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