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he pretended to be taking a sun bath , but really he was planning mischief . 
1 he 2 pretended
2 pretended 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 taking
5 taking 6 a
6 a 7 sun
7 sun 8 bath
8 bath 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 really
11 really 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 planning
14 planning 15 mischief
15 mischief 16 .

indeed , he was very far from happy , and all because his tail was short . 
1 indeed 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 very
5 very 6 far
6 far 7 from
7 from 8 happy
8 happy 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 all
11 all 12 because
12 because 13 his
13 his 14 tail
14 tail 15 was
15 was 16 short
16 short 17 .

you do indeed . 
1 you 2 do
2 do 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 .

what are you talking about ? " he asked . 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 talking
4 talking 5 about
5 about 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 asked
9 asked 10 .

" did my grandfather a thousand times removed lose the half of his tail , and was it shorter then than mine is now ? 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 my
3 my 4 grandfather
4 grandfather 5 a
5 a 6 thousand
6 thousand 7 times
7 times 8 removed
8 removed 9 lose
9 lose 10 the
10 the 11 half
11 half 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 tail
14 tail 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 was
17 was 18 it
18 it 19 shorter
19 shorter 20 then
20 then 21 than
21 than 22 mine
22 mine 23 is
23 is 24 now
24 now 25 ?

and how did he come to lose the half of it ? " 
1 and 2 how
2 how 3 did
3 did 4 he
4 he 5 come
5 come 6 to
6 to 7 lose
7 lose 8 the
8 the 9 half
9 half 10 of
10 of 11 it
11 it 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

in fact , he was in such a hurry that he almost forgot his manners . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 in
6 in 7 such
7 such 8 a
8 a 9 hurry
9 hurry 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 almost
12 almost 13 forgot
13 forgot 14 his
14 his 15 manners
15 manners 16 .

he had felt his queer short tail to be a sort of disgrace . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 felt
3 felt 4 his
4 his 5 queer
5 queer 6 short
6 short 7 tail
7 tail 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 10 a
10 a 11 sort
11 sort 12 of
12 of 13 disgrace
13 disgrace 14 .

it looked so mean and small ! 
1 it 2 looked
2 looked 3 so
3 so 4 mean
4 mean 5 and
5 and 6 small
6 small 7 !

and when he had caught three , he caught one more for good measure . 
1 and 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 caught
5 caught 6 three
6 three 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 caught
9 caught 10 one
10 one 11 more
11 more 12 for
12 for 13 good
13 good 14 measure
14 measure 15 .

and that is just what he said had happened . 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 just
4 just 5 what
5 what 6 he
6 he 7 said
7 said 8 had
8 had 9 happened
9 happened 10 .

it was dark , very dark indeed . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 dark
3 dark 4 ,
4 , 5 very
5 very 6 dark
6 dark 7 indeed
7 indeed 8 .

i 've got an errand back on top of the hill . ' 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 got
3 got 4 an
4 an 5 errand
5 errand 6 back
6 back 7 on
7 on 8 top
8 top 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 hill
11 hill 12 .
12 . 13 '

it was a fat acorn . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 fat
4 fat 5 acorn
5 acorn 6 .

some one had been there and stolen all his acorns ! 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 there
5 there 6 and
6 and 7 stolen
7 stolen 8 all
8 all 9 his
9 his 10 acorns
10 acorns 11 !

out fell his store of fat acorns . 
1 out 2 fell
2 fell 3 his
3 his 4 store
4 store 5 of
5 of 6 fat
6 fat 7 acorns
7 acorns 8 .

then she asked him if he had stolen the acorns . 
1 then 2 she
2 she 3 asked
3 asked 4 him
4 him 5 if
5 if 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 stolen
8 stolen 9 the
9 the 10 acorns
10 acorns 11 .

i know that you did not even guess that there were stolen acorns in that bag . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 that
3 that 4 you
4 you 5 did
5 did 6 not
6 not 7 even
7 even 8 guess
8 guess 9 that
9 that 10 there
10 there 11 were
11 were 12 stolen
12 stolen 13 acorns
13 acorns 14 in
14 in 15 that
15 that 16 bag
16 bag 17 .

and this shall be his punishment : always hereafter he will be driven out wherever he is found . 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 shall
3 shall 4 be
4 be 5 his
5 his 6 punishment
6 punishment 7 :
7 : 8 always
8 always 9 hereafter
9 hereafter 10 he
10 he 11 will
11 will 12 be
12 be 13 driven
13 driven 14 out
14 out 15 wherever
15 wherever 16 he
16 he 17 is
17 is 18 found
18 found 19 .

everyone will turn their backs upon him . 
1 everyone 2 will
2 will 3 turn
3 turn 4 their
4 their 5 backs
5 backs 6 upon
6 upon 7 him
7 him 8 .

he will live on what others throw away . 
1 he 2 will
2 will 3 live
3 live 4 on
4 on 5 what
5 what 6 others
6 others 7 throw
7 throw 8 away
8 away 9 .

he will become an outcast instead of a fine gentleman . ' 
1 he 2 will
2 will 3 become
3 become 4 an
4 an 5 outcast
5 outcast 6 instead
6 instead 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 fine
9 fine 10 gentleman
10 gentleman 11 .
11 . 12 '

" of course he felt terribly . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 6 terribly
6 terribly 7 .

that is , you are certain to find him if you look sharp enough . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 you
4 you 5 are
5 are 6 certain
6 certain 7 to
7 to 8 find
8 find 9 him
9 him 10 if
10 if 11 you
11 you 12 look
12 look 13 sharp
13 sharp 14 enough
14 enough 15 .

so because he had rather steal than be honest , he too went to the midnight spread with nothing but his appetite . 
1 so 2 because
2 because 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 rather
5 rather 6 steal
6 steal 7 than
7 than 8 be
8 be 9 honest
9 honest 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 too
12 too 13 went
13 went 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 midnight
16 midnight 17 spread
17 spread 18 with
18 with 19 nothing
19 nothing 20 but
20 but 21 his
21 his 22 appetite
22 appetite 23 .

he didn't smile now . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 smile
3 smile 4 now
4 now 5 .

he was too angry and too frightened . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 angry
4 angry 5 and
5 and 6 too
6 too 7 frightened
7 frightened 8 .

he wrinkled and wrinkled his little black nose in an effort to smell the intruder , but not a whiff could he get . 
1 he 2 wrinkled
2 wrinkled 3 and
3 and 4 wrinkled
4 wrinkled 5 his
5 his 6 little
6 little 7 black
7 black 8 nose
8 nose 9 in
9 in 10 an
10 an 11 effort
11 effort 12 to
12 to 13 smell
13 smell 14 the
14 the 15 intruder
15 intruder 16 ,
16 , 17 but
17 but 18 not
18 not 19 a
19 a 20 whiff
20 whiff 21 could
21 could 22 he
22 he 23 get
23 get 24 .

all was as still and peaceful as could be . 
1 all 2 was
2 was 3 as
3 as 4 still
4 still 5 and
5 and 6 peaceful
6 peaceful 7 as
7 as 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 .

but the fat trout he had seen a minute before shining in the moonlight had also disappeared . 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 fat
3 fat 4 trout
4 trout 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 seen
7 seen 8 a
8 a 9 minute
9 minute 10 before
10 before 11 shining
11 shining 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 moonlight
14 moonlight 15 had
15 had 16 also
16 also 17 disappeared
17 disappeared 18 .

then he did what all cowards do ran home as fast as his legs could carry him . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 what
4 what 5 all
5 all 6 cowards
6 cowards 7 do
7 do 8 ran
8 ran 9 home
9 home 10 as
10 as 11 fast
11 fast 12 as
12 as 13 his
13 his 14 legs
14 legs 15 could
15 could 16 carry
16 carry 17 him
17 him 18 .

they also were very tired , very hungry and very cross . 
1 they 2 also
2 also 3 were
3 were 4 very
4 very 5 tired
5 tired 6 ,
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 hungry
8 hungry 9 and
9 and 10 very
10 very 11 cross
11 cross 12 .

he looked to the east and cleared his throat again . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 to
3 to 4 the
4 the 5 east
5 east 6 and
6 and 7 cleared
7 cleared 8 his
8 his 9 throat
9 throat 10 again
10 again 11 .

then he looked to the west , and cleared his throat . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 west
6 west 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 cleared
9 cleared 10 his
10 his 11 throat
11 throat 12 .

he looked north and he looked south , and each time he cleared his throat , but said nothing . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 north
3 north 4 and
4 and 5 he
5 he 6 looked
6 looked 7 south
7 south 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 each
10 each 11 time
11 time 12 he
12 he 13 cleared
13 cleared 14 his
14 his 15 throat
15 throat 16 ,
16 , 17 but
17 but 18 said
18 said 19 nothing
19 nothing 20 .

his cabbage patch grew up to weeds . 
1 his 2 cabbage
2 cabbage 3 patch
3 patch 4 grew
4 grew 5 up
5 up 6 to
6 to 7 weeds
7 weeds 8 .

he just couldn't keep his tongue still . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 keep
4 keep 5 his
5 his 6 tongue
6 tongue 7 still
7 still 8 .

and like most gossips , he never could tell the exact truth . 
1 and 2 like
2 like 3 most
3 most 4 gossips
4 gossips 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 never
7 never 8 could
8 could 9 tell
9 tell 10 the
10 the 11 exact
11 exact 12 truth
12 truth 13 .

he would have liked to run away and hide . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 liked
4 liked 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 away
7 away 8 and
8 and 9 hide
9 hide 10 .

and besides , his curiosity would give him no peace . 
1 and 2 besides
2 besides 3 ,
3 , 4 his
4 his 5 curiosity
5 curiosity 6 would
6 would 7 give
7 give 8 him
8 him 9 no
9 no 10 peace
10 peace 11 .

but he didn't dare to . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 dare
4 dare 5 to
5 to 6 .

and then he was so curious to know what it all meant that he wouldn't have run if he had dared . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 so
5 so 6 curious
6 curious 7 to
7 to 8 know
8 know 9 what
9 what 10 it
10 it 11 all
11 all 12 meant
12 meant 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 wouldn't
15 wouldn't 16 have
16 have 17 run
17 run 18 if
18 if 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 21 dared
21 dared 22 .

you are a sneak , for you creep up where you are not wanted and listen to things which do not concern you . 
1 you 2 are
2 are 3 a
3 a 4 sneak
4 sneak 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 7 you
7 you 8 creep
8 creep 9 up
9 up 10 where
10 where 11 you
11 you 12 are
12 are 13 not
13 not 14 wanted
14 wanted 15 and
15 and 16 listen
16 listen 17 to
17 to 18 things
18 things 19 which
19 which 20 do
20 do 21 not
21 not 22 concern
22 concern 23 you
23 you 24 .

you are a thief , for you steal the secrets of others . 
1 you 2 are
2 are 3 a
3 a 4 thief
4 thief 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 7 you
7 you 8 steal
8 steal 9 the
9 the 10 secrets
10 secrets 11 of
11 of 12 others
12 others 13 .

" it was dreadful . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 dreadful
4 dreadful 5 .

so he hung his head and two great tears fell splash , right at his feet . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 hung
3 hung 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 and
6 and 7 two
7 two 8 great
8 great 9 tears
9 tears 10 fell
10 fell 11 splash
11 splash 12 ,
12 , 13 right
13 right 14 at
14 at 15 his
15 his 16 feet
16 feet 17 .

it was just this dreadful curiosity . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 this
4 this 5 dreadful
5 dreadful 6 curiosity
6 curiosity 7 .

every few moments he pointed his little black nose up at the round , yellow moon and barked . 
1 every 2 few
2 few 3 moments
3 moments 4 he
4 he 5 pointed
5 pointed 6 his
6 his 7 little
7 little 8 black
8 black 9 nose
9 nose 10 up
10 up 11 at
11 at 12 the
12 the 13 round
13 round 14 ,
14 , 15 yellow
15 yellow 16 moon
16 moon 17 and
17 and 18 barked
18 barked 19 .

then both would listen and watch the million little stars twinkle and twinkle in the frosty sky . 
1 then 2 both
2 both 3 would
3 would 4 listen
4 listen 5 and
5 and 6 watch
6 watch 7 the
7 the 8 million
8 million 9 little
9 little 10 stars
10 stars 11 twinkle
11 twinkle 12 and
12 and 13 twinkle
13 twinkle 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 frosty
16 frosty 17 sky
17 sky 18 .

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

deep down under his little red coat was a strange feeling which he could not explain . 
1 deep 2 down
2 down 3 under
3 under 4 his
4 his 5 little
5 little 6 red
6 red 7 coat
7 coat 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 strange
10 strange 11 feeling
11 feeling 12 which
12 which 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 not
15 not 16 explain
16 explain 17 .

but this time there was no reply . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 4 there
4 there 5 was
5 was 6 no
6 no 7 reply
7 reply 8 .

so he sat still and barked , and pretty soon he forgot all else but the moon and the sound of his own voice . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 still
4 still 5 and
5 and 6 barked
6 barked 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 pretty
9 pretty 10 soon
10 soon 11 he
11 he 12 forgot
12 forgot 13 all
13 all 14 else
14 else 15 but
15 but 16 the
16 the 17 moon
17 moon 18 and
18 and 19 the
19 the 20 sound
20 sound 21 of
21 of 22 his
22 his 23 own
23 own 24 voice
24 voice 25 .

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

he turned a back somersault and away he sped over the hard , snowy crust as fast as his legs could carry him . 
1 he 2 turned
2 turned 3 a
3 a 4 back
4 back 5 somersault
5 somersault 6 and
6 and 7 away
7 away 8 he
8 he 9 sped
9 sped 10 over
10 over 11 the
11 the 12 hard
12 hard 13 ,
13 , 14 snowy
14 snowy 15 crust
15 crust 16 as
16 as 17 fast
17 fast 18 as
18 as 19 his
19 his 20 legs
20 legs 21 could
21 could 22 carry
22 carry 23 him
23 him 24 .

it was coming in great pants now . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 coming
3 coming 4 in
4 in 5 great
5 great 6 pants
6 pants 7 now
7 now 8 .

his bushy tail , of which he was so proud , had become very heavy . 
1 his 2 bushy
2 bushy 3 tail
3 tail 4 ,
4 , 5 of
5 of 6 which
6 which 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 so
9 so 10 proud
10 proud 11 ,
11 , 12 had
12 had 13 become
13 become 14 very
14 very 15 heavy
15 heavy 16 .

with a great roar of his big voice , he sprang forward . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 great
3 great 4 roar
4 roar 5 of
5 of 6 his
6 his 7 big
7 big 8 voice
8 voice 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 sprang
11 sprang 12 forward
12 forward 13 .

she pretended to be very tired . 
1 she 2 pretended
2 pretended 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 very
5 very 6 tired
6 tired 7 .

every time he rushed forward she managed to just slip out of his grasp . 
1 every 2 time
2 time 3 he
3 he 4 rushed
4 rushed 5 forward
5 forward 6 she
6 she 7 managed
7 managed 8 to
8 to 9 just
9 just 10 slip
10 slip 11 out
11 out 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 grasp
14 grasp 15 .

when she came to a stone wall she jumped up on the stone wall and ran along it , just like a squirrel . 
1 when 2 she
2 she 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 5 a
5 a 6 stone
6 stone 7 wall
7 wall 8 she
8 she 9 jumped
9 jumped 10 up
10 up 11 on
11 on 12 the
12 the 13 stone
13 stone 14 wall
14 wall 15 and
15 and 16 ran
16 ran 17 along
17 along 18 it
18 it 19 ,
19 , 20 just
20 just 21 like
21 like 22 a
22 a 23 squirrel
23 squirrel 24 .

every once in a while she would make a long jump and then trot along a little way again . 
1 every 2 once
2 once 3 in
3 in 4 a
4 a 5 while
5 while 6 she
6 she 7 would
7 would 8 make
8 make 9 a
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 jump
11 jump 12 and
12 and 13 then
13 then 14 trot
14 trot 15 along
15 along 16 a
16 a 17 little
17 little 18 way
18 way 19 again
19 again 20 .

way down at the end of the pasture an old apple tree stretched a long limb out towards the stone wall . 
1 way 2 down
2 down 3 at
3 at 4 the
4 the 5 end
5 end 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 pasture
8 pasture 9 an
9 an 10 old
10 old 11 apple
11 apple 12 tree
12 tree 13 stretched
13 stretched 14 a
14 a 15 long
15 long 16 limb
16 limb 17 out
17 out 18 towards
18 towards 19 the
19 the 20 stone
20 stone 21 wall
21 wall 22 .

when she got opposite to this she jumped onto this long limb and ran up into the tree . 
1 when 2 she
2 she 3 got
3 got 4 opposite
4 opposite 5 to
5 to 6 this
6 this 7 she
7 she 8 jumped
8 jumped 9 onto
9 onto 10 this
10 this 11 long
11 long 12 limb
12 limb 13 and
13 and 14 ran
14 ran 15 up
15 up 16 into
16 into 17 the
17 the 18 tree
18 tree 19 .

then he was puzzled . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 puzzled
4 puzzled 5 .

the longer he hunted , the angrier he grew . 
1 the 2 longer
2 longer 3 he
3 he 4 hunted
4 hunted 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 7 angrier
7 angrier 8 he
8 he 9 grew
9 grew 10 .

they got there just in time to see him disappear under a great stone in the old wall . 
1 they 2 got
2 got 3 there
3 there 4 just
4 just 5 in
5 in 6 time
6 time 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 9 him
9 him 10 disappear
10 disappear 11 under
11 under 12 a
12 a 13 great
13 great 14 stone
14 stone 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 old
17 old 18 wall
18 wall 19 .

in a minute he was out again and off as fast as he could go to the old hickory tree . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 out
6 out 7 again
7 again 8 and
8 and 9 off
9 off 10 as
10 as 11 fast
11 fast 12 as
12 as 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 go
15 go 16 to
16 to 17 the
17 the 18 old
18 old 19 hickory
19 hickory 20 tree
20 tree 21 .

he couldn't . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 .

he ran faster than ever until he disappeared under the big stone . 
1 he 2 ran
2 ran 3 faster
3 faster 4 than
4 than 5 ever
5 ever 6 until
6 until 7 he
7 he 8 disappeared
8 disappeared 9 under
9 under 10 the
10 the 11 big
11 big 12 stone
12 stone 13 .

when he popped his head out again he was just his usual saucy little self . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 popped
3 popped 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 out
6 out 7 again
7 again 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 just
10 just 11 his
11 his 12 usual
12 usual 13 saucy
13 saucy 14 little
14 little 15 self
15 self 16 .

he 'll know . " 
1 he 2 'll
2 'll 3 know
3 know 4 .
4 . 5 "

it was very still , very , very still indeed . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 still
4 still 5 ,
5 , 6 very
6 very 7 ,
7 , 8 very
8 very 9 still
9 still 10 indeed
10 indeed 11 .

and every one of them had brought to him a fat , foolish , green fly . 
1 and 2 every
2 every 3 one
3 one 4 of
4 of 5 them
5 them 6 had
6 had 7 brought
7 brought 8 to
8 to 9 him
9 him 10 a
10 a 11 fat
11 fat 12 ,
12 , 13 foolish
13 foolish 14 ,
14 , 15 green
15 green 16 fly
16 fly 17 .

grandfather 's big goggly eyes sparkled and he gave a funny little hop up into the air as he caught each foolish green fly . 
1 grandfather 2 's
2 's 3 big
3 big 4 goggly
4 goggly 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 sparkled
6 sparkled 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 gave
9 gave 10 a
10 a 11 funny
11 funny 12 little
12 little 13 hop
13 hop 14 up
14 up 15 into
15 into 16 the
16 the 17 air
17 air 18 as
18 as 19 he
19 he 20 caught
20 caught 21 each
21 each 22 foolish
22 foolish 23 green
23 green 24 fly
24 fly 25 .

" what is it you want this morning ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 it
4 it 5 you
5 you 6 want
6 want 7 this
7 this 8 morning
8 morning 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

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

" once upon a time a long , long while ago " 
1 " 2 once
2 once 3 upon
3 upon 4 a
4 a 5 time
5 time 6 a
6 a 7 long
7 long 8 ,
8 , 9 long
9 long 10 while
10 while 11 ago
11 ago 12 "

but he didn't mind that , not the least little bit . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 mind
4 mind 5 that
5 that 6 ,
6 , 7 not
7 not 8 the
8 the 9 least
9 least 10 little
10 little 11 bit
11 bit 12 .

" when they reached the nut trees , what do you suppose they discovered ? 
1 " 2 when
2 when 3 they
3 they 4 reached
4 reached 5 the
5 the 6 nut
6 nut 7 trees
7 trees 8 ,
8 , 9 what
9 what 10 do
10 do 11 you
11 you 12 suppose
12 suppose 13 they
13 they 14 discovered
14 discovered 15 ?

they quarreled and they fought over the nuts on the ground and even up in the trees . 
1 they 2 quarreled
2 quarreled 3 and
3 and 4 they
4 they 5 fought
5 fought 6 over
6 over 7 the
7 the 8 nuts
8 nuts 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 ground
11 ground 12 and
12 and 13 even
13 even 14 up
14 up 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 trees
17 trees 18 .

and that night he made a dreadful discovery some one had found his secret store-house and had stolen some of his precious nuts . 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 night
3 night 4 he
4 he 5 made
5 made 6 a
6 a 7 dreadful
7 dreadful 8 discovery
8 discovery 9 some
9 some 10 one
10 one 11 had
11 had 12 found
12 found 13 his
13 his 14 secret
14 secret 15 store-house
15 store-house 16 and
16 and 17 had
17 had 18 stolen
18 stolen 19 some
19 some 20 of
20 of 21 his
21 his 22 precious
22 precious 23 nuts
23 nuts 24 .

he had worked so hard that he had grown thinner and thinner until now he was only a shadow of his old self . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 worked
3 worked 4 so
4 so 5 hard
5 hard 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 grown
9 grown 10 thinner
10 thinner 11 and
11 and 12 thinner
12 thinner 13 until
13 until 14 now
14 now 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 only
17 only 18 a
18 a 19 shadow
19 shadow 20 of
20 of 21 his
21 his 22 old
22 old 23 self
23 self 24 .

but he was as cheerful as ever and kept right on hunting and hunting for stray nuts . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 as
4 as 5 cheerful
5 cheerful 6 as
6 as 7 ever
7 ever 8 and
8 and 9 kept
9 kept 10 right
10 right 11 on
11 on 12 hunting
12 hunting 13 and
13 and 14 hunting
14 hunting 15 for
15 for 16 stray
16 stray 17 nuts
17 nuts 18 .

thief ! 
1 thief 2 !

thief ! ' 
1 thief 2 !
2 ! 3 '

his yellow brown coat fitted him so snugly that it seemed as if it must burst . 
1 his 2 yellow
2 yellow 3 brown
3 brown 4 coat
4 coat 5 fitted
5 fitted 6 him
6 him 7 so
7 so 8 snugly
8 snugly 9 that
9 that 10 it
10 it 11 seemed
11 seemed 12 as
12 as 13 if
13 if 14 it
14 it 15 must
15 must 16 burst
16 burst 17 .

when he reached the old butternut tree he was all out of breath . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
4 the 5 old
5 old 6 butternut
6 butternut 7 tree
7 tree 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 all
10 all 11 out
11 out 12 of
12 of 13 breath
13 breath 14 .

and then because it was so very foolish everybody laughed . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 because
3 because 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 very
7 very 8 foolish
8 foolish 9 everybody
9 everybody 10 laughed
10 laughed 11 .

he had brushed his tail till it looked very handsome , and every few minutes he would turn and admire it . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 brushed
3 brushed 4 his
4 his 5 tail
5 tail 6 till
6 till 7 it
7 it 8 looked
8 looked 9 very
9 very 10 handsome
10 handsome 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 every
13 every 14 few
14 few 15 minutes
15 minutes 16 he
16 he 17 would
17 would 18 turn
18 turn 19 and
19 and 20 admire
20 admire 21 it
21 it 22 .

he admired himself and he wanted every one else to admire him . 
1 he 2 admired
2 admired 3 himself
3 himself 4 and
4 and 5 he
5 he 6 wanted
6 wanted 7 every
7 every 8 one
8 one 9 else
9 else 10 to
10 to 11 admire
11 admire 12 him
12 him 13 .

and everybody shouted " hurrah ! " 
1 and 2 everybody
2 everybody 3 shouted
3 shouted 4 "
4 " 5 hurrah
5 hurrah 6 !
6 ! 7 "

" we know it ! 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 know
3 know 4 it
4 it 5 !

" but please don't ! " 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 please
3 please 4 don't
4 don't 5 !
5 ! 6 "

what was there he could do better than any one else ? 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 there
3 there 4 he
4 he 5 could
5 could 6 do
6 do 7 better
7 better 8 than
8 than 9 any
9 any 10 one
10 one 11 else
11 else 12 ?

he couldn't jump and he couldn't climb and he couldn't swim . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 jump
3 jump 4 and
4 and 5 he
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 climb
7 climb 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 swim
11 swim 12 .

anybody could jump if their legs were made for jumping . 
1 anybody 2 could
2 could 3 jump
3 jump 4 if
4 if 5 their
5 their 6 legs
6 legs 7 were
7 were 8 made
8 made 9 for
9 for 10 jumping
10 jumping 11 .

and what 's the good of climbing trees anyway ? 
1 and 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 good
5 good 6 of
6 of 7 climbing
7 climbing 8 trees
8 trees 9 anyway
9 anyway 10 ?

then he lost his temper , which is a very unwise thing to do , for it is hard to find again . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 lost
3 lost 4 his
4 his 5 temper
5 temper 6 ,
6 , 7 which
7 which 8 is
8 is 9 a
9 a 10 very
10 very 11 unwise
11 unwise 12 thing
12 thing 13 to
13 to 14 do
14 do 15 ,
15 , 16 for
16 for 17 it
17 it 18 is
18 is 19 hard
19 hard 20 to
20 to 21 find
21 find 22 again
22 again 23 .

he swelled himself out until every hair stood on end and he looked twice as big as he did before . 
1 he 2 swelled
2 swelled 3 himself
3 himself 4 out
4 out 5 until
5 until 6 every
6 every 7 hair
7 hair 8 stood
8 stood 9 on
9 on 10 end
10 end 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 looked
13 looked 14 twice
14 twice 15 as
15 as 16 big
16 big 17 as
17 as 18 he
18 he 19 did
19 did 20 before
20 before 21 .

he strutted up and down and glared at each in turn . 
1 he 2 strutted
2 strutted 3 up
3 up 4 and
4 and 5 down
5 down 6 and
6 and 7 glared
7 glared 8 at
8 at 9 each
9 each 10 in
10 in 11 turn
11 turn 12 .

he just sat still and chuckled and chuckled till his fat sides shook . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 sat
3 sat 4 still
4 still 5 and
5 and 6 chuckled
6 chuckled 7 and
7 and 8 chuckled
8 chuckled 9 till
9 till 10 his
10 his 11 fat
11 fat 12 sides
12 sides 13 shook
13 shook 14 .

my , how the sand did fly ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 the
4 the 5 sand
5 sand 6 did
6 did 7 fly
7 fly 8 !

my , how his short legs did fly and his stout little claws dug into the soft earth ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 his
4 his 5 short
5 short 6 legs
6 legs 7 did
7 did 8 fly
8 fly 9 and
9 and 10 his
10 his 11 stout
11 stout 12 little
12 little 13 claws
13 claws 14 dug
14 dug 15 into
15 into 16 the
16 the 17 soft
17 soft 18 earth
18 earth 19 !

they were very anxious , very anxious indeed . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 very
3 very 4 anxious
4 anxious 5 ,
5 , 6 very
6 very 7 anxious
7 anxious 8 indeed
8 indeed 9 .

and what would he do to him ? 
1 and 2 what
2 what 3 would
3 would 4 he
4 he 5 do
5 do 6 to
6 to 7 him
7 him 8 ?

where were his white waistcoat and beautiful red coat ? 
1 where 2 were
2 were 3 his
3 his 4 white
4 white 5 waistcoat
5 waistcoat 6 and
6 and 7 beautiful
7 beautiful 8 red
8 red 9 coat
9 coat 10 ?

and was that thing dragging behind him his splendid tail ? 
1 and 2 was
2 was 3 that
3 that 4 thing
4 thing 5 dragging
5 dragging 6 behind
6 behind 7 him
7 him 8 his
8 his 9 splendid
9 splendid 10 tail
10 tail 11 ?

he crept out of the hole and then just lay down and panted for breath . 
1 he 2 crept
2 crept 3 out
3 out 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 hole
6 hole 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 just
9 just 10 lay
10 lay 11 down
11 down 12 and
12 and 13 panted
13 panted 14 for
14 for 15 breath
15 breath 16 .

he was almost too tired to move . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 almost
3 almost 4 too
4 too 5 tired
5 tired 6 to
6 to 7 move
7 move 8 .

he smoothed it down on the big , yellow mound he had made in front of his door . 
1 he 2 smoothed
2 smoothed 3 it
3 it 4 down
4 down 5 on
5 on 6 the
6 the 7 big
7 big 8 ,
8 , 9 yellow
9 yellow 10 mound
10 mound 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 made
13 made 14 in
14 in 15 front
15 front 16 of
16 of 17 his
17 his 18 door
18 door 19 .

then he started for his old home along a secret little path he had made for himself . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 for
4 for 5 his
5 his 6 old
6 old 7 home
7 home 8 along
8 along 9 a
9 a 10 secret
10 secret 11 little
11 little 12 path
12 path 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 made
15 made 16 for
16 for 17 himself
17 himself 18 .

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

what 's the matter with you ? " said a voice close beside him before he could pick himself up . 
1 what 2 's
2 's 3 the
3 the 4 matter
4 matter 5 with
5 with 6 you
6 you 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 a
10 a 11 voice
11 voice 12 close
12 close 13 beside
13 beside 14 him
14 him 15 before
15 before 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 pick
18 pick 19 himself
19 himself 20 up
20 up 21 .

" there 's nothing the matter with me . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 's
3 's 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 the
5 the 6 matter
6 matter 7 with
7 with 8 me
8 me 9 .

" what is it ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 it
4 it 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

he just couldn't keep it to himself any longer . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 keep
4 keep 5 it
5 it 6 to
6 to 7 himself
7 himself 8 any
8 any 9 longer
9 longer 10 .

it must be you have something on your mind ; what is it ? " 
1 it 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 you
4 you 5 have
5 have 6 something
6 something 7 on
7 on 8 your
8 your 9 mind
9 mind 10 ;
10 ; 11 what
11 what 12 is
12 is 13 it
13 it 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

where is it ? " 
1 where 2 is
2 is 3 it
3 it 4 ?
4 ? 5 "

you see he hadn't really meant to tell . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 hadn't
4 hadn't 5 really
5 really 6 meant
6 meant 7 to
7 to 8 tell
8 tell 9 .

it just slipped out . 
1 it 2 just
2 just 3 slipped
3 slipped 4 out
4 out 5 .

" it 's a secret , and you mustn't tell . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 secret
5 secret 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 you
8 you 9 mustn't
9 mustn't 10 tell
10 tell 11 .

then of a sudden he remembered and clapped both hands over his mouth . 
1 then 2 of
2 of 3 a
3 a 4 sudden
4 sudden 5 he
5 he 6 remembered
6 remembered 7 and
7 and 8 clapped
8 clapped 9 both
9 both 10 hands
10 hands 11 over
11 over 12 his
12 his 13 mouth
13 mouth 14 .

he had hardly begun to dig when he heard some one cough right behind him . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 hardly
3 hardly 4 begun
4 begun 5 to
5 to 6 dig
6 dig 7 when
7 when 8 he
8 he 9 heard
9 heard 10 some
10 some 11 one
11 one 12 cough
12 cough 13 right
13 right 14 behind
14 behind 15 him
15 him 16 .

" it 's a secret , " he added suddenly . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 secret
5 secret 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 added
9 added 10 suddenly
10 suddenly 11 .

it was this : 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 this
3 this 4 :

" whisper a secret to a friend and you shout it in the ear of the whole world . " 
1 " 2 whisper
2 whisper 3 a
3 a 4 secret
4 secret 5 to
5 to 6 a
6 a 7 friend
7 friend 8 and
8 and 9 you
9 you 10 shout
10 shout 11 it
11 it 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 ear
14 ear 15 of
15 of 16 the
16 the 17 whole
17 whole 18 world
18 world 19 .
19 . 20 "

no indeed ! 
1 no 2 indeed
2 indeed 3 !

when he got through , there wasn't any new home . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 got
3 got 4 through
4 through 5 ,
5 , 6 there
6 there 7 wasn't
7 wasn't 8 any
8 any 9 new
9 new 10 home
10 home 11 .

where ? 
1 where 2 ?

he forgot how warm it was and how lazy he felt . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 how
3 how 4 warm
4 warm 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 and
7 and 8 how
8 how 9 lazy
9 lazy 10 he
10 he 11 felt
11 felt 12 .

then he began to chuckle till his fat sides shook . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 chuckle
5 chuckle 6 till
6 till 7 his
7 his 8 fat
8 fat 9 sides
9 sides 10 shook
10 shook 11 .

then he became wide awake , very wide awake indeed ! 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 became
3 became 4 wide
4 wide 5 awake
5 awake 6 ,
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 wide
8 wide 9 awake
9 awake 10 indeed
10 indeed 11 !

" coward ! 
1 " 2 coward
2 coward 3 !

" shame ! 
1 " 2 shame
2 shame 3 !

" coward ! 
1 " 2 coward
2 coward 3 !

coward ! 
1 coward 2 !

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

but when he has to fight , there isn't a cowardly hair on him , not the teeniest , weeniest one . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 has
4 has 5 to
5 to 6 fight
6 fight 7 ,
7 , 8 there
8 there 9 isn't
9 isn't 10 a
10 a 11 cowardly
11 cowardly 12 hair
12 hair 13 on
13 on 14 him
14 him 15 ,
15 , 16 not
16 not 17 the
17 the 18 teeniest
18 teeniest 19 ,
19 , 20 weeniest
20 weeniest 21 one
21 one 22 .

he didn't stop to think of what might happen to himself . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 stop
3 stop 4 to
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 of
6 of 7 what
7 what 8 might
8 might 9 happen
9 happen 10 to
10 to 11 himself
11 himself 12 .

he didn't stop to think at all . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 stop
3 stop 4 to
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 .

and he certainly had to fight now . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 had
4 had 5 to
5 to 6 fight
6 fight 7 now
7 now 8 .

" you great big bully ! " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 great
3 great 4 big
4 big 5 bully
5 bully 6 !
6 ! 7 "

try as he would , he could not get a good hold on that round , fat , little body . 
1 try 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 not
8 not 9 get
9 get 10 a
10 a 11 good
11 good 12 hold
12 hold 13 on
13 on 14 that
14 that 15 round
15 round 16 ,
16 , 17 fat
17 fat 18 ,
18 , 19 little
19 little 20 body
20 body 21 .

he had fought so hard that his breath was nearly gone . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 fought
3 fought 4 so
4 so 5 hard
5 hard 6 that
6 that 7 his
7 his 8 breath
8 breath 9 was
9 was 10 nearly
10 nearly 11 gone
11 gone 12 .

how all the little meadow people did scatter ! 
1 how 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 little
4 little 5 meadow
5 meadow 6 people
6 people 7 did
7 did 8 scatter
8 scatter 9 !

such a looking sight ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 looking
3 looking 4 sight
4 sight 5 !

his beautiful red coat was in tatters . 
1 his 2 beautiful
2 beautiful 3 red
3 red 4 coat
4 coat 5 was
5 was 6 in
6 in 7 tatters
7 tatters 8 .

his face was scratched . 
1 his 2 face
2 face 3 was
3 was 4 scratched
4 scratched 5 .

he hobbled as he ran . 
1 he 2 hobbled
2 hobbled 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 ran
5 ran 6 .

coward ! 
1 coward 2 !

coward ! " 
1 coward 2 !
2 ! 3 "

just then they heard a great noise up on the hill . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 they
3 they 4 heard
4 heard 5 a
5 a 6 great
6 great 7 noise
7 noise 8 up
8 up 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 hill
11 hill 12 .

indeed , he had been very brave , very brave indeed . 
1 indeed 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 very
6 very 7 brave
7 brave 8 ,
8 , 9 very
9 very 10 brave
10 brave 11 indeed
11 indeed 12 .

oh my goodness what a sight ! 
1 oh 2 my
2 my 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 what
4 what 5 a
5 a 6 sight
6 sight 7 !

no good end will be your fate ! " 
1 no 2 good
2 good 3 end
3 end 4 will
4 will 5 be
5 be 6 your
6 your 7 fate
7 fate 8 !
8 ! 9 "

thief ! 
1 thief 2 !

thief ! 
1 thief 2 !

of course he hadn't swallowed it ! 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 hadn't
4 hadn't 5 swallowed
5 swallowed 6 it
6 it 7 !

who ever heard of such a thing ! 
1 who 2 ever
2 ever 3 heard
3 heard 4 of
4 of 5 such
5 such 6 a
6 a 7 thing
7 thing 8 !

by this time he had forgotten that he had been out all night . 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 forgotten
6 forgotten 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 been
10 been 11 out
11 out 12 all
12 all 13 night
13 night 14 .

he had forgotten that he was sleepy . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 forgotten
3 forgotten 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 sleepy
7 sleepy 8 .

it 's none of my business . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 none
3 none 4 of
4 of 5 my
5 my 6 business
6 business 7 .

presently back they all came , each blowing ahead of him a fat , foolish , green fly . 
1 presently 2 back
2 back 3 they
3 they 4 all
4 all 5 came
5 came 6 ,
6 , 7 each
7 each 8 blowing
8 blowing 9 ahead
9 ahead 10 of
10 of 11 him
11 him 12 a
12 a 13 fat
13 fat 14 ,
14 , 15 foolish
15 foolish 16 ,
16 , 17 green
17 green 18 fly
18 fly 19 .

right over to the big green lily pad they blew the green flies . 
1 right 2 over
2 over 3 to
3 to 4 the
4 the 5 big
5 big 6 green
6 green 7 lily
7 lily 8 pad
8 pad 9 they
9 they 10 blew
10 blew 11 the
11 the 12 green
12 green 13 flies
13 flies 14 .

" once upon a time " 
1 " 2 once
2 once 3 upon
3 upon 4 a
4 a 5 time
5 time 6 "

he thought his neighbors spent altogether too much time and thought on dress . 
1 he 2 thought
2 thought 3 his
3 his 4 neighbors
4 neighbors 5 spent
5 spent 6 altogether
6 altogether 7 too
7 too 8 much
8 much 9 time
9 time 10 and
10 and 11 thought
11 thought 12 on
12 on 13 dress
13 dress 14 .

no indeed ! 
1 no 2 indeed
2 indeed 3 !

he was altogether too busy . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 altogether
3 altogether 4 too
4 too 5 busy
5 busy 6 .

for just a minute he didn't know what to do . 
1 for 2 just
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 minute
4 minute 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 know
7 know 8 what
8 what 9 to
9 to 10 do
10 do 11 .

then he dived under a cabbage leaf and began to pull off his old suit . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 dived
3 dived 4 under
4 under 5 a
5 a 6 cabbage
6 cabbage 7 leaf
7 leaf 8 and
8 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
10 to 11 pull
11 pull 12 off
12 off 13 his
13 his 14 old
14 old 15 suit
15 suit 16 .

but the old suit stuck ! 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 old
3 old 4 suit
4 suit 5 stuck
5 stuck 6 !

he was in such a hurry and so excited that he couldn't find the buttons . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 such
4 such 5 a
5 a 6 hurry
6 hurry 7 and
7 and 8 so
8 so 9 excited
9 excited 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 couldn't
12 couldn't 13 find
13 find 14 the
14 the 15 buttons
15 buttons 16 .

finally he got his trousers off . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 got
3 got 4 his
4 his 5 trousers
5 trousers 6 off
6 off 7 .

what should he do with it ? 
1 what 2 should
2 should 3 he
3 he 4 do
4 do 5 with
5 with 6 it
6 it 7 ?

what should he do ? 
1 what 2 should
2 should 3 he
3 he 4 do
4 do 5 ?

every one made fun of his big mouth . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 3 made
3 made 4 fun
4 fun 5 of
5 of 6 his
6 his 7 big
7 big 8 mouth
8 mouth 9 .

but what was a big mouth for if not to use ? 
1 but 2 what
2 what 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 big
5 big 6 mouth
6 mouth 7 for
7 for 8 if
8 if 9 not
9 not 10 to
10 to 11 use
11 use 12 ?

he would swallow his old suit ! 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 swallow
3 swallow 4 his
4 his 5 old
5 old 6 suit
6 suit 7 !

and how she did laugh ! 
1 and 2 how
2 how 3 she
3 she 4 did
4 did 5 laugh
5 laugh 6 !

" and from that day to this the toads have been the very best of gardeners . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 from
3 from 4 that
4 that 5 day
5 day 6 to
6 to 7 this
7 this 8 the
8 the 9 toads
9 toads 10 have
10 have 11 been
11 been 12 the
12 the 13 very
13 very 14 best
14 best 15 of
15 of 16 gardeners
16 gardeners 17 .

and in memory of their great , great , great-grandfather a thousand times removed they have always swallowed their old suits . 
1 and 2 in
2 in 3 memory
3 memory 4 of
4 of 5 their
5 their 6 great
6 great 7 ,
7 , 8 great
8 great 9 ,
9 , 10 great-grandfather
10 great-grandfather 11 a
11 a 12 thousand
12 thousand 13 times
13 times 14 removed
14 removed 15 they
15 they 16 have
16 have 17 always
17 always 18 swallowed
18 swallowed 19 their
19 their 20 old
20 old 21 suits
21 suits 22 .

his hands were folded across his white and yellow waistcoat . 
1 his 2 hands
2 hands 3 were
3 were 4 folded
4 folded 5 across
5 across 6 his
6 his 7 white
7 white 8 and
8 and 9 yellow
9 yellow 10 waistcoat
10 waistcoat 11 .

sometimes he swam a little way and sometimes he ran a little way along the bank , and sometimes he jumped from stone to stone . 
1 sometimes 2 he
2 he 3 swam
3 swam 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 way
6 way 7 and
7 and 8 sometimes
8 sometimes 9 he
9 he 10 ran
10 ran 11 a
11 a 12 little
12 little 13 way
13 way 14 along
14 along 15 the
15 the 16 bank
16 bank 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 sometimes
19 sometimes 20 he
20 he 21 jumped
21 jumped 22 from
22 from 23 stone
23 stone 24 to
24 to 25 stone
25 stone 26 .

he had caught a fine fat trout for breakfast . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 caught
3 caught 4 a
4 a 5 fine
5 fine 6 fat
6 fat 7 trout
7 trout 8 for
8 for 9 breakfast
9 breakfast 10 .

he had hidden two more away for dinner in a snug little hole no one knew of but himself . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 hidden
3 hidden 4 two
4 two 5 more
5 more 6 away
6 away 7 for
7 for 8 dinner
8 dinner 9 in
9 in 10 a
10 a 11 snug
11 snug 12 little
12 little 13 hole
13 hole 14 no
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 knew
16 knew 17 of
17 of 18 but
18 but 19 himself
19 himself 20 .

now he had nothing to do but get into mischief . 
1 now 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 but
7 but 8 get
8 get 9 into
9 into 10 mischief
10 mischief 11 .

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

then he stopped , as still as the rock he was standing on , and peeped through the bulrushes . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 ,
4 , 5 as
5 as 6 still
6 still 7 as
7 as 8 the
8 the 9 rock
9 rock 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 standing
12 standing 13 on
13 on 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 peeped
16 peeped 17 through
17 through 18 the
18 the 19 bulrushes
19 bulrushes 20 .

he always looks well before he shows himself , that nothing may surprise him . 
1 he 2 always
2 always 3 looks
3 looks 4 well
4 well 5 before
5 before 6 he
6 he 7 shows
7 shows 8 himself
8 himself 9 ,
9 , 10 that
10 that 11 nothing
11 nothing 12 may
12 may 13 surprise
13 surprise 14 him
14 him 15 .

he saw the sunbeams dancing on the water . 
1 he 2 saw
2 saw 3 the
3 the 4 sunbeams
4 sunbeams 5 dancing
5 dancing 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 water
8 water 9 .

and he can stay under water a long time . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 can
3 can 4 stay
4 stay 5 under
5 under 6 water
6 water 7 a
7 a 8 long
8 long 9 time
9 time 10 .

when he was right under the big green lily pad he suddenly kicked up hard with his hind feet . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 right
4 right 5 under
5 under 6 the
6 the 7 big
7 big 8 green
8 green 9 lily
9 lily 10 pad
10 pad 11 he
11 he 12 suddenly
12 suddenly 13 kicked
13 kicked 14 up
14 up 15 hard
15 hard 16 with
16 with 17 his
17 his 18 hind
18 hind 19 feet
19 feet 20 .

you see he was so surprised he forgot to close it . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 so
5 so 6 surprised
6 surprised 7 he
7 he 8 forgot
8 forgot 9 to
9 to 10 close
10 close 11 it
11 it 12 .

finally he climbed out on his big green lily pad . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 climbed
3 climbed 4 out
4 out 5 on
5 on 6 his
6 his 7 big
7 big 8 green
8 green 9 lily
9 lily 10 pad
10 pad 11 .

" it is very strange . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 very
4 very 5 strange
5 strange 6 .

i must have fallen asleep and had a bad dream . " 
1 i 2 must
2 must 3 have
3 have 4 fallen
4 fallen 5 asleep
5 asleep 6 and
6 and 7 had
7 had 8 a
8 a 9 bad
9 bad 10 dream
10 dream 11 .
11 . 12 "

no , indeed ! 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 !

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

he was limping and he was holding on to his head . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 limping
3 limping 4 and
4 and 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 holding
7 holding 8 on
8 on 9 to
9 to 10 his
10 his 11 head
11 head 12 .

it looked a whole lot like other little bushes all around it . 
1 it 2 looked
2 looked 3 a
3 a 4 whole
4 whole 5 lot
5 lot 6 like
6 like 7 other
7 other 8 little
8 little 9 bushes
9 bushes 10 all
10 all 11 around
11 around 12 it
12 it 13 .

but really it was quite different , as you shall see . 
1 but 2 really
2 really 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 quite
5 quite 6 different
6 different 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 9 you
9 you 10 shall
10 shall 11 see
11 see 12 .

the little leaves grew bigger and bigger on all the little bushes . 
1 the 2 little
2 little 3 leaves
3 leaves 4 grew
4 grew 5 bigger
5 bigger 6 and
6 and 7 bigger
7 bigger 8 on
8 on 9 all
9 all 10 the
10 the 11 little
11 little 12 bushes
12 bushes 13 .

by and by on some of the other little bushes , little brown buds began to appear and grow and grow . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 on
4 on 5 some
5 some 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 other
8 other 9 little
9 little 10 bushes
10 bushes 11 ,
11 , 12 little
12 little 13 brown
13 brown 14 buds
14 buds 15 began
15 began 16 to
16 to 17 appear
17 appear 18 and
18 and 19 grow
19 grow 20 and
20 and 21 grow
21 grow 22 .

then on more and more of the little bushes the little brown buds came and grew and grew . 
1 then 2 on
2 on 3 more
3 more 4 and
4 and 5 more
5 more 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 little
8 little 9 bushes
9 bushes 10 the
10 the 11 little
11 little 12 brown
12 brown 13 buds
13 buds 14 came
14 came 15 and
15 and 16 grew
16 grew 17 and
17 and 18 grew
18 grew 19 .

the little bush felt very sad indeed . 
1 the 2 little
2 little 3 bush
3 bush 4 felt
4 felt 5 very
5 very 6 sad
6 sad 7 indeed
7 indeed 8 .

it brought the bees from far , far away to gather the honey , and all the little bushes were very happy indeed . 
1 it 2 brought
2 brought 3 the
3 the 4 bees
4 bees 5 from
5 from 6 far
6 far 7 ,
7 , 8 far
8 far 9 away
9 away 10 to
10 to 11 gather
11 gather 12 the
12 the 13 honey
13 honey 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 all
16 all 17 the
17 the 18 little
18 little 19 bushes
19 bushes 20 were
20 were 21 very
21 very 22 happy
22 happy 23 indeed
23 indeed 24 .

but it bravely kept on growing and growing and growing . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 bravely
3 bravely 4 kept
4 kept 5 on
5 on 6 growing
6 growing 7 and
7 and 8 growing
8 growing 9 and
9 and 10 growing
10 growing 11 .

its little leaves grew bigger and bigger and bigger , and it tried its best not to mind because it had no little flowers . 
1 its 2 little
2 little 3 leaves
3 leaves 4 grew
4 grew 5 bigger
5 bigger 6 and
6 and 7 bigger
7 bigger 8 and
8 and 9 bigger
9 bigger 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 it
12 it 13 tried
13 tried 14 its
14 its 15 best
15 best 16 not
16 not 17 to
17 to 18 mind
18 mind 19 because
19 because 20 it
20 it 21 had
21 had 22 no
22 no 23 little
23 little 24 flowers
24 flowers 25 .

all summer long all the little bushes grew and grew and grew . 
1 all 2 summer
2 summer 3 long
3 long 4 all
4 all 5 the
5 the 6 little
6 little 7 bushes
7 bushes 8 grew
8 grew 9 and
9 and 10 grew
10 grew 11 and
11 and 12 grew
12 grew 13 .

the birds came and built their nests among them . 
1 the 2 birds
2 birds 3 came
3 came 4 and
4 and 5 built
5 built 6 their
6 their 7 nests
7 nests 8 among
8 among 9 them
9 them 10 .

the butterflies flew over them . 
1 the 2 butterflies
2 butterflies 3 flew
3 flew 4 over
4 over 5 them
5 them 6 .

he went about among the little bushes , pinching the leaves . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 about
3 about 4 among
4 among 5 the
5 the 6 little
6 little 7 bushes
7 bushes 8 ,
8 , 9 pinching
9 pinching 10 the
10 the 11 leaves
11 leaves 12 .

they had no leaves at all to cover their little naked brown limbs . 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 no
3 no 4 leaves
4 leaves 5 at
5 at 6 all
6 all 7 to
7 to 8 cover
8 cover 9 their
9 their 10 little
10 little 11 naked
11 naked 12 brown
12 brown 13 limbs
13 limbs 14 .

such a multitude of these little yellow flowers ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 multitude
3 multitude 4 of
4 of 5 these
5 these 6 little
6 little 7 yellow
7 yellow 8 flowers
8 flowers 9 !

they covered the little bush from top to bottom . 
1 they 2 covered
2 covered 3 the
3 the 4 little
4 little 5 bush
5 bush 6 from
6 from 7 top
7 top 8 to
8 to 9 bottom
9 bottom 10 .

then the little bush felt very happy indeed , for it was the only bush which had any flowers . 
1 then 2 the
2 the 3 little
3 little 4 bush
4 bush 5 felt
5 felt 6 very
6 very 7 happy
7 happy 8 indeed
8 indeed 9 ,
9 , 10 for
10 for 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 the
13 the 14 only
14 only 15 bush
15 bush 16 which
16 which 17 had
17 had 18 any
18 any 19 flowers
19 flowers 20 .

and every one who passed that way stopped to look at it and to praise it . 
1 and 2 every
2 every 3 one
3 one 4 who
4 who 5 passed
5 passed 6 that
6 that 7 way
7 way 8 stopped
8 stopped 9 to
9 to 10 look
10 look 11 at
11 at 12 it
12 it 13 and
13 and 14 to
14 to 15 praise
15 praise 16 it
16 it 17 .

colder grew the weather and colder . 
1 colder 2 grew
2 grew 3 the
3 the 4 weather
4 weather 5 and
5 and 6 colder
6 colder 7 .

and they comforted the little bush because it felt that it really had something worth while . 
1 and 2 they
2 they 3 comforted
3 comforted 4 the
4 the 5 little
5 little 6 bush
6 bush 7 because
7 because 8 it
8 it 9 felt
9 felt 10 that
10 that 11 it
11 it 12 really
12 really 13 had
13 had 14 something
14 something 15 worth
15 worth 16 while
16 while 17 .

and out of each one flew two brown shiny little seeds . 
1 and 2 out
2 out 3 of
3 of 4 each
4 each 5 one
5 one 6 flew
6 flew 7 two
7 two 8 brown
8 brown 9 shiny
9 shiny 10 little
10 little 11 seeds
11 seeds 12 .

you never saw such a popping and a snapping and a jumping ! 
1 you 2 never
2 never 3 saw
3 saw 4 such
4 such 5 a
5 a 6 popping
6 popping 7 and
7 and 8 a
8 a 9 snapping
9 snapping 10 and
10 and 11 a
11 a 12 jumping
12 jumping 13 !

now , what do you think is the name of this little bush ? 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 what
3 what 4 do
4 do 5 you
5 you 6 think
6 think 7 is
7 is 8 the
8 the 9 name
9 name 10 of
10 of 11 this
11 this 12 little
12 little 13 bush
13 bush 14 ?

why , it is the witch hazel . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 the
5 the 6 witch
6 witch 7 hazel
7 hazel 8 .

do you know what it is ? 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 7 ?

it is the gift of the witch hazel bush to little boys and big men to make them feel better when they are hurt . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 gift
4 gift 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 witch
7 witch 8 hazel
8 hazel 9 bush
9 bush 10 to
10 to 11 little
11 little 12 boys
12 boys 13 and
13 and 14 big
14 big 15 men
15 men 16 to
16 to 17 make
17 make 18 them
18 them 19 feel
19 feel 20 better
20 better 21 when
21 when 22 they
22 they 23 are
23 are 24 hurt
24 hurt 25 .

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

but he can no more keep out of mischief than a duck can keep out of water . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 can
3 can 4 no
4 no 5 more
5 more 6 keep
6 keep 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 mischief
9 mischief 10 than
10 than 11 a
11 a 12 duck
12 duck 13 can
13 can 14 keep
14 keep 15 out
15 out 16 of
16 of 17 water
17 water 18 .

he was washing his breakfast . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 washing
3 washing 4 his
4 his 5 breakfast
5 breakfast 6 .

really , it was his dinner , for turning night into day just turns everything topsy-turvy . 
1 really 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 his
5 his 6 dinner
6 dinner 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 turning
9 turning 10 night
10 night 11 into
11 into 12 day
12 day 13 just
13 just 14 turns
14 turns 15 everything
15 everything 16 topsy-turvy
16 topsy-turvy 17 .

this morning he was very busy washing a luscious ear of sweet corn just in the milk . 
1 this 2 morning
2 morning 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 very
5 very 6 busy
6 busy 7 washing
7 washing 8 a
8 a 9 luscious
9 luscious 10 ear
10 ear 11 of
11 of 12 sweet
12 sweet 13 corn
13 corn 14 just
14 just 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 milk
17 milk 18 .

he dipped it in the water and with one little black paw rubbed it thoroughly . 
1 he 2 dipped
2 dipped 3 it
3 it 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 water
6 water 7 and
7 and 8 with
8 with 9 one
9 one 10 little
10 little 11 black
11 black 12 paw
12 paw 13 rubbed
13 rubbed 14 it
14 it 15 thoroughly
15 thoroughly 16 .

then he looked it over carefully before , with a sigh of contentment , he sat down to put it in his empty little stomach . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 it
4 it 5 over
5 over 6 carefully
6 carefully 7 before
7 before 8 ,
8 , 9 with
9 with 10 a
10 a 11 sigh
11 sigh 12 of
12 of 13 contentment
13 contentment 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 sat
16 sat 17 down
17 down 18 to
18 to 19 put
19 put 20 it
20 it 21 in
21 in 22 his
22 his 23 empty
23 empty 24 little
24 little 25 stomach
25 stomach 26 .

" oh ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 !

none of the other meadow people do that . " 
1 none 2 of
2 of 3 the
3 the 4 other
4 other 5 meadow
5 meadow 6 people
6 people 7 do
7 do 8 that
8 that 9 .
9 . 10 "

he grew fatter and fatter and fatter until it seemed as if his skin must burst . 
1 he 2 grew
2 grew 3 fatter
3 fatter 4 and
4 and 5 fatter
5 fatter 6 and
6 and 7 fatter
7 fatter 8 until
8 until 9 it
9 it 10 seemed
10 seemed 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 his
13 his 14 skin
14 skin 15 must
15 must 16 burst
16 burst 17 .

in fact , they are second cousins . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 they
4 they 5 are
5 are 6 second
6 second 7 cousins
7 cousins 8 .

he spent a great deal of time brushing his coat and combing his whiskers and caring for his big ringed tail . 
1 he 2 spent
2 spent 3 a
3 a 4 great
4 great 5 deal
5 deal 6 of
6 of 7 time
7 time 8 brushing
8 brushing 9 his
9 his 10 coat
10 coat 11 and
11 and 12 combing
12 combing 13 his
13 his 14 whiskers
14 whiskers 15 and
15 and 16 caring
16 caring 17 for
17 for 18 his
18 his 19 big
19 big 20 ringed
20 ringed 21 tail
21 tail 22 .

he was snoring and probably dreaming of more good things to eat . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 snoring
3 snoring 4 and
4 and 5 probably
5 probably 6 dreaming
6 dreaming 7 of
7 of 8 more
8 more 9 good
9 good 10 things
10 things 11 to
11 to 12 eat
12 eat 13 .

then he shall waken with a lean stomach and a great appetite and there shall be none to feed him . ' 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 shall
3 shall 4 waken
4 waken 5 with
5 with 6 a
6 a 7 lean
7 lean 8 stomach
8 stomach 9 and
9 and 10 a
10 a 11 great
11 great 12 appetite
12 appetite 13 and
13 and 14 there
14 there 15 shall
15 shall 16 be
16 be 17 none
17 none 18 to
18 to 19 feed
19 feed 20 him
20 him 21 .
21 . 22 '

he had rubbed his eyes and of course had got mustard into them and could not see . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 rubbed
3 rubbed 4 his
4 his 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 and
6 and 7 of
7 of 8 course
8 course 9 had
9 had 10 got
10 got 11 mustard
11 mustard 12 into
12 into 13 them
13 them 14 and
14 and 15 could
15 could 16 not
16 not 17 see
17 see 18 .

" come play with us ! " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 play
3 play 4 with
4 with 5 us
5 us 6 !
6 ! 7 "

" come play with us ! " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 play
3 play 4 with
4 with 5 us
5 us 6 !
6 ! 7 "

" can't , " said he . 
1 " 2 can't
2 can't 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 .

" come play with us ! " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 play
3 play 4 with
4 with 5 us
5 us 6 !
6 ! 7 "

every one seemed to have something to do , every one but themselves . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 something
6 something 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 ,
9 , 10 every
10 every 11 one
11 one 12 but
12 but 13 themselves
13 themselves 14 .

it was such a busy world that sunshiny morning ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 such
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 busy
5 busy 6 world
6 world 7 that
7 that 8 sunshiny
8 sunshiny 9 morning
9 morning 10 !

" as we haven't anything to do for ourselves let 's do something for somebody else ! " he shouted . 
1 " 2 as
2 as 3 we
3 we 4 haven't
4 haven't 5 anything
5 anything 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 8 for
8 for 9 ourselves
9 ourselves 10 let
10 let 11 's
11 's 12 do
12 do 13 something
13 something 14 for
14 for 15 somebody
15 somebody 16 else
16 else 17 !
17 ! 18 "
18 " 19 he
19 he 20 shouted
20 shouted 21 .

" oh let's ! " they shouted . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 let's
3 let's 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 they
6 they 7 shouted
7 shouted 8 .

" let's help him find those tender young carrots ! " 
1 " 2 let's
2 let's 3 help
3 help 4 him
4 him 5 find
5 find 6 those
6 those 7 tender
7 tender 8 young
8 young 9 carrots
9 carrots 10 !
10 ! 11 "

and presently they came to the field of tender young carrots . 
1 and 2 presently
2 presently 3 they
3 they 4 came
4 came 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 field
7 field 8 of
8 of 9 tender
9 tender 10 young
10 young 11 carrots
11 carrots 12 .

you see , he hadn't had any breakfast , for hunt as he would he couldn't find a single beetle . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 hadn't
5 hadn't 6 had
6 had 7 any
7 any 8 breakfast
8 breakfast 9 ,
9 , 10 for
10 for 11 hunt
11 hunt 12 as
12 as 13 he
13 he 14 would
14 would 15 he
15 he 16 couldn't
16 couldn't 17 find
17 find 18 a
18 a 19 single
19 single 20 beetle
20 beetle 21 .

then he danced around and whispered in his left ear . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 danced
3 danced 4 around
4 around 5 and
5 and 6 whispered
6 whispered 7 in
7 in 8 his
8 his 9 left
9 left 10 ear
10 ear 11 .

when he had scrambled to his feet there were beetles and beetles , running in every direction to find a place to hide . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 scrambled
4 scrambled 5 to
5 to 6 his
6 his 7 feet
7 feet 8 there
8 there 9 were
9 were 10 beetles
10 beetles 11 and
11 and 12 beetles
12 beetles 13 ,
13 , 14 running
14 running 15 in
15 in 16 every
16 every 17 direction
17 direction 18 to
18 to 19 find
19 find 20 a
20 a 21 place
21 place 22 to
22 to 23 hide
23 hide 24 .

there he found them very , very busy , very busy indeed , so busy that they could hardly find time to nod to him . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 found
3 found 4 them
4 them 5 very
5 very 6 ,
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 busy
8 busy 9 ,
9 , 10 very
10 very 11 busy
11 busy 12 indeed
12 indeed 13 ,
13 , 14 so
14 so 15 busy
15 busy 16 that
16 that 17 they
17 they 18 could
18 could 19 hardly
19 hardly 20 find
20 find 21 time
21 time 22 to
22 to 23 nod
23 nod 24 to
24 to 25 him
25 him 26 .

what do you think they were doing ? 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 think
4 think 5 they
5 they 6 were
6 were 7 doing
7 doing 8 ?

and this is how it happened : 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 how
4 how 5 it
5 it 6 happened
6 happened 7 :

from flower to flower they hurried , each with a bag of gold over his shoulder . 
1 from 2 flower
2 flower 3 to
3 to 4 flower
4 flower 5 they
5 they 6 hurried
6 hurried 7 ,
7 , 8 each
8 each 9 with
9 with 10 a
10 a 11 bag
11 bag 12 of
12 of 13 gold
13 gold 14 over
14 over 15 his
15 his 16 shoulder
16 shoulder 17 .

finally he jumped to his feet wide awake and ready to fight whoever was bothering him . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 jumped
3 jumped 4 to
4 to 5 his
5 his 6 feet
6 feet 7 wide
7 wide 8 awake
8 awake 9 and
9 and 10 ready
10 ready 11 to
11 to 12 fight
12 fight 13 whoever
13 whoever 14 was
14 was 15 bothering
15 bothering 16 him
16 him 17 .

nobody knows how she heard of it . 
1 nobody 2 knows
2 knows 3 how
3 how 4 she
4 she 5 heard
5 heard 6 of
6 of 7 it
7 it 8 .

perhaps but never mind . 
1 perhaps 2 but
2 but 3 never
3 never 4 mind
4 mind 5 .

and this is the happiest time of all . 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 the
4 the 5 happiest
5 happiest 6 time
6 time 7 of
7 of 8 all
8 all 9 .

suddenly one seemed to separate from the others . 
1 suddenly 2 one
2 one 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
4 to 5 separate
5 separate 6 from
6 from 7 the
7 the 8 others
8 others 9 .

one of them happened to look up and saw it coming . 
1 one 2 of
2 of 3 them
3 them 4 happened
4 happened 5 to
5 to 6 look
6 look 7 up
7 up 8 and
8 and 9 saw
9 saw 10 it
10 it 11 coming
11 coming 12 .

when he looked up and saw this seeming shadow moving so swiftly he knew that it was no shadow at all . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 up
4 up 5 and
5 and 6 saw
6 saw 7 this
7 this 8 seeming
8 seeming 9 shadow
9 shadow 10 moving
10 moving 11 so
11 so 12 swiftly
12 swiftly 13 he
13 he 14 knew
14 knew 15 that
15 that 16 it
16 it 17 was
17 was 18 no
18 no 19 shadow
19 shadow 20 at
20 at 21 all
21 all 22 .

she had had a busy day , a very busy day indeed , hunting for a rain cloud which had gone astray . 
1 she 2 had
2 had 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 busy
5 busy 6 day
6 day 7 ,
7 , 8 a
8 a 9 very
9 very 10 busy
10 busy 11 day
11 day 12 indeed
12 indeed 13 ,
13 , 14 hunting
14 hunting 15 for
15 for 16 a
16 a 17 rain
17 rain 18 cloud
18 cloud 19 which
19 which 20 had
20 had 21 gone
21 gone 22 astray
22 astray 23 .

but they were also very sleepy , for they had played hard all day . 
1 but 2 they
2 they 3 were
3 were 4 also
4 also 5 very
5 very 6 sleepy
6 sleepy 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 they
9 they 10 had
10 had 11 played
11 played 12 hard
12 hard 13 all
13 all 14 day
14 day 15 .

he 'll know . " 
1 he 2 'll
2 'll 3 know
3 know 4 .
4 . 5 "

whatever he saw that he wanted he took , no matter to whom it belonged , for there was no one to stop him . 
1 whatever 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 wanted
6 wanted 7 he
7 he 8 took
8 took 9 ,
9 , 10 no
10 no 11 matter
11 matter 12 to
12 to 13 whom
13 whom 14 it
14 it 15 belonged
15 belonged 16 ,
16 , 17 for
17 for 18 there
18 there 19 was
19 was 20 no
20 no 21 one
21 one 22 to
22 to 23 stop
23 stop 24 him
24 him 25 .

it took a great many little birds and little animals to satisfy his appetite . 
1 it 2 took
2 took 3 a
3 a 4 great
4 great 5 many
5 many 6 little
6 little 7 birds
7 birds 8 and
8 and 9 little
9 little 10 animals
10 animals 11 to
11 to 12 satisfy
12 satisfy 13 his
13 his 14 appetite
14 appetite 15 .

but he didn't stop there ! 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 stop
4 stop 5 there
5 there 6 !

he used to kill harmless little meadow people just for the fun of killing , and because he could . 
1 he 2 used
2 used 3 to
3 to 4 kill
4 kill 5 harmless
5 harmless 6 little
6 little 7 meadow
7 meadow 8 people
8 people 9 just
9 just 10 for
10 for 11 the
11 the 12 fun
12 fun 13 of
13 of 14 killing
14 killing 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 because
17 because 18 he
18 he 19 could
19 could 20 .

every day he grew more savage . 
1 every 2 day
2 day 3 he
3 he 4 grew
4 grew 5 more
5 more 6 savage
6 savage 7 .

the little birds no longer sang . 
1 the 2 little
2 little 3 birds
3 birds 4 no
4 no 5 longer
5 longer 6 sang
6 sang 7 .

i think they must all be taking a nap , ' said he . 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 they
3 they 4 must
4 must 5 all
5 all 6 be
6 be 7 taking
7 taking 8 a
8 a 9 nap
9 nap 10 ,
10 , 11 '
11 ' 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

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

finally he shifted so fast that he seemed to be dancing on top of the old stump . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 shifted
3 shifted 4 so
4 so 5 fast
5 fast 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 seemed
8 seemed 9 to
9 to 10 be
10 be 11 dancing
11 dancing 12 on
12 on 13 top
13 top 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 old
16 old 17 stump
17 stump 18 .

the faster he danced the funnier he looked , and the funnier he looked the harder the little meadow people laughed . 
1 the 2 faster
2 faster 3 he
3 he 4 danced
4 danced 5 the
5 the 6 funnier
6 funnier 7 he
7 he 8 looked
8 looked 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 the
11 the 12 funnier
12 funnier 13 he
13 he 14 looked
14 looked 15 the
15 the 16 harder
16 harder 17 the
17 the 18 little
18 little 19 meadow
19 meadow 20 people
20 people 21 laughed
21 laughed 22 .

all the little meadow people stopped laughing to hear what she would say . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 little
3 little 4 meadow
4 meadow 5 people
5 people 6 stopped
6 stopped 7 laughing
7 laughing 8 to
8 to 9 hear
9 hear 10 what
10 what 11 she
11 she 12 would
12 would 13 say
13 say 14 .

suddenly he opened his big mouth and then closed it with a snap . 
1 suddenly 2 he
2 he 3 opened
3 opened 4 his
4 his 5 big
5 big 6 mouth
6 mouth 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 closed
9 closed 10 it
10 it 11 with
11 with 12 a
12 a 13 snap
13 snap 14 .

one more foolish green fly had disappeared inside the white and yellow waistcoat . 
1 one 2 more
2 more 3 foolish
3 foolish 4 green
4 green 5 fly
5 fly 6 had
6 had 7 disappeared
7 disappeared 8 inside
8 inside 9 the
9 the 10 white
10 white 11 and
11 and 12 yellow
12 yellow 13 waistcoat
13 waistcoat 14 .

he couldn't hunt for his meals by day , for the light blinded him . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 hunt
3 hunt 4 for
4 for 5 his
5 his 6 meals
6 meals 7 by
7 by 8 day
8 day 9 ,
9 , 10 for
10 for 11 the
11 the 12 light
12 light 13 blinded
13 blinded 14 him
14 him 15 .

at night he could see but little in the darkness . 
1 at 2 night
2 night 3 he
3 he 4 could
4 could 5 see
5 see 6 but
6 but 7 little
7 little 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 darkness
10 darkness 11 .

so he got little to eat and he grew thinner and thinner and thinner until he was but a shadow of his former self . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 got
3 got 4 little
4 little 5 to
5 to 6 eat
6 eat 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 grew
9 grew 10 thinner
10 thinner 11 and
11 and 12 thinner
12 thinner 13 and
13 and 14 thinner
14 thinner 15 until
15 until 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 but
18 but 19 a
19 a 20 shadow
20 shadow 21 of
21 of 22 his
22 his 23 former
23 former 24 self
24 self 25 .

no one was afraid of him now , for it was the easiest thing in the world to keep out of his way . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 was
3 was 4 afraid
4 afraid 5 of
5 of 6 him
6 him 7 now
7 now 8 ,
8 , 9 for
9 for 10 it
10 it 11 was
11 was 12 the
12 the 13 easiest
13 easiest 14 thing
14 thing 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 world
17 world 18 to
18 to 19 keep
19 keep 20 out
20 out 21 of
21 of 22 his
22 his 23 way
23 way 24 .

he was so weak that he just sat huddled in the thickest part of the great pine . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 weak
4 weak 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 just
7 just 8 sat
8 sat 9 huddled
9 huddled 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 thickest
12 thickest 13 part
13 part 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 great
16 great 17 pine
17 pine 18 .

you see he had been able to catch very little to eat . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 able
6 able 7 to
7 to 8 catch
8 catch 9 very
9 very 10 little
10 little 11 to
11 to 12 eat
12 eat 13 .

your feathers shall become as soft as down , so that when you fly none shall hear you . ' 
1 your 2 feathers
2 feathers 3 shall
3 shall 4 become
4 become 5 as
5 as 6 soft
6 soft 7 as
7 as 8 down
8 down 9 ,
9 , 10 so
10 so 11 that
11 that 12 when
12 when 13 you
13 you 14 fly
14 fly 15 none
15 none 16 shall
16 shall 17 hear
17 hear 18 you
18 you 19 .
19 . 20 '

" and from that day it was even so . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 from
3 from 4 that
4 that 5 day
5 day 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 even
8 even 9 so
9 so 10 .

his ears grew large and larger until his hearing became so keen that he could hear the least rustle , even at a long distance . 
1 his 2 ears
2 ears 3 grew
3 grew 4 large
4 large 5 and
5 and 6 larger
6 larger 7 until
7 until 8 his
8 his 9 hearing
9 hearing 10 became
10 became 11 so
11 so 12 keen
12 keen 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 could
15 could 16 hear
16 hear 17 the
17 the 18 least
18 least 19 rustle
19 rustle 20 ,
20 , 21 even
21 even 22 at
22 at 23 a
23 a 24 long
24 long 25 distance
25 distance 26 .

and when he flew he made no sound , but floated like a great shadow . 
1 and 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 flew
4 flew 5 he
5 he 6 made
6 made 7 no
7 no 8 sound
8 sound 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 floated
11 floated 12 like
12 like 13 a
13 a 14 great
14 great 15 shadow
15 shadow 16 .

but only at night had anyone cause to fear him , and then only the foolish and timid . 
1 but 2 only
2 only 3 at
3 at 4 night
4 night 5 had
5 had 6 anyone
6 anyone 7 cause
7 cause 8 to
8 to 9 fear
9 fear 10 him
10 him 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 then
13 then 14 only
14 only 15 the
15 the 16 foolish
16 foolish 17 and
17 and 18 timid
18 timid 19 .

" we 'll bring you the first foolish green fly we can find . " 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 bring
4 bring 5 you
5 you 6 the
6 the 7 first
7 first 8 foolish
8 foolish 9 green
9 green 10 fly
10 fly 11 we
11 we 12 can
12 can 13 find
13 find 14 .
14 . 15 "

then away they rushed to hunt for it . 
1 then 2 away
2 away 3 they
3 they 4 rushed
4 rushed 5 to
5 to 6 hunt
6 hunt 7 for
7 for 8 it
8 it 9 .

better go inside the house ! 
1 better 2 go
2 go 3 inside
3 inside 4 the
4 the 5 house
5 house 6 !

babies cry oh my ! oh my ! 
1 babies 2 cry
2 cry 3 oh
3 oh 4 my
4 my 5 !
5 ! 6 oh
6 oh 7 my
7 my 8 !

you 're a baby go and cry ! " 
1 you 2 're
2 're 3 a
3 a 4 baby
4 baby 5 go
5 go 6 and
6 and 7 cry
7 cry 8 !
8 ! 9 "

then he pointed a finger at him and said : 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 pointed
3 pointed 4 a
4 a 5 finger
5 finger 6 at
6 at 7 him
7 him 8 and
8 and 9 said
9 said 10 :

mammy 'll whip you by and by ! 
1 mammy 2 'll
2 'll 3 whip
3 whip 4 you
4 you 5 by
5 by 6 and
6 and 7 by
7 by 8 !

he jumped almost out of his skin , and ran into the house crying at the top of his voice . 
1 he 2 jumped
2 jumped 3 almost
3 almost 4 out
4 out 5 of
5 of 6 his
6 his 7 skin
7 skin 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 ran
10 ran 11 into
11 into 12 the
12 the 13 house
13 house 14 crying
14 crying 15 at
15 at 16 the
16 the 17 top
17 top 18 of
18 of 19 his
19 his 20 voice
20 voice 21 .

he had stopped crying , but he looked very unhappy and cross and sulky . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 crying
4 crying 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 he
7 he 8 looked
8 looked 9 very
9 very 10 unhappy
10 unhappy 11 and
11 and 12 cross
12 cross 13 and
13 and 14 sulky
14 sulky 15 .

it was true , dreadfully true ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 true
3 true 4 ,
4 , 5 dreadfully
5 dreadfully 6 true
6 true 7 !

it had come to such a pass that all the little meadow people delighted to tease him just to make him cry . 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 come
3 come 4 to
4 to 5 such
5 such 6 a
6 a 7 pass
7 pass 8 that
8 that 9 all
9 all 10 the
10 the 11 little
11 little 12 meadow
12 meadow 13 people
13 people 14 delighted
14 delighted 15 to
15 to 16 tease
16 tease 17 him
17 him 18 just
18 just 19 to
19 to 20 make
20 make 21 him
21 him 22 cry
22 cry 23 .

the more he thought how lonely he was , the more he cried . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 how
5 how 6 lonely
6 lonely 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 ,
9 , 10 the
10 the 11 more
11 more 12 he
12 he 13 cried
13 cried 14 .

he put his right hand behind his right ear and listened . 
1 he 2 put
2 put 3 his
3 his 4 right
4 right 5 hand
5 hand 6 behind
6 behind 7 his
7 his 8 right
8 right 9 ear
9 ear 10 and
10 and 11 listened
11 listened 12 .

then he put his left hand behind his left ear and listened some more . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 4 his
4 his 5 left
5 left 6 hand
6 hand 7 behind
7 behind 8 his
8 his 9 left
9 left 10 ear
10 ear 11 and
11 and 12 listened
12 listened 13 some
13 some 14 more
14 more 15 .

what are you crying for ? " 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 crying
4 crying 5 for
5 for 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

" what 's all this about ? " demanded some one right behind them . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 all
4 all 5 this
5 this 6 about
6 about 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 demanded
9 demanded 10 some
10 some 11 one
11 one 12 right
12 right 13 behind
13 behind 14 them
14 them 15 .

now a good honest laugh is like whooping cough it is catching . 
1 now 2 a
2 a 3 good
3 good 4 honest
4 honest 5 laugh
5 laugh 6 is
6 is 7 like
7 like 8 whooping
8 whooping 9 cough
9 cough 10 it
10 it 11 is
11 is 12 catching
12 catching 13 .

the next thing he knew he wasn't crying at all he was laughing . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 thing
3 thing 4 he
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 6 he
6 he 7 wasn't
7 wasn't 8 crying
8 crying 9 at
9 at 10 all
10 all 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 laughing
13 laughing 14 .

he tried to cry , but it was of no use at all ; he just had to laugh . 
1 he 2 tried
2 tried 3 to
3 to 4 cry
4 cry 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 it
7 it 8 was
8 was 9 of
9 of 10 no
10 no 11 use
11 use 12 at
12 at 13 all
13 all 14 ;
14 ; 15 he
15 he 16 just
16 just 17 had
17 had 18 to
18 to 19 laugh
19 laugh 20 .

after a few hops he paused and turned around . 
1 after 2 a
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 hops
4 hops 5 he
5 he 6 paused
6 paused 7 and
7 and 8 turned
8 turned 9 around
9 around 10 .

don't forget it . " 
1 don't 2 forget
2 forget 3 it
3 it 4 .
4 . 5 "

his sides were sore , he had laughed so hard , and somehow the whole world had changed . 
1 his 2 sides
2 sides 3 were
3 were 4 sore
4 sore 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 laughed
8 laughed 9 so
9 so 10 hard
10 hard 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 somehow
13 somehow 14 the
14 the 15 whole
15 whole 16 world
16 world 17 had
17 had 18 changed
18 changed 19 .

the sunshine was brighter and the songs of the birds were sweeter . 
1 the 2 sunshine
2 sunshine 3 was
3 was 4 brighter
4 brighter 5 and
5 and 6 the
6 the 7 songs
7 songs 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 birds
10 birds 11 were
11 were 12 sweeter
12 sweeter 13 .

altogether it was a very nice world , a very nice world indeed to live in . 
1 altogether 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 nice
6 nice 7 world
7 world 8 ,
8 , 9 a
9 a 10 very
10 very 11 nice
11 nice 12 world
12 world 13 indeed
13 indeed 14 to
14 to 15 live
15 live 16 in
16 in 17 .

somehow he felt as if he never wanted to cry again . 
1 somehow 2 he
2 he 3 felt
3 felt 4 as
4 as 5 if
5 if 6 he
6 he 7 never
7 never 8 wanted
8 wanted 9 to
9 to 10 cry
10 cry 11 again
11 again 12 .

better go inside the house ! 
1 better 2 go
2 go 3 inside
3 inside 4 the
4 the 5 house
5 house 6 !

babies cry oh my ! oh my ! 
1 babies 2 cry
2 cry 3 oh
3 oh 4 my
4 my 5 !
5 ! 6 oh
6 oh 7 my
7 my 8 !

you 're a baby go and cry ! " 
1 you 2 're
2 're 3 a
3 a 4 baby
4 baby 5 go
5 go 6 and
6 and 7 cry
7 cry 8 !
8 ! 9 "

they began to tease him . 
1 they 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 tease
4 tease 5 him
5 him 6 .

they pulled his whiskers and rumpled his hair . 
1 they 2 pulled
2 pulled 3 his
3 his 4 whiskers
4 whiskers 5 and
5 and 6 rumpled
6 rumpled 7 his
7 his 8 hair
8 hair 9 .

such a good frolic as they did have ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 good
3 good 4 frolic
4 frolic 5 as
5 as 6 they
6 they 7 did
7 did 8 have
8 have 9 !

then he began to laugh too . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 laugh
5 laugh 6 too
6 too 7 .

my , how it did hurt ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 it
4 it 5 did
5 did 6 hurt
6 hurt 7 !

in spite of himself tears did come into his eyes . 
1 in 2 spite
2 spite 3 of
3 of 4 himself
4 himself 5 tears
5 tears 6 did
6 did 7 come
7 come 8 into
8 into 9 his
9 his 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 .

but he winked them back and bravely began to laugh . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 winked
3 winked 4 them
4 them 5 back
5 back 6 and
6 and 7 bravely
7 bravely 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 laugh
10 laugh 11 .

mammy 'll whip you by and by ! 
1 mammy 2 'll
2 'll 3 whip
3 whip 4 you
4 you 5 by
5 by 6 and
6 and 7 by
7 by 8 !

my , no ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 no
3 no 4 !

he laughed instead . 
1 he 2 laughed
2 laughed 3 instead
3 instead 4 .

but no longer was he lonely . 
1 but 2 no
2 no 3 longer
3 longer 4 was
4 was 5 he
5 he 6 lonely
6 lonely 7 .

" it is much better , oh very much better , to laugh than to cry . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 much
4 much 5 better
5 better 6 ,
6 , 7 oh
7 oh 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 better
10 better 11 ,
11 , 12 to
12 to 13 laugh
13 laugh 14 than
14 than 15 to
15 to 16 cry
16 cry 17 .
17 . 18 "