[produced] [by] [kent] [fielden] 

[blacky] [the] [crow] 

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

[chapter] [i] [:] [blacky] [the] [crow] [makes] [a] [discovery] 

blacky [the] [crow] is [always] [watching] [for] [things] not [intended] for his sharp eyes . 
1 blacky 4 is
4 is 9 not
9 not 11 for
11 for 12 his
12 his 13 sharp
13 sharp 14 eyes
14 eyes 15 .

the result is that he gets into no end of trouble which he could avoid . 
1 the 2 result
2 result 3 is
3 is 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 gets
6 gets 7 into
7 into 8 no
8 no 9 end
9 end 10 of
10 of 11 trouble
11 trouble 12 which
12 which 13 he
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 avoid
15 avoid 16 .

in this respect he is just like his cousin , [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 in 2 this
2 this 3 respect
3 respect 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 just
6 just 7 like
7 like 8 his
8 his 9 cousin
9 cousin 10 ,

between them they see a great deal with which they have no business and which it would be better for them not to see . 
1 between 2 them
2 them 3 they
3 they 4 see
4 see 5 a
5 a 6 great
6 great 7 deal
7 deal 8 with
8 with 9 which
9 which 10 they
10 they 11 have
11 have 12 no
12 no 13 business
13 business 14 and
14 and 15 which
15 which 16 it
16 it 17 would
17 would 18 be
18 be 19 better
19 better 20 for
20 for 21 them
21 them 22 not
22 not 23 to
23 to 24 see
24 see 25 .

you can believe just which you [please] , [though] [i] [suspect] that neither of them really knows . 
1 you 2 can
2 can 3 believe
3 believe 4 just
4 just 5 which
5 which 6 you
6 you 8 ,
8 , 12 that
12 that 13 neither
13 neither 14 of
14 of 15 them
15 them 16 really
16 really 17 knows
17 knows 18 .

like the black imp he is , [blacky] [flew] over the tree-tops , his sharp eyes watching for something interesting below . 
1 like 2 the
2 the 3 black
3 black 4 imp
4 imp 5 he
5 he 6 is
6 is 7 ,
7 , 10 over
10 over 11 the
11 the 12 tree-tops
12 tree-tops 13 ,
13 , 14 his
14 his 15 sharp
15 sharp 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 watching
17 watching 18 for
18 for 19 something
19 something 20 interesting
20 interesting 21 below
21 below 22 .

presently he saw ahead of him the old nest [of] [red-tail] . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 ahead
4 ahead 5 of
5 of 6 him
6 him 7 the
7 the 8 old
8 old 9 nest
9 nest 12 .

he knew all about that nest . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 all
3 all 4 about
4 about 5 that
5 that 6 nest
6 nest 7 .

he had visited it before [when] [red-tail] [was] [away] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 visited
3 visited 4 it
4 it 5 before
5 before 10 .

still it might be worth another visit . 
1 still 2 it
2 it 3 might
3 might 4 be
4 be 5 worth
5 worth 6 another
6 another 7 visit
7 visit 8 .

you never can tell what you may find in old houses . 
1 you 2 never
2 never 3 can
3 can 4 tell
4 tell 5 what
5 what 6 you
6 you 7 may
7 may 8 find
8 find 9 in
9 in 10 old
10 old 11 houses
11 houses 12 .

but [blacky] [learned] ever so long ago that there is nothing like making sure that there is no danger . 
1 but 4 ever
4 ever 5 so
5 so 6 long
6 long 7 ago
7 ago 8 that
8 that 9 there
9 there 10 is
10 is 11 nothing
11 nothing 12 like
12 like 13 making
13 making 14 sure
14 sure 15 that
15 that 16 there
16 there 17 is
17 is 18 no
18 no 19 danger
19 danger 20 .

so , instead of flying straight to that old nest , he first flew over the tree so that he could look down into it . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 instead
3 instead 4 of
4 of 5 flying
5 flying 6 straight
6 straight 7 to
7 to 8 that
8 that 9 old
9 old 10 nest
10 nest 11 ,
11 , 12 he
12 he 13 first
13 first 14 flew
14 flew 15 over
15 over 16 the
16 the 17 tree
17 tree 18 so
18 so 19 that
19 that 20 he
20 he 21 could
21 could 22 look
22 look 23 down
23 down 24 into
24 into 25 it
25 it 26 .

right away he saw something that made him gasp and blink his eyes . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 he
3 he 4 saw
4 saw 5 something
5 something 6 that
6 that 7 made
7 made 8 him
8 him 9 gasp
9 gasp 10 and
10 and 11 blink
11 blink 12 his
12 his 13 eyes
13 eyes 14 .

it was quite large and white , and it looked it looked very much indeed like an egg ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 quite
3 quite 4 large
4 large 5 and
5 and 6 white
6 white 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 it
9 it 10 looked
10 looked 11 it
11 it 12 looked
12 looked 13 very
13 very 14 much
14 much 15 indeed
15 indeed 16 like
16 like 17 an
17 an 18 egg
18 egg 19 !

do you wonder [that] [blacky] [gasped] [and] [blinked] ? 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 wonder
3 wonder 9 ?

the idea of any one laying an egg at this time of year ! 
1 the 2 idea
2 idea 3 of
3 of 4 any
4 any 5 one
5 one 6 laying
6 laying 7 an
7 an 8 egg
8 egg 9 at
9 at 10 this
10 this 11 time
11 time 12 of
12 of 13 year
13 year 14 !

blacky flew over to a tall pine-tree to think it over . 
1 blacky 2 flew
2 flew 3 over
3 over 4 to
4 to 5 a
5 a 6 tall
6 tall 7 pine-tree
7 pine-tree 8 to
8 to 9 think
9 think 10 it
10 it 11 over
11 over 12 .

" must be it was a little lump of snow , " thought he . 
1 " 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 lump
8 lump 9 of
9 of 10 snow
10 snow 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 thought
13 thought 14 he
14 he 15 .

" [yet] [if] [ever] [i] [saw] an egg , that looked like one . 
1 " 7 an
7 an 8 egg
8 egg 9 ,
9 , 10 that
10 that 11 looked
11 looked 12 like
12 like 13 one
13 one 14 .

jumping grasshoppers , how good an egg would taste right now ! " 
1 jumping 2 grasshoppers
2 grasshoppers 3 ,
3 , 4 how
4 how 5 good
5 good 6 an
6 an 7 egg
7 egg 8 would
8 would 9 taste
9 taste 10 right
10 right 11 now
11 now 12 !
12 ! 13 "

you know [blacky] [has] [a] [weakness] [for] [eggs] . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 9 .

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

several times he almost made up his mind to fly straight over there and make sure , but he didn't quite dare . 
1 several 2 times
2 times 3 he
3 he 4 almost
4 almost 5 made
5 made 6 up
6 up 7 his
7 his 8 mind
8 mind 9 to
9 to 10 fly
10 fly 11 straight
11 straight 12 over
12 over 13 there
13 there 14 and
14 and 15 make
15 make 16 sure
16 sure 17 ,
17 , 18 but
18 but 19 he
19 he 20 didn't
20 didn't 21 quite
21 quite 22 dare
22 dare 23 .

if it were an egg , it must belong to somebody , and perhaps it would be best to find out who . 
1 if 2 it
2 it 3 were
3 were 4 an
4 an 5 egg
5 egg 6 ,
6 , 7 it
7 it 8 must
8 must 9 belong
9 belong 10 to
10 to 11 somebody
11 somebody 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 perhaps
14 perhaps 15 it
15 it 16 would
16 would 17 be
17 be 18 best
18 best 19 to
19 to 20 find
20 find 21 out
21 out 22 who
22 who 23 .

[suddenly] [blacky] [shook] [himself] [.] 

" [i] must be dreaming , " said he . 
1 " 3 must
3 must 4 be
4 be 5 dreaming
5 dreaming 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 .

" there couldn't , there just couldn't be an egg at this time of year , or in that old tumble-down nest ! 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 ,
4 , 5 there
5 there 6 just
6 just 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 be
8 be 9 an
9 an 10 egg
10 egg 11 at
11 at 12 this
12 this 13 time
13 time 14 of
14 of 15 year
15 year 16 ,
16 , 17 or
17 or 18 in
18 in 19 that
19 that 20 old
20 old 21 tumble-down
21 tumble-down 22 nest
22 nest 23 !

i 'll just fly away and forget it . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
3 just 4 fly
4 fly 5 away
5 away 6 and
6 and 7 forget
7 forget 8 it
8 it 9 .
9 . 10 "

so he flew away , but he couldn't forget it . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 flew
3 flew 4 away
4 away 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 he
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 forget
9 forget 10 it
10 it 11 .

[chapter] [ii] [:] [blacky] [makes] [sure] 

" as true as ever [i] ['ve] [cawed] [a] [caw] [that] was a [new-laid] [egg] [i] [saw] [.] " 
1 " 2 as
2 as 3 true
3 true 4 as
4 as 5 ever
5 ever 12 was
12 was 13 a
13 a 19 "

" oh nothing , [cousin] [,] nothing at all , " [replied] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 ,
4 , 7 nothing
7 nothing 8 at
8 at 9 all
9 all 10 ,
10 , 11 "

" [i] was [just] talking [foolishness] to myself . " 
1 " 3 was
3 was 5 talking
5 talking 7 to
7 to 8 myself
8 myself 9 .
9 . 10 "

sammy looked at him sharply . 
1 sammy 2 looked
2 looked 3 at
3 at 4 him
4 him 5 sharply
5 sharply 6 .

" you aren't feeling sick , are you , [cousin] [blacky] [?] " he asked . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 aren't
3 aren't 4 feeling
4 feeling 5 sick
5 sick 6 ,
6 , 7 are
7 are 8 you
8 you 9 ,
9 , 13 "
13 " 14 he
14 he 15 asked
15 asked 16 .

" must be something the matter with you when you begin talking about new-laid eggs , when everything 's covered with snow and ice . 
1 " 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 something
4 something 5 the
5 the 6 matter
6 matter 7 with
7 with 8 you
8 you 9 when
9 when 10 you
10 you 11 begin
11 begin 12 talking
12 talking 13 about
13 about 14 new-laid
14 new-laid 15 eggs
15 eggs 16 ,
16 , 17 when
17 when 18 everything
18 everything 19 's
19 's 20 covered
20 covered 21 with
21 with 22 snow
22 snow 23 and
23 and 24 ice
24 ice 25 .

foolishness is no name for it . 
1 foolishness 2 is
2 is 3 no
3 no 4 name
4 name 5 for
5 for 6 it
6 it 7 .

whoever heard of such a thing as a new-laid egg this time of year . " 
1 whoever 2 heard
2 heard 3 of
3 of 4 such
4 such 5 a
5 a 6 thing
6 thing 7 as
7 as 8 a
8 a 9 new-laid
9 new-laid 10 egg
10 egg 11 this
11 this 12 time
12 time 13 of
13 of 14 year
14 year 15 .
15 . 16 "

" nobody , [i] [guess] [,] " [replied] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 nobody
2 nobody 3 ,
3 , 7 "

" [i] told you [i] was [just] [talking] [foolishness] . 
1 " 3 told
3 told 4 you
4 you 6 was
6 was 10 .

you see , [i] ['m] [so] [hungry] [that] [i] [just] [got] to [thinking] what [i] ['d] [have] [if] [i] could have [anything] [i] [wanted] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 12 to
12 to 14 what
14 what 20 could
20 could 21 have
21 have 25 .

i [guess] [i] must have said something about it . " 
1 i 4 must
4 must 5 have
5 have 6 said
6 said 7 something
7 something 8 about
8 about 9 it
9 it 10 .
10 . 11 "

" [i] guess you must have . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 you
4 you 5 must
5 must 6 have
6 have 7 .

it isn't egg time yet , and it won't be for a long time . 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 egg
3 egg 4 time
4 time 5 yet
5 yet 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 it
8 it 9 won't
9 won't 10 be
10 be 11 for
11 for 12 a
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 time
14 time 15 .

take my advice and just forget about impossible things . 
1 take 2 my
2 my 3 advice
3 advice 4 and
4 and 5 just
5 just 6 forget
6 forget 7 about
7 about 8 impossible
8 impossible 9 things
9 things 10 .

i 'm going [over] to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [corncrib] . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 going
3 going 5 to
5 to 10 .

corn may not be as good as eggs , but it is very good and very filling . 
1 corn 2 may
2 may 3 not
3 not 4 be
4 be 5 as
5 as 6 good
6 good 7 as
7 as 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 is
12 is 13 very
13 very 14 good
14 good 15 and
15 and 16 very
16 very 17 filling
17 filling 18 .

better come along , " said [sammy] . 
1 better 2 come
2 come 3 along
3 along 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 8 .

" not this morning , thank you . 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 this
3 this 4 morning
4 morning 5 ,
5 , 6 thank
6 thank 7 you
7 you 8 .

some other time , perhaps , " [replied] [blacky] [.] 
1 some 2 other
2 other 3 time
3 time 4 ,
4 , 5 perhaps
5 perhaps 6 ,
6 , 7 "

he watched [sammy] [disappear] [through] [the] [trees] . 
1 he 2 watched
2 watched 8 .

then he flew to the top of the tallest pine-tree to make sure that no one was about . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 flew
3 flew 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 top
6 top 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 tallest
9 tallest 10 pine-tree
10 pine-tree 11 to
11 to 12 make
12 make 13 sure
13 sure 14 that
14 that 15 no
15 no 16 one
16 one 17 was
17 was 18 about
18 about 19 .

["] [i] ['m] [foolish] [.] 

i [know] [i] 'm foolish , " he muttered . 
1 i 4 'm
4 'm 5 foolish
5 foolish 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 muttered
9 muttered 10 .

" but [i] ['ve] just [got] to have another look in that old nest [of] [redtail] [the] [hawk] . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 5 just
5 just 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 another
9 another 10 look
10 look 11 in
11 in 12 that
12 that 13 old
13 old 14 nest
14 nest 19 .

it won't do any harm to have another look , anyway . " 
1 it 2 won't
2 won't 3 do
3 do 4 any
4 any 5 harm
5 harm 6 to
6 to 7 have
7 have 8 another
8 another 9 look
9 look 10 ,
10 , 11 anyway
11 anyway 12 .
12 . 13 "

as he passed over the top of the tree , he looked down eagerly . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 passed
3 passed 4 over
4 over 5 the
5 the 6 top
6 top 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 tree
9 tree 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 looked
12 looked 13 down
13 down 14 eagerly
14 eagerly 15 .

the day before there had been but one ; now there were two . 
1 the 2 day
2 day 3 before
3 before 4 there
4 there 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 but
7 but 8 one
8 one 9 ;
9 ; 10 now
10 now 11 there
11 there 12 were
12 were 13 two
13 two 14 .

that settled it in [blacky] ['s] [mind] ; they were eggs ! 
1 that 2 settled
2 settled 3 it
3 it 4 in
4 in 8 ;
8 ; 9 they
9 they 10 were
10 were 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 !

they couldn't be anything else . 
1 they 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 be
3 be 4 anything
4 anything 5 else
5 else 6 .

blacky kept right on flying . 
1 blacky 2 kept
2 kept 3 right
3 right 4 on
4 on 5 flying
5 flying 6 .

somehow he didn't dare stop just then . 
1 somehow 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 dare
4 dare 5 stop
5 stop 6 just
6 just 7 then
7 then 8 .

he was too much excited by what he had discovered to think clearly . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 much
4 much 5 excited
5 excited 6 by
6 by 7 what
7 what 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 discovered
10 discovered 11 to
11 to 12 think
12 think 13 clearly
13 clearly 14 .

he had got to have time to get his wits together . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 time
6 time 7 to
7 to 8 get
8 get 9 his
9 his 10 wits
10 wits 11 together
11 together 12 .

whoever had laid those eggs was big and strong . 
1 whoever 2 had
2 had 3 laid
3 laid 4 those
4 those 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 was
6 was 7 big
7 big 8 and
8 and 9 strong
9 strong 10 .

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

he must first find out whose they were ; then he would know better what to do . 
1 he 2 must
2 must 3 first
3 first 4 find
4 find 5 out
5 out 6 whose
6 whose 7 they
7 they 8 were
8 were 9 ;
9 ; 10 then
10 then 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 know
13 know 14 better
14 better 15 what
15 what 16 to
16 to 17 do
17 do 18 .

he felt sure that no one else knew about them , and he knew that they couldn't run away . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 sure
3 sure 4 that
4 that 5 no
5 no 6 one
6 one 7 else
7 else 8 knew
8 knew 9 about
9 about 10 them
10 them 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 he
13 he 14 knew
14 knew 15 that
15 that 16 they
16 they 17 couldn't
17 couldn't 18 run
18 run 19 away
19 away 20 .

so he kept right on flying until he reached a certain tall pine-tree where he could sit and think without being disturbed . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 kept
3 kept 4 right
4 right 5 on
5 on 6 flying
6 flying 7 until
7 until 8 he
8 he 9 reached
9 reached 10 a
10 a 11 certain
11 certain 12 tall
12 tall 13 pine-tree
13 pine-tree 14 where
14 where 15 he
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 sit
17 sit 18 and
18 and 19 think
19 think 20 without
20 without 21 being
21 being 22 disturbed
22 disturbed 23 .

" eggs ! " he muttered . 
1 " 2 eggs
2 eggs 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 muttered
6 muttered 7 .

" real eggs ! 
1 " 2 real
2 real 3 eggs
3 eggs 4 !

now who under the [sun] [can] [have] [moved] [into] [redtail] ['s] old house ? 
1 now 2 who
2 who 3 under
3 under 4 the
4 the 12 old
12 old 13 house
13 house 14 ?

and what can they mean by [laying] [eggs] [before] [mistress] [spring] [has] [even] [sent] [word] that [she] [has] [started] ? 
1 and 2 what
2 what 3 can
3 can 4 they
4 they 5 mean
5 mean 6 by
6 by 16 that
16 that 20 ?

it 's too much for me . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 too
3 too 4 much
4 much 5 for
5 for 6 me
6 me 7 .

it certainly is too much for me . " 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 is
3 is 4 too
4 too 5 much
5 much 6 for
6 for 7 me
7 me 8 .
8 . 9 "

[chapter] [iii] [:] [blacky] [finds] [out] [who] [owns] [the] [eggs] 

two big white eggs in a tumbledown nest , and snow and ice everywhere ! 
1 two 2 big
2 big 3 white
3 white 4 eggs
4 eggs 5 in
5 in 6 a
6 a 7 tumbledown
7 tumbledown 8 nest
8 nest 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 snow
11 snow 12 and
12 and 13 ice
13 ice 14 everywhere
14 everywhere 15 !

did ever anybody hear of such a thing before ? 
1 did 2 ever
2 ever 3 anybody
3 anybody 4 hear
4 hear 5 of
5 of 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 thing
8 thing 9 before
9 before 10 ?

" wouldn't believe it , if [i] [hadn't] [seen] [it] [with] my own eyes , " [muttered] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 " 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 believe
3 believe 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 if
6 if 12 my
12 my 13 own
13 own 14 eyes
14 eyes 15 ,
15 , 16 "

" have to believe them . 
1 " 2 have
2 have 3 to
3 to 4 believe
4 believe 5 them
5 them 6 .

if [i] [can't] [believe] [them] [,] it 's of no use to try to believe anything in this world . 
1 if 7 it
7 it 8 's
8 's 9 of
9 of 10 no
10 no 11 use
11 use 12 to
12 to 13 try
13 try 14 to
14 to 15 believe
15 believe 16 anything
16 anything 17 in
17 in 18 this
18 this 19 world
19 world 20 .

as [sure] [as] [i] [sit] [here] [,] [that] old [nest] [has] [two] [eggs] [in] [it] . 
1 as 9 old
9 old 16 .

whoever laid them must be crazy to start housekeeping at this time of year . 
1 whoever 2 laid
2 laid 3 them
3 them 4 must
4 must 5 be
5 be 6 crazy
6 crazy 7 to
7 to 8 start
8 start 9 housekeeping
9 housekeeping 10 at
10 at 11 this
11 this 12 time
12 time 13 of
13 of 14 year
14 year 15 .

i must find out whose eggs they are and then " 
1 i 2 must
2 must 3 find
3 find 4 out
4 out 5 whose
5 whose 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 they
7 they 8 are
8 are 9 and
9 and 10 then
10 then 11 "

to have seen him , you would never have guessed that he was looking for anything in particular . 
1 to 2 have
2 have 3 seen
3 seen 4 him
4 him 5 ,
5 , 6 you
6 you 7 would
7 would 8 never
8 never 9 have
9 have 10 guessed
10 guessed 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 looking
14 looking 15 for
15 for 16 anything
16 anything 17 in
17 in 18 particular
18 particular 19 .

he seemed to be just flying over on his way to some distant place . 
1 he 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 just
5 just 6 flying
6 flying 7 over
7 over 8 on
8 on 9 his
9 his 10 way
10 way 11 to
11 to 12 some
12 some 13 distant
13 distant 14 place
14 place 15 .

blacky 's heart beat fast with excitement as he drew near that old tumble-down nest . 
1 blacky 2 's
2 's 3 heart
3 heart 4 beat
4 beat 5 fast
5 fast 6 with
6 with 7 excitement
7 excitement 8 as
8 as 9 he
9 he 10 drew
10 drew 11 near
11 near 12 that
12 that 13 old
13 old 14 tumble-down
14 tumble-down 15 nest
15 nest 16 .

would those two big white eggs be there ? 
1 would 2 those
2 those 3 two
3 two 4 big
4 big 5 white
5 white 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 be
7 be 8 there
8 there 9 ?

perhaps there would be three ! 
1 perhaps 2 there
2 there 3 would
3 would 4 be
4 be 5 three
5 three 6 !

the very thought made him flap his wings a little faster . 
1 the 2 very
2 very 3 thought
3 thought 4 made
4 made 5 him
5 him 6 flap
6 flap 7 his
7 his 8 wings
8 wings 9 a
9 a 10 little
10 little 11 faster
11 faster 12 .

a few more wing strokes and he would be right over the tree . 
1 a 2 few
2 few 3 more
3 more 4 wing
4 wing 5 strokes
5 strokes 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 would
8 would 9 be
9 be 10 right
10 right 11 over
11 over 12 the
12 the 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

how he did hope to see those eggs ! 
1 how 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 hope
4 hope 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 those
7 those 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 !

he could almost see into the nest now . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 almost
3 almost 4 see
4 see 5 into
5 into 6 the
6 the 7 nest
7 nest 8 now
8 now 9 .

one stroke ! 
1 one 2 stroke
2 stroke 3 !

two strokes ! 
1 two 2 strokes
2 strokes 3 !

three strokes ! 
1 three 2 strokes
2 strokes 3 !

blacky bit his tongue to keep from giving a sharp caw of disappointment and surprise . 
1 blacky 2 bit
2 bit 3 his
3 his 4 tongue
4 tongue 5 to
5 to 6 keep
6 keep 7 from
7 from 8 giving
8 giving 9 a
9 a 10 sharp
10 sharp 11 caw
11 caw 12 of
12 of 13 disappointment
13 disappointment 14 and
14 and 15 surprise
15 surprise 16 .

there were no eggs to be seen . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 no
3 no 4 eggs
4 eggs 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 seen
7 seen 8 .

no , [sir] [,] there wasn't a sign of eggs in that old nest . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 there
5 there 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 a
7 a 8 sign
8 sign 9 of
9 of 10 eggs
10 eggs 11 in
11 in 12 that
12 that 13 old
13 old 14 nest
14 nest 15 .

there wasn't because why , do you think ? 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 because
3 because 4 why
4 why 5 ,
5 , 6 do
6 do 7 you
7 you 8 think
8 think 9 ?

blacky didn't turn to come back as he had planned . 
1 blacky 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 turn
3 turn 4 to
4 to 5 come
5 come 6 back
6 back 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 planned
10 planned 11 .

he kept right on , just as if he hadn't seen anything , and as he flew he shivered a little . 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 right
3 right 4 on
4 on 5 ,
5 , 6 just
6 just 7 as
7 as 8 if
8 if 9 he
9 he 10 hadn't
10 hadn't 11 seen
11 seen 12 anything
12 anything 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 flew
17 flew 18 he
18 he 19 shivered
19 shivered 20 a
20 a 21 little
21 little 22 .

" [i] ['m] [thankful] [i] [knew] [enough] [to] leave them alone , " said he . 
1 " 9 leave
9 leave 10 them
10 them 11 alone
11 alone 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
15 he 16 .

" [funny] [i] [never] [once] [guessed] [whose] [eggs] they are . 
1 " 9 they
9 they 10 are
10 are 11 .

i might have known that no one [but] [hooty] [the] [horned] [owl] would think of nesting at this time of year . 
1 i 2 might
2 might 3 have
3 have 4 known
4 known 5 that
5 that 6 no
6 no 7 one
7 one 13 would
13 would 14 think
14 think 15 of
15 of 16 nesting
16 nesting 17 at
17 at 18 this
18 this 19 time
19 time 20 of
20 of 21 year
21 year 22 .

and that was [mrs] [hooty] [i] [saw] on the nest just now . 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 was
3 was 8 on
8 on 9 the
9 the 10 nest
10 nest 11 just
11 just 12 now
12 now 13 .

my , but she 's big ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 but
3 but 4 she
4 she 5 's
5 's 6 big
6 big 7 !

she ['s] [bigger] [than] [hooty] [himself] ! 
1 she 7 !

yes , [sir] [,] it 's a [lucky] thing [i] [didn't] [try] to get those eggs yesterday . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 's
6 's 7 a
7 a 9 thing
9 thing 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 those
15 those 16 eggs
16 eggs 17 yesterday
17 yesterday 18 .

blacky , [blacky] [,] the sooner you forget those eggs the better . " 
1 blacky 2 ,
2 , 5 the
5 the 6 sooner
6 sooner 7 you
7 you 8 forget
8 forget 9 those
9 those 10 eggs
10 eggs 11 the
11 the 12 better
12 better 13 .
13 . 14 "

some things are [best] [forgotten] [as] [soon] as they are learned . 
1 some 2 things
2 things 3 are
3 are 8 as
8 as 9 they
9 they 10 are
10 are 11 learned
11 learned 12 .

who never plays with fire [will] [surely] [not] [get] [burned] . 
1 who 2 never
2 never 3 plays
3 plays 4 with
4 with 5 fire
5 fire 11 .

[chapter] [iv] [:] [the] [cunning] [of] [blacky] 

he would forget that he ever had seen them , and he would stay away from that corner [of] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 forget
3 forget 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 ever
6 ever 7 had
7 had 8 seen
8 seen 9 them
9 them 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 would
13 would 14 stay
14 stay 15 away
15 away 16 from
16 from 17 that
17 that 18 corner
18 corner 23 .

that was a very wise resolution . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 very
4 very 5 wise
5 wise 6 resolution
6 resolution 7 .

she is [bigger] [than] [hooty] [and] [certainly] quite as much to be feared by the little people . 
1 she 2 is
2 is 8 quite
8 quite 9 as
9 as 10 much
10 much 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 feared
13 feared 14 by
14 by 15 the
15 the 16 little
16 little 17 people
17 people 18 .

all this [blacky] [knows] . 
1 all 2 this
2 this 5 .

no one knows it better . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 knows
3 knows 4 it
4 it 5 better
5 better 6 .

and [blacky] is not one to poke his head into trouble with his eyes open . 
1 and 3 is
3 is 4 not
4 not 5 one
5 one 6 to
6 to 7 poke
7 poke 8 his
8 his 9 head
9 head 10 into
10 into 11 trouble
11 trouble 12 with
12 with 13 his
13 his 14 eyes
14 eyes 15 open
15 open 16 .

so he very wisely resolved to forget all about those eggs . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 very
3 very 4 wisely
4 wisely 5 resolved
5 resolved 6 to
6 to 7 forget
7 forget 8 all
8 all 9 about
9 about 10 those
10 those 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 .

now it is one thing to make a resolution and quite another thing to live up to it , as you all know . 
1 now 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 one
4 one 5 thing
5 thing 6 to
6 to 7 make
7 make 8 a
8 a 9 resolution
9 resolution 10 and
10 and 11 quite
11 quite 12 another
12 another 13 thing
13 thing 14 to
14 to 15 live
15 live 16 up
16 up 17 to
17 to 18 it
18 it 19 ,
19 , 20 as
20 as 21 you
21 you 22 all
22 all 23 know
23 know 24 .

it was easy enough to say that he would forget , but not at all easy to forget . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 easy
3 easy 4 enough
4 enough 5 to
5 to 6 say
6 say 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 would
9 would 10 forget
10 forget 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 not
13 not 14 at
14 at 15 all
15 all 16 easy
16 easy 17 to
17 to 18 forget
18 forget 19 .

he just couldn't seem to forget them . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 seem
4 seem 5 to
5 to 6 forget
6 forget 7 them
7 them 8 .

after a little , he didn't try . 
1 after 2 a
2 a 3 little
3 little 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 try
7 try 8 .

now [blacky] the [crow] [is] very , very cunning . 
1 now 3 the
3 the 6 very
6 very 7 ,
7 , 8 very
8 very 9 cunning
9 cunning 10 .

he is one of the smartest of all the little people who fly . 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 one
3 one 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 smartest
6 smartest 7 of
7 of 8 all
8 all 9 the
9 the 10 little
10 little 11 people
11 people 12 who
12 who 13 fly
13 fly 14 .

no one can get into more mischief and still keep out of trouble [than] [can] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 can
3 can 4 get
4 get 5 into
5 into 6 more
6 more 7 mischief
7 mischief 8 and
8 and 9 still
9 still 10 keep
10 keep 11 out
11 out 12 of
12 of 13 trouble
13 trouble 19 .

that is because he uses the wits in that black head of his . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 because
3 because 4 he
4 he 5 uses
5 uses 6 the
6 the 7 wits
7 wits 8 in
8 in 9 that
9 that 10 black
10 black 11 head
11 head 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 .

in fact , some people are unkind enough to say that he spends all his spare time in planning mischief . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 some
4 some 5 people
5 people 6 are
6 are 7 unkind
7 unkind 8 enough
8 enough 9 to
9 to 10 say
10 say 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 spends
13 spends 14 all
14 all 15 his
15 his 16 spare
16 spare 17 time
17 time 18 in
18 in 19 planning
19 planning 20 mischief
20 mischief 21 .

that won't do at all , [because] [i] [want] [them] [myself] [.] 
1 that 2 won't
2 won't 3 do
3 do 4 at
4 at 5 all
5 all 6 ,

i found them , and [i] ought to have them . " 
1 i 2 found
2 found 3 them
3 them 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 7 ought
7 ought 8 to
8 to 9 have
9 have 10 them
10 them 11 .
11 . 12 "

he quite forgot or overlooked the fact that those eggs really belonged to [hooty] [and] [mrs] [hooty] [and] [to] [no] [one] [else] . 
1 he 2 quite
2 quite 3 forgot
3 forgot 4 or
4 or 5 overlooked
5 overlooked 6 the
6 the 7 fact
7 fact 8 that
8 that 9 those
9 those 10 eggs
10 eggs 11 really
11 really 12 belonged
12 belonged 13 to
13 to 23 .

" now let me see , what [can] [i] [do] ? " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 let
3 let 4 me
4 me 5 see
5 see 6 ,
6 , 7 what
7 what 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

he thought and he thought and he thought and he thought , and little by little a plan worked out in his little black head . 
1 he 2 thought
2 thought 3 and
3 and 4 he
4 he 5 thought
5 thought 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 thought
8 thought 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 thought
11 thought 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 little
14 little 15 by
15 by 16 little
16 little 17 a
17 a 18 plan
18 plan 19 worked
19 worked 20 out
20 out 21 in
21 in 22 his
22 his 23 little
23 little 24 black
24 black 25 head
25 head 26 .

then he chuckled . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 .

he chuckled right out loud , then hurriedly looked around to see if any one had heard him . 
1 he 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 right
3 right 4 out
4 out 5 loud
5 loud 6 ,
6 , 7 then
7 then 8 hurriedly
8 hurriedly 9 looked
9 looked 10 around
10 around 11 to
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 if
13 if 14 any
14 any 15 one
15 one 16 had
16 had 17 heard
17 heard 18 him
18 him 19 .

no one had , so he chuckled again . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 had
3 had 4 ,
4 , 5 so
5 so 6 he
6 he 7 chuckled
7 chuckled 8 again
8 again 9 .

then he cocked his head on the other side and did the same thing . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 cocked
3 cocked 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 other
8 other 9 side
9 side 10 and
10 and 11 did
11 did 12 the
12 the 13 same
13 same 14 thing
14 thing 15 .

" it 's all right , " said he at last . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 all
4 all 5 right
5 right 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 at
10 at 11 last
11 last 12 .

" it 'll give my relatives a lot of fun , and of course they will be very grateful to me for that . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 'll
3 'll 4 give
4 give 5 my
5 my 6 relatives
6 relatives 7 a
7 a 8 lot
8 lot 9 of
9 of 10 fun
10 fun 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 of
13 of 14 course
14 course 15 they
15 they 16 will
16 will 17 be
17 be 18 very
18 very 19 grateful
19 grateful 20 to
20 to 21 me
21 me 22 for
22 for 23 that
23 that 24 .

it won't hurt [hooty] [or] [mrs] [hooty] a bit , but it will make them very angry . 
1 it 2 won't
2 won't 3 hurt
3 hurt 8 a
8 a 9 bit
9 bit 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 it
12 it 13 will
13 will 14 make
14 make 15 them
15 them 16 very
16 very 17 angry
17 angry 18 .

they have very short tempers , and people with short tempers usually forget everything else when they are angry . 
1 they 2 have
2 have 3 very
3 very 4 short
4 short 5 tempers
5 tempers 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 people
8 people 9 with
9 with 10 short
10 short 11 tempers
11 tempers 12 usually
12 usually 13 forget
13 forget 14 everything
14 everything 15 else
15 else 16 when
16 when 17 they
17 they 18 are
18 are 19 angry
19 angry 20 .

then [i] ['ll] [slip] [in] [and] [get] one [and] [perhaps] [both] of them . 
1 then 8 one
8 one 12 of
12 of 13 them
13 them 14 .

without knowing that they are doing anything of the kind , my friends and relatives will help me to get a good meal . 
1 without 2 knowing
2 knowing 3 that
3 that 4 they
4 they 5 are
5 are 6 doing
6 doing 7 anything
7 anything 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 kind
10 kind 11 ,
11 , 12 my
12 my 13 friends
13 friends 14 and
14 and 15 relatives
15 relatives 16 will
16 will 17 help
17 help 18 me
18 me 19 to
19 to 20 get
20 get 21 a
21 a 22 good
22 good 23 meal
23 meal 24 .

my , how good those eggs will taste ! " 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 good
4 good 5 those
5 those 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 will
7 will 8 taste
8 taste 9 !
9 ! 10 "

[chapter] [v] [:] [blacky] [calls] [his] [friends] 

when [blacky] [cries] " [caw] [,] [caw] [,] [caw] [,] [caw] [!] ["] 
1 when 4 "

as [if] he ['d] [dislocate] [his] [jaw] [,] [his] [relatives] [all] [hasten] [where] [he] waits them with a crafty air . 
1 as 3 he
3 he 15 waits
15 waits 16 them
16 them 17 with
17 with 18 a
18 a 19 crafty
19 crafty 20 air
20 air 21 .

they know that there is mischief afoot , and the [crow] family is always ready for mischief . 
1 they 2 know
2 know 3 that
3 that 4 there
4 there 5 is
5 is 6 mischief
6 mischief 7 afoot
7 afoot 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 the
10 the 12 family
12 family 13 is
13 is 14 always
14 always 15 ready
15 ready 16 for
16 for 17 mischief
17 mischief 18 .

blacky chuckled as he saw them coming . 
1 blacky 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 saw
5 saw 6 them
6 them 7 coming
7 coming 8 .

" come on ! 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 on
3 on 4 !

come on ! 
1 come 2 on
2 on 3 !

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

hurry up and flap your wings faster . 
1 hurry 2 up
2 up 3 and
3 and 4 flap
4 flap 5 your
5 your 6 wings
6 wings 7 faster
7 faster 8 .

i know [where] [hooty] [the] [owl] is , and we 'll have no end of fun with him , " he cried . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 7 is
7 is 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 we
10 we 11 'll
11 'll 12 have
12 have 13 no
13 no 14 end
14 end 15 of
15 of 16 fun
16 fun 17 with
17 with 18 him
18 him 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 he
21 he 22 cried
22 cried 23 .

" caw , caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! " shouted all his relatives in great glee . 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 ,
7 , 8 caw
8 caw 9 ,
9 , 10 caw
10 caw 11 ,
11 , 12 caw
12 caw 13 !
13 ! 14 "
14 " 15 shouted
15 shouted 16 all
16 all 17 his
17 his 18 relatives
18 relatives 19 in
19 in 20 great
20 great 21 glee
21 glee 22 .

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

lead us to him . 
1 lead 2 us
2 us 3 to
3 to 4 him
4 him 5 .

we 'll drive him out of the [green] [forest] [!] " 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 drive
3 drive 4 him
4 him 5 out
5 out 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 11 "

blacky had taken pains to slip over early that morning and make sure just where he was . 
1 blacky 2 had
2 had 3 taken
3 taken 4 pains
4 pains 5 to
5 to 6 slip
6 slip 7 over
7 over 8 early
8 early 9 that
9 that 10 morning
10 morning 11 and
11 and 12 make
12 make 13 sure
13 sure 14 just
14 just 15 where
15 where 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 .

he had [discovered] [hooty] [fast] [asleep] , and he knew that he would remain right where he was until dark . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 knew
10 knew 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 would
13 would 14 remain
14 remain 15 right
15 right 16 where
16 where 17 he
17 he 18 was
18 was 19 until
19 until 20 dark
20 dark 21 .

jolly , round , bright [mr] [sun] [was] [shining] [his] [very] [brightest] [,] and the white snow on the ground made it seem brighter still . 
1 jolly 2 ,
2 , 3 round
3 round 4 ,
4 , 5 bright
5 bright 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 16 white
16 white 17 snow
17 snow 18 on
18 on 19 the
19 the 20 ground
20 ground 21 made
21 made 22 it
22 it 23 seem
23 seem 24 brighter
24 brighter 25 still
25 still 26 .

even [blacky] [had] [to] [blink] [,] [and] [he] [knew] that [poor] [hooty] would [find] [it] [harder] [still] . 
1 even 10 that
10 that 13 would
13 would 18 .

but one thing [blacky] was very careful not to even hint of , and that [was] [that] [mrs] [.] hooty was right close at hand . 
1 but 2 one
2 one 3 thing
3 thing 5 was
5 was 6 very
6 very 7 careful
7 careful 8 not
8 not 9 to
9 to 10 even
10 even 11 hint
11 hint 12 of
12 of 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 that
15 that 20 hooty
20 hooty 21 was
21 was 22 right
22 right 23 close
23 close 24 at
24 at 25 hand
25 hand 26 .

[mrs] [hooty] [is] [bigger] [and] [even] [more] [fierce] [than] [hooty] [,] [and] [blacky] [didn't] [want] [to] [frighten] [any] [of] [the] [more] [timid] [of] [his] [relatives] [.] 

of course , he had heard the noisy crew coming , and he knew well enough what to expect . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 heard
6 heard 7 the
7 the 8 noisy
8 noisy 9 crew
9 crew 10 coming
10 coming 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 he
13 he 14 knew
14 knew 15 well
15 well 16 enough
16 enough 17 what
17 what 18 to
18 to 19 expect
19 expect 20 .

as soon as they saw him , they began to scream as loud as ever they could and to call him all manner of names . 
1 as 2 soon
2 soon 3 as
3 as 4 they
4 they 5 saw
5 saw 6 him
6 him 7 ,
7 , 8 they
8 they 9 began
9 began 10 to
10 to 11 scream
11 scream 12 as
12 as 13 loud
13 loud 14 as
14 as 15 ever
15 ever 16 they
16 they 17 could
17 could 18 and
18 and 19 to
19 to 20 call
20 call 21 him
21 him 22 all
22 all 23 manner
23 manner 24 of
24 of 25 names
25 names 26 .

so [far] [blacky] ['s] [plans] [were] [working] [out] just as he had hoped . 
1 so 9 just
9 just 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 hoped
13 hoped 14 .

[chapter] [vi] [:] [hooty] [the] [owl] [doesn't] [stay] [still] 

now [what's] the [good] [of] [being] [smart] [when] others do not do their part ? 
1 now 3 the
3 the 9 others
9 others 10 do
10 do 11 not
11 not 12 do
12 do 13 their
13 their 14 part
14 part 15 ?

if [blacky] [the] [crow] [didn't] [say] [this] [to] [himself] [,] he thought it . 
1 if 11 he
11 he 12 thought
12 thought 13 it
13 it 14 .

that is where he proves that smart as he is , he isn't as smart as he thinks he is . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 where
3 where 4 he
4 he 5 proves
5 proves 6 that
6 that 7 smart
7 smart 8 as
8 as 9 he
9 he 10 is
10 is 11 ,
11 , 12 he
12 he 13 isn't
13 isn't 14 as
14 as 15 smart
15 smart 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 thinks
18 thinks 19 he
19 he 20 is
20 is 21 .

he always thought of [hooty] [the] [owl] [as] [stupid] . 
1 he 2 always
2 always 3 thought
3 thought 4 of
4 of 10 .

that is , he always thought of him that way in daytime . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 always
5 always 6 thought
6 thought 7 of
7 of 8 him
8 him 9 that
9 that 10 way
10 way 11 in
11 in 12 daytime
12 daytime 13 .

no , in the night [blacky] was not at all sure that [hooty] was [stupid] . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 night
5 night 7 was
7 was 8 not
8 not 9 at
9 at 10 all
10 all 11 sure
11 sure 12 that
12 that 14 was
14 was 16 .

but in the daytime he was sure . 
1 but 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 4 daytime
4 daytime 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 sure
7 sure 8 .

you see , he quite forgot the fact that the brightness of day is to [hooty] [what] the [blackness] [of] night is to him . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 quite
5 quite 6 forgot
6 forgot 7 the
7 the 8 fact
8 fact 9 that
9 that 10 the
10 the 11 brightness
11 brightness 12 of
12 of 13 day
13 day 14 is
14 is 15 to
15 to 18 the
18 the 21 night
21 night 22 is
22 is 23 to
23 to 24 him
24 him 25 .

[but] [hooty] [isn't] [stupid] [.] 

not a bit of it . 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 bit
3 bit 4 of
4 of 5 it
5 it 6 .

" [mrs] [hooty] [mustn't] [be] [disturbed] [,] ["] thought he . 
1 " 9 thought
9 thought 10 he
10 he 11 .

" that will never do at all . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 will
3 will 4 never
4 never 5 do
5 do 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 .

i [must] [lead] [these] [black] [rascals] [away] [where] [they] won't [discover] [mrs] [hooty] . 
1 i 10 won't
10 won't 14 .

i certainly must . " 
1 i 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 must
3 must 4 .
4 . 5 "

so he spread his broad wings and blundered away among the trees a little way . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 spread
3 spread 4 his
4 his 5 broad
5 broad 6 wings
6 wings 7 and
7 and 8 blundered
8 blundered 9 away
9 away 10 among
10 among 11 the
11 the 12 trees
12 trees 13 a
13 a 14 little
14 little 15 way
15 way 16 .

he didn't fly far because the instant he started to fly [that] [whole] [noisy] [crew] [with] [the] [exception] [of] [blacky] [were] [after] [him] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 fly
3 fly 4 far
4 far 5 because
5 because 6 the
6 the 7 instant
7 instant 8 he
8 he 9 started
9 started 10 to
10 to 11 fly
11 fly 24 .

because he couldn't use his claws or bill while flying , they grew bold enough to pull a few feathers out of his back . 
1 because 2 he
2 he 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 use
4 use 5 his
5 his 6 claws
6 claws 7 or
7 or 8 bill
8 bill 9 while
9 while 10 flying
10 flying 11 ,
11 , 12 they
12 they 13 grew
13 grew 14 bold
14 bold 15 enough
15 enough 16 to
16 to 17 pull
17 pull 18 a
18 a 19 few
19 few 20 feathers
20 feathers 21 out
21 out 22 of
22 of 23 his
23 his 24 back
24 back 25 .

there he rested a few minutes and then did the same thing over again . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 rested
3 rested 4 a
4 a 5 few
5 few 6 minutes
6 minutes 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 did
9 did 10 the
10 the 11 same
11 same 12 thing
12 thing 13 over
13 over 14 again
14 again 15 .

[no] [,] [hooty] [wasn't] [stupid] [.] 

certainly not . 
1 certainly 2 not
2 not 3 .

blacky awoke to that fact as he sat in the top of a tall pine-tree silently watching . 
1 blacky 2 awoke
2 awoke 3 to
3 to 4 that
4 that 5 fact
5 fact 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 sat
8 sat 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 top
11 top 12 of
12 of 13 a
13 a 14 tall
14 tall 15 pine-tree
15 pine-tree 16 silently
16 silently 17 watching
17 watching 18 .

blacky could imagine that she was smiling to herself . 
1 blacky 2 could
2 could 3 imagine
3 imagine 4 that
4 that 5 she
5 she 6 was
6 was 7 smiling
7 smiling 8 to
8 to 9 herself
9 herself 10 .

it was clear that she had no intention of going to help [hooty] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 clear
3 clear 4 that
4 that 5 she
5 she 6 had
6 had 7 no
7 no 8 intention
8 intention 9 of
9 of 10 going
10 going 11 to
11 to 12 help
12 help 14 .

it was very provoking . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 provoking
4 provoking 5 .

[chapter] [vii] [:] [blacky] [tries] [another] [plan] 

when one plan fails , just try another [;] [declare] [you] ['ll] [win] [some] [way] [or] [other] . 
1 when 2 one
2 one 3 plan
3 plan 4 fails
4 fails 5 ,
5 , 6 just
6 just 7 try
7 try 8 another
8 another 18 .

people who succeed are those who do not give up because they fail the first time they try . 
1 people 2 who
2 who 3 succeed
3 succeed 4 are
4 are 5 those
5 those 6 who
6 who 7 do
7 do 8 not
8 not 9 give
9 give 10 up
10 up 11 because
11 because 12 they
12 they 13 fail
13 fail 14 the
14 the 15 first
15 first 16 time
16 time 17 they
17 they 18 try
18 try 19 .

they are the ones who , as soon as one plan fails , get busy right away and think of another plan and try that . 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 the
3 the 4 ones
4 ones 5 who
5 who 6 ,
6 , 7 as
7 as 8 soon
8 soon 9 as
9 as 10 one
10 one 11 plan
11 plan 12 fails
12 fails 13 ,
13 , 14 get
14 get 15 busy
15 busy 16 right
16 right 17 away
17 away 18 and
18 and 19 think
19 think 20 of
20 of 21 another
21 another 22 plan
22 plan 23 and
23 and 24 try
24 try 25 that
25 that 26 .

if the thing they are trying to do is a good thing , sooner or later they succeed . 
1 if 2 the
2 the 3 thing
3 thing 4 they
4 they 5 are
5 are 6 trying
6 trying 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 is
9 is 10 a
10 a 11 good
11 good 12 thing
12 thing 13 ,
13 , 14 sooner
14 sooner 15 or
15 or 16 later
16 later 17 they
17 they 18 succeed
18 succeed 19 .

if they are trying to do a wrong thing , very likely all their plans fail , as they should . 
1 if 2 they
2 they 3 are
3 are 4 trying
4 trying 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 a
7 a 8 wrong
8 wrong 9 thing
9 thing 10 ,
10 , 11 very
11 very 12 likely
12 likely 13 all
13 all 14 their
14 their 15 plans
15 plans 16 fail
16 fail 17 ,
17 , 18 as
18 as 19 they
19 they 20 should
20 should 21 .

[now] [blacky] [the] [crow] [knows] [all] [about] [the] [value] [of] [trying] [and] [trying] [.] 

he isn't easily discouraged . 
1 he 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 easily
3 easily 4 discouraged
4 discouraged 5 .

sometimes it is a pity that he isn't , because he plans so much mischief . 
1 sometimes 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 a
4 a 5 pity
5 pity 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 isn't
8 isn't 9 ,
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 he
11 he 12 plans
12 plans 13 so
13 so 14 much
14 much 15 mischief
15 mischief 16 .

when he invited all his relatives to join him in [tormenting] [hooty] [the] [owl] , he thought he had a plan that just couldn't fail . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 invited
3 invited 4 all
4 all 5 his
5 his 6 relatives
6 relatives 7 to
7 to 8 join
8 join 9 him
9 him 10 in
10 in 15 ,
15 , 16 he
16 he 17 thought
17 thought 18 he
18 he 19 had
19 had 20 a
20 a 21 plan
21 plan 22 that
22 that 23 just
23 just 24 couldn't
24 couldn't 25 fail
25 fail 26 .

he [felt] [sure] [that] [mrs] [hooty] would leave her nest and help [hooty] [try] to drive away his tormentors . 
1 he 7 would
7 would 8 leave
8 leave 9 her
9 her 10 nest
10 nest 11 and
11 and 12 help
12 help 15 to
15 to 16 drive
16 drive 17 away
17 away 18 his
18 his 19 tormentors
19 tormentors 20 .

not one of his relatives had noticed that nest . 
1 not 2 one
2 one 3 of
3 of 4 his
4 his 5 relatives
5 relatives 6 had
6 had 7 noticed
7 noticed 8 that
8 that 9 nest
9 nest 10 .

they had been too busy [teasing] [hooty] . 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 too
4 too 5 busy
5 busy 8 .

this was just [as] [blacky] [had] [hoped] . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 8 .

he didn't want them to know about that nest because he was selfish and wanted to get those eggs just for himself alone . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 want
3 want 4 them
4 them 5 to
5 to 6 know
6 know 7 about
7 about 8 that
8 that 9 nest
9 nest 10 because
10 because 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 selfish
13 selfish 14 and
14 and 15 wanted
15 wanted 16 to
16 to 17 get
17 get 18 those
18 those 19 eggs
19 eggs 20 just
20 just 21 for
21 for 22 himself
22 himself 23 alone
23 alone 24 .

if she did that , there would be a chance that he might slip in and get at least one of those eggs . 
1 if 2 she
2 she 3 did
3 did 4 that
4 that 5 ,
5 , 6 there
6 there 7 would
7 would 8 be
8 be 9 a
9 a 10 chance
10 chance 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 might
13 might 14 slip
14 slip 15 in
15 in 16 and
16 and 17 get
17 get 18 at
18 at 19 least
19 least 20 one
20 one 21 of
21 of 22 those
22 those 23 eggs
23 eggs 24 .

he would try it . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 try
3 try 4 it
4 it 5 .

then he opened his mouth . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 opened
3 opened 4 his
4 his 5 mouth
5 mouth 6 .

" caw , caw , caw , caw ! " he screamed . 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 ,
7 , 8 caw
8 caw 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 screamed
12 screamed 13 .

" caw , caw , caw , caw ! 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 ,
7 , 8 caw
8 caw 9 !

come back , everybody ! 
1 come 2 back
2 back 3 ,
3 , 4 everybody
4 everybody 5 !

here [is] [mrs] [hooty] [on] [her] [nest] ! 
1 here 8 !

caw , caw , caw , caw ! " 
1 caw 2 ,
2 , 3 caw
3 caw 4 ,
4 , 5 caw
5 caw 6 ,
6 , 7 caw
7 caw 8 !
8 ! 9 "

now as soon as they heard that , [all] [blacky] ['s] [relatives] [stopped] [chasing] and [tormenting] [hooty] [and] started back as fast as they could fly . 
1 now 2 as
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
4 as 5 they
5 they 6 heard
6 heard 7 that
7 that 8 ,
8 , 15 and
15 and 19 started
19 started 20 back
20 back 21 as
21 as 22 fast
22 fast 23 as
23 as 24 they
24 they 25 could
25 could 26 fly
26 fly 27 .

they didn't like the dark part of [the] [green] [forest] [into] [which] [hooty] [was] [leading] them . 
1 they 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 the
4 the 5 dark
5 dark 6 part
6 part 7 of
7 of 16 them
16 them 17 .

besides , they wanted to see that nest . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 they
3 they 4 wanted
4 wanted 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 nest
8 nest 9 .

so back they came , cawing at the top of their lungs , for they were very much excited . 
1 so 2 back
2 back 3 they
3 they 4 came
4 came 5 ,
5 , 6 cawing
6 cawing 7 at
7 at 8 the
8 the 9 top
9 top 10 of
10 of 11 their
11 their 12 lungs
12 lungs 13 ,
13 , 14 for
14 for 15 they
15 they 16 were
16 were 17 very
17 very 18 much
18 much 19 excited
19 excited 20 .

some of them never had seen a nest [of] [hooty] ['s] . 
1 some 2 of
2 of 3 them
3 them 4 never
4 never 5 had
5 had 6 seen
6 seen 7 a
7 a 8 nest
8 nest 12 .

and anyway , it would be just as much [fun] [to] [tease] [mrs] [hooty] as it was to tease [hooty] . 
1 and 2 anyway
2 anyway 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 would
5 would 6 be
6 be 7 just
7 just 8 as
8 as 9 much
9 much 15 as
15 as 16 it
16 it 17 was
17 was 18 to
18 to 19 tease
19 tease 21 .

" why , " exclaimed one , " that is the old nest [of] [redtail] [the] [hawk] . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 6 one
6 one 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 that
9 that 10 is
10 is 11 the
11 the 12 old
12 old 13 nest
13 nest 18 .

i know all about that nest . " 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 all
3 all 4 about
4 about 5 that
5 that 6 nest
6 nest 7 .
7 . 8 "

and he looked [at] [blacky] as if he thought [blacky] was [playing] a joke on them . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 8 he
8 he 9 thought
9 thought 11 was
11 was 13 a
13 a 14 joke
14 joke 15 on
15 on 16 them
16 them 17 .

" it was [redtail] ['s] , but it is [hooty] ['s] now . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 it
8 it 9 is
9 is 12 now
12 now 13 .

if you don't believe me , just look in it , " [retorted] [blacky] [.] 
1 if 2 you
2 you 3 don't
3 don't 4 believe
4 believe 5 me
5 me 6 ,
6 , 7 just
7 just 8 look
8 look 9 in
9 in 10 it
10 it 11 ,
11 , 12 "

such a racket ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 racket
3 racket 4 !

right away [hooty] [was] [forgotten] , and the whole crowd at once began to torment [mrs] [hooty] . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 the
8 the 9 whole
9 whole 10 crowd
10 crowd 11 at
11 at 12 once
12 once 13 began
13 began 14 to
14 to 15 torment
15 torment 18 .

only [blacky] [sat] [watchful] [and] [silent] , [waiting] for [mrs] [hooty] [to] [lose] her [temper] and try to catch one of her tormentors . 
1 only 7 ,
7 , 9 for
9 for 14 her
14 her 16 and
16 and 17 try
17 try 18 to
18 to 19 catch
19 catch 20 one
20 one 21 of
21 of 22 her
22 her 23 tormentors
23 tormentors 24 .

he had hope , a great hope , that he would get one of those eggs . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 hope
3 hope 4 ,
4 , 5 a
5 a 6 great
6 great 7 hope
7 hope 8 ,
8 , 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 would
11 would 12 get
12 get 13 one
13 one 14 of
14 of 15 those
15 those 16 eggs
16 eggs 17 .

[chapter] [viii] [:] [hooty] [comes] [to] [mrs] [.] [hooty] ['s] [aid] 

no one can live just for self alone . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 can
3 can 4 live
4 live 5 just
5 just 6 for
6 for 7 self
7 self 8 alone
8 alone 9 .

a lot of people think they can , but they are very much mistaken . 
1 a 2 lot
2 lot 3 of
3 of 4 people
4 people 5 think
5 think 6 they
6 they 7 can
7 can 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 they
10 they 11 are
11 are 12 very
12 very 13 much
13 much 14 mistaken
14 mistaken 15 .

they are making one of the greatest mistakes in the world . 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 making
3 making 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 greatest
7 greatest 8 mistakes
8 mistakes 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 world
11 world 12 .

every teeny , weeny act , no matter what it is , affects somebody else . 
1 every 2 teeny
2 teeny 3 ,
3 , 4 weeny
4 weeny 5 act
5 act 6 ,
6 , 7 no
7 no 8 matter
8 matter 9 what
9 what 10 it
10 it 11 is
11 is 12 ,
12 , 13 affects
13 affects 14 somebody
14 somebody 15 else
15 else 16 .

that is one [of] [old] [mother] [nature] ['s] [great] [laws] . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 one
3 one 11 .

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

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

at first he gave a great sigh of relief and settled himself as if he meant to stay . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 gave
4 gave 5 a
5 a 6 great
6 great 7 sigh
7 sigh 8 of
8 of 9 relief
9 relief 10 and
10 and 11 settled
11 settled 12 himself
12 himself 13 as
13 as 14 if
14 if 15 he
15 he 16 meant
16 meant 17 to
17 to 18 stay
18 stay 19 .

he listened to the voices of those [noisy] [crows] [growing] [fainter] [and] [fainter] [and] [was] [glad] . 
1 he 2 listened
2 listened 3 to
3 to 4 the
4 the 5 voices
5 voices 6 of
6 of 7 those
7 those 17 .

but it was only for a few minutes . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 only
4 only 5 for
5 for 6 a
6 a 7 few
7 few 8 minutes
8 minutes 9 .

presently those voices stopped growing fainter . 
1 presently 2 those
2 those 3 voices
3 voices 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 growing
5 growing 6 fainter
6 fainter 7 .

they grew more excited-sounding than ever , and they came right from one place . 
1 they 2 grew
2 grew 3 more
3 more 4 excited-sounding
4 excited-sounding 5 than
5 than 6 ever
6 ever 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 they
9 they 10 came
10 came 11 right
11 right 12 from
12 from 13 one
13 one 14 place
14 place 15 .

he snapped his bill angrily and then more angrily . 
1 he 2 snapped
2 snapped 3 his
3 his 4 bill
4 bill 5 angrily
5 angrily 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 more
8 more 9 angrily
9 angrily 10 .

i hate to go back there in that bright sunshine . 
1 i 2 hate
2 hate 3 to
3 to 4 go
4 go 5 back
5 back 6 there
6 there 7 in
7 in 8 that
8 that 9 bright
9 bright 10 sunshine
10 sunshine 11 .

it hurts my eyes , and [i] [don't] like it , but [i] [guess] [i] ['ll] [have] to go back there . 
1 it 2 hurts
2 hurts 3 my
3 my 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 9 like
9 like 10 it
10 it 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 18 to
18 to 19 go
19 go 20 back
20 back 21 there
21 there 22 .

[mrs] [hooty] [needs] [my] [help] [.] 

i 'd rather stay here , but " 
1 i 2 'd
2 'd 3 rather
3 rather 4 stay
4 stay 5 here
5 here 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 "

he didn't finish . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 finish
3 finish 4 .

instead , he spread his broad wings and flew back towards the nest [and] [mrs] [hooty] . 
1 instead 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 spread
4 spread 5 his
5 his 6 broad
6 broad 7 wings
7 wings 8 and
8 and 9 flew
9 flew 10 back
10 back 11 towards
11 towards 12 the
12 the 13 nest
13 nest 17 .

his great wings made no noise , for they are made so that he can fly without making a sound . 
1 his 2 great
2 great 3 wings
3 wings 4 made
4 made 5 no
5 no 6 noise
6 noise 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 they
9 they 10 are
10 are 11 made
11 made 12 so
12 so 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 can
15 can 16 fly
16 fly 17 without
17 without 18 making
18 making 19 a
19 a 20 sound
20 sound 21 .

" [if] [i] [once] [get] hold [of] [one] [of] [those] [crows] ! " he muttered to himself . 
1 " 6 hold
6 hold 12 !
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 he
14 he 15 muttered
15 muttered 16 to
16 to 17 himself
17 himself 18 .

all this time [the] [crows] [were] [having] [what] [they] [called] [fun] [with] [mrs] [hooty] . 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 15 .

nothing is true fun which makes others uncomfortable , but somehow a great many people seem to forget this . 
1 nothing 2 is
2 is 3 true
3 true 4 fun
4 fun 5 which
5 which 6 makes
6 makes 7 others
7 others 8 uncomfortable
8 uncomfortable 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 somehow
11 somehow 12 a
12 a 13 great
13 great 14 many
14 many 15 people
15 people 16 seem
16 seem 17 to
17 to 18 forget
18 forget 19 this
19 this 20 .

all of a sudden he was there , right in the tree close to the nest ! 
1 all 2 of
2 of 3 a
3 a 4 sudden
4 sudden 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 there
7 there 8 ,
8 , 9 right
9 right 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 tree
12 tree 13 close
13 close 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 nest
16 nest 17 !

it was lucky , very lucky indeed for that one that the sun was in [hooty] ['s] [eyes] and [so] he had missed his aim . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 lucky
3 lucky 4 ,
4 , 5 very
5 very 6 lucky
6 lucky 7 indeed
7 indeed 8 for
8 for 9 that
9 that 10 one
10 one 11 that
11 that 12 the
12 the 13 sun
13 sun 14 was
14 was 15 in
15 in 19 and
19 and 21 he
21 he 22 had
22 had 23 missed
23 missed 24 his
24 his 25 aim
25 aim 26 .

otherwise there would have been [one] [less] [crow] . 
1 otherwise 2 there
2 there 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 been
5 been 9 .

now it is [one] [thing] [to] [tease] [one] [lone] [owl] [and] quite another to tease two together . 
1 now 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 12 quite
12 quite 13 another
13 another 14 to
14 to 15 tease
15 tease 16 two
16 two 17 together
17 together 18 .

besides , there were those black tail feathers floating down to the snow-covered ground . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 there
3 there 4 were
4 were 5 those
5 those 6 black
6 black 7 tail
7 tail 8 feathers
8 feathers 9 floating
9 floating 10 down
10 down 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 13 snow-covered
13 snow-covered 14 ground
14 ground 15 .

blacky was the last to go , and his heart was sorrowful . 
1 blacky 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 last
4 last 5 to
5 to 6 go
6 go 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 his
9 his 10 heart
10 heart 11 was
11 was 12 sorrowful
12 sorrowful 13 .

however could he get those eggs ? 
1 however 2 could
2 could 3 he
3 he 4 get
4 get 5 those
5 those 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 ?

[chapter] [ix] [:] [blacky] [thinks] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] 

" such luck ! " [grumbled] [blacky] [,] as he flew over to his favorite tree to do a little thinking . 
1 " 2 such
2 such 3 luck
3 luck 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 flew
11 flew 12 over
12 over 13 to
13 to 14 his
14 his 15 favorite
15 favorite 16 tree
16 tree 17 to
17 to 18 do
18 do 19 a
19 a 20 little
20 little 21 thinking
21 thinking 22 .

" such luck ! 
1 " 2 such
2 such 3 luck
3 luck 4 !

there is one thing about it , though , and that is that [if] [i] [can't] [get] [them] , nobody can . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 one
3 one 4 thing
4 thing 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 though
8 though 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 that
11 that 12 is
12 is 13 that
13 that 19 ,
19 , 20 nobody
20 nobody 21 can
21 can 22 .

that is to say , none of my relatives can . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 to
3 to 4 say
4 say 5 ,
5 , 6 none
6 none 7 of
7 of 8 my
8 my 9 relatives
9 relatives 10 can
10 can 11 .

i 've tried every way [i] [can] [think] [of] , and those eggs are still there . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 tried
3 tried 4 every
4 every 5 way
5 way 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 those
12 those 13 eggs
13 eggs 14 are
14 are 15 still
15 still 16 there
16 there 17 .

my , my , my [,] [how] [i] [would] [like] [one] [of] [them] [right] [now] ! " 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 my
5 my 16 !
16 ! 17 "

yes , [sir] [,] that is what you would have thought if you could have heard him muttering to himself there in the tree-top . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 is
6 is 7 what
7 what 8 you
8 you 9 would
9 would 10 have
10 have 11 thought
11 thought 12 if
12 if 13 you
13 you 14 could
14 could 15 have
15 have 16 heard
16 heard 17 him
17 him 18 muttering
18 muttering 19 to
19 to 20 himself
20 himself 21 there
21 there 22 in
22 in 23 the
23 the 24 tree-top
24 tree-top 25 .

of course , that was absolute foolishness , but he made himself believe it just the same . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 was
5 was 6 absolute
6 absolute 7 foolishness
7 foolishness 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 he
10 he 11 made
11 made 12 himself
12 himself 13 believe
13 believe 14 it
14 it 15 just
15 just 16 the
16 the 17 same
17 same 18 .

at least , he pretended to believe it . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 pretended
5 pretended 6 to
6 to 7 believe
7 believe 8 it
8 it 9 .

and the more he pretended , the angrier he grew . 
1 and 2 the
2 the 3 more
3 more 4 he
4 he 5 pretended
5 pretended 6 ,
6 , 7 the
7 the 8 angrier
8 angrier 9 he
9 he 10 grew
10 grew 11 .

this is often the way with people who try to wrong others . 
1 this 2 is
2 is 3 often
3 often 4 the
4 the 5 way
5 way 6 with
6 with 7 people
7 people 8 who
8 who 9 try
9 try 10 to
10 to 11 wrong
11 wrong 12 others
12 others 13 .

they grow angry with the ones they have tried to wrong . 
1 they 2 grow
2 grow 3 angry
3 angry 4 with
4 with 5 the
5 the 6 ones
6 ones 7 they
7 they 8 have
8 have 9 tried
9 tried 10 to
10 to 11 wrong
11 wrong 12 .

it was right then that he thought of [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 right
3 right 4 then
4 then 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 thought
7 thought 8 of
8 of 13 .

blacky 's eyes snapped . 
1 blacky 2 's
2 's 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 snapped
4 snapped 5 .

he remembered how , once upon a time , [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] had [delighted] to [rob] [nests] . 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 how
3 how 4 ,
4 , 5 once
5 once 6 upon
6 upon 7 a
7 a 8 time
8 time 9 ,
9 , 14 had
14 had 16 to
16 to 19 .

blacky had seen him take the eggs from the nests of [blacky] ['s] [own] [relatives] [and] [from] [many] other [feathered] people . 
1 blacky 2 had
2 had 3 seen
3 seen 4 him
4 him 5 take
5 take 6 the
6 the 7 eggs
7 eggs 8 from
8 from 9 the
9 the 10 nests
10 nests 11 of
11 of 19 other
19 other 21 people
21 people 22 .

what he did with the eggs [,] [blacky] [had] [no] [idea] . 
1 what 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 with
4 with 5 the
5 the 6 eggs
6 eggs 12 .

just now he didn't care . 
1 just 2 now
2 now 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 care
5 care 6 .

he would feel that he was [even] [with] [hooty] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 feel
3 feel 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 10 .

if he couldn't have those eggs himself , the next best thing would be to see some one else get them . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 have
4 have 5 those
5 those 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 himself
7 himself 8 ,
8 , 9 the
9 the 10 next
10 next 11 best
11 best 12 thing
12 thing 13 would
13 would 14 be
14 be 15 to
15 to 16 see
16 see 17 some
17 some 18 one
18 one 19 else
19 else 20 get
20 get 21 them
21 them 22 .

dear me , dear me , such dreadful thoughts ! 
1 dear 2 me
2 me 3 ,
3 , 4 dear
4 dear 5 me
5 me 6 ,
6 , 7 such
7 such 8 dreadful
8 dreadful 9 thoughts
9 thoughts 10 !

i [am] [afraid] [that] [blacky] ['s] [heart] was as black as his coat . 
1 i 8 was
8 was 9 as
9 as 10 black
10 black 11 as
11 as 12 his
12 his 13 coat
13 coat 14 .

and the worst of it was , he seemed to get a lot of pleasure in his wicked plans . 
1 and 2 the
2 the 3 worst
3 worst 4 of
4 of 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 seemed
9 seemed 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 12 a
12 a 13 lot
13 lot 14 of
14 of 15 pleasure
15 pleasure 16 in
16 in 17 his
17 his 18 wicked
18 wicked 19 plans
19 plans 20 .

now right down in his heart he knew that they were wicked plans , but he tried to make excuses to himself . 
1 now 2 right
2 right 3 down
3 down 4 in
4 in 5 his
5 his 6 heart
6 heart 7 he
7 he 8 knew
8 knew 9 that
9 that 10 they
10 they 11 were
11 were 12 wicked
12 wicked 13 plans
13 plans 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 he
16 he 17 tried
17 tried 18 to
18 to 19 make
19 make 20 excuses
20 excuses 21 to
21 to 22 himself
22 himself 23 .

" [hooty] [the] [owl] is a robber , " said he . 
1 " 5 is
5 is 6 a
6 a 7 robber
7 robber 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
11 he 12 .

" everybody is afraid of him . 
1 " 2 everybody
2 everybody 3 is
3 is 4 afraid
4 afraid 5 of
5 of 6 him
6 him 7 .

he lives on other people , and so far as [i] [know] he does no good in the world . 
1 he 2 lives
2 lives 3 on
3 on 4 other
4 other 5 people
5 people 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 so
8 so 9 far
9 far 10 as
10 as 13 he
13 he 14 does
14 does 15 no
15 no 16 good
16 good 17 in
17 in 18 the
18 the 19 world
19 world 20 .

he is big and fierce , and no one loves him . 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 big
3 big 4 and
4 and 5 fierce
5 fierce 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 no
8 no 9 one
9 one 10 loves
10 loves 11 him
11 him 12 .

the [green] [forest] [would] [be] better [off] [without] [him] . 
1 the 6 better
6 better 10 .

so [if] [i] [show] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [that] [nest] and he [takes] [those] [eggs] [,] [i] will be doing a kindness to my neighbors . " 
1 so 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 18 will
18 will 19 be
19 be 20 doing
20 doing 21 a
21 a 22 kindness
22 kindness 23 to
23 to 24 my
24 my 25 neighbors
25 neighbors 26 .
26 . 27 "

and all the time he watched [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 watched
6 watched 12 .

[chapter] [x] [:] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [hooty] 

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [taken] [it] [into] [his] [head] [to] [visit] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

blacky [the] [crow] [saw] [him] [coming] , and [blacky] [chuckled] to himself . 
1 blacky 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 11 to
11 to 12 himself
12 himself 13 .

he had watched every day for a week for just this thing . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 watched
3 watched 4 every
4 every 5 day
5 day 6 for
6 for 7 a
7 a 8 week
8 week 9 for
9 for 10 just
10 just 11 this
11 this 12 thing
12 thing 13 .

now he [would] [tell] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] about [that] [nest] [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] . 
1 now 2 he
2 he 7 's
7 's 9 about
9 about 16 .

" caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! " [shouted] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 ,
7 , 8 caw
8 caw 9 ,
9 , 10 caw
10 caw 11 !
11 ! 12 "

at once all his relatives within hearing hurried over to join him . 
1 at 2 once
2 once 3 all
3 all 4 his
4 his 5 relatives
5 relatives 6 within
6 within 7 hearing
7 hearing 8 hurried
8 hurried 9 over
9 over 10 to
10 to 11 join
11 join 12 him
12 him 13 .

they knew that he was [tormenting] [hooty] , and they wanted to join in the fun . 
1 they 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 they
10 they 11 wanted
11 wanted 12 to
12 to 13 join
13 join 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 fun
16 fun 17 .

it wasn't long before there was a great racket going on over in that [lonesome] corner [of] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 long
3 long 4 before
4 before 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 a
7 a 8 great
8 great 9 racket
9 racket 10 going
10 going 11 on
11 on 12 over
12 over 13 in
13 in 14 that
14 that 16 corner
16 corner 21 .

of course [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [heard] [it] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 9 .

he stopped and listened . 
1 he 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 and
3 and 4 listened
4 listened 5 .

" [now] [i] [wonder] [what] [blacky] and his friends have found this time , " said he . 
1 " 7 and
7 and 8 his
8 his 9 friends
9 friends 10 have
10 have 11 found
11 found 12 this
12 this 13 time
13 time 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 17 he
17 he 18 .

" whenever they make a fuss like that , there is usually something to see there . 
1 " 2 whenever
2 whenever 3 they
3 they 4 make
4 make 5 a
5 a 6 fuss
6 fuss 7 like
7 like 8 that
8 that 9 ,
9 , 10 there
10 there 11 is
11 is 12 usually
12 usually 13 something
13 something 14 to
14 to 15 see
15 see 16 there
16 there 17 .

i [believe] [i] 'll so over and have a look . " 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 so
5 so 6 over
6 over 7 and
7 and 8 have
8 have 9 a
9 a 10 look
10 look 11 .
11 . 12 "

blacky was the first to see him because he was watching for him . 
1 blacky 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 first
4 first 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 him
7 him 8 because
8 because 9 he
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 watching
11 watching 12 for
12 for 13 him
13 him 14 .

blacky went with them a little way . 
1 blacky 2 went
2 went 3 with
3 with 4 them
4 them 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 way
7 way 8 .

" that 's an old nest [of] [red-tail] [the] [hawk] , " thought he . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 an
4 an 5 old
5 old 6 nest
6 nest 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 thought
13 thought 14 he
14 he 15 .

" [i] [found] that last spring . 
1 " 4 that
4 that 5 last
5 last 6 spring
6 spring 7 .

now what can there be there [to] [excite] [those] [crows] [so] ? " 
1 now 2 what
2 what 3 can
3 can 4 there
4 there 5 be
5 be 6 there
6 there 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

[then] [he] [caught] [sight] [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] [.] 

" [ha] [,] so [that's] [it] ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 4 so
4 so 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 .

" [those] [scamps] [have] [discovered] [hooty] and have been having no end of fun tormenting him . 
1 " 7 and
7 and 8 have
8 have 9 been
9 been 10 having
10 having 11 no
11 no 12 end
12 end 13 of
13 of 14 fun
14 fun 15 tormenting
15 tormenting 16 him
16 him 17 .

i wonder what he 's doing there . " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 4 he
4 he 5 's
5 's 6 doing
6 doing 7 there
7 there 8 .
8 . 9 "

hooty saw him , but instead of flying away , he snapped his bill just as he had [at] [the] [crows] [and] [hissed] . 
1 hooty 2 saw
2 saw 3 him
3 him 4 ,
4 , 5 but
5 but 6 instead
6 instead 7 of
7 of 8 flying
8 flying 9 away
9 away 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 snapped
12 snapped 13 his
13 his 14 bill
14 bill 15 just
15 just 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 had
18 had 24 .

" that 's funny , " [thought] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 funny
4 funny 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 11 boy
11 boy 12 .

he walked in a circle around the tree , looking up . 
1 he 2 walked
2 walked 3 in
3 in 4 a
4 a 5 circle
5 circle 6 around
6 around 7 the
7 the 8 tree
8 tree 9 ,
9 , 10 looking
10 looking 11 up
11 up 12 .

suddenly he gave a little start . 
1 suddenly 2 he
2 he 3 gave
3 gave 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 start
6 start 7 .

was that a tail sticking over the edge of the nest ? 
1 was 2 that
2 that 3 a
3 a 4 tail
4 tail 5 sticking
5 sticking 6 over
6 over 7 the
7 the 8 edge
8 edge 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 nest
11 nest 12 ?

he found a stick and threw it up . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 3 a
3 a 4 stick
4 stick 5 and
5 and 6 threw
6 threw 7 it
7 it 8 up
8 up 9 .

it struck the bottom of the nest , and out flew a great bird . 
1 it 2 struck
2 struck 3 the
3 the 4 bottom
4 bottom 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 nest
7 nest 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 out
10 out 11 flew
11 flew 12 a
12 a 13 great
13 great 14 bird
14 bird 15 .

it was [mrs] [hooty] ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 !

blacky [the] [crow] chuckled . 
1 blacky 4 chuckled
4 chuckled 5 .

[chapter] [xi] [:] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [is] [tempted] 

when you 're tempted to do [wrong] [is] [the] [time] to [prove] you ['re] [strong] . 
1 when 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 tempted
4 tempted 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 11 to
11 to 13 you
13 you 16 .

shut your eyes and [clench] [each] [fist] [;] [it] [will] [help] you to resist . 
1 shut 2 your
2 your 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 and
4 and 12 you
12 you 13 to
13 to 14 resist
14 resist 15 .

when a bird is found sitting on a nest , it is a pretty sure sign that that nest holds something worth while . 
1 when 2 a
2 a 3 bird
3 bird 4 is
4 is 5 found
5 found 6 sitting
6 sitting 7 on
7 on 8 a
8 a 9 nest
9 nest 10 ,
10 , 11 it
11 it 12 is
12 is 13 a
13 a 14 pretty
14 pretty 15 sure
15 sure 16 sign
16 sign 17 that
17 that 18 that
18 that 19 nest
19 nest 20 holds
20 holds 21 something
21 something 22 worth
22 worth 23 while
23 while 24 .

it is a sign that that bird has set up housekeeping . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 sign
4 sign 5 that
5 that 6 that
6 that 7 bird
7 bird 8 has
8 has 9 set
9 set 10 up
10 up 11 housekeeping
11 housekeeping 12 .

perhaps [i] [should] [say] [that] he [knew] [what] [it] ought to mean . 
1 perhaps 6 he
6 he 10 ought
10 ought 11 to
11 to 12 mean
12 mean 13 .

it ought to mean that there were eggs in that nest . 
1 it 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 mean
4 mean 5 that
5 that 6 there
6 there 7 were
7 were 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 in
9 in 10 that
10 that 11 nest
11 nest 12 .

but it was hard [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to believe that . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 hard
4 hard 10 to
10 to 11 believe
11 believe 12 that
12 that 13 .

why , spring had not come yet ! 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 spring
3 spring 4 had
4 had 5 not
5 not 6 come
6 come 7 yet
7 yet 8 !

there was still snow , and [the] [smiling] [pool] was still covered with ice . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 snow
4 snow 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 10 was
10 was 11 still
11 still 12 covered
12 covered 13 with
13 with 14 ice
14 ice 15 .

who ever heard of birds nesting at this time of year ? 
1 who 2 ever
2 ever 3 heard
3 heard 4 of
4 of 5 birds
5 birds 6 nesting
6 nesting 7 at
7 at 8 this
8 this 9 time
9 time 10 of
10 of 11 year
11 year 12 ?

certainly not [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 certainly 2 not
2 not 7 .

it was very puzzling . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 puzzling
4 puzzling 5 .

" [if] [hooty] and his wife have taken it for their home , they are mighty poor housekeepers . 
1 " 4 and
4 and 5 his
5 his 6 wife
6 wife 7 have
7 have 8 taken
8 taken 9 it
9 it 10 for
10 for 11 their
11 their 12 home
12 home 13 ,
13 , 14 they
14 they 15 are
15 are 16 mighty
16 mighty 17 poor
17 poor 18 housekeepers
18 housekeepers 19 .

and [if] [mrs] [hooty] [has] [laid] [eggs] this time of year , she must be crazy . 
1 and 8 this
8 this 9 time
9 time 10 of
10 of 11 year
11 year 12 ,
12 , 13 she
13 she 14 must
14 must 15 be
15 be 16 crazy
16 crazy 17 .

i suppose the way to find out is to climb up there . 
1 i 2 suppose
2 suppose 3 the
3 the 4 way
4 way 5 to
5 to 6 find
6 find 7 out
7 out 8 is
8 is 9 to
9 to 10 climb
10 climb 11 up
11 up 12 there
12 there 13 .

it seems foolish , but [i] ['m] [going] to do it . 
1 it 2 seems
2 seems 3 foolish
3 foolish 4 ,
4 , 5 but
5 but 9 to
9 to 10 do
10 do 11 it
11 it 12 .

those [owls] [certainly] [act] [as] [if] [they] are [mighty] [anxious] [about] [something] , and [i] ['m] going to find out what it is . " 
1 those 8 are
8 are 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 17 going
17 going 18 to
18 to 19 find
19 find 20 out
20 out 21 what
21 what 22 it
22 it 23 is
23 is 24 .
24 . 25 "

he had no desire to feel these great claws . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 no
3 no 4 desire
4 desire 5 to
5 to 6 feel
6 feel 7 these
7 these 8 great
8 great 9 claws
9 claws 10 .

when he had found a stick to suit him , he began to climb the tree . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 found
4 found 5 a
5 a 6 stick
6 stick 7 to
7 to 8 suit
8 suit 9 him
9 him 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 began
12 began 13 to
13 to 14 climb
14 climb 15 the
15 the 16 tree
16 tree 17 .

[hooty] [and] [mrs] [hooty] [snapped] [their] [bills] [and] [hissed] [fiercely] [.] 

they drew nearer . 
1 they 2 drew
2 drew 3 nearer
3 nearer 4 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [kept] [a] [watchful] [eye] [on] [them] [.] 

they looked so big and fierce that he was almost tempted to give up and leave them in peace . 
1 they 2 looked
2 looked 3 so
3 so 4 big
4 big 5 and
5 and 6 fierce
6 fierce 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 almost
10 almost 11 tempted
11 tempted 12 to
12 to 13 give
13 give 14 up
14 up 15 and
15 and 16 leave
16 leave 17 them
17 them 18 in
18 in 19 peace
19 peace 20 .

but he just had to find out if there was anything in that nest , so he kept on . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 just
3 just 4 had
4 had 5 to
5 to 6 find
6 find 7 out
7 out 8 if
8 if 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 11 anything
11 anything 12 in
12 in 13 that
13 that 14 nest
14 nest 15 ,
15 , 16 so
16 so 17 he
17 he 18 kept
18 kept 19 on
19 on 20 .

as he drew near it , [mrs] [hooty] [swooped] very near to him , and the snap of her bill made an ugly sound . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 drew
3 drew 4 near
4 near 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 10 very
10 very 11 near
11 near 12 to
12 to 13 him
13 him 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 the
16 the 17 snap
17 snap 18 of
18 of 19 her
19 her 20 bill
20 bill 21 made
21 made 22 an
22 an 23 ugly
23 ugly 24 sound
24 sound 25 .

he held his stick ready to strike and kept on . 
1 he 2 held
2 held 3 his
3 his 4 stick
4 stick 5 ready
5 ready 6 to
6 to 7 strike
7 strike 8 and
8 and 9 kept
9 kept 10 on
10 on 11 .

the nest was simply a great platform of sticks . 
1 the 2 nest
2 nest 3 was
3 was 4 simply
4 simply 5 a
5 a 6 great
6 great 7 platform
7 platform 8 of
8 of 9 sticks
9 sticks 10 .

almost at once his fingers touched something that made him tingle all over . 
1 almost 2 at
2 at 3 once
3 once 4 his
4 his 5 fingers
5 fingers 6 touched
6 touched 7 something
7 something 8 that
8 that 9 made
9 made 10 him
10 him 11 tingle
11 tingle 12 all
12 all 13 over
13 over 14 .

it was an egg , a great big egg ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 an
3 an 4 egg
4 egg 5 ,
5 , 6 a
6 a 7 great
7 great 8 big
8 big 9 egg
9 egg 10 !

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

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] ['s] [fingers] [closed] [over] [that] [egg] [and] [took] [it] [out] [of] [the] [nest] [.] 

[mrs] [hooty] [swooped] [very] [close] [,] [and] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [nearly] [dropped] [the] [egg] [as] [he] [struck] [at] [her] [with] [his] [stick] [.] 

then [mrs] [hooty] [and] [hooty] [seemed] [to] [lose] [courage] [and] [withdrew] [to] [a] [tree] [near] [by] , where they snapped their bills and hissed . 
1 then 17 ,
17 , 18 where
18 where 19 they
19 they 20 snapped
20 snapped 21 their
21 their 22 bills
22 bills 23 and
23 and 24 hissed
24 hissed 25 .

then [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [looked] at the prize in his hand . 
1 then 7 at
7 at 8 the
8 the 9 prize
9 prize 10 in
10 in 11 his
11 his 12 hand
12 hand 13 .

it was a big , dirty-white egg . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 big
4 big 5 ,
5 , 6 dirty-white
6 dirty-white 7 egg
7 egg 8 .

his eyes shone . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 shone
3 shone 4 .

what a splendid prize to add to his collection of birds ' eggs ! 
1 what 2 a
2 a 3 splendid
3 splendid 4 prize
4 prize 5 to
5 to 6 add
6 add 7 to
7 to 8 his
8 his 9 collection
9 collection 10 of
10 of 11 birds
11 birds 12 '
12 ' 13 eggs
13 eggs 14 !

it was the first egg of the [great] [horned] [owl] , the largest of all [owls] , that he ever had seen . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 first
4 first 5 egg
5 egg 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 11 ,
11 , 12 the
12 the 13 largest
13 largest 14 of
14 of 15 all
15 all 17 ,
17 , 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 ever
20 ever 21 had
21 had 22 seen
22 seen 23 .

once more he felt in the nest and found there was another egg there . 
1 once 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 felt
4 felt 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 nest
7 nest 8 and
8 and 9 found
9 found 10 there
10 there 11 was
11 was 12 another
12 another 13 egg
13 egg 14 there
14 there 15 .

" [i] ['ll] [take] both of them , " said he . 
1 " 5 both
5 both 6 of
6 of 7 them
7 them 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
11 he 12 .

" it 's the first [nest] [of] [hooty] ['s] [that] [i] ['ve] [ever] [found] , and [perhaps] [i] ['ll] never find another . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 first
5 first 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 20 never
20 never 21 find
21 find 22 another
22 another 23 .

[gee] [,] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [came] [over] [here] [to] [find] [out] [what] [those] [crows] [were] [making] [such] [a] [fuss] [about] [.] 

i [wonder] [if] [i] can get these down without breaking them . " 
1 i 5 can
5 can 6 get
6 get 7 these
7 these 8 down
8 down 9 without
9 without 10 breaking
10 breaking 11 them
11 them 12 .
12 . 13 "

just at that very minute he remembered something . 
1 just 2 at
2 at 3 that
3 that 4 very
4 very 5 minute
5 minute 6 he
6 he 7 remembered
7 remembered 8 something
8 something 9 .

he remembered that he had stopped collecting eggs . 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 stopped
6 stopped 7 collecting
7 collecting 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 .

he remembered that he had resolved never to take another bird 's egg . 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 resolved
6 resolved 7 never
7 never 8 to
8 to 9 take
9 take 10 another
10 another 11 bird
11 bird 12 's
12 's 13 egg
13 egg 14 .

" but this is different , " whispered the tempter . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 this
3 this 4 is
4 is 5 different
5 different 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 whispered
8 whispered 9 the
9 the 10 tempter
10 tempter 11 .

" this isn't like taking the eggs of the little song birds . " 
1 " 2 this
2 this 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 like
4 like 5 taking
5 taking 6 the
6 the 7 eggs
7 eggs 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 little
10 little 11 song
11 song 12 birds
12 birds 13 .
13 . 14 "

[chapter] [xii] [:] [a] [tree-top] [battle] 

as black is black and white is white , [so] [wrong] [is] [wrong] and right is right . 
1 as 2 black
2 black 3 is
3 is 4 black
4 black 5 and
5 and 6 white
6 white 7 is
7 is 8 white
8 white 9 ,
9 , 14 and
14 and 15 right
15 right 16 is
16 is 17 right
17 right 18 .

there isn't any half way about it . 
1 there 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 any
3 any 4 half
4 half 5 way
5 way 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 .

a thing is wrong or it is right , and that is all there is to it . 
1 a 2 thing
2 thing 3 is
3 is 4 wrong
4 wrong 5 or
5 or 6 it
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 right
8 right 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 that
11 that 12 is
12 is 13 all
13 all 14 there
14 there 15 is
15 is 16 to
16 to 17 it
17 it 18 .

they try to compromise . 
1 they 2 try
2 try 3 to
3 to 4 compromise
4 compromise 5 .

to compromise is to do neither one thing nor the other but a little of both . 
1 to 2 compromise
2 compromise 3 is
3 is 4 to
4 to 5 do
5 do 6 neither
6 neither 7 one
7 one 8 thing
8 thing 9 nor
9 nor 10 the
10 the 11 other
11 other 12 but
12 but 13 a
13 a 14 little
14 little 15 of
15 of 16 both
16 both 17 .

but you can't do that with right and wrong . 
1 but 2 you
2 you 3 can't
3 can't 4 do
4 do 5 that
5 that 6 with
6 with 7 right
7 right 8 and
8 and 9 wrong
9 wrong 10 .

no , he wasn't [fighting] [with] [hooty] [or] [mrs] [hooty] . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 11 .

he was fighting a battle right inside himself . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 fighting
3 fighting 4 a
4 a 5 battle
5 battle 6 right
6 right 7 inside
7 inside 8 himself
8 himself 9 .

it was a battle between right and wrong . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 battle
4 battle 5 between
5 between 6 right
6 right 7 and
7 and 8 wrong
8 wrong 9 .

he bad declared that never again would he steal an egg from a bird . 
1 he 2 bad
2 bad 3 declared
3 declared 4 that
4 that 5 never
5 never 6 again
6 again 7 would
7 would 8 he
8 he 9 steal
9 steal 10 an
10 an 11 egg
11 egg 12 from
12 from 13 a
13 a 14 bird
14 bird 15 .

but never before had he found a nest [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] . 
1 but 2 never
2 never 3 before
3 before 4 had
4 had 5 he
5 he 6 found
6 found 7 a
7 a 8 nest
8 nest 13 .

those two big eggs would add ever so much to his collection . 
1 those 2 two
2 two 3 big
3 big 4 eggs
4 eggs 5 would
5 would 6 add
6 add 7 ever
7 ever 8 so
8 so 9 much
9 much 10 to
10 to 11 his
11 his 12 collection
12 collection 13 .

" take ' em , " said a little voice inside . 
1 " 2 take
2 take 3 '
3 ' 4 em
4 em 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 voice
10 voice 11 inside
11 inside 12 .

" [hooty] is a robber . 
1 " 3 is
3 is 4 a
4 a 5 robber
5 robber 6 .

you will be doing a kindness to the other birds by taking them . " 
1 you 2 will
2 will 3 be
3 be 4 doing
4 doing 5 a
5 a 6 kindness
6 kindness 7 to
7 to 8 the
8 the 9 other
9 other 10 birds
10 birds 11 by
11 by 12 taking
12 taking 13 them
13 them 14 .
14 . 15 "

" don't do it , " said another little voice . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 do
3 do 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 another
8 another 9 little
9 little 10 voice
10 voice 11 .

it is just as much stealing to take his eggs as to take the eggs of any other bird . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 much
5 much 6 stealing
6 stealing 7 to
7 to 8 take
8 take 9 his
9 his 10 eggs
10 eggs 11 as
11 as 12 to
12 to 13 take
13 take 14 the
14 the 15 eggs
15 eggs 16 of
16 of 17 any
17 any 18 other
18 other 19 bird
19 bird 20 .

he has just as much right to them [as] [jenny] [wren] [has] to [hers] . " 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 much
5 much 6 right
6 right 7 to
7 to 8 them
8 them 13 to
13 to 15 .
15 . 16 "

" take one and leave one , " said the first voice . 
1 " 2 take
2 take 3 one
3 one 4 and
4 and 5 leave
5 leave 6 one
6 one 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 the
10 the 11 first
11 first 12 voice
12 voice 13 .

" that will be just as much stealing as if you took both , " said the second voice . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 will
3 will 4 be
4 be 5 just
5 just 6 as
6 as 7 much
7 much 8 stealing
8 stealing 9 as
9 as 10 if
10 if 11 you
11 you 12 took
12 took 13 both
13 both 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 17 the
17 the 18 second
18 second 19 voice
19 voice 20 .

" besides , you will be breaking your own word . 
1 " 2 besides
2 besides 3 ,
3 , 4 you
4 you 5 will
5 will 6 be
6 be 7 breaking
7 breaking 8 your
8 your 9 own
9 own 10 word
10 word 11 .

you said that you never would take another egg . " 
1 you 2 said
2 said 3 that
3 that 4 you
4 you 5 never
5 never 6 would
6 would 7 take
7 take 8 another
8 another 9 egg
9 egg 10 .
10 . 11 "

" [i] [didn't] [promise] [anybody] [but] myself , " [declared] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [right] [out] [loud] . 
1 " 7 myself
7 myself 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 14 boy
14 boy 18 .

" a promise to yourself ought to be just as good as a promise to any one else . 
1 " 2 a
2 a 3 promise
3 promise 4 to
4 to 5 yourself
5 yourself 6 ought
6 ought 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 just
9 just 10 as
10 as 11 good
11 good 12 as
12 as 13 a
13 a 14 promise
14 promise 15 to
15 to 16 any
16 any 17 one
17 one 18 else
18 else 19 .

i don't wonder [hooty] [hisses] [at] [you] , " said the good little voice . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 wonder
3 wonder 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 the
11 the 12 good
12 good 13 little
13 little 14 voice
14 voice 15 .

" and think how mean and small and cheap you 'll feel every time you look at them , " added the good little voice . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 think
3 think 4 how
4 how 5 mean
5 mean 6 and
6 and 7 small
7 small 8 and
8 and 9 cheap
9 cheap 10 you
10 you 11 'll
11 'll 12 feel
12 feel 13 every
13 every 14 time
14 time 15 you
15 you 16 look
16 look 17 at
17 at 18 them
18 them 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 added
21 added 22 the
22 the 23 good
23 good 24 little
24 little 25 voice
25 voice 26 .

besides , wrong is wrong and right is right , always . " 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 wrong
3 wrong 4 is
4 is 5 wrong
5 wrong 6 and
6 and 7 right
7 right 8 is
8 is 9 right
9 right 10 ,
10 , 11 always
11 always 12 .
12 . 13 "

[slowly] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [reached] [over] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [nest] [and] [put] [back] [the] [egg] [.] 

then he began to climb down the tree . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 climb
5 climb 6 down
6 down 7 the
7 the 8 tree
8 tree 9 .

when he reached the ground he went off a little way and watched . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
4 the 5 ground
5 ground 6 he
6 he 7 went
7 went 8 off
8 off 9 a
9 a 10 little
10 little 11 way
11 way 12 and
12 and 13 watched
13 watched 14 .

almost at once [mrs] [hooty] [flew] to the nest and settled down on the eggs [,] [while] [hooty] [mounted] [guard] [close] [by] . 
1 almost 2 at
2 at 3 once
3 once 7 to
7 to 8 the
8 the 9 nest
9 nest 10 and
10 and 11 settled
11 settled 12 down
12 down 13 on
13 on 14 the
14 the 15 eggs
15 eggs 23 .

" [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [didn't] take ' em , " [said] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 7 take
7 take 8 '
8 ' 9 em
9 em 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 16 boy
16 boy 17 .

" [yes] [,] [sir] [,] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [didn't] take ' em . " 
1 " 11 take
11 take 12 '
12 ' 13 em
13 em 14 .
14 . 15 "

[chapter] [xiii] [:] [blacky] [has] [a] [change] [of] [heart] 

[blacky] [the] [crow] [isn't] [all] [black] [.] 

no , indeed . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 .

his coat is black , and sometimes it seems as if his heart is all black , but this isn't so . 
1 his 2 coat
2 coat 3 is
3 is 4 black
4 black 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 sometimes
7 sometimes 8 it
8 it 9 seems
9 seems 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 his
12 his 13 heart
13 heart 14 is
14 is 15 all
15 all 16 black
16 black 17 ,
17 , 18 but
18 but 19 this
19 this 20 isn't
20 isn't 21 so
21 so 22 .

it certainly seemed as if his heart was all black when he tried so hard to make trouble [for] [hooty] [the] [owl] . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 as
4 as 5 if
5 if 6 his
6 his 7 heart
7 heart 8 was
8 was 9 all
9 all 10 black
10 black 11 when
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 tried
13 tried 14 so
14 so 15 hard
15 hard 16 to
16 to 17 make
17 make 18 trouble
18 trouble 23 .

you see , it didn't seem at all wrong to try to get those eggs . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 seem
6 seem 7 at
7 at 8 all
8 all 9 wrong
9 wrong 10 to
10 to 11 try
11 try 12 to
12 to 13 get
13 get 14 those
14 those 15 eggs
15 eggs 16 .

blacky was hungry , and those eggs would have given him a good meal . 
1 blacky 2 was
2 was 3 hungry
3 hungry 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 those
6 those 7 eggs
7 eggs 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 given
10 given 11 him
11 him 12 a
12 a 13 good
13 good 14 meal
14 meal 15 .

and most of the other [little] people [of] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] would have felt the same way about it . 
1 and 2 most
2 most 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 other
5 other 7 people
7 people 16 would
16 would 17 have
17 have 18 felt
18 felt 19 the
19 the 20 same
20 same 21 way
21 way 22 about
22 about 23 it
23 it 24 .

you see , it is one of [the] [laws] [of] [old] [mother] [nature] that [each] one must learn to look out for himself . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 one
6 one 7 of
7 of 14 that
14 that 16 one
16 one 17 must
17 must 18 learn
18 learn 19 to
19 to 20 look
20 look 21 out
21 out 22 for
22 for 23 himself
23 himself 24 .

he was doing something then which was pure meanness . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 doing
3 doing 4 something
4 something 5 then
5 then 6 which
6 which 7 was
7 was 8 pure
8 pure 9 meanness
9 meanness 10 .

he was [just] [trying] [to] [make] [trouble] [for] [hooty] , [to] [get] [even] [because] [hooty] had been too smart for him . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 10 ,
10 , 16 had
16 had 17 been
17 been 18 too
18 too 19 smart
19 smart 20 for
20 for 21 him
21 him 22 .

he felt sure that he would take both eggs . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 sure
3 sure 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 take
7 take 8 both
8 both 9 eggs
9 eggs 10 .

he hoped so , anyway . 
1 he 2 hoped
2 hoped 3 so
3 so 4 ,
4 , 5 anyway
5 anyway 6 .

he just couldn't believe what he saw . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 believe
4 believe 5 what
5 what 6 he
6 he 7 saw
7 saw 8 .

at first he was dreadfully disappointed and angry . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 dreadfully
5 dreadfully 6 disappointed
6 disappointed 7 and
7 and 8 angry
8 angry 9 .

it looked very much as if he weren't going to get even with [hooty] [after] all . 
1 it 2 looked
2 looked 3 very
3 very 4 much
4 much 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 he
7 he 8 weren't
8 weren't 9 going
9 going 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 12 even
12 even 13 with
13 with 16 all
16 all 17 .

he flew over to his favorite tree to think things over . 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 3 over
3 over 4 to
4 to 5 his
5 his 6 favorite
6 favorite 7 tree
7 tree 8 to
8 to 9 think
9 think 10 things
10 things 11 over
11 over 12 .

now sometimes it is a good thing to sit by oneself and think things over . 
1 now 2 sometimes
2 sometimes 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 good
6 good 7 thing
7 thing 8 to
8 to 9 sit
9 sit 10 by
10 by 11 oneself
11 oneself 12 and
12 and 13 think
13 think 14 things
14 things 15 over
15 over 16 .

it gives the little small voice deep down inside a chance to be heard . 
1 it 2 gives
2 gives 3 the
3 the 4 little
4 little 5 small
5 small 6 voice
6 voice 7 deep
7 deep 8 down
8 down 9 inside
9 inside 10 a
10 a 11 chance
11 chance 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 heard
14 heard 15 .

it was just that way [with] [blacky] now . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 that
4 that 5 way
5 way 8 now
8 now 9 .

the longer he thought , the [meaner] [his] [action] [in] [calling] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy looked . 
1 the 2 longer
2 longer 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 15 boy
15 boy 16 looked
16 looked 17 .

blacky hung his head . 
1 blacky 2 hung
2 hung 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 .

he knew that it was true . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 true
6 true 7 .

at [last] [blacky] [threw] [up] his head and chuckled , and this time his chuckle was good to hear . 
1 at 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 and
8 and 9 chuckled
9 chuckled 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 this
12 this 13 time
13 time 14 his
14 his 15 chuckle
15 chuckle 16 was
16 was 17 good
17 good 18 to
18 to 19 hear
19 hear 20 .

" [i] ['m] [glad] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [didn't] take those eggs , " said he right out loud . 
1 " 11 take
11 take 12 those
12 those 13 eggs
13 eggs 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 17 he
17 he 18 right
18 right 19 out
19 out 20 loud
20 loud 21 .

" yes , sir [,] [i] ['m] [glad] . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 sir
4 sir 9 .

i 'll never do such a thing as that again . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 never
3 never 4 do
4 do 5 such
5 such 6 a
6 a 7 thing
7 thing 8 as
8 as 9 that
9 that 10 again
10 again 11 .

i 'm ashamed of [what] [i] [did] [;] [yet] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [did] it . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 ashamed
3 ashamed 4 of
4 of 15 it
15 it 16 .

i ['m] [glad] [because] [i] 've learned some things . 
1 i 6 've
6 've 7 learned
7 learned 8 some
8 some 9 things
9 things 10 .

i 've learned [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [isn't] [as] [much] to be feared as he used to be . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 learned
3 learned 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 feared
14 feared 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 used
17 used 18 to
18 to 19 be
19 be 20 .

i ['ve] [learned] [that] [hooty] [isn't] [as] [stupid] [as] [i] thought he was . 
1 i 11 thought
11 thought 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 .

now [i] [think] [i] ['ll] go [hunt] [for] [an] [honest] [meal] . " 
1 now 6 go
6 go 12 .
12 . 13 "

and he did . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 .

[chapter] [xiv] [:] [blacky] [makes] [a] [call] 

judge no one by his style of dress [;] [your] [ignorance] [you] [thus] [confess] . 
1 judge 2 no
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 by
4 by 5 his
5 his 6 style
6 style 7 of
7 of 8 dress
8 dress 15 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

" caw , caw , caw , caw . " 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 ,
7 , 8 caw
8 caw 9 .
9 . 10 "

there was no need of looking to see who that was . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 need
4 need 5 of
5 of 6 looking
6 looking 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 9 who
9 who 10 that
10 that 11 was
11 was 12 .

[peter] [rabbit] [knew] [without] [looking] [.] 

[mrs] [quack] [knew] [without] [looking] [.] 

just the same , both looked up . 
1 just 2 the
2 the 3 same
3 same 4 ,
4 , 5 both
5 both 6 looked
6 looked 7 up
7 up 8 .

just alighting in the top of a tall tree [was] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 just 2 alighting
2 alighting 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 top
5 top 6 of
6 of 7 a
7 a 8 tall
8 tall 9 tree
9 tree 14 .

["] [i] [hope] [i] [am] [not] [interrupting] [any] [secret] [gossip] [.] ["] 

" not at all , ["] [peter] [hastened] to say . 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 at
3 at 4 all
4 all 5 ,
5 , 9 to
9 to 10 say
10 say 11 .

" [mrs] [quack] was [just] [telling] [me] of the troubles and clangers in bringing up a young family in the [far] [north] [.] 
1 " 4 was
4 was 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 troubles
10 troubles 11 and
11 and 12 clangers
12 clangers 13 in
13 in 14 bringing
14 bringing 15 up
15 up 16 a
16 a 17 young
17 young 18 family
18 family 19 in
19 in 20 the

how did you know [the] [quacks] [had] [arrived] ? " 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 know
4 know 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

blacky chuckled hoarsely . 
1 blacky 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 hoarsely
3 hoarsely 4 .

" [i] [didn't] [,] ["] said he . 
1 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
7 he 8 .

[mr] [quack] [,] [you] [and] [mrs] [quack] [are] [looking] [very] [fine] [this] [fall] [.] 

and [those] [handsome] young [quacks] , you don't mean to tell me that they are your children ! " 
1 and 4 young
4 young 6 ,
6 , 7 you
7 you 8 don't
8 don't 9 mean
9 mean 10 to
10 to 11 tell
11 tell 12 me
12 me 13 that
13 that 14 they
14 they 15 are
15 are 16 your
16 your 17 children
17 children 18 !
18 ! 19 "

[mrs] [quack] [nodded] [proudly] [.] 

" they are , " said she . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 are
3 are 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 she
7 she 8 .

" they are a credit to their parents . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 are
3 are 4 a
4 a 5 credit
5 credit 6 to
6 to 7 their
7 their 8 parents
8 parents 9 .

yes , indeed , they are a credit to their parents . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 5 they
5 they 6 are
6 are 7 a
7 a 8 credit
8 credit 9 to
9 to 10 their
10 their 11 parents
11 parents 12 .

never have [i] seen [finer] [young] [ducks] in all my life . 
1 never 2 have
2 have 4 seen
4 seen 8 in
8 in 9 all
9 all 10 my
10 my 11 life
11 life 12 .

how glad the hunters with terrible guns will be to see them . " 
1 how 2 glad
2 glad 3 the
3 the 4 hunters
4 hunters 5 with
5 with 6 terrible
6 terrible 7 guns
7 guns 8 will
8 will 9 be
9 be 10 to
10 to 11 see
11 see 12 them
12 them 13 .
13 . 14 "

[mrs] [quack] [shivered] [at] [that] [,] [and] [blacky] [saw] [it] [.] 

he chuckled softly . 
1 he 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 softly
3 softly 4 .

you know he dearly loves to make others uncomfortable . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
3 he 4 dearly
4 dearly 5 loves
5 loves 6 to
6 to 7 make
7 make 8 others
8 others 9 uncomfortable
9 uncomfortable 10 .

" [i] [saw] [three] [hunters] [over] on the edge of the [big] [river] [early] [this] very morning , " said he . 
1 " 7 on
7 on 8 the
8 the 9 edge
9 edge 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 16 very
16 very 17 morning
17 morning 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
21 he 22 .

[mrs] [quack] [looked] [more] [anxious] [than] [ever] [.] 

blacky 's sharp eyes noted this . 
1 blacky 2 's
2 's 3 sharp
3 sharp 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 noted
5 noted 6 this
6 this 7 .

" that is [why] [i] [came] [over] here , " he added kindly . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 8 here
8 here 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 added
12 added 13 kindly
13 kindly 14 .

" [i] [wanted] to give you warning . " 
1 " 4 to
4 to 5 give
5 give 6 you
6 you 7 warning
7 warning 8 .
8 . 9 "

" but you [didn't] [know] [the] [quacks] were here ! " spoke up [peter] . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 you
3 you 8 were
8 were 9 here
9 here 10 !
10 ! 11 "
11 " 12 spoke
12 spoke 13 up
13 up 15 .

" true enough [,] [peter] . 
1 " 2 true
2 true 3 enough
3 enough 6 .

true enough , ["] [replied] [blacky] [,] his eyes twinkling . 
1 true 2 enough
2 enough 3 ,
3 , 8 his
8 his 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 twinkling
10 twinkling 11 .

" [but] [i] thought they might be . 
1 " 4 thought
4 thought 5 they
5 they 6 might
6 might 7 be
7 be 8 .

is it true , [mrs] [quack] [,] that we are going to have a long , hard , cold winter ? " 
1 is 2 it
2 it 3 true
3 true 4 ,
4 , 8 that
8 that 9 we
9 we 10 are
10 are 11 going
11 going 12 to
12 to 13 have
13 have 14 a
14 a 15 long
15 long 16 ,
16 , 17 hard
17 hard 18 ,
18 , 19 cold
19 cold 20 winter
20 winter 21 ?
21 ? 22 "

" that is what they say up in the [far] [north] [,] " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 what
4 what 5 they
5 they 6 say
6 say 7 up
7 up 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 13 "

" and [it] [is] [true] [that] [jack] [frost] had started down earlier than usual . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 9 had
9 had 10 started
10 started 11 down
11 down 12 earlier
12 earlier 13 than
13 than 14 usual
14 usual 15 .

that is how it happens we are here now . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 how
3 how 4 it
4 it 5 happens
5 happens 6 we
6 we 7 are
7 are 8 here
8 here 9 now
9 now 10 .

but [about] [those] [hunters] [over] [by] [the] [big] [river] , do you suppose they will come over here ? " 
1 but 10 ,
10 , 11 do
11 do 12 you
12 you 13 suppose
13 suppose 14 they
14 they 15 will
15 will 16 come
16 come 17 over
17 over 18 here
18 here 19 ?
19 ? 20 "

there was [an] [anxious] [note] in [mrs] [quack] ['s] [voice] . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 6 in
6 in 11 .

" no , " [replied] [blacky] [promptly] [.] 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "

" [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [won't] let them . 
1 " 7 let
7 let 8 them
8 them 9 .

i know . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 .

i 've been watching him and he has been watching those hunters . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 been
3 been 4 watching
4 watching 5 him
5 him 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 has
8 has 9 been
9 been 10 watching
10 watching 11 those
11 those 12 hunters
12 hunters 13 .

as long as you stay here , you will be safe . 
1 as 2 long
2 long 3 as
3 as 4 you
4 you 5 stay
5 stay 6 here
6 here 7 ,
7 , 8 you
8 you 9 will
9 will 10 be
10 be 11 safe
11 safe 12 .

what a great world this would be if all those two-legged creatures were like [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . " 
1 what 2 a
2 a 3 great
3 great 4 world
4 world 5 this
5 this 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 if
8 if 9 all
9 all 10 those
10 those 11 two-legged
11 two-legged 12 creatures
12 creatures 13 were
13 were 14 like
14 like 19 .
19 . 20 "

" wouldn't it ! " [cried] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 it
3 it 4 !
4 ! 5 "

then he added , " [i] [wish] they were . " 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 added
3 added 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 8 they
8 they 9 were
9 were 10 .
10 . 11 "

" you don't wish it half as much [as] [i] [do] , " [declared] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 don't
3 don't 4 wish
4 wish 5 it
5 it 6 half
6 half 7 as
7 as 8 much
8 much 12 ,
12 , 13 "

" what changed him ? " [asked] [mrs] [quack] [,] [looking] [interested] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 changed
3 changed 4 him
4 him 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

" just getting really acquainted with some of the little people [of] [the] [green] [forest] and the [green] [meadows] [,] " [replied] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 getting
3 getting 4 really
4 really 5 acquainted
5 acquainted 6 with
6 with 7 some
7 some 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 little
10 little 11 people
11 people 16 and
16 and 17 the
17 the 21 "

" he found them ready to meet him more than halfway in friendship and that some of them really are his best friends . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 found
3 found 4 them
4 them 5 ready
5 ready 6 to
6 to 7 meet
7 meet 8 him
8 him 9 more
9 more 10 than
10 than 11 halfway
11 halfway 12 in
12 in 13 friendship
13 friendship 14 and
14 and 15 that
15 that 16 some
16 some 17 of
17 of 18 them
18 them 19 really
19 really 20 are
20 are 21 his
21 his 22 best
22 best 23 friends
23 friends 24 .
24 . 25 "

" and now he is their best friend , " spoke up [peter] . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 now
3 now 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 their
6 their 7 best
7 best 8 friend
8 friend 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 spoke
11 spoke 12 up
12 up 14 .

blacky nodded . 
1 blacky 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

" right , [peter] [,] " said he . 
1 " 2 right
2 right 3 ,
3 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" that is [why] [the] [quacks] [are] safe here and will be as long as they stay . " 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 8 safe
8 safe 9 here
9 here 10 and
10 and 11 will
11 will 12 be
12 be 13 as
13 as 14 long
14 long 15 as
15 as 16 they
16 they 17 stay
17 stay 18 .
18 . 19 "

[chapter] [xv] [:] [blacky] [does] [a] [little] [looking] [about] 

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

blacky [the] [crow] is a shrewd fellow . 
1 blacky 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 shrewd
6 shrewd 7 fellow
7 fellow 8 .

he is one of the smartest and shrewdest of all the little people in the [green] [forest] [and] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 one
3 one 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 smartest
6 smartest 7 and
7 and 8 shrewdest
8 shrewdest 9 of
9 of 10 all
10 all 11 the
11 the 12 little
12 little 13 people
13 people 14 in
14 in 15 the

everybody knows it . 
1 everybody 2 knows
2 knows 3 it
3 it 4 .

and because of this , all his neighbors have a great deal of respect for him , despite his mischievous ways . 
1 and 2 because
2 because 3 of
3 of 4 this
4 this 5 ,
5 , 6 all
6 all 7 his
7 his 8 neighbors
8 neighbors 9 have
9 have 10 a
10 a 11 great
11 great 12 deal
12 deal 13 of
13 of 14 respect
14 respect 15 for
15 for 16 him
16 him 17 ,
17 , 18 despite
18 despite 19 his
19 his 20 mischievous
20 mischievous 21 ways
21 ways 22 .

you know there is very little that escapes the sharp eyes [of] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 there
3 there 4 is
4 is 5 very
5 very 6 little
6 little 7 that
7 that 8 escapes
8 escapes 9 the
9 the 10 sharp
10 sharp 11 eyes
11 eyes 16 .

he had guessed what these things meant . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 guessed
3 guessed 4 what
4 what 5 these
5 these 6 things
6 things 7 meant
7 meant 8 .

" they think we are going to have a long , hard , cold winter , ["] [muttered] [blacky] to himself . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 think
3 think 4 we
4 we 5 are
5 are 6 going
6 going 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 a
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 ,
11 , 12 hard
12 hard 13 ,
13 , 14 cold
14 cold 15 winter
15 winter 16 ,
16 , 20 to
20 to 21 himself
21 himself 22 .

" perhaps they know , but [i] [want] to see some signs of it for myself . 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 they
3 they 4 know
4 know 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 some
11 some 12 signs
12 signs 13 of
13 of 14 it
14 it 15 for
15 for 16 myself
16 myself 17 .

they may be only guessing . 
1 they 2 may
2 may 3 be
3 be 4 only
4 only 5 guessing
5 guessing 6 .

anybody can do that , and one guess is as good as another . " 
1 anybody 2 can
2 can 3 do
3 do 4 that
4 that 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 one
7 one 8 guess
8 guess 9 is
9 is 10 as
10 as 11 good
11 good 12 as
12 as 13 another
13 another 14 .
14 . 15 "

[mrs] [quack] [explained] [that] [jack] [frost] [had] [already] [started] [south] [,] [and] [so] [they] [had] [started] [earlier] [to] [keep] [well] [ahead] [of] [him] [.] 

i wouldn't take their word for it any more [than] [i] [would] [the] [word] [of] [johnny] [chuck] [or] [jerry] [muskrat] [or] [paddy] [the] [beaver] . 
1 i 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 take
3 take 4 their
4 their 5 word
5 word 6 for
6 for 7 it
7 it 8 any
8 any 9 more
9 more 25 .

i 'll look about a little . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 look
3 look 4 about
4 about 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 .
7 . 8 "

[he] [headed] [straight] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [cornfield] [.] 

a little of that yellow corn would make a good breakfast . 
1 a 2 little
2 little 3 of
3 of 4 that
4 that 5 yellow
5 yellow 6 corn
6 corn 7 would
7 would 8 make
8 make 9 a
9 a 10 good
10 good 11 breakfast
11 breakfast 12 .

" seems to me these husks are unusually thick , " [muttered] [blacky] [,] as he tore at them with his stout bill . 
1 " 2 seems
2 seems 3 to
3 to 4 me
4 me 5 these
5 these 6 husks
6 husks 7 are
7 are 8 unusually
8 unusually 9 thick
9 thick 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 tore
17 tore 18 at
18 at 19 them
19 them 20 with
20 with 21 his
21 his 22 stout
22 stout 23 bill
23 bill 24 .

" don't remember ever having seen them as thick as these . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 remember
3 remember 4 ever
4 ever 5 having
5 having 6 seen
6 seen 7 them
7 them 8 as
8 as 9 thick
9 thick 10 as
10 as 11 these
11 these 12 .

wonder if it just happens to be so on this ear . " 
1 wonder 2 if
2 if 3 it
3 it 4 just
4 just 5 happens
5 happens 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 so
8 so 9 on
9 on 10 this
10 this 11 ear
11 ear 12 .
12 . 13 "

then , as a sudden thought popped into his black head , he left that ear and went to another . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 as
3 as 4 a
4 a 5 sudden
5 sudden 6 thought
6 thought 7 popped
7 popped 8 into
8 into 9 his
9 his 10 black
10 black 11 head
11 head 12 ,
12 , 13 he
13 he 14 left
14 left 15 that
15 that 16 ear
16 ear 17 and
17 and 18 went
18 went 19 to
19 to 20 another
20 another 21 .

the husks of this were as thick as those on the first . 
1 the 2 husks
2 husks 3 of
3 of 4 this
4 this 5 were
5 were 6 as
6 as 7 thick
7 thick 8 as
8 as 9 those
9 those 10 on
10 on 11 the
11 the 12 first
12 first 13 .

he flew to another shock and found the husks there just the same . 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 3 to
3 to 4 another
4 another 5 shock
5 shock 6 and
6 and 7 found
7 found 8 the
8 the 9 husks
9 husks 10 there
10 there 11 just
11 just 12 the
12 the 13 same
13 same 14 .

he tried a third shock with the same result . 
1 he 2 tried
2 tried 3 a
3 a 4 third
4 third 5 shock
5 shock 6 with
6 with 7 the
7 the 8 same
8 same 9 result
9 result 10 .

" huh , they are all alike , " said he . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 ,
3 , 4 they
4 they 5 are
5 are 6 all
6 all 7 alike
7 alike 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
11 he 12 .

then he looked thoughtful and for a few minutes sat perfectly still like a black statue . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 thoughtful
4 thoughtful 5 and
5 and 6 for
6 for 7 a
7 a 8 few
8 few 9 minutes
9 minutes 10 sat
10 sat 11 perfectly
11 perfectly 12 still
12 still 13 like
13 like 14 a
14 a 15 black
15 black 16 statue
16 statue 17 .

" they are right , " said he at last . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 are
3 are 4 right
4 right 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 at
9 at 10 last
10 last 11 .

" yes , [sir] [,] they are right . " 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 6 they
6 they 7 are
7 are 8 right
8 right 9 .
9 . 10 "

of course he meant [johnny] [chuck] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [and] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [and] [the] [quacks] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 meant
4 meant 17 .

i know it myself now . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 it
3 it 4 myself
4 myself 5 now
5 now 6 .

i 've found a sign . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 found
3 found 4 a
4 a 5 sign
5 sign 6 .

[old] [mother] [nature] [has] [wrapped] [this] [corn] [in] [extra] [thick] [husks] [,] [and] [of] [course] [she] [has] [done] [it] [to] [protect] [it] [.] 

she doesn't do things without a reason . 
1 she 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 do
3 do 4 things
4 things 5 without
5 without 6 a
6 a 7 reason
7 reason 8 .

we are going to have a cold winter , or my name [isn't] [blacky] [the] [crow] . " 
1 we 2 are
2 are 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 a
6 a 7 cold
7 cold 8 winter
8 winter 9 ,
9 , 10 or
10 or 11 my
11 my 12 name
12 name 17 .
17 . 18 "

[chapter] [xvi] [:] [blacky] [finds] [other] [signs] 

a single fact may fail to prove you either right or wrong ; [confirm] [it] [with] [another] and your proof will then be strong . 
1 a 2 single
2 single 3 fact
3 fact 4 may
4 may 5 fail
5 fail 6 to
6 to 7 prove
7 prove 8 you
8 you 9 either
9 either 10 right
10 right 11 or
11 or 12 wrong
12 wrong 13 ;
13 ; 18 and
18 and 19 your
19 your 20 proof
20 proof 21 will
21 will 22 then
22 then 23 be
23 be 24 strong
24 strong 25 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

but [blacky] [long] [ago] [learned] that it isn't wise or wholly safe to depend altogether on one thing . 
1 but 6 that
6 that 7 it
7 it 8 isn't
8 isn't 9 wise
9 wise 10 or
10 or 11 wholly
11 wholly 12 safe
12 safe 13 to
13 to 14 depend
14 depend 15 altogether
15 altogether 16 on
16 on 17 one
17 one 18 thing
18 thing 19 .

" she wouldn't take care to protect the corn that way and not do as much for other things . 
1 " 2 she
2 she 3 wouldn't
3 wouldn't 4 take
4 take 5 care
5 care 6 to
6 to 7 protect
7 protect 8 the
8 the 9 corn
9 corn 10 that
10 that 11 way
11 way 12 and
12 and 13 not
13 not 14 do
14 do 15 as
15 as 16 much
16 much 17 for
17 for 18 other
18 other 19 things
19 things 20 .

there must be [other] [signs] , [if] [i] [am] [smart] [enough] to find them . " 
1 there 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 6 ,
6 , 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 them
14 them 15 .
15 . 16 "

he lifted one black wing and began to set in order the feathers beneath it . 
1 he 2 lifted
2 lifted 3 one
3 one 4 black
4 black 5 wing
5 wing 6 and
6 and 7 began
7 began 8 to
8 to 9 set
9 set 10 in
10 in 11 order
11 order 12 the
12 the 13 feathers
13 feathers 14 beneath
14 beneath 15 it
15 it 16 .

suddenly he made a funny little hop straight up . 
1 suddenly 2 he
2 he 3 made
3 made 4 a
4 a 5 funny
5 funny 6 little
6 little 7 hop
7 hop 8 straight
8 straight 9 up
9 up 10 .

" well , [i] never ! " he exclaimed , as he spread his wings to regain his balance . 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
3 , 5 never
5 never 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 exclaimed
9 exclaimed 10 ,
10 , 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 spread
13 spread 14 his
14 his 15 wings
15 wings 16 to
16 to 17 regain
17 regain 18 his
18 his 19 balance
19 balance 20 .

" [i] never did ! " 
1 " 3 never
3 never 4 did
4 did 5 !
5 ! 6 "

" is that so ? " piped a squeaky little voice . 
1 " 2 is
2 is 3 that
3 that 4 so
4 so 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 piped
7 piped 8 a
8 a 9 squeaky
9 squeaky 10 little
10 little 11 voice
11 voice 12 .

what is it you never did ? " 
1 what 2 is
2 is 3 it
3 it 4 you
4 you 5 never
5 never 6 did
6 did 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

blacky looked down . 
1 blacky 2 looked
2 looked 3 down
3 down 4 .

peeping up at him from the brown grass were two bright little eyes . 
1 peeping 2 up
2 up 3 at
3 at 4 him
4 him 5 from
5 from 6 the
6 the 7 brown
7 brown 8 grass
8 grass 9 were
9 were 10 two
10 two 11 bright
11 bright 12 little
12 little 13 eyes
13 eyes 14 .

["] [hello] [,] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [blacky] [.] 

" [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 .

i 've looked for you several times lately . " 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 looked
3 looked 4 for
4 for 5 you
5 you 6 several
6 several 7 times
7 times 8 lately
8 lately 9 .
9 . 10 "

" [i] [don't] [doubt] it . 
1 " 5 it
5 it 6 .

i don't doubt it at all , " [squeaked] [danny] [.] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 doubt
3 doubt 4 it
4 it 5 at
5 at 6 all
6 all 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" you 'll never see me when you are looking for me . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 'll
3 'll 4 never
4 never 5 see
5 see 6 me
6 me 7 when
7 when 8 you
8 you 9 are
9 are 10 looking
10 looking 11 for
11 for 12 me
12 me 13 .

that is , you [won't] [if] [i] can help it . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 you
4 you 8 can
8 can 9 help
9 help 10 it
10 it 11 .

you won't [if] [i] see you first . " 
1 you 2 won't
2 won't 5 see
5 see 6 you
6 you 7 first
7 first 8 .
8 . 9 "

blacky chuckled . 
1 blacky 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 .

he knew [what] [danny] [meant] . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 6 .

" [i] ['ve] [had] my [breakfast] , " said [blacky] , " and it isn't dinner time yet . " 
1 " 5 my
5 my 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 and
13 and 14 it
14 it 15 isn't
15 isn't 16 dinner
16 dinner 17 time
17 time 18 yet
18 yet 19 .
19 . 20 "

" what is it you never did ? " [persisted] [danny] [,] in his squeaky voice . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 it
4 it 5 you
5 you 6 never
6 never 7 did
7 did 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 13 in
13 in 14 his
14 his 15 squeaky
15 squeaky 16 voice
16 voice 17 .

" that was just an exclamation , " [explained] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 was
3 was 4 just
4 just 5 an
5 an 6 exclamation
6 exclamation 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" [i] [made] [a] [discovery] [that] [surprised] me [so] [i] [exclaimed] [right] [out] . " 
1 " 8 me
8 me 14 .
14 . 15 "

" what was it ? " [demanded] [danny] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 was
3 was 4 it
4 it 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

" it was that the feathers of my coat are coming in thicker than [i] ever [knew] [them] [to] before . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 that
4 that 5 the
5 the 6 feathers
6 feathers 7 of
7 of 8 my
8 my 9 coat
9 coat 10 are
10 are 11 coming
11 coming 12 in
12 in 13 thicker
13 thicker 14 than
14 than 16 ever
16 ever 20 before
20 before 21 .

i [hadn't] [noticed] [it] [until] [i] started to set them in order a minute ago . " 
1 i 7 started
7 started 8 to
8 to 9 set
9 set 10 them
10 them 11 in
11 in 12 order
12 order 13 a
13 a 14 minute
14 minute 15 ago
15 ago 16 .
16 . 17 "

he buried his bill in the feathers of his breast . 
1 he 2 buried
2 buried 3 his
3 his 4 bill
4 bill 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 feathers
7 feathers 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 10 breast
10 breast 11 .

there is a lot of down around the roots of them . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 lot
4 lot 5 of
5 of 6 down
6 down 7 around
7 around 8 the
8 the 9 roots
9 roots 10 of
10 of 11 them
11 them 12 .

i am going to have [the] [warmest] [coat] [i] ['ve] [ever] had . " 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 12 had
12 had 13 .
13 . 14 "

" well , don't think you are the only one , " [retorted] [danny] [.] 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
3 , 4 don't
4 don't 5 think
5 think 6 you
6 you 7 are
7 are 8 the
8 the 9 only
9 only 10 one
10 one 11 ,
11 , 12 "

i suppose you know what it means . " 
1 i 2 suppose
2 suppose 3 you
3 you 4 know
4 know 5 what
5 what 6 it
6 it 7 means
7 means 8 .
8 . 9 "

" you 'll find that everybody who doesn't go south or sleep all winter has a thicker coat than usual . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 'll
3 'll 4 find
4 find 5 that
5 that 6 everybody
6 everybody 7 who
7 who 8 doesn't
8 doesn't 9 go
9 go 10 south
10 south 11 or
11 or 12 sleep
12 sleep 13 all
13 all 14 winter
14 winter 15 has
15 has 16 a
16 a 17 thicker
17 thicker 18 coat
18 coat 19 than
19 than 20 usual
20 usual 21 .

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

there is [old] [roughleg] [the] [hawk] ! 
1 there 2 is
2 is 7 !

he has come extra early this year . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 come
3 come 4 extra
4 extra 5 early
5 early 6 this
6 this 7 year
7 year 8 .

i [think] [i] 'll go back to warn [nanny] . ["] 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 go
5 go 6 back
6 back 7 to
7 to 8 warn
8 warn 10 .

without [another] [word] [danny] [disappeared] in the brown grass . 
1 without 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 brown
8 brown 9 grass
9 grass 10 .

[again] [blacky] [chuckled] [.] 

" more signs , " said he to himself . 
1 " 2 more
2 more 3 signs
3 signs 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
7 he 8 to
8 to 9 himself
9 himself 10 .

" more signs . 
1 " 2 more
2 more 3 signs
3 signs 4 .

there isn't a doubt that we are going to have a hard winter . 
1 there 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 a
3 a 4 doubt
4 doubt 5 that
5 that 6 we
6 we 7 are
7 are 8 going
8 going 9 to
9 to 10 have
10 have 11 a
11 a 12 hard
12 hard 13 winter
13 winter 14 .

i [wonder] [if] [i] can stand it or [if] [i] ['d] [better] [go] a little way south , where it will be warmer . " 
1 i 5 can
5 can 6 stand
6 stand 7 it
7 it 8 or
8 or 14 a
14 a 15 little
15 little 16 way
16 way 17 south
17 south 18 ,
18 , 19 where
19 where 20 it
20 it 21 will
21 will 22 be
22 be 23 warmer
23 warmer 24 .
24 . 25 "

[chapter] [xvii] [:] [blacky] [watches] [a] [queer] [performance] 

this much to me is very clear : a thing not understood is queer . 
1 this 2 much
2 much 3 to
3 to 4 me
4 me 5 is
5 is 6 very
6 very 7 clear
7 clear 8 :
8 : 9 a
9 a 10 thing
10 thing 11 not
11 not 12 understood
12 understood 13 is
13 is 14 queer
14 queer 15 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

[blacky] [the] [crow] [may] [be] [right] [.] 

again he may not be . 
1 again 2 he
2 he 3 may
3 may 4 not
4 not 5 be
5 be 6 .

if he is right , it will account for a lot of the queer people in the world . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 right
4 right 5 ,
5 , 6 it
6 it 7 will
7 will 8 account
8 account 9 for
9 for 10 a
10 a 11 lot
11 lot 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 queer
14 queer 15 people
15 people 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 world
18 world 19 .

they are not understood , and so they are queer . 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 not
3 not 4 understood
4 understood 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 so
7 so 8 they
8 they 9 are
9 are 10 queer
10 queer 11 .

at least , that is what other people say , and never once think that perhaps they are the queer ones for not understanding . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 is
5 is 6 what
6 what 7 other
7 other 8 people
8 people 9 say
9 say 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 never
12 never 13 once
13 once 14 think
14 think 15 that
15 that 16 perhaps
16 perhaps 17 they
17 they 18 are
18 are 19 the
19 the 20 queer
20 queer 21 ones
21 ones 22 for
22 for 23 not
23 not 24 understanding
24 understanding 25 .

but [blacky] [isn't] [like] those [people] who are satisfied not to understand and to think other people and things queer . 
1 but 5 those
5 those 7 who
7 who 8 are
8 are 9 satisfied
9 satisfied 10 not
10 not 11 to
11 to 12 understand
12 understand 13 and
13 and 14 to
14 to 15 think
15 think 16 other
16 other 17 people
17 people 18 and
18 and 19 things
19 things 20 queer
20 queer 21 .

he does his best to understand . 
1 he 2 does
2 does 3 his
3 his 4 best
4 best 5 to
5 to 6 understand
6 understand 7 .

he waits and watches and uses those sharp eyes of his and those quick wits of his until at last usually he does understand . 
1 he 2 waits
2 waits 3 and
3 and 4 watches
4 watches 5 and
5 and 6 uses
6 uses 7 those
7 those 8 sharp
8 sharp 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 of
10 of 11 his
11 his 12 and
12 and 13 those
13 those 14 quick
14 quick 15 wits
15 wits 16 of
16 of 17 his
17 his 18 until
18 until 19 at
19 at 20 last
20 last 21 usually
21 usually 22 he
22 he 23 does
23 does 24 understand
24 understand 25 .

long ago he discovered that many things are to be [seen] [on] [or] [beside] [the] [big] [river] , [things] [not] to be seen elsewhere . 
1 long 2 ago
2 ago 3 he
3 he 4 discovered
4 discovered 5 that
5 that 6 many
6 many 7 things
7 things 8 are
8 are 9 to
9 to 10 be
10 be 18 ,
18 , 21 to
21 to 22 be
22 be 23 seen
23 seen 24 elsewhere
24 elsewhere 25 .

so there are few clays in which he does not get over there . 
1 so 2 there
2 there 3 are
3 are 4 few
4 few 5 clays
5 clays 6 in
6 in 7 which
7 which 8 he
8 he 9 does
9 does 10 not
10 not 11 get
11 get 12 over
12 over 13 there
13 there 14 .

more than once he had been shot at . 
1 more 2 than
2 than 3 once
3 once 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 shot
7 shot 8 at
8 at 9 .

but he had learned by these experiences . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 learned
4 learned 5 by
5 by 6 these
6 these 7 experiences
7 experiences 8 .

oh , yes [,] [blacky] [had] [learned] . 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 yes
3 yes 8 .

for one thing , he had learned to know a gun when he saw it . 
1 for 2 one
2 one 3 thing
3 thing 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 learned
7 learned 8 to
8 to 9 know
9 know 10 a
10 a 11 gun
11 gun 12 when
12 when 13 he
13 he 14 saw
14 saw 15 it
15 it 16 .

blacky looked sharply for a terrible gun . 
1 blacky 2 looked
2 looked 3 sharply
3 sharply 4 for
4 for 5 a
5 a 6 terrible
6 terrible 7 gun
7 gun 8 .

but the man had none with him and therefore was not to be feared . 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 man
3 man 4 had
4 had 5 none
5 none 6 with
6 with 7 him
7 him 8 and
8 and 9 therefore
9 therefore 10 was
10 was 11 not
11 not 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 feared
14 feared 15 .

blacky boldly drew near until he was able to see what the man was doing . 
1 blacky 2 boldly
2 boldly 3 drew
3 drew 4 near
4 near 5 until
5 until 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 able
8 able 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 what
11 what 12 the
12 the 13 man
13 man 14 was
14 was 15 doing
15 doing 16 .

then [blacky] ['s] [eyes] [stretched] [their] [widest] and he almost cawed right out with surprise . 
1 then 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 almost
10 almost 11 cawed
11 cawed 12 right
12 right 13 out
13 out 14 with
14 with 15 surprise
15 surprise 16 .

the man was taking yellow corn from a bag , a handful at a time , and throwing it out in the water . 
1 the 2 man
2 man 3 was
3 was 4 taking
4 taking 5 yellow
5 yellow 6 corn
6 corn 7 from
7 from 8 a
8 a 9 bag
9 bag 10 ,
10 , 11 a
11 a 12 handful
12 handful 13 at
13 at 14 a
14 a 15 time
15 time 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 throwing
18 throwing 19 it
19 it 20 out
20 out 21 in
21 in 22 the
22 the 23 water
23 water 24 .

yes , [sir] [,] that is what he was doing , scattering nice yellow corn among the rushes and wild rice in the water ! 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 is
6 is 7 what
7 what 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 doing
10 doing 11 ,
11 , 12 scattering
12 scattering 13 nice
13 nice 14 yellow
14 yellow 15 corn
15 corn 16 among
16 among 17 the
17 the 18 rushes
18 rushes 19 and
19 and 20 wild
20 wild 21 rice
21 rice 22 in
22 in 23 the
23 the 24 water
24 water 25 !

" that 's a queer performance , " [muttered] [blacky] [,] as he watched . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 queer
5 queer 6 performance
6 performance 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 12 as
12 as 13 he
13 he 14 watched
14 watched 15 .

" what is he throwing perfectly good corn out in the water for ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 he
4 he 5 throwing
5 throwing 6 perfectly
6 perfectly 7 good
7 good 8 corn
8 corn 9 out
9 out 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 water
12 water 13 for
13 for 14 ?

he isn't planting it , for this isn't the planting season . 
1 he 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 planting
3 planting 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 7 this
7 this 8 isn't
8 isn't 9 the
9 the 10 planting
10 planting 11 season
11 season 12 .

besides , it wouldn't grow in the water , anyway . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 wouldn't
4 wouldn't 5 grow
5 grow 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 water
8 water 9 ,
9 , 10 anyway
10 anyway 11 .

it is a shame to waste nice corn like that . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 shame
4 shame 5 to
5 to 6 waste
6 waste 7 nice
7 nice 8 corn
8 corn 9 like
9 like 10 that
10 that 11 .

what is he doing it for ? " 
1 what 2 is
2 is 3 he
3 he 4 doing
4 doing 5 it
5 it 6 for
6 for 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

blacky flew over to a tree some distance away and alighted in the top of it to watch the queer performance . 
1 blacky 2 flew
2 flew 3 over
3 over 4 to
4 to 5 a
5 a 6 tree
6 tree 7 some
7 some 8 distance
8 distance 9 away
9 away 10 and
10 and 11 alighted
11 alighted 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 top
14 top 15 of
15 of 16 it
16 it 17 to
17 to 18 watch
18 watch 19 the
19 the 20 queer
20 queer 21 performance
21 performance 22 .

you know [blacky] [has] [very] [keen] [eyes] and he can see a long distance . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 can
10 can 11 see
11 see 12 a
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 distance
14 distance 15 .

for a while the man continued to [scatter] [corn] [and] [blacky] [continued] [to] wonder what he was doing it for . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 while
3 while 4 the
4 the 5 man
5 man 6 continued
6 continued 7 to
7 to 14 wonder
14 wonder 15 what
15 what 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 doing
18 doing 19 it
19 it 20 for
20 for 21 .

at last the man went away in a boat . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 the
3 the 4 man
4 man 5 went
5 went 6 away
6 away 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 boat
9 boat 10 .

blacky watched him until he was out of sight . 
1 blacky 2 watched
2 watched 3 him
3 him 4 until
4 until 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 sight
9 sight 10 .

he could see some of the yellow grains on the bottom . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 see
3 see 4 some
4 some 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 yellow
7 yellow 8 grains
8 grains 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 bottom
11 bottom 12 .

presently he saw something else . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 something
4 something 5 else
5 else 6 .

["] [ha] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [blacky] [.] 

[chapter] [xviii] [:] [blacky] [becomes] [very] [suspicious] 

of things you do not understand , [beware] [!] 
1 of 2 things
2 things 3 you
3 you 4 do
4 do 5 not
5 not 6 understand
6 understand 7 ,

they may be [wholly] [harmless] [but] [beware] ! 
1 they 2 may
2 may 3 be
3 be 8 !

you 'll find the older that you [grow] [that] [only] [things] and [folks] you [know] [are] [fully] to be trusted , so [beware] ! 
1 you 2 'll
2 'll 3 find
3 find 4 the
4 the 5 older
5 older 6 that
6 that 7 you
7 you 12 and
12 and 14 you
14 you 18 to
18 to 19 be
19 be 20 trusted
20 trusted 21 ,
21 , 22 so
22 so 24 !

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

that is one [of] [blacky] ['s] [wise] [sayings] , and he lives up to it . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 one
3 one 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 lives
12 lives 13 up
13 up 14 to
14 to 15 it
15 it 16 .

he seldom gets into any real trouble because he first makes sure there is no trouble to get into . 
1 he 2 seldom
2 seldom 3 gets
3 gets 4 into
4 into 5 any
5 any 6 real
6 real 7 trouble
7 trouble 8 because
8 because 9 he
9 he 10 first
10 first 11 makes
11 makes 12 sure
12 sure 13 there
13 there 14 is
14 is 15 no
15 no 16 trouble
16 trouble 17 to
17 to 18 get
18 get 19 into
19 into 20 .

when he discovers something he does not understand , he is at once distrustful of it . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 discovers
3 discovers 4 something
4 something 5 he
5 he 6 does
6 does 7 not
7 not 8 understand
8 understand 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 is
11 is 12 at
12 at 13 once
13 once 14 distrustful
14 distrustful 15 of
15 of 16 it
16 it 17 .

as he watched a man scattering yellow corn in the water from the shore [of] [the] [big] [river] [he] [at] once [became] [suspicious] . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 watched
3 watched 4 a
4 a 5 man
5 man 6 scattering
6 scattering 7 yellow
7 yellow 8 corn
8 corn 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 water
11 water 12 from
12 from 13 the
13 the 14 shore
14 shore 21 once
21 once 24 .

what was it [blacky] [had] [discovered] ? 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 it
3 it 7 ?

only a few feathers . 
1 only 2 a
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 feathers
4 feathers 5 .

no one [with] [eyes] [less] [sharp] [than] [blacky] ['s] would have noticed them . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 10 would
10 would 11 have
11 have 12 noticed
12 noticed 13 them
13 them 14 .

and few would have given them a thought if they had noticed them . 
1 and 2 few
2 few 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 given
5 given 6 them
6 them 7 a
7 a 8 thought
8 thought 9 if
9 if 10 they
10 they 11 had
11 had 12 noticed
12 noticed 13 them
13 them 14 .

but [blacky] [knew] [right] [away] that [those] [were] [feathers] [from] [a] [duck] . 
1 but 6 that
6 that 13 .

["] [ha] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [blacky] [.] 

" [mr] and [mrs] [.] [quack] [or] some of their relatives have been here . 
1 " 3 and
3 and 8 some
8 some 9 of
9 of 10 their
10 their 11 relatives
11 relatives 12 have
12 have 13 been
13 been 14 here
14 here 15 .

it is just the kind of a place [ducks] [like] . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 just
3 just 4 the
4 the 5 kind
5 kind 6 of
6 of 7 a
7 a 8 place
8 place 11 .

[also] [some] [ducks] [like] [corn] [.] 

if they should come back here and find this corn , they would have a feast , and they would be sure to come again . 
1 if 2 they
2 they 3 should
3 should 4 come
4 come 5 back
5 back 6 here
6 here 7 and
7 and 8 find
8 find 9 this
9 this 10 corn
10 corn 11 ,
11 , 12 they
12 they 13 would
13 would 14 have
14 have 15 a
15 a 16 feast
16 feast 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 they
19 they 20 would
20 would 21 be
21 be 22 sure
22 sure 23 to
23 to 24 come
24 come 25 again
25 again 26 .

that man who scattered the corn here didn't have a terrible gun , but that doesn't mean that he isn't a hunter . 
1 that 2 man
2 man 3 who
3 who 4 scattered
4 scattered 5 the
5 the 6 corn
6 corn 7 here
7 here 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 have
9 have 10 a
10 a 11 terrible
11 terrible 12 gun
12 gun 13 ,
13 , 14 but
14 but 15 that
15 that 16 doesn't
16 doesn't 17 mean
17 mean 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 isn't
20 isn't 21 a
21 a 22 hunter
22 hunter 23 .

he may come back again , and then he may have a terrible gun . 
1 he 2 may
2 may 3 come
3 come 4 back
4 back 5 again
5 again 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 he
9 he 10 may
10 may 11 have
11 have 12 a
12 a 13 terrible
13 terrible 14 gun
14 gun 15 .

i 'm suspicious of that man . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 suspicious
3 suspicious 4 of
4 of 5 that
5 that 6 man
6 man 7 .

i am so . 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 so
3 so 4 .

i believe [he] [put] that [corn] [here] [for] [ducks] [and] [i] [don't] [believe] he did it out of the kindness of his heart . 
1 i 2 believe
2 believe 5 that
5 that 14 he
14 he 15 did
15 did 16 it
16 it 17 out
17 out 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 kindness
20 kindness 21 of
21 of 22 his
22 his 23 heart
23 heart 24 .

but it wasn't [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 8 .

i don't like the looks of it . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 like
3 like 4 the
4 the 5 looks
5 looks 6 of
6 of 7 it
7 it 8 .

i don't indeed . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 .

i 'll keep watch of this place and see what happens . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 keep
3 keep 4 watch
4 watch 5 of
5 of 6 this
6 this 7 place
7 place 8 and
8 and 9 see
9 see 10 what
10 what 11 happens
11 happens 12 .
12 . 13 "

he didn't like the looks of it at all . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 the
4 the 5 looks
5 looks 6 of
6 of 7 it
7 it 8 at
8 at 9 all
9 all 10 .

" [i] ['ll] [warn] [the] [quacks] to keep away from there . 
1 " 7 to
7 to 8 keep
8 keep 9 away
9 away 10 from
10 from 11 there
11 there 12 .

i 'll do it the very first thing in the morning , " he muttered , as he prepared to go to sleep . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 do
3 do 4 it
4 it 5 the
5 the 6 very
6 very 7 first
7 first 8 thing
8 thing 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 morning
11 morning 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 he
14 he 15 muttered
15 muttered 16 ,
16 , 17 as
17 as 18 he
18 he 19 prepared
19 prepared 20 to
20 to 21 go
21 go 22 to
22 to 23 sleep
23 sleep 24 .

" if they have any sense at all , they will stay in the pond [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 they
3 they 4 have
4 have 5 any
5 any 6 sense
6 sense 7 at
7 at 8 all
8 all 9 ,
9 , 10 they
10 they 11 will
11 will 12 stay
12 stay 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 pond
15 pond 20 .

it may be all right , but [i] [don't] like the looks of it . " 
1 it 2 may
2 may 3 be
3 be 4 all
4 all 5 right
5 right 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 10 like
10 like 11 the
11 the 12 looks
12 looks 13 of
13 of 14 it
14 it 15 .
15 . 16 "

and still [full] [of] [suspicions] , [blacky] [went] to sleep . 
1 and 2 still
2 still 6 ,
6 , 9 to
9 to 10 sleep
10 sleep 11 .

[chapter] [xix] [:] [blacky] [makes] [more] [discoveries] 

little things you fail to see [may] [important] [prove] [to] [be] . 
1 little 2 things
2 things 3 you
3 you 4 fail
4 fail 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 12 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

one of the secrets of [blacky] ['s] [success] [in] [life] [is] the fact that he never fails to take note of little things . 
1 one 2 of
2 of 3 the
3 the 4 secrets
4 secrets 5 of
5 of 12 the
12 the 13 fact
13 fact 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 never
16 never 17 fails
17 fails 18 to
18 to 19 take
19 take 20 note
20 note 21 of
21 of 22 little
22 little 23 things
23 things 24 .

long ago he learned that little things which in themselves seem harmless and not worth noticing may together prove the most important things in life . 
1 long 2 ago
2 ago 3 he
3 he 4 learned
4 learned 5 that
5 that 6 little
6 little 7 things
7 things 8 which
8 which 9 in
9 in 10 themselves
10 themselves 11 seem
11 seem 12 harmless
12 harmless 13 and
13 and 14 not
14 not 15 worth
15 worth 16 noticing
16 noticing 17 may
17 may 18 together
18 together 19 prove
19 prove 20 the
20 the 21 most
21 most 22 important
22 important 23 things
23 things 24 in
24 in 25 life
25 life 26 .

so , no matter how unimportant a thing [may] [appear] , [blacky] [examines] [it] [closely] with those sharp eyes of his and remembers it . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 no
3 no 4 matter
4 matter 5 how
5 how 6 unimportant
6 unimportant 7 a
7 a 8 thing
8 thing 11 ,
11 , 16 with
16 with 17 those
17 those 18 sharp
18 sharp 19 eyes
19 eyes 20 of
20 of 21 his
21 his 22 and
22 and 23 remembers
23 remembers 24 it
24 it 25 .

then he got some breakfast . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 got
3 got 4 some
4 some 5 breakfast
5 breakfast 6 .

he ate it in a hurry and flew straight over to the [big] [river] [to] [the] place where he had seen that yellow corn scattered . 
1 he 2 ate
2 ate 3 it
3 it 4 in
4 in 5 a
5 a 6 hurry
6 hurry 7 and
7 and 8 flew
8 flew 9 straight
9 straight 10 over
10 over 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 17 place
17 place 18 where
18 where 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 21 seen
21 seen 22 that
22 that 23 yellow
23 yellow 24 corn
24 corn 25 scattered
25 scattered 26 .

they seemed quite contented and in the best of spirits . 
1 they 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 quite
3 quite 4 contented
4 contented 5 and
5 and 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 best
8 best 9 of
9 of 10 spirits
10 spirits 11 .

blacky guessed why . 
1 blacky 2 guessed
2 guessed 3 why
3 why 4 .

not a single grain of that yellow corn [could] [blacky] [see] . 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 single
3 single 4 grain
4 grain 5 of
5 of 6 that
6 that 7 yellow
7 yellow 8 corn
8 corn 12 .

he knew the ways [of] [dusky] [and] [his] [relatives] . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 the
3 the 4 ways
4 ways 10 .

he knew that they must have come in there just at dusk the night before and at once had found that corn . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 they
4 they 5 must
5 must 6 have
6 have 7 come
7 come 8 in
8 in 9 there
9 there 10 just
10 just 11 at
11 at 12 dusk
12 dusk 13 the
13 the 14 night
14 night 15 before
15 before 16 and
16 and 17 at
17 at 18 once
18 once 19 had
19 had 20 found
20 found 21 that
21 that 22 corn
22 corn 23 .

dusky looked up [as] [blacky] [flew] [over] [him] , but [blacky] said nothing , and [dusky] said nothing . 
1 dusky 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
3 up 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 12 said
12 said 13 nothing
13 nothing 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 17 said
17 said 18 nothing
18 nothing 19 .

but if [blacky] [didn't] [use] his tongue , he did use his eyes . 
1 but 2 if
2 if 6 his
6 his 7 tongue
7 tongue 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 did
10 did 11 use
11 use 12 his
12 his 13 eyes
13 eyes 14 .

mixed in with them were a lot of the brown rushes . 
1 mixed 2 in
2 in 3 with
3 with 4 them
4 them 5 were
5 were 6 a
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 brown
10 brown 11 rushes
11 rushes 12 .

they looked very harmless and innocent . 
1 they 2 looked
2 looked 3 very
3 very 4 harmless
4 harmless 5 and
5 and 6 innocent
6 innocent 7 .

but [blacky] [knew] [every] [foot] of that [shore] [along] [the] [big] [river] , and he knew that those bushes hadn't been there during the summer . 
1 but 6 of
6 of 7 that
7 that 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 he
15 he 16 knew
16 knew 17 that
17 that 18 those
18 those 19 bushes
19 bushes 20 hadn't
20 hadn't 21 been
21 been 22 there
22 there 23 during
23 during 24 the
24 the 25 summer
25 summer 26 .

he knew that they hadn't grown there . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 they
4 they 5 hadn't
5 hadn't 6 grown
6 grown 7 there
7 there 8 .

he flew directly over them . 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 3 directly
3 directly 4 over
4 over 5 them
5 them 6 .

just back of them were a couple of logs . 
1 just 2 back
2 back 3 of
3 of 4 them
4 them 5 were
5 were 6 a
6 a 7 couple
7 couple 8 of
8 of 9 logs
9 logs 10 .

those logs hadn't been there when he passed that way a few days before . 
1 those 2 logs
2 logs 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 been
4 been 5 there
5 there 6 when
6 when 7 he
7 he 8 passed
8 passed 9 that
9 that 10 way
10 way 11 a
11 a 12 few
12 few 13 days
13 days 14 before
14 before 15 .

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

["] [ha] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [blacky] [under] [his] [breath] [.] 

" those look to me as if they might be very handy , very handy indeed , for a hunter to sit on . 
1 " 2 those
2 those 3 look
3 look 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 8 they
8 they 9 might
9 might 10 be
10 be 11 very
11 very 12 handy
12 handy 13 ,
13 , 14 very
14 very 15 handy
15 handy 16 indeed
16 indeed 17 ,
17 , 18 for
18 for 19 a
19 a 20 hunter
20 hunter 21 to
21 to 22 sit
22 sit 23 on
23 on 24 .

it doesn't look right to me . 
1 it 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 look
3 look 4 right
4 right 5 to
5 to 6 me
6 me 7 .

no , [sir] [,] it doesn't look right to me . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 doesn't
6 doesn't 7 look
7 look 8 right
8 right 9 to
9 to 10 me
10 me 11 .

i [think] [i] 'll keep an eye on this place . " 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 keep
5 keep 6 an
6 an 7 eye
7 eye 8 on
8 on 9 this
9 this 10 place
10 place 11 .
11 . 12 "

so [blacky] [came] [back] to the [big] [river] [several] [times] [that] day . 
1 so 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 12 day
12 day 13 .

the second time [back] he [found] [that] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] and his relatives had left . 
1 the 2 second
2 second 3 time
3 time 5 he
5 he 12 and
12 and 13 his
13 his 14 relatives
14 relatives 15 had
15 had 16 left
16 left 17 .

and as before , he went away in a boat . 
1 and 2 as
2 as 3 before
3 before 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 went
6 went 7 away
7 away 8 in
8 in 9 a
9 a 10 boat
10 boat 11 .

" [i] don't like it , ["] [muttered] [blacky] [,] [shaking] his black head . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 like
4 like 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 12 his
12 his 13 black
13 black 14 head
14 head 15 .

" [i] don't like it . " 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 like
4 like 5 it
5 it 6 .
6 . 7 "

[chapter] [xx] [:] [blacky] [drops] [a] [hint] 

when you see [another] ['s] [danger] [warn] [him] [though] [he] [be] a stranger . 
1 when 2 you
2 you 3 see
3 see 12 a
12 a 13 stranger
13 stranger 14 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

sometimes [blacky] [watched] [from] [a] [distance] , and sometimes he flew right over the man . 
1 sometimes 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 sometimes
9 sometimes 10 he
10 he 11 flew
11 flew 12 right
12 right 13 over
13 over 14 the
14 the 15 man
15 man 16 .

but never once did the man have a gun with him . 
1 but 2 never
2 never 3 once
3 once 4 did
4 did 5 the
5 the 6 man
6 man 7 have
7 have 8 a
8 a 9 gun
9 gun 10 with
10 with 11 him
11 him 12 .

that man may be fooling them , but he isn't fooling me . 
1 that 2 man
2 man 3 may
3 may 4 be
4 be 5 fooling
5 fooling 6 them
6 them 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 he
9 he 10 isn't
10 isn't 11 fooling
11 fooling 12 me
12 me 13 .

not a bit of it . 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 bit
3 bit 4 of
4 of 5 it
5 it 6 .

he hasn't had a gun with him once [when] [i] [have] [seen] [him] , but just the same he is a hunter . 
1 he 2 hasn't
2 hasn't 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 gun
5 gun 6 with
6 with 7 him
7 him 8 once
8 once 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 just
16 just 17 the
17 the 18 same
18 same 19 he
19 he 20 is
20 is 21 a
21 a 22 hunter
22 hunter 23 .

i feel it in my bones . 
1 i 2 feel
2 feel 3 it
3 it 4 in
4 in 5 my
5 my 6 bones
6 bones 7 .

he knows [those] [silly] [ducks] [come] [in] [here] [every] [night] [for] that [corn] he puts out . 
1 he 2 knows
2 knows 12 that
12 that 14 he
14 he 15 puts
15 puts 16 out
16 out 17 .

then he will hide behind those bushes he has placed close to the edge of the water and wait for them with his terrible gun . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 will
3 will 4 hide
4 hide 5 behind
5 behind 6 those
6 those 7 bushes
7 bushes 8 he
8 he 9 has
9 has 10 placed
10 placed 11 close
11 close 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 edge
14 edge 15 of
15 of 16 the
16 the 17 water
17 water 18 and
18 and 19 wait
19 wait 20 for
20 for 21 them
21 them 22 with
22 with 23 his
23 his 24 terrible
24 terrible 25 gun
25 gun 26 .

that is what he will do , or my name [isn't] [blacky] . " 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 what
3 what 4 he
4 he 5 will
5 will 6 do
6 do 7 ,
7 , 8 or
8 or 9 my
9 my 10 name
10 name 13 .
13 . 14 "

[finally] [blacky] [decided] [to] [drop] [a] [hint] [to] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [.] 

so the next morning he stopped for a call . 
1 so 2 the
2 the 3 next
3 next 4 morning
4 morning 5 he
5 he 6 stopped
6 stopped 7 for
7 for 8 a
8 a 9 call
9 call 10 .

" good morning , " said [he] , [as] [dusky] [swam] [in] just in front of him . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 8 ,
8 , 13 just
13 just 14 in
14 in 15 front
15 front 16 of
16 of 17 him
17 him 18 .

" [i] hope you are feeling as fine as you look . " 
1 " 3 hope
3 hope 4 you
4 you 5 are
5 are 6 feeling
6 feeling 7 as
7 as 8 fine
8 fine 9 as
9 as 10 you
10 you 11 look
11 look 12 .
12 . 13 "

" quack , quack , " [replied] [dusky] [.] 
1 " 2 quack
2 quack 3 ,
3 , 4 quack
4 quack 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" when [blacky] [the] [crow] [flatters] [,] he hopes to gain something . 
1 " 2 when
2 when 8 he
8 he 9 hopes
9 hopes 10 to
10 to 11 gain
11 gain 12 something
12 something 13 .

what is it this time ? " 
1 what 2 is
2 is 3 it
3 it 4 this
4 this 5 time
5 time 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

" not a thing , " [replied] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 a
3 a 4 thing
4 thing 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" on my honor , not a thing . 
1 " 2 on
2 on 3 my
3 my 4 honor
4 honor 5 ,
5 , 6 not
6 not 7 a
7 a 8 thing
8 thing 9 .

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

" corn , " [replied] [dusky] in a low voice , as if afraid some one might overhear him . 
1 " 2 corn
2 corn 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 low
9 low 10 voice
10 voice 11 ,
11 , 12 as
12 as 13 if
13 if 14 afraid
14 afraid 15 some
15 some 16 one
16 one 17 might
17 might 18 overhear
18 overhear 19 him
19 him 20 .

["] [nice] [yellow] [corn] [.] ["] 

" corn ! " [exclaimed] [blacky] [,] as if very much astonished . 
1 " 2 corn
2 corn 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 8 as
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 very
10 very 11 much
11 much 12 astonished
12 astonished 13 .

" how does corn happen to be way over here in the water ? " 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 does
3 does 4 corn
4 corn 5 happen
5 happen 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 way
8 way 9 over
9 over 10 here
10 here 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 water
13 water 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

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

" don't ask me , for [i] [can't] [tell] you , " said he . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 ask
3 ask 4 me
4 me 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 10 you
10 you 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 14 he
14 he 15 .

" [i] [haven't] the [least] idea . 
1 " 4 the
4 the 6 idea
6 idea 7 .

all [i] [know] is that every evening when we arrive , we find it here . 
1 all 4 is
4 is 5 that
5 that 6 every
6 every 7 evening
7 evening 8 when
8 when 9 we
9 we 10 arrive
10 arrive 11 ,
11 , 12 we
12 we 13 find
13 find 14 it
14 it 15 here
15 here 16 .

how it gets here , [i] don't know , and [furthermore] [i] don't care . 
1 how 2 it
2 it 3 gets
3 gets 4 here
4 here 5 ,
5 , 7 don't
7 don't 8 know
8 know 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 13 don't
13 don't 14 care
14 care 15 .

it is enough for me that it is here . " 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 for
4 for 5 me
5 me 6 that
6 that 7 it
7 it 8 is
8 is 9 here
9 here 10 .
10 . 11 "

" [i] ['ve] [seen] a man over here every afternoon , " said [blacky] . 
1 " 5 a
5 a 6 man
6 man 7 over
7 over 8 here
8 here 9 every
9 every 10 afternoon
10 afternoon 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 .

" [i] thought he might be a hunter . " 
1 " 3 thought
3 thought 4 he
4 he 5 might
5 might 6 be
6 be 7 a
7 a 8 hunter
8 hunter 9 .
9 . 10 "

" did he have a terrible gun ? " [asked] [dusky] [suspiciously] [.] 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 he
3 he 4 have
4 have 5 a
5 a 6 terrible
6 terrible 7 gun
7 gun 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

["] [no-o] [,] ["] [replied] [blacky] [.] 

" then he isn't a hunter , " [declared] [dusky] [,] [looking] [much] [relieved] [.] 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 isn't
4 isn't 5 a
5 a 6 hunter
6 hunter 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" he could hide behind these bushes , you know . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 hide
4 hide 5 behind
5 behind 6 these
6 these 7 bushes
7 bushes 8 ,
8 , 9 you
9 you 10 know
10 know 11 .
11 . 12 "

" nonsense , " [retorted] [dusky] [,] [tossing] [his] [head] [.] 
1 " 2 nonsense
2 nonsense 3 ,
3 , 4 "

" there hasn't been a sign of danger here since we have been here . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 hasn't
3 hasn't 4 been
4 been 5 a
5 a 6 sign
6 sign 7 of
7 of 8 danger
8 danger 9 here
9 here 10 since
10 since 11 we
11 we 12 have
12 have 13 been
13 been 14 here
14 here 15 .

i know you , [blacky] [;] you are jealous because we find plenty to eat here , and you find nothing . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 you
3 you 4 ,
4 , 7 you
7 you 8 are
8 are 9 jealous
9 jealous 10 because
10 because 11 we
11 we 12 find
12 find 13 plenty
13 plenty 14 to
14 to 15 eat
15 eat 16 here
16 here 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 you
19 you 20 find
20 find 21 nothing
21 nothing 22 .

you are trying to scare us . 
1 you 2 are
2 are 3 trying
3 trying 4 to
4 to 5 scare
5 scare 6 us
6 us 7 .

but [i] ['ll] [tell] you [right] [now] , you can't scare us away from such splendid eating as we have had here . 
1 but 5 you
5 you 8 ,
8 , 9 you
9 you 10 can't
10 can't 11 scare
11 scare 12 us
12 us 13 away
13 away 14 from
14 from 15 such
15 such 16 splendid
16 splendid 17 eating
17 eating 18 as
18 as 19 we
19 we 20 have
20 have 21 had
21 had 22 here
22 here 23 .

so there ! " 
1 so 2 there
2 there 3 !
3 ! 4 "

[chapter] [xxi] [:] [at] [last] [blacky] [is] [sure] 

who for another [conquers] [fear] [is] [truly] [brave] , it is most clear . 
1 who 2 for
2 for 3 another
3 another 9 ,
9 , 10 it
10 it 11 is
11 is 12 most
12 most 13 clear
13 clear 14 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

it was late in the afternoon , and [blacky] [the] [crow] was on his way to [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 late
3 late 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 afternoon
6 afternoon 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 12 was
12 was 13 on
13 on 14 his
14 his 15 way
15 way 16 to
16 to 20 .

as usual , he went around [by] [the] [big] [river] to see if that man was [scattering] [corn] [for] [the] [ducks] . 
1 as 2 usual
2 usual 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 went
5 went 6 around
6 around 11 to
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 if
13 if 14 that
14 that 15 man
15 man 16 was
16 was 22 .

he wasn't there . 
1 he 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 there
3 there 4 .

no one was to be seen along the bank [of] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 was
3 was 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 seen
6 seen 7 along
7 along 8 the
8 the 9 bank
9 bank 14 .

" he hasn't come to-day , or else he came early and has left , " [thought] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 hasn't
3 hasn't 4 come
4 come 5 to-day
5 to-day 6 ,
6 , 7 or
7 or 8 else
8 else 9 he
9 he 10 came
10 came 11 early
11 early 12 and
12 and 13 has
13 has 14 left
14 left 15 ,
15 , 16 "

what was it [blacky] [saw] ? 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 it
3 it 6 ?

it was a boat [coming] down [the] [big] [river] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 boat
4 boat 6 down
6 down 10 .

blacky sat still and watched . 
1 blacky 2 sat
2 sat 3 still
3 still 4 and
4 and 5 watched
5 watched 6 .

presently the boat turned in among the rushes , and a moment later a man stepped out on the shore . 
1 presently 2 the
2 the 3 boat
3 boat 4 turned
4 turned 5 in
5 in 6 among
6 among 7 the
7 the 8 rushes
8 rushes 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 a
11 a 12 moment
12 moment 13 later
13 later 14 a
14 a 15 man
15 man 16 stepped
16 stepped 17 out
17 out 18 on
18 on 19 the
19 the 20 shore
20 shore 21 .

it was the [same] man [blacky] [had] [watched] [scatter] [corn] in the rushes every day for a week . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 5 man
5 man 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 rushes
13 rushes 14 every
14 every 15 day
15 day 16 for
16 for 17 a
17 a 18 week
18 week 19 .

there wasn't the least doubt about it , it was the same man . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 the
3 the 4 least
4 least 5 doubt
5 doubt 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 ,
8 , 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 the
11 the 12 same
12 same 13 man
13 man 14 .

" [ha] [,] ha ! " [exclaimed] [blacky] [,] and [nearly] lost his balance in his excitement . 
1 " 4 ha
4 ha 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 10 and
10 and 12 lost
12 lost 13 his
13 his 14 balance
14 balance 15 in
15 in 16 his
16 his 17 excitement
17 excitement 18 .

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

it is [just] [as] [i] [thought] ! " 
1 it 2 is
2 is 7 !
7 ! 8 "

you [see] [blacky] ['s] [sharp] [eyes] had seen that the man was carrying something , and that something was a gun , a terrible gun . 
1 you 7 had
7 had 8 seen
8 seen 9 that
9 that 10 the
10 the 11 man
11 man 12 was
12 was 13 carrying
13 carrying 14 something
14 something 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 that
17 that 18 something
18 something 19 was
19 was 20 a
20 a 21 gun
21 gun 22 ,
22 , 23 a
23 a 24 terrible
24 terrible 25 gun
25 gun 26 .

blacky knows a terrible gun as far as he can see it . 
1 blacky 2 knows
2 knows 3 a
3 a 4 terrible
4 terrible 5 gun
5 gun 6 as
6 as 7 far
7 far 8 as
8 as 9 he
9 he 10 can
10 can 11 see
11 see 12 it
12 it 13 .

the hunter looked out [over] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 the 2 hunter
2 hunter 3 looked
3 looked 4 out
4 out 9 .

then he walked along where he had scattered corn the day before . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 walked
3 walked 4 along
4 along 5 where
5 where 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 scattered
8 scattered 9 corn
9 corn 10 the
10 the 11 day
11 day 12 before
12 before 13 .

not a grain was to be seen . 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 grain
3 grain 4 was
4 was 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 seen
7 seen 8 .

this seemed to please him . 
1 this 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 please
4 please 5 him
5 him 6 .

then he went back to the bushes and sat down on a log behind them , his terrible gun across his knees . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 back
4 back 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 bushes
7 bushes 8 and
8 and 9 sat
9 sat 10 down
10 down 11 on
11 on 12 a
12 a 13 log
13 log 14 behind
14 behind 15 them
15 them 16 ,
16 , 17 his
17 his 18 terrible
18 terrible 19 gun
19 gun 20 across
20 across 21 his
21 his 22 knees
22 knees 23 .

" [i] was [sure] of it , " [muttered] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 3 was
3 was 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" he is going to wait there for [those] [ducks] [to] [come] [in] , and then something dreadful will happen . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 wait
6 wait 7 there
7 there 8 for
8 for 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 then
16 then 17 something
17 something 18 dreadful
18 dreadful 19 will
19 will 20 happen
20 happen 21 .

what terrible creatures these hunters are ! 
1 what 2 terrible
2 terrible 3 creatures
3 creatures 4 these
4 these 5 hunters
5 hunters 6 are
6 are 7 !

they don't know what fairness is . 
1 they 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 fairness
5 fairness 6 is
6 is 7 .

no , [sir] [,] they don't know what fairness is . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 they
5 they 6 don't
6 don't 7 know
7 know 8 what
8 what 9 fairness
9 fairness 10 is
10 is 11 .

he knows they will feel so sure that all is safe that they will come in without looking for danger . 
1 he 2 knows
2 knows 3 they
3 they 4 will
4 will 5 feel
5 feel 6 so
6 so 7 sure
7 sure 8 that
8 that 9 all
9 all 10 is
10 is 11 safe
11 safe 12 that
12 that 13 they
13 they 14 will
14 will 15 come
15 come 16 in
16 in 17 without
17 without 18 looking
18 looking 19 for
19 for 20 danger
20 danger 21 .

then he will fire that terrible gun and kill them without giving them any chance at all . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 will
3 will 4 fire
4 fire 5 that
5 that 6 terrible
6 terrible 7 gun
7 gun 8 and
8 and 9 kill
9 kill 10 them
10 them 11 without
11 without 12 giving
12 giving 13 them
13 them 14 any
14 any 15 chance
15 chance 16 at
16 at 17 all
17 all 18 .

" [reddy] [fox] is a sly , clever hunter , but he wouldn't do a thing like that . 
1 " 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 sly
6 sly 7 ,
7 , 8 clever
8 clever 9 hunter
9 hunter 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 wouldn't
13 wouldn't 14 do
14 do 15 a
15 a 16 thing
16 thing 17 like
17 like 18 that
18 that 19 .

[neither] [would] [old] [man] [coyote] [or] [anybody] [else] [who] [wears] [fur] [or] [feathers] [.] 

they might hide and try to catch some one by surprise . 
1 they 2 might
2 might 3 hide
3 hide 4 and
4 and 5 try
5 try 6 to
6 to 7 catch
7 catch 8 some
8 some 9 one
9 one 10 by
10 by 11 surprise
11 surprise 12 .

that is all right , because each of us is supposed to be on the watch for things of that sort . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 all
3 all 4 right
4 right 5 ,
5 , 6 because
6 because 7 each
7 each 8 of
8 of 9 us
9 us 10 is
10 is 11 supposed
11 supposed 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 on
14 on 15 the
15 the 16 watch
16 watch 17 for
17 for 18 things
18 things 19 of
19 of 20 that
20 that 21 sort
21 sort 22 .

oh , dear , what 's to be done ? 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear
3 dear 4 ,
4 , 5 what
5 what 6 's
6 's 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 done
9 done 10 ?

it is time [i] [was] [getting] [home] to [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 time
3 time 8 to
8 to 12 .

the [black] [shadows] [will] [soon] [come] [creeping] [out] [from] [the] [purple] [hills] , [and] [i] [must] [be] [safe] in my hemlock-tree by then . 
1 the 13 ,
13 , 19 in
19 in 20 my
20 my 21 hemlock-tree
21 hemlock-tree 22 by
22 by 23 then
23 then 24 .

i would be scared to death to be out after dark . 
1 i 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 scared
4 scared 5 to
5 to 6 death
6 death 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 out
9 out 10 after
10 after 11 dark
11 dark 12 .

[yet] [those] [ducks] [ought] [to] [be] [warned] [.] 

oh , dear , what [shall] [i] [do] ? " 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear
3 dear 4 ,
4 , 5 what
5 what 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

with them might come [hooty] [the] [owl] , and [hooty] [wouldn't] [object] in the least to a [crow] dinner . 
1 with 2 them
2 them 3 might
3 might 4 come
4 come 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 least
15 least 16 to
16 to 17 a
17 a 19 dinner
19 dinner 20 .

he wished he was in that hemlock-tree that very minute . 
1 he 2 wished
2 wished 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 in
5 in 6 that
6 that 7 hemlock-tree
7 hemlock-tree 8 that
8 that 9 very
9 very 10 minute
10 minute 11 .

" [i] ['ll] wait a little while longer , " [muttered] [blacky] [,] and [tried] to feel brave . 
1 " 4 wait
4 wait 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 while
7 while 8 longer
8 longer 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 14 and
14 and 16 to
16 to 17 feel
17 feel 18 brave
18 brave 19 .

but instead he shivered . 
1 but 2 instead
2 instead 3 he
3 he 4 shivered
4 shivered 5 .

[chapter] [xxii] [:] [blacky] [goes] [home] [happy] 

no greater happiness is won [than] [through] [a] [deed] [for] [others] [done] . 
1 no 2 greater
2 greater 3 happiness
3 happiness 4 is
4 is 5 won
5 won 13 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

blacky sat in the top of a tree near the bank of the [big] [river] [and] [couldn't] [make] [up] [his] mind [what] [to] [do] . 
1 blacky 2 sat
2 sat 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 top
5 top 6 of
6 of 7 a
7 a 8 tree
8 tree 9 near
9 near 10 the
10 the 11 bank
11 bank 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 21 mind
21 mind 25 .

he wanted to get home to the big , thick hemlock-tree in the [green] [forest] [before] dusk , for [blacky] [is] [afraid] [of] the dark . 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 get
4 get 5 home
5 home 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 8 big
8 big 9 ,
9 , 10 thick
10 thick 11 hemlock-tree
11 hemlock-tree 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 17 dusk
17 dusk 18 ,
18 , 19 for
19 for 24 the
24 the 25 dark
25 dark 26 .

that is , he is afraid to be out after dark . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 out
9 out 10 after
10 after 11 dark
11 dark 12 .

don't waste any more time here . 
1 don't 2 waste
2 waste 3 any
3 any 4 more
4 more 5 time
5 time 6 here
6 here 7 .

what may happen to [those] [silly] [ducks] [is] [no] [business] [of] [yours] , and there is nothing you can do , anyway . 
1 what 2 may
2 may 3 happen
3 happen 4 to
4 to 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 there
15 there 16 is
16 is 17 nothing
17 nothing 18 you
18 you 19 can
19 can 20 do
20 do 21 ,
21 , 22 anyway
22 anyway 23 .

go along home . " 
1 go 2 along
2 along 3 home
3 home 4 .
4 . 5 "

" wait a few minutes , " said another little voice down inside him . 
1 " 2 wait
2 wait 3 a
3 a 4 few
4 few 5 minutes
5 minutes 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 another
9 another 10 little
10 little 11 voice
11 voice 12 down
12 down 13 inside
13 inside 14 him
14 him 15 .

" don't be a coward . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 be
3 be 4 a
4 a 5 coward
5 coward 6 .

you [ought] [to] [warn] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] and [his] [flock] that a hunter with a terrible gun is waiting for them . 
1 you 9 and
9 and 12 that
12 that 13 a
13 a 14 hunter
14 hunter 15 with
15 with 16 a
16 a 17 terrible
17 terrible 18 gun
18 gun 19 is
19 is 20 waiting
20 waiting 21 for
21 for 22 them
22 them 23 .

is it true that it is no business of yours what happens [to] [those] [ducks] ? 
1 is 2 it
2 it 3 true
3 true 4 that
4 that 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 7 no
7 no 8 business
8 business 9 of
9 of 10 yours
10 yours 11 what
11 what 12 happens
12 happens 16 ?

think again , [blacky] [;] [think] [again] [.] 
1 think 2 again
2 again 3 ,

it is the duty of each one who sees a common danger to warn his neighbors . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 duty
4 duty 5 of
5 of 6 each
6 each 7 one
7 one 8 who
8 who 9 sees
9 sees 10 a
10 a 11 common
11 common 12 danger
12 danger 13 to
13 to 14 warn
14 warn 15 his
15 his 16 neighbors
16 neighbors 17 .

if something dreadful should happen to [dusky] [because] [you] [were] [afraid] [of] the dark , you never would be comfortable in your own mind . 
1 if 2 something
2 something 3 dreadful
3 dreadful 4 should
4 should 5 happen
5 happen 6 to
6 to 13 the
13 the 14 dark
14 dark 15 ,
15 , 16 you
16 you 17 never
17 never 18 would
18 would 19 be
19 be 20 comfortable
20 comfortable 21 in
21 in 22 your
22 your 23 own
23 own 24 mind
24 mind 25 .

stay a little while and keep watch . " 
1 stay 2 a
2 a 3 little
3 little 4 while
4 while 5 and
5 and 6 keep
6 keep 7 watch
7 watch 8 .
8 . 9 "

not [five] [minutes] [later] [blacky] [saw] [something] that [made] [him] , [oh] [,] so glad he had kept watch . 
1 not 8 that
8 that 11 ,
11 , 14 so
14 so 15 glad
15 glad 16 he
16 he 17 had
17 had 18 kept
18 kept 19 watch
19 watch 20 .

it was a swiftly moving black line just above the water far down [the] [big] [river] , and it was coming up . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 swiftly
4 swiftly 5 moving
5 moving 6 black
6 black 7 line
7 line 8 just
8 just 9 above
9 above 10 the
10 the 11 water
11 water 12 far
12 far 13 down
13 down 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 it
19 it 20 was
20 was 21 coming
21 coming 22 up
22 up 23 .

he knew what that black line was . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 what
3 what 4 that
4 that 5 black
5 black 6 line
6 line 7 was
7 was 8 .

he looked over at the hunter hiding behind some bushes close to the edge of the water . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 over
3 over 4 at
4 at 5 the
5 the 6 hunter
6 hunter 7 hiding
7 hiding 8 behind
8 behind 9 some
9 some 10 bushes
10 bushes 11 close
11 close 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 edge
14 edge 15 of
15 of 16 the
16 the 17 water
17 water 18 .

the hunter was crouching with his terrible gun in his hands and was peeping over the bushes , watching that black line . 
1 the 2 hunter
2 hunter 3 was
3 was 4 crouching
4 crouching 5 with
5 with 6 his
6 his 7 terrible
7 terrible 8 gun
8 gun 9 in
9 in 10 his
10 his 11 hands
11 hands 12 and
12 and 13 was
13 was 14 peeping
14 peeping 15 over
15 over 16 the
16 the 17 bushes
17 bushes 18 ,
18 , 19 watching
19 watching 20 that
20 that 21 black
21 black 22 line
22 line 23 .

he , too , knew what it was . 
1 he 2 ,
2 , 3 too
3 too 4 ,
4 , 5 knew
5 knew 6 what
6 what 7 it
7 it 8 was
8 was 9 .

it was [a] [flock] [of] [ducks] [flying] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 8 .

and [blacky] was glad . 
1 and 3 was
3 was 4 glad
4 glad 5 .

perhaps now he could give them warning . 
1 perhaps 2 now
2 now 3 he
3 he 4 could
4 could 5 give
5 give 6 them
6 them 7 warning
7 warning 8 .

up the middle of the [big] [river] , [flying] [just] [above] the water , swept the flock [with] [dusky] [at] [its] [head] . 
1 up 2 the
2 the 3 middle
3 middle 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 8 ,
8 , 12 the
12 the 13 water
13 water 14 ,
14 , 15 swept
15 swept 16 the
16 the 17 flock
17 flock 23 .

how swiftly they flew , those nine big birds ! 
1 how 2 swiftly
2 swiftly 3 they
3 they 4 flew
4 flew 5 ,
5 , 6 those
6 those 7 nine
7 nine 8 big
8 big 9 birds
9 birds 10 !

blacky envied them their swift wings . 
1 blacky 2 envied
2 envied 3 them
3 them 4 their
4 their 5 swift
5 swift 6 wings
6 wings 7 .

on past the hidden hunter but far out [over] [the] [big] [river] [they] [swept] . 
1 on 2 past
2 past 3 the
3 the 4 hidden
4 hidden 5 hunter
5 hunter 6 but
6 but 7 far
7 far 8 out
8 out 15 .

for just a minute [blacky] [thought] they were going on up the river and not coming in to eat , after all . 
1 for 2 just
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 minute
4 minute 7 they
7 they 8 were
8 were 9 going
9 going 10 on
10 on 11 up
11 up 12 the
12 the 13 river
13 river 14 and
14 and 15 not
15 not 16 coming
16 coming 17 in
17 in 18 to
18 to 19 eat
19 eat 20 ,
20 , 21 after
21 after 22 all
22 all 23 .

then they turned toward the other shore , swept around in a circle and headed straight in toward that hidden hunter . 
1 then 2 they
2 they 3 turned
3 turned 4 toward
4 toward 5 the
5 the 6 other
6 other 7 shore
7 shore 8 ,
8 , 9 swept
9 swept 10 around
10 around 11 in
11 in 12 a
12 a 13 circle
13 circle 14 and
14 and 15 headed
15 headed 16 straight
16 straight 17 in
17 in 18 toward
18 toward 19 that
19 that 20 hidden
20 hidden 21 hunter
21 hunter 22 .

blacky glanced at him and saw that he was ready to shoot . 
1 blacky 2 glanced
2 glanced 3 at
3 at 4 him
4 him 5 and
5 and 6 saw
6 saw 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 ready
10 ready 11 to
11 to 12 shoot
12 shoot 13 .

almost without thinking , [blacky] [spread] [his] [wings] and started out from that tree . 
1 almost 2 without
2 without 3 thinking
3 thinking 4 ,
4 , 9 and
9 and 10 started
10 started 11 out
11 out 12 from
12 from 13 that
13 that 14 tree
14 tree 15 .

" caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! " he shrieked at the top of his lungs . 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 ,
7 , 8 caw
8 caw 9 ,
9 , 10 caw
10 caw 11 !
11 ! 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 shrieked
14 shrieked 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 .

" caw , caw , caw , caw , caw ! " 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 ,
7 , 8 caw
8 caw 9 ,
9 , 10 caw
10 caw 11 !
11 ! 12 "

it was [his] [danger] [cry] [that] [everybody] on [the] [green] [meadows] and in the [green] [forest] [knows] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 8 on
8 on 12 and
12 and 13 in
13 in 14 the

he did put up his gun and aim at them , but he didn't shoot . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 put
3 put 4 up
4 up 5 his
5 his 6 gun
6 gun 7 and
7 and 8 aim
8 aim 9 at
9 at 10 them
10 them 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 he
13 he 14 didn't
14 didn't 15 shoot
15 shoot 16 .

you see , he didn't want to frighten them so that they would not return . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 want
6 want 7 to
7 to 8 frighten
8 frighten 9 them
9 them 10 so
10 so 11 that
11 that 12 they
12 they 13 would
13 would 14 not
14 not 15 return
15 return 16 .

blacky [headed] [straight] [for] [the] [green] [forest] , [chuckling] as he flew . 
1 blacky 8 ,
8 , 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 flew
12 flew 13 .

he knew that [those] [ducks] would not return until after dark . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 6 would
6 would 7 not
7 not 8 return
8 return 9 until
9 until 10 after
10 after 11 dark
11 dark 12 .

he had saved them this time , and he was so happy he didn't [even] [notice] [the] [black] [shadows] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 saved
3 saved 4 them
4 them 5 this
5 this 6 time
6 time 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 so
11 so 12 happy
12 happy 13 he
13 he 14 didn't
14 didn't 20 .

and the hunter stood up and shook his fist [at] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 and 2 the
2 the 3 hunter
3 hunter 4 stood
4 stood 5 up
5 up 6 and
6 and 7 shook
7 shook 8 his
8 his 9 fist
9 fist 14 .

[chapter] [xxiii] [:] [blacky] [calls] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] 

blacky awoke in the best of spirits . 
1 blacky 2 awoke
2 awoke 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 best
5 best 6 of
6 of 7 spirits
7 spirits 8 .

late the afternoon before he had saved [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [and] [his] [flock] from a hunter with a terrible gun . 
1 late 2 the
2 the 3 afternoon
3 afternoon 4 before
4 before 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 saved
7 saved 15 from
15 from 16 a
16 a 17 hunter
17 hunter 18 with
18 with 19 a
19 a 20 terrible
20 terrible 21 gun
21 gun 22 .

he hates a hunter with a terrible gun [,] [does] [blacky] . 
1 he 2 hates
2 hates 3 a
3 a 4 hunter
4 hunter 5 with
5 with 6 a
6 a 7 terrible
7 terrible 8 gun
8 gun 12 .

for that matter , so do all the little people [of] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [the] [green] [meadows] . 
1 for 2 that
2 that 3 matter
3 matter 4 ,
4 , 5 so
5 so 6 do
6 do 7 all
7 all 8 the
8 the 9 little
9 little 10 people
10 people 19 .

so [blacky] [started] [out] for his breakfast in high spirits . 
1 so 5 for
5 for 6 his
6 his 7 breakfast
7 breakfast 8 in
8 in 9 high
9 high 10 spirits
10 spirits 11 .

after breakfast , he flew over to [the] [big] [river] [to] see [if] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [was] [feeding] in the rushes along the shore . 
1 after 2 breakfast
2 breakfast 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 flew
5 flew 6 over
6 over 7 to
7 to 12 see
12 see 20 in
20 in 21 the
21 the 22 rushes
22 rushes 23 along
23 along 24 the
24 the 25 shore
25 shore 26 .

" they 'll come back , and so will that hunter . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 'll
3 'll 4 come
4 come 5 back
5 back 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 so
8 so 9 will
9 will 10 that
10 that 11 hunter
11 hunter 12 .

if he sees me around again , he 'll try to shoot me . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 sees
3 sees 4 me
4 me 5 around
5 around 6 again
6 again 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 'll
9 'll 10 try
10 try 11 to
11 to 12 shoot
12 shoot 13 me
13 me 14 .

i 've done [all] [i] [can] [do] . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 done
3 done 8 .

anyway , [dusky] [ought] [to] [have] [sense] [enough] [to] [be] [suspicious] [of] this place after that warning . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 13 this
13 this 14 place
14 place 15 after
15 after 16 that
16 that 17 warning
17 warning 18 .

hello , who is that ? 
1 hello 2 ,
2 , 3 who
3 who 4 is
4 is 5 that
5 that 6 ?

i do believe it is [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 i 2 do
2 do 3 believe
3 believe 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 10 .

i wish he would come over here . 
1 i 2 wish
2 wish 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 come
5 come 6 over
6 over 7 here
7 here 8 .

if he should find out about that hunter , perhaps he would do something to drive him away . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 should
3 should 4 find
4 find 5 out
5 out 6 about
6 about 7 that
7 that 8 hunter
8 hunter 9 ,
9 , 10 perhaps
10 perhaps 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 do
13 do 14 something
14 something 15 to
15 to 16 drive
16 drive 17 him
17 him 18 away
18 away 19 .

i 'll see [if] [i] [can] [call] him over here . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 see
3 see 8 him
8 him 9 over
9 over 10 here
10 here 11 .
11 . 12 "

blacky began to call in the way he does when he has discovered something and wants others to know about it . 
1 blacky 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 call
4 call 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 way
7 way 8 he
8 he 9 does
9 does 10 when
10 when 11 he
11 he 12 has
12 has 13 discovered
13 discovered 14 something
14 something 15 and
15 and 16 wants
16 wants 17 others
17 others 18 to
18 to 19 know
19 know 20 about
20 about 21 it
21 it 22 .

" caw , caw , caaw , caaw , caw , caw , caaw ! " [screamed] [blacky] [,] as if greatly excited . 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caaw
6 caaw 7 ,
7 , 8 caaw
8 caaw 9 ,
9 , 10 caw
10 caw 11 ,
11 , 12 caw
12 caw 13 ,
13 , 14 caaw
14 caaw 15 !
15 ! 16 "
16 " 20 as
20 as 21 if
21 if 22 greatly
22 greatly 23 excited
23 excited 24 .

he [heard] [the] [excited] [cawing] [of] [blacky] [and] at once turned in that direction . 
1 he 9 at
9 at 10 once
10 once 11 turned
11 turned 12 in
12 in 13 that
13 that 14 direction
14 direction 15 .

" that black rascal has found something over on the shore [of] [the] [big] [river] , " [said] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy to himself . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 black
3 black 4 rascal
4 rascal 5 has
5 has 6 found
6 found 7 something
7 something 8 over
8 over 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 shore
11 shore 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 22 boy
22 boy 23 to
23 to 24 himself
24 himself 25 .

" [i] ['ll] [go] over there to see what it is . 
1 " 5 over
5 over 6 there
6 there 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 9 what
9 what 10 it
10 it 11 is
11 is 12 .

there isn't much escapes the sharp eyes of that black busybody . 
1 there 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 much
3 much 4 escapes
4 escapes 5 the
5 the 6 sharp
6 sharp 7 eyes
7 eyes 8 of
8 of 9 that
9 that 10 black
10 black 11 busybody
11 busybody 12 .

he has led me to a lot of interesting things , one time and another . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 led
3 led 4 me
4 me 5 to
5 to 6 a
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
8 of 9 interesting
9 interesting 10 things
10 things 11 ,
11 , 12 one
12 one 13 time
13 time 14 and
14 and 15 another
15 another 16 .

there he is on the top of that tree over by the [big] [river] [.] " 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 6 top
6 top 7 of
7 of 8 that
8 that 9 tree
9 tree 10 over
10 over 11 by
11 by 12 the
12 the 16 "

as [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [drew] [near] , [blacky] [flew] [down] [and] [disappeared] [below] [the] [bank] [.] 
1 as 8 ,

[fanner] [brown] ['s] [boy] [chuckled] [.] 

" whatever it is , it is right down there , " he muttered . 
1 " 2 whatever
2 whatever 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 ,
5 , 6 it
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 right
8 right 9 down
9 down 10 there
10 there 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 muttered
14 muttered 15 .

he walked forward rapidly but quietly , and presently he reached the edge of the bank . 
1 he 2 walked
2 walked 3 forward
3 forward 4 rapidly
4 rapidly 5 but
5 but 6 quietly
6 quietly 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 presently
9 presently 10 he
10 he 11 reached
11 reached 12 the
12 the 13 edge
13 edge 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 bank
16 bank 17 .

up [flew] [blacky] [cawing] [wildly] , and pretending to be scared half to death . 
1 up 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 pretending
8 pretending 9 to
9 to 10 be
10 be 11 scared
11 scared 12 half
12 half 13 to
13 to 14 death
14 death 15 .

[again] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [chuckled] [.] 

" you 're just making believe , " he declared . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 just
4 just 5 making
5 making 6 believe
6 believe 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 declared
10 declared 11 .

now , what have you found over here ? " 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 what
3 what 4 have
4 have 5 you
5 you 6 found
6 found 7 over
7 over 8 here
8 here 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

he looked eagerly along the shore , and at once he saw a row of low bushes close to the edge of the water . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 eagerly
3 eagerly 4 along
4 along 5 the
5 the 6 shore
6 shore 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 at
9 at 10 once
10 once 11 he
11 he 12 saw
12 saw 13 a
13 a 14 row
14 row 15 of
15 of 16 low
16 low 17 bushes
17 bushes 18 close
18 close 19 to
19 to 20 the
20 the 21 edge
21 edge 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 water
24 water 25 .

he knew what it was instantly . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 what
3 what 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 instantly
6 instantly 7 .

" [a] [duck] [blind] [!] ["] he exclaimed . 
1 " 7 he
7 he 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 9 .

" a hunter has built a blind over here from which to shoot [ducks] . 
1 " 2 a
2 a 3 hunter
3 hunter 4 has
4 has 5 built
5 built 6 a
6 a 7 blind
7 blind 8 over
8 over 9 here
9 here 10 from
10 from 11 which
11 which 12 to
12 to 13 shoot
13 shoot 15 .

i wonder if he has killed any yet . 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 if
3 if 4 he
4 he 5 has
5 has 6 killed
6 killed 7 any
7 any 8 yet
8 yet 9 .

i hope not . " 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 3 not
3 not 4 .
4 . 5 "

he went down to the blind , for that is [what] a [duck] hunter 's hiding-place is called , and looked about . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 down
3 down 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 blind
6 blind 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 that
9 that 10 is
10 is 12 a
12 a 14 hunter
14 hunter 15 's
15 's 16 hiding-place
16 hiding-place 17 is
17 is 18 called
18 called 19 ,
19 , 20 and
20 and 21 looked
21 looked 22 about
22 about 23 .

a couple of grains of corn just inside the blind caught his eyes , and his face darkened . 
1 a 2 couple
2 couple 3 of
3 of 4 grains
4 grains 5 of
5 of 6 corn
6 corn 7 just
7 just 8 inside
8 inside 9 the
9 the 10 blind
10 blind 11 caught
11 caught 12 his
12 his 13 eyes
13 eyes 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 his
16 his 17 face
17 face 18 darkened
18 darkened 19 .

" that fellow has been [baiting] [ducks] , " thought he . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 fellow
3 fellow 4 has
4 has 5 been
5 been 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 thought
10 thought 11 he
11 he 12 .

" he has been putting out corn to get them to come here regularly . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 has
3 has 4 been
4 been 5 putting
5 putting 6 out
6 out 7 corn
7 corn 8 to
8 to 9 get
9 get 10 them
10 them 11 to
11 to 12 come
12 come 13 here
13 here 14 regularly
14 regularly 15 .

my , [how] [i] [hate] that sort of thing ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 6 that
6 that 7 sort
7 sort 8 of
8 of 9 thing
9 thing 10 !

it is bad enough to hunt them fairly , but to feed them and then kill them ugh ! 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 bad
3 bad 4 enough
4 enough 5 to
5 to 6 hunt
6 hunt 7 them
7 them 8 fairly
8 fairly 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 to
11 to 12 feed
12 feed 13 them
13 them 14 and
14 and 15 then
15 then 16 kill
16 kill 17 them
17 them 18 ugh
18 ugh 19 !

i wonder if he has shot any yet . " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 if
3 if 4 he
4 he 5 has
5 has 6 shot
6 shot 7 any
7 any 8 yet
8 yet 9 .
9 . 10 "

he looked all about keenly , and his face cleared . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 all
3 all 4 about
4 about 5 keenly
5 keenly 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 his
8 his 9 face
9 face 10 cleared
10 cleared 11 .

he knew that if that hunter had [killed] [any] [ducks] , there would be tell-tale feathers in the blind , and there were none . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 if
4 if 5 that
5 that 6 hunter
6 hunter 7 had
7 had 11 ,
11 , 12 there
12 there 13 would
13 would 14 be
14 be 15 tell-tale
15 tell-tale 16 feathers
16 feathers 17 in
17 in 18 the
18 the 19 blind
19 blind 20 ,
20 , 21 and
21 and 22 there
22 there 23 were
23 were 24 none
24 none 25 .

[chapter] [xxiv] [:] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [does] [some] [thinking] 

farmer [brown] ['s] [boy] [sat] [on] [the] [bank] [of] [the] [big] [river] [in] [a] brown [study] . 
1 farmer 15 brown
15 brown 17 .

that means that he was thinking very hard . 
1 that 2 means
2 means 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 thinking
6 thinking 7 very
7 very 8 hard
8 hard 9 .

blacky [the] [crow] sat in the top of a tall tree a short distance away and watched him . 
1 blacky 4 sat
4 sat 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 top
7 top 8 of
8 of 9 a
9 a 10 tall
10 tall 11 tree
11 tree 12 a
12 a 13 short
13 short 14 distance
14 distance 15 away
15 away 16 and
16 and 17 watched
17 watched 18 him
18 him 19 .

blacky was silent now , and there was a knowing look in his shrewd little eyes . 
1 blacky 2 was
2 was 3 silent
3 silent 4 now
4 now 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 knowing
10 knowing 11 look
11 look 12 in
12 in 13 his
13 his 14 shrewd
14 shrewd 15 little
15 little 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 .

to-night , or some night soon , that hunter will be waiting for them . 
1 to-night 2 ,
2 , 3 or
3 or 4 some
4 some 5 night
5 night 6 soon
6 soon 7 ,
7 , 8 that
8 that 9 hunter
9 hunter 10 will
10 will 11 be
11 be 12 waiting
12 waiting 13 for
13 for 14 them
14 them 15 .

" [i] [guess] [the] [law] that [permits] [hunting] [ducks] is all right , but there ought to be a law against baiting them in . 
1 " 6 that
6 that 10 is
10 is 11 all
11 all 12 right
12 right 13 ,
13 , 14 but
14 but 15 there
15 there 16 ought
16 ought 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 a
19 a 20 law
20 law 21 against
21 against 22 baiting
22 baiting 23 them
23 them 24 in
24 in 25 .

that isn't hunting . 
1 that 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 hunting
3 hunting 4 .

no , [sir] [,] that isn't hunting . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 isn't
6 isn't 7 hunting
7 hunting 8 .

if this land were my father 's , [i] would know what to do . 
1 if 2 this
2 this 3 land
3 land 4 were
4 were 5 my
5 my 6 father
6 father 7 's
7 's 8 ,
8 , 10 would
10 would 11 know
11 know 12 what
12 what 13 to
13 to 14 do
14 do 15 .

i would put up a sign saying that this was private property and no shooting was allowed . 
1 i 2 would
2 would 3 put
3 put 4 up
4 up 5 a
5 a 6 sign
6 sign 7 saying
7 saying 8 that
8 that 9 this
9 this 10 was
10 was 11 private
11 private 12 property
12 property 13 and
13 and 14 no
14 no 15 shooting
15 shooting 16 was
16 was 17 allowed
17 allowed 18 .

but it isn't my father 's land , and that hunter has a perfect right to shoot here . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 my
4 my 5 father
5 father 6 's
6 's 7 land
7 land 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 that
10 that 11 hunter
11 hunter 12 has
12 has 13 a
13 a 14 perfect
14 perfect 15 right
15 right 16 to
16 to 17 shoot
17 shoot 18 here
18 here 19 .

he has just as much right here [as] [i] [have] . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 much
5 much 6 right
6 right 7 here
7 here 11 .

i [wish] [i] could stop him , [but] [i] don't see how [i] [can] . " 
1 i 4 could
4 could 5 stop
5 stop 6 him
6 him 7 ,
7 , 10 don't
10 don't 11 see
11 see 12 how
12 how 15 .
15 . 16 "

a frown puckered the freckled face [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 a 2 frown
2 frown 3 puckered
3 puckered 4 the
4 the 5 freckled
5 freckled 6 face
6 face 12 .

you see , he was thinking very hard , and when he does that he is very apt to frown . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 thinking
6 thinking 7 very
7 very 8 hard
8 hard 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 when
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 does
13 does 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 is
16 is 17 very
17 very 18 apt
18 apt 19 to
19 to 20 frown
20 frown 21 .

" [i] suppose , " he muttered , " [i] [can] [tear] [down] [his] [blind] [.] 
1 " 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 he
6 he 7 muttered
7 muttered 8 ,
8 , 9 "

he wouldn't know who did it . 
1 he 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 know
3 know 4 who
4 who 5 did
5 did 6 it
6 it 7 .

but that wouldn't do much good ; he would build another . 
1 but 2 that
2 that 3 wouldn't
3 wouldn't 4 do
4 do 5 much
5 much 6 good
6 good 7 ;
7 ; 8 he
8 he 9 would
9 would 10 build
10 build 11 another
11 another 12 .

besides , it wouldn't be right . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 wouldn't
4 wouldn't 5 be
5 be 6 right
6 right 7 .

i won't do a thing [i] [haven't] [a] [right] to do . 
1 i 2 won't
2 won't 3 do
3 do 4 a
4 a 5 thing
5 thing 10 to
10 to 11 do
11 do 12 .

that wouldn't be honest . 
1 that 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 be
3 be 4 honest
4 honest 5 .

i 've got to think of some other way [of] [saving] [those] [ducks] . " 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 of
6 of 7 some
7 some 8 other
8 other 9 way
9 way 14 .
14 . 15 "

the frown on his freckled face grew deeper , and for a long time he sat without moving . 
1 the 2 frown
2 frown 3 on
3 on 4 his
4 his 5 freckled
5 freckled 6 face
6 face 7 grew
7 grew 8 deeper
8 deeper 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 for
11 for 12 a
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 time
14 time 15 he
15 he 16 sat
16 sat 17 without
17 without 18 moving
18 moving 19 .

suddenly his face cleared , and he jumped to his feet . 
1 suddenly 2 his
2 his 3 face
3 face 4 cleared
4 cleared 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 jumped
8 jumped 9 to
9 to 10 his
10 his 11 feet
11 feet 12 .

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

" [i] have it ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 3 have
3 have 4 it
4 it 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 9 .

" [i] ['ll] [do] a little shooting myself ! " 
1 " 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 shooting
7 shooting 8 myself
8 myself 9 !
9 ! 10 "

then he chuckled again and started for home . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 again
4 again 5 and
5 and 6 started
6 started 7 for
7 for 8 home
8 home 9 .

presently he began to whistle , a way he has when he is in good spirits . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 whistle
5 whistle 6 ,
6 , 7 a
7 a 8 way
8 way 9 he
9 he 10 has
10 has 11 when
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 is
13 is 14 in
14 in 15 good
15 good 16 spirits
16 spirits 17 .

blacky [the] [crow] watched him go , and [blacky] was well satisfied . 
1 blacky 4 watched
4 watched 5 him
5 him 6 go
6 go 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 was
10 was 11 well
11 well 12 satisfied
12 satisfied 13 .

perhaps [blacky] [wouldn't] [have] [felt] [so] [sure] [could] he [have] [understood] [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] had said about doing a little shooting himself . 
1 perhaps 9 he
9 he 17 had
17 had 18 said
18 said 19 about
19 about 20 doing
20 doing 21 a
21 a 22 little
22 little 23 shooting
23 shooting 24 himself
24 himself 25 .

none of the little people [of] [the] [green] [forest] and the [green] [meadows] [knew] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [better] [than] did [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 none 2 of
2 of 3 the
3 the 4 little
4 little 5 people
5 people 10 and
10 and 11 the
11 the 18 boy
18 boy 21 did
21 did 25 .

none knew better than he that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was their best friend . 
1 none 2 knew
2 knew 3 better
3 better 4 than
4 than 5 he
5 he 6 that
6 that 11 was
11 was 12 their
12 their 13 best
13 best 14 friend
14 friend 15 .

" it is all right now , " [chuckled] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 all
4 all 5 right
5 right 6 now
6 now 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" it is all right now . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 all
4 all 5 right
5 right 6 now
6 now 7 .
7 . 8 "

[chapter] [xxv] [:] [blacky] [gets] [a] [dreadful] [shock] 

when friends prove false , whom may we trust ? 
1 when 2 friends
2 friends 3 prove
3 prove 4 false
4 false 5 ,
5 , 6 whom
6 whom 7 may
7 may 8 we
8 we 9 trust
9 trust 10 ?

the springs of faith are turned to dust . 
1 the 2 springs
2 springs 3 of
3 of 4 faith
4 faith 5 are
5 are 6 turned
6 turned 7 to
7 to 8 dust
8 dust 9 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

[blacky] [the] [crow] [was] [in] [the] [top] [of] [his] [favorite] [tree] [over] [near] [the] [big] [river] [early] [this] [afternoon] [.] 

for a long time he sat there , seeing nothing unusual . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 long
3 long 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 sat
6 sat 7 there
7 there 8 ,
8 , 9 seeing
9 seeing 10 nothing
10 nothing 11 unusual
11 unusual 12 .

at last he spied a tiny figure far away [across] [the] [green] [meadows] . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 spied
4 spied 5 a
5 a 6 tiny
6 tiny 7 figure
7 figure 8 far
8 far 9 away
9 away 14 .

even at that distance he knew who it was ; it was [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , and he was coming [toward] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 even 2 at
2 at 3 that
3 that 4 distance
4 distance 5 he
5 he 6 knew
6 knew 7 who
7 who 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 ;
10 ; 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 he
19 he 20 was
20 was 21 coming
21 coming 26 .

" [i] [thought] as much , " [chuckled] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 4 as
4 as 5 much
5 much 6 ,
6 , 7 "

" he is coming over here to drive that hunter away . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 coming
4 coming 5 over
5 over 6 here
6 here 7 to
7 to 8 drive
8 drive 9 that
9 that 10 hunter
10 hunter 11 away
11 away 12 .
12 . 13 "

the tiny figure grew larger . 
1 the 2 tiny
2 tiny 3 figure
3 figure 4 grew
4 grew 5 larger
5 larger 6 .

it was [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [beyond] [a] [doubt] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 10 .

suddenly [blacky] ['s] [eyes] [opened] [so] [wide] that they looked as if they were in danger of popping out of his head . 
1 suddenly 8 that
8 that 9 they
9 they 10 looked
10 looked 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 they
13 they 14 were
14 were 15 in
15 in 16 danger
16 danger 17 of
17 of 18 popping
18 popping 19 out
19 out 20 of
20 of 21 his
21 his 22 head
22 head 23 .

he [had] [discovered] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was carrying something and that that something was a gun ! 
1 he 9 was
9 was 10 carrying
10 carrying 11 something
11 something 12 and
12 and 13 that
13 that 14 that
14 that 15 something
15 something 16 was
16 was 17 a
17 a 18 gun
18 gun 19 !

yes , [sir] [,] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [carrying] a terrible gun ! 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 11 a
11 a 12 terrible
12 terrible 13 gun
13 gun 14 !

" a gun ! " [croaked] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 a
2 a 3 gun
3 gun 4 !
4 ! 5 "

" [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] with a terrible gun ! 
1 " 6 with
6 with 7 a
7 a 8 terrible
8 terrible 9 gun
9 gun 10 !

what does it mean ? " 
1 what 2 does
2 does 3 it
3 it 4 mean
4 mean 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

[nearer] [came] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [,] [and] [blacky] [could] [see] [that] [terrible] [gun] [plainly] [now] [.] 

suddenly an idea popped into his head . 
1 suddenly 2 an
2 an 3 idea
3 idea 4 popped
4 popped 5 into
5 into 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 .

" perhaps he is going to shoot that hunter ! " thought [blacky] [,] [and] [somehow] he felt better . 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 going
5 going 6 to
6 to 7 shoot
7 shoot 8 that
8 that 9 hunter
9 hunter 10 !
10 ! 11 "
11 " 12 thought
12 thought 17 he
17 he 18 felt
18 felt 19 better
19 better 20 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [reached] [the] [big] [river] [at] [a] [point] [some] [distance] [below] [the] [blind] [built] [by] [the] [hunter] [.] 

he laid his gun down on the bank and went down to the edge of the water . 
1 he 2 laid
2 laid 3 his
3 his 4 gun
4 gun 5 down
5 down 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 bank
8 bank 9 and
9 and 10 went
10 went 11 down
11 down 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 edge
14 edge 15 of
15 of 16 the
16 the 17 water
17 water 18 .

the rushes grew very thick there , and for a [while] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy was very busy among them . 
1 the 2 rushes
2 rushes 3 grew
3 grew 4 very
4 very 5 thick
5 thick 6 there
6 there 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 for
9 for 10 a
10 a 15 boy
15 boy 16 was
16 was 17 very
17 very 18 busy
18 busy 19 among
19 among 20 them
20 them 21 .

blacky from his high perch could watch him , and as he watched , he grew more and more puzzled . 
1 blacky 2 from
2 from 3 his
3 his 4 high
4 high 5 perch
5 perch 6 could
6 could 7 watch
7 watch 8 him
8 him 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 watched
13 watched 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 grew
16 grew 17 more
17 more 18 and
18 and 19 more
19 more 20 puzzled
20 puzzled 21 .

it looked very much as [if] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [building] a blind much like that of the hunter 's . 
1 it 2 looked
2 looked 3 very
3 very 4 much
4 much 5 as
5 as 13 a
13 a 14 blind
14 blind 15 much
15 much 16 like
16 like 17 that
17 that 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 hunter
20 hunter 21 's
21 's 22 .

he was quite hidden there , excepting from a place high up [like] [blacky] ['s] [perch] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 quite
3 quite 4 hidden
4 hidden 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 excepting
7 excepting 8 from
8 from 9 a
9 a 10 place
10 place 11 high
11 high 12 up
12 up 17 .

" [i] [i] [i] [do] [believe] he is going to try to [shoot] [those] [ducks] [himself] , " [gasped] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 9 going
9 going 10 to
10 to 11 try
11 try 12 to
12 to 17 ,
17 , 18 "

" [i] [wouldn't] have [believed] it if any one had told me . 
1 " 4 have
4 have 6 it
6 it 7 if
7 if 8 any
8 any 9 one
9 one 10 had
10 had 11 told
11 told 12 me
12 me 13 .

[no] [,] [sir] [,] [i] [wouldn't] [have] [believed] [it] [.] 

i [i] can't believe it now . 
1 i 3 can't
3 can't 4 believe
4 believe 5 it
5 it 6 now
6 now 7 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [hunting] [with] [a] [terrible] [gun] [!] 

[yet] [i] ['ve] [got] [to] [believe] [my] [own] [eyes] [.] ["] 

a noise up river caught his attention . 
1 a 2 noise
2 noise 3 up
3 up 4 river
4 river 5 caught
5 caught 6 his
6 his 7 attention
7 attention 8 .

it was the noise of oars in a boat . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 noise
4 noise 5 of
5 of 6 oars
6 oars 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 boat
9 boat 10 .

there was the hunter [,] [rowing] [down] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 hunter
4 hunter 11 .

just as he had done the day before , he came ashore above his blind and walked down to it . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 done
5 done 6 the
6 the 7 day
7 day 8 before
8 before 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 came
11 came 12 ashore
12 ashore 13 above
13 above 14 his
14 his 15 blind
15 blind 16 and
16 and 17 walked
17 walked 18 down
18 down 19 to
19 to 20 it
20 it 21 .

" this is no place for me , " [muttered] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 no
4 no 5 place
5 place 6 for
6 for 7 me
7 me 8 ,
8 , 9 "

" he 'll remember that [i] [scared] [those] [ducks] [yesterday] , and as likely as not he 'll try to shoot me . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 'll
3 'll 4 remember
4 remember 5 that
5 that 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 as
13 as 14 likely
14 likely 15 as
15 as 16 not
16 not 17 he
17 he 18 'll
18 'll 19 try
19 try 20 to
20 to 21 shoot
21 shoot 22 me
22 me 23 .
23 . 24 "

there he sat until the [black] [shadows] [warned] [him] [that] [it] [was] [high] time for him to be getting back [to] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 until
4 until 5 the
5 the 14 time
14 time 15 for
15 for 16 him
16 him 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 getting
19 getting 20 back
20 back 25 .

he had to hurry , for it was later than usual , and he was afraid to be out after dark . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to
3 to 4 hurry
4 hurry 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 7 it
7 it 8 was
8 was 9 later
9 later 10 than
10 than 11 usual
11 usual 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 afraid
16 afraid 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 out
19 out 20 after
20 after 21 dark
21 dark 22 .

" it is true , " [croaked] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 true
4 true 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [has] [turned] [hunter] . " 
1 " 5 boy
5 boy 9 .
9 . 10 "

it was such a dreadful shock to [blacky] that it was a long time before he could go to sleep . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 such
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 dreadful
5 dreadful 6 shock
6 shock 7 to
7 to 9 that
9 that 10 it
10 it 11 was
11 was 12 a
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 time
14 time 15 before
15 before 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 go
18 go 19 to
19 to 20 sleep
20 sleep 21 .

[chapter] [xxvi] [:] [why] [the] [hunter] [got] [no] [ducks] 

" it is well for you that you didn't wait for me to get nearer , " said the hunter . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 well
4 well 5 for
5 for 6 you
6 you 7 that
7 that 8 you
8 you 9 didn't
9 didn't 10 wait
10 wait 11 for
11 for 12 me
12 me 13 to
13 to 14 get
14 get 15 nearer
15 nearer 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 19 the
19 the 20 hunter
20 hunter 21 .

" you are smart enough to know that you can't play the same trick on me twice . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 are
3 are 4 smart
4 smart 5 enough
5 enough 6 to
6 to 7 know
7 know 8 that
8 that 9 you
9 you 10 can't
10 can't 11 play
11 play 12 the
12 the 13 same
13 same 14 trick
14 trick 15 on
15 on 16 me
16 me 17 twice
17 twice 18 .

the hunter couldn't see him at all . 
1 the 2 hunter
2 hunter 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 see
4 see 5 him
5 him 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 .

he didn't have the least idea that any one else was anywhere near . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 the
4 the 5 least
5 least 6 idea
6 idea 7 that
7 that 8 any
8 any 9 one
9 one 10 else
10 else 11 was
11 was 12 anywhere
12 anywhere 13 near
13 near 14 .

far down the [big] [river] [the] [hunter] [saw] [a] [swiftly] [moving] [black] [line] [just] [above] [the] water . 
1 far 2 down
2 down 3 the
3 the 17 water
17 water 18 .

" here they come , " he muttered , as he eagerly watched that black line draw nearer . 
1 " 2 here
2 here 3 they
3 they 4 come
4 come 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 muttered
8 muttered 9 ,
9 , 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 eagerly
12 eagerly 13 watched
13 watched 14 that
14 that 15 black
15 black 16 line
16 line 17 draw
17 draw 18 nearer
18 nearer 19 .

[twice] [those] [big] [black] [birds] [circled] [around] [over] [the] [big] [river] [opposite] [where] [the] [hunter] [was] [crouching] [behind] [his] [blind] [.] 

it was plain that [dusky] [,] [their] [leader] [,] [remembered] [blacky] 's [warning] the night before . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 4 that
4 that 12 's
12 's 14 the
14 the 15 night
15 night 16 before
16 before 17 .

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

everything appeared safe . 
1 everything 2 appeared
2 appeared 3 safe
3 safe 4 .

once more the flock circled and then headed straight for that place where they hoped to find more corn . 
1 once 2 more
2 more 3 the
3 the 4 flock
4 flock 5 circled
5 circled 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 headed
8 headed 9 straight
9 straight 10 for
10 for 11 that
11 that 12 place
12 place 13 where
13 where 14 they
14 they 15 hoped
15 hoped 16 to
16 to 17 find
17 find 18 more
18 more 19 corn
19 corn 20 .

the hunter crouched lower . 
1 the 2 hunter
2 hunter 3 crouched
3 crouched 4 lower
4 lower 5 .

they were almost near enough for him to shoot when " bang , bang " went a gun a short distance away . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 almost
3 almost 4 near
4 near 5 enough
5 enough 6 for
6 for 7 him
7 him 8 to
8 to 9 shoot
9 shoot 10 when
10 when 11 "
11 " 12 bang
12 bang 13 ,
13 , 14 bang
14 bang 15 "
15 " 16 went
16 went 17 a
17 a 18 gun
18 gun 19 a
19 a 20 short
20 short 21 distance
21 distance 22 away
22 away 23 .

[instantly] [dusky] [and] [his] [flock] [turned] [and] [on] [swift] [wings] [swung] [off] [and] [up] [the] [river] [.] 

if ever there was a disappointed hunter , it was the one crouching in that blind . 
1 if 2 ever
2 ever 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 a
5 a 6 disappointed
6 disappointed 7 hunter
7 hunter 8 ,
8 , 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 the
11 the 12 one
12 one 13 crouching
13 crouching 14 in
14 in 15 that
15 that 16 blind
16 blind 17 .

" somebody else is hunting , and he spoiled my shot that time , " he muttered . 
1 " 2 somebody
2 somebody 3 else
3 else 4 is
4 is 5 hunting
5 hunting 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 spoiled
9 spoiled 10 my
10 my 11 shot
11 shot 12 that
12 that 13 time
13 time 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
16 he 17 muttered
17 muttered 18 .

" he must have a blind farther down . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 must
3 must 4 have
4 have 5 a
5 a 6 blind
6 blind 7 farther
7 farther 8 down
8 down 9 .

[probably] [some] [other] [ducks] [i] [didn't] [see] [came] [in] [to] [him] [.] 

i wonder if he got them . 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 if
3 if 4 he
4 he 5 got
5 got 6 them
6 them 7 .

here 's hoping that next time [those] [ducks] [come] [in] [here] [first] . " 
1 here 2 's
2 's 3 hoping
3 hoping 4 that
4 that 5 next
5 next 6 time
6 time 13 .
13 . 14 "

he once more made himself comfortable and settled down for a long wait . 
1 he 2 once
2 once 3 more
3 more 4 made
4 made 5 himself
5 himself 6 comfortable
6 comfortable 7 and
7 and 8 settled
8 settled 9 down
9 down 10 for
10 for 11 a
11 a 12 long
12 long 13 wait
13 wait 14 .

[the] [black] [shadows] [crept] [out] [from] [the] [farther] [bank] [of] [the] [big] [river] [.] 

jolly , round [red] [mr] [sun] [had] [gone] [to] [bed] , and the first little star was twinkling high overhead . 
1 jolly 2 ,
2 , 3 round
3 round 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 the
13 the 14 first
14 first 15 little
15 little 16 star
16 star 17 was
17 was 18 twinkling
18 twinkling 19 high
19 high 20 overhead
20 overhead 21 .

it was very still and peaceful . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 still
4 still 5 and
5 and 6 peaceful
6 peaceful 7 .

from out in the middle of [the] [big] [river] [sounded] a low " quack " ; [dusky] and his flock were swimming in this time . 
1 from 2 out
2 out 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 middle
5 middle 6 of
6 of 11 a
11 a 12 low
12 low 13 "
13 " 14 quack
14 quack 15 "
15 " 16 ;
16 ; 18 and
18 and 19 his
19 his 20 flock
20 flock 21 were
21 were 22 swimming
22 swimming 23 in
23 in 24 this
24 this 25 time
25 time 26 .

presently the hunter could see a silver line on the water , and then he made out nine black spots . 
1 presently 2 the
2 the 3 hunter
3 hunter 4 could
4 could 5 see
5 see 6 a
6 a 7 silver
7 silver 8 line
8 line 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 water
11 water 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 then
14 then 15 he
15 he 16 made
16 made 17 out
17 out 18 nine
18 nine 19 black
19 black 20 spots
20 spots 21 .

in [a] [few] [minutes] [those] [ducks] [would] [be] [where] he could shoot them . 
1 in 10 he
10 he 11 could
11 could 12 shoot
12 shoot 13 them
13 them 14 .

" bang , bang " went that gun below him again . 
1 " 2 bang
2 bang 3 ,
3 , 4 bang
4 bang 5 "
5 " 6 went
6 went 7 that
7 that 8 gun
8 gun 9 below
9 below 10 him
10 him 11 again
11 again 12 .

with a roar of wings , [dusky] and his flock were in the air and away . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 roar
3 roar 4 of
4 of 5 wings
5 wings 6 ,
6 , 8 and
8 and 9 his
9 his 10 flock
10 flock 11 were
11 were 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 air
14 air 15 and
15 and 16 away
16 away 17 .

that hunter stood up and said things , and they were not nice things . 
1 that 2 hunter
2 hunter 3 stood
3 stood 4 up
4 up 5 and
5 and 6 said
6 said 7 things
7 things 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 they
10 they 11 were
11 were 12 not
12 not 13 nice
13 nice 14 things
14 things 15 .

he knew that [those] [ducks] would not come back again that night , and that once more he must go home empty-handed . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 6 would
6 would 7 not
7 not 8 come
8 come 9 back
9 back 10 again
10 again 11 that
11 that 12 night
12 night 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 that
15 that 16 once
16 once 17 more
17 more 18 he
18 he 19 must
19 must 20 go
20 go 21 home
21 home 22 empty-handed
22 empty-handed 23 .

he found the blind [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , but there was no one there . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 3 the
3 the 4 blind
4 blind 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 there
12 there 13 was
13 was 14 no
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 there
16 there 17 .

you see , as soon as he had fired his gun the last [time] , [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [slipped] out and away . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 as
4 as 5 soon
5 soon 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 fired
9 fired 10 his
10 his 11 gun
11 gun 12 the
12 the 13 last
13 last 15 ,
15 , 22 out
22 out 23 and
23 and 24 away
24 away 25 .

and [as] he [tramped] [across] [the] [green] [meadows] [toward] [home] with his gun , he chuckled . 
1 and 3 he
3 he 11 with
11 with 12 his
12 his 13 gun
13 gun 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 chuckled
16 chuckled 17 .

" he didn't [get] [those] [ducks] this time , " [said] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 7 this
7 this 8 time
8 time 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 15 boy
15 boy 16 .

[chapter] [xxvii] [:] [the] [hunter] [gives] [up] 

blacky [the] [crow] didn't know what to think . 
1 blacky 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 know
5 know 6 what
6 what 7 to
7 to 8 think
8 think 9 .

he couldn't make himself believe that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [really] [turned] hunter , yet what else could he believe ? 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 make
3 make 4 himself
4 himself 5 believe
5 believe 6 that
6 that 14 hunter
14 hunter 15 ,
15 , 16 yet
16 yet 17 what
17 what 18 else
18 else 19 could
19 could 20 he
20 he 21 believe
21 believe 22 ?

and hadn't he with his own ears heard the " bang , bang " of that very gun ? 
1 and 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 he
3 he 4 with
4 with 5 his
5 his 6 own
6 own 7 ears
7 ears 8 heard
8 heard 9 the
9 the 10 "
10 " 11 bang
11 bang 12 ,
12 , 13 bang
13 bang 14 "
14 " 15 of
15 of 16 that
16 that 17 very
17 very 18 gun
18 gun 19 ?

the very first thing the next morning [blacky] [had] [hastened] [over] to the [place] [where] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy had hidden in the rushes . 
1 the 2 very
2 very 3 first
3 first 4 thing
4 thing 5 the
5 the 6 next
6 next 7 morning
7 morning 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 19 boy
19 boy 20 had
20 had 21 hidden
21 hidden 22 in
22 in 23 the
23 the 24 rushes
24 rushes 25 .

with sharp eyes he looked for feathers , that would tell the tale of [a] [duck] [killed] [.] 
1 with 2 sharp
2 sharp 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 he
4 he 5 looked
5 looked 6 for
6 for 7 feathers
7 feathers 8 ,
8 , 9 that
9 that 10 would
10 would 11 tell
11 tell 12 the
12 the 13 tale
13 tale 14 of

but there were no feathers . 
1 but 2 there
2 there 3 were
3 were 4 no
4 no 5 feathers
5 feathers 6 .

there wasn't a thing to show that anything so dreadful had happened . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 a
3 a 4 thing
4 thing 5 to
5 to 6 show
6 show 7 that
7 that 8 anything
8 anything 9 so
9 so 10 dreadful
10 dreadful 11 had
11 had 12 happened
12 happened 13 .

perhaps [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [missed] when he shot at [those] [ducks] . 
1 perhaps 8 when
8 when 9 he
9 he 10 shot
10 shot 11 at
11 at 14 .

blacky shook his head and decided to say nothing to anybody [about] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [that] [terrible] [gun] . 
1 blacky 2 shook
2 shook 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 and
5 and 6 decided
6 decided 7 to
7 to 8 say
8 say 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 to
10 to 11 anybody
11 anybody 21 .

you may be sure that early in the afternoon he was perched in the top of his favorite tree [over] [by] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 you 2 may
2 may 3 be
3 be 4 sure
4 sure 5 that
5 that 6 early
6 early 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 afternoon
9 afternoon 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 perched
12 perched 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 top
15 top 16 of
16 of 17 his
17 his 18 favorite
18 favorite 19 tree
19 tree 25 .

instead of going to the same hiding place he made a new one farther down . 
1 instead 2 of
2 of 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 same
6 same 7 hiding
7 hiding 8 place
8 place 9 he
9 he 10 made
10 made 11 a
11 a 12 new
12 new 13 one
13 one 14 farther
14 farther 15 down
15 down 16 .

then came the hunter a little earlier than usual . 
1 then 2 came
2 came 3 the
3 the 4 hunter
4 hunter 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 earlier
7 earlier 8 than
8 than 9 usual
9 usual 10 .

instead of stopping at his blind , he walked straight to the [blind] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy had first made . 
1 instead 2 of
2 of 3 stopping
3 stopping 4 at
4 at 5 his
5 his 6 blind
6 blind 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 walked
9 walked 10 straight
10 straight 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 17 boy
17 boy 18 had
18 had 19 first
19 first 20 made
20 made 21 .

of course , there was no one there . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 there
4 there 5 was
5 was 6 no
6 no 7 one
7 one 8 there
8 there 9 .

the hunter looked both glad and disappointed . 
1 the 2 hunter
2 hunter 3 looked
3 looked 4 both
4 both 5 glad
5 glad 6 and
6 and 7 disappointed
7 disappointed 8 .

but the same thing happened as on the night before . 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 same
3 same 4 thing
4 thing 5 happened
5 happened 6 as
6 as 7 on
7 on 8 the
8 the 9 night
9 night 10 before
10 before 11 .

just as [those] [ducks] [were] [almost] [near] [enough] [,] a gun went " bang , bang , " and [away] went [the] [ducks] . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 10 a
10 a 11 gun
11 gun 12 went
12 went 13 "
13 " 14 bang
14 bang 15 ,
15 , 16 bang
16 bang 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 and
19 and 21 went
21 went 24 .

they didn't come back again , and once more a disappointed hunter went home without any . 
1 they 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 come
3 come 4 back
4 back 5 again
5 again 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 once
8 once 9 more
9 more 10 a
10 a 11 disappointed
11 disappointed 12 hunter
12 hunter 13 went
13 went 14 home
14 home 15 without
15 without 16 any
16 any 17 .

the next afternoon he was on hand very early . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 afternoon
3 afternoon 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 on
6 on 7 hand
7 hand 8 very
8 very 9 early
9 early 10 .

he was there before [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [arrived] , and when he did come , of course the hunter saw him . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 there
3 there 4 before
4 before 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 when
12 when 13 he
13 he 14 did
14 did 15 come
15 come 16 ,
16 , 17 of
17 of 18 course
18 course 19 the
19 the 20 hunter
20 hunter 21 saw
21 saw 22 him
22 him 23 .

he [walked] [down] [to] [where] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was hiding in the rushes . 
1 he 10 was
10 was 11 hiding
11 hiding 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 rushes
14 rushes 15 .

" hello ! " said he . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 .

" are you the one who was shooting here last night and the night before ? " 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 the
4 the 5 one
5 one 6 who
6 who 7 was
7 was 8 shooting
8 shooting 9 here
9 here 10 last
10 last 11 night
11 night 12 and
12 and 13 the
13 the 14 night
14 night 15 before
15 before 16 ?
16 ? 17 "

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [grinned] [.] 

" yes , " said he . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 .

" what luck did you have ? " asked the hunter . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 luck
3 luck 4 did
4 did 5 you
5 you 6 have
6 have 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 asked
9 asked 10 the
10 the 11 hunter
11 hunter 12 .

" fine , " [replied] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 2 fine
2 fine 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 9 boy
9 boy 10 .

" how many [ducks] did you get ? " asked the hunter . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 many
3 many 5 did
5 did 6 you
6 you 7 get
7 get 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 asked
10 asked 11 the
11 the 12 hunter
12 hunter 13 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [grinned] [more] [broadly] [than] [before] [.] 

" none , " said he . 
1 " 2 none
2 none 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 .

" [i] [guess] [i] ['m] not a very good shot . " 
1 " 6 not
6 not 7 a
7 a 8 very
8 very 9 good
9 good 10 shot
10 shot 11 .
11 . 12 "

" then what did you mean by saying you had fine luck ? " demanded the hunter . 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 what
3 what 4 did
4 did 5 you
5 you 6 mean
6 mean 7 by
7 by 8 saying
8 saying 9 you
9 you 10 had
10 had 11 fine
11 fine 12 luck
12 luck 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 demanded
15 demanded 16 the
16 the 17 hunter
17 hunter 18 .

the hunter lost patience . 
1 the 2 hunter
2 hunter 3 lost
3 lost 4 patience
4 patience 5 .

he tried to order [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [away] . 
1 he 2 tried
2 tried 3 to
3 to 4 order
4 order 10 .

but the latter said he had as much right there as the hunter had , and the hunter knew that this was so . 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 latter
3 latter 4 said
4 said 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 as
7 as 8 much
8 much 9 right
9 right 10 there
10 there 11 as
11 as 12 the
12 the 13 hunter
13 hunter 14 had
14 had 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 the
17 the 18 hunter
18 hunter 19 knew
19 knew 20 that
20 that 21 this
21 this 22 was
22 was 23 so
23 so 24 .

finally he gave up , and muttering angrily , he went back to his blind . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 gave
3 gave 4 up
4 up 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 muttering
7 muttering 8 angrily
8 angrily 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 went
11 went 12 back
12 back 13 to
13 to 14 his
14 his 15 blind
15 blind 16 .

again the [gun] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [frightened] away [the] [ducks] [just] as they were coming in . 
1 again 2 the
2 the 8 boy
8 boy 10 away
10 away 14 as
14 as 15 they
15 they 16 were
16 were 17 coming
17 coming 18 in
18 in 19 .

the next afternoon there was no hunter nor the [next] [,] [though] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy was there . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 afternoon
3 afternoon 4 there
4 there 5 was
5 was 6 no
6 no 7 hunter
7 hunter 8 nor
8 nor 9 the
9 the 16 boy
16 boy 17 was
17 was 18 there
18 there 19 .

the hunter had decided that it was a waste of time to hunt there [while] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was about . 
1 the 2 hunter
2 hunter 3 had
3 had 4 decided
4 decided 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 a
8 a 9 waste
9 waste 10 of
10 of 11 time
11 time 12 to
12 to 13 hunt
13 hunt 14 there
14 there 20 was
20 was 21 about
21 about 22 .

[chapter] [xxviii] [:] [blacky] [has] [a] [talk] [with] [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] 

doubt not a friend , but [to] [the] [last] [grip] [hard] [on] faith and hold it fast . 
1 doubt 2 not
2 not 3 a
3 a 4 friend
4 friend 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 13 faith
13 faith 14 and
14 and 15 hold
15 hold 16 it
16 it 17 fast
17 fast 18 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 

every morning [blacky] [the] [crow] [visited] [the] [rushes] [along] [the] [shore] [of] [the] [big] [river] , [hoping] to find [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] . 
1 every 2 morning
2 morning 16 ,
16 , 18 to
18 to 19 find
19 find 24 .

he was anxious [,] [was] [blacky] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 anxious
3 anxious 7 .

he [feared] that [dusky] [or] [some] [of] [his] [flock] had been killed , and he wanted to know . 
1 he 3 that
3 that 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 12 killed
12 killed 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 he
15 he 16 wanted
16 wanted 17 to
17 to 18 know
18 know 19 .

you see , he [knew] [that] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] had been shooting over there . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 9 's
9 's 11 had
11 had 12 been
12 been 13 shooting
13 shooting 14 over
14 over 15 there
15 there 16 .

at last , early one morning , he [found] [dusky] and his flock in the rushes and wild rice . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 ,
3 , 4 early
4 early 5 one
5 one 6 morning
6 morning 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 11 and
11 and 12 his
12 his 13 flock
13 flock 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 rushes
16 rushes 17 and
17 and 18 wild
18 wild 19 rice
19 rice 20 .

eagerly he counted them . 
1 eagerly 2 he
2 he 3 counted
3 counted 4 them
4 them 5 .

there were nine . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 nine
3 nine 4 .

not one was missing . 
1 not 2 one
2 one 3 was
3 was 4 missing
4 missing 5 .

blacky sighed with relief and dropped down on the shore [close] [to] [where] [dusky] [was] [taking] [a] [nap] . 
1 blacky 2 sighed
2 sighed 3 with
3 with 4 relief
4 relief 5 and
5 and 6 dropped
6 dropped 7 down
7 down 8 on
8 on 9 the
9 the 10 shore
10 shore 19 .

" hello ! " said [blacky] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 7 .

dusky awoke with a start . 
1 dusky 2 awoke
2 awoke 3 with
3 with 4 a
4 a 5 start
5 start 6 .

" hello , yourself , " said he . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
3 , 4 yourself
4 yourself 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" we haven't lost a feather , " [declared] [dusky] [.] 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 haven't
3 haven't 4 lost
4 lost 5 a
5 a 6 feather
6 feather 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" that gun wasn't fired at us , anyway . " 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 gun
3 gun 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 5 fired
5 fired 6 at
6 at 7 us
7 us 8 ,
8 , 9 anyway
9 anyway 10 .
10 . 11 "

" then who was it fired at ? " [demanded] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 who
3 who 4 was
4 was 5 it
5 it 6 fired
6 fired 7 at
7 at 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

" [i] [haven't] the [least] idea , " [replied] [dusky] [.] 
1 " 4 the
4 the 6 idea
6 idea 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" have you seen any other [ducks] [about] [here] ? " [inquired] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 have
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 seen
4 seen 5 any
5 any 6 other
6 other 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

" not one , " was [dusky] ['s] [prompt] [reply] . 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 one
3 one 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 was
6 was 11 .

" if there had been any , [i] [guess] [we] would have known it . " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 there
3 there 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 any
6 any 7 ,
7 , 11 would
11 would 12 have
12 have 13 known
13 known 14 it
14 it 15 .
15 . 16 "

" did you know that when that terrible gun was fired there was another terrible gun right over behind those bushes ? " [asked] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 know
4 know 5 that
5 that 6 when
6 when 7 that
7 that 8 terrible
8 terrible 9 gun
9 gun 10 was
10 was 11 fired
11 fired 12 there
12 there 13 was
13 was 14 another
14 another 15 terrible
15 terrible 16 gun
16 gun 17 right
17 right 18 over
18 over 19 behind
19 behind 20 those
20 those 21 bushes
21 bushes 22 ?
22 ? 23 "

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

we didn't want to take any chances . " 
1 we 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 want
3 want 4 to
4 to 5 take
5 take 6 any
6 any 7 chances
7 chances 8 .
8 . 9 "

" it is a lucky thing you did , " [replied] [blacky] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 a
4 a 5 lucky
5 lucky 6 thing
6 thing 7 you
7 you 8 did
8 did 9 ,
9 , 10 "

" there was a hunter hiding behind those bushes all the time . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 hunter
5 hunter 6 hiding
6 hiding 7 behind
7 behind 8 those
8 those 9 bushes
9 bushes 10 all
10 all 11 the
11 the 12 time
12 time 13 .

i warned you of him once . " 
1 i 2 warned
2 warned 3 you
3 you 4 of
4 of 5 him
5 him 6 once
6 once 7 .
7 . 8 "

" that reminds me that [i] [haven't] [thanked] you , " said [dusky] . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 reminds
3 reminds 4 me
4 me 5 that
5 that 9 you
9 you 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 14 .

" [i] [knew] there was something wrong over here , but [i] didn't know what . 
1 " 4 there
4 there 5 was
5 was 6 something
6 something 7 wrong
7 wrong 8 over
8 over 9 here
9 here 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 13 didn't
13 didn't 14 know
14 know 15 what
15 what 16 .

so it was a hunter . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 hunter
5 hunter 6 .

i guess it is a good thing [that] [i] [heeded] [your] [warn-ing] . " 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 good
6 good 7 thing
7 thing 13 .
13 . 14 "

" [i] guess it is , " [retorted] [blacky] [dryly] [.] 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 ,
6 , 7 "

" do you come here in daytime instead of night now ? " 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 come
4 come 5 here
5 here 6 in
6 in 7 daytime
7 daytime 8 instead
8 instead 9 of
9 of 10 night
10 night 11 now
11 now 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" no , " [replied] [dusky] [.] 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "

" we come in after dark and spend the night here . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 come
3 come 4 in
4 in 5 after
5 after 6 dark
6 dark 7 and
7 and 8 spend
8 spend 9 the
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 here
11 here 12 .

there is nothing to fear from hunters after dark . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 to
4 to 5 fear
5 fear 6 from
6 from 7 hunters
7 hunters 8 after
8 after 9 dark
9 dark 10 .

we 've given up coming here until late in the evening . 
1 we 2 've
2 've 3 given
3 given 4 up
4 up 5 coming
5 coming 6 here
6 here 7 until
7 until 8 late
8 late 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 evening
11 evening 12 .

and since we did that , we haven't heard a gun . " 
1 and 2 since
2 since 3 we
3 we 4 did
4 did 5 that
5 that 6 ,
6 , 7 we
7 we 8 haven't
8 haven't 9 heard
9 heard 10 a
10 a 11 gun
11 gun 12 .
12 . 13 "

blacky gossiped a while longer , then flew off to look for his breakfast ; and as he flew his heart was light . 
1 blacky 2 gossiped
2 gossiped 3 a
3 a 4 while
4 while 5 longer
5 longer 6 ,
6 , 7 then
7 then 8 flew
8 flew 9 off
9 off 10 to
10 to 11 look
11 look 12 for
12 for 13 his
13 his 14 breakfast
14 breakfast 15 ;
15 ; 16 and
16 and 17 as
17 as 18 he
18 he 19 flew
19 flew 20 his
20 his 21 heart
21 heart 22 was
22 was 23 light
23 light 24 .

his shrewd little eyes twinkled . 
1 his 2 shrewd
2 shrewd 3 little
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 twinkled
5 twinkled 6 .

" [i] ought to have known [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] better than even to suspect him , " thought he . 
1 " 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 known
6 known 11 better
11 better 12 than
12 than 13 even
13 even 14 to
14 to 15 suspect
15 suspect 16 him
16 him 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 thought
19 thought 20 he
20 he 21 .

" [i] [know] now why he had that terrible gun . 
1 " 4 now
4 now 5 why
5 why 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 that
8 that 9 terrible
9 terrible 10 gun
10 gun 11 .

it was [to] [frighten] [those] [ducks] away so that the hunter would not have a chance to shoot them . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 7 away
7 away 8 so
8 so 9 that
9 that 10 the
10 the 11 hunter
11 hunter 12 would
12 would 13 not
13 not 14 have
14 have 15 a
15 a 16 chance
16 chance 17 to
17 to 18 shoot
18 shoot 19 them
19 them 20 .

he wasn't shooting at anything . 
1 he 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 shooting
3 shooting 4 at
4 at 5 anything
5 anything 6 .

he just fired in the air [to] [scare] [those] [ducks] [away] . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 fired
3 fired 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 air
6 air 12 .

i know it just as well [as] [if] [i] [had] [seen] [him] do it . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 it
3 it 4 just
4 just 5 as
5 as 6 well
6 well 13 do
13 do 14 it
14 it 15 .

[i] ['ll] [never] [doubt] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [again] [.] 

and [i] ['m] [glad] [i] didn't say a word to anybody about seeing him with a terrible gun . " 
1 and 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 say
7 say 8 a
8 a 9 word
9 word 10 to
10 to 11 anybody
11 anybody 12 about
12 about 13 seeing
13 seeing 14 him
14 him 15 with
15 with 16 a
16 a 17 terrible
17 terrible 18 gun
18 gun 19 .
19 . 20 "

blacky was right . 
1 blacky 2 was
2 was 3 right
3 right 4 .

while appearing to be an enemy , he really had been a friend of [dusky] [the] [black] [duck] [and] his flock . 
1 while 2 appearing
2 appearing 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 an
5 an 6 enemy
6 enemy 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 really
9 really 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 12 a
12 a 13 friend
13 friend 14 of
14 of 20 his
20 his 21 flock
21 flock 22 .

[chapter] [xxix] [:] [blacky] [discovers] [an] [egg] 

blacky is fond of eggs , as you know . 
1 blacky 2 is
2 is 3 fond
3 fond 4 of
4 of 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 ,
6 , 7 as
7 as 8 you
8 you 9 know
9 know 10 .

in this he is a great deal like other people , [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] for instance . 
1 in 2 this
2 this 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 great
6 great 7 deal
7 deal 8 like
8 like 9 other
9 other 10 people
10 people 11 ,
11 , 16 for
16 for 17 instance
17 instance 18 .

but [as] [blacky] [cannot] [keep] [hens] , as [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [does] [,] he is obliged to steal eggs or else go without . 
1 but 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 15 he
15 he 16 is
16 is 17 obliged
17 obliged 18 to
18 to 19 steal
19 steal 20 eggs
20 eggs 21 or
21 or 22 else
22 else 23 go
23 go 24 without
24 without 25 .

he [quite] [overlooks] [the] [fact] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [feeds] [the] [biddies] [and] takes the eggs as pay . 
1 he 15 takes
15 takes 16 the
16 the 17 eggs
17 eggs 18 as
18 as 19 pay
19 pay 20 .

anyway , that is what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [says] , but [i] do not know whether or not the biddies understand it that way . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 that
3 that 4 is
4 is 5 what
5 what 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 14 do
14 do 15 not
15 not 16 know
16 know 17 whether
17 whether 18 or
18 or 19 not
19 not 20 the
20 the 21 biddies
21 biddies 22 understand
22 understand 23 it
23 it 24 that
24 that 25 way
25 way 26 .

so [blacky] [the] [crow] [cannot] [see] [why] he should not help himself to an egg when he gets the chance . 
1 so 8 he
8 he 9 should
9 should 10 not
10 not 11 help
11 help 12 himself
12 himself 13 to
13 to 14 an
14 an 15 egg
15 egg 16 when
16 when 17 he
17 he 18 gets
18 gets 19 the
19 the 20 chance
20 chance 21 .

the eggs he does get are mostly those of his neighbors in the [green] [forest] [and] [the] [old] [orchard] [.] 
1 the 2 eggs
2 eggs 3 he
3 he 4 does
4 does 5 get
5 get 6 are
6 are 7 mostly
7 mostly 8 those
8 those 9 of
9 of 10 his
10 his 11 neighbors
11 neighbors 12 in
12 in 13 the

blacky knows quite as well as any one what a gun looks like . 
1 blacky 2 knows
2 knows 3 quite
3 quite 4 as
4 as 5 well
5 well 6 as
6 as 7 any
7 any 8 one
8 one 9 what
9 what 10 a
10 a 11 gun
11 gun 12 looks
12 looks 13 like
13 like 14 .

he also knows that without a terrible gun , there is [little] [farmer] [brown] [or] any one else can do to him . 
1 he 2 also
2 also 3 knows
3 knows 4 that
4 that 5 without
5 without 6 a
6 a 7 terrible
7 terrible 8 gun
8 gun 9 ,
9 , 10 there
10 there 11 is
11 is 16 any
16 any 17 one
17 one 18 else
18 else 19 can
19 can 20 do
20 do 21 to
21 to 22 him
22 him 23 .

but [blacky] [doesn't] [do] [anything] of this kind around the buildings [of] [farmer] [brown] . 
1 but 6 of
6 of 7 this
7 this 8 kind
8 kind 9 around
9 around 10 the
10 the 11 buildings
11 buildings 15 .

though he [has] [suspected] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] would not now try to harm him , [blacky] [is] [naturally] [cautious] and takes no chances . 
1 though 2 he
2 he 10 would
10 would 11 not
11 not 12 now
12 now 13 try
13 try 14 to
14 to 15 harm
15 harm 16 him
16 him 17 ,
17 , 22 and
22 and 23 takes
23 takes 24 no
24 no 25 chances
25 chances 26 .

first he sits in a tall tree from which he [can] [watch] [farmer] [brown] 's home . 
1 first 2 he
2 he 3 sits
3 sits 4 in
4 in 5 a
5 a 6 tall
6 tall 7 tree
7 tree 8 from
8 from 9 which
9 which 10 he
10 he 15 's
15 's 16 home
16 home 17 .

it was on one of [these] [silent] [visits] that [blacky] [spied] [something] [which] he couldn't forget . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 on
3 on 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 9 that
9 that 14 he
14 he 15 couldn't
15 couldn't 16 forget
16 forget 17 .

it was a box just inside the henhouse door . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 box
4 box 5 just
5 just 6 inside
6 inside 7 the
7 the 8 henhouse
8 henhouse 9 door
9 door 10 .

in the box was some hay and in that hay he was sure that he had seen an egg . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 box
3 box 4 was
4 was 5 some
5 some 6 hay
6 hay 7 and
7 and 8 in
8 in 9 that
9 that 10 hay
10 hay 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 sure
13 sure 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 had
16 had 17 seen
17 seen 18 an
18 an 19 egg
19 egg 20 .

in fact , he was sure that he saw two eggs there . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 sure
6 sure 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 saw
9 saw 10 two
10 two 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 there
12 there 13 .

he might not have noticed them but for the fact that a hen had jumped down from that box , making a terrible fuss . 
1 he 2 might
2 might 3 not
3 not 4 have
4 have 5 noticed
5 noticed 6 them
6 them 7 but
7 but 8 for
8 for 9 the
9 the 10 fact
10 fact 11 that
11 that 12 a
12 a 13 hen
13 hen 14 had
14 had 15 jumped
15 jumped 16 down
16 down 17 from
17 from 18 that
18 that 19 box
19 box 20 ,
20 , 21 making
21 making 22 a
22 a 23 terrible
23 terrible 24 fuss
24 fuss 25 .

she didn't seem frightened , but very proud . 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 seem
3 seem 4 frightened
4 frightened 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 very
7 very 8 proud
8 proud 9 .

what under the sun she had to be [proud] [about] [blacky] [couldn't] [understand] , but he didn't stay to find out . 
1 what 2 under
2 under 3 the
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 5 she
5 she 6 had
6 had 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 he
16 he 17 didn't
17 didn't 18 stay
18 stay 19 to
19 to 20 find
20 find 21 out
21 out 22 .

the noise she was making made him nervous . 
1 the 2 noise
2 noise 3 she
3 she 4 was
4 was 5 making
5 making 6 made
6 made 7 him
7 him 8 nervous
8 nervous 9 .

he was afraid that it would bring some one to find out what was going on . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 afraid
3 afraid 4 that
4 that 5 it
5 it 6 would
6 would 7 bring
7 bring 8 some
8 some 9 one
9 one 10 to
10 to 11 find
11 find 12 out
12 out 13 what
13 what 14 was
14 was 15 going
15 going 16 on
16 on 17 .

so he spread his black wings and flew away as silently as he had come . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 spread
3 spread 4 his
4 his 5 black
5 black 6 wings
6 wings 7 and
7 and 8 flew
8 flew 9 away
9 away 10 as
10 as 11 silently
11 silently 12 as
12 as 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 come
15 come 16 .

as he was flying away he saw those eggs . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 flying
4 flying 5 away
5 away 6 he
6 he 7 saw
7 saw 8 those
8 those 9 eggs
9 eggs 10 .

that one glance was enough . 
1 that 2 one
2 one 3 glance
3 glance 4 was
4 was 5 enough
5 enough 6 .

you [know] [blacky] ['s] [eyes] are very sharp . 
1 you 6 are
6 are 7 very
7 very 8 sharp
8 sharp 9 .

he saw the hay in the box and the two eggs in the hay , and that was enough for him . 
1 he 2 saw
2 saw 3 the
3 the 4 hay
4 hay 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 box
7 box 8 and
8 and 9 the
9 the 10 two
10 two 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 hay
14 hay 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 that
17 that 18 was
18 was 19 enough
19 enough 20 for
20 for 21 him
21 him 22 .

from [that] [instant] [blacky] the [crow] [began] [to] [scheme] [and] [plan] [to] [get] one [or] [both] of those eggs . 
1 from 5 the
5 the 14 one
14 one 17 of
17 of 18 those
18 those 19 eggs
19 eggs 20 .

[chapter] [xxx] [:] [blacky] [screws] [up] [his] [courage] 

if out of sight , then out of mind . 
1 if 2 out
2 out 3 of
3 of 4 sight
4 sight 5 ,
5 , 6 then
6 then 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 mind
9 mind 10 .

this is a saying which you often hear . 
1 this 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 saying
4 saying 5 which
5 which 6 you
6 you 7 often
7 often 8 hear
8 hear 9 .

it may be true sometimes , but it is very far from true at other times . 
1 it 2 may
2 may 3 be
3 be 4 true
4 true 5 sometimes
5 sometimes 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 it
8 it 9 is
9 is 10 very
10 very 11 far
11 far 12 from
12 from 13 true
13 true 14 at
14 at 15 other
15 other 16 times
16 times 17 .

take the case [of] [blacky] . 
1 take 2 the
2 the 3 case
3 case 6 .

then , as he flew [away] [toward] [the] [green] [forest] , those eggs were out of sight , of course . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 flew
5 flew 11 ,
11 , 12 those
12 those 13 eggs
13 eggs 14 were
14 were 15 out
15 out 16 of
16 of 17 sight
17 sight 18 ,
18 , 19 of
19 of 20 course
20 course 21 .

but do you think they were out of mind ? 
1 but 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 think
4 think 5 they
5 they 6 were
6 were 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 mind
9 mind 10 ?

not much ! 
1 not 2 much
2 much 3 !

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

in fact , those eggs were very much in [blacky] ['s] mind . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 those
4 those 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 were
6 were 7 very
7 very 8 much
8 much 9 in
9 in 12 mind
12 mind 13 .

he couldn't think of anything else . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 think
3 think 4 of
4 of 5 anything
5 anything 6 else
6 else 7 .

he flew straight to a certain tall pine-tree [in] [a] [lonely] [part] [of] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 3 straight
3 straight 4 to
4 to 5 a
5 a 6 certain
6 certain 7 tall
7 tall 8 pine-tree
8 pine-tree 17 .

" there is more in one of those eggs [than] [in] [a] [whole] [nestful] [of] [welcome] [robin] ['s] [eggs] . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 more
4 more 5 in
5 in 6 one
6 one 7 of
7 of 8 those
8 those 9 eggs
9 eggs 20 .

it is [a] [very] [long] time [since] [i] [have] [been] [lucky] enough to taste a hen 's egg , and now is my chance . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 6 time
6 time 12 enough
12 enough 13 to
13 to 14 taste
14 taste 15 a
15 a 16 hen
16 hen 17 's
17 's 18 egg
18 egg 19 ,
19 , 20 and
20 and 21 now
21 now 22 is
22 is 23 my
23 my 24 chance
24 chance 25 .

i don't like having to go inside that henhouse , even though it is barely inside the door . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 like
3 like 4 having
4 having 5 to
5 to 6 go
6 go 7 inside
7 inside 8 that
8 that 9 henhouse
9 henhouse 10 ,
10 , 11 even
11 even 12 though
12 though 13 it
13 it 14 is
14 is 15 barely
15 barely 16 inside
16 inside 17 the
17 the 18 door
18 door 19 .

i 'm suspicious of doors . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 suspicious
3 suspicious 4 of
4 of 5 doors
5 doors 6 .

they have a way of closing most unexpectedly . 
1 they 2 have
2 have 3 a
3 a 4 way
4 way 5 of
5 of 6 closing
6 closing 7 most
7 most 8 unexpectedly
8 unexpectedly 9 .

i [might] see [if] [i] [cannot] [get] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [to] [bring] one of those eggs out for me . 
1 i 3 see
3 see 14 one
14 one 15 of
15 of 16 those
16 those 17 eggs
17 eggs 18 out
18 out 19 for
19 for 20 me
20 me 21 .

but that plan won't do , come to think of it , because [i] [can't] [trust] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 but 2 that
2 that 3 plan
3 plan 4 won't
4 won't 5 do
5 do 6 ,
6 , 7 come
7 come 8 to
8 to 9 think
9 think 10 of
10 of 11 it
11 it 12 ,
12 , 13 because
13 because 18 '

the old sinner is too fond of eggs himself . 
1 the 2 old
2 old 3 sinner
3 sinner 4 is
4 is 5 too
5 too 6 fond
6 fond 7 of
7 of 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 himself
9 himself 10 .

[no] [.] 

i 've got to get one of those eggs myself . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 get
5 get 6 one
6 one 7 of
7 of 8 those
8 those 9 eggs
9 eggs 10 myself
10 myself 11 .

it is the only way [i] [can] [be] [sure] of it . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 only
4 only 5 way
5 way 10 of
10 of 11 it
11 it 12 .

" the thing to do is to make sure that [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [and] [farmer] [brown] [himself] [are] [nowhere] about . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 thing
3 thing 4 to
4 to 5 do
5 do 6 is
6 is 7 to
7 to 8 make
8 make 9 sure
9 sure 10 that
10 that 13 's
13 's 21 about
21 about 22 .

they ought to be down in the cornfield pretty soon . 
1 they 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 down
5 down 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 cornfield
8 cornfield 9 pretty
9 pretty 10 soon
10 soon 11 .

with them down there , [i] [have] [only] to watch my chance and slip in . 
1 with 2 them
2 them 3 down
3 down 4 there
4 there 5 ,
5 , 9 to
9 to 10 watch
10 watch 11 my
11 my 12 chance
12 chance 13 and
13 and 14 slip
14 slip 15 in
15 in 16 .

it won't take but a second . 
1 it 2 won't
2 won't 3 take
3 take 4 but
4 but 5 a
5 a 6 second
6 second 7 .

just a little [courage] , [blacky] [,] [just] a little courage ! 
1 just 2 a
2 a 3 little
3 little 5 ,
5 , 9 a
9 a 10 little
10 little 11 courage
11 courage 12 !

nothing in this world worth having is gained without some risk . 
1 nothing 2 in
2 in 3 this
3 this 4 world
4 world 5 worth
5 worth 6 having
6 having 7 is
7 is 8 gained
8 gained 9 without
9 without 10 some
10 some 11 risk
11 risk 12 .

the thing to do is to make sure that the risk is as small as possible . " 
1 the 2 thing
2 thing 3 to
3 to 4 do
4 do 5 is
5 is 6 to
6 to 7 make
7 make 8 sure
8 sure 9 that
9 that 10 the
10 the 11 risk
11 risk 12 is
12 is 13 as
13 as 14 small
14 small 15 as
15 as 16 possible
16 possible 17 .
17 . 18 "

blacky shook out his feathers and then flew out of the tall pine-tree as silently as he had flown into it . 
1 blacky 2 shook
2 shook 3 out
3 out 4 his
4 his 5 feathers
5 feathers 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 flew
8 flew 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 tall
12 tall 13 pine-tree
13 pine-tree 14 as
14 as 15 silently
15 silently 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 flown
19 flown 20 into
20 into 21 it
21 it 22 .

[he] [headed] [straight] [toward] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [cornfield] [.] 

he didn't have long to wait . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 long
4 long 5 to
5 to 6 wait
6 wait 7 .

in fact , he had been there but a few minutes when he spied two people [coming] [down] [the] [long] [lane] [toward] [the] [cornfield] . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 there
7 there 8 but
8 but 9 a
9 a 10 few
10 few 11 minutes
11 minutes 12 when
12 when 13 he
13 he 14 spied
14 spied 15 two
15 two 16 people
16 people 25 .

he looked at them sharply , and then gave a little sigh of satisfaction . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 at
3 at 4 them
4 them 5 sharply
5 sharply 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 gave
9 gave 10 a
10 a 11 little
11 little 12 sigh
12 sigh 13 of
13 of 14 satisfaction
14 satisfaction 15 .

they were [farmer] [brown] [and] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 10 .

presently they reached the cornfield and turned into it . 
1 presently 2 they
2 they 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
4 the 5 cornfield
5 cornfield 6 and
6 and 7 turned
7 turned 8 into
8 into 9 it
9 it 10 .

he didn't fly straight there . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 fly
3 fly 4 straight
4 straight 5 there
5 there 6 .

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

blacky is too clever to do anything like that . 
1 blacky 2 is
2 is 3 too
3 too 4 clever
4 clever 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 anything
7 anything 8 like
8 like 9 that
9 that 10 .

he flew [toward] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 7 .

when he was quite sure , he silently flew down into the henyard as he had done many times before . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 quite
4 quite 5 sure
5 sure 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 silently
8 silently 9 flew
9 flew 10 down
10 down 11 into
11 into 12 the
12 the 13 henyard
13 henyard 14 as
14 as 15 he
15 he 16 had
16 had 17 done
17 done 18 many
18 many 19 times
19 times 20 before
20 before 21 .

at last he could see the box with the hay in it . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 could
4 could 5 see
5 see 6 the
6 the 7 box
7 box 8 with
8 with 9 the
9 the 10 hay
10 hay 11 in
11 in 12 it
12 it 13 .

he walked right up to the open door and peered inside . 
1 he 2 walked
2 walked 3 right
3 right 4 up
4 up 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 open
7 open 8 door
8 door 9 and
9 and 10 peered
10 peered 11 inside
11 inside 12 .

there was nothing to be afraid of that he could see . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
7 of 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 could
10 could 11 see
11 see 12 .

still he hesitated . 
1 still 2 he
2 he 3 hesitated
3 hesitated 4 .

blacky closed his eyes for just a second , and when he did that he seemed to see himself eating one of those eggs . 
1 blacky 2 closed
2 closed 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 for
5 for 6 just
6 just 7 a
7 a 8 second
8 second 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 when
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 did
13 did 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 seemed
16 seemed 17 to
17 to 18 see
18 see 19 himself
19 himself 20 eating
20 eating 21 one
21 one 22 of
22 of 23 those
23 those 24 eggs
24 eggs 25 .

" what are you afraid of ? " he muttered to himself as he opened his eyes . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 afraid
5 afraid 6 of
6 of 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 muttered
10 muttered 11 to
11 to 12 himself
12 himself 13 as
13 as 14 he
14 he 15 opened
15 opened 16 his
16 his 17 eyes
17 eyes 18 .

then with a hurried look in all directions , he flew up to the edge of the box . 
1 then 2 with
2 with 3 a
3 a 4 hurried
4 hurried 5 look
5 look 6 in
6 in 7 all
7 all 8 directions
8 directions 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 flew
11 flew 12 up
12 up 13 to
13 to 14 the
14 the 15 edge
15 edge 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 box
18 box 19 .

there lay the two eggs ! 
1 there 2 lay
2 lay 3 the
3 the 4 two
4 two 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 !

[chapter] [xxxi] [:] [an] [egg] [that] [wouldn't] [behave] 

if you had an egg and it [wouldn't] [behave] [just] [what] would [you] do with that [egg] [,] [may] [i] [ask] ? 
1 if 2 you
2 you 3 had
3 had 4 an
4 an 5 egg
5 egg 6 and
6 and 7 it
7 it 12 would
12 would 14 do
14 do 15 with
15 with 16 that
16 that 22 ?

to [make] [an] [egg] do [what] it [don't] [want] to [do] [strikes] me like a difficult sort of a task . 
1 to 5 do
5 do 7 it
7 it 10 to
10 to 13 me
13 me 14 like
14 like 15 a
15 a 16 difficult
16 difficult 17 sort
17 sort 18 of
18 of 19 a
19 a 20 task
20 task 21 .

all of which is pure nonsense . 
1 all 2 of
2 of 3 which
3 which 4 is
4 is 5 pure
5 pure 6 nonsense
6 nonsense 7 .

of course . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 .

who ever heard of an egg either behaving or misbehaving ? 
1 who 2 ever
2 ever 3 heard
3 heard 4 of
4 of 5 an
5 an 6 egg
6 egg 7 either
7 either 8 behaving
8 behaving 9 or
9 or 10 misbehaving
10 misbehaving 11 ?

[nobody] [.] 

that is [,] [nobody] [that] [i] [know] [,] [unless] it [be] [blacky] . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 10 it
10 it 13 .

it is best not to mention eggs [in] [blacky] ['s] [presence] [these] [days] . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 best
3 best 4 not
4 not 5 to
5 to 6 mention
6 mention 7 eggs
7 eggs 14 .

they are a forbidden topic when he is about . 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 a
3 a 4 forbidden
4 forbidden 5 topic
5 topic 6 when
6 when 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 9 about
9 about 10 .

blacky is apt to be a little resentful at the mere mention of an egg . 
1 blacky 2 is
2 is 3 apt
3 apt 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 resentful
8 resentful 9 at
9 at 10 the
10 the 11 mere
11 mere 12 mention
12 mention 13 of
13 of 14 an
14 an 15 egg
15 egg 16 .

i don't [know] [as] [i] [wholly] blame him . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 7 blame
7 blame 8 him
8 him 9 .

well , that is the way it is [with] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 well 2 ,
2 , 3 that
3 that 4 is
4 is 5 the
5 the 6 way
6 way 7 it
7 it 8 is
8 is 13 .

if any one [had] [told] [blacky] that he didn't know all there is to know about eggs , he would have laughed at the idea . 
1 if 2 any
2 any 3 one
3 one 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 didn't
9 didn't 10 know
10 know 11 all
11 all 12 there
12 there 13 is
13 is 14 to
14 to 15 know
15 know 16 about
16 about 17 eggs
17 eggs 18 ,
18 , 19 he
19 he 20 would
20 would 21 have
21 have 22 laughed
22 laughed 23 at
23 at 24 the
24 the 25 idea
25 idea 26 .

[wasn't] [he] [,] [blacky] [,] [hatched] [from] [an] [egg] [himself] [?] 

and hadn't he , ever since he was big enough , hunted eggs and stolen eggs and eaten eggs ? 
1 and 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 he
3 he 4 ,
4 , 5 ever
5 ever 6 since
6 since 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 big
9 big 10 enough
10 enough 11 ,
11 , 12 hunted
12 hunted 13 eggs
13 eggs 14 and
14 and 15 stolen
15 stolen 16 eggs
16 eggs 17 and
17 and 18 eaten
18 eaten 19 eggs
19 eggs 20 ?

if he didn't know about eggs , who did ? 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 know
4 know 5 about
5 about 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 ,
7 , 8 who
8 who 9 did
9 did 10 ?

that is the way he would have talked before his [visit] [to] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 way
4 way 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 talked
8 talked 9 before
9 before 10 his
10 his 17 .

it is since then that it has been unwise to mention eggs . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 since
3 since 4 then
4 then 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 has
7 has 8 been
8 been 9 unwise
9 unwise 10 to
10 to 11 mention
11 mention 12 eggs
12 eggs 13 .

when [blacky] [saw] the two eggs in [the] [nest] [in] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] [how] [blacky] [did] [wish] that he could take both . 
1 when 4 the
4 the 5 two
5 two 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 in
7 in 19 that
19 that 20 he
20 he 21 could
21 could 22 take
22 take 23 both
23 both 24 .

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

one would be all that he could manage . 
1 one 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 all
4 all 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 could
7 could 8 manage
8 manage 9 .

he must take his choice and go away while the going was good . 
1 he 2 must
2 must 3 take
3 take 4 his
4 his 5 choice
5 choice 6 and
6 and 7 go
7 go 8 away
8 away 9 while
9 while 10 the
10 the 11 going
11 going 12 was
12 was 13 good
13 good 14 .

which should he take ? 
1 which 2 should
2 should 3 he
3 he 4 take
4 take 5 ?

it often happens in this life that things which seem to be unimportant , mere trifles in themselves , prove to be just the opposite . 
1 it 2 often
2 often 3 happens
3 happens 4 in
4 in 5 this
5 this 6 life
6 life 7 that
7 that 8 things
8 things 9 which
9 which 10 seem
10 seem 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 unimportant
13 unimportant 14 ,
14 , 15 mere
15 mere 16 trifles
16 trifles 17 in
17 in 18 themselves
18 themselves 19 ,
19 , 20 prove
20 prove 21 to
21 to 22 be
22 be 23 just
23 just 24 the
24 the 25 opposite
25 opposite 26 .

as a matter of fact , it made all the difference in the world . 
1 as 2 a
2 a 3 matter
3 matter 4 of
4 of 5 fact
5 fact 6 ,
6 , 7 it
7 it 8 made
8 made 9 all
9 all 10 the
10 the 11 difference
11 difference 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 world
14 world 15 .

one was brown and very good to look at . 
1 one 2 was
2 was 3 brown
3 brown 4 and
4 and 5 very
5 very 6 good
6 good 7 to
7 to 8 look
8 look 9 at
9 at 10 .

the other , the larger of the two , was white and also very good to look at . 
1 the 2 other
2 other 3 ,
3 , 4 the
4 the 5 larger
5 larger 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 two
8 two 9 ,
9 , 10 was
10 was 11 white
11 white 12 and
12 and 13 also
13 also 14 very
14 very 15 good
15 good 16 to
16 to 17 look
17 look 18 at
18 at 19 .

in fact , [blacky] [thought] [it] the better of the two to look at , for it was very smooth and shiny . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 7 the
7 the 8 better
8 better 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 two
11 two 12 to
12 to 13 look
13 look 14 at
14 at 15 ,
15 , 16 for
16 for 17 it
17 it 18 was
18 was 19 very
19 very 20 smooth
20 smooth 21 and
21 and 22 shiny
22 shiny 23 .

so , partly on this account , and partly because it was [the] [largest] , [blacky] [chose] the white egg . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 partly
3 partly 4 on
4 on 5 this
5 this 6 account
6 account 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 partly
9 partly 10 because
10 because 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 15 ,
15 , 18 the
18 the 19 white
19 white 20 egg
20 egg 21 .

he fluttered to the ground just outside the door , and there he got a better grip . 
1 he 2 fluttered
2 fluttered 3 to
3 to 4 the
4 the 5 ground
5 ground 6 just
6 just 7 outside
7 outside 8 the
8 the 9 door
9 door 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 there
12 there 13 he
13 he 14 got
14 got 15 a
15 a 16 better
16 better 17 grip
17 grip 18 .

never had [blacky] felt more like cawing at the top of his lungs . 
1 never 2 had
2 had 4 felt
4 felt 5 more
5 more 6 like
6 like 7 cawing
7 cawing 8 at
8 at 9 the
9 the 10 top
10 top 11 of
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 lungs
13 lungs 14 .

you see , he felt that he had been very smart , and [i] [suspect] that he also felt that he had been very brave . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 been
9 been 10 very
10 very 11 smart
11 smart 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 16 that
16 that 17 he
17 he 18 also
18 also 19 felt
19 felt 20 that
20 that 21 he
21 he 22 had
22 had 23 been
23 been 24 very
24 very 25 brave
25 brave 26 .

he would have liked to boast a little . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 liked
4 liked 5 to
5 to 6 boast
6 boast 7 a
7 a 8 little
8 little 9 .

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

he wisely held his tongue . 
1 he 2 wisely
2 wisely 3 held
3 held 4 his
4 his 5 tongue
5 tongue 6 .

it would be time enough to do his boasting after he had reached a place of safety and had eaten that egg . 
1 it 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 time
4 time 5 enough
5 enough 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 8 his
8 his 9 boasting
9 boasting 10 after
10 after 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 reached
13 reached 14 a
14 a 15 place
15 place 16 of
16 of 17 safety
17 safety 18 and
18 and 19 had
19 had 20 eaten
20 eaten 21 that
21 that 22 egg
22 egg 23 .

he was [halfway] [across] [the] [old] [orchard] when he felt that egg beginning to slip . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 8 when
8 when 9 he
9 he 10 felt
10 felt 11 that
11 that 12 egg
12 egg 13 beginning
13 beginning 14 to
14 to 15 slip
15 slip 16 .

now at best it isn't easy to carry an egg without breaking it . 
1 now 2 at
2 at 3 best
3 best 4 it
4 it 5 isn't
5 isn't 6 easy
6 easy 7 to
7 to 8 carry
8 carry 9 an
9 an 10 egg
10 egg 11 without
11 without 12 breaking
12 breaking 13 it
13 it 14 .

you know how very careful you have to be . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 how
3 how 4 very
4 very 5 careful
5 careful 6 you
6 you 7 have
7 have 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 10 .

just imagine [how] [blacky] [felt] [when] that [egg] [began] [to] [slip] . 
1 just 2 imagine
2 imagine 7 that
7 that 12 .

do what he would , he couldn't get a better grip on it . 
1 do 2 what
2 what 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 get
8 get 9 a
9 a 10 better
10 better 11 grip
11 grip 12 on
12 on 13 it
13 it 14 .

it slipped a wee bit more . 
1 it 2 slipped
2 slipped 3 a
3 a 4 wee
4 wee 5 bit
5 bit 6 more
6 more 7 .

blacky started down towards the ground . 
1 blacky 2 started
2 started 3 down
3 down 4 towards
4 towards 5 the
5 the 6 ground
6 ground 7 .

but he wasn't quick enough . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 quick
4 quick 5 enough
5 enough 6 .

[striped] [chipmunk] [,] [watching] [blacky] [from] [the] [old] [stone] [wall] [,] [saw] [something] [white] [drop] [from] [blacky] ['s] [claws] [.] 

he saw [blacky] [dash] [after] it and clutch at it only to miss it . 
1 he 2 saw
2 saw 6 it
6 it 7 and
7 and 8 clutch
8 clutch 9 at
9 at 10 it
10 it 11 only
11 only 12 to
12 to 13 miss
13 miss 14 it
14 it 15 .

then the white thing struck a branch of an old apple tree , bounced off and fell to the ground . 
1 then 2 the
2 the 3 white
3 white 4 thing
4 thing 5 struck
5 struck 6 a
6 a 7 branch
7 branch 8 of
8 of 9 an
9 an 10 old
10 old 11 apple
11 apple 12 tree
12 tree 13 ,
13 , 14 bounced
14 bounced 15 off
15 off 16 and
16 and 17 fell
17 fell 18 to
18 to 19 the
19 the 20 ground
20 ground 21 .

blacky followed it . 
1 blacky 2 followed
2 followed 3 it
3 it 4 .

[striped] [chipmunk] [stole] [very] [softly] [through] [the] [grass] [to] [see] [what] [blacky] [was] [doing] [.] 

blacky was standing close beside a white thing that looked very much like an egg . 
1 blacky 2 was
2 was 3 standing
3 standing 4 close
4 close 5 beside
5 beside 6 a
6 a 7 white
7 white 8 thing
8 thing 9 that
9 that 10 looked
10 looked 11 very
11 very 12 much
12 much 13 like
13 like 14 an
14 an 15 egg
15 egg 16 .

he was looking at it with the queerest expression . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 looking
3 looking 4 at
4 at 5 it
5 it 6 with
6 with 7 the
7 the 8 queerest
8 queerest 9 expression
9 expression 10 .

he didn't . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 .

that egg wasn't behaving right . 
1 that 2 egg
2 egg 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 behaving
4 behaving 5 right
5 right 6 .

it should have broken when it hit the branch of the apple tree . 
1 it 2 should
2 should 3 have
3 have 4 broken
4 broken 5 when
5 when 6 it
6 it 7 hit
7 hit 8 the
8 the 9 branch
9 branch 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 apple
12 apple 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

certainly it should have broken when he struck it that way with his bill . 
1 certainly 2 it
2 it 3 should
3 should 4 have
4 have 5 broken
5 broken 6 when
6 when 7 he
7 he 8 struck
8 struck 9 it
9 it 10 that
10 that 11 way
11 way 12 with
12 with 13 his
13 his 14 bill
14 bill 15 .

however was he to eat that egg , if he couldn't break the shell ? 
1 however 2 was
2 was 3 he
3 he 4 to
4 to 5 eat
5 eat 6 that
6 that 7 egg
7 egg 8 ,
8 , 9 if
9 if 10 he
10 he 11 couldn't
11 couldn't 12 break
12 break 13 the
13 the 14 shell
14 shell 15 ?

blacky didn't know . 
1 blacky 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 .

[chapter] [xxxii] [:] [what] [blacky] [did] [with] [the] [stolen] [egg] 

blacky was puzzled . 
1 blacky 2 was
2 was 3 puzzled
3 puzzled 4 .

he didn't know what to make of that egg he had stolen [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 to
5 to 6 make
6 make 7 of
7 of 8 that
8 that 9 egg
9 egg 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 stolen
12 stolen 18 .

it wasn't like any egg he ever had seen or even heard of . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 like
3 like 4 any
4 any 5 egg
5 egg 6 he
6 he 7 ever
7 ever 8 had
8 had 9 seen
9 seen 10 or
10 or 11 even
11 even 12 heard
12 heard 13 of
13 of 14 .

it was a beautiful-looking egg , and he had been sure that it would taste as good , quite as good as it looked . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 beautiful-looking
4 beautiful-looking 5 egg
5 egg 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 been
10 been 11 sure
11 sure 12 that
12 that 13 it
13 it 14 would
14 would 15 taste
15 taste 16 as
16 as 17 good
17 good 18 ,
18 , 19 quite
19 quite 20 as
20 as 21 good
21 good 22 as
22 as 23 it
23 it 24 looked
24 looked 25 .

even now he wasn't sure that if he could only taste it , it would be all that he had hoped . 
1 even 2 now
2 now 3 he
3 he 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 5 sure
5 sure 6 that
6 that 7 if
7 if 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 only
10 only 11 taste
11 taste 12 it
12 it 13 ,
13 , 14 it
14 it 15 would
15 would 16 be
16 be 17 all
17 all 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 21 hoped
21 hoped 22 .

but how could he taste it , when he couldn't break that shell ? 
1 but 2 how
2 how 3 could
3 could 4 he
4 he 5 taste
5 taste 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 when
8 when 9 he
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 break
11 break 12 that
12 that 13 shell
13 shell 14 ?

he never had heard of such a shell . 
1 he 2 never
2 never 3 had
3 had 4 heard
4 heard 5 of
5 of 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 shell
8 shell 9 .

he doubted if anybody else ever had , either . 
1 he 2 doubted
2 doubted 3 if
3 if 4 anybody
4 anybody 5 else
5 else 6 ever
6 ever 7 had
7 had 8 ,
8 , 9 either
9 either 10 .

he had hammered at it with his stout bill until he was afraid that he would break that , instead of the egg . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 hammered
3 hammered 4 at
4 at 5 it
5 it 6 with
6 with 7 his
7 his 8 stout
8 stout 9 bill
9 bill 10 until
10 until 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 afraid
13 afraid 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 break
17 break 18 that
18 that 19 ,
19 , 20 instead
20 instead 21 of
21 of 22 the
22 the 23 egg
23 egg 24 .

but [the] [old] [orchard] was not the place for him to work on that egg . 
1 but 5 was
5 was 6 not
6 not 7 the
7 the 8 place
8 place 9 for
9 for 10 him
10 him 11 to
11 to 12 work
12 work 13 on
13 on 14 that
14 that 15 egg
15 egg 16 .

in the first place , it was too near [farmer] [brown] ['s] [house] . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 ,
5 , 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 too
8 too 9 near
9 near 14 .

[this] [made] [blacky] [uneasy] [.] 

you see , he had something of a guilty conscience . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 something
6 something 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 guilty
9 guilty 10 conscience
10 conscience 11 .

not that he felt at all a sense of having done wrong . 
1 not 2 that
2 that 3 he
3 he 4 felt
4 felt 5 at
5 at 6 all
6 all 7 a
7 a 8 sense
8 sense 9 of
9 of 10 having
10 having 11 done
11 done 12 wrong
12 wrong 13 .

yet he wasn't at all sure that [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [would] [look] at the matter quite that way . 
1 yet 2 he
2 he 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 at
4 at 5 all
5 all 6 sure
6 sure 7 that
7 that 10 's
10 's 14 at
14 at 15 the
15 the 16 matter
16 matter 17 quite
17 quite 18 that
18 that 19 way
19 way 20 .

in fact , [he] [had] [a] [feeling] that [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy would call him a thief if he should be discovered with that egg . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 8 that
8 that 12 boy
12 boy 13 would
13 would 14 call
14 call 15 him
15 him 16 a
16 a 17 thief
17 thief 18 if
18 if 19 he
19 he 20 should
20 should 21 be
21 be 22 discovered
22 discovered 23 with
23 with 24 that
24 that 25 egg
25 egg 26 .

then , too , there were too many sharp eyes in the [old] [orchard] [.] 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 too
3 too 4 ,
4 , 5 there
5 there 6 were
6 were 7 too
7 too 8 many
8 many 9 sharp
9 sharp 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 in
11 in 12 the

he wanted to get away where he could be sure of being alone . 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 get
4 get 5 away
5 away 6 where
6 where 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 sure
10 sure 11 of
11 of 12 being
12 being 13 alone
13 alone 14 .

then if he couldn't break that shell , no one would be the wiser . 
1 then 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 break
5 break 6 that
6 that 7 shell
7 shell 8 ,
8 , 9 no
9 no 10 one
10 one 11 would
11 would 12 be
12 be 13 the
13 the 14 wiser
14 wiser 15 .

but he is . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 .

in [fact] [,] [blacky] [is] [quite] [like] a little child in this matter . 
1 in 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 child
10 child 11 in
11 in 12 this
12 this 13 matter
13 matter 14 .

anything that is bright and shiny [interests] [blacky] [right] [away] . 
1 anything 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 bright
4 bright 5 and
5 and 6 shiny
6 shiny 11 .

always their pockets are filled with all sorts of useless odds and ends which they have picked up here and there . 
1 always 2 their
2 their 3 pockets
3 pockets 4 are
4 are 5 filled
5 filled 6 with
6 with 7 all
7 all 8 sorts
8 sorts 9 of
9 of 10 useless
10 useless 11 odds
11 odds 12 and
12 and 13 ends
13 ends 14 which
14 which 15 they
15 they 16 have
16 have 17 picked
17 picked 18 up
18 up 19 here
19 here 20 and
20 and 21 there
21 there 22 .

blacky has no pockets , so he keeps his treasures of this kind in a secret hiding-place , a sort of treasure storehouse . 
1 blacky 2 has
2 has 3 no
3 no 4 pockets
4 pockets 5 ,
5 , 6 so
6 so 7 he
7 he 8 keeps
8 keeps 9 his
9 his 10 treasures
10 treasures 11 of
11 of 12 this
12 this 13 kind
13 kind 14 in
14 in 15 a
15 a 16 secret
16 secret 17 hiding-place
17 hiding-place 18 ,
18 , 19 a
19 a 20 sort
20 sort 21 of
21 of 22 treasure
22 treasure 23 storehouse
23 storehouse 24 .

first [blacky] [took] [this] [egg] [over] [near] [his] [home] , and there he once more tried and tried and tried to break the shell . 
1 first 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 there
12 there 13 he
13 he 14 once
14 once 15 more
15 more 16 tried
16 tried 17 and
17 and 18 tried
18 tried 19 and
19 and 20 tried
20 tried 21 to
21 to 22 break
22 break 23 the
23 the 24 shell
24 shell 25 .

but the shell wouldn't break , not [even] [when] [blacky] quite lost his temper and hammered at it for all he was worth . 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 shell
3 shell 4 wouldn't
4 wouldn't 5 break
5 break 6 ,
6 , 7 not
7 not 11 quite
11 quite 12 lost
12 lost 13 his
13 his 14 temper
14 temper 15 and
15 and 16 hammered
16 hammered 17 at
17 at 18 it
18 it 19 for
19 for 20 all
20 all 21 he
21 he 22 was
22 was 23 worth
23 worth 24 .

little by little he forgot that it was an egg . 
1 little 2 by
2 by 3 little
3 little 4 he
4 he 5 forgot
5 forgot 6 that
6 that 7 it
7 it 8 was
8 was 9 an
9 an 10 egg
10 egg 11 .

at least , he forgot that he wanted to eat it . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 forgot
5 forgot 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 wanted
8 wanted 9 to
9 to 10 eat
10 eat 11 it
11 it 12 .

he began to find pleasure in just looking at it . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 find
4 find 5 pleasure
5 pleasure 6 in
6 in 7 just
7 just 8 looking
8 looking 9 at
9 at 10 it
10 it 11 .

it might not satisfy his stomach , but it certainly was very satisfying to his eyes . 
1 it 2 might
2 might 3 not
3 not 4 satisfy
4 satisfy 5 his
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 it
9 it 10 certainly
10 certainly 11 was
11 was 12 very
12 very 13 satisfying
13 satisfying 14 to
14 to 15 his
15 his 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 .

he was glad he hadn't been able to break that shell . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 glad
3 glad 4 he
4 he 5 hadn't
5 hadn't 6 been
6 been 7 able
7 able 8 to
8 to 9 break
9 break 10 that
10 that 11 shell
11 shell 12 .

once more he spread his black wings and flew down to the egg . 
1 once 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 spread
4 spread 5 his
5 his 6 black
6 black 7 wings
7 wings 8 and
8 and 9 flew
9 flew 10 down
10 down 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 13 egg
13 egg 14 .

he cocked his head to one side and looked at it . 
1 he 2 cocked
2 cocked 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 to
5 to 6 one
6 one 7 side
7 side 8 and
8 and 9 looked
9 looked 10 at
10 at 11 it
11 it 12 .

he cocked his head to the other side and looked at it . 
1 he 2 cocked
2 cocked 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 other
7 other 8 side
8 side 9 and
9 and 10 looked
10 looked 11 at
11 at 12 it
12 it 13 .

pretty , pretty , and all mine ! " 
1 pretty 2 ,
2 , 3 pretty
3 pretty 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 all
6 all 7 mine
7 mine 8 !
8 ! 9 "

than he craftily looked all about to make sure that no one was watching him . 
1 than 2 he
2 he 3 craftily
3 craftily 4 looked
4 looked 5 all
5 all 6 about
6 about 7 to
7 to 8 make
8 make 9 sure
9 sure 10 that
10 that 11 no
11 no 12 one
12 one 13 was
13 was 14 watching
14 watching 15 him
15 him 16 .

having made quite sure , he rolled the egg over and turned it around and admired it to his heart 's content . 
1 having 2 made
2 made 3 quite
3 quite 4 sure
4 sure 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 rolled
7 rolled 8 the
8 the 9 egg
9 egg 10 over
10 over 11 and
11 and 12 turned
12 turned 13 it
13 it 14 around
14 around 15 and
15 and 16 admired
16 admired 17 it
17 it 18 to
18 to 19 his
19 his 20 heart
20 heart 21 's
21 's 22 content
22 content 23 .

at last he picked it up and carried it to his treasure-house and covered it over very carefully . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 picked
4 picked 5 it
5 it 6 up
6 up 7 and
7 and 8 carried
8 carried 9 it
9 it 10 to
10 to 11 his
11 his 12 treasure-house
12 treasure-house 13 and
13 and 14 covered
14 covered 15 it
15 it 16 over
16 over 17 very
17 very 18 carefully
18 carefully 19 .

blacky has had very many other adventures , but it would take another book to tell about all of them . 
1 blacky 2 has
2 has 3 had
3 had 4 very
4 very 5 many
5 many 6 other
6 other 7 adventures
7 adventures 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 it
10 it 11 would
11 would 12 take
12 take 13 another
13 another 14 book
14 book 15 to
15 to 16 tell
16 tell 17 about
17 about 18 all
18 all 19 of
19 of 20 them
20 them 21 .

that would be hardly fair to some of the other little people who also have had adventures and want them told to you . 
1 that 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 hardly
4 hardly 5 fair
5 fair 6 to
6 to 7 some
7 some 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 other
10 other 11 little
11 little 12 people
12 people 13 who
13 who 14 also
14 also 15 have
15 have 16 had
16 had 17 adventures
17 adventures 18 and
18 and 19 want
19 want 20 them
20 them 21 told
21 told 22 to
22 to 23 you
23 you 24 .

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