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somewhere not very far ahead of him was a house @number@ 
1 somewhere 2 not
2 not 3 very
3 very 4 far
4 far 5 ahead
5 ahead 6 of
6 of 7 him
7 him 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 house
10 house 11 @number@

on broad wings it sailed over to that hollow stump @number@ 
1 on 2 broad
2 broad 3 wings
3 wings 4 it
4 it 5 sailed
5 sailed 6 over
6 over 7 to
7 to 8 that
8 that 9 hollow
9 hollow 10 stump
10 stump 11 @number@

people with such clever wits as his usually are full of tricks . 
1 people 2 with
2 with 3 such
3 such 4 clever
4 clever 5 wits
5 wits 6 as
6 as 7 his
7 his 8 usually
8 usually 9 are
9 are 10 full
10 full 11 of
11 of 12 tricks
12 tricks 13 .

he just goes straight ahead with the thing he has to do and does it in the most earnest way . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 goes
3 goes 4 straight
4 straight 5 ahead
5 ahead 6 with
6 with 7 the
7 the 8 thing
8 thing 9 he
9 he 10 has
10 has 11 to
11 to 12 do
12 do 13 and
13 and 14 does
14 does 15 it
15 it 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 most
18 most 19 earnest
19 earnest 20 way
20 way 21 .

not being tricky himself , he sometimes forgets to watch out for tricks in others . 
1 not 2 being
2 being 3 tricky
3 tricky 4 himself
4 himself 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 sometimes
7 sometimes 8 forgets
8 forgets 9 to
9 to 10 watch
10 watch 11 out
11 out 12 for
12 for 13 tricks
13 tricks 14 in
14 in 15 others
15 others 16 .

he always makes up his mind like that whenever he starts out to hunt . 
1 he 2 always
2 always 3 makes
3 makes 4 up
4 up 5 his
5 his 6 mind
6 mind 7 like
7 like 8 that
8 that 9 whenever
9 whenever 10 he
10 he 11 starts
11 starts 12 out
12 out 13 to
13 to 14 hunt
14 hunt 15 .

you see he had just started out to get his dinner . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 just
5 just 6 started
6 started 7 out
7 out 8 to
8 to 9 get
9 get 10 his
10 his 11 dinner
11 dinner 12 .

" what right has he to meddle in other folks ' business ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 right
3 right 4 has
4 has 5 he
5 he 6 to
6 to 7 meddle
7 meddle 8 in
8 in 9 other
9 other 10 folks
10 folks 11 '
11 ' 12 business
12 business 13 ?

i 'll teach him that he can't interfere with me not be sorry for it . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 teach
3 teach 4 him
4 him 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 can't
7 can't 8 interfere
8 interfere 9 with
9 with 10 me
10 me 11 not
11 not 12 be
12 be 13 sorry
13 sorry 14 for
14 for 15 it
15 it 16 .
16 . 17 "

this was the kind of a hunt he loved . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 kind
4 kind 5 of
5 of 6 a
6 a 7 hunt
7 hunt 8 he
8 he 9 loved
9 loved 10 .

by and by he was in strange country , country he had never visited before . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 in
6 in 7 strange
7 strange 8 country
8 country 9 ,
9 , 10 country
10 country 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 never
13 never 14 visited
14 visited 15 before
15 before 16 .

he didn't notice this . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 notice
3 notice 4 this
4 this 5 .

he didn't even realize that he was getting tired . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 even
3 even 4 realize
4 realize 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 getting
8 getting 9 tired
9 tired 10 .

there is such a thing as being too much interested in the thing you are doing . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 such
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 thing
5 thing 6 as
6 as 7 being
7 being 8 too
8 too 9 much
9 much 10 interested
10 interested 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 thing
13 thing 14 you
14 you 15 are
15 are 16 doing
16 doing 17 .

that is the way accidents very often happen . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 way
4 way 5 accidents
5 accidents 6 very
6 very 7 often
7 often 8 happen
8 happen 9 .

then down would go his nose again to follow that scent . 
1 then 2 down
2 down 3 would
3 would 4 go
4 go 5 his
5 his 6 nose
6 nose 7 again
7 again 8 to
8 to 9 follow
9 follow 10 that
10 that 11 scent
11 scent 12 .

it can be heard a very long distance indeed . 
1 it 2 can
2 can 3 be
3 be 4 heard
4 heard 5 a
5 a 6 very
6 very 7 long
7 long 8 distance
8 distance 9 indeed
9 indeed 10 .

by and by he came to a river . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 he
4 he 5 came
5 came 6 to
6 to 7 a
7 a 8 river
8 river 9 .

then he made another long leap to the big trunk of a fallen tree . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 made
3 made 4 another
4 another 5 long
5 long 6 leap
6 leap 7 to
7 to 8 the
8 the 9 big
9 big 10 trunk
10 trunk 11 of
11 of 12 a
12 a 13 fallen
13 fallen 14 tree
14 tree 15 .

he ran along this and from the end of it made still another long leap , as long a leap as he could . 
1 he 2 ran
2 ran 3 along
3 along 4 this
4 this 5 and
5 and 6 from
6 from 7 the
7 the 8 end
8 end 9 of
9 of 10 it
10 it 11 made
11 made 12 still
12 still 13 another
13 another 14 long
14 long 15 leap
15 leap 16 ,
16 , 17 as
17 as 18 long
18 long 19 a
19 a 20 leap
20 leap 21 as
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 could
23 could 24 .

then he hid in a little thicket to see what would happen . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 hid
3 hid 4 in
4 in 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 thicket
7 thicket 8 to
8 to 9 see
9 see 10 what
10 what 11 would
11 would 12 happen
12 happen 13 .

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

straight on he raced and it seemed as if he had gained new strength . 
1 straight 2 on
2 on 3 he
3 he 4 raced
4 raced 5 and
5 and 6 it
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 as
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 gained
12 gained 13 new
13 new 14 strength
14 strength 15 .

he didn't see it at all until he reached the edge of it , and then he was going so fast that he couldn't stop . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
3 see 4 it
4 it 5 at
5 at 6 all
6 all 7 until
7 until 8 he
8 he 9 reached
9 reached 10 the
10 the 11 edge
11 edge 12 of
12 of 13 it
13 it 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 then
16 then 17 he
17 he 18 was
18 was 19 going
19 going 20 so
20 so 21 fast
21 fast 22 that
22 that 23 he
23 he 24 couldn't
24 couldn't 25 stop
25 stop 26 .

over he went with a frightened yelp ! 
1 over 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 with
4 with 5 a
5 a 6 frightened
6 frightened 7 yelp
7 yelp 8 !

down , down he fell , and landed with a thump on the ice below . 
1 down 2 ,
2 , 3 down
3 down 4 he
4 he 5 fell
5 fell 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 landed
8 landed 9 with
9 with 10 a
10 a 11 thump
11 thump 12 on
12 on 13 the
13 the 14 ice
14 ice 15 below
15 below 16 .

he landed so hard that he broke the ice , and went through into the cold , black water . 
1 he 2 landed
2 landed 3 so
3 so 4 hard
4 hard 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 broke
7 broke 8 the
8 the 9 ice
9 ice 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 went
12 went 13 through
13 through 14 into
14 into 15 the
15 the 16 cold
16 cold 17 ,
17 , 18 black
18 black 19 water
19 water 20 .

you see , the cold water had taken what little breath his fall had not knocked out of him . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 the
4 the 5 cold
5 cold 6 water
6 water 7 had
7 had 8 taken
8 taken 9 what
9 what 10 little
10 little 11 breath
11 breath 12 his
12 his 13 fall
13 fall 14 had
14 had 15 not
15 not 16 knocked
16 knocked 17 out
17 out 18 of
18 of 19 him
19 him 20 .

he doesn't like to go in water anyway . 
1 he 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 like
3 like 4 to
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 in
6 in 7 water
7 water 8 anyway
8 anyway 9 .

you know the hair of his coat is short and doesn't protect him as it would if it were long . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 the
3 the 4 hair
4 hair 5 of
5 of 6 his
6 his 7 coat
7 coat 8 is
8 is 9 short
9 short 10 and
10 and 11 doesn't
11 doesn't 12 protect
12 protect 13 him
13 him 14 as
14 as 15 it
15 it 16 would
16 would 17 if
17 if 18 it
18 it 19 were
19 were 20 long
20 long 21 .

follow a crooked trail and you will find a scamp at the end . 
1 follow 2 a
2 a 3 crooked
3 crooked 4 trail
4 trail 5 and
5 and 6 you
6 you 7 will
7 will 8 find
8 find 9 a
9 a 10 scamp
10 scamp 11 at
11 at 12 the
12 the 13 end
13 end 14 .

he would take his time about getting there , for it really made no particular difference to him when he reached home . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 take
3 take 4 his
4 his 5 time
5 time 6 about
6 about 7 getting
7 getting 8 there
8 there 9 ,
9 , 10 for
10 for 11 it
11 it 12 really
12 really 13 made
13 made 14 no
14 no 15 particular
15 particular 16 difference
16 difference 17 to
17 to 18 him
18 him 19 when
19 when 20 he
20 he 21 reached
21 reached 22 home
22 home 23 .

he felt sure he would be able to find something to eat on the way . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 sure
3 sure 4 he
4 he 5 would
5 would 6 be
6 be 7 able
7 able 8 to
8 to 9 find
9 find 10 something
10 something 11 to
11 to 12 eat
12 eat 13 on
13 on 14 the
14 the 15 way
15 way 16 .

he hadn't the least idea which way to turn . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 the
3 the 4 least
4 least 5 idea
5 idea 6 which
6 which 7 way
7 way 8 to
8 to 9 turn
9 turn 10 .

he couldn't climb up the bank to find his own trail and follow it back home if he wanted to . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 climb
3 climb 4 up
4 up 5 the
5 the 6 bank
6 bank 7 to
7 to 8 find
8 find 9 his
9 his 10 own
10 own 11 trail
11 trail 12 and
12 and 13 follow
13 follow 14 it
14 it 15 back
15 back 16 home
16 home 17 if
17 if 18 he
18 he 19 wanted
19 wanted 20 to
20 to 21 .

then he started down the river on the ice , for he knew he would freeze if he continued to stand still . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 down
4 down 5 the
5 the 6 river
6 river 7 on
7 on 8 the
8 the 9 ice
9 ice 10 ,
10 , 11 for
11 for 12 he
12 he 13 knew
13 knew 14 he
14 he 15 would
15 would 16 freeze
16 freeze 17 if
17 if 18 he
18 he 19 continued
19 continued 20 to
20 to 21 stand
21 stand 22 still
22 still 23 .

he limped badly because one leg had been hurt in his fall . 
1 he 2 limped
2 limped 3 badly
3 badly 4 because
4 because 5 one
5 one 6 leg
6 leg 7 had
7 had 8 been
8 been 9 hurt
9 hurt 10 in
10 in 11 his
11 his 12 fall
12 fall 13 .

after a while he came to a place where he could get up on the bank . 
1 after 2 a
2 a 3 while
3 while 4 he
4 he 5 came
5 came 6 to
6 to 7 a
7 a 8 place
8 place 9 where
9 where 10 he
10 he 11 could
11 could 12 get
12 get 13 up
13 up 14 on
14 on 15 the
15 the 16 bank
16 bank 17 .

it was in the midst of deep woods and a very , very lonely place . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 midst
5 midst 6 of
6 of 7 deep
7 deep 8 woods
8 woods 9 and
9 and 10 a
10 a 11 very
11 very 12 ,
12 , 13 very
13 very 14 lonely
14 lonely 15 place
15 place 16 .

which way should he turn ? 
1 which 2 way
2 way 3 should
3 should 4 he
4 he 5 turn
5 turn 6 ?

where should he go ? 
1 where 2 should
2 should 3 he
3 he 4 go
4 go 5 ?

night was coming on ; he was wet , cold and hungry , and as utterly lost as ever a dog was . 
1 night 2 was
2 was 3 coming
3 coming 4 on
4 on 5 ;
5 ; 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 wet
8 wet 9 ,
9 , 10 cold
10 cold 11 and
11 and 12 hungry
12 hungry 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 as
15 as 16 utterly
16 utterly 17 lost
17 lost 18 as
18 as 19 ever
19 ever 20 a
20 a 21 dog
21 dog 22 was
22 was 23 .

for a minute or two he sat down and howled from sheer lonesomeness and discouragement . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 4 or
4 or 5 two
5 two 6 he
6 he 7 sat
7 sat 8 down
8 down 9 and
9 and 10 howled
10 howled 11 from
11 from 12 sheer
12 sheer 13 lonesomeness
13 lonesomeness 14 and
14 and 15 discouragement
15 discouragement 16 .

do you wonder that he howled ? 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 howled
6 howled 7 ?

again he grinned that wicked grin of his , and stopped to listen . 
1 again 2 he
2 he 3 grinned
3 grinned 4 that
4 that 5 wicked
5 wicked 6 grin
6 grin 7 of
7 of 8 his
8 his 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 stopped
11 stopped 12 to
12 to 13 listen
13 listen 14 .

hunting for anything but his home was farthest from his thoughts . 
1 hunting 2 for
2 for 3 anything
3 anything 4 but
4 but 5 his
5 his 6 home
6 home 7 was
7 was 8 farthest
8 farthest 9 from
9 from 10 his
10 his 11 thoughts
11 thoughts 12 .

in fact he hadn't the least idea which way to turn to find any house . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 he
3 he 4 hadn't
4 hadn't 5 the
5 the 6 least
6 least 7 idea
7 idea 8 which
8 which 9 way
9 way 10 to
10 to 11 turn
11 turn 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 any
14 any 15 house
15 house 16 .

he must keep moving until he found a shelter . 
1 he 2 must
2 must 3 keep
3 keep 4 moving
4 moving 5 until
5 until 6 he
6 he 7 found
7 found 8 a
8 a 9 shelter
9 shelter 10 .

if he didn't he would freeze . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 he
4 he 5 would
5 would 6 freeze
6 freeze 7 .

goodness , no ! 
1 goodness 2 ,
2 , 3 no
3 no 4 !

never once had he felt lonesome then . 
1 never 2 once
2 once 3 had
3 had 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 6 lonesome
6 lonesome 7 then
7 then 8 .

but now it was very , very different . 
1 but 2 now
2 now 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 very
5 very 6 ,
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 different
8 different 9 .

you see , on those nights when he had hunted he always had known where he was . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 on
4 on 5 those
5 those 6 nights
6 nights 7 when
7 when 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 hunted
10 hunted 11 he
11 he 12 always
12 always 13 had
13 had 14 known
14 known 15 where
15 where 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 .

he had known that at any time he could go straight home if he wanted to . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 known
3 known 4 that
4 that 5 at
5 at 6 any
6 any 7 time
7 time 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 go
10 go 11 straight
11 straight 12 home
12 home 13 if
13 if 14 he
14 he 15 wanted
15 wanted 16 to
16 to 17 .

that made all the difference in the world . 
1 that 2 made
2 made 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 difference
5 difference 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 world
8 world 9 .

it would have been bad enough , being lost this way , had he been feeling at his best . 
1 it 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 been
4 been 5 bad
5 bad 6 enough
6 enough 7 ,
7 , 8 being
8 being 9 lost
9 lost 10 this
10 this 11 way
11 way 12 ,
12 , 13 had
13 had 14 he
14 he 15 been
15 been 16 feeling
16 feeling 17 at
17 at 18 his
18 his 19 best
19 best 20 .

being lost always makes one feel terribly lonesome . 
1 being 2 lost
2 lost 3 always
3 always 4 makes
4 makes 5 one
5 one 6 feel
6 feel 7 terribly
7 terribly 8 lonesome
8 lonesome 9 .

lonesomeness is one of the worst parts of the feeling of being lost . 
1 lonesomeness 2 is
2 is 3 one
3 one 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 worst
6 worst 7 parts
7 parts 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 feeling
10 feeling 11 of
11 of 12 being
12 being 13 lost
13 lost 14 .

he was wet , tired , lame and hungry . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 wet
3 wet 4 ,
4 , 5 tired
5 tired 6 ,
6 , 7 lame
7 lame 8 and
8 and 9 hungry
9 hungry 10 .

for a long time he kept on until it seemed to him he couldn't drag one foot after another . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 long
3 long 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 kept
6 kept 7 on
7 on 8 until
8 until 9 it
9 it 10 seemed
10 seemed 11 to
11 to 12 him
12 him 13 he
13 he 14 couldn't
14 couldn't 15 drag
15 drag 16 one
16 one 17 foot
17 foot 18 after
18 after 19 another
19 another 20 .

it really wasn't as big as it seemed . 
1 it 2 really
2 really 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 as
4 as 5 big
5 big 6 as
6 as 7 it
7 it 8 seemed
8 seemed 9 .

it was closed . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 closed
3 closed 4 .

then he knew that that little house was deserted and empty . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 knew
3 knew 4 that
4 that 5 that
5 that 6 little
6 little 7 house
7 house 8 was
8 was 9 deserted
9 deserted 10 and
10 and 11 empty
11 empty 12 .

still he whined and scratched at the door . 
1 still 2 he
2 he 3 whined
3 whined 4 and
4 and 5 scratched
5 scratched 6 at
6 at 7 the
7 the 8 door
8 door 9 .

by and by the door opened ever so little , for it had not been locked . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 the
4 the 5 door
5 door 6 opened
6 opened 7 ever
7 ever 8 so
8 so 9 little
9 little 10 ,
10 , 11 for
11 for 12 it
12 it 13 had
13 had 14 not
14 not 15 been
15 been 16 locked
16 locked 17 .

in one corner he found some hay , and in this he curled up . 
1 in 2 one
2 one 3 corner
3 corner 4 he
4 he 5 found
5 found 6 some
6 some 7 hay
7 hay 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 in
10 in 11 this
11 this 12 he
12 he 13 curled
13 curled 14 up
14 up 15 .

it was cold , very cold , but not nearly as cold as outside that little house . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 cold
3 cold 4 ,
4 , 5 very
5 very 6 cold
6 cold 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 not
9 not 10 nearly
10 nearly 11 as
11 as 12 cold
12 cold 13 as
13 as 14 outside
14 outside 15 that
15 that 16 little
16 little 17 house
17 house 18 .

but in winter he is much more of a traveler than in summer . 
1 but 2 in
2 in 3 winter
3 winter 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 much
6 much 7 more
7 more 8 of
8 of 9 a
9 a 10 traveler
10 traveler 11 than
11 than 12 in
12 in 13 summer
13 summer 14 .

you see , in winter it is not nearly so easy to pick up a living . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 in
4 in 5 winter
5 winter 6 it
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 not
8 not 9 nearly
9 nearly 10 so
10 so 11 easy
11 easy 12 to
12 to 13 pick
13 pick 14 up
14 up 15 a
15 a 16 living
16 living 17 .

all of the feathered folks have to work and work hard to find food enough to keep them warm . 
1 all 2 of
2 of 3 the
3 the 4 feathered
4 feathered 5 folks
5 folks 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 work
8 work 9 and
9 and 10 work
10 work 11 hard
11 hard 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 food
14 food 15 enough
15 enough 16 to
16 to 17 keep
17 keep 18 them
18 them 19 warm
19 warm 20 .

you know it is food that makes heat in the body . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 food
5 food 6 that
6 that 7 makes
7 makes 8 heat
8 heat 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 body
11 body 12 .

you may see him starting out early in the morning and returning late in the afternoon . 
1 you 2 may
2 may 3 see
3 see 4 him
4 him 5 starting
5 starting 6 out
6 out 7 early
7 early 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 morning
10 morning 11 and
11 and 12 returning
12 returning 13 late
13 late 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 afternoon
16 afternoon 17 .

sometimes things good to eat would be washed up along the edge of this open place . 
1 sometimes 2 things
2 things 3 good
3 good 4 to
4 to 5 eat
5 eat 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 washed
8 washed 9 up
9 up 10 along
10 along 11 the
11 the 12 edge
12 edge 13 of
13 of 14 this
14 this 15 open
15 open 16 place
16 place 17 .

he was on the way there now , flying low over the tree-tops . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 on
3 on 4 the
4 the 5 way
5 way 6 there
6 there 7 now
7 now 8 ,
8 , 9 flying
9 flying 10 low
10 low 11 over
11 over 12 the
12 the 13 tree-tops
13 tree-tops 14 .

presently he came to a little opening among the trees . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 opening
7 opening 8 among
8 among 9 the
9 the 10 trees
10 trees 11 .

in the middle of it was a little house , a rough little house . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 middle
3 middle 4 of
4 of 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 a
7 a 8 little
8 little 9 house
9 house 10 ,
10 , 11 a
11 a 12 rough
12 rough 13 little
13 little 14 house
14 house 15 .

it was a sugar camp . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 sugar
4 sugar 5 camp
5 camp 6 .

he knew that only in the spring of the year was he likely to find anybody about there . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 only
4 only 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 spring
7 spring 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 year
10 year 11 was
11 was 12 he
12 he 13 likely
13 likely 14 to
14 to 15 find
15 find 16 anybody
16 anybody 17 about
17 about 18 there
18 there 19 .

all the rest of the year it was shut up . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 rest
3 rest 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 year
6 year 7 it
7 it 8 was
8 was 9 shut
9 shut 10 up
10 up 11 .

now , as he drew near , he noticed right away that the door was partly open . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 drew
5 drew 6 near
6 near 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 noticed
9 noticed 10 right
10 right 11 away
11 away 12 that
12 that 13 the
13 the 14 door
14 door 15 was
15 was 16 partly
16 partly 17 open
17 open 18 .

it hadn't been that way the last time he passed . 
1 it 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 that
4 that 5 way
5 way 6 the
6 the 7 last
7 last 8 time
8 time 9 he
9 he 10 passed
10 passed 11 .

for a long time he sat there as silent as the trees themselves . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 long
3 long 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 sat
6 sat 7 there
7 there 8 as
8 as 9 silent
9 silent 10 as
10 as 11 the
11 the 12 trees
12 trees 13 themselves
13 themselves 14 .

nothing happened . 
1 nothing 2 happened
2 happened 3 .

he began to grow tired . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 grow
4 grow 5 tired
5 tired 6 .

rather , he began to grow so hungry that he became impatient . 
1 rather 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 began
4 began 5 to
5 to 6 grow
6 grow 7 so
7 so 8 hungry
8 hungry 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 became
11 became 12 impatient
12 impatient 13 .

it certainly is . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 is
3 is 4 .

now what is he doing way over here ? 
1 now 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 he
4 he 5 doing
5 doing 6 way
6 way 7 over
7 over 8 here
8 here 9 ?

i 've never known him to go so far from home before . " 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 never
3 never 4 known
4 known 5 him
5 him 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 so
8 so 9 far
9 far 10 from
10 from 11 home
11 home 12 before
12 before 13 .
13 . 14 "

he is used to quite the other kind . 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 used
3 used 4 to
4 to 5 quite
5 quite 6 the
6 the 7 other
7 other 8 kind
8 kind 9 .

he had never been more surprised in his life . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 never
3 never 4 been
4 been 5 more
5 more 6 surprised
6 surprised 7 in
7 in 8 his
8 his 9 life
9 life 10 .

then he sat down and howled dismally . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
4 down 5 and
5 and 6 howled
6 howled 7 dismally
7 dismally 8 .

" that silly dog has got himself lost . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 silly
3 silly 4 dog
4 dog 5 has
5 has 6 got
6 got 7 himself
7 himself 8 lost
8 lost 9 .

i never will be able to understand how anybody can get lost . 
1 i 2 never
2 never 3 will
3 will 4 be
4 be 5 able
5 able 6 to
6 to 7 understand
7 understand 8 how
8 how 9 anybody
9 anybody 10 can
10 can 11 get
11 get 12 lost
12 lost 13 .

i never in my life was lost , and never expect to be . 
1 i 2 never
2 never 3 in
3 in 4 my
4 my 5 life
5 life 6 was
6 was 7 lost
7 lost 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 never
10 never 11 expect
11 expect 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 .

my goodness , how lame he is ! 
1 my 2 goodness
2 goodness 3 ,
3 , 4 how
4 how 5 lame
5 lame 6 he
6 he 7 is
7 is 8 !

i wonder what 's happened to him . 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 4 's
4 's 5 happened
5 happened 6 to
6 to 7 him
7 him 8 .

what a helpless creature a lost dog is , anyway . 
1 what 2 a
2 a 3 helpless
3 helpless 4 creature
4 creature 5 a
5 a 6 lost
6 lost 7 dog
7 dog 8 is
8 is 9 ,
9 , 10 anyway
10 anyway 11 .

i suppose if he doesn't find a house pretty soon he will starve to death . 
1 i 2 suppose
2 suppose 3 if
3 if 4 he
4 he 5 doesn't
5 doesn't 6 find
6 find 7 a
7 a 8 house
8 house 9 pretty
9 pretty 10 soon
10 soon 11 he
11 he 12 will
12 will 13 starve
13 starve 14 to
14 to 15 death
15 death 16 .

they would catch something to eat , no matter where they were . 
1 they 2 would
2 would 3 catch
3 catch 4 something
4 something 5 to
5 to 6 eat
6 eat 7 ,
7 , 8 no
8 no 9 matter
9 matter 10 where
10 where 11 they
11 they 12 were
12 were 13 .

the blackest coat may cover the kindest heart . 
1 the 2 blackest
2 blackest 3 coat
3 coat 4 may
4 may 5 cover
5 cover 6 the
6 the 7 kindest
7 kindest 8 heart
8 heart 9 .

even the most selfish people are sometimes kindly and unselfish . 
1 even 2 the
2 the 3 most
3 most 4 selfish
4 selfish 5 people
5 people 6 are
6 are 7 sometimes
7 sometimes 8 kindly
8 kindly 9 and
9 and 10 unselfish
10 unselfish 11 .

he could , if he would , tell you which houses have terrible guns in them and which have not . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 ,
3 , 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 ,
7 , 8 tell
8 tell 9 you
9 you 10 which
10 which 11 houses
11 houses 12 have
12 have 13 terrible
13 terrible 14 guns
14 guns 15 in
15 in 16 them
16 them 17 and
17 and 18 which
18 which 19 have
19 have 20 not
20 not 21 .

but for one thing he would have gone back to his bed of hay in the corner of that sugar camp . 
1 but 2 for
2 for 3 one
3 one 4 thing
4 thing 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 gone
8 gone 9 back
9 back 10 to
10 to 11 his
11 his 12 bed
12 bed 13 of
13 of 14 hay
14 hay 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 corner
17 corner 18 of
18 of 19 that
19 that 20 sugar
20 sugar 21 camp
21 camp 22 .

that one thing was hunger . 
1 that 2 one
2 one 3 thing
3 thing 4 was
4 was 5 hunger
5 hunger 6 .

he just must get something to eat . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 must
3 must 4 get
4 get 5 something
5 something 6 to
6 to 7 eat
7 eat 8 .

the instant he saw that road , he knew that if he kept on following it , it would lead him somewhere . 
1 the 2 instant
2 instant 3 he
3 he 4 saw
4 saw 5 that
5 that 6 road
6 road 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 knew
9 knew 10 that
10 that 11 if
11 if 12 he
12 he 13 kept
13 kept 14 on
14 on 15 following
15 following 16 it
16 it 17 ,
17 , 18 it
18 it 19 would
19 would 20 lead
20 lead 21 him
21 him 22 somewhere
22 somewhere 23 .

he didn't have any trouble at all in finding his way back . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 any
4 any 5 trouble
5 trouble 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 in
8 in 9 finding
9 finding 10 his
10 his 11 way
11 way 12 back
12 back 13 .

i must pass the word along . " 
1 i 2 must
2 must 3 pass
3 pass 4 the
4 the 5 word
5 word 6 along
6 along 7 .
7 . 8 "

for no reason at all , " he replied . 
1 for 2 no
2 no 3 reason
3 reason 4 at
4 at 5 all
5 all 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 replied
9 replied 10 .

it set me to wondering if he is sick , or if anything has happened to him . " 
1 it 2 set
2 set 3 me
3 me 4 to
4 to 5 wondering
5 wondering 6 if
6 if 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 9 sick
9 sick 10 ,
10 , 11 or
11 or 12 if
12 if 13 anything
13 anything 14 has
14 has 15 happened
15 happened 16 to
16 to 17 him
17 him 18 .
18 . 19 "

" he can't fool me . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 can't
3 can't 4 fool
4 fool 5 me
5 me 6 .

i almost know he did from the way he grinned . " 
1 i 2 almost
2 almost 3 know
3 know 4 he
4 he 5 did
5 did 6 from
6 from 7 the
7 the 8 way
8 way 9 he
9 he 10 grinned
10 grinned 11 .
11 . 12 "

every two or three steps he stopped to look , listen , and test the air with his keen nose . 
1 every 2 two
2 two 3 or
3 or 4 three
4 three 5 steps
5 steps 6 he
6 he 7 stopped
7 stopped 8 to
8 to 9 look
9 look 10 ,
10 , 11 listen
11 listen 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 test
14 test 15 the
15 the 16 air
16 air 17 with
17 with 18 his
18 his 19 keen
19 keen 20 nose
20 nose 21 .

then he sat down where he could peek around from behind a tree and watch . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
4 down 5 where
5 where 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 peek
8 peek 9 around
9 around 10 from
10 from 11 behind
11 behind 12 a
12 a 13 tree
13 tree 14 and
14 and 15 watch
15 watch 16 .

he whistled and called just as he had done several times during the day . 
1 he 2 whistled
2 whistled 3 and
3 and 4 called
4 called 5 just
5 just 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 done
9 done 10 several
10 several 11 times
11 times 12 during
12 during 13 the
13 the 14 day
14 day 15 .

there was a worried look on his face . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 worried
4 worried 5 look
5 look 6 on
6 on 7 his
7 his 8 face
8 face 9 .

then he barked a little louder . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 barked
3 barked 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 louder
6 louder 7 .

it was enough to know that he wasn't about . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 know
5 know 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 wasn't
8 wasn't 9 about
9 about 10 .

once he stopped , and looking up at the lighted windows of the house , grinned . 
1 once 2 he
2 he 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 looking
6 looking 7 up
7 up 8 at
8 at 9 the
9 the 10 lighted
10 lighted 11 windows
11 windows 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 house
14 house 15 ,
15 , 16 grinned
16 grinned 17 .

i 'll eat one right there . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 eat
3 eat 4 one
4 one 5 right
5 right 6 there
6 there 7 .
7 . 8 "

if there is time we both will come back for a couple more . " 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 time
4 time 5 we
5 we 6 both
6 both 7 will
7 will 8 come
8 come 9 back
9 back 10 for
10 for 11 a
11 a 12 couple
12 couple 13 more
13 more 14 .
14 . 15 "

he was too eager to find out if it would prove to be possible to get inside that henhouse . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 eager
4 eager 5 to
5 to 6 find
6 find 7 out
7 out 8 if
8 if 9 it
9 it 10 would
10 would 11 prove
11 prove 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 possible
14 possible 15 to
15 to 16 get
16 get 17 inside
17 inside 18 that
18 that 19 henhouse
19 henhouse 20 .

his heart gave a leap of joy as he saw that the gate was not quite closed . 
1 his 2 heart
2 heart 3 gave
3 gave 4 a
4 a 5 leap
5 leap 6 of
6 of 7 joy
7 joy 8 as
8 as 9 he
9 he 10 saw
10 saw 11 that
11 that 12 the
12 the 13 gate
13 gate 14 was
14 was 15 not
15 not 16 quite
16 quite 17 closed
17 closed 18 .

all he would have to do would be to push it and enter . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 would
7 would 8 be
8 be 9 to
9 to 10 push
10 push 11 it
11 it 12 and
12 and 13 enter
13 enter 14 .

then he looked behind him . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 behind
4 behind 5 him
5 him 6 .

he was sorry the very instant he did it . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 sorry
3 sorry 4 the
4 the 5 very
5 very 6 instant
6 instant 7 he
7 he 8 did
8 did 9 it
9 it 10 .

when there 's likely to be danger , always let some one else find it out for you if you can . " 
1 when 2 there
2 there 3 's
3 's 4 likely
4 likely 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 danger
7 danger 8 ,
8 , 9 always
9 always 10 let
10 let 11 some
11 some 12 one
12 one 13 else
13 else 14 find
14 find 15 it
15 it 16 out
16 out 17 for
17 for 18 you
18 you 19 if
19 if 20 you
20 you 21 can
21 can 22 .
22 . 23 "

he hated him , yet there wasn't a thing he could do about it . 
1 he 2 hated
2 hated 3 him
3 him 4 ,
4 , 5 yet
5 yet 6 there
6 there 7 wasn't
7 wasn't 8 a
8 a 9 thing
9 thing 10 he
10 he 11 could
11 could 12 do
12 do 13 about
13 about 14 it
14 it 15 .

all he could do was to sit there at a safe distance and watch . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
4 do 5 was
5 was 6 to
6 to 7 sit
7 sit 8 there
8 there 9 at
9 at 10 a
10 a 11 safe
11 safe 12 distance
12 distance 13 and
13 and 14 watch
14 watch 15 .

the gate of the henyard was open two or three inches . 
1 the 2 gate
2 gate 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 henyard
5 henyard 6 was
6 was 7 open
7 open 8 two
8 two 9 or
9 or 10 three
10 three 11 inches
11 inches 12 .

once or twice he thrust his nose out and sniffed cautiously around the gate , but he took the greatest care not to touch it . 
1 once 2 or
2 or 3 twice
3 twice 4 he
4 he 5 thrust
5 thrust 6 his
6 his 7 nose
7 nose 8 out
8 out 9 and
9 and 10 sniffed
10 sniffed 11 cautiously
11 cautiously 12 around
12 around 13 the
13 the 14 gate
14 gate 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 he
17 he 18 took
18 took 19 the
19 the 20 greatest
20 greatest 21 care
21 care 22 not
22 not 23 to
23 to 24 touch
24 touch 25 it
25 it 26 .

" it may have been an accident , and again it may have been done purposely . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 may
3 may 4 have
4 have 5 been
5 been 6 an
6 an 7 accident
7 accident 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 again
10 again 11 it
11 it 12 may
12 may 13 have
13 have 14 been
14 been 15 done
15 done 16 purposely
16 purposely 17 .

there may not be any danger inside ; then again there may . 
1 there 2 may
2 may 3 not
3 not 4 be
4 be 5 any
5 any 6 danger
6 danger 7 inside
7 inside 8 ;
8 ; 9 then
9 then 10 again
10 again 11 there
11 there 12 may
12 may 13 .

i 'm not going to push that gate open or step inside when there is some one to do it for me . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 not
3 not 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 push
6 push 7 that
7 that 8 gate
8 gate 9 open
9 open 10 or
10 or 11 step
11 step 12 inside
12 inside 13 when
13 when 14 there
14 there 15 is
15 is 16 some
16 some 17 one
17 one 18 to
18 to 19 do
19 do 20 it
20 it 21 for
21 for 22 me
22 me 23 .

he didn't waste any time in pushing open the henyard gate . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 waste
3 waste 4 any
4 any 5 time
5 time 6 in
6 in 7 pushing
7 pushing 8 open
8 open 9 the
9 the 10 henyard
10 henyard 11 gate
11 gate 12 .

it didn't enter his head that there might be a trap inside . 
1 it 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 enter
3 enter 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 that
6 that 7 there
7 there 8 might
8 might 9 be
9 be 10 a
10 a 11 trap
11 trap 12 inside
12 inside 13 .

if he catches a chicken he won't stop to eat it there . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 catches
3 catches 4 a
4 a 5 chicken
5 chicken 6 he
6 he 7 won't
7 won't 8 stop
8 stop 9 to
9 to 10 eat
10 eat 11 it
11 it 12 there
12 there 13 .

he won't dare to . 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 3 dare
3 dare 4 to
4 to 5 .

if he had pushed it wide open things might have been different . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 pushed
4 pushed 5 it
5 it 6 wide
6 wide 7 open
7 open 8 things
8 things 9 might
9 might 10 have
10 have 11 been
11 been 12 different
12 different 13 .

but he didn't push it wide open . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 push
4 push 5 it
5 it 6 wide
6 wide 7 open
7 open 8 .

he left it only halfway open . 
1 he 2 left
2 left 3 it
3 it 4 only
4 only 5 halfway
5 halfway 6 open
6 open 7 .

it certainly is queer what a difference there is between being inside and outside . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 is
3 is 4 queer
4 queer 5 what
5 what 6 a
6 a 7 difference
7 difference 8 there
8 there 9 is
9 is 10 between
10 between 11 being
11 being 12 inside
12 inside 13 and
13 and 14 outside
14 outside 15 .

sometimes happiness is inside and sometimes it is outside . 
1 sometimes 2 happiness
2 happiness 3 is
3 is 4 inside
4 inside 5 and
5 and 6 sometimes
6 sometimes 7 it
7 it 8 is
8 is 9 outside
9 outside 10 .

as he worked he had been filled with great contentment and joy . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 worked
3 worked 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 filled
7 filled 8 with
8 with 9 great
9 great 10 contentment
10 contentment 11 and
11 and 12 joy
12 joy 13 .

he felt sure that there was nothing to fear , and he fully expected to dine that night on chicken . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 sure
3 sure 4 that
4 that 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 nothing
7 nothing 8 to
8 to 9 fear
9 fear 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 fully
13 fully 14 expected
14 expected 15 to
15 to 16 dine
16 dine 17 that
17 that 18 night
18 night 19 on
19 on 20 chicken
20 chicken 21 .

he was a prisoner inside that henyard . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 prisoner
4 prisoner 5 inside
5 inside 6 that
6 that 7 henyard
7 henyard 8 .

there wasn't even a crack through which he could thrust his sharp little nose . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 even
3 even 4 a
4 a 5 crack
5 crack 6 through
6 through 7 which
7 which 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 thrust
10 thrust 11 his
11 his 12 sharp
12 sharp 13 little
13 little 14 nose
14 nose 15 .

then , beside himself with fear , he raced around that henyard , seeking a hole through which he might escape . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 beside
3 beside 4 himself
4 himself 5 with
5 with 6 fear
6 fear 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 raced
9 raced 10 around
10 around 11 that
11 that 12 henyard
12 henyard 13 ,
13 , 14 seeking
14 seeking 15 a
15 a 16 hole
16 hole 17 through
17 through 18 which
18 which 19 he
19 he 20 might
20 might 21 escape
21 escape 22 .

there wasn't any hole . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 any
3 any 4 hole
4 hole 5 .

he couldn't dig down under it , because , you know , the ground was frozen hard and covered with snow and an icy crust . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 dig
3 dig 4 down
4 down 5 under
5 under 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 because
8 because 9 ,
9 , 10 you
10 you 11 know
11 know 12 ,
12 , 13 the
13 the 14 ground
14 ground 15 was
15 was 16 frozen
16 frozen 17 hard
17 hard 18 and
18 and 19 covered
19 covered 20 with
20 with 21 snow
21 snow 22 and
22 and 23 an
23 an 24 icy
24 icy 25 crust
25 crust 26 .

he was caught , and that was all there was to it . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 caught
3 caught 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 that
6 that 7 was
7 was 8 all
8 all 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 11 to
11 to 12 it
12 it 13 .

between them was nothing but that wire , but , oh , what a difference ! 
1 between 2 them
2 them 3 was
3 was 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 but
5 but 6 that
6 that 7 wire
7 wire 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 ,
10 , 11 oh
11 oh 12 ,
12 , 13 what
13 what 14 a
14 a 15 difference
15 difference 16 !

he wouldn't have believed a word of it . 
1 he 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 have
3 have 4 believed
4 believed 5 a
5 a 6 word
6 word 7 of
7 of 8 it
8 it 9 .

he would have said that he couldn't possibly have been worse off than he was . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 said
4 said 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 possibly
8 possibly 9 have
9 have 10 been
10 been 11 worse
11 worse 12 off
12 off 13 than
13 than 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 .

he was a prisoner , and he couldn't possibly get out . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 prisoner
4 prisoner 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 possibly
9 possibly 10 get
10 get 11 out
11 out 12 .

it couldn't be otherwise . 
1 it 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 be
3 be 4 otherwise
4 otherwise 5 .

that is , it couldn't be otherwise as long as he remained in that henyard . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 be
6 be 7 otherwise
7 otherwise 8 as
8 as 9 long
9 long 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 remained
12 remained 13 in
13 in 14 that
14 that 15 henyard
15 henyard 16 .

there wasn't a thing , not one solitary thing , under or behind which he could hide . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 a
3 a 4 thing
4 thing 5 ,
5 , 6 not
6 not 7 one
7 one 8 solitary
8 solitary 9 thing
9 thing 10 ,
10 , 11 under
11 under 12 or
12 or 13 behind
13 behind 14 which
14 which 15 he
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 hide
17 hide 18 .

now it is surprising how thinking will change matters . 
1 now 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 surprising
4 surprising 5 how
5 how 6 thinking
6 thinking 7 will
7 will 8 change
8 change 9 matters
9 matters 10 .

this made him feel just a wee , wee bit better , and he began to do some more thinking . 
1 this 2 made
2 made 3 him
3 him 4 feel
4 feel 5 just
5 just 6 a
6 a 7 wee
7 wee 8 ,
8 , 9 wee
9 wee 10 bit
10 bit 11 better
11 better 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 began
15 began 16 to
16 to 17 do
17 do 18 some
18 some 19 more
19 more 20 thinking
20 thinking 21 .

for a long time his thinking didn't help him in the least . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 long
3 long 4 time
4 time 5 his
5 his 6 thinking
6 thinking 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 help
8 help 9 him
9 him 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 least
12 least 13 .

at last , however , he remembered the chicken dinner he had felt so sure he was going to enjoy . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 ,
3 , 4 however
4 however 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 remembered
7 remembered 8 the
8 the 9 chicken
9 chicken 10 dinner
10 dinner 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 felt
13 felt 14 so
14 so 15 sure
15 sure 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 going
18 going 19 to
19 to 20 enjoy
20 enjoy 21 .

the thought of the chicken dinner reminded him that inside the henhouse it was dark . 
1 the 2 thought
2 thought 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 chicken
5 chicken 6 dinner
6 dinner 7 reminded
7 reminded 8 him
8 him 9 that
9 that 10 inside
10 inside 11 the
11 the 12 henhouse
12 henhouse 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 dark
15 dark 16 .

he had been inside that henhouse before , and he knew that there were boxes in there . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 inside
4 inside 5 that
5 that 6 henhouse
6 henhouse 7 before
7 before 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 knew
11 knew 12 that
12 that 13 there
13 there 14 were
14 were 15 boxes
15 boxes 16 in
16 in 17 there
17 there 18 .

he already had found out that it wasn't fastened , and he felt sure that with patience he could open it . 
1 he 2 already
2 already 3 had
3 had 4 found
4 found 5 out
5 out 6 that
6 that 7 it
7 it 8 wasn't
8 wasn't 9 fastened
9 fastened 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 felt
13 felt 14 sure
14 sure 15 that
15 that 16 with
16 with 17 patience
17 patience 18 he
18 he 19 could
19 could 20 open
20 open 21 it
21 it 22 .

so he worked away and worked away , until at last there was a little crack . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 worked
3 worked 4 away
4 away 5 and
5 and 6 worked
6 worked 7 away
7 away 8 ,
8 , 9 until
9 until 10 at
10 at 11 last
11 last 12 there
12 there 13 was
13 was 14 a
14 a 15 little
15 little 16 crack
16 crack 17 .

he got his claws in the little crack and pulled and pulled . 
1 he 2 got
2 got 3 his
3 his 4 claws
4 claws 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 little
7 little 8 crack
8 crack 9 and
9 and 10 pulled
10 pulled 11 and
11 and 12 pulled
12 pulled 13 .

the little crack became a little wider . 
1 the 2 little
2 little 3 crack
3 crack 4 became
4 became 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 wider
7 wider 8 .

by and by it was wide enough for him to get his whole paw in . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 wide
6 wide 7 enough
7 enough 8 for
8 for 9 him
9 him 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 12 his
12 his 13 whole
13 whole 14 paw
14 paw 15 in
15 in 16 .

then it became wide enough for him to get his head half in . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 became
3 became 4 wide
4 wide 5 enough
5 enough 6 for
6 for 7 him
7 him 8 to
8 to 9 get
9 get 10 his
10 his 11 head
11 head 12 half
12 half 13 in
13 in 14 .

after this , all he had to do was to force himself through , for as he pushed and shoved , the little door opened . 
1 after 2 this
2 this 3 ,
3 , 4 all
4 all 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 was
9 was 10 to
10 to 11 force
11 force 12 himself
12 himself 13 through
13 through 14 ,
14 , 15 for
15 for 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 pushed
18 pushed 19 and
19 and 20 shoved
20 shoved 21 ,
21 , 22 the
22 the 23 little
23 little 24 door
24 door 25 opened
25 opened 26 .

he was inside at last ! 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 inside
3 inside 4 at
4 at 5 last
5 last 6 !

he was hungry , very hungry . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 hungry
3 hungry 4 ,
4 , 5 very
5 very 6 hungry
6 hungry 7 .

he always is in winter . 
1 he 2 always
2 always 3 is
3 is 4 in
4 in 5 winter
5 winter 6 .

then it doesn't often happen that he gets enough to eat at one meal to really fill his stomach . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 doesn't
3 doesn't 4 often
4 often 5 happen
5 happen 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 gets
8 gets 9 enough
9 enough 10 to
10 to 11 eat
11 eat 12 at
12 at 13 one
13 one 14 meal
14 meal 15 to
15 to 16 really
16 really 17 fill
17 fill 18 his
18 his 19 stomach
19 stomach 20 .

yet here he was with a chicken dinner right before him , and he didn't touch it . 
1 yet 2 here
2 here 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 with
5 with 6 a
6 a 7 chicken
7 chicken 8 dinner
8 dinner 9 right
9 right 10 before
10 before 11 him
11 him 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 didn't
15 didn't 16 touch
16 touch 17 it
17 it 18 .

he knew that he must make the most of that forlorn chance . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 must
5 must 6 make
6 make 7 the
7 the 8 most
8 most 9 of
9 of 10 that
10 that 11 forlorn
11 forlorn 12 chance
12 chance 13 .

he knew that freedom is a thousand times better than a full stomach . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 freedom
4 freedom 5 is
5 is 6 a
6 a 7 thousand
7 thousand 8 times
8 times 9 better
9 better 10 than
10 than 11 a
11 a 12 full
12 full 13 stomach
13 stomach 14 .

on one of the lower roosts sat a fat hen . 
1 on 2 one
2 one 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 lower
5 lower 6 roosts
6 roosts 7 sat
7 sat 8 a
8 a 9 fat
9 fat 10 hen
10 hen 11 .

she was within easy jumping distance . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 within
3 within 4 easy
4 easy 5 jumping
5 jumping 6 distance
6 distance 7 .

if the henyard gate had been open , he would have wasted no time in making that one quick spring . 
1 if 2 the
2 the 3 henyard
3 henyard 4 gate
4 gate 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 open
7 open 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 would
10 would 11 have
11 have 12 wasted
12 wasted 13 no
13 no 14 time
14 time 15 in
15 in 16 making
16 making 17 that
17 that 18 one
18 one 19 quick
19 quick 20 spring
20 spring 21 .

but the henyard gate , as you know , was closed fast . 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 henyard
3 henyard 4 gate
4 gate 5 ,
5 , 6 as
6 as 7 you
7 you 8 know
8 know 9 ,
9 , 10 was
10 was 11 closed
11 closed 12 fast
12 fast 13 .

you can't afford to have the least little thing seem wrong in this henhouse . 
1 you 2 can't
2 can't 3 afford
3 afford 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 the
6 the 7 least
7 least 8 little
8 little 9 thing
9 thing 10 seem
10 seem 11 wrong
11 wrong 12 in
12 in 13 this
13 this 14 henhouse
14 henhouse 15 .

what you have got to do is to swallow your appetite and keep quiet in the darkest corner you can find , " 
1 what 2 you
2 you 3 have
3 have 4 got
4 got 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 is
7 is 8 to
8 to 9 swallow
9 swallow 10 your
10 your 11 appetite
11 appetite 12 and
12 and 13 keep
13 keep 14 quiet
14 quiet 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 darkest
17 darkest 18 corner
18 corner 19 you
19 you 20 can
20 can 21 find
21 find 22 ,
22 , 23 "

all the time his nose was filled with the smell of fat hens . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 time
3 time 4 his
4 his 5 nose
5 nose 6 was
6 was 7 filled
7 filled 8 with
8 with 9 the
9 the 10 smell
10 smell 11 of
11 of 12 fat
12 fat 13 hens
13 hens 14 .

every little while a hen who was being crowded too much on the roost would stir uneasily and protest in a sleepy voice . 
1 every 2 little
2 little 3 while
3 while 4 a
4 a 5 hen
5 hen 6 who
6 who 7 was
7 was 8 being
8 being 9 crowded
9 crowded 10 too
10 too 11 much
11 much 12 on
12 on 13 the
13 the 14 roost
14 roost 15 would
15 would 16 stir
16 stir 17 uneasily
17 uneasily 18 and
18 and 19 protest
19 protest 20 in
20 in 21 a
21 a 22 sleepy
22 sleepy 23 voice
23 voice 24 .

everybody should be able to do it . 
1 everybody 2 should
2 should 3 be
3 be 4 able
4 able 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 it
7 it 8 .

but it sometimes seems as if very many people cannot do it . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 sometimes
3 sometimes 4 seems
4 seems 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 very
7 very 8 many
8 many 9 people
9 people 10 cannot
10 cannot 11 do
11 do 12 it
12 it 13 .

anyway , they don't do it , and because they don't do it they are forever getting into trouble . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 they
3 they 4 don't
4 don't 5 do
5 do 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 because
9 because 10 they
10 they 11 don't
11 don't 12 do
12 do 13 it
13 it 14 they
14 they 15 are
15 are 16 forever
16 forever 17 getting
17 getting 18 into
18 into 19 trouble
19 trouble 20 .

the big rooster on the topmost perch stretched his long neck , flapped his wings , and crowed at the top of his voice . 
1 the 2 big
2 big 3 rooster
3 rooster 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 6 topmost
6 topmost 7 perch
7 perch 8 stretched
8 stretched 9 his
9 his 10 long
10 long 11 neck
11 neck 12 ,
12 , 13 flapped
13 flapped 14 his
14 his 15 wings
15 wings 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 crowed
18 crowed 19 at
19 at 20 the
20 the 21 top
21 top 22 of
22 of 23 his
23 his 24 voice
24 voice 25 .

hiding behind a box in the darkest corner of the henhouse , he hardly dared to breathe . 
1 hiding 2 behind
2 behind 3 a
3 a 4 box
4 box 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 darkest
7 darkest 8 corner
8 corner 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 12 ,
12 , 13 he
13 he 14 hardly
14 hardly 15 dared
15 dared 16 to
16 to 17 breathe
17 breathe 18 .

you see , he didn't want those hens to discover him . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 want
6 want 7 those
7 those 8 hens
8 hens 9 to
9 to 10 discover
10 discover 11 him
11 him 12 .

never had time dragged more slowly . 
1 never 2 had
2 had 3 time
3 time 4 dragged
4 dragged 5 more
5 more 6 slowly
6 slowly 7 .

the hens were awake , and several of them flew down to the floor of the henhouse . 
1 the 2 hens
2 hens 3 were
3 were 4 awake
4 awake 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 several
7 several 8 of
8 of 9 them
9 them 10 flew
10 flew 11 down
11 down 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 floor
14 floor 15 of
15 of 16 the
16 the 17 henhouse
17 henhouse 18 .

because he took particular pains not to move , not even to twitch a black ear , they did not see him . 
1 because 2 he
2 he 3 took
3 took 4 particular
4 particular 5 pains
5 pains 6 not
6 not 7 to
7 to 8 move
8 move 9 ,
9 , 10 not
10 not 11 even
11 even 12 to
12 to 13 twitch
13 twitch 14 a
14 a 15 black
15 black 16 ear
16 ear 17 ,
17 , 18 they
18 they 19 did
19 did 20 not
20 not 21 see
21 see 22 him
22 him 23 .

anyway , if they did see him , they took no notice of him . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 if
3 if 4 they
4 they 5 did
5 did 6 see
6 see 7 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 they
9 they 10 took
10 took 11 no
11 no 12 notice
12 notice 13 of
13 of 14 him
14 him 15 .

how the moments did drag ! 
1 how 2 the
2 the 3 moments
3 moments 4 did
4 did 5 drag
5 drag 6 !

finally he heard a distant door slam . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 heard
3 heard 4 a
4 a 5 distant
5 distant 6 door
6 door 7 slam
7 slam 8 .

then he heard a whistle , a merry whistle . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 heard
3 heard 4 a
4 a 5 whistle
5 whistle 6 ,
6 , 7 a
7 a 8 merry
8 merry 9 whistle
9 whistle 10 .

in his hand he held a pan filled with the breakfast he had brought for the hens . 
1 in 2 his
2 his 3 hand
3 hand 4 he
4 he 5 held
5 held 6 a
6 a 7 pan
7 pan 8 filled
8 filled 9 with
9 with 10 the
10 the 11 breakfast
11 breakfast 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 brought
14 brought 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 hens
17 hens 18 .

suddenly a box in the darkest corner of the henhouse moved . 
1 suddenly 2 a
2 a 3 box
3 box 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 darkest
6 darkest 7 corner
7 corner 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 henhouse
10 henhouse 11 moved
11 moved 12 .

it startled him so that he dropped the pan and spilled the corn all over the henhouse floor . 
1 it 2 startled
2 startled 3 him
3 him 4 so
4 so 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 dropped
7 dropped 8 the
8 the 9 pan
9 pan 10 and
10 and 11 spilled
11 spilled 12 the
12 the 13 corn
13 corn 14 all
14 all 15 over
15 over 16 the
16 the 17 henhouse
17 henhouse 18 floor
18 floor 19 .

" what under the sun was that ? " and rushed to the door to see . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 under
3 under 4 the
4 the 5 sun
5 sun 6 was
6 was 7 that
7 that 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 and
10 and 11 rushed
11 rushed 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 door
14 door 15 to
15 to 16 see
16 see 17 .

he was just in time to get a glimpse of a red coat and a bushy tail disappearing around a corner of the barn . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 in
4 in 5 time
5 time 6 to
6 to 7 get
7 get 8 a
8 a 9 glimpse
9 glimpse 10 of
10 of 11 a
11 a 12 red
12 red 13 coat
13 coat 14 and
14 and 15 a
15 a 16 bushy
16 bushy 17 tail
17 tail 18 disappearing
18 disappearing 19 around
19 around 20 a
20 a 21 corner
21 corner 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 barn
24 barn 25 .

at least , it seemed that way . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 seemed
5 seemed 6 that
6 that 7 way
7 way 8 .

would he find the henyard gate open ? 
1 would 2 he
2 he 3 find
3 find 4 the
4 the 5 henyard
5 henyard 6 gate
6 gate 7 open
7 open 8 ?

just imagine the relief that was his when he saw that the gate was open . 
1 just 2 imagine
2 imagine 3 the
3 the 4 relief
4 relief 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 his
7 his 8 when
8 when 9 he
9 he 10 saw
10 saw 11 that
11 that 12 the
12 the 13 gate
13 gate 14 was
14 was 15 open
15 open 16 .

in that very instant the snowy outside world became more beautiful and wonderful than ever it had been in all his life before . 
1 in 2 that
2 that 3 very
3 very 4 instant
4 instant 5 the
5 the 6 snowy
6 snowy 7 outside
7 outside 8 world
8 world 9 became
9 became 10 more
10 more 11 beautiful
11 beautiful 12 and
12 and 13 wonderful
13 wonderful 14 than
14 than 15 ever
15 ever 16 it
16 it 17 had
17 had 18 been
18 been 19 in
19 in 20 all
20 all 21 his
21 his 22 life
22 life 23 before
23 before 24 .

he was free ! free ! free ! 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 free
3 free 4 !
4 ! 5 free
5 free 6 !
6 ! 7 free
7 free 8 !

" now how under the sun did that rascal get in here ? " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 how
3 how 4 under
4 under 5 the
5 the 6 sun
6 sun 7 did
7 did 8 that
8 that 9 rascal
9 rascal 10 get
10 get 11 in
11 in 12 here
12 here 13 ?
13 ? 14 "

there were no feathers , and so far as he could see , all the hens were standing or walking about . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 no
3 no 4 feathers
4 feathers 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 so
7 so 8 far
8 far 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 could
11 could 12 see
12 see 13 ,
13 , 14 all
14 all 15 the
15 the 16 hens
16 hens 17 were
17 were 18 standing
18 standing 19 or
19 or 20 walking
20 walking 21 about
21 about 22 .

of course , he knew exactly how many there should be . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 6 exactly
6 exactly 7 how
7 how 8 many
8 many 9 there
9 there 10 should
10 should 11 be
11 be 12 .

when he got through counting , not one was missing . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 got
3 got 4 through
4 through 5 counting
5 counting 6 ,
6 , 7 not
7 not 8 one
8 one 9 was
9 was 10 missing
10 missing 11 .

he counted them again . 
1 he 2 counted
2 counted 3 them
3 them 4 again
4 again 5 .

then he counted them a third time . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 counted
3 counted 4 them
4 them 5 a
5 a 6 third
6 third 7 time
7 time 8 .

he began to think there must be something wrong with his counting . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 think
4 think 5 there
5 there 6 must
6 must 7 be
7 be 8 something
8 something 9 wrong
9 wrong 10 with
10 with 11 his
11 his 12 counting
12 counting 13 .

after the fourth count , however , he was forced to believe that not a single one was missing . 
1 after 2 the
2 the 3 fourth
3 fourth 4 count
4 count 5 ,
5 , 6 however
6 however 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 forced
10 forced 11 to
11 to 12 believe
12 believe 13 that
13 that 14 not
14 not 15 a
15 a 16 single
16 single 17 one
17 one 18 was
18 was 19 missing
19 missing 20 .

when two people are relieved at the same time , it is called mutual relief . 
1 when 2 two
2 two 3 people
3 people 4 are
4 are 5 relieved
5 relieved 6 at
6 at 7 the
7 the 8 same
8 same 9 time
9 time 10 ,
10 , 11 it
11 it 12 is
12 is 13 called
13 called 14 mutual
14 mutual 15 relief
15 relief 16 .

of course , he discovered that the little sliding door where the biddies go in and out of the henhouse was open . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 discovered
5 discovered 6 that
6 that 7 the
7 the 8 little
8 little 9 sliding
9 sliding 10 door
10 door 11 where
11 where 12 the
12 the 13 biddies
13 biddies 14 go
14 go 15 in
15 in 16 and
16 and 17 out
17 out 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 henhouse
20 henhouse 21 was
21 was 22 open
22 open 23 .

but this didn't explain matters at all . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 explain
4 explain 5 matters
5 matters 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 .

that was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 question
4 question 5 which
5 which 6 was
6 was 7 puzzling
7 puzzling 8 all
8 all 9 the
9 the 10 little
10 little 11 people
11 people 12 who
12 who 13 knew
13 knew 14 him
14 him 15 .

i have said that it was puzzling all the little people who knew him . 
1 i 2 have
2 have 3 said
3 said 4 that
4 that 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 puzzling
7 puzzling 8 all
8 all 9 the
9 the 10 little
10 little 11 people
11 people 12 who
12 who 13 knew
13 knew 14 him
14 him 15 .

no one had seen him . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 had
3 had 4 seen
4 seen 5 him
5 him 6 .

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

his cheery whistle was no longer heard , for he did not feel like whistling . 
1 his 2 cheery
2 cheery 3 whistle
3 whistle 4 was
4 was 5 no
5 no 6 longer
6 longer 7 heard
7 heard 8 ,
8 , 9 for
9 for 10 he
10 he 11 did
11 did 12 not
12 not 13 feel
13 feel 14 like
14 like 15 whistling
15 whistling 16 .

of course he did . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 did
4 did 5 .

the minute he found that road , a great load was taken from his mind . 
1 the 2 minute
2 minute 3 he
3 he 4 found
4 found 5 that
5 that 6 road
6 road 7 ,
7 , 8 a
8 a 9 great
9 great 10 load
10 load 11 was
11 was 12 taken
12 taken 13 from
13 from 14 his
14 his 15 mind
15 mind 16 .

he no longer felt wholly lost . 
1 he 2 no
2 no 3 longer
3 longer 4 felt
4 felt 5 wholly
5 wholly 6 lost
6 lost 7 .

the thing that worried him most was whether or not he would have strength enough to keep going until he reached that house . 
1 the 2 thing
2 thing 3 that
3 that 4 worried
4 worried 5 him
5 him 6 most
6 most 7 was
7 was 8 whether
8 whether 9 or
9 or 10 not
10 not 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 strength
14 strength 15 enough
15 enough 16 to
16 to 17 keep
17 keep 18 going
18 going 19 until
19 until 20 he
20 he 21 reached
21 reached 22 that
22 that 23 house
23 house 24 .

you remember that he was weak from lack of food , lame , and half frozen . 
1 you 2 remember
2 remember 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 weak
6 weak 7 from
7 from 8 lack
8 lack 9 of
9 of 10 food
10 food 11 ,
11 , 12 lame
12 lame 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 half
15 half 16 frozen
16 frozen 17 .

he certainly was the picture of misery as he limped along that road . 
1 he 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 the
4 the 5 picture
5 picture 6 of
6 of 7 misery
7 misery 8 as
8 as 9 he
9 he 10 limped
10 limped 11 along
11 along 12 that
12 that 13 road
13 road 14 .

his tail hung down as if he hadn't strength enough to hold it up . 
1 his 2 tail
2 tail 3 hung
3 hung 4 down
4 down 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 he
7 he 8 hadn't
8 hadn't 9 strength
9 strength 10 enough
10 enough 11 to
11 to 12 hold
12 hold 13 it
13 it 14 up
14 up 15 .

his head also hung low . 
1 his 2 head
2 head 3 also
3 also 4 hung
4 hung 5 low
5 low 6 .

he walked on three legs and limped with one of these . 
1 he 2 walked
2 walked 3 on
3 on 4 three
4 three 5 legs
5 legs 6 and
6 and 7 limped
7 limped 8 with
8 with 9 one
9 one 10 of
10 of 11 these
11 these 12 .

in his eyes was such a look of pain and suffering as would have touched the hardest heart . 
1 in 2 his
2 his 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 was
4 was 5 such
5 such 6 a
6 a 7 look
7 look 8 of
8 of 9 pain
9 pain 10 and
10 and 11 suffering
11 suffering 12 as
12 as 13 would
13 would 14 have
14 have 15 touched
15 touched 16 the
16 the 17 hardest
17 hardest 18 heart
18 heart 19 .

he whined and whimpered as he limped along . 
1 he 2 whined
2 whined 3 and
3 and 4 whimpered
4 whimpered 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 limped
7 limped 8 along
8 along 9 .

but this time it wasn't the smell of a track that tickled his nose ; it was something in the air . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 4 it
4 it 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 the
6 the 7 smell
7 smell 8 of
8 of 9 a
9 a 10 track
10 track 11 that
11 that 12 tickled
12 tickled 13 his
13 his 14 nose
14 nose 15 ;
15 ; 16 it
16 it 17 was
17 was 18 something
18 something 19 in
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 air
21 air 22 .

what he smelled was smoke . 
1 what 2 he
2 he 3 smelled
3 smelled 4 was
4 was 5 smoke
5 smoke 6 .

he knew what that meant . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 what
3 what 4 that
4 that 5 meant
5 meant 6 .

somewhere not very far ahead of him was a house . 
1 somewhere 2 not
2 not 3 very
3 very 4 far
4 far 5 ahead
5 ahead 6 of
6 of 7 him
7 him 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 house
10 house 11 .

presently around a turn of the road he saw a farmyard . 
1 presently 2 around
2 around 3 a
3 a 4 turn
4 turn 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 road
7 road 8 he
8 he 9 saw
9 saw 10 a
10 a 11 farmyard
11 farmyard 12 .

there his strength quite left him . 
1 there 2 his
2 his 3 strength
3 strength 4 quite
4 quite 5 left
5 left 6 him
6 him 7 .

he didn't have enough left to even bark . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 enough
4 enough 5 left
5 left 6 to
6 to 7 even
7 even 8 bark
8 bark 9 .

all he could do was whine . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
4 do 5 was
5 was 6 whine
6 whine 7 .

after what seemed a long , long time the door opened , and a motherly woman stood looking down at him . 
1 after 2 what
2 what 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 ,
6 , 7 long
7 long 8 time
8 time 9 the
9 the 10 door
10 door 11 opened
11 opened 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 a
14 a 15 motherly
15 motherly 16 woman
16 woman 17 stood
17 stood 18 looking
18 looking 19 down
19 down 20 at
20 at 21 him
21 him 22 .

it seems funny that kindness should ever make any one a prisoner , but it is so sometimes . 
1 it 2 seems
2 seems 3 funny
3 funny 4 that
4 that 5 kindness
5 kindness 6 should
6 should 7 ever
7 ever 8 make
8 make 9 any
9 any 10 one
10 one 11 a
11 a 12 prisoner
12 prisoner 13 ,
13 , 14 but
14 but 15 it
15 it 16 is
16 is 17 so
17 so 18 sometimes
18 sometimes 19 .

that is , they knew part of what had happened to him . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 they
4 they 5 knew
5 knew 6 part
6 part 7 of
7 of 8 what
8 what 9 had
9 had 10 happened
10 happened 11 to
11 to 12 him
12 him 13 .

they knew that he had been lost and had somehow hurt one leg . 
1 they 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 lost
7 lost 8 and
8 and 9 had
9 had 10 somehow
10 somehow 11 hurt
11 hurt 12 one
12 one 13 leg
13 leg 14 .

they were very , very good to him . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 very
3 very 4 ,
4 , 5 very
5 very 6 good
6 good 7 to
7 to 8 him
8 him 9 .

it was the very best thing he could have done . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 very
4 very 5 best
5 best 6 thing
6 thing 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 have
9 have 10 done
10 done 11 .

the next day he felt a whole lot better , but he was so stiff and lame that he could hardly move . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 day
3 day 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 6 a
6 a 7 whole
7 whole 8 lot
8 lot 9 better
9 better 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 so
14 so 15 stiff
15 stiff 16 and
16 and 17 lame
17 lame 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 could
20 could 21 hardly
21 hardly 22 move
22 move 23 .

he didn't try very much . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 try
3 try 4 very
4 very 5 much
5 much 6 .

he was petted and cared for quite as tenderly as he would have been at his own home . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 petted
3 petted 4 and
4 and 5 cared
5 cared 6 for
6 for 7 quite
7 quite 8 as
8 as 9 tenderly
9 tenderly 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 been
14 been 15 at
15 at 16 his
16 his 17 own
17 own 18 home
18 home 19 .

the more he felt like himself , the more he wanted to go home . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 felt
4 felt 5 like
5 like 6 himself
6 himself 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 he
10 he 11 wanted
11 wanted 12 to
12 to 13 go
13 go 14 home
14 home 15 .

" this dog doesn't belong anywhere around here , " said the man of the house . 
1 " 2 this
2 this 3 dog
3 dog 4 doesn't
4 doesn't 5 belong
5 belong 6 anywhere
6 anywhere 7 around
7 around 8 here
8 here 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 12 the
12 the 13 man
13 man 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 house
16 house 17 .

he has come a long distance . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 come
3 come 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 distance
6 distance 7 .

we must keep him in the house or chained up . 
1 we 2 must
2 must 3 keep
3 keep 4 him
4 him 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 house
7 house 8 or
8 or 9 chained
9 chained 10 up
10 up 11 .

perhaps some day we may be able to find his owner . 
1 perhaps 2 some
2 some 3 day
3 day 4 we
4 we 5 may
5 may 6 be
6 be 7 able
7 able 8 to
8 to 9 find
9 find 10 his
10 his 11 owner
11 owner 12 .

if not , we will keep him . 
1 if 2 not
2 not 3 ,
3 , 4 we
4 we 5 will
5 will 6 keep
6 keep 7 him
7 him 8 .

i am sure he will soon become contented here . " 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 sure
3 sure 4 he
4 he 5 will
5 will 6 soon
6 soon 7 become
7 become 8 contented
8 contented 9 here
9 here 10 .
10 . 11 "

now that man knew dogs . 
1 now 2 that
2 that 3 man
3 man 4 knew
4 knew 5 dogs
5 dogs 6 .

he would have tried to find his way home , and he hadn't the least idea in the world in which direction home lay . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 tried
4 tried 5 to
5 to 6 find
6 find 7 his
7 his 8 way
8 way 9 home
9 home 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 hadn't
13 hadn't 14 the
14 the 15 least
15 least 16 idea
16 idea 17 in
17 in 18 the
18 the 19 world
19 world 20 in
20 in 21 which
21 which 22 direction
22 direction 23 home
23 home 24 lay
24 lay 25 .

but he didn't get the chance to try . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 get
4 get 5 the
5 the 6 chance
6 chance 7 to
7 to 8 try
8 try 9 .

when he was allowed to run out of doors it was always with some one to watch him . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 allowed
4 allowed 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 doors
9 doors 10 it
10 it 11 was
11 was 12 always
12 always 13 with
13 with 14 some
14 some 15 one
15 one 16 to
16 to 17 watch
17 watch 18 him
18 him 19 .

but he did want to know just what had happened to him , and so he kept searching and searching . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 want
4 want 5 to
5 to 6 know
6 know 7 just
7 just 8 what
8 what 9 had
9 had 10 happened
10 happened 11 to
11 to 12 him
12 him 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 so
15 so 16 he
16 he 17 kept
17 kept 18 searching
18 searching 19 and
19 and 20 searching
20 searching 21 .

that afternoon he drove over there , his heart filled with great hope . 
1 that 2 afternoon
2 afternoon 3 he
3 he 4 drove
4 drove 5 over
5 over 6 there
6 there 7 ,
7 , 8 his
8 his 9 heart
9 heart 10 filled
10 filled 11 with
11 with 12 great
12 great 13 hope
13 hope 14 .

they even came up around the henyard in broad daylight . 
1 they 2 even
2 even 3 came
3 came 4 up
4 up 5 around
5 around 6 the
6 the 7 henyard
7 henyard 8 in
8 in 9 broad
9 broad 10 daylight
10 daylight 11 .

i certainly shall have to get another dog to teach you not to be so bold . " 
1 i 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 shall
3 shall 4 have
4 have 5 to
5 to 6 get
6 get 7 another
7 another 8 dog
8 dog 9 to
9 to 10 teach
10 teach 11 you
11 you 12 not
12 not 13 to
13 to 14 be
14 be 15 so
15 so 16 bold
16 bold 17 .
17 . 18 "

he did it without really thinking anything about it . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 it
3 it 4 without
4 without 5 really
5 really 6 thinking
6 thinking 7 anything
7 anything 8 about
8 about 9 it
9 it 10 .

there is as much difference in the voices of dogs as in the voices of human beings . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 as
3 as 4 much
4 much 5 difference
5 difference 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 voices
8 voices 9 of
9 of 10 dogs
10 dogs 11 as
11 as 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 voices
14 voices 15 of
15 of 16 human
16 human 17 beings
17 beings 18 .

for that matter , this is true of many of the little people who wear fur . 
1 for 2 that
2 that 3 matter
3 matter 4 ,
4 , 5 this
5 this 6 is
6 is 7 true
7 true 8 of
8 of 9 many
9 many 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 little
12 little 13 people
13 people 14 who
14 who 15 wear
15 wear 16 fur
16 fur 17 .

then , when the scent was strong , he gave tongue so fast that you wondered how he had breath enough left to run . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 when
3 when 4 the
4 the 5 scent
5 scent 6 was
6 was 7 strong
7 strong 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 gave
10 gave 11 tongue
11 tongue 12 so
12 so 13 fast
13 fast 14 that
14 that 15 you
15 you 16 wondered
16 wondered 17 how
17 how 18 he
18 he 19 had
19 had 20 breath
20 breath 21 enough
21 enough 22 left
22 left 23 to
23 to 24 run
24 run 25 .

anyway , they don't give him a chance to try . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 they
3 they 4 don't
4 don't 5 give
5 give 6 him
6 him 7 a
7 a 8 chance
8 chance 9 to
9 to 10 try
10 try 11 .

it makes me feel uncomfortable . 
1 it 2 makes
2 makes 3 me
3 me 4 feel
4 feel 5 uncomfortable
5 uncomfortable 6 .

it won't do any harm to try , anyway . " 
1 it 2 won't
2 won't 3 do
3 do 4 any
4 any 5 harm
5 harm 6 to
6 to 7 try
7 try 8 ,
8 , 9 anyway
9 anyway 10 .
10 . 11 "

" what brings you over here so early ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 brings
3 brings 4 you
4 you 5 over
5 over 6 here
6 here 7 so
7 so 8 early
8 early 9 ?

i should suppose you would be looking for a breakfast . " 
1 i 2 should
2 should 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 you
4 you 5 would
5 would 6 be
6 be 7 looking
7 looking 8 for
8 for 9 a
9 a 10 breakfast
10 breakfast 11 .
11 . 12 "

this was a time for the latter . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 time
4 time 5 for
5 for 6 the
6 the 7 latter
7 latter 8 .

is he well ? " 
1 is 2 he
2 he 3 well
3 well 4 ?
4 ? 5 "

he is homesick . 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 homesick
3 homesick 4 .

" it is every one for himself , you know , " said he . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 every
4 every 5 one
5 one 6 for
6 for 7 himself
7 himself 8 ,
8 , 9 you
9 you 10 know
10 know 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 14 he
14 he 15 .

so if he is in trouble , he can stay there for all of me . " 
1 so 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 in
5 in 6 trouble
6 trouble 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 can
9 can 10 stay
10 stay 11 there
11 there 12 for
12 for 13 all
13 all 14 of
14 of 15 me
15 me 16 .
16 . 17 "

" you certainly are looking in mighty fine condition . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 are
4 are 5 looking
5 looking 6 in
6 in 7 mighty
7 mighty 8 fine
8 fine 9 condition
9 condition 10 .

" he never pays compliments unless he wants something in return . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 never
3 never 4 pays
4 pays 5 compliments
5 compliments 6 unless
6 unless 7 he
7 he 8 wants
8 wants 9 something
9 something 10 in
10 in 11 return
11 return 12 .

he wouldn't fly over a fence to tell anybody that unless it was for a purpose . " 
1 he 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 fly
3 fly 4 over
4 over 5 a
5 a 6 fence
6 fence 7 to
7 to 8 tell
8 tell 9 anybody
9 anybody 10 that
10 that 11 unless
11 unless 12 it
12 it 13 was
13 was 14 for
14 for 15 a
15 a 16 purpose
16 purpose 17 .
17 . 18 "

it was red wits against black wits . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 red
3 red 4 wits
4 wits 5 against
5 against 6 black
6 black 7 wits
7 wits 8 .

" you surprise me , " said he . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 surprise
3 surprise 4 me
4 me 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" a dog is a nuisance . 
1 " 2 a
2 a 3 dog
3 dog 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 nuisance
6 nuisance 7 .

he isn't of any use in the wide , wide world . " 
1 he 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 of
3 of 4 any
4 any 5 use
5 use 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 wide
8 wide 9 ,
9 , 10 wide
10 wide 11 world
11 world 12 .
12 . 13 "

i hope not , anyway . " 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 3 not
3 not 4 ,
4 , 5 anyway
5 anyway 6 .
6 . 7 "

who runs in circles never gets far . 
1 who 2 runs
2 runs 3 in
3 in 4 circles
4 circles 5 never
5 never 6 gets
6 gets 7 far
7 far 8 .

to be artful is to be very clever . 
1 to 2 be
2 be 3 artful
3 artful 4 is
4 is 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 very
7 very 8 clever
8 clever 9 .

it is to do things in a way so clever that people will not see what you are really doing . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 to
3 to 4 do
4 do 5 things
5 things 6 in
6 in 7 a
7 a 8 way
8 way 9 so
9 so 10 clever
10 clever 11 that
11 that 12 people
12 people 13 will
13 will 14 not
14 not 15 see
15 see 16 what
16 what 17 you
17 you 18 are
18 are 19 really
19 really 20 doing
20 doing 21 .

he changed the subject very abruptly . 
1 he 2 changed
2 changed 3 the
3 the 4 subject
4 subject 5 very
5 very 6 abruptly
6 abruptly 7 .

they certainly are fine-looking hens . 
1 they 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 are
3 are 4 fine-looking
4 fine-looking 5 hens
5 hens 6 .

some of them are so fat they can hardly run . " 
1 some 2 of
2 of 3 them
3 them 4 are
4 are 5 so
5 so 6 fat
6 fat 7 they
7 they 8 can
8 can 9 hardly
9 hardly 10 run
10 run 11 .
11 . 12 "

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

" where did you say those hens are ? " he asked , trying to speak carelessly . 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 did
3 did 4 you
4 you 5 say
5 say 6 those
6 those 7 hens
7 hens 8 are
8 are 9 ?
9 ? 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 asked
12 asked 13 ,
13 , 14 trying
14 trying 15 to
15 to 16 speak
16 speak 17 carelessly
17 carelessly 18 .

i don't suppose you noticed if there were any dogs about where those hens are ? " 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 you
4 you 5 noticed
5 noticed 6 if
6 if 7 there
7 there 8 were
8 were 9 any
9 any 10 dogs
10 dogs 11 about
11 about 12 where
12 where 13 those
13 those 14 hens
14 hens 15 are
15 are 16 ?
16 ? 17 "

it is too bad that they are so far away . " 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 too
3 too 4 bad
4 bad 5 that
5 that 6 they
6 they 7 are
7 are 8 so
8 so 9 far
9 far 10 away
10 away 11 .
11 . 12 "

finally he disappeared . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 disappeared
3 disappeared 4 .

he looked that way because he was thoughtful . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 that
3 that 4 way
4 way 5 because
5 because 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 thoughtful
8 thoughtful 9 .

the more he thought of them , the hungrier he grew . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 them
6 them 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 hungrier
9 hungrier 10 he
10 he 11 grew
11 grew 12 .

i wonder if he has gone that way now . 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 if
3 if 4 he
4 he 5 has
5 has 6 gone
6 gone 7 that
7 that 8 way
8 way 9 now
9 now 10 .

that black rascal flies all over the country . 
1 that 2 black
2 black 3 rascal
3 rascal 4 flies
4 flies 5 all
5 all 6 over
6 over 7 the
7 the 8 country
8 country 9 .

that farm may lie in the direction he has gone now , and it may be in quite the opposite direction . 
1 that 2 farm
2 farm 3 may
3 may 4 lie
4 lie 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 direction
7 direction 8 he
8 he 9 has
9 has 10 gone
10 gone 11 now
11 now 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 it
14 it 15 may
15 may 16 be
16 be 17 in
17 in 18 quite
18 quite 19 the
19 the 20 opposite
20 opposite 21 direction
21 direction 22 .

he decided that the best thing he could do would be to get a good rest . 
1 he 2 decided
2 decided 3 that
3 that 4 the
4 the 5 best
5 best 6 thing
6 thing 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 do
9 do 10 would
10 would 11 be
11 be 12 to
12 to 13 get
13 get 14 a
14 a 15 good
15 good 16 rest
16 rest 17 .

one must always be fit if one is to get on in this life . 
1 one 2 must
2 must 3 always
3 always 4 be
4 be 5 fit
5 fit 6 if
6 if 7 one
7 one 8 is
8 is 9 to
9 to 10 get
10 get 11 on
11 on 12 in
12 in 13 this
13 this 14 life
14 life 15 .

hardly had his eyes closed when he began to dream . 
1 hardly 2 had
2 had 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 closed
5 closed 6 when
6 when 7 he
7 he 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 dream
10 dream 11 .

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

fat hens were all about him . 
1 fat 2 hens
2 hens 3 were
3 were 4 all
4 all 5 about
5 about 6 him
6 him 7 .

they were so fat that they could hardly walk . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 so
3 so 4 fat
4 fat 5 that
5 that 6 they
6 they 7 could
7 could 8 hardly
8 hardly 9 walk
9 walk 10 .

there were no dogs to worry him . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 no
3 no 4 dogs
4 dogs 5 to
5 to 6 worry
6 worry 7 him
7 him 8 .

there were no hunters with dreadful guns . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 no
3 no 4 hunters
4 hunters 5 with
5 with 6 dreadful
6 dreadful 7 guns
7 guns 8 .

all he had to do was to reach out and help himself to as many fat hens as he wanted . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 do
5 do 6 was
6 was 7 to
7 to 8 reach
8 reach 9 out
9 out 10 and
10 and 11 help
11 help 12 himself
12 himself 13 to
13 to 14 as
14 as 15 many
15 many 16 fat
16 fat 17 hens
17 hens 18 as
18 as 19 he
19 he 20 wanted
20 wanted 21 .

when he started for home the fat hens that were left started along with him . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 for
4 for 5 home
5 home 6 the
6 the 7 fat
7 fat 8 hens
8 hens 9 that
9 that 10 were
10 were 11 left
11 left 12 started
12 started 13 along
13 along 14 with
14 with 15 him
15 him 16 .

" you seem to be feeling badly . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 seem
3 seem 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 feeling
6 feeling 7 badly
7 badly 8 .
8 . 9 "

it was a long , doleful sigh . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 ,
5 , 6 doleful
6 doleful 7 sigh
7 sigh 8 .

he was doing his best to look very sympathetic . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 doing
3 doing 4 his
4 his 5 best
5 best 6 to
6 to 7 look
7 look 8 very
8 very 9 sympathetic
9 sympathetic 10 .

i 've been hungry myself more than once . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 been
3 been 4 hungry
4 hungry 5 myself
5 myself 6 more
6 more 7 than
7 than 8 once
8 once 9 .

people who think that they are fooling others very often discover that they have been fooling themselves . 
1 people 2 who
2 who 3 think
3 think 4 that
4 that 5 they
5 they 6 are
6 are 7 fooling
7 fooling 8 others
8 others 9 very
9 very 10 often
10 often 11 discover
11 discover 12 that
12 that 13 they
13 they 14 have
14 have 15 been
15 been 16 fooling
16 fooling 17 themselves
17 themselves 18 .

i just can't bear to see an old friend starve . 
1 i 2 just
2 just 3 can't
3 can't 4 bear
4 bear 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 an
7 an 8 old
8 old 9 friend
9 friend 10 starve
10 starve 11 .

it is too bad that those fat hens are so far away . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 too
3 too 4 bad
4 bad 5 that
5 that 6 those
6 those 7 fat
7 fat 8 hens
8 hens 9 are
9 are 10 so
10 so 11 far
11 far 12 away
12 away 13 .

i feel sure that one of them would make you quite yourself again . " 
1 i 2 feel
2 feel 3 sure
3 sure 4 that
4 that 5 one
5 one 6 of
6 of 7 them
7 them 8 would
8 would 9 make
9 make 10 you
10 you 11 quite
11 quite 12 yourself
12 yourself 13 again
13 again 14 .
14 . 15 "

are they so very far from here ? " 
1 are 2 they
2 they 3 so
3 so 4 very
4 very 5 far
5 far 6 from
6 from 7 here
7 here 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

" yes , " said he , " they are a long way from here . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 they
9 they 10 are
10 are 11 a
11 a 12 long
12 long 13 way
13 way 14 from
14 from 15 here
15 here 16 .

i will fly straight towards that farm where the fat hens are . 
1 i 2 will
2 will 3 fly
3 fly 4 straight
4 straight 5 towards
5 towards 6 that
6 that 7 farm
7 farm 8 where
8 where 9 the
9 the 10 fat
10 fat 11 hens
11 hens 12 are
12 are 13 .

you follow along as best you can . 
1 you 2 follow
2 follow 3 along
3 along 4 as
4 as 5 best
5 best 6 you
6 you 7 can
7 can 8 .

in your feeble condition it will take you a long time to get anywhere near there . 
1 in 2 your
2 your 3 feeble
3 feeble 4 condition
4 condition 5 it
5 it 6 will
6 will 7 take
7 take 8 you
8 you 9 a
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 time
11 time 12 to
12 to 13 get
13 get 14 anywhere
14 anywhere 15 near
15 near 16 there
16 there 17 .

he was in a hurry to get to those fat hens . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 a
4 a 5 hurry
5 hurry 6 to
6 to 7 get
7 get 8 to
8 to 9 those
9 those 10 fat
10 fat 11 hens
11 hens 12 .

you cannot tell from a single feather what a bird looks like , nor from a lone hair how big a dog is . 
1 you 2 cannot
2 cannot 3 tell
3 tell 4 from
4 from 5 a
5 a 6 single
6 single 7 feather
7 feather 8 what
8 what 9 a
9 a 10 bird
10 bird 11 looks
11 looks 12 like
12 like 13 ,
13 , 14 nor
14 nor 15 from
15 from 16 a
16 a 17 lone
17 lone 18 hair
18 hair 19 how
19 how 20 big
20 big 21 a
21 a 22 dog
22 dog 23 is
23 is 24 .

in the first place his plan was working beautifully . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 his
5 his 6 plan
6 plan 7 was
7 was 8 working
8 working 9 beautifully
9 beautifully 10 .

his real reason for stopping was to have a chance to look back . 
1 his 2 real
2 real 3 reason
3 reason 4 for
4 for 5 stopping
5 stopping 6 was
6 was 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 a
9 a 10 chance
10 chance 11 to
11 to 12 look
12 look 13 back
13 back 14 .

you see , while he was flying he couldn't look behind him . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 while
4 while 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 flying
7 flying 8 he
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 look
10 look 11 behind
11 behind 12 him
12 him 13 .

there was nothing weak or feeble in the way that red speck was coming across the snow-covered fields . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 weak
4 weak 5 or
5 or 6 feeble
6 feeble 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 way
9 way 10 that
10 that 11 red
11 red 12 speck
12 speck 13 was
13 was 14 coming
14 coming 15 across
15 across 16 the
16 the 17 snow-covered
17 snow-covered 18 fields
18 fields 19 .

nearer and nearer came the red speck , and of course the nearer it came the larger it grew . 
1 nearer 2 and
2 and 3 nearer
3 nearer 4 came
4 came 5 the
5 the 6 red
6 red 7 speck
7 speck 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 of
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 the
12 the 13 nearer
13 nearer 14 it
14 it 15 came
15 came 16 the
16 the 17 larger
17 larger 18 it
18 it 19 grew
19 grew 20 .

presently it stopped moving fast . 
1 presently 2 it
2 it 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 moving
4 moving 5 fast
5 fast 6 .

it began to move slowly and stop every once in a while , as if to rest . 
1 it 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 move
4 move 5 slowly
5 slowly 6 and
6 and 7 stop
7 stop 8 every
8 every 9 once
9 once 10 in
10 in 11 a
11 a 12 while
12 while 13 ,
13 , 14 as
14 as 15 if
15 if 16 to
16 to 17 rest
17 rest 18 .

the same thing happened over again . 
1 the 2 same
2 same 3 thing
3 thing 4 happened
4 happened 5 over
5 over 6 again
6 again 7 .

this pleased him . 
1 this 2 pleased
2 pleased 3 him
3 him 4 .

his tongue was hanging out just a little , and he was panting . 
1 his 2 tongue
2 tongue 3 was
3 was 4 hanging
4 hanging 5 out
5 out 6 just
6 just 7 a
7 a 8 little
8 little 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 panting
13 panting 14 .

he stood as still as if he had suddenly been frozen stiff . 
1 he 2 stood
2 stood 3 as
3 as 4 still
4 still 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 suddenly
9 suddenly 10 been
10 been 11 frozen
11 frozen 12 stiff
12 stiff 13 .

his sharp black ears were cocked forward , and his head was turned just a little to one side . 
1 his 2 sharp
2 sharp 3 black
3 black 4 ears
4 ears 5 were
5 were 6 cocked
6 cocked 7 forward
7 forward 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 his
10 his 11 head
11 head 12 was
12 was 13 turned
13 turned 14 just
14 just 15 a
15 a 16 little
16 little 17 to
17 to 18 one
18 one 19 side
19 side 20 .

he was sharp enough to know that it was no longer of any use to pretend . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 sharp
3 sharp 4 enough
4 enough 5 to
5 to 6 know
6 know 7 that
7 that 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 no
10 no 11 longer
11 longer 12 of
12 of 13 any
13 any 14 use
14 use 15 to
15 to 16 pretend
16 pretend 17 .

" the thought of those fat hens has quite restored my strength . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 thought
3 thought 4 of
4 of 5 those
5 those 6 fat
6 fat 7 hens
7 hens 8 has
8 has 9 quite
9 quite 10 restored
10 restored 11 my
11 my 12 strength
12 strength 13 .

did you say that they are near here ? " 
1 did 2 you
2 you 3 say
3 say 4 that
4 that 5 they
5 they 6 are
6 are 7 near
7 near 8 here
8 here 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

he didn't need to . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 need
3 need 4 to
4 to 5 .

from the other side of a little swamp in front of them a rooster crowed . 
1 from 2 the
2 the 3 other
3 other 4 side
4 side 5 of
5 of 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 swamp
8 swamp 9 in
9 in 10 front
10 front 11 of
11 of 12 them
12 them 13 a
13 a 14 rooster
14 rooster 15 crowed
15 crowed 16 .

that was answer enough ! 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 answer
3 answer 4 enough
4 enough 5 !

he looked neither to the right nor to the left , but with eyes fixed eagerly ahead , began to steal forward swiftly . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 neither
3 neither 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 right
6 right 7 nor
7 nor 8 to
8 to 9 the
9 the 10 left
10 left 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 with
13 with 14 eyes
14 eyes 15 fixed
15 fixed 16 eagerly
16 eagerly 17 ahead
17 ahead 18 ,
18 , 19 began
19 began 20 to
20 to 21 steal
21 steal 22 forward
22 forward 23 swiftly
23 swiftly 24 .

to this he crawled on his stomach and peeped around the end of it . 
1 to 2 this
2 this 3 he
3 he 4 crawled
4 crawled 5 on
5 on 6 his
6 his 7 stomach
7 stomach 8 and
8 and 9 peeped
9 peeped 10 around
10 around 11 the
11 the 12 end
12 end 13 of
13 of 14 it
14 it 15 .

some were taking a sun bath just in front of the barn door . 
1 some 2 were
2 were 3 taking
3 taking 4 a
4 a 5 sun
5 sun 6 bath
6 bath 7 just
7 just 8 in
8 in 9 front
9 front 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 barn
12 barn 13 door
13 door 14 .

others were scattered about , picking up bits of food which had been thrown out for them . 
1 others 2 were
2 were 3 scattered
3 scattered 4 about
4 about 5 ,
5 , 6 picking
6 picking 7 up
7 up 8 bits
8 bits 9 of
9 of 10 food
10 food 11 which
11 which 12 had
12 had 13 been
13 been 14 thrown
14 thrown 15 out
15 out 16 for
16 for 17 them
17 them 18 .

a few were scratching in some straw in the cowyard . 
1 a 2 few
2 few 3 were
3 were 4 scratching
4 scratching 5 in
5 in 6 some
6 some 7 straw
7 straw 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 cowyard
10 cowyard 11 .

in the barn a horse stamped . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 barn
3 barn 4 a
4 a 5 horse
5 horse 6 stamped
6 stamped 7 .

from the farmhouse sounded the voice of a woman singing . 
1 from 2 the
2 the 3 farmhouse
3 farmhouse 4 sounded
4 sounded 5 the
5 the 6 voice
6 voice 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 woman
9 woman 10 singing
10 singing 11 .

not one could he see . 
1 not 2 one
2 one 3 could
3 could 4 he
4 he 5 see
5 see 6 .

if there was a dog , he must be either in the barn or in the house . 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 dog
5 dog 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 must
8 must 9 be
9 be 10 either
10 either 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 barn
13 barn 14 or
14 or 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 house
17 house 18 .

he was sorely tempted to rush out and grab one of them at once , but he didn't . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 sorely
3 sorely 4 tempted
4 tempted 5 to
5 to 6 rush
6 rush 7 out
7 out 8 and
8 and 9 grab
9 grab 10 one
10 one 11 of
11 of 12 them
12 them 13 at
13 at 14 once
14 once 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 he
17 he 18 didn't
18 didn't 19 .

he was far too clever to do anything like that until he was absolutely sure that it would be safe . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 far
3 far 4 too
4 too 5 clever
5 clever 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 8 anything
8 anything 9 like
9 like 10 that
10 that 11 until
11 until 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 absolutely
14 absolutely 15 sure
15 sure 16 that
16 that 17 it
17 it 18 would
18 would 19 be
19 be 20 safe
20 safe 21 .

he was sure that he could get one of those fat hens , but he wanted more . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 sure
3 sure 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 get
7 get 8 one
8 one 9 of
9 of 10 those
10 those 11 fat
11 fat 12 hens
12 hens 13 ,
13 , 14 but
14 but 15 he
15 he 16 wanted
16 wanted 17 more
17 more 18 .

the thing to do was to be patient until he could catch one without alarming the others . 
1 the 2 thing
2 thing 3 to
3 to 4 do
4 do 5 was
5 was 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 patient
8 patient 9 until
9 until 10 he
10 he 11 could
11 could 12 catch
12 catch 13 one
13 one 14 without
14 without 15 alarming
15 alarming 16 the
16 the 17 others
17 others 18 .

then perhaps he would be able to catch another . 
1 then 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 be
5 be 6 able
6 able 7 to
7 to 8 catch
8 catch 9 another
9 another 10 .

sometimes it takes a long time to learn this , but it is a necessary lesson . 
1 sometimes 2 it
2 it 3 takes
3 takes 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 time
6 time 7 to
7 to 8 learn
8 learn 9 this
9 this 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 it
12 it 13 is
13 is 14 a
14 a 15 necessary
15 necessary 16 lesson
16 lesson 17 .

when he was young he had lost many a good meal through impatience . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 young
4 young 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 lost
7 lost 8 many
8 many 9 a
9 a 10 good
10 good 11 meal
11 meal 12 through
12 through 13 impatience
13 impatience 14 .

if he were discovered , there would be small chance for him to get another fat hen . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 were
3 were 4 discovered
4 discovered 5 ,
5 , 6 there
6 there 7 would
7 would 8 be
8 be 9 small
9 small 10 chance
10 chance 11 for
11 for 12 him
12 him 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 another
15 another 16 fat
16 fat 17 hen
17 hen 18 .

he knew that if he could get one of these hens without frightening the others , he would have a chance to get another . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 get
7 get 8 one
8 one 9 of
9 of 10 these
10 these 11 hens
11 hens 12 without
12 without 13 frightening
13 frightening 14 the
14 the 15 others
15 others 16 ,
16 , 17 he
17 he 18 would
18 would 19 have
19 have 20 a
20 a 21 chance
21 chance 22 to
22 to 23 get
23 get 24 another
24 another 25 .

he might have a chance to get several in this way . 
1 he 2 might
2 might 3 have
3 have 4 a
4 a 5 chance
5 chance 6 to
6 to 7 get
7 get 8 several
8 several 9 in
9 in 10 this
10 this 11 way
11 way 12 .

so , though he was so eager and so hungry , he made himself keep perfectly still , while he studied out a plan . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 though
3 though 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 eager
7 eager 8 and
8 and 9 so
9 so 10 hungry
10 hungry 11 ,
11 , 12 he
12 he 13 made
13 made 14 himself
14 himself 15 keep
15 keep 16 perfectly
16 perfectly 17 still
17 still 18 ,
18 , 19 while
19 while 20 he
20 he 21 studied
21 studied 22 out
22 out 23 a
23 a 24 plan
24 plan 25 .

by and by he stole ever so carefully around back of the barn to the cowyard . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 he
4 he 5 stole
5 stole 6 ever
6 ever 7 so
7 so 8 carefully
8 carefully 9 around
9 around 10 back
10 back 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 barn
13 barn 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 cowyard
16 cowyard 17 .

some of those fat hens were scratching in the straw of the cowyard . 
1 some 2 of
2 of 3 those
3 those 4 fat
4 fat 5 hens
5 hens 6 were
6 were 7 scratching
7 scratching 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 straw
10 straw 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 cowyard
13 cowyard 14 .

just outside the cowyard was a pile of old boards . 
1 just 2 outside
2 outside 3 the
3 the 4 cowyard
4 cowyard 5 was
5 was 6 a
6 a 7 pile
7 pile 8 of
8 of 9 old
9 old 10 boards
10 boards 11 .

he knew that sooner or later one of those fat hens would be likely to come out of the cowyard . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 sooner
4 sooner 5 or
5 or 6 later
6 later 7 one
7 one 8 of
8 of 9 those
9 those 10 fat
10 fat 11 hens
11 hens 12 would
12 would 13 be
13 be 14 likely
14 likely 15 to
15 to 16 come
16 come 17 out
17 out 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 cowyard
20 cowyard 21 .

in this way he might be able to catch one without the others knowing a thing about it . 
1 in 2 this
2 this 3 way
3 way 4 he
4 he 5 might
5 might 6 be
6 be 7 able
7 able 8 to
8 to 9 catch
9 catch 10 one
10 one 11 without
11 without 12 the
12 the 13 others
13 others 14 knowing
14 knowing 15 a
15 a 16 thing
16 thing 17 about
17 about 18 it
18 it 19 .

" what is the matter with him , anyway ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 the
4 the 5 matter
5 matter 6 with
6 with 7 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 anyway
9 anyway 10 ?

i wonder if he is afraid . 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 if
3 if 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 .

he could catch one of them without half trying , and there he lies as if he expected them to run right into his mouth . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 catch
3 catch 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 them
6 them 7 without
7 without 8 half
8 half 9 trying
9 trying 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 there
12 there 13 he
13 he 14 lies
14 lies 15 as
15 as 16 if
16 if 17 he
17 he 18 expected
18 expected 19 them
19 them 20 to
20 to 21 run
21 run 22 right
22 right 23 into
23 into 24 his
24 his 25 mouth
25 mouth 26 .

i don't want to sit here all day . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 want
3 want 4 to
4 to 5 sit
5 sit 6 here
6 here 7 all
7 all 8 day
8 day 9 .

half a dozen fat hens were walking about among them and scratching in the straw . 
1 half 2 a
2 a 3 dozen
3 dozen 4 fat
4 fat 5 hens
5 hens 6 were
6 were 7 walking
7 walking 8 about
8 about 9 among
9 among 10 them
10 them 11 and
11 and 12 scratching
12 scratching 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 straw
15 straw 16 .

out in the farmyard in front of the barn were many more fat hens . 
1 out 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 4 farmyard
4 farmyard 5 in
5 in 6 front
6 front 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 barn
9 barn 10 were
10 were 11 many
11 many 12 more
12 more 13 fat
13 fat 14 hens
14 hens 15 .

behind a pile of old boards just outside the cowyard was a spot of red . 
1 behind 2 a
2 a 3 pile
3 pile 4 of
4 of 5 old
5 old 6 boards
6 boards 7 just
7 just 8 outside
8 outside 9 the
9 the 10 cowyard
10 cowyard 11 was
11 was 12 a
12 a 13 spot
13 spot 14 of
14 of 15 red
15 red 16 .

in the top of a tall tree not far distant was a spot of black . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 top
3 top 4 of
4 of 5 a
5 a 6 tall
6 tall 7 tree
7 tree 8 not
8 not 9 far
9 far 10 distant
10 distant 11 was
11 was 12 a
12 a 13 spot
13 spot 14 of
14 of 15 black
15 black 16 .

by and by a fat hen walked over to the bars of the cowyard and hopped up on the lower bar . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 a
4 a 5 fat
5 fat 6 hen
6 hen 7 walked
7 walked 8 over
8 over 9 to
9 to 10 the
10 the 11 bars
11 bars 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 cowyard
14 cowyard 15 and
15 and 16 hopped
16 hopped 17 up
17 up 18 on
18 on 19 the
19 the 20 lower
20 lower 21 bar
21 bar 22 .

there she sat for some time . 
1 there 2 she
2 she 3 sat
3 sat 4 for
4 for 5 some
5 some 6 time
6 time 7 .

right then things happened all at once . 
1 right 2 then
2 then 3 things
3 things 4 happened
4 happened 5 all
5 all 6 at
6 at 7 once
7 once 8 .

that red spot behind the pile of old boards suddenly came to life . 
1 that 2 red
2 red 3 spot
3 spot 4 behind
4 behind 5 the
5 the 6 pile
6 pile 7 of
7 of 8 old
8 old 9 boards
9 boards 10 suddenly
10 suddenly 11 came
11 came 12 to
12 to 13 life
13 life 14 .

fox ! 
1 fox 2 !

fox ! " although it sounds as if he were saying " caw ! 
1 fox 2 !
2 ! 3 "
3 " 4 although
4 although 5 it
5 it 6 sounds
6 sounds 7 as
7 as 8 if
8 if 9 he
9 he 10 were
10 were 11 saying
11 saying 12 "
12 " 13 caw
13 caw 14 !

caw ! 
1 caw 2 !

caw ! " 
1 caw 2 !
2 ! 3 "

in a moment the door of the farmhouse flew open , and a man stepped out with a dog at his heels . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 moment
3 moment 4 the
4 the 5 door
5 door 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 farmhouse
8 farmhouse 9 flew
9 flew 10 open
10 open 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 a
13 a 14 man
14 man 15 stepped
15 stepped 16 out
16 out 17 with
17 with 18 a
18 a 19 dog
19 dog 20 at
20 at 21 his
21 his 22 heels
22 heels 23 .

he knew that voice . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 voice
4 voice 5 .

to do it he would have to drop that fat hen he had come so far to get . 
1 to 2 do
2 do 3 it
3 it 4 he
4 he 5 would
5 would 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 drop
8 drop 9 that
9 that 10 fat
10 fat 11 hen
11 hen 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 come
14 come 15 so
15 so 16 far
16 far 17 to
17 to 18 get
18 get 19 .

he certainly was in a fix ! 
1 he 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 in
4 in 5 a
5 a 6 fix
6 fix 7 !

goodness , what a noise he makes ! " 
1 goodness 2 ,
2 , 3 what
3 what 4 a
4 a 5 noise
5 noise 6 he
6 he 7 makes
7 makes 8 !
8 ! 9 "

he knew he must find a place soon , because already that fat hen was growing very heavy . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 he
3 he 4 must
4 must 5 find
5 find 6 a
6 a 7 place
7 place 8 soon
8 soon 9 ,
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 already
11 already 12 that
12 that 13 fat
13 fat 14 hen
14 hen 15 was
15 was 16 growing
16 growing 17 very
17 very 18 heavy
18 heavy 19 .

presently he spied the hollow stump of a tree . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 spied
3 spied 4 the
4 the 5 hollow
5 hollow 6 stump
6 stump 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 tree
9 tree 10 .

he didn't know it was hollow when he first saw it , but from its looks he thought it might be . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 hollow
6 hollow 7 when
7 when 8 he
8 he 9 first
9 first 10 saw
10 saw 11 it
11 it 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 14 from
14 from 15 its
15 its 16 looks
16 looks 17 he
17 he 18 thought
18 thought 19 it
19 it 20 might
20 might 21 be
21 be 22 .

the top of it was only about two feet above the ground . 
1 the 2 top
2 top 3 of
3 of 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 only
6 only 7 about
7 about 8 two
8 two 9 feet
9 feet 10 above
10 above 11 the
11 the 12 ground
12 ground 13 .

it was . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 .

he had no intention of running any farther than he must . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 no
3 no 4 intention
4 intention 5 of
5 of 6 running
6 running 7 any
7 any 8 farther
8 farther 9 than
9 than 10 he
10 he 11 must
11 must 12 .

in the first place he had traveled so far that he did not feel like running . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 traveled
7 traveled 8 so
8 so 9 far
9 far 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 did
12 did 13 not
13 not 14 feel
14 feel 15 like
15 like 16 running
16 running 17 .

in the second place he wanted to get back to that hollow stump and the fat hen just as soon as possible . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 second
3 second 4 place
4 place 5 he
5 he 6 wanted
6 wanted 7 to
7 to 8 get
8 get 9 back
9 back 10 to
10 to 11 that
11 that 12 hollow
12 hollow 13 stump
13 stump 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 16 fat
16 fat 17 hen
17 hen 18 just
18 just 19 as
19 as 20 soon
20 soon 21 as
21 as 22 possible
22 possible 23 .

at home he knew every foot of the ground for a long distance in every direction . 
1 at 2 home
2 home 3 he
3 he 4 knew
4 knew 5 every
5 every 6 foot
6 foot 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 ground
9 ground 10 for
10 for 11 a
11 a 12 long
12 long 13 distance
13 distance 14 in
14 in 15 every
15 every 16 direction
16 direction 17 .

this made all the difference in the world , because he knew just how to play all kinds of tricks . 
1 this 2 made
2 made 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 difference
5 difference 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 world
8 world 9 ,
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 he
11 he 12 knew
12 knew 13 just
13 just 14 how
14 how 15 to
15 to 16 play
16 play 17 all
17 all 18 kinds
18 kinds 19 of
19 of 20 tricks
20 tricks 21 .

but here it was different . 
1 but 2 here
2 here 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 different
5 different 6 .

it seemed to him that all he could do was to run and run . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 him
4 him 5 that
5 that 6 all
6 all 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 do
9 do 10 was
10 was 11 to
11 to 12 run
12 run 13 and
13 and 14 run
14 run 15 .

the sweetest sound in the world is the voice of one you love . 
1 the 2 sweetest
2 sweetest 3 sound
3 sound 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 world
6 world 7 is
7 is 8 the
8 the 9 voice
9 voice 10 of
10 of 11 one
11 one 12 you
12 you 13 love
13 love 14 .

he harnessed the horse to a sleigh and started off right after dinner . 
1 he 2 harnessed
2 harnessed 3 the
3 the 4 horse
4 horse 5 to
5 to 6 a
6 a 7 sleigh
7 sleigh 8 and
8 and 9 started
9 started 10 off
10 off 11 right
11 right 12 after
12 after 13 dinner
13 dinner 14 .

he had almost reached the place he had started for when ' way off across the fields to his right he heard a dog . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 almost
3 almost 4 reached
4 reached 5 the
5 the 6 place
6 place 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 started
9 started 10 for
10 for 11 when
11 when 12 '
12 ' 13 way
13 way 14 off
14 off 15 across
15 across 16 the
16 the 17 fields
17 fields 18 to
18 to 19 his
19 his 20 right
20 right 21 he
21 he 22 heard
22 heard 23 a
23 a 24 dog
24 dog 25 .

there is something about it which stirs the blood . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 something
3 something 4 about
4 about 5 it
5 it 6 which
6 which 7 stirs
7 stirs 8 the
8 the 9 blood
9 blood 10 .

he stopped whistling and stopped the horse in order that he might listen better . 
1 he 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 whistling
3 whistling 4 and
4 and 5 stopped
5 stopped 6 the
6 the 7 horse
7 horse 8 in
8 in 9 order
9 order 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 might
12 might 13 listen
13 listen 14 better
14 better 15 .

i would know that voice among a million ! " 
1 i 2 would
2 would 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 5 voice
5 voice 6 among
6 among 7 a
7 a 8 million
8 million 9 !
9 ! 10 "

he leaped from the sleigh and tied the horse . 
1 he 2 leaped
2 leaped 3 from
3 from 4 the
4 the 5 sleigh
5 sleigh 6 and
6 and 7 tied
7 tied 8 the
8 the 9 horse
9 horse 10 .

then he climbed over the fence and began to run across the snow-covered fields . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 climbed
3 climbed 4 over
4 over 5 the
5 the 6 fence
6 fence 7 and
7 and 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 run
10 run 11 across
11 across 12 the
12 the 13 snow-covered
13 snow-covered 14 fields
14 fields 15 .

at last he reached an old road . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 reached
4 reached 5 an
5 an 6 old
6 old 7 road
7 road 8 .

so he hid behind an old stone wall on the edge of it . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 hid
3 hid 4 behind
4 behind 5 an
5 an 6 old
6 old 7 stone
7 stone 8 wall
8 wall 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 edge
11 edge 12 of
12 of 13 it
13 it 14 .

he did not have long to wait . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 not
3 not 4 have
4 have 5 long
5 long 6 to
6 to 7 wait
7 wait 8 .

a red form appeared around a turn in the old road , running swiftly . 
1 a 2 red
2 red 3 form
3 form 4 appeared
4 appeared 5 around
5 around 6 a
6 a 7 turn
7 turn 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 old
10 old 11 road
11 road 12 ,
12 , 13 running
13 running 14 swiftly
14 swiftly 15 .

then it stopped and stood perfectly still . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 and
4 and 5 stood
5 stood 6 perfectly
6 perfectly 7 still
7 still 8 .

he listened for only a moment and then started on as swiftly as before . 
1 he 2 listened
2 listened 3 for
3 for 4 only
4 only 5 a
5 a 6 moment
6 moment 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 started
9 started 10 on
10 on 11 as
11 as 12 swiftly
12 swiftly 13 as
13 as 14 before
14 before 15 .

a few minutes later another form appeared around the turn in the road . 
1 a 2 few
2 few 3 minutes
3 minutes 4 later
4 later 5 another
5 another 6 form
6 form 7 appeared
7 appeared 8 around
8 around 9 the
9 the 10 turn
10 turn 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 road
13 road 14 .

joy will make a puppy of an old dog . 
1 joy 2 will
2 will 3 make
3 make 4 a
4 a 5 puppy
5 puppy 6 of
6 of 7 an
7 an 8 old
8 old 9 dog
9 dog 10 .

his love of the hunt is so great that , as a rule , nothing short of losing the trail will make him stop . 
1 his 2 love
2 love 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 hunt
5 hunt 6 is
6 is 7 so
7 so 8 great
8 great 9 that
9 that 10 ,
10 , 11 as
11 as 12 a
12 a 13 rule
13 rule 14 ,
14 , 15 nothing
15 nothing 16 short
16 short 17 of
17 of 18 losing
18 losing 19 the
19 the 20 trail
20 trail 21 will
21 will 22 make
22 make 23 him
23 him 24 stop
24 stop 25 .

he will follow it until he cannot follow it any longer . 
1 he 2 will
2 will 3 follow
3 follow 4 it
4 it 5 until
5 until 6 he
6 he 7 cannot
7 cannot 8 follow
8 follow 9 it
9 it 10 any
10 any 11 longer
11 longer 12 .

he didn't see him until he almost ran into him . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
3 see 4 him
4 him 5 until
5 until 6 he
6 he 7 almost
7 almost 8 ran
8 ran 9 into
9 into 10 him
10 him 11 .

then with a little yelp of pure joy he leaped up and did his best to lick his master 's face . 
1 then 2 with
2 with 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 yelp
5 yelp 6 of
6 of 7 pure
7 pure 8 joy
8 joy 9 he
9 he 10 leaped
10 leaped 11 up
11 up 12 and
12 and 13 did
13 did 14 his
14 his 15 best
15 best 16 to
16 to 17 lick
17 lick 18 his
18 his 19 master
19 master 20 's
20 's 21 face
21 face 22 .

he yelped and whined and barked . 
1 he 2 yelped
2 yelped 3 and
3 and 4 whined
4 whined 5 and
5 and 6 barked
6 barked 7 .

he raced around in circles . 
1 he 2 raced
2 raced 3 around
3 around 4 in
4 in 5 circles
5 circles 6 .

that would mean giving up the fat hen which he had hidden in the hollow stump . 
1 that 2 would
2 would 3 mean
3 mean 4 giving
4 giving 5 up
5 up 6 the
6 the 7 fat
7 fat 8 hen
8 hen 9 which
9 which 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 hidden
12 hidden 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 hollow
15 hollow 16 stump
16 stump 17 .

what it was he couldn't imagine . 
1 what 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 he
4 he 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 imagine
6 imagine 7 .

he sat down to wait and listen . 
1 he 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
3 down 4 to
4 to 5 wait
5 wait 6 and
6 and 7 listen
7 listen 8 .

he grinned because now he would have a chance to go back for that fat hen . 
1 he 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 because
3 because 4 now
4 now 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 a
8 a 9 chance
9 chance 10 to
10 to 11 go
11 go 12 back
12 back 13 for
13 for 14 that
14 that 15 fat
15 fat 16 hen
16 hen 17 .

he felt sure that no dinner he had ever eaten had tasted anywhere near as good as would the dinner he was about to enjoy . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 sure
3 sure 4 that
4 that 5 no
5 no 6 dinner
6 dinner 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 ever
9 ever 10 eaten
10 eaten 11 had
11 had 12 tasted
12 tasted 13 anywhere
13 anywhere 14 near
14 near 15 as
15 as 16 good
16 good 17 as
17 as 18 would
18 would 19 the
19 the 20 dinner
20 dinner 21 he
21 he 22 was
22 was 23 about
23 about 24 to
24 to 25 enjoy
25 enjoy 26 .

in the first place his stomach had not been really filled for a long time . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 his
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 had
7 had 8 not
8 not 9 been
9 been 10 really
10 really 11 filled
11 filled 12 for
12 for 13 a
13 a 14 long
14 long 15 time
15 time 16 .

there is nothing like a good appetite to make things taste good . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 like
4 like 5 a
5 a 6 good
6 good 7 appetite
7 appetite 8 to
8 to 9 make
9 make 10 things
10 things 11 taste
11 taste 12 good
12 good 13 .

presently he reached the little swamp in which was the hollow stump . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
4 the 5 little
5 little 6 swamp
6 swamp 7 in
7 in 8 which
8 which 9 was
9 was 10 the
10 the 11 hollow
11 hollow 12 stump
12 stump 13 .

as he drew near it , he moved very carefully . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 drew
3 drew 4 near
4 near 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 moved
8 moved 9 very
9 very 10 carefully
10 carefully 11 .

you see , he was not quite sure that all was safe . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 not
6 not 7 quite
7 quite 8 sure
8 sure 9 that
9 that 10 all
10 all 11 was
11 was 12 safe
12 safe 13 .

all seemed safe . 
1 all 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 safe
3 safe 4 .

it was as still in that little swamp as if no living creature had ever visited it . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 as
3 as 4 still
4 still 5 in
5 in 6 that
6 that 7 little
7 little 8 swamp
8 swamp 9 as
9 as 10 if
10 if 11 no
11 no 12 living
12 living 13 creature
13 creature 14 had
14 had 15 ever
15 ever 16 visited
16 visited 17 it
17 it 18 .

then he blinked his eyes very fast indeed . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 blinked
3 blinked 4 his
4 his 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 very
6 very 7 fast
7 fast 8 indeed
8 indeed 9 .

there was no fat hen in that hollow ! 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 fat
4 fat 5 hen
5 hen 6 in
6 in 7 that
7 that 8 hollow
8 hollow 9 !

he wouldn't believe it . 
1 he 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 believe
3 believe 4 it
4 it 5 .

that fat hen just had to be there . 
1 that 2 fat
2 fat 3 hen
3 hen 4 just
4 just 5 had
5 had 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 there
8 there 9 .

he blinked his eyes some more and looked again . 
1 he 2 blinked
2 blinked 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 some
5 some 6 more
6 more 7 and
7 and 8 looked
8 looked 9 again
9 again 10 .

all he saw in that hollow stump was a feather . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 in
4 in 5 that
5 that 6 hollow
6 hollow 7 stump
7 stump 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 feather
10 feather 11 .

the fat hen had vanished . 
1 the 2 fat
2 fat 3 hen
3 hen 4 had
4 had 5 vanished
5 vanished 6 .

a great rage took their place . 
1 a 2 great
2 great 3 rage
3 rage 4 took
4 took 5 their
5 their 6 place
6 place 7 .

somebody had stolen his fat hen ! 
1 somebody 2 had
2 had 3 stolen
3 stolen 4 his
4 his 5 fat
5 fat 6 hen
6 hen 7 !

there wasn't a sign of anybody about , or that anybody had been there . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 a
3 a 4 sign
4 sign 5 of
5 of 6 anybody
6 anybody 7 about
7 about 8 ,
8 , 9 or
9 or 10 that
10 that 11 anybody
11 anybody 12 had
12 had 13 been
13 been 14 there
14 there 15 .

how could anybody have taken that fat hen and left no trace ? 
1 how 2 could
2 could 3 anybody
3 anybody 4 have
4 have 5 taken
5 taken 6 that
6 that 7 fat
7 fat 8 hen
8 hen 9 and
9 and 10 left
10 left 11 no
11 no 12 trace
12 trace 13 ?

and how could a fat hen with a broken neck disappear of its own accord ? 
1 and 2 how
2 how 3 could
3 could 4 a
4 a 5 fat
5 fat 6 hen
6 hen 7 with
7 with 8 a
8 a 9 broken
9 broken 10 neck
10 neck 11 disappear
11 disappear 12 of
12 of 13 its
13 its 14 own
14 own 15 accord
15 accord 16 ?

often it is better to look for a new trail than to waste time hunting for an old one . 
1 often 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 better
4 better 5 to
5 to 6 look
6 look 7 for
7 for 8 a
8 a 9 new
9 new 10 trail
10 trail 11 than
11 than 12 to
12 to 13 waste
13 waste 14 time
14 time 15 hunting
15 hunting 16 for
16 for 17 an
17 an 18 old
18 old 19 one
19 one 20 .

you see he is such a clever fellow himself that any one clever enough to fool him for long must be very clever indeed . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 such
5 such 6 a
6 a 7 clever
7 clever 8 fellow
8 fellow 9 himself
9 himself 10 that
10 that 11 any
11 any 12 one
12 one 13 clever
13 clever 14 enough
14 enough 15 to
15 to 16 fool
16 fool 17 him
17 him 18 for
18 for 19 long
19 long 20 must
20 must 21 be
21 be 22 very
22 very 23 clever
23 clever 24 indeed
24 indeed 25 .

this time , however , all the cleverness of his sharp wits did him no good . 
1 this 2 time
2 time 3 ,
3 , 4 however
4 however 5 ,
5 , 6 all
6 all 7 the
7 the 8 cleverness
8 cleverness 9 of
9 of 10 his
10 his 11 sharp
11 sharp 12 wits
12 wits 13 did
13 did 14 him
14 him 15 no
15 no 16 good
16 good 17 .

the fat hen he had hidden in a hollow stump had disappeared without leaving trace . 
1 the 2 fat
2 fat 3 hen
3 hen 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 hidden
6 hidden 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 hollow
9 hollow 10 stump
10 stump 11 had
11 had 12 disappeared
12 disappeared 13 without
13 without 14 leaving
14 leaving 15 trace
15 trace 16 .

at once he began to use that wonderful nose of his searching for the scent of that farmer . 
1 at 2 once
2 once 3 he
3 he 4 began
4 began 5 to
5 to 6 use
6 use 7 that
7 that 8 wonderful
8 wonderful 9 nose
9 nose 10 of
10 of 11 his
11 his 12 searching
12 searching 13 for
13 for 14 the
14 the 15 scent
15 scent 16 of
16 of 17 that
17 that 18 farmer
18 farmer 19 .

very carefully he sniffed all about the top of that old stump and inside the hollow . 
1 very 2 carefully
2 carefully 3 he
3 he 4 sniffed
4 sniffed 5 all
5 all 6 about
6 about 7 the
7 the 8 top
8 top 9 of
9 of 10 that
10 that 11 old
11 old 12 stump
12 stump 13 and
13 and 14 inside
14 inside 15 the
15 the 16 hollow
16 hollow 17 .

there wasn't the faintest scent of anybody there . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 the
3 the 4 faintest
4 faintest 5 scent
5 scent 6 of
6 of 7 anybody
7 anybody 8 there
8 there 9 .

then he jumped down , and with his nose to the ground , ran all around the stump , sniffing , sniffing , sniffing . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 jumped
3 jumped 4 down
4 down 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 with
7 with 8 his
8 his 9 nose
9 nose 10 to
10 to 11 the
11 the 12 ground
12 ground 13 ,
13 , 14 ran
14 ran 15 all
15 all 16 around
16 around 17 the
17 the 18 stump
18 stump 19 ,
19 , 20 sniffing
20 sniffing 21 ,
21 , 22 sniffing
22 sniffing 23 ,
23 , 24 sniffing
24 sniffing 25 .

he looked every which way even up in the tree tops , but all his looking was in vain . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 every
3 every 4 which
4 which 5 way
5 way 6 even
6 even 7 up
7 up 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 tree
10 tree 11 tops
11 tops 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 14 all
14 all 15 his
15 his 16 looking
16 looking 17 was
17 was 18 in
18 in 19 vain
19 vain 20 .

it was so mysterious that if he hadn't known positively that he was awake he would have thought it was all a dream . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 mysterious
4 mysterious 5 that
5 that 6 if
6 if 7 he
7 he 8 hadn't
8 hadn't 9 known
9 known 10 positively
10 positively 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 awake
14 awake 15 he
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 have
17 have 18 thought
18 thought 19 it
19 it 20 was
20 was 21 all
21 all 22 a
22 a 23 dream
23 dream 24 .

that fat hen was gone , and there was no use in wasting time puzzling over it . 
1 that 2 fat
2 fat 3 hen
3 hen 4 was
4 was 5 gone
5 gone 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 there
8 there 9 was
9 was 10 no
10 no 11 use
11 use 12 in
12 in 13 wasting
13 wasting 14 time
14 time 15 puzzling
15 puzzling 16 over
16 over 17 it
17 it 18 .

there were other fat hens where that one came from , and he would just have to catch another . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 other
3 other 4 fat
4 fat 5 hens
5 hens 6 where
6 where 7 that
7 that 8 one
8 one 9 came
9 came 10 from
10 from 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 he
13 he 14 would
14 would 15 just
15 just 16 have
16 have 17 to
17 to 18 catch
18 catch 19 another
19 another 20 .

there his keen nose found the scent of the farmer . 
1 there 2 his
2 his 3 keen
3 keen 4 nose
4 nose 5 found
5 found 6 the
6 the 7 scent
7 scent 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 farmer
10 farmer 11 .

they , too , had disappeared . 
1 they 2 ,
2 , 3 too
3 too 4 ,
4 , 5 had
5 had 6 disappeared
6 disappeared 7 .

not one was to be seen . 
1 not 2 one
2 one 3 was
3 was 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 seen
6 seen 7 .

but there was no mystery about the disappearance of these other fat hens . 
1 but 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 no
4 no 5 mystery
5 mystery 6 about
6 about 7 the
7 the 8 disappearance
8 disappearance 9 of
9 of 10 these
10 these 11 other
11 other 12 fat
12 fat 13 hens
13 hens 14 .

he heard the muffled crow of the big rooster . 
1 he 2 heard
2 heard 3 the
3 the 4 muffled
4 muffled 5 crow
5 crow 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 big
8 big 9 rooster
9 rooster 10 .

it came from the henhouse . 
1 it 2 came
2 came 3 from
3 from 4 the
4 the 5 henhouse
5 henhouse 6 .

all those fat hens had been shut up . 
1 all 2 those
2 those 3 fat
3 fat 4 hens
4 hens 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 shut
7 shut 8 up
8 up 9 .

the greatest puzzle is simple enough when you know the answer . 
1 the 2 greatest
2 greatest 3 puzzle
3 puzzle 4 is
4 is 5 simple
5 simple 6 enough
6 enough 7 when
7 when 8 you
8 you 9 know
9 know 10 the
10 the 11 answer
11 answer 12 .

he plunged in among the branches and hid in the thickest part he could find . 
1 he 2 plunged
2 plunged 3 in
3 in 4 among
4 among 5 the
5 the 6 branches
6 branches 7 and
7 and 8 hid
8 hid 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 thickest
11 thickest 12 part
12 part 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 find
15 find 16 .

with little shivers of fear running all over him , he peeked out and watched that big gray form . 
1 with 2 little
2 little 3 shivers
3 shivers 4 of
4 of 5 fear
5 fear 6 running
6 running 7 all
7 all 8 over
8 over 9 him
9 him 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 peeked
12 peeked 13 out
13 out 14 and
14 and 15 watched
15 watched 16 that
16 that 17 big
17 big 18 gray
18 gray 19 form
19 form 20 .

on broad wings it sailed over to that hollow stump . 
1 on 2 broad
2 broad 3 wings
3 wings 4 it
4 it 5 sailed
5 sailed 6 over
6 over 7 to
7 to 8 that
8 that 9 hollow
9 hollow 10 stump
10 stump 11 .

two long legs with great curving claws reached down in , and a moment later that fat hen was disappearing over the tree tops . 
1 two 2 long
2 long 3 legs
3 legs 4 with
4 with 5 great
5 great 6 curving
6 curving 7 claws
7 claws 8 reached
8 reached 9 down
9 down 10 in
10 in 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 a
13 a 14 moment
14 moment 15 later
15 later 16 that
16 that 17 fat
17 fat 18 hen
18 hen 19 was
19 was 20 disappearing
20 disappearing 21 over
21 over 22 the
22 the 23 tree
23 tree 24 tops
24 tops 25 .

he was tired and hungry and bitterly disappointed . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 tired
3 tired 4 and
4 and 5 hungry
5 hungry 6 and
6 and 7 bitterly
7 bitterly 8 disappointed
8 disappointed 9 .

do what he would , he couldn't help thinking about that fat hen he had hidden and which had so mysteriously disappeared . 
1 do 2 what
2 what 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 help
8 help 9 thinking
9 thinking 10 about
10 about 11 that
11 that 12 fat
12 fat 13 hen
13 hen 14 he
14 he 15 had
15 had 16 hidden
16 hidden 17 and
17 and 18 which
18 which 19 had
19 had 20 so
20 so 21 mysteriously
21 mysteriously 22 disappeared
22 disappeared 23 .

the more he thought of it , the worse he felt . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 worse
9 worse 10 he
10 he 11 felt
11 felt 12 .

he was picking these chickens in a shed attached to the barn . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 picking
3 picking 4 these
4 these 5 chickens
5 chickens 6 in
6 in 7 a
7 a 8 shed
8 shed 9 attached
9 attached 10 to
10 to 11 the
11 the 12 barn
12 barn 13 .

he had several all picked when he was called to the house on an errand . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 several
3 several 4 all
4 all 5 picked
5 picked 6 when
6 when 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 called
9 called 10 to
10 to 11 the
11 the 12 house
12 house 13 on
13 on 14 an
14 an 15 errand
15 errand 16 .

this time there was no dog behind him . 
1 this 2 time
2 time 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 no
5 no 6 dog
6 dog 7 behind
7 behind 8 him
8 him 9 .

you see there were no feathers to bother him on that chicken , for it had been picked . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 there
3 there 4 were
4 were 5 no
5 no 6 feathers
6 feathers 7 to
7 to 8 bother
8 bother 9 him
9 him 10 on
10 on 11 that
11 that 12 chicken
12 chicken 13 ,
13 , 14 for
14 for 15 it
15 it 16 had
16 had 17 been
17 been 18 picked
18 picked 19 .

he , too , was happy , for it always makes one happy to have one 's plans succeed . 
1 he 2 ,
2 , 3 too
3 too 4 ,
4 , 5 was
5 was 6 happy
6 happy 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 it
9 it 10 always
10 always 11 makes
11 makes 12 one
12 one 13 happy
13 happy 14 to
14 to 15 have
15 have 16 one
16 one 17 's
17 's 18 plans
18 plans 19 succeed
19 succeed 20 .

" all 's well that end 's well , " he chuckled , and closed his eyes sleepily . 
1 " 2 all
2 all 3 's
3 's 4 well
4 well 5 that
5 that 6 end
6 end 7 's
7 's 8 well
8 well 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 chuckled
12 chuckled 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 closed
15 closed 16 his
16 his 17 eyes
17 eyes 18 sleepily
18 sleepily 19 .