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[the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

author of [the] [adventures] [of] [peter] [cottontail] [,] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [,] [etc] [.] 
1 author 2 of

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

boston [little] , [brown] , and [company] 
1 boston 3 ,
3 , 6 and
5 , 6 and

[@number@] 

[[] [illustration] [:] [reddy] [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] [had] [stuck] [a] [pin] [into] [him] [.] 

[frontispiece] [.] []] 

[contents] 

[chapter] 

[i] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [caught] [ii] [.] 

[reddy] [fox] [thinks] [he] [sees] [a] [ghost] [iii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sends] [for] [his] [family] [iv] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [enters] [the] [wrong] [house] [v] [bobby] [coon] [is] [waked] [up] [vi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [learns] [peter] [rabbit's] [secret] [vii] [.] 

[four] [little] [scamps] [plan] [mischief] [viii] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [sends] [out] [word] [ix] [.] 

[mr] [.] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] [put] [their] [heads] [together] [x] [the] [runaway] [cabbage] [xi] [.] 

[reddy] [fox] [goes] [hungry] [xii] [.] 

[prickly] [porky] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] [xiii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [hungry] [xiv] [.] 

[old] [mrs] [possum] [grows] [worried] [xv] [.] 

[the] [foolishness] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xvi] [.] 

[why] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [didn't] [go] [home] [xvii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lies] [low] [xviii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [a] [prisoner] [xix] [.] 

[what] [the] [snow] [did] [xx] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [wishes] [he] [had] [snowshoes] [xxi] [.] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [chops] [down] [a] [tree] [xxii] [.] 

[where] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [xxiii] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [makes] [an] [unexpected] [call] [xxiv] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [helps] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xxv] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel's] [bright] [idea] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

[reddy] [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] [had] [stuck] [a] [pin] [into] [him] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[such] [a] [rumpus] [as] [there] [was] [right] [away] [in] [that] [hollow] [tree] [!] 

["] [what] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ["] 

[exclaimed] [the] [others] [all] [together] 

[he] [just] [ate] [and] [ate] [and] [ate] [until] [he] [couldn't] [eat] [another] [one] 

[there] [all] [the] [way] [from] [farmer] [brown's] [hen-house] [,] [was] [a] [broad] [trail] [in] [the] [smooth] [white] [snow] 

" [yo] ' [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ['] [care] [if] [he] [never] [comes] [back] ["] 
1 " 3 '

[i] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [caught] 

the [green] [meadows] [were] [thrown] [into] [great] [excitement] [late] [one] afternoon , just as [the] [black] [shadows] [came] [creeping] [down] [from] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 
1 the 11 afternoon
11 afternoon 12 ,
12 , 14 as
13 just 14 as

reddy [fox] [brought] the news , and when he told it he grinned as if he enjoyed it and was glad of it . 
1 reddy 13 grinned
4 the 5 news
5 news 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 13 grinned
8 when 9 he
8 when 11 it
8 when 12 he
9 he 10 told
12 he 13 grinned
13 grinned 14 as
13 grinned 17 enjoyed
13 grinned 24 .
14 as 15 if
15 if 16 he
17 enjoyed 18 it
17 enjoyed 23 it
18 it 20 was
19 and 20 was
20 was 21 glad
21 glad 22 of

" [old] [billy] [possum] is dead . 
1 " 5 is
5 is 6 dead
6 dead 7 .

i know it [because] [i] [saw] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [carrying] [him] [home] [by] [the] tail , " said [reddy] . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 it
3 it 9 's
3 it 21 .
9 's 10 boy
16 tail 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 .

" so you [see] he wasn't so [smart] [as] [you] [thought] he was , " he added [maliciously] . 
1 " 3 you
1 " 5 he
2 so 3 you
5 he 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 so
7 so 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 17 added
16 he 17 added
17 added 19 .

that is , [everybody] but [reddy] [fox] [said] so [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 9 so
3 , 5 but
3 , 9 so

reddy said that it [served] [unc] ['] [billy] [right] , because he was of no account , anyway . 
1 reddy 13 was
2 said 3 that
3 that 13 was
4 it 13 was
10 , 11 because
11 because 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 of
13 was 15 no
15 no 16 account
16 account 18 anyway
17 , 18 anyway
18 anyway 19 .

then [everybody] began to [hoot] and [hiss] [at] [reddy] [until] he was [glad] enough to [slink] [away] [.] 
1 then 3 began
1 then 11 he
3 began 4 to
6 and 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 14 enough
14 enough 15 to

and while they were all saying such nice things about him , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [was] [having] an exciting adventure . 
1 and 2 while
2 while 3 they
2 while 6 saying
3 they 4 were
4 were 5 all
6 saying 7 such
7 such 9 things
7 such 19 an
8 nice 9 things
9 things 10 about
10 about 11 him
11 him 12 ,
12 , 14 '
19 an 21 adventure
20 exciting 21 adventure
21 adventure 22 .

for once he had been too bold . 
1 for 2 once
2 once 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 too
6 too 7 bold
6 too 8 .

he had gone up to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [before] [dark] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 gone
3 gone 5 to
3 gone 12 .
4 up 5 to

[jimmy] [skunk] [had] [tried] [to] [stop] [him] [,] [but] [he] [had] [heeded] [jimmy] [skunk] [not] [at] [all] [.] 

he had said that he was hungry and wanted an egg , and he couldn't wait till dark to get it . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 said
1 he 15 couldn't
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 was
5 he 9 wanted
5 he 15 couldn't
6 was 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 and
10 an 11 egg
11 egg 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 couldn't
15 couldn't 16 wait
15 couldn't 20 get
16 wait 17 till
17 till 18 dark
19 to 20 get
20 get 21 it
21 it 22 .

so [off] he [had] started , for [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [very] [headstrong] [and] [obstinate] [.] 
1 so 3 he
3 he 5 started
5 started 7 for
6 , 7 for

he had reached the hen-house and slipped inside without being seen . 
1 he 3 reached
2 had 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
3 reached 5 hen-house
5 hen-house 6 and
5 hen-house 7 slipped
5 hen-house 8 inside
5 hen-house 12 .
8 inside 9 without
9 without 10 being
10 being 11 seen

the [nests] [were] [full] of [eggs] [,] [and] [soon] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [enjoying] [his] [feast] [so] that he forgot to keep watch [.] 
1 the 5 of
5 of 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 forgot
20 forgot 23 watch
21 to 22 keep
22 keep 23 watch

suddenly the [door] [opened] [,] [and] [in] [stepped] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [to] [get] [some] [eggs] [for] [supper] [.] 
1 suddenly 2 the

there was no time to run . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 no
3 no 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 .

unc ' [billy] [just] [dropped] [right] [down] [in] [his] [tracks] [as] [if] [he] [were] [dead] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

when [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] saw him , he didn't know what to make of him , for he had never seen [unc] ['] [billy] before . 
1 when 6 saw
6 saw 7 him
6 saw 16 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
11 know 12 what
12 what 14 make
13 to 14 make
14 make 15 of
16 him 17 ,
17 , 18 for
17 , 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 22 seen
21 never 22 seen
22 seen 26 before
26 before 27 .

" he certainly is dead enough , whatever killed him . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 9 killed
3 certainly 4 is
3 certainly 9 killed
4 is 5 dead
4 is 6 enough
7 , 8 whatever
8 whatever 9 killed
9 killed 10 him
10 him 11 .

i wonder what he was [doing] in [here] . " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 5 was
4 he 5 was
5 was 7 in
7 in 9 .
9 . 10 "

then he saw [some] [egg] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [lips] . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 12 .

" [ho] ! ho ! " [shouted] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 6 "
4 ho 5 !
5 ! 6 "

" so you are the thief who has been getting my eggs ! " 
1 " 6 thief
2 so 3 you
3 you 4 are
4 are 6 thief
5 the 6 thief
6 thief 7 who
6 thief 13 !
7 who 8 has
8 has 9 been
10 getting 11 my
10 getting 12 eggs
12 eggs 13 !
13 ! 14 "

and [picking] [up] [unc] ['] [billy] by the [tail] , he started with him for the house . 
1 and 7 by
7 by 8 the
8 the 17 house
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 started
12 started 13 with
13 with 14 him
14 him 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 house
17 house 18 .

when he turned to [pick] [up] [unc] ['] [billy] [again] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] wasn't there . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 turned
2 he 15 wasn't
3 turned 4 to
15 wasn't 16 there
16 there 17 .

farmer [brown] 's [boy] [dropped] [his] [wood] [and] [hunted] [everywhere] [,] [but] [not] [a] [trace] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [he] [find] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's

[ii] 

[reddy] [fox] [thinks] [he] [sees] [a] [ghost] 

[reddy] [fox] [came] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [on] [his] [way] [to] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 

he had brushed his red coat until it shone . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 brushed
3 brushed 4 his
3 brushed 6 coat
5 red 6 coat
6 coat 7 until
6 coat 9 shone
6 coat 10 .
8 it 9 shone

his white waistcoat was spotless , and he carried his big tail high in the air , that it might not become soiled . 
1 his 3 waistcoat
1 his 12 tail
2 white 3 waistcoat
3 waistcoat 5 spotless
4 was 5 spotless
5 spotless 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 carried
8 he 9 carried
10 his 12 tail
11 big 12 tail
12 tail 23 soiled
12 tail 24 .
13 high 23 soiled
14 in 16 air
15 the 16 air
16 air 23 soiled
17 , 23 soiled
18 that 20 might
19 it 20 might
20 might 23 soiled
21 not 23 soiled
22 become 23 soiled

reddy was feeling as fine as he looked . 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 4 as
3 feeling 5 fine
3 feeling 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 looked
8 looked 9 .

if there is one thing that [reddy] [fox] [dislikes] more than another , it is [being] [laughed] [at] [.] 
1 if 2 there
1 if 14 it
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 one
4 one 5 thing
4 one 10 more
5 thing 6 that
10 more 11 than
11 than 12 another
13 , 14 it
14 it 15 is

reddy chuckled at his thoughts , and what do you think he was thinking about ? 
1 reddy 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 at
2 chuckled 4 his
4 his 5 thoughts
5 thoughts 7 and
5 thoughts 15 about
6 , 7 and
8 what 9 do
9 do 10 you
9 do 11 think
11 think 15 about
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 thinking
14 thinking 15 about
15 about 16 ?

why , [about] [how] he had seen [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [carrying] [off] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [by] [the] [tail] [the] [afternoon] before . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 seen
7 seen 23 before
23 before 24 .

of course [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [dead] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 8 .

there could be no doubt about it . 
1 there 3 be
1 there 4 no
2 could 3 be
4 no 5 doubt
5 doubt 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 .

and [reddy] [was] [glad] [of] it . 
1 and 6 it
6 it 7 .

yes , [sir] , [reddy] [was] [glad] [of] [it] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

reddy [remembered] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] 's [hollow] [tree] was [not] [far] [away] [.] 
1 reddy 7 's
1 reddy 10 was

he would go [over] [that] [way] [,] [just] to have another look at it . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 go
3 go 9 to
9 to 12 look
10 have 11 another
11 another 12 look
12 look 13 at
12 look 14 it
14 it 15 .

so over he went . 
1 so 2 over
1 so 3 he
3 he 4 went
4 went 5 .

it was [reddy] 's turn to grin now . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 's
4 's 5 turn
5 turn 7 grin
6 to 7 grin
7 grin 8 now
7 grin 9 .

" [ol] ['] [bill] [possum] , he 's [gone] [before] [!] 
1 " 7 he
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 's

[ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] [he] [is] [no] [more] [!] 

bill [was] [a] [scamp] , [sir] [;] [bill] [was] [a] [thief] [!] 
1 bill 5 ,

bill [stole] [an] [egg] , [sir] [;] [bill] [came] [to] [grief] [.] 
1 bill 5 ,

[ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] [it] [served] [him] [right] [;] [and] [he] [is] [no] [more] [,] [for] [he] [died] [last] [night] [.] ["] 

" very good , [sah] [,] very good . 
1 " 8 good
2 very 3 good
2 very 8 good
3 good 4 ,
7 very 8 good
8 good 9 .

reddy [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] had [stuck] a [pin] [into] [him] [.] 
1 reddy 9 had
9 had 11 a

every hair stood on end [,] [as] [he] [looked] [up] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [doorway] [.] 
1 every 2 hair
2 hair 3 stood
3 stood 4 on
3 stood 5 end

then his teeth began to chatter with fright . 
1 then 2 his
2 his 3 teeth
3 teeth 6 chatter
4 began 5 to
4 began 6 chatter
6 chatter 8 fright
7 with 8 fright
8 fright 9 .

looking out of [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [doorway] [and] [grinning] [down] [at] him [was] [something] [that] [looked] for all the world like [unc] ['] [billy] [himself] . 
1 looking 2 out
2 out 3 of
3 of 13 him
13 him 18 for
13 him 27 .
18 for 19 all
19 all 21 world
20 the 21 world
21 world 22 like

reddy never once looked back . 
1 reddy 4 looked
2 never 3 once
2 never 4 looked
4 looked 5 back
5 back 6 .

" how did [ah] do it ? 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 did
2 how 5 do
5 do 6 it
5 do 7 ?

why , [ah] [just] [pretended] [ah] [was] [daid] , [when] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [caught] [me] , " explained [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 9 ,
9 , 18 "
13 's 14 boy
14 boy 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 explained
19 explained 23 .

" of course he ['] [wouldn't] [kill] [a] [daid] [possum] . 
1 " 4 he
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 he
4 he 11 .

unc ' [billy] [possum] [grinned] [broader] [than] [ever] [,] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] [grinned] [,] [too] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

[iii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sends] [for] [his] [family] 

everybody hastened to pay their respects , [that] [is] [everybody] [but] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 everybody 2 hastened
2 hastened 3 to
2 hastened 6 respects
4 pay 6 respects
5 their 6 respects
6 respects 7 ,

[thereafter] [whenever] [one] [of] [them] [caught] [sight] [of] [reddy] [fox] [at] [a] [safe] [distance] [,] [he] [would] [shout] [:] 

" [ol] ['] [bill] [possum] , he 's [gone] [before] [!] 
1 " 7 he
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 's

[ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] [he] [is] [no] [more] [!] ["] 

and [of] [course] [reddy] [fox] [hated] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] more than ever . 
1 and 11 more
11 more 12 than
12 than 13 ever
13 ever 14 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [care] , [not] he [!] 
1 but 9 he
7 , 9 he

but in spite of all [his] [friends] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [lonesome] [.] 
1 but 3 spite
2 in 3 spite
3 spite 4 of
3 spite 5 all

finally he told [jimmy] [skunk] all about it , and for once [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [forgotten] [how] [to] [grin] . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 told
3 told 7 about
6 all 7 about
7 about 8 it
8 it 21 .
9 , 10 and
9 , 11 for
11 for 12 once
12 once 21 .

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [had] [forgotten] how [to] [grin] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 10 how

instead he just wept , wept great big tears of lonesomeness . 
1 instead 6 wept
2 he 6 wept
3 just 6 wept
4 wept 5 ,
4 wept 6 wept
6 wept 11 lonesomeness
7 great 8 big
8 big 9 tears
9 tears 11 lonesomeness
10 of 11 lonesomeness
11 lonesomeness 12 .

" ah reckon [ah] 'll have to go back to [ol] ['] [virginny] , [ah] [cert'nly] do , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 20 said
2 ah 3 reckon
5 'll 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 back
9 back 10 to
9 back 14 ,
14 , 19 "
17 do 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 25 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [grew] [very] [thoughtful] [.] 

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [talking] [about] [going] [away] [.] 
1 now 5 was

jimmy thought very hard . 
1 jimmy 2 thought
1 jimmy 5 .
2 thought 4 hard
3 very 4 hard

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

" why not send for your [family] to come here and [live] [in] [the] [green] [forest] , [uncle] [billy] [?] ["] he asked . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 23 asked
2 why 3 not
2 why 4 send
4 send 5 for
5 for 6 your
8 to 9 come
9 come 10 here
10 here 11 and
10 here 17 ,
17 , 22 he
22 he 23 asked
23 asked 24 .

unc ' [billy] [stopped] [crying] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

his two little eyes looked up sharply . 
1 his 4 eyes
2 two 3 little
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 looked
5 looked 6 up
5 looked 7 sharply
7 sharply 8 .

" how do [yo'all] [reckon] [ah] [can] [send] [word] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 do
3 do 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 13 asked
12 he 13 asked
13 asked 14 .

jimmy scratched his head . 
1 jimmy 2 scratched
2 scratched 3 his
2 scratched 4 head
4 head 5 .

" there 's [mr] [skimmer] the [swallow] [;] he 's [fixing] [to] [go] [south] [.] 
1 " 2 there
1 " 9 he
2 there 3 's
3 's 6 the
9 he 10 's

perhaps he 'll take the message to your family , " said he . 
1 perhaps 2 he
1 perhaps 3 'll
1 perhaps 13 he
3 'll 4 take
4 take 6 message
4 take 8 your
5 the 6 message
6 message 7 to
8 your 9 family
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

" the very thing ! " cried [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] [wiping] his eyes . 
1 " 7 cried
2 the 4 thing
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 cried
7 cried 16 .
14 his 15 eyes
15 eyes 16 .

" ah [thanks] yo ' , [sah] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 4 yo
2 ah 6 ,
4 yo 5 '

ah does , indeed . 
1 ah 2 does
1 ah 3 ,
3 , 4 indeed
4 indeed 5 .

[ah] ['ll] [see] [mistah] [skimmer] [at] [once] [.] ["] 

and [without] [another] [word] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] started [down] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] to look for [skimmer] [the] [swallow] [.] 
1 and 9 started
9 started 21 for
19 to 20 look
20 look 21 for

[iv] 

[bobby] [coon] [enters] [the] [wrong] [house] 

unc ' [billy] [isn't] [any] [too] [fond] [of] [work] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

but getting ready to receive his family was different . 
1 but 9 different
2 getting 3 ready
3 ready 5 receive
4 to 5 receive
5 receive 6 his
5 receive 7 family
5 receive 9 different
8 was 9 different
9 different 10 .

no one else could arrange things to suit him . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 else
3 else 5 arrange
4 could 5 arrange
5 arrange 6 things
5 arrange 8 suit
7 to 8 suit
8 suit 9 him
9 him 10 .

this was [unc] ['] [billy] 's own job , and he tended right to it every minute of the day . 
1 this 2 was
1 this 8 job
1 this 17 minute
6 's 8 job
7 own 8 job
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 tended
11 he 12 tended
12 tended 13 right
12 tended 15 it
12 tended 17 minute
13 right 14 to
16 every 17 minute
17 minute 21 .
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 day
20 day 21 .

first of all he had to clean house . 
1 first 2 of
1 first 4 he
2 of 3 all
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 to
6 to 7 clean
7 clean 8 house
8 house 9 .

he had been keeping bachelor's hall so long in the big hollow tree that things were not very tidy . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 5 bachelor's
3 been 18 very
4 keeping 5 bachelor's
5 bachelor's 6 hall
5 bachelor's 7 so
7 so 8 long
7 so 11 big
7 so 14 that
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 big
11 big 13 tree
12 hollow 13 tree
15 things 16 were
16 were 17 not
16 were 18 very
18 very 19 tidy
19 tidy 20 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [cleaned] [house] , and [while] he [worked] [he] [whistled] [and] [sang] [.] 
1 so 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 he

peter [rabbit] , [passing] [that] [way] [,] [overheard] [unc] ['] [billy] [singing] [:] 
1 peter 3 ,

" [mah] [ol] ' [woman] [is] [away] [down] [souf] [come] [along] [!] 
1 " 4 '

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

[ain't] [nothin] ['] [sharper] [than] [the] [tongue] [in] [her] [mouf] [come] [along] [!] 

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

" [mah] [pickaninnies] [am] [a-headin] ' [dis] [way] [come] [along] [!] 
1 " 6 '

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

[daddy] [am] [a-watchin] ['] [fo] ['] ['] [em] [day] [by] [day] [come] [along] [!] 

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

come along ! " 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !
3 ! 4 "

every little while [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [would] sit down [to] [rest] , [for] he [wasn't] [used] [to] [so] [much] [real] [work] [.] 
1 every 2 little
2 little 3 while
3 while 15 he
5 ' 9 sit
9 sit 10 down
10 down 13 ,
13 , 15 he

the more he thought about it , the more he wanted that egg . 
1 the 13 egg
2 more 11 wanted
3 he 4 thought
3 he 11 wanted
4 thought 5 about
5 about 6 it
5 about 8 the
6 it 7 ,
9 more 11 wanted
10 he 11 wanted
11 wanted 13 egg
12 that 13 egg
13 egg 14 .

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [hardly] [out] [of] [sight] [when] [along] [came] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 now 5 was

anyway , [when] he reached [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] [tree] , he began to climb up it just as if it were his own . 
1 anyway 2 ,
1 anyway 13 ,
2 , 4 he
4 he 5 reached
13 , 14 he
14 he 15 began
15 began 16 to
15 began 17 climb
17 climb 18 up
18 up 21 as
18 up 25 his
19 it 20 just
20 just 21 as
21 as 22 if
22 if 23 it
22 if 24 were
25 his 26 own
26 own 27 .

he looked in at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] door . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 in
2 looked 4 at
4 at 9 door
9 door 10 .

there was the most comfortable bed that he had seen for a long time . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 most
3 the 14 time
4 most 5 comfortable
5 comfortable 6 bed
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 seen
9 had 12 a
11 for 12 a
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 time
14 time 15 .

he looked this way and he looked that way . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 9 way
3 this 4 way
3 this 9 way
4 way 5 and
6 he 7 looked
7 looked 9 way
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 .

nobody was in sight . 
1 nobody 3 in
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 sight
4 sight 5 .

then he looked in at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] door once more . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 in
3 looked 5 at
5 at 10 door
10 door 13 .
11 once 12 more
11 once 13 .

that bed certainly did look soft and comfortable . 
1 that 2 bed
2 bed 8 comfortable
2 bed 9 .
3 certainly 4 did
3 certainly 8 comfortable
4 did 5 look
6 soft 7 and
6 soft 8 comfortable

[bobby] [coon] [chuckled] [to] [himself] [.] 

" [i] [believe] [i] 'll [just] see [if] that [bed] is as comfortable as it [looks] , " said he . 
1 " 11 is
1 " 20 he
5 'll 7 see
7 see 9 that
9 that 11 is
12 as 14 as
13 comfortable 14 as
14 as 15 it
14 as 20 he
15 it 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
20 he 21 .

and [two] [minutes] [later] [bobby] [coon] [was] [curled] [up] [fast] [asleep] in [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's bed . 
1 and 12 in
12 in 18 bed
17 's 18 bed
18 bed 19 .

[v] 

[bobby] [coon] [is] [waked] [up] 

" [dey] ['s] [a-coming] , [dey's] [a-coming] [,] [dey's] [a-coming] [mighty] [soon] [.] 
1 " 5 ,

but dey can't come soon enuff fo ' me ! 
1 but 2 dey
2 dey 3 can't
2 dey 6 enuff
4 come 6 enuff
5 soon 6 enuff
6 enuff 7 fo
6 enuff 9 me
6 enuff 10 !
7 fo 8 '

[dey] ['s] [a-coming] [,] [dey's] [a-coming] [at] [de] [turning] [ob] [de] [moon] [,] [whar] [ah] [waits] [in] [mah] [ol] ['] [holler] [tree] [!] ["] 

unc ' [billy] [possum] [was] [singing] [to] [himself] [,] [as] [he] [slowly] [trudged] [home] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he was feeling very good , very good indeed , was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 11 was
2 was 7 very
3 feeling 4 very
3 feeling 7 very
4 very 5 good
5 good 6 ,
7 very 8 good
7 very 9 indeed
9 indeed 10 ,
11 was 16 .

so he trudged along and sang in a funny , cracked voice . 
1 so 3 trudged
2 he 3 trudged
3 trudged 4 along
3 trudged 6 sang
5 and 6 sang
6 sang 11 cracked
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 funny
9 funny 10 ,
9 funny 11 cracked
11 cracked 12 voice
12 voice 13 .

presently he came to his big hollow tree and started to climb up to the door of his house . 
1 presently 2 he
1 presently 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 5 his
5 his 6 big
6 big 8 tree
6 big 19 house
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 12 climb
9 and 10 started
10 started 12 climb
11 to 12 climb
12 climb 13 up
13 up 14 to
15 the 16 door
15 the 19 house
17 of 18 his
18 his 19 house
19 house 20 .

half way up he broke off short in the middle of his song and sat down on a convenient branch . 
1 half 2 way
1 half 5 broke
2 way 3 up
4 he 5 broke
5 broke 6 off
5 broke 7 short
5 broke 8 in
8 in 10 middle
9 the 10 middle
10 middle 11 of
10 middle 13 song
10 middle 19 convenient
12 his 13 song
14 and 15 sat
15 sat 16 down
16 down 17 on
16 down 19 convenient
18 a 19 convenient
19 convenient 20 branch
20 branch 21 .

he put one ear against the trunk of the tree and listened . 
1 he 12 listened
2 put 4 ear
3 one 4 ear
4 ear 5 against
4 ear 12 listened
5 against 7 trunk
6 the 7 trunk
7 trunk 8 of
7 trunk 10 tree
9 the 10 tree
11 and 12 listened
12 listened 13 .

then he put the other ear against the tree and listened . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 11 listened
3 put 6 ear
4 the 5 other
5 other 6 ear
6 ear 7 against
6 ear 11 listened
7 against 9 tree
8 the 9 tree
10 and 11 listened
11 listened 12 .

there certainly was a funny noise , and it seemed to come from right inside his hollow tree . 
1 there 3 was
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 6 noise
4 a 17 hollow
5 funny 6 noise
6 noise 8 and
6 noise 10 seemed
7 , 8 and
9 it 10 seemed
10 seemed 11 to
12 come 13 from
12 come 15 inside
14 right 15 inside
15 inside 16 his
15 inside 17 hollow
17 hollow 18 tree
18 tree 19 .

unc ' [billy] [turned] [and] [looked] [up] [at] [his] [doorway] [,] [scratching] [his] [head] [thoughtfully] [with] [one] [hand] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" [mah] goodness ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] , " it [cert'nly] [sounds] [like] there was [somebody] in [mah] house ! " 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 10 ,
10 , 11 "
10 , 23 "
11 " 12 it
16 there 17 was
16 there 22 !
17 was 19 in
19 in 21 house
22 ! 23 "

then [very] [softly] [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] [up] [to] [his] [doorway] [and] peeped [in.] 
1 then 13 peeped

but if he couldn't see , he could hear . 
1 but 2 if
2 if 8 could
3 he 4 couldn't
3 he 8 could
4 couldn't 5 see
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 hear
9 hear 10 .

oh , yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] could hear perfectly well , and what he heard was a snore ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 14 ,
2 , 8 '
3 yes 4 ,
3 yes 5 indeed
3 yes 6 ,
6 , 8 '
10 could 11 hear
11 hear 12 perfectly
12 perfectly 13 well
13 well 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 what
16 what 19 was
17 he 18 heard
17 he 19 was
19 was 21 snore
20 a 21 snore
21 snore 22 !

there was some one in [unc] ['] [billy] 's house , and more than that [,] they were [fast] [asleep] in [unc] ['] [billy] 's bed . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 9 's
2 was 4 one
2 was 5 in
3 some 4 one
9 's 10 house
10 house 12 and
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 more
13 more 14 than
14 than 15 that
15 that 17 they
17 they 18 were
18 were 21 in
21 in 26 bed
25 's 26 bed
26 bed 27 .

" [mah] goodness ! 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !

mah goodness ! " exclaimed [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] [and] [his] [two] [sharp] [little] [eyes] [began] [to] [snap] [.] 
1 mah 2 goodness
2 goodness 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed

then he stuck his head in at the door and shouted : 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 stuck
2 he 11 shouted
3 stuck 5 head
3 stuck 6 in
4 his 5 head
6 in 8 the
7 at 8 the
8 the 9 door
9 door 10 and
11 shouted 12 :

" hi , yo'all ! 
1 " 2 hi
2 hi 3 ,
2 hi 4 yo'all
2 hi 5 !

what yo ' doing in mah house ? " 
1 what 2 yo
1 what 8 ?
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 6 mah
4 doing 6 mah
5 in 6 mah
6 mah 7 house
8 ? 9 "

the only answer was another snore . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 6 snore
3 answer 6 snore
4 was 6 snore
5 another 6 snore
6 snore 7 .

unc ' [billy] [waited] [a] [minute] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

then he put his head in once more . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 in
5 head 9 .
7 once 8 more
7 once 9 .

the only answer was a snore louder than before . 
1 the 7 louder
2 only 6 snore
3 answer 6 snore
4 was 6 snore
5 a 6 snore
6 snore 7 louder
7 louder 8 than
7 louder 9 before
7 louder 10 .

[then] [unc] ['] [billy] [quite] [lost] [his] [temper] [.] 

some one who had no business there was in his house ! 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 who
3 who 4 had
3 who 8 was
4 had 5 no
5 no 6 business
6 business 7 there
8 was 9 in
9 in 10 his
10 his 11 house
11 house 12 !

he didn't know who it was , and he didn't care . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 10 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 who
5 it 6 was
5 it 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 care
11 care 12 .

they were going to come out or he would know why not . 
1 they 2 were
1 they 9 would
2 were 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 come
5 come 6 out
7 or 9 would
8 he 9 would
9 would 12 not
10 know 11 why
11 why 12 not
12 not 13 .

unc ' [billy] [gritted] [his] [teeth] [and] [in] [he] [went] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

my ! [my] [!] my ! such a rumpus as there was right away in that hollow tree ! 
1 my 2 !
1 my 19 !
5 my 6 !
5 my 19 !
7 such 9 rumpus
8 a 9 rumpus
9 rumpus 10 as
9 rumpus 11 there
9 rumpus 12 was
9 rumpus 13 right
9 rumpus 17 hollow
13 right 14 away
15 in 17 hollow
16 that 17 hollow
17 hollow 18 tree
18 tree 19 !

peter [rabbit] [happened] to be [coming] [along] [that] [way] [and] heard [it] [.] 
1 peter 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 11 heard

peter stopped and gazed at the hollow tree with eyes and mouth wide open . 
1 peter 2 stopped
2 stopped 4 gazed
3 and 4 gazed
4 gazed 5 at
4 gazed 7 hollow
5 at 6 the
6 the 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 13 wide
8 tree 15 .
9 with 10 eyes
10 eyes 13 wide
11 and 13 wide
12 mouth 13 wide
13 wide 14 open

such a snarling and growling ! 
1 such 2 a
1 such 3 snarling
3 snarling 4 and
3 snarling 5 growling
3 snarling 6 !

then out of the doorway began to fly leaves and moss . 
1 then 2 out
2 out 3 of
2 out 5 doorway
4 the 5 doorway
5 doorway 6 began
5 doorway 11 moss
5 doorway 12 .
6 began 7 to
8 fly 9 leaves
9 leaves 10 and
9 leaves 11 moss

they were [part] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [bed] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 10 .

then [peter] [saw] [a] [big] [ringed] [tail] [hanging] out of the doorway . 
1 then 9 out
9 out 10 of
9 out 12 doorway
11 the 12 doorway
12 doorway 13 .

peter recognized it right away . 
1 peter 2 recognized
2 recognized 3 it
2 recognized 4 right
4 right 5 away
5 away 6 .

no one [possessed] [a] [tail] [like] [that] but [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 no 2 one
1 no 8 but

in a minute [bobby] [followed] [his] [tail] , [hastily] [backing] [down] the tree . 
1 in 2 a
1 in 12 the
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 8 ,
12 the 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [sharp] [little] [old] [face] [appeared] [at] the [doorway] [.] 
1 then 12 the

unc ' [billy] [looked] [down] [at] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [grinned] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" ah [guess] [mistah] [coon] [done] make a mistake when he went to bed in [mah] house , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 20 said
7 make 9 mistake
8 a 9 mistake
9 mistake 10 when
10 when 11 he
11 he 12 went
11 he 20 said
12 went 14 bed
13 to 14 bed
15 in 17 house
17 house 18 ,
18 , 20 said
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
20 said 22 .

and [bobby] [coon] [sheepishly] [admitted] that he did . 
1 and 7 he
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 did
8 did 9 .

[vi] 

[sammy] [jay] [learns] [peter] [rabbit's] [secret] 

" [i] ['m] [mr] [jaybird] [,] tee-hee-hee ! 
1 " 7 tee-hee-hee
7 tee-hee-hee 8 !

i 'm [mr] [jaybird] [;] [you] [watch] [me] [!] 
1 i 2 'm

you 've got to rise ' fore break of day [if] you want to [fool] [old] [mr] [jay] . " 
1 you 2 've
1 you 13 want
2 've 3 got
3 got 5 rise
4 to 5 rise
5 rise 7 fore
6 ' 7 fore
7 fore 8 break
8 break 10 day
9 of 10 day
12 you 13 want
13 want 14 to
14 to 19 .
19 . 20 "

over [and] [over] [sammy] [jay] [hummed] [this] , as he [brushed] [his] [handsome] [blue] and [white] [coat] [.] 
1 over 15 and
8 , 9 as
8 , 15 and
9 as 10 he

when [peter] [goes] [about] [whispering] [,] it 's a [sure] sign that he 's got a [secret] [.] 
1 when 7 it
7 it 8 's
8 's 9 a
9 a 11 sign
11 sign 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 15 got
14 's 15 got
15 got 16 a

he thinks that he can keep it from me , but he can't . 
1 he 2 thinks
2 thinks 4 he
2 thinks 5 can
2 thinks 12 he
3 that 4 he
5 can 6 keep
6 keep 7 it
8 from 9 me
9 me 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 can't
13 can't 14 .

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

i never knew of a secret that could be kept [by] [more] [than] [two] [people] [,] [and] [already] [i] 've seen [peter] [whisper] [to] [five] [.] 
1 i 2 never
1 i 20 've
2 never 3 knew
3 knew 6 secret
3 knew 7 that
4 of 5 a
5 a 6 secret
7 that 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 kept
20 've 21 seen

i 'll just see what [reddy] [fox] [knows] about it . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
2 'll 4 see
4 see 5 what
4 see 10 it
9 about 10 it
10 it 11 .
11 . 12 "

with a [flirt] [of] his tail [sammy] [jay] [started] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] [,] [where] [reddy] [fox] was [busy] [hunting] [for] [his] [breakfast] [.] 
1 with 2 a
1 with 5 his
5 his 6 tail
6 tail 18 was

" it 's a fine morning , [reddy] [fox] , " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 12 said
2 it 3 's
3 's 5 fine
4 a 5 fine
5 fine 6 morning
7 , 11 "
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 15 .

" it would be [finer] , if [i] could [fill] [my] [stomach] [faster] , " replied [reddy] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 16 replied
2 it 3 would
3 would 4 be
6 , 7 if
6 , 16 replied
7 if 9 could
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
16 replied 18 .

" that 's a pretty good secret of [peter] [rabbit] 's , isn't it ? " asked [sammy] , [pretending] [to] [look] very [wise] . 
1 " 17 asked
2 that 3 's
2 that 11 's
2 that 13 isn't
3 's 7 secret
4 a 6 good
4 a 7 secret
5 pretty 6 good
7 secret 8 of
12 , 13 isn't
13 isn't 14 it
13 isn't 15 ?
15 ? 16 "
15 ? 17 asked
17 asked 19 ,
17 asked 25 .
19 , 23 very

reddy pricked up his sharp little ears . 
1 reddy 2 pricked
2 pricked 3 up
2 pricked 7 ears
4 his 7 ears
5 sharp 6 little
5 sharp 7 ears
7 ears 8 .

" what secret ? " he demanded . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 7 demanded
3 secret 4 ?
4 ? 5 "
4 ? 7 demanded
5 " 6 he
7 demanded 8 .

blacky knew nothing about [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [secret] [,] [nor] [did] [shadow] the [weasel] [,] whom [he] [met] [by] the [way] . 
1 blacky 2 knew
1 blacky 20 the
1 blacky 22 .
2 knew 3 nothing
2 knew 16 whom
3 nothing 4 about
4 about 13 the

but [sammy] [jay] was not [in] the [least] [bit] [discouraged] . 
1 but 5 not
1 but 7 the
4 was 5 not
7 the 11 .

" [i] ['ll] [try] [johnny] [chuck] [;] [he] ['ll] know , " said [sammy] to himself . 
1 " 13 said
10 know 11 ,
11 , 13 said
12 " 13 said
13 said 16 himself
15 to 16 himself
16 himself 17 .

he found [johnny] sitting on his doorstep , watching the world [go] [by] . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 4 sitting
4 sitting 5 on
5 on 7 doorstep
5 on 10 the
6 his 7 doorstep
7 doorstep 9 watching
8 , 9 watching
10 the 11 world
11 world 14 .

" good morning , [johnny] [chuck] , " said [sammy] , with a low bow . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
2 good 15 bow
3 morning 4 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 ,
11 , 12 with
12 with 13 a
13 a 14 low
14 low 15 bow
15 bow 16 .

" good morning , " replied [johnny] [chuck] , [who] [always] is [polite] . 
1 " 2 good
1 " 12 is
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
3 morning 9 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
12 is 14 .

" isn't that a fine secret of [peter] [rabbit] ['s] ? " exclaimed [sammy] , just as if he knew all about it [.] 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 that
2 isn't 4 a
2 isn't 11 ?
4 a 5 fine
5 fine 6 secret
6 secret 7 of
11 ? 12 "
12 " 23 it
13 exclaimed 15 ,
15 , 18 if
16 just 17 as
17 as 18 if
18 if 19 he
19 he 20 knew
20 knew 22 about
21 all 22 about
22 about 23 it

[johnny] [chuck] [raised] [his] [eyebrows] [and] [put] [on] [the] [most] [surprised] [look] [.] 

" do tell me what it is ! " he begged . 
1 " 5 what
1 " 11 begged
2 do 3 tell
3 tell 4 me
3 tell 5 what
5 what 7 is
6 it 7 is
8 ! 9 "
8 ! 11 begged
10 he 11 begged
11 begged 12 .

and as he flew , he said to himself : " [johnny] [chuck] [can't] [fool] [me] [;] he does know [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [secret] . " 
1 and 6 he
2 as 3 he
2 as 6 he
3 he 4 flew
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 said
7 said 10 :
7 said 25 .
8 to 9 himself
9 himself 10 :
10 : 11 "
11 " 18 he
18 he 19 does
19 does 20 know
25 . 26 "

over in [the] [green] [forest] [he] [found] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [making] a great [racket] [on] the [hollow] [limb] [of] [an] [old] [chestnut] [.] 
1 over 16 the
2 in 12 a
2 in 16 the
12 a 13 great

sammy sat down near by and listened . 
1 sammy 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
2 sat 5 by
2 sat 7 listened
4 near 5 by
6 and 7 listened
7 listened 8 .

" my , that 's fine ! 
1 " 2 my
2 my 6 fine
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 's
5 's 6 fine
6 fine 7 !

i wish [i] could do that . 
1 i 2 wish
1 i 5 do
2 wish 4 could
5 do 6 that
5 do 7 .

you must be [practising] [,] ["] [said] [sammy] at the end of a [long] [rat-a-tat-tat] . 
1 you 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 13 a
3 be 16 .
9 at 11 end
10 the 11 end
11 end 12 of
12 of 13 a

[drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [felt] [very] [much] [flattered] [.] 

" [i] [am] , " said he . 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
7 he 8 .

["] [i] ['m] [practising] [for] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] ["] 

" [i] thought so , " replied [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 7 replied
3 thought 4 so
4 so 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 10 .

of course he hadn't thought anything of the kind . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 8 the
1 of 9 kind
2 course 4 hadn't
3 he 4 hadn't
4 hadn't 5 thought
4 hadn't 6 anything
7 of 8 the
9 kind 10 .

" won't [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] be surprised ? " [remarked] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] , as he [sat] [down] [to] [rest] . 
1 " 2 won't
2 won't 7 be
2 won't 9 ?
7 be 8 surprised
9 ? 10 "
10 " 17 he
15 , 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 22 .

by and by , as he flew home , [sammy] [jay] [chuckled] [and] said : 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 15 :
4 , 5 as
4 , 14 said
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 flew
8 home 9 ,
9 , 14 said
14 said 15 :

" you 've got to rise ' fore break of day [if] you want to [fool] [old] [mr] [jay] . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 've
2 you 14 want
3 've 4 got
4 got 6 rise
5 to 6 rise
6 rise 8 fore
7 ' 8 fore
8 fore 9 break
9 break 11 day
10 of 11 day
13 you 14 want
14 want 15 to
15 to 20 .
20 . 21 "

[vii] 

[four] [little] [scamps] [plan] [mischief] 

" [some] [folks] [think] they ['re] [mighty] [smart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 " 5 they

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

like the [knave] [who] [stole] [the] [tart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 2 the

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

some folks [will] [waken] [up] [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] [fool] [mr] [jay] [!] ["] 
1 some 2 folks

sammy [jay] was [mightily] [pleased] [with] [himself] [.] 
1 sammy 3 was

[sammy] [jay] [smacked] [his] [lips] [as] [he] [thought] [of] [this] [.] 

then he looked up at jolly , round , red [mr] [sun] [and] [winked] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 up
3 looked 8 round
5 at 6 jolly
6 jolly 7 ,
6 jolly 8 round
8 round 9 ,
8 round 10 red

the worst of it is , they are not honest . 
1 the 2 worst
2 worst 3 of
2 worst 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 10 honest
6 , 7 they
7 they 8 are
8 are 9 not
8 are 10 honest
10 honest 11 .

they steal whenever they get a chance , and always they try to get others into trouble . 
1 they 2 steal
2 steal 3 whenever
3 whenever 4 they
3 whenever 5 get
3 whenever 11 they
3 whenever 14 get
5 get 7 chance
6 a 7 chance
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 always
9 and 11 they
12 try 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 others
14 get 16 into
16 into 17 trouble
17 trouble 18 .

that was [why] [peter] [rabbit] had left them [out] , [when] he [planned] [his] [surprise] [party] [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 that 2 was
1 that 12 he
6 had 7 left
7 left 8 them
8 them 10 ,
10 , 12 he

sammy had a plan , and the angrier the others grew , the more likely were they to help him . 
1 sammy 2 had
1 sammy 4 plan
3 a 4 plan
4 plan 19 help
5 , 6 and
6 and 8 angrier
7 the 8 angrier
8 angrier 10 others
8 angrier 11 grew
9 the 10 others
11 grew 12 ,
11 grew 14 more
13 the 14 more
14 more 15 likely
15 likely 17 they
15 likely 18 to
16 were 17 they
18 to 19 help
19 help 20 him
20 him 21 .

" [you] wait till [i] catch [peter] [rabbit] ! " said [reddy] [fox] [and] [showed] [all] [his] [teeth] . 
1 " 3 wait
1 " 11 said
3 wait 4 till
6 catch 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 19 .

he quite forgot that , [despite] all [his] [smartness] [,] he [never] [yet] had caught [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 he 3 forgot
1 he 14 had
1 he 18 .
2 quite 3 forgot
3 forgot 4 that
5 , 7 all
5 , 11 he
11 he 14 had
14 had 15 caught

blacky the [crow] [scratched] [his] [head] [thoughtfully] [.] 
1 blacky 2 the

" we can [spoil] [his] [surprise] [by] [telling] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] all about it [beforehand] , " said he . 
1 " 2 we
1 " 19 said
2 we 3 can
10 ' 19 said
13 all 14 about
14 about 15 it
15 it 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
20 he 21 .

[sammy] [jay] [winked] [at] [each] [of] [the] [others] [.] 

he cleared his throat and looked all around , to make sure that no one else was near . 
1 he 6 looked
1 he 17 was
2 cleared 4 throat
3 his 4 throat
4 throat 6 looked
5 and 6 looked
6 looked 8 around
7 all 8 around
8 around 9 ,
10 to 11 make
11 make 12 sure
12 sure 13 that
13 that 17 was
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 else
16 else 17 was
17 was 18 near
18 near 19 .

then he leaned forward and whispered : " let's invite ourselves to the party [.] ["] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 leaned
3 leaned 4 forward
4 forward 5 and
4 forward 10 invite
6 whispered 7 :
7 : 9 let's
8 " 9 let's
9 let's 10 invite
10 invite 11 ourselves
10 invite 12 to
10 invite 14 party
13 the 14 party

" what do you mean ? " exclaimed the others , all together . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 8 exclaimed
2 what 3 do
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 10 others
9 the 10 others
10 others 11 ,
10 others 13 together
12 all 13 together
13 together 14 .

" [just] what [i] say , " replied [sammy] . 
1 " 3 what
1 " 8 replied
5 say 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 replied
8 replied 10 .

" we 'll be the real surprise . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 be
4 be 6 real
5 the 6 real
6 real 7 surprise
7 surprise 8 .

before the party begins , you will hide close to where it is to be . 
1 before 9 close
1 before 16 .
2 the 3 party
3 party 4 begins
4 begins 8 hide
5 , 6 you
6 you 7 will
7 will 8 hide
8 hide 9 close
9 close 10 to
9 close 11 where
9 close 14 to
11 where 13 is
12 it 13 is
14 to 15 be

of course every one will run away , and we 'll have all the good things to eat . " 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 every
2 course 5 will
3 every 4 one
5 will 6 run
5 will 12 have
5 will 18 eat
6 run 7 away
7 away 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 we
10 we 11 'll
13 all 14 the
13 all 16 things
15 good 16 things
16 things 18 eat
17 to 18 eat
18 eat 19 .
19 . 20 "

" haw ! haw ! haw ! 
1 " 6 haw
2 haw 4 haw
3 ! 4 haw
4 haw 6 haw
5 ! 6 haw
6 haw 7 !

the very thing ! 
1 the 3 thing
2 very 3 thing
3 thing 4 !

we 'll all be [there] [,] ["] [cried] [blacky] the [crow] [.] 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 all
2 'll 4 be
4 be 10 the

the four little scamps shook hands and separated . 
1 the 4 scamps
1 the 9 .
2 four 4 scamps
3 little 4 scamps
4 scamps 5 shook
4 scamps 8 separated
5 shook 6 hands
6 hands 7 and

as they went across [the] [green] [meadows] [,] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] [floated] back to the [lone] [pine] [.] 
1 as 2 they
2 they 3 went
3 went 4 across
4 across 16 the
14 back 15 to
15 to 16 the

he was singing , although he has a very poor voice for singing , and this was his song : 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 singing
3 singing 5 although
3 singing 19 song
4 , 5 although
5 although 6 he
6 he 7 has
8 a 9 very
8 a 11 voice
9 very 10 poor
11 voice 13 singing
12 for 13 singing
13 singing 14 ,
13 singing 19 song
14 , 15 and
16 this 17 was
16 this 19 song
18 his 19 song
19 song 20 :

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [what] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ["] [exclaimed] [the] [others] [all] [together] [.] []] 

" [some] [folks] [think] they ['re] [mighty] [smart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 " 5 they

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

like the [knave] [who] [stole] [the] [tart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 2 the

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

some folks [will] [waken] [up] [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] [fool] [mr] [jay] [!] ["] 
1 some 2 folks

" is that so ? 
1 " 2 is
2 is 3 that
2 is 4 so
2 is 5 ?

then [old] [mr] [toad] [winked] [slowly] [and] [solemnly] [at] [jolly] , [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] and started off [to] [find] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 then 11 ,
11 , 17 and
17 and 18 started
18 started 19 off
19 off 24 .

[viii] 

[peter] [rabbit] [sends] [out] [word] 

it was a beautiful morning . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 morning
5 morning 6 .

everybody said so , and what everybody says is usually so . 
1 everybody 2 said
1 everybody 3 so
1 everybody 8 says
4 , 5 and
5 and 7 everybody
6 what 7 everybody
7 everybody 8 says
8 says 10 usually
8 says 12 .
9 is 10 usually
10 usually 11 so

[peter] [rabbit] [wore] [the] [broadest] [kind] [of] [a] [smile] [.] 

peter stopped them before they had a chance to run away . 
1 peter 2 stopped
1 peter 6 had
3 them 4 before
4 before 5 they
5 they 6 had
6 had 10 run
7 a 8 chance
8 chance 9 to
9 to 10 run
10 run 11 away
11 away 12 .

sammy [jay] had [risen] [very] [early] [that] [morning] [.] 
1 sammy 3 had

almost at once [his] sharp [eyes] [had] [seen] [peter] [rabbit] [sending] [out] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] . 
1 almost 2 at
1 almost 5 sharp
2 at 3 once
5 sharp 17 .

sammy 's wits are as sharp as his eyes , and you know it is very hard to really fool sharp wits . 
1 sammy 6 sharp
2 's 3 wits
3 wits 4 are
3 wits 5 as
3 wits 6 sharp
6 sharp 7 as
6 sharp 9 eyes
6 sharp 22 wits
8 his 9 eyes
9 eyes 11 and
10 , 11 and
12 you 13 know
12 you 19 really
13 know 14 it
14 it 15 is
15 is 16 very
15 is 19 really
16 very 17 hard
17 hard 18 to
19 really 20 fool
20 fool 22 wits
21 sharp 22 wits
22 wits 23 .

right away [sammy] [had] [guessed] [what] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] [hurrying] [so] [for] , but he [sat] and waited [and] [listened] [.] 
1 right 2 away
2 away 15 ,
15 , 16 but
15 , 19 and
16 but 17 he
19 and 20 waited

pretty soon he [heard] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [start] [a] [long] [rat-a-tat-tat] [over] [by] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] [tree] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he

then [sammy] [was] [sure] [that] [this] [was] the [day] of [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] 
1 then 8 the
8 the 10 of

sammy grinned as he hurried off to find [blacky] [the] [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [.] 
1 sammy 2 grinned
1 sammy 5 hurried
2 grinned 3 as
4 he 5 hurried
5 hurried 6 off
5 hurried 7 to
7 to 8 find

reddy was not yet out of bed , but when he heard [sammy] [jay] [at] [his] [door] [,] he tumbled out in a hurry . 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 3 not
2 was 5 out
3 not 4 yet
5 out 6 of
5 out 7 bed
5 out 20 tumbled
7 bed 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 when
10 when 11 he
10 when 12 heard
19 he 20 tumbled
20 tumbled 21 out
20 tumbled 24 hurry
22 in 24 hurry
23 a 24 hurry
24 hurry 25 .

he didn't stop to get any breakfast , because he had planned to get all he could eat at the party . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 17 could
2 didn't 3 stop
2 didn't 5 get
4 to 5 get
5 get 7 breakfast
6 any 7 breakfast
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 he
10 he 11 had
10 he 17 could
11 had 12 planned
12 planned 13 to
12 planned 15 all
13 to 14 get
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 eat
18 eat 22 .
19 at 20 the
20 the 21 party
21 party 22 .

so he hurried over to where the party was to be . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 hurried
3 hurried 4 over
3 hurried 5 to
3 hurried 6 where
3 hurried 10 to
6 where 9 was
7 the 8 party
8 party 9 was
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 .

there [he] [stretched] [himself] [out] and [made] [himself] [as] [comfortable] [as] [he] [could] [.] 
1 there 6 and

pretty [soon] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [joined] [reddy] [fox] [in] [the] [hollow] [log] , and they [whispered] [and] [chuckled] [while] [they] [waited] [.] 
1 pretty 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 they

[sammy] [jay] [saw] [him] [there] [but] [,] [smart] [as] [sammy] [is] [,] [he] [didn't] [once] [suspect] [innocent-looking] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 

you see , he didn't know that old [mr] [toad] [had] [overheard] [all] [of] [his] [plans] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 know
6 know 7 that
7 that 8 old
8 old 17 .

[ix] 

[mr] [.] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] [put] [their] [heads] [together] 

when he reached the ground , [prickly] [porky] [shook] [himself] [until] he [rattled] [the] [thousand] [little] [spears] [hidden] [in] [his] [long] [coat] [.] 
1 when 3 reached
1 when 12 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 5 ground
4 the 5 ground
5 ground 6 ,

" [tee-hee-hee] ! " 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 4 "

" no one is laughing at you , " replied a voice right behind him . 
1 " 2 no
1 " 10 replied
2 no 3 one
2 no 5 laughing
4 is 5 laughing
5 laughing 6 at
7 you 8 ,
8 , 10 replied
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 12 voice
11 a 12 voice
12 voice 14 behind
12 voice 16 .
13 right 14 behind
14 behind 15 him

[prickly] [porky] [turned] [around] [.] 

there sat [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 there 2 sat
1 there 6 .

his big mouth was stretched wide open , and he was laughing all to himself . 
1 his 3 mouth
2 big 3 mouth
3 mouth 6 wide
3 mouth 16 .
4 was 6 wide
5 stretched 6 wide
6 wide 7 open
8 , 12 laughing
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 laughing
12 laughing 13 all
12 laughing 15 himself
12 laughing 16 .
14 to 15 himself

[something] [was] [tickling] [old] [mr] [toad] [mightily] [.] 

[prickly] [porky] [scowled] [,] [and] [a] [few] [more] [little] [spears] [peeped] [out] [of] [his] [long] [coat] [.] 

you know no one likes to be laughed at , and it certainly did look as if [old] [mr] [toad] [was] laughing at him . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 5 likes
3 no 4 one
4 one 5 likes
5 likes 6 to
5 likes 8 laughed
6 to 7 be
8 laughed 9 at
8 laughed 11 and
8 laughed 23 at
10 , 11 and
12 it 13 certainly
13 certainly 14 did
14 did 15 look
15 look 16 as
15 look 23 at
16 as 17 if
22 laughing 23 at
23 at 24 him
24 him 25 .

[mr] [toad] [stopped] [laughing] [and] [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] [.] 

" it 's a joke , " said he , and [slowly] [winked] one [eye] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 8 said
2 it 3 's
4 a 5 joke
5 joke 6 ,
6 , 8 said
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
8 said 10 ,
8 said 16 .
10 , 11 and
11 and 14 one

" [i] don't see any joke , " said [prickly] [porky] , and his voice was very [fretful] . 
1 " 3 don't
1 " 9 said
3 don't 4 see
3 don't 5 any
5 any 6 joke
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 ,
9 said 19 .
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 his
14 his 15 voice
15 voice 16 was
16 was 17 very

[mr] [toad] [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] [.] 

" are you going to [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] ? " 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
2 are 4 going
4 going 5 to
4 going 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

["] [of] [course] [i] [am] [.] 

what a [foolish] question , " replied [prickly] [porky] . 
1 what 2 a
2 a 4 question
4 question 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 10 .

" to be [sure] [,] a very [foolish] [question] [,] [a] very [foolish] [question] , indeed [,] ["] [assented] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 16 indeed
2 to 3 be
3 be 7 very
6 a 7 very
7 very 16 indeed
12 very 16 indeed
15 , 16 indeed
16 indeed 22 .

[old] [mr] [toad] [chuckled] [deep] [down] [in] [his] [throat] [.] 

" [i] [was] [underneath] a [piece] [of] [bark] [on] [which] [sammy] [jay] [was] [sitting] [when] [the] [plan] [was] [made] [.] 
1 " 5 a

of course he [didn't] [know] [i] was there , and [of] [course] [i] [didn't] tell him . " 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 7 was
7 was 8 there
8 there 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 15 tell
15 tell 16 him
16 him 17 .
17 . 18 "

" of course not , " interrupted [prickly] [porky] [,] [beginning] [to] [grin] . 
1 " 7 interrupted
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 not
3 course 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 interrupted
7 interrupted 14 .

" [of] [course] [not] , " [continued] [mr] [toad] [,] [grinning] [,] [too] [.] 
1 " 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" have you told [peter] [rabbit] ? " asked [prickly] [porky] . 
1 " 9 asked
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 told
3 you 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 asked
9 asked 12 .

" not [yet] [,] [but] [i] ['m] going to , by and by , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 not
1 " 16 replied
2 not 8 going
8 going 9 to
10 , 12 and
10 , 16 replied
11 by 12 and
12 and 13 by
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
16 replied 20 .

" but [first] [,] [i] [want] [you] to [help] me [fool] [sammy] [jay] and [blacky] the [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] the [weasel] [.] 
1 " 2 but
2 but 23 the
8 to 10 me
8 to 23 the
10 me 14 and
14 and 16 the

will you ? " 
1 will 2 you
2 you 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

" of course [i] [will] [if] [i] [can] , but how [can] [i] ? " answered [prickly] [porky] [promptly] . 
1 " 11 how
2 of 3 course
3 course 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 how
11 how 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
15 " 16 answered
16 answered 20 .

old [mr] [toad] [hopped] [up] , and [stretching] [up] [on] [tiptoe] [,] [whispered] [in] one of [prickly] [porky] ['s] [ears] [.] 
1 old 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 15 one
15 one 16 of

[prickly] [porky] [began] [to] [smile] [.] 

then he began to chuckle . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 5 chuckle
5 chuckle 6 .

finally he laughed until he had to hold his sides . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 laughed
3 laughed 4 until
4 until 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 to
7 to 8 hold
8 hold 10 sides
9 his 10 sides
10 sides 11 .

" will you do it ? " asked [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 3 you
2 will 3 you
3 you 6 ?
4 do 5 it
4 do 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 asked
8 asked 11 .

[prickly] [porky] [reached] [for] [his] [bundle] [of] [tender] [young] [bark] [.] 

" of course [i] [will] , " said he , [still] chuckling . 
1 " 8 said
2 of 3 course
3 course 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
8 said 10 ,
10 , 12 chuckling
12 chuckling 13 .

" come on , [mr] [toad] , it 's time we were going . " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 on
2 come 4 ,
4 , 15 "
7 , 15 "
8 it 9 's
8 it 14 .
9 's 10 time
10 time 11 we
11 we 12 were
12 were 13 going
14 . 15 "

[x] 

[the] [runaway] [cabbage] 

reddy [fox] [,] [hiding] [with] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [in] [a] [hollow] [log] [near] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's home [,] [nudged] [shadow] [with] [his] [elbow] . 
1 reddy 18 's
18 's 19 home
19 home 26 .

" [i] [hear] [some] one [coming] , " he whispered . 
1 " 10 whispered
5 one 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 10 whispered
9 he 10 whispered
10 whispered 11 .

shadow peeped out . 
1 shadow 2 peeped
1 shadow 4 .
2 peeped 3 out

" it 's old [mr] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] , " he whispered [back] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 13 whispered
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 old
10 , 11 "
11 " 13 whispered
12 he 13 whispered
13 whispered 15 .

" [and] there [comes] [jimmy] [skunk] , [with] [a] [big-goose] [egg] [under] [each] [arm] ! " [continued] [shadow] [,] [smacking] [his] [lips] [.] 
1 " 3 there
3 there 7 ,
7 , 16 "
15 ! 16 "

[reddy] [fox] [wriggled] [up] [where] [he] [could] [peep] [out] [,] [too] [.] 

" my goodness ! 
1 " 3 goodness
2 my 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !

what 's [that] coming down the [lone] [little] [path] ? " whispered [reddy] [.] 
1 what 2 's
1 what 10 ?
2 's 4 coming
4 coming 5 down
5 down 6 the
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 whispered

shadow looked . 
1 shadow 2 looked
2 looked 3 .

then he began to laugh , and [reddy] began to laugh , too . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 5 laugh
5 laugh 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
9 began 11 laugh
11 laugh 13 too
11 laugh 14 .
12 , 13 too

but it was laughter that made no sound , [for] [reddy] and [shadow] didn't want any one to know that they were [hiding] there . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 7 no
4 laughter 6 made
5 that 6 made
6 made 7 no
7 no 8 sound
7 no 9 ,
9 , 12 and
12 and 21 they
14 didn't 15 want
14 didn't 19 know
15 want 16 any
15 want 18 to
16 any 17 one
19 know 20 that
20 that 21 they
21 they 22 were
22 were 24 there
24 there 25 .

it was a funny sight they were peeping out at . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 11 .
2 was 8 peeping
3 a 4 funny
4 funny 5 sight
4 funny 8 peeping
6 they 7 were
7 were 8 peeping
8 peeping 9 out
8 peeping 10 at

it certainly was a funny sight . 
1 it 2 certainly
1 it 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 funny
5 funny 6 sight
6 sight 7 .

down [the] [lone] [little] [path] [came] [peter] [rabbit] and [his] [cousin] [,] [juniper] the [hare] [,] [rolling] [a] [huge] [cabbage] [.] 
1 down 9 and
1 down 14 the

right at the top of [a] [little] [hill] [the] [cabbage] got away from them . 
1 right 2 at
1 right 15 .
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
5 of 14 them
11 got 12 away
12 away 13 from
13 from 14 them
14 them 15 .

down it [started] , [rolling] [and] [bounding] [along] , with [peter] [rabbit] and [jumper] the [hare] [frantically] [trying] [to] [catch] [it] [.] 
1 down 13 and
1 down 15 the
2 it 4 ,
4 , 13 and
9 , 10 with
9 , 13 and

just ahead [was] [johnny] [chuck] [with] [a] [big] [bundle] of [sweet] [clover] [,] [which] [he] [was] [bringing] [to] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] 
1 just 2 ahead
2 ahead 10 of

he didn't see the big cabbage coming . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
3 see 7 coming
4 the 6 cabbage
5 big 6 cabbage
6 cabbage 7 coming
7 coming 8 .

it knocked his feet from under him , and down he went with a thump , flat on his back . 
1 it 2 knocked
2 knocked 4 feet
2 knocked 7 him
2 knocked 9 and
2 knocked 10 down
3 his 4 feet
4 feet 6 under
5 from 6 under
8 , 9 and
10 down 17 flat
11 he 12 went
12 went 15 thump
13 with 14 a
14 a 15 thump
15 thump 16 ,
15 thump 17 flat
17 flat 18 on
17 flat 20 back
18 on 19 his
20 back 21 .

right on top of him [fell] [jumper] [the] [hare] , who was [close] [behind] the [runaway] [cabbage] [and] had no time to turn aside . 
1 right 2 on
2 on 3 top
3 top 4 of
4 of 5 him
5 him 25 .
10 , 11 who
11 who 12 was
11 who 19 had
12 was 15 the
19 had 20 no
20 no 21 time
21 time 22 to
21 time 25 .
22 to 23 turn
23 turn 24 aside

over the two of them [fell] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 over 5 them
2 the 3 two
2 the 4 of
4 of 5 them
5 them 9 .

such a mix-up ! 
1 such 3 mix-up
2 a 3 mix-up
3 mix-up 4 !

and the big cabbage kept right on running away . 
1 and 5 kept
2 the 4 cabbage
3 big 4 cabbage
4 cabbage 5 kept
5 kept 6 right
6 right 7 on
6 right 9 away
8 running 9 away
9 away 10 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [,] [who] [never] [hurries] [,] [heard] [the] [noise] [behind] [him] [and] [turned] [to] [see] [what] [it] [all] [meant] [.] 

but he didn't have time to more than blink his eyes before the runaway cabbage hit him full in the stomach . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 have
3 didn't 9 blink
5 time 6 to
6 to 9 blink
7 more 8 than
8 than 9 blink
9 blink 10 his
9 blink 22 .
10 his 11 eyes
10 his 21 stomach
12 before 14 runaway
13 the 14 runaway
14 runaway 15 cabbage
14 runaway 16 hit
14 runaway 21 stomach
16 hit 17 him
18 full 21 stomach
19 in 20 the
19 in 21 stomach

down [went] [jimmy] [skunk] with [a] [grunt] [.] 
1 down 5 with

one big egg flew over against a tree and broke . 
1 one 2 big
2 big 3 egg
2 big 8 tree
3 egg 4 flew
4 flew 5 over
6 against 8 tree
7 a 8 tree
8 tree 9 and
8 tree 10 broke
8 tree 11 .

jimmy landed on the other , and this broke , too . 
1 jimmy 2 landed
1 jimmy 12 .
2 landed 3 on
2 landed 9 broke
3 on 4 the
3 on 8 this
4 the 5 other
5 other 6 ,
6 , 7 and
10 , 11 too
11 too 12 .

such a sight as [jimmy] [skunk] [was] ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 sight
3 sight 4 as
3 sight 8 !

egg dripped from every part of his handsome black and white coat . 
1 egg 2 dripped
2 dripped 3 from
2 dripped 4 every
2 dripped 5 part
2 dripped 7 his
2 dripped 8 handsome
2 dripped 9 black
2 dripped 11 white
2 dripped 12 coat
5 part 6 of
9 black 10 and
12 coat 13 .

it was in his eyes and all over his face and dripped from his whiskers . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 his
4 his 5 eyes
4 his 15 whiskers
5 eyes 6 and
7 all 8 over
8 over 9 his
9 his 15 whiskers
10 face 12 dripped
11 and 12 dripped
12 dripped 13 from
12 dripped 15 whiskers
14 his 15 whiskers
15 whiskers 16 .

it [knocked] all the wind out of [mr] [toad] , and [of] [course] [striped] [chipmunk] [spilled] all [his] [corn] . 
1 it 3 all
1 it 10 ,
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 wind
4 the 7 of
6 out 7 of
10 , 11 and
11 and 17 all
17 all 20 .

[prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [heard] [the] [noise] [.] 

he looked up to see [a] [strange] [thing] [bounding] down the [lone] [little] [path] [.] 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
2 looked 10 down
3 up 4 to
4 to 5 see
10 down 11 the

[prickly] [porky] [didn't] [wait] [to] [see] [what] [it] [was] [.] 

the runaway cabbage [bounced] [off] [the] [stump] [and] [hit] [prickly] [porky] [.] 
1 the 2 runaway
2 runaway 3 cabbage

then it stopped . 
1 then 2 it
1 then 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 .

[xi] 

[reddy] [fox] [goes] [hungry] 

like a great [green] [pincushion] [lay] the [runaway] [cabbage] [of] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] [.] 
1 like 2 a
1 like 7 the
2 a 3 great

every one thought it was the very best joke ever . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 10 ever
3 thought 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 the
5 was 7 very
7 very 8 best
8 best 9 joke
9 joke 10 ever
10 ever 11 .

jimmy [skunk] [had] [gone] [off] [to] [take] [a] [bath] [and] [get] [two] [more] [eggs] [for] [peter] [rabbit] 's [party] [.] 
1 jimmy 18 's

shadow smacked his lips . 
1 shadow 2 smacked
2 smacked 3 his
2 smacked 4 lips
4 lips 5 .

he meant to have those eggs himself . 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
3 to 4 have
3 to 7 himself
5 those 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 himself
7 himself 8 .

my , such a feast as was spread out there ! 
1 my 2 ,
1 my 11 !
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 feast
5 feast 6 as
5 feast 8 spread
5 feast 11 !
7 was 8 spread
8 spread 9 out
9 out 10 there

over in the top of a tall [pine] tree [blacky] the [crow] [was] [hiding] [and] [chuckling] to himself [as] [he] [watched] . 
1 over 11 the
1 over 17 to
2 in 3 the
2 in 11 the
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
4 top 7 tall
6 a 7 tall
7 tall 9 tree
17 to 18 himself
18 himself 22 .

reddy [fox] was [getting] [impatient] . 
1 reddy 3 was
1 reddy 6 .

he was hungry . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 hungry
3 hungry 4 .

it seemed as if his stomach would just give him no peace at all . 
1 it 2 seemed
1 it 14 all
1 it 15 .
2 seemed 3 as
3 as 4 if
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 would
6 stomach 8 just
6 stomach 12 peace
9 give 10 him
9 give 12 peace
11 no 12 peace
12 peace 14 all
13 at 14 all

he [wished] [that] [sammy] [jay] would [bring] [the] [false] [message] [that] [bowser] [the] [hound] was coming [,] [so] [as] to [frighten] all the [rest] [away] [.] 
1 he 6 would
1 he 15 was
15 was 16 coming
16 coming 20 to
20 to 23 the
22 all 23 the

" [i] ['m] [nearly] [starved] ! " whispered [reddy] [fox] . 
1 " 8 whispered
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 whispered
8 whispered 11 .

" [i] hope [sammy] [jay] [will] [hurry] [up] [.] ["] 
1 " 3 hope

just then they noticed that [peter] [rabbit] was very [busy] [.] 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 they
3 they 4 noticed
4 noticed 5 that
5 that 8 was
8 was 9 very

he hopped from guest to guest and whispered in the ear of each . 
1 he 2 hopped
2 hopped 3 from
2 hopped 4 guest
2 hopped 5 to
2 hopped 6 guest
6 guest 8 whispered
7 and 8 whispered
8 whispered 11 ear
9 in 10 the
9 in 11 ear
11 ear 13 each
11 ear 14 .
12 of 13 each

" now [i] wonder what [peter] [rabbit] is [whispering] [about] , " said [reddy] . 
1 " 2 now
1 " 13 said
4 wonder 5 what
5 what 8 is
8 is 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 .

suddenly the light at the end of the hollow log disappeared . 
1 suddenly 11 disappeared
2 the 3 light
2 the 6 end
4 at 6 end
5 the 6 end
6 end 7 of
6 end 10 log
8 the 9 hollow
9 hollow 10 log
10 log 11 disappeared
11 disappeared 12 .

there was a [queer] [rattling] sound that [sent] [shivers] [up] [and] [down] [reddy] ['s] [backbone] . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 6 sound
6 sound 7 that
6 sound 16 .

[reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] [in] [a] [prison] [.] 

you see there was no other opening to the hollow log . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 there
3 there 4 was
3 there 5 no
5 no 6 other
6 other 7 opening
7 opening 10 hollow
8 to 9 the
9 the 10 hollow
10 hollow 11 log
11 log 12 .

" never mind , " whispered [shadow] [the] [weasel] [,] ["] he 'll go away [when] [sammy] [jay] [shouts] that [bowser] [the] [hound] is coming . " 
1 " 2 never
2 never 3 mind
3 mind 4 ,
3 mind 20 that
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 whispered
5 " 12 he
12 he 13 'll
13 'll 14 go
14 go 15 away
20 that 24 is
24 is 25 coming
25 coming 26 .
26 . 27 "

blacky [the] [crow] , [hidden] in the top of the [tall] [pine] [,] [was] [also] [wondering] [what] [peter] [was] [whispering] [.] 
1 blacky 10 the
4 , 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 top
8 top 9 of
9 of 10 the

now , [sammy] [jay] [knew] [nothing] [about] [all] [this] . 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 10 .

now , [sammy] , with all [his] [faults] [,] is one of the best [watchmen] [in] the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 4 ,
4 , 5 with
5 with 6 all
6 all 17 the
10 is 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 13 the
12 of 17 the
13 the 14 best

if there is any danger which his sharp eyes discover , he always screams at the top of his lungs . 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 is
2 there 4 any
4 any 5 danger
5 danger 6 which
5 danger 21 .
7 his 20 lungs
8 sharp 9 eyes
8 sharp 10 discover
10 discover 14 screams
11 , 12 he
12 he 14 screams
13 always 14 screams
14 screams 20 lungs
15 at 17 top
16 the 17 top
17 top 18 of
17 top 20 lungs
19 his 20 lungs
20 lungs 21 .

because [sammy] [knew] [this] he felt sure of breaking up this party . 
1 because 5 he
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 7 sure
7 sure 8 of
7 sure 9 breaking
9 breaking 10 up
9 breaking 12 party
11 this 12 party
12 party 13 .

" [run] ! [run] [!] [run] [!] 
1 " 3 !

here comes [bowser] [the] [hound] , " he shouted . 
1 here 2 comes
1 here 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 9 shouted
8 he 9 shouted
9 shouted 10 .

still no one moved . 
1 still 2 no
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 moved
4 moved 5 .

sammy stopped on a tall pine and pretended to be terribly excited . 
1 sammy 2 stopped
1 sammy 8 pretended
3 on 5 tall
4 a 5 tall
5 tall 6 pine
6 pine 7 and
6 pine 8 pretended
8 pretended 9 to
8 pretended 10 be
8 pretended 11 terribly
11 terribly 12 excited
12 excited 13 .

" you had better [run] [before] [bowser] [gets] here , " he shouted . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 13 shouted
2 you 4 better
3 had 4 better
9 here 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 13 shouted
12 he 13 shouted
13 shouted 14 .

what do you think happened then ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 5 happened
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
5 happened 6 then
5 happened 7 ?

why , everybody set up a great shout . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 3 everybody
3 everybody 8 shout
4 set 5 up
4 set 8 shout
6 a 7 great
7 great 8 shout
8 shout 9 .

" [ha] [!] ha ! ha ! " laughed [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 4 ha
4 ha 5 !
4 ha 6 ha
6 ha 7 !
6 ha 9 laughed
7 ! 8 "

" [ho] ! ho ! ho ! " [shouted] [johnny] [chuck] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 ho 5 !
4 ho 6 ho
6 ho 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" [hee] ! hee ! hee ! " [giggled] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 hee 5 !
4 hee 6 hee
6 hee 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" what time will [bowser] get here ? " asked [bobby] [coon] [,] gravely . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 10 asked
2 what 4 will
3 time 4 will
4 will 6 get
7 here 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
8 ? 10 asked
10 asked 14 gravely
14 gravely 15 .

" tell [bowser] that we are all waiting for him [,] ["] added [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 5 we
1 " 13 added
2 tell 4 that
4 that 5 we
5 we 6 are
6 are 7 all
6 are 8 waiting
8 waiting 9 for
8 waiting 10 him
13 added 16 .

" is [bowser] [quite] [out] [of] [breath] ? " [inquired] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 " 2 is
2 is 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

sammy [jay] didn't know what to do or what to say [.] 
1 sammy 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 know
3 didn't 11 say
4 know 5 what
4 know 9 what
5 what 7 do
6 to 7 do
8 or 9 what
10 to 11 say

you see , [old] [mr] [toad] [had] [told] [peter] [all] [about] [sammy] ['s] [plan] [,] and this is what [peter] had been whispering to the others . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 16 and
16 and 17 this
17 this 18 is
18 is 19 what
19 what 21 had
21 had 22 been
22 been 23 whispering
23 whispering 24 to
23 whispering 26 others
25 the 26 others
26 others 27 .

[xii] 

[prickly] [porky] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

peter [rabbit] ['s] [party] [promised] to be a great success [.] 
1 peter 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 a
8 a 9 great
9 great 10 success

[prickly] [porky] [settled] [himself] [very] [comfortably] [and] [began] [to] [tell] [stories] [about] [his] [home] [,] [way] [up] [in] [the] [north] [woods] [.] 

worse still , he was so hungry that he could cry . 
1 worse 2 still
2 still 3 ,
2 still 7 hungry
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 7 hungry
6 so 7 hungry
7 hungry 12 .
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 could
10 could 11 cry
11 cry 12 .

shadow the [weasel] [felt] [just] [as] [uncomfortable] [as] [reddy] [fox] [,] [and] [shadow] [is] [very] [short-tempered] [.] 
1 shadow 2 the

every time [reddy] [moved] [and] [squeezed] [shadow] , [shadow] [would] [snap] at him . 
1 every 2 time
2 time 14 .
8 , 12 at
12 at 13 him
13 him 14 .

he certainly was enjoying himself . 
1 he 5 himself
2 certainly 4 enjoying
3 was 4 enjoying
4 enjoying 5 himself
5 himself 6 .

it tickled him almost to pieces [to] think [how] [easily] he had [trapped] [smart] [reddy] [fox] [,] [the] [boaster] [.] 
1 it 2 tickled
2 tickled 3 him
2 tickled 4 almost
2 tickled 5 to
5 to 6 pieces
5 to 8 think
8 think 11 he
11 he 12 had

only [sammy] [jay] [,] [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] [unhappy] [,] [and] [of] [course] [no] one [cared] [for] [that] . 
1 only 22 one
22 one 26 .

[xiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [hungry] 

unc ' [billy] [didn't] [like] [the] [cold] [weather] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

and all the time he would be saying : 
1 and 2 all
2 all 4 time
3 the 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 saying
8 saying 9 :

" [way] [down] [souf] [de] [sun] [am] [shinin] ' [yas] [,] [sah] [,] [dat] [am] [so] [!] 
1 " 9 '

[fo] ['] [dat] [lan] ['] [mah] [heart] [am] [pinin] ['] [yas] [,] [sah] [,] [dat] [am] [so] [!] 

now [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [prepared] for the [winter] [by] [getting] [just] [as] [fat] [as] [he] [knew] [how] [.] 
1 now 7 for
7 for 8 the

he was so [fat] that he could hardly [waddle] [when] [jack] [frost] [first] came to the [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 14 came
2 was 3 so
3 so 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 hardly
14 came 15 to
14 came 19 .
15 to 16 the

now [johnny] [chuck] [just] [slept] [and] [slept] [and] [slept] , [without] [waking] [once] [the] [whole] [winter] [long] . 
1 now 10 ,
1 now 18 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [couldn't] sleep [like] [that] . 
1 but 7 sleep
7 sleep 10 .

he had to stick his head out every little while to see how the world was getting along without him . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to
3 to 12 see
4 stick 6 head
4 stick 7 out
4 stick 11 to
5 his 6 head
7 out 8 every
8 every 9 little
9 little 10 while
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 how
12 see 20 him
14 the 15 world
15 world 19 without
16 was 17 getting
17 getting 18 along
18 along 19 without
19 without 20 him
20 him 21 .

but he didn't enjoy it much . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 enjoy
4 enjoy 5 it
4 enjoy 6 much
6 much 7 .

it made his feet cold , and then he didn't like the tracks he made . 
1 it 2 made
1 it 16 .
2 made 3 his
3 his 4 feet
3 his 13 tracks
4 feet 5 cold
5 cold 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 like
12 the 13 tracks
13 tracks 15 made
14 he 15 made

so [unc] ['] [billy] didn't go out very much , and very seldom indeed when the snow was soft . 
1 so 9 much
1 so 13 seldom
5 didn't 6 go
5 didn't 9 much
6 go 7 out
8 very 9 much
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 seldom
12 very 13 seldom
13 seldom 14 indeed
13 seldom 19 soft
13 seldom 20 .
15 when 16 the
16 the 17 snow
17 snow 19 soft
18 was 19 soft

it seemed to [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [as] [if] the winter never [,] [never] would go . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 16 go
10 the 11 winter
11 winter 12 never
12 never 15 would
15 would 16 go
16 go 17 .

he was beginning to grow thin now , and of course he was getting hungry . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 beginning
3 beginning 4 to
3 beginning 5 grow
5 grow 6 thin
5 grow 15 hungry
6 thin 7 now
6 thin 9 and
7 now 8 ,
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 getting
14 getting 15 hungry
15 hungry 16 .

he began to think about it , and the more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 4 think
4 think 5 about
5 about 6 it
5 about 17 hungrier
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 17 hungrier
9 the 17 hungrier
10 more 17 hungrier
11 he 12 thought
12 thought 17 hungrier
13 about 14 it
13 about 17 hungrier
15 , 17 hungrier
16 the 17 hungrier
17 hungrier 18 he
17 hungrier 19 grew
17 hungrier 20 .

one morning [he] [stuck] [his] [head] [out] [of] [his] [doorway] , and [whom] [should] [he] see [trotting] [along] [below] [but] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 one 2 morning
2 morning 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 16 see
16 see 23 .

jimmy looked fat and comfortable and as if he did not mind the cold weather at all . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 7 as
2 looked 16 at
3 fat 5 comfortable
4 and 5 comfortable
5 comfortable 6 and
5 comfortable 7 as
7 as 8 if
8 if 9 he
9 he 10 did
10 did 11 not
11 not 12 mind
12 mind 15 weather
13 the 15 weather
14 cold 15 weather
16 at 17 all
17 all 18 .

" good [mo'ning] , [jimmy] [skunk] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 9 said
2 good 4 ,
4 , 8 "
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 13 .

jimmy [skunk] looked up . 
1 jimmy 3 looked
3 looked 4 up
4 up 5 .

" hello , [unc] ['] [billy] ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
2 hello 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 10 exclaimed
9 he 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 .

" [i] haven't [seen] you for a long time [!] ["] 
1 " 3 haven't
3 haven't 9 time
5 you 6 for
6 for 7 a
7 a 8 long
8 long 9 time

" [whar] yo ' [been] [,] [jimmy] [skunk] ? " asked [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 11 asked
9 ? 10 "
9 ? 11 asked
11 asked 15 .

jimmy winked one eye . 
1 jimmy 2 winked
2 winked 3 one
2 winked 4 eye
2 winked 5 .

" [getting] [my] [breakfast] [of] [nice] [fresh] [eggs] , " he replied . 
1 " 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 12 replied
11 he 12 replied
12 replied 13 .

unc ' [billy] [possum] ['s] [mouth] [began] [to] [water] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" did yo ' leave any ? " he anxiously inquired . 
1 " 11 inquired
2 did 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 leave
4 ' 11 inquired
5 leave 6 any
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 11 inquired
9 he 11 inquired
10 anxiously 11 inquired
11 inquired 12 .

unc ' [billy] [couldn't] [sleep] [any] [more] [now] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

no , [sir] , he couldn't sleep a wink . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 sleep
7 sleep 9 wink
7 sleep 10 .
8 a 9 wink

[all] [he] [could] [do] [was] [to] [think] [how] [hungry] [he] [was] [.] 

[finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [made] [up] [his] [mind] [.] 

" ah 'm going up there the very first dark night ! " said he . 
1 " 14 said
2 ah 3 'm
2 ah 12 !
3 'm 4 going
3 'm 8 very
4 going 5 up
5 up 6 there
5 up 7 the
8 very 9 first
8 very 10 dark
10 dark 11 night
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
15 he 16 .

[xiv] 

[old] [mrs] [possum] [grows] [worried] 

" [one] , two [,] three , four [,] [five] [,] [six] [,] [seven] [,] [eight] . " 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 18 "
4 two 6 three
6 three 7 ,
6 three 8 four
8 four 17 .
17 . 18 "

they were [all] there . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 4 there
4 there 5 .

just as soon as the beautiful spring came , they would one by one slip away . 
1 just 2 as
1 just 15 slip
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
5 the 6 beautiful
6 beautiful 7 spring
6 beautiful 15 slip
7 spring 8 came
7 spring 9 ,
10 they 11 would
11 would 15 slip
12 one 15 slip
13 by 14 one
14 one 15 slip
15 slip 16 away
16 away 17 .

[mrs] [possum] [sighed] [again] [.] 

she didn't like winter . 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 winter
4 winter 5 .

no , [sir] , she [didn't] [like] [winter] one bit . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
1 no 9 one
4 , 5 she
9 one 10 bit
10 bit 11 .

but when she thought of how her babies would leave her , she almost wished that spring never would come . 
1 but 3 she
2 when 3 she
3 she 9 would
3 she 15 wished
3 she 18 never
3 she 19 would
4 thought 5 of
4 thought 9 would
5 of 8 babies
6 how 8 babies
7 her 8 babies
9 would 10 leave
11 her 12 ,
12 , 13 she
13 she 15 wished
14 almost 15 wished
15 wished 16 that
15 wished 17 spring
19 would 20 come
20 come 21 .

sure [that] [her] [babies] [were] [warm] [and] [comfortable] , [old] [mrs] [possum] [went] [to] [the] [door] and looked out . 
1 sure 9 ,
9 , 17 and
17 and 18 looked
18 looked 19 out
19 out 20 .

it was plain to be seen that [mrs] [possum] was worried . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 10 was
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 6 seen
3 plain 7 that
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 seen
10 was 11 worried
11 worried 12 .

that was the tenth time she had looked out in half an hour . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 4 tenth
3 the 4 tenth
4 tenth 5 time
4 tenth 8 looked
4 tenth 9 out
4 tenth 13 hour
4 tenth 14 .
6 she 7 had
6 she 8 looked
10 in 13 hour
11 half 13 hour
12 an 13 hour

her sharp little old face looked sharper than ever . 
1 her 2 sharp
2 sharp 3 little
2 sharp 4 old
2 sharp 7 sharper
5 face 7 sharper
6 looked 7 sharper
7 sharper 8 than
8 than 9 ever
9 ever 10 .

it always looks sharper when she is worried , just as the tongues of some people always grow sharper when they are worried . 
1 it 3 looks
2 always 3 looks
3 looks 4 sharper
3 looks 11 as
3 looks 19 sharper
4 sharper 5 when
4 sharper 8 worried
5 when 6 she
6 she 7 is
9 , 11 as
10 just 11 as
12 the 13 tongues
13 tongues 14 of
13 tongues 19 sharper
15 some 16 people
16 people 19 sharper
17 always 19 sharper
18 grow 19 sharper
19 sharper 20 when
19 sharper 23 worried
20 when 21 they
21 they 22 are
23 worried 24 .

" ah don ' see what can be keepin ' mah ol ' man ! 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 don
2 ah 15 !
3 don 9 keepin
4 ' 9 keepin
5 see 6 what
6 what 9 keepin
7 can 9 keepin
8 be 9 keepin
9 keepin 10 '
9 keepin 11 mah
9 keepin 13 '
9 keepin 14 man
11 mah 12 ol

ah 'm [plumb] [worried] [to] [death] , " [muttered] [old] [mrs] [possum] [.] 
1 ah 2 'm
1 ah 7 ,
7 , 8 "

right that very minute she heard a noise outside that made her hurry to the door and thrust her head out once more . 
1 right 4 minute
2 that 4 minute
3 very 4 minute
4 minute 6 heard
5 she 6 heard
6 heard 7 a
7 a 8 noise
7 a 13 hurry
8 noise 9 outside
8 noise 11 made
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 her
13 hurry 14 to
13 hurry 18 thrust
13 hurry 24 .
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 door
16 door 18 thrust
17 and 18 thrust
18 thrust 20 head
18 thrust 21 out
19 her 20 head
21 out 22 once
22 once 23 more

it was [sammy] [jay] , [shrieking] [:] 
1 it 2 was
1 it 5 ,

" thief ! 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !

thief ! 
1 thief 2 !

thief ! " at the top of his lungs . 
1 thief 2 !
1 thief 9 lungs
2 ! 3 "
4 at 6 top
5 the 6 top
6 top 7 of
6 top 9 lungs
8 his 9 lungs
9 lungs 10 .

" good [mo'ning] , [brer] [jay] , " said she . 
1 " 9 said
2 good 4 ,
4 , 9 said
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 she
9 said 11 .

" hello ! " exclaimed [sammy] [jay] [,] [not] [at] [all] [politely] . 
1 " 5 exclaimed
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 13 .

" where 's [uncle] [billy] [possum] ? " 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 's
2 where 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

" [he] [done] [go] [out] [fo] ['] a walk , " replied [old] [mrs] [possum] . 
1 " 12 replied
8 a 9 walk
9 walk 10 ,
10 , 12 replied
11 " 12 replied
12 replied 16 .

" ah reckons yo'all just got up , or yo ' would have met up with him somewhere . " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
3 reckons 4 yo'all
3 reckons 10 yo
4 yo'all 5 just
4 yo'all 6 got
6 got 7 up
8 , 9 or
9 or 10 yo
10 yo 11 '
10 yo 14 met
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 met
14 met 16 with
14 met 17 him
15 up 16 with
17 him 18 somewhere
17 him 19 .
19 . 20 "

sammy 's temper flared up right away . 
1 sammy 4 flared
2 's 4 flared
3 temper 4 flared
4 flared 5 up
4 flared 6 right
6 right 7 away
7 away 8 .

" [i] ['ve] been [up] ever since sun-up ! " he sputtered . 
1 " 12 sputtered
4 been 7 since
6 ever 7 since
7 since 8 sun-up
8 sun-up 12 sputtered
9 ! 10 "
9 ! 12 sputtered
11 he 12 sputtered
12 sputtered 13 .

no , [sir] , [i] [wouldn't] [blame] him [the] [least] [bit] ! " 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 13 "
8 him 12 !
12 ! 13 "

" [keep] your [temper] [,] [brer] [jay] ! 
1 " 3 your
3 your 8 !

keep your [temper] [,] [do] [,] [oh] [pray] [!] ["] 
1 keep 2 your

said [old] [mrs] [possum] , [grinning] [in] [the] [most] [aggravating] [way] as she turned back to her [babies] . 
1 said 5 ,
5 , 12 as
12 as 13 she
13 she 14 turned
14 turned 15 back
15 back 16 to
16 to 17 her
17 her 19 .

she had found out what she wanted to know [sammy] [jay] had seen nothing of [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 she 2 had
1 she 20 .
2 had 3 found
2 had 13 seen
2 had 14 nothing
3 found 4 out
4 out 5 what
6 she 7 wanted
6 she 12 had
7 wanted 8 to
7 wanted 9 know
12 had 13 seen
14 nothing 15 of

[old] [mrs] [possum] [sat] [down] [with] [her] [head] [in] [her] [hands] [.] 

she was more worried than ever . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 more
3 more 4 worried
3 more 5 than
5 than 6 ever
6 ever 7 .

[xv] 

[the] [foolishness] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

but all those things did happen . 
1 but 2 all
2 all 4 things
3 those 4 things
4 things 6 happen
5 did 6 happen
6 happen 7 .

after [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [mentioned] [his] [fine] breakfast [of] [fresh] [eggs] , [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [couldn't] [think] [of] [anything] [else] . 
1 after 8 breakfast
8 breakfast 12 ,
8 breakfast 22 .

he knew well enough where [jimmy] [had] [found] those eggs . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 well
2 knew 5 where
2 knew 9 those
3 well 4 enough
9 those 10 eggs
10 eggs 11 .

yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] knew all [about] [it] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
3 indeed 12 .
4 , 6 '
8 knew 9 all
9 all 12 .

he could see the rows of nests and the beautiful brown eggs in them . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 see
3 see 5 rows
3 see 14 them
4 the 5 rows
5 rows 6 of
5 rows 7 nests
7 nests 8 and
7 nests 12 eggs
7 nests 13 in
9 the 12 eggs
10 beautiful 12 eggs
11 brown 12 eggs
14 them 15 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [couldn't] [climb] [,] [and] [so] [he] [could] [have] [gotten] [only] [the] [eggs] [in] [the] [lower] [nests] [.] 

he hadn't been there , and he couldn't go now , because it was daylight . 
1 he 2 hadn't
1 he 8 couldn't
1 he 14 was
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 there
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 go
10 now 11 ,
11 , 12 because
12 because 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 daylight
15 daylight 16 .

it made him more and more uneasy and fidgety . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 him
2 made 9 fidgety
4 more 9 fidgety
5 and 9 fidgety
6 more 9 fidgety
7 uneasy 9 fidgety
8 and 9 fidgety
9 fidgety 10 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [couldn't] [stand] [it] [.] 

" what all am the matter with yo ' ? " she snapped . 
1 " 13 snapped
2 what 6 matter
3 all 5 the
4 am 5 the
5 the 6 matter
6 matter 7 with
6 matter 8 yo
6 matter 10 ?
8 yo 9 '
10 ? 11 "
11 " 13 snapped
12 she 13 snapped
13 snapped 14 .

" ah do wish yo ' would keep still a minute ! " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 5 yo
2 ah 12 !
3 do 4 wish
3 do 5 yo
5 yo 6 '
7 would 8 keep
8 keep 9 still
9 still 11 minute
10 a 11 minute
11 minute 12 !
12 ! 13 "

unc ' [billy] [muttered] [something] [,] [but] [all] [that] [mrs] [possum] [could] [hear] [was] ["] [eggs] [.] ["] 
1 unc 2 '

" now don't yo'all get to thinking of such foolishness as eggs , " she commanded . 
1 " 2 now
1 " 3 don't
1 " 16 commanded
3 don't 4 yo'all
4 yo'all 5 get
4 yo'all 6 to
7 thinking 8 of
7 thinking 10 foolishness
9 such 10 foolishness
10 foolishness 11 as
10 foolishness 12 eggs
10 foolishness 16 commanded
13 , 16 commanded
14 " 16 commanded
15 she 16 commanded
16 commanded 17 .

" it isn't [safe] to be [snooping] [around] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [when] there ['s] [snow] [on] [the] [ground] [.] 
1 " 3 isn't
2 it 3 isn't
3 isn't 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 14 there

yo ' just fo'get all about eggs ! 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 4 fo'get
3 just 4 fo'get
4 fo'get 5 all
4 fo'get 6 about
4 fo'get 7 eggs
7 eggs 8 !

do yo ' [hear] what [ah] [say] ? ["] 
1 do 8 ?
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 5 what
5 what 8 ?

unc ' [billy] [nodded] [that] [he] [did] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

but just the same he couldn't think of anything else . 
1 but 6 couldn't
2 just 4 same
2 just 6 couldn't
3 the 4 same
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 think
6 couldn't 9 anything
7 think 8 of
9 anything 10 else
10 else 11 .

just the same , [unc] ['] [billy] felt that he [had] got to have a nice fresh egg . 
1 just 2 the
2 the 3 same
2 the 18 egg
3 same 4 ,
8 felt 17 fresh
9 that 10 he
10 he 12 got
12 got 13 to
12 got 17 fresh
14 have 15 a
15 a 16 nice
16 nice 17 fresh
17 fresh 18 egg
18 egg 19 .

he had [got] to have it . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 it
6 it 7 .

that is all there was about it . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 all
2 is 4 there
4 there 5 was
5 was 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 .

" where are yo ' [going] ? " demanded [mrs] [possum] . 
1 " 9 demanded
2 where 3 are
2 where 7 ?
3 are 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 demanded
9 demanded 12 .

" [just] [to] [stretch] [the] [kinks] [out] [of] [mah] [legs] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 replied
13 replied 17 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [looked] [after] [him] [suspiciously] [.] 

" don't yo ' go fo ' to do any foolishness ! " she called . 
1 " 3 yo
2 don't 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 6 fo
5 go 6 fo
6 fo 7 '
6 fo 11 foolishness
8 to 9 do
9 do 10 any
10 any 11 foolishness
11 foolishness 12 !
11 foolishness 15 called
11 foolishness 16 .
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 she
14 she 15 called

unc ' [billy] [didn't] [answer] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he was on his way to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 on
3 on 4 his
4 his 5 way
5 way 6 to
5 way 11 .

[xvi] 

[why] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [didn't] [go] [home] 

unc ' [billy] [possum] [had] [a] [very] [good] [reason] [for] [not] [going] [home] [,] [a] [very] [good] [reason] [,] [indeed] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

even old [mrs] [possum] [would] [have] [thought] [it] [was] [a] [good] [reason] [,] [could] [she] [have] [known] [it] [.] 
1 even 2 old

sometimes he felt little shivers of fear run all over him as he thought of what might become of him if he should be found . 
1 sometimes 3 felt
2 he 3 felt
3 felt 5 shivers
3 felt 12 as
4 little 5 shivers
5 shivers 6 of
5 shivers 7 fear
5 shivers 8 run
5 shivers 9 all
5 shivers 10 over
10 over 11 him
12 as 13 he
12 as 21 if
13 he 17 might
14 thought 15 of
14 thought 17 might
16 what 17 might
17 might 18 become
18 become 19 of
18 become 20 him
21 if 22 he
22 he 25 found
23 should 24 be
24 be 25 found
25 found 26 .

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [very] , [very] [crafty] [.] 
1 now 5 was
1 now 7 ,

but [with] [all] [his] [craft] , there was one thing that [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] [.] 
1 but 7 there
1 but 9 one
6 , 7 there
7 there 8 was
9 one 10 thing
10 thing 11 that

yes , [sir] , there was [one] [thing] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] all about . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 13 all
13 all 14 about
14 about 15 .

he forgot to keep his tail up . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 4 keep
2 forgot 5 his
3 to 4 keep
5 his 6 tail
6 tail 7 up
6 tail 8 .

[[] [illustration] [:] [he] [just] [ate] [and] [ate] [until] [he] [couldn't] [eat] [another] [one] [.] []] 

when [unc] ['] [billy] was [safely] in the [hen-house] [,] [he] [hurried] [from] [one] nest [to] [another] . 
1 when 5 was
5 was 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 15 nest
15 nest 18 .

there were eggs , plenty of them . 
1 there 2 were
1 there 5 plenty
3 eggs 4 ,
3 eggs 5 plenty
5 plenty 6 of
6 of 7 them
7 them 8 .

it seemed to him that nothing he had ever seen before had looked half so good as those eggs . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 him
4 him 20 .
5 that 6 nothing
5 that 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 10 seen
9 ever 10 seen
10 seen 11 before
10 seen 18 those
11 before 12 had
13 looked 17 as
14 half 15 so
14 half 16 good
14 half 17 as
17 as 18 those
18 those 19 eggs
19 eggs 20 .

he just ate and ate and ate until he couldn't eat another one . 
1 he 7 ate
2 just 7 ate
3 ate 5 ate
4 and 5 ate
5 ate 7 ate
6 and 7 ate
7 ate 8 until
7 ate 11 eat
7 ate 12 another
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 eat
12 another 13 one
12 another 14 .

now [a] [full] [stomach] is [very] [apt] [to] [make] [a] [sleepy] [head] [.] 
1 now 5 is

unc ' [billy] [knew] [that] [the] [thing] [for] [him] [to] [do] [was] [to] [hurry] [home] [as] [fast] [as] [he] [could] [go] [,] [but] [he] [didn't] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

no , [sir] , he didn't [do] [it] . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 9 .

the hen-house was warm and here were some of the nicest nests of hay . 
1 the 2 hen-house
2 hen-house 3 was
2 hen-house 4 warm
4 warm 5 and
4 warm 6 here
4 warm 14 hay
7 were 8 some
8 some 14 hay
9 of 14 hay
10 the 11 nicest
11 nicest 12 nests
12 nests 14 hay
13 of 14 hay
14 hay 15 .

why not take a teeny , weeny nap before he started back home ? 
1 why 2 not
1 why 14 ?
3 take 8 nap
4 a 5 teeny
5 teeny 6 ,
5 teeny 7 weeny
7 weeny 8 nap
8 nap 9 before
8 nap 11 started
8 nap 14 ?
10 he 11 started
11 started 12 back
11 started 13 home

unc ' [billy] [climbed] [to] [the] [very] [last] [nest] [in] [the] [topmost] [row] [,] [way] [up] [in] [a] [dark] [corner] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

it hadn't been used for a long time , but it was full of nice , soft hay . 
1 it 2 hadn't
1 it 12 was
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 used
5 for 6 a
6 a 7 long
7 long 8 time
7 long 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 full
13 full 14 of
13 full 18 hay
15 nice 16 ,
15 nice 17 soft
17 soft 18 hay
18 hay 19 .

he didn't open them again until he heard an angry voice right close to him . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 8 heard
3 open 4 them
4 them 5 again
5 again 6 until
6 until 7 he
7 he 8 heard
8 heard 11 voice
8 heard 15 him
9 an 10 angry
10 angry 11 voice
11 voice 13 close
12 right 13 close
13 close 14 to
15 him 16 .

he peeped out . 
1 he 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 out
3 out 4 .

farmer [brown] 's [boy] [was] [angry] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's

yes , indeed , he was very , very angry . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 he
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 10 angry
7 very 8 ,
7 very 10 angry
9 very 10 angry
10 angry 11 .

unc ' [billy] [shivered] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

then he snuggled down out of sight under the hay of the nest . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 snuggled
3 snuggled 4 down
3 snuggled 7 sight
3 snuggled 8 under
3 snuggled 10 hay
5 out 6 of
5 out 7 sight
8 under 9 the
10 hay 13 nest
10 hay 14 .
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 nest

[xvii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lies] [low] 

farmer [brown] 's [boy] [was] [angry] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's

yes , [sir] , he was angry . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 angry
7 angry 8 .

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

it was a terrible position to be in , right there in the hen-house , with no chance to run . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 terrible
3 a 18 chance
4 terrible 5 position
5 position 7 be
5 position 8 in
5 position 9 ,
6 to 7 be
10 right 14 hen-house
11 there 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 hen-house
14 hen-house 15 ,
14 hen-house 16 with
14 hen-house 18 chance
17 no 18 chance
18 chance 19 to
18 chance 21 .
19 to 20 run

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

why hadn't he gone right straight back there , after eating those eggs , instead of taking a nap ? 
1 why 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 4 gone
3 he 4 gone
4 gone 19 nap
5 right 6 straight
5 right 9 ,
5 right 10 after
6 straight 7 back
6 straight 8 there
10 after 11 eating
11 eating 13 eggs
12 those 13 eggs
13 eggs 15 instead
14 , 15 instead
15 instead 16 of
15 instead 17 taking
17 taking 19 nap
18 a 19 nap
19 nap 20 ?

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

he had taken a nap and overslept , and here he was , right in the hen-house , in broad daylight . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 taken
3 taken 5 nap
4 a 5 nap
5 nap 7 overslept
5 nap 10 here
5 nap 20 broad
6 and 7 overslept
7 overslept 8 ,
8 , 9 and
11 he 12 was
12 was 20 broad
13 , 20 broad
14 right 17 hen-house
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 hen-house
17 hen-house 18 ,
17 hen-house 20 broad
19 in 20 broad
20 broad 21 daylight
21 daylight 22 .

i 'll just look around a bit . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
3 just 4 look
4 look 5 around
4 look 7 bit
6 a 7 bit
7 bit 8 .
8 . 9 "

unc ' [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [as] [he] [heard] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [go] [out] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" he 'll find [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [tracks] [,] [but] he won't find [mine] [,] ["] thought [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 11 he
2 he 3 'll
3 'll 4 find
11 he 12 won't
11 he 17 thought
12 won't 13 find
17 thought 21 .

" isn't it [lucky] that [i] [thought] [to] [step] [right] [in] [jimmy] [skunk] 's [tracks] [when] [i] [came] [here] ? " 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
2 isn't 20 ?
3 it 14 's
5 that 14 's
20 ? 21 "

he lay still and listened to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [poking] [around] [outside] [.] 
1 he 2 lay
2 lay 3 still
3 still 5 listened
4 and 5 listened
5 listened 6 to

unc ' [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [again] [as] [he] [thought] [what] [a] [smart] [fellow] [he] [had] [been] [to] [step] [in] [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [tracks] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" hello ! " said the voice of [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 the
6 the 7 voice
7 voice 8 of
7 voice 13 .

" [these] are [queer] [tracks] [!] 
1 " 3 are

he had dragged it in the snow , and of course it had left a mark . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 dragged
2 had 14 left
3 dragged 4 it
3 dragged 12 it
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 snow
6 the 10 of
7 snow 9 and
8 , 9 and
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 it
13 had 14 left
14 left 16 mark
14 left 17 .
15 a 16 mark

" [i] guess [that] there was more than one visitor here last night , " continued the [voice] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 more
7 more 8 than
8 than 10 visitor
9 one 10 visitor
10 visitor 11 here
11 here 12 last
11 here 14 ,
12 last 13 night
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 continued
16 continued 17 the
17 the 23 boy
23 boy 24 .

whoever made them must be right around here now . " 
1 whoever 2 made
1 whoever 8 here
2 made 3 them
4 must 5 be
5 be 8 here
6 right 8 here
7 around 8 here
8 here 9 now
9 now 10 .
10 . 11 "

back into [the] [hen-house] came [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [began] [to] [poke] [around] in all the corners . 
1 back 2 into
2 into 17 the
5 came 15 in
15 in 17 the
16 all 17 the
17 the 18 corners
18 corners 19 .

he moved all the boxes and looked in the grain bin . 
1 he 2 moved
2 moved 5 boxes
3 all 5 boxes
4 the 5 boxes
5 boxes 7 looked
5 boxes 11 bin
5 boxes 12 .
6 and 7 looked
8 in 9 the
9 the 11 bin
10 grain 11 bin

then he began to look in the nests . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 8 nests
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 nests
8 nests 9 .

unc ' [billy] [could] [hear] [him] [coming] [nearer] [and] [nearer] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he was looking in the very next nest to the one in which [unc] ['] [billy] was . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 17 was
2 was 6 very
3 looking 4 in
3 looking 6 very
4 in 5 the
6 very 7 next
7 next 8 nest
8 nest 10 the
8 nest 12 in
9 to 10 the
11 one 12 in
13 which 17 was
17 was 18 .

finally he looked into that very nest . 
1 finally 2 he
1 finally 7 nest
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 into
3 looked 6 very
5 that 6 very
7 nest 8 .

unc ' [billy] [possum] [held] [his] [breath] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" it 's queer , " said [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 7 said
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 queer
4 queer 5 ,
6 " 7 said
7 said 12 .

" it 's very [queer] [!] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 very

i guess [i] shall have to [set] [some] [traps] . " 
1 i 2 guess
1 i 4 shall
4 shall 5 have
5 have 6 to
6 to 10 .
10 . 11 "

and [all] [the] [time] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] held his breath and [lay] [low] [.] 
1 and 9 held
9 held 11 breath
10 his 11 breath
11 breath 12 and

[xviii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [a] [prisoner] 

" [mah] [home] is [in] a [holler] [tree] [it] 's a long way home ! 
1 " 4 is
4 is 6 a
6 a 12 long
10 's 11 a
11 a 12 long
12 long 13 way
13 way 14 home
14 home 15 !

ah [wish] [ah] ['s] [there] , but [here] [ah] be [it] 's a long way home ! 
1 ah 6 ,
1 ah 17 !
6 , 7 but
10 be 13 a
12 's 13 a
13 a 14 long
14 long 15 way
15 way 16 home
16 home 17 !

unc ' [billy] [possum] [lay] [curled] [up] [under] [the] [hay] [in] [the] [highest] [nest] [in] [the] [darkest] [corner] [in] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

unc ' [billy] [didn't] [dare] [go] [to] [sleep] [,] [because] [he] [was] [afraid] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [might] [find] [him] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

and , anyway , he wanted to see [just] what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was doing . 
1 and 3 anyway
2 , 3 anyway
3 anyway 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 wanted
6 wanted 7 to
6 wanted 8 see
8 see 10 what
10 what 16 doing
15 was 16 doing
16 doing 17 .

so [peeping] [out] , [he] [watched] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [,] who seemed to be very busy [indeed] . 
1 so 4 ,
4 , 12 who
12 who 13 seemed
13 seemed 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 very
16 very 17 busy
17 busy 19 .

what do you think he was doing ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 7 doing
2 do 3 you
4 think 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 doing
7 doing 8 ?

unc ' [billy] [knew] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [knew] [just] what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was doing . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 10 what
10 what 16 doing
15 was 16 doing
16 doing 17 .

he was setting traps . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 setting
3 setting 4 traps
4 traps 5 .

unc ' [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [aloud] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

yes , [sir] , he almost chuckled aloud . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 7 chuckled
6 almost 7 chuckled
7 chuckled 8 aloud
8 aloud 9 .

unc ' [billy] [laughed] [under] [his] [breath] [as] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [closed] [the] [door] [of] [the] [hen-house] [and] [went] [off] [whistling] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" [ho] [,] ho , ho ! 
1 " 4 ho
4 ho 5 ,
4 ho 6 ho
6 ho 7 !

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

hee , hee ! " 
1 hee 3 hee
2 , 3 hee
3 hee 4 !
4 ! 5 "

unc ' [billy] [broke] [off] [short] [,] [right] [in] [the] [very] [middle] [of] [his] [laugh] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he had just thought of something , and it wasn't funny at all . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 just
2 had 4 thought
2 had 6 something
4 thought 5 of
6 something 11 funny
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 it
9 it 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 funny
11 funny 12 at
11 funny 14 .
12 at 13 all

the joke wasn't [on] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [,] [after] [all] ; it was on [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 the 2 joke
2 joke 15 on
3 wasn't 13 it
12 ; 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 on

but [unc] ['] [billy] [couldn't] [see] that it was [any] [joke] at all . 
1 but 7 that
7 that 9 was
8 it 9 was
9 was 13 all
12 at 13 all
13 all 14 .

" it 's a long way home , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [mournfully] , as he peeped out of a [crack] [toward] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 way
6 way 7 home
7 home 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 17 he
10 said 15 ,
15 , 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 peeped
18 peeped 19 out
19 out 20 of
20 of 21 a

[xix] 

[what] [the] [snow] [did] 

unc ' [billy] [possum] [did] [a] [lot] [of] [thinking] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he was a prisoner , just as much a prisoner as if he were in a cage . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 prisoner
3 a 10 prisoner
3 a 17 cage
4 prisoner 5 ,
4 prisoner 6 just
6 just 7 as
7 as 8 much
9 a 10 prisoner
10 prisoner 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 he
12 if 14 were
14 were 15 in
15 in 16 a
17 cage 18 .

if it [hadn't] [been] [for] [those] [two] [worries] , [unc] ' [billy] [would] have been willing to stay there the rest of the winter . 
1 if 2 it
2 it 9 ,
9 , 11 '
11 ' 14 have
14 have 15 been
15 been 16 willing
16 willing 17 to
16 willing 18 stay
18 stay 19 there
18 stay 21 rest
20 the 21 rest
21 rest 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 winter
24 winter 25 .

it was delightfully warm and cosy . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 delightfully
3 delightfully 4 warm
3 delightfully 6 cosy
5 and 6 cosy
6 cosy 7 .

[having] [all] [the] [eggs] [he] [could] [eat] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [grown] [very] [particular] [.] 

nothing but the best , the very best , would do for him . 
1 nothing 2 but
1 nothing 11 do
1 nothing 12 for
2 but 3 the
2 but 6 the
3 the 4 best
4 best 5 ,
6 the 8 best
7 very 8 best
8 best 9 ,
10 would 11 do
12 for 13 him
13 him 14 .

" [cut] , [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut-aa-cut] [!] 
1 " 3 ,

i lay [the] [finest] [eggs] in the [world] [!] ["] 
1 i 2 lay
2 lay 6 in
6 in 7 the

no one lays such splendid eggs as [i] [do] ! " 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 lays
3 lays 4 such
3 lays 5 splendid
3 lays 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 as
6 eggs 10 !
10 ! 11 "

sometimes [the] [door] [was] [left] [open] [during] [the] [day] , and [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [peep] out [and] [wish] [that] [he] [dared] [to] [run] . 
1 sometimes 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 17 out
17 out 25 .

at last one day [it] [began] [to] [snow] [.] 
1 at 2 last
2 last 4 day
3 one 4 day

it snowed all day and it snowed all night . 
1 it 7 snowed
2 snowed 3 all
2 snowed 4 day
2 snowed 7 snowed
5 and 7 snowed
6 it 7 snowed
7 snowed 8 all
7 snowed 9 night
9 night 10 .

[rough] [brother] [north] [wind] [piled] [it] [up] [in] [great] [drifts] [in] [front] [of] [the] [hen-house] [door] [and] [all] [along] [one] [side] [of] [the] [hen-house] [.] 

it covered the traps so deep that they couldn't possibly catch any one . 
1 it 2 covered
2 covered 4 traps
3 the 4 traps
4 traps 5 so
4 traps 6 deep
4 traps 10 possibly
4 traps 14 .
7 that 8 they
8 they 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 possibly
10 possibly 11 catch
10 possibly 12 any
12 any 13 one

[xx] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [wishes] [he] [had] [snowshoes] 

usually he dislikes the snow very much , and doesn't go out in it any more than he has to . 
1 usually 3 dislikes
2 he 3 dislikes
3 dislikes 5 snow
3 dislikes 16 more
4 the 5 snow
6 very 7 much
7 much 16 more
8 , 9 and
9 and 16 more
10 doesn't 11 go
10 doesn't 14 it
10 doesn't 15 any
11 go 12 out
12 out 13 in
15 any 16 more
16 more 17 than
16 more 21 .
17 than 18 he
18 he 19 has
19 has 20 to

but this time [the] [snow] [had] [done] [unc] ['] [billy] [a] [good] [turn] , [a] very good [turn] , indeed . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 14 ,
14 , 20 indeed
16 very 17 good
16 very 20 indeed
19 , 20 indeed
20 indeed 21 .

once [out] [of] [the] [hen-house] , [unc] ' [billy] [lost] no [time] in [starting] [for] the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 once 6 ,
1 once 13 in
6 , 8 '
8 ' 11 no
13 in 16 the

but it was slow , hard work . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 slow
4 slow 5 ,
4 slow 7 work
6 hard 7 work
7 work 8 .

you see , the snow was newly fallen and very soft . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
2 see 4 the
4 the 5 snow
5 snow 7 newly
5 snow 12 .
6 was 7 newly
7 newly 8 fallen
7 newly 11 soft
8 fallen 9 and
10 very 11 soft

of course [unc] ['] [billy] [sank] [into] it [almost] [up] [to] his [middle] [at] [every] [step] . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 12 his
2 course 8 it
12 his 17 .

he huffed and he puffed and he grunted and groaned . 
1 he 2 huffed
2 huffed 3 and
2 huffed 4 he
2 huffed 5 puffed
2 huffed 6 and
2 huffed 7 he
2 huffed 8 grunted
2 huffed 9 and
2 huffed 10 groaned
10 groaned 11 .

now [it] [never] [does] [to] let [one] ['s] [wits] go to [sleep] [.] 
1 now 6 let
6 let 10 go
10 go 11 to

some folks call it forgetting , but forgetting is nothing but sleepy wits . 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 call
2 folks 5 forgetting
3 call 4 it
5 forgetting 8 forgetting
6 , 7 but
6 , 8 forgetting
8 forgetting 10 nothing
8 forgetting 12 sleepy
9 is 10 nothing
10 nothing 11 but
12 sleepy 13 wits
12 sleepy 14 .

and sleepy wits get more people into trouble than anything else in the world . 
1 and 2 sleepy
2 sleepy 3 wits
2 sleepy 15 .
3 wits 4 get
4 get 5 more
4 get 7 into
5 more 6 people
7 into 8 trouble
7 into 13 the
8 trouble 9 than
9 than 11 else
10 anything 11 else
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 world

unc ' [billy] [possum] ['s] [wits] [were] [asleep] [when] [he] [left] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

if they hadn't been , he would have remembered this little saying : 
1 if 2 they
1 if 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 been
4 been 12 saying
5 , 12 saying
6 he 7 would
6 he 9 remembered
7 would 8 have
9 remembered 10 this
9 remembered 12 saying
10 this 11 little
12 saying 13 :

[but] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [wits] [certainly] [were] [asleep] [.] 

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [forgot] ! 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 9 !
2 , 6 '
4 , 6 '

what did he forget ? 
1 what 2 did
1 what 5 ?
2 did 3 he
2 did 4 forget

[[] [illustration] [:] [there] [all] [the] [way] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [was] [a] [broad] [trail] [in] [the] [smooth] [white] [snow] [.] []] 

unc ' [billy] [looked] [behind] [him] [,] [and] [he] [turned] [pale] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [turned] [pale] ! 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 11 !
2 , 6 '
4 , 6 '

" oh , dear ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
2 oh 4 dear
4 dear 5 !

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

whatever did [ah] [leave] [the] [hen-house] [for] [?] ["] [wailed] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 whatever 2 did

his wits were all wide awake now . 
1 his 2 wits
2 wits 3 were
2 wits 6 awake
3 were 4 all
5 wide 6 awake
6 awake 7 now
7 now 8 .

it wouldn't do to go back . 
1 it 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 do
2 wouldn't 5 go
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 back
6 back 7 .

farmer [brown] 's [boy] [would] [see] [that] [he] [had] [gone] [back] [,] [and] [then] [he] [would] [hunt] [that] [hen-house] [through] [until] [he] [found] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's

unc ' [billy] [drew] [a] [long] [breath] [and] [began] [to] [wade] [ahead] [toward] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" [if] [ah] [only] [had] [snowshoes] ! " he [panted] . 
1 " 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 11 .

" if [ah] only [had] [snowshoes] [like] [mrs] [grouse] [.] ["] 
1 " 2 if
2 if 4 only

[xxi] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [chops] [down] [a] [tree] 

" there was an old [possum] [lived] [up] [in] [a] tree ; [hi] [,] [ho] [,] [see] [the] [chips] [fly] [!] 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 an
4 an 5 old
5 old 11 tree
11 tree 12 ;

the sliest old thief that [you] [ever] [did] [see] [;] [hi] [,] ho , [see] [the] [chips] [fly] ! 
1 the 2 sliest
2 sliest 3 old
2 sliest 4 thief
4 thief 5 that
4 thief 19 !
13 ho 14 ,
13 ho 19 !

hi , ho , see the chips fly ! " 
1 hi 2 ,
1 hi 3 ho
1 hi 4 ,
1 hi 7 chips
1 hi 9 !
5 see 7 chips
6 the 7 chips
7 chips 8 fly
9 ! 10 "

farmer [brown] 's [boy] [sang] [as] [he] [swung] [his] [keen] [axe] [,] [and] [the] [chips] [did] [fly] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's

they flew out on the white snow in all directions . 
1 they 2 flew
2 flew 3 out
2 flew 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 7 snow
6 white 7 snow
7 snow 10 directions
8 in 10 directions
9 all 10 directions
10 directions 11 .

and the [louder] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [sang] , [the] [faster] [the] [chips] [flew] [.] 
1 and 2 the
2 the 7 boy
7 boy 9 ,

he didn't have the least doubt about it , and that is why [he] [sang] as he [made] [the] [chips] [fly] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
2 didn't 5 least
4 the 5 least
5 least 6 doubt
5 least 22 .
6 doubt 7 about
6 doubt 9 ,
6 doubt 11 that
7 about 8 it
9 , 10 and
11 that 12 is
11 that 17 he
12 is 13 why
16 as 17 he

he [had] [tracked] [that] [possum] [right] up [to] that [tree] , and [there] [were] [no] [tracks] [going] [away] [from] [it] [.] 
1 he 7 up
7 up 12 and
9 that 11 ,
11 , 12 and

right up near the top [he] [could] [see] [a] [hollow] , [just] such a [hollow] as [a] [possum] [likes] [.] 
1 right 2 up
1 right 11 ,
2 up 4 the
3 near 4 the
4 the 5 top
11 , 16 as
13 such 14 a
13 such 16 as

all [he] [had] [to] [do] [was] [to] [cut] [the] [tree] [down] [and] [split] [it] [open] , and [mr] [possum] would [be] [his] [.] 
1 all 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 20 would

of course it was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [whose] [tracks] he had followed [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
2 course 11 he
3 it 4 was
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 followed

he had seen them [outside] [of] [the] [hen-house] , just as [unc] ['] [billy] had been afraid that he would . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 seen
2 had 16 been
3 seen 4 them
4 them 9 ,
9 , 11 as
10 just 11 as
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 afraid
17 afraid 18 that
17 afraid 21 .
18 that 20 would
19 he 20 would

he couldn't very well have helped it , those tracks were so very plain to be seen . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 5 have
3 very 4 well
4 well 5 have
5 have 6 helped
5 have 17 seen
6 helped 7 it
6 helped 10 tracks
7 it 8 ,
9 those 10 tracks
10 tracks 11 were
10 tracks 14 plain
12 so 14 plain
13 very 14 plain
15 to 16 be
16 be 17 seen
17 seen 18 .

that had [been] a long , [hard] , [anxious] [journey] for [unc] ' [billy] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 that 2 had
2 had 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 ,
6 , 13 '
8 , 11 for
8 , 13 '

the snow was so deep that he could hardly wade through it . 
1 the 2 snow
2 snow 10 wade
2 snow 13 .
3 was 4 so
4 so 5 deep
5 deep 10 wade
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 hardly
9 hardly 10 wade
10 wade 11 through
10 wade 12 it

when he reached that hollow tree , he was so tired that it was all he could do to climb it . 
1 when 3 reached
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 5 hollow
4 that 5 hollow
5 hollow 6 tree
6 tree 7 ,
6 tree 20 climb
6 tree 22 .
8 he 9 was
9 was 11 tired
10 so 11 tired
11 tired 20 climb
12 that 14 was
12 that 16 he
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 all
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 do
17 could 20 climb
19 to 20 climb
20 climb 21 it

of course it wasn't his own [hollow] [tree] , [where] [old] [mrs] [possum] and the [eight] little [possums] [lived] [.] 
1 of 2 course
1 of 5 his
2 course 4 wasn't
3 it 4 wasn't
5 his 6 own
6 own 9 ,
9 , 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 17 little

he knew better than [to] [go] [there] [,] [leaving] a [plain] [track] [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [to] [follow] . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 better
3 better 4 than
4 than 10 a
10 a 17 boy
17 boy 20 .

so he had been very thankful to climb up this hollow tree . 
1 so 6 thankful
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 very
5 very 6 thankful
6 thankful 8 climb
7 to 8 climb
8 climb 9 up
8 climb 12 tree
10 this 12 tree
11 hollow 12 tree
12 tree 13 .

and , just as he [had] [feared] , there was [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 and 5 he
2 , 4 as
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 10 was
8 , 9 there
9 there 10 was

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

the snow was covered with chips now . 
1 the 2 snow
2 snow 4 covered
3 was 4 covered
4 covered 5 with
4 covered 6 chips
6 chips 7 now
7 now 8 .

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

the tree began to shiver and then to shake . 
1 the 2 tree
2 tree 3 began
2 tree 10 .
3 began 4 to
3 began 9 shake
5 shiver 9 shake
6 and 7 then
6 and 9 shake
8 to 9 shake

cra-a-ck ! 
1 cra-a-ck 2 !

with a great [crash] [over] [it] [went] [!] 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 great

but he didn't run out . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 run
4 run 5 out
4 run 6 .

farmer [brown] 's [boy] [rapped] [on] [the] [tree] [with] [the] [handle] [of] [his] [axe] [,] [but] [no] [one] [ran] [out] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's

and as he chopped , he began to sing again . 
1 and 4 chopped
2 as 4 chopped
3 he 4 chopped
4 chopped 5 ,
4 chopped 9 sing
6 he 7 began
7 began 8 to
7 began 9 sing
9 sing 10 again
10 again 11 .

pretty soon he had split the tree wide open . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
2 soon 5 split
3 he 4 had
5 split 9 open
6 the 7 tree
7 tree 8 wide
8 wide 9 open
9 open 10 .

in the bottom of the hollow [was] an old [nest] [of] [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] , and that was all . 
1 in 2 the
1 in 8 an
2 the 3 bottom
3 bottom 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 hollow
8 an 9 old
9 old 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 that
18 that 19 was
19 was 20 all
20 all 21 .

farmer [brown] 's [boy] [rubbed] [his] [eyes] [and] [stared] [and] [stared] [and] [stared] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's

there were [unc] ['] [billy] 's [tracks] [leading] [straight] [up] [to] [that] [tree] [and] [none] [leading] [away] . 
1 there 2 were
1 there 6 's
6 's 18 .

did that [possum] [have] [wings] ? 
1 did 6 ?
2 that 6 ?

[xxii] 

[where] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] 

where was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ? 
1 where 2 was
1 where 7 ?

that is what [farmer] [brown] 's boy wanted to know . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 6 's
2 is 3 what
6 's 7 boy
7 boy 11 .
8 wanted 9 to
8 wanted 10 know
10 know 11 .

that is [what] [bowser] [the] [hound] [wanted] to know . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 8 to
8 to 9 know
9 know 10 .

where was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ? 
1 where 2 was
1 where 7 ?

" you certainly did , [unc] ['] [billy] [!] 
1 " 2 you
1 " 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 did
3 certainly 5 ,

how did you do it [?] ["] [asked] [a] [voice] right over [unc] ['] [billy] 's head . 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 18 .
11 right 12 over
12 over 17 head
16 's 17 head
17 head 18 .

unc ' [billy] [looked] [up] [in] [surprise] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

there was [tommy] [tit] the [chickadee] . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 7 .
2 was 5 the

unc ' [billy] [grinned] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" ah [just] [naturally] [expected] [ah] [was] [gwine] [to] [have] [visitors] , and [so] [ah] [prepared] a little [surprise] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 17 a
17 a 18 little
18 little 20 .

yes , [sah] , [ah] [done] [prepare] [a] [little] [surprise] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

yo ' see , mah tracks in the snow was powerful plain . 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 3 see
1 yo 5 mah
3 see 4 ,
5 mah 6 tracks
6 tracks 7 in
6 tracks 12 plain
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 snow
9 snow 10 was
9 snow 11 powerful
11 powerful 12 plain
12 plain 13 .

yes , [sah] , they [sho'ly] [was] [!] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 they

yes , [sah] , [ah] [done] [get] [so] [anxious] [ah] [just] [couldn't] [get] [any] [rest] [in] [mah] [mind] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

sho ' enough , just before sundown , here he comes . 
1 sho 2 '
1 sho 3 enough
3 enough 4 ,
3 enough 7 sundown
5 just 7 sundown
6 before 7 sundown
7 sundown 8 ,
7 sundown 9 here
7 sundown 11 comes
7 sundown 12 .
10 he 11 comes

" so [this] is [whar] [yo] ' [live] [,] is it [,] [mistah] [possum] ? 
1 " 2 so
1 " 4 is
4 is 15 ?
7 ' 10 is
10 is 11 it
11 it 15 ?

ah reckon [bowser] [and] [ah] ['ll] [make] yo ' [a] [call] [to-morrow] [.] ["] 
1 ah 2 reckon
1 ah 8 yo
8 yo 9 '

" [when] [i] [heard] [him] [say] that , [ah] [felt] [right] [bad] [.] 
1 " 7 that
7 that 8 ,

yes , [sah] , [ah] [sho'ly] [did] [feel] [right] [smart] [bad] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

[ah] [studied] [and] [ah] [studied] [how] [ah] [was] [gwine] [to] [fool] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [bowser] [the] [hound] [.] 

ah done [wish] [ah] [had] [wings] [like] yo ' [and] [brer] [buzzard] [.] 
1 ah 2 done
1 ah 8 yo
8 yo 9 '

" so [po] ['] [ol] ['] [unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [studying] [and] [studying] [and] [getting] [mo] ['] [and] [mo] ['] [troubled] [in] [his] [mind] [.] 
1 " 2 so

ah didn't waste no mo ' time studying . 
1 ah 5 mo
2 didn't 3 waste
3 waste 5 mo
4 no 5 mo
5 mo 6 '
5 mo 7 time
5 mo 8 studying
8 studying 9 .

no , [sah] , [ah] [just] [moved] right away , and here [ah] [am] . " 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 16 "
8 right 9 away
9 away 10 ,
10 , 16 "
11 and 12 here
12 here 15 .
15 . 16 "

" and you didn't [leave] [any] [tracks] , and you [didn't] have any [wings] , " said [tommy] [tit] the [chickadee] . 
1 " 3 you
1 " 17 said
2 and 3 you
3 you 4 didn't
8 , 9 and
8 , 10 you
8 , 16 "
10 you 12 have
12 have 13 any
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 20 the
17 said 22 .

" [dee] [,] dee , dee ! " [laughed] [tommy] [tit] [merrily] [.] 
1 " 6 dee
4 dee 5 ,
4 dee 6 dee
6 dee 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" [be] [patient] , [unc] ['] [billy] , and perhaps you [will] . " 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 14 "
8 , 9 and
8 , 10 perhaps
10 perhaps 11 you
11 you 13 .
13 . 14 "

[xxiii] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [makes] [an] [unexpected] [call] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [likes] [the] [snow] [.] 

he always has liked the snow . 
1 he 4 liked
2 always 3 has
2 always 4 liked
4 liked 6 snow
5 the 6 snow
6 snow 7 .

it makes him feel frisky . 
1 it 2 makes
2 makes 5 frisky
3 him 5 frisky
4 feel 5 frisky
5 frisky 6 .

when his feet get cold , all he has to do is to scamper up a tree and warm them in his own fur coat . 
1 when 2 his
1 when 4 get
1 when 7 all
1 when 8 he
2 his 3 feet
4 get 5 cold
5 cold 6 ,
8 he 9 has
8 he 14 scamper
10 to 11 do
10 to 14 scamper
12 is 14 scamper
13 to 14 scamper
14 scamper 15 up
14 scamper 17 tree
14 scamper 19 warm
14 scamper 20 them
14 scamper 21 in
14 scamper 24 fur
16 a 17 tree
17 tree 18 and
22 his 23 own
23 own 24 fur
24 fur 25 coat
24 fur 26 .

[happy] [jack] [didn't] [know] [anything] [about] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [troubles] [.] 

after frisking about he would stop to rest . 
1 after 2 frisking
2 frisking 3 about
2 frisking 5 would
2 frisking 6 stop
4 he 5 would
6 stop 7 to
6 stop 8 rest
8 rest 9 .

his beautiful , great gray tail would be arched up over his back . 
1 his 13 back
2 beautiful 9 arched
3 , 9 arched
4 great 9 arched
5 gray 9 arched
6 tail 9 arched
7 would 8 be
8 be 9 arched
9 arched 10 up
9 arched 11 over
9 arched 13 back
11 over 12 his
13 back 14 .

farmer [brown] ['s] [boy] [called] [it] [barking] [,] [but] [it] [was] [happy] [jack] ['s] way of shouting . 
1 farmer 17 shouting
15 way 16 of
15 way 17 shouting
17 shouting 18 .

" [i] [love] [to] [romp] ! 
1 " 6 !

i love to play ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 3 to
3 to 4 play
4 play 5 !

i 'm happy , happy , all the day ! 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 happy
2 'm 5 happy
3 happy 4 ,
5 happy 6 ,
5 happy 9 day
5 happy 10 !
7 all 9 day
8 the 9 day

i love the snow , so soft and white ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 4 snow
3 the 4 snow
4 snow 5 ,
4 snow 7 soft
4 snow 9 white
4 snow 10 !
6 so 7 soft
7 soft 8 and

i love the sun that shines so bright ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 6 shines
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 6 shines
5 that 6 shines
6 shines 7 so
6 shines 8 bright
6 shines 9 !

i love the whole world , for , you see , [the] world is very good to me ! " 
1 i 2 love
2 love 14 is
3 the 5 world
3 the 13 world
4 whole 5 world
5 world 6 ,
6 , 7 for
7 for 9 you
8 , 9 you
9 you 10 see
10 see 11 ,
13 world 14 is
14 is 15 very
15 very 16 good
16 good 17 to
17 to 18 me
18 me 19 !
19 ! 20 "

" hello ! " exclaimed [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 5 exclaimed
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 8 .

" that 's [one] [of] [the] [old] [storehouses] [of] [my] cousin , [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [!] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 11 cousin
11 cousin 12 ,

i 've got an old storehouse near here , and [i] [guess] [i] 'll see if [i] have [left] any nuts [in] [it] . " 
1 i 2 've
1 i 14 'll
2 've 3 got
3 got 7 near
4 an 5 old
4 an 6 storehouse
6 storehouse 7 near
7 near 8 here
8 here 9 ,
9 , 10 and
14 'll 15 see
14 'll 18 have
15 see 16 if
18 have 20 any
20 any 21 nuts
21 nuts 24 .
24 . 25 "

he scampered over to another hollow tree standing near . 
1 he 2 scampered
2 scampered 3 over
2 scampered 4 to
2 scampered 5 another
2 scampered 6 hollow
2 scampered 8 standing
6 hollow 7 tree
8 standing 9 near
9 near 10 .

he scampered up the tree [as] [only] [happy] [jack] [can] and [whisked] [in] [at] [the] [open] doorway of the hollow [.] 
1 he 2 scampered
2 scampered 3 up
2 scampered 4 the
4 the 5 tree
4 the 17 doorway
5 tree 11 and
17 doorway 18 of
17 doorway 20 hollow
19 the 20 hollow

[happy] [jack] [was] [so] [surprised] [that] [he] [didn't] [know] [what] [to] [do] [for] [a] [second] [.] 

happy [jack] [was] [so] [frightened] [that] [he] [scrambled] [out] as [fast] [as] he could . 
1 happy 10 as
10 as 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 .

he could hear a very angry voice inside , and [in] [a] [minute] [who] [should] [appear] [at] the [doorway] [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 hear
3 hear 18 the
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 angry
6 angry 7 voice
6 angry 9 ,
7 voice 8 inside
9 , 10 and
10 and 18 the

unc ' [billy] [had] [been] [waked] [out] [of] [a] [sound] [sleep] [,] [and] [that] [was] [enough] [to] [make] [any] [one] [cross] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

besides , [he] [had] [been] [badly] [frightened] , and that made him [crosser] [still] . 
1 besides 2 ,
1 besides 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 made
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 him
12 him 15 .

" what do you mean by [stealing] [into] [other] [folk] ['s] [houses] ? " demanded [happy] [jack] [,] [just] [as] angrily . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 15 demanded
2 what 3 do
3 do 5 mean
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 6 by
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 15 demanded
15 demanded 21 angrily
21 angrily 22 .

[xxiv] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [helps] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

it is enough to make any one lose his temper . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 make
4 to 8 lose
5 make 6 any
6 any 7 one
8 lose 10 temper
9 his 10 temper
10 temper 11 .

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [lost] [his] [.] 

it is enough to make any one lose his temper . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 make
4 to 8 lose
5 make 6 any
6 any 7 one
8 lose 10 temper
9 his 10 temper
10 temper 11 .

unc ' [billy] [possum] [lost] [his] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

and [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sat] [in] the [doorway] of the hollow tree and [showed] [his] [teeth] [to] [happy] [jack] [and] [said] [unpleasant] [things] [.] 
1 and 8 the
8 the 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 hollow
12 hollow 13 tree
13 tree 14 and

it really was very dreadful the way those two did talk . 
1 it 2 really
1 it 12 .
2 really 5 dreadful
2 really 9 two
2 really 10 did
3 was 4 very
4 very 5 dreadful
6 the 7 way
6 the 9 two
8 those 9 two
10 did 11 talk

pretty soon he was laughing just as hard as [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 laughing
4 was 6 just
6 just 7 as
6 just 9 as
8 hard 9 as

" [ho] [,] ho , ho ! 
1 " 4 ho
4 ho 5 ,
4 ho 6 ho
6 ho 7 !

ha , ha , ha ! " they laughed together . 
1 ha 2 ,
1 ha 3 ha
3 ha 4 ,
3 ha 5 ha
5 ha 6 !
5 ha 9 laughed
6 ! 7 "
8 they 9 laughed
9 laughed 10 together
10 together 11 .

finally they had to stop for breath . 
1 finally 2 they
2 they 3 had
3 had 5 stop
4 to 5 stop
5 stop 7 breath
6 for 7 breath
7 breath 8 .

" what are you doing in my storehouse , [unc] ['] [billy] ? " asked [happy] [jack] [,] [when] he could stop laughing . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 20 he
2 what 3 are
2 what 13 ?
3 are 5 doing
4 you 5 doing
5 doing 8 storehouse
6 in 8 storehouse
7 my 8 storehouse
9 , 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 asked
20 he 21 could
21 could 22 stop
22 stop 23 laughing
23 laughing 24 .

happy [jack] [put] [his] [head] [on] [one] [side] [and] thought very hard . 
1 happy 10 thought
10 thought 12 hard
11 very 12 hard
12 hard 13 .

" why don't you stay right here until the [snow] [goes] , [unc] ' [billy] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 don't
2 why 12 ,
3 don't 4 you
4 you 5 stay
5 stay 6 right
5 stay 7 here
5 stay 8 until
8 until 9 the
12 , 14 '
14 ' 19 asked
16 ? 17 "
16 ? 19 asked
18 he 19 asked
19 asked 20 .

there was a twinkle in [unc] ['] [billy] 's eyes . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 twinkle
4 twinkle 5 in
4 twinkle 10 eyes
9 's 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 .

[happy] [jack] [laughed] [.] 

" you 're welcome to stay as long as you like , [unc] ' [billy] , " he said . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 19 said
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 welcome
4 welcome 6 stay
5 to 6 stay
6 stay 8 long
7 as 8 long
8 long 9 as
9 as 10 you
10 you 11 like
12 , 14 '
12 , 17 "
16 , 17 "
17 " 19 said
18 he 19 said
19 said 20 .

" you better stay right where you are , and [i] 'll [go] tell [old] [mrs] [possum] [where] you [are] . " 
1 " 2 you
1 " 7 you
2 you 4 stay
3 better 4 stay
4 stay 5 right
4 stay 6 where
7 you 8 are
8 are 19 you
9 , 10 and
10 and 14 tell
12 'll 14 tell
14 tell 19 you
19 you 21 .
21 . 22 "

" thank yo ' ! 
1 " 2 thank
2 thank 3 yo
2 thank 5 !
3 yo 4 '

thank yo ' ! 
1 thank 2 yo
1 thank 4 !
2 yo 3 '

that is very kind of [yo] ['] [,] [brer] [squirrel] [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 kind
4 kind 5 of

that will be a great help , [fo] ['] it will [lift] [a] [great] [load] [off] [mah] [mind] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 that 2 will
2 will 3 be
3 be 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 help
6 help 7 ,
7 , 21 said
10 it 11 will
10 it 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 said
21 said 25 .

" [to] [get] [yourself] [in] [trouble] is a [very] [easy] thing . 
1 " 7 is
7 is 8 a
8 a 11 thing
11 thing 12 .

i notice that to others it will always worries bring . 
1 i 2 notice
1 i 10 bring
2 notice 3 that
4 to 10 bring
5 others 7 will
6 it 7 will
7 will 10 bring
8 always 9 worries
9 worries 10 bring
10 bring 11 .

but getting out of [trouble] ['s] [always] [quite] the other way [the] [more] [you] [try] to [wriggle] [out] [,] the [longer] you [must] [stay] . " 
1 but 20 the
1 but 22 you
2 getting 3 out
3 out 4 of
4 of 9 the
9 the 10 other
10 other 11 way
11 way 16 to
16 to 20 the
22 you 25 .
25 . 26 "

[xxv] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel's] [bright] [idea] 

he found [old] [mrs] [possum] [very] [much] [worried] [and] [very] [much] out of [sorts] [.] 
1 he 2 found
2 found 12 out
12 out 13 of

you see [unc] ['] [billy] had been gone a long time for him [,] and she didn't know what had become of him . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 18 know
2 see 13 him
6 had 7 been
6 had 8 gone
8 gone 10 long
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 time
11 time 12 for
12 for 13 him
15 and 16 she
16 she 17 didn't
17 didn't 18 know
18 know 19 what
19 what 21 become
20 had 21 become
21 become 22 of
21 become 23 him
23 him 24 .

but just as soon as she knew that he was safe , she forgot all about how worried she had been . 
1 but 6 she
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 soon
4 soon 5 as
5 as 6 she
6 she 7 knew
6 she 20 had
7 knew 8 that
9 he 10 was
9 he 14 forgot
9 he 20 had
10 was 11 safe
11 safe 12 ,
13 she 14 forgot
14 forgot 15 all
14 forgot 16 about
14 forgot 17 how
17 how 18 worried
19 she 20 had
20 had 21 been
21 been 22 .

" yo ' tell [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ['] care if he never comes back . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 15 he
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 tell
2 yo 6 '
13 care 14 if
14 if 15 he
15 he 17 comes
16 never 17 comes
17 comes 18 back
18 back 19 .

happy [jack] [chuckled] as he started [back] to [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 happy 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 started
6 started 8 to

he knew perfectly well that [old] [mrs] [possum] didn't mean what she said . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 9 didn't
1 he 13 said
2 knew 3 perfectly
2 knew 5 that
3 perfectly 4 well
9 didn't 10 mean
11 what 12 she
12 she 13 said
13 said 14 .

he knew that [unc] ['] [billy] would know that she didn't mean it . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 7 would
2 knew 3 that
7 would 8 know
8 know 9 that
9 that 10 she
10 she 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 mean
12 mean 13 it
13 it 14 .

then all [of] [a] [sudden] [happy] [jack] thought of a way [for] [unc] ['] [billy] to get home without waiting [until] the [snow] [melted] [away] [.] 
1 then 2 all
2 all 22 the
8 thought 9 of
9 of 10 a
9 of 22 the
10 a 11 way
11 way 16 to
16 to 17 get
17 get 18 home
17 get 19 without
19 without 20 waiting

that might be a very long time , for there was a great deal of snow on the ground . 
1 that 2 might
2 might 3 be
3 be 4 a
4 a 6 long
4 a 14 deal
5 very 6 long
6 long 7 time
8 , 9 for
8 , 10 there
10 there 11 was
11 was 12 a
12 a 14 deal
13 great 14 deal
14 deal 15 of
14 deal 16 snow
16 snow 19 ground
17 on 19 ground
18 the 19 ground
19 ground 20 .

what do you suppose [gave] [happy] [jack] [his] [idea] ? 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 suppose
2 do 10 ?

why , [a] [tiny] little [snowflake] [that] [hit] [happy] [jack] [right] [on] [the] [end] [of] [his] [nose] [!] 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 5 little

yes , [sir] [,] it was that [tiny] [little] [snowflake] [that] [gave] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [his] [bright] [idea] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 that

he hurried back to the hollow tree where [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [hiding] [and] [scrambled] [up] [to] [the] [doorway] [.] 
1 he 2 hurried
2 hurried 3 back
2 hurried 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 hollow
6 hollow 7 tree
7 tree 8 where

" hello , [unc] ['] [billy] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
2 hello 7 !

you can go home to-night ! " he shouted . 
1 you 2 can
2 can 3 go
3 go 4 home
4 home 5 to-night
5 to-night 9 shouted
5 to-night 10 .
6 ! 7 "
6 ! 9 shouted
8 he 9 shouted

unc ' [billy] [possum] [stuck] [his] [head] [out] [of] [the] [doorway] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" what 's [that] yo ' say , [brer] [squirrel] ? " he said . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 14 said
2 what 3 's
5 yo 6 '
6 ' 14 said
7 say 8 ,
8 , 12 "
11 ? 12 "
12 " 14 said
13 he 14 said
14 said 15 .

" just look up in the sky [,] [unc] ['] [billy] ! " said [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 2 just
1 " 14 said
3 look 4 up
3 look 12 !
4 up 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 sky
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 17 .

unc ' [billy] [looked] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

the sky was full of dancing snowflakes . 
1 the 2 sky
2 sky 3 was
2 sky 7 snowflakes
2 sky 8 .
4 full 5 of
4 full 7 snowflakes
6 dancing 7 snowflakes

they got in his eyes and clung to his whiskers . 
1 they 2 got
2 got 10 whiskers
3 in 4 his
4 his 5 eyes
4 his 10 whiskers
6 and 7 clung
7 clung 8 to
7 clung 10 whiskers
9 his 10 whiskers
10 whiskers 11 .

unc ' [billy] [shook] [his] [head] [in] [disgust] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" ah don ' see anything but mo ' snow , and yo ' [know] [ah] [don] ' like snow ! " he said . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 don
2 ah 8 mo
3 don 4 '
5 see 6 anything
6 anything 8 mo
7 but 8 mo
8 mo 9 '
8 mo 10 snow
8 mo 18 '
8 mo 20 snow
8 mo 21 !
10 snow 12 and
11 , 12 and
13 yo 14 '
13 yo 18 '
19 like 20 snow
21 ! 22 "
22 " 24 said
23 he 24 said
24 said 25 .

" what [yo] ['] [driving] [at] , [brer] [squirrel] ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 10 ?
7 , 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

[happy] [jack] [laughed] [.] 

" why , it 's just as [simple] as [can] be , [unc] ' [billy] ! " he cried . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 19 cried
2 why 3 ,
3 , 9 as
4 it 5 's
5 's 6 just
6 just 7 as
6 just 9 as
11 be 12 ,
12 , 14 '
14 ' 19 cried
16 ! 17 "
16 ! 19 cried
18 he 19 cried
19 cried 20 .

" just as soon as it 's dark , you start for home . 
1 " 10 you
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 soon
3 as 8 dark
3 as 10 you
4 soon 5 as
6 it 7 's
6 it 8 dark
8 dark 9 ,
10 you 11 start
11 start 12 for
11 start 13 home
11 start 14 .

it 's going to snow all night , and in the morning there won't be any tracks . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
2 's 17 tracks
3 going 4 to
3 going 5 snow
6 all 7 night
6 all 11 the
7 night 9 and
8 , 9 and
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 morning
11 the 17 tracks
13 there 16 any
14 won't 15 be
14 won't 16 any
16 any 17 tracks
17 tracks 18 .

the snowflakes will have covered them all up [.] ["] 
1 the 2 snowflakes
2 snowflakes 3 will
2 snowflakes 4 have
2 snowflakes 5 covered
5 covered 6 them
5 covered 8 up
6 them 7 all

unc ' [billy] [grinned] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" ah [believe] [yo] ' are right , [brer] [squirrel] , [ah] [believe] [yo] ' are right ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 20 said
5 ' 6 are
5 ' 20 said
6 are 7 right
7 right 8 ,
7 right 11 ,
11 , 15 '
15 ' 16 are
16 are 17 right
18 ! 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 24 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [learned] [how] [easy] it is to get [into] [trouble] [and] how hard to get out of it . 
1 so 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 to
11 to 12 get
12 get 22 it
16 how 17 hard
17 hard 18 to
18 to 19 get
19 get 20 out
20 out 21 of
21 of 22 it
22 it 23 .

but he isn't the only one who has found this out . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 isn't
2 he 8 has
2 he 9 found
4 the 5 only
5 only 6 one
6 one 7 who
7 who 8 has
9 found 10 this
9 found 11 out
11 out 12 .

just [ask] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [particular] [friend] [,] [mistah] [mocker] the [mocking] [bird] [.] 
1 just 12 the

he will tell you the very same thing . 
1 he 2 will
2 will 3 tell
3 tell 4 you
3 tell 5 the
5 the 7 same
6 very 7 same
7 same 8 thing
7 same 9 .