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[burgess] [trade] [quaddies] [mark] [the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [buster] [bear] 

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[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

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

[boston] [little] [,] [brown] [,] [and] [company] [@number@] 

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[[] [illustration] [:] [buster] [blinked] [his] [greedy] [little] [eyes] [and] [looked] [again] [.] 

[frontispiece] [.] []] 

[contents] 

[chapter] [page] 

[i] [buster] [bear] [goes] [fishing] [@number@] 

[ii] [.] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [gets] [even] [with] [buster] [bear] [@number@] 

[iii] [.] 

[buster] [bear] [is] [greatly] [puzzled] [@number@] 

[iv] [.] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [supplies] [buster] [bear] [with] [a] [breakfast] [@number@] 

[v] [..y] [grandfather] [frog's] [common-sense] [@number@] 

[vi] [.] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [takes] [grandfather] [frog's] [advice] [@number@] 

[vii] [.] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [has] [no] [luck] [at] [all] [@number@] 

[viii] [.] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [feels] [his] [hair] [rise] [@number@] 

[ix] [.] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [has] [great] [news] [to] [tell] [@number@] 

[x] [.] [buster] [bear] [becomes] [a] [hero] [@number@] 

[xi] [.] 

[blacky] [the] [crow] [tells] [his] [plan] [@number@] 

[xii] [.] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [and] [buster] [bear] [grow] [curious] [@number@] 

[xiii] [.] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [and] [buster] [bear] [meet] [@number@] 

[xiv] [.] 

[a] [surprising] [thing] [happens] [@number@] 

[xv] [.] 

[buster] [bear] [is] [a] [fallen] [hero] [@number@] 

[xvi] [.] 

[chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [jumps] [for] [his] [life] [@number@] 

[xvii] [.] 

[buster] [bear] [goes] [berrying] [@number@] 

[xviii] [.] 

[somebody] [else] [goes] [berrying] [@number@] 

[xix] [.] 

[buster] [bear] [has] [a] [fine] [time] [@number@] 

[xx] [.] 

[buster] [bear] [carries] [off] [the] [pail] [of] [farmer] [brown's] [boy] [@number@] 

[xxi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [makes] [things] [worse] [for] [buster] [bear] [@number@] 

[xxii] [.] 

[buster] [bear] [has] [a] [fit] [of] [temper] [@number@] 

[xxiii] [.] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [lunches] [on] [berries] [@number@] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

[buster] [blinked] [his] [greedy] [little] [eyes] [rapidly] [and] [looked] [again] [frontispiece] 

" [here's] [your] [trout] , [mr] [otter] [,] " [said] [he] [page] [@number@] 
1 " 5 ,
5 , 9 "

" [you] [take] [my] [advice] , [little] [joe] [otter] [,] " [continued] [grandfather] [frog] [@number@] 
1 " 6 ,
6 , 11 "

[reddy] [glared] [across] [the] [smiling] [pool] [at] [peter] [@number@] 

[buster] [bear] [was] [running] [away] [too] [@number@] 

[those] [who] [could] [fly] [,] [flew] [.] 

[those] [who] [could] [climb] [,] [climbed] [@number@] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [buster] [bear] 

[i] 

[buster] [bear] [goes] [fishing] 

once more he yawned , and slowly got to his feet and shook himself . 
1 once 2 more
1 once 4 yawned
3 he 4 yawned
4 yawned 6 and
4 yawned 7 slowly
4 yawned 12 and
4 yawned 13 shook
4 yawned 14 himself
5 , 6 and
7 slowly 11 feet
8 got 11 feet
9 to 11 feet
10 his 11 feet
14 himself 15 .

after that he yawned until it seemed as if his jaws would crack , and then sat down to think what he wanted for breakfast . 
1 after 2 that
1 after 4 yawned
3 he 4 yawned
4 yawned 11 jaws
5 until 11 jaws
6 it 7 seemed
7 seemed 9 if
7 seemed 11 jaws
8 as 9 if
10 his 11 jaws
11 jaws 12 would
11 jaws 13 crack
11 jaws 16 then
11 jaws 17 sat
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 then
17 sat 18 down
18 down 25 breakfast
19 to 20 think
19 to 25 breakfast
21 what 23 wanted
22 he 23 wanted
23 wanted 25 breakfast
24 for 25 breakfast
25 breakfast 26 .

he heard [sammy] [jay] [way] [off] in the [distance] [screaming] [,] ["] [thief] [!] 
1 he 2 heard
2 heard 8 the
7 in 8 the

thief ! " and grinned . 
1 thief 2 !
1 thief 5 grinned
2 ! 3 "
4 and 5 grinned
5 grinned 6 .

probably he is the thief himself . " 
1 probably 5 thief
2 he 3 is
3 is 5 thief
4 the 5 thief
5 thief 6 himself
5 thief 8 "
7 . 8 "

he [heard] [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [scolding] [as] [fast] [as] he could [make] [his] [tongue] go and [working] himself [into] [a] [terrible] [rage] . 
1 he 19 himself
11 he 12 could
11 he 19 himself
12 could 16 go
16 go 17 and
19 himself 24 .

" must be [that] [chatterer] [got] [out] [of] [bed] [the] [wrong] [way] [this] [morning] , " thought he . 
1 " 2 must
1 " 15 ,
2 must 3 be
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 thought
17 thought 18 he
18 he 19 .

he heard the sweet voices of happy little singers , and they were good to hear . 
1 he 2 heard
2 heard 3 the
3 the 9 singers
4 sweet 9 singers
5 voices 9 singers
6 of 9 singers
7 happy 9 singers
8 little 9 singers
9 singers 13 were
9 singers 14 good
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 they
12 they 13 were
14 good 16 hear
14 good 17 .
15 to 16 hear

it was the [voice] [of] [the] [laughing] [brook] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 9 .
2 was 3 the

and as [buster] [listened] it [suddenly] came to him [just] [what] [he] [wanted] for breakfast . 
1 and 2 as
1 and 9 him
5 it 8 to
7 came 8 to
8 to 9 him
9 him 16 .
14 for 15 breakfast
15 breakfast 16 .

" [i] 'm [going] [fishing] , " said he in his deep grumbly-rumbly voice to no one in particular . 
1 " 3 'm
1 " 8 said
6 , 8 said
7 " 8 said
8 said 13 grumbly-rumbly
9 he 13 grumbly-rumbly
10 in 13 grumbly-rumbly
11 his 13 grumbly-rumbly
12 deep 13 grumbly-rumbly
13 grumbly-rumbly 14 voice
13 grumbly-rumbly 15 to
13 grumbly-rumbly 16 no
13 grumbly-rumbly 17 one
13 grumbly-rumbly 19 particular
13 grumbly-rumbly 20 .
18 in 19 particular

" yes , [sir] [,] [i] 'm [going] [fishing] . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
2 yes 7 'm
7 'm 10 .

i want some fat trout for my breakfast . " 
1 i 2 want
2 want 8 breakfast
3 some 8 breakfast
4 fat 5 trout
5 trout 8 breakfast
6 for 8 breakfast
7 my 8 breakfast
8 breakfast 9 .
9 . 10 "

now [it] [just] [happened] that [early] [as] he was , [some] [one] was [before] [buster] [bear] . 
1 now 5 that
5 that 13 was
8 he 9 was
8 he 13 was
9 was 10 ,
13 was 17 .

who was it ? 
1 who 2 was
1 who 4 ?
3 it 4 ?

why , [little] [joe] [otter] to be sure [.] 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 7 be
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 sure

he was just climbing up the bank with the fat trout in his mouth . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 10 fat
3 just 10 fat
4 climbing 5 up
4 climbing 7 bank
4 climbing 9 the
4 climbing 10 fat
6 the 7 bank
8 with 9 the
10 fat 11 trout
11 trout 14 mouth
12 in 14 mouth
13 his 14 mouth
14 mouth 15 .

[buster] [bear] ['s] [own] [mouth] [watered] [as] [he] [saw] [it] [.] 

[little] [joe] [sat] [down] [on] [the] [bank] [and] [prepared] [to] [enjoy] [his] [breakfast] [.] 

he hadn't seen [buster] [bear] [,] [and] he didn't know that he [or] any one else was [anywhere] [near] . 
1 he 2 hadn't
1 he 17 was
2 hadn't 3 seen
8 he 9 didn't
8 he 17 was
9 didn't 10 know
9 didn't 14 any
10 know 11 that
11 that 12 he
14 any 15 one
15 one 16 else
17 was 20 .

[buster] [bear] [tiptoed] [up] [very] [softly] [until] [he] [was] [right] [behind] [little] [joe] [otter] [.] 

" woof , woof ! " said he in his deepest , most grumbly-rumbly voice . 
1 " 4 woof
2 woof 4 woof
3 , 4 woof
4 woof 5 !
4 woof 7 said
4 woof 8 he
4 woof 9 in
4 woof 10 his
5 ! 6 "
10 his 14 grumbly-rumbly
11 deepest 14 grumbly-rumbly
12 , 14 grumbly-rumbly
13 most 14 grumbly-rumbly
14 grumbly-rumbly 15 voice
14 grumbly-rumbly 16 .

" that 's a very fine looking trout . 
1 " 3 's
2 that 3 's
3 's 6 fine
4 a 6 fine
5 very 6 fine
6 fine 8 trout
7 looking 8 trout
8 trout 9 .

i wouldn't mind if [i] had [it] myself . " 
1 i 2 wouldn't
1 i 8 myself
2 wouldn't 3 mind
2 wouldn't 4 if
4 if 6 had
8 myself 10 "
9 . 10 "

[buster] [bear] [sprang] [forward] [and] [with] [one] [of] [his] [big] [paws] [caught] [the] [fat] [trout] [just] [as] [it] [was] [slipping] [back] [into] [the] [water] [.] 

" come and [get] it . " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 and
3 and 5 it
5 it 6 .
6 . 7 "

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [here] ['s] [your] [trout] [,] [mr] [otter] [,] ["] [said] [he] [.] 

page @number@ []] 
1 page 2 @number@

but [little] [joe] wouldn't [.] 
1 but 4 wouldn't

the fact is , he was afraid to . 
1 the 2 fact
2 fact 3 is
2 fact 4 ,
2 fact 5 he
2 fact 6 was
6 was 7 afraid
7 afraid 8 to
8 to 9 .

he [snarled] [at] [buster] [bear] [and] called him [a] [thief] and [everything] [bad] he could think of . 
1 he 7 called
7 called 8 him
8 him 18 .
11 and 14 he
14 he 15 could
15 could 16 think
16 think 17 of
17 of 18 .

buster didn't seem to mind . 
1 buster 3 seem
2 didn't 3 seem
3 seem 4 to
3 seem 5 mind
5 mind 6 .

he [chuckled] [as] [if] [he] thought it all [a] [great] [joke] [and] [repeated] [his] [invitation] [to] [little] [joe] [to] come [and] [get] his [fish] . 
1 he 6 thought
1 he 23 his
6 thought 7 it
7 it 8 all
8 all 20 come
23 his 25 .

but [little] [joe] [just] [turned] [his] [back] [and] [went] [off] [down] the [laughing] [brook] [in] [a] [great] [rage] . 
1 but 12 the
12 the 19 .

" it 's [too] [bad] [to] [waste] [such] a fine [fish] , " said [buster] thoughtfully . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 14 said
2 it 3 's
3 's 9 a
10 fine 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 16 thoughtfully
16 thoughtfully 17 .

" [i] wonder what [i] ['d] [better] do with it . " 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 what
4 what 8 do
8 do 9 with
8 do 10 it
10 it 11 .
11 . 12 "

and while he was wondering , he ate it all up . 
1 and 8 ate
2 while 8 ate
3 he 4 was
3 he 8 ate
5 wondering 8 ate
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 ate
8 ate 9 it
8 ate 10 all
8 ate 11 up
11 up 12 .

then he [started] [down] [the] [laughing] [brook] [to] [try] to [catch] [some] [for] himself . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 14 himself
10 to 14 himself
14 himself 15 .

[ii] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [gets] [even] [with] [buster] [bear] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [was] [in] [a] [terrible] [rage] [.] 

it was a bad beginning for [a] [beautiful] [day] [and] [little] [joe] [knew] [it] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 15 .
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 bad
4 bad 5 beginning
4 bad 6 for

but who wouldn't be in a rage if his breakfast was taken from him just as he was about to eat it ? 
1 but 2 who
1 but 3 wouldn't
1 but 17 he
3 wouldn't 4 be
4 be 12 taken
5 in 7 rage
6 a 7 rage
7 rage 8 if
7 rage 10 breakfast
7 rage 12 taken
9 his 10 breakfast
11 was 12 taken
12 taken 13 from
14 him 17 he
15 just 16 as
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 was
18 was 19 about
19 about 22 it
19 about 23 ?
20 to 21 eat
21 eat 22 it

anyway , [that] [is] what [little] [joe] [told] [billy] [mink] [.] 
1 anyway 2 ,
1 anyway 5 what

perhaps he didn't tell it quite exactly as it was , but you know he was very badly frightened at the time . 
1 perhaps 5 it
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 tell
3 didn't 5 it
5 it 6 quite
6 quite 8 as
6 quite 19 frightened
7 exactly 8 as
9 it 10 was
10 was 19 frightened
11 , 12 but
12 but 14 know
12 but 15 he
13 you 14 know
15 he 16 was
16 was 19 frightened
17 very 18 badly
18 badly 19 frightened
19 frightened 20 at
19 frightened 23 .
20 at 21 the
20 at 22 time

he took that fat trout away from me and ate it just as if it belonged to him ! 
1 he 2 took
2 took 18 him
3 that 16 belonged
4 fat 5 trout
5 trout 6 away
5 trout 10 ate
6 away 7 from
7 from 8 me
9 and 10 ate
10 ate 11 it
10 ate 13 as
10 ate 15 it
10 ate 16 belonged
12 just 13 as
13 as 14 if
16 belonged 17 to
16 belonged 18 him
18 him 19 !

i hate him ! 
1 i 2 hate
2 hate 3 him
2 hate 4 !

if [i] [live] [long] [enough] [i] ['m] [going] [to] get [even] [with] [him] [!] ["] 
1 if 10 get

[buster] [bear] [hadn't] [actually] [taken] [the] [fish] [away] [from] [little] [joe] [.] 

but [looking] [at] the [matter] [as] [little] [joe] did [,] [it] [amounted] [to] [the] [same] [thing] . 
1 but 4 the
1 but 9 did
9 did 17 .

" where is he now ? " asked [billy] [mink] . 
1 " 8 asked
2 where 3 is
2 where 4 he
2 where 5 now
2 where 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
6 ? 8 asked
8 asked 11 .

" he 's [somewhere] [up] [the] [laughing] [brook] [.] 
1 " 2 he
1 " 3 's

i wish he 'd [fall] [in] [and] [get] [drowned] [!] ["] [snapped] [little] [joe] [.] 
1 i 2 wish
2 wish 4 'd
3 he 4 'd

[billy] [mink] [just] [had] [to] [laugh] [.] 

the idea of [great] [big] [buster] [bear] [getting] [drowned] [in] [the] [laughing] [brook] [was] [too] [funny] [.] 
1 the 2 idea
2 idea 3 of

" let's go see what he [is] doing , " said [billy] [mink] . 
1 " 2 let's
1 " 11 said
2 let's 3 go
2 let's 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 8 doing
6 he 8 doing
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 14 .

at [first] [little] [joe] didn't want to , but at last [his] [curiosity] [got] the [better] of his [fear] , and he agreed . 
1 at 11 last
1 at 15 the
5 didn't 6 want
5 didn't 9 but
5 didn't 10 at
6 want 7 to
8 , 9 but
10 at 11 last
15 the 17 of
17 of 18 his
18 his 21 and
20 , 21 and
21 and 23 agreed
22 he 23 agreed
23 agreed 24 .

so [the] [two] little [brown-coated] [scamps] [turned] [down] [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [taking] [the] [greatest] [care] [to] [keep] [out] of [sight] [themselves] [.] 
1 so 4 little
4 little 20 of

they had gone only a little way [when] [billy] [mink] [whispered] [:] ["] [sh-h] [!] 
1 they 2 had
2 had 3 gone
3 gone 7 way
4 only 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 way

there he is . ["] 
1 there 3 is
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 .

sure enough , there was [buster] [bear] [sitting] [close] [beside] a little [pool] and [looking] [into] [it] very [intently] . 
1 sure 2 enough
2 enough 3 ,
2 enough 4 there
2 enough 20 .
4 there 5 was
5 was 11 a
5 was 18 very
11 a 12 little
12 little 14 and

" what 's he doing ? " asked [little] [joe] [otter] , [as] [buster] [bear] [sat] [for] the [longest] time [without] [moving] . 
1 " 8 asked
2 what 3 's
2 what 5 doing
4 he 5 doing
5 doing 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
6 ? 8 asked
8 asked 12 ,
8 asked 23 .
18 the 20 time
20 time 23 .

" [he] 's [fishing] ! " exclaimed [billy] [mink] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 7 exclaimed
5 ! 6 "
5 ! 7 exclaimed
7 exclaimed 10 .

and that is just what [buster] [bear] [was] [doing] [,] [and] it was [very] [plain] to see that he was [having] [great] [fun] . 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 just
4 just 5 what
5 what 12 it
12 it 20 was
13 was 16 to
16 to 17 see
17 see 18 that
18 that 19 he
19 he 20 was
20 was 24 .

when he had eaten the trout he had caught , he moved along to the next little pool . 
1 when 2 he
1 when 4 eaten
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 eaten
4 eaten 6 trout
5 the 6 trout
6 trout 9 caught
6 trout 12 moved
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 caught
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 moved
12 moved 13 along
12 moved 14 to
12 moved 18 pool
15 the 18 pool
16 next 18 pool
17 little 18 pool
18 pool 19 .

" they are [our] [fish] ! " said [little] [joe] [fiercely] . 
1 " 3 are
1 " 8 said
2 they 3 are
6 ! 7 "
6 ! 8 said
8 said 12 .

" he has no [business] [catching] [our] [fish] [!] ["] 
1 " 4 no
2 he 3 has
3 has 4 no

" [i] don't see how we are going to [stop] him , " said [billy] [mink] . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 see
4 see 5 how
4 see 17 .
5 how 7 are
6 we 7 are
7 are 8 going
8 going 9 to
9 to 11 him
11 him 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 said

" [i] do ! " cried [little] [joe] , [into] [whose] [head] [an] [idea] [had] [just] [popped] . 
1 " 3 do
1 " 6 cried
4 ! 5 "
4 ! 6 cried
6 cried 9 ,
6 cried 18 .

" [i] ['m] going [to] [drive] [all] [the] [fish] [out] [of] [the] [little] [pools] [and] [muddy] [the] [water] [all] [up] . 
1 " 4 going
4 going 21 .

then we 'll see how many [fish] [he] [will] [get] [!] 
1 then 3 'll
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 see
4 see 5 how
5 how 6 many

just [you] [watch] me [get] [even] [with] [buster] [bear] [.] ["] 
1 just 4 me

[little] [joe] [slipped] [swiftly] [into] [the] [water] [and] [swam] [straight] [to] [the] [little] [pool] [that] [buster] [bear] [would] [try] [next] [.] 

he frightened the fish so that they fled in every direction . 
1 he 2 frightened
2 frightened 8 fled
3 the 4 fish
4 fish 8 fled
5 so 6 that
5 so 8 fled
7 they 8 fled
8 fled 11 direction
9 in 11 direction
10 every 11 direction
11 direction 12 .

then he [stirred] [up] [the] [mud] [until] [the] [water] was [so] [dirty] [that] [buster] [couldn't] [have] [seen] a fish [right] [under] [his] [nose] . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 10 was
10 was 18 a
18 a 19 fish
19 fish 24 .

he did [the] [same] [thing] in [the] [next] [pool] [and] [the] [next] [.] 
1 he 2 did
1 he 6 in

[buster] [bear] ['s] [fishing] [was] [spoiled] [for] [that] [day] [.] 

[iii] 

[buster] [bear] [is] [greatly] [puzzled] 

[buster] [bear] [hadn't] [enjoyed] [himself] [so] [much] [since] [he] [came] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [to] [live] [.] 

when he had finished it , he started on to do some fishing himself . 
1 when 4 finished
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 finished
4 finished 5 it
4 finished 8 started
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 started
8 started 9 on
8 started 10 to
8 started 13 fishing
10 to 11 do
12 some 13 fishing
13 fishing 14 himself
13 fishing 15 .

presently he came to another little pool . 
1 presently 2 he
1 presently 3 came
1 presently 5 another
1 presently 7 pool
3 came 4 to
6 little 7 pool
7 pool 8 .

he stole up to it very , very softly , so as not to frighten the fish . 
1 he 2 stole
2 stole 3 up
2 stole 9 softly
3 up 4 to
5 it 6 very
6 very 9 softly
7 , 9 softly
8 very 9 softly
9 softly 10 ,
9 softly 12 as
9 softly 15 frighten
9 softly 18 .
11 so 12 as
13 not 15 frighten
14 to 15 frighten
15 frighten 17 fish
16 the 17 fish

then he sat down close to the edge of it and didn't move . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 sat
3 sat 4 down
3 sat 8 edge
5 close 6 to
5 close 8 edge
7 the 8 edge
8 edge 9 of
8 edge 11 and
8 edge 13 move
9 of 10 it
12 didn't 13 move
13 move 14 .

so he didn't move so much as an eye lash . 
1 so 10 lash
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 move
4 move 10 lash
5 so 10 lash
6 much 10 lash
7 as 10 lash
8 an 10 lash
9 eye 10 lash
10 lash 11 .

he was so still that he looked almost like the stump of an old tree . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 11 stump
3 so 4 still
3 so 5 that
5 that 11 stump
6 he 7 looked
7 looked 11 stump
8 almost 9 like
8 almost 11 stump
10 the 11 stump
11 stump 15 tree
11 stump 16 .
12 of 15 tree
13 an 14 old
14 old 15 tree

one of them moved now , and quicker than a wink had scooped one of those foolish fish out on to the bank . 
1 one 2 of
1 one 3 them
3 them 8 quicker
4 moved 8 quicker
5 now 6 ,
5 now 8 quicker
6 , 7 and
8 quicker 9 than
8 quicker 13 scooped
10 a 11 wink
11 wink 13 scooped
12 had 13 scooped
13 scooped 14 one
13 scooped 15 of
13 scooped 16 those
13 scooped 17 foolish
13 scooped 18 fish
13 scooped 19 out
19 out 23 bank
20 on 23 bank
21 to 22 the
22 the 23 bank
23 bank 24 .

the fish were so frightened that they wouldn't come back for a long , long time . 
1 the 2 fish
1 the 16 time
2 fish 5 frightened
2 fish 7 they
2 fish 8 wouldn't
2 fish 10 back
3 were 5 frightened
4 so 5 frightened
5 frightened 6 that
9 come 10 back
11 for 16 time
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 ,
13 long 16 time
15 long 16 time
16 time 17 .

at the next little pool the same thing happened . 
1 at 7 same
2 the 5 pool
2 the 7 same
3 next 5 pool
4 little 5 pool
6 the 7 same
7 same 8 thing
7 same 10 .
8 thing 9 happened

by this time [buster] [bear] [was] [in] [fine] [spirits] . 
1 by 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 10 .

it was fun to catch the fish , and it was still more fun to eat them . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 3 fun
3 fun 16 eat
4 to 16 eat
5 catch 7 fish
6 the 7 fish
7 fish 9 and
7 fish 16 eat
8 , 9 and
10 it 11 was
10 it 14 fun
11 was 12 still
12 still 13 more
14 fun 16 eat
15 to 16 eat
16 eat 17 them
17 them 18 .

what finer breakfast could any one have than fresh-caught trout ? 
1 what 11 ?
2 finer 3 breakfast
3 breakfast 9 fresh-caught
4 could 9 fresh-caught
5 any 9 fresh-caught
6 one 9 fresh-caught
7 have 9 fresh-caught
8 than 9 fresh-caught
9 fresh-caught 10 trout
9 fresh-caught 11 ?

no wonder he felt [good] ! 
1 no 2 wonder
1 no 6 !
2 wonder 3 he
3 he 4 felt

but it [takes] [more] [than] [three] [trout] [to] [fill] [buster] [bear] 's [stomach] , so he [kept] [on] [to] [the] [next] [little] [pool] [.] 
1 but 2 it
1 but 16 he
2 it 12 's
14 , 16 he
15 so 16 he

it [looked] [as] [if] [some] [one] [had] just [stirred] [up] [all] [the] [mud] at the [bottom] . 
1 it 8 just
8 just 14 at
14 at 15 the
14 at 17 .

" [huh] ! " said [buster] [bear] . 
1 " 5 said
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 said
5 said 8 .

" [it] ['s] [of] no use to try to [fish] [here] . 
1 " 5 no
5 no 6 use
6 use 8 try
6 use 12 .
7 to 8 try
8 try 9 to

i would just waste my time . 
1 i 2 would
2 would 4 waste
3 just 4 waste
4 waste 5 my
4 waste 6 time
6 time 7 .

i 'll try the next pool . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 try
3 try 6 pool
4 the 6 pool
5 next 6 pool
6 pool 7 .
7 . 8 "

so he went on to the next little pool . 
1 so 3 went
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 on
4 on 6 the
5 to 6 the
6 the 9 pool
7 next 9 pool
8 little 9 pool
9 pool 10 .

he found this just as muddy as the other . 
1 he 2 found
2 found 6 muddy
3 this 6 muddy
4 just 5 as
4 just 6 muddy
6 muddy 7 as
6 muddy 9 other
6 muddy 10 .
8 the 9 other

then he went on to another , and [this] [was] [no] [better] [.] 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 went
3 went 4 on
3 went 5 to
3 went 6 another
3 went 8 and
7 , 8 and

buster sat down and scratched his head . 
1 buster 5 scratched
2 sat 3 down
2 sat 5 scratched
4 and 5 scratched
5 scratched 6 his
5 scratched 7 head
7 head 8 .

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

yes , [sir] [,] it was [puzzling] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 8 .

he looked this way and he looked that way suspiciously , but there was no one to be seen . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 10 suspiciously
3 this 4 way
4 way 10 suspiciously
5 and 7 looked
6 he 7 looked
7 looked 10 suspiciously
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 suspiciously
10 suspiciously 12 but
10 suspiciously 15 no
10 suspiciously 16 one
10 suspiciously 20 .
11 , 12 but
13 there 14 was
13 there 15 no
16 one 19 seen
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 seen

everything was still [save] [for] [the] [laughter] [of] [the] [laughing] [brook] . 
1 everything 3 still
1 everything 12 .
2 was 3 still

somehow , it [seemed] [to] [buster] [as] [if] [the] [brook] [were] [laughing] [at] [him] . 
1 somehow 2 ,
1 somehow 3 it
3 it 15 .

" it 's very curious , ["] [muttered] [buster] , " very curious indeed . 
1 " 14 indeed
2 it 3 's
2 it 4 very
4 very 14 indeed
5 curious 6 ,
5 curious 13 curious
10 , 11 "
10 , 12 very
12 very 13 curious
13 curious 14 indeed
14 indeed 15 .

it looks as if my fishing is spoiled for to-day . 
1 it 2 looks
2 looks 4 if
2 looks 6 fishing
3 as 4 if
5 my 6 fishing
6 fishing 8 spoiled
6 fishing 10 to-day
6 fishing 11 .
7 is 8 spoiled
8 spoiled 9 for

i don't understand it at all . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 understand
3 understand 4 it
3 understand 6 all
3 understand 7 .
5 at 6 all

it 's [lucky] [i] [caught] [what] [i] [did] . 
1 it 2 's
1 it 9 .

it looks as if somebody is trying to ha ! " 
1 it 2 looks
2 looks 4 if
2 looks 5 somebody
3 as 4 if
5 somebody 6 is
5 somebody 7 trying
5 somebody 9 ha
7 trying 8 to
9 ha 10 !
10 ! 11 "

a sudden thought had popped into his head . 
1 a 2 sudden
2 sudden 5 popped
3 thought 5 popped
4 had 5 popped
5 popped 6 into
5 popped 8 head
7 his 8 head
8 head 9 .

then he began to chuckle and finally to laugh . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 5 chuckle
3 began 4 to
3 began 5 chuckle
5 chuckle 7 finally
5 chuckle 9 laugh
5 chuckle 10 .
6 and 7 finally
8 to 9 laugh

" [i] do believe that [scamp] [joe] [otter] is [trying] to get [even] [with] [me] [for] [eating] [that] [fat] [trout] ! " 
1 " 3 do
1 " 21 !
3 do 12 get
4 believe 5 that
5 that 9 is
9 is 11 to
11 to 12 get
21 ! 22 "

" you 're pretty [smart] [,] [mr] [otter] ! 
1 " 3 're
1 " 9 !
2 you 3 're
4 pretty 9 !

[iv] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [supplies] [buster] [bear] [with] [a] [breakfast] 

[getting] [even] [just] [for] [spite] [doesn't] [always] [pay] [.] 

[fact] [is] [,] [it] [is] [very] [apt] [to] [work] [the] [other] [way] [.] 

that is just how it came [about] [that] [little] [joe] [otter] [furnished] [buster] [bear] [with] [the] [best] [breakfast] he had had [for] [a] [long] [time] [.] 
1 that 2 is
1 that 21 had
2 is 3 just
3 just 4 how
4 how 5 it
4 how 6 came
19 he 20 had
19 he 21 had

he didn't mean to do it . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mean
3 mean 4 to
4 to 5 do
5 do 6 it
6 it 7 .

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

the truth is , [he] [thought] [all] [the] [time] [that] [he] was [preventing] [buster] [bear] [from] [getting] [a] [breakfast] [.] 
1 the 2 truth
2 truth 3 is
2 truth 4 ,
2 truth 12 was

spite and selfishness were at the bottom of it . 
1 spite 3 selfishness
1 spite 8 of
2 and 3 selfishness
3 selfishness 4 were
3 selfishness 7 bottom
5 at 7 bottom
6 the 7 bottom
8 of 9 it
9 it 10 .

to be [sure] [bobby] [coon] [caught] a [few] little [fish] [there] , [but] [they] [didn't] [mind] [bobby] . 
1 to 2 be
1 to 18 .
2 be 7 a
7 a 9 little
9 little 12 ,

but when they [discovered] that [buster] [bear] was a [fisherman] [,] [they] [made] [up] [their] [minds] [that] [something] had got to be [done] [.] 
1 but 22 be
2 when 3 they
2 when 19 had
2 when 20 got
5 that 8 was
5 that 19 had
8 was 9 a
20 got 21 to
21 to 22 be

at least , [little] [joe] did . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 3 ,
2 least 6 did
6 did 7 .

" he 'll try it again to-morrow morning , " said [little] [joe] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 3 'll
3 'll 4 try
3 'll 7 to-morrow
4 try 5 it
4 try 6 again
7 to-morrow 8 morning
7 to-morrow 10 "
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 14 .

i guess that 'll teach him to let our fish alone [.] ["] 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 that
2 guess 4 'll
4 'll 5 teach
5 teach 6 him
5 teach 7 to
5 teach 8 let
5 teach 10 fish
5 teach 11 alone
9 our 10 fish

so [the] [next] [morning] [little] [joe] [hid] [before] [daylight] [close] [by] [the] little [pool] [where] [buster] [bear] [had] [given] [him] [such] [a] [fright] . 
1 so 13 little
13 little 24 .

then he hurried down to the next little pool and did the same thing . 
1 then 3 hurried
2 he 3 hurried
3 hurried 4 down
3 hurried 5 to
3 hurried 9 pool
6 the 9 pool
7 next 9 pool
8 little 9 pool
9 pool 10 and
9 pool 13 same
9 pool 15 .
11 did 13 same
12 the 13 same
13 same 14 thing

now [buster] [bear] is [very] [smart] . 
1 now 4 is
4 is 7 .

you know he had guessed the day before who had spoiled his fishing . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 5 guessed
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 guessed
5 guessed 8 before
5 guessed 9 who
5 guessed 11 spoiled
6 the 7 day
7 day 8 before
9 who 10 had
11 spoiled 12 his
11 spoiled 13 fishing
11 spoiled 14 .

things happened just as he had expected . 
1 things 2 happened
2 happened 7 expected
2 happened 8 .
3 just 4 as
4 as 7 expected
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 expected

when they came to the place where [buster] [was] [waiting] , all he had to do [was] [to] [scoop] [them] [out] [on] [to] [the] [bank] [.] 
1 when 2 they
1 when 3 came
1 when 13 he
3 came 4 to
3 came 7 where
5 the 6 place
6 place 7 where
11 , 12 all
11 , 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 to
15 to 16 do

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

it [didn't] [take] [buster] [long] to [catch] all the fish [he] [could] [eat] . 
1 it 6 to
1 it 8 all
8 all 9 the
9 the 10 fish
10 fish 14 .

then he saved a nice fat trout and waited . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 9 waited
3 saved 7 trout
4 a 5 nice
5 nice 6 fat
6 fat 7 trout
7 trout 9 waited
8 and 9 waited
9 waited 10 .

by and by [along] [came] [little] [joe] [otter] [,] [chuckling] [to] [think] [how] he had [spoiled] [buster] [bear] ['s] [fishing] . 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 14 he
14 he 15 had
15 had 21 .

he was [so] [intent] [on] looking behind him to see [if] [buster] [was] [coming] that he didn't see [buster] [waiting] there [until] [he] [spoke] [.] 
1 he 2 was
1 he 9 to
2 was 6 looking
6 looking 7 behind
7 behind 8 him
9 to 10 see
10 see 15 that
10 see 21 there
15 that 16 he
16 he 17 didn't
17 didn't 18 see

" [i] 'm [much] [obliged] for [the] [fine] [breakfast] you have given me , " said [buster] in his [deepest] [,] [most] [grumbly-rumbly] [voice] . 
1 " 3 'm
1 " 16 said
6 for 10 you
10 you 11 have
11 have 12 given
12 given 13 me
13 me 15 "
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 said
16 said 25 .
18 in 19 his
19 his 25 .

" [i] ['ve] [saved] [a] [fat] [trout] [for] you to make up [for] [the] [one] [i] [ate] [yesterday] . 
1 " 9 you
9 you 11 make
10 to 11 make
11 make 12 up
12 up 19 .

i hope we 'll go fishing together often [.] ["] 
1 i 4 'll
2 hope 4 'll
3 we 4 'll
4 'll 5 go
5 go 6 fishing
6 fishing 7 together
6 fishing 8 often

then he went off laughing fit to kill himself . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 9 himself
3 went 4 off
4 off 5 laughing
5 laughing 6 fit
5 laughing 9 himself
6 fit 7 to
6 fit 8 kill
9 himself 10 .

[little] [joe] [couldn't] [find] [a] [word] [to] [say] [.] 

he was so surprised and angry that he went off by himself and sulked . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
3 so 4 surprised
3 so 14 sulked
5 and 14 sulked
6 angry 8 he
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 went
9 went 14 sulked
10 off 14 sulked
11 by 14 sulked
12 himself 14 sulked
13 and 14 sulked
14 sulked 15 .

and [billy] [mink] , [who] [had] [been] [watching] [,] [ate] [the] [fat] [trout] [.] 
1 and 4 ,

[v] 

[grandfather] [frog's] [common-sense] 

there is nothing quite like common sense to smooth out troubles . 
1 there 2 is
1 there 3 nothing
3 nothing 6 common
4 quite 6 common
5 like 6 common
6 common 7 sense
6 common 9 smooth
7 sense 8 to
9 smooth 11 troubles
10 out 11 troubles
11 troubles 12 .

people who have plenty of just plain common sense are often thought to be very wise . 
1 people 2 who
1 people 11 often
3 have 4 plenty
4 plenty 5 of
4 plenty 8 common
6 just 7 plain
7 plain 8 common
8 common 9 sense
8 common 11 often
10 are 11 often
11 often 12 thought
11 often 16 wise
13 to 14 be
14 be 16 wise
15 very 16 wise
16 wise 17 .

their neighbors look up to them and are forever running to them for advice , and they are very much respected . 
1 their 2 neighbors
2 neighbors 3 look
2 neighbors 9 forever
4 up 5 to
4 up 7 and
4 up 9 forever
5 to 6 them
8 are 9 forever
9 forever 10 running
9 forever 14 advice
9 forever 22 .
10 running 12 them
11 to 12 them
13 for 14 advice
14 advice 15 ,
14 advice 16 and
14 advice 20 much
17 they 18 are
18 are 19 very
19 very 20 much
20 much 21 respected

that is the way [with] [grandfather] [frog] . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 4 way
3 the 4 way
4 way 8 .

he is [very] [old] [and] [very] wise [.] 
1 he 2 is
2 is 7 wise

anyway , that is what his neighbors think . 
1 anyway 2 ,
1 anyway 4 is
1 anyway 5 what
1 anyway 7 neighbors
3 that 4 is
6 his 7 neighbors
7 neighbors 8 think
8 think 9 .

the truth is , he simply has a lot of common sense , which after all is the very best kind of wisdom . 
1 the 2 truth
2 truth 3 is
2 truth 4 ,
2 truth 6 simply
5 he 6 simply
6 simply 11 common
7 has 9 lot
8 a 9 lot
9 lot 10 of
9 lot 11 common
11 common 12 sense
12 sense 14 which
12 sense 23 wisdom
13 , 14 which
15 after 16 all
16 all 23 wisdom
17 is 23 wisdom
18 the 23 wisdom
19 very 21 kind
20 best 21 kind
21 kind 22 of
21 kind 23 wisdom
23 wisdom 24 .

little [joe] [wouldn't] [tell] , [but] [billy] [mink] [told] [the] [whole] [story] [.] 
1 little 5 ,

so did [grandfather] [frog] [.] 
1 so 2 did

so did [jerry] [muskrat] [,] [who] [had] [been] [listening] [.] 
1 so 2 did

of course [this] [made] [little] [joe] [angrier] [than] [ever] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 10 .

" he 's [nothing] [but] a [great] [big] [bully] [and] [thief] ! " declared [little] [joe] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 3 's
1 " 12 !
3 's 6 a
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 declared
14 declared 17 .

" [chug-a-rum] ! 
1 " 3 !

" [didn't] [he] [catch] [my] [fish] [and] [eat] them ? " [snapped] [little] [joe] [.] 
1 " 11 "
9 them 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

" doesn't that make him a thief ? " 
1 " 7 thief
2 doesn't 4 make
2 doesn't 7 thief
3 that 4 make
4 make 5 him
6 a 7 thief
7 thief 9 "
8 ? 9 "

" they were no more [your] [fish] than [mine] , " protested [billy] [mink] . 
1 " 4 no
1 " 12 protested
2 they 3 were
3 were 4 no
4 no 5 more
5 more 8 than
10 , 12 protested
11 " 12 protested
12 protested 15 .

" well , [our] [fish] , [then] ! 
1 " 2 well
2 well 3 ,
2 well 6 ,
6 , 8 !

he stole our fish , [if] [you] [like] [that] [any] [better] [.] 
1 he 2 stole
2 stole 4 fish
3 our 4 fish
4 fish 5 ,

that [makes] [him] [just] [as] [much] [a] [thief] [,] [doesn't] [it] ? " [growled] [little] [joe] [.] 
1 that 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

grandfather [frog] [looked] [up] [at] [jolly] [,] [round] , [bright] [mr] [sun] and [slowly] [winked] [one] [of] his [great] [,] [goggly] [eyes] [.] 
1 grandfather 18 his
9 , 13 and
13 and 18 his

" there [comes] [a] foolish [green] [fly] , " said he . 
1 " 2 there
1 " 10 said
5 foolish 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 11 he
10 said 12 .

" who does he [belong] [to] ? ["] 
1 " 2 who
2 who 7 ?
3 does 4 he
3 does 7 ?

" [nobody] ! " snapped [little] [joe] . 
1 " 5 snapped
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 snapped
5 snapped 8 .

" what have foolish green flies [got] [to] [do] [with] [my] [i] [mean] our fish ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 have
2 what 16 ?
4 foolish 6 flies
4 foolish 15 fish
5 green 6 flies
14 our 15 fish
15 fish 16 ?
16 ? 17 "

" [nothing] , [nothing] [at] [all] , " replied [grandfather] [frog] [mildly] . 
1 " 9 replied
3 , 9 replied
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 replied
9 replied 13 .

" [i] [was] [just] [hoping] [that] [he] [would] come [near] [enough] [for] [me] to [snap] him [up] [;] [then] he would [belong] [to] [me] . 
1 " 9 come
9 come 14 to
14 to 16 him
16 him 20 he
20 he 21 would
21 would 25 .

as long as he doesn't , he doesn't belong to any one . 
1 as 3 as
2 long 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 doesn't
5 doesn't 9 belong
5 doesn't 11 any
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 doesn't
8 doesn't 9 belong
9 belong 10 to
11 any 12 one
11 any 13 .

i suppose [that] [if] [buster] [bear] [should] [happen] [along] [and] [catch] him , he would be [stealing] [from] [me] , [according] [to] [little] [joe] . " 
1 i 2 suppose
2 suppose 26 "
12 him 14 he
12 him 25 .
13 , 14 he
14 he 15 would
15 would 16 be
16 be 20 ,
25 . 26 "

" of course not [!] 
1 " 3 course
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 not

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

you 're getting [foolish] [in] [your] [old] [age] [,] ["] [retorted] [little] [joe] . 
1 you 2 're
2 're 3 getting
3 getting 14 .

[little] [joe] [couldn't] [find] [a] [word] [to] [say] [.] 

you 'll find it [pays] . " 
1 you 2 'll
2 'll 3 find
3 find 4 it
4 it 6 .
6 . 7 "

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [you] [take] [my] [advice] [,] [little] [joe] [otter] [,] ["] [continued] [grandfather] [frog] [.] 

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[vi] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [takes] [grandfather] [frog's] [advice] 

[who] [makes] [an] [enemy] [a] [friend] [,] [to] [fear] [and] [worry] [puts] [an] [end] [.] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [found] [that] [out] [when] [he] [took] [grandfather] [frog] ['s] [advice] [.] 

he [wouldn't] [have] [admitted] that he was afraid of [buster] [bear] . 
1 he 7 was
5 that 7 was
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 afraid
8 afraid 9 of
9 of 12 .

no one [ever] [likes] [to] [admit] [being] afraid [,] [least] of [all] [little] [joe] [otter] . 
1 no 2 one
1 no 16 .
2 one 11 of
8 afraid 11 of

and [really] [little] [joe] [has] a [great] [deal] [of] [courage] [.] 
1 and 6 a

now having one 's own way too much is a bad thing . 
1 now 2 having
2 having 3 one
3 one 12 thing
4 's 5 own
4 's 11 bad
5 own 6 way
7 too 8 much
7 too 11 bad
9 is 11 bad
10 a 11 bad
11 bad 12 thing
12 thing 13 .

it is apt to make one selfish and thoughtless of other people and very hard to get along with . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 apt
3 apt 4 to
3 apt 5 make
3 apt 6 one
3 apt 9 thoughtless
3 apt 16 to
3 apt 17 get
7 selfish 8 and
7 selfish 9 thoughtless
9 thoughtless 12 people
9 thoughtless 13 and
9 thoughtless 14 very
9 thoughtless 15 hard
10 of 12 people
11 other 12 people
17 get 18 along
18 along 19 with
19 with 20 .

little [joe] [otter] [had] his way too much . 
1 little 6 way
5 his 6 way
6 way 9 .
7 too 8 much
7 too 9 .

grandfather [frog] [knew] [it] and [shook] his [head] [very] [soberly] [when] [little] [joe] [had] [been] [disrespectful] [to] [him] [.] 
1 grandfather 7 his
5 and 7 his

["] [too] [bad] [.] 

too bad ! 
1 too 2 bad
1 too 3 !

too bad ! 
1 too 2 bad
1 too 3 !

chug-a-rum ! 
1 chug-a-rum 2 !

it is [too] [bad] [that] such a fine young [fellow] [as] [little] [joe] [should] [spoil] [a] [good] [disposition] [by] [such] [selfish] [heedlessness] . 
1 it 2 is
1 it 23 .
2 is 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 fine
8 fine 9 young

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

it tickled him so that he had hard work to keep a straight face . 
1 it 8 hard
2 tickled 3 him
2 tickled 8 hard
4 so 5 that
4 so 8 hard
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 hard
8 hard 9 work
8 hard 11 keep
10 to 11 keep
11 keep 12 a
11 keep 13 straight
13 straight 14 face
14 face 15 .

that was good [common] [sense] [advice] , [but] [little] [joe] [just] [sniffed] and went off [declaring] [that] he would [get] [even] [with] [buster] [bear] [yet] [.] 
1 that 2 was
1 that 19 would
2 was 3 good
7 , 13 and
7 , 18 he
13 and 14 went
14 went 15 off
18 he 19 would

by and by he grinned . 
1 by 2 and
1 by 3 by
3 by 5 grinned
4 he 5 grinned
5 grinned 6 .

it was a little sheepish grin at first , but at last it grew into a laugh . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 sheepish
3 a 5 sheepish
4 little 5 sheepish
5 sheepish 6 grin
5 sheepish 7 at
5 sheepish 8 first
5 sheepish 10 but
5 sheepish 11 at
5 sheepish 18 .
9 , 10 but
11 at 12 last
12 last 14 grew
13 it 14 grew
15 into 16 a
16 a 17 laugh
17 laugh 18 .

i 'll try it to-morrow morning . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 try
2 'll 5 to-morrow
3 try 4 it
5 to-morrow 6 morning
5 to-morrow 8 "
7 . 8 "

it was so [big] [and] [fat] that it [made] [little] [joe] 's [mouth] [water] , for you [know] [fat] [trout] are [his] [favorite] [food] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 15 ,
2 was 3 so
3 so 7 that
7 that 12 's
8 it 12 's
15 , 17 you
16 for 17 you
17 you 21 are
21 are 25 .

but he didn't take so much as one bite . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 take
4 take 9 bite
5 so 6 much
6 much 7 as
6 much 9 bite
8 one 9 bite
9 bite 10 .

instead he [carefully] [laid] [it] [on] [an] [old] [log] [where] [buster] [bear] [would] [be] [sure] [to] [see] [it] [if] [he] [should] [come] [along] [that] [way] [.] 
1 instead 2 he

then he hid near by , where he could watch . 
1 then 3 hid
2 he 3 hid
3 hid 4 near
3 hid 7 where
3 hid 9 could
3 hid 10 watch
4 near 5 by
6 , 7 where
8 he 9 could
10 watch 11 .

buster was late that morning . 
1 buster 3 late
2 was 3 late
3 late 4 that
3 late 5 morning
3 late 6 .

it seemed to [little] [joe] that he never would [come] . 
1 it 2 seemed
1 it 11 .
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 6 that
6 that 9 would
7 he 8 never
7 he 9 would

once he nearly lost the fish . 
1 once 2 he
2 he 3 nearly
3 nearly 4 lost
3 nearly 6 fish
5 the 6 fish
6 fish 7 .

he had turned his head for just a minute , and when he looked back again , the trout was nowhere to be seen . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 turned
3 turned 5 head
3 turned 14 looked
3 turned 15 back
3 turned 19 trout
4 his 5 head
6 for 9 minute
7 just 9 minute
8 a 9 minute
9 minute 14 looked
10 , 11 and
11 and 14 looked
12 when 13 he
13 he 14 looked
15 back 16 again
15 back 18 the
16 again 17 ,
19 trout 21 nowhere
20 was 21 nowhere
21 nowhere 22 to
21 nowhere 23 be
21 nowhere 24 seen
21 nowhere 25 .

buster couldn't have stolen up and taken it , because such a big fellow couldn't possibly have gotten out of sight again . 
1 buster 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 18 gotten
3 have 7 taken
3 have 18 gotten
4 stolen 5 up
4 stolen 7 taken
5 up 6 and
7 taken 11 such
8 it 10 because
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 such
11 such 12 a
13 big 18 gotten
14 fellow 18 gotten
15 couldn't 16 possibly
16 possibly 18 gotten
17 have 18 gotten
18 gotten 21 sight
18 gotten 22 again
19 out 20 of
19 out 21 sight
22 again 23 .

[little] [joe] [darted] [over] [to] [the] [log] [and] [looked] [on] [the] [other] [side] [.] 

little [joe] [sprang] [at] [him] [angrily] , [but] [shadow] [was] [too] [quick] and [darted] away [.] 
1 little 7 ,
7 , 13 and
13 and 15 away

[little] [joe] [put] [the] [fish] [back] [on] [the] [log] [and] [waited] [.] 

this time he didn't [take] [his] [eyes] [off] [it] . 
1 this 2 time
2 time 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 10 .

at last , [when] he was almost ready to [give] up , he [saw] [buster] [bear] [shuffling] [along] [towards] the [laughing] [brook] [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 20 the
2 last 5 he
2 last 13 he
3 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 almost
7 almost 8 ready
8 ready 9 to
11 up 12 ,
12 , 13 he

suddenly [buster] stopped and sniffed . 
1 suddenly 5 sniffed
3 stopped 4 and
3 stopped 5 sniffed
5 sniffed 6 .

one of the [merry] [little] [breezes] [had] [carried] [the] [scent] of [that] [fat] [trout] [over] [to] [him] . 
1 one 2 of
2 of 3 the
3 the 11 of
11 of 18 .

then he came straight over to where the fish lay , his nose wrinkling , and his eyes twinkling with pleasure . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 came
1 then 4 straight
4 straight 5 over
4 straight 6 to
4 straight 7 where
4 straight 8 the
4 straight 9 fish
9 fish 14 wrinkling
10 lay 14 wrinkling
11 , 14 wrinkling
12 his 14 wrinkling
13 nose 14 wrinkling
14 wrinkling 16 and
14 wrinkling 17 his
14 wrinkling 18 eyes
14 wrinkling 19 twinkling
15 , 16 and
19 twinkling 21 pleasure
19 twinkling 22 .
20 with 21 pleasure

" [now] [i] [wonder] [who] [was] so [thoughtful] [as] [to] [leave] [this] [fine] breakfast ready for me , " said he [out] [loud] . 
1 " 7 so
1 " 20 said
14 breakfast 15 ready
15 ready 16 for
16 for 17 me
17 me 19 "
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
20 said 24 .

" me , " said [little] [joe] in a rather faint voice . 
1 " 5 said
2 me 4 "
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 12 voice
5 said 13 .
8 in 12 voice
9 a 11 faint
10 rather 11 faint
11 faint 12 voice

" [i] [caught] it especially for you . ["] 
1 " 4 it
1 " 7 you
5 especially 6 for
6 for 7 you
7 you 8 .

" [thank] you , " [replied] [buster] , and his eyes twinkled [more] [than] [ever] . 
1 " 3 you
1 " 8 ,
3 you 5 "
4 , 5 "
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 his
10 his 11 eyes
11 eyes 12 twinkled
12 twinkled 16 .

" [i] think we are going to be friends . " 
1 " 5 are
3 think 4 we
4 we 5 are
5 are 6 going
6 going 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 friends
9 friends 10 .
10 . 11 "

" [i] [i] [hope] so , " replied [little] [joe] . 
1 " 5 so
1 " 8 replied
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 replied
8 replied 11 .

[vii] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [has] [no] [luck] [at] [all] 

farmer [brown] 's boy [tramped] [through] [the] [green] [forest] , [whistling] [merrily] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 10 ,

he always whistles when he feels light-hearted , and he always feels light-hearted when he goes fishing . 
1 he 13 light-hearted
2 always 13 light-hearted
3 whistles 4 when
3 whistles 7 light-hearted
3 whistles 13 light-hearted
5 he 6 feels
6 feels 7 light-hearted
7 light-hearted 9 and
7 light-hearted 10 he
8 , 9 and
11 always 13 light-hearted
12 feels 13 light-hearted
13 light-hearted 14 when
13 light-hearted 15 he
13 light-hearted 16 goes
13 light-hearted 17 fishing
13 light-hearted 18 .

you [see] , he is [just] [as] [fond] [of] [fishing] [as] [is] [little] [joe] [otter] [or] [billy] [mink] [or] [buster] [bear] . 
1 you 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 22 .

so he whistled as he tramped along , and his whistle was good to hear . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 6 tramped
3 whistled 6 tramped
4 as 6 tramped
5 he 6 tramped
6 tramped 7 along
6 tramped 9 and
6 tramped 10 his
6 tramped 11 whistle
8 , 9 and
11 whistle 12 was
11 whistle 13 good
11 whistle 15 hear
11 whistle 16 .
14 to 15 hear

he kept very quiet and fished and fished , patiently waiting for a foolish trout to take his hook . 
1 he 2 kept
2 kept 8 fished
3 very 8 fished
4 quiet 8 fished
5 and 8 fished
6 fished 8 fished
7 and 8 fished
8 fished 10 patiently
8 fished 11 waiting
8 fished 14 foolish
9 , 10 patiently
11 waiting 12 for
13 a 14 foolish
14 foolish 15 trout
15 trout 17 take
15 trout 18 his
15 trout 19 hook
15 trout 20 .
16 to 17 take

but he didn't get so much as a nibble . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 9 nibble
4 get 9 nibble
5 so 9 nibble
6 much 9 nibble
7 as 9 nibble
8 a 9 nibble
9 nibble 10 .

there the same thing happened . 
1 there 4 thing
2 the 3 same
3 same 4 thing
4 thing 5 happened
5 happened 6 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [trudged] [on] [to] [the] [next] [pool] , and there was a puzzled [frown] [on] [his] [freckled] [face] . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 16 puzzled
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 there
13 there 14 was
14 was 15 a
14 was 16 puzzled
16 puzzled 22 .

such a thing never had happened before . 
1 such 2 a
1 such 3 thing
3 thing 6 happened
4 never 6 happened
5 had 6 happened
6 happened 7 before
7 before 8 .

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

" [i] [never] [had] [such] [bad] [luck] [in] [all] my [life] [before] . 
1 " 10 my
10 my 13 .

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

what 's this ? " 
1 what 2 's
1 what 4 ?
3 this 4 ?
4 ? 5 "

there , on the bank beside the little pool , were the heads of three trout . 
1 there 2 ,
1 there 3 on
3 on 5 bank
4 the 5 bank
5 bank 6 beside
5 bank 9 pool
5 bank 12 the
5 bank 16 trout
5 bank 17 .
7 the 9 pool
8 little 9 pool
9 pool 10 ,
9 pool 11 were
13 heads 16 trout
14 of 16 trout
15 three 16 trout

farmer [brown] 's boy [scowled] [down] [at] [them] [more] [puzzled] [than] [ever] . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 13 .

" [somebody] [has] [been] [fishing] here , and they [have] had better [luck] [than] [i] [have] [,] ["] [thought] he [.] 
1 " 6 here
6 here 7 ,
7 , 8 and
7 , 20 he
8 and 9 they
9 they 11 had
11 had 12 better

he [looked] [up] [the] [laughing] [brook] [and] [down] [the] [laughing] [brook] [and] this [way] [and] [that] [way] , but no one was to be seen . 
1 he 25 seen
13 this 18 ,
13 this 22 was
18 , 19 but
19 but 20 no
20 no 21 one
22 was 23 to
23 to 24 be
24 be 25 seen
25 seen 26 .

then he picked up one of the little heads and looked at it sharply . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 picked
3 picked 4 up
3 picked 5 one
3 picked 9 heads
5 one 6 of
6 of 7 the
8 little 9 heads
9 heads 14 sharply
10 and 11 looked
11 looked 12 at
11 looked 14 sharply
12 at 13 it
14 sharply 15 .

" it wasn't cut off with a knife ; it was bitten off ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 17 exclaimed
2 it 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 8 knife
4 cut 5 off
4 cut 8 knife
6 with 8 knife
7 a 8 knife
8 knife 12 bitten
9 ; 12 bitten
10 it 11 was
11 was 12 bitten
12 bitten 13 off
12 bitten 17 exclaimed
14 ! 15 "
14 ! 16 he
14 ! 17 exclaimed
17 exclaimed 18 .

" [i] [wonder] [now] if [billy] [mink] [is] [the] [scamp] [who] [has] [spoiled] [my] [fun] . " 
1 " 5 if
1 " 17 "
16 . 17 "

this puzzled him more than ever . 
1 this 2 puzzled
2 puzzled 3 him
2 puzzled 6 ever
2 puzzled 7 .
4 more 5 than
5 than 6 ever

it didn't seem possible that such a little [fellow] [as] [billy] [mink] [could] [have] [caught] [or] frightened [all] [the] [fish] [or] [have] [eaten] [so] [many] . 
1 it 4 possible
2 didn't 3 seem
3 seem 4 possible
4 possible 5 that
4 possible 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 little
8 little 17 frightened
17 frightened 26 .

besides , he didn't remember ever [having] known [billy] [to] [leave] [heads] [around] that way . 
1 besides 2 ,
1 besides 4 didn't
1 besides 5 remember
3 he 4 didn't
5 remember 6 ever
5 remember 14 that
6 ever 8 known
14 that 15 way
15 way 16 .

billy sometimes catches more fish than he can eat , but then he usually hides them . 
1 billy 3 catches
2 sometimes 3 catches
3 catches 4 more
3 catches 5 fish
3 catches 6 than
3 catches 7 he
3 catches 8 can
3 catches 9 eat
9 eat 15 hides
10 , 11 but
10 , 15 hides
12 then 13 he
12 then 15 hides
14 usually 15 hides
15 hides 16 them
15 hides 17 .

the [farther] [he] [went] [down] [the] [laughing] [brook] [,] [the] [more] [puzzled] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [grew] . 
1 the 16 boy
16 boy 18 .

it made him feel very queer . 
1 it 6 queer
2 made 3 him
2 made 4 feel
4 feel 6 queer
5 very 6 queer
6 queer 7 .

they were [little] [joe] [otter] and [buster] [bear] [.] 
1 they 2 were
2 were 6 and

[viii] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [feels] [his] [hair] [rise] 

' [twas] [just] a [sudden] [odd] [surprise] [made] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] ['s] [hair] [to] [rise] [.] 
1 ' 4 a

that 's a funny thing for hair to do rise up all of a sudden isn't it ? 
1 that 2 's
1 that 16 isn't
3 a 15 sudden
4 funny 5 thing
4 funny 10 rise
5 thing 6 for
7 hair 10 rise
8 to 9 do
8 to 10 rise
10 rise 11 up
10 rise 15 sudden
12 all 15 sudden
13 of 15 sudden
14 a 15 sudden
15 sudden 16 isn't
16 isn't 17 it
16 isn't 18 ?

there are just two things that make hair rise anger and fear . 
1 there 2 are
2 are 3 just
2 are 5 things
4 two 5 things
5 things 6 that
5 things 9 rise
7 make 9 rise
8 hair 9 rise
9 rise 10 anger
10 anger 11 and
10 anger 12 fear
10 anger 13 .

both anger and fear make it do that . 
1 both 2 anger
2 anger 3 and
2 anger 4 fear
2 anger 9 .
4 fear 6 it
4 fear 8 that
5 make 6 it
7 do 8 that

it [never] [had] [happened] before . 
1 it 5 before
5 before 6 .

you see , [there] [isn't] [much] [of] [anything] that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] is [really] afraid of . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
2 see 9 that
9 that 14 is
14 is 16 afraid
16 afraid 17 of
17 of 18 .

perhaps he wouldn't have been afraid this time if it hadn't been for the surprise of what he found . 
1 perhaps 2 he
1 perhaps 3 wouldn't
3 wouldn't 4 have
4 have 5 been
4 have 8 time
4 have 12 been
4 have 19 found
4 have 20 .
5 been 6 afraid
7 this 8 time
9 if 11 hadn't
10 it 11 hadn't
11 hadn't 12 been
12 been 13 for
13 for 14 the
15 surprise 16 of
15 surprise 19 found
17 what 18 he
18 he 19 found

anyway , that is what he said when he told about it afterward . 
1 anyway 2 ,
1 anyway 4 is
1 anyway 5 what
1 anyway 6 he
3 that 4 is
6 he 7 said
6 he 10 told
8 when 9 he
8 when 10 told
10 told 13 afterward
11 about 12 it
11 about 13 afterward
13 afterward 14 .

what was it he saw ? 
1 what 2 was
1 what 3 it
1 what 4 he
1 what 6 ?
4 he 5 saw

what do you think ? 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
4 think 5 ?

why , it was a footprint in the soft mud . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 6 footprint
3 it 6 footprint
4 was 6 footprint
5 a 6 footprint
6 footprint 7 in
6 footprint 9 soft
6 footprint 10 mud
6 footprint 11 .
7 in 8 the

yes , [sir] [,] that 's what it was , and [all] it was . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 8 it
1 yes 10 ,
5 that 6 's
5 that 7 what
7 what 8 it
8 it 9 was
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 it
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 .

it was the [footprint] [of] [buster] [bear] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 8 .
2 was 3 the

now [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [didn't] know that [buster] [bear] had come down to the [green] [forest] [to] [live] [.] 
1 now 7 know
7 know 8 that
8 that 11 had
11 had 12 come
12 come 13 down
13 down 14 to
13 down 15 the

he never had heard of [a] [bear] [being] [in] the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 never
1 he 3 had
3 had 4 heard
4 heard 5 of
5 of 10 the

somehow , he didn't feel like [meeting] [buster] [bear] [.] 
1 somehow 4 didn't
1 somehow 5 feel
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 didn't
5 feel 6 like

if he had had his terrible gun with him , it might have been different . 
1 if 12 might
2 he 3 had
2 he 4 had
2 he 5 his
2 he 12 might
5 his 7 gun
6 terrible 7 gun
7 gun 9 him
7 gun 10 ,
8 with 9 him
11 it 12 might
12 might 13 have
12 might 15 different
13 have 14 been
15 different 16 .

but he didn't , and so he suddenly made up his mind that he didn't want to fish any more that day . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 12 mind
3 didn't 16 want
3 didn't 18 fish
3 didn't 19 any
4 , 5 and
5 and 9 made
6 so 7 he
7 he 8 suddenly
7 he 9 made
9 made 12 mind
10 up 12 mind
11 his 12 mind
12 mind 13 that
13 that 14 he
14 he 15 didn't
16 want 17 to
19 any 20 more
19 any 23 .
20 more 22 day
21 that 22 day

he had a funny feeling , too , that he was being watched , although he couldn't see any one . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 a
3 a 4 funny
4 funny 5 feeling
4 funny 18 see
5 feeling 7 too
5 feeling 9 that
5 feeling 13 watched
6 , 7 too
7 too 8 ,
10 he 11 was
10 he 13 watched
12 being 13 watched
13 watched 15 although
14 , 15 although
16 he 17 couldn't
17 couldn't 18 see
18 see 19 any
19 any 20 one
19 any 21 .

he was being watched . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 4 watched
3 being 4 watched
4 watched 5 .

[little] [joe] [otter] [and] [buster] [bear] [were] [watching] [him] [and] [taking] [the] [greatest] [care] [to] [keep] [out] [of] [his] [sight] [.] 

he hadn't run , but he had wanted to . 
1 he 2 hadn't
1 he 8 wanted
2 hadn't 3 run
4 , 5 but
5 but 6 he
6 he 7 had
6 he 8 wanted
8 wanted 9 to
9 to 10 .

" [huh] ! " said [buster] [bear] [to] [little] [joe] [otter] , " [i] [believe] he was afraid ! " 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 13 "
3 ! 16 he
4 " 5 said
5 said 12 ,
12 , 13 "
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 afraid
18 afraid 20 "
19 ! 20 "

and [buster] [bear] [was] [just] [exactly] right . 
1 and 7 right
7 right 8 .

[ix] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [has] [great] [news] [to] [tell] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [was] [fairly] [bursting] [with] [excitement] [.] 

he could hardly contain himself . 
1 he 5 himself
2 could 4 contain
3 hardly 4 contain
4 contain 5 himself
5 himself 6 .

he felt that he had [the] [greatest] [news] to tell [since] [peter] [rabbit] had [first] found the [tracks] of [buster] [bear] [in] the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 16 found
2 felt 3 that
3 that 14 had
4 he 5 had
4 he 14 had
5 had 9 to
9 to 10 tell
14 had 16 found
16 found 23 the
17 the 19 of
19 of 23 the

he couldn't keep it to himself a minute longer than he had to . 
1 he 2 couldn't
1 he 12 had
2 couldn't 3 keep
3 keep 4 it
3 keep 6 himself
3 keep 9 longer
5 to 6 himself
7 a 8 minute
8 minute 9 longer
9 longer 10 than
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 to
13 to 14 .

[mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [redwing] [were] [there] [,] [and] [blacky] [the] [crow] [was] [sitting] [in] [the] [big] [hickory-tree] [.] 

[little] [joe] [otter] [swam] [straight] [to] [the] [big] [rock] [and] [climbed] [up] [to] [the] [very] [highest] [part] [.] 

he looked so excited , and his eyes sparkled so , that every one knew right away that something had happened . 
1 he 15 knew
2 looked 4 excited
3 so 4 excited
4 excited 9 sparkled
5 , 6 and
6 and 9 sparkled
7 his 8 eyes
8 eyes 9 sparkled
9 sparkled 10 so
9 sparkled 13 every
9 sparkled 15 knew
10 so 12 that
11 , 12 that
13 every 14 one
15 knew 16 right
15 knew 18 that
15 knew 21 happened
16 right 17 away
19 something 21 happened
20 had 21 happened
21 happened 22 .

" hi ! " cried [billy] [mink] . 
1 " 2 hi
2 hi 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 cried
5 cried 8 .

" look at [little] [joe] [otter] ! 
1 " 7 !
2 look 3 at
2 look 7 !

it must be [that] for once he [has] [been] [smarter] [than] [buster] [bear] . " 
1 it 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 5 for
5 for 6 once
5 for 14 .
6 once 7 he
14 . 15 "

little [joe] [made] [a] [good-natured] face [at] [billy] [mink] [and] [shook] [his] [head] [.] 
1 little 6 face

" no , [billy] , " said he , " you are wrong , altogether wrong . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
2 no 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
7 said 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 you
11 you 12 are
12 are 16 wrong
13 wrong 14 ,
13 wrong 15 altogether
13 wrong 16 wrong
16 wrong 17 .

i don't believe [anybody] can be [smarter] [than] [buster] [bear] . " 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 believe
3 believe 5 can
5 can 6 be
6 be 11 .
11 . 12 "

[[] [illustration] [:] [reddy] [glared] [across] [the] [smiling] [pool] [at] [peter] [.] 

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[reddy] [fox] [rolled] [his] [lips] [back] [in] [an] [unpleasant] [grin] [.] 

" don't be too sure of that ! " he snapped . 
1 " 2 don't
1 " 11 snapped
2 don't 3 be
3 be 4 too
3 be 5 sure
5 sure 6 of
5 sure 7 that
8 ! 9 "
8 ! 10 he
8 ! 11 snapped
11 snapped 12 .

" [i] ['m] [not] through with him [yet] . " 
1 " 10 "
5 through 6 with
6 with 7 him
7 him 9 .
9 . 10 "

" boaster ! 
1 " 3 !
2 boaster 3 !

boaster ! ["] [cried] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 boaster 2 !

[reddy] [glared] [across] [the] [smiling] [pool] [at] [peter] [.] 

" [i] ['m] [not] [through] with you [either] [,] [peter] [rabbit] ! " he [snarled] . 
1 " 7 you
1 " 12 !
6 with 7 you
12 ! 13 "
12 ! 14 he
14 he 16 .

" you 'll find it out [one] of these fine days ! " 
1 " 2 you
1 " 12 !
2 you 3 'll
3 'll 4 find
4 find 5 it
4 find 6 out
6 out 8 of
8 of 9 these
9 these 11 days
10 fine 11 days
12 ! 13 "

" [reddy] , [reddy] [,] [smart] and [sly] [,] [couldn't] [catch] a [buzzing] [fly] ! " 
1 " 3 ,
1 " 15 !
3 , 7 and
7 and 12 a
15 ! 16 "

[taunted] [peter] [.] 

" [chug-a-rum] ! " said [grandfather] [frog] in his [deepest] [,] [gruffest] [voice] . 
1 " 5 said
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 said
5 said 14 .
8 in 9 his
9 his 14 .

" we know all about that . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 know
3 know 5 about
3 know 6 that
3 know 7 .
4 all 5 about

what we want to know is what [little] [joe] [otter] has got on his mind . " 
1 what 2 we
2 we 12 got
3 want 4 to
3 want 5 know
5 know 6 is
5 know 7 what
7 what 11 has
11 has 12 got
12 got 13 on
13 on 14 his
14 his 15 mind
15 mind 16 .
16 . 17 "

" it 's [news] [great] [news] ! " cried [little] [joe] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 7 !
2 it 3 's
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 cried
9 cried 12 .

" we can tell better how great it is when we [hear] what it is , " [replied] [grandfather] [frog] [testily] . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 can
3 can 4 tell
4 tell 5 better
4 tell 6 how
4 tell 13 what
6 how 7 great
6 how 8 it
6 how 11 we
8 it 9 is
10 when 11 we
13 what 14 it
14 it 15 is
14 it 22 .
15 is 17 "
16 , 17 "

" what is it ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 5 ?
4 it 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

for a minute no one said a word . 
1 for 3 minute
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 8 word
4 no 5 one
5 one 8 word
6 said 8 word
7 a 8 word
8 word 9 .

then [blacky] [the] [crow] [leaned] [down] [from] [his] [perch] [in] [the] [big] [hickory-tree] [and] looked [very] [hard] [at] [little] [joe] as he said : 
1 then 22 he
1 then 24 :
15 looked 21 as
21 as 22 he
23 said 24 :

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

i don't believe a word of it . 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 believe
3 believe 5 word
3 believe 7 it
4 a 5 word
5 word 6 of
7 it 8 .

we are all afraid of him . " 
1 we 2 are
2 are 3 all
2 are 4 afraid
4 afraid 5 of
4 afraid 6 him
6 him 7 .
7 . 8 "

[little] [joe] [glared] [back] [at] [blacky] [.] 

" [i] don't care whether you believe it or not ; it 's true , " he retorted . 
1 " 3 don't
3 don't 4 care
4 care 5 whether
5 whether 7 believe
5 whether 9 or
5 whether 10 not
5 whether 14 true
6 you 7 believe
7 believe 8 it
11 ; 12 it
12 it 14 true
13 's 14 true
14 true 18 retorted
15 , 18 retorted
16 " 17 he
16 " 18 retorted
18 retorted 19 .

" [now] tell me that [he] [isn't] [afraid] ! " concluded [little] [joe] . 
1 " 3 tell
3 tell 4 me
4 me 5 that
4 me 9 !
9 ! 10 "
10 " 11 concluded
11 concluded 14 .

" for once he knows just how we feel when he comes prowling around where we are . 
1 " 7 how
2 for 3 once
3 once 4 he
4 he 5 knows
5 knows 7 how
6 just 7 how
7 how 13 prowling
8 we 13 prowling
9 feel 13 prowling
10 when 11 he
10 when 12 comes
12 comes 13 prowling
13 prowling 14 around
13 prowling 15 where
13 prowling 18 .
15 where 17 are
16 we 17 are

isn't that great news ? 
1 isn't 2 that
1 isn't 5 ?
3 great 4 news
4 news 5 ?

now we 'll get even with him [!] ["] 
1 now 2 we
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 get
3 'll 7 him
4 get 5 even
6 with 7 him

" [i] ['ll] believe it [when] [i] [see] [it] [for] [myself] ! " [snapped] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 " 4 believe
1 " 12 !
4 believe 5 it
12 ! 13 "

[x] 

[buster] [bear] [becomes] [a] [hero] 

of course , [peter] [rabbit] [helped] [spread] it . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 8 it
8 it 9 .

[trust] [peter] [for] [that] [!] 

but everybody else helped too . 
1 but 4 helped
2 everybody 3 else
3 else 4 helped
4 helped 5 too
5 too 6 .

and [so] it was that [buster] [bear] [became] [a] [hero] right [away] [to] most of them . 
1 and 3 it
3 it 4 was
3 it 11 right
4 was 5 that
11 right 17 .
14 most 15 of
15 of 16 them
16 them 17 .

a [few] [doubted] [little] [joe] ['s] story . 
1 a 7 story
7 story 8 .

one of them [was] [blacky] [the] [crow] . 
1 one 2 of
1 one 3 them
3 them 8 .

[another] [was] [reddy] [fox] [.] 

blacky [doubted] [because] he knew [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] so well that [he] couldn't imagine him afraid . 
1 blacky 15 imagine
4 he 5 knew
4 he 14 couldn't
5 knew 12 that
10 so 11 well
10 so 12 that
14 couldn't 15 imagine
15 imagine 16 him
15 imagine 17 afraid
17 afraid 18 .

reddy doubted because he didn't want to believe . 
1 reddy 2 doubted
1 reddy 9 .
2 doubted 3 because
2 doubted 5 didn't
2 doubted 8 believe
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 want
6 want 7 to

you [see] , he was [jealous] [of] [buster] [bear] , and at the same time he was afraid [of] [him] . 
1 you 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 18 afraid
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 at
12 at 14 same
13 the 14 same
14 same 15 time
15 time 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 18 afraid
18 afraid 21 .

but nearly everybody else believed it , and there was great rejoicing . 
1 but 5 believed
1 but 12 rejoicing
2 nearly 3 everybody
3 everybody 4 else
3 everybody 5 believed
5 believed 6 it
7 , 8 and
8 and 12 rejoicing
9 there 10 was
9 there 12 rejoicing
11 great 12 rejoicing
12 rejoicing 13 .

most of them [were] [afraid] [of] [buster] , [very] [much] [afraid] [of] [him] [,] [because] he was [so] big and [strong] [.] 
1 most 2 of
2 of 3 them
3 them 8 ,
8 , 16 he
16 he 17 was
17 was 19 big
19 big 20 and

they tried in ever so many ways to show him how friendly they felt and went quite out of their way to do him favors . 
1 they 2 tried
2 tried 7 ways
3 in 7 ways
4 ever 6 many
5 so 6 many
6 many 7 ways
7 ways 12 friendly
8 to 9 show
9 show 10 him
9 show 11 how
9 show 12 friendly
12 friendly 14 felt
12 friendly 21 way
12 friendly 26 .
13 they 14 felt
14 felt 17 quite
15 and 16 went
15 and 17 quite
18 out 19 of
18 out 21 way
20 their 21 way
21 way 25 favors
22 to 25 favors
23 do 25 favors
24 him 25 favors

whenever they met one another , all [they] [could] [talk] about [was] [the] [smartness] [and] [the] [greatness] [of] [buster] [bear] [.] 
1 whenever 2 they
2 they 3 met
2 they 7 all
3 met 5 another
4 one 5 another
5 another 6 ,
7 all 11 about

" and he won't [dare] [set] any more [traps] for me , " [gloated] [billy] [mink] . 
1 " 3 he
1 " 4 won't
2 and 3 he
4 won't 7 any
7 any 8 more
7 any 17 .
8 more 10 for
10 for 11 me
11 me 13 "
12 , 13 "

" [ah] [wish] [brer] [bear] [would] go [up] to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [henhouse] [and] [scare] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [so] that [he] [would] [keep] [away] [from] [there] . 
1 " 7 go
7 go 9 to
9 to 21 that
21 that 28 .

it would be [a] [favor] to me [which] [ah] [cert'nly] [would] [appreciate] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [when] he [heard] [the] [news] . 
1 it 2 would
1 it 25 .
3 be 6 to
6 to 7 me
7 me 14 "
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 21 he
15 said 25 .

" [let's] [all] go [together] and [tell] [buster] [bear] how much obliged [we] [are] [for] what he has done , " [proposed] [jerry] [muskrat] [.] 
1 " 4 go
1 " 10 how
4 go 6 and
10 how 11 much
11 much 12 obliged
12 obliged 21 "
16 what 17 he
17 he 18 has
17 he 20 ,
18 has 19 done
20 , 21 "

" that 's [a] splendid [idea] ! " cried [little] [joe] [otter] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 9 cried
2 that 3 's
5 splendid 7 !
7 ! 8 "
7 ! 9 cried
9 cried 13 .

" we 'll do it right away . " 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 6 right
6 right 7 away
7 away 8 .
8 . 9 "

" caw , caw [caw] ! " [broke] [in] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 " 4 caw
2 caw 4 caw
3 , 4 caw
4 caw 6 !
6 ! 7 "

" [i] say , [let's] [wait] and see [for] [ourselves] if it is all [true] . " 
1 " 3 say
3 say 4 ,
4 , 7 and
7 and 8 see
8 see 11 if
11 if 12 it
12 it 13 is
13 is 14 all
14 all 16 .
16 . 17 "

" of course it 's true ! " [snapped] [little] [joe] [otter] [.] 
1 " 3 course
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 it
4 it 6 true
5 's 6 true
6 true 8 "
7 ! 8 "

" don't you believe [i] ['m] [telling] [the] [truth] ? " 
1 " 2 don't
1 " 11 "
2 don't 3 you
2 don't 4 believe
10 ? 11 "

" certainly , certainly . 
1 " 4 certainly
2 certainly 4 certainly
3 , 4 certainly
4 certainly 5 .

of course [no] [one] [doubts] [your] [word] , " replied [blacky] [,] [with] [the] [utmost] [politeness] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 17 .

" but you say yourself that [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [didn't] [see] [buster] [bear] , but only [his] [footprint] [.] 
1 " 3 you
1 " 15 ,
2 but 3 you
3 you 4 say
4 say 5 yourself
4 say 6 that
15 , 16 but
16 but 17 only

perhaps he didn't know whose it was , and if he had he wouldn't have been afraid . 
1 perhaps 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
2 he 12 had
3 didn't 4 know
5 whose 7 was
5 whose 12 had
6 it 7 was
8 , 9 and
8 , 10 if
10 if 12 had
11 he 12 had
12 had 16 been
13 he 14 wouldn't
14 wouldn't 15 have
15 have 16 been
16 been 17 afraid
17 afraid 18 .

now [i] ['ve] [got] [a] [plan] [by] [which] we can [see] [for] [ourselves] [if] [he] [really] is afraid of [buster] [bear] . " 
1 now 9 we
9 we 10 can
10 can 23 "
17 is 18 afraid
18 afraid 19 of
19 of 22 .
22 . 23 "

" what is it ? " asked [sammy] [jay] eagerly . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
3 is 5 ?
4 it 5 ?
5 ? 6 "
5 ? 7 asked
7 asked 10 eagerly
10 eagerly 11 .

[blacky] [the] [crow] [shook] [his] [head] [and] [winked] [.] 

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

" [i] [want] to think it [over] . 
1 " 5 think
4 to 5 think
5 think 6 it
6 it 8 .

[xi] 

[blacky] [the] [crow] [tells] [his] [plan] 

blacky is a dreamer ! 
1 blacky 4 dreamer
2 is 4 dreamer
3 a 4 dreamer
4 dreamer 5 !

blacky is a schemer ! 
1 blacky 4 schemer
2 is 4 schemer
3 a 4 schemer
4 schemer 5 !

his voice [is] [strong] [;] [when] [things] [go] [wrong] [blacky] [is] [a] [screamer] [!] 
1 his 2 voice

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

[blacky] [the] [crow] [is] [forever] [dreaming] [and] [scheming] [and] [almost] [always] [it] [is] [of] [mischief] [.] 

blacky likes excitement . 
1 blacky 3 excitement
2 likes 3 excitement
3 excitement 4 .

he wants something going on . 
1 he 2 wants
2 wants 3 something
3 something 5 on
3 something 6 .
4 going 5 on

the more exciting it is , the better he likes it . 
1 the 3 exciting
2 more 3 exciting
3 exciting 8 better
3 exciting 12 .
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 ,
5 is 7 the
5 is 8 better
8 better 10 likes
9 he 10 likes
10 likes 11 it

then he has a chance to use that harsh voice of his , and how he does use it ! 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 has
3 has 9 harsh
4 a 5 chance
5 chance 6 to
5 chance 9 harsh
7 use 9 harsh
8 that 9 harsh
9 harsh 10 voice
9 harsh 14 and
9 harsh 17 does
11 of 12 his
12 his 14 and
13 , 14 and
15 how 17 does
16 he 17 does
17 does 19 it
18 use 19 it
19 it 20 !

in the first place [he] [felt] [very] [important] , and [you] [know] [blacky] [dearly] [loves] to feel [important] . 
1 in 2 the
1 in 19 .
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 16 to
16 to 17 feel

on [the] [big] [rock] in the [smiling] [pool] [sat] [little] [joe] [otter] [,] [billy] [mink] [,] [and] [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 on 6 the
1 on 20 .
5 in 6 the

on his [big] [,] [green] [lily-pad] [sat] [grandfather] [frog] . 
1 on 2 his
2 his 10 .

on [another] [lily-pad] [sat] [spotty] the [turtle] . 
1 on 6 the
1 on 8 .

on the other side of the [smiling] [pool] [were] [reddy] [fox] [,] [digger] [the] [badger] [,] [and] [bobby] [coon] . 
1 on 2 the
1 on 20 .
2 the 3 other
3 other 4 side
4 side 5 of
4 side 6 the

in the [big] [hickory-tree] [were] [chatterer] the [red] [squirrel] [,] [happy] [jack] [the] [gray] [squirrel] [,] [and] [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 in 2 the
1 in 7 the

blacky waited until he was sure that no one else was coming . 
1 blacky 2 waited
2 waited 3 until
2 waited 6 sure
2 waited 8 no
2 waited 12 coming
3 until 4 he
3 until 5 was
6 sure 7 that
8 no 9 one
9 one 10 else
11 was 12 coming
12 coming 13 .

then he cleared his throat very loudly and began to speak . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 cleared
3 cleared 5 throat
3 cleared 7 loudly
4 his 5 throat
6 very 7 loudly
7 loudly 8 and
7 loudly 9 began
7 loudly 11 speak
7 loudly 12 .
9 began 10 to

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

but no one said anything , and [blacky] went on . 
1 but 2 no
2 no 3 one
2 no 6 ,
4 said 6 ,
5 anything 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 went
9 went 10 on
10 on 11 .

perhaps he was , and then again perhaps he wasn't . 
1 perhaps 2 he
1 perhaps 8 perhaps
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 ,
5 and 6 then
6 then 7 again
7 again 8 perhaps
8 perhaps 9 he
9 he 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 .

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

you have made [a] [hero] [of] [buster] [bear] , because you [believe] [little] [joe] ['s] [story] . 
1 you 2 have
1 you 9 ,
2 have 3 made
9 , 10 because
10 because 11 you
11 you 17 .

now here [is] [my] [plan] [:] 
1 now 2 here

" [to-morrow] [morning] , [very] [early] [,] [sammy] [jay] and [i] will make a great [fuss] [near] [the] [edge] [of] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 10 and
10 and 12 will
12 will 13 make
13 make 14 a
14 a 15 great

farmer [brown] 's boy has a lot of curiosity , and he will be sure to come over to see what it is all about . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 9 curiosity
5 has 7 lot
6 a 7 lot
7 lot 8 of
7 lot 9 curiosity
9 curiosity 15 sure
9 curiosity 21 what
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 he
11 and 13 will
13 will 14 be
14 be 15 sure
16 to 20 see
17 come 18 over
17 come 20 see
19 to 20 see
20 see 21 what
21 what 23 is
21 what 25 about
22 it 23 is
24 all 25 about
25 about 26 .

then we will [lead] [him] [to] [where] [buster] [bear] [is] . 
1 then 2 we
2 we 3 will
3 will 11 .

now what do you say ? " 
1 now 2 what
2 what 3 do
2 what 5 say
2 what 6 ?
3 do 4 you
6 ? 7 "

right away everybody began to talk at the same time . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 everybody
3 everybody 4 began
3 everybody 9 same
4 began 5 to
4 began 6 talk
7 at 9 same
8 the 9 same
9 same 10 time
9 same 11 .

it was such a simple plan that everybody agreed to it . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 simple
3 such 4 a
3 such 5 simple
5 simple 6 plan
5 simple 9 agreed
6 plan 7 that
6 plan 8 everybody
9 agreed 10 to
9 agreed 11 it
9 agreed 12 .

so it was [agreed] [that] [blacky] [should] [try] [his] [plan] the very next morning . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 11 the
11 the 13 next
12 very 13 next
13 next 14 morning
14 morning 15 .

[xii] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [and] [buster] [bear] [grow] [curious] 

what was he watching for ? 
1 what 2 was
1 what 6 ?
2 was 4 watching
3 he 4 watching
4 watching 5 for

why , for [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [to] [come] [out] [on] his way to milk the cows . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 for
3 for 17 cows
12 his 13 way
13 way 17 cows
14 to 17 cows
15 milk 17 cows
16 the 17 cows
17 cows 18 .

by [and] [by] the [back] [door] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] house [opened] , and [out] [stepped] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 by 4 the
4 the 11 house
11 house 14 and
13 , 14 and

in each hand he carried a milk pail . 
1 in 8 pail
2 each 8 pail
3 hand 8 pail
4 he 5 carried
5 carried 8 pail
6 a 8 pail
7 milk 8 pail
8 pail 9 .

right away [blacky] [began] [to] [scream] [at] [the] [top] [of] [his] [lungs] . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 13 .

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

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

no , [sir] [,] he started [straight] [for] [the] [barn] . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 started
6 started 11 .

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

so [,] [when] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [started] [for] [the] [barn] [instead] [of] [for] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [blacky] [didn't] [know] [what] to make [of] it [.] 
1 so 23 to
23 to 24 make
24 make 26 it

when [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [disappeared] [in] the [barn] [,] [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [snickered] [right] [out] [loud] [.] 
1 when 8 the

" [ha] , ha , ha ! 
1 " 6 ha
3 , 4 ha
4 ha 6 ha
5 , 6 ha
6 ha 7 !

this is a great [plan] [of] [yours] , [blacky] [!] 
1 this 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 great
4 great 8 ,

ha , ha , ha ! " he shouted . 
1 ha 3 ha
2 , 3 ha
3 ha 5 ha
4 , 5 ha
5 ha 6 !
5 ha 9 shouted
6 ! 7 "
8 he 9 shouted
9 shouted 10 .

blacky couldn't find a word to say . 
1 blacky 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 find
2 couldn't 5 word
4 a 5 word
5 word 7 say
5 word 8 .
6 to 7 say

he [just] [hung] [his] [head] , which is something [blacky] [seldom] [does] . 
1 he 6 ,
6 , 7 which
7 which 8 is
8 is 9 something
9 something 13 .

so it was decided to wait . 
1 so 4 decided
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 decided
4 decided 5 to
4 decided 6 wait
6 wait 7 .

it seemed as if [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [never] [would] come out , but at last he did . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 4 if
3 as 4 if
4 if 17 he
11 come 12 out
11 come 13 ,
13 , 14 but
14 but 17 he
15 at 16 last
16 last 17 he
17 he 18 did
18 did 19 .

[blacky] [and] [sammy] [jay] [at] [once] [began] [to] [scream] [and] [make] [all] [the] [fuss] [they] [could] [.] 

farmer [brown] 's boy took the two pails of milk into the house [,] [then] [out] [he] [came] [and] started [straight] for [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 8 pails
4 boy 20 started
5 took 8 pails
6 the 8 pails
7 two 8 pails
8 pails 9 of
8 pails 10 milk
8 pails 11 into
8 pails 13 house
12 the 13 house
20 started 22 for

he was so curious to know what it all meant that he couldn't wait another minute . 
1 he 10 meant
2 was 3 so
2 was 4 curious
4 curious 10 meant
5 to 6 know
6 know 7 what
7 what 10 meant
8 it 9 all
8 it 10 meant
10 meant 11 that
10 meant 14 wait
12 he 13 couldn't
13 couldn't 14 wait
14 wait 16 minute
15 another 16 minute
16 minute 17 .

now [there] was [some] [one] [else] [with] [a] [great] [deal] [of] [curiosity] [also] [.] 
1 now 3 was

he had heard [the] [screaming] of [blacky] the [crow] [and] [sammy] [jay] [,] [and] [he] [had] [listened] [until] [he] couldn't stand [it] [another] [minute] [.] 
1 he 2 had
1 he 20 couldn't
2 had 3 heard
3 heard 6 of
6 of 8 the
20 couldn't 21 stand

he just had to know what it was all about . 
1 he 2 just
2 just 3 had
2 just 10 about
3 had 4 to
5 know 6 what
5 know 7 it
5 know 10 about
7 it 8 was
9 all 10 about
10 about 11 .

he walked very softly so as not to make a sound . 
1 he 2 walked
2 walked 4 softly
3 very 4 softly
4 softly 6 as
4 softly 8 to
4 softly 12 .
5 so 6 as
7 not 8 to
8 to 9 make
9 make 11 sound
10 a 11 sound

it was [buster] [bear] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 .

[xiii] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [and] [buster] [bear] [meet] 

if you should [meet] [with] [buster] [bear] [while] [walking] [through] [the] [wood] [,] [what] [would] you do ? 
1 if 2 you
1 if 3 should
1 if 16 you
16 you 18 ?
17 do 18 ?

now tell me true , [i] ['d] [run] [the] [best] [i] [could] [.] 
1 now 2 tell
2 tell 3 me
2 tell 4 true
4 true 5 ,

[farmer] [brown] [had] [laughed] [and] [laughed] [.] 

if you want to find [mr] [bear] , you will have to go to the [great] [woods] [.] 
1 if 3 want
2 you 3 want
3 want 4 to
3 want 9 you
3 want 12 to
3 want 13 go
3 want 14 to
4 to 5 find
8 , 9 you
10 will 11 have
11 have 12 to
14 to 15 the

i don't know [who] [made] that [footprint] , but it [certainly] [couldn't] have been a [bear] [.] 
1 i 2 don't
1 i 13 have
2 don't 3 know
3 know 6 that
3 know 10 it
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 it
13 have 14 been
13 have 15 a

i think you must have [imagined] it . " 
1 i 2 think
1 i 5 have
1 i 7 it
3 you 4 must
4 must 5 have
7 it 8 .
8 . 9 "

[buster] [bear] [had] [come] [to] [live] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [,] [and] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [seen] [his] [footprint] [.] 

it was very exciting , the most exciting thing they could remember . 
1 it 8 exciting
2 was 3 very
3 very 8 exciting
4 exciting 8 exciting
5 , 7 most
6 the 7 most
7 most 8 exciting
8 exciting 9 thing
8 exciting 10 they
8 exciting 12 remember
11 could 12 remember
12 remember 13 .

every one was [so] [busy] [watching] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [that] [no] [one] [saw] [buster] coming [from] [the] [other] [direction] . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 3 was
3 was 16 coming
16 coming 21 .

you see , [buster] [walked] [very] [softly] [.] 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,

big as he is , he can walk without making the teeniest , weeniest sound . 
1 big 2 as
2 as 3 he
2 as 6 he
2 as 7 can
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 ,
7 can 12 teeniest
8 walk 12 teeniest
9 without 12 teeniest
10 making 12 teeniest
11 the 12 teeniest
12 teeniest 13 ,
12 teeniest 14 weeniest
14 weeniest 15 sound
14 weeniest 16 .

then [everybody] [held] [their] [breath] , [even] [blacky] [the] [crow] and [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 then 6 ,
6 , 11 and

for just a little [minute] it was [so] [still] [there] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [that] not the least little sound could be heard . 
1 for 3 a
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 little
3 a 19 little
6 it 7 was
7 was 16 not
16 not 18 least
17 the 18 least
18 least 19 little
19 little 20 sound
20 sound 21 could
20 sound 23 heard
20 sound 24 .
21 could 22 be

what was going to happen ? 
1 what 5 happen
1 what 6 ?
2 was 3 going
3 going 4 to
3 going 5 happen

[xiv] 

[a] [surprising] [thing] [happens] 

blacky [the] [crow] [and] [sammy] [jay] [,] [looking] [down] from the top of [a] [tall] tree , held their breath . 
1 blacky 12 top
10 from 12 top
11 the 12 top
12 top 13 of
12 top 16 tree
16 tree 17 ,
16 tree 20 breath
18 held 20 breath
19 their 20 breath
20 breath 21 .

happy [jack] [the] [gray] [squirrel] [and] [his] [cousin] , [chatterer] the [red] [squirrel] [,] [looking] [down] [from] [another] [tree] [,] [held] [their] [breath] [.] 
1 happy 9 ,
9 , 11 the

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] [sticking] [his] [head] [out] [from] [a] [hollow] [tree] [,] [held] [his] [breath] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [,] [looking] [through] [a] [hole] [in] [a] [hollow] [stump] [in] [which] [he] [was] [hiding] [,] [held] [his] [breath] [.] 

[reddy] [fox] [,] [lying] [flat] [down] [behind] [a] [heap] [of] [brush] [,] [held] [his] [breath] [.] 

peter [rabbit] [,] [sitting] [bolt] [upright] [under] [a] [thick] [hemlock] [branch] , [with] [eyes] and [ears] [wide] [open] [,] [held] his [breath] [.] 
1 peter 21 his
12 , 15 and
15 and 21 his

and all the other little people who happened to be where they could see did the same thing . 
1 and 2 all
2 all 6 people
2 all 17 same
3 the 4 other
4 other 6 people
5 little 6 people
6 people 7 who
6 people 12 they
7 who 8 happened
8 happened 9 to
9 to 10 be
11 where 12 they
12 they 13 could
13 could 14 see
15 did 17 same
16 the 17 same
17 same 18 thing
17 same 19 .

you see , it was [the] [most] [exciting] [moment] [ever] [was] in the [green] [forest] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
2 see 4 it
4 it 5 was
4 it 16 .
5 was 12 in
12 in 13 the

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

yes , [sir] , [something] [happened] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

farmer [brown] 's boy opened his mouth and yelled ! 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 9 yelled
5 opened 7 mouth
6 his 7 mouth
7 mouth 8 and
7 mouth 9 yelled
9 yelled 10 !

and that yell was a yell of fright . 
1 and 6 yell
2 that 6 yell
3 yell 6 yell
4 was 6 yell
5 a 6 yell
6 yell 7 of
6 yell 8 fright
8 fright 9 .

there wasn't any doubt that he was afraid , very much afraid . 
1 there 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 any
2 wasn't 4 doubt
2 wasn't 8 afraid
2 wasn't 11 much
2 wasn't 12 afraid
4 doubt 5 that
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 afraid
9 , 10 very
10 very 11 much
12 afraid 13 .

everybody leaned forward to watch him . 
1 everybody 2 leaned
2 leaned 3 forward
2 leaned 5 watch
4 to 5 watch
5 watch 6 him
6 him 7 .

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

didn't [i] say that he was afraid of [buster] [bear] [?] ["] [cried] [little] [joe] [otter] [,] [dancing] [about] [with] [excitement] . 
1 didn't 3 say
3 say 4 that
4 that 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 afraid
7 afraid 8 of
8 of 22 .

" you were right , [little] [joe] [!] 
1 " 2 you
1 " 5 ,
2 you 3 were
4 right 5 ,

i 'm sorry [that] [i] [doubted] it . 
1 i 2 'm
1 i 7 it
2 'm 3 sorry
7 it 8 .

see him go ! 
1 see 2 him
2 him 3 go
3 go 4 !

caw , caw , caw ! " [shrieked] [blacky] [the] [crow] [.] 
1 caw 3 caw
2 , 3 caw
3 caw 5 caw
4 , 5 caw
5 caw 6 !
6 ! 7 "

for a minute or two [everybody] [forgot] [about] [buster] [bear] [.] 
1 for 3 minute
2 a 3 minute
3 minute 5 two
4 or 5 two

then there was a great crash which made everybody turn to look the other way . 
1 then 6 crash
2 there 6 crash
3 was 6 crash
4 a 6 crash
5 great 6 crash
6 crash 7 which
6 crash 8 made
6 crash 9 everybody
6 crash 10 turn
6 crash 12 look
6 crash 13 the
11 to 12 look
13 the 14 other
14 other 15 way
14 other 16 .

what do you think they saw ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 5 they
1 what 7 ?
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
5 they 6 saw

why , [buster] [bear] [was] [running] [away] [too] [,] and he was [running] [twice] as [fast] [as] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [!] 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 11 he
1 why 20 's
2 , 10 and
11 he 12 was
12 was 15 as
20 's 21 boy

he bumped into trees and crashed through bushes and jumped over logs , and in almost no time at all he was out of sight . 
1 he 2 bumped
2 bumped 3 into
2 bumped 6 crashed
4 trees 6 crashed
5 and 6 crashed
6 crashed 7 through
6 crashed 8 bushes
6 crashed 9 and
6 crashed 10 jumped
6 crashed 12 logs
11 over 12 logs
12 logs 13 ,
12 logs 14 and
12 logs 15 in
12 logs 16 almost
12 logs 17 no
12 logs 18 time
12 logs 21 he
19 at 20 all
19 at 21 he
21 he 22 was
22 was 25 sight
23 out 24 of
23 out 25 sight
25 sight 26 .

altogether it was the most surprising thing that [the] [little] people [of] [the] [green] [forest] ever had seen . 
1 altogether 3 was
1 altogether 5 most
2 it 3 was
4 the 5 most
5 most 6 surprising
5 most 11 people
5 most 16 ever
6 surprising 7 thing
6 surprising 8 that
16 ever 18 seen
17 had 18 seen
18 seen 19 .

[[] [illustration] [:] [buster] [bear] [was] [running] [away] [,] [too] [.] 

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then [little] [joe] [gave] a [funny] little [gasp] [.] 
1 then 7 little
5 a 7 little

" why , [why-e-e] ! " said he , " [i] [believe] [buster] [bear] is [afraid] too ! " 
1 " 2 why
1 " 7 said
2 why 3 ,
3 , 6 "
5 ! 6 "
7 said 8 he
7 said 9 ,
9 , 19 "
10 " 15 is
10 " 18 !
15 is 17 too
18 ! 19 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [chuckled] [.] 

" [ah] [believe] yo ' are right again , [brer] [otter] , " said he . 
1 " 4 yo
1 " 14 said
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 6 are
4 yo 7 right
8 again 9 ,
9 , 14 said
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
14 said 16 .

" it cert'nly does look so . 
1 " 3 cert'nly
2 it 3 cert'nly
3 cert'nly 4 does
3 cert'nly 5 look
5 look 6 so
5 look 7 .

if [brer] [bear] [isn't] [scared] [,] he must have [remembered] [something] [impo'tant] [and] [has] [gone] [to] [attend] [to] it [in] [a] [powerful] [hurry] . " 
1 if 7 he
7 he 8 must
8 must 9 have
9 have 19 it
19 it 24 .
24 . 25 "

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

[xv] 

[buster] [bear] [is] [a] [fallen] [hero] 

that was the way [with] [buster] [bear] . 
1 that 2 was
1 that 4 way
3 the 4 way
4 way 8 .

at least [some] [of] [them] [had] . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 7 .

it was hard to believe , but it was true . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 3 hard
3 hard 4 to
3 hard 5 believe
5 believe 8 it
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 it
8 it 9 was
9 was 10 true
10 true 11 .

and [right] [away] [everybody] [lost] [a] [great] [deal] [of] the [respect] [for] [buster] which they had [felt] [.] 
1 and 10 the
10 the 14 which
14 which 16 had
15 they 16 had

it is always that way . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 always
2 is 5 way
4 that 5 way
5 way 6 .

they began to say unkind things about him . 
1 they 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 5 unkind
4 say 5 unkind
5 unkind 6 things
5 unkind 7 about
5 unkind 8 him
8 him 9 .

a dozen times [a] [day] [buster] [would] [hear] [them] [screaming] [this] . 
1 a 2 dozen
2 dozen 3 times
3 times 12 .

he would grind his teeth and glare up at them , but that was all he could do . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 grind
3 grind 5 teeth
3 grind 6 and
3 grind 7 glare
3 grind 18 do
4 his 5 teeth
7 glare 8 up
7 glare 9 at
7 glare 10 them
7 glare 12 but
7 glare 14 was
11 , 12 but
13 that 14 was
15 all 17 could
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 do
18 do 19 .

he couldn't get at them . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 get
3 get 4 at
3 get 5 them
5 them 6 .

he just had to stand it and do nothing . 
1 he 2 just
1 he 3 had
3 had 9 nothing
4 to 5 stand
4 to 8 do
5 stand 6 it
5 stand 7 and
8 do 9 nothing
9 nothing 10 .

he gave a [deep] [,] [angry] [growl] [that] [made] little [shivers] [run] [over] [chatterer] , and [then] [suddenly] [he] started [up] [that] [tree] [after] [chatterer] . 
1 he 20 started
2 gave 10 little
3 a 10 little
10 little 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 20 started
20 started 26 .

with a [frightened] [little] [shriek] [chatterer] [scampered] [to] [the] [top] [of] the tree . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 13 tree
12 the 13 tree
13 tree 14 .

he hadn't known [that] [buster] [could] [climb] [.] 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 known

how [chatterer] [did] [wish] [that] he [had] kept his tongue still [!] 
1 how 6 he
6 he 8 kept
8 kept 10 tongue
9 his 10 tongue
10 tongue 11 still

the worst of it was there wasn't another tree near enough for him to jump to . 
1 the 2 worst
1 the 9 tree
2 worst 3 of
2 worst 7 wasn't
4 it 5 was
4 it 7 wasn't
6 there 7 wasn't
8 another 9 tree
9 tree 10 near
9 tree 17 .
10 near 11 enough
10 near 15 jump
10 near 16 to
11 enough 12 for
11 enough 14 to
12 for 13 him

he was in trouble [this] [time] [,] was [chatterer] , [sure] [enough] [!] 
1 he 2 was
1 he 8 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 trouble
8 was 10 ,

and there was no one to help him . 
1 and 2 there
2 there 3 was
2 there 4 no
4 no 5 one
4 no 7 help
6 to 7 help
7 help 8 him
8 him 9 .

[xvi] 

[chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [jumps] [for] [his] [life] 

it isn't [very] [often] that [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [knows] [fear] . 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 5 that
2 isn't 12 .

that is one reason that he is so often impudent and saucy . 
1 that 4 reason
2 is 4 reason
3 one 4 reason
4 reason 10 impudent
5 that 6 he
5 that 7 is
7 is 10 impudent
8 so 9 often
9 often 10 impudent
10 impudent 12 saucy
11 and 12 saucy
12 saucy 13 .

but [once] [in] [a] [while] [a] [great] fear takes possession of him , as when he [knows] [that] [shadow] [the] [weasel] is [looking] for him . 
1 but 16 he
1 but 22 is
8 fear 10 possession
9 takes 10 possession
10 possession 11 of
10 possession 12 him
10 possession 14 as
10 possession 15 when
13 , 14 as
15 when 16 he
22 is 24 for
24 for 25 him
25 him 26 .

you see , he knows [that] [shadow] [can] [go] [wherever] he [can] go . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 13 go
2 see 11 he
3 , 4 he
3 , 11 he
4 he 5 knows
13 go 14 .

if [only] he [had] kept his tongue still [instead] [of] [saying] [hateful] [things] [to] [buster] [bear] [!] 
1 if 3 he
3 he 5 kept
5 kept 7 tongue
6 his 7 tongue
7 tongue 8 still

if [only] he had known that [buster] could [climb] [a] [tree] [!] 
1 if 8 could
3 he 4 had
3 he 8 could
4 had 5 known
5 known 6 that

if only he had chosen a tree near enough to other trees for him to jump across ! 
1 if 2 only
1 if 4 had
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 chosen
5 chosen 7 tree
5 chosen 8 near
5 chosen 11 other
5 chosen 17 across
5 chosen 18 !
6 a 7 tree
8 near 9 enough
9 enough 10 to
12 trees 16 jump
13 for 14 him
14 him 16 jump
15 to 16 jump
16 jump 17 across

chatterer was in the worst kind of trouble , and there was no one to blame but himself . 
1 chatterer 2 was
1 chatterer 5 worst
1 chatterer 12 was
3 in 4 the
4 the 5 worst
5 worst 6 kind
5 worst 7 of
5 worst 8 trouble
5 worst 9 ,
10 and 11 there
11 there 12 was
12 was 13 no
13 no 14 one
13 no 16 blame
15 to 16 blame
16 blame 17 but
16 blame 18 himself
16 blame 19 .

that is usually the case with those who get into trouble . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 usually
2 is 11 trouble
3 usually 5 case
3 usually 7 those
4 the 5 case
5 case 6 with
7 those 8 who
9 get 11 trouble
10 into 11 trouble
11 trouble 12 .

[nearer] [and] [nearer] [came] [buster] [bear] [,] [and] [deeper] [and] [angrier] [sounded] [his] [voice] [.] 

chatterer gave a little frightened gasp and looked this way and looked that way . 
1 chatterer 6 gasp
2 gave 6 gasp
3 a 6 gasp
4 little 6 gasp
5 frightened 6 gasp
6 gasp 7 and
6 gasp 8 looked
6 gasp 10 way
6 gasp 11 and
6 gasp 12 looked
6 gasp 14 way
6 gasp 15 .
9 this 10 way
13 that 14 way

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

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

the ground seemed a terrible distance below . 
1 the 2 ground
2 ground 7 below
2 ground 8 .
3 seemed 6 distance
4 a 6 distance
5 terrible 6 distance
6 distance 7 below

if only he had [wings] [like] [sammy] [jay] [!] 
1 if 2 only
1 if 4 had
3 he 4 had

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

" [gr-r-r-r] ! " [growled] [buster] [bear] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 4 "

" [i] ['ll] [teach] you [manners] ! 
1 " 5 you
1 " 7 !

i 'll teach you to treat your betters with respect ! 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 teach
3 teach 4 you
3 teach 8 betters
5 to 6 treat
6 treat 8 betters
7 your 8 betters
8 betters 9 with
8 betters 10 respect
8 betters 11 !

i 'll swallow you whole , that 's what [i] 'll do . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 12 do
3 swallow 4 you
3 swallow 5 whole
3 swallow 6 ,
3 swallow 8 's
3 swallow 9 what
7 that 8 's
9 what 12 do
11 'll 12 do
12 do 13 .

gr-r-r-r ! " 
1 gr-r-r-r 2 !
1 gr-r-r-r 3 "

" oh ! " cried [chatterer] . 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 cried
5 cried 7 .

" [gr-r-r-r] ! 
1 " 3 !

i ['ll] [eat] you all up to the last [hair] [on] [your] [tail] [!] ["] [growled] [buster] , [scrambling] [a] [little] [nearer] [.] 
1 i 4 you
4 you 5 all
5 all 8 the
6 up 7 to
6 up 8 the
8 the 9 last
9 last 18 ,

" oh ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 !

oh ! " cried [chatterer] , and [ran] [out] [to] the [very] [tip] [of] [the] [little] [branch] [to] which he had been [clinging] . 
1 oh 2 !
2 ! 3 "
2 ! 4 cried
4 cried 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 11 the
11 the 19 which
19 which 21 had
20 he 21 had
21 had 22 been
22 been 24 .

but [chatterer] [didn't] think of [that] . 
1 but 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 7 .

he did it [now] . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 it
3 it 5 .

and then there was his tail , that funny little tail he is so fond of jerking when he scolds . 
1 and 2 then
1 and 17 jerking
2 then 3 there
3 there 4 was
5 his 6 tail
6 tail 7 ,
6 tail 17 jerking
8 that 17 jerking
9 funny 10 little
9 funny 11 tail
11 tail 17 jerking
12 he 17 jerking
13 is 17 jerking
14 so 17 jerking
15 fond 16 of
15 fond 17 jerking
17 jerking 18 when
17 jerking 19 he
17 jerking 20 scolds
17 jerking 21 .

this helped him too . 
1 this 2 helped
2 helped 3 him
2 helped 4 too
4 too 5 .

it helped him keep his balance and keep from turning over and over . 
1 it 2 helped
2 helped 3 him
2 helped 6 balance
4 keep 6 balance
5 his 6 balance
6 balance 7 and
6 balance 8 keep
6 balance 10 turning
6 balance 14 .
8 keep 9 from
10 turning 11 over
10 turning 13 over
11 over 12 and

down , down , down he sailed and landed on his feet . 
1 down 9 landed
2 , 9 landed
3 down 9 landed
4 , 9 landed
5 down 9 landed
6 he 9 landed
7 sailed 9 landed
8 and 9 landed
9 landed 10 on
9 landed 12 feet
11 his 12 feet
12 feet 13 .

of course , he hit the ground pretty hard , and for just a second he quite lost his breath . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 4 he
2 course 5 hit
5 hit 7 ground
5 hit 8 pretty
5 hit 9 hard
6 the 7 ground
9 hard 11 and
9 hard 12 for
10 , 11 and
12 for 15 second
13 just 15 second
14 a 15 second
15 second 20 breath
16 he 17 quite
17 quite 18 lost
17 quite 20 breath
19 his 20 breath
20 breath 21 .

but it was only for a second , and then he was scurrying off as fast as [a] frightened [squirrel] could [.] 
1 but 2 it
1 but 21 could
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 only
3 was 13 scurrying
5 for 7 second
6 a 7 second
7 second 13 scurrying
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 then
10 then 11 he
10 then 13 scurrying
12 was 13 scurrying
13 scurrying 14 off
13 scurrying 16 fast
13 scurrying 19 frightened
15 as 16 fast
16 fast 17 as

[buster] [bear] [watched] [him] [and] [grinned] [.] 

[xvii] 

[buster] [bear] [goes] [berrying] 

[buster] [bear] [is] [a] [great] [hand] [to] [talk] [to] [himself] [when] [he] [thinks] [no] [one] [is] [around] [to] [overhear] [.] 

it 's a habit . 
1 it 2 's
1 it 4 habit
3 a 4 habit
4 habit 5 .

however , it isn't a bad habit unless it is carried too far . 
1 however 2 ,
1 however 7 habit
3 it 4 isn't
4 isn't 6 bad
5 a 6 bad
6 bad 7 habit
7 habit 8 unless
7 habit 11 carried
8 unless 9 it
9 it 10 is
11 carried 13 far
12 too 13 far
13 far 14 .

any habit becomes bad , if it is carried too far . 
1 any 3 becomes
2 habit 3 becomes
3 becomes 4 bad
3 becomes 6 if
3 becomes 9 carried
3 becomes 12 .
4 bad 5 ,
6 if 7 it
7 it 8 is
9 carried 11 far
10 too 11 far

suppose you had a secret , a real secret , something that nobody else knew and that you didn't want anybody else to know . 
1 suppose 2 you
2 you 11 something
3 had 9 secret
3 had 11 something
4 a 5 secret
5 secret 6 ,
5 secret 9 secret
7 a 9 secret
8 real 9 secret
9 secret 10 ,
11 something 12 that
11 something 22 else
11 something 23 to
11 something 25 .
13 nobody 14 else
13 nobody 15 knew
13 nobody 22 else
15 knew 17 that
16 and 17 that
18 you 19 didn't
19 didn't 20 want
19 didn't 21 anybody
21 anybody 22 else
23 to 24 know

and [suppose] [you] [had] the [habit] of [talking] [to] [yourself] . 
1 and 5 the
5 the 7 of
7 of 11 .

then there wouldn't be [any] [secret] [.] 
1 then 2 there
2 there 4 be
3 wouldn't 4 be

that is the way that a habit which isn't bad in itself can become bad when it is carried too far . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 7 habit
3 the 4 way
3 the 7 habit
5 that 7 habit
6 a 7 habit
7 habit 8 which
7 habit 10 bad
7 habit 12 itself
7 habit 15 bad
7 habit 17 it
7 habit 19 carried
9 isn't 10 bad
11 in 12 itself
12 itself 14 become
13 can 14 become
15 bad 16 when
17 it 18 is
19 carried 21 far
20 too 21 far
21 far 22 .

now [buster] [bear] [had] [lived] [by] [himself] [in] [the] [great] [woods] [so] [long] that [this] [habit] [of] [talking] [to] [himself] [had] [grown] [and] [grown] [.] 
1 now 14 that

he did it just to keep from being lonesome . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 it
3 it 9 lonesome
4 just 9 lonesome
5 to 6 keep
6 keep 7 from
6 keep 9 lonesome
8 being 9 lonesome
9 lonesome 10 .

of course , [when] he [came] [down] [to] [the] [green] [forest] [to] [live] [,] he [brought] [all] his [habits] [with] [him] . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 5 he
2 course 15 he
15 he 18 his
18 his 22 .

that is one thing about habits , you always take them with you wherever you go . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 6 habits
3 one 4 thing
4 thing 6 habits
5 about 6 habits
6 habits 7 ,
6 habits 9 always
6 habits 10 take
6 habits 17 .
8 you 9 always
10 take 14 wherever
11 them 14 wherever
12 with 14 wherever
13 you 14 wherever
14 wherever 15 you
14 wherever 16 go

" [i] [find] [my] [appetite] isn't [what] it [ought] to be . 
1 " 6 isn't
6 isn't 8 it
8 it 11 be
10 to 11 be
11 be 12 .

i need a change . 
1 i 2 need
2 need 4 change
3 a 4 change
4 change 5 .

yes , [sir] , [i] [need] [a] [change] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

there is something [i] [ought] to have [at] [this] [time] of [year] [,] [and] [i] [haven't] [got] it . 
1 there 2 is
1 there 3 something
3 something 6 to
3 something 19 .
6 to 7 have
7 have 18 it
11 of 18 it

there is something [that] [i] [used] to have [and] [don't] [have] [now] . 
1 there 2 is
1 there 3 something
3 something 7 to
3 something 13 .
7 to 8 have

ha ! 
1 ha 2 !

i know [!] 
1 i 2 know

i need some fresh fruit . 
1 i 2 need
2 need 5 fruit
3 some 5 fruit
4 fresh 5 fruit
5 fruit 6 .

that 's it fresh fruit ! 
1 that 2 's
2 's 5 fruit
3 it 5 fruit
4 fresh 5 fruit
5 fruit 6 !

it [must] [be] [about] [berry] [time] now , and [i] ['d] [forgotten] all about it . 
1 it 7 now
7 now 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 all
13 all 14 about
14 about 15 it
15 it 16 .

my , my , my , how good some berries would taste ! 
1 my 2 ,
1 my 3 my
3 my 4 ,
3 my 5 my
5 my 6 ,
5 my 7 how
7 how 12 taste
7 how 13 !
8 good 12 taste
9 some 10 berries
10 berries 12 taste
11 would 12 taste

now if [i] [were] [back] [up] [there] [in] [the] [great] [woods] [i] [could] [have] [all] [i] [could] [eat] [.] 
1 now 2 if

um-m-m-m ! 
1 um-m-m-m 2 !

makes my mouth water just to think of it . 
1 makes 2 my
1 makes 4 water
1 makes 7 think
3 mouth 4 water
5 just 7 think
6 to 7 think
7 think 8 of
7 think 9 it
9 it 10 .

there ought to be [some] [up] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] . 
1 there 4 be
2 ought 3 to
2 ought 4 be
4 be 11 .

there ought to be a [lot] [of] ['] [em] [up] [there] [.] 
1 there 4 be
1 there 5 a
2 ought 3 to
2 ought 4 be

if [i] [wasn't] [afraid] that some one would [see] [me] [,] [i] ['d] [go] [up] [there] [.] ["] 
1 if 8 would
5 that 7 one
5 that 8 would
6 some 7 one

buster sighed . 
1 buster 2 sighed
2 sighed 3 .

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

the more [he] [thought] [about] [those] [berries] [he] [felt] [sure] [were] [growing] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] [,] [the] [more] [he] [wanted] [some] [.] 
1 the 2 more

it seemed to him that never in all his life had he wanted berries as he did now . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 4 him
2 seemed 5 that
5 that 6 never
6 never 10 life
6 never 17 did
6 never 18 now
6 never 19 .
7 in 10 life
8 all 10 life
9 his 10 life
10 life 11 had
10 life 14 berries
12 he 13 wanted
13 wanted 14 berries
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 did

he wandered about uneasily . 
1 he 2 wandered
2 wandered 4 uneasily
3 about 4 uneasily
4 uneasily 5 .

he was hungry hungry for berries and nothing else . 
1 he 4 hungry
2 was 4 hungry
3 hungry 4 hungry
4 hungry 5 for
4 hungry 6 berries
6 berries 7 and
6 berries 9 else
8 nothing 9 else
9 else 10 .

by and by he began talking to himself again . 
1 by 5 began
2 and 5 began
3 by 5 began
4 he 5 began
5 began 6 talking
5 began 9 again
6 talking 8 himself
7 to 8 himself
9 again 10 .

" [if] [i] [wasn't] [afraid] [of] [being] [seen] [,] [i] ['d] go [up] to the [old] [pasture] [this] [very] [minute] [.] 
1 " 12 go
12 go 14 to
14 to 15 the

seems as if [i] [could] taste those berries . " 
1 seems 3 if
1 seems 6 taste
2 as 3 if
6 taste 8 berries
7 those 8 berries
8 berries 10 "
9 . 10 "

he licked his lips hungrily as he spoke . 
1 he 8 spoke
2 licked 4 lips
2 licked 5 hungrily
3 his 4 lips
5 hungrily 8 spoke
6 as 8 spoke
7 he 8 spoke
8 spoke 9 .

then his face brightened . 
1 then 4 brightened
2 his 3 face
3 face 4 brightened
4 brightened 5 .

" [i] know what [i] 'll do ! 
1 " 4 what
1 " 8 !
3 know 4 what
4 what 7 do
6 'll 7 do

i 'll go up there at the very first peep of day to-morrow . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 go
2 'll 13 to-morrow
4 up 13 to-morrow
5 there 10 peep
6 at 9 first
7 the 9 first
8 very 9 first
9 first 10 peep
10 peep 11 of
10 peep 13 to-morrow
12 day 13 to-morrow
13 to-morrow 14 .

that 's just what [i] 'll do . 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 just
3 just 4 what
4 what 7 do
6 'll 7 do
7 do 8 .

my , [i] [wish] [to-morrow] [morning] [would] hurry up and [come] [.] ["] 
1 my 2 ,
2 , 10 and
8 hurry 9 up
9 up 10 and

now [though] [buster] didn't know it , some one had been listening , and that [some] [one] was [none] [other] [than] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 now 5 know
4 didn't 5 know
5 know 6 it
5 know 15 that
6 it 11 been
7 , 9 one
8 some 9 one
9 one 10 had
10 had 11 been
11 been 12 listening
12 listening 14 and
13 , 14 and
15 that 18 was
18 was 24 .

when [at] [last] [buster] [lay] [down] [for] [a] [nap] [,] [sammy] [flew] away [,] [chuckling] to himself . 
1 when 13 away
13 away 18 .
16 to 17 himself
17 himself 18 .

" [i] [believe] [i] ['ll] [visit] [the] [old] [pasture] [to-morrow] [morning] [myself] , " thought he . 
1 " 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 thought
15 thought 16 he
16 he 17 .

" [i] have [an] [idea] [that] something [interesting] [may] [happen] [if] [buster] [doesn't] [change] his mind . " 
1 " 18 "
3 have 7 something
7 something 16 mind
15 his 16 mind
16 mind 17 .
17 . 18 "

sammy was on the lookout very early the next morning . 
1 sammy 5 lookout
2 was 5 lookout
3 on 4 the
3 on 5 lookout
5 lookout 6 very
5 lookout 7 early
5 lookout 11 .
7 early 10 morning
8 the 9 next
9 next 10 morning

it moved very swiftly and silently , as if in a great hurry . 
1 it 2 moved
2 moved 6 silently
3 very 4 swiftly
4 swiftly 6 silently
5 and 6 silently
6 silently 8 as
6 silently 12 great
7 , 8 as
8 as 9 if
10 in 12 great
11 a 12 great
12 great 13 hurry
13 hurry 14 .

sammy knew who it was [:] it was [buster] [bear] , and [he] was [going] [berrying] . 
1 sammy 2 knew
2 knew 14 was
3 who 14 was
4 it 5 was
4 it 14 was
5 was 12 and
7 it 8 was
7 it 11 ,
11 , 12 and
14 was 17 .

[sammy] [waited] [a] [little] [until] [he] [could] [see] [better] [.] 

then he too [started] [for] [the] [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 too

[xviii] 

[somebody] [else] [goes] [berrying] 

that is just what happened [the] [day] [that] [buster] [bear] [first] [thought] [of] [going] [berrying] . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 5 happened
3 just 5 happened
4 what 5 happened
5 happened 16 .

" will you make me [a] [berry] [pie] [if] [i] [will] [get] [the] [berries] [to-morrow] ? " asked [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] of his mother . 
1 " 18 asked
2 will 3 you
3 you 5 me
3 you 16 ?
4 make 5 me
16 ? 17 "
16 ? 18 asked
18 asked 25 mother
18 asked 26 .
23 of 24 his
24 his 25 mother

now [the] [old] [pasture] is [very] [large] . 
1 now 5 is
5 is 8 .

it [lies] [at] [the] [foot] [of] [the] [big] [mountain] , and [even] [extends] a little way [up] [on] [the] [big] [mountain] . 
1 it 14 a
10 , 11 and
11 and 14 a
14 a 15 little
15 little 16 way
16 way 22 .

you see , the bushes grow very thick there , and you cannot see very far in any direction . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 13 cannot
3 , 13 cannot
4 the 5 bushes
5 bushes 8 thick
6 grow 8 thick
7 very 8 thick
8 thick 9 there
8 thick 11 and
8 thick 13 cannot
10 , 11 and
12 you 13 cannot
13 cannot 14 see
13 cannot 16 far
13 cannot 18 any
13 cannot 19 direction
15 very 16 far
16 far 17 in
19 direction 20 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [started] [to] [whistle] , and [then] [he] [stopped] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 9 and
8 , 9 and

that is how he happened to hear a little cry , a very faint little cry . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 5 happened
3 how 4 he
3 how 5 happened
5 happened 6 to
6 to 7 hear
7 hear 16 cry
8 a 9 little
9 little 16 cry
10 cry 11 ,
10 cry 16 cry
12 a 14 faint
13 very 14 faint
14 faint 16 cry
15 little 16 cry
16 cry 17 .

if he had been whistling , he wouldn't have heard it at all . 
1 if 3 had
1 if 11 it
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
3 had 10 heard
5 whistling 7 he
5 whistling 8 wouldn't
5 whistling 10 heard
6 , 7 he
8 wouldn't 9 have
11 it 13 all
12 at 13 all
13 all 14 .

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

he never had heard a cry just like it before . 
1 he 2 never
2 never 4 heard
2 never 10 before
3 had 4 heard
4 heard 6 cry
5 a 6 cry
7 just 8 like
7 just 10 before
8 like 9 it
10 before 11 .

at first he couldn't make out just what it was or where it came from . 
1 at 2 first
2 first 4 couldn't
2 first 14 came
3 he 4 couldn't
4 couldn't 5 make
4 couldn't 6 out
4 couldn't 8 what
4 couldn't 9 it
4 couldn't 11 or
4 couldn't 12 where
4 couldn't 13 it
7 just 8 what
9 it 10 was
14 came 15 from
15 from 16 .

but one thing he was sure of , and that was that it was a cry of fright . 
1 but 2 one
2 one 3 thing
2 one 7 of
3 thing 6 sure
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 sure
7 of 18 fright
8 , 9 and
9 and 14 was
10 that 11 was
10 that 14 was
12 that 14 was
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 a
15 a 18 fright
16 cry 18 fright
17 of 18 fright
18 fright 19 .

he stood perfectly still and listened with all his might . 
1 he 6 listened
2 stood 4 still
2 stood 6 listened
3 perfectly 4 still
5 and 6 listened
6 listened 7 with
6 listened 8 all
6 listened 9 his
6 listened 10 might
6 listened 11 .

there it was [again] ["] [help] ! 
1 there 3 was
1 there 7 !
2 it 3 was

help ! 
1 help 2 !

help " and it was very faint and sounded terribly frightened . 
1 help 2 "
1 help 4 it
3 and 4 it
4 it 5 was
5 was 10 terribly
6 very 7 faint
7 faint 9 sounded
8 and 9 sounded
9 sounded 10 terribly
10 terribly 11 frightened
10 terribly 12 .

he waited a minute or two , but heard nothing more . 
1 he 2 waited
2 waited 4 minute
3 a 4 minute
4 minute 6 two
4 minute 7 ,
4 minute 9 heard
4 minute 12 .
5 or 6 two
7 , 8 but
9 heard 10 nothing
10 nothing 11 more

then he put down his pail and began a hurried look here , there , and everywhere . 
1 then 10 hurried
2 he 10 hurried
3 put 6 pail
4 down 6 pail
5 his 6 pail
6 pail 8 began
6 pail 9 a
6 pail 10 hurried
7 and 8 began
10 hurried 11 look
11 look 12 here
12 here 13 ,
12 here 17 everywhere
14 there 17 everywhere
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 everywhere
17 everywhere 18 .

well , [i] [don't] [like] to tell you , but he was [trying] to [swallow] [one] [of] the [children] of [stickytoes] the [tree] [toad] [.] 
1 well 2 ,
2 , 10 but
6 to 7 tell
7 tell 8 you
8 you 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 he
11 he 12 was
11 he 14 to
14 to 18 the
18 the 20 of
20 of 22 the

of course [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] didn't let him . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 7 didn't
7 didn't 8 let
8 let 9 him
9 him 10 .

he made [little] [mr] [gartersnake] [set] [master] [stickytoes] [free] [and] [held] [mr] [gartersnake] [until] [master] [stickytoes] was [safely] [out] of [reach] [.] 
1 he 2 made
1 he 17 was
17 was 20 of

[xix] 

[buster] [bear] [has] [a] [fine] [time] 

[buster] [bear] [was] [having] [the] [finest] [time] [he] [had] [had] [since] [he] [came] [down] [from] [the] [great] [woods] [to] [live] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

to be sure , he wasn't [in] [the] [green] [forest] [now] [,] [but] he [wasn't] [far] [from] [it] . 
1 to 2 be
2 be 3 sure
2 be 19 .
3 sure 14 he
4 , 5 he
4 , 14 he
5 he 6 wasn't

he was in the [old] [pasture] [,] one [edge] of [which] [touches] one [edge] of [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 the
4 the 15 of
8 one 10 of
8 one 13 one
13 one 15 of

and where do you think he was , in the [old] [pasture] ? 
1 and 2 where
2 where 4 you
2 where 7 was
2 where 13 ?
3 do 4 you
4 you 5 think
6 he 7 was
7 was 8 ,
7 was 9 in
9 in 10 the

why , right in the middle of the biggest patch of the biggest blueberries he ever had seen in all his life ! 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 9 biggest
3 right 6 middle
4 in 6 middle
5 the 6 middle
6 middle 7 of
6 middle 9 biggest
8 the 9 biggest
9 biggest 14 blueberries
9 biggest 20 all
10 patch 11 of
10 patch 14 blueberries
12 the 13 biggest
13 biggest 14 blueberries
14 blueberries 15 he
14 blueberries 16 ever
14 blueberries 18 seen
14 blueberries 19 in
17 had 18 seen
20 all 22 life
21 his 22 life
22 life 23 !

nothing [can] [quite] [equal] [honey] in [buster] ['s] [mind] . 
1 nothing 6 in
6 in 10 .

but [next] [to] [honey] [give] him [berries] . 
1 but 6 him
6 him 8 .

he isn't [particular] [what] [kind] [of] [berries] [.] 
1 he 2 isn't

raspberries , blackberries , or blueberries , either kind , [will] [make] [him] [perfectly] [happy] [.] 
1 raspberries 3 blackberries
2 , 3 blackberries
3 blackberries 4 ,
3 blackberries 5 or
3 blackberries 6 blueberries
3 blackberries 7 ,
3 blackberries 8 either
3 blackberries 9 kind
3 blackberries 10 ,

he didn't try to get them out . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 try
3 try 4 to
3 try 5 get
5 get 6 them
5 get 7 out
7 out 8 .

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

he just chomped them all up together and patted his stomach from sheer delight . 
1 he 3 chomped
2 just 3 chomped
3 chomped 4 them
3 chomped 5 all
3 chomped 6 up
3 chomped 7 together
3 chomped 8 and
3 chomped 9 patted
9 patted 11 stomach
9 patted 13 sheer
10 his 11 stomach
12 from 13 sheer
13 sheer 14 delight
14 delight 15 .

it seems funny but he actually is afraid of them . 
1 it 2 seems
2 seems 3 funny
3 funny 6 actually
4 but 5 he
5 he 6 actually
6 actually 8 afraid
7 is 8 afraid
8 afraid 9 of
9 of 10 them
10 them 11 .

but when he found those berries he was so hungry that he forgot his fears and everything else . 
1 but 2 when
2 when 3 he
2 when 4 found
4 found 6 berries
5 those 6 berries
6 berries 10 hungry
7 he 10 hungry
8 was 10 hungry
9 so 10 hungry
10 hungry 15 fears
11 that 13 forgot
12 he 13 forgot
13 forgot 14 his
13 forgot 15 fears
15 fears 16 and
15 fears 17 everything
17 everything 18 else
18 else 19 .

they tasted so good that he just had to eat and eat and eat . 
1 they 2 tasted
2 tasted 3 so
2 tasted 4 good
4 good 14 eat
5 that 8 had
6 he 7 just
6 he 8 had
8 had 10 eat
9 to 10 eat
10 eat 11 and
10 eat 12 eat
12 eat 13 and
12 eat 14 eat
14 eat 15 .

now [you] [know] [that] [buster] [is] [a] [very] [big] [fellow] , and it [takes] [a] [lot] to [fill] him [up] . 
1 now 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 19 him
13 it 17 to
17 to 19 him
19 him 21 .

he kept eating and eating and eating , and the more he ate the more he wanted . 
1 he 17 wanted
2 kept 7 eating
3 eating 4 and
3 eating 5 eating
5 eating 6 and
5 eating 7 eating
7 eating 9 and
7 eating 11 more
7 eating 13 ate
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 the
12 he 13 ate
13 ate 14 the
13 ate 15 more
13 ate 17 wanted
16 he 17 wanted
17 wanted 18 .

you know how it is . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 how
2 know 5 is
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 .

so he wandered from one patch of berries [to] [another] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] [,] [and] [never] [once] [thought] [of] [the] [time] [.] 
1 so 3 wandered
2 he 3 wandered
3 wandered 4 from
3 wandered 6 patch
5 one 6 patch
6 patch 7 of
6 patch 8 berries

somehow , time is the hardest thing in the world to remember , when you are having a good time . 
1 somehow 2 ,
1 somehow 6 hardest
3 time 6 hardest
4 is 6 hardest
5 the 6 hardest
6 hardest 7 thing
6 hardest 10 world
6 hardest 11 to
6 hardest 12 remember
8 in 10 world
9 the 10 world
12 remember 13 ,
12 remember 14 when
12 remember 17 having
14 when 16 are
15 you 16 are
17 having 19 good
17 having 20 time
18 a 19 good
20 time 21 .

[jolly] [,] [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] [climbed] [higher] [and] [higher] [in] [the] [blue] [,] [blue] [sky] [.] 

he looked down on all the [great] [world] and saw all that was [going] [on] [.] 
1 he 2 looked
1 he 13 was
2 looked 3 down
3 down 4 on
4 on 6 the
5 all 6 the
9 and 10 saw
10 saw 12 that
11 all 12 that
12 that 13 was

he [saw] [buster] [bear] [in] [the] [old] [pasture] , and [smiled] as he [saw] [what] [a] [perfectly] [glorious] [time] [buster] was [having] . 
1 he 21 was
9 , 10 and
9 , 13 he
12 as 13 he
13 he 21 was
21 was 23 .

and he saw something else [in] the [old] [pasture] [that] [made] [his] [smile] [still] [broader] [.] 
1 and 2 he
1 and 7 the
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 something
4 something 5 else

" [um-m-m] , [um-m-m] [,] " [mumbled] [buster] [bear] [with] [his] [mouth] [full] [,] [as] [he] [moved] [along] [to] [another] [patch] [of] [berries] [.] 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 6 "

and then he gave a little gasp of surprise and delight . 
1 and 2 then
2 then 3 he
2 then 4 gave
4 gave 7 gasp
5 a 7 gasp
6 little 7 gasp
7 gasp 8 of
7 gasp 9 surprise
7 gasp 10 and
7 gasp 11 delight
7 gasp 12 .

right in front of him was a shiny thing just full of the finest , biggest , bluest berries ! 
1 right 3 front
2 in 3 front
3 front 4 of
3 front 5 him
3 front 8 shiny
6 was 8 shiny
7 a 8 shiny
8 shiny 9 thing
8 shiny 10 just
8 shiny 11 full
8 shiny 14 finest
11 full 12 of
13 the 14 finest
14 finest 18 bluest
15 , 18 bluest
16 biggest 18 bluest
17 , 18 bluest
18 bluest 19 berries
18 bluest 20 !

there were no leaves or green ones there . 
1 there 2 were
2 were 7 ones
3 no 4 leaves
4 leaves 6 green
4 leaves 7 ones
5 or 6 green
7 ones 8 there
7 ones 9 .

buster blinked his greedy little eyes rapidly and looked again . 
1 buster 2 blinked
2 blinked 3 his
2 blinked 4 greedy
2 blinked 5 little
2 blinked 6 eyes
2 blinked 7 rapidly
2 blinked 9 looked
2 blinked 10 again
8 and 9 looked
10 again 11 .

no , he wasn't [dreaming] . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 6 .

they were real berries , and all he had got to do was to help himself . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 4 berries
3 real 4 berries
4 berries 6 and
4 berries 7 all
4 berries 16 himself
5 , 6 and
8 he 9 had
8 he 10 got
8 he 16 himself
11 to 12 do
11 to 16 himself
13 was 14 to
14 to 15 help
14 to 16 himself
16 himself 17 .

buster looked sharply at the shiny thing that held the berries . 
1 buster 6 shiny
2 looked 3 sharply
3 sharply 4 at
3 sharply 6 shiny
5 the 6 shiny
6 shiny 7 thing
6 shiny 9 held
6 shiny 11 berries
7 thing 8 that
10 the 11 berries
11 berries 12 .

it seemed perfectly harmless . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 4 harmless
3 perfectly 4 harmless
4 harmless 5 .

he reached out a big paw and pushed it gently . 
1 he 2 reached
2 reached 6 paw
3 out 6 paw
4 a 6 paw
5 big 6 paw
6 paw 8 pushed
7 and 8 pushed
8 pushed 9 it
8 pushed 10 gently
10 gently 11 .

it tipped over and spilled out a lot of the berries . 
1 it 2 tipped
2 tipped 5 spilled
3 over 5 spilled
4 and 5 spilled
5 spilled 6 out
5 spilled 8 lot
5 spilled 10 the
5 spilled 11 berries
7 a 8 lot
8 lot 9 of
11 berries 12 .

yes , it was perfectly harmless . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 6 harmless
3 it 4 was
4 was 6 harmless
5 perfectly 6 harmless
6 harmless 7 .

buster gave a little sigh of pure happiness . 
1 buster 7 pure
2 gave 5 sigh
3 a 5 sigh
4 little 5 sigh
5 sigh 6 of
5 sigh 7 pure
7 pure 8 happiness
8 happiness 9 .

he would [eat] [those] [berries] to the last one , and then he would go home [to] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 15 go
6 to 7 the
7 the 8 last
8 last 9 one
8 last 13 he
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 then
12 then 13 he
13 he 14 would
14 would 15 go
15 go 16 home
16 home 21 .

[xx] 

[buster] [bear] [carries] [off] [the] [pail] [of] [farmer] [brown's] [boy] 

the [question] [is] [,] [did] [buster] [bear] [steal] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy 's [pail] [?] 
1 the 12 boy
12 boy 13 's

to steal is to take something which belongs to some one else . 
1 to 2 steal
2 steal 5 take
2 steal 8 belongs
3 is 4 to
4 to 5 take
6 something 8 belongs
7 which 8 belongs
8 belongs 9 to
8 belongs 12 else
10 some 12 else
11 one 12 else
12 else 13 .

there is no doubt that he stole the berries that were in the pail when he found it , for he deliberately ate them . 
1 there 2 is
1 there 4 doubt
3 no 4 doubt
4 doubt 5 that
4 doubt 9 berries
6 he 7 stole
7 stole 8 the
7 stole 9 berries
9 berries 11 were
9 berries 14 pail
10 that 11 were
11 were 12 in
12 in 13 the
14 pail 17 found
15 when 16 he
15 when 17 found
17 found 22 deliberately
18 it 22 deliberately
19 , 22 deliberately
20 for 22 deliberately
21 he 22 deliberately
22 deliberately 23 ate
23 ate 24 them
24 them 25 .

he knew well enough that some one must have picked them for whoever heard of blueberries growing in tin pails ? 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 16 blueberries
2 knew 3 well
2 knew 5 that
3 well 4 enough
6 some 7 one
6 some 16 blueberries
8 must 9 have
9 have 10 picked
10 picked 16 blueberries
11 them 16 blueberries
12 for 16 blueberries
13 whoever 16 blueberries
14 heard 16 blueberries
15 of 16 blueberries
16 blueberries 17 growing
16 blueberries 18 in
16 blueberries 19 tin
16 blueberries 20 pails
16 blueberries 21 ?

so there is [no] [doubt] that [when] [buster] [took] them , he [stole] [them] [.] 
1 so 6 that
1 so 12 he
2 there 3 is
3 is 6 that
10 them 11 ,
11 , 12 he

but with the pail it was different . 
1 but 7 different
2 with 4 pail
3 the 4 pail
4 pail 7 different
5 it 6 was
5 it 7 different
7 different 8 .

he took the pail , but he didn't mean to take it . 
1 he 2 took
2 took 3 the
2 took 4 pail
4 pail 9 mean
4 pail 12 it
4 pail 13 .
5 , 6 but
6 but 8 didn't
7 he 8 didn't
8 didn't 9 mean
9 mean 10 to
10 to 11 take

in fact , he didn't want that pail at all . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
2 fact 8 pail
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 want
6 want 8 pail
7 that 8 pail
8 pail 10 all
8 pail 11 .
9 at 10 all

he didn't think anything about the right or wrong of helping himself . 
1 he 12 himself
2 didn't 3 think
2 didn't 4 anything
4 anything 5 about
4 anything 9 wrong
5 about 6 the
7 right 9 wrong
8 or 9 wrong
9 wrong 11 helping
10 of 11 helping
11 helping 12 himself
12 himself 13 .

and that is just what he did do . 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 just
4 just 5 what
5 what 7 did
5 what 8 do
6 he 7 did
8 do 9 .

of course he upset the pail , but he didn't mind a little thing like that . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
2 course 4 upset
4 upset 5 the
4 upset 6 pail
4 upset 17 .
6 pail 10 didn't
6 pail 11 mind
6 pail 13 little
6 pail 15 like
7 , 8 but
8 but 10 didn't
9 he 10 didn't
12 a 13 little
13 little 14 thing
15 like 16 that

just then he heard a little noise , as if some one were coming . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 3 he
3 he 4 heard
4 heard 7 noise
5 a 6 little
5 a 7 noise
7 noise 14 coming
8 , 10 if
9 as 10 if
10 if 11 some
10 if 13 were
11 some 12 one
13 were 14 coming
14 coming 15 .

get out of there [!] ["] 
1 get 2 out
1 get 4 there
2 out 3 of

he didn't need to be told whose voice that was . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 need
3 need 5 be
3 need 6 told
4 to 5 be
6 told 9 that
7 whose 8 voice
8 voice 9 that
9 that 10 was
10 was 11 .

it was the [voice] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 9 boy
9 boy 10 .

right then [and] [there] [buster] [bear] [nearly] [had] [a] [fit] [.] 
1 right 2 then

there was that awful pail fast over his head so that he couldn't see a thing . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 16 thing
3 that 16 thing
4 awful 5 pail
4 awful 16 thing
5 pail 6 fast
5 pail 7 over
5 pail 9 head
5 pail 13 couldn't
8 his 9 head
10 so 11 that
10 so 13 couldn't
12 he 13 couldn't
13 couldn't 14 see
15 a 16 thing
16 thing 17 .

he growled and whined and squealed . 
1 he 6 squealed
2 growled 6 squealed
3 and 4 whined
4 whined 5 and
4 whined 6 squealed
6 squealed 7 .

he tried to back out of the pail and couldn't . 
1 he 10 couldn't
2 tried 3 to
2 tried 8 pail
4 back 8 pail
5 out 6 of
5 out 7 the
5 out 8 pail
8 pail 9 and
8 pail 10 couldn't
10 couldn't 11 .

he tried to shake it off and couldn't . 
1 he 8 couldn't
2 tried 3 to
2 tried 4 shake
2 tried 8 couldn't
4 shake 5 it
4 shake 6 off
7 and 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 .

he tried to pull it off , but somehow he couldn't get hold of it . 
1 he 11 couldn't
2 tried 3 to
2 tried 4 pull
4 pull 5 it
4 pull 6 off
4 pull 9 somehow
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 somehow
9 somehow 11 couldn't
10 he 11 couldn't
11 couldn't 12 get
11 couldn't 15 it
11 couldn't 16 .
12 get 13 hold
13 hold 14 of

then there was another yell . 
1 then 5 yell
2 there 3 was
2 there 5 yell
4 another 5 yell
5 yell 6 .

you see [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [just] [discovered] [buster] [bear] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 12 .

in fact , he was too surprised and frightened even to run . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
2 fact 4 he
2 fact 7 surprised
5 was 6 too
5 was 7 surprised
7 surprised 8 and
7 surprised 9 frightened
9 frightened 10 even
9 frightened 12 run
9 frightened 13 .
11 to 12 run

after that second yell he just stood still and stared . 
1 after 4 yell
2 that 4 yell
3 second 4 yell
4 yell 6 just
4 yell 7 stood
4 yell 10 stared
5 he 6 just
7 stood 8 still
9 and 10 stared
10 stared 11 .

buster clawed at that awful thing on his head more frantically than ever . 
1 buster 2 clawed
2 clawed 3 at
2 clawed 4 that
2 clawed 5 awful
2 clawed 6 thing
2 clawed 7 on
2 clawed 8 his
2 clawed 11 frantically
2 clawed 14 .
9 head 11 frantically
10 more 11 frantically
11 frantically 13 ever
12 than 13 ever

suddenly it slipped off , so that he could see . 
1 suddenly 3 slipped
1 suddenly 8 he
2 it 3 slipped
3 slipped 4 off
5 , 8 he
6 so 7 that
6 so 8 he
8 he 9 could
9 could 10 see
9 could 11 .

but [the] [funniest] [thing] [of] all [is] [this] he took [that] [pail] with him [!] 
1 but 6 all
1 but 9 he
9 he 10 took
10 took 14 him
13 with 14 him

yes , [sir] , [buster] [bear] [ran] [away] with the [big] [tin] [pail] [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [!] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 9 with
9 with 10 the
10 the 18 boy

he didn't want it . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 want
2 didn't 4 it
4 it 5 .

he would have given anything to get rid of it . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 given
4 given 8 rid
5 anything 8 rid
6 to 8 rid
7 get 8 rid
8 rid 9 of
8 rid 10 it
8 rid 11 .

but he took it because he couldn't help it . 
1 but 7 couldn't
2 he 3 took
2 he 7 couldn't
3 took 4 it
5 because 7 couldn't
6 he 7 couldn't
7 couldn't 8 help
8 help 9 it
8 help 10 .

and [that] [brings] [us] [back] [to] the [question] [,] [did] [buster] [steal] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy 's [pail] [?] 
1 and 7 the
7 the 16 boy
16 boy 17 's

what do you think ? 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
4 think 5 ?

[xxi] 

[sammy] [jay] [makes] [things] [worse] [for] [buster] [bear] 

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

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

[sammy] [jay] [was] [screaming] [at] [the] [top] [of] [his] [lungs] [,] [as] [he] [followed] [buster] [bear] [across] [the] [old] [pasture] [towards] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

never had he screamed so loud , and never had his voice sounded so excited . 
1 never 2 had
1 never 15 excited
3 he 4 screamed
4 screamed 6 loud
4 screamed 15 excited
5 so 6 loud
6 loud 13 sounded
7 , 8 and
8 and 13 sounded
9 never 10 had
10 had 11 his
11 his 12 voice
12 voice 13 sounded
14 so 15 excited
15 excited 16 .

but [every] [blessed] one who [heard] [sammy] [this] [morning] [stopped] [whatever] he was [doing] [and] [pricked] [up] [his] [ears] [to] [listen] . 
1 but 4 one
4 one 5 who
5 who 13 was
12 he 13 was
13 was 22 .

he was so surprised that he almost forgot to keep his wings moving . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 8 forgot
3 so 4 surprised
4 surprised 5 that
4 surprised 8 forgot
6 he 8 forgot
7 almost 8 forgot
8 forgot 10 keep
8 forgot 12 wings
9 to 10 keep
11 his 12 wings
12 wings 13 moving
13 moving 14 .

[buster] [bear] [had] [what] [looked] [to] [blacky] [very] [much] [like] [a] [tin] [pail] [hanging] [from] [his] [neck] [!] 

no wonder [sammy] was excited [.] 
1 no 2 wonder
2 wonder 5 excited
4 was 5 excited

[blacky] [beat] [his] [wings] [fiercely] [and] [started] [after] [sammy] [.] 

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

come on ! 
1 come 2 on
1 come 3 !

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

poor [buster] ! 
1 poor 3 !

he felt humiliated . 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 humiliated
3 humiliated 4 .

that is just another way of saying shamed . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 8 shamed
3 just 8 shamed
4 another 8 shamed
5 way 8 shamed
6 of 8 shamed
7 saying 8 shamed
8 shamed 9 .

but [buster] [is] [so] [big] [that] it is not [easy] for him to [find] a [hiding] [place] . 
1 but 7 it
7 it 8 is
7 it 18 .
8 is 9 not
8 is 15 a
9 not 11 for
11 for 12 him
12 him 13 to

but it was of no use . 
1 but 6 use
2 it 3 was
2 it 6 use
3 was 4 of
5 no 6 use
6 use 7 .

the [sharp] eyes of [sammy] [jay] [and] [blacky] [the] [crow] [saw] [him] [.] 
1 the 4 of
3 eyes 4 of

they actually flew into the very tree under which he was hiding , and how they did scream ! 
1 they 3 flew
2 actually 3 flew
3 flew 4 into
3 flew 7 tree
5 the 6 very
5 the 7 tree
7 tree 12 hiding
8 under 12 hiding
9 which 12 hiding
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 hiding
12 hiding 18 scream
13 , 14 and
14 and 18 scream
15 how 17 did
16 they 17 did
17 did 18 scream
18 scream 19 !

[ol] ['] [mistah] [buzzard] [began] [to] [grin] [as] [soon] [as] [he] [saw] [that] [tin] [pail] [on] [buster] ['s] [neck] [.] 

even [timid] [little] [whitefoot] the [wood] [mouse] [was] [where] [he] [could] [peer] [out] [and] [see] [without] [being] [seen] [.] 
1 even 5 the

of course , [chatterer] the [red] [squirrel] [and] [happy] [jack] the [gray] [squirrel] were there . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 16 .
2 course 3 ,
2 course 15 there
3 , 5 the
11 the 14 were
14 were 15 there

" thief , thief , thief ! " screamed [sammy] [until] [his] [throat] [was] [sore] [.] 
1 " 6 thief
2 thief 3 ,
2 thief 4 thief
4 thief 5 ,
4 thief 6 thief
6 thief 9 screamed
7 ! 8 "
7 ! 9 screamed

the worst of it was [buster] [knew] that [everybody] [knew] [that] it was true . 
1 the 2 worst
2 worst 3 of
2 worst 4 it
4 it 5 was
4 it 14 true
5 was 8 that
12 it 13 was
12 it 14 true
14 true 15 .

that awful pail was proof of it . 
1 that 3 pail
2 awful 3 pail
3 pail 4 was
3 pail 5 proof
5 proof 6 of
5 proof 7 it
5 proof 8 .

" [i] [wish] [i] [never] [had] thought [of] [berries] [,] ["] [growled] [buster] to himself [.] 
1 " 7 thought
7 thought 15 himself
14 to 15 himself

[xxii] 

[buster] [bear] [has] [a] [fit] [of] [temper] 

a [temper] [is] [a] [bad] [,] [bad] thing [when] [once] [it] [gets] [away] . 
1 a 8 thing
8 thing 14 .

there 's nothing quite at all [like] [it] [to] [spoil] [a] [pleasant] day . 
1 there 2 's
1 there 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 quite
3 nothing 6 all
3 nothing 14 .
5 at 6 all
6 all 13 day

[buster] [bear] [was] [in] [a] [terrible] [temper] [.] 

yes , [sir] , [buster] [bear] [was] [having] [the] [worst] [fit] [of] [temper] [ever] [seen] [in] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

now [ordinarily] [buster] is [one] [of] [the] [most] [good-natured] [persons] [in] [the] [world] . 
1 now 4 is
4 is 14 .

it takes a great deal to rouse his temper . 
1 it 2 takes
2 takes 7 rouse
3 a 5 deal
4 great 5 deal
5 deal 7 rouse
6 to 7 rouse
7 rouse 9 temper
8 his 9 temper
9 temper 10 .

he isn't [one] [tenth] [so] [quick] [tempered] [as] [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] [,] [or] [sammy] [jay] [,] [or] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 he 2 isn't

but when [his] [temper] [is] [aroused] [and] [gets] [away] [from] [him] [,] [then] [watch] [out] [!] 
1 but 2 when

it seemed to [buster] that he had had all that he could stand that day and a little more . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 5 that
5 that 12 could
6 he 7 had
6 he 8 had
6 he 12 could
9 all 12 could
10 that 12 could
11 he 12 could
12 could 13 stand
13 stand 19 more
14 that 15 day
15 day 16 and
15 day 19 more
17 a 18 little
18 little 19 more
19 more 20 .

first had come [the] [fright] [back] [there] in the [old] [pasture] [.] 
1 first 2 had
2 had 3 come
3 come 8 in
8 in 9 the

this was bad enough , for he knew just how funny he must look , and besides , it was very uncomfortable . 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 bad
3 bad 4 enough
3 bad 17 besides
4 enough 5 ,
4 enough 6 for
7 he 8 knew
8 knew 10 how
9 just 10 how
10 how 11 funny
11 funny 14 look
11 funny 17 besides
12 he 13 must
13 must 14 look
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 besides
17 besides 18 ,
17 besides 22 uncomfortable
19 it 20 was
20 was 21 very
21 very 22 uncomfortable
22 uncomfortable 23 .

but [to] [have] [sammy] [jay] [call] [everybody] [within] [hearing] [to] [come] [and] [see] him was more than he could stand . 
1 but 14 him
14 him 21 .
15 was 17 than
16 more 17 than
17 than 20 stand
17 than 21 .
18 he 19 could
19 could 20 stand

it was more than [any] [self-respecting] [bear] could stand . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 than
3 more 4 than
4 than 9 stand
4 than 10 .
8 could 9 stand

with a [roar] [of] [anger] [buster] [bear] [charged] [out] [of] his [hiding] [place] [.] 
1 with 2 a
1 with 11 his

he [rushed] [this] [way] and [that] [way] [!] 
1 he 5 and

he [roared] [with] [all] his [might] [!] 
1 he 5 his

he was very terrible to see . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 very
3 very 4 terrible
4 terrible 6 see
4 terrible 7 .
5 to 6 see

those who could fly , flew . 
1 those 2 who
1 those 4 fly
3 could 4 fly
4 fly 5 ,
4 fly 6 flew
4 fly 7 .

those who could climb , climbed . 
1 those 2 who
1 those 4 climb
3 could 4 climb
4 climb 5 ,
4 climb 6 climbed
4 climb 7 .

and those who were swift of foot , ran . 
1 and 9 ran
2 those 3 who
2 those 4 were
2 those 5 swift
5 swift 6 of
5 swift 7 foot
5 swift 8 ,
5 swift 9 ran
9 ran 10 .

a few [who] [could] [neither] [fly] [nor] [climb] [nor] [run] [fast] [,] [hid] [and] [lay] [shaking] [and] [trembling] [for] [fear] [that] [buster] [would] [find] [them] [.] 
1 a 2 few

in [less] time [than] [it] [takes] to tell about it [,] [buster] was alone . 
1 in 3 time
3 time 7 to
7 to 8 tell
8 tell 9 about
9 about 10 it
10 it 13 was
13 was 14 alone
14 alone 15 .

at least , he couldn't see any one . 
1 at 2 least
2 least 8 one
2 least 9 .
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 see
5 couldn't 7 any
7 any 8 one

[[] [illustration] [:] [those] [who] [could] [fly] [,] [flew] [.] 

those who could climb , climbed . 
1 those 2 who
1 those 4 climb
3 could 4 climb
4 climb 5 ,
4 climb 6 climbed
4 climb 7 .

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then he vented his temper on the tin pail . 
1 then 3 vented
2 he 3 vented
3 vented 4 his
3 vented 5 temper
3 vented 6 on
3 vented 7 the
3 vented 8 tin
3 vented 9 pail
9 pail 10 .

he cuffed at it and pulled at it , all the time growling angrily . 
1 he 2 cuffed
1 he 14 angrily
2 cuffed 3 at
2 cuffed 4 it
2 cuffed 6 pulled
2 cuffed 7 at
2 cuffed 8 it
5 and 6 pulled
9 , 13 growling
10 all 11 the
10 all 12 time
12 time 13 growling
13 growling 14 angrily
14 angrily 15 .

he lay down and clawed at it with his hind feet . 
1 he 5 clawed
2 lay 3 down
2 lay 5 clawed
4 and 5 clawed
5 clawed 6 at
5 clawed 7 it
5 clawed 10 hind
5 clawed 11 feet
5 clawed 12 .
8 with 10 hind
9 his 10 hind

at last the handle broke , and he was free ! 
1 at 2 last
2 last 4 handle
3 the 4 handle
4 handle 5 broke
4 handle 6 ,
4 handle 7 and
4 handle 10 free
8 he 9 was
9 was 10 free
10 free 11 !

he shook himself . 
1 he 3 himself
2 shook 3 himself
3 himself 4 .

then he jumped on the helpless pail . 
1 then 3 jumped
2 he 3 jumped
3 jumped 4 on
3 jumped 7 pail
4 on 5 the
6 helpless 7 pail
7 pail 8 .

with a blow of a big paw he sent it clattering against a tree . 
1 with 7 paw
2 a 3 blow
3 blow 4 of
3 blow 7 paw
5 a 7 paw
6 big 7 paw
7 paw 11 clattering
7 paw 15 .
8 he 9 sent
9 sent 11 clattering
10 it 11 clattering
11 clattering 12 against
11 clattering 14 tree
13 a 14 tree

he tried to bite it . 
1 he 2 tried
2 tried 3 to
2 tried 4 bite
2 tried 5 it
5 it 6 .

then , and [not] [till] then , [did] [buster] [recover] [his] [usual] [good] [nature] . 
1 then 2 ,
2 , 3 and
3 and 6 then
6 then 7 ,
7 , 15 .

little by little , as he thought it all over , a look of shame crept into his face . 
1 little 2 by
2 by 3 little
3 little 19 face
4 , 6 he
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 thought
7 thought 8 it
8 it 9 all
9 all 10 over
10 over 11 ,
10 over 19 face
12 a 19 face
13 look 19 face
14 of 15 shame
15 shame 16 crept
16 crept 17 into
16 crept 19 face
18 his 19 face
19 face 20 .

" [i] [i] [guess] it [wasn't] [the] [fault] [of] [that] [thing] . 
1 " 5 it
5 it 12 .

i ought to have known enough to keep my head out of it , " he said slowly and thoughtfully . 
1 i 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
3 to 8 keep
4 have 5 known
4 have 6 enough
6 enough 7 to
6 enough 8 keep
8 keep 9 my
9 my 10 head
10 head 11 out
10 head 20 thoughtfully
12 of 13 it
13 it 14 ,
14 , 17 said
15 " 17 said
16 he 17 said
17 said 20 thoughtfully
18 slowly 19 and
18 slowly 20 thoughtfully
20 thoughtfully 21 .

" you ought to know by this time that no [good] [comes] [of] [stealing] . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 5 know
2 you 16 "
3 ought 4 to
3 ought 5 know
5 know 7 this
5 know 9 that
6 by 7 this
7 this 8 time
9 that 10 no
15 . 16 "

[buster] [bear] [looked] [up] [and] [grinned] [,] [and] [there] [was] [a] [twinkle] [in] [his] [eyes] [.] 

" you ought to know , [sammy] [jay] , " said he . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 9 ,
2 you 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
3 ought 5 know
5 know 6 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 said
11 said 12 he
11 said 13 .

" [i] [hope] you 'll always remember it . " 
1 " 4 you
4 you 10 "
5 'll 7 remember
6 always 7 remember
7 remember 8 it
8 it 9 .
9 . 10 "

" thief , thief , thief ! " screamed [sammy] [,] [and] [flew] [away] [.] 
1 " 6 thief
2 thief 3 ,
2 thief 4 thief
4 thief 5 ,
4 thief 6 thief
6 thief 9 screamed
7 ! 8 "
7 ! 9 screamed

[xxiii] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [lunches] [on] [berries] 

it hadn't entered his head that it could be anybody who would eat those berries . 
1 it 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 3 entered
2 hadn't 15 berries
3 entered 5 head
4 his 5 head
6 that 7 it
6 that 8 could
8 could 9 be
8 could 10 anybody
10 anybody 11 who
10 anybody 12 would
10 anybody 15 berries
13 eat 15 berries
14 those 15 berries
15 berries 16 .

" if he is so afraid of [me] [,] [i] [guess] [i] needn't be afraid of him , " said he . 
1 " 6 afraid
2 if 3 he
2 if 6 afraid
4 is 5 so
5 so 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
6 afraid 15 afraid
6 afraid 16 of
6 afraid 17 him
13 needn't 14 be
13 needn't 15 afraid
17 him 22 .
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
20 said 22 .

" [i] ['ve] [lost] [my] [berries] , but it is worth [it] [to] [find] [out] that he is [afraid] [of] [me] . 
1 " 7 ,
1 " 18 is
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 11 worth
16 that 17 he
16 that 18 is
18 is 22 .

there are [plenty] [more] [on] [the] [bushes] , and all [i] ['ve] [got] [to] [do] is [to] [pick] [them] [.] 
1 there 2 are
1 there 16 is
8 , 9 and
8 , 16 is
9 and 10 all

it might be worse . " 
1 it 4 worse
2 might 3 be
2 might 4 worse
4 worse 5 .
5 . 6 "

he whistled . 
1 he 2 whistled
2 whistled 3 .

" [it] 's worse than [i] [thought] , " cried [he] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 10 cried
3 's 4 worse
4 worse 5 than
8 , 10 cried
9 " 10 cried
10 cried 12 .

" that bear has cheated me out of that berry pie my mother promised me . " 
1 " 17 "
2 that 5 cheated
3 bear 5 cheated
4 has 5 cheated
5 cheated 10 berry
5 cheated 15 me
5 cheated 16 .
6 me 10 berry
7 out 8 of
7 out 10 berry
9 that 10 berry
10 berry 11 pie
10 berry 12 my
10 berry 13 mother
10 berry 14 promised
16 . 17 "

yes , indeed , it might have been worse . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 3 indeed
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 5 it
5 it 9 worse
6 might 7 have
6 might 9 worse
7 have 8 been
9 worse 10 .

that bear might have tried to eat me instead of the berries . 
1 that 2 bear
2 bear 5 tried
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 tried
5 tried 6 to
6 to 7 eat
7 eat 12 berries
7 eat 13 .
8 me 9 instead
9 instead 10 of
9 instead 12 berries
11 the 12 berries

i [guess] [i] 'll go [eat] [that] [lunch] [i] [left] back [by] the [spring] [,] and then [i] ['ll] go home . 
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 go
5 go 21 home
11 back 13 the
11 back 16 and
16 and 17 then
17 then 20 go
20 go 21 home
21 home 22 .

i can pick berries some other day . " 
1 i 2 can
2 can 3 pick
3 pick 4 berries
3 pick 5 some
5 some 6 other
5 some 7 day
7 day 8 .
8 . 9 "

" my , but those sandwiches will taste good , " thought he . 
1 " 6 sandwiches
2 my 6 sandwiches
3 , 4 but
4 but 6 sandwiches
5 those 6 sandwiches
6 sandwiches 7 will
6 sandwiches 8 taste
6 sandwiches 9 good
6 sandwiches 10 ,
6 sandwiches 12 thought
6 sandwiches 14 .
10 , 11 "
12 thought 13 he

" [i] ['m] [glad] they are [big] [and] [thick] . 
1 " 6 are
5 they 6 are
6 are 10 .

i never was hungrier in my life . 
1 i 2 never
2 never 4 hungrier
3 was 4 hungrier
4 hungrier 5 in
4 hungrier 6 my
4 hungrier 7 life
4 hungrier 8 .

hello ! " 
1 hello 2 !
2 ! 3 "

no , [sir] [,] [there] [wasn't] [so] [much] [as] [a] [crumb] [left] [of] [those] [two] [thick] [sandwiches] [.] 
1 no 2 ,

you see , [old] [man] [coyote] [had] [found] [them] and [gobbled] them up [while] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [away] . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 10 and
10 and 12 them
12 them 13 up
12 them 21 .

but [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] didn't know anything about [old] [man] [coyote] [.] 
1 but 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 know
7 know 9 about
8 anything 9 about

he rubbed his eyes and stared everywhere , even up in the trees , as if he thought those sandwiches might be hanging up there . 
1 he 2 rubbed
2 rubbed 3 his
2 rubbed 4 eyes
2 rubbed 6 stared
2 rubbed 7 everywhere
5 and 6 stared
7 everywhere 9 even
8 , 9 even
9 even 13 trees
9 even 16 if
10 up 13 trees
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 trees
14 , 16 if
15 as 16 if
16 if 20 sandwiches
17 he 18 thought
18 thought 20 sandwiches
19 those 20 sandwiches
20 sandwiches 21 might
20 sandwiches 23 hanging
20 sandwiches 24 up
20 sandwiches 25 there
20 sandwiches 26 .
21 might 22 be

farmer [brown] 's boy [gaped] [foolishly] [this] [way] and [that] [way] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 9 and

then , instead of growing angry , a slow smile stole over his freckled face . 
1 then 9 slow
2 , 3 instead
3 instead 4 of
3 instead 9 slow
5 growing 9 slow
6 angry 7 ,
6 angry 9 slow
8 a 9 slow
9 slow 14 freckled
10 smile 14 freckled
11 stole 14 freckled
12 over 14 freckled
13 his 14 freckled
14 freckled 15 face
15 face 16 .

" [i] [guess] [some] [one] [else] [was] [hungry] too , " he muttered . 
1 " 13 muttered
9 too 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 13 muttered
12 he 13 muttered
13 muttered 14 .

" wonder who it was ? 
1 " 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 who
3 who 5 was
3 who 6 ?
4 it 5 was

guess this [old] [pasture] is [no] [place] [for] [me] [to-day] [.] 
1 guess 5 is
2 this 5 is

i 'll [fill] [up] [on] [berries] [and] [then] [i] 'll go home . " 
1 i 2 'll
1 i 10 'll
10 'll 11 go
11 go 12 home
12 home 13 .
13 . 14 "

two or three times , as he trudged along , he stopped to scratch his head thoughtfully . 
1 two 3 three
2 or 3 three
3 three 4 times
4 times 8 trudged
5 , 8 trudged
6 as 8 trudged
7 he 8 trudged
8 trudged 9 along
8 trudged 10 ,
8 trudged 12 stopped
8 trudged 14 scratch
11 he 12 stopped
13 to 14 scratch
14 scratch 17 thoughtfully
15 his 16 head
16 head 17 thoughtfully
17 thoughtfully 18 .

this is the end of [the] [adventures] [of] [buster] [bear] [in] [this] [book] [because] [guess] [why] [.] 
1 this 2 is
1 this 4 end
3 the 4 end
4 end 5 of

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[mother] [west] [wind] ["] [how] ["] [stories] 

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[mother] [west] [wind] ["] [when] ["] [stories] 

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[mother] [west] [wind] ["] [where] ["] [stories] 

[green] [meadow] [series] 

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[happy] [jack] 

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[mrs] [peter] [rabbit] 

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[bowser] [the] [hound] 

[the] [burgess] [bird] [book] [for] [children] 

end of [the] [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] [of] [the] [adventures] [of] [buster] [bear] [,] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 
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