[produced] [by] [juliet] [sutherland] [,] [charles] [franks] [and] [the] [online] [distributed] [proofreading] [team] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [poor] [mrs] [.] [quack] 

[the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

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

author of ["] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [,] ["] ["] the [bedtime] [story-books] [,] " [etc] 
1 author 2 of
2 of 11 the
11 the 15 "

[contents] 

[i] [peter] [rabbit] [becomes] [acquainted] [with] [mrs] [.] [quack] [ii] [.] 

[mrs] [quack] [is] [distrustful] [iii] [.] 

[mrs] [quack] [tells] [about] [her] [home] [iv] [.] 

[mrs] [quack] [continues] [her] [story] [v] [peter] [learns] [more] [of] [mrs] [quack] ['s] [troubles] [vi] [.] 

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [visits] [the] [smiling] [pool] [vii] [.] 

[mrs] [quack] [returns] [viii] [.] 

[mrs] [quack] [has] [a] [good] [meal] [and] [a] [rest] [ix] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [makes] [an] [early] [call] [x] [.] [how] [mr] [.] [and] [mrs] [quack] [started] [north] [xi] [.] 

[the] [terrible] [,] [terrible] [guns] [xii] [.] 

[what] [did] [happen] [to] [mr] [quack] [xiii] [.] 

[peter] [tells] [about] [mrs] [.] [quack] [xiv] [.] 

sammy [jay] 's [plan] [to] [help] [mrs] . [quack] [xv] [.] 
1 sammy 3 's
3 's 8 .

[the] [hunt] [for] [mr] [quack] [xvi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [sees] [something] [green] [xvii] [.] 

mr [quack] [is] [found] [at] [last] [xviii.sammy] [jay] [sends] [mrs] [.] quack [to] [the] [swamp] [xix] . 
1 mr 12 quack
12 quack 17 .

[jerry] [muskrat] ['s] [great] [idea] [xx] [.] 

[happy] [days] [for] [mr] [.] [and] [mrs] [quack] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

" marshes must be something like swamps , " [ventured] [peter] [rabbit] [frontispiece] 
1 " 2 marshes
2 marshes 3 must
3 must 4 be
4 be 5 something
5 something 6 like
6 like 7 swamps
7 swamps 8 ,
8 , 9 "

several times [she] [circled] [around] [,] [high] [over] [the] [smiling] [pool] 
1 several 2 times

" some folks call him [alligator] [and] [some] just ' [gator] ['] ["] 
1 " 2 some
2 some 3 folks
3 folks 4 call
4 call 5 him
5 him 9 just
9 just 10 '

" just tuck that fact away in that empty head of yours and never say can't " 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 tuck
3 tuck 4 that
4 that 5 fact
5 fact 6 away
6 away 7 in
7 in 8 that
8 that 9 empty
9 empty 10 head
10 head 11 of
11 of 12 yours
12 yours 13 and
13 and 14 never
14 never 15 say
15 say 16 can't
16 can't 17 "

" yes , " said he in a low voice , " [i] [am] [mr] [quack] ["] 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 low
9 low 10 voice
10 voice 11 ,
11 , 12 "

those were happy days [indeed] [for] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] in the [pond] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] 
1 those 2 were
2 were 3 happy
3 happy 4 days
4 days 12 in
12 in 13 the

[i] 

[peter] [rabbit] [becomes] [acquainted] [with] [mrs] [.] [quack] 

make a new acquaintance every time you can [;] [you] ['ll] find it interesting and a very helpful plan . 
1 make 2 a
2 a 3 new
3 new 4 acquaintance
4 acquaintance 5 every
5 every 6 time
6 time 7 you
7 you 8 can
8 can 12 find
12 find 13 it
13 it 14 interesting
14 interesting 15 and
15 and 16 a
16 a 17 very
17 very 18 helpful
18 helpful 19 plan
19 plan 20 .

it means more knowledge . 
1 it 2 means
2 means 3 more
3 more 4 knowledge
4 knowledge 5 .

you cannot meet any one without learning something from him if you keep your ears open and your eyes open . 
1 you 2 cannot
2 cannot 3 meet
3 meet 4 any
4 any 5 one
5 one 6 without
6 without 7 learning
7 learning 8 something
8 something 9 from
9 from 10 him
10 him 11 if
11 if 12 you
12 you 13 keep
13 keep 14 your
14 your 15 ears
15 ears 16 open
16 open 17 and
17 and 18 your
18 your 19 eyes
19 eyes 20 open
20 open 21 .

every one is at least a little different from every one else , and the more people you know , the more you may learn . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 3 is
3 is 4 at
4 at 5 least
5 least 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 different
8 different 9 from
9 from 10 every
10 every 11 one
11 one 12 else
12 else 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 16 more
16 more 17 people
17 people 18 you
18 you 19 know
19 know 20 ,
20 , 21 the
21 the 22 more
22 more 23 you
23 you 24 may
24 may 25 learn
25 learn 26 .

peter [rabbit] [knows] [this] , and that is one reason he always is so eager to find out about other people . 
1 peter 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 that
7 that 8 is
8 is 9 one
9 one 10 reason
10 reason 11 he
11 he 12 always
12 always 13 is
13 is 14 so
14 so 15 eager
15 eager 16 to
16 to 17 find
17 find 18 out
18 out 19 about
19 about 20 other
20 other 21 people
21 people 22 .

he knew right away who it was . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 right
3 right 4 away
4 away 5 who
5 who 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 .

he knew that it was [mrs] [quack] [the] [duck] , because he had often heard about her . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 10 ,
10 , 11 because
11 because 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 often
14 often 15 heard
15 heard 16 about
16 about 17 her
17 her 18 .

peter was so surprised to see her in [the] [smiling] [pool] that he almost forgot to be polite . 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 surprised
4 surprised 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 her
7 her 8 in
8 in 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 almost
14 almost 15 forgot
15 forgot 16 to
16 to 17 be
17 be 18 polite
18 polite 19 .

i am afraid he stared in a very impolite way as he hurried to the edge of the bank . 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 afraid
3 afraid 4 he
4 he 5 stared
5 stared 6 in
6 in 7 a
7 a 8 very
8 very 9 impolite
9 impolite 10 way
10 way 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 hurried
13 hurried 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 edge
16 edge 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 bank
19 bank 20 .

you are [mrs] [quack] [,] [aren't] you ? " 
1 you 2 are
2 are 7 you
7 you 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

" yes , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [,] ["] and you must be [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 10 and
10 and 11 you
11 you 12 must
12 must 13 be
13 be 16 .

i 've heard of you very often . " 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 heard
3 heard 4 of
4 of 5 you
5 you 6 very
6 very 7 often
7 often 8 .
8 . 9 "

all the time [mrs] [quack] [was] [swimming] [back] and [forth] [and] in little circles in the most uneasy way . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 time
3 time 9 and
9 and 12 in
12 in 13 little
13 little 14 circles
14 circles 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 most
17 most 18 uneasy
18 uneasy 19 way
19 way 20 .

" [i] hope you 've heard nothing but good of me , " [replied] [peter] [.] 
1 " 3 hope
3 hope 4 you
4 you 5 've
5 've 6 heard
6 heard 7 nothing
7 nothing 8 but
8 but 9 good
9 good 10 of
10 of 11 me
11 me 12 ,
12 , 13 "

peter looked a wee , wee bit foolish , and then he laughed right out . 
1 peter 2 looked
2 looked 3 a
3 a 4 wee
4 wee 5 ,
5 , 6 wee
6 wee 7 bit
7 bit 8 foolish
8 foolish 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 then
11 then 12 he
12 he 13 laughed
13 laughed 14 right
14 right 15 out
15 out 16 .

" [i] [guess] that is true enough , " said he . 
1 " 4 that
4 that 5 is
5 is 6 true
6 true 7 enough
7 enough 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
11 he 12 .

" [i] [like] [to] [learn] [all] [i] [can] [,] and how [can] [i] [learn] [without] [being] [curious] ? 
1 " 10 and
10 and 11 how
11 how 18 ?

i 'm curious right now . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 curious
3 curious 4 right
4 right 5 now
5 now 6 .

i 'm wondering what brings you to [the] [smiling] [pool] [when] [you] [never] have been here before . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 wondering
3 wondering 4 what
4 what 5 brings
5 brings 6 you
6 you 7 to
7 to 14 have
14 have 15 been
15 been 16 here
16 here 17 before
17 before 18 .

it is the last place in the world [i] [ever] [expected] to find you . " 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 last
4 last 5 place
5 place 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 world
8 world 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 you
14 you 15 .
15 . 16 "

" that 's [why] [i] ['m] here , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 7 here
7 here 8 ,
8 , 9 "

" [i] [hope] [others] [feel] the same way . 
1 " 6 the
6 the 7 same
7 same 8 way
8 way 9 .

i came here [because] [i] [just] [had] to find some place where people wouldn't expect to find me and so wouldn't come looking for me . 
1 i 2 came
2 came 3 here
3 here 8 to
8 to 9 find
9 find 10 some
10 some 11 place
11 place 12 where
12 where 13 people
13 people 14 wouldn't
14 wouldn't 15 expect
15 expect 16 to
16 to 17 find
17 find 18 me
18 me 19 and
19 and 20 so
20 so 21 wouldn't
21 wouldn't 22 come
22 come 23 looking
23 looking 24 for
24 for 25 me
25 me 26 .

peter 's eyes opened very wide with surprise . 
1 peter 2 's
2 's 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 opened
4 opened 5 very
5 very 6 wide
6 wide 7 with
7 with 8 surprise
8 surprise 9 .

" why , " he exclaimed , " [i] [should] [think] you would be perfectly safe [on] [the] [big] [river] ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 exclaimed
6 exclaimed 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 12 you
12 you 13 would
13 would 14 be
14 be 15 perfectly
15 perfectly 16 safe
16 safe 21 !

i don't see how any harm can possibly come to you out there . " 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 see
3 see 4 how
4 how 5 any
5 any 6 harm
6 harm 7 can
7 can 8 possibly
8 possibly 9 come
9 come 10 to
10 to 11 you
11 you 12 out
12 out 13 there
13 there 14 .
14 . 15 "

the words were no sooner out of [peter] ['s] [mouth] [than] a [faint] [bang] [sounded] [from] way [off] [towards] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 the 2 words
2 words 3 were
3 were 4 no
4 no 5 sooner
5 sooner 6 out
6 out 7 of
7 of 12 a
12 a 17 way
17 way 23 .

[mrs] [quack] [gave] [a] [great] [start] [and] [half] [lifted] [her] [wings] [as] [if] [to] [fly] [.] 

but she thought better of it , and then [peter] saw that she was trembling all over . 
1 but 2 she
2 she 3 thought
3 thought 4 better
4 better 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 then
9 then 11 saw
11 saw 12 that
12 that 13 she
13 she 14 was
14 was 15 trembling
15 trembling 16 all
16 all 17 over
17 over 18 .

" did you hear that ? " she asked in a faint voice . 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 hear
4 hear 5 that
5 that 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 she
8 she 9 asked
9 asked 10 in
10 in 11 a
11 a 12 faint
12 faint 13 voice
13 voice 14 .

peter nodded . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

" that was a gun , a terrible gun , but it was a long way from here , " said he . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 was
3 was 4 a
4 a 5 gun
5 gun 6 ,
6 , 7 a
7 a 8 terrible
8 terrible 9 gun
9 gun 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 it
12 it 13 was
13 was 14 a
14 a 15 long
15 long 16 way
16 way 17 from
17 from 18 here
18 here 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 said
21 said 22 he
22 he 23 .

" it was over [on] [the] [big] [river] , " said [mrs] [quack] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 over
4 over 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 14 .

" that 's why it isn't safe for me over there . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 why
4 why 5 it
5 it 6 isn't
6 isn't 7 safe
7 safe 8 for
8 for 9 me
9 me 10 over
10 over 11 there
11 there 12 .

that 's [why] [i] [just] had to find some other place . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 6 had
6 had 7 to
7 to 8 find
8 find 9 some
9 some 10 other
10 other 11 place
11 place 12 .

oh , dear , the very sound of a gun sets me to shaking and makes my heart feel as if it would stop beating . 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear
3 dear 4 ,
4 , 5 the
5 the 6 very
6 very 7 sound
7 sound 8 of
8 of 9 a
9 a 10 gun
10 gun 11 sets
11 sets 12 me
12 me 13 to
13 to 14 shaking
14 shaking 15 and
15 and 16 makes
16 makes 17 my
17 my 18 heart
18 heart 19 feel
19 feel 20 as
20 as 21 if
21 if 22 it
22 it 23 would
23 would 24 stop
24 stop 25 beating
25 beating 26 .

are you [sure] [i] [am] [perfectly] [safe] here ? " 
1 are 2 you
2 you 8 here
8 here 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

["] [i] ['m] [not] [afraid] [of] [them] [,] ["] [declared] [mrs] [quack] [.] 

" it 's those two-legged creatures with terrible guns [i] ['m] [afraid] [of] , " and she began to swim about more uneasily than ever . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 those
4 those 5 two-legged
5 two-legged 6 creatures
6 creatures 7 with
7 with 8 terrible
8 terrible 9 guns
9 guns 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 and
16 and 17 she
17 she 18 began
18 began 19 to
19 to 20 swim
20 swim 21 about
21 about 22 more
22 more 23 uneasily
23 uneasily 24 than
24 than 25 ever
25 ever 26 .

[ii] 

[mrs] [quack] [is] [distrustful] 

[jerry] [muskrat] [thinks] [there] [is] [no] [place] [in] [the] [world] [like] [the] [smiling] [pool] [.] 

so , for the matter of that , [does] [grandfather] [frog] and [also] [spotty] [the] [turtle] [.] 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 for
3 for 4 the
4 the 5 matter
5 matter 6 of
6 of 7 that
7 that 8 ,
8 , 12 and

you see , they have spent their lives there and know little about the rest [of] [the] [great] [world] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 they
4 they 5 have
5 have 6 spent
6 spent 7 their
7 their 8 lives
8 lives 9 there
9 there 10 and
10 and 11 know
11 know 12 little
12 little 13 about
13 about 14 the
14 the 15 rest
15 rest 20 .

" [no] [one] [hunts] [here] [now] that [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy has put away his terrible gun , " [explained] [jerry] [.] 
1 " 7 that
7 that 11 boy
11 boy 12 has
12 has 13 put
13 put 14 away
14 away 15 his
15 his 16 terrible
16 terrible 17 gun
17 gun 18 ,
18 , 19 "

" [who] [is] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [?] ["] [demanded] [mrs] [quack] , looking more anxious than ever . 
1 " 7 boy
7 boy 13 ,
13 , 14 looking
14 looking 15 more
15 more 16 anxious
16 anxious 17 than
17 than 18 ever
18 ever 19 .

" is he one of those two-legged creatures ? " 
1 " 2 is
2 is 3 he
3 he 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 those
6 those 7 two-legged
7 two-legged 8 creatures
8 creatures 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

he is such a good friend that he ought to be [a] [quaddy] himself . 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 such
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 good
5 good 6 friend
6 friend 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 ought
9 ought 10 to
10 to 11 be
11 be 14 himself
14 himself 15 .

he won't let any harm come to you here , [mrs] [quack] [.] " 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 3 let
3 let 4 any
4 any 5 harm
5 harm 6 come
6 come 7 to
7 to 8 you
8 you 9 here
9 here 10 ,
10 , 14 "

" [i] [wouldn't] [trust] him , not for one single little minute , " [declared] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 5 him
5 him 6 ,
6 , 7 not
7 not 8 for
8 for 9 one
9 one 10 single
10 single 11 little
11 little 12 minute
12 minute 13 ,
13 , 14 "

" [i] [wouldn't] [trust] one of those two-legged creatures , not [one] . 
1 " 5 one
5 one 6 of
6 of 7 those
7 those 8 two-legged
8 two-legged 9 creatures
9 creatures 10 ,
10 , 11 not
11 not 13 .

you say he fed some of you last winter , but that doesn't mean anything good . 
1 you 2 say
2 say 3 he
3 he 4 fed
4 fed 5 some
5 some 6 of
6 of 7 you
7 you 8 last
8 last 9 winter
9 winter 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 that
12 that 13 doesn't
13 doesn't 14 mean
14 mean 15 anything
15 anything 16 good
16 good 17 .

do you know what [i] ['ve] [known] [these] [two-legged] [creatures] to do ? " 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 11 to
11 to 12 do
12 do 13 ?
13 ? 14 "

" what ? " [demanded] [peter] [and] [jerry] [together] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

i wouldn't trust one of them , not [one] [!] " 
1 i 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 trust
3 trust 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 them
6 them 7 ,
7 , 8 not
8 not 11 "

" oh , how dreadful ! " [cried] [peter] [,] [looking] [quite] as [shocked] [as] he felt . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 how
4 how 5 dreadful
5 dreadful 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 13 as
13 as 16 he
16 he 17 felt
17 felt 18 .

then he added eagerly , " but [our] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [wouldn't] [do] [anything] [like] that . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 added
3 added 4 eagerly
4 eagerly 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 but
7 but 17 that
17 that 18 .

you haven't the least thing to fear from him . " 
1 you 2 haven't
2 haven't 3 the
3 the 4 least
4 least 5 thing
5 thing 6 to
6 to 7 fear
7 fear 8 from
8 from 9 him
9 him 10 .
10 . 11 "

" perhaps not , " said [mrs] [quack] , shaking her head doubtfully , " [but] [i] [wouldn't] [trust] [him] [.] 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 not
3 not 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 9 ,
9 , 10 shaking
10 shaking 11 her
11 her 12 head
12 head 13 doubtfully
13 doubtfully 14 ,
14 , 15 "

i wouldn't trust him as far off [as] [i] [could] [see] [him] . 
1 i 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 trust
3 trust 4 him
4 him 5 as
5 as 6 far
6 far 7 off
7 off 13 .

" you are safe right here , if you have sense enough to stay here , " [declared] [jerry] [muskrat] [rather] [testily] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 are
3 are 4 safe
4 safe 5 right
5 right 6 here
6 here 7 ,
7 , 8 if
8 if 9 you
9 you 10 have
10 have 11 sense
11 sense 12 enough
12 enough 13 to
13 to 14 stay
14 stay 15 here
15 here 16 ,
16 , 17 "

" don't you [suppose] [peter] and [i] [know] what we are talking about ? " 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 you
3 you 6 and
6 and 9 what
9 what 10 we
10 we 11 are
11 are 12 talking
12 talking 13 about
13 about 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

there was a little sob in her voice and tears in her eyes . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 sob
5 sob 6 in
6 in 7 her
7 her 8 voice
8 voice 9 and
9 and 10 tears
10 tears 11 in
11 in 12 her
12 her 13 eyes
13 eyes 14 .

" tell us all about it , " [begged] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 tell
2 tell 3 us
3 us 4 all
4 all 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" perhaps we can help you . " 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 we
3 we 4 can
4 can 5 help
5 help 6 you
6 you 7 .
7 . 8 "

[iii] 

[mrs] [quack] [tells] [about] [her] [home] 

" begin at the beginning , " said [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 " 2 begin
2 begin 3 at
3 at 4 the
4 the 5 beginning
5 beginning 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 11 .

" your home is somewhere way up [in] [the] [northland] [where] [honker] [the] [goose] [lives] , isn't it ? " 
1 " 2 your
2 your 3 home
3 home 4 is
4 is 5 somewhere
5 somewhere 6 way
6 way 7 up
7 up 16 ,
16 , 17 isn't
17 isn't 18 it
18 it 19 ?
19 ? 20 "

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

" [i] [wish] [i] were there this very minute , " she replied , the tears coming again . 
1 " 5 were
5 were 6 there
6 there 7 this
7 this 8 very
8 very 9 minute
9 minute 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 she
12 she 13 replied
13 replied 14 ,
14 , 15 the
15 the 16 tears
16 tears 17 coming
17 coming 18 again
18 again 19 .

" but [sometimes] [i] [doubt] [if] [ever] [i] ['ll] [get] there [again] . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 11 there
11 there 13 .

" [i] never could understand what people want to leave their homes for , anyway , " [declared] [peter] [.] 
1 " 3 never
3 never 4 could
4 could 5 understand
5 understand 6 what
6 what 7 people
7 people 8 want
8 want 9 to
9 to 10 leave
10 leave 11 their
11 their 12 homes
12 homes 13 for
13 for 14 ,
14 , 15 anyway
15 anyway 16 ,
16 , 17 "

what would you do if you couldn't find a single thing to eat ? " 
1 what 2 would
2 would 3 you
3 you 4 do
4 do 5 if
5 if 6 you
6 you 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 find
8 find 9 a
9 a 10 single
10 single 11 thing
11 thing 12 to
12 to 13 eat
13 eat 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

" [i] guess [i] ['d] [starve] , " [replied] [peter] [simply] [.] 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" he comes earlier up there and stays twice as long as he does here , and makes ten times as much ice and snow . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 comes
3 comes 4 earlier
4 earlier 5 up
5 up 6 there
6 there 7 and
7 and 8 stays
8 stays 9 twice
9 twice 10 as
10 as 11 long
11 long 12 as
12 as 13 he
13 he 14 does
14 does 15 here
15 here 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 makes
18 makes 19 ten
19 ten 20 times
20 times 21 as
21 as 22 much
22 much 23 ice
23 ice 24 and
24 and 25 snow
25 snow 26 .

[we] [just] [have] [to] [come] [south] [.] 

it isn't because we want to , but because we must ! 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 because
3 because 4 we
4 we 5 want
5 want 6 to
6 to 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 because
9 because 10 we
10 we 11 must
11 must 12 !

there is nothing else for us to do . " 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 else
4 else 5 for
5 for 6 us
6 us 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 .
9 . 10 "

" [then] [i] don't see what you want to make your home in such a place for , " said [practical] [peter] . 
1 " 4 don't
4 don't 5 see
5 see 6 what
6 what 7 you
7 you 8 want
8 want 9 to
9 to 10 make
10 make 11 your
11 your 12 home
12 home 13 in
13 in 14 such
14 such 15 a
15 a 16 place
16 place 17 for
17 for 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 23 .

" [i] [should] think you would make it where you can live all the year around . " 
1 " 4 think
4 think 5 you
5 you 6 would
6 would 7 make
7 make 8 it
8 it 9 where
9 where 10 you
10 you 11 can
11 can 12 live
12 live 13 all
13 all 14 the
14 the 15 year
15 year 16 around
16 around 17 .
17 . 18 "

" [i] was [born] [up] there , and [i] love it just as you love the dear [old] [briar-patch] , " [replied] [mrs] [.] [quack] [simply] [.] 
1 " 3 was
3 was 6 there
6 there 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 love
10 love 11 it
11 it 12 just
12 just 13 as
13 as 14 you
14 you 15 love
15 love 16 the
16 the 17 dear
17 dear 20 ,
20 , 21 "

" it is home , and there is no place like home . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 home
4 home 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 there
7 there 8 is
8 is 9 no
9 no 10 place
10 place 11 like
11 like 12 home
12 home 13 .

besides , it is a very beautiful and a very wonderful place in summer . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 very
6 very 7 beautiful
7 beautiful 8 and
8 and 9 a
9 a 10 very
10 very 11 wonderful
11 wonderful 12 place
12 place 13 in
13 in 14 summer
14 summer 15 .

there is [everything] that [ducks] [and] [geese] [love] . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 4 that
4 that 9 .

we have all we want of the food we love best . 
1 we 2 have
2 have 3 all
3 all 4 we
4 we 5 want
5 want 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 food
8 food 9 we
9 we 10 love
10 love 11 best
11 best 12 .

everywhere is shallow water with tall grass growing in it . " 
1 everywhere 2 is
2 is 3 shallow
3 shallow 4 water
4 water 5 with
5 with 6 tall
6 tall 7 grass
7 grass 8 growing
8 growing 9 in
9 in 10 it
10 it 11 .
11 . 12 "

" huh [!] ["] [interrupted] [peter] , " [i] [wouldn't] [think] [much] of a place like that . " 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 13 of
13 of 14 a
14 a 15 place
15 place 16 like
16 like 17 that
17 that 18 .
18 . 19 "

" that 's because you don't know what is good , " [snapped] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 because
4 because 5 you
5 you 6 don't
6 don't 7 know
7 know 8 what
8 what 9 is
9 is 10 good
10 good 11 ,
11 , 12 "

" it would suit me , " he added , with shining eyes . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 would
3 would 4 suit
4 suit 5 me
5 me 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 added
9 added 10 ,
10 , 11 with
11 with 12 shining
12 shining 13 eyes
13 eyes 14 .

" there are the dearest little islands just made for safe nesting-places , " [continued] [mrs] [quack] [,] [without] [heeding] [the] [interruptions] [.] 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 are
3 are 4 the
4 the 5 dearest
5 dearest 6 little
6 little 7 islands
7 islands 8 just
8 just 9 made
9 made 10 for
10 for 11 safe
11 safe 12 nesting-places
12 nesting-places 13 ,
13 , 14 "

" if there is nothing to fear , why do you care about places to hide ? " [demanded] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 there
3 there 4 is
4 is 5 nothing
5 nothing 6 to
6 to 7 fear
7 fear 8 ,
8 , 9 why
9 why 10 do
10 do 11 you
11 you 12 care
12 care 13 about
13 about 14 places
14 places 15 to
15 to 16 hide
16 hide 17 ?
17 ? 18 "

that is perfectly fair , so we don't mind that . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 perfectly
3 perfectly 4 fair
4 fair 5 ,
5 , 6 so
6 so 7 we
7 we 8 don't
8 don't 9 mind
9 mind 10 that
10 that 11 .

it is only men who are not fair . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 only
3 only 4 men
4 men 5 who
5 who 6 are
6 are 7 not
7 not 8 fair
8 fair 9 .

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 .
7 . 8 "

peter nodded that he understood , and [mrs] [quack] went on . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 understood
5 understood 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 went
10 went 11 on
11 on 12 .

" last summer [mr] [quack] and [i] [had] [our] [nest] [on] the dearest little island , and no one found it . 
1 " 2 last
2 last 3 summer
3 summer 6 and
6 and 12 the
12 the 13 dearest
13 dearest 14 little
14 little 15 island
15 island 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 no
18 no 19 one
19 one 20 found
20 found 21 it
21 it 22 .

first we had twelve eggs , and then twelve of the dearest babies you ever saw . " 
1 first 2 we
2 we 3 had
3 had 4 twelve
4 twelve 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 twelve
9 twelve 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 dearest
12 dearest 13 babies
13 babies 14 you
14 you 15 ever
15 ever 16 saw
16 saw 17 .
17 . 18 "

" maybe , " said [peter] [doubtfully] , thinking of his own babies . 
1 " 2 maybe
2 maybe 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 8 ,
8 , 9 thinking
9 thinking 10 of
10 of 11 his
11 his 12 own
12 own 13 babies
13 babies 14 .

" and they were smart , too . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 they
3 they 4 were
4 were 5 smart
5 smart 6 ,
6 , 7 too
7 too 8 .

they had learned how to take care of themselves just as well [as] [i] [could] . 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 learned
3 learned 4 how
4 how 5 to
5 to 6 take
6 take 7 care
7 care 8 of
8 of 9 themselves
9 themselves 10 just
10 just 11 as
11 as 12 well
12 well 16 .

i certainly was proud of that family . 
1 i 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 proud
4 proud 5 of
5 of 6 that
6 that 7 family
7 family 8 .

but [now] [i] [don't] [know] [where] one of them is . " 
1 but 7 one
7 one 8 of
8 of 9 them
9 them 10 is
10 is 11 .
11 . 12 "

[mrs] [quack] [suddenly] [choked] [up] [with] [grief] [,] [and] [peter] [rabbit] [politely] [turned] [his] [head] [away] [.] 

[iv] 

[mrs] [quack] [continues] [her] [story] 

in a few minutes she bravely went on with her story . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
4 minutes 5 she
5 she 6 bravely
6 bravely 7 went
7 went 8 on
8 on 9 with
9 with 10 her
10 her 11 story
11 story 12 .

for a while we had nothing much to fear . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 while
3 while 4 we
4 we 5 had
5 had 6 nothing
6 nothing 7 much
7 much 8 to
8 to 9 fear
9 fear 10 .

perhaps you don't know what marshes are . 
1 perhaps 2 you
2 you 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 what
5 what 6 marshes
6 marshes 7 are
7 are 8 .

jerry [muskrat] 's eyes sparkled . 
1 jerry 3 's
3 's 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 sparkled
5 sparkled 6 .

" [i] would like a place like that ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 3 would
3 would 4 like
4 like 5 a
5 a 6 place
6 place 7 like
7 like 8 that
8 that 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 exclaimed
12 exclaimed 13 .

" you certainly would , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 certainly
3 certainly 4 would
4 would 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" we always find lots of your relatives in such places . " 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 always
3 always 4 find
4 find 5 lots
5 lots 6 of
6 of 7 your
7 your 8 relatives
8 relatives 9 in
9 in 10 such
10 such 11 places
11 places 12 .
12 . 13 "

" marshes must be something like swamps , " [ventured] [peter] [rabbit] [,] who had been thinking the matter over . 
1 " 2 marshes
2 marshes 3 must
3 must 4 be
4 be 5 something
5 something 6 like
6 like 7 swamps
7 swamps 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 14 who
14 who 15 had
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 thinking
17 thinking 18 the
18 the 19 matter
19 matter 20 over
20 over 21 .

" very much the same , only with grass and rushes in place of trees and bushes , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 very
2 very 3 much
3 much 4 the
4 the 5 same
5 same 6 ,
6 , 7 only
7 only 8 with
8 with 9 grass
9 grass 10 and
10 and 11 rushes
11 rushes 12 in
12 in 13 place
13 place 14 of
14 of 15 trees
15 trees 16 and
16 and 17 bushes
17 bushes 18 ,
18 , 19 "

" there is plenty to eat and the loveliest hiding-places . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 plenty
4 plenty 5 to
5 to 6 eat
6 eat 7 and
7 and 8 the
8 the 9 loveliest
9 loveliest 10 hiding-places
10 hiding-places 11 .

in some of these we stayed days at a time . 
1 in 2 some
2 some 3 of
3 of 4 these
4 these 5 we
5 we 6 stayed
6 stayed 7 days
7 days 8 at
8 at 9 a
9 a 10 time
10 time 11 .

in fact , we [stayed] [until] [jack] [frost] came to drive us out . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 we
4 we 9 came
9 came 10 to
10 to 11 drive
11 drive 12 us
12 us 13 out
13 out 14 .

if we could have just kept flying all the time or never had to go near the shore , we would have been all right . 
1 if 2 we
2 we 3 could
3 could 4 have
4 have 5 just
5 just 6 kept
6 kept 7 flying
7 flying 8 all
8 all 9 the
9 the 10 time
10 time 11 or
11 or 12 never
12 never 13 had
13 had 14 to
14 to 15 go
15 go 16 near
16 near 17 the
17 the 18 shore
18 shore 19 ,
19 , 20 we
20 we 21 would
21 would 22 have
22 have 23 been
23 been 24 all
24 all 25 right
25 right 26 .

but we had to eat . " 
1 but 2 we
2 we 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 eat
5 eat 6 .
6 . 7 "

" of course , " said [peter] . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 8 .

" everybody has to eat . " 
1 " 2 everybody
2 everybody 3 has
3 has 4 to
4 to 5 eat
5 eat 6 .
6 . 7 "

" and we had to rest , " said [mrs] [quack] . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 we
3 we 4 had
4 had 5 to
5 to 6 rest
6 rest 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" certainly , " said [peter] . 
1 " 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 7 .

" everybody has to do that . " 
1 " 2 everybody
2 everybody 3 has
3 has 4 to
4 to 5 do
5 do 6 that
6 that 7 .
7 . 8 "

" it takes a lot of strength to fly as we fly , and strength requires plenty of food . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 takes
3 takes 4 a
4 a 5 lot
5 lot 6 of
6 of 7 strength
7 strength 8 to
8 to 9 fly
9 fly 10 as
10 as 11 we
11 we 12 fly
12 fly 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 strength
15 strength 16 requires
16 requires 17 plenty
17 plenty 18 of
18 of 19 food
19 food 20 .

if we saw none , we would drop down a little nearer and a little nearer . 
1 if 2 we
2 we 3 saw
3 saw 4 none
4 none 5 ,
5 , 6 we
6 we 7 would
7 would 8 drop
8 drop 9 down
9 down 10 a
10 a 11 little
11 little 12 nearer
12 nearer 13 and
13 and 14 a
14 a 15 little
15 little 16 nearer
16 nearer 17 .

but with all our watchfulness , we never could be sure , absolutely sure , that all was safe . 
1 but 2 with
2 with 3 all
3 all 4 our
4 our 5 watchfulness
5 watchfulness 6 ,
6 , 7 we
7 we 8 never
8 never 9 could
9 could 10 be
10 be 11 sure
11 sure 12 ,
12 , 13 absolutely
13 absolutely 14 sure
14 sure 15 ,
15 , 16 that
16 that 17 all
17 all 18 was
18 was 19 safe
19 safe 20 .

sometimes those terrible two-legged creatures would be hiding in the very middle of the wildest , most lonely looking marshes . 
1 sometimes 2 those
2 those 3 terrible
3 terrible 4 two-legged
4 two-legged 5 creatures
5 creatures 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 hiding
8 hiding 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 very
11 very 12 middle
12 middle 13 of
13 of 14 the
14 the 15 wildest
15 wildest 16 ,
16 , 17 most
17 most 18 lonely
18 lonely 19 looking
19 looking 20 marshes
20 marshes 21 .

they would be covered with grass so that we couldn't see them . 
1 they 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 covered
4 covered 5 with
5 with 6 grass
6 grass 7 so
7 so 8 that
8 that 9 we
9 we 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 see
11 see 12 them
12 them 13 .

so we would fly our hardest . 
1 so 2 we
2 we 3 would
3 would 4 fly
4 fly 5 our
5 our 6 hardest
6 hardest 7 .

it was awful , just simply awful ! " 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 awful
3 awful 4 ,
4 , 5 just
5 just 6 simply
6 simply 7 awful
7 awful 8 !
8 ! 9 "

[mrs] [quack] [paused] [and] [shuddered] [,] [and] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [shuddered] [in] [sympathy] [.] 

" sometimes we would have to try three or four feeding-places before we found one where there were no terrible guns . 
1 " 2 sometimes
2 sometimes 3 we
3 we 4 would
4 would 5 have
5 have 6 to
6 to 7 try
7 try 8 three
8 three 9 or
9 or 10 four
10 four 11 feeding-places
11 feeding-places 12 before
12 before 13 we
13 we 14 found
14 found 15 one
15 one 16 where
16 where 17 there
17 there 18 were
18 were 19 no
19 no 20 terrible
20 terrible 21 guns
21 guns 22 .

it was like that every day . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 like
3 like 4 that
4 that 5 every
5 every 6 day
6 day 7 .

the farther we got , the worse it became . 
1 the 2 farther
2 farther 3 we
3 we 4 got
4 got 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 7 worse
7 worse 8 it
8 it 9 became
9 became 10 .

our flock grew smaller and smaller . 
1 our 2 flock
2 flock 3 grew
3 grew 4 smaller
4 smaller 5 and
5 and 6 smaller
6 smaller 7 .

what became of our [twelve] [children] [i] [don't] [know] [.] 
1 what 2 became
2 became 3 of
3 of 4 our

i am afraid the terrible guns killed some . 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 afraid
3 afraid 4 the
4 the 5 terrible
5 terrible 6 guns
6 guns 7 killed
7 killed 8 some
8 some 9 .

i hope some joined other flocks and escaped , but [i] don't [know] . " 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 3 some
3 some 4 joined
4 joined 5 other
5 other 6 flocks
6 flocks 7 and
7 and 8 escaped
8 escaped 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 12 don't
12 don't 14 .
14 . 15 "

" [i] [hope] they did too , " said [peter] . 
1 " 4 they
4 they 5 did
5 did 6 too
6 too 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 .

[v] 

[peter] [learns] [more] [of] [mrs] [.] [quack's] [troubles] 

" [i] don't see why you didn't stay right there . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 see
4 see 5 why
5 why 6 you
6 you 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 stay
8 stay 9 right
9 right 10 there
10 there 11 .

i would have , " said [peter] , nodding his head with an air of great wisdom . 
1 i 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 8 ,
8 , 9 nodding
9 nodding 10 his
10 his 11 head
11 head 12 with
12 with 13 an
13 an 14 air
14 air 15 of
15 of 16 great
16 great 17 wisdom
17 wisdom 18 .

" not if you were [i] , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 if
3 if 4 you
4 you 5 were
5 were 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" in the first place it isn't a proper place in which to [bring] [up] [young] [ducks] [and] make them strong and healthy . 
1 " 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 4 first
4 first 5 place
5 place 6 it
6 it 7 isn't
7 isn't 8 a
8 a 9 proper
9 proper 10 place
10 place 11 in
11 in 12 which
12 which 13 to
13 to 19 make
19 make 20 them
20 them 21 strong
21 strong 22 and
22 and 23 healthy
23 healthy 24 .

in the second place there are more dangers down there [for] [young] [ducks] [than] [up] in the [far] [northland] [.] 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 second
3 second 4 place
4 place 5 there
5 there 6 are
6 are 7 more
7 more 8 dangers
8 dangers 9 down
9 down 10 there
10 there 16 in
16 in 17 the

in the third place there isn't room for all [the] [ducks] to [nest] [properly] . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 third
3 third 4 place
4 place 5 there
5 there 6 isn't
6 isn't 7 room
7 room 8 for
8 for 9 all
9 all 12 to
12 to 15 .

we couldn't be happy if we didn't . " 
1 we 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 be
3 be 4 happy
4 happy 5 if
5 if 6 we
6 we 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 .
8 . 9 "

" is the journey back as bad as the journey down ? " [asked] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 journey
4 journey 5 back
5 back 6 as
6 as 7 bad
7 bad 8 as
8 as 9 the
9 the 10 journey
10 journey 11 down
11 down 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" worse , very much worse , " [replied] [mrs] [.] [quack] [sadly] [.] 
1 " 2 worse
2 worse 3 ,
3 , 4 very
4 very 5 much
5 much 6 worse
6 worse 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" you can see for yourself just how bad it is [,] [for] here [i] [am] all alone . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 can
3 can 4 see
4 see 5 for
5 for 6 yourself
6 yourself 7 just
7 just 8 how
8 how 9 bad
9 bad 10 it
10 it 11 is
11 is 14 here
14 here 17 all
17 all 18 alone
18 alone 19 .
19 . 20 "

[tears] [filled] [mrs] [quack] ['s] [eyes] [.] 

" it is almost too terrible to talk about , " she continued after a minute . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 almost
4 almost 5 too
5 too 6 terrible
6 terrible 7 to
7 to 8 talk
8 talk 9 about
9 about 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 she
12 she 13 continued
13 continued 14 after
14 after 15 a
15 a 16 minute
16 minute 17 .

but it is much worse now , very much worse . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 much
4 much 5 worse
5 worse 6 now
6 now 7 ,
7 , 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 worse
10 worse 11 .

we cannot go any faster [than] [jack] [frost] [does] . 
1 we 2 cannot
2 cannot 3 go
3 go 4 any
4 any 5 faster
5 faster 10 .

then there is nothing to do but to turn back to where those terrible guns are waiting for us . 
1 then 2 there
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 but
7 but 8 to
8 to 9 turn
9 turn 10 back
10 back 11 to
11 to 12 where
12 where 13 those
13 those 14 terrible
14 terrible 15 guns
15 guns 16 are
16 are 17 waiting
17 waiting 18 for
18 for 19 us
19 us 20 .

we [just] [have] [to] do it . " 
1 we 5 do
5 do 6 it
6 it 7 .
7 . 8 "

[mrs] [quack] [stopped] [and] [shivered] [.] 

" it seems to [me] [i] have heard nothing but the noise of those terrible guns ever since we started , " said she . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 seems
3 seems 4 to
4 to 7 have
7 have 8 heard
8 heard 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 but
10 but 11 the
11 the 12 noise
12 noise 13 of
13 of 14 those
14 those 15 terrible
15 terrible 16 guns
16 guns 17 ever
17 ever 18 since
18 since 19 we
19 we 20 started
20 started 21 ,
21 , 22 "
22 " 23 said
23 said 24 she
24 she 25 .

" [i] [haven't] had a good square meal for days and days , nor a good rest . 
1 " 4 had
4 had 5 a
5 a 6 good
6 good 7 square
7 square 8 meal
8 meal 9 for
9 for 10 days
10 days 11 and
11 and 12 days
12 days 13 ,
13 , 14 nor
14 nor 15 a
15 a 16 good
16 good 17 rest
17 rest 18 .

that is what makes me so dreadfully nervous . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 what
3 what 4 makes
4 makes 5 me
5 me 6 so
6 so 7 dreadfully
7 dreadfully 8 nervous
8 nervous 9 .

then just as we would think we were safe for a little while , there would come the bang of a terrible gun . 
1 then 2 just
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 we
4 we 5 would
5 would 6 think
6 think 7 we
7 we 8 were
8 were 9 safe
9 safe 10 for
10 for 11 a
11 a 12 little
12 little 13 while
13 while 14 ,
14 , 15 there
15 there 16 would
16 would 17 come
17 come 18 the
18 the 19 bang
19 bang 20 of
20 of 21 a
21 a 22 terrible
22 terrible 23 gun
23 gun 24 .

then we would have to do it all over again until night came . 
1 then 2 we
2 we 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 it
7 it 8 all
8 all 9 over
9 over 10 again
10 again 11 until
11 until 12 night
12 night 13 came
13 came 14 .

sometimes [i] [think] [that] those [men] [with] terrible guns must hate us and want to kill every one of us . 
1 sometimes 5 those
5 those 8 terrible
8 terrible 9 guns
9 guns 10 must
10 must 11 hate
11 hate 12 us
12 us 13 and
13 and 14 want
14 want 15 to
15 to 16 kill
16 kill 17 every
17 every 18 one
18 one 19 of
19 of 20 us
20 us 21 .

if they didn't , they would have a little bit of pity . 
1 if 2 they
2 they 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 ,
4 , 5 they
5 they 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 bit
10 bit 11 of
11 of 12 pity
12 pity 13 .

they simply haven't any hearts at all . " 
1 they 2 simply
2 simply 3 haven't
3 haven't 4 any
4 any 5 hearts
5 hearts 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 .
8 . 9 "

" it does seem so , " agreed [peter] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 does
3 does 4 seem
4 seem 5 so
5 so 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 agreed
8 agreed 10 .

" but wait until you know [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] ! 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 wait
3 wait 4 until
4 until 5 you
5 you 6 know
6 know 11 !

[he's] [got] [a] [heart] [!] ["] [he] [added] [brightly] [.] 

" [i] don't want to know him , " [retorted] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 want
4 want 5 to
5 to 6 know
6 know 7 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 "

" if he comes near here , you 'll see me leave in a hurry . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 comes
4 comes 5 near
5 near 6 here
6 here 7 ,
7 , 8 you
8 you 9 'll
9 'll 10 see
10 see 11 me
11 me 12 leave
12 leave 13 in
13 in 14 a
14 a 15 hurry
15 hurry 16 .

i wouldn't trust one of them , not one minute . 
1 i 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 trust
3 trust 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 them
6 them 7 ,
7 , 8 not
8 not 9 one
9 one 10 minute
10 minute 11 .

you don't think he will come , do you ? " 
1 you 2 don't
2 don't 3 think
3 think 4 he
4 he 5 will
5 will 6 come
6 come 7 ,
7 , 8 do
8 do 9 you
9 you 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

peter sat up and looked [across] [the] [green] [meadows] , and his heart sank . 
1 peter 2 sat
2 sat 3 up
3 up 4 and
4 and 5 looked
5 looked 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 his
12 his 13 heart
13 heart 14 sank
14 sank 15 .

" he 's coming now , but [i] ['m] [sure] he won't hurt you [,] [mrs] . [quack] [,] " said he . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 's
3 's 4 coming
4 coming 5 now
5 now 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 11 he
11 he 12 won't
12 won't 13 hurt
13 hurt 14 you
14 you 17 .
17 . 20 "
20 " 21 said
21 said 22 he
22 he 23 .

but [mrs] [quack] [wouldn't] [wait] to see . 
1 but 6 to
6 to 7 see
7 see 8 .

[vi] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [visits] [the] [smiling] [pool] 

cheer up ! 
1 cheer 2 up
2 up 3 !

cheer up ! 
1 cheer 2 up
2 up 3 !

cheer ! " had awakened quite as much gladness in his heart as it had [in] [peter] ['s] [heart] . 
1 cheer 2 !
2 ! 3 "
3 " 4 had
4 had 5 awakened
5 awakened 6 quite
6 quite 7 as
7 as 8 much
8 much 9 gladness
9 gladness 10 in
10 in 11 his
11 his 12 heart
12 heart 13 as
13 as 14 it
14 it 15 had
15 had 20 .

it meant that his feathered friends would soon be busy house-hunting and building . 
1 it 2 meant
2 meant 3 that
3 that 4 his
4 his 5 feathered
5 feathered 6 friends
6 friends 7 would
7 would 8 soon
8 soon 9 be
9 be 10 busy
10 busy 11 house-hunting
11 house-hunting 12 and
12 and 13 building
13 building 14 .

it meant that his little friends in fur would also be doing something very similar , if they had not already done so . 
1 it 2 meant
2 meant 3 that
3 that 4 his
4 his 5 little
5 little 6 friends
6 friends 7 in
7 in 8 fur
8 fur 9 would
9 would 10 also
10 also 11 be
11 be 12 doing
12 doing 13 something
13 something 14 very
14 very 15 similar
15 similar 16 ,
16 , 17 if
17 if 18 they
18 they 19 had
19 had 20 not
20 not 21 already
21 already 22 done
22 done 23 so
23 so 24 .

it meant that soon there would be a million lovely things to see and a million joyous sounds to hear . 
1 it 2 meant
2 meant 3 that
3 that 4 soon
4 soon 5 there
5 there 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 a
8 a 9 million
9 million 10 lovely
10 lovely 11 things
11 things 12 to
12 to 13 see
13 see 14 and
14 and 15 a
15 a 16 million
16 million 17 joyous
17 joyous 18 sounds
18 sounds 19 to
19 to 20 hear
20 hear 21 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [stopped] [and] [watched] [until] [the] [bird] [had] [disappeared] [,] [and] [on] [his] [face] [was] [a] [look] [of] [great] [surprise] [.] 

" [as] [i] live , that was [a] [duck] ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 4 live
4 live 5 ,
5 , 6 that
6 that 7 was
7 was 10 !
10 ! 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 exclaimed
13 exclaimed 14 .

" that is the first time [i] ['ve] [ever] [known] [a] [wild] [duck] to be in the [smiling] [pool] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 the
4 the 5 first
5 first 6 time
6 time 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 in
16 in 17 the

i wonder what under the sun could have brought her over here . " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 4 under
4 under 5 the
5 the 6 sun
6 sun 7 could
7 could 8 have
8 have 9 brought
9 brought 10 her
10 her 11 over
11 over 12 here
12 here 13 .
13 . 14 "

just then there was a distant bang in the direction [of] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 a
5 a 6 distant
6 distant 7 bang
7 bang 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 direction
10 direction 15 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [scowled] [,] [and] [it] [made] [his] [face] [very] [angry-looking] [.] 

" that 's it , " he muttered . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 muttered
8 muttered 9 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [guessed] [exactly] [right] [,] [as] [you] [and] [i] [know] [,] [and] [as] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [knew] [.] 

some people haven't any hearts ; they 're all stomachs . 
1 some 2 people
2 people 3 haven't
3 haven't 4 any
4 any 5 hearts
5 hearts 6 ;
6 ; 7 they
7 they 8 're
8 're 9 all
9 all 10 stomachs
10 stomachs 11 .

he grinned at the idea , and then he continued his way [towards] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 he 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 at
3 at 4 the
4 the 5 idea
5 idea 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 he
9 he 10 continued
10 continued 11 his
11 his 12 way
12 way 17 .

he hoped he might [find] [another] [duck] [there] , and [he] [approached] the [smiling] [pool] very , very carefully . 
1 he 2 hoped
2 hoped 3 he
3 he 4 might
4 might 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 13 the
13 the 16 very
16 very 17 ,
17 , 18 very
18 very 19 carefully
19 carefully 20 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [smiled] [when] [he] [saw] [them] [.] 

" [hello] [,] [jerry] [muskrat] [!] ["] said he . 
1 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 .

" [i] wonder how a bite of carrot would taste to you . " 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 how
4 how 5 a
5 a 6 bite
6 bite 7 of
7 of 8 carrot
8 carrot 9 would
9 would 10 taste
10 taste 11 to
11 to 12 you
12 you 13 .
13 . 14 "

he felt in his pocket and brought out a couple of carrots . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 in
3 in 4 his
4 his 5 pocket
5 pocket 6 and
6 and 7 brought
7 brought 8 out
8 out 9 a
9 a 10 couple
10 couple 11 of
11 of 12 carrots
12 carrots 13 .

one he put on a little tussock in the water where he [knew] [jerry] would find it . 
1 one 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 4 on
4 on 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 tussock
7 tussock 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 water
10 water 11 where
11 where 12 he
12 he 15 would
15 would 16 find
16 find 17 it
17 it 18 .

the other [he] [tossed] [across] [the] [smiling] [pool] [where] [he] [felt] [sure] [peter] [would] [find] [it] . 
1 the 2 other
2 other 17 .

presently he noticed two or three feathers on the water close to the edge of the bank . 
1 presently 2 he
2 he 3 noticed
3 noticed 4 two
4 two 5 or
5 or 6 three
6 three 7 feathers
7 feathers 8 on
8 on 9 the
9 the 10 water
10 water 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 bank
17 bank 18 .

[mrs] [quack] [had] [left] [them] [there] [.] 

" [i] [believe] that was [a] [mallard] [duck] , " said he , as he studied them . 
1 " 4 that
4 that 5 was
5 was 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 12 he
12 he 13 ,
13 , 14 as
14 as 15 he
15 he 16 studied
16 studied 17 them
17 them 18 .

" [i] [know] [what] [i] ['ll] do . 
1 " 7 do
7 do 8 .

i 'll go straight back home and get some wheat and corn and put it here on the edge [of] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 go
3 go 4 straight
4 straight 5 back
5 back 6 home
6 home 7 and
7 and 8 get
8 get 9 some
9 some 10 wheat
10 wheat 11 and
11 and 12 corn
12 corn 13 and
13 and 14 put
14 put 15 it
15 it 16 here
16 here 17 on
17 on 18 the
18 the 19 edge
19 edge 24 .

perhaps she will come back and find it . " 
1 perhaps 2 she
2 she 3 will
3 will 4 come
4 come 5 back
5 back 6 and
6 and 7 find
7 find 8 it
8 it 9 .
9 . 10 "

and this is just [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [did] . 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 just
4 just 11 .

[vii] 

[mrs] [quack] [returns] 

peter [rabbit] just couldn't go back [to] [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] . 
1 peter 3 just
3 just 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 go
5 go 6 back
6 back 12 .

he [just] [had] [to] [know] [if] [mrs] [quack] would come back [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 he 9 would
9 would 10 come
10 come 11 back
11 back 16 .

jolly , round , [red] [mr] [sun] [was] just [getting] ready to go to bed [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [when] [mrs] [quack] [returned] . 
1 jolly 2 ,
2 , 3 round
3 round 4 ,
4 , 9 just
9 just 11 ready
11 ready 12 to
12 to 13 go
13 go 14 to
14 to 15 bed
15 bed 24 .

the first [peter] [knew] [of] [her] [coming] was the whistle of her wings as she passed over him . 
1 the 2 first
2 first 8 was
8 was 9 the
9 the 10 whistle
10 whistle 11 of
11 of 12 her
12 her 13 wings
13 wings 14 as
14 as 15 she
15 she 16 passed
16 passed 17 over
17 over 18 him
18 him 19 .

it didn't seem possible that one so big could move through the air so fast . 
1 it 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 seem
3 seem 4 possible
4 possible 5 that
5 that 6 one
6 one 7 so
7 so 8 big
8 big 9 could
9 could 10 move
10 move 11 through
11 through 12 the
12 the 13 air
13 air 14 so
14 so 15 fast
15 fast 16 .

it was very clear that she was terribly nervous and suspicious . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 clear
4 clear 5 that
5 that 6 she
6 she 7 was
7 was 8 terribly
8 terribly 9 nervous
9 nervous 10 and
10 and 11 suspicious
11 suspicious 12 .

" it 's all right . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 all
4 all 5 right
5 right 6 .

there 's nothing to be afraid of , " said [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
7 of 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 13 .

" are you sure ? " [asked] [mrs] [quack] [anxiously] [.] 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 sure
4 sure 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

as she spoke she swam about nervously . 
1 as 2 she
2 she 3 spoke
3 spoke 4 she
4 she 5 swam
5 swam 6 about
6 about 7 nervously
7 nervously 8 .

" there hasn't been anybody near here [excepting] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , and we told you he wouldn't hurt you . " 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 hasn't
3 hasn't 4 been
4 been 5 anybody
5 anybody 6 near
6 near 7 here
7 here 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 we
15 we 16 told
16 told 17 you
17 you 18 he
18 he 19 wouldn't
19 wouldn't 20 hurt
20 hurt 21 you
21 you 22 .
22 . 23 "

" he brought us each a carrot , " [peter] [rabbit] broke in eagerly . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 brought
3 brought 4 us
4 us 5 each
5 each 6 a
6 a 7 carrot
7 carrot 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 12 broke
12 broke 13 in
13 in 14 eagerly
14 eagerly 15 .

" just the same , [i] [wouldn't] [trust] [him] [,] " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 just
2 just 3 the
3 the 4 same
4 same 5 ,
5 , 11 "

" where is he now ? " 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 is
3 is 4 he
4 he 5 now
5 now 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

" he left ever so long ago , and he won't be back to-night , " [declared] [peter] [confidently] [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 left
3 left 4 ever
4 ever 5 so
5 so 6 long
6 long 7 ago
7 ago 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 won't
11 won't 12 be
12 be 13 back
13 back 14 to-night
14 to-night 15 ,
15 , 16 "

" [i] [hope] [not] [,] ["] said [mrs] [quack] , with a sigh . 
1 " 7 said
7 said 10 ,
10 , 11 with
11 with 12 a
12 a 13 sigh
13 sigh 14 .

" did you hear the bang of that terrible gun [just] [after] [i] [left] [here] ? " 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 hear
4 hear 5 the
5 the 6 bang
6 bang 7 of
7 of 8 that
8 that 9 terrible
9 terrible 10 gun
10 gun 16 ?
16 ? 17 "

" yes , " [replied] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "

" was it fired at you ? " 
1 " 2 was
2 was 3 it
3 it 4 fired
4 fired 5 at
5 at 6 you
6 you 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

[mrs] [quack] [nodded] [and] [held] [up] [one] [wing] [.] 

peter [and] [jerry] could see that one of the long feathers was missing . 
1 peter 4 could
4 could 5 see
5 see 6 that
6 that 7 one
7 one 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 long
10 long 11 feathers
11 feathers 12 was
12 was 13 missing
13 missing 14 .

it is very hard work to know just how far those terrible guns can throw things at you . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 hard
4 hard 5 work
5 work 6 to
6 to 7 know
7 know 8 just
8 just 9 how
9 how 10 far
10 far 11 those
11 those 12 terrible
12 terrible 13 guns
13 guns 14 can
14 can 15 throw
15 throw 16 things
16 things 17 at
17 at 18 you
18 you 19 .

next time [i] [will] [fly] [higher] . " 
1 next 2 time
2 time 7 .
7 . 8 "

" where have you been since you left us ? " [asked] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 have
3 have 4 you
4 you 5 been
5 been 6 since
6 since 7 you
7 you 8 left
8 left 9 us
9 us 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

" eight in the middle of the [big] [river] [,] " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 eight
2 eight 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 middle
5 middle 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 11 "

" it was the only safe place . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 the
4 the 5 only
5 only 6 safe
6 safe 7 place
7 place 8 .

i didn't dare go near either shore , and [i] ['m] [nearly] [starved] [.] 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 dare
3 dare 4 go
4 go 5 near
5 near 6 either
6 either 7 shore
7 shore 8 ,
8 , 9 and

i haven't had a mouthful to eat to-day . " 
1 i 2 haven't
2 haven't 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 mouthful
5 mouthful 6 to
6 to 7 eat
7 eat 8 to-day
8 to-day 9 .
9 . 10 "

peter opened his mouth to tell her of the [wheat] [and] [corn] [left] [by] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy and then closed it again . 
1 peter 2 opened
2 opened 3 his
3 his 4 mouth
4 mouth 5 to
5 to 6 tell
6 tell 7 her
7 her 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 18 boy
18 boy 19 and
19 and 20 then
20 then 21 closed
21 closed 22 it
22 it 23 again
23 again 24 .

he would let her find it for herself . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 let
3 let 4 her
4 her 5 find
5 find 6 it
6 it 7 for
7 for 8 herself
8 herself 9 .

if he told her about it , she might suspect a trick and refuse to go near the place . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 told
3 told 4 her
4 her 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 she
8 she 9 might
9 might 10 suspect
10 suspect 11 a
11 a 12 trick
12 trick 13 and
13 and 14 refuse
14 refuse 15 to
15 to 16 go
16 go 17 near
17 near 18 the
18 the 19 place
19 place 20 .

he never had seen any one so suspicious , not [even] [old] [man] [coyote] . 
1 he 2 never
2 never 3 had
3 had 4 seen
4 seen 5 any
5 any 6 one
6 one 7 so
7 so 8 suspicious
8 suspicious 9 ,
9 , 10 not
10 not 15 .

but he couldn't blame her , after all she had been through . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 blame
4 blame 5 her
5 her 6 ,
6 , 7 after
7 after 8 all
8 all 9 she
9 she 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 12 through
12 through 13 .

so he kept still and waited . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 kept
3 kept 4 still
4 still 5 and
5 and 6 waited
6 waited 7 .

he was [learning] , [was] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 ,

he was learning a great deal [about] [mrs] [quack] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 learning
3 learning 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 deal
6 deal 10 .

[viii] 

[mrs] [quack] [has] [a] [good] [meal] [and] [a] [rest] 

that 's a fact . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 a
3 a 4 fact
4 fact 5 .

a full stomach makes the whole world seem different , brighter , better , and more worth living in . 
1 a 2 full
2 full 3 stomach
3 stomach 4 makes
4 makes 5 the
5 the 6 whole
6 whole 7 world
7 world 8 seem
8 seem 9 different
9 different 10 ,
10 , 11 brighter
11 brighter 12 ,
12 , 13 better
13 better 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 more
16 more 17 worth
17 worth 18 living
18 living 19 in
19 in 20 .

it is the hardest kind of hard work to be cheerful and see only the bright side of things when your stomach is empty . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 hardest
4 hardest 5 kind
5 kind 6 of
6 of 7 hard
7 hard 8 work
8 work 9 to
9 to 10 be
10 be 11 cheerful
11 cheerful 12 and
12 and 13 see
13 see 14 only
14 only 15 the
15 the 16 bright
16 bright 17 side
17 side 18 of
18 of 19 things
19 things 20 when
20 when 21 your
21 your 22 stomach
22 stomach 23 is
23 is 24 empty
24 empty 25 .

but once fill that empty stomach , and everything is changed . 
1 but 2 once
2 once 3 fill
3 fill 4 that
4 that 5 empty
5 empty 6 stomach
6 stomach 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 everything
9 everything 10 is
10 is 11 changed
11 changed 12 .

it was just that way [with] [mrs] [quack] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 that
4 that 5 way
5 way 9 .

peter [rabbit] looked [over] at [jerry] [muskrat] [sitting] [on] [the] [big] [rock] , and [jerry] [winked] [.] 
1 peter 3 looked
3 looked 5 at
5 at 13 ,
13 , 14 and

in a minute up bobbed the head [of] [mrs] [quack] , and there was both a pleased and a worried look on her face . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 4 up
4 up 5 bobbed
5 bobbed 6 the
6 the 7 head
7 head 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 there
13 there 14 was
14 was 15 both
15 both 16 a
16 a 17 pleased
17 pleased 18 and
18 and 19 a
19 a 20 worried
20 worried 21 look
21 look 22 on
22 on 23 her
23 her 24 face
24 face 25 .

she had found some of the corn [left] [there] [by] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 she 2 had
2 had 3 found
3 found 4 some
4 some 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 corn
7 corn 15 .

at once she swam out to the middle of [the] [smiling] [pool] [,] [looking] [suspiciously] this way and that way . 
1 at 2 once
2 once 3 she
3 she 4 swam
4 swam 5 out
5 out 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 8 middle
8 middle 9 of
9 of 16 this
16 this 17 way
17 way 18 and
18 and 19 that
19 that 20 way
20 way 21 .

" there is corn over there , " said she . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 corn
4 corn 5 over
5 over 6 there
6 there 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 she
10 she 11 .

" do you know how it came there ? " 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 know
4 know 5 how
5 how 6 it
6 it 7 came
7 came 8 there
8 there 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

" [i] [saw] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [throwing] [something] over there , " [replied] [peter] [.] 
1 " 10 over
10 over 11 there
11 there 12 ,
12 , 13 "

" didn't we tell you that he would be good to you ? " 
1 " 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 we
3 we 4 tell
4 tell 5 you
5 you 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 would
8 would 9 be
9 be 10 good
10 good 11 to
11 to 12 you
12 you 13 ?
13 ? 14 "

" quack , quack , quack ! 
1 " 2 quack
2 quack 3 ,
3 , 4 quack
4 quack 5 ,
5 , 6 quack
6 quack 7 !

i 've seen that kind of kindness too often to be fooled by it , " [snapped] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 seen
3 seen 4 that
4 that 5 kind
5 kind 6 of
6 of 7 kindness
7 kindness 8 too
8 too 9 often
9 often 10 to
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 fooled
12 fooled 13 by
13 by 14 it
14 it 15 ,
15 , 16 "

he thinks that if [i] [do] [,] he 'll have a chance to hide near enough to shoot me . 
1 he 2 thinks
2 thinks 3 that
3 that 4 if
4 if 8 he
8 he 9 'll
9 'll 10 have
10 have 11 a
11 a 12 chance
12 chance 13 to
13 to 14 hide
14 hide 15 near
15 near 16 enough
16 enough 17 to
17 to 18 shoot
18 shoot 19 me
19 me 20 .

i didn't believe this could be a safe place for me , and [now] [i] know it . 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 believe
3 believe 4 this
4 this 5 could
5 could 6 be
6 be 7 a
7 a 8 safe
8 safe 9 place
9 place 10 for
10 for 11 me
11 me 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 16 know
16 know 17 it
17 it 18 .

i 'll stay here to-night , but [to-morrow] [i] ['ll] try to find some other place . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 stay
3 stay 4 here
4 here 5 to-night
5 to-night 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 11 try
11 try 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 some
14 some 15 other
15 other 16 place
16 place 17 .

oh , dear , it 's dreadful not to have any place at all to feel safe in . " 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear
3 dear 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 's
6 's 7 dreadful
7 dreadful 8 not
8 not 9 to
9 to 10 have
10 have 11 any
11 any 12 place
12 place 13 at
13 at 14 all
14 all 15 to
15 to 16 feel
16 feel 17 safe
17 safe 18 in
18 in 19 .
19 . 20 "

there were tears in her eyes . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 tears
3 tears 4 in
4 in 5 her
5 her 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 .

we ought to know [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] if any one does , and we tell you that he won't harm a feather of you . " 
1 we 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 know
4 know 9 if
9 if 10 any
10 any 11 one
11 one 12 does
12 does 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 we
15 we 16 tell
16 tell 17 you
17 you 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 won't
20 won't 21 harm
21 harm 22 a
22 a 23 feather
23 feather 24 of
24 of 25 you
25 you 26 .
26 . 27 "

" he won't get the chance ! " [snapped] [mrs] [.] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 won't
3 won't 4 get
4 get 5 the
5 the 6 chance
6 chance 7 !
7 ! 8 "

[jerry] [muskrat] [sniffed] [in] [disgust] [.] 

i wouldn't trust many of those two-legged creatures myself , but [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [is] [different] [.] 
1 i 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 trust
3 trust 4 many
4 many 5 of
5 of 6 those
6 those 7 two-legged
7 two-legged 8 creatures
8 creatures 9 myself
9 myself 10 ,
10 , 11 but

if all of them were like him , we wouldn't have a thing to fear from them . 
1 if 2 all
2 all 3 of
3 of 4 them
4 them 5 were
5 were 6 like
6 like 7 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 we
9 we 10 wouldn't
10 wouldn't 11 have
11 have 12 a
12 a 13 thing
13 thing 14 to
14 to 15 fear
15 fear 16 from
16 from 17 them
17 them 18 .

he has a heart . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 a
3 a 4 heart
4 heart 5 .

yes , indeed , he has a heart . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 has
6 has 7 a
7 a 8 heart
8 heart 9 .

now you take my advice and eat whatever he has put there for you , be thankful , and stop worrying . 
1 now 2 you
2 you 3 take
3 take 4 my
4 my 5 advice
5 advice 6 and
6 and 7 eat
7 eat 8 whatever
8 whatever 9 he
9 he 10 has
10 has 11 put
11 put 12 there
12 there 13 for
13 for 14 you
14 you 15 ,
15 , 16 be
16 be 17 thankful
17 thankful 18 ,
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 stop
20 stop 21 worrying
21 worrying 22 .

peter [and] [i] [will] [keep] [watch] [and] [warn] [you] [if] [there] is [any] [danger] . " 
1 peter 12 is
12 is 15 .
15 . 16 "

peter [rabbit] tiptoed away , and then he hurried [lipperty-lipperty-lip] to [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [to] tell [mrs] [peter] all about [mrs] [quack] . 
1 peter 3 tiptoed
3 tiptoed 4 away
4 away 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 he
8 he 9 hurried
9 hurried 11 to
11 to 17 tell
17 tell 20 all
20 all 21 about
21 about 24 .

[ix] 

[peter] [rabbit] [makes] [an] [early] [call] 

with the first bit of [daylight] [,] [mrs] [quack] [swam] [out] [from] [her] [hiding-place] [among] the brown rushes . 
1 with 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 bit
4 bit 5 of
5 of 16 the
16 the 17 brown
17 brown 18 rushes
18 rushes 19 .

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

he kept perfectly still . 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 perfectly
3 perfectly 4 still
4 still 5 .

[mrs] [quack] [shook] [herself] [and] [then] [began] [to] [carefully] [dress] [her] [feathers] [.] 

that is , she carefully put back in place every feather that had been rumpled up . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 4 she
4 she 5 carefully
5 carefully 6 put
6 put 7 back
7 back 8 in
8 in 9 place
9 place 10 every
10 every 11 feather
11 feather 12 that
12 that 13 had
13 had 14 been
14 been 15 rumpled
15 rumpled 16 up
16 up 17 .

of course it was [very] [impolite] [of] [peter] to watch her make her toilet , but he didn't think of that . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 9 to
9 to 10 watch
10 watch 11 her
11 her 12 make
12 make 13 her
13 her 14 toilet
14 toilet 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 he
17 he 18 didn't
18 didn't 19 think
19 think 20 of
20 of 21 that
21 that 22 .

he didn't mean to be impolite . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mean
3 mean 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 impolite
6 impolite 7 .

and then it was so interesting . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 so
5 so 6 interesting
6 interesting 7 .

you know [peter] [doesn't] [waste] any [time] [on] [his] [clothes] . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 6 any
6 any 11 .

in fact , he doesn't seem to care a bit how he looks . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 doesn't
5 doesn't 6 seem
6 seem 7 to
7 to 8 care
8 care 9 a
9 a 10 bit
10 bit 11 how
11 how 12 he
12 he 13 looks
13 looks 14 .

so he waited as patiently as he could , which wasn't patiently at all . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 waited
3 waited 4 as
4 as 5 patiently
5 patiently 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 ,
9 , 10 which
10 which 11 wasn't
11 wasn't 12 patiently
12 patiently 13 at
13 at 14 all
14 all 15 .

at [last] [mrs] [quack] [finished] [her] breakfast , and then she had to make her toilet all over again . 
1 at 7 breakfast
7 breakfast 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 then
10 then 11 she
11 she 12 had
12 had 13 to
13 to 14 make
14 make 15 her
15 her 16 toilet
16 toilet 17 all
17 all 18 over
18 over 19 again
19 again 20 .

[finally] [peter] [hopped] [to] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [bank] [where] [she] [would] [see] [him] [.] 

" good morning , [mrs] [quack] [,] " said he very politely . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
4 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 he
10 he 11 very
11 very 12 politely
12 politely 13 .

" [i] hope you had a good rest and are feeling very well this morning . " 
1 " 3 hope
3 hope 4 you
4 you 5 had
5 had 6 a
6 a 7 good
7 good 8 rest
8 rest 9 and
9 and 10 are
10 are 11 feeling
11 feeling 12 very
12 very 13 well
13 well 14 this
14 this 15 morning
15 morning 16 .
16 . 17 "

" thank you , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 thank
2 thank 3 you
3 you 4 ,
4 , 5 "

" [i] ['m] [feeling] as well as could be expected . 
1 " 5 as
5 as 6 well
6 well 7 as
7 as 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 expected
10 expected 11 .

in fact , [i] ['m] [feeling] [better] [than] [i] [have] [felt] for some time in spite of the sore place made by that terrible gun yesterday . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 12 for
12 for 13 some
13 some 14 time
14 time 15 in
15 in 16 spite
16 spite 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 sore
19 sore 20 place
20 place 21 made
21 made 22 by
22 by 23 that
23 that 24 terrible
24 terrible 25 gun
25 gun 26 yesterday
26 yesterday 27 .

you see , [i] [have] had a good rest and two square meals , and [these] [are] [things] [i] [haven't] [had] [since] goodness knows when . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 6 had
6 had 7 a
7 a 8 good
8 good 9 rest
9 rest 10 and
10 and 11 two
11 two 12 square
12 square 13 meals
13 meals 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 23 goodness
23 goodness 24 knows
24 knows 25 when
25 when 26 .

this is a very nice place . 
1 this 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 very
4 very 5 nice
5 nice 6 place
6 place 7 .

let me see , what is it you call it ? " 
1 let 2 me
2 me 3 see
3 see 4 ,
4 , 5 what
5 what 6 is
6 is 7 it
7 it 8 you
8 you 9 call
9 call 10 it
10 it 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

" [the] [smiling] [pool] [,] ["] said [peter] . 
1 " 7 said
7 said 9 .

" that 's a good name for it , " [returned] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 good
5 good 6 name
6 name 7 for
7 for 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 "

at the [mention] [of] [mr] [quack] [,] [the] eyes [of] [mrs] [quack] [suddenly] [filled] with tears . 
1 at 2 the
2 the 9 eyes
9 eyes 15 with
15 with 16 tears
16 tears 17 .

peter felt tears of sympathy in his own eyes . 
1 peter 2 felt
2 felt 3 tears
3 tears 4 of
4 of 5 sympathy
5 sympathy 6 in
6 in 7 his
7 his 8 own
8 own 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 .

" where [is] [mr] [quack] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 where
2 where 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 asked
9 asked 10 .

" [i] don't know , " [sobbed] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 ,
5 , 6 "

["] [i] [wish] [i] [did] [.] 

ever since we started for our home [in] [the] [far] [north] , [i] [have] [been] [fearing] that something of this kind might happen . 
1 ever 2 since
2 since 3 we
3 we 4 started
4 started 5 for
5 for 6 our
6 our 7 home
7 home 12 ,
12 , 17 that
17 that 18 something
18 something 19 of
19 of 20 this
20 this 21 kind
21 kind 22 might
22 might 23 happen
23 happen 24 .

i ought to be on my way there now , but what is the use [without] [mr] [quack] ? 
1 i 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 on
5 on 6 my
6 my 7 way
7 way 8 there
8 there 9 now
9 now 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 what
12 what 13 is
13 is 14 the
14 the 15 use
15 use 19 ?

without him , [i] [would] [be] all alone up there and wouldn't have any home . " 
1 without 2 him
2 him 3 ,
3 , 7 all
7 all 8 alone
8 alone 9 up
9 up 10 there
10 there 11 and
11 and 12 wouldn't
12 wouldn't 13 have
13 have 14 any
14 any 15 home
15 home 16 .
16 . 17 "

" won't you tell me all that has happened since you started on your long journey ? " [asked] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 won't
2 won't 3 you
3 you 4 tell
4 tell 5 me
5 me 6 all
6 all 7 that
7 that 8 has
8 has 9 happened
9 happened 10 since
10 since 11 you
11 you 12 started
12 started 13 on
13 on 14 your
14 your 15 long
15 long 16 journey
16 journey 17 ?
17 ? 18 "

" perhaps some of us can help you . " 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 some
3 some 4 of
4 of 5 us
5 us 6 can
6 can 7 help
7 help 8 you
8 you 9 .
9 . 10 "

[x] 

[how] [mr] [.] [and] [mrs] [quack] [started] [north] 

and yet without knowing it [,] [peter] [was] [helping] [mrs] . [quack] [.] 
1 and 2 yet
2 yet 3 without
3 without 4 knowing
4 knowing 5 it
5 it 11 .

he was giving her his sympathy , and sympathy often helps others a great deal more than we even guess . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 giving
3 giving 4 her
4 her 5 his
5 his 6 sympathy
6 sympathy 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 sympathy
9 sympathy 10 often
10 often 11 helps
11 helps 12 others
12 others 13 a
13 a 14 great
14 great 15 deal
15 deal 16 more
16 more 17 than
17 than 18 we
18 we 19 even
19 even 20 guess
20 guess 21 .

it sometimes is a very good plan to tell your troubles to some one who will listen with sympathy . 
1 it 2 sometimes
2 sometimes 3 is
3 is 4 a
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 good
6 good 7 plan
7 plan 8 to
8 to 9 tell
9 tell 10 your
10 your 11 troubles
11 troubles 12 to
12 to 13 some
13 some 14 one
14 one 15 who
15 who 16 will
16 will 17 listen
17 listen 18 with
18 with 19 sympathy
19 sympathy 20 .

it was so [with] [mrs] [quack] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 7 .

she had kept her troubles locked in her own heart so long that it did her good to pour them all [out] to [peter] . 
1 she 2 had
2 had 3 kept
3 kept 4 her
4 her 5 troubles
5 troubles 6 locked
6 locked 7 in
7 in 8 her
8 her 9 own
9 own 10 heart
10 heart 11 so
11 so 12 long
12 long 13 that
13 that 14 it
14 it 15 did
15 did 16 her
16 her 17 good
17 good 18 to
18 to 19 pour
19 pour 20 them
20 them 21 all
21 all 23 to
23 to 25 .

" [mr] [quack] and [i] spent a very comfortable winter way down in [the] [sunny] [southland] , " said she with a far-away look . 
1 " 4 and
4 and 6 spent
6 spent 7 a
7 a 8 very
8 very 9 comfortable
9 comfortable 10 winter
10 winter 11 way
11 way 12 down
12 down 13 in
13 in 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 she
20 she 21 with
21 with 22 a
22 a 23 far-away
23 far-away 24 look
24 look 25 .

" it was very warm and nice down there , and there were a great many [other] [ducks] [spending] [the] [winter] [with] [us] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 very
4 very 5 warm
5 warm 6 and
6 and 7 nice
7 nice 8 down
8 down 9 there
9 there 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 there
12 there 13 were
13 were 14 a
14 a 15 great
15 great 16 many
16 many 24 .

" then there was another fellow we had to watch out for , a queer fellow whom we never see anywhere but down there . 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 another
5 another 6 fellow
6 fellow 7 we
7 we 8 had
8 had 9 to
9 to 10 watch
10 watch 11 out
11 out 12 for
12 for 13 ,
13 , 14 a
14 a 15 queer
15 queer 16 fellow
16 fellow 17 whom
17 whom 18 we
18 we 19 never
19 never 20 see
20 see 21 anywhere
21 anywhere 22 but
22 but 23 down
23 down 24 there
24 there 25 .

" what 's that ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

peter [rabbit] [leaned] [forward] and [stared] at [mrs] [quack] [with] his eyes popping right out . 
1 peter 5 and
5 and 7 at
7 at 11 his
11 his 12 eyes
12 eyes 13 popping
13 popping 14 right
14 right 15 out
15 out 16 .

" what 's that ? " he repeated . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 repeated
8 repeated 9 .

" how can an old log have a mouth ? " 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 can
3 can 4 an
4 an 5 old
5 old 6 log
6 log 7 have
7 have 8 a
8 a 9 mouth
9 mouth 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

[mrs] [quack] [just] [had] [to] [smile] [,] [peter] [was] [so] [in] [earnest] [and] [looked] [so] [astonished] [.] 

then , too , he will swim under water and come up underneath and seize you without any warning . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 too
3 too 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 will
6 will 7 swim
7 swim 8 under
8 under 9 water
9 water 10 and
10 and 11 come
11 come 12 up
12 up 13 underneath
13 underneath 14 and
14 and 15 seize
15 seize 16 you
16 you 17 without
17 without 18 any
18 any 19 warning
19 warning 20 .

he has [the] [biggest] [mouth] [i] ['ve] ever seen , with terrible-looking teeth , and could swallow me whole . " 
1 he 2 has
2 has 8 ever
8 ever 9 seen
9 seen 10 ,
10 , 11 with
11 with 12 terrible-looking
12 terrible-looking 13 teeth
13 teeth 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 could
16 could 17 swallow
17 swallow 18 me
18 me 19 whole
19 whole 20 .
20 . 21 "

[[] [illustration] [with] [caption] [:] ["] [some] [folks] [call] [him] [alligator] [and] [some] [just] ['] [gator] [.] ["] []] 

by this time [peter] ['s] [eyes] [looked] [as] [if] [they] [would] [fall] out of his head . 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 13 out
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 his
15 his 16 head
16 head 17 .

" what is his name ? " [whispered] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 his
4 his 5 name
5 name 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

" it 's [old] [ally] the ' [gator] [,] ["] [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 6 the
6 the 7 '

" some folks call him [alligator] [and] [some] [just] ['] [gator] , but we call him [old] [ally] . 
1 " 2 some
2 some 3 folks
3 folks 4 call
4 call 5 him
5 him 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 14 we
14 we 15 call
15 call 16 him
16 him 19 .

he 's a very interesting old fellow . 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 a
3 a 4 very
4 very 5 interesting
5 interesting 6 old
6 old 7 fellow
7 fellow 8 .

some time [perhaps] [i] ['ll] [tell] [you] [more] [about] [him] . 
1 some 2 time
2 time 11 .

[mr] [quack] [and] [i] [kept] [out] [of] [his] [reach] [,] [you] [may] [be] [sure] [.] 

we lived quietly and tried to get in as good condition as possible for the long journey back to our home in the [north] [.] 
1 we 2 lived
2 lived 3 quietly
3 quietly 4 and
4 and 5 tried
5 tried 6 to
6 to 7 get
7 get 8 in
8 in 9 as
9 as 10 good
10 good 11 condition
11 condition 12 as
12 as 13 possible
13 possible 14 for
14 for 15 the
15 the 16 long
16 long 17 journey
17 journey 18 back
18 back 19 to
19 to 20 our
20 our 21 home
21 home 22 in
22 in 23 the

in fact , before we started there was a great deal of love-making , and each one chose a mate . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 before
4 before 5 we
5 we 6 started
6 started 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 great
10 great 11 deal
11 deal 12 of
12 of 13 love-making
13 love-making 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 each
16 each 17 one
17 one 18 chose
18 chose 19 a
19 a 20 mate
20 mate 21 .

it is hard enough to lose father or mother or brother or sister , but it is worse to lose a dear mate . " 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 hard
3 hard 4 enough
4 enough 5 to
5 to 6 lose
6 lose 7 father
7 father 8 or
8 or 9 mother
9 mother 10 or
10 or 11 brother
11 brother 12 or
12 or 13 sister
13 sister 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 it
16 it 17 is
17 is 18 worse
18 worse 19 to
19 to 20 lose
20 lose 21 a
21 a 22 dear
22 dear 23 mate
23 mate 24 .
24 . 25 "

[mrs] [quack] ['s] [eyes] [suddenly] [filled] [with] [tears] [again] [.] 

" oh , dear , " she sobbed , " [i] [wish] [i] [knew] [what] [became] [of] [mr] [quack] [.] ["] 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 dear
4 dear 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 she
7 she 8 sobbed
8 sobbed 9 ,
9 , 10 "

peter said nothing , but looked the sympathy he felt . 
1 peter 2 said
2 said 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 ,
4 , 5 but
5 but 6 looked
6 looked 7 the
7 the 8 sympathy
8 sympathy 9 he
9 he 10 felt
10 felt 11 .

[presently] [mrs] [quack] [went] [on] [with] [her] [story] [.] 

[mr] [quack] [was] [the] [leader] [as] [usual] [,] [and] [i] [flew] [right] [behind] [him] [.] 

we hadn't gone far before we began to hear the terrible guns , and the farther we went , the worse they got . 
1 we 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 gone
3 gone 4 far
4 far 5 before
5 before 6 we
6 we 7 began
7 began 8 to
8 to 9 hear
9 hear 10 the
10 the 11 terrible
11 terrible 12 guns
12 guns 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 16 farther
16 farther 17 we
17 we 18 went
18 went 19 ,
19 , 20 the
20 the 21 worse
21 worse 22 they
22 they 23 got
23 got 24 .

[mr] [quack] [led] [us] [to] [the] [safest] [feeding] [and] [resting] [grounds] [he] [knew] [of] [,] [and] [for] [a] [time] [our] [flock] [escaped] [the] [terrible] [guns] [.] 

but the farther we went , the more guns there were . " 
1 but 2 the
2 the 3 farther
3 farther 4 we
4 we 5 went
5 went 6 ,
6 , 7 the
7 the 8 more
8 more 9 guns
9 guns 10 there
10 there 11 were
11 were 12 .
12 . 13 "

[mrs] [quack] [paused] [and] [peter] [waited] [.] 

[xi] 

[the] [terrible] [,] [terrible] [guns] 

" bang ! 
1 " 2 bang
2 bang 3 !

bang ! 
1 bang 2 !

bang ! 
1 bang 2 !

not a feather spare ! 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 feather
3 feather 4 spare
4 spare 5 !

kill ! 
1 kill 2 !

kill ! 
1 kill 2 !

kill ! 
1 kill 2 !

wound and rip and tear ! " 
1 wound 2 and
2 and 3 rip
3 rip 4 and
4 and 5 tear
5 tear 6 !
6 ! 7 "

i don't wonder that she was terribly uneasy and nervous as she sat in the [smiling] [pool] [talking] [to] [peter] [rabbit] [;] [do] [you] [?] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 that
4 that 5 she
5 she 6 was
6 was 7 terribly
7 terribly 8 uneasy
8 uneasy 9 and
9 and 10 nervous
10 nervous 11 as
11 as 12 she
12 she 13 sat
13 sat 14 in
14 in 15 the

the very safest-looking places sometimes were the most dangerous . 
1 the 2 very
2 very 3 safest-looking
3 safest-looking 4 places
4 places 5 sometimes
5 sometimes 6 were
6 were 7 the
7 the 8 most
8 most 9 dangerous
9 dangerous 10 .

peter nodded . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

" [i] certainly [would] , " said he . 
1 " 3 certainly
3 certainly 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" if it was safe for them it certainly would be safe for me . " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 safe
5 safe 6 for
6 for 7 them
7 them 8 it
8 it 9 certainly
9 certainly 10 would
10 would 11 be
11 be 12 safe
12 safe 13 for
13 for 14 me
14 me 15 .
15 . 16 "

we were tired , for we had flown a long distance , and we were hungry . 
1 we 2 were
2 were 3 tired
3 tired 4 ,
4 , 5 for
5 for 6 we
6 we 7 had
7 had 8 flown
8 flown 9 a
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 distance
11 distance 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 we
14 we 15 were
15 were 16 hungry
16 hungry 17 .

it was still and peaceful there and not a thing to be seen that looked the least bit like danger . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 and
4 and 5 peaceful
5 peaceful 6 there
6 there 7 and
7 and 8 not
8 not 9 a
9 a 10 thing
10 thing 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 seen
13 seen 14 that
14 that 15 looked
15 looked 16 the
16 the 17 least
17 least 18 bit
18 bit 19 like
19 like 20 danger
20 danger 21 .

my heart almost stopped beating . 
1 my 2 heart
2 heart 3 almost
3 almost 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 beating
5 beating 6 .

then how we did fly ! 
1 then 2 how
2 how 3 we
3 we 4 did
4 did 5 fly
5 fly 6 !

" where were the others ? " asked [peter] [,] [although] he [guessed] . 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 were
3 were 4 the
4 the 5 others
5 others 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 asked
8 asked 12 he
12 he 14 .

" killed or hurt by those terrible guns , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [sadly] [.] 
1 " 2 killed
2 killed 3 or
3 or 4 hurt
4 hurt 5 by
5 by 6 those
6 those 7 terrible
7 terrible 8 guns
8 guns 9 ,
9 , 10 "

" and that wasn't the worst of it . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 that
3 that 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 5 the
5 the 6 worst
6 worst 7 of
7 of 8 it
8 it 9 .

i told you that when we started each of us had a mate . 
1 i 2 told
2 told 3 you
3 you 4 that
4 that 5 when
5 when 6 we
6 we 7 started
7 started 8 each
8 each 9 of
9 of 10 us
10 us 11 had
11 had 12 a
12 a 13 mate
13 mate 14 .

now we found that of those who had escaped , four had lost their mates . 
1 now 2 we
2 we 3 found
3 found 4 that
4 that 5 of
5 of 6 those
6 those 7 who
7 who 8 had
8 had 9 escaped
9 escaped 10 ,
10 , 11 four
11 four 12 had
12 had 13 lost
13 lost 14 their
14 their 15 mates
15 mates 16 .

they were heartbroken . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 heartbroken
3 heartbroken 4 .

when it came time for us to move on , they wouldn't go . 
1 when 2 it
2 it 3 came
3 came 4 time
4 time 5 for
5 for 6 us
6 us 7 to
7 to 8 move
8 move 9 on
9 on 10 ,
10 , 11 they
11 they 12 wouldn't
12 wouldn't 13 go
13 go 14 .

besides , they hoped that if they waited around they might find their mates . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 they
3 they 4 hoped
4 hoped 5 that
5 that 6 if
6 if 7 they
7 they 8 waited
8 waited 9 around
9 around 10 they
10 they 11 might
11 might 12 find
12 find 13 their
13 their 14 mates
14 mates 15 .

they thought they might not have been killed , but just hurt , and might be able to get away from those hunters . 
1 they 2 thought
2 thought 3 they
3 they 4 might
4 might 5 not
5 not 6 have
6 have 7 been
7 been 8 killed
8 killed 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 just
11 just 12 hurt
12 hurt 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 might
15 might 16 be
16 be 17 able
17 able 18 to
18 to 19 get
19 get 20 away
20 away 21 from
21 from 22 those
22 those 23 hunters
23 hunters 24 .

so they left us and swam back towards that terrible place , calling for their lost mates , and it was the saddest sound . 
1 so 2 they
2 they 3 left
3 left 4 us
4 us 5 and
5 and 6 swam
6 swam 7 back
7 back 8 towards
8 towards 9 that
9 that 10 terrible
10 terrible 11 place
11 place 12 ,
12 , 13 calling
13 calling 14 for
14 for 15 their
15 their 16 lost
16 lost 17 mates
17 mates 18 ,
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 it
20 it 21 was
21 was 22 the
22 the 23 saddest
23 saddest 24 sound
24 sound 25 .

i know now just how they felt , for [i] [have] [lost] [mr] [quack] , and that 's [why] [i] ['m] here . " 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 now
3 now 4 just
4 just 5 how
5 how 6 they
6 they 7 felt
7 felt 8 ,
8 , 9 for
9 for 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 that
17 that 18 's
18 's 22 here
22 here 23 .
23 . 24 "

mrs [quack] drew [a] [wing] [across] [her] [eyes] [to] [wipe] [away] [the] [tears] . 
1 mrs 3 drew
3 drew 14 .

" nothing , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 nothing
2 nothing 3 ,
3 , 4 "

the hunters were hidden under grass , and that is why we didn't see them . " 
1 the 2 hunters
2 hunters 3 were
3 were 4 hidden
4 hidden 5 under
5 under 6 grass
6 grass 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 that
9 that 10 is
10 is 11 why
11 why 12 we
12 we 13 didn't
13 didn't 14 see
14 see 15 them
15 them 16 .
16 . 17 "

peter blinked his eyes rapidly as if he were having hard work to believe what he had been told . 
1 peter 2 blinked
2 blinked 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 rapidly
5 rapidly 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 8 he
8 he 9 were
9 were 10 having
10 having 11 hard
11 hard 12 work
12 work 13 to
13 to 14 believe
14 believe 15 what
15 what 16 he
16 he 17 had
17 had 18 been
18 been 19 told
19 told 20 .

" why , " said he at last , " [i] never heard of anything so dreadfully unfair in all my life ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 at
7 at 8 last
8 last 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 12 never
12 never 13 heard
13 heard 14 of
14 of 15 anything
15 anything 16 so
16 so 17 dreadfully
17 dreadfully 18 unfair
18 unfair 19 in
19 in 20 all
20 all 21 my
21 my 22 life
22 life 23 !

do you mean to tell me that [those] [hunters] [actually] [made] [other] [ducks] [lead] you [into] [danger] ? " 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 mean
3 mean 4 to
4 to 5 tell
5 tell 6 me
6 me 7 that
7 that 15 you
15 you 18 ?
18 ? 19 "

" that 's [just] [what] [i] mean , " [returned] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 7 mean
7 mean 8 ,
8 , 9 "

" those two-legged creatures don't know what fairness is . 
1 " 2 those
2 those 3 two-legged
3 two-legged 4 creatures
4 creatures 5 don't
5 don't 6 know
6 know 7 what
7 what 8 fairness
8 fairness 9 is
9 is 10 .

why , some of them have learned our language and actually call us in where they can shoot us . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 some
3 some 4 of
4 of 5 them
5 them 6 have
6 have 7 learned
7 learned 8 our
8 our 9 language
9 language 10 and
10 and 11 actually
11 actually 12 call
12 call 13 us
13 us 14 in
14 in 15 where
15 where 16 they
16 they 17 can
17 can 18 shoot
18 shoot 19 us
19 us 20 .

just think of that ! 
1 just 2 think
2 think 3 of
3 of 4 that
4 that 5 !

you ought to be [mighty] [thankful] , [peter] [rabbit] [,] that you are not [a] [duck] . " 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 7 ,
7 , 11 that
11 that 12 you
12 you 13 are
13 are 14 not
14 not 17 .
17 . 18 "

["] [i] [am] [,] ["] [replied] [peter] [.] 

he knew that not one of the meadow and forest people who were always trying to catch him would do a thing like that . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 not
4 not 5 one
5 one 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 meadow
8 meadow 9 and
9 and 10 forest
10 forest 11 people
11 people 12 who
12 who 13 were
13 were 14 always
14 always 15 trying
15 trying 16 to
16 to 17 catch
17 catch 18 him
18 him 19 would
19 would 20 do
20 do 21 a
21 a 22 thing
22 thing 23 like
23 like 24 that
24 that 25 .

" it 's all true , " said [mrs] [quack] , " and those hunters do other things just as unfair . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 all
4 all 5 true
5 true 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 and
13 and 14 those
14 those 15 hunters
15 hunters 16 do
16 do 17 other
17 other 18 things
18 things 19 just
19 just 20 as
20 as 21 unfair
21 unfair 22 .

sometimes awful storms will come up , and we just have to find places where we can rest . 
1 sometimes 2 awful
2 awful 3 storms
3 storms 4 will
4 will 5 come
5 come 6 up
6 up 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 we
9 we 10 just
10 just 11 have
11 have 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 places
14 places 15 where
15 where 16 we
16 we 17 can
17 can 18 rest
18 rest 19 .

those hunters will hide near those places and shoot at us when we are so tired that we can hardly move a wing . 
1 those 2 hunters
2 hunters 3 will
3 will 4 hide
4 hide 5 near
5 near 6 those
6 those 7 places
7 places 8 and
8 and 9 shoot
9 shoot 10 at
10 at 11 us
11 us 12 when
12 when 13 we
13 we 14 are
14 are 15 so
15 so 16 tired
16 tired 17 that
17 that 18 we
18 we 19 can
19 can 20 hardly
20 hardly 21 move
21 move 22 a
22 a 23 wing
23 wing 24 .

they only hunt when they are hungry , and they hunt fairly . 
1 they 2 only
2 only 3 hunt
3 hunt 4 when
4 when 5 they
5 they 6 are
6 are 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 they
10 they 11 hunt
11 hunt 12 fairly
12 fairly 13 .

when , they have got enough to make a dinner , they stop . 
1 when 2 ,
2 , 3 they
3 they 4 have
4 have 5 got
5 got 6 enough
6 enough 7 to
7 to 8 make
8 make 9 a
9 a 10 dinner
10 dinner 11 ,
11 , 12 they
12 they 13 stop
13 stop 14 .

they keep our wits sharp . 
1 they 2 keep
2 keep 3 our
3 our 4 wits
4 wits 5 sharp
5 sharp 6 .

if we do not keep out of their way , it is our own fault . 
1 if 2 we
2 we 3 do
3 do 4 not
4 not 5 keep
5 keep 6 out
6 out 7 of
7 of 8 their
8 their 9 way
9 way 10 ,
10 , 11 it
11 it 12 is
12 is 13 our
13 our 14 own
14 own 15 fault
15 fault 16 .

it is a kind of game the game of life . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 kind
4 kind 5 of
5 of 6 game
6 game 7 the
7 the 8 game
8 game 9 of
9 of 10 life
10 life 11 .

i guess it is [old] [mother] [nature] ['s] [way] [of] [keeping] [us] [wide-awake] [and] [sharpening] [our] [wits] , and so making us better fitted to live . 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 18 ,
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 so
20 so 21 making
21 making 22 us
22 us 23 better
23 better 24 fitted
24 fitted 25 to
25 to 26 live
26 live 27 .

" with these two-legged creatures with terrible guns , it is all different . 
1 " 2 with
2 with 3 these
3 these 4 two-legged
4 two-legged 5 creatures
5 creatures 6 with
6 with 7 terrible
7 terrible 8 guns
8 guns 9 ,
9 , 10 it
10 it 11 is
11 is 12 all
12 all 13 different
13 different 14 .

we don't have any chance at all . 
1 we 2 don't
2 don't 3 have
3 have 4 any
4 any 5 chance
5 chance 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 .

if they [hunted] [us] [as] [reddy] [fox] [does] [,] tried to catch us themselves , it would be different . 
1 if 2 they
2 they 10 tried
10 tried 11 to
11 to 12 catch
12 catch 13 us
13 us 14 themselves
14 themselves 15 ,
15 , 16 it
16 it 17 would
17 would 18 be
18 be 19 different
19 different 20 .

but their terrible guns kill when we are a long way off , and there isn't any way for us to know of the danger . 
1 but 2 their
2 their 3 terrible
3 terrible 4 guns
4 guns 5 kill
5 kill 6 when
6 when 7 we
7 we 8 are
8 are 9 a
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 way
11 way 12 off
12 off 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 there
15 there 16 isn't
16 isn't 17 any
17 any 18 way
18 way 19 for
19 for 20 us
20 us 21 to
21 to 22 know
22 know 23 of
23 of 24 the
24 the 25 danger
25 danger 26 .

and then , when one of them [does] [kill] [a] [duck] , he isn't satisfied , but keeps on killing and killing and killing . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 ,
3 , 4 when
4 when 5 one
5 one 6 of
6 of 7 them
7 them 12 ,
12 , 13 he
13 he 14 isn't
14 isn't 15 satisfied
15 satisfied 16 ,
16 , 17 but
17 but 18 keeps
18 keeps 19 on
19 on 20 killing
20 killing 21 and
21 and 22 killing
22 killing 23 and
23 and 24 killing
24 killing 25 .

i 'm sure one would make him a dinner , if that is what he wants . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 sure
3 sure 4 one
4 one 5 would
5 would 6 make
6 make 7 him
7 him 8 a
8 a 9 dinner
9 dinner 10 ,
10 , 11 if
11 if 12 that
12 that 13 is
13 is 14 what
14 what 15 he
15 he 16 wants
16 wants 17 .

oh , dear , [i] ['m] [afraid] that is what has happened [to] [mr] [quack] . " 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear
3 dear 4 ,
4 , 8 that
8 that 9 is
9 is 10 what
10 what 11 has
11 has 12 happened
12 happened 16 .
16 . 17 "

once more [poor] [mrs] [quack] [was] [quite] [overcome] [with] [her] [troubles] [and] [sorrows] . 
1 once 2 more
2 more 14 .

[xii] 

[what] [did] [happen] [to] [mr] [.] [quack] 

" early yesterday morning , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [,] the tears once more filling her eyes . 
1 " 2 early
2 early 3 yesterday
3 yesterday 4 morning
4 morning 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 11 the
11 the 12 tears
12 tears 13 once
13 once 14 more
14 more 15 filling
15 filling 16 her
16 her 17 eyes
17 eyes 18 .

how we got as far as that [i] [don't] [know] . 
1 how 2 we
2 we 3 got
3 got 4 as
4 as 5 far
5 far 6 as
6 as 7 that
7 that 11 .

" we were flying up [the] [big] [river] , and everything seemed perfectly safe . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 were
3 were 4 flying
4 flying 5 up
5 up 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 everything
11 everything 12 seemed
12 seemed 13 perfectly
13 perfectly 14 safe
14 safe 15 .

that was [where] [mr] [quack] made a mistake . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 6 made
6 made 7 a
7 a 8 mistake
8 mistake 9 .

even the smartest people will make mistakes sometimes , you know . " 
1 even 2 the
2 the 3 smartest
3 smartest 4 people
4 people 5 will
5 will 6 make
6 make 7 mistakes
7 mistakes 8 sometimes
8 sometimes 9 ,
9 , 10 you
10 you 11 know
11 know 12 .
12 . 13 "

peter [rabbit] nodded , " [i] [know] [,] ["] said he . 
1 peter 3 nodded
3 nodded 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
11 he 12 .

" [i] ['ve] [made] [them] myself . " 
1 " 6 myself
6 myself 7 .
7 . 8 "

and then he [wondered] [why] [jerry] [muskrat] laughed right out . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 8 laughed
8 laughed 9 right
9 right 10 out
10 out 11 .

" yes , " [continued] [mrs] [quack] [,] ["] that is [where] [mr] [quack] [made] a mistake , a great mistake . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 10 that
10 that 11 is
11 is 16 a
16 a 17 mistake
17 mistake 18 ,
18 , 19 a
19 a 20 great
20 great 21 mistake
21 mistake 22 .

so to save time he led us close to shore . 
1 so 2 to
2 to 3 save
3 save 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 led
6 led 7 us
7 us 8 close
8 close 9 to
9 to 10 shore
10 shore 11 .

and then it happened . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 it
3 it 4 happened
4 happened 5 .

there was a bang , bang of a terrible gun , and [down] [fell] [mr] [quack] just as we had seen so many fall before . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 bang
4 bang 5 ,
5 , 6 bang
6 bang 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 terrible
9 terrible 10 gun
10 gun 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 17 just
17 just 18 as
18 as 19 we
19 we 20 had
20 had 21 seen
21 seen 22 so
22 so 23 many
23 many 24 fall
24 fall 25 before
25 before 26 .

it was awful . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 awful
3 awful 4 .

i couldn't stop to see [what] [became] [of] [mr] [quack] , [because] [if] [i] had , that terrible gun would have killed me . 
1 i 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 stop
3 stop 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 11 ,
11 , 15 had
15 had 16 ,
16 , 17 that
17 that 18 terrible
18 terrible 19 gun
19 gun 20 would
20 would 21 have
21 have 22 killed
22 killed 23 me
23 me 24 .

so [i] [kept] on a little way and then turned and went back , only [i] [kept] [out] in the middle [of] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 so 4 on
4 on 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 way
7 way 8 and
8 and 9 then
9 then 10 turned
10 turned 11 and
11 and 12 went
12 went 13 back
13 back 14 ,
14 , 15 only
15 only 19 in
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 middle
21 middle 26 .

i am afraid he was killed , and if he was , [i] [wish] [i] had been killed myself . " 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 afraid
3 afraid 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 killed
6 killed 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 if
9 if 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 ,
12 , 16 had
16 had 17 been
17 been 18 killed
18 killed 19 myself
19 myself 20 .
20 . 21 "

[here] [mrs] [quack] [choked] [up] [so] [that] [she] [couldn't] [say] [another] [word] [.] 

peter 's own eyes were full of tears as he tried to comfort her . 
1 peter 2 's
2 's 3 own
3 own 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 were
5 were 6 full
6 full 7 of
7 of 8 tears
8 tears 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 tried
11 tried 12 to
12 to 13 comfort
13 comfort 14 her
14 her 15 .

" perhaps , " said he , " [mr] [quack] [wasn't] [killed] [and] [is] [hiding] [somewhere] [along] [the] [big] [river] [.] 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 ,
7 , 8 "

i don't [know] [why] [i] feel so , but [i] [feel] [sure] that he wasn't killed , and that you will find him yet . " 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 6 feel
6 feel 7 so
7 so 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 wasn't
15 wasn't 16 killed
16 killed 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 that
19 that 20 you
20 you 21 will
21 will 22 find
22 find 23 him
23 him 24 yet
24 yet 25 .
25 . 26 "

i 'm going back to [the] [big] [river] [now] [to] look for him . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 going
3 going 4 back
4 back 5 to
5 to 11 look
11 look 12 for
12 for 13 him
13 him 14 .

i [think] [i] 'll be going along now , [but] [i] ['ll] [be] [back] [to-night] if nothing happens to me . 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 be
5 be 6 going
6 going 7 along
7 along 8 now
8 now 9 ,
9 , 16 if
16 if 17 nothing
17 nothing 18 happens
18 happens 19 to
19 to 20 me
20 me 21 .

you folks who can always stay at home have a great deal to be thankful for . " 
1 you 2 folks
2 folks 3 who
3 who 4 can
4 can 5 always
5 always 6 stay
6 stay 7 at
7 at 8 home
8 home 9 have
9 have 10 a
10 a 11 great
11 great 12 deal
12 deal 13 to
13 to 14 be
14 be 15 thankful
15 thankful 16 for
16 for 17 .
17 . 18 "

" [mrs] [peter] [is] [forever] [worrying] [and] [scolding] [because] [i] don't stay in the [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [.] 
1 " 11 don't
11 don't 12 stay
12 stay 13 in
13 in 14 the

if she [had] [heard] [mrs] [quack] [say] [that] [,] [i] never would have heard the last of it . 
1 if 2 she
2 she 11 never
11 never 12 would
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 heard
14 heard 15 the
15 the 16 last
16 last 17 of
17 of 18 it
18 it 19 .

i wish there was something we could do [for] [mrs] [quack] . 
1 i 2 wish
2 wish 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 something
5 something 6 we
6 we 7 could
7 could 8 do
8 do 12 .

[xiii] 

[peter] [tells] [about] [mrs] [.] [quack] 

to get things done , if you 'll but try , [you] ['ll] [always] [find] there is a way . 
1 to 2 get
2 get 3 things
3 things 4 done
4 done 5 ,
5 , 6 if
6 if 7 you
7 you 8 'll
8 'll 9 but
9 but 10 try
10 try 11 ,
11 , 16 there
16 there 17 is
17 is 18 a
18 a 19 way
19 way 20 .

what you yourself can't do alone [the] [chances] [are] [another] [may] . 
1 what 2 you
2 you 3 yourself
3 yourself 4 can't
4 can't 5 do
5 do 6 alone
6 alone 12 .

then for a long , long time he sat in a brown study . 
1 then 2 for
2 for 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 ,
5 , 6 long
6 long 7 time
7 time 8 he
8 he 9 sat
9 sat 10 in
10 in 11 a
11 a 12 brown
12 brown 13 study
13 study 14 .

a brown study , you know , is sitting perfectly still and thinking very hard . 
1 a 2 brown
2 brown 3 study
3 study 4 ,
4 , 5 you
5 you 6 know
6 know 7 ,
7 , 8 is
8 is 9 sitting
9 sitting 10 perfectly
10 perfectly 11 still
11 still 12 and
12 and 13 thinking
13 thinking 14 very
14 very 15 hard
15 hard 16 .

that was [what] [peter] [did] . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 6 .

he sat so still that if you had happened along , you probably would have thought him asleep . 
1 he 2 sat
2 sat 3 so
3 so 4 still
4 still 5 that
5 that 6 if
6 if 7 you
7 you 8 had
8 had 9 happened
9 happened 10 along
10 along 11 ,
11 , 12 you
12 you 13 probably
13 probably 14 would
14 would 15 have
15 have 16 thought
16 thought 17 him
17 him 18 asleep
18 asleep 19 .

but he wasn't asleep . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 asleep
4 asleep 5 .

no , indeed ! 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 !

he was just thinking and thinking . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 thinking
4 thinking 5 and
5 and 6 thinking
6 thinking 7 .

he was trying to think of some way to help [mrs] [quack] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 trying
3 trying 4 to
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 of
6 of 7 some
7 some 8 way
8 way 9 to
9 to 10 help
10 help 13 .

at last he gave a little sigh of disappointment . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 gave
4 gave 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 sigh
7 sigh 8 of
8 of 9 disappointment
9 disappointment 10 .

[[] [illustration] [with] [caption] [:] ["] [just] [tuck] [that] [fact] [away] [in] [that] [empty] [head] [of] [yours] [and] [never] [say] [can't] [.] ["] []] 

" it can't be done , " said he . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 can't
3 can't 4 be
4 be 5 done
5 done 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 .

" there isn't any way . " 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 any
4 any 5 way
5 way 6 .
6 . 7 "

" what can't be done ? " demanded a voice right over his head . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 can't
3 can't 4 be
4 be 5 done
5 done 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 demanded
8 demanded 9 a
9 a 10 voice
10 voice 11 right
11 right 12 over
12 over 13 his
13 his 14 head
14 head 15 .

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

[there] [sat] [sammy] [jay] [.] 

peter had been thinking so hard that he hadn't [seen] [sammy] [arrive] . 
1 peter 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 thinking
4 thinking 5 so
5 so 6 hard
6 hard 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 hadn't
9 hadn't 13 .

" what can't be done ? " [repeated] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 can't
3 can't 4 be
4 be 5 done
5 done 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

" there isn't anything that can't be done . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 anything
4 anything 5 that
5 that 6 can't
6 can't 7 be
7 be 8 done
8 done 9 .

there are plenty of things that you can't do , but what you can't do some one else can . 
1 there 2 are
2 are 3 plenty
3 plenty 4 of
4 of 5 things
5 things 6 that
6 that 7 you
7 you 8 can't
8 can't 9 do
9 do 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 what
12 what 13 you
13 you 14 can't
14 can't 15 do
15 do 16 some
16 some 17 one
17 one 18 else
18 else 19 can
19 can 20 .

just tuck that fact away in that empty head of yours and never say can't . " 
1 just 2 tuck
2 tuck 3 that
3 that 4 fact
4 fact 5 away
5 away 6 in
6 in 7 that
7 that 8 empty
8 empty 9 head
9 head 10 of
10 of 11 yours
11 yours 12 and
12 and 13 never
13 never 14 say
14 say 15 can't
15 can't 16 .
16 . 17 "

you know [sammy] [dearly] [loves] [to] [tease] [peter] . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 9 .

peter made a [good-natured] face [at] [sammy] . 
1 peter 2 made
2 made 3 a
3 a 5 face
5 face 8 .

" which [means] , [i] [suppose] [,] that what [i] [can't] [do] you can . 
1 " 2 which
2 which 4 ,
4 , 8 that
8 that 9 what
9 what 13 you
13 you 14 can
14 can 15 .

you always did have a pretty good opinion of yourself , [sammy] [,] " said he . 
1 you 2 always
2 always 3 did
3 did 4 have
4 have 5 a
5 a 6 pretty
6 pretty 7 good
7 good 8 opinion
8 opinion 9 of
9 of 10 yourself
10 yourself 11 ,
11 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 he
16 he 17 .

" nothing of the kind , " [retorted] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 nothing
2 nothing 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 kind
5 kind 6 ,
6 , 7 "

" [i] [simply] [mean] that nobody can do everything , and that very often two heads are better than one . 
1 " 5 that
5 that 6 nobody
6 nobody 7 can
7 can 8 do
8 do 9 everything
9 everything 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 that
12 that 13 very
13 very 14 often
14 often 15 two
15 two 16 heads
16 heads 17 are
17 are 18 better
18 better 19 than
19 than 20 one
20 one 21 .

it struck me that you had something on your mind , and [i] [thought] [i] might be able to help you get rid of it . 
1 it 2 struck
2 struck 3 me
3 me 4 that
4 that 5 you
5 you 6 had
6 had 7 something
7 something 8 on
8 on 9 your
9 your 10 mind
10 mind 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 16 might
16 might 17 be
17 be 18 able
18 able 19 to
19 to 20 help
20 help 21 you
21 you 22 get
22 get 23 rid
23 rid 24 of
24 of 25 it
25 it 26 .

the [old] [briar-patch] [is] [rather] [a] [dull] place [anyway] . " 
1 the 8 place
8 place 10 .
10 . 11 "

peter started to make a sharp retort , but thought better of it . 
1 peter 2 started
2 started 3 to
3 to 4 make
4 make 5 a
5 a 6 sharp
6 sharp 7 retort
7 retort 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 thought
10 thought 11 better
11 better 12 of
12 of 13 it
13 it 14 .

instead he replied mildly : " [i] [was] just [trying] to think of some way to help [poor] [mrs] [quack] . " 
1 instead 2 he
2 he 3 replied
3 replied 4 mildly
4 mildly 5 :
5 : 6 "
6 " 9 just
9 just 11 to
11 to 12 think
12 think 13 of
13 of 14 some
14 some 15 way
15 way 16 to
16 to 17 help
17 help 21 .
21 . 22 "

" help [mrs] [quack] ! " [exclaimed] [sammy] [in] [surprise] [.] 
1 " 2 help
2 help 5 !
5 ! 6 "

" where under the sun did you get [acquainted] [with] [mrs] [quack] ? 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 under
3 under 4 the
4 the 5 sun
5 sun 6 did
6 did 7 you
7 you 8 get
8 get 13 ?

what 's the matter with her ? 
1 what 2 's
2 's 3 the
3 the 4 matter
4 matter 5 with
5 with 6 her
6 her 7 ?

she always has looked to me quite able to help herself . " 
1 she 2 always
2 always 3 has
3 has 4 looked
4 looked 5 to
5 to 6 me
6 me 7 quite
7 quite 8 able
8 able 9 to
9 to 10 help
10 help 11 herself
11 herself 12 .
12 . 13 "

" well , she isn't . 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
3 , 4 she
4 she 5 isn't
5 isn't 6 .

when [peter] [finished] [,] [sammy] [flew] [down] a little nearer [to] [peter] . 
1 when 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 nearer
10 nearer 13 .

" [i] beg [your] pardon for saying your head is empty , [peter] [,] " said he . 
1 " 3 beg
3 beg 5 pardon
5 pardon 6 for
6 for 7 saying
7 saying 8 your
8 your 9 head
9 head 10 is
10 is 11 empty
11 empty 12 ,
12 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 17 he
17 he 18 .

" your heart is right , anyway . 
1 " 2 your
2 your 3 heart
3 heart 4 is
4 is 5 right
5 right 6 ,
6 , 7 anyway
7 anyway 8 .

now [i] don't say that [i] [can] [help] [mrs] [quack] , but [i] [can] try . 
1 now 3 don't
3 don't 4 say
4 say 5 that
5 that 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 15 try
15 try 16 .

i [believe] [i] 'll do a little thinking myself . " 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 do
5 do 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 thinking
8 thinking 9 myself
9 myself 10 .
10 . 11 "

so [sammy] [jay] in his turn went into a brown study , and [peter] watched him anxiously and a little hopefully . 
1 so 4 in
4 in 5 his
5 his 6 turn
6 turn 7 went
7 went 8 into
8 into 9 a
9 a 10 brown
10 brown 11 study
11 study 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 watched
15 watched 16 him
16 him 17 anxiously
17 anxiously 18 and
18 and 19 a
19 a 20 little
20 little 21 hopefully
21 hopefully 22 .

[xiv] 

[sammy] [jay's] [plan] [to] [help] [mrs] [.] [quack] 

peter watched him and [wondered] [if] [sammy] [would] be able to think of any [plan] [for] [helping] [poor] [mrs] [quack] . 
1 peter 2 watched
2 watched 3 him
3 him 4 and
4 and 9 be
9 be 10 able
10 able 11 to
11 to 12 think
12 think 13 of
13 of 14 any
14 any 21 .

he hoped so . 
1 he 2 hoped
2 hoped 3 so
3 so 4 .

he himself had thought and thought until he felt as if his brains were all mixed up and he couldn't think any more . 
1 he 2 himself
2 himself 3 had
3 had 4 thought
4 thought 5 and
5 and 6 thought
6 thought 7 until
7 until 8 he
8 he 9 felt
9 felt 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 his
12 his 13 brains
13 brains 14 were
14 were 15 all
15 all 16 mixed
16 mixed 17 up
17 up 18 and
18 and 19 he
19 he 20 couldn't
20 couldn't 21 think
21 think 22 any
22 any 23 more
23 more 24 .

so he watched [sammy] and waited and hoped . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 watched
3 watched 5 and
5 and 6 waited
6 waited 7 and
7 and 8 hoped
8 hoped 9 .

presently [sammy] [flirted] [his] [wings] [in] [a] [way] [which] [peter] [knew] [meant] [that] he had made up his mind . 
1 presently 14 he
14 he 15 had
15 had 16 made
16 made 17 up
17 up 18 his
18 his 19 mind
19 mind 20 .

peter nodded . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 .

" and that she said that she doesn't dare go near the banks because of fear of the terrible guns ? " 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 that
3 that 4 she
4 she 5 said
5 said 6 that
6 that 7 she
7 she 8 doesn't
8 doesn't 9 dare
9 dare 10 go
10 go 11 near
11 near 12 the
12 the 13 banks
13 banks 14 because
14 because 15 of
15 of 16 fear
16 fear 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 terrible
19 terrible 20 guns
20 guns 21 ?
21 ? 22 "

[again] [peter] [nodded] [.] 

" [i] [will] [,] for one , and [i] ['m] [quite] [sure] that [my] [cousin] , [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] will , for another . 
1 " 5 for
5 for 6 one
6 one 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 13 that
13 that 16 ,
16 , 21 will
21 will 22 ,
22 , 23 for
23 for 24 another
24 another 25 .

he surely will if he thinks it will spoil the plans of any hunters . 
1 he 2 surely
2 surely 3 will
3 will 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 thinks
6 thinks 7 it
7 it 8 will
8 will 9 spoil
9 spoil 10 the
10 the 11 plans
11 plans 12 of
12 of 13 any
13 any 14 hunters
14 hunters 15 .

blacky would go a long distance to do that . 
1 blacky 2 would
2 would 3 go
3 go 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 distance
6 distance 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 that
9 that 10 .

he hates terrible guns and the men who use them . 
1 he 2 hates
2 hates 3 terrible
3 terrible 4 guns
4 guns 5 and
5 and 6 the
6 the 7 men
7 men 8 who
8 who 9 use
9 use 10 them
10 them 11 .

and he knows all about them . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 knows
3 knows 4 all
4 all 5 about
5 about 6 them
6 them 7 .

he has very sharp eyes , [has] [blacky] [,] and he knows when a man has got a gun and when he hasn't . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 very
3 very 4 sharp
4 sharp 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 ,
6 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 knows
12 knows 13 when
13 when 14 a
14 a 15 man
15 man 16 has
16 has 17 got
17 got 18 a
18 a 19 gun
19 gun 20 and
20 and 21 when
21 when 22 he
22 he 23 hasn't
23 hasn't 24 .

" that will be splendid ! " [cried] [peter] [,] [clapping] [his] [hands] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 will
3 will 4 be
4 be 5 splendid
5 splendid 6 !
6 ! 7 "

" but aren't you afraid of those terrible guns [,] [sammy] ? " 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 aren't
3 aren't 4 you
4 you 5 afraid
5 afraid 6 of
6 of 7 those
7 those 8 terrible
8 terrible 9 guns
9 guns 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" not when the hunters are trying [for] [ducks] , " [replied] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 when
3 when 4 the
4 the 5 hunters
5 hunters 6 are
6 are 7 trying
7 trying 10 ,
10 , 11 "

you see , they know that shooting at us [would] [frighten] [the] [ducks] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 they
4 they 5 know
5 know 6 that
6 that 7 shooting
7 shooting 8 at
8 at 9 us
9 us 14 .

blacky knows all about [the] [big] [river] . 
1 blacky 2 knows
2 knows 3 all
3 all 4 about
4 about 8 .

in the winter he often gets considerable of his food along its banks . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 winter
3 winter 4 he
4 he 5 often
5 often 6 gets
6 gets 7 considerable
7 considerable 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 10 food
10 food 11 along
11 along 12 its
12 its 13 banks
13 banks 14 .

i 've been over there a number of times , [but] [i] don't know so much about it as he does . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 been
3 been 4 over
4 over 5 there
5 there 6 a
6 a 7 number
7 number 8 of
8 of 9 times
9 times 10 ,
10 , 13 don't
13 don't 14 know
14 know 15 so
15 so 16 much
16 much 17 about
17 about 18 it
18 it 19 as
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 does
21 does 22 .

now here is my plan . 
1 now 2 here
2 here 3 is
3 is 4 my
4 my 5 plan
5 plan 6 .

i 'll go [find] [blacky] and tell him all about what we want to do [for] [mrs] [quack] . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 go
3 go 6 and
6 and 7 tell
7 tell 8 him
8 him 9 all
9 all 10 about
10 about 11 what
11 what 12 we
12 we 13 want
13 want 14 to
14 to 15 do
15 do 19 .

she must swim right up [the] [big] [river] , keeping out in the middle where she will be safe . 
1 she 2 must
2 must 3 swim
3 swim 4 right
4 right 5 up
5 up 9 ,
9 , 10 keeping
10 keeping 11 out
11 out 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 middle
14 middle 15 where
15 where 16 she
16 she 17 will
17 will 18 be
18 be 19 safe
19 safe 20 .

are you quite sure that [mrs] [quack] will come back to the [smiling] [pool] [to-night] [?] " 
1 are 2 you
2 you 3 quite
3 quite 4 sure
4 sure 5 that
5 that 8 will
8 will 9 come
9 come 10 back
10 back 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 17 "

" she said she would , " [replied] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 she
2 she 3 said
3 said 4 she
4 she 5 would
5 would 6 ,
6 , 7 "

i think your plan is perfectly splendid [,] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 your
3 your 4 plan
4 plan 5 is
5 is 6 perfectly
6 perfectly 7 splendid
7 splendid 11 .

i [do] [hope] [blacky] [the] [crow] will help . " 
1 i 7 will
7 will 8 help
8 help 9 .
9 . 10 "

" he will . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 will
3 will 4 .

don't worry about that , " [replied] [sammy] [.] 
1 don't 2 worry
2 worry 3 about
3 about 4 that
4 that 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" hello ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !

there [goes] [farmer] [brown] 's [boy] [over] to the [smiling] [pool] [now] [.] " 
1 there 5 's
5 's 8 to
8 to 9 the
9 the 14 "

" then there will be some more corn [for] [mrs] [quack] . 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 there
3 there 4 will
4 will 5 be
5 be 6 some
6 some 7 more
7 more 8 corn
8 corn 12 .

i just know it ! " [cried] [peter] [.] 
1 i 2 just
2 just 3 know
3 know 4 it
4 it 5 !
5 ! 6 "

" he is going to see [if] [mrs] [quack] [is] there , and [i] [just] [know] he has his pockets full of corn . " 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 11 there
11 there 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 17 he
17 he 18 has
18 has 19 his
19 his 20 pockets
20 pockets 21 full
21 full 22 of
22 of 23 corn
23 corn 24 .
24 . 25 "

" [i] [wouldn't] [mind] a little of it myself , " said [sammy] . 
1 " 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 of
7 of 8 it
8 it 9 myself
9 myself 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 14 .

" well , [i] [must] go along to hunt [up] [blacky] . 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
3 , 6 go
6 go 7 along
7 along 8 to
8 to 9 hunt
9 hunt 12 .

good-by , [peter] [.] " 
1 good-by 2 ,
2 , 5 "

" [good-by] and good luck , " [replied] [peter] [.] 
1 " 3 and
3 and 4 good
4 good 5 luck
5 luck 6 ,
6 , 7 "

" [i] ['ve] [always] [said] you are not half such a bad fellow as you try to make folks think you are , [sammy] [jay] [.] " 
1 " 6 you
6 you 7 are
7 are 8 not
8 not 9 half
9 half 10 such
10 such 11 a
11 a 12 bad
12 bad 13 fellow
13 fellow 14 as
14 as 15 you
15 you 16 try
16 try 17 to
17 to 18 make
18 make 19 folks
19 folks 20 think
20 think 21 you
21 you 22 are
22 are 23 ,
23 , 27 "

" thanks , " said [sammy] , and started [for] [the] [green] [forest] to look for his cousin , [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 " 2 thanks
2 thanks 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 started
9 started 14 to
14 to 15 look
15 look 16 for
16 for 17 his
17 his 18 cousin
18 cousin 19 ,

[xv] 

[the] [hunt] [for] [mr] [.] [quack] 

now she had that very comfortable feeling that goes with a full stomach , she could think better . 
1 now 2 she
2 she 3 had
3 had 4 that
4 that 5 very
5 very 6 comfortable
6 comfortable 7 feeling
7 feeling 8 that
8 that 9 goes
9 goes 10 with
10 with 11 a
11 a 12 full
12 full 13 stomach
13 stomach 14 ,
14 , 15 she
15 she 16 could
16 could 17 think
17 think 18 better
18 better 19 .

as [the] [black] [shadows] [crept] [across] [the] [smiling] [pool] [,] she turned over in her mind [sammy] [jay] ['s] [plan] [for] [helping] [her] the next day . 
1 as 11 she
11 she 12 turned
12 turned 13 over
13 over 14 in
14 in 15 her
15 her 16 mind
16 mind 24 the
24 the 25 next
25 next 26 day
26 day 27 .

at the time she had been tired and hungry and discouraged . 
1 at 2 the
2 the 3 time
3 time 4 she
4 she 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 tired
7 tired 8 and
8 and 9 hungry
9 hungry 10 and
10 and 11 discouraged
11 discouraged 12 .

now she was beginning to feel rested , and she was no longer hungry . 
1 now 2 she
2 she 3 was
3 was 4 beginning
4 beginning 5 to
5 to 6 feel
6 feel 7 rested
7 rested 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 she
10 she 11 was
11 was 12 no
12 no 13 longer
13 longer 14 hungry
14 hungry 15 .

these things made all the difference in the world . 
1 these 2 things
2 things 3 made
3 made 4 all
4 all 5 the
5 the 6 difference
6 difference 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 world
9 world 10 .

when they did get there , [they] [saw] [mrs] [quack] [out] in the middle , swimming about and watching for them . 
1 when 2 they
2 they 3 did
3 did 4 get
4 get 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 middle
14 middle 15 ,
15 , 16 swimming
16 swimming 17 about
17 about 18 and
18 and 19 watching
19 watching 20 for
20 for 21 them
21 them 22 .

blacky flew across the river and pretended to be hunting for food along the farther bank , just as every hunter knows he often does . 
1 blacky 2 flew
2 flew 3 across
3 across 4 the
4 the 5 river
5 river 6 and
6 and 7 pretended
7 pretended 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 10 hunting
10 hunting 11 for
11 for 12 food
12 food 13 along
13 along 14 the
14 the 15 farther
15 farther 16 bank
16 bank 17 ,
17 , 18 just
18 just 19 as
19 as 20 every
20 every 21 hunter
21 hunter 22 knows
22 knows 23 he
23 he 24 often
24 often 25 does
25 does 26 .

[sammy] [jay] [did] [the] [same] [thing] [on] [the] [other] [bank] [.] 

[now] [sammy] [jay] [dearly] [loves] [to] [hunt] [for] [things] [.] 

whenever he knows that one of his neighbors [in] [the] [green] [forest] [has] [hidden] [something] , he likes to hunt for it . 
1 whenever 2 he
2 he 3 knows
3 knows 4 that
4 that 5 one
5 one 6 of
6 of 7 his
7 his 8 neighbors
8 neighbors 16 ,
16 , 17 he
17 he 18 likes
18 likes 19 to
19 to 20 hunt
20 hunt 21 for
21 for 22 it
22 it 23 .

when he does find it , he usually steals it , [i] ['m] [sorry] to say . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 does
3 does 4 find
4 find 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 usually
8 usually 9 steals
9 steals 10 it
10 it 11 ,
11 , 15 to
15 to 16 say
16 say 17 .

but it is the fun of hunting [that] [sammy] [enjoys] [most] . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 the
4 the 5 fun
5 fun 6 of
6 of 7 hunting
7 hunting 12 .

so now [sammy] [thoroughly] [enjoyed] [hunting] [for] [mr] [quack] . 
1 so 2 now
2 now 10 .

he peered into every likely hiding-place and became so interested that he quite forgot about the hunters who might be waiting along the bank . 
1 he 2 peered
2 peered 3 into
3 into 4 every
4 every 5 likely
5 likely 6 hiding-place
6 hiding-place 7 and
7 and 8 became
8 became 9 so
9 so 10 interested
10 interested 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 quite
13 quite 14 forgot
14 forgot 15 about
15 about 16 the
16 the 17 hunters
17 hunters 18 who
18 who 19 might
19 might 20 be
20 be 21 waiting
21 waiting 22 along
22 along 23 the
23 the 24 bank
24 bank 25 .

so it happened that he didn't see a boat drawn in among the bushes until he was right over it . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 happened
3 happened 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 see
7 see 8 a
8 a 9 boat
9 boat 10 drawn
10 drawn 11 in
11 in 12 among
12 among 13 the
13 the 14 bushes
14 bushes 15 until
15 until 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 right
18 right 19 over
19 over 20 it
20 it 21 .

sitting in it was a man with a terrible gun , very intently [watching] [mrs] [quack] [out] [in] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 sitting 2 in
2 in 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 a
5 a 6 man
6 man 7 with
7 with 8 a
8 a 9 terrible
9 terrible 10 gun
10 gun 11 ,
11 , 12 very
12 very 13 intently
13 intently 25 .

[mrs] [quack] [heard] [his] [scream] [and] [understood] [just] [what] [it] [meant] [.] 

a little later [blacky] [the] [crow] [discovered] [another] [hunter] [hiding] [behind] [the] [bushes] [on] [his] [side] . 
1 a 2 little
2 little 3 later
3 later 17 .

" quack ! quack ! " replied [mrs] [quack] [,] [which] [meant] [that] she [understood] . 
1 " 2 quack
2 quack 3 !
3 ! 4 quack
4 quack 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 14 she
14 she 16 .

and so the hunt went on without a sign [of] [poor] [mr] [quack] . 
1 and 2 so
2 so 3 the
3 the 4 hunt
4 hunt 5 went
5 went 6 on
6 on 7 without
7 without 8 a
8 a 9 sign
9 sign 14 .

[xvi] 

[sammy] [jay] [sees] [something] [green] 

" [i] [guess] [mrs] [quack] [was] [right] and that [mr] [quack] was [killed] when he was shot , ["] [muttered] [sammy] to himself . 
1 " 8 and
8 and 9 that
9 that 12 was
12 was 14 when
14 when 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 shot
17 shot 18 ,
18 , 22 to
22 to 23 himself
23 himself 24 .

" probably one of those hunters had him for dinner long ago . 
1 " 2 probably
2 probably 3 one
3 one 4 of
4 of 5 those
5 those 6 hunters
6 hunters 7 had
7 had 8 him
8 him 9 for
9 for 10 dinner
10 dinner 11 long
11 long 12 ago
12 ago 13 .

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

there ['s] [another] [hunter] [up] [where] [the] [laughing] [brook] [joins] [the] [big] [river] ! 
1 there 14 !

i [guess] [i] won't take any chances . 
1 i 4 won't
4 won't 5 take
5 take 6 any
6 any 7 chances
7 chances 8 .

so [sammy] [silently] [flew] [around] [back] [of] the hunter and stopped in a tree where he could watch all that the man did . 
1 so 8 the
8 the 9 hunter
9 hunter 10 and
10 and 11 stopped
11 stopped 12 in
12 in 13 a
13 a 14 tree
14 tree 15 where
15 where 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 watch
18 watch 19 all
19 all 20 that
20 that 21 the
21 the 22 man
22 man 23 did
23 did 24 .

for some time [sammy] [sat] there [watching] . 
1 for 2 some
2 some 3 time
3 time 6 there
6 there 8 .

but [of] [course] [sammy] could see him perfectly , because he was behind him . 
1 but 5 could
5 could 6 see
6 see 7 him
7 him 8 perfectly
8 perfectly 9 ,
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 behind
13 behind 14 him
14 him 15 .

" why doesn't he shoot them ? " [thought] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 doesn't
3 doesn't 4 he
4 he 5 shoot
5 shoot 6 them
6 them 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

this was very curious , very curious indeed . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 curious
4 curious 5 ,
5 , 6 very
6 very 7 curious
7 curious 8 indeed
8 indeed 9 .

sammy flew a little nearer and then a little nearer , taking the greatest care not to make a sound . 
1 sammy 2 flew
2 flew 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 nearer
5 nearer 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 nearer
10 nearer 11 ,
11 , 12 taking
12 taking 13 the
13 the 14 greatest
14 greatest 15 care
15 care 16 not
16 not 17 to
17 to 18 make
18 make 19 a
19 a 20 sound
20 sound 21 .

pretty soon he was so near that he could see [those] [ducks] [very] [plainly] , and he stared with all his might . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 so
5 so 6 near
6 near 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 see
10 see 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 he
17 he 18 stared
18 stared 19 with
19 with 20 all
20 all 21 his
21 his 22 might
22 might 23 .

he couldn't see any feathers ! 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 see
3 see 4 any
4 any 5 feathers
5 feathers 6 !

no , [sir] [,] he couldn't see any feathers ! 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 see
7 see 8 any
8 any 9 feathers
9 feathers 10 !

then he understood . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 understood
3 understood 4 .

" huh ! " said he to himself . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 to
7 to 8 himself
8 himself 9 .

" those are not [ducks] at all . 
1 " 2 those
2 those 3 are
3 are 4 not
4 not 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 .

they are just pieces of wood made to look like [ducks] . 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 just
3 just 4 pieces
4 pieces 5 of
5 of 6 wood
6 wood 7 made
7 made 8 to
8 to 9 look
9 look 10 like
10 like 12 .

now [i] [wonder] what they are for . " 
1 now 4 what
4 what 5 they
5 they 6 are
6 are 7 for
7 for 8 .
8 . 9 "

in a few minutes he found out . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
4 minutes 5 he
5 he 6 found
6 found 7 out
7 out 8 .

he saw the hunter crouch down a little lower and look down [the] [big] [river] . 
1 he 2 saw
2 saw 3 the
3 the 4 hunter
4 hunter 5 crouch
5 crouch 6 down
6 down 7 a
7 a 8 little
8 little 9 lower
9 lower 10 and
10 and 11 look
11 look 12 down
12 down 16 .

sammy looked too . 
1 sammy 2 looked
2 looked 3 too
3 too 4 .

he saw [a] [flock] [of] [real] [ducks] [flying] [swiftly] [just] [above] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [big] [river] . 
1 he 2 saw
2 saw 18 .

suddenly the leader turned straight towards the place where the hunter was hiding , and the others followed him . 
1 suddenly 2 the
2 the 3 leader
3 leader 4 turned
4 turned 5 straight
5 straight 6 towards
6 towards 7 the
7 the 8 place
8 place 9 where
9 where 10 the
10 the 11 hunter
11 hunter 12 was
12 was 13 hiding
13 hiding 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 the
16 the 17 others
17 others 18 followed
18 followed 19 him
19 him 20 .

he could [hear] [mrs] [quack] [calling] [excitedly] [out] in the middle of the [big] [river] , [but] the strangers did not heed her . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 middle
11 middle 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 16 ,
16 , 18 the
18 the 19 strangers
19 strangers 20 did
20 did 21 not
21 not 22 heed
22 heed 23 her
23 her 24 .

they had their eyes on [those] [wooden] [ducks] [and] [were] [coming] [straight] [in] to join them . 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 their
3 their 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 on
5 on 14 to
14 to 15 join
15 join 16 them
16 them 17 .

" they think they are real [ducks] and so this place is perfectly safe ! " [thought] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 think
3 think 4 they
4 they 5 are
5 are 6 real
6 real 8 and
8 and 9 so
9 so 10 this
10 this 11 place
11 place 12 is
12 is 13 perfectly
13 perfectly 14 safe
14 safe 15 !
15 ! 16 "

he saw [the] [ducks] [suddenly] [swing] [out] [towards] [the] [middle] [of] [the] [big] [river] [and] [knew] that they had heard his warning . 
1 he 2 saw
2 saw 17 that
17 that 18 they
18 they 19 had
19 had 20 heard
20 heard 21 his
21 his 22 warning
22 warning 23 .

he saw the hunter suddenly rise and point his gun [at] [the] [flying] [ducks] . 
1 he 2 saw
2 saw 3 the
3 the 4 hunter
4 hunter 5 suddenly
5 suddenly 6 rise
6 rise 7 and
7 and 8 point
8 point 9 his
9 his 10 gun
10 gun 15 .

he heard the bang , bang of the terrible gun , but not one of the flock was hit . 
1 he 2 heard
2 heard 3 the
3 the 4 bang
4 bang 5 ,
5 , 6 bang
6 bang 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 terrible
9 terrible 10 gun
10 gun 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 not
13 not 14 one
14 one 15 of
15 of 16 the
16 the 17 flock
17 flock 18 was
18 was 19 hit
19 hit 20 .

the distance was too great . 
1 the 2 distance
2 distance 3 was
3 was 4 too
4 too 5 great
5 great 6 .

sammy chuckled happily . 
1 sammy 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 happily
3 happily 4 .

then he remembered that he himself was within easy reach of that terrible gun , and probably the hunter was very angry . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 himself
6 himself 7 was
7 was 8 within
8 within 9 easy
9 easy 10 reach
10 reach 11 of
11 of 12 that
12 that 13 terrible
13 terrible 14 gun
14 gun 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 probably
17 probably 18 the
18 the 19 hunter
19 hunter 20 was
20 was 21 very
21 very 22 angry
22 angry 23 .

in great fright [sammy] [turned] [and] [flew] , [dodging] [behind] [trees] and every second expecting to hear again the roar of that terrible gun . 
1 in 2 great
2 great 3 fright
3 fright 8 ,
8 , 12 and
12 and 13 every
13 every 14 second
14 second 15 expecting
15 expecting 16 to
16 to 17 hear
17 hear 18 again
18 again 19 the
19 the 20 roar
20 roar 21 of
21 of 22 that
22 that 23 terrible
23 terrible 24 gun
24 gun 25 .

but he didn't , and so when he thought he was safe , he stopped . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 so
6 so 7 when
7 when 8 he
8 he 9 thought
9 thought 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 safe
12 safe 13 ,
13 , 14 he
14 he 15 stopped
15 stopped 16 .

just beyond [where] [sammy] was [sitting] [was] a pile of brush in the water . 
1 just 2 beyond
2 beyond 5 was
5 was 8 a
8 a 9 pile
9 pile 10 of
10 of 11 brush
11 brush 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 water
14 water 15 .

idly he watched it , and presently it moved . 
1 idly 2 he
2 he 3 watched
3 watched 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 presently
7 presently 8 it
8 it 9 moved
9 moved 10 .

[instantly] [sammy] [was] [all] [curiosity] [.] 

he flew over where he could see better . 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 3 over
3 over 4 where
4 where 5 he
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 see
7 see 8 better
8 better 9 .

[xvii] 

[mr] [.] [quack] [is] [found] [at] [last] 

it had done this right here in the [little] swamp [where] [sammy] [was] . 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 done
3 done 4 this
4 this 5 right
5 right 6 here
6 here 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 10 swamp
10 swamp 14 .

sammy sat perfectly still , for he learned long ago that only by keeping perfectly still may one see all that is to be seen . 
1 sammy 2 sat
2 sat 3 perfectly
3 perfectly 4 still
4 still 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 7 he
7 he 8 learned
8 learned 9 long
9 long 10 ago
10 ago 11 that
11 that 12 only
12 only 13 by
13 by 14 keeping
14 keeping 15 perfectly
15 perfectly 16 still
16 still 17 may
17 may 18 one
18 one 19 see
19 see 20 all
20 all 21 that
21 that 22 is
22 is 23 to
23 to 24 be
24 be 25 seen
25 seen 26 .

that green spot had moved . 
1 that 2 green
2 green 3 spot
3 spot 4 had
4 had 5 moved
5 moved 6 .

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

and if it moved , it must be something alive . 
1 and 2 if
2 if 3 it
3 it 4 moved
4 moved 5 ,
5 , 6 it
6 it 7 must
7 must 8 be
8 be 9 something
9 something 10 alive
10 alive 11 .

if it were alive , it must be somebody , and [sammy] wanted to know who it was . 
1 if 2 it
2 it 3 were
3 were 4 alive
4 alive 5 ,
5 , 6 it
6 it 7 must
7 must 8 be
8 be 9 somebody
9 somebody 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 wanted
13 wanted 14 to
14 to 15 know
15 know 16 who
16 who 17 it
17 it 18 was
18 was 19 .

try as he would he couldn't remember any one who wore such glossy green as that . 
1 try 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 he
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 remember
7 remember 8 any
8 any 9 one
9 one 10 who
10 who 11 wore
11 wore 12 such
12 such 13 glossy
13 glossy 14 green
14 green 15 as
15 as 16 that
16 that 17 .

so , his eyes sparkling with excitement [,] [sammy] [watched] . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 sparkling
5 sparkling 6 with
6 with 7 excitement
7 excitement 11 .

he was impatiently patient . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 impatiently
3 impatiently 4 patient
4 patient 5 .

did you know that it is possible to be impatiently patient ? 
1 did 2 you
2 you 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 7 possible
7 possible 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 10 impatiently
10 impatiently 11 patient
11 patient 12 ?

well , it is . 
1 well 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 .

sammy was just boiling with impatience inside , but he didn't let that impatience spoil the patience of his waiting . 
1 sammy 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 boiling
4 boiling 5 with
5 with 6 impatience
6 impatience 7 inside
7 inside 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 he
10 he 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 let
12 let 13 that
13 that 14 impatience
14 impatience 15 spoil
15 spoil 16 the
16 the 17 patience
17 patience 18 of
18 of 19 his
19 his 20 waiting
20 waiting 21 .

that is what is called self-control . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 what
3 what 4 is
4 is 5 called
5 called 6 self-control
6 self-control 7 .

it means the power to make yourself do a certain thing , no matter how much you may want to do something else . 
1 it 2 means
2 means 3 the
3 the 4 power
4 power 5 to
5 to 6 make
6 make 7 yourself
7 yourself 8 do
8 do 9 a
9 a 10 certain
10 certain 11 thing
11 thing 12 ,
12 , 13 no
13 no 14 matter
14 matter 15 how
15 how 16 much
16 much 17 you
17 you 18 may
18 may 19 want
19 want 20 to
20 to 21 do
21 do 22 something
22 something 23 else
23 else 24 .

it is a splendid thing to have , is self-control . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 splendid
4 splendid 5 thing
5 thing 6 to
6 to 7 have
7 have 8 ,
8 , 9 is
9 is 10 self-control
10 self-control 11 .

after what seemed [to] [sammy] a very long time , the green spot moved again . 
1 after 2 what
2 what 3 seemed
3 seemed 6 a
6 a 7 very
7 very 8 long
8 long 9 time
9 time 10 ,
10 , 11 the
11 the 12 green
12 green 13 spot
13 spot 14 moved
14 moved 15 again
15 again 16 .

little by little something reached out from under the pile of brush . 
1 little 2 by
2 by 3 little
3 little 4 something
4 something 5 reached
5 reached 6 out
6 out 7 from
7 from 8 under
8 under 9 the
9 the 10 pile
10 pile 11 of
11 of 12 brush
12 brush 13 .

sammy choked back a little gasp of surprise as a sudden thought popped into his head . 
1 sammy 2 choked
2 choked 3 back
3 back 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 gasp
6 gasp 7 of
7 of 8 surprise
8 surprise 9 as
9 as 10 a
10 a 11 sudden
11 sudden 12 thought
12 thought 13 popped
13 popped 14 into
14 into 15 his
15 his 16 head
16 head 17 .

could this be [the] [lost] [mr] [quack] ? 
1 could 2 this
2 this 3 be
3 be 8 ?

" [i] believe it [is] [mr] . [quack] [!] " [thought] [sammy] . 
1 " 3 believe
3 believe 4 it
4 it 7 .
7 . 10 "
10 " 13 .

" if it is , [i] ['ll] [have] the best news ever to tell [mrs] [quack] . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 ,
5 , 9 the
9 the 10 best
10 best 11 news
11 news 12 ever
12 ever 13 to
13 to 14 tell
14 tell 17 .

just [trust] [sammy] [jay] to find anything he goes looking for . " 
1 just 5 to
5 to 6 find
6 find 7 anything
7 anything 8 he
8 he 9 goes
9 goes 10 looking
10 looking 11 for
11 for 12 .
12 . 13 "

this was just plain boasting , and [sammy] knew it . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 plain
4 plain 5 boasting
5 boasting 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 knew
9 knew 10 it
10 it 11 .

but [sammy] [always] [does] have a good opinion of himself . 
1 but 5 have
5 have 6 a
6 a 7 good
7 good 8 opinion
8 opinion 9 of
9 of 10 himself
10 himself 11 .

it is one of his faults . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 one
3 one 4 of
4 of 5 his
5 his 6 faults
6 faults 7 .

he quite lost sight of the fact that it was entirely by accident that he had come over to this swamp . 
1 he 2 quite
2 quite 3 lost
3 lost 4 sight
4 sight 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 fact
7 fact 8 that
8 that 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 entirely
11 entirely 12 by
12 by 13 accident
13 accident 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 had
16 had 17 come
17 come 18 over
18 over 19 to
19 to 20 this
20 this 21 swamp
21 swamp 22 .

now that he had guessed who this might be , he was less impatient . 
1 now 2 that
2 that 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 guessed
5 guessed 6 who
6 who 7 this
7 this 8 might
8 might 9 be
9 be 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 less
13 less 14 impatient
14 impatient 15 .

sammy could keep still no longer . 
1 sammy 2 could
2 could 3 keep
3 keep 4 still
4 still 5 no
5 no 6 longer
6 longer 7 .

[[] [illustration] [with] [caption] [:] ["] [yes] [,] ["] [said] [he] [in] [a] [low] [voice] [,] ["] [i] [am] [mr] [quack] [.] ["] []] 

" are you [mr] [quack] ? " he asked eagerly . 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 asked
9 asked 10 eagerly
10 eagerly 11 .

the beautiful head disappeared like a flash . 
1 the 2 beautiful
2 beautiful 3 head
3 head 4 disappeared
4 disappeared 5 like
5 like 6 a
6 a 7 flash
7 flash 8 .

sammy waited a minute or two , before he repeated his question , adding : " you needn't be afraid . 
1 sammy 2 waited
2 waited 3 a
3 a 4 minute
4 minute 5 or
5 or 6 two
6 two 7 ,
7 , 8 before
8 before 9 he
9 he 10 repeated
10 repeated 11 his
11 his 12 question
12 question 13 ,
13 , 14 adding
14 adding 15 :
15 : 16 "
16 " 17 you
17 you 18 needn't
18 needn't 19 be
19 be 20 afraid
20 afraid 21 .

there isn't anybody here but me , and [i] ['m] your friend . 
1 there 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 anybody
3 anybody 4 here
4 here 5 but
5 but 6 me
6 me 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 11 your
11 your 12 friend
12 friend 13 .

i just want to know if you [are] [mr] [quack] [because] [i] 've been looking for you for [mrs] [quack] . 
1 i 2 just
2 just 3 want
3 want 4 to
4 to 5 know
5 know 6 if
6 if 7 you
7 you 13 've
13 've 14 been
14 been 15 looking
15 looking 16 for
16 for 17 you
17 you 18 for
18 for 21 .

are you ? " 
1 are 2 you
2 you 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

" yes , " said he in a low voice , " [i] [am] [mr] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 low
9 low 10 voice
10 voice 11 ,
11 , 12 "

where [is] [mrs] [quack] ? " 
1 where 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

" safe and sound over on the [big] [river] [,] " [replied] [sammy] [joyfully] [.] 
1 " 2 safe
2 safe 3 and
3 and 4 sound
4 sound 5 over
5 over 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 11 "

" oh , [i] ['m] so glad [i] ['ve] [found] [you] ! " 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 6 so
6 so 7 glad
7 glad 12 !
12 ! 13 "

[xviii] 

[sammy] [jay] [sends] [mrs] [quack] [to] [the] [swamp] 

no , indeed , that wouldn't do at all . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 5 that
5 that 6 wouldn't
6 wouldn't 7 do
7 do 8 at
8 at 9 all
9 all 10 .

one of the hunters would be sure to see her . 
1 one 2 of
2 of 3 the
3 the 4 hunters
4 hunters 5 would
5 would 6 be
6 be 7 sure
7 sure 8 to
8 to 9 see
9 see 10 her
10 her 11 .

so [sammy] [wisely] [flew] [back] [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] [to] [wait] [until] [mrs] [quack] [should] [come] [back] [there] for the night . 
1 so 19 for
19 for 20 the
20 the 21 night
21 night 22 .

["] [does] [mrs] [quack] [know] [yet] [?] ["] [asked] [peter] [.] 

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

" [i] ['m] going to tell her when she comes back here to-night , " he explained . 
1 " 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 tell
6 tell 7 her
7 her 8 when
8 when 9 she
9 she 10 comes
10 comes 11 back
11 back 12 here
12 here 13 to-night
13 to-night 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
16 he 17 explained
17 explained 18 .

" [i] [was] [afraid] [if] [i] [told] [her] before [then] she would fly straight to him and perhaps get them both in trouble . " 
1 " 9 before
9 before 11 she
11 she 12 would
12 would 13 fly
13 fly 14 straight
14 straight 15 to
15 to 16 him
16 him 17 and
17 and 18 perhaps
18 perhaps 19 get
19 get 20 them
20 them 21 both
21 both 22 in
22 in 23 trouble
23 trouble 24 .
24 . 25 "

" quite right [,] [sammy] ! 
1 " 2 quite
2 quite 3 right
3 right 6 !

quite right ! " 
1 quite 2 right
2 right 3 !
3 ! 4 "

peter exclaimed . 
1 peter 2 exclaimed
2 exclaimed 3 .

" [i] [wouldn't] [have] [thought] of that . 
1 " 6 of
6 of 7 that
7 that 8 .

my , won't she be happy when you do tell her ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 won't
3 won't 4 she
4 she 5 be
5 be 6 happy
6 happy 7 when
7 when 8 you
8 you 9 do
9 do 10 tell
10 tell 11 her
11 her 12 !

i wonder what she 'll say and what she 'll do . 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 4 she
4 she 5 'll
5 'll 6 say
6 say 7 and
7 and 8 what
8 what 9 she
9 she 10 'll
10 'll 11 do
11 do 12 .

i 'm going to stay right here so as to see her when she hears the good news . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 stay
5 stay 6 right
6 right 7 here
7 here 8 so
8 so 9 as
9 as 10 to
10 to 11 see
11 see 12 her
12 her 13 when
13 when 14 she
14 she 15 hears
15 hears 16 the
16 the 17 good
17 good 18 news
18 news 19 .

here comes your cousin , [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 here 2 comes
2 comes 3 your
3 your 4 cousin
4 cousin 5 ,

does he know yet ? " 
1 does 2 he
2 he 3 know
3 know 4 yet
4 yet 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

" no , " [replied] [sammy] [,] ["] but [i] ['m] [going] to [tell] him as soon as he gets here . " 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 9 but
9 but 13 to
13 to 15 him
15 him 16 as
16 as 17 soon
17 soon 18 as
18 as 19 he
19 he 20 gets
20 gets 21 here
21 here 22 .
22 . 23 "

they [watched] [blacky] [draw] [nearer] [and] [nearer] , and as soon as he was within hearing [sammy] [shouted] [the] [news] . 
1 they 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 as
10 as 11 soon
11 soon 12 as
12 as 13 he
13 he 14 was
14 was 15 within
15 within 16 hearing
16 hearing 21 .

" caw , caw , caw , " [replied] [blacky] [,] [hurrying] a little faster . 
1 " 2 caw
2 caw 3 ,
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 5 ,
5 , 6 caw
6 caw 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 13 a
13 a 14 little
14 little 15 faster
15 faster 16 .

in fact , [sammy] [jay] and [blacky] [were] [getting] very uneasy . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 6 and
6 and 10 very
10 very 11 uneasy
11 uneasy 12 .

it was almost bed-time for them , for neither of them dared stay out after dark . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 almost
3 almost 4 bed-time
4 bed-time 5 for
5 for 6 them
6 them 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 neither
9 neither 10 of
10 of 11 them
11 them 12 dared
12 dared 13 stay
13 stay 14 out
14 out 15 after
15 after 16 dark
16 dark 17 .

" what 's the news , [mrs] [quack] [?] " [asked] [peter] [,] [his] [eyes] [dancing] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 news
5 news 6 ,
6 , 10 "

" there isn't any , " [replied] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 any
4 any 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" oh , yes , there is [!] ["] [cried] [sammy] [jay] , who couldn't possibly keep still any longer . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 yes
4 yes 5 ,
5 , 6 there
6 there 7 is
7 is 13 ,
13 , 14 who
14 who 15 couldn't
15 couldn't 16 possibly
16 possibly 17 keep
17 keep 18 still
18 still 19 any
19 any 20 longer
20 longer 21 .

[mrs] [quack] [nodded] [her] [head] [rapidly] [.] 

" what of it ? " she demanded . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 of
3 of 4 it
4 it 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 she
7 she 8 demanded
8 demanded 9 .

" nothing much , [only] if [i] [were] you [i] would go down there after dark , " [replied] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 nothing
2 nothing 3 much
3 much 4 ,
4 , 6 if
6 if 9 you
9 you 11 would
11 would 12 go
12 go 13 down
13 down 14 there
14 there 15 after
15 after 16 dark
16 dark 17 ,
17 , 18 "

[mrs] [quack] [looked] [up] [at] [sammy] [sharply] [.] 

" why [should] [i] [go] [down] [there] ? " she asked . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 she
10 she 11 asked
11 asked 12 .

" if [i] [tell] you , will you [wait] [until] [i] get [quite] through ? " [asked] [sammy] in his turn . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 5 you
5 you 6 ,
6 , 7 will
7 will 8 you
8 you 12 get
12 get 14 through
14 through 15 ?
15 ? 16 "
16 " 19 in
19 in 20 his
20 his 21 turn
21 turn 22 .

[mrs] [quack] [promised] [that] [she] [would] [.] 

["] [mr] [quack] [!] 

" stop ! " [cried] [sammy] [sharply] [.] 
1 " 2 stop
2 stop 3 !
3 ! 4 "

" you said you would [wait] [until] [i] [am] [through] . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 said
3 said 4 you
4 you 5 would
5 would 11 .

it won't do for you to go there until after dark , because there is a hunter hiding very near [mr] [quack] ['s] [hiding-place] . 
1 it 2 won't
2 won't 3 do
3 do 4 for
4 for 5 you
5 you 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 there
8 there 9 until
9 until 10 after
10 after 11 dark
11 dark 12 ,
12 , 13 because
13 because 14 there
14 there 15 is
15 is 16 a
16 a 17 hunter
17 hunter 18 hiding
18 hiding 19 very
19 very 20 near
20 near 25 .

wait until it is dark and he has gone home . 
1 wait 2 until
2 until 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 dark
5 dark 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 has
8 has 9 gone
9 gone 10 home
10 home 11 .

then take my advice , and when you [have] [found] [mr] [quack] [,] bring him right up here [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 then 2 take
2 take 3 my
3 my 4 advice
4 advice 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 when
7 when 8 you
8 you 14 bring
14 bring 15 him
15 him 16 right
16 right 17 up
17 up 18 here
18 here 23 .

he can't fly , but he can swim [up] [the] [laughing] [brook] , and this is the safest place for both of you . 
1 he 2 can't
2 can't 3 fly
3 fly 4 ,
4 , 5 but
5 but 6 he
6 he 7 can
7 can 8 swim
8 swim 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 this
15 this 16 is
16 is 17 the
17 the 18 safest
18 safest 19 place
19 place 20 for
20 for 21 both
21 both 22 of
22 of 23 you
23 you 24 .

now good night and good luck . " 
1 now 2 good
2 good 3 night
3 night 4 and
4 and 5 good
5 good 6 luck
6 luck 7 .
7 . 8 "

[xix] 

[jerry] [muskrat's] [great] [idea] 

a friendly friend is a friend [indeed] [when] [he] [proves] [a] [friend] in the time of need . 
1 a 2 friendly
2 friendly 3 friend
3 friend 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 friend
6 friend 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 time
15 time 16 of
16 of 17 need
17 need 18 .

both jumped a little . 
1 both 2 jumped
2 jumped 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 .

you see their nerves had been very much upset for a long time , and the least unexpected thing made them jump . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 their
3 their 4 nerves
4 nerves 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 very
7 very 8 much
8 much 9 upset
9 upset 10 for
10 for 11 a
11 a 12 long
12 long 13 time
13 time 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 the
16 the 17 least
17 least 18 unexpected
18 unexpected 19 thing
19 thing 20 made
20 made 21 them
21 them 22 jump
22 jump 23 .

then both laughed . 
1 then 2 both
2 both 3 laughed
3 laughed 4 .

" hello [,] [jerry] [muskrat] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 6 !

we 'd forgotten all about you , " said [mrs] [quack] . 
1 we 2 'd
2 'd 3 forgotten
3 forgotten 4 all
4 all 5 about
5 about 6 you
6 you 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" what was that you said ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 was
3 was 4 that
4 that 5 you
5 you 6 said
6 said 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

jerry good-naturedly repeated what he had said . 
1 jerry 2 good-naturedly
2 good-naturedly 3 repeated
3 repeated 4 what
4 what 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 said
7 said 8 .

[mrs] [quack] ['s] [face] [brightened] [.] 

" do you really mean it ? " she asked eagerly . 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 really
4 really 5 mean
5 mean 6 it
6 it 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 asked
10 asked 11 eagerly
11 eagerly 12 .

" that 's what [i] [said] , " [replied] [jerry] [briefly] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 what
4 what 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" oh , [jerry] [,] you 're not joking , are you ? 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 6 you
6 you 7 're
7 're 8 not
8 not 9 joking
9 joking 10 ,
10 , 11 are
11 are 12 you
12 you 13 ?

tell me you 're not joking , " [begged] [mrs] [quack] [.] 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 3 you
3 you 4 're
4 're 5 not
5 not 6 joking
6 joking 7 ,
7 , 8 "

the idea came to me while you were talking . 
1 the 2 idea
2 idea 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 while
6 while 7 you
7 you 8 were
8 were 9 talking
9 talking 10 .

i know of just the lonesomest kind of a lonesome pond , and you won't have to fly a stroke to get to it . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 of
3 of 4 just
4 just 5 the
5 the 6 lonesomest
6 lonesomest 7 kind
7 kind 8 of
8 of 9 a
9 a 10 lonesome
10 lonesome 11 pond
11 pond 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 you
14 you 15 won't
15 won't 16 have
16 have 17 to
17 to 18 fly
18 fly 19 a
19 a 20 stroke
20 stroke 21 to
21 to 22 get
22 get 23 to
23 to 24 it
24 it 25 .

[mrs] [quack] ['s] [eyes] [fairly] [shone] [with] [hope] [and] [eagerness] [.] 

" oh , [jerry] [,] tell us where it is , and we 'll start for it right away ! " she cried . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 6 tell
6 tell 7 us
7 us 8 where
8 where 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 we
13 we 14 'll
14 'll 15 start
15 start 16 for
16 for 17 it
17 it 18 right
18 right 19 away
19 away 20 !
20 ! 21 "
21 " 22 she
22 she 23 cried
23 cried 24 .

jerry 's eyes twinkled . 
1 jerry 2 's
2 's 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 twinkled
4 twinkled 5 .

" of course , the owner of that pond might not like to have neighbors . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 ,
4 , 5 the
5 the 6 owner
6 owner 7 of
7 of 8 that
8 that 9 pond
9 pond 10 might
10 might 11 not
11 not 12 like
12 like 13 to
13 to 14 have
14 have 15 neighbors
15 neighbors 16 .

i hadn't thought of that , " said he . 
1 i 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 thought
3 thought 4 of
4 of 5 that
5 that 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 .

" perhaps he ought to be asked first . " 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 he
3 he 4 ought
4 ought 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 asked
7 asked 8 first
8 first 9 .
9 . 10 "

[mrs] [quack] ['s] [face] [fell] [.] 

" who is the owner ? " she asked . 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 is
3 is 4 the
4 the 5 owner
5 owner 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 she
8 she 9 asked
9 asked 10 .

" my cousin , [paddy] [the] [beaver] [.] 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 cousin
3 cousin 4 ,

he made it , " [replied] [jerry] [proudly] [.] 
1 he 2 made
2 made 3 it
3 it 4 ,
4 , 5 "

[mrs] [quack] ['s] [face] [lighted] [up] [again] [at] [once] [.] 

" [i] ['m] [sure] he won't object , " said she . 
1 " 5 he
5 he 6 won't
6 won't 7 object
7 object 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 she
11 she 12 .

" we know a great many of the [beaver] family . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 know
3 know 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 many
6 many 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 10 family
10 family 11 .

in fact , they are very good neighbors of ours in our home in the [far] [northland] [.] 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 they
4 they 5 are
5 are 6 very
6 very 7 good
7 good 8 neighbors
8 neighbors 9 of
9 of 10 ours
10 ours 11 in
11 in 12 our
12 our 13 home
13 home 14 in
14 in 15 the

i didn't suppose there was a [beaver] pond [anywhere] [around] [here] . 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 there
4 there 5 was
5 was 6 a
6 a 8 pond
8 pond 12 .

tell me where it is , [jerry] [,] and [i] ['ll] go right up there and call on your cousin . " 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 3 where
3 where 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 ,
6 , 9 and
9 and 12 go
12 go 13 right
13 right 14 up
14 up 15 there
15 there 16 and
16 and 17 call
17 call 18 on
18 on 19 your
19 your 20 cousin
20 cousin 21 .
21 . 22 "

" he made that pond himself two years ago . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 made
3 made 4 that
4 that 5 pond
5 pond 6 himself
6 himself 7 two
7 two 8 years
8 years 9 ago
9 ago 10 .

he has got a very nice pond there now . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 got
3 got 4 a
4 a 5 very
5 very 6 nice
6 nice 7 pond
7 pond 8 there
8 there 9 now
9 now 10 .

[honker] [the] [goose] [and] [his] [flock] [spent] [a] [night] [in] [it] [on] [their] [way] [south] [last] [fall] [.] ["] 

[mrs] [quack] [waited] [to] [hear] [no] [more] [.] 

she shot up into the air and disappeared over the tops of the trees in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 she 2 shot
2 shot 3 up
3 up 4 into
4 into 5 the
5 the 6 air
6 air 7 and
7 and 8 disappeared
8 disappeared 9 over
9 over 10 the
10 the 11 tops
11 tops 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 trees
14 trees 15 in
15 in 16 the

" what do you think of my idea [?] ["] [asked] [jerry] , [as] [he] and [mr] [quack] watched her out of sight . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 think
5 think 6 of
6 of 7 my
7 my 8 idea
8 idea 13 ,
13 , 16 and
16 and 19 watched
19 watched 20 her
20 her 21 out
21 out 22 of
22 of 23 sight
23 sight 24 .

" [i] think it is great , just simply great , " [replied] [mr] [quack] [.] 
1 " 3 think
3 think 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 great
6 great 7 ,
7 , 8 just
8 just 9 simply
9 simply 10 great
10 great 11 ,
11 , 12 "

[xx] 

[happy] [days] [for] [mr] [.] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] 

if you don't believe it , [just] [ask] [mr] and [mrs] [.] [quack] [.] 
1 if 2 you
2 you 3 don't
3 don't 4 believe
4 believe 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 10 and

they know . 
1 they 2 know
2 know 3 .

you see , [the] [heart] [of] [mrs] [quack] [was] [true] and brave and strong . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 11 and
11 and 12 brave
12 brave 13 and
13 and 14 strong
14 strong 15 .

she was determined that they should have a home anyway , and [paddy] the [beaver] ['s] little pond was not such a bad place after all . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 determined
3 determined 4 that
4 that 5 they
5 they 6 should
6 should 7 have
7 have 8 a
8 a 9 home
9 home 10 anyway
10 anyway 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 the
14 the 17 little
17 little 18 pond
18 pond 19 was
19 was 20 not
20 not 21 such
21 such 22 a
22 a 23 bad
23 bad 24 place
24 place 25 after
25 after 26 all
26 all 27 .

so she wasted no time . 
1 so 2 she
2 she 3 wasted
3 wasted 4 no
4 no 5 time
5 time 6 .

she examined every inch of the shore of that little pond . 
1 she 2 examined
2 examined 3 every
3 every 4 inch
4 inch 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 shore
7 shore 8 of
8 of 9 that
9 that 10 little
10 little 11 pond
11 pond 12 .

in it she laid ten eggs . 
1 in 2 it
2 it 3 she
3 she 4 laid
4 laid 5 ten
5 ten 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 .

the broken wing healed and grew strong again , for it had not been so badly broken , after all . 
1 the 2 broken
2 broken 3 wing
3 wing 4 healed
4 healed 5 and
5 and 6 grew
6 grew 7 strong
7 strong 8 again
8 again 9 ,
9 , 10 for
10 for 11 it
11 it 12 had
12 had 13 not
13 not 14 been
14 been 15 so
15 so 16 badly
16 badly 17 broken
17 broken 18 ,
18 , 19 after
19 after 20 all
20 all 21 .

unknown to them , [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [discovered] where they were . 
1 unknown 2 to
2 to 3 them
3 them 4 ,
4 , 10 where
10 where 11 they
11 they 12 were
12 were 13 .

in fact , after the first few times , he made no attempt to hide . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 after
4 after 5 the
5 the 6 first
6 first 7 few
7 few 8 times
8 times 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 made
11 made 12 no
12 no 13 attempt
13 attempt 14 to
14 to 15 hide
15 hide 16 .

you see he [discovered] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was a friend . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 10 was
10 was 11 a
11 a 12 friend
12 friend 13 .

[[] [illustration] [with] [caption] [:] [those] [were] [happy] [days] [indeed] [for] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [in] [the] [pond] [of] [paddy] [the] [beaver] [.] []] 

i hope they got there safely , don't you ? 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 3 they
3 they 4 got
4 got 5 there
5 there 6 safely
6 safely 7 ,
7 , 8 don't
8 don't 9 you
9 you 10 ?

in the next book [i] will tell you of [some] [of] [bobby] ['s] [adventures] . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 next
3 next 4 book
4 book 6 will
6 will 7 tell
7 tell 8 you
8 you 9 of
9 of 15 .

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