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[the] [adventures] [of] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] 

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

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

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[contents] 

[chapter] 

i [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [puzzled] [ii] . 
1 i 7 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [consults] [his] [friends] [iii] [.] 

[the] [hunt] [for] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [iv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [finds] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] [v] [old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [music] [bag] [vi] [.] 

[peter] [discovers] [something] [more] [vii] [.] 

a [shadow] [passes] [over] [the] [smiling] [pool] [viii] . 
1 a 9 .

[old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [babies] [ix] [.] 

[the] [smiling] [pool] [kindergarten] [x] [the] [little] [toads] [start] [out] [to] [see] [the] [world] [xi] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [queer] [tongue] [xii] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [shows] [his] [tongue] [xiii] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [is] [impolite] [xiv] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [disappears] [xv] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [gives] [peter] [a] [scare] [xvi] [.] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [surprised] [xvii] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [mistake] [xviii] [.] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [just] [in] [time] [xix] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [gets] [his] [stomach] [full] [xx] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [is] [puffed] [up] [xxi] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [receives] [another] [invitation] [xxii] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [learns] [a] [lesson] [xxiii] [.] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [is] [very] [humble] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

["] [can] [you] [tell] [me] [where] [all] [these] [little] [toads] [came] [from] [?] ["] 

["] [do] [you] [see] [anything] [queer] [about] [him] [?] ["] 

[he] [asked] ["] [if] [he] [don't] [watch] [out] [,] [he'll] [blow] [up] [and] [bust] [!] ["] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] 

[i] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [puzzled] 

old [mother] [west] [wind] almost sighed as she watched them for a few minutes . 
1 old 5 almost
5 almost 6 sighed
6 sighed 7 as
7 as 8 she
8 she 9 watched
9 watched 10 them
10 them 11 for
11 for 12 a
12 a 13 few
13 few 14 minutes
14 minutes 15 .

she felt that she would like to join them . 
1 she 2 felt
2 felt 3 that
3 that 4 she
4 she 5 would
5 would 6 like
6 like 7 to
7 to 8 join
8 join 9 them
9 them 10 .

always the springtime made her feel this way , young , mad , carefree , and happy . 
1 always 2 the
2 the 3 springtime
3 springtime 4 made
4 made 5 her
5 her 6 feel
6 feel 7 this
7 this 8 way
8 way 9 ,
9 , 10 young
10 young 11 ,
11 , 12 mad
12 mad 13 ,
13 , 14 carefree
14 carefree 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 happy
17 happy 18 .

but she had work to do . 
1 but 2 she
2 she 3 had
3 had 4 work
4 work 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 .

so she puffed her cheeks out and started about her business . 
1 so 2 she
2 she 3 puffed
3 puffed 4 her
4 her 5 cheeks
5 cheeks 6 out
6 out 7 and
7 and 8 started
8 started 9 about
9 about 10 her
10 her 11 business
11 business 12 .

jimmy [skunk] sat at the top of the hill that overlooks [the] [green] [meadows] and watched her out of sight . 
1 jimmy 3 sat
3 sat 4 at
4 at 5 the
5 the 6 top
6 top 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 hill
9 hill 10 that
10 that 11 overlooks
11 overlooks 15 and
15 and 16 watched
16 watched 17 her
17 her 18 out
18 out 19 of
19 of 20 sight
20 sight 21 .

then he started to amble down [the] [lone] [little] [path] to look for some beetles . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 to
4 to 5 amble
5 amble 6 down
6 down 11 to
11 to 12 look
12 look 13 for
13 for 14 some
14 some 15 beetles
15 beetles 16 .

of course he turned to see who it was , and he was greatly surprised when he discovered [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 turned
4 turned 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 who
7 who 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 greatly
14 greatly 15 surprised
15 surprised 16 when
16 when 17 he
17 he 18 discovered
18 discovered 22 .

yes , [sir] [,] it was [old] [mr] [toad] , and he seemed in a great hurry . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 seemed
13 seemed 14 in
14 in 15 a
15 a 16 great
16 great 17 hurry
17 hurry 18 .

now it is a very unusual thing for [mr] [toad] to hurry , very unusual indeed . 
1 now 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 a
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 unusual
6 unusual 7 thing
7 thing 8 for
8 for 11 to
11 to 12 hurry
12 hurry 13 ,
13 , 14 very
14 very 15 unusual
15 unusual 16 indeed
16 indeed 17 .

as a rule he hops a few steps and then sits down to think it over . 
1 as 2 a
2 a 3 rule
3 rule 4 he
4 he 5 hops
5 hops 6 a
6 a 7 few
7 few 8 steps
8 steps 9 and
9 and 10 then
10 then 11 sits
11 sits 12 down
12 down 13 to
13 to 14 think
14 think 15 it
15 it 16 over
16 over 17 .

of course the first thing [jimmy] thought of [was] [mr] [blacksnake] , and he looked for him . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 the
3 the 4 first
4 first 5 thing
5 thing 7 thought
7 thought 8 of
8 of 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 looked
15 looked 16 for
16 for 17 him
17 him 18 .

but there was no sign of [mr] [blacksnake] nor of any other danger . 
1 but 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 no
4 no 5 sign
5 sign 6 of
6 of 9 nor
9 nor 10 of
10 of 11 any
11 any 12 other
12 other 13 danger
13 danger 14 .

old [mr] [toad] didn't say a word , but simply tried to get past [jimmy] and keep on his way . 
1 old 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 say
5 say 6 a
6 a 7 word
7 word 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 simply
10 simply 11 tried
11 tried 12 to
12 to 13 get
13 get 14 past
14 past 16 and
16 and 17 keep
17 keep 18 on
18 on 19 his
19 his 20 way
20 way 21 .

" [i] [i] beg your pardon . 
1 " 4 beg
4 beg 5 your
5 your 6 pardon
6 pardon 7 .

i didn't have any breath to spare , " panted [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 any
4 any 5 breath
5 breath 6 to
6 to 7 spare
7 spare 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 panted
10 panted 14 .

" you see [i] 'm in a great hurry . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 see
3 see 5 'm
5 'm 6 in
6 in 7 a
7 a 8 great
8 great 9 hurry
9 hurry 10 .
10 . 11 "

" yes , [i] see , " replied [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 5 see
5 see 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 replied
8 replied 10 .

" but don't you know that it isn't good for the health to hurry so ? 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 don't
3 don't 4 you
4 you 5 know
5 know 6 that
6 that 7 it
7 it 8 isn't
8 isn't 9 good
9 good 10 for
10 for 11 the
11 the 12 health
12 health 13 to
13 to 14 hurry
14 hurry 15 so
15 so 16 ?

now , pray , what are you in such a hurry for ? 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 pray
3 pray 4 ,
4 , 5 what
5 what 6 are
6 are 7 you
7 you 8 in
8 in 9 such
9 such 10 a
10 a 11 hurry
11 hurry 12 for
12 for 13 ?

i don't see anything to run away from . " 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 see
3 see 4 anything
4 anything 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 away
7 away 8 from
8 from 9 .
9 . 10 "

" [i] 'm not running away , " retorted [old] [mr] [toad] indignantly . 
1 " 3 'm
3 'm 4 not
4 not 5 running
5 running 6 away
6 away 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 retorted
9 retorted 13 indignantly
13 indignantly 14 .

" [i] 've business to attend [to] at [the] [smiling] [pool] , and [i] 'm late as it is . " 
1 " 3 've
3 've 4 business
4 business 5 to
5 to 6 attend
6 attend 8 at
8 at 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 'm
15 'm 16 late
16 late 17 as
17 as 18 it
18 it 19 is
19 is 20 .
20 . 21 "

" business ! " exclaimed [jimmy] [as] if he could hardly believe his ears . 
1 " 2 business
2 business 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 8 if
8 if 9 he
9 he 10 could
10 could 11 hardly
11 hardly 12 believe
12 believe 13 his
13 his 14 ears
14 ears 15 .

" what business have you at [the] [smiling] [pool] ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 business
3 business 4 have
4 have 5 you
5 you 6 at
6 at 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

" that is my own affair , " retorted [old] [mr] [toad] , " but if you really want to know , [i] 'll tell you . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 my
4 my 5 own
5 own 6 affair
6 affair 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 retorted
9 retorted 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 but
15 but 16 if
16 if 17 you
17 you 18 really
18 really 19 want
19 want 20 to
20 to 21 know
21 know 22 ,
22 , 24 'll
24 'll 25 tell
25 tell 26 you
26 you 27 .

i have a very important part in the spring chorus , and [i] 'm going down there to sing . 
1 i 2 have
2 have 3 a
3 a 4 very
4 very 5 important
5 important 6 part
6 part 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 spring
9 spring 10 chorus
10 chorus 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 'm
14 'm 15 going
15 going 16 down
16 down 17 there
17 there 18 to
18 to 19 sing
19 sing 20 .

i have a very beautiful voice . " 
1 i 2 have
2 have 3 a
3 a 4 very
4 very 5 beautiful
5 beautiful 6 voice
6 voice 7 .
7 . 8 "

that was too much for [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 much
4 much 5 for
5 for 8 .

he just lay down and rolled over and over with laughter . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 lay
3 lay 4 down
4 down 5 and
5 and 6 rolled
6 rolled 7 over
7 over 8 and
8 and 9 over
9 over 10 with
10 with 11 laughter
11 laughter 12 .

the idea of any one so homely , almost ugly-looking , as [mr] [toad] thinking that he had a beautiful voice ! 
1 the 2 idea
2 idea 3 of
3 of 4 any
4 any 5 one
5 one 6 so
6 so 7 homely
7 homely 8 ,
8 , 9 almost
9 almost 10 ugly-looking
10 ugly-looking 11 ,
11 , 12 as
12 as 15 thinking
15 thinking 16 that
16 that 17 he
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 a
19 a 20 beautiful
20 beautiful 21 voice
21 voice 22 !

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

ho , ho , ho ! " roared [jimmy] . 
1 ho 2 ,
2 , 3 ho
3 ho 4 ,
4 , 5 ho
5 ho 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 roared
8 roared 10 .

when at last he stopped because he couldn't laugh any more , he [discovered] that [old] [mr] [toad] was on his way again . 
1 when 2 at
2 at 3 last
3 last 4 he
4 he 5 stopped
5 stopped 6 because
6 because 7 he
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 laugh
9 laugh 10 any
10 any 11 more
11 more 12 ,
12 , 13 he
13 he 15 that
15 that 19 was
19 was 20 on
20 on 21 his
21 his 22 way
22 way 23 again
23 again 24 .

hop , hop , hipperty-hop , hop , hop , hipperty-hop went [mr] [toad] . 
1 hop 2 ,
2 , 3 hop
3 hop 4 ,
4 , 5 hipperty-hop
5 hipperty-hop 6 ,
6 , 7 hop
7 hop 8 ,
8 , 9 hop
9 hop 10 ,
10 , 11 hipperty-hop
11 hipperty-hop 12 went
12 went 15 .

jimmy watched him , and he confessed that he was puzzled . 
1 jimmy 2 watched
2 watched 3 him
3 him 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 he
6 he 7 confessed
7 confessed 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 puzzled
11 puzzled 12 .

[ii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [consults] [his] [friends] 

he certainly was puzzled , was [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 he 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 puzzled
4 puzzled 5 ,
5 , 6 was
6 was 9 .

the truth is , [jimmy] didn't believe it . 
1 the 2 truth
2 truth 3 is
3 is 4 ,
4 , 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 believe
7 believe 8 it
8 it 9 .

he thought that [old] [mr] [toad] was trying to fool him . 
1 he 2 thought
2 thought 3 that
3 that 7 was
7 was 8 trying
8 trying 9 to
9 to 10 fool
10 fool 11 him
11 him 12 .

presently [peter] [rabbit] came along . 
1 presently 4 came
4 came 5 along
5 along 6 .

he found [jimmy] [skunk] sitting in a brown study . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 5 sitting
5 sitting 6 in
6 in 7 a
7 a 8 brown
8 brown 9 study
9 study 10 .

" hello , old [striped-coat] , what have you got on your mind this fine morning ? " cried [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
3 , 4 old
4 old 6 ,
6 , 7 what
7 what 8 have
8 have 9 you
9 you 10 got
10 got 11 on
11 on 12 your
12 your 13 mind
13 mind 14 this
14 this 15 fine
15 fine 16 morning
16 morning 17 ?
17 ? 18 "
18 " 19 cried
19 cried 22 .

" him , " said [jimmy] simply , pointing down the [lone] [little] [path] . 
1 " 2 him
2 him 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 7 simply
7 simply 8 ,
8 , 9 pointing
9 pointing 10 down
10 down 11 the
11 the 15 .

peter looked . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 .

" do you mean [old] [mr] [toad] ! " he asked . 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 mean
4 mean 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 asked
11 asked 12 .

jimmy nodded . 
1 jimmy 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

" do you see anything queer about him ? " he asked in his turn . 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 see
4 see 5 anything
5 anything 6 queer
6 queer 7 about
7 about 8 him
8 him 9 ?
9 ? 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 asked
12 asked 13 in
13 in 14 his
14 his 15 turn
15 turn 16 .

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [do] [you] [see] [anything] [queer] [about] [him] [?] ["] [he] [asked] [.] []] 

peter stared down the [lone] [little] [path] . 
1 peter 2 stared
2 stared 3 down
3 down 4 the
4 the 8 .

" no , " he replied , " except that he seems in a great hurry . " 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 replied
6 replied 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 except
9 except 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 seems
12 seems 13 in
13 in 14 a
14 a 15 great
15 great 16 hurry
16 hurry 17 .
17 . 18 "

" that 's just it , " [jimmy] returned promptly . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 just
4 just 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 9 returned
9 returned 10 promptly
10 promptly 11 .

" did you ever see him hurry unless he was frightened ? " 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 ever
4 ever 5 see
5 see 6 him
6 him 7 hurry
7 hurry 8 unless
8 unless 9 he
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 frightened
11 frightened 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

peter confessed that he never had . 
1 peter 2 confessed
2 confessed 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 never
5 never 6 had
6 had 7 .

" well , he isn't frightened now , yet just look at him go , " retorted [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 isn't
5 isn't 6 frightened
6 frightened 7 now
7 now 8 ,
8 , 9 yet
9 yet 10 just
10 just 11 look
11 look 12 at
12 at 13 him
13 him 14 go
14 go 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 retorted
17 retorted 19 .

peter looked very hard [at] [jimmy] to see if he was fooling or telling the truth . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 very
3 very 4 hard
4 hard 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 9 if
9 if 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 fooling
12 fooling 13 or
13 or 14 telling
14 telling 15 the
15 the 16 truth
16 truth 17 .

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

" old [mr] . toad sing ! 
1 " 2 old
2 old 4 .
4 . 5 toad
5 toad 6 sing
6 sing 7 !

the very idea ! " he cried . 
1 the 2 very
2 very 3 idea
3 idea 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 he
6 he 7 cried
7 cried 8 .

" he can sing about as much [as] [i] can , and that is not at all . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 can
3 can 4 sing
4 sing 5 about
5 about 6 as
6 as 7 much
7 much 10 can
10 can 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 that
13 that 14 is
14 is 15 not
15 not 16 at
16 at 17 all
17 all 18 .
18 . 19 "

jimmy grinned . 
1 jimmy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 .

" [i] think he 's crazy , if you ask me , " said he . 
1 " 3 think
3 think 4 he
4 he 5 's
5 's 6 crazy
6 crazy 7 ,
7 , 8 if
8 if 9 you
9 you 10 ask
10 ask 11 me
11 me 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
15 he 16 .

" and yet he was just as earnest about it as if it were really so . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 yet
3 yet 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 just
6 just 7 as
7 as 8 earnest
8 earnest 9 about
9 about 10 it
10 it 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 it
13 it 14 were
14 were 15 really
15 really 16 so
16 so 17 .

i think he must have eaten something that has gone to his head . 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 he
3 he 4 must
4 must 5 have
5 have 6 eaten
6 eaten 7 something
7 something 8 that
8 that 9 has
9 has 10 gone
10 gone 11 to
11 to 12 his
12 his 13 head
13 head 14 .

there 's [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [over] [there] . 
1 there 2 's
2 's 4 '
4 ' 9 .

let's ask him what he thinks . " 
1 let's 2 ask
2 ask 3 him
3 him 4 what
4 what 5 he
5 he 6 thinks
6 thinks 7 .
7 . 8 "

so [jimmy] and [peter] joined [unc] ['] [billy] , and [jimmy] told the story about [old] [mr] [toad] all over again . 
1 so 3 and
3 and 5 joined
5 joined 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 told
12 told 13 the
13 the 14 story
14 story 15 about
15 about 19 all
19 all 20 over
20 over 21 again
21 again 22 .

unc ' [billy] chuckled [and] laughed just as they had at the idea of [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] saying he had a beautiful voice . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 4 chuckled
4 chuckled 6 laughed
6 laughed 7 just
7 just 8 as
8 as 9 they
9 they 10 had
10 had 11 at
11 at 12 the
12 the 13 idea
13 idea 14 of
14 of 19 saying
19 saying 20 he
20 he 21 had
21 had 22 a
22 a 23 beautiful
23 beautiful 24 voice
24 voice 25 .

but [unc] ' [billy] has a shrewd little head on his shoulders . 
1 but 3 '
3 ' 5 has
5 has 6 a
6 a 7 shrewd
7 shrewd 8 little
8 little 9 head
9 head 10 on
10 on 11 his
11 his 12 shoulders
12 shoulders 13 .

after a few minutes he stopped laughing . 
1 after 2 a
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
4 minutes 5 he
5 he 6 stopped
6 stopped 7 laughing
7 laughing 8 .

" [we-uns] done think of [brer] [toad] as ugly-lookin ' fo ' so long that we-uns may have overlooked something . 
1 " 3 done
3 done 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 8 as
8 as 9 ugly-lookin
9 ugly-lookin 10 '
10 ' 11 fo
11 fo 12 '
12 ' 13 so
13 so 14 long
14 long 15 that
15 that 16 we-uns
16 we-uns 17 may
17 may 18 have
18 have 19 overlooked
19 overlooked 20 something
20 something 21 .

ah don ' reckon [brer] [toad] can sing , but [ah] ' lows that perhaps he thinks he can . 
1 ah 2 don
2 don 3 '
3 ' 4 reckon
4 reckon 7 can
7 can 8 sing
8 sing 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 12 '
12 ' 13 lows
13 lows 14 that
14 that 15 perhaps
15 perhaps 16 he
16 he 17 thinks
17 thinks 18 he
18 he 19 can
19 can 20 .

what do you-alls say to we-uns going down to the [smiling] [pool] [and] finding out what he really is up to ? " 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you-alls
3 you-alls 4 say
4 say 5 to
5 to 6 we-uns
6 we-uns 7 going
7 going 8 down
8 down 9 to
9 to 10 the
10 the 14 finding
14 finding 15 out
15 out 16 what
16 what 17 he
17 he 18 really
18 really 19 is
19 is 20 up
20 up 21 to
21 to 22 ?
22 ? 23 "

" the very thing ! " cried [peter] , kicking up his heels . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 cried
7 cried 9 ,
9 , 10 kicking
10 kicking 11 up
11 up 12 his
12 his 13 heels
13 heels 14 .

you know [peter] is always ready to go anywhere or do anything that will satisfy his curiosity . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 4 is
4 is 5 always
5 always 6 ready
6 ready 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 anywhere
9 anywhere 10 or
10 or 11 do
11 do 12 anything
12 anything 13 that
13 that 14 will
14 will 15 satisfy
15 satisfy 16 his
16 his 17 curiosity
17 curiosity 18 .

[iii] 

[the] [hunt] [for] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] 

you see he cannot make long jumps like his cousin , [grandfather] [frog] [,] but only little short hops . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 cannot
4 cannot 5 make
5 make 6 long
6 long 7 jumps
7 jumps 8 like
8 like 9 his
9 his 10 cousin
10 cousin 11 ,
11 , 15 but
15 but 16 only
16 only 17 little
17 little 18 short
18 short 19 hops
19 hops 20 .

so [peter] and [jimmy] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] took their time about following him . 
1 so 3 and
3 and 9 took
9 took 10 their
10 their 11 time
11 time 12 about
12 about 13 following
13 following 14 him
14 him 15 .

they stopped to hunt for fat beetles for [jimmy] [skunk] , and at every little patch of sweet clover for [peter] [rabbit] to help himself . 
1 they 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 to
3 to 4 hunt
4 hunt 5 for
5 for 6 fat
6 fat 7 beetles
7 beetles 8 for
8 for 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 at
13 at 14 every
14 every 15 little
15 little 16 patch
16 patch 17 of
17 of 18 sweet
18 sweet 19 clover
19 clover 20 for
20 for 23 to
23 to 24 help
24 help 25 himself
25 himself 26 .

he didn't find the nest for the very good reason that [carol] hadn't built one yet . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 find
3 find 4 the
4 the 5 nest
5 nest 6 for
6 for 7 the
7 the 8 very
8 very 9 good
9 good 10 reason
10 reason 11 that
11 that 13 hadn't
13 hadn't 14 built
14 built 15 one
15 one 16 yet
16 yet 17 .

peter was secretly glad . 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 secretly
3 secretly 4 glad
4 glad 5 .

you know he doesn't eat eggs , and he is always sorry for his feathered friends when their eggs are stolen . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
3 he 4 doesn't
4 doesn't 5 eat
5 eat 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 is
10 is 11 always
11 always 12 sorry
12 sorry 13 for
13 for 14 his
14 his 15 feathered
15 feathered 16 friends
16 friends 17 when
17 when 18 their
18 their 19 eggs
19 eggs 20 are
20 are 21 stolen
21 stolen 22 .

when at last they started on again , [old] [mr] [toad] was out of sight . 
1 when 2 at
2 at 3 last
3 last 4 they
4 they 5 started
5 started 6 on
6 on 7 again
7 again 8 ,
8 , 12 was
12 was 13 out
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 sight
15 sight 16 .

you see all the time he had kept right on going , hop , hop , hipperty-hop . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 time
5 time 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 kept
8 kept 9 right
9 right 10 on
10 on 11 going
11 going 12 ,
12 , 13 hop
13 hop 14 ,
14 , 15 hop
15 hop 16 ,
16 , 17 hipperty-hop
17 hipperty-hop 18 .

" never mind , " said [peter] , " we can catch up with him easy enough , he 's such a slow-poke . " 
1 " 2 never
2 never 3 mind
3 mind 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 we
10 we 11 can
11 can 12 catch
12 catch 13 up
13 up 14 with
14 with 15 him
15 him 16 easy
16 easy 17 enough
17 enough 18 ,
18 , 19 he
19 he 20 's
20 's 21 such
21 such 22 a
22 a 23 slow-poke
23 slow-poke 24 .
24 . 25 "

so it was [with] [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 8 .

" do you suppose he hid somewhere , and we passed him ? " asked [peter] . 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 suppose
4 suppose 5 he
5 he 6 hid
6 hid 7 somewhere
7 somewhere 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 we
10 we 11 passed
11 passed 12 him
12 him 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 asked
15 asked 17 .

unc ' [billy] shook his head . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 4 shook
4 shook 5 his
5 his 6 head
6 head 7 .

" ah don ' reckon so , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 don
3 don 4 '
4 ' 5 reckon
5 reckon 6 so
6 so 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 he
10 he 11 .

" [we-uns] done been foolin ' away our time , an ' [brer] [toad] done stole a march on us . 
1 " 3 done
3 done 4 been
4 been 5 foolin
5 foolin 6 '
6 ' 7 away
7 away 8 our
8 our 9 time
9 time 10 ,
10 , 11 an
11 an 12 '
12 ' 15 done
15 done 16 stole
16 stole 17 a
17 a 18 march
18 march 19 on
19 on 20 us
20 us 21 .

ah reckons we-uns will find him sittin ' on the bank here somewhere . " 
1 ah 2 reckons
2 reckons 3 we-uns
3 we-uns 4 will
4 will 5 find
5 find 6 him
6 him 7 sittin
7 sittin 8 '
8 ' 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 bank
11 bank 12 here
12 here 13 somewhere
13 somewhere 14 .
14 . 15 "

so right away the three separated to look for [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 so 2 right
2 right 3 away
3 away 4 the
4 the 5 three
5 three 6 separated
6 separated 7 to
7 to 8 look
8 look 9 for
9 for 13 .

all along the bank of the [smiling] [pool] they looked . 
1 all 2 along
2 along 3 the
3 the 4 bank
4 bank 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 9 they
9 they 10 looked
10 looked 11 .

they peeped under old leaves and sticks . 
1 they 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 under
3 under 4 old
4 old 5 leaves
5 leaves 6 and
6 and 7 sticks
7 sticks 8 .

they looked in every place where [old] [mr] [toad] might have hidden , but not a trace of him did they find . 
1 they 2 looked
2 looked 3 in
3 in 4 every
4 every 5 place
5 place 6 where
6 where 10 might
10 might 11 have
11 have 12 hidden
12 hidden 13 ,
13 , 14 but
14 but 15 not
15 not 16 a
16 a 17 trace
17 trace 18 of
18 of 19 him
19 him 20 did
20 did 21 they
21 they 22 find
22 find 23 .

["] [tra-la-la-lee] [!] 

oka-chee ! 
1 oka-chee 2 !

oka-chee ! 
1 oka-chee 2 !

happy am [i] as [i] can be ! " 
1 happy 2 am
2 am 4 as
4 as 6 can
6 can 7 be
7 be 8 !
8 ! 9 "

sang [mr] [redwing] , as he swayed to and fro among the bulrushes . 
1 sang 4 ,
4 , 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 swayed
7 swayed 8 to
8 to 9 and
9 and 10 fro
10 fro 11 among
11 among 12 the
12 the 13 bulrushes
13 bulrushes 14 .

" say , [mr] [redwing] [,] have you seen [old] [mr] [toad] ? " called [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 say
2 say 3 ,
3 , 7 have
7 have 8 you
8 you 9 seen
9 seen 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 called
15 called 18 .

" no , " replied [mr] [redwing] . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 8 .

" is that whom you fellows are looking for ? 
1 " 2 is
2 is 3 that
3 that 4 whom
4 whom 5 you
5 you 6 fellows
6 fellows 7 are
7 are 8 looking
8 looking 9 for
9 for 10 ?

i wondered if you had lost something . 
1 i 2 wondered
2 wondered 3 if
3 if 4 you
4 you 5 had
5 had 6 lost
6 lost 7 something
7 something 8 .

what do you want with [old] [mr] [toad] ? " 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 want
4 want 5 with
5 with 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

peter explained how they had followed [old] [mr] [toad] just to see what he really was up to . 
1 peter 2 explained
2 explained 3 how
3 how 4 they
4 they 5 had
5 had 6 followed
6 followed 10 just
10 just 11 to
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 what
13 what 14 he
14 he 15 really
15 really 16 was
16 was 17 up
17 up 18 to
18 to 19 .

it looks to us as if the spring has made [old] [mr] [toad] crazy . " 
1 it 2 looks
2 looks 3 to
3 to 4 us
4 us 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 the
7 the 8 spring
8 spring 9 has
9 has 10 made
10 made 14 crazy
14 crazy 15 .
15 . 16 "

" oh , that 's it , is it ? " replied [mr] [redwing] , his bright eyes twinkling . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 's
5 's 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 is
8 is 9 it
9 it 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 replied
12 replied 15 ,
15 , 16 his
16 his 17 bright
17 bright 18 eyes
18 eyes 19 twinkling
19 twinkling 20 .

" some people don't know as much as they might . 
1 " 2 some
2 some 3 people
3 people 4 don't
4 don't 5 know
5 know 6 as
6 as 7 much
7 much 8 as
8 as 9 they
9 they 10 might
10 might 11 .

then once more [mr] [redwing] began to sing . 
1 then 2 once
2 once 3 more
3 more 6 began
6 began 7 to
7 to 8 sing
8 sing 9 .

[iv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [finds] [old] [mr] [.] [toad] 

it isn't often that [peter] [rabbit] is truly envious , but sometimes in the joyousness of spring he is . 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 often
3 often 4 that
4 that 7 is
7 is 8 truly
8 truly 9 envious
9 envious 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 sometimes
12 sometimes 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 joyousness
15 joyousness 16 of
16 of 17 spring
17 spring 18 he
18 he 19 is
19 is 20 .

he envies the birds because they can pour out in beautiful song the joy that is in them . 
1 he 2 envies
2 envies 3 the
3 the 4 birds
4 birds 5 because
5 because 6 they
6 they 7 can
7 can 8 pour
8 pour 9 out
9 out 10 in
10 in 11 beautiful
11 beautiful 12 song
12 song 13 the
13 the 14 joy
14 joy 15 that
15 that 16 is
16 is 17 in
17 in 18 them
18 them 19 .

the only way he can express his feelings is by kicking his long heels , jumping about , and such foolish things . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 3 way
3 way 4 he
4 he 5 can
5 can 6 express
6 express 7 his
7 his 8 feelings
8 feelings 9 is
9 is 10 by
10 by 11 kicking
11 kicking 12 his
12 his 13 long
13 long 14 heels
14 heels 15 ,
15 , 16 jumping
16 jumping 17 about
17 about 18 ,
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 such
20 such 21 foolish
21 foolish 22 things
22 things 23 .

so there are times when [peter] wishes he could sing . 
1 so 2 there
2 there 3 are
3 are 4 times
4 times 5 when
5 when 7 wishes
7 wishes 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 sing
10 sing 11 .

he was wishing this very thing now , as he sat on the bank of [the] [smiling] [pool] , listening to the great spring chorus . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 wishing
3 wishing 4 this
4 this 5 very
5 very 6 thing
6 thing 7 now
7 now 8 ,
8 , 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 sat
11 sat 12 on
12 on 13 the
13 the 14 bank
14 bank 15 of
15 of 19 ,
19 , 20 listening
20 listening 21 to
21 to 22 the
22 the 23 great
23 great 24 spring
24 spring 25 chorus
25 chorus 26 .

["] [tra-la-la-lee] [!] 

oka-chee ! 
1 oka-chee 2 !

oka-chee ! 
1 oka-chee 2 !

there 's joy in the spring for you and for me . " 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 joy
3 joy 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 spring
6 spring 7 for
7 for 8 you
8 you 9 and
9 and 10 for
10 for 11 me
11 me 12 .
12 . 13 "

sang [redwing] [the] [blackbird] from the bulrushes . 
1 sang 5 from
5 from 6 the
6 the 7 bulrushes
7 bulrushes 8 .

even [sammy] [jay] was adding a beautiful , bell-like note instead of his usual harsh scream . 
1 even 4 was
4 was 5 adding
5 adding 6 a
6 a 7 beautiful
7 beautiful 8 ,
8 , 9 bell-like
9 bell-like 10 note
10 note 11 instead
11 instead 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 usual
14 usual 15 harsh
15 harsh 16 scream
16 scream 17 .

peter knew who those singers were , although look as he would he could see none of them . 
1 peter 2 knew
2 knew 3 who
3 who 4 those
4 those 5 singers
5 singers 6 were
6 were 7 ,
7 , 8 although
8 although 9 look
9 look 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 see
15 see 16 none
16 none 17 of
17 of 18 them
18 them 19 .

they were hylas , the tiny cousins of [stickytoes] the [tree] [toad] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 hylas
3 hylas 4 ,
4 , 5 the
5 the 6 tiny
6 tiny 7 cousins
7 cousins 8 of
8 of 10 the
10 the 13 .

listening to all these joyous voices , [peter] forgot for a time what had brought him to the [smiling] [pool] . 
1 listening 2 to
2 to 3 all
3 all 4 these
4 these 5 joyous
5 joyous 6 voices
6 voices 7 ,
7 , 9 forgot
9 forgot 10 for
10 for 11 a
11 a 12 time
12 time 13 what
13 what 14 had
14 had 15 brought
15 brought 16 him
16 him 17 to
17 to 18 the
18 the 21 .

but [jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] didn't forget . 
1 but 6 '
6 ' 9 didn't
9 didn't 10 forget
10 forget 11 .

they were still hunting for [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 still
3 still 4 hunting
4 hunting 5 for
5 for 9 .

peter came to himself with a start . 
1 peter 2 came
2 came 3 to
3 to 4 himself
4 himself 5 with
5 with 6 a
6 a 7 start
7 start 8 .

" no , " said he . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 .

" [i] was just listening and wishing that [i] could sing , too . 
1 " 3 was
3 was 4 just
4 just 5 listening
5 listening 6 and
6 and 7 wishing
7 wishing 8 that
8 that 10 could
10 could 11 sing
11 sing 12 ,
12 , 13 too
13 too 14 .

don't you ever wish you could sing [,] [jimmy] ? " 
1 don't 2 you
2 you 3 ever
3 ever 4 wish
4 wish 5 you
5 you 6 could
6 could 7 sing
7 sing 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

" no , " replied [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 7 .

" [i] never waste time wishing [i] could do things it was never meant [i] should do . 
1 " 3 never
3 never 4 waste
4 waste 5 time
5 time 6 wishing
6 wishing 8 could
8 could 9 do
9 do 10 things
10 things 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 never
13 never 14 meant
14 meant 16 should
16 should 17 do
17 do 18 .

it 's funny where [old] [mr] [toad] is . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 funny
3 funny 4 where
4 where 8 is
8 is 9 .

he said that he was coming down here to sing , and [redwing] the [blackbird] seemed to be expecting him . 
1 he 2 said
2 said 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 coming
6 coming 7 down
7 down 8 here
8 here 9 to
9 to 10 sing
10 sing 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 the
14 the 16 seemed
16 seemed 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 expecting
19 expecting 20 him
20 him 21 .

i 've looked everywhere [i] can think of without finding him , but [i] don't believe in giving up without another try . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 looked
3 looked 4 everywhere
4 everywhere 6 can
6 can 7 think
7 think 8 of
8 of 9 without
9 without 10 finding
10 finding 11 him
11 him 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 15 don't
15 don't 16 believe
16 believe 17 in
17 in 18 giving
18 giving 19 up
19 up 20 without
20 without 21 another
21 another 22 try
22 try 23 .

stop your dreaming and come help us hunt . " 
1 stop 2 your
2 your 3 dreaming
3 dreaming 4 and
4 and 5 come
5 come 6 help
6 help 7 us
7 us 8 hunt
8 hunt 9 .
9 . 10 "

so [peter] stopped his dreaming and joined in the search . 
1 so 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 his
4 his 5 dreaming
5 dreaming 6 and
6 and 7 joined
7 joined 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 search
10 search 11 .

now there was one place where neither [peter] nor [jimmy] nor [unc] ['] [billy] had thought of looking . 
1 now 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 one
4 one 5 place
5 place 6 where
6 where 7 neither
7 neither 9 nor
9 nor 11 nor
11 nor 15 had
15 had 16 thought
16 thought 17 of
17 of 18 looking
18 looking 19 .

that was in the [smiling] [pool] itself . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 7 itself
7 itself 8 .

they just took it for granted that [old] [mr] [toad] was somewhere on the bank . 
1 they 2 just
2 just 3 took
3 took 4 it
4 it 5 for
5 for 6 granted
6 granted 7 that
7 that 11 was
11 was 12 somewhere
12 somewhere 13 on
13 on 14 the
14 the 15 bank
15 bank 16 .

suddenly he jumped right up in the air with surprise . 
1 suddenly 2 he
2 he 3 jumped
3 jumped 4 right
4 right 5 up
5 up 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 air
8 air 9 with
9 with 10 surprise
10 surprise 11 .

there was a familiar-looking head sticking out of the water . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 familiar-looking
4 familiar-looking 5 head
5 head 6 sticking
6 sticking 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 water
10 water 11 .

peter [had] found [old] [mr] [toad] ! 
1 peter 3 found
3 found 7 !

[v] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [music] [bag] 

never think that you have learned [all] there is to know . 
1 never 2 think
2 think 3 that
3 that 4 you
4 you 5 have
5 have 6 learned
6 learned 8 there
8 there 9 is
9 is 10 to
10 to 11 know
11 know 12 .

that 's the surest way of all [ignorance] to show . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 the
3 the 4 surest
4 surest 5 way
5 way 6 of
6 of 7 all
7 all 9 to
9 to 10 show
10 show 11 .

" [i] 've found [old] [mr] [toad] ! " cried [peter] [rabbit] , hurrying after [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 3 've
3 've 4 found
4 found 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 cried
10 cried 13 ,
13 , 14 hurrying
14 hurrying 15 after
15 after 18 .

" where ? " demanded [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 ?
3 ? 4 "
4 " 5 demanded
5 demanded 7 .

" [in] the water , " declared [peter] . 
1 " 3 the
3 the 4 water
4 water 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 declared
7 declared 9 .

" he 's sitting right over there where the water is shallow , and he didn't notice me at all . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 's
3 's 4 sitting
4 sitting 5 right
5 right 6 over
6 over 7 there
7 there 8 where
8 where 9 the
9 the 10 water
10 water 11 is
11 is 12 shallow
12 shallow 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 he
15 he 16 didn't
16 didn't 17 notice
17 notice 18 me
18 me 19 at
19 at 20 all
20 all 21 .

sure enough , there sat [old] [mr] [toad] with just his head out of water . 
1 sure 2 enough
2 enough 3 ,
3 , 4 there
4 there 5 sat
5 sat 9 with
9 with 10 just
10 just 11 his
11 his 12 head
12 head 13 out
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 water
15 water 16 .

and while they were watching him , something very strange happened . 
1 and 2 while
2 while 3 they
3 they 4 were
4 were 5 watching
5 watching 6 him
6 him 7 ,
7 , 8 something
8 something 9 very
9 very 10 strange
10 strange 11 happened
11 happened 12 .

" what what 's the matter with him ? " whispered [peter] , his big eyes looking as if they might pop out of his head . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 what
3 what 4 's
4 's 5 the
5 the 6 matter
6 matter 7 with
7 with 8 him
8 him 9 ?
9 ? 10 "
10 " 11 whispered
11 whispered 13 ,
13 , 14 his
14 his 15 big
15 big 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 looking
17 looking 18 as
18 as 19 if
19 if 20 they
20 they 21 might
21 might 22 pop
22 pop 23 out
23 out 24 of
24 of 25 his
25 his 26 head
26 head 27 .

" if he don't watch out , he 'll blow up and bust ! " exclaimed [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 don't
4 don't 5 watch
5 watch 6 out
6 out 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 'll
9 'll 10 blow
10 blow 11 up
11 up 12 and
12 and 13 bust
13 bust 14 !
14 ! 15 "
15 " 16 exclaimed
16 exclaimed 18 .

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [if] [he] [don't] [watch] [out] [,] [he] ['ll] [blow] [up] [and] [bust] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [jimmy] [.] []] 

" listen ! " [whispered] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 2 listen
2 listen 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 7 '
7 ' 10 .

" do mah ol ' ears hear right ? 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 mah
3 mah 4 ol
4 ol 5 '
5 ' 6 ears
6 ears 7 hear
7 hear 8 right
8 right 9 ?

' [pears] to me that that song is coming right from where [brer] [toad] is sitting . " 
1 ' 3 to
3 to 4 me
4 me 5 that
5 that 6 that
6 that 7 song
7 song 8 is
8 is 9 coming
9 coming 10 right
10 right 11 from
11 from 12 where
12 where 15 is
15 is 16 sitting
16 sitting 17 .
17 . 18 "

it certainly did appear so , and of all the songs that glad spring day there was none sweeter . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 did
3 did 4 appear
4 appear 5 so
5 so 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 of
8 of 9 all
9 all 10 the
10 the 11 songs
11 songs 12 that
12 that 13 glad
13 glad 14 spring
14 spring 15 day
15 day 16 there
16 there 17 was
17 was 18 none
18 none 19 sweeter
19 sweeter 20 .

indeed there were few as sweet . 
1 indeed 2 there
2 there 3 were
3 were 4 few
4 few 5 as
5 as 6 sweet
6 sweet 7 .

the only trouble was the song was so very short . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 3 trouble
3 trouble 4 was
4 was 5 the
5 the 6 song
6 song 7 was
7 was 8 so
8 so 9 very
9 very 10 short
10 short 11 .

it lasted only for two or three seconds . 
1 it 2 lasted
2 lasted 3 only
3 only 4 for
4 for 5 two
5 two 6 or
6 or 7 three
7 three 8 seconds
8 seconds 9 .

and when it ended , [old] [mr] [toad] looked quite his natural self again ; just as commonplace , almost ugly , as ever . 
1 and 2 when
2 when 3 it
3 it 4 ended
4 ended 5 ,
5 , 9 looked
9 looked 10 quite
10 quite 11 his
11 his 12 natural
12 natural 13 self
13 self 14 again
14 again 15 ;
15 ; 16 just
16 just 17 as
17 as 18 commonplace
18 commonplace 19 ,
19 , 20 almost
20 almost 21 ugly
21 ugly 22 ,
22 , 23 as
23 as 24 ever
24 ever 25 .

peter looked at [jimmy] [skunk] , [jimmy] [looked] [at] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] , and [unc] ' [billy] looked at [peter] . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 at
3 at 6 ,
6 , 11 '
11 ' 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 17 '
17 ' 19 looked
19 looked 20 at
20 at 22 .

and no one had a word to say . 
1 and 2 no
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 had
4 had 5 a
5 a 6 word
6 word 7 to
7 to 8 say
8 say 9 .

then all three looked back at [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 then 2 all
2 all 3 three
3 three 4 looked
4 looked 5 back
5 back 6 at
6 at 10 .

it was very hard to believe , but [peter] and [jimmy] [and] [unc] ' [billy] both saw and heard , and that was enough . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 hard
4 hard 5 to
5 to 6 believe
6 believe 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 10 and
10 and 14 '
14 ' 16 both
16 both 17 saw
17 saw 18 and
18 and 19 heard
19 heard 20 ,
20 , 21 and
21 and 22 that
22 that 23 was
23 was 24 enough
24 enough 25 .

their respect [for] [old] [mr] [toad] grew tremendously as they listened . 
1 their 2 respect
2 respect 7 grew
7 grew 8 tremendously
8 tremendously 9 as
9 as 10 they
10 they 11 listened
11 listened 12 .

" how does he do it ? " whispered [peter] . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 does
3 does 4 he
4 he 5 do
5 do 6 it
6 it 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 whispered
9 whispered 11 .

" with that bag under his chin , of course , " replied [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 with
2 with 3 that
3 that 4 bag
4 bag 5 under
5 under 6 his
6 his 7 chin
7 chin 8 ,
8 , 9 of
9 of 10 course
10 course 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 replied
13 replied 16 .

" don't you see it 's only when that is swelled out that he sings ? 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 you
3 you 4 see
4 see 5 it
5 it 6 's
6 's 7 only
7 only 8 when
8 when 9 that
9 that 10 is
10 is 11 swelled
11 swelled 12 out
12 out 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 sings
15 sings 16 ?

it 's a regular music bag . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 a
3 a 4 regular
4 regular 5 music
5 music 6 bag
6 bag 7 .

and [i] didn't know he had any such bag there at all . " 
1 and 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 know
4 know 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 any
7 any 8 such
8 such 9 bag
9 bag 10 there
10 there 11 at
11 at 12 all
12 all 13 .
13 . 14 "

[vi] 

[peter] [discovers] [something] [more] 

there are stranger things in the world to-day [than] ever you dreamed could be . 
1 there 2 are
2 are 3 stranger
3 stranger 4 things
4 things 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 world
7 world 8 to-day
8 to-day 10 ever
10 ever 11 you
11 you 12 dreamed
12 dreamed 13 could
13 could 14 be
14 be 15 .

there 's beauty in some of the commonest things [if] only you've eyes to see . 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 beauty
3 beauty 4 in
4 in 5 some
5 some 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 commonest
8 commonest 9 things
9 things 11 only
11 only 12 you've
12 you've 13 eyes
13 eyes 14 to
14 to 15 see
15 see 16 .

also he had thought [old] [mr] [toad] almost ugly-looking , and he knew that most of his neighbors thought the same way . 
1 also 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 thought
4 thought 8 almost
8 almost 9 ugly-looking
9 ugly-looking 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 knew
13 knew 14 that
14 that 15 most
15 most 16 of
16 of 17 his
17 his 18 neighbors
18 neighbors 19 thought
19 thought 20 the
20 the 21 same
21 same 22 way
22 way 23 .

this was especially so with [peter] . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 especially
3 especially 4 so
4 so 5 with
5 with 7 .

" what was the use of wasting my breath ? " demanded [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 was
3 was 4 the
4 the 5 use
5 use 6 of
6 of 7 wasting
7 wasting 8 my
8 my 9 breath
9 breath 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 demanded
12 demanded 16 .

" you wouldn't have believed [me] if [i] had . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 wouldn't
3 wouldn't 4 have
4 have 5 believed
5 believed 7 if
7 if 9 had
9 had 10 .

you didn't believe me when [i] did tell you . " 
1 you 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 believe
3 believe 4 me
4 me 5 when
5 when 7 did
7 did 8 tell
8 tell 9 you
9 you 10 .
10 . 11 "

peter knew that this was true , and he couldn't find any answer ready . 
1 peter 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 this
4 this 5 was
5 was 6 true
6 true 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 find
11 find 12 any
12 any 13 answer
13 answer 14 ready
14 ready 15 .

at last he ventured another question . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 ventured
4 ventured 5 another
5 another 6 question
6 question 7 .

" why haven't [i] ever heard you sing before ? " 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 haven't
3 haven't 5 ever
5 ever 6 heard
6 heard 7 you
7 you 8 sing
8 sing 9 before
9 before 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

" you have , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] tartly . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 have
3 have 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 10 tartly
10 tartly 11 .

" [i] sang right in this very place last spring , and the spring before , and the spring before that . 
1 " 3 sang
3 sang 4 right
4 right 5 in
5 in 6 this
6 this 7 very
7 very 8 place
8 place 9 last
9 last 10 spring
10 spring 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 the
13 the 14 spring
14 spring 15 before
15 before 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 the
18 the 19 spring
19 spring 20 before
20 before 21 that
21 that 22 .

you 've sat on that very bank lots of times while [i] was singing . 
1 you 2 've
2 've 3 sat
3 sat 4 on
4 on 5 that
5 that 6 very
6 very 7 bank
7 bank 8 lots
8 lots 9 of
9 of 10 times
10 times 11 while
11 while 13 was
13 was 14 singing
14 singing 15 .

the trouble with you , [peter] [,] is that you don't use your eyes or your ears . " 
1 the 2 trouble
2 trouble 3 with
3 with 4 you
4 you 5 ,
5 , 8 is
8 is 9 that
9 that 10 you
10 you 11 don't
11 don't 12 use
12 use 13 your
13 your 14 eyes
14 eyes 15 or
15 or 16 your
16 your 17 ears
17 ears 18 .
18 . 19 "

peter looked more foolish than ever . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 more
3 more 4 foolish
4 foolish 5 than
5 than 6 ever
6 ever 7 .

but he ventured another question . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 ventured
3 ventured 4 another
4 another 5 question
5 question 6 .

it wouldn't be [peter] to let a chance for questions go by . 
1 it 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 be
3 be 5 to
5 to 6 let
6 let 7 a
7 a 8 chance
8 chance 9 for
9 for 10 questions
10 questions 11 go
11 go 12 by
12 by 13 .

" have [i] ever heard you singing up on the meadows or in the [old] [orchard] [?] " 
1 " 2 have
2 have 4 ever
4 ever 5 heard
5 heard 6 you
6 you 7 singing
7 singing 8 up
8 up 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 meadows
11 meadows 12 or
12 or 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 18 "

" no , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] , " [i] only sing in the springtime . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 12 only
12 only 13 sing
13 sing 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 springtime
16 springtime 17 .

that 's the time for singing . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 the
3 the 4 time
4 time 5 for
5 for 6 singing
6 singing 7 .

i just have to sing then . 
1 i 2 just
2 just 3 have
3 have 4 to
4 to 5 sing
5 sing 6 then
6 then 7 .

in the summer it is too hot , and in the winter [i] sleep . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 summer
3 summer 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 too
6 too 7 hot
7 hot 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 winter
12 winter 14 sleep
14 sleep 15 .

i always return to my old home to sing . 
1 i 2 always
2 always 3 return
3 return 4 to
4 to 5 my
5 my 6 old
6 old 7 home
7 home 8 to
8 to 9 sing
9 sing 10 .

you know [i] was born here . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 4 was
4 was 5 born
5 born 6 here
6 here 7 .

all my family gathers here in the spring to sing , so of course [i] come too . " 
1 all 2 my
2 my 3 family
3 family 4 gathers
4 gathers 5 here
5 here 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 spring
8 spring 9 to
9 to 10 sing
10 sing 11 ,
11 , 12 so
12 so 13 of
13 of 14 course
14 course 16 come
16 come 17 too
17 too 18 .
18 . 19 "

old [mr] [toad] filled out his queer music bag under his chin and began to sing again . 
1 old 4 filled
4 filled 5 out
5 out 6 his
6 his 7 queer
7 queer 8 music
8 music 9 bag
9 bag 10 under
10 under 11 his
11 his 12 chin
12 chin 13 and
13 and 14 began
14 began 15 to
15 to 16 sing
16 sing 17 again
17 again 18 .

peter watched him . 
1 peter 2 watched
2 watched 3 him
3 him 4 .

now it just happened that [old] [mr] [toad] [was] facing him , and so [peter] looked down straight into his eyes . 
1 now 2 it
2 it 3 just
3 just 4 happened
4 happened 5 that
5 that 10 facing
10 facing 11 him
11 him 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 so
14 so 16 looked
16 looked 17 down
17 down 18 straight
18 straight 19 into
19 into 20 his
20 his 21 eyes
21 eyes 22 .

" oh ! " he exclaimed , " what beautiful eyes you have [,] [mr] [toad] ! " 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 exclaimed
6 exclaimed 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 what
9 what 10 beautiful
10 beautiful 11 eyes
11 eyes 12 you
12 you 13 have
13 have 17 !
17 ! 18 "

" so [i] 've been told before , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 so
2 so 4 've
4 've 5 been
5 been 6 told
6 told 7 before
7 before 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 14 .

" my family always has had beautiful eyes . 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 family
3 family 4 always
4 always 5 has
5 has 6 had
6 had 7 beautiful
7 beautiful 8 eyes
8 eyes 9 .

there is an old saying that every [toad] has jewels in his head , but of course he hasn't , not real jewels . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 an
3 an 4 old
4 old 5 saying
5 saying 6 that
6 that 7 every
7 every 9 has
9 has 10 jewels
10 jewels 11 in
11 in 12 his
12 his 13 head
13 head 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 of
16 of 17 course
17 course 18 he
18 he 19 hasn't
19 hasn't 20 ,
20 , 21 not
21 not 22 real
22 real 23 jewels
23 jewels 24 .

it is just the beautiful eyes . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 just
3 just 4 the
4 the 5 beautiful
5 beautiful 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 .

excuse me , [peter] [,] but [i] 'm needed in that chorus . " 
1 excuse 2 me
2 me 3 ,
3 , 6 but
6 but 8 'm
8 'm 9 needed
9 needed 10 in
10 in 11 that
11 that 12 chorus
12 chorus 13 .
13 . 14 "

old [mr] [toad] once more swelled out his throat and began to sing . 
1 old 4 once
4 once 5 more
5 more 6 swelled
6 swelled 7 out
7 out 8 his
8 his 9 throat
9 throat 10 and
10 and 11 began
11 began 12 to
12 to 13 sing
13 sing 14 .

peter watched him a while longer , then hopped away to the dear [old] [briarpatch] , and he was very thoughtful . 
1 peter 2 watched
2 watched 3 him
3 him 4 a
4 a 5 while
5 while 6 longer
6 longer 7 ,
7 , 8 then
8 then 9 hopped
9 hopped 10 away
10 away 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 13 dear
13 dear 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 he
18 he 19 was
19 was 20 very
20 very 21 thoughtful
21 thoughtful 22 .

don't you think so ? 
1 don't 2 you
2 you 3 think
3 think 4 so
4 so 5 ?

[vii] 

[a] [shadow] [passes] [over] [the] [smiling] [pool] 

he says that that is the reason that he lives to a good old age , does [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 he 2 says
2 says 3 that
3 that 4 that
4 that 5 is
5 is 6 the
6 the 7 reason
7 reason 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 lives
10 lives 11 to
11 to 12 a
12 a 13 good
13 good 14 old
14 old 15 age
15 age 16 ,
16 , 17 does
17 does 21 .

it is the same way with danger and trouble . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 same
4 same 5 way
5 way 6 with
6 with 7 danger
7 danger 8 and
8 and 9 trouble
9 trouble 10 .

so [old] [mr] [toad] very wisely watches out when there seems to be the least need of it , and he finds it always pays . 
1 so 5 very
5 very 6 wisely
6 wisely 7 watches
7 watches 8 out
8 out 9 when
9 when 10 there
10 there 11 seems
11 seems 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 the
14 the 15 least
15 least 16 need
16 need 17 of
17 of 18 it
18 it 19 ,
19 , 20 and
20 and 21 he
21 he 22 finds
22 finds 23 it
23 it 24 always
24 always 25 pays
25 pays 26 .

it was a beautiful spring evening . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 spring
5 spring 6 evening
6 evening 7 .

but [over] the [green] [meadows] [and] the [smiling] [pool] [the] shadows had drawn a curtain of soft dusk which in the [green] [forest] became black . 
1 but 3 the
3 the 7 the
7 the 11 shadows
11 shadows 12 had
12 had 13 drawn
13 drawn 14 a
14 a 15 curtain
15 curtain 16 of
16 of 17 soft
17 soft 18 dusk
18 dusk 19 which
19 which 20 in
20 in 21 the
21 the 24 became
24 became 25 black
25 black 26 .

the little stars looked down from the sky and twinkled just to see their reflections twinkle back at them from the [smiling] [pool] . 
1 the 2 little
2 little 3 stars
3 stars 4 looked
4 looked 5 down
5 down 6 from
6 from 7 the
7 the 8 sky
8 sky 9 and
9 and 10 twinkled
10 twinkled 11 just
11 just 12 to
12 to 13 see
13 see 14 their
14 their 15 reflections
15 reflections 16 twinkle
16 twinkle 17 back
17 back 18 at
18 at 19 them
19 them 20 from
20 from 21 the
21 the 24 .

and there and all around it was perfect peace . 
1 and 2 there
2 there 3 and
3 and 4 all
4 all 5 around
5 around 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 perfect
8 perfect 9 peace
9 peace 10 .

all the feathered songsters who had made joyous the bright day had gone to bed . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 feathered
3 feathered 4 songsters
4 songsters 5 who
5 who 6 had
6 had 7 made
7 made 8 joyous
8 joyous 9 the
9 the 10 bright
10 bright 11 day
11 day 12 had
12 had 13 gone
13 gone 14 to
14 to 15 bed
15 bed 16 .

but this did not mean that the glad spring chorus was silent . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 did
3 did 4 not
4 not 5 mean
5 mean 6 that
6 that 7 the
7 the 8 glad
8 glad 9 spring
9 spring 10 chorus
10 chorus 11 was
11 was 12 silent
12 silent 13 .

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

no indeed ! 
1 no 2 indeed
2 indeed 3 !

it was so peaceful and beautiful there that it didn't seem possible that danger of any kind could be lurking near . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 peaceful
4 peaceful 5 and
5 and 6 beautiful
6 beautiful 7 there
7 there 8 that
8 that 9 it
9 it 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 seem
11 seem 12 possible
12 possible 13 that
13 that 14 danger
14 danger 15 of
15 of 16 any
16 any 17 kind
17 kind 18 could
18 could 19 be
19 be 20 lurking
20 lurking 21 near
21 near 22 .

instantly he stopped singing . 
1 instantly 2 he
2 he 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 singing
4 singing 5 .

now that was a signal . 
1 now 2 that
2 that 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 signal
5 signal 6 .

that great chorus stopped as abruptly as the electric lights go out when you press a button . 
1 that 2 great
2 great 3 chorus
3 chorus 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 as
5 as 6 abruptly
6 abruptly 7 as
7 as 8 the
8 the 9 electric
9 electric 10 lights
10 lights 11 go
11 go 12 out
12 out 13 when
13 when 14 you
14 you 15 press
15 press 16 a
16 a 17 button
17 button 18 .

after awhile the shadow floated away over the [green] [meadows] without a sound . 
1 after 2 awhile
2 awhile 3 the
3 the 4 shadow
4 shadow 5 floated
5 floated 6 away
6 away 7 over
7 over 8 the
8 the 11 without
11 without 12 a
12 a 13 sound
13 sound 14 .

then he swelled out his music bag and began to sing again . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 swelled
3 swelled 4 out
4 out 5 his
5 his 6 music
6 music 7 bag
7 bag 8 and
8 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
10 to 11 sing
11 sing 12 again
12 again 13 .

[viii] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [babies] 

the [smiling] [pool] ['s] a nursery [where] all the sunny day [a] thousand funny babies [are] taught while at their play . 
1 the 5 a
5 a 6 nursery
6 nursery 8 all
8 all 9 the
9 the 10 sunny
10 sunny 11 day
11 day 13 thousand
13 thousand 14 funny
14 funny 15 babies
15 babies 17 taught
17 taught 18 while
18 while 19 at
19 at 20 their
20 their 21 play
21 play 22 .

really the [smiling] [pool] [is] a sort of kindergarten , one of the most interesting kindergartens in the world . 
1 really 2 the
2 the 6 a
6 a 7 sort
7 sort 8 of
8 of 9 kindergarten
9 kindergarten 10 ,
10 , 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 most
14 most 15 interesting
15 interesting 16 kindergartens
16 kindergartens 17 in
17 in 18 the
18 the 19 world
19 world 20 .

little [joe] [otter] ['s] children learn to swim there . 
1 little 5 children
5 children 6 learn
6 learn 7 to
7 to 8 swim
8 swim 9 there
9 there 10 .

so do [jerry] [muskrat] ['s] babies and those of [billy] [mink] [,] the [trout] [and] [minnow] babies , and a lot more . 
1 so 2 do
2 do 6 babies
6 babies 7 and
7 and 8 those
8 those 9 of
9 of 13 the
13 the 17 babies
17 babies 18 ,
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 a
20 a 21 lot
21 lot 22 more
22 more 23 .

and there you will find the children and grandchildren of [grandfather] [frog] [and] [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 and 2 there
2 there 3 you
3 you 4 will
4 will 5 find
5 find 6 the
6 the 7 children
7 children 8 and
8 and 9 grandchildren
9 grandchildren 10 of
10 of 17 .

peter had heard it said that [toads] rain down from the sky , and sometimes it seems as if this must be so . 
1 peter 2 had
2 had 3 heard
3 heard 4 it
4 it 5 said
5 said 6 that
6 that 8 rain
8 rain 9 down
9 down 10 from
10 from 11 the
11 the 12 sky
12 sky 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 sometimes
15 sometimes 16 it
16 it 17 seems
17 seems 18 as
18 as 19 if
19 if 20 this
20 this 21 must
21 must 22 be
22 be 23 so
23 so 24 .

of course he knew it couldn't be , but it puzzled him a great deal . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 knew
4 knew 5 it
5 it 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 be
7 be 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 it
10 it 11 puzzled
11 puzzled 12 him
12 him 13 a
13 a 14 great
14 great 15 deal
15 deal 16 .

there wouldn't be a [toad] in sight . 
1 there 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 be
3 be 4 a
4 a 6 in
6 in 7 sight
7 sight 8 .

he remembered this as he went to pay his daily call on [old] [mr] [toad] in the [smiling] [pool] [and] listen to his sweet song . 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 this
3 this 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 went
6 went 7 to
7 to 8 pay
8 pay 9 his
9 his 10 daily
10 daily 11 call
11 call 12 on
12 on 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 21 listen
21 listen 22 to
22 to 23 his
23 his 24 sweet
24 sweet 25 song
25 song 26 .

old [mr] [toad] was sitting in his usual place , but he wasn't singing . 
1 old 4 was
4 was 5 sitting
5 sitting 6 in
6 in 7 his
7 his 8 usual
8 usual 9 place
9 place 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 wasn't
13 wasn't 14 singing
14 singing 15 .

he was staring at something in the water . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 staring
3 staring 4 at
4 at 5 something
5 something 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 water
8 water 9 .

when [peter] said ["] good morning , " old [mr] [toad] didn't seem to hear him . 
1 when 3 said
3 said 5 good
5 good 6 morning
6 morning 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 old
9 old 12 didn't
12 didn't 13 seem
13 seem 14 to
14 to 15 hear
15 hear 16 him
16 him 17 .

he was too much interested in what he was watching . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 much
4 much 5 interested
5 interested 6 in
6 in 7 what
7 what 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 watching
10 watching 11 .

" what are you staring at so [,] [mr] [sobersides] ? " asked [peter] , speaking a little louder than before . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 staring
5 staring 6 at
6 at 7 so
7 so 11 ?
11 ? 12 "
12 " 13 asked
13 asked 15 ,
15 , 16 speaking
16 speaking 17 a
17 a 18 little
18 little 19 louder
19 louder 20 than
20 than 21 before
21 before 22 .

old [mr] [toad] turned and looked at [peter] , and there was a look of great pride in his face . 
1 old 4 turned
4 turned 5 and
5 and 6 looked
6 looked 7 at
7 at 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 there
11 there 12 was
12 was 13 a
13 a 14 look
14 look 15 of
15 of 16 great
16 great 17 pride
17 pride 18 in
18 in 19 his
19 his 20 face
20 face 21 .

" [i] 'm just watching my babies . 
1 " 3 'm
3 'm 4 just
4 just 5 watching
5 watching 6 my
6 my 7 babies
7 babies 8 .

aren't they lovely ? " said he . 
1 aren't 2 they
2 they 3 lovely
3 lovely 4 ?
4 ? 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
7 he 8 .

peter stared harder than ever , but he couldn't see anything that looked like a baby [toad] . 
1 peter 2 stared
2 stared 3 harder
3 harder 4 than
4 than 5 ever
5 ever 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 he
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 see
10 see 11 anything
11 anything 12 that
12 that 13 looked
13 looked 14 like
14 like 15 a
15 a 16 baby
16 baby 18 .

" where are they ? " asked he . 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 are
3 are 4 they
4 they 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 asked
7 asked 8 he
8 he 9 .

old [mr] [toad] grew indignant . 
1 old 4 grew
4 grew 5 indignant
5 indignant 6 .

" those are not [grandfather] [frog] 's children ; they 're mine ! " he sputtered . 
1 " 2 those
2 those 3 are
3 are 4 not
4 not 7 's
7 's 8 children
8 children 9 ;
9 ; 10 they
10 they 11 're
11 're 12 mine
12 mine 13 !
13 ! 14 "
14 " 15 he
15 he 16 sputtered
16 sputtered 17 .

" and [i] 'll have you know that they are the most beautiful babies in th ' world ! " 
1 " 2 and
2 and 4 'll
4 'll 5 have
5 have 6 you
6 you 7 know
7 know 8 that
8 that 9 they
9 they 10 are
10 are 11 the
11 the 12 most
12 most 13 beautiful
13 beautiful 14 babies
14 babies 15 in
15 in 16 th
16 th 17 '
17 ' 18 world
18 world 19 !
19 ! 20 "

peter drew a hand across his mouth to hide a smile . 
1 peter 2 drew
2 drew 3 a
3 a 4 hand
4 hand 5 across
5 across 6 his
6 his 7 mouth
7 mouth 8 to
8 to 9 hide
9 hide 10 a
10 a 11 smile
11 smile 12 .

" [i] beg your pardon , [mr] [toad] [,] " said he . 
1 " 3 beg
3 beg 4 your
4 your 5 pardon
5 pardon 6 ,
6 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 12 he
12 he 13 .

" [i] [i] thought all tadpoles were [frog] babies . 
1 " 4 thought
4 thought 5 all
5 all 6 tadpoles
6 tadpoles 7 were
7 were 9 babies
9 babies 10 .

they all look alike to me . " 
1 they 2 all
2 all 3 look
3 look 4 alike
4 alike 5 to
5 to 6 me
6 me 7 .
7 . 8 "

" well , they 're not , " declared [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
3 , 4 they
4 they 5 're
5 're 6 not
6 not 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 declared
9 declared 13 .

" how any one can mistake my babies for their cousins [i] cannot understand . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 any
3 any 4 one
4 one 5 can
5 can 6 mistake
6 mistake 7 my
7 my 8 babies
8 babies 9 for
9 for 10 their
10 their 11 cousins
11 cousins 13 cannot
13 cannot 14 understand
14 understand 15 .

now mine are beautiful , while " 
1 now 2 mine
2 mine 3 are
3 are 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 ,
5 , 6 while
6 while 7 "

" [chug-arum] [!] ["] interrupted the great deep voice of [grandfather] [frog] . 
1 " 5 interrupted
5 interrupted 6 the
6 the 7 great
7 great 8 deep
8 deep 9 voice
9 voice 10 of
10 of 13 .

" what are you talking about ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 talking
5 talking 6 about
6 about 7 ?

why , your babies are no more to be compared with my babies for real beauty than nothing at all ! 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 your
3 your 4 babies
4 babies 5 are
5 are 6 no
6 no 7 more
7 more 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 10 compared
10 compared 11 with
11 with 12 my
12 my 13 babies
13 babies 14 for
14 for 15 real
15 real 16 beauty
16 beauty 17 than
17 than 18 nothing
18 nothing 19 at
19 at 20 all
20 all 21 !

i 'll leave it to [peter] if they are . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 leave
3 leave 4 it
4 it 5 to
5 to 7 if
7 if 8 they
8 they 9 are
9 are 10 .
10 . 11 "

but [peter] wisely held his tongue . 
1 but 3 wisely
3 wisely 4 held
4 held 5 his
5 his 6 tongue
6 tongue 7 .

to tell the truth , he couldn't see beauty in any of them . 
1 to 2 tell
2 tell 3 the
3 the 4 truth
4 truth 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 see
8 see 9 beauty
9 beauty 10 in
10 in 11 any
11 any 12 of
12 of 13 them
13 them 14 .

to him they were all just wriggling pollywogs . 
1 to 2 him
2 him 3 they
3 they 4 were
4 were 5 all
5 all 6 just
6 just 7 wriggling
7 wriggling 8 pollywogs
8 pollywogs 9 .

[ix] 

[the] [smiling] [pool] [kindergarten] 

play a little , learn a little , grow a little too ; [that] ['s] what every pollywoggy tries his best to do . 
1 play 2 a
2 a 3 little
3 little 4 ,
4 , 5 learn
5 learn 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 ,
8 , 9 grow
9 grow 10 a
10 a 11 little
11 little 12 too
12 too 13 ;
13 ; 16 what
16 what 17 every
17 every 18 pollywoggy
18 pollywoggy 19 tries
19 tries 20 his
20 his 21 best
21 best 22 to
22 to 23 do
23 do 24 .

of course . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 .

that 's what a kindergarten is for . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 what
3 what 4 a
4 a 5 kindergarten
5 kindergarten 6 is
6 is 7 for
7 for 8 .

they looked considerably alike , did these little cousins , for they were all pollywogs to begin with . 
1 they 2 looked
2 looked 3 considerably
3 considerably 4 alike
4 alike 5 ,
5 , 6 did
6 did 7 these
7 these 8 little
8 little 9 cousins
9 cousins 10 ,
10 , 11 for
11 for 12 they
12 they 13 were
13 were 14 all
14 all 15 pollywogs
15 pollywogs 16 to
16 to 17 begin
17 begin 18 with
18 with 19 .

peter [rabbit] came over every day to watch them . 
1 peter 3 came
3 came 4 over
4 over 5 every
5 every 6 day
6 day 7 to
7 to 8 watch
8 watch 9 them
9 them 10 .

peter stared . 
1 peter 2 stared
2 stared 3 .

could it be that that ugly-looking bug was as dangerous an enemy to the baby [toad] as [reddy] [fox] [is] to a baby [rabbit] ? 
1 could 2 it
2 it 3 be
3 be 4 that
4 that 5 that
5 that 6 ugly-looking
6 ugly-looking 7 bug
7 bug 8 was
8 was 9 as
9 as 10 dangerous
10 dangerous 11 an
11 an 12 enemy
12 enemy 13 to
13 to 14 the
14 the 15 baby
15 baby 17 as
17 as 21 to
21 to 22 a
22 a 23 baby
23 baby 25 ?

there were several kinds of queer , ugly-looking bugs forever darting out at the wriggling pollywogs . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 several
3 several 4 kinds
4 kinds 5 of
5 of 6 queer
6 queer 7 ,
7 , 8 ugly-looking
8 ugly-looking 9 bugs
9 bugs 10 forever
10 forever 11 darting
11 darting 12 out
12 out 13 at
13 at 14 the
14 the 15 wriggling
15 wriggling 16 pollywogs
16 pollywogs 17 .

hungry-looking fish lay in wait for them , and [longlegs] the [blue] [heron] seemed to have a special liking for them . 
1 hungry-looking 2 fish
2 fish 3 lay
3 lay 4 in
4 in 5 wait
5 wait 6 for
6 for 7 them
7 them 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 the
11 the 14 seemed
14 seemed 15 to
15 to 16 have
16 have 17 a
17 a 18 special
18 special 19 liking
19 liking 20 for
20 for 21 them
21 them 22 .

but the pollywogs were spry , and seemed to have learned to watch out . 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 pollywogs
3 pollywogs 4 were
4 were 5 spry
5 spry 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 seemed
8 seemed 9 to
9 to 10 have
10 have 11 learned
11 learned 12 to
12 to 13 watch
13 watch 14 out
14 out 15 .

they seemed to [peter] [to] spend all their time swimming and eating and growing . 
1 they 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 6 spend
6 spend 7 all
7 all 8 their
8 their 9 time
9 time 10 swimming
10 swimming 11 and
11 and 12 eating
12 eating 13 and
13 and 14 growing
14 growing 15 .

they grew so fast that it seemed to him that he could almost see them grow . 
1 they 2 grew
2 grew 3 so
3 so 4 fast
4 fast 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 to
8 to 9 him
9 him 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 almost
13 almost 14 see
14 see 15 them
15 them 16 grow
16 grow 17 .

that puzzled [peter] more than anything he had seen in a long time . 
1 that 2 puzzled
2 puzzled 4 more
4 more 5 than
5 than 6 anything
6 anything 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 seen
9 seen 10 in
10 in 11 a
11 a 12 long
12 long 13 time
13 time 14 .

" why , [i] couldn't do that ! " he exclaimed right out loud . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 do
6 do 7 that
7 that 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 exclaimed
11 exclaimed 12 right
12 right 13 out
13 out 14 loud
14 loud 15 .

" [do] what ? " demanded [jerry] [muskrat] , who happened along just then . 
1 " 3 what
3 what 4 ?
4 ? 5 "
5 " 6 demanded
6 demanded 9 ,
9 , 10 who
10 who 11 happened
11 happened 12 along
12 along 13 just
13 just 14 then
14 then 15 .

" why , grow a new tail like that pollywog , " replied [peter] , and told [jerry] all that he had seen . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 grow
4 grow 5 a
5 a 6 new
6 new 7 tail
7 tail 8 like
8 like 9 that
9 that 10 pollywog
10 pollywog 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 replied
13 replied 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 told
17 told 19 all
19 all 20 that
20 that 21 he
21 he 22 had
22 had 23 seen
23 seen 24 .

jerry laughed . 
1 jerry 2 laughed
2 laughed 3 .

" you 'll see queerer things than that if you watch those pollywogs long enough , " said he . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 'll
3 'll 4 see
4 see 5 queerer
5 queerer 6 things
6 things 7 than
7 than 8 that
8 that 9 if
9 if 10 you
10 you 11 watch
11 watch 12 those
12 those 13 pollywogs
13 pollywogs 14 long
14 long 15 enough
15 enough 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 19 he
19 he 20 .

" they are a queer lot of babies , and very interesting to watch if you 've got the time for it . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 are
3 are 4 a
4 a 5 queer
5 queer 6 lot
6 lot 7 of
7 of 8 babies
8 babies 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 very
11 very 12 interesting
12 interesting 13 to
13 to 14 watch
14 watch 15 if
15 if 16 you
16 you 17 've
17 've 18 got
18 got 19 the
19 the 20 time
20 time 21 for
21 for 22 it
22 it 23 .

i haven't . 
1 i 2 haven't
2 haven't 3 .

this [smiling] [pool] is a great kindergarten , and there 's something happening here every minute . 
1 this 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 great
6 great 7 kindergarten
7 kindergarten 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 there
10 there 11 's
11 's 12 something
12 something 13 happening
13 happening 14 here
14 here 15 every
15 every 16 minute
16 minute 17 .

there 's no place like it . " 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 no
3 no 4 place
4 place 5 like
5 like 6 it
6 it 7 .
7 . 8 "

" are those great big fat pollywogs [grandfather] [frog] 's children [,] [or] [old] [mr] [toad] 's ? " asked [peter] . 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 those
3 those 4 great
4 great 5 big
5 big 6 fat
6 fat 7 pollywogs
7 pollywogs 10 's
10 's 11 children
11 children 17 's
17 's 18 ?
18 ? 19 "
19 " 20 asked
20 asked 22 .

" grandfather [frog] 's last year 's children , " replied [jerry] . 
1 " 2 grandfather
2 grandfather 4 's
4 's 5 last
5 last 6 year
6 year 7 's
7 's 8 children
8 children 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 replied
11 replied 13 .

" they 'll grow into real [frogs] this summer , if nothing happens to them . " 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 'll
3 'll 4 grow
4 grow 5 into
5 into 6 real
6 real 8 this
8 this 9 summer
9 summer 10 ,
10 , 11 if
11 if 12 nothing
12 nothing 13 happens
13 happens 14 to
14 to 15 them
15 them 16 .
16 . 17 "

" where are [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] last year 's children ? " asked [peter] . 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 are
3 are 8 last
8 last 9 year
9 year 10 's
10 's 11 children
11 children 12 ?
12 ? 13 "
13 " 14 asked
14 asked 16 .

" don't ask me , " replied [jerry] . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 ask
3 ask 4 me
4 me 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 9 .

" they hopped away last summer . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 hopped
3 hopped 4 away
4 away 5 last
5 last 6 summer
6 summer 7 .

never saw anything like the way those [toad] youngsters grow . 
1 never 2 saw
2 saw 3 anything
3 anything 4 like
4 like 5 the
5 the 6 way
6 way 7 those
7 those 9 youngsters
9 youngsters 10 grow
10 grow 11 .

those [toad] pollywogs you see now will turn into real [toads] , and be leaving the [smiling] [pool] [in] a few weeks . 
1 those 3 pollywogs
3 pollywogs 4 you
4 you 5 see
5 see 6 now
6 now 7 will
7 will 8 turn
8 turn 9 into
9 into 10 real
10 real 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 be
14 be 15 leaving
15 leaving 16 the
16 the 20 a
20 a 21 few
21 few 22 weeks
22 weeks 23 .

people [think] [old] [mr] [toad] is slow , but there is nothing slow about his children . 
1 people 6 is
6 is 7 slow
7 slow 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 there
10 there 11 is
11 is 12 nothing
12 nothing 13 slow
13 slow 14 about
14 about 15 his
15 his 16 children
16 children 17 .

look at that little fellow over there ; he 's begun to grow legs already . " 
1 look 2 at
2 at 3 that
3 that 4 little
4 little 5 fellow
5 fellow 6 over
6 over 7 there
7 there 8 ;
8 ; 9 he
9 he 10 's
10 's 11 begun
11 begun 12 to
12 to 13 grow
13 grow 14 legs
14 legs 15 already
15 already 16 .
16 . 17 "

peter looked , and sure enough there was a pollywog with a pair of legs sprouting out . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 ,
3 , 4 and
4 and 5 sure
5 sure 6 enough
6 enough 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 pollywog
10 pollywog 11 with
11 with 12 a
12 a 13 pair
13 pair 14 of
14 of 15 legs
15 legs 16 sprouting
16 sprouting 17 out
17 out 18 .

they were his fore legs , and they certainly did make him look funny . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 his
3 his 4 fore
4 fore 5 legs
5 legs 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 they
8 they 9 certainly
9 certainly 10 did
10 did 11 make
11 make 12 him
12 him 13 look
13 look 14 funny
14 funny 15 .

and only a few days before there hadn't been a sign of legs . 
1 and 2 only
2 only 3 a
3 a 4 few
4 few 5 days
5 days 6 before
6 before 7 there
7 there 8 hadn't
8 hadn't 9 been
9 been 10 a
10 a 11 sign
11 sign 12 of
12 of 13 legs
13 legs 14 .

" my gracious ! " exclaimed [peter] . 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 gracious
3 gracious 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 exclaimed
6 exclaimed 8 .

" what a funny sight ! 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 a
3 a 4 funny
4 funny 5 sight
5 sight 6 !

i thought my babies grew fast , but these beat them . " 
1 i 2 thought
2 thought 3 my
3 my 4 babies
4 babies 5 grew
5 grew 6 fast
6 fast 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 these
9 these 10 beat
10 beat 11 them
11 them 12 .
12 . 13 "

[x] 

[the] [little] [toads] [start] [out] [to] [see] [the] [world] 

it had been some time since [peter] [rabbit] had visited [the] [smiling] [pool] to watch the pollywogs . 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 some
4 some 5 time
5 time 6 since
6 since 9 had
9 had 10 visited
10 visited 14 to
14 to 15 watch
15 watch 16 the
16 the 17 pollywogs
17 pollywogs 18 .

so off he started , lipperty-lipperty-lip . 
1 so 2 off
2 off 3 he
3 he 4 started
4 started 5 ,
5 , 6 lipperty-lipperty-lip
6 lipperty-lipperty-lip 7 .

he wondered if those pollywog children of [old] [mr] [toad] would be much changed . 
1 he 2 wondered
2 wondered 3 if
3 if 4 those
4 those 5 pollywog
5 pollywog 6 children
6 children 7 of
7 of 11 would
11 would 12 be
12 be 13 much
13 much 14 changed
14 changed 15 .

the last time he saw them some of them had just begun to grow legs , although they still had long tails . 
1 the 2 last
2 last 3 time
3 time 4 he
4 he 5 saw
5 saw 6 them
6 them 7 some
7 some 8 of
8 of 9 them
9 them 10 had
10 had 11 just
11 just 12 begun
12 begun 13 to
13 to 14 grow
14 grow 15 legs
15 legs 16 ,
16 , 17 although
17 although 18 they
18 they 19 still
19 still 20 had
20 had 21 long
21 long 22 tails
22 tails 23 .

he had almost reached the [smiling] [pool] [when] great big drops of rain began to splash down . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 almost
3 almost 4 reached
4 reached 5 the
5 the 9 great
9 great 10 big
10 big 11 drops
11 drops 12 of
12 of 13 rain
13 rain 14 began
14 began 15 to
15 to 16 splash
16 splash 17 down
17 down 18 .

and with those first raindrops something funny happened . 
1 and 2 with
2 with 3 those
3 those 4 first
4 first 5 raindrops
5 raindrops 6 something
6 something 7 funny
7 funny 8 happened
8 happened 9 .

anyway , it seemed funny to [peter] . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 seemed
4 seemed 5 funny
5 funny 6 to
6 to 8 .

right away he was surrounded by tiny little [toads] . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 surrounded
5 surrounded 6 by
6 by 7 tiny
7 tiny 8 little
8 little 10 .

peter 's big eyes grew round with surprise as he stared . 
1 peter 2 's
2 's 3 big
3 big 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 grew
5 grew 6 round
6 round 7 with
7 with 8 surprise
8 surprise 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 stared
11 stared 12 .

where had they all come from so suddenly ? 
1 where 2 had
2 had 3 they
3 they 4 all
4 all 5 come
5 come 6 from
6 from 7 so
7 so 8 suddenly
8 suddenly 9 ?

a minute before he hadn't seen a single one , and now he could hardly move without stepping on one . 
1 a 2 minute
2 minute 3 before
3 before 4 he
4 he 5 hadn't
5 hadn't 6 seen
6 seen 7 a
7 a 8 single
8 single 9 one
9 one 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 now
12 now 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 hardly
15 hardly 16 move
16 move 17 without
17 without 18 stepping
18 stepping 19 on
19 on 20 one
20 one 21 .

it seemed , it really seemed , as if each raindrop turned into a tiny [toad] the instant it struck the ground . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 really
5 really 6 seemed
6 seemed 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 each
10 each 11 raindrop
11 raindrop 12 turned
12 turned 13 into
13 into 14 a
14 a 15 tiny
15 tiny 17 the
17 the 18 instant
18 instant 19 it
19 it 20 struck
20 struck 21 the
21 the 22 ground
22 ground 23 .

of course [peter] knew that that couldn't be , but it was very puzzling . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 4 knew
4 knew 5 that
5 that 6 that
6 that 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 be
8 be 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 very
13 very 14 puzzling
14 puzzling 15 .

and all those [little] [toads] were bravely hopping along as if they were bound for some particular place . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 those
3 those 6 were
6 were 7 bravely
7 bravely 8 hopping
8 hopping 9 along
9 along 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 they
12 they 13 were
13 were 14 bound
14 bound 15 for
15 for 16 some
16 some 17 particular
17 particular 18 place
18 place 19 .

peter watched them for a few minutes , then he once more started for the [smiling] [pool] . 
1 peter 2 watched
2 watched 3 them
3 them 4 for
4 for 5 a
5 a 6 few
6 few 7 minutes
7 minutes 8 ,
8 , 9 then
9 then 10 he
10 he 11 once
11 once 12 more
12 more 13 started
13 started 14 for
14 for 15 the
15 the 18 .

on the very bank whom should he meet but [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 on 2 the
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 bank
4 bank 5 whom
5 whom 6 should
6 should 7 he
7 he 8 meet
8 meet 9 but
9 but 13 .

he looked rather thin , and his back was to the [smiling] [pool] . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 rather
3 rather 4 thin
4 thin 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 his
7 his 8 back
8 back 9 was
9 was 10 to
10 to 11 the
11 the 14 .

yes , [sir] [,] he was hopping away from the [smiling] [pool] where he had been all the spring , singing in the great chorus . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 hopping
7 hopping 8 away
8 away 9 from
9 from 10 the
10 the 13 where
13 where 14 he
14 he 15 had
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 all
17 all 18 the
18 the 19 spring
19 spring 20 ,
20 , 21 singing
21 singing 22 in
22 in 23 the
23 the 24 great
24 great 25 chorus
25 chorus 26 .

" good morning , [old] [mr] [toad] [,] " said [peter] in his most polite manner . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
4 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 12 in
12 in 13 his
13 his 14 most
14 most 15 polite
15 polite 16 manner
16 manner 17 .

" can you tell me where all [these] [little] [toads] came from ? " 
1 " 2 can
2 can 3 you
3 you 4 tell
4 tell 5 me
5 me 6 where
6 where 7 all
7 all 11 came
11 came 12 from
12 from 13 ?
13 ? 14 "

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [can] [you] [tell] [me] [where] [all] [these] [little] [toads] [came] [from] [?] ["] []] 

" certainly , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 9 .

" they came from [the] [smiling] [pool] , of course . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 came
3 came 4 from
4 from 8 ,
8 , 9 of
9 of 10 course
10 course 11 .

where did you suppose they came from ? " 
1 where 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 suppose
4 suppose 5 they
5 they 6 came
6 came 7 from
7 from 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

" [i] [i] didn't know . 
1 " 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 know
5 know 6 .

there wasn't one to be seen , and then it began to rain , and right away they were everywhere . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 one
3 one 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 seen
6 seen 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 then
9 then 10 it
10 it 11 began
11 began 12 to
12 to 13 rain
13 rain 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 right
16 right 17 away
17 away 18 they
18 they 19 were
19 were 20 everywhere
20 everywhere 21 .

it it almost seemed as if they had rained down out of the sky . " 
1 it 2 it
2 it 3 almost
3 almost 4 seemed
4 seemed 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 they
7 they 8 had
8 had 9 rained
9 rained 10 down
10 down 11 out
11 out 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 sky
14 sky 15 .
15 . 16 "

old [mr] [toad] chuckled . 
1 old 4 chuckled
4 chuckled 5 .

" they 've got good sense , if [i] must say it about my own children , " said he . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 've
3 've 4 got
4 got 5 good
5 good 6 sense
6 sense 7 ,
7 , 8 if
8 if 10 must
10 must 11 say
11 say 12 it
12 it 13 about
13 about 14 my
14 my 15 own
15 own 16 children
16 children 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
20 he 21 .

" they know that wet weather is the only weather [for] [toads] to travel in . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 5 wet
5 wet 6 weather
6 weather 7 is
7 is 8 the
8 the 9 only
9 only 10 weather
10 weather 13 to
13 to 14 travel
14 travel 15 in
15 in 16 .

the minute this shower came up , they knew it was good traveling weather and out they popped . " 
1 the 2 minute
2 minute 3 this
3 this 4 shower
4 shower 5 came
5 came 6 up
6 up 7 ,
7 , 8 they
8 they 9 knew
9 knew 10 it
10 it 11 was
11 was 12 good
12 good 13 traveling
13 traveling 14 weather
14 weather 15 and
15 and 16 out
16 out 17 they
17 they 18 popped
18 popped 19 .
19 . 20 "

" but what did they leave [the] [smiling] [pool] for ? " 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 what
3 what 4 did
4 did 5 they
5 they 6 leave
6 leave 10 for
10 for 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

peter asked . 
1 peter 2 asked
2 asked 3 .

" to see [the] [great] [world] , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 to
2 to 3 see
3 see 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 replied
9 replied 13 .

" foolish , very foolish of them , but they would do it . 
1 " 2 foolish
2 foolish 3 ,
3 , 4 very
4 very 5 foolish
5 foolish 6 of
6 of 7 them
7 them 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 they
10 they 11 would
11 would 12 do
12 do 13 it
13 it 14 .

i did the same thing myself when [i] was their age . 
1 i 2 did
2 did 3 the
3 the 4 same
4 same 5 thing
5 thing 6 myself
6 myself 7 when
7 when 9 was
9 was 10 their
10 their 11 age
11 age 12 .

couldn't stop me any more than [i] could stop them . 
1 couldn't 2 stop
2 stop 3 me
3 me 4 any
4 any 5 more
5 more 6 than
6 than 8 could
8 could 9 stop
9 stop 10 them
10 them 11 .

they don't know when they 're well off , but young folks never do . 
1 they 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 when
4 when 5 they
5 they 6 're
6 're 7 well
7 well 8 off
8 off 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 young
11 young 12 folks
12 folks 13 never
13 never 14 do
14 do 15 .

fine weather , isn't it ? " 
1 fine 2 weather
2 weather 3 ,
3 , 4 isn't
4 isn't 5 it
5 it 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

[xi] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [queer] [tongue] 

old [mother] [nature] doth provide [for] all her children , large or small . 
1 old 4 doth
4 doth 5 provide
5 provide 7 all
7 all 8 her
8 her 9 children
9 children 10 ,
10 , 11 large
11 large 12 or
12 or 13 small
13 small 14 .

her wisdom foresees all their needs [and] [makes] provision for them all . 
1 her 2 wisdom
2 wisdom 3 foresees
3 foresees 4 all
4 all 5 their
5 their 6 needs
6 needs 9 provision
9 provision 10 for
10 for 11 them
11 them 12 all
12 all 13 .

perhaps you 'll learn something just as [peter] did . 
1 perhaps 2 you
2 you 3 'll
3 'll 4 learn
4 learn 5 something
5 something 6 just
6 just 7 as
7 as 9 did
9 did 10 .

when the last [little] [toad] had passed them , [old] [mr] [toad] suddenly remembered that he was hungry , very hungry indeed . 
1 when 2 the
2 the 3 last
3 last 6 had
6 had 7 passed
7 passed 8 them
8 them 9 ,
9 , 13 suddenly
13 suddenly 14 remembered
14 remembered 15 that
15 that 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 hungry
18 hungry 19 ,
19 , 20 very
20 very 21 hungry
21 hungry 22 indeed
22 indeed 23 .

" didn't have time to eat much while [i] was in [the] [smiling] [pool] , " he explained . 
1 " 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 eat
6 eat 7 much
7 much 8 while
8 while 10 was
10 was 11 in
11 in 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 he
17 he 18 explained
18 explained 19 .

" couldn't eat and sing too , and while [i] was down there , [i] was supposed to sing . 
1 " 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 eat
3 eat 4 and
4 and 5 sing
5 sing 6 too
6 too 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 while
9 while 11 was
11 was 12 down
12 down 13 there
13 there 14 ,
14 , 16 was
16 was 17 supposed
17 supposed 18 to
18 to 19 sing
19 sing 20 .

see that bug over there on that leaf ? 
1 see 2 that
2 that 3 bug
3 bug 4 over
4 over 5 there
5 there 6 on
6 on 7 that
7 that 8 leaf
8 leaf 9 ?

watch him . " 
1 watch 2 him
2 him 3 .
3 . 4 "

peter looked , and sure enough there was a fat bug crawling along on an old leaf . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 ,
3 , 4 and
4 and 5 sure
5 sure 6 enough
6 enough 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 fat
10 fat 11 bug
11 bug 12 crawling
12 crawling 13 along
13 along 14 on
14 on 15 an
15 an 16 old
16 old 17 leaf
17 leaf 18 .

he was about two inches from [old] [mr] [toad] , and he was crawling very fast . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 about
3 about 4 two
4 two 5 inches
5 inches 6 from
6 from 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 crawling
14 crawling 15 very
15 very 16 fast
16 fast 17 .

and right while [peter] was looking at him he disappeared . 
1 and 2 right
2 right 3 while
3 while 5 was
5 was 6 looking
6 looking 7 at
7 at 8 him
8 him 9 he
9 he 10 disappeared
10 disappeared 11 .

peter turned to look at [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 peter 2 turned
2 turned 3 to
3 to 4 look
4 look 5 at
5 at 9 .

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

peter opened his eyes very wide . 
1 peter 2 opened
2 opened 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 very
5 very 6 wide
6 wide 7 .

" [wha] what " he began . 
1 " 3 what
3 what 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 began
6 began 7 .

" [nice] bug , " interrupted [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 3 bug
3 bug 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 interrupted
6 interrupted 10 .

" nicest bug [i] 've eaten for a longtime . " 
1 " 2 nicest
2 nicest 3 bug
3 bug 5 've
5 've 6 eaten
6 eaten 7 for
7 for 8 a
8 a 9 longtime
9 longtime 10 .
10 . 11 "

" but [i] didn't see you catch him ! " protested [peter] , looking at [old] [mr] [toad] [as] if he suspected him of joking . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 see
5 see 6 you
6 you 7 catch
7 catch 8 him
8 him 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 protested
11 protested 13 ,
13 , 14 looking
14 looking 15 at
15 at 20 if
20 if 21 he
21 he 22 suspected
22 suspected 23 him
23 him 24 of
24 of 25 joking
25 joking 26 .

" anything wrong with your eyes ? " inquired [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 anything
2 anything 3 wrong
3 wrong 4 with
4 with 5 your
5 your 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 inquired
9 inquired 13 .

" no , " replied [peter] just a wee bit crossly . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 7 just
7 just 8 a
8 a 9 wee
9 wee 10 bit
10 bit 11 crossly
11 crossly 12 .

" my eyes are just as good as ever . " 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 are
4 are 5 just
5 just 6 as
6 as 7 good
7 good 8 as
8 as 9 ever
9 ever 10 .
10 . 11 "

" then watch me catch that fly over yonder , " said [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 watch
3 watch 4 me
4 me 5 catch
5 catch 6 that
6 that 7 fly
7 fly 8 over
8 over 9 yonder
9 yonder 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 16 .

he hopped towards a fly which had lighted on a blade of grass just ahead . 
1 he 2 hopped
2 hopped 3 towards
3 towards 4 a
4 a 5 fly
5 fly 6 which
6 which 7 had
7 had 8 lighted
8 lighted 9 on
9 on 10 a
10 a 11 blade
11 blade 12 of
12 of 13 grass
13 grass 14 just
14 just 15 ahead
15 ahead 16 .

about two inches from it he stopped , and so far as [peter] could see , he sat perfectly still . 
1 about 2 two
2 two 3 inches
3 inches 4 from
4 from 5 it
5 it 6 he
6 he 7 stopped
7 stopped 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 so
10 so 11 far
11 far 12 as
12 as 14 could
14 could 15 see
15 see 16 ,
16 , 17 he
17 he 18 sat
18 sat 19 perfectly
19 perfectly 20 still
20 still 21 .

but the fly disappeared , and it wasn't because it flew away , either . 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 fly
3 fly 4 disappeared
4 disappeared 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 it
7 it 8 wasn't
8 wasn't 9 because
9 because 10 it
10 it 11 flew
11 flew 12 away
12 away 13 ,
13 , 14 either
14 either 15 .

peter was sure of that . 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 sure
3 sure 4 of
4 of 5 that
5 that 6 .

old [mr] [toad] chuckled . 
1 old 4 chuckled
4 chuckled 5 .

" didn't you see that one go [,] [peter] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 you
3 you 4 see
4 see 5 that
5 that 6 one
6 one 7 go
7 go 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 asked
13 asked 14 .

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

" [i] wish you [would] stop fooling me , " said [peter] . 
1 " 3 wish
3 wish 4 you
4 you 6 stop
6 stop 7 fooling
7 fooling 8 me
8 me 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 13 .

please , [mr] [toad] . " 
1 please 2 ,
2 , 5 .
5 . 6 "

now when [peter] said please that way , of course [old] [mr] [toad] couldn't resist him . 
1 now 2 when
2 when 4 said
4 said 5 please
5 please 6 that
6 that 7 way
7 way 8 ,
8 , 9 of
9 of 10 course
10 course 14 couldn't
14 couldn't 15 resist
15 resist 16 him
16 him 17 .

nobody could . 
1 nobody 2 could
2 could 3 .

" here comes an ant this way . 
1 " 2 here
2 here 3 comes
3 comes 4 an
4 an 5 ant
5 ant 6 this
6 this 7 way
7 way 8 .

now you watch my mouth instead of the ant and see what happens , " said [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 now 2 you
2 you 3 watch
3 watch 4 my
4 my 5 mouth
5 mouth 6 instead
6 instead 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 ant
9 ant 10 and
10 and 11 see
11 see 12 what
12 what 13 happens
13 happens 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 20 .

peter looked and saw a big black ant coming . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 and
3 and 4 saw
4 saw 5 a
5 a 6 big
6 big 7 black
7 black 8 ant
8 ant 9 coming
9 coming 10 .

then he kept his eyes on [old] [mr] [toad] ['s] mouth . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 kept
3 kept 4 his
4 his 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 on
6 on 11 mouth
11 mouth 12 .

but when he looked for the ant , it was nowhere to be seen . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 looked
4 looked 5 for
5 for 6 the
6 the 7 ant
7 ant 8 ,
8 , 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 nowhere
11 nowhere 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 seen
14 seen 15 .

peter looked at [old] [mr] [toad] very hard . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 at
3 at 7 very
7 very 8 hard
8 hard 9 .

old [mr] [toad] chuckled again . 
1 old 4 chuckled
4 chuckled 5 again
5 again 6 .

with every insect swallowed he felt better natured . 
1 with 2 every
2 every 3 insect
3 insect 4 swallowed
4 swallowed 5 he
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 7 better
7 better 8 natured
8 natured 9 .

" you 've guessed it , [peter] [,] " said he . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 've
3 've 4 guessed
4 guessed 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
11 he 12 .

" handy tongue , isn't it ? " 
1 " 2 handy
2 handy 3 tongue
3 tongue 4 ,
4 , 5 isn't
5 isn't 6 it
6 it 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

" [i] think it 's a very queer tongue , " retorted [peter] , " and [i] don't understand it at all . 
1 " 3 think
3 think 4 it
4 it 5 's
5 's 6 a
6 a 7 very
7 very 8 queer
8 queer 9 tongue
9 tongue 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 retorted
12 retorted 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 and
16 and 18 don't
18 don't 19 understand
19 understand 20 it
20 it 21 at
21 at 22 all
22 all 23 .

if it 's so long as all that , where do you keep it when it isn't in use ? 
1 if 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 so
4 so 5 long
5 long 6 as
6 as 7 all
7 all 8 that
8 that 9 ,
9 , 10 where
10 where 11 do
11 do 12 you
12 you 13 keep
13 keep 14 it
14 it 15 when
15 when 16 it
16 it 17 isn't
17 isn't 18 in
18 in 19 use
19 use 20 ?

" [ha] [,] ha , ha , ha , ha ! " laughed [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 4 ha
4 ha 5 ,
5 , 6 ha
6 ha 7 ,
7 , 8 ha
8 ha 9 ,
9 , 10 ha
10 ha 11 !
11 ! 12 "
12 " 13 laughed
13 laughed 17 .

" my tongue never is in the way , and it 's the handiest tongue in the world . 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 tongue
3 tongue 4 never
4 never 5 is
5 is 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 way
8 way 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 it
11 it 12 's
12 's 13 the
13 the 14 handiest
14 handiest 15 tongue
15 tongue 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 world
18 world 19 .

i 'll show it to you . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 show
3 show 4 it
4 it 5 to
5 to 6 you
6 you 7 .
7 . 8 "

[xii] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [shows] [his] [tongue] 

i 'm quite sure you would . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 quite
3 quite 4 sure
4 sure 5 you
5 you 6 would
6 would 7 .

old [mr] [toad] thinks his tongue the most satisfactory tongue in the world . 
1 old 4 thinks
4 thinks 5 his
5 his 6 tongue
6 tongue 7 the
7 the 8 most
8 most 9 satisfactory
9 satisfactory 10 tongue
10 tongue 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 world
13 world 14 .

in fact , he is quite sure that without it he couldn't get along at all , and [i] don't know as he could . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 quite
6 quite 7 sure
7 sure 8 that
8 that 9 without
9 without 10 it
10 it 11 he
11 he 12 couldn't
12 couldn't 13 get
13 get 14 along
14 along 15 at
15 at 16 all
16 all 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 20 don't
20 don't 21 know
21 know 22 as
22 as 23 he
23 he 24 could
24 could 25 .

and yet very few of his neighbors know anything about that tongue and how different it is from most other tongues . 
1 and 2 yet
2 yet 3 very
3 very 4 few
4 few 5 of
5 of 6 his
6 his 7 neighbors
7 neighbors 8 know
8 know 9 anything
9 anything 10 about
10 about 11 that
11 that 12 tongue
12 tongue 13 and
13 and 14 how
14 how 15 different
15 different 16 it
16 it 17 is
17 is 18 from
18 from 19 most
19 most 20 other
20 other 21 tongues
21 tongues 22 .

what [peter] couldn't understand was what [old] [mr] [toad] did with a tongue that would reach two inches beyond his mouth . 
1 what 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 understand
4 understand 5 was
5 was 6 what
6 what 10 did
10 did 11 with
11 with 12 a
12 a 13 tongue
13 tongue 14 that
14 that 15 would
15 would 16 reach
16 reach 17 two
17 two 18 inches
18 inches 19 beyond
19 beyond 20 his
20 his 21 mouth
21 mouth 22 .

he said as much . 
1 he 2 said
2 said 3 as
3 as 4 much
4 much 5 .

he opened his big mouth and slowly ran his tongue out its full length . 
1 he 2 opened
2 opened 3 his
3 his 4 big
4 big 5 mouth
5 mouth 6 and
6 and 7 slowly
7 slowly 8 ran
8 ran 9 his
9 his 10 tongue
10 tongue 11 out
11 out 12 its
12 its 13 full
13 full 14 length
14 length 15 .

" why ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 !

why-ee ! " exclaimed [peter] . 
1 why-ee 2 !
2 ! 3 "
3 " 4 exclaimed
4 exclaimed 6 .

" it 's fastened at the wrong end ! " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 fastened
4 fastened 5 at
5 at 6 the
6 the 7 wrong
7 wrong 8 end
8 end 9 !
9 ! 10 "

" no such thing ! " replied [old] [mr] [toad] indignantly . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 such
3 such 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 11 indignantly
11 indignantly 12 .

" if it was fastened at the other end , how could [i] run it out so far ? " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 fastened
5 fastened 6 at
6 at 7 the
7 the 8 other
8 other 9 end
9 end 10 ,
10 , 11 how
11 how 12 could
12 could 14 run
14 run 15 it
15 it 16 out
16 out 17 so
17 so 18 far
18 far 19 ?
19 ? 20 "

" but mine and all other tongues that [i] ever have seen are fastened way down in the throat , " protested [peter] . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 mine
3 mine 4 and
4 and 5 all
5 all 6 other
6 other 7 tongues
7 tongues 8 that
8 that 10 ever
10 ever 11 have
11 have 12 seen
12 seen 13 are
13 are 14 fastened
14 fastened 15 way
15 way 16 down
16 down 17 in
17 in 18 the
18 the 19 throat
19 throat 20 ,
20 , 21 "
21 " 22 protested
22 protested 24 .

" yours is fastened at the other end , way in the very front of your mouth . 
1 " 2 yours
2 yours 3 is
3 is 4 fastened
4 fastened 5 at
5 at 6 the
6 the 7 other
7 other 8 end
8 end 9 ,
9 , 10 way
10 way 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 very
13 very 14 front
14 front 15 of
15 of 16 your
16 your 17 mouth
17 mouth 18 .

i never heard of such a thing . " 
1 i 2 never
2 never 3 heard
3 heard 4 of
4 of 5 such
5 such 6 a
6 a 7 thing
7 thing 8 .
8 . 9 "

" there are a great many things you have never heard of , [peter] [rabbit] [,] " replied [old] [mr] [toad] drily . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 are
3 are 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 many
6 many 7 things
7 things 8 you
8 you 9 have
9 have 10 never
10 never 11 heard
11 heard 12 of
12 of 13 ,
13 , 17 "
17 " 18 replied
18 replied 22 drily
22 drily 23 .

" mine is the right way to have a tongue . 
1 " 2 mine
2 mine 3 is
3 is 4 the
4 the 5 right
5 right 6 way
6 way 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 a
9 a 10 tongue
10 tongue 11 .

because it is fastened way up in the front of my mouth that way , [i] can use the whole of it . 
1 because 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 fastened
4 fastened 5 way
5 way 6 up
6 up 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 front
9 front 10 of
10 of 11 my
11 my 12 mouth
12 mouth 13 that
13 that 14 way
14 way 15 ,
15 , 17 can
17 can 18 use
18 use 19 the
19 the 20 whole
20 whole 21 of
21 of 22 it
22 it 23 .

you see it goes out its full length . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 it
3 it 4 goes
4 goes 5 out
5 out 6 its
6 its 7 full
7 full 8 length
8 length 9 .

peter thought this over for a few minutes before he ventured another question . 
1 peter 2 thought
2 thought 3 this
3 this 4 over
4 over 5 for
5 for 6 a
6 a 7 few
7 few 8 minutes
8 minutes 9 before
9 before 10 he
10 he 11 ventured
11 ventured 12 another
12 another 13 question
13 question 14 .

" [i] begin to understand , " said he , " but how do you hold on to the bug with your tongue ? " 
1 " 3 begin
3 begin 4 to
4 to 5 understand
5 understand 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 but
12 but 13 how
13 how 14 do
14 do 15 you
15 you 16 hold
16 hold 17 on
17 on 18 to
18 to 19 the
19 the 20 bug
20 bug 21 with
21 with 22 your
22 your 23 tongue
23 tongue 24 ?
24 ? 25 "

" my tongue is sticky , of course , [mr] [stupid] [,] " replied [old] [mr] [toad] , looking very much disgusted . 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 tongue
3 tongue 4 is
4 is 5 sticky
5 sticky 6 ,
6 , 7 of
7 of 8 course
8 course 9 ,
9 , 13 "
13 " 14 replied
14 replied 18 ,
18 , 19 looking
19 looking 20 very
20 very 21 much
21 much 22 disgusted
22 disgusted 23 .

" just let me touch a bug with it , and he 's mine every time . " 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 let
3 let 4 me
4 me 5 touch
5 touch 6 a
6 a 7 bug
7 bug 8 with
8 with 9 it
9 it 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 's
13 's 14 mine
14 mine 15 every
15 every 16 time
16 time 17 .
17 . 18 "

peter thought this over . 
1 peter 2 thought
2 thought 3 this
3 this 4 over
4 over 5 .

then he felt of his own tongue . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 felt
3 felt 4 of
4 of 5 his
5 his 6 own
6 own 7 tongue
7 tongue 8 .

" mine isn't sticky , " said he very innocently . 
1 " 2 mine
2 mine 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 sticky
4 sticky 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 very
9 very 10 innocently
10 innocently 11 .

old [mr] [toad] laughed right out . 
1 old 4 laughed
4 laughed 5 right
5 right 6 out
6 out 7 .

" perhaps if it was , you couldn't ask so many questions , " said he . 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 if
3 if 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 ,
6 , 7 you
7 you 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 ask
9 ask 10 so
10 so 11 many
11 many 12 questions
12 questions 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 he
16 he 17 .

" now watch me catch that fly . " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 watch
3 watch 4 me
4 me 5 catch
5 catch 6 that
6 that 7 fly
7 fly 8 .
8 . 9 "

his funny little tongue darted out , and the fly was gone . 
1 his 2 funny
2 funny 3 little
3 little 4 tongue
4 tongue 5 darted
5 darted 6 out
6 out 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 the
9 the 10 fly
10 fly 11 was
11 was 12 gone
12 gone 13 .

[[] [illustration] [:] [his] [funny] [little] [tongue] [darted] [out] [,] [and] [the] [fly] [was] [gone] [.] []] 

" it certainly is very handy , " said [peter] politely . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 is
4 is 5 very
5 very 6 handy
6 handy 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 politely
11 politely 12 .

" [i] think we are going to have more rain , and [i] 'd better be getting back to the dear [old] [briarpatch] . 
1 " 3 think
3 think 4 we
4 we 5 are
5 are 6 going
6 going 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 more
9 more 10 rain
10 rain 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 'd
14 'd 15 better
15 better 16 be
16 be 17 getting
17 getting 18 back
18 back 19 to
19 to 20 the
20 the 21 dear
21 dear 24 .

very much obliged to you , [mr] [toad] . 
1 very 2 much
2 much 3 obliged
3 obliged 4 to
4 to 5 you
5 you 6 ,
6 , 9 .

i think you are very wonderful . " 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 you
3 you 4 are
4 are 5 very
5 very 6 wonderful
6 wonderful 7 .
7 . 8 "

" not at all , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 at
3 at 4 all
4 all 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 11 .

" [i] 've simply got the things [i] need in order to live , just as you have the things you need . 
1 " 3 've
3 've 4 simply
4 simply 5 got
5 got 6 the
6 the 7 things
7 things 9 need
9 need 10 in
10 in 11 order
11 order 12 to
12 to 13 live
13 live 14 ,
14 , 15 just
15 just 16 as
16 as 17 you
17 you 18 have
18 have 19 the
19 the 20 things
20 things 21 you
21 you 22 need
22 need 23 .

i couldn't get along with your kind of a tongue , but no more could you get along with mine . 
1 i 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 get
3 get 4 along
4 along 5 with
5 with 6 your
6 your 7 kind
7 kind 8 of
8 of 9 a
9 a 10 tongue
10 tongue 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 no
13 no 14 more
14 more 15 could
15 could 16 you
16 you 17 get
17 get 18 along
18 along 19 with
19 with 20 mine
20 mine 21 .

if you live long enough , you will learn that [old] [mother] [nature] makes no mistakes . 
1 if 2 you
2 you 3 live
3 live 4 long
4 long 5 enough
5 enough 6 ,
6 , 7 you
7 you 8 will
8 will 9 learn
9 learn 10 that
10 that 14 makes
14 makes 15 no
15 no 16 mistakes
16 mistakes 17 .

she gives each of us what we need , and each one has different needs . " 
1 she 2 gives
2 gives 3 each
3 each 4 of
4 of 5 us
5 us 6 what
6 what 7 we
7 we 8 need
8 need 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 each
11 each 12 one
12 one 13 has
13 has 14 different
14 different 15 needs
15 needs 16 .
16 . 17 "

[xiii] 

[peter] [rabbit] [is] [impolite] 

peter [rabbit] couldn't get [old] [mr] [toad] off his mind . 
1 peter 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 get
4 get 8 off
8 off 9 his
9 his 10 mind
10 mind 11 .

and his respect [for] [old] [mr] [toad] [had] become very great indeed . 
1 and 2 his
2 his 3 respect
3 respect 9 become
9 become 10 very
10 very 11 great
11 great 12 indeed
12 indeed 13 .

of course . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 .

who wouldn't respect any one with such beautiful eyes and such a sweet voice and such a wonderful tongue ? 
1 who 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 respect
3 respect 4 any
4 any 5 one
5 one 6 with
6 with 7 such
7 such 8 beautiful
8 beautiful 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 and
10 and 11 such
11 such 12 a
12 a 13 sweet
13 sweet 14 voice
14 voice 15 and
15 and 16 such
16 such 17 a
17 a 18 wonderful
18 wonderful 19 tongue
19 tongue 20 ?

" [funny] [,] ["] mused [peter] , " how we can live right beside people all our lives and not really know them at all . 
1 " 5 mused
5 mused 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 how
9 how 10 we
10 we 11 can
11 can 12 live
12 live 13 right
13 right 14 beside
14 beside 15 people
15 people 16 all
16 all 17 our
17 our 18 lives
18 lives 19 and
19 and 20 not
20 not 21 really
21 really 22 know
22 know 23 them
23 them 24 at
24 at 25 all
25 all 26 .

i suppose that is why we should never judge people hastily . 
1 i 2 suppose
2 suppose 3 that
3 that 4 is
4 is 5 why
5 why 6 we
6 we 7 should
7 should 8 never
8 never 9 judge
9 judge 10 people
10 people 11 hastily
11 hastily 12 .

i believe [i] will go hunt up [old] [mr] [toad] and see if [i] can find out anything more . " 
1 i 2 believe
2 believe 4 will
4 will 5 go
5 go 6 hunt
6 hunt 7 up
7 up 11 and
11 and 12 see
12 see 13 if
13 if 15 can
15 can 16 find
16 find 17 out
17 out 18 anything
18 anything 19 more
19 more 20 .
20 . 21 "

off started [peter] , lipperty-lipperty-lip . 
1 off 2 started
2 started 4 ,
4 , 5 lipperty-lipperty-lip
5 lipperty-lipperty-lip 6 .

but when he got there , [peter] found no trace of [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 got
4 got 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 8 found
8 found 9 no
9 no 10 trace
10 trace 11 of
11 of 15 .

you see , it had rained the day before , and that is just the kind of weather that a [toad] likes best for traveling . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 had
5 had 6 rained
6 rained 7 the
7 the 8 day
8 day 9 before
9 before 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 that
12 that 13 is
13 is 14 just
14 just 15 the
15 the 16 kind
16 kind 17 of
17 of 18 weather
18 weather 19 that
19 that 20 a
20 a 22 likes
22 likes 23 best
23 best 24 for
24 for 25 traveling
25 traveling 26 .

peter ought to have thought of that , but he didn't . 
1 peter 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 have
4 have 5 thought
5 thought 6 of
6 of 7 that
7 that 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 he
10 he 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 .

jolly , round , bright [mr] [sun] was shining his brightest , and [peter] soon forgot all about [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 jolly 2 ,
2 , 3 round
3 round 4 ,
4 , 5 bright
5 bright 8 was
8 was 9 shining
9 shining 10 his
10 his 11 brightest
11 brightest 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 soon
15 soon 16 forgot
16 forgot 17 all
17 all 18 about
18 about 22 .

he had just done this when his ears caught the sound of a queer noise a little to one side of the [crooked] [little] [path] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 just
3 just 4 done
4 done 5 this
5 this 6 when
6 when 7 his
7 his 8 ears
8 ears 9 caught
9 caught 10 the
10 the 11 sound
11 sound 12 of
12 of 13 a
13 a 14 queer
14 queer 15 noise
15 noise 16 a
16 a 17 little
17 little 18 to
18 to 19 one
19 one 20 side
20 side 21 of
21 of 22 the
22 the 26 .

instantly [peter] stopped and sat up to listen . 
1 instantly 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 and
4 and 5 sat
5 sat 6 up
6 up 7 to
7 to 8 listen
8 listen 9 .

there it was again , and it seemed to come from under an old piece of board . 
1 there 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 again
4 again 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 it
7 it 8 seemed
8 seemed 9 to
9 to 10 come
10 come 11 from
11 from 12 under
12 under 13 an
13 an 14 old
14 old 15 piece
15 piece 16 of
16 of 17 board
17 board 18 .

it was just a little , rustling sound , hardly to be heard . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 ,
6 , 7 rustling
7 rustling 8 sound
8 sound 9 ,
9 , 10 hardly
10 hardly 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 heard
13 heard 14 .

" there 's some one under that old board , " thought [peter] , and peeped under . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 's
3 's 4 some
4 some 5 one
5 one 6 under
6 under 7 that
7 that 8 old
8 old 9 board
9 board 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 thought
12 thought 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 peeped
16 peeped 17 under
17 under 18 .

all he could see was that there was something moving . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 see
4 see 5 was
5 was 6 that
6 that 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 something
9 something 10 moving
10 moving 11 .

instantly [peter] was all curiosity . 
1 instantly 3 was
3 was 4 all
4 all 5 curiosity
5 curiosity 6 .

whoever was there was not very big . 
1 whoever 2 was
2 was 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 not
5 not 6 very
6 very 7 big
7 big 8 .

he was sure of that . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 sure
3 sure 4 of
4 of 5 that
5 that 6 .

of course that meant that he had nothing to fear . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 that
3 that 4 meant
4 meant 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 nothing
8 nothing 9 to
9 to 10 fear
10 fear 11 .

so what do you think [peter] [did] ? 
1 so 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 think
5 think 8 ?

why , he just pulled that old board over . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 just
4 just 5 pulled
5 pulled 6 that
6 that 7 old
7 old 8 board
8 board 9 over
9 over 10 .

and when he did that , he saw , whom do you think ? 
1 and 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 did
4 did 5 that
5 that 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 saw
8 saw 9 ,
9 , 10 whom
10 whom 11 do
11 do 12 you
12 you 13 think
13 think 14 ?

why , [old] [mr] [toad] [,] to be sure . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 sure
9 sure 10 .

but such a sight [as] [old] [mr] [toad] was ! 
1 but 2 such
2 such 3 a
3 a 4 sight
4 sight 9 was
9 was 10 !

peter just stared . 
1 peter 2 just
2 just 3 stared
3 stared 4 .

for a full minute he couldn't find his voice . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 full
3 full 4 minute
4 minute 5 he
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 find
7 find 8 his
8 his 9 voice
9 voice 10 .

old [mr] [toad] was changing his clothes ! 
1 old 4 was
4 was 5 changing
5 changing 6 his
6 his 7 clothes
7 clothes 8 !

yes , [sir] [,] that is just what [old] [mr] [toad] was doing . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 is
6 is 7 just
7 just 8 what
8 what 12 was
12 was 13 doing
13 doing 14 .

he was taking off his old suit , and under it was a brand new one . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 taking
3 taking 4 off
4 off 5 his
5 his 6 old
6 old 7 suit
7 suit 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 under
10 under 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 a
13 a 14 brand
14 brand 15 new
15 new 16 one
16 one 17 .

but such a time as he was having ! 
1 but 2 such
2 such 3 a
3 a 4 time
4 time 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 having
8 having 9 !

he was opening and shutting his big mouth , and drawing his hind legs under him , and rubbing them against his body . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 opening
3 opening 4 and
4 and 5 shutting
5 shutting 6 his
6 his 7 big
7 big 8 mouth
8 mouth 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 drawing
11 drawing 12 his
12 his 13 hind
13 hind 14 legs
14 legs 15 under
15 under 16 him
16 him 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 rubbing
19 rubbing 20 them
20 them 21 against
21 against 22 his
22 his 23 body
23 body 24 .

then [peter] saw a strange thing . 
1 then 3 saw
3 saw 4 a
4 a 5 strange
5 strange 6 thing
6 thing 7 .

all the time [old] [mr] [toad] was working very hard to suck it at the corners of his big mouth . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 time
3 time 7 was
7 was 8 working
8 working 9 very
9 very 10 hard
10 hard 11 to
11 to 12 suck
12 suck 13 it
13 it 14 at
14 at 15 the
15 the 16 corners
16 corners 17 of
17 of 18 his
18 his 19 big
19 big 20 mouth
20 mouth 21 .

he glared angrily at [peter] , but he couldn't say anything because his mouth was too full . 
1 he 2 glared
2 glared 3 angrily
3 angrily 4 at
4 at 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 he
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 say
10 say 11 anything
11 anything 12 because
12 because 13 his
13 his 14 mouth
14 mouth 15 was
15 was 16 too
16 too 17 full
17 full 18 .

he looked so funny that [peter] just threw himself on the ground and rolled over and over with laughter . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 so
3 so 4 funny
4 funny 5 that
5 that 7 just
7 just 8 threw
8 threw 9 himself
9 himself 10 on
10 on 11 the
11 the 12 ground
12 ground 13 and
13 and 14 rolled
14 rolled 15 over
15 over 16 and
16 and 17 over
17 over 18 with
18 with 19 laughter
19 laughter 20 .

this made [old] [mr] [toad] glare more angrily than ever , but he couldn't say anything , not a word . 
1 this 2 made
2 made 6 glare
6 glare 7 more
7 more 8 angrily
8 angrily 9 than
9 than 10 ever
10 ever 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 he
13 he 14 couldn't
14 couldn't 15 say
15 say 16 anything
16 anything 17 ,
17 , 18 not
18 not 19 a
19 a 20 word
20 word 21 .

[xiv] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [disappears] 

admit your fault when you 've done wrong , [and] don't postpone it over long . 
1 admit 2 your
2 your 3 fault
3 fault 4 when
4 when 5 you
5 you 6 've
6 've 7 done
7 done 8 wrong
8 wrong 9 ,
9 , 11 don't
11 don't 12 postpone
12 postpone 13 it
13 it 14 over
14 over 15 long
15 long 16 .

peter [rabbit] didn't blame [old] [mr] [toad] a bit for being indignant because [peter] had watched him change his suit . 
1 peter 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 blame
4 blame 8 a
8 a 9 bit
9 bit 10 for
10 for 11 being
11 being 12 indignant
12 indignant 13 because
13 because 15 had
15 had 16 watched
16 watched 17 him
17 him 18 change
18 change 19 his
19 his 20 suit
20 suit 21 .

it wasn't a nice thing to do . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 a
3 a 4 nice
4 nice 5 thing
5 thing 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 8 .

old [mr] [toad] had looked very funny while he was struggling out of his old suit , and [peter] just couldn't help laughing at him . 
1 old 4 had
4 had 5 looked
5 looked 6 very
6 very 7 funny
7 funny 8 while
8 while 9 he
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 struggling
11 struggling 12 out
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 his
14 his 15 old
15 old 16 suit
16 suit 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 20 just
20 just 21 couldn't
21 couldn't 22 help
22 help 23 laughing
23 laughing 24 at
24 at 25 him
25 him 26 .

but he realized that he had been very impolite , and he very meekly told [old] [mr] [toad] so . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 realized
3 realized 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 been
7 been 8 very
8 very 9 impolite
9 impolite 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 very
13 very 14 meekly
14 meekly 15 told
15 told 19 so
19 so 20 .

" you see , it was this way , " explained [peter] . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 see
3 see 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 this
7 this 8 way
8 way 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 explained
11 explained 13 .

" [i] heard something under that old board , and [i] just naturally turned it over to find out what was there . " 
1 " 3 heard
3 heard 4 something
4 something 5 under
5 under 6 that
6 that 7 old
7 old 8 board
8 board 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 just
12 just 13 naturally
13 naturally 14 turned
14 turned 15 it
15 it 16 over
16 over 17 to
17 to 18 find
18 find 19 out
19 out 20 what
20 what 21 was
21 was 22 there
22 there 23 .
23 . 24 "

" hump ! " grunted [old] [mr] . toad . 
1 " 2 hump
2 hump 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 grunted
5 grunted 8 .
8 . 9 toad
9 toad 10 .

" [i] didn't have the least idea that you were there , " continued [peter] . 
1 " 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 have
4 have 5 the
5 the 6 least
6 least 7 idea
7 idea 8 that
8 that 9 you
9 you 10 were
10 were 11 there
11 there 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 continued
14 continued 16 .

but [i] 'm sorry , [mr] [toad] . 
1 but 3 'm
3 'm 4 sorry
4 sorry 5 ,
5 , 8 .

truly [i] am . 
1 truly 3 am
3 am 4 .

i didn't mean to be so impolite . 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mean
3 mean 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 so
6 so 7 impolite
7 impolite 8 .

i promise never to do it again . 
1 i 2 promise
2 promise 3 never
3 never 4 to
4 to 5 do
5 do 6 it
6 it 7 again
7 again 8 .

i had heard that you swallowed your old suits , but [i] never half believed it . 
1 i 2 had
2 had 3 heard
3 heard 4 that
4 that 5 you
5 you 6 swallowed
6 swallowed 7 your
7 your 8 old
8 old 9 suits
9 suits 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 13 never
13 never 14 half
14 half 15 believed
15 believed 16 it
16 it 17 .

now [i] know it is so and just how you do it , and [i] feel as if [i] had learned something worth knowing . 
1 now 3 know
3 know 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 so
6 so 7 and
7 and 8 just
8 just 9 how
9 how 10 you
10 you 11 do
11 do 12 it
12 it 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 16 feel
16 feel 17 as
17 as 18 if
18 if 20 had
20 had 21 learned
21 learned 22 something
22 something 23 worth
23 worth 24 knowing
24 knowing 25 .

do you go down into the mud at the bottom of the [smiling] [pool] the way [grandfather] [frog] does ? " 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 go
3 go 4 down
4 down 5 into
5 into 6 the
6 the 7 mud
7 mud 8 at
8 at 9 the
9 the 10 bottom
10 bottom 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 15 the
15 the 16 way
16 way 19 does
19 does 20 ?
20 ? 21 "

" certainly not ! " retorted [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 not
3 not 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 retorted
6 retorted 10 .

" use your common sense , [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 use
2 use 3 your
3 your 4 common
4 common 5 sense
5 sense 6 ,
6 , 9 .

i 'm not so fond of long journeys as all that . " 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 not
3 not 4 so
4 so 5 fond
5 fond 6 of
6 of 7 long
7 long 8 journeys
8 journeys 9 as
9 as 10 all
10 all 11 that
11 that 12 .
12 . 13 "

" that 's so . " 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 so
4 so 5 .
5 . 6 "

peter looked foolish . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 foolish
3 foolish 4 .

" [i] didn't think of that when [i] spoke . " 
1 " 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 6 that
6 that 7 when
7 when 9 spoke
9 spoke 10 .
10 . 11 "

" now if [i] wanted to , [i] could disappear right here . " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 if
3 if 5 wanted
5 wanted 6 to
6 to 7 ,
7 , 9 could
9 could 10 disappear
10 disappear 11 right
11 right 12 here
12 here 13 .
13 . 14 "

" nothing of the sort ! " snapped [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 nothing
2 nothing 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 sort
5 sort 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 snapped
8 snapped 12 .

" [i] could disappear and not go near that old board , not a step nearer than [i] am now . " 
1 " 3 could
3 could 4 disappear
4 disappear 5 and
5 and 6 not
6 not 7 go
7 go 8 near
8 near 9 that
9 that 10 old
10 old 11 board
11 board 12 ,
12 , 13 not
13 not 14 a
14 a 15 step
15 step 16 nearer
16 nearer 17 than
17 than 19 am
19 am 20 now
20 now 21 .
21 . 22 "

old [mr] [toad] 's eyes twinkled . 
1 old 4 's
4 's 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 twinkled
6 twinkled 7 .

here was a chance to get even [with] [peter] for watching him change his suit . 
1 here 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 chance
4 chance 5 to
5 to 6 get
6 get 7 even
7 even 10 for
10 for 11 watching
11 watching 12 him
12 him 13 change
13 change 14 his
14 his 15 suit
15 suit 16 .

" more than that , [i] give you my word of honor that [i] will not hop three feet from where [i] am sitting . " 
1 " 2 more
2 more 3 than
3 than 4 that
4 that 5 ,
5 , 7 give
7 give 8 you
8 you 9 my
9 my 10 word
10 word 11 of
11 of 12 honor
12 honor 13 that
13 that 15 will
15 will 16 not
16 not 17 hop
17 hop 18 three
18 three 19 feet
19 feet 20 from
20 from 21 where
21 where 23 am
23 am 24 sitting
24 sitting 25 .
25 . 26 "

" all right , " replied [peter] promptly , turning his back to [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 all
2 all 3 right
3 right 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 8 promptly
8 promptly 9 ,
9 , 10 turning
10 turning 11 his
11 his 12 back
12 back 13 to
13 to 17 .

" [i] 'll look down [the] [crooked] [little] [path] for five minutes and promise not to peek . " 
1 " 3 'll
3 'll 4 look
4 look 5 down
5 down 10 for
10 for 11 five
11 five 12 minutes
12 minutes 13 and
13 and 14 promise
14 promise 15 not
15 not 16 to
16 to 17 peek
17 peek 18 .
18 . 19 "

so [peter] sat and gazed straight down the [crooked] [little] [path] . 
1 so 3 sat
3 sat 4 and
4 and 5 gazed
5 gazed 6 straight
6 straight 7 down
7 down 8 the
8 the 12 .

when he thought the five minutes were up , he turned around . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 the
4 the 5 five
5 five 6 minutes
6 minutes 7 were
7 were 8 up
8 up 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 turned
11 turned 12 around
12 around 13 .

old [mr] [toad] was nowhere to be seen . 
1 old 4 was
4 was 5 nowhere
5 nowhere 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 seen
8 seen 9 .

peter looked hastily this way and that way , but there was not a sign of [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 hastily
3 hastily 4 this
4 this 5 way
5 way 6 and
6 and 7 that
7 that 8 way
8 way 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 there
11 there 12 was
12 was 13 not
13 not 14 a
14 a 15 sign
15 sign 16 of
16 of 20 .

he had disappeared as completely as if he never had been there . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 disappeared
3 disappeared 4 as
4 as 5 completely
5 completely 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 8 he
8 he 9 never
9 never 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 12 there
12 there 13 .

[xv] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [gives] [peter] [a] [scare] 

old [mr] [toad] was getting even [with] [peter] for laughing at him . 
1 old 4 was
4 was 5 getting
5 getting 6 even
6 even 9 for
9 for 10 laughing
10 laughing 11 at
11 at 12 him
12 him 13 .

while [peter] ['s] back had been turned , [old] [mr] [toad] had disappeared . 
1 while 4 back
4 back 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 turned
7 turned 8 ,
8 , 12 had
12 had 13 disappeared
13 disappeared 14 .

it was too much for [peter] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 much
4 much 5 for
5 for 7 .

nevertheless , [peter] hopped over to it and turned it over again , because he couldn't think of any other place to look . 
1 nevertheless 2 ,
2 , 4 hopped
4 hopped 5 over
5 over 6 to
6 to 7 it
7 it 8 and
8 and 9 turned
9 turned 10 it
10 it 11 over
11 over 12 again
12 again 13 ,
13 , 14 because
14 because 15 he
15 he 16 couldn't
16 couldn't 17 think
17 think 18 of
18 of 19 any
19 any 20 other
20 other 21 place
21 place 22 to
22 to 23 look
23 look 24 .

of course , [old] [mr] [toad] wasn't there . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 7 wasn't
7 wasn't 8 there
8 there 9 .

of course not . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 not
3 not 4 .

he had given his word that he wouldn't hide there , and he always lives up to his word . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 given
3 given 4 his
4 his 5 word
5 word 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 wouldn't
8 wouldn't 9 hide
9 hide 10 there
10 there 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 he
13 he 14 always
14 always 15 lives
15 lives 16 up
16 up 17 to
17 to 18 his
18 his 19 word
19 word 20 .

peter should have known better than to have looked there . 
1 peter 2 should
2 should 3 have
3 have 4 known
4 known 5 better
5 better 6 than
6 than 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 looked
9 looked 10 there
10 there 11 .

but if [old] [mr] [toad] had nothing to hide under , of course he must have hopped away , reasoned [peter] . 
1 but 2 if
2 if 6 had
6 had 7 nothing
7 nothing 8 to
8 to 9 hide
9 hide 10 under
10 under 11 ,
11 , 12 of
12 of 13 course
13 course 14 he
14 he 15 must
15 must 16 have
16 have 17 hopped
17 hopped 18 away
18 away 19 ,
19 , 20 reasoned
20 reasoned 22 .

peter never had felt more foolish in all his life . 
1 peter 2 never
2 never 3 had
3 had 4 felt
4 felt 5 more
5 more 6 foolish
6 foolish 7 in
7 in 8 all
8 all 9 his
9 his 10 life
10 life 11 .

he began to think that [old] [mr] [toad] must be bewitched and had some strange power of making himself invisible . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 think
4 think 5 that
5 that 9 must
9 must 10 be
10 be 11 bewitched
11 bewitched 12 and
12 and 13 had
13 had 14 some
14 some 15 strange
15 strange 16 power
16 power 17 of
17 of 18 making
18 making 19 himself
19 himself 20 invisible
20 invisible 21 .

and yet [old] [mr] [toad] had disappeared . 
1 and 2 yet
2 yet 6 had
6 had 7 disappeared
7 disappeared 8 .

suddenly [peter] gave a frightened scream and jumped higher than he ever had jumped before in all his life . 
1 suddenly 3 gave
3 gave 4 a
4 a 5 frightened
5 frightened 6 scream
6 scream 7 and
7 and 8 jumped
8 jumped 9 higher
9 higher 10 than
10 than 11 he
11 he 12 ever
12 ever 13 had
13 had 14 jumped
14 jumped 15 before
15 before 16 in
16 in 17 all
17 all 18 his
18 his 19 life
19 life 20 .

a voice , the voice of [old] [mr] [toad] himself , had said , " well , now are you satisfied ? " 
1 a 2 voice
2 voice 3 ,
3 , 4 the
4 the 5 voice
5 voice 6 of
6 of 10 himself
10 himself 11 ,
11 , 12 had
12 had 13 said
13 said 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 well
16 well 17 ,
17 , 18 now
18 now 19 are
19 are 20 you
20 you 21 satisfied
21 satisfied 22 ?
22 ? 23 "

and that voice had come from right under [peter] ! do you wonder that he was frightened ? 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 voice
3 voice 4 had
4 had 5 come
5 come 6 from
6 from 7 right
7 right 8 under
8 under 10 !
10 ! 11 do
11 do 12 you
12 you 13 wonder
13 wonder 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 frightened
17 frightened 18 ?

when he turned to look , there sat [old] [mr] [toad] right where he himself had been sitting a moment before . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 turned
3 turned 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 ,
6 , 7 there
7 there 8 sat
8 sat 12 right
12 right 13 where
13 where 14 he
14 he 15 himself
15 himself 16 had
16 had 17 been
17 been 18 sitting
18 sitting 19 a
19 a 20 moment
20 moment 21 before
21 before 22 .

peter rubbed his eyes and stared very foolishly . 
1 peter 2 rubbed
2 rubbed 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 and
5 and 6 stared
6 stared 7 very
7 very 8 foolishly
8 foolishly 9 .

" [wh-wh-where] did you come from ? " he stammered at last . 
1 " 3 did
3 did 4 you
4 you 5 come
5 come 6 from
6 from 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 stammered
10 stammered 11 at
11 at 12 last
12 last 13 .

old [mr] [toad] grinned . 
1 old 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 .

" [i] 'll show you , " said he . 
1 " 3 'll
3 'll 4 show
4 show 5 you
5 you 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 .

then that disappeared . 
1 then 2 that
2 that 3 disappeared
3 disappeared 4 .

old [mr] [toad] had gone down , and the sand had fallen right back over him . 
1 old 4 had
4 had 5 gone
5 gone 6 down
6 down 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 the
9 the 10 sand
10 sand 11 had
11 had 12 fallen
12 fallen 13 right
13 right 14 back
14 back 15 over
15 over 16 him
16 him 17 .

peter just had to rub his eyes again . 
1 peter 2 just
2 just 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 rub
5 rub 6 his
6 his 7 eyes
7 eyes 8 again
8 again 9 .

he had to ! 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to
3 to 4 !

then , to make sure , he began to dig away the sand where [old] [mr] [toad] had been sitting . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 to
3 to 4 make
4 make 5 sure
5 sure 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 dig
10 dig 11 away
11 away 12 the
12 the 13 sand
13 sand 14 where
14 where 18 had
18 had 19 been
19 been 20 sitting
20 sitting 21 .

in a minute he felt [old] [mr] [toad] , who at once came out again . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 9 ,
9 , 10 who
10 who 11 at
11 at 12 once
12 once 13 came
13 came 14 out
14 out 15 again
15 again 16 .

old [mr] [toad] 's beautiful eyes twinkled more than ever . 
1 old 4 's
4 's 5 beautiful
5 beautiful 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 twinkled
7 twinkled 8 more
8 more 9 than
9 than 10 ever
10 ever 11 .

" [i] guess we are even now , [peter] [,] " said he . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 we
4 we 5 are
5 are 6 even
6 even 7 now
7 now 8 ,
8 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

peter nodded . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

" more than that , [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 more
2 more 3 than
3 than 4 that
4 that 5 ,
5 , 8 .

i think you have a little the best of it , " he replied . 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 you
3 you 4 have
4 have 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 the
7 the 8 best
8 best 9 of
9 of 10 it
10 it 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 replied
14 replied 15 .

" now won't you tell me how you did it ? " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 won't
3 won't 4 you
4 you 5 tell
5 tell 6 me
6 me 7 how
7 how 8 you
8 you 9 did
9 did 10 it
10 it 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

old [mr] [toad] held up one of his stout hind feet , and on it was a kind of spur . 
1 old 4 held
4 held 5 up
5 up 6 one
6 one 7 of
7 of 8 his
8 his 9 stout
9 stout 10 hind
10 hind 11 feet
11 feet 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 on
14 on 15 it
15 it 16 was
16 was 17 a
17 a 18 kind
18 kind 19 of
19 of 20 spur
20 spur 21 .

" there 's another just like that on the other foot , " said he , " and [i] use them to dig with . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 's
3 's 4 another
4 another 5 just
5 just 6 like
6 like 7 that
7 that 8 on
8 on 9 the
9 the 10 other
10 other 11 foot
11 foot 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
15 he 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 and
18 and 20 use
20 use 21 them
21 them 22 to
22 to 23 dig
23 dig 24 with
24 with 25 .

you go into a hole headfirst , but [i] go in the other way . 
1 you 2 go
2 go 3 into
3 into 4 a
4 a 5 hole
5 hole 6 headfirst
6 headfirst 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 10 go
10 go 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 other
13 other 14 way
14 way 15 .

i make my hole in soft earth and back into it at the same time , this way . " 
1 i 2 make
2 make 3 my
3 my 4 hole
4 hole 5 in
5 in 6 soft
6 soft 7 earth
7 earth 8 and
8 and 9 back
9 back 10 into
10 into 11 it
11 it 12 at
12 at 13 the
13 the 14 same
14 same 15 time
15 time 16 ,
16 , 17 this
17 this 18 way
18 way 19 .
19 . 20 "

he began to work his stout hind feet , and as he kicked the earth out , he backed in at the same time . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 work
4 work 5 his
5 his 6 stout
6 stout 7 hind
7 hind 8 feet
8 feet 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 kicked
13 kicked 14 the
14 the 15 earth
15 earth 16 out
16 out 17 ,
17 , 18 he
18 he 19 backed
19 backed 20 in
20 in 21 at
21 at 22 the
22 the 23 same
23 same 24 time
24 time 25 .

when he once more reappeared , [peter] thanked him . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 once
3 once 4 more
4 more 5 reappeared
5 reappeared 6 ,
6 , 8 thanked
8 thanked 9 him
9 him 10 .

then he asked one more question . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 asked
3 asked 4 one
4 one 5 more
5 more 6 question
6 question 7 .

" is that the way you go into winter quarters ? " 
1 " 2 is
2 is 3 that
3 that 4 the
4 the 5 way
5 way 6 you
6 you 7 go
7 go 8 into
8 into 9 winter
9 winter 10 quarters
10 quarters 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

old [mr] [toad] nodded . 
1 old 4 nodded
4 nodded 5 .

" and it 's the way [i] escape from my enemies . " 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 it
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 the
5 the 6 way
6 way 8 escape
8 escape 9 from
9 from 10 my
10 my 11 enemies
11 enemies 12 .
12 . 13 "

[xvi] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [surprised] 

jimmy [skunk] ambled along the [crooked] [little] [path] down the hill . 
1 jimmy 3 ambled
3 ambled 4 along
4 along 5 the
5 the 9 down
9 down 10 the
10 the 11 hill
11 hill 12 .

he didn't hurry because [jimmy] doesn't believe in hurrying . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 hurry
3 hurry 4 because
4 because 6 doesn't
6 doesn't 7 believe
7 believe 8 in
8 in 9 hurrying
9 hurrying 10 .

the only time he ever hurries is when he sees a fat beetle trying to get out of sight . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 3 time
3 time 4 he
4 he 5 ever
5 ever 6 hurries
6 hurries 7 is
7 is 8 when
8 when 9 he
9 he 10 sees
10 sees 11 a
11 a 12 fat
12 fat 13 beetle
13 beetle 14 trying
14 trying 15 to
15 to 16 get
16 get 17 out
17 out 18 of
18 of 19 sight
19 sight 20 .

then [jimmy] does hurry . 
1 then 3 does
3 does 4 hurry
4 hurry 5 .

but just now he didn't see any fat beetles , although he was looking for them . 
1 but 2 just
2 just 3 now
3 now 4 he
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 see
6 see 7 any
7 any 8 fat
8 fat 9 beetles
9 beetles 10 ,
10 , 11 although
11 although 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 looking
14 looking 15 for
15 for 16 them
16 them 17 .

so he just ambled along as if he had all the time in the world , as indeed he had . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 just
3 just 4 ambled
4 ambled 5 along
5 along 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 all
10 all 11 the
11 the 12 time
12 time 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 world
15 world 16 ,
16 , 17 as
17 as 18 indeed
18 indeed 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 21 .

he was feeling very good-natured , was [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 4 very
4 very 5 good-natured
5 good-natured 6 ,
6 , 7 was
7 was 10 .

and why shouldn't he ? 
1 and 2 why
2 why 3 shouldn't
3 shouldn't 4 he
4 he 5 ?

there was everything to make him feel good-natured . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 everything
3 everything 4 to
4 to 5 make
5 make 6 him
6 him 7 feel
7 feel 8 good-natured
8 good-natured 9 .

summer had arrived to stay . 
1 summer 2 had
2 had 3 arrived
3 arrived 4 to
4 to 5 stay
5 stay 6 .

on every side he heard glad voices . 
1 on 2 every
2 every 3 side
3 side 4 he
4 he 5 heard
5 heard 6 glad
6 glad 7 voices
7 voices 8 .

bumble the [bee] [was] humming a song . 
1 bumble 2 the
2 the 5 humming
5 humming 6 a
6 a 7 song
7 song 8 .

best of all , [jimmy] had found three beetles that very morning , and he knew that there were more if he could find them . 
1 best 2 of
2 of 3 all
3 all 4 ,
4 , 6 had
6 had 7 found
7 found 8 three
8 three 9 beetles
9 beetles 10 that
10 that 11 very
11 very 12 morning
12 morning 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 he
15 he 16 knew
16 knew 17 that
17 that 18 there
18 there 19 were
19 were 20 more
20 more 21 if
21 if 22 he
22 he 23 could
23 could 24 find
24 find 25 them
25 them 26 .

so why shouldn't he feel good ? 
1 so 2 why
2 why 3 shouldn't
3 shouldn't 4 he
4 he 5 feel
5 feel 6 good
6 good 7 ?

his sharp little eyes twinkled as he ambled along , and there wasn't much that they missed . 
1 his 2 sharp
2 sharp 3 little
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 twinkled
5 twinkled 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 ambled
8 ambled 9 along
9 along 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 there
12 there 13 wasn't
13 wasn't 14 much
14 much 15 that
15 that 16 they
16 they 17 missed
17 missed 18 .

" [beetle] [,] beetle , smooth and smug , [you] are nothing but a bug . 
1 " 4 beetle
4 beetle 5 ,
5 , 6 smooth
6 smooth 7 and
7 and 8 smug
8 smug 9 ,
9 , 11 are
11 are 12 nothing
12 nothing 13 but
13 but 14 a
14 a 15 bug
15 bug 16 .

bugs were made for [skunks] to eat , [so] come out from your retreat . 
1 bugs 2 were
2 were 3 made
3 made 4 for
4 for 6 to
6 to 7 eat
7 eat 8 ,
8 , 10 come
10 come 11 out
11 out 12 from
12 from 13 your
13 your 14 retreat
14 retreat 15 .

" hello ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !

there 's a nice big piece of bark over there that looks as if it ought to have a dozen fat beetles under it . 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 a
3 a 4 nice
4 nice 5 big
5 big 6 piece
6 piece 7 of
7 of 8 bark
8 bark 9 over
9 over 10 there
10 there 11 that
11 that 12 looks
12 looks 13 as
13 as 14 if
14 if 15 it
15 it 16 ought
16 ought 17 to
17 to 18 have
18 have 19 a
19 a 20 dozen
20 dozen 21 fat
21 fat 22 beetles
22 beetles 23 under
23 under 24 it
24 it 25 .

it 's great fun to pull over pieces of bark and see fat beetles run all ways at once . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 great
3 great 4 fun
4 fun 5 to
5 to 6 pull
6 pull 7 over
7 over 8 pieces
8 pieces 9 of
9 of 10 bark
10 bark 11 and
11 and 12 see
12 see 13 fat
13 fat 14 beetles
14 beetles 15 run
15 run 16 all
16 all 17 ways
17 ways 18 at
18 at 19 once
19 once 20 .

i 'll just have to see what is under that piece . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
3 just 4 have
4 have 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 what
7 what 8 is
8 is 9 under
9 under 10 that
10 that 11 piece
11 piece 12 .
12 . 13 "

" [beetle] [,] beetle , smooth and smug , [you] are nothing but a bug . " 
1 " 4 beetle
4 beetle 5 ,
5 , 6 smooth
6 smooth 7 and
7 and 8 smug
8 smug 9 ,
9 , 11 are
11 are 12 nothing
12 nothing 13 but
13 but 14 a
14 a 15 bug
15 bug 16 .
16 . 17 "

as he said the last word , he suddenly pulled the piece of bark over . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 said
3 said 4 the
4 the 5 last
5 last 6 word
6 word 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 suddenly
9 suddenly 10 pulled
10 pulled 11 the
11 the 12 piece
12 piece 13 of
13 of 14 bark
14 bark 15 over
15 over 16 .

" who 's a bug ? " asked a funny voice , and it sounded rather cross . 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 bug
5 bug 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 asked
8 asked 9 a
9 a 10 funny
10 funny 11 voice
11 voice 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 it
14 it 15 sounded
15 sounded 16 rather
16 rather 17 cross
17 cross 18 .

jimmy [skunk] nearly tumbled over backward in surprise , and for a minute he couldn't find his tongue . 
1 jimmy 3 nearly
3 nearly 4 tumbled
4 tumbled 5 over
5 over 6 backward
6 backward 7 in
7 in 8 surprise
8 surprise 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 for
11 for 12 a
12 a 13 minute
13 minute 14 he
14 he 15 couldn't
15 couldn't 16 find
16 find 17 his
17 his 18 tongue
18 tongue 19 .

" who 's a bug ? " he repeated . 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 bug
5 bug 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 repeated
9 repeated 10 .

instead of answering , [jimmy] [skunk] began to laugh . 
1 instead 2 of
2 of 3 answering
3 answering 4 ,
4 , 7 began
7 began 8 to
8 to 9 laugh
9 laugh 10 .

" who 's a bug ? " demanded [old] [mr] [toad] , more crossly than before . 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 bug
5 bug 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 demanded
8 demanded 12 ,
12 , 13 more
13 more 14 crossly
14 crossly 15 than
15 than 16 before
16 before 17 .

" there isn't any bug , [mr] [toad] [,] and [i] beg your pardon , " replied [jimmy] , remembering his politeness . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 any
4 any 5 bug
5 bug 6 ,
6 , 10 and
10 and 12 beg
12 beg 13 your
13 your 14 pardon
14 pardon 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 replied
17 replied 19 ,
19 , 20 remembering
20 remembering 21 his
21 his 22 politeness
22 politeness 23 .

" [i] just thought there was . 
1 " 3 just
3 just 4 thought
4 thought 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 .

you see , [i] didn't know you were under that piece of bark . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 know
6 know 7 you
7 you 8 were
8 were 9 under
9 under 10 that
10 that 11 piece
11 piece 12 of
12 of 13 bark
13 bark 14 .

i hope you will excuse me , [mr] [toad] . 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 3 you
3 you 4 will
4 will 5 excuse
5 excuse 6 me
6 me 7 ,
7 , 10 .

have you seen any fat beetles this morning ? " 
1 have 2 you
2 you 3 seen
3 seen 4 any
4 any 5 fat
5 fat 6 beetles
6 beetles 7 this
7 this 8 morning
8 morning 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

" no , " said [old] [mr] [toad] grumpily , and yawned and rubbed his eyes . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 9 grumpily
9 grumpily 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 yawned
12 yawned 13 and
13 and 14 rubbed
14 rubbed 15 his
15 his 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 .

" why , " exclaimed [jimmy] [skunk] , " [i] believe you have just waked up ! " 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 11 believe
11 believe 12 you
12 you 13 have
13 have 14 just
14 just 15 waked
15 waked 16 up
16 up 17 !
17 ! 18 "

" what if [i] have ? " demanded [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 if
3 if 5 have
5 have 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 demanded
8 demanded 12 .

" who was the other ? " asked [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 was
3 was 4 the
4 the 5 other
5 other 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 asked
8 asked 12 .

" [mr] [blacksnake] [,] ["] replied [jimmy] . 
1 " 6 replied
6 replied 8 .

" he inquired for you . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 inquired
3 inquired 4 for
4 for 5 you
5 you 6 .
6 . 7 "

old [mr] [toad] turned quite pale . 
1 old 4 turned
4 turned 5 quite
5 quite 6 pale
6 pale 7 .

" [i] [i] think [i] 'll be moving along , " said he . 
1 " 4 think
4 think 6 'll
6 'll 7 be
7 be 8 moving
8 moving 9 along
9 along 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

[xvii] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad's] [mistake] 

and when he had pulled it over , he found [old] [mr] [toad] there . 
1 and 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 pulled
5 pulled 6 it
6 it 7 over
7 over 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 found
10 found 14 there
14 there 15 .

old [mr] [toad] had crept under that piece of bark because he wanted to take a nap . 
1 old 4 had
4 had 5 crept
5 crept 6 under
6 under 7 that
7 that 8 piece
8 piece 9 of
9 of 10 bark
10 bark 11 because
11 because 12 he
12 he 13 wanted
13 wanted 14 to
14 to 15 take
15 take 16 a
16 a 17 nap
17 nap 18 .

yes , [sir] [,] he was wide awake right away . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 wide
7 wide 8 awake
8 awake 9 right
9 right 10 away
10 away 11 .

you see , he knew right away why [mr] [blacksnake] had asked after him . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 6 right
6 right 7 away
7 away 8 why
8 why 11 had
11 had 12 asked
12 asked 13 after
13 after 14 him
14 him 15 .

he knew that [mr] [blacksnake] has a fondness for [toads] . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 6 has
6 has 7 a
7 a 8 fondness
8 fondness 9 for
9 for 11 .

he turned quite pale when he heard that [mr] [blacksnake] had asked after him , and right then he made his mistake . 
1 he 2 turned
2 turned 3 quite
3 quite 4 pale
4 pale 5 when
5 when 6 he
6 he 7 heard
7 heard 8 that
8 that 11 had
11 had 12 asked
12 asked 13 after
13 after 14 him
14 him 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 right
17 right 18 then
18 then 19 he
19 he 20 made
20 made 21 his
21 his 22 mistake
22 mistake 23 .

he hardly waited long enough to say good-by to [jimmy] [skunk] , but started off as fast as he could go . 
1 he 2 hardly
2 hardly 3 waited
3 waited 4 long
4 long 5 enough
5 enough 6 to
6 to 7 say
7 say 8 good-by
8 good-by 9 to
9 to 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 14 started
14 started 15 off
15 off 16 as
16 as 17 fast
17 fast 18 as
18 as 19 he
19 he 20 could
20 could 21 go
21 go 22 .

now when people are very much afraid , they almost always seem to think that danger is behind instead of in front of them . 
1 now 2 when
2 when 3 people
3 people 4 are
4 are 5 very
5 very 6 much
6 much 7 afraid
7 afraid 8 ,
8 , 9 they
9 they 10 almost
10 almost 11 always
11 always 12 seem
12 seem 13 to
13 to 14 think
14 think 15 that
15 that 16 danger
16 danger 17 is
17 is 18 behind
18 behind 19 instead
19 instead 20 of
20 of 21 in
21 in 22 front
22 front 23 of
23 of 24 them
24 them 25 .

it was so with [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 with
4 with 8 .

instead of watching out in front as he hopped along , he kept watching over his shoulder , and that was his second mistake . 
1 instead 2 of
2 of 3 watching
3 watching 4 out
4 out 5 in
5 in 6 front
6 front 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 hopped
9 hopped 10 along
10 along 11 ,
11 , 12 he
12 he 13 kept
13 kept 14 watching
14 watching 15 over
15 over 16 his
16 his 17 shoulder
17 shoulder 18 ,
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 that
20 that 21 was
21 was 22 his
22 his 23 second
23 second 24 mistake
24 mistake 25 .

and all the time he kept looking behind for [mr] [blacksnake] . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 kept
6 kept 7 looking
7 looking 8 behind
8 behind 9 for
9 for 12 .

it was a question which was more surprised . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 question
4 question 5 which
5 which 6 was
6 was 7 more
7 more 8 surprised
8 surprised 9 .

for just a wee second they stared at each other . 
1 for 2 just
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 wee
4 wee 5 second
5 second 6 they
6 they 7 stared
7 stared 8 at
8 at 9 each
9 each 10 other
10 other 11 .

then [mr] [blacksnake] 's eyes began to sparkle . 
1 then 4 's
4 's 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 began
6 began 7 to
7 to 8 sparkle
8 sparkle 9 .

" good morning , [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
4 , 7 .

isn't this a beautiful morning ? 
1 isn't 2 this
2 this 3 a
3 a 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 morning
5 morning 6 ?

i was just thinking about you , " said he . 
1 i 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 thinking
4 thinking 5 about
5 about 6 you
6 you 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 he
10 he 11 .

but poor [old] [mr] [toad] didn't say good morning . 
1 but 2 poor
2 poor 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 say
7 say 8 good
8 good 9 morning
9 morning 10 .

he didn't say anything . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 say
3 say 4 anything
4 anything 5 .

he couldn't , because he was too scared . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 ,
3 , 4 because
4 because 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 too
7 too 8 scared
8 scared 9 .

[xviii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [just] [in] [time] 

it had been funny , very funny indeed , to see [mr] [toad] try to hurry . 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 funny
4 funny 5 ,
5 , 6 very
6 very 7 funny
7 funny 8 indeed
8 indeed 9 ,
9 , 10 to
10 to 11 see
11 see 14 try
14 try 15 to
15 to 16 hurry
16 hurry 17 .

suddenly [jimmy] stopped chuckling . 
1 suddenly 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 chuckling
4 chuckling 5 .

then he stopped ambling along the [crooked] [little] [path] . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 ambling
4 ambling 5 along
5 along 6 the
6 the 10 .

he turned around and looked back , and as he did so he scratched his head thoughtfully . 
1 he 2 turned
2 turned 3 around
3 around 4 and
4 and 5 looked
5 looked 6 back
6 back 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 did
11 did 12 so
12 so 13 he
13 he 14 scratched
14 scratched 15 his
15 his 16 head
16 head 17 thoughtfully
17 thoughtfully 18 .

how stupid of him not to have asked me where [mr] [blacksnake] was ! 
1 how 2 stupid
2 stupid 3 of
3 of 4 him
4 him 5 not
5 not 6 to
6 to 7 have
7 have 8 asked
8 asked 9 me
9 me 10 where
10 where 13 was
13 was 14 !

well , it 's none of my business . 
1 well 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 none
5 none 6 of
6 of 7 my
7 my 8 business
8 business 9 .

i guess [i] 'll go on . " 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 4 'll
4 'll 5 go
5 go 6 on
6 on 7 .
7 . 8 "

but he had gone on down the [crooked] [little] [path] only a few steps when he stopped again . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 gone
4 gone 5 on
5 on 6 down
6 down 7 the
7 the 11 only
11 only 12 a
12 a 13 few
13 few 14 steps
14 steps 15 when
15 when 16 he
16 he 17 stopped
17 stopped 18 again
18 again 19 .

" [i] hate to go way back there , " he grumbled , for you know he is naturally rather lazy . 
1 " 3 hate
3 hate 4 to
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 way
6 way 7 back
7 back 8 there
8 there 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 grumbled
12 grumbled 13 ,
13 , 14 for
14 for 15 you
15 you 16 know
16 know 17 he
17 he 18 is
18 is 19 naturally
19 naturally 20 rather
20 rather 21 lazy
21 lazy 22 .

" still , the [green] [meadows] [wouldn't] be quite the same without [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 still
2 still 3 ,
3 , 4 the
4 the 8 be
8 be 9 quite
9 quite 10 the
10 the 11 same
11 same 12 without
12 without 16 .

i should miss him if anything happened to him . 
1 i 2 should
2 should 3 miss
3 miss 4 him
4 him 5 if
5 if 6 anything
6 anything 7 happened
7 happened 8 to
8 to 9 him
9 him 10 .

" maybe he won't meet [mr] [blacksnake] , " said a little voice inside of [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 maybe
2 maybe 3 he
3 he 4 won't
4 won't 5 meet
5 meet 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 a
11 a 12 little
12 little 13 voice
13 voice 14 inside
14 inside 15 of
15 of 17 .

" and maybe he will , " said [jimmy] right out loud . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 maybe
3 maybe 4 he
4 he 5 will
5 will 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 10 right
10 right 11 out
11 out 12 loud
12 loud 13 .

and with that , he started back up [the] [crooked] [little] [path] , and strange to say [jimmy] hurried . 
1 and 2 with
2 with 3 that
3 that 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 started
6 started 7 back
7 back 8 up
8 up 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 strange
15 strange 16 to
16 to 17 say
17 say 19 hurried
19 hurried 20 .

he had just reached a turn in [the] [crooked] [little] [path] when who should run right plump into him but poor [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 just
3 just 4 reached
4 reached 5 a
5 a 6 turn
6 turn 7 in
7 in 12 when
12 when 13 who
13 who 14 should
14 should 15 run
15 run 16 right
16 right 17 plump
17 plump 18 into
18 into 19 him
19 him 20 but
20 but 21 poor
21 poor 25 .

he gave a frightened squeal and fell right over on his back , and kicked foolishly as he tried to get on his feet again . 
1 he 2 gave
2 gave 3 a
3 a 4 frightened
4 frightened 5 squeal
5 squeal 6 and
6 and 7 fell
7 fell 8 right
8 right 9 over
9 over 10 on
10 on 11 his
11 his 12 back
12 back 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 kicked
15 kicked 16 foolishly
16 foolishly 17 as
17 as 18 he
18 he 19 tried
19 tried 20 to
20 to 21 get
21 get 22 on
22 on 23 his
23 his 24 feet
24 feet 25 again
25 again 26 .

but he was all out of breath , and so frightened and tired that all he could do was to kick and kick . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 all
4 all 5 out
5 out 6 of
6 of 7 breath
7 breath 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 so
10 so 11 frightened
11 frightened 12 and
12 and 13 tired
13 tired 14 that
14 that 15 all
15 all 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 do
18 do 19 was
19 was 20 to
20 to 21 kick
21 kick 22 and
22 and 23 kick
23 kick 24 .

right behind him came [mr] [blacksnake] . 
1 right 2 behind
2 behind 3 him
3 him 4 came
4 came 7 .

of course he saw [jimmy] , and he stopped short and hissed angrily . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 saw
4 saw 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 stopped
9 stopped 10 short
10 short 11 and
11 and 12 hissed
12 hissed 13 angrily
13 angrily 14 .

" what were you going to do to [mr] [toad] ? " demanded [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 were
3 were 4 you
4 you 5 going
5 going 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 8 to
8 to 11 ?
11 ? 12 "
12 " 13 demanded
13 demanded 15 .

" none of your business ! " hissed [mr] [blacksnake] . 
1 " 2 none
2 none 3 of
3 of 4 your
4 your 5 business
5 business 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 hissed
8 hissed 11 .

" get out of my way , or you 'll be sorry . " 
1 " 2 get
2 get 3 out
3 out 4 of
4 of 5 my
5 my 6 way
6 way 7 ,
7 , 8 or
8 or 9 you
9 you 10 'll
10 'll 11 be
11 be 12 sorry
12 sorry 13 .
13 . 14 "

jimmy [skunk] just laughed and stepped in front of poor [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 jimmy 3 just
3 just 4 laughed
4 laughed 5 and
5 and 6 stepped
6 stepped 7 in
7 in 8 front
8 front 9 of
9 of 10 poor
10 poor 14 .

mr [blacksnake] coiled himself up in the path and darted his tongue out [at] [jimmy] in the most impudent way . 
1 mr 3 coiled
3 coiled 4 himself
4 himself 5 up
5 up 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 path
8 path 9 and
9 and 10 darted
10 darted 11 his
11 his 12 tongue
12 tongue 13 out
13 out 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 most
18 most 19 impudent
19 impudent 20 way
20 way 21 .

then he tried to make himself look very fierce . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 tried
3 tried 4 to
4 to 5 make
5 make 6 himself
6 himself 7 look
7 look 8 very
8 very 9 fierce
9 fierce 10 .

you see , he was just trying to scare [jimmy] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 just
6 just 7 trying
7 trying 8 to
8 to 9 scare
9 scare 11 .

but [jimmy] didn't scare . 
1 but 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 scare
4 scare 5 .

he knows all about [mr] [blacksnake] and that really he is a coward . 
1 he 2 knows
2 knows 3 all
3 all 4 about
4 about 7 and
7 and 8 that
8 that 9 really
9 really 10 he
10 he 11 is
11 is 12 a
12 a 13 coward
13 coward 14 .

so he suddenly gritted his teeth in a way not at all pleasant to hear and started for [mr] [blacksnake] . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 suddenly
3 suddenly 4 gritted
4 gritted 5 his
5 his 6 teeth
6 teeth 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 way
9 way 10 not
10 not 11 at
11 at 12 all
12 all 13 pleasant
13 pleasant 14 to
14 to 15 hear
15 hear 16 and
16 and 17 started
17 started 18 for
18 for 21 .

mr [blacksnake] didn't wait . 
1 mr 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 wait
4 wait 5 .

no , [sir] [,] he didn't wait . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 wait
7 wait 8 .

he suddenly turned and glided back up the [crooked] [little] [path] [,] hissing angrily . 
1 he 2 suddenly
2 suddenly 3 turned
3 turned 4 and
4 and 5 glided
5 glided 6 back
6 back 7 up
7 up 8 the
8 the 13 hissing
13 hissing 14 angrily
14 angrily 15 .

jimmy followed him a little way , and then he went back to [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 jimmy 2 followed
2 followed 3 him
3 him 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 way
6 way 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 then
9 then 10 he
10 he 11 went
11 went 12 back
12 back 13 to
13 to 17 .

" oh , " panted [mr] [toad] , " you came just in time ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 panted
5 panted 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 you
10 you 11 came
11 came 12 just
12 just 13 in
13 in 14 time
14 time 15 !

i couldn't have hopped another hop . " 
1 i 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 have
3 have 4 hopped
4 hopped 5 another
5 another 6 hop
6 hop 7 .
7 . 8 "

" [i] guess [i] [did] , " replied [jimmy] . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 replied
8 replied 10 .

" now you get your breath and come along with me . " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 you
3 you 4 get
4 get 5 your
5 your 6 breath
6 breath 7 and
7 and 8 come
8 come 9 along
9 along 10 with
10 with 11 me
11 me 12 .
12 . 13 "

and [old] [mr] [toad] did . 
1 and 5 did
5 did 6 .

[xix] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [gets] [his] [stomach] [full] 

there are ants , for instance . 
1 there 2 are
2 are 3 ants
3 ants 4 ,
4 , 5 for
5 for 6 instance
6 instance 7 .

you wouldn't want to eat them even if you were dreadfully hungry . 
1 you 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 want
3 want 4 to
4 to 5 eat
5 eat 6 them
6 them 7 even
7 even 8 if
8 if 9 you
9 you 10 were
10 were 11 dreadfully
11 dreadfully 12 hungry
12 hungry 13 .

but [old] [mr] [toad] and [buster] [bear] think there is nothing much nicer . 
1 but 5 and
5 and 8 think
8 think 9 there
9 there 10 is
10 is 11 nothing
11 nothing 12 much
12 much 13 nicer
13 nicer 14 .

right away he invited [old] [mr] [toad] to dine with him . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 he
3 he 4 invited
4 invited 8 to
8 to 9 dine
9 dine 10 with
10 with 11 him
11 him 12 .

he fell right over on his back , which wasn't at all dignified , and made [buster] [bear] laugh . 
1 he 2 fell
2 fell 3 right
3 right 4 over
4 over 5 on
5 on 6 his
6 his 7 back
7 back 8 ,
8 , 9 which
9 which 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 at
11 at 12 all
12 all 13 dignified
13 dignified 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 made
16 made 19 laugh
19 laugh 20 .

that frightened [mr] [toad] more than ever . 
1 that 2 frightened
2 frightened 5 more
5 more 6 than
6 than 7 ever
7 ever 8 .

so he said in a very faint voice that he would be pleased to dine with [buster] . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 said
3 said 4 in
4 in 5 a
5 a 6 very
6 very 7 faint
7 faint 8 voice
8 voice 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 would
11 would 12 be
12 be 13 pleased
13 pleased 14 to
14 to 15 dine
15 dine 16 with
16 with 18 .

then he waved his feet feebly , trying to get on his feet again . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 waved
3 waved 4 his
4 his 5 feet
5 feet 6 feebly
6 feebly 7 ,
7 , 8 trying
8 trying 9 to
9 to 10 get
10 get 11 on
11 on 12 his
12 his 13 feet
13 feet 14 again
14 again 15 .

buster [bear] laughed harder than ever . 
1 buster 3 laughed
3 laughed 4 harder
4 harder 5 than
5 than 6 ever
6 ever 7 .

it was a low , deep , grumbly-rumbly laugh , and sent cold shivers all over poor [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 low
4 low 5 ,
5 , 6 deep
6 deep 7 ,
7 , 8 grumbly-rumbly
8 grumbly-rumbly 9 laugh
9 laugh 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 sent
12 sent 13 cold
13 cold 14 shivers
14 shivers 15 all
15 all 16 over
16 over 17 poor
17 poor 21 .

but when [buster] reached out a great paw with great cruel-looking claws [mr] [toad] quite gave up . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 4 reached
4 reached 5 out
5 out 6 a
6 a 7 great
7 great 8 paw
8 paw 9 with
9 with 10 great
10 great 11 cruel-looking
11 cruel-looking 12 claws
12 claws 15 quite
15 quite 16 gave
16 gave 17 up
17 up 18 .

he didn't have strength enough left to even kick . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 strength
4 strength 5 enough
5 enough 6 left
6 left 7 to
7 to 8 even
8 even 9 kick
9 kick 10 .

he just closed his eyes and waited for the end . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 closed
3 closed 4 his
4 his 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 and
6 and 7 waited
7 waited 8 for
8 for 9 the
9 the 10 end
10 end 11 .

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

why , he was rolled over on to his feet so gently that he just gasped with surprise . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 rolled
5 rolled 6 over
6 over 7 on
7 on 8 to
8 to 9 his
9 his 10 feet
10 feet 11 so
11 so 12 gently
12 gently 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 just
15 just 16 gasped
16 gasped 17 with
17 with 18 surprise
18 surprise 19 .

it didn't seem possible that such a great paw could be so gentle . 
1 it 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 seem
3 seem 4 possible
4 possible 5 that
5 that 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 great
8 great 9 paw
9 paw 10 could
10 could 11 be
11 be 12 so
12 so 13 gentle
13 gentle 14 .

you follow me , and we 'll have it in no time . " 
1 you 2 follow
2 follow 3 me
3 me 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 we
6 we 7 'll
7 'll 8 have
8 have 9 it
9 it 10 in
10 in 11 no
11 no 12 time
12 time 13 .
13 . 14 "

so [buster] [bear] led the way , and [old] [mr] [toad] followed as fast as he could , because he didn't dare not to . 
1 so 4 led
4 led 5 the
5 the 6 way
6 way 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 12 followed
12 followed 13 as
13 as 14 fast
14 fast 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 ,
18 , 19 because
19 because 20 he
20 he 21 didn't
21 didn't 22 dare
22 dare 23 not
23 not 24 to
24 to 25 .

presently [buster] stopped beside a big decayed old log . 
1 presently 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 beside
4 beside 5 a
5 a 6 big
6 big 7 decayed
7 decayed 8 old
8 old 9 log
9 log 10 .

" if you are ready , [mr] [toad] [,] we will dine now , " said he . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 you
3 you 4 are
4 are 5 ready
5 ready 6 ,
6 , 10 we
10 we 11 will
11 will 12 dine
12 dine 13 now
13 now 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 17 he
17 he 18 .

old [mr] [toad] didn't see anything to eat . 
1 old 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 see
5 see 6 anything
6 anything 7 to
7 to 8 eat
8 eat 9 .

his heart sank again , and he shook all over . 
1 his 2 heart
2 heart 3 sank
3 sank 4 again
4 again 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 shook
8 shook 9 all
9 all 10 over
10 over 11 .

" [i] [i] 'm not hungry , " said he in a very faint voice . 
1 " 4 'm
4 'm 5 not
5 not 6 hungry
6 hungry 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 he
10 he 11 in
11 in 12 a
12 a 13 very
13 very 14 faint
14 faint 15 voice
15 voice 16 .

buster [bear] didn't seem to hear . 
1 buster 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 seem
4 seem 5 to
5 to 6 hear
6 hear 7 .

he hooked his great claws into the old log and gave a mighty pull . 
1 he 2 hooked
2 hooked 3 his
3 his 4 great
4 great 5 claws
5 claws 6 into
6 into 7 the
7 the 8 old
8 old 9 log
9 log 10 and
10 and 11 gave
11 gave 12 a
12 a 13 mighty
13 mighty 14 pull
14 pull 15 .

" help yourself , " said [buster] [bear] politely . 
1 " 2 help
2 help 3 yourself
3 yourself 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 9 politely
9 politely 10 .

old [mr] [toad] didn't wait to be told twice . 
1 old 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 wait
5 wait 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 told
8 told 9 twice
9 twice 10 .

he forgot all about his fright . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 all
3 all 4 about
4 about 5 his
5 his 6 fright
6 fright 7 .

he forgot all about [buster] [bear] . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 all
3 all 4 about
4 about 7 .

he forgot that he wasn't hungry . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 hungry
6 hungry 7 .

he forgot his manners . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 his
3 his 4 manners
4 manners 5 .

he jumped right in among those ants , and for a little while he was the busiest [toad] ever seen . 
1 he 2 jumped
2 jumped 3 right
3 right 4 in
4 in 5 among
5 among 6 those
6 those 7 ants
7 ants 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 for
10 for 11 a
11 a 12 little
12 little 13 while
13 while 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 the
16 the 17 busiest
17 busiest 19 ever
19 ever 20 seen
20 seen 21 .

buster [bear] was busy too . 
1 buster 3 was
3 was 4 busy
4 busy 5 too
5 too 6 .

at last [old] [mr] [toad] couldn't hold another ant . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 hold
7 hold 8 another
8 another 9 ant
9 ant 10 .

then he remembered [buster] [bear] and looked up a little fearfully . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 6 and
6 and 7 looked
7 looked 8 up
8 up 9 a
9 a 10 little
10 little 11 fearfully
11 fearfully 12 .

buster was smacking his lips , and there was a twinkle in each eye . 
1 buster 2 was
2 was 3 smacking
3 smacking 4 his
4 his 5 lips
5 lips 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 there
8 there 9 was
9 was 10 a
10 a 11 twinkle
11 twinkle 12 in
12 in 13 each
13 each 14 eye
14 eye 15 .

" good , aren't they ? " said he . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 ,
3 , 4 aren't
4 aren't 5 they
5 they 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 .

" the best [i] ever ate , " declared [old] [mr] [toad] with a sigh of satisfaction . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 best
3 best 5 ever
5 ever 6 ate
6 ate 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 declared
9 declared 13 with
13 with 14 a
14 a 15 sigh
15 sigh 16 of
16 of 17 satisfaction
17 satisfaction 18 .

" thank you , [i] will , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 thank
2 thank 3 you
3 you 4 ,
4 , 6 will
6 will 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 replied
9 replied 13 .

[xx] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [is] [puffed] [up] 

old [mr] [toad] hopped slowly down the [lone] [little] [path] . 
1 old 4 hopped
4 hopped 5 slowly
5 slowly 6 down
6 down 7 the
7 the 11 .

he usually does hop slowly , but this time he hopped slower than ever . 
1 he 2 usually
2 usually 3 does
3 does 4 hop
4 hop 5 slowly
5 slowly 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 this
8 this 9 time
9 time 10 he
10 he 11 hopped
11 hopped 12 slower
12 slower 13 than
13 than 14 ever
14 ever 15 .

you see , he was so puffed up that he couldn't have hopped fast if he had wanted to , and he didn't want to . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 puffed
7 puffed 8 up
8 up 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 couldn't
11 couldn't 12 have
12 have 13 hopped
13 hopped 14 fast
14 fast 15 if
15 if 16 he
16 he 17 had
17 had 18 wanted
18 wanted 19 to
19 to 20 ,
20 , 21 and
21 and 22 he
22 he 23 didn't
23 didn't 24 want
24 want 25 to
25 to 26 .

in the first place his stomach was so full of ants that there wasn't room for another one . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 his
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 was
7 was 8 so
8 so 9 full
9 full 10 of
10 of 11 ants
11 ants 12 that
12 that 13 there
13 there 14 wasn't
14 wasn't 15 room
15 room 16 for
16 for 17 another
17 another 18 one
18 one 19 .

no , [sir] [,] [old] [mr] [toad] couldn't have swallowed another ant if he had tried . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 have
9 have 10 swallowed
10 swallowed 11 another
11 another 12 ant
12 ant 13 if
13 if 14 he
14 he 15 had
15 had 16 tried
16 tried 17 .

of course they made his stomach stick out , but it wasn't the ants that puffed him out all over . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 they
3 they 4 made
4 made 5 his
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 stick
7 stick 8 out
8 out 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 wasn't
12 wasn't 13 the
13 the 14 ants
14 ants 15 that
15 that 16 puffed
16 puffed 17 him
17 him 18 out
18 out 19 all
19 all 20 over
20 over 21 .

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

it was pride . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 pride
3 pride 4 .

that 's what it was pride . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 what
3 what 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 pride
6 pride 7 .

you know nothing can puff any one up quite like foolish pride . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 can
4 can 5 puff
5 puff 6 any
6 any 7 one
7 one 8 up
8 up 9 quite
9 quite 10 like
10 like 11 foolish
11 foolish 12 pride
12 pride 13 .

old [mr] [toad] was old enough to have known better . 
1 old 4 was
4 was 5 old
5 old 6 enough
6 enough 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 known
9 known 10 better
10 better 11 .

he held his head so high that he couldn't see his own feet , and more than once he stubbed his toes . 
1 he 2 held
2 held 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 so
5 so 6 high
6 high 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 see
10 see 11 his
11 his 12 own
12 own 13 feet
13 feet 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 more
16 more 17 than
17 than 18 once
18 once 19 he
19 he 20 stubbed
20 stubbed 21 his
21 his 22 toes
22 toes 23 .

presently he met his old friend , [danny] [meadow] [mouse] . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 met
3 met 4 his
4 his 5 old
5 old 6 friend
6 friend 7 ,
7 , 11 .

he tipped his head a little higher , puffed himself out a little more , and pretended not to see [danny] . 
1 he 2 tipped
2 tipped 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 higher
7 higher 8 ,
8 , 9 puffed
9 puffed 10 himself
10 himself 11 out
11 out 12 a
12 a 13 little
13 little 14 more
14 more 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 pretended
17 pretended 18 not
18 not 19 to
19 to 20 see
20 see 22 .

" [hello] [,] [mr] [toad] [,] ["] said [danny] . 
1 " 8 said
8 said 10 .

mr [toad] pretended not to hear . 
1 mr 3 pretended
3 pretended 4 not
4 not 5 to
5 to 6 hear
6 hear 7 .

danny looked puzzled . 
1 danny 2 looked
2 looked 3 puzzled
3 puzzled 4 .

then he spoke again , and this time he shouted : " [hello] [,] [mr] [toad] [!] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 spoke
3 spoke 4 again
4 again 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 this
7 this 8 time
8 time 9 he
9 he 10 shouted
10 shouted 11 :
11 : 12 "

i haven't seen you for some time . " 
1 i 2 haven't
2 haven't 3 seen
3 seen 4 you
4 you 5 for
5 for 6 some
6 some 7 time
7 time 8 .
8 . 9 "

it wouldn't do to pretend not to hear this time . 
1 it 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 do
3 do 4 to
4 to 5 pretend
5 pretend 6 not
6 not 7 to
7 to 8 hear
8 hear 9 this
9 this 10 time
10 time 11 .

" [sorry] [i] can't stop , but [i] 've been dining with , my friend , [buster] [bear] [,] and now [i] must get home . " 
1 " 4 can't
4 can't 5 stop
5 stop 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 9 've
9 've 10 been
10 been 11 dining
11 dining 12 with
12 with 13 ,
13 , 14 my
14 my 15 friend
15 friend 16 ,
16 , 20 and
20 and 21 now
21 now 23 must
23 must 24 get
24 get 25 home
25 home 26 .
26 . 27 "

when he mentioned the name [of] [buster] [bear] , he puffed himself out a little more . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 mentioned
3 mentioned 4 the
4 the 5 name
5 name 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 puffed
11 puffed 12 himself
12 himself 13 out
13 out 14 a
14 a 15 little
15 little 16 more
16 more 17 .

danny grinned as he watched him hop on down the [lone] [little] [path] . 
1 danny 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 watched
5 watched 6 him
6 him 7 hop
7 hop 8 on
8 on 9 down
9 down 10 the
10 the 14 .

" can't talk with common folks any more , " he muttered . 
1 " 2 can't
2 can't 3 talk
3 talk 4 with
4 with 5 common
5 common 6 folks
6 folks 7 any
7 any 8 more
8 more 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 muttered
12 muttered 13 .

" [i] 've heard that pride is very apt to turn people 's heads , but [i] never expected to see [old] [mr] [toad] proud . " 
1 " 3 've
3 've 4 heard
4 heard 5 that
5 that 6 pride
6 pride 7 is
7 is 8 very
8 very 9 apt
9 apt 10 to
10 to 11 turn
11 turn 12 people
12 people 13 's
13 's 14 heads
14 heads 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 18 never
18 never 19 expected
19 expected 20 to
20 to 21 see
21 see 25 proud
25 proud 26 .
26 . 27 "

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [can't] [talk] [with] [common] [folks] [any] [more] [,] ["] [he] [muttered] [.] []] 

mr [toad] kept on his way , and presently he met [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 mr 3 kept
3 kept 4 on
4 on 5 his
5 his 6 way
6 way 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 presently
9 presently 10 he
10 he 11 met
11 met 14 .

peter stopped to gossip , as is his way . 
1 peter 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 to
3 to 4 gossip
4 gossip 5 ,
5 , 6 as
6 as 7 is
7 is 8 his
8 his 9 way
9 way 10 .

but [old] [mr] [toad] took no notice of him at all . 
1 but 5 took
5 took 6 no
6 no 7 notice
7 notice 8 of
8 of 9 him
9 him 10 at
10 at 11 all
11 all 12 .

he kept right on with his head high , and all puffed out . 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 right
3 right 4 on
4 on 5 with
5 with 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 high
8 high 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 all
11 all 12 puffed
12 puffed 13 out
13 out 14 .

peter might have been a stick or a stone for all the notice [old] [mr] [toad] took of him . 
1 peter 2 might
2 might 3 have
3 have 4 been
4 been 5 a
5 a 6 stick
6 stick 7 or
7 or 8 a
8 a 9 stone
9 stone 10 for
10 for 11 all
11 all 12 the
12 the 13 notice
13 notice 17 took
17 took 18 of
18 of 19 him
19 him 20 .

peter looked puzzled . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 puzzled
3 puzzled 4 .

then he hurried down to tell [danny] [meadow] [mouse] about it . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 hurried
3 hurried 4 down
4 down 5 to
5 to 6 tell
6 tell 10 about
10 about 11 it
11 it 12 .

striped [chipmunk] told the same story . 
1 striped 3 told
3 told 4 the
4 the 5 same
5 same 6 story
6 story 7 .

so did [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 so 2 did
2 did 7 .

[xxi] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [receives] [another] [invitation] 

the friends and neighbors [of] [old] [mr] [toad] decided that he needed to be taught a lesson . 
1 the 2 friends
2 friends 3 and
3 and 4 neighbors
4 neighbors 9 decided
9 decided 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 needed
12 needed 13 to
13 to 14 be
14 be 15 taught
15 taught 16 a
16 a 17 lesson
17 lesson 18 .

the very next day [jimmy] [skunk] went into [the] [green] [forest] to look for [buster] [bear] . 
1 the 2 very
2 very 3 next
3 next 4 day
4 day 7 went
7 went 8 into
8 into 12 to
12 to 13 look
13 look 14 for
14 for 17 .

you know [jimmy] isn't afraid of [buster] . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 4 isn't
4 isn't 5 afraid
5 afraid 6 of
6 of 8 .

jimmy is usually very polite , but this time he quite forgot politeness . 
1 jimmy 2 is
2 is 3 usually
3 usually 4 very
4 very 5 polite
5 polite 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 this
8 this 9 time
9 time 10 he
10 he 11 quite
11 quite 12 forgot
12 forgot 13 politeness
13 politeness 14 .

i am afraid he is rather apt to when fat beetles are concerned . 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 afraid
3 afraid 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 rather
6 rather 7 apt
7 apt 8 to
8 to 9 when
9 when 10 fat
10 fat 11 beetles
11 beetles 12 are
12 are 13 concerned
13 concerned 14 .

but [buster] didn't seem to mind . 
1 but 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 seem
4 seem 5 to
5 to 6 mind
6 mind 7 .

when the last beetle had disappeared [jimmy] smacked his lips , and then he told [buster] [bear] what he had come for . 
1 when 2 the
2 the 3 last
3 last 4 beetle
4 beetle 5 had
5 had 6 disappeared
6 disappeared 8 smacked
8 smacked 9 his
9 his 10 lips
10 lips 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 then
13 then 14 he
14 he 15 told
15 told 18 what
18 what 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 21 come
21 come 22 for
22 for 23 .

of course , at first [buster] had thought it was for the fat beetles . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 at
4 at 5 first
5 first 7 had
7 had 8 thought
8 thought 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 for
11 for 12 the
12 the 13 fat
13 fat 14 beetles
14 beetles 15 .

but it wasn't . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 .

no , [sir] [,] it wasn't for the fat beetles at all . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 for
7 for 8 the
8 the 9 fat
9 fat 10 beetles
10 beetles 11 at
11 at 12 all
12 all 13 .

it was to get [buster] [bear] ['s] help in a plan to teach [old] [mr] [toad] a lesson . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 to
3 to 4 get
4 get 8 help
8 help 9 in
9 in 10 a
10 a 11 plan
11 plan 12 to
12 to 13 teach
13 teach 17 a
17 a 18 lesson
18 lesson 19 .

then [jimmy] told him the plan to teach [old] [mr] [toad] a lesson and asked [buster] if he would help . 
1 then 3 told
3 told 4 him
4 him 5 the
5 the 6 plan
6 plan 7 to
7 to 8 teach
8 teach 12 a
12 a 13 lesson
13 lesson 14 and
14 and 15 asked
15 asked 17 if
17 if 18 he
18 he 19 would
19 would 20 help
20 help 21 .

buster 's eyes twinkled as he promised to do what [jimmy] asked . 
1 buster 2 's
2 's 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 twinkled
4 twinkled 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 promised
7 promised 8 to
8 to 9 do
9 do 10 what
10 what 12 asked
12 asked 13 .

then [jimmy] went straight to where [old] [mr] [toad] [was] sitting all puffed up , taking a sun-bath . 
1 then 3 went
3 went 4 straight
4 straight 5 to
5 to 6 where
6 where 11 sitting
11 sitting 12 all
12 all 13 puffed
13 puffed 14 up
14 up 15 ,
15 , 16 taking
16 taking 17 a
17 a 18 sun-bath
18 sun-bath 19 .

now if [old] [mr] [toad] was puffed up before , just think how he swelled out when he heard that . 
1 now 2 if
2 if 6 was
6 was 7 puffed
7 puffed 8 up
8 up 9 before
9 before 10 ,
10 , 11 just
11 just 12 think
12 think 13 how
13 how 14 he
14 he 15 swelled
15 swelled 16 out
16 out 17 when
17 when 18 he
18 he 19 heard
19 heard 20 that
20 that 21 .

jimmy [skunk] was actually afraid that he would burst . 
1 jimmy 3 was
3 was 4 actually
4 actually 5 afraid
5 afraid 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 would
8 would 9 burst
9 burst 10 .

jimmy went off to deliver his reply , and [old] [mr] [toad] sat and puffed himself out until he could hardly breathe . 
1 jimmy 2 went
2 went 3 off
3 off 4 to
4 to 5 deliver
5 deliver 6 his
6 his 7 reply
7 reply 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 sat
13 sat 14 and
14 and 15 puffed
15 puffed 16 himself
16 himself 17 out
17 out 18 until
18 until 19 he
19 he 20 could
20 could 21 hardly
21 hardly 22 breathe
22 breathe 23 .

" honor him by dining with him , " said he over and over to himself . 
1 " 2 honor
2 honor 3 him
3 him 4 by
4 by 5 dining
5 dining 6 with
6 with 7 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
11 he 12 over
12 over 13 and
13 and 14 over
14 over 15 to
15 to 16 himself
16 himself 17 .

" [i] never was so flattered in my life . " 
1 " 3 never
3 never 4 was
4 was 5 so
5 so 6 flattered
6 flattered 7 in
7 in 8 my
8 my 9 life
9 life 10 .
10 . 11 "

[xxii] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [learns] [a] [lesson] 

pride is like a great big bubble ; [you] 'll find there 's nothing in it . 
1 pride 2 is
2 is 3 like
3 like 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 big
6 big 7 bubble
7 bubble 8 ;
8 ; 10 'll
10 'll 11 find
11 find 12 there
12 there 13 's
13 's 14 nothing
14 nothing 15 in
15 in 16 it
16 it 17 .

prick it and for all your trouble [it] has vanished in a minute . 
1 prick 2 it
2 it 3 and
3 and 4 for
4 for 5 all
5 all 6 your
6 your 7 trouble
7 trouble 9 has
9 has 10 vanished
10 vanished 11 in
11 in 12 a
12 a 13 minute
13 minute 14 .

everybody knew where he was going , and this made [old] [mr] [toad] feel more important and proud than ever . 
1 everybody 2 knew
2 knew 3 where
3 where 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 going
6 going 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 this
9 this 10 made
10 made 14 feel
14 feel 15 more
15 more 16 important
16 important 17 and
17 and 18 proud
18 proud 19 than
19 than 20 ever
20 ever 21 .

no , indeed , [jimmy] didn't say anything at all about that ! 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 say
7 say 8 anything
8 anything 9 at
9 at 10 all
10 all 11 about
11 about 12 that
12 that 13 !

he didn't see his old friends and neighbors peeping out at him and laughing because he looked so foolish and silly . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
3 see 4 his
4 his 5 old
5 old 6 friends
6 friends 7 and
7 and 8 neighbors
8 neighbors 9 peeping
9 peeping 10 out
10 out 11 at
11 at 12 him
12 him 13 and
13 and 14 laughing
14 laughing 15 because
15 because 16 he
16 he 17 looked
17 looked 18 so
18 so 19 foolish
19 foolish 20 and
20 and 21 silly
21 silly 22 .

buster was waiting for him . 
1 buster 2 was
2 was 3 waiting
3 waiting 4 for
4 for 5 him
5 him 6 .

" how do you do this fine day ? 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 do
5 do 6 this
6 this 7 fine
7 fine 8 day
8 day 9 ?

you look a little tired and rather warm , [mr] [toad] [,] " said he . 
1 you 2 look
2 look 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 tired
5 tired 6 and
6 and 7 rather
7 rather 8 warm
8 warm 9 ,
9 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
15 he 16 .

" [i] hope you are feeling as well as you are looking , [mr] [bear] . " 
1 " 3 hope
3 hope 4 you
4 you 5 are
5 are 6 feeling
6 feeling 7 as
7 as 8 well
8 well 9 as
9 as 10 you
10 you 11 are
11 are 12 looking
12 looking 13 ,
13 , 16 .
16 . 17 "

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [i] [am] [a] [little] [warm] [,] ["] [replied] [mr] [toad] [in] [his] [most] [polite] [manner] [.] []] 

buster [bear] laughed a great , grumbly-rumbly laugh . 
1 buster 3 laughed
3 laughed 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 ,
6 , 7 grumbly-rumbly
7 grumbly-rumbly 8 laugh
8 laugh 9 .

" [i] always feel fine when there is a dinner of fat ants ready for me , " said he . 
1 " 3 always
3 always 4 feel
4 feel 5 fine
5 fine 6 when
6 when 7 there
7 there 8 is
8 is 9 a
9 a 10 dinner
10 dinner 11 of
11 of 12 fat
12 fat 13 ants
13 ants 14 ready
14 ready 15 for
15 for 16 me
16 me 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
20 he 21 .

" it is fine of you to honor me by coming to dine . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 fine
4 fine 5 of
5 of 6 you
6 you 7 to
7 to 8 honor
8 honor 9 me
9 me 10 by
10 by 11 coming
11 coming 12 to
12 to 13 dine
13 dine 14 .
14 . 15 "

here [mr] [toad] put one hand on his stomach and tried to make a very grand bow . 
1 here 4 put
4 put 5 one
5 one 6 hand
6 hand 7 on
7 on 8 his
8 his 9 stomach
9 stomach 10 and
10 and 11 tried
11 tried 12 to
12 to 13 make
13 make 14 a
14 a 15 very
15 very 16 grand
16 grand 17 bow
17 bow 18 .

peter [rabbit] , hiding behind a near-by tree , almost giggled aloud , he looked so funny . 
1 peter 3 ,
3 , 4 hiding
4 hiding 5 behind
5 behind 6 a
6 a 7 near-by
7 near-by 8 tree
8 tree 9 ,
9 , 10 almost
10 almost 11 giggled
11 giggled 12 aloud
12 aloud 13 ,
13 , 14 he
14 he 15 looked
15 looked 16 so
16 so 17 funny
17 funny 18 .

" [i] have ventured to invite another to enjoy the dinner with us , " continued [buster] [bear] . 
1 " 3 have
3 have 4 ventured
4 ventured 5 to
5 to 6 invite
6 invite 7 another
7 another 8 to
8 to 9 enjoy
9 enjoy 10 the
10 the 11 dinner
11 dinner 12 with
12 with 13 us
13 us 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 continued
16 continued 19 .

mr [toad] 's face fell . 
1 mr 3 's
3 's 4 face
4 face 5 fell
5 fell 6 .

you see he was selfish . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 selfish
5 selfish 6 .

he wanted to be the only one to have the honor of dining with [buster] [bear] . 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 the
5 the 6 only
6 only 7 one
7 one 8 to
8 to 9 have
9 have 10 the
10 the 11 honor
11 honor 12 of
12 of 13 dining
13 dining 14 with
14 with 17 .

ah , there he comes now ! " 
1 ah 2 ,
2 , 3 there
3 there 4 he
4 he 5 comes
5 comes 6 now
6 now 7 !
7 ! 8 "

old [mr] [toad] looked in the direction in which [buster] [bear] was looking . 
1 old 4 looked
4 looked 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 direction
7 direction 8 in
8 in 9 which
9 which 12 was
12 was 13 looking
13 looking 14 .

he gave a little gasp and turned quite pale . 
1 he 2 gave
2 gave 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 gasp
5 gasp 6 and
6 and 7 turned
7 turned 8 quite
8 quite 9 pale
9 pale 10 .

all his puffiness disappeared . 
1 all 2 his
2 his 3 puffiness
3 puffiness 4 disappeared
4 disappeared 5 .

he didn't look like the same [toad] at all . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 look
3 look 4 like
4 like 5 the
5 the 6 same
6 same 8 at
8 at 9 all
9 all 10 .

the newcomer was [mr] [blacksnake] . 
1 the 2 newcomer
2 newcomer 3 was
3 was 6 .

" [ha] [,] ha , ha ! " shouted [peter] [rabbit] , jumping out from behind a tree . 
1 " 4 ha
4 ha 5 ,
5 , 6 ha
6 ha 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 shouted
9 shouted 12 ,
12 , 13 jumping
13 jumping 14 out
14 out 15 from
15 from 16 behind
16 behind 17 a
17 a 18 tree
18 tree 19 .

" [ho] [,] ho , ho ! " shouted [jimmy] [skunk] from behind another . 
1 " 4 ho
4 ho 5 ,
5 , 6 ho
6 ho 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 shouted
9 shouted 12 from
12 from 13 behind
13 behind 14 another
14 another 15 .

" [hee] [,] hee , hee ! " shouted [johnny] [chuck] from behind a third . 
1 " 4 hee
4 hee 5 ,
5 , 6 hee
6 hee 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 shouted
9 shouted 12 from
12 from 13 behind
13 behind 14 a
14 a 15 third
15 third 16 .

then [old] [mr] [toad] knew that his old friends and neighbors had planned this to teach him a lesson . 
1 then 5 knew
5 knew 6 that
6 that 7 his
7 his 8 old
8 old 9 friends
9 friends 10 and
10 and 11 neighbors
11 neighbors 12 had
12 had 13 planned
13 planned 14 this
14 this 15 to
15 to 16 teach
16 teach 17 him
17 him 18 a
18 a 19 lesson
19 lesson 20 .

[xxiii] 

[old] [mr] [.] [toad] [is] [very] [humble] 

he forgot to ask [buster] [bear] to excuse him . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 to
3 to 4 ask
4 ask 7 to
7 to 8 excuse
8 excuse 9 him
9 him 10 .

he forgot that he was tired and hot . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 tired
6 tired 7 and
7 and 8 hot
8 hot 9 .

he forgot all the pride with which he had been so puffed up . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 pride
5 pride 6 with
6 with 7 which
7 which 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 been
10 been 11 so
11 so 12 puffed
12 puffed 13 up
13 up 14 .

he forgot everything but the need of getting out of sight of [mr] [blacksnake] [as] soon as ever he could . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 everything
3 everything 4 but
4 but 5 the
5 the 6 need
6 need 7 of
7 of 8 getting
8 getting 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 sight
11 sight 12 of
12 of 16 soon
16 soon 17 as
17 as 18 ever
18 ever 19 he
19 he 20 could
20 could 21 .

so away went [old] [mr] [toad] , hop , hop , hipperty-hop , hop , hop , hipperty-hop ! 
1 so 2 away
2 away 3 went
3 went 7 ,
7 , 8 hop
8 hop 9 ,
9 , 10 hop
10 hop 11 ,
11 , 12 hipperty-hop
12 hipperty-hop 13 ,
13 , 14 hop
14 hop 15 ,
15 , 16 hop
16 hop 17 ,
17 , 18 hipperty-hop
18 hipperty-hop 19 !

he heard [peter] [rabbit] and [jimmy] [skunk] and [johnny] [chuck] [and] others of his old friends and neighbors shouting with laughter . 
1 he 2 heard
2 heard 5 and
5 and 8 and
8 and 12 others
12 others 13 of
13 of 14 his
14 his 15 old
15 old 16 friends
16 friends 17 and
17 and 18 neighbors
18 neighbors 19 shouting
19 shouting 20 with
20 with 21 laughter
21 laughter 22 .

yes , and he heard the deep , grumbly-rumbly laugh of [buster] [bear] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 and
3 and 4 he
4 he 5 heard
5 heard 6 the
6 the 7 deep
7 deep 8 ,
8 , 9 grumbly-rumbly
9 grumbly-rumbly 10 laugh
10 laugh 11 of
11 of 14 .

but he didn't mind it . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 mind
4 mind 5 it
5 it 6 .

not then , anyway . 
1 not 2 then
2 then 3 ,
3 , 4 anyway
4 anyway 5 .

he hadn't room for any feeling except fear of [mr] [blacksnake] . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 room
3 room 4 for
4 for 5 any
5 any 6 feeling
6 feeling 7 except
7 except 8 fear
8 fear 9 of
9 of 12 .

but [old] [mr] [toad] had to stop after a while . 
1 but 5 had
5 had 6 to
6 to 7 stop
7 stop 8 after
8 after 9 a
9 a 10 while
10 while 11 .

you see , his legs were so tired they just wouldn't go any longer . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 his
4 his 5 legs
5 legs 6 were
6 were 7 so
7 so 8 tired
8 tired 9 they
9 they 10 just
10 just 11 wouldn't
11 wouldn't 12 go
12 go 13 any
13 any 14 longer
14 longer 15 .

and he was so out of breath that he wheezed . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 so
4 so 5 out
5 out 6 of
6 of 7 breath
7 breath 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 wheezed
10 wheezed 11 .

he crawled under a big piece of bark , and there he lay flat on the ground and panted and panted for breath . 
1 he 2 crawled
2 crawled 3 under
3 under 4 a
4 a 5 big
5 big 6 piece
6 piece 7 of
7 of 8 bark
8 bark 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 there
11 there 12 he
12 he 13 lay
13 lay 14 flat
14 flat 15 on
15 on 16 the
16 the 17 ground
17 ground 18 and
18 and 19 panted
19 panted 20 and
20 and 21 panted
21 panted 22 for
22 for 23 breath
23 breath 24 .

he would stay there until jolly , round , bright [mr] [sun] went to bed behind the [purple] [hills] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 stay
3 stay 4 there
4 there 5 until
5 until 6 jolly
6 jolly 7 ,
7 , 8 round
8 round 9 ,
9 , 10 bright
10 bright 13 went
13 went 14 to
14 to 15 bed
15 bed 16 behind
16 behind 17 the
17 the 20 .

then [mr] [blacksnake] would go to bed too , and it would be safe for him to go home . 
1 then 4 would
4 would 5 go
5 go 6 to
6 to 7 bed
7 bed 8 too
8 too 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 it
11 it 12 would
12 would 13 be
13 be 14 safe
14 safe 15 for
15 for 16 him
16 him 17 to
17 to 18 go
18 go 19 home
19 home 20 .

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

then he began to see how foolish and silly he had been , and shame took the place of anger . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 how
6 how 7 foolish
7 foolish 8 and
8 and 9 silly
9 silly 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 been
12 been 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 shame
15 shame 16 took
16 took 17 the
17 the 18 place
18 place 19 of
19 of 20 anger
20 anger 21 .

as he remembered the deep , grumbly-rumbly laughter [of] [buster] [bear] , the feeling of shame grew . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 4 the
4 the 5 deep
5 deep 6 ,
6 , 7 grumbly-rumbly
7 grumbly-rumbly 8 laughter
8 laughter 12 ,
12 , 13 the
13 the 14 feeling
14 feeling 15 of
15 of 16 shame
16 shame 17 grew
17 grew 18 .

" [i] deserve it , " thought [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 3 deserve
3 deserve 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 thought
7 thought 11 .

" yes , [sir] [,] [i] deserve every bit of it . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 7 deserve
7 deserve 8 every
8 every 9 bit
9 bit 10 of
10 of 11 it
11 it 12 .

the only thing that [i] have to be proud of is that [i] 'm honest and work for my living . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 3 thing
3 thing 4 that
4 that 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 proud
9 proud 10 of
10 of 11 is
11 is 12 that
12 that 14 'm
14 'm 15 honest
15 honest 16 and
16 and 17 work
17 work 18 for
18 for 19 my
19 my 20 living
20 living 21 .

yes , [sir] [,] that 's all . " 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 's
6 's 7 all
7 all 8 .
8 . 9 "

when darkness came at last , and he crawled out to go home , he was feeling very humble . 
1 when 2 darkness
2 darkness 3 came
3 came 4 at
4 at 5 last
5 last 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 crawled
9 crawled 10 out
10 out 11 to
11 to 12 go
12 go 13 home
13 home 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 feeling
17 feeling 18 very
18 very 19 humble
19 humble 20 .

peter [rabbit] happened along just then . 
1 peter 3 happened
3 happened 4 along
4 along 5 just
5 just 6 then
6 then 7 .

mr [toad] gulped and went on . 
1 mr 3 gulped
3 gulped 4 and
4 and 5 went
5 went 6 on
6 on 7 .

pretty soon he met [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 met
4 met 7 .

jimmy went right on about his business and actually stepped right over [old] [mr] [toad] as if he had been a stick or a stone . 
1 jimmy 2 went
2 went 3 right
3 right 4 on
4 on 5 about
5 about 6 his
6 his 7 business
7 business 8 and
8 and 9 actually
9 actually 10 stepped
10 stepped 11 right
11 right 12 over
12 over 16 as
16 as 17 if
17 if 18 he
18 he 19 had
19 had 20 been
20 been 21 a
21 a 22 stick
22 stick 23 or
23 or 24 a
24 a 25 stone
25 stone 26 .

old [mr] [toad] gulped again and went on . 
1 old 4 gulped
4 gulped 5 again
5 again 6 and
6 and 7 went
7 went 8 on
8 on 9 .

the next day he went down to see [danny] [meadow] [mouse] . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 day
3 day 4 he
4 he 5 went
5 went 6 down
6 down 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 12 .

he meant to tell [danny] how ashamed he was for the way he had treated [danny] and his other friends . 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
3 to 4 tell
4 tell 6 how
6 how 7 ashamed
7 ashamed 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 for
10 for 11 the
11 the 12 way
12 way 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 treated
15 treated 17 and
17 and 18 his
18 his 19 other
19 other 20 friends
20 friends 21 .

but [danny] brushed right past without even a glance at him . 
1 but 3 brushed
3 brushed 4 right
4 right 5 past
5 past 6 without
6 without 7 even
7 even 8 a
8 a 9 glance
9 glance 10 at
10 at 11 him
11 him 12 .

old [mr] [toad] gulped and started up to see [johnny] [chuck] . 
1 old 4 gulped
4 gulped 5 and
5 and 6 started
6 started 7 up
7 up 8 to
8 to 9 see
9 see 12 .

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

so it did when he met [striped] [chipmunk] . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 did
3 did 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 6 met
6 met 9 .

he didn't have appetite enough to snap at a single fly . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 appetite
4 appetite 5 enough
5 enough 6 to
6 to 7 snap
7 snap 8 at
8 at 9 a
9 a 10 single
10 single 11 fly
11 fly 12 .

late that afternoon he heard a little noise and looked up to find all his old friends and neighbors forming a circle around him . 
1 late 2 that
2 that 3 afternoon
3 afternoon 4 he
4 he 5 heard
5 heard 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 noise
8 noise 9 and
9 and 10 looked
10 looked 11 up
11 up 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 all
14 all 15 his
15 his 16 old
16 old 17 friends
17 friends 18 and
18 and 19 neighbors
19 neighbors 20 forming
20 forming 21 a
21 a 22 circle
22 circle 23 around
23 around 24 him
24 him 25 .

suddenly they began to dance and shout : 
1 suddenly 2 they
2 they 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 dance
5 dance 6 and
6 and 7 shout
7 shout 8 :

" old [mr] [toad] is a jolly good fellow ! 
1 " 2 old
2 old 5 is
5 is 6 a
6 a 7 jolly
7 jolly 8 good
8 good 9 fellow
9 fellow 10 !

his temper is sweet , disposition is mellow ! 
1 his 2 temper
2 temper 3 is
3 is 4 sweet
4 sweet 5 ,
5 , 6 disposition
6 disposition 7 is
7 is 8 mellow
8 mellow 9 !

and now that his bubble of pride is quite busted [we] know that he knows that his friends can be trusted . " 
1 and 2 now
2 now 3 that
3 that 4 his
4 his 5 bubble
5 bubble 6 of
6 of 7 pride
7 pride 8 is
8 is 9 quite
9 quite 10 busted
10 busted 12 know
12 know 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 knows
15 knows 16 that
16 that 17 his
17 his 18 friends
18 friends 19 can
19 can 20 be
20 be 21 trusted
21 trusted 22 .
22 . 23 "

the next book will tell you all about his adventures . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 book
3 book 4 will
4 will 5 tell
5 tell 6 you
6 you 7 all
7 all 8 about
8 about 9 his
9 his 10 adventures
10 adventures 11 .

[the] [end] 

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