a 5 a 7 good 5 a 8 tail 6 very 7 good 8 tail 9 as 9 as 10 it 10 it 11 is 10 it 12 , 12 , 13 ' 13 ' 14 he 14 he 15 added 15 added 16 hastily 16 hastily 17 . " [old] [mother] [nature] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] . 1 " 8 . she sat down beside [mr] [coon] and asked him all about his affairs , just as if she didn't know all about them already . 1 she 2 sat 2 sat 3 down 3 down 4 beside 4 beside 9 him 7 and 8 asked 8 asked 9 him 9 him 25 . 10 all 11 about 11 about 13 affairs 12 his 13 affairs 13 affairs 14 , 13 affairs 24 already 13 affairs 25 . 15 just 16 as 16 as 17 if 17 if 18 she 18 she 19 didn't 19 didn't 20 know 20 know 22 about 21 all 22 about 22 about 23 them 23 them 24 already she told him how pleased she was to find him so neat and clean , and [mr] [coon] [just] tingled [all] [over] [with] pleasure . 1 she 2 told 1 she 25 . 2 told 3 him 2 told 4 how 4 how 5 pleased 5 pleased 6 she 5 pleased 9 find 6 she 7 was 8 to 9 find 9 find 10 him 9 find 24 pleasure 10 him 20 tingled 11 so 14 clean 12 neat 13 and 12 neat 14 clean 14 clean 16 and 14 clean 20 tingled 15 , 16 and at last she got up to go , and her eyes twinkled more than ever , as she said : 1 at 2 last 2 last 3 she 3 she 4 got 3 she 19 said 4 got 5 up 4 got 6 to 6 to 7 go 7 go 8 , 9 and 10 her 10 her 11 eyes 11 eyes 12 twinkled 12 twinkled 13 more 12 twinkled 17 as 13 more 14 than 14 than 15 ever 16 , 17 as 17 as 18 she 18 she 19 said 19 said 20 : " ['] [by] the way [,] [mr] [coon] [,] [i] [am] so pleased with [your] [neatness] that [i] [am] leaving [you] a reward . 1 " 4 the 4 the 5 way 5 way 24 . 12 so 13 pleased 12 so 17 that 13 pleased 14 with 17 that 23 reward 20 leaving 22 a 22 a 23 reward 23 reward 24 . i hope you will like it . ' 1 i 2 hope 1 i 5 like 2 hope 3 you 2 hope 4 will 5 like 6 it 6 it 7 . 7 . 8 ' " [mr] [coon] didn't [see] any reward , but he thanked her just the same , and [old] [mother] [nature] went on her way . 1 " 25 . 4 didn't 6 any 6 any 7 reward 7 reward 8 , 8 , 9 but 8 , 25 . 9 but 10 he 10 he 21 went 11 thanked 12 her 11 thanked 17 and 13 just 15 same 14 the 15 same 15 same 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 21 went 21 went 22 on 22 on 23 her 22 on 24 way mr [coon] [watched] [her] [out] [of] [sight] . 1 mr 8 . then he sat down on the old log again and scratched his head thoughtfully as he looked this way and that . 1 then 11 scratched 2 he 11 scratched 3 sat 4 down 3 sat 5 on 3 sat 11 scratched 5 on 6 the 5 on 8 log 7 old 8 log 8 log 9 again 8 log 10 and 11 scratched 12 his 11 scratched 14 thoughtfully 12 his 13 head 14 thoughtfully 22 . 15 as 16 he 16 he 17 looked 17 looked 19 way 18 this 19 way 19 way 20 and 19 way 21 that 19 way 22 . " ' [i] wonder what she meant by reward . 1 " 5 what 2 ' 5 what 4 wonder 5 what 5 what 7 meant 6 she 7 meant 7 meant 8 by 7 meant 9 reward 9 reward 10 . i don't see any anywhere , ' he said to himself . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 see 3 see 4 any 3 see 5 anywhere 5 anywhere 12 . 6 , 7 ' 7 ' 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 11 himself 10 to 11 himself 11 himself 12 . " by and by he [just] happened to glance at his tail . 1 " 5 he 2 by 3 and 3 and 4 by 3 and 5 he 5 he 7 happened 7 happened 8 to 8 to 9 glance 9 glance 13 . 10 at 11 his 11 his 12 tail 12 tail 13 . you [see] [,] [old] [mother] [nature] had [left] a beautiful , broad , black ring around his tail . 1 you 7 had 7 had 9 a 9 a 10 beautiful 10 beautiful 11 , 10 beautiful 18 tail 12 broad 13 , 12 broad 15 ring 12 broad 18 tail 14 black 15 ring 15 ring 16 around 17 his 18 tail 18 tail 19 . " [now] [about] this time , hard times came to all the little people of the [green] [forest] [and] the [green] [meadows] . 1 " 4 this 1 " 23 . 4 this 5 time 5 time 6 , 5 time 9 came 7 hard 8 times 8 times 9 came 9 came 10 to 10 to 20 the 11 all 16 the 11 all 20 the 12 the 13 little 12 the 15 of 13 little 14 people 15 of 16 the every one began to grumble . 1 every 2 one 1 every 5 grumble 3 began 4 to 3 began 5 grumble 5 grumble 6 . mr [bear] [grumbled] . 1 mr 4 . mr [fox] [grumbled] . 1 mr 4 . mr [rabbit] [grumbled] . 1 mr 4 . mr [jay] [grumbled] . 1 mr 4 . mr [squirrel] [grumbled] . 1 mr 4 . even [mr] [chuck] [grumbled] . 1 even 5 . and one and all they began to blame [old] [mother] [nature] [.] 1 and 2 one 2 one 8 blame 3 and 4 all 3 and 6 began 5 they 6 began 6 began 7 to 7 to 8 blame then they began to quarrel among themselves and to steal from each other . 1 then 2 they 1 then 3 began 3 began 4 to 3 began 5 quarrel 3 began 9 to 3 began 10 steal 5 quarrel 6 among 6 among 7 themselves 7 themselves 8 and 10 steal 11 from 10 steal 12 each 12 each 13 other 13 other 14 . " [but] [mr] [coon] [didn't] grumble , and he didn't go away . 1 " 6 grumble 6 grumble 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 he 9 he 10 didn't 10 didn't 11 go 11 go 12 away 12 away 13 . no , [sir] , [mr] [coon] just stuck to his home and did [the] [best] he could to find enough to eat . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 7 just 7 just 8 stuck 8 stuck 21 to 9 to 10 his 10 his 11 home 11 home 12 and 12 and 16 he 13 did 16 he 16 he 17 could 17 could 19 find 18 to 19 find 19 find 20 enough 20 enough 21 to 21 to 22 eat 22 eat 23 . he kept himself as neat as ever and was always cheerful . 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 3 himself 2 kept 5 neat 4 as 5 neat 5 neat 6 as 5 neat 8 and 5 neat 11 cheerful 5 neat 12 . 6 as 7 ever 9 was 10 always 10 always 11 cheerful whenever he met one of his grumbling neighbors , he would say : 1 whenever 2 he 2 he 3 met 2 he 11 would 4 one 5 of 5 of 8 neighbors 6 his 8 neighbors 7 grumbling 8 neighbors 8 neighbors 9 , 8 neighbors 11 would 9 , 10 he 10 he 11 would 11 would 12 say 12 say 13 : " ' [better] [times] [coming] [!] 1 " 2 ' better times coming ! 1 better 2 times 2 times 3 coming 3 coming 4 ! old [mother] [nature] [is] [doing] [the] [best] [she] [can] . 1 old 10 . better times coming ! ' 1 better 2 times 2 times 3 coming 3 coming 4 ! 4 ! 5 ' " more rings , " cried [peter] [rabbit] . 1 " 6 cried 2 more 3 rings 3 rings 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 cried 6 cried 9 . " yes , " replied [grandfather] [frog] , " [mr] [coon] 's tail was [ringed] [way] [to] the tip . 1 " 2 yes 2 yes 3 , 2 yes 20 . 3 , 4 " 3 , 9 " 4 " 5 replied 8 , 9 " 12 's 13 tail 13 tail 14 was 14 was 18 the 18 the 19 tip 19 tip 20 . now you know , [peter] [rabbit] , [why] [bobby] [coon] [wears] [rings] on his tail , " concluded [grandfather] [frog] . 1 now 2 you 1 now 7 , 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 , 7 , 17 " 13 on 14 his 14 his 15 tail 15 tail 16 , 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 concluded 18 concluded 21 . peter gave a long sigh . 1 peter 2 gave 2 gave 5 sigh 3 a 4 long 3 a 5 sigh 4 long 5 sigh 5 sigh 6 . " [i] [think] it 's perfectly beautiful , " he said . 1 " 4 it 4 it 5 's 5 's 6 perfectly 6 perfectly 12 . 7 beautiful 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 11 said 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 . " [i] [wish] [i] [had] [rings] [on] my tail . " 1 " 8 my 8 my 9 tail 9 tail 10 . 10 . 11 " and then he wondered why everybody laughed . 1 and 2 then 2 then 3 he 2 then 6 everybody 3 he 4 wondered 4 wondered 5 why 6 everybody 7 laughed 7 laughed 8 . [xii] [why] [there] [is] [a] [black] [head] [in] [the] [buzzard] [family] ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [had] [just] [told] the story [of] [why] he has a bald [head] and is proud of it . 1 ol 8 the 8 the 9 story 9 story 22 . 12 he 13 has 12 he 18 is 13 has 14 a 14 a 15 bald 15 bald 17 and 18 is 19 proud 19 proud 20 of 20 of 21 it 21 it 22 . you know he hasn't a feather [on] it , and it is very , [very] [red] . 1 you 2 know 1 you 4 hasn't 2 know 3 he 4 hasn't 6 feather 5 a 6 feather 6 feather 17 . 8 it 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 it 11 it 12 is 11 it 17 . 12 is 13 very 13 very 14 , " [may] [ah] [ask] yo ' a question , [brer] [buzzard] ? " said he . 1 " 5 yo 5 yo 6 ' 6 ' 14 said 7 a 8 question 8 question 9 , 9 , 13 " 12 ? 13 " 13 " 14 said 14 said 15 he 14 said 16 . " [cert'nly] , [brer] [possum] . 1 " 6 . 3 , 6 . cert'nly , " replied [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 1 cert'nly 2 , 2 , 3 " 3 " 4 replied 4 replied 9 . " is [buzzard] [really] your fam'ly [name] ? " asked [unc] ' [billy] . 1 " 2 is 2 is 6 fam'ly 5 your 6 fam'ly 6 fam'ly 8 ? 8 ? 9 " 8 ? 12 ' 9 " 10 asked 12 ' 14 . " no , [brer] [possum] , it isn't , " replied [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] . 1 " 2 no 1 " 16 . 2 no 3 , 2 no 6 , 6 , 8 isn't 7 it 8 isn't 9 , 10 " 9 , 13 ' 10 " 11 replied 13 ' 16 . everybody looked surprised . 1 everybody 2 looked 2 looked 3 surprised 3 surprised 4 . you [see] [,] [no] [one] ever had heard him called anything [but] [buzzard] [.] 1 you 6 ever 6 ever 8 heard 7 had 8 heard 8 heard 9 him 8 heard 10 called 8 heard 11 anything but no one said anything , and [after] a minute or two [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] explained . 1 but 2 no 2 no 3 one 2 no 6 , 4 said 5 anything 4 said 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 a 9 a 10 minute 10 minute 11 or 10 minute 18 . 11 or 12 two 14 ' 17 explained 17 explained 18 . " [mah] fam'ly [name] is [vulture] , " said he . 1 " 3 fam'ly 1 " 9 said 5 is 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 10 he 11 . " [an] ['] [do] [ah] understand [that] [all] of your fam'ly have [red] haids ? " inquired [unc] ['] [billy] . 1 " 17 inquired 6 understand 9 of 9 of 11 fam'ly 10 your 11 fam'ly 11 fam'ly 12 have 11 fam'ly 14 haids 14 haids 15 ? 15 ? 16 " 16 " 17 inquired 17 inquired 21 . ol ' [mistah] [buzzard] [looked] [down] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] , and he saw a twinkle in [unc] ['] [billy] 's [shrewd] [little] eyes . 1 ol 2 ' 1 ol 25 . 11 , 12 and 11 , 25 . 12 and 13 he 13 he 14 saw 14 saw 15 a 15 a 16 twinkle 16 twinkle 17 in 16 twinkle 24 eyes 21 's 24 eyes ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] grinned . 1 ol 5 grinned 5 grinned 6 . " ah knows jes ' what yo ' [done] got in your mind , [brer] [possum] , " said he . 1 " 2 ah 1 " 6 what 2 ah 4 jes 3 knows 4 jes 4 jes 5 ' 4 jes 6 what 6 what 7 yo 7 yo 8 ' 8 ' 19 said 10 got 12 your 11 in 12 your 12 your 13 mind 13 mind 14 , 14 , 18 " 17 , 18 " 18 " 19 said 19 said 20 he 19 said 21 . " it 's that trifling , no ' count cousin of mine . 1 " 2 it 1 " 4 that 2 it 3 's 4 that 5 trifling 5 trifling 6 , 5 trifling 7 no 5 trifling 9 count 5 trifling 10 cousin 8 ' 9 count 10 cousin 11 of 11 of 12 mine 12 mine 13 . he has a bald haid , jes ['] [like] [ah] [have] , but his haid [is] [black] instead of [red] . 1 he 2 has 2 has 3 a 3 a 4 bald 4 bald 5 haid 5 haid 6 , 5 haid 7 jes 7 jes 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 his 14 his 21 . 15 haid 18 instead 15 haid 21 . 18 instead 19 of that 's because his grandpap was trifling an ' po ' trash , jes ' like he is . " 1 that 2 's 1 that 17 he 3 because 5 grandpap 3 because 17 he 4 his 5 grandpap 5 grandpap 6 was 5 grandpap 7 trifling 7 trifling 8 an 8 an 10 po 9 ' 10 po 10 po 11 ' 10 po 12 trash 10 po 14 jes 10 po 15 ' 10 po 16 like 13 , 14 jes 17 he 18 is 18 is 19 . 19 . 20 " peter [rabbit] pricked up his ears . 1 peter 3 pricked 3 pricked 4 up 3 pricked 6 ears 5 his 6 ears 6 ears 7 . this sounded like another story . 1 this 2 sounded 1 this 5 story 2 sounded 3 like 4 another 5 story 5 story 6 . he was curious [about] [that] black-headed cousin of [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] , very curious indeed . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 curious 3 curious 16 indeed 6 black-headed 8 of 6 black-headed 15 curious 7 cousin 8 of 13 , 14 very 14 very 15 curious 15 curious 16 indeed 16 indeed 17 . he wondered if [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] would have to be teased for a story , [like] [grandfather] [frog] . 1 he 2 wondered 1 he 8 would 2 wondered 3 if 8 would 9 have 9 have 10 to 10 to 11 be 11 be 12 teased 12 teased 13 for 12 teased 20 . 13 for 14 a 14 a 15 story 15 story 16 , anyway , he would find out . 1 anyway 2 , 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 find 5 find 6 out 6 out 7 . there would be no harm in trying . 1 there 3 be 1 there 4 no 2 would 3 be 4 no 5 harm 5 harm 6 in 5 harm 7 trying 5 harm 8 . " if you please , how does your cousin happen to have a black head ? " asked [peter] as politely as he [knew] [how] . 1 " 4 please 1 " 23 he 2 if 3 you 2 if 4 please 4 please 5 , 5 , 17 " 6 how 7 does 7 does 10 happen 8 your 9 cousin 9 cousin 10 happen 10 happen 11 to 10 happen 16 ? 11 to 12 have 12 have 13 a 13 a 14 black 14 black 15 head 16 ? 17 " 17 " 18 asked 20 as 21 politely 21 politely 22 as 22 as 23 he 23 he 26 . " [because] [his] [grandpap] asked too many questions , ["] [replied] [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] [,] slyly winking at the others . 1 " 5 asked 5 asked 8 questions 6 too 7 many 7 many 8 questions 8 questions 9 , 9 , 13 ' 13 ' 22 . 17 slyly 18 winking 18 winking 19 at 19 at 20 the 20 the 21 others 21 others 22 . everybody laughed , for everybody knows that no one asks [more] questions [than] [peter] [rabbit] . 1 everybody 2 laughed 2 laughed 3 , 3 , 4 for 4 for 5 everybody 5 everybody 6 knows 6 knows 7 that 6 knows 16 . 8 no 9 one 8 no 12 questions 9 one 10 asks 12 questions 16 . peter laughed with the rest , although he looked a wee bit foolish . 1 peter 2 laughed 1 peter 9 looked 1 peter 14 . 3 with 4 the 4 the 5 rest 5 rest 7 although 6 , 7 although 7 although 8 he 8 he 9 looked 9 looked 13 foolish 10 a 11 wee 11 wee 12 bit 11 wee 13 foolish but he didn't mean to give up just because he was laughed at . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 2 he 11 was 2 he 12 laughed 3 didn't 4 mean 4 mean 5 to 5 to 6 give 6 give 7 up 8 just 9 because 9 because 10 he 10 he 11 was 12 laughed 13 at 12 laughed 14 . oh , my , no ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 my 1 oh 4 , 1 oh 5 no 1 oh 6 ! " please , [mr] [buzzard] , please tell us the story , " he begged . 1 " 2 please 2 please 3 , 2 please 6 , 2 please 12 , 6 , 7 please 7 please 8 tell 8 tell 9 us 8 tell 11 story 10 the 11 story 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 he 14 he 15 begged 15 begged 16 . besides , he rather enjoys telling stories . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 5 enjoys 3 he 5 enjoys 4 rather 5 enjoys 5 enjoys 6 telling 5 enjoys 7 stories 7 stories 8 . wasn't anything going on that this trifling member of the [buzzard] fam'ly [didn't] [find] [out] [about] [and] meddle in . 1 wasn't 2 anything 2 anything 3 going 2 anything 5 that 3 going 4 on 5 that 7 trifling 6 this 7 trifling 7 trifling 8 member 8 member 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 20 . 12 fam'ly 18 meddle 18 meddle 19 in 18 meddle 20 . he could ask mo ' questions than [peter] [rabbit] [can] , [an] ['] anybody [that] can do that has got to ask a lot . " 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 ask 3 ask 6 questions 4 mo 5 ' 4 mo 6 questions 6 questions 7 than 6 questions 22 ask 7 than 18 that 11 , 14 anybody 14 anybody 16 can 16 can 17 do 17 do 18 that 19 has 20 got 20 got 21 to 21 to 22 ask 22 ask 24 lot 23 a 24 lot 24 lot 25 . 25 . 26 " everybody looked at [peter] [and] laughed . 1 everybody 2 looked 1 everybody 6 laughed 2 looked 3 at 6 laughed 7 . peter made a funny face and laughed too . 1 peter 2 made 2 made 4 funny 3 a 4 funny 4 funny 5 face 4 funny 7 laughed 6 and 7 laughed 7 laughed 8 too 8 too 9 . " why , [i] [thought] it was warm [down] south ! " interrupted [peter] [rabbit] . 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 , 3 , 12 " 6 it 7 was 6 it 11 ! 7 was 8 warm 8 warm 10 south 11 ! 12 " 12 " 13 interrupted 13 interrupted 16 . " so it is [,] [brer] [rabbit] [!] 1 " 3 it 2 so 3 it 3 it 4 is so it is [!] ["] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 is ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] hastened to [say] . 1 ol 5 hastened 5 hastened 6 to 6 to 8 . so we-uns sit on the chimney-tops whenever ol ['] [jack] [frost] gets to straying down where he have no business . 1 so 2 we-uns 2 we-uns 3 sit 2 we-uns 18 have 3 sit 4 on 3 sit 15 down 3 sit 16 where 4 on 6 chimney-tops 5 the 6 chimney-tops 6 chimney-tops 7 whenever 6 chimney-tops 8 ol 8 ol 12 gets 12 gets 13 to 14 straying 15 down 16 where 17 he 18 have 19 no 19 no 20 business 20 business 21 . yo ' see , if we-uns keep our toes warm , we-uns are warm all over . 1 yo 2 ' 1 yo 3 see 3 see 5 if 4 , 5 if 5 if 12 we-uns 6 we-uns 7 keep 6 we-uns 8 our 6 we-uns 9 toes 6 we-uns 10 warm 6 we-uns 12 we-uns 10 warm 11 , 12 we-uns 13 are 12 we-uns 14 warm 12 we-uns 16 over 15 all 16 over 16 over 17 . " one day this no ['] count , [trifling] cousin of [grandpap] [buzzard] [get] [cold] in his feet . 1 " 4 this 1 " 5 no 2 one 3 day 3 day 4 this 5 no 7 count 5 no 8 , 5 no 10 cousin 10 cousin 11 of 10 cousin 19 . 16 in 17 his 17 his 18 feet 18 feet 19 . it was on a lil ol ' house , a lil ol ' tumble-down house . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 on 3 on 5 lil 4 a 5 lil 5 lil 6 ol 5 lil 8 house 5 lil 9 , 5 lil 12 ol 5 lil 14 tumble-down 6 ol 7 ' 10 a 11 lil 11 lil 12 ol 12 ol 13 ' 14 tumble-down 15 house 15 house 16 . mistah [buzzard] [fly] [right] [over] an ' sit on [that] [chimney-top] [fo] ['] [to] [warm] his toes . 1 mistah 17 toes 6 an 7 ' 7 ' 8 sit 8 sit 9 on 9 on 16 his 16 his 17 toes 17 toes 18 . of course he right smart curious about that lil ol ' tumble-down house and who live there . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 he 2 course 17 there 2 course 18 . 4 right 5 smart 5 smart 6 curious 6 curious 9 lil 7 about 9 lil 8 that 9 lil 9 lil 10 ol 9 lil 12 tumble-down 10 ol 11 ' 12 tumble-down 13 house 12 tumble-down 16 live 13 house 14 and 15 who 16 live 16 live 17 there " he listen an ' listen . 1 " 2 he 1 " 6 listen 3 listen 4 an 3 listen 6 listen 5 ' 6 listen 6 listen 7 . then he shift ' round to the other side of the chimney an ' listen . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 shift 3 shift 4 ' 3 shift 5 round 3 shift 6 to 3 shift 9 side 3 shift 13 an 3 shift 14 ' 6 to 7 the 7 the 8 other 9 side 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 chimney 14 ' 15 listen 15 listen 16 . no matter where he sit , he can't hear what being said down inside that lil ol ' tumble-down house . 1 no 2 matter 2 matter 3 where 3 where 4 he 3 where 5 sit 5 sit 9 hear 6 , 7 he 7 he 8 can't 8 can't 9 hear 9 hear 10 what 9 hear 16 lil 11 being 14 inside 12 said 14 inside 13 down 14 inside 14 inside 16 lil 15 that 16 lil 16 lil 17 ol 16 lil 19 tumble-down 17 ol 18 ' 19 tumble-down 20 house 20 house 21 . then [what] [do] [yo] ['] [think] [mistah] [buzzard] [do] ? 1 then 10 ? why , he jes ' stretch his fool haid as far down that chimney as he can an ' listen an ' listen . 1 why 2 , 2 , 4 jes 3 he 4 jes 4 jes 5 ' 4 jes 6 stretch 6 stretch 9 haid 7 his 9 haid 8 fool 9 haid 9 haid 10 as 9 haid 11 far 9 haid 15 as 9 haid 18 an 9 haid 19 ' 9 haid 21 an 9 haid 22 ' 11 far 12 down 12 down 14 chimney 13 that 14 chimney 15 as 16 he 15 as 17 can 19 ' 20 listen 22 ' 23 listen 23 listen 24 . yes , [sah] , that is jes ' what that no ' count [buzzard] do . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 13 count 1 yes 15 do 2 , 7 jes 4 , 5 that 5 that 6 is 6 is 7 jes 7 jes 8 ' 7 jes 9 what 7 jes 10 that 7 jes 12 ' 10 that 11 no 15 do 16 . but all he hear is jes ' a mumbling and a mumbling , an ' that make him more curious than ever . 1 but 2 all 1 but 3 he 3 he 6 jes 4 hear 6 jes 5 is 6 jes 6 jes 7 ' 7 ' 9 mumbling 8 a 9 mumbling 9 mumbling 20 curious 9 mumbling 22 ever 9 mumbling 23 . 10 and 12 mumbling 11 a 12 mumbling 12 mumbling 13 , 12 mumbling 14 an 12 mumbling 15 ' 12 mumbling 16 that 12 mumbling 17 make 12 mumbling 20 curious 17 make 18 him 19 more 20 curious 21 than 22 ever " now [when] he stretch his haid an ' neck down the chimney that way , he get ' em all black with soot . 1 " 2 now 1 " 4 he 4 he 5 stretch 5 stretch 7 haid 6 his 7 haid 7 haid 8 an 7 haid 9 ' 7 haid 16 , 7 haid 19 ' 7 haid 22 black 10 neck 11 down 10 neck 16 , 11 down 13 chimney 12 the 13 chimney 13 chimney 15 way 14 that 15 way 16 , 17 he 17 he 18 get 19 ' 20 em 20 em 21 all 22 black 24 soot 23 with 24 soot 24 soot 25 . but he don't mind that . 1 but 2 he 1 but 3 don't 3 don't 4 mind 4 mind 5 that 4 mind 6 . no , [sah] , [he] don ['] mind that [a] [bit] . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 6 don 6 don 12 . 8 mind 9 that 8 mind 12 . fact is , he don ' notice it . 1 fact 2 is 1 fact 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 9 . 5 don 6 ' 5 don 7 notice 7 notice 8 it 8 it 9 . he plumb fo'get all about this , an ' he holler down that chimney . 1 he 11 holler 2 plumb 3 fo'get 3 fo'get 4 all 3 fo'get 5 about 3 fo'get 6 this 3 fo'get 8 an 3 fo'get 11 holler 6 this 7 , 9 ' 11 holler 10 he 11 holler 11 holler 12 down 11 holler 13 that 11 holler 14 chimney 14 chimney 15 . yes , [sah] , he [holler] [right] [down] [that] chimney ! 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 1 yes 11 ! 4 , 5 he 10 chimney 11 ! " ' [will] [yo'-alls] please [speak] a [lil] louder , ' he [holler] down the chimney , [jes] ' [like] that . 1 " 5 please 2 ' 5 please 5 please 22 . 7 a 9 louder 9 louder 10 , 9 louder 16 chimney 9 louder 22 . 10 , 11 ' 11 ' 12 he 14 down 15 the 15 the 16 chimney 16 chimney 17 , 17 , 19 ' 19 ' 21 that yes , [sah] , she sho'ly was plumb scared . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 1 yes 10 . 4 , 5 she 6 sho'ly 8 plumb 7 was 8 plumb 8 plumb 9 scared 9 scared 10 . she so scared she tip over a whole kettleful of soup right in the fire . 1 she 9 kettleful 2 so 3 scared 3 scared 5 tip 4 she 5 tip 5 tip 9 kettleful 6 over 9 kettleful 7 a 9 kettleful 8 whole 9 kettleful 9 kettleful 10 of 9 kettleful 11 soup 9 kettleful 12 right 9 kettleful 15 fire 13 in 14 the 14 the 15 fire 15 fire 16 . of course that make a terrible mess an ' a powerful lot of smoke an ' hot ashes fly up the chimney . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 that 3 that 4 make 4 make 7 mess 4 make 20 up 5 a 7 mess 6 terrible 7 mess 7 mess 8 an 7 mess 13 of 7 mess 15 an 8 an 9 ' 10 a 11 powerful 11 powerful 12 lot 12 lot 13 of 13 of 14 smoke 16 ' 18 ashes 17 hot 18 ashes 18 ashes 19 fly 19 fly 20 up 20 up 22 chimney 21 the 22 chimney 22 chimney 23 . they like to choke that no ['] count [buzzard] to death . 1 they 2 like 2 like 3 to 3 to 11 death 4 choke 5 that 4 choke 6 no 4 choke 8 count 4 choke 11 death 10 to 11 death 11 death 12 . " [mistah] [buzzard] he [give] [a] mighty [squawk] an ' fly [away] . 1 " 4 he 1 " 7 mighty 7 mighty 13 . 9 an 10 ' 10 ' 11 fly 11 fly 13 . his chillen jes ' like him , an ' his chillen's chillen the same way . 1 his 2 chillen 2 chillen 3 jes 2 chillen 14 same 2 chillen 15 way 3 jes 4 ' 3 jes 5 like 6 him 7 , 6 him 11 chillen's 8 an 11 chillen's 9 ' 11 chillen's 10 his 11 chillen's 11 chillen's 12 chillen 11 chillen's 14 same 13 the 14 same 15 way 16 . an ' [that] [is] [the] [reason] [that] mah [cousin] who lives down souf done have a [black] haid , " concluded [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] . 1 an 2 ' 2 ' 8 mah 8 mah 13 souf 10 who 11 lives 11 lives 13 souf 12 down 13 souf 13 souf 14 done 13 souf 15 have 15 have 16 a 16 a 18 haid 18 haid 26 . 19 , 20 " 19 , 23 ' 20 " 21 concluded 23 ' 26 . a little sigh of satisfaction went around the circle of listeners . 1 a 2 little 2 little 3 sigh 3 sigh 4 of 3 sigh 5 satisfaction 5 satisfaction 11 listeners 5 satisfaction 12 . 6 went 7 around 7 around 8 the 8 the 9 circle 9 circle 10 of 10 of 11 listeners as [usual] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [was] the first to speak . 1 as 7 the 7 the 8 first 8 first 10 speak 9 to 10 speak 10 speak 11 . " that was a splendid story , [mr] [buzzard] , " said he , " [and] [i] ['m] ever and ever so much obliged to you . 1 " 2 that 1 " 12 said 2 that 3 was 3 was 4 a 4 a 5 splendid 5 splendid 6 story 7 , 11 " 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 12 said 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 26 you 19 ever 22 so 20 and 22 so 21 ever 22 so 22 so 23 much 23 much 24 obliged 24 obliged 25 to 24 obliged 26 you 26 you 27 . it was just as good as one of [grandfather] [frog] 's . " 1 it 2 was 1 it 11 's 2 was 3 just 3 just 4 as 3 just 6 as 3 just 7 one 4 as 5 good 7 one 8 of 11 's 12 . 12 . 13 " ol ['] [mistah] [buzzard] grinned and slowly winked one eye at [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [as] [he] [replied] [:] ["] [thank] [yo] ['] , [brer] [rabbit] . 1 ol 5 grinned 1 ol 27 . 5 grinned 8 winked 6 and 8 winked 7 slowly 8 winked 8 winked 9 one 8 winked 10 eye 8 winked 11 at 9 one 10 eye 24 , 27 . that 's quite the nicest thing yo ' could say . ["] 1 that 2 's 1 that 11 . 2 's 3 quite 3 quite 5 nicest 4 the 5 nicest 5 nicest 6 thing 5 nicest 7 yo 7 yo 8 ' 7 yo 10 say 9 could 10 say [xiii] [why] [buster] [bear] [appears] [to] [have] [no] [tail] peter [rabbit] had something new to bother his bump of curiosity . 1 peter 3 had 1 peter 12 . 4 something 5 new 5 new 9 bump 6 to 7 bother 7 bother 9 bump 8 his 9 bump 9 bump 10 of 9 bump 11 curiosity 11 curiosity 12 . and it did bother it a lot . 1 and 4 bother 2 it 3 did 3 did 4 bother 4 bother 7 lot 5 it 6 a 6 a 7 lot 7 lot 8 . he had just seen [buster] [bear] for the first time , and what do you think had impressed him most ? 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 just 2 had 4 seen 4 seen 19 him 7 for 19 him 8 the 9 first 9 first 10 time 10 time 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 what 13 what 14 do 14 do 15 you 14 do 16 think 16 think 18 impressed 17 had 18 impressed 18 impressed 19 him 19 him 20 most 19 him 21 ? well , it [wasn't] [buster] 's [great] size , or [wonderful] strength , or [big] claws , or deep , [grumbly-rumbly] voice . 1 well 2 , 2 , 3 it 3 it 6 's 3 it 23 . 6 's 8 size 8 size 9 , 8 size 12 strength 9 , 10 or 12 strength 13 , 12 strength 16 claws 13 , 14 or 16 claws 17 , 17 , 18 or 19 deep 20 , 19 deep 22 voice 22 voice 23 . no , [sir] , [it] [wasn't] one of these . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 1 no 7 one 7 one 8 of 8 of 9 these 9 these 10 . it was the fact that [buster] [bear] [seemed] to have no tail ! 1 it 2 was 1 it 13 ! 2 was 3 the 3 the 4 fact 4 fact 5 that 4 fact 9 to 9 to 10 have 10 have 11 no 11 no 12 tail peter couldn't get over that . 1 peter 2 couldn't 1 peter 6 . 2 couldn't 3 get 3 get 4 over 4 over 5 that he [almost] pitied [buster] [bear] . 1 he 3 pitied 3 pitied 6 . you see , [peter] [has] [a] [great] [admiration] for [fine] [tails] . 1 you 2 see 1 you 12 . 3 , 9 for 3 , 12 . he has always been rather ashamed of the funny little one he has himself . 1 he 2 has 2 has 4 been 3 always 4 been 4 been 6 ashamed 5 rather 6 ashamed 6 ashamed 7 of 6 ashamed 9 funny 6 ashamed 14 himself 7 of 8 the 9 funny 10 little 10 little 11 one 12 he 13 has 12 he 14 himself 14 himself 15 . still , it is a [real] tail , and he [has] often comforted himself with that thought . 1 still 2 , 2 , 9 and 3 it 4 is 4 is 5 a 5 a 7 tail 7 tail 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 17 thought 12 often 13 comforted 12 often 16 that 12 often 17 thought 13 comforted 14 himself 13 comforted 15 with 17 thought 18 . so [the] [first] [thing] [peter] did [when] he [saw] [buster] [bear] was to look to see what kind of a tail [he] [had] . 1 so 6 did 1 so 8 he 8 he 12 was 12 was 18 kind 13 to 14 look 13 to 16 see 15 to 16 see 16 see 17 what 17 what 18 kind 18 kind 19 of 19 of 20 a 20 a 21 tail 21 tail 24 . just imagine how surprised he was when he couldn't make sure that [buster] had any tail at all . 1 just 2 imagine 2 imagine 3 how 2 imagine 4 surprised 4 surprised 5 he 4 surprised 7 when 4 surprised 17 at 4 surprised 19 . 5 he 6 was 7 when 8 he 8 he 9 couldn't 9 couldn't 10 make 10 make 11 sure 10 make 15 any 11 sure 12 that 14 had 15 any 15 any 16 tail 17 at 18 all there was something that might , just might , be meant for a tail , and [peter] wasn't [even] sure of that . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 something 3 something 5 might 4 that 5 might 5 might 7 just 5 might 10 be 6 , 7 just 8 might 9 , 8 might 10 be 10 be 13 a 10 be 20 sure 10 be 23 . 11 meant 12 for 12 for 13 a 13 a 14 tail 14 tail 15 , 15 , 16 and 18 wasn't 20 sure 20 sure 21 of 20 sure 22 that if it was , it was so ridiculously small that [peter] felt that he had no reason to be ashamed of his own tail . 1 if 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 8 ridiculously 3 was 16 no 4 , 8 ridiculously 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 ridiculously 7 so 8 ridiculously 8 ridiculously 9 small 8 ridiculously 10 that 8 ridiculously 13 that 12 felt 13 that 14 he 15 had 15 had 16 no 16 no 17 reason 17 reason 18 to 18 to 19 be 19 be 20 ashamed 20 ashamed 21 of 21 of 22 his 22 his 23 own 23 own 24 tail 24 tail 25 . he was still thinking about this when he started for home . 1 he 2 was 1 he 9 started 2 was 3 still 2 was 4 thinking 4 thinking 5 about 4 thinking 6 this 7 when 8 he 8 he 9 started 9 started 10 for 9 started 11 home 11 home 12 . off he started , lipperty-lipperty-lip . 1 off 3 started 2 he 3 started 3 started 5 lipperty-lipperty-lip 4 , 5 lipperty-lipperty-lip 5 lipperty-lipperty-lip 6 . grandfather [frog] regarded [peter] in silence for a minute or two . 1 grandfather 6 silence 3 regarded 5 in 5 in 6 silence 6 silence 7 for 7 for 8 a 8 a 9 minute 9 minute 10 or 10 or 11 two 11 two 12 . then very slowly he asked : " what are your eyes for [,] [peter] [rabbit] ? 1 then 3 slowly 1 then 4 he 2 very 3 slowly 4 he 5 asked 5 asked 6 : 6 : 7 " 7 " 8 what 8 what 9 are 8 what 16 ? 9 are 10 your 10 your 11 eyes 12 for 16 ? couldn't you see whether or not he has a tail ? " 1 couldn't 3 see 2 you 3 see 3 see 4 whether 4 whether 5 or 4 whether 6 not 4 whether 7 he 7 he 8 has 8 has 9 a 9 a 10 tail 10 tail 11 ? 11 ? 12 " " no , [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 , 3 , 6 . i really couldn't tell whether he has a tail [or] [not] , " replied [peter] [quite] [truthfully] . 1 i 3 couldn't 2 really 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 tell 4 tell 5 whether 5 whether 6 he 6 he 7 has 7 has 8 a 8 a 9 tail 9 tail 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 replied 14 replied 18 . " [at] [first] [i] [thought] he [hadn't] , and then [i] [thought] he might [have] . 1 " 6 he 6 he 14 might 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 then 10 then 13 he 13 he 14 might 14 might 16 . if he has , it doesn't seem to me that it is enough to call a really truly tail . " 1 if 6 doesn't 2 he 3 has 2 he 6 doesn't 4 , 6 doesn't 5 it 6 doesn't 6 doesn't 7 seem 6 doesn't 17 really 7 seem 14 to 8 to 9 me 9 me 10 that 10 that 12 is 11 it 12 is 12 is 13 enough 13 enough 14 to 14 to 15 call 15 call 16 a 17 really 18 truly 18 truly 19 tail 19 tail 20 . 20 . 21 " " a reminder ! " exclaimed [peter] , looking very much puzzled . 1 " 3 reminder 2 a 3 reminder 3 reminder 6 exclaimed 3 reminder 12 puzzled 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 exclaimed 8 , 9 looking 9 looking 12 puzzled 10 very 11 much 11 much 12 puzzled 12 puzzled 13 . " a reminder of what ? " 1 " 5 what 2 a 3 reminder 3 reminder 4 of 3 reminder 5 what 5 what 6 ? 6 ? 7 " grandfather [frog] cleared his throat two or three times . 1 grandfather 3 cleared 3 cleared 5 throat 4 his 5 throat 5 throat 6 two 6 two 8 three 7 or 8 three 8 three 9 times 9 times 10 . peter [nodded] [and] [grandfather] [frog] went on . 1 peter 6 went 6 went 7 on 7 on 8 . at first , before he was made [king] of [the] [green] [forest] [,] [he] [didn't] [mind] [this] at all . 1 at 2 first 1 at 19 all 2 first 5 he 3 , 5 he 4 before 5 he 5 he 6 was 5 he 7 made 7 made 9 of 18 at 19 all 19 all 20 . in fact , he was rather pleased that he didn't have a tail . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 7 pleased 6 rather 7 pleased 7 pleased 8 that 8 that 9 he 9 he 10 didn't 10 didn't 11 have 11 have 12 a 12 a 13 tail 13 tail 14 . " this was just [old] [mother] [nature] 's view of the [matter] . 1 " 2 this 1 " 13 . 2 this 3 was 3 was 4 just 4 just 11 the 8 's 9 view 9 view 10 of 10 of 11 the she had done her very best to give everybody everything that they really needed , and not to give them things which they didn't need . 1 she 2 had 1 she 13 really 2 had 3 done 3 done 6 best 3 done 10 everything 4 her 6 best 5 very 6 best 6 best 7 to 7 to 8 give 9 everybody 10 everything 10 everything 11 that 12 they 13 really 13 really 14 needed 13 really 25 need 14 needed 15 , 15 , 16 and 17 not 19 give 17 not 25 need 18 to 19 give 19 give 20 them 21 things 22 which 22 which 23 they 23 they 24 didn't 24 didn't 25 need 25 need 26 . she couldn't see that [mr] [bear] had the least need of a tail , and [so] [she] [hadn't] [given] him one . 1 she 2 couldn't 1 she 7 had 2 couldn't 3 see 3 see 4 that 7 had 12 a 8 the 9 least 9 least 10 need 10 need 11 of 10 need 12 a 12 a 13 tail 13 tail 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 20 him 20 him 22 . 21 one 22 . " then he was made king [over] [all] the people of the [green] [forest] , and his word was law . 1 " 21 . 2 then 3 he 3 he 4 was 3 he 5 made 5 made 6 king 5 made 20 law 9 the 10 people 9 the 11 of 11 of 12 the 12 the 20 law 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 his 17 his 18 word 18 word 20 law 19 was 20 law 20 law 21 . it was a very great honor , and for a while he felt it so and did his best to rule wisely . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 2 was 10 a 3 a 4 very 3 a 5 great 5 great 6 honor 6 honor 7 , 7 , 8 and 9 for 10 a 10 a 11 while 10 a 21 rule 11 while 12 he 12 he 13 felt 12 he 17 did 13 felt 15 so 14 it 15 so 16 and 17 did 18 his 19 best 19 best 21 rule 20 to 21 rule 21 rule 22 wisely 22 wisely 23 . he went about just as before , hunting for his living , and had no more time than before for foolish thoughts or vain wishes . 1 he 2 went 1 he 14 had 2 went 3 about 2 went 8 hunting 3 about 5 as 4 just 5 as 5 as 6 before 6 before 7 , 8 hunting 9 for 8 hunting 12 , 9 for 11 living 10 his 11 living 12 , 13 and 14 had 15 no 15 no 16 more 16 more 17 time 16 more 18 than 16 more 20 for 16 more 21 foolish 18 than 19 before 21 foolish 22 thoughts 21 foolish 23 or 21 foolish 25 wishes 24 vain 25 wishes 25 wishes 26 . he grew so fat that when he walked , he puffed and wheezed . 1 he 13 wheezed 2 grew 13 wheezed 3 so 4 fat 4 fat 5 that 5 that 13 wheezed 6 when 13 wheezed 7 he 13 wheezed 8 walked 13 wheezed 9 , 10 he 10 he 13 wheezed 11 puffed 13 wheezed 12 and 13 wheezed 13 wheezed 14 . he grew so lazy that he wanted to be waited on all the time . 1 he 2 grew 2 grew 4 lazy 3 so 4 lazy 4 lazy 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 wanted 7 wanted 8 to 8 to 9 be 9 be 10 waited 10 waited 15 . 11 on 13 the 12 all 13 the 13 the 14 time 14 time 15 . " it happened about this time [that] he overheard [mr] [fox] talking [to] [mr] [wolf] when they both [thought] him [asleep] . 1 " 2 it 2 it 22 . 3 happened 4 about 4 about 5 this 4 about 20 him 5 this 6 time 6 time 8 he 8 he 9 overheard 9 overheard 12 talking 12 talking 16 when 16 when 17 they 17 they 18 both 20 him 22 . ' [a] [pretty] kind of a king , [he] [is] [!] ' sneered [mr] [fox] . 1 ' 13 sneered 4 kind 5 of 5 of 6 a 6 a 7 king 7 king 8 , 8 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 sneered 13 sneered 16 . ' [the] idea of a [king] without a tail ! ['] 1 ' 10 ! 3 idea 4 of 3 idea 10 ! 4 of 5 a 5 a 9 tail 7 without 8 a 8 a 9 tail " ['] [that] ['s] so , ' assented [mr] . wolf . 1 " 5 so 1 " 11 wolf 5 so 6 , 7 ' 8 assented 7 ' 10 . 10 . 11 wolf 11 wolf 12 . ' [why] , [even] [that] [little] upstart , [mr] [rabbit] [,] has got a [make-believe] tail . ' " 1 ' 3 , 3 , 18 ' 3 , 19 " 7 upstart 8 , 8 , 18 ' 12 has 13 got 13 got 14 a 14 a 16 tail 16 tail 17 . 17 . 18 ' grandfather [frog] 's eyes twinkled as he said this , and [peter] looked very much embarrassed . 1 grandfather 3 's 3 's 4 eyes 4 eyes 5 twinkled 5 twinkled 6 as 6 as 7 he 7 he 8 said 8 said 10 , 9 this 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 looked 13 looked 16 embarrassed 14 very 15 much 15 much 16 embarrassed 16 embarrassed 17 . but he didn't say anything , so [grandfather] [frog] went on . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 2 he 10 went 3 didn't 4 say 4 say 5 anything 4 say 6 , 4 say 7 so 10 went 11 on 11 on 12 . " after that he couldn't think of anything but the fact that he hadn't any tail . 1 " 4 he 2 after 3 that 3 that 4 he 4 he 5 couldn't 4 he 14 hadn't 5 couldn't 6 think 5 couldn't 8 anything 6 think 7 of 8 anything 9 but 10 the 11 fact 11 fact 14 hadn't 12 that 13 he 13 he 14 hadn't 14 hadn't 15 any 14 hadn't 16 tail 16 tail 17 . he took particular notice of all who came to pay him tribute , and he saw that every one of them had a tail . 1 he 2 took 2 took 4 notice 3 particular 4 notice 4 notice 5 of 4 notice 6 all 4 notice 20 of 7 who 8 came 8 came 9 to 9 to 10 pay 10 pay 12 tribute 11 him 12 tribute 12 tribute 14 and 12 tribute 19 one 12 tribute 20 of 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 he 15 he 16 saw 16 saw 17 that 18 every 19 one 20 of 21 them 21 them 22 had 21 them 25 . 23 a 24 tail 24 tail 25 . the more he tried not to think of these tails , the more he did think of them . 1 the 2 more 2 more 3 he 3 he 4 tried 3 he 15 did 4 tried 5 not 4 tried 6 to 4 tried 13 more 6 to 7 think 7 think 8 of 8 of 9 these 8 of 12 the 9 these 10 tails 10 tails 11 , 14 he 15 did 15 did 16 think 16 think 17 of 17 of 18 them 18 them 19 . the more he thought of them , the more discontented he grew because he had none . 1 the 10 discontented 2 more 4 thought 2 more 10 discontented 3 he 4 thought 4 thought 5 of 5 of 6 them 6 them 7 , 8 the 9 more 9 more 10 discontented 10 discontented 12 grew 10 discontented 13 because 10 discontented 16 none 11 he 12 grew 13 because 14 he 14 he 15 had 16 none 17 . he didn't stop to think that probably all of them had use for their tails . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 5 think 3 stop 4 to 4 to 5 think 5 think 6 that 5 think 9 of 6 that 7 probably 6 that 8 all 9 of 10 them 10 them 11 had 10 them 16 . 12 use 15 tails 13 for 14 their 14 their 15 tails 15 tails 16 . no , [sir] , he didn't think of that . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 didn't 6 didn't 7 think 7 think 8 of 7 think 9 that 9 that 10 . everybody else had a tail , and he hadn't . 1 everybody 2 else 1 everybody 3 had 3 had 4 a 4 a 5 tail 5 tail 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 he 8 he 9 hadn't 9 hadn't 10 . he felt that it was a disgrace that he , the king , should have no tail . 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 2 felt 4 it 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 a 6 a 7 disgrace 7 disgrace 8 that 8 that 9 he 8 that 14 should 10 , 11 the 11 the 12 king 12 king 13 , 12 king 14 should 14 should 15 have 15 have 16 no 16 no 17 tail 17 tail 18 . he brooded over it so much that he lost his appetite and grew cross and peevish . 1 he 2 brooded 2 brooded 3 over 2 brooded 4 it 2 brooded 9 lost 4 it 5 so 5 so 6 much 7 that 8 he 8 he 9 lost 9 lost 11 appetite 10 his 11 appetite 11 appetite 16 peevish 11 appetite 17 . 12 and 16 peevish 13 grew 16 peevish 14 cross 16 peevish 15 and 16 peevish " then [along] [came] [old] [mother] [nature] [to] [see] how [things] [were] [going] [in] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 " 2 then 1 " 10 how 10 how 18 . of course she saw right away that something was wrong with [old] [king] [bear] . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 she 3 she 4 saw 4 saw 5 right 4 saw 7 that 4 saw 8 something 5 right 6 away 8 something 10 wrong 9 was 10 wrong 10 wrong 11 with 10 wrong 15 . when she asked him what the matter was , he was ashamed to tell her at first . 1 when 2 she 1 when 10 he 2 she 3 asked 2 she 8 was 3 asked 4 him 3 asked 5 what 5 what 7 matter 6 the 7 matter 8 was 9 , 10 he 11 was 11 was 12 ashamed 11 was 17 first 12 ashamed 13 to 13 to 14 tell 14 tell 15 her 16 at 17 first 17 first 18 . but after a little he told her that he wanted a tail ; that he could never again be happy unless he had a tail . 1 but 2 after 1 but 5 he 2 after 3 a 3 a 4 little 5 he 6 told 5 he 16 could 6 told 7 her 6 told 8 that 8 that 9 he 9 he 10 wanted 10 wanted 12 tail 11 a 12 tail 13 ; 15 he 14 that 15 he 15 he 16 could 16 could 17 never 17 never 18 again 17 never 21 unless 19 be 20 happy 20 happy 21 unless 21 unless 22 he 22 he 23 had 23 had 24 a 24 a 25 tail 25 tail 26 . nothing that she could say made any difference he wanted a tail . 1 nothing 2 that 2 that 3 she 3 she 4 could 3 she 10 wanted 4 could 5 say 6 made 8 difference 7 any 8 difference 8 difference 10 wanted 9 he 10 wanted 10 wanted 12 tail 11 a 12 tail 12 tail 13 . finally she gave him one . 1 finally 3 gave 2 she 3 gave 3 gave 4 him 3 gave 5 one 5 one 6 . " for a few days [old] [king] [bear] was perfectly [happy] . 1 " 12 . 2 for 3 a 3 a 4 few 4 few 5 days 5 days 10 perfectly 9 was 10 perfectly 10 perfectly 12 . he spent all his spare time admiring his new tail . 1 he 2 spent 2 spent 3 all 2 spent 4 his 2 spent 5 spare 5 spare 6 time 5 spare 7 admiring 7 admiring 8 his 7 admiring 9 new 9 new 10 tail 10 tail 11 . but it wasn't long before he found that his new tail was very much in the way . 1 but 3 wasn't 2 it 3 wasn't 3 wasn't 4 long 3 wasn't 14 much 4 long 5 before 4 long 11 tail 5 before 6 he 6 he 7 found 7 found 8 that 9 his 11 tail 10 new 11 tail 12 was 13 very 13 very 14 much 14 much 15 in 15 in 16 the 16 the 17 way 17 way 18 . it bothered him when he walked . 1 it 2 bothered 2 bothered 3 him 2 bothered 6 walked 2 bothered 7 . 4 when 5 he 5 he 6 walked it was in the way when he sat down . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 in 3 in 4 the 4 the 5 way 5 way 9 down 5 way 10 . 6 when 7 he 7 he 8 sat 8 sat 9 down it was a nuisance when he climbed a tree . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 nuisance 4 nuisance 7 climbed 5 when 6 he 6 he 7 climbed 7 climbed 9 tree 8 a 9 tree 9 tree 10 . he didn't have a single use for it , and yet he had to carry it with him wherever he went . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 3 have 4 a 4 a 5 single 5 single 6 use 6 use 7 for 6 use 8 it 8 it 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 yet 10 and 21 went 11 yet 12 he 13 had 14 to 14 to 15 carry 15 carry 16 it 15 carry 18 him 15 carry 19 wherever 17 with 18 him 19 wherever 20 he 20 he 21 went 21 went 22 . worse still , he overheard little [mr] [squirrel] [and] [mr] [possum] making fun of it . 1 worse 2 still 2 still 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 overheard 5 overheard 6 little 5 overheard 13 fun 12 making 13 fun 13 fun 14 of 13 fun 16 . 14 of 15 it 15 it 16 . " [and] [then] [old] [king] [bear] wished that he [hadn't] [a] [tail] [more] [than] [ever] he wished that he did [have] a tail . 1 " 9 he 1 " 16 he 7 wished 8 that 8 that 9 he 16 he 20 did 16 he 22 a 17 wished 18 that 18 that 19 he 19 he 20 did 22 a 23 tail 23 tail 24 . again he lost his appetite and grew cross and peevish , so that no one dared come near him . 1 again 2 he 2 he 3 lost 3 lost 4 his 4 his 5 appetite 5 appetite 10 peevish 6 and 10 peevish 7 grew 10 peevish 8 cross 10 peevish 9 and 10 peevish 10 peevish 11 , 10 peevish 12 so 10 peevish 16 dared 10 peevish 18 near 12 so 13 that 14 no 15 one 15 one 16 dared 17 come 18 near 18 near 19 him 19 him 20 . so matters went from bad to worse , until once more [old] [mother] [nature] [visited] [the] [green] [forest] [to] [see] [how] things [were] . 1 so 2 matters 2 matters 3 went 2 matters 4 from 2 matters 7 worse 5 bad 6 to 5 bad 7 worse 7 worse 8 , 7 worse 9 until 7 worse 22 things 9 until 10 once 10 once 11 more 22 things 24 . very humbly [old] [king] [bear] [went] [down] on his knees and begged her to take away his tail . 1 very 2 humbly 2 humbly 8 on 8 on 9 his 9 his 10 knees 10 knees 12 begged 11 and 12 begged 12 begged 13 her 12 begged 14 to 14 to 15 take 15 take 16 away 16 away 19 . 17 his 18 tail 18 tail 19 . that she left as a reminder lest he should forget the lesson he had learned and should again grow envious . 1 that 17 should 2 she 3 left 2 she 17 should 4 as 6 reminder 5 a 6 reminder 6 reminder 7 lest 7 lest 8 he 7 lest 9 should 7 lest 17 should 9 should 10 forget 10 forget 12 lesson 11 the 12 lesson 12 lesson 15 learned 12 lesson 16 and 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 learned 17 should 20 envious 18 again 20 envious 19 grow 20 envious 20 envious 21 . [[] [illustration] [:] ["] [then] [old] [king] [bear] [wished] [that] [he] [hadn't] [a] [tail] [.] ["] []] peter [rabbit] [scratched] [one] [long] ear thoughtfully as he replied : " [thank] you , [grandfather] [frog] . 1 peter 18 . 6 ear 15 , 6 ear 18 . 7 thoughtfully 8 as 8 as 9 he 9 he 10 replied 10 replied 11 : 11 : 12 " 12 " 14 you 14 you 15 , [xiv] [why] [flitter] [the] [bat] [flies] [at] [night] [[] [illustration] [:] ["] [it] [must] [be] [fine] [to] [fly] [,] ["] [thought] [peter] [.] " [i] wish [i] [could] [fly] [.] ["] []] 1 " 3 wish flitter [the] [bat] [made] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [head] dizzy . 1 flitter 9 dizzy 9 dizzy 10 . peter couldn't help watching him . 1 peter 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 help 3 help 4 watching 4 watching 5 him 5 him 6 . he just had to . 1 he 2 just 1 he 3 had 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 . it seemed so [wonderful] [that] [flitter] could [really] fly , that whenever he saw him , [peter] had to stop and [watch] . 1 it 2 seemed 1 it 23 . 2 seemed 3 so 7 could 9 fly 9 fly 10 , 10 , 13 he 11 that 13 he 12 whenever 13 he 13 he 14 saw 14 saw 15 him 15 him 16 , 15 him 23 . 16 , 21 and 18 had 19 to 19 to 20 stop 20 stop 21 and " it must be fine to fly , " thought [peter] . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 must 3 must 4 be 4 be 5 fine 5 fine 7 fly 5 fine 8 , 6 to 7 fly 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 thought 10 thought 12 . " [i] wish [i] [could] [fly] [.] 1 " 3 wish if [i] could [,] [i] [wouldn't] spend [all] [my] [time] flying [around] the way [flitter] [does] . 1 if 3 could 3 could 7 spend 7 spend 11 flying 11 flying 17 . 13 the 14 way 14 way 17 . i 'd go on long [journeys] and [see] the [great] [world] . 1 i 2 'd 1 i 12 . 2 'd 3 go 3 go 4 on 4 on 9 the 5 long 7 and 7 and 9 the and [i] ['d] fly in the [daytime] , [because] there is more [going] [on] [then] [.] 1 and 12 more 4 fly 5 in 4 fly 8 , 5 in 6 the 8 , 10 there 10 there 11 is 11 is 12 more i never see him in the daytime , and [i] don't even know where he keeps himself . 1 i 2 never 1 i 3 see 3 see 4 him 4 him 18 . 5 in 7 daytime 6 the 7 daytime 7 daytime 8 , 7 daytime 16 keeps 7 daytime 18 . 8 , 9 and 11 don't 13 know 12 even 13 know 13 know 14 where 14 where 16 keeps 15 he 16 keeps 16 keeps 17 himself i never thought of it [before] , but [i] wonder [why] it is that he flies only at night . 1 i 3 thought 2 never 3 thought 3 thought 4 of 3 thought 5 it 3 thought 12 it 3 thought 14 that 5 it 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 wonder 12 it 13 is 14 that 15 he 14 that 19 night 16 flies 17 only 16 flies 18 at 16 flies 19 night 19 night 20 . i believe [i] 'll ask [grandfather] [frog] [the] [very] [next] [time] [i] [see] him . " 1 i 2 believe 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 ask 5 ask 14 him 14 him 15 . 15 . 16 " now you know that [once] [peter] [rabbit] 's curiosity is aroused , it [just] has to be satisfied . 1 now 2 you 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 that 4 that 8 's 4 that 9 curiosity 9 curiosity 11 aroused 9 curiosity 19 . 10 is 11 aroused 12 , 13 it 13 it 17 be 15 has 16 to 16 to 17 be 17 be 18 satisfied 18 satisfied 19 . no sooner did he begin to wonder [about] [flitter] [the] [bat] [than] he could think of [nothing] [else] . 1 no 2 sooner 1 no 7 wonder 2 sooner 3 did 2 sooner 4 he 2 sooner 5 begin 5 begin 6 to 7 wonder 13 he 13 he 14 could 14 could 15 think 15 think 16 of 16 of 19 . so he watched until the way was clear , and then he started for the [smiling] [pool] as fast as he could go , lipperty-lipperty-lip . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 watched 3 watched 4 until 3 watched 5 the 5 the 6 way 6 way 8 clear 7 was 8 clear 8 clear 9 , 9 , 25 lipperty-lipperty-lip 10 and 11 then 11 then 12 he 12 he 13 started 13 started 14 for 13 started 25 lipperty-lipperty-lip 14 for 15 the 18 as 19 fast 19 fast 20 as 19 fast 25 lipperty-lipperty-lip 21 he 22 could 22 could 25 lipperty-lipperty-lip 23 go 25 lipperty-lipperty-lip 24 , 25 lipperty-lipperty-lip 25 lipperty-lipperty-lip 26 . he hoped he would find [grandfather] [frog] [sitting] as usual on his [big] [green] lily-pad , and [that] he would be good-natured . 1 he 4 would 1 he 20 would 2 hoped 3 he 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 find 9 as 10 usual 9 as 19 he 10 usual 17 and 11 on 12 his 12 his 15 lily-pad 15 lily-pad 16 , 16 , 17 and 19 he 20 would 20 would 21 be 21 be 22 good-natured 22 good-natured 23 . if he wasn't feeling good-natured , it would be of no use to ask him for a story . 1 if 2 he 2 he 3 wasn't 2 he 8 would 3 wasn't 5 good-natured 4 feeling 5 good-natured 5 good-natured 6 , 7 it 8 would 8 would 9 be 8 would 14 ask 10 of 12 use 11 no 12 use 12 use 14 ask 13 to 14 ask 14 ask 15 him 14 ask 16 for 16 for 17 a 17 a 18 story 18 story 19 . when [peter] reached the [smiling] [pool] he was disappointed , terribly disappointed . 1 when 3 reached 1 when 7 he 3 reached 4 the 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 disappointed 9 disappointed 10 , 9 disappointed 12 disappointed 10 , 11 terribly 12 disappointed 13 . the big green lily-pad was there , but there was no one sitting on it . 1 the 2 big 2 big 4 lily-pad 3 green 4 lily-pad 4 lily-pad 13 sitting 4 lily-pad 16 . 5 was 13 sitting 6 there 10 was 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 there 9 there 10 was 10 was 11 no 10 was 13 sitting 11 no 12 one 13 sitting 14 on 15 it 16 . somehow the [smiling] [pool] [didn't] [seem] [quite] [like] [itself] [without] [grandfather] [frog] [sitting] [there] watching for foolish green flies . 1 somehow 20 . 2 the 18 green 15 watching 16 for 15 watching 17 foolish 17 foolish 18 green 18 green 19 flies 19 flies 20 . peter 's face showed just how disappointed he felt . 1 peter 2 's 2 's 3 face 3 face 4 showed 4 showed 6 how 4 showed 7 disappointed 5 just 6 how 7 disappointed 9 felt 7 disappointed 10 . 8 he 9 felt he was just going to turn away when a great , deep voice said : 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 just 2 was 4 going 2 was 9 a 4 going 7 away 5 to 6 turn 6 turn 7 away 7 away 8 when 9 a 10 great 10 great 12 deep 11 , 12 deep 12 deep 13 voice 13 voice 15 : 14 said 15 : " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! where are your manners , [peter] [rabbit] , that you forget to speak to your elders ? " 1 where 2 are 1 where 17 ? 3 your 4 manners 3 your 16 elders 4 manners 5 , 4 manners 8 , 9 that 10 you 10 you 11 forget 11 forget 16 elders 12 to 13 speak 13 speak 14 to 13 speak 16 elders 15 your 16 elders 16 elders 17 ? 17 ? 18 " it was [grandfather] [frog] [himself] , [having] his [morning] swim . 1 it 2 was 1 it 6 , 1 it 11 . 8 his 10 swim 10 swim 11 . the fact is , [i] [i] " 1 the 2 fact 2 fact 3 is 2 fact 4 , 4 , 7 " " [you] want a story , " finished [grandfather] [frog] for him . 1 " 5 story 3 want 4 a 4 a 5 story 5 story 13 . 6 , 7 " 6 , 11 for 7 " 8 finished 11 for 12 him 12 him 13 . " you can't fool me , [peter] [rabbit] . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 can't 3 can't 4 fool 4 fool 5 me 5 me 6 , 6 , 9 . you came over here just to ask me for a story . 1 you 7 ask 2 came 3 over 2 came 4 here 2 came 6 to 5 just 6 to 6 to 7 ask 7 ask 8 me 7 ask 9 for 9 for 10 a 10 a 11 story 11 story 12 . i know you , [peter] [!] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 you 2 know 4 , i know you ! 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 you 3 you 4 ! well , what is it this time ? " 1 well 2 , 2 , 9 " 3 what 4 is 3 what 8 ? 4 is 5 it 6 this 7 time 6 this 8 ? 8 ? 9 " grandfather [frog] climbed out [on] his big [green] [lily-pad] and [made] [himself] comfortable . 1 grandfather 3 climbed 3 climbed 4 out 4 out 14 . 6 his 7 big 7 big 13 comfortable 10 and 13 comfortable 13 comfortable 14 . peter sat still and tried not to show how impatient he felt . 1 peter 2 sat 1 peter 5 tried 2 sat 3 still 4 and 5 tried 5 tried 6 not 5 tried 7 to 7 to 8 show 8 show 9 how 8 show 10 impatient 10 impatient 12 felt 10 impatient 13 . 11 he 12 felt grandfather [frog] took his time . 1 grandfather 3 took 3 took 4 his 3 took 5 time 5 time 6 . it tickled him to see how hard impatient [peter] was trying to be patient , and his big , goggly eyes twinkled . 1 it 2 tickled 1 it 23 . 2 tickled 3 him 2 tickled 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 how 6 how 7 hard 8 impatient 14 patient 10 was 11 trying 11 trying 12 to 12 to 13 be 13 be 14 patient 14 patient 20 goggly 15 , 16 and 15 , 20 goggly 17 his 20 goggly 18 big 20 goggly 19 , 20 goggly 20 goggly 21 eyes 20 goggly 22 twinkled 22 twinkled 23 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " said he [at] [last] , with a suddenness that [made] [peter] jump . 1 " 5 said 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 9 , 5 said 17 . 9 , 10 with 10 with 11 a 11 a 12 suddenness 13 that 16 jump 16 jump 17 . " that 's very good , [peter] , very good indeed ! 1 " 11 indeed 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 very 4 very 5 good 4 very 11 indeed 6 , 11 indeed 8 , 11 indeed 9 very 10 good 9 very 11 indeed 11 indeed 12 ! now [i] 'll tell you the story . ["] 1 now 8 . 3 'll 4 tell 4 tell 5 you 4 tell 7 story 6 the 7 story 7 story 8 . the latter cleared his throat two or three times , each time as if he intended to begin right then . 1 the 2 latter 2 latter 3 cleared 3 cleared 5 throat 4 his 5 throat 5 throat 6 two 5 throat 21 . 6 two 8 three 7 or 8 three 8 three 9 times 9 times 16 intended 10 , 15 he 11 each 12 time 12 time 15 he 13 as 14 if 14 if 15 he 15 he 16 intended 16 intended 17 to 16 intended 18 begin 16 intended 19 right 19 right 20 then it was one of [grandfather] [frog] 's little jokes . 1 it 2 was 1 it 7 's 1 it 10 . 2 was 3 one 3 one 4 of 8 little 9 jokes 9 jokes 10 . he did it just to tease [peter] . 1 he 2 did 1 he 6 tease 2 did 3 it 3 it 4 just 4 just 5 to 6 tease 8 . at last he really did begin , and the very first thing he did was to ask [peter] a question . 1 at 2 last 2 last 3 he 2 last 7 , 3 he 5 did 4 really 5 did 5 did 6 begin 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 the 9 the 11 first 9 the 20 question 10 very 11 first 11 first 12 thing 13 he 14 did 13 he 15 was 15 was 16 to 15 was 19 a 16 to 17 ask 19 a 20 question 20 question 21 . " what is the reason that you stay in the dear [old] [briar-patch] [when] [reddy] [fox] [is] [around] ? " 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 is 2 what 19 ? 3 is 4 the 4 the 5 reason 5 reason 9 in 6 that 7 you 7 you 8 stay 8 stay 9 in 9 in 10 the 11 dear 19 ? 19 ? 20 " " so that he won't catch me , of course , " replied [peter] . 1 " 13 replied 2 so 3 that 3 that 4 he 4 he 5 won't 5 won't 6 catch 6 catch 7 me 7 me 8 , 8 , 13 replied 9 of 10 course 10 course 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 replied 13 replied 15 . " very good , " said [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 6 said 2 very 3 good 3 good 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 . " now , why do you go over to the sweet-clover patch every day ? " 1 " 2 now 1 " 4 why 2 now 3 , 4 why 5 do 4 why 11 sweet-clover 4 why 15 ? 6 you 7 go 7 go 8 over 8 over 11 sweet-clover 9 to 11 sweet-clover 10 the 11 sweet-clover 11 sweet-clover 12 patch 11 sweet-clover 13 every 13 every 14 day 15 ? 16 " " why , because there is plenty to eat there , " replied [peter] , looking very , very much puzzled . 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 , 3 , 4 because 3 , 16 looking 4 because 5 there 4 because 10 there 5 there 6 is 6 is 7 plenty 7 plenty 8 to 8 to 9 eat 11 , 12 " 11 , 16 looking 12 " 13 replied 15 , 16 looking 16 looking 21 puzzled 17 very 18 , 17 very 20 much 19 very 20 much 20 much 21 puzzled 21 puzzled 22 . " well , now you 've answered your own question , " grunted [grandfather] [frog] . 1 " 2 well 1 " 5 you 1 " 7 answered 1 " 13 grunted 2 well 3 , 2 well 4 now 5 you 6 've 8 your 9 own 9 own 10 question 10 question 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 grunted 13 grunted 16 . " [flitter] flies at [night] because he is safest [then] , [and] [because] [he] can find plenty to eat . " 1 " 3 flies 1 " 7 he 3 flies 4 at 6 because 7 he 7 he 8 is 8 is 9 safest 9 safest 11 , 11 , 21 " 15 can 16 find 16 find 17 plenty 17 plenty 19 eat 18 to 19 eat 19 eat 20 . 20 . 21 " " oh , " said [peter] , and his voice sounded dreadfully disappointed . 1 " 2 oh 2 oh 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 his 9 his 10 voice 10 voice 11 sounded 11 sounded 12 dreadfully 12 dreadfully 13 disappointed 13 disappointed 14 . he had found out what he had wanted to know , but he hadn't had a story . 1 he 2 had 1 he 14 hadn't 1 he 15 had 2 had 3 found 3 found 4 out 5 what 6 he 6 he 7 had 6 he 8 wanted 6 he 14 hadn't 9 to 10 know 10 know 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 he 13 he 14 hadn't 15 had 16 a 16 a 17 story 17 story 18 . finally [peter] sighed , and it was such a heavy sigh ! 1 finally 10 heavy 3 sighed 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 it 6 it 7 was 7 was 9 a 8 such 9 a 9 a 10 heavy 10 heavy 11 sigh 11 sigh 12 ! then very slowly he turned his back on the [smiling] [pool] [and] [started] [to] hop away . 1 then 5 turned 2 very 3 slowly 3 slowly 5 turned 4 he 5 turned 5 turned 6 his 5 turned 7 back 5 turned 16 away 7 back 8 on 8 on 9 the 9 the 15 hop 16 away 17 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " said [grandfather] [frog] in his deepest [,] story-telling [voice] . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 14 . 8 in 9 his 8 in 10 deepest 10 deepest 12 story-telling 12 story-telling 14 . " [a] [long] [time] ago when the world was young , the great-great-ever-so-great [grandfather] of [flitter] the [bat] first learned to fly . " 1 " 5 ago 5 ago 11 , 5 ago 13 great-great-ever-so-great 6 when 7 the 7 the 8 world 8 world 10 young 8 world 11 , 9 was 10 young 12 the 13 great-great-ever-so-great 13 great-great-ever-so-great 15 of 15 of 17 the 17 the 19 first 19 first 22 fly 20 learned 21 to 21 to 22 fly 22 fly 23 . 23 . 24 " " [i] [know] ! " cried [peter] eagerly . 1 " 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 cried 6 cried 8 eagerly 8 eagerly 9 . " you told me about that , and it was a splendid story . " 1 " 2 you 2 you 14 . 3 told 4 me 4 me 5 about 4 me 7 , 5 about 6 that 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 it 9 it 10 was 9 it 14 . 10 was 11 a 11 a 12 splendid 12 splendid 13 story 14 . 15 " " [old] [mr] [bat] had wings ; [something] no other animal [had] , but he found that he could no longer run and jump . 1 " 25 . 5 had 16 found 5 had 20 no 6 wings 7 ; 7 ; 14 but 9 no 10 other 10 other 11 animal 11 animal 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 he 15 he 16 found 16 found 17 that 17 that 18 he 18 he 19 could 20 no 21 longer 21 longer 24 jump 21 longer 25 . 22 run 23 and 22 run 24 jump he could just flop about on the ground , and was almost helpless . 1 he 2 could 2 could 4 flop 3 just 4 flop 4 flop 5 about 4 flop 8 ground 4 flop 10 and 4 flop 13 helpless 6 on 7 the 7 the 8 ground 9 , 10 and 11 was 12 almost 12 almost 13 helpless 13 helpless 14 . of course that meant that he could very easily be caught , and so the ground was no longer a safe place for him . 1 of 2 course 2 course 4 meant 3 that 4 meant 4 meant 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 could 7 could 9 easily 7 could 10 be 8 very 9 easily 10 be 11 caught 10 be 14 so 10 be 21 safe 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 so 15 the 16 ground 16 ground 17 was 17 was 21 safe 18 no 19 longer 19 longer 21 safe 20 a 21 safe 21 safe 22 place 22 place 23 for 23 for 24 him 24 him 25 . but he soon found that he was not safe in the air in daytime . 1 but 2 he 2 he 4 found 3 soon 4 found 4 found 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 not 7 was 9 safe 9 safe 14 daytime 10 in 14 daytime 11 the 14 daytime 12 air 14 daytime 13 in 14 daytime 14 daytime 15 . old [mr] [hawk] [could] [fly] [even] [faster] [than] [he] , and [mr] [hawk] [was] [always] watching [for] [him] . 1 old 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 16 watching 16 watching 19 . at first , [mr] [bat] [didn't] [know] [what] to [do] . 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 , 3 , 11 . 9 to 11 . he didn't like to go to [old] [mother] [nature] [and] [complain] [that] his new wings were not all that he had thought they would be . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 like 3 like 4 to 4 to 5 go 5 go 6 to 6 to 13 his 13 his 15 wings 14 new 15 wings 15 wings 16 were 16 were 17 not 16 were 18 all 18 all 19 that 19 that 20 he 20 he 26 . 21 had 22 thought 22 thought 24 would 23 they 24 would 24 would 25 be 25 be 26 . that would look as if he were ungrateful for her kindness in giving him the wings . 1 that 2 would 2 would 3 look 3 look 4 as 4 as 5 if 5 if 6 he 5 if 7 were 7 were 8 ungrateful 8 ungrateful 16 wings 9 for 10 her 9 for 16 wings 10 her 11 kindness 11 kindness 13 giving 12 in 13 giving 13 giving 14 him 13 giving 15 the 16 wings 17 . " ['] [i] ['ve] [got] [to] think of some way out of my troubles [myself] , ' thought [old] [mr] [bat] . 1 " 13 my 7 think 8 of 7 think 12 of 8 of 9 some 9 some 10 way 10 way 11 out 12 of 13 my 13 my 14 troubles 14 troubles 16 , 14 troubles 22 . 16 , 17 ' 17 ' 18 thought ' [when] [i] 'm sure [that] [i] [can't] , it will be time enough to go to [old] [mother] [nature] . ' 1 ' 22 ' 4 'm 5 sure 5 sure 9 , 9 , 22 ' 10 it 11 will 11 will 12 be 11 will 16 go 12 be 14 enough 13 time 14 enough 14 enough 15 to 16 go 17 to 16 go 21 . 21 . 22 ' " [now] [of] [course] it is very hard to think [when] you are [twisting] [and] [dodging] [and] [turning] in the air . " 1 " 5 it 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 very 7 very 8 hard 8 hard 9 to 9 to 10 think 10 think 12 you 12 you 13 are 13 are 19 in 19 in 20 the 20 the 21 air 21 air 22 . 22 . 23 " " of course ! " said [peter] [rabbit] , just as if he knew all about it . 1 " 6 said 2 of 3 course 3 course 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 said 6 said 9 , 6 said 18 . 10 just 11 as 11 as 12 if 12 if 13 he 13 he 14 knew 14 knew 16 about 15 all 16 about 16 about 17 it 17 it 18 . " he flew and he flew and had almost given up hope of finding any such place when he saw a cave . 1 " 2 he 1 " 5 he 2 he 3 flew 4 and 5 he 5 he 6 flew 5 he 8 had 5 he 20 saw 6 flew 7 and 8 had 10 given 9 almost 10 given 10 given 11 up 10 given 12 hope 12 hope 14 finding 13 of 14 finding 14 finding 17 place 15 any 16 such 16 such 17 place 18 when 20 saw 19 he 20 saw 20 saw 21 a 21 a 22 cave 22 cave 23 . it [looked] [very] [black] [inside] , but it was [big] enough for [mr] [bat] to fly into , and in he went . 1 it 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 it 8 it 9 was 8 it 18 , 9 was 11 enough 11 enough 12 for 11 enough 15 to 15 to 16 fly 16 fly 17 into 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 in 19 and 22 went 21 he 22 went 22 went 23 . it was just the place to rest and think . 1 it 2 was 1 it 10 . 2 was 3 just 4 the 5 place 4 the 7 rest 6 to 7 rest 7 rest 8 and 7 rest 9 think 7 rest 10 . so he rested , and while he rested , he thought and thought . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 rested 2 he 13 thought 3 rested 5 and 3 rested 8 rested 4 , 5 and 6 while 7 he 7 he 8 rested 9 , 10 he 9 , 12 and 10 he 11 thought 12 and 13 thought 13 thought 14 . " by and by he noticed that it was growing dark outside . 1 " 5 he 2 by 3 and 3 and 4 by 3 and 5 he 5 he 6 noticed 6 noticed 7 that 6 noticed 10 growing 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 growing 10 growing 11 dark 11 dark 12 outside 12 outside 13 . ' [my] goodness ! 1 ' 3 goodness 3 goodness 4 ! if [i] [am] [going] [to] [get] anything to eat to-day , [i] shall have to hurry , ' thought he . 1 if 7 anything 7 anything 9 eat 8 to 9 eat 9 eat 21 . 10 to-day 11 , 10 to-day 16 hurry 13 shall 14 have 14 have 15 to 15 to 16 hurry 16 hurry 17 , 16 hurry 21 . 17 , 18 ' 18 ' 19 thought 19 thought 20 he when he got outside , he found that [mr] [sun] had gone to bed . 1 when 2 he 1 when 6 he 2 he 3 got 3 got 4 outside 4 outside 5 , 6 he 7 found 6 he 11 had 7 found 8 that 11 had 12 gone 12 gone 14 bed 13 to 14 bed 14 bed 15 . so [had] [all] [the] birds , except [mr] [owl] and [mr] [nighthawk] . 1 so 13 . 5 birds 10 and 5 birds 13 . 6 , 7 except 6 , 10 and now [mr] [nighthawk] [doesn't] belong to the [hawk] family at all , [so] there was nothing to fear [from] [him] . 1 now 5 belong 1 now 21 . 5 belong 6 to 6 to 7 the 7 the 9 family 9 family 12 , 10 at 11 all 11 all 12 , 14 there 15 was 14 there 16 nothing 16 nothing 17 to 16 nothing 18 fear 18 fear 21 . then [mr] [bat] [had] a [very] [pleasant] [surprise] [.] 1 then 5 a he found the air full of insects , ever so many more than in the daytime . 1 he 2 found 2 found 16 daytime 3 the 16 daytime 4 air 16 daytime 5 full 6 of 5 full 7 insects 7 insects 8 , 7 insects 9 ever 7 insects 16 daytime 9 ever 10 so 10 so 11 many 12 more 13 than 13 than 16 daytime 14 in 16 daytime 15 the 16 daytime 16 daytime 17 . by being very smart and quick he caught a few before it was too dark for him to see . 1 by 2 being 2 being 4 smart 3 very 4 smart 4 smart 5 and 4 smart 6 quick 6 quick 8 caught 7 he 8 caught 8 caught 17 him 9 a 10 few 10 few 11 before 11 before 15 dark 11 before 17 him 12 it 13 was 13 was 15 dark 14 too 15 dark 16 for 17 him 17 him 18 to 17 him 20 . 18 to 19 see they didn't fill his stomach , but they kept him from starving . 1 they 12 starving 2 didn't 12 starving 3 fill 5 stomach 4 his 5 stomach 5 stomach 9 kept 6 , 7 but 7 but 9 kept 8 they 9 kept 9 kept 12 starving 10 him 12 starving 11 from 12 starving 12 starving 13 . as he flew back to the cave , a great idea came to him , the idea for which he had been thinking so hard . 1 as 2 he 2 he 3 flew 3 flew 4 back 4 back 5 to 5 to 6 the 6 the 7 cave 7 cave 19 which 8 , 19 which 9 a 10 great 10 great 11 idea 10 great 17 idea 11 idea 12 came 12 came 13 to 13 to 14 him 15 , 16 the 16 the 17 idea 17 idea 19 which 18 for 19 which 19 which 21 had 20 he 21 had 21 had 22 been 22 been 23 thinking 23 thinking 25 hard 24 so 25 hard 25 hard 26 . then he would be safe and would not have [to] complain to [old] [mother] [nature] . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 would 3 would 4 be 3 would 8 not 4 be 5 safe 6 and 7 would 7 would 8 not 8 not 9 have 8 not 11 complain 11 complain 12 to 12 to 16 . she had given him night-seeing eyes , and he no more had to go hungry . 1 she 2 had 2 had 3 given 3 given 5 night-seeing 4 him 5 night-seeing 5 night-seeing 6 eyes 5 night-seeing 8 and 5 night-seeing 9 he 5 night-seeing 11 more 5 night-seeing 12 had 5 night-seeing 14 go 5 night-seeing 15 hungry 7 , 8 and 10 no 11 more 13 to 14 go 15 hungry 16 . you [ask] [flitter] if it [isn't] [so] . " 1 you 8 . 4 if 5 it 5 it 8 . 8 . 9 " peter grinned . 1 peter 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 . " he never stays in one place long enough for me to ask him anything , " said he . 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 never 2 he 18 said 3 never 4 stays 4 stays 5 in 4 stays 6 one 6 one 7 place 8 long 9 enough 9 enough 10 for 9 enough 12 to 10 for 11 me 12 to 13 ask 13 ask 14 him 14 him 16 , 15 anything 16 , 16 , 18 said 17 " 18 said 18 said 19 he 18 said 20 . " [i] ['m] [ever] so [much] [obliged] [for] [the] [story] , [grandfather] [frog] [.] 1 " 5 so 5 so 11 , it pays to make the best of what we have , doesn't it ? " 1 it 2 pays 2 pays 4 make 2 pays 11 , 3 to 4 make 4 make 6 best 5 the 6 best 6 best 7 of 6 best 9 we 8 what 9 we 9 we 10 have 11 , 15 " 12 doesn't 13 it 12 doesn't 14 ? 14 ? 15 " " it certainly does . 1 " 3 certainly 2 it 3 certainly 3 certainly 4 does 4 does 5 . chug-a-rum ! 1 chug-a-rum 2 ! it [certainly] [does] ! " replied [grandfather] [frog] . 1 it 4 ! 4 ! 5 " 5 " 6 replied 6 replied 9 . [xv] [why] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [carries] [his] [house] [with] [him] spotty the [turtle] sat [on] an old log on the bank [of] [the] [smiling] [pool] , taking a sun-bath . 1 spotty 10 the 2 the 8 log 4 sat 6 an 6 an 7 old 7 old 8 log 8 log 9 on 9 on 10 the 10 the 11 bank 11 bank 19 sun-bath 16 , 17 taking 17 taking 19 sun-bath 18 a 19 sun-bath 19 sun-bath 20 . he had sat that way for the longest time without once moving . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 sat 3 sat 12 moving 4 that 5 way 5 way 8 longest 6 for 7 the 6 for 8 longest 7 the 8 longest 8 longest 9 time 8 longest 12 moving 10 without 12 moving 11 once 12 moving 12 moving 13 . spotty was [still] [there] [when] [peter] [returned] a long time after , and he didn't look as if he had moved . 1 spotty 2 was 2 was 8 a 8 a 9 long 9 long 10 time 9 long 11 after 9 long 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 he 14 he 15 didn't 15 didn't 16 look 16 look 17 as 17 as 18 if 18 if 19 he 19 he 20 had 20 had 21 moved 21 moved 22 . a sudden thought [struck] [peter] [.] 1 a 2 sudden 2 sudden 3 thought he couldn't remember that he ever had seen [spotty] ['s] [house] . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 remember 3 remember 4 that 3 remember 6 ever 4 that 5 he 6 ever 8 seen 7 had 8 seen 8 seen 12 . " hi , [spotty] ! " he shouted . 1 " 2 hi 2 hi 3 , 3 , 6 " 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 he 7 he 8 shouted 8 shouted 9 . " where [do] you live ? " 1 " 2 where 2 where 4 you 4 you 5 live 4 you 6 ? 6 ? 7 " spotty slowly turned his head and looked up at [peter] [.] 1 spotty 2 slowly 1 spotty 7 looked 2 slowly 3 turned 3 turned 5 head 4 his 5 head 6 and 7 looked 7 looked 8 up 7 looked 9 at there was a twinkle in his eyes [,] [though] [peter] didn't see it . 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 twinkle 4 twinkle 5 in 5 in 6 his 6 his 7 eyes 7 eyes 14 . 11 didn't 12 see 12 see 13 it 13 it 14 . " [right] here [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 1 " 3 here 3 here 8 . where else should [i] live ? " he replied . 1 where 2 else 2 else 3 should 2 else 6 ? 3 should 5 live 6 ? 7 " 7 " 9 replied 8 he 9 replied 9 replied 10 . " [i] mean , where is your house ? " returned [peter] . 1 " 3 mean 3 mean 9 ? 4 , 5 where 5 where 6 is 5 where 9 ? 6 is 7 your 7 your 8 house 9 ? 10 " 10 " 11 returned 11 returned 13 . " of course [i] [know] you [live] [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] , but [where] is your house ? 1 " 13 but 1 " 15 is 2 of 3 course 3 course 6 you 6 you 12 , 12 , 13 but 15 is 16 your 16 your 17 house 16 your 18 ? is it in the bank or down under water ? " 1 is 2 it 1 is 4 the 1 is 10 ? 3 in 4 the 4 the 5 bank 5 bank 6 or 5 bank 8 under 7 down 8 under 8 under 9 water 10 ? 11 " " it is just wherever [i] happen to be . 1 " 2 it 1 " 5 wherever 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 just 5 wherever 7 happen 7 happen 8 to 8 to 9 be 9 be 10 . just now it is right here , " said [spotty] . 1 just 2 now 2 now 7 , 3 it 4 is 4 is 5 right 5 right 6 here 6 here 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 11 . " [i] [always] [take] it with me wherever [i] go [;] [i] find [it] much the handiest way . ["] 1 " 5 it 5 it 19 . 6 with 7 me 6 with 8 wherever 8 wherever 10 go 8 wherever 17 handiest 13 find 17 handiest 15 much 17 handiest 16 the 17 handiest 17 handiest 18 way 17 handiest 19 . [[] [illustration] [:] ["] [hi] [,] [spotty] [!] ["] [he] [shouted] [.] " where [do] you live ? " []] 1 " 2 where 2 where 4 you 4 you 5 live 4 you 6 ? 6 ? 7 " with that [spotty] [disappeared] [.] 1 with 2 that that is to say , his head and legs and tail disappeared . 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 to 3 to 4 say 3 to 6 his 4 say 5 , 6 his 7 head 6 his 9 legs 6 his 11 tail 7 head 8 and 9 legs 10 and 11 tail 12 disappeared 12 disappeared 13 . peter stared very hard . 1 peter 2 stared 1 peter 5 . 2 stared 4 hard 3 very 4 hard then he began to laugh , for it came to him that what [spotty] [had] [said] was true . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 began 3 began 4 to 3 began 5 laugh 3 began 10 to 5 laugh 6 , 6 , 7 for 7 for 8 it 9 came 10 to 10 to 11 him 11 him 12 that 11 him 19 . 13 what 17 was 17 was 18 true 18 true 19 . his house was with him , and now he had simply retired inside . 1 his 2 house 2 house 3 was 2 house 4 with 2 house 12 retired 2 house 14 . 4 with 5 him 6 , 7 and 7 and 12 retired 8 now 12 retired 9 he 12 retired 10 had 11 simply 11 simply 12 retired 12 retired 13 inside he didn't need any other house than just that hard , spotted shell , inside of which he was now so cosily tucked away . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 need 3 need 4 any 4 any 5 other 4 any 7 than 4 any 13 shell 5 other 6 house 8 just 9 that 9 that 13 shell 10 hard 12 spotted 11 , 12 spotted 12 spotted 13 shell 13 shell 14 , 13 shell 22 cosily 13 shell 25 . 15 inside 16 of 15 inside 22 cosily 17 which 19 was 17 which 22 cosily 18 he 19 was 20 now 22 cosily 21 so 22 cosily 22 cosily 23 tucked 22 cosily 24 away 24 away 25 . " that 's a great idea ! 1 " 2 that 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 a 4 a 5 great 4 a 6 idea 6 idea 7 ! ho , ho , ho ! 1 ho 2 , 2 , 3 ho 3 ho 5 ho 4 , 5 ho 5 ho 6 ! that 's a great idea ! " shouted [peter] . 1 that 2 's 2 's 4 great 3 a 4 great 4 great 5 idea 5 idea 6 ! 6 ! 7 " 7 " 8 shouted 8 shouted 10 . " [i] wonder how it happens that he does it , " thought he . 1 " 8 he 3 wonder 4 how 4 how 6 happens 5 it 6 happens 6 happens 7 that 7 that 8 he 8 he 9 does 9 does 10 it 10 it 15 . 11 , 12 " 12 " 14 he 13 thought 14 he 14 he 15 . " no wonder he is so slow . 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 wonder 3 wonder 4 he 4 he 5 is 5 is 6 so 6 so 7 slow 7 slow 8 . of course , it is very handy to have his house always with him . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 , 2 course 4 it 4 it 5 is 5 is 7 handy 6 very 7 handy 7 handy 8 to 7 handy 13 with 8 to 9 have 9 have 12 always 10 his 11 house 11 house 12 always 13 with 14 him 14 him 15 . as he says , he is always at home . 1 as 2 he 1 as 5 he 2 he 3 says 3 says 4 , 5 he 6 is 6 is 7 always 7 always 8 at 8 at 9 home 9 home 10 . [i] [i] [why] [,] [how] [stupid] [of] [me] [!] he doesn't have to run away at all ! 1 he 2 doesn't 1 he 5 run 3 have 5 run 4 to 5 run 5 run 6 away 5 run 9 ! 6 away 7 at 7 at 8 all all [he] [has] [got] [to] [do] [is] [to] [go] [inside] his [house] [and] [stay] [there] [until] the danger is past [!] 1 all 11 his 1 all 17 the 17 the 18 danger 18 danger 20 past 19 is 20 past i never thought of that before . 1 i 2 never 2 never 3 thought 2 never 6 before 3 thought 4 of 3 thought 5 that 6 before 7 . why , that is the handiest thing [i] [ever] [heard] [of] . " 1 why 2 , 2 , 13 " 3 that 4 is 4 is 5 the 5 the 6 handiest 6 handiest 7 thing 7 thing 12 . 12 . 13 " now [peter] knew that there must be a good story [about] [spotty] [and] [his] [house] , and you know [peter] [dearly] loves a good story . 1 now 4 that 1 now 26 . 3 knew 4 that 5 there 6 must 6 must 7 be 7 be 8 a 7 be 23 a 8 a 9 good 8 a 10 story 10 story 16 , 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 you 17 and 22 loves 18 you 19 know 23 a 24 good 23 a 25 story 25 story 26 . so [at] [the] [very] [first] [opportunity] [the] [next] [day] [,] he hurried [over] to the [smiling] [pool] [to] ask [grandfather] [frog] about it . 1 so 11 he 11 he 12 hurried 12 hurried 14 to 12 hurried 24 . 14 to 15 the 19 ask 22 about 22 about 23 it 23 it 24 . as usual , [grandfather] [frog] was [sitting] [on] [his] [big] [green] [lily-pad] [.] 1 as 2 usual 2 usual 3 , 2 usual 6 was no sooner [did] [peter] [pop] his head above the edge of the bank of the [smiling] [pool] [than] [grandfather] [frog] [exclaimed] [:] 1 no 14 of 2 sooner 6 his 6 his 7 head 7 head 8 above 8 above 10 edge 9 the 10 edge 10 edge 11 of 11 of 12 the 12 the 13 bank 13 bank 14 of 14 of 15 the " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! you 've kept me waiting a long time , [peter] [rabbit] . 1 you 2 've 1 you 12 . 2 've 3 kept 3 kept 4 me 3 kept 5 waiting 5 waiting 7 long 6 a 7 long 7 long 8 time 9 , 12 . i don't like to be kept waiting . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 3 like 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 7 waiting 6 kept 7 waiting 7 waiting 8 . if you [wanted] [to] know about [spotty] the [turtle] , why didn't you come [earlier] ? " 1 if 2 you 2 you 5 know 5 know 6 about 5 know 10 , 6 about 8 the 10 , 17 " 11 why 12 didn't 11 why 13 you 11 why 16 ? 13 you 14 come 16 ? 17 " all the time there was a twinkle in the big , goggly [eyes] of [grandfather] [frog] . 1 all 3 time 2 the 3 time 3 time 4 there 4 there 5 was 5 was 6 a 6 a 7 twinkle 7 twinkle 8 in 7 twinkle 12 goggly 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 big 10 big 11 , 12 goggly 17 . 14 of 17 . peter was so surprised that he couldn't find his tongue . 1 peter 2 was 2 was 4 surprised 3 so 4 surprised 4 surprised 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 couldn't 7 couldn't 8 find 8 find 10 tongue 9 his 10 tongue 10 tongue 11 . he [hadn't] said a word to any one about [spotty] [,] [so] how [could] [grandfather] [frog] [know] [what] he had come for ? 1 he 3 said 1 he 20 had 3 said 5 word 4 a 5 word 5 word 6 to 6 to 7 any 7 any 8 one 9 about 13 how 13 how 19 he 19 he 20 had 20 had 21 come 21 come 22 for 21 come 23 ? you [see] , it seemed to [peter] as if [grandfather] [frog] had read his very thoughts . 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 it 4 it 5 seemed 4 it 17 . 5 seemed 6 to 5 seemed 8 as 8 as 9 if 12 had 13 read 13 read 16 thoughts 14 his 16 thoughts 15 very 16 thoughts 16 thoughts 17 . " [i] [i] [didn't] know you were waiting . 1 " 6 you 5 know 6 you 6 you 7 were 7 were 8 waiting 8 waiting 9 . truly [i] didn't , " stammered [peter] . 1 truly 3 didn't 1 truly 4 , 1 truly 6 stammered 4 , 5 " 6 stammered 8 . " if [i] had , [i] would have been here long ago . 1 " 2 if 2 if 4 had 4 had 9 been 5 , 7 would 7 would 8 have 8 have 9 been 9 been 10 here 9 been 11 long 11 long 12 ago 12 ago 13 . if you please , how did you know that [i] was coming [and] what [i] was coming for ? " 1 if 2 you 2 you 3 please 2 you 8 know 4 , 5 how 5 how 6 did 6 did 8 know 7 you 8 know 8 know 9 that 8 know 14 what 9 that 11 was 11 was 12 coming 14 what 16 was 16 was 17 coming 17 coming 18 for 17 coming 19 ? 19 ? 20 " " never mind how [i] [knew] [.] 1 " 2 never 2 never 3 mind 3 mind 4 how i know a great deal [that] [i] [don't] [tell] , which is more than some folks can say , " replied [grandfather] [frog] . 1 i 2 know 2 know 24 . 3 a 5 deal 4 great 5 deal 5 deal 10 , 10 , 21 replied 11 which 17 can 12 is 13 more 13 more 14 than 14 than 16 folks 15 some 16 folks 16 folks 17 can 17 can 18 say 18 say 19 , 19 , 20 " 20 " 21 replied 21 replied 24 . peter wondered if he meant him , for you know [peter] is a great gossip . 1 peter 2 wondered 2 wondered 3 if 3 if 4 he 3 if 9 you 4 he 5 meant 5 meant 6 him 6 him 7 , 6 him 8 for 9 you 10 know 10 know 16 . 12 is 13 a 13 a 14 great 14 great 15 gossip 15 gossip 16 . almost everything to-day is the result of things that happened in those long-ago days . 1 almost 2 everything 2 everything 3 to-day 3 to-day 4 is 3 to-day 13 long-ago 3 to-day 15 . 5 the 6 result 6 result 7 of 6 result 13 long-ago 8 things 13 long-ago 9 that 13 long-ago 10 happened 13 long-ago 11 in 12 those 12 those 13 long-ago 13 long-ago 14 days the great-great-ever-so-great [grandfather] of [spotty] the [turtle] [lived] [then] , and unlike [spotty] [,] [whom] you know , he had no [house] . 1 the 2 great-great-ever-so-great 1 the 12 unlike 2 great-great-ever-so-great 4 of 2 great-great-ever-so-great 10 , 4 of 6 the 10 , 11 and 12 unlike 23 . 16 you 17 know 16 you 23 . 17 know 18 , 18 , 19 he 19 he 20 had 20 had 21 no if he had had , he would have been saved a great deal of trouble and worry . 1 if 2 he 1 if 6 he 2 he 3 had 2 he 4 had 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 have 8 have 9 been 8 have 10 saved 10 saved 15 trouble 11 a 13 deal 12 great 13 deal 13 deal 14 of 13 deal 15 trouble 15 trouble 16 and 15 trouble 17 worry 17 worry 18 . for a long time everybody lived at peace with everybody else . 1 for 2 a 1 for 5 everybody 2 a 3 long 3 long 4 time 5 everybody 6 lived 5 everybody 11 else 6 lived 8 peace 6 lived 9 with 7 at 8 peace 10 everybody 11 else 11 else 12 . now [mr] [turtle] , living [in] [the] [smiling] [pool] , had plenty [to] [eat] . 1 now 4 , 1 now 5 living 5 living 10 , 5 living 15 . 11 had 12 plenty 12 plenty 15 . he had nothing to worry about on that score . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 nothing 3 nothing 5 worry 4 to 5 worry 5 worry 6 about 5 worry 9 score 5 worry 10 . 7 on 9 score 8 that 9 score everybody who lives in the [smiling] [pool] knows [that] it is the best place in the world , anyway . " 1 everybody 19 anyway 2 who 3 lives 2 who 8 knows 3 lives 4 in 4 in 5 the 8 knows 10 it 10 it 11 is 11 is 16 the 12 the 13 best 13 best 14 place 14 place 15 in 15 in 16 the 16 the 17 world 17 world 18 , 18 , 19 anyway 19 anyway 20 . 20 . 21 " grandfather [frog] winked [at] [jerry] [muskrat] , who was listening , and [jerry] nodded his head . 1 grandfather 3 winked 1 grandfather 14 nodded 7 , 8 who 8 who 9 was 9 was 10 listening 10 listening 14 nodded 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 nodded 14 nodded 17 . 15 his 16 head 16 head 17 . " he had two or three very narrow escapes , and these set him to thinking . 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 9 escapes 4 two 6 three 5 or 6 three 6 three 9 escapes 7 very 9 escapes 8 narrow 9 escapes 9 escapes 10 , 9 escapes 12 these 9 escapes 13 set 9 escapes 16 thinking 10 , 11 and 13 set 14 him 13 set 15 to 16 thinking 17 . he was too slow and awkward to run or to fight . 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 slow 3 too 4 slow 4 slow 5 and 4 slow 6 awkward 6 awkward 8 run 6 awkward 9 or 6 awkward 11 fight 7 to 8 run 10 to 11 fight 11 fight 12 . the only thing he could do was to keep out of sight as much as possible . 1 the 3 thing 2 only 3 thing 3 thing 16 possible 4 he 5 could 4 he 7 was 5 could 6 do 7 was 8 to 8 to 9 keep 9 keep 10 out 10 out 11 of 10 out 12 sight 12 sight 16 possible 13 as 14 much 13 as 16 possible 15 as 16 possible 16 possible 17 . so he learned to swim with only his head out of water , and sometimes with only the end of his nose out of water . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 learned 3 learned 4 to 4 to 5 swim 5 swim 6 with 6 with 8 his 7 only 8 his 8 his 9 head 9 head 10 out 10 out 11 of 11 of 12 water 12 water 26 . 13 , 14 and 13 , 16 with 14 and 15 sometimes 16 with 22 nose 17 only 18 the 18 the 19 end 19 end 20 of 19 end 22 nose 20 of 21 his 21 his 22 nose 22 nose 23 out 22 nose 26 . 23 out 24 of 24 of 25 water at first he was annoyed and started to shake it off . 1 at 2 first 2 first 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 annoyed 5 annoyed 7 started 5 annoyed 9 shake 5 annoyed 12 . 6 and 7 started 8 to 9 shake 10 it 11 off 11 off 12 . before he succeeded , he heard someone coming , so he promptly drew in his head and legs and tail . 1 before 2 he 2 he 3 succeeded 2 he 13 drew 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 heard 5 he 13 drew 6 heard 7 someone 7 someone 8 coming 9 , 11 he 10 so 11 he 11 he 13 drew 12 promptly 13 drew 13 drew 15 his 14 in 15 his 15 his 16 head 15 his 18 legs 15 his 20 tail 16 head 17 and 18 legs 19 and 20 tail 21 . it was [mr] [fisher] , and he was very hungry and fierce . 1 it 2 was 1 it 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 very 9 very 10 hungry 10 hungry 11 and 10 hungry 12 fierce 12 fierce 13 . i believe he 'll make me a good dinner . ' 1 i 2 believe 1 i 4 'll 3 he 4 'll 4 'll 5 make 5 make 6 me 5 make 7 a 7 a 8 good 8 good 9 dinner 9 dinner 10 . 10 . 11 ' for a long time he lay very still . 1 for 2 a 2 a 3 long 3 long 4 time 4 time 5 he 5 he 6 lay 6 lay 8 still 7 very 8 still 8 still 9 . at last he [reached] the [smiling] [pool] and slipped into the water , leaving the piece of bark on the bank . 1 at 2 last 1 at 5 the 2 last 3 he 5 the 21 bank 8 and 9 slipped 9 slipped 10 into 10 into 12 water 10 into 20 the 11 the 12 water 13 , 14 leaving 14 leaving 15 the 15 the 16 piece 16 piece 17 of 16 piece 18 bark 18 bark 19 on 19 on 20 the 20 the 21 bank 21 bank 22 . thereafter , when he wanted to go on land , he would first make sure that no one was watching . 1 thereafter 2 , 1 thereafter 3 when 3 when 4 he 4 he 5 wanted 4 he 19 was 5 wanted 6 to 6 to 14 make 7 go 8 on 8 on 9 land 9 land 10 , 10 , 11 he 11 he 12 would 12 would 14 make 13 first 14 make 14 make 15 sure 14 make 18 one 15 sure 16 that 17 no 18 one 19 was 20 watching 20 watching 21 . then he would crawl under the piece of bark and get it on his back . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 would 3 would 4 crawl 4 crawl 5 under 4 crawl 7 piece 5 under 6 the 7 piece 8 of 7 piece 9 bark 9 bark 10 and 9 bark 13 on 9 bark 16 . 11 get 12 it 11 get 13 on 13 on 14 his 14 his 15 back wherever he went he carried the piece of bark so as to have it handy to hide under . 1 wherever 2 he 1 wherever 4 he 2 he 3 went 4 he 5 carried 5 carried 6 the 6 the 7 piece 7 piece 8 of 7 piece 15 handy 8 of 9 bark 10 so 15 handy 11 as 15 handy 12 to 13 have 13 have 15 handy 14 it 15 handy 15 handy 17 hide 15 handy 19 . 16 to 17 hide 17 hide 18 under so she began to study [how] [she] [could] help [mr] [turtle] . 1 so 2 she 2 she 3 began 3 began 4 to 4 to 5 study 4 to 9 help 9 help 12 . one day she came up behind him just as he sat down to rest . 1 one 2 day 2 day 4 came 3 she 4 came 4 came 5 up 4 came 12 down 5 up 6 behind 6 behind 7 him 8 just 9 as 9 as 10 he 10 he 11 sat 11 sat 12 down 12 down 14 rest 13 to 14 rest 14 rest 15 . then she touched the skin of his stomach and turned that into hard shell . 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 touched 3 touched 7 his 4 the 5 skin 5 skin 6 of 6 of 7 his 7 his 8 stomach 7 his 14 shell 9 and 10 turned 10 turned 12 into 11 that 12 into 12 into 14 shell 13 hard 14 shell 14 shell 15 . ' [now] draw [in] your head and [your] legs [and] your tail , ' said she . 1 ' 15 said 3 draw 5 your 3 draw 9 legs 5 your 6 head 6 head 7 and 9 legs 14 ' 11 your 12 tail 12 tail 13 , 13 , 14 ' 14 ' 15 said 15 said 16 she 15 said 17 . " ['] [oh] , [mother] [nature] , how can [i] ever thank you ? ' he cried . 1 " 17 cried 4 , 15 ' 7 , 8 how 8 how 9 can 9 can 12 thank 11 ever 12 thank 12 thank 13 you 13 you 14 ? 14 ? 15 ' 15 ' 17 cried 16 he 17 cried 17 cried 18 . " ' [by] [doing] [as] you always have done , [attending] [wholly] to your own affairs , ' replied [old] [mother] [nature] . 1 " 6 you 2 ' 6 you 6 you 8 have 7 always 8 have 8 have 9 done 9 done 10 , 10 , 18 ' 13 to 14 your 14 your 15 own 15 own 16 affairs 16 affairs 17 , 17 , 18 ' 18 ' 19 replied 19 replied 23 . " oh , thank you , [grandfather] [frog] , " exclaimed [peter] , drawing a long breath . 1 " 4 thank 2 oh 3 , 3 , 4 thank 4 thank 5 you 4 thank 6 , 6 , 10 " 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 exclaimed 11 exclaimed 14 drawing 13 , 14 drawing 14 drawing 17 breath 15 a 16 long 16 long 17 breath 17 breath 18 . " that was a perfectly [splendid] thing [for] [old] [mother] [nature] to do . " 1 " 2 that 2 that 3 was 3 was 4 a 4 a 5 perfectly 5 perfectly 7 thing 7 thing 13 do 7 thing 14 . 12 to 13 do 14 . 15 " you see , he didn't notice that [grandfather] [frog] was listening [when] [he] [asked] [spotty] [about] [his] [house] . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 7 that 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 notice 7 that 10 was 10 was 11 listening 11 listening 19 . [xvi] [why] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [has] [a] [broad] [tail] usually the thing that interests us most is something that we haven't got ourselves . 1 usually 3 thing 2 the 3 thing 3 thing 4 that 3 thing 5 interests 5 interests 6 us 5 interests 7 most 5 interests 10 that 5 interests 14 ourselves 8 is 9 something 9 something 10 that 11 we 12 haven't 11 we 14 ourselves 12 haven't 13 got 14 ourselves 15 . it is that way with [peter] [rabbit] . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 that 3 that 4 way 4 way 5 with 4 way 8 . peter is not naturally envious . 1 peter 6 . 2 is 3 not 3 not 5 envious 4 naturally 5 envious 5 envious 6 . oh , my , no ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 my 1 oh 4 , 1 oh 5 no 1 oh 6 ! peter is [pretty] [well] satisfied [with] [what] [he] [has] , which is quite as [it] [should] [be] . 1 peter 18 . 2 is 5 satisfied 5 satisfied 10 , 5 satisfied 18 . 10 , 14 as 11 which 12 is 12 is 13 quite 13 quite 14 as can you guess what it is ? 1 can 2 you 1 can 3 guess 3 guess 4 what 4 what 6 is 4 what 7 ? 5 it 6 is well , it is [his] [tail] . 1 well 2 , 2 , 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 7 . yes , [sir] [,] that is the one thing that [ever] [really] [troubles] [peter] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 that 5 that 6 is 6 is 7 the 6 is 8 one 8 one 9 thing 9 thing 10 that you see , [peter] 's [tail] is , nothing but a funny little bunch [of] cotton , which doesn't look like a tail at all [.] 1 you 2 see 1 you 14 bunch 2 see 3 , 3 , 10 but 5 's 9 nothing 7 is 9 nothing 8 , 9 nothing 9 nothing 10 but 11 a 12 funny 11 a 13 little 13 little 14 bunch 14 bunch 16 cotton 16 cotton 18 which 16 cotton 19 doesn't 17 , 18 which 19 doesn't 20 look 19 doesn't 21 like 21 like 22 a 22 a 23 tail 23 tail 25 all 24 at 25 all why , even [little] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [has] a [real] tail , short as it is . 1 why 2 , 1 why 15 it 2 , 3 even 3 even 14 as 9 a 11 tail 9 a 13 short 11 tail 12 , 13 short 14 as 15 it 16 is 16 is 17 . and [as] [for] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [bobby] [coon] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] everybody knows what [beautiful] tails they have . 1 and 17 everybody 17 everybody 18 knows 18 knows 19 what 19 what 22 they 21 tails 22 they 22 they 23 have 23 have 24 . once [peter] thought [about] it [so] [much] [that] [grandfather] [frog] noticed how sober he was and asked [peter] what [the] [trouble] was . 1 once 3 thought 1 once 23 . 3 thought 5 it 5 it 15 was 11 noticed 12 how 12 how 13 sober 13 sober 14 he 14 he 15 was 16 and 17 asked 17 asked 19 what 19 what 22 was 22 was 23 . " why , [peter] , " said he , " you look so sober , that [i] [thought] you [really] had something to worry [about] . 1 " 2 why 2 why 3 , 2 why 19 you 3 , 6 " 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 you 11 you 12 look 12 look 13 so 13 so 14 sober 14 sober 16 that 15 , 16 that 19 you 24 worry 21 had 22 something 22 something 23 to 23 to 24 worry 24 worry 26 . what would you do with a big tail , if you had one ? 1 what 4 do 2 would 4 do 3 you 4 do 4 do 5 with 4 do 11 you 4 do 14 ? 5 with 6 a 6 a 7 big 7 big 8 tail 9 , 10 if 10 if 11 you 12 had 13 one 13 one 14 ? it would always be in your way . 1 it 2 would 2 would 4 be 3 always 4 be 4 be 6 your 5 in 6 your 6 your 7 way 7 way 8 . just think how many times [reddy] [fox] [or] [old] [granny] [fox] [have] [almost] [caught] [you] . 1 just 2 think 2 think 3 how 3 how 4 many 4 many 5 times 5 times 16 . they certainly would have before this , if you had had a long tail sticking out behind for them to get hold of . 1 they 3 would 2 certainly 3 would 3 would 4 have 4 have 20 to 5 before 6 this 5 before 13 long 7 , 8 if 8 if 9 you 8 if 10 had 8 if 11 had 11 had 12 a 12 a 13 long 13 long 14 tail 14 tail 15 sticking 15 sticking 16 out 15 sticking 17 behind 15 sticking 20 to 17 behind 19 them 18 for 19 them 20 to 21 get 21 get 22 hold 22 hold 23 of 23 of 24 . i had a long tail [when] [i] [was] young , and [i] was mighty glad to get rid of it . " 1 i 2 had 2 had 3 a 3 a 4 long 3 a 9 young 3 a 14 mighty 4 long 5 tail 9 young 11 and 10 , 11 and 13 was 14 mighty 14 mighty 21 . 15 glad 16 to 16 to 17 get 17 get 18 rid 18 rid 19 of 19 of 20 it 20 it 21 . 21 . 22 " after he heard that , [peter] [felt] [better] [.] 1 after 4 that 1 after 5 , 2 he 3 heard 3 heard 4 that he just stared and stared . 1 he 3 stared 1 he 5 stared 2 just 3 stared 4 and 5 stared 5 stared 6 . he [hardly] noticed the [wonderful] [dam] [or] [the] equally [wonderful] canals which [paddy] had made . 1 he 3 noticed 1 he 14 had 3 noticed 4 the 4 the 9 equally 9 equally 11 canals 11 canals 12 which 14 had 15 made 15 made 16 . the [very] [next] [morning] [he] hurried over [to] the [smiling] [pool] to tell [grandfather] [frog] about it . 1 the 6 hurried 6 hurried 18 . 7 over 9 the 7 over 12 to 12 to 13 tell 13 tell 16 about 16 about 17 it 17 it 18 . grandfather [frog] 's big [,] goggly eyes twinkled . 1 grandfather 6 goggly 3 's 6 goggly 4 big 6 goggly 6 goggly 7 eyes 6 goggly 8 twinkled 8 twinkled 9 . " [chug-a-rum] ! " said he . 1 " 3 ! 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 6 he 7 . " [paddy] [the] [beaver] [has] [one] [of] [the] [most] useful [tails] [i] know [of] . 1 " 10 useful 10 useful 15 . 13 know 15 . would you like to know how he comes by such a queer tail ? " 1 would 2 you 2 you 3 like 2 you 14 ? 3 like 4 to 4 to 5 know 5 know 6 how 6 how 8 comes 6 how 12 queer 7 he 8 comes 8 comes 9 by 10 such 11 a 10 such 12 queer 12 queer 13 tail 14 ? 15 " [[] [illustration] [:] [the] [first] [thing] [peter] [looked] [to] [see] [was] [what] [kind] [of] [a] [tail] [paddy] [has] [.] []] " oh , if you please ! 1 " 2 oh 2 oh 3 , 3 , 4 if 4 if 5 you 5 you 6 please 6 please 7 ! if you please , [grandfather] [frog] [!] 1 if 2 you 2 you 3 please 3 please 4 , i didn't suppose there was such a queer tail in all the world , and [i] don't see what possible use it can be . 1 i 3 suppose 1 i 17 don't 2 didn't 3 suppose 3 suppose 4 there 4 there 5 was 5 was 7 a 6 such 7 a 7 a 8 queer 8 queer 13 world 9 tail 10 in 10 in 13 world 11 all 13 world 12 the 13 world 13 world 14 , 14 , 15 and 17 don't 18 see 18 see 19 what 19 what 21 use 19 what 23 can 20 possible 21 use 21 use 22 it 23 can 24 be 24 be 25 . do tell me about it ! " cried [peter] . 1 do 2 tell 2 tell 3 me 3 me 4 about 3 me 6 ! 4 about 5 it 6 ! 7 " 7 " 8 cried 8 cried 10 . " [chug-a-rum] ! 1 " 3 ! " some people [never] do [learn] [to] [use] [their] [eyes] . " 1 " 5 do 2 some 3 people 3 people 5 do 5 do 11 . 11 . 12 " peter looked a bit sheepish , but he said nothing and waited patiently . 1 peter 2 looked 2 looked 5 sheepish 3 a 4 bit 4 bit 5 sheepish 5 sheepish 7 but 5 sheepish 10 nothing 5 sheepish 13 patiently 5 sheepish 14 . 6 , 7 but 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 nothing 11 and 12 waited 12 waited 13 patiently presently [grandfather] [frog] cleared his throat two or three times and [began] [to] [talk] . 1 presently 4 cleared 4 cleared 6 throat 5 his 6 throat 6 throat 7 two 6 throat 15 . 7 two 9 three 8 or 9 three 9 three 10 times 10 times 11 and " once upon a time , [long] , [long] ago , when the world was young " 1 " 10 ago 2 once 3 upon 2 once 8 , 3 upon 4 a 3 upon 5 time 5 time 6 , 8 , 10 ago 10 ago 11 , 11 , 12 when 12 when 13 the 13 the 14 world 14 world 16 young 14 world 17 " 15 was 16 young " it seems to me that everything wonderful happened long ago when the world was young , " interrupted [peter] . 1 " 19 interrupted 2 it 3 seems 2 it 9 happened 4 to 5 me 5 me 6 that 6 that 9 happened 7 everything 9 happened 8 wonderful 9 happened 9 happened 11 ago 10 long 11 ago 11 ago 12 when 12 when 13 the 13 the 14 world 14 world 16 young 14 world 17 , 15 was 16 young 17 , 18 " 18 " 19 interrupted 19 interrupted 21 . grandfather [frog] looked at [peter] severely , and [peter] hastened to beg his pardon . 1 grandfather 3 looked 1 grandfather 15 . 3 looked 4 at 3 looked 6 severely 7 , 8 and 7 , 10 hastened 10 hastened 11 to 10 hastened 14 pardon 11 to 12 beg 12 beg 13 his 14 pardon 15 . after a long time [grandfather] [frog] [began] [again] . 1 after 3 long 2 a 3 long 3 long 4 time 4 time 9 . " he was very thrifty , was [mr] [beaver] [;] not [at] [all] like some people [i] [know] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 was 2 he 7 was 3 was 4 very 4 very 5 thrifty 5 thrifty 6 , 7 was 11 not 11 not 14 like 14 like 16 people 15 some 16 people that is how he first came to think of making a dam and a pond . 1 that 2 is 2 is 10 making 3 how 6 came 4 he 6 came 5 first 6 came 6 came 7 to 7 to 8 think 8 think 9 of 9 of 10 making 10 making 11 a 10 making 12 dam 12 dam 13 and 12 dam 15 pond 14 a 15 pond 15 pond 16 . like [his] [small] cousin , [mr] [muskrat] , he was very fond of the water , and felt most at home and safest there . 1 like 4 cousin 4 cousin 5 , 5 , 9 he 8 , 9 he 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 very 11 very 12 fond 11 very 23 safest 12 fond 13 of 14 the 15 water 14 the 23 safest 15 water 16 , 17 and 23 safest 18 felt 23 safest 19 most 23 safest 20 at 21 home 21 home 23 safest 22 and 23 safest 23 safest 24 there 23 safest 25 . that made him think harder than ever . 1 that 2 made 2 made 3 him 2 made 5 harder 4 think 5 harder 5 harder 6 than 5 harder 7 ever 5 harder 8 . the more sticks he added , the bigger the pool grew . 1 the 3 sticks 2 more 3 sticks 3 sticks 11 grew 3 sticks 12 . 4 he 5 added 4 he 11 grew 5 added 6 , 7 the 11 grew 8 bigger 10 pool 8 bigger 11 grew 9 the 10 pool mr [beaver] [had] [discovered] [what] [a] dam [is] [for] and how to build it . 1 mr 7 dam 7 dam 15 . 10 and 11 how 11 how 13 build 12 to 13 build 13 build 14 it 14 it 15 . " now [cutting] [down] trees is [hard] [work] . 1 " 2 now 2 now 9 . 5 trees 6 is 5 trees 9 . yes , [siree] , cutting [down] trees is the hardest [kind] [of] [hard] [work] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 1 yes 15 . 4 , 5 cutting 5 cutting 7 trees 8 is 10 hardest 9 the 10 hardest 10 hardest 15 . mr [beaver] [had] [to] [sit] up on his hind legs to do it , and his legs grew very , very tired . 1 mr 6 up 6 up 23 . 7 on 9 hind 8 his 9 hind 9 hind 10 legs 10 legs 15 and 11 to 12 do 12 do 13 it 13 it 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 his 16 his 17 legs 17 legs 18 grew 17 legs 23 . 18 grew 22 tired 19 very 22 tired 20 , 21 very 21 very 22 tired in those days he had a tail very much like [the] tail [of] [jerry] [muskrat] . 1 in 3 days 1 in 6 a 2 those 3 days 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 a 6 a 7 tail 7 tail 10 like 7 tail 12 tail 8 very 9 much 9 much 10 like 12 tail 16 . it was very useful when he was swimming , but it was of no use at all at any other time . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 very 2 was 4 useful 4 useful 5 when 5 when 6 he 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 swimming 8 swimming 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 it 11 it 12 was 12 was 13 of 12 was 14 no 14 no 15 use 14 no 20 other 14 no 21 time 15 use 16 at 16 at 17 all 18 at 19 any 19 any 20 other 21 time 22 . sometimes he tried to brace himself with it when he was sitting up to cut trees , and found it of no help . 1 sometimes 2 he 2 he 3 tried 3 tried 4 to 3 tried 5 brace 3 tried 14 to 5 brace 6 himself 5 brace 7 with 5 brace 13 up 8 it 9 when 9 when 10 he 10 he 11 was 11 was 12 sitting 12 sitting 13 up 14 to 15 cut 14 to 23 help 15 cut 16 trees 15 cut 21 of 16 trees 18 and 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 found 19 found 20 it 22 no 23 help 23 help 24 . " he was working just as usual one day when [old] [mother] [nature] came [along] to see how he was getting on . 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 was 2 he 20 was 3 was 4 working 4 working 5 just 5 just 6 as 6 as 7 usual 8 one 9 day 9 day 10 when 10 when 14 came 14 came 16 to 16 to 17 see 17 see 18 how 18 how 19 he 19 he 20 was 20 was 21 getting 21 getting 22 on 22 on 23 . she saw the new dam and the new pond , and [she] asked [mr] [beaver] who had made them . 1 she 2 saw 1 she 17 had 2 saw 3 the 3 the 4 new 5 dam 6 and 5 dam 9 pond 6 and 7 the 7 the 8 new 9 pond 10 , 10 , 11 and 10 , 16 who 11 and 13 asked 16 who 17 had 17 had 18 made 18 made 19 them 19 them 20 . he told her that he had and explained why [.] 1 he 2 told 1 he 8 explained 2 told 3 her 2 told 4 that 4 that 5 he 5 he 6 had 7 and 8 explained 8 explained 9 why old [mother] [nature] [was] [greatly] [pleased] , [but] [she] [didn't] [say] [so] [.] 1 old 7 , she just passed the time of day with him and then sat down to watch him cut a tree . 1 she 12 sat 2 just 5 time 2 just 11 then 3 passed 4 the 4 the 5 time 5 time 6 of 7 day 10 and 8 with 9 him 9 him 10 and 10 and 11 then 11 then 12 sat 12 sat 13 down 13 down 19 tree 14 to 15 watch 15 watch 16 him 15 watch 19 tree 17 cut 19 tree 18 a 19 tree 19 tree 20 . she saw him try to brace himself with his useless tail , and she saw him stop to rest his tired legs . 1 she 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 3 him 18 to 4 try 5 to 4 try 6 brace 4 try 17 stop 4 try 18 to 6 brace 7 himself 6 brace 8 with 6 brace 13 and 8 with 9 his 9 his 11 tail 10 useless 11 tail 12 , 13 and 14 she 15 saw 15 saw 16 him 16 him 17 stop 18 to 19 rest 19 rest 22 legs 19 rest 23 . 20 his 22 legs 21 tired 22 legs " ' [that] [looks] to me [like] pretty hard work , ' said [old] [mother] [nature] . 1 " 13 said 1 " 17 . 2 ' 13 said 5 to 6 me 5 to 10 work 8 pretty 9 hard 9 hard 10 work 10 work 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said " ['so] it [is] , ' replied [mr] [beaver] , stretching [first] one leg and then another . 1 " 3 it 3 it 18 . 5 , 6 ' 5 , 11 stretching 6 ' 7 replied 10 , 11 stretching 11 stretching 14 leg 13 one 14 leg 14 leg 15 and 14 leg 17 another 14 leg 18 . 15 and 16 then ' [but] [things] worth [having] are worth working for , ' and with that he began cutting again . 1 ' 4 worth 4 worth 8 working 6 are 7 worth 7 worth 8 working 8 working 9 for 8 working 17 cutting 10 , 11 ' 10 , 12 and 12 and 16 began 13 with 14 that 14 that 15 he 15 he 16 began 16 began 17 cutting 17 cutting 18 again 18 again 19 . " ' [you] ought to have something to sit [on] , ' said [old] [mother] [nature] , her eyes twinkling . 1 " 4 ought 2 ' 4 ought 4 ought 21 . 5 to 6 have 5 to 18 her 6 have 7 something 7 something 8 to 8 to 9 sit 9 sit 11 , 11 , 12 ' 12 ' 13 said 13 said 17 , 18 her 19 eyes 19 eyes 20 twinkling 19 eyes 21 . " [mr] [beaver] [grinned] . 1 " 5 . " the next morning when he awoke , he had the greatest surprise of his life . 1 " 6 he 1 " 9 he 2 the 3 next 3 next 4 morning 4 morning 5 when 5 when 6 he 6 he 7 awoke 7 awoke 8 , 9 he 10 had 10 had 13 surprise 11 the 12 greatest 12 greatest 13 surprise 13 surprise 17 . 14 of 16 life 15 his 16 life 16 life 17 . he had a new tail ! 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 a 3 a 4 new 4 new 5 tail 5 tail 6 ! it was broad and thick and flat . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 broad 3 broad 4 and 3 broad 5 thick 5 thick 6 and 5 thick 7 flat 7 flat 8 . it wasn't like any tail he had ever seen or heard of . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 like 2 wasn't 4 any 4 any 5 tail 4 any 12 of 4 any 13 . 6 he 7 had 7 had 11 heard 8 ever 9 seen 8 ever 11 heard 9 seen 10 or 11 heard 12 of it was almost like a stool to sit on , and he could work all day long without tiring his legs . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 almost 2 was 5 a 4 like 5 a 5 a 6 stool 5 a 17 long 6 stool 8 sit 6 stool 11 and 7 to 8 sit 8 sit 9 on 10 , 11 and 12 he 13 could 13 could 14 work 14 work 15 all 15 all 16 day 16 day 17 long 17 long 21 legs 18 without 19 tiring 19 tiring 21 legs 20 his 21 legs 21 legs 22 . then was [mr] [beaver] very happy , and [to] [show] [how] [happy] he was , he worked harder than ever . 1 then 13 he 2 was 5 very 5 very 6 happy 6 happy 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 13 he 13 he 14 was 14 was 17 worked 15 , 16 he 16 he 17 worked 17 worked 21 . 18 harder 19 than 19 than 20 ever 20 ever 21 . " ' [why] , ' he cried , ' [i] believe it is the most useful tail in all the world ! ' 1 " 7 cried 2 ' 7 cried 4 , 5 ' 5 ' 7 cried 6 he 7 cried 7 cried 8 , 7 cried 14 the 8 , 9 ' 9 ' 13 is 11 believe 12 it 12 it 13 is 14 the 15 most 14 the 21 world 15 most 16 useful 16 useful 17 tail 18 in 21 world 19 all 21 world 20 the 21 world 21 world 22 ! 22 ! 23 ' " and [then] he wished with all his might that [old] [mother] [nature] would return so that he [might] thank her for it . 1 " 4 he 1 " 18 he 2 and 4 he 4 he 5 wished 5 wished 9 might 5 wished 10 that 6 with 7 all 7 all 9 might 8 his 9 might 10 that 14 would 14 would 15 return 16 so 17 that 17 that 18 he 18 he 24 . 20 thank 22 for 21 her 22 for 22 for 23 it 23 it 24 . and that , " concluded [grandfather] [frog] , " is how [mr] [beaver] came [by] [his] [broad] [tail] . 1 and 2 that 1 and 19 . 3 , 4 " 3 , 19 . 4 " 5 concluded 5 concluded 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 is 9 " 11 how 11 how 14 came you see , [old] [mother] [nature] [always] [helps] [those] who [help] [themselves] . 1 you 2 see 1 you 13 . 3 , 10 who 3 , 13 . and ever since that [long-ago] day , all [beavers] [have] had broad tails , and have been the greatest workers in the world . " 1 and 3 since 2 ever 3 since 3 since 6 day 4 that 6 day 6 day 7 , 7 , 25 " 8 all 20 workers 11 had 12 broad 12 broad 13 tails 13 tails 15 and 13 tails 20 workers 14 , 15 and 16 have 17 been 17 been 20 workers 18 the 19 greatest 19 greatest 20 workers 20 workers 21 in 20 workers 23 world 22 the 23 world 23 world 24 . 24 . 25 " end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [mother] [west] [wind] ['] [why] ['] [stories] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of 2 of 3 the 3 the 7 of