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[the] [adventures] [of] [mr] [.] [mocker] 

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

author of " the [adventures] [of] [reddy] [fox] [,] ["] ["] old [mother] [west] [wind] , " etc 
1 author 2 of
2 of 3 "
3 " 4 the
4 the 12 old
12 old 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 etc

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

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[contents] 

[i] [the] [lone] [traveler] [ii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] [iii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] [iv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] [v] [sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] [vi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] [vii] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] [viii] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] [ix] [.] 

[the] [mystery] [grows] [x] [sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] [xi] [.] 

[how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] [xii] [.] 

[no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] [xiii] [.] 

[sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] [xiv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xv] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] [xvi] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] [xvii] [.] 

[the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] [xviii] [.] 

[the] [mischief-makers] [xix] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] [xx] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] [xxi] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] [xxii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] [xxiii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [xxiv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] [xxv] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] [xxvi] [.] 

[mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

["] [i] [don't] [know] [that] [it's] [any] [of] [your] [business] [!] ["] 

[said] [sticky-toes] [.] 

[such] [a] [thing] [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgetting] [to] [say] [good-by] [had] [never] [happened] [before] 

[blacky's] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [listened] [to] [sammy] [jay's] [tale] [of] [woe] [.] 

" [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [,] ["] [said] [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] 
1 " 11 '

[there] [sat] [the] [three] [little] [scamps] [on] [the] [big] [rock] 

[sometimes] [he] [woke] [up] [in] [the] [night] [and] [would] [sing] [for] [very] [joy] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [mistah] [mocker] 

[i] 

[the] [lone] [traveler] 

[winsome] [bluebird] [goes] [just] [a] [little] [way] [ahead] [of] [her] [,] [for] [winsome] [is] [the] [herald] [of] [mistress] [spring] [.] 

and with her come [little] [friend] [the] [song] [sparrow] , and [cheerful] [robin] [and] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [redwing] [.] 
1 and 2 with
2 with 3 her
3 her 4 come
4 come 10 ,
10 , 11 and

then follow other travelers , ever so many of them , all eager to get back to the beautiful [green] [forest] [and] [green] [meadows] . 
1 then 2 follow
2 follow 3 other
3 other 4 travelers
4 travelers 5 ,
5 , 6 ever
6 ever 7 so
7 so 8 many
8 many 9 of
9 of 10 them
10 them 11 ,
11 , 12 all
12 all 13 eager
13 eager 14 to
14 to 15 get
15 get 16 back
16 back 17 to
17 to 18 the
18 the 19 beautiful
19 beautiful 25 .

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [used] [to] [think] [that] [way] [.] 

but he was . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 .

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

he was so much interested that he began to wish he could see for himself all these things [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [was] [telling] [about] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 much
4 much 5 interested
5 interested 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 wish
10 wish 11 he
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 see
13 see 14 for
14 for 15 himself
15 himself 16 all
16 all 17 these
17 these 18 things
18 things 26 .

but he didn't say a word , not a word . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 say
4 say 5 a
5 a 6 word
6 word 7 ,
7 , 8 not
8 not 9 a
9 a 10 word
10 word 11 .

he just listened and listened and then went on about his business . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 listened
3 listened 4 and
4 and 5 listened
5 listened 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 went
8 went 9 on
9 on 10 about
10 about 11 his
11 his 12 business
12 business 13 .

he didn't say anything about it to any one , but he just started off by himself . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 say
3 say 4 anything
4 anything 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 to
7 to 8 any
8 any 9 one
9 one 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 just
13 just 14 started
14 started 15 off
15 off 16 by
16 by 17 himself
17 himself 18 .

" [all] [ah] [done] got to do is to keep on going [till] [ah] [see] [brer] [buzzard] , " thought he . 
1 " 5 got
5 got 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 8 is
8 is 9 to
9 to 10 keep
10 keep 11 on
11 on 12 going
12 going 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 thought
20 thought 21 he
21 he 22 .

so he traveled and traveled without speaking to any one , and always looking up in the blue , blue sky . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 traveled
3 traveled 4 and
4 and 5 traveled
5 traveled 6 without
6 without 7 speaking
7 speaking 8 to
8 to 9 any
9 any 10 one
10 one 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 always
13 always 14 looking
14 looking 15 up
15 up 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 blue
18 blue 19 ,
19 , 20 blue
20 blue 21 sky
21 sky 22 .

finally it dropped down , down , down until it disappeared among the trees . 
1 finally 2 it
2 it 3 dropped
3 dropped 4 down
4 down 5 ,
5 , 6 down
6 down 7 ,
7 , 8 down
8 down 9 until
9 until 10 it
10 it 11 disappeared
11 disappeared 12 among
12 among 13 the
13 the 14 trees
14 trees 15 .

" [ah] [reckon] [ah] ['ll] [give] [unc] ' [billy] [a] [surprise] [.] 
1 " 8 '

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [reckon] [so] [.] " 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 9 "

[ii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [excited] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sat] [at] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [great] [hollow] [tree] [in] [which] [his] [home] [is] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [very] [fine] [that] [morning] [.] 

he [could] [hear] [old] [mrs] [possum] [cleaning] [house] [and] [scolding] [the] [little] [possums] who kept climbing up on her back . 
1 he 14 who
14 who 15 kept
15 kept 16 climbing
16 climbing 17 up
17 up 18 on
18 on 19 her
19 her 20 back
20 back 21 .

as he listened , [unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] and began to sing in a queer cracked voice : 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 listened
3 listened 4 ,
4 , 9 and
9 and 10 began
10 began 11 to
11 to 12 sing
12 sing 13 in
13 in 14 a
14 a 15 queer
15 queer 16 cracked
16 cracked 17 voice
17 voice 18 :

" [mah] ol ' woman am a [plain] [ol] ' [dame] ['] [deed] [she] [am] [!] 
1 " 3 ol
3 ol 4 '
4 ' 5 woman
5 woman 6 am
6 am 7 a
7 a 10 '

' [deed] she [am] ! 
1 ' 3 she
3 she 5 !

quick with her broom , with her tongue the same ['] [deed] [she] [am] ! 
1 quick 2 with
2 with 3 her
3 her 4 broom
4 broom 5 ,
5 , 6 with
6 with 7 her
7 her 8 tongue
8 tongue 9 the
9 the 10 same
10 same 15 !

' [deed] she [am] ! 
1 ' 3 she
3 she 5 !

' [deed] she [am] ! " 
1 ' 3 she
3 she 5 !
5 ! 6 "

just then out tumbled his eight children , making such a racket [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [clapped] [both] [hands] [over] [his] [ears] . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 out
3 out 4 tumbled
4 tumbled 5 his
5 his 6 eight
6 eight 7 children
7 children 8 ,
8 , 9 making
9 making 10 such
10 such 11 a
11 a 12 racket
12 racket 23 .

" [mah] goodness gracious sakes alive ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 gracious
4 gracious 5 sakes
5 sakes 6 alive
6 alive 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 .

[one] [pulled] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [tail] [.] 

two scrambled up on his back . 
1 two 2 scrambled
2 scrambled 3 up
3 up 4 on
4 on 5 his
5 his 6 back
6 back 7 .

right in the midst of it [unc] ['] [billy] [sprang] to his feet . 
1 right 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 4 midst
4 midst 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 11 to
11 to 12 his
12 his 13 feet
13 feet 14 .

his eyes were shining , and his funny little ears were pricked up . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 were
3 were 4 shining
4 shining 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 his
7 his 8 funny
8 funny 9 little
9 little 10 ears
10 ears 11 were
11 were 12 pricked
12 pricked 13 up
13 up 14 .

" hush , yo'alls ! " he commanded . 
1 " 2 hush
2 hush 3 ,
3 , 4 yo'alls
4 yo'alls 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 commanded
8 commanded 9 .

" [how] [do] [yo'alls] [think] [ah] [can] hear anything with yo'alls making such a racket ? " 
1 " 8 hear
8 hear 9 anything
9 anything 10 with
10 with 11 yo'alls
11 yo'alls 12 making
12 making 13 such
13 such 14 a
14 a 15 racket
15 racket 16 ?
16 ? 17 "

" [ah] [cert'nly] thought [ah] [heard] the [voice] [of] [an] [ol] ['] [friend] [from] way [down] [souf] ! 
1 " 4 thought
4 thought 7 the
7 the 15 way
15 way 18 !

[iii] 

[unc] ['] [billy's] [vain] [search] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [excited] [.] 

any one would have known it just to look at him . 
1 any 2 one
2 one 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 known
5 known 6 it
6 it 7 just
7 just 8 to
8 to 9 look
9 look 10 at
10 at 11 him
11 him 12 .

he hurried off up the [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [without] [even] [saying] [good-by] [to] old [mrs] [possum] [and] [all] [the] [little] [possums] . 
1 he 2 hurried
2 hurried 3 off
3 off 4 up
4 up 5 the
5 the 18 old
18 old 26 .

yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] certainly [was] [excited] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 8 certainly
8 certainly 11 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [sat] [in] [the] [doorway] [of] [their] [home] [in] [the] [great] [hollow] [tree] [and] [watched] [unc] ['] [billy] [out] [of] [sight] [.] 

her sharp little eyes seemed to grow sharper as she watched . 
1 her 2 sharp
2 sharp 3 little
3 little 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 seemed
5 seemed 6 to
6 to 7 grow
7 grow 8 sharper
8 sharper 9 as
9 as 10 she
10 she 11 watched
11 watched 12 .

no [,] [sah] ! 
1 no 4 !

then she started out to hunt for their dinner , still muttering as she went . 
1 then 2 she
2 she 3 started
3 started 4 out
4 out 5 to
5 to 6 hunt
6 hunt 7 for
7 for 8 their
8 their 9 dinner
9 dinner 10 ,
10 , 11 still
11 still 12 muttering
12 muttering 13 as
13 as 14 she
14 she 15 went
15 went 16 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [was] [quite] [right] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [had] [forgotten] [all] [about] [that] [dinner] [.] 

you see he had something else on his mind . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 something
5 something 6 else
6 else 7 on
7 on 8 his
8 his 9 mind
9 mind 10 .

he had listened and listened but didn't hear it again , and yet he was sure he had heard it that once . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 listened
3 listened 4 and
4 and 5 listened
5 listened 6 but
6 but 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 hear
8 hear 9 it
9 it 10 again
10 again 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 yet
13 yet 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 sure
16 sure 17 he
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 heard
19 heard 20 it
20 it 21 that
21 that 22 once
22 once 23 .

he just had to go look for him . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 look
6 look 7 for
7 for 8 him
8 him 9 .

but nowhere did he catch a glimpse of his old friend . 
1 but 2 nowhere
2 nowhere 3 did
3 did 4 he
4 he 5 catch
5 catch 6 a
6 a 7 glimpse
7 glimpse 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 10 old
10 old 11 friend
11 friend 12 .

the longer he looked , the more excited he grew . 
1 the 2 longer
2 longer 3 he
3 he 4 looked
4 looked 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 7 more
7 more 8 excited
8 excited 9 he
9 he 10 grew
10 grew 11 .

["] [nuffin] [,] [nuffin] [,] [sah] [!] 

ah 'm just walking fo ' mah health , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [over] [his] [shoulder] [,] as he hurried on . 
1 ah 2 'm
2 'm 3 just
3 just 4 walking
4 walking 5 fo
5 fo 6 '
6 ' 7 mah
7 mah 8 health
8 health 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 13 '
13 ' 19 as
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 hurried
21 hurried 22 on
22 on 23 .

his neck ached from looking up in the tree-tops , and his feet were sore from walking . 
1 his 2 neck
2 neck 3 ached
3 ached 4 from
4 from 5 looking
5 looking 6 up
6 up 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 tree-tops
9 tree-tops 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 his
12 his 13 feet
13 feet 14 were
14 were 15 sore
15 sore 16 from
16 from 17 walking
17 walking 18 .

and just then [unc] ['] [billy] for the first time thought of that dinner [that] [old] [mrs] [possum] had [sent] [him] to get . 
1 and 2 just
2 just 3 then
3 then 7 for
7 for 8 the
8 the 9 first
9 first 10 time
10 time 11 thought
11 thought 12 of
12 of 13 that
13 that 14 dinner
14 dinner 19 had
19 had 22 to
22 to 23 get
23 get 24 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [mopped] [his] [brow] [in] [dismay] [.] 

" [ah] ['] [specks] [ah'm] [in] fo ' it this time , sho ' enough ! " he said . 
1 " 7 fo
7 fo 8 '
8 ' 9 it
9 it 10 this
10 this 11 time
11 time 12 ,
12 , 13 sho
13 sho 14 '
14 ' 15 enough
15 enough 16 !
16 ! 17 "
17 " 18 he
18 he 19 said
19 said 20 .

[iv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [comes] [home] 

" [ah] ['] [specks] [ah'm] [in] fo ' it . 
1 " 7 fo
7 fo 8 '
8 ' 9 it
9 it 10 .

ah ['] [specks] [ah] sho'ly am in fo ' it this time , " he kept muttering . 
1 ah 5 sho'ly
5 sho'ly 6 am
6 am 7 in
7 in 8 fo
8 fo 9 '
9 ' 10 it
10 it 11 this
11 this 12 time
12 time 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 he
15 he 16 kept
16 kept 17 muttering
17 muttering 18 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] [along] in the black shadows until he got where he could look up and see his own doorway . 
1 so 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 black
9 black 10 shadows
10 shadows 11 until
11 until 12 he
12 he 13 got
13 got 14 where
14 where 15 he
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 look
17 look 18 up
18 up 19 and
19 and 20 see
20 see 21 his
21 his 22 own
22 own 23 doorway
23 doorway 24 .

then he sat down and watched a while . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
4 down 5 and
5 and 6 watched
6 watched 7 a
7 a 8 while
8 while 9 .

all was still . 
1 all 2 was
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 .

there wasn't a sound in the great hollow tree . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 a
3 a 4 sound
4 sound 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 great
7 great 8 hollow
8 hollow 9 tree
9 tree 10 .

but at the first scratch of his toe-nails on the bark the sharp face of [old] [mrs] [possum] [appeared] [in] the doorway . 
1 but 2 at
2 at 3 the
3 the 4 first
4 first 5 scratch
5 scratch 6 of
6 of 7 his
7 his 8 toe-nails
8 toe-nails 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 bark
11 bark 12 the
12 the 13 sharp
13 sharp 14 face
14 face 15 of
15 of 21 the
21 the 22 doorway
22 doorway 23 .

" good evening , mah dear , " said [unc] ['] [billy] , in the mildest kind of a voice . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 evening
3 evening 4 ,
4 , 5 mah
5 mah 6 dear
6 dear 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 13 ,
13 , 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 mildest
16 mildest 17 kind
17 kind 18 of
18 of 19 a
19 a 20 voice
20 voice 21 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [said] [nothing] [,] [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [felt] [as] [if] [her] [sharp] [black] [eyes] [were] [looking] [right] [through] [him] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [a] [sickly] [kind] [of] [grin] [as] [he] [said] [:] 

" ah hopes yo'alls are feeling good tonight . " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 hopes
3 hopes 4 yo'alls
4 yo'alls 5 are
5 are 6 feeling
6 feeling 7 good
7 good 8 tonight
8 tonight 9 .
9 . 10 "

" where 's that [dinner] [ah] [sent] yo ' fo ' ? " [demanded] [old] [mrs] [possum] [sharply] [.] 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
9 ' 10 fo
10 fo 11 '
11 ' 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [fidgeted] [uneasily] [.] 

" ah done brought yo ' two [eggs] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] , " he replied meekly . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 done
3 done 4 brought
4 brought 5 yo
5 yo 6 '
6 ' 7 two
7 two 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
16 he 17 replied
17 replied 18 meekly
18 meekly 19 .

" two eggs ! 
1 " 2 two
2 two 3 eggs
3 eggs 4 !

two eggs ! 
1 two 2 eggs
2 eggs 3 !

how do yo ' [think] [ah] [am] going to feed eight hungry mouths on two eggs ? " [snapped] [old] [mrs] [.] [possum] [.] 
1 how 2 do
2 do 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 8 going
8 going 9 to
9 to 10 feed
10 feed 11 eight
11 eight 12 hungry
12 hungry 13 mouths
13 mouths 14 on
14 on 15 two
15 two 16 eggs
16 eggs 17 ?
17 ? 18 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [hung] [his] [head] [.] 

he hadn't a word to say . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 a
3 a 4 word
4 word 5 to
5 to 6 say
6 say 7 .

no [,] [sir] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [hadn't] [a] word to say . 
1 no 10 word
10 word 11 to
11 to 12 say
12 say 13 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [he] [deserved] [every] [bit] [of] [it] [.] 

he felt very miserable , and he was too tired to have a bit of spirit left . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 very
3 very 4 miserable
4 miserable 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 too
9 too 10 tired
10 tired 11 to
11 to 12 have
12 have 13 a
13 a 14 bit
14 bit 15 of
15 of 16 spirit
16 spirit 17 left
17 left 18 .

all the time she was looking at [unc] ['] [billy] [with] [those] [sharp] [eyes] [of] [hers] . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 time
3 time 4 she
4 she 5 was
5 was 6 looking
6 looking 7 at
7 at 17 .

when she had finished the egg , she pushed the other over to him . 
1 when 2 she
2 she 3 had
3 had 4 finished
4 finished 5 the
5 the 6 egg
6 egg 7 ,
7 , 8 she
8 she 9 pushed
9 pushed 10 the
10 the 11 other
11 other 12 over
12 over 13 to
13 to 14 him
14 him 15 .

" yo ' eat that ! " she said shortly . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 eat
4 eat 5 that
5 that 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 she
8 she 9 said
9 said 10 shortly
10 shortly 11 .

" yo ' look as if yo ' hadn't had anything to eat to-day " ( which was true ) . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 look
4 look 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 yo
7 yo 8 '
8 ' 9 hadn't
9 hadn't 10 had
10 had 11 anything
11 anything 12 to
12 to 13 eat
13 eat 14 to-day
14 to-day 15 "
15 " 16 (
16 ( 17 which
17 which 18 was
18 was 19 true
19 true 20 )
20 ) 21 .

" then yo ' hustle up to bed ; it 's all ready fo ' yo ' . " 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 hustle
5 hustle 6 up
6 up 7 to
7 to 8 bed
8 bed 9 ;
9 ; 10 it
10 it 11 's
11 's 12 all
12 all 13 ready
13 ready 14 fo
14 fo 15 '
15 ' 16 yo
16 yo 17 '
17 ' 18 .
18 . 19 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [did] [as] [he] [was] [bid] [,] [and] [as] [he] [tucked] [himself] [into] [his] [snug] [,] [warm] [bed] [he] [murmured] [sleepily] [:] 

" [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [sharp] [,] [sharp] [tongue] [,] [but] [her] bark is worse than her bite . 
1 " 15 bark
15 bark 16 is
16 is 17 worse
17 worse 18 than
18 than 19 her
19 her 20 bite
20 bite 21 .

for [ol] ['] [mrs] [possum] [has] [a] [soft] [,] [soft] [heart] [though] [she] [hides] it [way] out of sight . " 
1 for 15 it
15 it 17 out
17 out 18 of
18 of 19 sight
19 sight 20 .
20 . 21 "

[v] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [indignant] 

sammy [jay] was [indignant] . 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 5 .

yes , [sir] [,] [sammy] [jay] [was] very much put out . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 put
10 put 11 out
11 out 12 .

in fact , [sammy] was just plain downright mad ! 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 5 was
5 was 6 just
6 just 7 plain
7 plain 8 downright
8 downright 9 mad
9 mad 10 !

it had begun when he met [jimmy] [skunk] [early] in the morning . 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 begun
3 begun 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 6 met
6 met 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 morning
12 morning 13 .

" hello [,] [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 6 !

what were you doing up so late last night ? " said [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 what 2 were
2 were 3 you
3 you 4 doing
4 doing 5 up
5 up 6 so
6 so 7 late
7 late 8 last
8 last 9 night
9 night 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 15 .

" oh , come , [sammy] [jay] [,] be honest for once in your life ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 come
4 come 5 ,
5 , 9 be
9 be 10 honest
10 honest 11 for
11 for 12 once
12 once 13 in
13 in 14 your
14 your 15 life
15 life 16 !

what was it all about ? " 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 it
3 it 4 all
4 all 5 about
5 about 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

[sammy] [jay] [stamped] [one] [foot] [.] 

he was beginning to lose his temper . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 beginning
3 beginning 4 to
4 to 5 lose
5 lose 6 his
6 his 7 temper
7 temper 8 .

you know he loses it very easily . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
3 he 4 loses
4 loses 5 it
5 it 6 very
6 very 7 easily
7 easily 8 .

" [i] [am] [honest] [!] ["] he screamed . 
1 " 7 he
7 he 8 screamed
8 screamed 9 .

" [i] tell you [i] [went] to bed just as [i] always [do] , and [i] [didn't] wake up until this morning . " 
1 " 3 tell
3 tell 4 you
4 you 7 to
7 to 8 bed
8 bed 9 just
9 just 10 as
10 as 12 always
12 always 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 18 wake
18 wake 19 up
19 up 20 until
20 until 21 this
21 this 22 morning
22 morning 23 .
23 . 24 "

when he did , he flew off screaming at the top of his lungs . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 flew
6 flew 7 off
7 off 8 screaming
8 screaming 9 at
9 at 10 the
10 the 11 top
11 top 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 lungs
14 lungs 15 .

he was still screaming when he [flew] [over] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [where] [peter] [rabbit] was just beginning to doze off . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 still
3 still 4 screaming
4 screaming 5 when
5 when 6 he
6 he 15 was
15 was 16 just
16 just 17 beginning
17 beginning 18 to
18 to 19 doze
19 doze 20 off
20 off 21 .

peter was sleepy . 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 sleepy
3 sleepy 4 .

he didn't like to have his morning nap disturbed . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 his
6 his 7 morning
7 morning 8 nap
8 nap 9 disturbed
9 disturbed 10 .

" hi [,] [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hi
2 hi 6 !

didn't you make racket enough last night to give honest folks a little peace and quiet to-day ? " [shouted] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 didn't 2 you
2 you 3 make
3 make 4 racket
4 racket 5 enough
5 enough 6 last
6 last 7 night
7 night 8 to
8 to 9 give
9 give 10 honest
10 honest 11 folks
11 folks 12 a
12 a 13 little
13 little 14 peace
14 peace 15 and
15 and 16 quiet
16 quiet 17 to-day
17 to-day 18 ?
18 ? 19 "

" what 's the joke [,] [peter] [rabbit] ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 joke
5 joke 9 ?

" then it 's a funny way you have of sleeping , " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 it
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 a
5 a 6 funny
6 funny 7 way
7 way 8 you
8 you 9 have
9 have 10 of
10 of 11 sleeping
11 sleeping 12 ,
12 , 13 "

" [peter] [rabbit] [,] you and [jimmy] [skunk] [are] [crazy] , just as crazy as loons ! " [sputtered] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 5 you
5 you 6 and
6 and 11 ,
11 , 12 just
12 just 13 as
13 as 14 crazy
14 crazy 15 as
15 as 16 loons
16 loons 17 !
17 ! 18 "

" [i] [tell] you [i] was [asleep] , and [i] [guess] [i] ought to know ! " 
1 " 4 you
4 you 6 was
6 was 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 ought
13 ought 14 to
14 to 15 know
15 know 16 !
16 ! 17 "

" [and] [i] [guess] [i] know [your] [voice] [when] [i] [hear] it ! " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 6 know
6 know 12 it
12 it 13 !
13 ! 14 "

" it 's bad enough in daytime , but if [i] [was] you , [i] ['d] [quit] [yelling] in the night . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 bad
4 bad 5 enough
5 enough 6 in
6 in 7 daytime
7 daytime 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 if
10 if 13 you
13 you 14 ,
14 , 19 in
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 night
21 night 22 .

some one of these times [hooty] [the] [owl] [will] [hear] [you] , and that will be the end of you and your noise . 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 of
3 of 4 these
4 these 5 times
5 times 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 that
14 that 15 will
15 will 16 be
16 be 17 the
17 the 18 end
18 end 19 of
19 of 20 you
20 you 21 and
21 and 22 your
22 your 23 noise
23 noise 24 .

now go away [;] [i] [want] to sleep . " 
1 now 2 go
2 go 3 away
3 away 7 to
7 to 8 sleep
8 sleep 9 .
9 . 10 "

sammy went . 
1 sammy 2 went
2 went 3 .

he was mad clear through , and yet he didn't know what to make of it . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 mad
3 mad 4 clear
4 clear 5 through
5 through 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 yet
8 yet 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
11 know 12 what
12 what 13 to
13 to 14 make
14 make 15 of
15 of 16 it
16 it 17 .

were they just trying to make him mad , or had he really been screaming in his sleep ? 
1 were 2 they
2 they 3 just
3 just 4 trying
4 trying 5 to
5 to 6 make
6 make 7 him
7 him 8 mad
8 mad 9 ,
9 , 10 or
10 or 11 had
11 had 12 he
12 he 13 really
13 really 14 been
14 been 15 screaming
15 screaming 16 in
16 in 17 his
17 his 18 sleep
18 sleep 19 ?

he flew [over] [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 he 2 flew
2 flew 8 .

[jerry] [muskrat] [looked] [up] [and] [saw] [him] [.] 

" what were you yelling about in the night , [sammy] [jay] [?] " [asked] [jerry] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 were
3 were 4 you
4 you 5 yelling
5 yelling 6 about
6 about 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 night
9 night 10 ,
10 , 14 "

this was too much . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 much
4 much 5 .

[sammy] [jay] [let] [his] [wings] [and] [his] [tail] [droop] [dejectedly] [and] [hung] [his] [head] [.] 

" [i] don't know . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 .

i really don't know anything about it , " he said . 
1 i 2 really
2 really 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 anything
5 anything 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 said
11 said 12 .

[vi] 

[sammy] [jay] [thinks] [he's] [going] [crazy] 

" [sammy] [jay] [screams] [all] [day] [long] [,] [and] now what do you think ? 
1 " 10 now
10 now 11 what
11 what 12 do
12 do 13 you
13 you 14 think
14 think 15 ?

why , [sammy] [sits] [and] [yells] all night [and] [doesn't] [sleep] [a] [wink] ! " 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 7 all
7 all 8 night
8 night 14 !
14 ! 15 "

everywhere he went [sammy] [jay] [heard] [that] [shouted] after him . 
1 everywhere 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 9 after
9 after 10 him
10 him 11 .

dozens and dozens of times a day he heard it . 
1 dozens 2 and
2 and 3 dozens
3 dozens 4 of
4 of 5 times
5 times 6 a
6 a 7 day
7 day 8 he
8 he 9 heard
9 heard 10 it
10 it 11 .

at first he lost his temper and was [the] [very] [maddest] [jaybird] [ever] [seen] on [the] [green] [meadows] [or] in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 lost
4 lost 5 his
5 his 6 temper
6 temper 7 and
7 and 8 was
8 was 15 on
15 on 20 in
20 in 21 the

" it isn't true ! 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 true
4 true 5 !

it isn't true ! 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 true
3 true 4 !

it isn't true ! " he would scream at the top of his lungs . 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 true
3 true 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 he
6 he 7 would
7 would 8 scream
8 scream 9 at
9 at 10 the
10 the 11 top
11 top 12 of
12 of 13 his
13 his 14 lungs
14 lungs 15 .

and then everybody within hearing would shout : " it is true ! " 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 everybody
3 everybody 4 within
4 within 5 hearing
5 hearing 6 would
6 would 7 shout
7 shout 8 :
8 : 9 "
9 " 10 it
10 it 11 is
11 is 12 true
12 true 13 !
13 ! 14 "

sammy would just dance up and down and scream and scream and scream , he was so angry . 
1 sammy 2 would
2 would 3 just
3 just 4 dance
4 dance 5 up
5 up 6 and
6 and 7 down
7 down 8 and
8 and 9 scream
9 scream 10 and
10 and 11 scream
11 scream 12 and
12 and 13 scream
13 scream 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 so
17 so 18 angry
18 angry 19 .

and then he was sure to hear some one pipe up : 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 sure
5 sure 6 to
6 to 7 hear
7 hear 8 some
8 some 9 one
9 one 10 pipe
10 pipe 11 up
11 up 12 :

" [sammy] ['s] [mad] and we are [glad] , [and] we know how to tease him ! 
1 " 5 and
5 and 6 we
6 we 7 are
7 are 9 ,
9 , 11 we
11 we 12 know
12 know 13 how
13 how 14 to
14 to 15 tease
15 tease 16 him
16 him 17 !

but some dark night he 'll get a fright , [for] [hooty] ['ll] [come] and [seize] [him] [!] " 
1 but 2 some
2 some 3 dark
3 dark 4 night
4 night 5 he
5 he 6 'll
6 'll 7 get
7 get 8 a
8 a 9 fright
9 fright 10 ,
10 , 15 and
15 and 19 "

that really began to worry him . 
1 that 2 really
2 really 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 worry
5 worry 6 him
6 him 7 .

then he began to think that it might be true that he did talk in his sleep , and this worried him a whole lot . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 to
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 that
6 that 7 it
7 it 8 might
8 might 9 be
9 be 10 true
10 true 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 did
13 did 14 talk
14 talk 15 in
15 in 16 his
16 his 17 sleep
17 sleep 18 ,
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 this
20 this 21 worried
21 worried 22 him
22 him 23 a
23 a 24 whole
24 whole 25 lot
25 lot 26 .

the more he thought about it , the more worried [sammy] [jay] [became] . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 worried
10 worried 14 .

he lost his appetite and began to grow thin . 
1 he 2 lost
2 lost 3 his
3 his 4 appetite
4 appetite 5 and
5 and 6 began
6 began 7 to
7 to 8 grow
8 grow 9 thin
9 thin 10 .

he kept out of sight whenever possible and no longer screamed " [thief] [!] thief ! " [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 out
3 out 4 of
4 of 5 sight
5 sight 6 whenever
6 whenever 7 possible
7 possible 8 and
8 and 9 no
9 no 10 longer
10 longer 11 screamed
11 screamed 12 "
12 " 15 thief
15 thief 16 !
16 ! 17 "

in fact his voice was rarely heard during the day . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 his
3 his 4 voice
4 voice 5 was
5 was 6 rarely
6 rarely 7 heard
7 heard 8 during
8 during 9 the
9 the 10 day
10 day 11 .

but it seemed that he must be talking just as much as ever in the night . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 must
6 must 7 be
7 be 8 talking
8 talking 9 just
9 just 10 as
10 as 11 much
11 much 12 as
12 as 13 ever
13 ever 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 night
16 night 17 .

at least everybody said that he was . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 everybody
3 everybody 4 said
4 said 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 .

worse still , different ones said that they heard him in different places in the [green] [forest] [and] [even] [down] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 worse 2 still
2 still 3 ,
3 , 4 different
4 different 5 ones
5 ones 6 said
6 said 7 that
7 that 8 they
8 they 9 heard
9 heard 10 him
10 him 11 in
11 in 12 different
12 different 13 places
13 places 14 in
14 in 15 the

could it be that he was flying about as well as talking in his sleep ? 
1 could 2 it
2 it 3 be
3 be 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 flying
7 flying 8 about
8 about 9 as
9 as 10 well
10 well 11 as
11 as 12 talking
12 talking 13 in
13 in 14 his
14 his 15 sleep
15 sleep 16 ?

and nobody believed him when he said that he was asleep all night . 
1 and 2 nobody
2 nobody 3 believed
3 believed 4 him
4 him 5 when
5 when 6 he
6 he 7 said
7 said 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 asleep
11 asleep 12 all
12 all 13 night
13 night 14 .

they thought that he was awake and doing it purposely . 
1 they 2 thought
2 thought 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 awake
6 awake 7 and
7 and 8 doing
8 doing 9 it
9 it 10 purposely
10 purposely 11 .

" if they are not all crazy , then [i] [must] [be] , " said . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 they
3 they 4 are
4 are 5 not
5 not 6 all
6 all 7 crazy
7 crazy 8 ,
8 , 9 then
9 then 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 .

sammy [jay] [to] [himself] , as he turned away from the breakfast which he could not eat . 
1 sammy 5 ,
5 , 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 turned
8 turned 9 away
9 away 10 from
10 from 11 the
11 the 12 breakfast
12 breakfast 13 which
13 which 14 he
14 he 15 could
15 could 16 not
16 not 17 eat
17 eat 18 .

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

" [why] [didn't] [i] think of it before ? 
1 " 5 think
5 think 6 of
6 of 7 it
7 it 8 before
8 before 9 ?

i 'll sleep all day , and [then] [i] ['ll] [keep] [awake] all night and see what happens then ! " he exclaimed . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 sleep
3 sleep 4 all
4 all 5 day
5 day 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 13 all
13 all 14 night
14 night 15 and
15 and 16 see
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 happens
18 happens 19 then
19 then 20 !
20 ! 21 "
21 " 22 he
22 he 23 exclaimed
23 exclaimed 24 .

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] [away] to the darkest part of the [green] [forest] [and] [tried] [to] [sleep] [through] [the] day . 
1 so 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 8 darkest
8 darkest 9 part
9 part 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 20 day
20 day 21 .

[vii] 

[sammy] [jay] [sits] [up] [all] [night] 

sammy [jay] sat in the dark and shivered . 
1 sammy 3 sat
3 sat 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 dark
6 dark 7 and
7 and 8 shivered
8 shivered 9 .

sammy was lonely , more lonely than he had ever supposed anybody could be . 
1 sammy 2 was
2 was 3 lonely
3 lonely 4 ,
4 , 5 more
5 more 6 lonely
6 lonely 7 than
7 than 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 ever
10 ever 11 supposed
11 supposed 12 anybody
12 anybody 13 could
13 could 14 be
14 be 15 .

and to tell the truth [sammy] [jay] [was] [scared] . 
1 and 2 to
2 to 3 tell
3 tell 4 the
4 the 5 truth
5 truth 10 .

yes , [sir] [,] that was just the way [sammy] [jay] [felt] [scared] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 just
7 just 8 the
8 the 9 way
9 way 14 .

every time a leaf [rustled] [,] [sammy] [jumped] [almost] out of his skin . 
1 every 2 time
2 time 3 a
3 a 4 leaf
4 leaf 10 out
10 out 11 of
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 skin
13 skin 14 .

his heart went pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat , pit-a-pat . 
1 his 2 heart
2 heart 3 went
3 went 4 pit-a-pat
4 pit-a-pat 5 ,
5 , 6 pit-a-pat
6 pit-a-pat 7 ,
7 , 8 pit-a-pat
8 pit-a-pat 9 .

but [to-night] [sammy] [sat] in the darkest , thickest part of a big pine-tree and kept blinking his eyes to keep from going to sleep . 
1 but 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 darkest
7 darkest 8 ,
8 , 9 thickest
9 thickest 10 part
10 part 11 of
11 of 12 a
12 a 13 big
13 big 14 pine-tree
14 pine-tree 15 and
15 and 16 kept
16 kept 17 blinking
17 blinking 18 his
18 his 19 eyes
19 eyes 20 to
20 to 21 keep
21 keep 22 from
22 from 23 going
23 going 24 to
24 to 25 sleep
25 sleep 26 .

he just would keep his eyes and his ears wide open . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 would
3 would 4 keep
4 keep 5 his
5 his 6 eyes
6 eyes 7 and
7 and 8 his
8 his 9 ears
9 ears 10 wide
10 wide 11 open
11 open 12 .

what was he doing it for ? 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 he
3 he 4 doing
4 doing 5 it
5 it 6 for
6 for 7 ?

[now] [sammy] [knew] [better] [.] 

he never in his life had screamed in the night unless well , unless he did it in his sleep and didn't know it . 
1 he 2 never
2 never 3 in
3 in 4 his
4 his 5 life
5 life 6 had
6 had 7 screamed
7 screamed 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 unless
11 unless 12 well
12 well 13 ,
13 , 14 unless
14 unless 15 he
15 he 16 did
16 did 17 it
17 it 18 in
18 in 19 his
19 his 20 sleep
20 sleep 21 and
21 and 22 didn't
22 didn't 23 know
23 know 24 it
24 it 25 .

he had watched the black shadows [creep] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [and] [grow] [blacker] [and] [blacker] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 watched
3 watched 4 the
4 the 5 black
5 black 6 shadows
6 shadows 17 .

the blacker they grew , the lonesomer he became . 
1 the 2 blacker
2 blacker 3 they
3 they 4 grew
4 grew 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 7 lonesomer
7 lonesomer 8 he
8 he 9 became
9 became 10 .

by and by it was so dark that he couldn't see anything at all , and every little noise made him shiver . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 dark
7 dark 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 see
11 see 12 anything
12 anything 13 at
13 at 14 all
14 all 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 every
17 every 18 little
18 little 19 noise
19 noise 20 made
20 made 21 him
21 him 22 shiver
22 shiver 23 .

[sammy] [jay] [had] [it] [now] [.] 

he felt so creepy that it seemed as if he would crawl right out of his skin . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 so
3 so 4 creepy
4 creepy 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 as
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 he
10 he 11 would
11 would 12 crawl
12 crawl 13 right
13 right 14 out
14 out 15 of
15 of 16 his
16 his 17 skin
17 skin 18 .

he kept saying over and over to himself : " there 's nothing to be afraid of . 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 saying
3 saying 4 over
4 over 5 and
5 and 6 over
6 over 7 to
7 to 8 himself
8 himself 9 :
9 : 10 "
10 " 11 there
11 there 12 's
12 's 13 nothing
13 nothing 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 afraid
16 afraid 17 of
17 of 18 .

there 's nothing to be afraid of . 
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 .

i 'm just as safe as if [i] [was] [fast] [asleep] [.] " 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 safe
5 safe 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 13 "

but still he shivered and shook . 
1 but 2 still
2 still 3 he
3 he 4 shivered
4 shivered 5 and
5 and 6 shook
6 shook 7 .

by and by , looking up through the top of the big pine-tree , he saw the little stars come out one by one . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 4 ,
4 , 5 looking
5 looking 6 up
6 up 7 through
7 through 8 the
8 the 9 top
9 top 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 big
12 big 13 pine-tree
13 pine-tree 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 saw
16 saw 17 the
17 the 18 little
18 little 19 stars
19 stars 20 come
20 come 21 out
21 out 22 one
22 one 23 by
23 by 24 one
24 one 25 .

they seemed to be looking right down at him and winking at him in the jolliest way . 
1 they 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 looking
5 looking 6 right
6 right 7 down
7 down 8 at
8 at 9 him
9 him 10 and
10 and 11 winking
11 winking 12 at
12 at 13 him
13 him 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 jolliest
16 jolliest 17 way
17 way 18 .

somehow , he didn't feel quite so lonely then , and he tried to wink back . 
1 somehow 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 feel
5 feel 6 quite
6 quite 7 so
7 so 8 lonely
8 lonely 9 then
9 then 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 tried
13 tried 14 to
14 to 15 wink
15 wink 16 back
16 back 17 .

then little , soft , silvery bars of light began to creep through the branches of the trees and along the ground . 
1 then 2 little
2 little 3 ,
3 , 4 soft
4 soft 5 ,
5 , 6 silvery
6 silvery 7 bars
7 bars 8 of
8 of 9 light
9 light 10 began
10 began 11 to
11 to 12 creep
12 creep 13 through
13 through 14 the
14 the 15 branches
15 branches 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 trees
18 trees 19 and
19 and 20 along
20 along 21 the
21 the 22 ground
22 ground 23 .

they were moonbeams , and [sammy] could see just a little , a very little . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 moonbeams
3 moonbeams 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 7 could
7 could 8 see
8 see 9 just
9 just 10 a
10 a 11 little
11 little 12 ,
12 , 13 a
13 a 14 very
14 very 15 little
15 little 16 .

he began to feel better . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 feel
4 feel 5 better
5 better 6 .

["] [whooo-hoo-hoo] [,] [whooo-hoo] [!] ["] 

it was a terrible sound , fierce and hungry . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 terrible
4 terrible 5 sound
5 sound 6 ,
6 , 7 fierce
7 fierce 8 and
8 and 9 hungry
9 hungry 10 .

[sammy] [jay] [nearly] [fell] [from] [his] [perch] [.] 

he opened his mouth to scream with fright . 
1 he 2 opened
2 opened 3 his
3 his 4 mouth
4 mouth 5 to
5 to 6 scream
6 scream 7 with
7 with 8 fright
8 fright 9 .

then he remembered just in time and closed it without a sound . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 4 just
4 just 5 in
5 in 6 time
6 time 7 and
7 and 8 closed
8 closed 9 it
9 it 10 without
10 without 11 a
11 a 12 sound
12 sound 13 .

it was [the] [hunting-cry] [of] [hooty] [the] [owl] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 9 .

sammy [jay] sat [huddled] in a little , forlorn , shivering [heap] [,] [while] [twice] [more] [that] [fierce] [cry] [rang] [through] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 sammy 3 sat
3 sat 5 in
5 in 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 ,
8 , 9 forlorn
9 forlorn 10 ,
10 , 11 shivering
11 shivering 25 .

then a shadow floated over the big pine-tree . 
1 then 2 a
2 a 3 shadow
3 shadow 4 floated
4 floated 5 over
5 over 6 the
6 the 7 big
7 big 8 pine-tree
8 pine-tree 9 .

hooty [the] [owl] had flown away without seeing him , and [sammy] [breathed] [easier] [.] 
1 hooty 4 had
4 had 5 flown
5 flown 6 away
6 away 7 without
7 without 8 seeing
8 seeing 9 him
9 him 10 ,
10 , 11 and

[viii] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [glad] [he] [sat] [up] [all] [night] 

sammy [jay] was [having] [no] [trouble] [in] [keeping] [awake] [now] . 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 11 .

not a bit ! 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 bit
3 bit 4 !

he was too frightened and shivery and creepy to sleep . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 frightened
4 frightened 5 and
5 and 6 shivery
6 shivery 7 and
7 and 8 creepy
8 creepy 9 to
9 to 10 sleep
10 sleep 11 .

but he didn't want to , anyway . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 want
4 want 5 to
5 to 6 ,
6 , 7 anyway
7 anyway 8 .

so he sat in the thickest part of the big pine-tree , shivering and creepy and miserable . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 thickest
6 thickest 7 part
7 part 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 big
10 big 11 pine-tree
11 pine-tree 12 ,
12 , 13 shivering
13 shivering 14 and
14 and 15 creepy
15 creepy 16 and
16 and 17 miserable
17 miserable 18 .

out in a patch of bright [moonlight] [he] [saw] [peter] [rabbit] [jumping] and [dancing] [and] [having] the greatest kind of a time all by himself . 
1 out 2 in
2 in 3 a
3 a 4 patch
4 patch 5 of
5 of 6 bright
6 bright 13 and
13 and 17 the
17 the 18 greatest
18 greatest 19 kind
19 kind 20 of
20 of 21 a
21 a 22 time
22 time 23 all
23 all 24 by
24 by 25 himself
25 himself 26 .

pretty soon [peter] [was] [joined] [by] [his] [cousin] [,] [jumper] [the] [hare] . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 13 .

such antics as they did cut up ! 
1 such 2 antics
2 antics 3 as
3 as 4 they
4 they 5 did
5 did 6 cut
6 cut 7 up
7 up 8 !

sammy [jay] [almost] [laughed] [aloud] [as] [he] watched . 
1 sammy 8 watched
8 watched 9 .

it was less lonely with them there , and he did want to call to them dreadfully . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 less
3 less 4 lonely
4 lonely 5 with
5 with 6 them
6 them 7 there
7 there 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 did
11 did 12 want
12 want 13 to
13 to 14 call
14 call 15 to
15 to 16 them
16 them 17 dreadfully
17 dreadfully 18 .

but that would never , never do , for no one must know that he was sitting up awake all night . 
1 but 2 that
2 that 3 would
3 would 4 never
4 never 5 ,
5 , 6 never
6 never 7 do
7 do 8 ,
8 , 9 for
9 for 10 no
10 no 11 one
11 one 12 must
12 must 13 know
13 know 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 sitting
17 sitting 18 up
18 up 19 awake
19 awake 20 all
20 all 21 night
21 night 22 .

by and by [along] [came] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [walking] [out] [into] the [patch] [of] [bright] moonlight . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
3 by 12 the
12 the 16 moonlight
16 moonlight 17 .

he [touched] [noses] [with] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] , which is one way of saying " good evening " in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 11 ,
11 , 12 which
12 which 13 is
13 is 14 one
14 one 15 way
15 way 16 of
16 of 17 saying
17 saying 18 "
18 " 19 good
19 good 20 evening
20 evening 21 "
21 " 22 in
22 in 23 the

" isn't it most time [for] [sammy] [jay] to [scream] [in] his [sleep] [?] ["] [asked] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
3 it 4 most
4 most 5 time
5 time 9 to
9 to 12 his
12 his 19 .

sammy pricked up his ears . 
1 sammy 2 pricked
2 pricked 3 up
3 up 4 his
4 his 5 ears
5 ears 6 .

" scream in his sleep ! 
1 " 2 scream
2 scream 3 in
3 in 4 his
4 his 5 sleep
5 sleep 6 !

nonsense ! 
1 nonsense 2 !

[sammy] [jay] [isn't] [any] [more] [asleep] [than] [i] [am] [.] 

he just screams out of pure meanness to wake up and frighten good honest folks who want to sleep . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 screams
3 screams 4 out
4 out 5 of
5 of 6 pure
6 pure 7 meanness
7 meanness 8 to
8 to 9 wake
9 wake 10 up
10 up 11 and
11 and 12 frighten
12 frighten 13 good
13 good 14 honest
14 honest 15 folks
15 folks 16 who
16 who 17 want
17 want 18 to
18 to 19 sleep
19 sleep 20 .

for my part , [i] don't see what any one wants to sleep for on such a fine night as this , anyway . 
1 for 2 my
2 my 3 part
3 part 4 ,
4 , 6 don't
6 don't 7 see
7 see 8 what
8 what 9 any
9 any 10 one
10 one 11 wants
11 wants 12 to
12 to 13 sleep
13 sleep 14 for
14 for 15 on
15 on 16 such
16 such 17 a
17 a 18 fine
18 fine 19 night
19 night 20 as
20 as 21 this
21 this 22 ,
22 , 23 anyway
23 anyway 24 .

it serves ' em right if they do get waked up , " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 it 2 serves
2 serves 3 '
3 ' 4 em
4 em 5 right
5 right 6 if
6 if 7 they
7 they 8 do
8 do 9 get
9 get 10 waked
10 waked 11 up
11 up 12 ,
12 , 13 "

" but [sammy] [jay] [says] that he doesn't do it and doesn't know anything about it , " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 doesn't
8 doesn't 9 do
9 do 10 it
10 it 11 and
11 and 12 doesn't
12 doesn't 13 know
13 know 14 anything
14 anything 15 about
15 about 16 it
16 it 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 22 .

" have you ever seen him scream in the night , [jimmy] [skunk] [?] " 
1 " 2 have
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 ever
4 ever 5 seen
5 seen 6 him
6 him 7 scream
7 scream 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 ,
11 , 15 "

" no , [i] don't have to , " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 5 don't
5 don't 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 ,
8 , 9 "

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

" [i] guess you 're right [,] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 you
4 you 5 're
5 're 6 right
6 right 10 .

i guess you 're right , " he said . 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 you
3 you 4 're
4 're 5 right
5 right 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 said
9 said 10 .

" of course [i] ['m] [right] . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 7 .

there , now ! " 
1 there 2 ,
2 , 3 now
3 now 4 !
4 ! 5 "

jimmy held up one hand to [warn] [peter] [to] keep still . 
1 jimmy 2 held
2 held 3 up
3 up 4 one
4 one 5 hand
5 hand 6 to
6 to 10 keep
10 keep 11 still
11 still 12 .

they all heard it . 
1 they 2 all
2 all 3 heard
3 heard 4 it
4 it 5 .

sammy [jay] [heard] [it] , [too] [,] and scratched himself to be sure that he was awake and sitting there in the big pine-tree . 
1 sammy 5 ,
5 , 8 and
8 and 9 scratched
9 scratched 10 himself
10 himself 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 sure
13 sure 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 awake
17 awake 18 and
18 and 19 sitting
19 sitting 20 there
20 there 21 in
21 in 22 the
22 the 23 big
23 big 24 pine-tree
24 pine-tree 25 .

["] [i] ['m] [glad] [i] [kept] [awake] [,] [but] 

["] [maybe] [i] ['m] [going] [crazy] [!] 

my wits are getting hazy ! 
1 my 2 wits
2 wits 3 are
3 are 4 getting
4 getting 5 hazy
5 hazy 6 !

that 's surely me , [yet] here [i] [be] ! 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 surely
3 surely 4 me
4 me 5 ,
5 , 7 here
7 here 10 !

oh , dear , [i] [sure] [am] [crazy] [!] " 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 dear
3 dear 4 ,
4 , 10 "

[ix] 

[the] [mystery] [grows] 

" can a body be a body [,] [yet] [not] [a] [body] be ? 
1 " 2 can
2 can 3 a
3 a 4 body
4 body 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 body
7 body 13 be
13 be 14 ?

tell a body , anybody , [didst] [such] [a] [body] [see] [?] " 
1 tell 2 a
2 a 3 body
3 body 4 ,
4 , 5 anybody
5 anybody 6 ,
6 , 13 "

of course it was [sammy] [jay] [who] [was] [humming] such a foolish-sounding rhyme as that . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 10 such
10 such 11 a
11 a 12 foolish-sounding
12 foolish-sounding 13 rhyme
13 rhyme 14 as
14 as 15 that
15 that 16 .

but really , it wasn't so foolish in [sammy] ['s] [case] [,] [after] all . 
1 but 2 really
2 really 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 so
6 so 7 foolish
7 foolish 8 in
8 in 14 all
14 all 15 .

now he knew . 
1 now 2 he
2 he 3 knew
3 knew 4 .

did [ever] [a] [jaybird] [have] [anything] [so] [queer] [as] that [to] [puzzle] [him] ? 
1 did 10 that
10 that 14 ?

anyway , [sammy] [jay] [knew] that he didn't scream in his sleep , and there was a whole lot of comfort in that . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 scream
9 scream 10 in
10 in 11 his
11 his 12 sleep
12 sleep 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 there
15 there 16 was
16 was 17 a
17 a 18 whole
18 whole 19 lot
19 lot 20 of
20 of 21 comfort
21 comfort 22 in
22 in 23 that
23 that 24 .

he could eat with a better appetite now . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 eat
3 eat 4 with
4 with 5 a
5 a 6 better
6 better 7 appetite
7 appetite 8 now
8 now 9 .

now he knew that he could go to sleep in peace , just as he always had . 
1 now 2 he
2 he 3 knew
3 knew 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 go
7 go 8 to
8 to 9 sleep
9 sleep 10 in
10 in 11 peace
11 peace 12 ,
12 , 13 just
13 just 14 as
14 as 15 he
15 he 16 always
16 always 17 had
17 had 18 .

[sammy] [jay] [brushed] [and] [smoothed] [out] [his] [handsome] [blue] [coat] [and] [made] [himself] [as] [pert] [and] [smart-appearing] [as] [possible] [.] 

he had been so worried lately that he hadn't taken much care of himself , [which] [is] [very] [unusual] [for] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 so
4 so 5 worried
5 worried 6 lately
6 lately 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 hadn't
9 hadn't 10 taken
10 taken 11 much
11 much 12 care
12 care 13 of
13 of 14 himself
14 himself 15 ,

now , however , he felt so much better that he began to think about his looks . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 however
3 however 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 7 so
7 so 8 much
8 much 9 better
9 better 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 began
12 began 13 to
13 to 14 think
14 think 15 about
15 about 16 his
16 his 17 looks
17 looks 18 .

when he had finished dressing , he started for [the] [alders] [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] [just] [to] [have] a look around . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 finished
4 finished 5 dressing
5 dressing 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 started
8 started 9 for
9 for 19 a
19 a 20 look
20 look 21 around
21 around 22 .

of course he didn't expect to find his voice down there , for who ever saw a voice ? 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 expect
5 expect 6 to
6 to 7 find
7 find 8 his
8 his 9 voice
9 voice 10 down
10 down 11 there
11 there 12 ,
12 , 13 for
13 for 14 who
14 who 15 ever
15 ever 16 saw
16 saw 17 a
17 a 18 voice
18 voice 19 ?

still he thought that he might find something that would explain the mystery . 
1 still 2 he
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 might
6 might 7 find
7 find 8 something
8 something 9 that
9 that 10 would
10 would 11 explain
11 explain 12 the
12 the 13 mystery
13 mystery 14 .

he hunted all around [in] [the] [thicket] [of] [alders] [beside] [the] [laughing] [brook] , but nothing unusual did he find . 
1 he 2 hunted
2 hunted 3 all
3 all 4 around
4 around 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 nothing
16 nothing 17 unusual
17 unusual 18 did
18 did 19 he
19 he 20 find
20 find 21 .

then for a long time he sat as still as still can be , studying and thinking . 
1 then 2 for
2 for 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 time
5 time 6 he
6 he 7 sat
7 sat 8 as
8 as 9 still
9 still 10 as
10 as 11 still
11 still 12 can
12 can 13 be
13 be 14 ,
14 , 15 studying
15 studying 16 and
16 and 17 thinking
17 thinking 18 .

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 4 thief
4 thief 5 !
5 ! 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

then [out] [popped] [jenny] [wren] , and she was so mad that she couldn't sit still a second . 
1 then 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 she
8 she 9 was
9 was 10 so
10 so 11 mad
11 mad 12 that
12 that 13 she
13 she 14 couldn't
14 couldn't 15 sit
15 sit 16 still
16 still 17 a
17 a 18 second
18 second 19 .

my , my , my , how she did scold ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 my
5 my 6 ,
6 , 7 how
7 how 8 she
8 she 9 did
9 did 10 scold
10 scold 11 !

" you ought to be ashamed of yourself [,] [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 ashamed
6 ashamed 7 of
7 of 8 yourself
8 yourself 12 !

you ought to be ashamed of yourself ! " she sputtered . 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 ashamed
5 ashamed 6 of
6 of 7 yourself
7 yourself 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 she
10 she 11 sputtered
11 sputtered 12 .

" isn't it enough to keep us awake half the night without coming down and screaming all day ? " 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
3 it 4 enough
4 enough 5 to
5 to 6 keep
6 keep 7 us
7 us 8 awake
8 awake 9 half
9 half 10 the
10 the 11 night
11 night 12 without
12 without 13 coming
13 coming 14 down
14 down 15 and
15 and 16 screaming
16 screaming 17 all
17 all 18 day
18 day 19 ?
19 ? 20 "

" [i] [haven't] [been] down [here] in the night , and [i] [haven't] [kept] [anybody] [awake] [!] " [replied] [sammy] [jay] [indignantly] [.] 
1 " 5 down
5 down 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 night
9 night 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 18 "

[jenny] [wren] [came] [right] [up] [in] [front] [of] [sammy] [jay] [and] [hopped] [up] [and] [down] [.] 

she was so mad that with every word she jerked her funny little tail [so] [that] [sammy] [jay] [almost] [had] [to] [laugh] . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 mad
4 mad 5 that
5 that 6 with
6 with 7 every
7 every 8 word
8 word 9 she
9 she 10 jerked
10 jerked 11 her
11 her 12 funny
12 funny 13 little
13 little 14 tail
14 tail 23 .

" don't tell that to me [,] [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 tell
3 tell 4 that
4 that 5 to
5 to 6 me
6 me 10 !

don't tell that to me ! " she cried . 
1 don't 2 tell
2 tell 3 that
3 that 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 she
8 she 9 cried
9 cried 10 .

" [didn't] [i] [see] [you] with my own eyes sitting in that alder over there ? 
1 " 6 with
6 with 7 my
7 my 8 own
8 own 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 sitting
10 sitting 11 in
11 in 12 that
12 that 13 alder
13 alder 14 over
14 over 15 there
15 there 16 ?

don't tell that to me ! 
1 don't 2 tell
2 tell 3 that
3 that 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 !

you ought to be ashamed of yourself ! " 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 ashamed
5 ashamed 6 of
6 of 7 yourself
7 yourself 8 !
8 ! 9 "

[x] 

[sammy] [jay] [seeks] [advice] 

sammy [jay] had a headache , such a headache ! 
1 sammy 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 headache
5 headache 6 ,
6 , 7 such
7 such 8 a
8 a 9 headache
9 headache 10 !

he had thought and thought and thought , until now it seemed to him that the world surely had turned topsy-turvy . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 thought
3 thought 4 and
4 and 5 thought
5 thought 6 and
6 and 7 thought
7 thought 8 ,
8 , 9 until
9 until 10 now
10 now 11 it
11 it 12 seemed
12 seemed 13 to
13 to 14 him
14 him 15 that
15 that 16 the
16 the 17 world
17 world 18 surely
18 surely 19 had
19 had 20 turned
20 turned 21 topsy-turvy
21 topsy-turvy 22 .

his poor little head was all in a whirl , and that was what made it ache . 
1 his 2 poor
2 poor 3 little
3 little 4 head
4 head 5 was
5 was 6 all
6 all 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 whirl
9 whirl 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 that
12 that 13 was
13 was 14 what
14 what 15 made
15 made 16 it
16 it 17 ache
17 ache 18 .

first he had been accused of screaming in the night to waken and scare the little meadow and forest people who wanted to sleep . 
1 first 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 accused
5 accused 6 of
6 of 7 screaming
7 screaming 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 to
11 to 12 waken
12 waken 13 and
13 and 14 scare
14 scare 15 the
15 the 16 little
16 little 17 meadow
17 meadow 18 and
18 and 19 forest
19 forest 20 people
20 people 21 who
21 who 22 wanted
22 wanted 23 to
23 to 24 sleep
24 sleep 25 .

it was no wonder that his head ached . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 wonder
4 wonder 5 that
5 that 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 ached
8 ached 9 .

hardly any of the little meadow and forest people would speak to him now . 
1 hardly 2 any
2 any 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 little
5 little 6 meadow
6 meadow 7 and
7 and 8 forest
8 forest 9 people
9 people 10 would
10 would 11 speak
11 speak 12 to
12 to 13 him
13 him 14 now
14 now 15 .

they just turned their backs to him whenever he met them . 
1 they 2 just
2 just 3 turned
3 turned 4 their
4 their 5 backs
5 backs 6 to
6 to 7 him
7 him 8 whenever
8 whenever 9 he
9 he 10 met
10 met 11 them
11 them 12 .

he didn't mind this so much , because he knew that none of them had ever liked him very well . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mind
3 mind 4 this
4 this 5 so
5 so 6 much
6 much 7 ,
7 , 8 because
8 because 9 he
9 he 10 knew
10 knew 11 that
11 that 12 none
12 none 13 of
13 of 14 them
14 them 15 had
15 had 16 ever
16 ever 17 liked
17 liked 18 him
18 him 19 very
19 very 20 well
20 well 21 .

you see he had played too many mean tricks for any one to really like him . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 played
5 played 6 too
6 too 7 many
7 many 8 mean
8 mean 9 tricks
9 tricks 10 for
10 for 11 any
11 any 12 one
12 one 13 to
13 to 14 really
14 really 15 like
15 like 16 him
16 him 17 .

but he did hate to have them blame him for something that he hadn't done . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 hate
4 hate 5 to
5 to 6 have
6 have 7 them
7 them 8 blame
8 blame 9 him
9 him 10 for
10 for 11 something
11 something 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 hadn't
14 hadn't 15 done
15 done 16 .

" it 's too much for me ! " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 too
4 too 5 much
5 much 6 for
6 for 7 me
7 me 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 13 .

" it 's too much for me ! 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 too
4 too 5 much
5 much 6 for
6 for 7 me
7 me 8 !

i must get help somewhere . 
1 i 2 must
2 must 3 get
3 get 4 help
4 help 5 somewhere
5 somewhere 6 .

now , [who] [can] [i] go to , so few will have anything to do with me ? " 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 6 go
6 go 7 to
7 to 8 ,
8 , 9 so
9 so 10 few
10 few 11 will
11 will 12 have
12 have 13 anything
13 anything 14 to
14 to 15 do
15 do 16 with
16 with 17 me
17 me 18 ?
18 ? 19 "

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

sammy [jay] pricked up his ears and spread his wings . 
1 sammy 3 pricked
3 pricked 4 up
4 up 5 his
5 his 6 ears
6 ears 7 and
7 and 8 spread
8 spread 9 his
9 his 10 wings
10 wings 11 .

" my cousin , [blacky] [the] [crow] [!] " he cried . 
1 " 2 my
2 my 3 cousin
3 cousin 4 ,
4 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 cried
11 cried 12 .

" [why] [didn't] [i] think of him before ? 
1 " 5 think
5 think 6 of
6 of 7 him
7 him 8 before
8 before 9 ?

he 's very smart , is [blacky] [the] [crow] , and perhaps he can tell me what to do . " 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 very
3 very 4 smart
4 smart 5 ,
5 , 6 is
6 is 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 perhaps
12 perhaps 13 he
13 he 14 can
14 can 15 tell
15 tell 16 me
16 me 17 what
17 what 18 to
18 to 19 do
19 do 20 .
20 . 21 "

so [sammy] [jay] [hurried] as fast as he could to lay his troubles [before] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 so 5 as
5 as 6 fast
6 fast 7 as
7 as 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 to
10 to 11 lay
11 lay 12 his
12 his 13 troubles
13 troubles 18 .

blacky 's eyes twinkled as he listened [to] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [tale] [of] [woe] . 
1 blacky 2 's
2 's 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 twinkled
4 twinkled 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 listened
7 listened 15 .

when [sammy] [had] [finished] [and] [had] asked [for] [blacky] ['s] [advice] , [blacky] [went] [into] a black study . 
1 when 7 asked
7 asked 12 ,
12 , 16 a
16 a 17 black
17 black 18 study
18 study 19 .

sammy sat and waited patiently , for he [felt] [certain] [that] [blacky] ['s] [shrewd] [head] would find some plan to solve the mystery . 
1 sammy 2 sat
2 sat 3 and
3 and 4 waited
4 waited 5 patiently
5 patiently 6 ,
6 , 7 for
7 for 8 he
8 he 16 would
16 would 17 find
17 find 18 some
18 some 19 plan
19 plan 20 to
20 to 21 solve
21 solve 22 the
22 the 23 mystery
23 mystery 24 .

" how ? " [asked] [sammy] [jay] [eagerly] [.] 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

" go away [from] [the] [green] [meadows] and [the] [green] [forest] [and] stay away for a week , " [replied] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 " 2 go
2 go 3 away
3 away 8 and
8 and 13 stay
13 stay 14 away
14 away 15 for
15 for 16 a
16 a 17 week
17 week 18 ,
18 , 19 "

" go up to the [far-away] [old] [pasture] [on] [the] edge of the mountain , [where] [reddy] and [granny] [fox] [are] [living] [.] 
1 " 2 go
2 go 3 up
3 up 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 11 edge
11 edge 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 mountain
14 mountain 15 ,
15 , 18 and

" the very thing ! " [cried] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 6 "

" [i] ['ll] [move] at once ! " 
1 " 5 at
5 at 6 once
6 once 7 !
7 ! 8 "

and off he hurried to prepare to move up to [the] [old] [pasture] . 
1 and 2 off
2 off 3 he
3 he 4 hurried
4 hurried 5 to
5 to 6 prepare
6 prepare 7 to
7 to 8 move
8 move 9 up
9 up 10 to
10 to 14 .

[xi] 

[how] [blacky] [the] [crow's] [plan] [worked] [out] 

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 4 thief
4 thief 5 !
5 ! 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

[old] [granny] [fox] [,] [trotting] [along] [a] [cow-path] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] [on] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [mountain] [,] [heard] [it] [and] [grinned] [.] 

pretty soon he caught sight of a wonderful coat of bright blue with white trimmings . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 caught
4 caught 5 sight
5 sight 6 of
6 of 7 a
7 a 8 wonderful
8 wonderful 9 coat
9 coat 10 of
10 of 11 bright
11 bright 12 blue
12 blue 13 with
13 with 14 white
14 white 15 trimmings
15 trimmings 16 .

" hi [,] [sammy] [jay] ! 
1 " 2 hi
2 hi 6 !

what are you doing up here ? " [shouted] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 doing
4 doing 5 up
5 up 6 here
6 here 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

sammy [jay] [heard] [him] [and] [hurried] [over] [to] [where] [reddy] [fox] was sitting . 
1 sammy 12 was
12 was 13 sitting
13 sitting 14 .

" hello [,] [reddy] [fox] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 6 !

how are you feeling ? " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 how 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 feeling
4 feeling 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 10 .

" better , thank you . 
1 " 2 better
2 better 3 ,
3 , 4 thank
4 thank 5 you
5 you 6 .

what are you doing way up here in this lonely place ? " [replied] [reddy] [.] 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 doing
4 doing 5 way
5 way 6 up
6 up 7 here
7 here 8 in
8 in 9 this
9 this 10 lonely
10 lonely 11 place
11 place 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" it 's a long story , " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 story
6 story 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" tell it to me , " [begged] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 " 2 tell
2 tell 3 it
3 it 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 ,
6 , 7 "

then he [told] [about] [blacky] [the] [crow] ['s] [plan] , which was that [sammy] [should] [come] to [the] [old] [pasture] [and] live for a week . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 10 ,
10 , 11 which
11 which 12 was
12 was 13 that
13 that 17 to
17 to 22 live
22 live 23 for
23 for 24 a
24 a 25 week
25 week 26 .

[reddy] [fox] [chuckled] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 

that [night] [sammy] [jay] [found] [a] [comfortable] [place] [which] [seemed] [quite] [safe] in which to go to sleep . 
1 that 13 in
13 in 14 which
14 which 15 to
15 to 16 go
16 go 17 to
17 to 18 sleep
18 sleep 19 .

sammy screamed twice . 
1 sammy 2 screamed
2 screamed 3 twice
3 twice 4 .

boomer heard him and down he came with a rush . 
1 boomer 2 heard
2 heard 3 him
3 him 4 and
4 and 5 down
5 down 6 he
6 he 7 came
7 came 8 with
8 with 9 a
9 a 10 rush
10 rush 11 .

" why , [sammy] [jay] [,] what under the sun are you doing way off here ? " [exclaimed] [boomer] [.] 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ,
3 , 7 what
7 what 8 under
8 under 9 the
9 the 10 sun
10 sun 11 are
11 are 12 you
12 you 13 doing
13 doing 14 way
14 way 15 off
15 off 16 here
16 here 17 ?
17 ? 18 "

" going to bed , " [replied] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 going
2 going 3 to
3 to 4 bed
4 bed 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" say , [boomer] [,] [will] you do something for me ? " 
1 " 2 say
2 say 3 ,
3 , 7 you
7 you 8 do
8 do 9 something
9 something 10 for
10 for 11 me
11 me 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" that depends upon what it is , " [replied] [boomer] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 depends
3 depends 4 upon
4 upon 5 what
5 what 6 it
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 ,
8 , 9 "

boomer promised that he would , and off he started . 
1 boomer 2 promised
2 promised 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 would
5 would 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 off
8 off 9 he
9 he 10 started
10 started 11 .

he found [peter] [and] [told] him . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 6 him
6 him 7 .

[xii] 

[no] [one] [believes] [peter] [rabbit] 

peter [rabbit] sat in his secret place in the middle [of] [the] [old] [briar-patch] . 
1 peter 3 sat
3 sat 4 in
4 in 5 his
5 his 6 secret
6 secret 7 place
7 place 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 middle
10 middle 15 .

peter was doing some very hard thinking . 
1 peter 2 was
2 was 3 doing
3 doing 4 some
4 some 5 very
5 very 6 hard
6 hard 7 thinking
7 thinking 8 .

he ought to have been asleep , for he had been out the whole night long . 
1 he 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 have
4 have 5 been
5 been 6 asleep
6 asleep 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 he
9 he 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 12 out
12 out 13 the
13 the 14 whole
14 whole 15 night
15 night 16 long
16 long 17 .

but instead of sleeping , he was wide awake and thinking and thinking . 
1 but 2 instead
2 instead 3 of
3 of 4 sleeping
4 sleeping 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 wide
8 wide 9 awake
9 awake 10 and
10 and 11 thinking
11 thinking 12 and
12 and 13 thinking
13 thinking 14 .

you see early the night before [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [had] [told] [peter] that [sammy] [jay] [was] [up] [in] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 early
3 early 4 the
4 the 5 night
5 night 6 before
6 before 13 that
13 that 23 .

boomer had seen him going to bed there and had come straight down to tell [peter] . 
1 boomer 2 had
2 had 3 seen
3 seen 4 him
4 him 5 going
5 going 6 to
6 to 7 bed
7 bed 8 there
8 there 9 and
9 and 10 had
10 had 11 come
11 come 12 straight
12 straight 13 down
13 down 14 to
14 to 15 tell
15 tell 17 .

so he had hurried this way and that way , telling every one he [met] [how] [sammy] [jay] had moved away [to] [the] [old] [pasture] . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 hurried
4 hurried 5 this
5 this 6 way
6 way 7 and
7 and 8 that
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 ,
10 , 11 telling
11 telling 12 every
12 every 13 one
13 one 14 he
14 he 19 had
19 had 20 moved
20 moved 21 away
21 away 26 .

but no one believed him . 
1 but 2 no
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 believed
4 believed 5 him
5 him 6 .

" wait and see ! 
1 " 2 wait
2 wait 3 and
3 and 4 see
4 see 5 !

wait and see ! " said [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 wait 2 and
2 and 3 see
3 see 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 9 .

" it 's just a trick , " said [bobby] [coon] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 just
4 just 5 a
5 a 6 trick
6 trick 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" [but] [boomer] [the] [nighthawk] [saw] [him] up [there] [going] to bed and talked with him ! " [cried] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 8 up
8 up 11 to
11 to 12 bed
12 bed 13 and
13 and 14 talked
14 talked 15 with
15 with 16 him
16 him 17 !
17 ! 18 "

" but that would be a wrong story , and [i] [don't] [believe] that [boomer] would do anything like that ! " [cried] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 that
3 that 4 would
4 would 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 wrong
7 wrong 8 story
8 story 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 14 that
14 that 16 would
16 would 17 do
17 do 18 anything
18 anything 19 like
19 like 20 that
20 that 21 !
21 ! 22 "

just then there was a shrill scream of " [thief] [!] thief ! thief ! " over in the alder bushes . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 there
3 there 4 was
4 was 5 a
5 a 6 shrill
6 shrill 7 scream
7 scream 8 of
8 of 9 "
9 " 12 thief
12 thief 13 !
13 ! 14 thief
14 thief 15 !
15 ! 16 "
16 " 17 over
17 over 18 in
18 in 19 the
19 the 20 alder
20 alder 21 bushes
21 bushes 22 .

it certainly sounded like [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 sounded
3 sounded 4 like
4 like 9 .

" what did [i] [tell] you ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 did
3 did 6 you
6 you 7 ?

now what do you think ? " [cried] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 now 2 what
2 what 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 think
5 think 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

peter didn't know what to think , and he said so . 
1 peter 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 said
10 said 11 so
11 so 12 .

so now [peter] [sat] [in] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [thinking] [and] [thinking] , when he should have been asleep . 
1 so 2 now
2 now 12 ,
12 , 13 when
13 when 14 he
14 he 15 should
15 should 16 have
16 have 17 been
17 been 18 asleep
18 asleep 19 .

finally he yawned and stretched and then started along one of his private little paths . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 yawned
3 yawned 4 and
4 and 5 stretched
5 stretched 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 started
8 started 9 along
9 along 10 one
10 one 11 of
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 private
13 private 14 little
14 little 15 paths
15 paths 16 .

" [i] ['ll] [just] run up to [the] [green] [forest] [and] try to find [sammy] [jay] , " he said . 
1 " 5 run
5 run 6 up
6 up 7 to
7 to 12 try
12 try 13 to
13 to 14 find
14 find 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 he
19 he 20 said
20 said 21 .

so [peter] [hunted] and [hunted] all through [the] [green] [forest] [for] [sammy] [jay] , and asked everybody he met if they had seen [sammy] . 
1 so 4 and
4 and 6 all
6 all 7 through
7 through 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 asked
16 asked 17 everybody
17 everybody 18 he
18 he 19 met
19 met 20 if
20 if 21 they
21 they 22 had
22 had 23 seen
23 seen 25 .

but no one had , though every one [took] [pains] [to] [tell] [peter] [that] they had heard [sammy] in the night . 
1 but 2 no
2 no 3 one
3 one 4 had
4 had 5 ,
5 , 6 though
6 though 7 every
7 every 8 one
8 one 15 they
15 they 16 had
16 had 17 heard
17 heard 19 in
19 in 20 the
20 the 21 night
21 night 22 .

at last [peter] [found] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 9 .

he was muttering and grumbling to himself , and he didn't see [peter] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 muttering
3 muttering 4 and
4 and 5 grumbling
5 grumbling 6 to
6 to 7 himself
7 himself 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 see
12 see 14 .

[xiii] 

[sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [pours] [out] [his] [troubles] 

sticky-toes was quite upset . 
1 sticky-toes 2 was
2 was 3 quite
3 quite 4 upset
4 upset 5 .

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

" don't know what it means ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 it
5 it 6 means
6 means 7 !

don't know what it means ! 
1 don't 2 know
2 know 3 what
3 what 4 it
4 it 5 means
5 means 6 !

don't know what it means ! " [croaked] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [,] [over] and over again . 
1 don't 2 know
2 know 3 what
3 what 4 it
4 it 5 means
5 means 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 15 and
15 and 16 over
16 over 17 again
17 again 18 .

" don't know what what means ? " [asked] [peter] [rabbit] [,] [whose] [curiosity] [would] [not] [let] [him] [keep] [still] [.] 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 what
5 what 6 means
6 means 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

" hello [,] [long-ears] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 5 !

i don't know that it 's any of your business ! " said [sticky-toes] . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 5 it
5 it 6 's
6 's 7 any
7 any 8 of
8 of 9 your
9 your 10 business
10 business 11 !
11 ! 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 .

sticky-toes nodded his head . 
1 sticky-toes 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 .

" [i] [heard] it [,] ["] said he . 
1 " 4 it
4 it 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" but how [could] [sammy] [jay] [be] [down] [here] if he went to bed way off there in the [old] [pasture] [?] 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 how
3 how 10 if
10 if 11 he
11 he 12 went
12 went 13 to
13 to 14 bed
14 bed 15 way
15 way 16 off
16 off 17 there
17 there 18 in
18 in 19 the

tell me that , [sticky-toes] [?] " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 3 that
3 that 4 ,
4 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 11 .

sticky-toes shook his head . 
1 sticky-toes 2 shook
2 shook 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 .

" don't ask me ! 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 ask
3 ask 4 me
4 me 5 !

don't ask me ! 
1 don't 2 ask
2 ask 3 me
3 me 4 !

just tell me how it is that [i] [hear] my own voice [when] [i] [don't] [speak] [a] [word] , " said [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 just 2 tell
2 tell 3 me
3 me 4 how
4 how 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 7 that
7 that 10 my
10 my 11 own
11 own 12 voice
12 voice 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 said
21 said 23 the

" what 's that ? " [exclaimed] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

then [sticky-toes] [poured] [out] all his troubles [to] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 then 5 all
5 all 6 his
6 his 7 troubles
7 troubles 11 .

they were very much like the troubles [of] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 very
3 very 4 much
4 much 5 like
5 like 6 the
6 the 7 troubles
7 troubles 11 .

he was getting so worried that he couldn't eat . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 getting
3 getting 4 so
4 so 5 worried
5 worried 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 eat
9 eat 10 .

[peter] [rabbit] [listened] [with] [his] [mouth] [wide] [open] [.] 

it was just the same kind of a story [that] [sammy] [jay] [had] [told] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 the
4 the 5 same
5 same 6 kind
6 kind 7 of
7 of 8 a
8 a 9 story
9 story 15 .

what under the sun could be going on ? 
1 what 2 under
2 under 3 the
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 5 could
5 could 6 be
6 be 7 going
7 going 8 on
8 on 9 ?

peter couldn't understand it at all . 
1 peter 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 understand
3 understand 4 it
4 it 5 at
5 at 6 all
6 all 7 .

it certainly was very , very curious . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 was
3 was 4 very
4 very 5 ,
5 , 6 very
6 very 7 curious
7 curious 8 .

he just must find out about it ! 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 must
3 must 4 find
4 find 5 out
5 out 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 !

[xiv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [meets] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

after [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [had] [poured] [out] [his] troubles [,] [peter] [went] [back] [to] [the] [old] [briar-patch] [,] [more] [puzzled] [than] [ever] . 
1 after 3 the
3 the 10 troubles
10 troubles 24 .

wasn't it enough to drive any one crazy ? 
1 wasn't 2 it
2 it 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
4 to 5 drive
5 drive 6 any
6 any 7 one
7 one 8 crazy
8 crazy 9 ?

the more [peter] [studied] [over] [it] , the more puzzled he grew . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 puzzled
10 puzzled 11 he
11 he 12 grew
12 grew 13 .

the next night he started out for [the] [green] [forest] [with] a new plan in his head . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 night
3 night 4 he
4 he 5 started
5 started 6 out
6 out 7 for
7 for 12 a
12 a 13 new
13 new 14 plan
14 plan 15 in
15 in 16 his
16 his 17 head
17 head 18 .

he would hide down among the alders [by] [the] [laughing] [brook] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 hide
3 hide 4 down
4 down 5 among
5 among 6 the
6 the 7 alders
7 alders 12 .

he would see for himself who was screaming with the voice of [sammy] [jay] [and] [talking] [with] the voice [of] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 see
3 see 4 for
4 for 5 himself
5 himself 6 who
6 who 7 was
7 was 8 screaming
8 screaming 9 with
9 with 10 the
10 the 11 voice
11 voice 12 of
12 of 18 the
18 the 19 voice
19 voice 25 .

he just had to know ! 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 had
3 had 4 to
4 to 5 know
5 know 6 !

he was hurrying so that he [almost] ran [into] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 hurrying
3 hurrying 4 so
4 so 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 8 ran
8 ran 14 .

" yo ' seem to be in a powerful hurry , [brer] [rabbit] [,] " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 seem
4 seem 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 powerful
9 powerful 10 hurry
10 hurry 11 ,
11 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 20 .

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

" [i] [must] get down to the [laughing] [brook] [before] dark . " 
1 " 4 get
4 get 5 down
5 down 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 11 dark
11 dark 12 .
12 . 13 "

" ' [pears] to me it must be mighty impo'tant to make yo ' hurry this way , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 2 '
2 ' 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 it
6 it 7 must
7 must 8 be
8 be 9 mighty
9 mighty 10 impo'tant
10 impo'tant 11 to
11 to 12 make
12 make 13 yo
13 yo 14 '
14 ' 15 hurry
15 hurry 16 this
16 this 17 way
17 way 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 25 .

" it is , " [replied] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 ,
4 , 5 "

" it 's to keep me from going crazy . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 to
4 to 5 keep
5 keep 6 me
6 me 7 from
7 from 8 going
8 going 9 crazy
9 crazy 10 .
10 . 11 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [peter] [very] [hard] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [thought] [that] [peter] [was] [crazy] [already] [.] 

then he put a hand behind one ear just as if he was hard of hearing . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 put
3 put 4 a
4 a 5 hand
5 hand 6 behind
6 behind 7 one
7 one 8 ear
8 ear 9 just
9 just 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 hard
14 hard 15 of
15 of 16 hearing
16 hearing 17 .

peter chuckled in spite of himself , as he once more replied : 
1 peter 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 in
3 in 4 spite
4 spite 5 of
5 of 6 himself
6 himself 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 9 he
9 he 10 once
10 once 11 more
11 more 12 replied
12 replied 13 :

" it 's to keep me from going crazy . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 to
4 to 5 keep
5 keep 6 me
6 me 7 from
7 from 8 going
8 going 9 crazy
9 crazy 10 .
10 . 11 "

then [peter] [told] [unc] ['] [billy] [all] [about] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [troubles] and [all] [about] the troubles [of] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] . 
1 then 13 and
13 and 16 the
16 the 17 troubles
17 troubles 23 .

he listened to all that [peter] [rabbit] had to say , and a funny , pleased sort of look came into his eyes . 
1 he 2 listened
2 listened 3 to
3 to 4 all
4 all 5 that
5 that 8 had
8 had 9 to
9 to 10 say
10 say 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 a
13 a 14 funny
14 funny 15 ,
15 , 16 pleased
16 pleased 17 sort
17 sort 18 of
18 of 19 look
19 look 20 came
20 came 21 into
21 into 22 his
22 his 23 eyes
23 eyes 24 .

" [ah] [reckon] [ah] [will] go along with yo'all , " said he . 
1 " 6 go
6 go 7 along
7 along 8 with
8 with 9 yo'all
9 yo'all 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [went] [with] [peter] [rabbit] [to] [the] [laughing] [brook] , where they hid underneath the alders . 
1 so 14 ,
14 , 15 where
15 where 16 they
16 they 17 hid
17 hid 18 underneath
18 underneath 19 the
19 the 20 alders
20 alders 21 .

[xv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [keep] [watch] 

" what 's that ? " [asked] [peter] [,] [pricking] [up] [his] [ears] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

" nothing , nothing , [brer] [rabbit] [,] nothing at all . 
1 " 2 nothing
2 nothing 3 ,
3 , 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 ,
5 , 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 at
10 at 11 all
11 all 12 .

ah has a habit of just talking foolishness to mahself , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 ah 2 has
2 has 3 a
3 a 4 habit
4 habit 5 of
5 of 6 just
6 just 7 talking
7 talking 8 foolishness
8 foolishness 9 to
9 to 10 mahself
10 mahself 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 15 '

[unc] ['] [billy] [agreed] [,] [and] [side] [by] [side] [they] [sat] [as] [still] [as] [if] [they] [were] [made] [of] [wood] [or] [stone] [.] 

it grew later and later , and still there was not a sound of the voice of either [sammy] [jay] [or] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] . 
1 it 2 grew
2 grew 3 later
3 later 4 and
4 and 5 later
5 later 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 still
8 still 9 there
9 there 10 was
10 was 11 not
11 not 12 a
12 a 13 sound
13 sound 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 voice
16 voice 17 of
17 of 18 either
18 either 26 .

peter began to get hungry . 
1 peter 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 get
4 get 5 hungry
5 hungry 6 .

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

the moonbeams crept farther and farther into the thicket of alder trees and bushes [where] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [were] [hiding] . 
1 the 2 moonbeams
2 moonbeams 3 crept
3 crept 4 farther
4 farther 5 and
5 and 6 farther
6 farther 7 into
7 into 8 the
8 the 9 thicket
9 thicket 10 of
10 of 11 alder
11 alder 12 trees
12 trees 13 and
13 and 14 bushes
14 bushes 25 .

then it was that they heard the voice [of] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 that
4 that 5 they
5 they 6 heard
6 heard 7 the
7 the 8 voice
8 voice 14 .

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

there [sat] [sticky-toes] [himself] , but his voice was coming from an alder on the other side [of] [the] [laughing] [brook] . 
1 there 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 his
7 his 8 voice
8 voice 9 was
9 was 10 coming
10 coming 11 from
11 from 12 an
12 an 13 alder
13 alder 14 on
14 on 15 the
15 the 16 other
16 other 17 side
17 side 22 .

" do you hear that ? 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 hear
4 hear 5 that
5 that 6 ?

do you hear that ? 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 hear
3 hear 4 that
4 that 5 ?

there 's my voice over there , and here [i] [am] [here] ! 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 my
3 my 4 voice
4 voice 5 over
5 over 6 there
6 there 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 here
9 here 13 !

what do you make of it ? " [whispered] [sticky-toes] [.] 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 make
4 make 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

peter didn't know what to make of it . 
1 peter 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 to
5 to 6 make
6 make 7 of
7 of 8 it
8 it 9 .

all he could do [was] [to] [gaze] [at] [sticky-toes] as if he thought [sticky-toes] was a ghost . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
4 do 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 he
12 he 13 thought
13 thought 15 was
15 was 16 a
16 a 17 ghost
17 ghost 18 .

peter turned to ask [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] what he thought , but [unc] ['] [billy] [wasn't] there . 
1 peter 2 turned
2 turned 3 to
3 to 4 ask
4 ask 9 what
9 what 10 he
10 he 11 thought
11 thought 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 18 there
18 there 19 .

[xvi] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [does] [a] [little] [surprising] [himself] 

but when he heard a whisper right over their heads and looked up to see [sticky-toes] [himself] , [unc] ' [billy] [almost] [chuckled] out [loud] . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 he
3 he 4 heard
4 heard 5 a
5 a 6 whisper
6 whisper 7 right
7 right 8 over
8 over 9 their
9 their 10 heads
10 heads 11 and
11 and 12 looked
12 looked 13 up
13 up 14 to
14 to 15 see
15 see 18 ,
18 , 20 '
20 ' 24 out
24 out 26 .

" yo ' [can't] [fool] [uncle] [billy] [,] [so] don't go fo ' to try ! 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 10 don't
10 don't 11 go
11 go 12 fo
12 fo 13 '
13 ' 14 to
14 to 15 try
15 try 16 !

ah knows yo ' , yes , [ah] [knows] [yo] ' [ah] [knows] [yo] ['] , [mistah] [sly] [.] " 
1 ah 2 knows
2 knows 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 ,
5 , 6 yes
6 yes 7 ,
7 , 11 '
11 ' 16 ,
16 , 20 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [is] [very] [soft-footed] [,] [oh] [,] [very] [soft-footed] [indeed] [,] [when] [he] [wants] [to] [be] [.] 

you see one must needs be very soft-footed to steal [eggs] [in] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 one
3 one 4 must
4 must 5 needs
5 needs 6 be
6 be 7 very
7 very 8 soft-footed
8 soft-footed 9 to
9 to 10 steal
10 steal 17 .

peter rubbed his eyes and stared all around , this way and that way , [but] [no] [sign] [of] [unc] ' [billy] could he see . 
1 peter 2 rubbed
2 rubbed 3 his
3 his 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 and
5 and 6 stared
6 stared 7 all
7 all 8 around
8 around 9 ,
9 , 10 this
10 this 11 way
11 way 12 and
12 and 13 that
13 that 14 way
14 way 15 ,
15 , 21 '
21 ' 23 could
23 could 24 he
24 he 25 see
25 see 26 .

this so surprised [peter] [rabbit] that he felt queer all over . 
1 this 2 so
2 so 3 surprised
3 surprised 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 felt
8 felt 9 queer
9 queer 10 all
10 all 11 over
11 over 12 .

now [here] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [disappeared] , just as if the earth had swallowed him up . 
1 now 9 ,
9 , 10 just
10 just 11 as
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 the
13 the 14 earth
14 earth 15 had
15 had 16 swallowed
16 swallowed 17 him
17 him 18 up
18 up 19 .

all this time [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] had been crawling along without the tiniest sound . 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 8 had
8 had 9 been
9 been 10 crawling
10 crawling 11 along
11 along 12 without
12 without 13 the
13 the 14 tiniest
14 tiniest 15 sound
15 sound 16 .

when he came to [the] [laughing] [brook] , he went up a way until he found a big tree with a branch stretching clear across . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 came
3 came 4 to
4 to 8 ,
8 , 9 he
9 he 10 went
10 went 11 up
11 up 12 a
12 a 13 way
13 way 14 until
14 until 15 he
15 he 16 found
16 found 17 a
17 a 18 big
18 big 19 tree
19 tree 20 with
20 with 21 a
21 a 22 branch
22 branch 23 stretching
23 stretching 24 clear
24 clear 25 across
25 across 26 .

he was [across] [the] [laughing] [brook] [without] [even] [wetting] his [feet] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 10 his
10 his 12 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [waste] [any] [time] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [listened] [,] [and] [the] [longer] [he] [listened] [,] [the] [broader] [grew] [the] [smile] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [shrewd] [face] [.] 

" thief ! thief ! thief ! " 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !
3 ! 4 thief
4 thief 5 !
5 ! 6 thief
6 thief 7 !
7 ! 8 "

it certainly sounded for all the world [like] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] , and it was right over [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [head] . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 sounded
3 sounded 4 for
4 for 5 all
5 all 6 the
6 the 7 world
7 world 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 it
15 it 16 was
16 was 17 right
17 right 18 over
18 over 24 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [peered] [up] [through] [the] [alders] [.] 

the leaves were so thick that he could not see very well , but what he did see was enough . 
1 the 2 leaves
2 leaves 3 were
3 were 4 so
4 so 5 thick
5 thick 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 not
9 not 10 see
10 see 11 very
11 very 12 well
12 well 13 ,
13 , 14 but
14 but 15 what
15 what 16 he
16 he 17 did
17 did 18 see
18 see 19 was
19 was 20 enough
20 enough 21 .

it was a long tail , a tail of feathers hanging down . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 tail
5 tail 6 ,
6 , 7 a
7 a 8 tail
8 tail 9 of
9 of 10 feathers
10 feathers 11 hanging
11 hanging 12 down
12 down 13 .

it [wasn't] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [tail] , either . 
1 it 7 ,
7 , 8 either
8 either 9 .

" [don] ' [yo'all] [think] that [yo'all] [have] [joked] [enough] ? " [asked] [unc] ' [billy] [,] [trying] [hard] to keep from chuckling aloud . 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 6 that
6 that 11 ?
11 ? 12 "
12 " 15 '
15 ' 20 to
20 to 21 keep
21 keep 22 from
22 from 23 chuckling
23 chuckling 24 aloud
24 aloud 25 .

a cry of " [thief] ["] [stopped] [right] [in] the middle , and two sharp eyes looked down in surprise [at] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 a 2 cry
2 cry 3 of
3 of 4 "
4 " 10 the
10 the 11 middle
11 middle 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 two
14 two 15 sharp
15 sharp 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 looked
17 looked 18 down
18 down 19 in
19 in 20 surprise
20 surprise 25 .

[xvii] 

[the] [meeting] [of] [two] [old] [friends] 

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

what are yo'all doing way up here ? " cried the owner of the long tail and sharp eyes . 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 yo'all
3 yo'all 4 doing
4 doing 5 way
5 way 6 up
6 up 7 here
7 here 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 cried
10 cried 11 the
11 the 12 owner
12 owner 13 of
13 of 14 the
14 the 15 long
15 long 16 tail
16 tail 17 and
17 and 18 sharp
18 sharp 19 eyes
19 eyes 20 .

" this is mah home now . 
1 " 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 mah
4 mah 5 home
5 home 6 now
6 now 7 .

ah done moved up here , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 ah 2 done
2 done 3 moved
3 moved 4 up
4 up 5 here
5 here 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 10 '

" ' [pears] to me that the question is what am yo'all doing way off up here ? 
1 " 2 '
2 ' 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 6 that
6 that 7 the
7 the 8 question
8 question 9 is
9 is 10 what
10 what 11 am
11 am 12 yo'all
12 yo'all 13 doing
13 doing 14 way
14 way 15 off
15 off 16 up
16 up 17 here
17 here 18 ?

ah [thought] [ah] sho'ly done hear your voice the other day , and [ah] most wore mah po ' feet out looking fo ' yo ' . 
1 ah 4 sho'ly
4 sho'ly 5 done
5 done 6 hear
6 hear 7 your
7 your 8 voice
8 voice 9 the
9 the 10 other
10 other 11 day
11 day 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 most
15 most 16 wore
16 wore 17 mah
17 mah 18 po
18 po 19 '
19 ' 20 feet
20 feet 21 out
21 out 22 looking
22 looking 23 fo
23 fo 24 '
24 ' 25 yo
25 yo 26 '
26 ' 27 .

ah [thought] [ah] [was] [mistaken] , but now [ah] [reckon] that [ah] was [right] , after all . 
1 ah 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 now
8 now 11 that
11 that 13 was
13 was 15 ,
15 , 16 after
16 after 17 all
17 all 18 .

my , but [ah] [am] [right] [smart] [glad] to see yo ' ! " 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 but
3 but 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 yo
11 yo 12 '
12 ' 13 !
13 ! 14 "

" thank yo ' , [unc] ' [billy] , " replied the owner of the long tail and the sharp eyes . 
1 " 2 thank
2 thank 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 ,
5 , 7 '
7 ' 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 replied
11 replied 12 the
12 the 13 owner
13 owner 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 long
16 long 17 tail
17 tail 18 and
18 and 19 the
19 the 20 sharp
20 sharp 21 eyes
21 eyes 22 .

" ah reckon yo ' can't be any more glad to see me , than [ah] [am] to see yo ' . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckon
3 reckon 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 can't
6 can't 7 be
7 be 8 any
8 any 9 more
9 more 10 glad
10 glad 11 to
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 me
13 me 14 ,
14 , 15 than
15 than 18 to
18 to 19 see
19 see 20 yo
20 yo 21 '
21 ' 22 .

[fact] [is] [,] [ah] [was] [getting] [right] [smart] [lonesome] [.] 

" ' [pears] [like] [if] [all] [ah] [hear] [am] true , that yo ' haven't done much lying low nights . 
1 " 2 '
2 ' 10 true
10 true 11 ,
11 , 12 that
12 that 13 yo
13 yo 14 '
14 ' 15 haven't
15 haven't 16 done
16 done 17 much
17 much 18 lying
18 lying 19 low
19 low 20 nights
20 nights 21 .

ah reckon yo ' done make up fo ' those lonesome feelings . 
1 ah 2 reckon
2 reckon 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 done
5 done 6 make
6 make 7 up
7 up 8 fo
8 fo 9 '
9 ' 10 those
10 those 11 lonesome
11 lonesome 12 feelings
12 feelings 13 .

[yes] [,] [sah] [,] [ah] [reckon] [so] [.] 

mah goodness , man , yo ' done set everybody to running around like they was crazy ! " [exclaimed] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 mah 2 goodness
2 goodness 3 ,
3 , 4 man
4 man 5 ,
5 , 6 yo
6 yo 7 '
7 ' 8 done
8 done 9 set
9 set 10 everybody
10 everybody 11 to
11 to 12 running
12 running 13 around
13 around 14 like
14 like 15 they
15 they 16 was
16 was 17 crazy
17 crazy 18 !
18 ! 19 "
19 " 22 '

the owner of the long tail and sharp eyes threw back his head and laughed , and his laugh was like the most beautiful music . 
1 the 2 owner
2 owner 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 long
5 long 6 tail
6 tail 7 and
7 and 8 sharp
8 sharp 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 threw
10 threw 11 back
11 back 12 his
12 his 13 head
13 head 14 and
14 and 15 laughed
15 laughed 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 his
18 his 19 laugh
19 laugh 20 was
20 was 21 like
21 like 22 the
22 the 23 most
23 most 24 beautiful
24 beautiful 25 music
25 music 26 .

it made [unc] ['] [billy] [feel] [good] [just] [listening] [to] it . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 11 it
11 it 12 .

the next mo'ning everybody said that he had been screaming just the same , and [po] ['] [sammy] [jay] [just] [moved] away . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 mo'ning
3 mo'ning 4 everybody
4 everybody 5 said
5 said 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 been
9 been 10 screaming
10 screaming 11 just
11 just 12 the
12 the 13 same
13 same 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 22 away
22 away 23 .

yo ' ought to be ashamed to play such jokes . " 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 ashamed
6 ashamed 7 to
7 to 8 play
8 play 9 such
9 such 10 jokes
10 jokes 11 .
11 . 12 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [as] [he] [said] [it] [.] 

then both little rascals laughed fit to kill themselves . 
1 then 2 both
2 both 3 little
3 little 4 rascals
4 rascals 5 laughed
5 laughed 6 fit
6 fit 7 to
7 to 8 kill
8 kill 9 themselves
9 themselves 10 .

" yo ' come over to my house , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 come
4 come 5 over
5 over 6 to
6 to 7 my
7 my 8 house
8 house 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 15 .

she done been laughing at me fo ' a [week] [,] [because] [ah] [was] [sho] ' [ah] [done] [hear] [yo] ['] that day . " 
1 she 2 done
2 done 3 been
3 been 4 laughing
4 laughing 5 at
5 at 6 me
6 me 7 fo
7 fo 8 '
8 ' 9 a
9 a 16 '
16 ' 22 that
22 that 23 day
23 day 24 .
24 . 25 "

[xviii] 

[the] [mischief-makers] 

there was a [dreadful] time [on] [the] [green] [meadows] and in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 5 time
5 time 10 and
10 and 11 in
11 in 12 the

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

it really was dreadful ! 
1 it 2 really
2 really 3 was
3 was 4 dreadful
4 dreadful 5 !

first [sammy] [jay] had been accused of screaming in the night and keeping honest little meadow and forest people awake when they wanted to sleep . 
1 first 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 accused
6 accused 7 of
7 of 8 screaming
8 screaming 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 night
11 night 12 and
12 and 13 keeping
13 keeping 14 honest
14 honest 15 little
15 little 16 meadow
16 meadow 17 and
17 and 18 forest
18 forest 19 people
19 people 20 awake
20 awake 21 when
21 when 22 they
22 they 23 wanted
23 wanted 24 to
24 to 25 sleep
25 sleep 26 .

and [all] [the] [time] [sammy] [jay] hadn't made a sound . 
1 and 7 hadn't
7 hadn't 8 made
8 made 9 a
9 a 10 sound
10 sound 11 .

those who had been the very best of friends would pass without speaking . 
1 those 2 who
2 who 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 the
5 the 6 very
6 very 7 best
7 best 8 of
8 of 9 friends
9 friends 10 would
10 would 11 pass
11 pass 12 without
12 without 13 speaking
13 speaking 14 .

you see , [everybody] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] and [in] [the] [green] [forest] knows everybody else by their voice . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 9 and
9 and 14 knows
14 knows 15 everybody
15 everybody 16 else
16 else 17 by
17 by 18 their
18 their 19 voice
19 voice 20 .

instead , he went straight over and [told] [johnny] [chuck] the [unkind] things that he had overheard [mrs] [redwing] [saying] [about] [johnny] . 
1 instead 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 went
4 went 5 straight
5 straight 6 over
6 over 7 and
7 and 11 the
11 the 13 things
13 things 14 that
14 that 15 he
15 he 16 had
16 had 17 overheard
17 overheard 23 .

and so it was , [all] [over] [the] [green] [meadows] and through [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 and 2 so
2 so 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 ,
5 , 11 and
11 and 12 through
12 through 16 .

it seemed as if almost everybody was heard talking about some one else , and never saying nice things . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 almost
5 almost 6 everybody
6 everybody 7 was
7 was 8 heard
8 heard 9 talking
9 talking 10 about
10 about 11 some
11 some 12 one
12 one 13 else
13 else 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 never
16 never 17 saying
17 saying 18 nice
18 nice 19 things
19 things 20 .

the only one who still managed to keep on good terms with everybody [was] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 3 one
3 one 4 who
4 who 5 still
5 still 6 managed
6 managed 7 to
7 to 8 keep
8 keep 9 on
9 on 10 good
10 good 11 terms
11 terms 12 with
12 with 13 everybody
13 everybody 19 .

my , my , no , indeed ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 ,
4 , 5 no
5 no 6 ,
6 , 7 indeed
7 indeed 8 !

then they would whisper and sometimes talk right out loud , when they felt sure that no one was near to hear . 
1 then 2 they
2 they 3 would
3 would 4 whisper
4 whisper 5 and
5 and 6 sometimes
6 sometimes 7 talk
7 talk 8 right
8 right 9 out
9 out 10 loud
10 loud 11 ,
11 , 12 when
12 when 13 they
13 they 14 felt
14 felt 15 sure
15 sure 16 that
16 that 17 no
17 no 18 one
18 one 19 was
19 was 20 near
20 near 21 to
21 to 22 hear
22 hear 23 .

what were they talking about ? 
1 what 2 were
2 were 3 they
3 they 4 talking
4 talking 5 about
5 about 6 ?

yes , [sir] [,] they were the mischief-makers . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 they
5 they 6 were
6 were 7 the
7 the 8 mischief-makers
8 mischief-makers 9 .

it was great fun to fool everybody so . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 great
3 great 4 fun
4 fun 5 to
5 to 6 fool
6 fool 7 everybody
7 everybody 8 so
8 so 9 .

they never once stopped to think how very , very uncomfortable it kept everybody feeling . 
1 they 2 never
2 never 3 once
3 once 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 7 how
7 how 8 very
8 very 9 ,
9 , 10 very
10 very 11 uncomfortable
11 uncomfortable 12 it
12 it 13 kept
13 kept 14 everybody
14 everybody 15 feeling
15 feeling 16 .

[xix] 

[bobby] [coon] [makes] [a] [discovery] 

[bobby] [coon] [had] [overslept] [.] 

[usually] [bobby] [is] [astir] [shortly] [after] [jolly] [,] [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [has] [gone] [to] [bed] [behind] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 

but [bobby] is very irregular in his habits . 
1 but 3 is
3 is 4 very
4 very 5 irregular
5 irregular 6 in
6 in 7 his
7 his 8 habits
8 habits 9 .

this night [bobby] [coon] [had] [overslept] because he had not gone to bed until the middle of the day . 
1 this 2 night
2 night 7 because
7 because 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 not
10 not 11 gone
11 gone 12 to
12 to 13 bed
13 bed 14 until
14 until 15 the
15 the 16 middle
16 middle 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 day
19 day 20 .

by this time [bobby] [coon] [had] [sticks] [in] his eyes . 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 9 his
9 his 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 .

he was so sleepy that it seemed to him that he never , never could get home . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 sleepy
4 sleepy 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 8 to
8 to 9 him
9 him 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 never
12 never 13 ,
13 , 14 never
14 never 15 could
15 could 16 get
16 get 17 home
17 home 18 .

he was [stumbling] [along] [through] [the] [green] [forest] when he came to a hollow log . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 9 when
9 when 10 he
10 he 11 came
11 came 12 to
12 to 13 a
13 a 14 hollow
14 hollow 15 log
15 log 16 .

what do you think he did ? 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 think
4 think 5 he
5 he 6 did
6 did 7 ?

there [bobby] [slept] all the rest of the day [and] [until] [long] [after] [mr] [sun] [had] [pulled] on [his] [rosy] [nightcap] . 
1 there 4 all
4 all 5 the
5 the 6 rest
6 rest 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 day
9 day 18 on
18 on 22 .

perhaps he would have slept there all night , if he hadn't been waked up . 
1 perhaps 2 he
2 he 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 slept
5 slept 6 there
6 there 7 all
7 all 8 night
8 night 9 ,
9 , 10 if
10 if 11 he
11 he 12 hadn't
12 hadn't 13 been
13 been 14 waked
14 waked 15 up
15 up 16 .

it was the cry of " [thief] [!] thief ! thief ! " that waked him . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 cry
4 cry 5 of
5 of 6 "
6 " 9 thief
9 thief 10 !
10 ! 11 thief
11 thief 12 !
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 that
14 that 15 waked
15 waked 16 him
16 him 17 .

it seemed to come from right over his head . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 come
4 come 5 from
5 from 6 right
6 right 7 over
7 over 8 his
8 his 9 head
9 head 10 .

at first he couldn't think where he was . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 think
5 think 6 where
6 where 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 .

then he remembered . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 remembered
3 remembered 4 .

" this is the greatest joke that ever was ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 the
4 the 5 greatest
5 greatest 6 joke
6 joke 7 that
7 that 8 ever
8 ever 9 was
9 was 10 !
10 ! 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 16 .

" [pretty] [soon] [nobody] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] or [in] [the] [green] [forest] [will] [speak] to [anybody] [else] [excepting] me . 
1 " 9 or
9 or 16 to
16 to 20 me
20 me 21 .

yo ' cert'nly have got all your ol ' tricks with yo ' . " 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 cert'nly
3 cert'nly 4 have
4 have 5 got
5 got 6 all
6 all 7 your
7 your 8 ol
8 ol 9 '
9 ' 10 tricks
10 tricks 11 with
11 with 12 yo
12 yo 13 '
13 ' 14 .
14 . 15 "

" yes , " said the voice , " ah done got all mah ol ' tricks and some more . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 the
6 the 7 voice
7 voice 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 ah
10 ah 11 done
11 done 12 got
12 got 13 all
13 all 14 mah
14 mah 15 ol
15 ol 16 '
16 ' 17 tricks
17 tricks 18 and
18 and 19 some
19 some 20 more
20 more 21 .

don ' yo ' think it is most time to stop ? 
1 don 2 '
2 ' 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 think
5 think 6 it
6 it 7 is
7 is 8 most
8 most 9 time
9 time 10 to
10 to 11 stop
11 stop 12 ?

ah don't want to show mahself in daylight . 
1 ah 2 don't
2 don't 3 want
3 want 4 to
4 to 5 show
5 show 6 mahself
6 mahself 7 in
7 in 8 daylight
8 daylight 9 .

besides , [if] [ah'm] [found] [out] [,] nobody ain't gwine to have anything to do with me . " 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 8 nobody
8 nobody 9 ain't
9 ain't 10 gwine
10 gwine 11 to
11 to 12 have
12 have 13 anything
13 anything 14 to
14 to 15 do
15 do 16 with
16 with 17 me
17 me 18 .
18 . 19 "

" don't yo ' worry . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 worry
5 worry 6 .

nobody 's gwine to find yo ' out . 
1 nobody 2 's
2 's 3 gwine
3 gwine 4 to
4 to 5 find
5 find 6 yo
6 yo 7 '
7 ' 8 out
8 out 9 .

we 'll keep it up just a day or two longer . 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 keep
3 keep 4 it
4 it 5 up
5 up 6 just
6 just 7 a
7 a 8 day
8 day 9 or
9 or 10 two
10 two 11 longer
11 longer 12 .

yo ' cert'nly am powerful good at imitating other people 's voices . 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 cert'nly
3 cert'nly 4 am
4 am 5 powerful
5 powerful 6 good
6 good 7 at
7 at 8 imitating
8 imitating 9 other
9 other 10 people
10 people 11 's
11 's 12 voices
12 voices 13 .

ah [wonder] [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [hasn't] [got] [his] [eye] [on] [yo] ['] [before] [now] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 ah 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 24 .

[bobby] [coon] [had] [become] [wide] [awake] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 

[bobby] [waited] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] [his] [friend] [had] [left] [.] 

then he crawled out of the hollow log , and he was chuckling to himself . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 crawled
3 crawled 4 out
4 out 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 log
8 log 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 chuckling
13 chuckling 14 to
14 to 15 himself
15 himself 16 .

" [i] ['ll] just [have] a little talk with [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] , " said [bobby] [to] [himself] . 
1 " 4 just
4 just 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 talk
8 talk 9 with
9 with 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 20 .

[xx] 

[bobby] [coon] [and] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [have] [a] [talk] 

bobby had watched him until his own neck ached . 
1 bobby 2 had
2 had 3 watched
3 watched 4 him
4 him 5 until
5 until 6 his
6 his 7 own
7 own 8 neck
8 neck 9 ached
9 ached 10 .

[mistah] [buzzard] [hardly] [ever] [moved] [his] [wings] [.] 

at [last] [mistah] [buzzard] [came] [sailing] [down] [straight] [for] the tall dead tree . 
1 at 10 the
10 the 11 tall
11 tall 12 dead
12 dead 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

with two or three flaps of his great wings he settled down on his favorite perch and looked [down] at [bobby] [coon] . 
1 with 2 two
2 two 3 or
3 or 4 three
4 three 5 flaps
5 flaps 6 of
6 of 7 his
7 his 8 great
8 great 9 wings
9 wings 10 he
10 he 11 settled
11 settled 12 down
12 down 13 on
13 on 14 his
14 his 15 favorite
15 favorite 16 perch
16 perch 17 and
17 and 18 looked
18 looked 20 at
20 at 23 .

" good mo'ning , [brer] [coon] [,] " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 mo'ning
3 mo'ning 4 ,
4 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 14 .

" fair to middling well , " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] , with a twinkle in his eyes . 
1 " 2 fair
2 fair 3 to
3 to 4 middling
4 middling 5 well
5 well 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 13 ,
13 , 14 with
14 with 15 a
15 a 16 twinkle
16 twinkle 17 in
17 in 18 his
18 his 19 eyes
19 eyes 20 .

" [what] [can] [ah] [do] fo ' yo'all ? " 
1 " 6 fo
6 fo 7 '
7 ' 8 yo'all
8 yo'all 9 ?
9 ? 10 "

is there ? " 
1 is 2 there
2 there 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

bobby was using his very politest manner . 
1 bobby 2 was
2 was 3 using
3 using 4 his
4 his 5 very
5 very 6 politest
6 politest 7 manner
7 manner 8 .

["] [cert'nly] [!] 

cert'nly ! " [chuckled] [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] [.] 
1 cert'nly 2 !
2 ! 3 "
3 " 6 '

" it ['s] [mistah] [mockah] [the] [mocking-bird] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 8 .

why , that bird just likes to go around making trouble ; he just naturally likes to . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 that
3 that 4 bird
4 bird 5 just
5 just 6 likes
6 likes 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 around
9 around 10 making
10 making 11 trouble
11 trouble 12 ;
12 ; 13 he
13 he 14 just
14 just 15 naturally
15 naturally 16 likes
16 likes 17 to
17 to 18 .

why do yo ' ask , [brer] [coon] [?] " 
1 why 2 do
2 do 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 ask
5 ask 6 ,
6 , 10 "

" because he is right here in the [green] [forest] [now] [,] " [replied] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 " 2 because
2 because 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 right
5 right 6 here
6 here 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 13 "

" what 's that yo ' [am] [a-saying] , [brer] [coon] [?] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 that
4 that 5 yo
5 yo 6 '
6 ' 9 ,

what 's that ? " [cried] [ol] ' [mistah] [buzzard] [,] [growing] very [excited] . 
1 what 2 's
2 's 3 that
3 that 4 ?
4 ? 5 "
5 " 8 '
8 ' 13 very
13 very 15 .

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [chuckled] [.] 

" yo ' might have known [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [behind] [all] that [trouble] , " said he . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 might
4 might 5 have
5 have 6 known
6 known 13 that
13 that 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 18 he
18 he 19 .

" [yes] [,] [sah] [,] yo ' might have known that ol ' rascal was behind it . 
1 " 6 yo
6 yo 7 '
7 ' 8 might
8 might 9 have
9 have 10 known
10 known 11 that
11 that 12 ol
12 ol 13 '
13 ' 14 rascal
14 rascal 15 was
15 was 16 behind
16 behind 17 it
17 it 18 .

when [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [and] [mockah] [get] [their] [haids] [together] [,] there [sho'ly] is [gwine] to be something doing . " 
1 when 13 there
13 there 15 is
15 is 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 something
19 something 20 doing
20 doing 21 .
21 . 22 "

[xxi] 

[bobby] [coon] [has] [a] [busy] [day] 

[bobby] [coon] [had] [left] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sitting] [on] [his] [favorite] [dead] [tree] [.] 

every few minutes [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [would] [chuckle] . 
1 every 2 few
2 few 3 minutes
3 minutes 10 .

" [brer] [coon] is [right] [smart] , and [ah] [reckon] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] is [gwine] to get a taste of his own medicine . 
1 " 4 is
4 is 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 15 is
15 is 17 to
17 to 18 get
18 get 19 a
19 a 20 taste
20 taste 21 of
21 of 22 his
22 his 23 own
23 own 24 medicine
24 medicine 25 .

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [reckon] he is ! " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 16 .

he whispered a few words in the ear of one and then hurried on to whisper to the next one . 
1 he 2 whispered
2 whispered 3 a
3 a 4 few
4 few 5 words
5 words 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 ear
8 ear 9 of
9 of 10 one
10 one 11 and
11 and 12 then
12 then 13 hurried
13 hurried 14 on
14 on 15 to
15 to 16 whisper
16 whisper 17 to
17 to 18 the
18 the 19 next
19 next 20 one
20 one 21 .

when he got through , he always carried away with him a promise that just what he had asked should be done . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 got
3 got 4 through
4 through 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 always
7 always 8 carried
8 carried 9 away
9 away 10 with
10 with 11 him
11 him 12 a
12 a 13 promise
13 promise 14 that
14 that 15 just
15 just 16 what
16 what 17 he
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 asked
19 asked 20 should
20 should 21 be
21 be 22 done
22 done 23 .

it was the busiest [day] [that] [bobby] [coon] [could] [remember] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 busiest
4 busiest 11 .

it was the very next morning [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] was [trotting] [along] the [crooked] [little] [path] [down] [the] hill . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 very
4 very 5 next
5 next 6 morning
6 morning 12 was
12 was 15 the
15 the 21 hill
21 hill 22 .

he was just starting out on his daily round of calls , and he was [grinning] [as] only [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [can] [grin] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 starting
4 starting 5 out
5 out 6 on
6 on 7 his
7 his 8 daily
8 daily 9 round
9 round 10 of
10 of 11 calls
11 calls 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 18 only
18 only 20 '

" [mah] [name] [is] [billy] [possum] [and] mah home 's a hollow tree ! 
1 " 8 mah
8 mah 9 home
9 home 10 's
10 's 11 a
11 a 12 hollow
12 hollow 13 tree
13 tree 14 !

by day or night [ah] [wander] [forth] [it] 's [all] the same to me ! 
1 by 2 day
2 day 3 or
3 or 4 night
4 night 9 's
9 's 11 the
11 the 12 same
12 same 13 to
13 to 14 me
14 me 15 !

ah fill mah stomach with an egg , or sometimes it is [fish] [;] [in] [fact] [ah] [always] [helps] [mahself] [to] [anything] [ah] [wish] . 
1 ah 2 fill
2 fill 3 mah
3 mah 4 stomach
4 stomach 5 with
5 with 6 an
6 an 7 egg
7 egg 8 ,
8 , 9 or
9 or 10 sometimes
10 sometimes 11 it
11 it 12 is
12 is 25 .

this morning he was on his way to call [first] [on] [johnny] [chuck] . 
1 this 2 morning
2 morning 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 on
5 on 6 his
6 his 7 way
7 way 8 to
8 to 9 call
9 call 14 .

half-way down the hill he met [bobby] [coon] . 
1 half-way 2 down
2 down 3 the
3 the 4 hill
4 hill 5 he
5 he 6 met
6 met 9 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [stopped] [and] [held] [out] [one] [hand] [as] [he] [said] ["] [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [coon] [.] 

how do yo'all do this fine mo'ning ? " 
1 how 2 do
2 do 3 yo'all
3 yo'all 4 do
4 do 5 this
5 this 6 fine
6 fine 7 mo'ning
7 mo'ning 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

[bobby] [coon] [walked] [right] [past] [as] [if] [he] [didn't] [see] [unc] ['] [billy] [at] [all] [.] 

he didn't even look at him . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 even
3 even 4 look
4 look 5 at
5 at 6 him
6 him 7 .

" what 's the matter with yo ' this mo'ning , [brer] [coon] [?] " [shouted] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 matter
5 matter 6 with
6 with 7 yo
7 yo 8 '
8 ' 9 this
9 this 10 mo'ning
10 mo'ning 11 ,
11 , 15 "
15 " 18 '

[bobby] [coon] [kept] [right] [on] [,] [without] [so] [much] [as] [turning] [his] [head] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [watched] [him] [,] [and] [there] [was] [a] [puzzled] [look] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [face] [.] 

" must be [that] [brer] [coon] [has] [something] [powerful] [impo'tant] on his mind , ["] [muttered] [unc] ' [billy] , as he started on . 
1 " 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 11 on
11 on 12 his
12 his 13 mind
13 mind 14 ,
14 , 18 '
18 ' 20 ,
20 , 21 as
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 started
23 started 24 on
24 on 25 .

pretty soon he [met] [jimmy] [skunk] [who] had always been one of [unc] ' [billy] ['s] [best] [friends] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 8 had
8 had 9 always
9 always 10 been
10 been 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 14 '

jimmy was looking under every stick and stone for beetles for his breakfast . 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 looking
3 looking 4 under
4 under 5 every
5 every 6 stick
6 stick 7 and
7 and 8 stone
8 stone 9 for
9 for 10 beetles
10 beetles 11 for
11 for 12 his
12 his 13 breakfast
13 breakfast 14 .

" good mo'ning , [neighbor] [skunk] [!] " [said] [unc] ' [billy] in his heartiest voice . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 mo'ning
3 mo'ning 4 ,
4 , 8 "
8 " 11 '
11 ' 13 in
13 in 14 his
14 his 15 heartiest
15 heartiest 16 voice
16 voice 17 .

jimmy just went right on about his business . 
1 jimmy 2 just
2 just 3 went
3 went 4 right
4 right 5 on
5 on 6 about
6 about 7 his
7 his 8 business
8 business 9 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [down] [and] [scratched] [his] [head] [.] 

his face had lost the cheerful grin with which he had started out . 
1 his 2 face
2 face 3 had
3 had 4 lost
4 lost 5 the
5 the 6 cheerful
6 cheerful 7 grin
7 grin 8 with
8 with 9 which
9 which 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 started
12 started 13 out
13 out 14 .

pretty soon he started on , but every few minutes he would stop and scratch his head thoughtfully . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 started
4 started 5 on
5 on 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 every
8 every 9 few
9 few 10 minutes
10 minutes 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 stop
13 stop 14 and
14 and 15 scratch
15 scratch 16 his
16 his 17 head
17 head 18 thoughtfully
18 thoughtfully 19 .

he didn't know what to make [of] [bobby] [coon] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 to
5 to 6 make
6 make 13 .

he was so surprised that he hadn't known whether to be angry or not . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 surprised
4 surprised 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 hadn't
7 hadn't 8 known
8 known 9 whether
9 whether 10 to
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 angry
12 angry 13 or
13 or 14 not
14 not 15 .

" ah must find out [what] [brer] [chuck] [knows] about it , ["] [thought] [unc] ' [billy] , as he trotted on . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 must
3 must 4 find
4 find 5 out
5 out 10 about
10 about 11 it
11 it 12 ,
12 , 16 '
16 ' 18 ,
18 , 19 as
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 trotted
21 trotted 22 on
22 on 23 .

[xxii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sees] [many] [backs] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [very] [sober] [as] [he] [hurried] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [to] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [house] [.] 

he was very sober indeed , and that is [very] [unusual] for [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 sober
4 sober 5 indeed
5 indeed 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 that
8 that 9 is
9 is 12 for
12 for 17 .

it was very plain to see that something was bothering him . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 plain
4 plain 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 something
8 something 9 was
9 was 10 bothering
10 bothering 11 him
11 him 12 .

[johnny] [chuck] [was] [sitting] [on] [his] [doorstep] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [in] [sight] [,] [trotting] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [came] [to] [a] [stop] [about] [two] [feet] [behind] [johnny] [chuck] [.] 

" [a-hem] [!] ["] said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 5 said
5 said 9 .

[johnny] [chuck] [sat] [there] [without] [moving] [,] [just] [as] [if] [he] [hadn't] [heard] [.] 

" it 's a fine mo'ning , " [said] [unc] ' [billy] in his pleasantest voice . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
4 a 5 fine
5 fine 6 mo'ning
6 mo'ning 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 11 '
11 ' 13 in
13 in 14 his
14 his 15 pleasantest
15 pleasantest 16 voice
16 voice 17 .

instead [of] [replying] , [johnny] [chuck] [suddenly] [kicked] [up] [his] [heels] and disappeared inside his house . 
1 instead 4 ,
4 , 12 and
12 and 13 disappeared
13 disappeared 14 inside
14 inside 15 his
15 his 16 house
16 house 17 .

after a while he started on . 
1 after 2 a
2 a 3 while
3 while 4 he
4 he 5 started
5 started 6 on
6 on 7 .

pretty soon he [came] [to] [where] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] was playing all by himself . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 10 was
10 was 11 playing
11 playing 12 all
12 all 13 by
13 by 14 himself
14 himself 15 .

he didn't know that [unc] ['] [billy] was [about] [until] [unc] ['] [billy] said [:] ["] [good] [mo'ning] [,] [brer] [meadow] [mouse] . " 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 8 was
8 was 14 said
14 said 23 .
23 . 24 "

now [danny] [had] [always] [been] [delighted] [to] [see] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] and [to] have a chat with him [whenever] [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [stop] . 
1 now 13 and
13 and 15 have
15 have 16 a
16 a 17 chat
17 chat 18 with
18 with 19 him
19 him 26 .

but this morning no sooner did [danny] [hear] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [voice] [than] he [turned] [his] [back] [to] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 morning
3 morning 4 no
4 no 5 sooner
5 sooner 6 did
6 did 15 he
15 he 23 .

this was [more] [than] [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [stand] . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 10 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gave] [it] up and went [on] down [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 so 8 up
8 up 9 and
9 and 10 went
10 went 12 down
12 down 17 .

there [little] [joe] [otter] and [billy] [mink] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] [were] [at] play . 
1 there 5 and
5 and 13 play
13 play 14 .

" [hello] [,] [yo'alls] [!] ["] [shouted] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 9 '

splash ! 
1 splash 2 !

all three had dived [into] [the] [smiling] [pool] , and [though] [unc] ['] [billy] waited and waited , he didn't see one of them again . 
1 all 2 three
2 three 3 had
3 had 4 dived
4 dived 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 15 waited
15 waited 16 and
16 and 17 waited
17 waited 18 ,
18 , 19 he
19 he 20 didn't
20 didn't 21 see
21 see 22 one
22 one 23 of
23 of 24 them
24 them 25 again
25 again 26 .

so he went home to his hollow tree in the [green] [forest] [early] [that] day to try and study out what it all meant . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 home
4 home 5 to
5 to 6 his
6 his 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 tree
8 tree 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 15 day
15 day 16 to
16 to 17 try
17 try 18 and
18 and 19 study
19 study 20 out
20 out 21 what
21 what 22 it
22 it 23 all
23 all 24 meant
24 meant 25 .

[xxiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [consults] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] 

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [has] [very] [sharp] [eyes] [.] 

nobody has sharper eyes than he . 
1 nobody 2 has
2 has 3 sharper
3 sharper 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 than
5 than 6 he
6 he 7 .

there is very little [that] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [misses] . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 little
4 little 11 .

by and [by] [unc] ['] [billy] looked [up] [in] [the] [sky] [where] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [was] [sailing] ['] round and ' round . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 7 looked
7 looked 20 round
20 round 21 and
21 and 22 '
22 ' 23 round
23 round 24 .

[then] [unc] ['] [billy] [hopped] [up] [mighty] [spry] [.] 

he hadn't been there [long] [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [came] [shuffling] [along] , just as if he was out walking for his health . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 been
3 been 4 there
4 there 14 ,
14 , 15 just
15 just 16 as
16 as 17 if
17 if 18 he
18 he 19 was
19 was 20 out
20 out 21 walking
21 walking 22 for
22 for 23 his
23 his 24 health
24 health 25 .

["] [howdy] [,] [mistah] [buzzard] [!] 

ah cert'nly hopes yo'all feel right smart , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 ah 2 cert'nly
2 cert'nly 3 hopes
3 hopes 4 yo'all
4 yo'all 5 feel
5 feel 6 right
6 right 7 smart
7 smart 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 14 .

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [as] [he] [replied] [:] ["] [ah] [feel] [right] [pert] [,] [brer] [possum] [,] [thank] [yo] ['] [.] 

ah hopes yo ' feel the same . 
1 ah 2 hopes
2 hopes 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 feel
5 feel 6 the
6 the 7 same
7 same 8 .

yo ' look like nothing ever bothers yo ' . " 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 look
3 look 4 like
4 like 5 nothing
5 nothing 6 ever
6 ever 7 bothers
7 bothers 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
9 ' 10 .
10 . 11 "

nothing ever does bother me . " 
1 nothing 2 ever
2 ever 3 does
3 does 4 bother
4 bother 5 me
5 me 6 .
6 . 7 "

" ah watched yo ' take a long walk this mo'ning , [brer] [possum] [,] " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 watched
3 watched 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 take
6 take 7 a
7 a 8 long
8 long 9 walk
9 walk 10 this
10 this 11 mo'ning
11 mo'ning 12 ,
12 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 22 .

" did yo ' , indeed ; yo ' have keen eyes , [mistah] [buzzard] [!] " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 ,
5 , 6 indeed
6 indeed 7 ;
7 ; 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
9 ' 10 have
10 have 11 keen
11 keen 12 eyes
12 eyes 13 ,
13 , 17 "
17 " 20 '

" ah saw yo ' meet a lot of yo ' friends . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 saw
3 saw 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 meet
6 meet 7 a
7 a 8 lot
8 lot 9 of
9 of 10 yo
10 yo 11 '
11 ' 12 friends
12 friends 13 .

it 's fine to have a lot of friends , isn't it [,] [brer] [possum] ? " said [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 fine
3 fine 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 a
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
8 of 9 friends
9 friends 10 ,
10 , 11 isn't
11 isn't 12 it
12 it 16 ?
16 ? 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 23 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [at] [ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [sharply] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [stared] [,] [and] [for] [a] [minute] [he] [couldn't] [find] [his] [tongue] [.] 

then he heard a noise that sounded very much like a chuckle . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 heard
3 heard 4 a
4 a 5 noise
5 noise 6 that
6 that 7 sounded
7 sounded 8 very
8 very 9 much
9 much 10 like
10 like 11 a
11 a 12 chuckle
12 chuckle 13 .

in a few minutes it was a laugh . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
4 minutes 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 a
7 a 8 laugh
8 laugh 9 .

[finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [began] [to] [laugh] [too] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [shook] [his] [head] [doubtfully] [.] 

" [serves] [yo'alls] right ! 
1 " 4 right
4 right 5 !

" ah know it . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 know
3 know 4 it
4 it 5 .

it cert'nly does , ["] [replied] [unc] ' [billy] meekly . 
1 it 2 cert'nly
2 cert'nly 3 does
3 does 4 ,
4 , 8 '
8 ' 10 meekly
10 meekly 11 .

" [mischief] always [trots] [ahead] [of] [grim] [ol] ['] [mistah] [trouble] , [they] [look] and act enough alike to be each other 's double . 
1 " 3 always
3 always 12 ,
12 , 15 and
15 and 16 act
16 act 17 enough
17 enough 18 alike
18 alike 19 to
19 to 20 be
20 be 21 each
21 each 22 other
22 other 23 's
23 's 24 double
24 double 25 .

[whoever] [fools] [with] [mischief] ['s] [gwine] [to] [wake] [some] [day] [or] [other] [and] [find] [that] [trouble] ['s] [just] [the] [same] [as] [mischief] ['s] [own] [twin] [brother] [.] ["] 

[old] [mrs] [possum] [grumbled] [and] [scolded] [,] [but] [all] [the] [time] [she] [was] [thinking] [,] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [she] [was] [.] 

finally she finished sweeping the doorsteps and looked [thoughtfully] at [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 finally 2 she
2 she 3 finished
3 finished 4 sweeping
4 sweeping 5 the
5 the 6 doorsteps
6 doorsteps 7 and
7 and 8 looked
8 looked 10 at
10 at 14 .

" why don't yo ' give a party fo ' [mistah] [mocking-bird] ? " she inquired . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 don't
3 don't 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 give
6 give 7 a
7 a 8 party
8 party 9 fo
9 fo 10 '
10 ' 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 she
15 she 16 inquired
16 inquired 17 .

" the very thing ! ["] [cried] [unc] ' [billy] , and like a flash back came his old-time grin . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 5 !
5 ! 9 '
9 ' 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 like
13 like 14 a
14 a 15 flash
15 flash 16 back
16 back 17 came
17 came 18 his
18 his 19 old-time
19 old-time 20 grin
20 grin 21 .

[xxiv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [gives] [a] [party] 

at [first] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [been] [afraid] that [no] one [would] [come] . 
1 at 9 that
9 that 11 one
11 one 14 .

of course that meant [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [must] [take] [them] [around] [himself] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 that
3 that 4 meant
4 meant 14 .

my , but that was hard work ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 but
3 but 4 that
4 that 5 was
5 was 6 hard
6 hard 7 work
7 work 8 !

it took him two whole days . 
1 it 2 took
2 took 3 him
3 him 4 two
4 two 5 whole
5 whole 6 days
6 days 7 .

in the first place there were so many to see . 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 there
5 there 6 were
6 were 7 so
7 so 8 many
8 many 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [make] [another] [low] [bow] [and] [hurry] on to the next one . 
1 then 12 on
12 on 13 to
13 to 14 the
14 the 15 next
15 next 16 one
16 one 17 .

[mistah] [buzzard] [had] [found] [sammy] [jay] [in] [the] [far-away] [old] [pasture] [,] [and] [sammy] [had] [moved] [back] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [very] [day] [.] 

such a good time as everybody did have ! 
1 such 2 a
2 a 3 good
3 good 4 time
4 time 5 as
5 as 6 everybody
6 everybody 7 did
7 did 8 have
8 have 9 !

there were heaps and heaps of good things to eat . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 3 heaps
3 heaps 4 and
4 and 5 heaps
5 heaps 6 of
6 of 7 good
7 good 8 things
8 things 9 to
9 to 10 eat
10 eat 11 .

they danced and played hide and seek . 
1 they 2 danced
2 danced 3 and
3 and 4 played
4 played 5 hide
5 hide 6 and
6 and 7 seek
7 seek 8 .

[finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [climbed] [up] [on] [a] [stump] [.] 

he was dressed in his finest suit , and he wore his broadest grin . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 dressed
3 dressed 4 in
4 in 5 his
5 his 6 finest
6 finest 7 suit
7 suit 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 wore
11 wore 12 his
12 his 13 broadest
13 broadest 14 grin
14 grin 15 .

everybody crowded around to hear what [unc] ['] [billy] was about to say . 
1 everybody 2 crowded
2 crowded 3 around
3 around 4 to
4 to 5 hear
5 hear 6 what
6 what 10 was
10 was 11 about
11 about 12 to
12 to 13 say
13 say 14 .

" [mah] friends and neighbors , " said [unc] ['] [billy] , " ah have a great surprise fo ' yo'alls . " 
1 " 3 friends
3 friends 4 and
4 and 5 neighbors
5 neighbors 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 ah
14 ah 15 have
15 have 16 a
16 a 17 great
17 great 18 surprise
18 surprise 19 fo
19 fo 20 '
20 ' 21 yo'alls
21 yo'alls 22 .
22 . 23 "

then he stepped down , and everybody began to wonder and to guess what the surprise could be . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 stepped
3 stepped 4 down
4 down 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 everybody
7 everybody 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 wonder
10 wonder 11 and
11 and 12 to
12 to 13 guess
13 guess 14 what
14 what 15 the
15 the 16 surprise
16 surprise 17 could
17 could 18 be
18 be 19 .

[xxv] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum's] [surprise] 

everybody was asking everybody else [what] [the] [surprise] [could] [be] [which] [unc] ['] [billy] had said he had for them . 
1 everybody 2 was
2 was 3 asking
3 asking 4 everybody
4 everybody 5 else
5 else 15 had
15 had 16 said
16 said 17 he
17 he 18 had
18 had 19 for
19 for 20 them
20 them 21 .

after he had made his speech , he had scurried out of sight , and no one could find him . 
1 after 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 made
4 made 5 his
5 his 6 speech
6 speech 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 scurried
10 scurried 11 out
11 out 12 of
12 of 13 sight
13 sight 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 no
16 no 17 one
17 one 18 could
18 could 19 find
19 find 20 him
20 him 21 .

[sammy] [jay] [became] [greatly] [excited] [.] 

" there ! " he cried ! 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 cried
6 cried 7 !

" you heard that when you was standing right in front of me and talking to me [,] [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 heard
3 heard 4 that
4 that 5 when
5 when 6 you
6 you 7 was
7 was 8 standing
8 standing 9 right
9 right 10 in
10 in 11 front
11 front 12 of
12 of 13 me
13 me 14 and
14 and 15 talking
15 talking 16 to
16 to 17 me
17 me 21 .

you [know] [that] [i] [wasn't] [making] a sound ! 
1 you 7 a
7 a 8 sound
8 sound 9 !

i [told] [you] [that] [i] hadn't been screaming in the night , and this proves it ! " 
1 i 6 hadn't
6 hadn't 7 been
7 been 8 screaming
8 screaming 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 night
11 night 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 this
14 this 15 proves
15 proves 16 it
16 it 17 !
17 ! 18 "

jerry [muskrat] looked as if he couldn't believe his own ears . 
1 jerry 3 looked
3 looked 4 as
4 as 5 if
5 if 6 he
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 believe
8 believe 9 his
9 his 10 own
10 own 11 ears
11 ears 12 .

just then the voice of [sticky-toes] the [tree] [toad] [began] [to] [croak] " [it] ['s] [going] [to] [rain] [!] 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 the
3 the 4 voice
4 voice 5 of
5 of 7 the
7 the 13 "

it 's going to rain ! 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 rain
5 rain 6 !

it 's going to rain ! " 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 rain
5 rain 6 !
6 ! 7 "

the voice seemed to come out of that very same hemlock-tree . 
1 the 2 voice
2 voice 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
4 to 5 come
5 come 6 out
6 out 7 of
7 of 8 that
8 that 9 very
9 very 10 same
10 same 11 hemlock-tree
11 hemlock-tree 12 .

it was [sticky-toes] himself , and he had dropped from another tree altogether . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 himself
4 himself 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 dropped
9 dropped 10 from
10 from 11 another
11 another 12 tree
12 tree 13 altogether
13 altogether 14 .

" you hear it ! " he shrieked , dancing up and down he was so angry . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 hear
3 hear 4 it
4 it 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 shrieked
8 shrieked 9 ,
9 , 10 dancing
10 dancing 11 up
11 up 12 and
12 and 13 down
13 down 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 so
16 so 17 angry
17 angry 18 .

" you hear it ! 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 hear
3 hear 4 it
4 it 5 !

it isn't me , is it ? 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 me
3 me 4 ,
4 , 5 is
5 is 6 it
6 it 7 ?

that 's my voice , yet it isn't [mine] [,] [because] [i] ['m] right [here] ! 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 my
3 my 4 voice
4 voice 5 ,
5 , 6 yet
6 yet 7 it
7 it 8 isn't
8 isn't 14 right
14 right 16 !

how [can] [i] [be] [here] [and] [over] [there] [too] ? 
1 how 10 ?

tell me that ! " 
1 tell 2 me
2 me 3 that
3 that 4 !
4 ! 5 "

no one could tell him , and [sticky-toes] continued to scold and sputter and swell himself up with anger . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 could
3 could 4 tell
4 tell 5 him
5 him 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 continued
9 continued 10 to
10 to 11 scold
11 scold 12 and
12 and 13 sputter
13 sputter 14 and
14 and 15 swell
15 swell 16 himself
16 himself 17 up
17 up 18 with
18 with 19 anger
19 anger 20 .

now no one [knew] that [blacky] [the] [crow] had come to [the] [party] , [for] [blacky] never [goes] [abroad] [at] [night] . 
1 now 2 no
2 no 3 one
3 one 5 that
5 that 9 had
9 had 10 come
10 come 11 to
11 to 14 ,
14 , 17 never
17 never 22 .

" come out , [blacky] [!] " they all shouted . 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 out
3 out 4 ,
4 , 7 "
7 " 8 they
8 they 9 all
9 all 10 shouted
10 shouted 11 .

[but] [no] [blacky] [appeared] [.] 

instead out of that magic hemlock-tree poured a beautiful song , so beautiful that when it ended everybody clapped their hands . 
1 instead 2 out
2 out 3 of
3 of 4 that
4 that 5 magic
5 magic 6 hemlock-tree
6 hemlock-tree 7 poured
7 poured 8 a
8 a 9 beautiful
9 beautiful 10 song
10 song 11 ,
11 , 12 so
12 so 13 beautiful
13 beautiful 14 that
14 that 15 when
15 when 16 it
16 it 17 ended
17 ended 18 everybody
18 everybody 19 clapped
19 clapped 20 their
20 their 21 hands
21 hands 22 .

no one had ever heard anything like it , and when it ended every one shouted for more . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 had
3 had 4 ever
4 ever 5 heard
5 heard 6 anything
6 anything 7 like
7 like 8 it
8 it 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 when
11 when 12 it
12 it 13 ended
13 ended 14 every
14 every 15 one
15 one 16 shouted
16 shouted 17 for
17 for 18 more
18 more 19 .

[even] [sticky-toes] [the] [tree] [toad] [forgot] [his] [ill] [temper] [.] 

instead of more music , out from the hemlock-tree flew a stranger . 
1 instead 2 of
2 of 3 more
3 more 4 music
4 music 5 ,
5 , 6 out
6 out 7 from
7 from 8 the
8 the 9 hemlock-tree
9 hemlock-tree 10 flew
10 flew 11 a
11 a 12 stranger
12 stranger 13 .

he [was] [about] [the] [size] [of] [sammy] [jay] [and] wore a modest gray suit with white trimmings . 
1 he 10 wore
10 wore 11 a
11 a 12 modest
12 modest 13 gray
13 gray 14 suit
14 suit 15 with
15 with 16 white
16 white 17 trimmings
17 trimmings 18 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [wore] [his] [broadest] [grin] [.] 

we uns is right sorry fo ' the trouble we uns have made . 
1 we 2 uns
2 uns 3 is
3 is 4 right
4 right 5 sorry
5 sorry 6 fo
6 fo 7 '
7 ' 8 the
8 the 9 trouble
9 trouble 10 we
10 we 11 uns
11 uns 12 have
12 have 13 made
13 made 14 .

it was all a joke , and now we asks yo ' pardon . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 all
3 all 4 a
4 a 5 joke
5 joke 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 now
8 now 9 we
9 we 10 asks
10 asks 11 yo
11 yo 12 '
12 ' 13 pardon
13 pardon 14 .

[mah] [friend] [mistah] [mockah] [would] [like] [to] [stay] [here] [and] [live] [,] [if] [yo'alls] [is] [willing] [,] ["] [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

[xxvi] 

[mr] [.] [mocker] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

while they were talking the matter over , [mr] [mocker] [began] to sing again that wonderful song of his . 
1 while 2 they
2 they 3 were
3 were 4 talking
4 talking 5 the
5 the 6 matter
6 matter 7 over
7 over 8 ,
8 , 12 to
12 to 13 sing
13 sing 14 again
14 again 15 that
15 that 16 wonderful
16 wonderful 17 song
17 song 18 of
18 of 19 his
19 his 20 .

it was so beautiful that by the time it was ended , every one was ready to grant the pardon . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 that
5 that 6 by
6 by 7 the
7 the 8 time
8 time 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 ended
11 ended 12 ,
12 , 13 every
13 every 14 one
14 one 15 was
15 was 16 ready
16 ready 17 to
17 to 18 grant
18 grant 19 the
19 the 20 pardon
20 pardon 21 .

of course they heard all about the party the next morning and were very anxious indeed to see the stranger with the wonderful voice . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 they
3 they 4 heard
4 heard 5 all
5 all 6 about
6 about 7 the
7 the 8 party
8 party 9 the
9 the 10 next
10 next 11 morning
11 morning 12 and
12 and 13 were
13 were 14 very
14 very 15 anxious
15 anxious 16 indeed
16 indeed 17 to
17 to 18 see
18 see 19 the
19 the 20 stranger
20 stranger 21 with
21 with 22 the
22 the 23 wonderful
23 wonderful 24 voice
24 voice 25 .

of course [mr] [mocker] [had] [to] [show] [off] [his] [wonderful] [voice] [to] [each] [one] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 15 .

so he soon made himself at home and , because he was happy , he would sing all day long . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 soon
3 soon 4 made
4 made 5 himself
5 himself 6 at
6 at 7 home
7 home 8 and
8 and 9 ,
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 happy
13 happy 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 would
16 would 17 sing
17 sing 18 all
18 all 19 day
19 day 20 long
20 long 21 .

and sometimes , when the moon was shining , he woke up in the night and would sing for very joy . 
1 and 2 sometimes
2 sometimes 3 ,
3 , 4 when
4 when 5 the
5 the 6 moon
6 moon 7 was
7 was 8 shining
8 shining 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 woke
11 woke 12 up
12 up 13 in
13 in 14 the
14 the 15 night
15 night 16 and
16 and 17 would
17 would 18 sing
18 sing 19 for
19 for 20 very
20 very 21 joy
21 joy 22 .

it was great fun . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 great
3 great 4 fun
4 fun 5 .

finally he thought of [grandfather] [frog] , [who] is very old and very wise . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 of
4 of 7 ,
7 , 9 is
9 is 10 very
10 very 11 old
11 old 12 and
12 and 13 very
13 very 14 wise
14 wise 15 .

" he 'll know , " said [peter] , as [off] he [posted] [to] [the] [smiling] [pool] . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 'll
3 'll 4 know
4 know 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 9 ,
9 , 10 as
10 as 12 he
12 he 18 .

now [grandfather] [frog] was [feeling] [out] [of] [sorts] [that] [morning] . 
1 now 4 was
4 was 11 .

["] [chugarum] [!] ["] [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [crossly] [.] 

" go [ask] [mr] [buzzard] , " and that was all [that] [peter] [could] [get] out of him . 
1 " 2 go
2 go 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 and
8 and 9 that
9 that 10 was
10 was 11 all
11 all 16 out
16 out 17 of
17 of 18 him
18 him 19 .

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [laughed] [when] [he] [heard] [that] [some] [folks] [said] [that] [mr] [mocker] [had] [not] [come] [by] [his] [voice] [honestly] [.] 

" there isn't a word of truth in it , [brer] [rabbit] [,] " he declared . 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 a
4 a 5 word
5 word 6 of
6 of 7 truth
7 truth 8 in
8 in 9 it
9 it 10 ,
10 , 14 "
14 " 15 he
15 he 16 declared
16 declared 17 .

" yo ' [go] [tell] all [your] [friends] that [mistah] [mockah] is the best loved of all the [birds] way [down] [souf] . " 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 6 all
6 all 9 that
9 that 12 is
12 is 13 the
13 the 14 best
14 best 15 loved
15 loved 16 of
16 of 17 all
17 all 18 the
18 the 20 way
20 way 23 .
23 . 24 "

and this is all for the present [about] [the] [adventures] [of] [mr] [mocker] [the] [mocking-bird] . 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 all
4 all 5 for
5 for 6 the
6 the 7 present
7 present 16 .

but others have had adventures , and [one] [is] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 but 2 others
2 others 3 have
3 have 4 had
4 had 5 adventures
5 adventures 6 ,
6 , 7 and

the next book will tell all about them . 
1 the 2 next
2 next 3 book
3 book 4 will
4 will 5 tell
5 tell 6 all
6 all 7 about
7 about 8 them
8 them 9 .

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