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[the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

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

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

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

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

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

[@number@] 

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

[frontispiece] [.] []] 

[contents] 

[chapter] 

i [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [is] [caught] [ii] [.] 
1 i 3 '

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

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

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

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

" [what] [do] [you] [mean] ? " 
1 " 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

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

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

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

" [yo] ' [tell] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ' [care] [if] [he] [never] [comes] [back] ["] 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 6 '
6 ' 12 '

[i] 

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

the [green] [meadows] [were] [thrown] [into] [great] [excitement] [late] one afternoon , just as the black shadows came creeping down from the [purple] [hills] [.] 
1 the 10 one
10 one 12 ,
11 afternoon 12 ,
12 , 13 just
13 just 14 as
14 as 15 the
15 the 16 black
15 the 17 shadows
16 black 17 shadows
17 shadows 18 came
18 came 20 down
19 creeping 20 down
20 down 21 from
20 down 22 the

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

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

i know it [because] [i] [saw] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [carrying] him home by the tail , " said [reddy] . 
1 i 2 know
1 i 21 .
2 know 3 it
3 it 9 's
12 him 13 home
13 home 14 by
14 by 15 the
15 the 16 tail
16 tail 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 .

" so you see he wasn't so smart as you thought he was , " he added maliciously [.] 
1 " 2 so
2 so 3 you
3 you 4 see
4 see 5 he
5 he 6 wasn't
5 he 7 so
7 so 9 as
8 smart 9 as
9 as 10 you
9 as 11 thought
10 you 11 thought
11 thought 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
15 " 17 added
17 added 18 maliciously

that is , [everybody] but [reddy] [fox] said so [.] 
1 that 2 is
1 that 9 so
2 is 3 ,
3 , 5 but
5 but 8 said

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

then [everybody] [began] [to] [hoot] and [hiss] [at] [reddy] [until] he was glad [enough] to [slink] [away] . 
1 then 6 and
6 and 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 15 to
13 glad 15 to
15 to 18 .

and while they were all saying such nice things about him , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] was [having] [an] [exciting] [adventure] [.] 
1 and 2 while
2 while 3 they
2 while 4 were
3 they 4 were
4 were 5 all
5 all 7 such
6 saying 7 such
7 such 8 nice
8 nice 9 things
8 nice 10 about
9 things 10 about
10 about 11 him
10 about 12 ,
12 , 14 '
14 ' 17 was

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

he had gone [up] to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] before [dark] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 gone
2 had 5 to
5 to 10 before

jimmy [skunk] [had] [tried] [to] [stop] [him] , [but] [he] [had] [heeded] [jimmy] [skunk] [not] [at] [all] [.] 
1 jimmy 8 ,

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

so off he had started , [for] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] is [very] [headstrong] [and] [obstinate] [.] 
1 so 2 off
2 off 4 had
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 started
4 had 6 ,
6 , 9 '
9 ' 12 is

he had reached the [hen-house] [and] [slipped] [inside] [without] [being] seen . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 11 seen
2 had 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
11 seen 12 .

the nests were full of eggs , and [soon] [unc] ['] [billy] was [enjoying] [his] [feast] so that he forgot to keep watch . 
1 the 2 nests
1 the 3 were
2 nests 3 were
3 were 4 full
4 full 5 of
5 of 6 eggs
5 of 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 13 was
13 was 17 so
17 so 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 forgot
20 forgot 21 to
21 to 22 keep
21 to 23 watch
23 watch 24 .

suddenly the door opened , and [in] [stepped] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] to [get] [some] [eggs] for supper . 
1 suddenly 2 the
2 the 3 door
2 the 4 opened
4 opened 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 11 's
11 's 13 to
13 to 19 .
17 for 18 supper
18 supper 19 .

there was no time to [run] [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 time
4 time 5 to

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

when [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [saw] [him] [,] he [didn't] [know] [what] to make of him , for he had never seen [unc] ' [billy] before . 
1 when 9 he
9 he 13 to
13 to 14 make
14 make 15 of
15 of 17 ,
16 him 17 ,
17 , 19 he
18 for 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 21 never
21 never 22 seen
22 seen 27 .
24 ' 26 before
26 before 27 .

" he certainly is dead [enough] , [whatever] [killed] [him] [.] 
1 " 2 he
1 " 4 is
2 he 3 certainly
4 is 5 dead
5 dead 7 ,

i wonder what he was doing in here . " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 4 he
4 he 5 was
4 he 6 doing
5 was 6 doing
6 doing 7 in
6 doing 8 here
8 here 9 .
9 . 10 "

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

" [ho] [!] ho ! " shouted [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 4 ho
4 ho 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 shouted
7 shouted 12 .

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

and picking up [unc] ['] [billy] by the [tail] , he started with him for the house . 
1 and 2 picking
2 picking 3 up
3 up 8 the
7 by 8 the
8 the 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 started
12 started 13 with
12 started 14 him
13 with 14 him
14 him 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 house
17 house 18 .

when he [turned] to [pick] up [unc] ['] [billy] again , [unc] ' [billy] [wasn't] there [.] 
1 when 2 he
2 he 4 to
4 to 6 up
6 up 11 ,
10 again 11 ,
11 , 13 '
13 ' 16 there

farmer [brown] 's boy [dropped] [his] [wood] [and] [hunted] [everywhere] , but not [a] [trace] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [could] he [find] . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 not
13 not 21 he
21 he 23 .

[ii] 

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

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

he had brushed his [red] [coat] [until] [it] [shone] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 brushed
2 had 4 his

his white [waistcoat] [was] [spotless] , and he [carried] his [big] [tail] [high] in the air , that it might not [become] [soiled] . 
1 his 2 white
2 white 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 10 his
10 his 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 air
15 the 24 .
16 air 17 ,
17 , 18 that
18 that 19 it
19 it 20 might
20 might 21 not

reddy was [feeling] [as] [fine] [as] [he] [looked] [.] 
1 reddy 2 was

if there is one thing that [reddy] [fox] [dislikes] [more] [than] [another] , it is [being] [laughed] at [.] 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 is
2 there 13 ,
3 is 4 one
4 one 5 thing
5 thing 6 that
13 , 14 it
14 it 15 is
15 is 18 at

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

why , [about] [how] he had seen [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [carrying] [off] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [by] the [tail] [the] afternoon [before] . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 5 he
2 , 10 's
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 seen
10 's 19 the
19 the 22 afternoon
22 afternoon 24 .

of course [unc] ['] [billy] was [dead] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 6 was
6 was 8 .

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

and [reddy] was glad of it . 
1 and 3 was
3 was 4 glad
3 was 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 .

yes , [sir] , [reddy] was glad of it . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 6 was
6 was 7 glad
7 glad 8 of
8 of 9 it
9 it 10 .

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

he would go over that way , just to have another look at it . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 go
2 would 4 over
4 over 6 way
5 that 6 way
6 way 7 ,
7 , 9 to
8 just 9 to
9 to 10 have
10 have 11 another
10 have 12 look
12 look 13 at
13 at 14 it
14 it 15 .

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

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

" [ol] ' [bill] [possum] , he 's gone before ! 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 6 ,
6 , 8 's
7 he 8 's
8 's 9 gone
8 's 10 before
10 before 11 !

ol ' [bill] [possum] [,] [he] [is] [no] [more] [!] 
1 ol 2 '

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

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

ol ' [bill] [possum] [,] [it] [served] [him] [right] [;] [and] [he] [is] [no] [more] [,] [for] [he] [died] [last] [night] [.] ["] 
1 ol 2 '

" very good , [sah] , very good . 
1 " 2 very
2 very 3 good
3 good 4 ,
4 , 8 good
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 good
8 good 9 .

reddy [fox] [sprang] up [as] [if] [some] [one] [had] [stuck] [a] [pin] [into] [him] [.] 
1 reddy 4 up

every hair stood on end , as he looked up at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [doorway] [.] 
1 every 2 hair
1 every 3 stood
2 hair 3 stood
3 stood 4 on
4 on 5 end
5 end 6 ,
5 end 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 looked
9 looked 10 up
10 up 11 at

then [his] [teeth] began to [chatter] [with] [fright] [.] 
1 then 4 began
4 began 5 to

looking out of [unc] ' [billy] ['s] [doorway] and [grinning] [down] [at] [him] was [something] that [looked] [for] all the world like [unc] ['] [billy] [himself] [.] 
1 looking 2 out
2 out 3 of
3 of 20 the
5 ' 9 and
5 ' 19 all
9 and 14 was
14 was 16 that
19 all 20 the
20 the 21 world
21 world 22 like

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

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

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

" of course he ' wouldn't kill a [daid] [possum] [.] 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
2 of 4 he
4 he 5 '
5 ' 6 wouldn't
5 ' 7 kill
7 kill 8 a

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

[iii] 

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

everybody hastened to [pay] [their] [respects] , that is [everybody] [but] [reddy] [fox] . 
1 everybody 2 hastened
2 hastened 3 to
3 to 7 ,
7 , 9 is
8 that 9 is
9 is 14 .

thereafter [whenever] [one] [of] [them] [caught] [sight] [of] [reddy] [fox] [at] [a] [safe] [distance] , [he] [would] [shout] [:] 
1 thereafter 15 ,

" [ol] ' [bill] [possum] , he 's gone before ! 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 6 ,
6 , 8 's
7 he 8 's
8 's 9 gone
8 's 10 before
10 before 11 !

ol ' [bill] [possum] [,] [he] [is] [no] [more] [!] ["] 
1 ol 2 '

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

but [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [care] , not he ! 
1 but 7 ,
7 , 9 he
8 not 9 he
9 he 10 !

but in spite of all his [friends] , [unc] ' [billy] was [lonesome] [.] 
1 but 2 in
2 in 3 spite
3 spite 4 of
3 spite 5 all
5 all 6 his
6 his 8 ,
8 , 10 '
10 ' 12 was

finally [he] [told] [jimmy] [skunk] [all] [about] it [,] [and] [for] [once] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [forgotten] [how] [to] [grin] . 
1 finally 8 it
8 it 21 .

yes , [sir] , [unc] ['] [billy] had forgotten [how] to [grin] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 8 had
8 had 9 forgotten
9 forgotten 11 to

instead [he] [just] [wept] , [wept] [great] [big] [tears] [of] [lonesomeness] [.] 
1 instead 5 ,

" ah [reckon] [ah] 'll have to go back to [ol] ['] [virginny] , [ah] [cert'nly] do , " said [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 19 "
5 'll 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 back
9 back 10 to
10 to 14 ,
14 , 17 do
17 do 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 22 '

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

now [unc] ' [billy] was [talking] [about] [going] [away] [.] 
1 now 3 '
3 ' 5 was

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

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

" why not send for your family to come here and live in the [green] [forest] , [uncle] [billy] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 not
3 not 5 for
4 send 5 for
5 for 6 your
6 your 7 family
6 your 8 to
7 family 8 to
8 to 9 come
9 come 10 here
10 here 11 and
11 and 12 live
12 live 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 17 ,
17 , 20 ?
20 ? 21 "
21 " 22 he
22 he 23 asked
23 asked 24 .

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

his [two] little eyes [looked] [up] [sharply] . 
1 his 3 little
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 8 .

" how do [yo'all] [reckon] [ah] can [send] [word] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 how
1 " 7 can
2 how 3 do
7 can 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 asked
13 asked 14 .

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

" there 's [mr] [skimmer] the [swallow] [;] he 's [fixing] to go [south] . 
1 " 2 there
1 " 9 he
2 there 3 's
3 's 6 the
9 he 10 's
9 he 12 to
12 to 13 go
13 go 15 .

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

" the very thing ! " [cried] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] , [wiping] [his] [eyes] . 
1 " 3 very
1 " 16 .
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 9 '
9 ' 12 ,

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

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

ah 'll [see] [mistah] [skimmer] [at] [once] [.] ["] 
1 ah 2 'll

and [without] [another] [word] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] started down the [crooked] [little] [path] for [the] [green] [meadows] to [look] [for] [skimmer] [the] [swallow] [.] 
1 and 10 down
9 started 10 down
10 down 11 the
11 the 15 for
15 for 19 to

[iv] 

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

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

but [getting] [ready] [to] [receive] his [family] was [different] . 
1 but 6 his
6 his 8 was
8 was 10 .

no one [else] [could] [arrange] [things] to [suit] him . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 7 to
7 to 9 him
9 him 10 .

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

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

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

so [unc] ['] [billy] [cleaned] house , and [while] he [worked] [he] [whistled] and [sang] [.] 
1 so 8 and
6 house 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 he
10 he 14 and

peter [rabbit] , [passing] [that] [way] [,] [overheard] [unc] ' [billy] [singing] [:] 
1 peter 3 ,
3 , 10 '

" [mah] [ol] ' [woman] is [away] [down] [souf] [come] [along] [!] 
1 " 4 '
4 ' 6 is

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

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

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

" [mah] [pickaninnies] [am] [a-headin] ' [dis] [way] [come] [along] ! 
1 " 6 '
6 ' 11 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

daddy am a-watchin ' fo ' ' em [day] [by] [day] [come] [along] [!] 
1 daddy 2 am
2 am 3 a-watchin
2 am 4 '
3 a-watchin 4 '
4 ' 6 '
5 fo 6 '
6 ' 7 '
6 ' 8 em

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

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

every little while [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [would] [sit] [down] [to] [rest] , for he [wasn't] [used] to [so] [much] [real] [work] . 
1 every 2 little
2 little 13 ,
3 while 13 ,
13 , 14 for
14 for 15 he
15 he 18 to
18 to 23 .

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

now [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [hardly] [out] [of] [sight] when [along] came [bobby] [coon] . 
1 now 10 when
10 when 12 came
12 came 15 .

anyway , [when] he [reached] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's [hollow] [tree] , he began to [climb] [up] it just as if it were [his] [own] [.] 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 4 he
4 he 10 's
10 's 13 ,
13 , 14 he
14 he 15 began
14 he 16 to
16 to 19 it
19 it 22 if
20 just 21 as
21 as 22 if
22 if 23 it
23 it 24 were

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

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

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

nobody was in sight [.] 
1 nobody 2 was
2 was 4 sight
3 in 4 sight

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

that [bed] [certainly] did [look] [soft] [and] [comfortable] . 
1 that 4 did
4 did 9 .

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

" [i] [believe] [i] ['ll] just see if that [bed] is as [comfortable] as it looks , " said he . 
1 " 6 just
1 " 12 as
6 just 7 see
7 see 8 if
8 if 9 that
9 that 11 is
12 as 14 as
14 as 15 it
15 it 16 looks
16 looks 17 ,
16 looks 18 "
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
20 he 21 .

and [two] [minutes] [later] [bobby] [coon] was [curled] up [fast] [asleep] in [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] bed . 
1 and 7 was
7 was 9 up
9 up 12 in
12 in 18 bed
18 bed 19 .

[v] 

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

" [dey] 's [a-coming] , [dey's] [a-coming] , [dey's] [a-coming] [mighty] [soon] [.] 
1 " 3 's
3 's 5 ,
5 , 8 ,

but [dey] [can't] come [soon] [enuff] [fo] ['] me ! 
1 but 4 come
4 come 9 me
9 me 10 !

dey 's a-coming , [dey's] [a-coming] [at] [de] [turning] [ob] [de] [moon] [,] [whar] [ah] [waits] [in] [mah] [ol] ['] [holler] [tree] [!] ["] 
1 dey 2 's
1 dey 3 a-coming
2 's 3 a-coming
3 a-coming 4 ,

unc ' [billy] [possum] was [singing] [to] [himself] [,] [as] he [slowly] [trudged] [home] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 5 was
5 was 11 he

he was feeling very good , very good indeed , was [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 4 very
3 feeling 5 good
5 good 6 ,
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 good
8 good 9 indeed
9 indeed 10 ,
10 , 11 was
11 was 13 '

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

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

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

he [put] one [ear] [against] the trunk of the tree and [listened] [.] 
1 he 3 one
3 one 6 the
6 the 8 of
7 trunk 8 of
8 of 10 tree
9 the 10 tree
10 tree 11 and

then he put the other [ear] [against] [the] tree [and] [listened] . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 4 the
4 the 5 other
5 other 9 tree
9 tree 12 .

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

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

" [mah] goodness ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] , " it cert'nly sounds like there was somebody in mah house ! " 
1 " 13 cert'nly
3 goodness 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 10 ,
10 , 11 "
10 , 12 it
12 it 13 cert'nly
13 cert'nly 15 like
14 sounds 15 like
15 like 17 was
16 there 17 was
17 was 18 somebody
17 was 19 in
18 somebody 19 in
19 in 20 mah
19 in 21 house
21 house 23 "
22 ! 23 "

then [very] [softly] [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] [up] to [his] [doorway] [and] [peeped] [in.] 
1 then 9 to

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

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

there was some one in [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [house] , and more than that , they were [fast] [asleep] in [unc] ['] [billy] 's bed . 
1 there 3 some
2 was 3 some
3 some 4 one
3 some 5 in
5 in 11 ,
11 , 16 ,
12 and 13 more
13 more 14 than
14 than 15 that
15 that 16 ,
16 , 17 they
17 they 18 were
18 were 21 in
21 in 27 .
25 's 26 bed
26 bed 27 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

then [unc] ['] [billy] [quite] [lost] his [temper] [.] 
1 then 7 his

some one who [had] [no] [business] [there] was in his [house] [!] 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 who
3 who 8 was
8 was 9 in
9 in 10 his

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

they were [going] to [come] [out] [or] [he] [would] [know] [why] not . 
1 they 2 were
1 they 12 not
2 were 4 to
12 not 13 .

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

my ! my ! my ! such a rumpus as there was right away in that hollow tree ! 
1 my 2 !
2 ! 3 my
3 my 4 !
3 my 5 my
5 my 7 such
6 ! 7 such
7 such 8 a
8 a 9 rumpus
8 a 10 as
9 rumpus 10 as
10 as 11 there
10 as 12 was
12 was 13 right
12 was 14 away
13 right 14 away
14 away 15 in
14 away 16 that
16 that 17 hollow
17 hollow 19 !
18 tree 19 !

peter [rabbit] [happened] to [be] [coming] [along] [that] [way] and [heard] it . 
1 peter 4 to
4 to 10 and
10 and 12 it
12 it 13 .

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

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

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

they were part of [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [bed] . 
1 they 2 were
1 they 10 .
2 were 3 part
2 were 4 of

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

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

no one possessed a tail [like] [that] [but] [bobby] [coon] . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 possessed
2 one 4 a
3 possessed 4 a
4 a 5 tail
5 tail 11 .

in [a] [minute] [bobby] [followed] his tail , hastily backing down the tree . 
1 in 6 his
6 his 8 ,
7 tail 8 ,
8 , 9 hastily
8 , 10 backing
9 hastily 10 backing
10 backing 11 down
11 down 12 the
11 down 13 tree
12 the 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [sharp] little [old] [face] [appeared] [at] [the] [doorway] [.] 
1 then 7 little

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

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

and [bobby] [coon] [sheepishly] admitted that he did . 
1 and 5 admitted
5 admitted 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 did
8 did 9 .

[vi] 

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

" [i] 'm [mr] [jaybird] , [tee-hee-hee] [!] 
1 " 3 'm
3 'm 6 ,

i ['m] [mr] [jaybird] [;] you [watch] [me] ! 
1 i 6 you
6 you 9 !

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

over and over [sammy] [jay] [hummed] [this] , as he brushed his handsome blue and white coat . 
1 over 2 and
2 and 3 over
2 and 8 ,
8 , 9 as
9 as 10 he
9 as 11 brushed
11 brushed 12 his
11 brushed 13 handsome
13 handsome 14 blue
13 handsome 15 and
15 and 16 white
15 and 17 coat
16 white 17 coat
17 coat 18 .

when [peter] [goes] [about] [whispering] [,] it 's [a] sure [sign] that he 's got a secret . 
1 when 7 it
7 it 8 's
8 's 10 sure
10 sure 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 's
14 's 15 got
14 's 16 a
16 a 17 secret
17 secret 18 .

he [thinks] that he can [keep] [it] [from] me , [but] he can't . 
1 he 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 can
5 can 9 me
9 me 10 ,
10 , 12 he
12 he 13 can't
13 can't 14 .

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

i never knew of a secret that could be kept by more than two people , and [already] [i] 've seen [peter] [whisper] [to] [five] . 
1 i 2 never
1 i 3 knew
3 knew 5 a
4 of 5 a
5 a 6 secret
6 secret 7 that
7 that 9 be
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 kept
10 kept 11 by
10 kept 12 more
11 by 12 more
12 more 13 than
12 more 14 two
14 two 15 people
14 two 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 20 've
20 've 21 seen
21 seen 26 .

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

with a flirt of his [tail] [sammy] [jay] started for the [green] [meadows] , [where] [reddy] [fox] was [busy] hunting for his breakfast . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 4 of
3 flirt 4 of
4 of 5 his
5 his 24 .
9 started 10 for
10 for 11 the
11 the 14 ,
14 , 18 was
18 was 21 for
20 hunting 21 for
21 for 22 his
21 for 23 breakfast
22 his 23 breakfast
23 breakfast 24 .

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

" it would be [finer] , if [i] [could] [fill] my [stomach] [faster] , " replied [reddy] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 would
3 would 4 be
3 would 14 ,
4 be 6 ,
6 , 7 if
7 if 11 my
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
16 replied 18 .

" that 's a pretty good [secret] of [peter] [rabbit] 's , isn't it ? " asked [sammy] , pretending to look very wise . 
1 " 2 that
1 " 11 's
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 6 good
5 pretty 6 good
6 good 8 of
11 's 12 ,
12 , 14 it
13 isn't 14 it
14 it 15 ?
15 ? 16 "
16 " 17 asked
17 asked 19 ,
19 , 21 to
20 pretending 21 to
21 to 22 look
22 look 23 very
22 look 24 wise
24 wise 25 .

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

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

blacky knew [nothing] about [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [secret] [,] [nor] [did] [shadow] the [weasel] , whom he [met] [by] the way . 
1 blacky 2 knew
2 knew 4 about
4 about 13 the
13 the 15 ,
15 , 16 whom
15 , 17 he
17 he 20 the
20 the 21 way
21 way 22 .

but [sammy] [jay] [was] not in the least bit [discouraged] . 
1 but 5 not
5 not 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 least
8 least 9 bit
9 bit 11 .

" [i] ['ll] [try] [johnny] [chuck] [;] he 'll know , " said [sammy] to himself . 
1 " 8 he
8 he 9 'll
9 'll 10 know
10 know 17 .
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 to
15 to 16 himself
16 himself 17 .

he [found] [johnny] [sitting] on his [doorstep] , watching the world go by . 
1 he 5 on
5 on 6 his
6 his 8 ,
8 , 9 watching
8 , 10 the
10 the 11 world
10 the 12 go
12 go 13 by
13 by 14 .

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

" good morning , " replied [johnny] [chuck] , who always is polite . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 9 ,
9 , 10 who
10 who 11 always
11 always 12 is
11 always 13 polite
13 polite 14 .

" isn't that a fine secret [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [?] ["] [exclaimed] [sammy] , just as if he knew all about it . 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 4 a
3 that 4 a
4 a 5 fine
4 a 6 secret
6 secret 15 ,
15 , 17 as
16 just 17 as
17 as 18 if
18 if 19 he
19 he 20 knew
20 knew 21 all
21 all 22 about
22 about 23 it
23 it 24 .

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

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

and as he [flew] , he said to himself : " [johnny] [chuck] [can't] [fool] me [;] he does [know] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [secret] . " 
1 and 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 said
7 said 8 to
8 to 9 himself
9 himself 10 :
10 : 11 "
11 " 16 me
16 me 26 "
18 he 19 does
19 does 25 .
25 . 26 "

over [in] [the] [green] [forest] he [found] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [making] a [great] [racket] on the [hollow] [limb] of [an] old [chestnut] . 
1 over 6 he
6 he 12 a
12 a 15 on
15 on 16 the
16 the 19 of
19 of 21 old
21 old 23 .

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

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

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

you must be [practising] , " said [sammy] at the end of a long [rat-a-tat-tat] . 
1 you 2 must
2 must 3 be
2 must 16 .
3 be 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
6 " 13 a
7 said 9 at
9 at 10 the
10 the 11 end
11 end 12 of
13 a 14 long

drummer the [woodpecker] [felt] [very] [much] [flattered] [.] 
1 drummer 2 the

" [i] am , " said he . 
1 " 3 am
3 am 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
7 he 8 .

" [i] ['m] [practising] for [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] . " 
1 " 5 for
5 for 11 "
10 . 11 "

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

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

" won't [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] be [surprised] ? " [remarked] [drummer] the [woodpecker] , as he sat down to rest . 
1 " 2 won't
2 won't 7 be
7 be 9 ?
9 ? 10 "
10 " 13 the
13 the 15 ,
15 , 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 sat
18 sat 19 down
18 sat 20 to
19 down 20 to
20 to 21 rest
21 rest 22 .

by and by , as he flew [home] , [sammy] [jay] [chuckled] and said : 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 9 ,
3 by 4 ,
4 , 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 flew
9 , 13 and
13 and 14 said
14 said 15 :

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

[vii] 

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

" some folks think they 're [mighty] [smart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 " 2 some
1 " 3 folks
3 folks 5 they
4 think 5 they
5 they 6 're

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

like the knave who stole the tart [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 2 the
2 the 3 knave
2 the 4 who
4 who 6 the
5 stole 6 the
6 the 7 tart

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

some folks will waken up [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] fool [mr] [jay] ! " 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 will
3 will 4 waken
3 will 5 up
5 up 16 "
12 fool 15 !
15 ! 16 "

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

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

then he looked up at [jolly] , round , red [mr] [sun] [and] [winked] . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
2 he 5 at
3 looked 4 up
5 at 7 ,
7 , 9 ,
8 round 9 ,
9 , 10 red
10 red 15 .

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

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

that was [why] [peter] [rabbit] [had] [left] [them] [out] , when he planned his surprise party for [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 10 ,
10 , 12 he
11 when 12 he
12 he 14 his
13 planned 14 his
14 his 15 surprise
15 surprise 16 party
15 surprise 17 for

sammy had [a] [plan] [,] [and] [the] [angrier] [the] [others] [grew] [,] [the] [more] [likely] [were] [they] [to] [help] [him] [.] 
1 sammy 2 had

" you wait [till] [i] [catch] [peter] [rabbit] ! " said [reddy] [fox] and [showed] all [his] [teeth] . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 9 !
2 you 3 wait
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 19 .
14 and 16 all
16 all 19 .

he quite forgot that , [despite] all his [smartness] , he never [yet] had caught [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 he 2 quite
2 quite 3 forgot
2 quite 4 that
4 that 5 ,
5 , 7 all
7 all 8 his
8 his 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 never
12 never 14 had
14 had 15 caught

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

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

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

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

then he [leaned] [forward] [and] [whispered] : " [let's] [invite] [ourselves] to the party . " 
1 then 2 he
2 he 7 :
7 : 8 "
8 " 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 party
13 the 15 .
15 . 16 "

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

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

" we 'll be [the] real [surprise] . 
1 " 2 we
1 " 8 .
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 be
4 be 6 real

before the [party] [begins] , you will [hide] [close] to [where] it is to be . 
1 before 2 the
2 the 5 ,
5 , 6 you
6 you 7 will
7 will 10 to
10 to 12 it
12 it 14 to
13 is 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 .

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

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

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

we 'll all be there , " cried [blacky] the [crow] [.] 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 all
3 all 4 be
4 be 6 ,
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 cried
8 cried 10 the

the [four] little scamps [shook] [hands] [and] [separated] [.] 
1 the 3 little
3 little 4 scamps

as they went [across] the [green] [meadows] , [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] [floated] back [to] the [lone] [pine] [.] 
1 as 2 they
2 they 3 went
3 went 5 the
5 the 8 ,
8 , 14 back
14 back 16 the

he was [singing] , [although] he has a very poor [voice] [for] [singing] , and this was his [song] [:] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 ,
4 , 6 he
6 he 7 has
7 has 8 a
8 a 9 very
9 very 10 poor
10 poor 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 this
16 this 17 was
17 was 18 his

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

" some folks think they 're [mighty] [smart] [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 " 2 some
1 " 3 folks
3 folks 5 they
4 think 5 they
5 they 6 're

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

like the knave who stole the tart [oh] [,] [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 2 the
2 the 3 knave
2 the 4 who
4 who 6 the
5 stole 6 the
6 the 7 tart

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

some folks will waken up [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] fool [mr] [jay] ! " 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 will
3 will 4 waken
3 will 5 up
5 up 16 "
12 fool 15 !
15 ! 16 "

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

then [old] [mr] [toad] [winked] [slowly] [and] [solemnly] [at] [jolly] , [round] , [red] [mr] [sun] and [started] [off] to find [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 then 11 ,
11 , 13 ,
13 , 17 and
17 and 20 to
20 to 21 find
21 find 24 .

[viii] 

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

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

everybody said so , and what everybody [says] [is] [usually] [so] . 
1 everybody 2 said
1 everybody 3 so
3 so 5 and
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 what
5 and 7 everybody
7 everybody 12 .

peter [rabbit] [wore] the [broadest] [kind] [of] [a] [smile] [.] 
1 peter 4 the

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

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

almost at once his [sharp] [eyes] [had] [seen] [peter] [rabbit] [sending] [out] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [.] 
1 almost 2 at
2 at 3 once
3 once 4 his

sammy 's [wits] [are] [as] [sharp] [as] [his] eyes , and you know it is very hard to [really] [fool] [sharp] [wits] . 
1 sammy 2 's
2 's 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 you
12 you 13 know
13 know 14 it
14 it 15 is
14 it 18 to
15 is 16 very
16 very 17 hard
18 to 23 .

right away [sammy] [had] [guessed] [what] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] [hurrying] [so] [for] , but he sat and waited and listened . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 he
16 but 18 sat
18 sat 19 and
18 sat 20 waited
19 and 20 waited
20 waited 22 listened
21 and 22 listened
22 listened 23 .

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

then [sammy] [was] [sure] that this was the day of [peter] [rabbit] 's [party] . 
1 then 5 that
5 that 7 was
6 this 7 was
7 was 8 the
8 the 9 day
8 the 10 of
10 of 13 's
13 's 15 .

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

reddy [was] [not] [yet] [out] [of] [bed] , but when he [heard] [sammy] [jay] [at] his [door] , [he] [tumbled] out in a hurry . 
1 reddy 8 ,
8 , 11 he
9 but 10 when
10 when 11 he
11 he 16 his
16 his 18 ,
18 , 21 out
21 out 22 in
22 in 23 a
23 a 24 hurry
24 hurry 25 .

he [didn't] [stop] [to] [get] [any] [breakfast] , because he had [planned] to [get] [all] he [could] [eat] at the party . 
1 he 8 ,
8 , 9 because
8 , 16 he
9 because 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 13 to
16 he 19 at
19 at 20 the
20 the 21 party
21 party 22 .

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

there he [stretched] [himself] [out] [and] made himself as [comfortable] as he could . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 7 made
7 made 9 as
8 himself 9 as
9 as 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 could
13 could 14 .

pretty [soon] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [joined] [reddy] [fox] [in] [the] [hollow] [log] [,] and [they] [whispered] and [chuckled] [while] they [waited] [.] 
1 pretty 14 and
14 and 17 and
17 and 20 they

sammy [jay] [saw] [him] [there] but , [smart] [as] [sammy] is , he didn't [once] [suspect] [innocent-looking] [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 sammy 12 ,
6 but 7 ,
7 , 11 is
11 is 12 ,
12 , 13 he
12 , 14 didn't
13 he 14 didn't
14 didn't 21 .

you see , he didn't know that old [mr] [toad] had [overheard] all [of] [his] [plans] [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
2 see 13 all
3 , 4 he
3 , 11 had
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 know
6 know 7 that
6 know 8 old

[ix] 

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

when he reached the ground , [prickly] [porky] [shook] [himself] [until] he [rattled] [the] [thousand] [little] [spears] [hidden] in his [long] coat . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 reached
2 he 4 the
4 the 5 ground
4 the 6 ,
6 , 12 he
12 he 19 in
19 in 20 his
20 his 22 coat
22 coat 23 .

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

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

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

there sat old [mr] [toad] [.] 
1 there 2 sat
2 sat 3 old

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

something was [tickling] old [mr] [toad] [mightily] . 
1 something 2 was
2 was 4 old
4 old 8 .

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

you [know] [no] [one] [likes] to be laughed at , and it [certainly] did look [as] [if] [old] [mr] [toad] was [laughing] at him . 
1 you 6 to
6 to 7 be
6 to 10 ,
7 be 8 laughed
8 laughed 9 at
10 , 11 and
10 , 23 at
11 and 12 it
11 and 21 was
12 it 14 did
14 did 15 look
23 at 24 him
23 at 25 .
24 him 25 .

mr [toad] [stopped] [laughing] and [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] [.] 
1 mr 5 and

" it 's a joke , " said he , and [slowly] [winked] one eye . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 joke
4 a 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 14 one
14 one 15 eye
15 eye 16 .

" [i] don't see any [joke] , " said [prickly] [porky] , and his voice was very fretful . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 see
4 see 5 any
5 any 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 his
14 his 15 voice
15 voice 16 was
16 was 17 very
16 was 18 fretful
18 fretful 19 .

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

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

" of course [i] [am] . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 6 .

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

" to be sure , a very [foolish] [question] , a very [foolish] [question] , indeed , " assented [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 to
1 " 11 a
2 to 3 be
3 be 4 sure
3 be 5 ,
4 sure 5 ,
5 , 6 a
6 a 7 very
7 very 10 ,
11 a 15 ,
12 very 15 ,
15 , 17 ,
16 indeed 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 assented
19 assented 22 .

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

" [i] was [underneath] a piece of [bark] [on] [which] [sammy] [jay] [was] [sitting] [when] the [plan] was [made] . 
1 " 3 was
3 was 5 a
5 a 7 of
6 piece 7 of
7 of 16 the
16 the 18 was
18 was 20 .

of course he didn't know [i] was there , and of course [i] [didn't] tell him . " 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
2 course 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 know
5 know 7 was
7 was 8 there
8 there 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 of
11 of 12 course
12 course 18 "
15 tell 16 him
16 him 17 .
17 . 18 "

" of course not , " interrupted [prickly] [porky] , [beginning] [to] [grin] [.] 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
2 of 5 ,
3 course 4 not
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 interrupted
7 interrupted 10 ,

" of course [not] , " continued [mr] [toad] , [grinning] [,] too . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
2 of 10 ,
3 course 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 continued
10 , 13 too
13 too 14 .

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

" not yet , [but] [i] 'm going to , by and by , " replied old [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 not
1 " 20 .
2 not 4 ,
3 yet 4 ,
4 , 16 replied
7 'm 8 going
8 going 9 to
9 to 10 ,
10 , 11 by
11 by 12 and
12 and 13 by
12 and 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
16 replied 17 old

" but [first] , [i] want you to help me [fool] [sammy] [jay] and [blacky] the [crow] and [reddy] [fox] and [shadow] the [weasel] [.] 
1 " 2 but
2 but 4 ,
4 , 16 the
6 want 7 you
7 you 8 to
8 to 9 help
8 to 10 me
10 me 14 and
14 and 16 the
16 the 18 and
18 and 21 and
21 and 23 the

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

" of course [i] [will] [if] [i] [can] , but how can [i] ? " answered [prickly] [porky] [promptly] . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 how
11 how 12 can
12 can 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
15 " 16 answered
16 answered 20 .

old [mr] [toad] [hopped] [up] , and [stretching] [up] on tiptoe , whispered in one of [prickly] [porky] 's [ears] . 
1 old 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 on
10 on 12 ,
11 tiptoe 12 ,
12 , 14 in
13 whispered 14 in
14 in 15 one
14 in 16 of
16 of 19 's
19 's 21 .

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

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

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

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

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

" of course [i] will , " said he , still chuckling . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 7 "
5 will 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
8 said 10 ,
10 , 11 still
11 still 12 chuckling
12 chuckling 13 .

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

[x] 

[the] [runaway] [cabbage] 

reddy [fox] , [hiding] with [shadow] the [weasel] in a [hollow] [log] [near] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [home] , [nudged] [shadow] with his [elbow] [.] 
1 reddy 3 ,
3 , 10 a
5 with 7 the
7 the 9 in
9 in 10 a
10 a 20 ,
20 , 23 with
20 , 24 his

" [i] [hear] some one coming , " he whispered . 
1 " 4 some
4 some 5 one
5 one 7 ,
6 coming 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 whispered
10 whispered 11 .

[shadow] [peeped] [out] [.] 

" it 's [old] [mr] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] , " he whispered back . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 whispered
12 he 14 back
13 whispered 14 back
14 back 15 .

" and there [comes] [jimmy] [skunk] , [with] a big-goose egg under each [arm] ! " [continued] [shadow] [,] [smacking] his [lips] [.] 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 there
3 there 7 ,
7 , 9 a
9 a 11 egg
10 big-goose 11 egg
11 egg 12 under
11 egg 13 each
12 under 13 each
13 each 15 !
15 ! 16 "
16 " 21 his

reddy [fox] [wriggled] up [where] [he] [could] [peep] [out] [,] [too] [.] 
1 reddy 4 up

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

what 's that [coming] [down] the [lone] [little] [path] ? " whispered [reddy] . 
1 what 2 's
1 what 6 the
2 's 3 that
6 the 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 whispered
12 whispered 14 .

[shadow] [looked] [.] 

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

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

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

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

down the [lone] [little] [path] [came] [peter] [rabbit] and his cousin , [juniper] the [hare] , rolling a huge cabbage . 
1 down 2 the
2 the 9 and
9 and 10 his
10 his 12 ,
11 cousin 12 ,
12 , 14 the
14 the 16 ,
16 , 18 a
17 rolling 18 a
18 a 19 huge
18 a 20 cabbage
20 cabbage 21 .

right at the top of a little hill the cabbage got away from them [.] 
1 right 2 at
2 at 3 the
2 at 4 top
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
4 top 6 a
6 a 7 little
6 a 8 hill
7 little 8 hill
8 hill 10 cabbage
9 the 10 cabbage
10 cabbage 11 got
10 cabbage 12 away
12 away 13 from
12 away 14 them

down [it] [started] , [rolling] and [bounding] [along] , [with] [peter] [rabbit] and [jumper] [the] [hare] [frantically] trying to catch it . 
1 down 4 ,
4 , 6 and
6 and 9 ,
9 , 13 and
13 and 19 to
18 trying 19 to
19 to 21 it
20 catch 21 it
21 it 22 .

just [ahead] [was] [johnny] [chuck] [with] a [big] [bundle] [of] [sweet] [clover] , which he [was] [bringing] to [peter] [rabbit] 's party [.] 
1 just 7 a
7 a 13 ,
13 , 15 he
14 which 15 he
15 he 18 to
18 to 21 's
21 's 22 party

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

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

right on top of [him] [fell] [jumper] the [hare] , who was close behind the runaway cabbage and had no time to turn aside . 
1 right 2 on
2 on 3 top
3 top 4 of
4 of 8 the
8 the 10 ,
10 , 11 who
10 , 12 was
12 was 13 close
13 close 14 behind
13 close 15 the
14 behind 15 the
15 the 16 runaway
15 the 17 cabbage
16 runaway 17 cabbage
17 cabbage 18 and
18 and 20 no
19 had 20 no
20 no 21 time
20 no 22 to
21 time 22 to
22 to 24 aside
23 turn 24 aside
24 aside 25 .

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

such a [mix-up] ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 4 !

and [the] [big] [cabbage] kept right on [running] [away] . 
1 and 5 kept
5 kept 6 right
5 kept 7 on
7 on 10 .

jimmy [skunk] , [who] [never] [hurries] [,] [heard] [the] [noise] [behind] [him] [and] [turned] [to] [see] [what] [it] [all] [meant] [.] 
1 jimmy 3 ,

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

down [went] [jimmy] [skunk] with a [grunt] [.] 
1 down 5 with
5 with 6 a

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

jimmy [landed] [on] [the] [other] , [and] [this] [broke] [,] [too] [.] 
1 jimmy 6 ,

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

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

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

it [knocked] all the wind [out] [of] [mr] [toad] , and of course [striped] [chipmunk] [spilled] [all] his [corn] [.] 
1 it 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 wind
5 wind 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 of
11 and 18 his
12 of 13 course

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

he looked up to see a strange thing [bounding] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
3 up 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 a
6 a 8 thing
7 strange 8 thing
8 thing 15 .

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

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

then it [stopped] [.] 
1 then 2 it

[xi] 

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

like [a] [great] [green] [pincushion] [lay] the [runaway] [cabbage] of [peter] [rabbit] and [jumper] the [hare] [.] 
1 like 7 the
7 the 10 of
10 of 13 and
13 and 15 the

every one [thought] [it] was the very best [joke] [ever] [.] 
1 every 2 one
2 one 5 was
5 was 6 the
6 the 7 very
7 very 8 best

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

[shadow] [smacked] [his] [lips] [.] 

he meant to [have] [those] [eggs] [himself] . 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
3 to 8 .

my , such a [feast] as was [spread] out [there] ! 
1 my 2 ,
1 my 11 !
2 , 3 such
2 , 6 as
3 such 4 a
6 as 7 was
7 was 9 out

over in the top of [a] [tall] [pine] [tree] [blacky] the [crow] was [hiding] and [chuckling] to [himself] as he watched . 
1 over 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
5 of 11 the
11 the 13 was
13 was 15 and
15 and 17 to
17 to 19 as
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 watched
21 watched 22 .

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

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

it seemed as if his [stomach] [would] [just] [give] [him] [no] [peace] [at] all [.] 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 as
3 as 4 if
3 as 14 all
4 if 5 his

he wished that [sammy] [jay] [would] [bring] the [false] [message] that [bowser] the [hound] was [coming] , so as to frighten all the rest away . 
1 he 3 that
2 wished 3 that
3 that 8 the
8 the 11 that
11 that 13 the
13 the 15 was
15 was 17 ,
17 , 18 so
17 , 19 as
19 as 21 frighten
20 to 21 frighten
21 frighten 22 all
21 frighten 23 the
22 all 23 the
23 the 24 rest
24 rest 25 away
24 rest 26 .

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

" [i] [hope] [sammy] [jay] will [hurry] [up] . " 
1 " 6 will
6 will 9 .
9 . 10 "

just then they [noticed] that [peter] [rabbit] was very busy . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 they
3 they 5 that
5 that 8 was
8 was 9 very
9 very 10 busy
10 busy 11 .

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

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

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

there was a queer rattling sound that sent shivers up and down [reddy] ['s] [backbone] . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
2 was 4 queer
3 a 4 queer
4 queer 5 rattling
4 queer 6 sound
6 sound 7 that
6 sound 8 sent
8 sent 9 shivers
8 sent 10 up
9 shivers 10 up
10 up 12 down
11 and 12 down
12 down 16 .

reddy [fox] and [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] in a prison . 
1 reddy 3 and
3 and 8 in
8 in 9 a
9 a 10 prison
10 prison 11 .

you see there was [no] [other] [opening] [to] the hollow log . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 9 the
9 the 10 hollow
10 hollow 11 log
11 log 12 .

" never mind , " whispered [shadow] the [weasel] , " he ['ll] [go] [away] [when] [sammy] [jay] [shouts] that [bowser] the [hound] is coming . " 
1 " 2 never
2 never 4 ,
2 never 27 "
3 mind 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 whispered
5 " 8 the
8 the 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 20 that
20 that 22 the
24 is 25 coming
25 coming 26 .
26 . 27 "

blacky the [crow] [,] hidden in the top of the [tall] [pine] , was [also] [wondering] [what] [peter] [was] [whispering] . 
1 blacky 2 the
2 the 9 of
5 hidden 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 top
8 top 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 13 ,
13 , 14 was
14 was 21 .

now , [sammy] [jay] [knew] [nothing] [about] all this . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 8 all
8 all 9 this
9 this 10 .

now , [sammy] , with all his faults , is one of the best [watchmen] in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 with
5 with 6 all
6 all 8 faults
7 his 8 faults
8 faults 9 ,
9 , 10 is
9 , 11 one
11 one 12 of
11 one 17 the
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 best
14 best 16 in

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

because [sammy] [knew] [this] [he] [felt] [sure] of [breaking] [up] this [party] . 
1 because 8 of
8 of 11 this
11 this 13 .

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

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

still no [one] [moved] [.] 
1 still 2 no

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

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

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

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

" [ha] ! ha ! ha ! " laughed [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 5 !
4 ha 5 !
5 ! 6 ha
5 ! 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 laughed

" [ho] [!] ho ! ho ! " shouted [johnny] [chuck] . 
1 " 4 ho
4 ho 6 ho
5 ! 6 ho
6 ho 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 shouted
9 shouted 12 .

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

" what [time] will [bowser] get [here] ? " asked [bobby] [coon] , gravely . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 8 ?
2 what 4 will
4 will 6 get
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 asked
10 asked 15 .
13 , 14 gravely
14 gravely 15 .

" tell [bowser] that [we] [are] [all] [waiting] for him , " added [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 tell
2 tell 4 that
4 that 9 for
9 for 10 him
10 him 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 added
13 added 16 .

" is [bowser] [quite] out of [breath] ? " inquired [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 " 2 is
2 is 5 out
5 out 6 of
6 of 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 inquired

sammy [jay] didn't know what to do or what to say . 
1 sammy 3 didn't
3 didn't 5 what
4 know 5 what
5 what 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 9 what
8 or 9 what
9 what 10 to
9 what 11 say
10 to 11 say
11 say 12 .

you see , old [mr] [toad] [had] [told] [peter] all [about] [sammy] 's [plan] , and [this] [is] what [peter] had been [whispering] to the others . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 15 ,
2 see 3 ,
2 see 10 all
3 , 4 old
10 all 13 's
15 , 16 and
16 and 19 what
19 what 21 had
21 had 22 been
21 had 27 .
22 been 24 to
24 to 25 the
25 the 26 others

[xii] 

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

peter [rabbit] 's party [promised] [to] [be] [a] [great] [success] . 
1 peter 3 's
3 's 4 party
3 's 11 .

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

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

shadow [the] [weasel] [felt] [just] [as] [uncomfortable] [as] [reddy] [fox] , and [shadow] is very [short-tempered] [.] 
1 shadow 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 is
14 is 15 very

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

he certainly was enjoying himself [.] 
1 he 2 certainly
1 he 3 was
3 was 5 himself
4 enjoying 5 himself

it [tickled] [him] [almost] to [pieces] to [think] [how] [easily] [he] [had] [trapped] [smart] [reddy] [fox] , the [boaster] [.] 
1 it 5 to
5 to 7 to
7 to 17 ,
17 , 18 the

only [sammy] [jay] , [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [reddy] [fox] and [shadow] the [weasel] were [unhappy] , and of course no one cared for that . 
1 only 4 ,
4 , 11 and
11 and 13 the
13 the 15 were
15 were 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 of
19 of 20 course
20 course 21 no
21 no 23 cared
22 one 23 cared
23 cared 24 for
23 cared 25 that
24 for 25 that
25 that 26 .

[xiii] 

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

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

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

" [way] [down] [souf] [de] [sun] [am] [shinin] ' [yas] , [sah] , [dat] am so ! 
1 " 9 '
9 ' 11 ,
11 , 13 ,
13 , 15 am
15 am 16 so
15 am 17 !
16 so 17 !

fo ' [dat] [lan] ' [mah] [heart] [am] [pinin] ' [yas] , [sah] , [dat] am so ! 
1 fo 2 '
2 ' 5 '
5 ' 10 '
10 ' 12 ,
12 , 14 ,
14 , 16 am
16 am 17 so
16 am 18 !
17 so 18 !

now [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [prepared] for the [winter] [by] [getting] [just] [as] [fat] [as] he knew how . 
1 now 7 for
7 for 8 the
8 the 16 he
16 he 18 how
17 knew 18 how
18 how 19 .

he was so fat that he could hardly waddle [when] [jack] [frost] [first] [came] [to] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 fat
3 so 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 could
6 he 8 hardly
7 could 8 hardly
8 hardly 9 waddle
8 hardly 19 .

now [johnny] [chuck] [just] [slept] [and] [slept] [and] [slept] , [without] [waking] [once] the whole [winter] [long] . 
1 now 10 ,
10 , 14 the
14 the 15 whole
15 whole 18 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] couldn't [sleep] [like] [that] . 
1 but 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 10 .

he had to [stick] his head out [every] [little] [while] to see [how] the world was [getting] [along] [without] [him] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to
3 to 14 the
5 his 6 head
6 head 7 out
7 out 11 to
7 out 12 see
11 to 12 see
12 see 14 the
14 the 15 world
15 world 16 was

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

it made [his] [feet] [cold] , and then he didn't like the [tracks] he made [.] 
1 it 2 made
2 made 6 ,
6 , 7 and
6 , 14 he
7 and 8 then
7 and 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
9 he 11 like
11 like 12 the
14 he 15 made

so [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [go] [out] very much , and [very] [seldom] [indeed] when the [snow] was [soft] . 
1 so 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 15 when
15 when 16 the
16 the 18 was
18 was 20 .

it seemed to [unc] ' [billy] [possum] as [if] the [winter] [never] , [never] would go . 
1 it 2 seemed
1 it 3 to
3 to 17 .
5 ' 8 as
8 as 10 the
10 the 13 ,
13 , 15 would
15 would 16 go
16 go 17 .

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

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

one morning he stuck his head out of his [doorway] , and whom should he see [trotting] [along] [below] [but] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 one 2 morning
2 morning 4 stuck
3 he 4 stuck
4 stuck 5 his
5 his 6 head
6 head 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 11 ,
11 , 12 and
11 , 16 see
12 and 13 whom
13 whom 14 should
13 whom 15 he
16 see 23 .

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

" good mo'ning , [jimmy] [skunk] , " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 mo'ning
2 good 4 ,
4 , 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 '

[jimmy] [skunk] [looked] [up] [.] 

" hello , [unc] ' [billy] ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
3 , 5 '
5 ' 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 .

" [i] haven't seen you for a long time ! " 
1 " 11 "
3 haven't 4 seen
4 seen 5 you
5 you 6 for
6 for 7 a
7 a 8 long
8 long 9 time
9 time 10 !
10 ! 11 "

" [whar] yo ' [been] , [jimmy] [skunk] [?] " asked [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 6 ,
6 , 10 "
10 " 11 asked
11 asked 15 .

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

" getting my breakfast of nice fresh eggs , " he replied . 
1 " 2 getting
2 getting 3 my
2 getting 4 breakfast
3 my 4 breakfast
4 breakfast 5 of
4 breakfast 6 nice
6 nice 7 fresh
6 nice 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 replied
12 replied 13 .

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

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

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

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

all he could do was to [think] [how] [hungry] [he] [was] . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
3 could 12 .
4 do 5 was
5 was 6 to

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

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

[xiv] 

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

" one , two , three , four , [five] , [six] , [seven] , [eight] . " 
1 " 2 one
2 one 4 two
3 , 4 two
4 two 5 ,
5 , 6 three
5 , 9 ,
6 three 7 ,
7 , 8 four
9 , 11 ,
11 , 13 ,
13 , 15 ,
15 , 18 "
17 . 18 "

they were all there . 
1 they 2 were
1 they 3 all
2 were 3 all
3 all 4 there
3 all 5 .

just as soon as the [beautiful] [spring] [came] , [they] [would] one by one [slip] [away] . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
4 as 5 the
5 the 9 ,
9 , 12 one
12 one 13 by
13 by 14 one
14 one 17 .

mrs [possum] sighed [again] [.] 
1 mrs 3 sighed

she didn't like [winter] [.] 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like

no , [sir] , she didn't like winter one bit . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 she
5 she 6 didn't
5 she 7 like
7 like 9 one
8 winter 9 one
9 one 10 bit
10 bit 11 .

but when she thought of [how] her [babies] [would] [leave] [her] , she [almost] [wished] [that] [spring] never would come [.] 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 she
3 she 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 7 her
7 her 12 ,
12 , 13 she
13 she 18 never
18 never 19 would
19 would 20 come

sure that [her] [babies] [were] [warm] [and] [comfortable] , [old] [mrs] [possum] went to the door and [looked] [out] . 
1 sure 2 that
2 that 9 ,
9 , 13 went
13 went 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 door
15 the 20 .
16 door 17 and

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

that was the [tenth] time [she] [had] [looked] [out] in half an hour . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 5 time
5 time 10 in
10 in 11 half
11 half 12 an
12 an 13 hour
13 hour 14 .

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

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

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

ah 'm plumb worried to death , " muttered [old] [mrs] [possum] . 
1 ah 2 'm
1 ah 3 plumb
2 'm 3 plumb
3 plumb 4 worried
4 worried 5 to
5 to 7 ,
6 death 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 muttered
9 muttered 13 .

right that [very] [minute] she [heard] a [noise] [outside] [that] [made] [her] [hurry] to the [door] and [thrust] her [head] out once more . 
1 right 2 that
2 that 5 she
5 she 7 a
7 a 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 17 and
17 and 19 her
19 her 21 out
19 her 24 .
22 once 23 more
23 more 24 .

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

" thief ! 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !

thief ! 
1 thief 2 !

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

" good mo'ning , [brer] [jay] , " said she . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 mo'ning
2 good 4 ,
4 , 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 she
10 she 11 .

" hello ! " exclaimed [sammy] [jay] , not at all [politely] . 
1 " 2 hello
1 " 8 ,
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
8 , 9 not
9 not 10 at
10 at 11 all
11 all 13 .

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

" he done go out fo ' a walk , " replied old [mrs] [possum] [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 done
3 done 5 out
4 go 5 out
5 out 6 fo
5 out 7 '
7 ' 9 walk
8 a 9 walk
9 walk 10 ,
9 walk 11 "
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 replied
11 " 13 old

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

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

" [i] ['ve] [been] up [ever] [since] [sun-up] ! " he [sputtered] . 
1 " 9 !
5 up 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 13 .

no , [sir] , [i] [wouldn't] [blame] [him] the [least] [bit] ! " 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 9 the
9 the 12 !
12 ! 13 "

" keep your [temper] , [brer] [jay] ! 
1 " 3 your
2 keep 3 your
3 your 5 ,
5 , 8 !

keep your temper , do , [oh] [pray] [!] " 
1 keep 2 your
2 your 3 temper
3 temper 4 ,
3 temper 5 do
5 do 6 ,
6 , 10 "

said [old] [mrs] [possum] , grinning in the most aggravating way as she turned back to her babies . 
1 said 5 ,
5 , 7 in
6 grinning 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 most
9 most 10 aggravating
10 aggravating 11 way
11 way 12 as
11 way 13 she
13 she 14 turned
14 turned 15 back
15 back 16 to
16 to 17 her
16 to 18 babies
18 babies 19 .

she had found out what she wanted to [know] [sammy] [jay] had [seen] nothing of [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 she 2 had
1 she 12 had
2 had 3 found
3 found 4 out
4 out 6 she
5 what 6 she
6 she 7 wanted
6 she 8 to
12 had 14 nothing
14 nothing 15 of
15 of 17 '

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

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

[xv] 

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

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

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

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

yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] knew all about it . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
2 , 4 ,
4 , 6 '
4 , 11 it
8 knew 9 all
9 all 10 about
10 about 11 it
11 it 12 .

he could see the [rows] of [nests] and the [beautiful] [brown] eggs in [them] [.] 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 see
3 see 4 the
4 the 6 of
6 of 8 and
8 and 9 the
9 the 12 eggs
12 eggs 13 in

jimmy [skunk] [couldn't] [climb] , [and] [so] [he] [could] [have] [gotten] [only] [the] [eggs] [in] [the] [lower] [nests] [.] 
1 jimmy 5 ,

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

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

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

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

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

unc ' [billy] [muttered] [something] [,] [but] [all] [that] [mrs] [possum] [could] [hear] was ["] [eggs] . " 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 14 was
14 was 18 "
17 . 18 "

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

" it isn't [safe] to be [snooping] [around] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [when] [there] ['s] [snow] on the ground . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 isn't
3 isn't 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 17 on
17 on 18 the
18 the 19 ground
19 ground 20 .

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

do yo ' [hear] [what] [ah] [say] ? " 
1 do 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

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

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

just the same , [unc] ['] [billy] felt that he had got to have a nice fresh egg . 
1 just 2 the
2 the 3 same
2 the 4 ,
4 , 8 felt
8 felt 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 got
12 got 13 to
13 to 14 have
14 have 15 a
14 have 16 nice
16 nice 17 fresh
16 nice 18 egg
17 fresh 18 egg
18 egg 19 .

he had got to have it . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 it
6 it 7 .

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

" where are yo ' going ? " demanded [mrs] [possum] . 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 are
2 where 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 6 going
5 ' 6 going
6 going 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 demanded
9 demanded 12 .

" just to stretch the kinks out of [mah] [legs] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 to
3 to 5 the
4 stretch 5 the
5 the 6 kinks
5 the 7 out
6 kinks 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 replied
13 replied 17 .

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

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

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

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

[xvi] 

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

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

even [old] [mrs] [possum] [would] [have] thought [it] [was] [a] [good] [reason] [,] [could] [she] [have] [known] [it] [.] 
1 even 7 thought

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

now [unc] ' [billy] was [very] [,] [very] [crafty] [.] 
1 now 3 '
3 ' 5 was

but with all his [craft] , [there] [was] one thing that [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] . 
1 but 2 with
2 with 4 his
3 all 4 his
4 his 6 ,
6 , 9 one
9 one 10 thing
9 one 16 .
10 thing 11 that

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

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

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

when [unc] ['] [billy] was safely in the hen-house , he hurried from one nest to another [.] 
1 when 5 was
5 was 7 in
6 safely 7 in
7 in 9 hen-house
8 the 9 hen-house
9 hen-house 10 ,
9 hen-house 11 he
11 he 13 from
12 hurried 13 from
13 from 15 nest
14 one 15 nest
15 nest 17 another
16 to 17 another

there were eggs [,] plenty of [them] [.] 
1 there 2 were
1 there 5 plenty
2 were 3 eggs
5 plenty 6 of

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

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

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

unc ' [billy] [knew] [that] [the] [thing] [for] [him] [to] [do] was [to] [hurry] [home] [as] [fast] [as] he could go , but he didn't . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 12 was
12 was 19 he
19 he 20 could
20 could 21 go
21 go 22 ,
22 , 23 but
23 but 24 he
24 he 25 didn't
25 didn't 26 .

no , [sir] , he didn't do it . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 do
6 didn't 8 it
8 it 9 .

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

why not [take] a [teeny] , [weeny] [nap] [before] he started [back] [home] ? 
1 why 2 not
1 why 14 ?
2 not 4 a
4 a 6 ,
6 , 10 he
10 he 11 started

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

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

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

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

farmer [brown] 's boy was [angry] . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 was
5 was 7 .

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

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

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

[xvii] 

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

farmer [brown] 's boy was [angry] . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 was
5 was 7 .

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

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

it was a [terrible] [position] to be in , [right] there in the [hen-house] , [with] [no] [chance] to run . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 6 to
6 to 7 be
6 to 8 in
8 in 9 ,
9 , 13 the
11 there 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 15 ,
15 , 19 to
19 to 20 run
20 run 21 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

" he 'll [find] [jimmy] [skunk] 's [tracks] , but he won't [find] [mine] , ["] thought [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 7 's
2 he 3 'll
7 's 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 he
11 he 12 won't
11 he 21 .
15 , 17 thought
17 thought 21 .

" isn't it [lucky] that [i] [thought] [to] [step] [right] [in] [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [tracks] when [i] came here ? " 
1 " 2 isn't
1 " 5 that
2 isn't 3 it
5 that 21 "
16 when 18 came
18 came 20 ?
19 here 20 ?
20 ? 21 "

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

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

" hello ! " said the voice of [farmer] [brown] 's boy . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 the
6 the 7 voice
6 the 13 .
7 voice 8 of
11 's 12 boy
12 boy 13 .

" these are queer tracks ! 
1 " 2 these
2 these 3 are
2 these 4 queer
3 are 4 queer
4 queer 6 !
5 tracks 6 !

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

" [i] guess [that] there was more than one visitor here last night , " continued the voice of [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] . 
1 " 3 guess
1 " 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 more
7 more 8 than
8 than 9 one
9 one 10 visitor
10 visitor 11 here
11 here 12 last
11 here 13 night
13 night 14 ,
13 night 15 "
15 " 16 continued
15 " 17 the
16 continued 17 the
17 the 18 voice
17 the 19 of
19 of 22 's
22 's 24 .

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

back into the [hen-house] [came] [farmer] [brown] 's boy and began to poke around in all the corners . 
1 back 2 into
2 into 3 the
3 the 8 's
8 's 10 and
9 boy 10 and
10 and 12 to
11 began 12 to
12 to 13 poke
12 to 14 around
13 poke 14 around
14 around 15 in
14 around 16 all
16 all 17 the
16 all 18 corners
18 corners 19 .

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

then he began to look in [the] [nests] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 in

unc ' [billy] could [hear] [him] [coming] [nearer] [and] [nearer] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 4 could

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

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

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

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

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

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

and [all] [the] [time] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] held his breath and lay low . 
1 and 9 held
9 held 10 his
9 held 11 breath
11 breath 12 and
11 breath 13 lay
12 and 13 lay
13 lay 14 low
13 lay 15 .
14 low 15 .

[xviii] 

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

" [mah] [home] [is] in a [holler] [tree] [it] 's a long way home ! 
1 " 5 in
5 in 6 a
6 a 10 's
10 's 11 a
11 a 13 way
12 long 13 way
13 way 14 home
13 way 15 !

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

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

unc ' [billy] [didn't] [dare] [go] [to] [sleep] [,] [because] [he] was [afraid] that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [might] [find] [him] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 12 was
12 was 14 that

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

so [peeping] [out] [,] he [watched] [farmer] [brown] 's boy , who seemed to be very busy indeed . 
1 so 5 he
5 he 9 's
9 's 11 ,
10 boy 11 ,
11 , 12 who
11 , 13 seemed
13 seemed 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 17 busy
16 very 17 busy
17 busy 18 indeed
18 indeed 19 .

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

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

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

he was [setting] [traps] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 5 .

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

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

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

" [ho] , ho , ho ! 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 5 ,
4 ho 5 ,
5 , 6 ho
6 ho 7 !

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

[hee] [,] [hee] [!] ["] 

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

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

the [joke] [wasn't] [on] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy , after all ; it was on [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 the 8 boy
8 boy 9 ,
9 , 10 after
10 after 11 all
11 all 12 ;
11 all 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 on
15 on 17 '
17 ' 20 .

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

" it 's a long way home , " said [unc] ' [billy] [mournfully] , as he [peeped] out of a [crack] [toward] the [green] [forest] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 way
5 long 27 .
6 way 8 ,
7 home 8 ,
8 , 9 "
8 , 10 said
10 said 12 '
12 ' 15 ,
15 , 17 he
16 as 17 he
17 he 19 out
19 out 20 of
19 out 24 the
20 of 21 a

[xix] 

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

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

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

if it hadn't been for [those] [two] [worries] , [unc] ' [billy] would have been [willing] to [stay] [there] the rest of the winter . 
1 if 2 it
2 it 3 hadn't
2 it 4 been
3 hadn't 4 been
4 been 5 for
5 for 9 ,
9 , 11 '
11 ' 13 would
13 would 14 have
13 would 20 the
14 have 15 been
15 been 17 to
20 the 22 of
21 rest 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 winter
24 winter 25 .

it was [delightfully] warm [and] [cosy] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 warm
4 warm 7 .

having [all] the [eggs] [he] [could] [eat] , [unc] ['] [billy] had grown very [particular] [.] 
1 having 3 the
3 the 8 ,
8 , 12 had
12 had 13 grown
12 had 14 very

nothing but the [best] , the [very] [best] , would do for [him] . 
1 nothing 2 but
2 but 3 the
3 the 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 9 ,
9 , 10 would
10 would 11 do
11 do 12 for
12 for 14 .

" [cut] [,] cut , cut , cut , cut , cut-aa-cut ! 
1 " 4 cut
4 cut 6 cut
5 , 6 cut
6 cut 7 ,
7 , 8 cut
8 cut 9 ,
9 , 10 cut
10 cut 12 cut-aa-cut
11 , 12 cut-aa-cut
12 cut-aa-cut 13 !

i lay the finest eggs in the world ! " 
1 i 2 lay
2 lay 3 the
2 lay 4 finest
3 the 4 finest
4 finest 5 eggs
4 finest 6 in
6 in 7 the
6 in 8 world
8 world 9 !
9 ! 10 "

no [one] [lays] [such] [splendid] [eggs] [as] [i] do ! " 
1 no 11 "
9 do 10 !
10 ! 11 "

sometimes the door was left open during the day , and [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [peep] [out] [and] [wish] [that] he [dared] to run . 
1 sometimes 2 the
2 the 3 door
2 the 4 was
4 was 5 left
4 was 6 open
5 left 6 open
6 open 7 during
7 during 8 the
7 during 9 day
8 the 9 day
9 day 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 21 he
21 he 23 to
23 to 24 run
24 run 25 .

at last one day it began to snow . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 one
3 one 5 it
4 day 5 it
5 it 6 began
6 began 7 to
6 began 8 snow
7 to 8 snow
8 snow 9 .

it [snowed] all [day] and [it] [snowed] all night . 
1 it 3 all
3 all 10 .
5 and 8 all
8 all 9 night
9 night 10 .

rough [brother] [north] [wind] [piled] [it] [up] [in] [great] [drifts] [in] [front] [of] [the] [hen-house] [door] and all along one side of the hen-house . 
1 rough 17 and
17 and 18 all
18 all 19 along
18 all 20 one
20 one 21 side
21 side 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 hen-house
23 the 25 .

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

[xx] 

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

usually he [dislikes] [the] [snow] [very] [much] [,] [and] [doesn't] [go] [out] [in] [it] [any] [more] [than] [he] [has] [to] [.] 
1 usually 2 he

but this time the [snow] had [done] [unc] ['] [billy] a [good] [turn] , a very good turn , indeed . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 4 the
3 time 4 the
4 the 6 had
6 had 11 a
11 a 14 ,
14 , 15 a
15 a 16 very
16 very 17 good
16 very 18 turn
18 turn 19 ,
18 turn 20 indeed
20 indeed 21 .

once [out] [of] the [hen-house] , [unc] ['] [billy] [lost] [no] [time] in [starting] for the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 once 4 the
4 the 6 ,
6 , 13 in
13 in 15 for
15 for 16 the

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

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

of course [unc] ['] [billy] [sank] [into] it [almost] [up] to [his] [middle] [at] [every] [step] . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 8 it
8 it 11 to
11 to 17 .

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

now it never does to let one 's wits go to sleep . 
1 now 2 it
1 now 3 never
3 never 5 to
4 does 5 to
5 to 7 one
6 let 7 one
7 one 8 's
7 one 9 wits
8 's 9 wits
9 wits 10 go
9 wits 11 to
11 to 12 sleep
11 to 13 .

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

and [sleepy] [wits] [get] more [people] [into] [trouble] than [anything] [else] in the world . 
1 and 5 more
5 more 9 than
9 than 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 world
14 world 15 .

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

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

but [unc] ' [billy] ['s] [wits] [certainly] [were] [asleep] [.] 
1 but 3 '

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

what did he [forget] ? 
1 what 2 did
1 what 3 he
3 he 5 ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

his wits [were] [all] [wide] [awake] [now] . 
1 his 2 wits
2 wits 8 .

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

farmer [brown] 's boy [would] [see] [that] [he] [had] [gone] [back] , and then he [would] [hunt] that [hen-house] [through] until he found [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 then
14 then 15 he
15 he 18 that
18 that 22 he
21 until 22 he
22 he 23 found
23 found 27 .

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

" if [ah] [only] had [snowshoes] ! " [he] panted . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 5 had
5 had 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 10 panted
10 panted 11 .

" if [ah] [only] had [snowshoes] [like] [mrs] [grouse] . " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 5 had
5 had 10 .
10 . 11 "

[xxi] 

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

" there was an old [possum] [lived] up in a [tree] [;] [hi] , [ho] , see the chips fly ! 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 was
2 there 10 a
3 was 4 an
4 an 5 old
8 up 9 in
9 in 10 a
10 a 14 ,
14 , 16 ,
16 , 17 see
16 , 18 the
18 the 19 chips
19 chips 20 fly
20 fly 21 !

the sliest old thief that you ever did [see] [;] [hi] , [ho] [,] [see] the chips fly ! 
1 the 2 sliest
1 the 3 old
2 sliest 3 old
3 old 4 thief
4 thief 5 that
4 thief 6 you
6 you 7 ever
6 you 8 did
8 did 12 ,
12 , 16 the
16 the 17 chips
17 chips 18 fly
18 fly 19 !

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

farmer [brown] 's boy [sang] as he swung his keen axe , and the chips did fly . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
3 's 18 .
4 boy 6 as
6 as 7 he
6 as 8 swung
8 swung 9 his
8 swung 10 keen
9 his 10 keen
10 keen 12 ,
11 axe 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 the
14 the 15 chips
15 chips 17 fly
16 did 17 fly

they [flew] [out] on the white snow [in] [all] [directions] . 
1 they 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 6 white
6 white 7 snow
7 snow 11 .

and the [louder] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [sang] , the [faster] [the] [chips] [flew] [.] 
1 and 2 the
2 the 6 's
6 's 9 ,
9 , 10 the

he didn't have the least doubt about it , and that is why he sang as he made the chips fly . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 4 the
3 have 4 the
4 the 5 least
4 the 6 doubt
5 least 6 doubt
6 doubt 7 about
6 doubt 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 that
11 that 12 is
12 is 14 he
13 why 14 he
14 he 15 sang
14 he 16 as
16 as 17 he
16 as 18 made
18 made 19 the
18 made 20 chips
19 the 20 chips
20 chips 21 fly
20 chips 22 .

he had [tracked] [that] [possum] right up to that tree , and there were no tracks going away from it . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 21 .
6 right 8 to
7 up 8 to
8 to 9 that
8 to 10 tree
9 that 10 tree
10 tree 12 and
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 there
12 and 14 were
14 were 16 tracks
15 no 16 tracks
16 tracks 17 going
16 tracks 18 away
17 going 18 away
18 away 19 from
18 away 20 it
20 it 21 .

right up [near] the top [he] [could] [see] [a] [hollow] , just [such] a [hollow] [as] [a] [possum] [likes] [.] 
1 right 2 up
2 up 4 the
4 the 5 top
4 the 11 ,
11 , 12 just
12 just 14 a

all he had to do was to cut the tree down and split it open , and [mr] [possum] would be his [.] 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 had
2 he 4 to
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 do
4 to 6 was
5 do 6 was
6 was 7 to
6 was 8 cut
8 cut 9 the
9 the 10 tree
9 the 11 down
10 tree 11 down
11 down 12 and
11 down 13 split
12 and 13 split
13 split 14 it
14 it 15 open
14 it 16 ,
15 open 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 20 would
20 would 21 be
21 be 22 his

of course it was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [whose] [tracks] he had [followed] . 
1 of 3 it
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 14 .

he had seen them outside of the hen-house , just as [unc] ['] [billy] had been afraid that he would . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 15 had
2 had 4 them
3 seen 4 them
4 them 5 outside
5 outside 6 of
5 outside 7 the
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 hen-house
7 the 9 ,
9 , 10 just
10 just 11 as
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 afraid
17 afraid 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 would
20 would 21 .

he couldn't [very] [well] have helped it , [those] [tracks] [were] so [very] [plain] to be seen . 
1 he 2 couldn't
1 he 5 have
2 couldn't 5 have
5 have 6 helped
5 have 7 it
7 it 8 ,
8 , 12 so
12 so 15 to
15 to 16 be
16 be 17 seen
17 seen 18 .

that had been a long , hard , [anxious] [journey] [for] [unc] ' [billy] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] to the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 that 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 ,
6 , 7 hard
6 , 8 ,
8 , 13 '
13 ' 20 to
20 to 21 the

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

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

of course it wasn't his own hollow tree [,] where [old] [mrs] [possum] [and] the [eight] little [possums] [lived] [.] 
1 of 2 course
1 of 15 the
2 course 4 wasn't
3 it 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 5 his
4 wasn't 6 own
6 own 7 hollow
6 own 8 tree
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 10 where
15 the 17 little

he knew better than to go there , [leaving] a [plain] [track] [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to [follow] . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 better
2 knew 4 than
3 better 4 than
4 than 5 to
4 than 6 go
6 go 7 there
6 go 8 ,
7 there 8 ,
8 , 10 a
10 a 18 to
18 to 20 .

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

and , just as he had [feared] , there was [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 and 2 ,
1 and 3 just
3 just 5 he
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 had
5 he 15 .
8 , 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 15 .

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

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

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

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

[cra-a-ck] [!] 

with a great crash over it went ! 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 great
2 a 4 crash
4 crash 5 over
5 over 6 it
5 over 7 went
6 it 7 went
7 went 8 !

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

farmer [brown] 's boy [rapped] [on] [the] [tree] [with] [the] [handle] [of] [his] [axe] , but no one ran out . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
3 's 21 .
4 boy 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 no
17 no 18 one
18 one 19 ran
18 one 20 out

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

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

in the bottom of the hollow was an old nest of [chatterer] the [red] [squirrel] , and that was all . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 bottom
3 bottom 4 of
3 bottom 5 the
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 hollow
5 the 7 was
7 was 9 old
8 an 9 old
9 old 10 nest
9 old 11 of
10 nest 11 of
11 of 13 the
13 the 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 that
18 that 19 was
19 was 20 all
20 all 21 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [rubbed] [his] [eyes] and [stared] and stared and stared . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
3 's 8 and
8 and 10 and
10 and 11 stared
11 stared 13 stared
12 and 13 stared
13 stared 14 .

there were [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [tracks] [leading] [straight] [up] to that tree and none leading away [.] 
1 there 2 were
2 were 11 to
11 to 12 that
12 that 13 tree
13 tree 14 and
13 tree 15 none
15 none 17 away
16 leading 17 away

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

[xxii] 

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

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

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

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

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

" you certainly did , [unc] ' [billy] ! 
1 " 2 you
1 " 4 did
2 you 3 certainly
4 did 5 ,
5 , 7 '
7 ' 9 !

how did you do it ? " asked a voice right [over] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [head] . 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 asked
7 " 9 a
8 asked 9 a
9 a 10 voice
9 a 18 .
10 voice 11 right

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

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

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

" [ah] just [naturally] [expected] [ah] [was] [gwine] to [have] [visitors] , and so [ah] [prepared] a little [surprise] . 
1 " 3 just
3 just 9 to
9 to 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 so
14 so 20 .
17 a 18 little
18 little 20 .

yes , [sah] , [ah] [done] [prepare] a little [surprise] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 11 .

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

yes , [sah] , they [sho'ly] [was] ! 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 they
5 they 8 !

yes , [sah] , [ah] [done] [get] so [anxious] [ah] just [couldn't] [get] [any] [rest] [in] [mah] [mind] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 8 so
8 so 11 just

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

" so this is whar yo ' live , is it , [mistah] [possum] ? 
1 " 3 this
2 so 3 this
3 this 4 is
3 this 5 whar
4 is 5 whar
5 whar 6 yo
5 whar 7 '
6 yo 7 '
7 ' 8 live
7 ' 9 ,
8 live 9 ,
9 , 10 is
9 , 11 it
11 it 12 ,
12 , 15 ?

ah [reckon] [bowser] [and] [ah] 'll [make] [yo] ['] [a] [call] [to-morrow] [.] ["] 
1 ah 6 'll

" [when] [i] [heard] him say that [,] [ah] [felt] [right] [bad] . 
1 " 5 him
5 him 13 .
6 say 7 that
7 that 13 .

yes , [sah] , [ah] [sho'ly] did [feel] [right] [smart] [bad] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 7 did

ah [studied] [and] [ah] [studied] how [ah] [was] [gwine] [to] [fool] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [bowser] the [hound] [.] 
1 ah 6 how
6 how 18 the

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

" [so] [po] ' [ol] ' [unc] ' [billy] [sat] [studying] [and] [studying] [and] [getting] [mo] ' [and] [mo] ' [troubled] [in] [his] [mind] . 
1 " 4 '
4 ' 6 '
6 ' 8 '
8 ' 17 '
17 ' 20 '
20 ' 25 .

[ah] [didn't] [waste] [no] [mo] ['] [time] [studying] [.] 

no , [sah] , [ah] [just] [moved] [right] away , and here [ah] am [.] ["] 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 9 away
9 away 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 here
12 here 14 am

" and you didn't [leave] [any] [tracks] , and you didn't have any [wings] , " said [tommy] [tit] the [chickadee] [.] 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 you
2 and 8 ,
3 you 4 didn't
8 , 9 and
8 , 15 ,
9 and 10 you
10 you 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 have
12 have 13 any
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 20 the

" [dee] , dee , dee ! " laughed [tommy] [tit] [merrily] [.] 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 5 ,
4 dee 5 ,
5 , 6 dee
5 , 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 laughed

" be [patient] , [unc] ' [billy] , and [perhaps] you will . " 
1 " 2 be
2 be 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 you
11 you 12 will
12 will 13 .
13 . 14 "

[xxiii] 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

farmer [brown] 's boy called it barking , but it was [happy] [jack] ['s] [way] of [shouting] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 5 called
4 boy 5 called
5 called 6 it
5 called 7 barking
7 barking 8 ,
7 barking 9 but
9 but 10 it
9 but 11 was
10 it 11 was
11 was 16 of

" [i] [love] to [romp] ! 
1 " 4 to
4 to 6 !

i love to play [!] 
1 i 2 love
1 i 3 to
3 to 4 play

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

i [love] the [snow] , so [soft] and [white] [!] 
1 i 3 the
3 the 5 ,
5 , 6 so
6 so 8 and

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

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

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

" that 's one of the old [storehouses] of [my] [cousin] , [chatterer] the [red] [squirrel] ! 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 one
3 's 9 of
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 old
9 of 12 ,
12 , 14 the
14 the 17 !

i 've got [an] [old] [storehouse] near here , and [i] [guess] [i] ['ll] [see] if [i] have left any nuts in it . ["] 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 got
3 got 24 .
7 near 8 here
8 here 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 16 if
16 if 18 have
18 have 19 left
18 have 20 any
20 any 21 nuts
20 any 22 in
22 in 23 it
23 it 24 .

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

he [scampered] up the tree [as] [only] [happy] [jack] [can] and [whisked] in at the [open] doorway of the hollow . 
1 he 3 up
3 up 4 the
4 the 5 tree
5 tree 11 and
11 and 13 in
13 in 15 the
14 at 15 the
15 the 17 doorway
17 doorway 18 of
18 of 19 the
18 of 20 hollow
20 hollow 21 .

happy [jack] [was] [so] [surprised] that he didn't know what to do for a second . 
1 happy 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 know
9 know 10 what
10 what 11 to
11 to 12 do
12 do 13 for
13 for 14 a
14 a 15 second
15 second 16 .

happy [jack] [was] [so] [frightened] that he [scrambled] [out] as fast as he could . 
1 happy 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 10 as
10 as 11 fast
11 fast 12 as
12 as 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 .

he could hear a very angry voice inside , and in a minute who should appear at the doorway [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 could
1 he 3 hear
3 hear 5 very
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 angry
5 very 7 voice
7 voice 8 inside
7 voice 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 in
10 and 12 a
11 in 12 a
12 a 14 who
13 minute 14 who
14 who 15 should
14 who 16 appear
16 appear 18 the
17 at 18 the
18 the 19 doorway
19 doorway 25 .

unc ' [billy] [had] [been] [waked] [out] [of] [a] [sound] [sleep] [,] [and] [that] was [enough] [to] [make] [any] one [cross] [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 15 was
15 was 20 one

besides , he had been [badly] [frightened] , and that made him [crosser] still [.] 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 that
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 him
12 him 14 still

" what do you mean by [stealing] [into] [other] [folk] 's [houses] ? " demanded [happy] [jack] [,] [just] [as] [angrily] . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 11 's
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 6 by
11 's 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 demanded
15 demanded 22 .

[xxiv] 

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

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

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

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

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

and [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] sat in the doorway of the [hollow] tree and [showed] his [teeth] [to] [happy] [jack] and said [unpleasant] [things] [.] 
1 and 6 sat
6 sat 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 doorway
8 the 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 13 tree
11 the 14 and
14 and 16 his
16 his 21 and
21 and 22 said

it really was very dreadful [the] [way] [those] [two] [did] [talk] . 
1 it 2 really
2 really 3 was
3 was 12 .
4 very 5 dreadful
5 dreadful 12 .

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

" [ho] , ho , ho ! 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 5 ,
4 ho 5 ,
5 , 6 ho
6 ho 7 !

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

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

" what are you doing in my [storehouse] , [unc] ' [billy] ? " asked [happy] [jack] , [when] he could [stop] [laughing] . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 3 are
3 are 4 you
3 are 6 in
4 you 5 doing
6 in 7 my
7 my 9 ,
9 , 11 '
9 , 20 he
11 ' 14 "
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 asked
15 asked 18 ,
20 he 21 could
21 could 24 .

happy [jack] [put] [his] [head] [on] [one] [side] and [thought] [very] [hard] [.] 
1 happy 9 and

" why don't you stay right here until the snow goes , [unc] ['] [billy] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 you
3 don't 16 ?
4 you 5 stay
4 you 6 right
6 right 7 here
6 right 8 until
7 here 8 until
8 until 10 snow
9 the 10 snow
10 snow 11 goes
11 goes 12 ,
16 ? 17 "
17 " 18 he
18 he 19 asked
19 asked 20 .

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

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

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

" you [better] stay right where you are , and [i] ['ll] [go] [tell] [old] [mrs] [possum] where you are . " 
1 " 2 you
1 " 8 are
2 you 4 stay
4 stay 5 right
6 where 7 you
7 you 8 are
8 are 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 18 where
18 where 19 you
19 you 20 are
20 are 21 .
21 . 22 "

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

[thank] [yo] ['] [!] 

that is very kind of yo ' , [brer] [squirrel] [.] 
1 that 3 very
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 kind
4 kind 5 of
5 of 7 '
6 yo 7 '
7 ' 8 ,

that will be a great help , fo ' it will lift a great load off mah mind , " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 that 2 will
2 will 3 be
3 be 4 a
4 a 5 great
4 a 6 help
6 help 7 ,
6 help 8 fo
8 fo 9 '
8 fo 10 it
10 it 12 lift
11 will 12 lift
12 lift 13 a
12 lift 14 great
14 great 15 load
14 great 16 off
15 load 16 off
16 off 18 mind
17 mah 18 mind
18 mind 19 ,
18 mind 20 "
20 " 21 said
21 said 23 '

" to [get] [yourself] [in] [trouble] [is] a very [easy] thing . 
1 " 2 to
2 to 8 a
8 a 9 very
9 very 11 thing
11 thing 12 .

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

but getting out of trouble 's always quite the other way [the] [more] [you] [try] [to] [wriggle] [out] , the longer you must stay . " 
1 but 2 getting
2 getting 3 out
2 getting 4 of
3 out 4 of
4 of 5 trouble
4 of 6 's
6 's 7 always
6 's 8 quite
7 always 8 quite
8 quite 9 the
8 quite 10 other
10 other 11 way
11 way 19 ,
19 , 26 "
20 the 22 you
21 longer 22 you
22 you 23 must
22 you 24 stay
24 stay 25 .
25 . 26 "

[xxv] 

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

he [found] [old] [mrs] [possum] [very] [much] [worried] [and] [very] [much] out of sorts . 
1 he 12 out
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 sorts
14 sorts 15 .

you [see] [unc] ['] [billy] had [been] [gone] a long time for him , and she didn't know what had become of him . 
1 you 6 had
6 had 9 a
9 a 10 long
10 long 12 for
11 time 12 for
12 for 14 ,
13 him 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 she
16 she 17 didn't
17 didn't 18 know
18 know 24 .
19 what 20 had
20 had 21 become
21 become 22 of
22 of 23 him
23 him 24 .

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

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

happy [jack] [chuckled] as he started [back] to [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 happy 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 started
5 he 8 to
8 to 14 .

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

he knew [that] [unc] ' [billy] [would] know that she didn't mean it . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 14 .
5 ' 8 know
8 know 10 she
9 that 10 she
10 she 11 didn't
10 she 12 mean
11 didn't 12 mean
12 mean 13 it
13 it 14 .

then all of a [sudden] [happy] [jack] [thought] of a [way] [for] [unc] ['] [billy] to get [home] [without] [waiting] [until] [the] [snow] melted away . 
1 then 3 of
2 all 3 of
3 of 4 a
4 a 9 of
9 of 10 a
10 a 16 to
16 to 17 get
17 get 26 .
24 melted 25 away
25 away 26 .

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

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

why , a [tiny] little [snowflake] [that] [hit] [happy] [jack] [right] on the end of his [nose] ! 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 a
3 a 5 little
5 little 12 on
12 on 13 the
13 the 14 end
14 end 15 of
15 of 16 his
16 his 18 !

yes , [sir] , it was that tiny [little] [snowflake] that [gave] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [his] [bright] [idea] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
5 it 11 that
6 was 7 that
7 that 8 tiny
11 that 19 .

he hurried back to the [hollow] tree where [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [hiding] and [scrambled] up to the doorway . 
1 he 2 hurried
1 he 3 back
3 back 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 7 tree
5 the 14 and
7 tree 8 where
14 and 16 up
16 up 18 the
17 to 18 the
18 the 19 doorway
19 doorway 20 .

" hello , [unc] ' [billy] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
3 , 5 '
5 ' 7 !

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

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

" what 's that yo ' say , [brer] [squirrel] ? " he said . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 4 that
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 yo
4 that 6 '
5 yo 6 '
6 ' 7 say
6 ' 8 ,
8 , 13 he
11 ? 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 said
14 said 15 .

" just look up in the sky , [unc] ' [billy] ! " [said] [happy] [jack] [.] 
1 " 2 just
1 " 3 look
3 look 13 "
4 up 5 in
4 up 6 the
6 the 7 sky
6 the 8 ,
8 , 10 '
10 ' 12 !
12 ! 13 "

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

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

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

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

" ah don ' see anything but mo ' snow , [and] yo ' know [ah] [don] ['] [like] [snow] ! " he said . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 21 !
2 ah 4 '
3 don 4 '
4 ' 5 see
4 ' 6 anything
6 anything 7 but
6 anything 8 mo
7 but 8 mo
8 mo 9 '
8 mo 10 snow
10 snow 11 ,
11 , 13 yo
13 yo 14 '
14 ' 15 know
21 ! 22 "
22 " 23 he
23 he 24 said
24 said 25 .

" [what] yo ' [driving] at , [brer] [squirrel] [?] " 
1 " 3 yo
1 " 4 '
4 ' 6 at
6 at 7 ,
7 , 11 "

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

" why , it 's just as simple as can be , [unc] ' [billy] ! " he cried . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 's
5 's 6 just
6 just 7 as
7 as 8 simple
7 as 9 as
9 as 11 be
10 can 11 be
11 be 12 ,
12 , 14 '
14 ' 16 !
16 ! 17 "
17 " 18 he
18 he 19 cried
19 cried 20 .

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

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

the [snowflakes] [will] [have] [covered] [them] [all] [up] [.] " 
1 the 10 "

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

" ah believe yo ' are right , [brer] [squirrel] , [ah] believe yo ' are right ! " said [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 4 yo
3 believe 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 16 are
5 ' 6 are
5 ' 7 right
7 right 8 ,
8 , 11 ,
13 believe 14 yo
14 yo 15 '
15 ' 16 are
16 are 18 !
17 right 18 !
18 ! 20 said
19 " 20 said
20 said 22 '

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [learned] [how] [easy] it is to get into trouble and [how] hard to get out of it . 
1 so 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 to
11 to 12 get
12 get 13 into
13 into 14 trouble
13 into 23 .
15 and 21 of
17 hard 18 to
18 to 19 get
19 get 20 out
20 out 21 of
21 of 22 it
22 it 23 .

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

just [ask] [unc] ' [billy] ['s] [particular] [friend] [,] [mistah] [mocker] [the] [mocking] [bird] [.] 
1 just 4 '

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