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[the] [adventures] [of] [mr] [.] [mocker] 

[by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 

author of ["] the [adventures] of [reddy] [fox] [,] ["] ["] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [,] ["] [etc] 
1 author 2 of
2 of 4 the
4 the 6 of

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

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[contents] 

[i] [the] [lone] [traveler] [ii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] [iii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] [iv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] [v] [sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] [vi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] [vii] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] [viii] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] [ix] [.] 

[the] [mystery] [grows] [x] [sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] [xi] [.] 

[how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] [xii] [.] 

[no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] [xiii] [.] 

[sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] [xiv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] [xvi] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] [xvii] [.] 

[the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] [xviii] [.] 

[the] [mischief-makers] [xix] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] [xx] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] [xxi] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] [xxii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] [xxiii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [xxiv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] [xxv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] [xxvi] [.] 

[mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

" [i] [don't] [know] [that] [it's] [any] [of] [your] [business] ! " 
1 " 11 !
11 ! 12 "

[said] [sticky-toes] [.] 

[such] [a] [thing] [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgetting] [to] [say] [good-by] [had] [never] [happened] [before] 

[blacky's] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [listened] [to] [sammy] [jay's] [tale] [of] [woe] [.] 

" [good] [mo'ning] , [brer] [coon] [,] " [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 8 "

[there] [sat] [the] [three] [little] [scamps] [on] [the] [big] [rock] 

[sometimes] [he] [woke] [up] [in] [the] [night] [and] [would] [sing] [for] [very] [joy] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [mistah] [mocker] 

[i] 

[the] [lone] [traveler] 

[winsome] [bluebird] [goes] [just] [a] [little] [way] [ahead] [of] [her] [,] [for] [winsome] [is] [the] [herald] [of] [mistress] [spring] [.] 

and with [her] [come] [little] [friend] the [song] [sparrow] [,] [and] [cheerful] [robin] [and] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [redwing] [.] 
1 and 2 with
1 and 7 the

then follow other travelers , ever so many of them , all [eager] [to] [get] back [to] [the] [beautiful] [green] [forest] [and] [green] [meadows] . 
1 then 4 travelers
1 then 16 back
2 follow 4 travelers
3 other 4 travelers
4 travelers 5 ,
4 travelers 6 ever
4 travelers 7 so
4 travelers 8 many
4 travelers 9 of
4 travelers 10 them
10 them 11 ,
10 them 12 all
16 back 25 .

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [used] [to] [think] [that] [way] [.] 

but he was . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 .

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

he was so much interested that he began to wish he could see for himself all these things [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [was] [telling] about [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 5 interested
3 so 4 much
4 much 5 interested
5 interested 6 that
5 interested 8 began
5 interested 15 himself
5 interested 16 all
7 he 8 began
8 began 9 to
8 began 10 wish
10 wish 12 could
10 wish 14 for
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 see
16 all 17 these
16 all 25 about
17 these 18 things

but he didn't say a word , not a word . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 say
4 say 6 word
4 say 7 ,
4 say 10 word
5 a 6 word
8 not 10 word
9 a 10 word
10 word 11 .

he just listened and listened and then went on about his business . 
1 he 8 went
2 just 7 then
3 listened 5 listened
4 and 5 listened
5 listened 7 then
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 went
8 went 9 on
8 went 12 business
10 about 12 business
11 his 12 business
12 business 13 .

he didn't say anything about it to any one , but he just started off by himself . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 17 himself
2 didn't 4 anything
2 didn't 7 to
2 didn't 8 any
3 say 4 anything
4 anything 5 about
5 about 6 it
8 any 9 one
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 14 started
12 he 17 himself
13 just 14 started
14 started 15 off
16 by 17 himself
17 himself 18 .

" [all] [ah] [done] [got] to do [is] [to] [keep] [on] [going] [till] [ah] [see] [brer] [buzzard] , " thought he . 
1 " 7 do
1 " 18 ,
6 to 7 do
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 thought
20 thought 21 he
21 he 22 .

so he traveled and traveled without speaking to any one , and always looking up in the blue , blue sky . 
1 so 5 traveled
2 he 5 traveled
3 traveled 4 and
3 traveled 5 traveled
5 traveled 6 without
5 traveled 7 speaking
5 traveled 9 any
5 traveled 11 ,
5 traveled 12 and
5 traveled 17 the
5 traveled 19 ,
7 speaking 8 to
9 any 10 one
13 always 14 looking
14 looking 15 up
15 up 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 blue
19 , 21 sky
20 blue 21 sky
21 sky 22 .

finally it dropped down , down , down until it disappeared among the trees . 
1 finally 2 it
1 finally 3 dropped
1 finally 11 disappeared
3 dropped 4 down
3 dropped 6 down
3 dropped 8 down
4 down 5 ,
6 down 7 ,
9 until 10 it
9 until 11 disappeared
11 disappeared 14 trees
11 disappeared 15 .
12 among 13 the
12 among 14 trees

" ah reckon [ah] ['ll] [give] [unc] ['] [billy] [a] [surprise] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckon

yes , [sah] , [ah] [reckon] so [.] ["] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 7 so

[ii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sat] [at] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [great] [hollow] [tree] [in] [which] [his] [home] [is] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [very] [fine] [that] [morning] [.] 

he could hear [old] [mrs] [possum] [cleaning] [house] [and] [scolding] [the] [little] [possums] [who] kept [climbing] [up] on [her] [back] . 
1 he 2 could
1 he 15 kept
2 could 3 hear
15 kept 18 on
18 on 21 .

as he listened [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [and] [began] to [sing] [in] [a] [queer] [cracked] [voice] [:] 
1 as 3 listened
2 he 3 listened
3 listened 11 to

" [mah] [ol] ' [woman] am [a] [plain] [ol] ' [dame] ' [deed] [she] [am] ! 
1 " 16 !
4 ' 6 am
4 ' 10 '
10 ' 12 '
12 ' 16 !

' [deed] [she] am ! 
1 ' 4 am
1 ' 5 !

quick [with] [her] [broom] , [with] [her] [tongue] [the] [same] ['] [deed] [she] [am] ! 
1 quick 5 ,
1 quick 15 !

' [deed] [she] am ! 
1 ' 4 am
1 ' 5 !

' [deed] [she] am ! " 
1 ' 4 am
1 ' 5 !
5 ! 6 "

just then [out] [tumbled] [his] [eight] [children] , [making] [such] [a] [racket] that [unc] ['] [billy] [clapped] [both] [hands] [over] [his] [ears] [.] 
1 just 2 then
2 then 8 ,
8 , 13 that

" [mah] goodness [gracious] [sakes] [alive] ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 7 !
7 ! 8 "
7 ! 9 he
7 ! 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 .

one [pulled] [unc] ['] [billy] 's [tail] [.] 
1 one 6 's

two scrambled up on his back . 
1 two 2 scrambled
2 scrambled 3 up
2 scrambled 5 his
2 scrambled 6 back
4 on 5 his
6 back 7 .

right [in] [the] [midst] of it [unc] ['] [billy] [sprang] to his [feet] [.] 
1 right 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 11 to
11 to 12 his

his eyes were shining , and his funny little ears were pricked up . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 were
2 eyes 4 shining
4 shining 6 and
4 shining 8 funny
5 , 6 and
7 his 8 funny
8 funny 9 little
8 funny 12 pricked
10 ears 11 were
10 ears 12 pricked
12 pricked 13 up
12 pricked 14 .

" hush , yo'alls ! " he commanded . 
1 " 2 hush
2 hush 3 ,
2 hush 4 yo'alls
4 yo'alls 5 !
4 yo'alls 8 commanded
5 ! 6 "
5 ! 7 he
8 commanded 9 .

" [how] do [yo'alls] [think] [ah] [can] [hear] [anything] with [yo'alls] [making] such a [racket] ? " 
1 " 17 "
3 do 10 with
3 do 16 ?
10 with 14 a
13 such 14 a
16 ? 17 "

" ah [cert'nly] [thought] [ah] [heard] [the] [voice] [of] [an] [ol] ['] [friend] [from] [way] [down] [souf] ! 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 18 !

[iii] 

[unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [excited] [.] 

any one would have known it just to look at him . 
1 any 2 one
2 one 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 known
5 known 6 it
6 it 7 just
7 just 9 look
8 to 9 look
9 look 10 at
10 at 11 him
11 him 12 .

he [hurried] [off] up [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [without] [even] [saying] [good-by] [to] [old] [mrs] [possum] and all the [little] [possums] . 
1 he 4 up
4 up 21 and
21 and 22 all
22 all 23 the
22 all 26 .

yes , indeed , [unc] ['] [billy] certainly [was] [excited] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 3 indeed
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 8 certainly
8 certainly 11 .

old [mrs] [possum] [sat] [in] [the] [doorway] [of] [their] home [in] [the] [great] [hollow] [tree] [and] [watched] [unc] ['] [billy] [out] [of] [sight] . 
1 old 10 home
10 home 24 .

her sharp little eyes seemed to grow sharper as she watched . 
1 her 8 sharper
2 sharp 3 little
2 sharp 4 eyes
2 sharp 8 sharper
5 seemed 6 to
5 seemed 8 sharper
7 grow 8 sharper
8 sharper 10 she
8 sharper 11 watched
8 sharper 12 .
9 as 10 she

no , [sah] ! 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 !

then she started out to hunt for their dinner , still muttering as she went . 
1 then 15 went
2 she 15 went
3 started 4 out
3 started 6 hunt
5 to 6 hunt
6 hunt 7 for
6 hunt 12 muttering
8 their 12 muttering
9 dinner 12 muttering
10 , 12 muttering
11 still 12 muttering
12 muttering 13 as
12 muttering 15 went
14 she 15 went
15 went 16 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [was] [quite] [right] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [had] [forgotten] [all] [about] [that] [dinner] [.] 

you see he had something else on his mind . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 5 something
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 something
5 something 6 else
5 something 9 mind
7 on 8 his
8 his 9 mind
9 mind 10 .

he had listened and listened but didn't hear it again , and yet he was sure he had heard it that once . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 5 listened
1 he 15 was
3 listened 5 listened
4 and 5 listened
5 listened 8 hear
5 listened 10 again
5 listened 12 and
6 but 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 hear
8 hear 9 it
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 yet
13 yet 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 sure
15 was 22 once
16 sure 21 that
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 heard
19 heard 20 it
19 heard 21 that
22 once 23 .

he just had to go look for him . 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 go
4 to 6 look
6 look 7 for
7 for 8 him
8 him 9 .

but nowhere did he catch a glimpse of his old friend . 
1 but 2 nowhere
2 nowhere 3 did
2 nowhere 7 glimpse
2 nowhere 12 .
4 he 7 glimpse
5 catch 7 glimpse
6 a 7 glimpse
7 glimpse 8 of
7 glimpse 11 friend
9 his 11 friend
10 old 11 friend

the longer he looked , the more excited he grew . 
1 the 10 grew
2 longer 8 excited
3 he 4 looked
4 looked 8 excited
5 , 6 the
5 , 8 excited
7 more 8 excited
8 excited 9 he
8 excited 10 grew
10 grew 11 .

" [nuffin] , [nuffin] [,] [sah] ! 
1 " 3 ,
1 " 7 !

ah ['m] [just] [walking] [fo] ['] [mah] [health] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] [over] [his] [shoulder] [,] [as] [he] [hurried] [on] . 
1 ah 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 replied
11 replied 23 .

his neck ached from looking up in the tree-tops , and his feet were sore from walking . 
1 his 2 neck
2 neck 3 ached
3 ached 9 tree-tops
3 ached 18 .
4 from 9 tree-tops
5 looking 9 tree-tops
6 up 9 tree-tops
7 in 9 tree-tops
8 the 9 tree-tops
9 tree-tops 10 ,
9 tree-tops 13 feet
9 tree-tops 14 were
9 tree-tops 15 sore
10 , 11 and
12 his 13 feet
15 sore 16 from
15 sore 17 walking

and just then [unc] ['] [billy] [for] the first time [thought] of [that] [dinner] that old [mrs] [possum] [had] [sent] [him] [to] [get] . 
1 and 3 then
2 just 3 then
3 then 8 the
8 the 9 first
9 first 10 time
10 time 24 .
12 of 16 old
12 of 24 .
15 that 16 old

[unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [mopped] [his] [brow] [in] [dismay] [.] 

" ah ['] [specks] [ah'm] [in] [fo] ' [it] this time , [sho] ' [enough] ! " he said . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 19 said
8 ' 10 this
8 ' 19 said
10 this 11 time
11 time 18 he
12 , 14 '
12 , 18 he
14 ' 16 !
16 ! 17 "
19 said 20 .

[iv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] 

" [ah] ['] [specks] [ah'm] [in] [fo] ['] it . 
1 " 9 it
9 it 10 .

ah ['] [specks] [ah] [sho'ly] [am] [in] [fo] ['] [it] [this] [time] , " [he] [kept] [muttering] [.] 
1 ah 13 ,
13 , 14 "

so [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] [along] [in] [the] [black] [shadows] [until] he got [where] [he] [could] [look] up and [see] [his] [own] [doorway] [.] 
1 so 12 he
12 he 13 got
13 got 18 up
18 up 19 and

then he sat down and watched a while . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
3 sat 6 watched
5 and 6 watched
6 watched 8 while
6 watched 9 .
7 a 8 while

all was still . 
1 all 2 was
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 .

there wasn't a sound in the great hollow tree . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 4 sound
3 a 4 sound
4 sound 8 hollow
5 in 8 hollow
6 the 8 hollow
7 great 8 hollow
8 hollow 9 tree
8 hollow 10 .

but [at] the first [scratch] [of] [his] [toe-nails] [on] [the] [bark] [the] [sharp] [face] [of] [old] [mrs] [possum] [appeared] in [the] [doorway] [.] 
1 but 3 the
3 the 4 first
4 first 20 in

" [good] [evening] , [mah] dear , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [,] in the [mildest] [kind] of a voice . 
1 " 6 dear
4 , 6 dear
6 dear 7 ,
7 , 9 said
8 " 9 said
9 said 20 voice
9 said 21 .
14 in 15 the
14 in 20 voice
15 the 18 of
19 a 20 voice

old [mrs] [possum] [said] [nothing] , [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [as] [if] [her] [sharp] [black] [eyes] [were] [looking] [right] [through] [him] [.] 
1 old 6 ,

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [a] [sickly] [kind] [of] [grin] [as] [he] [said] [:] 

" ah hopes yo'alls are feeling good tonight . " 
1 " 4 yo'alls
2 ah 4 yo'alls
3 hopes 4 yo'alls
4 yo'alls 5 are
4 yo'alls 6 feeling
4 yo'alls 7 good
4 yo'alls 8 tonight
4 yo'alls 10 "
9 . 10 "

" where 's [that] [dinner] [ah] [sent] [yo] ['] [fo] ['] ? " demanded [old] [mrs] [possum] sharply . 
1 " 14 demanded
2 where 3 's
2 where 12 ?
12 ? 13 "
12 ? 14 demanded
14 demanded 18 sharply
14 demanded 19 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [fidgeted] [uneasily] [.] 

" ah [done] [brought] [yo] ['] [two] [eggs] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] , " he replied [meekly] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
15 " 17 replied
17 replied 19 .

" two eggs ! 
1 " 4 !
2 two 3 eggs
3 eggs 4 !

two eggs ! 
1 two 2 eggs
2 eggs 3 !

how [do] [yo] ['] [think] [ah] am going to [feed] [eight] [hungry] [mouths] [on] [two] [eggs] ? " [snapped] [old] [mrs] [.] [possum] [.] 
1 how 7 am
1 how 17 ?
8 going 9 to
8 going 17 ?
17 ? 18 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [hung] [his] [head] [.] 

he hadn't a word to say . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 4 word
3 a 4 word
4 word 6 say
4 word 7 .
5 to 6 say

no , [sir] [,] [unc] ' [billy] [hadn't] a word [to] [say] [.] 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 10 word
2 , 6 '
9 a 10 word

[unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [he] [deserved] [every] [bit] [of] [it] [.] 

he felt very miserable , and he was too tired to have a bit of spirit left . 
1 he 2 felt
1 he 17 left
2 felt 4 miserable
2 felt 16 spirit
3 very 4 miserable
4 miserable 10 tired
5 , 6 and
6 and 10 tired
7 he 10 tired
8 was 10 tired
9 too 10 tired
10 tired 15 of
11 to 12 have
12 have 13 a
13 a 14 bit
14 bit 15 of
17 left 18 .

all the time [she] [was] [looking] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [with] [those] [sharp] [eyes] [of] [hers] . 
1 all 2 the
1 all 3 time
1 all 17 .

when she had finished the egg , she pushed the other over to him . 
1 when 2 she
1 when 4 finished
2 she 3 had
3 had 4 finished
4 finished 5 the
4 finished 9 pushed
6 egg 9 pushed
7 , 9 pushed
8 she 9 pushed
9 pushed 10 the
9 pushed 12 over
9 pushed 14 him
10 the 11 other
13 to 14 him
14 him 15 .

" yo ' eat that ! " she said shortly . 
1 " 10 shortly
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 eat
4 eat 5 that
4 eat 10 shortly
6 ! 7 "
6 ! 9 said
8 she 9 said
9 said 10 shortly
10 shortly 11 .

" yo ' look as if yo ' hadn't had anything to eat to-day " ( which was true ) . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 look
2 yo 13 eat
5 as 6 if
6 if 9 hadn't
7 yo 8 '
7 yo 9 hadn't
9 hadn't 10 had
9 hadn't 11 anything
11 anything 13 eat
12 to 13 eat
13 eat 14 to-day
14 to-day 15 "
14 to-day 16 (
16 ( 17 which
16 ( 20 )
17 which 18 was
19 true 20 )
20 ) 21 .

" then yo ' hustle up to bed ; it 's all ready fo ' yo ' . " 
1 " 3 yo
2 then 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 5 hustle
3 yo 14 fo
5 hustle 6 up
5 hustle 8 bed
5 hustle 9 ;
5 hustle 11 's
5 hustle 12 all
7 to 8 bed
10 it 11 's
13 ready 14 fo
14 fo 15 '
14 fo 16 yo
14 fo 17 '
14 fo 19 "
18 . 19 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [did] [as] [he] [was] [bid] [,] [and] [as] [he] [tucked] [himself] [into] [his] [snug] [,] [warm] [bed] [he] [murmured] [sleepily] [:] 

" [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [sharp] , [sharp] [tongue] [,] [but] [her] [bark] is [worse] [than] [her] [bite] . 
1 " 9 ,
1 " 16 is
16 is 21 .

for [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [soft] [,] [soft] [heart] [though] [she] [hides] it [way] [out] [of] [sight] [.] " 
1 for 15 it
15 it 21 "

[v] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] 

[sammy] [jay] [was] [indignant] [.] 

yes , [sir] , [sammy] [jay] [was] [very] [much] [put] [out] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

in fact , [sammy] [was] [just] [plain] [downright] [mad] [!] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,

it had [begun] [when] [he] [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [early] [in] [the] [morning] [.] 
1 it 2 had

" hello , [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
2 hello 6 !

what were [you] [doing] [up] [so] [late] last night ? " said [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 what 2 were
1 what 10 ?
8 last 9 night
9 night 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 15 .

" oh , come , [sammy] [jay] [,] [be] [honest] for [once] [in] your [life] [!] 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
2 oh 4 come
2 oh 5 ,
5 , 11 for
11 for 14 your

what was it all about ? " 
1 what 2 was
1 what 5 about
1 what 6 ?
3 it 4 all
4 all 5 about
6 ? 7 "

[sammy] [jay] [stamped] [one] [foot] [.] 

he was beginning to lose his temper . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 beginning
3 beginning 4 to
3 beginning 5 lose
5 lose 7 temper
6 his 7 temper
7 temper 8 .

you know he loses it very easily . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 4 loses
3 he 4 loses
4 loses 6 very
4 loses 7 easily
5 it 6 very
7 easily 8 .

" [i] [am] honest ! " he screamed . 
1 " 8 screamed
4 honest 8 screamed
5 ! 6 "
5 ! 8 screamed
7 he 8 screamed
8 screamed 9 .

" [i] tell you [i] went to [bed] [just] [as] [i] [always] do , and [i] [didn't] [wake] up [until] [this] [morning] . " 
1 " 4 you
3 tell 4 you
4 you 24 "
6 went 7 to
7 to 13 do
13 do 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 19 up
19 up 23 .
23 . 24 "

when he did , he flew off screaming at the top of his lungs . 
1 when 2 he
1 when 5 he
2 he 3 did
4 , 5 he
5 he 8 screaming
6 flew 8 screaming
7 off 8 screaming
8 screaming 14 lungs
9 at 14 lungs
10 the 11 top
11 top 12 of
11 top 14 lungs
13 his 14 lungs
14 lungs 15 .

he was still screaming when he flew [over] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [where] [peter] [rabbit] [was] [just] [beginning] [to] [doze] [off] . 
1 he 4 screaming
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 screaming
4 screaming 5 when
4 screaming 7 flew
5 when 6 he
7 flew 21 .

peter was sleepy . 
1 peter 3 sleepy
2 was 3 sleepy
3 sleepy 4 .

he didn't like to have his morning nap disturbed . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
2 didn't 8 nap
4 to 8 nap
5 have 8 nap
6 his 8 nap
7 morning 8 nap
8 nap 9 disturbed
9 disturbed 10 .

" hi [,] [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hi
2 hi 6 !

didn't you [make] [racket] [enough] [last] [night] [to] [give] [honest] [folks] [a] [little] [peace] [and] [quiet] [to-day] ? " [shouted] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 didn't 2 you
2 you 18 ?
18 ? 19 "

" what 's the joke [,] [peter] [rabbit] ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 5 joke
2 what 9 ?
3 's 5 joke
4 the 5 joke

" [then] it 's a [funny] [way] you have of [sleeping] , " replied [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 4 's
1 " 8 you
1 " 14 replied
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 a
8 you 9 have
10 of 12 ,
12 , 14 replied
13 " 14 replied
14 replied 17 .

" [peter] [rabbit] [,] you [and] [jimmy] [skunk] are [crazy] [,] just as [crazy] [as] [loons] ! " [sputtered] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 5 you
1 " 17 !
5 you 9 are
9 are 12 just
12 just 13 as
17 ! 18 "

" [i] [tell] you [i] [was] [asleep] , and [i] [guess] [i] [ought] to know ! " 
1 " 4 you
4 you 15 know
4 you 17 "
8 , 9 and
8 , 15 know
9 and 14 to
16 ! 17 "

" [and] [i] guess [i] [know] [your] [voice] [when] [i] [hear] it ! " replied [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 4 guess
1 " 15 replied
12 it 13 !
13 ! 14 "
14 " 15 replied
15 replied 18 .

" it ['s] [bad] [enough] [in] [daytime] [,] but if [i] [was] you [,] [i] 'd [quit] [yelling] in the night . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 22 .
9 but 10 if
9 but 20 the
10 if 13 you
13 you 16 'd
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 night
21 night 22 .

some [one] of [these] [times] [hooty] the [owl] [will] [hear] [you] [,] [and] [that] will [be] [the] [end] of [you] [and] [your] [noise] [.] 
1 some 3 of
3 of 7 the
7 the 19 of
15 will 19 of

now go away [;] [i] want to sleep . " 
1 now 2 go
2 go 3 away
2 go 8 sleep
6 want 7 to
7 to 8 sleep
8 sleep 9 .
9 . 10 "

[sammy] [went] [.] 

he was mad clear through , and yet he didn't know what to make of it . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 10 didn't
2 was 4 clear
3 mad 4 clear
4 clear 5 through
4 clear 7 and
4 clear 8 yet
6 , 7 and
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
10 didn't 14 make
10 didn't 16 it
11 know 12 what
13 to 14 make
14 make 15 of
16 it 17 .

were they just trying to make him mad , or had he really been screaming in his sleep ? 
1 were 2 they
1 were 3 just
1 were 4 trying
4 trying 5 to
5 to 6 make
5 to 18 sleep
6 make 7 him
6 make 8 mad
8 mad 9 ,
8 mad 10 or
11 had 14 been
12 he 14 been
13 really 14 been
14 been 15 screaming
15 screaming 17 his
15 screaming 18 sleep
16 in 17 his
18 sleep 19 ?

he flew over [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 3 over
3 over 8 .

[jerry] [muskrat] [looked] [up] [and] [saw] [him] [.] 

" what were you [yelling] [about] in [the] [night] , [sammy] [jay] ? " asked [jerry] . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 were
2 what 13 ?
4 you 10 ,
4 you 13 ?
7 in 10 ,
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 15 asked
15 asked 17 .

this was too much . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 much
3 too 5 .

[sammy] [jay] [let] [his] [wings] [and] [his] [tail] [droop] [dejectedly] [and] [hung] [his] [head] [.] 

" [i] don't know . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 .

i really don't know anything about it , " he said . 
1 i 2 really
1 i 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
3 don't 5 anything
5 anything 6 about
6 about 7 it
6 about 8 ,
8 , 11 said
9 " 11 said
10 he 11 said
11 said 12 .

[vi] 

[sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] 

" [sammy] [jay] [screams] [all] day [long] , [and] [now] what do you think ? 
1 " 8 ,
1 " 11 what
6 day 8 ,
11 what 12 do
12 do 13 you
12 do 14 think
14 think 15 ?

why , [sammy] [sits] and [yells] all [night] [and] [doesn't] sleep a wink ! " 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 5 and
2 , 15 "
5 and 7 all
11 sleep 13 wink
12 a 13 wink
13 wink 14 !
14 ! 15 "

[everywhere] [he] [went] [sammy] [jay] [heard] [that] [shouted] [after] [him] [.] 

dozens and dozens of times a day he heard it . 
1 dozens 2 and
1 dozens 3 dozens
3 dozens 4 of
3 dozens 5 times
3 dozens 7 day
3 dozens 9 heard
6 a 7 day
8 he 9 heard
9 heard 10 it
10 it 11 .

at first he lost his temper [and] [was] [the] [very] [maddest] [jaybird] [ever] [seen] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [or] [in] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 lost
4 lost 6 temper
5 his 6 temper
6 temper 24 .

" it isn't true ! 
1 " 3 isn't
2 it 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 true
4 true 5 !

it isn't true ! 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 true
3 true 4 !

it isn't true ! " he would scream at the top of his lungs . 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 true
3 true 5 "
3 true 8 scream
4 ! 5 "
6 he 7 would
7 would 8 scream
8 scream 14 lungs
9 at 14 lungs
10 the 11 top
11 top 12 of
11 top 14 lungs
13 his 14 lungs
14 lungs 15 .

and then everybody within hearing would shout : " it is true ! " 
1 and 2 then
2 then 7 shout
3 everybody 7 shout
4 within 5 hearing
5 hearing 7 shout
6 would 7 shout
7 shout 8 :
7 shout 12 true
7 shout 13 !
8 : 9 "
10 it 12 true
11 is 12 true
13 ! 14 "

sammy would just dance up and down and scream and scream and scream , he was so angry . 
1 sammy 13 scream
2 would 13 scream
3 just 13 scream
4 dance 13 scream
5 up 6 and
5 up 13 scream
7 down 8 and
7 down 13 scream
9 scream 10 and
9 scream 11 scream
11 scream 12 and
11 scream 13 scream
13 scream 18 angry
14 , 15 he
15 he 18 angry
16 was 18 angry
17 so 18 angry
18 angry 19 .

and then he was sure to hear some one pipe up : 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
2 then 12 :
3 he 4 was
5 sure 10 pipe
6 to 7 hear
7 hear 8 some
7 hear 10 pipe
8 some 9 one
10 pipe 11 up
10 pipe 12 :

" [sammy] ['s] [mad] and we are [glad] [,] [and] [we] know how to [tease] him ! 
1 " 7 are
1 " 17 !
5 and 6 we
6 we 7 are
12 know 13 how
13 how 14 to
14 to 16 him
16 him 17 !

but [some] [dark] [night] he ['ll] [get] [a] [fright] [,] [for] [hooty] ['ll] [come] [and] [seize] [him] [!] ["] 
1 but 5 he

that really began to worry him . 
1 that 2 really
2 really 5 worry
3 began 4 to
3 began 5 worry
5 worry 6 him
5 worry 7 .

then he began to think that it might be true that he did talk in his sleep , and this worried him a whole lot . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 9 be
4 to 14 talk
4 to 17 sleep
5 think 8 might
6 that 8 might
7 it 8 might
8 might 9 be
9 be 10 true
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 did
13 did 14 talk
15 in 16 his
16 his 17 sleep
17 sleep 21 worried
18 , 19 and
19 and 21 worried
20 this 21 worried
21 worried 22 him
21 worried 25 lot
21 worried 26 .
23 a 25 lot
24 whole 25 lot

the more [he] [thought] [about] [it] [,] [the] [more] [worried] [sammy] [jay] [became] [.] 
1 the 2 more

he lost his appetite and began to grow thin . 
1 he 4 appetite
2 lost 4 appetite
3 his 4 appetite
4 appetite 8 grow
4 appetite 9 thin
4 appetite 10 .
5 and 6 began
6 began 7 to
6 began 8 grow

he kept out of sight [whenever] [possible] [and] [no] [longer] [screamed] ["] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] ["] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 5 sight
3 out 4 of
3 out 5 sight

in fact his voice was rarely heard during the day . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 6 rarely
3 his 4 voice
4 voice 5 was
4 voice 6 rarely
6 rarely 7 heard
6 rarely 8 during
6 rarely 10 day
6 rarely 11 .
8 during 9 the

but it seemed that he must be talking just as much as ever in the night . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 seemed
3 seemed 7 be
3 seemed 8 talking
3 seemed 12 as
4 that 5 he
4 that 6 must
6 must 7 be
9 just 10 as
9 just 12 as
11 much 12 as
12 as 13 ever
13 ever 17 .
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 night
16 night 17 .

at least everybody said that he was . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 everybody
3 everybody 4 said
3 everybody 7 was
3 everybody 8 .
5 that 7 was
6 he 7 was

worse still , different ones said that they heard him [in] [different] places [in] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [even] [down] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 worse 2 still
1 worse 3 ,
1 worse 4 different
4 different 5 ones
4 different 13 places
5 ones 8 they
6 said 8 they
7 that 8 they
8 they 9 heard
9 heard 10 him

could it be that he was flying about as well as talking in his sleep ? 
1 could 3 be
1 could 15 sleep
1 could 16 ?
2 it 3 be
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 12 talking
7 flying 8 about
7 flying 10 well
7 flying 12 talking
9 as 10 well
10 well 11 as
12 talking 15 sleep
13 in 14 his
14 his 15 sleep

and nobody believed him when he said that he was asleep all night . 
1 and 2 nobody
2 nobody 3 believed
3 believed 4 him
3 believed 6 he
3 believed 8 that
5 when 6 he
6 he 7 said
8 that 10 was
8 that 13 night
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 asleep
12 all 13 night
13 night 14 .

they thought that he was awake and doing it purposely . 
1 they 2 thought
2 thought 3 that
3 that 10 purposely
4 he 6 awake
5 was 6 awake
6 awake 7 and
6 awake 10 purposely
8 doing 10 purposely
9 it 10 purposely
10 purposely 11 .

" if they are not all crazy , then [i] [must] [be] , " said . 
1 " 14 "
2 if 3 they
3 they 4 are
4 are 5 not
4 are 7 crazy
6 all 7 crazy
7 crazy 8 ,
8 , 9 then
9 then 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 .

[sammy] [jay] [to] [himself] [,] [as] [he] [turned] [away] [from] [the] [breakfast] [which] [he] [could] [not] [eat] [.] 

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

" why didn't [i] think [of] it before ? 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 didn't
2 why 9 ?
3 didn't 5 think
5 think 7 it
7 it 8 before

i 'll sleep all day [,] [and] [then] [i] 'll keep awake all night and see what happens then ! " he exclaimed . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 18 happens
3 sleep 5 day
3 sleep 12 awake
4 all 5 day
10 'll 11 keep
11 keep 12 awake
12 awake 14 night
12 awake 15 and
12 awake 18 happens
13 all 14 night
16 see 18 happens
17 what 18 happens
18 happens 19 then
18 happens 23 exclaimed
20 ! 21 "
20 ! 22 he
20 ! 23 exclaimed
23 exclaimed 24 .

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] [away] to [the] [darkest] [part] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [tried] [to] [sleep] [through] [the] [day] [.] 
1 so 6 to

[vii] 

[sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] 

[sammy] [jay] [sat] [in] [the] [dark] [and] [shivered] [.] 

sammy was lonely , more lonely than he had ever supposed anybody could be . 
1 sammy 3 lonely
2 was 3 lonely
3 lonely 4 ,
3 lonely 11 supposed
3 lonely 15 .
5 more 6 lonely
5 more 7 than
7 than 10 ever
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 ever
10 ever 11 supposed
11 supposed 12 anybody
11 supposed 14 be
12 anybody 13 could

and to tell the truth [sammy] [jay] [was] [scared] . 
1 and 3 tell
2 to 3 tell
3 tell 5 truth
4 the 5 truth
5 truth 10 .

yes , [sir] , [that] [was] [just] [the] [way] [sammy] [jay] [felt] [scared] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

every time [a] [leaf] [rustled] [,] [sammy] [jumped] [almost] [out] [of] [his] [skin] . 
1 every 2 time
2 time 14 .

his heart went pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat . 
1 his 8 pit-a-pat
2 heart 8 pit-a-pat
3 went 8 pit-a-pat
4 pit-a-pat 5 ,
4 pit-a-pat 6 pit-a-pat
6 pit-a-pat 7 ,
6 pit-a-pat 8 pit-a-pat
8 pit-a-pat 9 .

but [to-night] [sammy] [sat] [in] the [darkest] [,] [thickest] [part] [of] [a] [big] [pine-tree] [and] [kept] [blinking] [his] [eyes] [to] [keep] [from] [going] [to] [sleep] . 
1 but 6 the
6 the 26 .

he just would keep his eyes and his ears wide open . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 4 keep
3 would 4 keep
4 keep 11 open
5 his 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 and
6 eyes 10 wide
8 his 9 ears
9 ears 10 wide
10 wide 11 open
11 open 12 .

what was he doing it for ? 
1 what 4 doing
2 was 4 doing
3 he 4 doing
4 doing 5 it
4 doing 6 for
4 doing 7 ?

[now] [sammy] [knew] [better] [.] 

he never in his life had screamed in the night unless well , unless he did it in his sleep and didn't know it . 
1 he 2 never
2 never 14 unless
3 in 5 life
4 his 5 life
5 life 6 had
5 life 14 unless
7 screamed 9 the
7 screamed 11 unless
7 screamed 12 well
7 screamed 14 unless
8 in 9 the
10 night 11 unless
12 well 13 ,
14 unless 15 he
14 unless 20 sleep
14 unless 24 it
16 did 17 it
16 did 20 sleep
18 in 19 his
19 his 20 sleep
20 sleep 21 and
22 didn't 23 know
23 know 24 it
24 it 25 .

he had [watched] the [black] [shadows] [creep] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [grow] [blacker] [and] [blacker] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 the

the blacker they grew , the lonesomer he became . 
1 the 2 blacker
2 blacker 3 they
2 blacker 7 lonesomer
2 blacker 10 .
4 grew 5 ,
4 grew 7 lonesomer
6 the 7 lonesomer
7 lonesomer 8 he
7 lonesomer 9 became

by and by it was so dark that he couldn't see anything at all , and every little noise made him shiver . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 dark
6 so 8 that
8 that 10 couldn't
8 that 22 shiver
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 see
10 couldn't 12 anything
13 at 14 all
13 at 17 every
14 all 15 ,
16 and 17 every
17 every 22 shiver
18 little 22 shiver
19 noise 22 shiver
20 made 21 him
20 made 22 shiver
22 shiver 23 .

sammy [jay] had [it] [now] [.] 
1 sammy 3 had

he felt so creepy that it seemed as if he would crawl right out of his skin . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 4 creepy
3 so 4 creepy
4 creepy 5 that
4 creepy 7 seemed
4 creepy 18 .
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 9 if
7 seemed 12 crawl
8 as 9 if
10 he 12 crawl
11 would 12 crawl
12 crawl 13 right
12 crawl 14 out
12 crawl 17 skin
14 out 15 of
16 his 17 skin

he kept saying over and over to himself : " there 's nothing to be afraid of . 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 saying
3 saying 4 over
3 saying 6 over
3 saying 8 himself
3 saying 9 :
3 saying 13 nothing
4 over 5 and
7 to 8 himself
9 : 10 "
11 there 12 's
11 there 13 nothing
13 nothing 16 afraid
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 afraid
16 afraid 17 of
17 of 18 .

there 's nothing to be afraid of . 
1 there 2 's
1 there 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
7 of 8 .

i 'm just as safe as if [i] was fast asleep . " 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 10 fast
5 safe 10 fast
6 as 7 if
6 as 10 fast
9 was 10 fast
10 fast 11 asleep
11 asleep 12 .
12 . 13 "

but still he shivered and shook . 
1 but 6 shook
2 still 4 shivered
3 he 4 shivered
4 shivered 6 shook
5 and 6 shook
6 shook 7 .

by and by , looking up through the top of the big pine-tree , he saw the little stars come out one by one . 
1 by 2 and
1 by 3 by
3 by 19 stars
4 , 5 looking
5 looking 6 up
5 looking 7 through
7 through 13 pine-tree
8 the 9 top
9 top 10 of
9 top 13 pine-tree
11 the 13 pine-tree
12 big 13 pine-tree
13 pine-tree 15 he
13 pine-tree 16 saw
13 pine-tree 18 little
13 pine-tree 19 stars
14 , 15 he
17 the 18 little
19 stars 21 out
19 stars 25 .
20 come 21 out
21 out 23 by
22 one 23 by
23 by 24 one

they seemed to be looking right down at him and winking at him in the jolliest way . 
1 they 2 seemed
1 they 11 winking
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 4 be
5 looking 7 down
5 looking 8 at
5 looking 11 winking
6 right 7 down
9 him 10 and
9 him 11 winking
11 winking 12 at
11 winking 16 jolliest
13 him 16 jolliest
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 jolliest
16 jolliest 17 way
17 way 18 .

somehow , he didn't feel quite so lonely then , and he tried to wink back . 
1 somehow 4 didn't
1 somehow 5 feel
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
5 feel 6 quite
5 feel 8 lonely
7 so 8 lonely
8 lonely 13 tried
8 lonely 17 .
9 then 12 he
10 , 11 and
10 , 12 he
12 he 13 tried
13 tried 14 to
13 tried 15 wink
15 wink 16 back

then little , soft , silvery bars of light began to creep through the branches of the trees and along the ground . 
1 then 12 creep
2 little 7 bars
3 , 7 bars
4 soft 5 ,
4 soft 7 bars
6 silvery 7 bars
7 bars 8 of
7 bars 9 light
7 bars 12 creep
10 began 11 to
10 began 12 creep
12 creep 13 through
12 creep 15 branches
13 through 14 the
15 branches 16 of
15 branches 18 trees
15 branches 20 along
15 branches 22 ground
17 the 18 trees
18 trees 19 and
21 the 22 ground
22 ground 23 .

they were [moonbeams] [,] [and] [sammy] [could] [see] [just] a little , a very little . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 14 very
10 a 11 little
10 a 14 very
11 little 12 ,
13 a 14 very
14 very 15 little
14 very 16 .

he began to feel better . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 4 feel
4 feel 5 better
5 better 6 .

" [whooo-hoo-hoo] , [whooo-hoo] ! " 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 6 "
5 ! 6 "

it was a terrible sound , fierce and hungry . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 9 hungry
3 a 4 terrible
4 terrible 5 sound
4 terrible 7 fierce
6 , 7 fierce
7 fierce 9 hungry
8 and 9 hungry
9 hungry 10 .

[sammy] [jay] [nearly] [fell] [from] [his] [perch] [.] 

he opened his mouth to scream with fright . 
1 he 2 opened
2 opened 4 mouth
3 his 4 mouth
4 mouth 6 scream
5 to 6 scream
6 scream 8 fright
7 with 8 fright
8 fright 9 .

then he remembered just in time and closed it without a sound . 
1 then 3 remembered
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 6 time
3 remembered 8 closed
4 just 6 time
5 in 6 time
7 and 8 closed
8 closed 9 it
8 closed 12 sound
8 closed 13 .
10 without 12 sound
11 a 12 sound

it was the [hunting-cry] [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 9 .
2 was 3 the

[sammy] [jay] [sat] [huddled] [in] [a] [little] [,] [forlorn] [,] [shivering] [heap] [,] [while] [twice] [more] [that] [fierce] [cry] [rang] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

then a shadow floated over the big pine-tree . 
1 then 8 pine-tree
2 a 8 pine-tree
3 shadow 8 pine-tree
4 floated 8 pine-tree
5 over 8 pine-tree
6 the 8 pine-tree
7 big 8 pine-tree
8 pine-tree 9 .

[hooty] [the] [owl] [had] [flown] [away] [without] [seeing] [him] [,] [and] [sammy] [breathed] [easier] [.] 

[viii] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] 

[sammy] [jay] [was] [having] [no] [trouble] [in] [keeping] [awake] [now] [.] 

not a [bit] [!] 
1 not 2 a

he was too frightened and shivery and creepy to sleep . 
1 he 6 shivery
2 was 6 shivery
3 too 6 shivery
4 frightened 6 shivery
5 and 6 shivery
6 shivery 7 and
6 shivery 8 creepy
6 shivery 10 sleep
6 shivery 11 .
9 to 10 sleep

but he didn't want to , anyway . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 want
4 want 5 to
4 want 7 anyway
6 , 7 anyway
7 anyway 8 .

so he sat in the thickest part of the big pine-tree , shivering and creepy and miserable . 
1 so 15 creepy
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 6 thickest
4 in 6 thickest
5 the 6 thickest
6 thickest 7 part
6 thickest 8 of
6 thickest 11 pine-tree
9 the 11 pine-tree
10 big 11 pine-tree
11 pine-tree 15 creepy
12 , 13 shivering
13 shivering 15 creepy
14 and 15 creepy
15 creepy 17 miserable
15 creepy 18 .
16 and 17 miserable

out in a [patch] [of] [bright] [moonlight] [he] [saw] [peter] [rabbit] [jumping] [and] [dancing] [and] [having] the [greatest] [kind] of [a] [time] [all] [by] [himself] . 
1 out 20 of
1 out 26 .
2 in 3 a
2 in 17 the
17 the 20 of

pretty soon [peter] [was] [joined] [by] [his] [cousin] [,] [jumper] [the] [hare] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon

such antics as they did cut up ! 
1 such 2 antics
2 antics 3 as
2 antics 4 they
2 antics 5 did
2 antics 6 cut
2 antics 7 up
2 antics 8 !

sammy [jay] almost laughed aloud as he watched . 
1 sammy 8 watched
3 almost 5 aloud
4 laughed 5 aloud
5 aloud 8 watched
6 as 8 watched
7 he 8 watched
8 watched 9 .

it was less lonely with them there , and he did want to call to them dreadfully . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 17 dreadfully
3 less 4 lonely
4 lonely 5 with
4 lonely 7 there
4 lonely 9 and
4 lonely 14 call
5 with 6 them
8 , 9 and
10 he 11 did
11 did 12 want
12 want 13 to
13 to 14 call
14 call 17 dreadfully
15 to 16 them
16 them 17 dreadfully
17 dreadfully 18 .

but that would never , never do , for no one must know that he was sitting up awake all night . 
1 but 6 never
1 but 10 no
2 that 3 would
3 would 4 never
3 would 6 never
5 , 6 never
6 never 7 do
7 do 8 ,
7 do 9 for
10 no 11 one
11 one 21 night
12 must 13 know
13 know 14 that
14 that 21 night
15 he 19 awake
16 was 17 sitting
17 sitting 18 up
17 sitting 19 awake
19 awake 21 night
20 all 21 night
21 night 22 .

by and by [along] [came] [jimmy] [skunk] , [walking] [out] [into] the [patch] of [bright] [moonlight] . 
1 by 2 and
1 by 3 by
3 by 8 ,
3 by 12 the
12 the 14 of
14 of 17 .

he [touched] [noses] [with] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] , which is one [way] of [saying] ["] [good] [evening] ["] [in] the [green] [forest] . 
1 he 11 ,
11 , 12 which
12 which 13 is
13 is 14 one
14 one 16 of
16 of 23 the
16 of 26 .

" [isn't] it [most] time for [sammy] [jay] [to] [scream] [in] [his] [sleep] ? " asked [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 16 asked
3 it 5 time
3 it 14 ?
5 time 6 for
14 ? 15 "
14 ? 16 asked
16 asked 19 .

sammy pricked up his ears . 
1 sammy 2 pricked
2 pricked 3 up
2 pricked 4 his
2 pricked 5 ears
5 ears 6 .

" scream in his sleep ! 
1 " 6 !
2 scream 4 his
2 scream 5 sleep
2 scream 6 !
3 in 4 his

nonsense ! 
1 nonsense 2 !

[sammy] [jay] [isn't] [any] [more] [asleep] [than] [i] [am] [.] 

he just screams out of pure meanness to wake up and frighten good honest folks who want to sleep . 
1 he 7 meanness
2 just 7 meanness
3 screams 7 meanness
4 out 7 meanness
5 of 6 pure
6 pure 7 meanness
7 meanness 8 to
7 meanness 9 wake
7 meanness 11 and
7 meanness 12 frighten
9 wake 10 up
12 frighten 14 honest
13 good 14 honest
14 honest 15 folks
14 honest 19 sleep
15 folks 16 who
17 want 18 to
18 to 19 sleep
19 sleep 20 .

for [my] [part] , [i] [don't] [see] [what] [any] one [wants] [to] [sleep] [for] [on] [such] [a] [fine] night [as] [this] [,] [anyway] [.] 
1 for 4 ,
1 for 10 one
10 one 19 night

it [serves] ' [em] [right] [if] [they] [do] get [waked] up , " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 it 13 "
3 ' 9 get
9 get 11 up
11 up 12 ,
12 , 13 "

" but [sammy] [jay] says that he doesn't do it and doesn't know anything about it , " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 but
1 " 19 said
5 says 7 he
5 says 8 doesn't
5 says 12 doesn't
6 that 7 he
9 do 10 it
10 it 12 doesn't
11 and 12 doesn't
12 doesn't 13 know
12 doesn't 14 anything
14 anything 15 about
15 about 16 it
15 about 17 ,
17 , 19 said
18 " 19 said
19 said 22 .

" have you [ever] seen [him] [scream] [in] [the] [night] , [jimmy] [skunk] ? " 
1 " 3 you
1 " 11 ,
2 have 3 you
3 you 5 seen
11 , 15 "
14 ? 15 "

" no , [i] don't have to , " replied [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 5 don't
1 " 6 have
1 " 10 replied
2 no 3 ,
2 no 5 don't
6 have 7 to
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 13 .

peter shook his head . 
1 peter 2 shook
2 shook 4 head
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 .

" [i] [guess] you 're right [,] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 5 're
4 you 5 're
5 're 6 right
6 right 10 .

i guess you 're right , ["] he [said] [.] 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 4 're
2 guess 5 right
3 you 4 're
5 right 6 ,
6 , 8 he

" of course [i] ['m] right [.] 
1 " 3 course
2 of 3 course
3 course 6 right

there , [now] ! " 
1 there 2 ,
2 , 5 "
4 ! 5 "

[jimmy] [held] [up] [one] [hand] [to] [warn] [peter] [to] [keep] [still] [.] 

they all heard it . 
1 they 2 all
1 they 3 heard
3 heard 4 it
4 it 5 .

[sammy] [jay] [heard] [it] [,] [too] [,] [and] [scratched] [himself] [to] [be] [sure] [that] [he] [was] [awake] [and] [sitting] [there] [in] [the] [big] [pine-tree] [.] 

" [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [kept] [awake] , but 
1 " 8 ,
8 , 9 but

" [maybe] [i] 'm [going] [crazy] ! 
1 " 4 'm
1 " 7 !

my wits are getting hazy ! 
1 my 5 hazy
2 wits 5 hazy
3 are 5 hazy
4 getting 5 hazy
5 hazy 6 !

that 's surely me [,] [yet] here [i] be ! 
1 that 2 's
1 that 3 surely
3 surely 7 here
3 surely 9 be
3 surely 10 !
4 me 7 here

oh , dear , [i] sure [am] [crazy] ! " 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 dear
1 oh 4 ,
4 , 10 "
6 sure 9 !
9 ! 10 "

[ix] 

[the] [mystery] [grows] 

" can a body be a body [,] [yet] [not] [a] [body] be ? 
1 " 2 can
2 can 7 body
2 can 13 be
2 can 14 ?
3 a 7 body
4 body 7 body
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 body

tell a body [,] [anybody] [,] [didst] [such] [a] body see ? " 
1 tell 10 body
1 tell 12 ?
2 a 10 body
3 body 10 body
11 see 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

of course it [was] [sammy] [jay] [who] was [humming] such a [foolish-sounding] [rhyme] [as] that . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 8 was
3 it 16 .
8 was 11 a
8 was 15 that
10 such 11 a

but [really] [,] it [wasn't] [so] [foolish] [in] [sammy] 's [case] , after all . 
1 but 4 it
4 it 10 's
4 it 14 all
12 , 13 after
13 after 14 all
14 all 15 .

now he [knew] [.] 
1 now 2 he

did ever [a] [jaybird] [have] anything so [queer] [as] [that] [to] [puzzle] [him] ? 
1 did 2 ever
1 did 14 ?
2 ever 6 anything
2 ever 7 so

anyway , [sammy] [jay] [knew] [that] [he] [didn't] [scream] [in] [his] [sleep] [,] and there was a whole lot of comfort in that . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 14 and
14 and 21 comfort
15 there 16 was
15 there 19 lot
17 a 19 lot
18 whole 19 lot
19 lot 20 of
19 lot 21 comfort
21 comfort 22 in
21 comfort 23 that
21 comfort 24 .

he could eat with a better appetite now . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 eat
3 eat 7 appetite
4 with 5 a
4 with 7 appetite
6 better 7 appetite
7 appetite 8 now
7 appetite 9 .

now he [knew] [that] he could go to [sleep] [in] peace , just as he [always] had . 
1 now 2 he
2 he 17 had
5 he 6 could
5 he 17 had
6 could 7 go
7 go 8 to
11 peace 12 ,
12 , 15 he
13 just 14 as
14 as 15 he
15 he 17 had
17 had 18 .

[sammy] [jay] [brushed] [and] [smoothed] [out] [his] [handsome] [blue] [coat] [and] [made] [himself] [as] [pert] [and] [smart-appearing] [as] [possible] [.] 

he had been so worried lately that he hadn't taken much care of himself [,] [which] [is] [very] [unusual] [for] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 14 himself
2 had 3 been
3 been 6 lately
4 so 5 worried
5 worried 6 lately
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 hadn't
8 he 14 himself
9 hadn't 10 taken
10 taken 12 care
11 much 12 care
12 care 13 of
14 himself 23 .

now , [however] [,] [he] [felt] so much better that he began to think [about] [his] [looks] [.] 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 10 that
2 , 7 so
7 so 8 much
8 much 9 better
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 began
12 began 13 to
12 began 14 think

when he had finished [dressing] , he started for the [alders] [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] [just] [to] [have] [a] [look] [around] [.] 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 had
2 he 8 started
3 had 4 finished
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 started
8 started 9 for
8 started 10 the

of course he didn't expect to find his voice down there , for who ever saw a voice ? 
1 of 2 course
2 course 4 didn't
2 course 16 saw
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 expect
5 expect 6 to
5 expect 7 find
7 find 9 voice
7 find 11 there
8 his 9 voice
10 down 11 there
11 there 14 who
12 , 13 for
12 , 14 who
15 ever 16 saw
16 saw 17 a
17 a 18 voice
17 a 19 ?

still he thought that he might find something that would explain the mystery . 
1 still 6 might
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 6 might
4 that 6 might
5 he 6 might
6 might 7 find
7 find 8 something
7 find 13 mystery
8 something 9 that
9 that 10 would
11 explain 13 mystery
12 the 13 mystery
13 mystery 14 .

he [hunted] [all] [around] [in] [the] [thicket] [of] [alders] [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] but nothing [unusual] did [he] [find] . 
1 he 18 did
15 but 16 nothing
15 but 18 did
18 did 21 .

then for a long time he sat as still as still can be , studying and thinking . 
1 then 2 for
2 for 5 time
2 for 18 .
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 time
5 time 15 studying
6 he 7 sat
7 sat 9 still
7 sat 11 still
7 sat 15 studying
8 as 9 still
10 as 11 still
12 can 13 be
12 can 15 studying
13 be 14 ,
15 studying 16 and
15 studying 17 thinking

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 thief 5 !
4 thief 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

then [out] [popped] [jenny] [wren] [,] [and] she was [so] [mad] that she couldn't sit still [a] [second] . 
1 then 8 she
8 she 9 was
9 was 16 still
12 that 14 couldn't
13 she 14 couldn't
14 couldn't 15 sit
15 sit 16 still
16 still 19 .

my , my , my , how she did scold ! 
1 my 2 ,
1 my 3 my
3 my 4 ,
3 my 5 my
5 my 6 ,
5 my 7 how
7 how 9 did
7 how 11 !
8 she 9 did
9 did 10 scold

" you ought to be ashamed of yourself , [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 you
1 " 12 !
2 you 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
3 ought 5 be
3 ought 6 ashamed
6 ashamed 7 of
6 ashamed 8 yourself
8 yourself 9 ,

you ought to be ashamed of yourself ! " she sputtered . 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
2 ought 4 be
2 ought 5 ashamed
5 ashamed 6 of
5 ashamed 11 sputtered
7 yourself 11 sputtered
8 ! 9 "
8 ! 11 sputtered
10 she 11 sputtered
11 sputtered 12 .

" isn't it enough to keep us awake half the night without coming down and screaming all day ? " 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
2 isn't 4 enough
4 enough 5 to
4 enough 6 keep
6 keep 7 us
6 keep 8 awake
6 keep 16 screaming
8 awake 9 half
8 awake 11 night
10 the 11 night
12 without 16 screaming
13 coming 14 down
13 coming 16 screaming
14 down 15 and
16 screaming 18 day
16 screaming 19 ?
17 all 18 day
19 ? 20 "

" [i] [haven't] [been] [down] here [in] [the] [night] , and [i] [haven't] [kept] [anybody] [awake] ! " replied [sammy] [jay] [indignantly] . 
1 " 19 replied
6 here 10 ,
6 here 17 !
10 , 11 and
17 ! 18 "
18 " 19 replied
19 replied 23 .

[jenny] [wren] [came] [right] [up] [in] [front] [of] [sammy] [jay] [and] [hopped] [up] [and] [down] [.] 

she was so [mad] that with [every] [word] [she] [jerked] her [funny] [little] [tail] so that [sammy] [jay] [almost] had to [laugh] . 
1 she 2 was
1 she 11 her
2 was 3 so
3 so 5 that
6 with 11 her
11 her 23 .
15 so 16 that
16 that 20 had
20 had 21 to
21 to 23 .

" don't tell that to me [,] [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 tell
3 tell 4 that
3 tell 6 me
5 to 6 me
6 me 10 !

don't tell that to me ! " she cried . 
1 don't 2 tell
2 tell 3 that
2 tell 5 me
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 9 cried
8 she 9 cried
9 cried 10 .

" didn't [i] [see] you with my own eyes sitting in that alder over there ? 
1 " 5 you
2 didn't 5 you
5 you 16 ?
6 with 13 alder
7 my 8 own
8 own 13 alder
9 eyes 13 alder
10 sitting 11 in
10 sitting 13 alder
12 that 13 alder
13 alder 14 over
13 alder 15 there
13 alder 16 ?

don't tell that to me ! 
1 don't 2 tell
2 tell 3 that
2 tell 5 me
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 !

you ought to be ashamed of yourself ! " 
1 you 7 yourself
2 ought 3 to
2 ought 4 be
2 ought 5 ashamed
5 ashamed 6 of
5 ashamed 7 yourself
7 yourself 8 !
8 ! 9 "

[x] 

[sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] 

sammy [jay] had [a] [headache] [,] [such] [a] [headache] [!] 
1 sammy 3 had

he had thought and thought [and] thought [,] [until] [now] it seemed to [him] [that] the world [surely] [had] [turned] [topsy-turvy] . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 thought
1 he 5 thought
1 he 7 thought
4 and 5 thought
7 thought 11 it
11 it 12 seemed
12 seemed 13 to
13 to 16 the
16 the 17 world
17 world 22 .

his poor little head was all in a whirl , and that was what made it ache . 
1 his 3 little
1 his 4 head
2 poor 3 little
4 head 9 whirl
4 head 17 ache
4 head 18 .
5 was 9 whirl
6 all 9 whirl
7 in 9 whirl
8 a 9 whirl
9 whirl 11 and
9 whirl 12 that
9 whirl 14 what
10 , 11 and
12 that 13 was
15 made 17 ache
16 it 17 ache

first he had been accused of screaming in the night to waken and scare the little meadow and forest people who wanted to sleep . 
1 first 5 accused
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 accused
5 accused 6 of
5 accused 7 screaming
7 screaming 10 night
7 screaming 12 waken
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 night
11 to 12 waken
12 waken 13 and
12 waken 14 scare
12 waken 17 meadow
15 the 17 meadow
16 little 17 meadow
17 meadow 18 and
17 meadow 19 forest
17 meadow 20 people
17 meadow 22 wanted
20 people 21 who
22 wanted 23 to
23 to 24 sleep
24 sleep 25 .

it was no wonder that his head ached . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 wonder
4 wonder 5 that
4 wonder 8 ached
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 ached
8 ached 9 .

hardly any of the little meadow and forest people would speak to him now . 
1 hardly 2 any
1 hardly 6 meadow
1 hardly 11 speak
3 of 6 meadow
4 the 6 meadow
5 little 6 meadow
6 meadow 7 and
6 meadow 8 forest
6 meadow 9 people
10 would 11 speak
11 speak 12 to
11 speak 13 him
13 him 14 now
13 him 15 .

they just turned their backs to him whenever he met them . 
1 they 10 met
2 just 5 backs
3 turned 5 backs
4 their 5 backs
5 backs 7 him
5 backs 8 whenever
5 backs 10 met
6 to 7 him
8 whenever 9 he
10 met 11 them
11 them 12 .

he didn't mind this so much , because he knew that none of them had ever liked him very well . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 10 knew
2 didn't 3 mind
2 didn't 6 much
4 this 6 much
5 so 6 much
7 , 8 because
8 because 10 knew
9 he 10 knew
10 knew 11 that
10 knew 20 well
10 knew 21 .
12 none 13 of
12 none 14 them
12 none 16 ever
12 none 17 liked
15 had 16 ever
17 liked 18 him
17 liked 20 well
19 very 20 well

you see he had [played] [too] many mean [tricks] [for] [any] [one] to [really] [like] him . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 8 mean
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 7 many
8 mean 13 to
13 to 16 him
16 him 17 .

but he did hate to have them blame him for something that he hadn't done . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 14 hadn't
3 did 4 hate
4 hate 8 blame
5 to 7 them
5 to 8 blame
6 have 7 them
8 blame 9 him
8 blame 10 for
8 blame 14 hadn't
11 something 14 hadn't
12 that 14 hadn't
13 he 14 hadn't
14 hadn't 15 done
15 done 16 .

" it 's too much for me ! " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 10 said
2 it 3 's
4 too 5 much
4 too 6 for
6 for 7 me
7 me 8 !
8 ! 9 "
8 ! 10 said
10 said 13 .

" it 's too much for me ! 
1 " 3 's
1 " 8 !
2 it 3 's
4 too 5 much
4 too 6 for
6 for 7 me
7 me 8 !

i must get help somewhere . 
1 i 2 must
2 must 5 somewhere
3 get 5 somewhere
4 help 5 somewhere
5 somewhere 6 .

now , who can [i] go [to] , so few will have anything to do with me ? " 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 who
3 who 18 ?
4 can 6 go
4 can 13 anything
4 can 15 do
6 go 8 ,
9 so 10 few
10 few 13 anything
11 will 12 have
12 have 13 anything
14 to 15 do
15 do 18 ?
16 with 17 me
17 me 18 ?
18 ? 19 "

" caw , caw , caw ! " 
1 " 6 caw
2 caw 4 caw
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 6 caw
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 !
7 ! 8 "

sammy [jay] pricked up his ears and spread his wings . 
1 sammy 3 pricked
3 pricked 4 up
3 pricked 5 his
3 pricked 6 ears
3 pricked 7 and
3 pricked 8 spread
3 pricked 11 .
8 spread 10 wings
9 his 10 wings

" my cousin [,] [blacky] [the] [crow] ! " he cried . 
1 " 11 cried
2 my 3 cousin
2 my 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 11 cried
10 he 11 cried
11 cried 12 .

" why didn't [i] think of him before ? 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 didn't
2 why 9 ?
3 didn't 5 think
3 didn't 7 him
5 think 6 of
7 him 8 before

he ['s] [very] [smart] , [is] [blacky] [the] [crow] , and perhaps [he] can tell me [what] to do . " 
1 he 5 ,
5 , 21 "
10 , 11 and
10 , 12 perhaps
12 perhaps 14 can
14 can 15 tell
15 tell 16 me
16 me 21 "
18 to 19 do
18 to 20 .
20 . 21 "

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] [as] [fast] as he [could] to [lay] his [troubles] [before] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 so 7 as
7 as 8 he
7 as 18 .
8 he 12 his
10 to 12 his

[blacky] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [listened] [to] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [tale] [of] [woe] [.] 

when [sammy] had finished [and] [had] [asked] [for] [blacky] ['s] [advice] [,] [blacky] [went] [into] [a] [black] [study] [.] 
1 when 4 finished
3 had 4 finished

[sammy] [sat] [and] [waited] [patiently] [,] [for] [he] [felt] [certain] [that] [blacky] ['s] [shrewd] [head] [would] [find] [some] [plan] [to] [solve] [the] [mystery] [.] 

" how ? " asked [sammy] [jay] eagerly . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 ?
3 ? 4 "
3 ? 5 asked
5 asked 8 eagerly
8 eagerly 9 .

" go away from the [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [stay] away [for] [a] [week] , " replied [blacky] the [crow] . 
1 " 20 replied
2 go 3 away
2 go 14 away
3 away 4 from
4 from 5 the
14 away 18 ,
18 , 20 replied
19 " 20 replied
20 replied 22 the
20 replied 24 .

" go [up] [to] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] on the [edge] of the [mountain] , [where] [reddy] and [granny] [fox] are [living] [.] 
1 " 2 go
1 " 15 ,
2 go 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 12 of
12 of 13 the
15 , 18 and
18 and 21 are

" the very thing ! " cried [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 7 cried
2 the 4 thing
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 7 cried
5 ! 6 "
5 ! 7 cried
7 cried 10 .

" [i] ['ll] [move] [at] [once] ! " 
1 " 7 !
7 ! 8 "

and [off] he [hurried] to [prepare] [to] [move] [up] [to] the [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 and 3 he
3 he 5 to
5 to 11 the

[xi] 

[how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] 

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 thief 5 !
4 thief 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

old [granny] [fox] [,] [trotting] [along] [a] [cow-path] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] [on] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [mountain] , [heard] [it] and [grinned] [.] 
1 old 22 and
19 , 22 and

pretty soon he caught sight of a wonderful coat of bright blue with white trimmings . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 5 sight
3 he 4 caught
4 caught 5 sight
5 sight 6 of
6 of 15 trimmings
7 a 8 wonderful
8 wonderful 9 coat
9 coat 15 trimmings
10 of 15 trimmings
11 bright 15 trimmings
12 blue 15 trimmings
13 with 15 trimmings
14 white 15 trimmings
15 trimmings 16 .

" hi [,] [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hi
2 hi 6 !

what are you doing [up] here ? " [shouted] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 what 4 doing
2 are 4 doing
3 you 4 doing
4 doing 6 here
4 doing 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

[sammy] [jay] [heard] [him] [and] [hurried] [over] [to] [where] [reddy] [fox] [was] [sitting] [.] 

" hello , [reddy] [fox] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
2 hello 6 !

how are you feeling ? " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 how 5 ?
2 are 3 you
2 are 4 feeling
2 are 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 10 .

" better , thank you . 
1 " 4 thank
2 better 4 thank
3 , 4 thank
4 thank 5 you
4 thank 6 .

what are you doing way up here in this lonely place ? " replied [reddy] . 
1 what 4 doing
2 are 4 doing
3 you 4 doing
4 doing 5 way
4 doing 6 up
4 doing 7 here
4 doing 9 this
4 doing 12 ?
8 in 9 this
9 this 11 place
10 lonely 11 place
12 ? 13 "
13 " 14 replied
14 replied 16 .

" it 's a long story , " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 3 's
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 long
4 a 6 story
6 story 12 .
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" tell it to me , " [begged] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 " 2 tell
2 tell 3 it
2 tell 5 me
3 it 4 to
5 me 7 "
6 , 7 "

then [he] [told] [about] [blacky] [the] [crow] ['s] [plan] , [which] [was] [that] [sammy] [should] come to the [old] [pasture] and [live] [for] [a] [week] [.] 
1 then 10 ,
10 , 21 and
16 come 17 to
16 come 21 and
17 to 18 the

[reddy] [fox] [chuckled] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 

that [night] [sammy] [jay] [found] [a] [comfortable] [place] [which] seemed [quite] [safe] [in] [which] to go to sleep . 
1 that 10 seemed
10 seemed 15 to
15 to 18 sleep
16 go 18 sleep
17 to 18 sleep
18 sleep 19 .

sammy screamed twice . 
1 sammy 2 screamed
2 screamed 3 twice
2 screamed 4 .

boomer heard him and down he came with a rush . 
1 boomer 2 heard
1 boomer 3 him
1 boomer 4 and
1 boomer 5 down
1 boomer 6 he
1 boomer 7 came
7 came 10 rush
8 with 10 rush
9 a 10 rush
10 rush 11 .

" why , [sammy] [jay] , what [under] [the] [sun] are you doing [way] [off] here ? " exclaimed [boomer] [.] 
1 " 2 why
1 " 19 exclaimed
2 why 3 ,
3 , 18 "
6 , 7 what
7 what 13 doing
11 are 13 doing
12 you 13 doing
13 doing 16 here
13 doing 17 ?
17 ? 18 "

" going to bed , " replied [sammy] . 
1 " 2 going
1 " 7 replied
2 going 3 to
2 going 4 bed
4 bed 5 ,
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 9 .

" [say] , [boomer] , will you do something for me ? " 
1 " 3 ,
1 " 7 you
5 , 6 will
6 will 7 you
7 you 12 ?
8 do 12 ?
9 something 10 for
10 for 11 me
11 me 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" [that] [depends] [upon] what it is , " [replied] [boomer] . 
1 " 5 what
5 what 6 it
6 it 7 is
6 it 12 .
7 is 9 "
8 , 9 "

boomer promised that he would , and off he started . 
1 boomer 2 promised
1 boomer 3 that
1 boomer 4 he
1 boomer 5 would
1 boomer 7 and
1 boomer 9 he
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 off
9 he 10 started
10 started 11 .

he found [peter] and told him . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 6 him
4 and 5 told
5 told 6 him
6 him 7 .

[xii] 

[no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] 

[peter] [rabbit] [sat] [in] [his] [secret] [place] [in] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [.] 

peter was doing some very hard thinking . 
1 peter 7 thinking
1 peter 8 .
2 was 7 thinking
3 doing 4 some
3 doing 7 thinking
5 very 6 hard
6 hard 7 thinking

he ought to have been asleep , for he had been out the whole night long . 
1 he 11 been
2 ought 3 to
2 ought 4 have
4 have 5 been
4 have 11 been
5 been 6 asleep
6 asleep 7 ,
8 for 9 he
9 he 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 14 whole
11 been 16 long
12 out 13 the
13 the 14 whole
14 whole 15 night
16 long 17 .

but instead of sleeping , he was wide awake and thinking and thinking . 
1 but 2 instead
2 instead 3 of
2 instead 4 sleeping
4 sleeping 5 ,
4 sleeping 9 awake
4 sleeping 14 .
6 he 9 awake
7 was 9 awake
8 wide 9 awake
9 awake 10 and
9 awake 11 thinking
9 awake 12 and
9 awake 13 thinking

you see [early] [the] [night] [before] [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [had] [told] [peter] that [sammy] [jay] was [up] in the [far-away] [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 13 that
13 that 16 was
16 was 18 in
18 in 19 the

[boomer] [had] [seen] [him] [going] [to] [bed] [there] [and] [had] [come] [straight] [down] [to] [tell] [peter] [.] 

so he had hurried this way and that way [,] [telling] [every] [one] [he] [met] [how] [sammy] [jay] [had] [moved] [away] [to] [the] [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 so 4 hurried
2 he 3 had
2 he 4 hurried
4 hurried 9 way
5 this 6 way
5 this 9 way
6 way 7 and
8 that 9 way

but no one believed him . 
1 but 2 no
1 but 4 believed
2 no 3 one
4 believed 5 him
5 him 6 .

" wait and see ! 
1 " 2 wait
2 wait 4 see
2 wait 5 !
3 and 4 see

wait and see [!] ["] [said] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 wait 3 see
1 wait 9 .
2 and 3 see

" it 's [just] a [trick] , " said [bobby] [coon] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 8 "
2 it 3 's
3 's 5 a
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" [but] [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [saw] [him] [up] there going to [bed] [and] [talked] [with] him ! " cried [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 9 there
1 " 19 cried
10 going 11 to
11 to 16 him
16 him 17 !
17 ! 18 "
17 ! 19 cried
19 cried 22 .

" [but] that would be a [wrong] story , and [i] [don't] [believe] that [boomer] [would] [do] [anything] [like] [that] ! " cried [peter] . 
1 " 14 that
1 " 21 !
3 that 4 would
4 would 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 8 story
8 story 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 14 that
21 ! 22 "
22 " 23 cried
23 cried 25 .

just then there was a shrill scream of " [thief] [!] thief ! thief ! " over in the alder bushes . 
1 just 2 then
1 just 6 shrill
3 there 4 was
3 there 6 shrill
5 a 6 shrill
6 shrill 7 scream
6 shrill 12 thief
7 scream 8 of
9 " 12 thief
12 thief 13 !
12 thief 14 thief
14 thief 15 !
14 thief 20 alder
15 ! 16 "
17 over 20 alder
18 in 20 alder
19 the 20 alder
20 alder 21 bushes
21 bushes 22 .

it [certainly] [sounded] [like] [sammy] [jay] 's [voice] . 
1 it 7 's
1 it 9 .

" what did [i] tell you ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 did
2 what 7 ?
5 tell 6 you
6 you 7 ?

now what do you think ? " cried [bobby] [coon] . 
1 now 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
3 do 5 think
5 think 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 cried
8 cried 11 .

peter didn't know what to think , and he said so . 
1 peter 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
2 didn't 6 think
2 didn't 12 .
3 know 4 what
5 to 6 think
6 think 11 so
7 , 8 and
7 , 9 he
9 he 10 said
9 he 11 so

so [now] [peter] [sat] [in] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [thinking] [and] [thinking] , [when] he [should] [have] [been] [asleep] [.] 
1 so 14 he
12 , 14 he

finally he yawned and stretched and then started along one of his private little paths . 
1 finally 3 yawned
2 he 3 yawned
3 yawned 4 and
3 yawned 5 stretched
3 yawned 6 and
3 yawned 7 then
3 yawned 8 started
3 yawned 9 along
9 along 15 paths
9 along 16 .
10 one 15 paths
11 of 15 paths
12 his 13 private
13 private 15 paths
14 little 15 paths

" [i] 'll [just] [run] up [to] [the] [green] [forest] and [try] [to] [find] [sammy] [jay] , " he said . 
1 " 3 'll
1 " 20 said
6 up 11 and
6 up 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 20 said
19 he 20 said
20 said 21 .

so [peter] [hunted] [and] [hunted] [all] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [for] [sammy] [jay] , and [asked] [everybody] he [met] [if] they had seen [sammy] . 
1 so 18 he
1 so 21 they
14 , 15 and
14 , 18 he
21 they 22 had
22 had 23 seen
23 seen 25 .

but no one had [,] [though] [every] [one] [took] [pains] [to] [tell] [peter] [that] [they] [had] [heard] [sammy] in the night . 
1 but 20 the
2 no 3 one
2 no 19 in
3 one 4 had
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 night
21 night 22 .

at last [peter] [found] [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 6 the

he was [muttering] and [grumbling] [to] himself , and [he] [didn't] [see] [peter] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 7 himself
2 was 4 and
7 himself 9 and
7 himself 14 .
8 , 9 and

[xiii] 

[sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] 

sticky-toes was quite upset . 
1 sticky-toes 4 upset
2 was 3 quite
3 quite 4 upset
4 upset 5 .

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

" don't know what it means ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
2 don't 7 !
3 know 6 means
4 what 6 means
5 it 6 means

don't know what it means ! 
1 don't 2 know
1 don't 6 !
2 know 5 means
3 what 5 means
4 it 5 means

don't know what it means ! ["] [croaked] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [,] [over] [and] [over] [again] [.] 
1 don't 2 know
1 don't 6 !
2 know 5 means
3 what 5 means
4 it 5 means

" don't know what what means ? " [asked] [peter] [rabbit] [,] [whose] [curiosity] would not let him [keep] [still] . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 what
3 know 5 what
5 what 6 means
5 what 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 21 .
15 would 16 not
15 would 17 let
17 let 18 him
18 him 21 .

" hello , [long-ears] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
2 hello 5 !

i don't know that it ['s] [any] [of] your [business] ! " said [sticky-toes] . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 that
3 know 5 it
5 it 15 .
9 your 11 !
11 ! 12 "
11 ! 13 said
13 said 15 .

sticky-toes nodded his head . 
1 sticky-toes 2 nodded
2 nodded 4 head
2 nodded 5 .
3 his 4 head

" [i] heard it , " said he . 
1 " 7 said
3 heard 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 7 said
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
7 said 9 .

" [but] how could [sammy] [jay] be down here [if] [he] [went] [to] [bed] [way] [off] [there] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] ? 
1 " 3 how
3 how 4 could
3 how 22 ?
4 could 7 be
8 down 9 here
9 here 22 ?

tell me [that] , [sticky-toes] ? " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 4 ,
2 me 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 11 .

sticky-toes shook his head . 
1 sticky-toes 2 shook
2 shook 4 head
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 .

" don't ask me ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 ask
3 ask 4 me
4 me 5 !

don't ask me ! 
1 don't 2 ask
2 ask 3 me
3 me 4 !

just tell me how it is [that] [i] [hear] my own voice [when] [i] [don't] [speak] [a] [word] , " said [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] . 
1 just 4 how
2 tell 3 me
2 tell 4 how
4 how 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 10 my
10 my 11 own
11 own 26 .
12 voice 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 said
21 said 26 .

" what 's that ? " exclaimed [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
2 what 5 ?
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
5 ? 7 exclaimed
7 exclaimed 10 .

then [sticky-toes] [poured] out [all] [his] [troubles] [to] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 then 4 out
4 out 11 .

they were very much like [the] [troubles] [of] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 very
3 very 4 much
3 very 11 .
4 much 5 like

he was getting so worried that he couldn't eat . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 8 couldn't
2 was 3 getting
3 getting 5 worried
4 so 5 worried
5 worried 6 that
5 worried 8 couldn't
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 eat
9 eat 10 .

peter [rabbit] listened with his mouth wide open . 
1 peter 7 wide
3 listened 4 with
3 listened 7 wide
5 his 6 mouth
6 mouth 7 wide
7 wide 8 open
7 wide 9 .

it was just the same kind of a story [that] [sammy] [jay] [had] told . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 6 kind
3 just 5 same
4 the 5 same
5 same 6 kind
6 kind 7 of
6 kind 9 story
8 a 9 story
9 story 14 told
9 story 15 .

what under the sun could be going on ? 
1 what 4 sun
1 what 9 ?
2 under 4 sun
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 8 on
5 could 6 be
6 be 7 going
7 going 8 on

peter couldn't understand it at all . 
1 peter 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 understand
3 understand 4 it
3 understand 6 all
3 understand 7 .
5 at 6 all

it certainly was very , very curious . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 4 very
3 was 4 very
4 very 5 ,
4 very 7 curious
4 very 8 .
6 very 7 curious

he just [must] [find] [out] about it [!] 
1 he 2 just
2 just 6 about
6 about 7 it

[xiv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

after [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [had] [poured] [out] [his] [troubles] [,] [peter] [went] [back] [to] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [,] [more] [puzzled] [than] [ever] [.] 
1 after 3 the

wasn't it enough to drive any one crazy ? 
1 wasn't 2 it
1 wasn't 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
3 enough 5 drive
5 drive 8 crazy
6 any 7 one
7 one 8 crazy
8 crazy 9 ?

the more [peter] [studied] over it , [the] [more] [puzzled] he grew . 
1 the 12 grew
2 more 12 grew
5 over 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 11 he
11 he 12 grew
12 grew 13 .

the [next] [night] [he] [started] [out] [for] [the] [green] [forest] [with] [a] [new] [plan] [in] [his] head . 
1 the 17 head
17 head 18 .

he would [hide] [down] [among] [the] [alders] [by] [the] [laughing] [brook] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 12 .

he [would] [see] [for] himself [who] was [screaming] [with] [the] [voice] [of] [sammy] [jay] and [talking] [with] the [voice] of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 he 5 himself
1 he 7 was
7 was 15 and
15 and 18 the
18 the 20 of
20 of 22 the

he just had to [know] [!] 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 had
3 had 4 to

he was [hurrying] so that [he] [almost] [ran] [into] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 so
2 was 14 .
4 so 5 that

" yo ' [seem] [to] [be] in [a] [powerful] [hurry] , [brer] [rabbit] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 16 said
2 yo 3 '
7 in 11 ,
11 , 16 said
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 20 .

" [i] [am] , " replied [peter] . 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 8 .

" [i] [must] [get] [down] to the [laughing] [brook] [before] [dark] . " 
1 " 13 "
6 to 7 the
6 to 12 .
12 . 13 "

" ['] [pears] [to] [me] it must be [mighty] [impo'tant] to [make] [yo] ['] [hurry] this way , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 6 it
1 " 19 "
6 it 8 be
7 must 8 be
8 be 11 to
16 this 17 way
17 way 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 25 .

" it is , " replied [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 3 is
1 " 4 ,
2 it 3 is
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 9 .

" it 's to [keep] me [from] [going] [crazy] . " 
1 " 3 's
1 " 11 "
2 it 3 's
4 to 6 me
6 me 11 "
10 . 11 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [peter] [very] [hard] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [thought] [that] [peter] [was] [crazy] [already] [.] 

then he put a hand behind one ear just as if he was hard of hearing . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 8 ear
3 put 5 hand
4 a 5 hand
5 hand 8 ear
6 behind 8 ear
7 one 8 ear
8 ear 14 hard
8 ear 17 .
9 just 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 hard
14 hard 16 hearing
15 of 16 hearing

peter chuckled in spite of himself , as he once more replied : 
1 peter 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 4 spite
2 chuckled 6 himself
2 chuckled 8 as
2 chuckled 9 he
3 in 4 spite
4 spite 5 of
7 , 8 as
9 he 11 more
9 he 13 :
10 once 11 more
12 replied 13 :

" it 's to [keep] me [from] [going] [crazy] . " 
1 " 3 's
1 " 11 "
2 it 3 's
4 to 6 me
6 me 11 "
10 . 11 "

then [peter] [told] [unc] ['] [billy] all [about] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [troubles] and [all] [about] the [troubles] of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 then 7 all
7 all 20 the
13 and 16 the
16 the 18 of
18 of 20 the

he listened to all that [peter] [rabbit] had to say , and a funny , pleased sort of look came into his eyes . 
1 he 2 listened
1 he 8 had
1 he 16 pleased
2 listened 3 to
2 listened 4 all
4 all 5 that
9 to 10 say
10 say 11 ,
10 say 16 pleased
11 , 12 and
13 a 14 funny
14 funny 16 pleased
15 , 16 pleased
16 pleased 17 sort
17 sort 18 of
17 sort 19 look
19 look 23 eyes
20 came 21 into
21 into 23 eyes
22 his 23 eyes
23 eyes 24 .

" ah reckon [ah] [will] [go] [along] [with] [yo'all] , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 12 said
2 ah 3 reckon
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
12 said 14 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] went [with] [peter] [rabbit] to [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [where] [they] [hid] [underneath] [the] [alders] . 
1 so 6 went
6 went 10 to
10 to 21 .

[xv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] 

" what 's that ? " asked [peter] , [pricking] [up] [his] [ears] . 
1 " 7 asked
2 what 3 's
2 what 5 ?
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
5 ? 7 asked
7 asked 9 ,
7 asked 14 .

" [nothing] , [nothing] [,] [brer] [rabbit] [,] [nothing] [at] [all] [.] 
1 " 3 ,

ah [has] [a] [habit] [of] [just] [talking] [foolishness] [to] [mahself] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 replied
13 replied 17 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [agreed] [,] [and] [side] [by] [side] [they] [sat] [as] [still] [as] [if] [they] [were] [made] [of] [wood] [or] [stone] [.] 

it grew later and later , and still there was not a sound of the voice [of] [either] [sammy] [jay] [or] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 it 13 sound
2 grew 3 later
2 grew 4 and
2 grew 5 later
2 grew 7 and
2 grew 8 still
6 , 7 and
8 still 13 sound
9 there 10 was
9 there 13 sound
11 not 13 sound
12 a 13 sound
13 sound 14 of
13 sound 16 voice
14 of 15 the

peter began to get hungry . 
1 peter 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 5 hungry
3 to 4 get
5 hungry 6 .

the more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew . 
1 the 11 grew
2 more 11 grew
3 he 9 hungrier
4 thought 9 hungrier
5 about 6 it
5 about 9 hungrier
7 , 9 hungrier
8 the 9 hungrier
9 hungrier 10 he
9 hungrier 11 grew
11 grew 12 .

the moonbeams crept farther and farther [into] [the] [thicket] [of] [alder] [trees] [and] [bushes] [where] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [were] [hiding] [.] 
1 the 2 moonbeams
2 moonbeams 3 crept
2 moonbeams 4 farther
2 moonbeams 5 and
2 moonbeams 6 farther

then [it] [was] [that] [they] [heard] the [voice] of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 then 7 the
7 the 9 of
9 of 11 the

peter looked up . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
3 up 4 .

there [sat] [sticky-toes] [himself] [,] [but] [his] [voice] was [coming] [from] [an] [alder] [on] the other side of the [laughing] [brook] [.] 
1 there 9 was
9 was 15 the
15 the 16 other
16 other 17 side
17 side 18 of
17 side 19 the

" do you hear that ? 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 6 ?
4 hear 5 that
4 hear 6 ?

do you hear that ? 
1 do 2 you
2 you 5 ?
3 hear 4 that
3 hear 5 ?

there 's my voice over there , and here [i] am [here] ! 
1 there 2 's
2 's 13 !
3 my 13 !
4 voice 5 over
5 over 6 there
5 over 8 and
5 over 9 here
7 , 8 and
9 here 11 am
9 here 13 !

what do you make of it ? " [whispered] [sticky-toes] . 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 make
4 make 5 of
5 of 6 it
5 of 11 .
6 it 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

peter didn't know what to make of it . 
1 peter 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
2 didn't 6 make
2 didn't 8 it
3 know 4 what
5 to 6 make
6 make 7 of
8 it 9 .

all he could do [was] [to] [gaze] [at] [sticky-toes] [as] [if] [he] [thought] [sticky-toes] [was] [a] [ghost] [.] 
1 all 3 could
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do

peter [turned] [to] [ask] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [what] [he] [thought] , [but] [unc] ' [billy] [wasn't] there [.] 
1 peter 12 ,
12 , 15 '
15 ' 18 there

[xvi] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] 

but [when] he [heard] [a] [whisper] [right] [over] [their] [heads] [and] looked up to see [sticky-toes] [himself] , [unc] ['] [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [out] [loud] [.] 
1 but 3 he
3 he 12 looked
12 looked 13 up
13 up 14 to
14 to 15 see
15 see 18 ,

" [yo] ' [can't] [fool] [uncle] [billy] , [so] don't go [fo] ' [to] [try] ! 
1 " 16 !
3 ' 10 don't
3 ' 13 '
8 , 10 don't
10 don't 11 go
13 ' 16 !

ah [knows] [yo] ['] , yes , [ah] [knows] [yo] ' [ah] [knows] [yo] ' [,] [mistah] [sly] . " 
1 ah 5 ,
5 , 20 "
6 yes 7 ,
6 yes 11 '
11 ' 15 '
15 ' 19 .
19 . 20 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [is] [very] [soft-footed] [,] [oh] [,] [very] [soft-footed] [indeed] [,] [when] [he] [wants] [to] [be] [.] 

you see [one] must [needs] be very [soft-footed] [to] [steal] [eggs] [in] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 you 2 see
1 you 4 must
4 must 6 be
6 be 7 very

peter rubbed his eyes and stared all around , [this] way [and] [that] [way] , [but] [no] [sign] [of] [unc] ' [billy] [could] [he] [see] [.] 
1 peter 2 rubbed
2 rubbed 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
3 his 11 way
4 eyes 6 stared
4 eyes 9 ,
5 and 6 stared
6 stared 8 around
7 all 8 around
11 way 15 ,
15 , 21 '

this [so] [surprised] [peter] [rabbit] [that] he [felt] [queer] [all] [over] [.] 
1 this 7 he

now [here] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [disappeared] , [just] [as] [if] the earth had swallowed him up . 
1 now 16 swallowed
9 , 13 the
13 the 14 earth
14 earth 16 swallowed
15 had 16 swallowed
16 swallowed 17 him
16 swallowed 18 up
16 swallowed 19 .

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

when he came to [the] [laughing] [brook] , he went up [a] way [until] he found [a] [big] [tree] [with] [a] [branch] [stretching] [clear] [across] [.] 
1 when 2 he
1 when 15 he
1 when 16 found
2 he 3 came
3 came 4 to
8 , 9 he
8 , 15 he
9 he 10 went
10 went 11 up
10 went 13 way

he was [across] the [laughing] [brook] [without] [even] [wetting] his [feet] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 10 his
2 was 4 the
10 his 12 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [waste] [any] [time] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [listened] [,] [and] [the] [longer] [he] [listened] [,] [the] [broader] [grew] [the] [smile] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [shrewd] [face] [.] 

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 thief 5 !
4 thief 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

it [certainly] [sounded] for all the world [like] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] , and it was [right] [over] [unc] ['] [billy] 's head . 
1 it 16 was
1 it 22 's
4 for 5 all
5 all 7 world
6 the 7 world
7 world 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 it
15 it 16 was
22 's 23 head
23 head 24 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [peered] [up] [through] [the] [alders] [.] 

the leaves were so thick that he could not see very well , but what he did see was enough . 
1 the 2 leaves
2 leaves 3 were
2 leaves 5 thick
4 so 5 thick
5 thick 8 could
5 thick 21 .
6 that 8 could
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 not
8 could 10 see
8 could 18 see
10 see 15 what
11 very 12 well
12 well 13 ,
12 well 15 what
13 , 14 but
15 what 17 did
16 he 17 did
19 was 20 enough
20 enough 21 .

it was a long tail , a tail of feathers hanging down . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 tail
5 tail 6 ,
5 tail 10 feathers
5 tail 11 hanging
5 tail 12 down
5 tail 13 .
7 a 8 tail
8 tail 9 of
8 tail 10 feathers

it wasn't [sammy] [jay] ['s] [tail] [,] either . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 8 either
8 either 9 .

" [don] ['] [yo'all] [think] that [yo'all] [have] [joked] [enough] ? " asked [unc] ['] [billy] , [trying] [hard] [to] [keep] [from] [chuckling] [aloud] . 
1 " 13 asked
6 that 11 ?
11 ? 12 "
11 ? 13 asked
13 asked 17 ,
13 asked 25 .

a [cry] of ["] [thief] ["] [stopped] [right] [in] [the] [middle] [,] [and] [two] [sharp] [eyes] [looked] [down] [in] [surprise] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 a 3 of

[xvii] 

[the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] 

" why , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 5 '
5 ' 8 !

what are yo'all doing way up here ? " cried the owner of the long tail and sharp eyes . 
1 what 3 yo'all
2 are 3 yo'all
3 yo'all 4 doing
3 yo'all 5 way
3 yo'all 6 up
3 yo'all 7 here
3 yo'all 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
8 ? 10 cried
10 cried 12 owner
11 the 12 owner
12 owner 13 of
12 owner 15 long
12 owner 16 tail
12 owner 17 and
12 owner 18 sharp
13 of 14 the
18 sharp 19 eyes
19 eyes 20 .

" this is mah home now . 
1 " 4 mah
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 mah
4 mah 5 home
4 mah 6 now
6 now 7 .

ah [done] [moved] [up] [here] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 replied
8 replied 12 .

" ['] [pears] to me that [the] [question] is what [am] [yo'all] doing [way] [off] [up] here ? 
1 " 9 is
1 " 10 what
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 that
6 that 9 is
10 what 13 doing
13 doing 17 here
13 doing 18 ?

ah [thought] [ah] [sho'ly] [done] [hear] [your] [voice] [the] [other] [day] [,] [and] [ah] most wore mah po ' feet out looking fo ' yo ' . 
1 ah 25 yo
15 most 18 po
16 wore 18 po
17 mah 18 po
18 po 19 '
18 po 20 feet
18 po 21 out
18 po 22 looking
18 po 23 fo
23 fo 24 '
23 fo 25 yo
25 yo 26 '
25 yo 27 .

ah [thought] [ah] [was] [mistaken] , but now [ah] [reckon] that [ah] was right , [after] all . 
1 ah 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 now
8 now 11 that
11 that 13 was
11 that 17 all
13 was 14 right
14 right 15 ,
17 all 18 .

my , [but] [ah] [am] [right] [smart] [glad] to see [yo] ['] ! " 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 14 "
9 to 10 see
10 see 13 !
13 ! 14 "

" thank yo ' , [unc] ['] [billy] [,] ["] [replied] [the] [owner] [of] [the] [long] [tail] and the [sharp] [eyes] [.] 
1 " 2 thank
2 thank 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 ,
5 , 18 and
18 and 19 the

" ah reckon yo ' can't be any more glad to see me , [than] [ah] [am] [to] [see] yo ' [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 4 yo
3 reckon 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 6 can't
4 yo 12 see
4 yo 20 yo
7 be 8 any
7 be 10 glad
8 any 9 more
10 glad 12 see
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 me
13 me 14 ,
20 yo 21 '

[fact] [is] [,] [ah] [was] [getting] [right] [smart] [lonesome] [.] 

" ' [pears] [like] if [all] [ah] [hear] [am] [true] [,] [that] [yo] ['] [haven't] [done] [much] [lying] [low] [nights] [.] 
1 " 5 if
2 ' 5 if

ah reckon yo ' done make up fo ' those lonesome feelings . 
1 ah 3 yo
2 reckon 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 8 fo
5 done 8 fo
6 make 7 up
6 make 8 fo
8 fo 9 '
8 fo 10 those
8 fo 11 lonesome
8 fo 12 feelings
12 feelings 13 .

yes , [sah] , [ah] [reckon] so [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 7 so

mah goodness [,] [man] [,] [yo] ['] [done] [set] [everybody] [to] [running] [around] [like] [they] [was] [crazy] ! " exclaimed [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 mah 2 goodness
2 goodness 18 !
18 ! 19 "
18 ! 20 exclaimed
20 exclaimed 24 .

the owner of the long tail and sharp eyes threw back his head and laughed , and his laugh was like the most beautiful music . 
1 the 2 owner
2 owner 3 of
2 owner 5 long
2 owner 6 tail
2 owner 7 and
2 owner 8 sharp
3 of 4 the
8 sharp 9 eyes
8 sharp 10 threw
10 threw 11 back
10 threw 13 head
10 threw 15 laughed
12 his 13 head
13 head 14 and
15 laughed 17 and
15 laughed 18 his
15 laughed 19 laugh
16 , 17 and
19 laugh 25 music
19 laugh 26 .
20 was 25 music
21 like 25 music
22 the 23 most
23 most 24 beautiful
24 beautiful 25 music

it made [unc] ['] [billy] feel [good] [just] [listening] [to] [it] [.] 
1 it 2 made
2 made 6 feel

the next [mo'ning] [everybody] [said] [that] [he] [had] [been] [screaming] just the same [,] [and] [po] ['] [sammy] [jay] [just] [moved] [away] . 
1 the 2 next
1 the 13 same
11 just 13 same
12 the 13 same
13 same 23 .

yo ' ought to be ashamed to play such jokes [.] ["] 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 6 ashamed
3 ought 4 to
3 ought 5 be
3 ought 6 ashamed
6 ashamed 10 jokes
7 to 8 play
8 play 10 jokes
9 such 10 jokes

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [as] [he] [said] [it] [.] 

then both little rascals laughed fit to kill themselves . 
1 then 4 rascals
2 both 4 rascals
3 little 4 rascals
4 rascals 5 laughed
4 rascals 6 fit
4 rascals 8 kill
4 rascals 9 themselves
6 fit 7 to
9 themselves 10 .

" yo ' come over to my house , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 11 said
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 7 my
3 ' 11 said
4 come 5 over
4 come 6 to
4 come 7 my
7 my 8 house
9 , 11 said
10 " 11 said
11 said 15 .

she [done] [been] [laughing] [at] [me] [fo] ['] [a] [week] [,] [because] [ah] was [sho] ['] [ah] [done] [hear] [yo] ['] [that] [day] . " 
1 she 14 was
14 was 24 .
24 . 25 "

[xviii] 

[the] [mischief-makers] 

there was a [dreadful] time [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] in the [green] [forest] . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 a
3 a 5 time
5 time 11 in
11 in 12 the
11 in 15 .

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

it really was dreadful ! 
1 it 4 dreadful
2 really 4 dreadful
3 was 4 dreadful
4 dreadful 5 !

first [sammy] [jay] [had] [been] [accused] [of] [screaming] [in] [the] [night] and [keeping] [honest] [little] [meadow] [and] [forest] [people] [awake] [when] [they] [wanted] [to] [sleep] [.] 
1 first 12 and

and all the time [sammy] [jay] [hadn't] [made] [a] sound . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
2 all 11 .
3 the 4 time
3 the 10 sound

those who had been the very best of friends would pass without speaking . 
1 those 2 who
2 who 3 had
2 who 13 speaking
3 had 4 been
5 the 7 best
6 very 7 best
7 best 8 of
7 best 9 friends
9 friends 11 pass
10 would 11 pass
11 pass 13 speaking
12 without 13 speaking
13 speaking 14 .

you see , [everybody] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] and [in] [the] [green] [forest] [knows] everybody else [by] [their] [voice] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 9 and
9 and 15 everybody
15 everybody 16 else
16 else 20 .

instead , he went straight [over] [and] told [johnny] [chuck] the [unkind] things that he [had] [overheard] [mrs] [redwing] [saying] [about] [johnny] [.] 
1 instead 15 he
2 , 3 he
2 , 15 he
3 he 4 went
3 he 8 told
4 went 5 straight
8 told 14 that
11 the 13 things
13 things 14 that

and [so] it was [,] all over the [green] [meadows] [and] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 and 3 it
1 and 8 the
3 it 4 was
4 was 7 over
6 all 7 over

it seemed as if almost everybody was heard talking about some one else , and never saying nice things . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 4 if
2 seemed 5 almost
3 as 4 if
5 almost 6 everybody
6 everybody 9 talking
6 everybody 13 else
6 everybody 17 saying
7 was 9 talking
8 heard 9 talking
9 talking 10 about
11 some 13 else
12 one 13 else
14 , 15 and
14 , 17 saying
15 and 16 never
17 saying 19 things
18 nice 19 things
19 things 20 .

the only one who [still] [managed] [to] [keep] [on] [good] [terms] [with] [everybody] was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 the 2 only
1 the 19 .
2 only 3 one
3 one 4 who
4 who 14 was

my , my , no , indeed ! 
1 my 2 ,
1 my 3 my
3 my 4 ,
3 my 8 !
5 no 6 ,
6 , 7 indeed
7 indeed 8 !

then they would whisper and sometimes talk right out loud , when they felt sure that no one was near to hear . 
1 then 2 they
1 then 4 whisper
2 they 3 would
4 whisper 6 sometimes
4 whisper 10 loud
5 and 6 sometimes
7 talk 10 loud
8 right 10 loud
9 out 10 loud
10 loud 13 they
10 loud 15 sure
10 loud 22 hear
10 loud 23 .
11 , 13 they
12 when 13 they
14 felt 15 sure
15 sure 16 that
15 sure 17 no
15 sure 20 near
17 no 18 one
19 was 20 near
21 to 22 hear

what were they talking about ? 
1 what 4 talking
1 what 6 ?
2 were 4 talking
3 they 4 talking
4 talking 5 about

yes , [sir] , they were the [mischief-makers] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 they
5 they 6 were
6 were 7 the

it was great fun to fool everybody so . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 fun
3 great 4 fun
4 fun 5 to
4 fun 6 fool
4 fun 7 everybody
7 everybody 8 so
7 everybody 9 .

they never once stopped to think how very , very uncomfortable it kept everybody feeling . 
1 they 4 stopped
2 never 3 once
3 once 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 11 uncomfortable
7 how 11 uncomfortable
8 very 9 ,
8 very 11 uncomfortable
10 very 11 uncomfortable
11 uncomfortable 13 kept
11 uncomfortable 14 everybody
11 uncomfortable 15 feeling
11 uncomfortable 16 .
12 it 13 kept

[xix] 

[bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] 

[bobby] [coon] [had] [overslept] [.] 

usually [bobby] is [astir] [shortly] [after] [jolly] [,] [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [has] [gone] [to] [bed] [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 
1 usually 3 is

but [bobby] [is] [very] [irregular] [in] his [habits] . 
1 but 7 his
7 his 9 .

this [night] [bobby] [coon] [had] [overslept] [because] [he] [had] [not] [gone] [to] [bed] [until] [the] [middle] [of] [the] day . 
1 this 19 day
19 day 20 .

by this time [bobby] [coon] had [sticks] [in] [his] [eyes] [.] 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 6 had

he was so sleepy that it seemed to him that he never , never could get home . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 sleepy
3 so 4 sleepy
4 sleepy 7 seemed
4 sleepy 18 .
5 that 7 seemed
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 to
8 to 9 him
8 to 16 get
10 that 15 could
11 he 15 could
12 never 15 could
13 , 14 never
14 never 15 could
15 could 16 get
16 get 17 home

he was stumbling along through the [green] [forest] when he came to a hollow log . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 stumbling
3 stumbling 4 along
4 along 14 hollow
5 through 6 the
5 through 14 hollow
9 when 10 he
9 when 11 came
11 came 12 to
11 came 14 hollow
13 a 14 hollow
14 hollow 15 log
15 log 16 .

what do you think he did ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 6 did
1 what 7 ?
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
4 think 5 he

there [bobby] [slept] all the rest of the day [and] [until] [long] [after] [mr] [sun] [had] [pulled] [on] [his] [rosy] [nightcap] [.] 
1 there 4 all
4 all 9 day
5 the 6 rest
6 rest 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 day

perhaps he would have slept there all night , if he hadn't been waked up . 
1 perhaps 3 would
1 perhaps 5 slept
2 he 3 would
3 would 4 have
5 slept 6 there
5 slept 8 night
5 slept 14 waked
5 slept 16 .
7 all 8 night
9 , 10 if
10 if 12 hadn't
11 he 12 hadn't
12 hadn't 13 been
12 hadn't 14 waked
14 waked 15 up

it was the cry of " [thief] [!] thief ! thief ! " that waked him . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 15 waked
3 the 11 thief
4 cry 5 of
4 cry 11 thief
6 " 11 thief
9 thief 10 !
9 thief 11 thief
11 thief 12 !
11 thief 15 waked
12 ! 13 "
14 that 15 waked
15 waked 16 him
16 him 17 .

it seemed to come from right over his head . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 6 right
4 come 5 from
4 come 6 right
6 right 7 over
7 over 9 head
8 his 9 head
9 head 10 .

at first he couldn't think where he was . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 4 couldn't
2 first 8 was
3 he 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 think
6 where 8 was
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 .

then he remembered . 
1 then 3 remembered
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 4 .

" this is the [greatest] [joke] [that] [ever] [was] ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 3 is
1 " 12 said
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 the
10 ! 11 "
10 ! 12 said
12 said 16 .

" [pretty] [soon] [nobody] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [or] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [will] [speak] [to] [anybody] [else] [excepting] me . 
1 " 20 me
20 me 21 .

yo ' cert'nly have got all your ol ' tricks with yo ' [.] ["] 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 3 cert'nly
1 yo 12 yo
3 cert'nly 4 have
3 cert'nly 5 got
3 cert'nly 6 all
3 cert'nly 7 your
3 cert'nly 8 ol
8 ol 9 '
8 ol 10 tricks
10 tricks 11 with
12 yo 13 '

" yes , " said the voice , " ah done got all mah ol ' tricks and some more . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
2 yes 10 ah
4 " 5 said
4 " 10 ah
5 said 6 the
7 voice 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 ah
10 ah 14 mah
11 done 14 mah
12 got 13 all
12 got 14 mah
14 mah 15 ol
14 mah 17 tricks
15 ol 16 '
17 tricks 18 and
17 tricks 19 some
17 tricks 20 more
20 more 21 .

don ' yo ' think it is most time to stop ? 
1 don 2 '
1 don 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 5 think
3 yo 8 most
3 yo 12 ?
5 think 6 it
6 it 7 is
8 most 9 time
9 time 11 stop
10 to 11 stop

ah don't want to show mahself in daylight . 
1 ah 6 mahself
2 don't 6 mahself
3 want 4 to
3 want 6 mahself
5 show 6 mahself
6 mahself 8 daylight
7 in 8 daylight
8 daylight 9 .

besides , [if] [ah'm] [found] [out] [,] [nobody] [ain't] [gwine] [to] [have] [anything] [to] [do] with [me] [.] ["] 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 16 with

" don't yo ' worry . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 5 worry
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 5 worry
5 worry 6 .

nobody 's gwine to find yo ' out . 
1 nobody 3 gwine
2 's 3 gwine
3 gwine 4 to
3 gwine 5 find
3 gwine 6 yo
3 gwine 8 out
6 yo 7 '
8 out 9 .

we 'll keep it up just a day or two longer . 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 keep
3 keep 4 it
3 keep 5 up
3 keep 11 longer
6 just 7 a
7 a 8 day
8 day 10 two
8 day 11 longer
9 or 10 two
11 longer 12 .

yo ' cert'nly am powerful good at imitating other people 's voices . 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 3 cert'nly
3 cert'nly 8 imitating
4 am 8 imitating
5 powerful 8 imitating
6 good 8 imitating
7 at 8 imitating
8 imitating 9 other
8 imitating 10 people
8 imitating 11 's
8 imitating 12 voices
8 imitating 13 .

ah [wonder] [that] [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] [hasn't] [got] [his] [eye] [on] [yo] ' [before] now , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 ah 5 '
5 ' 19 said
14 ' 16 now
14 ' 19 said
16 now 17 ,
17 , 18 "
19 said 24 .

[bobby] [coon] [had] [become] [wide] [awake] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 

[bobby] [waited] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] [his] [friend] [had] [left] [.] 

then he crawled out of the hollow log , and he was chuckling to himself . 
1 then 3 crawled
2 he 3 crawled
3 crawled 4 out
3 crawled 8 log
4 out 5 of
6 the 8 log
7 hollow 8 log
8 log 13 chuckling
9 , 10 and
9 , 13 chuckling
11 he 13 chuckling
12 was 13 chuckling
13 chuckling 14 to
13 chuckling 15 himself
13 chuckling 16 .

" [i] 'll [just] have a little [talk] [with] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] , " said [bobby] to himself . 
1 " 3 'll
3 'll 5 have
5 have 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 19 himself
16 said 20 .
18 to 19 himself

[xx] 

[bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] 

bobby had watched him until his own neck ached . 
1 bobby 2 had
1 bobby 5 until
3 watched 4 him
3 watched 5 until
5 until 9 ached
6 his 7 own
6 his 8 neck
8 neck 9 ached
9 ached 10 .

[mistah] [buzzard] [hardly] [ever] [moved] [his] [wings] [.] 

at last [mistah] [buzzard] came [sailing] [down] [straight] [for] the [tall] [dead] tree . 
1 at 2 last
1 at 10 the
2 last 5 came
10 the 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

with two [or] [three] [flaps] [of] [his] [great] [wings] [he] [settled] [down] [on] [his] [favorite] [perch] and [looked] [down] [at] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 with 2 two
2 two 17 and

" good [mo'ning] , [brer] [coon] , " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 " 9 said
2 good 9 said
4 , 9 said
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 14 .

" [fair] [to] [middling] well , " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] , [with] [a] [twinkle] in his [eyes] . 
1 " 5 well
5 well 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 13 ,
8 said 20 .
17 in 18 his
18 his 20 .

" what [can] [ah] do [fo] ' [yo'all] ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 5 do
2 what 9 ?
5 do 7 '
9 ? 10 "

is there ? " 
1 is 2 there
1 is 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

bobby was using his very politest manner . 
1 bobby 6 politest
2 was 3 using
3 using 6 politest
4 his 6 politest
5 very 6 politest
6 politest 7 manner
6 politest 8 .

" [cert'nly] ! 
1 " 3 !

[cert'nly] [!] ["] [chuckled] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 

" it 's [mistah] [mockah] [the] [mocking-bird] [.] 
1 " 3 's
2 it 3 's

why , that bird just likes to go around making trouble ; he just naturally likes to . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 16 likes
3 that 16 likes
4 bird 16 likes
5 just 16 likes
6 likes 7 to
6 likes 8 go
6 likes 9 around
6 likes 16 likes
10 making 15 naturally
11 trouble 12 ;
11 trouble 15 naturally
13 he 15 naturally
14 just 15 naturally
15 naturally 16 likes
16 likes 17 to
16 likes 18 .

why do [yo] ['] [ask] , [brer] [coon] ? " 
1 why 9 ?
2 do 6 ,
2 do 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

" [because] he is [right] here [in] [the] [green] [forest] now , " replied [bobby] [coon] . 
1 " 4 is
1 " 14 replied
3 he 4 is
6 here 11 now
11 now 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 replied
14 replied 17 .

" what 's that [yo] ['] [am] [a-saying] [,] [brer] [coon] ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
2 what 12 ?
4 that 12 ?

what 's that ? " cried [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [,] [growing] [very] [excited] . 
1 what 2 's
1 what 4 ?
3 that 4 ?
4 ? 5 "
5 " 6 cried
6 cried 15 .

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [chuckled] [.] 

" yo ' [might] [have] [known] [unc] ' [billy] was [behind] [all] that [trouble] , " said he . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 17 said
2 yo 3 '
8 ' 13 that
8 ' 17 said
10 was 13 that
15 , 17 said
16 " 17 said
17 said 18 he
17 said 19 .

" yes , [sah] [,] [yo] ['] [might] [have] [known] [that] [ol] ['] [rascal] [was] [behind] it . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
2 yes 17 it
17 it 18 .

when [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [and] [mockah] [get] [their] [haids] [together] [,] there [sho'ly] [is] [gwine] [to] [be] [something] [doing] . " 
1 when 13 there
13 there 21 .
21 . 22 "

[xxi] 

[bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] 

[bobby] [coon] [had] [left] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sitting] [on] [his] [favorite] [dead] [tree] [.] 

every few minutes [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [would] [chuckle] . 
1 every 2 few
2 few 3 minutes
3 minutes 10 .

" [brer] [coon] is right [smart] , [and] [ah] [reckon] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] is [gwine] to get [a] [taste] [of] [his] [own] [medicine] [.] 
1 " 4 is
4 is 5 right
5 right 7 ,
7 , 12 '
12 ' 15 is
15 is 17 to
17 to 18 get

yes , [sah] , [ah] [reckon] he is [!] ["] [said] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 16 .

he whispered a few words in the ear of one and then hurried on to whisper to the next one . 
1 he 13 hurried
2 whispered 5 words
2 whispered 8 ear
3 a 4 few
4 few 5 words
6 in 7 the
6 in 8 ear
8 ear 9 of
8 ear 10 one
8 ear 13 hurried
11 and 12 then
12 then 13 hurried
13 hurried 14 on
13 hurried 15 to
13 hurried 16 whisper
16 whisper 17 to
16 whisper 19 next
16 whisper 20 one
16 whisper 21 .
18 the 19 next

when he got through , he always carried away with him a promise that just what he had asked should be done . 
1 when 2 he
1 when 3 got
1 when 6 he
1 when 17 he
3 got 4 through
5 , 6 he
6 he 8 carried
7 always 8 carried
8 carried 9 away
8 carried 11 him
8 carried 13 promise
8 carried 15 just
9 away 10 with
12 a 13 promise
13 promise 14 that
15 just 16 what
17 he 18 had
18 had 22 done
19 asked 20 should
20 should 21 be
21 be 22 done
22 done 23 .

it was the [busiest] [day] [that] [bobby] [coon] [could] [remember] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 11 .
2 was 3 the

it was the very next morning [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] was [trotting] [along] the [crooked] [little] [path] [down] [the] [hill] [.] 
1 it 2 was
1 it 12 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 5 next
4 very 5 next
5 next 6 morning
12 was 15 the

he was [just] [starting] out on his [daily] [round] [of] [calls] , and he was [grinning] [as] [only] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [can] [grin] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 15 was
2 was 6 on
5 out 6 on
7 his 14 he
12 , 13 and
12 , 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 25 .

" [mah] [name] is [billy] [possum] and [mah] [home] ['s] a [hollow] [tree] ! 
1 " 4 is
1 " 14 !
4 is 11 a
7 and 11 a

by [day] [or] night [ah] [wander] [forth] it 's all the [same] [to] [me] [!] 
1 by 4 night
1 by 11 the
8 it 9 's
8 it 10 all
10 all 11 the

ah [fill] [mah] [stomach] [with] [an] [egg] , [or] [sometimes] [it] [is] [fish] [;] [in] [fact] [ah] [always] [helps] [mahself] [to] [anything] [ah] [wish] [.] 
1 ah 8 ,

this [morning] [he] was [on] his [way] [to] [call] [first] [on] [johnny] [chuck] . 
1 this 4 was
4 was 6 his
6 his 14 .

[half-way] [down] [the] [hill] [he] [met] [bobby] [coon] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [stopped] [and] [held] [out] [one] [hand] [as] [he] [said] ["] [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [.] 

how do yo'all do this fine mo'ning ? " 
1 how 3 yo'all
2 do 3 yo'all
3 yo'all 7 mo'ning
3 yo'all 8 ?
4 do 7 mo'ning
5 this 7 mo'ning
6 fine 7 mo'ning
8 ? 9 "

[bobby] [coon] [walked] [right] [past] [as] [if] [he] [didn't] [see] [unc] ['] [billy] [at] [all] [.] 

he didn't even look at him . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 even
2 didn't 4 look
4 look 5 at
5 at 6 him
6 him 7 .

" what 's the matter with [yo] ['] [this] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] ? " shouted [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 16 shouted
2 what 5 matter
3 's 5 matter
4 the 5 matter
5 matter 6 with
5 matter 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
16 shouted 20 .

[bobby] [coon] [kept] [right] [on] [,] [without] [so] [much] [as] [turning] [his] [head] [.] 

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

" must be [that] [brer] [coon] [has] something [powerful] [impo'tant] [on] [his] [mind] , " [muttered] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [as] [he] [started] [on] [.] 
1 " 2 must
1 " 14 ,
2 must 3 be
2 must 8 something
14 , 15 "

pretty soon he [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [who] [had] [always] [been] [one] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [best] [friends] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he

jimmy was looking under every stick and stone for beetles for his breakfast . 
1 jimmy 10 beetles
2 was 3 looking
3 looking 10 beetles
4 under 10 beetles
5 every 6 stick
6 stick 7 and
6 stick 8 stone
6 stick 10 beetles
9 for 10 beetles
10 beetles 11 for
10 beetles 12 his
10 beetles 13 breakfast
13 breakfast 14 .

" good [mo'ning] , [neighbor] [skunk] ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] in his [heartiest] [voice] . 
1 " 9 said
2 good 4 ,
2 good 7 !
7 ! 8 "
7 ! 9 said
9 said 17 .
13 in 14 his
14 his 17 .

jimmy just went right on about his business . 
1 jimmy 2 just
1 jimmy 3 went
3 went 5 on
3 went 8 business
4 right 5 on
6 about 8 business
7 his 8 business
8 business 9 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [scratched] [his] [head] [.] 

his face had lost the cheerful grin with which he had started out . 
1 his 2 face
2 face 7 grin
3 had 4 lost
4 lost 7 grin
5 the 6 cheerful
6 cheerful 7 grin
7 grin 9 which
7 grin 12 started
7 grin 14 .
8 with 9 which
9 which 11 had
10 he 11 had
12 started 13 out

pretty soon he started on , but every few minutes he would stop and scratch his head thoughtfully . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 4 started
3 he 4 started
4 started 5 on
4 started 10 minutes
6 , 7 but
7 but 9 few
8 every 9 few
9 few 10 minutes
10 minutes 15 scratch
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 stop
13 stop 15 scratch
14 and 15 scratch
15 scratch 18 thoughtfully
16 his 17 head
17 head 18 thoughtfully
18 thoughtfully 19 .

he didn't know what to [make] [of] [bobby] [coon] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
2 didn't 5 to
3 know 4 what
5 to 13 .

he was so surprised that he hadn't known whether to be angry or not . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 surprised
3 so 4 surprised
4 surprised 5 that
4 surprised 7 hadn't
4 surprised 9 whether
4 surprised 15 .
6 he 7 hadn't
7 hadn't 8 known
9 whether 12 angry
9 whether 13 or
9 whether 14 not
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 angry

" ah [must] [find] [out] [what] [brer] [chuck] [knows] [about] [it] , " thought [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [as] he [trotted] [on] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 thought
14 thought 20 he
20 he 23 .

[xxii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [very] [sober] [as] [he] [hurried] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [to] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [house] [.] 

he was very sober indeed , and that is very [unusual] [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 5 indeed
3 very 17 .
4 sober 5 indeed
5 indeed 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 that
8 that 9 is
9 is 10 very

it was very plain to see that something was bothering him . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 plain
3 very 4 plain
4 plain 10 bothering
5 to 6 see
6 see 10 bothering
7 that 10 bothering
8 something 10 bothering
9 was 10 bothering
10 bothering 11 him
11 him 12 .

[johnny] [chuck] [was] [sitting] [on] [his] [doorstep] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [in] [sight] [,] [trotting] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [came] [to] [a] [stop] [about] [two] [feet] [behind] [johnny] [chuck] [.] 

" [a-hem] ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 5 said
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 said
5 said 9 .

[johnny] [chuck] [sat] [there] [without] [moving] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [hadn't] [heard] [.] 

" it 's a fine [mo'ning] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] in his [pleasantest] [voice] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 8 "
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
5 fine 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 17 .
13 in 14 his
14 his 17 .

instead of [replying] [,] [johnny] [chuck] [suddenly] [kicked] [up] [his] [heels] [and] [disappeared] [inside] [his] [house] [.] 
1 instead 2 of

after a while he started on . 
1 after 3 while
2 a 3 while
3 while 4 he
4 he 5 started
5 started 6 on
5 started 7 .

pretty soon he came to where [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [was] [playing] [all] by himself . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
2 soon 4 came
4 came 5 to
4 came 6 where
4 came 13 by
13 by 14 himself
14 himself 15 .

he didn't know that [unc] ['] [billy] was [about] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] said : " [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [meadow] [mouse] . " 
1 he 8 was
1 he 14 said
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 8 was
14 said 15 :
14 said 23 .
15 : 16 "
23 . 24 "

now [danny] [had] [always] [been] [delighted] [to] see [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [and] [to] [have] [a] [chat] [with] [him] [whenever] [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [stop] [.] 
1 now 8 see

but [this] [morning] [no] [sooner] did [danny] [hear] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [voice] [than] he turned [his] back to [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 but 6 did
1 but 15 he
15 he 16 turned
16 turned 18 back
18 back 19 to

this was more than [unc] ['] [billy] could stand . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 4 than
3 more 4 than
4 than 9 stand
4 than 10 .
8 could 9 stand

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gave] it [up] and went on [down] to the [smiling] [pool] [.] 
1 so 7 it
1 so 10 went
9 and 10 went
10 went 11 on
11 on 14 the
13 to 14 the

there [little] [joe] [otter] [and] [billy] [mink] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] were [at] [play] [.] 
1 there 11 were

" [hello] , [yo'alls] [!] " shouted [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 6 "
6 " 7 shouted
7 shouted 11 .

splash ! 
1 splash 2 !

all three [had] [dived] [into] [the] [smiling] [pool] [,] [and] [though] [unc] ['] [billy] [waited] [and] [waited] [,] [he] [didn't] [see] [one] [of] [them] [again] [.] 
1 all 2 three

so he [went] [home] to his [hollow] [tree] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [early] that day [to] [try] and [study] [out] [what] [it] [all] [meant] [.] 
1 so 2 he
1 so 14 that
2 he 6 his
5 to 6 his
14 that 15 day
15 day 18 and

[xxiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] 

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [has] [very] [sharp] [eyes] [.] 

nobody has sharper eyes than he . 
1 nobody 3 sharper
2 has 3 sharper
3 sharper 4 eyes
3 sharper 5 than
3 sharper 7 .
5 than 6 he

there is very little [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [misses] . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 little
3 very 11 .

by and by [unc] ['] [billy] [looked] up [in] [the] [sky] [where] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [was] [sailing] ['] [round] [and] ['] [round] . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 8 up
8 up 24 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] [hopped] up [mighty] [spry] . 
1 then 6 up
6 up 9 .

he [hadn't] [been] [there] [long] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [shuffling] [along] [,] just as if he was out walking for his health . 
1 he 15 just
1 he 23 his
15 just 16 as
16 as 17 if
17 if 18 he
18 he 19 was
19 was 21 walking
19 was 22 for
20 out 21 walking
23 his 24 health
24 health 25 .

" [howdy] , [mistah] [buzzard] ! 
1 " 3 ,
1 " 6 !

ah [cert'nly] [hopes] [yo'all] [feel] [right] [smart] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 14 .

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [replied] [:] ["] [ah] [feel] [right] [pert] [,] [brer] [possum] [,] [thank] [yo] ['] [.] 

ah hopes yo ' feel the same . 
1 ah 3 yo
2 hopes 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 7 same
5 feel 7 same
6 the 7 same
7 same 8 .

yo ' look like nothing ever bothers yo ' [.] ["] 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 7 bothers
1 yo 9 '
3 look 7 bothers
4 like 7 bothers
5 nothing 7 bothers
6 ever 7 bothers
7 bothers 8 yo

nothing ever does bother me . " 
1 nothing 2 ever
2 ever 3 does
3 does 4 bother
3 does 7 "
4 bother 5 me
6 . 7 "

" [ah] [watched] yo ' take [a] long [walk] [this] [mo'ning] , [brer] [possum] , " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 " 4 yo
1 " 17 said
4 yo 5 '
6 take 8 long
8 long 12 ,
12 , 17 said
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 22 .

" [did] [yo] ' [,] indeed [;] [yo] ' [have] [keen] [eyes] , [mistah] [buzzard] ! " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 18 replied
4 ' 6 indeed
4 ' 9 '
9 ' 13 ,
9 ' 16 !
16 ! 17 "
17 " 18 replied
18 replied 22 .

" ah saw yo ' meet a lot of yo ' friends . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 10 yo
3 saw 10 yo
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 10 yo
6 meet 10 yo
7 a 8 lot
8 lot 9 of
8 lot 10 yo
10 yo 11 '
10 yo 12 friends
12 friends 13 .

it 's fine [to] [have] [a] [lot] [of] friends , isn't it , [brer] [possum] ? " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 it 2 's
1 it 23 .
2 's 3 fine
9 friends 10 ,
10 , 18 said
11 isn't 12 it
11 isn't 16 ?
12 it 13 ,
16 ? 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 23 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sharply] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [stared] [,] [and] [for] [a] [minute] [he] [couldn't] [find] [his] [tongue] [.] 

then he heard a noise that sounded very much like a chuckle . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 heard
3 heard 5 noise
4 a 5 noise
5 noise 7 sounded
6 that 7 sounded
7 sounded 9 much
7 sounded 10 like
7 sounded 12 chuckle
8 very 9 much
11 a 12 chuckle
12 chuckle 13 .

in a few minutes it was a laugh . 
1 in 4 minutes
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
4 minutes 6 was
4 minutes 8 laugh
5 it 6 was
7 a 8 laugh
8 laugh 9 .

finally [unc] ['] [billy] began to laugh too . 
1 finally 7 laugh
5 began 6 to
5 began 7 laugh
7 laugh 8 too
7 laugh 9 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [shook] [his] [head] [doubtfully] [.] 

" [serves] [yo'alls] right ! 
1 " 5 !
4 right 5 !

" [ah] know it . 
1 " 3 know
3 know 4 it
4 it 5 .

it [cert'nly] [does] , " [replied] [unc] ['] [billy] [meekly] [.] 
1 it 5 "
4 , 5 "

" [mischief] [always] [trots] [ahead] [of] [grim] [ol] ['] [mistah] [trouble] , [they] [look] and [act] [enough] [alike] [to] [be] each other ['s] [double] . 
1 " 12 ,
12 , 15 and
15 and 21 each
21 each 22 other
22 other 25 .

[whoever] [fools] [with] [mischief] ['s] [gwine] [to] [wake] [some] [day] [or] [other] [and] [find] [that] [trouble] ['s] [just] [the] [same] [as] [mischief] ['s] [own] [twin] [brother] [.] ["] 

old [mrs] [possum] [grumbled] [and] [scolded] , but all the time [she] [was] [thinking] [,] and [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [she] [was] [.] 
1 old 16 and
7 , 8 but
7 , 16 and
8 but 9 all
9 all 10 the
9 all 11 time

finally she [finished] [sweeping] [the] [doorsteps] [and] [looked] [thoughtfully] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 finally 2 she

" why don't [yo] ['] [give] [a] [party] [fo] ['] [mistah] [mocking-bird] ? " [she] inquired [.] 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 don't
2 why 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 16 inquired

" [the] [very] [thing] ! " cried [unc] ['] [billy] , and like [a] [flash] [back] [came] [his] [old-time] [grin] . 
1 " 7 cried
5 ! 6 "
5 ! 7 cried
7 cried 11 ,
7 cried 21 .
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 like

[xxiv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] 

at first [unc] ['] [billy] had [been] afraid that no one would come . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 6 had
6 had 13 come
8 afraid 12 would
9 that 10 no
9 that 12 would
10 no 11 one
12 would 13 come
13 come 14 .

of course that meant that [unc] ['] [billy] [must] [take] them [around] [himself] . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 11 them
2 course 4 meant
3 that 4 meant
4 meant 5 that
11 them 14 .

my , but that was hard work ! 
1 my 2 ,
1 my 8 !
2 , 3 but
3 but 5 was
4 that 5 was
5 was 6 hard
6 hard 7 work

it took [him] [two] [whole] [days] [.] 
1 it 2 took

in the first place [there] [were] [so] [many] [to] [see] . 
1 in 4 place
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 11 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [make] [another] [low] [bow] and [hurry] [on] [to] the [next] [one] [.] 
1 then 14 the
10 and 14 the

[mistah] [buzzard] [had] [found] [sammy] [jay] [in] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] [,] [and] [sammy] [had] [moved] [back] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [very] [day] [.] 

such a good time as everybody did have ! 
1 such 2 a
1 such 5 as
1 such 9 !
2 a 3 good
3 good 4 time
5 as 6 everybody
5 as 7 did
8 have 9 !

there were heaps and heaps of good things to eat . 
1 there 2 were
1 there 5 heaps
3 heaps 4 and
3 heaps 5 heaps
5 heaps 6 of
5 heaps 7 good
5 heaps 8 things
5 heaps 10 eat
9 to 10 eat
10 eat 11 .

they danced and played hide and seek . 
1 they 2 danced
2 danced 4 played
3 and 4 played
4 played 7 seek
5 hide 7 seek
6 and 7 seek
7 seek 8 .

[finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [climbed] [up] [on] [a] [stump] [.] 

he was dressed in his finest suit , and he wore his broadest grin . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 dressed
3 dressed 4 in
3 dressed 6 finest
3 dressed 7 suit
5 his 6 finest
7 suit 13 broadest
8 , 9 and
8 , 10 he
10 he 11 wore
11 wore 13 broadest
12 his 13 broadest
13 broadest 14 grin
13 broadest 15 .

everybody [crowded] [around] [to] [hear] what [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [about] [to] [say] [.] 
1 everybody 6 what

" [mah] [friends] [and] [neighbors] , " said [unc] ' [billy] , " [ah] have a great surprise [fo] ['] [yo'alls] . " 
1 " 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 23 "
8 said 10 '
8 said 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 15 have
15 have 16 a
16 a 17 great
17 great 18 surprise
18 surprise 22 .
22 . 23 "

then he stepped down , and everybody began to wonder and to guess what the surprise could be . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 stepped
1 then 8 began
3 stepped 4 down
3 stepped 6 and
3 stepped 7 everybody
5 , 6 and
8 began 9 to
8 began 10 wonder
10 wonder 14 what
10 wonder 16 surprise
10 wonder 17 could
11 and 12 to
11 and 14 what
13 guess 14 what
15 the 16 surprise
17 could 18 be
18 be 19 .

[xxv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] 

everybody [was] [asking] everybody else [what] [the] [surprise] [could] [be] [which] [unc] ' [billy] [had] said he had for [them] . 
1 everybody 5 else
4 everybody 5 else
5 else 21 .
13 ' 16 said
16 said 17 he
16 said 21 .
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 for

after he had made his speech , he had scurried out of sight , and no one could find him . 
1 after 2 he
2 he 3 had
2 he 10 scurried
4 made 10 scurried
5 his 10 scurried
6 speech 10 scurried
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 had
8 he 10 scurried
10 scurried 13 sight
10 scurried 15 and
10 scurried 16 no
10 scurried 18 could
11 out 12 of
11 out 13 sight
14 , 15 and
16 no 17 one
18 could 19 find
19 find 20 him
20 him 21 .

[sammy] [jay] [became] [greatly] [excited] [.] 

" there ! " he cried ! 
1 " 2 there
1 " 6 cried
1 " 7 !
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 he
3 ! 6 cried

" you heard that [when] [you] was [standing] [right] [in] [front] [of] [me] [and] [talking] to me , [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 17 me
3 heard 4 that
4 that 7 was
7 was 16 to
16 to 17 me
17 me 18 ,

you know that [i] wasn't [making] [a] [sound] ! 
1 you 2 know
1 you 9 !
2 know 3 that
3 that 5 wasn't

i told you that [i] [hadn't] [been] [screaming] [in] [the] night , and [this] [proves] [it] [!] ["] 
1 i 2 told
2 told 3 you
2 told 4 that
4 that 11 night
11 night 13 and
12 , 13 and

[jerry] [muskrat] [looked] [as] [if] [he] [couldn't] [believe] [his] [own] [ears] [.] 

just then the [voice] of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [began] [to] [croak] ["] [it] ['s] [going] [to] [rain] [!] 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 the
3 the 5 of
5 of 7 the

it 's going to rain ! 
1 it 2 's
1 it 5 rain
3 going 4 to
3 going 5 rain
5 rain 6 !

it 's going to rain ! " 
1 it 2 's
1 it 5 rain
3 going 4 to
3 going 5 rain
5 rain 6 !
6 ! 7 "

the voice seemed to come out of that very same hemlock-tree . 
1 the 11 hemlock-tree
2 voice 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
3 seemed 5 come
5 come 11 hemlock-tree
6 out 7 of
6 out 11 hemlock-tree
8 that 11 hemlock-tree
9 very 11 hemlock-tree
10 same 11 hemlock-tree
11 hemlock-tree 12 .

it was [sticky-toes] [himself] , [and] he had [dropped] [from] [another] [tree] [altogether] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 5 ,
5 , 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 14 .

" you hear it ! " he shrieked , dancing up and down [he] [was] [so] [angry] [.] 
1 " 8 shrieked
2 you 3 hear
3 hear 4 it
3 hear 8 shrieked
5 ! 6 "
5 ! 8 shrieked
7 he 8 shrieked
8 shrieked 9 ,
8 shrieked 10 dancing
10 dancing 11 up
10 dancing 13 down
11 up 12 and

" you hear it ! 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 hear
3 hear 4 it
3 hear 5 !

it isn't me , is it ? 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 6 it
2 isn't 7 ?
3 me 4 ,
4 , 5 is
5 is 6 it

that 's my [voice] , [yet] it [isn't] [mine] , [because] [i] ['m] right here ! 
1 that 2 's
2 's 16 !
3 my 5 ,
3 my 16 !
7 it 10 ,
7 it 14 right
14 right 15 here
15 here 16 !

how can [i] be here and over there too ? 
1 how 2 can
1 how 10 ?
2 can 4 be
5 here 8 there
5 here 10 ?
6 and 7 over
7 over 8 there
8 there 9 too

tell me that ! " 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 3 that
2 me 4 !
4 ! 5 "

no one could [tell] [him] , and [sticky-toes] [continued] [to] [scold] [and] [sputter] [and] [swell] [himself] up [with] [anger] . 
1 no 2 one
1 no 6 ,
2 one 3 could
6 , 7 and
7 and 17 up
17 up 20 .

now [no] [one] [knew] [that] [blacky] [the] [crow] [had] come to the [party] , [for] [blacky] [never] [goes] [abroad] [at] [night] [.] 
1 now 10 come
1 now 14 ,
10 come 11 to
11 to 12 the

" come [out] , [blacky] [!] " [they] [all] shouted . 
1 " 2 come
2 come 4 ,
4 , 7 "
7 " 10 shouted
10 shouted 11 .

but no [blacky] appeared . 
1 but 2 no
2 no 4 appeared
4 appeared 5 .

instead out of that magic hemlock-tree poured a beautiful song , so beautiful that when it ended everybody clapped their hands . 
1 instead 6 hemlock-tree
2 out 3 of
2 out 6 hemlock-tree
4 that 6 hemlock-tree
5 magic 6 hemlock-tree
6 hemlock-tree 7 poured
6 hemlock-tree 8 a
6 hemlock-tree 9 beautiful
6 hemlock-tree 10 song
6 hemlock-tree 22 .
10 song 17 ended
11 , 12 so
12 so 13 beautiful
13 beautiful 17 ended
14 that 17 ended
15 when 17 ended
16 it 17 ended
17 ended 19 clapped
18 everybody 19 clapped
19 clapped 20 their
19 clapped 21 hands

no one had ever [heard] [anything] [like] [it] , and [when] [it] [ended] every one [shouted] [for] [more] . 
1 no 2 one
1 no 4 ever
1 no 9 ,
2 one 3 had
9 , 10 and
10 and 14 every
14 every 15 one
15 one 19 .

even [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [forgot] [his] [ill] [temper] [.] 
1 even 3 the

instead of more music , out from the hemlock-tree flew a stranger . 
1 instead 2 of
1 instead 9 hemlock-tree
3 more 9 hemlock-tree
4 music 5 ,
4 music 9 hemlock-tree
6 out 9 hemlock-tree
7 from 8 the
7 from 9 hemlock-tree
9 hemlock-tree 10 flew
9 hemlock-tree 11 a
9 hemlock-tree 12 stranger
9 hemlock-tree 13 .

he was about the [size] [of] [sammy] [jay] [and] [wore] [a] [modest] [gray] [suit] [with] [white] [trimmings] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 about
3 about 4 the
3 about 18 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [wore] [his] [broadest] [grin] [.] 

we uns is right sorry fo ' the trouble we uns have made . 
1 we 2 uns
2 uns 3 is
2 uns 4 right
2 uns 5 sorry
2 uns 6 fo
2 uns 12 have
2 uns 13 made
6 fo 7 '
6 fo 11 uns
8 the 11 uns
9 trouble 11 uns
10 we 11 uns
13 made 14 .

it was all a joke , and now we asks yo ' pardon . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 5 joke
2 was 3 all
4 a 5 joke
5 joke 6 ,
5 joke 10 asks
5 joke 14 .
6 , 7 and
8 now 9 we
8 now 10 asks
10 asks 11 yo
10 asks 13 pardon
11 yo 12 '

[mah] [friend] [mistah] [mockah] [would] [like] [to] [stay] [here] [and] [live] [,] [if] [yo'alls] [is] [willing] [,] ["] [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

[xxvi] 

[mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

while they were [talking] [the] [matter] [over] [,] [mr] [mocker] [began] [to] [sing] [again] [that] [wonderful] [song] [of] [his] [.] 
1 while 3 were
2 they 3 were

it was so beautiful that by the time it was ended , every one was ready to grant the pardon . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 16 ready
3 so 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 11 ended
5 that 10 was
6 by 7 the
6 by 8 time
8 time 10 was
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 ended
11 ended 12 ,
11 ended 13 every
11 ended 16 ready
13 every 14 one
15 was 16 ready
16 ready 17 to
16 ready 20 pardon
16 ready 21 .
18 grant 19 the
18 grant 20 pardon

of course they heard all about the party the next morning and were very anxious indeed to see the stranger with the wonderful voice . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 4 heard
3 they 4 heard
4 heard 6 about
5 all 6 about
6 about 8 party
7 the 8 party
8 party 15 anxious
8 party 23 wonderful
9 the 10 next
10 next 11 morning
11 morning 15 anxious
12 and 13 were
13 were 15 anxious
14 very 15 anxious
15 anxious 16 indeed
15 anxious 17 to
17 to 18 see
19 the 20 stranger
20 stranger 23 wonderful
21 with 23 wonderful
22 the 23 wonderful
23 wonderful 24 voice
24 voice 25 .

of [course] [mr] [mocker] [had] [to] [show] [off] his [wonderful] [voice] [to] [each] [one] . 
1 of 9 his
9 his 15 .

so he soon made himself at home and , because he was happy , he would sing all day long . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 4 made
3 soon 4 made
4 made 5 himself
4 made 20 long
6 at 7 home
6 at 18 all
7 home 8 and
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 he
10 because 13 happy
12 was 13 happy
13 happy 17 sing
13 happy 18 all
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 sing
18 all 19 day
19 day 20 long
20 long 21 .

and sometimes , when the moon was shining , he woke up in the night and would sing for very joy . 
1 and 2 sometimes
2 sometimes 11 woke
2 sometimes 17 would
2 sometimes 18 sing
3 , 11 woke
4 when 11 woke
5 the 6 moon
6 moon 8 shining
7 was 8 shining
8 shining 11 woke
9 , 11 woke
10 he 11 woke
11 woke 12 up
11 woke 15 night
11 woke 16 and
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 night
18 sing 21 joy
19 for 21 joy
20 very 21 joy
21 joy 22 .

it was great fun . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 fun
3 great 4 fun
4 fun 5 .

finally he thought of [grandfather] [frog] [,] [who] [is] [very] [old] [and] [very] [wise] . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 of
4 of 15 .

" he 'll [know] , " said [peter] , [as] [off] [he] [posted] to the [smiling] [pool] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 3 'll
1 " 7 said
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 9 ,
7 said 18 .
14 to 15 the
14 to 18 .

now [grandfather] [frog] was [feeling] [out] [of] [sorts] [that] [morning] [.] 
1 now 4 was

" [chugarum] ! " replied [grandfather] [frog] [crossly] . 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 9 .

" go [ask] [mr] [buzzard] , ["] and that was all that [peter] [could] [get] [out] [of] [him] [.] 
1 " 2 go
1 " 6 ,
6 , 8 and
8 and 11 all
9 that 10 was
9 that 11 all
11 all 12 that

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [laughed] [when] [he] [heard] [that] [some] [folks] [said] [that] [mr] [mocker] [had] [not] [come] [by] [his] [voice] [honestly] [.] 

" [there] isn't [a] [word] [of] [truth] [in] it , [brer] [rabbit] [,] ["] he [declared] [.] 
1 " 3 isn't
3 isn't 9 it
9 it 10 ,
10 , 15 he

" yo ' [go] [tell] all [your] [friends] that [mistah] [mockah] is [the] [best] [loved] [of] all the [birds] way [down] [souf] . " 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 12 is
6 all 9 that
9 that 12 is
12 is 17 all
17 all 18 the
18 the 20 way
20 way 23 .
23 . 24 "

and [this] [is] all for the [present] [about] [the] [adventures] of [mr] [mocker] the [mocking-bird] . 
1 and 4 all
4 all 14 the
4 all 16 .
5 for 6 the
6 the 11 of
11 of 14 the

but [others] [have] had [adventures] [,] [and] [one] [is] [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 but 4 had
4 had 12 .

the next book will tell all about them . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 book
3 book 7 about
4 will 5 tell
5 tell 7 about
6 all 7 about
7 about 8 them
8 them 9 .

[the] [end] 

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