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[the] [adventures] [of] [mr] [.] [mocker] 

[by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 

author of " [the] [adventures] of [reddy] [fox] , " " old [mother] [west] [wind] , " etc 
1 author 2 of
2 of 3 "
2 of 12 old
3 " 6 of
6 of 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 "
12 old 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 etc

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

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[contents] 

i [the] [lone] [traveler] [ii] . 
1 i 6 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] [iii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] [iv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] [v] [sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] [vi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] [vii] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] [viii] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] [ix] [.] 

[the] [mystery] [grows] [x] [sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] [xi] [.] 

[how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] [xii] [.] 

[no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] [xiii] [.] 

[sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] [xiv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] [xvi] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] [xvii] [.] 

[the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] [xviii] [.] 

[the] [mischief-makers] [xix] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] [xx] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] [xxi] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] [xxii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] [xxiii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [xxiv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] [xxv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] [xxvi] [.] 

[mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

" [i] [don't] [know] [that] [it's] [any] [of] [your] [business] ! " 
1 " 11 !
11 ! 12 "

[said] [sticky-toes] [.] 

[such] [a] [thing] [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgetting] [to] [say] [good-by] [had] [never] [happened] [before] 

[blacky's] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [listened] [to] [sammy] [jay's] [tale] [of] [woe] [.] 

" [good] [mo'ning] , [brer] [coon] , " [said] [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 11 '

[there] [sat] [the] [three] [little] [scamps] [on] [the] [big] [rock] 

[sometimes] [he] [woke] [up] [in] [the] [night] [and] [would] [sing] [for] [very] [joy] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [mistah] [mocker] 

[i] 

[the] [lone] [traveler] 

[winsome] [bluebird] [goes] [just] [a] [little] [way] [ahead] [of] [her] [,] [for] [winsome] [is] [the] [herald] [of] [mistress] [spring] [.] 

and with her [come] [little] [friend] [the] [song] [sparrow] , and [cheerful] [robin] and [mr] and [mrs] . [redwing] [.] 
1 and 2 with
2 with 3 her
2 with 18 .
3 her 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 14 and
14 and 16 and

then follow other travelers , ever so many of them , all eager to get back to the beautiful [green] [forest] [and] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 then 2 follow
2 follow 4 travelers
3 other 4 travelers
4 travelers 5 ,
5 , 6 ever
5 , 7 so
6 ever 7 so
7 so 8 many
7 so 9 of
8 many 9 of
9 of 11 ,
10 them 11 ,
11 , 12 all
11 , 13 eager
13 eager 14 to
14 to 15 get
14 to 16 back
16 back 17 to
17 to 18 the
18 the 19 beautiful

ol ' [mistah] [buzzard] [used] [to] [think] [that] [way] [.] 
1 ol 2 '

but he was . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 .

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

he was so much [interested] that he began to [wish] he could see [for] [himself] all these things [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [was] [telling] [about] . 
1 he 13 see
2 was 3 so
3 so 6 that
3 so 11 he
4 much 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 began
7 he 9 to
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 see
13 see 16 all
16 all 17 these
16 all 18 things
18 things 26 .

but he didn't say a word , not a word . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 4 say
3 didn't 4 say
4 say 5 a
4 say 6 word
5 a 6 word
6 word 8 not
7 , 8 not
8 not 9 a
8 not 10 word
10 word 11 .

he just listened and listened and then went on about his business . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 4 and
3 listened 4 and
4 and 5 listened
4 and 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 went
8 went 9 on
9 on 10 about
10 about 11 his
11 his 12 business
12 business 13 .

he didn't say anything [about] [it] to any one , but he [just] [started] [off] [by] himself . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 4 anything
3 say 4 anything
4 anything 11 but
7 to 8 any
8 any 9 one
9 one 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 17 himself
17 himself 18 .

" all [ah] [done] got to do is to [keep] [on] [going] [till] [ah] see [brer] [buzzard] , " thought he . 
1 " 21 he
2 all 5 got
5 got 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 8 is
8 is 9 to
9 to 15 see
15 see 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 thought
20 thought 21 he
21 he 22 .

so he traveled and traveled without speaking to any one , and always looking up in the blue , blue sky . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 traveled
3 traveled 4 and
4 and 6 without
5 traveled 6 without
6 without 7 speaking
6 without 8 to
7 speaking 8 to
8 to 9 any
8 to 10 one
10 one 11 ,
10 one 12 and
12 and 13 always
12 and 14 looking
14 looking 15 up
15 up 17 the
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 blue
18 blue 19 ,
19 , 20 blue
20 blue 21 sky
21 sky 22 .

finally it dropped down , down , down until it disappeared among the trees . 
1 finally 2 it
2 it 3 dropped
3 dropped 4 down
3 dropped 5 ,
5 , 6 down
5 , 7 ,
7 , 8 down
7 , 9 until
8 down 9 until
9 until 10 it
9 until 11 disappeared
11 disappeared 13 the
12 among 13 the
13 the 14 trees
14 trees 15 .

" [ah] [reckon] [ah] ['ll] [give] [unc] ' [billy] a [surprise] [.] 
1 " 8 '
8 ' 10 a

yes , [sah] , [ah] reckon [so] . " 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 6 reckon
6 reckon 8 .
8 . 9 "

[ii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] 

unc ' [billy] [possum] [sat] [at] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [great] [hollow] [tree] [in] [which] [his] [home] [is] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

unc ' [billy] [felt] [very] [fine] [that] [morning] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he could [hear] [old] [mrs] [possum] [cleaning] [house] and [scolding] the [little] [possums] [who] [kept] [climbing] [up] on her back . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 9 and
9 and 11 the
11 the 18 on
18 on 19 her
19 her 20 back
20 back 21 .

as he listened , [unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] and began to [sing] in a [queer] [cracked] voice : 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 listened
3 listened 4 ,
4 , 9 and
9 and 10 began
9 and 11 to
11 to 13 in
13 in 14 a
14 a 17 voice
17 voice 18 :

" [mah] [ol] ' [woman] [am] [a] [plain] [ol] ['] [dame] ['] [deed] she am ! 
1 " 4 '
4 ' 14 she
14 she 16 !
15 am 16 !

' [deed] she am ! 
1 ' 3 she
3 she 5 !
4 am 5 !

quick with her broom , with her tongue the same ' [deed] [she] [am] [!] 
1 quick 2 with
2 with 3 her
2 with 4 broom
3 her 4 broom
4 broom 5 ,
4 broom 6 with
6 with 7 her
6 with 8 tongue
8 tongue 9 the
9 the 10 same
9 the 11 '

' [deed] she am ! 
1 ' 3 she
3 she 5 !
4 am 5 !

' [deed] she am ! ["] 
1 ' 3 she
3 she 5 !
4 am 5 !

just then out tumbled his eight children , making such a racket that [unc] ['] [billy] [clapped] [both] [hands] [over] his [ears] [.] 
1 just 2 then
1 just 3 out
3 out 5 his
4 tumbled 5 his
5 his 6 eight
5 his 7 children
6 eight 7 children
7 children 9 making
8 , 9 making
9 making 10 such
9 making 11 a
10 such 11 a
11 a 12 racket
11 a 13 that
13 that 21 his

" [mah] [goodness] gracious [sakes] [alive] ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 4 gracious
1 " 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 .

one [pulled] [unc] ' [billy] ['s] [tail] [.] 
1 one 4 '

two scrambled up on his back . 
1 two 2 scrambled
2 scrambled 4 on
3 up 4 on
4 on 5 his
4 on 6 back
5 his 6 back
6 back 7 .

right in the midst of it [unc] ' [billy] sprang to his feet . 
1 right 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 4 midst
3 the 5 of
5 of 6 it
5 of 14 .
6 it 8 '
10 sprang 11 to
11 to 12 his
12 his 13 feet
12 his 14 .

his eyes were [shining] , and his [funny] [little] ears [were] [pricked] [up] . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 7 his
3 were 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 his
7 his 10 ears
10 ears 14 .

" hush , [yo'alls] ! " he commanded . 
1 " 2 hush
1 " 3 ,
3 , 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 commanded
7 he 9 .
8 commanded 9 .

" how do [yo'alls] [think] [ah] [can] [hear] [anything] with [yo'alls] [making] such a [racket] ? " 
1 " 2 how
1 " 3 do
3 do 17 "
10 with 13 such
13 such 14 a
14 a 16 ?
16 ? 17 "

" [ah] [cert'nly] thought [ah] [heard] the [voice] of an [ol] ['] [friend] [from] [way] [down] [souf] [!] 
1 " 4 thought
4 thought 7 the
7 the 9 of
9 of 10 an

[iii] 

[unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] 

unc ' [billy] [possum] was [excited] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 5 was

any one would have [known] [it] [just] to look at him . 
1 any 2 one
2 one 3 would
2 one 4 have
4 have 8 to
8 to 9 look
9 look 10 at
10 at 11 him
11 him 12 .

he hurried off [up] the [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [without] [even] [saying] [good-by] [to] [old] [mrs] [possum] and all the little [possums] [.] 
1 he 3 off
2 hurried 3 off
3 off 5 the
5 the 21 and
21 and 22 all
22 all 23 the
23 the 24 little

yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] [certainly] was [excited] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 9 was

old [mrs] [possum] [sat] [in] [the] [doorway] [of] [their] [home] [in] [the] [great] [hollow] [tree] and [watched] [unc] ['] [billy] [out] [of] [sight] [.] 
1 old 16 and

her [sharp] [little] [eyes] [seemed] [to] [grow] [sharper] as she [watched] . 
1 her 9 as
9 as 10 she
10 she 12 .

no , [sah] ! 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 4 !

then she started out to hunt for their dinner , still muttering as she went . 
1 then 2 she
2 she 4 out
3 started 4 out
4 out 5 to
4 out 6 hunt
6 hunt 7 for
6 hunt 8 their
8 their 10 ,
9 dinner 10 ,
10 , 11 still
10 , 12 muttering
12 muttering 13 as
13 as 14 she
13 as 15 went
15 went 16 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [was] [quite] [right] [.] 

unc ' [billy] [had] [forgotten] [all] [about] [that] [dinner] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

you see he had something else on his mind . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 4 had
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 something
4 had 6 else
6 else 7 on
6 else 8 his
7 on 8 his
8 his 9 mind
9 mind 10 .

he had listened and listened but didn't hear it again , and yet he was sure he had heard it that once . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 listened
3 listened 4 and
3 listened 5 listened
5 listened 6 but
6 but 7 didn't
6 but 8 hear
8 hear 10 again
9 it 10 again
10 again 11 ,
10 again 12 and
12 and 13 yet
13 yet 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 sure
16 sure 17 he
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 heard
19 heard 20 it
19 heard 23 .
20 it 21 that
21 that 22 once

he just had to go look for him . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 4 to
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 go
4 to 6 look
6 look 7 for
7 for 8 him
8 him 9 .

but [nowhere] [did] he catch a glimpse of his old friend . 
1 but 4 he
4 he 6 a
5 catch 6 a
6 a 7 glimpse
6 a 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 10 old
10 old 11 friend
11 friend 12 .

the [longer] he [looked] , the more [excited] he [grew] [.] 
1 the 3 he
3 he 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 7 more
7 more 9 he

" [nuffin] , [nuffin] , [sah] ! 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 5 ,
5 , 7 !

ah 'm just walking fo ' [mah] [health] [,] ["] [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [over] [his] [shoulder] , as he hurried on . 
1 ah 2 'm
2 'm 3 just
2 'm 4 walking
4 walking 5 fo
5 fo 6 '
6 ' 13 '
13 ' 18 ,
18 , 20 he
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 hurried
21 hurried 22 on
22 on 23 .

his neck ached from looking up in the tree-tops , and his feet were sore from walking . 
1 his 2 neck
2 neck 3 ached
3 ached 4 from
4 from 5 looking
4 from 6 up
6 up 8 the
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 tree-tops
8 the 10 ,
9 tree-tops 10 ,
10 , 12 his
11 and 12 his
12 his 13 feet
12 his 14 were
14 were 16 from
15 sore 16 from
16 from 17 walking
16 from 18 .
17 walking 18 .

and just then [unc] ['] [billy] for the first time [thought] [of] that [dinner] that [old] [mrs] [possum] had [sent] [him] to [get] . 
1 and 2 just
1 and 3 then
3 then 7 for
7 for 8 the
7 for 9 first
8 the 9 first
9 first 10 time
9 first 15 that
10 time 13 that
15 that 19 had
19 had 22 to
22 to 24 .

unc ' [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [mopped] [his] [brow] [in] [dismay] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" ah ['] [specks] [ah'm] [in] [fo] ['] it this time , [sho] ' enough ! " he said . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 14 '
9 it 10 this
10 this 11 time
11 time 12 ,
12 , 14 '
14 ' 19 said
15 enough 16 !
16 ! 17 "
17 " 18 he
18 he 19 said
19 said 20 .

[iv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] 

" [ah] ' [specks] [ah'm] [in] [fo] ' it [.] 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 8 '
8 ' 9 it

ah ['] [specks] [ah] [sho'ly] [am] [in] [fo] ['] [it] [this] [time] , " he kept muttering . 
1 ah 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 he
15 he 16 kept
15 he 17 muttering
16 kept 17 muttering
17 muttering 18 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] [along] in the [black] [shadows] [until] he got where he could look up and see [his] [own] [doorway] . 
1 so 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 12 he
12 he 13 got
12 he 24 .
14 where 15 he
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 look
16 could 18 up
18 up 19 and
19 and 20 see
20 see 24 .

then he sat down and watched a while . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 5 and
4 down 5 and
5 and 6 watched
5 and 7 a
6 watched 7 a
7 a 8 while
8 while 9 .

all was still . 
1 all 2 was
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 .

there wasn't a sound in the great hollow tree . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 a
3 a 4 sound
3 a 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 great
7 great 8 hollow
7 great 9 tree
9 tree 10 .

but at the [first] [scratch] of his [toe-nails] on the [bark] the [sharp] face of [old] [mrs] [possum] [appeared] [in] the doorway . 
1 but 2 at
2 at 3 the
3 the 6 of
6 of 7 his
7 his 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 15 of
12 the 14 face
14 face 15 of
15 of 21 the
21 the 22 doorway
22 doorway 23 .

" good evening , [mah] dear , " said [unc] ' [billy] , in the mildest [kind] of a [voice] [.] 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 evening
2 good 4 ,
4 , 7 ,
6 dear 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 '
11 ' 13 ,
13 , 15 the
14 in 15 the
15 the 18 of
16 mildest 18 of
18 of 19 a

old [mrs] [possum] [said] [nothing] , but [unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [as] [if] her [sharp] [black] eyes were [looking] [right] [through] [him] [.] 
1 old 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 14 her
14 her 17 eyes
17 eyes 18 were

unc ' [billy] grinned a sickly kind of grin as he said : 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 4 grinned
4 grinned 6 sickly
5 a 6 sickly
6 sickly 8 of
7 kind 8 of
8 of 9 grin
8 of 10 as
9 grin 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 said
12 said 13 :

" ah hopes yo'alls are feeling good tonight . " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 hopes
2 ah 4 yo'alls
4 yo'alls 5 are
4 yo'alls 6 feeling
5 are 6 feeling
6 feeling 7 good
7 good 8 tonight
7 good 9 .
9 . 10 "

" [where] ['s] that [dinner] [ah] sent [yo] ' fo ' ? " demanded [old] [mrs] [possum] [sharply] . 
1 " 4 that
4 that 13 "
7 sent 9 '
9 ' 10 fo
9 ' 11 '
11 ' 12 ?
12 ? 13 "
13 " 14 demanded
14 demanded 19 .

unc ' [billy] [fidgeted] [uneasily] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" [ah] [done] [brought] yo ' [two] [eggs] [from] [farmer] [brown] 's [hen-house] , " he replied meekly . 
1 " 5 yo
1 " 6 '
6 ' 12 's
12 's 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
15 " 17 replied
17 replied 18 meekly
17 replied 19 .

" two [eggs] [!] 
1 " 2 two

two eggs ! 
1 two 2 eggs
2 eggs 3 !

how do [yo] ' [think] [ah] [am] [going] [to] [feed] [eight] [hungry] [mouths] [on] [two] [eggs] [?] ["] [snapped] [old] [mrs] [.] [possum] [.] 
1 how 2 do
2 do 4 '

unc ' [billy] [hung] [his] [head] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he hadn't a word to say . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 a
2 hadn't 4 word
3 a 4 word
4 word 5 to
5 to 6 say
6 say 7 .

no , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [hadn't] a word to say . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 9 a
9 a 11 to
10 word 11 to
11 to 12 say
11 to 13 .

unc ' [billy] [knew] [that] [he] [deserved] [every] [bit] [of] [it] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

he felt very miserable , and he was too tired to have a bit of spirit left . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 very
3 very 5 ,
4 miserable 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 10 tired
9 too 10 tired
10 tired 11 to
10 tired 12 have
11 to 12 have
12 have 13 a
12 have 14 bit
14 bit 15 of
15 of 16 spirit
16 spirit 17 left
16 spirit 18 .
17 left 18 .

all the time she was looking at [unc] ['] [billy] [with] [those] sharp eyes [of] [hers] . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 time
2 the 17 .
3 time 4 she
4 she 5 was
5 was 6 looking
6 looking 7 at
13 sharp 14 eyes
14 eyes 17 .

when she had finished the egg , she pushed the other over to him . 
1 when 2 she
2 she 3 had
2 she 4 finished
3 had 4 finished
4 finished 5 the
4 finished 6 egg
5 the 6 egg
6 egg 7 ,
6 egg 8 she
7 , 8 she
8 she 10 the
9 pushed 10 the
10 the 11 other
10 the 12 over
11 other 12 over
12 over 13 to
12 over 14 him
14 him 15 .

" yo ' [eat] [that] ! " she said shortly . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 3 '
3 ' 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 9 said
8 she 9 said
9 said 10 shortly
10 shortly 11 .

" yo ' [look] as if [yo] ['] [hadn't] had [anything] to eat [to-day] ["] [(] [which] [was] [true] [)] . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 3 '
3 ' 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 10 had
10 had 12 to
12 to 13 eat
12 to 21 .

" [then] yo ' [hustle] [up] [to] [bed] [;] it 's all [ready] fo ' yo ' . " 
1 " 3 yo
1 " 4 '
4 ' 10 it
10 it 11 's
11 's 12 all
12 all 19 "
14 fo 15 '
15 ' 17 '
16 yo 17 '
17 ' 18 .
18 . 19 "

unc ' [billy] [did] [as] [he] was [bid] [,] [and] [as] [he] [tucked] [himself] [into] his [snug] , [warm] [bed] he [murmured] [sleepily] : 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 7 was
7 was 16 his
16 his 18 ,
18 , 21 he
21 he 24 :

" [ol] ' [mrs] [possum] [has] a [sharp] , [sharp] [tongue] , [but] [her] [bark] is [worse] [than] [her] [bite] . 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 7 a
7 a 9 ,
9 , 12 ,
12 , 16 is
16 is 21 .

for [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] a [soft] , [soft] [heart] [though] [she] [hides] it way out of sight . " 
1 for 7 a
7 a 9 ,
9 , 15 it
15 it 21 "
16 way 17 out
17 out 18 of
18 of 19 sight
18 of 20 .
20 . 21 "

[v] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] 

sammy [jay] was [indignant] [.] 
1 sammy 3 was

yes , [sir] , [sammy] [jay] was very much put out . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 7 was
7 was 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 put
10 put 11 out
11 out 12 .

in fact , [sammy] was just [plain] [downright] [mad] [!] 
1 in 2 fact
1 in 3 ,
3 , 5 was
5 was 6 just

it had [begun] when he [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [early] in the morning . 
1 it 5 he
2 had 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 10 in
10 in 12 morning
11 the 12 morning
12 morning 13 .

" hello , [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hello
1 " 3 ,
3 , 6 !

what were you doing up so late last night ? " said [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 what 2 were
2 were 3 you
2 were 4 doing
4 doing 5 up
4 doing 6 so
5 up 6 so
6 so 7 late
7 late 8 last
7 late 9 night
9 night 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 15 .

" oh , come , [sammy] [jay] , [be] [honest] for once in [your] life ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 5 ,
3 , 16 !
4 come 5 ,
5 , 8 ,
8 , 11 for
11 for 13 in
12 once 13 in
13 in 15 life

what was it all about ? " 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 it
3 it 4 all
4 all 5 about
4 all 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

[sammy] [jay] [stamped] [one] [foot] [.] 

he was beginning to [lose] [his] [temper] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 beginning
3 beginning 4 to

you know he loses it very easily . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
2 know 4 loses
4 loses 5 it
5 it 6 very
5 it 7 easily
7 easily 8 .

" [i] [am] [honest] ! " he screamed . 
1 " 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 8 screamed
7 he 8 screamed
8 screamed 9 .

" [i] [tell] you [i] [went] to [bed] [just] [as] [i] [always] do , and [i] didn't [wake] [up] until this morning . " 
1 " 4 you
4 you 7 to
7 to 13 do
13 do 14 ,
13 do 24 "
14 , 15 and
15 and 17 didn't
20 until 21 this
21 this 22 morning
22 morning 23 .
23 . 24 "

when he did , [he] [flew] off [screaming] at the top of his lungs . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 ,
4 , 10 the
7 off 9 at
9 at 10 the
10 the 12 of
11 top 12 of
12 of 14 lungs
13 his 14 lungs
14 lungs 15 .

he was still screaming when he flew over the [old] [briar-patch] [where] [peter] [rabbit] was just beginning to doze off [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 screaming
3 still 4 screaming
4 screaming 5 when
4 screaming 6 he
6 he 7 flew
6 he 8 over
8 over 9 the
9 the 15 was
15 was 17 beginning
16 just 17 beginning
17 beginning 18 to
18 to 19 doze
18 to 20 off

peter was [sleepy] [.] 
1 peter 2 was

he didn't like to have his morning nap disturbed . 
1 he 3 like
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 to
3 like 5 have
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 his
5 have 7 morning
6 his 7 morning
7 morning 8 nap
7 morning 9 disturbed
8 nap 9 disturbed
9 disturbed 10 .

" hi , [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hi
1 " 3 ,
3 , 6 !

didn't you make racket enough last night to give honest folks a little peace and quiet to-day ? " [shouted] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 didn't 2 you
2 you 4 racket
3 make 4 racket
4 racket 5 enough
4 racket 6 last
6 last 8 to
7 night 8 to
8 to 9 give
8 to 10 honest
9 give 10 honest
10 honest 11 folks
11 folks 12 a
11 folks 13 little
13 little 14 peace
13 little 15 and
15 and 16 quiet
15 and 17 to-day
16 quiet 17 to-day
17 to-day 18 ?
17 to-day 19 "
18 ? 19 "

" what 's the joke , [peter] [rabbit] ? 
1 " 2 what
1 " 6 ,
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 joke
6 , 9 ?

" then it 's a [funny] way [you] [have] [of] [sleeping] , " replied [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 4 's
2 then 3 it
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 a
5 a 7 way
7 way 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 replied
14 replied 17 .

" [peter] [rabbit] , [you] and [jimmy] [skunk] [are] [crazy] , just as [crazy] as [loons] ! ["] [sputtered] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 6 and
6 and 13 as
11 , 12 just
12 just 13 as
13 as 15 as
15 as 17 !

" [i] [tell] you [i] [was] [asleep] , and [i] [guess] [i] ought to know ! " 
1 " 4 you
1 " 13 ought
4 you 8 ,
8 , 9 and
13 ought 14 to
14 to 15 know
15 know 16 !
15 know 17 "

" [and] [i] [guess] [i] know [your] [voice] [when] [i] [hear] it ! " replied [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 6 know
6 know 12 it
12 it 13 !
13 ! 14 "
14 " 15 replied
15 replied 18 .

" it 's [bad] [enough] in [daytime] , but if [i] [was] you , [i] ['d] [quit] [yelling] in the night . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 6 in
6 in 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 if
10 if 13 you
13 you 14 ,
14 , 19 in
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 night
21 night 22 .

some one of [these] [times] [hooty] [the] [owl] will hear you , and that will be the end of you and your noise . 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 of
3 of 12 ,
9 will 10 hear
10 hear 11 you
11 you 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 that
13 and 15 will
15 will 16 be
16 be 17 the
16 be 18 end
17 the 18 end
18 end 19 of
18 end 20 you
19 of 20 you
20 you 22 your
21 and 22 your
22 your 23 noise
22 your 24 .

now [go] [away] [;] [i] want to sleep . " 
1 now 10 "
6 want 7 to
7 to 8 sleep
8 sleep 9 .
9 . 10 "

sammy went . 
1 sammy 2 went
2 went 3 .

he was mad clear through , and yet he didn't know what to make of it . 
1 he 11 know
2 was 4 clear
3 mad 4 clear
4 clear 5 through
5 through 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 yet
7 and 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
11 know 12 what
11 know 13 to
13 to 14 make
14 make 15 of
15 of 16 it
16 it 17 .

were they just trying to make him mad , or had he really been screaming in his sleep ? 
1 were 2 they
2 they 3 just
2 they 4 trying
4 trying 5 to
4 trying 6 make
5 to 6 make
6 make 8 mad
7 him 8 mad
8 mad 9 ,
9 , 10 or
9 , 11 had
10 or 11 had
11 had 13 really
12 he 13 really
13 really 15 screaming
14 been 15 screaming
15 screaming 17 his
16 in 17 his
17 his 18 sleep
17 his 19 ?

he flew over to the [smiling] [pool] [.] 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 3 over
3 over 4 to
4 to 5 the

[jerry] [muskrat] [looked] [up] [and] [saw] [him] [.] 

" what were you [yelling] [about] in the night , [sammy] [jay] ? " asked [jerry] . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 3 were
3 were 4 you
3 were 13 ?
4 you 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 night
9 night 10 ,
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 asked
15 asked 17 .

this was too much . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 4 much
3 too 4 much
4 much 5 .

[sammy] [jay] [let] [his] [wings] [and] [his] [tail] [droop] [dejectedly] [and] [hung] [his] [head] [.] 

" [i] don't know . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 .

i really don't know anything about it , " he said . 
1 i 2 really
2 really 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 anything
5 anything 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 said
10 he 12 .
11 said 12 .

[vi] 

[sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] 

" [sammy] [jay] [screams] all [day] [long] , [and] now what do you think ? 
1 " 5 all
5 all 8 ,
8 , 10 now
10 now 11 what
11 what 12 do
12 do 13 you
13 you 14 think
14 think 15 ?

why , [sammy] [sits] and [yells] [all] [night] [and] [doesn't] [sleep] a [wink] ! " 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 15 "
5 and 12 a
5 and 15 "
12 a 14 !

[everywhere] [he] [went] [sammy] [jay] [heard] [that] [shouted] [after] [him] [.] 

dozens and dozens of times a day he heard it . 
1 dozens 2 and
2 and 3 dozens
2 and 4 of
3 dozens 4 of
4 of 5 times
5 times 7 day
6 a 7 day
7 day 8 he
8 he 9 heard
8 he 10 it
9 heard 10 it
10 it 11 .

at first he lost his temper and was [the] very [maddest] [jaybird] [ever] [seen] [on] the [green] [meadows] [or] in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 at 2 first
1 at 16 the
2 first 3 he
2 first 4 lost
3 he 4 lost
4 lost 5 his
4 lost 6 temper
6 temper 7 and
6 temper 8 was
7 and 8 was
8 was 10 very
16 the 20 in
20 in 21 the

" it isn't [true] ! 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 isn't
3 isn't 5 !

it isn't [true] ! 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 4 !

it isn't true ! " he [would] [scream] at the top of his lungs . 
1 it 2 isn't
1 it 10 the
3 true 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 he
6 he 9 at
9 at 10 the
10 the 12 of
11 top 12 of
12 of 14 lungs
13 his 14 lungs
14 lungs 15 .

and then [everybody] [within] [hearing] [would] [shout] [:] ["] it is true ! " 
1 and 2 then
2 then 10 it
10 it 11 is
11 is 14 "
12 true 13 !
13 ! 14 "

sammy [would] [just] [dance] [up] [and] [down] [and] [scream] [and] [scream] [and] [scream] [,] [he] was so [angry] . 
1 sammy 16 was
16 was 17 so
17 so 19 .

and then he was sure to [hear] [some] [one] [pipe] [up] [:] 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 sure
5 sure 6 to

" [sammy] ['s] [mad] and we are glad , [and] we know how to tease him ! 
1 " 5 and
5 and 7 are
6 we 7 are
7 are 8 glad
7 are 9 ,
9 , 11 we
11 we 13 how
12 know 13 how
13 how 15 tease
14 to 15 tease
15 tease 17 !
16 him 17 !

but some dark night he 'll get a [fright] , [for] [hooty] ['ll] [come] and seize him ! " 
1 but 2 some
2 some 4 night
3 dark 4 night
4 night 5 he
5 he 6 'll
6 'll 7 get
6 'll 8 a
8 a 10 ,
10 , 15 and
15 and 17 him
16 seize 17 him
17 him 19 "
18 ! 19 "

that really began to worry him . 
1 that 2 really
2 really 3 began
2 really 4 to
4 to 6 him
5 worry 6 him
6 him 7 .

then he began to think that it might be true that he did talk in his sleep , and this worried him a whole lot . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 that
6 that 7 it
7 it 8 might
8 might 9 be
9 be 10 true
9 be 11 that
11 that 12 he
11 that 13 did
13 did 14 talk
13 did 15 in
15 in 16 his
15 in 17 sleep
16 his 17 sleep
17 sleep 18 ,
17 sleep 19 and
18 , 19 and
19 and 21 worried
20 this 21 worried
21 worried 22 him
21 worried 23 a
23 a 24 whole
24 whole 25 lot
25 lot 26 .

the more he thought about it , the more worried [sammy] [jay] [became] . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
2 more 10 worried
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
10 worried 14 .

he lost his appetite and [began] to [grow] [thin] . 
1 he 2 lost
2 lost 3 his
3 his 4 appetite
3 his 5 and
5 and 7 to
7 to 10 .

he kept out of sight whenever possible and no longer screamed " [thief] [!] thief ! " [through] the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 out
3 out 4 of
3 out 5 sight
5 sight 7 possible
6 whenever 7 possible
7 possible 8 and
8 and 9 no
8 and 10 longer
10 longer 11 screamed
10 longer 12 "
11 screamed 12 "
12 " 15 thief
12 " 16 !
15 thief 16 !
16 ! 17 "
17 " 19 the

in fact his voice was rarely heard during the day . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 4 voice
3 his 4 voice
4 voice 5 was
4 voice 6 rarely
6 rarely 8 during
7 heard 8 during
8 during 9 the
8 during 10 day
9 the 10 day
10 day 11 .

but it seemed that he must be talking just as much as ever in the night . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 seemed
2 it 4 that
3 seemed 4 that
4 that 5 he
4 that 6 must
6 must 7 be
6 must 8 talking
8 talking 10 as
9 just 10 as
10 as 12 as
11 much 12 as
12 as 13 ever
12 as 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 night
16 night 17 .

at [least] [everybody] [said] that he was . 
1 at 5 that
5 that 8 .
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 .

worse still , [different] [ones] [said] [that] [they] [heard] [him] [in] [different] [places] [in] the [green] [forest] and [even] down on the [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 worse 2 still
2 still 3 ,
3 , 15 the
15 the 18 and
18 and 20 down
18 and 22 the
20 down 21 on

could it be that he was flying about as well as talking in his sleep ? 
1 could 2 it
2 it 3 be
3 be 5 he
4 that 5 he
5 he 7 flying
6 was 7 flying
7 flying 9 as
8 about 9 as
9 as 10 well
10 well 11 as
10 well 12 talking
11 as 12 talking
12 talking 13 in
12 talking 14 his
13 in 14 his
14 his 15 sleep
15 sleep 16 ?

and nobody believed him when he said that he was asleep all night [.] 
1 and 3 believed
2 nobody 3 believed
3 believed 4 him
3 believed 5 when
4 him 5 when
5 when 6 he
5 when 7 said
6 he 7 said
7 said 8 that
7 said 9 he
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 was
9 he 11 asleep
10 was 11 asleep
11 asleep 12 all
11 asleep 13 night
12 all 13 night

they thought that he was awake and doing it purposely [.] 
1 they 2 thought
2 thought 3 that
2 thought 4 he
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
4 he 6 awake
6 awake 7 and
6 awake 8 doing
8 doing 10 purposely
9 it 10 purposely

" if they are not all crazy , then [i] must be , " said . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 they
3 they 4 are
4 are 6 all
5 not 6 all
6 all 8 ,
7 crazy 8 ,
8 , 9 then
9 then 14 "
11 must 12 be
12 be 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 .

sammy [jay] [to] [himself] , [as] [he] [turned] [away] [from] [the] [breakfast] [which] [he] [could] [not] [eat] [.] 
1 sammy 5 ,

then he had a happy idea [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 a
3 had 5 happy
4 a 5 happy
5 happy 6 idea

" why didn't [i] think of it [before] ? 
1 " 2 why
1 " 9 ?
2 why 3 didn't
3 didn't 5 think
5 think 7 it
6 of 7 it

i 'll [sleep] all day , and [then] [i] 'll keep awake all night and see what happens then ! " he exclaimed . 
1 i 11 keep
2 'll 4 all
4 all 6 ,
5 day 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 'll
10 'll 11 keep
11 keep 12 awake
11 keep 13 all
12 awake 13 all
13 all 14 night
14 night 15 and
15 and 16 see
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 happens
17 what 19 then
18 happens 19 then
19 then 20 !
20 ! 21 "
21 " 22 he
22 he 23 exclaimed
23 exclaimed 24 .

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] away to the [darkest] part of the [green] [forest] and tried to sleep [through] [the] [day] . 
1 so 5 away
5 away 7 the
6 to 7 the
7 the 10 of
9 part 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 14 and
14 and 16 to
15 tried 16 to
16 to 17 sleep
16 to 21 .

[vii] 

[sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] 

[sammy] [jay] [sat] [in] [the] [dark] [and] [shivered] [.] 

sammy was lonely , more lonely than he had ever supposed anybody could be . 
1 sammy 2 was
2 was 4 ,
3 lonely 4 ,
4 , 5 more
4 , 6 lonely
5 more 6 lonely
6 lonely 7 than
6 lonely 8 he
8 he 10 ever
9 had 10 ever
10 ever 11 supposed
10 ever 12 anybody
12 anybody 14 be
13 could 14 be
14 be 15 .

and to tell the truth [sammy] [jay] was [scared] . 
1 and 2 to
2 to 3 tell
3 tell 4 the
4 the 5 truth
4 the 10 .
5 truth 8 was

yes , [sir] , that was just the way [sammy] [jay] [felt] [scared] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 just
7 just 8 the
8 the 9 way
9 way 14 .

every time a [leaf] [rustled] [,] [sammy] [jumped] [almost] [out] [of] [his] [skin] [.] 
1 every 2 time
2 time 3 a

his heart went pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat . 
1 his 2 heart
2 heart 4 pit-a-pat
3 went 4 pit-a-pat
4 pit-a-pat 5 ,
4 pit-a-pat 6 pit-a-pat
6 pit-a-pat 8 pit-a-pat
7 , 8 pit-a-pat
8 pit-a-pat 9 .

but [to-night] [sammy] [sat] in the [darkest] [,] [thickest] [part] of a big pine-tree and kept blinking his eyes to keep from going to sleep . 
1 but 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 11 of
11 of 12 a
12 a 13 big
12 a 14 pine-tree
14 pine-tree 15 and
15 and 16 kept
15 and 17 blinking
16 kept 17 blinking
17 blinking 18 his
17 blinking 19 eyes
18 his 19 eyes
19 eyes 21 keep
20 to 21 keep
21 keep 22 from
21 keep 23 going
23 going 25 sleep
24 to 25 sleep
25 sleep 26 .

he just would keep his eyes and his ears wide open . 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 would
3 would 5 his
4 keep 5 his
5 his 6 eyes
6 eyes 8 his
7 and 8 his
8 his 9 ears
9 ears 10 wide
9 ears 11 open
10 wide 11 open
11 open 12 .

what was he [doing] it [for] ? 
1 what 2 was
1 what 5 it
2 was 3 he
5 it 7 ?

[now] [sammy] [knew] [better] [.] 

he never in his life had screamed in the night unless well , unless he did it in his sleep and didn't know it . 
1 he 2 never
2 never 3 in
2 never 4 his
3 in 4 his
4 his 6 had
5 life 6 had
6 had 7 screamed
6 had 8 in
7 screamed 8 in
8 in 10 night
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 unless
10 night 12 well
11 unless 12 well
12 well 13 ,
13 , 14 unless
14 unless 15 he
14 unless 16 did
16 did 17 it
16 did 18 in
17 it 18 in
18 in 19 his
18 in 20 sleep
20 sleep 22 didn't
21 and 22 didn't
22 didn't 23 know
23 know 24 it
24 it 25 .

he had watched the black shadows [creep] [through] the [green] [forest] and [grow] [blacker] and [blacker] [.] 
1 he 2 had
1 he 9 the
2 had 4 the
3 watched 4 the
4 the 5 black
4 the 6 shadows
5 black 6 shadows
9 the 12 and
12 and 15 and

the blacker they grew , the lonesomer he became . 
1 the 2 blacker
2 blacker 3 they
2 blacker 4 grew
4 grew 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 8 he
7 lonesomer 8 he
8 he 9 became
8 he 10 .
9 became 10 .

by and by it was so dark that he couldn't see anything at all , and every little noise made him shiver . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 4 it
4 it 5 was
4 it 6 so
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 dark
7 dark 8 that
7 dark 9 he
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 see
10 couldn't 12 anything
12 anything 13 at
12 anything 14 all
14 all 15 ,
14 all 16 and
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 every
16 and 18 little
18 little 19 noise
18 little 20 made
20 made 22 shiver
21 him 22 shiver
22 shiver 23 .

sammy [jay] had [it] [now] [.] 
1 sammy 3 had

he [felt] so [creepy] that it seemed as if he would [crawl] [right] out of his skin . 
1 he 3 so
3 so 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 as
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 he
10 he 11 would
11 would 14 out
14 out 15 of
14 out 16 his
16 his 17 skin
17 skin 18 .

he kept saying over and over to himself : " there 's nothing to be afraid of . 
1 he 2 kept
1 he 3 saying
2 kept 3 saying
3 saying 4 over
4 over 5 and
5 and 6 over
6 over 7 to
7 to 8 himself
8 himself 9 :
9 : 10 "
10 " 11 there
11 there 12 's
12 's 13 nothing
13 nothing 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 afraid
16 afraid 17 of
17 of 18 .

there 's nothing to be afraid of . 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
7 of 8 .

i 'm just as safe as [if] [i] was fast asleep . ["] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 just
2 'm 4 as
4 as 5 safe
4 as 6 as
6 as 9 was
9 was 12 .
10 fast 11 asleep
11 asleep 12 .

but still he shivered and shook . 
1 but 2 still
2 still 3 he
2 still 4 shivered
3 he 4 shivered
4 shivered 5 and
4 shivered 6 shook
6 shook 7 .

by and by , [looking] [up] [through] the top of the big [pine-tree] , he saw the little [stars] [come] [out] one [by] one . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 17 the
3 by 4 ,
4 , 8 the
8 the 10 of
9 top 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 big
11 the 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 saw
17 the 18 little
17 the 24 one
18 little 22 one
24 one 25 .

they seemed to be looking right down at him and winking at him in the jolliest way . 
1 they 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 4 be
3 to 4 be
4 be 6 right
5 looking 6 right
6 right 7 down
6 right 8 at
7 down 8 at
8 at 9 him
8 at 10 and
9 him 10 and
10 and 11 winking
10 and 12 at
12 at 14 in
13 him 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 jolliest
15 the 17 way
17 way 18 .

somehow , he didn't feel quite so lonely then , and he tried to wink back . 
1 somehow 2 ,
2 , 4 didn't
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 feel
4 didn't 6 quite
5 feel 6 quite
6 quite 8 lonely
7 so 8 lonely
8 lonely 9 then
8 lonely 10 ,
9 then 10 ,
10 , 11 and
10 , 12 he
12 he 14 to
13 tried 14 to
14 to 15 wink
14 to 16 back
15 wink 16 back
16 back 17 .

then little , soft , silvery bars of light began to creep through the branches of the trees and along the ground . 
1 then 2 little
2 little 3 ,
2 little 4 soft
3 , 4 soft
4 soft 6 silvery
5 , 6 silvery
6 silvery 7 bars
6 silvery 8 of
7 bars 8 of
8 of 10 began
9 light 10 began
10 began 11 to
10 began 12 creep
11 to 12 creep
12 creep 13 through
13 through 14 the
14 the 15 branches
14 the 16 of
16 of 17 the
16 of 18 trees
17 the 18 trees
18 trees 19 and
18 trees 20 along
20 along 22 ground
21 the 22 ground
22 ground 23 .

they were [moonbeams] , and [sammy] [could] see just a little , a very little . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 8 see
8 see 10 a
9 just 10 a
10 a 11 little
10 a 12 ,
12 , 13 a
13 a 14 very
14 very 15 little
15 little 16 .

he began to feel better . 
1 he 3 to
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 feel
3 to 5 better
5 better 6 .

" [whooo-hoo-hoo] , [whooo-hoo] ! " 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 5 !
5 ! 6 "

it was a terrible sound , fierce and hungry . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 5 sound
4 terrible 5 sound
5 sound 6 ,
6 , 8 and
7 fierce 8 and
8 and 9 hungry
8 and 10 .

[sammy] [jay] [nearly] [fell] [from] [his] [perch] [.] 

he opened his mouth to scream with fright . 
1 he 3 his
2 opened 3 his
3 his 5 to
4 mouth 5 to
5 to 6 scream
5 to 7 with
6 scream 7 with
7 with 8 fright
8 fright 9 .

then he remembered just in time and closed it without a sound . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 5 in
4 just 5 in
5 in 6 time
6 time 8 closed
7 and 8 closed
8 closed 9 it
8 closed 10 without
9 it 10 without
10 without 12 sound
11 a 12 sound
12 sound 13 .

it was the [hunting-cry] of [hooty] the [owl] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 9 .
2 was 3 the
3 the 5 of
5 of 7 the

sammy [jay] [sat] [huddled] [in] [a] [little] , [forlorn] [,] [shivering] [heap] [,] [while] [twice] [more] [that] [fierce] [cry] [rang] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 sammy 8 ,

then a shadow floated over the big pine-tree . 
1 then 2 a
2 a 4 floated
3 shadow 4 floated
4 floated 5 over
4 floated 6 the
6 the 8 pine-tree
7 big 8 pine-tree
8 pine-tree 9 .

hooty the [owl] [had] [flown] [away] [without] [seeing] [him] , and [sammy] [breathed] [easier] [.] 
1 hooty 2 the
2 the 10 ,
10 , 11 and

[viii] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] 

sammy [jay] was [having] [no] [trouble] [in] [keeping] [awake] [now] [.] 
1 sammy 3 was

not a bit ! 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 bit
3 bit 4 !

he was too frightened and shivery and creepy to sleep . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
2 was 4 frightened
4 frightened 5 and
4 frightened 6 shivery
5 and 6 shivery
6 shivery 8 creepy
7 and 8 creepy
8 creepy 9 to
9 to 10 sleep
9 to 11 .
10 sleep 11 .

but he didn't want to , anyway . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 want
3 didn't 5 to
5 to 6 ,
5 to 7 anyway
7 anyway 8 .

so he sat in the [thickest] part of the big [pine-tree] , [shivering] and [creepy] and [miserable] [.] 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 8 of
7 part 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 big
10 big 12 ,
12 , 14 and
14 and 16 and

out in a [patch] of [bright] [moonlight] [he] [saw] [peter] [rabbit] [jumping] and [dancing] and [having] the greatest kind of a time all by himself . 
1 out 2 in
2 in 3 a
3 a 5 of
5 of 13 and
13 and 15 and
15 and 17 the
17 the 18 greatest
18 greatest 20 of
19 kind 20 of
20 of 21 a
21 a 22 time
22 time 23 all
22 time 24 by
23 all 24 by
24 by 25 himself
24 by 26 .
25 himself 26 .

pretty soon [peter] [was] [joined] [by] [his] [cousin] , [jumper] [the] [hare] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 9 ,

such [antics] as they did [cut] [up] [!] 
1 such 3 as
3 as 4 they
3 as 5 did

[sammy] [jay] [almost] [laughed] [aloud] [as] [he] [watched] [.] 

it was less lonely with them there , and he did want to call to them dreadfully . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 less
3 less 5 with
4 lonely 5 with
5 with 6 them
5 with 7 there
7 there 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 did
11 did 12 want
12 want 13 to
13 to 15 to
14 call 15 to
15 to 17 dreadfully
16 them 17 dreadfully
17 dreadfully 18 .

but that would never , never do , for no one must know that he was sitting up awake all night . 
1 but 3 would
2 that 3 would
3 would 5 ,
4 never 5 ,
5 , 6 never
5 , 7 do
7 do 9 for
8 , 9 for
9 for 10 no
9 for 11 one
11 one 13 know
12 must 13 know
13 know 14 that
13 know 15 he
15 he 17 sitting
16 was 17 sitting
17 sitting 18 up
17 sitting 19 awake
19 awake 21 night
20 all 21 night
21 night 22 .

by and by along came [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [walking] [out] [into] [the] [patch] [of] [bright] [moonlight] [.] 
1 by 2 and
2 and 4 along
3 by 4 along
4 along 5 came

he touched [noses] with [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] the [hare] , which is one way of saying " good evening ["] in [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 4 with
2 touched 4 with
4 with 9 the
9 the 11 ,
11 , 12 which
12 which 13 is
13 is 15 way
14 one 15 way
15 way 17 saying
16 of 17 saying
17 saying 19 good
18 " 19 good
19 good 20 evening
20 evening 22 in

" isn't it [most] [time] [for] [sammy] [jay] to [scream] in his sleep ? " asked [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
3 it 9 to
9 to 11 in
11 in 12 his
12 his 14 ?
13 sleep 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
15 " 16 asked
16 asked 19 .

sammy pricked up his ears . 
1 sammy 2 pricked
2 pricked 3 up
3 up 4 his
4 his 5 ears
5 ears 6 .

" [scream] [in] his [sleep] ! 
1 " 4 his
4 his 6 !

nonsense ! 
1 nonsense 2 !

[sammy] [jay] [isn't] [any] [more] [asleep] [than] [i] [am] [.] 

he just screams out of pure meanness to wake up and frighten good honest folks who want to sleep . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 screams
3 screams 5 of
4 out 5 of
5 of 6 pure
5 of 7 meanness
7 meanness 9 wake
8 to 9 wake
9 wake 10 up
9 wake 11 and
10 up 11 and
11 and 12 frighten
11 and 13 good
13 good 15 folks
14 honest 15 folks
15 folks 17 want
16 who 17 want
17 want 18 to
18 to 19 sleep
19 sleep 20 .

for my part , [i] don't [see] [what] [any] [one] [wants] to sleep for [on] [such] a fine night as this , anyway [.] 
1 for 2 my
2 my 3 part
3 part 4 ,
4 , 6 don't
6 don't 12 to
12 to 14 for
13 sleep 14 for
14 for 17 a
17 a 19 night
18 fine 19 night
19 night 21 this
20 as 21 this
21 this 22 ,
21 this 23 anyway

it serves ' em right if they do get waked up , " replied [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 it 2 serves
2 serves 3 '
2 serves 4 em
4 em 5 right
4 em 6 if
5 right 6 if
6 if 7 they
7 they 8 do
7 they 9 get
9 get 10 waked
10 waked 11 up
10 waked 12 ,
12 , 13 "
12 , 14 replied

" but [sammy] [jay] says [that] he doesn't do it and doesn't know anything about it , " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 but
1 " 7 he
5 says 7 he
7 he 22 .
8 doesn't 10 it
9 do 10 it
10 it 11 and
10 it 12 doesn't
12 doesn't 14 anything
13 know 14 anything
14 anything 15 about
15 about 16 it
16 it 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 22 .

" have you ever seen him scream in the night , [jimmy] [skunk] [?] " 
1 " 2 have
2 have 4 ever
3 you 4 ever
4 ever 5 seen
4 ever 6 him
6 him 7 scream
6 him 8 in
7 scream 8 in
8 in 9 the
8 in 10 night
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 ,
11 , 15 "

" no , [i] don't have to , " replied [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
2 no 9 "
5 don't 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 13 .

peter shook his head . 
1 peter 2 shook
2 shook 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 .

" [i] guess you 're right , [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 you
4 you 5 're
5 're 6 right
6 right 7 ,

i guess you 're right , " he said . 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 you
3 you 4 're
4 're 5 right
5 right 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 said
9 said 10 .

" of course [i] ['m] [right] . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 7 .

there , now ! " 
1 there 2 ,
2 , 3 now
2 , 4 !
4 ! 5 "

jimmy held up one [hand] [to] [warn] [peter] [to] [keep] [still] [.] 
1 jimmy 2 held
2 held 3 up
3 up 4 one

they all heard it . 
1 they 3 heard
2 all 3 heard
3 heard 4 it
3 heard 5 .
4 it 5 .

sammy [jay] [heard] [it] , [too] [,] [and] [scratched] [himself] [to] [be] [sure] [that] [he] [was] [awake] [and] [sitting] [there] [in] [the] [big] [pine-tree] [.] 
1 sammy 5 ,

" [i] 'm glad [i] [kept] [awake] , [but] 
1 " 3 'm
3 'm 4 glad
4 glad 8 ,

" [maybe] [i] 'm going [crazy] [!] 
1 " 4 'm
4 'm 5 going

my [wits] [are] [getting] [hazy] ! 
1 my 6 !

that 's [surely] [me] , [yet] [here] [i] [be] [!] 
1 that 2 's
2 's 5 ,

oh , dear , [i] [sure] am [crazy] ! " 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear
3 dear 4 ,
3 dear 10 "
7 am 9 !
9 ! 10 "

[ix] 

[the] [mystery] [grows] 

" can [a] [body] be a [body] , [yet] not a [body] [be] ? 
1 " 2 can
1 " 11 a
2 can 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 8 ,
8 , 10 not
11 a 14 ?

tell a body , anybody , [didst] [such] a [body] [see] ? " 
1 tell 2 a
2 a 3 body
2 a 4 ,
3 body 4 ,
4 , 5 anybody
4 , 6 ,
6 , 9 a
9 a 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

of course it was [sammy] [jay] [who] [was] [humming] such a foolish-sounding rhyme as that . 
1 of 3 it
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 10 such
10 such 11 a
11 a 13 rhyme
12 foolish-sounding 13 rhyme
13 rhyme 14 as
13 rhyme 15 that
15 that 16 .

but really , it wasn't so [foolish] [in] [sammy] 's [case] , after all . 
1 but 2 really
2 really 3 ,
3 , 4 it
3 , 10 's
4 it 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 so
10 's 12 ,
12 , 13 after
12 , 14 all
14 all 15 .

now he [knew] [.] 
1 now 2 he

did [ever] [a] [jaybird] have [anything] [so] [queer] [as] that [to] [puzzle] [him] [?] 
1 did 5 have
5 have 10 that

anyway , [sammy] [jay] knew that he didn't scream in his sleep , and there was a whole lot of comfort in that . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 5 knew
5 knew 7 he
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 didn't
7 he 9 scream
8 didn't 9 scream
9 scream 10 in
9 scream 11 his
10 in 11 his
11 his 12 sleep
11 his 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 there
15 there 16 was
16 was 17 a
17 a 19 lot
18 whole 19 lot
19 lot 21 comfort
20 of 21 comfort
21 comfort 23 that
22 in 23 that
23 that 24 .

he could eat [with] [a] [better] [appetite] [now] . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 eat
2 could 9 .
3 eat 9 .

now he knew that he could go to sleep [in] [peace] , just as he [always] had . 
1 now 2 he
2 he 4 that
3 knew 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 go
7 go 8 to
8 to 9 sleep
9 sleep 12 ,
12 , 14 as
13 just 14 as
14 as 15 he
15 he 17 had
17 had 18 .

[sammy] [jay] [brushed] [and] [smoothed] [out] [his] [handsome] [blue] [coat] [and] [made] [himself] [as] [pert] [and] [smart-appearing] [as] [possible] [.] 

he had been so worried lately that he hadn't taken much care of himself , which is very [unusual] [for] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 been
2 had 3 been
3 been 5 worried
4 so 5 worried
5 worried 6 lately
5 worried 7 that
6 lately 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 10 taken
9 hadn't 10 taken
10 taken 12 care
11 much 12 care
12 care 14 himself
13 of 14 himself
14 himself 15 ,
15 , 16 which
15 , 17 is
17 is 18 very

now , however , he felt so much better that he began to think about his looks . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 however
3 however 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 7 so
6 felt 7 so
7 so 8 much
8 much 9 better
9 better 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 began
11 he 13 to
13 to 14 think
14 think 15 about
15 about 16 his
16 his 17 looks
16 his 18 .

when he had finished [dressing] , he started for the [alders] [beside] the [laughing] [brook] [just] to have a look [around] . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 had
2 he 17 to
3 had 4 finished
3 had 13 the
4 finished 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 started
8 started 9 for
9 for 10 the
17 to 18 have
17 to 19 a
19 a 20 look
20 look 22 .

of course he didn't expect to find his voice down there , for who ever saw a voice ? 
1 of 2 course
2 course 4 didn't
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 6 to
5 expect 6 to
6 to 7 find
6 to 8 his
7 find 8 his
8 his 9 voice
8 his 10 down
10 down 12 ,
11 there 12 ,
12 , 13 for
13 for 14 who
14 who 15 ever
14 who 16 saw
16 saw 18 voice
17 a 18 voice
18 voice 19 ?

still he thought that he might find something that would explain the mystery . 
1 still 3 thought
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 5 he
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 might
5 he 7 find
7 find 9 that
8 something 9 that
9 that 10 would
9 that 11 explain
11 explain 13 mystery
12 the 13 mystery
13 mystery 14 .

he [hunted] [all] [around] [in] the [thicket] of [alders] [beside] the [laughing] [brook] , but nothing unusual [did] [he] [find] . 
1 he 6 the
6 the 8 of
8 of 11 the
11 the 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 nothing
16 nothing 17 unusual
17 unusual 21 .

then for a long time he sat as still as still can be , studying and thinking . 
1 then 3 a
2 for 3 a
3 a 4 long
3 a 5 time
4 long 5 time
5 time 6 he
6 he 7 sat
7 sat 9 still
8 as 9 still
9 still 10 as
9 still 11 still
10 as 11 still
11 still 12 can
11 still 13 be
12 can 13 be
13 be 15 studying
14 , 15 studying
15 studying 16 and
15 studying 17 thinking
17 thinking 18 .

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 4 thief
4 thief 5 !
5 ! 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

then [out] [popped] [jenny] [wren] , and she was so mad that she couldn't sit still a second . 
1 then 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 she
8 she 10 so
9 was 10 so
10 so 11 mad
11 mad 12 that
12 that 13 she
12 that 14 couldn't
14 couldn't 15 sit
14 couldn't 16 still
16 still 17 a
17 a 18 second
17 a 19 .
18 second 19 .

my , my , my , [how] she did [scold] ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 my
5 my 6 ,
6 , 8 she
8 she 9 did
9 did 11 !

" you ought to be ashamed of yourself , [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 you
1 " 9 ,
2 you 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 ashamed
6 ashamed 7 of
7 of 8 yourself
9 , 12 !

you ought to be ashamed of yourself ! " she [sputtered] . 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 ashamed
4 be 6 of
6 of 8 !
7 yourself 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 she
10 she 12 .

" isn't it enough to keep us awake half the night without coming down and screaming all day ? " 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
3 it 5 to
4 enough 5 to
5 to 6 keep
5 to 7 us
7 us 8 awake
7 us 9 half
8 awake 9 half
9 half 10 the
10 the 12 without
11 night 12 without
12 without 14 down
13 coming 14 down
14 down 15 and
14 down 16 screaming
16 screaming 18 day
17 all 18 day
18 day 19 ?
19 ? 20 "

" [i] [haven't] [been] down [here] in the night , and [i] [haven't] [kept] [anybody] [awake] ! " replied [sammy] [jay] [indignantly] . 
1 " 5 down
5 down 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 night
8 the 11 and
9 night 10 ,
11 and 17 !
17 ! 18 "
18 " 19 replied
19 replied 23 .

[jenny] [wren] [came] [right] [up] [in] [front] [of] [sammy] [jay] [and] [hopped] [up] [and] [down] [.] 

she was so mad that with every word she jerked her funny little tail so that [sammy] [jay] [almost] [had] [to] [laugh] [.] 
1 she 2 was
1 she 15 so
2 was 4 mad
3 so 4 mad
4 mad 5 that
4 mad 6 with
5 that 6 with
6 with 7 every
7 every 8 word
7 every 9 she
9 she 11 her
10 jerked 11 her
11 her 12 funny
11 her 13 little
13 little 14 tail
15 so 16 that

" don't tell that to me , [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 tell
3 tell 5 to
4 that 5 to
5 to 6 me
5 to 10 !
6 me 7 ,

don't tell that to me ! " she cried . 
1 don't 3 that
2 tell 3 that
3 that 5 me
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 she
8 she 9 cried
9 cried 10 .

" didn't [i] [see] you [with] [my] [own] [eyes] [sitting] in that [alder] over there ? 
1 " 2 didn't
1 " 5 you
5 you 11 in
11 in 16 ?
12 that 14 over
14 over 15 there
15 there 16 ?

don't tell that to me ! 
1 don't 3 that
2 tell 3 that
3 that 5 me
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 !

you ought to be ashamed of yourself ! " 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 ashamed
5 ashamed 6 of
6 of 7 yourself
7 yourself 9 "
8 ! 9 "

[x] 

[sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] 

sammy [jay] had [a] [headache] [,] [such] [a] [headache] [!] 
1 sammy 3 had

he had thought and thought and thought , until now it seemed to him that the world surely had turned topsy-turvy . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 and
4 and 5 thought
5 thought 6 and
6 and 8 ,
7 thought 8 ,
8 , 9 until
9 until 10 now
9 until 11 it
10 now 11 it
11 it 12 seemed
12 seemed 13 to
13 to 14 him
14 him 15 that
15 that 17 world
16 the 17 world
17 world 19 had
18 surely 19 had
19 had 21 topsy-turvy
20 turned 21 topsy-turvy
21 topsy-turvy 22 .

his [poor] [little] head was [all] [in] a [whirl] , and that was what made it [ache] . 
1 his 5 was
4 head 5 was
5 was 8 a
8 a 10 ,
10 , 11 and
10 , 16 it
11 and 12 that
12 that 13 was
13 was 14 what
14 what 15 made
16 it 18 .

first [he] had been [accused] of [screaming] in the night to [waken] and [scare] the little meadow and forest people who [wanted] [to] [sleep] [.] 
1 first 3 had
3 had 4 been
3 had 8 in
4 been 6 of
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 night
9 the 13 and
10 night 11 to
13 and 15 the
15 the 16 little
16 little 18 and
17 meadow 18 and
18 and 19 forest
18 and 20 people
19 forest 20 people
20 people 21 who

it was no wonder that his head ached . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 no
2 was 4 wonder
4 wonder 5 that
4 wonder 6 his
6 his 8 ached
7 head 8 ached
8 ached 9 .

hardly any of the little meadow and forest people would speak to him now . 
1 hardly 2 any
2 any 3 of
2 any 4 the
4 the 5 little
5 little 6 meadow
5 little 7 and
7 and 9 people
8 forest 9 people
9 people 10 would
9 people 11 speak
10 would 11 speak
11 speak 12 to
12 to 14 now
13 him 14 now
14 now 15 .

they [just] [turned] [their] [backs] to him [whenever] he met them . 
1 they 6 to
6 to 12 .
7 him 9 he
9 he 11 them
10 met 11 them
11 them 12 .

he didn't mind this [so] [much] , because he knew that [none] [of] [them] had ever [liked] him [very] [well] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mind
3 mind 21 .
4 this 7 ,
7 , 9 he
8 because 9 he
9 he 10 knew
10 knew 11 that
11 that 15 had
15 had 16 ever
16 ever 18 him
18 him 21 .

you see he had [played] [too] [many] [mean] [tricks] for [any] one to [really] [like] him . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 10 for
10 for 12 one
12 one 13 to
13 to 16 him
16 him 17 .

but he did hate to have them blame him for something that he hadn't done . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 did
2 he 4 hate
4 hate 5 to
4 hate 6 have
5 to 6 have
6 have 7 them
7 them 8 blame
7 them 9 him
9 him 10 for
9 him 11 something
11 something 12 that
12 that 13 he
12 that 14 hadn't
13 he 14 hadn't
14 hadn't 15 done
15 done 16 .

" it 's too much for me ! " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 too
4 too 5 much
5 much 6 for
6 for 7 me
7 me 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 13 .

" it 's too much for me ! 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 too
4 too 5 much
5 much 6 for
6 for 7 me
7 me 8 !

i must get help somewhere . 
1 i 2 must
2 must 4 help
3 get 4 help
4 help 5 somewhere
4 help 6 .
5 somewhere 6 .

now , [who] [can] [i] go to , so few will have anything to do with me ? " 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 6 go
6 go 7 to
7 to 8 ,
8 , 9 so
9 so 10 few
9 so 11 will
11 will 12 have
11 will 13 anything
12 have 13 anything
13 anything 14 to
14 to 15 do
15 do 16 with
16 with 17 me
17 me 18 ?
17 me 19 "
18 ? 19 "

" caw , caw , caw ! " 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 !
7 ! 8 "

sammy [jay] pricked up his ears and spread his wings . 
1 sammy 3 pricked
3 pricked 4 up
4 up 5 his
5 his 6 ears
6 ears 7 and
7 and 8 spread
8 spread 9 his
9 his 10 wings
9 his 11 .

" my cousin , [blacky] the [crow] ! " he cried . 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 cousin
2 my 4 ,
4 , 10 he
6 the 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 cried
11 cried 12 .

" [why] [didn't] [i] think of him before ? 
1 " 5 think
5 think 6 of
6 of 7 him
7 him 9 ?
8 before 9 ?

he 's very [smart] , [is] [blacky] the [crow] , and perhaps he can tell me what to do . ["] 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 very
3 very 5 ,
5 , 8 the
8 the 10 ,
10 , 11 and
10 , 13 he
11 and 12 perhaps
13 he 14 can
14 can 20 .
15 tell 16 me
16 me 17 what
17 what 18 to
18 to 19 do
19 do 20 .

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] as [fast] [as] he could to lay his [troubles] before [blacky] the [crow] [.] 
1 so 5 as
5 as 8 he
8 he 10 to
9 could 10 to
10 to 11 lay
10 to 12 his
12 his 14 before
14 before 16 the

blacky 's [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [listened] [to] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [tale] [of] [woe] [.] 
1 blacky 2 's

when [sammy] had finished [and] [had] [asked] [for] [blacky] ['s] [advice] , [blacky] [went] [into] [a] [black] [study] [.] 
1 when 3 had
3 had 4 finished
3 had 12 ,

sammy [sat] [and] [waited] [patiently] , [for] [he] [felt] [certain] [that] [blacky] ['s] [shrewd] [head] [would] [find] [some] [plan] [to] [solve] [the] [mystery] [.] 
1 sammy 6 ,

" how ? " asked [sammy] [jay] [eagerly] . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 ?
3 ? 4 "
4 " 5 asked
5 asked 9 .

" go away from the [green] [meadows] and the [green] [forest] and [stay] away for a week , " replied [blacky] the [crow] . 
1 " 2 go
1 " 8 and
2 go 3 away
3 away 4 from
4 from 5 the
8 and 9 the
9 the 12 and
12 and 14 away
14 away 15 for
15 for 16 a
16 a 17 week
16 a 24 .
17 week 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 replied
20 replied 22 the

" go [up] to the [far-away] [old] [pasture] on the edge of the mountain , [where] [reddy] and [granny] [fox] are [living] [.] 
1 " 2 go
2 go 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 edge
11 edge 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 mountain
14 mountain 15 ,
15 , 18 and
18 and 21 are

" the very thing ! " cried [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 cried
7 cried 10 .

" [i] ['ll] [move] at once ! " 
1 " 8 "
5 at 6 once
6 once 7 !
7 ! 8 "

and off he hurried to prepare to move up to the [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 and 2 off
2 off 3 he
2 off 4 hurried
4 hurried 5 to
4 hurried 6 prepare
5 to 6 prepare
6 prepare 7 to
7 to 8 move
7 to 9 up
9 up 10 to
10 to 11 the

[xi] 

[how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] 

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 4 thief
4 thief 5 !
5 ! 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

old [granny] [fox] , [trotting] [along] a [cow-path] in the [old] [pasture] on the edge of the mountain , [heard] [it] and [grinned] [.] 
1 old 4 ,
4 , 10 the
7 a 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 16 of
13 on 14 the
14 the 15 edge
15 edge 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 mountain
18 mountain 19 ,
19 , 22 and

pretty soon he caught sight of a wonderful coat of bright blue with white trimmings [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 5 sight
4 caught 5 sight
5 sight 6 of
6 of 7 a
6 of 8 wonderful
7 a 8 wonderful
8 wonderful 9 coat
9 coat 10 of
9 coat 11 bright
11 bright 12 blue
11 bright 13 with
12 blue 13 with
13 with 14 white
13 with 15 trimmings
14 white 15 trimmings

" hi , [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hi
1 " 3 ,
3 , 6 !

what are you doing up here ? " shouted [reddy] [fox] . 
1 what 2 are
1 what 3 you
3 you 5 up
4 doing 5 up
5 up 6 here
5 up 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 shouted
9 shouted 12 .

sammy [jay] [heard] [him] [and] [hurried] [over] [to] [where] [reddy] [fox] was [sitting] [.] 
1 sammy 12 was

" hello , [reddy] [fox] ! 
1 " 2 hello
1 " 3 ,
3 , 6 !

how are you [feeling] ? " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 how 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 10 .

" better , thank you . 
1 " 2 better
2 better 3 ,
3 , 4 thank
4 thank 5 you
5 you 6 .

what are you doing way up here in this lonely place ? " [replied] [reddy] [.] 
1 what 2 are
1 what 3 you
3 you 5 way
4 doing 5 way
5 way 6 up
5 way 7 here
6 up 7 here
7 here 9 this
8 in 9 this
9 this 10 lonely
9 this 11 place
10 lonely 11 place
11 place 12 ?
11 place 13 "
12 ? 13 "

" it 's a long story , " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 long
4 a 6 story
6 story 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" tell it to me , " begged [reddy] [fox] . 
1 " 2 tell
2 tell 3 it
3 it 4 to
4 to 5 me
4 to 11 .
5 me 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 begged

then he told about [blacky] the [crow] ['s] [plan] , [which] [was] that [sammy] should come to the [old] [pasture] [and] [live] for a week . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 told
2 he 6 the
3 told 4 about
6 the 10 ,
10 , 13 that
13 that 17 to
15 should 16 come
16 come 17 to
17 to 18 the
18 the 23 for
23 for 24 a
24 a 25 week
25 week 26 .

[reddy] [fox] [chuckled] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 

that [night] [sammy] [jay] [found] [a] [comfortable] [place] [which] seemed [quite] [safe] [in] [which] to [go] [to] sleep . 
1 that 10 seemed
10 seemed 15 to
15 to 18 sleep
18 sleep 19 .

[sammy] [screamed] [twice] [.] 

boomer heard him and down he came with a rush . 
1 boomer 2 heard
2 heard 3 him
2 heard 4 and
4 and 5 down
5 down 6 he
6 he 7 came
7 came 8 with
8 with 9 a
9 a 10 rush
10 rush 11 .

" why , [sammy] [jay] , what under the sun are you doing way off here ? " [exclaimed] [boomer] [.] 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 6 ,
6 , 7 what
7 what 9 the
8 under 9 the
9 the 10 sun
10 sun 11 are
11 are 12 you
11 are 13 doing
13 doing 14 way
14 way 15 off
14 way 16 here
16 here 17 ?
16 here 18 "
17 ? 18 "

" [going] to [bed] , " replied [sammy] . 
1 " 3 to
3 to 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 9 .

" say , [boomer] , will you do something for me ? " 
1 " 2 say
1 " 5 ,
2 say 3 ,
5 , 6 will
6 will 7 you
7 you 8 do
8 do 9 something
9 something 10 for
10 for 11 me
11 me 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" that depends upon what it is , " replied [boomer] . 
1 " 2 that
1 " 3 depends
3 depends 5 what
4 upon 5 what
5 what 6 it
5 what 7 is
7 is 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 12 .

boomer promised that he would , and off he started . 
1 boomer 2 promised
2 promised 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 would
5 would 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 off
8 off 9 he
9 he 10 started
10 started 11 .

he found [peter] and told him . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 7 .
4 and 5 told
5 told 6 him
6 him 7 .

[xii] 

[no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] 

peter [rabbit] [sat] [in] his [secret] [place] in the middle of the [old] [briar-patch] [.] 
1 peter 5 his
5 his 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 middle
10 middle 11 of
11 of 12 the

peter was doing some very hard thinking . 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 4 some
3 doing 4 some
4 some 5 very
5 very 6 hard
6 hard 7 thinking
6 hard 8 .

he ought to have been [asleep] , for he had been [out] the whole [night] [long] . 
1 he 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 have
4 have 5 been
5 been 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 he
9 he 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 13 the
13 the 14 whole
14 whole 17 .

but instead of sleeping , he was wide awake and thinking and thinking . 
1 but 2 instead
2 instead 3 of
2 instead 4 sleeping
3 of 4 sleeping
4 sleeping 5 ,
4 sleeping 6 he
6 he 7 was
6 he 8 wide
7 was 8 wide
8 wide 9 awake
9 awake 10 and
10 and 12 and
11 thinking 12 and
12 and 13 thinking
12 and 14 .
13 thinking 14 .

you see early the night before [boomer] the [nighthawk] [had] [told] [peter] [that] [sammy] [jay] was up in the [far-away] [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 you 2 see
1 you 3 early
3 early 5 night
4 the 5 night
5 night 6 before
6 before 8 the
8 the 16 was
16 was 17 up
17 up 18 in
18 in 19 the

boomer had seen him going to bed there and had come straight down to [tell] [peter] [.] 
1 boomer 2 had
2 had 3 seen
2 had 4 him
3 seen 4 him
4 him 5 going
5 going 7 bed
6 to 7 bed
7 bed 8 there
8 there 9 and
8 there 10 had
9 and 10 had
10 had 11 come
10 had 12 straight
12 straight 13 down
12 straight 14 to

so he had hurried this way and that way , [telling] [every] [one] he [met] [how] [sammy] [jay] had moved away to the [old] [pasture] . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 had
2 he 4 hurried
4 hurried 5 this
4 hurried 6 way
6 way 7 and
7 and 8 that
8 that 9 way
8 that 26 .
9 way 10 ,
10 , 14 he
14 he 19 had
19 had 21 away
20 moved 21 away
21 away 22 to
21 away 23 the

but no one believed him . 
1 but 2 no
2 no 3 one
2 no 4 believed
4 believed 5 him
4 believed 6 .
5 him 6 .

" [wait] and see ! 
1 " 3 and
1 " 4 see
4 see 5 !

wait and see ! " said [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 wait 2 and
1 wait 3 see
3 see 5 "
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 9 .

" it 's just a [trick] , " said [bobby] [coon] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
2 it 4 just
4 just 5 a
5 a 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" but [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [saw] [him] [up] there [going] to [bed] [and] [talked] [with] him ! " cried [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 9 there
9 there 11 to
11 to 16 him
16 him 17 !
17 ! 18 "
18 " 19 cried
19 cried 22 .

" but that would be a [wrong] [story] , and [i] don't [believe] that [boomer] [would] do anything like that ! " cried [peter] . 
1 " 2 but
1 " 14 that
2 but 3 that
3 that 4 would
3 that 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 don't
14 that 17 do
17 do 22 "
18 anything 19 like
19 like 20 that
20 that 21 !
21 ! 22 "
22 " 23 cried
23 cried 25 .

just then there was a [shrill] [scream] of ["] [thief] ! [thief] [!] [thief] [!] " [over] in the [alder] bushes . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 a
5 a 8 of
8 of 11 !
11 ! 16 "
16 " 18 in
18 in 19 the
19 the 21 bushes
21 bushes 22 .

it [certainly] sounded like [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] [.] 
1 it 3 sounded
3 sounded 4 like

" what did [i] tell you ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 did
3 did 5 tell
5 tell 6 you
6 you 7 ?

now what do you think ? " cried [bobby] [coon] . 
1 now 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 think
5 think 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 cried
8 cried 11 .

peter [didn't] [know] [what] to think , and he said so . 
1 peter 5 to
5 to 8 and
6 think 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 said
10 said 11 so
11 so 12 .

so [now] [peter] [sat] in the [old] [briar-patch] [thinking] and [thinking] , [when] he should have been [asleep] . 
1 so 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 10 and
10 and 12 ,
12 , 14 he
14 he 15 should
15 should 16 have
16 have 17 been
17 been 19 .

finally he yawned and stretched and then started along one of his private little paths [.] 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 yawned
2 he 4 and
3 yawned 4 and
4 and 5 stretched
4 and 6 and
6 and 7 then
6 and 8 started
8 started 9 along
8 started 10 one
9 along 10 one
10 one 12 his
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 private
13 private 14 little
14 little 15 paths

" [i] ['ll] just [run] [up] to the [green] [forest] and [try] to [find] [sammy] [jay] , " he said . 
1 " 4 just
4 just 7 to
7 to 8 the
8 the 11 and
11 and 13 to
13 to 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 he
19 he 20 said
20 said 21 .

so [peter] [hunted] and [hunted] all [through] the [green] [forest] for [sammy] [jay] , and [asked] [everybody] he [met] [if] [they] had seen [sammy] . 
1 so 15 and
4 and 6 all
4 and 8 the
8 the 11 for
11 for 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 18 he
18 he 22 had
22 had 23 seen
23 seen 25 .

but no one had , [though] [every] [one] [took] [pains] to [tell] [peter] that [they] [had] heard [sammy] in the night . 
1 but 2 no
1 but 5 ,
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 had
5 , 11 to
11 to 14 that
14 that 22 .
17 heard 19 in
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 night
21 night 22 .

at last [peter] [found] [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 at 2 last
2 last 6 the

he was [muttering] and [grumbling] to himself , and he didn't see [peter] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 and
4 and 6 to
6 to 8 ,
7 himself 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 didn't
10 he 14 .
11 didn't 12 see

[xiii] 

[sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] 

sticky-toes was quite upset . 
1 sticky-toes 2 was
2 was 3 quite
2 was 4 upset
4 upset 5 .

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

" don't know what it means ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 it
5 it 6 means
6 means 7 !

don't know what it means ! 
1 don't 2 know
2 know 3 what
3 what 4 it
4 it 5 means
5 means 6 !

don't know what it means ! " [croaked] [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] , over and over again . 
1 don't 2 know
2 know 3 what
2 know 4 it
4 it 5 means
4 it 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 10 the
10 the 13 ,
13 , 14 over
14 over 15 and
15 and 16 over
16 over 17 again
17 again 18 .

" don't know what what means ? " asked [peter] [rabbit] , [whose] [curiosity] [would] [not] let him [keep] [still] . 
1 " 2 don't
1 " 17 let
2 don't 4 what
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 what
4 what 6 means
5 what 6 means
6 means 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 asked
9 asked 12 ,
17 let 18 him
18 him 21 .

" hello , [long-ears] ! 
1 " 2 hello
1 " 3 ,
3 , 5 !

i don't know that it 's [any] [of] your business ! " said [sticky-toes] . 
1 i 3 know
1 i 11 !
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 5 it
5 it 6 's
6 's 9 your
9 your 10 business
11 ! 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 .

[sticky-toes] [nodded] [his] [head] [.] 

" [i] heard it , " said he . 
1 " 8 he
3 heard 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" but how could [sammy] [jay] be [down] [here] if he went to [bed] [way] [off] [there] in the [old] [pasture] ? 
1 " 2 but
1 " 10 if
2 but 3 how
3 how 4 could
4 could 7 be
10 if 11 he
11 he 12 went
12 went 13 to
13 to 18 in
18 in 19 the
19 the 22 ?

tell me that , [sticky-toes] ? " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 3 that
3 that 4 ,
4 , 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 11 .

[sticky-toes] [shook] [his] [head] [.] 

" don't ask me ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 ask
2 don't 4 me
3 ask 4 me
4 me 5 !

don't ask me ! 
1 don't 2 ask
2 ask 3 me
3 me 4 !

just tell me how it is [that] [i] [hear] my [own] [voice] [when] [i] [don't] [speak] a word , " said [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 just 2 tell
2 tell 4 how
3 me 4 how
4 how 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 10 my
10 my 19 ,
17 a 18 word
18 word 19 ,
19 , 21 said
20 " 21 said
21 said 23 the

" what 's that ? " exclaimed [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 exclaimed
7 exclaimed 10 .

then [sticky-toes] [poured] out [all] [his] [troubles] [to] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 then 4 out

they were very much like the troubles of [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 they 3 very
2 were 3 very
3 very 5 like
4 much 5 like
5 like 6 the
5 like 7 troubles
6 the 7 troubles
7 troubles 8 of

he was getting so worried that he couldn't eat . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 3 getting
3 getting 5 worried
4 so 5 worried
5 worried 6 that
5 worried 7 he
6 that 7 he
7 he 9 eat
8 couldn't 9 eat
9 eat 10 .

peter [rabbit] [listened] with [his] [mouth] [wide] [open] [.] 
1 peter 4 with

it was just the [same] kind of a story that [sammy] [jay] [had] [told] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
2 was 4 the
4 the 6 kind
6 kind 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 story
8 a 15 .
9 story 10 that

what under the sun could be going on ? 
1 what 2 under
2 under 4 sun
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 6 be
5 could 6 be
6 be 7 going
6 be 8 on
7 going 8 on
8 on 9 ?

peter couldn't [understand] [it] [at] [all] [.] 
1 peter 2 couldn't

it [certainly] was very , very [curious] . 
1 it 3 was
1 it 8 .
3 was 4 very
4 very 5 ,
5 , 6 very

he just must find out about it ! 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 must
3 must 5 out
4 find 5 out
5 out 6 about
5 out 7 it
7 it 8 !

[xiv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

after [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] had [poured] [out] [his] [troubles] , [peter] went back to the [old] [briar-patch] , [more] [puzzled] [than] [ever] [.] 
1 after 3 the
3 the 6 had
6 had 11 ,
11 , 16 the
13 went 14 back
14 back 15 to
15 to 16 the
16 the 19 ,

wasn't it [enough] [to] [drive] [any] [one] [crazy] ? 
1 wasn't 2 it
2 it 9 ?

the [more] [peter] [studied] [over] it , the more [puzzled] he [grew] [.] 
1 the 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
9 more 11 he

the next night he started out for the [green] [forest] [with] [a] [new] [plan] in his head . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 4 he
3 night 4 he
4 he 5 started
5 started 6 out
5 started 7 for
7 for 8 the
8 the 15 in
15 in 16 his
16 his 17 head
17 head 18 .

he would hide down among the alders by the [laughing] [brook] [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 hide
3 hide 4 down
3 hide 5 among
5 among 6 the
6 the 7 alders
6 the 8 by
8 by 9 the

he [would] [see] [for] [himself] [who] was [screaming] [with] the voice of [sammy] [jay] [and] [talking] [with] the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 he 7 was
7 was 10 the
10 the 11 voice
11 voice 12 of
12 of 18 the
18 the 19 voice
19 voice 20 of
20 of 22 the

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

he was hurrying so that he almost ran into [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 hurrying
2 was 4 so
4 so 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 almost
7 almost 8 ran
8 ran 9 into

" yo ' seem to be in a [powerful] [hurry] , [brer] [rabbit] , " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 seem
3 ' 4 seem
4 seem 5 to
4 seem 6 be
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 in
6 be 8 a
8 a 11 ,
11 , 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 18 '

" [i] am , " replied [peter] . 
1 " 3 am
3 am 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 8 .

" [i] must [get] down to the [laughing] [brook] [before] dark . " 
1 " 3 must
3 must 13 "
5 down 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 11 dark
11 dark 12 .
12 . 13 "

" ['] [pears] to me it must be mighty impo'tant to make yo ' hurry this way , " said [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 4 to
4 to 5 me
4 to 25 .
5 me 6 it
6 it 7 must
7 must 8 be
8 be 9 mighty
8 be 10 impo'tant
9 mighty 10 impo'tant
10 impo'tant 11 to
10 impo'tant 12 make
12 make 13 yo
12 make 14 '
14 ' 15 hurry
14 ' 16 this
16 this 17 way
16 this 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 22 '

" it is , " replied [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 9 .

" it 's to keep me from going crazy . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 4 to
3 's 4 to
4 to 5 keep
4 to 6 me
5 keep 6 me
6 me 7 from
6 me 8 going
7 from 8 going
8 going 9 crazy
8 going 10 .
9 crazy 10 .
10 . 11 "

unc ' [billy] [looked] [at] [peter] [very] [hard] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [thought] [that] [peter] was [crazy] [already] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 21 was

then he put [a] [hand] [behind] [one] [ear] [just] [as] [if] [he] was [hard] of [hearing] [.] 
1 then 2 he
1 then 13 was
2 he 3 put
13 was 15 of

peter chuckled in spite of himself , as he once more replied : 
1 peter 3 in
2 chuckled 3 in
3 in 5 of
4 spite 5 of
5 of 6 himself
5 of 7 ,
6 himself 7 ,
7 , 9 he
8 as 9 he
9 he 10 once
9 he 11 more
10 once 11 more
11 more 12 replied
12 replied 13 :

" it 's to keep me from going crazy . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 4 to
3 's 4 to
4 to 5 keep
4 to 6 me
5 keep 6 me
6 me 7 from
6 me 8 going
7 from 8 going
8 going 9 crazy
8 going 10 .
9 crazy 10 .
10 . 11 "

then [peter] told [unc] ['] [billy] all about [sammy] [jay] ['s] [troubles] [and] [all] [about] the [troubles] of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 then 3 told
3 told 7 all
7 all 8 about
8 about 16 the
16 the 18 of
18 of 20 the

he [listened] to all that [peter] [rabbit] had to say , and a [funny] [,] [pleased] [sort] of [look] [came] [into] his [eyes] . 
1 he 3 to
3 to 24 .
4 all 5 that
5 that 8 had
8 had 9 to
9 to 10 say
10 say 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 a
13 a 18 of
18 of 22 his
22 his 24 .

" ah [reckon] [ah] [will] [go] along with [yo'all] , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 11 "
7 along 8 with
8 with 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] went [with] [peter] [rabbit] to the [laughing] [brook] , where they [hid] [underneath] the [alders] [.] 
1 so 6 went
6 went 10 to
10 to 11 the
11 the 14 ,
14 , 15 where
14 , 19 the
15 where 16 they

[xv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] 

" what 's that ? " asked [peter] , [pricking] up [his] [ears] . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 9 ,
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 asked
9 , 11 up
11 up 14 .

" nothing , nothing , [brer] [rabbit] , nothing at all . 
1 " 2 nothing
1 " 5 ,
2 nothing 3 ,
3 , 4 nothing
5 , 8 ,
8 , 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 at
10 at 11 all
11 all 12 .

ah [has] [a] [habit] [of] [just] [talking] [foolishness] [to] [mahself] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 replied
13 replied 17 .

unc ' [billy] [agreed] [,] [and] [side] [by] [side] [they] [sat] [as] [still] [as] [if] [they] [were] [made] [of] [wood] [or] [stone] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

it grew later and later , and still there was not a sound of the voice of [either] [sammy] [jay] [or] [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 it 2 grew
2 grew 3 later
2 grew 4 and
3 later 4 and
4 and 5 later
4 and 6 ,
6 , 7 and
6 , 8 still
7 and 8 still
8 still 10 was
9 there 10 was
10 was 11 not
10 was 12 a
12 a 13 sound
12 a 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 voice
16 voice 17 of
17 of 23 the

peter began to get hungry . 
1 peter 3 to
2 began 3 to
3 to 5 hungry
4 get 5 hungry
5 hungry 6 .

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

the [moonbeams] [crept] [farther] and [farther] into the [thicket] of [alder] [trees] and [bushes] [where] [peter] [rabbit] and [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [were] [hiding] [.] 
1 the 5 and
5 and 7 into
7 into 8 the
8 the 10 of
10 of 13 and
13 and 18 and
18 and 20 '

then it was that they heard the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 was
2 it 4 that
3 was 4 that
4 that 5 they
4 that 6 heard
5 they 6 heard
6 heard 7 the
6 heard 8 voice
8 voice 9 of
9 of 11 the

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

there [sat] [sticky-toes] [himself] , but his voice was coming from an alder on the other side of the [laughing] [brook] . 
1 there 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 his
6 but 8 voice
8 voice 9 was
8 voice 10 coming
9 was 10 coming
10 coming 11 from
10 coming 12 an
11 from 12 an
12 an 13 alder
12 an 14 on
14 on 15 the
15 the 16 other
16 other 17 side
16 other 22 .
17 side 18 of
18 of 19 the

" do you hear that ? 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 hear
4 hear 5 that
5 that 6 ?

do you hear that ? 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 hear
3 hear 4 that
4 that 5 ?

there ['s] [my] [voice] [over] [there] , and here [i] am [here] ! 
1 there 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 here
9 here 11 am
11 am 13 !

what do you [make] of it ? " whispered [sticky-toes] . 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 5 of
5 of 7 ?
6 it 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 whispered
9 whispered 11 .

peter didn't [know] [what] [to] [make] [of] [it] [.] 
1 peter 2 didn't

all he could do was to [gaze] [at] [sticky-toes] as if he thought [sticky-toes] was a [ghost] . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
3 could 18 .
4 do 5 was
5 was 6 to
6 to 10 as
10 as 11 if
10 as 12 he
12 he 13 thought
13 thought 15 was
15 was 16 a

peter [turned] [to] [ask] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [what] [he] [thought] , but [unc] ['] [billy] wasn't [there] . 
1 peter 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 17 wasn't
17 wasn't 19 .

[xvi] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] 

but when he [heard] a [whisper] [right] [over] [their] [heads] and looked up to see [sticky-toes] [himself] , [unc] ' [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [out] [loud] [.] 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 5 a
5 a 11 and
11 and 18 ,
12 looked 13 up
13 up 14 to
14 to 15 see
15 see 18 ,
18 , 20 '

" yo ' [can't] [fool] [uncle] [billy] , [so] don't go [fo] ['] to [try] ! 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 8 ,
8 , 10 don't
10 don't 11 go
11 go 14 to
14 to 16 !

ah knows yo ' , yes , [ah] [knows] [yo] ' [ah] [knows] yo ' [,] [mistah] [sly] . " 
1 ah 2 knows
2 knows 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 5 ,
5 , 7 ,
6 yes 7 ,
7 , 20 "
11 ' 15 '
14 yo 15 '
15 ' 19 .
19 . 20 "

unc ' [billy] [is] [very] [soft-footed] [,] [oh] [,] [very] [soft-footed] [indeed] [,] [when] [he] [wants] [to] [be] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

you [see] one must [needs] be very [soft-footed] [to] [steal] [eggs] [in] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 you 6 be
3 one 4 must
4 must 6 be
6 be 7 very

peter rubbed his eyes and stared all around , this way and that way , but no sign of [unc] ' [billy] [could] he [see] [.] 
1 peter 3 his
2 rubbed 3 his
3 his 5 and
4 eyes 5 and
5 and 6 stared
6 stared 8 around
7 all 8 around
8 around 9 ,
9 , 10 this
9 , 11 way
10 this 11 way
11 way 12 and
12 and 13 that
13 that 15 ,
14 way 15 ,
15 , 16 but
15 , 24 he
16 but 17 no
17 no 18 sign
17 no 19 of
18 sign 19 of
19 of 21 '

this so [surprised] [peter] [rabbit] [that] [he] [felt] [queer] [all] [over] . 
1 this 2 so
2 so 12 .

now [here] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [disappeared] , just as if the earth had swallowed him up . 
1 now 9 ,
9 , 10 just
10 just 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 14 earth
13 the 14 earth
14 earth 15 had
15 had 17 him
16 swallowed 17 him
17 him 18 up
18 up 19 .

all this time [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] had been [crawling] [along] [without] the [tiniest] [sound] . 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time
2 this 16 .
3 time 8 had
8 had 9 been
9 been 13 the

when he came to the [laughing] [brook] , he went up a way until he found a big tree with a branch stretching clear across . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 went
10 went 12 a
11 up 12 a
12 a 13 way
13 way 15 he
14 until 15 he
15 he 16 found
15 he 17 a
16 found 17 a
17 a 18 big
17 a 19 tree
19 tree 21 a
20 with 21 a
21 a 23 stretching
22 branch 23 stretching
23 stretching 24 clear
24 clear 25 across
24 clear 26 .
25 across 26 .

he [was] across the [laughing] [brook] [without] [even] [wetting] [his] [feet] [.] 
1 he 3 across
3 across 4 the

unc ' [billy] [didn't] [waste] [any] [time] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

unc ' [billy] [listened] [,] [and] [the] [longer] [he] [listened] [,] [the] [broader] [grew] [the] [smile] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [shrewd] [face] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 4 thief
4 thief 5 !
5 ! 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

it [certainly] [sounded] for all the world [like] [sammy] [jay] 's voice , and it was right [over] [unc] ['] [billy] 's [head] . 
1 it 4 for
4 for 6 the
5 all 6 the
6 the 7 world
7 world 11 's
11 's 13 ,
12 voice 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 it
14 and 22 's
15 it 16 was
16 was 17 right
22 's 24 .

unc ' [billy] [peered] [up] [through] [the] [alders] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

the leaves were so thick that he could not see very well , but what he did see was enough . 
1 the 2 leaves
2 leaves 4 so
3 were 4 so
4 so 5 thick
4 so 6 that
5 thick 6 that
6 that 7 he
6 that 8 could
8 could 10 see
9 not 10 see
10 see 11 very
10 see 12 well
12 well 14 but
13 , 14 but
14 but 15 what
14 but 16 he
16 he 17 did
16 he 18 see
18 see 19 was
18 see 20 enough
19 was 20 enough
20 enough 21 .

it was a long [tail] , [a] [tail] [of] [feathers] [hanging] down . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 13 .
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 long
6 , 12 down
12 down 13 .

it [wasn't] [sammy] [jay] 's [tail] , either . 
1 it 5 's
1 it 9 .
7 , 8 either
8 either 9 .

" [don] ' [yo'all] [think] that [yo'all] [have] [joked] [enough] ? " asked [unc] ['] [billy] , [trying] [hard] to keep from [chuckling] [aloud] [.] 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 6 that
6 that 11 ?
11 ? 12 "
12 " 13 asked
13 asked 17 ,
17 , 20 to
20 to 21 keep
21 keep 22 from

a cry of ["] [thief] ["] [stopped] [right] in the middle , and two [sharp] [eyes] looked [down] in surprise at [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 a 2 cry
1 a 3 of
3 of 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 middle
10 the 12 ,
12 , 13 and
12 , 17 looked
13 and 14 two
17 looked 19 in
17 looked 25 .
19 in 20 surprise
19 in 21 at
21 at 23 '

[xvii] 

[the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] 

" why , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 5 '
5 ' 8 !

what are yo'all doing way up here ? " cried the owner of the long tail and sharp eyes . 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 yo'all
2 are 4 doing
4 doing 5 way
4 doing 6 up
5 way 6 up
6 up 8 ?
7 here 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 cried
9 " 11 the
11 the 13 of
12 owner 13 of
13 of 15 long
14 the 15 long
15 long 17 and
16 tail 17 and
17 and 18 sharp
17 and 19 eyes
18 sharp 19 eyes
19 eyes 20 .

" this is [mah] [home] [now] . 
1 " 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 7 .

ah done moved up here , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 2 done
2 done 4 up
3 moved 4 up
4 up 5 here
5 here 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 replied
8 replied 12 .

" ['] [pears] to me that the question is what [am] [yo'all] [doing] [way] [off] [up] [here] [?] 
1 " 4 to
1 " 7 the
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 that
7 the 9 is
8 question 9 is
9 is 10 what

ah [thought] [ah] sho'ly done hear your voice the other day , and [ah] [most] [wore] [mah] [po] ' [feet] [out] [looking] [fo] ' yo ' . 
1 ah 5 done
4 sho'ly 5 done
5 done 6 hear
5 done 7 your
6 hear 7 your
7 your 9 the
8 voice 9 the
9 the 10 other
9 the 11 day
11 day 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 19 '
19 ' 24 '
24 ' 26 '
25 yo 26 '
26 ' 27 .

ah [thought] [ah] [was] [mistaken] , but now [ah] [reckon] that [ah] was [right] , after all . 
1 ah 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 now
8 now 11 that
11 that 13 was
13 was 15 ,
15 , 16 after
16 after 17 all
17 all 18 .

my , but [ah] am [right] [smart] glad to see [yo] ['] ! " 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 but
3 but 5 am
5 am 8 glad
8 glad 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 13 !
13 ! 14 "

" [thank] yo ' , [unc] ' [billy] , " replied the owner of the long tail and [the] sharp eyes . 
1 " 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 ,
5 , 7 '
7 ' 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 replied
10 " 12 the
12 the 14 of
13 owner 14 of
14 of 16 long
15 the 16 long
16 long 18 and
17 tail 18 and
18 and 20 sharp
18 and 21 eyes
20 sharp 21 eyes
21 eyes 22 .

" [ah] [reckon] [yo] ['] [can't] [be] any [more] [glad] to see me , [than] [ah] [am] to see [yo] ['] . 
1 " 8 any
8 any 11 to
11 to 13 me
11 to 22 .
12 see 13 me
13 me 14 ,
18 to 19 see
19 see 22 .

fact is , [ah] [was] [getting] [right] [smart] [lonesome] [.] 
1 fact 2 is
2 is 3 ,

" ' [pears] [like] if all [ah] [hear] [am] true , [that] [yo] ' [haven't] [done] [much] [lying] [low] [nights] [.] 
1 " 2 '
1 " 10 true
2 ' 5 if
5 if 6 all
10 true 11 ,
11 , 14 '

ah [reckon] [yo] ['] done [make] [up] [fo] ['] [those] [lonesome] [feelings] [.] 
1 ah 5 done

yes , [sah] , [ah] reckon [so] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 6 reckon
6 reckon 8 .

[mah] [goodness] [,] [man] [,] [yo] ['] [done] [set] [everybody] [to] [running] [around] [like] [they] [was] [crazy] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

the [owner] of the [long] [tail] and [sharp] [eyes] [threw] back his head and laughed , and his [laugh] was [like] the most beautiful [music] . 
1 the 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 7 and
7 and 11 back
7 and 26 .
11 back 12 his
12 his 13 head
12 his 16 ,
13 head 14 and
14 and 15 laughed
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 his
18 his 20 was
20 was 22 the
22 the 23 most
23 most 24 beautiful

it [made] [unc] ['] [billy] [feel] [good] just [listening] to [it] [.] 
1 it 8 just
8 just 10 to

the next mo'ning everybody said that he had been screaming just [the] same , and [po] ['] [sammy] [jay] [just] [moved] away . 
1 the 3 mo'ning
2 next 3 mo'ning
3 mo'ning 4 everybody
3 mo'ning 5 said
4 everybody 5 said
5 said 6 that
6 that 8 had
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 been
8 had 10 screaming
10 screaming 11 just
11 just 13 same
13 same 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 22 away
22 away 23 .

yo ' ought to be ashamed to play such jokes . " 
1 yo 3 ought
2 ' 3 ought
3 ought 5 be
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 ashamed
5 be 7 to
6 ashamed 7 to
7 to 9 such
8 play 9 such
9 such 10 jokes
9 such 11 .
10 jokes 11 .
11 . 12 "

unc ' [billy] [grinned] [as] [he] [said] [it] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

then both little rascals laughed fit to kill themselves . 
1 then 2 both
2 both 4 rascals
3 little 4 rascals
4 rascals 5 laughed
4 rascals 6 fit
6 fit 8 kill
7 to 8 kill
8 kill 9 themselves
8 kill 10 .
9 themselves 10 .

" yo ' come over to my house , " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 come
4 come 5 over
4 come 6 to
6 to 8 house
7 my 8 house
8 house 9 ,
8 house 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 13 '

she [done] [been] [laughing] at [me] [fo] ['] [a] [week] , [because] [ah] [was] [sho] ' [ah] done [hear] [yo] ['] that day . " 
1 she 5 at
5 at 11 ,
11 , 16 '
16 ' 25 "
18 done 22 that
22 that 23 day
23 day 24 .
24 . 25 "

[xviii] 

[the] [mischief-makers] 

there was a [dreadful] [time] on the [green] [meadows] and in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 10 and
10 and 11 in
11 in 12 the

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

it really was dreadful ! 
1 it 2 really
2 really 3 was
2 really 4 dreadful
3 was 4 dreadful
4 dreadful 5 !

first [sammy] [jay] had been [accused] of [screaming] in the night and [keeping] [honest] [little] [meadow] and [forest] [people] [awake] [when] they [wanted] to [sleep] . 
1 first 4 had
4 had 5 been
4 had 9 in
5 been 7 of
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 night
10 the 12 and
12 and 17 and
17 and 22 they
22 they 24 to
24 to 26 .

and all the time [sammy] [jay] [hadn't] [made] [a] [sound] . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 time
4 time 11 .

those who had been the very best of friends would pass without speaking . 
1 those 2 who
2 who 3 had
2 who 4 been
4 been 5 the
4 been 6 very
6 very 8 of
7 best 8 of
8 of 9 friends
8 of 10 would
10 would 11 pass
11 pass 13 speaking
12 without 13 speaking
13 speaking 14 .

you see , everybody on the [green] [meadows] and in the [green] [forest] [knows] [everybody] [else] [by] [their] voice . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 everybody
4 everybody 5 on
5 on 6 the
6 the 9 and
9 and 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 19 voice
19 voice 20 .

instead , he went [straight] [over] and [told] [johnny] [chuck] the [unkind] things that he had [overheard] [mrs] [redwing] [saying] [about] [johnny] . 
1 instead 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 went
4 went 7 and
7 and 11 the
11 the 13 things
13 things 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 had
16 had 23 .

and so it was , all over the [green] [meadows] and [through] the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 and 2 so
2 so 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 ,
5 , 6 all
6 all 7 over
7 over 8 the
8 the 11 and
11 and 13 the

it [seemed] [as] [if] [almost] [everybody] was [heard] [talking] [about] some one else , and never [saying] [nice] [things] . 
1 it 7 was
1 it 20 .
7 was 11 some
11 some 12 one
12 one 13 else
13 else 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 never

the only one who [still] [managed] [to] [keep] [on] [good] [terms] [with] [everybody] was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 3 one
3 one 4 who
4 who 14 was
14 was 19 .

my , my , no , indeed ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 no
5 no 6 ,
6 , 7 indeed
7 indeed 8 !

then they would whisper and sometimes talk right out loud , when they felt sure that no one was near to hear . 
1 then 2 they
2 they 3 would
2 they 4 whisper
4 whisper 5 and
4 whisper 6 sometimes
6 sometimes 7 talk
7 talk 8 right
8 right 9 out
8 right 10 loud
9 out 10 loud
10 loud 11 ,
10 loud 12 when
12 when 13 they
13 they 14 felt
13 they 15 sure
15 sure 17 no
16 that 17 no
17 no 18 one
18 one 19 was
19 was 21 to
20 near 21 to
21 to 22 hear
22 hear 23 .

what [were] they [talking] [about] ? 
1 what 3 they
3 they 6 ?

yes , [sir] , they were the mischief-makers . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 they
5 they 6 were
5 they 7 the
7 the 8 mischief-makers
7 the 9 .

it was great fun to fool everybody so . 
1 it 3 great
2 was 3 great
3 great 5 to
4 fun 5 to
5 to 6 fool
6 fool 7 everybody
6 fool 8 so
8 so 9 .

they never once stopped to think how very , very uncomfortable it kept everybody feeling . 
1 they 2 never
2 never 3 once
2 never 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 to
4 stopped 6 think
6 think 7 how
7 how 8 very
8 very 9 ,
9 , 10 very
9 , 11 uncomfortable
11 uncomfortable 12 it
11 uncomfortable 13 kept
13 kept 14 everybody
13 kept 15 feeling
15 feeling 16 .

[xix] 

[bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] 

[bobby] [coon] [had] [overslept] [.] 

[usually] [bobby] [is] [astir] [shortly] [after] [jolly] [,] [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [has] [gone] [to] [bed] [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 

but [bobby] [is] [very] [irregular] in his habits . 
1 but 6 in
6 in 7 his
7 his 8 habits
7 his 9 .

this night [bobby] [coon] [had] [overslept] [because] [he] [had] [not] [gone] [to] [bed] [until] the middle of the day . 
1 this 2 night
1 this 15 the
15 the 17 of
16 middle 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 day
19 day 20 .

by this time [bobby] [coon] had [sticks] [in] his eyes . 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 6 had
6 had 9 his
9 his 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 .

he was so sleepy that it seemed to him that he never , never could get home . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 5 that
4 sleepy 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 to
8 to 9 him
9 him 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 never
12 never 13 ,
12 never 14 never
14 never 15 could
14 never 16 get
15 could 16 get
16 get 17 home
16 get 18 .

he was [stumbling] [along] [through] the [green] [forest] when he came to a hollow log . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 6 the
6 the 9 when
9 when 10 he
10 he 12 to
11 came 12 to
12 to 13 a
12 to 14 hollow
14 hollow 15 log
15 log 16 .

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

there [bobby] [slept] all the rest of the day and [until] [long] [after] [mr] [sun] [had] [pulled] on his rosy nightcap . 
1 there 5 the
4 all 5 the
5 the 7 of
6 rest 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 day
8 the 10 and
10 and 18 on
18 on 19 his
19 his 20 rosy
20 rosy 21 nightcap
21 nightcap 22 .

perhaps he would have slept there all night , if he hadn't been waked up . 
1 perhaps 2 he
2 he 3 would
2 he 4 have
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 slept
4 have 6 there
5 slept 6 there
6 there 7 all
6 there 8 night
7 all 8 night
8 night 9 ,
9 , 10 if
9 , 11 he
10 if 11 he
11 he 12 hadn't
11 he 13 been
13 been 14 waked
13 been 15 up
15 up 16 .

it was the [cry] of " [thief] ! thief ! thief ! " that waked him . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 5 of
5 of 6 "
6 " 8 !
8 ! 10 !
9 thief 10 !
10 ! 11 thief
11 thief 12 !
11 thief 13 "
13 " 14 that
13 " 15 waked
14 that 15 waked
15 waked 16 him
16 him 17 .

it seemed to come from right over his head . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 come
4 come 6 right
5 from 6 right
6 right 7 over
7 over 8 his
8 his 9 head
9 head 10 .

at first he couldn't think where he was . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 think
5 think 6 where
6 where 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 .

then he remembered . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 remembered
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 4 .

" this is the greatest joke that ever was ! " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 5 greatest
4 the 5 greatest
5 greatest 7 that
6 joke 7 that
7 that 9 was
8 ever 9 was
9 was 10 !
10 ! 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 14 '

" [pretty] [soon] [nobody] on [the] [green] [meadows] [or] [in] [the] [green] [forest] will speak to anybody else excepting me . 
1 " 5 on
5 on 21 .
14 will 15 speak
15 speak 16 to
15 speak 17 anybody
16 to 17 anybody
17 anybody 18 else
17 anybody 19 excepting
18 else 19 excepting
19 excepting 20 me
20 me 21 .

yo ' [cert'nly] have got [all] [your] [ol] ['] [tricks] [with] [yo] ['] [.] ["] 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 4 have
4 have 5 got

" yes , " said the voice , " ah done got all mah ol ' tricks and some more . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 the
6 the 7 voice
6 the 8 ,
8 , 9 "
8 , 10 ah
9 " 10 ah
10 ah 11 done
10 ah 12 got
11 done 12 got
12 got 13 all
12 got 14 mah
14 mah 15 ol
15 ol 16 '
16 ' 17 tricks
16 ' 18 and
17 tricks 18 and
18 and 19 some
18 and 20 more
20 more 21 .

don ' yo ' think it is most time to stop ? 
1 don 2 '
2 ' 3 yo
2 ' 4 '
4 ' 6 it
5 think 6 it
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 most
7 is 9 time
9 time 10 to
10 to 11 stop
10 to 12 ?

ah don't want to show mahself in daylight . 
1 ah 3 want
2 don't 3 want
3 want 4 to
3 want 5 show
4 to 5 show
5 show 6 mahself
6 mahself 8 daylight
7 in 8 daylight
8 daylight 9 .

besides , [if] [ah'm] [found] [out] , [nobody] [ain't] [gwine] to have anything to do with me . " 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 19 "
7 , 11 to
11 to 12 have
12 have 13 anything
13 anything 14 to
14 to 15 do
15 do 16 with
16 with 17 me
17 me 18 .
18 . 19 "

" don't yo ' worry . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 worry
4 ' 6 .

nobody 's gwine to find yo ' out . 
1 nobody 2 's
1 nobody 3 gwine
3 gwine 5 find
4 to 5 find
5 find 6 yo
5 find 7 '
7 ' 8 out
7 ' 9 .
8 out 9 .

we 'll keep it up just a day or two longer . 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 keep
2 'll 4 it
4 it 6 just
5 up 6 just
6 just 7 a
7 a 9 or
8 day 9 or
9 or 10 two
10 two 11 longer
10 two 12 .

yo ' [cert'nly] [am] [powerful] [good] [at] [imitating] [other] [people] ['s] [voices] [.] 
1 yo 2 '

ah [wonder] [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [hasn't] [got] [his] [eye] [on] [yo] ['] [before] [now] , " said [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 ah 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 '

[bobby] [coon] [had] [become] [wide] [awake] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 

[bobby] [waited] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] [his] [friend] [had] [left] [.] 

then he crawled out of the hollow log , and he was chuckling to himself . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 crawled
2 he 4 out
4 out 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 log
8 log 9 ,
8 log 10 and
10 and 12 was
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 chuckling
13 chuckling 15 himself
14 to 15 himself
15 himself 16 .

" [i] ['ll] just [have] a little [talk] with [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] , " said [bobby] to himself . 
1 " 4 just
4 just 6 a
6 a 7 little
6 a 14 ,
7 little 9 with
9 with 11 '
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 18 to
18 to 19 himself
19 himself 20 .

[xx] 

[bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] 

bobby had watched him until his own neck ached . 
1 bobby 2 had
2 had 3 watched
2 had 4 him
4 him 5 until
4 him 6 his
6 his 7 own
7 own 8 neck
8 neck 9 ached
9 ached 10 .

[mistah] [buzzard] [hardly] [ever] [moved] [his] [wings] [.] 

at last [mistah] [buzzard] came [sailing] [down] [straight] [for] the [tall] dead [tree] . 
1 at 2 last
1 at 10 the
2 last 5 came
10 the 12 dead
12 dead 14 .

with [two] [or] [three] [flaps] [of] his [great] [wings] [he] [settled] [down] [on] [his] [favorite] [perch] and looked down at [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 with 7 his
7 his 17 and
17 and 18 looked
18 looked 19 down
19 down 20 at

" good mo'ning , [brer] [coon] , " said [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 mo'ning
2 good 4 ,
4 , 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 '

" fair to middling well , " said [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] , with a twinkle in his eyes . 
1 " 2 fair
2 fair 3 to
3 to 4 middling
3 to 20 .
4 middling 5 well
5 well 7 "
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 10 '
13 , 14 with
14 with 15 a
15 a 16 twinkle
16 twinkle 17 in
16 twinkle 18 his
18 his 19 eyes
18 his 20 .

" what can [ah] do [fo] ' [yo'all] ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 can
3 can 5 do
5 do 10 "
7 ' 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

is there ? " 
1 is 2 there
2 there 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

[bobby] [was] [using] [his] [very] [politest] [manner] [.] 

" [cert'nly] ! 
1 " 3 !

[cert'nly] [!] ["] [chuckled] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 

" it 's [mistah] [mockah] the [mocking-bird] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 6 the

why , that bird just likes to go around making trouble ; he just naturally likes to . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 that
2 , 4 bird
4 bird 5 just
4 bird 6 likes
5 just 6 likes
6 likes 8 go
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 around
9 around 10 making
9 around 11 trouble
10 making 11 trouble
11 trouble 13 he
12 ; 13 he
13 he 15 naturally
14 just 15 naturally
15 naturally 17 to
16 likes 17 to
17 to 18 .

why do yo ' [ask] , [brer] [coon] [?] " 
1 why 2 do
2 do 4 '
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 6 ,
6 , 10 "

" because he is right here in the [green] [forest] [now] , " replied [bobby] [coon] . 
1 " 2 because
1 " 3 he
3 he 5 right
4 is 5 right
5 right 6 here
6 here 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 replied
14 replied 17 .

" what 's that [yo] ['] am [a-saying] , [brer] [coon] [?] 
1 " 2 what
1 " 7 am
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 that
7 am 9 ,

what 's that ? " cried [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] , [growing] [very] [excited] [.] 
1 what 2 's
1 what 3 that
2 's 3 that
3 that 4 ?
3 that 8 '
4 ? 5 "
5 " 6 cried
8 ' 11 ,

ol ' [mistah] [buzzard] [chuckled] [.] 
1 ol 2 '

" yo ' might have known [unc] ' [billy] was [behind] all that [trouble] , " said he . 
1 " 2 yo
1 " 8 '
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 might
3 ' 4 might
4 might 5 have
5 have 6 known
8 ' 18 he
10 was 12 all
12 all 13 that
13 that 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 18 he
18 he 19 .

" [yes] [,] [sah] [,] yo ' might have known that ol ' rascal was behind it [.] 
1 " 6 yo
6 yo 7 '
6 yo 8 might
7 ' 8 might
8 might 9 have
9 have 11 that
10 known 11 that
11 that 12 ol
12 ol 14 rascal
13 ' 14 rascal
14 rascal 15 was
15 was 17 it
16 behind 17 it

when [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [and] [mockah] [get] [their] [haids] [together] [,] there [sho'ly] is [gwine] to be something [doing] . " 
1 when 13 there
13 there 15 is
15 is 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 something
19 something 21 .
21 . 22 "

[xxi] 

[bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] 

[bobby] [coon] [had] [left] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sitting] [on] [his] [favorite] [dead] [tree] [.] 

every few [minutes] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [would] [chuckle] [.] 
1 every 2 few

" [brer] [coon] is right [smart] , and [ah] [reckon] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] is [gwine] to get a [taste] of his own [medicine] . 
1 " 4 is
4 is 7 ,
5 right 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 15 is
15 is 17 to
17 to 18 get
18 get 19 a
19 a 21 of
21 of 22 his
22 his 23 own
23 own 25 .

yes , [sah] , [ah] [reckon] he is ! " said [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 13 '

he whispered [a] [few] [words] in the [ear] [of] one and then [hurried] [on] to [whisper] [to] the next [one] . 
1 he 2 whispered
2 whispered 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 10 one
10 one 11 and
11 and 12 then
12 then 15 to
15 to 18 the
18 the 19 next
19 next 21 .

when he got through , he always carried away with him a promise that just what he had asked should be done . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 got
2 he 4 through
4 through 5 ,
5 , 6 he
5 , 7 always
7 always 8 carried
8 carried 9 away
8 carried 10 with
10 with 11 him
10 with 12 a
11 him 12 a
12 a 13 promise
13 promise 15 just
14 that 15 just
15 just 16 what
15 just 17 he
17 he 18 had
17 he 19 asked
19 asked 20 should
20 should 22 done
21 be 22 done
22 done 23 .

it was the [busiest] day that [bobby] [coon] could [remember] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 11 .
2 was 3 the
3 the 5 day
6 that 9 could
9 could 11 .

it was the very next morning that [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] was [trotting] [along] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [down] [the] [hill] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 22 .
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 very
4 very 5 next
5 next 6 morning
7 that 12 was
12 was 22 .

he was [just] [starting] out [on] his [daily] [round] [of] [calls] , and he was [grinning] as [only] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] can [grin] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 5 out
5 out 7 his
7 his 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 was
14 he 25 .
17 as 23 can
23 can 25 .

" [mah] [name] [is] [billy] [possum] and [mah] [home] 's a [hollow] tree ! 
1 " 7 and
7 and 10 's
10 's 11 a
11 a 13 tree
13 tree 14 !

by [day] [or] [night] [ah] [wander] [forth] it 's all the same to me ! 
1 by 8 it
8 it 10 all
9 's 10 all
10 all 11 the
11 the 12 same
11 the 13 to
12 same 13 to
13 to 14 me
13 to 15 !

ah fill mah stomach with an egg , or sometimes it is fish ; [in] [fact] [ah] [always] [helps] [mahself] [to] [anything] [ah] [wish] [.] 
1 ah 2 fill
1 ah 3 mah
2 fill 3 mah
3 mah 4 stomach
4 stomach 5 with
5 with 7 egg
6 an 7 egg
7 egg 8 ,
8 , 9 or
9 or 10 sometimes
10 sometimes 11 it
11 it 12 is
11 it 13 fish
13 fish 14 ;

this morning he was on his way to [call] [first] [on] [johnny] [chuck] . 
1 this 2 morning
2 morning 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 on
5 on 6 his
6 his 7 way
6 his 8 to
8 to 14 .

half-way down the hill [he] [met] [bobby] [coon] . 
1 half-way 2 down
2 down 4 hill
3 the 4 hill
4 hill 9 .

unc ' [billy] [stopped] [and] [held] [out] [one] [hand] [as] [he] [said] ["] [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

how do yo'all do this fine mo'ning ? " 
1 how 2 do
2 do 4 do
3 yo'all 4 do
4 do 5 this
4 do 6 fine
5 this 6 fine
6 fine 7 mo'ning
6 fine 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

[bobby] [coon] [walked] [right] [past] [as] [if] [he] [didn't] [see] [unc] ['] [billy] [at] [all] [.] 

he didn't even [look] [at] [him] [.] 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 even

" what 's the matter with yo ' this mo'ning , [brer] [coon] ? " shouted [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
2 what 4 the
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 matter
4 the 14 ?
5 matter 6 with
6 with 8 '
7 yo 8 '
8 ' 9 this
8 ' 10 mo'ning
10 mo'ning 11 ,
14 ? 15 "
15 " 16 shouted
16 shouted 20 .

[bobby] [coon] [kept] [right] [on] [,] [without] [so] [much] [as] [turning] [his] [head] [.] 

unc ' [billy] [watched] [him] [,] [and] [there] was [a] [puzzled] [look] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [face] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 9 was

" must be that [brer] [coon] [has] [something] [powerful] [impo'tant] [on] [his] [mind] , " muttered [unc] ' [billy] , as he started on . 
1 " 2 must
2 must 3 be
2 must 4 that
4 that 14 ,
4 that 18 '
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 muttered
18 ' 20 ,
20 , 21 as
20 , 22 he
22 he 23 started
22 he 24 on
24 on 25 .

pretty soon he [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [who] had always been one of [unc] ['] [billy] 's [best] [friends] . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 8 had
8 had 9 always
9 always 10 been
10 been 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 16 's
16 's 19 .

jimmy was looking under every stick and stone for beetles for his breakfast . 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 4 under
3 looking 4 under
4 under 5 every
4 under 6 stick
5 every 6 stick
6 stick 7 and
6 stick 8 stone
7 and 8 stone
8 stone 10 beetles
9 for 10 beetles
10 beetles 11 for
10 beetles 12 his
11 for 12 his
12 his 13 breakfast
13 breakfast 14 .

" good mo'ning , [neighbor] [skunk] ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] in his [heartiest] voice . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 mo'ning
2 good 4 ,
4 , 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 13 in
13 in 14 his
14 his 16 voice
16 voice 17 .

jimmy just went right on about his business . 
1 jimmy 2 just
2 just 4 right
3 went 4 right
4 right 5 on
4 right 6 about
6 about 7 his
6 about 8 business
7 his 8 business
8 business 9 .

unc ' [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [scratched] [his] [head] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

his face had lost the cheerful grin with which he had started out . 
1 his 2 face
2 face 3 had
2 face 4 lost
3 had 4 lost
4 lost 5 the
5 the 7 grin
6 cheerful 7 grin
7 grin 8 with
8 with 9 which
8 with 10 he
9 which 10 he
10 he 11 had
10 he 12 started
12 started 13 out
12 started 14 .

pretty soon he started on , but every few minutes he would stop and scratch his head thoughtfully . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 5 on
4 started 5 on
5 on 6 ,
5 on 7 but
7 but 9 few
8 every 9 few
9 few 10 minutes
9 few 11 he
10 minutes 11 he
11 he 12 would
11 he 13 stop
13 stop 15 scratch
14 and 15 scratch
15 scratch 17 head
16 his 17 head
17 head 18 thoughtfully
18 thoughtfully 19 .

he didn't know what to make of [bobby] [coon] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 to
5 to 6 make
6 make 7 of
7 of 13 .

he was so surprised that he [hadn't] [known] [whether] to be [angry] [or] not . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 14 not
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 surprised
4 surprised 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 10 to
10 to 11 be
14 not 15 .

" ah must find out [what] [brer] [chuck] [knows] about it , " thought [unc] ['] [billy] , as he trotted on . 
1 " 3 must
2 ah 3 must
3 must 5 out
4 find 5 out
5 out 10 about
5 out 11 it
11 it 12 ,
11 it 13 "
13 " 14 thought
14 thought 18 ,
18 , 20 he
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 trotted
20 he 22 on
22 on 23 .

[xxii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] 

unc ' [billy] [possum] was [very] [sober] [as] [he] [hurried] [down] the [lone] [little] [path] [to] [johnny] [chuck] 's house . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 5 was
5 was 12 the
12 the 19 's
19 's 20 house
20 house 21 .

he was very [sober] [indeed] , and that is very [unusual] [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 that
8 that 9 is
9 is 10 very

it was very plain to see that something was [bothering] [him] [.] 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 plain
2 was 3 very
4 plain 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 something
8 something 9 was

johnny [chuck] [was] [sitting] [on] [his] [doorstep] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [in] [sight] , [trotting] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] 
1 johnny 16 ,

unc ' [billy] came to a stop [about] [two] [feet] [behind] [johnny] [chuck] . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 4 came
4 came 5 to
5 to 6 a
6 a 7 stop
7 stop 14 .

" [a-hem] ! " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 7 '

johnny [chuck] [sat] [there] [without] [moving] , [just] [as] [if] he hadn't heard . 
1 johnny 7 ,
7 , 11 he
11 he 13 heard
12 hadn't 13 heard
13 heard 14 .

" it 's a fine [mo'ning] , " [said] [unc] ' [billy] in his pleasantest voice . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
2 it 4 a
4 a 5 fine
5 fine 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 11 '
11 ' 13 in
13 in 14 his
13 in 15 pleasantest
14 his 15 pleasantest
15 pleasantest 16 voice
16 voice 17 .

instead of [replying] , [johnny] [chuck] [suddenly] [kicked] [up] [his] [heels] and [disappeared] [inside] his [house] [.] 
1 instead 2 of
2 of 4 ,
4 , 12 and
12 and 15 his

after a while he [started] [on] [.] 
1 after 2 a
2 a 3 while
3 while 4 he

pretty soon he came to [where] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] was [playing] all by himself . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 came
4 came 5 to
5 to 15 .
10 was 12 all
12 all 14 himself
13 by 14 himself
14 himself 15 .

he didn't know that [unc] ['] [billy] was [about] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] said [:] ["] [good] [mo'ning] , [brer] [meadow] [mouse] . " 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 8 was
8 was 14 said
14 said 19 ,
19 , 24 "
23 . 24 "

now [danny] [had] [always] [been] [delighted] [to] [see] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] and [to] [have] [a] [chat] [with] [him] [whenever] [unc] ' [billy] [would] [stop] [.] 
1 now 13 and
13 and 22 '

but [this] [morning] [no] [sooner] [did] [danny] [hear] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [voice] [than] he [turned] his [back] to [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 but 15 he
15 he 17 his
17 his 19 to
19 to 23 .

this was more than [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [stand] [.] 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 more
3 more 4 than

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gave] it [up] [and] went [on] down to the [smiling] [pool] [.] 
1 so 7 it
1 so 10 went
10 went 13 to
12 down 13 to
13 to 14 the

there [little] [joe] [otter] and [billy] [mink] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] were [at] [play] [.] 
1 there 5 and
5 and 11 were

" [hello] , [yo'alls] ! " shouted [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 shouted
7 shouted 11 .

splash ! 
1 splash 2 !

all [three] [had] [dived] [into] the [smiling] [pool] , and [though] [unc] ['] [billy] waited and waited , he didn't see one of them again . 
1 all 6 the
6 the 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 15 waited
15 waited 16 and
16 and 17 waited
17 waited 18 ,
17 waited 19 he
18 , 19 he
19 he 20 didn't
20 didn't 21 see
20 didn't 22 one
22 one 24 them
23 of 24 them
24 them 25 again
24 them 26 .
25 again 26 .

so he went home to his [hollow] [tree] in the [green] [forest] [early] that day to try and study out what it all meant . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 home
3 went 5 to
5 to 6 his
6 his 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 14 that
14 that 16 to
15 day 16 to
16 to 17 try
16 to 18 and
17 try 18 and
18 and 19 study
19 study 20 out
19 study 21 what
21 what 23 all
22 it 23 all
23 all 24 meant
23 all 25 .
24 meant 25 .

[xxiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] 

ol ' [mistah] [buzzard] [has] [very] [sharp] [eyes] [.] 
1 ol 2 '

nobody has sharper eyes than he . 
1 nobody 2 has
2 has 3 sharper
2 has 4 eyes
3 sharper 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 than
4 eyes 6 he
5 than 6 he
6 he 7 .

there is very little that [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [misses] [.] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 little
4 little 5 that

by and [by] [unc] ['] [billy] looked up in the [sky] [where] [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] [was] [sailing] ['] [round] and ' [round] [.] 
1 by 2 and
2 and 7 looked
7 looked 8 up
8 up 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 14 '
14 ' 21 and
21 and 22 '

[then] [unc] ['] [billy] [hopped] [up] [mighty] [spry] [.] 

he [hadn't] [been] [there] [long] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [shuffling] [along] , just as if he was out walking for his health . 
1 he 14 ,
14 , 16 as
15 just 16 as
16 as 17 if
17 if 19 was
18 he 19 was
19 was 20 out
19 was 21 walking
20 out 21 walking
21 walking 22 for
21 walking 23 his
23 his 24 health
24 health 25 .

" howdy , [mistah] [buzzard] ! 
1 " 2 howdy
1 " 3 ,
3 , 6 !

ah [cert'nly] [hopes] [yo'all] [feel] [right] [smart] , " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 ah 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 12 '

ol ' [mistah] [buzzard] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [replied] [:] ["] [ah] [feel] [right] [pert] [,] [brer] [possum] [,] [thank] [yo] ['] [.] 
1 ol 2 '

ah hopes yo ' feel the same . 
1 ah 2 hopes
2 hopes 4 '
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 feel
5 feel 6 the
6 the 7 same
7 same 8 .

yo ' look like nothing ever bothers yo ' . " 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 look
3 look 4 like
4 like 5 nothing
4 like 6 ever
5 nothing 6 ever
6 ever 7 bothers
6 ever 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
8 yo 10 .
10 . 11 "

nothing ever does bother me . " 
1 nothing 2 ever
2 ever 3 does
2 ever 4 bother
4 bother 5 me
4 bother 6 .
5 me 6 .
6 . 7 "

" ah watched yo ' take a [long] walk [this] [mo'ning] , [brer] [possum] , " said [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 3 watched
3 watched 5 '
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 take
5 ' 7 a
6 take 7 a
7 a 9 walk
9 walk 12 ,
9 walk 16 "
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 19 '

" did yo ' , indeed ; yo ' have keen eyes , [mistah] [buzzard] [!] " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 yo
2 did 4 '
4 ' 5 ,
5 , 6 indeed
5 , 7 ;
6 indeed 7 ;
7 ; 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
8 yo 10 have
9 ' 10 have
10 have 12 eyes
11 keen 12 eyes
12 eyes 13 ,
13 , 17 "
17 " 18 replied
18 replied 22 .

" [ah] [saw] [yo] ['] [meet] a lot of [yo] ['] friends . 
1 " 7 a
7 a 8 lot
8 lot 9 of
9 of 12 friends
12 friends 13 .

it 's fine to have a lot of friends , isn't it , [brer] [possum] ? " said [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 it 2 's
1 it 23 .
2 's 3 fine
3 fine 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 a
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
8 of 9 friends
9 friends 10 ,
10 , 11 isn't
11 isn't 12 it
12 it 13 ,
13 , 16 ?
16 ? 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 20 '

unc ' [billy] [looked] [at] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sharply] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

unc ' [billy] [stared] [,] [and] [for] [a] [minute] [he] [couldn't] [find] [his] [tongue] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

then he heard a noise that sounded very much like a chuckle . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 heard
2 he 4 a
3 heard 4 a
4 a 5 noise
5 noise 6 that
5 noise 7 sounded
7 sounded 9 much
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 like
10 like 11 a
10 like 12 chuckle
11 a 12 chuckle
12 chuckle 13 .

in a few minutes it was a laugh . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 4 minutes
3 few 4 minutes
4 minutes 6 was
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 a
6 was 8 laugh
7 a 8 laugh
8 laugh 9 .

[finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [began] [to] [laugh] [too] [.] 

unc ' [billy] [shook] [his] [head] [doubtfully] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

" [serves] [yo'alls] right ! 
1 " 4 right
1 " 5 !

" [ah] know it . 
1 " 3 know
3 know 4 it
4 it 5 .

it [cert'nly] does , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] meekly . 
1 it 3 does
3 does 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 10 meekly
6 replied 11 .

" [mischief] [always] [trots] [ahead] [of] [grim] [ol] ' [mistah] [trouble] , [they] [look] and [act] [enough] [alike] to be [each] [other] ['s] [double] . 
1 " 9 '
9 ' 12 ,
12 , 15 and
15 and 19 to
19 to 20 be
20 be 25 .

[whoever] [fools] [with] [mischief] ['s] [gwine] [to] [wake] [some] [day] [or] [other] [and] [find] [that] [trouble] ['s] [just] [the] [same] [as] [mischief] ['s] [own] [twin] [brother] [.] ["] 

old [mrs] [possum] [grumbled] [and] [scolded] , but all the time she was thinking , and [unc] ' [billy] knew that she was . 
1 old 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 all
9 all 10 the
10 the 11 time
11 time 12 she
12 she 13 was
13 was 14 thinking
13 was 15 ,
15 , 16 and
15 , 22 she
16 and 18 '
20 knew 21 that
21 that 22 she
22 she 23 was
23 was 24 .

[finally] [she] [finished] [sweeping] [the] [doorsteps] [and] [looked] [thoughtfully] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

" why don't yo ' [give] [a] [party] [fo] ['] [mistah] [mocking-bird] ? " she inquired . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 15 she
15 she 16 inquired
16 inquired 17 .

" the very thing ! " [cried] [unc] ' [billy] , and like a flash [back] [came] [his] [old-time] [grin] . 
1 " 3 very
1 " 21 .
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 9 '
9 ' 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 like
13 like 14 a
14 a 15 flash

[xxiv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] 

at first [unc] ['] [billy] had been afraid that no one [would] [come] . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 14 .
6 had 7 been
7 been 8 afraid
8 afraid 9 that
9 that 10 no
9 that 11 one
11 one 14 .

of course that meant [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [must] [take] [them] [around] [himself] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 that
3 that 4 meant
4 meant 14 .

my , [but] that was hard work ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 4 that
2 , 5 was
5 was 6 hard
6 hard 7 work
7 work 8 !

it took him [two] [whole] [days] . 
1 it 2 took
2 took 3 him
3 him 7 .

in the first place there were so many to see . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 4 place
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 there
4 place 6 were
6 were 7 so
6 were 8 many
8 many 10 see
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [make] [another] [low] [bow] and [hurry] [on] [to] the next [one] . 
1 then 10 and
10 and 14 the
14 the 15 next
15 next 17 .

[mistah] [buzzard] [had] [found] [sammy] [jay] [in] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] [,] [and] [sammy] [had] [moved] [back] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [very] [day] [.] 

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

there were [heaps] [and] [heaps] of good [things] [to] [eat] . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 6 of
6 of 7 good
7 good 11 .

they danced and played hide and seek . 
1 they 2 danced
2 danced 3 and
2 danced 4 played
3 and 4 played
4 played 5 hide
4 played 6 and
6 and 7 seek
6 and 8 .
7 seek 8 .

[finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [climbed] [up] [on] [a] [stump] [.] 

he was dressed in his finest suit , and he wore his broadest grin . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 3 dressed
3 dressed 5 his
4 in 5 his
5 his 7 suit
6 finest 7 suit
7 suit 8 ,
7 suit 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
9 and 11 wore
11 wore 12 his
11 wore 13 broadest
13 broadest 14 grin
13 broadest 15 .

everybody crowded around to hear what [unc] ['] [billy] was about to say . 
1 everybody 2 crowded
2 crowded 4 to
3 around 4 to
4 to 5 hear
5 hear 6 what
6 what 10 was
10 was 11 about
11 about 12 to
12 to 13 say
12 to 14 .

" [mah] [friends] and [neighbors] , " said [unc] ' [billy] , " ah have a great surprise fo ' yo'alls . " 
1 " 4 and
4 and 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 10 '
10 ' 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 15 have
14 ah 15 have
15 have 17 great
16 a 17 great
17 great 18 surprise
17 great 19 fo
19 fo 20 '
19 fo 21 yo'alls
20 ' 21 yo'alls
21 yo'alls 23 "
22 . 23 "

then he stepped down , and everybody began to wonder and to guess what the surprise could be . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 4 down
3 stepped 4 down
4 down 6 and
5 , 6 and
6 and 8 began
7 everybody 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 wonder
9 to 11 and
11 and 12 to
11 and 13 guess
13 guess 14 what
14 what 16 surprise
15 the 16 surprise
16 surprise 17 could
16 surprise 18 be
18 be 19 .

[xxv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] 

everybody was asking everybody else what the surprise could be [which] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [said] [he] [had] [for] [them] . 
1 everybody 2 was
2 was 3 asking
2 was 4 everybody
4 everybody 5 else
4 everybody 6 what
6 what 8 surprise
7 the 8 surprise
8 surprise 9 could
8 surprise 10 be
10 be 21 .

after he had made his speech , he had scurried out of sight , and no one could find him . 
1 after 2 he
2 he 4 made
3 had 4 made
4 made 6 speech
5 his 6 speech
6 speech 8 he
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 scurried
9 had 11 out
11 out 12 of
11 out 13 sight
13 sight 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 no
16 no 17 one
17 one 19 find
18 could 19 find
19 find 20 him
19 find 21 .

[sammy] [jay] [became] [greatly] [excited] [.] 

" there ! " he cried ! 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 he
4 " 6 cried
5 he 6 cried
6 cried 7 !

" you heard that when you was [standing] right in [front] [of] [me] and [talking] to me , [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 4 that
3 heard 4 that
4 that 5 when
4 that 6 you
6 you 21 .
7 was 9 right
9 right 10 in
10 in 14 and
14 and 16 to
16 to 17 me
16 to 21 .
17 me 18 ,

you know that [i] [wasn't] [making] a [sound] [!] 
1 you 2 know
1 you 3 that
3 that 7 a

i told you that [i] [hadn't] been [screaming] in the night , and [this] [proves] it ! " 
1 i 2 told
2 told 3 you
3 you 4 that
4 that 12 ,
7 been 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 night
11 night 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 16 it
16 it 18 "
17 ! 18 "

[jerry] [muskrat] [looked] [as] [if] [he] [couldn't] [believe] [his] [own] [ears] [.] 

just then the [voice] of [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] began to [croak] " it 's going to rain ! 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 the
3 the 5 of
5 of 10 began
10 began 11 to
11 to 13 "
13 " 14 it
13 " 15 's
15 's 16 going
15 's 17 to
17 to 18 rain
18 rain 19 !

it 's going to rain ! 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 rain
5 rain 6 !

it 's going to rain ! ["] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 rain
5 rain 6 !

the voice seemed to come out of that very same hemlock-tree [.] 
1 the 2 voice
2 voice 3 seemed
2 voice 4 to
3 seemed 4 to
4 to 5 come
4 to 6 out
6 out 7 of
6 out 8 that
7 of 8 that
8 that 9 very
8 that 10 same
10 same 11 hemlock-tree

it was [sticky-toes] [himself] , and he had dropped from another tree altogether . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 ,
5 , 6 and
5 , 7 he
6 and 7 he
7 he 9 dropped
8 had 9 dropped
9 dropped 10 from
9 dropped 11 another
10 from 11 another
11 another 12 tree
11 another 13 altogether
13 altogether 14 .

" you hear it ! " he [shrieked] , [dancing] up and down he was so angry . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 9 ,
2 you 3 hear
2 you 4 it
4 it 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 he
9 , 11 up
11 up 12 and
12 and 13 down
13 down 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 17 angry
16 so 17 angry
17 angry 18 .

" you hear it ! 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 hear
2 you 4 it
4 it 5 !

it isn't me , is it ? 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 me
2 isn't 4 ,
4 , 5 is
4 , 6 it
6 it 7 ?

that 's my voice , yet it isn't [mine] , [because] [i] ['m] [right] [here] [!] 
1 that 3 my
2 's 3 my
3 my 4 voice
4 voice 5 ,
5 , 6 yet
5 , 7 it
7 it 8 isn't
8 isn't 10 ,

how can [i] be [here] [and] [over] [there] [too] [?] 
1 how 2 can
2 can 4 be

tell me that ! " 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 3 that
3 that 4 !
4 ! 5 "

no one could tell him , and [sticky-toes] continued to scold and sputter and swell himself up with anger . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 4 tell
3 could 4 tell
4 tell 5 him
4 tell 6 ,
5 him 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 continued
9 continued 11 scold
10 to 11 scold
11 scold 12 and
11 scold 13 sputter
12 and 13 sputter
13 sputter 15 swell
14 and 15 swell
15 swell 17 up
16 himself 17 up
17 up 19 anger
18 with 19 anger
19 anger 20 .

now no one [knew] that [blacky] [the] [crow] had come to the party , for [blacky] [never] [goes] [abroad] [at] night . 
1 now 2 no
1 now 3 one
3 one 5 that
5 that 22 .
9 had 10 come
10 come 12 the
11 to 12 the
12 the 13 party
12 the 14 ,
14 , 15 for
15 for 21 night
21 night 22 .

" come out , [blacky] ! " they all shouted . 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 out
2 come 4 ,
4 , 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 they
7 " 9 all
9 all 10 shouted
10 shouted 11 .

but no [blacky] appeared . 
1 but 2 no
2 no 4 appeared
4 appeared 5 .

instead [out] of [that] [magic] [hemlock-tree] [poured] [a] [beautiful] [song] , so [beautiful] that [when] it [ended] [everybody] [clapped] [their] [hands] [.] 
1 instead 3 of
3 of 11 ,
11 , 12 so
12 so 14 that
14 that 16 it

no one had ever heard anything like it , and when it ended every one shouted for more . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 had
2 one 4 ever
3 had 4 ever
4 ever 5 heard
4 ever 6 anything
6 anything 7 like
6 anything 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 when
11 when 13 ended
12 it 13 ended
13 ended 14 every
14 every 15 one
14 every 16 shouted
15 one 16 shouted
16 shouted 17 for
16 shouted 18 more
18 more 19 .

even [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [forgot] [his] [ill] [temper] [.] 
1 even 3 the

instead of more music , out from the hemlock-tree flew a stranger . 
1 instead 2 of
2 of 3 more
2 of 4 music
4 music 5 ,
4 music 6 out
6 out 7 from
7 from 8 the
8 the 9 hemlock-tree
8 the 10 flew
9 hemlock-tree 10 flew
10 flew 11 a
10 flew 12 stranger
12 stranger 13 .

he was about the [size] of [sammy] [jay] and [wore] a [modest] [gray] [suit] [with] [white] [trimmings] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 about
2 was 18 .
3 about 4 the
4 the 6 of
6 of 9 and
9 and 11 a

unc ' [billy] [wore] [his] [broadest] [grin] [.] 
1 unc 2 '

we [uns] [is] [right] [sorry] [fo] ['] [the] [trouble] [we] [uns] have made [.] 
1 we 12 have
12 have 13 made

it was all a joke , and now we [asks] [yo] ['] [pardon] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 a
2 was 3 all
4 a 5 joke
4 a 14 .
5 joke 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 now
8 now 9 we

[mah] [friend] [mistah] [mockah] [would] [like] [to] [stay] [here] [and] [live] [,] [if] [yo'alls] [is] [willing] [,] ["] [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

[xxvi] 

[mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

while they were [talking] [the] [matter] over , [mr] [mocker] [began] [to] [sing] [again] that wonderful [song] [of] [his] [.] 
1 while 2 they
2 they 3 were
3 were 7 over
7 over 8 ,
8 , 15 that
15 that 16 wonderful

it was so beautiful that by the time it was ended , every one was ready to grant the pardon . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 beautiful
3 so 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 6 by
5 that 6 by
6 by 7 the
6 by 8 time
7 the 8 time
8 time 9 it
8 time 10 was
10 was 11 ended
10 was 12 ,
11 ended 12 ,
12 , 13 every
12 , 14 one
13 every 14 one
14 one 16 ready
15 was 16 ready
16 ready 17 to
17 to 18 grant
17 to 19 the
19 the 20 pardon
19 the 21 .
20 pardon 21 .

of course they heard all about the party the next morning and were very anxious indeed to see the stranger with the wonderful voice . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 they
3 they 4 heard
3 they 5 all
5 all 6 about
5 all 7 the
6 about 7 the
7 the 8 party
7 the 9 the
8 party 9 the
9 the 10 next
10 next 12 and
11 morning 12 and
12 and 13 were
13 were 15 anxious
14 very 15 anxious
15 anxious 16 indeed
16 indeed 18 see
17 to 18 see
18 see 19 the
18 see 20 stranger
19 the 20 stranger
20 stranger 22 the
21 with 22 the
22 the 24 voice
23 wonderful 24 voice
24 voice 25 .

of [course] [mr] [mocker] [had] to show off his wonderful voice [to] [each] [one] . 
1 of 11 voice
6 to 7 show
7 show 8 off
8 off 9 his
9 his 10 wonderful
9 his 11 voice
11 voice 15 .

so he soon made himself at home and , because he was happy , he would sing all day long . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 4 made
3 soon 4 made
4 made 5 himself
4 made 6 at
5 himself 6 at
6 at 7 home
6 at 8 and
8 and 9 ,
9 , 10 because
9 , 11 he
10 because 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 happy
13 happy 14 ,
14 , 15 he
14 , 16 would
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 sing
17 sing 18 all
17 sing 19 day
18 all 19 day
19 day 20 long
20 long 21 .

and sometimes , when the moon was shining , he woke up in the night and would sing for very joy . 
1 and 2 sometimes
2 sometimes 3 ,
2 sometimes 4 when
4 when 5 the
4 when 6 moon
6 moon 7 was
7 was 8 shining
8 shining 9 ,
9 , 10 he
9 , 11 woke
11 woke 12 up
11 woke 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 night
15 night 16 and
16 and 17 would
17 would 18 sing
17 would 19 for
18 sing 19 for
19 for 21 joy
20 very 21 joy
21 joy 22 .

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

finally he [thought] [of] [grandfather] [frog] [,] [who] [is] [very] [old] [and] [very] [wise] [.] 
1 finally 2 he

" he 'll [know] , " said [peter] , as [off] he [posted] to the [smiling] [pool] [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 'll
3 'll 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 9 ,
9 , 10 as
10 as 12 he
12 he 14 to
14 to 15 the

now [grandfather] [frog] [was] [feeling] [out] [of] [sorts] that [morning] [.] 
1 now 9 that

" [chugarum] ! " replied [grandfather] [frog] [crossly] . 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 9 .

" go [ask] [mr] [buzzard] , " and that was all that [peter] could get [out] of [him] . 
1 " 2 go
2 go 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 and
8 and 11 all
9 that 10 was
10 was 11 all
11 all 12 that
11 all 14 could
14 could 15 get
14 could 17 of
17 of 19 .

ol ' [mistah] [buzzard] [laughed] [when] [he] [heard] [that] [some] [folks] [said] [that] [mr] [mocker] [had] [not] [come] [by] [his] [voice] [honestly] [.] 
1 ol 2 '

" there isn't a word of truth in it , [brer] [rabbit] , " he declared . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 a
4 a 5 word
5 word 6 of
6 of 7 truth
6 of 8 in
8 in 10 ,
9 it 10 ,
10 , 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 he
15 he 16 declared
16 declared 17 .

" yo ' [go] tell [all] [your] [friends] that [mistah] [mockah] is the best [loved] of all the [birds] way [down] [souf] . " 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 5 tell
5 tell 9 that
9 that 13 the
12 is 13 the
13 the 14 best
13 the 16 of
16 of 17 all
17 all 18 the
18 the 20 way
20 way 23 .
23 . 24 "

and this is all for the present [about] the [adventures] of [mr] [mocker] the [mocking-bird] [.] 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 is
2 this 9 the
3 is 4 all
4 all 5 for
5 for 6 the
6 the 7 present
9 the 11 of
11 of 14 the

but [others] have [had] [adventures] , [and] one is [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 but 3 have
3 have 6 ,
6 , 8 one
8 one 9 is
9 is 12 .

the next book will tell all about them . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 book
2 next 4 will
4 will 5 tell
5 tell 6 all
5 tell 7 about
7 about 8 them
8 them 9 .

[the] [end] 

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