they always beg him to stop and play with them , but often he refuses . 
1 they 2 always
2 always 3 beg
3 beg 4 him
4 him 5 to
5 to 6 stop
6 stop 7 and
7 and 8 play
8 play 9 with
9 with 10 them
10 them 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 often
13 often 14 he
14 he 15 refuses
15 refuses 16 .

so every morning they ask him to play , and every morning they laugh when he says he has too much to do . 
1 so 2 every
2 every 3 morning
3 morning 4 they
4 they 5 ask
5 ask 6 him
6 him 7 to
7 to 8 play
8 play 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 every
11 every 12 morning
12 morning 13 they
13 they 14 laugh
14 laugh 15 when
15 when 16 he
16 he 17 says
17 says 18 he
18 he 19 has
19 has 20 too
20 too 21 much
21 much 22 to
22 to 23 do
23 do 24 .

when he is feeling just right , he dearly loves to tell about those long-ago days . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 feeling
4 feeling 5 just
5 just 6 right
6 right 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 dearly
9 dearly 10 loves
10 loves 11 to
11 to 12 tell
12 tell 13 about
13 about 14 those
14 those 15 long-ago
15 long-ago 16 days
16 days 17 .

" honor ! 
1 " 2 honor
2 honor 3 !

oh , how lovely ! 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 lovely
4 lovely 5 !

do tell us about it ! 
1 do 2 tell
2 tell 3 us
3 us 4 about
4 about 5 it
5 it 6 !

he was always very busy , very busy , indeed , and it was always about his own affairs . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 always
3 always 4 very
4 very 5 busy
5 busy 6 ,
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 busy
8 busy 9 ,
9 , 10 indeed
10 indeed 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 always
15 always 16 about
16 about 17 his
17 his 18 own
18 own 19 affairs
19 affairs 20 .

it didn't worry him a bit , not a bit , that his coat was just plain brown . 
1 it 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 worry
3 worry 4 him
4 him 5 a
5 a 6 bit
6 bit 7 ,
7 , 8 not
8 not 9 a
9 a 10 bit
10 bit 11 ,
11 , 12 that
12 that 13 his
13 his 14 coat
14 coat 15 was
15 was 16 just
16 just 17 plain
17 plain 18 brown
18 brown 19 .

he was perfectly satisfied with his little plain brown coat and took the best of care of it . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 perfectly
3 perfectly 4 satisfied
4 satisfied 5 with
5 with 6 his
6 his 7 little
7 little 8 plain
8 plain 9 brown
9 brown 10 coat
10 coat 11 and
11 and 12 took
12 took 13 the
13 the 14 best
14 best 15 of
15 of 16 care
16 care 17 of
17 of 18 it
18 it 19 .

he was strolling along as if there was nothing in the world to fear . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 strolling
3 strolling 4 along
4 along 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 world
12 world 13 to
13 to 14 fear
14 fear 15 .

his eyes were yellow , and a hungry look was in them . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 were
3 were 4 yellow
4 yellow 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 a
7 a 8 hungry
8 hungry 9 look
9 look 10 was
10 was 11 in
11 in 12 them
12 them 13 .

oh , my , no ! 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 no
5 no 6 !

you see , there wasn't time to go anywhere else . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 there
4 there 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 time
6 time 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 anywhere
9 anywhere 10 else
10 else 11 .

he snarled when he saw it . 
1 he 2 snarled
2 snarled 3 when
3 when 4 he
4 he 5 saw
5 saw 6 it
6 it 7 .

you see it was too small , very much too small , for him to get into himself . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 too
5 too 6 small
6 small 7 ,
7 , 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 too
10 too 11 small
11 small 12 ,
12 , 13 for
13 for 14 him
14 him 15 to
15 to 16 get
16 get 17 into
17 into 18 himself
18 himself 19 .

he made himself just as flat as he could on the bottom of the hollow and held his breath . 
1 he 2 made
2 made 3 himself
3 himself 4 just
4 just 5 as
5 as 6 flat
6 flat 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 on
10 on 11 the
11 the 12 bottom
12 bottom 13 of
13 of 14 the
14 the 15 hollow
15 hollow 16 and
16 and 17 held
17 held 18 his
18 his 19 breath
19 breath 20 .

it was an ugly grin to see . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 an
3 an 4 ugly
4 ugly 5 grin
5 grin 6 to
6 to 7 see
7 see 8 .

he ached and smarted terribly , and his little plain brown coat was torn in long strips . 
1 he 2 ached
2 ached 3 and
3 and 4 smarted
4 smarted 5 terribly
5 terribly 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 his
8 his 9 little
9 little 10 plain
10 plain 11 brown
11 brown 12 coat
12 coat 13 was
13 was 14 torn
14 torn 15 in
15 in 16 long
16 long 17 strips
17 strips 18 .

i 'm glad that nobody knows about it . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 glad
3 glad 4 that
4 that 5 nobody
5 nobody 6 knows
6 knows 7 about
7 about 8 it
8 it 9 .

they are honor stripes , and hereafter you and your children and your children 's children shall always wear stripes . ' 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 honor
3 honor 4 stripes
4 stripes 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 hereafter
7 hereafter 8 you
8 you 9 and
9 and 10 your
10 your 11 children
11 children 12 and
12 and 13 your
13 your 14 children
14 children 15 's
15 's 16 children
16 children 17 shall
17 shall 18 always
18 always 19 wear
19 wear 20 stripes
20 stripes 21 .
21 . 22 '

he is very fond of sitting with his hands folded that way . 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 fond
4 fond 5 of
5 of 6 sitting
6 sitting 7 with
7 with 8 his
8 his 9 hands
9 hands 10 folded
10 folded 11 that
11 that 12 way
12 way 13 .

peter was sitting up very straight , but his hands dropped right down in front . 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 sitting
3 sitting 4 up
4 up 5 very
5 very 6 straight
6 straight 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 his
9 his 10 hands
10 hands 11 dropped
11 dropped 12 right
12 right 13 down
13 down 14 in
14 in 15 front
15 front 16 .

" he can't , and none of his family can , " said a gruff voice . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 can't
3 can't 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 none
6 none 7 of
7 of 8 his
8 his 9 family
9 family 10 can
10 can 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 14 a
14 a 15 gruff
15 gruff 16 voice
16 voice 17 .

seemed like he wouldn't be happy if he couldn't get into trouble . 
1 seemed 2 like
2 like 3 he
3 he 4 wouldn't
4 wouldn't 5 be
5 be 6 happy
6 happy 7 if
7 if 8 he
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 get
10 get 11 into
11 into 12 trouble
12 trouble 13 .

it seemed that he was just born to be curious and so , of course , to get into trouble . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 just
6 just 7 born
7 born 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 10 curious
10 curious 11 and
11 and 12 so
12 so 13 ,
13 , 14 of
14 of 15 course
15 course 16 ,
16 , 17 to
17 to 18 get
18 get 19 into
19 into 20 trouble
20 trouble 21 .

my , my , my , such a hurrying and scurrying and worrying as there was ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 my
5 my 6 ,
6 , 7 such
7 such 8 a
8 a 9 hurrying
9 hurrying 10 and
10 and 11 scurrying
11 scurrying 12 and
12 and 13 worrying
13 worrying 14 as
14 as 15 there
15 there 16 was
16 was 17 !

" there was the greatest changing of clothes you ever did see . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 the
4 the 5 greatest
5 greatest 6 changing
6 changing 7 of
7 of 8 clothes
8 clothes 9 you
9 you 10 ever
10 ever 11 did
11 did 12 see
12 see 13 .

you see , he was so busy minding other people 's business that he didn't have time to attend to his own . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 busy
7 busy 8 minding
8 minding 9 other
9 other 10 people
10 people 11 's
11 's 12 business
12 business 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 didn't
15 didn't 16 have
16 have 17 time
17 time 18 to
18 to 19 attend
19 attend 20 to
20 to 21 his
21 his 22 own
22 own 23 .

so his brown and gray coat always was rumpled and tumbled and dirty . 
1 so 2 his
2 his 3 brown
3 brown 4 and
4 and 5 gray
5 gray 6 coat
6 coat 7 always
7 always 8 was
8 was 9 rumpled
9 rumpled 10 and
10 and 11 tumbled
11 tumbled 12 and
12 and 13 dirty
13 dirty 14 .

it was all weeds and brambles . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 all
3 all 4 weeds
4 weeds 5 and
5 and 6 brambles
6 brambles 7 .

oh , dear ! 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear
3 dear 4 !

he meant to have his home looking just as fine as he could make it . 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
3 to 4 have
4 have 5 his
5 his 6 home
6 home 7 looking
7 looking 8 just
8 just 9 as
9 as 10 fine
10 fine 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 could
13 could 14 make
14 make 15 it
15 it 16 .

he brought up some clean yellow sand from deep down in the ground and sprinkled it smoothly over his doorstep . 
1 he 2 brought
2 brought 3 up
3 up 4 some
4 some 5 clean
5 clean 6 yellow
6 yellow 7 sand
7 sand 8 from
8 from 9 deep
9 deep 10 down
10 down 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 ground
13 ground 14 and
14 and 15 sprinkled
15 sprinkled 16 it
16 it 17 smoothly
17 smoothly 18 over
18 over 19 his
19 his 20 doorstep
20 doorstep 21 .

it was very comfortable . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 comfortable
4 comfortable 5 .

" at first she was very indignant , oh , very indignant , indeed ! 
1 " 2 at
2 at 3 first
3 first 4 she
4 she 5 was
5 was 6 very
6 very 7 indignant
7 indignant 8 ,
8 , 9 oh
9 oh 10 ,
10 , 11 very
11 very 12 indignant
12 indignant 13 ,
13 , 14 indeed
14 indeed 15 !

but as she watched him sitting there , dreaming in the warm sunshine , her anger began to melt away . 
1 but 2 as
2 as 3 she
3 she 4 watched
4 watched 5 him
5 him 6 sitting
6 sitting 7 there
7 there 8 ,
8 , 9 dreaming
9 dreaming 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 warm
12 warm 13 sunshine
13 sunshine 14 ,
14 , 15 her
15 her 16 anger
16 anger 17 began
17 began 18 to
18 to 19 melt
19 melt 20 away
20 away 21 .

with a long stick she reached in and tickled the end of his nose . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 long
3 long 4 stick
4 stick 5 she
5 she 6 reached
6 reached 7 in
7 in 8 and
8 and 9 tickled
9 tickled 10 the
10 the 11 end
11 end 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 nose
14 nose 15 .

he yawned and blinked , and then his eyes suddenly flew wide open with fright . 
1 he 2 yawned
2 yawned 3 and
3 and 4 blinked
4 blinked 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 his
8 his 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 suddenly
10 suddenly 11 flew
11 flew 12 wide
12 wide 13 open
13 open 14 with
14 with 15 fright
15 fright 16 .

she pointed a long forefinger at him and said : 
1 she 2 pointed
2 pointed 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 forefinger
5 forefinger 6 at
6 at 7 him
7 him 8 and
8 and 9 said
9 said 10 :

the more they talked about it , the more they wanted to know . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 they
3 they 4 talked
4 talked 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 they
10 they 11 wanted
11 wanted 12 to
12 to 13 know
13 know 14 .

they always tried to run away . 
1 they 2 always
2 always 3 tried
3 tried 4 to
4 to 5 run
5 run 6 away
6 away 7 .

" of course ! 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 !

why didn't we think of him before ? " exclaimed the others . 
1 why 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 we
3 we 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 6 him
6 him 7 before
7 before 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 the
11 the 12 others
12 others 13 .

besides he was so fat that to run made him puff and blow . 
1 besides 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 so
4 so 5 fat
5 fat 6 that
6 that 7 to
7 to 8 run
8 run 9 made
9 made 10 him
10 him 11 puff
11 puff 12 and
12 and 13 blow
13 blow 14 .

" just to fool people , stupid ! " said he . 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 to
3 to 4 fool
4 fool 5 people
5 people 6 ,
6 , 7 stupid
7 stupid 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
11 he 12 .

he was always very sly , and he played a great many tricks on his neighbors , and sometimes he got them into trouble . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 always
3 always 4 very
4 very 5 sly
5 sly 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 played
9 played 10 a
10 a 11 great
11 great 12 many
12 many 13 tricks
13 tricks 14 on
14 on 15 his
15 his 16 neighbors
16 neighbors 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 sometimes
19 sometimes 20 he
20 he 21 got
21 got 22 them
22 them 23 into
23 into 24 trouble
24 trouble 25 .

but when he did , he always managed to keep out of their way until they had forgotten all about their anger . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 did
4 did 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 always
7 always 8 managed
8 managed 9 to
9 to 10 keep
10 keep 11 out
11 out 12 of
12 of 13 their
13 their 14 way
14 way 15 until
15 until 16 they
16 they 17 had
17 had 18 forgotten
18 forgotten 19 all
19 all 20 about
20 about 21 their
21 their 22 anger
22 anger 23 .

i never knew it to fail . 
1 i 2 never
2 never 3 knew
3 knew 4 it
4 it 5 to
5 to 6 fail
6 fail 7 .

my , my , but his temper did boil over ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 but
5 but 6 his
6 his 7 temper
7 temper 8 did
8 did 9 boil
9 boil 10 over
10 over 11 !

it certainly did . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 did
3 did 4 .

" my , my , my , how angry everybody grew ! 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 ,
3 , 4 my
4 my 5 ,
5 , 6 my
6 my 7 ,
7 , 8 how
8 how 9 angry
9 angry 10 everybody
10 everybody 11 grew
11 grew 12 !

when he saw them coming , he realized that what he had thought was a joke had become no longer a laughing matter for him . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 them
4 them 5 coming
5 coming 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 realized
8 realized 9 that
9 that 10 what
10 what 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 thought
13 thought 14 was
14 was 15 a
15 a 16 joke
16 joke 17 had
17 had 18 become
18 become 19 no
19 no 20 longer
20 longer 21 a
21 a 22 laughing
22 laughing 23 matter
23 matter 24 for
24 for 25 him
25 him 26 .

he was too frightened to run , so he scrambled up a tree . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 frightened
4 frightened 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 ,
7 , 8 so
8 so 9 he
9 he 10 scrambled
10 scrambled 11 up
11 up 12 a
12 a 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

up the tree after him they scrambled , and he crept as far out as he could get on one of the branches . 
1 up 2 the
2 the 3 tree
3 tree 4 after
4 after 5 him
5 him 6 they
6 they 7 scrambled
7 scrambled 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 crept
11 crept 12 as
12 as 13 far
13 far 14 out
14 out 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 get
18 get 19 on
19 on 20 one
20 one 21 of
21 of 22 the
22 the 23 branches
23 branches 24 .

he shut his eyes , and then he landed with a thump that knocked all the wind from his body . 
1 he 2 shut
2 shut 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 he
8 he 9 landed
9 landed 10 with
10 with 11 a
11 a 12 thump
12 thump 13 that
13 that 14 knocked
14 knocked 15 all
15 all 16 the
16 the 17 wind
17 wind 18 from
18 from 19 his
19 his 20 body
20 body 21 .

what will we do with him ? ' 
1 what 2 will
2 will 3 we
3 we 4 do
4 do 5 with
5 with 6 him
6 him 7 ?
7 ? 8 '

he waited long enough to make sure that they were out of sight , and then took the shortest way home . 
1 he 2 waited
2 waited 3 long
3 long 4 enough
4 enough 5 to
5 to 6 make
6 make 7 sure
7 sure 8 that
8 that 9 they
9 they 10 were
10 were 11 out
11 out 12 of
12 of 13 sight
13 sight 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 then
16 then 17 took
17 took 18 the
18 the 19 shortest
19 shortest 20 way
20 way 21 home
21 home 22 .

and then a bright idea struck him : he would try the same trick whenever he was caught . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 a
3 a 4 bright
4 bright 5 idea
5 idea 6 struck
6 struck 7 him
7 him 8 :
8 : 9 he
9 he 10 would
10 would 11 try
11 try 12 the
12 the 13 same
13 same 14 trick
14 trick 15 whenever
15 whenever 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 caught
18 caught 19 .

so the next time he got in trouble , instead of running away , he tried playing dead . 
1 so 2 the
2 the 3 next
3 next 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 got
6 got 7 in
7 in 8 trouble
8 trouble 9 ,
9 , 10 instead
10 instead 11 of
11 of 12 running
12 running 13 away
13 away 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 tried
16 tried 17 playing
17 playing 18 dead
18 dead 19 .

besides , it is always such a joke . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 always
5 always 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 joke
8 joke 9 .

of course that wasn't a nice thing to do , not a bit nice . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 that
3 that 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 5 a
5 a 6 nice
6 nice 7 thing
7 thing 8 to
8 to 9 do
9 do 10 ,
10 , 11 not
11 not 12 a
12 a 13 bit
13 bit 14 nice
14 nice 15 .

besides , they scratched terribly . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 they
3 they 4 scratched
4 scratched 5 terribly
5 terribly 6 .

peter watched him out of sight . 
1 peter 2 watched
2 watched 3 him
3 him 4 out
4 out 5 of
5 of 6 sight
6 sight 7 .

" my ! 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 !

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

" do you mean to say that you don't know ? " 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 mean
4 mean 5 to
5 to 6 say
6 say 7 that
7 that 8 you
8 you 9 don't
9 don't 10 know
10 know 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

i haven't time to tell you about it now . 
1 i 2 haven't
2 haven't 3 time
3 time 4 to
4 to 5 tell
5 tell 6 you
6 you 7 about
7 about 8 it
8 it 9 now
9 now 10 .

he had never thought anything about it before , but now he couldn't get it out of his head . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 never
3 never 4 thought
4 thought 5 anything
5 anything 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 before
8 before 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 now
11 now 12 he
12 he 13 couldn't
13 couldn't 14 get
14 get 15 it
15 it 16 out
16 out 17 of
17 of 18 his
18 his 19 head
19 head 20 .

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

" don't you know that it is very impolite to disturb people when they are having a nap ? " 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 you
3 you 4 know
4 know 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 very
8 very 9 impolite
9 impolite 10 to
10 to 11 disturb
11 disturb 12 people
12 people 13 when
13 when 14 they
14 they 15 are
15 are 16 having
16 having 17 a
17 a 18 nap
18 nap 19 ?
19 ? 20 "

he was so smart that he knew enough not to appear smart , and the fact is his neighbors thought him rather dull . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 smart
4 smart 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 knew
7 knew 8 enough
8 enough 9 not
9 not 10 to
10 to 11 appear
11 appear 12 smart
12 smart 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 16 fact
16 fact 17 is
17 is 18 his
18 his 19 neighbors
19 neighbors 20 thought
20 thought 21 him
21 him 22 rather
22 rather 23 dull
23 dull 24 .

he was always very polite , very polite indeed , to every one . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 always
3 always 4 very
4 very 5 polite
5 polite 6 ,
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 polite
8 polite 9 indeed
9 indeed 10 ,
10 , 11 to
11 to 12 every
12 every 13 one
13 one 14 .

everything he heard he remembered , so that it wasn't long before he knew more about what was going on than all his neighbors together . 
1 everything 2 he
2 he 3 heard
3 heard 4 he
4 he 5 remembered
5 remembered 6 ,
6 , 7 so
7 so 8 that
8 that 9 it
9 it 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 long
11 long 12 before
12 before 13 he
13 he 14 knew
14 knew 15 more
15 more 16 about
16 about 17 what
17 what 18 was
18 was 19 going
19 going 20 on
20 on 21 than
21 than 22 all
22 all 23 his
23 his 24 neighbors
24 neighbors 25 together
25 together 26 .

sometimes it was a storehouse broken into , and the best things taken . 
1 sometimes 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 storehouse
5 storehouse 6 broken
6 broken 7 into
7 into 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 the
10 the 11 best
11 best 12 things
12 things 13 taken
13 taken 14 .

sometimes it was of worse things that were told in whispers . 
1 sometimes 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 of
4 of 5 worse
5 worse 6 things
6 things 7 that
7 that 8 were
8 were 9 told
9 told 10 in
10 in 11 whispers
11 whispers 12 .

somebody sprang upon her as she was sleeping , and in the struggle she lost all her tail feathers . 
1 somebody 2 sprang
2 sprang 3 upon
3 upon 4 her
4 her 5 as
5 as 6 she
6 she 7 was
7 was 8 sleeping
8 sleeping 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 struggle
13 struggle 14 she
14 she 15 lost
15 lost 16 all
16 all 17 her
17 her 18 tail
18 tail 19 feathers
19 feathers 20 .

she made them all pass before her , and she looked sharply at each one as they went by . 
1 she 2 made
2 made 3 them
3 them 4 all
4 all 5 pass
5 pass 6 before
6 before 7 her
7 her 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 she
10 she 11 looked
11 looked 12 sharply
12 sharply 13 at
13 at 14 each
14 each 15 one
15 one 16 as
16 as 17 they
17 they 18 went
18 went 19 by
19 by 20 .

she didn't say a word until everybody had paid their respects and passed before her . 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 say
3 say 4 a
4 a 5 word
5 word 6 until
6 until 7 everybody
7 everybody 8 had
8 had 9 paid
9 paid 10 their
10 their 11 respects
11 respects 12 and
12 and 13 passed
13 passed 14 before
14 before 15 her
15 her 16 .

he glanced at his coat . 
1 he 2 glanced
2 glanced 3 at
3 at 4 his
4 his 5 coat
5 coat 6 .

it was bright red ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 bright
3 bright 4 red
4 red 5 !

she promised that she would when his heart changed , and he changed his ways . 
1 she 2 promised
2 promised 3 that
3 that 4 she
4 she 5 would
5 would 6 when
6 when 7 his
7 his 8 heart
8 heart 9 changed
9 changed 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 changed
13 changed 14 his
14 his 15 ways
15 ways 16 .

but his heart never did change , and his children and his children 's children were just like him . 
1 but 2 his
2 his 3 heart
3 heart 4 never
4 never 5 did
5 did 6 change
6 change 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 his
9 his 10 children
10 children 11 and
11 and 12 his
12 his 13 children
13 children 14 's
14 's 15 children
15 children 16 were
16 were 17 just
17 just 18 like
18 like 19 him
19 him 20 .

a good heart and honest ways are better than fine clothes . " 
1 a 2 good
2 good 3 heart
3 heart 4 and
4 and 5 honest
5 honest 6 ways
6 ways 7 are
7 are 8 better
8 better 9 than
9 than 10 fine
10 fine 11 clothes
11 clothes 12 .
12 . 13 "

they romped and raced and danced away , some one way , some another , to see whom they could find to play with . 
1 they 2 romped
2 romped 3 and
3 and 4 raced
4 raced 5 and
5 and 6 danced
6 danced 7 away
7 away 8 ,
8 , 9 some
9 some 10 one
10 one 11 way
11 way 12 ,
12 , 13 some
13 some 14 another
14 another 15 ,
15 , 16 to
16 to 17 see
17 see 18 whom
18 whom 19 they
19 they 20 could
20 could 21 find
21 find 22 to
22 to 23 play
23 play 24 with
24 with 25 .

they knew what he was doing that for . 
1 they 2 knew
2 knew 3 what
3 what 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 doing
6 doing 7 that
7 that 8 for
8 for 9 .

they knew that he was looking for fat beetles for his breakfast . 
1 they 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 looking
6 looking 7 for
7 for 8 fat
8 fat 9 beetles
9 beetles 10 for
10 for 11 his
11 his 12 breakfast
12 breakfast 13 .

they danced over to him and formed a ring around him while they sang : 
1 they 2 danced
2 danced 3 over
3 over 4 to
4 to 5 him
5 him 6 and
6 and 7 formed
7 formed 8 a
8 a 9 ring
9 ring 10 around
10 around 11 him
11 him 12 while
12 while 13 they
13 they 14 sang
14 sang 15 :

" who is it never , never hurries ? 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 is
3 is 4 it
4 it 5 never
5 never 6 ,
6 , 7 never
7 never 8 hurries
8 hurries 9 ?

who is it never , never worries ? 
1 who 2 is
2 is 3 it
3 it 4 never
4 never 5 ,
5 , 6 never
6 never 7 worries
7 worries 8 ?

he sat up very straight , so as to hear better . 
1 he 2 sat
2 sat 3 up
3 up 4 very
4 very 5 straight
5 straight 6 ,
6 , 7 so
7 so 8 as
8 as 9 to
9 to 10 hear
10 hear 11 better
11 better 12 .

and as they danced they sang : 
1 and 2 as
2 as 3 they
3 they 4 danced
4 danced 5 they
5 they 6 sang
6 sang 7 :

who is it sometimes loudly thumps ? 
1 who 2 is
2 is 3 it
3 it 4 sometimes
4 sometimes 5 loudly
5 loudly 6 thumps
6 thumps 7 ?

peter grinned good-naturedly . 
1 peter 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 good-naturedly
3 good-naturedly 4 .

he is quite used to being laughed at for always running away , and he doesn't mind it in the least . 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 quite
3 quite 4 used
4 used 5 to
5 to 6 being
6 being 7 laughed
7 laughed 8 at
8 at 9 for
9 for 10 always
10 always 11 running
11 running 12 away
12 away 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 he
15 he 16 doesn't
16 doesn't 17 mind
17 mind 18 it
18 it 19 in
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 least
21 least 22 .

he says it is a waste of energy , whatever that means . " 
1 he 2 says
2 says 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 waste
6 waste 7 of
7 of 8 energy
8 energy 9 ,
9 , 10 whatever
10 whatever 11 that
11 that 12 means
12 means 13 .
13 . 14 "

" but you 'll have to ask him . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 you
3 you 4 'll
4 'll 5 have
5 have 6 to
6 to 7 ask
7 ask 8 him
8 him 9 .

probably because he has learned better . " 
1 probably 2 because
2 because 3 he
3 he 4 has
4 has 5 learned
5 learned 6 better
6 better 7 .
7 . 8 "

indeed the legs of the last one he tried to swallow stuck out of one corner of his big mouth . 
1 indeed 2 the
2 the 3 legs
3 legs 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 last
6 last 7 one
7 one 8 he
8 he 9 tried
9 tried 10 to
10 to 11 swallow
11 swallow 12 stuck
12 stuck 13 out
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 one
15 one 16 corner
16 corner 17 of
17 of 18 his
18 his 19 big
19 big 20 mouth
20 mouth 21 .

" he 's right over behind that little clump of tall grass . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 's
3 's 4 right
4 right 5 over
5 over 6 behind
6 behind 7 that
7 that 8 little
8 little 9 clump
9 clump 10 of
10 of 11 tall
11 tall 12 grass
12 grass 13 .
13 . 14 "

peter crept out of his hiding-place , looking rather shamefaced and very foolish . 
1 peter 2 crept
2 crept 3 out
3 out 4 of
4 of 5 his
5 his 6 hiding-place
6 hiding-place 7 ,
7 , 8 looking
8 looking 9 rather
9 rather 10 shamefaced
10 shamefaced 11 and
11 and 12 very
12 very 13 foolish
13 foolish 14 .

he was just as quick moving as they were . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 quick
5 quick 6 moving
6 moving 7 as
7 as 8 they
8 they 9 were
9 were 10 .

he was dressed all in black . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 dressed
3 dressed 4 all
4 all 5 in
5 in 6 black
6 black 7 .

they just snarled at him and passed without offering to touch him . 
1 they 2 just
2 just 3 snarled
3 snarled 4 at
4 at 5 him
5 him 6 and
6 and 7 passed
7 passed 8 without
8 without 9 offering
9 offering 10 to
10 to 11 touch
11 touch 12 him
12 him 13 .

and , because he no longer had to run from his enemies , he got out of the habit of running . 
1 and 2 ,
2 , 3 because
3 because 4 he
4 he 5 no
5 no 6 longer
6 longer 7 had
7 had 8 to
8 to 9 run
9 run 10 from
10 from 11 his
11 his 12 enemies
12 enemies 13 ,
13 , 14 he
14 he 15 got
15 got 16 out
16 out 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 habit
19 habit 20 of
20 of 21 running
21 running 22 .

then he made a discovery . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 made
3 made 4 a
4 a 5 discovery
5 discovery 6 .

in fact , by just following after them slowly , he found all he wanted to eat . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 by
4 by 5 just
5 just 6 following
6 following 7 after
7 after 8 them
8 them 9 slowly
9 slowly 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 found
12 found 13 all
13 all 14 he
14 he 15 wanted
15 wanted 16 to
16 to 17 eat
17 eat 18 .

he went right on about his business . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 right
3 right 4 on
4 on 5 about
5 about 6 his
6 his 7 business
7 business 8 .

he never worried , because , you know , he feared nobody . 
1 he 2 never
2 never 3 worried
3 worried 4 ,
4 , 5 because
5 because 6 ,
6 , 7 you
7 you 8 know
8 know 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 feared
11 feared 12 nobody
12 nobody 13 .

and he never hurried , because he found that it paid best to go slowly . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 never
3 never 4 hurried
4 hurried 5 ,
5 , 6 because
6 because 7 he
7 he 8 found
8 found 9 that
9 that 10 it
10 it 11 paid
11 paid 12 best
12 best 13 to
13 to 14 go
14 go 15 slowly
15 slowly 16 .

in that way he never missed any of the good things that his hurrying , worrying neighbors did . 
1 in 2 that
2 that 3 way
3 way 4 he
4 he 5 never
5 never 6 missed
6 missed 7 any
7 any 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 good
10 good 11 things
11 things 12 that
12 that 13 his
13 his 14 hurrying
14 hurrying 15 ,
15 , 16 worrying
16 worrying 17 neighbors
17 neighbors 18 did
18 did 19 .

so he grew fatter and fatter , while others grew thinner . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 grew
3 grew 4 fatter
4 fatter 5 and
5 and 6 fatter
6 fatter 7 ,
7 , 8 while
8 while 9 others
9 others 10 grew
10 grew 11 thinner
11 thinner 12 .

after a while he almost forgot how to run . 
1 after 2 a
2 a 3 while
3 while 4 he
4 he 5 almost
5 almost 6 forgot
6 forgot 7 how
7 how 8 to
8 to 9 run
9 run 10 .

being fat and never hurrying or worrying made him good-natured . 
1 being 2 fat
2 fat 3 and
3 and 4 never
4 never 5 hurrying
5 hurrying 6 or
6 or 7 worrying
7 worrying 8 made
8 made 9 him
9 him 10 good-natured
10 good-natured 11 .

" of course he taught his children to do as he did , and they taught their children . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 he
4 he 5 taught
5 taught 6 his
6 his 7 children
7 children 8 to
8 to 9 do
9 do 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 did
12 did 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 they
15 they 16 taught
16 taught 17 their
17 their 18 children
18 children 19 .

" thank you ! 
1 " 2 thank
2 thank 3 you
3 you 4 !

" when you want some more foolish green flies , just let us know , and we 'll get them for you . " 
1 " 2 when
2 when 3 you
3 you 4 want
4 want 5 some
5 some 6 more
6 more 7 foolish
7 foolish 8 green
8 green 9 flies
9 flies 10 ,
10 , 11 just
11 just 12 let
12 let 13 us
13 us 14 know
14 know 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 we
17 we 18 'll
18 'll 19 get
19 get 20 them
20 them 21 for
21 for 22 you
22 you 23 .
23 . 24 "

then suddenly he made a face . 
1 then 2 suddenly
2 suddenly 3 he
3 he 4 made
4 made 5 a
5 a 6 face
6 face 7 .

and away he went , lipperty-lipperty-lip . 
1 and 2 away
2 away 3 he
3 he 4 went
4 went 5 ,
5 , 6 lipperty-lipperty-lip
6 lipperty-lipperty-lip 7 .

everybody knows that . 
1 everybody 2 knows
2 knows 3 that
3 that 4 .

some of them , you know , have very modest coats . 
1 some 2 of
2 of 3 them
3 them 4 ,
4 , 5 you
5 you 6 know
6 know 7 ,
7 , 8 have
8 have 9 very
9 very 10 modest
10 modest 11 coats
11 coats 12 .

they are not beautiful at all . 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 not
3 not 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 at
5 at 6 all
6 all 7 .

" really ! 
1 " 2 really
2 really 3 !

you don't mean to say so ! 
1 you 2 don't
2 don't 3 mean
3 mean 4 to
4 to 5 say
5 say 6 so
6 so 7 !

" it 's lucky for some of us that you are not in her place ! " said he . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 lucky
4 lucky 5 for
5 for 6 some
6 some 7 of
7 of 8 us
8 us 9 that
9 that 10 you
10 you 11 are
11 are 12 not
12 not 13 in
13 in 14 her
14 her 15 place
15 place 16 !
16 ! 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 19 he
19 he 20 .

it certainly is lucky ! " 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 is
3 is 4 lucky
4 lucky 5 !
5 ! 6 "

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

who 's got a handsomer one ? " 
1 who 2 's
2 's 3 got
3 got 4 a
4 a 5 handsomer
5 handsomer 6 one
6 one 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

i just love it ! 
1 i 2 just
2 just 3 love
3 love 4 it
4 it 5 !

i would if it were mine . 
1 i 2 would
2 would 3 if
3 if 4 it
4 it 5 were
5 were 6 mine
6 mine 7 .

peter nodded . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

his bad habits had become fixed , as bad habits have a way of doing . 
1 his 2 bad
2 bad 3 habits
3 habits 4 had
4 had 5 become
5 become 6 fixed
6 fixed 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 9 bad
9 bad 10 habits
10 habits 11 have
11 have 12 a
12 a 13 way
13 way 14 of
14 of 15 doing
15 doing 16 .

besides , right down in his heart , he wasn't sorry for what he had done , only angry at having been found out . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 right
3 right 4 down
4 down 5 in
5 in 6 his
6 his 7 heart
7 heart 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 sorry
11 sorry 12 for
12 for 13 what
13 what 14 he
14 he 15 had
15 had 16 done
16 done 17 ,
17 , 18 only
18 only 19 angry
19 angry 20 at
20 at 21 having
21 having 22 been
22 been 23 found
23 found 24 out
24 out 25 .

that bright blue coat was forever giving him away when he was out on mischief . 
1 that 2 bright
2 bright 3 blue
3 blue 4 coat
4 coat 5 was
5 was 6 forever
6 forever 7 giving
7 giving 8 him
8 him 9 away
9 away 10 when
10 when 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 out
13 out 14 on
14 on 15 mischief
15 mischief 16 .

" you would suppose that he would have mended him ways , wouldn't you ? " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 would
3 would 4 suppose
4 suppose 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 would
7 would 8 have
8 have 9 mended
9 mended 10 him
10 him 11 ways
11 ways 12 ,
12 , 13 wouldn't
13 wouldn't 14 you
14 you 15 ?
15 ? 16 "

peter nodded . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

" but he didn't . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 .

he grew more sly and crafty than ever . 
1 he 2 grew
2 grew 3 more
3 more 4 sly
4 sly 5 and
5 and 6 crafty
6 crafty 7 than
7 than 8 ever
8 ever 9 .

but in spite of this , he didn't begin to make as much trouble as before . 
1 but 2 in
2 in 3 spite
3 spite 4 of
4 of 5 this
5 this 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 begin
9 begin 10 to
10 to 11 make
11 make 12 as
12 as 13 much
13 much 14 trouble
14 trouble 15 as
15 as 16 before
16 before 17 .

he couldn't , you know , because of his bright coat . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 ,
3 , 4 you
4 you 5 know
5 know 6 ,
6 , 7 because
7 because 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 10 bright
10 bright 11 coat
11 coat 12 .

" you may be sure she does . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 may
3 may 4 be
4 be 5 sure
5 sure 6 she
6 she 7 does
7 does 8 .

it is a great mistake , a very great mistake . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 great
4 great 5 mistake
5 mistake 6 ,
6 , 7 a
7 a 8 very
8 very 9 great
9 great 10 mistake
10 mistake 11 .

plain clothes sometimes cover the kindest hearts , and fine clothes often are a warning to beware of mischief . " 
1 plain 2 clothes
2 clothes 3 sometimes
3 sometimes 4 cover
4 cover 5 the
5 the 6 kindest
6 kindest 7 hearts
7 hearts 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 fine
10 fine 11 clothes
11 clothes 12 often
12 often 13 are
13 are 14 a
14 a 15 warning
15 warning 16 to
16 to 17 beware
17 beware 18 of
18 of 19 mischief
19 mischief 20 .
20 . 21 "

if he had built it on land , like sensible people , we might be able to waken him . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 built
4 built 5 it
5 it 6 on
6 on 7 land
7 land 8 ,
8 , 9 like
9 like 10 sensible
10 sensible 11 people
11 people 12 ,
12 , 13 we
13 we 14 might
14 might 15 be
15 be 16 able
16 able 17 to
17 to 18 waken
18 waken 19 him
19 him 20 .

funny place to build a house , isn't it ? " 
1 funny 2 place
2 place 3 to
3 to 4 build
4 build 5 a
5 a 6 house
6 house 7 ,
7 , 8 isn't
8 isn't 9 it
9 it 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

" it does seem a funny place , " he admitted . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 does
3 does 4 seem
4 seem 5 a
5 a 6 funny
6 funny 7 place
7 place 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 admitted
11 admitted 12 .

" it certainly does seem a funny place . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 does
4 does 5 seem
5 seem 6 a
6 a 7 funny
7 funny 8 place
8 place 9 .

you know how much of the time he stays in the water . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 how
3 how 4 much
4 much 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 time
7 time 8 he
8 he 9 stays
9 stays 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 water
12 water 13 .

that seems funny to me . 
1 that 2 seems
2 seems 3 funny
3 funny 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 .

i suppose there is a reason for it , and probably there is a reason for building his house where it is . 
1 i 2 suppose
2 suppose 3 there
3 there 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 reason
6 reason 7 for
7 for 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 probably
11 probably 12 there
12 there 13 is
13 is 14 a
14 a 15 reason
15 reason 16 for
16 for 17 building
17 building 18 his
18 his 19 house
19 house 20 where
20 where 21 it
21 it 22 is
22 is 23 .

i 've found that there is a reason for most things . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 found
3 found 4 that
4 that 5 there
5 there 6 is
6 is 7 a
7 a 8 reason
8 reason 9 for
9 for 10 most
10 most 11 things
11 things 12 .

there he is , over on his big green lily-pad , and he looks as if he might be feeling very good-natured this morning . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 ,
4 , 5 over
5 over 6 on
6 on 7 his
7 his 8 big
8 big 9 green
9 green 10 lily-pad
10 lily-pad 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 he
13 he 14 looks
14 looks 15 as
15 as 16 if
16 if 17 he
17 he 18 might
18 might 19 be
19 be 20 feeling
20 feeling 21 very
21 very 22 good-natured
22 good-natured 23 this
23 this 24 morning
24 morning 25 .

he grinned to himself and pretended to go to sleep . 
1 he 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 to
3 to 4 himself
4 himself 5 and
5 and 6 pretended
6 pretended 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 to
9 to 10 sleep
10 sleep 11 .

he wasn't so sure that that was a real nap . 
1 he 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 so
3 so 4 sure
4 sure 5 that
5 that 6 that
6 that 7 was
7 was 8 a
8 a 9 real
9 real 10 nap
10 nap 11 .

now just at that place on the bank was growing a toadstool . 
1 now 2 just
2 just 3 at
3 at 4 that
4 that 5 place
5 place 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 bank
8 bank 9 was
9 was 10 growing
10 growing 11 a
11 a 12 toadstool
12 toadstool 13 .

of course he didn't see it coming , and of course it gave him a great start . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 see
5 see 6 it
6 it 7 coming
7 coming 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 of
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 it
12 it 13 gave
13 gave 14 him
14 him 15 a
15 a 16 great
16 great 17 start
17 start 18 .

ha , ha , ha ! " 
1 ha 2 ,
2 , 3 ha
3 ha 4 ,
4 , 5 ha
5 ha 6 !
6 ! 7 "

so presently he climbed back on to his big green lily-pad , blinking his great , goggly eyes and looking just a wee bit foolish . 
1 so 2 presently
2 presently 3 he
3 he 4 climbed
4 climbed 5 back
5 back 6 on
6 on 7 to
7 to 8 his
8 his 9 big
9 big 10 green
10 green 11 lily-pad
11 lily-pad 12 ,
12 , 13 blinking
13 blinking 14 his
14 his 15 great
15 great 16 ,
16 , 17 goggly
17 goggly 18 eyes
18 eyes 19 and
19 and 20 looking
20 looking 21 just
21 just 22 a
22 a 23 wee
23 wee 24 bit
24 bit 25 foolish
25 foolish 26 .

what do you mean by frightening an old fellow like me this way ? " 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 mean
4 mean 5 by
5 by 6 frightening
6 frightening 7 an
7 an 8 old
8 old 9 fellow
9 fellow 10 like
10 like 11 me
11 me 12 this
12 this 13 way
13 way 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

please do ! " 
1 please 2 do
2 do 3 !
3 ! 4 "

" he means himself and his family , " he whispered with a chuckle . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 means
3 means 4 himself
4 himself 5 and
5 and 6 his
6 his 7 family
7 family 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 whispered
11 whispered 12 with
12 with 13 a
13 a 14 chuckle
14 chuckle 15 .

then some of the animals began to spend most of their time on the land . 
1 then 2 some
2 some 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 animals
5 animals 6 began
6 began 7 to
7 to 8 spend
8 spend 9 most
9 most 10 of
10 of 11 their
11 their 12 time
12 time 13 on
13 on 14 the
14 the 15 land
15 land 16 .

but it was of no use . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 of
4 of 5 no
5 no 6 use
6 use 7 .

peter nodded . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

be content with what you 've got , " 
1 be 2 content
2 content 3 with
3 with 4 what
4 what 5 you
5 you 6 've
6 've 7 got
7 got 8 ,
8 , 9 "

so those who hear him always say that he has many voices , and that certainly is the way it seems . 
1 so 2 those
2 those 3 who
3 who 4 hear
4 hear 5 him
5 him 6 always
6 always 7 say
7 say 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 has
10 has 11 many
11 many 12 voices
12 voices 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 that
15 that 16 certainly
16 certainly 17 is
17 is 18 the
18 the 19 way
19 way 20 it
20 it 21 seems
21 seems 22 .

and you couldn't have blamed him . 
1 and 2 you
2 you 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 have
4 have 5 blamed
5 blamed 6 him
6 him 7 .

he just couldn't help it . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 help
4 help 5 it
5 it 6 .

it was hard , very hard , to believe , but it was so . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 hard
3 hard 4 ,
4 , 5 very
5 very 6 hard
6 hard 7 ,
7 , 8 to
8 to 9 believe
9 believe 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 it
12 it 13 was
13 was 14 so
14 so 15 .

he was just as smart and just as clever . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 smart
5 smart 6 and
6 and 7 just
7 just 8 as
8 as 9 clever
9 clever 10 .

indeed , he was smart enough and clever enough not to let his neighbors know that he was smart and clever at all . 
1 indeed 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 smart
5 smart 6 enough
6 enough 7 and
7 and 8 clever
8 clever 9 enough
9 enough 10 not
10 not 11 to
11 to 12 let
12 let 13 his
13 his 14 neighbors
14 neighbors 15 know
15 know 16 that
16 that 17 he
17 he 18 was
18 was 19 smart
19 smart 20 and
20 and 21 clever
21 clever 22 at
22 at 23 all
23 all 24 .

those were very peaceful times at first , and everybody was on the best of terms with everybody else , as you know . 
1 those 2 were
2 were 3 very
3 very 4 peaceful
4 peaceful 5 times
5 times 6 at
6 at 7 first
7 first 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 everybody
10 everybody 11 was
11 was 12 on
12 on 13 the
13 the 14 best
14 best 15 of
15 of 16 terms
16 terms 17 with
17 with 18 everybody
18 everybody 19 else
19 else 20 ,
20 , 21 as
21 as 22 you
22 you 23 know
23 know 24 .

" but there came a time when food was scarce , and it was no longer easy to get plenty to eat . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 there
3 there 4 came
4 came 5 a
5 a 6 time
6 time 7 when
7 when 8 food
8 food 9 was
9 was 10 scarce
10 scarce 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 no
15 no 16 longer
16 longer 17 easy
17 easy 18 to
18 to 19 get
19 get 20 plenty
20 plenty 21 to
21 to 22 eat
22 eat 23 .

it was then that the stronger began to steal from the weaker , and by and by even to prey upon those smaller than themselves . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 then
3 then 4 that
4 that 5 the
5 the 6 stronger
6 stronger 7 began
7 began 8 to
8 to 9 steal
9 steal 10 from
10 from 11 the
11 the 12 weaker
12 weaker 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 by
15 by 16 and
16 and 17 by
17 by 18 even
18 even 19 to
19 to 20 prey
20 prey 21 upon
21 upon 22 those
22 those 23 smaller
23 smaller 24 than
24 than 25 themselves
25 themselves 26 .

and yet he liked the same things to eat . 
1 and 2 yet
2 yet 3 he
3 he 4 liked
4 liked 5 the
5 the 6 same
6 same 7 things
7 things 8 to
8 to 9 eat
9 eat 10 .

" so he used to study and plan how he could outwit them without danger to himself . 
1 " 2 so
2 so 3 he
3 he 4 used
4 used 5 to
5 to 6 study
6 study 7 and
7 and 8 plan
8 plan 9 how
9 how 10 he
10 he 11 could
11 could 12 outwit
12 outwit 13 them
13 them 14 without
14 without 15 danger
15 danger 16 to
16 to 17 himself
17 himself 18 .

little by little he got the habit of slyly following them when they were hunting , always keeping out of sight . 
1 little 2 by
2 by 3 little
3 little 4 he
4 he 5 got
5 got 6 the
6 the 7 habit
7 habit 8 of
8 of 9 slyly
9 slyly 10 following
10 following 11 them
11 them 12 when
12 when 13 they
13 they 14 were
14 were 15 hunting
15 hunting 16 ,
16 , 17 always
17 always 18 keeping
18 keeping 19 out
19 out 20 of
20 of 21 sight
21 sight 22 .

in this way , he managed to get many meals of scraps . 
1 in 2 this
2 this 3 way
3 way 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 managed
6 managed 7 to
7 to 8 get
8 get 9 many
9 many 10 meals
10 meals 11 of
11 of 12 scraps
12 scraps 13 .

it would do no harm to try . 
1 it 2 would
2 would 3 do
3 do 4 no
4 no 5 harm
5 harm 6 to
6 to 7 try
7 try 8 .

with that he started to sneak away . 
1 with 2 that
2 that 3 he
3 he 4 started
4 started 5 to
5 to 6 sneak
6 sneak 7 away
7 away 8 .

" so he had plenty to eat from that time on . 
1 " 2 so
2 so 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 plenty
5 plenty 6 to
6 to 7 eat
7 eat 8 from
8 from 9 that
9 that 10 time
10 time 11 on
11 on 12 .

he had known that ever since he was big enough to begin to ask questions . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 known
3 known 4 that
4 that 5 ever
5 ever 6 since
6 since 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 big
9 big 10 enough
10 enough 11 to
11 to 12 begin
12 begin 13 to
13 to 14 ask
14 ask 15 questions
15 questions 16 .

i wonder " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 "

" what do you wonder ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 wonder
5 wonder 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

he whirled about . 
1 he 2 whirled
2 whirled 3 about
3 about 4 .

" what do you wonder ? " he repeated . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 wonder
5 wonder 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 repeated
9 repeated 10 .

what is it this time ? " 
1 what 2 is
2 is 3 it
3 it 4 this
4 this 5 time
5 time 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

of course there must be a reason . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 there
3 there 4 must
4 must 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 reason
7 reason 8 .

i wonder " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 "

" well , what do you wonder ? " 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
3 , 4 what
4 what 5 do
5 do 6 you
6 you 7 wonder
7 wonder 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

" it 's very strange to me how little some folks know about their nearest neighbors . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 very
4 very 5 strange
5 strange 6 to
6 to 7 me
7 me 8 how
8 how 9 little
9 little 10 some
10 some 11 folks
11 folks 12 know
12 know 13 about
13 about 14 their
14 their 15 nearest
15 nearest 16 neighbors
16 neighbors 17 .
17 . 18 "

" nobody did . 
1 " 2 nobody
2 nobody 3 did
3 did 4 .

he wasn't so very different from a lot of other animals . 
1 he 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 so
3 so 4 very
4 very 5 different
5 different 6 from
6 from 7 a
7 a 8 lot
8 lot 9 of
9 of 10 other
10 other 11 animals
11 animals 12 .

food was plenty , and everybody was on the best of terms with everybody else . 
1 food 2 was
2 was 3 plenty
3 plenty 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 everybody
6 everybody 7 was
7 was 8 on
8 on 9 the
9 the 10 best
10 best 11 of
11 of 12 terms
12 terms 13 with
13 with 14 everybody
14 everybody 15 else
15 else 16 .

he went and came as he pleased , and enjoyed the sunshine and took part in all the good times of his neighbors . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 and
3 and 4 came
4 came 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 pleased
7 pleased 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 enjoyed
10 enjoyed 11 the
11 the 12 sunshine
12 sunshine 13 and
13 and 14 took
14 took 15 part
15 part 16 in
16 in 17 all
17 all 18 the
18 the 19 good
19 good 20 times
20 times 21 of
21 of 22 his
22 his 23 neighbors
23 neighbors 24 .

everybody liked him , and whenever he made a call , he was sure of a welcome . 
1 everybody 2 liked
2 liked 3 him
3 him 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 whenever
6 whenever 7 he
7 he 8 made
8 made 9 a
9 a 10 call
10 call 11 ,
11 , 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 sure
14 sure 15 of
15 of 16 a
16 a 17 welcome
17 welcome 18 .

then came hard times . 
1 then 2 came
2 came 3 hard
3 hard 4 times
4 times 5 .

they grew harder and harder . 
1 they 2 grew
2 grew 3 harder
3 harder 4 and
4 and 5 harder
5 harder 6 .

food was scarce and kept growing more scarce . 
1 food 2 was
2 was 3 scarce
3 scarce 4 and
4 and 5 kept
5 kept 6 growing
6 growing 7 more
7 more 8 scarce
8 scarce 9 .

everybody was hungry , and you know how it is with hungry people they grow ugly and quarrelsome . 
1 everybody 2 was
2 was 3 hungry
3 hungry 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 you
6 you 7 know
7 know 8 how
8 how 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 with
11 with 12 hungry
12 hungry 13 people
13 people 14 they
14 they 15 grow
15 grow 16 ugly
16 ugly 17 and
17 and 18 quarrelsome
18 quarrelsome 19 .

matters grew worse and worse , and then it was that fear was born . 
1 matters 2 grew
2 grew 3 worse
3 worse 4 and
4 and 5 worse
5 worse 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 that
11 that 12 fear
12 fear 13 was
13 was 14 born
14 born 15 .

he went off by himself to think things over . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 off
3 off 4 by
4 by 5 himself
5 himself 6 to
6 to 7 think
7 think 8 things
8 things 9 over
9 over 10 .

when it was finished , he was tired , so he curled up at the bottom for a nap . 
1 when 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 finished
4 finished 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 tired
8 tired 9 ,
9 , 10 so
10 so 11 he
11 he 12 curled
12 curled 13 up
13 up 14 at
14 at 15 the
15 the 16 bottom
16 bottom 17 for
17 for 18 a
18 a 19 nap
19 nap 20 .

he was awakened by hearing voices outside . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 awakened
3 awakened 4 by
4 by 5 hearing
5 hearing 6 voices
6 voices 7 outside
7 outside 8 .

he knew those voices right away . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 those
3 those 4 voices
4 voices 5 right
5 right 6 away
6 away 7 .

i wonder who has dug this hole . ' 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 who
3 who 4 has
4 has 5 dug
5 dug 6 this
6 this 7 hole
7 hole 8 .
8 . 9 '

have you noticed how very plump he looks ? ' 
1 have 2 you
2 you 3 noticed
3 noticed 4 how
4 how 5 very
5 very 6 plump
6 plump 7 he
7 he 8 looks
8 looks 9 ?
9 ? 10 '

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

" he lay there feeling very helpless and miserable , when all of a sudden a thought came to him . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 lay
3 lay 4 there
4 there 5 feeling
5 feeling 6 very
6 very 7 helpless
7 helpless 8 and
8 and 9 miserable
9 miserable 10 ,
10 , 11 when
11 when 12 all
12 all 13 of
13 of 14 a
14 a 15 sudden
15 sudden 16 a
16 a 17 thought
17 thought 18 came
18 came 19 to
19 to 20 him
20 him 21 .

he would make a little tunnel off one side and hide in that . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 make
3 make 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 tunnel
6 tunnel 7 off
7 off 8 one
8 one 9 side
9 side 10 and
10 and 11 hide
11 hide 12 in
12 in 13 that
13 that 14 .

so he went to work and made a little tunnel off one side just big enough for him to squeeze into . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 to
4 to 5 work
5 work 6 and
6 and 7 made
7 made 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 tunnel
10 tunnel 11 off
11 off 12 one
12 one 13 side
13 side 14 just
14 just 15 big
15 big 16 enough
16 enough 17 for
17 for 18 him
18 him 19 to
19 to 20 squeeze
20 squeeze 21 into
21 into 22 .

" but they didn't . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 they
3 they 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 .

if he had a lot of these underground tunnels , no one would be able to catch him . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 lot
5 lot 6 of
6 of 7 these
7 these 8 underground
8 underground 9 tunnels
9 tunnels 10 ,
10 , 11 no
11 no 12 one
12 one 13 would
13 would 14 be
14 be 15 able
15 able 16 to
16 to 17 catch
17 catch 18 him
18 him 19 .

it was a splendid idea ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 splendid
4 splendid 5 idea
5 idea 6 !

he went to work on it at once . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 to
3 to 4 work
4 work 5 on
5 on 6 it
6 it 7 at
7 at 8 once
8 once 9 .

and then he made a discovery such a splendid discovery ! 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 made
4 made 5 a
5 a 6 discovery
6 discovery 7 such
7 such 8 a
8 a 9 splendid
9 splendid 10 discovery
10 discovery 11 !

there was plenty of food to eat right down under ground worms and grubs all he needed . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 plenty
3 plenty 4 of
4 of 5 food
5 food 6 to
6 to 7 eat
7 eat 8 right
8 right 9 down
9 down 10 under
10 under 11 ground
11 ground 12 worms
12 worms 13 and
13 and 14 grubs
14 grubs 15 all
15 all 16 he
16 he 17 needed
17 needed 18 .

he was safe , and he was comfortable , and he could always find something to eat by digging for it . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 safe
3 safe 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 comfortable
8 comfortable 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 always
13 always 14 find
14 find 15 something
15 something 16 to
16 to 17 eat
17 eat 18 by
18 by 19 digging
19 digging 20 for
20 for 21 it
21 it 22 .

he was perfectly happy and satisfied there , and what is there in life better than to be happy and satisfied ? " 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 perfectly
3 perfectly 4 happy
4 happy 5 and
5 and 6 satisfied
6 satisfied 7 there
7 there 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 what
10 what 11 is
11 is 12 there
12 there 13 in
13 in 14 life
14 life 15 better
15 better 16 than
16 than 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 happy
19 happy 20 and
20 and 21 satisfied
21 satisfied 22 ?
22 ? 23 "

but he didn't . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 .

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

they raced and dodged and twisted and turned . 
1 they 2 raced
2 raced 3 and
3 and 4 dodged
4 dodged 5 and
5 and 6 twisted
6 twisted 7 and
7 and 8 turned
8 turned 9 .

do you suppose they can wink ? " 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 they
4 they 5 can
5 can 6 wink
6 wink 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

finally they gave up asking him . 
1 finally 2 they
2 they 3 gave
3 gave 4 up
4 up 5 asking
5 asking 6 him
6 him 7 .

" good morning , " said he gruffly . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
7 he 8 gruffly
8 gruffly 9 .

of course he wasn't old then . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 5 old
5 old 6 then
6 then 7 .

now there is such a thing as being too smart . 
1 now 2 there
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 such
4 such 5 a
5 a 6 thing
6 thing 7 as
7 as 8 being
8 being 9 too
9 too 10 smart
10 smart 11 .

it certainly was a very bad thing . " 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 bad
6 bad 7 thing
7 thing 8 .
8 . 9 "

at night he would go home and chuckle over his smartness . 
1 at 2 night
2 night 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 go
5 go 6 home
6 home 7 and
7 and 8 chuckle
8 chuckle 9 over
9 over 10 his
10 his 11 smartness
11 smartness 12 .

" now one bad habit almost always leads to another . 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 one
3 one 4 bad
4 bad 5 habit
5 habit 6 almost
6 almost 7 always
7 always 8 leads
8 leads 9 to
9 to 10 another
10 another 11 .

he was always very polite to every one and always offering to do favors for his neighbors . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 always
3 always 4 very
4 very 5 polite
5 polite 6 to
6 to 7 every
7 every 8 one
8 one 9 and
9 and 10 always
10 always 11 offering
11 offering 12 to
12 to 13 do
13 do 14 favors
14 favors 15 for
15 for 16 his
16 his 17 neighbors
17 neighbors 18 .

when any one had been robbed , he was always the first to offer sympathy and join in the hunt for the thief . 
1 when 2 any
2 any 3 one
3 one 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 robbed
6 robbed 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 always
10 always 11 the
11 the 12 first
12 first 13 to
13 to 14 offer
14 offer 15 sympathy
15 sympathy 16 and
16 and 17 join
17 join 18 in
18 in 19 the
19 the 20 hunt
20 hunt 21 for
21 for 22 the
22 the 23 thief
23 thief 24 .

so what do you think he did ? 
1 so 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 think
5 think 6 he
6 he 7 did
7 did 8 ?

why , cheating had become such a habit with him that he actually tried to cheat himself to cheat his conscience ! 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 cheating
3 cheating 4 had
4 had 5 become
5 become 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 habit
8 habit 9 with
9 with 10 him
10 him 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 actually
13 actually 14 tried
14 tried 15 to
15 to 16 cheat
16 cheat 17 himself
17 himself 18 to
18 to 19 cheat
19 cheat 20 his
20 his 21 conscience
21 conscience 22 !

when he was telling a lie , he would wink one eye . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 telling
4 telling 5 a
5 a 6 lie
6 lie 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 would
9 would 10 wink
10 wink 11 one
11 one 12 eye
12 eye 13 .

but always he took care to wink the eye that was turned away from the one he was talking to . 
1 but 2 always
2 always 3 he
3 he 4 took
4 took 5 care
5 care 6 to
6 to 7 wink
7 wink 8 the
8 the 9 eye
9 eye 10 that
10 that 11 was
11 was 12 turned
12 turned 13 away
13 away 14 from
14 from 15 the
15 the 16 one
16 one 17 he
17 he 18 was
18 was 19 talking
19 talking 20 to
20 to 21 .

she had all the little people come before her in turn and tell their troubles . 
1 she 2 had
2 had 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 little
5 little 6 people
6 people 7 come
7 come 8 before
8 before 9 her
9 her 10 in
10 in 11 turn
11 turn 12 and
12 and 13 tell
13 tell 14 their
14 their 15 troubles
15 troubles 16 .

he seemed to be the only one who had no troubles . 
1 he 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 the
5 the 6 only
6 only 7 one
7 one 8 who
8 who 9 had
9 had 10 no
10 no 11 troubles
11 troubles 12 .

she asked him a great many questions , and for each one he had a ready reply . 
1 she 2 asked
2 asked 3 him
3 him 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 many
6 many 7 questions
7 questions 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 for
10 for 11 each
11 each 12 one
12 one 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 a
15 a 16 ready
16 ready 17 reply
17 reply 18 .

of course a great many of these replies were lies , and every time he told one of these , he winked without knowing it . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 a
3 a 4 great
4 great 5 many
5 many 6 of
6 of 7 these
7 these 8 replies
8 replies 9 were
9 were 10 lies
10 lies 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 every
13 every 14 time
14 time 15 he
15 he 16 told
16 told 17 one
17 one 18 of
18 of 19 these
19 these 20 ,
20 , 21 he
21 he 22 winked
22 winked 23 without
23 without 24 knowing
24 knowing 25 it
25 it 26 .

you see , it had become a habit . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 had
5 had 6 become
6 become 7 a
7 a 8 habit
8 habit 9 .

he hadn't been talking three minutes before she knew who was at the bottom of all the trouble . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 talking
4 talking 5 three
5 three 6 minutes
6 minutes 7 before
7 before 8 she
8 she 9 knew
9 knew 10 who
10 who 11 was
11 was 12 at
12 at 13 the
13 the 14 bottom
14 bottom 15 of
15 of 16 all
16 all 17 the
17 the 18 trouble
18 trouble 19 .

she let him finish , then called all the others about her and told them who had made all the trouble . 
1 she 2 let
2 let 3 him
3 him 4 finish
4 finish 5 ,
5 , 6 then
6 then 7 called
7 called 8 all
8 all 9 the
9 the 10 others
10 others 11 about
11 about 12 her
12 her 13 and
13 and 14 told
14 told 15 them
15 them 16 who
16 who 17 had
17 had 18 made
18 made 19 all
19 all 20 the
20 the 21 trouble
21 trouble 22 .

he held his head very high in the air and pretended not to care . 
1 he 2 held
2 held 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 very
5 very 6 high
6 high 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 air
9 air 10 and
10 and 11 pretended
11 pretended 12 not
12 not 13 to
13 to 14 care
14 care 15 .

some folks seem to think that what they do doesn't matter to anybody but themselves . 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 seem
3 seem 4 to
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 that
6 that 7 what
7 what 8 they
8 they 9 do
9 do 10 doesn't
10 doesn't 11 matter
11 matter 12 to
12 to 13 anybody
13 anybody 14 but
14 but 15 themselves
15 themselves 16 .

but it wasn't so . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 so
4 so 5 .

he found that his food tasted better for being so clean , and he grew very fussy about what he ate . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 3 that
3 that 4 his
4 his 5 food
5 food 6 tasted
6 tasted 7 better
7 better 8 for
8 for 9 being
9 being 10 so
10 so 11 clean
11 clean 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 grew
15 grew 16 very
16 very 17 fussy
17 fussy 18 about
18 about 19 what
19 what 20 he
20 he 21 ate
21 ate 22 .

they spoiled his supper . 
1 they 2 spoiled
2 spoiled 3 his
3 his 4 supper
4 supper 5 .

then he washed his face and brushed his coat . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 washed
3 washed 4 his
4 his 5 face
5 face 6 and
6 and 7 brushed
7 brushed 8 his
8 his 9 coat
9 coat 10 .

then he sighed . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sighed
3 sighed 4 .

at last she got up to go , and her eyes twinkled more than ever , as she said : 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 she
3 she 4 got
4 got 5 up
5 up 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 her
10 her 11 eyes
11 eyes 12 twinkled
12 twinkled 13 more
13 more 14 than
14 than 15 ever
15 ever 16 ,
16 , 17 as
17 as 18 she
18 she 19 said
19 said 20 :

i hope you will like it . ' 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 3 you
3 you 4 will
4 will 5 like
5 like 6 it
6 it 7 .
7 . 8 '

then he sat down on the old log again and scratched his head thoughtfully as he looked this way and that . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
4 down 5 on
5 on 6 the
6 the 7 old
7 old 8 log
8 log 9 again
9 again 10 and
10 and 11 scratched
11 scratched 12 his
12 his 13 head
13 head 14 thoughtfully
14 thoughtfully 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 looked
17 looked 18 this
18 this 19 way
19 way 20 and
20 and 21 that
21 that 22 .

i don't see any anywhere , ' he said to himself . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 see
3 see 4 any
4 any 5 anywhere
5 anywhere 6 ,
6 , 7 '
7 ' 8 he
8 he 9 said
9 said 10 to
10 to 11 himself
11 himself 12 .

" by and by he just happened to glance at his tail . 
1 " 2 by
2 by 3 and
3 and 4 by
4 by 5 he
5 he 6 just
6 just 7 happened
7 happened 8 to
8 to 9 glance
9 glance 10 at
10 at 11 his
11 his 12 tail
12 tail 13 .

every one began to grumble . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 grumble
5 grumble 6 .

then they began to quarrel among themselves and to steal from each other . 
1 then 2 they
2 they 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 quarrel
5 quarrel 6 among
6 among 7 themselves
7 themselves 8 and
8 and 9 to
9 to 10 steal
10 steal 11 from
11 from 12 each
12 each 13 other
13 other 14 .

he kept himself as neat as ever and was always cheerful . 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 himself
3 himself 4 as
4 as 5 neat
5 neat 6 as
6 as 7 ever
7 ever 8 and
8 and 9 was
9 was 10 always
10 always 11 cheerful
11 cheerful 12 .

whenever he met one of his grumbling neighbors , he would say : 
1 whenever 2 he
2 he 3 met
3 met 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 his
6 his 7 grumbling
7 grumbling 8 neighbors
8 neighbors 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 would
11 would 12 say
12 say 13 :

better times coming ! 
1 better 2 times
2 times 3 coming
3 coming 4 !

better times coming ! ' 
1 better 2 times
2 times 3 coming
3 coming 4 !
4 ! 5 '

peter gave a long sigh . 
1 peter 2 gave
2 gave 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 sigh
5 sigh 6 .

and then he wondered why everybody laughed . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 wondered
4 wondered 5 why
5 why 6 everybody
6 everybody 7 laughed
7 laughed 8 .

you know he hasn't a feather on it , and it is very , very red . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
3 he 4 hasn't
4 hasn't 5 a
5 a 6 feather
6 feather 7 on
7 on 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 it
11 it 12 is
12 is 13 very
13 very 14 ,
14 , 15 very
15 very 16 red
16 red 17 .

everybody looked surprised . 
1 everybody 2 looked
2 looked 3 surprised
3 surprised 4 .

" it 's that trifling , no ' count cousin of mine . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 trifling
5 trifling 6 ,
6 , 7 no
7 no 8 '
8 ' 9 count
9 count 10 cousin
10 cousin 11 of
11 of 12 mine
12 mine 13 .

this sounded like another story . 
1 this 2 sounded
2 sounded 3 like
3 like 4 another
4 another 5 story
5 story 6 .

anyway , he would find out . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 find
5 find 6 out
6 out 7 .

there would be no harm in trying . 
1 there 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 no
4 no 5 harm
5 harm 6 in
6 in 7 trying
7 trying 8 .

peter laughed with the rest , although he looked a wee bit foolish . 
1 peter 2 laughed
2 laughed 3 with
3 with 4 the
4 the 5 rest
5 rest 6 ,
6 , 7 although
7 although 8 he
8 he 9 looked
9 looked 10 a
10 a 11 wee
11 wee 12 bit
12 bit 13 foolish
13 foolish 14 .

but he didn't mean to give up just because he was laughed at . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 mean
4 mean 5 to
5 to 6 give
6 give 7 up
7 up 8 just
8 just 9 because
9 because 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 laughed
12 laughed 13 at
13 at 14 .

oh , my , no ! 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 no
5 no 6 !

besides , he rather enjoys telling stories . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 rather
4 rather 5 enjoys
5 enjoys 6 telling
6 telling 7 stories
7 stories 8 .

peter made a funny face and laughed too . 
1 peter 2 made
2 made 3 a
3 a 4 funny
4 funny 5 face
5 face 6 and
6 and 7 laughed
7 laughed 8 too
8 too 9 .

so it is ! " 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 !
4 ! 5 "

yo ' see , if we-uns keep our toes warm , we-uns are warm all over . 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 see
3 see 4 ,
4 , 5 if
5 if 6 we-uns
6 we-uns 7 keep
7 keep 8 our
8 our 9 toes
9 toes 10 warm
10 warm 11 ,
11 , 12 we-uns
12 we-uns 13 are
13 are 14 warm
14 warm 15 all
15 all 16 over
16 over 17 .

it was on a lil ol ' house , a lil ol ' tumble-down house . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 on
3 on 4 a
4 a 5 lil
5 lil 6 ol
6 ol 7 '
7 ' 8 house
8 house 9 ,
9 , 10 a
10 a 11 lil
11 lil 12 ol
12 ol 13 '
13 ' 14 tumble-down
14 tumble-down 15 house
15 house 16 .

of course he right smart curious about that lil ol ' tumble-down house and who live there . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 right
4 right 5 smart
5 smart 6 curious
6 curious 7 about
7 about 8 that
8 that 9 lil
9 lil 10 ol
10 ol 11 '
11 ' 12 tumble-down
12 tumble-down 13 house
13 house 14 and
14 and 15 who
15 who 16 live
16 live 17 there
17 there 18 .

" he listen an ' listen . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 listen
3 listen 4 an
4 an 5 '
5 ' 6 listen
6 listen 7 .

then he shift ' round to the other side of the chimney an ' listen . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 shift
3 shift 4 '
4 ' 5 round
5 round 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 8 other
8 other 9 side
9 side 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 chimney
12 chimney 13 an
13 an 14 '
14 ' 15 listen
15 listen 16 .

no matter where he sit , he can't hear what being said down inside that lil ol ' tumble-down house . 
1 no 2 matter
2 matter 3 where
3 where 4 he
4 he 5 sit
5 sit 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 can't
8 can't 9 hear
9 hear 10 what
10 what 11 being
11 being 12 said
12 said 13 down
13 down 14 inside
14 inside 15 that
15 that 16 lil
16 lil 17 ol
17 ol 18 '
18 ' 19 tumble-down
19 tumble-down 20 house
20 house 21 .

why , he jes ' stretch his fool haid as far down that chimney as he can an ' listen an ' listen . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 jes
4 jes 5 '
5 ' 6 stretch
6 stretch 7 his
7 his 8 fool
8 fool 9 haid
9 haid 10 as
10 as 11 far
11 far 12 down
12 down 13 that
13 that 14 chimney
14 chimney 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 can
17 can 18 an
18 an 19 '
19 ' 20 listen
20 listen 21 an
21 an 22 '
22 ' 23 listen
23 listen 24 .

but all he hear is jes ' a mumbling and a mumbling , an ' that make him more curious than ever . 
1 but 2 all
2 all 3 he
3 he 4 hear
4 hear 5 is
5 is 6 jes
6 jes 7 '
7 ' 8 a
8 a 9 mumbling
9 mumbling 10 and
10 and 11 a
11 a 12 mumbling
12 mumbling 13 ,
13 , 14 an
14 an 15 '
15 ' 16 that
16 that 17 make
17 make 18 him
18 him 19 more
19 more 20 curious
20 curious 21 than
21 than 22 ever
22 ever 23 .

" now when he stretch his haid an ' neck down the chimney that way , he get ' em all black with soot . 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 when
3 when 4 he
4 he 5 stretch
5 stretch 6 his
6 his 7 haid
7 haid 8 an
8 an 9 '
9 ' 10 neck
10 neck 11 down
11 down 12 the
12 the 13 chimney
13 chimney 14 that
14 that 15 way
15 way 16 ,
16 , 17 he
17 he 18 get
18 get 19 '
19 ' 20 em
20 em 21 all
21 all 22 black
22 black 23 with
23 with 24 soot
24 soot 25 .

but he don't mind that . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 don't
3 don't 4 mind
4 mind 5 that
5 that 6 .

fact is , he don ' notice it . 
1 fact 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 don
5 don 6 '
6 ' 7 notice
7 notice 8 it
8 it 9 .

of course that make a terrible mess an ' a powerful lot of smoke an ' hot ashes fly up the chimney . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 that
3 that 4 make
4 make 5 a
5 a 6 terrible
6 terrible 7 mess
7 mess 8 an
8 an 9 '
9 ' 10 a
10 a 11 powerful
11 powerful 12 lot
12 lot 13 of
13 of 14 smoke
14 smoke 15 an
15 an 16 '
16 ' 17 hot
17 hot 18 ashes
18 ashes 19 fly
19 fly 20 up
20 up 21 the
21 the 22 chimney
22 chimney 23 .

a little sigh of satisfaction went around the circle of listeners . 
1 a 2 little
2 little 3 sigh
3 sigh 4 of
4 of 5 satisfaction
5 satisfaction 6 went
6 went 7 around
7 around 8 the
8 the 9 circle
9 circle 10 of
10 of 11 listeners
11 listeners 12 .

that 's quite the nicest thing yo ' could say . " 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 quite
3 quite 4 the
4 the 5 nicest
5 nicest 6 thing
6 thing 7 yo
7 yo 8 '
8 ' 9 could
9 could 10 say
10 say 11 .
11 . 12 "

and it did bother it a lot . 
1 and 2 it
2 it 3 did
3 did 4 bother
4 bother 5 it
5 it 6 a
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 .

peter couldn't get over that . 
1 peter 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 get
3 get 4 over
4 over 5 that
5 that 6 .

he has always been rather ashamed of the funny little one he has himself . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 always
3 always 4 been
4 been 5 rather
5 rather 6 ashamed
6 ashamed 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 funny
9 funny 10 little
10 little 11 one
11 one 12 he
12 he 13 has
13 has 14 himself
14 himself 15 .

still , it is a real tail , and he has often comforted himself with that thought . 
1 still 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 real
6 real 7 tail
7 tail 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 has
11 has 12 often
12 often 13 comforted
13 comforted 14 himself
14 himself 15 with
15 with 16 that
16 that 17 thought
17 thought 18 .

he was still thinking about this when he started for home . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 thinking
4 thinking 5 about
5 about 6 this
6 this 7 when
7 when 8 he
8 he 9 started
9 started 10 for
10 for 11 home
11 home 12 .

off he started , lipperty-lipperty-lip . 
1 off 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 ,
4 , 5 lipperty-lipperty-lip
5 lipperty-lipperty-lip 6 .

couldn't you see whether or not he has a tail ? " 
1 couldn't 2 you
2 you 3 see
3 see 4 whether
4 whether 5 or
5 or 6 not
6 not 7 he
7 he 8 has
8 has 9 a
9 a 10 tail
10 tail 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

if he has , it doesn't seem to me that it is enough to call a really truly tail . " 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 has
3 has 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 doesn't
6 doesn't 7 seem
7 seem 8 to
8 to 9 me
9 me 10 that
10 that 11 it
11 it 12 is
12 is 13 enough
13 enough 14 to
14 to 15 call
15 call 16 a
16 a 17 really
17 really 18 truly
18 truly 19 tail
19 tail 20 .
20 . 21 "

" a reminder of what ? " 
1 " 2 a
2 a 3 reminder
3 reminder 4 of
4 of 5 what
5 what 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

in fact , he was rather pleased that he didn't have a tail . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 rather
6 rather 7 pleased
7 pleased 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 have
11 have 12 a
12 a 13 tail
13 tail 14 .

she had done her very best to give everybody everything that they really needed , and not to give them things which they didn't need . 
1 she 2 had
2 had 3 done
3 done 4 her
4 her 5 very
5 very 6 best
6 best 7 to
7 to 8 give
8 give 9 everybody
9 everybody 10 everything
10 everything 11 that
11 that 12 they
12 they 13 really
13 really 14 needed
14 needed 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 not
17 not 18 to
18 to 19 give
19 give 20 them
20 them 21 things
21 things 22 which
22 which 23 they
23 they 24 didn't
24 didn't 25 need
25 need 26 .

it was a very great honor , and for a while he felt it so and did his best to rule wisely . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 very
4 very 5 great
5 great 6 honor
6 honor 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 for
9 for 10 a
10 a 11 while
11 while 12 he
12 he 13 felt
13 felt 14 it
14 it 15 so
15 so 16 and
16 and 17 did
17 did 18 his
18 his 19 best
19 best 20 to
20 to 21 rule
21 rule 22 wisely
22 wisely 23 .

he went about just as before , hunting for his living , and had no more time than before for foolish thoughts or vain wishes . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 about
3 about 4 just
4 just 5 as
5 as 6 before
6 before 7 ,
7 , 8 hunting
8 hunting 9 for
9 for 10 his
10 his 11 living
11 living 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 had
14 had 15 no
15 no 16 more
16 more 17 time
17 time 18 than
18 than 19 before
19 before 20 for
20 for 21 foolish
21 foolish 22 thoughts
22 thoughts 23 or
23 or 24 vain
24 vain 25 wishes
25 wishes 26 .

he grew so fat that when he walked , he puffed and wheezed . 
1 he 2 grew
2 grew 3 so
3 so 4 fat
4 fat 5 that
5 that 6 when
6 when 7 he
7 he 8 walked
8 walked 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 puffed
11 puffed 12 and
12 and 13 wheezed
13 wheezed 14 .

he grew so lazy that he wanted to be waited on all the time . 
1 he 2 grew
2 grew 3 so
3 so 4 lazy
4 lazy 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 wanted
7 wanted 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 10 waited
10 waited 11 on
11 on 12 all
12 all 13 the
13 the 14 time
14 time 15 .

" after that he couldn't think of anything but the fact that he hadn't any tail . 
1 " 2 after
2 after 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 think
6 think 7 of
7 of 8 anything
8 anything 9 but
9 but 10 the
10 the 11 fact
11 fact 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 hadn't
14 hadn't 15 any
15 any 16 tail
16 tail 17 .

he took particular notice of all who came to pay him tribute , and he saw that every one of them had a tail . 
1 he 2 took
2 took 3 particular
3 particular 4 notice
4 notice 5 of
5 of 6 all
6 all 7 who
7 who 8 came
8 came 9 to
9 to 10 pay
10 pay 11 him
11 him 12 tribute
12 tribute 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 he
15 he 16 saw
16 saw 17 that
17 that 18 every
18 every 19 one
19 one 20 of
20 of 21 them
21 them 22 had
22 had 23 a
23 a 24 tail
24 tail 25 .

the more he tried not to think of these tails , the more he did think of them . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 tried
4 tried 5 not
5 not 6 to
6 to 7 think
7 think 8 of
8 of 9 these
9 these 10 tails
10 tails 11 ,
11 , 12 the
12 the 13 more
13 more 14 he
14 he 15 did
15 did 16 think
16 think 17 of
17 of 18 them
18 them 19 .

the more he thought of them , the more discontented he grew because he had none . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 them
6 them 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 discontented
10 discontented 11 he
11 he 12 grew
12 grew 13 because
13 because 14 he
14 he 15 had
15 had 16 none
16 none 17 .

he didn't stop to think that probably all of them had use for their tails . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 stop
3 stop 4 to
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 that
6 that 7 probably
7 probably 8 all
8 all 9 of
9 of 10 them
10 them 11 had
11 had 12 use
12 use 13 for
13 for 14 their
14 their 15 tails
15 tails 16 .

everybody else had a tail , and he hadn't . 
1 everybody 2 else
2 else 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 tail
5 tail 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 hadn't
9 hadn't 10 .

he felt that it was a disgrace that he , the king , should have no tail . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 that
3 that 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 a
6 a 7 disgrace
7 disgrace 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 ,
10 , 11 the
11 the 12 king
12 king 13 ,
13 , 14 should
14 should 15 have
15 have 16 no
16 no 17 tail
17 tail 18 .

he brooded over it so much that he lost his appetite and grew cross and peevish . 
1 he 2 brooded
2 brooded 3 over
3 over 4 it
4 it 5 so
5 so 6 much
6 much 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 lost
9 lost 10 his
10 his 11 appetite
11 appetite 12 and
12 and 13 grew
13 grew 14 cross
14 cross 15 and
15 and 16 peevish
16 peevish 17 .

when she asked him what the matter was , he was ashamed to tell her at first . 
1 when 2 she
2 she 3 asked
3 asked 4 him
4 him 5 what
5 what 6 the
6 the 7 matter
7 matter 8 was
8 was 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 ashamed
12 ashamed 13 to
13 to 14 tell
14 tell 15 her
15 her 16 at
16 at 17 first
17 first 18 .

but after a little he told her that he wanted a tail ; that he could never again be happy unless he had a tail . 
1 but 2 after
2 after 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 he
5 he 6 told
6 told 7 her
7 her 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 wanted
10 wanted 11 a
11 a 12 tail
12 tail 13 ;
13 ; 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 never
17 never 18 again
18 again 19 be
19 be 20 happy
20 happy 21 unless
21 unless 22 he
22 he 23 had
23 had 24 a
24 a 25 tail
25 tail 26 .

nothing that she could say made any difference he wanted a tail . 
1 nothing 2 that
2 that 3 she
3 she 4 could
4 could 5 say
5 say 6 made
6 made 7 any
7 any 8 difference
8 difference 9 he
9 he 10 wanted
10 wanted 11 a
11 a 12 tail
12 tail 13 .

finally she gave him one . 
1 finally 2 she
2 she 3 gave
3 gave 4 him
4 him 5 one
5 one 6 .

he spent all his spare time admiring his new tail . 
1 he 2 spent
2 spent 3 all
3 all 4 his
4 his 5 spare
5 spare 6 time
6 time 7 admiring
7 admiring 8 his
8 his 9 new
9 new 10 tail
10 tail 11 .

but it wasn't long before he found that his new tail was very much in the way . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 long
4 long 5 before
5 before 6 he
6 he 7 found
7 found 8 that
8 that 9 his
9 his 10 new
10 new 11 tail
11 tail 12 was
12 was 13 very
13 very 14 much
14 much 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 way
17 way 18 .

it bothered him when he walked . 
1 it 2 bothered
2 bothered 3 him
3 him 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 6 walked
6 walked 7 .

it was in the way when he sat down . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 way
5 way 6 when
6 when 7 he
7 he 8 sat
8 sat 9 down
9 down 10 .

it was a nuisance when he climbed a tree . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 nuisance
4 nuisance 5 when
5 when 6 he
6 he 7 climbed
7 climbed 8 a
8 a 9 tree
9 tree 10 .

he didn't have a single use for it , and yet he had to carry it with him wherever he went . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 a
4 a 5 single
5 single 6 use
6 use 7 for
7 for 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 yet
11 yet 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 to
14 to 15 carry
15 carry 16 it
16 it 17 with
17 with 18 him
18 him 19 wherever
19 wherever 20 he
20 he 21 went
21 went 22 .

again he lost his appetite and grew cross and peevish , so that no one dared come near him . 
1 again 2 he
2 he 3 lost
3 lost 4 his
4 his 5 appetite
5 appetite 6 and
6 and 7 grew
7 grew 8 cross
8 cross 9 and
9 and 10 peevish
10 peevish 11 ,
11 , 12 so
12 so 13 that
13 that 14 no
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 dared
16 dared 17 come
17 come 18 near
18 near 19 him
19 him 20 .

that she left as a reminder lest he should forget the lesson he had learned and should again grow envious . 
1 that 2 she
2 she 3 left
3 left 4 as
4 as 5 a
5 a 6 reminder
6 reminder 7 lest
7 lest 8 he
8 he 9 should
9 should 10 forget
10 forget 11 the
11 the 12 lesson
12 lesson 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 learned
15 learned 16 and
16 and 17 should
17 should 18 again
18 again 19 grow
19 grow 20 envious
20 envious 21 .

peter couldn't help watching him . 
1 peter 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 help
3 help 4 watching
4 watching 5 him
5 him 6 .

he just had to . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 .

if he wasn't feeling good-natured , it would be of no use to ask him for a story . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 feeling
4 feeling 5 good-natured
5 good-natured 6 ,
6 , 7 it
7 it 8 would
8 would 9 be
9 be 10 of
10 of 11 no
11 no 12 use
12 use 13 to
13 to 14 ask
14 ask 15 him
15 him 16 for
16 for 17 a
17 a 18 story
18 story 19 .

the big green lily-pad was there , but there was no one sitting on it . 
1 the 2 big
2 big 3 green
3 green 4 lily-pad
4 lily-pad 5 was
5 was 6 there
6 there 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 11 no
11 no 12 one
12 one 13 sitting
13 sitting 14 on
14 on 15 it
15 it 16 .

peter 's face showed just how disappointed he felt . 
1 peter 2 's
2 's 3 face
3 face 4 showed
4 showed 5 just
5 just 6 how
6 how 7 disappointed
7 disappointed 8 he
8 he 9 felt
9 felt 10 .

he was just going to turn away when a great , deep voice said : 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 turn
6 turn 7 away
7 away 8 when
8 when 9 a
9 a 10 great
10 great 11 ,
11 , 12 deep
12 deep 13 voice
13 voice 14 said
14 said 15 :

you came over here just to ask me for a story . 
1 you 2 came
2 came 3 over
3 over 4 here
4 here 5 just
5 just 6 to
6 to 7 ask
7 ask 8 me
8 me 9 for
9 for 10 a
10 a 11 story
11 story 12 .

i know you ! 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 you
3 you 4 !

well , what is it this time ? " 
1 well 2 ,
2 , 3 what
3 what 4 is
4 is 5 it
5 it 6 this
6 this 7 time
7 time 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

peter sat still and tried not to show how impatient he felt . 
1 peter 2 sat
2 sat 3 still
3 still 4 and
4 and 5 tried
5 tried 6 not
6 not 7 to
7 to 8 show
8 show 9 how
9 how 10 impatient
10 impatient 11 he
11 he 12 felt
12 felt 13 .

the latter cleared his throat two or three times , each time as if he intended to begin right then . 
1 the 2 latter
2 latter 3 cleared
3 cleared 4 his
4 his 5 throat
5 throat 6 two
6 two 7 or
7 or 8 three
8 three 9 times
9 times 10 ,
10 , 11 each
11 each 12 time
12 time 13 as
13 as 14 if
14 if 15 he
15 he 16 intended
16 intended 17 to
17 to 18 begin
18 begin 19 right
19 right 20 then
20 then 21 .

" now , why do you go over to the sweet-clover patch every day ? " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 ,
3 , 4 why
4 why 5 do
5 do 6 you
6 you 7 go
7 go 8 over
8 over 9 to
9 to 10 the
10 the 11 sweet-clover
11 sweet-clover 12 patch
12 patch 13 every
13 every 14 day
14 day 15 ?
15 ? 16 "

he had found out what he had wanted to know , but he hadn't had a story . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 found
3 found 4 out
4 out 5 what
5 what 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 wanted
8 wanted 9 to
9 to 10 know
10 know 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 he
13 he 14 hadn't
14 hadn't 15 had
15 had 16 a
16 a 17 story
17 story 18 .

" you told me about that , and it was a splendid story . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 told
3 told 4 me
4 me 5 about
5 about 6 that
6 that 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 a
11 a 12 splendid
12 splendid 13 story
13 story 14 .
14 . 15 "

he could just flop about on the ground , and was almost helpless . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 just
3 just 4 flop
4 flop 5 about
5 about 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 ground
8 ground 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 was
11 was 12 almost
12 almost 13 helpless
13 helpless 14 .

of course that meant that he could very easily be caught , and so the ground was no longer a safe place for him . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 that
3 that 4 meant
4 meant 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 very
8 very 9 easily
9 easily 10 be
10 be 11 caught
11 caught 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 so
14 so 15 the
15 the 16 ground
16 ground 17 was
17 was 18 no
18 no 19 longer
19 longer 20 a
20 a 21 safe
21 safe 22 place
22 place 23 for
23 for 24 him
24 him 25 .

but he soon found that he was not safe in the air in daytime . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 soon
3 soon 4 found
4 found 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 not
8 not 9 safe
9 safe 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 air
12 air 13 in
13 in 14 daytime
14 daytime 15 .

that would look as if he were ungrateful for her kindness in giving him the wings . 
1 that 2 would
2 would 3 look
3 look 4 as
4 as 5 if
5 if 6 he
6 he 7 were
7 were 8 ungrateful
8 ungrateful 9 for
9 for 10 her
10 her 11 kindness
11 kindness 12 in
12 in 13 giving
13 giving 14 him
14 him 15 the
15 the 16 wings
16 wings 17 .

" now of course it is very hard to think when you are twisting and dodging and turning in the air . " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 of
3 of 4 course
4 course 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 7 very
7 very 8 hard
8 hard 9 to
9 to 10 think
10 think 11 when
11 when 12 you
12 you 13 are
13 are 14 twisting
14 twisting 15 and
15 and 16 dodging
16 dodging 17 and
17 and 18 turning
18 turning 19 in
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 air
21 air 22 .
22 . 23 "

" he flew and he flew and had almost given up hope of finding any such place when he saw a cave . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 flew
3 flew 4 and
4 and 5 he
5 he 6 flew
6 flew 7 and
7 and 8 had
8 had 9 almost
9 almost 10 given
10 given 11 up
11 up 12 hope
12 hope 13 of
13 of 14 finding
14 finding 15 any
15 any 16 such
16 such 17 place
17 place 18 when
18 when 19 he
19 he 20 saw
20 saw 21 a
21 a 22 cave
22 cave 23 .

it was just the place to rest and think . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 the
4 the 5 place
5 place 6 to
6 to 7 rest
7 rest 8 and
8 and 9 think
9 think 10 .

so he rested , and while he rested , he thought and thought . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 rested
3 rested 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 while
6 while 7 he
7 he 8 rested
8 rested 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 thought
11 thought 12 and
12 and 13 thought
13 thought 14 .

" by and by he noticed that it was growing dark outside . 
1 " 2 by
2 by 3 and
3 and 4 by
4 by 5 he
5 he 6 noticed
6 noticed 7 that
7 that 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 growing
10 growing 11 dark
11 dark 12 outside
12 outside 13 .

he found the air full of insects , ever so many more than in the daytime . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 3 the
3 the 4 air
4 air 5 full
5 full 6 of
6 of 7 insects
7 insects 8 ,
8 , 9 ever
9 ever 10 so
10 so 11 many
11 many 12 more
12 more 13 than
13 than 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 daytime
16 daytime 17 .

by being very smart and quick he caught a few before it was too dark for him to see . 
1 by 2 being
2 being 3 very
3 very 4 smart
4 smart 5 and
5 and 6 quick
6 quick 7 he
7 he 8 caught
8 caught 9 a
9 a 10 few
10 few 11 before
11 before 12 it
12 it 13 was
13 was 14 too
14 too 15 dark
15 dark 16 for
16 for 17 him
17 him 18 to
18 to 19 see
19 see 20 .

they didn't fill his stomach , but they kept him from starving . 
1 they 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 fill
3 fill 4 his
4 his 5 stomach
5 stomach 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 they
8 they 9 kept
9 kept 10 him
10 him 11 from
11 from 12 starving
12 starving 13 .

as he flew back to the cave , a great idea came to him , the idea for which he had been thinking so hard . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 flew
3 flew 4 back
4 back 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 cave
7 cave 8 ,
8 , 9 a
9 a 10 great
10 great 11 idea
11 idea 12 came
12 came 13 to
13 to 14 him
14 him 15 ,
15 , 16 the
16 the 17 idea
17 idea 18 for
18 for 19 which
19 which 20 he
20 he 21 had
21 had 22 been
22 been 23 thinking
23 thinking 24 so
24 so 25 hard
25 hard 26 .

peter grinned . 
1 peter 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 .

" he never stays in one place long enough for me to ask him anything , " said he . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 never
3 never 4 stays
4 stays 5 in
5 in 6 one
6 one 7 place
7 place 8 long
8 long 9 enough
9 enough 10 for
10 for 11 me
11 me 12 to
12 to 13 ask
13 ask 14 him
14 him 15 anything
15 anything 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 19 he
19 he 20 .

it pays to make the best of what we have , doesn't it ? " 
1 it 2 pays
2 pays 3 to
3 to 4 make
4 make 5 the
5 the 6 best
6 best 7 of
7 of 8 what
8 what 9 we
9 we 10 have
10 have 11 ,
11 , 12 doesn't
12 doesn't 13 it
13 it 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

" it certainly does . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 does
4 does 5 .

he had sat that way for the longest time without once moving . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 sat
3 sat 4 that
4 that 5 way
5 way 6 for
6 for 7 the
7 the 8 longest
8 longest 9 time
9 time 10 without
10 without 11 once
11 once 12 moving
12 moving 13 .

" where do you live ? " 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 live
5 live 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

is it in the bank or down under water ? " 
1 is 2 it
2 it 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 bank
5 bank 6 or
6 or 7 down
7 down 8 under
8 under 9 water
9 water 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

that is to say , his head and legs and tail disappeared . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 to
3 to 4 say
4 say 5 ,
5 , 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 and
8 and 9 legs
9 legs 10 and
10 and 11 tail
11 tail 12 disappeared
12 disappeared 13 .

peter stared very hard . 
1 peter 2 stared
2 stared 3 very
3 very 4 hard
4 hard 5 .

his house was with him , and now he had simply retired inside . 
1 his 2 house
2 house 3 was
3 was 4 with
4 with 5 him
5 him 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 now
8 now 9 he
9 he 10 had
10 had 11 simply
11 simply 12 retired
12 retired 13 inside
13 inside 14 .

" that 's a great idea ! 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 idea
6 idea 7 !

ho , ho , ho ! 
1 ho 2 ,
2 , 3 ho
3 ho 4 ,
4 , 5 ho
5 ho 6 !

" no wonder he is so slow . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 so
6 so 7 slow
7 slow 8 .

of course , it is very handy to have his house always with him . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 very
6 very 7 handy
7 handy 8 to
8 to 9 have
9 have 10 his
10 his 11 house
11 house 12 always
12 always 13 with
13 with 14 him
14 him 15 .

as he says , he is always at home . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 says
3 says 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 is
6 is 7 always
7 always 8 at
8 at 9 home
9 home 10 .

he doesn't have to run away at all ! 
1 he 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 have
3 have 4 to
4 to 5 run
5 run 6 away
6 away 7 at
7 at 8 all
8 all 9 !

all he has got to do is to go inside his house and stay there until the danger is past ! 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 has
3 has 4 got
4 got 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 is
7 is 8 to
8 to 9 go
9 go 10 inside
10 inside 11 his
11 his 12 house
12 house 13 and
13 and 14 stay
14 stay 15 there
15 there 16 until
16 until 17 the
17 the 18 danger
18 danger 19 is
19 is 20 past
20 past 21 !

i never thought of that before . 
1 i 2 never
2 never 3 thought
3 thought 4 of
4 of 5 that
5 that 6 before
6 before 7 .

i don't like to be kept waiting . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 like
3 like 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 kept
6 kept 7 waiting
7 waiting 8 .

peter was so surprised that he couldn't find his tongue . 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 surprised
4 surprised 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 find
8 find 9 his
9 his 10 tongue
10 tongue 11 .

almost everything to-day is the result of things that happened in those long-ago days . 
1 almost 2 everything
2 everything 3 to-day
3 to-day 4 is
4 is 5 the
5 the 6 result
6 result 7 of
7 of 8 things
8 things 9 that
9 that 10 happened
10 happened 11 in
11 in 12 those
12 those 13 long-ago
13 long-ago 14 days
14 days 15 .

if he had had , he would have been saved a great deal of trouble and worry . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 had
4 had 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 would
7 would 8 have
8 have 9 been
9 been 10 saved
10 saved 11 a
11 a 12 great
12 great 13 deal
13 deal 14 of
14 of 15 trouble
15 trouble 16 and
16 and 17 worry
17 worry 18 .

for a long time everybody lived at peace with everybody else . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 long
3 long 4 time
4 time 5 everybody
5 everybody 6 lived
6 lived 7 at
7 at 8 peace
8 peace 9 with
9 with 10 everybody
10 everybody 11 else
11 else 12 .

he had nothing to worry about on that score . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 to
4 to 5 worry
5 worry 6 about
6 about 7 on
7 on 8 that
8 that 9 score
9 score 10 .

" he had two or three very narrow escapes , and these set him to thinking . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 two
4 two 5 or
5 or 6 three
6 three 7 very
7 very 8 narrow
8 narrow 9 escapes
9 escapes 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 these
12 these 13 set
13 set 14 him
14 him 15 to
15 to 16 thinking
16 thinking 17 .

he was too slow and awkward to run or to fight . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 slow
4 slow 5 and
5 and 6 awkward
6 awkward 7 to
7 to 8 run
8 run 9 or
9 or 10 to
10 to 11 fight
11 fight 12 .

the only thing he could do was to keep out of sight as much as possible . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 3 thing
3 thing 4 he
4 he 5 could
5 could 6 do
6 do 7 was
7 was 8 to
8 to 9 keep
9 keep 10 out
10 out 11 of
11 of 12 sight
12 sight 13 as
13 as 14 much
14 much 15 as
15 as 16 possible
16 possible 17 .

so he learned to swim with only his head out of water , and sometimes with only the end of his nose out of water . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 learned
3 learned 4 to
4 to 5 swim
5 swim 6 with
6 with 7 only
7 only 8 his
8 his 9 head
9 head 10 out
10 out 11 of
11 of 12 water
12 water 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 sometimes
15 sometimes 16 with
16 with 17 only
17 only 18 the
18 the 19 end
19 end 20 of
20 of 21 his
21 his 22 nose
22 nose 23 out
23 out 24 of
24 of 25 water
25 water 26 .

at first he was annoyed and started to shake it off . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 annoyed
5 annoyed 6 and
6 and 7 started
7 started 8 to
8 to 9 shake
9 shake 10 it
10 it 11 off
11 off 12 .

before he succeeded , he heard someone coming , so he promptly drew in his head and legs and tail . 
1 before 2 he
2 he 3 succeeded
3 succeeded 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 heard
6 heard 7 someone
7 someone 8 coming
8 coming 9 ,
9 , 10 so
10 so 11 he
11 he 12 promptly
12 promptly 13 drew
13 drew 14 in
14 in 15 his
15 his 16 head
16 head 17 and
17 and 18 legs
18 legs 19 and
19 and 20 tail
20 tail 21 .

i believe he 'll make me a good dinner . ' 
1 i 2 believe
2 believe 3 he
3 he 4 'll
4 'll 5 make
5 make 6 me
6 me 7 a
7 a 8 good
8 good 9 dinner
9 dinner 10 .
10 . 11 '

for a long time he lay very still . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 long
3 long 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 lay
6 lay 7 very
7 very 8 still
8 still 9 .

thereafter , when he wanted to go on land , he would first make sure that no one was watching . 
1 thereafter 2 ,
2 , 3 when
3 when 4 he
4 he 5 wanted
5 wanted 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 on
8 on 9 land
9 land 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 first
13 first 14 make
14 make 15 sure
15 sure 16 that
16 that 17 no
17 no 18 one
18 one 19 was
19 was 20 watching
20 watching 21 .

then he would crawl under the piece of bark and get it on his back . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 would
3 would 4 crawl
4 crawl 5 under
5 under 6 the
6 the 7 piece
7 piece 8 of
8 of 9 bark
9 bark 10 and
10 and 11 get
11 get 12 it
12 it 13 on
13 on 14 his
14 his 15 back
15 back 16 .

wherever he went he carried the piece of bark so as to have it handy to hide under . 
1 wherever 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 he
4 he 5 carried
5 carried 6 the
6 the 7 piece
7 piece 8 of
8 of 9 bark
9 bark 10 so
10 so 11 as
11 as 12 to
12 to 13 have
13 have 14 it
14 it 15 handy
15 handy 16 to
16 to 17 hide
17 hide 18 under
18 under 19 .

one day she came up behind him just as he sat down to rest . 
1 one 2 day
2 day 3 she
3 she 4 came
4 came 5 up
5 up 6 behind
6 behind 7 him
7 him 8 just
8 just 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 sat
11 sat 12 down
12 down 13 to
13 to 14 rest
14 rest 15 .

then she touched the skin of his stomach and turned that into hard shell . 
1 then 2 she
2 she 3 touched
3 touched 4 the
4 the 5 skin
5 skin 6 of
6 of 7 his
7 his 8 stomach
8 stomach 9 and
9 and 10 turned
10 turned 11 that
11 that 12 into
12 into 13 hard
13 hard 14 shell
14 shell 15 .

usually the thing that interests us most is something that we haven't got ourselves . 
1 usually 2 the
2 the 3 thing
3 thing 4 that
4 that 5 interests
5 interests 6 us
6 us 7 most
7 most 8 is
8 is 9 something
9 something 10 that
10 that 11 we
11 we 12 haven't
12 haven't 13 got
13 got 14 ourselves
14 ourselves 15 .

peter is not naturally envious . 
1 peter 2 is
2 is 3 not
3 not 4 naturally
4 naturally 5 envious
5 envious 6 .

oh , my , no ! 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 no
5 no 6 !

peter is pretty well satisfied with what he has , which is quite as it should be . 
1 peter 2 is
2 is 3 pretty
3 pretty 4 well
4 well 5 satisfied
5 satisfied 6 with
6 with 7 what
7 what 8 he
8 he 9 has
9 has 10 ,
10 , 11 which
11 which 12 is
12 is 13 quite
13 quite 14 as
14 as 15 it
15 it 16 should
16 should 17 be
17 be 18 .

can you guess what it is ? 
1 can 2 you
2 you 3 guess
3 guess 4 what
4 what 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 7 ?

well , it is his tail . 
1 well 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 his
5 his 6 tail
6 tail 7 .

what would you do with a big tail , if you had one ? 
1 what 2 would
2 would 3 you
3 you 4 do
4 do 5 with
5 with 6 a
6 a 7 big
7 big 8 tail
8 tail 9 ,
9 , 10 if
10 if 11 you
11 you 12 had
12 had 13 one
13 one 14 ?

it would always be in your way . 
1 it 2 would
2 would 3 always
3 always 4 be
4 be 5 in
5 in 6 your
6 your 7 way
7 way 8 .

they certainly would have before this , if you had had a long tail sticking out behind for them to get hold of . 
1 they 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 before
5 before 6 this
6 this 7 ,
7 , 8 if
8 if 9 you
9 you 10 had
10 had 11 had
11 had 12 a
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 tail
14 tail 15 sticking
15 sticking 16 out
16 out 17 behind
17 behind 18 for
18 for 19 them
19 them 20 to
20 to 21 get
21 get 22 hold
22 hold 23 of
23 of 24 .

he just stared and stared . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 stared
3 stared 4 and
4 and 5 stared
5 stared 6 .

would you like to know how he comes by such a queer tail ? " 
1 would 2 you
2 you 3 like
3 like 4 to
4 to 5 know
5 know 6 how
6 how 7 he
7 he 8 comes
8 comes 9 by
9 by 10 such
10 such 11 a
11 a 12 queer
12 queer 13 tail
13 tail 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

" oh , if you please ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 if
4 if 5 you
5 you 6 please
6 please 7 !

" some people never do learn to use their eyes . " 
1 " 2 some
2 some 3 people
3 people 4 never
4 never 5 do
5 do 6 learn
6 learn 7 to
7 to 8 use
8 use 9 their
9 their 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 .
11 . 12 "

peter looked a bit sheepish , but he said nothing and waited patiently . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 a
3 a 4 bit
4 bit 5 sheepish
5 sheepish 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 he
8 he 9 said
9 said 10 nothing
10 nothing 11 and
11 and 12 waited
12 waited 13 patiently
13 patiently 14 .

" once upon a time , long , long ago , when the world was young " 
1 " 2 once
2 once 3 upon
3 upon 4 a
4 a 5 time
5 time 6 ,
6 , 7 long
7 long 8 ,
8 , 9 long
9 long 10 ago
10 ago 11 ,
11 , 12 when
12 when 13 the
13 the 14 world
14 world 15 was
15 was 16 young
16 young 17 "

that is how he first came to think of making a dam and a pond . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 how
3 how 4 he
4 he 5 first
5 first 6 came
6 came 7 to
7 to 8 think
8 think 9 of
9 of 10 making
10 making 11 a
11 a 12 dam
12 dam 13 and
13 and 14 a
14 a 15 pond
15 pond 16 .

that made him think harder than ever . 
1 that 2 made
2 made 3 him
3 him 4 think
4 think 5 harder
5 harder 6 than
6 than 7 ever
7 ever 8 .

the more sticks he added , the bigger the pool grew . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 sticks
3 sticks 4 he
4 he 5 added
5 added 6 ,
6 , 7 the
7 the 8 bigger
8 bigger 9 the
9 the 10 pool
10 pool 11 grew
11 grew 12 .

" now cutting down trees is hard work . 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 cutting
3 cutting 4 down
4 down 5 trees
5 trees 6 is
6 is 7 hard
7 hard 8 work
8 work 9 .

it was very useful when he was swimming , but it was of no use at all at any other time . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 useful
4 useful 5 when
5 when 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 swimming
8 swimming 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 of
13 of 14 no
14 no 15 use
15 use 16 at
16 at 17 all
17 all 18 at
18 at 19 any
19 any 20 other
20 other 21 time
21 time 22 .

sometimes he tried to brace himself with it when he was sitting up to cut trees , and found it of no help . 
1 sometimes 2 he
2 he 3 tried
3 tried 4 to
4 to 5 brace
5 brace 6 himself
6 himself 7 with
7 with 8 it
8 it 9 when
9 when 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 sitting
12 sitting 13 up
13 up 14 to
14 to 15 cut
15 cut 16 trees
16 trees 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 found
19 found 20 it
20 it 21 of
21 of 22 no
22 no 23 help
23 help 24 .

he told her that he had and explained why . 
1 he 2 told
2 told 3 her
3 her 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 and
7 and 8 explained
8 explained 9 why
9 why 10 .

she just passed the time of day with him and then sat down to watch him cut a tree . 
1 she 2 just
2 just 3 passed
3 passed 4 the
4 the 5 time
5 time 6 of
6 of 7 day
7 day 8 with
8 with 9 him
9 him 10 and
10 and 11 then
11 then 12 sat
12 sat 13 down
13 down 14 to
14 to 15 watch
15 watch 16 him
16 him 17 cut
17 cut 18 a
18 a 19 tree
19 tree 20 .

she saw him try to brace himself with his useless tail , and she saw him stop to rest his tired legs . 
1 she 2 saw
2 saw 3 him
3 him 4 try
4 try 5 to
5 to 6 brace
6 brace 7 himself
7 himself 8 with
8 with 9 his
9 his 10 useless
10 useless 11 tail
11 tail 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 she
14 she 15 saw
15 saw 16 him
16 him 17 stop
17 stop 18 to
18 to 19 rest
19 rest 20 his
20 his 21 tired
21 tired 22 legs
22 legs 23 .

" the next morning when he awoke , he had the greatest surprise of his life . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 next
3 next 4 morning
4 morning 5 when
5 when 6 he
6 he 7 awoke
7 awoke 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 had
10 had 11 the
11 the 12 greatest
12 greatest 13 surprise
13 surprise 14 of
14 of 15 his
15 his 16 life
16 life 17 .

he had a new tail ! 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 a
3 a 4 new
4 new 5 tail
5 tail 6 !

it was broad and thick and flat . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 broad
3 broad 4 and
4 and 5 thick
5 thick 6 and
6 and 7 flat
7 flat 8 .

it wasn't like any tail he had ever seen or heard of . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 like
3 like 4 any
4 any 5 tail
5 tail 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 ever
8 ever 9 seen
9 seen 10 or
10 or 11 heard
11 heard 12 of
12 of 13 .

it was almost like a stool to sit on , and he could work all day long without tiring his legs . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 almost
3 almost 4 like
4 like 5 a
5 a 6 stool
6 stool 7 to
7 to 8 sit
8 sit 9 on
9 on 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 could
13 could 14 work
14 work 15 all
15 all 16 day
16 day 17 long
17 long 18 without
18 without 19 tiring
19 tiring 20 his
20 his 21 legs
21 legs 22 .