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[the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [prickly] [porky] 

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

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

[boston] 

[little] [,] [brown] [,] [and] [company] 

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[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [do] [tell] [me] [quickly] [what] [has] [happened] [to] [peter] [!] ["] 

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["] [do] [tell] [me] [quickly] [what] [has] [happened] [to] [peter] [!] ["] 

[frontispiece] 

["] [pooh] [,] ["] [exclaimed] [reddy] [fox] [.] 

["] [who's] [afraid] [of] [that] [fellow] [?] ["] 

[then] [he] [braced] [himself] [and] [pulled] [with] [all] [his] [might] 

[reddy] [wouldn't] [have] [believed] [that] [it] [was] [alive] 

["] [drop] [him] [!] ["] 

[he] [grunted] 

["] [i] [see] [you] [are] [up] [to] [your] [old] [tricks] [,] [prickly] [porky] [!] ["] 

[he] [shouted] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [prickly] [porky] 

[i] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [makes] [a] [find] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [had] [had] [a] [wonderful] [day] [.] 

now he was thinking of going home , for it was getting late in the afternoon . 
1 now 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 thinking
4 thinking 5 of
5 of 6 going
6 going 7 home
7 home 8 ,
8 , 9 for
9 for 10 it
10 it 11 was
11 was 12 getting
12 getting 13 late
13 late 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 afternoon
16 afternoon 17 .

he looked out across the open field [where] [mr] [goshawk] [had] [nearly] [caught] [him] [that] [morning] . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 out
3 out 4 across
4 across 5 the
5 the 6 open
6 open 7 field
7 field 17 .

his home was on the other side . 
1 his 2 home
2 home 3 was
3 was 4 on
4 on 5 the
5 the 6 other
6 other 7 side
7 side 8 .

so [happy] [jack] [started] on [his] [long] [journey] [around] the open field . 
1 so 5 on
5 on 10 the
10 the 11 open
11 open 12 field
12 field 13 .

now , [happy] [jack] ['s] [eyes] [are] [bright] [,] and there is very little [that] [happy] [jack] [does] [not] [see] . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 10 and
10 and 11 there
11 there 12 is
12 is 13 very
13 very 14 little
14 little 21 .

so , as he was jumping from one tree to another , he spied something down on the ground which excited his curiosity . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 jumping
6 jumping 7 from
7 from 8 one
8 one 9 tree
9 tree 10 to
10 to 11 another
11 another 12 ,
12 , 13 he
13 he 14 spied
14 spied 15 something
15 something 16 down
16 down 17 on
17 on 18 the
18 the 19 ground
19 ground 20 which
20 which 21 excited
21 excited 22 his
22 his 23 curiosity
23 curiosity 24 .

" [i] [must] [stop] and see what that is , " said [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 5 and
5 and 6 see
6 see 7 what
7 what 8 that
8 that 9 is
9 is 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 15 .

so down the tree he ran , and in a few minutes he had found the queer thing , which had caught his eyes . 
1 so 2 down
2 down 3 the
3 the 4 tree
4 tree 5 he
5 he 6 ran
6 ran 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 in
9 in 10 a
10 a 11 few
11 few 12 minutes
12 minutes 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 found
15 found 16 the
16 the 17 queer
17 queer 18 thing
18 thing 19 ,
19 , 20 which
20 which 21 had
21 had 22 caught
22 caught 23 his
23 his 24 eyes
24 eyes 25 .

it was smooth and black and white , and at one end it was very sharp with a tiny little barb . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 smooth
3 smooth 4 and
4 and 5 black
5 black 6 and
6 and 7 white
7 white 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 at
10 at 11 one
11 one 12 end
12 end 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 very
15 very 16 sharp
16 sharp 17 with
17 with 18 a
18 a 19 tiny
19 tiny 20 little
20 little 21 barb
21 barb 22 .

[happy] [jack] [found] [it] [out] [by] [pricking] [himself] [with] [it] [.] 

" [ooch] [,] ["] he cried , and dropped the queer thing . 
1 " 5 he
5 he 6 cried
6 cried 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 dropped
9 dropped 10 the
10 the 11 queer
11 queer 12 thing
12 thing 13 .

pretty soon he noticed there were a lot more on the ground . 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 noticed
4 noticed 5 there
5 there 6 were
6 were 7 a
7 a 8 lot
8 lot 9 more
9 more 10 on
10 on 11 the
11 the 12 ground
12 ground 13 .

" [i] wonder what they are , " said [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 what
4 what 5 they
5 they 6 are
6 are 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

" they don't grow , for they haven't any roots . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 don't
3 don't 4 grow
4 grow 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 7 they
7 they 8 haven't
8 haven't 9 any
9 any 10 roots
10 roots 11 .

they are not thorns , for there is no plant from which they could come . 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 not
3 not 4 thorns
4 thorns 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 7 there
7 there 8 is
8 is 9 no
9 no 10 plant
10 plant 11 from
11 from 12 which
12 which 13 they
13 they 14 could
14 could 15 come
15 come 16 .

they are not alive , so what can they be ? " 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 not
3 not 4 alive
4 alive 5 ,
5 , 6 so
6 so 7 what
7 what 8 can
8 can 9 they
9 they 10 be
10 be 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

now , [happy] [jack] ['s] [eyes] [are] [bright] [,] but sometimes he doesn't use them to the very best advantage . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 10 but
10 but 11 sometimes
11 sometimes 12 he
12 he 13 doesn't
13 doesn't 14 use
14 use 15 them
15 them 16 to
16 to 17 the
17 the 18 very
18 very 19 best
19 best 20 advantage
20 advantage 21 .

he was so busy examining the queer things on the ground that he never once thought to look up in the tops of the trees . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 busy
4 busy 5 examining
5 examining 6 the
6 the 7 queer
7 queer 8 things
8 things 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 ground
11 ground 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 never
14 never 15 once
15 once 16 thought
16 thought 17 to
17 to 18 look
18 look 19 up
19 up 20 in
20 in 21 the
21 the 22 tops
22 tops 23 of
23 of 24 the
24 the 25 trees
25 trees 26 .

if he had , perhaps he would not have been so much puzzled . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 ,
4 , 5 perhaps
5 perhaps 6 he
6 he 7 would
7 would 8 not
8 not 9 have
9 have 10 been
10 been 11 so
11 so 12 much
12 much 13 puzzled
13 puzzled 14 .

as it was he just gathered up three or four of the queer things and started on again . 
1 as 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 he
4 he 5 just
5 just 6 gathered
6 gathered 7 up
7 up 8 three
8 three 9 or
9 or 10 four
10 four 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 queer
13 queer 14 things
14 things 15 and
15 and 16 started
16 started 17 on
17 on 18 again
18 again 19 .

on the way [he] [met] [peter] [rabbit] and [showed] [peter] [what] he had . 
1 on 2 the
2 the 3 way
3 way 8 and
8 and 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 .

now , [you] [know] [peter] [rabbit] is very curious . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 7 is
7 is 8 very
8 very 9 curious
9 curious 10 .

he just couldn't sit still , but must scamper over to [the] [place] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [told] him about . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 sit
4 sit 5 still
5 still 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 must
8 must 9 scamper
9 scamper 10 over
10 over 11 to
11 to 18 him
18 him 19 about
19 about 20 .

" you 'd [better] be [careful] , [peter] [rabbit] [;] they 're very sharp , " [shouted] [happy] [jack] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 'd
3 'd 5 be
5 be 7 ,
7 , 11 they
11 they 12 're
12 're 13 very
13 very 14 sharp
14 sharp 15 ,
15 , 16 "

but as usual , [peter] was in too much of a hurry to heed what was said to him . 
1 but 2 as
2 as 3 usual
3 usual 4 ,
4 , 6 was
6 was 7 in
7 in 8 too
8 too 9 much
9 much 10 of
10 of 11 a
11 a 12 hurry
12 hurry 13 to
13 to 14 heed
14 heed 15 what
15 what 16 was
16 was 17 said
17 said 18 to
18 to 19 him
19 him 20 .

lipperty-lipperty-lip , lipperty-lipperty-lip , [went] [peter] [rabbit] [through] [the] [woods] [,] as fast as his long legs would take him . 
1 lipperty-lipperty-lip 2 ,
2 , 3 lipperty-lipperty-lip
3 lipperty-lipperty-lip 4 ,
4 , 12 as
12 as 13 fast
13 fast 14 as
14 as 15 his
15 his 16 long
16 long 17 legs
17 legs 18 would
18 would 19 take
19 take 20 him
20 him 21 .

then suddenly he squealed and sat down to nurse one of his feet . 
1 then 2 suddenly
2 suddenly 3 he
3 he 4 squealed
4 squealed 5 and
5 and 6 sat
6 sat 7 down
7 down 8 to
8 to 9 nurse
9 nurse 10 one
10 one 11 of
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 feet
13 feet 14 .

but he was up again in a flash with another squeal louder than before . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 up
4 up 5 again
5 again 6 in
6 in 7 a
7 a 8 flash
8 flash 9 with
9 with 10 another
10 another 11 squeal
11 squeal 12 louder
12 louder 13 than
13 than 14 before
14 before 15 .

peter [rabbit] had found the queer things [that] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] [had] [told] [him] [about] . 
1 peter 3 had
3 had 4 found
4 found 5 the
5 the 6 queer
6 queer 7 things
7 things 16 .

one was sticking in his foot , and one was in the white patch on the seat of his trousers . 
1 one 2 was
2 was 3 sticking
3 sticking 4 in
4 in 5 his
5 his 6 foot
6 foot 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 one
9 one 10 was
10 was 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 white
13 white 14 patch
14 patch 15 on
15 on 16 the
16 the 17 seat
17 seat 18 of
18 of 19 his
19 his 20 trousers
20 trousers 21 .

[ii] 

[the] [stranger] [from] [the] [north] 

[the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [of] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [were] [excited] [.] 

yes , [sir] [,] they certainly were excited . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 they
5 they 6 certainly
6 certainly 7 were
7 were 8 excited
8 excited 9 .

they hurried this way and that [way] [over] the [green] [meadows] [and] [told] [every] one they met . 
1 they 2 hurried
2 hurried 3 this
3 this 4 way
4 way 5 and
5 and 6 that
6 that 9 the
9 the 15 one
15 one 16 they
16 they 17 met
17 met 18 .

finally they reached [the] [smiling] [pool] [and] [excitedly] [told] [grandfather] [frog] [all] [about] it . 
1 finally 2 they
2 they 3 reached
3 reached 14 it
14 it 15 .

[grandfather] [frog] [smoothed] [down] [his] [white] [and] [yellow] [waistcoat] [and] [looked] [very] [wise] [,] [for] [you] [know] [that] [grandfather] [frog] [is] [very] [old] [.] 

" pooh , " said [grandfather] [frog] . 
1 " 2 pooh
2 pooh 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 8 .

" [i] [know] what they are . " 
1 " 4 what
4 what 5 they
5 they 6 are
6 are 7 .
7 . 8 "

" what ? " cried all [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] together . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 ?
3 ? 4 "
4 " 5 cried
5 cried 6 all
6 all 11 together
11 together 12 .

" [happy] [jack] says he is sure they do not grow , for there are no strange plants over there . " 
1 " 4 says
4 says 5 he
5 he 6 is
6 is 7 sure
7 sure 8 they
8 they 9 do
9 do 10 not
10 not 11 grow
11 grow 12 ,
12 , 13 for
13 for 14 there
14 there 15 are
15 are 16 no
16 no 17 strange
17 strange 18 plants
18 plants 19 over
19 over 20 there
20 there 21 .
21 . 22 "

[grandfather] [frog] [opened] [his] [big] [mouth] [and] [snapped] [up] [a] [foolish] [green] [fly] [that] [one] [of] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [blew] [over] [to] [him] [.] 

" [chug-a-rum] [,] ["] said [grandfather] [frog] . 
1 " 5 said
5 said 8 .

" things do not have to be on plants in order to grow . 
1 " 2 things
2 things 3 do
3 do 4 not
4 not 5 have
5 have 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 on
8 on 9 plants
9 plants 10 in
10 in 11 order
11 order 12 to
12 to 13 grow
13 grow 14 .

now [i] [am] [sure] [that] [those] [things] [grew] , and that they did not grow on a plant . " 
1 now 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 that
11 that 12 they
12 they 13 did
13 did 14 not
14 not 15 grow
15 grow 16 on
16 on 17 a
17 a 18 plant
18 plant 19 .
19 . 20 "

[the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [looked] [puzzled] [.] 

" what is there that grows and doesn't grow on a plant ? " asked one of them . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 there
4 there 5 that
5 that 6 grows
6 grows 7 and
7 and 8 doesn't
8 doesn't 9 grow
9 grow 10 on
10 on 11 a
11 a 12 plant
12 plant 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
14 " 15 asked
15 asked 16 one
16 one 17 of
17 of 18 them
18 them 19 .

" how about the claws on [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [toes] [and] the hair [of] [happy] [jack] ['s] [tail] [?] ["] [asked] [grandfather] [frog] . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 about
3 about 4 the
4 the 5 claws
5 claws 6 on
6 on 12 the
12 the 13 hair
13 hair 24 .

[the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [looked] [foolish] [.] 

" of course , " they cried . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 they
6 they 7 cried
7 cried 8 .

" we didn't think of that . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 6 that
6 that 7 .

but we are quite sure that these queer things that prick so are not claws , and certainly they are not hair . " 
1 but 2 we
2 we 3 are
3 are 4 quite
4 quite 5 sure
5 sure 6 that
6 that 7 these
7 these 8 queer
8 queer 9 things
9 things 10 that
10 that 11 prick
11 prick 12 so
12 so 13 are
13 are 14 not
14 not 15 claws
15 claws 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 certainly
18 certainly 19 they
19 they 20 are
20 are 21 not
21 not 22 hair
22 hair 23 .
23 . 24 "

" don't you be too sure , " said [grandfather] [frog] . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 you
3 you 4 be
4 be 5 too
5 too 6 sure
6 sure 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 .

away [raced] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [to] [the] [green] [forest] and began to search among the treetops . 
1 away 11 and
11 and 12 began
12 began 13 to
13 to 14 search
14 search 15 among
15 among 16 the
16 the 17 treetops
17 treetops 18 .

presently , way up in the top of a big poplar , they found a stranger . 
1 presently 2 ,
2 , 3 way
3 way 4 up
4 up 5 in
5 in 6 the
6 the 7 top
7 top 8 of
8 of 9 a
9 a 10 big
10 big 11 poplar
11 poplar 12 ,
12 , 13 they
13 they 14 found
14 found 15 a
15 a 16 stranger
16 stranger 17 .

" good morning , " said the [merry] [little] [breezes] [politely] [.] 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 morning
3 morning 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 the

" [mornin] ['] [,] " [grunted] the stranger in the treetop . 
1 " 5 "
5 " 7 the
7 the 8 stranger
8 stranger 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 treetop
11 treetop 12 .

" may we ask where you come from ? " said one [of] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [politely] . 
1 " 2 may
2 may 3 we
3 we 4 ask
4 ask 5 where
5 where 6 you
6 you 7 come
7 come 8 from
8 from 9 ?
9 ? 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 12 one
12 one 19 .

[iii] 

[prickly] [porky] [makes] [friends] 

the [merry] [little] [breezes] [soon] [spread] [the] news over the [green] [meadows] [and] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [that] [a] stranger had come from [the] [north] . 
1 the 8 news
8 news 9 over
9 over 10 the
10 the 20 stranger
20 stranger 21 had
21 had 22 come
22 come 23 from
23 from 26 .

at first he was very shy and had nothing to say . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 very
5 very 6 shy
6 shy 7 and
7 and 8 had
8 had 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 to
10 to 11 say
11 say 12 .

" pooh , " [exclaimed] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 " 2 pooh
2 pooh 3 ,
3 , 4 "

" who 's afraid of that fellow ? " 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 's
3 's 4 afraid
4 afraid 5 of
5 of 6 that
6 that 7 fellow
7 fellow 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

just then the stranger began to come down the tree . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 the
3 the 4 stranger
4 stranger 5 began
5 began 6 to
6 to 7 come
7 come 8 down
8 down 9 the
9 the 10 tree
10 tree 11 .

reddy backed away . 
1 reddy 2 backed
2 backed 3 away
3 away 4 .

" it looks as if you were afraid , [reddy] [fox] [,] " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 looks
3 looks 4 as
4 as 5 if
5 if 6 you
6 you 7 were
7 were 8 afraid
8 afraid 9 ,
9 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 17 .

" [i] ['m] [not] [afraid] [of] anything , " said [reddy] [fox] , and swelled himself up to look twice as big as he really is . 
1 " 7 anything
7 anything 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 swelled
15 swelled 16 himself
16 himself 17 up
17 up 18 to
18 to 19 look
19 look 20 twice
20 twice 21 as
21 as 22 big
22 big 23 as
23 as 24 he
24 he 25 really
25 really 26 is
26 is 27 .

" it seems to me [i] [hear] [bowser] [the] [hound] , " piped up [striped] [chipmunk] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 seems
3 seems 4 to
4 to 5 me
5 me 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 piped
13 piped 14 up
14 up 17 .

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [pooh] [,] ["] [exclaimed] [reddy] [fox] [.] 

" who 's afraid of that fellow ? " 
1 " 2 who
2 who 3 's
3 's 4 afraid
4 afraid 5 of
5 of 6 that
6 that 7 fellow
7 fellow 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

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my , how everybody did run , everybody but the stranger [from] [the] [north] . 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 everybody
4 everybody 5 did
5 did 6 run
6 run 7 ,
7 , 8 everybody
8 everybody 9 but
9 but 10 the
10 the 11 stranger
11 stranger 15 .

he kept on coming down the tree just the same . 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 3 on
3 on 4 coming
4 coming 5 down
5 down 6 the
6 the 7 tree
7 tree 8 just
8 just 9 the
9 the 10 same
10 same 11 .

bowser saw him and stopped in surprise . 
1 bowser 2 saw
2 saw 3 him
3 him 4 and
4 and 5 stopped
5 stopped 6 in
6 in 7 surprise
7 surprise 8 .

he had never seen anything quite like this big dark fellow . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 never
3 never 4 seen
4 seen 5 anything
5 anything 6 quite
6 quite 7 like
7 like 8 this
8 this 9 big
9 big 10 dark
10 dark 11 fellow
11 fellow 12 .

" bow , wow , wow ! " [shouted] [bowser] in his deepest voice . 
1 " 2 bow
2 bow 3 ,
3 , 4 wow
4 wow 5 ,
5 , 6 wow
6 wow 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 11 in
11 in 12 his
12 his 13 deepest
13 deepest 14 voice
14 voice 15 .

bowser was so surprised that he just stood still and stared . 
1 bowser 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 surprised
4 surprised 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 just
7 just 8 stood
8 stood 9 still
9 still 10 and
10 and 11 stared
11 stared 12 .

then he growled his deepest growl . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 growled
3 growled 4 his
4 his 5 deepest
5 deepest 6 growl
6 growl 7 .

still the stranger paid no attention to him . 
1 still 2 the
2 the 3 stranger
3 stranger 4 paid
4 paid 5 no
5 no 6 attention
6 attention 7 to
7 to 8 him
8 him 9 .

bowser did not know what to make of it . 
1 bowser 2 did
2 did 3 not
3 not 4 know
4 know 5 what
5 what 6 to
6 to 7 make
7 make 8 of
8 of 9 it
9 it 10 .

" [i] ['ll] [teach] that fellow a lesson , " said [bowser] [to] [himself] . 
1 " 5 that
5 that 6 fellow
6 fellow 7 a
7 a 8 lesson
8 lesson 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 15 .

" [i] ['ll] [shake] him , and shake him and shake him until he hasn't any breath left . " 
1 " 5 him
5 him 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 shake
8 shake 9 him
9 him 10 and
10 and 11 shake
11 shake 12 him
12 him 13 until
13 until 14 he
14 he 15 hasn't
15 hasn't 16 any
16 any 17 breath
17 breath 18 left
18 left 19 .
19 . 20 "

by this time the stranger was down on the ground and starting for another tree , minding his own business . 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 4 the
4 the 5 stranger
5 stranger 6 was
6 was 7 down
7 down 8 on
8 on 9 the
9 the 10 ground
10 ground 11 and
11 and 12 starting
12 starting 13 for
13 for 14 another
14 another 15 tree
15 tree 16 ,
16 , 17 minding
17 minding 18 his
18 his 19 own
19 own 20 business
20 business 21 .

then something happened . 
1 then 2 something
2 something 3 happened
3 happened 4 .

bowser made a rush at him , and instead of running , what do you suppose the stranger did ? 
1 bowser 2 made
2 made 3 a
3 a 4 rush
4 rush 5 at
5 at 6 him
6 him 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 instead
9 instead 10 of
10 of 11 running
11 running 12 ,
12 , 13 what
13 what 14 do
14 do 15 you
15 you 16 suppose
16 suppose 17 the
17 the 18 stranger
18 stranger 19 did
19 did 20 ?

he just rolled himself up in a tight ball with his head tucked down in his waistcoat . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 rolled
3 rolled 4 himself
4 himself 5 up
5 up 6 in
6 in 7 a
7 a 8 tight
8 tight 9 ball
9 ball 10 with
10 with 11 his
11 his 12 head
12 head 13 tucked
13 tucked 14 down
14 down 15 in
15 in 16 his
16 his 17 waistcoat
17 waistcoat 18 .

bowser stopped short . 
1 bowser 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 short
3 short 4 .

then he reached out his nose and sniffed at this queer thing . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 4 out
4 out 5 his
5 his 6 nose
6 nose 7 and
7 and 8 sniffed
8 sniffed 9 at
9 at 10 this
10 this 11 queer
11 queer 12 thing
12 thing 13 .

slap ! 
1 slap 2 !

then the stranger unrolled himself and smiled , and all the little meadow people and forest folk who had been watching shouted aloud for joy . 
1 then 2 the
2 the 3 stranger
3 stranger 4 unrolled
4 unrolled 5 himself
5 himself 6 and
6 and 7 smiled
7 smiled 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 all
10 all 11 the
11 the 12 little
12 little 13 meadow
13 meadow 14 people
14 people 15 and
15 and 16 forest
16 forest 17 folk
17 folk 18 who
18 who 19 had
19 had 20 been
20 been 21 watching
21 watching 22 shouted
22 shouted 23 aloud
23 aloud 24 for
24 for 25 joy
25 joy 26 .

and this is the way [that] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [made] [friends] . 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 the
4 the 5 way
5 way 13 .

[iv] 

[peter] [rabbit] [has] [some] [startling] [news] 

she was worried . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 worried
3 worried 4 .

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 .

[little] [mrs] [peter] [was] [very] [much] [worried] [.] 

why [didn't] [peter] [come] [home] ? 
1 why 6 ?

she did wish that he would be content to stay close by [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] . 
1 she 2 did
2 did 3 wish
3 wish 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 content
8 content 9 to
9 to 10 stay
10 stay 11 close
11 close 12 by
12 by 17 .

for her part , she couldn't see why under the sun he wanted to go [way] [over] to [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 for 2 her
2 her 3 part
3 part 4 ,
4 , 5 she
5 she 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 see
7 see 8 why
8 why 9 under
9 under 10 the
10 the 11 sun
11 sun 12 he
12 he 13 wanted
13 wanted 14 to
14 to 15 go
15 go 18 to
18 to 22 .

she didn't feel easy in her mind one minute while he was out of her sight . 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 feel
3 feel 4 easy
4 easy 5 in
5 in 6 her
6 her 7 mind
7 mind 8 one
8 one 9 minute
9 minute 10 while
10 while 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 out
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 her
15 her 16 sight
16 sight 17 .

but he wouldn't promise not to go to [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 wouldn't
3 wouldn't 4 promise
4 promise 5 not
5 not 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 to
8 to 12 .

[no] [,] [sir] [,] [peter] [wouldn't] [promise] [that] [.] 

this particular morning she was unusually anxious . 
1 this 2 particular
2 particular 3 morning
3 morning 4 she
4 she 5 was
5 was 6 unusually
6 unusually 7 anxious
7 anxious 8 .

peter had been gone all night . 
1 peter 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 gone
4 gone 5 all
5 all 6 night
6 night 7 .

" something has happened . 
1 " 2 something
2 something 3 has
3 has 4 happened
4 happened 5 .

i just know something has happened ! " she wailed . 
1 i 2 just
2 just 3 know
3 know 4 something
4 something 5 has
5 has 6 happened
6 happened 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 wailed
10 wailed 11 .

" oh , [peter] [,] [peter] [,] [peter] [rabbit] [why] will you be so heedless ? 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 11 will
11 will 12 you
12 you 13 be
13 be 14 so
14 so 15 heedless
15 heedless 16 ?

why will you take such dreadful risks , [so] [foolish] [and] so [needless] ? " 
1 why 2 will
2 will 3 you
3 you 4 take
4 take 5 such
5 such 6 dreadful
6 dreadful 7 risks
7 risks 8 ,
8 , 12 so
12 so 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

" don't worry . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 3 worry
3 worry 4 .

" he 'll be home pretty soon . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 'll
3 'll 4 be
4 be 5 home
5 home 6 pretty
6 pretty 7 soon
7 soon 8 .

in fact , [i] [think] [i] [see] [him] [coming] [now] [.] " 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 12 "

[mrs] [peter] [looked] [in] [the] [direction] [that] [the] [merry] [little] [breeze] [was] [looking] [,] [and] [sure] [enough] [there] [was] [peter] [.] 

[mrs] [peter] ['s] [heart] [gave] [a] [frightened] [thump] [.] 

in a few minutes he reached her side . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
4 minutes 5 he
5 he 6 reached
6 reached 7 her
7 her 8 side
8 side 9 .

his eyes were very wide , and it was plain to see that he was bursting with important news . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 were
3 were 4 very
4 very 5 wide
5 wide 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 plain
10 plain 11 to
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 bursting
16 bursting 17 with
17 with 18 important
18 important 19 news
19 news 20 .

" what is it [,] [peter] ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 it
4 it 7 ?

do tell me quick ! 
1 do 2 tell
2 tell 3 me
3 me 4 quick
4 quick 5 !

have you had another narrow escape ? " gasped [little] [mrs] [.] peter . 
1 have 2 you
2 you 3 had
3 had 4 another
4 another 5 narrow
5 narrow 6 escape
6 escape 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 gasped
9 gasped 13 peter
13 peter 14 .

peter nodded while he panted for breath . 
1 peter 2 nodded
2 nodded 3 while
3 while 4 he
4 he 5 panted
5 panted 6 for
6 for 7 breath
7 breath 8 .

[v] 

[peter] [rabbit] [tells] [his] [story] 

at least , that is [what] [peter] said . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 is
5 is 8 said
8 said 9 .

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

[mrs] [peter] [nodded] [.] 

" but somehow time slipped away faster than [i] thought [for] , [or] [else] [mr] [sun] [got] [up] [earlier] [than] [usual] [,] " [continued] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 somehow
3 somehow 4 time
4 time 5 slipped
5 slipped 6 away
6 away 7 faster
7 faster 8 than
8 than 10 thought
10 thought 12 ,
12 , 23 "

then he stopped . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 .

that last idea was a new one , and [it] [struck] [peter] as a good one . 
1 that 2 last
2 last 3 idea
3 idea 4 was
4 was 5 a
5 a 6 new
6 new 7 one
7 one 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 as
13 as 14 a
14 a 15 good
15 good 16 one
16 one 17 .

[mrs] [peter] [looked] [as] [if] [she] [very] [much] [doubted] [it] [,] [but] [she] [didn't] [say] [anything] [,] [and] [so] [peter] [went] [on] [with] [his] [story] [.] 

of course [i] [thought] it was [prickly] [himself] [starting] out for his breakfast , and [i] looked up with my mouth open to say hello . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 10 out
10 out 11 for
11 for 12 his
12 his 13 breakfast
13 breakfast 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 17 looked
17 looked 18 up
18 up 19 with
19 with 20 my
20 my 21 mouth
21 mouth 22 open
22 open 23 to
23 to 24 say
24 say 25 hello
25 hello 26 .

but [i] didn't say hello . 
1 but 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 say
4 say 5 hello
5 hello 6 .

no [,] [sir] [,] [i] [didn't] [say] [a] word . 
1 no 9 word
9 word 10 .

i was too scared . 
1 i 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 scared
4 scared 5 .

peter 's eyes grew very round and wide as he said this . 
1 peter 2 's
2 's 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 grew
4 grew 5 very
5 very 6 round
6 round 7 and
7 and 8 wide
8 wide 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 said
11 said 12 this
12 this 13 .

" [i] [took] one good look , and then [i] [jumped] . 
1 " 4 one
4 one 5 good
5 good 6 look
6 look 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 then
9 then 12 .

my gracious [,] [how] [i] [did] [jump] ! " he continued . 
1 my 2 gracious
2 gracious 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 continued
11 continued 12 .

[mrs] [peter] [had] [listened] [with] [her] [mouth] [wide] [open] [.] 

when [peter] [finished] , [she] [closed] [it] [with] [a] [snap] and [hopped] over and felt of his head . 
1 when 4 ,
4 , 11 and
11 and 13 over
13 over 14 and
14 and 15 felt
15 felt 16 of
16 of 17 his
17 his 18 head
18 head 19 .

" are you sick [,] [peter] ? " she asked anxiously . 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 sick
4 sick 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 asked
10 asked 11 anxiously
11 anxiously 12 .

peter stared at her . 
1 peter 2 stared
2 stared 3 at
3 at 4 her
4 her 5 .

" sick ! 
1 " 2 sick
2 sick 3 !

me sick ! 
1 me 2 sick
2 sick 3 !

not a bit of it ! " he exclaimed . 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 bit
3 bit 4 of
4 of 5 it
5 it 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 exclaimed
9 exclaimed 10 .

" never felt better in my life , [save] that [i] [am] a little tired from my long run . 
1 " 2 never
2 never 3 felt
3 felt 4 better
4 better 5 in
5 in 6 my
6 my 7 life
7 life 8 ,
8 , 10 that
10 that 13 a
13 a 14 little
14 little 15 tired
15 tired 16 from
16 from 17 my
17 my 18 long
18 long 19 run
19 run 20 .

what a silly question ! 
1 what 2 a
2 a 3 silly
3 silly 4 question
4 question 5 !

[do] [i] [look] [sick] [?] ["] 

["] [no-o] [,] ["] [replied] [little] [mrs] [peter] [slowly] [.] 

" [no-o] [,] you don't look sick , but you talk as if there were something the matter with your head . 
1 " 4 you
4 you 5 don't
5 don't 6 look
6 look 7 sick
7 sick 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 you
10 you 11 talk
11 talk 12 as
12 as 13 if
13 if 14 there
14 there 15 were
15 were 16 something
16 something 17 the
17 the 18 matter
18 matter 19 with
19 with 20 your
20 your 21 head
21 head 22 .

i think you must be just a little [light-headed] , [peter] [,] or else you have taken a nap somewhere and had a bad dream . 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 you
3 you 4 must
4 must 5 be
5 be 6 just
6 just 7 a
7 a 8 little
8 little 10 ,
10 , 13 or
13 or 14 else
14 else 15 you
15 you 16 have
16 have 17 taken
17 taken 18 a
18 a 19 nap
19 nap 20 somewhere
20 somewhere 21 and
21 and 22 had
22 had 23 a
23 a 24 bad
24 bad 25 dream
25 dream 26 .

did [i] [understand] you [to] say that this dreadful creature has no legs , and yet that it chased you ? " 
1 did 4 you
4 you 6 say
6 say 7 that
7 that 8 this
8 this 9 dreadful
9 dreadful 10 creature
10 creature 11 has
11 has 12 no
12 no 13 legs
13 legs 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 yet
16 yet 17 that
17 that 18 it
18 it 19 chased
19 chased 20 you
20 you 21 ?
21 ? 22 "

peter scratched his head in great perplexity . 
1 peter 2 scratched
2 scratched 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 in
5 in 6 great
6 great 7 perplexity
7 perplexity 8 .

suddenly he had a happy thought . 
1 suddenly 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 a
4 a 5 happy
5 happy 6 thought
6 thought 7 .

" [mr] [blacksnake] [runs] [fast] enough , but he doesn't have legs , does he ? " he asked in triumph . 
1 " 6 enough
6 enough 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 he
9 he 10 doesn't
10 doesn't 11 have
11 have 12 legs
12 legs 13 ,
13 , 14 does
14 does 15 he
15 he 16 ?
16 ? 17 "
17 " 18 he
18 he 19 asked
19 asked 20 in
20 in 21 triumph
21 triumph 22 .

[little] [mrs] [peter] [looked] [a] [bit] [discomfited] [.] 

" [no-o] [,] ["] she admitted slowly , " he doesn't have legs ; but [i] never could understand how he runs without them . " 
1 " 5 she
5 she 6 admitted
6 admitted 7 slowly
7 slowly 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 doesn't
11 doesn't 12 have
12 have 13 legs
13 legs 14 ;
14 ; 15 but
15 but 17 never
17 never 18 could
18 could 19 understand
19 understand 20 how
20 how 21 he
21 he 22 runs
22 runs 23 without
23 without 24 them
24 them 25 .
25 . 26 "

" well , then , " [snapped] [peter] [,] ["] if he can run without legs , why can't other creatures ? 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
3 , 4 then
4 then 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 11 if
11 if 12 he
12 he 13 can
13 can 14 run
14 run 15 without
15 without 16 legs
16 legs 17 ,
17 , 18 why
18 why 19 can't
19 can't 20 other
20 other 21 creatures
21 creatures 22 ?

besides , this one didn't run exactly ; it rolled . 
1 besides 2 ,
2 , 3 this
3 this 4 one
4 one 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 run
6 run 7 exactly
7 exactly 8 ;
8 ; 9 it
9 it 10 rolled
10 rolled 11 .

now [i] ['ve] [told] you all [i] ['m] [going] to . 
1 now 5 you
5 you 6 all
6 all 10 to
10 to 11 .

i need a long nap , after all [i] ['ve] [been] [through] , so don't let any one disturb me . " 
1 i 2 need
2 need 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 nap
5 nap 6 ,
6 , 7 after
7 after 8 all
8 all 13 ,
13 , 14 so
14 so 15 don't
15 don't 16 let
16 let 17 any
17 any 18 one
18 one 19 disturb
19 disturb 20 me
20 me 21 .
21 . 22 "

["] [i] [won't] [,] ["] [replied] [mrs] [peter] [meekly] [.] 

" but , [peter] [,] [if] [i] [were] you [,] [i] wouldn't tell that story to any one else . " 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 ,
3 , 9 you
9 you 12 wouldn't
12 wouldn't 13 tell
13 tell 14 that
14 that 15 story
15 story 16 to
16 to 17 any
17 any 18 one
18 one 19 else
19 else 20 .
20 . 21 "

[vi] 

[peter] [has] [to] [tell] [his] [story] [many] [times] 

once you start a story you cannot call it back ; [it] [travels] [on] and [on] [and] [on] [and] [ever] [on] [,] [alack] [!] 
1 once 2 you
2 you 3 start
3 start 4 a
4 a 5 story
5 story 6 you
6 you 7 cannot
7 cannot 8 call
8 call 9 it
9 it 10 back
10 back 11 ;
11 ; 15 and

that is the reason why you should always be sure that a story you repeat is a good story . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 reason
4 reason 5 why
5 why 6 you
6 you 7 should
7 should 8 always
8 always 9 be
9 be 10 sure
10 sure 11 that
11 that 12 a
12 a 13 story
13 story 14 you
14 you 15 repeat
15 repeat 16 is
16 is 17 a
17 a 18 good
18 good 19 story
19 story 20 .

then you will be glad to have it travel on and on and on , and will never want to call it back . 
1 then 2 you
2 you 3 will
3 will 4 be
4 be 5 glad
5 glad 6 to
6 to 7 have
7 have 8 it
8 it 9 travel
9 travel 10 on
10 on 11 and
11 and 12 on
12 on 13 and
13 and 14 on
14 on 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 will
17 will 18 never
18 never 19 want
19 want 20 to
20 to 21 call
21 call 22 it
22 it 23 back
23 back 24 .

you see stories are just like rivers , they run on and on forever . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 stories
3 stories 4 are
4 are 5 just
5 just 6 like
6 like 7 rivers
7 rivers 8 ,
8 , 9 they
9 they 10 run
10 run 11 on
11 on 12 and
12 and 13 on
13 on 14 forever
14 forever 15 .

when [peter] [awoke] [,] the first thing he thought of was the terrible creature he had seen in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 when 5 the
5 the 6 first
6 first 7 thing
7 thing 8 he
8 he 9 thought
9 thought 10 of
10 of 11 was
11 was 12 the
12 the 13 terrible
13 terrible 14 creature
14 creature 15 he
15 he 16 had
16 had 17 seen
17 seen 18 in
18 in 19 the

" [i] [won't] [,] ["] said [peter] [to] [himself] . 
1 " 6 said
6 said 10 .

" [i] [won't] [repeat] [it] to a soul . 
1 " 6 to
6 to 7 a
7 a 8 soul
8 soul 9 .

no one will believe it . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 will
3 will 4 believe
4 believe 5 it
5 it 6 .

the truth is [,] [i] [can] [hardly] [believe] it [myself] . 
1 the 2 truth
2 truth 3 is
3 is 9 it
9 it 11 .

i 'll just keep my tongue still . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
3 just 4 keep
4 keep 5 my
5 my 6 tongue
6 tongue 7 still
7 still 8 .
8 . 9 "

so [peter] was obliged to repeat it ever so many times , and every time it sounded to him more foolish than before . 
1 so 3 was
3 was 4 obliged
4 obliged 5 to
5 to 6 repeat
6 repeat 7 it
7 it 8 ever
8 ever 9 so
9 so 10 many
10 many 11 times
11 times 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 every
14 every 15 time
15 time 16 it
16 it 17 sounded
17 sounded 18 to
18 to 19 him
19 him 20 more
20 more 21 foolish
21 foolish 22 than
22 than 23 before
23 before 24 .

now , strange to say , no one laughed at [peter] , [queer] as the story sounded . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 strange
3 strange 4 to
4 to 5 say
5 say 6 ,
6 , 7 no
7 no 8 one
8 one 9 laughed
9 laughed 10 at
10 at 12 ,
12 , 14 as
14 as 15 the
15 the 16 story
16 story 17 sounded
17 sounded 18 .

then it had [been] [peter] ['s] [turn] to laugh at them . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 had
3 had 8 to
8 to 9 laugh
9 laugh 10 at
10 at 11 them
11 them 12 .

so now , impossible as this new story sounded , they didn't dare laugh at it . 
1 so 2 now
2 now 3 ,
3 , 4 impossible
4 impossible 5 as
5 as 6 this
6 this 7 new
7 new 8 story
8 story 9 sounded
9 sounded 10 ,
10 , 11 they
11 they 12 didn't
12 didn't 13 dare
13 dare 14 laugh
14 laugh 15 at
15 at 16 it
16 it 17 .

" that is very true , " [replied] [old] [mr] [toad] [solemnly] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 very
4 very 5 true
5 true 6 ,
6 , 7 "

" [probably] [peter] [has] [seen] something [out] of the ordinary , and in his excitement he has exaggerated it . 
1 " 6 something
6 something 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 ordinary
10 ordinary 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 in
13 in 14 his
14 his 15 excitement
15 excitement 16 he
16 he 17 has
17 has 18 exaggerated
18 exaggerated 19 it
19 it 20 .

the thing to do is to make sure whether or not there is a stranger in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 the 2 thing
2 thing 3 to
3 to 4 do
4 do 5 is
5 is 6 to
6 to 7 make
7 make 8 sure
8 sure 9 whether
9 whether 10 or
10 or 11 not
11 not 12 there
12 there 13 is
13 is 14 a
14 a 15 stranger
15 stranger 16 in
16 in 17 the

peter says that it came down the hill [where] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [lives] . 
1 peter 2 says
2 says 3 that
3 that 4 it
4 it 5 came
5 came 6 down
6 down 7 the
7 the 8 hill
8 hill 15 .

some one ought to go ask him what he knows about it . 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 ask
6 ask 7 him
7 him 8 what
8 what 9 he
9 he 10 knows
10 knows 11 about
11 about 12 it
12 it 13 .

if there is such a terrible creature up there , he ought to have seen it . 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 such
4 such 5 a
5 a 6 terrible
6 terrible 7 creature
7 creature 8 up
8 up 9 there
9 there 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 ought
12 ought 13 to
13 to 14 have
14 have 15 seen
15 seen 16 it
16 it 17 .

why don't you go up there and ask him , [jimmy] [skunk] [?] 
1 why 2 don't
2 don't 3 you
3 you 4 go
4 go 5 up
5 up 6 there
6 there 7 and
7 and 8 ask
8 ask 9 him
9 him 10 ,

you 're not afraid of anybody or anything . " 
1 you 2 're
2 're 3 not
3 not 4 afraid
4 afraid 5 of
5 of 6 anybody
6 anybody 7 or
7 or 8 anything
8 anything 9 .
9 . 10 "

" [i] [will] [,] ["] [replied] [jimmy] [promptly] [,] and off he started . 
1 " 10 and
10 and 11 off
11 off 12 he
12 he 13 started
13 started 14 .

[vii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [calls] [on] [prickly] [porky] 

" of course [i] ['m] not [afraid] , but just the same [i] [don't] [like] [meddling] [with] things [i] [don't] [know] [anything] [about] . 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 6 not
6 not 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 just
10 just 11 the
11 the 12 same
12 same 18 things
18 things 24 .

whoever heard of such a thing ? 
1 whoever 2 heard
2 heard 3 of
3 of 4 such
4 such 5 a
5 a 6 thing
6 thing 7 ?

it gives me a queer feeling inside . " 
1 it 2 gives
2 gives 3 me
3 me 4 a
4 a 5 queer
5 queer 6 feeling
6 feeling 7 inside
7 inside 8 .
8 . 9 "

but there was nothing unusual to be seen . 
1 but 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 unusual
5 unusual 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 seen
8 seen 9 .

[the] [green] [forest] [looked] [just] [as] [it] [always] [did] [.] 

it was very still and quiet there save for the [cheerful] voice [of] [redeye] [the] [vireo] [telling] [over] and [over] [how] [happy] he was . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 still
4 still 5 and
5 and 6 quiet
6 quiet 7 there
7 there 8 save
8 save 9 for
9 for 10 the
10 the 12 voice
12 voice 19 and
19 and 23 he
23 he 24 was
24 was 25 .

" that doesn't sound as if there were any terrible stranger around here , " [muttered] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 doesn't
3 doesn't 4 sound
4 sound 5 as
5 as 6 if
6 if 7 there
7 there 8 were
8 were 9 any
9 any 10 terrible
10 terrible 11 stranger
11 stranger 12 around
12 around 13 here
13 here 14 ,
14 , 15 "

jimmy grinned as he listened . 
1 jimmy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 listened
5 listened 6 .

" [that] ['s] [prickly] [porky] [telling] [himself] how good his dinner tastes , " [laughed] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 8 how
8 how 9 good
9 good 10 his
10 his 11 dinner
11 dinner 12 tastes
12 tastes 13 ,
13 , 14 "

" [funny] [how] some people do like to hear their own voices . " 
1 " 4 some
4 some 5 people
5 people 6 do
6 do 7 like
7 like 8 to
8 to 9 hear
9 hear 10 their
10 their 11 own
11 own 12 voices
12 voices 13 .
13 . 14 "

" hello ! " said [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 8 .

[prickly] [porky] [took] [no] [notice] [.] 

he was so busy eating , and making so much noise about it , that he didn't hear [jimmy] [at] [all] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 busy
4 busy 5 eating
5 eating 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 making
8 making 9 so
9 so 10 much
10 much 11 noise
11 noise 12 about
12 about 13 it
13 it 14 ,
14 , 15 that
15 that 16 he
16 he 17 didn't
17 didn't 18 hear
18 hear 22 .

" hello ! " [shouted] [jimmy] a little louder . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 7 a
7 a 8 little
8 little 9 louder
9 louder 10 .

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

are you deaf ? " 
1 are 2 you
2 you 3 deaf
3 deaf 4 ?
4 ? 5 "

of course this wasn't polite at all , but [jimmy] was [feeling] a little out of sorts because he had had to make this call . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 this
3 this 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 5 polite
5 polite 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 11 was
11 was 13 a
13 a 14 little
14 little 15 out
15 out 16 of
16 of 17 sorts
17 sorts 18 because
18 because 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 21 had
21 had 22 to
22 to 23 make
23 make 24 this
24 this 25 call
25 call 26 .

this time [prickly] [porky] [looked] [down] . 
1 this 2 time
2 time 7 .

" hello yourself , and see how you like it , [jimmy] [skunk] [!] " he cried . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 yourself
3 yourself 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 see
6 see 7 how
7 how 8 you
8 you 9 like
9 like 10 it
10 it 11 ,
11 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
16 he 17 cried
17 cried 18 .

" come on up and have some of this nice bark with me . " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 on
3 on 4 up
4 up 5 and
5 and 6 have
6 have 7 some
7 some 8 of
8 of 9 this
9 this 10 nice
10 nice 11 bark
11 bark 12 with
12 with 13 me
13 me 14 .
14 . 15 "

jimmy made a face at him . 
1 jimmy 2 made
2 made 3 a
3 a 4 face
4 face 5 at
5 at 6 him
6 him 7 .

" [thank] you [,] [i] 've just dined . 
1 " 3 you
3 you 6 've
6 've 7 just
7 just 8 dined
8 dined 9 .

come down here [where] [i] [can] [talk] to you without straining my voice , " he replied . 
1 come 2 down
2 down 3 here
3 here 8 to
8 to 9 you
9 you 10 without
10 without 11 straining
11 straining 12 my
12 my 13 voice
13 voice 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 he
16 he 17 replied
17 replied 18 .

" [wait] [until] [i] get another bite , " [replied] [prickly] [porky] [,] [stripping] [off] a long piece of bark . 
1 " 5 get
5 get 6 another
6 another 7 bite
7 bite 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 16 a
16 a 17 long
17 long 18 piece
18 piece 19 of
19 of 20 bark
20 bark 21 .

then with this to chew on , he came half way down the tree and made himself comfortable on a big limb . 
1 then 2 with
2 with 3 this
3 this 4 to
4 to 5 chew
5 chew 6 on
6 on 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 came
9 came 10 half
10 half 11 way
11 way 12 down
12 down 13 the
13 the 14 tree
14 tree 15 and
15 and 16 made
16 made 17 himself
17 himself 18 comfortable
18 comfortable 19 on
19 on 20 a
20 a 21 big
21 big 22 limb
22 limb 23 .

" now , what is it you've got on your mind ? " he demanded . 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 ,
3 , 4 what
4 what 5 is
5 is 6 it
6 it 7 you've
7 you've 8 got
8 got 9 on
9 on 10 your
10 your 11 mind
11 mind 12 ?
12 ? 13 "
13 " 14 he
14 he 15 demanded
15 demanded 16 .

at once [jimmy] [told] [him] the [queer] story [peter] [rabbit] [had] [told] . 
1 at 2 once
2 once 6 the
6 the 8 story
8 story 13 .

" [i] ['ve] [been] [sent] up [here] to find out if you have seen this legless , headless , tailess creature . 
1 " 6 up
6 up 8 to
8 to 9 find
9 find 10 out
10 out 11 if
11 if 12 you
12 you 13 have
13 have 14 seen
14 seen 15 this
15 this 16 legless
16 legless 17 ,
17 , 18 headless
18 headless 19 ,
19 , 20 tailess
20 tailess 21 creature
21 creature 22 .

have you ? " he concluded . 
1 have 2 you
2 you 3 ?
3 ? 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 concluded
6 concluded 7 .

[prickly] [porky] [slowly] [shook] [his] [head] [.] 

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

" [i] ['ve] [been] right here all the time , and [i] [haven't] [seen] [any] such [creature] . ["] 
1 " 5 right
5 right 6 here
6 here 7 all
7 all 8 the
8 the 9 time
9 time 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 16 such
16 such 18 .

" [that] ['s] [all] [i] want to know , " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 6 want
6 want 7 to
7 to 8 know
8 know 9 ,
9 , 10 "

" [peter] [rabbit] ['s] got something the matter with his eyes , and [i] ['m] going [straight] [back] to [the] [old] [briar-patch] [to] tell him so . 
1 " 5 got
5 got 6 something
6 something 7 the
7 the 8 matter
8 matter 9 with
9 with 10 his
10 his 11 eyes
11 eyes 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 16 going
16 going 19 to
19 to 24 tell
24 tell 25 him
25 him 26 so
26 so 27 .

much obliged . " 
1 much 2 obliged
2 obliged 3 .
3 . 4 "

with that [jimmy] [started] [back] the way he had come , grumbling to himself . 
1 with 2 that
2 that 6 the
6 the 7 way
7 way 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 come
10 come 11 ,
11 , 12 grumbling
12 grumbling 13 to
13 to 14 himself
14 himself 15 .

[viii] 

[prickly] [porky] [nearly] [chokes] 

he was very busy , was [redeye] , [telling] [all] [who] would listen how happy he was and what a beautiful world this is . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 busy
4 busy 5 ,
5 , 6 was
6 was 8 ,
8 , 12 would
12 would 13 listen
13 listen 14 how
14 how 15 happy
15 happy 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 and
18 and 19 what
19 what 20 a
20 a 21 beautiful
21 beautiful 22 world
22 world 23 this
23 this 24 is
24 is 25 .

it never seems to enter his head that he is making other people happy just by being happy himself and saying so . 
1 it 2 never
2 never 3 seems
3 seems 4 to
4 to 5 enter
5 enter 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 is
10 is 11 making
11 making 12 other
12 other 13 people
13 people 14 happy
14 happy 15 just
15 just 16 by
16 by 17 being
17 being 18 happy
18 happy 19 himself
19 himself 20 and
20 and 21 saying
21 saying 22 so
22 so 23 .

right away he saw that [prickly] [porky] [was] in some kind of trouble , and that it was he who was making the queer noise . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 he
3 he 4 saw
4 saw 5 that
5 that 9 in
9 in 10 some
10 some 11 kind
11 kind 12 of
12 of 13 trouble
13 trouble 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 that
16 that 17 it
17 it 18 was
18 was 19 he
19 he 20 who
20 who 21 was
21 was 22 making
22 making 23 the
23 the 24 queer
24 queer 25 noise
25 noise 26 .

it was [such] [a] [strange] [performance] [that] [redeye] [simply] [stared] for a minute . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 11 for
11 for 12 a
12 a 13 minute
13 minute 14 .

then in a flash it came to him what it meant . 
1 then 2 in
2 in 3 a
3 a 4 flash
4 flash 5 it
5 it 6 came
6 came 7 to
7 to 8 him
8 him 9 what
9 what 10 it
10 it 11 meant
11 meant 12 .

[prickly] [porky] [was] [choking] [,] [and] [if] [something] [wasn't] [done] [to] [help] [him] [,] [he] [might] [choke] [to] [death] [!] 

now there was nothing that [redeye] [himself] could do to help , for he was too small . 
1 now 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 that
5 that 8 could
8 could 9 do
9 do 10 to
10 to 11 help
11 help 12 ,
12 , 13 for
13 for 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 too
16 too 17 small
17 small 18 .

he must get help somewhere else , and he must do it quickly . 
1 he 2 must
2 must 3 get
3 get 4 help
4 help 5 somewhere
5 somewhere 6 else
6 else 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 he
9 he 10 must
10 must 11 do
11 do 12 it
12 it 13 quickly
13 quickly 14 .

anxiously he looked this way and that way , but there was no one in sight . 
1 anxiously 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 this
4 this 5 way
5 way 6 and
6 and 7 that
7 that 8 way
8 way 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 there
11 there 12 was
12 was 13 no
13 no 14 one
14 one 15 in
15 in 16 sight
16 sight 17 .

then he [remembered] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] [tree] was not far away . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 12 was
12 was 13 not
13 not 14 far
14 far 15 away
15 away 16 .

[perhaps] [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [help] [.] 

he [hoped] that [unc] ['] [billy] was at home , and he wasted no time in finding out . 
1 he 3 that
3 that 7 was
7 was 8 at
8 at 9 home
9 home 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 wasted
13 wasted 14 no
14 no 15 time
15 time 16 in
16 in 17 finding
17 finding 18 out
18 out 19 .

he saw right away what was the trouble . 
1 he 2 saw
2 saw 3 right
3 right 4 away
4 away 5 what
5 what 6 was
6 was 7 the
7 the 8 trouble
8 trouble 9 .

[prickly] [porky] [did] [as] [he] [was] [told] [.] 

indeed , he was so weak from his long struggle that he was glad to . 
1 indeed 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 so
5 so 6 weak
6 weak 7 from
7 from 8 his
8 his 9 long
9 long 10 struggle
10 struggle 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 glad
14 glad 15 to
15 to 16 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [caught] [hold] [of] [the] [piece] [of] [bark] [hanging] [from] [prickly] [porky] ['s] [mouth] [.] 

then he braced himself and pulled with all his might . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 braced
3 braced 4 himself
4 himself 5 and
5 and 6 pulled
6 pulled 7 with
7 with 8 all
8 all 9 his
9 his 10 might
10 might 11 .

for a minute the piece of bark held . 
1 for 2 a
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 4 the
4 the 5 piece
5 piece 6 of
6 of 7 bark
7 bark 8 held
8 held 9 .

then it gave way so suddenly [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [fell] [over] [flat] [on] [his] [back] . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 gave
3 gave 4 way
4 way 5 so
5 so 6 suddenly
6 suddenly 17 .

[[] [illustration] [:] [then] [he] [braced] [himself] [and] [pulled] [with] [all] [his] [might] [.] 

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[prickly] [porky] [grinned] [weakly] [and] [rather] [foolishly] [.] 

" it wasn't [greed] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 9 .

it wasn't greed at all , " he replied . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 greed
3 greed 4 at
4 at 5 all
5 all 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 replied
9 replied 10 .

" then what was it , may [ah] [ask] ? " [demanded] [unc] ' [billy] [severely] [.] 
1 " 2 then
2 then 3 what
3 what 4 was
4 was 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 7 may
7 may 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
11 " 14 '

he laughed and laughed and [laughed] , [until] [finally] [unc] ['] [billy] quite lost patience . 
1 he 2 laughed
2 laughed 3 and
3 and 4 laughed
4 laughed 5 and
5 and 7 ,
7 , 13 quite
13 quite 14 lost
14 lost 15 patience
15 patience 16 .

" yo ' cert'nly have lost your manners , [brer] [porky] [!] " he snapped . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 cert'nly
4 cert'nly 5 have
5 have 6 lost
6 lost 7 your
7 your 8 manners
8 manners 9 ,
9 , 13 "
13 " 14 he
14 he 15 snapped
15 snapped 16 .

[prickly] [porky] [wiped] [the] [tears] [from] [his] [eyes] [.] 

" come closer so that [i] [can] [whisper] , [unc] ' [billy] , " said he . 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 closer
3 closer 4 so
4 so 5 that
5 that 9 ,
9 , 11 '
11 ' 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 he
16 he 17 .

[ix] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [tell] [different] [stories] 

the little people [of] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [the] [green] [forest] [didn't] [know] [what] [to] [believe] . 
1 the 2 little
2 little 3 people
3 people 17 .

first came [peter] [rabbit] [with] [the] [strangest] [kind] [of] [a] [story] [about] [being] [chased] [by] [a] [terrible] [creature] [without] [legs] , [head] [,] or tail . 
1 first 2 came
2 came 21 ,
21 , 24 or
24 or 25 tail
25 tail 26 .

he said that it had come down the hill [where] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [lives] in the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 said
2 said 3 that
3 that 4 it
4 it 5 had
5 had 6 come
6 come 7 down
7 down 8 the
8 the 9 hill
9 hill 16 in
16 in 17 the

if [jimmy] [skunk] [was] [right] , [why] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [queer] [story] [wasn't] [to] [be] [believed] at all . 
1 if 6 ,
6 , 17 at
17 at 18 all
18 all 19 .

if [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [right] , [why] [peter] ['s] [story] [wasn't] as [crazy] [as] it sounded . 
1 if 7 ,
7 , 13 as
13 as 16 it
16 it 17 sounded
17 sounded 18 .

little by little they began to think that [jimmy] [skunk] was [right] , and that [peter] [rabbit] 's [terrible] [creature] [existed] [only] in [peter] ['s] [imagination] . 
1 little 2 by
2 by 3 little
3 little 4 they
4 they 5 began
5 began 6 to
6 to 7 think
7 think 8 that
8 that 11 was
11 was 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 that
15 that 18 's
18 's 23 in
23 in 27 .

about this time [unc] ' [billy] [told] [of] [having] [just] [such] [an] [experience] [as] [peter] [had] . 
1 about 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 5 '
5 ' 17 .

" what did you do , [unc] ' [billy] [?] " [asked] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 did
3 did 4 you
4 you 5 do
5 do 6 ,
6 , 8 '
8 ' 11 "

" what [did] [ah] [do] ? 
1 " 2 what
2 what 6 ?

" yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [done] run , and [ah] [didn't] [turn] [around] [until] [ah] was safe in mah holler tree . " 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 8 run
8 run 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 17 was
17 was 18 safe
18 safe 19 in
19 in 20 mah
20 mah 21 holler
21 holler 22 tree
22 tree 23 .
23 . 24 "

" pooh ! " [sneered] [reddy] [fox] [,] [who] had been listening . 
1 " 2 pooh
2 pooh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 12 listening
12 listening 13 .

" you 're a coward . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 a
4 a 5 coward
5 coward 6 .

i wouldn't have run ! 
1 i 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 have
3 have 4 run
4 run 5 !

i would have waited and found out what it was . 
1 i 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 waited
4 waited 5 and
5 and 6 found
6 found 7 out
7 out 8 what
8 what 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 .

you [and] [peter] [rabbit] [would] run away from your own shadows . " 
1 you 6 run
6 run 7 away
7 away 8 from
8 from 9 your
9 your 10 own
10 own 11 shadows
11 shadows 12 .
12 . 13 "

" you don't dare go there yourself at daybreak to-morrow ! " [retorted] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 don't
3 don't 4 dare
4 dare 5 go
5 go 6 there
6 there 7 yourself
7 yourself 8 at
8 at 9 daybreak
9 daybreak 10 to-morrow
10 to-morrow 11 !
11 ! 12 "
12 " 15 '

" [i] [do] too ! " [declared] [reddy] [angrily] [,] [though] he didn't have the least intention of going . 
1 " 4 too
4 too 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 12 he
12 he 13 didn't
13 didn't 14 have
14 have 15 the
15 the 16 least
16 least 17 intention
17 intention 18 of
18 of 19 going
19 going 20 .

" all right . 
1 " 2 all
2 all 3 right
3 right 4 .

then [reddy] [knew] that he would have to go or else be called a coward . 
1 then 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 to
8 to 9 go
9 go 10 or
10 or 11 else
11 else 12 be
12 be 13 called
13 called 14 a
14 a 15 coward
15 coward 16 .

" [i] ['ll] [be] there , " he snarled angrily , as he slunk away . 
1 " 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 snarled
9 snarled 10 angrily
10 angrily 11 ,
11 , 12 as
12 as 13 he
13 he 14 slunk
14 slunk 15 away
15 away 16 .

[x] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [tells] [jimmy] [skunk] [a] [secret] 

be sure before you [drop] [a] [friend] [that] you 've done nothing to offend . 
1 be 2 sure
2 sure 3 before
3 before 4 you
4 you 9 you
9 you 10 've
10 've 11 done
11 done 12 nothing
12 nothing 13 to
13 to 14 offend
14 offend 15 .

a friend is always worth keeping . 
1 a 2 friend
2 friend 3 is
3 is 4 always
4 always 5 worth
5 worth 6 keeping
6 keeping 7 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [says] [so] [,] [and] [he] [knows] [.] 

and [when] [unc] ['] [billy] [makes] a friend , he keeps him . 
1 and 7 a
7 a 8 friend
8 friend 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 keeps
11 keeps 12 him
12 him 13 .

he says that it is easier and a lot better to keep a friend than to make a new one . 
1 he 2 says
2 says 3 that
3 that 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 easier
6 easier 7 and
7 and 8 a
8 a 9 lot
9 lot 10 better
10 better 11 to
11 to 12 keep
12 keep 13 a
13 a 14 friend
14 friend 15 than
15 than 16 to
16 to 17 make
17 make 18 a
18 a 19 new
19 new 20 one
20 one 21 .

instead , he goes to that friend , finds out what the trouble is , explains it all away , and then does something nice . 
1 instead 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 goes
4 goes 5 to
5 to 6 that
6 that 7 friend
7 friend 8 ,
8 , 9 finds
9 finds 10 out
10 out 11 what
11 what 12 the
12 the 13 trouble
13 trouble 14 is
14 is 15 ,
15 , 16 explains
16 explains 17 it
17 it 18 all
18 all 19 away
19 away 20 ,
20 , 21 and
21 and 22 then
22 then 23 does
23 does 24 something
24 something 25 nice
25 nice 26 .

in fact , they had been partners in stealing eggs from the [hen-house] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 they
4 they 5 had
5 had 6 been
6 been 7 partners
7 partners 8 in
8 in 9 stealing
9 stealing 10 eggs
10 eggs 11 from
11 from 12 the
12 the 18 boy
18 boy 19 .

it seemed to him that either [prickly] [porky] [had] [told] [an] [untruth] [or] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [telling] [an] [untruth] . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 him
4 him 5 that
5 that 6 either
6 either 22 .

it made him very angry . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 him
3 him 4 very
4 very 5 angry
5 angry 6 .

jimmy scowled and was going to pass without so much as speaking . 
1 jimmy 2 scowled
2 scowled 3 and
3 and 4 was
4 was 5 going
5 going 6 to
6 to 7 pass
7 pass 8 without
8 without 9 so
9 so 10 much
10 much 11 as
11 as 12 speaking
12 speaking 13 .

[unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [shrewd] [little] [eyes] [twinkled] [,] [and] [he] [grinned] [as] [only] [unc] ['] [billy] [can] [grin] [.] 

" howdy , [brer] [skunk] [,] " said he . 
1 " 2 howdy
2 howdy 3 ,
3 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 .

jimmy just frowned harder than ever and tried to pass . 
1 jimmy 2 just
2 just 3 frowned
3 frowned 4 harder
4 harder 5 than
5 than 6 ever
6 ever 7 and
7 and 8 tried
8 tried 9 to
9 to 10 pass
10 pass 11 .

" howdy , [brer] [skunk] [,] " [repeated] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 " 2 howdy
2 howdy 3 ,
3 , 7 "
7 " 10 '

" yo ' must have something on your mind . " 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 must
4 must 5 have
5 have 6 something
6 something 7 on
7 on 8 your
8 your 9 mind
9 mind 10 .
10 . 11 "

[jimmy] [skunk] [stopped] [.] 

" [i] [have] [!] ["] he snapped . 
1 " 6 he
6 he 7 snapped
7 snapped 8 .

" [i] want to know whether it is [you] [or] [prickly] [porky] [who] has been telling an untruth . 
1 " 3 want
3 want 4 to
4 to 5 know
5 know 6 whether
6 whether 7 it
7 it 8 is
8 is 14 has
14 has 15 been
15 been 16 telling
16 telling 17 an
17 an 18 untruth
18 untruth 19 .

if [peter] [saw] that [thing] [,] [prickly] [porky] would know it , for he hasn't been away from home this summer . 
1 if 4 that
4 that 9 would
9 would 10 know
10 know 11 it
11 it 12 ,
12 , 13 for
13 for 14 he
14 he 15 hasn't
15 hasn't 16 been
16 been 17 away
17 away 18 from
18 from 19 home
19 home 20 this
20 this 21 summer
21 summer 22 .

why would he tell me that he hasn't seen it if he has ? " 
1 why 2 would
2 would 3 he
3 he 4 tell
4 tell 5 me
5 me 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 hasn't
8 hasn't 9 seen
9 seen 10 it
10 it 11 if
11 if 12 he
12 he 13 has
13 has 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

" [don] ' [be] [hasty] [,] [brer] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 3 '

don ' be hasty , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [soothingly] [.] 
1 don 2 '
2 ' 3 be
3 be 4 hasty
4 hasty 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 9 '

" ah haven't said that [brer] [porky] [told] [me] [that] he had seen the thing [that] [peter] [says] [chased] [him] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 haven't
3 haven't 4 said
4 said 5 that
5 that 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 seen
13 seen 14 the
14 the 15 thing
15 thing 21 .

he told the truth when he told you that he hadn't seen any stranger around his hill . 
1 he 2 told
2 told 3 the
3 the 4 truth
4 truth 5 when
5 when 6 he
6 he 7 told
7 told 8 you
8 you 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 hadn't
11 hadn't 12 seen
12 seen 13 any
13 any 14 stranger
14 stranger 15 around
15 around 16 his
16 his 17 hill
17 hill 18 .

what he told me was that " [here] [unc] ['] [billy] [whispered] [.] 
1 what 2 he
2 he 3 told
3 told 4 me
4 me 5 was
5 was 6 that
6 that 7 "

[jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [face] [cleared] [.] 

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

" of course it is , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 of
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 10 '

" yo ' [see] [peter] [did] [see] [something] [strange] , [even] [if] [brer] [porky] [didn't] [.] 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 10 ,

only don ' forget that it 's a secret . " 
1 only 2 don
2 don 3 '
3 ' 4 forget
4 forget 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 's
7 's 8 a
8 a 9 secret
9 secret 10 .
10 . 11 "

jimmy was chuckling by this time . 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 chuckling
3 chuckling 4 by
4 by 5 this
5 this 6 time
6 time 7 .

" [i] won't [forget] [,] [and] [i] ['ll] be there , " he promised . 
1 " 3 won't
3 won't 9 be
9 be 10 there
10 there 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 promised
14 promised 15 .

" [don] ['] [mention] [it] [,] [brer] [skunk] [,] don ' mention it . 
1 " 10 don
10 don 11 '
11 ' 12 mention
12 mention 13 it
13 it 14 .

ah 'll be looking fo ' yo ' to-morrow mo'ning , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [,] with a [sly] [wink] [that] [made] [jimmy] laugh [aloud] . 
1 ah 2 'll
2 'll 3 be
3 be 4 looking
4 looking 5 fo
5 fo 6 '
6 ' 7 yo
7 yo 8 '
8 ' 9 to-morrow
9 to-morrow 10 mo'ning
10 mo'ning 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 15 '
15 ' 18 with
18 with 19 a
19 a 25 laugh
25 laugh 27 .

[xi] 

[what] [happened] [to] [reddy] [fox] 

he was just idly boasting and nothing more . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 idly
4 idly 5 boasting
5 boasting 6 and
6 and 7 nothing
7 nothing 8 more
8 more 9 .

you see , [reddy] is one of the greatest boasters in the [green] [forest] [or] [on] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 5 is
5 is 6 one
6 one 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 greatest
9 greatest 10 boasters
10 boasters 11 in
11 in 12 the

he likes to strut around and talk big . 
1 he 2 likes
2 likes 3 to
3 to 4 strut
4 strut 5 around
5 around 6 and
6 and 7 talk
7 talk 8 big
8 big 9 .

but like most boasters , he is a coward at heart . 
1 but 2 like
2 like 3 most
3 most 4 boasters
4 boasters 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 is
7 is 8 a
8 a 9 coward
9 coward 10 at
10 at 11 heart
11 heart 12 .

but think as he would , he couldn't think of a single excuse that would sound reasonable . 
1 but 2 think
2 think 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 would
5 would 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 think
9 think 10 of
10 of 11 a
11 a 12 single
12 single 13 excuse
13 excuse 14 that
14 that 15 would
15 would 16 sound
16 sound 17 reasonable
17 reasonable 18 .

but he knew that [bowser] was [chained] . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 knew
3 knew 4 that
4 that 6 was
6 was 8 .

nevertheless he did go up to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [dooryard] [to] make sure . 
1 nevertheless 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 go
4 go 5 up
5 up 6 to
6 to 12 make
12 make 13 sure
13 sure 14 .

it was just as he [expected] [,] [bowser] was chained . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 9 was
9 was 10 chained
10 chained 11 .

reddy sneaked away without even a look at [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] . 
1 reddy 2 sneaked
2 sneaked 3 away
3 away 4 without
4 without 5 even
5 even 6 a
6 a 7 look
7 look 8 at
8 at 13 .

he didn't see that the door had carelessly been left open , and even if he had , it would have made no difference . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
3 see 4 that
4 that 5 the
5 the 6 door
6 door 7 had
7 had 8 carelessly
8 carelessly 9 been
9 been 10 left
10 left 11 open
11 open 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 even
14 even 15 if
15 if 16 he
16 he 17 had
17 had 18 ,
18 , 19 it
19 it 20 would
20 would 21 have
21 have 22 made
22 made 23 no
23 no 24 difference
24 difference 25 .

he hadn't a bit of appetite . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 a
3 a 4 bit
4 bit 5 of
5 of 6 appetite
6 appetite 7 .

[no] [,] [sir] [.] 

reddy [fox] wouldn't have eaten the fattest chicken there if it had been right before him . 
1 reddy 3 wouldn't
3 wouldn't 4 have
4 have 5 eaten
5 eaten 6 the
6 the 7 fattest
7 fattest 8 chicken
8 chicken 9 there
9 there 10 if
10 if 11 it
11 it 12 had
12 had 13 been
13 been 14 right
14 right 15 before
15 before 16 him
16 him 17 .

he just wandered about restlessly , waiting for daybreak and hoping that something would turn up to prevent him from going to [prickly] [porky] ['s] [hill] . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 wandered
3 wandered 4 about
4 about 5 restlessly
5 restlessly 6 ,
6 , 7 waiting
7 waiting 8 for
8 for 9 daybreak
9 daybreak 10 and
10 and 11 hoping
11 hoping 12 that
12 that 13 something
13 something 14 would
14 would 15 turn
15 turn 16 up
16 up 17 to
17 to 18 prevent
18 prevent 19 him
19 him 20 from
20 from 21 going
21 going 22 to
22 to 27 .

he didn't dare to tell [old] [granny] [fox] about it . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 dare
3 dare 4 to
4 to 5 tell
5 tell 9 about
9 about 10 it
10 it 11 .

he knew just what she would say . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 just
3 just 4 what
4 what 5 she
5 she 6 would
6 would 7 say
7 say 8 .

it seemed as if he could hear her sharp voice and the very words : 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 could
6 could 7 hear
7 hear 8 her
8 her 9 sharp
9 sharp 10 voice
10 voice 11 and
11 and 12 the
12 the 13 very
13 very 14 words
14 words 15 :

" serves you right for boasting about something you don't know anything about . 
1 " 2 serves
2 serves 3 you
3 you 4 right
4 right 5 for
5 for 6 boasting
6 boasting 7 about
7 about 8 something
8 something 9 you
9 you 10 don't
10 don't 11 know
11 know 12 anything
12 anything 13 about
13 about 14 .

how many times [have] [i] [told] [you] [that] [no] [good] [comes] [of] [boasting] [?] 
1 how 2 many
2 many 3 times

[a] [wise] [fox] [never] [goes] [near] [strange] [things] [until] [he] [has] [found] [out] [all] [about] [them] [.] 

that is the only way to keep out of trouble and live to a ripe old age . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 only
4 only 5 way
5 way 6 to
6 to 7 keep
7 keep 8 out
8 out 9 of
9 of 10 trouble
10 trouble 11 and
11 and 12 live
12 live 13 to
13 to 14 a
14 a 15 ripe
15 ripe 16 old
16 old 17 age
17 age 18 .

wisdom is nothing but knowledge , and [a] [wise] [fox] always [knows] [what] he is doing . " 
1 wisdom 2 is
2 is 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 but
4 but 5 knowledge
5 knowledge 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 11 always
11 always 14 he
14 he 15 is
15 is 16 doing
16 doing 17 .
17 . 18 "

so [reddy] [wandered] [about] all the long night . 
1 so 5 all
5 all 6 the
6 the 7 long
7 long 8 night
8 night 9 .

it seemed as if it never would pass , and yet he wished it would last forever . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 it
5 it 6 never
6 never 7 would
7 would 8 pass
8 pass 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 yet
11 yet 12 he
12 he 13 wished
13 wished 14 it
14 it 15 would
15 would 16 last
16 last 17 forever
17 forever 18 .

the more he thought about it , the more afraid 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 more
9 more 10 afraid
10 afraid 11 he
11 he 12 grew
12 grew 13 .

at last he saw the [first] [beams] [from] [jolly] [,] [round] [,] red [mr] [sun] [creeping] [through] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 saw
4 saw 5 the
5 the 13 red
13 red 21 .

the time had come , and he must choose between making his boast good or being called a coward by everybody . 
1 the 2 time
2 time 3 had
3 had 4 come
4 come 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 must
8 must 9 choose
9 choose 10 between
10 between 11 making
11 making 12 his
12 his 13 boast
13 boast 14 good
14 good 15 or
15 or 16 being
16 being 17 called
17 called 18 a
18 a 19 coward
19 coward 20 by
20 by 21 everybody
21 everybody 22 .

very , very [slowly] , [reddy] [fox] [began] [to] [walk] [towards] the hill [where] [prickly] [porky] [lives] . 
1 very 2 ,
2 , 3 very
3 very 5 ,
5 , 12 the
12 the 13 hill
13 hill 18 .

[xii] 

[what] [reddy] [fox] [saw] [and] [did] 

the trouble with a great many people is that they remember this too late . 
1 the 2 trouble
2 trouble 3 with
3 with 4 a
4 a 5 great
5 great 6 many
6 many 7 people
7 people 8 is
8 is 9 that
9 that 10 they
10 they 11 remember
11 remember 12 this
12 this 13 too
13 too 14 late
14 late 15 .

reddy [fox] is one of these . 
1 reddy 3 is
3 is 4 one
4 one 5 of
5 of 6 these
6 these 7 .

you see it is a boastful tongue and an untruthful tongue and that is the worst [combination] [for] [making] [trouble] [that] [i] [know] [of] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 boastful
6 boastful 7 tongue
7 tongue 8 and
8 and 9 an
9 an 10 untruthful
10 untruthful 11 tongue
11 tongue 12 and
12 and 13 that
13 that 14 is
14 is 15 the
15 the 16 worst
16 worst 25 .

he had almost reached the foot of the hill without seeing anything out of the usual and without any signs [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 almost
3 almost 4 reached
4 reached 5 the
5 the 6 foot
6 foot 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 hill
9 hill 10 without
10 without 11 seeing
11 seeing 12 anything
12 anything 13 out
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 usual
16 usual 17 and
17 and 18 without
18 without 19 any
19 any 20 signs
20 signs 26 .

reddy looked up with a sickly grin . 
1 reddy 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
3 up 4 with
4 with 5 a
5 a 6 sickly
6 sickly 7 grin
7 grin 8 .

there [sat] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] in a pine tree right over his head . 
1 there 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 pine
9 pine 10 tree
10 tree 11 right
11 right 12 over
12 over 13 his
13 his 14 head
14 head 15 .

he knew now that there was no backing out ; he had got to go on . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 now
3 now 4 that
4 that 5 there
5 there 6 was
6 was 7 no
7 no 8 backing
8 backing 9 out
9 out 10 ;
10 ; 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 got
13 got 14 to
14 to 15 go
15 go 16 on
16 on 17 .

he tried to swagger and look very bold and brave . 
1 he 2 tried
2 tried 3 to
3 to 4 swagger
4 swagger 5 and
5 and 6 look
6 look 7 very
7 very 8 bold
8 bold 9 and
9 and 10 brave
10 brave 11 .

" [i] told you [i] ['m] not afraid . 
1 " 3 told
3 told 4 you
4 you 7 not
7 not 8 afraid
8 afraid 9 .

" keep right on to the foot of the hill ; that 's [where] [ah] [saw] it [yesterday] . 
1 " 2 keep
2 keep 3 right
3 right 4 on
4 on 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 foot
7 foot 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 hill
10 hill 11 ;
11 ; 12 that
12 that 13 's
13 's 17 it
17 it 19 .

my , [ah] ['m] [glad] that we 've got some one so truly brave ! " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 6 that
6 that 7 we
7 we 8 've
8 've 9 got
9 got 10 some
10 some 11 one
11 one 12 so
12 so 13 truly
13 truly 14 brave
14 brave 15 !
15 ! 16 "
16 " 19 '

so , there being nothing else to do , he went on . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 there
3 there 4 being
4 being 5 nothing
5 nothing 6 else
6 else 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 went
11 went 12 on
12 on 13 .

he reached the foot of the hill without seeing or hearing a thing out of the usual . 
1 he 2 reached
2 reached 3 the
3 the 4 foot
4 foot 5 of
5 of 6 the
6 the 7 hill
7 hill 8 without
8 without 9 seeing
9 seeing 10 or
10 or 11 hearing
11 hearing 12 a
12 a 13 thing
13 thing 14 out
14 out 15 of
15 of 16 the
16 the 17 usual
17 usual 18 .

[the] [green] [forest] [seemed] [just] [as] [it] [always] [had] [seemed] [.] 

[redeye] [the] [vireo] [was] [pouring] [out] [his] [little] [song] [of] [gladness] [,] [quite] [as] [if] [everything] [was] [just] [as] [it] [should] [be] [.] 

reddy 's courage began to come back . 
1 reddy 2 's
2 's 3 courage
3 courage 4 began
4 began 5 to
5 to 6 come
6 come 7 back
7 back 8 .

nothing had happened , and nothing was going to happen . 
1 nothing 2 had
2 had 3 happened
3 happened 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 nothing
6 nothing 7 was
7 was 8 going
8 going 9 to
9 to 10 happen
10 happen 11 .

of course not ! 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 not
3 not 4 !

it was all some [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [foolishness] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 all
3 all 4 some
4 some 10 .

some day [he] [would] [catch] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [put] [an] [end] to such silly tales . 
1 some 2 day
2 day 12 to
12 to 13 such
13 such 14 silly
14 silly 15 tales
15 tales 16 .

" ah ! 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 !

what was that ? " 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 that
3 that 4 ?
4 ? 5 "

reddy 's sharp ears had caught a sound up near the top of the hill . 
1 reddy 2 's
2 's 3 sharp
3 sharp 4 ears
4 ears 5 had
5 had 6 caught
6 caught 7 a
7 a 8 sound
8 sound 9 up
9 up 10 near
10 near 11 the
11 the 12 top
12 top 13 of
13 of 14 the
14 the 15 hill
15 hill 16 .

he stopped short and looked up . 
1 he 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 short
3 short 4 and
4 and 5 looked
5 looked 6 up
6 up 7 .

for just a [little] [wee] minute [reddy] [couldn't] believe that his eyes saw right . 
1 for 2 just
2 just 3 a
3 a 6 minute
6 minute 9 believe
9 believe 10 that
10 that 11 his
11 his 12 eyes
12 eyes 13 saw
13 saw 14 right
14 right 15 .

coming down the hill straight towards him was the strangest thing he ever had seen . 
1 coming 2 down
2 down 3 the
3 the 4 hill
4 hill 5 straight
5 straight 6 towards
6 towards 7 him
7 him 8 was
8 was 9 the
9 the 10 strangest
10 strangest 11 thing
11 thing 12 he
12 he 13 ever
13 ever 14 had
14 had 15 seen
15 seen 16 .

he couldn't see any legs . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 see
3 see 4 any
4 any 5 legs
5 legs 6 .

he couldn't see any head . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 see
3 see 4 any
4 any 5 head
5 head 6 .

he couldn't see any tail . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 see
3 see 4 any
4 any 5 tail
5 tail 6 .

it was round like a ball , but it was the strangest looking ball that ever was . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 round
3 round 4 like
4 like 5 a
5 a 6 ball
6 ball 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 the
11 the 12 strangest
12 strangest 13 looking
13 looking 14 ball
14 ball 15 that
15 that 16 ever
16 ever 17 was
17 was 18 .

it was covered with old leaves . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 covered
3 covered 4 with
4 with 5 old
5 old 6 leaves
6 leaves 7 .

reddy wouldn't have believed that it was alive but for the noises it was making . 
1 reddy 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 have
3 have 4 believed
4 believed 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 alive
8 alive 9 but
9 but 10 for
10 for 11 the
11 the 12 noises
12 noises 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 making
15 making 16 .

for just a wee minute he stared , and then , what do you think he did ? 
1 for 2 just
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 wee
4 wee 5 minute
5 minute 6 he
6 he 7 stared
7 stared 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 then
10 then 11 ,
11 , 12 what
12 what 13 do
13 do 14 you
14 you 15 think
15 think 16 he
16 he 17 did
17 did 18 ?

yes , [sir] [,] that 's [just] what [reddy] [fox] [did] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 's
6 's 8 what
8 what 12 .

[[] [illustration] [:] [reddy] [wouldn't] [have] [believed] [that] [it] [was] [alive] [.] 

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[xiii] 

[reddy] [fox] [is] [very] [miserable] 

he forgot all about [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [watching] [from] the [safety] [of] [a] big pine-tree . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 3 all
3 all 4 about
4 about 11 the
11 the 15 big
15 big 16 pine-tree
16 pine-tree 17 .

he didn't see [jimmy] [skunk] [poking] [his] [head] [out] [from] [behind] [an] [old] [stump] [and] [laughing] [fit] [to] [kill] [himself] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
3 see 21 .

[when] [reddy] [was] [safely] [past] [,] [peter] [came] [out] [.] 

" why ! 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 !

why , my gracious [,] [i] [do] [believe] [reddy] [has] [had] [a] [fright] ! " [exclaimed] [peter] [.] 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 my
3 my 4 gracious
4 gracious 14 !
14 ! 15 "

" [i] [do] [believe] that was it ! " he cried . 
1 " 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 it
7 it 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 cried
11 cried 12 .

" [i] [do] believe it was . 
1 " 4 believe
4 believe 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 .

reddy is coming from the direction [of] [prickly] [porky] ['s] , and [that] [was] [where] [i] got my fright . 
1 reddy 2 is
2 is 3 coming
3 coming 4 from
4 from 5 the
5 the 6 direction
6 direction 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 17 got
17 got 18 my
18 my 19 fright
19 fright 20 .

i [i] " 
1 i 3 "

peter hesitated . 
1 peter 2 hesitated
2 hesitated 3 .

he knew it would be a foolish thing to do , for he might walk right into danger . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 it
3 it 4 would
4 would 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 foolish
7 foolish 8 thing
8 thing 9 to
9 to 10 do
10 do 11 ,
11 , 12 for
12 for 13 he
13 he 14 might
14 might 15 walk
15 walk 16 right
16 right 17 into
17 into 18 danger
18 danger 19 .

" it won't do any harm to go part way up there , " [thought] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 won't
3 won't 4 do
4 do 5 any
5 any 6 harm
6 harm 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 part
9 part 10 way
10 way 11 up
11 up 12 there
12 there 13 ,
13 , 14 "

" [perhaps] [i] [will] [find] out [something] [without] [going] [way] [up] there . " 
1 " 6 out
6 out 12 there
12 there 13 .
13 . 14 "

with that he boldly hopped up the hill and joined them . 
1 with 2 that
2 that 3 he
3 he 4 boldly
4 boldly 5 hopped
5 hopped 6 up
6 up 7 the
7 the 8 hill
8 hill 9 and
9 and 10 joined
10 joined 11 them
11 them 12 .

" what 's the joke ? " he demanded . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 joke
5 joke 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 demanded
9 demanded 10 .

" did you [meet] [reddy] [fox] ? " [asked] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [wiping] the tears of laughter from his eyes . 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 14 the
14 the 15 tears
15 tears 16 of
16 of 17 laughter
17 laughter 18 from
18 from 19 his
19 his 20 eyes
20 eyes 21 .

["] [did] [i] [meet] [him] [?] 

why , he almost ran into me and didn't see me at all . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 almost
4 almost 5 ran
5 ran 6 into
6 into 7 me
7 me 8 and
8 and 9 didn't
9 didn't 10 see
10 see 11 me
11 me 12 at
12 at 13 all
13 all 14 .

i guess he 's running yet . 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 he
3 he 4 's
4 's 5 running
5 running 6 yet
6 yet 7 .

now , what 's the joke ? " 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 what
3 what 4 's
4 's 5 the
5 the 6 joke
6 joke 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

peter demanded . 
1 peter 2 demanded
2 demanded 3 .

" now who else can we scare ? " 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 who
3 who 4 else
4 else 5 can
5 can 6 we
6 we 7 scare
7 scare 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

all of which shows that there was something very like mischief being planned on the hill [where] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [lives] . 
1 all 2 of
2 of 3 which
3 which 4 shows
4 shows 5 that
5 that 6 there
6 there 7 was
7 was 8 something
8 something 9 very
9 very 10 like
10 like 11 mischief
11 mischief 12 being
12 being 13 planned
13 planned 14 on
14 on 15 the
15 the 16 hill
16 hill 23 .

[xiv] 

[reddy] [fox] [tries] [to] [keep] [out] [of] [sight] 

never in all his life was [reddy] [fox] [more] [uncomfortable] in his mind . 
1 never 2 in
2 in 3 all
3 all 4 his
4 his 5 life
5 life 6 was
6 was 11 in
11 in 12 his
12 his 13 mind
13 mind 14 .

and he was right ; everybody did know it , and everybody was laughing about it . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 right
4 right 5 ;
5 ; 6 everybody
6 everybody 7 did
7 did 8 know
8 know 9 it
9 it 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 everybody
12 everybody 13 was
13 was 14 laughing
14 laughing 15 about
15 about 16 it
16 it 17 .

usually he is very proud of his handsome red coat , but now he wished that he could get rid of it . 
1 usually 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 very
4 very 5 proud
5 proud 6 of
6 of 7 his
7 his 8 handsome
8 handsome 9 red
9 red 10 coat
10 coat 11 ,
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 now
13 now 14 he
14 he 15 wished
15 wished 16 that
16 that 17 he
17 he 18 could
18 could 19 get
19 get 20 rid
20 rid 21 of
21 of 22 it
22 it 23 .

it is very hard to keep out of sight when you have bright colored clothes . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 hard
4 hard 5 to
5 to 6 keep
6 keep 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 sight
9 sight 10 when
10 when 11 you
11 you 12 have
12 have 13 bright
13 bright 14 colored
14 colored 15 clothes
15 clothes 16 .

presently [sammy] [jay] ['s] [sharp] [eyes] [spied] [him] [as] he tried to crawl up on the young [family] [of] [mrs] [grouse] . 
1 presently 10 he
10 he 11 tried
11 tried 12 to
12 to 13 crawl
13 crawl 14 up
14 up 15 on
15 on 16 the
16 the 17 young
17 young 22 .

at once [sammy] flew over there screaming at the top of his lungs : 
1 at 2 once
2 once 4 flew
4 flew 5 over
5 over 6 there
6 there 7 screaming
7 screaming 8 at
8 at 9 the
9 the 10 top
10 top 11 of
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 lungs
13 lungs 14 :

reddy looked [up] at [sammy] [and] [snarled] . 
1 reddy 2 looked
2 looked 4 at
4 at 8 .

he had gone only a little way when a sharp voice called : " [coward] [!] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 gone
3 gone 4 only
4 only 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 way
7 way 8 when
8 when 9 a
9 a 10 sharp
10 sharp 11 voice
11 voice 12 called
12 called 13 :
13 : 14 "

coward ! 
1 coward 2 !

coward ! " 
1 coward 2 !
2 ! 3 "

it was [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 7 .

no sooner had he got out out of [chatterer] ['s] sight than he heard another voice . 
1 no 2 sooner
2 sooner 3 had
3 had 4 he
4 he 5 got
5 got 6 out
6 out 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 11 sight
11 sight 12 than
12 than 13 he
13 he 14 heard
14 heard 15 another
15 another 16 voice
16 voice 17 .

it was saying over and over : 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 saying
3 saying 4 over
4 over 5 and
5 and 6 over
6 over 7 :

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

oh , me , me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 me
3 me 4 ,
4 , 5 me
5 me 6 !

some folks can talk so very brave [and] [then] [such] [cowards] [be] . ["] 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 3 can
3 can 4 talk
4 talk 5 so
5 so 6 very
6 very 7 brave
7 brave 13 .

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

but nowhere that he could go was he free from those taunting voices . 
1 but 2 nowhere
2 nowhere 3 that
3 that 4 he
4 he 5 could
5 could 6 go
6 go 7 was
7 was 8 he
8 he 9 free
9 free 10 from
10 from 11 those
11 those 12 taunting
12 taunting 13 voices
13 voices 14 .

" [bumble] [,] [grumble] [,] [rumble] [,] hum ! 
1 " 8 hum
8 hum 9 !

reddy surely can run some . " 
1 reddy 2 surely
2 surely 3 can
3 can 4 run
4 run 5 some
5 some 6 .
6 . 7 "

late that afternoon [old] [granny] [fox] [called] [him] [out] , and it was [clear] [to] [see] that [granny] [was] very much put out about something . 
1 late 2 that
2 that 3 afternoon
3 afternoon 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 it
12 it 13 was
13 was 17 that
17 that 20 very
20 very 21 much
21 much 22 put
22 put 23 out
23 out 24 about
24 about 25 something
25 something 26 .

" [serves] you [right] [for] [boasting] ! " [snapped] [granny] [.] 
1 " 3 you
3 you 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" how [many] [times] have [i] [told] you that no good comes of boasting ? 
1 " 2 how
2 how 5 have
5 have 8 you
8 you 9 that
9 that 10 no
10 no 11 good
11 good 12 comes
12 comes 13 of
13 of 14 boasting
14 boasting 15 ?

probably somebody has played a trick on you . 
1 probably 2 somebody
2 somebody 3 has
3 has 4 played
4 played 5 a
5 a 6 trick
6 trick 7 on
7 on 8 you
8 you 9 .

i 've lived a good many years , and [i] never [before] heard of such a creature . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 lived
3 lived 4 a
4 a 5 good
5 good 6 many
6 many 7 years
7 years 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 never
11 never 13 heard
13 heard 14 of
14 of 15 such
15 such 16 a
16 a 17 creature
17 creature 18 .

if there were one , [i] ['d] [have] [seen] it [before] now . 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 were
3 were 4 one
4 one 5 ,
5 , 10 it
10 it 12 now
12 now 13 .

you go back into the house and stay there . 
1 you 2 go
2 go 3 back
3 back 4 into
4 into 5 the
5 the 6 house
6 house 7 and
7 and 8 stay
8 stay 9 there
9 there 10 .

you are a disgrace to the [fox] family . 
1 you 2 are
2 are 3 a
3 a 4 disgrace
4 disgrace 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 8 family
8 family 9 .

i am going to have a look about and find out what is going on . 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 a
6 a 7 look
7 look 8 about
8 about 9 and
9 and 10 find
10 find 11 out
11 out 12 what
12 what 13 is
13 is 14 going
14 going 15 on
15 on 16 .

if this is some trick , they 'll find that [old] [granny] [fox] [isn't] [so] [easily] [fooled] . " 
1 if 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 some
4 some 5 trick
5 trick 6 ,
6 , 7 they
7 they 8 'll
8 'll 9 find
9 find 10 that
10 that 18 .
18 . 19 "

[xv] 

[old] [granny] [fox] [investigates] 

in-vest-i-gate is a great big word , but its meaning is very simple . 
1 in-vest-i-gate 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 great
4 great 5 big
5 big 6 word
6 word 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 its
9 its 10 meaning
10 meaning 11 is
11 is 12 very
12 very 13 simple
13 simple 14 .

to in-vest-i-gate is to look into and try to find out all about something . 
1 to 2 in-vest-i-gate
2 in-vest-i-gate 3 is
3 is 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 into
6 into 7 and
7 and 8 try
8 try 9 to
9 to 10 find
10 find 11 out
11 out 12 all
12 all 13 about
13 about 14 something
14 something 15 .

now [old] [granny] [fox] is [very] [sly] [and] [smart] [and] [clever] , as you all know . 
1 now 5 is
5 is 12 ,
12 , 13 as
13 as 14 you
14 you 15 all
15 all 16 know
16 know 17 .

compared with her , [reddy] [fox] is almost stupid . 
1 compared 2 with
2 with 3 her
3 her 4 ,
4 , 7 is
7 is 8 almost
8 almost 9 stupid
9 stupid 10 .

he may be as sly and smart and clever some day , but he has got a lot to learn before then . 
1 he 2 may
2 may 3 be
3 be 4 as
4 as 5 sly
5 sly 6 and
6 and 7 smart
7 smart 8 and
8 and 9 clever
9 clever 10 some
10 some 11 day
11 day 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 14 he
14 he 15 has
15 has 16 got
16 got 17 a
17 a 18 lot
18 lot 19 to
19 to 20 learn
20 learn 21 before
21 before 22 then
22 then 23 .

but [old] [granny] [fox] did nothing of the kind . 
1 but 5 did
5 did 6 nothing
6 nothing 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 kind
9 kind 10 .

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

she went about hunting her dinner just as usual and didn't appear to be paying the least attention to what was going on about her . 
1 she 2 went
2 went 3 about
3 about 4 hunting
4 hunting 5 her
5 her 6 dinner
6 dinner 7 just
7 just 8 as
8 as 9 usual
9 usual 10 and
10 and 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 appear
12 appear 13 to
13 to 14 be
14 be 15 paying
15 paying 16 the
16 the 17 least
17 least 18 attention
18 attention 19 to
19 to 20 what
20 what 21 was
21 was 22 going
22 going 23 on
23 on 24 about
24 about 25 her
25 her 26 .

with her nose to the ground she ran this way and ran that way as if hunting for a trail . 
1 with 2 her
2 her 3 nose
3 nose 4 to
4 to 5 the
5 the 6 ground
6 ground 7 she
7 she 8 ran
8 ran 9 this
9 this 10 way
10 way 11 and
11 and 12 ran
12 ran 13 that
13 that 14 way
14 way 15 as
15 as 16 if
16 if 17 hunting
17 hunting 18 for
18 for 19 a
19 a 20 trail
20 trail 21 .

granny had heard that the same thing had happened [to] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [to] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 granny 2 had
2 had 3 heard
3 heard 4 that
4 that 5 the
5 the 6 same
6 same 7 thing
7 thing 8 had
8 had 9 happened
9 happened 19 .

so instead of coming to the hill along the hollow at the bottom , she came to it from the other way . 
1 so 2 instead
2 instead 3 of
3 of 4 coming
4 coming 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 hill
7 hill 8 along
8 along 9 the
9 the 10 hollow
10 hollow 11 at
11 at 12 the
12 the 13 bottom
13 bottom 14 ,
14 , 15 she
15 she 16 came
16 came 17 to
17 to 18 it
18 it 19 from
19 from 20 the
20 the 21 other
21 other 22 way
22 way 23 .

" [if] there [is] [anything] [there] [,] [i] 'll be behind it instead of in front of it , " she thought shrewdly . 
1 " 3 there
3 there 9 'll
9 'll 10 be
10 be 11 behind
11 behind 12 it
12 it 13 instead
13 instead 14 of
14 of 15 in
15 in 16 front
16 front 17 of
17 of 18 it
18 it 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 she
21 she 22 thought
22 thought 23 shrewdly
23 shrewdly 24 .

no one would ever have guessed that she was thinking of anything else . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 would
3 would 4 ever
4 ever 5 have
5 have 6 guessed
6 guessed 7 that
7 that 8 she
8 she 9 was
9 was 10 thinking
10 thinking 11 of
11 of 12 anything
12 anything 13 else
13 else 14 .

she followed these down to the bottom , but there they disappeared . 
1 she 2 followed
2 followed 3 these
3 these 4 down
4 down 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 bottom
7 bottom 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 there
10 there 11 they
11 they 12 disappeared
12 disappeared 13 .

as she was [trotting] [home] [along] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] , [she] [met] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 as 2 she
2 she 3 was
3 was 15 ,
15 , 19 '

no , she didn't exactly meet him , because he saw her before she saw him , and he promptly climbed a tree . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 she
3 she 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 exactly
5 exactly 6 meet
6 meet 7 him
7 him 8 ,
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 he
10 he 11 saw
11 saw 12 her
12 her 13 before
13 before 14 she
14 she 15 saw
15 saw 16 him
16 him 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 he
19 he 20 promptly
20 promptly 21 climbed
21 climbed 22 a
22 a 23 tree
23 tree 24 .

granny stopped and looked up . 
1 granny 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 and
3 and 4 looked
4 looked 5 up
5 up 6 .

" it doesn't take much to scare the young [and] [innocent] , [mr] [possum] [,] " she replied . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 doesn't
3 doesn't 4 take
4 take 5 much
5 much 6 to
6 to 7 scare
7 scare 8 the
8 the 9 young
9 young 12 ,
12 , 16 "
16 " 17 she
17 she 18 replied
18 replied 19 .

" [i] don't believe [all] [i] [hear] . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 believe
4 believe 8 .

i 've just been hunting all over the hill [where] [prickly] [porky] [lives] , and [i] [couldn't] [find] so much [as] [a] [wood] [mouse] for [dinner] . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 just
3 just 4 been
4 been 5 hunting
5 hunting 6 all
6 all 7 over
7 over 8 the
8 the 9 hill
9 hill 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 19 so
19 so 20 much
20 much 25 for
25 for 27 .

do you believe such a foolish tale , [mr] [possum] [?] " 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 believe
3 believe 4 such
4 such 5 a
5 a 6 foolish
6 foolish 7 tale
7 tale 8 ,
8 , 12 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [coughed] [behind] [one] [hand] [.] 

" yes , [mrs] [fox] [,] [ah] [confess] [ah] [done] [have] to believe it , " he replied . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 12 to
12 to 13 believe
13 believe 14 it
14 it 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 he
17 he 18 replied
18 replied 19 .

" yo ' see , [ah] [done] [see] that thing mah own self , and [ah] [just] [naturally] has to believe mah own eyes . " 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 see
4 see 5 ,
5 , 9 that
9 that 10 thing
10 thing 11 mah
11 mah 12 own
12 own 13 self
13 self 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 19 has
19 has 20 to
20 to 21 believe
21 believe 22 mah
22 mah 23 own
23 own 24 eyes
24 eyes 25 .
25 . 26 "

" huh ! 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !

i 'd like to see it ! 
1 i 2 'd
2 'd 3 like
3 like 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 it
6 it 7 !

[maybe] [i] ['d] [believe] [it] [then] [!] ["] [snapped] [granny] [fox] [.] 

" the only time to see it is just at sun-up , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 only
3 only 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 it
7 it 8 is
8 is 9 just
9 just 10 at
10 at 11 sun-up
11 sun-up 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 16 '

" anybody that comes along through [that] [hollow] [at] the [foot] [of] [brer] [porky] ['s] hill at sun-up is likely never to forget it . 
1 " 2 anybody
2 anybody 3 that
3 that 4 comes
4 comes 5 along
5 along 6 through
6 through 10 the
10 the 16 hill
16 hill 17 at
17 at 18 sun-up
18 sun-up 19 is
19 is 20 likely
20 likely 21 never
21 never 22 to
22 to 23 forget
23 forget 24 it
24 it 25 .

ah wouldn't do it again . 
1 ah 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 do
3 do 4 it
4 it 5 again
5 again 6 .

no , [sah] [,] [once] [is] [enough] [fo] ' [your] [unc] ' [billy] [.] ["] 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 9 '
9 ' 12 '

" huh ! " [snorted] [granny] [and] [trotted] [on] [.] 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
3 ! 4 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [watched] [her] [out] [of] [sight] [and] [grinned] [broadly] [.] 

" [as] [sho] ['] [as] [brer] [sun] [gets] up [to-morrow] [mo'ning] , [ol] ['] [granny] [fox] will be there , " he chuckled . 
1 " 9 up
9 up 12 ,
12 , 17 will
17 will 18 be
18 be 19 there
19 there 20 ,
20 , 21 "
21 " 22 he
22 he 23 chuckled
23 chuckled 24 .

" [ah] [must] [get] [word] [to] [brer] [porky] and [brer] [skunk] and [brer] [rabbit] [.] " 
1 " 9 and
9 and 12 and
12 and 16 "

[xvi] 

[old] [granny] [fox] [loses] [her] [dignity] 

how [did] [unc] ['] [billy] [know] ? 
1 how 7 ?

well , he just guessed . 
1 well 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 just
4 just 5 guessed
5 guessed 6 .

she 'll come just the way she did this afternoon , from back of the hill instead of along the holler . " 
1 she 2 'll
2 'll 3 come
3 come 4 just
4 just 5 the
5 the 6 way
6 way 7 she
7 she 8 did
8 did 9 this
9 this 10 afternoon
10 afternoon 11 ,
11 , 12 from
12 from 13 back
13 back 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 hill
16 hill 17 instead
17 instead 18 of
18 of 19 along
19 along 20 the
20 the 21 holler
21 holler 22 .
22 . 23 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [was] [quite] [right] [.] 

she was at the top of the [hill] [where] [prickly] [porky] [lives] [a] [full] hour [before] [sun-up] , and there she sat down to wait . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 at
3 at 4 the
4 the 5 top
5 top 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 15 hour
15 hour 18 ,
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 there
20 there 21 she
21 she 22 sat
22 sat 23 down
23 down 24 to
24 to 25 wait
25 wait 26 .

she couldn't see or hear anything in the least suspicious . 
1 she 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 see
3 see 4 or
4 or 5 hear
5 hear 6 anything
6 anything 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 least
9 least 10 suspicious
10 suspicious 11 .

only [prickly] [porky] [was] to be seen , and he seemed to be asleep in his favorite tree . 
1 only 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 seen
7 seen 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 seemed
11 seemed 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 asleep
14 asleep 15 in
15 in 16 his
16 his 17 favorite
17 favorite 18 tree
18 tree 19 .

everything seemed to be [just] [as] [old] [granny] [fox] [had] seen [it] a hundred times before . 
1 everything 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 11 seen
11 seen 13 a
13 a 14 hundred
14 hundred 15 times
15 times 16 before
16 before 17 .

at [last] the [jolly] [little] [sunbeams] [began] [to] dance [through] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [chasing] [out] [the] [black] [shadows] . 
1 at 3 the
3 the 9 dance
9 dance 20 .

[redeye] [the] [vireo] [awoke] [and] [at] [once] [began] [to] [sing] [,] [as] [is] [his] [way] [,] [not] [even] [waiting] [to] [get] [a] [mouthful] [of] [breakfast] [.] 

[prickly] [porky] [yawned] [and] [grunted] [.] 

[old] [granny] [fox] [arose] [and] [slowly] [stretched] [.] 

[she] [glanced] [at] [prickly] [porky] [contemptuously] [.] 

she had seen him act in this stupid , uncertain way dozens of times before . 
1 she 2 had
2 had 3 seen
3 seen 4 him
4 him 5 act
5 act 6 in
6 in 7 this
7 this 8 stupid
8 stupid 9 ,
9 , 10 uncertain
10 uncertain 11 way
11 way 12 dozens
12 dozens 13 of
13 of 14 times
14 times 15 before
15 before 16 .

now [old] [granny] [fox] [can] [be] [very] [dignified] [when] she wants to be , and she was now . 
1 now 10 she
10 she 11 wants
11 wants 12 to
12 to 13 be
13 be 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 she
16 she 17 was
17 was 18 now
18 now 19 .

she didn't hurry the least little bit . 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 hurry
3 hurry 4 the
4 the 5 least
5 least 6 little
6 little 7 bit
7 bit 8 .

she carried her big , plumey tail just so . 
1 she 2 carried
2 carried 3 her
3 her 4 big
4 big 5 ,
5 , 6 plumey
6 plumey 7 tail
7 tail 8 just
8 just 9 so
9 so 10 .

she turned like a flash and then well , [for] [a] [minute] [old] [granny] [fox] was too surprised to do anything but stare . 
1 she 2 turned
2 turned 3 like
3 like 4 a
4 a 5 flash
5 flash 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 well
8 well 9 ,
9 , 16 was
16 was 17 too
17 too 18 surprised
18 surprised 19 to
19 to 20 do
20 do 21 anything
21 anything 22 but
22 but 23 stare
23 stare 24 .

there , rolling down the hill straight towards her , was the very thing [reddy] [had] [told] [her] [about] . 
1 there 2 ,
2 , 3 rolling
3 rolling 4 down
4 down 5 the
5 the 6 hill
6 hill 7 straight
7 straight 8 towards
8 towards 9 her
9 her 10 ,
10 , 11 was
11 was 12 the
12 the 13 very
13 very 14 thing
14 thing 20 .

the nearer it got , the stranger and more terrible it seemed . 
1 the 2 nearer
2 nearer 3 it
3 it 4 got
4 got 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 7 stranger
7 stranger 8 and
8 and 9 more
9 more 10 terrible
10 terrible 11 it
11 it 12 seemed
12 seemed 13 .

[then] [granny] [forgot] [her] [dignity] [.] 

yes , [sir] [,] she forgot her dignity . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 she
5 she 6 forgot
6 forgot 7 her
7 her 8 dignity
8 dignity 9 .

in fact , she quite lost it altogether . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 she
4 she 5 quite
5 quite 6 lost
6 lost 7 it
7 it 8 altogether
8 altogether 9 .

[granny] [fox] [ran] [just] [as] [reddy] [had] [run] [!] 

[xvii] 

[granny] [fox] [catches] [peter] [rabbit] 

now listen to this little [tale] [that] [deals] [somewhat] [with] [folly] [,] [and] [shows] [how] [sometimes] one [may] [be] [a] little bit too jolly . 
1 now 2 listen
2 listen 3 to
3 to 4 this
4 this 5 little
5 little 17 one
17 one 21 little
21 little 22 bit
22 bit 23 too
23 too 24 jolly
24 jolly 25 .

" [ho] [,] ho , ho ! " [shouted] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 4 ho
4 ho 5 ,
5 , 6 ho
6 ho 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" [i] wonder what [reddy] [fox] would have said if he could [have] [seen] [old] [granny] go down that hollow ! " 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 what
4 what 7 would
7 would 8 have
8 have 9 said
9 said 10 if
10 if 11 he
11 he 12 could
12 could 17 go
17 go 18 down
18 down 19 that
19 that 20 hollow
20 hollow 21 !
21 ! 22 "

" [ha] [,] ha , ha ! " [shouted] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 4 ha
4 ha 5 ,
5 , 6 ha
6 ha 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" did you see how her eyes popped out ? " 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 see
4 see 5 how
5 how 6 her
6 her 7 eyes
7 eyes 8 popped
8 popped 9 out
9 out 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

" [hee] [,] hee , hee ! " [squeaked] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] in his funny cracked voice . 
1 " 4 hee
4 hee 5 ,
5 , 6 hee
6 hee 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 11 '
11 ' 14 in
14 in 15 his
15 his 16 funny
16 funny 17 cracked
17 cracked 18 voice
18 voice 19 .

" ah reckons she am bound to have sore feet if she keeps on running the way she started . " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
3 reckons 4 she
4 she 5 am
5 am 6 bound
6 bound 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 sore
9 sore 10 feet
10 feet 11 if
11 if 12 she
12 she 13 keeps
13 keeps 14 on
14 on 15 running
15 running 16 the
16 the 17 way
17 way 18 she
18 she 19 started
19 started 20 .
20 . 21 "

[prickly] [porky] [didn't] [say] [a] [word] [.] 

he just smiled in a quiet sort of way as he slowly climbed up to the top of the hill . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 smiled
3 smiled 4 in
4 in 5 a
5 a 6 quiet
6 quiet 7 sort
7 sort 8 of
8 of 9 way
9 way 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 slowly
12 slowly 13 climbed
13 climbed 14 up
14 up 15 to
15 to 16 the
16 the 17 top
17 top 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 hill
20 hill 21 .

[now] [old] [granny] [fox] [had] [been] [badly] [frightened] [.] 

who wouldn't have been at seeing a strange creature without head , tail , or legs rolling down hill straight towards them ? 
1 who 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 have
3 have 4 been
4 been 5 at
5 at 6 seeing
6 seeing 7 a
7 a 8 strange
8 strange 9 creature
9 creature 10 without
10 without 11 head
11 head 12 ,
12 , 13 tail
13 tail 14 ,
14 , 15 or
15 or 16 legs
16 legs 17 rolling
17 rolling 18 down
18 down 19 hill
19 hill 20 straight
20 straight 21 towards
21 towards 22 them
22 them 23 ?

but [granny] [was] [too] [old] [and] [wise] to run very far without cause . 
1 but 8 to
8 to 9 run
9 run 10 very
10 very 11 far
11 far 12 without
12 without 13 cause
13 cause 14 .

it didn't take her long to decide that it wasn't . 
1 it 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 take
3 take 4 her
4 her 5 long
5 long 6 to
6 to 7 decide
7 decide 8 that
8 that 9 it
9 it 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 .

then she did some quick thinking . 
1 then 2 she
2 she 3 did
3 did 4 some
4 some 5 quick
5 quick 6 thinking
6 thinking 7 .

" [i] said [beforehand] that there was some trick , and [now] [i] ['m] sure of it , " she muttered . 
1 " 3 said
3 said 5 that
5 that 6 there
6 there 7 was
7 was 8 some
8 some 9 trick
9 trick 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 15 sure
15 sure 16 of
16 of 17 it
17 it 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 she
20 she 21 muttered
21 muttered 22 .

" [i] [have] an [idea] [that] [that] [good-for-nothing] old [billy] [possum] [knows] [something] [about] [it] , and [i] ['m] [just] going [back] to find out . " 
1 " 4 an
4 an 9 old
9 old 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 21 going
21 going 23 to
23 to 24 find
24 find 25 out
25 out 26 .
26 . 27 "

she wasted no time thinking about it , but began to steal back the way she had come . 
1 she 2 wasted
2 wasted 3 no
3 no 4 time
4 time 5 thinking
5 thinking 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 began
10 began 11 to
11 to 12 steal
12 steal 13 back
13 back 14 the
14 the 15 way
15 way 16 she
16 she 17 had
17 had 18 come
18 come 19 .

now , no one is lighter of foot than old [granny] [fox] , and no one knows better how to keep out of sight . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 no
3 no 4 one
4 one 5 is
5 is 6 lighter
6 lighter 7 of
7 of 8 foot
8 foot 9 than
9 than 10 old
10 old 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 no
15 no 16 one
16 one 17 knows
17 knows 18 better
18 better 19 how
19 how 20 to
20 to 21 keep
21 keep 22 out
22 out 23 of
23 of 24 sight
24 sight 25 .

then she smiled grimly . 
1 then 2 she
2 she 3 smiled
3 smiled 4 grimly
4 grimly 5 .

at last they were so tired with their good time that they just had to stop for a rest . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 they
3 they 4 were
4 were 5 so
5 so 6 tired
6 tired 7 with
7 with 8 their
8 their 9 good
9 good 10 time
10 time 11 that
11 that 12 they
12 they 13 just
13 just 14 had
14 had 15 to
15 to 16 stop
16 stop 17 for
17 for 18 a
18 a 19 rest
19 rest 20 .

" oh , dear , [i] ['m] all out of breath , " [panted] [peter] [,] as he threw himself flat on the ground . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 dear
4 dear 5 ,
5 , 8 all
8 all 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 breath
11 breath 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 17 as
17 as 18 he
18 he 19 threw
19 threw 20 himself
20 himself 21 flat
21 flat 22 on
22 on 23 the
23 the 24 ground
24 ground 25 .

" that was the [funniest] thing [i] [ever] [saw] . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 was
3 was 4 the
4 the 6 thing
6 thing 10 .

i wonder who we " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 who
3 who 4 we
4 we 5 "

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

[no] [,] [sir] [,] [peter] [didn't] [finish] [.] 

[old] [granny] [fox] [had] [caught] [peter] [rabbit] [at] [last] [!] 

[xviii] 

[a] [friend] [in] [need] [is] [a] [friend] [indeed] 

the friendship which is truest , best , [is] that [which] [meets] the trouble test . 
1 the 2 friendship
2 friendship 3 which
3 which 4 is
4 is 5 truest
5 truest 6 ,
6 , 7 best
7 best 8 ,
8 , 10 that
10 that 13 the
13 the 14 trouble
14 trouble 15 test
15 test 16 .

no one really knows who his best friends are until he gets in trouble . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 really
3 really 4 knows
4 knows 5 who
5 who 6 his
6 his 7 best
7 best 8 friends
8 friends 9 are
9 are 10 until
10 until 11 he
11 he 12 gets
12 gets 13 in
13 in 14 trouble
14 trouble 15 .

when everything is lovely and there is no sign of trouble anywhere , one may have ever and ever so many friends . 
1 when 2 everything
2 everything 3 is
3 is 4 lovely
4 lovely 5 and
5 and 6 there
6 there 7 is
7 is 8 no
8 no 9 sign
9 sign 10 of
10 of 11 trouble
11 trouble 12 anywhere
12 anywhere 13 ,
13 , 14 one
14 one 15 may
15 may 16 have
16 have 17 ever
17 ever 18 and
18 and 19 ever
19 ever 20 so
20 so 21 many
21 many 22 friends
22 friends 23 .

at least , it may seem so . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 may
5 may 6 seem
6 seem 7 so
7 so 8 .

these are the real friends , the true friends , and they are worth more than all the others put together . 
1 these 2 are
2 are 3 the
3 the 4 real
4 real 5 friends
5 friends 6 ,
6 , 7 the
7 the 8 true
8 true 9 friends
9 friends 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 they
12 they 13 are
13 are 14 worth
14 worth 15 more
15 more 16 than
16 than 17 all
17 all 18 the
18 the 19 others
19 others 20 put
20 put 21 together
21 together 22 .

remember that if you are a true friend to any one , you will stand by him and help him , no matter what happens . 
1 remember 2 that
2 that 3 if
3 if 4 you
4 you 5 are
5 are 6 a
6 a 7 true
7 true 8 friend
8 friend 9 to
9 to 10 any
10 any 11 one
11 one 12 ,
12 , 13 you
13 you 14 will
14 will 15 stand
15 stand 16 by
16 by 17 him
17 him 18 and
18 and 19 help
19 help 20 him
20 him 21 ,
21 , 22 no
22 no 23 matter
23 matter 24 what
24 what 25 happens
25 happens 26 .

sometimes it is almost worth while getting into trouble just to find out who your real friends are . 
1 sometimes 2 it
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 almost
4 almost 5 worth
5 worth 6 while
6 while 7 getting
7 getting 8 into
8 into 9 trouble
9 trouble 10 just
10 just 11 to
11 to 12 find
12 find 13 out
13 out 14 who
14 who 15 your
15 your 16 real
16 real 17 friends
17 friends 18 are
18 are 19 .

peter [rabbit] [found] [out] [who] [some] [of] [his] [truest] [friends] [are] [when] , [because] [of] his own [carelessness] [,] [old] [granny] [fox] [caught] [him] . 
1 peter 13 ,
13 , 16 his
16 his 17 own
17 own 25 .

now it was her turn to laugh , all because he had been careless and foolish . 
1 now 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 her
4 her 5 turn
5 turn 6 to
6 to 7 laugh
7 laugh 8 ,
8 , 9 all
9 all 10 because
10 because 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 been
13 been 14 careless
14 careless 15 and
15 and 16 foolish
16 foolish 17 .

at [peter] ['s] [scream] [of] [fright] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [scampered] [for] the [nearest] tree , and [jimmy] [skunk] [dodged] [behind] a big stump . 
1 at 14 the
14 the 16 tree
16 tree 17 ,
17 , 18 and
18 and 23 a
23 a 24 big
24 big 25 stump
25 stump 26 .

you see , it was so sudden that they really didn't know what had happened . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 so
6 so 7 sudden
7 sudden 8 that
8 that 9 they
9 they 10 really
10 really 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 know
12 know 13 what
13 what 14 had
14 had 15 happened
15 happened 16 .

but [prickly] [porky] [,] [whom] some people call stupid , made no move to run away . 
1 but 6 some
6 some 7 people
7 people 8 call
8 call 9 stupid
9 stupid 10 ,
10 , 11 made
11 made 12 no
12 no 13 move
13 move 14 to
14 to 15 run
15 run 16 away
16 away 17 .

he happened to be looking at [peter] [when] [granny] [caught] him , and so he knew just what it meant . 
1 he 2 happened
2 happened 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 looking
5 looking 6 at
6 at 11 him
11 him 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 so
14 so 15 he
15 he 16 knew
16 knew 17 just
17 just 18 what
18 what 19 it
19 it 20 meant
20 meant 21 .

a spark of anger flashed in his usually dull eyes and for once in his life [prickly] [porky] [moved] [quickly] . 
1 a 2 spark
2 spark 3 of
3 of 4 anger
4 anger 5 flashed
5 flashed 6 in
6 in 7 his
7 his 8 usually
8 usually 9 dull
9 dull 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 and
11 and 12 for
12 for 13 once
13 once 14 in
14 in 15 his
15 his 16 life
16 life 21 .

the thousand little spears hidden in his coat [suddenly] [stood] [on] [end] and [prickly] [porky] made a fierce little rush forward . 
1 the 2 thousand
2 thousand 3 little
3 little 4 spears
4 spears 5 hidden
5 hidden 6 in
6 in 7 his
7 his 8 coat
8 coat 13 and
13 and 16 made
16 made 17 a
17 a 18 fierce
18 fierce 19 little
19 little 20 rush
20 rush 21 forward
21 forward 22 .

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [drop] [him] [!] ["] [he] [grunted] [.] 

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" drop him ! " he grunted . 
1 " 2 drop
2 drop 3 him
3 him 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 he
6 he 7 grunted
7 grunted 8 .

granny [fox] [just] [snarled] [and] [backed] [away] , [dragging] [peter] [with] [her] and [keeping] him [between] [prickly] [porky] [and] [herself] . 
1 granny 8 ,
8 , 13 and
13 and 15 him
15 him 21 .

by this time [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [recovered] [himself] . 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 9 .

you know he is not afraid of anybody or anything . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 not
5 not 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
7 of 8 anybody
8 anybody 9 or
9 or 10 anything
10 anything 11 .

he sprang out from behind the stump , looking a wee bit shame-faced , and started for [old] [granny] [fox] . 
1 he 2 sprang
2 sprang 3 out
3 out 4 from
4 from 5 behind
5 behind 6 the
6 the 7 stump
7 stump 8 ,
8 , 9 looking
9 looking 10 a
10 a 11 wee
11 wee 12 bit
12 bit 13 shame-faced
13 shame-faced 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 started
16 started 17 for
17 for 21 .

" you let [peter] [rabbit] go ! " he commanded in a very threatening way . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 let
3 let 6 go
6 go 7 !
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 commanded
10 commanded 11 in
11 in 12 a
12 a 13 very
13 very 14 threatening
14 threatening 15 way
15 way 16 .

[granny] [fox] [knows] [all] [about] [this] [.] 

for just a minute she hesitated . 
1 for 2 just
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 minute
4 minute 5 she
5 she 6 hesitated
6 hesitated 7 .

so she kept on backing away , [dragging] [peter] with her . 
1 so 2 she
2 she 3 kept
3 kept 4 on
4 on 5 backing
5 backing 6 away
6 away 7 ,
7 , 10 with
10 with 11 her
11 her 12 .

he slipped down from the tree where he had sought safety , [crept] [around] [behind] [granny] [,] and bit her sharply on one heel . 
1 he 2 slipped
2 slipped 3 down
3 down 4 from
4 from 5 the
5 the 6 tree
6 tree 7 where
7 where 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 sought
10 sought 11 safety
11 safety 12 ,
12 , 18 and
18 and 19 bit
19 bit 20 her
20 her 21 sharply
21 sharply 22 on
22 on 23 one
23 one 24 heel
24 heel 25 .

granny let go [of] [peter] [to] [turn] and [snap] [at] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 granny 2 let
2 let 3 go
3 go 8 and
8 and 12 '

this was [peter] ['s] [chance] . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 6 .

he slipped out [from] [under] [granny] ['s] [paws] and in a flash [was] [behind] [prickly] [porky] . 
1 he 2 slipped
2 slipped 3 out
3 out 9 and
9 and 10 in
10 in 11 a
11 a 12 flash
12 flash 17 .

[xix] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [takes] [word] [to] [mrs] [.] [peter] 

to think that she actually had caught [peter] [rabbit] [and] [then] [lost] him [was] [too] [provoking] ! 
1 to 2 think
2 think 3 that
3 that 4 she
4 she 5 actually
5 actually 6 had
6 had 7 caught
7 caught 13 him
13 him 17 !

it was more than her temper , never of the best , could stand . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 more
3 more 4 than
4 than 5 her
5 her 6 temper
6 temper 7 ,
7 , 8 never
8 never 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 best
11 best 12 ,
12 , 13 could
13 could 14 stand
14 stand 15 .

her yellow eyes snapped so that it seemed almost as if sparks of fire flew from them . 
1 her 2 yellow
2 yellow 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 snapped
4 snapped 5 so
5 so 6 that
6 that 7 it
7 it 8 seemed
8 seemed 9 almost
9 almost 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 sparks
12 sparks 13 of
13 of 14 fire
14 fire 15 flew
15 flew 16 from
16 from 17 them
17 them 18 .

it [made] [peter] [shiver] just to look at her . 
1 it 5 just
5 just 6 to
6 to 7 look
7 look 8 at
8 at 9 her
9 her 10 .

so she talked herself out and then with many parting threats of what she would do , she started for home . 
1 so 2 she
2 she 3 talked
3 talked 4 herself
4 herself 5 out
5 out 6 and
6 and 7 then
7 then 8 with
8 with 9 many
9 many 10 parting
10 parting 11 threats
11 threats 12 of
12 of 13 what
13 what 14 she
14 she 15 would
15 would 16 do
16 do 17 ,
17 , 18 she
18 she 19 started
19 started 20 for
20 for 21 home
21 home 22 .

when she had gone , the others turned to [peter] [rabbit] [to] see how badly he had been hurt . 
1 when 2 she
2 she 3 had
3 had 4 gone
4 gone 5 ,
5 , 6 the
6 the 7 others
7 others 8 turned
8 turned 9 to
9 to 13 see
13 see 14 how
14 how 15 badly
15 badly 16 he
16 he 17 had
17 had 18 been
18 been 19 hurt
19 hurt 20 .

they looked him all over and found that he wasn't much the worse for his rough experience . 
1 they 2 looked
2 looked 3 him
3 him 4 all
4 all 5 over
5 over 6 and
6 and 7 found
7 found 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 much
11 much 12 the
12 the 13 worse
13 worse 14 for
14 for 15 his
15 his 16 rough
16 rough 17 experience
17 experience 18 .

" [i] [must] [get] home [now] , " said he in a rather faint voice . 
1 " 5 home
5 home 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 he
10 he 11 in
11 in 12 a
12 a 13 rather
13 rather 14 faint
14 faint 15 voice
15 voice 16 .

" [mrs] [peter] will be sure that something has happened to me and will be worried almost to death . " 
1 " 4 will
4 will 5 be
5 be 6 sure
6 sure 7 that
7 that 8 something
8 something 9 has
9 has 10 happened
10 happened 11 to
11 to 12 me
12 me 13 and
13 and 14 will
14 will 15 be
15 be 16 worried
16 worried 17 almost
17 almost 18 to
18 to 19 death
19 death 20 .
20 . 21 "

" no , you don't ! " [declared] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 you
4 you 5 don't
5 don't 6 !
6 ! 7 "

" you are going to stay right here where we can take care of you . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 are
3 are 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 stay
6 stay 7 right
7 right 8 here
8 here 9 where
9 where 10 we
10 we 11 can
11 can 12 take
12 take 13 care
13 care 14 of
14 of 15 you
15 you 16 .

he found [little] [mrs] [peter] [anxiously] [looking] [towards] [the] [green] [forest] [for] [some] [sign] [of] [peter] . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 17 .

" oh ! " she cried , " you have come to bring me bad news . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 she
5 she 6 cried
6 cried 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 you
9 you 10 have
10 have 11 come
11 come 12 to
12 to 13 bring
13 bring 14 me
14 me 15 bad
15 bad 16 news
16 news 17 .

do tell me quickly what has happened [to] [peter] ! " 
1 do 2 tell
2 tell 3 me
3 me 4 quickly
4 quickly 5 what
5 what 6 has
6 has 7 happened
7 happened 10 !
10 ! 11 "

" nothing much has happened [to] [peter] , " [replied] [jimmy] [promptly] [.] 
1 " 2 nothing
2 nothing 3 much
3 much 4 has
4 has 5 happened
5 happened 8 ,
8 , 9 "

but little [mrs] [peter] [wasn't] [wholly] [satisfied] . 
1 but 2 little
2 little 8 .

nothing [that] [jimmy] [could] [say] [had] [the] [least] [effect] , and so at last he agreed to take her to [peter] . 
1 nothing 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 so
12 so 13 at
13 at 14 last
14 last 15 he
15 he 16 agreed
16 agreed 17 to
17 to 18 take
18 take 19 her
19 her 20 to
20 to 22 .

[xx] 

[a] [plot] [to] [frighten] [old] [man] [coyote] 

mischief leads to mischief , for it [is] [almost] [sure] [to] [never] , never be content without a little more . 
1 mischief 2 leads
2 leads 3 to
3 to 4 mischief
4 mischief 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 7 it
7 it 13 ,
13 , 14 never
14 never 15 be
15 be 16 content
16 content 17 without
17 without 18 a
18 a 19 little
19 little 20 more
20 more 21 .

no , [sir] [,] they were not ! 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 they
5 they 6 were
6 were 7 not
7 not 8 !

you see , when danger is over , it is quickly forgotten . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 when
4 when 5 danger
5 danger 6 is
6 is 7 over
7 over 8 ,
8 , 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 quickly
11 quickly 12 forgotten
12 forgotten 13 .

" [there] is [old] [man] [coyote] [;] he is forever frightening those smaller and weaker than himself . 
1 " 3 is
3 is 8 he
8 he 9 is
9 is 10 forever
10 forever 11 frightening
11 frightening 12 those
12 those 13 smaller
13 smaller 14 and
14 and 15 weaker
15 weaker 16 than
16 than 17 himself
17 himself 18 .

i 'd just love to see him run , " said [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 i 2 'd
2 'd 3 just
3 just 4 love
4 love 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 him
7 him 8 run
8 run 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 14 .

" the very one ! " [cried] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 very
3 very 4 one
4 one 5 !
5 ! 6 "

" [i] [wonder] if he would be afraid . 
1 " 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 afraid
8 afraid 9 .

you know he is even smarter than [granny] [fox] [,] [and] [though] she was frightened at first , she soon got over it . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 even
5 even 6 smarter
6 smarter 7 than
7 than 13 she
13 she 14 was
14 was 15 frightened
15 frightened 16 at
16 at 17 first
17 first 18 ,
18 , 19 she
19 she 20 soon
20 soon 21 got
21 got 22 over
22 over 23 it
23 it 24 .

how do you suppose we can get him over here ? " 
1 how 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 suppose
4 suppose 5 we
5 we 6 can
6 can 7 get
7 get 8 him
8 him 9 over
9 over 10 here
10 here 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

["] [we-uns] [will] [take] [brer] [jay] [into] [our] [secret] [.] 

" that 's all [brer] [jay] [need] [to] [say] . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 all
4 all 10 .

" [peter] [has] [had] trouble [enough] [already] , and [i] ['m] not [going] to let him have any more , so there ! " 
1 " 5 trouble
5 trouble 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 12 not
12 not 14 to
14 to 15 let
15 let 16 him
16 him 17 have
17 have 18 any
18 any 19 more
19 more 20 ,
20 , 21 so
21 so 22 there
22 there 23 !
23 ! 24 "

" [peter] [isn't] going to get into any trouble , " spoke up [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 get
6 get 7 into
7 into 8 any
8 any 9 trouble
9 trouble 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 spoke
12 spoke 13 up
13 up 16 .

now , [please] [,] [mrs] [.] peter , don't be foolish . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 7 peter
7 peter 8 ,
8 , 9 don't
9 don't 10 be
10 be 11 foolish
11 foolish 12 .

you [don't] [like] [old] [man] [coyote] , do you ? 
1 you 7 ,
7 , 8 do
8 do 9 you
9 you 10 ?

you know [sammy] [is] [always] [ready] [for] any [mischief] . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 8 any
8 any 10 .

just as he started to look for [old] [man] [coyote] , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [made] [another] [suggestion] [.] 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 started
4 started 5 to
5 to 6 look
6 look 7 for
7 for 11 ,
11 , 13 '

yo ' know she isn't wasting any love on him . 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 know
3 know 4 she
4 she 5 isn't
5 isn't 6 wasting
6 wasting 7 any
7 any 8 love
8 love 9 on
9 on 10 him
10 him 11 .

what do yo ' alls say ? " 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 alls
5 alls 6 say
6 say 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

[xxi] 

[sammy] [jay] [delivers] [his] [message] 

[sammy] [jay] [has] [been] [the] [bearer] [of] [so] [many] [messages] [that] [no] [one] [knows] [better] [than] [he] [how] [to] [deliver] [one] [.] 

he knows when to be polite , and no one can be more polite than he . 
1 he 2 knows
2 knows 3 when
3 when 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 polite
6 polite 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 no
9 no 10 one
10 one 11 can
11 can 12 be
12 be 13 more
13 more 14 polite
14 polite 15 than
15 than 16 he
16 he 17 .

" all right , " [replied] [sammy] [,] [quite] as if it made no difference to him . 
1 " 2 all
2 all 3 right
3 right 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 it
12 it 13 made
13 made 14 no
14 no 15 difference
15 difference 16 to
16 to 17 him
17 him 18 .

" they 'll be there , " he muttered . 
1 " 2 they
2 they 3 'll
3 'll 4 be
4 be 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 muttered
9 muttered 10 .

they 'll try to keep out of sight , but they 'll be there . " 
1 they 2 'll
2 'll 3 try
3 try 4 to
4 to 5 keep
5 keep 6 out
6 out 7 of
7 of 8 sight
8 sight 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 they
11 they 12 'll
12 'll 13 be
13 be 14 there
14 there 15 .
15 . 16 "

[sammy] [found] [old] [man] [coyote] [taking] [a] [sun-bath] [.] 

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

i hope you are feeling well , " [said] [sammy] in his politest manner . 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 3 you
3 you 4 are
4 are 5 feeling
5 feeling 6 well
6 well 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 11 in
11 in 12 his
12 his 13 politest
13 politest 14 manner
14 manner 15 .

" what 's the news in the [green] [forest] [?] " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 's
3 's 4 the
4 the 5 news
5 news 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 11 "

" there isn't any , that is , none to amount to anything , " [declared] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 there
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 any
4 any 5 ,
5 , 6 that
6 that 7 is
7 is 8 ,
8 , 9 none
9 none 10 to
10 to 11 amount
11 amount 12 to
12 to 13 anything
13 anything 14 ,
14 , 15 "

" [i] never did see such a dull summer . 
1 " 3 never
3 never 4 did
4 did 5 see
5 see 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 dull
8 dull 9 summer
9 summer 10 .

is there any news down here [on] [the] [green] [meadows] ? 
1 is 2 there
2 there 3 any
3 any 4 news
4 news 5 down
5 down 6 here
6 here 11 ?

i hear [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [has] [found] [his] [lost] [baby] . " 
1 i 2 hear
2 hear 11 .
11 . 12 "

" so [i] [hear] , " [replied] [old] [man] [coyote] [.] 
1 " 2 so
2 so 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" [i] [tried] to find it for him . 
1 " 4 to
4 to 5 find
5 find 6 it
6 it 7 for
7 for 8 him
8 him 9 .

you [know] [i] believe in being neighborly . " 
1 you 4 believe
4 believe 5 in
5 in 6 being
6 being 7 neighborly
7 neighborly 8 .
8 . 9 "

peter is going to come to a bad end some day if he doesn't watch out . " 
1 peter 2 is
2 is 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 come
5 come 6 to
6 to 7 a
7 a 8 bad
8 bad 9 end
9 end 10 some
10 some 11 day
11 day 12 if
12 if 13 he
13 he 14 doesn't
14 doesn't 15 watch
15 watch 16 out
16 out 17 .
17 . 18 "

" that depends on what you call a bad end , " [replied] [old] [man] [coyote] with a sly grin . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 depends
3 depends 4 on
4 on 5 what
5 what 6 you
6 you 7 call
7 call 8 a
8 a 9 bad
9 bad 10 end
10 end 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 17 with
17 with 18 a
18 a 19 sly
19 sly 20 grin
20 grin 21 .

" it might be bad for [peter] [and] [at] the same time be very good for some one else . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 might
3 might 4 be
4 be 5 bad
5 bad 6 for
6 for 10 the
10 the 11 same
11 same 12 time
12 time 13 be
13 be 14 very
14 very 15 good
15 good 16 for
16 for 17 some
17 some 18 one
18 one 19 else
19 else 20 .
20 . 21 "

sammy laughed right out . 
1 sammy 2 laughed
2 laughed 3 right
3 right 4 out
4 out 5 .

" that 's one way of looking at it , " said he . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 one
4 one 5 way
5 way 6 of
6 of 7 looking
7 looking 8 at
8 at 9 it
9 it 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 he
13 he 14 .

i [think] [i] 'll go up [to] [the] [old] [orchard] and see what is going on there . " 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 go
5 go 6 up
6 up 11 and
11 and 12 see
12 see 13 what
13 what 14 is
14 is 15 going
15 going 16 on
16 on 17 there
17 there 18 .
18 . 19 "

off [flew] [sammy] [in] [the] [direction] [of] [the] [old] [orchard] [,] [and] [once] [more] he [chuckled] [as] [he] flew . 
1 off 15 he
15 he 19 flew
19 flew 20 .

" [old] [man] [coyote] [will] [start] [for] [the] [green] [forest] [as] [soon] [as] [i] [am] out of sight , " [thought] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 16 out
16 out 17 of
17 of 18 sight
18 sight 19 ,
19 , 20 "

and that is just [what] [old] [man] [coyote] [did] . 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 just
4 just 10 .

[xxii] 

[old] [man] [coyote] [loses] [his] [appetite] 

[hardly] [was] [sammy] [jay] [out] [of] [sight] [,] [flying] [towards] [the] [old] [orchard] [,] [before] [old] [man] [coyote] [started] [for] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

he is very sharp , is [old] [man] [coyote] , so sharp that it is not very often that he is fooled . 
1 he 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 sharp
4 sharp 5 ,
5 , 6 is
6 is 10 ,
10 , 11 so
11 so 12 sharp
12 sharp 13 that
13 that 14 it
14 it 15 is
15 is 16 not
16 not 17 very
17 very 18 often
18 often 19 that
19 that 20 he
20 he 21 is
21 is 22 fooled
22 fooled 23 .

sammy had been clever enough to know this . 
1 sammy 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 clever
4 clever 5 enough
5 enough 6 to
6 to 7 know
7 know 8 this
8 this 9 .

there wasn't even a hint [that] [old] [man] [coyote] [should] [go] [over] [there] . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 even
3 even 4 a
4 a 5 hint
5 hint 14 .

this was what made him sure that the news [about] [peter] was [probably] [true] . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 what
3 what 4 made
4 made 5 him
5 him 6 sure
6 sure 7 that
7 that 8 the
8 the 9 news
9 news 12 was
12 was 15 .

" [i] [knew] they would be on hand , " he chuckled . 
1 " 4 they
4 they 5 would
5 would 6 be
6 be 7 on
7 on 8 hand
8 hand 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 he
11 he 12 chuckled
12 chuckled 13 .

it was [decided] [that] [everybody] [but] [peter] [should] [get] out of sight at once . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 10 out
10 out 11 of
11 of 12 sight
12 sight 13 at
13 at 14 once
14 once 15 .

[so] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [climbed] [a] [tree] [.] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [crawled] [into] [a] [hollow] [log] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [hid] [in] [the] [thickest] [part] [of] [a] [hemlock] [tree] [.] 

[prickly] [porky] [got] [behind] [a] [big] [stump] [right] [at] [the] [top] [of] [the] [hill] [.] 

peter took a couple of steps , and it was very plain to see that he was lame , just [as] [sammy] [jay] [had] said [.] 
1 peter 2 took
2 took 3 a
3 a 4 couple
4 couple 5 of
5 of 6 steps
6 steps 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 it
9 it 10 was
10 was 11 very
11 very 12 plain
12 plain 13 to
13 to 14 see
14 see 15 that
15 that 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 lame
18 lame 19 ,
19 , 20 just
20 just 25 said

" that [good-for-nothing] [jay] [told] the truth for once , " [thought] [old] [man] [coyote] [,] with a hungry gleam in his eyes . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 6 the
6 the 7 truth
7 truth 8 for
8 for 9 once
9 once 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 17 with
17 with 18 a
18 a 19 hungry
19 hungry 20 gleam
20 gleam 21 in
21 in 22 his
22 his 23 eyes
23 eyes 24 .

he [would] [lie] [perfectly] [still] [when] [peter] seemed to be looking towards him . 
1 he 8 seemed
8 seemed 9 to
9 to 10 be
10 be 11 looking
11 looking 12 towards
12 towards 13 him
13 him 14 .

my , but it was exciting to those who were watching ! 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 3 but
3 but 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 exciting
6 exciting 7 to
7 to 8 those
8 those 9 who
9 who 10 were
10 were 11 watching
11 watching 12 !

peter knew what it meant and jumped to one side . 
1 peter 2 knew
2 knew 3 what
3 what 4 it
4 it 5 meant
5 meant 6 and
6 and 7 jumped
7 jumped 8 to
8 to 9 one
9 one 10 side
10 side 11 .

it was plain to see that he was afraid , very much afraid . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 was
8 was 9 afraid
9 afraid 10 ,
10 , 11 very
11 very 12 much
12 much 13 afraid
13 afraid 14 .

quite suddenly he had lost his appetite . 
1 quite 2 suddenly
2 suddenly 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 lost
5 lost 6 his
6 his 7 appetite
7 appetite 8 .

[xxiii] 

[buster] [bear] [gives] [it] [all] [away] 

now , it is a very bad plan to run fast down-hill . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 a
5 a 6 very
6 very 7 bad
7 bad 8 plan
8 plan 9 to
9 to 10 run
10 run 11 fast
11 fast 12 down-hill
12 down-hill 13 .

yes , [sir] [,] it is a very bad plan . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 is
6 is 7 a
7 a 8 very
8 very 9 bad
9 bad 10 plan
10 plan 11 .

you see , once you are started , it is not the easiest thing in the world to stop . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 once
4 once 5 you
5 you 6 are
6 are 7 started
7 started 8 ,
8 , 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 not
11 not 12 the
12 the 13 easiest
13 easiest 14 thing
14 thing 15 in
15 in 16 the
16 the 17 world
17 world 18 to
18 to 19 stop
19 stop 20 .

and then again , you are quite likely to stub your toes . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 again
3 again 4 ,
4 , 5 you
5 you 6 are
6 are 7 quite
7 quite 8 likely
8 likely 9 to
9 to 10 stub
10 stub 11 your
11 your 12 toes
12 toes 13 .

this is [what] [old] [man] [coyote] [did] . 
1 this 2 is
2 is 8 .

he stubbed his toes and turned a complete somersault . 
1 he 2 stubbed
2 stubbed 3 his
3 his 4 toes
4 toes 5 and
5 and 6 turned
6 turned 7 a
7 a 8 complete
8 complete 9 somersault
9 somersault 10 .

he looked so funny that the little scamps watching him had all they could do to keep from shouting right out . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 so
3 so 4 funny
4 funny 5 that
5 that 6 the
6 the 7 little
7 little 8 scamps
8 scamps 9 watching
9 watching 10 him
10 him 11 had
11 had 12 all
12 all 13 they
13 they 14 could
14 could 15 do
15 do 16 to
16 to 17 keep
17 keep 18 from
18 from 19 shouting
19 shouting 20 right
20 right 21 out
21 out 22 .

[old] [granny] [fox] [and] [reddy] [fox] [,] [looking] [on] [from] [a] [safe] [distance] [,] [did] [laugh] [.] 

but [old] [man] [coyote] [didn't] [stop] for a little thing like a tumble . 
1 but 7 for
7 for 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 thing
10 thing 11 like
11 like 12 a
12 a 13 tumble
13 tumble 14 .

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

he just rolled over on to his feet and was off again , harder than before . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 rolled
3 rolled 4 over
4 over 5 on
5 on 6 to
6 to 7 his
7 his 8 feet
8 feet 9 and
9 and 10 was
10 was 11 off
11 off 12 again
12 again 13 ,
13 , 14 harder
14 harder 15 than
15 than 16 before
16 before 17 .

why , [buster] [bear] [,] to be sure . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 sure
8 sure 9 .

where [buster] [had] [come] [from] [nobody] [knew] [,] [but] [there] he was , as big as life . 
1 where 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 ,
13 , 14 as
14 as 15 big
15 big 16 as
16 as 17 life
17 life 18 .

then it was that [buster] [bear] [first] [saw] , [rolling] [down] the hill , the strange creature which had so frightened [old] [man] [coyote] . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 that
4 that 9 ,
9 , 12 the
12 the 13 hill
13 hill 14 ,
14 , 15 the
15 the 16 strange
16 strange 17 creature
17 creature 18 which
18 which 19 had
19 had 20 so
20 so 21 frightened
21 frightened 25 .

if he did , it would be almost too good to be true . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 would
6 would 7 be
7 be 8 almost
8 almost 9 too
9 too 10 good
10 good 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 true
13 true 14 .

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

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

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

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

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

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [i] [see] [you] [are] [up] [to] [your] [old] [tricks] [,] [prickly] [porky] [!] ["] [he] [shouted] [.] 

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[old] [man] [coyote] [heard] [him] [and] [stopped] [short] [and] [turned] [to] [see] [what] [it] [meant] [.] 

very slowly the strange creature unrolled and turned over . 
1 very 2 slowly
2 slowly 3 the
3 the 4 strange
4 strange 5 creature
5 creature 6 unrolled
6 unrolled 7 and
7 and 8 turned
8 turned 9 over
9 over 10 .

there was a head now and a tail and four legs . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 head
4 head 5 now
5 now 6 and
6 and 7 a
7 a 8 tail
8 tail 9 and
9 and 10 four
10 four 11 legs
11 legs 12 .

it was none [other] [than] [prickly] [porky] [himself] ! 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 none
3 none 9 !

[prickly] [porky] [grinned] [.] 

" [i] think it was high time [i] [did] , ["] [replied] [buster] [bear] [,] still chuckling . 
1 " 3 think
3 think 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 high
6 high 7 time
7 time 10 ,
10 , 16 still
16 still 17 chuckling
17 chuckling 18 .

" you might have scared somebody to death down here where they don't know you . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 might
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 scared
5 scared 6 somebody
6 somebody 7 to
7 to 8 death
8 death 9 down
9 down 10 here
10 here 11 where
11 where 12 they
12 they 13 don't
13 don't 14 know
14 know 15 you
15 you 16 .
16 . 17 "

as for [old] [man] [coyote] [,] [he] [sneaked] [away] [,] [grinding] his [teeth] [angrily] . 
1 as 2 for
2 for 12 his
12 his 15 .

like a great many other people , he couldn't take a joke on himself . 
1 like 2 a
2 a 3 great
3 great 4 many
4 many 5 other
5 other 6 people
6 people 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 take
10 take 11 a
11 a 12 joke
12 joke 13 on
13 on 14 himself
14 himself 15 .

so [prickly] [porky] [made] [himself] [at] [home] in [the] [green] [forest] [and] [took] his place among the little people who live there . 
1 so 8 in
8 in 14 his
14 his 15 place
15 place 16 among
16 among 17 the
17 the 18 little
18 little 19 people
19 people 20 who
20 who 21 live
21 live 22 there
22 there 23 .

in just the same [way] [old] [man] [coyote] [came] as a stranger [to] [the] [green] [meadows] [and] [established] [himself] [there] . 
1 in 2 just
2 just 3 the
3 the 4 same
4 same 10 as
10 as 11 a
11 a 12 stranger
12 stranger 21 .

[the] [end] 

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