[produced] [by] [kent] [fielden] [.] [html] [version] [by] [al] [haines] [.] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] [contents] [chapter] [i] [:] [peter] [rabbit] [meets] [lightfoot] peter [rabbit] was [on] [his] [way] [back] [from] [the] [pond] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [deep] [in] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 peter 3 was 1 peter 20 . [farewells] [are] [always] [rather] [sad] [,] [and] [this] [particular] [farewell] [had] [left] [peter] [with] [a] [lump] [in] [his] [throat] [,] [a] [queer] [,] [choky] [feeling] [.] " [if] [i] [were] [sure] [that] [they] would return next spring , [it] [wouldn't] [be] [so] [bad] [,] " he muttered . 1 " 21 muttered 8 would 9 return 9 return 11 spring 10 next 11 spring 11 spring 12 , 12 , 19 " 19 " 21 muttered 20 he 21 muttered 21 muttered 22 . " it 's [those] [terrible] [guns] [.] 1 " 3 's 2 it 3 's i know what it is to have to watch out for them . 1 i 2 know 1 i 6 to 1 i 7 have 2 know 3 what 3 what 5 is 4 it 5 is 7 have 8 to 8 to 9 watch 9 watch 10 out 9 watch 11 for 9 watch 12 them 12 them 13 . farmer [brown] 's boy [used] [to] [hunt] [me] [with] [one] [of] [them] , [but] [he] [doesn't] [any] [more] [.] 1 farmer 3 's 1 farmer 4 boy 4 boy 13 , but even when he did [hunt] [me] it wasn't [anything] [like] [what] [the] [ducks] [have] [to] [go] [through] . 1 but 5 did 1 but 9 wasn't 2 even 3 when 3 when 4 he 4 he 5 did 8 it 9 wasn't 9 wasn't 19 . i never had to worry about my meals . 1 i 2 never 2 never 8 meals 3 had 8 meals 4 to 5 worry 5 worry 6 about 5 worry 8 meals 7 my 8 meals 8 meals 9 . but [with] [the] [ducks] it is a thousand times [worse] . 1 but 5 it 5 it 6 is 5 it 11 . 6 is 7 a 7 a 8 thousand 8 thousand 9 times they 've got to eat while making that long journey , and they can eat only where there is the right kind of food . 1 they 3 got 2 've 3 got 3 got 10 journey 4 to 5 eat 5 eat 10 journey 6 while 10 journey 7 making 8 that 7 making 10 journey 9 long 10 journey 10 journey 15 eat 10 journey 25 . 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 they 13 they 15 eat 14 can 15 eat 15 eat 24 food 16 only 24 food 17 where 19 is 18 there 19 is 19 is 20 the 19 is 21 right 19 is 22 kind 22 kind 23 of 22 kind 24 food that isn't hunting . 1 that 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 hunting 3 hunting 4 . it's it's " 1 it's 2 it's 2 it's 3 " " well , what is it ? 1 " 2 well 1 " 4 what 2 well 3 , 4 what 5 is 5 is 7 ? 6 it 7 ? what are you talking [to] [yourself] about , [peter] [rabbit] ? " 1 what 4 talking 1 what 11 ? 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 talking 4 talking 7 about 7 about 8 , 11 ? 12 " " it 's [awful] [,] " [declared] [peter] [.] 1 " 3 's 1 " 6 " 2 it 3 's " [it] 's worse than [unfair] [.] 1 " 3 's 3 's 4 worse 4 worse 5 than it doesn't give them any chance at all . " 1 it 2 doesn't 1 it 8 all 2 doesn't 6 chance 3 give 4 them 3 give 6 chance 5 any 6 chance 7 at 8 all 8 all 9 . 9 . 10 " peter grinned . 1 peter 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 . lightfoot listened and his great soft eyes were filled [with] [pity] [for] [the] [quack] [family] [.] 1 lightfoot 2 listened 1 lightfoot 4 his 1 lightfoot 6 soft 2 listened 3 and 5 great 6 soft 6 soft 7 eyes 7 eyes 8 were 7 eyes 9 filled " [i] hope they will [get] [through] all right , " said he , " and [i] [hope] they will [get] [back] in the spring . 1 " 3 hope 1 " 12 said 4 they 5 will 4 they 8 all 8 all 9 right 9 right 11 " 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 12 said 14 , 12 said 26 . 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 and 16 and 19 they 19 they 20 will 23 in 24 the 23 in 26 . 24 the 25 spring men are strange creatures . 1 men 4 creatures 2 are 4 creatures 3 strange 4 creatures 4 creatures 5 . i do not understand them at all . 1 i 4 understand 2 do 4 understand 3 not 4 understand 4 understand 7 all 4 understand 8 . 5 them 7 all 6 at 7 all none of the [people] of the [green] [forest] [would] [think] of [doing] [such] [terrible] [things] . 1 none 2 of 2 of 3 the 3 the 5 of 5 of 6 the 6 the 11 of 11 of 16 . and [yet] [that] [is] what men seem to do it for . 1 and 5 what 5 what 9 do 6 men 7 seem 7 seem 8 to 8 to 9 do 9 do 10 it 9 do 11 for 11 for 12 . i guess the trouble is they never have been hunted themselves and don't know how it feels . 1 i 2 guess 2 guess 17 feels 3 the 4 trouble 4 trouble 5 is 4 trouble 10 hunted 6 they 10 hunted 7 never 8 have 8 have 9 been 8 have 10 hunted 10 hunted 11 themselves 11 themselves 17 feels 12 and 17 feels 13 don't 14 know 14 know 15 how 15 how 16 it 15 how 17 feels 17 feels 18 . sometimes [i] [think] [i] ['ll] [hunt] [one] [some] [day] [just] to teach him a lesson . 1 sometimes 15 lesson 11 to 12 teach 12 teach 13 him 12 teach 15 lesson 14 a 15 lesson 15 lesson 16 . what are you laughing at [,] [peter] ? " 1 what 8 ? 2 are 8 ? 3 you 8 ? 4 laughing 5 at 4 laughing 8 ? 8 ? 9 " " at the [idea] of [you] [hunting] a man , " replied [peter] . 1 " 12 replied 2 at 3 the 3 the 9 man 5 of 8 a 8 a 9 man 9 man 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 replied 12 replied 14 . " [your] [heart] is all right , [lightfoot] , but you are too [timid] [and] [gentle] [to] [frighten] [any] [one] . 1 " 4 is 1 " 11 you 4 is 6 right 5 all 6 right 6 right 7 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 you 11 you 12 are 12 are 13 too 13 too 21 . big as you are [i] [wouldn't] [fear] [you] . ["] 1 big 2 as 2 as 3 you 3 you 4 are 4 are 9 . with a [single] [swift] [bound] [lightfoot] [sprang] [out] [in] [front] [of] [peter] [.] 1 with 2 a his eyes [,] [which] [peter] had always thought so soft and gentle , seemed to flash fire . 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 16 flash 2 eyes 18 . 6 had 7 always 7 always 8 thought 7 always 12 gentle 9 so 12 gentle 10 soft 11 and 10 soft 12 gentle 12 gentle 13 , 12 gentle 14 seemed 12 gentle 16 flash 14 seemed 15 to 16 flash 17 fire lightfoot chuckled . 1 lightfoot 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 . " did you [say] [i] [couldn't] [frighten] [any] [one] ? " he demanded . 1 " 13 demanded 2 did 3 you 3 you 10 ? 10 ? 11 " 10 ? 13 demanded 12 he 13 demanded 13 demanded 14 . " [i] [i] didn't know you [could] [look] [so] [terribly] [fierce] , " [stammered] [peter] [.] 1 " 6 you 1 " 12 , 4 didn't 5 know 4 didn't 6 you 12 , 13 " " [those] [antlers] [look] [really] [dangerous] when you [point] [them] [that] [way] [.] 1 " 8 you 7 when 8 you why why what is that hanging to them ? 1 why 9 ? 2 why 9 ? 3 what 4 is 3 what 6 hanging 3 what 9 ? 5 that 6 hanging 6 hanging 8 them 7 to 8 them it looks like bits of old fur . 1 it 2 looks 2 looks 3 like 2 looks 7 fur 4 bits 5 of 4 bits 7 fur 6 old 7 fur 7 fur 8 . have you been [tearing] [somebody] ['s] [coat] [,] [lightfoot] ? " 1 have 2 you 2 you 3 been 2 you 10 ? 10 ? 11 " peter 's eyes were wide with wonder and suspicion . 1 peter 5 wide 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 were 3 eyes 5 wide 5 wide 9 suspicion 6 with 9 suspicion 7 wonder 9 suspicion 8 and 9 suspicion 9 suspicion 10 . [chapter] [ii] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [new] [antlers] peter [rabbit] was [puzzled] . 1 peter 3 was 1 peter 5 . he stared at [lightfoot] the [deer] [a] [wee] [bit] [suspiciously] . 1 he 2 stared 2 stared 3 at 2 stared 11 . 3 at 5 the " have you been [tearing] [somebody] ['s] [coat] ? " he asked [again] . 1 " 12 asked 2 have 3 you 3 you 4 been 3 you 9 ? 9 ? 10 " 9 ? 11 he 11 he 12 asked 12 asked 14 . he didn't like to think it of [lightfoot] , [whom] he [always] had [believed] [quite] [as] [gentle] [,] [harmless] [,] [and] [timid] [as] himself . 1 he 2 didn't 1 he 24 himself 2 didn't 3 like 2 didn't 5 think 4 to 5 think 5 think 6 it 5 think 7 of 7 of 9 , 11 he 13 had 11 he 24 himself 24 himself 25 . but what [else] [could] [he] think ? 1 but 2 what 2 what 6 think 2 what 7 ? lightfoot slowly shook his head . 1 lightfoot 3 shook 2 slowly 3 shook 3 shook 5 head 4 his 5 head 5 head 6 . " no , " said he , " [i] haven't [torn] [anybody] ['s] [coat] . " 1 " 5 said 2 no 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 , 5 said 15 . 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 haven't 15 . 16 " " [then] what [are] [those] [rags] [hanging] [on] your [antlers] ? " demanded [peter] . 1 " 13 demanded 3 what 11 ? 9 your 11 ? 11 ? 12 " 11 ? 13 demanded 13 demanded 15 . lightfoot chuckled . 1 lightfoot 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 . " they are what is left of the coverings of my new antlers , " he explained . 1 " 17 explained 2 they 3 are 3 are 9 coverings 4 what 9 coverings 5 is 9 coverings 6 left 9 coverings 7 of 9 coverings 8 the 9 coverings 9 coverings 10 of 9 coverings 11 my 9 coverings 12 new 9 coverings 13 antlers 13 antlers 17 explained 14 , 17 explained 15 " 17 explained 16 he 17 explained 17 explained 18 . " what 's that ? 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 's 2 what 5 ? 4 that 5 ? what do you mean by new antlers ? " 1 what 4 mean 1 what 8 ? 2 do 4 mean 3 you 4 mean 4 mean 7 antlers 5 by 7 antlers 6 new 7 antlers 8 ? 9 " peter [was] [sitting] [up] [very] [straight] , [with] [his] [eyes] [fixed] [on] [lightfoot] ['s] [antlers] as though he never had seen [them] before . 1 peter 7 , 7 , 16 as 16 as 23 before 17 though 18 he 18 he 19 never 18 he 20 had 20 had 21 seen 21 seen 23 before 23 before 24 . " just what [i] said , " retorted [lightfoot] . 1 " 8 retorted 2 just 3 what 3 what 5 said 5 said 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 retorted 8 retorted 10 . " what do you think of them ? 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 do 3 do 4 you 3 do 5 think 5 think 6 of 6 of 7 them 7 them 8 ? i think they are [the] [finest] [antlers] [i] 've ever [had] [.] 1 i 2 think 1 i 9 've 2 think 4 are 3 they 4 are 9 've 10 ever lightfoot rubbed his antlers against the trunk of a tree till some of the rags hanging to them dropped off . 1 lightfoot 4 antlers 2 rubbed 3 his 2 rubbed 4 antlers 4 antlers 5 against 4 antlers 7 trunk 6 the 7 trunk 7 trunk 8 of 7 trunk 10 tree 9 a 10 tree 10 tree 15 rags 10 tree 21 . 11 till 15 rags 12 some 15 rags 13 of 14 the 13 of 15 rags 15 rags 16 hanging 15 rags 17 to 15 rags 18 them 15 rags 19 dropped 15 rags 20 off peter blinked very hard . 1 peter 2 blinked 2 blinked 4 hard 3 very 4 hard 4 hard 5 . he was trying to understand and he couldn't . 1 he 8 couldn't 2 was 3 trying 3 trying 4 to 3 trying 5 understand 5 understand 8 couldn't 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 couldn't 8 couldn't 9 . finally he said [so] . 1 finally 2 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 5 . " what kind of a story are you trying to fill me up with ? " he demanded indignantly . 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 kind 3 kind 4 of 3 kind 19 indignantly 5 a 6 story 6 story 11 fill 6 story 19 indignantly 7 are 8 you 7 are 9 trying 9 trying 10 to 9 trying 11 fill 11 fill 12 me 11 fill 13 up 11 fill 14 with 15 ? 16 " 15 ? 18 demanded 17 he 18 demanded 18 demanded 19 indignantly 19 indignantly 20 . " do you mean to tell me that [those] are not [the] [antlers] [that] you have had [as] [long] [as] [i] ['ve] [known] you ? 1 " 4 mean 2 do 4 mean 3 you 4 mean 4 mean 5 to 4 mean 6 tell 4 mean 25 ? 6 tell 7 me 6 tell 8 that 6 tell 15 you 8 that 11 not 10 are 11 not 15 you 16 have 16 have 17 had 24 you 25 ? how can anything hard like those antlers grow ? 1 how 2 can 1 how 7 antlers 1 how 9 ? 3 anything 7 antlers 4 hard 7 antlers 5 like 7 antlers 6 those 7 antlers 7 antlers 8 grow and if those are new ones , where are the old ones ? 1 and 2 if 2 if 3 those 3 those 4 are 3 those 12 ones 3 those 13 ? 5 new 12 ones 6 ones 9 are 6 ones 12 ones 7 , 8 where 8 where 9 are 10 the 11 old 11 old 12 ones show me the old ones , and perhaps [i] 'll believe that these are new ones . 1 show 2 me 1 show 16 ones 3 the 4 old 4 old 16 ones 5 ones 8 perhaps 5 ones 11 believe 5 ones 16 ones 6 , 7 and 6 , 8 perhaps 8 perhaps 10 'll 11 believe 12 that 13 these 14 are 13 these 16 ones 15 new 16 ones 16 ones 17 . the idea of trying to make me believe that antlers grow just like plants ! 1 the 2 idea 2 idea 3 of 2 idea 4 trying 4 trying 5 to 4 trying 6 make 4 trying 8 believe 6 make 7 me 8 believe 9 that 8 believe 14 plants 10 antlers 14 plants 11 grow 14 plants 12 just 14 plants 13 like 14 plants 14 plants 15 ! i 've seen [bossy] [the] [cow] [all] [summer] [and] [i] [know] she has got the same horns she had last summer . 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 seen 2 've 14 got 12 she 13 has 13 has 14 got 14 got 17 horns 15 the 16 same 16 same 17 horns 17 horns 21 summer 18 she 19 had 19 had 21 summer 20 last 21 summer 21 summer 22 . new antlers indeed ! " 1 new 2 antlers 2 antlers 3 indeed 3 indeed 4 ! 4 ! 5 " " you are quite right , [peter] , [quite] [right] [about] [bossy] [the] [cow] [.] 1 " 2 you 1 " 8 , 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 quite 4 quite 5 right 5 right 6 , she never has [new] [horns] [,] [but] [that] [isn't] any [reason] [why] [i] [shouldn't] [have] [new] [antlers] [,] [is] [it] [?] ["] [replied] [lightfoot] [patiently] [.] 1 she 2 never 1 she 3 has 3 has 10 any " [her] [horns] [are] [quite] [different] [from] my [antlers] . 1 " 8 my 8 my 10 . i have a new pair every year . 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 a 3 a 7 year 4 new 5 pair 4 new 7 year 5 pair 6 every 7 year 8 . you haven't seen me all summer , have you , [peter] ? " 1 you 2 haven't 1 you 8 have 1 you 12 ? 2 haven't 3 seen 2 haven't 6 summer 4 me 5 all 5 all 6 summer 6 summer 7 , 9 you 10 , 9 you 12 ? 12 ? 13 " " no , [i] [don't] [remember] [that] [i] [have] [,] " replied [peter] , [trying] [very] [hard] [to] remember when he had [last] seen [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 , 2 no 14 , 3 , 11 " 11 " 12 replied 14 , 21 he 19 remember 20 when 20 when 21 he 21 he 22 had 22 had 24 seen 24 seen 26 . " [i] [know] [you] [haven't] , " retorted [lightfoot] . 1 " 8 retorted 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 retorted 8 retorted 10 . " [i] know it [because] [i] have been [hiding] in a place [you] [never] [visit] . " 1 " 3 know 1 " 17 " 3 know 4 it 7 have 8 been 8 been 10 in 10 in 12 place 11 a 12 place 12 place 16 . 16 . 17 " " what have you been [hiding] for ? " demanded [peter] . 1 " 10 demanded 2 what 3 have 2 what 8 ? 3 have 4 you 3 have 5 been 5 been 7 for 8 ? 9 " 8 ? 10 demanded 10 demanded 12 . " for my new [antlers] [to] [grow] , " replied [lightfoot] . 1 " 10 replied 2 for 3 my 3 my 4 new 3 my 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 replied 10 replied 12 . " [when] my [new] [antlers] [are] [growing] [,] [i] [want] [to] [be] [away] [by] [myself] . 1 " 3 my 3 my 16 . i don't like to be seen without them or with halfgrown ones . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 2 don't 5 be 4 to 5 be 5 be 11 halfgrown 6 seen 11 halfgrown 7 without 11 halfgrown 8 them 11 halfgrown 9 or 11 halfgrown 10 with 11 halfgrown 11 halfgrown 12 ones 11 halfgrown 13 . besides , [i] [am] [very] [uncomfortable] [while] [the] [new] [antlers] [are] [growing] and [i] [want] to be alone . " 1 besides 2 , 2 , 13 and 13 and 16 to 16 to 17 be 17 be 18 alone 18 alone 19 . 19 . 20 " " they [dropped] [off] [last] [spring] , but [i] [don't] [remember] just where , " replied [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 they 1 " 16 replied 7 , 8 but 7 , 16 replied 8 but 12 just 12 just 13 where 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 replied 16 replied 18 . " [i] [was] [too] glad [to] [be] [rid] [of] [them] [to] [notice] [where] [they] [dropped] [.] 1 " 5 glad i 've got one more [point] [on] [each] than [i] [had] last year [.] ["] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 got 2 've 13 year 4 one 5 more 5 more 9 than 9 than 13 year 12 last 13 year lightfoot began once more to rub his antlers against the tree to get off the queer rags hanging to them and to polish the points . 1 lightfoot 8 antlers 2 began 6 rub 3 once 4 more 3 once 6 rub 5 to 6 rub 6 rub 7 his 6 rub 8 antlers 8 antlers 9 against 8 antlers 11 tree 10 the 11 tree 11 tree 17 rags 12 to 13 get 13 get 17 rags 14 off 15 the 14 off 17 rags 16 queer 17 rags 17 rags 18 hanging 17 rags 19 to 17 rags 20 them 17 rags 21 and 17 rags 23 polish 22 to 23 polish 23 polish 25 points 24 the 25 points 25 points 26 . peter watched in silence for a few minutes . 1 peter 2 watched 1 peter 9 . 2 watched 8 minutes 3 in 4 silence 4 silence 8 minutes 5 for 8 minutes 6 a 7 few 7 few 8 minutes then , all his suspicions returning , he said : 1 then 2 , 1 then 5 suspicions 3 all 5 suspicions 4 his 5 suspicions 5 suspicions 6 returning 5 suspicions 8 he 5 suspicions 10 : 7 , 8 he 9 said 10 : " but you haven't told me anything about those rags hanging to your antlers . " 1 " 4 haven't 2 but 4 haven't 3 you 4 haven't 4 haven't 5 told 4 haven't 7 anything 5 told 6 me 7 anything 8 about 7 anything 14 antlers 9 those 14 antlers 10 rags 11 hanging 10 rags 12 to 10 rags 13 your 10 rags 14 antlers 14 antlers 16 " 15 . 16 " " and you [haven't] [believed] [what] [i] have already told you , " [retorted] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 3 you 1 " 12 , 2 and 3 you 3 you 8 have 8 have 9 already 9 already 10 told 10 told 11 you 12 , 13 " " [i] don't like telling things to people who [won't] believe me . " 1 " 3 don't 1 " 14 " 3 don't 4 like 4 like 8 people 5 telling 6 things 5 telling 8 people 6 things 7 to 8 people 9 who 11 believe 12 me 12 me 14 " 13 . 14 " [chapter] [iii] [:] [lightfoot] [tells] [how] [his] [antlers] [grew] it is hard to believe what seems impossible . 1 it 2 is 1 it 7 seems 3 hard 4 to 3 hard 5 believe 3 hard 7 seems 5 believe 6 what 7 seems 8 impossible 8 impossible 9 . and yet what seems impossible to you may be a very commonplace matter to some one else . 1 and 2 yet 2 yet 4 seems 3 what 4 seems 4 seems 5 impossible 4 seems 6 to 4 seems 12 commonplace 7 you 8 may 8 may 9 be 8 may 12 commonplace 10 a 12 commonplace 11 very 12 commonplace 12 commonplace 13 matter 12 commonplace 15 some 12 commonplace 17 else 12 commonplace 18 . 14 to 15 some 16 one 17 else so it does not do to say that a thing cannot be possible just because you cannot understand how it can be . 1 so 3 does 2 it 3 does 3 does 4 not 4 not 18 understand 5 do 7 say 5 do 10 thing 5 do 18 understand 6 to 7 say 7 say 8 that 9 a 10 thing 11 cannot 12 be 11 cannot 18 understand 13 possible 15 because 13 possible 17 cannot 14 just 15 because 16 you 17 cannot 17 cannot 18 understand 18 understand 19 how 18 understand 23 . 19 how 20 it 19 how 21 can 21 can 22 be peter [rabbit] [wanted] [to] [believe] [what] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [had] [just] told him , but somehow he couldn't . 1 peter 12 told 12 told 13 him 13 him 14 , 13 him 19 . 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 somehow 16 somehow 18 couldn't 17 he 18 couldn't if he had seen those antlers growing , it would have been another matter . 1 if 12 been 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 seen 3 had 12 been 4 seen 6 antlers 5 those 6 antlers 6 antlers 7 growing 7 growing 8 , 9 it 10 would 10 would 11 have 11 have 12 been 12 been 13 another 13 another 14 matter 13 another 15 . but he hadn't seen [lightfoot] [since] the [very] last [of] [winter] , and [then] [lightfoot] [had] [worn] [just] [such] [handsome] [antlers] [as] [he] now [had] [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 24 now 2 he 3 hadn't 3 hadn't 4 seen 7 the 9 last 9 last 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 24 now " [i] 'm [trying] to believe it , " he said , quite humbly . 1 " 3 'm 1 " 11 said 5 to 6 believe 6 believe 7 it 7 it 8 , 8 , 11 said 9 " 11 said 10 he 11 said 11 said 14 humbly 11 said 15 . 12 , 14 humbly 13 quite 14 humbly " it 's all [true] [,] " [broke] [in] [another] [voice] [.] 1 " 3 's 1 " 7 " 2 it 3 's 3 's 4 all peter jumped and turned [to] [find] [his] [big] [cousin] [,] [jumper] [the] [hare] . 1 peter 2 jumped 1 peter 14 . 2 jumped 3 and 2 jumped 4 turned [unseen] [and] [unheard] [,] [he] [had] [stolen] [up] [and] [had] [overheard] [what] [peter] [and] [lightfoot] [had] [said] [.] " how do you know it is true ? " [snapped] [peter] [a] [little] [crossly] [,] [for] [jumper] had [startled] him . 1 " 4 you 1 " 7 is 2 how 3 do 3 do 4 you 4 you 5 know 6 it 7 is 7 is 8 true 7 is 9 ? 9 ? 10 " 9 ? 22 . 19 had 21 him 21 him 22 . " all right ! 1 " 4 ! 2 all 3 right 3 right 4 ! i 'll believe [anything] that [lightfoot] [tells] me if you say it is [true] [,] ["] [declared] [peter] [,] [who] [greatly] [admires] [his] [cousin] [,] [jumper] . 1 i 2 'll 1 i 3 believe 3 believe 5 that 5 that 13 is 8 me 9 if 9 if 10 you 10 you 11 say 11 say 12 it 12 it 13 is 13 is 27 . " [now] tell me about [those] [rags] [,] [lightfoot] . 1 " 3 tell 3 tell 4 me 3 tell 5 about 5 about 10 . please do . " 1 please 2 do 1 please 4 " 3 . 4 " lightfoot couldn't resist that " please . " 1 lightfoot 3 resist 2 couldn't 3 resist 3 resist 4 that 3 resist 6 please 5 " 6 please 6 please 8 " 7 . 8 " " [very] [soon] [after] my [old] [ones] [dropped] [off] [the] [new] [ones] [began] [to] [grow] . 1 " 5 my 5 my 16 . they were not hard , not at all like they are now . 1 they 2 were 1 they 11 are 2 were 3 not 2 were 4 hard 2 were 6 not 4 hard 5 , 6 not 7 at 7 at 8 all 8 all 9 like 10 they 11 are 11 are 12 now 12 now 13 . they were soft and very tender , and the blood ran through them just as it does through our bodies . 1 they 2 were 2 were 6 tender 3 soft 4 and 3 soft 6 tender 5 very 6 tender 6 tender 8 and 6 tender 10 blood 7 , 8 and 9 the 10 blood 10 blood 11 ran 11 ran 12 through 11 ran 13 them 11 ran 15 as 11 ran 18 through 14 just 15 as 15 as 17 does 16 it 17 does 18 through 20 bodies 19 our 20 bodies 20 bodies 21 . they were covered with a sort of skin with hairs on it like thin fur . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 covered 3 covered 4 with 3 covered 6 sort 5 a 6 sort 6 sort 7 of 6 sort 10 hairs 8 skin 10 hairs 9 with 10 hairs 10 hairs 11 on 10 hairs 12 it 10 hairs 13 like 10 hairs 14 thin 10 hairs 15 fur 10 hairs 16 . the ends were not sharply pointed they now are , but were big and rounded , like knobs . 1 the 2 ends 2 ends 3 were 3 were 4 not 3 were 6 pointed 3 were 18 knobs 5 sharply 6 pointed 7 they 9 are 7 they 12 were 8 now 9 are 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 were 12 were 18 knobs 13 big 18 knobs 14 and 18 knobs 15 rounded 18 knobs 16 , 18 knobs 17 like 18 knobs 18 knobs 19 . they were not like antlers at all , and they made my head hot and were very uncomfortable . 1 they 2 were 1 they 5 antlers 3 not 5 antlers 4 like 5 antlers 5 antlers 7 all 5 antlers 11 made 6 at 7 all 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 made 10 they 11 made 11 made 18 uncomfortable 12 my 13 head 13 head 14 hot 14 hot 15 and 14 hot 18 uncomfortable 16 were 17 very 17 very 18 uncomfortable 18 uncomfortable 19 . that is why [i] [hid] [away] [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 why it seemed to me sometimes as if all my strength went into those new antlers . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 10 strength 3 to 4 me 5 sometimes 7 if 5 sometimes 10 strength 6 as 7 if 8 all 10 strength 9 my 10 strength 10 strength 15 antlers 10 strength 16 . 11 went 12 into 12 into 15 antlers 13 those 15 antlers 14 new 15 antlers and [i] [had] to be [very] careful not [to] [hit] [them] [against] [anything] [.] 1 and 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 7 careful 7 careful 8 not in the first place it would have hurt , and in the second place it might have spoiled the shape of them . 1 in 4 place 2 the 3 first 3 first 4 place 4 place 18 spoiled 5 it 8 hurt 6 would 7 have 6 would 8 hurt 8 hurt 9 , 8 hurt 13 second 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 in 12 the 13 second 13 second 18 spoiled 14 place 18 spoiled 15 it 16 might 16 might 17 have 16 might 18 spoiled 18 spoiled 20 shape 18 spoiled 23 . 19 the 20 shape 20 shape 21 of 21 of 22 them " [when] [they] [had] [grown] [to] [the] [length] you [now] see , [they] [began] [to] [shrink] and [grow] hard . 1 " 9 you 9 you 11 see 11 see 12 , 12 , 17 and 17 and 19 hard 19 hard 20 . the knobs on the ends shrank until they became pointed . 1 the 2 knobs 2 knobs 3 on 2 knobs 4 the 2 knobs 5 ends 2 knobs 6 shrank 2 knobs 7 until 2 knobs 8 they 2 knobs 11 . 8 they 9 became 9 became 10 pointed as soon as they stopped growing the blood stopped flowing up in them , and as they became hard they were no longer tender . 1 as 2 soon 2 soon 3 as 2 soon 16 as 2 soon 17 they 2 soon 18 became 4 they 10 flowing 5 stopped 10 flowing 6 growing 10 flowing 7 the 8 blood 8 blood 10 flowing 9 stopped 10 flowing 10 flowing 11 up 10 flowing 12 in 10 flowing 13 them 10 flowing 15 and 10 flowing 16 as 14 , 15 and 18 became 24 tender 19 hard 24 tender 20 they 21 were 21 were 24 tender 22 no 23 longer 23 longer 24 tender 24 tender 25 . the skin which had covered them grew dry and split , and [i] rubbed it off on trees and bushes . 1 the 5 covered 2 skin 3 which 2 skin 5 covered 3 which 4 had 5 covered 10 split 6 them 10 split 7 grew 10 split 8 dry 9 and 8 dry 10 split 10 split 14 rubbed 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 rubbed 14 rubbed 15 it 14 rubbed 20 bushes 16 off 20 bushes 17 on 20 bushes 18 trees 19 and 18 trees 20 bushes 20 bushes 21 . the little rags you see are what is left [,] [but] [i] will soon be rid of those . 1 the 2 little 1 the 17 of 2 little 3 rags 3 rags 5 see 3 rags 6 are 3 rags 7 what 3 rags 9 left 4 you 5 see 7 what 8 is 13 will 14 soon 14 soon 16 rid 15 be 16 rid 16 rid 17 of 17 of 18 those 17 of 19 . lightfoot tossed his head proudly and rattled his wonderful antlers against the nearest tree . 1 lightfoot 7 rattled 2 tossed 4 head 2 tossed 7 rattled 3 his 4 head 5 proudly 7 rattled 6 and 7 rattled 7 rattled 8 his 7 rattled 9 wonderful 7 rattled 10 antlers 7 rattled 13 nearest 10 antlers 11 against 12 the 13 nearest 13 nearest 14 tree 13 nearest 15 . it is hard to believe [,] [but] [i] suppose it must be true . " 1 it 13 true 2 is 13 true 3 hard 4 to 3 hard 5 believe 5 believe 10 it 9 suppose 10 it 10 it 13 true 11 must 12 be 12 be 13 true 13 true 15 " 14 . 15 " you ['ve] [always] [thought] [of] [lightfoot] [as] [timid] [and] [afraid] , but you [should] see him when he is angry . 1 you 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 you 13 you 15 see 15 see 16 him 16 him 20 angry 16 him 21 . 17 when 18 he 18 he 19 is 18 he 20 angry few people care to face him then [.] ["] 1 few 2 people 1 few 5 face 1 few 7 then 2 people 3 care 2 people 4 to 6 him 7 then [chapter] [iv] [:] [the] [spirit] [of] [fear] when the [days] [grow] [cold] [and] [the] [nights] [are] [clear] [,] [there] [stalks] [abroad] [the] [spirit] [of] [fear] [.] 1 when 2 the [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] it is sad but true . 1 it 5 true 2 is 5 true 3 sad 4 but 3 sad 5 true 5 true 6 . autumn is often called the sad time of the year , and it is the sad time . 1 autumn 3 often 1 autumn 4 called 1 autumn 5 the 1 autumn 6 sad 1 autumn 16 sad 2 is 3 often 7 time 10 year 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 year 10 year 11 , 10 year 16 sad 12 and 13 it 13 it 14 is 14 is 15 the 14 is 16 sad 16 sad 17 time 16 sad 18 . but it shouldn't be . 1 but 2 it 1 but 3 shouldn't 3 shouldn't 4 be 4 be 5 . [old] [mother] [nature] [never] [intended] [that] [it] [should] [be] [.] she meant it to be [the] [glad] time . 1 she 2 meant 2 meant 3 it 2 meant 4 to 2 meant 8 time 2 meant 9 . 4 to 5 be it is the season when food is plentiful , and every one is fat and is , or ought to be , care free . 1 it 2 is 2 is 8 plentiful 3 the 4 season 4 season 8 plentiful 5 when 8 plentiful 6 food 8 plentiful 7 is 8 plentiful 8 plentiful 10 and 8 plentiful 11 every 8 plentiful 12 one 8 plentiful 13 is 8 plentiful 14 fat 8 plentiful 15 and 8 plentiful 16 is 8 plentiful 17 , 8 plentiful 21 be 9 , 10 and 18 or 19 ought 19 ought 20 to 19 ought 21 be 21 be 24 free 22 , 24 free 23 care 24 free 24 free 25 . all [night] [as] [well] [as] [all] [day] [the] [spirit] [of] [fear] [searches] [out] the little people of the [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 all 18 the 14 the 16 people 14 the 17 of 15 little 16 people 17 of 18 the it will not let them sleep . 1 it 2 will 2 will 4 let 3 not 4 let 4 let 5 them 4 let 6 sleep 6 sleep 7 . it will not let them eat in peace . 1 it 2 will 2 will 4 let 3 not 4 let 4 let 5 them 4 let 8 peace 6 eat 8 peace 7 in 8 peace 8 peace 9 . it drives them to seek new hiding-places and then drives them out of those . 1 it 2 drives 2 drives 3 them 2 drives 5 seek 2 drives 6 new 2 drives 7 hiding-places 2 drives 11 them 2 drives 12 out 2 drives 14 those 2 drives 15 . 4 to 5 seek 7 hiding-places 8 and 7 hiding-places 9 then 7 hiding-places 10 drives 12 out 13 of it keeps them ever ready to fly or run at the slightest sound . 1 it 2 keeps 2 keeps 3 them 2 keeps 4 ever 2 keeps 5 ready 2 keeps 7 fly 5 ready 6 to 7 fly 12 slightest 8 or 12 slightest 9 run 12 slightest 10 at 12 slightest 11 the 12 slightest 12 slightest 13 sound 12 slightest 14 . peter [rabbit] was thinking of this as he [sat] [at] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [,] [looking] [over] [to] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 peter 4 thinking 1 peter 25 . 3 was 4 thinking 4 thinking 5 of 4 thinking 6 this 4 thinking 8 he 7 as 8 he very , very lovely were the reds and yellows and browns against the dark green of the pines and the spruces and the hemlocks . 1 very 2 , 1 very 9 yellows 3 very 9 yellows 4 lovely 9 yellows 5 were 9 yellows 6 the 9 yellows 7 reds 8 and 7 reds 9 yellows 9 yellows 10 and 9 yellows 11 browns 9 yellows 12 against 9 yellows 13 the 9 yellows 14 dark 9 yellows 15 green 15 green 21 spruces 16 of 21 spruces 17 the 18 pines 18 pines 19 and 18 pines 21 spruces 20 the 21 spruces 21 spruces 24 hemlocks 22 and 24 hemlocks 23 the 24 hemlocks 24 hemlocks 25 . the [purple] [hills] [were] more [softly] [purple] than at any other [season] of the year [.] 1 the 11 other 1 the 13 of 5 more 8 than 8 than 10 any 9 at 10 any 10 any 11 other 13 of 14 the 14 the 15 year it was all very , very beautiful . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 all 2 was 4 very 4 very 5 , 4 very 7 beautiful 6 very 7 beautiful 7 beautiful 8 . it [wasn't] [fear] [of] [reddy] [fox] , or [redtail] [the] [hawk] [,] [or] [hooty] [the] [owl] [,] [or] [old] [man] [coyote] [.] 1 it 7 , 7 , 8 or but the fear that chilled his heart now never left him even for a moment . 1 but 5 chilled 2 the 5 chilled 3 fear 5 chilled 4 that 5 chilled 5 chilled 7 heart 5 chilled 8 now 5 chilled 9 never 5 chilled 10 left 5 chilled 11 him 6 his 7 heart 11 him 15 moment 11 him 16 . 12 even 15 moment 13 for 15 moment 14 a 15 moment it was [even] [clutching] at the [hearts] of [granny] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [of] [great] [,] [big] [buster] [bear] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 at 5 at 6 the 6 the 8 of 8 of 20 . it seemed to [peter] that [no] [one] was so [big] [or] so [small] that [this] [terrible] [spirit] [of] [fear] had [not] [searched] [him] [out] [.] 1 it 2 seemed 1 it 8 was 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 5 that 8 was 9 so 8 was 12 so 12 so 14 that 14 that 20 had far in the distance sounded a sudden bang . 1 far 4 distance 2 in 3 the 2 in 4 distance 4 distance 8 bang 4 distance 9 . 5 sounded 8 bang 6 a 7 sudden 7 sudden 8 bang peter jumped and shivered . 1 peter 2 jumped 2 jumped 4 shivered 3 and 4 shivered 4 shivered 5 . he knew that every one else who had heard that bang had jumped and shivered just as he had . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 every 4 every 5 one 5 one 6 else 6 else 11 bang 6 else 20 . 7 who 11 bang 8 had 9 heard 9 heard 10 that 9 heard 11 bang 11 bang 15 shivered 11 bang 16 just 12 had 13 jumped 13 jumped 15 shivered 14 and 15 shivered 16 just 17 as 17 as 18 he 18 he 19 had it was the season of hunters with terrible guns . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 season 3 the 4 season 4 season 9 guns 4 season 10 . 5 of 6 hunters 6 hunters 9 guns 7 with 9 guns 8 terrible 9 guns " they [seem] [to] [find] [pleasure] [,] [actually] [find] [pleasure] [,] [in] [trying] [to] [kill] [us] [.] 1 " 2 they i don't understand them at all . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 understand 3 understand 6 all 3 understand 7 . 4 them 6 all 5 at 6 all they haven't any hearts . 1 they 4 hearts 2 haven't 3 any 2 haven't 4 hearts 4 hearts 5 . that must be the reason ; they haven't any hearts . " 1 that 5 reason 2 must 3 be 2 must 5 reason 4 the 5 reason 5 reason 7 they 5 reason 10 hearts 6 ; 7 they 8 haven't 9 any 8 haven't 10 hearts 10 hearts 11 . 11 . 12 " [chapter] [v] [:] [sammy] [jay] [brings] [lightfoot] [word] [sammy] [jay] [is] [one] [of] [those] [who] [believe] [in] [the] [wisdom] [of] [the] [old] [saying] [,] ["] [early] [to] [bed] [and] [early] [to] [rise] [.] ["] sammy needs no alarm clock to get up early in the morning . 1 sammy 4 alarm 2 needs 3 no 2 needs 4 alarm 4 alarm 5 clock 4 alarm 7 get 4 alarm 9 early 4 alarm 13 . 6 to 7 get 8 up 9 early 9 early 12 morning 10 in 12 morning 11 the 12 morning he is awake as soon as it is light enough to see and wastes no time wishing he could sleep a little longer . 1 he 14 wastes 2 is 14 wastes 3 awake 5 soon 3 awake 8 is 3 awake 9 light 4 as 5 soon 5 soon 6 as 6 as 7 it 7 it 8 is 9 light 14 wastes 10 enough 11 to 10 enough 14 wastes 12 see 14 wastes 13 and 14 wastes 14 wastes 15 no 14 wastes 16 time 14 wastes 17 wishing 14 wastes 18 he 14 wastes 19 could 14 wastes 20 sleep 14 wastes 22 little 21 a 22 little 22 little 23 longer 23 longer 24 . his stomach wouldn't let him if he wanted to . 1 his 2 stomach 2 stomach 3 wouldn't 2 stomach 8 wanted 2 stomach 10 . 3 wouldn't 4 let 3 wouldn't 6 if 4 let 5 him 7 he 8 wanted 8 wanted 9 to sammy always wakes up hungry . 1 sammy 3 wakes 2 always 3 wakes 3 wakes 4 up 3 wakes 5 hungry 5 hungry 6 . in this he is no different from all his feathered neighbors . 1 in 2 this 2 this 4 is 3 he 4 is 4 is 10 feathered 5 no 10 feathered 6 different 7 from 6 different 10 feathered 8 all 10 feathered 9 his 10 feathered 10 feathered 11 neighbors 11 neighbors 12 . on [this] [particular] [morning] he [had] [planned] to [fly] [over] [to] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [dooryard] [,] [but] [at] the [last] [minute] [he] [changed] his mind . 1 on 19 the 1 on 24 his 5 he 8 to 8 to 19 the 24 his 25 mind 25 mind 26 . instead , he flew over to the dooryard of another farm . 1 instead 4 flew 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 flew 4 flew 8 dooryard 5 over 8 dooryard 6 to 8 dooryard 7 the 8 dooryard 8 dooryard 9 of 8 dooryard 10 another 8 dooryard 11 farm 11 farm 12 . sammy stopped on the top of the nearest tree . 1 sammy 2 stopped 1 sammy 5 top 3 on 5 top 4 the 5 top 5 top 6 of 5 top 9 tree 7 the 8 nearest 8 nearest 9 tree 9 tree 10 . " now what is that [man] doing [up] [as] [early] [as] [this] ? " [muttered] [sammy] [.] 1 " 14 " 2 now 3 what 3 what 4 is 3 what 7 doing 4 is 5 that 7 doing 13 ? 13 ? 14 " then he caught sight of something under the man 's arm . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 caught 3 caught 4 sight 3 caught 11 arm 4 sight 5 of 6 something 11 arm 7 under 8 the 7 under 11 arm 9 man 10 's 10 's 11 arm 11 arm 12 . he didn't have to look twice to know what it was . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 have 2 didn't 5 look 2 didn't 7 to 2 didn't 8 know 4 to 5 look 5 look 6 twice 8 know 9 what 8 know 10 it 10 it 11 was 11 was 12 . it was a gun ! 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 gun 4 gun 5 ! yes , sir , it was a gun , a terrible gun . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 sir 3 sir 4 , 3 sir 8 gun 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 a 7 a 8 gun 8 gun 9 , 8 gun 12 gun 8 gun 13 . 10 a 12 gun 11 terrible 12 gun " [ha] [!] " [exclaimed] [sammy] , and [quite] [forgot] that [his] [stomach] was [empty] . 1 " 4 " 4 " 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 that 11 that 14 was 14 was 16 . " [now] who [can] that [fellow] [be] [after] [so] [early] [in] the [morning] ? 1 " 3 who 3 who 14 ? 5 that 12 the 5 that 14 ? i think [i] 'll sit right here and watch [.] ["] 1 i 2 think 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 sit 5 sit 7 here 5 sit 8 and 5 sit 9 watch 6 right 7 here so [sammy] sat in the top of the tree and watched the hunter with the terrible gun . 1 so 13 hunter 3 sat 4 in 4 in 5 the 5 the 6 top 6 top 7 of 6 top 9 tree 8 the 9 tree 9 tree 11 watched 10 and 11 watched 11 watched 13 hunter 12 the 13 hunter 13 hunter 17 gun 14 with 17 gun 15 the 17 gun 16 terrible 17 gun 17 gun 18 . he saw him [head] [straight] [for] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 3 him 10 . " it 's [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [grouse] [after] all [,] [i] [guess] [,] ["] [thought] [sammy] . 1 " 3 's 2 it 3 's 3 's 10 all 10 all 18 . " if [i] [knew] [just] [where] they were [i] ['d] [go] over [and] [warn] them . " 1 " 2 if 1 " 17 " 2 if 8 were 7 they 8 were 12 over 15 them 15 them 16 . 16 . 17 " he thought of [lightfoot] the [deer] [.] 1 he 2 thought 2 thought 3 of 3 of 5 the [sammy] [watched] [the] [hunter] [enter] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [then] [he] [silently] [followed] [him] [.] from the way [the] [hunter] [moved] , [sammy] [decided] [that] [he] [wasn't] [thinking] [of] [mr] [and] [mrs] . [grouse] [.] 1 from 2 the 1 from 18 . 2 the 3 way 3 way 7 , " it 's [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [,] [sure] [as] [i] [live] [,] " [muttered] [sammy] [.] 1 " 3 's 1 " 13 " 2 it 3 's " he ought to be warned . 1 " 6 warned 2 he 3 ought 3 ought 4 to 3 ought 5 be 3 ought 6 warned 6 warned 7 . he certainly ought to be warned . 1 he 2 certainly 2 certainly 6 warned 3 ought 4 to 3 ought 5 be 3 ought 6 warned 6 warned 7 . i know right where he is . 1 i 2 know 2 know 4 where 2 know 7 . 3 right 4 where 4 where 5 he 4 where 6 is i believe [i] ['ll] [warn] [him] myself . " 1 i 2 believe 1 i 7 myself 7 myself 9 " 8 . 9 " sammy [found] [lightfoot] [right] [where] [he] had [expected] [to] [.] 1 sammy 7 had " he 's coming ! " cried [sammy] . 1 " 2 he 1 " 3 's 3 's 4 coming 4 coming 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 cried 7 cried 9 . " [a] [hunter] [with] [a] [terrible] [gun] is coming ! " 1 " 8 is 1 " 10 ! 8 is 9 coming 10 ! 11 " [chapter] [vi] [:] [a] [game] [of] [hide] [and] [seek] there was a game of hide and seek [that] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [once] [played] [with] [buster] [bear] [.] 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 a 3 a 4 game 4 game 5 of 4 game 8 seek 6 hide 8 seek 7 and 8 seek it was a very dreadful [game] [for] [danny] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 5 dreadful 2 was 3 a 2 was 4 very 5 dreadful 9 . in the [case] of [buster] [bear] [and] [danny] [,] the [latter] [had] [simply] [to] [keep] [out] of [reach] [of] [buster] . 1 in 2 the 2 the 4 of 4 of 10 the 10 the 17 of 17 of 21 . as long as [buster] [didn't] [get] [his] [great] [paws] [on] [danny] [,] the [latter] [was] [safe] [.] 1 as 3 as 2 long 3 as 3 as 13 the then , too , [danny] is [a] [very] small [person] . 1 then 2 , 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 3 too 9 small 3 too 11 . 4 , 6 is he is so [small] [that] [he] [can] [hide] [under] [two] [or] [three] [leaves] [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 so wherever he is , he is pretty sure to find a hiding-place of some sort . 1 wherever 2 he 1 wherever 3 is 1 wherever 5 he 1 wherever 6 is 1 wherever 7 pretty 4 , 5 he 7 pretty 12 hiding-place 8 sure 12 hiding-place 9 to 10 find 10 find 12 hiding-place 11 a 12 hiding-place 12 hiding-place 15 sort 12 hiding-place 16 . 13 of 15 sort 14 some 15 sort his small size gives him advantages in a game of hide and seek . 1 his 6 advantages 2 small 6 advantages 3 size 6 advantages 4 gives 6 advantages 5 him 6 advantages 6 advantages 7 in 6 advantages 9 game 6 advantages 10 of 6 advantages 11 hide 6 advantages 14 . 8 a 9 game 11 hide 13 seek 12 and 13 seek it certainly does . 1 it 2 certainly 2 certainly 3 does 2 certainly 4 . but [lightfoot] the [deer] [is] [big] . 1 but 3 the 3 the 7 . he is [one] [of] [the] [largest] [of] [the] [people] [who] [live] [in] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 he 2 is 2 is 16 . being so big , it is not easy to hide . 1 being 2 so 2 so 8 easy 3 big 4 , 3 big 8 easy 5 it 8 easy 6 is 8 easy 7 not 8 easy 8 easy 9 to 8 easy 10 hide 10 hide 11 . moreover , a hunter with a terrible gun does not have to get close in order to kill . 1 moreover 2 , 1 moreover 3 a 1 moreover 4 hunter 4 hunter 8 gun 5 with 8 gun 6 a 8 gun 7 terrible 8 gun 8 gun 9 does 8 gun 14 close 8 gun 19 . 9 does 10 not 9 does 13 get 11 have 12 to 12 to 13 get 14 close 16 order 15 in 16 order 16 order 18 kill 17 to 18 kill lightfoot knew all this [as] [he] [waited] [for] [the] [coming] [of] [the] [hunter] [of] [whom] [sammy] [jay] [had] [warned] [him] . 1 lightfoot 2 knew 2 knew 4 this 3 all 4 this 4 this 21 . he had learned many lessons in the hunting season of the year before and he remembered every one of them . 1 he 16 remembered 2 had 3 learned 3 learned 9 season 4 many 5 lessons 5 lessons 9 season 6 in 9 season 7 the 9 season 8 hunting 9 season 9 season 10 of 9 season 12 year 10 of 11 the 12 year 13 before 12 year 14 and 12 year 16 remembered 15 he 16 remembered 16 remembered 17 every 17 every 18 one 18 one 19 of 18 one 20 them 20 them 21 . he knew that to forget even one of them might cost him his life . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 11 cost 4 to 5 forget 5 forget 11 cost 6 even 11 cost 7 one 8 of 7 one 9 them 9 them 11 cost 10 might 11 cost 11 cost 12 him 11 cost 14 life 13 his 14 life 14 life 15 . so , [standing] [motionless] [behind] [a] [tangle] [of] [fallen] [trees] [,] [lightfoot] [listened] [and] [watched] [.] 1 so 2 , presently [over] [in] the [distance] [he] [heard] [sammy] [jay] [screaming] [,] ["] [thief] [,] [thief] [,] [thief] [!] ["] 1 presently 4 the a little sigh of relief [escaped] [lightfoot] . 1 a 3 sigh 2 little 3 sigh 3 sigh 4 of 3 sigh 5 relief 3 sigh 8 . he knew that [that] [screaming] [of] [sammy] [jay] ['s] was [a] [warning] to tell him where [the] [hunter] was . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 10 was 10 was 13 to 13 to 14 tell 14 tell 15 him 14 tell 16 where 16 where 19 was 19 was 20 . knowing [just] [where] [the] [hunter] was [made] [it] [easier] [for] [lightfoot] to know what to do . 1 knowing 14 what 6 was 12 to 12 to 13 know 13 know 14 what 14 what 16 do 15 to 16 do 16 do 17 . [a] [merry] [little] [breeze] [came] [stealing] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] it came from [behind] [lightfoot] [and] [danced] [on] [towards] [the] [hunter] [with] [the] [terrible] [gun] [.] 1 it 3 from 2 came 3 from [instantly] [lightfoot] [began] [to] [steal] [softly] [away] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] he took the greatest care to make no sound . 1 he 2 took 2 took 4 greatest 3 the 4 greatest 4 greatest 5 care 4 greatest 9 sound 6 to 7 make 7 make 9 sound 8 no 9 sound 9 sound 10 . he went in a half-circle , stopping every few steps to listen and test the air with his wonderful nose . 1 he 5 half-circle 2 went 5 half-circle 3 in 5 half-circle 4 a 5 half-circle 5 half-circle 6 , 5 half-circle 7 stopping 5 half-circle 8 every 5 half-circle 9 few 5 half-circle 10 steps 10 steps 14 test 11 to 14 test 12 listen 14 test 13 and 14 test 14 test 16 air 14 test 17 with 14 test 19 wonderful 14 test 20 nose 15 the 16 air 17 with 18 his 20 nose 21 . can you guess what [lightfoot] was [trying] to do ? 1 can 2 you 1 can 3 guess 3 guess 4 what 4 what 9 do 4 what 10 ? 6 was 8 to 8 to 9 do he was trying to get behind the hunter so that the [merry] [little] [breezes] would bring to him the dreaded man-scent . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 trying 3 trying 4 to 3 trying 5 get 3 trying 6 behind 6 behind 7 the 7 the 8 hunter 7 the 21 man-scent 8 hunter 9 so 9 so 10 that 11 the 21 man-scent 15 would 21 man-scent 16 bring 21 man-scent 17 to 21 man-scent 18 him 21 man-scent 19 the 21 man-scent 20 dreaded 21 man-scent 21 man-scent 22 . so long as [lightfoot] could get that [scent] , he [would] [know] [where] [the] [hunter] was , [though] he could [neither] see [nor] [hear] him . 1 so 2 long 1 so 7 that 2 long 3 as 3 as 5 could 5 could 6 get 7 that 20 could 9 , 10 he 9 , 19 he 10 he 16 was 16 was 17 , 19 he 20 could 20 could 22 see 22 see 25 him 25 him 26 . if he had [remained] where [sammy] [jay] had [found] [him] [,] [the] [hunter] [might] [have] come [within] [shooting] [distance] [before] [lightfoot] could have [located] [him] [.] 1 if 22 could 2 he 3 had 2 he 8 had 2 he 22 could 5 where 8 had 8 had 16 come 22 could 23 have [chapter] [vii] [:] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [help] [lightfoot] you see , [lightfoot] [was] [behind] the hunter [instead] [of] [in] [front] [of] him . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 14 him 7 the 8 hunter 8 hunter 14 him 14 him 15 . he was following the hunter , so as to keep track of him . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 following 3 following 11 track 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 11 track 6 , 7 so 7 so 8 as 7 so 11 track 9 to 10 keep 10 keep 11 track 11 track 12 of 11 track 13 him 13 him 14 . as long as he knew just where the hunter was , he felt reasonably safe . 1 as 3 as 2 long 3 as 3 as 4 he 4 he 14 reasonably 5 knew 9 hunter 6 just 9 hunter 7 where 9 hunter 8 the 9 hunter 9 hunter 14 reasonably 10 was 14 reasonably 11 , 12 he 12 he 14 reasonably 13 felt 14 reasonably 14 reasonably 15 safe 14 reasonably 16 . the [merry] [little] [breezes] [are] [lightfoot] ['s] best friends . 1 the 8 best 8 best 9 friends 9 friends 10 . they [always] [bring] [to] [him] all the [different] [scents] [they] [find] [as] [they] [wander] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 they 6 all 6 all 7 the he knows that they will bring to him warning of any danger which may lie in that direction . 1 he 2 knows 2 knows 3 that 2 knows 4 they 2 knows 6 bring 5 will 6 bring 6 bring 8 him 6 bring 9 warning 7 to 8 him 9 warning 10 of 9 warning 12 danger 9 warning 13 which 9 warning 14 may 9 warning 15 lie 9 warning 19 . 11 any 12 danger 15 lie 18 direction 16 in 18 direction 17 that 18 direction then he had begun to hunt in that direction , knowing that thus his scent would be carried behind him . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 begun 4 begun 5 to 4 begun 6 hunt 4 begun 9 direction 7 in 9 direction 8 that 9 direction 9 direction 15 scent 9 direction 21 . 10 , 11 knowing 11 knowing 12 that 11 knowing 15 scent 13 thus 15 scent 14 his 15 scent 15 scent 16 would 15 scent 18 carried 15 scent 19 behind 16 would 17 be 19 behind 20 him presently he found [lightfoot] ['s] [footprints] [in] [the] [soft] [ground] [and] [studying] [them] [he] [knew] that [lightfoot] had [known] [of] [his] [coming] [.] 1 presently 3 found 2 he 3 found 3 found 16 that 16 that 18 had " it was that [confounded] [jay] [,] " [muttered] [the] [hunter] [.] 1 " 2 it 1 " 8 " 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 that " [lightfoot] [heard] [him] [and] [knew] what it [meant] . 1 " 7 what 7 what 8 it 8 it 10 . i know what he has done [;] [he] [has] [circled] [round] [so] [as] [to] get [behind] [me] [and] [get] my [scent] [.] 1 i 2 know 1 i 15 get 2 know 3 what 3 what 6 done 4 he 5 has 5 has 6 done 15 get 20 my it is a clever trick , a very clever trick , but two can play at that game . 1 it 2 is 2 is 18 game 3 a 10 trick 4 clever 5 trick 4 clever 6 , 4 clever 10 trick 7 a 10 trick 8 very 9 clever 9 clever 10 trick 10 trick 13 two 10 trick 15 play 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 two 14 can 15 play 15 play 18 game 16 at 18 game 17 that 18 game 18 game 19 . i 'll just try that little trick myself . " 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 just 2 'll 4 try 4 try 7 trick 5 that 7 trick 6 little 7 trick 7 trick 8 myself 8 myself 10 " 9 . 10 " lightfoot had lost track of the hunter . 1 lightfoot 7 hunter 1 lightfoot 8 . 2 had 3 lost 3 lost 4 track 4 track 5 of 4 track 7 hunter 6 the 7 hunter [chapter] [viii] [:] [wit] [against] [wit] it was a dreadful [game] [the] [hunter] [with] [the] [terrible] [gun] [and] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [were] [playing] [in] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 dreadful 2 was 3 a 4 dreadful 22 . it was a matching of wit against wit , the hunter seeking to take [lightfoot] ['s] [life] [,] [and] [lightfoot] seeking [to] [save] [it] [.] 1 it 4 matching 2 was 4 matching 3 a 4 matching 4 matching 5 of 4 matching 6 wit 4 matching 7 against 4 matching 8 wit 8 wit 9 , 8 wit 11 hunter 8 wit 12 seeking 8 wit 14 take 8 wit 21 seeking 10 the 11 hunter 13 to 14 take but the [hunter] [in] [his] [turn] [knew] [much] [of] [the] [ways] [of] [deer] . 1 but 2 the 2 the 14 . so [it] [was] that [each] was [trying] [his] [best] [to] [outguess] the other . 1 so 4 that 4 that 6 was 6 was 12 the 12 the 13 other 13 other 14 . when the hunter [found] [the] [hiding-place] [lightfoot] had [left] [at] [the] [warning] [of] [sammy] [jay] [he] [followed] [lightfoot] ['s] [tracks] [for] [a] [short] [distance] [.] 1 when 2 the 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 8 had it was slow work , and only one whose eyes had been trained to notice little things could have done it . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 slow 3 slow 4 work 3 slow 5 , 3 slow 6 and 3 slow 7 only 3 slow 9 whose 7 only 8 one 9 whose 13 trained 10 eyes 13 trained 11 had 12 been 12 been 13 trained 13 trained 14 to 13 trained 15 notice 13 trained 16 little 13 trained 17 things 13 trained 18 could 13 trained 20 done 19 have 20 done 20 done 21 it 20 done 22 . these things told the hunter [which] [way] [lightfoot] had gone . 1 these 2 things 2 things 3 told 2 things 11 . 3 told 9 had 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 9 had 9 had 10 gone slowly , patiently , watchfully , the hunter followed . 1 slowly 5 watchfully 2 , 5 watchfully 3 patiently 5 watchfully 4 , 5 watchfully 5 watchfully 6 , 5 watchfully 7 the 5 watchfully 8 hunter 5 watchfully 9 followed 5 watchfully 10 . after a while he stopped with a satisfied grin . 1 after 3 while 2 a 3 while 3 while 9 grin 4 he 5 stopped 5 stopped 9 grin 6 with 9 grin 7 a 9 grin 8 satisfied 9 grin 9 grin 10 . " [i] thought [as] [much] , " he muttered . 1 " 9 muttered 3 thought 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 9 muttered 8 he 9 muttered 9 muttered 10 . " [he] [heard] [that] [pesky] [jay] and [circled] [around] so [as] [to] [get] my [scent] . 1 " 10 so 1 " 14 my 7 and 10 so 14 my 16 . i 'll just [cut] [across] [to] my [old] [trail] [and] [unless] [i] [am] [greatly] [mistaken] , [i] 'll find [his] [tracks] [there] . " 1 i 2 'll 1 i 7 my 2 'll 3 just 7 my 16 , 16 , 24 " 18 'll 19 find 19 find 23 . 23 . 24 " once more he grinned . 1 once 2 more 1 once 4 grinned 3 he 4 grinned 4 grinned 5 . " well , [old] [fellow] , [i] ['ve] [outguessed] you [this] [time] , " said he to himself . 1 " 2 well 1 " 10 you 2 well 3 , 2 well 6 , 10 you 14 " 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 said 15 said 18 himself 15 said 19 . 16 he 18 himself 17 to 18 himself " [i] [am] behind you and [the] [wind] [is] [from] you to me , [so] [that] [you] [cannot] get [my] [scent] [.] 1 " 5 you 1 " 11 you 4 behind 5 you 6 and 11 you 11 you 19 get 12 to 13 me 12 to 19 get 13 me 14 , i wouldn't be a bit surprised if you 're back right where you started from , behind that old windfall . " 1 i 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 be 2 wouldn't 5 bit 3 be 4 a 4 a 5 bit 5 bit 6 surprised 5 bit 14 started 6 surprised 9 're 7 if 8 you 8 you 9 're 9 're 10 back 9 're 11 right 11 right 12 where 12 where 13 you 14 started 20 windfall 15 from 20 windfall 16 , 20 windfall 17 behind 20 windfall 18 that 20 windfall 19 old 20 windfall 20 windfall 22 " 21 . 22 " he at once began to move forward silently and cautiously , with eyes and ears alert and his terrible gun ready for instant use . 1 he 16 alert 2 at 3 once 3 once 16 alert 4 began 5 to 4 began 6 move 6 move 10 cautiously 7 forward 10 cautiously 8 silently 10 cautiously 9 and 10 cautiously 10 cautiously 16 alert 11 , 12 with 12 with 13 eyes 13 eyes 16 alert 14 and 16 alert 15 ears 16 alert 16 alert 17 and 16 alert 20 gun 16 alert 21 ready 16 alert 25 . 18 his 20 gun 19 terrible 20 gun 21 ready 22 for 21 ready 23 instant 23 instant 24 use lightfoot stood still and listened with all his might for some little sound to tell him where the hunter was . 1 lightfoot 5 listened 2 stood 3 still 2 stood 5 listened 4 and 5 listened 5 listened 6 with 5 listened 7 all 5 listened 8 his 5 listened 9 might 5 listened 13 sound 5 listened 21 . 9 might 11 some 10 for 11 some 12 little 13 sound 13 sound 19 hunter 14 to 15 tell 15 tell 16 him 15 tell 17 where 17 where 19 hunter 18 the 19 hunter 19 hunter 20 was but there was [no] [sound] [and] [after] a little [lightfoot] [began] [to] [move] [on] . 1 but 2 there 2 there 3 was 2 there 8 a 8 a 9 little 9 little 15 . he didn't dare remain still , lest the hunter should creep up within shooting distance . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 dare 3 dare 7 lest 4 remain 7 lest 5 still 7 lest 6 , 7 lest 7 lest 9 hunter 7 lest 10 should 7 lest 11 creep 8 the 9 hunter 11 creep 12 up 11 creep 14 shooting 13 within 14 shooting 14 shooting 15 distance 14 shooting 16 . so long as they brought him none of the dreaded man-smell , he knew that he was safe . 1 so 2 long 2 long 3 as 3 as 4 they 4 they 5 brought 5 brought 11 man-smell 6 him 11 man-smell 7 none 11 man-smell 8 of 11 man-smell 9 the 11 man-smell 10 dreaded 11 man-smell 11 man-smell 12 , 11 man-smell 13 he 11 man-smell 14 knew 11 man-smell 15 that 11 man-smell 16 he 11 man-smell 17 was 17 was 18 safe 18 safe 19 . [chapter] [ix] [:] [lightfoot] [becomes] [uncertain] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [traveled] [on] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [straight] [ahead] [in] [the] [direction] [from] [which] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] [blowing] [.] [every] [few] [steps] [he] [would] [raise] [his] [delicate] [nose] [and] [test] [all] [the] [scents] [that] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] [bringing] [.] lightfoot uses his nose very much as [you] [and] [i] use our eyes . 1 lightfoot 2 uses 2 uses 4 nose 2 uses 6 much 2 uses 13 eyes 3 his 4 nose 5 very 6 much 6 much 7 as 6 much 11 use 11 use 12 our 13 eyes 14 . it tells him the things he wants to know . 1 it 2 tells 2 tells 3 him 2 tells 5 things 2 tells 7 wants 4 the 5 things 6 he 7 wants 7 wants 8 to 7 wants 9 know 9 know 10 . he knew that [reddy] [fox] had been [along] [ahead] [of] [him] [,] [although] [he] [didn't] [get] so much as a [glimpse] of [reddy] ['s] [red] [coat] [.] 1 he 2 knew 1 he 6 had 2 knew 3 that 6 had 7 been 6 had 20 a 7 been 17 so 17 so 18 much 18 much 19 as 20 a 22 of once he caught just the faintest of scents which caused him to stop abruptly and test the air more carefully than ever . 1 once 6 faintest 2 he 6 faintest 3 caught 6 faintest 4 just 6 faintest 5 the 6 faintest 6 faintest 7 of 6 faintest 8 scents 6 faintest 9 which 6 faintest 10 caused 10 caused 11 him 10 caused 12 to 10 caused 16 test 13 stop 16 test 14 abruptly 16 test 15 and 16 test 16 test 18 air 16 test 19 more 16 test 20 carefully 16 test 21 than 17 the 18 air 21 than 22 ever 21 than 23 . it was the [scent] [of] [buster] [bear] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 8 . 2 was 3 the you know the [merry] [little] [breezes] [are] [lightfoot] ['s] best friends . 1 you 2 know 2 know 12 . 3 the 10 best 10 best 11 friends 11 friends 12 . but [lightfoot] didn't want to keep going in that direction all day . 1 but 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 want 4 want 5 to 5 to 6 keep 6 keep 10 direction 7 going 10 direction 8 in 10 direction 9 that 10 direction 10 direction 12 day 10 direction 13 . 11 all 12 day it [would] take him [far] [away] [from] [that] [part] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [with] [which] he was [familiar] [and] [which] [he] [called] [home] . 1 it 17 was 3 take 4 him 4 him 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 24 . it might [in] [time] [take] [him] [out] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [and] that wouldn't do at all . 1 it 2 might 1 it 18 . 13 that 14 wouldn't 14 wouldn't 15 do 14 wouldn't 16 at 16 at 17 all 16 at 18 . so after a while [lightfoot] [became] [uncertain] [.] 1 so 2 after 2 after 4 while 3 a 4 while he didn't know just what to do . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 5 what 4 just 5 what 5 what 7 do 6 to 7 do 7 do 8 . you see , he couldn't tell whether or not that hunter with the terrible gun was still following him . 1 you 2 see 2 see 7 whether 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 tell 5 couldn't 7 whether 7 whether 8 or 7 whether 9 not 7 whether 11 hunter 10 that 11 hunter 11 hunter 15 gun 11 hunter 16 was 11 hunter 18 following 12 with 15 gun 13 the 15 gun 14 terrible 15 gun 17 still 18 following 18 following 19 him 19 him 20 . every once in a while he would stop in a thicket of young trees or behind a tangle of fallen trees uprooted by the wind . 1 every 5 while 2 once 5 while 3 in 4 a 4 a 5 while 5 while 11 thicket 6 he 11 thicket 7 would 11 thicket 8 stop 11 thicket 9 in 11 thicket 10 a 11 thicket 11 thicket 12 of 11 thicket 13 young 11 thicket 14 trees 14 trees 15 or 14 trees 22 uprooted 16 behind 22 uprooted 17 a 18 tangle 18 tangle 19 of 18 tangle 22 uprooted 20 fallen 22 uprooted 21 trees 22 uprooted 22 uprooted 23 by 22 uprooted 25 wind 22 uprooted 26 . 24 the 25 wind " [if] [only] [i] [could] [know] if that [hunter] is [still] [following] , [i] [would] know better what to do , " [thought] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 10 is 1 " 13 , 1 " 18 what 7 if 10 is 8 that 10 is 16 know 17 better 16 know 18 what 18 what 20 do 19 to 20 do 20 do 22 " 21 , 22 " " [i] ['ve] [got] to find out . " 1 " 9 " 5 to 6 find 6 find 7 out 7 out 8 . 8 . 9 " [chapter] [x] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [clever] [trick] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [is] [smart] [.] yes , [sir] , [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [is] [smart] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , he has to be , especially in the hunting season , to save his life . 1 he 2 has 2 has 15 life 3 to 4 be 3 to 13 save 5 , 6 especially 6 especially 10 season 7 in 10 season 8 the 10 season 9 hunting 10 season 10 season 13 save 11 , 13 save 12 to 13 save 13 save 15 life 14 his 15 life 15 life 16 . if he were not smart he would have been killed long ago . 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 were 1 if 4 not 1 if 10 killed 5 smart 6 he 5 smart 10 killed 7 would 8 have 8 have 9 been 9 been 10 killed 10 killed 12 ago 11 long 12 ago 12 ago 13 . he never makes the foolish mistake of thinking that other people are not smart . 1 he 14 smart 2 never 6 mistake 3 makes 4 the 3 makes 6 mistake 5 foolish 6 mistake 6 mistake 7 of 6 mistake 8 thinking 8 thinking 9 that 8 thinking 14 smart 10 other 11 people 11 people 12 are 12 are 13 not 12 are 14 smart 14 smart 15 . he had a very great respect for the smartness of that hunter . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 a 3 a 9 smartness 4 very 9 smartness 5 great 9 smartness 6 respect 7 for 6 respect 9 smartness 7 for 8 the 9 smartness 10 of 9 smartness 11 that 9 smartness 12 hunter 9 smartness 13 . he knew that he couldn't afford to be careless for one little minute . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 6 afford 4 he 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 afford 6 afford 7 to 6 afford 9 careless 8 be 9 careless 9 careless 13 minute 9 careless 14 . 10 for 13 minute 11 one 12 little 11 one 13 minute the certainty of danger is sometimes easier to bear than the uncertainty of not knowing whether or not there really is any danger . 1 the 12 uncertainty 2 certainty 3 of 2 certainty 4 danger 2 certainty 5 is 2 certainty 6 sometimes 2 certainty 7 easier 7 easier 8 to 7 easier 12 uncertainty 9 bear 12 uncertainty 10 than 12 uncertainty 11 the 12 uncertainty 12 uncertainty 13 of 12 uncertainty 14 not 12 uncertainty 15 knowing 12 uncertainty 16 whether 12 uncertainty 18 not 16 whether 17 or 18 not 22 any 19 there 21 is 19 there 22 any 20 really 21 is 22 any 23 danger 23 danger 24 . lightfoot felt that if he could know just where the hunter was , he himself would know better what to do . 1 lightfoot 2 felt 1 lightfoot 11 hunter 2 felt 3 that 2 felt 4 if 4 if 6 could 5 he 6 could 7 know 9 where 8 just 9 where 9 where 11 hunter 10 the 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 was 11 hunter 16 would 11 hunter 22 . 13 , 14 he 14 he 15 himself 14 he 16 would 16 would 18 better 16 would 21 do 17 know 18 better 19 what 21 do 20 to 21 do the hunter might have become discouraged and given up following him . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 6 discouraged 3 might 4 have 3 might 6 discouraged 5 become 6 discouraged 6 discouraged 7 and 6 discouraged 8 given 6 discouraged 10 following 6 discouraged 11 him 6 discouraged 12 . 8 given 9 up in that case he could rest and stop worrying . 1 in 3 case 2 that 3 case 3 case 9 worrying 4 he 5 could 5 could 9 worrying 6 rest 9 worrying 7 and 9 worrying 8 stop 9 worrying 9 worrying 10 . it would be better to know that he was being followed than not to know . 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 2 would 4 better 2 would 13 not 4 better 10 being 4 better 12 than 5 to 6 know 6 know 7 that 7 that 9 was 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 being 10 being 11 followed 13 not 14 to 13 not 15 know 15 know 16 . but [how] was he [to] [find] [out] [?] 1 but 3 was 1 but 4 he [lightfoot] [kept] [turning] [this] [over] [and] [over] [in] [his] [mind] [as] [he] [traveled] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] then an idea came to him . 1 then 4 came 2 an 3 idea 3 idea 4 came 4 came 5 to 5 to 6 him 6 him 7 . " [i] know what [i] 'll do . 1 " 4 what 3 know 4 what 4 what 7 do 6 'll 7 do 7 do 8 . i know just what [i] 'll do , " said [lightfoot] to himself . 1 i 2 know 1 i 6 'll 2 know 4 what 3 just 4 what 6 'll 7 do 7 do 9 " 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 13 himself 10 said 14 . 12 to 13 himself " [i] 'll find out whether or not that hunter is still following [me] [and] [i] ['ll] [get] [a] [little] [rest] [.] 1 " 3 'll 3 'll 4 find 4 find 5 out 4 find 6 whether 6 whether 7 or 6 whether 8 not 6 whether 10 hunter 9 that 10 hunter 10 hunter 13 following 11 is 13 following 12 still 13 following goodness knows [,] [i] [need] [a] [rest] . ["] 1 goodness 2 knows 2 knows 8 . this was near the top of a little hill . 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 near 3 near 5 top 4 the 5 top 5 top 6 of 5 top 9 hill 7 a 8 little 8 little 9 hill 9 hill 10 . lightfoot went up the hill and stopped behind the pile of brush . 1 lightfoot 7 stopped 1 lightfoot 13 . 2 went 3 up 3 up 5 hill 4 the 5 hill 5 hill 6 and 5 hill 7 stopped 7 stopped 12 brush 8 behind 9 the 8 behind 12 brush 10 pile 11 of 10 pile 12 brush for a few moments he stood there perfectly still , looking and listening . 1 for 4 moments 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 moments 4 moments 6 stood 4 moments 7 there 4 moments 8 perfectly 5 he 6 stood 8 perfectly 9 still 8 perfectly 13 listening 8 perfectly 14 . 10 , 11 looking 11 looking 13 listening 12 and 13 listening if the hunter were still following him , he would pass through that hollow in plain sight . 1 if 11 pass 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 6 following 4 were 6 following 5 still 6 following 6 following 7 him 6 following 11 pass 8 , 9 he 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 pass 11 pass 12 through 11 pass 14 hollow 13 that 14 hollow 14 hollow 16 plain 14 hollow 18 . 15 in 16 plain 16 plain 17 sight for [a] [long] [tune] [lightfoot] [rested] [comfortably] [behind] the [pile] of [brush] . 1 for 9 the 9 the 11 of 11 of 13 . there was not a [suspicious] [movement] [or] [a] [suspicious] [sound] [to] [show] [that] [danger] [was] [abroad] in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 there 2 was 1 there 4 a 1 there 17 in 2 was 3 not 17 in 18 the he saw [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [grouse] [fly] [down] [across] the [hollow] [and] [disappear] [among] [the] [trees] [on] [the] [other] [side] . 1 he 2 saw 1 he 22 . 2 saw 11 the he saw [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [looking] [over] [a] [hollow] [tree] [and] [guessed] that [unc] ['] [billy] was [getting] [ready] to go into [winter] [quarters] . 1 he 2 saw 1 he 26 . 2 saw 14 that 14 that 18 was 18 was 21 to 21 to 22 go 22 go 23 into he [saw] [jumper] [the] [hare] [squat] [down] [under] [a] [low-hanging] [branch] [of] [a] [hemlock-tree] [and] [prepare] to take a [nap] [.] 1 he 17 to 17 to 18 take 18 take 19 a he heard [drummer] the [woodpecker] [at] [work] [drilling] [after] [worms] [in] [a] [tree] [not] [far] [away] [.] 1 he 2 heard 2 heard 4 the little by little [lightfoot] [grew] [easy] [in] his [mind] [.] 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little 2 by 8 his it must be that that hunter had become discouraged and was no longer following him . 1 it 3 be 2 must 3 be 3 be 9 discouraged 4 that 6 hunter 5 that 6 hunter 6 hunter 9 discouraged 7 had 8 become 8 become 9 discouraged 9 discouraged 10 and 9 discouraged 11 was 9 discouraged 13 longer 9 discouraged 14 following 9 discouraged 15 him 9 discouraged 16 . 12 no 13 longer [chapter] [xi] [:] [the] [hunted] [watches] [the] [hunter] it [didn't] [seem] [possible] that [there] could be [any] [need] [for] [watchfulness] . 1 it 8 be 5 that 7 could 7 could 8 be 8 be 13 . but [lightfoot] [long] [ago] [had] [learned] [that] [often] [danger] [is] [nearest] when it [seems] [least] to be [expected] . 1 but 12 when 1 but 13 it 13 it 17 be 16 to 17 be 17 be 19 . so , though he [would] [have] liked [very] much [to] [have] [taken] [a] [nap] , [lightfoot] was [too] [wise] to do [anything] [so] [foolish] . 1 so 4 he 1 so 9 much 2 , 3 though 3 though 4 he 4 he 7 liked 9 much 21 do 9 much 25 . 15 , 17 was 17 was 20 to 20 to 21 do he kept his great ears gently moving to catch every little sound . 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 7 moving 3 his 5 ears 4 great 5 ears 5 ears 7 moving 6 gently 7 moving 7 moving 9 catch 7 moving 10 every 7 moving 12 sound 7 moving 13 . 8 to 9 catch 11 little 12 sound it was better to be overwatchful than the least bit careless . 1 it 6 overwatchful 2 was 6 overwatchful 3 better 6 overwatchful 4 to 6 overwatchful 5 be 6 overwatchful 6 overwatchful 7 than 6 overwatchful 8 the 6 overwatchful 9 least 6 overwatchful 10 bit 6 overwatchful 11 careless 6 overwatchful 12 . by and by , [lightfoot] ['s] [keen] [ears] [caught] the [sound] of the [snapping] of [a] [little] [stick] [in] the [distance] [.] 1 by 2 and 1 by 3 by 3 by 4 , 3 by 10 the 10 the 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 15 of 15 of 20 the it was so faint a sound that you or [i] would have missed it altogether . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 so 2 was 15 altogether 4 faint 6 sound 4 faint 9 or 5 a 6 sound 6 sound 7 that 8 you 9 or 9 or 15 altogether 11 would 12 have 12 have 13 missed 13 missed 14 it 13 missed 15 altogether 15 altogether 16 . but [lightfoot] [heard] it and [instantly] he was [doubly] [alert] [,] [watching] in the [direction] [from] [which] [that] [faint] [sound] had [come] . 1 but 4 it 1 but 21 had 4 it 8 was 5 and 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 13 in 13 in 14 the 21 had 23 . after what seemed a long , long time he saw something moving , and a moment later a man came into view . 1 after 5 long 2 what 3 seemed 3 seemed 5 long 4 a 5 long 5 long 6 , 5 long 12 moving 7 long 8 time 7 long 12 moving 9 he 10 saw 10 saw 12 moving 11 something 12 moving 12 moving 17 later 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 later 15 a 16 moment 16 moment 17 later 17 later 20 came 17 later 22 view 18 a 19 man 19 man 20 came 21 into 22 view 22 view 23 . it was the hunter and across one arm he carried the terrible gun . 1 it 2 was 2 was 13 gun 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 13 gun 5 and 6 across 6 across 8 arm 7 one 8 arm 8 arm 13 gun 9 he 10 carried 10 carried 11 the 10 carried 13 gun 12 terrible 13 gun 13 gun 14 . lightfoot knew now that this hunter had patience and perseverance and had not yet given up hope [of] [getting] [near] [enough] [to] [shoot] [lightfoot] . 1 lightfoot 2 knew 1 lightfoot 6 hunter 2 knew 3 now 2 knew 4 that 2 knew 5 this 6 hunter 10 perseverance 7 had 10 perseverance 8 patience 10 perseverance 9 and 10 perseverance 10 perseverance 11 and 10 perseverance 12 had 10 perseverance 13 not 10 perseverance 14 yet 10 perseverance 15 given 10 perseverance 25 . 15 given 16 up 15 given 17 hope he moved forward slowly , setting each foot down with the greatest care , so as not to snap a stick or rustle the leaves . 1 he 2 moved 2 moved 3 forward 2 moved 4 slowly 2 moved 6 setting 4 slowly 5 , 6 setting 7 each 6 setting 8 foot 6 setting 9 down 6 setting 12 greatest 10 with 12 greatest 11 the 12 greatest 12 greatest 13 care 13 care 14 , 13 care 15 so 13 care 17 not 13 care 19 snap 15 so 16 as 18 to 19 snap 19 snap 23 rustle 20 a 23 rustle 21 stick 23 rustle 22 or 23 rustle 23 rustle 24 the 23 rustle 25 leaves 25 leaves 26 . he was [watching] [sharply] [ahead] [,] ready to [shoot] [should] [he] [catch] [a] [glimpse] [of] [lightfoot] [within] [range] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 7 ready 7 ready 8 to 8 to 19 . right [along] through the [hollow] [at] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [little] [hill] [below] [lightfoot] [the] [hunter] [passed] [.] 1 right 3 through 3 through 4 the he was doing what is called " hunting up-wind . " 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 doing 3 doing 9 up-wind 4 what 9 up-wind 5 is 9 up-wind 6 called 9 up-wind 7 " 9 up-wind 8 hunting 9 up-wind 9 up-wind 11 " 10 . 11 " lightfoot kept perfectly still and watched the hunter disappear among the trees . 1 lightfoot 2 kept 2 kept 3 perfectly 3 perfectly 4 still 3 perfectly 9 disappear 5 and 6 watched 6 watched 9 disappear 7 the 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 disappear 9 disappear 10 among 9 disappear 12 trees 9 disappear 13 . 10 among 11 the he felt sure that that hunter would not find him again that day . 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 sure 3 sure 4 that 3 sure 5 that 3 sure 7 would 3 sure 12 that 5 that 6 hunter 7 would 8 not 7 would 9 find 7 would 10 him 10 him 11 again 12 that 13 day 13 day 14 . [chapter] [xii] [:] [lightfoot] [visits] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [deep] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [is] [the] [pond] [where] [lives] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [.] it [is] [paddy] ['s] [own] [pond] , for he made it himself [.] 1 it 7 , 7 , 9 he 8 for 9 he 9 he 12 himself 10 made 11 it 10 made 12 himself he made it [by] [building] a [dam] [across] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 he 2 made 2 made 6 a 3 it 6 a when [lightfoot] [bounded] [away] [through] the [green] [forest] [,] [after] [watching] [the] hunter [pass] [through] [the] [hollow] [below] [him] [,] [he] [remembered] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [.] 1 when 6 the 6 the 13 hunter " that ['s] [where] [i] ['ll] [go] , " thought [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 2 that 1 " 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 thought " it is such a [lonesome] [part] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [i] [do] [not] [believe] [that] [hunter] will come [there] . 1 " 3 is 1 " 19 will 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 such 4 such 5 a 19 will 20 come 20 come 22 . i 'll just run [over] [and] [make] [paddy] [a] [friendly] [call] . " 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 just 2 'll 4 run 4 run 12 . 12 . 13 " so [lightfoot] [bounded] [along] [deeper] [and] [deeper] [into] the [green] [forest] [.] 1 so 9 the presently through the trees he caught the gleam of water . 1 presently 2 through 2 through 3 the 2 through 8 gleam 4 trees 8 gleam 5 he 6 caught 6 caught 8 gleam 7 the 8 gleam 8 gleam 9 of 8 gleam 10 water 10 water 11 . it was [paddy] 's [pond] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 's lightfoot approached it cautiously . 1 lightfoot 4 cautiously 2 approached 3 it 2 approached 4 cautiously 4 cautiously 5 . he knew that he couldn't afford to be careless for even one little minute . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 6 afford 4 he 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 afford 6 afford 7 to 6 afford 9 careless 8 be 9 careless 9 careless 10 for 9 careless 11 even 9 careless 12 one 9 careless 13 little 9 careless 14 minute 9 careless 15 . no one who is hunted , be he big or little , can afford ever to be careless . 1 no 2 one 2 one 3 who 2 one 5 hunted 3 who 4 is 5 hunted 8 he 5 hunted 9 big 6 , 7 be 6 , 8 he 9 big 14 afford 10 or 14 afford 11 little 12 , 11 little 14 afford 13 can 14 afford 14 afford 15 ever 14 afford 16 to 14 afford 18 careless 17 be 18 careless 18 careless 19 . now [lightfoot] [had] [known] [of] [hunters] [hiding] [near] [water] , [hoping] [to] [shoot] [him] [when] [he] [came] [to] [drink] [.] 1 now 10 , that [always] seemed to [lightfoot] [a] [dreadful] [thing] [,] [an] [unfair] [thing] [.] 1 that 3 seemed 3 seemed 4 to but hunters had done it before and they might do it again . 1 but 2 hunters 2 hunters 4 done 2 hunters 6 before 2 hunters 9 might 2 hunters 10 do 3 had 4 done 4 done 5 it 7 and 8 they 8 they 9 might 10 do 11 it 11 it 12 again 12 again 13 . so [lightfoot] [was] [careful] to [approach] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [upwind] [.] 1 so 5 to he knew that [if] [any] [hunters] [were] [hidden] [there] [,] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] would [bring] [him] [their] [scent] [and] [thus] [warn] [him] . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 15 would 15 would 24 . he had almost reached the edge of [paddy] ['s] pond [when] [from] [the] [farther] [shore] [there] [came] [a] [sudden] [crash] [.] 1 he 4 reached 2 had 4 reached 3 almost 4 reached 4 reached 6 edge 5 the 6 edge 6 edge 7 of 6 edge 10 pond it [startled] [lightfoot] [terribly] [for] just [an] [instant] . 1 it 6 just 6 just 9 . then he guessed what it meant . 1 then 2 he 2 he 6 meant 3 guessed 6 meant 4 what 6 meant 5 it 6 meant 6 meant 7 . that crash was the falling of a tree . 1 that 8 tree 2 crash 5 falling 2 crash 6 of 2 crash 7 a 2 crash 8 tree 3 was 5 falling 4 the 5 falling 8 tree 9 . there wasn't enough wind to blow over even the most shaky dead tree . 1 there 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 enough 2 wasn't 6 blow 4 wind 6 blow 5 to 6 blow 6 blow 11 shaky 7 over 11 shaky 8 even 11 shaky 9 the 10 most 10 most 11 shaky 11 shaky 12 dead 11 shaky 13 tree 13 tree 14 . there had been no sound of axes , so he knew it could not have been chopped down by men . 1 there 3 been 2 had 3 been 3 been 17 chopped 4 no 7 axes 5 sound 7 axes 6 of 7 axes 7 axes 8 , 7 axes 9 so 7 axes 10 he 7 axes 11 knew 11 knew 17 chopped 12 it 17 chopped 13 could 17 chopped 14 not 17 chopped 15 have 17 chopped 16 been 17 chopped 17 chopped 18 down 17 chopped 19 by 17 chopped 20 men 20 men 21 . so [lightfoot] [hurried] [forward] [eagerly] , [cautiously] [.] 1 so 6 , it was [paddy] the [beaver] [taking] [the] [branch] to his [food] [pile] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 9 to 2 was 4 the 9 to 10 his [chapter] [xiii] [:] [lightfoot] [and] [paddy] [become] [partners] the [instant] [lightfoot] [saw] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [he] [knew] [that] [for] [the] [time] [being] [,] at least [,] [there] [was] [no] [danger] . 1 the 17 least 16 at 17 least 17 least 23 . [paddy] [saw] [lightfoot] [almost] [as] [soon] [as] [he] [stepped] [out] [on] [the] [bank] [.] there he forced the branch down until it was held by other branches already sunken in the pond . 1 there 3 forced 2 he 3 forced 3 forced 5 branch 4 the 5 branch 5 branch 6 down 5 branch 7 until 5 branch 10 held 7 until 9 was 8 it 9 was 10 held 15 sunken 11 by 15 sunken 12 other 15 sunken 13 branches 15 sunken 14 already 15 sunken 15 sunken 16 in 15 sunken 18 pond 15 sunken 19 . 17 the 18 pond this [done] , [he] [swam] [over] [to] [where] [lightfoot] was [watching] . 1 this 3 , 1 this 10 was 10 was 12 . " hello [,] [lightfoot] ! " he exclaimed . 1 " 2 hello 2 hello 8 exclaimed 5 ! 6 " 5 ! 7 he 5 ! 8 exclaimed 8 exclaimed 9 . " you are looking handsomer than ever . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 5 handsomer 4 looking 5 handsomer 5 handsomer 6 than 5 handsomer 7 ever 5 handsomer 8 . how are you feeling these fine autumn days ? " 1 how 9 ? 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 feeling 2 are 9 ? 4 feeling 8 days 5 these 8 days 6 fine 7 autumn 7 autumn 8 days 9 ? 10 " " [anxious] , " replied [lightfoot] . 1 " 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 7 . ["] [i] [am] [feeling] [terribly] [anxious] [.] do you know what day this is ? " 1 do 3 know 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 7 is 4 what 8 ? 5 day 6 this 6 this 7 is 8 ? 9 " " no , " replied [paddy] , " [i] don't know what day it is , and [i] don't particularly care . 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 , 2 no 7 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 replied 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 don't 10 don't 11 know 10 don't 21 care 11 know 12 what 12 what 15 is 13 day 15 is 14 it 15 is 16 , 17 and 16 , 19 don't 19 don't 21 care 20 particularly 21 care 21 care 22 . it is enough for me that it is one of the finest days we 've had for a long time . " 1 it 2 is 1 it 8 is 2 is 3 enough 3 enough 4 for 5 me 6 that 6 that 8 is 7 it 8 is 8 is 12 finest 8 is 22 " 9 one 12 finest 10 of 12 finest 11 the 12 finest 12 finest 13 days 12 finest 15 've 12 finest 16 had 12 finest 20 time 14 we 15 've 17 for 20 time 18 a 19 long 19 long 20 time 21 . 22 " " [i] [wish] [i] [could] [feel] that way , " said [lightfoot] [wistfully] . 1 " 7 that 1 " 11 said 8 way 9 , 9 , 10 " 10 " 11 said 11 said 14 . " [i] [wish] [i] [could] [feel] that [way] , [paddy] [,] but [i] [can't] [.] 1 " 7 that 1 " 9 , 9 , 12 but no , [sir] [,] [i] can't . 1 no 2 , 1 no 6 can't 6 can't 7 . you [see] [,] this is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for me . 1 you 4 this 4 this 16 year 5 is 6 the 6 the 7 first 7 first 16 year 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 most 10 most 11 dreadful 11 dreadful 16 year 12 days 16 year 13 in 15 the 13 in 16 year 14 all 15 the 16 year 19 . 17 for 18 me 18 me 19 . the [hunters] [started] [looking] [for] [me] [before] [mr] [sun] [was] [really] [out] of [bed] . 1 the 13 of 13 of 15 . at least [one] [hunter] [did] , and [i] [don't] [doubt] there are [others] [.] 1 at 2 least 2 least 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 there 11 there 12 are paddy crept out on the bank and chewed a little twig of poplar thoughtfully . 1 paddy 2 crept 2 crept 8 chewed 3 out 8 chewed 4 on 6 bank 5 the 6 bank 6 bank 8 chewed 7 and 8 chewed 8 chewed 11 twig 8 chewed 13 poplar 8 chewed 14 thoughtfully 9 a 11 twig 10 little 11 twig 12 of 13 poplar 14 thoughtfully 15 . paddy says he can always think better if he is chewing something . 1 paddy 2 says 1 paddy 5 always 2 says 3 he 2 says 4 can 5 always 11 chewing 6 think 11 chewing 7 better 11 chewing 8 if 11 chewing 9 he 11 chewing 10 is 11 chewing 11 chewing 12 something 12 something 13 . " that 's bad [news] [,] [lightfoot] . 1 " 3 's 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 bad 4 bad 8 . i 'm sorry to hear it . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sorry 3 sorry 5 hear 4 to 5 hear 5 hear 6 it 5 hear 7 . i certainly am sorry to hear it , " said [paddy] . 1 i 3 am 1 i 7 it 2 certainly 3 am 3 am 4 sorry 4 sorry 6 hear 5 to 6 hear 7 it 12 . 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 12 . " [why] [anybody] [wants] [to] [hunt] such a [handsome] [fellow] as you are [,] [i] [cannot] [understand] . 1 " 12 you 7 such 8 a 7 such 11 as 11 as 12 you 12 you 13 are 13 are 18 . my , but that 's a beautiful set of antlers you have ! " 1 my 2 , 1 my 10 antlers 2 , 3 but 4 that 10 antlers 5 's 10 antlers 6 a 7 beautiful 7 beautiful 10 antlers 8 set 10 antlers 9 of 10 antlers 10 antlers 12 have 10 antlers 13 ! 11 you 12 have 13 ! 14 " " good looks are not always to be desired . 1 " 3 looks 2 good 3 looks 3 looks 9 desired 4 are 5 not 4 are 6 always 6 always 9 desired 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 desired 9 desired 10 . have you seen any hunters around here lately ? " 1 have 2 you 1 have 3 seen 3 seen 8 lately 4 any 8 lately 5 hunters 8 lately 6 around 7 here 6 around 8 lately 8 lately 9 ? 9 ? 10 " paddy shook his [lead] [.] 1 paddy 2 shook 2 shook 3 his " not a single hunter , " he replied . 1 " 9 replied 2 not 4 single 3 a 4 single 4 single 5 hunter 4 single 9 replied 6 , 9 replied 7 " 8 he 7 " 9 replied 9 replied 10 . " [i] [tell] [you] what it is , [lightfoot] [,] [let's] [be] [partners] for [a] [while] . 1 " 5 what 5 what 6 it 6 it 7 is 6 it 17 . 7 is 8 , 7 is 14 for you stay right around my pond . 1 you 2 stay 2 stay 3 right 2 stay 6 pond 4 around 6 pond 5 my 6 pond 6 pond 7 . if [i] [see] [or] [hear] [or] [smell] anything [suspicious] [,] [i] ['ll] [warn] you . 1 if 8 anything 1 if 14 you 14 you 15 . you do the same for me . 1 you 2 do 1 you 6 me 2 do 4 same 3 the 4 same 5 for 6 me 6 me 7 . two sets of eyes , ears and noses are better than one . 1 two 2 sets 2 sets 8 noses 3 of 8 noses 4 eyes 5 , 4 eyes 8 noses 6 ears 8 noses 7 and 8 noses 8 noses 9 are 8 noses 10 better 8 noses 12 one 8 noses 13 . 10 better 11 than what do you say , [lightfoot] ? " 1 what 2 do 1 what 4 say 1 what 7 ? 2 do 3 you 4 say 5 , 7 ? 8 " " [i] ['ll] do it , " replied [lightfoot] . 1 " 4 do 1 " 6 , 4 do 5 it 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 replied 8 replied 10 . [chapter] [xiv] [:] [how] [paddy] [warned] [lightfoot] it was a queer partnership , that [partnership] [between] [lightfoot] [and] [paddy] [,] [but] it was a good partnership . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 19 partnership 4 queer 19 partnership 5 partnership 6 , 5 partnership 7 that 5 partnership 19 partnership 15 it 19 partnership 16 was 19 partnership 17 a 19 partnership 18 good 19 partnership 19 partnership 20 . they had been the best of friends for a long time . 1 they 7 friends 2 had 3 been 3 been 7 friends 4 the 5 best 5 best 6 of 5 best 7 friends 7 friends 10 long 7 friends 12 . 8 for 10 long 9 a 10 long 10 long 11 time [paddy] [had] [always] [been] [glad] [to] [have] [lightfoot] [visit] [his] [pond] [.] to tell the truth , [he] [was] [rather] [fond] [of] [handsome] [lightfoot] . 1 to 2 tell 1 to 13 . 2 tell 4 truth 3 the 4 truth 4 truth 5 , you know [paddy] [is] himself not at all [handsome] [.] 1 you 2 know 2 know 8 all 5 himself 7 at 6 not 7 at 7 at 8 all on land he is a rather clumsy-looking fellow and really homely . 1 on 7 clumsy-looking 2 land 7 clumsy-looking 3 he 7 clumsy-looking 4 is 7 clumsy-looking 5 a 7 clumsy-looking 6 rather 7 clumsy-looking 7 clumsy-looking 8 fellow 7 clumsy-looking 9 and 7 clumsy-looking 10 really 7 clumsy-looking 11 homely 7 clumsy-looking 12 . so he [admired] [lightfoot] [greatly] . 1 so 2 he 2 he 6 . that is one reason why he proposed that they be partners . 1 that 4 reason 2 is 4 reason 3 one 4 reason 4 reason 5 why 4 reason 7 proposed 6 he 7 proposed 7 proposed 8 that 7 proposed 9 they 7 proposed 11 partners 10 be 11 partners 11 partners 12 . lightfoot himself thought the idea a splendid one . 1 lightfoot 7 splendid 1 lightfoot 9 . 2 himself 7 splendid 3 thought 7 splendid 4 the 5 idea 5 idea 7 splendid 6 a 7 splendid 7 splendid 8 one he spent [that] night [browsing] [not] [far] [from] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [.] 1 he 2 spent 2 spent 4 night with the coming of daylight he lay down in a thicket of young hemlock-trees near the upper end of the pond . 1 with 2 the 2 the 18 end 3 coming 5 daylight 4 of 5 daylight 5 daylight 11 thicket 6 he 11 thicket 7 lay 8 down 7 lay 11 thicket 9 in 11 thicket 10 a 11 thicket 11 thicket 14 hemlock-trees 12 of 14 hemlock-trees 13 young 14 hemlock-trees 14 hemlock-trees 15 near 14 hemlock-trees 16 the 14 hemlock-trees 17 upper 14 hemlock-trees 18 end 18 end 19 of 18 end 21 pond 20 the 21 pond 21 pond 22 . it was a quiet , peaceful day . 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 peaceful 3 a 6 peaceful 4 quiet 5 , 4 quiet 6 peaceful 6 peaceful 7 day 6 peaceful 8 . but they were , and [lightfoot] [knew] [that] [sooner] [or] [later] [one] [of] [them] [would] [be] [sure] [to] [visit] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [.] 1 but 2 they 2 they 3 were 3 were 5 and 4 , 5 and so , though he rested and took short naps all through that beautiful day , he was anxious . 1 so 16 he 2 , 3 though 3 though 9 naps 3 though 16 he 4 he 9 naps 5 rested 9 naps 6 and 9 naps 7 took 9 naps 8 short 9 naps 9 naps 10 all 9 naps 11 through 9 naps 12 that 9 naps 13 beautiful 9 naps 14 day 9 naps 15 , 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 anxious 18 anxious 19 . he couldn't help but be . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 help 2 couldn't 5 be 4 but 5 be 5 be 6 . the next morning found [lightfoot] [back] in the same [place] [.] 1 the 2 next 1 the 9 same 2 next 3 morning 4 found 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 same but this morning he took no naps . 1 but 7 naps 2 this 7 naps 3 morning 7 naps 4 he 7 naps 5 took 7 naps 6 no 7 naps 7 naps 8 . he rested , but all the time he was watchful and alert . 1 he 12 alert 2 rested 4 but 2 rested 5 all 3 , 4 but 5 all 6 the 5 all 7 time 7 time 12 alert 8 he 12 alert 9 was 12 alert 10 watchful 12 alert 11 and 12 alert 12 alert 13 . a feeling of uneasiness possessed him . 1 a 4 uneasiness 2 feeling 4 uneasiness 3 of 4 uneasiness 4 uneasiness 5 possessed 4 uneasiness 6 him 4 uneasiness 7 . he felt in his bones that danger in the shape of a hunter with a terrible gun was not far distant . 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 5 bones 3 in 4 his 4 his 5 bones 5 bones 10 shape 6 that 7 danger 7 danger 10 shape 8 in 9 the 8 in 10 shape 10 shape 11 of 10 shape 12 a 10 shape 13 hunter 13 hunter 17 gun 14 with 17 gun 15 a 17 gun 16 terrible 17 gun 17 gun 21 distant 18 was 21 distant 19 not 20 far 20 far 21 distant 21 distant 22 . but the hours slipped away , and little by little he grew less uneasy . 1 but 4 slipped 2 the 4 slipped 3 hours 4 slipped 4 slipped 5 away 4 slipped 7 and 4 slipped 8 little 6 , 7 and 8 little 14 uneasy 9 by 14 uneasy 10 little 14 uneasy 11 he 12 grew 12 grew 14 uneasy 13 less 14 uneasy 14 uneasy 15 . he began to hope that that day would prove as peaceful as the previous day had been . 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 3 to 9 prove 4 hope 9 prove 5 that 9 prove 6 that 9 prove 7 day 9 prove 8 would 9 prove 9 prove 14 previous 10 as 14 previous 11 peaceful 14 previous 12 as 14 previous 13 the 14 previous 14 previous 15 day 14 previous 17 been 14 previous 18 . 16 had 17 been then [suddenly] there was [a] [sharp] [report] [from] the [farther] [end] [of] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [.] 1 then 3 there 3 there 4 was 4 was 9 the it was almost like a pistol shot . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 almost 3 almost 6 pistol 4 like 6 pistol 5 a 6 pistol 6 pistol 7 shot 6 pistol 8 . however , it wasn't a pistol shot . 1 however 2 , 1 however 6 pistol 3 it 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 6 pistol 5 a 6 pistol 6 pistol 7 shot 6 pistol 8 . it wasn't a shot at all . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 4 shot 3 a 4 shot 4 shot 5 at 4 shot 7 . 5 at 6 all it was [the] [slap] [of] [paddy] ['s] [broad] [tail] on the [surface] of the [water] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 10 on 10 on 11 the 10 on 16 . 11 the 13 of 13 of 14 the [instantly] [lightfoot] [was] [on] [his] [feet] [.] he knew just what that meant . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 6 meant 3 just 4 what 4 what 6 meant 5 that 6 meant 6 meant 7 . he knew that [paddy] had seen [or] [heard] [or] [smelled] [a] [hunter] . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 5 had 2 knew 3 that 5 had 6 seen 6 seen 13 . it was even so . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 so 2 was 5 . 3 even 4 so paddy had heard a dry stick snap . 1 paddy 7 snap 2 had 3 heard 3 heard 7 snap 4 a 7 snap 5 dry 7 snap 6 stick 7 snap 7 snap 8 . it was a very [tiny] [snap] , but it was enough to [warn] [paddy] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 7 , 2 was 3 a 2 was 4 very 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 it 9 it 10 was 9 it 15 . 10 was 11 enough 11 enough 12 to with only his head above water he had watched in the direction from which that sound had come . 1 with 3 his 2 only 3 his 3 his 4 head 4 head 5 above 5 above 6 water 5 above 9 watched 7 he 8 had 7 he 9 watched 9 watched 12 direction 10 in 12 direction 11 the 12 direction 12 direction 13 from 12 direction 14 which 12 direction 16 sound 12 direction 17 had 12 direction 18 come 12 direction 19 . 15 that 16 sound presently , stealing quietly along towards the pond , a hunter had come in view . 1 presently 2 , 1 presently 3 stealing 3 stealing 4 quietly 3 stealing 5 along 3 stealing 6 towards 3 stealing 8 pond 7 the 8 pond 8 pond 9 , 8 pond 11 hunter 10 a 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 had 11 hunter 15 view 13 come 15 view 14 in 15 view 15 view 16 . [instantly] [paddy] [had] [brought] [his] [broad] [tail] [down] [on] [the] [water] [with] [all] [his] [force] [.] he knew [that] [lightfoot] [would] know that that meant danger . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 9 meant 6 know 9 meant 7 that 9 meant 8 that 9 meant 9 meant 10 danger 10 danger 11 . then [paddy] [had] [dived] , and [swimming] [under] [water] [,] had [sought] the [safety] of his [house] . 1 then 5 , 1 then 13 the 5 , 6 and 6 and 11 had 13 the 15 of 15 of 16 his 16 his 18 . he had done his part , and there was nothing more he could do . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 done 3 done 5 part 3 done 10 nothing 3 done 15 . 4 his 5 part 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 there 8 there 9 was 8 there 10 nothing 10 nothing 11 more 10 nothing 13 could 10 nothing 14 do 12 he 13 could [chapter] [xv] [:] [the] [three] [watchers] he was on his [feet] [instantly] [,] [with] eyes [,] [ears] and [nose] [seeking] the [cause] of [paddy] ['s] [warning] . 1 he 2 was 1 he 4 his 2 was 3 on 4 his 9 eyes 9 eyes 12 and 12 and 15 the 15 the 17 of 17 of 21 . there he hid among some close-growing young hemlock-trees . 1 there 6 close-growing 2 he 6 close-growing 3 hid 6 close-growing 4 among 6 close-growing 5 some 6 close-growing 6 close-growing 7 young 6 close-growing 8 hemlock-trees 6 close-growing 9 . it wasn't long before he saw a hunter with a terrible gun come down to the shore of the pond . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 long 2 wasn't 8 hunter 3 long 4 before 5 he 6 saw 6 saw 7 a 6 saw 8 hunter 8 hunter 12 gun 8 hunter 20 pond 9 with 12 gun 10 a 12 gun 11 terrible 12 gun 13 come 14 down 14 down 17 shore 15 to 17 shore 16 the 17 shore 17 shore 20 pond 18 of 20 pond 19 the 20 pond 20 pond 21 . [now] [the] [hunter] [had] [heard] [paddy] [slap] [the] [water] [with] [his] [broad] [tail] [.] of course . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 . there would have been something very wrong with his ears had he failed to hear it . 1 there 5 something 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 3 have 5 something 5 something 7 wrong 6 very 7 wrong 7 wrong 8 with 7 wrong 13 failed 7 wrong 17 . 9 his 10 ears 10 ears 13 failed 11 had 13 failed 12 he 13 failed 13 failed 14 to 13 failed 15 hear 15 hear 16 it " [confound] that [beaver] ! " [muttered] [the] [hunter] [crossly] [.] 1 " 3 that 1 " 5 ! 5 ! 6 " " if there [was] [a] [deer] [anywhere] [around] [this] [pond] , he [probably] is [on] [his] [way] now [.] 1 " 14 is 2 if 3 there 3 there 14 is 11 , 12 he 12 he 14 is 14 is 18 now i 'll have a look around and see if there are any signs [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 have 2 'll 8 see 3 have 4 a 4 a 5 look 5 look 6 around 6 around 7 and 8 see 9 if 8 see 13 signs 10 there 13 signs 11 are 13 signs 12 any 13 signs so [the] [hunter] went on to the edge of [paddy] ['s] pond [and] [then] [began] to [walk] [around] it , [studying] [the] [ground] [as] he [walked] [.] 1 so 25 he 4 went 5 on 4 went 16 to 5 on 8 edge 6 to 8 edge 7 the 8 edge 8 edge 9 of 8 edge 12 pond 16 to 19 it 19 it 20 , 20 , 25 he presently he found [the] [footprints] [of] [lightfoot] [in] [the] [mud] [where] [lightfoot] [had] [gone] [down] [to] [the] [pond] [to] [drink] [.] 1 presently 3 found 2 he 3 found " [i] [thought] [as] [much] , " [muttered] [the] [hunter] [.] 1 " 6 , 6 , 7 " ["] [those] [tracks] [were] [made] [last] [night] [.] that [deer] [probably] was [lying] [down] [somewhere] near here , and [i] [might] [have] had a [shot] [but] [for] [that] [pesky] [beaver] [.] 1 that 4 was 1 that 15 had 4 was 11 and 8 near 9 here 9 here 10 , 10 , 11 and 15 had 16 a i 'll just look the land over , and then [i] think [i] ['ll] [wait] [here] [awhile] . 1 i 2 'll 1 i 12 think 2 'll 3 just 3 just 4 look 3 just 10 then 4 look 7 over 5 the 6 land 6 land 7 over 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 then 12 think 18 . if that [deer] [isn't] too [badly] [scared] , he may come back . " 1 if 11 come 2 that 9 he 2 that 10 may 5 too 8 , 8 , 9 he 10 may 11 come 11 come 12 back 12 back 13 . 13 . 14 " so the hunter went quite around the pond , looking into all likely hiding-places . 1 so 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 went 3 hunter 8 pond 5 quite 8 pond 6 around 8 pond 7 the 8 pond 8 pond 14 hiding-places 9 , 10 looking 10 looking 14 hiding-places 11 into 14 hiding-places 12 all 14 hiding-places 13 likely 14 hiding-places 14 hiding-places 15 . he [found] [where] [lightfoot] had been [lying] , and he knew that [in] all [probability] [lightfoot] had been there [when] [paddy] [gave] [the] [danger] [signal] . 1 he 5 had 1 he 17 had 5 had 6 been 8 , 9 and 8 , 10 he 10 he 11 knew 10 he 17 had 11 knew 12 that 11 knew 14 all 17 had 18 been 18 been 19 there 19 there 26 . " [it] ['s] [of] no use for me [to] [try] to [follow] him , " thought [the] [hunter] [.] 1 " 5 no 5 no 6 use 6 use 7 for 7 for 8 me 8 me 15 " 11 to 13 him 13 him 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 thought " it is too dry for me to track him . 1 " 3 is 2 it 3 is 3 is 9 track 4 too 9 track 5 dry 9 track 6 for 7 me 7 me 9 track 8 to 9 track 9 track 10 him 10 him 11 . he may not be so badly scared , after all . 1 he 6 badly 2 may 3 not 2 may 4 be 2 may 6 badly 5 so 6 badly 6 badly 7 scared 6 badly 8 , 6 badly 9 after 6 badly 11 . 9 after 10 all i 'll just find a good place and wait [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 just 2 'll 4 find 2 'll 9 wait 4 find 7 place 5 a 6 good 5 a 7 place 8 and 9 wait so the hunter found an old log behind some small trees and there sat down . 1 so 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 7 log 4 found 7 log 5 an 7 log 6 old 7 log 7 log 11 trees 7 log 14 sat 7 log 16 . 8 behind 11 trees 9 some 11 trees 10 small 11 trees 11 trees 12 and 11 trees 13 there 14 sat 15 down he could see [all] [around] [paddy] ['s] [pond] . 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 see 2 could 9 . he sat perfectly still . 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 4 still 3 perfectly 4 still 4 still 5 . what [he] [didn't] [know] [was] [that] [lightfoot] had been watching [him] [all] [the] [time] and was even then standing where he could see him . 1 what 8 had 8 had 9 been 9 been 10 watching 10 watching 24 him 15 and 24 him 16 was 19 standing 17 even 18 then 17 even 19 standing 19 standing 20 where 20 where 22 could 21 he 22 could 22 could 23 see 23 see 24 him 24 him 25 . so the [hunter] [watched] [for] [lightfoot] [,] [and] [lightfoot] [and] [paddy] [watched] [the] [hunter] [.] 1 so 2 the [chapter] [xvi] [:] [visitors] [to] [paddy] ['s] [pond] that hunter was a man of patience . 1 that 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 was 2 hunter 7 patience 4 a 5 man 5 man 7 patience 6 of 7 patience 7 patience 8 . also he was a man who understood [the] [little] [people] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] . 1 also 7 understood 2 he 7 understood 3 was 4 a 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 who 6 who 7 understood 7 understood 19 . he knew that if he would not be seen he must not move . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 6 would 4 if 6 would 5 he 6 would 6 would 7 not 6 would 8 be 8 be 9 seen 9 seen 13 move 10 he 13 move 11 must 12 not 12 not 13 move 13 move 14 . so he didn't move . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 move 4 move 5 . he kept as motionless as if he were a part of the very log on which he was sitting . 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 4 motionless 3 as 4 motionless 4 motionless 6 if 4 motionless 7 he 4 motionless 8 were 4 motionless 9 a 4 motionless 10 part 5 as 6 if 10 part 11 of 10 part 14 log 12 the 14 log 13 very 14 log 14 log 15 on 14 log 16 which 14 log 19 sitting 14 log 20 . 17 he 18 was 18 was 19 sitting for some time there was no sign of any living thing . 1 for 2 some 2 some 3 time 2 some 7 sign 4 there 5 was 4 there 7 sign 6 no 7 sign 7 sign 8 of 7 sign 10 living 9 any 10 living 10 living 11 thing 10 living 12 . for a few moments they sat on the water , a picture of watchful suspicion . 1 for 4 moments 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 moments 4 moments 5 they 4 moments 6 sat 6 sat 7 on 6 sat 14 watchful 8 the 9 water 9 water 10 , 9 water 14 watchful 11 a 12 picture 12 picture 13 of 12 picture 14 watchful 14 watchful 15 suspicion 14 watchful 16 . they were looking and listening to make sure that no danger was near . 1 they 2 were 2 were 13 near 3 looking 5 listening 4 and 5 listening 5 listening 6 to 5 listening 8 sure 5 listening 11 danger 7 make 8 sure 8 sure 9 that 10 no 11 danger 11 danger 13 near 12 was 13 near 13 near 14 . satisfied at last , they began to clean their feathers . 1 satisfied 3 last 1 satisfied 4 , 1 satisfied 5 they 1 satisfied 6 began 1 satisfied 11 . 2 at 3 last 6 began 7 to 6 began 10 feathers 8 clean 10 feathers 9 their 10 feathers it was plain that they felt safe . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 plain 3 plain 4 that 3 plain 5 they 3 plain 7 safe 6 felt 7 safe 7 safe 8 . so [mr] [.] and [mrs] [quack] [swam] [about] [within] [easy] [range] [of] that [terrible] [gun] [without] [once] [suspecting] [that] [danger] was [anywhere] [near] . 1 so 4 and 1 so 13 that 13 that 21 was 21 was 24 . by [and] [by] the [hunter] ['s] [keen] [eyes] [caught] [a] [movement] [at] [one] end of [paddy] ['s] [dam] [.] 1 by 4 the 4 the 14 end 14 end 15 of an instant [later] [bobby] [coon] [appeared] [.] 1 an 2 instant it was clear that [bobby] was quite [unsuspicious] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 6 was 2 was 3 clear 3 clear 4 that 6 was 7 quite he carried something , but just what the hunter could not make out . 1 he 2 carried 1 he 10 could 2 carried 3 something 4 , 5 but 5 but 10 could 6 just 7 what 6 just 9 hunter 8 the 9 hunter 9 hunter 10 could 10 could 11 not 10 could 12 make 12 make 13 out 13 out 14 . he took it down to the edge of the water and there carefully washed it . 1 he 2 took 2 took 3 it 2 took 7 edge 2 took 15 it 4 down 7 edge 5 to 7 edge 6 the 7 edge 7 edge 8 of 7 edge 9 the 7 edge 10 water 7 edge 13 carefully 11 and 12 there 11 and 13 carefully 13 carefully 14 washed 15 it 16 . then he climbed up on [paddy] ['s] dam [and] [began] [to] [eat] . 1 then 3 climbed 2 he 3 climbed 3 climbed 4 up 3 climbed 5 on 3 climbed 8 dam 8 dam 13 . you know [bobby] [coon] is very particular about [his] [food] . 1 you 2 know 2 know 5 is 5 is 6 very 6 very 7 particular 7 particular 8 about 7 particular 11 . [whenever] [there] [is] [water] [near] [,] [bobby] [washes] [his] [food] [before] [eating] [.] once more [the] [hunter] [was] [tempted] , but [did] not [yield] to [the] [temptation] , which was a very good thing [for] [bobby] [coon] . 1 once 2 more 1 once 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 not 10 not 12 to 12 to 25 . 15 , 16 which 16 which 17 was 17 was 18 a 18 a 20 good 18 a 21 thing 19 very 20 good 21 thing 25 . all [this] [lightfoot] [saw] [as] [he] [stood] [among] [the] [little] [hemlock-trees] at the [top] of the [ridge] [behind] [the] [hunter] [.] 1 all 16 the 12 at 13 the 13 the 15 of 15 of 16 the he saw and he understood . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 5 understood 3 and 4 he 4 he 5 understood 5 understood 6 . " what have [i] ever done that he should be so anxious to kill me ? " 1 " 2 what 2 what 6 done 2 what 16 ? 3 have 6 done 5 ever 6 done 6 done 12 anxious 7 that 8 he 7 that 9 should 9 should 10 be 9 should 12 anxious 11 so 12 anxious 12 anxious 13 to 12 anxious 14 kill 15 me 16 ? 16 ? 17 " still the hunter sat without moving . 1 still 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 6 moving 4 sat 6 moving 5 without 6 moving 6 moving 7 . [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [contentedly] [hunted] [for] [food] [in] [the] [mud] [at] [the] [bottom] [of] [paddy] ['s] [pond] [.] [bobby] [coon] [finished] [his] [meal] [,] [crossed] [the] [dam] [and] [disappeared] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] he had gone off to take a nap somewhere . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 gone 3 gone 9 somewhere 4 off 9 somewhere 5 to 6 take 6 take 8 nap 7 a 8 nap 8 nap 9 somewhere 9 somewhere 10 . time slipped away . 1 time 2 slipped 2 slipped 3 away 3 away 4 . the hunter [continued] [to] [watch] [patiently] [for] [lightfoot] [,] [and] [lightfoot] [and] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [watched] [the] [hunter] [.] 1 the 2 hunter finally , another visitor appeared at the upper end of the pond a visitor in a wonderful coat of red . 1 finally 4 visitor 2 , 4 visitor 3 another 4 visitor 4 visitor 5 appeared 4 visitor 6 at 4 visitor 8 upper 4 visitor 15 in 4 visitor 17 wonderful 4 visitor 18 coat 4 visitor 20 red 7 the 8 upper 8 upper 9 end 8 upper 12 pond 8 upper 14 visitor 9 end 10 of 11 the 12 pond 13 a 14 visitor 16 a 17 wonderful 18 coat 19 of 20 red 21 . it was [reddy] [fox] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 . [chapter] [xvii] [:] [sammy] [jay] [arrives] when [reddy] [fox] [arrived] [at] the [pond] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [,] [the] hunter [who] [was] [hiding] [there] saw him [instantly] . 1 when 6 the 1 when 19 saw 6 the 14 hunter 19 saw 20 him 20 him 22 . so did [lightfoot] [.] 1 so 2 did but no one else did . 1 but 2 no 1 but 5 did 2 no 3 one 3 one 4 else 5 did 6 . he approached in that cautious , careful way that he always uses when he is hunting . 1 he 12 uses 2 approached 5 cautious 3 in 5 cautious 4 that 5 cautious 5 cautious 6 , 5 cautious 7 careful 7 careful 12 uses 8 way 12 uses 9 that 12 uses 10 he 12 uses 11 always 12 uses 12 uses 13 when 12 uses 15 is 12 uses 16 hunting 13 when 14 he 16 hunting 17 . he stopped with one foot lifted in the act of taking a step . 1 he 2 stopped 2 stopped 5 foot 3 with 5 foot 4 one 5 foot 5 foot 9 act 5 foot 14 . 6 lifted 9 act 7 in 8 the 7 in 9 act 9 act 10 of 9 act 11 taking 9 act 13 step 12 a 13 step he had seen [mr] [and] [mrs] . [quack] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 seen 3 seen 7 . now you know there is [nothing] [reddy] [fox] [likes] better for a [dinner] [than] [a] [duck] [.] 1 now 2 you 2 you 3 know 2 you 10 better 3 know 5 is 4 there 5 is 10 better 11 for 11 for 12 a the [instant] [he] [saw] [mr] [.] [and] [mrs] [quack] [,] [a] [gleam] [of] [longing] [crept] [into] his eyes and his mouth began to water . 1 the 24 water 17 his 18 eyes 17 his 21 mouth 19 and 20 his 20 his 21 mouth 21 mouth 22 began 21 mouth 24 water 22 began 23 to 24 water 25 . then [like] [a] [red] [flash] [he] [bounded] [out] [of] [sight] [behind] the [dam] of [paddy] the [beaver] [.] 1 then 12 the 12 the 14 of 14 of 16 the presently the hunter [saw] [reddy] ['s] [black] [nose] [at] [the] [end] [of] [the] [dam] [as] [reddy] [peeped] [around] [it] [to] [watch] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [.] 1 presently 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter the latter were slowly moving along in that direction as they fed . 1 the 2 latter 2 latter 3 were 2 latter 4 slowly 2 latter 5 moving 5 moving 6 along 5 moving 9 direction 7 in 9 direction 8 that 9 direction 9 direction 12 fed 9 direction 13 . 10 as 11 they 11 they 12 fed reddy was quick [to] [see] [this] [.] 1 reddy 2 was 1 reddy 3 quick all he need do was to be patient and wait . 1 all 2 he 1 all 3 need 3 need 8 patient 4 do 8 patient 5 was 8 patient 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 patient 8 patient 9 and 8 patient 10 wait 10 wait 11 . so , with his eyes [fixed] [fast] [on] [mr] [and] [mrs] . [quack] [,] [reddy] [fox] [crouched] [behind] [paddy] ['s] [dam] [and] [waited] [.] 1 so 2 , 2 , 3 with 3 with 5 eyes 4 his 5 eyes 5 eyes 12 . [watching] [reddy] [and] [the] [ducks] [,] [the] [hunter] [almost] [forgot] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [were] [getting] [very] [near] [to] [where] [reddy] [was] [waiting] [for] [them] [.] the hunter [was] [tempted] [to] [get] [up] [and] [frighten] [those] [ducks] [.] 1 the 2 hunter he didn't want [reddy] [fox] to have them , [because] he [hoped] [some] [day] [to] [get] [them] himself . 1 he 2 didn't 1 he 18 himself 2 didn't 3 want 3 want 6 to 7 have 8 them 8 them 9 , 9 , 11 he 11 he 18 himself 18 himself 19 . " [i] suppose , " thought he [,] ["] [i] [was] [foolish] [not] [to] [shoot] [them] [when] [i] [had] [the] [chance] . 1 " 3 suppose 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 thought 6 thought 7 he 7 he 22 . they are too far away now , and it looks very much as if that red rascal will get one of them . 1 they 2 are 2 are 17 rascal 3 too 4 far 3 too 12 much 4 far 5 away 4 far 6 now 4 far 10 looks 6 now 7 , 8 and 9 it 9 it 10 looks 11 very 12 much 12 much 17 rascal 13 as 14 if 14 if 17 rascal 15 that 17 rascal 16 red 17 rascal 17 rascal 18 will 17 rascal 19 get 17 rascal 20 one 17 rascal 22 them 20 one 21 of 22 them 23 . i [believe] [i] 'll [spoil] that [red] [scamp] ['s] [plans] [by] [frightening] [them] [away] . 1 i 4 'll 1 i 6 that 6 that 15 . i don't believe that [deer] will be [back] here [to-day] [anyway] , so [i] [may] [as] well [save] [those] [ducks] . " 1 i 2 don't 1 i 6 will 2 don't 3 believe 3 believe 4 that 6 will 7 be 7 be 9 here 9 here 12 , 12 , 22 " 13 so 17 well 13 so 21 . 21 . 22 " but the hunter did nothing of the kind . 1 but 8 kind 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 did 3 hunter 8 kind 5 nothing 8 kind 6 of 7 the 6 of 8 kind 8 kind 9 . you see , just as he was getting ready to [step] [out] [from] [his] [hiding-place] [,] [sammy] [jay] [arrived] . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 8 getting 4 just 8 getting 5 as 6 he 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 getting 8 getting 9 ready 9 ready 10 to 10 to 20 . he perched in a tree close to [the] [end] [of] [paddy] ['s] [dam] [and] [at] [once] [he] [spied] [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 he 2 perched 2 perched 3 in 2 perched 4 a 2 perched 5 tree 2 perched 6 close 6 close 7 to it [didn't] [take] [him] [a] [second] [to] [discover] [what] [reddy] was [hiding] [there] for . 1 it 11 was 1 it 15 . 11 was 14 for " [thief] , [thief] , thief ! " [screamed] [sammy] [,] and then [looked] [down] [at] [reddy] [with] [a] [mischievous] [look] [in] his [sharp] eyes . 1 " 3 , 3 , 12 and 5 , 8 " 5 , 12 and 6 thief 7 ! 7 ! 8 " 12 and 13 then 13 then 23 his 23 his 25 eyes 25 eyes 26 . there is nothing [sammy] [jay] [delights] in [more] [than] [in] [upsetting] the [plans] of [reddy] [fox] . 1 there 2 is 1 there 3 nothing 1 there 7 in 7 in 12 the 12 the 14 of 14 of 17 . at the sound of [sammy] ['s] [voice] [,] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [swam] [hurriedly] [towards] the middle of [the] [pond] . 1 at 3 sound 2 the 3 sound 3 sound 4 of 4 of 17 the 4 of 22 . 17 the 18 middle 18 middle 19 of they knew exactly what that warning meant . 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 7 meant 3 exactly 4 what 3 exactly 6 warning 5 that 6 warning 6 warning 7 meant 7 meant 8 . reddy [fox] looked up [at] [sammy] [jay] and [snarled] angrily . 1 reddy 3 looked 1 reddy 10 angrily 3 looked 4 up 4 up 8 and 10 angrily 11 . then , [knowing] it was [useless] [to] [hide] [longer] , he [bounded] [away] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [to] [hunt] [elsewhere] [.] 1 then 11 he 2 , 11 he 4 it 5 was 4 it 10 , 10 , 11 he [chapter] [xviii] [:] [the] [hunter] [loses] [his] [temper] the [hunter] [,] [hidden] [near] [the] [pond] of [paddy] the [beaver] [,] [chuckled] [silently] [.] 1 the 8 of 8 of 10 the that is to say , he laughed without making any sound . 1 that 2 is 1 that 11 sound 3 to 4 say 4 say 5 , 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 laughed 7 laughed 11 sound 8 without 9 making 9 making 11 sound 10 any 11 sound 11 sound 12 . the [hunter] [thought] [the] [warning] [of] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [by] [sammy] [jay] was a great [joke] [on] [reddy] [.] 1 the 15 was 15 was 16 a 16 a 17 great to tell the truth , he was very much pleased . 1 to 2 tell 2 tell 4 truth 3 the 4 truth 4 truth 5 , 4 truth 10 pleased 4 truth 11 . 6 he 7 was 7 was 10 pleased 8 very 9 much 9 much 10 pleased as you know , he wanted [those] [ducks] [himself] . 1 as 2 you 1 as 5 he 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 , 5 he 6 wanted 6 wanted 10 . " [sammy] [jay] [did] [me] [a] [good] [turn] [,] " [thought] [the] [hunter] , " [although] [he] [doesn't] [know] it . 1 " 10 " 10 " 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 20 it 20 it 21 . reddy [fox] [certainly] [would] [have] [caught] [one] [of] [those] [ducks] had [sammy] not [come] [along] [just] [when] [he] [did] . 1 reddy 11 had 11 had 13 not 13 not 20 . it would have been a shame to have [had] [one] [of] them [caught] [by] [that] [fox] . 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 have 2 would 6 shame 2 would 7 to 2 would 8 have 3 have 4 been 5 a 6 shame 8 have 12 them 12 them 17 . i mean to get one , and [i] [hope] both of them [,] [myself] . " 1 i 2 mean 2 mean 3 to 2 mean 16 " 3 to 4 get 4 get 5 one 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 both 10 both 12 them 11 of 12 them 12 them 15 . 15 . 16 " reddy was hunting them because he was hungry . 1 reddy 3 hunting 2 was 3 hunting 3 hunting 8 hungry 4 them 5 because 5 because 6 he 5 because 8 hungry 7 was 8 hungry 8 hungry 9 . the hunter would have shot them for sport . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 8 sport 3 would 4 have 4 have 8 sport 5 shot 8 sport 6 them 8 sport 7 for 8 sport 8 sport 9 . he didn't need them . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 need 3 need 4 them 4 them 5 . he had plenty of other food . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 plenty 3 plenty 4 of 3 plenty 5 other 3 plenty 6 food 6 food 7 . [reddy] [fox] [doesn't] [kill] [just] [for] [the] [pleasure] [of] [killing] [.] so [the] [hunter] [continued] [to] [sit] [in] [his] [hiding-place] [with] [very] friendly [feelings] [for] [sammy] [jay] . 1 so 12 friendly 12 friendly 17 . sammy [watched] [reddy] [fox] [disappear] [and] [then] flew [over] [to] [that] [side] [of] [the] [pond] [where] [the] [hunter] [was] . 1 sammy 8 flew 8 flew 20 . for [some] [time] [sammy] sat [quietly] in the top of the tree , but all the time [his] [sharp] [eyes] [were] [very] [busy] . 1 for 17 time 1 for 24 . 5 sat 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 9 top 12 tree 11 the 12 tree 12 tree 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 all 15 all 16 the 15 all 17 time by and by he spied the hunter sitting on the log . 1 by 5 spied 2 and 5 spied 3 by 5 spied 4 he 5 spied 5 spied 7 hunter 5 spied 8 sitting 5 spied 11 log 6 the 7 hunter 8 sitting 9 on 10 the 11 log 11 log 12 . at first he couldn't make out just what it was he was looking at . 1 at 2 first 2 first 4 couldn't 3 he 4 couldn't 4 couldn't 5 make 4 couldn't 6 out 4 couldn't 8 what 4 couldn't 9 it 7 just 8 what 9 it 10 was 9 it 12 was 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 looking 13 looking 14 at 13 looking 15 . it [didn't] [move] , but [nevertheless] [sammy] was [suspicious] . 1 it 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 8 was 8 was 10 . presently he flew over to a tree where he could see better . 1 presently 2 he 1 presently 3 flew 3 flew 4 over 3 flew 5 to 3 flew 7 tree 6 a 7 tree 7 tree 8 where 7 tree 13 . 8 where 10 could 9 he 10 could 10 could 11 see 10 could 12 better right away he spied the terrible gun , and he knew just what that was . 1 right 4 spied 2 away 4 spied 3 he 4 spied 4 spied 5 the 4 spied 7 gun 6 terrible 7 gun 7 gun 9 and 7 gun 11 knew 7 gun 16 . 8 , 9 and 10 he 11 knew 11 knew 13 what 11 knew 14 that 11 knew 15 was 12 just 13 what once more he began to yell , " thief ! thief ! thief ! " at the top of his lungs . 1 once 2 more 1 once 6 yell 3 he 4 began 4 began 5 to 4 began 6 yell 6 yell 7 , 6 yell 11 thief 6 yell 21 lungs 8 " 11 thief 9 thief 10 ! 9 thief 11 thief 11 thief 12 ! 12 ! 15 " 13 thief 14 ! 14 ! 15 " 16 at 21 lungs 17 the 18 top 18 top 19 of 18 top 21 lungs 20 his 21 lungs 21 lungs 22 . it was [then] [that] [the] [hunter] lost [his] [temper] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 7 lost 7 lost 10 . he [knew] [that] now he had been [discovered] [by] [sammy] [jay] , and it was [useless] [to] [remain] [there] [longer] . 1 he 6 had 1 he 15 was 4 now 5 he 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 been 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 it 14 it 15 was 15 was 21 . he was angry clear through . 1 he 3 angry 2 was 3 angry 3 angry 4 clear 3 angry 6 . 4 clear 5 through [chapter] [xix] [:] [sammy] [jay] [is] [modest] every one [within] [hearing] could [tell] [just] [where] [that] [hunter] [was] [by] [sammy] ['s] [voice] [.] 1 every 2 one 2 one 5 could it [kept] [growing] [fainter] [and] [fainter] , and by that [lightfoot] [knew] [that] [the] [hunter] was [getting] [farther] and [farther] [away] [.] 1 it 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 by 9 by 10 that 10 that 16 was 16 was 19 and [paddy] [the] [beaver] [swam] [out] [from] [his] [hiding-place] [and] [climbed] [out] [on] [the] [bank] [near] [lightfoot] [.] there was a twinkle in his eyes . 1 there 2 was 1 there 4 twinkle 3 a 4 twinkle 4 twinkle 5 in 4 twinkle 6 his 4 twinkle 7 eyes 7 eyes 8 . " that blue-coated mischief-maker isn't such a bad fellow at heart , after all , is he ? " said he . 1 " 3 blue-coated 2 that 3 blue-coated 3 blue-coated 4 mischief-maker 3 blue-coated 5 isn't 3 blue-coated 6 such 3 blue-coated 7 a 3 blue-coated 8 bad 3 blue-coated 9 fellow 9 fellow 11 heart 9 fellow 12 , 9 fellow 13 after 9 fellow 15 , 9 fellow 18 ? 9 fellow 21 he 9 fellow 22 . 10 at 11 heart 13 after 14 all 16 is 17 he 16 is 18 ? 18 ? 19 " 18 ? 20 said lightfoot lifted his beautiful head and set [his] [ears] [forward] [to] [catch] the sound of [sammy] 's voice in the distance . 1 lightfoot 2 lifted 2 lifted 5 head 2 lifted 6 and 2 lifted 7 set 2 lifted 18 voice 3 his 5 head 4 beautiful 5 head 13 the 14 sound 14 sound 15 of 14 sound 18 voice 17 's 18 voice 18 voice 21 distance 18 voice 22 . 19 in 20 the 19 in 21 distance he brought me warning of the coming of the hunter the other morning . 1 he 2 brought 2 brought 3 me 2 brought 4 warning 4 warning 5 of 4 warning 7 coming 4 warning 8 of 4 warning 10 hunter 4 warning 14 . 5 of 6 the 9 the 10 hunter 10 hunter 13 morning 11 the 12 other 11 the 13 morning you [saw] [him] [save] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [a] [little] [while] [ago] , and then he [actually] drove [that] [hunter] away . 1 you 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 then 16 then 17 he 17 he 19 drove 19 drove 22 away 22 away 23 . i [suppose] [sammy] [jay] [has] [saved] [more] [lives] [than] any one [i] [know] of . 1 i 10 any 10 any 11 one 10 any 15 . 11 one 14 of i wish he would come back [here] and let me thank him . " 1 i 2 wish 1 i 11 thank 2 wish 4 would 3 he 4 would 4 would 5 come 5 come 6 back 6 back 8 and 8 and 9 let 9 let 10 me 11 thank 12 him 12 him 13 . 13 . 14 " some time [later] [sammy] [jay] [did] [come] [back] . 1 some 2 time 2 time 9 . i 'm glad to see [he] [hasn't] [got] you [yet] , [lightfoot] . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 glad 3 glad 5 see 3 glad 9 you 3 glad 13 . 4 to 5 see 9 you 11 , i 've been a bit worried about you . " 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 3 been 6 worried 4 a 5 bit 5 bit 6 worried 6 worried 7 about 6 worried 8 you 6 worried 9 . 9 . 10 " " [sammy] , " said [lightfoot] , " you are one of the best [friends] [i] [have] . 1 " 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 you 9 you 10 are 10 are 14 best 11 one 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 best 14 best 18 . i don't know how [i] can ever thank you for what you have done for me . " 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 how 4 how 6 can 6 can 8 thank 7 ever 8 thank 8 thank 9 you 8 thank 10 for 8 thank 12 you 8 thank 14 done 8 thank 15 for 8 thank 18 " 11 what 12 you 13 have 14 done 15 for 16 me 16 me 17 . " don't [try] , " replied [sammy] [shortly] . 1 " 2 don't 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 replied 6 replied 9 . " [i] [haven't] [done] [anything] [but] what anybody [else] would have done . 1 " 7 what 7 what 12 done 8 anybody 10 would 10 would 11 have 11 have 12 done 12 done 13 . old [mother] [nature] [gave] [me] [a] [pair] [of] [good] [eyes] and [a] [strong] [voice] [.] 1 old 11 and i simply make the best use of them [i] can . 1 i 2 simply 1 i 10 can 2 simply 6 use 3 make 5 best 3 make 6 use 4 the 5 best 6 use 8 them 7 of 8 them 10 can 11 . just to see a hunter with a terrible gun makes me angry clear through . 1 just 3 see 2 to 3 see 3 see 14 through 4 a 9 gun 5 hunter 9 gun 6 with 9 gun 7 a 9 gun 8 terrible 9 gun 9 gun 10 makes 9 gun 13 clear 10 makes 11 me 12 angry 13 clear 13 clear 14 through 14 through 15 . i 'd rather spoil his hunting than eat [.] ["] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 3 rather 2 'd 8 eat 3 rather 4 spoil 3 rather 7 than 4 spoil 5 his 4 spoil 6 hunting " you want to watch [out] , [sammy] [.] 1 " 2 you 1 " 7 , 2 you 3 want 3 want 4 to 4 to 5 watch " don't worry [about] me , " replied [sammy] . 1 " 2 don't 1 " 8 replied 2 don't 3 worry 5 me 7 " 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 replied 8 replied 10 . " [i] [know] [just] [how] [far] [those] [terrible] [guns] [can] [shoot] [,] [and] [i] don't take any chances . 1 " 15 don't 15 don't 17 any 16 take 17 any 17 any 18 chances 18 chances 19 . by the way , [lightfoot] [,] [the] [green] [forest] [is] [full] [of] [hunters] [looking] [for] you [.] 1 by 2 the 2 the 3 way 3 way 4 , 4 , 16 you [chapter] [xx] [:] [lightfoot] [hears] [a] [dreadful] [sound] day after [day] [,] [lightfoot] the [deer] [played] [hide] [and] [seek] [for] [his] [life] [with] [the] [hunters] [who] [were] [seeking] [to] [kill] [him] [.] 1 day 2 after 2 after 6 the he saw them many times , though not one of them saw him . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 3 them 2 saw 13 him 3 them 11 them 4 many 5 times 4 many 11 them 5 times 7 though 6 , 7 though 7 though 8 not 9 one 10 of 9 one 11 them 12 saw 13 him 13 him 14 . more than once a hunter [passed] [close] [to] [lightfoot] ['s] hiding-place without once suspecting it . 1 more 2 than 2 than 3 once 2 than 16 . 3 once 4 a 3 once 14 suspecting 5 hunter 11 hiding-place 11 hiding-place 14 suspecting 12 without 14 suspecting 13 once 14 suspecting 14 suspecting 15 it but [poor] [lightfoot] was [feeling] the [strain] [.] 1 but 4 was 4 was 6 the he was growing thin , and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 growing 3 growing 4 thin 4 thin 5 , 4 thin 6 and 4 thin 10 nervous 7 he 8 was 8 was 10 nervous 9 so 10 nervous 10 nervous 13 falling 10 nervous 16 dead 11 that 13 falling 12 the 13 falling 13 falling 14 of 13 falling 15 a 16 dead 22 startle 17 leaf 22 startle 18 from 22 startle 19 a 20 tree 20 tree 22 startle 21 would 22 startle 22 startle 23 him 22 startle 24 . there is nothing quite so terrible as being continually hunted . 1 there 2 is 1 there 3 nothing 3 nothing 9 continually 4 quite 9 continually 5 so 9 continually 6 terrible 9 continually 7 as 9 continually 8 being 9 continually 9 continually 10 hunted 9 continually 11 . it was [getting] so that [lightfoot] [half] [expected] [a] hunter [to] [step] [out] [from] [behind] [every] [tree] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 so 4 so 5 that 5 that 10 hunter 10 hunter 18 . only [when] [the] [black] [shadows] [wrapped] [the] [green] [forest] [in] [darkness] [did] [he] [know] a moment [of] [peace] . 1 only 15 a 15 a 16 moment 16 moment 19 . and those hours of safety were filled with dread of what the next day might bring . 1 and 16 bring 2 those 9 dread 3 hours 4 of 3 hours 9 dread 5 safety 9 dread 6 were 9 dread 7 filled 8 with 7 filled 9 dread 9 dread 10 of 9 dread 13 next 9 dread 15 might 11 what 13 next 12 the 13 next 13 next 14 day 15 might 16 bring 16 bring 17 . early one morning [a] [terrible] [sound] [rang] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [brought] [lightfoot] [to] [his] [feet] [with] [a] [startled] [jump] [.] 1 early 3 morning 2 one 3 morning it was the baying of hounds following a trail . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 baying 3 the 4 baying 4 baying 5 of 4 baying 6 hounds 4 baying 7 following 4 baying 8 a 4 baying 9 trail 4 baying 10 . at first it did not sound so terrible . 1 at 2 first 2 first 6 sound 3 it 5 not 4 did 5 not 5 not 6 sound 6 sound 8 terrible 7 so 8 terrible 8 terrible 9 . lightfoot had often heard it before . 1 lightfoot 2 had 1 lightfoot 3 often 3 often 4 heard 4 heard 5 it 4 heard 6 before 6 before 7 . many times he had [listened] to [the] [baying] [of] [bowser] [the] [hound] , [as] [he] [followed] [reddy] [fox] [.] 1 many 2 times 2 times 3 he 3 he 4 had 4 had 6 to 6 to 13 , it [had] not [sounded] [so] [terrible] [then] [because] [it] [meant] [no] [danger] to [lightfoot] . 1 it 3 not 3 not 13 to 13 to 15 . but suddenly a dreadful suspicion came to him and he grew more and more anxious as he listened . 1 but 5 suspicion 2 suddenly 5 suspicion 3 a 4 dreadful 4 dreadful 5 suspicion 5 suspicion 6 came 5 suspicion 8 him 5 suspicion 9 and 5 suspicion 11 grew 5 suspicion 19 . 6 came 7 to 10 he 11 grew 11 grew 12 more 11 grew 13 and 11 grew 14 more 11 grew 15 anxious 15 anxious 18 listened 16 as 18 listened 17 he 18 listened in a few minutes there was no longer any doubt in his mind . 1 in 4 minutes 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 minutes 4 minutes 8 longer 5 there 6 was 5 there 7 no 7 no 8 longer 8 longer 10 doubt 8 longer 14 . 9 any 10 doubt 10 doubt 13 mind 11 in 13 mind 12 his 13 mind those hounds were following his trail . 1 those 2 hounds 2 hounds 3 were 2 hounds 4 following 2 hounds 6 trail 2 hounds 7 . 5 his 6 trail it was [then] [that] [the] [sound] [of] [that] [baying] [became] terrible . 1 it 2 was 2 was 11 terrible 11 terrible 12 . he must run for his life ! 1 he 3 run 2 must 3 run 3 run 6 life 3 run 7 ! 4 for 6 life 5 his 6 life those hounds would give him no rest . 1 those 2 hounds 2 hounds 3 would 2 hounds 4 give 2 hounds 5 him 2 hounds 6 no 2 hounds 7 rest 2 hounds 8 . and he knew that in running from them , he would no longer be able to watch so closely for the hunters with terrible guns . 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 knew 3 knew 4 that 3 knew 8 them 5 in 6 running 6 running 7 from 6 running 8 them 8 them 19 closely 9 , 10 he 10 he 11 would 11 would 13 longer 12 no 13 longer 13 longer 19 closely 14 be 15 able 15 able 16 to 15 able 19 closely 17 watch 19 closely 18 so 19 closely 19 closely 25 guns 19 closely 26 . 20 for 22 hunters 21 the 22 hunters 22 hunters 25 guns 23 with 25 guns 24 terrible 25 guns he would no longer be able to hide in thickets . 1 he 10 thickets 2 would 10 thickets 3 no 4 longer 4 longer 10 thickets 5 be 6 able 6 able 7 to 6 able 10 thickets 8 hide 10 thickets 9 in 10 thickets 10 thickets 11 . at any time he might be driven right past one of those hunters . 1 at 2 any 2 any 3 time 2 any 13 hunters 2 any 14 . 4 he 5 might 5 might 6 be 5 might 13 hunters 7 driven 8 right 7 driven 13 hunters 9 past 13 hunters 10 one 12 those 11 of 12 those 12 those 13 hunters [lightfoot] [bounded] [away] [with] [such] [leaps] [as] [only] [lightfoot] [can] [make] [.] in a little while the voices of the hounds grew fainter . 1 in 2 a 2 a 3 little 3 little 4 while 4 while 6 voices 5 the 6 voices 6 voices 11 fainter 6 voices 12 . 7 of 9 hounds 8 the 9 hounds 9 hounds 11 fainter 10 grew 11 fainter lightfoot stopped to get his breath and stood trembling as he listened . 1 lightfoot 12 listened 2 stopped 6 breath 3 to 4 get 4 get 6 breath 5 his 6 breath 6 breath 9 trembling 7 and 8 stood 8 stood 9 trembling 9 trembling 12 listened 10 as 12 listened 11 he 12 listened 12 listened 13 . the baying of the hounds again grew louder and louder . 1 the 2 baying 2 baying 3 of 2 baying 5 hounds 2 baying 10 louder 2 baying 11 . 4 the 5 hounds 6 again 8 louder 7 grew 8 louder 8 louder 9 and 8 louder 10 louder those wonderful noses of theirs were following his trail without the least difficulty . 1 those 5 theirs 2 wonderful 3 noses 3 noses 5 theirs 4 of 5 theirs 5 theirs 6 were 5 theirs 7 following 5 theirs 9 trail 5 theirs 14 . 8 his 9 trail 9 trail 13 difficulty 10 without 13 difficulty 11 the 12 least 12 least 13 difficulty in a [panic] [of] [fear] [,] [lightfoot] [bounded] [away] [again] . 1 in 2 a 1 in 11 . as he [crossed] [an] [old] [road] [,] [the] [green] [forest] [rang] [with] [the] [roar] [of] [a] [terrible] [gun] [.] 1 as 2 he something [tore] [a] [strip] [of] [bark] from the [trunk] [of] [a] [tree] [just] [above] [lightfoot] ['s] [back] [.] 1 something 7 from 7 from 8 the it was a [bullet] [and] [it] [had] just [missed] [lightfoot] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 8 just 2 was 3 a 8 just 11 . it [added] to his [terror] [and] [this] [in] [turn] [added] [to] [his] [speed] [.] 1 it 3 to 3 to 4 his so [lightfoot] [ran] [and] [ran] , [and] [behind] [him] [the] [voices] [of] [the] [hounds] [continued] [to] [ring] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 so 6 , [chapter] [xxi] [:] [how] [lightfoot] [got] [rid] [of] [the] [hounds] poor [lightfoot] ! 1 poor 3 ! it seemed to him that there were no such things as justice and fair play . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 him 2 seemed 5 that 2 seemed 12 justice 6 there 7 were 6 there 8 no 8 no 12 justice 9 such 10 things 10 things 12 justice 11 as 12 justice 12 justice 13 and 12 justice 14 fair 12 justice 15 play 12 justice 16 . had it been just one hunter at a time against whom he had to match his wits it would not have been so bad . 1 had 3 been 1 had 17 wits 2 it 3 been 4 just 5 one 5 one 15 match 6 hunter 7 at 7 at 15 match 8 a 15 match 9 time 15 match 10 against 15 match 11 whom 13 had 11 whom 15 match 12 he 13 had 14 to 15 match 15 match 17 wits 16 his 17 wits 17 wits 22 been 17 wits 23 so 17 wits 25 . 18 it 19 would 19 would 20 not 19 would 21 have 21 have 22 been 23 so 24 bad but there were many hunters with terrible guns looking for him , and in dodging one he was likely at any time to meet another . 1 but 2 there 2 there 3 were 2 there 4 many 4 many 5 hunters 5 hunters 8 guns 5 hunters 9 looking 6 with 8 guns 7 terrible 8 guns 9 looking 10 for 9 looking 15 dodging 11 him 15 dodging 12 , 15 dodging 13 and 15 dodging 14 in 15 dodging 15 dodging 16 one 15 dodging 17 he 15 dodging 19 likely 15 dodging 20 at 15 dodging 21 any 15 dodging 22 time 17 he 18 was 22 time 24 meet 23 to 24 meet 24 meet 25 another 25 another 26 . this in itself seemed terribly unfair and unjust . 1 this 6 unfair 2 in 3 itself 3 itself 6 unfair 4 seemed 6 unfair 5 terribly 6 unfair 6 unfair 8 unjust 6 unfair 9 . 7 and 8 unjust but now , added to this was the greater unfairness of being trailed by hounds . 1 but 2 now 1 but 10 unfairness 3 , 4 added 4 added 10 unfairness 5 to 10 unfairness 6 this 10 unfairness 7 was 10 unfairness 8 the 10 unfairness 9 greater 10 unfairness 10 unfairness 11 of 10 unfairness 12 being 10 unfairness 13 trailed 10 unfairness 14 by 10 unfairness 15 hounds 10 unfairness 16 . do you wonder that [lightfoot] [thought] [of] [men] [as] [utterly] [heartless] ? 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 wonder 1 do 12 ? 3 wonder 4 that he could not know that it was against the law to hunt him with dogs . 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 not 3 not 4 know 4 know 5 that 4 know 6 it 4 know 10 law 6 it 7 was 8 against 10 law 9 the 10 law 10 law 12 hunt 10 law 15 dogs 10 law 16 . 11 to 12 hunt 12 hunt 13 him 14 with 15 dogs the ground was damp and scent always lies best on damp ground . 1 the 12 ground 2 ground 11 damp 3 was 11 damp 4 damp 5 and 4 damp 6 scent 6 scent 11 damp 7 always 11 damp 8 lies 11 damp 9 best 11 damp 10 on 11 damp 11 damp 12 ground 12 ground 13 . this made it easy for the hounds to follow him with their wonderful noses . 1 this 7 hounds 2 made 7 hounds 3 it 4 easy 4 easy 5 for 4 easy 7 hounds 6 the 7 hounds 7 hounds 9 follow 8 to 9 follow 9 follow 14 noses 10 him 14 noses 11 with 14 noses 12 their 14 noses 13 wonderful 14 noses 14 noses 15 . lightfoot tried every trick he could think of to make those hounds lose the scent . 1 lightfoot 4 trick 1 lightfoot 12 hounds 2 tried 4 trick 3 every 4 trick 5 he 6 could 6 could 12 hounds 7 think 12 hounds 8 of 12 hounds 9 to 10 make 10 make 12 hounds 11 those 12 hounds 12 hounds 13 lose 12 hounds 15 scent 12 hounds 16 . 14 the 15 scent but he couldn't . 1 but 3 couldn't 2 he 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 . they allowed him no rest . 1 they 2 allowed 2 allowed 3 him 2 allowed 4 no 2 allowed 5 rest 5 rest 6 . he was becoming very , very tired . 1 he 7 tired 2 was 7 tired 3 becoming 7 tired 4 very 5 , 4 very 7 tired 6 very 7 tired 7 tired 8 . he could no longer bound lightly over fallen logs or brush , as he had done at first . 1 he 2 could 2 could 4 longer 3 no 4 longer 4 longer 9 logs 4 longer 19 . 5 bound 9 logs 6 lightly 9 logs 7 over 9 logs 8 fallen 9 logs 9 logs 10 or 9 logs 11 brush 11 brush 12 , 11 brush 16 done 11 brush 17 at 13 as 14 he 14 he 15 had 15 had 16 done 17 at 18 first his lungs ached as he panted for breath . 1 his 2 lungs 2 lungs 3 ached 2 lungs 4 as 2 lungs 6 panted 2 lungs 9 . 5 he 6 panted 6 panted 7 for 6 panted 8 breath there [would] [come] a time [when] [he] [would] [have] [to] [stop] . 1 there 4 a 4 a 5 time 5 time 12 . then those hounds would catch up with him and tear him to pieces . 1 then 3 hounds 2 those 3 hounds 3 hounds 4 would 3 hounds 5 catch 3 hounds 14 . 5 catch 6 up 5 catch 8 him 5 catch 10 tear 6 up 7 with 9 and 10 tear 10 tear 13 pieces 11 him 13 pieces 12 to 13 pieces it [was] [then] that he remembered [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 it 4 that 4 that 5 he 5 he 6 remembered he turned towards [it] [.] 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 towards it was his only chance and he knew it . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 his 2 was 4 only 4 only 5 chance 4 only 8 knew 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 knew 8 knew 9 it 9 it 10 . straight through [the] [green] [forest] [,] [out] [across] [the] [green] [meadows] [to] [the] [bank] [of] [the] [big] [river] [,] [lightfoot] [ran] [.] 1 straight 2 through for just a second he paused to look behind . 1 for 6 paused 2 just 6 paused 3 a 4 second 4 second 6 paused 5 he 6 paused 6 paused 8 look 6 paused 9 behind 7 to 8 look 9 behind 10 . the hounds were almost at his heels . 1 the 2 hounds 2 hounds 3 were 2 hounds 4 almost 2 hounds 7 heels 2 hounds 8 . 5 at 7 heels 6 his 7 heels [lightfoot] [hesitated] [no] [longer] [but] [plunged] [into] [the] [big] [river] [and] [began] [to] [swim] [.] on the [banks] [the] [hounds] [stopped] and [bayed] [their] [disappointment] [,] [for] [they] [did] [not] [dare] [follow] [lightfoot] [out] [into] the [big] [river] [.] 1 on 2 the 1 on 7 and 1 on 21 the [chapter] [xxii] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [long] [swim] the [big] [river] was [very] [wide] [.] 1 the 4 was it would have been a [long] [swim] for [lightfoot] had he been [fresh] and at [his] [best] . 1 it 2 would 1 it 18 . 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 3 have 12 been 4 been 5 a 4 been 8 for 10 had 12 been 11 he 12 been 14 and 15 at 15 at 18 . strange as it may seem [,] [lightfoot] [is] [a] [splendid] [swimmer] [,] [despite] [his] [small] [,] [delicate] [feet] [.] 1 strange 5 seem 2 as 3 it 3 it 5 seem 4 may 5 seem he enjoys swimming . 1 he 2 enjoys 2 enjoys 3 swimming 2 enjoys 4 . but [now] [lightfoot] was [terribly] tired [from] [his] [long] [run] [ahead] of the [hounds] [.] 1 but 4 was 4 was 6 tired 6 tired 12 of 12 of 13 the then he turned [and] [headed] [for] [a] [point] [down] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 then 3 turned 2 he 3 turned this made the swimming easier , for the current helped him instead of hindering him . 1 this 2 made 2 made 3 the 2 made 4 swimming 4 swimming 9 current 5 easier 9 current 6 , 9 current 7 for 9 current 8 the 9 current 9 current 14 hindering 10 helped 14 hindering 11 him 14 hindering 12 instead 13 of 12 instead 14 hindering 14 hindering 15 him 15 him 16 . even then he could feel his strength leaving him . 1 even 2 then 2 then 3 he 2 then 8 leaving 3 he 4 could 5 feel 8 leaving 6 his 7 strength 7 strength 8 leaving 8 leaving 9 him 9 him 10 . had [he] [escaped] [those] [hounds] [and] [the] [terrible] [hunters] [only] to be [drowned] in [the] [big] [river] [?] 1 had 11 to 11 to 12 be 12 be 14 in this new fear gave him more strength for a little while . 1 this 2 new 2 new 7 strength 3 fear 7 strength 4 gave 5 him 4 gave 7 strength 6 more 7 strength 7 strength 11 while 7 strength 12 . 8 for 11 while 9 a 10 little 10 little 11 while but it did not last long . 1 but 2 it 1 but 3 did 3 did 4 not 4 not 6 long 5 last 6 long 6 long 7 . he was [three] [fourths] [of] the [way] [across] [the] [big] [river] [but] [still] [that] other [shore] [seemed] [a] [long] [distance] [away] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 6 the 6 the 15 other 15 other 22 . little [by] [little] [hope] [died] in the heart of [lightfoot] the [deer] [.] 1 little 6 in 6 in 7 the 7 the 9 of 8 heart 9 of 9 of 11 the just as [lightfoot] felt that he could not take another stroke and that the end was at hand , one foot touched something . 1 just 2 as 2 as 6 he 4 felt 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 could 6 he 22 touched 7 could 8 not 9 take 11 stroke 9 take 18 hand 10 another 11 stroke 11 stroke 12 and 11 stroke 13 that 11 stroke 15 end 11 stroke 16 was 11 stroke 17 at 14 the 15 end 18 hand 19 , 18 hand 22 touched 20 one 21 foot 21 foot 22 touched 22 touched 23 something 23 something 24 . then , all four feet touched . 1 then 2 , 1 then 3 all 1 then 6 touched 4 four 5 feet 5 feet 6 touched 6 touched 7 . a second later he had found solid footing and was standing with the water only up to his knees . 1 a 2 second 2 second 8 footing 3 later 8 footing 4 he 5 had 5 had 8 footing 6 found 8 footing 7 solid 8 footing 8 footing 9 and 8 footing 10 was 8 footing 11 standing 8 footing 12 with 8 footing 14 water 13 the 14 water 14 water 15 only 14 water 19 knees 14 water 20 . 16 up 17 to 16 up 19 knees 18 his 19 knees he [had] found a little [sand] [bar] [out] [in] [the] [big] [river] . 1 he 3 found 3 found 4 a 4 a 5 little 5 little 13 . with a little [gasp] [of] [returning] [hope] , [lightfoot] [waded] [along] [until] [the] [water] [began] [to] [grow] [deeper] [again] [.] 1 with 2 a 2 a 3 little 3 little 8 , he had hoped that he would be able to wade ashore , but he saw now that he would have to swim again . 1 he 3 hoped 2 had 3 hoped 3 hoped 4 that 3 hoped 5 he 3 hoped 6 would 3 hoped 8 able 7 be 8 able 8 able 9 to 8 able 10 wade 10 wade 11 ashore 11 ashore 15 saw 11 ashore 16 now 11 ashore 22 swim 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 he 14 he 15 saw 17 that 22 swim 18 he 22 swim 19 would 20 have 19 would 22 swim 21 to 22 swim 22 swim 23 again 23 again 24 . so for a long time he remained right where he was . 1 so 4 long 2 for 4 long 3 a 4 long 4 long 5 time 4 long 7 remained 5 time 6 he 7 remained 8 right 7 remained 9 where 9 where 11 was 10 he 11 was 11 was 12 . he was so tired that he trembled all over , and he was as frightened as he was tired . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 so 3 so 19 tired 4 tired 7 trembled 4 tired 19 tired 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 trembled 7 trembled 8 all 7 trembled 9 over 7 trembled 11 and 7 trembled 12 he 7 trembled 15 frightened 7 trembled 16 as 10 , 11 and 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 as 16 as 17 he 18 was 19 tired 19 tired 20 . he knew that standing out there in the water he could be seen for a long distance , and that made him nervous and fearful . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 4 standing 2 knew 3 that 4 standing 6 there 4 standing 7 in 5 out 6 there 7 in 9 water 7 in 17 distance 8 the 9 water 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 be 12 be 13 seen 13 seen 17 distance 14 for 17 distance 15 a 17 distance 16 long 17 distance 17 distance 23 nervous 18 , 19 and 19 and 21 made 20 that 21 made 21 made 22 him 21 made 23 nervous 23 nervous 24 and 23 nervous 25 fearful 23 nervous 26 . supposing a hunter on the shore he was trying to reach should see him . 1 supposing 3 hunter 1 supposing 6 shore 1 supposing 12 should 2 a 3 hunter 4 on 6 shore 5 the 6 shore 6 shore 11 reach 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 trying 9 trying 10 to 9 trying 11 reach 12 should 13 see 13 see 14 him 14 him 15 . but [rest] [he] [must] , and so he [stood] [for] [a] [long] [time] [on] [the] [little] [sand] [bar] [in] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 but 8 he 5 , 6 and 5 , 8 he 7 so 8 he and little by little he felt his strength returning . 1 and 2 little 2 little 9 returning 3 by 9 returning 4 little 9 returning 5 he 6 felt 6 felt 9 returning 7 his 8 strength 8 strength 9 returning 9 returning 10 . [chapter] [xxiii] [:] [lightfoot] [finds] [a] [friend] on the bank he had left , he could see two black-and-white specks moving about , and across the water came the barking of dogs . 1 on 3 bank 2 the 3 bank 3 bank 9 could 4 he 5 had 4 he 9 could 5 had 6 left 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 could 9 could 13 specks 10 see 13 specks 11 two 13 specks 12 black-and-white 13 specks 13 specks 14 moving 13 specks 15 about 13 specks 18 across 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 across 18 across 19 the 18 across 23 barking 20 water 23 barking 21 came 22 the 21 came 23 barking 23 barking 24 of 23 barking 25 dogs 23 barking 26 . those [two] [specks] [were] [the] [hounds] who had [driven] him [into] [the] [big] [river] . 1 those 7 who 7 who 8 had 8 had 10 him 10 him 15 . they were barking now , instead of baying . 1 they 2 were 2 were 8 baying 3 barking 8 baying 4 now 5 , 4 now 8 baying 6 instead 7 of 6 instead 8 baying 8 baying 9 . presently a brown form joined the black-and-white specks . 1 presently 2 a 2 a 8 specks 3 brown 8 specks 4 form 8 specks 5 joined 8 specks 6 the 7 black-and-white 7 black-and-white 8 specks 8 specks 9 . it was a hunter drawn there by the barking of the dogs . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 hunter 4 hunter 9 barking 5 drawn 6 there 5 drawn 7 by 5 drawn 9 barking 7 by 8 the 9 barking 10 of 9 barking 12 dogs 9 barking 13 . 11 the 12 dogs he was too far away [to] [be] [dangerous] , but the [mere] [sight] [of] [him] [filled] [lightfoot] [with] [terror] again . 1 he 2 was 1 he 20 again 2 was 3 too 3 too 4 far 4 far 5 away 5 away 9 , 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 the 20 again 21 . he watched the hunter walk along the bank and disappear in the bushes . 1 he 2 watched 2 watched 10 disappear 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 10 disappear 5 walk 10 disappear 6 along 8 bank 7 the 8 bank 8 bank 10 disappear 9 and 10 disappear 10 disappear 11 in 10 disappear 13 bushes 10 disappear 14 . 12 the 13 bushes presently out of the bushes came a boat , and in it was the hunter . 1 presently 5 bushes 2 out 3 of 2 out 5 bushes 4 the 5 bushes 5 bushes 6 came 5 bushes 8 boat 5 bushes 16 . 7 a 8 boat 8 boat 10 and 8 boat 15 hunter 9 , 10 and 11 in 14 the 12 it 13 was 13 was 14 the 14 the 15 hunter he [headed] [straight] [towards] [lightfoot] [,] [and] [then] [lightfoot] knew that [his] [brief] [rest] was [at] [an] [end] . 1 he 10 knew 10 knew 11 that 10 knew 15 was 15 was 19 . he must once more swim or be shot by the hunter in the boat . 1 he 2 must 2 must 3 once 3 once 4 more 3 once 11 hunter 5 swim 6 or 5 swim 8 shot 5 swim 11 hunter 7 be 8 shot 8 shot 9 by 10 the 11 hunter 11 hunter 14 boat 12 in 14 boat 13 the 14 boat 14 boat 15 . so [lightfoot] [again] [struck] [out] [for] the [shore] [.] 1 so 7 the his rest had given him new strength , but still he was very , very tired and swimming was hard work . 1 his 5 him 2 rest 4 given 3 had 4 given 4 given 5 him 5 him 7 strength 5 him 11 he 6 new 7 strength 7 strength 10 still 8 , 9 but 9 but 10 still 11 he 12 was 12 was 18 swimming 13 very 14 , 13 very 16 tired 15 very 16 tired 16 tired 17 and 16 tired 18 swimming 18 swimming 21 work 19 was 20 hard 20 hard 21 work 21 work 22 . slowly , oh so slowly , he drew nearer to the bank . 1 slowly 2 , 1 slowly 3 oh 1 slowly 5 slowly 3 oh 4 so 5 slowly 6 , 5 slowly 9 nearer 7 he 8 drew 8 drew 9 nearer 9 nearer 10 to 9 nearer 12 bank 11 the 12 bank 12 bank 13 . what new dangers might be waiting there , he did not know . 1 what 3 dangers 1 what 10 did 2 new 3 dangers 3 dangers 4 might 3 dangers 6 waiting 3 dangers 7 there 3 dangers 8 , 4 might 5 be 9 he 10 did 10 did 11 not 10 did 12 know 12 know 13 . he had never been on that side [of] [the] [big] [river] . 1 he 2 had 1 he 5 on 2 had 4 been 3 never 4 been 5 on 6 that 5 on 7 side 7 side 12 . he knew nothing of the country on that side . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 nothing 2 knew 6 country 4 of 6 country 5 the 6 country 6 country 9 side 7 on 8 that 7 on 9 side 9 side 10 . but the uncertainty was better than the certainty behind him . 1 but 3 uncertainty 2 the 3 uncertainty 3 uncertainty 4 was 3 uncertainty 5 better 3 uncertainty 8 certainty 3 uncertainty 9 behind 5 better 6 than 7 the 8 certainty 9 behind 10 him 10 him 11 . [on] [lightfoot] [struggled] [.] at last he felt bottom beneath his feet . 1 at 2 last 1 at 5 bottom 3 he 4 felt 4 felt 5 bottom 5 bottom 6 beneath 6 beneath 8 feet 7 his 8 feet 8 feet 9 . he staggered up through some bushes along the bank and then for an instant it seemed to him his heart stopped beating . 1 he 2 staggered 2 staggered 3 up 2 staggered 4 through 2 staggered 5 some 2 staggered 6 bushes 2 staggered 7 along 7 along 9 bank 8 the 9 bank 9 bank 10 and 9 bank 14 instant 9 bank 23 . 10 and 11 then 12 for 14 instant 13 an 14 instant 14 instant 16 seemed 15 it 16 seemed 16 seemed 17 to 16 seemed 18 him 16 seemed 22 beating 19 his 20 heart 20 heart 22 beating 21 stopped 22 beating right in front of him stood a man . 1 right 3 front 2 in 3 front 3 front 4 of 3 front 5 him 3 front 6 stood 3 front 9 . 6 stood 7 a 7 a 8 man he had come out into the back yard of the home of that man . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 come 3 come 4 out 4 out 8 yard 4 out 9 of 4 out 12 of 4 out 15 . 5 into 8 yard 6 the 8 yard 7 back 8 yard 10 the 11 home 10 the 12 of 13 that 14 man 14 man 15 . it is [doubtful] [which] was [the] [more] surprised [,] [lightfoot] [or] [the] [man] . 1 it 2 is 1 it 5 was 5 was 8 surprised 8 surprised 14 . right then [and] [there] [lightfoot] [gave] [up] [in] [despair] [.] 1 right 2 then he couldn't run . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 run 3 run 4 . it was all he [could] [do] to [walk] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 7 to 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 he not [a] [spark] [of] [hope] [remained] to [lightfoot] . 1 not 7 to 7 to 9 . he simply stood still and trembled , partly with fear and partly with weariness . 1 he 2 simply 2 simply 12 partly 3 stood 4 still 3 stood 12 partly 5 and 6 trembled 6 trembled 12 partly 7 , 12 partly 8 partly 9 with 8 partly 12 partly 10 fear 12 partly 11 and 12 partly 12 partly 14 weariness 13 with 14 weariness 14 weariness 15 . then a surprising thing happened . 1 then 3 surprising 2 a 3 surprising 3 surprising 4 thing 3 surprising 5 happened 3 surprising 6 . the man spoke softly . 1 the 2 man 2 man 4 softly 3 spoke 4 softly 4 softly 5 . he advanced , not threateningly but slowly , and in a friendly way . 1 he 5 threateningly 2 advanced 3 , 2 advanced 5 threateningly 4 not 5 threateningly 5 threateningly 6 but 5 threateningly 7 slowly 5 threateningly 14 . 7 slowly 12 friendly 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 friendly 10 in 12 friendly 11 a 12 friendly 12 friendly 13 way he walked around [back] [of] [lightfoot] [and] [then] [straight] towards [him] [.] 1 he 2 walked 2 walked 3 around 2 walked 10 towards lightfoot walked on a few steps , and the man followed , still talking softly . 1 lightfoot 15 softly 2 walked 6 steps 3 on 6 steps 4 a 5 few 5 few 6 steps 6 steps 11 followed 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 followed 9 the 10 man 10 man 11 followed 11 followed 15 softly 12 , 15 softly 13 still 15 softly 14 talking 15 softly 15 softly 16 . little by little [he] [urged] [lightfoot] [on] , [driving] [him] [towards] [an] [open] [shed] [in] [which] [was] [a] [pile] [of] [hay] [.] 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little 3 little 8 , without [understanding] [just] [how] [,] [lightfoot] [knew] [that] [he] [had] [found] a [friend] [.] 1 without 12 a so he entered the open shed and with a long sigh lay down in the soft hay . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 entered 3 entered 4 the 3 entered 6 shed 5 open 6 shed 6 shed 7 and 6 shed 11 sigh 8 with 11 sigh 9 a 11 sigh 10 long 11 sigh 11 sigh 17 hay 11 sigh 18 . 12 lay 13 down 12 lay 17 hay 14 in 15 the 14 in 17 hay 16 soft 17 hay [chapter] [xxiv] [:] [the] [hunter] [is] [disappointed] how he [knew] [he] was safe [,] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [couldn't] [have] [told] [you] . 1 how 2 he 2 he 5 was 5 was 6 safe 6 safe 15 . he just knew it , that was all . 1 he 2 just 1 he 3 knew 3 knew 4 it 3 knew 6 that 3 knew 7 was 3 knew 8 all 5 , 6 that 8 all 9 . but he didn't have to understand words to know that he had found a friend . 1 but 3 didn't 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 have 3 didn't 5 to 3 didn't 6 understand 3 didn't 8 to 3 didn't 9 know 6 understand 7 words 9 know 10 that 10 that 11 he 11 he 13 found 12 had 13 found 13 found 15 friend 14 a 15 friend 15 friend 16 . lightfoot 's friend was waiting just at the top of the bank . 1 lightfoot 2 's 1 lightfoot 3 friend 1 lightfoot 5 waiting 4 was 5 waiting 5 waiting 6 just 5 waiting 9 top 7 at 9 top 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 9 top 12 bank 11 the 12 bank 12 bank 13 . of course the hunter saw him at once . 1 of 2 course 2 course 4 hunter 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 saw 5 saw 6 him 5 saw 8 once 7 at 8 once 8 once 9 . " [hello] [,] [friend] ! " cried the hunter . 1 " 7 cried 5 ! 6 " 5 ! 7 cried 7 cried 8 the 7 cried 10 . 8 the 9 hunter " did you see [a] [deer] [pass] this [way] [a] [few] [minutes] [ago] [?] 1 " 3 you 2 did 3 you 3 you 4 see 4 see 8 this he swam across the river , and [if] [i] know anything about it he 's too tired to travel far now . 1 he 2 swam 2 swam 3 across 2 swam 7 and 2 swam 12 about 2 swam 18 to 3 across 4 the 3 across 5 river 6 , 7 and 10 know 12 about 11 anything 12 about 12 about 13 it 13 it 15 's 13 it 16 too 14 he 15 's 16 too 17 tired 18 to 19 travel 19 travel 20 far 19 travel 21 now 19 travel 22 . i 've been hunting that fellow for several days , and [if] [i] have any [luck] [at] [all] [i] [ought] to [get] [him] this time . " 1 i 2 've 1 i 14 have 2 've 3 been 2 've 8 several 4 hunting 8 several 5 that 6 fellow 6 fellow 8 several 7 for 8 several 8 several 9 days 8 several 11 and 10 , 11 and 14 have 27 " 15 any 25 time 15 any 26 . 21 to 24 this 24 this 25 time 26 . 27 " " [i] 'm [afraid] you [won't] have any [luck] at all , " said [lightfoot] ['s] [friend] . 1 " 3 'm 1 " 5 you 1 " 14 said 5 you 7 have 7 have 8 any 10 at 11 all 11 all 12 , 12 , 14 said 13 " 14 said 14 said 18 . " you see , [i] don't [allow] [any] [hunting] on my [land] . " 1 " 6 don't 1 " 14 " 2 you 3 see 2 you 6 don't 3 see 4 , 10 on 11 my 10 on 13 . 13 . 14 " the hunter looked surprised , and then his surprise gave way to anger . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 4 surprised 3 looked 4 surprised 4 surprised 9 surprise 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 then 7 then 9 surprise 8 his 9 surprise 9 surprise 10 gave 9 surprise 13 anger 9 surprise 14 . 10 gave 11 way 11 way 12 to " you [mean] , " said he , " that you [intend] to [get] that [deer] [yourself] . " 1 " 2 you 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 said 5 " 11 you 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 that 11 you 19 " 13 to 15 that 15 that 18 . 18 . 19 " lightfoot 's friend shook his head . 1 lightfoot 2 's 1 lightfoot 3 friend 1 lightfoot 4 shook 4 shook 6 head 5 his 6 head 6 head 7 . " no , " said he , " [i] don't [mean] anything of the kind . 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 don't 10 don't 12 anything 12 anything 15 kind 12 anything 16 . 13 of 14 the 13 of 15 kind the best thing for you to do , my friend , is to get into your boat and row back where you came from . 1 the 2 best 1 the 17 boat 2 best 3 thing 2 best 4 for 5 you 14 get 6 to 7 do 6 to 14 get 7 do 9 my 8 , 9 my 9 my 10 friend 9 my 12 is 10 friend 11 , 13 to 14 get 14 get 15 into 15 into 17 boat 16 your 17 boat 17 boat 18 and 17 boat 19 row 17 boat 23 came 17 boat 25 . 19 row 20 back 19 row 21 where 21 where 22 you 23 came 24 from are those your hounds barking over there ? " 1 are 4 hounds 1 are 8 ? 2 those 4 hounds 3 your 4 hounds 4 hounds 5 barking 4 hounds 6 over 4 hounds 7 there 8 ? 9 " " no , " replied the hunter promptly . 1 " 5 replied 2 no 5 replied 3 , 5 replied 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 8 promptly 6 the 7 hunter 7 hunter 8 promptly 8 promptly 9 . " [i] [know] [the] [law] just as well as you do , and it is [against] the law [to] [hunt] [deer] [with] [dogs] . 1 " 10 you 1 " 12 , 6 just 7 as 6 just 9 as 7 as 8 well 9 as 10 you 10 you 11 do 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 it 13 and 17 the 14 it 15 is 17 the 18 law 18 law 24 . i don't even know who owns those two hounds over there [.] ["] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 6 owns 3 even 6 owns 4 know 6 owns 5 who 6 owns 6 owns 9 hounds 6 owns 10 over 6 owns 11 there 7 those 9 hounds 8 two 9 hounds " that may be true [,] ["] [replied] [lightfoot] ['s] friend . 1 " 5 true 2 that 5 true 3 may 4 be 4 be 5 true 5 true 11 friend 5 true 12 . " [i] don't [doubt] it is true . 1 " 3 don't 3 don't 5 it 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 true 7 true 8 . but you are willing to take advantage of the fact that the dogs of some one else have broken the law . 1 but 7 advantage 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 willing 4 willing 5 to 4 willing 7 advantage 6 take 7 advantage 7 advantage 8 of 7 advantage 10 fact 7 advantage 13 dogs 9 the 10 fact 10 fact 11 that 12 the 13 dogs 13 dogs 17 else 13 dogs 19 broken 14 of 17 else 15 some 17 else 16 one 17 else 18 have 19 broken 19 broken 21 law 20 the 21 law 21 law 22 . you are not hunting for the pleasure of hunting but just to kill . 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 not 3 not 13 kill 4 hunting 5 for 4 hunting 7 pleasure 4 hunting 9 hunting 6 the 7 pleasure 7 pleasure 8 of 9 hunting 10 but 9 hunting 11 just 9 hunting 13 kill 12 to 13 kill 13 kill 14 . you don't know the meaning of justice or fairness . 1 you 2 don't 2 don't 9 fairness 3 know 9 fairness 4 the 5 meaning 5 meaning 6 of 5 meaning 9 fairness 7 justice 9 fairness 8 or 9 fairness 9 fairness 10 . now get off my land . 1 now 2 get 2 get 3 off 3 off 5 land 4 my 5 land 5 land 6 . get back into your boat and off my land as quick as you can . 1 get 3 into 2 back 3 into 3 into 5 boat 4 your 5 boat 5 boat 7 off 5 boat 9 land 6 and 7 off 8 my 9 land 9 land 11 quick 9 land 15 . 10 as 11 quick 11 quick 12 as 11 quick 14 can 13 you 14 can that [deer] is not very far from here and so tired that he cannot move . 1 that 3 is 3 is 4 not 4 not 15 move 5 very 6 far 5 very 11 tired 6 far 7 from 6 far 8 here 9 and 11 tired 10 so 11 tired 11 tired 15 move 12 that 13 he 13 he 15 move 14 cannot 15 move 15 move 16 . now [go] . " 1 now 4 " 3 . 4 " muttering angrily , the hunter got back into his boat and pushed off , but he didn't row back across the river . 1 muttering 2 angrily 1 muttering 5 hunter 2 angrily 3 , 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 10 boat 6 got 8 into 7 back 8 into 8 into 10 boat 9 his 10 boat 10 boat 12 pushed 11 and 12 pushed 12 pushed 13 off 12 pushed 17 didn't 12 pushed 18 row 13 off 14 , 15 but 17 didn't 16 he 17 didn't 18 row 19 back 18 row 22 river 20 across 21 the 20 across 22 river 22 river 23 . [chapter] [xxv] [:] [the] [hunter] [lies] [in] [wait] if ever there [was] [an] [angry] [hunter] , it was [the] [one] [who] [had] [followed] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [across] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 if 2 ever 1 if 3 there 3 there 10 was 8 , 9 it 9 it 10 was instead , he rowed down the river , finally landing on the same side but on land [which] [lightfoot] ['s] [friend] [did] [not] [own] [.] 1 instead 4 rowed 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 rowed 4 rowed 7 river 4 rowed 9 finally 4 rowed 10 landing 4 rowed 17 land 5 down 7 river 6 the 7 river 7 river 8 , 10 landing 11 on 10 landing 13 same 10 landing 14 side 10 landing 15 but 10 landing 16 on 12 the 13 same " [when] that [deer] [has] [become] [rested] [he] ['ll] [become] [uneasy] , " thought [the] [hunter] [.] 1 " 3 that 1 " 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 thought " he won't stay on that man 's land . 1 " 2 he 1 " 3 won't 3 won't 4 stay 4 stay 9 land 5 on 8 's 5 on 9 land 6 that 8 's 7 man 8 's 9 land 10 . [he] ['ll] [start] [for] [the] [nearest] [woods] [.] i 'll go up there and wait for him . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 go 2 'll 4 up 2 'll 7 wait 4 up 5 there 4 up 6 and 7 wait 8 for 8 for 9 him 9 him 10 . i 'll get that [deer] [if] [only] [to] [spite] [that] [fellow] [back] there [who] [drove] [me] [off] . 1 i 2 'll 1 i 4 that 2 'll 3 get 4 that 13 there 13 there 18 . had it not been for him [,] [i] ['d] [have] [that] [deer] [right] now . 1 had 3 not 1 had 4 been 1 had 6 him 2 it 3 not 4 been 5 for 6 him 14 now 6 him 15 . he was too tired to have gone far . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 too 3 too 4 tired 3 too 5 to 3 too 8 far 3 too 9 . 6 have 7 gone 7 gone 8 far he 's got [the] [handsomest] [pair] [of] [antlers] [i] ['ve] [seen] [for] [years] [.] 1 he 3 got 2 's 3 got i can sell that head of his for a good price . " 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 sell 3 sell 4 that 3 sell 5 head 5 head 7 his 5 head 11 price 6 of 7 his 8 for 11 price 9 a 10 good 10 good 11 price 11 price 12 . 12 . 13 " so the hunter tied his boat to a tree and once more climbed out . 1 so 13 climbed 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 tied 3 hunter 6 boat 3 hunter 9 tree 5 his 6 boat 7 to 9 tree 8 a 9 tree 9 tree 13 climbed 10 and 13 climbed 11 once 12 more 11 once 13 climbed 13 climbed 14 out 14 out 15 . he climbed up the bank and studied the land . 1 he 7 studied 2 climbed 3 up 2 climbed 7 studied 4 the 5 bank 5 bank 7 studied 6 and 7 studied 7 studied 9 land 8 the 9 land 9 land 10 . across a wide meadow he could see a brushy old pasture and back of that some thick woods . 1 across 3 wide 2 a 3 wide 3 wide 9 brushy 4 meadow 9 brushy 5 he 9 brushy 6 could 9 brushy 7 see 9 brushy 8 a 9 brushy 9 brushy 11 pasture 9 brushy 12 and 9 brushy 13 back 10 old 11 pasture 13 back 18 woods 14 of 15 that 14 of 18 woods 16 some 17 thick 17 thick 18 woods 18 woods 19 . he grinned . 1 he 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 . " that 's [where] [that] [deer] [will] [head] [for] , ["] he [decided] [.] 1 " 12 he 2 that 3 's 2 that 12 he 3 's 10 , " there isn't any other place for him to go . 1 " 3 isn't 2 there 3 isn't 3 isn't 4 any 4 any 5 other 5 other 6 place 6 place 7 for 7 for 8 him 8 him 10 go 8 him 11 . 9 to 10 go all [i] ['ve] [got] [to] [do] is [be] [patient] [and] [wait] [.] ["] 1 all 7 is so [the] [hunter] took [his] [terrible] [gun] [and] [tramped] [across] [the] [meadow] [to] [the] [brush-grown] [pasture] . 1 so 4 took 1 so 17 . there he hid [among] the bushes [where] [he] [could] [peep] [out] [and] [watch] [the] [land] [of] [lightfoot] ['s] [friend] . 1 there 3 hid 2 he 3 hid 3 hid 6 bushes 5 the 6 bushes 6 bushes 20 . he was still [angry] because he had been [prevented] [from] [shooting] [lightfoot] . 1 he 2 was 1 he 7 had 2 was 3 still 5 because 6 he 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 been 8 been 13 . at the same time he chuckled , because he thought himself very smart . 1 at 3 same 2 the 3 same 3 same 4 time 3 same 6 chuckled 5 he 6 chuckled 6 chuckled 8 because 6 chuckled 9 he 6 chuckled 10 thought 6 chuckled 11 himself 6 chuckled 14 . 7 , 8 because 11 himself 13 smart 12 very 13 smart so he made himself comfortable and prepared to wait the rest of the day , if necessary . 1 so 5 comfortable 2 he 3 made 3 made 5 comfortable 4 himself 5 comfortable 5 comfortable 7 prepared 5 comfortable 11 rest 5 comfortable 18 . 6 and 7 prepared 7 prepared 8 to 7 prepared 9 wait 10 the 11 rest 11 rest 12 of 11 rest 14 day 11 rest 17 necessary 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 day 15 , 16 if 16 if 17 necessary " we 'll fool him [,] " said he [,] [chuckling] to himself , [as] he [walked] [back] [towards] [the] [shed] [where] [poor] [lightfoot] was [resting] . 1 " 2 we 1 " 8 said 2 we 3 'll 3 'll 4 fool 4 fool 5 him 4 fool 7 " 8 said 9 he 9 he 25 was 12 to 13 himself 13 himself 16 he 14 , 16 he 16 he 25 was 25 was 27 . he did not go too [near] [lightfoot] , for he did not want to [alarm] him . 1 he 2 did 1 he 11 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 4 go 5 too 8 , 8 , 10 he 9 for 10 he 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 not 11 did 13 want 13 want 14 to 14 to 16 him 16 him 17 . he just [kept] [within] [sight] of [lightfoot] [,] [paying] [no] [attention] [to] [him] [but] [going] [about] his [work] . 1 he 2 just 1 he 17 his 6 of 17 his 17 his 19 . lightfoot , watching him , understood . 1 lightfoot 3 watching 2 , 3 watching 3 watching 4 him 3 watching 6 understood 4 him 5 , 6 understood 7 . he knew that this man was a friend and would do him no harm . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 this 2 knew 6 was 4 this 5 man 6 was 7 a 7 a 8 friend 8 friend 9 and 8 friend 14 harm 10 would 14 harm 11 do 14 harm 12 him 14 harm 13 no 14 harm 14 harm 15 . little by little , [the] [wonderful] [,] [blessed] [feeling] [of] [safety] [crept] [over] [lightfoot] [.] 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little 3 little 4 , no hunter could harm him here . 1 no 4 harm 2 hunter 4 harm 3 could 4 harm 4 harm 5 him 4 harm 6 here 4 harm 7 . [chapter] [xxvi] [:] [lightfoot] [does] [the] [wise] [thing] it required a lot of patience on the part of the hunter , but the hunter had plenty of patience . 1 it 2 required 2 required 4 lot 2 required 6 patience 3 a 4 lot 4 lot 5 of 6 patience 9 part 6 patience 20 patience 7 on 8 the 7 on 9 part 9 part 10 of 11 the 12 hunter 12 hunter 20 patience 13 , 14 but 14 but 20 patience 15 the 16 hunter 16 hunter 20 patience 17 had 18 plenty 18 plenty 19 of 18 plenty 20 patience 20 patience 21 . it sometimes seems as if hunters have more patience than any other people . 1 it 3 seems 2 sometimes 3 seems 3 seems 5 if 3 seems 6 hunters 4 as 5 if 6 hunters 9 patience 6 hunters 10 than 6 hunters 12 other 7 have 8 more 7 have 9 patience 11 any 12 other 12 other 13 people 12 other 14 . but this hunter waited in vain . 1 but 6 vain 2 this 4 waited 3 hunter 4 waited 4 waited 6 vain 5 in 6 vain 6 vain 7 . [jolly] [,] [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [sank] [down] [in] [the] [west] [to] [his] [bed] [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] [the] [black] [shadows] [crept] [out] [and] [grew] [blacker] [.] one by one the stars began to twinkle . 1 one 5 stars 2 by 5 stars 3 one 5 stars 4 the 5 stars 5 stars 8 twinkle 6 began 7 to 6 began 8 twinkle 8 twinkle 9 . still [the] [hunter] [waited] , and [still] there was no [sign] [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 still 10 no 5 , 6 and 5 , 10 no 6 and 8 there 8 there 9 was at last it became so dark that it was useless for the hunter to remain longer . 1 at 2 last 2 last 16 longer 3 it 10 useless 4 became 10 useless 5 so 10 useless 6 dark 10 useless 7 that 10 useless 8 it 10 useless 9 was 10 useless 10 useless 11 for 10 useless 13 hunter 10 useless 15 remain 10 useless 16 longer 12 the 13 hunter 14 to 15 remain 16 longer 17 . then he tramped home and his thoughts were very bitter . 1 then 3 tramped 2 he 3 tramped 3 tramped 4 home 3 tramped 5 and 3 tramped 7 thoughts 6 his 7 thoughts 7 thoughts 8 were 7 thoughts 10 bitter 9 very 10 bitter 10 bitter 11 . he knew that he could have [shot] [lightfoot] had it [not] been for the man [who] had [protected] [the] [deer] . 1 he 5 could 1 he 17 had 2 knew 3 that 3 that 5 could 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 have 6 have 12 been 9 had 12 been 10 it 12 been 12 been 13 for 14 the 15 man 15 man 17 had 17 had 21 . in fact , [the] [hunter] had not had so much as [another] [glimpse] of [lightfoot] [.] 1 in 2 fact 1 in 14 of 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 6 had 6 had 7 not 7 not 10 much 8 had 9 so 9 so 10 much 10 much 11 as the [reason] [that] [the] hunter had been so disappointed [was] [that] [lightfoot] [was] [smart] [.] 1 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 9 disappointed 6 had 7 been 7 been 9 disappointed 8 so 9 disappointed he was smart enough to understand that the man who was saving him from the hunter had done it because he was a true friend . 1 he 3 smart 2 was 3 smart 3 smart 4 enough 3 smart 6 understand 4 enough 5 to 6 understand 12 saving 6 understand 19 it 7 that 12 saving 8 the 9 man 9 man 10 who 9 man 12 saving 10 who 11 was 12 saving 13 him 12 saving 14 from 12 saving 16 hunter 12 saving 18 done 15 the 16 hunter 17 had 18 done 19 it 22 was 19 it 24 true 20 because 21 he 20 because 22 was 22 was 23 a 24 true 25 friend 24 true 26 . " he [not] [only] [will] [let] no [one] [else] [harm] [me] , but he himself [will] not [harm] [me] , " thought [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 2 he 1 " 7 no 7 no 12 , 7 no 20 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 he 13 but 17 not 14 he 15 himself 20 , 21 " 21 " 22 thought " as long as he is [near] [,] [i] [am] [safe] . 1 " 6 is 2 as 4 as 3 long 4 as 4 as 5 he 5 he 6 is 6 is 12 . so [all] [afternoon] [lightfoot] [rested] [and] [did] [not] [so] much as [put] [his] [nose] [outside] that [open] [shed] [.] 1 so 10 much 1 so 16 that 10 much 11 as that is why the hunter got no glimpse of him . 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 why 3 why 8 glimpse 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 8 glimpse 6 got 8 glimpse 7 no 8 glimpse 8 glimpse 9 of 8 glimpse 10 him 10 him 11 . when [it] [became] [dark] [,] [so] [dark] [that] he knew there was no longer [danger] [,] [lightfoot] got up and [stepped] out [under] [the] [stars] . 1 when 9 he 1 when 18 got 9 he 10 knew 10 knew 12 was 11 there 12 was 12 was 13 no 13 no 14 longer 18 got 19 up 19 up 20 and 20 and 22 out 22 out 26 . he was feeling quite himself again . 1 he 5 himself 2 was 3 feeling 3 feeling 4 quite 3 feeling 5 himself 5 himself 6 again 6 again 7 . his splendid strength had returned . 1 his 3 strength 2 splendid 3 strength 3 strength 5 returned 3 strength 6 . 4 had 5 returned he bounded lightly across the meadow and up into the brushy pasture where the hunter had been hidden . 1 he 11 brushy 2 bounded 3 lightly 2 bounded 4 across 2 bounded 6 meadow 4 across 5 the 6 meadow 11 brushy 7 and 11 brushy 8 up 11 brushy 9 into 11 brushy 10 the 11 brushy 11 brushy 12 pasture 11 brushy 13 where 11 brushy 15 hunter 11 brushy 16 had 11 brushy 17 been 14 the 15 hunter 17 been 18 hidden 18 hidden 19 . the farmer smiled . 1 the 3 smiled 2 farmer 3 smiled 3 smiled 4 . " you are as wise as you are handsome , old fellow , " said he . 1 " 2 you 1 " 13 , 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 as 3 are 5 wise 5 wise 9 handsome 6 as 9 handsome 7 you 8 are 8 are 9 handsome 9 handsome 10 , 9 handsome 12 fellow 11 old 12 fellow 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 said 15 said 16 he 15 said 17 . [chapter] [xxvii] [:] [sammy] [jay] [worries] it isn't often [sammy] [jay] [worries] [about] [anybody] [but] [himself] [.] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 often truth to tell , he doesn't worry about himself very often . 1 truth 3 tell 1 truth 4 , 1 truth 6 doesn't 2 to 3 tell 5 he 6 doesn't 6 doesn't 7 worry 6 doesn't 11 often 6 doesn't 12 . 7 worry 8 about 7 worry 9 himself 10 very 11 often you see [,] [sammy] [is] [smart] , [and] he knows he [is] [smart] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 11 he 7 , 9 he 7 , 11 he 9 he 10 knows under that pointed cap of [his] [are] [some] [of] [the] [cleverest] [wits] [in] [all] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 under 2 that 1 under 4 cap 3 pointed 4 cap 4 cap 5 of sammy seldom worries about himself because he feels quite able to take care of himself . 1 sammy 3 worries 2 seldom 3 worries 3 worries 4 about 3 worries 5 himself 3 worries 6 because 3 worries 8 feels 3 worries 15 himself 7 he 8 feels 8 feels 9 quite 8 feels 10 able 8 feels 13 care 10 able 11 to 12 take 13 care 13 care 14 of 15 himself 16 . but [sammy] [jay] was [worrying] [now] . 1 but 4 was 4 was 7 . he was [worrying] about [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 about 4 about 6 the 4 about 8 . yes , [sir] , [sammy] [jay] [was] [worrying] [about] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , for [two] [days] he had been unable to [find] [lightfoot] [or] [any] [trace] [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 for 4 he 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 unable 7 unable 8 to but he did find plenty of hunters with terrible guns . 1 but 3 did 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 find 4 find 5 plenty 5 plenty 6 of 5 plenty 10 guns 7 hunters 10 guns 8 with 10 guns 9 terrible 10 guns 10 guns 11 . it seemed to him that they were [everywhere] in the [green] [forest] . 1 it 2 seemed 1 it 13 . 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 him 2 seemed 5 that 5 that 6 they 6 they 7 were 7 were 9 in 9 in 10 the sammy began to suspect that one of them must have [succeeded] [in] [killing] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 sammy 4 suspect 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 suspect 4 suspect 5 that 4 suspect 6 one 4 suspect 8 them 4 suspect 9 must 6 one 7 of 9 must 10 have [sammy] [knew] [all] [of] [lightfoot] ['s] [hiding-places] [.] he visited every one of them . 1 he 2 visited 2 visited 3 every 2 visited 6 them 3 every 4 one 4 one 5 of 6 them 7 . [lightfoot] [wasn't] [to] [be] [found] [,] [and] [no] [one] [whom] [sammy] [met] [had] [seen] [lightfoot] [for] [two] [days] [.] sammy felt badly . 1 sammy 3 badly 2 felt 3 badly 3 badly 4 . you [see] , he was very fond of [lightfoot] . 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 7 fond 6 very 7 fond 7 fond 8 of 8 of 10 . you remember it was [sammy] [who] [warned] [lightfoot] [of] [the] [coming] [of] [the] [hunter] on the [morning] [when] [the] [dreadful] [hunting] [season] [began] . 1 you 2 remember 2 remember 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 15 on 15 on 16 the 15 on 24 . ever [since] [the] [hunting] [season] [had] [opened] [,] [sammy] [had] done [his] [best] [to] [make] [trouble] [for] [the] [hunters] . 1 ever 11 done 11 done 20 . sammy had [known] [all] [about] [the] [chasing] [of] [lightfoot] [by] [the] [hounds] [.] 1 sammy 2 had everybody in [the] [green] [forest] [had] [known] [about] [it] [.] 1 everybody 2 in you see , [everybody] [had] [heard] the [voices] [of] [those] [hounds] [.] 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 7 the that was the [last] [sammy] had [seen] [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 that 2 was 1 that 6 had 2 was 3 the he had been able to [save] [lightfoot] [from] [the] [hunters] , [but] [he] couldn't [save] [him] [from] [the] [hounds] . 1 he 2 had 1 he 14 couldn't 2 had 3 been 2 had 5 to 3 been 4 able 5 to 11 , 14 couldn't 20 . the more [sammy] [thought] [things] [over] [,] [the] [more] [he] [worried] [.] 1 the 2 more " [if] [he] [were] [alive] [,] [somebody] certainly would have seen him and [nobody] [has] [,] [since] [the] [day] [those] [hounds] [chased] [him] [.] 1 " 8 certainly 8 certainly 9 would 9 would 10 have 10 have 11 seen 11 seen 12 him 12 him 13 and i [declare] [,] [i] have [quite] [lost] [my] [appetite] [worrying] [about] him . 1 i 5 have 5 have 12 him 12 him 13 . if [lightfoot] [is] [dead] , and [i] [am] almost [sure] he [is] [,] [the] [green] [forest] will never [seem] the same [.] ["] 1 if 11 he 1 if 17 will 5 , 6 and 5 , 11 he 6 and 9 almost 17 will 18 never 18 never 21 same 20 the 21 same [chapter] [xxviii] [:] [the] [hunting] [season] [ends] the very worst things come to an end at last . 1 the 3 worst 1 the 10 last 2 very 3 worst 3 worst 4 things 3 worst 5 come 3 worst 8 end 5 come 6 to 7 an 8 end 9 at 10 last 10 last 11 . no matter how bad a thing is , it cannot last forever . 1 no 2 matter 2 matter 3 how 2 matter 4 bad 4 bad 6 thing 5 a 6 thing 6 thing 12 forever 7 is 12 forever 8 , 9 it 9 it 12 forever 10 cannot 12 forever 11 last 12 forever 12 forever 13 . so it was with the [hunting] [season] [for] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 with 4 with 5 the there [came] [a] [day] [when] [the] [law] [protected] [all] [deer] [,] [a] [day] [when] [the] [hunters] [could] no longer [go] [searching] [for] [lightfoot] . 1 there 18 no 18 no 19 longer 19 longer 24 . but this year there was no rejoicing . 1 but 7 rejoicing 2 this 3 year 3 year 7 rejoicing 4 there 5 was 4 there 6 no 4 there 7 rejoicing 7 rejoicing 8 . you see , no one could find [lightfoot] . 1 you 2 see 1 you 7 find 2 see 3 , 4 no 5 one 5 one 6 could 6 could 7 find 7 find 9 . sammy [jay] had [hunted] [everywhere] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 sammy 3 had [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [whose] [eyes] [are] [quite] [as] [sharp] [as] [those] [of] [sammy] [jay] [,] [had] [joined] [in] [the] [search] [.] they had found no [trace] [of] [lightfoot] [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 found 2 had 4 no [paddy] [the] [beaver] [said] [that] [for] [three] [days] [lightfoot] [had] [not] [visited] [his] [pond] [for] [a] [drink] [.] [jumper] [the] [hare] [had] [visited] [lightfoot] ['s] [favorite] [eating] [places] [at] [night] [,] [but] [lightfoot] [had] [not] [been] [in] [any] [of] [them] [.] " [i] tell you what it [is] , " said [sammy] [jay] [to] [bobby] [coon] , " something has happened to [lightfoot] . 1 " 4 you 1 " 10 said 3 tell 4 you 5 what 6 it 6 it 8 , 8 , 10 said 9 " 10 said 10 said 16 , 10 said 23 . 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 something 18 something 20 happened 19 has 20 happened 20 happened 21 to either those hounds caught him and killed him , or he was shot by one of those hunters . 1 either 3 hounds 2 those 3 hounds 3 hounds 4 caught 3 hounds 5 him 3 hounds 6 and 3 hounds 7 killed 3 hounds 8 him 3 hounds 18 hunters 3 hounds 19 . 9 , 10 or 10 or 13 shot 11 he 12 was 11 he 13 shot 13 shot 14 by 13 shot 18 hunters 15 one 17 those 16 of 17 those 17 those 18 hunters the [green] [forest] [will] [never] [be] the same [without] [him] [.] 1 the 8 same 7 the 8 same i don't think [i] [shall] want to come over here very much . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 think 2 don't 6 want 2 don't 12 much 6 want 7 to 6 want 10 here 8 come 9 over 8 come 10 here 11 very 12 much 12 much 13 . there isn't one of [all] the other people [who] [live] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [who] [would] [be] [missed] [as] [lightfoot] [will] [be] . " 1 there 2 isn't 1 there 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 6 the 4 of 23 . 6 the 7 other 7 other 8 people 23 . 24 " [bobby] [coon] [nodded] [.] " that 's true , [sammy] , " said he . 1 " 3 's 1 " 9 said 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 true 5 , 9 said 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 9 said 11 . " [without] [lightfoot] [,] [the] [green] [forest] will [never] be the same . 1 " 8 will 8 will 10 be 10 be 12 same 11 the 12 same 12 same 13 . he never harmed anybody . 1 he 3 harmed 2 never 3 harmed 3 harmed 4 anybody 3 harmed 5 . why those hunters should have been so anxious to kill one so beautiful is something [i] can't understand . 1 why 10 kill 1 why 17 can't 2 those 3 hunters 3 hunters 4 should 3 hunters 8 anxious 3 hunters 10 kill 4 should 5 have 5 have 6 been 7 so 8 anxious 8 anxious 9 to 10 kill 11 one 10 kill 13 beautiful 10 kill 15 something 12 so 13 beautiful 14 is 15 something 17 can't 18 understand 18 understand 19 . for that matter , [i] [don't] [understand] [why] [they] [want] [to] [kill] [any] [of] [us] . 1 for 2 that 1 for 16 . 2 that 3 matter 3 matter 4 , if they really needed us for food , it would be a different matter , but they don't . 1 if 4 needed 2 they 4 needed 3 really 4 needed 4 needed 7 food 5 us 7 food 6 for 7 food 7 food 8 , 7 food 13 different 9 it 13 different 10 would 11 be 11 be 13 different 12 a 13 different 13 different 14 matter 13 different 17 they 13 different 18 don't 13 different 19 . 15 , 16 but 16 but 17 they have you [been] [up] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] [and] asked [old] [man] [coyote] if he has seen anything [of] [lightfoot] ? " 1 have 2 you 1 have 17 seen 2 you 10 asked 10 asked 14 if 14 if 15 he 15 he 16 has 17 seen 18 anything 18 anything 21 ? 21 ? 22 " sammy nodded . 1 sammy 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 . " [i] ['ve] [been] [up] there [twice] , " said he . 1 " 9 " 6 there 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 11 he 10 said 12 . " [old] [man] [coyote] [has] [been] [lying] [very] [low] [during] [the] [days] , but [nights] he has [done] a [lot] [of] [traveling] . 1 " 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 16 he 16 he 17 has 17 has 19 a 19 a 23 . i thought he might have [found] the place [where] [lightfoot] [was] [killed] [,] [but] [he] [hasn't] [,] [although] [he] [has] [looked] for it [.] 1 i 5 have 1 i 23 it 2 thought 4 might 3 he 4 might 4 might 5 have 7 the 8 place 8 place 22 for 22 for 23 it well , the [hunting] [season] [for] [lightfoot] [is] [over] , but [i] [am] [afraid] it [has] [ended] too late . " 1 well 2 , 1 well 10 , 2 , 3 the 10 , 11 but 11 but 19 late 15 it 19 late 18 too 19 late 19 late 20 . 20 . 21 " [chapter] [xxix] [:] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [are] [startled] it was the [evening] [of] [the] [day] [after] [the] [closing] [of] [the] [hunting] [season] [for] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 19 . 2 was 3 the [mr.] [and] [mrs] [quack] [were] [getting] [their] [evening] [meal] [among] [the] [brown] [stalks] [of] [the] [wild] [rice] [along] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [big] [river] [.] they took turns in searching for the rice grains in the mud . 1 they 3 turns 2 took 3 turns 3 turns 9 grains 4 in 5 searching 5 searching 6 for 5 searching 9 grains 7 the 9 grains 8 rice 9 grains 9 grains 10 in 9 grains 12 mud 11 the 12 mud 12 mud 13 . then [mrs] [quack] [took] [her] [turn] [at] [keeping] [watch] , [while] [mr] [quack] [stood] [on] [his] [head] and [hunted] [for] [rice] [.] 1 then 10 , 10 , 18 and it was wonderfully quiet and peaceful . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 wonderfully 3 wonderfully 6 peaceful 3 wonderfully 7 . 4 quiet 6 peaceful 5 and 6 peaceful there was not even a [ripple] [on] [the] [big] [river] [.] 1 there 2 was 1 there 5 a 2 was 3 not 3 not 4 even it was so quiet that they could hear the barking of a dog at a farmhouse a mile away . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 so 2 was 4 quiet 4 quiet 10 barking 5 that 6 they 6 they 10 barking 7 could 8 hear 8 hear 10 barking 9 the 10 barking 10 barking 11 of 10 barking 13 dog 10 barking 14 at 10 barking 16 farmhouse 12 a 13 dog 15 a 16 farmhouse 16 farmhouse 18 mile 16 farmhouse 20 . 17 a 18 mile 18 mile 19 away they were [far] [enough] [out] [from] the [bank] [to] have [nothing] to [fear] [from] [reddy] [fox] [or] [old] [man] [coyote] . 1 they 2 were 1 they 10 have 2 were 7 the 10 have 12 to 12 to 21 . so they had nothing to fear from [any] [one] [save] [hooty] [the] [owl] [.] 1 so 2 they 2 they 3 had 3 had 4 nothing 4 nothing 5 to 4 nothing 6 fear 6 fear 7 from it was [for] [hooty] that they [took] [turns] [in] [watching] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 11 . 2 was 5 that 5 that 6 they it was just the [hour] [when] [hooty] [likes] [best] [to] [hunt] [.] 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 just 3 just 4 the by and by they heard [booty] ['s] [hunting] [call] [.] 1 by 2 and 2 and 3 by 2 and 4 they 4 they 5 heard it was far away [in] [the] [green] [forest] , [then] [mr] [.] and [mrs] [quack] [felt] [easier] , and [they] [talked] [in] [low] [,] contented [voices] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 18 , 2 was 3 far 3 far 4 away 4 away 13 and 9 , 13 and 18 , 19 and 19 and 25 contented 25 contented 27 . they felt [that] [for] [a] [while] [at] [least] [there] [was] [nothing] [to] [fear] [.] 1 they 2 felt suddenly [a] [little] [splash] [out] [in] the [big] [river] [caught] [mr] [quack] ['s] [quick] [ear] [.] 1 suddenly 7 the as [mrs] [quack] [brought] [her] [head] [up] [out] [of] the [water] [,] [mr] [quack] [warned] [her] [to] [keep] [quiet] [.] 1 as 10 the [noiselessly] [they] [swam] [among] [the] [brown] [stalks] [until] [they] [could] [see] [out] [across] [the] [big] [river] [.] there was another little splash out there in the middle . 1 there 2 was 1 there 5 splash 3 another 5 splash 4 little 5 splash 5 splash 10 middle 5 splash 11 . 6 out 10 middle 7 there 8 in 8 in 10 middle 9 the 10 middle it wasn't the splash made by a fish ; it was a splash made by something much bigger than any fish . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 13 splash 3 the 13 splash 4 splash 5 made 4 splash 6 by 4 splash 13 splash 7 a 13 splash 8 fish 13 splash 9 ; 13 splash 10 it 11 was 11 was 13 splash 12 a 13 splash 13 splash 14 made 13 splash 15 by 13 splash 16 something 13 splash 18 bigger 13 splash 21 fish 17 much 18 bigger 18 bigger 19 than 18 bigger 20 any 21 fish 22 . presently they [made] [out] [a] [silver] [line] [moving] [towards] [them] [from] [the] [black] [shadows] [.] 1 presently 2 they they knew exactly what it meant . 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 6 meant 3 exactly 6 meant 4 what 6 meant 5 it 6 meant 6 meant 7 . it [meant] [that] [some] [one] was [out] [there] in the [big] [river] [moving] [towards] [them] . 1 it 6 was 1 it 16 . 6 was 9 in 9 in 10 the could it be a boat containing a hunter ? 1 could 6 containing 2 it 6 containing 3 be 6 containing 4 a 6 containing 5 boat 6 containing 6 containing 7 a 6 containing 8 hunter 6 containing 9 ? with [their] [necks] [stretched] [high] , [mr] and [mrs] [.] [quack] [watched] [.] 1 with 8 and 6 , 8 and they were ready to take to their strong wings the instant they discovered danger . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 ready 3 ready 4 to 3 ready 6 to 3 ready 9 wings 4 to 5 take 7 their 9 wings 8 strong 9 wings 9 wings 11 instant 9 wings 12 they 9 wings 13 discovered 9 wings 14 danger 10 the 11 instant 14 danger 15 . but they did not want to fly until they were sure [that] it [was] [danger] [approaching] . 1 but 2 they 1 but 13 it 2 they 3 did 2 they 10 were 3 did 4 not 4 not 8 until 5 want 6 to 5 want 7 fly 7 fly 8 until 8 until 9 they 10 were 11 sure 13 it 17 . they were startled , very much startled . 1 they 2 were 2 were 7 startled 3 startled 7 startled 4 , 5 very 5 very 6 much 6 much 7 startled 7 startled 8 . presently they made out what looked like the branch of a tree moving over the water towards them . 1 presently 2 they 1 presently 13 moving 3 made 13 moving 4 out 13 moving 5 what 7 like 6 looked 7 like 7 like 13 moving 8 the 9 branch 9 branch 10 of 9 branch 12 tree 9 branch 13 moving 11 a 12 tree 13 moving 14 over 13 moving 16 water 13 moving 17 towards 13 moving 18 them 15 the 16 water 18 them 19 . that was queer , very queer . 1 that 2 was 1 that 6 queer 3 queer 4 , 3 queer 6 queer 5 very 6 queer 6 queer 7 . [mr] [quack] [said] [so] [.] [mrs] [quack] [said] [so] [.] both were growing more and more suspicious . 1 both 2 were 1 both 7 suspicious 3 growing 4 more 3 growing 5 and 3 growing 6 more 3 growing 7 suspicious 7 suspicious 8 . they couldn't understand it at all , and it is always best to be suspicious of things you cannot understand . 1 they 3 understand 2 couldn't 3 understand 3 understand 4 it 3 understand 6 all 3 understand 7 , 3 understand 9 it 3 understand 11 always 5 at 6 all 7 , 8 and 9 it 10 is 11 always 15 suspicious 12 best 15 suspicious 13 to 14 be 14 be 15 suspicious 15 suspicious 16 of 15 suspicious 17 things 15 suspicious 19 cannot 15 suspicious 20 understand 15 suspicious 21 . 18 you 19 cannot [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [half] [lifted] [their] [wings] [to] [fly] [.] [chapter] [xxx] [:] [the] [mystery] [is] [solved] it was very mysterious . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 very 3 very 4 mysterious 4 mysterious 5 . yes , [sir] [,] it was very mysterious . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 very 7 very 8 mysterious 8 mysterious 9 . [mr] [quack] [thought] [so] [.] [mrs] [quack] [thought] [so] [.] but how could [the] [branch] [of] [a] [tree] [swim] [?] 1 but 3 could 2 how 3 could that was too much for [mr] [quack] . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 too 3 too 4 much 3 too 5 for 3 too 8 . it was too much for [mrs] [quack] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 too 3 too 4 much 3 too 5 for 3 too 8 . they were ready to spring into the air and trust to their swift wings the instant they should detect danger . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 ready 2 were 13 swift 3 ready 4 to 3 ready 5 spring 6 into 13 swift 7 the 8 air 8 air 9 and 8 air 13 swift 10 trust 11 to 10 trust 13 swift 12 their 13 swift 13 swift 19 detect 14 wings 19 detect 15 the 19 detect 16 instant 19 detect 17 they 19 detect 18 should 19 detect 19 detect 20 danger 19 detect 21 . but they did not want to fly unless they had to . 1 but 3 did 2 they 3 did 3 did 4 not 3 did 5 want 3 did 7 fly 5 want 6 to 7 fly 8 unless 7 fly 12 . 8 unless 9 they 9 they 10 had 10 had 11 to besides , they were curious . 1 besides 2 , 1 besides 5 curious 3 they 4 were 4 were 5 curious 5 curious 6 . they were very curious indeed . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 very 3 very 5 indeed 4 curious 5 indeed 5 indeed 6 . they wanted to find out what that mysterious thing moving through the water towards them was . 1 they 2 wanted 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 8 mysterious 4 find 5 out 4 find 8 mysterious 6 what 8 mysterious 7 that 8 mysterious 8 mysterious 9 thing 8 mysterious 10 moving 8 mysterious 17 . 10 moving 11 through 10 moving 13 water 10 moving 14 towards 10 moving 15 them 10 moving 16 was 11 through 12 the but [paddy] [the] [beaver] was [way] [back] [in] [his] [own] [pond] [,] [deep] [in] the [green] [forest] [,] [and] [they] [knew] it . 1 but 5 was 1 but 22 it 5 was 15 the 22 it 23 . so this thing became more and more of a mystery . 1 so 4 became 2 this 3 thing 2 this 4 became 4 became 5 more 4 became 6 and 4 became 7 more 4 became 8 of 4 became 10 mystery 9 a 10 mystery 10 mystery 11 . the nearer it came , the more nervous and anxious they grew , and at the same time the greater became their curiosity . 1 the 17 same 2 nearer 3 it 2 nearer 4 came 2 nearer 5 , 2 nearer 6 the 6 the 12 grew 6 the 17 same 7 more 8 nervous 8 nervous 9 and 8 nervous 10 anxious 8 nervous 12 grew 11 they 12 grew 12 grew 14 and 13 , 14 and 15 at 17 same 16 the 17 same 17 same 18 time 17 same 20 greater 19 the 20 greater 20 greater 21 became 20 greater 22 their 20 greater 23 curiosity 23 curiosity 24 . at last [mr] [quack] [felt] [that] [not] [even] [to] [gratify] his [curiosity] [would] [it] [be] [safe] [to] [wait] [longer] [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 11 his he prepared to spring [into] [the] [air] [,] [knowing] [that] [mrs] [quack] [would] [follow] [him] [.] 1 he 2 prepared 2 prepared 3 to 2 prepared 4 spring it was just then [that] a [funny] little [sound] [reached] [him] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 just 2 was 6 a 3 just 4 then 6 a 8 little 8 little 12 . it was half snort , half cough , as if some one had sniffed some water up his nose . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 snort 3 half 4 snort 4 snort 5 , 4 snort 6 half 4 snort 7 cough 7 cough 8 , 7 cough 10 if 7 cough 11 some 7 cough 12 one 7 cough 13 had 7 cough 15 some 9 as 10 if 14 sniffed 15 some 15 some 16 water 16 water 19 nose 17 up 19 nose 18 his 19 nose 19 nose 20 . there was something familiar about that sound . 1 there 2 was 1 there 4 familiar 3 something 4 familiar 4 familiar 5 about 4 familiar 7 sound 4 familiar 8 . 6 that 7 sound [mr] [quack] [decided] [to] [wait] [a] [few] [minutes] [longer] [.] [somehow] [i] [have] [a] [feeling] [that] [we] [are] [in] [no] [danger] [.] ["] [so] [mr] [.] [and] [mrs] [quack] [waited] [and] [watched] [.] it was a mystery no longer . 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 longer 3 a 4 mystery 4 mystery 6 longer 5 no 6 longer 6 longer 7 . they saw that they had [mistaken] [the] [antlers] [of] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [for] [the] [branch] [of] [a] [tree] [.] 1 they 2 saw 2 saw 3 that 3 that 5 had 4 they 5 had [lightfoot] [was] [swimming] [across] [the] [big] [river] [on] [his] [way] [back] [to] [his] [home] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] at [once] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [swam] [out] [to] [meet] him and [to] [tell] [him] [how] [glad] [they] [were] [that] he was [alive] [and] safe . 1 at 12 him 12 him 13 and 12 him 22 he 22 he 23 was 23 was 26 safe 26 safe 27 . [chapter] [xxxi] [:] [a] [surprising] [discovery] so [lightfoot] [roamed] [about] [without] [fear] [and] was happy . 1 so 9 happy 8 was 9 happy 9 happy 10 . it seemed to him that he could not be happier . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 him 2 seemed 10 happier 5 that 7 could 6 he 7 could 7 could 8 not 7 could 9 be 9 be 10 happier 10 happier 11 . there was plenty to eat and that blessed feeling of nothing to fear . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 plenty 3 plenty 5 eat 3 plenty 8 blessed 4 to 5 eat 5 eat 6 and 7 that 8 blessed 8 blessed 9 feeling 8 blessed 13 fear 9 feeling 10 of 11 nothing 12 to 11 nothing 13 fear 13 fear 14 . what more could any one ask ? 1 what 7 ? 2 more 3 could 3 could 4 any 3 could 6 ask 4 any 5 one 6 ask 7 ? he began to grow sleek and fat and handsomer than ever . 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 grow 4 grow 9 handsomer 5 sleek 6 and 5 sleek 7 fat 5 sleek 8 and 5 sleek 9 handsomer 9 handsomer 10 than 9 handsomer 11 ever 9 handsomer 12 . the days were growing colder and the frosty air made him feel good . 1 the 8 frosty 2 days 5 colder 3 were 5 colder 4 growing 5 colder 5 colder 6 and 5 colder 8 frosty 7 the 8 frosty 8 frosty 9 air 8 frosty 10 made 8 frosty 11 him 8 frosty 12 feel 8 frosty 13 good 8 frosty 14 . just at dusk [one] evening [he] [went] [down] [to] [his] [favorite] [drinking] [place] [at] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 1 just 3 dusk 2 at 3 dusk 3 dusk 5 evening as he put down his head to drink he saw something which so surprised him that he quite forgot he was thirsty . 1 as 2 he 2 he 3 put 3 put 4 down 4 down 8 drink 5 his 6 head 6 head 8 drink 7 to 8 drink 8 drink 11 something 8 drink 22 thirsty 9 he 10 saw 10 saw 11 something 12 which 14 surprised 13 so 14 surprised 14 surprised 15 him 14 surprised 16 that 14 surprised 19 forgot 17 he 19 forgot 18 quite 19 forgot 19 forgot 22 thirsty 20 he 21 was 21 was 22 thirsty 22 thirsty 23 . what do you think it was he saw ? 1 what 2 do 1 what 7 he 1 what 9 ? 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 think 4 think 5 it 5 it 6 was 7 he 8 saw it was a footprint in the soft mud . 1 it 4 footprint 2 was 4 footprint 3 a 4 footprint 4 footprint 5 in 4 footprint 7 soft 4 footprint 8 mud 4 footprint 9 . 5 in 6 the yes , [sir] [,] it was a [footprint] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 5 it 5 it 6 was 5 it 9 . 6 was 7 a for a long time [lightfoot] [stood] [staring] [at] [that] [footprint] . 1 for 2 a 2 a 3 long 3 long 4 time 4 time 11 . in his great , soft eyes was a look of wonder and surprise . 1 in 13 surprise 2 his 13 surprise 3 great 5 soft 3 great 13 surprise 4 , 5 soft 5 soft 6 eyes 5 soft 10 of 5 soft 11 wonder 5 soft 12 and 6 eyes 9 look 7 was 8 a 8 a 9 look 13 surprise 14 . you see , that footprint was exactly like one of his own , only smaller . 1 you 2 see 2 see 5 footprint 3 , 5 footprint 4 that 5 footprint 5 footprint 6 was 5 footprint 7 exactly 5 footprint 8 like 5 footprint 9 one 5 footprint 10 of 5 footprint 11 his 5 footprint 16 . 11 his 12 own 12 own 15 smaller 13 , 14 only 14 only 15 smaller to [lightfoot] it [was] [a] [very] [wonderful] [footprint] [.] 1 to 3 it he was quite sure that never had he seen such a dainty footprint . 1 he 2 was 2 was 13 footprint 3 quite 4 sure 4 sure 5 that 5 that 13 footprint 6 never 9 seen 7 had 9 seen 8 he 9 seen 9 seen 13 footprint 10 such 13 footprint 11 a 13 footprint 12 dainty 13 footprint 13 footprint 14 . he forgot to drink . 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 4 drink 2 forgot 5 . 3 to 4 drink instead , he began to search for other footprints , and presently he found them . 1 instead 3 he 1 instead 4 began 2 , 3 he 4 began 5 to 4 began 9 footprints 6 search 7 for 6 search 9 footprints 8 other 9 footprints 9 footprints 11 and 9 footprints 12 presently 9 footprints 14 found 9 footprints 15 them 10 , 11 and 13 he 14 found 15 them 16 . each was as dainty as that first one . 1 each 4 dainty 1 each 8 one 1 each 9 . 2 was 4 dainty 3 as 4 dainty 4 dainty 5 as 4 dainty 7 first 6 that 7 first who could have made them ? 1 who 2 could 1 who 6 ? 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 made 4 made 5 them that [is] [what] [lightfoot] wanted to know and what he meant to find out . 1 that 5 wanted 5 wanted 6 to 5 wanted 7 know 7 know 9 what 8 and 9 what 9 what 11 meant 10 he 11 meant 11 meant 12 to 12 to 13 find 13 find 14 out 14 out 15 . it was [clear] [to] [him] that there was a stranger [in] [the] [green] [forest] , [and] [somehow] he didn't [resent] [it] [in] [the] [least] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 15 , 2 was 6 that 6 that 7 there 7 there 8 was 7 there 9 a 9 a 10 stranger 15 , 18 he 18 he 19 didn't 19 didn't 25 . in fact , he was glad . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 he 2 fact 5 was 2 fact 6 glad 6 glad 7 . he couldn't have told why , but it was true . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 have 2 couldn't 5 why 2 couldn't 8 it 3 have 4 told 5 why 6 , 7 but 8 it 8 it 9 was 8 it 10 true 10 true 11 . lightfoot put his nose to the footprints and sniffed of them . 1 lightfoot 7 footprints 2 put 7 footprints 3 his 4 nose 4 nose 7 footprints 5 to 7 footprints 6 the 7 footprints 7 footprints 8 and 7 footprints 9 sniffed 7 footprints 10 of 7 footprints 11 them 11 them 12 . a great longing to find the maker of those footprints took possession of him . 1 a 2 great 2 great 3 longing 3 longing 4 to 3 longing 7 maker 5 find 7 maker 6 the 7 maker 7 maker 8 of 7 maker 9 those 7 maker 10 footprints 7 maker 12 possession 7 maker 15 . 11 took 12 possession 12 possession 13 of 12 possession 14 him he lifted his handsome head and listened for some slight sound which might show that the stranger was near . 1 he 2 lifted 2 lifted 3 his 2 lifted 10 slight 4 handsome 10 slight 5 head 10 slight 6 and 7 listened 7 listened 10 slight 8 for 9 some 9 some 10 slight 10 slight 11 sound 10 slight 12 which 10 slight 13 might 10 slight 14 show 14 show 17 stranger 15 that 17 stranger 16 the 17 stranger 17 stranger 19 near 18 was 19 near 19 near 20 . with [his] [delicate] [nostrils] [he] [tested] [the] [wandering] [little] [night] [breezes] for a [stray] [whiff] [of] [scent] [to] [tell] [him] [which] [way] [to] [go] [.] 1 with 13 a 12 for 13 a but there was no [sound] [and] [the] [wandering] [little] [night] [breezes] [told] [him] nothing . 1 but 14 nothing 2 there 3 was 2 there 4 no 2 there 14 nothing 14 nothing 15 . lightfoot followed the dainty footprints up the bank . 1 lightfoot 5 footprints 2 followed 5 footprints 3 the 5 footprints 4 dainty 5 footprints 5 footprints 8 bank 6 up 8 bank 7 the 8 bank 8 bank 9 . there [they] [disappeared] , for [the] [ground] [was] [hard] [.] 1 there 5 for 4 , 5 for lightfoot paused , undecided which way to go . 1 lightfoot 4 undecided 2 paused 4 undecided 3 , 4 undecided 4 undecided 5 which 4 undecided 6 way 4 undecided 7 to 4 undecided 8 go 4 undecided 9 . [chapter] [xxxii] [:] [lightfoot] [sees] [the] [stranger] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [was] [unhappy] [.] it was a strange unhappiness , an unhappiness such as he had never known before . 1 it 8 unhappiness 2 was 8 unhappiness 3 a 8 unhappiness 4 strange 8 unhappiness 5 unhappiness 6 , 5 unhappiness 8 unhappiness 7 an 8 unhappiness 8 unhappiness 9 such 8 unhappiness 10 as 8 unhappiness 11 he 8 unhappiness 12 had 8 unhappiness 13 never 8 unhappiness 14 known 14 known 15 before 15 before 16 . you [see] , he had [discovered] [that] there was a stranger in the [green] [forest] [,] [a] [stranger] of his [own] [kind] [,] [another] [deer] . 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 had 4 he 20 his 8 there 9 was 8 there 10 a 8 there 12 in 10 a 11 stranger 12 in 13 the 13 the 19 of 19 of 20 his 20 his 26 . he knew [it] by [dainty] [footprints] [in] the [mud] [along] [the] [laughing] [brook] [and] [on] [the] [edge] of the [pond] of [paddy] the [beaver] [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 4 by 4 by 8 the 8 the 18 of 18 of 19 the 19 the 21 of 21 of 23 the he knew it by other signs which he ran across every now and then . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 it 2 knew 6 signs 4 by 6 signs 5 other 6 signs 6 signs 7 which 6 signs 9 ran 6 signs 10 across 6 signs 11 every 6 signs 12 now 8 he 9 ran 12 now 14 then 13 and 14 then 14 then 15 . but search as he would , he was unable to find that newcomer . 1 but 2 search 1 but 9 unable 3 as 9 unable 4 he 9 unable 5 would 9 unable 6 , 9 unable 7 he 9 unable 8 was 9 unable 9 unable 10 to 9 unable 13 newcomer 11 find 13 newcomer 12 that 13 newcomer 13 newcomer 14 . he had searched everywhere but always he was just too late . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 searched 3 searched 4 everywhere 3 searched 5 but 3 searched 6 always 3 searched 8 was 3 searched 9 just 7 he 8 was 9 just 11 late 10 too 11 late 11 late 12 . the stranger had been and gone . 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 had 2 stranger 7 . 3 had 4 been 3 had 6 gone 5 and 6 gone now [there] was [no] [anger] [in] [lightfoot] ['s] [desire] [to] [find] [that] [stranger] [.] 1 now 3 was instead , there was a great longing . 1 instead 7 longing 2 , 7 longing 3 there 4 was 3 there 6 great 5 a 6 great 6 great 7 longing 7 longing 8 . for the first time in his [life] [lightfoot] [felt] [lonely] . 1 for 3 first 2 the 3 first 3 first 4 time 3 first 5 in 5 in 6 his 6 his 11 . so he hunted and hunted and was unhappy . 1 so 5 hunted 2 he 5 hunted 3 hunted 4 and 3 hunted 5 hunted 5 hunted 6 and 5 hunted 8 unhappy 7 was 8 unhappy 8 unhappy 9 . he lost his appetite . 1 he 4 appetite 2 lost 4 appetite 3 his 4 appetite 4 appetite 5 . he slept little . 1 he 2 slept 2 slept 3 little 2 slept 4 . he [roamed] [about] [uneasily] , [looking] [,] [listening] [,] [testing] [every] [merry] [little] [breeze] [,] [but] [all] [in] [vain] [.] 1 he 5 , then , [one] [never-to-be-forgotten] [night] [,] as [he] [drank] [at] the [laughing] [brook] [,] [a] [strange] [feeling] [swept] [over] [him] [.] 1 then 2 , 2 , 7 as 7 as 11 the it was the feeling of being watched . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 the 2 was 4 feeling 4 feeling 7 watched 5 of 6 being 6 being 7 watched 7 watched 8 . lightfoot lifted his beautiful head and a slight movement caught his quick eye and drew it to a thicket not far away . 1 lightfoot 2 lifted 2 lifted 5 head 2 lifted 6 and 2 lifted 8 slight 3 his 5 head 4 beautiful 5 head 7 a 8 slight 8 slight 9 movement 9 movement 10 caught 9 movement 11 his 9 movement 12 quick 9 movement 13 eye 9 movement 15 drew 14 and 15 drew 15 drew 19 thicket 16 it 17 to 17 to 19 thicket 18 a 19 thicket 19 thicket 21 far 20 not 21 far 21 far 22 away 22 away 23 . for a long [minute] [lightfoot] [stood] [gazing] . 1 for 3 long 1 for 8 . 2 a 3 long a pair of wonderful , great , soft eyes gazed back at him . 1 a 2 pair 2 pair 3 of 2 pair 4 wonderful 2 pair 8 soft 4 wonderful 5 , 6 great 8 soft 7 , 8 soft 8 soft 9 eyes 8 soft 10 gazed 10 gazed 11 back 10 gazed 12 at 10 gazed 13 him 13 him 14 . then that beautiful head disappeared . 1 then 5 disappeared 2 that 5 disappeared 3 beautiful 5 disappeared 4 head 5 disappeared 5 disappeared 6 . with [a] [mighty] [bound] , [lightfoot] [cleared] [the] [laughing] [brook] and [rushed] over [to] [the] [thicket] [in] which [that] [beautiful] [head] [had] [disappeared] [.] 1 with 18 which 5 , 11 and 5 , 18 which 11 and 13 over he plunged in , but there was no one there . 1 he 2 plunged 2 plunged 3 in 2 plunged 8 no 2 plunged 10 there 4 , 5 but 5 but 8 no 6 there 7 was 6 there 8 no 8 no 9 one 10 there 11 . frantically he searched , but that thicket was empty . 1 frantically 3 searched 1 frantically 6 that 1 frantically 7 thicket 2 he 3 searched 3 searched 5 but 4 , 5 but 7 thicket 9 empty 8 was 9 empty 9 empty 10 . then he stood still and listened . 1 then 2 he 2 he 6 listened 3 stood 4 still 3 stood 6 listened 5 and 6 listened 6 listened 7 . not a sound reached him . 1 not 3 sound 2 a 3 sound 3 sound 4 reached 4 reached 5 him 5 him 6 . it was as [still] [as] if [there] were [no] [other] [living] [things] in all the [green] [forest] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 18 . 2 was 3 as 3 as 6 if 6 if 8 were 8 were 13 in 13 in 15 the 14 all 15 the the beautiful stranger had slipped away as silently as a shadow . 1 the 3 stranger 2 beautiful 3 stranger 3 stranger 4 had 3 stranger 8 silently 3 stranger 12 . 5 slipped 6 away 5 slipped 8 silently 7 as 8 silently 8 silently 9 as 8 silently 11 shadow 10 a 11 shadow all the rest of [that] [night] [lightfoot] [searched] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [but] his [search] [was] [in] [vain] . 1 all 3 rest 2 the 3 rest 3 rest 4 of 4 of 14 his 14 his 19 . the longing to find that beautiful stranger had become so great that he fairly ached with it . 1 the 7 stranger 2 longing 3 to 2 longing 4 find 2 longing 7 stranger 5 that 7 stranger 6 beautiful 7 stranger 7 stranger 9 become 8 had 9 become 9 become 15 ached 10 so 15 ached 11 great 15 ached 12 that 13 he 12 that 14 fairly 14 fairly 15 ached 15 ached 16 with 15 ached 17 it 15 ached 18 . it seemed to him that until he found her he could know no happiness . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 him 2 seemed 5 that 5 that 11 could 6 until 8 found 6 until 10 he 7 he 8 found 8 found 9 her 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 know 11 could 13 no 11 could 14 happiness 14 happiness 15 . [chapter] [xxxiii] [:] [a] [different] [game] [of] [hide] [and] [seek] once more [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [was] [playing] [hide] [and] [seek] in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 once 2 more 1 once 11 in 11 in 12 the but it was a very different game from the one he had played just a short time before . 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 a 4 a 7 game 5 very 6 different 6 different 7 game 7 game 10 one 7 game 13 played 7 game 19 . 8 from 9 the 8 from 10 one 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 played 13 played 14 just 13 played 16 short 13 played 18 before 15 a 16 short 16 short 17 time now , he was " it " , and some one else was doing the hiding . 1 now 2 , 1 now 16 hiding 3 he 4 was 4 was 16 hiding 5 " 6 it 5 " 7 " 7 " 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 some 10 some 12 else 11 one 12 else 12 else 16 hiding 13 was 16 hiding 14 doing 16 hiding 15 the 16 hiding 16 hiding 17 . at times [lightfoot] [would] [lose] [his] [temper] . 1 at 2 times 2 times 8 . yes , [sir] , [lightfoot] [would] [lose] [his] [temper] [.] 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , that was a foolish thing to do , but it seemed to him that he just couldn't help it . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 5 thing 4 foolish 5 thing 5 thing 6 to 6 to 7 do 6 to 18 help 7 do 8 , 9 but 10 it 9 but 17 couldn't 10 it 11 seemed 11 seemed 12 to 11 seemed 13 him 11 seemed 17 couldn't 14 that 17 couldn't 15 he 17 couldn't 16 just 17 couldn't 17 couldn't 18 help 18 help 19 it 18 help 20 . more than once when he did this a pair of great , soft , gentle eyes were watching him , though he didn't know it . 1 more 2 than 2 than 3 once 3 once 6 did 3 once 8 a 4 when 5 he 5 he 6 did 6 did 7 this 8 a 9 pair 9 pair 10 of 9 pair 13 soft 11 great 13 soft 12 , 13 soft 13 soft 14 , 13 soft 15 gentle 15 gentle 16 eyes 15 gentle 18 watching 15 gentle 21 though 16 eyes 17 were 18 watching 19 him 20 , 21 though 21 though 23 didn't 21 though 25 it 22 he 23 didn't 23 didn't 24 know 25 it 26 . at [other] times [lightfoot] [would] [steal] [about] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [as] [noiselessly] [as] [a] [shadow] . 1 at 3 times 3 times 17 . he would peer into thickets and behind tangles of fallen trees and brush piles , hoping to surprise the one he sought . 1 he 3 peer 2 would 3 peer 3 peer 8 tangles 4 into 8 tangles 5 thickets 8 tangles 6 and 8 tangles 7 behind 8 tangles 8 tangles 9 of 8 tangles 10 fallen 8 tangles 11 trees 8 tangles 12 and 8 tangles 13 brush 8 tangles 14 piles 14 piles 16 hoping 14 piles 18 surprise 15 , 16 hoping 16 hoping 17 to 18 surprise 22 sought 18 surprise 23 . 19 the 22 sought 20 one 22 sought 21 he 22 sought he would be very , very patient . 1 he 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 7 patient 4 very 5 , 4 very 7 patient 6 very 7 patient 7 patient 8 . perhaps he would come to the thicket which he knew from the signs the stranger had left only a few moments before . 1 perhaps 7 thicket 2 he 7 thicket 3 would 7 thicket 4 come 7 thicket 5 to 7 thicket 6 the 7 thicket 7 thicket 8 which 7 thicket 10 knew 7 thicket 11 from 7 thicket 13 signs 9 he 10 knew 11 from 12 the 13 signs 15 stranger 14 the 15 stranger 15 stranger 21 moments 16 had 17 left 17 left 21 moments 18 only 20 few 19 a 20 few 20 few 21 moments 21 moments 22 before 22 before 23 . then his patience would vanish in impatience , and he would dash ahead , eager to catch up with the shy stranger . 1 then 7 impatience 2 his 7 impatience 3 patience 7 impatience 4 would 5 vanish 5 vanish 6 in 5 vanish 7 impatience 7 impatience 9 and 7 impatience 10 he 7 impatience 12 dash 7 impatience 23 . 8 , 9 and 11 would 12 dash 12 dash 13 ahead 12 dash 15 eager 12 dash 17 catch 14 , 15 eager 15 eager 16 to 17 catch 18 up 17 catch 21 shy 19 with 20 the 19 with 21 shy 21 shy 22 stranger but always it was in vain . 1 but 2 always 1 but 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 6 vain 5 in 6 vain 6 vain 7 . he had thought himself very clever but this stranger was proving herself more clever . 1 he 2 had 1 he 4 himself 3 thought 4 himself 4 himself 14 clever 4 himself 15 . 5 very 11 proving 6 clever 11 proving 7 but 11 proving 8 this 11 proving 9 stranger 11 proving 10 was 11 proving 11 proving 12 herself 11 proving 13 more 11 proving 14 clever of course it wasn't long before all the little [people] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [knew] [what] [was] [going] [on] . 1 of 2 course 1 of 8 the 2 course 4 wasn't 3 it 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 5 long 4 wasn't 7 all 5 long 6 before 8 the 9 little 9 little 20 . but now , [instead] [of] [trying] [to] [help] [lightfoot] as they [did] [then] [,] [they] [gave] [him] [no] [help] at all . 1 but 2 now 1 but 11 they 2 now 3 , 3 , 10 as 11 they 21 all 20 at 21 all 21 all 22 . the fact is , they were enjoying that game . 1 the 2 fact 2 fact 3 is 2 fact 4 , 2 fact 7 enjoying 5 they 6 were 6 were 7 enjoying 7 enjoying 8 that 7 enjoying 9 game 7 enjoying 10 . [mischievous] [sammy] [jay] [even] [went] [so] [far] [as] [to] [warn] [the] [stranger] [several] [times] [when] [lightfoot] [was] [approaching] [.] of course [lightfoot] [knew] [when] [sammy] [did] [this] , and each [time] he [lost] his [temper] . 1 of 2 course 2 course 9 , 2 course 13 he 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 each 13 he 15 his 15 his 17 . for [the] [time] [being] [,] he [quite] [forgot] [all] [that] [sammy] had done for him when he was the [one] [that] [was] [being] [hunted] . 1 for 6 he 6 he 12 had 12 had 13 done 13 done 14 for 13 done 25 . 15 him 17 he 15 him 25 . 16 when 17 he 17 he 18 was 18 was 19 the but [when] [buster] [grinned] [good-naturedly] [at] him [,] [lightfoot] [thought] [better] of it [and] [bounded] [away] to [continue] his [search] . 1 but 7 him 7 him 21 . 12 of 13 it 12 of 21 . 13 it 17 to 17 to 19 his then [there] [were] [times] [when] [lightfoot] [would] [sulk] [and] [would] [declare] [over] [and] [over] [to] [himself] , " [i] don't care [anything] about [that] [stranger] . 1 then 17 , 17 , 18 " 18 " 20 don't 20 don't 21 care 21 care 23 about 23 about 26 . i won't spend another minute looking for her . " 1 i 2 won't 2 won't 3 spend 3 spend 5 minute 3 spend 8 her 4 another 5 minute 5 minute 6 looking 6 looking 7 for 8 her 9 . 9 . 10 " and then [within] [five] [minutes] he would be [watching] , [listening] and [seeking] [some] [sign] that she was [still] in the [green] [forest] [.] 1 and 2 then 2 then 6 he 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 be 8 be 10 , 10 , 12 and 12 and 16 that 16 that 18 was 17 she 18 was 18 was 20 in 20 in 21 the [chapter] [xxxiv] [:] [a] [startling] [new] [footprint] he had [stolen] [very] [softly] [clown] to [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [hoping] [to] [surprise] [the] beautiful stranger [drinking] [there] . 1 he 2 had 2 had 7 to 7 to 20 . 16 beautiful 17 stranger 17 stranger 20 . she wasn't to be seen . 1 she 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 5 seen 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 seen 5 seen 6 . almost at once he discovered fresh footprints . 1 almost 7 footprints 1 almost 8 . 2 at 3 once 3 once 7 footprints 4 he 7 footprints 5 discovered 7 footprints 6 fresh 7 footprints they were not the prints he was looking for . 1 they 5 prints 2 were 5 prints 3 not 5 prints 4 the 5 prints 5 prints 6 he 5 prints 7 was 5 prints 8 looking 8 looking 9 for 8 looking 10 . no , [sir] [,] [they] [were] [not] [the] [dainty] [prints] he had [learned] to [know] [so] [well] . 1 no 2 , 2 , 11 he 11 he 12 had 12 had 14 to 14 to 18 . they were prints very near the size of his own big ones , and they had been made only a short time before . 1 they 3 prints 2 were 3 prints 3 prints 4 very 3 prints 5 near 3 prints 7 size 3 prints 16 had 5 near 6 the 7 size 8 of 7 size 10 own 7 size 11 big 7 size 12 ones 9 his 10 own 12 ones 15 they 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 they 16 had 17 been 16 had 18 made 16 had 23 before 19 only 21 short 20 a 21 short 21 short 22 time 21 short 23 before 23 before 24 . the [finding] [of] [those] [prints] was a [dreadful] [shock] [to] [lightfoot] [.] 1 the 6 was 6 was 7 a he understood instantly what they meant . 1 he 6 meant 2 understood 3 instantly 2 understood 6 meant 4 what 6 meant 5 they 6 meant 6 meant 7 . they [meant] [that] [a] [second] [stranger] had come into [the] [green] [forest] [,] [one] [who] had [antlers] [like] [his] [own] . 1 they 7 had 1 they 16 had 7 had 8 come 8 come 9 into 16 had 21 . [jealousy] [took] [possession] [of] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [;] [jealousy] [that] [filled] [his] [heart] [with] [rage] [.] " [he] [has] come here [to] [seek] [that] [beautiful] [stranger] [i] [have] [been] [hunting] [for] , " thought [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 5 here 4 come 5 here 5 here 16 , 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 thought " [he] [has] come [here] to [try] [to] [steal] her [away] [from] [me] . 1 " 4 come 4 come 6 to 6 to 10 her 10 her 14 . he has no right here in [my] [green] [forest] . 1 he 2 has 1 he 10 . 2 has 3 no 2 has 4 right 4 right 5 here 4 right 6 in that [is] [where] [that] beautiful stranger must have come from , too . 1 that 6 stranger 5 beautiful 6 stranger 6 stranger 9 come 7 must 8 have 7 must 9 come 9 come 10 from 10 from 13 . 11 , 12 too 12 too 13 . i want her to stay [,] [but] [i] must [drive] [this] [fellow] [out] . 1 i 2 want 1 i 9 must 2 want 4 to 2 want 5 stay 3 her 4 to 9 must 14 . i 'll make him fight . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 make 2 'll 5 fight 3 make 4 him 5 fight 6 . that 's what [i] 'll do [;] [i] 'll [make] [him] fight ! 1 that 2 's 1 that 3 what 3 what 6 do 5 'll 6 do 6 do 12 fight 9 'll 12 fight 12 fight 13 ! i 'm not afraid of him [,] [but] [i] 'll make him [fear] me . " 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 4 afraid 3 not 4 afraid 4 afraid 5 of 4 afraid 6 him 6 him 15 . 10 'll 11 make 11 make 12 him 11 make 14 me 14 me 15 . 15 . 16 " lightfoot stamped his feet and with his great antlers thrashed the bushes as if he felt that they were the enemy he sought . 1 lightfoot 2 stamped 2 stamped 4 feet 3 his 4 feet 4 feet 10 thrashed 5 and 10 thrashed 6 with 10 thrashed 7 his 10 thrashed 8 great 10 thrashed 9 antlers 10 thrashed 10 thrashed 12 bushes 10 thrashed 14 if 10 thrashed 15 he 10 thrashed 16 felt 11 the 12 bushes 13 as 14 if 16 felt 17 that 16 felt 19 were 16 felt 21 enemy 18 they 19 were 20 the 21 enemy 21 enemy 23 sought 21 enemy 24 . 22 he 23 sought could [you] have [looked] [into] [his] [great] [eyes] [then] [,] [you] [would] [have] found [nothing] [soft] [and] [beautiful] [about] [them] [.] 1 could 3 have 3 have 14 found they became almost red with anger . 1 they 2 became 2 became 3 almost 2 became 6 anger 4 red 6 anger 5 with 6 anger 6 anger 7 . lightfoot quivered all over with rage . 1 lightfoot 2 quivered 2 quivered 3 all 2 quivered 4 over 2 quivered 6 rage 2 quivered 7 . 5 with 6 rage the hair on the back of his neck stood up . 1 the 8 neck 2 hair 8 neck 3 on 4 the 3 on 8 neck 5 back 8 neck 6 of 7 his 7 his 8 neck 8 neck 9 stood 8 neck 11 . 9 stood 10 up [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [looked] [anything] [but] [gentle] [.] then [he] [leaped] [over] [the] [laughing] [brook] [and] once more [began] to [search] [through] the [green] [forest] . 1 then 9 once 9 once 10 more 10 more 18 . 12 to 15 the 12 to 18 . but this time it was not for the beautiful stranger with the dainty feet . 1 but 5 was 2 this 3 time 2 this 5 was 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 not 5 was 9 beautiful 6 not 7 for 8 the 9 beautiful 9 beautiful 13 dainty 10 stranger 13 dainty 11 with 13 dainty 12 the 13 dainty 13 dainty 14 feet 14 feet 15 . he had no time to think of her [now] . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 no 3 no 4 time 4 time 5 to 5 to 6 think 6 think 7 of 7 of 8 her 8 her 10 . he must first find this newcomer and he meant to waste no time in doing it . 1 he 6 newcomer 2 must 6 newcomer 3 first 6 newcomer 4 find 6 newcomer 5 this 6 newcomer 6 newcomer 8 he 6 newcomer 9 meant 6 newcomer 11 waste 6 newcomer 17 . 7 and 8 he 9 meant 10 to 11 waste 12 no 11 waste 13 time 11 waste 14 in 11 waste 15 doing 15 doing 16 it [chapter] [xxxv] [:] [lightfoot] [is] [reckless] in his [search] for the [new] [stranger] [who] [had] [come] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [was] [wholly] [reckless] . 1 in 2 his 2 his 22 . 4 for 5 the 4 for 22 . he bounded along , careless of how much noise he made . 1 he 2 bounded 2 bounded 3 along 2 bounded 5 careless 3 along 4 , 5 careless 6 of 5 careless 9 noise 5 careless 12 . 7 how 8 much 8 much 9 noise 9 noise 11 made 10 he 11 made after such exhibitions of anger he would pause to listen , hoping to hear some sound which would tell him where the stranger was . 1 after 3 exhibitions 2 such 3 exhibitions 3 exhibitions 4 of 3 exhibitions 5 anger 3 exhibitions 6 he 3 exhibitions 7 would 3 exhibitions 8 pause 3 exhibitions 18 would 8 pause 10 listen 8 pause 12 hoping 8 pause 17 which 9 to 10 listen 11 , 12 hoping 12 hoping 13 to 12 hoping 14 hear 12 hoping 15 some 12 hoping 16 sound 18 would 20 him 19 tell 20 him 20 him 21 where 20 him 25 . 21 where 24 was 22 the 23 stranger 23 stranger 24 was each time [he] [found] [these] [signs] [lightfoot] ['s] [rage] [increased] [.] 1 each 2 time of course it [didn't] [take] [sammy] [jay] [long] [to] [discover] [what] was going on . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 it 3 it 12 was 12 was 13 going 13 going 14 on 14 on 15 . there is [little] that [escapes] [those] [sharp] [eyes] [of] [sammy] [jay] [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 that then , [by] [chance] [,] [sammy] [had] [visited] [the] [laughing] [brook] just as the [big] stranger had [come] [down] [there] [to] [drink] . 1 then 2 , 1 then 14 the 2 , 13 as 12 just 13 as 14 the 16 stranger 16 stranger 17 had 16 stranger 23 . for once [sammy] [had] [kept] [his] [tongue] [still] [.] 1 for 2 once " there is going to be [excitement] here [when] [lightfoot] [discovers] [this] [fellow] , " thought [sammy] . 1 " 3 is 2 there 3 is 3 is 4 going 4 going 5 to 5 to 6 be 5 to 18 . 6 be 8 here 8 here 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 thought " [if] [they] [ever] [meet] , and [i] [have] a feeling that [they] [will] [,] [there] is going to be a [fight] [worth] [seeing] . 1 " 6 , 1 " 17 is 6 , 7 and 10 a 11 feeling 11 feeling 12 that 12 that 17 is 17 is 18 going 18 going 19 to 19 to 20 be 19 to 25 . 20 be 21 a i must pass the word around [.] ["] 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 pass 3 pass 4 the 3 pass 5 word 3 pass 6 around so [sammy] [jay] [hunted] up [his] [cousin] [,] [blacky] [the] [crow] , and told him [what] he [had] [discovered] [.] 1 so 17 he 5 up 12 , 12 , 13 and 12 , 17 he 13 and 14 told 14 told 15 him then he [hunted] up [bobby] [coon] [and] [told] [him] . 1 then 2 he 1 then 4 up 4 up 10 . he saw [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sitting] in the [doorway] of his [hollow] [tree] [and] [told] [him] . 1 he 2 saw 1 he 12 his 8 in 9 the 9 the 11 of 11 of 12 his 12 his 18 . he [discovered] [jumper] [the] [hare] [sitting] [under] [a] [little] [hemlock-tree] [and] told him . 1 he 12 told 12 told 13 him 13 him 14 . then he [flew] [over] [to] [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [to] [tell] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 1 then 2 he [sammy] [didn't] [forget] [to] [tell] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [,] [but] [it] [was] [no] [news] [to] [paddy] [.] paddy had seen the big stranger on the edge of his pond early the night before . 1 paddy 3 seen 1 paddy 12 pond 2 had 3 seen 4 the 9 edge 5 big 6 stranger 6 stranger 9 edge 7 on 9 edge 8 the 9 edge 9 edge 10 of 9 edge 12 pond 11 his 12 pond 12 pond 13 early 12 pond 15 night 12 pond 17 . 14 the 15 night 15 night 16 before of [course] [,] [lightfoot] [knew] nothing [about] all this . 1 of 9 this 6 nothing 8 all 8 all 9 this 9 this 10 . his one thought was to find that big stranger [and] [drive] [him] [from] [the] [green] [forest] , and [so] [he] [continued] [his] [search] [tirelessly] [.] 1 his 8 big 1 his 18 and 2 one 8 big 3 thought 4 was 4 was 8 big 5 to 6 find 6 find 7 that 6 find 8 big 8 big 9 stranger 17 , 18 and [chapter] [xxxvi] [:] [sammy] [jay] [takes] [a] [hand] sammy [jay] [was] [bubbling] [over] [with] [excitement] [as] [he] flew [about] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [following] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] . 1 sammy 10 flew 10 flew 21 . he was so excited he wanted to scream . 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 excited 3 so 4 excited 4 excited 8 scream 4 excited 9 . 5 he 6 wanted 6 wanted 7 to 6 wanted 8 scream but he didn't . 1 but 3 didn't 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 . he kept his tongue still . 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 4 tongue 3 his 4 tongue 4 tongue 5 still 4 tongue 6 . you see , he didn't want [lightfoot] to know that he was being followed . 1 you 2 see 1 you 9 know 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 want 5 didn't 9 know 6 want 8 to 9 know 10 that 10 that 12 was 10 that 14 followed 11 he 12 was 13 being 14 followed 14 followed 15 . under that pointed cap of [sammy] [jay] ['s] [are] [quick] [wits] [.] 1 under 2 that 1 under 4 cap 3 pointed 4 cap 4 cap 5 of lightfoot made so much noise that it was quite easy to know just where he was and so keep out of his sight . 1 lightfoot 5 noise 2 made 5 noise 3 so 4 much 4 much 5 noise 5 noise 10 easy 6 that 10 easy 7 it 8 was 7 it 10 easy 9 quite 10 easy 10 easy 19 keep 11 to 19 keep 12 know 13 just 13 just 14 where 13 just 19 keep 14 where 16 was 15 he 16 was 16 was 18 so 17 and 18 so 19 keep 23 sight 20 out 21 of 20 out 22 his 20 out 23 sight 23 sight 24 . " that [stranger] is [nearly] [as] [big] [as] [lightfoot] , but it is [very] [plain] [that] he [doesn't] [want] [to] [fight] , " [thought] [sammy] . 1 " 4 is 1 " 10 , 2 that 4 is 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 it 12 it 13 is 12 it 26 . 13 is 23 " 17 he 22 , 22 , 23 " " he must be a coward . " 1 " 6 coward 2 he 6 coward 3 must 4 be 4 be 6 coward 5 a 6 coward 6 coward 8 " 7 . 8 " now the truth is , the stranger was not a coward . 1 now 3 truth 2 the 3 truth 3 truth 4 is 3 truth 5 , 3 truth 7 stranger 6 the 7 stranger 7 stranger 8 was 7 stranger 11 coward 9 not 11 coward 10 a 11 coward 11 coward 12 . he was ready and willing to fight if he had to , but if he could avoid fighting he meant to . 1 he 2 was 2 was 5 willing 3 ready 5 willing 4 and 5 willing 5 willing 6 to 5 willing 7 fight 5 willing 8 if 5 willing 21 to 8 if 10 had 8 if 17 avoid 9 he 10 had 11 to 17 avoid 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 if 14 if 17 avoid 15 he 16 could 16 could 17 avoid 17 avoid 18 fighting 17 avoid 20 meant 19 he 20 meant 21 to 22 . you [see] , big as he was , he wasn't [quite] so big as [lightfoot] [,] [and] he knew [it] . 1 you 3 , 3 , 6 he 4 big 5 as 5 as 6 he 6 he 7 was 6 he 19 knew 8 , 9 he 8 , 18 he 9 he 10 wasn't 10 wasn't 12 so 13 big 14 as 14 as 18 he 18 he 19 knew 19 knew 21 . he had seen [lightfoot] ['s] [big] [footprints] , and from [their] [size] he knew that [lightfoot] [must] [be] [bigger] [and] [heavier] [than] [he] [.] 1 he 2 had 1 he 14 knew 2 had 3 seen 8 , 9 and 8 , 13 he 9 and 10 from 13 he 14 knew 14 knew 15 that then , too , he knew that he really had no right to be there in the [green] [forest] . 1 then 2 , 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 3 too 20 . 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 knew 6 knew 7 that 6 knew 10 had 6 knew 12 right 6 knew 14 be 6 knew 15 there 8 he 9 really 8 he 10 had 10 had 11 no 13 to 14 be 15 there 16 in 16 in 17 the that was [lightfoot] ['s] home and so he was [an] [intruder] . 1 that 2 was 1 that 9 was 5 home 6 and 6 and 8 he 7 so 8 he 8 he 9 was 9 was 12 . he knew [that] [lightfoot] [would] [feel] [this] [way] about it [and] [that] [this] [would] [make] [him] [fight] all the [harder] . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 9 about 9 about 10 it 9 about 21 . 10 it 18 all 18 all 19 the so the big stranger wanted to avoid a fight if possible . 1 so 7 avoid 2 the 4 stranger 3 big 4 stranger 4 stranger 7 avoid 5 wanted 6 to 5 wanted 7 avoid 7 avoid 9 fight 7 avoid 11 possible 7 avoid 12 . 8 a 9 fight 10 if 11 possible but he wanted still more to [find] that [beautiful] [young] [visitor] [with] [the] [dainty] [feet] [for] [whom] [lightfoot] [had] [been] [looking] . 1 but 2 he 1 but 4 still 2 he 3 wanted 4 still 5 more 5 more 22 . 6 to 8 that 6 to 22 . if he had to , he would fight for her , but until he had to he would keep out of the fight . 1 if 3 had 2 he 3 had 3 had 8 fight 4 to 8 fight 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 fight 8 fight 9 for 8 fight 12 but 8 fight 13 until 8 fight 23 fight 10 her 11 , 11 , 12 but 13 until 14 he 13 until 17 he 13 until 20 out 14 he 15 had 15 had 16 to 17 he 18 would 19 keep 20 out 20 out 21 of 20 out 22 the 23 fight 24 . so he [dodged] [lightfoot] [and] [at] [the] [same] [time] looked [for] the [beautiful] [stranger] [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 10 looked 10 looked 12 the all this [sammy] [jay] [guessed] , and [after] a while [he] [grew] [tired] [of] [following] [lightfoot] [for] [nothing] [.] 1 all 2 this 1 all 10 while 2 this 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 a " [i] 'll have to [take] a [hand] [in] [this] thing [myself] [,] ["] [muttered] [sammy] . 1 " 3 'll 3 'll 4 have 4 have 5 to 5 to 17 . 7 a 11 thing 11 thing 17 . " at this [rate] , [lightfoot] [never] [will] [find] [that] [big] [stranger] ! " 1 " 5 , 1 " 13 ! 2 at 3 this 3 this 5 , 13 ! 14 " so [sammy] [stopped] [following] [lightfoot] [and] began [to] [search] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [for] [the] [big] [stranger] [.] 1 so 7 began it [didn't] [take] [very] [long] to [find] him . 1 it 6 to 6 to 8 him 8 him 9 . he was over [near] [the] [pond] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 over 3 over 11 . as soon as he saw him [,] [sammy] [began] [to] [scream] at the [top] of [his] [lungs] . 1 as 2 soon 2 soon 3 as 3 as 4 he 4 he 5 saw 5 saw 6 him 6 him 18 . 12 at 13 the 13 the 15 of 15 of 18 . [chapter] [xxxvii] [:] [the] [great] [fight] down from [the] [top] [of] [the] [ridge] [back] [of] [the] [pond] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [plunged] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [,] [his] [eyes] [blazing] [with] [rage] [.] 1 down 2 from he had understood [the] [screaming] [of] [sammy] [jay] . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 understood 3 understood 9 . he knew that somewhere down there was the big stranger he had been looking for . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 somewhere 4 somewhere 5 down 4 somewhere 6 there 4 somewhere 10 stranger 4 somewhere 16 . 6 there 7 was 8 the 10 stranger 9 big 10 stranger 10 stranger 12 had 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 been 13 been 14 looking 14 looking 15 for the [big] stranger had [understood] [sammy] ['s] [screaming] [quite] [as] [well] [as] [lightfoot] . 1 the 3 stranger 3 stranger 4 had 3 stranger 14 . [he] [must] [fight] [.] there was no way out of it , he [must] [fight] . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 no 3 no 4 way 4 way 5 out 4 way 12 . 5 out 6 of 6 of 7 it 7 it 8 , 8 , 9 he the hair on the back of his neck stood up [with] [anger] [just] [as] [did] [the] [hair] [on] [the] [neck] [of] [lightfoot] . 1 the 8 neck 2 hair 8 neck 3 on 4 the 3 on 8 neck 5 back 8 neck 6 of 7 his 7 his 8 neck 8 neck 9 stood 8 neck 23 . 9 stood 10 up his eyes also blazed . 1 his 4 blazed 2 eyes 4 blazed 3 also 4 blazed 4 blazed 5 . he [bounded] [out] [into] a [little] [open] [place] [by] [the] [pond] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [and] [there] [he] [waited] [.] 1 he 5 a meanwhile [sammy] [jay] [was] [flying] [about] [in] [the] [greatest] [excitement] , [screaming] [at] [the] [top] [of] [his] [lungs] [,] ["] [a] [fight] [!] 1 meanwhile 11 , a fight ! 1 a 2 fight 2 fight 3 ! a fight ! " 1 a 2 fight 2 fight 3 ! 3 ! 4 " everybody who was near enough hurried there . 1 everybody 2 who 1 everybody 6 hurried 2 who 3 was 4 near 5 enough 4 near 6 hurried 6 hurried 7 there 7 there 8 . [bobby] [coon] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [climbed] [trees] [from] [which] [they] [could] [see] [and] [at] [the] [same] [time] [be] [safe] [.] [billy] [mink] [hurried] [to] [a] [safe] [place] [on] [the] [dam] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [.] paddy himself climbed up on the roof of his house out in the pond . 1 paddy 2 himself 1 paddy 3 climbed 1 paddy 14 pond 3 climbed 4 up 3 climbed 7 roof 3 climbed 11 out 5 on 7 roof 6 the 7 roof 7 roof 8 of 7 roof 10 house 9 his 10 house 12 in 14 pond 13 the 14 pond 14 pond 15 . buster [bear] shuffled down the hill and watched from the other side of the pond . 1 buster 3 shuffled 3 shuffled 4 down 3 shuffled 6 hill 3 shuffled 7 and 3 shuffled 8 watched 3 shuffled 9 from 5 the 6 hill 9 from 12 side 10 the 11 other 11 other 12 side 12 side 13 of 12 side 15 pond 14 the 15 pond 15 pond 16 . [reddy] [and] [granny] [fox] [were] [both] [there] [.] then , snorting with rage , they lowered their heads and plunged together . 1 then 3 snorting 2 , 3 snorting 3 snorting 4 with 3 snorting 5 rage 3 snorting 6 , 3 snorting 7 they 3 snorting 8 lowered 8 lowered 10 heads 8 lowered 12 plunged 8 lowered 13 together 8 lowered 14 . 9 their 10 heads 11 and 12 plunged [their] [antlers] [clashed] [with] [a] [noise] [that] [rang] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [and] [both] [fell] [to] [their] [knees] [.] there they pushed and struggled . 1 there 5 struggled 2 they 5 struggled 3 pushed 5 struggled 4 and 5 struggled 5 struggled 6 . then they separated and backed away , to repeat the movement over again . 1 then 3 separated 2 they 3 separated 3 separated 4 and 3 separated 5 backed 3 separated 7 , 3 separated 9 repeat 5 backed 6 away 8 to 9 repeat 9 repeat 10 the 9 repeat 11 movement 9 repeat 12 over 9 repeat 13 again 13 again 14 . it was a terrible fight . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 terrible 3 a 4 terrible 4 terrible 5 fight 5 fight 6 . everybody said so . 1 everybody 2 said 1 everybody 3 so 1 everybody 4 . if they had not known before , everybody knew now what those great antlers were for . 1 if 2 they 1 if 5 known 1 if 15 were 3 had 5 known 4 not 5 known 5 known 6 before 5 known 8 everybody 7 , 8 everybody 8 everybody 9 knew 8 everybody 14 antlers 9 knew 11 what 10 now 11 what 12 those 14 antlers 13 great 14 antlers 15 were 16 for 16 for 17 . it only [made] [lightfoot] [fight] [harder] [.] 1 it 2 only sometimes they would rear up and strike with their sharp hoofs . 1 sometimes 4 rear 2 they 4 rear 3 would 4 rear 4 rear 5 up 4 rear 6 and 4 rear 7 strike 7 strike 11 hoofs 8 with 11 hoofs 9 their 11 hoofs 10 sharp 11 hoofs 11 hoofs 12 . back and forth they plunged , and the ground was torn up by their feet . 1 back 3 forth 2 and 3 forth 3 forth 5 plunged 4 they 5 plunged 5 plunged 7 and 5 plunged 11 torn 6 , 7 and 8 the 9 ground 9 ground 11 torn 10 was 11 torn 11 torn 12 up 11 torn 13 by 11 torn 15 feet 14 their 15 feet 15 feet 16 . both were getting out of breath , and from time to time they had to stop for a moment 's rest . 1 both 2 were 1 both 3 getting 1 both 6 breath 4 out 5 of 4 out 6 breath 6 breath 8 and 6 breath 9 from 6 breath 21 rest 6 breath 22 . 7 , 8 and 10 time 16 stop 11 to 16 stop 12 time 14 had 12 time 16 stop 13 they 14 had 15 to 16 stop 16 stop 19 moment 16 stop 21 rest 17 for 19 moment 18 a 19 moment 19 moment 20 's then they would come together again more fiercely than ever . 1 then 2 they 2 they 3 would 3 would 4 come 3 would 7 more 4 come 6 again 5 together 6 again 7 more 9 than 8 fiercely 9 than 9 than 10 ever 9 than 11 . never had such a [fight] [been] seen [in] [the] [green] [forest] . 1 never 3 such 1 never 7 seen 2 had 3 such 3 such 4 a 7 seen 12 . [chapter] [xxxviii] [:] [an] [unseen] [watcher] each was [filled] [fully] [with] [rage] [and] [determined] [to] [drive] the other [from] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 each 12 other 2 was 11 the 11 the 12 other [each] [was] [fighting] [for] [the] [right] [to] [win] [the] [love] [of] [miss] [daintyfoot] [.] neither of them knew that [miss] [daintyfoot] [herself] [was] [watching] [them] [.] 1 neither 3 them 1 neither 4 knew 2 of 3 them 4 knew 5 that but she was . 1 but 2 she 2 she 3 was 3 was 4 . timidly she had stolen forward to a thicket where , safely hidden , she could watch that terrible fight . 1 timidly 4 stolen 2 she 3 had 3 had 4 stolen 4 stolen 8 thicket 5 forward 8 thicket 6 to 8 thicket 7 a 8 thicket 8 thicket 9 where 8 thicket 11 safely 8 thicket 12 hidden 10 , 11 safely 12 hidden 16 watch 13 , 14 she 14 she 15 could 15 could 16 watch 16 watch 19 fight 17 that 18 terrible 18 terrible 19 fight 19 fight 20 . she knew that they were fighting for her . 1 she 2 knew 1 she 8 her 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 6 fighting 4 they 5 were 5 were 6 fighting 6 fighting 7 for 8 her 9 . of course . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 . she knew it just as she had known how both had been hunting for her . 1 she 2 knew 1 she 7 had 2 knew 3 it 4 just 5 as 5 as 6 she 6 she 7 had 7 had 8 known 7 had 12 been 8 known 9 how 8 known 10 both 11 had 12 been 12 been 13 hunting 13 hunting 14 for 14 for 15 her 15 her 16 . what [she] [didn't] [know] [for] [some] [time] [was] [which] [one] she wanted [to] [win] [that] [fight] . 1 what 12 wanted 11 she 12 wanted 12 wanted 17 . both [lightfoot] and the [big] stranger were handsome . 1 both 8 handsome 3 and 4 the 4 the 6 stranger 6 stranger 8 handsome 7 were 8 handsome 8 handsome 9 . yes , indeed , they were very handsome . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 3 indeed 1 yes 4 , 4 , 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 7 very 7 very 8 handsome 7 very 9 . lightfoot was just a little bit the bigger and it seemed to her just a little bit the handsomer . 1 lightfoot 3 just 2 was 3 just 3 just 19 handsomer 4 a 19 handsomer 5 little 19 handsomer 6 bit 8 bigger 6 bit 19 handsomer 7 the 8 bigger 8 bigger 9 and 8 bigger 11 seemed 10 it 11 seemed 11 seemed 12 to 13 her 19 handsomer 14 just 19 handsomer 15 a 19 handsomer 16 little 19 handsomer 17 bit 19 handsomer 18 the 19 handsomer 19 handsomer 20 . she almost wanted him to win . 1 she 6 win 2 almost 6 win 3 wanted 4 him 3 wanted 5 to 3 wanted 6 win 6 win 7 . that great fight lasted a long time . 1 that 4 lasted 2 great 4 lasted 3 fight 4 lasted 4 lasted 6 long 5 a 6 long 6 long 7 time 7 time 8 . to [pretty] [miss] [daintyfoot] it [seemed] that [it] [never] [would] [end] [.] 1 to 5 it 5 it 7 that but after a while [lightfoot] ['s] [greater] [size] [and] [strength] [began] [to] [tell] [.] 1 but 2 after 2 after 4 while 3 a 4 while little by little the big stranger was forced back towards the edge of the open place . 1 little 15 open 2 by 3 little 2 by 4 the 4 the 12 edge 5 big 6 stranger 6 stranger 8 forced 7 was 8 forced 8 forced 10 towards 8 forced 12 edge 9 back 10 towards 11 the 12 edge 12 edge 13 of 12 edge 14 the 12 edge 15 open 15 open 16 place 16 place 17 . now he [would] [be] [thrown] [to] [his] [knees] [when] [lightfoot] [wasn't] [.] 1 now 2 he as [lightfoot] [saw] [this] , he [seemed] [to] [gain] [new] [strength] [.] 1 as 6 he 5 , 6 he at last he caught the stranger in such a way that he threw him over . 1 at 2 last 2 last 13 threw 3 he 13 threw 4 caught 13 threw 5 the 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 in 6 stranger 13 threw 7 in 9 a 7 in 10 way 8 such 9 a 11 that 12 he 12 he 13 threw 13 threw 14 him 13 threw 15 over 15 over 16 . while the [stranger] [struggled] [to] [get] [to] [his] [feet] [again] [,] [lightfoot] ['s] [sharp] [antlers] [made] [long] [tears] [in] [his] [gray] [coat] [.] 1 while 2 the the stranger was beaten and he knew it . 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 4 beaten 3 was 4 beaten 4 beaten 5 and 4 beaten 7 knew 6 he 7 knew 7 knew 8 it 8 it 9 . the instant he succeeded in [getting] [to] [his] [feet] [he] [turned] [tail] [and] [plunged] [for] [the] [shelter] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 the 2 instant 2 instant 3 he 2 instant 4 succeeded 4 succeeded 5 in with [a] [snort] [of] [triumph] [,] [lightfoot] [plunged] [after] him . 1 with 10 him 10 him 11 . but now that he was beaten , fear took possession of the stranger . 1 but 2 now 2 now 6 beaten 3 that 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 beaten 6 beaten 7 , 6 beaten 10 possession 8 fear 10 possession 9 took 10 possession 10 possession 11 of 10 possession 13 stranger 10 possession 14 . 12 the 13 stranger all desire to fight left him . 1 all 2 desire 2 desire 3 to 2 desire 4 fight 2 desire 5 left 5 left 6 him 6 him 7 . his one thought was to get away , and fear gave him speed . 1 his 13 speed 2 one 3 thought 3 thought 4 was 3 thought 13 speed 4 was 5 to 6 get 7 away 7 away 13 speed 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 speed 10 fear 13 speed 11 gave 12 him 11 gave 13 speed 13 speed 14 . [straight] [back] [towards] [the] [great] [mountain] [from] [which] [he] [had] [come] [the] [stranger] [headed] [.] lightfoot followed only a short distance . 1 lightfoot 6 distance 2 followed 6 distance 3 only 6 distance 4 a 6 distance 5 short 6 distance 6 distance 7 . he knew that that stranger was going for good and would not come back . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 that 2 knew 5 stranger 5 stranger 6 was 5 stranger 10 and 5 stranger 13 come 6 was 7 going 6 was 9 good 7 going 8 for 11 would 12 not 11 would 13 come 13 come 14 back 14 back 15 . then [lightfoot] [turned] [back] [to] [the] [open] [place] [where] they had [fought] . 1 then 10 they 10 they 11 had 11 had 13 . there [he] [threw] [up] [his] [beautiful] [head] , [crowned] [by] [its] [great] [antlers] [,] and [whistled] [a] [challenge] [to] all the [green] [forest] . 1 there 8 , 8 , 15 and 15 and 20 all 20 all 21 the 20 all 24 . as she looked at him , [miss] [daintyfoot] [knew] [that] she [had] wanted him to [win] . 1 as 2 she 2 she 3 looked 3 looked 4 at 4 at 5 him 5 him 6 , 6 , 11 she 11 she 13 wanted 13 wanted 14 him 13 wanted 15 to 15 to 17 . she knew that there [simply] [couldn't] [be] [anybody] [else] [so] [handsome] [and] [strong] [and] [brave] in all the [great] [world] [.] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 there 4 there 16 in 16 in 18 the 17 all 18 the [chapter] [xxxix] [:] [lightfoot] [discovers] [love] she adored him , which means that she loved him just as much as it was possible for her to love . 1 she 2 adored 2 adored 3 him 2 adored 5 which 2 adored 6 means 2 adored 12 as 2 adored 13 much 4 , 5 which 6 means 7 that 6 means 9 loved 8 she 9 loved 9 loved 10 him 11 just 12 as 13 much 14 as 14 as 17 possible 15 it 16 was 15 it 17 possible 17 possible 18 for 17 possible 19 her 17 possible 20 to 17 possible 21 love 17 possible 22 . but [lightfoot] didn't know this . 1 but 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 this 4 know 6 . in fact , he [didn't] [know] [that] [miss] [daintyfoot] was [there] . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 he 2 fact 10 was 10 was 12 . his [one] [thought] [had] [been] [to] [drive] [out] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [the] big [stranger] [who] [had] [come] [down] [from] [the] [great] [mountain] [.] 1 his 14 big he had been jealous of that big stranger , though he hadn't known that he was jealous . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 17 jealous 4 jealous 5 of 4 jealous 8 stranger 4 jealous 10 though 4 jealous 17 jealous 6 that 8 stranger 7 big 8 stranger 9 , 10 though 11 he 12 hadn't 12 hadn't 17 jealous 13 known 14 that 13 known 17 jealous 15 he 16 was 15 he 17 jealous 17 jealous 18 . of course this was nothing but jealousy . 1 of 2 course 2 course 7 jealousy 3 this 7 jealousy 4 was 7 jealousy 5 nothing 6 but 5 nothing 7 jealousy 7 jealousy 8 . in its place [was] [a] [great] [longing] [to] [find] [miss] [daintyfoot] . 1 in 3 place 2 its 3 place 3 place 12 . his great eyes became once more soft and beautiful . 1 his 2 great 2 great 7 soft 3 eyes 7 soft 4 became 6 more 4 became 7 soft 5 once 6 more 7 soft 8 and 7 soft 9 beautiful 9 beautiful 10 . in them was a look of wistfulness . 1 in 7 wistfulness 2 them 7 wistfulness 3 was 7 wistfulness 4 a 7 wistfulness 5 look 7 wistfulness 6 of 7 wistfulness 7 wistfulness 8 . lightfoot walked down to the edge of the water and drank , for he was very , very thirsty . 1 lightfoot 6 edge 2 walked 6 edge 3 down 6 edge 4 to 6 edge 5 the 6 edge 6 edge 7 of 6 edge 8 the 6 edge 11 drank 9 water 11 drank 10 and 11 drank 11 drank 12 , 11 drank 13 for 11 drank 18 very 14 he 15 was 15 was 16 very 16 very 17 , 16 very 18 very 18 very 19 thirsty 19 thirsty 20 . then he turned [,] [intending] to [take] [up] [once] [more] his [search] [for] [beautiful] [miss] [daintyfoot] [.] 1 then 3 turned 2 he 3 turned 3 turned 6 to 3 turned 11 his when he turned he [faced] [the] [thicket] [in] [which] [miss] [daintyfoot] was [hiding] . 1 when 2 he 1 when 4 he 2 he 3 turned 4 he 12 was 12 was 14 . his keen eyes caught a little movement of the branches . 1 his 2 keen 2 keen 3 eyes 2 keen 7 movement 4 caught 7 movement 5 a 7 movement 6 little 7 movement 7 movement 8 of 7 movement 10 branches 9 the 10 branches 10 branches 11 . he wondered if she would disappear and run away as she had the last time he saw her . 1 he 12 had 1 he 17 saw 2 wondered 3 if 2 wondered 4 she 2 wondered 5 would 2 wondered 6 disappear 2 wondered 11 she 2 wondered 12 had 6 disappear 7 and 6 disappear 8 run 6 disappear 10 as 8 run 9 away 13 the 14 last 14 last 15 time 14 last 17 saw 16 he 17 saw 17 saw 18 her 18 her 19 . he took a step or two forward . 1 he 2 took 2 took 4 step 3 a 4 step 4 step 6 two 4 step 7 forward 4 step 8 . 5 or 6 two the beautiful head was withdrawn . 1 the 5 withdrawn 2 beautiful 5 withdrawn 3 head 5 withdrawn 4 was 5 withdrawn 5 withdrawn 6 . lightfoot 's heart sank . 1 lightfoot 4 sank 1 lightfoot 5 . 2 's 4 sank 3 heart 4 sank then he bounded forward into that thicket . 1 then 3 bounded 2 he 3 bounded 3 bounded 7 thicket 4 forward 7 thicket 5 into 7 thicket 6 that 7 thicket 7 thicket 8 . there [stood] [miss] [daintyfoot] [,] [timid] [,] [bashful] [,] [but] [with] a look in [her] [eyes] [which] [lightfoot] [could] [not] [mistake] [.] 1 there 12 a 12 a 13 look 13 look 14 in it was [love] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 . lightfoot knew that [he] [loved] [miss] [daintyfoot] and [,] [looking] [into] [her] [soft] [,] [gentle] [eyes] [,] [he] [knew] [that] [miss] [daintyfoot] loved [him] [.] 1 lightfoot 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 23 loved 8 and 23 loved [chapter] [xl] [:] [happy] [days] [in] [the] [green] [forest] these were [happy] days [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 these 2 were 1 these 4 days at least , [they] [were] [happy] [for] [lightfoot] the [deer] [.] 1 at 2 least 1 at 9 the 2 least 3 , they were the happiest days he had ever known . 1 they 2 were 2 were 4 happiest 3 the 4 happiest 4 happiest 5 days 4 happiest 8 ever 4 happiest 9 known 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 ever 9 known 10 . you [see] , he had won [beautiful] [,] [slender] [,] [young] [miss] [daintyfoot] , and now she was [no] [longer] [miss] [daintyfoot] [but] [mrs] [lightfoot] . 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 had 4 he 18 was 5 had 6 won 14 , 15 and 14 , 17 she 15 and 16 now 17 she 18 was 18 was 26 . [wherever] [lightfoot] [went] [,] [mrs] [lightfoot] [went] [.] he showed her all his favorite hiding-places . 1 he 2 showed 2 showed 7 hiding-places 3 her 7 hiding-places 4 all 7 hiding-places 5 his 6 favorite 6 favorite 7 hiding-places 7 hiding-places 8 . he led her to his favorite eating-places . 1 he 7 eating-places 2 led 7 eating-places 3 her 7 eating-places 4 to 7 eating-places 5 his 7 eating-places 6 favorite 7 eating-places 7 eating-places 8 . but he didn't stop to think and proudly led her from place to place . 1 but 3 didn't 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 stop 4 stop 6 think 4 stop 8 proudly 5 to 6 think 7 and 8 proudly 8 proudly 9 led 8 proudly 12 place 8 proudly 14 place 8 proudly 15 . 9 led 10 her 9 led 11 from 13 to 14 place and [mrs] [lightfoot] [wisely] [expressed] [delight] [with] [all] [she] [saw] [quite] as if it were all [new] [.] 1 and 12 as 12 as 13 if 13 if 14 it 13 if 15 were 15 were 16 all and they [really] did [feel] [glad] . 1 and 2 they 2 they 4 did 4 did 7 . the [green] [forest] [would] [not] [be] the same [at] [all] [without] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [.] 1 the 8 same 7 the 8 same " [i] [know] , " replied [mrs] [lightfoot] [softly] . 1 " 4 , 4 , 5 " 5 " 6 replied 6 replied 10 . " [i] know [all] [about] it . 1 " 3 know 3 know 6 it 6 it 7 . you see , there were [hunters] [on] [the] [great] [mountain] . 1 you 2 see 1 you 5 were 2 see 3 , 2 see 4 there 5 were 11 . in fact , that is how [i] happened to come down to [the] [green] [forest] [.] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 that 2 fact 5 is 2 fact 8 happened 6 how 8 happened 8 happened 9 to 8 happened 12 to 10 come 11 down 10 come 12 to they hunted me so up [there] [that] [i] did [not] [dare] [stay] , and [i] [came] down [here] [thinking] [that] there [might] [be] [fewer] [hunters] [.] 1 they 2 hunted 2 hunted 4 so 2 hunted 5 up 2 hunted 21 there 3 me 4 so 5 up 14 and 5 up 17 down 9 did 13 , 13 , 14 and i wouldn't have [believed] [that] [i] [could] [ever] [be] [thankful] to [hunters] for anything [,] [but] [i] [am] [,] [truly] [i] [am] . " 1 i 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 have 2 wouldn't 14 anything 3 have 11 to 13 for 14 anything 14 anything 23 . 23 . 24 " there was a [puzzled] look on [lightfoot] ['s] [face] . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 a 3 a 5 look 5 look 6 on 6 on 10 . " what for ? " he demanded . 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 for 2 what 4 ? 4 ? 5 " 4 ? 7 demanded 6 he 7 demanded 7 demanded 8 . " [i] [can't] [imagine] [anybody] [being] [thankful] [to] [hunters] for anything . " 1 " 13 " 10 for 11 anything 11 anything 12 . 12 . 13 " " oh , you [stupid] , " cried [mrs] [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 oh 1 " 8 cried 2 oh 3 , 2 oh 4 you 6 , 8 cried 7 " 8 cried 8 cried 11 . " don't you see that if [i] [hadn't] [been] [driven] [down] [from] [the] [great] [mountain] , [i] [never] [would] have [found] [you] ? " 1 " 2 don't 1 " 16 , 2 don't 4 see 3 you 4 see 4 see 5 that 4 see 6 if 16 , 24 " 20 have 23 ? 23 ? 24 " " you mean , [i] [never] would have [found] [you] , " [retorted] [lightfoot] [.] 1 " 2 you 1 " 11 , 2 you 3 mean 2 you 8 have 4 , 7 would 7 would 8 have 11 , 12 " " [i] [guess] [i] [owe] [these] [hunters] [more] [than] you do . 1 " 10 you 10 you 11 do 11 do 12 . i owe them the greatest happiness [i] have ever known [,] [but] [i] [never] would have thought of it myself . 1 i 2 owe 1 i 17 thought 2 owe 3 them 2 owe 5 greatest 2 owe 6 happiness 4 the 5 greatest 6 happiness 10 known 8 have 10 known 9 ever 10 known 10 known 15 would 15 would 16 have 17 thought 18 of 17 thought 19 it 17 thought 20 myself 20 myself 21 . isn't it queer how things which seem the very worst possible sometimes turn out to be the very best possible ? " 1 isn't 2 it 2 it 7 seem 3 queer 4 how 3 queer 5 things 5 things 6 which 5 things 7 seem 7 seem 11 possible 7 seem 15 to 7 seem 16 be 7 seem 18 very 7 seem 20 possible 8 the 10 worst 9 very 10 worst 10 worst 11 possible 11 possible 12 sometimes 11 possible 13 turn 13 turn 14 out 17 the 18 very 19 best 20 possible 20 possible 21 ? 21 ? 22 " [blacky] [the] [crow] [is] [one] [of] [lightfoot] ['s] [friends] [,] [but] [sometimes] [even] [friends] [are] [envious] [.] it is so [with] [blacky] . 1 it 2 is 1 it 3 so 1 it 6 . he [insists] [that] [he] is [quite] [as] [important] in [the] [green] [forest] [as] [is] [lightfoot] [and] [that] his [doings] [are] [quite] [as] [interesting] . 1 he 5 is 1 he 18 his 9 in 18 his 18 his 24 . therefore just to please him [the] [next] book [is] [to] [be] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 1 therefore 4 please 2 just 4 please 3 to 4 please 4 please 5 him 4 please 8 book end of [project] [gutenberg] ['s] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [,] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of