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[the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

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

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

author of [the] [adventures] [of] [peter] [cottontail] [,] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [,] etc . 
1 author 2 of
2 of 14 etc
14 etc 15 .

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

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

[@number@] 

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

[frontispiece] [.] []] 

[contents] 

[chapter] 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

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

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

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

["] [what] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ["] 

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

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

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

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

[i] 

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

the [green] [meadows] [were] [thrown] [into] great excitement late one afternoon , just as the black shadows came creeping down [from] [the] [purple] [hills] . 
1 the 7 great
7 great 8 excitement
8 excitement 9 late
9 late 10 one
10 one 11 afternoon
11 afternoon 12 ,
12 , 13 just
13 just 14 as
14 as 15 the
15 the 16 black
16 black 17 shadows
17 shadows 18 came
18 came 19 creeping
19 creeping 20 down
20 down 25 .

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

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

i know it [because] [i] [saw] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] carrying him home by the tail , " said [reddy] . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 it
3 it 9 's
9 's 11 carrying
11 carrying 12 him
12 him 13 home
13 home 14 by
14 by 15 the
15 the 16 tail
16 tail 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 .

" so you see he wasn't so smart as you thought he was , " he added maliciously . 
1 " 2 so
2 so 3 you
3 you 4 see
4 see 5 he
5 he 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 so
7 so 8 smart
8 smart 9 as
9 as 10 you
10 you 11 thought
11 thought 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
16 he 17 added
17 added 18 maliciously
18 maliciously 19 .

that is , everybody [but] [reddy] [fox] [said] [so] . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 everybody
4 everybody 10 .

reddy said that it served [unc] ['] [billy] [right] , because he was of no account , anyway . 
1 reddy 2 said
2 said 3 that
3 that 4 it
4 it 5 served
5 served 10 ,
10 , 11 because
11 because 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 of
14 of 15 no
15 no 16 account
16 account 17 ,
17 , 18 anyway
18 anyway 19 .

then everybody began to hoot and [hiss] [at] [reddy] [until] he was glad enough to slink away . 
1 then 2 everybody
2 everybody 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 hoot
5 hoot 6 and
6 and 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 glad
13 glad 14 enough
14 enough 15 to
15 to 16 slink
16 slink 17 away
17 away 18 .

and while they were all saying such nice things about him , [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] was [having] an exciting adventure . 
1 and 2 while
2 while 3 they
3 they 4 were
4 were 5 all
5 all 6 saying
6 saying 7 such
7 such 8 nice
8 nice 9 things
9 things 10 about
10 about 11 him
11 him 12 ,
12 , 17 was
17 was 19 an
19 an 20 exciting
20 exciting 21 adventure
21 adventure 22 .

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

he had gone up to [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house before dark . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 gone
3 gone 4 up
4 up 5 to
5 to 9 hen-house
9 hen-house 10 before
10 before 11 dark
11 dark 12 .

jimmy [skunk] had tried to stop him , but he had heeded [jimmy] [skunk] [not] at all . 
1 jimmy 3 had
3 had 4 tried
4 tried 5 to
5 to 6 stop
6 stop 7 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 heeded
12 heeded 16 at
16 at 17 all
17 all 18 .

he had said that he was hungry and wanted an egg , and he couldn't wait till dark to get it . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 said
3 said 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 and
8 and 9 wanted
9 wanted 10 an
10 an 11 egg
11 egg 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 couldn't
15 couldn't 16 wait
16 wait 17 till
17 till 18 dark
18 dark 19 to
19 to 20 get
20 get 21 it
21 it 22 .

so off he had started , [for] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] is very headstrong and obstinate . 
1 so 2 off
2 off 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 started
5 started 6 ,
6 , 9 '
9 ' 12 is
12 is 13 very
13 very 14 headstrong
14 headstrong 15 and
15 and 16 obstinate
16 obstinate 17 .

he had reached the hen-house and slipped inside without being seen . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
4 the 5 hen-house
5 hen-house 6 and
6 and 7 slipped
7 slipped 8 inside
8 inside 9 without
9 without 10 being
10 being 11 seen
11 seen 12 .

the nests were full of eggs , and soon [unc] ['] [billy] was enjoying his feast so that he forgot to keep watch . 
1 the 2 nests
2 nests 3 were
3 were 4 full
4 full 5 of
5 of 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 soon
9 soon 13 was
13 was 14 enjoying
14 enjoying 15 his
15 his 16 feast
16 feast 17 so
17 so 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 forgot
20 forgot 21 to
21 to 22 keep
22 keep 23 watch
23 watch 24 .

suddenly the door opened , and [in] stepped [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to get some eggs for supper . 
1 suddenly 2 the
2 the 3 door
3 door 4 opened
4 opened 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 8 stepped
8 stepped 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 some
15 some 16 eggs
16 eggs 17 for
17 for 18 supper
18 supper 19 .

there was no time to run . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 .

unc ['] [billy] [just] dropped [right] down in his tracks as if he were dead . 
1 unc 5 dropped
5 dropped 7 down
7 down 8 in
8 in 9 his
9 his 10 tracks
10 tracks 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 he
13 he 14 were
14 were 15 dead
15 dead 16 .

when [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [saw] [him] [,] he didn't know what to make of him , for he had never seen [unc] ['] [billy] before . 
1 when 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
11 know 12 what
12 what 13 to
13 to 14 make
14 make 15 of
15 of 16 him
16 him 17 ,
17 , 18 for
18 for 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 21 never
21 never 22 seen
22 seen 26 before
26 before 27 .

" he certainly is dead enough , whatever killed him . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 is
4 is 5 dead
5 dead 6 enough
6 enough 7 ,
7 , 8 whatever
8 whatever 9 killed
9 killed 10 him
10 him 11 .

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

then he saw some egg on [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [lips] . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 some
4 some 5 egg
5 egg 6 on
6 on 12 .

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

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

and picking up [unc] ['] [billy] by the tail , he started with him for the house . 
1 and 2 picking
2 picking 3 up
3 up 7 by
7 by 8 the
8 the 9 tail
9 tail 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 started
12 started 13 with
13 with 14 him
14 him 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 house
17 house 18 .

when he turned to pick up [unc] ' [billy] [again] , [unc] ' [billy] [wasn't] there . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 turned
3 turned 4 to
4 to 5 pick
5 pick 6 up
6 up 8 '
8 ' 11 ,
11 , 13 '
13 ' 16 there
16 there 17 .

farmer [brown] 's boy dropped his wood and hunted everywhere , but not a trace of [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [he] [find] . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 dropped
5 dropped 6 his
6 his 7 wood
7 wood 8 and
8 and 9 hunted
9 hunted 10 everywhere
10 everywhere 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 not
13 not 14 a
14 a 15 trace
15 trace 16 of
16 of 23 .

[ii] 

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

reddy [fox] [came] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [on] [his] [way] [to] [the] [green] [meadows] . 
1 reddy 20 .

he had brushed his red coat until it shone . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 brushed
3 brushed 4 his
4 his 5 red
5 red 6 coat
6 coat 7 until
7 until 8 it
8 it 9 shone
9 shone 10 .

his white waistcoat was spotless , and he carried his big tail high in the air , that it might not become soiled . 
1 his 2 white
2 white 3 waistcoat
3 waistcoat 4 was
4 was 5 spotless
5 spotless 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 carried
9 carried 10 his
10 his 11 big
11 big 12 tail
12 tail 13 high
13 high 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 air
16 air 17 ,
17 , 18 that
18 that 19 it
19 it 20 might
20 might 21 not
21 not 22 become
22 become 23 soiled
23 soiled 24 .

reddy was feeling as fine as he looked . 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 4 as
4 as 5 fine
5 fine 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 looked
8 looked 9 .

if there is one thing [that] [reddy] [fox] [dislikes] more than another , it is being laughed at . 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 one
4 one 5 thing
5 thing 10 more
10 more 11 than
11 than 12 another
12 another 13 ,
13 , 14 it
14 it 15 is
15 is 16 being
16 being 17 laughed
17 laughed 18 at
18 at 19 .

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

why , about how he had [seen] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] carrying off [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] by the tail the afternoon before . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 about
3 about 4 how
4 how 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 12 carrying
12 carrying 13 off
13 off 18 by
18 by 19 the
19 the 20 tail
20 tail 21 the
21 the 22 afternoon
22 afternoon 23 before
23 before 24 .

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

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

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

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

reddy remembered that [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] hollow tree was not far away . 
1 reddy 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that
3 that 8 hollow
8 hollow 9 tree
9 tree 10 was
10 was 11 not
11 not 12 far
12 far 13 away
13 away 14 .

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

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

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

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

ol ' [bill] [possum] , he is no more ! 
1 ol 2 '
2 ' 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 is
7 is 8 no
8 no 9 more
9 more 10 !

bill was a scamp , [sir] [;] [bill] was a thief ! 
1 bill 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 scamp
4 scamp 5 ,
5 , 9 was
9 was 10 a
10 a 11 thief
11 thief 12 !

bill stole an egg , [sir] [;] [bill] came to grief . 
1 bill 2 stole
2 stole 3 an
3 an 4 egg
4 egg 5 ,
5 , 9 came
9 came 10 to
10 to 11 grief
11 grief 12 .

ol ['] [bill] [possum] , it served him [right] ; [and] he is no more , for he died last night . " 
1 ol 5 ,
5 , 6 it
6 it 7 served
7 served 8 him
8 him 10 ;
10 ; 12 he
12 he 13 is
13 is 14 no
14 no 15 more
15 more 16 ,
16 , 17 for
17 for 18 he
18 he 19 died
19 died 20 last
20 last 21 night
21 night 22 .
22 . 23 "

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

reddy [fox] sprang up as if some one had stuck a pin into him . 
1 reddy 3 sprang
3 sprang 4 up
4 up 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 some
7 some 8 one
8 one 9 had
9 had 10 stuck
10 stuck 11 a
11 a 12 pin
12 pin 13 into
13 into 14 him
14 him 15 .

every hair stood on end , as he looked up at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] doorway . 
1 every 2 hair
2 hair 3 stood
3 stood 4 on
4 on 5 end
5 end 6 ,
6 , 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 looked
9 looked 10 up
10 up 11 at
11 at 16 doorway
16 doorway 17 .

then his teeth began to chatter with fright . 
1 then 2 his
2 his 3 teeth
3 teeth 4 began
4 began 5 to
5 to 6 chatter
6 chatter 7 with
7 with 8 fright
8 fright 9 .

looking out of [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] doorway and grinning down at him was something that looked for all the world [like] [unc] ['] [billy] [himself] . 
1 looking 2 out
2 out 3 of
3 of 8 doorway
8 doorway 9 and
9 and 10 grinning
10 grinning 11 down
11 down 12 at
12 at 13 him
13 him 14 was
14 was 15 something
15 something 16 that
16 that 17 looked
17 looked 18 for
18 for 19 all
19 all 20 the
20 the 21 world
21 world 27 .

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

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

why , [ah] [just] [pretended] [ah] was [daid] [,] [when] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] caught me , " [explained] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 7 was
7 was 15 caught
15 caught 16 me
16 me 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 21 '
21 ' 23 .

" of course he ' wouldn't kill a daid [possum] . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 he
4 he 5 '
5 ' 6 wouldn't
6 wouldn't 7 kill
7 kill 8 a
8 a 9 daid
9 daid 11 .

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [grinned] broader than ever , and [jimmy] [skunk] grinned , too . 
1 unc 6 broader
6 broader 7 than
7 than 8 ever
8 ever 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 13 grinned
13 grinned 14 ,
14 , 15 too
15 too 16 .

[iii] 

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

everybody hastened to pay their respects , that is everybody [but] [reddy] [fox] . 
1 everybody 2 hastened
2 hastened 3 to
3 to 4 pay
4 pay 5 their
5 their 6 respects
6 respects 7 ,
7 , 8 that
8 that 9 is
9 is 10 everybody
10 everybody 14 .

thereafter whenever one of them caught sight of [reddy] [fox] [at] a safe distance , he would shout : 
1 thereafter 2 whenever
2 whenever 3 one
3 one 4 of
4 of 5 them
5 them 6 caught
6 caught 7 sight
7 sight 8 of
8 of 12 a
12 a 13 safe
13 safe 14 distance
14 distance 15 ,
15 , 16 he
16 he 17 would
17 would 18 shout
18 shout 19 :

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

ol ' [bill] [possum] , he is no more ! " 
1 ol 2 '
2 ' 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 is
7 is 8 no
8 no 9 more
9 more 10 !
10 ! 11 "

and [of] [course] [reddy] [fox] hated [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] more than ever . 
1 and 6 hated
6 hated 11 more
11 more 12 than
12 than 13 ever
13 ever 14 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] didn't care , not he ! 
1 but 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 care
6 care 7 ,
7 , 8 not
8 not 9 he
9 he 10 !

but in spite of all his friends , [unc] ' [billy] [was] lonesome . 
1 but 2 in
2 in 3 spite
3 spite 4 of
4 of 5 all
5 all 6 his
6 his 7 friends
7 friends 8 ,
8 , 10 '
10 ' 13 lonesome
13 lonesome 14 .

finally he told [jimmy] [skunk] [all] about it , and [for] [once] [unc] ['] [billy] had forgotten how to grin . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 told
3 told 7 about
7 about 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 16 had
16 had 17 forgotten
17 forgotten 18 how
18 how 19 to
19 to 20 grin
20 grin 21 .

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] had forgotten how to grin . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 8 had
8 had 9 forgotten
9 forgotten 10 how
10 how 11 to
11 to 12 grin
12 grin 13 .

instead he just wept , wept great big tears of lonesomeness . 
1 instead 2 he
2 he 3 just
3 just 4 wept
4 wept 5 ,
5 , 6 wept
6 wept 7 great
7 great 8 big
8 big 9 tears
9 tears 10 of
10 of 11 lonesomeness
11 lonesomeness 12 .

" ah [reckon] [ah] 'll have to go back to [ol] ['] [virginny] , [ah] [cert'nly] do , " [said] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 5 'll
5 'll 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 back
9 back 10 to
10 to 14 ,
14 , 17 do
17 do 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 22 '
22 ' 25 .

jimmy [skunk] [grew] [very] [thoughtful] . 
1 jimmy 6 .

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [talking] [about] [going] [away] . 
1 now 5 was
5 was 10 .

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] stopped crying . 
1 unc 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 crying
5 crying 6 .

his two little eyes looked up sharply . 
1 his 2 two
2 two 3 little
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 looked
5 looked 6 up
6 up 7 sharply
7 sharply 8 .

" [how] [do] yo'all [reckon] [ah] [can] send [word] ? " he asked . 
1 " 4 yo'all
4 yo'all 8 send
8 send 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 asked
13 asked 14 .

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

" there 's [mr] [skimmer] the [swallow] [;] [he] ['s] fixing to go [south] . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 's
3 's 6 the
6 the 11 fixing
11 fixing 12 to
12 to 13 go
13 go 15 .

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

" the very thing ! ["] [cried] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] , wiping his eyes . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 9 '
9 ' 12 ,
12 , 13 wiping
13 wiping 14 his
14 his 15 eyes
15 eyes 16 .

" ah thanks yo ' , [sah] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 thanks
3 thanks 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 ,

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

ah 'll see [mistah] [skimmer] [at] [once] . " 
1 ah 2 'll
2 'll 3 see
3 see 8 .
8 . 9 "

and without another word [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [started] [down] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] for the [green] [meadows] [to] look [for] [skimmer] [the] [swallow] . 
1 and 2 without
2 without 3 another
3 another 4 word
4 word 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 20 look
20 look 25 .

[iv] 

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

unc ' [billy] [isn't] [any] [too] fond of work . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 7 fond
7 fond 8 of
8 of 9 work
9 work 10 .

but getting ready to receive his family was different . 
1 but 2 getting
2 getting 3 ready
3 ready 4 to
4 to 5 receive
5 receive 6 his
6 his 7 family
7 family 8 was
8 was 9 different
9 different 10 .

no one else could arrange things to suit him . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 else
3 else 4 could
4 could 5 arrange
5 arrange 6 things
6 things 7 to
7 to 8 suit
8 suit 9 him
9 him 10 .

this was [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [own] job , and he tended right to it every minute of the day . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 8 job
8 job 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 tended
12 tended 13 right
13 right 14 to
14 to 15 it
15 it 16 every
16 every 17 minute
17 minute 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 day
20 day 21 .

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

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

so [unc] ['] [billy] [cleaned] [house] , and while he worked he whistled and sang . 
1 so 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 while
9 while 10 he
10 he 11 worked
11 worked 12 he
12 he 13 whistled
13 whistled 14 and
14 and 15 sang
15 sang 16 .

peter [rabbit] , passing that way , [overheard] [unc] ['] [billy] singing : 
1 peter 3 ,
3 , 4 passing
4 passing 5 that
5 that 6 way
6 way 7 ,
7 , 12 singing
12 singing 13 :

" [mah] ol ' [woman] [is] [away] [down] [souf] [come] [along] ! 
1 " 3 ol
3 ol 4 '
4 ' 12 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

ain't nothin ' sharper than the [tongue] [in] [her] mouf [come] [along] ! 
1 ain't 2 nothin
2 nothin 3 '
3 ' 4 sharper
4 sharper 5 than
5 than 6 the
6 the 10 mouf
10 mouf 13 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

" [mah] [pickaninnies] [am] [a-headin] ['] dis [way] [come] [along] ! 
1 " 7 dis
7 dis 11 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

daddy am a-watchin ' fo ' ' em [day] [by] [day] [come] [along] ! 
1 daddy 2 am
2 am 3 a-watchin
3 a-watchin 4 '
4 ' 5 fo
5 fo 6 '
6 ' 7 '
7 ' 8 em
8 em 14 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 !

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

every little while [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [would] [sit] [down] to rest , for he wasn't used to so much real work . 
1 every 2 little
2 little 3 while
3 while 11 to
11 to 12 rest
12 rest 13 ,
13 , 14 for
14 for 15 he
15 he 16 wasn't
16 wasn't 17 used
17 used 18 to
18 to 19 so
19 so 20 much
20 much 21 real
21 real 22 work
22 work 23 .

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

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [hardly] [out] [of] [sight] [when] [along] [came] [bobby] [coon] . 
1 now 5 was
5 was 15 .

anyway , when he [reached] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's hollow tree , he began to climb up it just as if it were his own . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 when
3 when 4 he
4 he 10 's
10 's 11 hollow
11 hollow 12 tree
12 tree 13 ,
13 , 14 he
14 he 15 began
15 began 16 to
16 to 17 climb
17 climb 18 up
18 up 19 it
19 it 20 just
20 just 21 as
21 as 22 if
22 if 23 it
23 it 24 were
24 were 25 his
25 his 26 own
26 own 27 .

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

there was the most comfortable bed that he had seen for a long time . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 most
4 most 5 comfortable
5 comfortable 6 bed
6 bed 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 seen
10 seen 11 for
11 for 12 a
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 time
14 time 15 .

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

nobody was in sight . 
1 nobody 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 sight
4 sight 5 .

then he looked in at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [door] once [more] . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 in
4 in 5 at
5 at 11 once
11 once 13 .

that bed certainly did look soft and comfortable . 
1 that 2 bed
2 bed 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 did
4 did 5 look
5 look 6 soft
6 soft 7 and
7 and 8 comfortable
8 comfortable 9 .

bobby [coon] chuckled to himself . 
1 bobby 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 to
4 to 5 himself
5 himself 6 .

" [i] [believe] [i] ['ll] just see if that bed is as comfortable as it looks , " said he . 
1 " 6 just
6 just 7 see
7 see 8 if
8 if 9 that
9 that 10 bed
10 bed 11 is
11 is 12 as
12 as 13 comfortable
13 comfortable 14 as
14 as 15 it
15 it 16 looks
16 looks 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
20 he 21 .

and [two] [minutes] [later] [bobby] [coon] was curled up fast asleep in [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] bed . 
1 and 7 was
7 was 8 curled
8 curled 9 up
9 up 10 fast
10 fast 11 asleep
11 asleep 12 in
12 in 18 bed
18 bed 19 .

[v] 

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

" [dey] ['s] a-coming , dey's a-coming , dey's a-coming mighty soon . 
1 " 4 a-coming
4 a-coming 5 ,
5 , 6 dey's
6 dey's 7 a-coming
7 a-coming 8 ,
8 , 9 dey's
9 dey's 10 a-coming
10 a-coming 11 mighty
11 mighty 12 soon
12 soon 13 .

but dey can't come soon enuff fo ' me ! 
1 but 2 dey
2 dey 3 can't
3 can't 4 come
4 come 5 soon
5 soon 6 enuff
6 enuff 7 fo
7 fo 8 '
8 ' 9 me
9 me 10 !

dey 's a-coming , dey's a-coming at de turning ob de moon , [whar] [ah] waits in mah ol ' holler tree ! " 
1 dey 2 's
2 's 3 a-coming
3 a-coming 4 ,
4 , 5 dey's
5 dey's 6 a-coming
6 a-coming 7 at
7 at 8 de
8 de 9 turning
9 turning 10 ob
10 ob 11 de
11 de 12 moon
12 moon 13 ,
13 , 16 waits
16 waits 17 in
17 in 18 mah
18 mah 19 ol
19 ol 20 '
20 ' 21 holler
21 holler 22 tree
22 tree 23 !
23 ! 24 "

unc ['] [billy] [possum] was singing to himself , as he slowly trudged home [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] . 
1 unc 5 was
5 was 6 singing
6 singing 7 to
7 to 8 himself
8 himself 9 ,
9 , 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 slowly
12 slowly 13 trudged
13 trudged 14 home
14 home 20 .

he was feeling very good , very good indeed , [was] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 4 very
4 very 5 good
5 good 6 ,
6 , 7 very
7 very 8 good
8 good 9 indeed
9 indeed 10 ,
10 , 13 '
13 ' 16 .

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

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

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

he put one ear against the trunk of the tree and listened . 
1 he 2 put
2 put 3 one
3 one 4 ear
4 ear 5 against
5 against 6 the
6 the 7 trunk
7 trunk 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 tree
10 tree 11 and
11 and 12 listened
12 listened 13 .

then he put the other ear against the tree and listened . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 4 the
4 the 5 other
5 other 6 ear
6 ear 7 against
7 against 8 the
8 the 9 tree
9 tree 10 and
10 and 11 listened
11 listened 12 .

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

unc ['] [billy] [turned] and [looked] up at his doorway , scratching his head thoughtfully with one hand . 
1 unc 5 and
5 and 7 up
7 up 8 at
8 at 9 his
9 his 10 doorway
10 doorway 11 ,
11 , 12 scratching
12 scratching 13 his
13 his 14 head
14 head 15 thoughtfully
15 thoughtfully 16 with
16 with 17 one
17 one 18 hand
18 hand 19 .

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

then very softly [unc] ['] [billy] crept up to his doorway and peeped in . 
1 then 2 very
2 very 3 softly
3 softly 7 crept
7 crept 8 up
8 up 9 to
9 to 10 his
10 his 11 doorway
11 doorway 12 and
12 and 13 peeped
13 peeped 14 in
14 in 15 .

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

oh , yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] [could] [hear] perfectly [well] , and what he heard was a snore ! 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 yes
3 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 indeed
5 indeed 6 ,
6 , 8 '
8 ' 12 perfectly
12 perfectly 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 what
16 what 17 he
17 he 18 heard
18 heard 19 was
19 was 20 a
20 a 21 snore
21 snore 22 !

there was some one in [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [house] , and more than that , they were fast asleep in [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] bed . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 some
3 some 4 one
4 one 5 in
5 in 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 more
13 more 14 than
14 than 15 that
15 that 16 ,
16 , 17 they
17 they 18 were
18 were 19 fast
19 fast 20 asleep
20 asleep 21 in
21 in 26 bed
26 bed 27 .

" [mah] goodness ! 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !

mah goodness ! " exclaimed [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] , and his two sharp little eyes began to snap . 
1 mah 2 goodness
2 goodness 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 his
12 his 13 two
13 two 14 sharp
14 sharp 15 little
15 little 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 began
17 began 18 to
18 to 19 snap
19 snap 20 .

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

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] waited a minute . 
1 unc 4 waited
4 waited 5 a
5 a 6 minute
6 minute 7 .

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

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

then [unc] ['] [billy] [quite] [lost] [his] temper . 
1 then 8 temper
8 temper 9 .

some one who had no business there was in his house ! 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 who
3 who 4 had
4 had 5 no
5 no 6 business
6 business 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 in
9 in 10 his
10 his 11 house
11 house 12 !

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

they were going to come out or he would know why not . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 come
5 come 6 out
6 out 7 or
7 or 8 he
8 he 9 would
9 would 10 know
10 know 11 why
11 why 12 not
12 not 13 .

unc ['] [billy] gritted his teeth and in he went . 
1 unc 4 gritted
4 gritted 5 his
5 his 6 teeth
6 teeth 7 and
7 and 8 in
8 in 9 he
9 he 10 went
10 went 11 .

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

peter [rabbit] happened to be coming along that way and heard it . 
1 peter 3 happened
3 happened 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 coming
6 coming 7 along
7 along 8 that
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 and
10 and 11 heard
11 heard 12 it
12 it 13 .

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

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

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

they were part of [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] bed . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 part
3 part 4 of
4 of 9 bed
9 bed 10 .

then [peter] [saw] a [big] [ringed] tail [hanging] out of the doorway . 
1 then 4 a
4 a 7 tail
7 tail 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 doorway
12 doorway 13 .

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

no one possessed a tail like that [but] [bobby] [coon] . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 possessed
3 possessed 4 a
4 a 5 tail
5 tail 6 like
6 like 7 that
7 that 11 .

in a minute [bobby] [followed] his tail , hastily backing down the tree . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 6 his
6 his 7 tail
7 tail 8 ,
8 , 9 hastily
9 hastily 10 backing
10 backing 11 down
11 down 12 the
12 the 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [sharp] [little] [old] [face] [appeared] at the doorway . 
1 then 11 at
11 at 12 the
12 the 13 doorway
13 doorway 14 .

unc ['] [billy] looked down [at] [peter] [rabbit] and grinned . 
1 unc 4 looked
4 looked 5 down
5 down 9 and
9 and 10 grinned
10 grinned 11 .

" [ah] guess [mistah] [coon] [done] [make] a mistake when he went to bed in mah house , " said he . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 8 a
8 a 9 mistake
9 mistake 10 when
10 when 11 he
11 he 12 went
12 went 13 to
13 to 14 bed
14 bed 15 in
15 in 16 mah
16 mah 17 house
17 house 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
21 he 22 .

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

[vi] 

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

" [i] ['m] [mr] [jaybird] [,] tee-hee-hee ! 
1 " 7 tee-hee-hee
7 tee-hee-hee 8 !

i ['m] [mr] [jaybird] [;] [you] watch [me] ! 
1 i 7 watch
7 watch 9 !

you 've got to rise ' fore break of [day] [if] you want to fool [old] [mr] [jay] . " 
1 you 2 've
2 've 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 rise
5 rise 6 '
6 ' 7 fore
7 fore 8 break
8 break 9 of
9 of 12 you
12 you 13 want
13 want 14 to
14 to 15 fool
15 fool 19 .
19 . 20 "

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

when [peter] [goes] [about] [whispering] [,] it 's a sure sign that he 's got a secret . 
1 when 7 it
7 it 8 's
8 's 9 a
9 a 10 sure
10 sure 11 sign
11 sign 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 's
14 's 15 got
15 got 16 a
16 a 17 secret
17 secret 18 .

he thinks that he can keep it from me , but he can't . 
1 he 2 thinks
2 thinks 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 can
5 can 6 keep
6 keep 7 it
7 it 8 from
8 from 9 me
9 me 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 can't
13 can't 14 .

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

i never knew of a secret that could be kept by more than two people , and [already] [i] ['ve] [seen] [peter] whisper to five . 
1 i 2 never
2 never 3 knew
3 knew 4 of
4 of 5 a
5 a 6 secret
6 secret 7 that
7 that 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 kept
10 kept 11 by
11 by 12 more
12 more 13 than
13 than 14 two
14 two 15 people
15 people 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 23 whisper
23 whisper 24 to
24 to 25 five
25 five 26 .

i 'll just see what [reddy] [fox] [knows] [about] it . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
3 just 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 10 it
10 it 11 .
11 . 12 "

with a flirt of his tail [sammy] [jay] [started] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] , [where] [reddy] [fox] was busy hunting for his breakfast . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 flirt
3 flirt 4 of
4 of 5 his
5 his 6 tail
6 tail 14 ,
14 , 18 was
18 was 19 busy
19 busy 20 hunting
20 hunting 21 for
21 for 22 his
22 his 23 breakfast
23 breakfast 24 .

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

" it would be finer , [if] [i] could fill my stomach faster , " [replied] [reddy] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 would
3 would 4 be
4 be 5 finer
5 finer 6 ,
6 , 9 could
9 could 10 fill
10 fill 11 my
11 my 12 stomach
12 stomach 13 faster
13 faster 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 18 .

" that 's a pretty good secret [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] , isn't it ? " [asked] [sammy] [,] pretending to look very wise . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 pretty
5 pretty 6 good
6 good 7 secret
7 secret 12 ,
12 , 13 isn't
13 isn't 14 it
14 it 15 ?
15 ? 16 "
16 " 20 pretending
20 pretending 21 to
21 to 22 look
22 look 23 very
23 very 24 wise
24 wise 25 .

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

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

blacky [knew] [nothing] [about] [peter] [rabbit] 's secret , [nor] [did] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [,] whom he met by the way . 
1 blacky 7 's
7 's 8 secret
8 secret 9 ,
9 , 16 whom
16 whom 17 he
17 he 18 met
18 met 19 by
19 by 20 the
20 the 21 way
21 way 22 .

but [sammy] [jay] was not in the least bit discouraged . 
1 but 4 was
4 was 5 not
5 not 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 least
8 least 9 bit
9 bit 10 discouraged
10 discouraged 11 .

" [i] ['ll] try [johnny] [chuck] ; he 'll know , ["] said [sammy] to himself . 
1 " 4 try
4 try 7 ;
7 ; 8 he
8 he 9 'll
9 'll 10 know
10 know 11 ,
11 , 13 said
13 said 15 to
15 to 16 himself
16 himself 17 .

he found [johnny] [sitting] [on] his doorstep , watching the world go by . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 6 his
6 his 7 doorstep
7 doorstep 8 ,
8 , 9 watching
9 watching 10 the
10 the 11 world
11 world 12 go
12 go 13 by
13 by 14 .

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

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

" isn't that a [fine] secret [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] ? " exclaimed [sammy] , [just] as if he knew all about it . 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 that
3 that 4 a
4 a 6 secret
6 secret 11 ?
11 ? 12 "
12 " 13 exclaimed
13 exclaimed 15 ,
15 , 17 as
17 as 18 if
18 if 19 he
19 he 20 knew
20 knew 21 all
21 all 22 about
22 about 23 it
23 it 24 .

johnny [chuck] raised his eyebrows and put on the most surprised look . 
1 johnny 3 raised
3 raised 4 his
4 his 5 eyebrows
5 eyebrows 6 and
6 and 7 put
7 put 8 on
8 on 9 the
9 the 10 most
10 most 11 surprised
11 surprised 12 look
12 look 13 .

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

and as he flew , he said to himself : " [johnny] [chuck] [can't] [fool] [me] [;] he [does] [know] [peter] [rabbit] 's secret . " 
1 and 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 flew
4 flew 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 said
7 said 8 to
8 to 9 himself
9 himself 10 :
10 : 11 "
11 " 18 he
18 he 23 's
23 's 24 secret
24 secret 25 .
25 . 26 "

over in the [green] [forest] [he] [found] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [making] [a] great racket on the hollow limb of an old chestnut . 
1 over 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 13 great
13 great 14 racket
14 racket 15 on
15 on 16 the
16 the 17 hollow
17 hollow 18 limb
18 limb 19 of
19 of 20 an
20 an 21 old
21 old 22 chestnut
22 chestnut 23 .

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

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

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

you must be practising , " said [sammy] [at] the end of a long rat-a-tat-tat . 
1 you 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 practising
4 practising 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 10 the
10 the 11 end
11 end 12 of
12 of 13 a
13 a 14 long
14 long 15 rat-a-tat-tat
15 rat-a-tat-tat 16 .

drummer [the] [woodpecker] felt very much flattered . 
1 drummer 4 felt
4 felt 5 very
5 very 6 much
6 much 7 flattered
7 flattered 8 .

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

" [i] ['m] [practising] [for] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] party . " 
1 " 9 party
9 party 10 .
10 . 11 "

" [i] [thought] so , " [replied] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 4 so
4 so 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 10 .

of course he hadn't thought anything of the kind . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 hadn't
4 hadn't 5 thought
5 thought 6 anything
6 anything 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 kind
9 kind 10 .

" won't [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] be surprised ? " remarked [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] , as he sat down to rest . 
1 " 2 won't
2 won't 7 be
7 be 8 surprised
8 surprised 9 ?
9 ? 10 "
10 " 11 remarked
11 remarked 15 ,
15 , 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 sat
18 sat 19 down
19 down 20 to
20 to 21 rest
21 rest 22 .

by and by , as he flew home , [sammy] [jay] [chuckled] and said : 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 ,
4 , 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 flew
7 flew 8 home
8 home 9 ,
9 , 13 and
13 and 14 said
14 said 15 :

" you 've got to rise ' fore break of [day] [if] you want to fool [old] [mr] [jay] . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 've
3 've 4 got
4 got 5 to
5 to 6 rise
6 rise 7 '
7 ' 8 fore
8 fore 9 break
9 break 10 of
10 of 13 you
13 you 14 want
14 want 15 to
15 to 16 fool
16 fool 20 .
20 . 21 "

[vii] 

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

" some folks think they 're mighty smart [oh] , la me ! 
1 " 2 some
2 some 3 folks
3 folks 4 think
4 think 5 they
5 they 6 're
6 're 7 mighty
7 mighty 8 smart
8 smart 10 ,
10 , 11 la
11 la 12 me
12 me 13 !

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

like the knave who stole the tart [oh] , la me ! 
1 like 2 the
2 the 3 knave
3 knave 4 who
4 who 5 stole
5 stole 6 the
6 the 7 tart
7 tart 9 ,
9 , 10 la
10 la 11 me
11 me 12 !

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

[some] [folks] [will] [waken] [up] [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] [fool] [mr] [jay] [!] ["] 

sammy [jay] was [mightily] pleased with himself . 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 5 pleased
5 pleased 6 with
6 with 7 himself
7 himself 8 .

sammy [jay] smacked his lips as he thought of this . 
1 sammy 3 smacked
3 smacked 4 his
4 his 5 lips
5 lips 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 thought
8 thought 9 of
9 of 10 this
10 this 11 .

then he looked up at jolly , round , [red] [mr] [sun] and winked . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 up
4 up 5 at
5 at 6 jolly
6 jolly 7 ,
7 , 8 round
8 round 9 ,
9 , 13 and
13 and 14 winked
14 winked 15 .

the worst of it is , they are not honest . 
1 the 2 worst
2 worst 3 of
3 of 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 ,
6 , 7 they
7 they 8 are
8 are 9 not
9 not 10 honest
10 honest 11 .

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

that was [why] [peter] [rabbit] [had] [left] [them] out , when he planned his surprise [party] for [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 9 out
9 out 10 ,
10 , 11 when
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 planned
13 planned 14 his
14 his 15 surprise
15 surprise 17 for
17 for 22 .

sammy had a plan , and the angrier the others grew , the more likely were they to help him . 
1 sammy 2 had
2 had 3 a
3 a 4 plan
4 plan 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 the
7 the 8 angrier
8 angrier 9 the
9 the 10 others
10 others 11 grew
11 grew 12 ,
12 , 13 the
13 the 14 more
14 more 15 likely
15 likely 16 were
16 were 17 they
17 they 18 to
18 to 19 help
19 help 20 him
20 him 21 .

" [you] wait [till] [i] catch [peter] [rabbit] ! " [said] [reddy] [fox] and showed all his teeth . 
1 " 3 wait
3 wait 6 catch
6 catch 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 14 and
14 and 15 showed
15 showed 16 all
16 all 17 his
17 his 18 teeth
18 teeth 19 .

he quite forgot that , despite all his smartness , he never yet had caught [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 he 2 quite
2 quite 3 forgot
3 forgot 4 that
4 that 5 ,
5 , 6 despite
6 despite 7 all
7 all 8 his
8 his 9 smartness
9 smartness 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 never
12 never 13 yet
13 yet 14 had
14 had 15 caught
15 caught 18 .

blacky [the] [crow] scratched his head thoughtfully . 
1 blacky 4 scratched
4 scratched 5 his
5 his 6 head
6 head 7 thoughtfully
7 thoughtfully 8 .

" we can spoil his surprise by telling [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [all] [about] it [beforehand] , " said he . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 can
3 can 4 spoil
4 spoil 5 his
5 his 6 surprise
6 surprise 7 by
7 by 8 telling
8 telling 15 it
15 it 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
20 he 21 .

sammy [jay] [winked] at [each] [of] the others . 
1 sammy 4 at
4 at 7 the
7 the 8 others
8 others 9 .

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

then he leaned forward and whispered : " let's invite ourselves to the party . " 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 leaned
3 leaned 4 forward
4 forward 5 and
5 and 6 whispered
6 whispered 7 :
7 : 8 "
8 " 9 let's
9 let's 10 invite
10 invite 11 ourselves
11 ourselves 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 party
14 party 15 .
15 . 16 "

" what do you mean ? " exclaimed the others , all together . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 9 the
9 the 10 others
10 others 11 ,
11 , 12 all
12 all 13 together
13 together 14 .

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

" we 'll be the real surprise . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 be
4 be 5 the
5 the 6 real
6 real 7 surprise
7 surprise 8 .

before the party begins , you will hide close to where it is to be . 
1 before 2 the
2 the 3 party
3 party 4 begins
4 begins 5 ,
5 , 6 you
6 you 7 will
7 will 8 hide
8 hide 9 close
9 close 10 to
10 to 11 where
11 where 12 it
12 it 13 is
13 is 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 .

of course every one will run away , and we 'll have all the good things to eat . " 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 every
3 every 4 one
4 one 5 will
5 will 6 run
6 run 7 away
7 away 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 we
10 we 11 'll
11 'll 12 have
12 have 13 all
13 all 14 the
14 the 15 good
15 good 16 things
16 things 17 to
17 to 18 eat
18 eat 19 .
19 . 20 "

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

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

we 'll all be there , " [cried] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 all
3 all 4 be
4 be 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 12 .

the four little scamps shook hands and separated . 
1 the 2 four
2 four 3 little
3 little 4 scamps
4 scamps 5 shook
5 shook 6 hands
6 hands 7 and
7 and 8 separated
8 separated 9 .

as [they] [went] [across] the [green] [meadows] [,] [sammy] [jay] ['s] voice floated back [to] [the] [lone] [pine] . 
1 as 5 the
5 the 12 voice
12 voice 13 floated
13 floated 14 back
14 back 19 .

he was singing , although he has a very poor voice for singing , and this was his song : 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 singing
3 singing 4 ,
4 , 5 although
5 although 6 he
6 he 7 has
7 has 8 a
8 a 9 very
9 very 10 poor
10 poor 11 voice
11 voice 12 for
12 for 13 singing
13 singing 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 this
16 this 17 was
17 was 18 his
18 his 19 song
19 song 20 :

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

" some folks think they 're mighty smart [oh] , la me ! 
1 " 2 some
2 some 3 folks
3 folks 4 think
4 think 5 they
5 they 6 're
6 're 7 mighty
7 mighty 8 smart
8 smart 10 ,
10 , 11 la
11 la 12 me
12 me 13 !

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

like the knave who stole the tart [oh] , la me ! 
1 like 2 the
2 the 3 knave
3 knave 4 who
4 who 5 stole
5 stole 6 the
6 the 7 tart
7 tart 9 ,
9 , 10 la
10 la 11 me
11 me 12 !

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

[some] [folks] [will] [waken] [up] [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] [fool] [mr] [jay] [!] ["] 

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

then [old] [mr] [toad] [winked] [slowly] [and] solemnly [at] [jolly] , [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] and started off to find [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 then 8 solemnly
8 solemnly 11 ,
11 , 17 and
17 and 18 started
18 started 19 off
19 off 20 to
20 to 21 find
21 find 24 .

[viii] 

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

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

everybody said so , and what everybody says is usually so . 
1 everybody 2 said
2 said 3 so
3 so 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 what
6 what 7 everybody
7 everybody 8 says
8 says 9 is
9 is 10 usually
10 usually 11 so
11 so 12 .

peter [rabbit] wore [the] [broadest] [kind] [of] a smile . 
1 peter 3 wore
3 wore 8 a
8 a 9 smile
9 smile 10 .

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

sammy [jay] had risen very early that morning . 
1 sammy 3 had
3 had 4 risen
4 risen 5 very
5 very 6 early
6 early 7 that
7 that 8 morning
8 morning 9 .

almost at once his sharp eyes had [seen] [peter] [rabbit] sending out [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] . 
1 almost 2 at
2 at 3 once
3 once 4 his
4 his 5 sharp
5 sharp 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 had
7 had 11 sending
11 sending 12 out
12 out 17 .

sammy 's wits are as sharp as his eyes , and you know it is very hard to really fool sharp wits . 
1 sammy 2 's
2 's 3 wits
3 wits 4 are
4 are 5 as
5 as 6 sharp
6 sharp 7 as
7 as 8 his
8 his 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 you
12 you 13 know
13 know 14 it
14 it 15 is
15 is 16 very
16 very 17 hard
17 hard 18 to
18 to 19 really
19 really 20 fool
20 fool 21 sharp
21 sharp 22 wits
22 wits 23 .

right away [sammy] [had] [guessed] [what] the [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] hurrying [so] for , but he sat and waited and listened . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 7 the
7 the 12 hurrying
12 hurrying 14 for
14 for 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 he
17 he 18 sat
18 sat 19 and
19 and 20 waited
20 waited 21 and
21 and 22 listened
22 listened 23 .

pretty soon he heard [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [start] a long rat-a-tat-tat [over] [by] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] ['s] hollow tree . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 heard
4 heard 9 a
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 rat-a-tat-tat
11 rat-a-tat-tat 15 '
15 ' 19 hollow
19 hollow 20 tree
20 tree 21 .

then [sammy] [was] [sure] that [this] [was] the [day] [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] party . 
1 then 5 that
5 that 8 the
8 the 14 party
14 party 15 .

sammy grinned as he hurried off to find [blacky] [the] [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] . 
1 sammy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 hurried
5 hurried 6 off
6 off 7 to
7 to 8 find
8 find 19 .

reddy was not yet out of bed , but when he heard [sammy] [jay] [at] [his] [door] , he tumbled out in a hurry . 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 3 not
3 not 4 yet
4 yet 5 out
5 out 6 of
6 of 7 bed
7 bed 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 when
10 when 11 he
11 he 12 heard
12 heard 18 ,
18 , 19 he
19 he 20 tumbled
20 tumbled 21 out
21 out 22 in
22 in 23 a
23 a 24 hurry
24 hurry 25 .

he didn't stop to get any breakfast , because he had planned to get all he could eat at the party . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 stop
3 stop 4 to
4 to 5 get
5 get 6 any
6 any 7 breakfast
7 breakfast 8 ,
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 planned
12 planned 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 all
15 all 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 eat
18 eat 19 at
19 at 20 the
20 the 21 party
21 party 22 .

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

there he stretched himself out and made himself as comfortable as he could . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 stretched
3 stretched 4 himself
4 himself 5 out
5 out 6 and
6 and 7 made
7 made 8 himself
8 himself 9 as
9 as 10 comfortable
10 comfortable 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 could
13 could 14 .

pretty soon [shadow] the [weasel] [joined] [reddy] [fox] [in] [the] hollow log , and they whispered and chuckled while they waited . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 4 the
4 the 11 hollow
11 hollow 12 log
12 log 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 they
15 they 16 whispered
16 whispered 17 and
17 and 18 chuckled
18 chuckled 19 while
19 while 20 they
20 they 21 waited
21 waited 22 .

sammy [jay] saw him there but , smart as [sammy] [is] [,] he didn't once suspect innocent-looking [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 sammy 3 saw
3 saw 4 him
4 him 5 there
5 there 6 but
6 but 7 ,
7 , 8 smart
8 smart 9 as
9 as 13 he
13 he 14 didn't
14 didn't 15 once
15 once 16 suspect
16 suspect 17 innocent-looking
17 innocent-looking 21 .

you see , he didn't know that [old] [mr] [toad] [had] [overheard] all of his plans . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 know
6 know 7 that
7 that 13 all
13 all 14 of
14 of 15 his
15 his 16 plans
16 plans 17 .

[ix] 

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

when he reached the ground , [prickly] [porky] shook himself until he rattled the thousand little spears hidden in his long coat . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
4 the 5 ground
5 ground 6 ,
6 , 9 shook
9 shook 10 himself
10 himself 11 until
11 until 12 he
12 he 13 rattled
13 rattled 14 the
14 the 15 thousand
15 thousand 16 little
16 little 17 spears
17 spears 18 hidden
18 hidden 19 in
19 in 20 his
20 his 21 long
21 long 22 coat
22 coat 23 .

["] [tee-hee-hee] [!] ["] 

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

prickly [porky] [turned] [around] . 
1 prickly 5 .

there [sat] [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 there 6 .

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

something was tickling old [mr] [toad] [mightily] . 
1 something 2 was
2 was 3 tickling
3 tickling 4 old
4 old 8 .

prickly [porky] scowled , and a few more little spears peeped out of his long coat . 
1 prickly 3 scowled
3 scowled 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 a
6 a 7 few
7 few 8 more
8 more 9 little
9 little 10 spears
10 spears 11 peeped
11 peeped 12 out
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 his
14 his 15 long
15 long 16 coat
16 coat 17 .

you know no one likes to be laughed at , and it certainly [did] [look] [as] [if] [old] [mr] [toad] was laughing at him . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 no
3 no 4 one
4 one 5 likes
5 likes 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 laughed
8 laughed 9 at
9 at 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 it
12 it 13 certainly
13 certainly 21 was
21 was 22 laughing
22 laughing 23 at
23 at 24 him
24 him 25 .

mr [toad] [stopped] [laughing] [and] [hopped] [a] step [nearer] . 
1 mr 8 step
8 step 10 .

" it 's a joke , " said he , and slowly winked one eye . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 joke
5 joke 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 slowly
12 slowly 13 winked
13 winked 14 one
14 one 15 eye
15 eye 16 .

" [i] don't see any joke , " said [prickly] [porky] , and his voice was very fretful . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 see
4 see 5 any
5 any 6 joke
6 joke 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 his
14 his 15 voice
15 voice 16 was
16 was 17 very
17 very 18 fretful
18 fretful 19 .

mr [toad] [hopped] [a] step [nearer] . 
1 mr 5 step
5 step 7 .

" are you going to [peter] [rabbit] ['s] party ? " 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 9 party
9 party 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

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

what a foolish question , " [replied] [prickly] [porky] . 
1 what 2 a
2 a 3 foolish
3 foolish 4 question
4 question 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 10 .

" to be sure , a very foolish question , a very foolish question , indeed , " [assented] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 to
2 to 3 be
3 be 4 sure
4 sure 5 ,
5 , 6 a
6 a 7 very
7 very 8 foolish
8 foolish 9 question
9 question 10 ,
10 , 11 a
11 a 12 very
12 very 13 foolish
13 foolish 14 question
14 question 15 ,
15 , 16 indeed
16 indeed 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 22 .

old [mr] [toad] [chuckled] [deep] [down] [in] [his] throat . 
1 old 9 throat
9 throat 10 .

" [i] was underneath a piece of bark on which [sammy] [jay] was sitting when the plan was made . 
1 " 3 was
3 was 4 underneath
4 underneath 5 a
5 a 6 piece
6 piece 7 of
7 of 8 bark
8 bark 9 on
9 on 10 which
10 which 13 was
13 was 14 sitting
14 sitting 15 when
15 when 16 the
16 the 17 plan
17 plan 18 was
18 was 19 made
19 made 20 .

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

" of course not , " interrupted [prickly] [porky] , beginning to grin . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 not
4 not 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 interrupted
7 interrupted 10 ,
10 , 11 beginning
11 beginning 12 to
12 to 13 grin
13 grin 14 .

" of course not , " continued [mr] [toad] , grinning , too . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 not
4 not 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 continued
7 continued 10 ,
10 , 11 grinning
11 grinning 12 ,
12 , 13 too
13 too 14 .

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

" not yet , but [i] ['m] [going] [to] , by and by , " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 yet
3 yet 4 ,
4 , 5 but
5 but 10 ,
10 , 11 by
11 by 12 and
12 and 13 by
13 by 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 20 .

" but first , [i] [want] [you] to help me [fool] [sammy] [jay] [and] [blacky] [the] [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 first
3 first 4 ,
4 , 8 to
8 to 9 help
9 help 10 me
10 me 25 .

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

" of course [i] [will] [if] [i] [can] , but how [can] [i] ? " [answered] [prickly] [porky] promptly . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 how
11 how 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
15 " 19 promptly
19 promptly 20 .

[old] [mr] [toad] [hopped] [up] [,] [and] [stretching] [up] [on] [tiptoe] [,] [whispered] [in] [one] [of] [prickly] [porky] ['s] [ears] [.] 

prickly [porky] began to smile . 
1 prickly 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 smile
5 smile 6 .

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

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

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

prickly [porky] reached for his bundle of tender young bark . 
1 prickly 3 reached
3 reached 4 for
4 for 5 his
5 his 6 bundle
6 bundle 7 of
7 of 8 tender
8 tender 9 young
9 young 10 bark
10 bark 11 .

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

" come on , [mr] [toad] [,] it 's time we were going . " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 on
3 on 4 ,
4 , 8 it
8 it 9 's
9 's 10 time
10 time 11 we
11 we 12 were
12 were 13 going
13 going 14 .
14 . 15 "

[x] 

[the] [runaway] [cabbage] 

reddy [fox] [,] [hiding] [with] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [in] [a] [hollow] [log] [near] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's [home] [,] [nudged] [shadow] [with] [his] elbow . 
1 reddy 18 's
18 's 25 elbow
25 elbow 26 .

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

shadow peeped out . 
1 shadow 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 out
3 out 4 .

" it 's old [mr] [toad] and [prickly] [porky] [,] ["] he whispered back . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 old
4 old 7 and
7 and 12 he
12 he 13 whispered
13 whispered 14 back
14 back 15 .

" and there comes [jimmy] [skunk] , [with] a big-goose egg under each arm ! " continued [shadow] , smacking his lips . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 there
3 there 4 comes
4 comes 7 ,
7 , 9 a
9 a 10 big-goose
10 big-goose 11 egg
11 egg 12 under
12 under 13 each
13 each 14 arm
14 arm 15 !
15 ! 16 "
16 " 17 continued
17 continued 19 ,
19 , 20 smacking
20 smacking 21 his
21 his 22 lips
22 lips 23 .

reddy [fox] wriggled up where he could peep out , too . 
1 reddy 3 wriggled
3 wriggled 4 up
4 up 5 where
5 where 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 peep
8 peep 9 out
9 out 10 ,
10 , 11 too
11 too 12 .

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

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

shadow looked . 
1 shadow 2 looked
2 looked 3 .

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

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

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

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

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

right at the top of a little hill the cabbage got away from them . 
1 right 2 at
2 at 3 the
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
5 of 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 hill
8 hill 9 the
9 the 10 cabbage
10 cabbage 11 got
11 got 12 away
12 away 13 from
13 from 14 them
14 them 15 .

down it started , rolling and bounding along , [with] [peter] [rabbit] and [jumper] the [hare] frantically trying to catch it . 
1 down 2 it
2 it 3 started
3 started 4 ,
4 , 5 rolling
5 rolling 6 and
6 and 7 bounding
7 bounding 8 along
8 along 9 ,
9 , 13 and
13 and 15 the
15 the 17 frantically
17 frantically 18 trying
18 trying 19 to
19 to 20 catch
20 catch 21 it
21 it 22 .

just ahead was [johnny] [chuck] [with] a big bundle of sweet clover , which he was bringing to [peter] [rabbit] ['s] party . 
1 just 2 ahead
2 ahead 3 was
3 was 7 a
7 a 8 big
8 big 9 bundle
9 bundle 10 of
10 of 11 sweet
11 sweet 12 clover
12 clover 13 ,
13 , 14 which
14 which 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 bringing
17 bringing 18 to
18 to 22 party
22 party 23 .

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

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

right on top of him [fell] [jumper] [the] [hare] , who was close behind the runaway cabbage and had no time to turn aside . 
1 right 2 on
2 on 3 top
3 top 4 of
4 of 5 him
5 him 10 ,
10 , 11 who
11 who 12 was
12 was 13 close
13 close 14 behind
14 behind 15 the
15 the 16 runaway
16 runaway 17 cabbage
17 cabbage 18 and
18 and 19 had
19 had 20 no
20 no 21 time
21 time 22 to
22 to 23 turn
23 turn 24 aside
24 aside 25 .

over the two of them [fell] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 over 2 the
2 the 3 two
3 two 4 of
4 of 5 them
5 them 9 .

such a mix-up ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 mix-up
3 mix-up 4 !

and the big cabbage kept right on running away . 
1 and 2 the
2 the 3 big
3 big 4 cabbage
4 cabbage 5 kept
5 kept 6 right
6 right 7 on
7 on 8 running
8 running 9 away
9 away 10 .

jimmy [skunk] , who never hurries , heard the noise behind him and turned to see what it all meant . 
1 jimmy 3 ,
3 , 4 who
4 who 5 never
5 never 6 hurries
6 hurries 7 ,
7 , 8 heard
8 heard 9 the
9 the 10 noise
10 noise 11 behind
11 behind 12 him
12 him 13 and
13 and 14 turned
14 turned 15 to
15 to 16 see
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 it
18 it 19 all
19 all 20 meant
20 meant 21 .

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

down [went] [jimmy] [skunk] with a grunt . 
1 down 5 with
5 with 6 a
6 a 7 grunt
7 grunt 8 .

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

jimmy landed on the other , and this broke , too . 
1 jimmy 2 landed
2 landed 3 on
3 on 4 the
4 the 5 other
5 other 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 this
8 this 9 broke
9 broke 10 ,
10 , 11 too
11 too 12 .

such a sight [as] [jimmy] [skunk] [was] ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 sight
3 sight 8 !

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

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

it knocked all the wind out of [mr] [toad] , and of [course] [striped] [chipmunk] [spilled] all his corn . 
1 it 2 knocked
2 knocked 3 all
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 wind
5 wind 6 out
6 out 7 of
7 of 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 of
12 of 17 all
17 all 18 his
18 his 19 corn
19 corn 20 .

prickly [porky] [the] [porcupine] heard the noise . 
1 prickly 5 heard
5 heard 6 the
6 the 7 noise
7 noise 8 .

he looked up to see a strange thing bounding down [the] [lone] [little] [path] . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
3 up 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 a
6 a 7 strange
7 strange 8 thing
8 thing 9 bounding
9 bounding 10 down
10 down 15 .

prickly [porky] [didn't] wait to see what it was . 
1 prickly 4 wait
4 wait 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 what
7 what 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 .

the runaway cabbage bounced off the stump and hit [prickly] [porky] . 
1 the 2 runaway
2 runaway 3 cabbage
3 cabbage 4 bounced
4 bounced 5 off
5 off 6 the
6 the 7 stump
7 stump 8 and
8 and 9 hit
9 hit 12 .

then it stopped . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 .

[xi] 

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

like a great green pincushion lay the runaway cabbage of [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] . 
1 like 2 a
2 a 3 great
3 great 4 green
4 green 5 pincushion
5 pincushion 6 lay
6 lay 7 the
7 the 8 runaway
8 runaway 9 cabbage
9 cabbage 10 of
10 of 17 .

every one thought it was the very best joke ever . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 3 thought
3 thought 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 the
6 the 7 very
7 very 8 best
8 best 9 joke
9 joke 10 ever
10 ever 11 .

jimmy [skunk] had gone off to take a bath and get two more eggs [for] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] . 
1 jimmy 3 had
3 had 4 gone
4 gone 5 off
5 off 6 to
6 to 7 take
7 take 8 a
8 a 9 bath
9 bath 10 and
10 and 11 get
11 get 12 two
12 two 13 more
13 more 14 eggs
14 eggs 20 .

shadow smacked his lips . 
1 shadow 2 smacked
2 smacked 3 his
3 his 4 lips
4 lips 5 .

he meant to have those eggs himself . 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
3 to 4 have
4 have 5 those
5 those 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 himself
7 himself 8 .

my , such a feast as was spread out there ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 such
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 feast
5 feast 6 as
6 as 7 was
7 was 8 spread
8 spread 9 out
9 out 10 there
10 there 11 !

over in the top of a tall pine tree [blacky] [the] [crow] was hiding and chuckling to himself as he watched . 
1 over 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
5 of 6 a
6 a 7 tall
7 tall 8 pine
8 pine 9 tree
9 tree 13 was
13 was 14 hiding
14 hiding 15 and
15 and 16 chuckling
16 chuckling 17 to
17 to 18 himself
18 himself 19 as
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 watched
21 watched 22 .

reddy [fox] was [getting] impatient . 
1 reddy 3 was
3 was 5 impatient
5 impatient 6 .

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

it seemed as if his stomach would just give him no peace at all . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 his
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 would
7 would 8 just
8 just 9 give
9 give 10 him
10 him 11 no
11 no 12 peace
12 peace 13 at
13 at 14 all
14 all 15 .

he wished that [sammy] [jay] [would] bring the false message that [bowser] [the] [hound] was coming , so as to frighten all the rest away . 
1 he 2 wished
2 wished 3 that
3 that 7 bring
7 bring 8 the
8 the 9 false
9 false 10 message
10 message 11 that
11 that 15 was
15 was 16 coming
16 coming 17 ,
17 , 18 so
18 so 19 as
19 as 20 to
20 to 21 frighten
21 frighten 22 all
22 all 23 the
23 the 24 rest
24 rest 25 away
25 away 26 .

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

" [i] [hope] [sammy] [jay] [will] hurry up . " 
1 " 7 hurry
7 hurry 8 up
8 up 9 .
9 . 10 "

just then they noticed that [peter] [rabbit] [was] very busy . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 they
3 they 4 noticed
4 noticed 5 that
5 that 9 very
9 very 10 busy
10 busy 11 .

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

" [now] [i] wonder what [peter] [rabbit] is whispering about , " said [reddy] . 
1 " 4 wonder
4 wonder 5 what
5 what 8 is
8 is 9 whispering
9 whispering 10 about
10 about 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 .

suddenly the light at the end of the hollow log disappeared . 
1 suddenly 2 the
2 the 3 light
3 light 4 at
4 at 5 the
5 the 6 end
6 end 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 hollow
9 hollow 10 log
10 log 11 disappeared
11 disappeared 12 .

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

reddy [fox] and [shadow] the [weasel] [were] [in] a prison . 
1 reddy 3 and
3 and 5 the
5 the 9 a
9 a 10 prison
10 prison 11 .

you see there was no other opening to the hollow log . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 no
5 no 6 other
6 other 7 opening
7 opening 8 to
8 to 9 the
9 the 10 hollow
10 hollow 11 log
11 log 12 .

" never mind , " whispered [shadow] [the] [weasel] , " he 'll go away [when] [sammy] [jay] [shouts] [that] [bowser] [the] [hound] [is] [coming] . " 
1 " 2 never
2 never 3 mind
3 mind 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 whispered
6 whispered 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 'll
13 'll 14 go
14 go 15 away
15 away 26 .
26 . 27 "

blacky [the] [crow] , [hidden] in the top of the tall pine , was also wondering what [peter] was whispering . 
1 blacky 4 ,
4 , 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 top
8 top 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 tall
11 tall 12 pine
12 pine 13 ,
13 , 14 was
14 was 15 also
15 also 16 wondering
16 wondering 17 what
17 what 19 was
19 was 20 whispering
20 whispering 21 .

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

now , [sammy] [,] with all his faults , is one of the best watchmen in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 5 with
5 with 6 all
6 all 7 his
7 his 8 faults
8 faults 9 ,
9 , 10 is
10 is 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 best
14 best 15 watchmen
15 watchmen 16 in
16 in 17 the

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

because [sammy] [knew] [this] he felt sure of breaking up this party . 
1 because 5 he
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 7 sure
7 sure 8 of
8 of 9 breaking
9 breaking 10 up
10 up 11 this
11 this 12 party
12 party 13 .

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

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

still no one moved . 
1 still 2 no
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 moved
4 moved 5 .

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

" you [had] [better] run [before] [bowser] [gets] here , " he shouted . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 5 run
5 run 9 here
9 here 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 shouted
13 shouted 14 .

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

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

" [ha] [!] ha ! ha ! " [laughed] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 4 ha
4 ha 5 !
5 ! 6 ha
6 ha 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 12 .

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

" [hee] [!] hee ! hee ! " giggled [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [.] 
1 " 4 hee
4 hee 5 !
5 ! 6 hee
6 hee 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 giggled

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

" [tell] [bowser] that we are all waiting for him , " added [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 4 that
4 that 5 we
5 we 6 are
6 are 7 all
7 all 8 waiting
8 waiting 9 for
9 for 10 him
10 him 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 added
13 added 16 .

" [is] [bowser] [quite] out of breath ? " inquired [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 " 5 out
5 out 6 of
6 of 7 breath
7 breath 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 inquired
10 inquired 13 .

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

you see , [old] [mr] [toad] had [told] [peter] [all] [about] [sammy] ['s] plan , and [this] [is] what [peter] had been whispering to the others . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 7 had
7 had 14 plan
14 plan 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 19 what
19 what 21 had
21 had 22 been
22 been 23 whispering
23 whispering 24 to
24 to 25 the
25 the 26 others
26 others 27 .

[xii] 

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

peter [rabbit] 's party promised to be a great success . 
1 peter 3 's
3 's 4 party
4 party 5 promised
5 promised 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 a
8 a 9 great
9 great 10 success
10 success 11 .

prickly [porky] settled himself very comfortably and began to tell stories about his home , way up in the [north] [woods] [.] 
1 prickly 3 settled
3 settled 4 himself
4 himself 5 very
5 very 6 comfortably
6 comfortably 7 and
7 and 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 tell
10 tell 11 stories
11 stories 12 about
12 about 13 his
13 his 14 home
14 home 15 ,
15 , 16 way
16 way 17 up
17 up 18 in
18 in 19 the

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

shadow [the] [weasel] [felt] just as uncomfortable [as] [reddy] [fox] , and [shadow] is very short-tempered . 
1 shadow 5 just
5 just 6 as
6 as 7 uncomfortable
7 uncomfortable 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 is
14 is 15 very
15 very 16 short-tempered
16 short-tempered 17 .

every time [reddy] [moved] and [squeezed] [shadow] [,] [shadow] [would] snap at him . 
1 every 2 time
2 time 5 and
5 and 11 snap
11 snap 12 at
12 at 13 him
13 him 14 .

he certainly was enjoying himself . 
1 he 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 enjoying
4 enjoying 5 himself
5 himself 6 .

it tickled him almost to pieces to think how easily he had trapped smart [reddy] [fox] , the boaster . 
1 it 2 tickled
2 tickled 3 him
3 him 4 almost
4 almost 5 to
5 to 6 pieces
6 pieces 7 to
7 to 8 think
8 think 9 how
9 how 10 easily
10 easily 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 trapped
13 trapped 14 smart
14 smart 17 ,
17 , 18 the
18 the 19 boaster
19 boaster 20 .

only [sammy] [jay] , [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [reddy] [fox] and [shadow] [the] [weasel] were unhappy , and of course no one cared for that . 
1 only 4 ,
4 , 11 and
11 and 15 were
15 were 16 unhappy
16 unhappy 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 of
19 of 20 course
20 course 21 no
21 no 22 one
22 one 23 cared
23 cared 24 for
24 for 25 that
25 that 26 .

[xiii] 

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

unc ['] [billy] didn't like the cold weather . 
1 unc 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 like
5 like 6 the
6 the 7 cold
7 cold 8 weather
8 weather 9 .

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

" way down [souf] [de] [sun] [am] shinin ['] [yas] , [sah] [,] dat am so ! 
1 " 2 way
2 way 3 down
3 down 8 shinin
8 shinin 11 ,
11 , 14 dat
14 dat 15 am
15 am 16 so
16 so 17 !

fo ' dat lan ' mah heart am pinin ' [yas] , [sah] [,] dat am so ! 
1 fo 2 '
2 ' 3 dat
3 dat 4 lan
4 lan 5 '
5 ' 6 mah
6 mah 7 heart
7 heart 8 am
8 am 9 pinin
9 pinin 10 '
10 ' 12 ,
12 , 15 dat
15 dat 16 am
16 am 17 so
17 so 18 !

now [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [prepared] for the winter by getting just as fat as he knew how . 
1 now 7 for
7 for 8 the
8 the 9 winter
9 winter 10 by
10 by 11 getting
11 getting 12 just
12 just 13 as
13 as 14 fat
14 fat 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 knew
17 knew 18 how
18 how 19 .

he was so fat that he [could] [hardly] [waddle] [when] [jack] [frost] first came to [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 fat
4 fat 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 13 first
13 first 14 came
14 came 15 to
15 to 19 .

now [johnny] [chuck] [just] [slept] and slept and slept , without waking once the whole winter long . 
1 now 6 and
6 and 7 slept
7 slept 8 and
8 and 9 slept
9 slept 10 ,
10 , 11 without
11 without 12 waking
12 waking 13 once
13 once 14 the
14 the 15 whole
15 whole 16 winter
16 winter 17 long
17 long 18 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [couldn't] sleep [like] [that] . 
1 but 7 sleep
7 sleep 10 .

he had to stick his head out every little while to see how the world was getting along without him . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to
3 to 4 stick
4 stick 5 his
5 his 6 head
6 head 7 out
7 out 8 every
8 every 9 little
9 little 10 while
10 while 11 to
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 how
13 how 14 the
14 the 15 world
15 world 16 was
16 was 17 getting
17 getting 18 along
18 along 19 without
19 without 20 him
20 him 21 .

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

it made his feet cold , and then he didn't like the tracks he made . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 his
3 his 4 feet
4 feet 5 cold
5 cold 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 like
11 like 12 the
12 the 13 tracks
13 tracks 14 he
14 he 15 made
15 made 16 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [go] [out] very much , and very seldom indeed when the snow was soft . 
1 so 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 very
12 very 13 seldom
13 seldom 14 indeed
14 indeed 15 when
15 when 16 the
16 the 17 snow
17 snow 18 was
18 was 19 soft
19 soft 20 .

it seemed [to] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] as if the winter never , never would go . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 8 as
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 the
10 the 11 winter
11 winter 12 never
12 never 13 ,
13 , 14 never
14 never 15 would
15 would 16 go
16 go 17 .

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

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

one morning he stuck his head out of his doorway , and whom should he see trotting along below [but] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 one 2 morning
2 morning 3 he
3 he 4 stuck
4 stuck 5 his
5 his 6 head
6 head 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 10 doorway
10 doorway 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 whom
13 whom 14 should
14 should 15 he
15 he 16 see
16 see 17 trotting
17 trotting 18 along
18 along 19 below
19 below 23 .

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

" good mo'ning , [jimmy] [skunk] [,] " [said] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 mo'ning
3 mo'ning 4 ,
4 , 8 "
8 " 11 '
11 ' 13 .

jimmy [skunk] looked up . 
1 jimmy 3 looked
3 looked 4 up
4 up 5 .

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

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

" [whar] yo ' been , [jimmy] [skunk] [?] " [asked] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 been
5 been 6 ,
6 , 10 "
10 " 13 '
13 ' 15 .

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

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] 's mouth began to water . 
1 unc 5 's
5 's 6 mouth
6 mouth 7 began
7 began 8 to
8 to 9 water
9 water 10 .

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

unc ['] [billy] couldn't sleep any more now . 
1 unc 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 sleep
5 sleep 6 any
6 any 7 more
7 more 8 now
8 now 9 .

no , [sir] [,] he couldn't sleep a wink . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 sleep
7 sleep 8 a
8 a 9 wink
9 wink 10 .

all he could do was to think how hungry he was . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
4 do 5 was
5 was 6 to
6 to 7 think
7 think 8 how
8 how 9 hungry
9 hungry 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 .

finally [unc] ['] [billy] made up his mind . 
1 finally 5 made
5 made 6 up
6 up 7 his
7 his 8 mind
8 mind 9 .

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

[xiv] 

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

" one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight . " 
1 " 2 one
2 one 3 ,
3 , 4 two
4 two 5 ,
5 , 6 three
6 three 7 ,
7 , 8 four
8 four 9 ,
9 , 10 five
10 five 11 ,
11 , 12 six
12 six 13 ,
13 , 14 seven
14 seven 15 ,
15 , 16 eight
16 eight 17 .
17 . 18 "

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

just as soon as the beautiful spring came , they would one by one slip away . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
4 as 5 the
5 the 6 beautiful
6 beautiful 7 spring
7 spring 8 came
8 came 9 ,
9 , 10 they
10 they 11 would
11 would 12 one
12 one 13 by
13 by 14 one
14 one 15 slip
15 slip 16 away
16 away 17 .

mrs [possum] [sighed] [again] . 
1 mrs 5 .

she didn't like winter . 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 winter
4 winter 5 .

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

but when she thought of how her babies would leave her , she almost wished that spring never would come . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 she
3 she 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 how
6 how 7 her
7 her 8 babies
8 babies 9 would
9 would 10 leave
10 leave 11 her
11 her 12 ,
12 , 13 she
13 she 14 almost
14 almost 15 wished
15 wished 16 that
16 that 17 spring
17 spring 18 never
18 never 19 would
19 would 20 come
20 come 21 .

sure that her babies were warm and comfortable , [old] [mrs] [possum] went to the door and looked out . 
1 sure 2 that
2 that 3 her
3 her 4 babies
4 babies 5 were
5 were 6 warm
6 warm 7 and
7 and 8 comfortable
8 comfortable 9 ,
9 , 13 went
13 went 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 door
16 door 17 and
17 and 18 looked
18 looked 19 out
19 out 20 .

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

that was the tenth time she had looked out in half an hour . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 tenth
4 tenth 5 time
5 time 6 she
6 she 7 had
7 had 8 looked
8 looked 9 out
9 out 10 in
10 in 11 half
11 half 12 an
12 an 13 hour
13 hour 14 .

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

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

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

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

right that very minute she heard a noise outside that made her hurry to the door and thrust her head out once more . 
1 right 2 that
2 that 3 very
3 very 4 minute
4 minute 5 she
5 she 6 heard
6 heard 7 a
7 a 8 noise
8 noise 9 outside
9 outside 10 that
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 her
12 her 13 hurry
13 hurry 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 door
16 door 17 and
17 and 18 thrust
18 thrust 19 her
19 her 20 head
20 head 21 out
21 out 22 once
22 once 23 more
23 more 24 .

it was [sammy] [jay] , shrieking : 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 ,
5 , 6 shrieking
6 shrieking 7 :

" thief ! 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !

thief ! 
1 thief 2 !

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

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

" hello ! " exclaimed [sammy] [jay] , not at all politely . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 8 ,
8 , 9 not
9 not 10 at
10 at 11 all
11 all 12 politely
12 politely 13 .

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

" he done go out fo ' a walk , " [replied] [old] [mrs] [possum] . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 done
3 done 4 go
4 go 5 out
5 out 6 fo
6 fo 7 '
7 ' 8 a
8 a 9 walk
9 walk 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 16 .

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

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

" [i] ['ve] [been] [up] ever since sun-up ! " he sputtered . 
1 " 6 ever
6 ever 7 since
7 since 8 sun-up
8 sun-up 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 sputtered
12 sputtered 13 .

no , [sir] [,] [i] [wouldn't] [blame] [him] the least bit ! " 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 9 the
9 the 10 least
10 least 11 bit
11 bit 12 !
12 ! 13 "

" keep your temper , [brer] [jay] [!] 
1 " 2 keep
2 keep 3 your
3 your 4 temper
4 temper 5 ,

keep your temper , do , [oh] pray ! " 
1 keep 2 your
2 your 3 temper
3 temper 4 ,
4 , 5 do
5 do 6 ,
6 , 8 pray
8 pray 9 !
9 ! 10 "

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

she had found out what she wanted to know [sammy] [jay] [had] [seen] nothing of [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 she 2 had
2 had 3 found
3 found 4 out
4 out 5 what
5 what 6 she
6 she 7 wanted
7 wanted 8 to
8 to 9 know
9 know 14 nothing
14 nothing 15 of
15 of 20 .

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

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

[xv] 

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

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

after [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [mentioned] his [fine] breakfast of fresh eggs , [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [couldn't] think of anything else . 
1 after 6 his
6 his 8 breakfast
8 breakfast 9 of
9 of 10 fresh
10 fresh 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 ,
12 , 18 think
18 think 19 of
19 of 20 anything
20 anything 21 else
21 else 22 .

he [knew] [well] [enough] [where] [jimmy] had found those eggs . 
1 he 7 had
7 had 8 found
8 found 9 those
9 those 10 eggs
10 eggs 11 .

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

he could see the rows of nests and the beautiful brown eggs in them . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 see
3 see 4 the
4 the 5 rows
5 rows 6 of
6 of 7 nests
7 nests 8 and
8 and 9 the
9 the 10 beautiful
10 beautiful 11 brown
11 brown 12 eggs
12 eggs 13 in
13 in 14 them
14 them 15 .

jimmy [skunk] [couldn't] [climb] , and so he could have gotten only the eggs in the lower nests . 
1 jimmy 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 so
7 so 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 have
10 have 11 gotten
11 gotten 12 only
12 only 13 the
13 the 14 eggs
14 eggs 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 lower
17 lower 18 nests
18 nests 19 .

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

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

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

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

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

unc ' [billy] [muttered] [something] , but all that [mrs] [possum] could hear was " eggs . " 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 all
8 all 9 that
9 that 12 could
12 could 13 hear
13 hear 14 was
14 was 15 "
15 " 16 eggs
16 eggs 17 .
17 . 18 "

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

" it isn't safe to be snooping [around] [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [when] [there] 's snow on the ground . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 safe
4 safe 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 snooping
7 snooping 12 hen-house
12 hen-house 15 's
15 's 16 snow
16 snow 17 on
17 on 18 the
18 the 19 ground
19 ground 20 .

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

do yo ' hear what [ah] [say] ? " 
1 do 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 hear
4 hear 5 what
5 what 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

unc ' [billy] [nodded] [that] he did . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 6 he
6 he 7 did
7 did 8 .

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

just the same , [unc] ' [billy] [felt] that he had got to have a nice fresh egg . 
1 just 2 the
2 the 3 same
3 same 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 got
12 got 13 to
13 to 14 have
14 have 15 a
15 a 16 nice
16 nice 17 fresh
17 fresh 18 egg
18 egg 19 .

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

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

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

" just to stretch the kinks out of mah legs , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 to
3 to 4 stretch
4 stretch 5 the
5 the 6 kinks
6 kinks 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 mah
9 mah 10 legs
10 legs 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 15 '
15 ' 17 .

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

" don't yo ' go fo ' to do any foolishness ! " she called . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 go
5 go 6 fo
6 fo 7 '
7 ' 8 to
8 to 9 do
9 do 10 any
10 any 11 foolishness
11 foolishness 12 !
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 she
14 she 15 called
15 called 16 .

unc ['] [billy] didn't answer . 
1 unc 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 answer
5 answer 6 .

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

[xvi] 

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] had a very good reason for not going home , a very good reason , indeed . 
1 unc 5 had
5 had 6 a
6 a 7 very
7 very 8 good
8 good 9 reason
9 reason 10 for
10 for 11 not
11 not 12 going
12 going 13 home
13 home 14 ,
14 , 15 a
15 a 16 very
16 very 17 good
17 good 18 reason
18 reason 19 ,
19 , 20 indeed
20 indeed 21 .

even [old] [mrs] [possum] [would] [have] [thought] [it] [was] a [good] reason , could she have known it . 
1 even 10 a
10 a 12 reason
12 reason 13 ,
13 , 14 could
14 could 15 she
15 she 16 have
16 have 17 known
17 known 18 it
18 it 19 .

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

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [very] , very crafty . 
1 now 5 was
5 was 7 ,
7 , 8 very
8 very 9 crafty
9 crafty 10 .

but with all his craft , there was one thing that [unc] ['] [billy] forgot . 
1 but 2 with
2 with 3 all
3 all 4 his
4 his 5 craft
5 craft 6 ,
6 , 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 one
9 one 10 thing
10 thing 11 that
11 that 15 forgot
15 forgot 16 .

yes , [sir] [,] there was one [thing] [unc] ['] [billy] forgot [all] about . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 one
7 one 12 forgot
12 forgot 14 about
14 about 15 .

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

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

when [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [safely] [in] the hen-house , he hurried from one nest to another . 
1 when 8 the
8 the 9 hen-house
9 hen-house 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 hurried
12 hurried 13 from
13 from 14 one
14 one 15 nest
15 nest 16 to
16 to 17 another
17 another 18 .

there were eggs , plenty of them . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 eggs
3 eggs 4 ,
4 , 5 plenty
5 plenty 6 of
6 of 7 them
7 them 8 .

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

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

now a full stomach is very apt to make a sleepy head . 
1 now 2 a
2 a 3 full
3 full 4 stomach
4 stomach 5 is
5 is 6 very
6 very 7 apt
7 apt 8 to
8 to 9 make
9 make 10 a
10 a 11 sleepy
11 sleepy 12 head
12 head 13 .

unc ['] [billy] knew that the thing for him to do was to hurry home as fast as he could go , but he didn't . 
1 unc 4 knew
4 knew 5 that
5 that 6 the
6 the 7 thing
7 thing 8 for
8 for 9 him
9 him 10 to
10 to 11 do
11 do 12 was
12 was 13 to
13 to 14 hurry
14 hurry 15 home
15 home 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 ,
22 , 23 but
23 but 24 he
24 he 25 didn't
25 didn't 26 .

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

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

why not take a teeny , weeny nap before he started back home ? 
1 why 2 not
2 not 3 take
3 take 4 a
4 a 5 teeny
5 teeny 6 ,
6 , 7 weeny
7 weeny 8 nap
8 nap 9 before
9 before 10 he
10 he 11 started
11 started 12 back
12 back 13 home
13 home 14 ?

unc ' [billy] [climbed] to the very last nest in the topmost row , way up in a dark corner . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 very
7 very 8 last
8 last 9 nest
9 nest 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 topmost
12 topmost 13 row
13 row 14 ,
14 , 15 way
15 way 16 up
16 up 17 in
17 in 18 a
18 a 19 dark
19 dark 20 corner
20 corner 21 .

it hadn't been used for a long time , but it was full of nice , soft hay . 
1 it 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 used
4 used 5 for
5 for 6 a
6 a 7 long
7 long 8 time
8 time 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 full
13 full 14 of
14 of 15 nice
15 nice 16 ,
16 , 17 soft
17 soft 18 hay
18 hay 19 .

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

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

farmer [brown] 's boy was angry . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 was
5 was 6 angry
6 angry 7 .

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

unc ' [billy] [shivered] [as] he listened . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 6 he
6 he 7 listened
7 listened 8 .

then he snuggled down out of sight under the hay of the nest . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 snuggled
3 snuggled 4 down
4 down 5 out
5 out 6 of
6 of 7 sight
7 sight 8 under
8 under 9 the
9 the 10 hay
10 hay 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 nest
13 nest 14 .

[xvii] 

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

farmer [brown] 's boy was angry . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 was
5 was 6 angry
6 angry 7 .

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

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

it was a terrible position to be in , right there in the hen-house , with no chance to run . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 terrible
4 terrible 5 position
5 position 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 in
8 in 9 ,
9 , 10 right
10 right 11 there
11 there 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 hen-house
14 hen-house 15 ,
15 , 16 with
16 with 17 no
17 no 18 chance
18 chance 19 to
19 to 20 run
20 run 21 .

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

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

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] [almost] chuckled as he [heard] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [go] out . 
1 unc 5 chuckled
5 chuckled 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 11 's
11 's 14 out
14 out 15 .

" [he] ['ll] [find] [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] tracks , but he won't find mine , " [thought] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 8 tracks
8 tracks 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 he
11 he 12 won't
12 won't 13 find
13 find 14 mine
14 mine 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 19 '
19 ' 21 .

" isn't it lucky [that] [i] [thought] to step [right] in [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] tracks [when] [i] [came] here ? " 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
3 it 4 lucky
4 lucky 8 to
8 to 9 step
9 step 11 in
11 in 15 tracks
15 tracks 19 here
19 here 20 ?
20 ? 21 "

he lay still and listened [to] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [poking] [around] [outside] . 
1 he 2 lay
2 lay 3 still
3 still 4 and
4 and 5 listened
5 listened 14 .

unc ['] [billy] [almost] chuckled [again] as he thought what a smart fellow he had been to step in [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] tracks . 
1 unc 5 chuckled
5 chuckled 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 thought
9 thought 10 what
10 what 11 a
11 a 12 smart
12 smart 13 fellow
13 fellow 14 he
14 he 15 had
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 to
17 to 18 step
18 step 19 in
19 in 23 tracks
23 tracks 24 .

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

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

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

" [i] guess that there was more than one visitor here last night , " continued the voice [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 that
4 that 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 more
7 more 8 than
8 than 9 one
9 one 10 visitor
10 visitor 11 here
11 here 12 last
12 last 13 night
13 night 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 continued
16 continued 17 the
17 the 18 voice
18 voice 24 .

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

back into the hen-house [came] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] and began to poke around in all the corners . 
1 back 2 into
2 into 3 the
3 the 4 hen-house
4 hen-house 10 and
10 and 11 began
11 began 12 to
12 to 13 poke
13 poke 14 around
14 around 15 in
15 in 16 all
16 all 17 the
17 the 18 corners
18 corners 19 .

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

then he began to look in the nests . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 nests
8 nests 9 .

unc ['] [billy] could [hear] [him] [coming] [nearer] [and] [nearer] . 
1 unc 4 could
4 could 11 .

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

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] held his breath . 
1 unc 5 held
5 held 6 his
6 his 7 breath
7 breath 8 .

" it 's queer , " said [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 queer
4 queer 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 11 boy
11 boy 12 .

" it 's very queer ! 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 very
4 very 5 queer
5 queer 6 !

i [guess] [i] shall have to set some traps . " 
1 i 4 shall
4 shall 5 have
5 have 6 to
6 to 7 set
7 set 8 some
8 some 9 traps
9 traps 10 .
10 . 11 "

and all the time [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [held] his breath and lay low . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 time
4 time 10 his
10 his 11 breath
11 breath 12 and
12 and 13 lay
13 lay 14 low
14 low 15 .

[xviii] 

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

" [mah] home [is] in a [holler] [tree] [it] ['s] [a] long way home ! 
1 " 3 home
3 home 5 in
5 in 6 a
6 a 12 long
12 long 13 way
13 way 14 home
14 home 15 !

ah [wish] [ah] 's there , but here [ah] [be] [it] ['s] a long way home ! 
1 ah 4 's
4 's 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 here
8 here 13 a
13 a 14 long
14 long 15 way
15 way 16 home
16 home 17 !

unc ['] [billy] [possum] [lay] curled up under the hay in the highest nest in the darkest corner in [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house . 
1 unc 6 curled
6 curled 7 up
7 up 8 under
8 under 9 the
9 the 10 hay
10 hay 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 highest
13 highest 14 nest
14 nest 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 darkest
17 darkest 18 corner
18 corner 19 in
19 in 23 hen-house
23 hen-house 24 .

unc ' [billy] [didn't] [dare] [go] to sleep , because he was afraid that [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [might] [find] him . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 7 to
7 to 8 sleep
8 sleep 9 ,
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 afraid
13 afraid 14 that
14 that 17 's
17 's 21 him
21 him 22 .

and , anyway , he wanted to see just what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was doing . 
1 and 2 ,
2 , 3 anyway
3 anyway 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 wanted
6 wanted 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 9 just
9 just 10 what
10 what 15 was
15 was 16 doing
16 doing 17 .

so peeping out , he watched [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , who seemed to be very busy indeed . 
1 so 2 peeping
2 peeping 3 out
3 out 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 watched
6 watched 11 ,
11 , 12 who
12 who 13 seemed
13 seemed 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 very
16 very 17 busy
17 busy 18 indeed
18 indeed 19 .

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

unc ['] [billy] [knew] . 
1 unc 5 .

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ' [billy] [knew] just what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was doing . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 6 '
6 ' 9 just
9 just 10 what
10 what 15 was
15 was 16 doing
16 doing 17 .

he was setting traps . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 setting
3 setting 4 traps
4 traps 5 .

unc ['] [billy] [almost] chuckled aloud . 
1 unc 5 chuckled
5 chuckled 6 aloud
6 aloud 7 .

yes , [sir] [,] he almost chuckled aloud . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 almost
6 almost 7 chuckled
7 chuckled 8 aloud
8 aloud 9 .

unc ['] [billy] [laughed] [under] [his] [breath] [as] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] closed the door of the hen-house and went off whistling . 
1 unc 13 closed
13 closed 14 the
14 the 15 door
15 door 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 hen-house
18 hen-house 19 and
19 and 20 went
20 went 21 off
21 off 22 whistling
22 whistling 23 .

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

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

hee , hee ! " 
1 hee 2 ,
2 , 3 hee
3 hee 4 !
4 ! 5 "

unc ' [billy] [broke] [off] [short] , [right] [in] the very middle of his laugh . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 7 ,
7 , 10 the
10 the 11 very
11 very 12 middle
12 middle 13 of
13 of 14 his
14 his 15 laugh
15 laugh 16 .

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

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

but [unc] ['] [billy] [couldn't] see that it was any joke at all . 
1 but 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 any
10 any 11 joke
11 joke 12 at
12 at 13 all
13 all 14 .

" it 's a long way home , " said [unc] ['] [billy] mournfully , as he peeped out of a crack toward [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 way
6 way 7 home
7 home 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 14 mournfully
14 mournfully 15 ,
15 , 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 peeped
18 peeped 19 out
19 out 20 of
20 of 21 a
21 a 22 crack
22 crack 23 toward
23 toward 27 .

[xix] 

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

unc ' [billy] [possum] [did] [a] lot of thinking . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
8 of 9 thinking
9 thinking 10 .

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

if it hadn't been for those two worries , [unc] ' [billy] would have been willing to stay there the rest of the winter . 
1 if 2 it
2 it 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 been
4 been 5 for
5 for 6 those
6 those 7 two
7 two 8 worries
8 worries 9 ,
9 , 11 '
11 ' 13 would
13 would 14 have
14 have 15 been
15 been 16 willing
16 willing 17 to
17 to 18 stay
18 stay 19 there
19 there 20 the
20 the 21 rest
21 rest 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 winter
24 winter 25 .

it was delightfully warm and cosy . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 delightfully
3 delightfully 4 warm
4 warm 5 and
5 and 6 cosy
6 cosy 7 .

having all the eggs he could eat , [unc] ['] [billy] had grown very particular . 
1 having 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 eggs
4 eggs 5 he
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 eat
7 eat 8 ,
8 , 12 had
12 had 13 grown
13 grown 14 very
14 very 15 particular
15 particular 16 .

nothing but the best , the very best , would do for him . 
1 nothing 2 but
2 but 3 the
3 the 4 best
4 best 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 7 very
7 very 8 best
8 best 9 ,
9 , 10 would
10 would 11 do
11 do 12 for
12 for 13 him
13 him 14 .

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

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

no one lays [such] [splendid] [eggs] [as] [i] [do] ! " 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 lays
3 lays 10 !
10 ! 11 "

sometimes the door was left open during the day , and [unc] ['] [billy] would peep out and wish that he dared to run . 
1 sometimes 2 the
2 the 3 door
3 door 4 was
4 was 5 left
5 left 6 open
6 open 7 during
7 during 8 the
8 the 9 day
9 day 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 15 would
15 would 16 peep
16 peep 17 out
17 out 18 and
18 and 19 wish
19 wish 20 that
20 that 21 he
21 he 22 dared
22 dared 23 to
23 to 24 run
24 run 25 .

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

it snowed all day and it snowed all night . 
1 it 2 snowed
2 snowed 3 all
3 all 4 day
4 day 5 and
5 and 6 it
6 it 7 snowed
7 snowed 8 all
8 all 9 night
9 night 10 .

rough [brother] [north] [wind] [piled] [it] [up] in great drifts in front of the hen-house door and all along one side of the hen-house . 
1 rough 8 in
8 in 9 great
9 great 10 drifts
10 drifts 11 in
11 in 12 front
12 front 13 of
13 of 14 the
14 the 15 hen-house
15 hen-house 16 door
16 door 17 and
17 and 18 all
18 all 19 along
19 along 20 one
20 one 21 side
21 side 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 hen-house
24 hen-house 25 .

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

[xx] 

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

usually he dislikes the snow very much , and doesn't go out in it any more than he has to . 
1 usually 2 he
2 he 3 dislikes
3 dislikes 4 the
4 the 5 snow
5 snow 6 very
6 very 7 much
7 much 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 doesn't
10 doesn't 11 go
11 go 12 out
12 out 13 in
13 in 14 it
14 it 15 any
15 any 16 more
16 more 17 than
17 than 18 he
18 he 19 has
19 has 20 to
20 to 21 .

but this time the snow had done [unc] ['] [billy] a good turn , a very good turn , indeed . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 4 the
4 the 5 snow
5 snow 6 had
6 had 7 done
7 done 11 a
11 a 12 good
12 good 13 turn
13 turn 14 ,
14 , 15 a
15 a 16 very
16 very 17 good
17 good 18 turn
18 turn 19 ,
19 , 20 indeed
20 indeed 21 .

once out of the hen-house , [unc] ' [billy] [lost] [no] [time] in [starting] [for] the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 once 2 out
2 out 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 hen-house
5 hen-house 6 ,
6 , 8 '
8 ' 13 in
13 in 16 the

but it was slow , hard work . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 slow
4 slow 5 ,
5 , 6 hard
6 hard 7 work
7 work 8 .

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

of course [unc] ' [billy] [sank] [into] [it] [almost] up [to] his middle at every step . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 4 '
4 ' 10 up
10 up 12 his
12 his 13 middle
13 middle 14 at
14 at 15 every
15 every 16 step
16 step 17 .

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

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

some folks call it forgetting , but forgetting is nothing but sleepy wits . 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 call
3 call 4 it
4 it 5 forgetting
5 forgetting 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 forgetting
8 forgetting 9 is
9 is 10 nothing
10 nothing 11 but
11 but 12 sleepy
12 sleepy 13 wits
13 wits 14 .

and sleepy wits get more people into trouble than anything else in the world . 
1 and 2 sleepy
2 sleepy 3 wits
3 wits 4 get
4 get 5 more
5 more 6 people
6 people 7 into
7 into 8 trouble
8 trouble 9 than
9 than 10 anything
10 anything 11 else
11 else 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 world
14 world 15 .

unc ['] [billy] [possum] 's wits were asleep when he [left] [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house . 
1 unc 5 's
5 's 6 wits
6 wits 7 were
7 were 8 asleep
8 asleep 9 when
9 when 10 he
10 he 15 hen-house
15 hen-house 16 .

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

but [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [wits] [certainly] [were] asleep . 
1 but 9 asleep
9 asleep 10 .

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ' [billy] forgot ! 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 6 '
6 ' 8 forgot
8 forgot 9 !

what did he forget ? 
1 what 2 did
2 did 3 he
3 he 4 forget
4 forget 5 ?

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

unc ['] [billy] looked [behind] [him] , and he turned pale . 
1 unc 4 looked
4 looked 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 turned
10 turned 11 pale
11 pale 12 .

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [turned] pale ! 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 6 '
6 ' 10 pale
10 pale 11 !

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

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

whatever did [ah] [leave] the hen-house for ? " [wailed] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 whatever 2 did
2 did 5 the
5 the 6 hen-house
6 hen-house 7 for
7 for 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 12 '
12 ' 14 .

his wits were all wide awake now . 
1 his 2 wits
2 wits 3 were
3 were 4 all
4 all 5 wide
5 wide 6 awake
6 awake 7 now
7 now 8 .

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

farmer [brown] 's boy would see that he had gone back , and then he would hunt that hen-house through until he found [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 would
5 would 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 gone
10 gone 11 back
11 back 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 then
14 then 15 he
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 hunt
17 hunt 18 that
18 that 19 hen-house
19 hen-house 20 through
20 through 21 until
21 until 22 he
22 he 23 found
23 found 27 .

unc ['] [billy] drew a long breath and began to wade ahead toward [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 unc 4 drew
4 drew 5 a
5 a 6 long
6 long 7 breath
7 breath 8 and
8 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
10 to 11 wade
11 wade 12 ahead
12 ahead 13 toward
13 toward 17 .

" [if] [ah] [only] [had] snowshoes ! " he panted . 
1 " 6 snowshoes
6 snowshoes 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 panted
10 panted 11 .

" if [ah] only [had] [snowshoes] [like] [mrs] [grouse] [.] " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 4 only
4 only 11 "

[xxi] 

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

" there was an [old] [possum] [lived] up [in] a [tree] [;] [hi] , ho , see the chips fly ! 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 an
4 an 8 up
8 up 10 a
10 a 14 ,
14 , 15 ho
15 ho 16 ,
16 , 17 see
17 see 18 the
18 the 19 chips
19 chips 20 fly
20 fly 21 !

the sliest old thief that you ever did see ; [hi] [,] ho , see the chips fly ! 
1 the 2 sliest
2 sliest 3 old
3 old 4 thief
4 thief 5 that
5 that 6 you
6 you 7 ever
7 ever 8 did
8 did 9 see
9 see 10 ;
10 ; 13 ho
13 ho 14 ,
14 , 15 see
15 see 16 the
16 the 17 chips
17 chips 18 fly
18 fly 19 !

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

farmer [brown] 's boy sang as he swung his keen axe , and the chips did fly . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 sang
5 sang 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 swung
8 swung 9 his
9 his 10 keen
10 keen 11 axe
11 axe 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 the
14 the 15 chips
15 chips 16 did
16 did 17 fly
17 fly 18 .

they flew out on the white snow in all directions . 
1 they 2 flew
2 flew 3 out
3 out 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 6 white
6 white 7 snow
7 snow 8 in
8 in 9 all
9 all 10 directions
10 directions 11 .

and the [louder] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy sang , the faster the chips flew . 
1 and 2 the
2 the 7 boy
7 boy 8 sang
8 sang 9 ,
9 , 10 the
10 the 11 faster
11 faster 12 the
12 the 13 chips
13 chips 14 flew
14 flew 15 .

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

he had tracked [that] [possum] [right] up to [that] tree , and there were no tracks going away from it . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 tracked
3 tracked 7 up
7 up 8 to
8 to 10 tree
10 tree 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 there
13 there 14 were
14 were 15 no
15 no 16 tracks
16 tracks 17 going
17 going 18 away
18 away 19 from
19 from 20 it
20 it 21 .

right up near the top he could see a hollow , just such a hollow [as] a [possum] [likes] . 
1 right 2 up
2 up 3 near
3 near 4 the
4 the 5 top
5 top 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 see
8 see 9 a
9 a 10 hollow
10 hollow 11 ,
11 , 12 just
12 just 13 such
13 such 14 a
14 a 15 hollow
15 hollow 17 a
17 a 20 .

all he had to do was to cut the tree down and split it open , and [mr] [possum] would be his . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 do
5 do 6 was
6 was 7 to
7 to 8 cut
8 cut 9 the
9 the 10 tree
10 tree 11 down
11 down 12 and
12 and 13 split
13 split 14 it
14 it 15 open
15 open 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 20 would
20 would 21 be
21 be 22 his
22 his 23 .

of course it was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [whose] [tracks] he had followed . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 followed
13 followed 14 .

he had seen them outside of the hen-house , [just] [as] [unc] ' [billy] had been afraid that he would . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 seen
3 seen 4 them
4 them 5 outside
5 outside 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 hen-house
8 hen-house 9 ,
9 , 13 '
13 ' 15 had
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 afraid
17 afraid 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 would
20 would 21 .

he couldn't very well have helped it , those tracks were so very plain to be seen . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 very
3 very 4 well
4 well 5 have
5 have 6 helped
6 helped 7 it
7 it 8 ,
8 , 9 those
9 those 10 tracks
10 tracks 11 were
11 were 12 so
12 so 13 very
13 very 14 plain
14 plain 15 to
15 to 16 be
16 be 17 seen
17 seen 18 .

that had been a long , hard , anxious journey [for] [unc] ['] [billy] from [farmer] [brown] ['s] hen-house [to] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 that 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 ,
6 , 7 hard
7 hard 8 ,
8 , 9 anxious
9 anxious 10 journey
10 journey 15 from
15 from 19 hen-house
19 hen-house 24 .

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

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

of course it wasn't his own hollow [tree] , [where] old [mrs] [possum] and the [eight] little [possums] [lived] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 5 his
5 his 6 own
6 own 7 hollow
7 hollow 9 ,
9 , 11 old
11 old 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 17 little
17 little 20 .

he knew better than to go there , leaving a plain track [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to follow . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 better
3 better 4 than
4 than 5 to
5 to 6 go
6 go 7 there
7 there 8 ,
8 , 9 leaving
9 leaving 10 a
10 a 11 plain
11 plain 12 track
12 track 18 to
18 to 19 follow
19 follow 20 .

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

and , just as he had feared , there was [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 and 2 ,
2 , 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 feared
7 feared 8 ,
8 , 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 15 .

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

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

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

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

cra-a-ck ! 
1 cra-a-ck 2 !

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

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

farmer [brown] 's boy rapped on the tree with the handle of his axe , but no one ran out . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 rapped
5 rapped 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 tree
8 tree 9 with
9 with 10 the
10 the 11 handle
11 handle 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 axe
14 axe 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 no
17 no 18 one
18 one 19 ran
19 ran 20 out
20 out 21 .

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

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

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

farmer [brown] 's boy rubbed his eyes and stared and stared and stared . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 rubbed
5 rubbed 6 his
6 his 7 eyes
7 eyes 8 and
8 and 9 stared
9 stared 10 and
10 and 11 stared
11 stared 12 and
12 and 13 stared
13 stared 14 .

there [were] [unc] ['] [billy] 's tracks leading straight up to that tree and none leading away . 
1 there 6 's
6 's 7 tracks
7 tracks 8 leading
8 leading 9 straight
9 straight 10 up
10 up 11 to
11 to 12 that
12 that 13 tree
13 tree 14 and
14 and 15 none
15 none 16 leading
16 leading 17 away
17 away 18 .

did that [possum] [have] wings ? 
1 did 2 that
2 that 5 wings
5 wings 6 ?

[xxii] 

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

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

that is what [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] wanted to know . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 what
3 what 6 's
6 's 8 wanted
8 wanted 9 to
9 to 10 know
10 know 11 .

that is what [bowser] [the] [hound] wanted to know . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 what
3 what 7 wanted
7 wanted 8 to
8 to 9 know
9 know 10 .

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

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

how did you do it ? " asked a voice right over [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [head] . 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 asked
8 asked 9 a
9 a 10 voice
10 voice 11 right
11 right 12 over
12 over 18 .

unc ['] [billy] looked up in surprise . 
1 unc 4 looked
4 looked 5 up
5 up 6 in
6 in 7 surprise
7 surprise 8 .

there was [tommy] [tit] [the] [chickadee] . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 7 .

unc ['] [billy] grinned . 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 .

" ah just naturally expected [ah] [was] [gwine] to have visitors , and so [ah] [prepared] a little surprise . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 just
3 just 4 naturally
4 naturally 5 expected
5 expected 9 to
9 to 10 have
10 have 11 visitors
11 visitors 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 so
14 so 17 a
17 a 18 little
18 little 19 surprise
19 surprise 20 .

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [done] [prepare] a little surprise . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 surprise
10 surprise 11 .

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

yes , [sah] [,] they sho'ly was ! 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 they
5 they 6 sho'ly
6 sho'ly 7 was
7 was 8 !

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [done] [get] so [anxious] [ah] [just] [couldn't] [get] [any] rest in mah mind . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 8 so
8 so 15 rest
15 rest 16 in
16 in 17 mah
17 mah 18 mind
18 mind 19 .

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

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

ah [reckon] [bowser] [and] [ah] 'll make yo ' a call to-morrow . " 
1 ah 6 'll
6 'll 7 make
7 make 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
9 ' 10 a
10 a 11 call
11 call 12 to-morrow
12 to-morrow 13 .
13 . 14 "

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

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] sho'ly [did] [feel] [right] [smart] [bad] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 6 sho'ly
6 sho'ly 12 .

ah studied and [ah] studied [how] [ah] [was] [gwine] to fool [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [bowser] [the] [hound] . 
1 ah 2 studied
2 studied 3 and
3 and 5 studied
5 studied 10 to
10 to 11 fool
11 fool 20 .

ah [done] [wish] [ah] had wings like yo ' [and] [brer] [buzzard] . 
1 ah 5 had
5 had 6 wings
6 wings 7 like
7 like 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
9 ' 13 .

" so po ' ol ' [unc] ['] [billy] [sat] studying and studying and getting mo ' and mo ' troubled in his mind . 
1 " 2 so
2 so 3 po
3 po 4 '
4 ' 5 ol
5 ol 6 '
6 ' 11 studying
11 studying 12 and
12 and 13 studying
13 studying 14 and
14 and 15 getting
15 getting 16 mo
16 mo 17 '
17 ' 18 and
18 and 19 mo
19 mo 20 '
20 ' 21 troubled
21 troubled 22 in
22 in 23 his
23 his 24 mind
24 mind 25 .

ah didn't waste no mo ' time studying . 
1 ah 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 waste
3 waste 4 no
4 no 5 mo
5 mo 6 '
6 ' 7 time
7 time 8 studying
8 studying 9 .

no [,] [sah] [,] [ah] [just] [moved] right [away] , and [here] [ah] [am] . " 
1 no 8 right
8 right 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 15 .
15 . 16 "

" and you didn't leave any tracks , and you didn't have any wings , " said [tommy] [tit] the [chickadee] [.] 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 you
3 you 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 leave
5 leave 6 any
6 any 7 tracks
7 tracks 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 you
10 you 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 have
12 have 13 any
13 any 14 wings
14 wings 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 20 the

" [dee] [,] dee , dee ! " [laughed] [tommy] [tit] merrily . 
1 " 4 dee
4 dee 5 ,
5 , 6 dee
6 dee 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 12 merrily
12 merrily 13 .

" be patient , [unc] ' [billy] , and perhaps you will . " 
1 " 2 be
2 be 3 patient
3 patient 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 perhaps
10 perhaps 11 you
11 you 12 will
12 will 13 .
13 . 14 "

[xxiii] 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

farmer [brown] 's boy called it barking , but it was [happy] [jack] ['s] [way] of shouting . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 called
5 called 6 it
6 it 7 barking
7 barking 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 it
10 it 11 was
11 was 16 of
16 of 17 shouting
17 shouting 18 .

" [i] [love] to romp ! 
1 " 4 to
4 to 5 romp
5 romp 6 !

i love to play ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 3 to
3 to 4 play
4 play 5 !

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

i love the snow , so soft and white ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 3 the
3 the 4 snow
4 snow 5 ,
5 , 6 so
6 so 7 soft
7 soft 8 and
8 and 9 white
9 white 10 !

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

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

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

" that 's one of the old storehouses of my cousin , [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [!] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 old
7 old 8 storehouses
8 storehouses 9 of
9 of 10 my
10 my 11 cousin
11 cousin 12 ,

i 've got an old storehouse near here , and [i] [guess] [i] ['ll] see if [i] [have] [left] any nuts in it . " 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 got
3 got 4 an
4 an 5 old
5 old 6 storehouse
6 storehouse 7 near
7 near 8 here
8 here 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 15 see
15 see 16 if
16 if 20 any
20 any 21 nuts
21 nuts 22 in
22 in 23 it
23 it 24 .
24 . 25 "

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

he scampered up the tree [as] [only] [happy] [jack] [can] and whisked in at the open doorway of the hollow . 
1 he 2 scampered
2 scampered 3 up
3 up 4 the
4 the 5 tree
5 tree 11 and
11 and 12 whisked
12 whisked 13 in
13 in 14 at
14 at 15 the
15 the 16 open
16 open 17 doorway
17 doorway 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 hollow
20 hollow 21 .

happy [jack] [was] [so] [surprised] [that] [he] [didn't] [know] [what] [to] [do] [for] a [second] . 
1 happy 14 a
14 a 16 .

[happy] [jack] [was] [so] [frightened] [that] [he] [scrambled] [out] [as] [fast] [as] [he] [could] [.] 

he could hear a very angry voice inside , and in a minute who should appear at the doorway [but] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 hear
3 hear 4 a
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 angry
6 angry 7 voice
7 voice 8 inside
8 inside 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 in
11 in 12 a
12 a 13 minute
13 minute 14 who
14 who 15 should
15 should 16 appear
16 appear 17 at
17 at 18 the
18 the 19 doorway
19 doorway 22 '
22 ' 25 .

unc ['] [billy] had been waked out of a sound sleep , and that was enough to make any one cross . 
1 unc 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 waked
6 waked 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 a
9 a 10 sound
10 sound 11 sleep
11 sleep 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 that
14 that 15 was
15 was 16 enough
16 enough 17 to
17 to 18 make
18 make 19 any
19 any 20 one
20 one 21 cross
21 cross 22 .

besides , he had been badly frightened , and that made him crosser still . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 badly
6 badly 7 frightened
7 frightened 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 that
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 him
12 him 13 crosser
13 crosser 14 still
14 still 15 .

" what do you mean by stealing into other folk 's houses ? " demanded [happy] [jack] , [just] as angrily . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 6 by
6 by 7 stealing
7 stealing 8 into
8 into 9 other
9 other 10 folk
10 folk 11 's
11 's 12 houses
12 houses 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 demanded
15 demanded 18 ,
18 , 20 as
20 as 21 angrily
21 angrily 22 .

[xxiv] 

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

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] lost his . 
1 unc 5 lost
5 lost 6 his
6 his 7 .

and [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] sat in the doorway of the hollow tree and showed his teeth [to] [happy] [jack] and said unpleasant things . 
1 and 6 sat
6 sat 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 doorway
9 doorway 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 hollow
12 hollow 13 tree
13 tree 14 and
14 and 15 showed
15 showed 16 his
16 his 17 teeth
17 teeth 21 and
21 and 22 said
22 said 23 unpleasant
23 unpleasant 24 things
24 things 25 .

it really was very dreadful the way those two did talk . 
1 it 2 really
2 really 3 was
3 was 4 very
4 very 5 dreadful
5 dreadful 6 the
6 the 7 way
7 way 8 those
8 those 9 two
9 two 10 did
10 did 11 talk
11 talk 12 .

pretty soon he was laughing [just] [as] [hard] [as] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 laughing
5 laughing 11 '

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

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

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

" what are you doing in my storehouse , [unc] ['] [billy] [?] " [asked] [happy] [jack] [,] when he could stop laughing . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 doing
5 doing 6 in
6 in 7 my
7 my 8 storehouse
8 storehouse 9 ,
9 , 14 "
14 " 19 when
19 when 20 he
20 he 21 could
21 could 22 stop
22 stop 23 laughing
23 laughing 24 .

happy [jack] [put] [his] [head] [on] [one] side [and] [thought] [very] [hard] . 
1 happy 8 side
8 side 13 .

" why don't you stay right here until the snow goes , [unc] ' [billy] [?] " he asked . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 don't
3 don't 4 you
4 you 5 stay
5 stay 6 right
6 right 7 here
7 here 8 until
8 until 9 the
9 the 10 snow
10 snow 11 goes
11 goes 12 ,
12 , 14 '
14 ' 17 "
17 " 18 he
18 he 19 asked
19 asked 20 .

there was a twinkle [in] [unc] ['] [billy] 's eyes . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 twinkle
4 twinkle 9 's
9 's 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 .

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

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

" you better stay right where you are , and [i] ['ll] go [tell] [old] [mrs] [possum] where you are . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 better
3 better 4 stay
4 stay 5 right
5 right 6 where
6 where 7 you
7 you 8 are
8 are 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 13 go
13 go 18 where
18 where 19 you
19 you 20 are
20 are 21 .
21 . 22 "

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

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

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

that will be a great help , fo ' it will lift a great load off mah mind , " [said] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 that 2 will
2 will 3 be
3 be 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 help
6 help 7 ,
7 , 8 fo
8 fo 9 '
9 ' 10 it
10 it 11 will
11 will 12 lift
12 lift 13 a
13 a 14 great
14 great 15 load
15 load 16 off
16 off 17 mah
17 mah 18 mind
18 mind 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 23 '
23 ' 25 .

" to get yourself in trouble is a very easy thing . 
1 " 2 to
2 to 3 get
3 get 4 yourself
4 yourself 5 in
5 in 6 trouble
6 trouble 7 is
7 is 8 a
8 a 9 very
9 very 10 easy
10 easy 11 thing
11 thing 12 .

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

but getting out of trouble 's always [quite] the [other] way [the] [more] you try to wriggle out , the longer you must stay . " 
1 but 2 getting
2 getting 3 out
3 out 4 of
4 of 5 trouble
5 trouble 6 's
6 's 7 always
7 always 9 the
9 the 11 way
11 way 14 you
14 you 15 try
15 try 16 to
16 to 17 wriggle
17 wriggle 18 out
18 out 19 ,
19 , 20 the
20 the 21 longer
21 longer 22 you
22 you 23 must
23 must 24 stay
24 stay 25 .
25 . 26 "

[xxv] 

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

he [found] [old] [mrs] [possum] [very] [much] worried and very much out of sorts . 
1 he 8 worried
8 worried 9 and
9 and 10 very
10 very 11 much
11 much 12 out
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 sorts
14 sorts 15 .

you [see] [unc] ['] [billy] had been gone a long time for him , and she didn't know what had become of him . 
1 you 6 had
6 had 7 been
7 been 8 gone
8 gone 9 a
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 time
11 time 12 for
12 for 13 him
13 him 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 she
16 she 17 didn't
17 didn't 18 know
18 know 19 what
19 what 20 had
20 had 21 become
21 become 22 of
22 of 23 him
23 him 24 .

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

" yo ' tell [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] that [ah] don ' care if he never comes back . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 tell
4 tell 9 that
9 that 11 don
11 don 12 '
12 ' 13 care
13 care 14 if
14 if 15 he
15 he 16 never
16 never 17 comes
17 comes 18 back
18 back 19 .

[happy] [jack] [chuckled] [as] [he] [started] [back] [to] [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 

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

he knew that [unc] ['] [billy] would know that she didn't mean it . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 7 would
7 would 8 know
8 know 9 that
9 that 10 she
10 she 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 mean
12 mean 13 it
13 it 14 .

then all of a sudden [happy] [jack] thought of a [way] [for] [unc] ' [billy] to get home without waiting until the snow melted away . 
1 then 2 all
2 all 3 of
3 of 4 a
4 a 5 sudden
5 sudden 8 thought
8 thought 9 of
9 of 10 a
10 a 14 '
14 ' 16 to
16 to 17 get
17 get 18 home
18 home 19 without
19 without 20 waiting
20 waiting 21 until
21 until 22 the
22 the 23 snow
23 snow 24 melted
24 melted 25 away
25 away 26 .

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

what do you suppose [gave] [happy] [jack] his idea ? 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 suppose
4 suppose 8 his
8 his 9 idea
9 idea 10 ?

why , a tiny little snowflake that [hit] [happy] [jack] [right] [on] the end of his nose ! 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 a
3 a 4 tiny
4 tiny 5 little
5 little 6 snowflake
6 snowflake 7 that
7 that 13 the
13 the 14 end
14 end 15 of
15 of 16 his
16 his 17 nose
17 nose 18 !

yes , [sir] [,] it was that tiny little snowflake [that] [gave] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [his] [bright] [idea] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 that
7 that 8 tiny
8 tiny 9 little
9 little 10 snowflake
10 snowflake 19 .

he hurried back to the hollow tree [where] [unc] ['] [billy] was hiding and scrambled up to the doorway . 
1 he 2 hurried
2 hurried 3 back
3 back 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 hollow
6 hollow 7 tree
7 tree 12 was
12 was 13 hiding
13 hiding 14 and
14 and 15 scrambled
15 scrambled 16 up
16 up 17 to
17 to 18 the
18 the 19 doorway
19 doorway 20 .

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

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] stuck his head out of the doorway . 
1 unc 5 stuck
5 stuck 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 out
8 out 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 doorway
11 doorway 12 .

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

" just look up in the sky , [unc] ' [billy] [!] " said [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 look
3 look 4 up
4 up 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 sky
7 sky 8 ,
8 , 10 '
10 ' 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 17 .

unc ['] [billy] looked . 
1 unc 4 looked
4 looked 5 .

the sky was full of dancing snowflakes . 
1 the 2 sky
2 sky 3 was
3 was 4 full
4 full 5 of
5 of 6 dancing
6 dancing 7 snowflakes
7 snowflakes 8 .

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

unc ['] [billy] shook his head in disgust . 
1 unc 4 shook
4 shook 5 his
5 his 6 head
6 head 7 in
7 in 8 disgust
8 disgust 9 .

" ah don ' see anything but mo ' snow , and yo ' [know] [ah] don ' like snow ! " he said . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 don
3 don 4 '
4 ' 5 see
5 see 6 anything
6 anything 7 but
7 but 8 mo
8 mo 9 '
9 ' 10 snow
10 snow 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 yo
13 yo 14 '
14 ' 17 don
17 don 18 '
18 ' 19 like
19 like 20 snow
20 snow 21 !
21 ! 22 "
22 " 23 he
23 he 24 said
24 said 25 .

" what yo ' driving at , [brer] [squirrel] [?] " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 driving
5 driving 6 at
6 at 7 ,
7 , 11 "

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

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

" just as soon as it 's dark , you start for home . 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 soon
4 soon 5 as
5 as 6 it
6 it 7 's
7 's 8 dark
8 dark 9 ,
9 , 10 you
10 you 11 start
11 start 12 for
12 for 13 home
13 home 14 .

it 's going to snow all night , and in the morning there won't be any tracks . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 snow
5 snow 6 all
6 all 7 night
7 night 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 morning
12 morning 13 there
13 there 14 won't
14 won't 15 be
15 be 16 any
16 any 17 tracks
17 tracks 18 .

the snowflakes will have covered them all up . " 
1 the 2 snowflakes
2 snowflakes 3 will
3 will 4 have
4 have 5 covered
5 covered 6 them
6 them 7 all
7 all 8 up
8 up 9 .
9 . 10 "

unc ['] [billy] grinned . 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 .

" ah believe yo ' are right , [brer] [squirrel] [,] [ah] [believe] yo ' are right ! " [said] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 believe
3 believe 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 are
6 are 7 right
7 right 8 ,
8 , 14 yo
14 yo 15 '
15 ' 16 are
16 are 17 right
17 right 18 !
18 ! 19 "
19 " 22 '
22 ' 24 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [learned] [how] easy it is to get into trouble and how hard to get out of it . 
1 so 8 easy
8 easy 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 to
11 to 12 get
12 get 13 into
13 into 14 trouble
14 trouble 15 and
15 and 16 how
16 how 17 hard
17 hard 18 to
18 to 19 get
19 get 20 out
20 out 21 of
21 of 22 it
22 it 23 .

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

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

he will tell you the very same thing . 
1 he 2 will
2 will 3 tell
3 tell 4 you
4 you 5 the
5 the 6 very
6 very 7 same
7 same 8 thing
8 thing 9 .