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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 12 old
6 of 12 old

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

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[contents] 

i [the] [lone] [traveler] [ii] . 
1 i 6 .

[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 !

[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 ,

[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
2 with 3 her
3 her 10 ,
10 , 11 and

then follow other travelers , ever so many of them , all eager to get back to the [beautiful] [green] [forest] [and] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 then 4 travelers
2 follow 4 travelers
3 other 4 travelers
4 travelers 5 ,
4 travelers 6 ever
4 travelers 7 so
7 so 8 many
7 so 13 eager
8 many 9 of
9 of 10 them
10 them 11 ,
12 all 13 eager
13 eager 14 to
13 eager 15 get
15 get 16 back
16 back 17 to
17 to 18 the

[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
1 he 23 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 much
4 much 5 interested
5 interested 6 that
5 interested 18 things
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 13 see
9 to 15 himself
10 wish 12 could
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 see
14 for 15 himself
23 was 25 about
25 about 26 .

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 10 word
5 a 6 word
6 word 7 ,
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 2 just
1 he 3 listened
1 he 8 went
3 listened 5 listened
4 and 5 listened
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 went
8 went 9 on
9 on 11 his
10 about 11 his
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 14 started
2 didn't 3 say
2 didn't 8 any
3 say 4 anything
4 anything 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 to
8 any 9 one
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 14 started
13 just 14 started
14 started 15 off
15 off 16 by
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
7 do 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 thought
20 thought 21 he
20 thought 22 .

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

finally it dropped down , down , down until it disappeared among the trees . 
1 finally 3 dropped
1 finally 11 disappeared
2 it 3 dropped
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 12 among
12 among 13 the
12 among 14 trees
14 trees 15 .

" [ah] [reckon] [ah] ['ll] give [unc] ['] [billy] a surprise . 
1 " 6 give
6 give 10 a
10 a 11 surprise
11 surprise 12 .

yes , [sah] , [ah] [reckon] so . " 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 7 so
4 , 9 "
8 . 9 "

[ii] 

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

unc ' [billy] [possum] [sat] [at] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [great] [hollow] [tree] [in] [which] [his] [home] [is] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

unc ' [billy] [felt] [very] [fine] [that] [morning] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he could hear [old] [mrs] [possum] [cleaning] [house] [and] [scolding] [the] [little] [possums] [who] [kept] [climbing] [up] on her back . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 hear
3 hear 19 her
18 on 19 her
19 her 20 back
20 back 21 .

as he [listened] , [unc] ' [billy] [grinned] and began to sing [in] [a] [queer] [cracked] [voice] : 
1 as 2 he
2 he 10 began
4 , 6 '
4 , 9 and
9 and 10 began
10 began 11 to
10 began 12 sing
12 sing 18 :

" [mah] [ol] ['] woman [am] [a] [plain] [ol] ['] [dame] ['] [deed] [she] [am] ! 
1 " 16 !
5 woman 16 !

' [deed] she [am] [!] 
1 ' 3 she

quick [with] [her] [broom] , [with] [her] [tongue] [the] [same] ' [deed] she [am] ! 
1 quick 5 ,
1 quick 15 !
5 , 11 '
11 ' 13 she

' [deed] she [am] [!] 
1 ' 3 she

' [deed] [she] [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 , 15 '
15 ' 23 .

" [mah] goodness gracious sakes alive ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 10 exclaimed
3 goodness 5 sakes
4 gracious 5 sakes
5 sakes 6 alive
5 sakes 10 exclaimed
7 ! 8 "
7 ! 10 exclaimed
9 he 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 4 midst
2 in 4 midst
3 the 4 midst
4 midst 5 of
5 of 12 his
12 his 13 feet
13 feet 14 .

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

" 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 "
7 he 8 commanded
8 commanded 9 .

" how [do] [yo'alls] [think] [ah] can [hear] anything [with] [yo'alls] [making] [such] [a] [racket] ? " 
1 " 2 how
2 how 7 can
2 how 16 ?
7 can 9 anything
16 ? 17 "

" [ah] [cert'nly] thought [ah] [heard] [the] [voice] of [an] [ol] ['] [friend] [from] [way] [down] [souf] [!] 
1 " 4 thought
4 thought 9 of

[iii] 

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

unc ' [billy] [possum] [was] [excited] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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
23 the 24 little

yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] certainly [was] [excited] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 3 indeed
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 8 certainly
4 , 6 '
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 15 tree
6 the 8 of
8 of 12 the
12 the 14 hollow
14 hollow 15 tree
15 tree 24 .

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

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

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

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

unc ' [billy] [had] [forgotten] [all] [about] [that] [dinner] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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 7 didn't
2 had 3 listened
3 listened 5 listened
4 and 5 listened
6 but 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 hear
8 hear 9 it
9 it 15 was
10 again 11 ,
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 17 he
16 sure 21 that
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 heard
19 heard 20 it
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
4 he 5 catch
5 catch 7 glimpse
6 a 7 glimpse
7 glimpse 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 11 friend
10 old 11 friend
11 friend 12 .

the [longer] [he] [looked] [,] [the] more [excited] he grew . 
1 the 7 more
7 more 10 grew
9 he 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 ,
1 ah 18 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 replied
18 , 19 as
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 hurried
21 hurried 22 on
22 on 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 4 from
3 ached 5 looking
3 ached 9 tree-tops
3 ached 18 .
5 looking 6 up
7 in 9 tree-tops
8 the 9 tree-tops
9 tree-tops 10 ,
9 tree-tops 13 feet
9 tree-tops 15 sore
10 , 11 and
12 his 13 feet
13 feet 14 were
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
3 then 8 the
8 the 9 first
9 first 10 time
9 first 11 thought
11 thought 12 of
11 thought 13 that
11 thought 15 that
13 that 14 dinner
15 that 16 old
16 old 24 .

unc ' [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [mopped] [his] [brow] [in] [dismay] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" ah ' [specks] [ah'm] [in] [fo] ' it this time , [sho] ' enough ! " he said . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 19 said
3 ' 19 said
8 ' 9 it
8 ' 19 said
10 this 11 time
11 time 12 ,
11 time 18 he
12 , 14 '
15 enough 16 !
16 ! 17 "
17 " 18 he
18 he 19 said
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 "
14 " 15 he
15 he 16 kept
16 kept 17 muttering
17 muttering 18 .

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
14 where 15 he
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 look
17 look 18 up
18 up 19 and
19 and 20 see
20 see 24 .

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

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 3 a
3 a 4 sound
3 a 7 great
4 sound 5 in
5 in 6 the
7 great 8 hollow
8 hollow 9 tree
9 tree 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 4 first
2 at 4 first
3 the 4 first
4 first 8 toe-nails
5 scratch 8 toe-nails
6 of 8 toe-nails
7 his 8 toe-nails
8 toe-nails 9 on
8 toe-nails 10 the
8 toe-nails 11 bark
8 toe-nails 12 the
8 toe-nails 13 sharp
8 toe-nails 14 face
14 face 19 appeared
19 appeared 22 doorway
20 in 22 doorway
21 the 22 doorway
22 doorway 23 .

" good evening , [mah] dear , " said [unc] ['] [billy] , in [the] [mildest] [kind] [of] a voice . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 evening
3 evening 4 ,
4 , 6 dear
6 dear 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 20 voice
13 , 14 in
14 in 19 a
19 a 20 voice
20 voice 21 .

old [mrs] [possum] [said] [nothing] , [but] [unc] ' [billy] [felt] [as] if [her] [sharp] [black] [eyes] were [looking] [right] [through] [him] . 
1 old 6 ,
6 , 9 '
9 ' 13 if
13 if 18 were
18 were 23 .

unc ' [billy] [grinned] [a] [sickly] [kind] [of] [grin] [as] [he] [said] [:] 
1 unc 2 '

" ah hopes yo'alls are feeling good tonight . " 
1 " 2 ah
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
8 tonight 9 .
9 . 10 "

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

unc ' [billy] [fidgeted] [uneasily] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" ah done [brought] yo ' [two] eggs [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] , " he replied [meekly] . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 17 replied
2 ah 3 done
2 ah 5 yo
5 yo 6 '
8 eggs 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 17 replied
16 he 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 2 do
2 do 17 ?
17 ? 18 "

unc ' [billy] [hung] [his] [head] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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 '
4 , 6 '
9 a 10 word

unc ' [billy] [knew] [that] [he] [deserved] [every] [bit] [of] [it] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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

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

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

" yo ' eat that ! " she said shortly . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 9 said
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 eat
4 eat 5 that
6 ! 7 "
7 " 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 9 hadn't
4 look 5 as
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
7 to 8 bed
10 it 11 's
12 all 13 ready
13 ready 14 fo
14 fo 15 '
14 fo 16 yo
14 fo 19 "
16 yo 17 '
17 ' 18 .
18 . 19 "

unc ' [billy] [did] [as] [he] [was] [bid] [,] [and] [as] [he] [tucked] [himself] [into] [his] [snug] [,] [warm] [bed] [he] [murmured] [sleepily] [:] 
1 unc 2 '

" [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [sharp] [,] [sharp] [tongue] [,] [but] [her] [bark] is [worse] [than] [her] [bite] . 
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 7 a
7 a 19 sight
17 out 18 of
17 out 19 sight
19 sight 20 .
20 . 21 "

[v] 

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

sammy [jay] was [indignant] [.] 
1 sammy 3 was

yes , [sir] , [sammy] [jay] [was] very much put out . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 put
10 put 11 out
11 out 12 .

in fact , [sammy] was [just] [plain] [downright] [mad] [!] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
2 fact 5 was

it [had] [begun] when he met [jimmy] [skunk] [early] [in] the [morning] [.] 
1 it 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 6 met
6 met 11 the

" 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 4 doing
2 were 4 doing
3 you 4 doing
4 doing 5 up
4 doing 6 so
4 doing 10 ?
6 so 7 late
7 late 9 night
8 last 9 night
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 5 ,
2 oh 8 ,
2 oh 16 !
4 come 5 ,
8 , 11 for
11 for 12 once
12 once 13 in
14 your 15 life
15 life 16 !

what was it all about ? " 
1 what 2 was
1 what 3 it
3 it 4 all
4 all 5 about
5 about 6 ?
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 7 easily
5 it 6 very
6 very 7 easily
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
4 you 13 do
13 do 14 ,
14 , 24 "
20 until 22 morning
21 this 22 morning
22 morning 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
3 did 4 ,
5 he 6 flew
6 flew 7 off
6 flew 8 screaming
8 screaming 9 at
8 screaming 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 2 was
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 screaming
4 screaming 7 flew
5 when 6 he
6 he 7 flew
7 flew 8 over
7 flew 20 off
8 over 9 the
20 off 21 .

peter was sleepy . 
1 peter 2 was
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 5 have
3 like 4 to
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
1 didn't 4 racket
3 make 4 racket
4 racket 5 enough
4 racket 6 last
4 racket 10 honest
6 last 7 night
8 to 9 give
9 give 10 honest
10 honest 11 folks
10 honest 14 peace
12 a 13 little
13 little 14 peace
14 peace 15 and
14 peace 16 quiet
16 quiet 17 to-day
17 to-day 18 ?
18 ? 19 "

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

" [then] it 's a [funny] way you have [of] [sleeping] , " replied [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 3 it
1 " 14 replied
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 a
5 a 7 way
8 you 9 have
8 you 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 replied
14 replied 17 .

" [peter] [rabbit] , you [and] [jimmy] [skunk] are [crazy] [,] just as [crazy] as [loons] ! " [sputtered] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 15 as
4 , 18 "
5 you 9 are
9 are 12 just
12 just 13 as
12 just 15 as
17 ! 18 "

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

" [and] [i] guess [i] know [your] [voice] [when] [i] [hear] it ! " replied [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 4 guess
1 " 15 replied
6 know 12 it
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
1 " 13 you
2 it 3 's
2 it 12 was
3 's 5 enough
5 enough 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 if
13 you 14 ,
14 , 19 in
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 2 one
2 one 3 of
3 of 22 your
11 you 12 ,
11 you 22 your
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 that
14 that 15 will
15 will 16 be
16 be 17 the
21 and 22 your

now go away ; [i] want to sleep . " 
1 now 2 go
2 go 3 away
2 go 8 sleep
3 away 4 ;
6 want 7 to
7 to 8 sleep
8 sleep 9 .
9 . 10 "

sammy went . 
1 sammy 2 went
2 went 3 .

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
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 yet
8 yet 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
10 didn't 14 make
11 know 12 what
12 what 13 to
14 make 16 it
15 of 16 it
16 it 17 .

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

jerry [muskrat] [looked] [up] and [saw] [him] . 
1 jerry 5 and
1 jerry 8 .

" what were you [yelling] about in the night , [sammy] [jay] ? " asked [jerry] . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 15 asked
2 what 3 were
2 what 4 you
6 about 8 the
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 night
9 night 10 ,
10 , 14 "
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 asked
15 asked 17 .

this was too much . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 much
4 much 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 3 don't
2 really 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 anything
5 anything 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 ,
8 , 9 "
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 " 11 what
5 all 8 ,
8 , 11 what
11 what 12 do
12 do 13 you
13 you 14 think
13 you 15 ?

why , [sammy] [sits] [and] [yells] [all] [night] [and] [doesn't] sleep a wink ! " 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 15 "
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
1 at 9 the
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 lost
4 lost 6 temper
5 his 6 temper
6 temper 7 and
9 the 10 very

" 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 7 would
2 isn't 3 true
3 true 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 he
6 he 7 would
7 would 8 scream
8 scream 14 lungs
9 at 11 top
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 3 everybody
3 everybody 4 within
4 within 5 hearing
5 hearing 7 shout
6 would 7 shout
7 shout 8 :
7 shout 12 true
8 : 9 "
10 it 11 is
11 is 12 true
12 true 13 !
13 ! 14 "

sammy would just dance up and down and scream and scream and scream , he was so angry . 
1 sammy 9 scream
2 would 3 just
2 would 9 scream
4 dance 9 scream
5 up 6 and
5 up 7 down
7 down 8 and
7 down 9 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 16 was
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
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 sure
5 sure 6 to
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 " 6 we
1 " 11 we
5 and 6 we
6 we 7 are
7 are 8 glad
11 we 12 know
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
2 some 3 dark
3 dark 4 night
4 night 5 he
5 he 6 'll
6 'll 7 get
7 get 17 him
17 him 18 !
18 ! 19 "

that really began to worry him . 
1 that 2 really
2 really 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 worry
5 worry 6 him
6 him 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 5 think
4 to 9 be
5 think 6 that
7 it 8 might
8 might 9 be
9 be 10 true
9 be 21 worried
10 true 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 did
13 did 14 talk
15 in 16 his
15 in 20 this
16 his 17 sleep
17 sleep 18 ,
18 , 19 and
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
2 more 5 about
2 more 10 worried
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 about
5 about 6 it
5 about 8 the
6 it 7 ,
9 more 10 worried
10 worried 14 .

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

he kept out of sight [whenever] [possible] [and] [no] [longer] [screamed] ["] [thief] [!] [thief] [!] ["] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 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 6 rarely
5 was 6 rarely
6 rarely 7 heard
6 rarely 8 during
8 during 9 the
8 during 10 day
10 day 11 .

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

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
2 still 3 ,
2 still 4 different
4 different 5 ones
4 different 13 places
5 ones 8 they
6 said 7 that
7 that 8 they
8 they 9 heard
9 heard 10 him
10 him 11 in
13 places 25 .

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

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 9 he
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 5 was
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 " 2 if
1 " 15 said
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
11 must 12 be
12 be 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 4 a
3 had 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 6 of
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
1 i 10 'll
2 'll 3 sleep
3 sleep 4 all
4 all 5 day
5 day 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
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 17 what
17 what 18 happens
18 happens 19 then
19 then 22 he
20 ! 21 "
21 " 22 he
22 he 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 5 away

[vii] 

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

sammy [jay] sat in the dark and shivered . 
1 sammy 3 sat
3 sat 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 dark
6 dark 8 shivered
7 and 8 shivered
8 shivered 9 .

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
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
12 anybody 13 could
12 anybody 15 .
13 could 14 be

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 ,
4 , 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 just
7 just 9 way
8 the 9 way

every time [a] [leaf] [rustled] , [sammy] [jumped] [almost] [out] [of] [his] [skin] [.] 
1 every 2 time
2 time 6 ,

his heart went pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat . 
1 his 2 heart
2 heart 4 pit-a-pat
3 went 4 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 8 ,
8 , 15 and
15 and 18 his
18 his 19 eyes
19 eyes 26 .

he just would keep his eyes and his ears wide open . 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 would
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 11 unless
3 in 4 his
4 his 5 life
5 life 6 had
5 life 11 unless
7 screamed 11 unless
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 unless
11 unless 12 well
11 unless 14 unless
12 well 13 ,
14 unless 15 he
15 he 16 did
15 he 22 didn't
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 9 he
3 by 8 that
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 see
11 see 14 all
13 at 14 all
14 all 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
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 as
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 he
10 he 11 would
11 would 12 crawl
12 crawl 13 right
12 crawl 14 out
12 crawl 17 skin
15 of 16 his
16 his 17 skin
17 skin 18 .

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 9 :
3 saying 13 nothing
4 over 5 and
7 to 8 himself
8 himself 9 :
9 : 10 "
11 there 12 's
11 there 13 nothing
13 nothing 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 afraid
16 afraid 17 of
16 afraid 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
6 afraid 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 5 safe
4 as 10 fast
6 as 7 if
6 as 10 fast
10 fast 11 asleep
11 asleep 12 .
12 . 13 "

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

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

they seemed to be looking right down at him and winking at him in the jolliest way . 
1 they 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 looking
5 looking 7 down
5 looking 8 at
5 looking 11 winking
6 right 7 down
8 at 9 him
9 him 10 and
11 winking 12 at
11 winking 16 jolliest
13 him 14 in
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 2 ,
1 somehow 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
3 he 13 tried
4 didn't 5 feel
5 feel 6 quite
5 feel 8 lonely
7 so 8 lonely
9 then 10 ,
9 then 12 he
10 , 11 and
12 he 13 tried
13 tried 14 to
13 tried 15 wink
15 wink 16 back
16 back 17 .

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 , 4 soft
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
12 creep 20 along
13 through 14 the
15 branches 16 of
15 branches 18 trees
17 the 18 trees
18 trees 19 and
20 along 22 ground
21 the 22 ground
22 ground 23 .

they were [moonbeams] , and [sammy] could see [just] a [little] , a [very] little . 
1 they 2 were
1 they 7 could
2 were 4 ,
4 , 5 and
7 could 8 see
8 see 10 a
10 a 15 little
12 , 13 a
13 a 15 little
15 little 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 ,
1 " 5 !

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

it was the [hunting-cry] of [hooty] the [owl] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 9 .
2 was 3 the
3 the 5 of
5 of 7 the

sammy [jay] sat [huddled] in a little , [forlorn] [,] [shivering] [heap] [,] [while] [twice] [more] that [fierce] [cry] [rang] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 sammy 3 sat
3 sat 5 in
5 in 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 ,
8 , 17 that

then a shadow floated over the big pine-tree . 
1 then 2 a
2 a 8 pine-tree
3 shadow 4 floated
4 floated 5 over
4 floated 8 pine-tree
6 the 7 big
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] [.] 
1 sammy 3 was

not a bit ! 
1 not 3 bit
2 a 3 bit
3 bit 4 !

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

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 11 pine-tree
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 big
10 big 11 pine-tree
11 pine-tree 13 shivering
12 , 13 shivering
13 shivering 15 creepy
14 and 15 creepy
15 creepy 16 and
15 creepy 17 miserable
17 miserable 18 .

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 5 of
5 of 17 the
17 the 19 kind
19 kind 20 of
20 of 21 a
21 a 22 time
22 time 26 .

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 8 !
6 cut 7 up

[sammy] [jay] [almost] [laughed] [aloud] [as] [he] [watched] [.] 

it was less lonely with them there , and he did want to call to them dreadfully . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 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 16 them
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 4 never
1 but 6 never
1 but 10 no
2 that 3 would
3 would 4 never
5 , 6 never
6 never 7 do
7 do 9 for
8 , 9 for
10 no 11 one
11 one 21 night
12 must 13 know
13 know 14 that
14 that 21 night
15 he 16 was
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 3 by
2 and 3 by
3 by 8 ,
3 by 12 the
12 the 14 of

he [touched] [noses] [with] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] [,] [which] is one [way] of [saying] " good evening " in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 13 is
13 is 14 one
14 one 16 of
16 of 23 the
18 " 19 good
19 good 20 evening
20 evening 21 "
20 evening 22 in
22 in 23 the

" isn't it most [time] [for] [sammy] [jay] [to] scream in his sleep ? " asked [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 isn't
1 " 16 asked
2 isn't 3 it
3 it 4 most
10 scream 13 sleep
11 in 12 his
12 his 13 sleep
13 sleep 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
14 ? 16 asked
16 asked 19 .

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

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

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 3 screams
2 just 3 screams
3 screams 4 out
3 screams 7 meanness
4 out 5 of
6 pure 7 meanness
7 meanness 8 to
7 meanness 9 wake
7 meanness 12 frighten
7 meanness 18 to
9 wake 10 up
11 and 12 frighten
12 frighten 14 honest
13 good 14 honest
14 honest 15 folks
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 9 any
9 any 10 one
10 one 11 wants
11 wants 12 to
11 wants 23 anyway
12 to 13 sleep
13 sleep 14 for
13 sleep 19 night
15 on 16 such
16 such 17 a
17 a 18 fine
18 fine 19 night
19 night 20 as
21 this 22 ,
22 , 23 anyway
23 anyway 24 .

it [serves] ['] [em] [right] [if] [they] [do] [get] [waked] up , " replied [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 it 11 up
11 up 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 replied
14 replied 17 .

" 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 8 doesn't
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 doesn't
8 doesn't 13 know
9 do 13 know
10 it 12 doesn't
11 and 12 doesn't
12 doesn't 13 know
13 know 14 anything
14 anything 15 about
15 about 16 it
16 it 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 22 .

" have you ever seen [him] [scream] in the night , [jimmy] [skunk] ? " 
1 " 3 you
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 ever
4 ever 5 seen
5 seen 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 ,
11 , 15 "
14 ? 15 "

" no , [i] don't [have] [to] , " replied [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
2 no 8 ,
3 , 5 don't
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 " 4 you
4 you 5 're
5 're 6 right
6 right 7 ,

i guess you 're right , " he said . 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 4 're
3 you 4 're
4 're 5 right
5 right 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 9 said
8 he 9 said
9 said 10 .

" of course [i] ['m] [right] . 
1 " 3 course
2 of 3 course
3 course 7 .

there , now ! " 
1 there 2 ,
2 , 5 "
3 now 4 !
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] [.] 
1 sammy 16 was

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

" maybe [i] ['m] [going] [crazy] ! 
1 " 2 maybe
1 " 7 !

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

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

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
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 body
7 body 12 body
10 not 11 a
11 a 12 body
13 be 14 ?

[tell] [a] [body] [,] [anybody] [,] [didst] [such] [a] [body] [see] [?] ["] 

of course it was [sammy] [jay] [who] [was] [humming] such a [foolish-sounding] [rhyme] as that . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
3 it 16 .
4 was 10 such
10 such 11 a
10 such 14 as
14 as 15 that

but really , it wasn't so foolish [in] [sammy] ['s] [case] , [after] [all] [.] 
1 but 2 really
2 really 3 ,
2 really 5 wasn't
4 it 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 so
6 so 7 foolish
7 foolish 12 ,

now he knew . 
1 now 2 he
2 he 3 knew
3 knew 4 .

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

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 , 7 he
5 knew 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 16 was
10 in 11 his
11 his 12 sleep
12 sleep 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 there
15 there 16 was
16 was 17 a
17 a 19 lot
18 whole 19 lot
19 lot 20 of
19 lot 21 comfort
21 comfort 22 in
21 comfort 24 .
22 in 23 that

he could eat with a better appetite now . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 eat
3 eat 7 appetite
4 with 5 a
5 a 6 better
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 3 knew
3 knew 4 that
3 knew 13 just
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 go
7 go 9 sleep
8 to 9 sleep
9 sleep 11 peace
10 in 11 peace
11 peace 12 ,
13 just 14 as
14 as 15 he
15 he 16 always
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
2 had 3 been
2 had 10 taken
3 been 4 so
10 taken 12 care
11 much 12 care
12 care 13 of
12 care 14 himself
14 himself 23 .

now , however , he felt so much better that he began to think about his looks . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 however
3 however 4 ,
3 however 6 felt
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 9 better
6 felt 10 that
7 so 8 much
8 much 9 better
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 began
11 he 17 looks
12 began 13 to
13 to 14 think
14 think 15 about
16 his 17 looks
17 looks 18 .

when he had finished [dressing] , he started [for] [the] [alders] [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] [just] to [have] [a] look around . 
1 when 2 he
1 when 7 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 finished
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 started
8 started 17 to
17 to 20 look
20 look 21 around
21 around 22 .

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

still he thought that he might find something that would explain the mystery . 
1 still 2 he
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 might
6 might 7 find
7 find 8 something
7 find 13 mystery
9 that 10 would
10 would 11 explain
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 14 ,
14 , 15 but
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 3 a
2 for 3 a
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
14 , 15 studying
15 studying 16 and
15 studying 17 thinking
17 thinking 18 .

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
2 thief 4 thief
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 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 she
8 she 9 was
9 was 10 so
10 so 12 that
12 that 13 she
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 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 my
5 my 6 ,
6 , 7 how
7 how 9 did
8 she 9 did
9 did 10 scold
10 scold 11 !

" you ought to be ashamed of yourself , [sammy] [jay] [!] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
3 ought 6 ashamed
5 be 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 5 ashamed
4 be 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
5 to 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 13 coming
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 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 night
9 night 10 ,
10 , 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 20 had
2 was 3 so
2 was 15 so
3 so 5 that
5 that 9 she
15 so 16 that
20 had 21 to
21 to 22 laugh
22 laugh 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 7 ,
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 " 2 didn't
2 didn't 4 see
4 see 5 you
5 you 16 ?
6 with 7 my
7 my 8 own
8 own 9 eyes
8 own 13 alder
10 sitting 11 in
10 sitting 13 alder
12 that 13 alder
13 alder 14 over
14 over 15 there
15 there 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 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
2 ought 5 ashamed
4 be 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
6 and 7 thought
7 thought 9 until
8 , 9 until
9 until 10 now
10 now 11 it
10 now 21 topsy-turvy
11 it 12 seemed
12 seemed 13 to
13 to 14 him
14 him 15 that
16 the 17 world
17 world 21 topsy-turvy
18 surely 21 topsy-turvy
19 had 21 topsy-turvy
20 turned 21 topsy-turvy
21 topsy-turvy 22 .

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

first he had been accused of screaming in the night to waken and scare the little meadow and forest people who wanted to sleep . 
1 first 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 accused
5 accused 6 of
5 accused 7 screaming
7 screaming 8 in
7 screaming 10 night
7 screaming 12 waken
8 in 9 the
11 to 12 waken
12 waken 14 scare
13 and 14 scare
14 scare 17 meadow
14 scare 24 sleep
15 the 16 little
16 little 17 meadow
17 meadow 18 and
17 meadow 19 forest
17 meadow 20 people
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 11 speak
2 any 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 little
5 little 6 meadow
6 meadow 7 and
6 meadow 8 forest
9 people 10 would
10 would 11 speak
11 speak 12 to
12 to 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 3 turned
3 turned 5 backs
4 their 5 backs
5 backs 8 whenever
6 to 7 him
7 him 8 whenever
8 whenever 9 he
8 whenever 10 met
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
1 he 15 had
1 he 17 liked
2 didn't 3 mind
2 didn't 6 much
3 mind 4 this
5 so 6 much
7 , 8 because
8 because 9 he
9 he 10 knew
10 knew 11 that
10 knew 12 none
12 none 13 of
13 of 14 them
15 had 16 ever
17 liked 18 him
17 liked 19 very
19 very 20 well
20 well 21 .

you see he had played too many mean tricks for any one to really like him . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 11 any
2 see 16 him
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 played
5 played 9 tricks
6 too 7 many
7 many 9 tricks
8 mean 9 tricks
9 tricks 11 any
10 for 11 any
11 any 12 one
13 to 16 him
14 really 15 like
15 like 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 3 did
3 did 4 hate
4 hate 5 to
5 to 6 have
6 have 7 them
6 have 15 done
7 them 8 blame
8 blame 9 him
8 blame 10 for
11 something 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 hadn't
14 hadn't 15 done
15 done 16 .

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

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

i must get help somewhere . 
1 i 2 must
2 must 3 get
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 4 can
4 can 6 go
4 can 15 do
6 go 7 to
8 , 9 so
9 so 10 few
10 few 11 will
11 will 12 have
11 will 15 do
12 have 13 anything
14 to 15 do
15 do 18 ?
16 with 17 me
17 me 18 ?
18 ? 19 "

" caw , caw , caw ! " 
1 " 2 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 6 ears
5 his 6 ears
6 ears 7 and

" my [cousin] [,] [blacky] [the] [crow] ! " he cried . 
1 " 2 my
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
5 think 6 of
6 of 7 him
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 "
6 is 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 perhaps
12 perhaps 13 he
12 perhaps 14 can
14 can 15 tell
15 tell 16 me
15 tell 17 what
17 what 19 do
18 to 19 do
19 do 20 .
20 . 21 "

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] as fast as he could [to] [lay] [his] [troubles] [before] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 so 6 fast
5 as 6 fast
6 fast 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 18 .

blacky 's eyes [twinkled] as he listened to [sammy] [jay] ['s] [tale] [of] [woe] [.] 
1 blacky 2 's
2 's 3 eyes
3 eyes 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 listened
7 listened 8 to

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
4 finished 12 ,

sammy sat and waited patiently [,] [for] [he] [felt] [certain] [that] [blacky] ['s] [shrewd] [head] [would] [find] [some] [plan] [to] [solve] [the] [mystery] . 
1 sammy 2 sat
1 sammy 4 waited
3 and 4 waited
4 waited 5 patiently
5 patiently 24 .

" how ? " asked [sammy] [jay] eagerly . 
1 " 2 how
1 " 5 asked
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 9 the
8 and 9 the
13 stay 14 away
14 away 15 for
15 for 17 week
16 a 17 week
17 week 18 ,
18 , 19 "
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
2 go 3 up
3 up 18 and
9 on 11 edge
10 the 11 edge
11 edge 12 of
11 edge 14 mountain
13 the 14 mountain
14 mountain 15 ,
15 , 18 and

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

" [i] 'll [move] [at] [once] [!] ["] 
1 " 3 'll

and off [he] [hurried] [to] [prepare] [to] [move] [up] [to] [the] [old] [pasture] . 
1 and 2 off
2 off 14 .

[xi] 

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

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
2 thief 4 thief
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 4 ,
4 , 22 and
13 on 15 edge
14 the 15 edge
15 edge 16 of
15 edge 18 mountain
17 the 18 mountain
18 mountain 19 ,
19 , 22 and

pretty soon he caught sight of a wonderful coat of bright blue with white trimmings . 
1 pretty 2 soon
1 pretty 5 sight
1 pretty 9 coat
3 he 4 caught
4 caught 5 sight
5 sight 6 of
7 a 8 wonderful
8 wonderful 9 coat
9 coat 10 of
9 coat 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 3 you
2 are 4 doing
4 doing 6 here
4 doing 7 ?
5 up 6 here
7 ? 8 "

sammy [jay] [heard] [him] [and] [hurried] [over] [to] [where] [reddy] [fox] was [sitting] [.] 
1 sammy 12 was

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

how are you feeling ? " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 how 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 feeling
3 you 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
5 you 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 7 here
4 doing 9 this
4 doing 12 ?
6 up 7 here
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 " 2 it
1 " 9 said
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 story
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" tell it to me , " [begged] [reddy] [fox] . 
1 " 2 tell
2 tell 3 it
3 it 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 ,
5 me 11 .
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 2 he
1 then 10 ,
2 he 3 told
3 told 4 about
10 , 21 and
15 should 16 come
16 come 21 and

reddy [fox] chuckled as he listened . 
1 reddy 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 as
3 chuckled 6 listened
3 chuckled 7 .
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 listened

that night [sammy] [jay] [found] a comfortable place which seemed quite safe in which to go to sleep . 
1 that 2 night
2 night 18 sleep
6 a 7 comfortable
7 comfortable 8 place
8 place 9 which
9 which 10 seemed
10 seemed 11 quite
10 seemed 15 to
11 quite 12 safe
12 safe 13 in
13 in 14 which
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
3 twice 4 .

boomer heard him and down he came with a rush . 
1 boomer 2 heard
1 boomer 3 him
1 boomer 5 down
1 boomer 7 came
4 and 5 down
6 he 7 came
7 came 10 rush
8 with 9 a
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 ,
2 why 6 ,
7 what 8 under
7 what 13 doing
8 under 10 sun
9 the 10 sun
11 are 13 doing
12 you 13 doing
13 doing 14 way
13 doing 16 here
13 doing 17 ?
14 way 15 off
17 ? 18 "
18 " 19 exclaimed
19 exclaimed 21 .

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

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

" that [depends] [upon] what it is , " replied [boomer] . 
1 " 2 that
1 " 10 replied
2 that 7 is
5 what 7 is
6 it 7 is
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 12 .

boomer promised that he would [,] [and] [off] [he] [started] [.] 
1 boomer 2 promised
1 boomer 5 would
2 promised 3 that
4 he 5 would

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] [.] 
1 peter 3 sat
3 sat 4 in
4 in 5 his
4 in 10 middle
5 his 6 secret
6 secret 7 place
9 the 10 middle
10 middle 11 of
11 of 12 the

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

he ought to have been asleep , for he had been out the whole night long . 
1 he 2 ought
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 16 long
12 out 13 the
13 the 14 whole
14 whole 15 night
15 night 16 long
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
6 he 7 was
7 was 9 awake
8 wide 9 awake
9 awake 10 and
9 awake 11 thinking
9 awake 12 and
9 awake 13 thinking
13 thinking 14 .

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 2 he
1 so 14 he
2 he 3 had
2 he 4 hurried
4 hurried 9 way
5 this 6 way
5 this 9 way
6 way 7 and
6 way 8 that
14 he 19 had
19 had 22 to
22 to 26 .

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
3 and 4 see
4 see 5 !

wait and see ! " said [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 wait 3 see
2 and 3 see
3 see 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 9 .

" it 's just a [trick] , " said [bobby] [coon] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 9 said
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 just
4 just 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 " 2 but
1 " 19 cried
2 but 4 the
10 going 11 to
11 to 12 bed
12 bed 15 with
15 with 16 him
16 him 17 !
17 ! 18 "
18 " 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 " 2 but
1 " 9 ,
2 but 3 that
3 that 4 would
4 would 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 8 story
9 , 10 and
10 and 14 that
14 that 16 would
16 would 17 do
17 do 18 anything
18 anything 19 like
19 like 20 that
20 that 21 !
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
2 then 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 a
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 19 the
19 the 20 alder
20 alder 21 bushes
21 bushes 22 .

it [certainly] [sounded] [like] [sammy] [jay] 's voice . 
1 it 7 's
7 's 8 voice
8 voice 9 .

" what did [i] tell you ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 did
3 did 6 you
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
4 you 5 think
4 you 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
3 know 4 what
5 to 6 think
6 think 9 he
6 think 11 so
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 said
11 so 12 .

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

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

" [i] ['ll] just [run] [up] to [the] [green] [forest] [and] [try] [to] find [sammy] [jay] , " he said . 
1 " 4 just
1 " 20 said
4 just 7 to
7 to 14 find
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 14 ,
1 so 18 he
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 asked
18 he 22 had
20 if 21 they
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 2 no
2 no 3 one
2 no 5 ,
3 one 4 had
5 , 6 though
6 though 15 they
15 they 16 had
16 had 17 heard
17 heard 20 the
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 11 didn't
2 was 5 grumbling
3 muttering 4 and
3 muttering 5 grumbling
5 grumbling 6 to
5 grumbling 7 himself
5 grumbling 9 and
8 , 9 and
10 he 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 see

[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 3 no
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
3 know 4 what
4 what 6 means
5 it 6 means
6 means 7 !

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

don't know what it [means] [!] " [croaked] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] , [over] and over again . 
1 don't 2 know
2 know 3 what
2 know 4 it
4 it 13 ,
7 " 13 ,
13 , 15 and
15 and 16 over
16 over 17 again
17 again 18 .

" 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
2 don't 17 let
3 know 4 what
3 know 5 what
5 what 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 asked
12 , 15 would
15 would 16 not
16 not 17 let
17 let 18 him
17 let 19 keep
19 keep 20 still
20 still 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
2 don't 7 any
3 know 4 that
4 that 6 's
5 it 6 's
7 any 8 of
7 any 10 business
8 of 9 your
9 your 10 business
10 business 11 !
11 ! 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 .

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

" [i] [heard] it , " said he . 
1 " 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 "
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 " 2 but
1 " 3 how
3 how 11 he
11 he 12 went
12 went 16 off
16 off 18 in
18 in 19 the

tell me that , [sticky-toes] ? " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 3 that
2 me 4 ,
4 , 7 "
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 .
17 a 18 word
18 word 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 said
21 said 23 the
21 said 26 .

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

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

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

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

[peter] [rabbit] [listened] [with] [his] [mouth] [wide] [open] [.] 

it was just the same kind of a story that [sammy] [jay] had told . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 the
4 the 5 same
4 the 9 story
5 same 6 kind
6 kind 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 story
9 story 14 told
9 story 15 .
10 that 13 had
13 had 14 told

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

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

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

he just must find out about it ! 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 must
3 must 4 find
4 find 5 out
4 find 7 it
5 out 6 about
7 it 8 !

[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
4 to 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 2 more
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
11 with 12 a
11 with 16 his
12 a 13 new
13 new 14 plan
15 in 16 his
16 his 17 head
17 head 18 .

he would hide [down] [among] [the] [alders] [by] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 hide

he would see [for] [himself] [who] was [screaming] [with] the voice of [sammy] [jay] [and] [talking] [with] the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] . 
1 he 2 would
1 he 7 was
2 would 3 see
7 was 10 the
10 the 11 voice
11 voice 12 of
12 of 18 the
18 the 19 voice
19 voice 20 of
19 voice 25 .
20 of 22 the

he just had to know ! 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 know
5 know 6 !

he was [hurrying] so that he almost ran into [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 so
4 so 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 8 ran
7 almost 8 ran
8 ran 9 into

" yo ' [seem] [to] [be] in a [powerful] hurry , [brer] [rabbit] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 16 said
2 yo 3 '
7 in 10 hurry
8 a 10 hurry
10 hurry 11 ,
11 , 15 "
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 20 .

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

" [i] must [get] [down] [to] [the] [laughing] [brook] [before] [dark] [.] ["] 
1 " 3 must

" ['] [pears] [to] [me] it must be [mighty] [impo'tant] to [make] [yo] ' [hurry] this way , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 6 it
1 " 20 said
6 it 7 must
7 must 8 be
8 be 11 to
14 ' 16 this
16 this 17 way
17 way 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 25 .

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

" it 's to keep [me] from [going] [crazy] . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
2 it 10 .
3 's 4 to
4 to 5 keep
5 keep 7 from
10 . 11 "

unc ' [billy] [looked] [at] [peter] [very] [hard] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [thought] [that] [peter] [was] [crazy] [already] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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

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

" it 's to keep [me] from [going] [crazy] . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
2 it 10 .
3 's 4 to
4 to 5 keep
5 keep 7 from
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
2 listened 3 to
2 listened 4 all
4 all 5 that
5 that 8 had
8 had 9 to
9 to 10 say
9 to 19 look
10 say 11 ,
10 say 14 funny
11 , 12 and
13 a 14 funny
14 funny 15 ,
14 funny 16 pleased
16 pleased 17 sort
17 sort 18 of
19 look 21 into
20 came 21 into
21 into 22 his
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
5 will 6 go
6 go 7 along
7 along 10 ,
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 7 with
7 with 11 the

[xv] 

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

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

" nothing [,] nothing [,] [brer] [rabbit] [,] [nothing] at all . 
1 " 2 nothing
2 nothing 4 nothing
4 nothing 10 at
10 at 11 all
11 all 12 .

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] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 15 the
15 the 16 voice
16 voice 17 of
16 voice 26 .
17 of 23 the
21 or 23 the

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

the more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew . 
1 the 9 hungrier
2 more 4 thought
3 he 4 thought
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
9 hungrier 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 6 farther
4 farther 5 and
6 farther 13 and

then [it] [was] [that] they heard the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 then 5 they
5 they 6 heard
6 heard 7 the
6 heard 8 voice
8 voice 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 22 .
18 of 19 the

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

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

there 's my voice over there , and here [i] [am] here ! 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 my
2 's 4 voice
4 voice 5 over
5 over 6 there
5 over 8 and
5 over 9 here
5 over 12 here
7 , 8 and
12 here 13 !

what do you make of it ? " whispered [sticky-toes] [.] 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 7 ?
3 you 4 make
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 whispered

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

all [he] [could] [do] [was] [to] [gaze] [at] [sticky-toes] [as] [if] [he] thought [sticky-toes] [was] [a] [ghost] [.] 
1 all 13 thought

peter turned to ask [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] what he thought , [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [wasn't] [there] . 
1 peter 2 turned
1 peter 19 .
2 turned 3 to
3 to 4 ask
4 ask 9 what
9 what 10 he
10 he 11 thought
11 thought 12 ,

[xvi] 

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

but when he [heard] [a] [whisper] [right] [over] [their] [heads] [and] looked up to see [sticky-toes] [himself] , [unc] ' [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [out] [loud] . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 12 looked
12 looked 13 up
13 up 14 to
14 to 15 see
15 see 18 ,
18 , 20 '
20 ' 26 .

" yo ' [can't] [fool] [uncle] [billy] , [so] don't go fo ' to try ! 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 12 fo
8 , 10 don't
10 don't 11 go
11 go 12 fo
12 fo 13 '
12 fo 15 try
12 fo 16 !
14 to 15 try

ah knows yo ' , yes , [ah] [knows] [yo] ' [ah] knows yo ' [,] [mistah] [sly] . " 
1 ah 3 yo
1 ah 14 yo
2 knows 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 6 yes
5 , 6 yes
6 yes 7 ,
7 , 11 '
13 knows 14 yo
14 yo 15 '
15 ' 19 .
19 . 20 "

unc ' [billy] [is] [very] [soft-footed] [,] [oh] [,] [very] [soft-footed] [indeed] [,] [when] [he] [wants] [to] [be] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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
6 be 9 to

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
2 rubbed 4 eyes
4 eyes 26 .
7 all 9 ,
7 all 13 that
9 , 12 and
10 this 11 way
11 way 12 and
13 that 14 way
14 way 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 23 could
23 could 25 see
24 he 25 see
25 see 26 .

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

now [here] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [disappeared] , just as if the earth had swallowed him up . 
1 now 9 ,
9 , 11 as
10 just 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 15 had
13 the 14 earth
14 earth 15 had
15 had 16 swallowed
16 swallowed 17 him
16 swallowed 18 up
18 up 19 .

all this time [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [been] [crawling] [along] [without] the [tiniest] sound . 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 16 .
13 the 15 sound
15 sound 16 .

when he came to the [laughing] [brook] , he went up a way until he found a big tree with a branch stretching clear across . 
1 when 2 he
1 when 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 19 tree
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 went
10 went 11 up
11 up 19 tree
12 a 13 way
12 a 19 tree
14 until 15 he
15 he 16 found
16 found 17 a
17 a 18 big
18 big 19 tree
19 tree 23 stretching
19 tree 26 .
20 with 21 a
21 a 22 branch
22 branch 23 stretching
23 stretching 24 clear
23 stretching 25 across

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] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

unc ' [billy] [listened] [,] [and] [the] [longer] [he] [listened] [,] [the] [broader] [grew] [the] [smile] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [shrewd] [face] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
2 thief 4 thief
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 3 sounded
1 it 16 was
3 sounded 8 like
4 for 5 all
5 all 7 world
6 the 7 world
7 world 8 like
11 's 12 voice
12 voice 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 it
15 it 16 was
16 was 17 right
17 right 18 over
18 over 23 head
22 's 23 head
23 head 24 .

unc ' [billy] [peered] [up] [through] [the] [alders] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

the leaves were so thick that he could not see very well , but what he did see was enough . 
1 the 2 leaves
2 leaves 3 were
3 were 4 so
4 so 5 thick
4 so 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 could
7 he 19 was
8 could 9 not
8 could 10 see
8 could 18 see
10 see 15 what
11 very 12 well
12 well 13 ,
13 , 14 but
14 but 15 what
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
7 a 8 tail
8 tail 10 feathers
9 of 10 feathers
10 feathers 11 hanging
10 feathers 13 .
11 hanging 12 down

it [wasn't] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [tail] , either . 
1 it 8 either
7 , 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
3 ' 6 that
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
3 of 10 the
10 the 11 middle
11 middle 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 17 looked
17 looked 21 at
21 at 25 .

[xvii] 

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

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

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 "
9 " 10 cried
10 cried 12 owner
11 the 12 owner
12 owner 13 of
12 owner 16 tail
12 owner 18 sharp
13 of 14 the
15 long 16 tail
16 tail 17 and
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
5 home 6 now
5 home 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 ?
14 way 15 off
14 way 16 up
16 up 17 here

ah [thought] [ah] [sho'ly] done [hear] [your] [voice] [the] [other] [day] [,] [and] [ah] most wore mah po ' feet out looking fo ' yo ' . 
1 ah 5 done
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 23 fo
22 looking 23 fo
23 fo 24 '
23 fo 25 yo
25 yo 26 '
26 ' 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
13 was 17 all
14 right 15 ,
14 right 16 after
16 after 17 all
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
1 " 11 replied
2 thank 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 replied
11 replied 13 owner
12 the 13 owner
13 owner 14 of
13 owner 17 tail
13 owner 20 sharp
14 of 15 the
16 long 17 tail
17 tail 18 and
19 the 20 sharp
20 sharp 21 eyes
21 eyes 22 .

" ah reckon yo ' can't be any more glad to see me , than [ah] [am] [to] [see] [yo] ['] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckon
3 reckon 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 6 can't
6 can't 7 be
7 be 8 any
7 be 10 glad
7 be 15 than
8 any 9 more
10 glad 12 see
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 me
13 me 14 ,

fact is [,] [ah] [was] [getting] [right] [smart] [lonesome] [.] 
1 fact 2 is

" ['] [pears] [like] [if] [all] [ah] [hear] [am] [true] [,] [that] yo ' [haven't] [done] [much] [lying] [low] [nights] . 
1 " 13 yo
13 yo 14 '
14 ' 21 .

ah reckon yo ' done make up fo ' those lonesome feelings . 
1 ah 2 reckon
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
11 lonesome 12 feelings
12 feelings 13 .

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

mah goodness , man , yo ' done [set] [everybody] [to] [running] [around] [like] [they] [was] [crazy] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 mah 2 goodness
1 mah 4 man
1 mah 6 yo
2 goodness 3 ,
4 man 5 ,
6 yo 7 '
6 yo 8 done
6 yo 22 '
22 ' 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 6 tail
2 owner 8 sharp
3 of 4 the
5 long 6 tail
6 tail 7 and
8 sharp 9 eyes
8 sharp 10 threw
8 sharp 19 laugh
10 threw 11 back
10 threw 13 head
12 his 13 head
14 and 15 laughed
15 laughed 17 and
15 laughed 19 laugh
16 , 17 and
18 his 19 laugh
19 laugh 25 music
20 was 24 beautiful
21 like 23 most
22 the 23 most
23 most 24 beautiful
24 beautiful 25 music
25 music 26 .

it made [unc] ['] [billy] feel good just listening to it . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 6 feel
6 feel 7 good
6 feel 8 just
8 just 9 listening
9 listening 10 to
10 to 11 it
11 it 12 .

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
13 same 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 22 away
22 away 23 .

yo ' ought to be ashamed to play such jokes . " 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
3 ought 6 ashamed
5 be 6 ashamed
6 ashamed 10 jokes
7 to 8 play
8 play 10 jokes
9 such 10 jokes
10 jokes 11 .
11 . 12 "

unc ' [billy] [grinned] [as] [he] [said] [it] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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

" yo ' come over to my house , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 11 said
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 come
3 ' 11 said
4 come 5 over
4 come 6 to
6 to 7 my
8 house 9 ,
9 , 10 "
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 2 done
2 done 22 that
22 that 23 day
23 day 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
2 was 4 dreadful
3 a 4 dreadful
4 dreadful 5 time
5 time 6 on
6 on 12 the
10 and 11 in
11 in 12 the

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
7 dear 8 !

it really was dreadful ! 
1 it 2 really
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 7 of
7 of 10 the
10 the 11 night
11 night 21 when
21 when 22 they
22 they 23 wanted
23 wanted 24 to
24 to 25 sleep
25 sleep 26 .

and all the time [sammy] [jay] [hadn't] made a sound . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
2 all 4 time
4 time 11 .
8 made 9 a
9 a 10 sound
10 sound 11 .

those who had been the very best of friends would pass without speaking . 
1 those 2 who
2 who 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 13 speaking
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 12 without
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 2 ,
2 , 7 and
7 and 11 the
7 and 15 he
13 things 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 had
16 had 23 .

and so it was , all over [the] [green] [meadows] and [through] the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 and 2 so
2 so 3 it
3 it 4 was
3 it 6 all
5 , 6 all
6 all 7 over
7 over 13 the
11 and 13 the

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

my , my , no , indeed ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
2 , 7 indeed
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 no
5 no 6 ,
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 11 ,
10 loud 16 that
12 when 13 they
13 they 14 felt
14 felt 15 sure
15 sure 16 that
16 that 17 no
16 that 19 was
17 no 18 one
19 was 20 near
20 near 21 to
21 to 22 hear
22 hear 23 .

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

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

they never once stopped to think how very , very uncomfortable it kept everybody feeling . 
1 they 2 never
2 never 3 once
3 once 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 7 how
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 6 in
6 in 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 2 night
2 night 20 .
5 had 11 gone
7 because 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 not
9 had 11 gone
11 gone 13 bed
12 to 13 bed
13 bed 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 3 so
3 so 4 sleepy
4 sleepy 7 seemed
5 that 7 seemed
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 to
8 to 9 him
8 to 16 get
9 him 10 that
11 he 12 never
11 he 15 could
13 , 14 never
14 never 15 could
15 could 16 get
16 get 17 home
17 home 18 .

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

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

there [bobby] [slept] [all] [the] [rest] [of] [the] [day] [and] [until] [long] [after] [mr] [sun] [had] [pulled] on his [rosy] [nightcap] . 
1 there 18 on
18 on 19 his
19 his 22 .

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

it was the cry of " [thief] [!] thief ! thief ! " that waked him . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 15 waked
3 the 9 thief
4 cry 5 of
4 cry 9 thief
6 " 9 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
3 to 4 come
4 come 5 from
4 come 6 right
6 right 7 over
7 over 8 his
8 his 9 head
9 head 10 .

at first he couldn't think where he was . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 couldn't
3 he 8 was
4 couldn't 5 think
6 where 7 he
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
7 that 10 !
10 ! 11 "
11 " 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
3 cert'nly 4 have
3 cert'nly 7 your
3 cert'nly 8 ol
4 have 5 got
6 all 7 your
8 ol 9 '
8 ol 10 tricks
10 tricks 11 with
10 tricks 12 yo
12 yo 13 '
13 ' 14 .
14 . 15 "

" yes , " said the voice , " ah done got all mah ol ' tricks and some more . 
1 " 10 ah
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 10 ah
5 said 6 the
6 the 7 voice
7 voice 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 ah
10 ah 11 done
10 ah 14 mah
12 got 14 mah
13 all 14 mah
14 mah 15 ol
15 ol 16 '
15 ol 17 tricks
17 tricks 18 and
17 tricks 19 some
19 some 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
5 think 6 it
5 think 12 ?
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 most
8 most 9 time
9 time 10 to
10 to 11 stop

ah don't want to show mahself in daylight . 
1 ah 6 mahself
2 don't 3 want
3 want 4 to
3 want 6 mahself
5 show 6 mahself
6 mahself 7 in
6 mahself 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 , 19 "
5 found 6 out
6 out 7 ,
7 , 19 "
12 have 13 anything
13 anything 14 to
14 to 15 do
15 do 16 with
16 with 17 me
17 me 18 .
18 . 19 "

" 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 9 or
9 or 10 two
10 two 11 longer
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 4 am
3 cert'nly 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
12 voices 13 .

ah [wonder] [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [hasn't] [got] [his] [eye] [on] [yo] ['] [before] [now] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 ah 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
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 2 he
2 he 3 crawled
3 crawled 4 out
3 crawled 8 log
4 out 5 of
5 of 6 the
7 hollow 8 log
8 log 10 and
8 log 13 chuckling
9 , 10 and
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 chuckling
13 chuckling 14 to
13 chuckling 15 himself
15 himself 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
18 to 19 himself
19 himself 20 .

[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 3 watched
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 7 his
7 his 8 great

" good [mo'ning] , [brer] [coon] , " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 " 9 said
2 good 4 ,
4 , 8 "
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 ,
13 , 14 with
14 with 16 twinkle
15 a 16 twinkle
16 twinkle 17 in
16 twinkle 19 eyes
18 his 19 eyes
19 eyes 20 .

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

is there ? " 
1 is 2 there
2 there 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
7 manner 8 .

" [cert'nly] ! 
1 " 3 !

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

" it 's [mistah] [mockah] the [mocking-bird] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
2 it 8 .
3 's 6 the

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

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

" [because] he is right here [in] [the] [green] [forest] now , " replied [bobby] [coon] . 
1 " 3 he
1 " 14 replied
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 right
5 right 6 here
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 11 ,

[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 ' 17 said
12 all 13 that
12 all 14 trouble
14 trouble 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 18 he
17 said 19 .

" [yes] [,] [sah] [,] yo ['] might have known that ol ' rascal was behind it . 
1 " 6 yo
6 yo 13 '
8 might 9 have
9 have 10 known
10 known 11 that
10 known 12 ol
12 ol 13 '
13 ' 14 rascal
14 rascal 15 was
14 rascal 16 behind
16 behind 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 15 is
15 is 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 20 doing
20 doing 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 " 15 is
4 is 5 right
5 right 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 15 is
15 is 19 a

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 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 16 .

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

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 6 he
2 he 3 got
3 got 4 through
5 , 6 he
6 he 8 carried
6 he 18 had
7 always 8 carried
8 carried 9 away
8 carried 11 him
10 with 11 him
12 a 13 promise
13 promise 14 that
14 that 17 he
15 just 16 what
16 what 17 he
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 asked
18 had 22 done
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
3 the 5 day
5 day 6 that

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
1 it 22 .
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 5 out
5 out 6 on
6 on 7 his
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 25 .

" [mah] [name] is [billy] [possum] [and] [mah] [home] ['s] a hollow tree ! 
1 " 4 is
4 is 11 a
11 a 13 tree
12 hollow 13 tree
13 tree 14 !

by day or night [ah] [wander] [forth] [it] ['s] [all] [the] [same] [to] [me] [!] 
1 by 2 day
2 day 3 or
2 day 4 night

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 ,
8 , 11 it
11 it 12 is
12 is 18 always

this [morning] he was on his way [to] [call] [first] [on] [johnny] [chuck] . 
1 this 7 way
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 on
5 on 6 his
6 his 7 way
7 way 14 .

half-way down the hill [he] [met] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 half-way 2 down
1 half-way 4 hill
3 the 4 hill

unc ' [billy] [stopped] [and] [held] [out] [one] [hand] [as] [he] [said] ["] [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

how do yo'all do this fine mo'ning ? " 
1 how 3 yo'all
2 do 3 yo'all
3 yo'all 4 do
3 yo'all 7 mo'ning
3 yo'all 8 ?
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
2 what 5 matter
4 the 5 matter
5 matter 6 with
5 matter 7 yo
5 matter 14 ?
7 yo 8 '
14 ? 15 "

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

unc ' [billy] [watched] [him] [,] [and] [there] [was] [a] [puzzled] [look] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [face] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" must be [that] [brer] [coon] [has] [something] [powerful] [impo'tant] [on] [his] [mind] , " muttered [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [as] [he] [started] [on] [.] 
1 " 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 muttered

pretty soon he [met] [jimmy] [skunk] who had [always] been [one] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] 's best friends [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 8 had
7 who 8 had
8 had 10 been
10 been 18 friends
16 's 17 best
17 best 18 friends

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 8 stone
5 every 6 stick
6 stick 7 and
6 stick 8 stone
8 stone 10 beetles
9 for 10 beetles
10 beetles 11 for
10 beetles 13 breakfast
12 his 13 breakfast
13 breakfast 14 .

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

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

unc ' [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [scratched] [his] [head] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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

pretty [soon] [he] [started] [on] , but every few minutes he would stop and scratch his head thoughtfully . 
1 pretty 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 every
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
3 know 4 what
4 what 6 make
5 to 6 make
6 make 7 of

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
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 hadn't
7 hadn't 8 known
8 known 9 whether
9 whether 13 or
9 whether 14 not
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 angry
12 angry 13 or
14 not 15 .

" ah [must] [find] [out] [what] [brer] [chuck] [knows] [about] [it] , " thought [unc] ['] [billy] , as he [trotted] [on] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 12 ,
2 ah 18 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 thought
18 , 19 as
19 as 20 he

[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] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he was very sober indeed , and that is very [unusual] [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 sober
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
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 plain
4 plain 10 bothering
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 that
6 see 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] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" [a-hem] ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 5 said
3 ! 4 "
4 " 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 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 fine
5 fine 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 17 .

instead [of] [replying] , [johnny] [chuck] [suddenly] [kicked] [up] [his] [heels] and [disappeared] [inside] his house . 
1 instead 4 ,
4 , 12 and
12 and 15 his
15 his 16 house
16 house 17 .

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
6 on 7 .

pretty soon he came to [where] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [was] [playing] all by himself . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 4 came
3 he 4 came
4 came 5 to
5 to 14 himself
12 all 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 :
15 : 16 "
15 : 24 "
17 good 19 ,
19 , 24 "
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 2 this
1 but 15 he
2 this 3 morning
15 he 16 turned
16 turned 17 his
16 turned 18 back
18 back 19 to

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

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gave] it up and went on [down] to the [smiling] [pool] [.] 
1 so 10 went
7 it 8 up
8 up 9 and
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 ,
1 " 5 !
5 ! 9 '

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 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 19 he
19 he 20 didn't
20 didn't 21 see
21 see 24 them
22 one 23 of
23 of 24 them
24 them 25 again
25 again 26 .

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 3 went
3 went 4 home
3 went 5 to
5 to 6 his
14 that 15 day
15 day 18 and
18 and 23 all
23 all 25 .

[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
4 little 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 7 looked
7 looked 20 round
20 round 21 and

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

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 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 there
4 there 19 was
5 long 6 when
6 when 18 he
8 ' 17 if
14 , 16 as
15 just 16 as
16 as 17 if
17 if 18 he
18 he 19 was
19 was 21 walking
20 out 21 walking
21 walking 24 health
22 for 24 health
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 5 feel
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
3 look 4 like
3 look 7 bothers
5 nothing 7 bothers
6 ever 7 bothers
7 bothers 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
9 ' 10 .
10 . 11 "

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

" ah [watched] yo ' [take] a [long] walk [this] [mo'ning] , [brer] [possum] , " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 17 said
2 ah 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
7 a 9 walk
9 walk 12 ,
12 , 16 "
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 22 .

" [did] [yo] ['] , indeed ; [yo] ['] [have] [keen] eyes , [mistah] [buzzard] [!] " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 18 replied
5 , 6 indeed
5 , 18 replied
6 indeed 7 ;
12 eyes 13 ,
13 , 17 "
17 " 18 replied
18 replied 22 .

" ah saw yo ' meet a lot of yo ' friends . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 4 yo
2 ah 10 yo
3 saw 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 6 meet
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 11 isn't
2 's 3 fine
3 fine 7 lot
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 a
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
10 , 11 isn't
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] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

unc ' [billy] [stared] [,] [and] [for] [a] [minute] [he] [couldn't] [find] [his] [tongue] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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

[finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [began] [to] [laugh] [too] [.] 

unc ' [billy] [shook] [his] [head] [doubtfully] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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

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

it [cert'nly] [does] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] meekly . 
1 it 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 10 meekly
10 meekly 11 .

" [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 19 to
19 to 20 be
20 be 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 7 ,
7 , 16 and
8 but 9 all
8 but 12 she
9 all 10 the
9 all 11 time
12 she 13 was
13 was 14 thinking
14 thinking 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 21 that
21 that 23 was
23 was 24 .

finally she [finished] [sweeping] [the] [doorsteps] and looked [thoughtfully] at [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 finally 2 she
2 she 8 looked
7 and 8 looked
8 looked 10 at
10 at 14 .

" why don't [yo] ['] [give] [a] [party] [fo] ['] [mistah] [mocking-bird] ? " she inquired . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 16 inquired
2 why 3 don't
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 16 inquired
15 she 16 inquired
16 inquired 17 .

" the very thing ! " cried [unc] ['] [billy] , and [like] a [flash] [back] [came] [his] [old-time] [grin] [.] 
1 " 7 cried
2 the 4 thing
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 cried
7 cried 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 a

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

it took him two whole days . 
1 it 2 took
2 took 3 him
2 took 4 two
4 two 6 days
5 whole 6 days
6 days 7 .

in the first place there were so many to see . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 there
5 there 6 were
6 were 8 many
6 were 9 to
7 so 8 many
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [make] [another] [low] [bow] [and] [hurry] on to the next one . 
1 then 12 on
12 on 14 the
13 to 14 the
14 the 15 next
15 next 16 one
16 one 17 .

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

there were heaps and heaps of good things to eat . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 heaps
3 heaps 5 heaps
4 and 5 heaps
5 heaps 6 of
5 heaps 7 good
5 heaps 8 things
8 things 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 5 hide
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
5 his 6 finest
6 finest 7 suit
7 suit 8 ,
7 suit 13 broadest
8 , 9 and
10 he 11 wore
11 wore 13 broadest
12 his 13 broadest
13 broadest 14 grin
14 grin 15 .

everybody [crowded] [around] [to] [hear] [what] [unc] ['] [billy] was [about] [to] [say] [.] 
1 everybody 10 was

" [mah] friends [and] [neighbors] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] , " ah have a great surprise fo ' yo'alls . " 
1 " 8 said
3 friends 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 ah
14 ah 21 yo'alls
15 have 16 a
16 a 17 great
17 great 18 surprise
18 surprise 19 fo
19 fo 20 '
19 fo 21 yo'alls
21 yo'alls 23 "
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 8 began
2 he 3 stepped
3 stepped 4 down
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 everybody
7 everybody 8 began
8 began 9 to
8 began 10 wonder
8 began 12 to
11 and 12 to
12 to 18 be
13 guess 14 what
14 what 17 could
15 the 16 surprise
16 surprise 17 could
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
1 everybody 15 had
4 everybody 5 else

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
3 had 4 made
4 made 6 speech
4 made 16 no
5 his 6 speech
6 speech 7 ,
6 speech 10 scurried
8 he 9 had
8 he 10 scurried
10 scurried 13 sight
11 out 12 of
11 out 13 sight
13 sight 14 ,
14 , 15 and
16 no 17 one
17 one 18 could
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 !
2 there 3 !
3 ! 4 "
5 he 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 15 talking
3 heard 4 that
3 heard 12 of
3 heard 15 talking
5 when 6 you
5 when 7 was
7 was 8 standing
8 standing 11 front
9 right 11 front
10 in 11 front
11 front 12 of
12 of 13 me
14 and 15 talking
15 talking 16 to
16 to 17 me
17 me 18 ,
17 me 21 .

you know that [i] wasn't [making] [a] [sound] [!] 
1 you 2 know
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
4 that 15 proves
6 hadn't 7 been
7 been 8 screaming
8 screaming 9 in
8 screaming 11 night
9 in 10 the
11 night 12 ,
12 , 13 and
14 this 15 proves
15 proves 16 it
15 proves 17 !
17 ! 18 "

[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 14 it
14 it 15 's
15 's 16 going
16 going 17 to
16 going 18 rain
18 rain 19 !

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

it 's going to rain ! " 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
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 10 same
2 voice 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
3 seemed 9 very
4 to 5 come
5 come 6 out
6 out 7 of
8 that 9 very
9 very 10 same
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 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 dropped

" you hear it ! " he [shrieked] , [dancing] [up] and down he was so [angry] . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 hear
3 hear 4 it
3 hear 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 15 was
9 , 12 and
12 and 13 down
12 and 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 so
16 so 18 .

" 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
1 it 5 is
3 me 4 ,
4 , 5 is
5 is 6 it
6 it 7 ?

that 's my voice , [yet] it [isn't] [mine] , [because] [i] ['m] [right] [here] [!] 
1 that 2 's
1 that 7 it
2 's 3 my
2 's 4 voice
4 voice 5 ,
7 it 10 ,

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

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
2 one 3 could
3 could 4 tell
4 tell 5 him
5 him 6 ,
6 , 7 and
6 , 12 and
7 and 10 to
12 and 17 up

now [no] [one] [knew] that [blacky] [the] [crow] had come to the party , for [blacky] [never] [goes] [abroad] [at] night [.] 
1 now 5 that
1 now 14 ,
5 that 9 had
9 had 10 come
10 come 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 13 party
14 , 15 for
15 for 21 night

" come out , [blacky] ! " they all shouted . 
1 " 2 come
1 " 10 shouted
2 come 3 out
2 come 4 ,
4 , 7 "
6 ! 7 "
8 they 9 all
8 they 10 shouted
10 shouted 11 .

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

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

no one had ever heard anything like it , and when it ended every one shouted for more . 
1 no 2 one
1 no 15 one
2 one 3 had
4 ever 5 heard
5 heard 6 anything
6 anything 7 like
7 like 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 when
11 when 13 ended
12 it 13 ended
13 ended 14 every
14 every 15 one
15 one 18 more
16 shouted 17 for
17 for 18 more
18 more 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 12 stranger
11 a 12 stranger
12 stranger 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
4 the 16 white

unc ' [billy] [wore] [his] [broadest] [grin] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

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
6 fo 7 '
6 fo 11 uns
8 the 9 trouble
9 trouble 11 uns
10 we 11 uns
11 uns 12 have
11 uns 13 made
13 made 14 .

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

[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 2 they
2 they 3 were
3 were 4 talking
4 talking 18 of
18 of 20 .

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

of course they heard all about the party the next morning and were very anxious indeed to see the stranger with the wonderful voice . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 they
3 they 4 heard
4 heard 6 about
5 all 6 about
6 about 7 the
7 the 8 party
8 party 10 next
8 party 23 wonderful
9 the 10 next
10 next 11 morning
12 and 13 were
13 were 14 very
14 very 15 anxious
14 very 23 wonderful
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 2 course
1 of 9 his
9 his 11 voice
11 voice 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 5 himself
3 soon 4 made
4 made 5 himself
5 himself 6 at
6 at 7 home
6 at 18 all
7 home 8 and
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 he
10 because 15 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 happy
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 sing
17 sing 18 all
18 all 19 day
19 day 20 long
19 day 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
3 , 4 when
4 when 11 woke
5 the 6 moon
6 moon 8 shining
7 was 8 shining
8 shining 11 woke
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 woke
11 woke 12 up
11 woke 15 night
12 up 13 in
13 in 14 the
15 night 16 and
15 night 21 joy
17 would 18 sing
18 sing 21 joy
19 for 21 joy
20 very 21 joy
21 joy 22 .

it was great fun . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 great
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 7 ,
7 , 12 and
8 who 9 is
9 is 10 very
10 very 11 old
11 old 12 and

" he 'll know , " said [peter] , as [off] he [posted] [to] the [smiling] [pool] [.] 
1 " 2 he
1 " 7 said
2 he 3 'll
3 'll 4 know
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 9 ,
7 said 15 the
9 , 10 as
10 as 12 he

now [grandfather] [frog] [was] [feeling] [out] [of] [sorts] that [morning] . 
1 now 9 that
9 that 11 .

" [chugarum] ! " replied [grandfather] [frog] [crossly] . 
1 " 5 replied
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
2 go 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 9 that
9 that 14 could
14 could 15 get
15 get 16 out
16 out 17 of
17 of 18 him
18 him 19 .

[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
1 " 16 declared
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 a
4 a 5 word
8 in 9 it
9 it 10 ,
10 , 14 "
14 " 16 declared
15 he 16 declared
16 declared 17 .

" [yo] ['] [go] [tell] all [your] [friends] that [mistah] [mockah] is the best [loved] of all the birds [way] [down] [souf] . " 
1 " 12 is
6 all 9 that
9 that 12 is
12 is 14 best
13 the 14 best
14 best 16 of
16 of 18 the
17 all 18 the
18 the 19 birds
19 birds 23 .
23 . 24 "

and this is all for the [present] [about] [the] [adventures] of [mr] [mocker] the [mocking-bird] [.] 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 all
4 all 14 the
5 for 6 the
6 the 11 of
11 of 14 the

but [others] [have] [had] [adventures] , and one [is] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 but 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 one

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

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