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[a] [bedtime] [story-book] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [jimmy] [skunk] 

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

illustrations by [harrison] [cady] 
1 illustrations 2 by

[[] [illustration] []] 

little , [brown] and [company] [boston] [toronto] 
1 little 2 ,
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[contents] 

[chapter] [page] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [jimmy] [skunk] 

[i] 

[peter] [rabbit] [plans] [a] [joke] 

the [imp] [of] [mischief] [,] [woe] [is] [me] [,] [is] [always] [busy] [as] [a] bee . 
1 the 15 bee
15 bee 16 .

that is why so many people are forever getting into trouble . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 why
3 why 4 so
4 so 5 many
5 many 6 people
6 people 7 are
7 are 8 forever
8 forever 9 getting
9 getting 10 into
10 into 11 trouble
11 trouble 12 .

he won't keep still . 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 3 keep
3 keep 4 still
4 still 5 .

no , [sir] [,] he won't keep still unless he is made to . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 won't
6 won't 7 keep
7 keep 8 still
8 still 9 unless
9 unless 10 he
10 he 11 is
11 is 12 made
12 made 13 to
13 to 14 .

once let him get started there is no knowing where he will stop . 
1 once 2 let
2 let 3 him
3 him 4 get
4 get 5 started
5 started 6 there
6 there 7 is
7 is 8 no
8 no 9 knowing
9 knowing 10 where
10 where 11 he
11 he 12 will
12 will 13 stop
13 stop 14 .

of course [peter] [shouldn't] [have] [listened] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 7 .

certainly not . 
1 certainly 2 not
2 not 3 .

but he did . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 .

you know [peter] [dearly] [loves] [a] [joke] when it is on some one else . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 8 when
8 when 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 on
11 on 12 some
12 some 13 one
13 one 14 else
14 else 15 .

he sat right where he was and [watched] to [see] [if] [jimmy] [would] come out of the barrel . 
1 he 2 sat
2 sat 3 right
3 right 4 where
4 where 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 and
7 and 9 to
9 to 14 come
14 come 15 out
15 out 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 barrel
18 barrel 19 .

jimmy didn't come out , and after a little [peter] [stole] [over] to the barrel and peeped inside . 
1 jimmy 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 come
3 come 4 out
4 out 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 after
7 after 8 a
8 a 9 little
9 little 13 to
13 to 14 the
14 the 15 barrel
15 barrel 16 and
16 and 17 peeped
17 peeped 18 inside
18 inside 19 .

there was [jimmy] [skunk] [curled] [up] for a nap . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 7 for
7 for 8 a
8 a 9 nap
9 nap 10 .

peter tiptoed away very softly . 
1 peter 2 tiptoed
2 tiptoed 3 away
3 away 4 very
4 very 5 softly
5 softly 6 .

all the time [the] [imp] [of] [mischief] [was] [whispering] to him that this was a splendid chance to play a joke [on] [jimmy] . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 time
3 time 10 to
10 to 11 him
11 him 12 that
12 that 13 this
13 this 14 was
14 was 15 a
15 a 16 splendid
16 splendid 17 chance
17 chance 18 to
18 to 19 play
19 play 20 a
20 a 21 joke
21 joke 24 .

you know it is very easy to play a joke on any one who is asleep . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 it
3 it 4 is
4 is 5 very
5 very 6 easy
6 easy 7 to
7 to 8 play
8 play 9 a
9 a 10 joke
10 joke 11 on
11 on 12 any
12 any 13 one
13 one 14 who
14 who 15 is
15 is 16 asleep
16 asleep 17 .

peter doesn't often have a chance to play a joke [on] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 peter 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 often
3 often 4 have
4 have 5 a
5 a 6 chance
6 chance 7 to
7 to 8 play
8 play 9 a
9 a 10 joke
10 joke 14 .

it isn't a very safe thing to do , not [if] [jimmy] [is] [awake] . 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 a
3 a 4 very
4 very 5 safe
5 safe 6 thing
6 thing 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 ,
9 , 10 not
10 not 15 .

no one knows that better [than] [peter] . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 knows
3 knows 4 that
4 that 5 better
5 better 8 .

he sat down some distance from the barrel but where he could keep an eye on it . 
1 he 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
3 down 4 some
4 some 5 distance
5 distance 6 from
6 from 7 the
7 the 8 barrel
8 barrel 9 but
9 but 10 where
10 where 11 he
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 keep
13 keep 14 an
14 an 15 eye
15 eye 16 on
16 on 17 it
17 it 18 .

then he went into a brown study , which is one way of saying that he thought very hard . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 into
4 into 5 a
5 a 6 brown
6 brown 7 study
7 study 8 ,
8 , 9 which
9 which 10 is
10 is 11 one
11 one 12 way
12 way 13 of
13 of 14 saying
14 saying 15 that
15 that 16 he
16 he 17 thought
17 thought 18 very
18 very 19 hard
19 hard 20 .

he wanted to play a joke [on] [jimmy] , but like most jokers he didn't want the joke to come back on himself . 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 play
4 play 5 a
5 a 6 joke
6 joke 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 like
11 like 12 most
12 most 13 jokers
13 jokers 14 he
14 he 15 didn't
15 didn't 16 want
16 want 17 the
17 the 18 joke
18 joke 19 to
19 to 20 come
20 come 21 back
21 back 22 on
22 on 23 himself
23 himself 24 .

as he sat there in a brown study , he happened to glance over on the [green] [meadows] [and] [there] [he] [saw] [something] red . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 there
4 there 5 in
5 in 6 a
6 a 7 brown
7 brown 8 study
8 study 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 happened
11 happened 12 to
12 to 13 glance
13 glance 14 over
14 over 15 on
15 on 16 the
16 the 24 red
24 red 25 .

he looked very hard , and in a minute he saw that it was [reddy] [fox] . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 very
3 very 4 hard
4 hard 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 minute
9 minute 10 he
10 he 11 saw
11 saw 12 that
12 that 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 17 .

right away , [peter] ['s] [nimble] [wits] [began] [to] [plan] [how] he could [use] [reddy] [fox] to play a joke [on] [jimmy] . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 ,
3 , 12 he
12 he 13 could
13 could 17 to
17 to 18 play
18 play 19 a
19 a 20 joke
20 joke 23 .

all in a flash an idea came to him , an idea that made him laugh right out . 
1 all 2 in
2 in 3 a
3 a 4 flash
4 flash 5 an
5 an 6 idea
6 idea 7 came
7 came 8 to
8 to 9 him
9 him 10 ,
10 , 11 an
11 an 12 idea
12 idea 13 that
13 that 14 made
14 made 15 him
15 him 16 laugh
16 laugh 17 right
17 right 18 out
18 out 19 .

you see , the [imp] [of] [mischief] [was] very , very busy [whispering] [to] [peter] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 the
4 the 9 very
9 very 10 ,
10 , 11 very
11 very 12 busy
12 busy 16 .

" what are you laughing at ? " asked a voice . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 laughing
5 laughing 6 at
6 at 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 asked
9 asked 10 a
10 a 11 voice
11 voice 12 .

it was the voice [of] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 voice
4 voice 8 .

right away a plan for getting [reddy] up [there] [flashed] [into] [peter] ['s] [head] . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 a
3 a 4 plan
4 plan 5 for
5 for 6 getting
6 getting 8 up
8 up 15 .

he would [get] [sammy] [angry] , and that would make [sammy] [scream] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 that
8 that 9 would
9 would 10 make
10 make 13 .

reddy would be sure to come up there to see what [sammy] [jay] [was] [making] [such] a fuss about . 
1 reddy 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 sure
4 sure 5 to
5 to 6 come
6 come 7 up
7 up 8 there
8 there 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 what
11 what 17 a
17 a 18 fuss
18 fuss 19 about
19 about 20 .

sammy , you know , is very quick-tempered . 
1 sammy 2 ,
2 , 3 you
3 you 4 know
4 know 5 ,
5 , 6 is
6 is 7 very
7 very 8 quick-tempered
8 quick-tempered 9 .

no one knows this [better] [than] [peter] . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 knows
3 knows 4 this
4 this 8 .

so instead of [replying] [politely] to [sammy] , as he should have done , [peter] [spoke] [crossly] [:] 
1 so 2 instead
2 instead 3 of
3 of 6 to
6 to 8 ,
8 , 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 should
11 should 12 have
12 have 13 done
13 done 14 ,

" fly away [,] [sammy] [,] [fly] [away] ! 
1 " 2 fly
2 fly 3 away
3 away 9 !

it is no business of yours [what] [i] [am] [laughing] [at] , " said he . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 no
3 no 4 business
4 business 5 of
5 of 6 yours
6 yours 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
15 he 16 .

right [away] [sammy] ['s] [quick] [temper] [flared] up . 
1 right 8 up
8 up 9 .

he began to call [peter] [names] , and [peter] [answered] back . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 call
4 call 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 11 back
11 back 12 .

peter saw him lift his head to listen . 
1 peter 2 saw
2 saw 3 him
3 him 4 lift
4 lift 5 his
5 his 6 head
6 head 7 to
7 to 8 listen
8 listen 9 .

in a few minutes he began to trot that way . 
1 in 2 a
2 a 3 few
3 few 4 minutes
4 minutes 5 he
5 he 6 began
6 began 7 to
7 to 8 trot
8 trot 9 that
9 that 10 way
10 way 11 .

he was coming to find out what that fuss was about . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 coming
3 coming 4 to
4 to 5 find
5 find 6 out
6 out 7 what
7 what 8 that
8 that 9 fuss
9 fuss 10 was
10 was 11 about
11 about 12 .

peter knew that [reddy] [wouldn't] [come] [straight] [up] there . 
1 peter 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 9 there
9 there 10 .

[that] [isn't] [reddy] ['s] [way] [.] 

" as soon as he sees me he will think that at last he has a chance to catch me , " [thought] [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 as
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 sees
6 sees 7 me
7 me 8 he
8 he 9 will
9 will 10 think
10 think 11 that
11 that 12 at
12 at 13 last
13 last 14 he
14 he 15 has
15 has 16 a
16 a 17 chance
17 chance 18 to
18 to 19 catch
19 catch 20 me
20 me 21 ,
21 , 22 "

" [i] [shall] have to run my very fastest , but if everything goes right , he will soon forget all about me . 
1 " 4 have
4 have 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 my
7 my 8 very
8 very 9 fastest
9 fastest 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 if
12 if 13 everything
13 everything 14 goes
14 goes 15 right
15 right 16 ,
16 , 17 he
17 he 18 will
18 will 19 soon
19 soon 20 forget
20 forget 21 all
21 all 22 about
22 about 23 me
23 me 24 .

[ii] 

[peter] [makes] [a] [flying] [jump] 

to risk your life [unless] [there] ['s] [need] [is] [downright] [foolishness] [indeed] . 
1 to 2 risk
2 risk 3 your
3 your 4 life
4 life 13 .

never forget that . 
1 never 2 forget
2 forget 3 that
3 that 4 .

never do such a [crazy] thing [as] [peter] [rabbit] was [doing] . 
1 never 2 do
2 do 3 such
3 such 4 a
4 a 6 thing
6 thing 10 was
10 was 12 .

what was he doing ? 
1 what 2 was
2 was 3 he
3 he 4 doing
4 doing 5 ?

why , he was running [the] [risk] [of] [being] [caught] [by] [reddy] [fox] [all] for the sake of a joke . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 running
5 running 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 sake
17 sake 18 of
18 of 19 a
19 a 20 joke
20 joke 21 .

did you ever hear of anything more foolish ? 
1 did 2 you
2 you 3 ever
3 ever 4 hear
4 hear 5 of
5 of 6 anything
6 anything 7 more
7 more 8 foolish
8 foolish 9 ?

the fact is , [peter] [didn't] [stop] to think what dreadful thing might happen if his plans didn't work out as he intended . 
1 the 2 fact
2 fact 3 is
3 is 4 ,
4 , 8 to
8 to 9 think
9 think 10 what
10 what 11 dreadful
11 dreadful 12 thing
12 thing 13 might
13 might 14 happen
14 happen 15 if
15 if 16 his
16 his 17 plans
17 plans 18 didn't
18 didn't 19 work
19 work 20 out
20 out 21 as
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 intended
23 intended 24 .

he didn't once think of [little] [mrs] [peter] [over] [in] [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [and] how she would feel if he never came home again . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 once
3 once 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 16 how
16 how 17 she
17 she 18 would
18 would 19 feel
19 feel 20 if
20 if 21 he
21 he 22 never
22 never 23 came
23 came 24 home
24 home 25 again
25 again 26 .

that 's the trouble with thoughtlessness ; it never remembers other people . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 the
3 the 4 trouble
4 trouble 5 with
5 with 6 thoughtlessness
6 thoughtlessness 7 ;
7 ; 8 it
8 it 9 never
9 never 10 remembers
10 remembers 11 other
11 other 12 people
12 people 13 .

if he had known it , he would have [suspected] one [of] [peter] ['s] [tricks] . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 known
4 known 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 11 one
11 one 16 .

" he will steal along to that place where the wall is lowest and will jump over it right there . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 will
3 will 4 steal
4 steal 5 along
5 along 6 to
6 to 7 that
7 that 8 place
8 place 9 where
9 where 10 the
10 the 11 wall
11 wall 12 is
12 is 13 lowest
13 lowest 14 and
14 and 15 will
15 will 16 jump
16 jump 17 over
17 over 18 it
18 it 19 right
19 right 20 there
20 there 21 .

i must be ready to jump the very second he does . " 
1 i 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 ready
4 ready 5 to
5 to 6 jump
6 jump 7 the
7 the 8 very
8 very 9 second
9 second 10 he
10 he 11 does
11 does 12 .
12 . 13 "

it all happened [just] [as] [peter] [had] [expected] . 
1 it 2 all
2 all 3 happened
3 happened 9 .

the instant that sharp nose dropped out of sight , [peter] [made] [ready] to run for his life . 
1 the 2 instant
2 instant 3 that
3 that 4 sharp
4 sharp 5 nose
5 nose 6 dropped
6 dropped 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 sight
9 sight 10 ,
10 , 14 to
14 to 15 run
15 run 16 for
16 for 17 his
17 his 18 life
18 life 19 .

" go it [,] [peter] ! 
1 " 2 go
2 go 3 it
3 it 6 !

go it ! " he screamed excitedly . 
1 go 2 it
2 it 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 screamed
6 screamed 7 excitedly
7 excitedly 8 .

that was just [like] [sammy] . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 6 .

peter did go it . 
1 peter 2 did
2 did 3 go
3 go 4 it
4 it 5 .

he had to . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 to
3 to 4 .

he ran with all his might . 
1 he 2 ran
2 ran 3 with
3 with 4 all
4 all 5 his
5 his 6 might
6 might 7 .

reddy grinned as he saw [peter] [start] [towards] [the] [green] [meadows] . 
1 reddy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 saw
5 saw 12 .

he [watched] [sharply] [for] [peter] [to] [dodge] and [try] [to] [get] [back] [to] the old stone wall . 
1 he 8 and
8 and 14 the
14 the 15 old
15 old 16 stone
16 stone 17 wall
17 wall 18 .

he didn't mean to [let] [peter] do that . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mean
3 mean 4 to
4 to 7 do
7 do 8 that
8 that 9 .

but [peter] [didn't] [even] try . 
1 but 5 try
5 try 6 .

he ran straight for the edge of the hill [above] [the] [green] [meadows] . 
1 he 2 ran
2 ran 3 straight
3 straight 4 for
4 for 5 the
5 the 6 edge
6 edge 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 hill
9 hill 14 .

then , for the first time , [reddy] [noticed] an old barrel there lying on its side . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 for
3 for 4 the
4 the 5 first
5 first 6 time
6 time 7 ,
7 , 10 an
10 an 11 old
11 old 12 barrel
12 barrel 13 there
13 there 14 lying
14 lying 15 on
15 on 16 its
16 its 17 side
17 side 18 .

" if he [tries] [that] [,] [i] will get him without the trouble of much of a chase , ["] [thought] [reddy] [,] and chuckled . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 8 will
8 will 9 get
9 get 10 him
10 him 11 without
11 without 12 the
12 the 13 trouble
13 trouble 14 of
14 of 15 much
15 much 16 of
16 of 17 a
17 a 18 chase
18 chase 19 ,
19 , 24 and
24 and 25 chuckled
25 chuckled 26 .

[lipperty-lipperty-lip] [ran] [peter] [,] [lipperty-lipperty-lip] [,] [reddy] [right] [at] [his] [heels] [!] 

to [sammy] [jay] it [looked] as if in a few [more] [jumps] [reddy] [certainly] [would] [catch] [peter] . 
1 to 4 it
4 it 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 8 in
8 in 9 a
9 a 10 few
10 few 18 .

" go it [,] [peter] ! 
1 " 2 go
2 go 3 it
3 it 6 !

oh , go it ! 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 3 go
3 go 4 it
4 it 5 !

just as he reached the old [barrel] , [reddy] [was] so [close] [to] [him] that [peter] was almost sure that he could [feel] [reddy] ['s] [breath] . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 reached
4 reached 5 the
5 the 6 old
6 old 8 ,
8 , 11 so
11 so 15 that
15 that 17 was
17 was 18 almost
18 almost 19 sure
19 sure 20 that
20 that 21 he
21 he 22 could
22 could 27 .

in fact , he suspected that the joke which he had planned was working out just as he had hoped it would . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 suspected
5 suspected 6 that
6 that 7 the
7 the 8 joke
8 joke 9 which
9 which 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 planned
12 planned 13 was
13 was 14 working
14 working 15 out
15 out 16 just
16 just 17 as
17 as 18 he
18 he 19 had
19 had 20 hoped
20 hoped 21 it
21 it 22 would
22 would 23 .

[iii] 

[what] [happened] [at] [the] [old] [barrel] 

peter [rabbit] ['s] [jump] [over] [the] [old] [barrel] [on] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [hill] was [unexpected] [to] [reddy] [fox] . 
1 peter 15 was
15 was 20 .

in fact , [reddy] was [so] [close] on [peter] ['s] [heels] that he had no thought of anything [but] catching [peter] . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 5 was
5 was 8 on
8 on 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 no
15 no 16 thought
16 thought 17 of
17 of 18 anything
18 anything 20 catching
20 catching 22 .

now you remember that that barrel was right on the edge of the hill . 
1 now 2 you
2 you 3 remember
3 remember 4 that
4 that 5 that
5 that 6 barrel
6 barrel 7 was
7 was 8 right
8 right 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 edge
11 edge 12 of
12 of 13 the
13 the 14 hill
14 hill 15 .

you know a barrel is a very rolly sort of thing , and once it has started down a hill , nothing can stop it . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 a
3 a 4 barrel
4 barrel 5 is
5 is 6 a
6 a 7 very
7 very 8 rolly
8 rolly 9 sort
9 sort 10 of
10 of 11 thing
11 thing 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 once
14 once 15 it
15 it 16 has
16 has 17 started
17 started 18 down
18 down 19 a
19 a 20 hill
20 hill 21 ,
21 , 22 nothing
22 nothing 23 can
23 can 24 stop
24 stop 25 it
25 it 26 .

it was just so this time . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 so
4 so 5 this
5 this 6 time
6 time 7 .

reddy [fox] had no more than picked himself up when the barrel was half way down the hill and going faster and faster . 
1 reddy 3 had
3 had 4 no
4 no 5 more
5 more 6 than
6 than 7 picked
7 picked 8 himself
8 himself 9 up
9 up 10 when
10 when 11 the
11 the 12 barrel
12 barrel 13 was
13 was 14 half
14 half 15 way
15 way 16 down
16 down 17 the
17 the 18 hill
18 hill 19 and
19 and 20 going
20 going 21 faster
21 faster 22 and
22 and 23 faster
23 faster 24 .

it bounced along over the ground , and every time it hit a little hummock it seemed to jump right up in the air . 
1 it 2 bounced
2 bounced 3 along
3 along 4 over
4 over 5 the
5 the 6 ground
6 ground 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 every
9 every 10 time
10 time 11 it
11 it 12 hit
12 hit 13 a
13 a 14 little
14 little 15 hummock
15 hummock 16 it
16 it 17 seemed
17 seemed 18 to
18 to 19 jump
19 jump 20 right
20 right 21 up
21 up 22 in
22 in 23 the
23 the 24 air
24 air 25 .

and all the time it was making the strangest noises . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 3 the
3 the 4 time
4 time 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 making
7 making 8 the
8 the 9 strangest
9 strangest 10 noises
10 noises 11 .

reddy quite forgot the smarting sore places where he had bumped into the barrel . 
1 reddy 2 quite
2 quite 3 forgot
3 forgot 4 the
4 the 5 smarting
5 smarting 6 sore
6 sore 7 places
7 places 8 where
8 where 9 he
9 he 10 had
10 had 11 bumped
11 bumped 12 into
12 into 13 the
13 the 14 barrel
14 barrel 15 .

he simply stood and stared at the runaway . 
1 he 2 simply
2 simply 3 stood
3 stood 4 and
4 and 5 stared
5 stared 6 at
6 at 7 the
7 the 8 runaway
8 runaway 9 .

" [as] [i] live , " he exclaimed , " [i] [believe] there was some one in that old barrel ! " 
1 " 4 live
4 live 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 13 there
13 there 14 was
14 was 15 some
15 some 16 one
16 one 17 in
17 in 18 that
18 that 19 old
19 old 20 barrel
20 barrel 21 !
21 ! 22 "

there was . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 .

you [remember] [that] [jimmy] [skunk] had [curled] [up] [in] [there] [for] a nap . 
1 you 6 had
6 had 12 a
12 a 13 nap
13 nap 14 .

now [jimmy] was [awake] , very much awake . 
1 now 3 was
3 was 5 ,
5 , 6 very
6 very 7 much
7 much 8 awake
8 awake 9 .

and it wasn't at all comfortable . 
1 and 2 it
2 it 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 at
4 at 5 all
5 all 6 comfortable
6 comfortable 7 .

no , [sir] [,] it wasn't at all a comfortable way in which to travel . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 at
7 at 8 all
8 all 9 a
9 a 10 comfortable
10 comfortable 11 way
11 way 12 in
12 in 13 which
13 which 14 to
14 to 15 travel
15 travel 16 .

he went over and over so fast that it made him dizzy . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 over
3 over 4 and
4 and 5 over
5 over 6 so
6 so 7 fast
7 fast 8 that
8 that 9 it
9 it 10 made
10 made 11 him
11 him 12 dizzy
12 dizzy 13 .

first he was right side up and then wrong side up , so fast that he couldn't tell which side up he was . 
1 first 2 he
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 right
4 right 5 side
5 side 6 up
6 up 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 wrong
9 wrong 10 side
10 side 11 up
11 up 12 ,
12 , 13 so
13 so 14 fast
14 fast 15 that
15 that 16 he
16 he 17 couldn't
17 couldn't 18 tell
18 tell 19 which
19 which 20 side
20 side 21 up
21 up 22 he
22 he 23 was
23 was 24 .

of course , he couldn't get out , because he was rolled over and over so fast that he didn't have a chance to try . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 get
6 get 7 out
7 out 8 ,
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 rolled
12 rolled 13 over
13 over 14 and
14 and 15 over
15 over 16 so
16 so 17 fast
17 fast 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 didn't
20 didn't 21 have
21 have 22 a
22 a 23 chance
23 chance 24 to
24 to 25 try
25 try 26 .

now [reddy] [didn't] [know] [who] [was] in the barrel . 
1 now 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 barrel
9 barrel 10 .

he just knew by the sounds that some one was . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 knew
3 knew 4 by
4 by 5 the
5 the 6 sounds
6 sounds 7 that
7 that 8 some
8 some 9 one
9 one 10 was
10 was 11 .

so he started down the hill after the barrel to see what would happen when it stopped . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 down
4 down 5 the
5 the 6 hill
6 hill 7 after
7 after 8 the
8 the 9 barrel
9 barrel 10 to
10 to 11 see
11 see 12 what
12 what 13 would
13 would 14 happen
14 happen 15 when
15 when 16 it
16 it 17 stopped
17 stopped 18 .

sammy [jay] was [flying] [overhead] [,] [screaming] [enough] [to] [split] [his] [throat] . 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 13 .

altogether , it was quite the [most] [exciting] thing [peter] had ever seen . 
1 altogether 2 ,
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 quite
5 quite 6 the
6 the 9 thing
9 thing 11 had
11 had 12 ever
12 ever 13 seen
13 seen 14 .

of course , he heard the noise and looked up to see what it meant . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 heard
5 heard 6 the
6 the 7 noise
7 noise 8 and
8 and 9 looked
9 looked 10 up
10 up 11 to
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 what
13 what 14 it
14 it 15 meant
15 meant 16 .

peter decided that it was high time for him to get out of sight . 
1 peter 2 decided
2 decided 3 that
3 that 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 high
6 high 7 time
7 time 8 for
8 for 9 him
9 him 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 12 out
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 sight
14 sight 15 .

so he dodged into the old house [of] [johnny] [chuck] and [lay] [low] in the doorway , where he could watch . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 dodged
3 dodged 4 into
4 into 5 the
5 the 6 old
6 old 7 house
7 house 11 and
11 and 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 doorway
16 doorway 17 ,
17 , 18 where
18 where 19 he
19 he 20 could
20 could 21 watch
21 watch 22 .

he [saw] [jimmy] [skunk] lay [perfectly] still , and a great fear crept into his heart . 
1 he 5 lay
5 lay 7 still
7 still 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 a
10 a 11 great
11 great 12 fear
12 fear 13 crept
13 crept 14 into
14 into 15 his
15 his 16 heart
16 heart 17 .

[had] [jimmy] [been] [killed] [?] 

he hadn't once thought of what might happen to [jimmy] [when] [he] [planned] that [joke] . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 once
3 once 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 what
6 what 7 might
7 might 8 happen
8 happen 9 to
9 to 14 that
14 that 16 .

but [presently] [jimmy] [began] [to] [wave] first one leg and then another , as if to make sure that he had some legs left . 
1 but 7 first
7 first 8 one
8 one 9 leg
9 leg 10 and
10 and 11 then
11 then 12 another
12 another 13 ,
13 , 14 as
14 as 15 if
15 if 16 to
16 to 17 make
17 make 18 sure
18 sure 19 that
19 that 20 he
20 he 21 had
21 had 22 some
22 some 23 legs
23 legs 24 left
24 left 25 .

then slowly he rolled over and got on to his feet . 
1 then 2 slowly
2 slowly 3 he
3 he 4 rolled
4 rolled 5 over
5 over 6 and
6 and 7 got
7 got 8 on
8 on 9 to
9 to 10 his
10 his 11 feet
11 feet 12 .

peter breathed a sigh of relief . 
1 peter 2 breathed
2 breathed 3 a
3 a 4 sigh
4 sigh 5 of
5 of 6 relief
6 relief 7 .

[iv] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [very] [mad] [indeed] 

[when] [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [angry] [then] [every] [one] [watch] [out] [!] 

it 's better far at such a time [to] [be] [nowhere] [about] . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 better
3 better 4 far
4 far 5 at
5 at 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 time
8 time 13 .

jimmy [skunk] was [angry] [this] [time] [and] no mistake . 
1 jimmy 3 was
3 was 8 no
8 no 9 mistake
9 mistake 10 .

he was just plain mad , and [when] [jimmy] [skunk] feels that way , no one wants to be very near him . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 plain
4 plain 5 mad
5 mad 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 11 feels
11 feels 12 that
12 that 13 way
13 way 14 ,
14 , 15 no
15 no 16 one
16 one 17 wants
17 wants 18 to
18 to 19 be
19 be 20 very
20 very 21 near
21 near 22 him
22 him 23 .

you know he is one of the very best-natured little fellows in the world ordinarily . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 one
5 one 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 very
8 very 9 best-natured
9 best-natured 10 little
10 little 11 fellows
11 fellows 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 world
14 world 15 ordinarily
15 ordinarily 16 .

he minds his own business , and if no one interferes with him , he interferes with no one . 
1 he 2 minds
2 minds 3 his
3 his 4 own
4 own 5 business
5 business 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 if
8 if 9 no
9 no 10 one
10 one 11 interferes
11 interferes 12 with
12 with 13 him
13 him 14 ,
14 , 15 he
15 he 16 interferes
16 interferes 17 with
17 with 18 no
18 no 19 one
19 one 20 .

but once he is aroused and feels that he hasn't been treated fairly , look out for him ! 
1 but 2 once
2 once 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 aroused
5 aroused 6 and
6 and 7 feels
7 feels 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 hasn't
10 hasn't 11 been
11 been 12 treated
12 treated 13 fairly
13 fairly 14 ,
14 , 15 look
15 look 16 out
16 out 17 for
17 for 18 him
18 him 19 !

and this time [jimmy] [was] [mad] [clear] [through] , as he got to his feet and shook himself to see that he was all there . 
1 and 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 9 ,
9 , 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 got
12 got 13 to
13 to 14 his
14 his 15 feet
15 feet 16 and
16 and 17 shook
17 shook 18 himself
18 himself 19 to
19 to 20 see
20 see 21 that
21 that 22 he
22 he 23 was
23 was 24 all
24 all 25 there
25 there 26 .

i don't know that any one could blame him . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 that
4 that 5 any
5 any 6 one
6 one 7 could
7 could 8 blame
8 blame 9 him
9 him 10 .

so he really is not to be blamed for feeling as he did . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 really
3 really 4 is
4 is 5 not
5 not 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 blamed
8 blamed 9 for
9 for 10 feeling
10 feeling 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 did
13 did 14 .

[now] [jimmy] [can] [never] [be] [accused] [of] [being] [stupid] [.] 

he knew that an old barrel which has been lying in one place for a long time doesn't move of its own accord . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
3 that 4 an
4 an 5 old
5 old 6 barrel
6 barrel 7 which
7 which 8 has
8 has 9 been
9 been 10 lying
10 lying 11 in
11 in 12 one
12 one 13 place
13 place 14 for
14 for 15 a
15 a 16 long
16 long 17 time
17 time 18 doesn't
18 doesn't 19 move
19 move 20 of
20 of 21 its
21 its 22 own
22 own 23 accord
23 accord 24 .

the first person he saw [was] [reddy] [fox] . 
1 the 2 first
2 first 3 person
3 person 4 he
4 he 5 saw
5 saw 9 .

in fact , [reddy] was right close at hand . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 5 was
5 was 6 right
6 right 7 close
7 close 8 at
8 at 9 hand
9 hand 10 .

if [reddy] [had] [known] [that] it was [jimmy] [skunk] , he would have been quite content to remain at the top of the hill . 
1 if 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 been
14 been 15 quite
15 quite 16 content
16 content 17 to
17 to 18 remain
18 remain 19 at
19 at 20 the
20 the 21 top
21 top 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 hill
24 hill 25 .

now [when] [jimmy] [skunk] is [angry] , he doesn't bite and he doesn't scratch . 
1 now 5 is
5 is 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 doesn't
9 doesn't 10 bite
10 bite 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 doesn't
13 doesn't 14 scratch
14 scratch 15 .

that is why he is afraid of no one , and why every one [respects] [jimmy] and his rights . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 why
3 why 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
7 of 8 no
8 no 9 one
9 one 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 why
12 why 13 every
13 every 14 one
14 one 17 and
17 and 18 his
18 his 19 rights
19 rights 20 .

he used it now , and he didn't waste any time about it . 
1 he 2 used
2 used 3 it
3 it 4 now
4 now 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 waste
9 waste 10 any
10 any 11 time
11 time 12 about
12 about 13 it
13 it 14 .

he threw some of that perfume right in the face of [reddy] [fox] [before] [reddy] [had] a chance to turn or to say a word . 
1 he 2 threw
2 threw 3 some
3 some 4 of
4 of 5 that
5 that 6 perfume
6 perfume 7 right
7 right 8 in
8 in 9 the
9 the 10 face
10 face 11 of
11 of 17 a
17 a 18 chance
18 chance 19 to
19 to 20 turn
20 turn 21 or
21 or 22 to
22 to 23 say
23 say 24 a
24 a 25 word
25 word 26 .

" take that ! " [snapped] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 2 take
2 take 3 that
3 that 4 !
4 ! 5 "

" perhaps it will teach you not to play tricks on your honest neighbors ! " 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 it
3 it 4 will
4 will 5 teach
5 teach 6 you
6 you 7 not
7 not 8 to
8 to 9 play
9 play 10 tricks
10 tricks 11 on
11 on 12 your
12 your 13 honest
13 honest 14 neighbors
14 neighbors 15 !
15 ! 16 "

poor [reddy] ! 
1 poor 3 !

some of that perfume got in his eyes and made them smart dreadfully . 
1 some 2 of
2 of 3 that
3 that 4 perfume
4 perfume 5 got
5 got 6 in
6 in 7 his
7 his 8 eyes
8 eyes 9 and
9 and 10 made
10 made 11 them
11 them 12 smart
12 smart 13 dreadfully
13 dreadfully 14 .

in fact , for a little while he couldn't see at all . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 for
4 for 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 while
7 while 8 he
8 he 9 couldn't
9 couldn't 10 see
10 see 11 at
11 at 12 all
12 all 13 .

and then the smell of it was so strong that it made him quite sick . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 the
3 the 4 smell
4 smell 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 so
8 so 9 strong
9 strong 10 that
10 that 11 it
11 it 12 made
12 made 13 him
13 him 14 quite
14 quite 15 sick
15 sick 16 .

he rolled over and over on the ground , choking and gasping and rubbing his eyes . 
1 he 2 rolled
2 rolled 3 over
3 over 4 and
4 and 5 over
5 over 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 ground
8 ground 9 ,
9 , 10 choking
10 choking 11 and
11 and 12 gasping
12 gasping 13 and
13 and 14 rubbing
14 rubbing 15 his
15 his 16 eyes
16 eyes 17 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [just] [stood] [and] [looked] [on] [,] [and] [there] [wasn't] [a] [bit] [of] [pity] [in] [his] [eyes] [.] 

" how do you like that ? " said he . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 do
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 like
5 like 6 that
6 that 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 he
10 he 11 .

" you thought yourself very smart , rolling me down hill in a barrel , didn't you ? 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 thought
3 thought 4 yourself
4 yourself 5 very
5 very 6 smart
6 smart 7 ,
7 , 8 rolling
8 rolling 9 me
9 me 10 down
10 down 11 hill
11 hill 12 in
12 in 13 a
13 a 14 barrel
14 barrel 15 ,
15 , 16 didn't
16 didn't 17 you
17 you 18 ?

you might have broken my neck . " 
1 you 2 might
2 might 3 have
3 have 4 broken
4 broken 5 my
5 my 6 neck
6 neck 7 .
7 . 8 "

" huh ! " [snorted] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [who] [didn't] [believe] a word of it . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 12 a
12 a 13 word
13 word 14 of
14 of 15 it
15 it 16 .

["] [i] [didn't] [.] 

[honestly] [i] [didn't] [,] ["] [protested] [reddy] [.] 

["] [i] [ran] [against] [the] [barrel] [by] [accident] [,] [chasing] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 

i didn't have any idea that any one was in it . " 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
3 have 4 any
4 any 5 idea
5 idea 6 that
6 that 7 any
7 any 8 one
8 one 9 was
9 was 10 in
10 in 11 it
11 it 12 .
12 . 13 "

" huh ! " said [jimmy] [skunk] [again] . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 9 .

" if you [were] [chasing] [peter] [rabbit] , where is he now ? " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 you
3 you 8 ,
8 , 9 where
9 where 10 is
10 is 11 he
11 he 12 now
12 now 13 ?
13 ? 14 "

reddy had to confess he didn't know . 
1 reddy 2 had
2 had 3 to
3 to 4 confess
4 confess 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 know
7 know 8 .

he was nowhere in sight , and he certainly hadn't had time to reach [the] [dear] [old] [briar-patch] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 nowhere
3 nowhere 4 in
4 in 5 sight
5 sight 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 certainly
9 certainly 10 hadn't
10 hadn't 11 had
11 had 12 time
12 time 13 to
13 to 14 reach
14 reach 19 .

jimmy looked this way and that way , but there was no sign [of] [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 3 this
3 this 4 way
4 way 5 and
5 and 6 that
6 that 7 way
7 way 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 there
10 there 11 was
11 was 12 no
12 no 13 sign
13 sign 17 .

" huh ! " said he again , turning his back [on] [reddy] [fox] [and] [walking] [away] with a great deal of dignity . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 again
7 again 8 ,
8 , 9 turning
9 turning 10 his
10 his 11 back
11 back 18 with
18 with 19 a
19 a 20 great
20 great 21 deal
21 deal 22 of
22 of 23 dignity
23 dignity 24 .

[v] 

[reddy] [fox] [sneaks] [away] 

just as soon as [reddy] [fox] [could] [see] [after] [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [thrown] [that] [terrible] [perfume] [in] [reddy] ['s] [face] he started for [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
4 as 21 he
21 he 22 started
22 started 23 for
23 for 27 .

he wanted to get away by himself . 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 get
4 get 5 away
5 away 6 by
6 by 7 himself
7 himself 8 .

but he didn't trot with his head up and his big plumey tail carried proudly as is usual with him . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 trot
4 trot 5 with
5 with 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 up
8 up 9 and
9 and 10 his
10 his 11 big
11 big 12 plumey
12 plumey 13 tail
13 tail 14 carried
14 carried 15 proudly
15 proudly 16 as
16 as 17 is
17 is 18 usual
18 usual 19 with
19 with 20 him
20 him 21 .

no indeed . 
1 no 2 indeed
2 indeed 3 .

instead he hung his head , and his handsome tail was dropped between his legs ; he was the very picture of shame . 
1 instead 2 he
2 he 3 hung
3 hung 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 his
8 his 9 handsome
9 handsome 10 tail
10 tail 11 was
11 was 12 dropped
12 dropped 13 between
13 between 14 his
14 his 15 legs
15 legs 16 ;
16 ; 17 he
17 he 18 was
18 was 19 the
19 the 20 very
20 very 21 picture
21 picture 22 of
22 of 23 shame
23 shame 24 .

poor [reddy] ! 
1 poor 3 !

he didn't know what to do or where to go . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 or
7 or 8 where
8 where 9 to
9 to 10 go
10 go 11 .

he couldn't go home , for [old] [granny] [fox] [would] [drive] him [out] [of] the house . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 go
3 go 4 home
4 home 5 ,
5 , 6 for
6 for 12 him
12 him 15 the
15 the 16 house
16 house 17 .

[sammy] [jay] [would] [see] [to] [that] [.] 

he knew just how they would point at him and make fun of him . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 just
3 just 4 how
4 how 5 they
5 they 6 would
6 would 7 point
7 point 8 at
8 at 9 him
9 him 10 and
10 and 11 make
11 make 12 fun
12 fun 13 of
13 of 14 him
14 him 15 .

he would never hear the last of it . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 never
3 never 4 hear
4 hear 5 the
5 the 6 last
6 last 7 of
7 of 8 it
8 it 9 .

he felt as if he never , never would be able to hold his head and his tail up again . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 never
6 never 7 ,
7 , 8 never
8 never 9 would
9 would 10 be
10 be 11 able
11 able 12 to
12 to 13 hold
13 hold 14 his
14 his 15 head
15 head 16 and
16 and 17 his
17 his 18 tail
18 tail 19 up
19 up 20 again
20 again 21 .

every few minutes he stopped to roll over and over on the ground trying to get rid of that dreadful perfume . 
1 every 2 few
2 few 3 minutes
3 minutes 4 he
4 he 5 stopped
5 stopped 6 to
6 to 7 roll
7 roll 8 over
8 over 9 and
9 and 10 over
10 over 11 on
11 on 12 the
12 the 13 ground
13 ground 14 trying
14 trying 15 to
15 to 16 get
16 get 17 rid
17 rid 18 of
18 of 19 that
19 that 20 dreadful
20 dreadful 21 perfume
21 perfume 22 .

when he reached [the] [green] [forest] [he] [hurried] [over] [to] [the] [laughing] [brook] [to] [wash] out his eyes . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 16 out
16 out 17 his
17 his 18 eyes
18 eyes 19 .

it was [just] [his] [luck] to [have] [billy] [mink] come along while he was doing this . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 6 to
6 to 10 come
10 come 11 along
11 along 12 while
12 while 13 he
13 he 14 was
14 was 15 doing
15 doing 16 this
16 this 17 .

billy didn't need to be told what had happened . 
1 billy 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 need
3 need 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 told
6 told 7 what
7 what 8 had
8 had 9 happened
9 happened 10 .

" phew ! " he exclaimed , holding on to his nose . 
1 " 2 phew
2 phew 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 exclaimed
6 exclaimed 7 ,
7 , 8 holding
8 holding 9 on
9 on 10 to
10 to 11 his
11 his 12 nose
12 nose 13 .

then he turned and hurried beyond the reach of that perfume . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 turned
3 turned 4 and
4 and 5 hurried
5 hurried 6 beyond
6 beyond 7 the
7 the 8 reach
8 reach 9 of
9 of 10 that
10 that 11 perfume
11 perfume 12 .

there he stopped and made fun of [reddy] [fox] [and] [said] all the provoking things he could think of . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 and
4 and 5 made
5 made 6 fun
6 fun 7 of
7 of 12 all
12 all 13 the
13 the 14 provoking
14 provoking 15 things
15 things 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 think
18 think 19 of
19 of 20 .

reddy took no notice at all . 
1 reddy 2 took
2 took 3 no
3 no 4 notice
4 notice 5 at
5 at 6 all
6 all 7 .

he felt too miserable to quarrel . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 too
3 too 4 miserable
4 miserable 5 to
5 to 6 quarrel
6 quarrel 7 .

after he had washed his face he felt better . 
1 after 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 washed
4 washed 5 his
5 his 6 face
6 face 7 he
7 he 8 felt
8 felt 9 better
9 better 10 .

water wouldn't take away the awful smell , but it did take away the smart from his eyes . 
1 water 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 take
3 take 4 away
4 away 5 the
5 the 6 awful
6 awful 7 smell
7 smell 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 it
10 it 11 did
11 did 12 take
12 take 13 away
13 away 14 the
14 the 15 smart
15 smart 16 from
16 from 17 his
17 his 18 eyes
18 eyes 19 .

then he tried to plan what to do next . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 tried
3 tried 4 to
4 to 5 plan
5 plan 6 what
6 what 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 next
9 next 10 .

" the only thing [i] [can] [do] is to get as far away from [everybody] [as] [i] [can] , " thought he . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 only
3 only 4 thing
4 thing 8 is
8 is 9 to
9 to 10 get
10 get 11 as
11 as 12 far
12 far 13 away
13 away 14 from
14 from 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 thought
21 thought 22 he
22 he 23 .

" [i] [guess] [i] ['ll] have to go up to [the] [old] [pasture] [to] live for a while . " 
1 " 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 up
9 up 10 to
10 to 15 live
15 live 16 for
16 for 17 a
17 a 18 while
18 while 19 .
19 . 20 "

so [he] [started] for [the] [old] [pasture] , [keeping] as much out of sight as possible . 
1 so 4 for
4 for 8 ,
8 , 10 as
10 as 11 much
11 much 12 out
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 sight
14 sight 15 as
15 as 16 possible
16 possible 17 .

on the way he remembered that [old] [man] [coyote] [lived] there . 
1 on 2 the
2 the 3 way
3 way 4 he
4 he 5 remembered
5 remembered 6 that
6 that 11 there
11 there 12 .

there he stretched himself out and was perfectly miserable . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 stretched
3 stretched 4 himself
4 himself 5 out
5 out 6 and
6 and 7 was
7 was 8 perfectly
8 perfectly 9 miserable
9 miserable 10 .

" it wouldn't be so bad [if] [i] [had] [really] [been] [to] [blame] , but [i] [wasn't] [.] 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 wouldn't
3 wouldn't 4 be
4 be 5 so
5 so 6 bad
6 bad 14 ,
14 , 15 but

i didn't [know] [jimmy] [skunk] [was] [in] [that] [barrel] [and] [i] [didn't] mean to start it rolling down the hill anyway , " he muttered . 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 13 mean
13 mean 14 to
14 to 15 start
15 start 16 it
16 it 17 rolling
17 rolling 18 down
18 down 19 the
19 the 20 hill
20 hill 21 anyway
21 anyway 22 ,
22 , 23 "
23 " 24 he
24 he 25 muttered
25 muttered 26 .

" it was all an accident and " he stopped and into his yellow eyes crept a look of suspicion . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 all
4 all 5 an
5 an 6 accident
6 accident 7 and
7 and 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 stopped
10 stopped 11 and
11 and 12 into
12 into 13 his
13 his 14 yellow
14 yellow 15 eyes
15 eyes 16 crept
16 crept 17 a
17 a 18 look
18 look 19 of
19 of 20 suspicion
20 suspicion 21 .

i wonder . " 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 .
3 . 4 "

[vi] 

[peter] [rabbit] [doesn't] [enjoy] [his] [joke] 

he felt sure that [reddy] [fox] was in for something unpleasant , and he was glad . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 sure
3 sure 4 that
4 that 7 was
7 was 8 in
8 in 9 for
9 for 10 something
10 something 11 unpleasant
11 unpleasant 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 was
15 was 16 glad
16 glad 17 .

of course , that wasn't a bit nice [of] [peter] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 a
6 a 7 bit
7 bit 8 nice
8 nice 11 .

so he chuckled as he waited for what was to happen . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 waited
6 waited 7 for
7 for 8 what
8 what 9 was
9 was 10 to
10 to 11 happen
11 happen 12 .

suddenly that chuckle broke right off in the middle , and [peter] cried " ouch ! " 
1 suddenly 2 that
2 that 3 chuckle
3 chuckle 4 broke
4 broke 5 right
5 right 6 off
6 off 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 middle
9 middle 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 cried
13 cried 14 "
14 " 15 ouch
15 ouch 16 !
16 ! 17 "

he had felt a pain as if a hot needle had been thrust into him . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 felt
3 felt 4 a
4 a 5 pain
5 pain 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 8 a
8 a 9 hot
9 hot 10 needle
10 needle 11 had
11 had 12 been
12 been 13 thrust
13 thrust 14 into
14 into 15 him
15 him 16 .

it made him almost jump out of the doorway . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 him
3 him 4 almost
4 almost 5 jump
5 jump 6 out
6 out 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 doorway
9 doorway 10 .

so it would not do to show himself now . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 would
3 would 4 not
4 not 5 do
5 do 6 to
6 to 7 show
7 show 8 himself
8 himself 9 now
9 now 10 .

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

all he could do was to kick and squirm and twist his head around to see what was happening . 
1 all 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
4 do 5 was
5 was 6 to
6 to 7 kick
7 kick 8 and
8 and 9 squirm
9 squirm 10 and
10 and 11 twist
11 twist 12 his
12 his 13 head
13 head 14 around
14 around 15 to
15 to 16 see
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 was
18 was 19 happening
19 happening 20 .

it didn't take long to find out . 
1 it 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 take
3 take 4 long
4 long 5 to
5 to 6 find
6 find 7 out
7 out 8 .

two very angry little insects were just getting ready to sting him again , and more were coming . 
1 two 2 very
2 very 3 angry
3 angry 4 little
4 little 5 insects
5 insects 6 were
6 were 7 just
7 just 8 getting
8 getting 9 ready
9 ready 10 to
10 to 11 sting
11 sting 12 him
12 him 13 again
13 again 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 more
16 more 17 were
17 were 18 coming
18 coming 19 .

they were [yellow] [jackets] , [which] [you] [know] [belong] to the wasp family and carry very sharp little lances in their tails . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 5 ,
5 , 10 to
10 to 11 the
11 the 12 wasp
12 wasp 13 family
13 family 14 and
14 and 15 carry
15 carry 16 very
16 very 17 sharp
17 sharp 18 little
18 little 19 lances
19 lances 20 in
20 in 21 their
21 their 22 tails
22 tails 23 .

poor [peter] ! 
1 poor 3 !

what could he do ? 
1 what 2 could
2 could 3 he
3 he 4 do
4 do 5 ?

he didn't dare go out , and he simply couldn't stay where he was . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 dare
3 dare 4 go
4 go 5 out
5 out 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 simply
9 simply 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 stay
11 stay 12 where
12 where 13 he
13 he 14 was
14 was 15 .

by this time he had lost all interest in what was going on outside . 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 lost
6 lost 7 all
7 all 8 interest
8 interest 9 in
9 in 10 what
10 what 11 was
11 was 12 going
12 going 13 on
13 on 14 outside
14 outside 15 .

there was quite enough going on inside ; too much , in fact . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 quite
3 quite 4 enough
4 enough 5 going
5 going 6 on
6 on 7 inside
7 inside 8 ;
8 ; 9 too
9 too 10 much
10 much 11 ,
11 , 12 in
12 in 13 fact
13 fact 14 .

he remembered that [johnny] [chuck] [digs] [his] [house] [deep] [down] in the ground . 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that
3 that 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 ground
13 ground 14 .

he looked down the long hall . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 down
3 down 4 the
4 the 5 long
5 long 6 hall
6 hall 7 .

it was dark down there . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 dark
3 dark 4 down
4 down 5 there
5 there 6 .

perhaps if he went down there , these angry little warriors wouldn't follow him . 
1 perhaps 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 went
4 went 5 down
5 down 6 there
6 there 7 ,
7 , 8 these
8 these 9 angry
9 angry 10 little
10 little 11 warriors
11 warriors 12 wouldn't
12 wouldn't 13 follow
13 follow 14 him
14 him 15 .

it was worth trying , anyway . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 worth
3 worth 4 trying
4 trying 5 ,
5 , 6 anyway
6 anyway 7 .

so [peter] [scrambled] [to] his feet and scurried down the long hall , and as he ran , he cried " ouch ! 
1 so 5 his
5 his 6 feet
6 feet 7 and
7 and 8 scurried
8 scurried 9 down
9 down 10 the
10 the 11 long
11 long 12 hall
12 hall 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 ran
17 ran 18 ,
18 , 19 he
19 he 20 cried
20 cried 21 "
21 " 22 ouch
22 ouch 23 !

ouch ! 
1 ouch 2 !

oh ! 
1 oh 2 !

ohoo ! " 
1 ohoo 2 !
2 ! 3 "

those sharp little lances were very busy , and there was no way of fighting back . 
1 those 2 sharp
2 sharp 3 little
3 little 4 lances
4 lances 5 were
5 were 6 very
6 very 7 busy
7 busy 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 there
10 there 11 was
11 was 12 no
12 no 13 way
13 way 14 of
14 of 15 fighting
15 fighting 16 back
16 back 17 .

at the end of the long hall was a snug little room , very dark but cool and comfortable . 
1 at 2 the
2 the 3 end
3 end 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 6 long
6 long 7 hall
7 hall 8 was
8 was 9 a
9 a 10 snug
10 snug 11 little
11 little 12 room
12 room 13 ,
13 , 14 very
14 very 15 dark
15 dark 16 but
16 but 17 cool
17 cool 18 and
18 and 19 comfortable
19 comfortable 20 .

it was just as he [had] [hoped] [;] [the] [yellow] [jackets] did not follow him down there . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 12 did
12 did 13 not
13 not 14 follow
14 follow 15 him
15 him 16 down
16 down 17 there
17 there 18 .

they had driven him away from their home , which was right near the entrance , and they were satisfied . 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 driven
3 driven 4 him
4 him 5 away
5 away 6 from
6 from 7 their
7 their 8 home
8 home 9 ,
9 , 10 which
10 which 11 was
11 was 12 right
12 right 13 near
13 near 14 the
14 the 15 entrance
15 entrance 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 they
18 they 19 were
19 were 20 satisfied
20 satisfied 21 .

but what a fix he was in ! 
1 but 2 what
2 what 3 a
3 a 4 fix
4 fix 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 in
7 in 8 !

what a dreadful fix ! 
1 what 2 a
2 a 3 dreadful
3 dreadful 4 fix
4 fix 5 !

he ached and smarted all over . 
1 he 2 ached
2 ached 3 and
3 and 4 smarted
4 smarted 5 all
5 all 6 over
6 over 7 .

my goodness , how he did smart ! 
1 my 2 goodness
2 goodness 3 ,
3 , 4 how
4 how 5 he
5 he 6 did
6 did 7 smart
7 smart 8 !

and to get out he would have to go right past the [yellow] [jacket] home [again] . 
1 and 2 to
2 to 3 get
3 get 4 out
4 out 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 to
8 to 9 go
9 go 10 right
10 right 11 past
11 past 12 the
12 the 15 home
15 home 17 .

" [i] [guess] [i] [am] [served] [just] right . " 
1 " 8 right
8 right 9 .
9 . 10 "

i rather think he was , don't you ? 
1 i 2 rather
2 rather 3 think
3 think 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 ,
6 , 7 don't
7 don't 8 you
8 you 9 ?

[vii] 

[sammy] [jay] [does] [some] [guessing] 

[sammy] [jay] [is] [a] [queer] [fellow] [.] 

many are the times he has given them warning of danger . 
1 many 2 are
2 are 3 the
3 the 4 times
4 times 5 he
5 he 6 has
6 has 7 given
7 given 8 them
8 them 9 warning
9 warning 10 of
10 of 11 danger
11 danger 12 .

this is one reason they are quite willing to overlook his own shortcomings . 
1 this 2 is
2 is 3 one
3 one 4 reason
4 reason 5 they
5 they 6 are
6 are 7 quite
7 quite 8 willing
8 willing 9 to
9 to 10 overlook
10 overlook 11 his
11 his 12 own
12 own 13 shortcomings
13 shortcomings 14 .

so , of course , he had seen what happened [to] [reddy] . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 3 of
3 of 4 course
4 course 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 seen
8 seen 9 what
9 what 10 happened
10 happened 13 .

now , [instead] [of] [being] [sorry] for [reddy] , he had openly rejoiced . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 7 for
7 for 9 ,
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 openly
12 openly 13 rejoiced
13 rejoiced 14 .

it seems to be just that way with a great many people . 
1 it 2 seems
2 seems 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 just
5 just 6 that
6 that 7 way
7 way 8 with
8 with 9 a
9 a 10 great
10 great 11 many
11 many 12 people
12 people 13 .

they like to see others who are considered very smart get into trouble . 
1 they 2 like
2 like 3 to
3 to 4 see
4 see 5 others
5 others 6 who
6 who 7 are
7 are 8 considered
8 considered 9 very
9 very 10 smart
10 smart 11 get
11 get 12 into
12 into 13 trouble
13 trouble 14 .

so [sammy] [had] [laughed] [and] [made] [fun] [of] poor [reddy] . 
1 so 9 poor
9 poor 11 .

in the first place it was very exciting , and [sammy] [dearly] [loves] [excitement] [.] 
1 in 2 the
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 very
7 very 8 exciting
8 exciting 9 ,
9 , 10 and

and then it would make such a splendid story to tell , and no one likes to carry tales [more] [than] [does] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 it
3 it 4 would
4 would 5 make
5 make 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 splendid
8 splendid 9 story
9 story 10 to
10 to 11 tell
11 tell 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 no
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 likes
16 likes 17 to
17 to 18 carry
18 carry 19 tales
19 tales 25 .

he watched [reddy] [sneak] [away] [to] [the] [green] [forest] , and [jimmy] [skunk] [slowly] [walk] [away] in a very dignified manner . 
1 he 2 watched
2 watched 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 17 in
17 in 18 a
18 a 19 very
19 very 20 dignified
20 dignified 21 manner
21 manner 22 .

then [sammy] [flew] [back] to the [old] [orchard] [to] [spread] [the] news among the little people there . 
1 then 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 12 news
12 news 13 among
13 among 14 the
14 the 15 little
15 little 16 people
16 people 17 there
17 there 18 .

it wasn't [until] [he] [reached] [the] [old] [orchard] that he remembered [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 remembered
11 remembered 14 .

the fact [is] , [sammy] [jay] [was] [doing] some [hard] [thinking] . 
1 the 2 fact
2 fact 4 ,
4 , 9 some
9 some 12 .

he had suddenly begun to wonder . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 suddenly
3 suddenly 4 begun
4 begun 5 to
5 to 6 wonder
6 wonder 7 .

it had popped into that shrewd little head of his that it was very strange [how] [suddenly] [peter] [rabbit] [had] [disappeared] . 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 popped
3 popped 4 into
4 into 5 that
5 that 6 shrewd
6 shrewd 7 little
7 little 8 head
8 head 9 of
9 of 10 his
10 his 11 that
11 that 12 it
12 it 13 was
13 was 14 very
14 very 15 strange
15 strange 22 .

but [i] [saw] it all , and [i] know that it was all an accident so far [as] [reddy] [was] [concerned] . 
1 but 4 it
4 it 5 all
5 all 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 know
9 know 10 that
10 that 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 all
13 all 14 an
14 an 15 accident
15 accident 16 so
16 so 17 far
17 far 22 .

[but] [peter] [rabbit] [may] [have] [known] [.] 

why did [peter] [run] [so] that he would have to jump over that barrel when he could have run right past it ? 
1 why 2 did
2 did 6 that
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 to
10 to 11 jump
11 jump 12 over
12 over 13 that
13 that 14 barrel
14 barrel 15 when
15 when 16 he
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 have
18 have 19 run
19 run 20 right
20 right 21 past
21 past 22 it
22 it 23 ?

that would have been pretty smart [of] [peter] [and] [quite] [like] [him] . 
1 that 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 been
4 been 5 pretty
5 pretty 6 smart
6 smart 13 .

the more [i] [think] of it , [the] [more] [i] [believe] [that] [peter] [did] [know] and that he planned the whole thing . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 16 and
16 and 17 that
17 that 18 he
18 he 19 planned
19 planned 20 the
20 the 21 whole
21 whole 22 thing
22 thing 23 .

if he did , it was [one] [of] [the] [smartest] [tricks] [i] ever heard of . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 13 ever
13 ever 14 heard
14 heard 15 of
15 of 16 .

i didn't think [peter] [had] it in him . 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 think
3 think 6 it
6 it 7 in
7 in 8 him
8 him 9 .

it was [rather] hard [on] [jimmy] [skunk] , but [it] [got] [rid] [of] [reddy] [fox] for a while . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 hard
4 hard 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 16 for
16 for 17 a
17 a 18 while
18 while 19 .

he won't dare show his face around here for a long time . 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 3 dare
3 dare 4 show
4 show 5 his
5 his 6 face
6 face 7 around
7 around 8 here
8 here 9 for
9 for 10 a
10 a 11 long
11 long 12 time
12 time 13 .

that [means] [that] [peter] will have one less worry on his mind . 
1 that 5 will
5 will 6 have
6 have 7 one
7 one 8 less
8 less 9 worry
9 worry 10 on
10 on 11 his
11 his 12 mind
12 mind 13 .

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

[here] [comes] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 

i 'll ask him a few questions . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 ask
3 ask 4 him
4 him 5 a
5 a 6 few
6 few 7 questions
7 questions 8 .
8 . 9 "

jimmy came ambling along in his usual lazy manner . 
1 jimmy 2 came
2 came 3 ambling
3 ambling 4 along
4 along 5 in
5 in 6 his
6 his 7 usual
7 usual 8 lazy
8 lazy 9 manner
9 manner 10 .

he had quite recovered his good nature . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 quite
3 quite 4 recovered
4 recovered 5 his
5 his 6 good
6 good 7 nature
7 nature 8 .

["] [hello] [,] [jimmy] [.] 

have you [seen] [peter] [rabbit] [this] [morning] ? " [cried] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 have 2 you
2 you 8 ?
8 ? 9 "

jimmy looked up and grinned . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
3 up 4 and
4 and 5 grinned
5 grinned 6 .

" yes , " said he . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
6 he 7 .

" [i] [saw] [him] [up] here [early] this morning . 
1 " 6 here
6 here 8 this
8 this 9 morning
9 morning 10 .

why ? " 
1 why 2 ?
2 ? 3 "

" did he see you go into that old barrel ? " [persisted] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 he
3 he 4 see
4 see 5 you
5 you 6 go
6 go 7 into
7 into 8 that
8 that 9 old
9 old 10 barrel
10 barrel 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

" [i] don't know , " [confessed] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" he may have . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 may
3 may 4 have
4 have 5 .

what have you got on your mind [,] [sammy] [jay] ? " 
1 what 2 have
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 got
4 got 5 on
5 on 6 your
6 your 7 mind
7 mind 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

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

" then [reddy] [didn't] do it purposely ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 2 then
2 then 5 do
5 do 6 it
6 it 7 purposely
7 purposely 8 !
8 ! 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 exclaimed
11 exclaimed 12 .

" no , " [replied] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "

" he didn't do it purposely . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 6 purposely
6 purposely 7 .

i am quite sure that he didn't know you were in it . 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 quite
3 quite 4 sure
4 sure 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 know
8 know 9 you
9 you 10 were
10 were 11 in
11 in 12 it
12 it 13 .

but how [about] [peter] [rabbit] ? 
1 but 2 how
2 how 6 ?

i am wondering . 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 wondering
3 wondering 4 .

and [i] ['m] [doing] a little guessing , too . " 
1 and 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 guessing
7 guessing 8 ,
8 , 9 too
9 too 10 .
10 . 11 "

[viii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [looks] [for] [peter] 

jimmy [skunk] looked very hard [at] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 jimmy 3 looked
3 looked 4 very
4 very 5 hard
5 hard 9 .

sammy [jay] looked [very] [hard] at [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 sammy 3 looked
3 looked 6 at
6 at 9 .

[then] [sammy] [slowly] [shut] [one] [eye] [and] [as] [slowly] [opened] [it] [again] [.] 

it was a wink . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 wink
4 wink 5 .

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

[sammy] [jay] [said] [nothing] [,] [but] [winked] [again] [.] 

jimmy grinned . 
1 jimmy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 .

then he looked thoughtful . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 4 thoughtful
4 thoughtful 5 .

" [i] [wonder] [,] ["] said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 6 said
6 said 9 .

" and [i] [wonder] if he did it just to get [reddy] into trouble , " [continued] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 and
2 and 5 if
5 if 6 he
6 he 7 did
7 did 8 it
8 it 9 just
9 just 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 13 into
13 into 14 trouble
14 trouble 15 ,
15 , 16 "

["] [i] [wonder] [,] ["] [repeated] [sammy] [jay] [.] 

" [i] [wonder] [,] ["] [said] [sammy] [jay] once [more] , and burst out laughing . 
1 " 9 once
9 once 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 burst
13 burst 14 out
14 out 15 laughing
15 laughing 16 .

now [jimmy] [skunk] [has] [a] [very] [shrewd] [little] [head] on his shoulders . 
1 now 10 on
10 on 11 his
11 his 12 shoulders
12 shoulders 13 .

" so that is your guess , is it ? 
1 " 2 so
2 so 3 that
3 that 4 is
4 is 5 your
5 your 6 guess
6 guess 7 ,
7 , 8 is
8 is 9 it
9 it 10 ?

well , [i] [wouldn't] be a bit surprised if you are right , " said he , nodding his head . 
1 well 2 ,
2 , 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 bit
7 bit 8 surprised
8 surprised 9 if
9 if 10 you
10 you 11 are
11 are 12 right
12 right 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 he
16 he 17 ,
17 , 18 nodding
18 nodding 19 his
19 his 20 head
20 head 21 .

" [i] [think] [i] [will] go look for [peter] . 
1 " 6 go
6 go 7 look
7 look 8 for
8 for 10 .

i think he needs a lesson . 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 he
3 he 4 needs
4 needs 5 a
5 a 6 lesson
6 lesson 7 .

jokes that put other people in danger or make them uncomfortable can have no excuse . 
1 jokes 2 that
2 that 3 put
3 put 4 other
4 other 5 people
5 people 6 in
6 in 7 danger
7 danger 8 or
8 or 9 make
9 make 10 them
10 them 11 uncomfortable
11 uncomfortable 12 can
12 can 13 have
13 have 14 no
14 no 15 excuse
15 excuse 16 .

my neck might have been broken in that wild ride down the hill , [and] [certainly] [i] was made most uncomfortable . 
1 my 2 neck
2 neck 3 might
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 been
5 been 6 broken
6 broken 7 in
7 in 8 that
8 that 9 wild
9 wild 10 ride
10 ride 11 down
11 down 12 the
12 the 13 hill
13 hill 14 ,
14 , 18 was
18 was 19 made
19 made 20 most
20 most 21 uncomfortable
21 uncomfortable 22 .

i felt as if everything inside me was shaken out of place and all mixed up . 
1 i 2 felt
2 felt 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 everything
5 everything 6 inside
6 inside 7 me
7 me 8 was
8 was 9 shaken
9 shaken 10 out
10 out 11 of
11 of 12 place
12 place 13 and
13 and 14 all
14 all 15 mixed
15 mixed 16 up
16 up 17 .

even now my stomach feels a bit queer , as if it might not be just where it ought to be . 
1 even 2 now
2 now 3 my
3 my 4 stomach
4 stomach 5 feels
5 feels 6 a
6 a 7 bit
7 bit 8 queer
8 queer 9 ,
9 , 10 as
10 as 11 if
11 if 12 it
12 it 13 might
13 might 14 not
14 not 15 be
15 be 16 just
16 just 17 where
17 where 18 it
18 it 19 ought
19 ought 20 to
20 to 21 be
21 be 22 .

by the way , what became of [peter] [after] [he] [jumped] [over] the barrel ? " 
1 by 2 the
2 the 3 way
3 way 4 ,
4 , 5 what
5 what 6 became
6 became 7 of
7 of 13 the
13 the 14 barrel
14 barrel 15 ?
15 ? 16 "

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

" [i] don't know , " he confessed . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 know
4 know 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 confessed
8 confessed 9 .

i [guess] [reddy] [fox] forgot all about [peter] . 
1 i 5 forgot
5 forgot 6 all
6 all 7 about
7 about 9 .

i know [i] [did] . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 5 .

after it was over , [i] [looked] for [peter] , but he was nowhere in sight . 
1 after 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 over
4 over 5 ,
5 , 8 for
8 for 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 nowhere
14 nowhere 15 in
15 in 16 sight
16 sight 17 .

he hadn't had time to reach [the] [old] [briar-patch] . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 had
3 had 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 reach
6 reach 10 .

i really would like to know myself what became of him . " 
1 i 2 really
2 really 3 would
3 would 4 like
4 like 5 to
5 to 6 know
6 know 7 myself
7 myself 8 what
8 what 9 became
9 became 10 of
10 of 11 him
11 him 12 .
12 . 13 "

[jimmy] [skunk] [turned] [and] [looked] [down] [the] [hill] [.] 

then in his usual slow way he started back towards the broken barrel . 
1 then 2 in
2 in 3 his
3 his 4 usual
4 usual 5 slow
5 slow 6 way
6 way 7 he
7 he 8 started
8 started 9 back
9 back 10 towards
10 towards 11 the
11 the 12 broken
12 broken 13 barrel
13 barrel 14 .

" where are you going ? " [asked] [sammy] [.] 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 going
5 going 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

" to look for [peter] [rabbit] , " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 to
2 to 3 look
3 look 4 for
4 for 7 ,
7 , 8 "

" [i] want to ask him a few questions . " 
1 " 3 want
3 want 4 to
4 to 5 ask
5 ask 6 him
6 him 7 a
7 a 8 few
8 few 9 questions
9 questions 10 .
10 . 11 "

[jimmy] [skunk] [ambled] [along] [down] [the] [hill] [.] 

he isn't likely to bother any one for some time . 
1 he 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 likely
3 likely 4 to
4 to 5 bother
5 bother 6 any
6 any 7 one
7 one 8 for
8 for 9 some
9 some 10 time
10 time 11 .

peter really ought to be punished , but [somehow] [i] [don't] [feel] so much like [punishing] him [as] [i] [did] . 
1 peter 2 really
2 really 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 punished
6 punished 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 13 so
13 so 14 much
14 much 15 like
15 like 17 him
17 him 21 .

i 'll just give him a little scare and let the scamp off with that . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
3 just 4 give
4 give 5 him
5 him 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 scare
8 scare 9 and
9 and 10 let
10 let 11 the
11 the 12 scamp
12 scamp 13 off
13 off 14 with
14 with 15 that
15 that 16 .

now , [i] [wonder] where he can be . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 5 where
5 where 6 he
6 he 7 can
7 can 8 be
8 be 9 .

i have an idea he isn't very far away . 
1 i 2 have
2 have 3 an
3 an 4 idea
4 idea 5 he
5 he 6 isn't
6 isn't 7 very
7 very 8 far
8 far 9 away
9 away 10 .

let me see . 
1 let 2 me
2 me 3 see
3 see 4 .

seems to me [i] [remember] [an] [old] [house] [of] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] not very far from here . 
1 seems 2 to
2 to 3 me
3 me 13 not
13 not 14 very
14 very 15 far
15 far 16 from
16 from 17 here
17 here 18 .

i 'll have a look in that . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 have
3 have 4 a
4 a 5 look
5 look 6 in
6 in 7 that
7 that 8 .
8 . 9 "

[[] [illustration] []] 

[ix] 

[jimmy] [visits] [johnny] [chuck's] [old] [house] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [was] [smiling] [as] [he] [ambled] [towards] [the] [old] [house] [of] [johnny] [chuck] [near] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [hill] [.] 

there was no one near to see him , and this made him smile still more . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 one
4 one 5 near
5 near 6 to
6 to 7 see
7 see 8 him
8 him 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 this
11 this 12 made
12 made 13 him
13 him 14 smile
14 smile 15 still
15 still 16 more
16 more 17 .

to [jimmy] himself [it] [wasn't] [unpleasant] at all , and he couldn't understand why other people disliked it so . 
1 to 3 himself
3 himself 7 at
7 at 8 all
8 all 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 couldn't
12 couldn't 13 understand
13 understand 14 why
14 why 15 other
15 other 16 people
16 people 17 disliked
17 disliked 18 it
18 it 19 so
19 so 20 .

he had puzzled over that a great deal . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 puzzled
3 puzzled 4 over
4 over 5 that
5 that 6 a
6 a 7 great
7 great 8 deal
8 deal 9 .

" [i] guess it 's a good thing [that] [old] [mother] [nature] [didn't] [make] [us] [all] [alike] , " said he to himself . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 it
4 it 5 's
5 's 6 a
6 a 7 good
7 good 8 thing
8 thing 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
21 he 22 to
22 to 23 himself
23 himself 24 .

" [i] [think] there must be something the matter with their noses , and [i] [suppose] they think there is something the matter with mine . 
1 " 4 there
4 there 5 must
5 must 6 be
6 be 7 something
7 something 8 the
8 the 9 matter
9 matter 10 with
10 with 11 their
11 their 12 noses
12 noses 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 17 they
17 they 18 think
18 think 19 there
19 there 20 is
20 is 21 something
21 something 22 the
22 the 23 matter
23 matter 24 with
24 with 25 mine
25 mine 26 .

but there isn't . 
1 but 2 there
2 there 3 isn't
3 isn't 4 .

not a thing . 
1 not 2 a
2 a 3 thing
3 thing 4 .

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

there [is] [johnny] [chuck] 's old house just ahead of me . 
1 there 5 's
5 's 6 old
6 old 7 house
7 house 8 just
8 just 9 ahead
9 ahead 10 of
10 of 11 me
11 me 12 .

now we will see what we shall see . " 
1 now 2 we
2 we 3 will
3 will 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 6 we
6 we 7 shall
7 shall 8 see
8 see 9 .
9 . 10 "

he walked softly as he drew near to the old house . 
1 he 2 walked
2 walked 3 softly
3 softly 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 drew
6 drew 7 near
7 near 8 to
8 to 9 the
9 the 10 old
10 old 11 house
11 house 12 .

if [peter] [was] [way] [down] [inside] [,] it wouldn't matter how he approached . 
1 if 8 it
8 it 9 wouldn't
9 wouldn't 10 matter
10 matter 11 how
11 how 12 he
12 he 13 approached
13 approached 14 .

jimmy didn't intend to [give] [peter] [a] [chance] [to] do any such thing . 
1 jimmy 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 intend
3 intend 4 to
4 to 10 do
10 do 11 any
11 any 12 such
12 such 13 thing
13 thing 14 .

if [peter] [once] [got] [outside] that old house , his long legs [would] [soon] [put] [him] [beyond] [jimmy] ['s] [reach] , and [jimmy] knew it . 
1 if 6 that
6 that 7 old
7 old 8 house
8 house 9 ,
9 , 10 his
10 his 11 long
11 long 12 legs
12 legs 21 ,
21 , 22 and
22 and 24 knew
24 knew 25 it
25 it 26 .

at last he reached a position where with one jump he could land right on the doorstep . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 reached
4 reached 5 a
5 a 6 position
6 position 7 where
7 where 8 with
8 with 9 one
9 one 10 jump
10 jump 11 he
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 land
13 land 14 right
14 right 15 on
15 on 16 the
16 the 17 doorstep
17 doorstep 18 .

he waited a few minutes and cocked his head on one side to listen . 
1 he 2 waited
2 waited 3 a
3 a 4 few
4 few 5 minutes
5 minutes 6 and
6 and 7 cocked
7 cocked 8 his
8 his 9 head
9 head 10 on
10 on 11 one
11 one 12 side
12 side 13 to
13 to 14 listen
14 listen 15 .

there wasn't a sound to tell him [whether] [peter] [was] [there] [or] not . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 a
3 a 4 sound
4 sound 5 to
5 to 6 tell
6 tell 7 him
7 him 13 not
13 not 14 .

then lightly he jumped over to the doorstep and looked in at the doorway . 
1 then 2 lightly
2 lightly 3 he
3 he 4 jumped
4 jumped 5 over
5 over 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 8 doorstep
8 doorstep 9 and
9 and 10 looked
10 looked 11 in
11 in 12 at
12 at 13 the
13 the 14 doorway
14 doorway 15 .

there was [no] [peter] to be seen . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 seen
7 seen 8 .

" if he is here , he is way down inside , " [thought] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 here
5 here 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 9 way
9 way 10 down
10 down 11 inside
11 inside 12 ,
12 , 13 "

" [i] [wonder] if he really is here . 
1 " 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 really
6 really 7 is
7 is 8 here
8 here 9 .

i [think] [i] 'll look about a bit [before] [i] [go] [in] . " 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 look
5 look 6 about
6 about 7 a
7 a 8 bit
8 bit 13 .
13 . 14 "

now the doorstep was of sand , as [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [doorsteps] always [are] . 
1 now 2 the
2 the 3 doorstep
3 doorstep 4 was
4 was 5 of
5 of 6 sand
6 sand 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 13 always
13 always 15 .

almost at once [jimmy] [chuckled] . 
1 almost 2 at
2 at 3 once
3 once 6 .

there were [peter] ['s] [tracks] , and they pointed straight towards the [inside] [of] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] old house . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 they
8 they 9 pointed
9 pointed 10 straight
10 straight 11 towards
11 towards 12 the
12 the 18 old
18 old 19 house
19 house 20 .

jimmy looked carefully , but not a single track pointing the other way could he find . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 3 carefully
3 carefully 4 ,
4 , 5 but
5 but 6 not
6 not 7 a
7 a 8 single
8 single 9 track
9 track 10 pointing
10 pointing 11 the
11 the 12 other
12 other 13 way
13 way 14 could
14 could 15 he
15 he 16 find
16 find 17 .

then he chuckled again . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 again
4 again 5 .

" the scamp is here all right , " he muttered . 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 scamp
3 scamp 4 is
4 is 5 here
5 here 6 all
6 all 7 right
7 right 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 muttered
11 muttered 12 .

in this [jimmy] [was] [partly] [right] [and] [partly] [wrong] , as you [and] [i] know . 
1 in 2 this
2 this 10 ,
10 , 11 as
11 as 12 you
12 you 15 know
15 know 16 .

he stared down the long dark doorway a minute . 
1 he 2 stared
2 stared 3 down
3 down 4 the
4 the 5 long
5 long 6 dark
6 dark 7 doorway
7 doorway 8 a
8 a 9 minute
9 minute 10 .

then he made up his mind . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 made
3 made 4 up
4 up 5 his
5 his 6 mind
6 mind 7 .

but that was as far [as] [jimmy] [skunk] [went] . 
1 but 2 that
2 that 3 was
3 was 4 as
4 as 5 far
5 far 10 .

yes , [sir] [,] that was just as far [as] [jimmy] [skunk] [went] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 just
7 just 8 as
8 as 9 far
9 far 14 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [knows] [all] [about] [yellow] [jackets] [and] [the] [sharp] [little] [lances] [they] [carry] [in] [their] [tails] [;] [he] [has] [the] [greatest] [respect] [for] [them] [.] 

he backed out in a hurry and actually hurried away to a safe distance . 
1 he 2 backed
2 backed 3 out
3 out 4 in
4 in 5 a
5 a 6 hurry
6 hurry 7 and
7 and 8 actually
8 actually 9 hurried
9 hurried 10 away
10 away 11 to
11 to 12 a
12 a 13 safe
13 safe 14 distance
14 distance 15 .

then he sat down to think . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
4 down 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 7 .

after a little he began to chuckle again . 
1 after 2 a
2 a 3 little
3 little 4 he
4 he 5 began
5 began 6 to
6 to 7 chuckle
7 chuckle 8 again
8 again 9 .

" [i] [know] what happened , " said he , talking to himself . 
1 " 4 what
4 what 5 happened
5 happened 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 ,
10 , 11 talking
11 talking 12 to
12 to 13 himself
13 himself 14 .

["] [peter] [rabbit] [popped] [into] [that] [doorway] [.] 

[those] [yellow] [jackets] [just] [naturally] [got] [after] [him] [.] 

i [reckon] [i] don't need to [scare] [peter] [to] [pay] [him] [for] [that] [joke] . 
1 i 4 don't
4 don't 5 need
5 need 6 to
6 to 15 .

i reckon he 's been punished already . " 
1 i 2 reckon
2 reckon 3 he
3 he 4 's
4 's 5 been
5 been 6 punished
6 punished 7 already
7 already 8 .
8 . 9 "

[[] [illustration] []] 

[x] 

[peter] [rabbit] [is] [most] [uncomfortable] 

if ever any one was sorry for having played pranks on other folks , that one was [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 if 2 ever
2 ever 3 any
3 any 4 one
4 one 5 was
5 was 6 sorry
6 sorry 7 for
7 for 8 having
8 having 9 played
9 played 10 pranks
10 pranks 11 on
11 on 12 other
12 other 13 folks
13 folks 14 ,
14 , 15 that
15 that 16 one
16 one 17 was
17 was 20 .

i am afraid it wasn't quite the right kind of sorrow . 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 afraid
3 afraid 4 it
4 it 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 quite
6 quite 7 the
7 the 8 right
8 right 9 kind
9 kind 10 of
10 of 11 sorrow
11 sorrow 12 .

peter wished with all his might that he [had] [known] [about] [their] [home] [in] [johnny] [chuck] 's old house before ever he thought of hiding there . 
1 peter 2 wished
2 wished 3 with
3 with 4 all
4 all 5 his
5 his 6 might
6 might 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 17 's
17 's 18 old
18 old 19 house
19 house 20 before
20 before 21 ever
21 ever 22 he
22 he 23 thought
23 thought 24 of
24 of 25 hiding
25 hiding 26 there
26 there 27 .

but wishes of that kind are about the most useless things in the world . 
1 but 2 wishes
2 wishes 3 of
3 of 4 that
4 that 5 kind
5 kind 6 are
6 are 7 about
7 about 8 the
8 the 9 most
9 most 10 useless
10 useless 11 things
11 things 12 in
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 world
14 world 15 .

they wouldn't help him now . 
1 they 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 help
3 help 4 him
4 him 5 now
5 now 6 .

all at once he had a comforting thought . 
1 all 2 at
2 at 3 once
3 once 4 he
4 he 5 had
5 had 6 a
6 a 7 comforting
7 comforting 8 thought
8 thought 9 .

he [remembered] [that] [johnny] [chuck] [usually] has a back door . 
1 he 7 has
7 has 8 a
8 a 9 back
9 back 10 door
10 door 11 .

if that were the case here , he would be all right . 
1 if 2 that
2 that 3 were
3 were 4 the
4 the 5 case
5 case 6 here
6 here 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 would
9 would 10 be
10 be 11 all
11 all 12 right
12 right 13 .

he would find out . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 find
3 find 4 out
4 out 5 .

cautiously he poked his head out of the snug bedroom . 
1 cautiously 2 he
2 he 3 poked
3 poked 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 out
6 out 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 snug
9 snug 10 bedroom
10 bedroom 11 .

there was the long hall down which he had come . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 long
4 long 5 hall
5 hall 6 down
6 down 7 which
7 which 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 come
10 come 11 .

and there yes , [sir] [,] there was another hall ! 
1 and 2 there
2 there 3 yes
3 yes 4 ,
4 , 7 there
7 there 8 was
8 was 9 another
9 another 10 hall
10 hall 11 !

it must be the way to the back door . 
1 it 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 the
4 the 5 way
5 way 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 8 back
8 back 9 door
9 door 10 .

[carefully] [peter] [crept] [up] [it] [.] 

" funny , " thought he , " [that] [i] don't see any light ahead of me . " 
1 " 2 funny
2 funny 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 thought
5 thought 6 he
6 he 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 11 don't
11 don't 12 see
12 see 13 any
13 any 14 light
14 light 15 ahead
15 ahead 16 of
16 of 17 me
17 me 18 .
18 . 19 "

and then he bumped his nose . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 bumped
4 bumped 5 his
5 his 6 nose
6 nose 7 .

yes , [sir] [,] [peter] [bumped] [his] [nose] [against] [the] [end] of that hall . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 12 of
12 of 13 that
13 that 14 hall
14 hall 15 .

you see , it was an old house , and like most old houses it was rather a tumble-down affair . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 an
6 an 7 old
7 old 8 house
8 house 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 like
11 like 12 most
12 most 13 old
13 old 14 houses
14 houses 15 it
15 it 16 was
16 was 17 rather
17 rather 18 a
18 a 19 tumble-down
19 tumble-down 20 affair
20 affair 21 .

anyway , the back door had been blocked with a great stone , and the walls of the back hall had fallen in . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 the
3 the 4 back
4 back 5 door
5 door 6 had
6 had 7 been
7 been 8 blocked
8 blocked 9 with
9 with 10 a
10 a 11 great
11 great 12 stone
12 stone 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 the
15 the 16 walls
16 walls 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 back
19 back 20 hall
20 hall 21 had
21 had 22 fallen
22 fallen 23 in
23 in 24 .

there was no way out there . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 way
4 way 5 out
5 out 6 there
6 there 7 .

[sadly] [peter] [backed] [out] [to] [the] [little] [bedroom] [.] 

meanwhile he would try to get a nap and forget his aches and pains . 
1 meanwhile 2 he
2 he 3 would
3 would 4 try
4 try 5 to
5 to 6 get
6 get 7 a
7 a 8 nap
8 nap 9 and
9 and 10 forget
10 forget 11 his
11 his 12 aches
12 aches 13 and
13 and 14 pains
14 pains 15 .

hardly had [peter] [curled] [up] [for] [that] [nap] [when] he heard a voice . 
1 hardly 2 had
2 had 10 he
10 he 11 heard
11 heard 12 a
12 a 13 voice
13 voice 14 .

it sounded as if it came from a long way off , but he knew just where it came from . 
1 it 2 sounded
2 sounded 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 it
5 it 6 came
6 came 7 from
7 from 8 a
8 a 9 long
9 long 10 way
10 way 11 off
11 off 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 14 he
14 he 15 knew
15 knew 16 just
16 just 17 where
17 where 18 it
18 it 19 came
19 came 20 from
20 from 21 .

it came from the doorway of that old house . 
1 it 2 came
2 came 3 from
3 from 4 the
4 the 5 doorway
5 doorway 6 of
6 of 7 that
7 that 8 old
8 old 9 house
9 house 10 .

he knew , too , whose voice it was . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 ,
3 , 4 too
4 too 5 ,
5 , 6 whose
6 whose 7 voice
7 voice 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 .

it was [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [voice] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 7 .

" [i] [know] [where] you are , [peter] [rabbit] [,] " said the voice . 
1 " 5 you
5 you 6 are
6 are 7 ,
7 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 the
13 the 14 voice
14 voice 15 .

" [and] [i] [know] why you are hiding down there . 
1 " 5 why
5 why 6 you
6 you 7 are
7 are 8 hiding
8 hiding 9 down
9 down 10 there
10 there 11 .

i know , too , how it [happened] [that] [i] was [rolled] [down] [hill] in that barrel . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 ,
3 , 4 too
4 too 5 ,
5 , 6 how
6 how 7 it
7 it 11 was
11 was 15 in
15 in 16 that
16 that 17 barrel
17 barrel 18 .

i 'm just giving you a little warning , [peter] [.] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 just
3 just 4 giving
4 giving 5 you
5 you 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 warning
8 warning 9 ,

there are a lot of very angry [yellow] [jackets] [up] [here] , as you will find out if you try to come out before dark . 
1 there 2 are
2 are 3 a
3 a 4 lot
4 lot 5 of
5 of 6 very
6 very 7 angry
7 angry 12 ,
12 , 13 as
13 as 14 you
14 you 15 will
15 will 16 find
16 find 17 out
17 out 18 if
18 if 19 you
19 you 20 try
20 try 21 to
21 to 22 come
22 come 23 out
23 out 24 before
24 before 25 dark
25 dark 26 .

i 'm going away now , but [i] ['m] [going] [to] come back about dark to wait for you . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 going
3 going 4 away
4 away 5 now
5 now 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 12 come
12 come 13 back
13 back 14 about
14 about 15 dark
15 dark 16 to
16 to 17 wait
17 wait 18 for
18 for 19 you
19 you 20 .

i may want to play a little joke on you to pay you back for the one you played on me . " 
1 i 2 may
2 may 3 want
3 want 4 to
4 to 5 play
5 play 6 a
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 joke
8 joke 9 on
9 on 10 you
10 you 11 to
11 to 12 pay
12 pay 13 you
13 you 14 back
14 back 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 one
17 one 18 you
18 you 19 played
19 played 20 on
20 on 21 me
21 me 22 .
22 . 23 "

that put an end [to] [peter] ['s] [hope] of a nap . 
1 that 2 put
2 put 3 an
3 an 4 end
4 end 9 of
9 of 10 a
10 a 11 nap
11 nap 12 .

he shivered as he thought of what might happen to him [if] [jimmy] [skunk] [should] [catch] [him] . 
1 he 2 shivered
2 shivered 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 thought
5 thought 6 of
6 of 7 what
7 what 8 might
8 might 9 happen
9 happen 10 to
10 to 11 him
11 him 18 .

he was almost ready to [face] [those] [yellow] [jackets] [rather] [than] wait [and] [meet] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 almost
3 almost 4 ready
4 ready 5 to
5 to 12 wait
12 wait 17 .

twice he started up the long hall , but turned back . 
1 twice 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 up
4 up 5 the
5 the 6 long
6 long 7 hall
7 hall 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 turned
10 turned 11 back
11 back 12 .

he just couldn't stand any more stings . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 stand
4 stand 5 any
5 any 6 more
6 more 7 stings
7 stings 8 .

he was miserable . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 miserable
3 miserable 4 .

yes , [sir] [,] he was miserable and most uncomfortable in both body and mind . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 miserable
7 miserable 8 and
8 and 9 most
9 most 10 uncomfortable
10 uncomfortable 11 in
11 in 12 both
12 both 13 body
13 body 14 and
14 and 15 mind
15 mind 16 .

" [i] [wish] [i] ['d] never thought of that joke , " he half sobbed . 
1 " 6 never
6 never 7 thought
7 thought 8 of
8 of 9 that
9 that 10 joke
10 joke 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 half
14 half 15 sobbed
15 sobbed 16 .

" [i] thought it was a great joke , but it wasn't . 
1 " 3 thought
3 thought 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 a
6 a 7 great
7 great 8 joke
8 joke 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 wasn't
12 wasn't 13 .

it was a horrid , mean joke . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 horrid
4 horrid 5 ,
5 , 6 mean
6 mean 7 joke
7 joke 8 .

why , oh , [why] did [i] [ever] [think] [of] it ? " 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 oh
3 oh 4 ,
4 , 6 did
6 did 11 it
11 it 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

[meanwhile] [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [gone] [off] [,] [chuckling] [.] 

[xi] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [keeps] [his] [word] 

keep your word , whate'er you do , [and] to your inmost self be true . 
1 keep 2 your
2 your 3 word
3 word 4 ,
4 , 5 whate'er
5 whate'er 6 you
6 you 7 do
7 do 8 ,
8 , 10 to
10 to 11 your
11 your 12 inmost
12 inmost 13 self
13 self 14 be
14 be 15 true
15 true 16 .

he did it [to] [make] [peter] [uneasy] and to worry him . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 it
3 it 8 and
8 and 9 to
9 to 10 worry
10 worry 11 him
11 him 12 .

the truth [is] , [jimmy] was no longer angry at all . 
1 the 2 truth
2 truth 4 ,
4 , 6 was
6 was 7 no
7 no 8 longer
8 longer 9 angry
9 angry 10 at
10 at 11 all
11 all 12 .

he had quite recovered his good nature and was very much inclined to laugh [himself] over [peter] ['s] [trick] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 quite
3 quite 4 recovered
4 recovered 5 his
5 his 6 good
6 good 7 nature
7 nature 8 and
8 and 9 was
9 was 10 very
10 very 11 much
11 much 12 inclined
12 inclined 13 to
13 to 14 laugh
14 laugh 16 over
16 over 20 .

so that is [why] [he] [told] [peter] that he was coming back at dark . 
1 so 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 coming
11 coming 12 back
12 back 13 at
13 at 14 dark
14 dark 15 .

as [jimmy] [ambled] [away] [to] [look] [for] [some] [beetles] [,] he [chuckled] [and] [chuckled] [and] [chuckled] . 
1 as 11 he
11 he 17 .

" [i] [guess] that [by] this time [peter] [wishes] he hadn't thought of that joke [on] [reddy] [fox] [and] [myself] , " said he . 
1 " 4 that
4 that 6 this
6 this 7 time
7 time 10 he
10 he 11 hadn't
11 hadn't 12 thought
12 thought 13 of
13 of 14 that
14 that 15 joke
15 joke 21 ,
21 , 22 "
22 " 23 said
23 said 24 he
24 he 25 .

" [perhaps] [i] ['ll] go back there tonight [and] [perhaps] [i] [won't] . 
1 " 5 go
5 go 6 back
6 back 7 there
7 there 8 tonight
8 tonight 13 .

he won't know whether [i] [do] or not , and he won't dare come out . " 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 3 know
3 know 4 whether
4 whether 7 or
7 or 8 not
8 not 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 won't
12 won't 13 dare
13 dare 14 come
14 come 15 out
15 out 16 .
16 . 17 "

then he stopped and scratched his head thoughtfully . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 and
4 and 5 scratched
5 scratched 6 his
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 thoughtfully
8 thoughtfully 9 .

then he sighed . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sighed
3 sighed 4 .

then he scratched his head again and once more sighed . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 scratched
3 scratched 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 again
6 again 7 and
7 and 8 once
8 once 9 more
9 more 10 sighed
10 sighed 11 .

" [i] [really] don't want to go back there tonight , " he muttered , " [but] [i] [guess] [i] ['ll] have to . 
1 " 4 don't
4 don't 5 want
5 want 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 back
8 back 9 there
9 there 10 tonight
10 tonight 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 muttered
14 muttered 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 22 have
22 have 23 to
23 to 24 .

i [said] [i] would , and so [i] ['ll] [have] to do it . 
1 i 4 would
4 would 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 so
7 so 11 to
11 to 12 do
12 do 13 it
13 it 14 .

i believe in keeping my word . 
1 i 2 believe
2 believe 3 in
3 in 4 keeping
4 keeping 5 my
5 my 6 word
6 word 7 .

yes , [sir] [,] [i] ['ll] [have] to go back . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 8 to
8 to 9 go
9 go 10 back
10 back 11 .

there is nothing like making people believe that when you say a thing you mean it . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 like
4 like 5 making
5 making 6 people
6 people 7 believe
7 believe 8 that
8 that 9 when
9 when 10 you
10 you 11 say
11 say 12 a
12 a 13 thing
13 thing 14 you
14 you 15 mean
15 mean 16 it
16 it 17 .

there is nothing like keeping your word to make people respect you . " 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 like
4 like 5 keeping
5 keeping 6 your
6 your 7 word
7 word 8 to
8 to 9 make
9 make 10 people
10 people 11 respect
11 respect 12 you
12 you 13 .
13 . 14 "

there [jimmy] [found] [a] [warm] , [sunny] [spot] and curled up for a nap . 
1 there 6 ,
6 , 9 and
9 and 10 curled
10 curled 11 up
11 up 12 for
12 for 13 a
13 a 14 nap
14 nap 15 .

in fact , he spent all the day there . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 spent
5 spent 6 all
6 all 7 the
7 the 8 day
8 day 9 there
9 there 10 .

a look at the footprints in the sand on the doorstep told him that [peter] had not come out . 
1 a 2 look
2 look 3 at
3 at 4 the
4 the 5 footprints
5 footprints 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 sand
8 sand 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 doorstep
11 doorstep 12 told
12 told 13 him
13 him 14 that
14 that 16 had
16 had 17 not
17 not 18 come
18 come 19 out
19 out 20 .

jimmy sat down and waited until it was quite dark . 
1 jimmy 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
3 down 4 and
4 and 5 waited
5 waited 6 until
6 until 7 it
7 it 8 was
8 was 9 quite
9 quite 10 dark
10 dark 11 .

then he poked his head in at the doorway . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 poked
3 poked 4 his
4 his 5 head
5 head 6 in
6 in 7 at
7 at 8 the
8 the 9 doorway
9 doorway 10 .

the [yellow] [jackets] [had] [gone] [to] [bed] [for] [the] night . 
1 the 10 night
10 night 11 .

" come out , [peter] [.] 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 out
3 out 4 ,

i 'm waiting for you ! " he called down the hall , and made his voice sound as angry as he could . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 waiting
3 waiting 4 for
4 for 5 you
5 you 6 !
6 ! 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 called
9 called 10 down
10 down 11 the
11 the 12 hall
12 hall 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 made
15 made 16 his
16 his 17 voice
17 voice 18 sound
18 sound 19 as
19 as 20 angry
20 angry 21 as
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 could
23 could 24 .

but inside he was chuckling . 
1 but 2 inside
2 inside 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 chuckling
5 chuckling 6 .

[then] [jimmy] [skunk] [calmly] [turned] [and] [went] [about] [his] [business] [.] 

he had kept his word . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 kept
3 kept 4 his
4 his 5 word
5 word 6 .

as for [peter] [rabbit] [,] that [had] [been] one of the very worst days he could recall . 
1 as 2 for
2 for 6 that
6 that 9 one
9 one 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 very
12 very 13 worst
13 worst 14 days
14 days 15 he
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 recall
17 recall 18 .

he had had just a little bit of hope , and [this] [was] [that] [jimmy] [skunk] [wouldn't] come back when it grew dark . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 had
3 had 4 just
4 just 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 bit
7 bit 8 of
8 of 9 hope
9 hope 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 18 come
18 come 19 back
19 back 20 when
20 when 21 it
21 it 22 grew
22 grew 23 dark
23 dark 24 .

poor [peter] ! 
1 poor 3 !

the sound of that voice almost broke his heart . 
1 the 2 sound
2 sound 3 of
3 of 4 that
4 that 5 voice
5 voice 6 almost
6 almost 7 broke
7 broke 8 his
8 his 9 heart
9 heart 10 .

" he has come back . 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 has
3 has 4 come
4 come 5 back
5 back 6 .

he 's kept his word , " he half sobbed as he once more went back [to] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [old] [bedroom] . 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 kept
3 kept 4 his
4 his 5 word
5 word 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 9 half
9 half 10 sobbed
10 sobbed 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 once
13 once 14 more
14 more 15 went
15 went 16 back
16 back 23 .

there he stayed nearly all the rest of the night , though his stomach was so empty it ached . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 stayed
3 stayed 4 nearly
4 nearly 5 all
5 all 6 the
6 the 7 rest
7 rest 8 of
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 ,
11 , 12 though
12 though 13 his
13 his 14 stomach
14 stomach 15 was
15 was 16 so
16 so 17 empty
17 empty 18 it
18 it 19 ached
19 ached 20 .

just before it was [time] [for] [mr] [sun] [to] [rise] , [peter] [ventured] [to] [dash] out of [johnny] [chuck] ['s] old [house] . 
1 just 2 before
2 before 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 11 ,
11 , 16 out
16 out 17 of
17 of 21 old
21 old 23 .

he got past the home of the [yellow] [jackets] [safely] , for they were not yet awake . 
1 he 2 got
2 got 3 past
3 past 4 the
4 the 5 home
5 home 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 11 ,
11 , 12 for
12 for 13 they
13 they 14 were
14 were 15 not
15 not 16 yet
16 yet 17 awake
17 awake 18 .

with his heart in his mouth , he sprang out of the doorway . 
1 with 2 his
2 his 3 heart
3 heart 4 in
4 in 5 his
5 his 6 mouth
6 mouth 7 ,
7 , 8 he
8 he 9 sprang
9 sprang 10 out
10 out 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 doorway
13 doorway 14 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [wasn't] [there] [.] 

with a sigh of relief , [peter] [started] for the dear , [safe] [old] [briar-patch] [,] [lipperty-lipperty-lip] [,] as fast as he could go . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 sigh
3 sigh 4 of
4 of 5 relief
5 relief 6 ,
6 , 9 for
9 for 10 the
10 the 11 dear
11 dear 12 ,
12 , 19 as
19 as 20 fast
20 fast 21 as
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 could
23 could 24 go
24 go 25 .

" [i] ['ll] never , never play another joke , " he said , over and over again as he ran . 
1 " 4 never
4 never 5 ,
5 , 6 never
6 never 7 play
7 play 8 another
8 another 9 joke
9 joke 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 said
13 said 14 ,
14 , 15 over
15 over 16 and
16 and 17 over
17 over 18 again
18 again 19 as
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 ran
21 ran 22 .

[xii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [meet] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [ambled] [along] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

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

jimmy never does hurry . 
1 jimmy 2 never
2 never 3 does
3 does 4 hurry
4 hurry 5 .

hurrying and worrying are two things he leaves for his neighbors . 
1 hurrying 2 and
2 and 3 worrying
3 worrying 4 are
4 are 5 two
5 two 6 things
6 things 7 he
7 he 8 leaves
8 leaves 9 for
9 for 10 his
10 his 11 neighbors
11 neighbors 12 .

now and then [jimmy] stopped to turn over a bit of bark or a stick , hoping to find some fat beetles . 
1 now 2 and
2 and 3 then
3 then 5 stopped
5 stopped 6 to
6 to 7 turn
7 turn 8 over
8 over 9 a
9 a 10 bit
10 bit 11 of
11 of 12 bark
12 bark 13 or
13 or 14 a
14 a 15 stick
15 stick 16 ,
16 , 17 hoping
17 hoping 18 to
18 to 19 find
19 find 20 some
20 some 21 fat
21 fat 22 beetles
22 beetles 23 .

but it was plain to see that he had something besides fat beetles on his mind . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 plain
4 plain 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 that
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 something
10 something 11 besides
11 besides 12 fat
12 fat 13 beetles
13 beetles 14 on
14 on 15 his
15 his 16 mind
16 mind 17 .

up the [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [shuffled] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 up 2 the
2 the 12 '

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

it was too warm to hurry . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 warm
4 warm 5 to
5 to 6 hurry
6 hurry 7 .

[unlike] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [he] [does] [hurry] [sometimes] [,] [does] [unc] ['] [billy] [,] [especially] [when] [he] [suspects] [that] [bowser] [the] [hound] [is] [about] [.] 

and [sometimes] [unc] ' [billy] [does] [worry] [.] 
1 and 4 '

you see , there are people who think that [unc] ['] [billy] would make a very good dinner . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 there
4 there 5 are
5 are 6 people
6 people 7 who
7 who 8 think
8 think 9 that
9 that 13 would
13 would 14 make
14 make 15 a
15 a 16 very
16 very 17 good
17 good 18 dinner
18 dinner 19 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [doesn't] [think] [he] [would] [.] 

anyway , he has no desire to have the experiment tried . 
1 anyway 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 has
4 has 5 no
5 no 6 desire
6 desire 7 to
7 to 8 have
8 have 9 the
9 the 10 experiment
10 experiment 11 tried
11 tried 12 .

so occasionally , when he discovers one of these people who think he would make a good dinner , he worries a little . 
1 so 2 occasionally
2 occasionally 3 ,
3 , 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 6 discovers
6 discovers 7 one
7 one 8 of
8 of 9 these
9 these 10 people
10 people 11 who
11 who 12 think
12 think 13 he
13 he 14 would
14 would 15 make
15 make 16 a
16 a 17 good
17 good 18 dinner
18 dinner 19 ,
19 , 20 he
20 he 21 worries
21 worries 22 a
22 a 23 little
23 little 24 .

but [just] now [unc] ['] [billy] was [neither] [hurrying] [nor] [worrying] . 
1 but 3 now
3 now 7 was
7 was 12 .

there was no need of doing either , and [unc] ['] [billy] [never] [does] [anything] that there is no need of doing . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 need
4 need 5 of
5 of 6 doing
6 doing 7 either
7 either 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 16 that
16 that 17 there
17 there 18 is
18 is 19 no
19 no 20 need
20 need 21 of
21 of 22 doing
22 doing 23 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

jimmy [skunk] grinned . 
1 jimmy 3 grinned
3 grinned 4 .

" [hello] [,] [unc] ' [billy] [!] ["] said he . 
1 " 5 '
5 ' 9 said
9 said 10 he
10 he 11 .

" have you seen any fat beetles this morning ? " 
1 " 2 have
2 have 3 you
3 you 4 seen
4 seen 5 any
5 any 6 fat
6 fat 7 beetles
7 beetles 8 this
8 this 9 morning
9 morning 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [.] 

" good mo'nin ' , [brer] [skunk] [,] " he replied . 
1 " 2 good
2 good 3 mo'nin
3 mo'nin 4 '
4 ' 5 ,
5 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 replied
11 replied 12 .

" ah can't [rightly] say [ah] [have] . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 can't
3 can't 5 say
5 say 8 .

ah had it on mah mind to ask yo ' the same thing . " 
1 ah 2 had
2 had 3 it
3 it 4 on
4 on 5 mah
5 mah 6 mind
6 mind 7 to
7 to 8 ask
8 ask 9 yo
9 yo 10 '
10 ' 11 the
11 the 12 same
12 same 13 thing
13 thing 14 .
14 . 15 "

jimmy sat down and looked at [unc] ['] [billy] [with] [twinkling] [eyes] . 
1 jimmy 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
3 down 4 and
4 and 5 looked
5 looked 6 at
6 at 13 .

his grin grew broader and became a chuckle . 
1 his 2 grin
2 grin 3 grew
3 grew 4 broader
4 broader 5 and
5 and 6 became
6 became 7 a
7 a 8 chuckle
8 chuckle 9 .

" [unc] ' [billy] [,] ["] said he , " have you ever in your life combed your hair or brushed your coat ? " 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 have
11 have 12 you
12 you 13 ever
13 ever 14 in
14 in 15 your
15 your 16 life
16 life 17 combed
17 combed 18 your
18 your 19 hair
19 hair 20 or
20 or 21 brushed
21 brushed 22 your
22 your 23 coat
23 coat 24 ?
24 ? 25 "

[unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [.] 

" but it seems to me a powerful waste of time . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 it
3 it 4 seems
4 seems 5 to
5 to 6 me
6 me 7 a
7 a 8 powerful
8 powerful 9 waste
9 waste 10 of
10 of 11 time
11 time 12 .

ah have mo ' important things to worry about . 
1 ah 2 have
2 have 3 mo
3 mo 4 '
4 ' 5 important
5 important 6 things
6 things 7 to
7 to 8 worry
8 worry 9 about
9 about 10 .

by the way , [brer] [skunk] [,] [did] [yo] ' [ever] run away from anybody in all your life ? " 
1 by 2 the
2 the 3 way
3 way 4 ,
4 , 10 '
10 ' 12 run
12 run 13 away
13 away 14 from
14 from 15 anybody
15 anybody 16 in
16 in 17 all
17 all 18 your
18 your 19 life
19 life 20 ?
20 ? 21 "

jimmy looked surprised at the question . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 3 surprised
3 surprised 4 at
4 at 5 the
5 the 6 question
6 question 7 .

he scratched his head thoughtfully . 
1 he 2 scratched
2 scratched 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 thoughtfully
5 thoughtfully 6 .

" not that [i] [remember] [of] , " said he after a little . 
1 " 2 not
2 not 3 that
3 that 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 he
10 he 11 after
11 after 12 a
12 a 13 little
13 little 14 .

" most folks run away from me , " he added with a little throaty chuckle . 
1 " 2 most
2 most 3 folks
3 folks 4 run
4 run 5 away
5 away 6 from
6 from 7 me
7 me 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 added
11 added 12 with
12 with 13 a
13 a 14 little
14 little 15 throaty
15 throaty 16 chuckle
16 chuckle 17 .

" those who don't run away always are polite and step aside . 
1 " 2 those
2 those 3 who
3 who 4 don't
4 don't 5 run
5 run 6 away
6 away 7 always
7 always 8 are
8 are 9 polite
9 polite 10 and
10 and 11 step
11 step 12 aside
12 aside 13 .

why do you ask , [unc] ' [billy] [?] " 
1 why 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 ask
4 ask 5 ,
5 , 7 '
7 ' 10 "

" oh , no reason in particular [,] [brer] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 no
4 no 5 reason
5 reason 6 in
6 in 7 particular
7 particular 11 .

no reason in particular . 
1 no 2 reason
2 reason 3 in
3 in 4 particular
4 particular 5 .

[only] [ah] [wonder] [sometimes] [if] [yo] ['] [ever] [realize] [how] [lucky] [yo] ['] [are] [.] 

[if] [ah] [never] [had] [to] [worry] [about] [mah] [hungry] [neighbors] [,] [ah] [reckons] [perhaps] [ah] [might] [brush] [mah] [coat] [oftener] [.] ["] 

[unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [eyes] [twinkled] [more] [than] [ever] [.] 

" worry , " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [sagely] [,] ["] is the result of being unprepared . 
1 " 2 worry
2 worry 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 11 is
11 is 12 the
12 the 13 result
13 result 14 of
14 of 15 being
15 being 16 unprepared
16 unprepared 17 .

anybody who is prepared has no occasion to worry . 
1 anybody 2 who
2 who 3 is
3 is 4 prepared
4 prepared 5 has
5 has 6 no
6 no 7 occasion
7 occasion 8 to
8 to 9 worry
9 worry 10 .

just think it over , [unc] ' [billy] [.] " 
1 just 2 think
2 think 3 it
3 it 4 over
4 over 5 ,
5 , 7 '
7 ' 10 "

it was [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [turn] [to] [scratch] his head thoughtfully . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 10 his
10 his 11 head
11 head 12 thoughtfully
12 thoughtfully 13 .

" [ah] [fear] [ah] [don't] quite [get] [your] [meaning] , [brer] [skunk] [,] " said he . 
1 " 6 quite
6 quite 10 ,
10 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 he
16 he 17 .

" sit down , [unc] ' [billy] , and [i] ['ll] [explain] , " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 sit
2 sit 3 down
3 down 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 ,
13 , 14 "

[xiii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [explains] 

you 'll find this true where'er you go [that] [those] [prepared] [few] [troubles] [know] . 
1 you 2 'll
2 'll 3 find
3 find 4 this
4 this 5 true
5 true 6 where'er
6 where'er 7 you
7 you 8 go
8 go 15 .

" to begin with [,] [i] [am] [not] such a very big fellow , [am] [i] [?] " said [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 to
2 to 3 begin
3 begin 4 with
4 with 9 such
9 such 10 a
10 a 11 very
11 very 12 big
12 big 13 fellow
13 fellow 14 ,
14 , 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 .

you know [jimmy] [skunk] [really] [is] a little fellow compared with some of his neighbors . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 7 a
7 a 8 little
8 little 9 fellow
9 fellow 10 compared
10 compared 11 with
11 with 12 some
12 some 13 of
13 of 14 his
14 his 15 neighbors
15 neighbors 16 .

" and [i] [haven't] very [long] [claws] [or] [very] [big] [teeth] , [have] [i] [?] " [continued] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 and
2 and 5 very
5 very 12 ,
12 , 16 "

" ah reckons mine are about as long and about as big , ["] [returned] [unc] ' [billy] [,] [looking] more [puzzled] than ever . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
3 reckons 4 mine
4 mine 5 are
5 are 6 about
6 about 7 as
7 as 8 long
8 long 9 and
9 and 10 about
10 about 11 as
11 as 12 big
12 big 13 ,
13 , 17 '
17 ' 21 more
21 more 23 than
23 than 24 ever
24 ever 25 .

" but you never see anybody bothering me , do you ? " went on [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 you
3 you 4 never
4 never 5 see
5 see 6 anybody
6 anybody 7 bothering
7 bothering 8 me
8 me 9 ,
9 , 10 do
10 do 11 you
11 you 12 ?
12 ? 13 "
13 " 14 went
14 went 15 on
15 on 17 .

" no , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 7 '

" and it 's the same way [with] [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] . 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 it
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 the
5 the 6 same
6 same 7 way
7 way 13 .

you never see anybody bothering him or offering to do him any harm , do you ? " [persisted] [jimmy] [.] 
1 you 2 never
2 never 3 see
3 see 4 anybody
4 anybody 5 bothering
5 bothering 6 him
6 him 7 or
7 or 8 offering
8 offering 9 to
9 to 10 do
10 do 11 him
11 him 12 any
12 any 13 harm
13 harm 14 ,
14 , 15 do
15 do 16 you
16 you 17 ?
17 ? 18 "

" no , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [once] [more] [.] 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 7 '

" why ? " [demanded] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [broadly] [.] 

[leastways] [,] [ah] [does] [.] 

ah ain't aiming fo ' trouble with either of yo ' . 
1 ah 2 ain't
2 ain't 3 aiming
3 aiming 4 fo
4 fo 5 '
5 ' 6 trouble
6 trouble 7 with
7 with 8 either
8 either 9 of
9 of 10 yo
10 yo 11 '
11 ' 12 .

ah [knows] [when] [ah] ['s] [well] [off] [,] [and] [ah] reckons most folks feel the same way . " 
1 ah 11 reckons
11 reckons 12 most
12 most 13 folks
13 folks 14 feel
14 feel 15 the
15 the 16 same
16 same 17 way
17 way 18 .
18 . 19 "

jimmy [skunk] chuckled . 
1 jimmy 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 .

" one more question , [unc] ' [billy] , " said he . 
1 " 2 one
2 one 3 more
3 more 4 question
4 question 5 ,
5 , 7 '
7 ' 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 12 he
12 he 13 .

" did you ever know me to pick a quarrel and use that bag of scent without being attacked ? " 
1 " 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 ever
4 ever 5 know
5 know 6 me
6 me 7 to
7 to 8 pick
8 pick 9 a
9 a 10 quarrel
10 quarrel 11 and
11 and 12 use
12 use 13 that
13 that 14 bag
14 bag 15 of
15 of 16 scent
16 scent 17 without
17 without 18 being
18 being 19 attacked
19 attacked 20 ?
20 ? 21 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [considered] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [.] 

" ah can't say [ah] [ever] [did] , " he replied . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 can't
3 can't 4 say
4 say 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 replied
11 replied 12 .

" and you never [knew] [prickly] [porky] to go hunting trouble either , " [declared] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 and
2 and 3 you
3 you 4 never
4 never 8 to
8 to 9 go
9 go 10 hunting
10 hunting 11 trouble
11 trouble 12 either
12 either 13 ,
13 , 14 "

[buster] [bear] [could] [squash] [me] [by] [just] [stepping] [on] [me] [,] [but] [he] [doesn't] [try] [it] [.] 

you notice he always is very polite when we meet . 
1 you 2 notice
2 notice 3 he
3 he 4 always
4 always 5 is
5 is 6 very
6 very 7 polite
7 polite 8 when
8 when 9 we
9 we 10 meet
10 meet 11 .

[prickly] [porky] [and] [i] [are] [armed] [for] [defence] [,] [but] [we] [never] [use] [our] [weapons] [for] [offence] [.] 

nobody bothers us , and we bother nobody . 
1 nobody 2 bothers
2 bothers 3 us
3 us 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 we
6 we 7 bother
7 bother 8 nobody
8 nobody 9 .

that 's the beauty of being prepared . " 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 the
3 the 4 beauty
4 beauty 5 of
5 of 6 being
6 being 7 prepared
7 prepared 8 .
8 . 9 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [thought] [it] [over] [for] [a] [few] [minutes] [.] 

then he sighed and sighed again . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 sighed
3 sighed 4 and
4 and 5 sighed
5 sighed 6 again
6 again 7 .

" ah reckons yo ' and [brer] [porky] [are] [about] the [luckiest] people [ah] [knows] , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
3 reckons 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 and
6 and 11 the
11 the 13 people
13 people 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 19 he
19 he 20 .

" yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [reckons] [yo] ' is just that . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
3 , 9 '
9 ' 10 is
10 is 11 just
11 just 12 that
12 that 13 .

ah don't fear anybody mah own size , but [ah] [cert'nly] [does] [have] some [mighty] [scary] [times] [when] [ah] [meets] [some] people [ah] [might] [mention] . 
1 ah 2 don't
2 don't 3 fear
3 fear 4 anybody
4 anybody 5 mah
5 mah 6 own
6 own 7 size
7 size 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 14 some
14 some 22 people
22 people 26 .

ah cert'nly believes in preparedness after seein ' yo ' , [brer] [skunk] [.] 
1 ah 2 cert'nly
2 cert'nly 3 believes
3 believes 4 in
4 in 5 preparedness
5 preparedness 6 after
6 after 7 seein
7 seein 8 '
8 ' 9 yo
9 yo 10 '
10 ' 11 ,

ah cert'nly does just that very thing . 
1 ah 2 cert'nly
2 cert'nly 3 does
3 does 4 just
4 just 5 that
5 that 6 very
6 very 7 thing
7 thing 8 .

have yo ' found any nice fresh aiggs lately ? " 
1 have 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 found
4 found 5 any
5 any 6 nice
6 nice 7 fresh
7 fresh 8 aiggs
8 aiggs 9 lately
9 lately 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

[xiv] 

[a] [little] [something] [about] [eggs] 

" an egg , " [says] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] ["] [is] [good] [;] [it] ['s] very good indeed to eat . " 
1 " 2 an
2 an 3 egg
3 egg 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 16 very
16 very 17 good
17 good 18 indeed
18 indeed 19 to
19 to 20 eat
20 eat 21 .
21 . 22 "

" an egg , " [says] [mrs] [grouse] [,] ["] is dear ; ['] [twill] [hatch] [into] a baby sweet . " 
1 " 2 an
2 an 3 egg
3 egg 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 11 is
11 is 12 dear
12 dear 13 ;
13 ; 18 a
18 a 19 baby
19 baby 20 sweet
20 sweet 21 .
21 . 22 "

so in the matter of eggs , as in a great many other matters , it all depends on the point of view . 
1 so 2 in
2 in 3 the
3 the 4 matter
4 matter 5 of
5 of 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 9 in
9 in 10 a
10 a 11 great
11 great 12 many
12 many 13 other
13 other 14 matters
14 matters 15 ,
15 , 16 it
16 it 17 all
17 all 18 depends
18 depends 19 on
19 on 20 the
20 the 21 point
21 point 22 of
22 of 23 view
23 view 24 .

[to] [jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [eggs] [are] [looked] [on] [from] [the] [viewpoint] [of] [something] [to] [eat] [.] 

their stomachs prompt them to think of eggs . 
1 their 2 stomachs
2 stomachs 3 prompt
3 prompt 4 them
4 them 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 7 of
7 of 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 .

eggs are good to fill empty stomachs . 
1 eggs 2 are
2 are 3 good
3 good 4 to
4 to 5 fill
5 fill 6 empty
6 empty 7 stomachs
7 stomachs 8 .

the mere thought of eggs will make [jimmy] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [smack] [their] [lips] . 
1 the 2 mere
2 mere 3 thought
3 thought 4 of
4 of 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 will
6 will 7 make
7 make 16 .

they say they " love " eggs , but they don't . 
1 they 2 say
2 say 3 they
3 they 4 "
4 " 5 love
5 love 6 "
6 " 7 eggs
7 eggs 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 they
10 they 11 don't
11 don't 12 .

they " like " them , which is quite different . 
1 they 2 "
2 " 3 like
3 like 4 "
4 " 5 them
5 them 6 ,
6 , 7 which
7 which 8 is
8 is 9 quite
9 quite 10 different
10 different 11 .

it is the heart instead of the stomach that responds to the thought of eggs . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 heart
4 heart 5 instead
5 instead 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 stomach
8 stomach 9 that
9 that 10 responds
10 responds 11 to
11 to 12 the
12 the 13 thought
13 thought 14 of
14 of 15 eggs
15 eggs 16 .

blacky [the] [crow] is one and his cousin , [sammy] [jay] [,] [is] [another] [.] 
1 blacky 4 is
4 is 5 one
5 one 6 and
6 and 7 his
7 his 8 cousin
8 cousin 9 ,

i should have said , rather , his stomach . 
1 i 2 should
2 should 3 have
3 have 4 said
4 said 5 ,
5 , 6 rather
6 rather 7 ,
7 , 8 his
8 his 9 stomach
9 stomach 10 .

to tell the truth , it was a longing for some eggs that had [brought] [jimmy] to [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 to 2 tell
2 tell 3 the
3 the 4 truth
4 truth 5 ,
5 , 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 a
8 a 9 longing
9 longing 10 for
10 for 11 some
11 some 12 eggs
12 eggs 13 that
13 that 14 had
14 had 17 to
17 to 21 .

" no , " [replied] [jimmy] [,] ["] [i] [haven't] had any luck at all this spring . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 11 had
11 had 12 any
12 any 13 luck
13 luck 14 at
14 at 15 all
15 all 16 this
16 this 17 spring
17 spring 18 .

i 've almost forgotten what an egg tastes like . 
1 i 2 've
2 've 3 almost
3 almost 4 forgotten
4 forgotten 5 what
5 what 6 an
6 an 7 egg
7 egg 8 tastes
8 tastes 9 like
9 like 10 .

[either] [i] ['m] [growing] [dull] [and] [stupid] [,] [or] [some] [folks] [are] [smarter] [than] [they] [used] [to] [be] [.] 

by the way , have you [seen] [mrs] . [grouse] [lately] [?] " 
1 by 2 the
2 the 3 way
3 way 4 ,
4 , 5 have
5 have 6 you
6 you 9 .
9 . 13 "

jimmy looked very innocent as he asked this . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 3 very
3 very 4 innocent
4 innocent 5 as
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 asked
7 asked 8 this
8 this 9 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [chuckled] [until] [his] [sides] [shook] [.] 

" do yo ' [suppose] [ah] ['d] [tell] [yo] ['] [if] [ah] [had] ? " he demanded . 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
15 " 16 he
16 he 17 demanded
17 demanded 18 .

here [unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [back] [over] [his] [shoulder] [to] [make] [sure] [that] [old] [mrs] [possum] [wasn't] [within] [hearing] , and [jimmy] [skunk] chuckled . 
1 here 20 ,
20 , 21 and
21 and 24 chuckled
24 chuckled 25 .

" that would be no mo ' than fair . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 would
3 would 4 be
4 be 5 no
5 no 6 mo
6 mo 7 '
7 ' 8 than
8 than 9 fair
9 fair 10 .

yo ' [know] [ah] [never] [did] [hanker] fo ' to get far away from trees , but yo ' don't mind . 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 8 fo
8 fo 9 '
9 ' 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 12 far
12 far 13 away
13 away 14 from
14 from 15 trees
15 trees 16 ,
16 , 17 but
17 but 18 yo
18 yo 19 '
19 ' 20 don't
20 don't 21 mind
21 mind 22 .

a right smart lot of birds make their nests on the ground there . 
1 a 2 right
2 right 3 smart
3 smart 4 lot
4 lot 5 of
5 of 6 birds
6 birds 7 make
7 make 8 their
8 their 9 nests
9 nests 10 on
10 on 11 the
11 the 12 ground
12 ground 13 there
13 there 14 .

[there] [is] [brer] [bob] [white] [and] [brer] [meadowlark] [and] [brer] [bobolink] [and] [brer] [field] [sparrow] [and] [brer] ["] 

" never mind any more , [unc] ' [billy] , " [interrupted] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 " 2 never
2 never 3 mind
3 mind 4 any
4 any 5 more
5 more 6 ,
6 , 8 '
8 ' 10 ,
10 , 11 "

" [i] [know] all about them . 
1 " 4 all
4 all 5 about
5 about 6 them
6 them 7 .

that is , [i] [know] all about [them] [i] [want] [to] [know] , except where their eggs are . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 ,
3 , 6 all
6 all 7 about
7 about 13 ,
13 , 14 except
14 except 15 where
15 where 16 their
16 their 17 eggs
17 eggs 18 are
18 are 19 .

didn't [i] [just] [tell] you [i] [haven't] [had] [any] [luck] [at] [all] ? 
1 didn't 5 you
5 you 13 ?

that 's [why] [i] ['m] [over] here . " 
1 that 2 's
2 's 7 here
7 here 8 .
8 . 9 "

[xv] 

[a] [second] [meeting] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [couldn't] [think] [of] [anything] [but] [eggs] [.] 

the more he thought of them , the more he wanted some . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 them
6 them 7 ,
7 , 8 the
8 the 9 more
9 more 10 he
10 he 11 wanted
11 wanted 12 some
12 some 13 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [faring] [about] [the] [same] [way] [.] 

he couldn't , for the life of him , stop thinking about those eggs that belonged to [mrs] [grouse] . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 ,
3 , 4 for
4 for 5 the
5 the 6 life
6 life 7 of
7 of 8 him
8 him 9 ,
9 , 10 stop
10 stop 11 thinking
11 thinking 12 about
12 about 13 those
13 those 14 eggs
14 eggs 15 that
15 that 16 belonged
16 belonged 17 to
17 to 20 .

the more he tried to forget about them , the more he thought about them . 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
3 he 4 tried
4 tried 5 to
5 to 6 forget
6 forget 7 about
7 about 8 them
8 them 9 ,
9 , 10 the
10 the 11 more
11 more 12 he
12 he 13 thought
13 thought 14 about
14 about 15 them
15 them 16 .

" no , [sah] [,] there isn't the least bit of use . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 6 there
6 there 7 isn't
7 isn't 8 the
8 the 9 least
9 least 10 bit
10 bit 11 of
11 of 12 use
12 use 13 .

[ah] [done] [look] [every] [place] [ah] [can] [think] [of] [already] [.] 

still , [ah] [haven't] [got] [anything] [else] [special] [on] [mah] [mind] [,] and those aiggs cert'nly would taste good . 
1 still 2 ,
2 , 13 and
13 and 14 those
14 those 15 aiggs
15 aiggs 16 cert'nly
16 cert'nly 17 would
17 would 18 taste
18 taste 19 good
19 good 20 .

ah reckons it must [be] [ah] [needs] [those] [aiggs] [,] [or] [ah] [wouldn't] have them on mah mind so much . 
1 ah 2 reckons
2 reckons 3 it
3 it 4 must
4 must 14 have
14 have 15 them
15 them 16 on
16 on 17 mah
17 mah 18 mind
18 mind 19 so
19 so 20 much
20 much 21 .

ah finds it rather painful to carry aiggs on mah mind all the time , but [ah] [would] enjoy [carrying] them [in] [mah] [stomach] . 
1 ah 2 finds
2 finds 3 it
3 it 4 rather
4 rather 5 painful
5 painful 6 to
6 to 7 carry
7 carry 8 aiggs
8 aiggs 9 on
9 on 10 mah
10 mah 11 mind
11 mind 12 all
12 all 13 the
13 the 14 time
14 time 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 19 enjoy
19 enjoy 21 them
21 them 25 .

ah cert'nly would . " 
1 ah 2 cert'nly
2 cert'nly 3 would
3 would 4 .
4 . 5 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [and] [started] [to] [ramble] [about] [aimlessly] [,] [hoping] [that] [chance] [would] [lead] [him] [to] [the] [nest] [of] [mrs] [grouse] [.] 

and that led him to think of [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] . 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 led
3 led 4 him
4 him 5 to
5 to 6 think
6 think 7 of
7 of 12 .

he stopped to listen . 
1 he 2 stopped
2 stopped 3 to
3 to 4 listen
4 listen 5 .

there was no sign of [bowser] the [hound] , [and] [unc] ' [billy] [sighed] [gently] [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 sign
4 sign 5 of
5 of 7 the
7 the 9 ,
9 , 12 '

it was a sigh of relief . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 sigh
4 sigh 5 of
5 of 6 relief
6 relief 7 .

then he crept around a corner of the henhouse towards a certain hole under it he remembered well . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 crept
3 crept 4 around
4 around 5 a
5 a 6 corner
6 corner 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 henhouse
9 henhouse 10 towards
10 towards 11 a
11 a 12 certain
12 certain 13 hole
13 hole 14 under
14 under 15 it
15 it 16 he
16 he 17 remembered
17 remembered 18 well
18 well 19 .

just as he reached it , he saw something white . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 reached
4 reached 5 it
5 it 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 saw
8 saw 9 something
9 something 10 white
10 white 11 .

it moved . 
1 it 2 moved
2 moved 3 .

it was coming towards him from the other end of the henhouse . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 coming
3 coming 4 towards
4 towards 5 him
5 him 6 from
6 from 7 the
7 the 8 other
8 other 9 end
9 end 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 henhouse
12 henhouse 13 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [stopped] [right] [where] [he] [was] [.] 

he was undecided whether to run or stay . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 undecided
3 undecided 4 whether
4 whether 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 or
7 or 8 stay
8 stay 9 .

then he heard a little grunt and decided to stay . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 heard
3 heard 4 a
4 a 5 little
5 little 6 grunt
6 grunt 7 and
7 and 8 decided
8 decided 9 to
9 to 10 stay
10 stay 11 .

he even grinned . 
1 he 2 even
2 even 3 grinned
3 grinned 4 .

a few [seconds] [later] [up] [came] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 a 2 few
2 few 9 .

it was [a] [white] [stripe] on [jimmy] ['s] [coat] that [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [seen] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 6 on
6 on 10 that
10 that 16 .

jimmy gave a little snort of surprise [when] [he] [almost] [bumped] [into] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 jimmy 2 gave
2 gave 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 snort
5 snort 6 of
6 of 7 surprise
7 surprise 16 .

" what are you doing here ? " he demanded . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 doing
5 doing 6 here
6 here 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 he
9 he 10 demanded
10 demanded 11 .

" [just] [taking] [a] [li'l] [walk] fo ' the good of mah appetite , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [,] [grinning] [more] [broadly] [than] [ever] [.] 
1 " 7 fo
7 fo 8 '
8 ' 9 the
9 the 10 good
10 good 11 of
11 of 12 mah
12 mah 13 appetite
13 appetite 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 18 '

" what are yo ' doing here , [brer] [skunk] [?] " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 doing
6 doing 7 here
7 here 8 ,
8 , 12 "

" the same thing , " [replied] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 the
2 the 3 same
3 same 4 thing
4 thing 5 ,
5 , 6 "

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

" this is an unexpected meeting . 
1 " 2 this
2 this 3 is
3 is 4 an
4 an 5 unexpected
5 unexpected 6 meeting
6 meeting 7 .

i guess you must have had the same thing on your mind all day [that] [i] [have] , " he added . 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 you
3 you 4 must
4 must 5 have
5 have 6 had
6 had 7 the
7 the 8 same
8 same 9 thing
9 thing 10 on
10 on 11 your
11 your 12 mind
12 mind 13 all
13 all 14 day
14 day 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 he
20 he 21 added
21 added 22 .

" ah reckon so , ["] [replied] [unc] ' [billy] , and both grinned . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckon
3 reckon 4 so
4 so 5 ,
5 , 9 '
9 ' 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 both
13 both 14 grinned
14 grinned 15 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xvi] 

[a] [matter] [of] [politeness] 

it costs not much to be [polite] [and] , [furthermore] [,] it 's always right . 
1 it 2 costs
2 costs 3 not
3 not 4 much
4 much 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 9 ,
9 , 12 it
12 it 13 's
13 's 14 always
14 always 15 right
15 right 16 .

it is queer how a like thought often brings people together . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 queer
3 queer 4 how
4 how 5 a
5 a 6 like
6 like 7 thought
7 thought 8 often
8 often 9 brings
9 brings 10 people
10 people 11 together
11 together 12 .

more than this , it was the second time that day that they had met . 
1 more 2 than
2 than 3 this
3 this 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 the
7 the 8 second
8 second 9 time
9 time 10 that
10 that 11 day
11 day 12 that
12 that 13 they
13 they 14 had
14 had 15 met
15 met 16 .

and it was all on account of eggs . 
1 and 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 all
4 all 5 on
5 on 6 account
6 account 7 of
7 of 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 .

yes , [sir] [,] it was all on account of eggs . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 all
7 all 8 on
8 on 9 account
9 account 10 of
10 of 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 .

" are you just coming out , or are you just going in ? " 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 just
4 just 5 coming
5 coming 6 out
6 out 7 ,
7 , 8 or
8 or 9 are
9 are 10 you
10 you 11 just
11 just 12 going
12 going 13 in
13 in 14 ?
14 ? 15 "

jimmy inquired politely . 
1 jimmy 2 inquired
2 inquired 3 politely
3 politely 4 .

" ah was just going in , but [ah] ['ll] [follow] yo ' , [brer] [skunk] [,] " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] just as politely . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 was
3 was 4 just
4 just 5 going
5 going 6 in
6 in 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 12 yo
12 yo 13 '
13 ' 14 ,
14 , 18 "
18 " 21 '
21 ' 23 just
23 just 24 as
24 as 25 politely
25 politely 26 .

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

" [i] [wouldn't] for a minute think of going before you . 
1 " 4 for
4 for 5 a
5 a 6 minute
6 minute 7 think
7 think 8 of
8 of 9 going
9 going 10 before
10 before 11 you
11 you 12 .

i [hope] [i] know my manners better than that . " 
1 i 4 know
4 know 5 my
5 my 6 manners
6 manners 7 better
7 better 8 than
8 than 9 that
9 that 10 .
10 . 11 "

" yo ' cert'nly are most polite [,] [brer] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
3 ' 4 cert'nly
4 cert'nly 5 are
5 are 6 most
6 most 7 polite
7 polite 11 .

yo ' cert'nly are most polite . 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 cert'nly
3 cert'nly 4 are
4 are 5 most
5 most 6 polite
6 polite 7 .

yo ' are a credit to your bringing up , but politeness always did run in your family . 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 are
3 are 4 a
4 a 5 credit
5 credit 6 to
6 to 7 your
7 your 8 bringing
8 bringing 9 up
9 up 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 politeness
12 politeness 13 always
13 always 14 did
14 did 15 run
15 run 16 in
16 in 17 your
17 your 18 family
18 family 19 .

there is a saying that han'some is as han'some does , and your politeness is as fine as yo ' are [han'some] [,] [brer] [skunk] . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 saying
4 saying 5 that
5 that 6 han'some
6 han'some 7 is
7 is 8 as
8 as 9 han'some
9 han'some 10 does
10 does 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 your
13 your 14 politeness
14 politeness 15 is
15 is 16 as
16 as 17 fine
17 fine 18 as
18 as 19 yo
19 yo 20 '
20 ' 21 are
21 are 26 .

jimmy [skunk] chuckled . 
1 jimmy 3 chuckled
3 chuckled 4 .

" [i] guess you 've forgotten that other old saying , ' [age] [before] [beauty] , ' [unc] ['] [billy] , " said he . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 you
4 you 5 've
5 've 6 forgotten
6 forgotten 7 that
7 that 8 other
8 other 9 old
9 old 10 saying
10 saying 11 ,
11 , 12 '
12 ' 16 ,
16 , 17 '
17 ' 21 ,
21 , 22 "
22 " 23 said
23 said 24 he
24 he 25 .

" so you go first . 
1 " 2 so
2 so 3 you
3 you 4 go
4 go 5 first
5 first 6 .

you know you [are] [older] [than] [i] [..y] [i] [couldn't] think of being so impolite as to go first . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 you
3 you 11 think
11 think 12 of
12 of 13 being
13 being 14 so
14 so 15 impolite
15 impolite 16 as
16 as 17 to
17 to 18 go
18 go 19 first
19 first 20 .

i really couldn't think of such a thing . " 
1 i 2 really
2 really 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 thing
8 thing 9 .
9 . 10 "

and so they argued and argued , each insisting in the most polite way that the other should go first . 
1 and 2 so
2 so 3 they
3 they 4 argued
4 argued 5 and
5 and 6 argued
6 argued 7 ,
7 , 8 each
8 each 9 insisting
9 insisting 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 most
12 most 13 polite
13 polite 14 way
14 way 15 that
15 that 16 the
16 the 17 other
17 other 18 should
18 should 19 go
19 go 20 first
20 first 21 .

if the truth were known , neither of them was insisting out of politeness at all . 
1 if 2 the
2 the 3 truth
3 truth 4 were
4 were 5 known
5 known 6 ,
6 , 7 neither
7 neither 8 of
8 of 9 them
9 them 10 was
10 was 11 insisting
11 insisting 12 out
12 out 13 of
13 of 14 politeness
14 politeness 15 at
15 at 16 all
16 all 17 .

if there was , he [much] [preferred] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] should be the one to find it out . 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 12 should
12 should 13 be
13 be 14 the
14 the 15 one
15 one 16 to
16 to 17 find
17 find 18 it
18 it 19 out
19 out 20 .

yes , [sir] [,] that is [why] [jimmy] [skunk] [was] so very polite . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 that
5 that 6 is
6 is 11 so
11 so 12 very
12 very 13 polite
13 polite 14 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [wanted] [jimmy] [to] [go] [first] [because] [he] [always] [feels] [safer] [behind] [jimmy] [than] [in] [front] [of] [him] [.] 

jimmy seldom uses it , but sometimes he does if he happens to be startled and thinks danger near . 
1 jimmy 2 seldom
2 seldom 3 uses
3 uses 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 sometimes
7 sometimes 8 he
8 he 9 does
9 does 10 if
10 if 11 he
11 he 12 happens
12 happens 13 to
13 to 14 be
14 be 15 startled
15 startled 16 and
16 and 17 thinks
17 thinks 18 danger
18 danger 19 near
19 near 20 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [preferred] [that] [jimmy] [should] [go] first . 
1 so 10 first
10 first 11 .

it wasn't politeness at all on the part [of] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 politeness
3 politeness 4 at
4 at 5 all
5 all 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 part
8 part 13 .

in both cases it was a kind of selfishness . 
1 in 2 both
2 both 3 cases
3 cases 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 a
6 a 7 kind
7 kind 8 of
8 of 9 selfishness
9 selfishness 10 .

each was thinking of self . 
1 each 2 was
2 was 3 thinking
3 thinking 4 of
4 of 5 self
5 self 6 .

how long they would have continued to argue and try to appear polite if something hadn't happened , nobody knows . 
1 how 2 long
2 long 3 they
3 they 4 would
4 would 5 have
5 have 6 continued
6 continued 7 to
7 to 8 argue
8 argue 9 and
9 and 10 try
10 try 11 to
11 to 12 appear
12 appear 13 polite
13 polite 14 if
14 if 15 something
15 something 16 hadn't
16 hadn't 17 happened
17 happened 18 ,
18 , 19 nobody
19 nobody 20 knows
20 knows 21 .

but something did happen . 
1 but 2 something
2 something 3 did
3 did 4 happen
4 happen 5 .

there was a sudden loud sniff just around the corner of the henhouse . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 sudden
4 sudden 5 loud
5 loud 6 sniff
6 sniff 7 just
7 just 8 around
8 around 9 the
9 the 10 corner
10 corner 11 of
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 henhouse
13 henhouse 14 .

it was [from] [bowser] [the] [hound] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 7 .

they couldn't , because it wasn't big enough , but , they tried hard . 
1 they 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 ,
3 , 4 because
4 because 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 big
7 big 8 enough
8 enough 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 ,
11 , 12 they
12 they 13 tried
13 tried 14 hard
14 hard 15 .

bowser sniffed again , and this time [unc] ['] [billy] [managed] to squeeze [jimmy] [aside] [and] [slip] through . 
1 bowser 2 sniffed
2 sniffed 3 again
3 again 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 this
6 this 7 time
7 time 12 to
12 to 13 squeeze
13 squeeze 18 through
18 through 19 .

jimmy was right at his heels . 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 right
3 right 4 at
4 at 5 his
5 his 6 heels
6 heels 7 .

[xvii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [gets] [a] [bump] 

when [bowser] [reached] [that] [hole] [,] [of] [course] he [smelled] [the] [tracks] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] [jimmy] , and right away he became excited . 
1 when 9 he
9 he 19 ,
19 , 20 and
20 and 21 right
21 right 22 away
22 away 23 he
23 he 24 became
24 became 25 excited
25 excited 26 .

he began to dig . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 dig
4 dig 5 .

goodness , how he did make the dirt fly ! 
1 goodness 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 he
4 he 5 did
5 did 6 make
6 make 7 the
7 the 8 dirt
8 dirt 9 fly
9 fly 10 !

all the time he whined with eagerness . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 3 time
3 time 4 he
4 he 5 whined
5 whined 6 with
6 with 7 eagerness
7 eagerness 8 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [bowser] [couldn't] [get] [through] [that] [,] [even] [if] [he] [did] [manage] [to] [dig] [his] [way] [under] [the] [henhouse] [.] 

once through that and fairly in the [henhouse] [,] [unc] ' [billy] [drew] a long breath . 
1 once 2 through
2 through 3 that
3 that 4 and
4 and 5 fairly
5 fairly 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 11 '
11 ' 14 a
14 a 15 long
15 long 16 breath
16 breath 17 .

he felt safe for the time being , anyway , and he didn't propose to worry over the future . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 safe
3 safe 4 for
4 for 5 the
5 the 6 time
6 time 7 being
7 being 8 ,
8 , 9 anyway
9 anyway 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
12 he 13 didn't
13 didn't 14 propose
14 propose 15 to
15 to 16 worry
16 worry 17 over
17 over 18 the
18 the 19 future
19 future 20 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [hurried] [after] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

it wasn't [fear] that [caused] [jimmy] [to] [hurry] . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 4 that
4 that 9 .

no , indeed , it wasn't fear . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 indeed
3 indeed 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 fear
7 fear 8 .

he had been [startled] [by] [the] [unexpectedness] [of] [bowser] ['s] [appearance] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 12 .

it was this that had caused him to struggle to be first through that hole under the henhouse . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 this
3 this 4 that
4 that 5 had
5 had 6 caused
6 caused 7 him
7 him 8 to
8 to 9 struggle
9 struggle 10 to
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 first
12 first 13 through
13 through 14 that
14 that 15 hole
15 hole 16 under
16 under 17 the
17 the 18 henhouse
18 henhouse 19 .

but once through , he had felt a bit ashamed that he had been so undignified . 
1 but 2 once
2 once 3 through
3 through 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 felt
7 felt 8 a
8 a 9 bit
9 bit 10 ashamed
10 ashamed 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 been
14 been 15 so
15 so 16 undignified
16 undignified 17 .

he wasn't afraid of [bowser] . 
1 he 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 afraid
3 afraid 4 of
4 of 6 .

he was sorely tempted to turn around and [send] [bowser] about his business , as he knew he very well could . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 sorely
3 sorely 4 tempted
4 tempted 5 to
5 to 6 turn
6 turn 7 around
7 around 8 and
8 and 11 about
11 about 12 his
12 his 13 business
13 business 14 ,
14 , 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 knew
17 knew 18 he
18 he 19 very
19 very 20 well
20 well 21 could
21 could 22 .

but he thought better of it . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 thought
3 thought 4 better
4 better 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 .

he had come for eggs , and [so] [had] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 come
3 come 4 for
4 for 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 11 '

it would never do to [let] [unc] ['] [billy] be alone up there for long . 
1 it 2 would
2 would 3 never
3 never 4 do
4 do 5 to
5 to 10 be
10 be 11 alone
11 alone 12 up
12 up 13 there
13 there 14 for
14 for 15 long
15 long 16 .

so [jimmy] [skunk] [did] [what] he very seldom does hurried . 
1 so 6 he
6 he 7 very
7 very 8 seldom
8 seldom 9 does
9 does 10 hurried
10 hurried 11 .

yes , [sir] [,] he hurried [after] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 hurried
6 hurried 12 .

he meant to make sure of his share of the eggs he was certain were up there . 
1 he 2 meant
2 meant 3 to
3 to 4 make
4 make 5 sure
5 sure 6 of
6 of 7 his
7 his 8 share
8 share 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 certain
14 certain 15 were
15 were 16 up
16 up 17 there
17 there 18 .

there was a row of nesting boxes along one side close to the floor . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 row
4 row 5 of
5 of 6 nesting
6 nesting 7 boxes
7 boxes 8 along
8 along 9 one
9 one 10 side
10 side 11 close
11 close 12 to
12 to 13 the
13 the 14 floor
14 floor 15 .

above these was another row and above these a third row . 
1 above 2 these
2 these 3 was
3 was 4 another
4 another 5 row
5 row 6 and
6 and 7 above
7 above 8 these
8 these 9 a
9 a 10 third
10 third 11 row
11 row 12 .

jimmy doesn't climb , but [unc] ' [billy] [is] [a] [famous] [climber] [.] 
1 jimmy 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 climb
3 climb 4 ,
4 , 5 but
5 but 7 '

" [i] ['ll] take these lower nests , " said [jimmy] , and lifted his tail in a way [that] [made] [unc] ' [billy] [nervous] [.] 
1 " 4 take
4 take 5 these
5 these 6 lower
6 lower 7 nests
7 nests 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 lifted
14 lifted 15 his
15 his 16 tail
16 tail 17 in
17 in 18 a
18 a 19 way
19 way 23 '

" all right , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] [promptly] [.] 
1 " 2 all
2 all 3 right
3 right 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 8 '

" all right [,] [brer] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 all
2 all 3 right
3 right 7 .

it 's just as yo ' say . " 
1 it 2 's
2 's 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 yo
5 yo 6 '
6 ' 7 say
7 say 8 .
8 . 9 "

with this , [unc] ' [billy] [scrambled] [up] to the next row of nests . 
1 with 2 this
2 this 3 ,
3 , 5 '
5 ' 9 to
9 to 10 the
10 the 11 next
11 next 12 row
12 row 13 of
13 of 14 nests
14 nests 15 .

jimmy grinned and started to look in the lower nests . 
1 jimmy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 and
3 and 4 started
4 started 5 to
5 to 6 look
6 look 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 lower
9 lower 10 nests
10 nests 11 .

he took his time about it , for that is [jimmy] ['s] [way] . 
1 he 2 took
2 took 3 his
3 his 4 time
4 time 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 that
9 that 10 is
10 is 14 .

there was nothing in the first one and nothing in the second one and nothing in the third one . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 6 first
6 first 7 one
7 one 8 and
8 and 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 in
10 in 11 the
11 the 12 second
12 second 13 one
13 one 14 and
14 and 15 nothing
15 nothing 16 in
16 in 17 the
17 the 18 third
18 third 19 one
19 one 20 .

this was disappointing , to say the least , and [jimmy] began to move a little faster . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 disappointing
3 disappointing 4 ,
4 , 5 to
5 to 6 say
6 say 7 the
7 the 8 least
8 least 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 began
12 began 13 to
13 to 14 move
14 move 15 a
15 a 16 little
16 little 17 faster
17 faster 18 .

[meanwhile] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [hurried] [from] [one] [nest] [to] [another] [in] [the] [second] [row] [with] [no] [better] [success] [.] 

disappointment was making [unc] ['] [billy] [lose] [his] [temper] . 
1 disappointment 2 was
2 was 3 making
3 making 10 .

at last he so lost his temper that when he found another of those eggs he angrily kicked it out of the nest . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 so
4 so 5 lost
5 lost 6 his
6 his 7 temper
7 temper 8 that
8 that 9 when
9 when 10 he
10 he 11 found
11 found 12 another
12 another 13 of
13 of 14 those
14 those 15 eggs
15 eggs 16 he
16 he 17 angrily
17 angrily 18 kicked
18 kicked 19 it
19 it 20 out
20 out 21 of
21 of 22 the
22 the 23 nest
23 nest 24 .

now it [happened] [that] [jimmy] [skunk] was just underneath . 
1 now 2 it
2 it 7 was
7 was 8 just
8 just 9 underneath
9 underneath 10 .

[down] [fell] [that] [hard] [china] [egg] [squarely] [on] [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [head] [.] 

for just a minute [jimmy] [saw] [stars] . 
1 for 2 just
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 minute
4 minute 8 .

at least , he thought he did . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 thought
5 thought 6 he
6 he 7 did
7 did 8 .

jimmy was sore at heart because he had found no eggs , and now he had a bump on the head that also was sore . 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 sore
3 sore 4 at
4 at 5 heart
5 heart 6 because
6 because 7 he
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 found
9 found 10 no
10 no 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 now
14 now 15 he
15 he 16 had
16 had 17 a
17 a 18 bump
18 bump 19 on
19 on 20 the
20 the 21 head
21 head 22 that
22 that 23 also
23 also 24 was
24 was 25 sore
25 sore 26 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [lost] [his] [temper] [,] [a] [thing] [he] [rarely] [does] [.] 

[xviii] 

[a] [sad] [,] [sad] [quarrel] 

what he saw was the anxious looking face of [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [staring] [down] [at] him . 
1 what 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 was
4 was 5 the
5 the 6 anxious
6 anxious 7 looking
7 looking 8 face
8 face 9 of
9 of 17 him
17 him 18 .

" you did that purposely ! " [snapped] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 did
3 did 4 that
4 that 5 purposely
5 purposely 6 !
6 ! 7 "

" you did that purposely , and you needn't tell me you didn't . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 did
3 did 4 that
4 that 5 purposely
5 purposely 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 you
8 you 9 needn't
9 needn't 10 tell
10 tell 11 me
11 me 12 you
12 you 13 didn't
13 didn't 14 .
14 . 15 "

" on [mah] [honor] [ah] [didn't] , " [protested] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 " 2 on
2 on 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 11 '

" it was an accident , just a sho ' ' nuff accident , and [ah] ['m] right [sorry] [fo] ['] [it] . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 an
4 an 5 accident
5 accident 6 ,
6 , 7 just
7 just 8 a
8 a 9 sho
9 sho 10 '
10 ' 11 '
11 ' 12 nuff
12 nuff 13 accident
13 accident 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 18 right
18 right 23 .
23 . 24 "

" that sounds very nice , but [i] don't believe a word of it . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 sounds
3 sounds 4 very
4 very 5 nice
5 nice 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 9 don't
9 don't 10 believe
10 believe 11 a
11 a 12 word
12 word 13 of
13 of 14 it
14 it 15 .

you did it purposely , and you can't make me believe anything else . 
1 you 2 did
2 did 3 it
3 it 4 purposely
4 purposely 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 you
7 you 8 can't
8 can't 9 make
9 make 10 me
10 me 11 believe
11 believe 12 anything
12 anything 13 else
13 else 14 .

come down here and fight . 
1 come 2 down
2 down 3 here
3 here 4 and
4 and 5 fight
5 fight 6 .

i dare you to ! " 
1 i 2 dare
2 dare 3 you
3 you 4 to
4 to 5 !
5 ! 6 "

jimmy was getting more and more angry every minute . 
1 jimmy 2 was
2 was 3 getting
3 getting 4 more
4 more 5 and
5 and 6 more
6 more 7 angry
7 angry 8 every
8 every 9 minute
9 minute 10 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [began] [to] [grow] [angry] [.] 

he hadn't known that [jimmy] [was] there . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 known
3 known 4 that
4 that 7 there
7 there 8 .

he had apologized , and he felt that no one could do more than that . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 apologized
3 apologized 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 he
6 he 7 felt
7 felt 8 that
8 that 9 no
9 no 10 one
10 one 11 could
11 could 12 do
12 do 13 more
13 more 14 than
14 than 15 that
15 that 16 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [had] [doubted] [his] [word] [,] [had] [refused] [to] [believe] [him] [,] [and] [that] [made] [him] [angry] [.] 

his little eyes glowed with rage . 
1 his 2 little
2 little 3 eyes
3 eyes 4 glowed
4 glowed 5 with
5 with 6 rage
6 rage 7 .

" if yo ' want to fight , come up here . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
4 ' 5 want
5 want 6 to
6 to 7 fight
7 fight 8 ,
8 , 9 come
9 come 10 up
10 up 11 here
11 here 12 .

i 'll wait fo ' yo ' right [where] [ah] [am] , " he sputtered . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 wait
3 wait 4 fo
4 fo 5 '
5 ' 6 yo
6 yo 7 '
7 ' 8 right
8 right 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 he
14 he 15 sputtered
15 sputtered 16 .

[this] [made] [jimmy] [angrier] [than] [ever] [.] 

he couldn't climb up there , and he knew [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] it . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 climb
3 climb 4 up
4 up 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 knew
9 knew 15 it
15 it 16 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [was] [perfectly] [safe] [in] [promising] [to] [wait] [for] [him] [.] 

" you 're a coward , just a plain no-account coward ! " [snapped] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 a
4 a 5 coward
5 coward 6 ,
6 , 7 just
7 just 8 a
8 a 9 plain
9 plain 10 no-account
10 no-account 11 coward
11 coward 12 !
12 ! 13 "

nobody can drop things on my head and not get paid back . 
1 nobody 2 can
2 can 3 drop
3 drop 4 things
4 things 5 on
5 on 6 my
6 my 7 head
7 head 8 and
8 and 9 not
9 not 10 get
10 get 11 paid
11 paid 12 back
12 back 13 .

i thought you were a friend , but now [i] [know] [better] . " 
1 i 2 thought
2 thought 3 you
3 you 4 were
4 were 5 a
5 a 6 friend
6 friend 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 now
9 now 13 .
13 . 14 "

" wait as long as yo ' please . 
1 " 2 wait
2 wait 3 as
3 as 4 long
4 long 5 as
5 as 6 yo
6 yo 7 '
7 ' 8 please
8 please 9 .

ah reckons [ah] [can] [stay] [as] [long] [as] yo ' can , ["] [retorted] [unc] ' [billy] , [grinding] and snapping his teeth . 
1 ah 2 reckons
2 reckons 9 yo
9 yo 10 '
10 ' 11 can
11 can 12 ,
12 , 16 '
16 ' 18 ,
18 , 20 and
20 and 21 snapping
21 snapping 22 his
22 his 23 teeth
23 teeth 24 .

" suit yourself , " [retorted] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 suit
2 suit 3 yourself
3 yourself 4 ,
4 , 5 "

" [i] ['m] going to pay you up for that bump on my head or know the reason why . " 
1 " 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 pay
6 pay 7 you
7 you 8 up
8 up 9 for
9 for 10 that
10 that 11 bump
11 bump 12 on
12 on 13 my
13 my 14 head
14 head 15 or
15 or 16 know
16 know 17 the
17 the 18 reason
18 reason 19 why
19 why 20 .
20 . 21 "

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

and it was all because both had been sadly disappointed . 
1 and 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 all
4 all 5 because
5 because 6 both
6 both 7 had
7 had 8 been
8 been 9 sadly
9 sadly 10 disappointed
10 disappointed 11 .

they had found no eggs where they had been sure they would find plenty . 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 found
3 found 4 no
4 no 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 where
6 where 7 they
7 they 8 had
8 had 9 been
9 been 10 sure
10 sure 11 they
11 they 12 would
12 would 13 find
13 find 14 plenty
14 plenty 15 .

you see , [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [gathered] [every] [egg] when he shut the biddies up for the night . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 12 when
12 when 13 he
13 he 14 shut
14 shut 15 the
15 the 16 biddies
16 biddies 17 up
17 up 18 for
18 for 19 the
19 the 20 night
20 night 21 .

did you ever notice what a bad thing for the temper disappointment often is ? 
1 did 2 you
2 you 3 ever
3 ever 4 notice
4 notice 5 what
5 what 6 a
6 a 7 bad
7 bad 8 thing
8 thing 9 for
9 for 10 the
10 the 11 temper
11 temper 12 disappointment
12 disappointment 13 often
13 often 14 is
14 is 15 ?

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xix] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [is] [true] [to] [his] [word] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [having] [a] [bad] [night] [of] [it] [.] 

when he had [grown] [tired] [of] [quarreling] [with] [jimmy] [skunk] , he had tried to take a nap . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 11 ,
11 , 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 tried
14 tried 15 to
15 to 16 take
16 take 17 a
17 a 18 nap
18 nap 19 .

he had tried first one nest and then another , but none just suited him . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 tried
3 tried 4 first
4 first 5 one
5 one 6 nest
6 nest 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 another
9 another 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 none
12 none 13 just
13 just 14 suited
14 suited 15 him
15 him 16 .

this was partly because he wasn't sleepy . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 partly
3 partly 4 because
4 because 5 he
5 he 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 sleepy
7 sleepy 8 .

he was hungry and not at all sleepy . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 hungry
3 hungry 4 and
4 and 5 not
5 not 6 at
6 at 7 all
7 all 8 sleepy
8 sleepy 9 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [had] [no] [intention] [of] [going] [down] [while] [jimmy] [was] [there] [.] 

he [thought] [that] [jimmy] would soon grow tired of waiting and go away . 
1 he 5 would
5 would 6 soon
6 soon 7 grow
7 grow 8 tired
8 tired 9 of
9 of 10 waiting
10 waiting 11 and
11 and 12 go
12 go 13 away
13 away 14 .

[so] [for] [quite] [awhile] [unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [worry] [.] 

but as it began to get towards morning he began to grow anxious . 
1 but 2 as
2 as 3 it
3 it 4 began
4 began 5 to
5 to 6 get
6 get 7 towards
7 towards 8 morning
8 morning 9 he
9 he 10 began
10 began 11 to
11 to 12 grow
12 grow 13 anxious
13 anxious 14 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [had] [no] [desire] [to] [be] [found] [in] [that] [henhouse] [when] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [came] [to] [feed] [the] [biddies] [.] 

then , too , he was hungry . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 too
3 too 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 .

he had counted on a good meal of eggs , and not one had he found . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 counted
3 counted 4 on
4 on 5 a
5 a 6 good
6 good 7 meal
7 meal 8 of
8 of 9 eggs
9 eggs 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 not
12 not 13 one
13 one 14 had
14 had 15 he
15 he 16 found
16 found 17 .

yes , [sir] [,] it was a great deal better to go hungry . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 a
7 a 8 great
8 great 9 deal
9 deal 10 better
10 better 11 to
11 to 12 go
12 go 13 hungry
13 hungry 14 .

several times , when he [thought] [jimmy] was asleep , he tried to steal down . 
1 several 2 times
2 times 3 ,
3 , 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 8 was
8 was 9 asleep
9 asleep 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 tried
12 tried 13 to
13 to 14 steal
14 steal 15 down
15 down 16 .

he was just as careful not to make a sound as he could be , but every time [jimmy] [knew] and was waiting for him . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 careful
5 careful 6 not
6 not 7 to
7 to 8 make
8 make 9 a
9 a 10 sound
10 sound 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 could
13 could 14 be
14 be 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 every
17 every 18 time
18 time 21 and
21 and 22 was
22 was 23 waiting
23 waiting 24 for
24 for 25 him
25 him 26 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [wished] [that] [there] [was] [no] [such] [place] [as] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] [.] 

he wished he had never thought of eggs . 
1 he 2 wished
2 wished 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 never
5 never 6 thought
6 thought 7 of
7 of 8 eggs
8 eggs 9 .

" [don] ['] yo ' think we-uns better make up and get out of here , [brer] [skunk] [?] " he ventured . 
1 " 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 think
6 think 7 we-uns
7 we-uns 8 better
8 better 9 make
9 make 10 up
10 up 11 and
11 and 12 get
12 get 13 out
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 here
15 here 16 ,
16 , 20 "
20 " 21 he
21 he 22 ventured
22 ventured 23 .

it was plain to see that [jimmy] [hadn't] [forgiven] [him] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 4 to
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 that
6 that 11 .

for some [time] [unc] ['] [billy] [said] [no] more , but he grew more and more restless . 
1 for 2 some
2 some 9 more
9 more 10 ,
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 grew
13 grew 14 more
14 more 15 and
15 and 16 more
16 more 17 restless
17 restless 18 .

you see , he knew it would soon be time [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to come to let the hens out and feed them . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 6 it
6 it 7 would
7 would 8 soon
8 soon 9 be
9 be 10 time
10 time 16 to
16 to 17 come
17 come 18 to
18 to 19 let
19 let 20 the
20 the 21 hens
21 hens 22 out
22 out 23 and
23 and 24 feed
24 feed 25 them
25 them 26 .

at last he ventured to speak again . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 ventured
4 ventured 5 to
5 to 6 speak
6 speak 7 again
7 again 8 .

" ah reckons yo ' done forget something , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
3 reckons 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 done
6 done 7 forget
7 forget 8 something
8 something 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 12 he
12 he 13 .

" what is that ? " [asked] [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 4 that
4 that 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

" [i] ['m] [not] [worrying] [about] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 10 boy
10 boy 11 .

he can come as soon as he pleases , " [retorted] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] and grinned . 
1 he 2 can
2 can 3 come
3 come 4 as
4 as 5 soon
5 soon 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 pleases
8 pleases 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 15 and
15 and 16 grinned
16 grinned 17 .

that sounded like boasting , but it wasn't . 
1 that 2 sounded
2 sounded 3 like
3 like 4 boasting
4 boasting 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 it
7 it 8 wasn't
8 wasn't 9 .

no , [sir] [,] it wasn't , and [unc] ['] [billy] knew it . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 12 knew
12 knew 13 it
13 it 14 .

he knew [that] [jimmy] [meant] it . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 6 it
6 it 7 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [was] [in] [despair] [.] 

he didn't dare stay , and he didn't dare go down and face [jimmy] [skunk] , and there he was . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 dare
3 dare 4 stay
4 stay 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 he
7 he 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 dare
9 dare 10 go
10 go 11 down
11 down 12 and
12 and 13 face
13 face 16 ,
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 there
18 there 19 he
19 he 20 was
20 was 21 .

it certainly had been a bad night [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 it 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 a
5 a 6 bad
6 bad 7 night
7 night 13 .

[xx] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [arrives] 

the light crept farther under the [door] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] henhouse , and by this time the hens were all awake . 
1 the 2 light
2 light 3 crept
3 crept 4 farther
4 farther 5 under
5 under 6 the
6 the 12 henhouse
12 henhouse 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 by
15 by 16 this
16 this 17 time
17 time 18 the
18 the 19 hens
19 hens 20 were
20 were 21 all
21 all 22 awake
22 awake 23 .

furthermore , they [had] [discovered] [jimmy] [skunk] [down] [below] [and] were making a great fuss . 
1 furthermore 2 ,
2 , 3 they
3 they 11 were
11 were 12 making
12 making 13 a
13 a 14 great
14 great 15 fuss
15 fuss 16 .

" [i] don't mind their noise . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 mind
4 mind 5 their
5 their 6 noise
6 noise 7 .

it doesn't trouble me a bit , " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] [,] and grinned . 
1 it 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 trouble
3 trouble 4 me
4 me 5 a
5 a 6 bit
6 bit 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 13 and
13 and 14 grinned
14 grinned 15 .

it was plain [enough] [to] [unc] ['] [billy] that [jimmy] [was] [enjoying] the situation . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 9 that
9 that 13 the
13 the 14 situation
14 situation 15 .

but [unc] ' [billy] [wasn't] [.] 
1 but 3 '

he was so anxious that he couldn't keep still . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 anxious
4 anxious 5 that
5 that 6 he
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 keep
8 keep 9 still
9 still 10 .

at last he heard them , and he knew [by] the [sound] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy was coming in a hurry . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 heard
4 heard 5 them
5 them 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 knew
9 knew 11 the
11 the 17 boy
17 boy 18 was
18 was 19 coming
19 coming 20 in
20 in 21 a
21 a 22 hurry
22 hurry 23 .

he had heard the noise of the hens and was coming to find out what it was all about . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 heard
3 heard 4 the
4 the 5 noise
5 noise 6 of
6 of 7 the
7 the 8 hens
8 hens 9 and
9 and 10 was
10 was 11 coming
11 coming 12 to
12 to 13 find
13 find 14 out
14 out 15 what
15 what 16 it
16 it 17 was
17 was 18 all
18 all 19 about
19 about 20 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [hoped] [that] [now] [jimmy] [skunk] [would] [retreat] [through] [the] [hole] [in] [the] [floor] [and] [give] [him] [a] [chance] [to] [escape] [.] 

" he 's coming ! 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 's
3 's 4 coming
4 coming 5 !

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [is] [coming] [,] [brer] [skunk] [!] 

yo ' better get away while yo ' can ! " [whispered] [unc] ' [billy] [.] 
1 yo 2 '
2 ' 3 better
3 better 4 get
4 get 5 away
5 away 6 while
6 while 7 yo
7 yo 8 '
8 ' 9 can
9 can 10 !
10 ! 11 "
11 " 14 '

" [i] hear him , " [replied] [jimmy] [calmly] [.] 
1 " 3 hear
3 hear 4 him
4 him 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" [i] ['m] [waiting] for him to open the door for me to go out . 
1 " 5 for
5 for 6 him
6 him 7 to
7 to 8 open
8 open 9 the
9 the 10 door
10 door 11 for
11 for 12 me
12 me 13 to
13 to 14 go
14 go 15 out
15 out 16 .

it will be much easier than squeezing through that hole . " 
1 it 2 will
2 will 3 be
3 be 4 much
4 much 5 easier
5 easier 6 than
6 than 7 squeezing
7 squeezing 8 through
8 through 9 that
9 that 10 hole
10 hole 11 .
11 . 12 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [gasped] [.] 

he [hoped] [that] [at] [last] [jimmy] ['s] [boldness] would get him into trouble . 
1 he 9 would
9 would 10 get
10 get 11 him
11 him 12 into
12 into 13 trouble
13 trouble 14 .

yes , he did . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 did
4 did 5 .

you see , that might give him a chance to slip away himself . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 that
4 that 5 might
5 might 6 give
6 give 7 him
7 him 8 a
8 a 9 chance
9 chance 10 to
10 to 11 slip
11 slip 12 away
12 away 13 himself
13 himself 14 .

otherwise , he would be in a bad fix . 
1 otherwise 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 would
4 would 5 be
5 be 6 in
6 in 7 a
7 a 8 bad
8 bad 9 fix
9 fix 10 .

the latch on the door rattled . 
1 the 2 latch
2 latch 3 on
3 on 4 the
4 the 5 door
5 door 6 rattled
6 rattled 7 .

the door swung open , letting in a flood of light . 
1 the 2 door
2 door 3 swung
3 swung 4 open
4 open 5 ,
5 , 6 letting
6 letting 7 in
7 in 8 a
8 a 9 flood
9 flood 10 of
10 of 11 light
11 light 12 .

the hens stopped their noise . 
1 the 2 hens
2 hens 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 their
4 their 5 noise
5 noise 6 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [stood] [in] [the] [doorway] [and] [looked] [in] [.] 

of course [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [saw] [him] [at] [once] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 11 .

" so it 's you , you black and white rascal ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 2 so
2 so 3 it
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 you
5 you 6 ,
6 , 7 you
7 you 8 black
8 black 9 and
9 and 10 white
10 white 11 rascal
11 rascal 12 !
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 he
14 he 15 exclaimed
15 exclaimed 16 .

" [i] suppose you expect me to step out of your way , and [i] [suppose] [i] will do just that very thing . 
1 " 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 you
4 you 5 expect
5 expect 6 me
6 me 7 to
7 to 8 step
8 step 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 your
11 your 12 way
12 way 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 18 will
18 will 19 do
19 do 20 just
20 just 21 that
21 that 22 very
22 very 23 thing
23 thing 24 .

you are the most impudent and independent fellow of my acquaintance . 
1 you 2 are
2 are 3 the
3 the 4 most
4 most 5 impudent
5 impudent 6 and
6 and 7 independent
7 independent 8 fellow
8 fellow 9 of
9 of 10 my
10 my 11 acquaintance
11 acquaintance 12 .

that 's what you are . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 what
3 what 4 you
4 you 5 are
5 are 6 .

you didn't get any eggs , [because] [i] [gathered] all of them last night . 
1 you 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 get
3 get 4 any
4 any 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 ,
6 , 10 all
10 all 11 of
11 of 12 them
12 them 13 last
13 last 14 night
14 night 15 .

come along out of there , you rascal . " 
1 come 2 along
2 along 3 out
3 out 4 of
4 of 5 there
5 there 6 ,
6 , 7 you
7 you 8 rascal
8 rascal 9 .
9 . 10 "

[xxi] 

[the] [nest-egg] [gives] [unc] ['] [billy] [away] 

' [tis] [little] things that [often] [seem] [scarce] [worth] [a] [passing] [thought] [which] [in] the end may prove that they [with] [big] [results] are [fraught] . 
1 ' 4 things
4 things 5 that
5 that 15 the
15 the 16 end
16 end 17 may
17 may 18 prove
18 prove 19 that
19 that 20 they
20 they 24 are
24 are 26 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [watched] [jimmy] [skunk] [calmly] [and] [peacefully] [go] [his] [way] [and] [grinned] [as] [he] [watched] [him] [.] 

he scratched his head thoughtfully . 
1 he 2 scratched
2 scratched 3 his
3 his 4 head
4 head 5 thoughtfully
5 thoughtfully 6 .

" [i] suppose , " said he , " that that is as perfect an example of the value of preparedness as there is . 
1 " 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
7 he 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 that
10 that 11 that
11 that 12 is
12 is 13 as
13 as 14 perfect
14 perfect 15 an
15 an 16 example
16 example 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 value
19 value 20 of
20 of 21 preparedness
21 preparedness 22 as
22 as 23 there
23 there 24 is
24 is 25 .

jimmy knew he was all ready [for] [trouble] [if] [i] [chose] to make it , and that [because] [of] [that] [i] wouldn't make it . 
1 jimmy 2 knew
2 knew 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 all
5 all 6 ready
6 ready 12 to
12 to 13 make
13 make 14 it
14 it 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 that
17 that 22 wouldn't
22 wouldn't 23 make
23 make 24 it
24 it 25 .

so he has calmly gone his way as if he were as much bigger than [i] [as] [i] [am] [bigger] [than] he . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 has
3 has 4 calmly
4 calmly 5 gone
5 gone 6 his
6 his 7 way
7 way 8 as
8 as 9 if
9 if 10 he
10 he 11 were
11 were 12 as
12 as 13 much
13 much 14 bigger
14 bigger 15 than
15 than 22 he
22 he 23 .

there certainly is nothing like being prepared if you want to avoid trouble . " 
1 there 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 is
3 is 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 like
5 like 6 being
6 being 7 prepared
7 prepared 8 if
8 if 9 you
9 you 10 want
10 want 11 to
11 to 12 avoid
12 avoid 13 trouble
13 trouble 14 .
14 . 15 "

then [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] once more turned to the henhouse and entered it . 
1 then 6 once
6 once 7 more
7 more 8 turned
8 turned 9 to
9 to 10 the
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 12 and
12 and 13 entered
13 entered 14 it
14 it 15 .

that one thing was the china nest-egg on the floor . 
1 that 2 one
2 one 3 thing
3 thing 4 was
4 was 5 the
5 the 6 china
6 china 7 nest-egg
7 nest-egg 8 on
8 on 9 the
9 the 10 floor
10 floor 11 .

" hello ! " [exclaimed] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] when he saw it . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 10 when
10 when 11 he
11 he 12 saw
12 saw 13 it
13 it 14 .

" now how did that come there ? 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 how
3 how 4 did
4 did 5 that
5 that 6 come
6 come 7 there
7 there 8 ?

it must be [that] [jimmy] [skunk] [pulled] [it] out of one of those lower nests . " 
1 it 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 13 those
13 those 14 lower
14 lower 15 nests
15 nests 16 .
16 . 17 "

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

" that egg must have come from one of the upper nests . 
1 " 2 that
2 that 3 egg
3 egg 4 must
4 must 5 have
5 have 6 come
6 come 7 from
7 from 8 one
8 one 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 upper
11 upper 12 nests
12 nests 13 .

jimmy couldn't have got up to those . 
1 jimmy 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 have
3 have 4 got
4 got 5 up
5 up 6 to
6 to 7 those
7 those 8 .

none of the hens could have kicked it out last night , because they were all [on] [the] [roosts] [when] [i] [shut] [them] up . 
1 none 2 of
2 of 3 the
3 the 4 hens
4 hens 5 could
5 could 6 have
6 have 7 kicked
7 kicked 8 it
8 it 9 out
9 out 10 last
10 last 11 night
11 night 12 ,
12 , 13 because
13 because 14 they
14 they 15 were
15 were 16 all
16 all 24 up
24 up 25 .

they certainly didn't do it this morning , because they wouldn't have dared [leave] [the] [roosts] [with] [jimmy] [skunk] [here] . 
1 they 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 6 this
6 this 7 morning
7 morning 8 ,
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 they
10 they 11 wouldn't
11 wouldn't 12 have
12 have 13 dared
13 dared 21 .

i 'll have to look into this . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 have
3 have 4 to
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 into
6 into 7 this
7 this 8 .
8 . 9 "

so he began with the second row of nests and looked in each . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 began
3 began 4 with
4 with 5 the
5 the 6 second
6 second 7 row
7 row 8 of
8 of 9 nests
9 nests 10 and
10 and 11 looked
11 looked 12 in
12 in 13 each
13 each 14 .

yes , [sir] [,] [unc] ' [billy] had [forgotten] [his] [tail] , and it hung just over the edge of the nest . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 6 '
6 ' 8 had
8 had 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 it
14 it 15 hung
15 hung 16 just
16 just 17 over
17 over 18 the
18 the 19 edge
19 edge 20 of
20 of 21 the
21 the 22 nest
22 nest 23 .

of course [,] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [saw] [it] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 10 .

he couldn't help but see it . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 help
3 help 4 but
4 but 5 see
5 see 6 it
6 it 7 .

" [ho] [,] ho ! " he exclaimed right away . 
1 " 4 ho
4 ho 5 !
5 ! 6 "
6 " 7 he
7 he 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 9 right
9 right 10 away
10 away 11 .

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

so there was more than one visitor here last night . 
1 so 2 there
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 more
4 more 5 than
5 than 6 one
6 one 7 visitor
7 visitor 8 here
8 here 9 last
9 last 10 night
10 night 11 .

this henhouse seems to be a very popular place . 
1 this 2 henhouse
2 henhouse 3 seems
3 seems 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 very
7 very 8 popular
8 popular 9 place
9 place 10 .

i see that the first thing for me to do after breakfast is to nail a board over that hole in the floor . 
1 i 2 see
2 see 3 that
3 that 4 the
4 the 5 first
5 first 6 thing
6 thing 7 for
7 for 8 me
8 me 9 to
9 to 10 do
10 do 11 after
11 after 12 breakfast
12 breakfast 13 is
13 is 14 to
14 to 15 nail
15 nail 16 a
16 a 17 board
17 board 18 over
18 over 19 that
19 that 20 hole
20 hole 21 in
21 in 22 the
22 the 23 floor
23 floor 24 .

so it was you , [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] who kicked that nest-egg out . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 you
4 you 5 ,
5 , 11 who
11 who 12 kicked
12 kicked 13 that
13 that 14 nest-egg
14 nest-egg 15 out
15 out 16 .

found it a little hard for your teeth , didn't you ? 
1 found 2 it
2 it 3 a
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 hard
5 hard 6 for
6 for 7 your
7 your 8 teeth
8 teeth 9 ,
9 , 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 you
11 you 12 ?

lost your temper and kicked it out , didn't you ? 
1 lost 2 your
2 your 3 temper
3 temper 4 and
4 and 5 kicked
5 kicked 6 it
6 it 7 out
7 out 8 ,
8 , 9 didn't
9 didn't 10 you
10 you 11 ?

that was foolish , [unc] ['] [billy] [,] very foolish indeed . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 foolish
3 foolish 4 ,
4 , 9 very
9 very 10 foolish
10 foolish 11 indeed
11 indeed 12 .

never lose your temper over trifles . 
1 never 2 lose
2 lose 3 your
3 your 4 temper
4 temper 5 over
5 over 6 trifles
6 trifles 7 .

it doesn't pay . 
1 it 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 pay
3 pay 4 .

now [i] [wonder] what [i] ['d] [better] do [with] you . " 
1 now 4 what
4 what 8 do
8 do 10 you
10 you 11 .
11 . 12 "

all this time [unc] ' [billy] [hadn't] [moved] . 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 5 '
5 ' 9 .

of course , he [couldn't] [understand] [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was saying . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 12 was
12 was 13 saying
13 saying 14 .

nor could he see [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [doing] . 
1 nor 2 could
2 could 3 he
3 he 4 see
4 see 12 .

so he held his breath and hoped and hoped that he hadn't been discovered . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 held
3 held 4 his
4 his 5 breath
5 breath 6 and
6 and 7 hoped
7 hoped 8 and
8 and 9 hoped
9 hoped 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 hadn't
12 hadn't 13 been
13 been 14 discovered
14 discovered 15 .

and perhaps he wouldn't have been but for that telltale nest-egg on the floor . 
1 and 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 he
3 he 4 wouldn't
4 wouldn't 5 have
5 have 6 been
6 been 7 but
7 but 8 for
8 for 9 that
9 that 10 telltale
10 telltale 11 nest-egg
11 nest-egg 12 on
12 on 13 the
13 the 14 floor
14 floor 15 .

that was the cause of all his troubles . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 cause
4 cause 5 of
5 of 6 all
6 all 7 his
7 his 8 troubles
8 troubles 9 .

first [it] [had] [angered] [jimmy] [skunk] [because] [as] [you] [remember] , it had fallen [on] [jimmy] ['s] [head] . 
1 first 11 ,
11 , 12 it
12 it 13 had
13 had 14 fallen
14 fallen 19 .

then it had [led] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to look in all the nests . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 had
3 had 9 to
9 to 10 look
10 look 11 in
11 in 12 all
12 all 13 the
13 the 14 nests
14 nests 15 .

it had seemed a trifle , kicking that egg out of that nest , but see what the results were . 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 a
4 a 5 trifle
5 trifle 6 ,
6 , 7 kicking
7 kicking 8 that
8 that 9 egg
9 egg 10 out
10 out 11 of
11 of 12 that
12 that 13 nest
13 nest 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 see
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 the
18 the 19 results
19 results 20 were
20 were 21 .

truly , little things often are not so little as they seem . 
1 truly 2 ,
2 , 3 little
3 little 4 things
4 things 5 often
5 often 6 are
6 are 7 not
7 not 8 so
8 so 9 little
9 little 10 as
10 as 11 they
11 they 12 seem
12 seem 13 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xxii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [tries] [his] [old] [trick] 

the first [knowledge] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [that] he was discovered came to him through his tail . 
1 the 2 first
2 first 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 discovered
12 discovered 13 came
13 came 14 to
14 to 15 him
15 him 16 through
16 through 17 his
17 his 18 tail
18 tail 19 .

yes , [sir] [,] it came to him through his tail . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 5 it
5 it 6 came
6 came 7 to
7 to 8 him
8 him 9 through
9 through 10 his
10 his 11 tail
11 tail 12 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [pinched] [it] [.] 

it was rather a mean thing to do , but [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [curious] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 rather
3 rather 4 a
4 a 5 mean
5 mean 6 thing
6 thing 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 ,
9 , 10 but

he wanted to see [what] [unc] ' [billy] [would] [do] . 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 see
4 see 7 '
7 ' 11 .

and he didn't pinch very hard , not hard enough to really hurt . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 pinch
4 pinch 5 very
5 very 6 hard
6 hard 7 ,
7 , 8 not
8 not 9 hard
9 hard 10 enough
10 enough 11 to
11 to 12 really
12 really 13 hurt
13 hurt 14 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [is] [too] [good-hearted] [to] [hurt] [any] [one] [if] [he] [can] [help] [it] [.] 

but [unc] ' [billy] [didn't] [.] 
1 but 3 '

no , [sir] [,] [unc] ' [billy] [didn't] [.] 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 6 '

that tail might have belonged to any one but him so far as he made any sign . 
1 that 2 tail
2 tail 3 might
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 belonged
5 belonged 6 to
6 to 7 any
7 any 8 one
8 one 9 but
9 but 10 him
10 him 11 so
11 so 12 far
12 far 13 as
13 as 14 he
14 he 15 made
15 made 16 any
16 any 17 sign
17 sign 18 .

of course , he felt like pulling it away . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 6 like
6 like 7 pulling
7 pulling 8 it
8 it 9 away
9 away 10 .

any one would have in his place . 
1 any 2 one
2 one 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 in
5 in 6 his
6 his 7 place
7 place 8 .

but he didn't move it the tiniest bit , which goes to show that [unc] ['] [billy] [has] [great] [self-control] [when] he wishes . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 move
4 move 5 it
5 it 6 the
6 the 7 tiniest
7 tiniest 8 bit
8 bit 9 ,
9 , 10 which
10 which 11 goes
11 goes 12 to
12 to 13 show
13 show 14 that
14 that 22 he
22 he 23 wishes
23 wishes 24 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [pinched] [again] [,] [just] [a] [little] [harder] [,] [but] [still] [unc] ['] [billy] [made] [no] [sign] [.] 

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [chuckled] [and] [began] [to] [pull] [on] [that] [tail] [.] 

there wasn't the least sign of life [about] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 the
3 the 4 least
4 least 5 sign
5 sign 6 of
6 of 7 life
7 life 12 .

he looked as if he were dead , and he acted as if he were dead . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 were
6 were 7 dead
7 dead 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 acted
11 acted 12 as
12 as 13 if
13 if 14 he
14 he 15 were
15 were 16 dead
16 dead 17 .

any one [not] [knowing] [unc] ['] [billy] would have supposed that he was dead . 
1 any 2 one
2 one 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 supposed
10 supposed 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 dead
14 dead 15 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [dropped] [unc] ['] [billy] [on] [the] [floor] [.] 

he lay just as he fell . 
1 he 2 lay
2 lay 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 fell
6 fell 7 .

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [rolled] [him] [over] [with] [his] [foot] [,] [but] [there] [wasn't] [a] [sign] [of] [life] [in] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 

he [hoped] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] really did think him dead . 
1 he 8 really
8 really 9 did
9 did 10 think
10 think 11 him
11 him 12 dead
12 dead 13 .

that was what he wanted . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 what
3 what 4 he
4 he 5 wanted
5 wanted 6 .

then he went about his work of cleaning out the henhouse and measuring out the grain for the biddies . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 about
4 about 5 his
5 his 6 work
6 work 7 of
7 of 8 cleaning
8 cleaning 9 out
9 out 10 the
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 12 and
12 and 13 measuring
13 measuring 14 out
14 out 15 the
15 the 16 grain
16 grain 17 for
17 for 18 the
18 the 19 biddies
19 biddies 20 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [lay] [there] [on] [the] [box] [,] [and] [he] [certainly] [was] [pathetic] [looking] [.] 

his hair was all rumpled up , as it usually is . 
1 his 2 hair
2 hair 3 was
3 was 4 all
4 all 5 rumpled
5 rumpled 6 up
6 up 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 9 it
9 it 10 usually
10 usually 11 is
11 is 12 .

it was filled with dust from the floor and bits of straw . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 filled
3 filled 4 with
4 with 5 dust
5 dust 6 from
6 from 7 the
7 the 8 floor
8 floor 9 and
9 and 10 bits
10 bits 11 of
11 of 12 straw
12 straw 13 .

his lips were drawn back and his mouth partly open . 
1 his 2 lips
2 lips 3 were
3 were 4 drawn
4 drawn 5 back
5 back 6 and
6 and 7 his
7 his 8 mouth
8 mouth 9 partly
9 partly 10 open
10 open 11 .

his eyes seemed to be closed . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 closed
6 closed 7 .

but to have looked at him you would have thought him as dead as the deadest thing that ever was . 
1 but 2 to
2 to 3 have
3 have 4 looked
4 looked 5 at
5 at 6 him
6 him 7 you
7 you 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 thought
10 thought 11 him
11 him 12 as
12 as 13 dead
13 dead 14 as
14 as 15 the
15 the 16 deadest
16 deadest 17 thing
17 thing 18 that
18 that 19 ever
19 ever 20 was
20 was 21 .

as he went about his work [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [kept] [an] [eye] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] [chuckled] . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 about
4 about 5 his
5 his 6 work
6 work 20 .

" you old fraud , " said he . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 old
3 old 4 fraud
4 fraud 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" you think you are fooling me , but [i] [know] you . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 think
3 think 4 you
4 you 5 are
5 are 6 fooling
6 fooling 7 me
7 me 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 12 you
12 you 13 .

possums don't die of nothing in hens ' nests . 
1 possums 2 don't
2 don't 3 die
3 die 4 of
4 of 5 nothing
5 nothing 6 in
6 in 7 hens
7 hens 8 '
8 ' 9 nests
9 nests 10 .

you certainly are a clever old rascal , and the best [actor] [i] ['ve] [ever] [seen] . 
1 you 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 are
3 are 4 a
4 a 5 clever
5 clever 6 old
6 old 7 rascal
7 rascal 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 the
10 the 11 best
11 best 17 .

i wonder how long you will keep it up . 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 how
3 how 4 long
4 long 5 you
5 you 6 will
6 will 7 keep
7 keep 8 it
8 it 9 up
9 up 10 .

i [wish] [i] had half as much self-control . " 
1 i 4 had
4 had 5 half
5 half 6 as
6 as 7 much
7 much 8 self-control
8 self-control 9 .
9 . 10 "

[still] [unc] ['] [billy] [gave] [no] [sign] [of] [life] [.] 

he wondered where he was being taken to . 
1 he 2 wondered
2 wondered 3 where
3 where 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 being
6 being 7 taken
7 taken 8 to
8 to 9 .

he was terribly frightened . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 terribly
3 terribly 4 frightened
4 frightened 5 .

but he stuck to his old trick of playing dead which had served him so well more than once before . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 stuck
3 stuck 4 to
4 to 5 his
5 his 6 old
6 old 7 trick
7 trick 8 of
8 of 9 playing
9 playing 10 dead
10 dead 11 which
11 which 12 had
12 had 13 served
13 served 14 him
14 him 15 so
15 so 16 well
16 well 17 more
17 more 18 than
18 than 19 once
19 once 20 before
20 before 21 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xxiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [gives] [himself] [away] 

never had [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [played] that [old] [trick] [of] [his] [better] [than] he was playing it now . 
1 never 2 had
2 had 8 that
8 that 15 he
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 playing
17 playing 18 it
18 it 19 now
19 now 20 .

they were half-way from the henyard to the house [when] [bowser] [the] [hound] [came] to meet his master . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 half-way
3 half-way 4 from
4 from 5 the
5 the 6 henyard
6 henyard 7 to
7 to 8 the
8 the 9 house
9 house 15 to
15 to 16 meet
16 meet 17 his
17 his 18 master
18 master 19 .

" now we shall see what we shall see , " [said] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy , [as] [bowser] [came] [trotting] [up] [.] 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 we
3 we 4 shall
4 shall 5 see
5 see 6 what
6 what 7 we
7 we 8 shall
8 shall 9 see
9 see 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 16 boy
16 boy 17 ,

" [if] [unc] ' [billy] [can] [stand] this [test] , [i] ['ll] [take] [off] my hat to him every time we meet hereafter . " 
1 " 4 '
4 ' 8 this
8 this 10 ,
10 , 15 my
15 my 16 hat
16 hat 17 to
17 to 18 him
18 him 19 every
19 every 20 time
20 time 21 we
21 we 22 meet
22 meet 23 hereafter
23 hereafter 24 .
24 . 25 "

he held [unc] ['] [billy] out [to] [bowser] , and [bowser] [sniffed] [him] all over . 
1 he 2 held
2 held 6 out
6 out 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 14 all
14 all 15 over
15 over 16 .

just imagine that ! 
1 just 2 imagine
2 imagine 3 that
3 that 4 !

just think of being nosed and sniffed at by one of whom you were terribly afraid and not so much as twitching an ear ! 
1 just 2 think
2 think 3 of
3 of 4 being
4 being 5 nosed
5 nosed 6 and
6 and 7 sniffed
7 sniffed 8 at
8 at 9 by
9 by 10 one
10 one 11 of
11 of 12 whom
12 whom 13 you
13 you 14 were
14 were 15 terribly
15 terribly 16 afraid
16 afraid 17 and
17 and 18 not
18 not 19 so
19 so 20 much
20 much 21 as
21 as 22 twitching
22 twitching 23 an
23 an 24 ear
24 ear 25 !

he 's dead . 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 dead
3 dead 4 .

he must be [the] [fellow] [i] [saw] [go] under the henhouse last night . 
1 he 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 9 under
9 under 10 the
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 12 last
12 last 13 night
13 night 14 .

how did you kill him ? " 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 kill
4 kill 5 him
5 him 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [laughed] [and] [picked] [unc] ['] [billy] [up] [by] [the] [tail] [again] [.] 

the mother [of] [farmer] [brown] 's boy was in the doorway , watching them approach . 
1 the 2 mother
2 mother 6 's
6 's 7 boy
7 boy 8 was
8 was 9 in
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 doorway
11 doorway 12 ,
12 , 13 watching
13 watching 14 them
14 them 15 approach
15 approach 16 .

" what have you got there ? " she demanded . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 have
3 have 4 you
4 you 5 got
5 got 6 there
6 there 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 demanded
10 demanded 11 .

" [i] [declare] if it isn't [a] [possum] ! 
1 " 4 if
4 if 5 it
5 it 6 isn't
6 isn't 9 !

where did you kill him ? 
1 where 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 kill
4 kill 5 him
5 him 6 ?

was he the cause of all that racket among the chickens ? " 
1 was 2 he
2 he 3 the
3 the 4 cause
4 cause 5 of
5 of 6 all
6 all 7 that
7 that 8 racket
8 racket 9 among
9 among 10 the
10 the 11 chickens
11 chickens 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

[farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [took] [unc] ['] [billy] [into] [the] [kitchen] [and] [dropped] [him] [on] [a] [chair] [.] 

[mrs] [brown] [came] [over] [to] [look] [at] [him] [closer] [.] 

" poor little fellow , " said she . 
1 " 2 poor
2 poor 3 little
3 little 4 fellow
4 fellow 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 she
8 she 9 .

" poor little fellow . 
1 " 2 poor
2 poor 3 little
3 little 4 fellow
4 fellow 5 .

it was too bad he got into mischief and had to be killed . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 bad
4 bad 5 he
5 he 6 got
6 got 7 into
7 into 8 mischief
8 mischief 9 and
9 and 10 had
10 had 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 killed
13 killed 14 .

i don't suppose he knew any better . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 he
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 6 any
6 any 7 better
7 better 8 .

[she] [stroked] [unc] ['] [billy] [gently] [.] 

the eyes [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [twinkled] . 
1 the 2 eyes
2 eyes 9 .

he went over to a corner and pulled a straw from his mother 's broom . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 over
3 over 4 to
4 to 5 a
5 a 6 corner
6 corner 7 and
7 and 8 pulled
8 pulled 9 a
9 a 10 straw
10 straw 11 from
11 from 12 his
12 his 13 mother
13 mother 14 's
14 's 15 broom
15 broom 16 .

then he [returned] [to] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] began [to] [tickle] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [nose] . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 9 began
9 began 17 .

[mrs] [brown] [looked] [puzzled] [.] 

she was puzzled . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 puzzled
3 puzzled 4 .

" what are you doing that for ? " she asked . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 doing
5 doing 6 that
6 that 7 for
7 for 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 she
10 she 11 asked
11 asked 12 .

" [just] for [fun] , " [replied] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy and kept on [tickling] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [nose] . 
1 " 3 for
3 for 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 11 boy
11 boy 12 and
12 and 13 kept
13 kept 14 on
14 on 21 .

he had got to sneeze . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 sneeze
5 sneeze 6 .

he did sneeze . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 sneeze
3 sneeze 4 .

he couldn't help it , though it were to cost him his life . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 help
3 help 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 though
6 though 7 it
7 it 8 were
8 were 9 to
9 to 10 cost
10 cost 11 him
11 him 12 his
12 his 13 life
13 life 14 .

" do you mean to say that that [possum] is alive ? " 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 mean
4 mean 5 to
5 to 6 say
6 say 7 that
7 that 8 that
8 that 10 is
10 is 11 alive
11 alive 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" seems that way , " [replied] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [sneezed] again , for that straw was still tickling his nose . 
1 " 2 seems
2 seems 3 that
3 that 4 way
4 way 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 11 boy
11 boy 17 again
17 again 18 ,
18 , 19 for
19 for 20 that
20 that 21 straw
21 straw 22 was
22 was 23 still
23 still 24 tickling
24 tickling 25 his
25 his 26 nose
26 nose 27 .

" [i] [should] [certainly] say it seems that way . 
1 " 5 say
5 say 6 it
6 it 7 seems
7 seems 8 that
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 .

the old sinner is no more [dead] [than] [i] [am] . 
1 the 2 old
2 old 3 sinner
3 sinner 4 is
4 is 5 no
5 no 6 more
6 more 11 .

he 's just pretending . 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 just
3 just 4 pretending
4 pretending 5 .

he fooled you all right , [mother] [,] but he didn't fool me . 
1 he 2 fooled
2 fooled 3 you
3 you 4 all
4 all 5 right
5 right 6 ,
6 , 9 but
9 but 10 he
10 he 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 fool
12 fool 13 me
13 me 14 .

i haven't hurt a hair of him . 
1 i 2 haven't
2 haven't 3 hurt
3 hurt 4 a
4 a 5 hair
5 hair 6 of
6 of 7 him
7 him 8 .

you ought to know me well enough by this time to know that [i] [wouldn't] [hurt] [him] . " 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 4 know
4 know 5 me
5 me 6 well
6 well 7 enough
7 enough 8 by
8 by 9 this
9 this 10 time
10 time 11 to
11 to 12 know
12 know 13 that
13 that 18 .
18 . 19 "

he looked at his mother reproachfully , and she hastened to apologize . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 at
3 at 4 his
4 his 5 mother
5 mother 6 reproachfully
6 reproachfully 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 she
9 she 10 hastened
10 hastened 11 to
11 to 12 apologize
12 apologize 13 .

" but what [could] [i] [think] ? " she demanded . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 what
3 what 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 demanded
10 demanded 11 .

" if he [isn't] [a] [dead-looking] [creature] [,] [i] never have seen one . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 10 never
10 never 11 have
11 have 12 seen
12 seen 13 one
13 one 14 .

what are you going to do with him , son ? " 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 with
7 with 8 him
8 him 9 ,
9 , 10 son
10 son 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

" take him over to the [green] [forest] [after] breakfast [and] [let] [him] [go] , " [replied] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 " 2 take
2 take 3 him
3 him 4 over
4 over 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 10 breakfast
10 breakfast 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 21 boy
21 boy 22 .

this is just what he did do , and [unc] ['] [billy] [wasted] no time in getting home . 
1 this 2 is
2 is 3 just
3 just 4 what
4 what 5 he
5 he 6 did
6 did 7 do
7 do 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 14 no
14 no 15 time
15 time 16 in
16 in 17 getting
17 getting 18 home
18 home 19 .

it was a long time before he met [jimmy] [skunk] [again] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 time
5 time 6 before
6 before 7 he
7 he 8 met
8 met 12 .

when he [did] [,] [jimmy] was his usual good-natured self , and [unc] ['] [billy] was [wise] [enough] not to refer to eggs . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 6 was
6 was 7 his
7 his 8 usual
8 usual 9 good-natured
9 good-natured 10 self
10 self 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 16 was
16 was 19 not
19 not 20 to
20 to 21 refer
21 refer 22 to
22 to 23 eggs
23 eggs 24 .