another playfully pulled his whiskers , while a third rumpled up his hair . 
1 another 2 playfully
2 playfully 3 pulled
3 pulled 4 his
4 his 5 whiskers
5 whiskers 6 ,
6 , 7 while
7 while 8 a
8 a 9 third
9 third 10 rumpled
10 rumpled 11 up
11 up 12 his
12 his 13 hair
13 hair 14 .

but he never , never could . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 never
3 never 4 ,
4 , 5 never
5 never 6 could
6 could 7 .

he wore a green coat and his voice was very deep . 
1 he 2 wore
2 wore 3 a
3 a 4 green
4 green 5 coat
5 coat 6 and
6 and 7 his
7 his 8 voice
8 voice 9 was
9 was 10 very
10 very 11 deep
11 deep 12 .

you wouldn't have known that they were his grandchildren unless some one told you . 
1 you 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 have
3 have 4 known
4 known 5 that
5 that 6 they
6 they 7 were
7 were 8 his
8 his 9 grandchildren
9 grandchildren 10 unless
10 unless 11 some
11 some 12 one
12 one 13 told
13 told 14 you
14 you 15 .

there was very little dry land oh , very little indeed ! 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 little
4 little 5 dry
5 dry 6 land
6 land 7 oh
7 oh 8 ,
8 , 9 very
9 very 10 little
10 little 11 indeed
11 indeed 12 !

he was very proud , oh , very proud indeed of his long tail . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 proud
4 proud 5 ,
5 , 6 oh
6 oh 7 ,
7 , 8 very
8 very 9 proud
9 proud 10 indeed
10 indeed 11 of
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 long
13 long 14 tail
14 tail 15 .

he used to sit and admire it until he thought that there never had been and never could be another such tail . 
1 he 2 used
2 used 3 to
3 to 4 sit
4 sit 5 and
5 and 6 admire
6 admire 7 it
7 it 8 until
8 until 9 he
9 he 10 thought
10 thought 11 that
11 that 12 there
12 there 13 never
13 never 14 had
14 had 15 been
15 been 16 and
16 and 17 never
17 never 18 could
18 could 19 be
19 be 20 another
20 another 21 such
21 such 22 tail
22 tail 23 .

he did nothing at all but eat and sleep and admire his tail . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 at
4 at 5 all
5 all 6 but
6 but 7 eat
7 eat 8 and
8 and 9 sleep
9 sleep 10 and
10 and 11 admire
11 admire 12 his
12 his 13 tail
13 tail 14 .

he looked again and it was shorter still . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 again
3 again 4 and
4 and 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 shorter
7 shorter 8 still
8 still 9 .

every time he looked his tail had grown shorter and smaller . 
1 every 2 time
2 time 3 he
3 he 4 looked
4 looked 5 his
5 his 6 tail
6 tail 7 had
7 had 8 grown
8 grown 9 shorter
9 shorter 10 and
10 and 11 smaller
11 smaller 12 .

by and by when he looked there was nothing left but a little stub which he couldn't even wriggle . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 6 looked
6 looked 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 left
10 left 11 but
11 but 12 a
12 a 13 little
13 little 14 stub
14 stub 15 which
15 which 16 he
16 he 17 couldn't
17 couldn't 18 even
18 even 19 wriggle
19 wriggle 20 .

then even that disappeared , his eyes popped out of his head and his mouth grew bigger and bigger . " 
1 then 2 even
2 even 3 that
3 that 4 disappeared
4 disappeared 5 ,
5 , 6 his
6 his 7 eyes
7 eyes 8 popped
8 popped 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 his
11 his 12 head
12 head 13 and
13 and 14 his
14 his 15 mouth
15 mouth 16 grew
16 grew 17 bigger
17 bigger 18 and
18 and 19 bigger
19 bigger 20 .
20 . 21 "

when he sat down again on his big lily pad the green fly was nowhere to be seen . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
4 down 5 again
5 again 6 on
6 on 7 his
7 his 8 big
8 big 9 lily
9 lily 10 pad
10 pad 11 the
11 the 12 green
12 green 13 fly
13 fly 14 was
14 was 15 nowhere
15 nowhere 16 to
16 to 17 be
17 be 18 seen
18 seen 19 .

" we won't forget . " 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 won't
3 won't 4 forget
4 forget 5 .
5 . 6 "

he walked and walked and walked . 
1 he 2 walked
2 walked 3 and
3 and 4 walked
4 walked 5 and
5 and 6 walked
6 walked 7 .

why , he curled right up in the nice sweet clover and went fast asleep . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 curled
4 curled 5 right
5 right 6 up
6 up 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 nice
9 nice 10 sweet
10 sweet 11 clover
11 clover 12 and
12 and 13 went
13 went 14 fast
14 fast 15 asleep
15 asleep 16 .

then he sat up and rubbed them . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 up
4 up 5 and
5 and 6 rubbed
6 rubbed 7 them
7 them 8 .

for just a few , few minutes he couldn't remember where he was at all . 
1 for 2 just
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 few
4 few 5 ,
5 , 6 few
6 few 7 minutes
7 minutes 8 he
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 remember
10 remember 11 where
11 where 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 at
14 at 15 all
15 all 16 .

by and by he sat up very straight to look over the grass and see where he was . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 he
4 he 5 sat
5 sat 6 up
6 up 7 very
7 very 8 straight
8 straight 9 to
9 to 10 look
10 look 11 over
11 over 12 the
12 the 13 grass
13 grass 14 and
14 and 15 see
15 see 16 where
16 where 17 he
17 he 18 was
18 was 19 .

but he was so far from home that he didn't see a single thing that looked at all like the things he was used to . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 so
4 so 5 far
5 far 6 from
6 from 7 home
7 home 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 see
11 see 12 a
12 a 13 single
13 single 14 thing
14 thing 15 that
15 that 16 looked
16 looked 17 at
17 at 18 all
18 all 19 like
19 like 20 the
20 the 21 things
21 things 22 he
22 he 23 was
23 was 24 used
24 used 25 to
25 to 26 .

the trees were all different . 
1 the 2 trees
2 trees 3 were
3 were 4 all
4 all 5 different
5 different 6 .

the bushes were all different . 
1 the 2 bushes
2 bushes 3 were
3 were 4 all
4 all 5 different
5 different 6 .

everything was different . 
1 everything 2 was
2 was 3 different
3 different 4 .

ho ! ho ! 
1 ho 2 !
2 ! 3 ho
3 ho 4 !

ho ! " 
1 ho 2 !
2 ! 3 "

when he came to his own house he stopped and sat on his hind legs once more . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 5 his
5 his 6 own
6 own 7 house
7 house 8 he
8 he 9 stopped
9 stopped 10 and
10 and 11 sat
11 sat 12 on
12 on 13 his
13 his 14 hind
14 hind 15 legs
15 legs 16 once
16 once 17 more
17 more 18 .

very handsome their coats were , too , a beautiful , glossy black . 
1 very 2 handsome
2 handsome 3 their
3 their 4 coats
4 coats 5 were
5 were 6 ,
6 , 7 too
7 too 8 ,
8 , 9 a
9 a 10 beautiful
10 beautiful 11 ,
11 , 12 glossy
12 glossy 13 black
13 black 14 .

they were very , very proud of them and took the greatest care of them , brushing them carefully ever so many times a day . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 very
3 very 4 ,
4 , 5 very
5 very 6 proud
6 proud 7 of
7 of 8 them
8 them 9 and
9 and 10 took
10 took 11 the
11 the 12 greatest
12 greatest 13 care
13 care 14 of
14 of 15 them
15 them 16 ,
16 , 17 brushing
17 brushing 18 them
18 them 19 carefully
19 carefully 20 ever
20 ever 21 so
21 so 22 many
22 many 23 times
23 times 24 a
24 a 25 day
25 day 26 .

he was very independent and cared for no one . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 independent
4 independent 5 and
5 and 6 cared
6 cared 7 for
7 for 8 no
8 no 9 one
9 one 10 .

like a great many other independent people , he did not always consider the rights of others . 
1 like 2 a
2 a 3 great
3 great 4 many
4 many 5 other
5 other 6 independent
6 independent 7 people
7 people 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 did
10 did 11 not
11 not 12 always
12 always 13 consider
13 consider 14 the
14 the 15 rights
15 rights 16 of
16 of 17 others
17 others 18 .

you see his coat was so black that in the darkness of the night it was not visible at all . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 his
3 his 4 coat
4 coat 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 black
7 black 8 that
8 that 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 darkness
11 darkness 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 night
14 night 15 it
15 it 16 was
16 was 17 not
17 not 18 visible
18 visible 19 at
19 at 20 all
20 all 21 .

they had been broken and scattered this way and that . 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 broken
4 broken 5 and
5 and 6 scattered
6 scattered 7 this
7 this 8 way
8 way 9 and
9 and 10 that
10 that 11 .

he was very sleepy and very cross when he came to the door . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 sleepy
4 sleepy 5 and
5 and 6 very
6 very 7 cross
7 cross 8 when
8 when 9 he
9 he 10 came
10 came 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 13 door
13 door 14 .

" too bad ! 
1 " 2 too
2 too 3 bad
3 bad 4 !

they did not dare to disobey her . 
1 they 2 did
2 did 3 not
3 not 4 dare
4 dare 5 to
5 to 6 disobey
6 disobey 7 her
7 her 8 .

very handsome he looked in his shining black coat and very sorry he appeared that such a dreadful thing should have happened . 
1 very 2 handsome
2 handsome 3 he
3 he 4 looked
4 looked 5 in
5 in 6 his
6 his 7 shining
7 shining 8 black
8 black 9 coat
9 coat 10 and
10 and 11 very
11 very 12 sorry
12 sorry 13 he
13 he 14 appeared
14 appeared 15 that
15 that 16 such
16 such 17 a
17 a 18 dreadful
18 dreadful 19 thing
19 thing 20 should
20 should 21 have
21 have 22 happened
22 happened 23 .

then each in turn was asked to tell where he had been the night before . 
1 then 2 each
2 each 3 in
3 in 4 turn
4 turn 5 was
5 was 6 asked
6 asked 7 to
7 to 8 tell
8 tell 9 where
9 where 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 been
12 been 13 the
13 the 14 night
14 night 15 before
15 before 16 .

it seemed to me that his whiskers were yellow . " 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 me
4 me 5 that
5 that 6 his
6 his 7 whiskers
7 whiskers 8 were
8 were 9 yellow
9 yellow 10 .
10 . 11 "

no one seemed to know at first . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
4 to 5 know
5 know 6 at
6 at 7 first
7 first 8 .

what have you to say for yourself ? " 
1 what 2 have
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 to
4 to 5 say
5 say 6 for
6 for 7 yourself
7 yourself 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

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

he just wanted to sneak away by himself . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 wanted
3 wanted 4 to
4 to 5 sneak
5 sneak 6 away
6 away 7 by
7 by 8 himself
8 himself 9 .

your coat hereafter shall be black and white , that when you move about in the night you will always be visible . " 
1 your 2 coat
2 coat 3 hereafter
3 hereafter 4 shall
4 shall 5 be
5 be 6 black
6 black 7 and
7 and 8 white
8 white 9 ,
9 , 10 that
10 that 11 when
11 when 12 you
12 you 13 move
13 move 14 about
14 about 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 night
17 night 18 you
18 you 19 will
19 will 20 always
20 always 21 be
21 be 22 visible
22 visible 23 .
23 . 24 "

she had had a very busy day . 
1 she 2 had
2 had 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 busy
6 busy 7 day
7 day 8 .

he kissed the sleepy daisies . 
1 he 2 kissed
2 kissed 3 the
3 the 4 sleepy
4 sleepy 5 daisies
5 daisies 6 .

he shook the nodding buttercups . 
1 he 2 shook
2 shook 3 the
3 the 4 nodding
4 nodding 5 buttercups
5 buttercups 6 .

he set all the little poplar leaves a dancing , too , and he wouldn't come into the big bag . 
1 he 2 set
2 set 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 little
5 little 6 poplar
6 poplar 7 leaves
7 leaves 8 a
8 a 9 dancing
9 dancing 10 ,
10 , 11 too
11 too 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 wouldn't
15 wouldn't 16 come
16 come 17 into
17 into 18 the
18 the 19 big
19 big 20 bag
20 bag 21 .

the sleepy daisies didn't want to play . 
1 the 2 sleepy
2 sleepy 3 daisies
3 daisies 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 want
5 want 6 to
6 to 7 play
7 play 8 .

the nodding buttercups were cross . 
1 the 2 nodding
2 nodding 3 buttercups
3 buttercups 4 were
4 were 5 cross
5 cross 6 .

and he couldn't go to sleep . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 go
4 go 5 to
5 to 6 sleep
6 sleep 7 .

he was trotting very softly and every minute or so he turned his head and looked behind him to see if he was followed . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 trotting
3 trotting 4 very
4 very 5 softly
5 softly 6 and
6 and 7 every
7 every 8 minute
8 minute 9 or
9 or 10 so
10 so 11 he
11 he 12 turned
12 turned 13 his
13 his 14 head
14 head 15 and
15 and 16 looked
16 looked 17 behind
17 behind 18 him
18 him 19 to
19 to 20 see
20 see 21 if
21 if 22 he
22 he 23 was
23 was 24 followed
24 followed 25 .

and because he could go faster and because he went a shorter way he got there first . 
1 and 2 because
2 because 3 he
3 he 4 could
4 could 5 go
5 go 6 faster
6 faster 7 and
7 and 8 because
8 because 9 he
9 he 10 went
10 went 11 a
11 a 12 shorter
12 shorter 13 way
13 way 14 he
14 he 15 got
15 got 16 there
16 there 17 first
17 first 18 .

in an instant he was wide awake . 
1 in 2 an
2 an 3 instant
3 instant 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 wide
6 wide 7 awake
7 awake 8 .

" let's go fishing ! " 
1 " 2 let's
2 let's 3 go
3 go 4 fishing
4 fishing 5 !
5 ! 6 "

the sky was blue and the sun was bright . 
1 the 2 sky
2 sky 3 was
3 was 4 blue
4 blue 5 and
5 and 6 the
6 the 7 sun
7 sun 8 was
8 was 9 bright
9 bright 10 .

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

" what are you doing here ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 doing
5 doing 6 here
6 here 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

" pooh ! 
1 " 2 pooh
2 pooh 3 !

three ! " 
1 three 2 !
2 ! 3 "

splash ! 
1 splash 2 !

fraid-cat ! " 
1 fraid-cat 2 !
2 ! 3 "

ha ! 
1 ha 2 !

ho ! 
1 ho 2 !

" he ! 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 !

he ! 
1 he 2 !

ha ! 
1 ha 2 !

ha ! 
1 ha 2 !

ho ! 
1 ho 2 !

ho ! 
1 ho 2 !

ho ! 
1 ho 2 !

he ! 
1 he 2 !

he ! 
1 he 2 !

" did you see any beetles as you came down the hill ? " 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 see
4 see 5 any
5 any 6 beetles
6 beetles 7 as
7 as 8 you
8 you 9 came
9 came 10 down
10 down 11 the
11 the 12 hill
12 hill 13 ?
13 ? 14 "

he stopped and peeped under every old log to see if there were any beetles . 
1 he 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 and
3 and 4 peeped
4 peeped 5 under
5 under 6 every
6 every 7 old
7 old 8 log
8 log 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 if
11 if 12 there
12 there 13 were
13 were 14 any
14 any 15 beetles
15 beetles 16 .

" have you seen any beetles ? " 
1 " 2 have
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 seen
4 seen 5 any
5 any 6 beetles
6 beetles 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

by and by he came to an old stump of a tree which was hollow and had the nicest little round hole in one side . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 he
4 he 5 came
5 came 6 to
6 to 7 an
7 an 8 old
8 old 9 stump
9 stump 10 of
10 of 11 a
11 a 12 tree
12 tree 13 which
13 which 14 was
14 was 15 hollow
15 hollow 16 and
16 and 17 had
17 had 18 the
18 the 19 nicest
19 nicest 20 little
20 little 21 round
21 round 22 hole
22 hole 23 in
23 in 24 one
24 one 25 side
25 side 26 .

" have you seen any beetles ? " 
1 " 2 have
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 seen
4 seen 5 any
5 any 6 beetles
6 beetles 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

" three ! " 
1 " 2 three
2 three 3 !
3 ! 4 "

ha ! 
1 ha 2 !

have you seen any beetles ? " 
1 have 2 you
2 you 3 seen
3 seen 4 any
4 any 5 beetles
5 beetles 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

it stopped its noisy laughing and singing and just lay smiling and smiling in the warm sunshine . 
1 it 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 its
3 its 4 noisy
4 noisy 5 laughing
5 laughing 6 and
6 and 7 singing
7 singing 8 and
8 and 9 just
9 just 10 lay
10 lay 11 smiling
11 smiling 12 and
12 and 13 smiling
13 smiling 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 warm
16 warm 17 sunshine
17 sunshine 18 .

the little flowers on the bank leaned over and nodded to it . 
1 the 2 little
2 little 3 flowers
3 flowers 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 6 bank
6 bank 7 leaned
7 leaned 8 over
8 over 9 and
9 and 10 nodded
10 nodded 11 to
11 to 12 it
12 it 13 .

the beech tree , which was very old , sometimes dropped a leaf into it . 
1 the 2 beech
2 beech 3 tree
3 tree 4 ,
4 , 5 which
5 which 6 was
6 was 7 very
7 very 8 old
8 old 9 ,
9 , 10 sometimes
10 sometimes 11 dropped
11 dropped 12 a
12 a 13 leaf
13 leaf 14 into
14 into 15 it
15 it 16 .

" what mischief are you up to this fine sunny morning ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 mischief
3 mischief 4 are
4 are 5 you
5 you 6 up
6 up 7 to
7 to 8 this
8 this 9 fine
9 fine 10 sunny
10 sunny 11 morning
11 morning 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" we 'll have a swimming party . " 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 have
4 have 5 a
5 a 6 swimming
6 swimming 7 party
7 party 8 .
8 . 9 "

and when he said " three ! " in they all went head first . 
1 and 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 said
4 said 5 "
5 " 6 three
6 three 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 in
9 in 10 they
10 they 11 all
11 all 12 went
12 went 13 head
13 head 14 first
14 first 15 .

my such a splash as they did make ! 
1 my 2 such
2 such 3 a
3 a 4 splash
4 splash 5 as
5 as 6 they
6 they 7 did
7 did 8 make
8 make 9 !

" show us how to dive . " 
1 " 2 show
2 show 3 us
3 us 4 how
4 how 5 to
5 to 6 dive
6 dive 7 .
7 . 8 "

and what do you think ? 
1 and 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 think
5 think 6 ?

splash ! 
1 splash 2 !

splash ! 
1 splash 2 !

splash ! 
1 splash 2 !

splash ! 
1 splash 2 !

and then just to show them that he could dive , too , splash ! 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 just
3 just 4 to
4 to 5 show
5 show 6 them
6 them 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 dive
10 dive 11 ,
11 , 12 too
12 too 13 ,
13 , 14 splash
14 splash 15 !

such a noise as they did make ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 noise
3 noise 4 as
4 as 5 they
5 they 6 did
6 did 7 make
7 make 8 !

it was the air from their lungs making the bubbles . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 air
4 air 5 from
5 from 6 their
6 their 7 lungs
7 lungs 8 making
8 making 9 the
9 the 10 bubbles
10 bubbles 11 .

by and by he sat down on the end of a log under a big tree to rest . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 he
4 he 5 sat
5 sat 6 down
6 down 7 on
7 on 8 the
8 the 9 end
9 end 10 of
10 of 11 a
11 a 12 log
12 log 13 under
13 under 14 a
14 a 15 big
15 big 16 tree
16 tree 17 to
17 to 18 rest
18 rest 19 .

thump ! 
1 thump 2 !

ha ! 
1 ha 2 !

ha ! 
1 ha 2 !

then they both laughed together . 
1 then 2 they
2 they 3 both
3 both 4 laughed
4 laughed 5 together
5 together 6 .

it was such a good joke . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 such
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 good
5 good 6 joke
6 joke 7 .

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

before he could get on his feet he had rolled right over behind a little bush , and there he lay very , very still . 
1 before 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 get
4 get 5 on
5 on 6 his
6 his 7 feet
7 feet 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 rolled
10 rolled 11 right
11 right 12 over
12 over 13 behind
13 behind 14 a
14 a 15 little
15 little 16 bush
16 bush 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 there
19 there 20 he
20 he 21 lay
21 lay 22 very
22 very 23 ,
23 , 24 very
24 very 25 still
25 still 26 .

" he must be up to some mischief . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 must
3 must 4 be
4 be 5 up
5 up 6 to
6 to 7 some
7 some 8 mischief
8 mischief 9 .
9 . 10 "

" what brings you out so early in the morning ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 brings
3 brings 4 you
4 you 5 out
5 out 6 so
6 so 7 early
7 early 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 morning
10 morning 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

" the doctor has ordered me to take a bath in the dew at sunrise every morning . " 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 doctor
3 doctor 4 has
4 has 5 ordered
5 ordered 6 me
6 me 7 to
7 to 8 take
8 take 9 a
9 a 10 bath
10 bath 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 dew
13 dew 14 at
14 at 15 sunrise
15 sunrise 16 every
16 every 17 morning
17 morning 18 .
18 . 19 "

soon he came dancing along with another nut to put in the hollow of the old chestnut tree . 
1 soon 2 he
2 he 3 came
3 came 4 dancing
4 dancing 5 along
5 along 6 with
6 with 7 another
7 another 8 nut
8 nut 9 to
9 to 10 put
10 put 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 hollow
13 hollow 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 old
16 old 17 chestnut
17 chestnut 18 tree
18 tree 19 .

when he peeped in and saw that all his big store of nuts had disappeared , he couldn't believe his own eyes . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 peeped
3 peeped 4 in
4 in 5 and
5 and 6 saw
6 saw 7 that
7 that 8 all
8 all 9 his
9 his 10 big
10 big 11 store
11 store 12 of
12 of 13 nuts
13 nuts 14 had
14 had 15 disappeared
15 disappeared 16 ,
16 , 17 he
17 he 18 couldn't
18 couldn't 19 believe
19 believe 20 his
20 his 21 own
21 own 22 eyes
22 eyes 23 .

he put in one paw and felt all around but not a nut could he feel . 
1 he 2 put
2 put 3 in
3 in 4 one
4 one 5 paw
5 paw 6 and
6 and 7 felt
7 felt 8 all
8 all 9 around
9 around 10 but
10 but 11 not
11 not 12 a
12 a 13 nut
13 nut 14 could
14 could 15 he
15 he 16 feel
16 feel 17 .

then he climbed in and sure enough , the hollow was empty . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 climbed
3 climbed 4 in
4 in 5 and
5 and 6 sure
6 sure 7 enough
7 enough 8 ,
8 , 9 the
9 the 10 hollow
10 hollow 11 was
11 was 12 empty
12 empty 13 .

there were tears in his eyes when he crept out again . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 tears
3 tears 4 in
4 in 5 his
5 his 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 when
7 when 8 he
8 he 9 crept
9 crept 10 out
10 out 11 again
11 again 12 .

" some one has stolen a store of nuts from the hollow in the old chestnut tree . " 
1 " 2 some
2 some 3 one
3 one 4 has
4 has 5 stolen
5 stolen 6 a
6 a 7 store
7 store 8 of
8 of 9 nuts
9 nuts 10 from
10 from 11 the
11 the 12 hollow
12 hollow 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 old
15 old 16 chestnut
16 chestnut 17 tree
17 tree 18 .
18 . 19 "

to himself he thought , " she will only take one from the top and that won't matter . " 
1 to 2 himself
2 himself 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 she
7 she 8 will
8 will 9 only
9 only 10 take
10 take 11 one
11 one 12 from
12 from 13 the
13 the 14 top
14 top 15 and
15 and 16 that
16 that 17 won't
17 won't 18 matter
18 matter 19 .
19 . 20 "

after it fell what do you think ? 
1 after 2 it
2 it 3 fell
3 fell 4 what
4 what 5 do
5 do 6 you
6 you 7 think
7 think 8 ?

why , hickory nuts and chestnuts and acorns and hazel nuts , such a lot of them ! 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 hickory
3 hickory 4 nuts
4 nuts 5 and
5 and 6 chestnuts
6 chestnuts 7 and
7 and 8 acorns
8 acorns 9 and
9 and 10 hazel
10 hazel 11 nuts
11 nuts 12 ,
12 , 13 such
13 such 14 a
14 a 15 lot
15 lot 16 of
16 of 17 them
17 them 18 !

" why ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 !

" there are all my stolen nuts ! " 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 are
3 are 4 all
4 all 5 my
5 my 6 stolen
6 stolen 7 nuts
7 nuts 8 !
8 ! 9 "

" thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 4 "

" thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 4 "

some flew this way and some ran that way and some danced the other way . 
1 some 2 flew
2 flew 3 this
3 this 4 way
4 way 5 and
5 and 6 some
6 some 7 ran
7 ran 8 that
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 and
10 and 11 some
11 some 12 danced
12 danced 13 the
13 the 14 other
14 other 15 way
15 way 16 .

his brothers and his sister , his aunts and his uncles and his cousins were all there . 
1 his 2 brothers
2 brothers 3 and
3 and 4 his
4 his 5 sister
5 sister 6 ,
6 , 7 his
7 his 8 aunts
8 aunts 9 and
9 and 10 his
10 his 11 uncles
11 uncles 12 and
12 and 13 his
13 his 14 cousins
14 cousins 15 were
15 were 16 all
16 all 17 there
17 there 18 .

how the water did splash ! 
1 how 2 the
2 the 3 water
3 water 4 did
4 did 5 splash
5 splash 6 !

they turned somersaults down the slippery slide and they had such a good time ! 
1 they 2 turned
2 turned 3 somersaults
3 somersaults 4 down
4 down 5 the
5 the 6 slippery
6 slippery 7 slide
7 slide 8 and
8 and 9 they
9 they 10 had
10 had 11 such
11 such 12 a
12 a 13 good
13 good 14 time
14 time 15 !

so of course they didn't have a good time . 
1 so 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 they
4 they 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 have
6 have 7 a
7 a 8 good
8 good 9 time
9 time 10 .

it was night . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 night
3 night 4 .

all the little stars were looking down and twinkling and twinkling . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 little
3 little 4 stars
4 stars 5 were
5 were 6 looking
6 looking 7 down
7 down 8 and
8 and 9 twinkling
9 twinkling 10 and
10 and 11 twinkling
11 twinkling 12 .

it was oh so still ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 oh
3 oh 4 so
4 so 5 still
5 still 6 !

" night 's the best time to be about . 
1 " 2 night
2 night 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 best
5 best 6 time
6 time 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 about
9 about 10 .

my , how he made the dirt fly ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 he
4 he 5 made
5 made 6 the
6 the 7 dirt
7 dirt 8 fly
8 fly 9 !

" who is it ? " asked a very sleepy voice . 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 is
3 is 4 it
4 it 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 asked
7 asked 8 a
8 a 9 very
9 very 10 sleepy
10 sleepy 11 voice
11 voice 12 .

" who lives in this big hollow tree ? " 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 lives
3 lives 4 in
4 in 5 this
5 this 6 big
6 big 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

what do you suppose they said when they reached their homes and found that someone else had been playing jokes , too ? 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 suppose
4 suppose 5 they
5 they 6 said
6 said 7 when
7 when 8 they
8 they 9 reached
9 reached 10 their
10 their 11 homes
11 homes 12 and
12 and 13 found
13 found 14 that
14 that 15 someone
15 someone 16 else
16 else 17 had
17 had 18 been
18 been 19 playing
19 playing 20 jokes
20 jokes 21 ,
21 , 22 too
22 too 23 ?

" why , it must be heaps and heaps of nuts and acorns ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 must
5 must 6 be
6 be 7 heaps
7 heaps 8 and
8 and 9 heaps
9 heaps 10 of
10 of 11 nuts
11 nuts 12 and
12 and 13 acorns
13 acorns 14 !

i 'll go and find it . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 go
3 go 4 and
4 and 5 find
5 find 6 it
6 it 7 .
7 . 8 "

" why , that must be great piles of carrots and cabbage ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 must
5 must 6 be
6 be 7 great
7 great 8 piles
8 piles 9 of
9 of 10 carrots
10 carrots 11 and
11 and 12 cabbage
12 cabbage 13 !

" why , that must be a whole field of sweet milky corn . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 must
5 must 6 be
6 be 7 a
7 a 8 whole
8 whole 9 field
9 field 10 of
10 of 11 sweet
11 sweet 12 milky
12 milky 13 corn
13 corn 14 .

then they all tried to run faster . 
1 then 2 they
2 they 3 all
3 all 4 tried
4 tried 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 faster
7 faster 8 .

" why , that must be packs and packs of beetles ! " 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 must
5 must 6 be
6 be 7 packs
7 packs 8 and
8 and 9 packs
9 packs 10 of
10 of 11 beetles
11 beetles 12 !
12 ! 13 "

they didn't hurry now for they were so very , very tired ! 
1 they 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 hurry
3 hurry 4 now
4 now 5 for
5 for 6 they
6 they 7 were
7 were 8 so
8 so 9 very
9 very 10 ,
10 , 11 very
11 very 12 tired
12 tired 13 !

and they were cross oh so cross ! 
1 and 2 they
2 they 3 were
3 were 4 cross
4 cross 5 oh
5 oh 6 so
6 so 7 cross
7 cross 8 !

and all were as hungry as hungry could be . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 were
3 were 4 as
4 as 5 hungry
5 hungry 6 as
6 as 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 .

" it is being happy with the things you have and not wanting things which some one else has . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 being
4 being 5 happy
5 happy 6 with
6 with 7 the
7 the 8 things
8 things 9 you
9 you 10 have
10 have 11 and
11 and 12 not
12 not 13 wanting
13 wanting 14 things
14 things 15 which
15 which 16 some
16 some 17 one
17 one 18 else
18 else 19 has
19 has 20 .

they had been in all kinds of mischief and now they just didn't know what to do . 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 in
4 in 5 all
5 all 6 kinds
6 kinds 7 of
7 of 8 mischief
8 mischief 9 and
9 and 10 now
10 now 11 they
11 they 12 just
12 just 13 didn't
13 didn't 14 know
14 know 15 what
15 what 16 to
16 to 17 do
17 do 18 .

" it 's something to do . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 something
4 something 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 .
7 . 8 "

come over here ! " he called . 
1 come 2 over
2 over 3 here
3 here 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 he
6 he 7 called
7 called 8 .

then all did it over again . 
1 then 2 all
2 all 3 did
3 did 4 it
4 it 5 over
5 over 6 again
6 again 7 .

sometimes they went down the slippery slide on their backs , sometimes flat on their stomachs , sometimes head first , sometimes feet first . 
1 sometimes 2 they
2 they 3 went
3 went 4 down
4 down 5 the
5 the 6 slippery
6 slippery 7 slide
7 slide 8 on
8 on 9 their
9 their 10 backs
10 backs 11 ,
11 , 12 sometimes
12 sometimes 13 flat
13 flat 14 on
14 on 15 their
15 their 16 stomachs
16 stomachs 17 ,
17 , 18 sometimes
18 sometimes 19 head
19 head 20 first
20 first 21 ,
21 , 22 sometimes
22 sometimes 23 feet
23 feet 24 first
24 first 25 .

oh such fun as they did have ! 
1 oh 2 such
2 such 3 fun
3 fun 4 as
4 as 5 they
5 they 6 did
6 did 7 have
7 have 8 !

" come and try the slippery slide . " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 and
3 and 4 try
4 try 5 the
5 the 6 slippery
6 slippery 7 slide
7 slide 8 .
8 . 9 "

he always had to wait a little instead of minding when he was spoken to . 
1 he 2 always
2 always 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 wait
5 wait 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 instead
8 instead 9 of
9 of 10 minding
10 minding 11 when
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 spoken
14 spoken 15 to
15 to 16 .

oh dear , no ! 
1 oh 2 dear
2 dear 3 ,
3 , 4 no
4 no 5 !

he swam just a little speck of a ways farther still . 
1 he 2 swam
2 swam 3 just
3 just 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 speck
6 speck 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 ways
9 ways 10 farther
10 farther 11 still
11 still 12 .

each in turn told why he thought he was the fastest . 
1 each 2 in
2 in 3 turn
3 turn 4 told
4 told 5 why
5 why 6 he
6 he 7 thought
7 thought 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 the
10 the 11 fastest
11 fastest 12 .

the one who first reached the old butternut tree with a hickory nut would be declared the winner . 
1 the 2 one
2 one 3 who
3 who 4 first
4 first 5 reached
5 reached 6 the
6 the 7 old
7 old 8 butternut
8 butternut 9 tree
9 tree 10 with
10 with 11 a
11 a 12 hickory
12 hickory 13 nut
13 nut 14 would
14 would 15 be
15 be 16 declared
16 declared 17 the
17 the 18 winner
18 winner 19 .

it was a beautiful summer day . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 summer
5 summer 6 day
6 day 7 .

every one thought that that was the best joke they had heard for a long time , and all laughed harder than ever . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 3 thought
3 thought 4 that
4 that 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 the
7 the 8 best
8 best 9 joke
9 joke 10 they
10 they 11 had
11 had 12 heard
12 heard 13 for
13 for 14 a
14 a 15 long
15 long 16 time
16 time 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 all
19 all 20 laughed
20 laughed 21 harder
21 harder 22 than
22 than 23 ever
23 ever 24 .

" go ! " 
1 " 2 go
2 go 3 !
3 ! 4 "

now just at the foot of the little hill on which the big hickory tree grew was a little pond . 
1 now 2 just
2 just 3 at
3 at 4 the
4 the 5 foot
5 foot 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 little
8 little 9 hill
9 hill 10 on
10 on 11 which
11 which 12 the
12 the 13 big
13 big 14 hickory
14 hickory 15 tree
15 tree 16 grew
16 grew 17 was
17 was 18 a
18 a 19 little
19 little 20 pond
20 pond 21 .

it wasn't very wide but it was quite long . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 very
3 very 4 wide
4 wide 5 but
5 but 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 quite
8 quite 9 long
9 long 10 .

he himself can swim even faster than he can run . 
1 he 2 himself
2 himself 3 can
3 can 4 swim
4 swim 5 even
5 even 6 faster
6 faster 7 than
7 than 8 he
8 he 9 can
9 can 10 run
10 run 11 .

the more he thought of this , the more foolish it seemed that he should hurry so on such a warm day . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 this
6 this 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 foolish
10 foolish 11 it
11 it 12 seemed
12 seemed 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 should
15 should 16 hurry
16 hurry 17 so
17 so 18 on
18 on 19 such
19 such 20 a
20 a 21 warm
21 warm 22 day
22 day 23 .

i will surely get there first . " 
1 i 2 will
2 will 3 surely
3 surely 4 get
4 get 5 there
5 there 6 first
6 first 7 .
7 . 8 "

the more he smiled the warmer it grew . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 smiled
4 smiled 5 the
5 the 6 warmer
6 warmer 7 it
7 it 8 grew
8 grew 9 .

he had not thought of that pond when he agreed to enter the race . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 not
3 not 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 that
6 that 7 pond
7 pond 8 when
8 when 9 he
9 he 10 agreed
10 agreed 11 to
11 to 12 enter
12 enter 13 the
13 the 14 race
14 race 15 .

he stopped right on the edge of it and sat up on his hind legs . 
1 he 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 right
3 right 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 6 edge
6 edge 7 of
7 of 8 it
8 it 9 and
9 and 10 sat
10 sat 11 up
11 up 12 on
12 on 13 his
13 his 14 hind
14 hind 15 legs
15 legs 16 .

they were so excited that neither noticed a little splash in the pond . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 so
3 so 4 excited
4 excited 5 that
5 that 6 neither
6 neither 7 noticed
7 noticed 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 splash
10 splash 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 pond
13 pond 14 .

only once or twice he stuck his little black nose up to get some air . 
1 only 2 once
2 once 3 or
3 or 4 twice
4 twice 5 he
5 he 6 stuck
6 stuck 7 his
7 his 8 little
8 little 9 black
9 black 10 nose
10 nose 11 up
11 up 12 to
12 to 13 get
13 get 14 some
14 some 15 air
15 air 16 .

right across he swam , and climbed up the bank right under the big hickory tree . 
1 right 2 across
2 across 3 he
3 he 4 swam
4 swam 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 climbed
7 climbed 8 up
8 up 9 the
9 the 10 bank
10 bank 11 right
11 right 12 under
12 under 13 the
13 the 14 big
14 big 15 hickory
15 hickory 16 tree
16 tree 17 .

now there were just three nuts left under the hickory trees . 
1 now 2 there
2 there 3 were
3 were 4 just
4 just 5 three
5 three 6 nuts
6 nuts 7 left
7 left 8 under
8 under 9 the
9 the 10 hickory
10 hickory 11 trees
11 trees 12 .

the other he took in his mouth and started back across the pond . 
1 the 2 other
2 other 3 he
3 he 4 took
4 took 5 in
5 in 6 his
6 his 7 mouth
7 mouth 8 and
8 and 9 started
9 started 10 back
10 back 11 across
11 across 12 the
12 the 13 pond
13 pond 14 .

in he jumped with a splash . 
1 in 2 he
2 he 3 jumped
3 jumped 4 with
4 with 5 a
5 a 6 splash
6 splash 7 .

my ! 
1 my 2 !

how good that cool water did feel ! 
1 how 2 good
2 good 3 that
3 that 4 cool
4 cool 5 water
5 water 6 did
6 did 7 feel
7 feel 8 !

he didn't have to hurry now , because he felt sure that the race was his . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 to
4 to 5 hurry
5 hurry 6 now
6 now 7 ,
7 , 8 because
8 because 9 he
9 he 10 felt
10 felt 11 sure
11 sure 12 that
12 that 13 the
13 the 14 race
14 race 15 was
15 was 16 his
16 his 17 .

so he swam round and round and chased some fish and had a beautiful time in the water . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 swam
3 swam 4 round
4 round 5 and
5 and 6 round
6 round 7 and
7 and 8 chased
8 chased 9 some
9 some 10 fish
10 fish 11 and
11 and 12 had
12 had 13 a
13 a 14 beautiful
14 beautiful 15 time
15 time 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 water
18 water 19 .

they both looked tired and hot and discouraged . 
1 they 2 both
2 both 3 looked
3 looked 4 tired
4 tired 5 and
5 and 6 hot
6 hot 7 and
7 and 8 discouraged
8 discouraged 9 .

but where were the nuts ? 
1 but 2 where
2 where 3 were
3 were 4 the
4 the 5 nuts
5 nuts 6 ?

then they , too , began to look under the leaves and under the bark . 
1 then 2 they
2 they 3 ,
3 , 4 too
4 too 5 ,
5 , 6 began
6 began 7 to
7 to 8 look
8 look 9 under
9 under 10 the
10 the 11 leaves
11 leaves 12 and
12 and 13 under
13 under 14 the
14 the 15 bark
15 bark 16 .

he did ! 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 !

spotty wins the race ! " 
1 spotty 2 wins
2 wins 3 the
3 the 4 race
4 race 5 !
5 ! 6 "