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[html] [version] [by] [al] [haines] [.] [lightfoot] [the] [deer] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] [contents] [chapter] [i] [:] [peter] [rabbit] [meets] [lightfoot] peter [rabbit] was on his way back from the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] deep in the [green] [forest] . 1 peter 7 back 3 was 4 on 4 on 5 his 5 his 6 way 6 way 7 back 7 back 11 of 8 from 9 the 9 the 10 pond 10 pond 11 of 11 of 13 the 13 the 15 deep 13 the 20 . 15 deep 16 in 16 in 17 the farewells are always rather sad , and this particular farewell had left [peter] with a lump in his throat , a queer , choky feeling . 1 farewells 2 are 1 farewells 3 always 3 always 6 , 4 rather 5 sad 5 sad 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 12 left 8 this 9 particular 9 particular 10 farewell 10 farewell 11 had 11 had 12 left 12 left 19 throat 14 with 15 a 15 a 16 lump 16 lump 17 in 17 in 18 his 17 in 19 throat 19 throat 20 , 19 throat 26 . 21 a 22 queer 22 queer 26 . 23 , 24 choky 24 choky 25 feeling 25 feeling 26 . " if [i] were sure that they would return next spring , it wouldn't be so bad , " he muttered . 1 " 7 they 1 " 9 return 2 if 4 were 2 if 5 sure 5 sure 6 that 6 that 7 they 7 they 8 would 9 return 15 be 9 return 17 bad 10 next 11 spring 11 spring 12 , 11 spring 15 be 12 , 13 it 13 it 14 wouldn't 16 so 17 bad 17 bad 18 , 18 , 19 " 18 , 21 muttered 19 " 20 he 21 muttered 22 . " it 's those terrible guns . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 4 those 4 those 5 terrible 5 terrible 6 guns 6 guns 7 . i know what it is to have to watch out for them . 1 i 2 know 2 know 4 it 3 what 4 it 4 it 5 is 5 is 6 to 6 to 9 watch 7 have 8 to 8 to 9 watch 9 watch 10 out 10 out 11 for 11 for 12 them 12 them 13 . farmer [brown] 's boy used to hunt me with one of them , but he doesn't any more . 1 farmer 9 with 3 's 4 boy 4 boy 5 used 5 used 6 to 6 to 7 hunt 7 hunt 8 me 7 hunt 9 with 9 with 12 them 10 one 11 of 11 of 12 them 12 them 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 he 14 but 16 doesn't 15 he 16 doesn't 16 doesn't 17 any 16 doesn't 18 more 17 any 18 more 18 more 19 . but even when he did hunt me it wasn't anything like what the [ducks] have to go through . 1 but 2 even 1 but 5 did 2 even 3 when 3 when 4 he 5 did 7 me 6 hunt 7 me 7 me 11 like 8 it 9 wasn't 9 wasn't 10 anything 9 wasn't 11 like 11 like 13 the 12 what 13 the 13 the 18 through 15 have 16 to 15 have 17 go 17 go 18 through 18 through 19 . i never had to worry about my meals . 1 i 2 never 2 never 5 worry 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 worry 5 worry 6 about 6 about 7 my 7 my 8 meals 8 meals 9 . but with the [ducks] it is a thousand times worse . 1 but 2 with 2 with 3 the 2 with 8 thousand 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 a 7 a 8 thousand 8 thousand 9 times 9 times 10 worse 10 worse 11 . they 've got to eat [while] making that long journey , and they can eat only where there is the right kind of food . 1 they 5 eat 2 've 3 got 3 got 4 to 3 got 5 eat 5 eat 7 making 7 making 8 that 7 making 14 can 8 that 14 can 9 long 11 , 10 journey 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 they 13 they 14 can 14 can 16 only 15 eat 16 only 16 only 17 where 17 where 18 there 17 where 20 the 18 there 19 is 20 the 21 right 20 the 22 kind 22 kind 23 of 22 kind 24 food 24 food 25 . that isn't hunting . 1 that 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 hunting 3 hunting 4 . it's it's " 1 it's 2 it's 2 it's 3 " " well , what is it ? 1 " 2 well 2 well 3 , 3 , 4 what 4 what 5 is 5 is 6 it 6 it 7 ? what are you talking to yourself about , [peter] [rabbit] ? " 1 what 2 are 2 are 3 you 3 you 4 talking 4 talking 6 yourself 5 to 6 yourself 6 yourself 7 about 7 about 8 , 8 , 12 " 11 ? 12 " " it 's awful , " declared [peter] . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 4 awful 4 awful 5 , 5 , 6 " 6 " 7 declared 7 declared 9 . " it 's worse than unfair . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 4 worse 4 worse 5 than 5 than 6 unfair 6 unfair 7 . it doesn't give them any chance at all . " 1 it 2 doesn't 2 doesn't 3 give 3 give 4 them 4 them 5 any 5 any 6 chance 6 chance 7 at 6 chance 9 . 7 at 8 all 9 . 10 " peter grinned . 1 peter 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 . lightfoot listened and his great soft eyes were filled with pity for the [quack] family . 1 lightfoot 2 listened 1 lightfoot 9 filled 2 listened 3 and 3 and 4 his 5 great 6 soft 5 great 9 filled 6 soft 7 eyes 7 eyes 8 were 9 filled 11 pity 9 filled 16 . 10 with 11 pity 12 for 13 the 13 the 16 . 15 family 16 . " [i] hope they will get through all right , " said he , " and [i] hope they will get back in the spring . 1 " 3 hope 1 " 5 will 3 hope 4 they 3 hope 5 will 5 will 6 get 6 get 10 , 7 through 9 right 7 through 10 , 8 all 9 right 10 , 16 and 11 " 12 said 12 said 13 he 12 said 14 , 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 and 16 and 18 hope 18 hope 23 in 19 they 20 will 19 they 21 get 21 get 22 back 21 get 23 in 23 in 24 the 24 the 25 spring 25 spring 26 . men are strange creatures . 1 men 2 are 2 are 3 strange 3 strange 4 creatures 4 creatures 5 . i do not understand them at all . 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 3 not 4 understand 4 understand 5 them 5 them 6 at 6 at 7 all 7 all 8 . none of the people of the [green] [forest] would think of doing such terrible things . 1 none 2 of 1 none 4 people 2 of 3 the 4 people 6 the 5 of 6 the 6 the 13 such 9 would 10 think 10 think 11 of 11 of 12 doing 11 of 13 such 13 such 15 things 14 terrible 15 things 15 things 16 . and yet that is what men seem to do it for . 1 and 6 men 2 yet 3 that 3 that 4 is 4 is 5 what 5 what 6 men 6 men 7 seem 7 seem 8 to 8 to 9 do 9 do 10 it 9 do 12 . 10 it 11 for i guess the trouble is they never have been hunted themselves and don't know how it feels . 1 i 17 feels 2 guess 3 the 3 the 4 trouble 4 trouble 5 is 4 trouble 6 they 6 they 7 never 7 never 13 don't 7 never 17 feels 8 have 9 been 9 been 10 hunted 10 hunted 11 themselves 11 themselves 12 and 12 and 13 don't 13 don't 14 know 14 know 15 how 14 know 16 it 17 feels 18 . sometimes [i] think [i] 'll hunt one some day just to teach him a lesson . 1 sometimes 3 think 1 sometimes 10 just 3 think 9 day 5 'll 6 hunt 6 hunt 7 one 6 hunt 8 some 8 some 9 day 10 just 12 teach 10 just 14 a 11 to 12 teach 12 teach 13 him 14 a 15 lesson 15 lesson 16 . what are you laughing at , [peter] ? " 1 what 2 are 2 are 3 you 2 are 4 laughing 4 laughing 5 at 4 laughing 6 , 6 , 9 " 8 ? 9 " " at the idea of you hunting a man , " replied [peter] . 1 " 2 at 2 at 4 idea 3 the 4 idea 4 idea 5 of 4 idea 9 man 5 of 6 you 7 hunting 8 a 7 hunting 9 man 9 man 12 replied 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 replied 12 replied 14 . " your heart is all right , [lightfoot] , but you are too timid and gentle to frighten any one . 1 " 11 you 1 " 14 timid 2 your 6 right 3 heart 4 is 3 heart 6 right 4 is 5 all 6 right 7 , 7 , 10 but 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 you 11 you 12 are 12 are 13 too 13 too 14 timid 14 timid 16 gentle 15 and 16 gentle 16 gentle 21 . 17 to 18 frighten 18 frighten 19 any 19 any 20 one 19 any 21 . big as you are [i] wouldn't fear you . " 1 big 2 as 2 as 3 you 3 you 4 are 4 are 6 wouldn't 6 wouldn't 7 fear 7 fear 8 you 8 you 10 " 9 . 10 " with a single swift bound [lightfoot] sprang out in front of [peter] . 1 with 2 a 1 with 4 swift 2 a 3 single 4 swift 5 bound 5 bound 8 out 7 sprang 8 out 8 out 10 front 9 in 10 front 10 front 11 of 11 of 13 . his eyes , which [peter] had always thought so soft and gentle , seemed to flash fire . 1 his 12 gentle 2 eyes 3 , 2 eyes 4 which 4 which 6 had 4 which 7 always 7 always 8 thought 7 always 12 gentle 8 thought 9 so 9 so 10 soft 10 soft 11 and 12 gentle 16 flash 13 , 14 seemed 14 seemed 16 flash 15 to 16 flash 16 flash 18 . 17 fire 18 . lightfoot chuckled . 1 lightfoot 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 . " did you say [i] couldn't frighten any one ? " he demanded . 1 " 3 you 1 " 4 say 2 did 3 you 4 say 6 couldn't 6 couldn't 8 any 7 frighten 8 any 8 any 9 one 9 one 10 ? 10 ? 11 " 11 " 13 demanded 12 he 13 demanded 13 demanded 14 . " [i] [i] didn't know you could look so terribly fierce , " stammered [peter] . 1 " 5 know 4 didn't 5 know 5 know 9 so 6 you 7 could 7 could 8 look 7 could 9 so 9 so 10 terribly 10 terribly 12 , 11 fierce 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 stammered 14 stammered 16 . " those antlers look really dangerous when you point them that way . 1 " 2 those 1 " 3 antlers 1 " 5 really 3 antlers 4 look 5 really 10 them 6 dangerous 7 when 7 when 8 you 8 you 9 point 9 point 10 them 10 them 11 that 11 that 12 way 12 way 13 . why why what is that hanging to them ? 1 why 3 what 2 why 3 what 3 what 4 is 4 is 5 that 5 that 6 hanging 6 hanging 7 to 7 to 8 them 8 them 9 ? it looks like bits of old fur . 1 it 2 looks 2 looks 3 like 3 like 5 of 4 bits 5 of 5 of 7 fur 6 old 7 fur 7 fur 8 . have you been tearing somebody 's coat , [lightfoot] ? " 1 have 3 been 2 you 3 been 3 been 4 tearing 4 tearing 5 somebody 5 somebody 6 's 6 's 7 coat 7 coat 8 , 8 , 11 " 10 ? 11 " peter 's eyes were wide with wonder and suspicion . 1 peter 2 's 1 peter 3 eyes 2 's 3 eyes 3 eyes 5 wide 4 were 5 wide 5 wide 7 wonder 6 with 7 wonder 7 wonder 10 . 8 and 9 suspicion 9 suspicion 10 . [chapter] [ii] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [new] [antlers] peter [rabbit] was puzzled . 1 peter 3 was 3 was 4 puzzled 4 puzzled 5 . he stared at [lightfoot] the [deer] a wee bit suspiciously . 1 he 2 stared 2 stared 3 at 3 at 5 the 5 the 9 bit 7 a 8 wee 8 wee 9 bit 9 bit 11 . 10 suspiciously 11 . " have you been tearing somebody 's coat ? " he asked again . 1 " 3 you 2 have 3 you 3 you 5 tearing 4 been 5 tearing 5 tearing 8 coat 6 somebody 7 's 6 somebody 8 coat 8 coat 9 ? 9 ? 10 " 9 ? 12 asked 10 " 11 he 12 asked 14 . 13 again 14 . he didn't like to think it of [lightfoot] , whom he always had believed quite as gentle , harmless , and timid as himself . 1 he 2 didn't 1 he 13 had 1 he 15 quite 2 didn't 5 think 3 like 4 to 4 to 5 think 5 think 6 it 5 think 7 of 9 , 10 whom 10 whom 11 he 11 he 12 always 11 he 13 had 13 had 14 believed 15 quite 16 as 16 as 17 gentle 16 as 23 as 17 gentle 18 , 18 , 21 and 19 harmless 20 , 19 harmless 21 and 21 and 22 timid 23 as 24 himself 24 himself 25 . but what else could he think ? 1 but 2 what 2 what 3 else 3 else 4 could 4 could 5 he 5 he 6 think 6 think 7 ? lightfoot slowly shook his head . 1 lightfoot 2 slowly 2 slowly 3 shook 3 shook 4 his 4 his 5 head 5 head 6 . " no , " said he , " [i] haven't torn anybody 's coat . " 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 , 3 , 5 said 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 6 he 10 haven't 7 , 8 " 8 " 10 haven't 10 haven't 12 anybody 11 torn 12 anybody 12 anybody 14 coat 13 's 14 coat 14 coat 15 . 15 . 16 " " then what are those rags hanging on your antlers ? " demanded [peter] . 1 " 2 then 2 then 4 are 3 what 4 are 4 are 7 hanging 5 those 6 rags 6 rags 7 hanging 7 hanging 11 ? 8 on 9 your 9 your 10 antlers 10 antlers 11 ? 11 ? 12 " 12 " 13 demanded 13 demanded 15 . lightfoot chuckled . 1 lightfoot 2 chuckled 2 chuckled 3 . " they are what is left of the coverings of my new antlers , " he explained . 1 " 3 are 1 " 4 what 1 " 6 left 2 they 3 are 4 what 5 is 4 what 6 left 6 left 12 new 7 of 8 the 8 the 9 coverings 9 coverings 10 of 9 coverings 12 new 10 of 11 my 12 new 17 explained 13 antlers 14 , 13 antlers 16 he 13 antlers 17 explained 14 , 15 " 17 explained 18 . " what 's that ? 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 's 2 what 5 ? 4 that 5 ? what do you mean by new antlers ? " 1 what 2 do 1 what 3 you 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 mean 4 mean 5 by 5 by 6 new 6 new 8 ? 7 antlers 8 ? 8 ? 9 " peter was sitting up very straight , with his eyes fixed on [lightfoot] 's antlers as though he never had seen them before . 1 peter 2 was 1 peter 3 sitting 1 peter 6 straight 2 was 3 sitting 3 sitting 4 up 4 up 5 very 6 straight 7 , 6 straight 11 fixed 7 , 8 with 8 with 9 his 9 his 10 eyes 11 fixed 12 on 11 fixed 17 though 14 's 15 antlers 15 antlers 16 as 15 antlers 17 though 17 though 23 before 18 he 20 had 18 he 21 seen 19 never 20 had 21 seen 22 them 22 them 23 before 23 before 24 . " just what [i] said , " retorted [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 just 1 " 3 what 3 what 6 , 5 said 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 retorted 8 retorted 10 . " what do you think of them ? 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 do 3 do 4 you 4 you 5 think 5 think 6 of 6 of 7 them 7 them 8 ? i think they are the finest antlers [i] 've ever had . 1 i 2 think 1 i 4 are 2 think 3 they 3 they 4 are 4 are 7 antlers 5 the 6 finest 6 finest 7 antlers 7 antlers 9 've 9 've 10 ever 10 ever 11 had 11 had 12 . lightfoot rubbed his antlers against the trunk of a tree till some [of] the rags hanging to them dropped off . 1 lightfoot 10 tree 2 rubbed 3 his 2 rubbed 4 antlers 3 his 4 antlers 4 antlers 8 of 4 antlers 10 tree 5 against 6 the 5 against 7 trunk 7 trunk 8 of 8 of 9 a 10 tree 11 till 10 tree 12 some 12 some 17 to 14 the 15 rags 15 rags 16 hanging 16 hanging 17 to 17 to 18 them 18 them 19 dropped 19 dropped 21 . 20 off 21 . peter blinked very hard . 1 peter 2 blinked 2 blinked 3 very 3 very 4 hard 4 hard 5 . he was trying to understand and he couldn't . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 trying 3 trying 4 to 4 to 5 understand 5 understand 9 . 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 couldn't 8 couldn't 9 . finally he said so . 1 finally 2 he 1 finally 5 . 2 he 3 said 4 so 5 . " what kind of a story are you trying to fill me up [with] ? " he demanded indignantly . 1 " 2 what 2 what 4 of 3 kind 4 of 4 of 9 trying 5 a 6 story 6 story 7 are 6 story 9 trying 7 are 8 you 9 trying 13 up 10 to 11 fill 11 fill 12 me 11 fill 13 up 13 up 15 ? 15 ? 16 " 15 ? 18 demanded 17 he 18 demanded 18 demanded 19 indignantly 19 indignantly 20 . " do you mean to tell me that those are not the antlers that you have had as long as [i] 've known you ? 1 " 4 mean 1 " 8 that 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 mean 4 mean 5 to 4 mean 7 me 5 to 6 tell 8 that 13 antlers 9 those 10 are 9 those 13 antlers 10 are 11 not 11 not 12 the 13 antlers 19 long 14 that 15 you 15 you 16 have 16 have 17 had 17 had 19 long 18 as 19 long 19 long 20 as 20 as 22 've 22 've 24 you 23 known 24 you 24 you 25 ? how can anything hard like those antlers grow ? 1 how 2 can 2 can 4 hard 3 anything 4 hard 4 hard 6 those 5 like 6 those 6 those 7 antlers 7 antlers 8 grow 7 antlers 9 ? 8 grow 9 ? and if those are new ones , where are the old ones ? 1 and 2 if 1 and 3 those 3 those 6 ones 4 are 5 new 5 new 6 ones 6 ones 8 where 7 , 8 where 8 where 9 are 9 are 12 ones 10 the 11 old 11 old 12 ones 12 ones 13 ? show me the old ones , and perhaps [i] 'll believe that these are new ones . 1 show 2 me 1 show 12 that 2 me 6 , 3 the 4 old 4 old 5 ones 4 old 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 perhaps 8 perhaps 10 'll 10 'll 11 believe 12 that 13 these 13 these 17 . 14 are 15 new 14 are 17 . 15 new 16 ones the idea of trying to make me believe that antlers grow just like plants ! 1 the 2 idea 1 the 3 of 3 of 4 trying 4 trying 8 believe 5 to 7 me 5 to 8 believe 6 make 7 me 8 believe 11 grow 9 that 10 antlers 10 antlers 11 grow 11 grow 12 just 12 just 13 like 13 like 14 plants 14 plants 15 ! i 've seen [bossy] the [cow] all summer and [i] know she has got the same horns she had last summer . 1 i 2 've 1 i 3 seen 3 seen 5 the 3 seen 8 summer 7 all 8 summer 8 summer 15 the 9 and 11 know 9 and 12 she 12 she 13 has 13 has 14 got 13 has 15 the 15 the 16 same 16 same 19 had 16 same 20 last 17 horns 18 she 18 she 19 had 20 last 21 summer 20 last 22 . new antlers indeed ! " 1 new 2 antlers 2 antlers 3 indeed 3 indeed 4 ! 4 ! 5 " " you are quite right , [peter] , quite right about [bossy] the [cow] . 1 " 2 you 1 " 4 quite 2 you 3 are 4 quite 5 right 4 quite 6 , 5 right 6 , 6 , 9 quite 8 , 9 quite 9 quite 10 right 10 right 11 about 10 right 15 . 11 about 13 the she never has new horns , but that isn't any reason why [i] shouldn't have new antlers , is it ? " replied [lightfoot] patiently . 1 she 2 never 1 she 5 horns 2 never 3 has 3 has 4 new 5 horns 14 shouldn't 6 , 7 but 6 , 9 isn't 7 but 8 that 9 isn't 14 shouldn't 10 any 11 reason 10 any 12 why 12 why 14 shouldn't 14 shouldn't 16 new 15 have 16 new 16 new 18 , 17 antlers 18 , 18 , 22 " 19 is 20 it 20 it 21 ? 21 ? 22 " 22 " 23 replied 23 replied 25 patiently 25 patiently 26 . " her horns are quite different from my antlers . 1 " 6 different 2 her 3 horns 3 horns 5 quite 4 are 5 quite 5 quite 6 different 6 different 9 antlers 7 from 8 my 8 my 9 antlers 9 antlers 10 . i have a new pair every year . 1 i 2 have 1 i 3 a 2 have 3 a 3 a 4 new 4 new 6 every 5 pair 6 every 6 every 7 year 7 year 8 . you haven't seen me all summer , have you , [peter] ? " 1 you 2 haven't 2 haven't 3 seen 3 seen 4 me 4 me 5 all 5 all 6 summer 6 summer 7 , 7 , 8 have 8 have 9 you 9 you 10 , 9 you 12 ? 12 ? 13 " " no , [i] don't remember that [i] have , " replied [peter] , trying very hard to remember when he had last seen [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 no 1 " 9 have 2 no 3 , 2 no 6 remember 5 don't 6 remember 6 remember 7 that 9 have 12 replied 9 have 15 trying 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 replied 12 replied 14 , 15 trying 17 hard 15 trying 18 to 16 very 17 hard 18 to 19 remember 18 to 23 last 19 remember 20 when 20 when 21 he 21 he 22 had 23 last 24 seen 24 seen 26 . " [i] [know] you haven't , " retorted [lightfoot] . 1 " 4 you 4 you 5 haven't 5 haven't 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 retorted 8 retorted 10 . " [i] know it because [i] have been hiding in a place you never visit . " 1 " 5 because 3 know 4 it 3 know 5 because 5 because 9 hiding 7 have 8 been 8 been 9 hiding 9 hiding 10 in 10 in 11 a 11 a 12 place 11 a 15 visit 13 you 14 never 14 never 15 visit 15 visit 16 . 16 . 17 " " what have you been hiding for ? " demanded [peter] . 1 " 2 what 1 " 4 you 3 have 4 you 4 you 5 been 5 been 6 hiding 6 hiding 7 for 6 hiding 8 ? 8 ? 9 " 8 ? 10 demanded 10 demanded 12 . " for my new antlers to grow , " replied [lightfoot] . 1 " 4 new 2 for 3 my 3 my 4 new 4 new 5 antlers 5 antlers 8 , 6 to 7 grow 7 grow 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 replied 10 replied 12 . " when my new antlers are growing , [i] want to be away by myself . 1 " 4 new 1 " 7 growing 2 when 3 my 3 my 4 new 4 new 5 antlers 5 antlers 6 are 7 growing 8 , 7 growing 10 want 10 want 11 to 10 want 13 away 11 to 12 be 13 away 14 by 14 by 15 myself 15 myself 16 . i don't like to be seen without them or with halfgrown ones . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 like 3 like 4 to 3 like 6 seen 4 to 5 be 6 seen 7 without 6 seen 11 halfgrown 7 without 9 or 8 them 9 or 10 with 11 halfgrown 11 halfgrown 12 ones 12 ones 13 . besides , [i] am very uncomfortable while the new antlers are growing and [i] want to be alone . " 1 besides 5 very 2 , 4 am 4 am 5 very 5 very 8 the 6 uncomfortable 7 while 7 while 8 the 8 the 9 new 9 new 12 growing 9 new 15 want 10 antlers 11 are 10 antlers 12 growing 12 growing 13 and 15 want 17 be 15 want 18 alone 16 to 17 be 18 alone 19 . 19 . 20 " " they dropped off last spring , but [i] don't remember just where , " replied [lightfoot] . 1 " 6 spring 1 " 11 remember 2 they 5 last 3 dropped 4 off 3 dropped 5 last 5 last 6 spring 6 spring 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 don't 11 remember 12 just 11 remember 13 where 12 just 13 where 13 where 16 replied 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 replied 16 replied 18 . " [i] was too glad to be rid of them to notice where they dropped . 1 " 4 too 1 " 7 be 3 was 4 too 4 too 5 glad 5 glad 6 to 7 be 12 notice 8 rid 9 of 9 of 10 them 10 them 11 to 11 to 12 notice 12 notice 13 where 13 where 15 dropped 14 they 15 dropped 15 dropped 16 . i 've got one more point on each than [i] had last year . " 1 i 3 got 2 've 3 got 3 got 7 on 4 one 5 more 4 one 6 point 6 point 7 on 7 on 9 than 8 each 9 than 9 than 12 last 11 had 12 last 12 last 13 year 13 year 14 . 14 . 15 " lightfoot began once more to rub his antlers against [the] tree to get off the queer rags hanging to them and to polish the points . 1 lightfoot 2 began 2 began 6 rub 3 once 4 more 4 more 5 to 5 to 6 rub 6 rub 12 to 7 his 8 antlers 7 his 9 against 9 against 11 tree 11 tree 12 to 12 to 13 get 13 get 17 rags 13 get 18 hanging 14 off 16 queer 15 the 16 queer 16 queer 17 rags 18 hanging 19 to 18 hanging 22 to 19 to 20 them 20 them 21 and 22 to 26 . 23 polish 24 the 23 polish 26 . 24 the 25 points peter watched in silence for a few minutes . 1 peter 2 watched 2 watched 3 in 2 watched 4 silence 4 silence 6 a 5 for 6 a 6 a 7 few 7 few 8 minutes 8 minutes 9 . then , all his suspicions returning , he said : 1 then 2 , 1 then 3 all 3 all 4 his 4 his 5 suspicions 5 suspicions 6 returning 6 returning 7 , 7 , 9 said 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 : " but you haven't told me anything about those rags hanging to your antlers . " 1 " 3 you 1 " 7 anything 2 but 3 you 3 you 4 haven't 4 haven't 6 me 5 told 6 me 7 anything 9 those 8 about 9 those 9 those 11 hanging 10 rags 11 hanging 11 hanging 12 to 12 to 13 your 13 your 14 antlers 14 antlers 15 . 15 . 16 " " and you haven't believed what [i] have already told you , " retorted [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 and 1 " 9 already 2 and 4 haven't 3 you 4 haven't 4 haven't 5 believed 5 believed 6 what 6 what 8 have 9 already 10 told 9 already 12 , 10 told 11 you 12 , 14 retorted 13 " 14 retorted 14 retorted 16 . " [i] don't like telling things to people who won't believe me . " 1 " 3 don't 3 don't 5 telling 4 like 5 telling 5 telling 8 people 6 things 7 to 6 things 8 people 8 people 9 who 9 who 10 won't 9 who 13 . 10 won't 11 believe 11 believe 12 me 13 . 14 " [chapter] [iii] [:] [lightfoot] [tells] [how] [his] [antlers] [grew] it is hard to believe what seems impossible . 1 it 2 is 1 it 3 hard 3 hard 5 believe 4 to 5 believe 5 believe 6 what 6 what 7 seems 7 seems 9 . 8 impossible 9 . and yet [what] seems impossible to you may be a very commonplace matter to some one else . 1 and 2 yet 1 and 5 impossible 2 yet 4 seems 5 impossible 12 commonplace 6 to 7 you 6 to 9 be 8 may 9 be 9 be 10 a 10 a 11 very 10 a 12 commonplace 11 very 12 commonplace 12 commonplace 13 matter 13 matter 16 one 13 matter 17 else 14 to 15 some 15 some 16 one 16 one 17 else 17 else 18 . so it does not do to say that a thing cannot be possible just [because] you cannot understand how it can be . 1 so 2 it 1 so 8 that 2 it 3 does 3 does 4 not 3 does 5 do 4 not 5 do 5 do 6 to 6 to 7 say 8 that 9 a 9 a 14 just 10 thing 11 cannot 11 cannot 12 be 12 be 13 possible 13 possible 14 just 14 just 19 how 16 you 17 cannot 16 you 18 understand 18 understand 19 how 19 how 23 . 20 it 21 can 21 can 22 be 22 be 23 . peter [rabbit] wanted to believe what [lightfoot] the [deer] had just told him , but somehow he couldn't . 1 peter 3 wanted 1 peter 10 had 3 wanted 5 believe 4 to 5 believe 5 believe 6 what 6 what 8 the 10 had 11 just 11 just 15 but 12 told 13 him 13 him 14 , 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 somehow 16 somehow 18 couldn't 16 somehow 19 . 17 he 18 couldn't 18 couldn't 19 . if he had seen those antlers growing , it would have been another matter . 1 if 2 he 1 if 7 growing 2 he 3 had 2 he 5 those 3 had 4 seen 5 those 6 antlers 7 growing 9 it 7 growing 12 been 8 , 9 it 10 would 11 have 10 would 12 been 12 been 13 another 13 another 15 . 14 matter 15 . but he hadn't seen [lightfoot] since the very last of winter , and then [lightfoot] had worn just such handsome antlers as he now had . 1 but 3 hadn't 2 he 3 hadn't 3 hadn't 4 seen 4 seen 8 very 4 seen 14 then 6 since 7 the 7 the 8 very 8 very 10 of 9 last 10 of 10 of 11 winter 11 winter 12 , 11 winter 14 then 12 , 13 and 14 then 20 handsome 16 had 17 worn 17 worn 19 such 18 just 19 such 19 such 20 handsome 20 handsome 21 antlers 21 antlers 22 as 22 as 23 he 23 he 25 had 23 he 26 . 24 now 25 had " [i] 'm trying to believe it , " he said , quite humbly . 1 " 4 trying 3 'm 4 trying 4 trying 10 he 5 to 6 believe 6 believe 7 it 7 it 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 he 10 he 11 said 11 said 12 , 12 , 14 humbly 13 quite 14 humbly 14 humbly 15 . " it 's all true , " broke in another voice . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 's 2 it 8 broke 3 's 4 all 3 's 5 true 4 all 5 true 5 true 6 , 6 , 7 " 8 broke 9 in 9 in 10 another 10 another 11 voice 11 voice 12 . peter jumped and turned to find his big cousin , [jumper] the [hare] . 1 peter 5 to 2 jumped 3 and 3 and 4 turned 4 turned 5 to 5 to 6 find 6 find 8 big 7 his 8 big 8 big 9 cousin 9 cousin 10 , 10 , 12 the 12 the 14 . unseen and unheard , he had stolen up and had overheard what [peter] and [lightfoot] had said . 1 unseen 3 unheard 2 and 3 unheard 3 unheard 4 , 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 had 5 he 16 had 6 had 7 stolen 7 stolen 8 up 8 up 9 and 8 up 11 overheard 10 had 11 overheard 11 overheard 12 what 12 what 14 and 16 had 18 . 17 said 18 . " how do you know it is true ? " snapped [peter] a little crossly , for [jumper] had startled him . 1 " 4 you 1 " 7 is 2 how 3 do 3 do 4 you 4 you 5 know 5 know 6 it 7 is 8 true 8 true 9 ? 8 true 11 snapped 9 ? 10 " 11 snapped 14 little 11 snapped 20 startled 13 a 14 little 14 little 15 crossly 15 crossly 16 , 16 , 17 for 19 had 20 startled 20 startled 22 . 21 him 22 . " all right ! 1 " 2 all 2 all 3 right 3 right 4 ! i 'll believe anything that [lightfoot] tells me if you say it is true , " declared [peter] , who greatly admires his cousin , [jumper] . 1 i 2 'll 1 i 4 anything 1 i 7 tells 2 'll 3 believe 3 believe 4 anything 4 anything 5 that 7 tells 11 say 7 tells 14 true 8 me 9 if 9 if 10 you 10 you 11 say 11 say 12 it 12 it 13 is 14 true 15 , 14 true 19 , 15 , 16 " 16 " 17 declared 19 , 20 who 19 , 24 cousin 20 who 21 greatly 21 greatly 22 admires 22 admires 23 his 24 cousin 27 . 25 , 27 . " now tell me about those rags , [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 now 2 now 3 tell 3 tell 4 me 3 tell 5 about 5 about 7 rags 6 those 7 rags 7 rags 8 , 8 , 10 . please do . " 1 please 2 do 2 do 3 . 3 . 4 " lightfoot couldn't resist that " please . " 1 lightfoot 3 resist 2 couldn't 3 resist 3 resist 4 that 3 resist 6 please 5 " 6 please 6 please 8 " 7 . 8 " " very soon after my old ones dropped off the new ones began to grow . 1 " 5 my 2 very 3 soon 3 soon 4 after 3 soon 5 my 5 my 11 new 6 old 7 ones 6 old 11 new 7 ones 8 dropped 8 dropped 9 off 9 off 10 the 11 new 16 . 12 ones 13 began 13 began 14 to 13 began 16 . 14 to 15 grow 15 grow 16 . they were not hard , not at all like they are now . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 not 2 were 4 hard 4 hard 5 , 5 , 6 not 6 not 7 at 7 at 8 all 8 all 9 like 9 like 13 . 10 they 11 are 11 are 12 now 12 now 13 . they were soft and very tender , and the blood ran through them just as it does through our bodies . 1 they 5 very 2 were 3 soft 3 soft 4 and 4 and 5 very 5 very 7 , 6 tender 7 , 7 , 15 as 8 and 9 the 9 the 10 blood 10 blood 11 ran 11 ran 12 through 11 ran 15 as 12 through 13 them 13 them 14 just 15 as 17 does 16 it 17 does 17 does 21 . 18 through 19 our 19 our 20 bodies 20 bodies 21 . they were covered with a sort of skin with hairs on it like thin fur . 1 they 5 a 2 were 3 covered 3 covered 4 with 3 covered 5 a 5 a 6 sort 5 a 10 hairs 6 sort 7 of 7 of 8 skin 8 skin 9 with 10 hairs 11 on 10 hairs 14 thin 12 it 13 like 13 like 14 thin 14 thin 16 . 15 fur 16 . the ends were not sharply pointed they now are , but were big and rounded , like knobs . 1 the 2 ends 1 the 5 sharply 2 ends 3 were 3 were 4 not 5 sharply 6 pointed 5 sharply 10 , 6 pointed 7 they 7 they 9 are 8 now 9 are 10 , 11 but 10 , 15 rounded 12 were 13 big 13 big 14 and 13 big 15 rounded 15 rounded 19 . 16 , 17 like 17 like 18 knobs 18 knobs 19 . they were not like antlers at all , and they made my head hot and were very uncomfortable . 1 they 7 all 2 were 3 not 2 were 5 antlers 3 not 4 like 5 antlers 6 at 6 at 7 all 7 all 8 , 8 , 9 and 8 , 14 hot 9 and 10 they 10 they 11 made 10 they 12 my 11 made 12 my 12 my 13 head 13 head 14 hot 14 hot 17 very 15 and 16 were 16 were 17 very 17 very 18 uncomfortable 18 uncomfortable 19 . that is why [i] hid away . 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 why 3 why 5 hid 5 hid 6 away 6 away 7 . it seemed to me sometimes as if all my strength went into those new antlers . 1 it 2 seemed 1 it 5 sometimes 2 seemed 3 to 3 to 4 me 5 sometimes 7 if 5 sometimes 10 strength 6 as 7 if 8 all 9 my 8 all 10 strength 10 strength 12 into 11 went 12 into 12 into 14 new 13 those 14 new 14 new 16 . 15 antlers 16 . and [i] had to be very careful not to hit them against anything . 1 and 7 careful 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 very 6 very 7 careful 7 careful 10 hit 8 not 9 to 9 to 10 hit 10 hit 11 them 10 hit 12 against 11 them 12 against 12 against 13 anything 13 anything 14 . in the first place it would have hurt , and in the second place it might have spoiled the shape of them . 1 in 2 the 1 in 8 hurt 2 the 3 first 2 the 4 place 4 place 7 have 5 it 6 would 6 would 7 have 8 hurt 14 place 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 in 11 in 12 the 12 the 13 second 12 the 14 place 14 place 21 of 15 it 16 might 16 might 17 have 17 have 18 spoiled 17 have 20 shape 19 the 20 shape 20 shape 21 of 21 of 22 them 22 them 23 . " when they had grown to the length you now see , they began to shrink and grow hard . 1 " 3 they 1 " 5 grown 1 " 13 they 2 when 3 they 3 they 4 had 5 grown 7 the 6 to 7 the 8 length 9 you 8 length 10 now 10 now 11 see 11 see 12 , 12 , 13 they 13 they 14 began 13 they 18 grow 14 began 15 to 14 began 16 shrink 16 shrink 18 grow 17 and 18 grow 18 grow 19 hard 19 hard 20 . the knobs on the ends shrank until they became pointed . 1 the 2 knobs 1 the 5 ends 3 on 4 the 4 the 5 ends 5 ends 7 until 6 shrank 7 until 7 until 9 became 8 they 9 became 9 became 10 pointed 10 pointed 11 . as soon as they stopped growing the blood [stopped] flowing up in them , and as they became hard they were no longer tender . 1 as 2 soon 2 soon 3 as 3 as 4 they 3 as 11 up 4 they 6 growing 5 stopped 6 growing 7 the 8 blood 7 the 10 flowing 8 blood 10 flowing 10 flowing 11 up 11 up 14 , 12 in 13 them 13 them 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 21 were 16 as 17 they 17 they 19 hard 18 became 19 hard 19 hard 20 they 20 they 21 were 21 were 22 no 22 no 24 tender 22 no 25 . 23 longer 24 tender the skin which had covered them grew dry and split , and [i] rubbed it off on trees and bushes . 1 the 3 which 1 the 21 . 2 skin 3 which 3 which 8 dry 4 had 5 covered 5 covered 6 them 6 them 7 grew 6 them 8 dry 8 dry 14 rubbed 9 and 10 split 9 and 14 rubbed 10 split 11 , 11 , 12 and 14 rubbed 15 it 14 rubbed 16 off 16 off 17 on 17 on 18 trees 17 on 20 bushes 18 trees 19 and the little rags you see are what is left , but [i] will soon be rid of those . 1 the 2 little 1 the 3 rags 3 rags 6 are 3 rags 7 what 4 you 5 see 4 you 6 are 7 what 10 , 7 what 14 soon 8 is 9 left 9 left 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 13 will 14 soon 16 rid 14 soon 18 those 15 be 16 rid 16 rid 17 of 18 those 19 . lightfoot tossed his head proudly and rattled his wonderful antlers against the nearest tree . 1 lightfoot 10 antlers 2 tossed 3 his 2 tossed 5 proudly 3 his 4 head 5 proudly 6 and 5 proudly 10 antlers 6 and 9 wonderful 7 rattled 8 his 7 rattled 9 wonderful 10 antlers 13 nearest 11 against 12 the 12 the 13 nearest 13 nearest 14 tree 13 nearest 15 . it is hard to believe , but [i] suppose it must be true . " 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 hard 2 is 9 suppose 3 hard 4 to 4 to 5 believe 5 believe 6 , 6 , 7 but 9 suppose 11 must 10 it 11 must 11 must 12 be 12 be 13 true 13 true 14 . 14 . 15 " you 've always thought of [lightfoot] as timid and afraid , but you should see him when he is angry . 1 you 2 've 1 you 3 always 1 you 14 should 3 always 5 of 3 always 11 , 4 thought 5 of 5 of 10 afraid 7 as 8 timid 8 timid 9 and 8 timid 10 afraid 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 you 14 should 15 see 14 should 21 . 16 him 17 when 17 when 18 he 17 when 20 angry 18 he 19 is 20 angry 21 . few people care to face him then . " 1 few 2 people 2 people 3 care 3 care 4 to 4 to 5 face 4 to 6 him 6 him 7 then 7 then 8 . 8 . 9 " [chapter] [iv] [:] [the] [spirit] [of] [fear] when the days grow cold and the nights are clear , [there] stalks abroad the spirit of fear . 1 when 2 the 1 when 8 nights 2 the 3 days 3 days 4 grow 4 grow 5 cold 6 and 7 the 7 the 8 nights 8 nights 11 , 9 are 10 clear 10 clear 11 , 11 , 18 fear 13 stalks 14 abroad 14 abroad 15 the 15 the 16 spirit 16 spirit 17 of 17 of 18 fear 18 fear 19 . lightfoot the [deer] . 1 lightfoot 2 the 2 the 4 . it is sad but true . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 sad 3 sad 6 . 4 but 5 true 5 true 6 . autumn is often called the sad time of the year , and it is the sad time . 1 autumn 3 often 1 autumn 6 sad 1 autumn 10 year 2 is 3 often 4 called 5 the 4 called 6 sad 5 the 6 sad 6 sad 7 time 7 time 8 of 7 time 10 year 8 of 9 the 10 year 17 time 10 year 18 . 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 it 13 it 14 is 14 is 15 the 15 the 16 sad 15 the 17 time 17 time 18 . but it shouldn't be . 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 shouldn't 3 shouldn't 4 be 4 be 5 . old [mother] [nature] never intended that it should be . 1 old 5 intended 4 never 5 intended 5 intended 7 it 6 that 7 it 7 it 8 should 8 should 9 be 9 be 10 . she meant it to be the [glad] time . 1 she 2 meant 2 meant 3 it 3 it 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 8 time 6 the 8 time 8 time 9 . it is the season when food is plentiful , and every one is fat and [is] , or ought to be , care free . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 the 2 is 11 every 3 the 4 season 3 the 8 plentiful 4 season 5 when 4 season 6 food 6 food 7 is 8 plentiful 9 , 9 , 10 and 11 every 20 to 12 one 13 is 13 is 14 fat 14 fat 15 and 14 fat 19 ought 17 , 18 or 17 , 19 ought 19 ought 20 to 20 to 23 care 21 be 22 , 21 be 23 care 23 care 24 free 24 free 25 . all night as well as all day the [spirit] of [fear] searches out the little people of the [green] [meadows] and the [green] [forest] . 1 all 2 night 1 all 8 the 2 night 4 well 2 night 7 day 3 as 4 well 4 well 5 as 6 all 7 day 8 the 15 little 10 of 12 searches 12 searches 13 out 13 out 14 the 14 the 15 little 15 little 16 people 16 people 25 . 17 of 18 the 17 of 25 . 21 and 22 the 22 the 25 . it will not let them sleep . 1 it 2 will 2 will 3 not 3 not 4 let 4 let 5 them 5 them 6 sleep 6 sleep 7 . it will not let them eat in peace . 1 it 2 will 2 will 3 not 3 not 4 let 4 let 6 eat 5 them 6 eat 6 eat 8 peace 7 in 8 peace 8 peace 9 . it drives them to seek new hiding-places and then drives them out of those . 1 it 2 drives 1 it 6 new 2 drives 3 them 3 them 5 seek 4 to 5 seek 6 new 10 drives 7 hiding-places 8 and 8 and 9 then 9 then 10 drives 10 drives 14 those 11 them 12 out 12 out 13 of 13 of 14 those 14 those 15 . it keeps them ever ready to fly or run at the slightest sound . 1 it 2 keeps 1 it 4 ever 2 keeps 3 them 4 ever 5 ready 4 ever 7 fly 5 ready 6 to 5 ready 7 fly 6 to 7 fly 7 fly 8 or 8 or 12 slightest 9 run 10 at 10 at 11 the 11 the 12 slightest 12 slightest 14 . 13 sound 14 . peter [rabbit] was thinking of this as he sat at the edge of the dear [old] [briar-patch] , looking over to the [green] [forest] . 1 peter 4 thinking 1 peter 12 edge 3 was 4 thinking 4 thinking 5 of 5 of 6 this 7 as 8 he 8 he 9 sat 9 sat 11 the 10 at 11 the 11 the 12 edge 12 edge 15 dear 13 of 14 the 14 the 15 dear 15 dear 21 to 18 , 19 looking 19 looking 20 over 20 over 21 to 21 to 22 the 22 the 25 . very , very lovely [were] the reds and yellows and browns against the dark green of the pines and the spruces and the hemlocks . 1 very 2 , 2 , 4 lovely 3 very 4 lovely 4 lovely 7 reds 6 the 7 reds 7 reds 8 and 8 and 9 yellows 9 yellows 15 green 10 and 11 browns 11 browns 12 against 12 against 14 dark 12 against 15 green 13 the 14 dark 15 green 17 the 15 green 18 pines 16 of 17 the 18 pines 20 the 18 pines 21 spruces 19 and 20 the 21 spruces 22 and 21 spruces 25 . 22 and 25 . 23 the 24 hemlocks 23 the 25 . the [purple] [hills] were more softly purple than at any other season of the year . 1 the 6 softly 4 were 5 more 5 more 6 softly 6 softly 8 than 6 softly 12 season 7 purple 8 than 8 than 9 at 9 at 10 any 10 any 11 other 10 any 12 season 11 other 12 season 12 season 13 of 13 of 14 the 14 the 15 year 15 year 16 . it was all very , very beautiful . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 all 2 was 4 very 4 very 5 , 5 , 6 very 6 very 7 beautiful 7 beautiful 8 . it wasn't fear of [reddy] [fox] [,] or [redtail] the [hawk] [,] or [hooty] the [owl] , or [old] [man] [coyote] . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 fear 3 fear 4 of 3 fear 17 , 4 of 10 the 4 of 15 the 8 or 10 the 13 or 15 the 17 , 18 or 18 or 22 . but the fear that chilled his heart now never left him even for a moment . 1 but 2 the 1 but 5 chilled 2 the 3 fear 3 fear 4 that 5 chilled 8 now 6 his 7 heart 7 heart 8 now 8 now 14 a 9 never 10 left 10 left 11 him 10 left 12 even 12 even 13 for 13 for 14 a 14 a 15 moment 15 moment 16 . it was even clutching at the hearts of [granny] and [reddy] [fox] and of great , big [buster] [bear] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 even 3 even 4 clutching 4 clutching 7 hearts 4 clutching 10 and 5 at 6 the 6 the 7 hearts 7 hearts 8 of 10 and 20 . 13 and 14 of 14 of 17 big 15 great 16 , 15 great 17 big 17 big 20 . it seemed to [peter] that no one was so big or so small that this terrible [spirit] of [fear] had not searched him out . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 9 so 3 to 5 that 5 that 6 no 6 no 7 one 7 one 8 was 9 so 10 big 9 so 13 small 10 big 11 or 11 or 12 so 13 small 14 that 13 small 16 terrible 14 that 15 this 16 terrible 18 of 16 terrible 22 searched 20 had 21 not 20 had 22 searched 22 searched 25 . 23 him 24 out 24 out 25 . far in the distance sounded a sudden bang . 1 far 2 in 1 far 4 distance 2 in 3 the 3 the 4 distance 4 distance 5 sounded 5 sounded 7 sudden 6 a 7 sudden 7 sudden 8 bang 8 bang 9 . peter jumped and shivered . 1 peter 2 jumped 2 jumped 3 and 3 and 4 shivered 4 shivered 5 . he knew that every one else who had heard that bang had jumped and shivered just as he had . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 7 who 2 knew 3 that 4 every 6 else 4 every 7 who 5 one 6 else 7 who 11 bang 8 had 9 heard 9 heard 10 that 9 heard 11 bang 11 bang 17 as 12 had 13 jumped 13 jumped 14 and 14 and 15 shivered 15 shivered 16 just 16 just 17 as 17 as 18 he 18 he 19 had 19 had 20 . it was the season of hunters with terrible guns . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 season 2 was 3 the 4 season 5 of 5 of 6 hunters 6 hunters 8 terrible 6 hunters 9 guns 7 with 8 terrible 8 terrible 9 guns 9 guns 10 . " they seem to find pleasure , actually find pleasure , in trying to kill us . 1 " 2 they 1 " 9 find 2 they 3 seem 3 seem 4 to 3 seem 8 actually 4 to 5 find 5 find 6 pleasure 6 pleasure 7 , 9 find 10 pleasure 10 pleasure 15 kill 11 , 12 in 12 in 13 trying 13 trying 14 to 14 to 15 kill 15 kill 17 . 16 us 17 . i don't understand them at all . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 understand 3 understand 4 them 4 them 5 at 5 at 6 all 6 all 7 . they haven't any hearts . 1 they 2 haven't 2 haven't 3 any 3 any 4 hearts 4 hearts 5 . that must be the reason ; they haven't any hearts . " 1 that 2 must 1 that 3 be 3 be 5 reason 4 the 5 reason 5 reason 6 ; 6 ; 7 they 7 they 9 any 8 haven't 9 any 9 any 10 hearts 10 hearts 11 . 11 . 12 " [chapter] [v] [:] [sammy] [jay] [brings] [lightfoot] [word] sammy [jay] is one of those who believe in the wisdom of the old saying , " early to bed and early to rise . " 1 sammy 6 those 3 is 4 one 4 one 5 of 5 of 6 those 6 those 15 saying 7 who 8 believe 8 believe 9 in 9 in 10 the 10 the 11 wisdom 11 wisdom 12 of 11 wisdom 15 saying 13 the 14 old 14 old 15 saying 15 saying 19 to 15 saying 22 early 16 , 17 " 16 , 18 early 18 early 19 to 20 bed 21 and 21 and 22 early 22 early 23 to 23 to 24 rise 24 rise 26 " 25 . 26 " sammy needs no alarm clock to get up early in the morning . 1 sammy 2 needs 1 sammy 4 alarm 1 sammy 9 early 3 no 4 alarm 4 alarm 6 to 5 clock 6 to 7 get 8 up 8 up 9 early 9 early 13 . 10 in 11 the 11 the 12 morning 11 the 13 . 12 morning 13 . he is [awake] as soon as it is light enough to see and wastes no time wishing he could sleep a little longer . 1 he 2 is 2 is 4 as 2 is 9 light 4 as 5 soon 5 soon 6 as 5 soon 9 light 6 as 7 it 7 it 8 is 9 light 12 see 10 enough 11 to 11 to 12 see 12 see 16 time 13 and 14 wastes 14 wastes 15 no 15 no 16 time 16 time 21 a 17 wishing 18 he 18 he 19 could 19 could 20 sleep 19 could 21 a 21 a 23 longer 22 little 23 longer 23 longer 24 . his stomach wouldn't let him if he wanted to . 1 his 2 stomach 2 stomach 3 wouldn't 3 wouldn't 6 if 4 let 5 him 4 let 6 if 6 if 8 wanted 7 he 8 wanted 8 wanted 9 to 9 to 10 . sammy always wakes up hungry . 1 sammy 2 always 2 always 4 up 3 wakes 4 up 4 up 5 hungry 5 hungry 6 . in this he is no different from all his feathered neighbors . 1 in 2 this 2 this 4 is 3 he 4 is 4 is 5 no 5 no 7 from 6 different 7 from 7 from 10 feathered 8 all 9 his 9 his 10 feathered 10 feathered 12 . 11 neighbors 12 . on this particular morning he had planned to fly over to [farmer] [brown] 's dooryard , but at the last minute he changed his mind . 1 on 2 this 1 on 3 particular 3 particular 4 morning 3 particular 7 planned 4 morning 6 had 5 he 6 had 7 planned 9 fly 8 to 9 fly 9 fly 10 over 9 fly 15 dooryard 10 over 11 to 14 's 15 dooryard 15 dooryard 21 minute 16 , 17 but 17 but 18 at 18 at 19 the 19 the 20 last 19 the 21 minute 21 minute 22 he 22 he 23 changed 22 he 25 mind 23 changed 24 his 25 mind 26 . instead , he flew over to the dooryard of another farm . 1 instead 5 over 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 flew 4 flew 5 over 5 over 6 to 6 to 7 the 7 the 11 farm 8 dooryard 9 of 9 of 10 another 10 another 11 farm 11 farm 12 . sammy stopped on the top of the nearest tree . 1 sammy 2 stopped 1 sammy 5 top 3 on 4 the 4 the 5 top 5 top 6 of 5 top 8 nearest 7 the 8 nearest 8 nearest 9 tree 9 tree 10 . " now what is that man doing up as early as this ? " muttered [sammy] . 1 " 2 now 1 " 4 is 2 now 3 what 4 is 5 that 4 is 10 early 5 that 6 man 6 man 7 doing 7 doing 9 as 8 up 9 as 10 early 11 as 11 as 12 this 12 this 13 ? 13 ? 14 " 13 ? 15 muttered 15 muttered 17 . then he caught sight of something under the man 's arm . 1 then 2 he 1 then 6 something 2 he 3 caught 3 caught 4 sight 5 of 6 something 6 something 7 under 7 under 11 arm 8 the 9 man 9 man 10 's 10 's 11 arm 11 arm 12 . he didn't have to look twice to know what it was . 1 he 2 didn't 1 he 6 twice 2 didn't 3 have 3 have 5 look 4 to 5 look 6 twice 7 to 7 to 8 know 8 know 10 it 9 what 10 it 10 it 11 was 11 was 12 . it was a gun ! 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 gun 4 gun 5 ! yes , sir , it was a gun , a terrible gun . 1 yes 3 sir 2 , 3 sir 3 sir 4 , 4 , 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 a 6 was 8 gun 8 gun 11 terrible 9 , 10 a 10 a 11 terrible 11 terrible 13 . 12 gun 13 . " [ha] ! " exclaimed [sammy] , and quite forgot that his stomach was empty . 1 " 5 exclaimed 3 ! 4 " 4 " 5 exclaimed 5 exclaimed 9 quite 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 quite 9 quite 11 that 10 forgot 11 that 11 that 14 was 12 his 13 stomach 13 stomach 14 was 14 was 15 empty 15 empty 16 . " now who can that fellow be after so early in the morning ? 1 " 4 can 2 now 3 who 3 who 4 can 4 can 7 be 5 that 6 fellow 6 fellow 7 be 7 be 10 early 8 after 9 so 9 so 10 early 10 early 14 ? 11 in 12 the 12 the 13 morning 13 morning 14 ? i think [i] 'll sit right here and watch . " 1 i 2 think 2 think 4 'll 4 'll 5 sit 5 sit 6 right 6 right 7 here 6 right 10 . 7 here 8 and 8 and 9 watch 10 . 11 " so [sammy] sat in the top of the tree and watched the hunter with the terrible gun . 1 so 6 top 1 so 11 watched 3 sat 5 the 3 sat 6 top 4 in 5 the 6 top 10 and 7 of 8 the 8 the 9 tree 9 tree 10 and 11 watched 13 hunter 12 the 13 hunter 13 hunter 14 with 13 hunter 17 gun 14 with 15 the 15 the 16 terrible 15 the 17 gun 17 gun 18 . he saw him head straight for the [green] [forest] . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 4 head 4 head 5 straight 5 straight 6 for 6 for 7 the 7 the 10 . " it 's [mr] and [mrs] . grouse after all , [i] guess , " thought [sammy] . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 's 2 it 8 grouse 5 and 7 . 7 . 8 grouse 8 grouse 13 guess 9 after 10 all 10 all 11 , 11 , 13 guess 13 guess 14 , 13 guess 16 thought 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 thought 16 thought 18 . " if [i] knew just where they were [i] 'd go over and warn them . " 1 " 2 if 2 if 4 knew 4 knew 6 where 5 just 6 where 6 where 7 they 6 where 11 go 7 they 8 were 10 'd 11 go 11 go 12 over 12 over 13 and 12 over 16 . 13 and 14 warn 14 warn 15 them 16 . 17 " he thought of [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 he 2 thought 2 thought 3 of 3 of 5 the 5 the 7 . sammy watched the hunter enter the [green] [forest] , then he silently followed him . 1 sammy 2 watched 1 sammy 3 the 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 enter 4 hunter 10 then 5 enter 6 the 9 , 10 then 10 then 11 he 11 he 13 followed 12 silently 13 followed 13 followed 15 . 14 him 15 . from the way the hunter moved , [sammy] decided that he wasn't thinking of [mr] and [mrs] . grouse . 1 from 2 the 1 from 5 hunter 2 the 3 way 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 13 thinking 6 moved 7 , 7 , 9 decided 9 decided 10 that 10 that 11 he 10 that 13 thinking 11 he 12 wasn't 13 thinking 14 of 14 of 19 grouse 16 and 18 . 18 . 19 grouse 19 grouse 20 . " it 's [lightfoot] the [deer] , sure as [i] live , " muttered [sammy] . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 's 3 's 5 the 5 the 14 muttered 7 , 8 sure 8 sure 9 as 9 as 11 live 11 live 12 , 11 live 14 muttered 12 , 13 " 14 muttered 16 . " he ought to be warned . 1 " 3 ought 2 he 3 ought 3 ought 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 warned 6 warned 7 . he certainly ought to be warned . 1 he 2 certainly 2 certainly 3 ought 3 ought 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 warned 6 warned 7 . i know right where he is . 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 right 3 right 4 where 4 where 5 he 5 he 6 is 6 is 7 . i believe [i] 'll warn him myself . " 1 i 2 believe 2 believe 4 'll 4 'll 5 warn 5 warn 6 him 6 him 7 myself 7 myself 8 . 8 . 9 " sammy found [lightfoot] right where he had expected to . 1 sammy 2 found 1 sammy 4 right 4 right 8 expected 5 where 6 he 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 expected 8 expected 9 to 9 to 10 . " he 's coming ! " cried [sammy] . 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 's 3 's 4 coming 4 coming 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 cried 7 cried 9 . " a hunter with a terrible gun is coming ! " 1 " 2 a 1 " 3 hunter 3 hunter 5 a 4 with 5 a 5 a 6 terrible 6 terrible 7 gun 7 gun 8 is 8 is 9 coming 9 coming 10 ! 10 ! 11 " [chapter] [vi] [:] [a] [game] [of] [hide] [and] [seek] there was a game of hide and seek that [danny] [meadow] [mouse] once played with [buster] [bear] . 1 there 3 a 2 was 3 a 3 a 6 hide 4 game 5 of 4 game 6 hide 6 hide 8 seek 7 and 8 seek 8 seek 9 that 9 that 14 played 13 once 14 played 14 played 18 . 15 with 18 . it was a very dreadful game for [danny] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 very 3 a 4 very 4 very 5 dreadful 5 dreadful 6 game 6 game 7 for 7 for 9 . in the case of [buster] [bear] and [danny] , the latter had simply to keep out of reach of [buster] . 1 in 3 case 2 the 3 case 3 case 4 of 3 case 11 latter 7 and 11 latter 9 , 10 the 10 the 11 latter 11 latter 13 simply 12 had 13 simply 13 simply 16 out 14 to 15 keep 15 keep 16 out 16 out 17 of 16 out 18 reach 18 reach 21 . 19 of 21 . as long as [buster] didn't get his great paws on [danny] , the latter was safe . 1 as 2 long 1 as 3 as 3 as 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 get 5 didn't 8 great 6 get 7 his 8 great 12 , 9 paws 10 on 9 paws 12 , 12 , 14 latter 13 the 14 latter 14 latter 17 . 15 was 16 safe 16 safe 17 . then , too , [danny] is a very small person . 1 then 3 too 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 4 , 8 very 6 is 7 a 6 is 8 very 8 very 9 small 9 small 10 person 10 person 11 . he is so small that he can hide under two or three leaves . 1 he 2 is 1 he 4 small 2 is 3 so 4 small 5 that 5 that 7 can 6 he 7 can 7 can 9 under 7 can 10 two 8 hide 9 under 10 two 12 three 11 or 12 three 12 three 13 leaves 13 leaves 14 . wherever he is , he is pretty sure to find a hiding-place of some sort . 1 wherever 3 is 1 wherever 7 pretty 1 wherever 12 hiding-place 2 he 3 is 4 , 5 he 4 , 7 pretty 5 he 6 is 7 pretty 8 sure 7 pretty 10 find 8 sure 9 to 10 find 11 a 11 a 12 hiding-place 12 hiding-place 15 sort 12 hiding-place 16 . 13 of 14 some 14 some 15 sort 15 sort 16 . his small size gives him advantages in a game of hide and seek . 1 his 2 small 1 his 3 size 3 size 4 gives 3 size 9 game 4 gives 5 him 5 him 6 advantages 7 in 8 a 8 a 9 game 9 game 10 of 9 game 11 hide 11 hide 13 seek 12 and 13 seek 13 seek 14 . it certainly does . 1 it 2 certainly 2 certainly 3 does 3 does 4 . but [lightfoot] the [deer] is big . 1 but 3 the 3 the 7 . 5 is 6 big 6 big 7 . he is one of the largest of the people who live in the [green] [forest] . 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 one 3 one 4 of 3 one 6 largest 4 of 5 the 5 the 6 largest 6 largest 7 of 6 largest 9 people 6 largest 11 live 7 of 8 the 9 people 10 who 11 live 12 in 12 in 13 the 12 in 16 . being so big , it is not easy to hide . 1 being 7 not 2 so 3 big 3 big 4 , 4 , 5 it 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 not 7 not 8 easy 8 easy 9 to 9 to 10 hide 10 hide 11 . moreover , a hunter with a terrible gun does [not] have to get close in order to kill . 1 moreover 6 a 2 , 3 a 3 a 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 with 4 hunter 6 a 6 a 8 gun 6 a 13 get 7 terrible 8 gun 8 gun 9 does 11 have 12 to 12 to 13 get 13 get 17 to 14 close 15 in 15 in 16 order 16 order 17 to 17 to 18 kill 18 kill 19 . lightfoot knew all this as he waited for the coming of the hunter of whom [sammy] [jay] had warned him . 1 lightfoot 2 knew 1 lightfoot 10 coming 2 knew 4 this 3 all 4 this 5 as 6 he 6 he 7 waited 6 he 10 coming 7 waited 9 the 8 for 9 the 10 coming 12 the 11 of 12 the 12 the 13 hunter 13 hunter 14 of 13 hunter 15 whom 14 of 15 whom 15 whom 19 warned 18 had 19 warned 19 warned 21 . 20 him 21 . he had learned many lessons in the hunting season of the year before and he remembered every one of them . 1 he 4 many 1 he 12 year 2 had 3 learned 3 learned 4 many 5 lessons 6 in 6 in 7 the 6 in 8 hunting 7 the 8 hunting 8 hunting 12 year 9 season 11 the 9 season 12 year 10 of 11 the 12 year 13 before 13 before 15 he 14 and 15 he 15 he 16 remembered 16 remembered 17 every 17 every 18 one 17 every 21 . 18 one 19 of 19 of 20 them he knew that to forget even one of them might cost him his life . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 6 even 4 to 5 forget 4 to 6 even 6 even 8 of 7 one 8 of 8 of 9 them 9 them 11 cost 10 might 11 cost 11 cost 15 . 12 him 13 his 13 his 14 life 14 life 15 . so , standing motionless behind a tangle of fallen trees , [lightfoot] listened and watched . 1 so 3 standing 1 so 5 behind 2 , 3 standing 3 standing 4 motionless 5 behind 6 a 6 a 7 tangle 7 tangle 8 of 8 of 9 fallen 9 fallen 11 , 10 trees 11 , 11 , 14 and 13 listened 14 and 14 and 15 watched 15 watched 16 . presently over in the distance he heard [sammy] [jay] screaming , " [thief] , thief , thief ! " 1 presently 4 the 1 presently 7 heard 2 over 3 in 3 in 4 the 4 the 5 distance 5 distance 6 he 7 heard 11 , 10 screaming 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 15 thief 14 , 15 thief 15 thief 16 , 15 thief 17 thief 16 , 17 thief 17 thief 18 ! 18 ! 19 " a little sigh of relief escaped [lightfoot] . 1 a 2 little 2 little 3 sigh 3 sigh 4 of 4 of 5 relief 5 relief 6 escaped 6 escaped 8 . he knew that that screaming of [sammy] [jay] 's was a warning to tell him where the hunter was . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 9 's 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 that 4 that 5 screaming 5 screaming 6 of 9 's 16 where 10 was 11 a 11 a 12 warning 12 warning 13 to 12 warning 16 where 13 to 14 tell 13 to 15 him 16 where 18 hunter 17 the 18 hunter 18 hunter 19 was 18 hunter 20 . 19 was 20 . knowing just where the hunter was made it easier for [lightfoot] to know what to do . 1 knowing 3 where 1 knowing 9 easier 2 just 3 where 3 where 5 hunter 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 was 5 hunter 7 made 7 made 8 it 9 easier 10 for 9 easier 17 . 12 to 13 know 13 know 15 to 13 know 17 . 14 what 15 to 16 do 17 . a [merry] [little] [breeze] came stealing through the [green] [forest] . 1 a 5 came 5 came 6 stealing 6 stealing 7 through 7 through 8 the 8 the 11 . it came from behind [lightfoot] and danced on towards the hunter with the terrible gun . 1 it 2 came 1 it 7 danced 2 came 3 from 3 from 4 behind 4 behind 6 and 7 danced 8 on 8 on 10 the 9 towards 10 the 10 the 14 terrible 11 hunter 13 the 12 with 13 the 13 the 14 terrible 14 terrible 15 gun 15 gun 16 . instantly [lightfoot] began to steal softly away through the [green] [forest] . 1 instantly 3 began 3 began 5 steal 4 to 5 steal 5 steal 6 softly 6 softly 7 away 7 away 8 through 8 through 9 the 8 through 12 . he took the greatest care to make no sound . 1 he 4 greatest 2 took 3 the 3 the 4 greatest 4 greatest 5 care 5 care 6 to 6 to 7 make 6 to 8 no 7 make 8 no 8 no 9 sound 9 sound 10 . he went in a half-circle , stopping every few steps to listen and test [the] air with his wonderful nose . 1 he 10 steps 2 went 3 in 3 in 4 a 4 a 5 half-circle 5 half-circle 7 stopping 6 , 7 stopping 7 stopping 9 few 7 stopping 10 steps 8 every 9 few 10 steps 11 to 10 steps 12 listen 12 listen 13 and 13 and 14 test 14 test 16 air 16 air 20 nose 17 with 18 his 18 his 19 wonderful 18 his 20 nose 20 nose 21 . can you guess what [lightfoot] was trying to do ? 1 can 2 you 1 can 4 what 2 you 3 guess 4 what 6 was 6 was 7 trying 7 trying 9 do 8 to 9 do 9 do 10 ? he was trying to get behind the hunter so that the [merry] [little] [breezes] would bring to him the dreaded man-scent . 1 he 2 was 1 he 3 trying 3 trying 4 to 3 trying 5 get 5 get 6 behind 5 get 16 bring 6 behind 7 the 6 behind 11 the 7 the 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 so 9 so 10 that 15 would 16 bring 16 bring 17 to 17 to 18 him 17 to 22 . 19 the 20 dreaded 20 dreaded 21 man-scent 21 man-scent 22 . so long as [lightfoot] could get that scent , he would know where the hunter was , though he could neither see nor hear him . 1 so 7 that 2 long 5 could 3 as 5 could 5 could 6 get 6 get 7 that 7 that 10 he 8 scent 9 , 9 , 10 he 10 he 16 was 11 would 12 know 12 know 13 where 13 where 14 the 13 where 16 was 14 the 15 hunter 16 was 21 neither 17 , 18 though 18 though 19 he 18 though 21 neither 19 he 20 could 21 neither 23 nor 22 see 23 nor 23 nor 26 . 24 hear 25 him 25 him 26 . if he had remained where [sammy] [jay] had found him , the hunter might have come within shooting distance before [lightfoot] could have located him . 1 if 4 remained 2 he 3 had 2 he 4 remained 4 remained 5 where 4 remained 12 the 5 where 11 , 8 had 9 found 9 found 10 him 10 him 11 , 12 the 13 hunter 12 the 16 come 13 hunter 14 might 14 might 15 have 16 come 19 distance 16 come 22 could 17 within 18 shooting 17 within 19 distance 18 shooting 19 distance 19 distance 20 before 22 could 23 have 22 could 24 located 23 have 24 located 24 located 25 him 25 him 26 . [chapter] [vii] [:] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [help] [lightfoot] you see , [lightfoot] was behind the hunter instead of in front of him . 1 you 5 was 2 see 3 , 3 , 5 was 5 was 6 behind 6 behind 8 hunter 6 behind 9 instead 7 the 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 instead 9 instead 10 of 9 instead 12 front 11 in 12 front 12 front 13 of 13 of 14 him 14 him 15 . he was following the hunter , so as to keep track of him . 1 he 2 was 1 he 3 following 3 following 5 hunter 3 following 6 , 4 the 5 hunter 6 , 7 so 7 so 8 as 8 as 9 to 9 to 10 keep 10 keep 11 track 10 keep 13 him 11 track 12 of 13 him 14 . as long as he knew just where the hunter was , he felt reasonably safe . 1 as 13 felt 2 long 3 as 3 as 4 he 4 he 5 knew 5 knew 6 just 6 just 7 where 6 just 13 felt 7 where 8 the 8 the 9 hunter 9 hunter 10 was 9 hunter 11 , 11 , 12 he 13 felt 15 safe 14 reasonably 15 safe 15 safe 16 . the [merry] [little] [breezes] are [lightfoot] 's best friends . 1 the 10 . 5 are 9 friends 7 's 8 best 8 best 9 friends 9 friends 10 . they always bring to him all the different scents they find as they wander through the [green] [forest] . 1 they 3 bring 2 always 3 bring 3 bring 4 to 3 bring 9 scents 4 to 5 him 5 him 6 all 6 all 7 the 7 the 8 different 7 the 9 scents 9 scents 11 find 10 they 11 find 11 find 12 as 12 as 13 they 13 they 15 through 14 wander 15 through 15 through 19 . 16 the 19 . he knows that they will bring to him warning of any danger which may lie in that direction . 1 he 6 bring 2 knows 3 that 3 that 4 they 4 they 5 will 5 will 6 bring 6 bring 11 any 7 to 8 him 8 him 9 warning 9 warning 10 of 10 of 11 any 11 any 18 direction 12 danger 13 which 13 which 17 that 13 which 18 direction 14 may 15 lie 15 lie 16 in 16 in 17 that 18 direction 19 . then he had begun to hunt in that direction , knowing that thus his scent would be [carried] behind him . 1 then 8 that 1 then 16 would 2 he 3 had 2 he 4 begun 4 begun 5 to 4 begun 6 hunt 6 hunt 7 in 6 hunt 8 that 9 direction 10 , 9 direction 11 knowing 11 knowing 12 that 12 that 13 thus 13 thus 15 scent 14 his 15 scent 15 scent 16 would 16 would 17 be 17 be 19 behind 17 be 21 . 19 behind 20 him 19 behind 21 . presently he found [lightfoot] 's footprints in the soft ground and studying them he knew that [lightfoot] had known of his coming . 1 presently 5 's 1 presently 6 footprints 2 he 3 found 2 he 5 's 6 footprints 7 in 7 in 8 the 7 in 10 ground 8 the 9 soft 8 the 10 ground 10 ground 12 studying 11 and 12 studying 12 studying 19 known 13 them 15 knew 14 he 15 knew 15 knew 16 that 16 that 18 had 18 had 19 known 19 known 22 coming 20 of 21 his 20 of 22 coming 22 coming 23 . " it was that confounded [jay] , " muttered the hunter . 1 " 2 it 1 " 5 confounded 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 that 5 confounded 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 muttered 9 muttered 11 hunter 10 the 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 . " [lightfoot] heard him and knew what it meant . 1 " 6 knew 3 heard 4 him 4 him 5 and 5 and 6 knew 6 knew 8 it 7 what 8 it 8 it 9 meant 9 meant 10 . i know what he has done ; he has circled round so as to get behind me and get my scent . 1 i 2 know 1 i 3 what 1 i 6 done 2 know 3 what 3 what 5 has 4 he 5 has 6 done 9 has 6 done 14 to 7 ; 8 he 8 he 9 has 10 circled 11 round 10 circled 14 to 11 round 13 as 12 so 13 as 14 to 16 behind 15 get 16 behind 16 behind 22 . 17 me 18 and 18 and 19 get 19 get 22 . 20 my 21 scent 21 scent 22 . it is a clever trick , a very clever trick , but two can play at that game . 1 it 4 clever 1 it 14 can 2 is 3 a 3 a 4 clever 4 clever 7 a 5 trick 6 , 5 trick 7 a 7 a 8 very 8 very 13 two 9 clever 10 trick 10 trick 13 two 11 , 12 but 11 , 13 two 14 can 15 play 15 play 16 at 16 at 17 that 17 that 18 game 18 game 19 . i 'll just try that little trick myself . " 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 just 3 just 4 try 4 try 5 that 5 that 8 myself 6 little 7 trick 7 trick 8 myself 8 myself 9 . 9 . 10 " lightfoot had lost track of the hunter . 1 lightfoot 2 had 1 lightfoot 4 track 2 had 3 lost 4 track 5 of 5 of 6 the 6 the 7 hunter 7 hunter 8 . [chapter] [viii] [:] [wit] [against] [wit] it was a dreadful game the hunter with the terrible gun and [lightfoot] the [deer] were playing in the [green] [forest] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 a 3 a 4 dreadful 3 a 7 hunter 4 dreadful 5 game 5 game 6 the 5 game 7 hunter 7 hunter 11 gun 8 with 9 the 9 the 11 gun 10 terrible 11 gun 11 gun 17 playing 12 and 14 the 12 and 16 were 16 were 17 playing 17 playing 18 in 18 in 19 the 18 in 22 . it was a matching of wit against wit , the hunter seeking to take [lightfoot] 's life , and [lightfoot] seeking to save it . 1 it 3 a 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 matching 4 matching 6 wit 4 matching 7 against 5 of 6 wit 7 against 14 take 8 wit 9 , 9 , 10 the 10 the 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 seeking 11 hunter 14 take 12 seeking 13 to 14 take 17 life 16 's 17 life 17 life 21 seeking 18 , 19 and 18 , 21 seeking 21 seeking 23 save 22 to 23 save 23 save 24 it 23 save 25 . 24 it 25 . but the hunter in his turn knew much of the ways of [deer] . 1 but 2 the 1 but 3 hunter 3 hunter 8 much 4 in 5 his 4 in 6 turn 6 turn 7 knew 7 knew 8 much 8 much 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 ways 11 ways 12 of 12 of 14 . so it was that each was trying his best to outguess the other . 1 so 2 it 1 so 4 that 2 it 3 was 4 that 5 each 5 each 6 was 5 each 7 trying 7 trying 8 his 7 trying 9 best 8 his 9 best 9 best 10 to 10 to 11 outguess 11 outguess 14 . 12 the 13 other 13 other 14 . when the hunter found the hiding-place [lightfoot] had left at the warning of [sammy] [jay] he followed [lightfoot] 's tracks for a short distance . 1 when 2 the 2 the 3 hunter 2 the 6 hiding-place 3 hunter 4 found 5 the 6 hiding-place 6 hiding-place 8 had 8 had 9 left 8 had 17 followed 9 left 11 the 10 at 11 the 11 the 12 warning 12 warning 13 of 16 he 17 followed 17 followed 20 tracks 19 's 20 tracks 20 tracks 25 . 21 for 22 a 21 for 24 distance 22 a 23 short 24 distance 25 . it was slow work , and only one whose eyes had been trained to notice little things could have done it . 1 it 3 slow 2 was 3 slow 3 slow 4 work 4 work 5 , 5 , 8 one 6 and 7 only 7 only 8 one 8 one 12 been 9 whose 10 eyes 9 whose 12 been 10 eyes 11 had 12 been 18 could 13 trained 14 to 13 trained 15 notice 14 to 15 notice 15 notice 17 things 16 little 17 things 17 things 18 could 18 could 20 done 18 could 22 . 19 have 20 done 20 done 21 it these things told the hunter which way [lightfoot] had gone . 1 these 6 which 2 things 3 told 2 things 4 the 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 which 6 which 7 way 7 way 9 had 9 had 10 gone 10 gone 11 . slowly , patiently , watchfully , the hunter followed . 1 slowly 2 , 2 , 3 patiently 3 patiently 4 , 4 , 8 hunter 5 watchfully 6 , 6 , 7 the 7 the 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 followed 9 followed 10 . after a while he stopped with a satisfied grin . 1 after 4 he 2 a 3 while 3 while 4 he 4 he 5 stopped 5 stopped 7 a 6 with 7 a 7 a 8 satisfied 8 satisfied 9 grin 9 grin 10 . " [i] thought as much , " he muttered . 1 " 5 much 3 thought 4 as 4 as 5 much 5 much 8 he 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 muttered 9 muttered 10 . " he heard that pesky [jay] and circled around so as to get my scent . 1 " 2 he 1 " 9 around 2 he 3 heard 3 heard 4 that 4 that 5 pesky 7 and 8 circled 7 and 9 around 9 around 10 so 10 so 11 as 11 as 16 . 12 to 13 get 13 get 14 my 14 my 15 scent 14 my 16 . i 'll just cut across to my old trail and unless [i] am greatly mistaken , [i] 'll find his tracks there . " 1 i 2 'll 1 i 4 cut 2 'll 3 just 4 cut 6 to 5 across 6 to 6 to 9 trail 7 my 8 old 8 old 9 trail 9 trail 15 mistaken 10 and 11 unless 11 unless 13 am 13 am 14 greatly 13 am 15 mistaken 15 mistaken 16 , 15 mistaken 19 find 18 'll 19 find 19 find 21 tracks 20 his 21 tracks 21 tracks 22 there 22 there 23 . 23 . 24 " once more he grinned . 1 once 2 more 2 more 3 he 3 he 4 grinned 4 grinned 5 . " well , old fellow , [i] 've outguessed you this time , " said he to himself . 1 " 2 well 1 " 5 fellow 2 well 3 , 2 well 4 old 3 , 4 old 5 fellow 6 , 6 , 10 you 6 , 15 said 8 've 9 outguessed 8 've 10 you 11 this 12 time 12 time 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 said 15 said 16 he 16 he 18 himself 17 to 18 himself 18 himself 19 . " [i] am behind you and the wind is from you to me , so that you cannot get my scent . 1 " 3 am 1 " 11 you 3 am 4 behind 4 behind 5 you 4 behind 6 and 6 and 7 the 7 the 8 wind 8 wind 9 is 8 wind 10 from 11 you 20 my 12 to 13 me 13 me 14 , 14 , 15 so 15 so 16 that 16 that 18 cannot 17 you 18 cannot 18 cannot 19 get 19 get 20 my 20 my 21 scent 21 scent 22 . i wouldn't be a bit surprised if you 're back right where you started [from] , behind that old windfall . " 1 i 2 wouldn't 1 i 3 be 1 i 6 surprised 3 be 5 bit 4 a 5 bit 6 surprised 8 you 6 surprised 13 you 7 if 8 you 8 you 9 're 9 're 10 back 9 're 11 right 9 're 12 where 10 back 11 right 13 you 14 started 13 you 17 behind 14 started 16 , 17 behind 20 windfall 18 that 19 old 19 old 20 windfall 20 windfall 21 . 21 . 22 " he at once began to move forward [silently] and cautiously , with eyes and ears alert and his terrible gun ready for instant use . 1 he 6 move 2 at 3 once 3 once 4 began 4 began 5 to 4 began 6 move 6 move 10 cautiously 7 forward 9 and 9 and 10 cautiously 10 cautiously 15 ears 11 , 12 with 12 with 13 eyes 13 eyes 14 and 13 eyes 15 ears 15 ears 20 gun 16 alert 17 and 17 and 18 his 18 his 19 terrible 19 terrible 20 gun 20 gun 21 ready 21 ready 22 for 21 ready 23 instant 21 ready 25 . 23 instant 24 use 24 use 25 . lightfoot stood still and listened with all his might for some [little] sound to tell him where the hunter was . 1 lightfoot 5 listened 1 lightfoot 9 might 1 lightfoot 13 sound 2 stood 3 still 3 still 4 and 4 and 5 listened 5 listened 6 with 6 with 7 all 6 with 8 his 10 for 11 some 11 some 13 sound 13 sound 18 the 14 to 16 him 14 to 17 where 15 tell 16 him 17 where 18 the 18 the 19 hunter 19 hunter 20 was 19 hunter 21 . 20 was 21 . but there was no sound and after a little [lightfoot] began to move on . 1 but 2 there 2 there 3 was 2 there 4 no 4 no 5 sound 4 no 7 after 5 sound 6 and 7 after 8 a 7 after 11 began 8 a 9 little 11 began 12 to 11 began 13 move 13 move 15 . 14 on 15 . he didn't dare remain still , lest the hunter should creep up within shooting distance [.] 1 he 4 remain 2 didn't 3 dare 3 dare 4 remain 4 remain 5 still 5 still 7 lest 5 still 11 creep 6 , 7 lest 7 lest 9 hunter 7 lest 10 should 8 the 9 hunter 11 creep 15 distance 12 up 13 within 12 up 14 shooting 14 shooting 15 distance so long as they brought him none of the dreaded man-smell , he knew that he was safe . 1 so 2 long 1 so 5 brought 2 long 3 as 3 as 4 they 5 brought 13 he 6 him 7 none 7 none 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 dreaded 10 dreaded 11 man-smell 11 man-smell 12 , 12 , 13 he 13 he 17 was 14 knew 15 that 15 that 17 was 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 safe 18 safe 19 . [chapter] [ix] [:] [lightfoot] [becomes] [uncertain] lightfoot the [deer] traveled on through the [green] [forest] , straight ahead in the direction from which the [merry] [little] [breezes] were blowing . 1 lightfoot 2 the 1 lightfoot 4 traveled 4 traveled 5 on 4 traveled 6 through 6 through 7 the 6 through 11 straight 10 , 11 straight 11 straight 14 the 12 ahead 13 in 13 in 14 the 14 the 24 . 15 direction 17 which 15 direction 18 the 16 from 17 which 18 the 24 . 22 were 23 blowing 23 blowing 24 . every few steps he would raise his delicate nose and test all the scents that the [merry] [little] [breezes] were bringing . 1 every 10 and 2 few 3 steps 2 few 4 he 3 steps 4 he 4 he 5 would 5 would 6 raise 6 raise 7 his 6 raise 8 delicate 8 delicate 9 nose 8 delicate 10 and 10 and 11 test 11 test 13 the 11 test 14 scents 12 all 13 the 14 scents 15 that 14 scents 21 bringing 15 that 16 the 20 were 21 bringing 21 bringing 22 . lightfoot uses his nose very much as you and [i] use our eyes . 1 lightfoot 2 uses 1 lightfoot 6 much 2 uses 3 his 3 his 4 nose 3 his 5 very 6 much 8 you 7 as 8 you 8 you 12 our 9 and 11 use 11 use 12 our 12 our 14 . 13 eyes 14 . it tells him the things he wants to know . 1 it 2 tells 2 tells 3 him 2 tells 5 things 4 the 5 things 5 things 6 he 6 he 7 wants 7 wants 8 to 8 to 9 know 9 know 10 . he knew that [reddy] [fox] had been along ahead of him , although he didn't get so much as a glimpse of [reddy] 's red coat . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 8 along 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 7 been 6 had 7 been 8 along 15 didn't 9 ahead 10 of 10 of 11 him 11 him 12 , 12 , 13 although 13 although 14 he 14 he 15 didn't 15 didn't 16 get 15 didn't 18 much 17 so 18 much 18 much 26 coat 19 as 20 a 20 a 21 glimpse 21 glimpse 22 of 21 glimpse 25 red 24 's 25 red 25 red 26 coat 26 coat 27 . once he caught just the faintest of scents which caused him to stop abruptly and [test] the air more carefully than ever . 1 once 4 just 1 once 7 of 2 he 3 caught 2 he 4 just 4 just 6 faintest 5 the 6 faintest 7 of 8 scents 8 scents 9 which 8 scents 18 air 9 which 13 stop 10 caused 11 him 11 him 12 to 12 to 13 stop 13 stop 14 abruptly 14 abruptly 15 and 15 and 17 the 18 air 19 more 19 more 20 carefully 19 more 21 than 20 carefully 21 than 21 than 22 ever 22 ever 23 . it was the scent of [buster] [bear] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 the 3 the 4 scent 4 scent 5 of 5 of 8 . you know the [merry] [little] [breezes] are [lightfoot] 's best friends . 1 you 2 know 1 you 7 are 2 know 3 the 7 are 11 friends 9 's 10 best 10 best 11 friends 11 friends 12 . but [lightfoot] didn't want to keep going in that direction all day . 1 but 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 want 3 didn't 7 going 4 want 5 to 5 to 6 keep 7 going 8 in 8 in 9 that 9 that 10 direction 10 direction 11 all 11 all 12 day 12 day 13 . it would take him far away from that part of the [green] [forest] with which he was familiar and which he called home . 1 it 2 would 1 it 3 take 3 take 4 him 3 take 9 part 4 him 5 far 5 far 6 away 6 away 7 from 8 that 9 part 9 part 10 of 10 of 11 the 10 of 20 which 14 with 15 which 15 which 17 was 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 familiar 18 familiar 19 and 19 and 20 which 20 which 23 home 21 he 22 called 22 called 23 home 23 home 24 . it might in time take him out of the [green] [forest] and that wouldn't do at all . 1 it 2 might 1 it 5 take 2 might 3 in 3 in 4 time 5 take 6 him 5 take 15 do 6 him 7 out 7 out 8 of 8 of 9 the 12 and 13 that 13 that 14 wouldn't 14 wouldn't 15 do 15 do 18 . 16 at 17 all 17 all 18 . so after a while [lightfoot] became uncertain . 1 so 2 after 2 after 3 a 3 a 4 while 4 while 6 became 6 became 7 uncertain 7 uncertain 8 . he didn't know just what to do . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 know 3 know 4 just 3 know 5 what 5 what 7 do 6 to 7 do 7 do 8 . you see , he couldn't tell whether or not that hunter [with] the terrible gun was still following him . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 10 that 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 couldn't 4 he 6 tell 5 couldn't 6 tell 6 tell 7 whether 7 whether 8 or 7 whether 9 not 10 that 14 terrible 10 that 16 was 11 hunter 13 the 13 the 14 terrible 14 terrible 15 gun 16 was 17 still 17 still 18 following 17 still 20 . 18 following 19 him every [once] in a while he would stop in a thicket of young trees or behind a tangle of fallen trees uprooted by the wind . 1 every 5 while 3 in 4 a 4 a 5 while 5 while 7 would 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 stop 8 stop 10 a 8 stop 15 or 9 in 10 a 10 a 11 thicket 10 a 13 young 10 a 14 trees 12 of 13 young 15 or 16 behind 16 behind 21 trees 17 a 18 tangle 17 a 21 trees 18 tangle 20 fallen 19 of 20 fallen 20 fallen 21 trees 21 trees 25 wind 22 uprooted 23 by 23 by 24 the 24 the 25 wind 25 wind 26 . " if only [i] could know if that hunter is still following , [i] would know better what to do , " thought [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 if 1 " 3 only 3 only 7 if 3 only 15 would 5 could 6 know 6 know 7 if 7 if 8 that 8 that 9 hunter 9 hunter 10 is 10 is 11 still 11 still 12 following 12 following 13 , 15 would 17 better 16 know 17 better 17 better 18 what 18 what 19 to 19 to 20 do 20 do 23 thought 20 do 25 . 21 , 22 " 21 , 23 thought 23 thought 25 . " [i] 've got to find out . " 1 " 3 've 3 've 4 got 4 got 5 to 5 to 6 find 6 find 7 out 7 out 8 . 8 . 9 " [chapter] [x] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [clever] [trick] lightfoot the [deer] is smart . 1 lightfoot 2 the 1 lightfoot 6 . 4 is 5 smart 5 smart 6 . yes , [sir] , [lightfoot] the [deer] is smart . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 6 the 6 the 10 . 8 is 9 smart 9 smart 10 . he has to be , especially in the hunting season , to save his life . 1 he 9 hunting 2 has 3 to 2 has 6 especially 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 , 6 especially 7 in 6 especially 9 hunting 7 in 8 the 9 hunting 11 , 9 hunting 13 save 10 season 11 , 12 to 13 save 13 save 16 . 14 his 15 life 14 his 16 . if he were not smart he would have been killed long ago . 1 if 2 he 1 if 7 would 3 were 4 not 4 not 5 smart 5 smart 6 he 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 have 7 would 9 been 9 been 11 long 10 killed 11 long 11 long 13 . 12 ago 13 . he never makes the foolish mistake of thinking that other people are not smart . 1 he 11 people 2 never 3 makes 3 makes 4 the 4 the 5 foolish 4 the 8 thinking 5 foolish 6 mistake 6 mistake 7 of 8 thinking 9 that 8 thinking 10 other 10 other 11 people 11 people 14 smart 12 are 13 not 12 are 14 smart 14 smart 15 . he had a very great respect for the smartness of that hunter . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 a 2 had 4 very 4 very 5 great 5 great 6 respect 5 great 7 for 7 for 8 the 8 the 9 smartness 9 smartness 10 of 9 smartness 13 . 10 of 11 that 11 that 12 hunter he knew that he couldn't afford to be careless for one little minute . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 afford 6 afford 8 be 6 afford 10 for 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 careless 10 for 14 . 11 one 12 little 12 little 13 minute 13 minute 14 . the certainty of danger is [sometimes] easier to bear than the uncertainty of not knowing whether or not there really is any danger . 1 the 2 certainty 2 certainty 5 is 2 certainty 7 easier 2 certainty 10 than 3 of 4 danger 4 danger 5 is 8 to 9 bear 8 to 10 than 10 than 17 or 11 the 12 uncertainty 12 uncertainty 13 of 12 uncertainty 15 knowing 14 not 15 knowing 15 knowing 16 whether 16 whether 17 or 17 or 20 really 18 not 19 there 19 there 20 really 20 really 22 any 21 is 22 any 22 any 23 danger 23 danger 24 . lightfoot felt that if he could know just where the hunter was , he himself would know better what to do . 1 lightfoot 15 himself 2 felt 3 that 3 that 4 if 4 if 9 where 5 he 6 could 6 could 7 know 6 could 9 where 7 know 8 just 9 where 15 himself 10 the 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 was 11 hunter 13 , 13 , 14 he 14 he 15 himself 15 himself 21 do 16 would 21 do 17 know 18 better 18 better 19 what 18 better 21 do 19 what 20 to 21 do 22 . the hunter might have become discouraged and given up following him . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 5 become 3 might 4 have 4 have 5 become 5 become 8 given 6 discouraged 7 and 7 and 8 given 8 given 10 following 9 up 10 following 10 following 11 him 11 him 12 . in that case he could rest and stop worrying . 1 in 2 that 2 that 4 he 3 case 4 he 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 rest 6 rest 7 and 7 and 8 stop 8 stop 9 worrying 9 worrying 10 . it would be better to know that he was being followed than not to know . 1 it 11 followed 2 would 3 be 3 be 4 better 4 better 5 to 5 to 6 know 6 know 7 that 7 that 9 was 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 being 10 being 11 followed 11 followed 12 than 12 than 13 not 13 not 14 to 14 to 15 know 15 know 16 . but how was he to find out ? 1 but 2 how 1 but 4 he 2 how 3 was 4 he 6 find 5 to 6 find 6 find 7 out 6 find 8 ? lightfoot kept turning this over and over in his mind as he traveled through the [green] [forest] . 1 lightfoot 2 kept 2 kept 3 turning 3 turning 4 this 3 turning 5 over 3 turning 7 over 5 over 6 and 7 over 12 he 8 in 9 his 9 his 10 mind 10 mind 11 as 11 as 12 he 12 he 13 traveled 13 traveled 18 . 14 through 15 the 15 the 18 . then an idea came to him . 1 then 2 an 2 an 3 idea 3 idea 4 came 4 came 5 to 5 to 6 him 6 him 7 . " [i] know what [i] 'll do . 1 " 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 6 'll 6 'll 7 do 7 do 8 . i know just what [i] 'll do , " said [lightfoot] to himself . 1 i 2 know 1 i 4 what 2 know 3 just 4 what 8 , 6 'll 7 do 7 do 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 10 said 10 said 14 . 12 to 13 himself 13 himself 14 . " [i] 'll find out whether or not that hunter is still following me and [i] 'll get a little rest . 1 " 6 whether 1 " 18 get 3 'll 4 find 3 'll 6 whether 4 find 5 out 6 whether 13 following 7 or 8 not 8 not 12 still 9 that 10 hunter 10 hunter 11 is 11 is 12 still 12 still 13 following 13 following 14 me 14 me 15 and 15 and 17 'll 18 get 19 a 19 a 22 . 20 little 21 rest 21 rest 22 . goodness knows , [i] need a rest . " 1 goodness 2 knows 2 knows 3 , 2 knows 5 need 5 need 6 a 6 a 7 rest 7 rest 9 " 8 . 9 " this was near the top of a little hill . 1 this 2 was 1 this 5 top 3 near 4 the 4 the 5 top 5 top 6 of 6 of 7 a 7 a 8 little 8 little 9 hill 9 hill 10 . lightfoot went up the hill and stopped behind the pile of brush [.] 1 lightfoot 5 hill 1 lightfoot 10 pile 2 went 3 up 2 went 5 hill 3 up 4 the 5 hill 7 stopped 6 and 7 stopped 7 stopped 8 behind 8 behind 9 the 10 pile 12 brush 11 of 12 brush for a few moments he stood there perfectly still , looking and listening . 1 for 4 moments 1 for 6 stood 2 a 3 few 2 a 4 moments 4 moments 5 he 6 stood 10 , 7 there 8 perfectly 8 perfectly 9 still 9 still 10 , 10 , 11 looking 11 looking 14 . 12 and 13 listening 12 and 14 . if [the] hunter were still following him , he would pass through that hollow in plain sight . 1 if 5 still 1 if 6 following 3 hunter 4 were 4 were 5 still 5 still 6 following 6 following 10 would 7 him 8 , 8 , 9 he 9 he 10 would 10 would 11 pass 11 pass 12 through 11 pass 14 hollow 12 through 13 that 14 hollow 15 in 14 hollow 18 . 16 plain 17 sight 17 sight 18 . for a long tune [lightfoot] rested comfortably behind the pile of brush . 1 for 2 a 2 a 3 long 3 long 8 behind 4 tune 6 rested 6 rested 7 comfortably 7 comfortably 8 behind 8 behind 11 of 9 the 10 pile 10 pile 11 of 11 of 12 brush 12 brush 13 . there was not a suspicious movement or a suspicious sound to show that danger was abroad in the [green] [forest] . 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 a 2 was 10 sound 3 not 4 a 4 a 5 suspicious 5 suspicious 6 movement 5 suspicious 9 suspicious 6 movement 7 or 8 a 9 suspicious 9 suspicious 10 sound 10 sound 14 danger 11 to 12 show 12 show 13 that 13 that 14 danger 14 danger 16 abroad 15 was 16 abroad 16 abroad 17 in 17 in 21 . 18 the 21 . he saw [mr] and [mrs] . grouse fly down across the hollow and disappear among the trees on the other side . 1 he 2 saw 1 he 6 . 2 saw 4 and 6 . 9 down 6 . 14 disappear 7 grouse 8 fly 8 fly 9 down 9 down 12 hollow 10 across 11 the 11 the 12 hollow 12 hollow 13 and 14 disappear 20 other 15 among 16 the 15 among 17 trees 17 trees 18 on 18 on 19 the 19 the 20 other 20 other 22 . 21 side 22 . he saw [unc] ' [billy] [possum] looking over a hollow tree and guessed that [unc] ' [billy] was getting ready to go into winter quarters . 1 he 2 saw 1 he 7 looking 2 saw 4 ' 7 looking 14 that 8 over 9 a 8 over 14 that 9 a 11 tree 10 hollow 11 tree 11 tree 13 guessed 12 and 13 guessed 14 that 22 go 16 ' 18 was 16 ' 19 getting 19 getting 20 ready 20 ready 21 to 20 ready 22 go 22 go 24 winter 23 into 24 winter 24 winter 25 quarters 25 quarters 26 . he saw [jumper] the [hare] squat down under a low-hanging branch of a hemlock-tree and prepare to take a nap . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 11 branch 4 the 6 squat 6 squat 7 down 7 down 8 under 8 under 10 low-hanging 8 under 11 branch 9 a 10 low-hanging 11 branch 12 of 12 of 13 a 12 of 20 nap 13 a 14 hemlock-tree 14 hemlock-tree 17 to 15 and 16 prepare 16 prepare 17 to 17 to 18 take 18 take 19 a 20 nap 21 . he heard [drummer] the [woodpecker] at work drilling after worms in a tree not far away . 1 he 2 heard 1 he 12 a 2 heard 4 the 2 heard 8 drilling 6 at 7 work 7 work 8 drilling 8 drilling 9 after 8 drilling 10 worms 10 worms 11 in 12 a 13 tree 13 tree 14 not 14 not 15 far 15 far 16 away 16 away 17 . little by little [lightfoot] grew easy in his mind . 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little 3 little 5 grew 5 grew 6 easy 6 easy 7 in 7 in 8 his 8 his 9 mind 9 mind 10 . it must be that that hunter had become discouraged and was no longer following him . 1 it 2 must 1 it 12 no 2 must 3 be 3 be 4 that 3 be 6 hunter 5 that 6 hunter 6 hunter 8 become 7 had 8 become 8 become 9 discouraged 9 discouraged 10 and 10 and 11 was 12 no 13 longer 12 no 14 following 13 longer 14 following 14 following 15 him 15 him 16 . [chapter] [xi] [:] [the] [hunted] [watches] [the] [hunter] it didn't seem possible that there could be any need for watchfulness . 1 it 4 possible 2 didn't 3 seem 3 seem 4 possible 4 possible 5 that 5 that 6 there 5 that 7 could 6 there 7 could 7 could 8 be 8 be 9 any 9 any 10 need 10 need 11 for 11 for 12 watchfulness 12 watchfulness 13 . but [lightfoot] long ago had learned that often danger is nearest when it seems least to be expected . 1 but 11 nearest 3 long 6 learned 4 ago 5 had 4 ago 6 learned 6 learned 7 that 7 that 8 often 8 often 9 danger 8 often 11 nearest 9 danger 10 is 11 nearest 15 least 12 when 13 it 13 it 14 seems 14 seems 15 least 15 least 16 to 15 least 18 expected 16 to 17 be 17 be 18 expected 18 expected 19 . so , though he would have liked very much to have taken a nap , [lightfoot] was too wise to do anything so foolish . 1 so 9 much 2 , 3 though 2 , 4 he 4 he 5 would 4 he 7 liked 5 would 6 have 7 liked 8 very 8 very 9 much 9 much 13 a 10 to 11 have 11 have 12 taken 12 taken 13 a 13 a 18 too 14 nap 15 , 15 , 17 was 17 was 18 too 18 too 21 do 19 wise 20 to 19 wise 21 do 20 to 21 do 21 do 25 . 22 anything 24 foolish 22 anything 25 . 23 so 24 foolish he kept his great ears gently moving to catch every little sound . 1 he 2 kept 1 he 4 great 2 kept 3 his 4 great 7 moving 5 ears 6 gently 5 ears 7 moving 7 moving 8 to 8 to 9 catch 9 catch 13 . 10 every 11 little 11 little 12 sound 12 sound 13 . it was better to be overwatchful than the least bit careless . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 better 3 better 5 be 4 to 5 be 5 be 10 bit 6 overwatchful 7 than 7 than 8 the 8 the 9 least 9 least 10 bit 10 bit 11 careless 11 careless 12 . by and by , [lightfoot] 's keen ears caught the sound of the snapping of a little stick in the distance . 1 by 3 by 2 and 3 by 3 by 4 , 4 , 8 ears 6 's 7 keen 7 keen 8 ears 8 ears 11 sound 9 caught 10 the 10 the 11 sound 11 sound 18 stick 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 snapping 14 snapping 15 of 14 snapping 18 stick 15 of 16 a 16 a 17 little 18 stick 19 in 18 stick 21 distance 19 in 20 the 21 distance 22 . it was so faint a sound that you or [i] would have missed it altogether . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 faint 2 was 3 so 4 faint 8 you 5 a 6 sound 6 sound 7 that 7 that 8 you 8 you 12 have 9 or 11 would 11 would 12 have 12 have 15 altogether 13 missed 14 it 14 it 15 altogether 15 altogether 16 . but [lightfoot] heard it and instantly he was doubly alert , watching in the direction from which that faint sound had come . 1 but 3 heard 1 but 4 it 4 it 6 instantly 5 and 6 instantly 6 instantly 10 alert 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 doubly 9 doubly 10 alert 10 alert 11 , 10 alert 20 sound 11 , 12 watching 12 watching 14 the 13 in 14 the 14 the 15 direction 15 direction 17 which 16 from 17 which 17 which 19 faint 18 that 19 faint 20 sound 22 come 21 had 22 come 22 come 23 . after [what] seemed a long , long time he saw something moving , and a moment later a man came into view . 1 after 3 seemed 3 seemed 6 , 4 a 5 long 5 long 6 , 6 , 11 something 7 long 8 time 7 long 10 saw 8 time 9 he 10 saw 11 something 11 something 13 , 12 moving 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 22 view 15 a 16 moment 16 moment 17 later 16 moment 22 view 17 later 19 man 17 later 20 came 18 a 19 man 20 came 21 into 22 view 23 . it was the hunter and across one arm he carried the terrible gun . 1 it 2 was 1 it 6 across 2 was 3 the 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 and 6 across 9 he 7 one 8 arm 8 arm 9 he 9 he 10 carried 10 carried 11 the 11 the 14 . 12 terrible 13 gun 13 gun 14 . lightfoot knew now that this hunter had patience and perseverance and had not yet given up hope of getting near enough to shoot [lightfoot] . 1 lightfoot 3 now 2 knew 3 now 3 now 15 given 4 that 6 hunter 5 this 6 hunter 6 hunter 10 perseverance 7 had 8 patience 8 patience 9 and 8 patience 10 perseverance 10 perseverance 11 and 10 perseverance 14 yet 12 had 13 not 13 not 14 yet 14 yet 15 given 15 given 19 getting 16 up 17 hope 16 up 19 getting 17 hope 18 of 19 getting 21 enough 20 near 21 enough 21 enough 22 to 22 to 23 shoot 22 to 25 . he moved [forward] slowly , setting each foot down with the greatest care , so as not to snap a stick or rustle the leaves . 1 he 2 moved 1 he 6 setting 2 moved 5 , 4 slowly 5 , 6 setting 10 with 6 setting 12 greatest 7 each 8 foot 7 each 9 down 9 down 10 with 11 the 12 greatest 12 greatest 13 care 13 care 14 , 13 care 18 to 14 , 15 so 15 so 16 as 17 not 18 to 18 to 21 stick 19 snap 20 a 20 a 21 stick 21 stick 23 rustle 22 or 23 rustle 23 rustle 25 leaves 24 the 25 leaves 25 leaves 26 . he was watching sharply ahead , ready to shoot should he catch a glimpse of [lightfoot] within range . 1 he 2 was 1 he 10 should 2 was 4 sharply 3 watching 4 sharply 4 sharply 5 ahead 5 ahead 6 , 5 ahead 10 should 6 , 7 ready 7 ready 8 to 7 ready 9 shoot 10 should 12 catch 11 he 12 catch 12 catch 13 a 13 a 14 glimpse 13 a 17 within 14 glimpse 15 of 15 of 17 within 17 within 19 . 18 range 19 . right along through the hollow at the foot of the little hill below [lightfoot] the hunter passed . 1 right 6 at 2 along 3 through 3 through 4 the 4 the 5 hollow 5 hollow 6 at 6 at 13 below 7 the 8 foot 7 the 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 12 hill 10 the 13 below 11 little 12 hill 13 below 16 hunter 15 the 16 hunter 16 hunter 17 passed 16 hunter 18 . 17 passed 18 . he was doing what is called " hunting up-wind . " 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 doing 3 doing 4 what 4 what 5 is 5 is 6 called 5 is 8 hunting 6 called 7 " 8 hunting 9 up-wind 9 up-wind 10 . 10 . 11 " lightfoot kept perfectly still and watched the hunter disappear among the trees . 1 lightfoot 2 kept 1 lightfoot 3 perfectly 1 lightfoot 6 watched 3 perfectly 6 watched 4 still 5 and 4 still 6 watched 5 and 6 watched 6 watched 12 trees 7 the 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 disappear 9 disappear 10 among 10 among 11 the 11 the 12 trees 12 trees 13 . he felt sure that that hunter would not find him again that day . 1 he 2 felt 1 he 3 sure 3 sure 4 that 4 that 7 would 5 that 6 hunter 6 hunter 7 would 7 would 8 not 7 would 14 . 8 not 9 find 10 him 11 again 11 again 12 that 12 that 13 day 13 day 14 . [chapter] [xii] [:] [lightfoot] [visits] [paddy] [the] [beaver] deep in the [green] [forest] is the pond where lives [paddy] the [beaver] . 1 deep 3 the 2 in 3 the 3 the 9 where 6 is 7 the 6 is 8 pond 8 pond 9 where 9 where 10 lives 10 lives 12 the 12 the 14 . it is [paddy] 's own pond , for he made it himself . 1 it 2 is 1 it 6 pond 4 's 5 own 5 own 6 pond 6 pond 7 , 7 , 8 for 8 for 9 he 9 he 10 made 10 made 11 it 11 it 12 himself 11 it 13 . 12 himself 13 . he made it by building a dam across the [laughing] [brook] . 1 he 2 made 2 made 3 it 2 made 7 dam 4 by 5 building 5 building 6 a 6 a 7 dam 7 dam 8 across 8 across 9 the 9 the 12 . when [lightfoot] bounded away through the [green] [forest] , after watching the hunter pass through the hollow below him , he remembered [paddy] 's pond . 1 when 3 bounded 1 when 12 the 3 bounded 5 through 4 away 5 through 5 through 6 the 6 the 11 watching 9 , 10 after 9 , 11 watching 12 the 13 hunter 12 the 17 hollow 13 hunter 14 pass 14 pass 15 through 15 through 16 the 17 hollow 18 below 18 below 19 him 18 below 25 pond 19 him 20 , 20 , 21 he 21 he 22 remembered 24 's 25 pond 25 pond 26 . " that 's where [i] 'll go , " thought [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 that 2 that 6 'll 3 's 4 where 4 where 6 'll 6 'll 7 go 7 go 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 thought 10 thought 12 . " it is such a lonesome part of the [green] [forest] that [i] do not believe that hunter will come there . 1 " 5 a 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 such 4 such 5 a 5 a 6 lonesome 6 lonesome 8 of 7 part 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 14 do 12 that 14 do 14 do 18 hunter 15 not 16 believe 16 believe 17 that 17 that 18 hunter 18 hunter 20 come 19 will 20 come 20 come 21 there 21 there 22 . i 'll just run over and make [paddy] a friendly call . " 1 i 2 'll 1 i 4 run 2 'll 3 just 3 just 4 run 4 run 5 over 5 over 7 make 6 and 7 make 7 make 9 a 9 a 10 friendly 9 a 11 call 11 call 13 " 12 . 13 " so [lightfoot] bounded along deeper and deeper into the [green] [forest] . 1 so 3 bounded 3 bounded 5 deeper 4 along 5 deeper 5 deeper 7 deeper 6 and 7 deeper 7 deeper 8 into 8 into 9 the 9 the 12 . presently through the trees he caught the gleam of water . 1 presently 2 through 1 presently 5 he 3 the 4 trees 4 trees 5 he 5 he 6 caught 6 caught 8 gleam 7 the 8 gleam 8 gleam 9 of 9 of 10 water 10 water 11 . it was [paddy] 's pond . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 's 4 's 5 pond 5 pond 6 . lightfoot approached it cautiously . 1 lightfoot 2 approached 2 approached 3 it 2 approached 4 cautiously 4 cautiously 5 . he knew that he couldn't afford to be careless for even one little minute . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 6 afford 3 that 4 he 3 that 5 couldn't 4 he 5 couldn't 5 couldn't 6 afford 6 afford 11 even 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 careless 9 careless 10 for 10 for 11 even 11 even 12 one 12 one 13 little 13 little 14 minute 14 minute 15 . no one who is hunted , be he big or little , can afford ever to be careless . 1 no 3 who 1 no 10 or 2 one 3 who 3 who 4 is 4 is 5 hunted 5 hunted 6 , 6 , 7 be 7 be 9 big 8 he 9 big 10 or 13 can 11 little 12 , 12 , 13 can 13 can 17 be 14 afford 15 ever 15 ever 16 to 16 to 17 be 17 be 19 . 18 careless 19 . now [lightfoot] had known of hunters hiding near water , hoping to shoot him when he came to drink . 1 now 4 known 1 now 11 hoping 3 had 4 known 4 known 7 hiding 5 of 7 hiding 6 hunters 7 hiding 7 hiding 8 near 8 near 9 water 8 near 10 , 9 water 10 , 11 hoping 12 to 11 hoping 18 to 12 to 13 shoot 13 shoot 14 him 14 him 15 when 15 when 16 he 15 when 17 came 18 to 19 drink 18 to 20 . that always seemed to [lightfoot] a dreadful thing , an unfair thing . 1 that 2 always 2 always 4 to 3 seemed 4 to 4 to 6 a 6 a 10 an 7 dreadful 9 , 7 dreadful 10 an 8 thing 9 , 10 an 12 thing 11 unfair 12 thing 12 thing 13 . but hunters had done it before and they might do it again . 1 but 2 hunters 2 hunters 8 they 3 had 4 done 4 done 5 it 5 it 6 before 6 before 7 and 7 and 8 they 8 they 10 do 9 might 10 do 10 do 11 it 11 it 12 again 11 it 13 . so [lightfoot] was careful to approach [paddy] 's pond upwind . 1 so 4 careful 3 was 4 careful 4 careful 5 to 4 careful 6 approach 6 approach 8 's 8 's 9 pond 9 pond 10 upwind 10 upwind 11 . he knew that if any hunters were hidden there , the [merry] [little] [breezes] would bring him their scent and thus warn him . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 4 if 1 he 5 any 2 knew 3 that 5 any 6 hunters 6 hunters 8 hidden 7 were 8 hidden 8 hidden 9 there 9 there 10 , 9 there 11 the 11 the 21 thus 15 would 16 bring 16 bring 17 him 16 bring 18 their 18 their 19 scent 19 scent 20 and 19 scent 21 thus 21 thus 24 . 22 warn 23 him 23 him 24 . he had almost reached the edge of [paddy] 's pond when from the farther shore there came a sudden crash . 1 he 4 reached 2 had 3 almost 3 almost 4 reached 4 reached 5 the 4 reached 15 shore 5 the 6 edge 6 edge 7 of 6 edge 10 pond 9 's 10 pond 10 pond 11 when 12 from 13 the 13 the 14 farther 13 the 15 shore 15 shore 18 a 16 there 17 came 17 came 18 a 18 a 19 sudden 18 a 20 crash 19 sudden 20 crash 20 crash 21 . it startled [lightfoot] terribly for just an instant . 1 it 2 startled 1 it 4 terribly 4 terribly 6 just 5 for 6 just 6 just 7 an 7 an 8 instant 8 instant 9 . then he guessed what it meant . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 guessed 2 he 3 guessed 3 guessed 4 what 4 what 5 it 5 it 6 meant 6 meant 7 . that crash was the falling of a tree . 1 that 2 crash 2 crash 3 was 2 crash 5 falling 4 the 5 falling 5 falling 6 of 5 falling 8 tree 6 of 7 a 7 a 8 tree 8 tree 9 . there wasn't enough wind to blow over even the most shaky dead tree . 1 there 2 wasn't 1 there 3 enough 3 enough 6 blow 4 wind 5 to 4 wind 6 blow 6 blow 7 over 7 over 10 most 8 even 9 the 8 even 10 most 10 most 12 dead 11 shaky 12 dead 12 dead 14 . 13 tree 14 . there had been no sound of axes , so he knew it could not have been chopped down by men . 1 there 5 sound 1 there 16 been 2 had 4 no 3 been 4 no 4 no 5 sound 5 sound 6 of 6 of 7 axes 8 , 9 so 9 so 10 he 10 he 11 knew 10 he 16 been 11 knew 12 it 12 it 15 have 13 could 14 not 13 could 15 have 16 been 20 men 17 chopped 18 down 17 chopped 20 men 18 down 19 by 20 men 21 . so [lightfoot] hurried forward eagerly , cautiously . 1 so 3 hurried 3 hurried 4 forward 4 forward 5 eagerly 5 eagerly 6 , 6 , 7 cautiously 7 cautiously 8 . it was [paddy] the [beaver] taking the branch to his food pile . 1 it 2 was 1 it 6 taking 2 was 4 the 6 taking 7 the 7 the 8 branch 8 branch 9 to 8 branch 11 food 9 to 10 his 10 his 11 food 11 food 13 . 12 pile 13 . [chapter] [xiii] [:] [lightfoot] [and] [paddy] [become] [partners] the instant [lightfoot] saw [paddy] the [beaver] he knew that for the time being , at least , there was no danger . 1 the 2 instant 1 the 13 time 2 instant 4 saw 4 saw 6 the 8 he 9 knew 9 knew 10 that 9 knew 12 the 11 for 12 the 12 the 13 time 13 time 14 being 14 being 17 least 14 being 20 was 15 , 16 at 16 at 17 least 17 least 18 , 18 , 19 there 20 was 22 danger 21 no 22 danger 22 danger 23 . paddy saw [lightfoot] almost as soon as he stepped out on the bank . 1 paddy 4 almost 1 paddy 6 soon 2 saw 4 almost 4 almost 5 as 5 as 6 soon 6 soon 7 as 6 soon 9 stepped 7 as 8 he 8 he 9 stepped 9 stepped 10 out 10 out 12 the 11 on 12 the 12 the 13 bank 13 bank 14 . there [he] forced the branch down until it was held by other branches already sunken in the pond . 1 there 4 the 3 forced 4 the 4 the 5 branch 4 the 7 until 5 branch 6 down 7 until 10 held 7 until 13 branches 7 until 18 pond 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 held 10 held 11 by 11 by 12 other 13 branches 14 already 14 already 15 sunken 16 in 17 the 16 in 18 pond 18 pond 19 . this done , he swam over to where [lightfoot] was watching . 1 this 2 done 2 done 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 swam 5 swam 6 over 5 swam 8 where 6 over 7 to 8 where 10 was 10 was 12 . 11 watching 12 . " hello , [lightfoot] ! " he exclaimed . 1 " 2 hello 2 hello 3 , 2 hello 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 he 7 he 8 exclaimed 8 exclaimed 9 . " you are looking handsomer than ever . 1 " 2 you 2 you 4 looking 3 are 4 looking 4 looking 5 handsomer 5 handsomer 6 than 6 than 7 ever 6 than 8 . 7 ever 8 . how are you feeling these fine autumn days ? " 1 how 3 you 2 are 3 you 3 you 5 these 4 feeling 5 these 5 these 7 autumn 6 fine 7 autumn 7 autumn 8 days 8 days 9 ? 9 ? 10 " " anxious , " replied [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 anxious 2 anxious 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 7 . " [i] am feeling terribly anxious . 1 " 3 am 3 am 4 feeling 4 feeling 5 terribly 5 terribly 6 anxious 6 anxious 7 . do you know what day this is ? " 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 5 day 4 what 8 ? 5 day 7 is 6 this 7 is 8 ? 9 " " no , " replied [paddy] , " [i] don't know what day it is , and [i] don't particularly care . 1 " 2 no 1 " 5 replied 1 " 10 don't 2 no 3 , 3 , 4 " 5 replied 7 , 5 replied 10 don't 7 , 8 " 10 don't 11 know 10 don't 12 what 11 know 12 what 12 what 15 is 13 day 14 it 14 it 15 is 15 is 16 , 16 , 20 particularly 17 and 19 don't 19 don't 20 particularly 20 particularly 22 . 21 care 22 . it is enough for me that it is one of the finest days we 've had for a long time . ["] 1 it 2 is 1 it 8 is 2 is 3 enough 4 for 5 me 4 for 7 it 5 me 6 that 7 it 8 is 8 is 18 a 9 one 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 finest 12 finest 13 days 12 finest 17 for 13 days 14 we 13 days 15 've 15 've 16 had 17 for 18 a 18 a 20 time 19 long 20 time 20 time 21 . " [i] wish [i] could feel that way , " said [lightfoot] wistfully . 1 " 3 wish 1 " 5 could 3 wish 5 could 5 could 6 feel 6 feel 7 that 6 feel 8 way 8 way 9 , 8 way 13 wistfully 9 , 10 " 11 said 13 wistfully 13 wistfully 14 . " [i] wish [i] could feel that way , [paddy] , but [i] can't . 1 " 3 wish 1 " 5 could 5 could 6 feel 6 feel 7 that 6 feel 8 way 8 way 9 , 9 , 12 but 11 , 12 but 12 but 14 can't 14 can't 15 . no , [sir] , [i] can't . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 6 can't 6 can't 7 . you see , this is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for me . 1 you 2 see 1 you 10 most 2 see 3 , 2 see 6 the 4 this 5 is 5 is 6 the 6 the 7 first 7 first 8 of 8 of 9 the 10 most 13 in 11 dreadful 12 days 11 dreadful 13 in 13 in 15 the 14 all 15 the 15 the 16 year 16 year 17 for 16 year 19 . 18 me 19 . the hunters started looking for me before [mr] [sun] was really out of bed . 1 the 2 hunters 1 the 3 started 3 started 4 looking 4 looking 5 for 4 looking 7 before 5 for 6 me 7 before 10 was 10 was 14 bed 11 really 12 out 11 really 14 bed 12 out 13 of 14 bed 15 . at least one hunter did , and [i] don't doubt there are others . 1 at 2 least 1 at 4 hunter 2 least 3 one 4 hunter 5 did 5 did 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 don't 9 don't 13 others 10 doubt 11 there 10 doubt 13 others 11 there 12 are 13 others 14 . paddy crept out on the bank and chewed a [little] twig of poplar thoughtfully . 1 paddy 4 on 2 crept 3 out 3 out 4 on 4 on 5 the 5 the 6 bank 5 the 9 a 6 bank 7 and 6 bank 8 chewed 9 a 12 of 11 twig 12 of 12 of 13 poplar 13 poplar 15 . 14 thoughtfully 15 . paddy says he can always think better if he is chewing something . 1 paddy 3 he 2 says 3 he 3 he 6 think 4 can 5 always 5 always 6 think 6 think 7 better 7 better 8 if 8 if 9 he 8 if 11 chewing 9 he 10 is 10 is 11 chewing 11 chewing 13 . 12 something 13 . " that 's bad news , [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 that 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 bad 4 bad 5 news 5 news 6 , 6 , 8 . i 'm sorry to hear it . 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 sorry 3 sorry 4 to 4 to 5 hear 5 hear 6 it 6 it 7 . i certainly am sorry to hear it , " said [paddy] . 1 i 3 am 2 certainly 3 am 3 am 4 sorry 4 sorry 5 to 5 to 6 hear 6 hear 7 it 7 it 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 12 . 9 " 10 said " why anybody wants to hunt such a handsome fellow as you are , [i] cannot understand . 1 " 7 such 1 " 16 cannot 2 why 4 wants 3 anybody 4 wants 4 wants 5 to 5 to 6 hunt 5 to 7 such 7 such 8 a 8 a 11 as 9 handsome 10 fellow 9 handsome 11 as 12 you 13 are 12 you 16 cannot 13 are 14 , 16 cannot 17 understand 17 understand 18 . my , but that 's a beautiful set of antlers you have ! " 1 my 2 , 2 , 3 but 3 but 4 that 4 that 5 's 4 that 8 set 5 's 6 a 6 a 7 beautiful 8 set 9 of 9 of 10 antlers 10 antlers 11 you 11 you 12 have 12 have 13 ! 13 ! 14 " " good looks are not always to be desired . 1 " 2 good 1 " 4 are 2 good 3 looks 4 are 6 always 5 not 6 always 6 always 7 to 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 desired 9 desired 10 . have you seen any hunters around here lately ? " 1 have 3 seen 2 you 3 seen 3 seen 4 any 4 any 5 hunters 4 any 6 around 5 hunters 6 around 6 around 7 here 6 around 8 lately 8 lately 9 ? 9 ? 10 " paddy shook his [lead] . 1 paddy 2 shook 2 shook 3 his 3 his 5 . " not a single hunter , " he replied . 1 " 3 a 1 " 5 hunter 2 not 3 a 4 single 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 replied 9 replied 10 . " [i] tell you what it is , [lightfoot] , let's be partners for a while . 1 " 5 what 3 tell 4 you 3 tell 5 what 5 what 7 is 6 it 7 is 7 is 8 , 8 , 13 partners 10 , 11 let's 11 let's 12 be 12 be 13 partners 13 partners 15 a 14 for 15 a 15 a 16 while 16 while 17 . you stay right around my pond . 1 you 2 stay 2 stay 3 right 3 right 4 around 4 around 5 my 5 my 6 pond 6 pond 7 . if [i] see or hear or smell anything suspicious , [i] 'll warn you . 1 if 4 or 3 see 4 or 4 or 8 anything 5 hear 6 or 5 hear 7 smell 7 smell 8 anything 8 anything 9 suspicious 9 suspicious 10 , 10 , 12 'll 12 'll 13 warn 13 warn 15 . 14 you 15 . you do the same for me . 1 you 2 do 2 do 3 the 3 the 4 same 4 same 5 for 5 for 6 me 6 me 7 . two sets of eyes , ears and noses are better than one . 1 two 5 , 2 sets 3 of 3 of 4 eyes 4 eyes 5 , 5 , 6 ears 6 ears 7 and 6 ears 8 noses 7 and 8 noses 8 noses 11 than 9 are 10 better 10 better 11 than 11 than 13 . 12 one 13 . what do you say , [lightfoot] ? " 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 say 4 say 5 , 5 , 8 " 7 ? 8 " " [i] 'll do it , " replied [lightfoot] . 1 " 3 'll 3 'll 4 do 4 do 5 it 5 it 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 replied 8 replied 10 . [chapter] [xiv] [:] [how] [paddy] [warned] [lightfoot] it was a queer partnership , that partnership between [lightfoot] and [paddy] , but it was a good partnership . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 a 1 it 16 was 3 a 4 queer 4 queer 5 partnership 4 queer 9 between 5 partnership 6 , 5 partnership 8 partnership 7 that 8 partnership 9 between 11 and 9 between 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 it 16 was 17 a 16 was 18 good 17 a 18 good 18 good 19 partnership 19 partnership 20 . they had been the best of friends for a long time . 1 they 5 best 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 the 4 the 5 best 5 best 6 of 6 of 7 friends 7 friends 10 long 8 for 9 a 9 a 10 long 10 long 11 time 11 time 12 . paddy had always been glad to have [lightfoot] visit his pond . 1 paddy 3 always 2 had 3 always 3 always 4 been 4 been 6 to 5 glad 6 to 6 to 7 have 7 have 12 . 9 visit 10 his 10 his 11 pond 11 pond 12 . to tell the truth , he was rather fond of handsome [lightfoot] . 1 to 2 tell 2 tell 3 the 3 the 4 truth 3 the 8 rather 4 truth 5 , 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 was 8 rather 10 of 9 fond 10 of 10 of 11 handsome 11 handsome 13 . you know [paddy] is himself not at all handsome . 1 you 2 know 1 you 5 himself 2 know 4 is 5 himself 6 not 6 not 7 at 7 at 8 all 8 all 9 handsome 9 handsome 10 . on land he is a rather clumsy-looking fellow and really homely . 1 on 2 land 2 land 4 is 3 he 4 is 4 is 5 a 5 a 7 clumsy-looking 6 rather 7 clumsy-looking 7 clumsy-looking 8 fellow 7 clumsy-looking 10 really 8 fellow 9 and 10 really 12 . 11 homely 12 . so he admired [lightfoot] greatly . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 admired 3 admired 5 greatly 5 greatly 6 . that is one reason why he proposed that they be partners . 1 that 2 is 1 that 6 he 2 is 3 one 3 one 4 reason 4 reason 5 why 6 he 7 proposed 7 proposed 8 that 8 that 9 they 9 they 10 be 10 be 12 . 11 partners 12 . lightfoot himself thought the idea a splendid one . 1 lightfoot 2 himself 1 lightfoot 5 idea 2 himself 3 thought 3 thought 4 the 4 the 5 idea 5 idea 6 a 6 a 7 splendid 7 splendid 8 one 8 one 9 . he spent that night browsing not far from [paddy] 's pond . 1 he 2 spent 1 he 4 night 2 spent 3 that 4 night 5 browsing 5 browsing 6 not 5 browsing 7 far 7 far 8 from 7 far 11 pond 10 's 11 pond 11 pond 12 . with the coming [of] daylight he lay down in a thicket of young hemlock-trees near the upper end of the pond . 1 with 2 the 2 the 3 coming 3 coming 7 lay 3 coming 11 thicket 5 daylight 6 he 6 he 7 lay 7 lay 8 down 8 down 9 in 9 in 10 a 11 thicket 13 young 11 thicket 15 near 11 thicket 18 end 12 of 13 young 13 young 14 hemlock-trees 15 near 16 the 15 near 17 upper 17 upper 18 end 18 end 19 of 19 of 22 . 20 the 21 pond 20 the 22 . it was a quiet , peaceful day . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 quiet 3 a 4 quiet 4 quiet 6 peaceful 5 , 6 peaceful 6 peaceful 7 day 7 day 8 . but they were , and [lightfoot] knew that sooner or later one of them would be sure to visit [paddy] 's pond . 1 but 9 sooner 2 they 3 were 2 they 7 knew 3 were 4 , 4 , 5 and 7 knew 8 that 7 knew 9 sooner 9 sooner 17 sure 10 or 11 later 11 later 16 be 12 one 13 of 12 one 15 would 13 of 14 them 15 would 16 be 16 be 17 sure 17 sure 18 to 18 to 19 visit 19 visit 23 . 21 's 22 pond 22 pond 23 . so , though he rested and took short naps all through that [beautiful] day , he was anxious . 1 so 2 , 1 so 12 that 2 , 6 and 3 though 4 he 3 though 5 rested 5 rested 6 and 6 and 8 short 7 took 8 short 8 short 9 naps 9 naps 11 through 10 all 11 through 12 that 14 day 14 day 19 . 15 , 16 he 16 he 17 was 17 was 18 anxious 18 anxious 19 . he couldn't help but be . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 help 3 help 6 . 4 but 5 be 5 be 6 . the next morning found [lightfoot] back in the same place . 1 the 2 next 1 the 3 morning 2 next 3 morning 3 morning 4 found 4 found 6 back 6 back 7 in 7 in 8 the 7 in 9 same 9 same 10 place 10 place 11 . but this morning he took no naps . 1 but 2 this 2 this 3 morning 3 morning 4 he 4 he 5 took 4 he 6 no 6 no 7 naps 6 no 8 . 7 naps 8 . he rested , but all the time he was watchful and alert . 1 he 2 rested 1 he 7 time 2 rested 3 , 3 , 4 but 4 but 5 all 5 all 6 the 7 time 10 watchful 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 watchful 10 watchful 11 and 11 and 12 alert 11 and 13 . 12 alert 13 . a feeling of uneasiness possessed him . 1 a 2 feeling 2 feeling 4 uneasiness 3 of 4 uneasiness 4 uneasiness 5 possessed 5 possessed 6 him 6 him 7 . he felt in his bones that danger in the shape of a hunter with a terrible gun was not far distant [.] 1 he 4 his 2 felt 3 in 3 in 4 his 4 his 10 shape 5 bones 6 that 6 that 7 danger 7 danger 8 in 8 in 9 the 8 in 10 shape 10 shape 11 of 10 shape 15 a 11 of 12 a 12 a 13 hunter 13 hunter 14 with 15 a 16 terrible 15 a 17 gun 15 a 20 far 18 was 19 not 19 not 20 far 20 far 21 distant but the hours slipped away , and little by little he grew less uneasy . 1 but 2 the 1 but 3 hours 3 hours 6 , 4 slipped 5 away 5 away 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 15 . 8 little 9 by 9 by 10 little 9 by 13 less 11 he 12 grew 12 grew 13 less 13 less 14 uneasy 14 uneasy 15 . he began to hope that that day would prove as peaceful as the previous day had been . 1 he 2 began 1 he 8 would 2 began 3 to 2 began 4 hope 4 hope 5 that 4 hope 7 day 4 hope 8 would 6 that 7 day 8 would 17 been 9 prove 10 as 9 prove 11 peaceful 11 peaceful 12 as 12 as 13 the 13 the 14 previous 13 the 15 day 15 day 16 had 16 had 17 been 17 been 18 . then suddenly there was a sharp report from the farther end of [paddy] 's pond . 1 then 9 the 2 suddenly 4 was 3 there 4 was 4 was 5 a 5 a 6 sharp 5 a 7 report 7 report 8 from 8 from 9 the 9 the 10 farther 10 farther 11 end 10 farther 16 . 11 end 12 of 14 's 15 pond 15 pond 16 . it was almost like a pistol shot . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 almost 3 almost 4 like 4 like 5 a 5 a 6 pistol 6 pistol 8 . 7 shot 8 . however , it wasn't a pistol shot . 1 however 2 , 2 , 3 it 3 it 4 wasn't 4 wasn't 5 a 5 a 6 pistol 6 pistol 7 shot 7 shot 8 . it wasn't a shot at all . 1 it 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 a 3 a 4 shot 4 shot 5 at 5 at 6 all 6 all 7 . it was the slap of [paddy] 's broad tail on the surface of the water . 1 it 2 was 1 it 7 's 2 was 3 the 3 the 4 slap 4 slap 5 of 7 's 9 tail 8 broad 9 tail 9 tail 13 of 10 on 12 surface 11 the 12 surface 12 surface 13 of 13 of 15 water 14 the 15 water 15 water 16 . instantly [lightfoot] was on his feet . 1 instantly 5 his 3 was 4 on 4 on 5 his 5 his 6 feet 6 feet 7 . he knew just what that meant . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 just 2 knew 4 what 4 what 5 that 5 that 6 meant 6 meant 7 . he knew that [paddy] had seen or heard or smelled a hunter . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 5 had 2 knew 3 that 5 had 6 seen 6 seen 10 smelled 7 or 8 heard 8 heard 9 or 9 or 10 smelled 10 smelled 12 hunter 11 a 12 hunter 12 hunter 13 . it was even so . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 even 3 even 4 so 4 so 5 . paddy had heard a dry stick snap . 1 paddy 2 had 1 paddy 3 heard 3 heard 5 dry 4 a 5 dry 5 dry 6 stick 6 stick 7 snap 7 snap 8 . it was a very tiny snap , but it was enough to warn [paddy] . 1 it 6 snap 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 very 3 a 5 tiny 5 tiny 6 snap 6 snap 9 it 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 it 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 enough 11 enough 12 to 12 to 13 warn 13 warn 15 . with only [his] head above water he had watched in the direction from which that sound had come . 1 with 2 only 1 with 4 head 4 head 9 watched 5 above 6 water 6 water 7 he 6 water 9 watched 7 he 8 had 9 watched 12 direction 10 in 11 the 10 in 12 direction 12 direction 13 from 13 from 16 sound 14 which 15 that 14 which 16 sound 16 sound 19 . 17 had 18 come 18 come 19 . presently , stealing quietly along towards the pond , a hunter had come in [view] . 1 presently 6 towards 1 presently 13 come 2 , 4 quietly 3 stealing 4 quietly 4 quietly 5 along 5 along 6 towards 6 towards 10 a 7 the 8 pond 8 pond 9 , 8 pond 10 a 10 a 11 hunter 11 hunter 12 had 13 come 14 in 13 come 16 . 14 in 16 . instantly [paddy] had brought his broad tail down on the water with all his force . 1 instantly 7 tail 3 had 4 brought 4 brought 5 his 5 his 6 broad 5 his 7 tail 7 tail 8 down 8 down 9 on 9 on 14 his 10 the 11 water 11 water 12 with 12 with 13 all 12 with 14 his 14 his 15 force 15 force 16 . he knew that [lightfoot] would know that that meant danger . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 5 would 2 knew 3 that 3 that 5 would 5 would 6 know 6 know 7 that 6 know 9 meant 8 that 9 meant 9 meant 10 danger 10 danger 11 . then [paddy] had dived , and swimming under water , had sought the safety of his house . 1 then 6 and 3 had 4 dived 4 dived 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 swimming 7 swimming 10 , 8 under 9 water 9 water 10 , 10 , 17 house 11 had 12 sought 12 sought 13 the 13 the 14 safety 14 safety 15 of 14 safety 17 house 15 of 16 his 17 house 18 . he had done his part , and there was nothing more he could do . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 done 3 done 5 part 4 his 5 part 5 part 8 there 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 there 8 there 14 do 9 was 10 nothing 10 nothing 11 more 11 more 12 he 12 he 13 could 12 he 14 do 14 do 15 . [chapter] [xv] [:] [the] [three] [watchers] he was on his feet instantly , with eyes , ears and nose seeking the cause of [paddy] 's warning . 1 he 2 was 1 he 4 his 2 was 3 on 4 his 5 feet 4 his 9 eyes 5 feet 6 instantly 6 instantly 8 with 7 , 8 with 9 eyes 10 , 9 eyes 17 of 10 , 11 ears 10 , 12 and 12 and 14 seeking 13 nose 14 seeking 14 seeking 16 cause 15 the 16 cause 17 of 20 warning 17 of 21 . 19 's 20 warning there he hid among some close-growing young hemlock-trees . 1 there 2 he 2 he 3 hid 2 he 5 some 3 hid 4 among 5 some 6 close-growing 5 some 7 young 7 young 8 hemlock-trees 8 hemlock-trees 9 . it wasn't long before [he] saw a hunter with a terrible gun come down to the shore of the pond . 1 it 2 wasn't 1 it 6 saw 2 wasn't 4 before 3 long 4 before 6 saw 8 hunter 6 saw 11 terrible 7 a 8 hunter 8 hunter 11 terrible 9 with 10 a 10 a 11 terrible 11 terrible 13 come 11 terrible 14 down 12 gun 13 come 13 come 14 down 14 down 17 shore 15 to 16 the 16 the 17 shore 17 shore 18 of 17 shore 20 pond 18 of 19 the 20 pond 21 . now the hunter had heard [paddy] slap the water with his broad tail . 1 now 3 hunter 1 now 5 heard 2 the 3 hunter 4 had 5 heard 5 heard 9 water 7 slap 8 the 8 the 9 water 9 water 10 with 10 with 11 his 11 his 12 broad 12 broad 13 tail 13 tail 14 . of course . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 . there would have been something very wrong with his ears had he failed to hear it . 1 there 2 would 2 would 3 have 2 would 4 been 4 been 5 something 4 been 6 very 5 something 6 very 6 very 7 wrong 6 very 10 ears 7 wrong 8 with 7 wrong 10 ears 8 with 9 his 10 ears 15 hear 11 had 13 failed 12 he 13 failed 13 failed 15 hear 14 to 15 hear 15 hear 16 it 16 it 17 . " confound that [beaver] ! " muttered the hunter crossly . 1 " 2 confound 2 confound 7 muttered 3 that 5 ! 5 ! 6 " 6 " 7 muttered 7 muttered 9 hunter 8 the 9 hunter 9 hunter 10 crossly 9 hunter 11 . " if there was a [deer] anywhere around this pond , he probably is on his way now . 1 " 2 if 1 " 5 a 2 if 4 was 3 there 4 was 5 a 8 around 5 a 11 , 5 a 17 way 7 anywhere 8 around 8 around 10 pond 9 this 10 pond 11 , 12 he 12 he 13 probably 13 probably 14 is 15 on 16 his 16 his 17 way 17 way 19 . 18 now 19 . i 'll have a look around and see if there are any signs . " 1 i 2 'll 1 i 5 look 2 'll 3 have 3 have 4 a 5 look 6 around 5 look 7 and 7 and 8 see 7 and 10 there 9 if 10 there 10 there 11 are 11 are 12 any 12 any 13 signs 13 signs 14 . 14 . 15 " so the hunter went on to the edge of [paddy] 's pond and then began to walk around it , studying the ground as he walked . 1 so 2 the 2 the 8 edge 3 hunter 6 to 4 went 5 on 4 went 6 to 6 to 7 the 7 the 8 edge 8 edge 9 of 9 of 15 began 11 's 12 pond 12 pond 13 and 13 and 14 then 13 and 15 began 15 began 18 around 16 to 17 walk 16 to 18 around 18 around 21 studying 19 it 20 , 20 , 21 studying 21 studying 23 ground 21 studying 25 he 22 the 23 ground 24 as 25 he 25 he 26 walked 26 walked 27 . presently he found the footprints of [lightfoot] in the mud where [lightfoot] had gone down to the pond to drink . 1 presently 3 found 1 presently 9 the 2 he 3 found 3 found 5 footprints 4 the 5 footprints 5 footprints 6 of 8 in 9 the 9 the 11 where 10 mud 11 where 11 where 15 down 13 had 14 gone 14 gone 15 down 15 down 18 pond 16 to 17 the 17 the 18 pond 18 pond 19 to 19 to 20 drink 19 to 21 . " [i] thought as much , " muttered the hunter . 1 " 5 much 3 thought 4 as 4 as 5 much 5 much 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 muttered 8 muttered 9 the 8 muttered 10 hunter 10 hunter 11 . " those tracks were made last night . 1 " 2 those 1 " 3 tracks 3 tracks 5 made 4 were 5 made 5 made 7 night 6 last 7 night 7 night 8 . that [deer] probably was lying down somewhere near here , and [i] might have had a shot but for that pesky [beaver] . 1 that 13 might 3 probably 4 was 3 probably 5 lying 5 lying 6 down 6 down 7 somewhere 7 somewhere 10 , 7 somewhere 13 might 8 near 9 here 8 near 10 , 10 , 11 and 13 might 14 have 14 have 17 shot 15 had 16 a 15 had 17 shot 17 shot 21 pesky 18 but 21 pesky 19 for 21 pesky 20 that 21 pesky 21 pesky 23 . i 'll just look the land over , and then [i] think [i] 'll wait here awhile . 1 i 7 over 2 'll 3 just 2 'll 4 look 4 look 5 the 4 look 7 over 5 the 6 land 7 over 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 think 10 then 12 think 12 think 17 awhile 14 'll 15 wait 15 wait 16 here 15 wait 17 awhile 17 awhile 18 . if that [deer] isn't too badly scared , he may come back . " 1 if 2 that 1 if 5 too 4 isn't 5 too 5 too 7 scared 6 badly 7 scared 7 scared 9 he 8 , 9 he 9 he 10 may 10 may 11 come 11 come 12 back 11 come 13 . 13 . 14 " so the hunter went quite around the pond , looking into all likely hiding-places . 1 so 6 around 1 so 10 looking 2 the 3 hunter 2 the 4 went 4 went 5 quite 5 quite 6 around 6 around 9 , 7 the 8 pond 8 pond 9 , 10 looking 11 into 11 into 12 all 12 all 14 hiding-places 13 likely 14 hiding-places 14 hiding-places 15 . he found where [lightfoot] had been lying , and he knew that in all probability [lightfoot] had been there when [paddy] gave the danger signal . 1 he 2 found 1 he 3 where 3 where 9 and 5 had 6 been 6 been 7 lying 7 lying 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 11 knew 10 he 22 gave 11 knew 12 that 11 knew 15 probability 13 in 14 all 14 all 15 probability 17 had 18 been 18 been 19 there 19 there 20 when 20 when 22 gave 22 gave 24 danger 23 the 24 danger 24 danger 26 . 25 signal 26 . " it 's of no use for me to try to follow him , " thought the hunter . 1 " 10 try 2 it 3 's 3 's 6 use 4 of 5 no 5 no 6 use 6 use 7 for 7 for 8 me 8 me 9 to 9 to 10 try 10 try 12 follow 11 to 12 follow 12 follow 13 him 13 him 14 , 14 , 18 hunter 15 " 16 thought 16 thought 17 the 17 the 18 hunter 18 hunter 19 . " it is too dry for me to track him . 1 " 2 it 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 too 3 is 5 dry 4 too 5 dry 5 dry 6 for 6 for 7 me 7 me 8 to 8 to 9 track 9 track 11 . 10 him 11 . he may not be so badly scared , after all . 1 he 2 may 2 may 4 be 3 not 4 be 4 be 7 scared 5 so 6 badly 6 badly 7 scared 7 scared 8 , 8 , 9 after 9 after 10 all 10 all 11 . i 'll just find a good place and wait . " 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 4 find 3 just 4 find 4 find 5 a 5 a 6 good 5 a 7 place 7 place 8 and 7 place 10 . 8 and 9 wait 10 . 11 " so the hunter found an old log behind some small trees and there sat down . 1 so 5 an 1 so 7 log 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 found 4 found 5 an 6 old 7 log 7 log 12 and 8 behind 9 some 9 some 10 small 9 some 11 trees 11 trees 12 and 12 and 13 there 13 there 14 sat 14 sat 16 . 15 down 16 . he could see all around [paddy] 's pond . 1 he 2 could 2 could 3 see 3 see 4 all 3 see 5 around 5 around 7 's 7 's 8 pond 8 pond 9 . he sat perfectly still . 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 3 perfectly 3 perfectly 4 still 4 still 5 . what he didn't know was that [lightfoot] had been watching him all the time and was even then standing where he could see him . 1 what 4 know 1 what 25 . 2 he 3 didn't 2 he 4 know 4 know 10 watching 5 was 9 been 5 was 10 watching 6 that 8 had 8 had 9 been 11 him 12 all 12 all 13 the 13 the 14 time 14 time 15 and 14 time 19 standing 15 and 18 then 16 was 17 even 17 even 18 then 19 standing 20 where 19 standing 24 him 20 where 21 he 20 where 22 could 22 could 23 see 24 him 25 . so the hunter watched for [lightfoot] , and [lightfoot] and [paddy] watched the hunter . 1 so 3 hunter 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 watched 4 watched 5 for 4 watched 12 watched 7 , 8 and 7 , 10 and 10 and 12 watched 12 watched 13 the 13 the 14 hunter 14 hunter 15 . [chapter] [xvi] [:] [visitors] [to] [paddy] ['s] [pond] that hunter was a man of patience . 1 that 2 hunter 2 hunter 5 man 3 was 4 a 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 of 6 of 7 patience 7 patience 8 . also he was a man who understood the little people of the [green] [forest] and the [green] [meadows] . 1 also 2 he 2 he 6 who 3 was 4 a 4 a 5 man 5 man 6 who 6 who 10 people 7 understood 8 the 8 the 9 little 8 the 10 people 10 people 11 of 10 people 19 . 11 of 12 the 15 and 16 the 16 the 19 . he knew that if he would not be seen he must not move . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 4 if 2 knew 6 would 3 that 4 if 5 he 6 would 6 would 8 be 7 not 8 be 8 be 9 seen 9 seen 10 he 10 he 13 move 11 must 12 not 12 not 13 move 13 move 14 . so he didn't move . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 move 4 move 5 . he kept as motionless as if he were a part of the very log on which he was sitting . 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 4 motionless 2 kept 14 log 3 as 4 motionless 4 motionless 5 as 4 motionless 10 part 5 as 6 if 6 if 7 he 6 if 8 were 8 were 9 a 10 part 11 of 10 part 13 very 12 the 13 very 13 very 14 log 14 log 16 which 15 on 16 which 16 which 17 he 17 he 20 . 18 was 19 sitting 19 sitting 20 . for some time there was no sign of any living thing . 1 for 2 some 2 some 4 there 3 time 4 there 4 there 8 of 5 was 6 no 6 no 7 sign 7 sign 8 of 8 of 9 any 9 any 10 living 10 living 11 thing 10 living 12 . 11 thing 12 . for a few moments they sat [on] the water , a picture of watchful suspicion . 1 for 3 few 1 for 6 sat 2 a 3 few 3 few 4 moments 4 moments 5 they 6 sat 11 a 8 the 9 water 9 water 10 , 10 , 11 a 11 a 12 picture 12 picture 13 of 12 picture 15 suspicion 14 watchful 15 suspicion 15 suspicion 16 . they were looking and listening to make sure that no danger was near . 1 they 3 looking 1 they 7 make 2 were 3 looking 4 and 5 listening 5 listening 6 to 6 to 7 make 7 make 8 sure 8 sure 9 that 8 sure 11 danger 9 that 10 no 11 danger 13 near 12 was 13 near 13 near 14 . satisfied at last , they began to clean their feathers . 1 satisfied 2 at 1 satisfied 3 last 3 last 4 , 3 last 8 clean 4 , 5 they 5 they 6 began 6 began 7 to 8 clean 9 their 9 their 10 feathers 10 feathers 11 . it was plain that they felt safe . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 plain 3 plain 5 they 4 that 5 they 5 they 6 felt 6 felt 8 . 7 safe 8 . so [mr] . and [mrs] [quack] swam about within easy range of that terrible gun without once suspecting that danger was anywhere near . 1 so 10 easy 3 . 7 swam 4 and 7 swam 7 swam 8 about 7 swam 9 within 9 within 10 easy 10 easy 15 gun 11 range 12 of 12 of 13 that 12 of 14 terrible 14 terrible 15 gun 15 gun 16 without 15 gun 17 once 15 gun 18 suspecting 16 without 17 once 17 once 18 suspecting 18 suspecting 24 . 19 that 20 danger 19 that 21 was 21 was 22 anywhere 21 was 23 near 23 near 24 . by and by the hunter 's keen eyes caught a movement at one end of [paddy] 's dam . 1 by 7 keen 2 and 3 by 3 by 4 the 4 the 5 hunter 4 the 7 keen 5 hunter 6 's 7 keen 11 movement 8 eyes 9 caught 9 caught 10 a 10 a 11 movement 11 movement 12 at 11 movement 14 end 13 one 14 end 14 end 15 of 15 of 19 . 17 's 18 dam 18 dam 19 . an instant later [bobby] [coon] appeared . 1 an 2 instant 2 instant 3 later 3 later 6 appeared 6 appeared 7 . it was clear that [bobby] was quite unsuspicious . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 clear 3 clear 4 that 4 that 6 was 6 was 7 quite 7 quite 8 unsuspicious 8 unsuspicious 9 . he carried something , but just what the hunter could not make out . 1 he 2 carried 2 carried 3 something 2 carried 7 what 3 something 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 just 7 what 8 the 8 the 9 hunter 8 the 12 make 9 hunter 11 not 10 could 11 not 12 make 13 out 13 out 14 . he took it down to the edge of the water and there carefully washed it . 1 he 2 took 2 took 8 of 3 it 4 down 4 down 5 to 5 to 6 the 6 the 7 edge 7 edge 8 of 8 of 9 the 8 of 10 water 10 water 11 and 10 water 13 carefully 11 and 12 there 12 there 13 carefully 13 carefully 14 washed 14 washed 16 . 15 it 16 . then he climbed up on [paddy] 's dam and began to eat . 1 then 2 he 1 then 3 climbed 3 climbed 4 up 3 climbed 8 dam 4 up 5 on 7 's 8 dam 8 dam 10 began 9 and 10 began 10 began 11 to 10 began 12 eat 11 to 12 eat 12 eat 13 . you know [bobby] [coon] is very particular about his food . 1 you 2 know 2 know 6 very 5 is 6 very 6 very 10 food 7 particular 8 about 8 about 9 his 9 his 10 food 10 food 11 . whenever there is water near , [bobby] washes his food before eating . 1 whenever 2 there 1 whenever 6 , 2 there 3 is 3 is 5 near 4 water 5 near 6 , 8 washes 8 washes 10 food 9 his 10 food 10 food 11 before 11 before 13 . 12 eating 13 . once more the hunter was tempted , but did not yield to the temptation , which was a very good thing for [bobby] [coon] . 1 once 3 the 1 once 11 yield 2 more 3 the 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 was 4 hunter 6 tempted 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 did 9 did 10 not 9 did 11 yield 11 yield 16 which 12 to 13 the 13 the 14 temptation 14 temptation 15 , 15 , 16 which 16 which 17 was 17 was 18 a 18 a 19 very 18 a 21 thing 19 very 20 good 21 thing 25 . 22 for 25 . all this [lightfoot] saw as he stood among the little hemlock-trees at the top of the ridge behind the hunter . 1 all 8 among 1 all 14 top 2 this 4 saw 2 this 8 among 4 saw 7 stood 5 as 6 he 6 he 7 stood 8 among 11 hemlock-trees 9 the 10 little 10 little 11 hemlock-trees 12 at 13 the 13 the 14 top 14 top 18 behind 15 of 16 the 15 of 18 behind 16 the 17 ridge 18 behind 21 . 19 the 20 hunter 19 the 21 . he saw and he understood . 1 he 2 saw 2 saw 3 and 3 and 4 he 4 he 5 understood 5 understood 6 . " what have [i] ever done that he should be so anxious to kill me ? " 1 " 2 what 2 what 7 that 3 have 5 ever 5 ever 6 done 6 done 7 that 7 that 8 he 8 he 9 should 8 he 10 be 10 be 12 anxious 11 so 12 anxious 12 anxious 13 to 13 to 14 kill 14 kill 16 ? 15 me 16 ? 16 ? 17 " still the hunter sat without moving . 1 still 2 the 2 the 3 hunter 2 the 5 without 3 hunter 4 sat 5 without 6 moving 6 moving 7 . mr and [mrs] . quack contentedly hunted for food in the mud at the bottom of [paddy] 's pond . 1 mr 2 and 1 mr 4 . 4 . 6 contentedly 4 . 7 hunted 5 quack 6 contentedly 7 hunted 8 for 7 hunted 12 mud 8 for 9 food 9 food 10 in 10 in 11 the 12 mud 14 the 12 mud 15 bottom 12 mud 19 pond 13 at 14 the 15 bottom 16 of 15 bottom 18 's 19 pond 20 . bobby [coon] finished his meal , crossed the dam and disappeared in the [green] [forest] . 1 bobby 6 , 3 finished 4 his 3 finished 5 meal 5 meal 6 , 6 , 9 dam 7 crossed 8 the 8 the 9 dam 9 dam 11 disappeared 10 and 11 disappeared 11 disappeared 12 in 12 in 13 the 13 the 16 . he had gone off to take a nap somewhere . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 gone 3 gone 6 take 4 off 5 to 5 to 6 take 6 take 7 a 7 a 8 nap 7 a 9 somewhere 9 somewhere 10 . time slipped away . 1 time 2 slipped 2 slipped 3 away 3 away 4 . the hunter continued to watch patiently for [lightfoot] , and [lightfoot] and [paddy] the [beaver] watched the hunter . 1 the 2 hunter 1 the 5 watch 2 hunter 3 continued 3 continued 4 to 5 watch 6 patiently 6 patiently 7 for 7 for 18 hunter 9 , 10 and 9 , 12 and 12 and 14 the 12 and 16 watched 16 watched 17 the 17 the 18 hunter 18 hunter 19 . finally , another visitor appeared at the upper end of the pond a visitor [in] a wonderful coat of red . 1 finally 9 end 2 , 3 another 2 , 4 visitor 4 visitor 5 appeared 5 appeared 6 at 6 at 7 the 7 the 8 upper 7 the 9 end 9 end 10 of 9 end 12 pond 9 end 18 coat 11 the 12 pond 12 pond 13 a 13 a 14 visitor 14 visitor 17 wonderful 14 visitor 18 coat 16 a 17 wonderful 18 coat 20 red 19 of 20 red 20 red 21 . it was [reddy] [fox] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 . [chapter] [xvii] [:] [sammy] [jay] [arrives] when [reddy] [fox] arrived at the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] , the hunter who was hiding there saw him instantly . 1 when 7 pond 4 arrived 5 at 5 at 6 the 6 the 7 pond 7 pond 15 who 8 of 10 the 10 the 14 hunter 12 , 13 the 13 the 14 hunter 14 hunter 15 who 15 who 19 saw 16 was 17 hiding 17 hiding 18 there 18 there 19 saw 19 saw 21 instantly 20 him 21 instantly 21 instantly 22 . so did [lightfoot] . 1 so 2 did 2 did 4 . but no one else did . 1 but 2 no 2 no 3 one 3 one 4 else 4 else 5 did 5 did 6 . he approached in that cautious , careful way that he always uses when he is hunting . 1 he 2 approached 1 he 5 cautious 2 approached 3 in 3 in 4 that 5 cautious 6 , 5 cautious 7 careful 7 careful 11 always 8 way 9 that 9 that 10 he 10 he 11 always 11 always 14 he 12 uses 13 when 13 when 14 he 14 he 17 . 15 is 16 hunting 16 hunting 17 . he stopped with one foot lifted in the act of taking a step . 1 he 2 stopped 1 he 5 foot 2 stopped 4 one 3 with 4 one 5 foot 8 the 6 lifted 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 11 taking 9 act 10 of 10 of 11 taking 11 taking 12 a 12 a 13 step 13 step 14 . he had seen [mr] and [mrs] . quack . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 seen 3 seen 5 and 5 and 7 . 7 . 8 quack 8 quack 9 . now you know there is nothing [reddy] [fox] likes better for a dinner than a [duck] . 1 now 2 you 1 now 3 know 1 now 9 likes 3 know 6 nothing 4 there 5 is 5 is 6 nothing 9 likes 10 better 10 better 11 for 11 for 12 a 12 a 13 dinner 13 dinner 14 than 14 than 15 a 15 a 17 . the instant he saw [mr] . and [mrs] [quack] , a gleam of longing crept into his eyes and his mouth began to water . 1 the 2 instant 1 the 6 . 2 instant 3 he 3 he 4 saw 6 . 7 and 6 . 11 a 10 , 11 a 11 a 15 crept 11 a 21 mouth 12 gleam 13 of 12 gleam 14 longing 13 of 14 longing 14 longing 15 crept 15 crept 16 into 16 into 17 his 17 his 18 eyes 18 eyes 19 and 19 and 20 his 21 mouth 24 water 21 mouth 25 . 22 began 23 to 23 to 24 water 24 water 25 . then like a red flash he bounded out of sight behind the dam of [paddy] the [beaver] . 1 then 2 like 1 then 6 he 2 like 5 flash 3 a 4 red 3 a 5 flash 6 he 7 bounded 7 bounded 8 out 8 out 12 the 9 of 10 sight 10 sight 11 behind 11 behind 12 the 12 the 13 dam 13 dam 18 . 14 of 16 the 16 the 18 . presently the hunter saw [reddy] 's black nose at the end of the dam as [reddy] peeped around it to watch [mr] and [mrs] . quack . 1 presently 2 the 1 presently 3 hunter 1 presently 8 nose 3 hunter 6 's 3 hunter 7 black 4 saw 6 's 8 nose 9 at 8 nose 17 peeped 9 at 10 the 10 the 11 end 10 the 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 dam 14 dam 15 as 17 peeped 18 around 17 peeped 23 and 18 around 19 it 19 it 20 to 20 to 21 watch 23 and 26 quack 25 . 26 quack 26 quack 27 . the latter were slowly moving along in that direction as they fed . 1 the 4 slowly 2 latter 3 were 2 latter 4 slowly 4 slowly 5 moving 4 slowly 6 along 5 moving 6 along 6 along 7 in 7 in 8 that 8 that 9 direction 9 direction 12 fed 10 as 11 they 11 they 12 fed 12 fed 13 . reddy was quick to see this . 1 reddy 2 was 2 was 3 quick 3 quick 4 to 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 this 6 this 7 . all he need do was to be patient and wait . 1 all 3 need 2 he 3 need 3 need 4 do 3 need 8 patient 4 do 5 was 5 was 6 to 6 to 7 be 8 patient 9 and 9 and 10 wait 10 wait 11 . so , with his eyes fixed fast on [mr] and [mrs] . quack , [reddy] [fox] crouched behind [paddy] 's dam and waited . 1 so 2 , 1 so 7 fast 2 , 3 with 3 with 4 his 4 his 5 eyes 5 eyes 6 fixed 7 fast 14 , 8 on 10 and 10 and 12 . 12 . 13 quack 13 quack 14 , 14 , 22 and 17 crouched 18 behind 18 behind 21 dam 18 behind 22 and 20 's 21 dam 22 and 23 waited 23 waited 24 . watching [reddy] and the [ducks] , the hunter almost forgot [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 watching 3 and 3 and 4 the 3 and 10 forgot 6 , 7 the 7 the 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 almost 8 hunter 10 forgot 10 forgot 12 the 12 the 14 . mr and [mrs] . quack were getting very near to where [reddy] was waiting for them . 1 mr 6 were 2 and 4 . 4 . 5 quack 5 quack 6 were 6 were 8 very 7 getting 8 very 8 very 14 waiting 9 near 10 to 9 near 11 where 11 where 13 was 11 where 14 waiting 14 waiting 17 . 15 for 16 them 16 them 17 . the hunter was tempted to get up and frighten those [ducks] . 1 the 2 hunter 1 the 4 tempted 2 hunter 3 was 4 tempted 7 up 5 to 6 get 6 get 7 up 7 up 8 and 8 and 9 frighten 9 frighten 10 those 10 those 12 . he didn't want [reddy] [fox] to have them , because he hoped some day to get them himself . 1 he 12 hoped 2 didn't 3 want 3 want 10 because 6 to 7 have 7 have 8 them 8 them 9 , 9 , 10 because 10 because 12 hoped 11 he 12 hoped 12 hoped 13 some 12 hoped 16 get 13 some 15 to 14 day 15 to 15 to 16 get 16 get 17 them 17 them 18 himself 18 himself 19 . " [i] suppose , " thought he , " [i] was foolish not to shoot them when [i] had the chance . 1 " 3 suppose 3 suppose 4 , 3 suppose 8 , 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 thought 6 thought 7 he 8 , 9 " 9 " 15 shoot 11 was 12 foolish 12 foolish 14 to 13 not 14 to 14 to 15 shoot 15 shoot 16 them 16 them 17 when 17 when 22 . 19 had 20 the 20 the 21 chance 21 chance 22 . they are too far away now , and it looks very much as if that red rascal will get one of them . 1 they 3 too 1 they 6 now 1 they 18 will 2 are 3 too 3 too 4 far 4 far 5 away 6 now 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 it 9 it 10 looks 10 looks 11 very 10 looks 12 much 12 much 14 if 13 as 14 if 15 that 16 red 15 that 18 will 16 red 17 rascal 18 will 19 get 19 get 22 them 20 one 21 of 21 of 22 them 22 them 23 . i believe [i] 'll spoil that red scamp 's plans by frightening them away . 1 i 2 believe 1 i 4 'll 4 'll 5 spoil 5 spoil 6 that 5 spoil 7 red 7 red 9 's 7 red 10 plans 8 scamp 9 's 10 plans 11 by 11 by 12 frightening 12 frightening 14 away 12 frightening 15 . 13 them 14 away i don't believe that [deer] will be back here to-day anyway , so [i] may as well save those [ducks] . " 1 i 3 believe 2 don't 3 believe 3 believe 9 here 4 that 6 will 6 will 7 be 7 be 8 back 8 back 9 here 9 here 10 to-day 10 to-day 15 may 10 to-day 18 save 11 anyway 12 , 11 anyway 15 may 12 , 13 so 15 may 17 well 16 as 17 well 18 save 19 those 19 those 21 . 21 . 22 " but the hunter did nothing of the kind . 1 but 2 the 1 but 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 did 4 did 5 nothing 5 nothing 6 of 6 of 8 kind 7 the 8 kind 8 kind 9 . you see , just as he was getting ready to step out from his hiding-place , [sammy] [jay] arrived . 1 you 9 ready 1 you 19 arrived 2 see 8 getting 3 , 5 as 4 just 5 as 5 as 6 he 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 getting 8 getting 9 ready 9 ready 12 out 10 to 11 step 11 step 12 out 12 out 13 from 13 from 14 his 14 his 15 hiding-place 15 hiding-place 16 , 19 arrived 20 . he perched in a tree close to the end of [paddy] 's dam and at once he spied [reddy] [fox] . 1 he 2 perched 2 perched 4 a 2 perched 9 end 3 in 4 a 4 a 5 tree 5 tree 6 close 6 close 7 to 6 close 9 end 7 to 8 the 9 end 10 of 9 end 13 dam 12 's 13 dam 13 dam 21 . 14 and 15 at 15 at 16 once 16 once 17 he 17 he 18 spied 18 spied 21 . it didn't take him a second to discover what [reddy] was hiding there for . 1 it 2 didn't 1 it 3 take 3 take 8 discover 4 him 5 a 5 a 6 second 6 second 7 to 7 to 8 discover 8 discover 9 what 9 what 12 hiding 11 was 12 hiding 12 hiding 15 . 13 there 14 for 14 for 15 . " [thief] , thief , thief ! " screamed [sammy] , and then looked down at [reddy] with a mischievous look in his sharp eyes . 1 " 6 thief 3 , 4 thief 4 thief 5 , 5 , 6 thief 6 thief 14 looked 7 ! 8 " 7 ! 9 screamed 9 screamed 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 then 13 then 14 looked 14 looked 15 down 15 down 16 at 15 down 21 look 16 at 20 mischievous 18 with 19 a 18 with 20 mischievous 21 look 23 his 22 in 23 his 23 his 24 sharp 23 his 25 eyes 24 sharp 25 eyes 25 eyes 26 . there is nothing [sammy] [jay] delights in more than in upsetting the plans of [reddy] [fox] . 1 there 2 is 1 there 6 delights 2 is 3 nothing 6 delights 7 in 6 delights 9 than 8 more 9 than 9 than 10 in 10 in 13 plans 11 upsetting 12 the 12 the 13 plans 13 plans 14 of 13 plans 17 . at the sound of [sammy] 's voice , [mr] and [mrs] . quack swam hurriedly towards the middle of the pond . 1 at 2 the 1 at 3 sound 2 the 3 sound 3 sound 4 of 3 sound 7 voice 6 's 7 voice 7 voice 13 quack 8 , 10 and 10 and 12 . 12 . 13 quack 13 quack 14 swam 14 swam 15 hurriedly 14 swam 16 towards 14 swam 18 middle 16 towards 17 the 16 towards 18 middle 18 middle 20 the 19 of 20 the 20 the 21 pond 21 pond 22 . they knew exactly what that warning meant . 1 they 2 knew 2 knew 3 exactly 2 knew 4 what 3 exactly 4 what 4 what 6 warning 5 that 6 warning 6 warning 7 meant 7 meant 8 . reddy [fox] looked up at [sammy] [jay] and snarled angrily . 1 reddy 3 looked 3 looked 4 up 4 up 5 at 4 up 10 angrily 8 and 9 snarled 9 snarled 10 angrily 10 angrily 11 . then , knowing it was useless to hide longer , he bounded away through the [green] [forest] to hunt elsewhere . 1 then 2 , 2 , 11 he 3 knowing 4 it 3 knowing 6 useless 4 it 5 was 6 useless 9 longer 6 useless 10 , 7 to 8 hide 8 hide 9 longer 10 , 11 he 11 he 12 bounded 12 bounded 13 away 13 away 15 the 14 through 15 the 15 the 20 elsewhere 18 to 19 hunt 19 hunt 20 elsewhere 20 elsewhere 21 . [chapter] [xviii] [:] [the] [hunter] [loses] [his] [temper] the hunter , hidden near the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] , chuckled silently . 1 the 8 of 2 hunter 4 hidden 2 hunter 7 pond 3 , 4 hidden 5 near 6 the 5 near 7 pond 7 pond 8 of 8 of 10 the 8 of 14 silently 12 , 13 chuckled 13 chuckled 14 silently 14 silently 15 . that is to say , he laughed without making any sound . 1 that 6 he 2 is 3 to 3 to 4 say 4 say 5 , 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 laughed 7 laughed 10 any 8 without 9 making 9 making 10 any 10 any 11 sound 11 sound 12 . the hunter thought the warning of [mr] and [mrs] . quack by [sammy] [jay] was a great joke on [reddy] . 1 the 2 hunter 1 the 5 warning 2 hunter 3 thought 3 thought 4 the 5 warning 6 of 5 warning 10 . 8 and 10 . 10 . 11 quack 10 . 18 joke 11 quack 12 by 15 was 16 a 16 a 17 great 16 a 18 joke 18 joke 19 on 19 on 21 . to tell the truth , he was very much pleased . 1 to 2 tell 1 to 3 the 3 the 4 truth 4 truth 8 very 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 very 8 very 9 much 9 much 11 . 10 pleased 11 . as you know , he wanted those [ducks] himself . 1 as 5 he 2 you 3 know 3 know 4 , 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 wanted 6 wanted 7 those 7 those 9 himself 9 himself 10 . " [sammy] [jay] did me a good turn , " thought the hunter , " although he doesn't know it . 1 " 7 good 1 " 11 thought 1 " 19 know 4 did 5 me 4 did 6 a 6 a 7 good 7 good 9 , 8 turn 9 , 9 , 10 " 11 thought 13 hunter 11 thought 14 , 12 the 13 hunter 13 hunter 14 , 14 , 15 " 15 " 16 although 16 although 17 he 16 although 18 doesn't 19 know 21 . 20 it 21 . reddy [fox] certainly would have caught one of those [ducks] had [sammy] not come along just when he did . 1 reddy 3 certainly 1 reddy 15 along 3 certainly 6 caught 3 certainly 11 had 4 would 5 have 5 have 6 caught 6 caught 7 one 8 of 9 those 9 those 11 had 13 not 14 come 13 not 15 along 15 along 16 just 16 just 18 he 16 just 20 . 17 when 18 he 18 he 20 . 19 did 20 . it would have been a shame to have had one of them caught by that [fox] . 1 it 3 have 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 5 a 4 been 6 shame 6 shame 7 to 6 shame 11 of 7 to 8 have 9 had 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 12 them 12 them 13 caught 13 caught 17 . 14 by 17 . 15 that 17 . i mean to get one , and [i] hope both of them , myself . " 1 i 2 mean 1 i 4 get 2 mean 3 to 4 get 7 and 5 one 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 both 9 hope 10 both 10 both 12 them 11 of 12 them 12 them 13 , 13 , 14 myself 14 myself 15 . 15 . 16 " reddy was hunting them because he was hungry . 1 reddy 3 hunting 2 was 3 hunting 3 hunting 4 them 3 hunting 5 because 5 because 7 was 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 hungry 8 hungry 9 . the hunter would have shot them for sport . 1 the 2 hunter 2 hunter 3 would 3 would 4 have 3 would 5 shot 5 shot 6 them 6 them 7 for 7 for 8 sport 8 sport 9 . he didn't need them . 1 he 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 need 3 need 4 them 4 them 5 . he had plenty of other food . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 plenty 3 plenty 4 of 4 of 5 other 5 other 6 food 6 food 7 . reddy [fox] doesn't kill just for the pleasure of killing . 1 reddy 5 just 3 doesn't 4 kill 4 kill 5 just 5 just 8 pleasure 6 for 7 the 6 for 8 pleasure 8 pleasure 9 of 9 of 10 killing 10 killing 11 . so the hunter continued to sit in his hiding-place with very friendly feelings for [sammy] [jay] . 1 so 3 hunter 1 so 9 hiding-place 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 continued 4 continued 6 sit 5 to 6 sit 6 sit 7 in 7 in 8 his 9 hiding-place 12 friendly 10 with 11 very 11 very 12 friendly 12 friendly 13 feelings 13 feelings 14 for 13 feelings 17 . sammy watched [reddy] [fox] disappear and then flew over to that side of the pond where the hunter was . 1 sammy 5 disappear 2 watched 5 disappear 5 disappear 9 over 6 and 7 then 7 then 8 flew 8 flew 9 over 9 over 10 to 10 to 14 the 11 that 12 side 12 side 13 of 13 of 14 the 14 the 15 pond 15 pond 20 . 16 where 18 hunter 17 the 18 hunter 18 hunter 19 was 19 was 20 . for some time [sammy] sat quietly in the top of the tree , but all the time his sharp eyes were very busy . 1 for 3 time 2 some 3 time 3 time 9 top 5 sat 6 quietly 6 quietly 7 in 7 in 8 the 7 in 9 top 9 top 13 , 9 top 19 sharp 10 of 11 the 11 the 12 tree 12 tree 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 all 15 all 16 the 17 time 18 his 17 time 19 sharp 19 sharp 22 very 20 eyes 21 were 21 were 22 very 22 very 23 busy 23 busy 24 . by and by he spied the hunter sitting on the log . 1 by 2 and 2 and 3 by 2 and 5 spied 4 he 5 spied 5 spied 7 hunter 6 the 7 hunter 7 hunter 9 on 8 sitting 9 on 9 on 11 log 10 the 11 log 11 log 12 . at first he couldn't make out just what it was he was looking at . 1 at 2 first 1 at 5 make 2 first 3 he 3 he 4 couldn't 5 make 8 what 6 out 7 just 7 just 8 what 8 what 9 it 9 it 10 was 9 it 12 was 10 was 11 he 12 was 13 looking 12 was 15 . 13 looking 14 at it didn't move , but nevertheless [sammy] was suspicious . 1 it 2 didn't 2 didn't 3 move 3 move 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 nevertheless 6 nevertheless 8 was 8 was 10 . 9 suspicious 10 . presently he flew over to a tree where he could see better . 1 presently 4 over 2 he 3 flew 3 flew 4 over 4 over 5 to 5 to 8 where 6 a 7 tree 7 tree 8 where 8 where 10 could 9 he 10 could 10 could 11 see 11 see 13 . 12 better 13 . right away he spied the terrible gun , and he knew just what that was . 1 right 4 spied 1 right 6 terrible 2 away 3 he 3 he 4 spied 4 spied 5 the 6 terrible 7 gun 6 terrible 9 and 7 gun 8 , 9 and 10 he 10 he 11 knew 11 knew 12 just 11 knew 14 that 12 just 14 that 13 what 14 that 14 that 15 was 15 was 16 . once more he began to yell , ["] thief ! thief ! thief ! " at the top of his lungs . 1 once 10 ! 2 more 4 began 2 more 6 yell 3 he 4 began 4 began 5 to 6 yell 7 , 6 yell 9 thief 6 yell 10 ! 10 ! 11 thief 11 thief 13 thief 12 ! 13 thief 13 thief 14 ! 14 ! 15 " 14 ! 21 lungs 16 at 17 the 17 the 18 top 17 the 21 lungs 18 top 19 of 18 top 20 his 21 lungs 22 . it was then that the hunter lost his temper . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 then 3 then 4 that 4 that 6 hunter 5 the 6 hunter 6 hunter 7 lost 7 lost 10 . 8 his 9 temper 9 temper 10 . he knew that now he had been discovered by [sammy] [jay] , and it was useless to remain there longer . 1 he 18 remain 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 12 , 3 that 4 now 4 now 7 been 5 he 6 had 5 he 7 been 7 been 8 discovered 8 discovered 9 by 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 it 13 and 18 remain 14 it 15 was 15 was 16 useless 16 useless 17 to 18 remain 20 longer 19 there 20 longer 20 longer 21 . he was angry clear through . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 angry 3 angry 4 clear 4 clear 5 through 5 through 6 . [chapter] [xix] [:] [sammy] [jay] [is] [modest] every one within hearing could tell just where that hunter was by [sammy] 's voice . 1 every 2 one 2 one 3 within 3 within 4 hearing 4 hearing 5 could 4 hearing 7 just 5 could 6 tell 7 just 8 where 7 just 12 by 8 where 9 that 9 that 11 was 10 hunter 11 was 12 by 16 . 14 's 15 voice 15 voice 16 . it kept growing fainter and fainter , and by that [lightfoot] knew that the hunter was getting farther and farther away . 1 it 2 kept 2 kept 3 growing 2 kept 12 knew 3 growing 4 fainter 4 fainter 5 and 4 fainter 6 fainter 6 fainter 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 by 9 by 10 that 12 knew 19 and 13 that 14 the 14 the 15 hunter 15 hunter 16 was 15 hunter 18 farther 16 was 17 getting 18 farther 19 and 19 and 20 farther 20 farther 22 . 21 away 22 . paddy the [beaver] swam out from his hiding-place and climbed out on the bank near [lightfoot] . 1 paddy 2 the 1 paddy 4 swam 4 swam 5 out 4 swam 6 from 4 swam 9 and 6 from 8 hiding-place 7 his 8 hiding-place 9 and 10 climbed 10 climbed 11 out 10 climbed 14 bank 11 out 12 on 12 on 13 the 14 bank 15 near 14 bank 17 . there was a twinkle in his eyes . 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 a 2 was 4 twinkle 4 twinkle 5 in 5 in 6 his 6 his 7 eyes 7 eyes 8 . " that blue-coated mischief-maker isn't such a bad fellow at heart , after all , is he ? " said he . 1 " 2 that 2 that 6 such 3 blue-coated 4 mischief-maker 3 blue-coated 5 isn't 5 isn't 6 such 6 such 9 fellow 7 a 8 bad 7 a 9 fellow 9 fellow 13 after 10 at 11 heart 11 heart 12 , 12 , 13 after 13 after 14 all 14 all 15 , 15 , 19 " 16 is 17 he 16 is 18 ? 18 ? 19 " 19 " 20 said 20 said 21 he 20 said 22 . lightfoot lifted his beautiful head and set his ears forward to catch the sound of [sammy] 's voice in the distance . 1 lightfoot 5 head 1 lightfoot 13 the 2 lifted 3 his 3 his 4 beautiful 3 his 5 head 5 head 7 set 6 and 7 set 7 set 11 to 7 set 12 catch 8 his 9 ears 8 his 10 forward 10 forward 11 to 13 the 21 distance 14 sound 15 of 14 sound 21 distance 17 's 18 voice 17 's 21 distance 18 voice 19 in 19 in 20 the 21 distance 22 . he brought me warning of the coming of the hunter the other morning . 1 he 2 brought 1 he 4 warning 2 brought 3 me 4 warning 9 the 5 of 6 the 6 the 7 coming 7 coming 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 12 other 10 hunter 11 the 11 the 12 other 12 other 13 morning 13 morning 14 . you saw him save [mr] and [mrs] . quack a little while ago , and then he actually drove that hunter away . 1 you 2 saw 1 you 8 . 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 4 save 4 save 6 and 8 . 12 while 9 quack 10 a 10 a 11 little 11 little 12 while 12 while 13 ago 12 while 18 actually 13 ago 15 and 13 ago 18 actually 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 then 16 then 17 he 18 actually 21 hunter 19 drove 20 that 19 drove 21 hunter 21 hunter 22 away 22 away 23 . i suppose [sammy] [jay] has saved more lives than any one [i] know of . 1 i 6 saved 2 suppose 5 has 5 has 6 saved 6 saved 7 more 7 more 11 one 8 lives 9 than 9 than 10 any 10 any 11 one 11 one 13 know 13 know 15 . 14 of 15 . i wish he would come back here and let me thank him . " 1 i 2 wish 2 wish 3 he 3 he 4 would 3 he 5 come 4 would 5 come 5 come 6 back 5 come 7 here 7 here 8 and 7 here 13 . 8 and 9 let 9 let 10 me 9 let 11 thank 11 thank 12 him 13 . 14 " some time later [sammy] [jay] did come back . 1 some 2 time 1 some 3 later 2 time 3 later 3 later 6 did 6 did 7 come 7 come 9 . 8 back 9 . i 'm glad to see he hasn't got you yet , [lightfoot] . 1 i 2 'm 1 i 3 glad 1 i 5 see 3 glad 4 to 5 see 6 he 5 see 8 got 6 he 7 hasn't 7 hasn't 8 got 8 got 10 yet 9 you 10 yet 10 yet 11 , 11 , 13 . i 've been a bit worried about you . " 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 been 2 've 4 a 4 a 5 bit 5 bit 6 worried 6 worried 7 about 6 worried 9 . 7 about 8 you 9 . 10 " " [sammy] , " said [lightfoot] , " you are one of the best friends [i] have . 1 " 5 said 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 7 , 5 said 13 the 8 " 9 you 9 you 10 are 10 are 11 one 11 one 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 best 14 best 15 friends 15 friends 18 . 17 have 18 . i don't know how [i] can ever thank you for what you have done for me . " 1 i 3 know 1 i 6 can 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 how 6 can 7 ever 7 ever 8 thank 8 thank 9 you 8 thank 11 what 9 you 10 for 11 what 12 you 11 what 17 . 12 you 13 have 13 have 14 done 14 done 15 for 15 for 16 me 17 . 18 " " don't try , " replied [sammy] shortly . 1 " 2 don't 2 don't 3 try 3 try 4 , 4 , 6 replied 5 " 6 replied 6 replied 8 shortly 8 shortly 9 . " [i] haven't done anything but what anybody else would have done . 1 " 7 what 3 haven't 4 done 4 done 5 anything 5 anything 6 but 6 but 7 what 7 what 10 would 8 anybody 9 else 9 else 10 would 10 would 12 done 11 have 12 done 12 done 13 . old [mother] [nature] gave me a pair of good eyes and a strong voice . 1 old 4 gave 1 old 9 good 4 gave 5 me 4 gave 7 pair 5 me 6 a 7 pair 8 of 7 pair 9 good 9 good 13 strong 10 eyes 11 and 11 and 12 a 12 a 13 strong 13 strong 14 voice 14 voice 15 . i simply make the best use of them [i] can . 1 i 2 simply 1 i 3 make 2 simply 3 make 3 make 5 best 4 the 5 best 5 best 6 use 6 use 7 of 6 use 11 . 7 of 8 them 10 can 11 . just to see a hunter with a terrible gun makes me angry clear through . 1 just 3 see 1 just 4 a 2 to 3 see 4 a 7 a 4 a 10 makes 5 hunter 7 a 6 with 7 a 7 a 8 terrible 8 terrible 9 gun 10 makes 15 . 11 me 13 clear 12 angry 13 clear 13 clear 14 through 14 through 15 . i 'd rather spoil his hunting than eat . " 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 3 rather 3 rather 4 spoil 4 spoil 5 his 5 his 6 hunting 6 hunting 7 than 6 hunting 9 . 7 than 8 eat 9 . 10 " " you want to watch out , [sammy] . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 want 3 want 4 to 4 to 5 watch 5 watch 6 out 6 out 7 , 7 , 9 . " don't worry about me , " replied [sammy] . 1 " 2 don't 2 don't 4 about 3 worry 4 about 4 about 6 , 5 me 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 replied 8 replied 10 . " [i] know just how far those terrible guns can shoot , and [i] don't take any chances . 1 " 3 know 1 " 7 those 3 know 4 just 4 just 5 how 4 just 6 far 5 how 6 far 6 far 7 those 7 those 8 terrible 8 terrible 11 shoot 8 terrible 16 take 9 guns 10 can 10 can 11 shoot 11 shoot 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 don't 16 take 17 any 17 any 18 chances 18 chances 19 . by the way , [lightfoot] , the [green] [forest] is full of hunters looking for you . 1 by 2 the 2 the 3 way 3 way 4 , 3 way 6 , 6 , 7 the 7 the 13 hunters 10 is 11 full 11 full 12 of 11 full 13 hunters 13 hunters 14 looking 14 looking 15 for 15 for 16 you 16 you 17 . [chapter] [xx] [:] [lightfoot] [hears] [a] [dreadful] [sound] day after day , [lightfoot] the [deer] played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him . 1 day 3 day 1 day 4 , 2 after 3 day 4 , 9 hide 6 the 8 played 8 played 9 hide 9 hide 17 hunters 10 and 11 seek 11 seek 16 the 12 for 13 his 13 his 14 life 14 life 15 with 15 with 16 the 16 the 17 hunters 17 hunters 18 who 18 who 23 him 19 were 20 seeking 20 seeking 22 kill 21 to 22 kill 22 kill 23 him 23 him 24 . he saw them many times , though not one of them saw him . 1 he 2 saw 1 he 5 times 2 saw 4 many 3 them 4 many 5 times 7 though 6 , 7 though 7 though 8 not 8 not 9 one 9 one 10 of 10 of 11 them 11 them 14 . 12 saw 13 him 12 saw 14 . more than once a hunter passed close to [lightfoot] 's hiding-place without once suspecting it . 1 more 6 passed 1 more 11 hiding-place 2 than 5 hunter 3 once 5 hunter 4 a 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 passed 6 passed 7 close 7 close 8 to 7 close 11 hiding-place 10 's 11 hiding-place 11 hiding-place 12 without 11 hiding-place 13 once 13 once 14 suspecting 14 suspecting 15 it 15 it 16 . but poor [lightfoot] was feeling the strain . 1 but 2 poor 2 poor 4 was 4 was 5 feeling 5 feeling 6 the 6 the 7 strain 7 strain 8 . he was [growing] thin , and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him . 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 thin 4 thin 10 nervous 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 so 8 was 10 nervous 10 nervous 13 falling 10 nervous 16 dead 11 that 12 the 12 the 13 falling 13 falling 14 of 14 of 15 a 15 a 16 dead 16 dead 20 tree 17 leaf 18 from 18 from 19 a 19 a 20 tree 20 tree 21 would 21 would 22 startle 22 startle 23 him 23 him 24 . there is nothing quite so terrible as being continually hunted . 1 there 2 is 1 there 4 quite 2 is 3 nothing 4 quite 5 so 5 so 9 continually 6 terrible 7 as 7 as 8 being 8 being 9 continually 9 continually 10 hunted 10 hunted 11 . it was getting so that [lightfoot] half expected a hunter to step out from behind every tree . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 so 2 was 15 behind 3 getting 4 so 5 that 7 half 7 half 8 expected 8 expected 9 a 9 a 10 hunter 9 a 12 step 10 hunter 11 to 12 step 13 out 12 step 15 behind 13 out 14 from 15 behind 18 . 16 every 17 tree 16 every 18 . only when the [black] [shadows] wrapped the [green] [forest] in darkness did he know a moment of peace . 1 only 3 the 1 only 19 . 2 when 3 the 6 wrapped 7 the 6 wrapped 11 darkness 10 in 11 darkness 11 darkness 14 know 12 did 13 he 13 he 14 know 14 know 16 moment 15 a 16 moment 16 moment 18 peace 16 moment 19 . 17 of 18 peace 18 peace 19 . and those hours of safety were filled with dread of what the next day might bring . 1 and 3 hours 1 and 9 dread 2 those 3 hours 3 hours 4 of 5 safety 9 dread 6 were 7 filled 7 filled 8 with 7 filled 9 dread 8 with 9 dread 9 dread 13 next 10 of 12 the 11 what 12 the 12 the 13 next 13 next 17 . 14 day 15 might 14 day 16 bring 16 bring 17 . early one morning a terrible sound rang through the [green] [forest] and brought [lightfoot] to his feet with a startled jump . 1 early 3 morning 1 early 4 a 2 one 3 morning 4 a 5 terrible 4 a 13 brought 5 terrible 7 rang 6 sound 7 rang 7 rang 8 through 8 through 9 the 12 and 13 brought 13 brought 15 to 13 brought 19 a 15 to 16 his 17 feet 18 with 17 feet 19 a 19 a 22 . 20 startled 21 jump 20 startled 22 . it was the baying of hounds following a trail . 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 baying 3 the 4 baying 4 baying 7 following 5 of 6 hounds 6 hounds 7 following 7 following 9 trail 8 a 9 trail 9 trail 10 . at first it did not sound so terrible . 1 at 2 first 2 first 4 did 3 it 4 did 4 did 5 not 5 not 6 sound 5 not 7 so 7 so 8 terrible 8 terrible 9 . lightfoot had often heard it before . 1 lightfoot 2 had 2 had 3 often 3 often 4 heard 4 heard 5 it 5 it 6 before 6 before 7 . many times he had listened to the baying of [bowser] the [hound] , as he followed [reddy] [fox] . 1 many 4 had 2 times 3 he 3 he 4 had 4 had 5 listened 5 listened 6 to 5 listened 16 followed 6 to 7 the 7 the 8 baying 8 baying 9 of 9 of 11 the 13 , 14 as 14 as 15 he 15 he 16 followed 16 followed 19 . it had not sounded so terrible then because it meant no danger to [lightfoot] . 1 it 4 sounded 2 had 3 not 3 not 4 sounded 4 sounded 8 because 5 so 6 terrible 6 terrible 7 then 7 then 8 because 8 because 13 to 9 it 10 meant 10 meant 11 no 11 no 12 danger 11 no 13 to 13 to 15 . but suddenly a dreadful suspicion came to him and he grew more and more anxious as he listened . 1 but 2 suddenly 1 but 6 came 2 suddenly 3 a 2 suddenly 5 suspicion 3 a 5 suspicion 4 dreadful 5 suspicion 6 came 16 as 7 to 8 him 8 him 9 and 9 and 10 he 10 he 11 grew 11 grew 15 anxious 12 more 13 and 12 more 15 anxious 13 and 14 more 15 anxious 16 as 16 as 17 he 17 he 19 . 18 listened 19 . in a few minutes there was no longer any doubt in his mind . 1 in 3 few 1 in 4 minutes 2 a 3 few 4 minutes 7 no 5 there 6 was 6 was 7 no 7 no 10 doubt 8 longer 9 any 9 any 10 doubt 10 doubt 11 in 11 in 12 his 12 his 13 mind 13 mind 14 . those hounds were following his trail . 1 those 2 hounds 2 hounds 3 were 2 hounds 4 following 4 following 5 his 5 his 6 trail 6 trail 7 . it was then that the sound of that baying became terrible . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 then 3 then 6 sound 4 that 5 the 5 the 6 sound 6 sound 7 of 6 sound 11 terrible 8 that 9 baying 9 baying 10 became 10 became 11 terrible 11 terrible 12 . he must run for his life ! 1 he 2 must 2 must 3 run 3 run 4 for 4 for 5 his 5 his 6 life 6 life 7 ! those hounds would give him no rest . 1 those 4 give 2 hounds 3 would 2 hounds 4 give 4 give 5 him 5 him 6 no 6 no 7 rest 7 rest 8 . and he knew that in running from them , he would no longer be able to watch so closely for the hunters [with] terrible guns . 1 and 10 he 2 he 3 knew 3 knew 4 that 3 knew 6 running 5 in 6 running 6 running 7 from 7 from 8 them 8 them 9 , 9 , 10 he 10 he 12 no 11 would 12 no 12 no 15 able 13 longer 14 be 14 be 15 able 15 able 24 terrible 16 to 17 watch 16 to 19 closely 17 watch 18 so 19 closely 24 terrible 20 for 21 the 20 for 22 hunters 21 the 22 hunters 22 hunters 24 terrible 24 terrible 25 guns 25 guns 26 . he would no longer be able to hide in thickets . 1 he 2 would 2 would 4 longer 3 no 4 longer 4 longer 7 to 5 be 6 able 6 able 7 to 7 to 8 hide 8 hide 9 in 8 hide 10 thickets 9 in 10 thickets 10 thickets 11 . at any time he might be driven right past one of those hunters . 1 at 2 any 1 at 6 be 2 any 4 he 3 time 4 he 4 he 5 might 6 be 13 hunters 7 driven 10 one 7 driven 12 those 8 right 9 past 8 right 10 one 11 of 12 those 12 those 13 hunters 13 hunters 14 . lightfoot bounded away with such leaps as only [lightfoot] can make . 1 lightfoot 4 with 2 bounded 3 away 3 away 4 with 4 with 5 such 5 such 6 leaps 6 leaps 7 as 7 as 8 only 8 only 11 make 10 can 11 make 11 make 12 . in a little while the voices of the hounds grew fainter . 1 in 2 a 1 in 4 while 2 a 3 little 4 while 6 voices 5 the 6 voices 6 voices 7 of 7 of 9 hounds 8 the 9 hounds 9 hounds 10 grew 10 grew 11 fainter 11 fainter 12 . lightfoot stopped to get his breath and stood trembling as he listened . 1 lightfoot 6 breath 2 stopped 3 to 3 to 4 get 4 get 5 his 4 get 6 breath 5 his 6 breath 6 breath 7 and 7 and 8 stood 8 stood 9 trembling 9 trembling 10 as 10 as 11 he 11 he 13 . 12 listened 13 . the baying of the hounds again grew louder and louder . 1 the 5 hounds 2 baying 3 of 3 of 4 the 4 the 5 hounds 5 hounds 8 louder 6 again 7 grew 7 grew 8 louder 8 louder 9 and 8 louder 10 louder 10 louder 11 . those wonderful noses of theirs were following his trail without the least difficulty . 1 those 3 noses 1 those 8 his 2 wonderful 3 noses 3 noses 5 theirs 4 of 5 theirs 5 theirs 6 were 5 theirs 7 following 8 his 9 trail 9 trail 12 least 9 trail 14 . 10 without 11 the 10 without 12 least 11 the 12 least 12 least 13 difficulty in a panic of fear , [lightfoot] bounded away again . 1 in 2 a 2 a 3 panic 3 panic 4 of 3 panic 5 fear 3 panic 6 , 6 , 8 bounded 8 bounded 9 away 9 away 10 again 10 again 11 . as he crossed an old road , the [green] [forest] rang with the roar of a terrible gun . 1 as 2 he 1 as 4 an 2 he 3 crossed 4 an 6 road 4 an 14 roar 5 old 6 road 6 road 7 , 7 , 8 the 11 rang 12 with 12 with 13 the 13 the 14 roar 14 roar 15 of 14 roar 17 terrible 14 roar 18 gun 15 of 16 a 16 a 17 terrible 17 terrible 18 gun 18 gun 19 . something tore a strip of bark from the trunk of a tree just above [lightfoot] 's back . 1 something 7 from 2 tore 3 a 3 a 4 strip 4 strip 5 of 4 strip 6 bark 6 bark 7 from 7 from 8 the 8 the 9 trunk 8 the 12 tree 9 trunk 10 of 9 trunk 11 a 10 of 11 a 12 tree 14 above 13 just 14 above 14 above 16 's 14 above 18 . 17 back 18 . it was a bullet and it had just missed [lightfoot] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 bullet 4 bullet 5 and 5 and 6 it 6 it 7 had 7 had 8 just 7 had 9 missed 7 had 11 . 8 just 9 missed it added to his terror and this in turn added to his speed . 1 it 2 added 2 added 3 to 3 to 5 terror 4 his 5 terror 5 terror 6 and 5 terror 10 added 6 and 7 this 8 in 9 turn 9 turn 10 added 10 added 13 speed 11 to 12 his 12 his 13 speed 13 speed 14 . so [lightfoot] ran and ran , and behind him the voices of the hounds continued to ring through the [green] [forest] . 1 so 3 ran 1 so 8 behind 3 ran 5 ran 4 and 5 ran 5 ran 6 , 6 , 7 and 8 behind 9 him 9 him 10 the 10 the 14 hounds 11 voices 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 hounds 14 hounds 17 ring 15 continued 16 to 15 continued 17 ring 17 ring 18 through 18 through 19 the 19 the 22 . [chapter] [xxi] [:] [how] [lightfoot] [got] [rid] [of] [the] [hounds] poor [lightfoot] ! 1 poor 3 ! it seemed to him that there were no such things as justice and fair play . 1 it 2 seemed 1 it 6 there 2 seemed 3 to 3 to 4 him 4 him 5 that 6 there 9 such 7 were 8 no 8 no 9 such 9 such 10 things 10 things 14 fair 11 as 12 justice 12 justice 13 and 12 justice 14 fair 14 fair 15 play 15 play 16 . had it been just one hunter [at] a time against whom he had to match his wits it would not have been so bad . 1 had 3 been 1 had 9 time 2 it 3 been 3 been 4 just 4 just 5 one 5 one 6 hunter 6 hunter 8 a 9 time 11 whom 10 against 11 whom 11 whom 15 match 12 he 13 had 13 had 14 to 13 had 15 match 15 match 22 been 16 his 17 wits 17 wits 19 would 18 it 19 would 19 would 21 have 20 not 21 have 21 have 22 been 22 been 23 so 23 so 24 bad 24 bad 25 . but there were many hunters [with] terrible guns looking for him , and in dodging one he was likely at any time to meet another . 1 but 5 hunters 2 there 3 were 3 were 4 many 4 many 5 hunters 5 hunters 9 looking 7 terrible 8 guns 8 guns 9 looking 9 looking 11 him 10 for 11 him 11 him 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 in 13 and 25 another 15 dodging 16 one 16 one 21 any 17 he 18 was 18 was 19 likely 19 likely 20 at 20 at 21 any 21 any 22 time 22 time 23 to 22 time 25 another 23 to 24 meet 25 another 26 . this in itself seemed terribly unfair and unjust . 1 this 3 itself 2 in 3 itself 3 itself 6 unfair 4 seemed 5 terribly 5 terribly 6 unfair 6 unfair 7 and 6 unfair 8 unjust 8 unjust 9 . but now , added to this was the greater unfairness of being trailed by hounds . 1 but 2 now 1 but 9 greater 2 now 3 , 3 , 4 added 4 added 6 this 5 to 6 this 7 was 8 the 8 the 9 greater 9 greater 10 unfairness 9 greater 12 being 10 unfairness 11 of 12 being 13 trailed 12 being 15 hounds 13 trailed 14 by 15 hounds 16 . do you wonder that [lightfoot] thought of men as utterly heartless ? 1 do 3 wonder 2 you 3 wonder 3 wonder 4 that 4 that 6 thought 6 thought 7 of 7 of 10 utterly 8 men 9 as 8 men 10 utterly 10 utterly 11 heartless 11 heartless 12 ? he could not know that it was against the law to hunt him with dogs . 1 he 3 not 1 he 4 know 2 could 3 not 4 know 9 the 5 that 6 it 6 it 7 was 6 it 8 against 8 against 9 the 9 the 10 law 10 law 11 to 11 to 12 hunt 12 hunt 13 him 12 hunt 14 with 14 with 15 dogs 15 dogs 16 . the ground was damp and scent always lies best on damp ground . 1 the 2 ground 1 the 8 lies 2 ground 3 was 2 ground 4 damp 4 damp 6 scent 5 and 6 scent 6 scent 7 always 8 lies 12 ground 9 best 11 damp 9 best 12 ground 10 on 11 damp 12 ground 13 . this made it easy for the hounds to follow him with their wonderful noses . 1 this 2 made 1 this 7 hounds 2 made 3 it 3 it 4 easy 4 easy 6 the 5 for 6 the 7 hounds 8 to 8 to 9 follow 9 follow 12 their 10 him 11 with 11 with 12 their 12 their 13 wonderful 13 wonderful 15 . 14 noses 15 . lightfoot tried every trick he could think of to make those hounds lose the scent . 1 lightfoot 2 tried 1 lightfoot 3 every 1 lightfoot 7 think 3 every 5 he 3 every 6 could 4 trick 5 he 5 he 6 could 7 think 13 lose 8 of 10 make 9 to 10 make 10 make 11 those 10 make 12 hounds 12 hounds 13 lose 13 lose 15 scent 14 the 15 scent 15 scent 16 . but he couldn't . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 couldn't 3 couldn't 4 . they allowed him no rest . 1 they 2 allowed 2 allowed 3 him 3 him 4 no 4 no 5 rest 5 rest 6 . he was becoming very , very tired . 1 he 4 very 2 was 3 becoming 3 becoming 4 very 4 very 5 , 5 , 6 very 6 very 7 tired 7 tired 8 . he could no longer bound lightly over fallen logs or brush , as he had done at first . 1 he 3 no 1 he 5 bound 1 he 15 had 2 could 3 no 4 longer 5 bound 5 bound 8 fallen 5 bound 11 brush 6 lightly 7 over 6 lightly 8 fallen 8 fallen 9 logs 9 logs 10 or 11 brush 12 , 12 , 13 as 13 as 14 he 15 had 16 done 16 done 19 . 17 at 18 first 18 first 19 . his lungs ached as he panted for breath . 1 his 2 lungs 2 lungs 3 ached 3 ached 4 as 4 as 5 he 5 he 6 panted 6 panted 7 for 7 for 8 breath 8 breath 9 . there would come a time when he would have to stop . 1 there 4 a 2 would 3 come 3 come 4 a 4 a 5 time 5 time 9 have 6 when 7 he 7 he 8 would 8 would 9 have 9 have 10 to 10 to 11 stop 11 stop 12 . then those hounds would catch up with him and tear him to pieces . 1 then 2 those 2 those 3 hounds 3 hounds 4 would 3 hounds 6 up 5 catch 6 up 6 up 10 tear 7 with 8 him 8 him 9 and 9 and 10 tear 10 tear 11 him 11 him 12 to 11 him 13 pieces 13 pieces 14 . it was then that he remembered the [big] [river] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 then 3 then 4 that 4 that 5 he 5 he 6 remembered 6 remembered 7 the 7 the 10 . he turned towards it . 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 towards 3 towards 4 it 4 it 5 . it was his only chance and he knew it . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 his 3 his 5 chance 4 only 5 chance 5 chance 6 and 6 and 8 knew 7 he 8 knew 8 knew 10 . 9 it 10 . straight through the [green] [forest] , out across the [green] [meadows] to the bank of the [big] [river] , [lightfoot] ran . 1 straight 2 through 1 straight 6 , 2 through 3 the 6 , 7 out 7 out 9 the 8 across 9 the 9 the 14 bank 12 to 13 the 13 the 14 bank 14 bank 15 of 15 of 16 the 16 the 22 . 19 , 21 ran 21 ran 22 . for just a second he paused to look behind . 1 for 2 just 2 just 6 paused 3 a 4 second 4 second 5 he 5 he 6 paused 6 paused 8 look 7 to 8 look 8 look 9 behind 9 behind 10 . the hounds were almost at his heels . 1 the 2 hounds 2 hounds 3 were 3 were 4 almost 4 almost 5 at 5 at 7 heels 6 his 7 heels 7 heels 8 . lightfoot hesitated no longer but plunged into the [big] [river] and began to swim . 1 lightfoot 4 longer 2 hesitated 3 no 3 no 4 longer 4 longer 5 but 4 longer 6 plunged 6 plunged 7 into 6 plunged 13 to 7 into 8 the 11 and 12 began 12 began 13 to 13 to 14 swim 14 swim 15 . on the banks the hounds stopped and bayed their disappointment , for they did not dare follow [lightfoot] out into the [big] [river] . 1 on 2 the 1 on 10 disappointment 2 the 3 banks 3 banks 5 hounds 4 the 5 hounds 5 hounds 6 stopped 5 hounds 8 bayed 6 stopped 7 and 8 bayed 9 their 10 disappointment 16 dare 11 , 12 for 12 for 13 they 13 they 14 did 14 did 15 not 14 did 16 dare 16 dare 17 follow 17 follow 19 out 17 follow 20 into 20 into 21 the 21 the 24 . [chapter] [xxii] [:] [lightfoot] ['s] [long] [swim] the [big] [river] was very wide . 1 the 6 wide 4 was 5 very 5 very 6 wide 6 wide 7 . it would have been a long swim for [lightfoot] had he been fresh and at his best . 1 it 3 have 2 would 3 have 3 have 13 fresh 4 been 6 long 5 a 6 long 6 long 8 for 6 long 13 fresh 7 swim 8 for 10 had 12 been 11 he 12 been 12 been 13 fresh 13 fresh 17 best 14 and 15 at 15 at 17 best 16 his 17 best 17 best 18 . strange as it may seem , [lightfoot] is a splendid swimmer , despite his small , delicate feet . 1 strange 5 seem 2 as 3 it 3 it 4 may 4 may 5 seem 5 seem 13 despite 6 , 8 is 8 is 9 a 9 a 11 swimmer 10 splendid 11 swimmer 11 swimmer 12 , 12 , 13 despite 13 despite 14 his 14 his 17 delicate 15 small 16 , 15 small 17 delicate 17 delicate 19 . 18 feet 19 . he enjoys swimming . 1 he 2 enjoys 2 enjoys 3 swimming 3 swimming 4 . but now [lightfoot] was terribly tired from his long run ahead of the hounds . 1 but 2 now 2 now 4 was 4 was 5 terribly 4 was 6 tired 6 tired 13 the 7 from 8 his 8 his 9 long 9 long 10 run 9 long 11 ahead 10 run 11 ahead 11 ahead 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 hounds 14 hounds 15 . then he turned and headed for a point down the [big] [river] . 1 then 3 turned 1 then 5 headed 2 he 3 turned 4 and 5 headed 5 headed 8 point 6 for 7 a 7 a 8 point 8 point 9 down 9 down 10 the 10 the 13 . this made the swimming easier , for the current helped him instead of hindering him . 1 this 5 easier 2 made 3 the 2 made 4 swimming 3 the 4 swimming 4 swimming 5 easier 5 easier 9 current 6 , 7 for 7 for 8 the 8 the 9 current 9 current 10 helped 9 current 12 instead 10 helped 11 him 12 instead 14 hindering 12 instead 15 him 13 of 14 hindering 15 him 16 . even then he could feel his strength leaving him . 1 even 2 then 2 then 4 could 3 he 4 could 4 could 5 feel 5 feel 6 his 5 feel 7 strength 6 his 7 strength 7 strength 8 leaving 8 leaving 9 him 9 him 10 . had he escaped those hounds and the terrible hunters only to be drowned in the [big] [river] ? 1 had 3 escaped 2 he 3 escaped 3 escaped 4 those 3 escaped 5 hounds 5 hounds 9 hunters 6 and 7 the 7 the 8 terrible 7 the 9 hunters 9 hunters 10 only 10 only 11 to 10 only 12 be 12 be 13 drowned 12 be 18 ? 13 drowned 14 in 14 in 15 the this new fear gave him more strength for a little while . 1 this 2 new 1 this 4 gave 2 new 3 fear 4 gave 9 a 5 him 6 more 6 more 7 strength 7 strength 8 for 8 for 9 a 9 a 10 little 10 little 11 while 11 while 12 . but it did not last long . 1 but 2 it 2 it 3 did 3 did 4 not 4 not 5 last 5 last 6 long 6 long 7 . he was three fourths of the way across the [big] [river] but still that other shore seemed a long distance away . 1 he 2 was 1 he 4 fourths 2 was 3 three 3 three 4 fourths 4 fourths 6 the 4 fourths 8 across 5 of 6 the 7 way 8 across 8 across 17 seemed 9 the 16 shore 12 but 15 other 13 still 14 that 14 that 15 other 15 other 16 shore 16 shore 17 seemed 17 seemed 19 long 18 a 19 long 19 long 20 distance 20 distance 21 away 21 away 22 . little by little hope died in the heart of [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little 3 little 4 hope 4 hope 5 died 5 died 6 in 6 in 7 the 7 the 8 heart 8 heart 9 of 9 of 11 the 11 the 13 . just as [lightfoot] felt that he could not take another stroke and that the end was at hand , one foot touched something . 1 just 8 not 1 just 9 take 1 just 11 stroke 2 as 4 felt 4 felt 7 could 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 could 7 could 8 not 9 take 10 another 11 stroke 15 end 11 stroke 23 something 12 and 13 that 13 that 15 end 14 the 15 end 16 was 17 at 17 at 18 hand 18 hand 19 , 19 , 20 one 20 one 21 foot 21 foot 22 touched 21 foot 23 something 23 something 24 . then , all four feet touched . 1 then 2 , 2 , 3 all 3 all 4 four 4 four 5 feet 5 feet 6 touched 6 touched 7 . a second later he had found solid footing and [was] standing with the water only up to his knees . 1 a 5 had 1 a 8 footing 2 second 3 later 2 second 4 he 3 later 4 he 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 found 6 found 7 solid 8 footing 11 standing 8 footing 12 with 9 and 11 standing 12 with 13 the 13 the 14 water 14 water 16 up 15 only 16 up 16 up 18 his 17 to 18 his 18 his 19 knees 19 knees 20 . he had found a little sand bar out in the [big] [river] . 1 he 4 a 2 had 3 found 3 found 4 a 4 a 7 bar 5 little 6 sand 6 sand 7 bar 7 bar 8 out 8 out 9 in 9 in 10 the 10 the 13 . with a little gasp of returning hope , [lightfoot] waded along until the water began to grow deeper again . 1 with 2 a 2 a 6 returning 3 little 4 gasp 4 gasp 5 of 4 gasp 6 returning 6 returning 8 , 7 hope 8 , 8 , 12 until 10 waded 11 along 11 along 12 until 12 until 18 deeper 13 the 14 water 13 the 18 deeper 14 water 15 began 15 began 17 grow 16 to 17 grow 18 deeper 19 again 19 again 20 . he had hoped that he would be able to wade ashore , but he saw now that he would have to swim again . 1 he 7 be 1 he 15 saw 2 had 3 hoped 3 hoped 6 would 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 would 6 would 7 be 8 able 9 to 8 able 12 , 9 to 10 wade 10 wade 11 ashore 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 he 13 but 15 saw 15 saw 19 would 16 now 18 he 17 that 18 he 18 he 19 would 19 would 20 have 20 have 24 . 21 to 22 swim 22 swim 23 again 22 swim 24 . so for a long time he remained right where he was . 1 so 2 for 2 for 3 a 3 a 5 time 4 long 5 time 5 time 6 he 6 he 9 where 7 remained 8 right 8 right 9 where 9 where 12 . 10 he 11 was 11 was 12 . he was so tired that he trembled all over , and he was as frightened as he was tired . 1 he 2 was 1 he 4 tired 2 was 3 so 4 tired 7 trembled 5 that 6 he 5 that 7 trembled 7 trembled 9 over 8 all 9 over 9 over 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 15 frightened 12 he 13 was 13 was 14 as 14 as 15 frightened 15 frightened 16 as 16 as 17 he 16 as 19 tired 17 he 18 was 19 tired 20 . he knew that standing out there in the water he could be seen for a long distance , and that made him nervous and fearful [.] 1 he 2 knew 1 he 4 standing 2 knew 3 that 4 standing 7 in 5 out 6 there 5 out 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 16 long 9 water 10 he 10 he 11 could 11 could 13 seen 11 could 16 long 12 be 13 seen 13 seen 15 a 14 for 15 a 16 long 21 made 17 distance 18 , 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 that 20 that 21 made 21 made 22 him 22 him 23 nervous 22 him 25 fearful 23 nervous 24 and 23 nervous 25 fearful supposing a hunter on the shore he was trying to reach should see him . 1 supposing 7 he 2 a 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 on 3 hunter 6 shore 4 on 5 the 6 shore 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 trying 8 was 15 . 9 trying 10 to 9 trying 11 reach 12 should 14 him 12 should 15 . 13 see 14 him but rest he must , and so he stood for a long time on the little sand bar in the [big] [river] . 1 but 8 he 1 but 12 long 2 rest 3 he 3 he 4 must 4 must 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 so 7 so 8 he 9 stood 10 for 10 for 11 a 11 a 12 long 12 long 13 time 13 time 15 the 14 on 15 the 15 the 17 sand 16 little 17 sand 17 sand 18 bar 18 bar 23 . 19 in 20 the 19 in 23 . and little by little he felt his strength returning . 1 and 2 little 2 little 9 returning 3 by 4 little 4 little 8 strength 5 he 6 felt 6 felt 7 his 6 felt 8 strength 8 strength 9 returning 9 returning 10 . [chapter] [xxiii] [:] [lightfoot] [finds] [a] [friend] on the bank he had left , he could see two black-and-white [specks] moving about , and across the water came the barking of dogs . 1 on 2 the 1 on 3 bank 3 bank 6 left 3 bank 12 black-and-white 4 he 5 had 4 he 6 left 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 could 9 could 11 two 9 could 12 black-and-white 10 see 11 two 12 black-and-white 15 about 12 black-and-white 18 across 14 moving 15 about 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 across 18 across 20 water 19 the 20 water 20 water 24 of 21 came 23 barking 22 the 23 barking 23 barking 24 of 24 of 25 dogs 25 dogs 26 . those two specks were the hounds who had driven him into the [big] [river] . 1 those 2 two 1 those 6 hounds 2 two 3 specks 3 specks 4 were 3 specks 6 hounds 5 the 6 hounds 6 hounds 9 driven 7 who 8 had 8 had 9 driven 9 driven 10 him 10 him 11 into 11 into 12 the 12 the 15 . they were barking now , instead of baying . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 barking 3 barking 6 instead 4 now 5 , 5 , 6 instead 6 instead 7 of 7 of 8 baying 8 baying 9 . presently a brown form joined the black-and-white specks . 1 presently 3 brown 2 a 3 brown 3 brown 4 form 3 brown 5 joined 5 joined 6 the 6 the 7 black-and-white 7 black-and-white 8 specks 8 specks 9 . it was a hunter drawn there by the barking of the dogs . 1 it 2 was 1 it 6 there 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 drawn 6 there 8 the 7 by 8 the 8 the 9 barking 9 barking 10 of 10 of 12 dogs 11 the 12 dogs 12 dogs 13 . he was too far away to be dangerous , but the mere sight of him filled [lightfoot] with terror again . 1 he 2 was 1 he 4 far 2 was 3 too 4 far 6 to 5 away 6 to 6 to 7 be 7 be 13 sight 8 dangerous 9 , 8 dangerous 11 the 9 , 10 but 11 the 12 mere 11 the 13 sight 13 sight 16 filled 14 of 15 him 15 him 16 filled 16 filled 21 . 18 with 19 terror 19 terror 20 again 20 again 21 . he watched the hunter walk along the bank and disappear in the bushes . 1 he 2 watched 1 he 8 bank 2 watched 4 hunter 3 the 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 walk 4 hunter 6 along 6 along 7 the 8 bank 13 bushes 8 bank 14 . 9 and 10 disappear 10 disappear 11 in 10 disappear 13 bushes 11 in 12 the presently out of the bushes came [a] boat , and in it was the hunter . 1 presently 6 came 2 out 3 of 3 of 4 the 4 the 5 bushes 5 bushes 6 came 6 came 8 boat 8 boat 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 16 . 11 in 12 it 11 in 14 the 12 it 13 was 13 was 14 the 14 the 15 hunter 15 hunter 16 . he headed straight towards [lightfoot] , and then [lightfoot] knew that his brief rest was at an end . 1 he 2 headed 2 headed 4 towards 3 straight 4 towards 4 towards 11 that 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 then 8 then 10 knew 10 knew 11 that 11 that 18 end 12 his 13 brief 13 brief 14 rest 14 rest 17 an 15 was 16 at 15 was 17 an 17 an 18 end 18 end 19 . he must once more swim or be shot by the hunter in the boat . 1 he 2 must 2 must 3 once 2 must 7 be 3 once 4 more 4 more 5 swim 5 swim 6 or 7 be 11 hunter 8 shot 9 by 9 by 10 the 10 the 11 hunter 11 hunter 14 boat 12 in 13 the 13 the 14 boat 14 boat 15 . so [lightfoot] again struck out for the shore . 1 so 3 again 3 again 4 struck 4 struck 5 out 5 out 6 for 6 for 7 the 7 the 8 shore 8 shore 9 . his rest had given him new strength , but still he was very , very tired and swimming was hard work . 1 his 7 strength 2 rest 5 him 2 rest 6 new 3 had 4 given 4 given 5 him 6 new 7 strength 7 strength 8 , 7 strength 16 tired 8 , 9 but 9 but 11 he 10 still 11 he 11 he 12 was 11 he 15 very 12 was 13 very 13 very 14 , 16 tired 17 and 17 and 18 swimming 18 swimming 19 was 18 swimming 20 hard 19 was 20 hard 20 hard 21 work 21 work 22 . slowly , oh so slowly , he drew nearer to the bank . 1 slowly 2 , 1 slowly 6 , 2 , 3 oh 3 oh 5 slowly 4 so 5 slowly 6 , 7 he 7 he 8 drew 8 drew 9 nearer 9 nearer 10 to 10 to 12 bank 11 the 12 bank 12 bank 13 . what new dangers might be waiting there , he did not know . 1 what 8 , 2 new 4 might 2 new 5 be 3 dangers 4 might 5 be 6 waiting 6 waiting 7 there 6 waiting 8 , 8 , 12 know 9 he 10 did 10 did 11 not 11 not 12 know 12 know 13 . he had never been on that side of the [big] [river] . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 never 3 never 4 been 4 been 5 on 4 been 7 side 6 that 7 side 7 side 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 12 . he knew nothing of the country on that side . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 3 nothing 3 nothing 5 the 4 of 5 the 5 the 6 country 6 country 8 that 7 on 8 that 8 that 9 side 9 side 10 . but the uncertainty was better than the certainty behind him . 1 but 2 the 1 but 5 better 2 the 3 uncertainty 3 uncertainty 4 was 5 better 6 than 6 than 7 the 7 the 9 behind 8 certainty 9 behind 9 behind 11 . 10 him 11 . on [lightfoot] [struggled] . 1 on 4 . at last he felt bottom beneath his feet . 1 at 2 last 2 last 3 he 3 he 4 felt 3 he 5 bottom 5 bottom 6 beneath 6 beneath 7 his 6 beneath 8 feet 7 his 8 feet 8 feet 9 . he staggered up through some bushes along the bank and then for an instant it seemed to [him] his heart stopped beating . 1 he 2 staggered 1 he 4 through 2 staggered 3 up 4 through 15 it 5 some 6 bushes 5 some 11 then 6 bushes 8 the 7 along 8 the 8 the 9 bank 9 bank 10 and 11 then 12 for 11 then 14 instant 12 for 13 an 14 instant 15 it 15 it 16 seemed 16 seemed 17 to 16 seemed 20 heart 19 his 20 heart 20 heart 22 beating 21 stopped 22 beating 22 beating 23 . right in front of him stood a man . 1 right 2 in 1 right 3 front 2 in 3 front 3 front 4 of 3 front 5 him 5 him 6 stood 6 stood 7 a 7 a 8 man 8 man 9 . he had come out into the back yard of the home of that man . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 come 3 come 4 out 3 come 7 back 4 out 5 into 4 out 7 back 5 into 6 the 7 back 10 the 8 yard 9 of 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 home 11 home 12 of 12 of 13 that 13 that 14 man 14 man 15 . it is doubtful which was the more surprised , [lightfoot] or the man . 1 it 5 was 2 is 3 doubtful 3 doubtful 4 which 4 which 5 was 5 was 6 the 6 the 7 more 7 more 8 surprised 7 more 9 , 8 surprised 9 , 9 , 13 man 11 or 12 the 12 the 13 man 13 man 14 . right then and there [lightfoot] gave up in despair . 1 right 3 and 2 then 3 and 3 and 4 there 4 there 6 gave 6 gave 7 up 6 gave 8 in 8 in 9 despair 9 despair 10 . he couldn't run . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 run 3 run 4 . it was all he could do to walk . 1 it 5 could 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 he 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 do 6 do 7 to 7 to 8 walk 8 walk 9 . not a spark of hope remained to [lightfoot] . 1 not 2 a 1 not 3 spark 2 a 3 spark 3 spark 5 hope 4 of 5 hope 5 hope 6 remained 6 remained 7 to 7 to 9 . he [simply] stood still and trembled , partly with fear and partly with weariness . 1 he 3 stood 3 stood 4 still 3 stood 6 trembled 4 still 5 and 6 trembled 7 , 6 trembled 15 . 8 partly 9 with 8 partly 10 fear 10 fear 11 and 10 fear 15 . 11 and 12 partly 12 partly 14 weariness 13 with 14 weariness then a surprising thing happened . 1 then 2 a 2 a 3 surprising 3 surprising 4 thing 4 thing 5 happened 5 happened 6 . the man spoke softly . 1 the 2 man 2 man 3 spoke 3 spoke 4 softly 4 softly 5 . he advanced , not threateningly but slowly , and in a friendly way . 1 he 2 advanced 2 advanced 5 threateningly 2 advanced 7 slowly 3 , 4 not 4 not 5 threateningly 6 but 7 slowly 7 slowly 11 a 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 in 10 in 11 a 11 a 12 friendly 12 friendly 13 way 12 friendly 14 . he walked around back of [lightfoot] and then straight towards him . 1 he 2 walked 1 he 3 around 3 around 4 back 4 back 5 of 5 of 10 towards 7 and 8 then 8 then 9 straight 9 straight 10 towards 10 towards 12 . 11 him 12 . lightfoot walked on a few steps , and the man followed , still talking softly . 1 lightfoot 2 walked 1 lightfoot 9 the 2 walked 5 few 2 walked 6 steps 3 on 4 a 3 on 5 few 5 few 6 steps 6 steps 8 and 7 , 8 and 9 the 10 man 9 the 13 still 10 man 11 followed 10 man 12 , 13 still 15 softly 13 still 16 . 14 talking 15 softly little by little he urged [lightfoot] on , driving him towards an open shed in which was a pile of hay . 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little 3 little 13 open 4 he 5 urged 5 urged 7 on 5 urged 9 driving 8 , 9 driving 9 driving 10 him 9 driving 11 towards 11 towards 12 an 11 towards 13 open 13 open 14 shed 14 shed 16 which 14 shed 18 a 15 in 16 which 16 which 17 was 18 a 19 pile 19 pile 20 of 19 pile 21 hay 19 pile 22 . 21 hay 22 . without understanding just how , [lightfoot] knew that he had found a friend . 1 without 2 understanding 1 without 5 , 2 understanding 3 just 3 just 4 how 4 how 5 , 5 , 9 he 7 knew 8 that 8 that 9 he 9 he 10 had 10 had 11 found 10 had 12 a 12 a 13 friend 13 friend 14 . so he entered [the] open shed and with a long sigh lay down in the soft hay . 1 so 3 entered 2 he 3 entered 3 entered 5 open 3 entered 7 and 5 open 6 shed 7 and 12 lay 8 with 9 a 9 a 11 sigh 10 long 11 sigh 11 sigh 12 lay 12 lay 17 hay 13 down 14 in 14 in 15 the 15 the 16 soft 15 the 17 hay 17 hay 18 . [chapter] [xxiv] [:] [the] [hunter] [is] [disappointed] how he knew he was safe , [lightfoot] the [deer] [couldn't] have told you . 1 how 2 he 1 how 4 he 2 he 3 knew 4 he 5 was 4 he 6 safe 6 safe 7 , 7 , 9 the 9 the 15 . 12 have 13 told 13 told 14 you 13 told 15 . he just knew it , that was all . 1 he 2 just 1 he 3 knew 2 just 3 knew 3 knew 4 it 4 it 5 , 5 , 6 that 6 that 7 was 7 was 8 all 8 all 9 . but he didn't have to understand words to know that he had found a friend . 1 but 4 have 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 have 4 have 6 understand 5 to 6 understand 6 understand 7 words 7 words 12 had 8 to 9 know 9 know 10 that 10 that 11 he 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 found 13 found 14 a 13 found 15 friend 14 a 15 friend 15 friend 16 . lightfoot 's friend was waiting just at the top of the bank . 1 lightfoot 4 was 2 's 3 friend 3 friend 4 was 4 was 6 just 5 waiting 6 just 6 just 7 at 7 at 9 top 8 the 9 top 9 top 10 of 9 top 12 bank 10 of 11 the 10 of 12 bank 12 bank 13 . of course the hunter saw him at once . 1 of 4 hunter 2 course 3 the 2 course 4 hunter 4 hunter 5 saw 5 saw 6 him 6 him 8 once 7 at 8 once 8 once 9 . " [hello] , [friend] ! " cried the hunter . 1 " 3 , 3 , 6 " 3 , 7 cried 5 ! 6 " 7 cried 8 the 8 the 9 hunter 9 hunter 10 . " did you see a [deer] pass this way a few minutes ago ? 1 " 2 did 2 did 3 you 3 you 7 pass 4 see 5 a 5 a 7 pass 7 pass 9 way 8 this 9 way 9 way 11 few 10 a 11 few 11 few 12 minutes 12 minutes 13 ago 12 minutes 14 ? he swam across the river , and if [i] know anything about it he 's too tired to travel far now . 1 he 2 swam 1 he 3 across 3 across 6 , 4 the 5 river 5 river 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 11 anything 7 and 14 he 8 if 10 know 10 know 11 anything 11 anything 12 about 12 about 13 it 14 he 15 's 15 's 19 travel 16 too 17 tired 16 too 19 travel 17 tired 18 to 19 travel 22 . 20 far 21 now 21 now 22 . i 've been hunting that fellow for several days , and if [i] have any luck at all [i] ought to get him this time . " 1 i 4 hunting 1 i 9 days 2 've 3 been 3 been 4 hunting 4 hunting 5 that 5 that 6 fellow 6 fellow 7 for 7 for 8 several 9 days 14 have 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 if 12 if 14 have 14 have 16 luck 15 any 16 luck 16 luck 22 get 17 at 18 all 17 at 20 ought 20 ought 21 to 21 to 22 get 22 get 23 him 23 him 24 this 24 this 25 time 25 time 26 . 26 . 27 " " [i] 'm afraid you won't have any luck at all , " said [lightfoot] 's friend . 1 " 6 won't 3 'm 4 afraid 3 'm 5 you 5 you 6 won't 6 won't 7 have 7 have 10 at 8 any 9 luck 9 luck 10 at 10 at 11 all 11 all 12 , 12 , 13 " 13 " 14 said 13 " 18 . 16 's 17 friend 17 friend 18 . " you see , [i] don't allow any hunting on my land . " 1 " 2 you 1 " 6 don't 3 see 4 , 4 , 6 don't 6 don't 7 allow 7 allow 8 any 8 any 9 hunting 9 hunting 10 on 10 on 11 my 10 on 12 land 12 land 13 . 13 . 14 " the hunter looked surprised , and then his surprise gave way to anger . 1 the 2 hunter 1 the 4 surprised 2 hunter 3 looked 4 surprised 9 surprise 4 surprised 12 to 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 then 6 and 9 surprise 7 then 8 his 9 surprise 10 gave 10 gave 11 way 12 to 13 anger 13 anger 14 . " you mean , " said he , " that you intend to get that [deer] yourself . " 1 " 2 you 1 " 11 you 2 you 3 mean 3 mean 4 , 4 , 6 said 5 " 6 said 6 said 7 he 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 " 10 that 11 you 11 you 14 get 12 intend 13 to 13 to 14 get 14 get 15 that 15 that 17 yourself 17 yourself 18 . 18 . 19 " lightfoot 's friend shook his head . 1 lightfoot 2 's 2 's 3 friend 3 friend 4 shook 4 shook 5 his 4 shook 6 head 6 head 7 . " no , " said he , " [i] don't mean anything of the kind . 1 " 2 no 1 " 5 said 2 no 3 , 3 , 4 " 4 " 5 said 5 said 6 he 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 " 8 " 12 anything 10 don't 11 mean 11 mean 12 anything 12 anything 16 . 13 of 14 the 14 the 15 kind 15 kind 16 . the best thing for you to do , my friend , is to get into your boat and row back where you came from . 1 the 3 thing 1 the 7 do 2 best 3 thing 3 thing 4 for 3 thing 6 to 4 for 5 you 7 do 10 friend 7 do 19 row 8 , 9 my 8 , 10 friend 11 , 14 get 12 is 13 to 12 is 14 get 14 get 17 boat 15 into 16 your 16 your 17 boat 17 boat 18 and 17 boat 19 row 19 row 25 . 20 back 21 where 21 where 22 you 21 where 25 . 22 you 23 came 23 came 24 from are those your hounds barking over there ? " 1 are 2 those 2 those 3 your 3 your 4 hounds 4 hounds 5 barking 5 barking 6 over 6 over 7 there 7 there 8 ? 8 ? 9 " " no , " replied the hunter promptly . 1 " 2 no 2 no 3 , 3 , 5 replied 4 " 5 replied 5 replied 7 hunter 6 the 7 hunter 7 hunter 8 promptly 8 promptly 9 . " [i] know the law just as well as you do , and it is against the law to hunt [deer] with dogs . 1 " 3 know 1 " 6 just 3 know 5 law 4 the 5 law 6 just 7 as 7 as 8 well 7 as 9 as 9 as 10 you 9 as 16 against 10 you 11 do 11 do 12 , 11 do 14 it 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 it 14 it 15 is 16 against 18 law 16 against 20 hunt 17 the 18 law 18 law 19 to 18 law 20 hunt 20 hunt 22 with 20 hunt 23 dogs 23 dogs 24 . i don't even know who owns those two hounds over there . " 1 i 2 don't 1 i 3 even 1 i 5 who 2 don't 3 even 3 even 4 know 4 know 5 who 5 who 6 owns 6 owns 7 those 6 owns 8 two 8 two 10 over 9 hounds 10 over 10 over 11 there 11 there 12 . 12 . 13 " " that may be true , " replied [lightfoot] 's friend . 1 " 2 that 1 " 3 may 3 may 4 be 3 may 5 true 5 true 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 replied 8 replied 12 . 10 's 11 friend 11 friend 12 . " [i] don't doubt it is true . 1 " 3 don't 3 don't 4 doubt 4 doubt 5 it 5 it 6 is 6 is 7 true 7 true 8 . but you are willing to take advantage of the fact that the dogs of some one else have broken the law . 1 but 10 fact 2 you 3 are 2 you 4 willing 4 willing 5 to 4 willing 6 take 6 take 7 advantage 6 take 10 fact 7 advantage 8 of 8 of 9 the 10 fact 13 dogs 11 that 12 the 12 the 13 dogs 13 dogs 14 of 13 dogs 19 broken 14 of 15 some 15 some 16 one 17 else 18 have 17 else 19 broken 19 broken 21 law 20 the 21 law 21 law 22 . you are not hunting for the pleasure of hunting but just to kill . 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 not 3 not 4 hunting 4 hunting 8 of 5 for 6 the 6 the 7 pleasure 7 pleasure 8 of 8 of 9 hunting 9 hunting 13 kill 10 but 11 just 11 just 12 to 12 to 13 kill 13 kill 14 . you don't know the meaning of justice or fairness . 1 you 2 don't 1 you 3 know 3 know 4 the 3 know 5 meaning 4 the 5 meaning 5 meaning 6 of 6 of 7 justice 7 justice 9 fairness 8 or 9 fairness 9 fairness 10 . now get off my land . 1 now 2 get 2 get 3 off 3 off 4 my 4 my 5 land 5 land 6 . get back into your boat and off my land as quick as you can . 1 get 2 back 1 get 3 into 3 into 4 your 3 into 9 land 4 your 5 boat 5 boat 6 and 6 and 7 off 8 my 9 land 9 land 11 quick 10 as 11 quick 11 quick 12 as 12 as 15 . 13 you 14 can 13 you 15 . that [deer] is not very far from here and so tired that he cannot move . 1 that 3 is 3 is 5 very 4 not 5 very 5 very 10 so 6 far 7 from 7 from 8 here 8 here 9 and 9 and 10 so 10 so 11 tired 11 tired 12 that 11 tired 14 cannot 12 that 13 he 14 cannot 15 move 15 move 16 . now go . " 1 now 2 go 2 go 3 . 3 . 4 " muttering angrily , the hunter got back into his boat and pushed off [,] but he didn't row back across the river . 1 muttering 13 off 1 muttering 17 didn't 2 angrily 3 , 2 angrily 5 hunter 3 , 4 the 5 hunter 6 got 6 got 7 back 6 got 8 into 6 got 13 off 8 into 9 his 10 boat 11 and 10 boat 12 pushed 12 pushed 13 off 15 but 16 he 16 he 17 didn't 17 didn't 20 across 18 row 19 back 19 back 20 across 20 across 22 river 21 the 22 river 22 river 23 . [chapter] [xxv] [:] [the] [hunter] [lies] [in] [wait] if ever there was an angry hunter , it was the one who had followed [lightfoot] the [deer] across the [big] [river] . 1 if 2 ever 1 if 5 an 3 there 4 was 4 was 5 an 5 an 6 angry 6 angry 7 hunter 7 hunter 8 , 8 , 9 it 9 it 10 was 10 was 11 the 10 was 19 across 12 one 13 who 13 who 14 had 14 had 15 followed 15 followed 17 the 17 the 19 across 19 across 23 . 20 the 23 . instead , he rowed down the river , finally landing on the same side but on land which [lightfoot] 's friend did not own . 1 instead 3 he 1 instead 8 , 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 rowed 4 rowed 7 river 5 down 6 the 5 down 7 river 8 , 14 side 9 finally 10 landing 10 landing 11 on 10 landing 13 same 11 on 12 the 13 same 14 side 14 side 18 which 15 but 16 on 16 on 17 land 17 land 18 which 18 which 24 own 20 's 21 friend 21 friend 22 did 22 did 23 not 22 did 24 own 24 own 25 . " when that [deer] has become rested he 'll become uneasy , " thought the hunter . 1 " 2 when 1 " 7 rested 3 that 5 has 5 has 6 become 6 become 7 rested 7 rested 12 , 8 he 9 'll 9 'll 10 become 9 'll 11 uneasy 11 uneasy 12 , 12 , 14 thought 13 " 14 thought 14 thought 16 hunter 15 the 16 hunter 16 hunter 17 . " he won't stay on that man 's land . 1 " 2 he 1 " 3 won't 3 won't 4 stay 4 stay 5 on 4 stay 7 man 5 on 6 that 7 man 9 land 8 's 9 land 9 land 10 . he 'll start for the nearest woods . 1 he 2 'll 1 he 3 start 3 start 6 nearest 4 for 5 the 5 the 6 nearest 6 nearest 7 woods 7 woods 8 . i 'll go up there and wait for him . 1 i 2 'll 1 i 3 go 2 'll 3 go 3 go 5 there 4 up 5 there 5 there 6 and 6 and 7 wait 7 wait 8 for 8 for 9 him 9 him 10 . i 'll get that [deer] if only to spite that fellow back there who drove me off . 1 i 3 get 2 'll 3 get 3 get 8 to 4 that 6 if 6 if 7 only 7 only 8 to 8 to 9 spite 9 spite 12 back 10 that 11 fellow 11 fellow 12 back 12 back 14 who 13 there 14 who 14 who 18 . 15 drove 16 me 16 me 17 off 16 me 18 . had it not been for him , [i] 'd have that [deer] right now . 1 had 4 been 2 it 3 not 3 not 4 been 4 been 5 for 5 for 6 him 6 him 7 , 7 , 9 'd 9 'd 10 have 10 have 11 that 10 have 13 right 13 right 14 now 14 now 15 . he was too tired to have gone far . 1 he 2 was 1 he 4 tired 2 was 3 too 4 tired 5 to 5 to 6 have 5 to 7 gone 7 gone 9 . 8 far 9 . he 's got the handsomest pair of antlers [i] 've seen for years . 1 he 3 got 2 's 3 got 3 got 4 the 4 the 6 pair 5 handsomest 6 pair 6 pair 11 seen 7 of 8 antlers 8 antlers 10 've 10 've 11 seen 11 seen 12 for 12 for 13 years 13 years 14 . i can sell that head of his for a good price . " 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 sell 3 sell 4 that 4 that 5 head 5 head 6 of 6 of 7 his 7 his 11 price 8 for 9 a 9 a 10 good 10 good 11 price 11 price 12 . 12 . 13 " so the hunter tied his boat to a tree and once more climbed out . 1 so 2 the 2 the 11 once 3 hunter 4 tied 4 tied 5 his 5 his 6 boat 6 boat 7 to 7 to 8 a 8 a 9 tree 8 a 11 once 9 tree 10 and 11 once 13 climbed 12 more 13 climbed 13 climbed 15 . 14 out 15 . he climbed up the bank and studied the land . 1 he 2 climbed 1 he 5 bank 2 climbed 4 the 3 up 4 the 5 bank 6 and 6 and 7 studied 7 studied 8 the 8 the 9 land 9 land 10 . across a wide meadow he could see a [brushy] old pasture and back of that some thick woods . 1 across 2 a 1 across 6 could 2 a 3 wide 3 wide 4 meadow 4 meadow 5 he 6 could 7 see 6 could 11 pasture 7 see 8 a 8 a 10 old 11 pasture 13 back 12 and 13 back 13 back 18 woods 14 of 15 that 15 that 16 some 16 some 17 thick 17 thick 18 woods 18 woods 19 . he grinned . 1 he 2 grinned 2 grinned 3 . " that 's where that [deer] will head for , " he decided . 1 " 2 that 1 " 7 will 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 where 4 where 5 that 7 will 8 head 8 head 13 decided 9 for 10 , 10 , 11 " 11 " 12 he 12 he 13 decided 13 decided 14 . " there isn't any other place for him to go . 1 " 2 there 1 " 5 other 3 isn't 4 any 4 any 5 other 5 other 6 place 6 place 7 for 7 for 8 him 8 him 9 to 9 to 10 go 10 go 11 . all [i] 've got to do is be patient and wait . " 1 all 3 've 3 've 5 to 4 got 5 to 5 to 6 do 6 do 7 is 7 is 8 be 8 be 9 patient 9 patient 10 and 9 patient 11 wait 11 wait 13 " 12 . 13 " so the hunter took his terrible gun and [tramped] across the meadow to the brush-grown pasture . 1 so 4 took 1 so 10 across 2 the 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 took 5 his 6 terrible 5 his 7 gun 6 terrible 7 gun 7 gun 10 across 8 and 10 across 10 across 12 meadow 11 the 12 meadow 12 meadow 16 pasture 12 meadow 17 . 13 to 14 the 13 to 16 pasture 14 the 15 brush-grown 16 pasture 17 . there he hid among the bushes where he could peep out and watch the land of [lightfoot] 's friend . 1 there 5 the 2 he 3 hid 2 he 4 among 4 among 5 the 5 the 7 where 6 bushes 7 where 7 where 12 and 7 where 20 . 8 he 9 could 9 could 10 peep 10 peep 11 out 11 out 12 and 12 and 13 watch 14 the 15 land 15 land 16 of 15 land 19 friend 15 land 20 . 18 's 19 friend he was still angry because he had been prevented from shooting [lightfoot] . 1 he 2 was 1 he 7 had 2 was 3 still 3 still 4 angry 3 still 5 because 4 angry 5 because 5 because 6 he 7 had 8 been 8 been 9 prevented 9 prevented 10 from 10 from 11 shooting 11 shooting 13 . at the same time he chuckled , because he thought himself very smart . 1 at 3 same 1 at 6 chuckled 2 the 3 same 3 same 4 time 4 time 5 he 6 chuckled 7 , 6 chuckled 11 himself 8 because 9 he 9 he 10 thought 10 thought 11 himself 11 himself 12 very 12 very 13 smart 13 smart 14 . so he made himself comfortable and prepared to wait the rest of the day , if necessary . 1 so 7 prepared 2 he 3 made 2 he 7 prepared 3 made 4 himself 4 himself 5 comfortable 5 comfortable 6 and 7 prepared 17 necessary 8 to 9 wait 8 to 11 rest 9 wait 10 the 11 rest 12 of 11 rest 14 day 12 of 13 the 14 day 17 necessary 15 , 16 if 16 if 17 necessary 17 necessary 18 . " we 'll fool him , " said he , chuckling to himself , as he walked back towards the shed where poor [lightfoot] was resting . 1 " 2 we 1 " 3 'll 3 'll 4 fool 4 fool 9 he 5 him 6 , 6 , 7 " 7 " 8 said 7 " 9 he 9 he 11 chuckling 10 , 11 chuckling 11 chuckling 19 towards 12 to 13 himself 13 himself 14 , 14 , 15 as 15 as 16 he 15 as 19 towards 16 he 17 walked 17 walked 18 back 19 towards 23 poor 20 the 21 shed 21 shed 22 where 21 shed 23 poor 23 poor 25 was 25 was 26 resting 26 resting 27 . he did not go too near [lightfoot] , for he did not want to alarm him . 1 he 4 go 1 he 6 near 2 did 3 not 2 did 4 go 4 go 5 too 6 near 9 for 8 , 9 for 9 for 15 alarm 10 he 11 did 11 did 12 not 11 did 15 alarm 12 not 13 want 12 not 14 to 15 alarm 17 . 16 him 17 . he just kept within sight of [lightfoot] , paying no attention to him but going about his work . 1 he 4 within 1 he 10 no 2 just 3 kept 3 kept 4 within 5 sight 6 of 5 sight 9 paying 8 , 9 paying 9 paying 10 no 10 no 13 him 11 attention 12 to 12 to 13 him 13 him 19 . 14 but 15 going 15 going 16 about 15 going 19 . 16 about 18 work 17 his 18 work lightfoot , watching him , understood . 1 lightfoot 2 , 2 , 3 watching 3 watching 4 him 4 him 5 , 5 , 6 understood 6 understood 7 . he knew that this man was a friend and would do him no harm . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 7 a 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 this 4 this 5 man 5 man 6 was 7 a 8 friend 8 friend 10 would 9 and 10 would 10 would 14 harm 11 do 12 him 12 him 13 no 13 no 14 harm 14 harm 15 . little by little , the wonderful , blessed feeling of safety crept over [lightfoot] . 1 little 2 by 2 by 3 little 3 little 4 , 4 , 8 blessed 5 the 6 wonderful 6 wonderful 7 , 7 , 8 blessed 8 blessed 9 feeling 9 feeling 10 of 9 feeling 11 safety 11 safety 13 over 12 crept 13 over 13 over 15 . no hunter could harm him here . 1 no 3 could 2 hunter 3 could 3 could 4 harm 4 harm 5 him 5 him 6 here 6 here 7 . [chapter] [xxvi] [:] [lightfoot] [does] [the] [wise] [thing] it [required] a lot of patience on the part of the hunter , but the hunter had plenty of patience . 1 it 3 a 3 a 9 part 4 lot 5 of 4 lot 6 patience 6 patience 7 on 7 on 8 the 8 the 9 part 9 part 10 of 9 part 12 hunter 10 of 11 the 12 hunter 13 , 12 hunter 19 of 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 the 15 the 16 hunter 17 had 18 plenty 18 plenty 19 of 19 of 20 patience 20 patience 21 . it sometimes seems as if hunters have more patience than any other people . 1 it 3 seems 2 sometimes 3 seems 3 seems 5 if 3 seems 8 more 4 as 5 if 5 if 6 hunters 7 have 8 more 8 more 10 than 9 patience 10 than 10 than 11 any 11 any 13 people 12 other 13 people 13 people 14 . but this hunter waited in vain . 1 but 2 this 2 this 3 hunter 3 hunter 4 waited 4 waited 5 in 5 in 6 vain 6 vain 7 . jolly , round , red [mr] [sun] sank down in the west to his bed behind the [purple] [hills] . 1 jolly 2 , 1 jolly 3 round 1 jolly 5 red 3 round 4 , 5 red 11 the 8 sank 9 down 8 sank 10 in 9 down 10 in 10 in 11 the 11 the 12 west 12 west 13 to 12 west 20 . 13 to 14 his 14 his 15 bed 15 bed 16 behind 16 behind 17 the the [black] [shadows] crept out and grew blacker . 1 the 4 crept 4 crept 7 grew 5 out 6 and 6 and 7 grew 7 grew 8 blacker 8 blacker 9 . one by one the stars began to twinkle . 1 one 2 by 2 by 3 one 2 by 4 the 4 the 5 stars 5 stars 6 began 6 began 7 to 7 to 8 twinkle 8 twinkle 9 . still the hunter waited , and still there was no sign of [lightfoot] . 1 still 2 the 1 still 4 waited 2 the 3 hunter 4 waited 8 there 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 still 7 still 8 there 8 there 11 sign 9 was 10 no 10 no 11 sign 11 sign 14 . 12 of 14 . at last it became so dark that it was useless for the hunter to remain longer . 1 at 2 last 2 last 4 became 3 it 4 became 4 became 10 useless 5 so 6 dark 6 dark 7 that 7 that 9 was 8 it 9 was 9 was 10 useless 10 useless 16 longer 11 for 12 the 12 the 13 hunter 13 hunter 14 to 13 hunter 16 longer 14 to 15 remain 15 remain 16 longer 16 longer 17 . then he tramped home and his thoughts were very bitter . 1 then 2 he 1 then 4 home 3 tramped 4 home 4 home 7 thoughts 5 and 6 his 6 his 7 thoughts 7 thoughts 9 very 8 were 9 very 9 very 10 bitter 10 bitter 11 . he knew that he could have shot [lightfoot] had it not been for the man who had protected the [deer] . 1 he 5 could 1 he 9 had 2 knew 4 he 3 that 4 he 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 have 6 have 7 shot 9 had 11 not 10 it 11 not 11 not 12 been 11 not 18 protected 12 been 14 the 13 for 14 the 14 the 15 man 15 man 16 who 16 who 17 had 18 protected 19 the 19 the 21 . in fact , the hunter had not had so much as another glimpse of [lightfoot] . 1 in 2 fact 1 in 4 the 2 fact 3 , 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 7 not 5 hunter 10 much 6 had 7 not 8 had 9 so 9 so 10 much 10 much 13 glimpse 11 as 12 another 12 another 13 glimpse 13 glimpse 14 of 14 of 16 . the reason that the hunter had been so disappointed was that [lightfoot] was smart . 1 the 9 disappointed 2 reason 3 that 3 that 4 the 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 had 6 had 7 been 7 been 8 so 7 been 9 disappointed 9 disappointed 11 that 10 was 11 that 11 that 13 was 13 was 14 smart 14 smart 15 . he [was] smart enough to understand that the man who was saving him from the hunter had done it because he was a true friend . 1 he 6 understand 3 smart 4 enough 4 enough 5 to 4 enough 6 understand 6 understand 10 who 7 that 8 the 8 the 9 man 9 man 10 who 10 who 20 because 11 was 12 saving 12 saving 13 him 13 him 14 from 14 from 15 the 15 the 16 hunter 15 the 20 because 16 hunter 17 had 17 had 18 done 18 done 19 it 20 because 22 was 21 he 22 was 22 was 24 true 23 a 24 true 24 true 26 . 25 friend 26 . " he not only will let no one else harm me , but he himself will not harm me , " thought [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 he 1 " 10 harm 2 he 5 will 2 he 6 let 3 not 4 only 4 only 5 will 6 let 9 else 7 no 8 one 7 no 9 else 10 harm 18 harm 11 me 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 he 14 he 15 himself 15 himself 18 harm 16 will 17 not 16 will 18 harm 18 harm 19 me 19 me 20 , 19 me 22 thought 20 , 21 " 22 thought 24 . " as long as he is near , [i] am safe . 1 " 5 he 2 as 3 long 2 as 4 as 4 as 5 he 5 he 10 am 6 is 7 near 7 near 8 , 8 , 10 am 10 am 11 safe 11 safe 12 . so all afternoon [lightfoot] rested and did not so much as put his nose outside that open shed . 1 so 10 much 1 so 16 that 2 all 3 afternoon 3 afternoon 5 rested 5 rested 6 and 6 and 7 did 7 did 8 not 8 not 9 so 8 not 10 much 10 much 14 nose 11 as 12 put 12 put 14 nose 13 his 14 nose 14 nose 15 outside 16 that 17 open 17 open 19 . 18 shed 19 . that is why the hunter got no glimpse of him . 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 why 2 is 5 hunter 4 the 5 hunter 5 hunter 6 got 6 got 7 no 7 no 9 of 8 glimpse 9 of 9 of 10 him 10 him 11 . when it became dark , so dark that he knew there was no longer danger , [lightfoot] got up and stepped out under the stars . 1 when 3 became 1 when 4 dark 1 when 9 he 2 it 3 became 3 became 4 dark 5 , 6 so 6 so 7 dark 6 so 8 that 8 that 9 he 9 he 12 was 10 knew 11 there 11 there 12 was 12 was 13 no 12 was 15 danger 14 longer 15 danger 15 danger 16 , 16 , 19 up 16 , 20 and 18 got 19 up 20 and 21 stepped 21 stepped 22 out 21 stepped 24 the 22 out 23 under 24 the 25 stars 24 the 26 . 25 stars 26 . he was feeling quite himself again . 1 he 2 was 1 he 3 feeling 3 feeling 4 quite 4 quite 5 himself 4 quite 6 again 6 again 7 . his splendid strength had returned . 1 his 2 splendid 2 splendid 3 strength 3 strength 4 had 4 had 5 returned 5 returned 6 . he bounded lightly across the meadow and up into the brushy pasture where the hunter had been hidden [.] 1 he 2 bounded 2 bounded 6 meadow 2 bounded 7 and 3 lightly 4 across 4 across 5 the 4 across 6 meadow 5 the 6 meadow 7 and 8 up 8 up 12 pasture 9 into 10 the 10 the 11 brushy 11 brushy 12 pasture 12 pasture 15 hunter 13 where 14 the 14 the 15 hunter 15 hunter 18 hidden 16 had 18 hidden 17 been 18 hidden the farmer smiled . 1 the 2 farmer 2 farmer 3 smiled 3 smiled 4 . " you are as wise as you are handsome , old fellow , " said he . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 7 you 4 as 6 as 5 wise 6 as 6 as 7 you 7 you 11 old 8 are 9 handsome 8 are 11 old 9 handsome 10 , 11 old 13 , 12 fellow 13 , 13 , 14 " 14 " 15 said 14 " 16 he 16 he 17 . [chapter] [xxvii] [:] [sammy] [jay] [worries] it isn't often [sammy] [jay] worries about anybody but himself . 1 it 3 often 1 it 6 worries 2 isn't 3 often 6 worries 7 about 7 about 8 anybody 8 anybody 9 but 9 but 10 himself 10 himself 11 . truth to tell , he doesn't worry about himself very often . 1 truth 5 he 2 to 3 tell 3 tell 4 , 4 , 5 he 5 he 6 doesn't 6 doesn't 7 worry 7 worry 10 very 8 about 9 himself 9 himself 10 very 10 very 12 . 11 often 12 . you see , [sammy] is smart , and he knows he is smart . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 6 smart 5 is 6 smart 6 smart 7 , 7 , 8 and 7 , 10 knows 8 and 9 he 10 knows 14 . 11 he 12 is 12 is 13 smart 13 smart 14 . under that pointed cap of his are some of the cleverest wits in all the [green] [forest] . 1 under 4 cap 1 under 8 some 2 that 3 pointed 3 pointed 4 cap 4 cap 5 of 5 of 6 his 7 are 8 some 8 some 11 cleverest 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 cleverest 11 cleverest 12 wits 12 wits 13 in 13 in 15 the 14 all 15 the 15 the 18 . sammy seldom worries about himself because he feels quite able to take care of himself . 1 sammy 4 about 1 sammy 10 able 2 seldom 3 worries 3 worries 4 about 5 himself 9 quite 6 because 7 he 6 because 8 feels 7 he 8 feels 8 feels 9 quite 9 quite 10 able 10 able 11 to 11 to 12 take 11 to 13 care 13 care 14 of 14 of 15 himself 15 himself 16 . but [sammy] [jay] was worrying now . 1 but 4 was 4 was 5 worrying 5 worrying 6 now 6 now 7 . he was worrying about [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 worrying 3 worrying 4 about 4 about 6 the 6 the 8 . yes , [sir] , [sammy] [jay] was worrying about [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 1 yes 8 worrying 7 was 8 worrying 8 worrying 9 about 9 about 11 the 11 the 13 . for two days he had been unable to find [lightfoot] or any trace of [lightfoot] . 1 for 2 two 1 for 3 days 3 days 4 he 4 he 5 had 4 he 6 been 6 been 8 to 7 unable 8 to 8 to 9 find 9 find 13 trace 11 or 12 any 12 any 13 trace 13 trace 16 . 14 of 16 . but he did find plenty of hunters with terrible guns . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 find 3 did 7 hunters 4 find 6 of 5 plenty 6 of 7 hunters 8 with 7 hunters 9 terrible 9 terrible 10 guns 10 guns 11 . it seemed to him that they were everywhere in the [green] [forest] . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 3 to 4 him 4 him 5 that 5 that 6 they 6 they 7 were 7 were 8 everywhere 8 everywhere 9 in 9 in 10 the 10 the 13 . sammy began to suspect that one of them must have succeeded in killing [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 sammy 3 to 2 began 3 to 3 to 4 suspect 4 suspect 9 must 5 that 6 one 5 that 9 must 6 one 7 of 7 of 8 them 9 must 10 have 10 have 11 succeeded 11 succeeded 13 killing 12 in 13 killing 13 killing 17 . 15 the 17 . sammy knew all of [lightfoot] 's hiding-places . 1 sammy 2 knew 1 sammy 8 . 2 knew 3 all 4 of 8 . 6 's 7 hiding-places 7 hiding-places 8 . he visited every one of them . 1 he 2 visited 2 visited 3 every 3 every 4 one 4 one 5 of 5 of 6 them 6 them 7 . lightfoot wasn't to be found , and no one whom [sammy] met had seen [lightfoot] for two days . 1 lightfoot 7 and 2 wasn't 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 found 5 found 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 12 met 8 no 9 one 8 no 12 met 9 one 10 whom 12 met 14 seen 13 had 14 seen 14 seen 17 two 16 for 17 two 17 two 18 days 18 days 19 . sammy felt badly . 1 sammy 2 felt 2 felt 3 badly 3 badly 4 . you see , he was very fond of [lightfoot] . 1 you 2 see 2 see 5 was 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 7 fond 6 very 7 fond 7 fond 8 of 8 of 10 . you remember it was [sammy] who warned [lightfoot] of the coming of the hunter on the morning when the dreadful hunting season began . 1 you 2 remember 1 you 7 warned 2 remember 3 it 4 was 6 who 6 who 7 warned 7 warned 15 on 9 of 13 the 10 the 11 coming 11 coming 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 hunter 14 hunter 15 on 15 on 16 the 16 the 17 morning 16 the 21 hunting 17 morning 18 when 19 the 20 dreadful 19 the 21 hunting 20 dreadful 21 hunting 21 hunting 22 season 22 season 24 . 23 began 24 . ever since the hunting season had opened , [sammy] had done his best to make trouble for the hunters . 1 ever 2 since 1 ever 19 hunters 2 since 4 hunting 2 since 5 season 3 the 4 hunting 5 season 7 opened 5 season 8 , 6 had 7 opened 7 opened 8 , 10 had 11 done 11 done 15 make 11 done 19 hunters 12 his 13 best 13 best 14 to 14 to 15 make 15 make 16 trouble 16 trouble 17 for 17 for 18 the 19 hunters 20 . sammy had known all about the chasing of [lightfoot] by the hounds . 1 sammy 2 had 2 had 3 known 2 had 7 chasing 3 known 4 all 4 all 5 about 5 about 6 the 7 chasing 8 of 7 chasing 12 hounds 10 by 11 the 11 the 12 hounds 12 hounds 13 . everybody in the [green] [forest] had known about it . 1 everybody 2 in 1 everybody 7 known 2 in 3 the 6 had 7 known 7 known 8 about 8 about 9 it 9 it 10 . you see , everybody had heard the voices of those hounds . 1 you 2 see 1 you 6 heard 2 see 3 , 3 , 4 everybody 4 everybody 5 had 6 heard 7 the 6 heard 8 voices 8 voices 10 those 9 of 10 those 10 those 12 . 11 hounds 12 . that was the last [sammy] had seen of [lightfoot] . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 the 3 the 4 last 4 last 6 had 6 had 7 seen 7 seen 8 of 7 seen 10 . he had been able to save [lightfoot] from the hunters , but he couldn't save him from the hounds . 1 he 2 had 1 he 10 hunters 2 had 3 been 3 been 6 save 4 able 5 to 5 to 6 save 6 save 8 from 8 from 9 the 10 hunters 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 he 13 he 14 couldn't 13 he 15 save 14 couldn't 15 save 15 save 19 hounds 16 him 17 from 17 from 18 the 18 the 19 hounds 19 hounds 20 . the more [sammy] thought things over , the more he worried . 1 the 2 more 2 more 5 things 4 thought 5 things 5 things 7 , 6 over 7 , 7 , 10 he 8 the 9 more 9 more 10 he 10 he 12 . 11 worried 12 . " if [he] were alive , somebody certainly would have seen him and nobody has , since the day those hounds chased him . 1 " 5 alive 2 if 4 were 2 if 5 alive 5 alive 8 certainly 6 , 7 somebody 7 somebody 8 certainly 8 certainly 11 seen 8 certainly 15 has 9 would 11 seen 10 have 11 seen 12 him 13 and 12 him 14 nobody 14 nobody 15 has 15 has 17 since 16 , 17 since 17 since 20 those 18 the 19 day 19 day 20 those 20 those 21 hounds 21 hounds 22 chased 21 hounds 24 . 22 chased 23 him 22 chased 24 . i declare , [i] have quite lost my appetite worrying about him . 1 i 2 declare 1 i 5 have 2 declare 3 , 5 have 7 lost 5 have 8 my 6 quite 7 lost 8 my 10 worrying 9 appetite 10 worrying 10 worrying 11 about 11 about 12 him 12 him 13 . if [lightfoot] is dead , and [i] am almost sure he is , the [green] [forest] will never seem the same . " 1 if 4 dead 1 if 8 am 3 is 4 dead 4 dead 5 , 5 , 6 and 8 am 9 almost 8 am 13 , 9 almost 10 sure 9 almost 12 is 10 sure 11 he 13 , 14 the 14 the 17 will 17 will 19 seem 18 never 19 seem 19 seem 21 same 20 the 21 same 21 same 22 . 22 . 23 " [chapter] [xxviii] [:] [the] [hunting] [season] [ends] the very worst things come to an end at last . 1 the 2 very 1 the 5 come 2 very 4 things 3 worst 4 things 5 come 6 to 6 to 7 an 6 to 8 end 8 end 9 at 9 at 10 last 10 last 11 . no matter how bad a thing is , it cannot last forever . 1 no 2 matter 1 no 3 how 3 how 4 bad 3 how 7 is 4 bad 5 a 4 bad 6 thing 7 is 9 it 8 , 9 it 9 it 10 cannot 10 cannot 11 last 10 cannot 13 . 11 last 12 forever 12 forever 13 . so it was with the hunting season for [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 so 2 it 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 with 4 with 5 the 5 the 6 hunting 6 hunting 7 season 7 season 8 for 8 for 10 the 10 the 12 . there came a day when the law protected all [deer] , a day when the hunters could no longer go searching for [lightfoot] . 1 there 3 a 2 came 3 a 3 a 8 protected 4 day 7 law 5 when 6 the 6 the 7 law 7 law 8 protected 8 protected 19 longer 9 all 11 , 11 , 12 a 12 a 13 day 13 day 16 hunters 14 when 15 the 15 the 16 hunters 16 hunters 17 could 16 hunters 19 longer 17 could 18 no 19 longer 21 searching 20 go 21 searching 21 searching 24 . 22 for 24 . but this year there was no rejoicing . 1 but 2 this 2 this 3 year 3 year 4 there 4 there 5 was 5 was 6 no 6 no 7 rejoicing 7 rejoicing 8 . you see , no one could find [lightfoot] . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 3 , 4 no 4 no 6 could 5 one 6 could 6 could 7 find 7 find 9 . sammy [jay] had hunted everywhere through the [green] [forest] . 1 sammy 3 had 3 had 4 hunted 4 hunted 5 everywhere 5 everywhere 6 through 6 through 7 the 7 the 10 . blacky the [crow] , whose eyes are quite as sharp as those of [sammy] [jay] , had joined in the search . 1 blacky 7 are 2 the 5 whose 2 the 6 eyes 4 , 5 whose 6 eyes 7 are 7 are 8 quite 8 quite 13 of 9 as 10 sharp 9 as 12 those 10 sharp 11 as 12 those 13 of 13 of 20 the 16 , 17 had 17 had 18 joined 18 joined 19 in 19 in 20 the 20 the 21 search 21 search 22 . they had found no trace of [lightfoot] . 1 they 2 had 2 had 3 found 3 found 4 no 4 no 5 trace 5 trace 6 of 6 of 8 . paddy the [beaver] said that for three days [lightfoot] had not visited his pond for a drink . 1 paddy 2 the 2 the 8 days 2 the 14 pond 4 said 5 that 5 that 8 days 6 for 7 three 7 three 8 days 10 had 11 not 10 had 12 visited 12 visited 13 his 12 visited 14 pond 14 pond 15 for 15 for 16 a 16 a 17 drink 17 drink 18 . jumper the [hare] had visited [lightfoot] 's favorite eating places at night , but [lightfoot] had not been in any of them . 1 jumper 2 the 1 jumper 9 eating 4 had 5 visited 5 visited 8 favorite 7 's 8 favorite 8 favorite 9 eating 9 eating 12 night 9 eating 18 been 10 places 11 at 11 at 12 night 12 night 13 , 13 , 14 but 16 had 17 not 16 had 18 been 18 been 19 in 19 in 20 any 20 any 23 . 21 of 22 them 22 them 23 . " [i] tell you what it is , " said [sammy] [jay] [to] [bobby] [coon] , " something has happened to [lightfoot] . 1 " 4 you 1 " 10 said 3 tell 4 you 4 you 5 what 5 what 6 it 6 it 7 is 7 is 8 , 9 " 10 said 10 said 16 , 16 , 17 " 17 " 18 something 17 " 23 . 18 something 19 has 19 has 20 happened 20 happened 21 to either those hounds caught him and killed him , or he was shot by one of those hunters . 1 either 3 hounds 1 either 9 , 2 those 3 hounds 3 hounds 7 killed 4 caught 5 him 5 him 6 and 6 and 7 killed 8 him 9 , 9 , 10 or 10 or 16 of 11 he 12 was 11 he 13 shot 13 shot 14 by 14 by 15 one 15 one 16 of 16 of 17 those 17 those 18 hunters 18 hunters 19 . the [green] [forest] will never be the same without him . 1 the 4 will 4 will 8 same 5 never 6 be 6 be 7 the 7 the 8 same 8 same 9 without 9 without 11 . 10 him 11 . i don't think [i] shall want to come over here very much . 1 i 2 don't 1 i 5 shall 2 don't 3 think 5 shall 6 want 5 shall 7 to 7 to 8 come 8 come 9 over 8 come 13 . 9 over 10 here 10 here 11 very 11 very 13 . 12 much 13 . there isn't one of all the other people who live in the [green] [forest] who would be missed as [lightfoot] will be . " 1 there 4 of 1 there 8 people 2 isn't 3 one 3 one 4 of 4 of 7 other 5 all 6 the 5 all 7 other 8 people 9 who 8 people 15 who 9 who 10 live 10 live 11 in 11 in 12 the 15 who 17 be 15 who 18 missed 15 who 22 be 16 would 17 be 18 missed 19 as 21 will 22 be 22 be 23 . 23 . 24 " bobby [coon] nodded . 1 bobby 3 nodded 3 nodded 4 . " that 's true , [sammy] , " said he . 1 " 2 that 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 true 4 true 5 , 5 , 8 " 7 , 8 " 8 " 9 said 9 said 10 he 10 he 11 . " without [lightfoot] , the [green] [forest] will never be the same . 1 " 2 without 2 without 4 , 4 , 5 the 5 the 12 same 8 will 9 never 9 never 10 be 10 be 11 the 10 be 12 same 12 same 13 . he never harmed anybody . 1 he 2 never 2 never 3 harmed 3 harmed 4 anybody 4 anybody 5 . why those hunters should have been so anxious to kill one so beautiful is something [i] can't understand . 1 why 5 have 1 why 13 beautiful 2 those 5 have 3 hunters 4 should 3 hunters 5 have 5 have 6 been 6 been 8 anxious 6 been 12 so 7 so 8 anxious 8 anxious 9 to 9 to 10 kill 10 kill 11 one 13 beautiful 14 is 14 is 19 . 15 something 17 can't 15 something 19 . 17 can't 18 understand for that matter , [i] don't understand why they want to kill any of us . 1 for 2 that 2 that 3 matter 2 that 6 don't 3 matter 4 , 6 don't 8 why 7 understand 8 why 8 why 11 to 9 they 10 want 10 want 11 to 11 to 12 kill 12 kill 14 of 13 any 14 of 14 of 15 us 15 us 16 . if they really needed us for food , it would be a different matter , but they don't . 1 if 2 they 1 if 5 us 2 they 4 needed 3 really 4 needed 5 us 7 food 5 us 8 , 6 for 7 food 8 , 14 matter 8 , 16 but 9 it 10 would 9 it 11 be 11 be 13 different 11 be 14 matter 12 a 13 different 15 , 16 but 16 but 17 they 17 they 19 . 18 don't 19 . have you been up in the [old] [pasture] and asked [old] [man] [coyote] if he has seen anything of [lightfoot] ? " 1 have 2 you 2 you 3 been 3 been 4 up 3 been 9 and 4 up 6 the 5 in 6 the 9 and 10 asked 9 and 14 if 14 if 16 has 15 he 16 has 16 has 17 seen 17 seen 18 anything 17 seen 21 ? 18 anything 19 of 21 ? 22 " sammy nodded . 1 sammy 2 nodded 2 nodded 3 . " [i] 've been up there twice , " said he . 1 " 3 've 3 've 5 up 4 been 5 up 5 up 7 twice 6 there 7 twice 7 twice 8 , 8 , 9 " 9 " 12 . 10 said 11 he 11 he 12 . " old [man] [coyote] has been lying very low during the days , but nights he has done a lot of traveling . 1 " 2 old 1 " 5 has 5 has 6 been 5 has 8 very 6 been 7 lying 8 very 20 lot 9 low 10 during 10 during 11 the 10 during 12 days 12 days 13 , 12 days 16 he 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 nights 16 he 17 has 16 he 20 lot 17 has 18 done 18 done 19 a 20 lot 22 traveling 21 of 22 traveling 22 traveling 23 . i thought he might have found the place where [lightfoot] was killed , but he hasn't , although he has looked for it . 1 i 2 thought 1 i 4 might 2 thought 4 might 3 he 4 might 4 might 6 found 5 have 6 found 6 found 8 place 7 the 8 place 8 place 9 where 8 place 12 killed 9 where 11 was 12 killed 16 hasn't 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 he 15 he 16 hasn't 16 hasn't 17 , 17 , 21 looked 17 , 22 for 18 although 20 has 19 he 20 has 20 has 21 looked 22 for 23 it 23 it 24 . well , the hunting season for [lightfoot] is over , but [i] am afraid it has ended too late . " 1 well 3 the 1 well 14 afraid 2 , 3 the 3 the 4 hunting 4 hunting 5 season 5 season 6 for 8 is 9 over 9 over 13 am 9 over 14 afraid 10 , 11 but 11 but 13 am 14 afraid 16 has 15 it 16 has 16 has 18 too 17 ended 18 too 18 too 19 late 19 late 20 . 20 . 21 " [chapter] [xxix] [:] [mr] [and] [mrs] [.] [quack] [are] [startled] it was the evening of the day after the closing of the hunting season for [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 10 closing 2 was 4 evening 3 the 4 evening 4 evening 5 of 4 evening 7 day 5 of 6 the 6 the 7 day 7 day 8 after 8 after 9 the 10 closing 13 hunting 11 of 12 the 11 of 13 hunting 13 hunting 19 . 14 season 15 for 14 season 19 . 15 for 17 the mr and [mrs] [quack] were getting their evening meal among the brown stalks of the wild rice along the edge of the [big] [river] . 1 mr 2 and 2 and 10 among 5 were 6 getting 6 getting 8 evening 6 getting 10 among 7 their 8 evening 8 evening 9 meal 10 among 17 rice 11 the 12 brown 12 brown 13 stalks 12 brown 14 of 14 of 15 the 14 of 17 rice 15 the 16 wild 17 rice 18 along 17 rice 20 edge 18 along 19 the 20 edge 22 the 20 edge 25 . 21 of 22 the they took turns in searching for the rice grains in the mud . 1 they 2 took 1 they 3 turns 2 took 3 turns 3 turns 4 in 3 turns 5 searching 5 searching 6 for 5 searching 9 grains 6 for 8 rice 7 the 8 rice 9 grains 11 the 9 grains 12 mud 10 in 11 the 12 mud 13 . then [mrs] [quack] took her turn at keeping watch , while [mr] [quack] stood on his head and hunted for rice . 1 then 5 her 4 took 5 her 5 her 6 turn 6 turn 14 stood 7 at 11 while 8 keeping 9 watch 8 keeping 10 , 10 , 11 while 11 while 14 stood 14 stood 17 head 15 on 16 his 16 his 17 head 17 head 18 and 18 and 19 hunted 19 hunted 20 for 20 for 21 rice 21 rice 22 . it was wonderfully quiet and peaceful . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 wonderfully 3 wonderfully 4 quiet 4 quiet 5 and 5 and 6 peaceful 6 peaceful 7 . there was not even a ripple on the [big] [river] . 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 even 3 not 4 even 4 even 6 ripple 5 a 6 ripple 6 ripple 7 on 7 on 8 the 8 the 11 . it was so quiet [that] they could hear the barking of a dog at a farmhouse a mile away . 1 it 4 quiet 1 it 7 could 2 was 3 so 3 so 4 quiet 6 they 7 could 7 could 8 hear 8 hear 9 the 8 hear 13 dog 9 the 10 barking 10 barking 11 of 11 of 12 a 13 dog 14 at 14 at 15 a 15 a 16 farmhouse 16 farmhouse 17 a 16 farmhouse 18 mile 17 a 18 mile 18 mile 19 away 19 away 20 . they were far enough out from the bank to have nothing to fear from [reddy] [fox] or [old] [man] [coyote] . 1 they 5 out 2 were 3 far 3 far 4 enough 4 enough 5 out 5 out 11 nothing 6 from 7 the 7 the 8 bank 8 bank 9 to 9 to 10 have 10 have 11 nothing 11 nothing 17 or 12 to 13 fear 13 fear 14 from 14 from 17 or 17 or 21 . so they had nothing to fear from any one save [hooty] the [owl] . 1 so 2 they 1 so 4 nothing 2 they 3 had 4 nothing 5 to 5 to 6 fear 5 to 8 any 6 fear 7 from 8 any 9 one 8 any 10 save 10 save 12 the 12 the 14 . it was for [hooty] that they took turns in watching . 1 it 2 was 1 it 8 turns 2 was 3 for 5 that 6 they 6 they 7 took 7 took 8 turns 8 turns 10 watching 9 in 10 watching 10 watching 11 . it was just the hour when [hooty] likes best to hunt . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 just 3 just 5 hour 4 the 5 hour 5 hour 9 best 6 when 8 likes 8 likes 9 best 9 best 10 to 10 to 11 hunt 11 hunt 12 . by and by they heard [booty] 's hunting call . 1 by 2 and 2 and 3 by 2 and 4 they 4 they 5 heard 5 heard 9 call 7 's 8 hunting 8 hunting 9 call 9 call 10 . it was far away in the [green] [forest] , [then] [mr] . and [mrs] [quack] felt easier , and they talked in low , contented voices . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 away 2 was 3 far 4 away 5 in 5 in 6 the 5 in 17 easier 9 , 12 . 12 . 16 felt 13 and 16 felt 16 felt 17 easier 17 easier 18 , 18 , 19 and 18 , 20 they 20 they 21 talked 21 talked 23 low 21 talked 26 voices 22 in 23 low 23 low 24 , 23 low 25 contented 26 voices 27 . they felt that for a while at least there was nothing to fear . 1 they 2 felt 1 they 5 a 2 felt 3 that 3 that 4 for 5 a 6 while 5 a 9 there 6 while 7 at 7 at 8 least 9 there 10 was 9 there 11 nothing 11 nothing 12 to 11 nothing 14 . 12 to 13 fear 13 fear 14 . suddenly a little splash out in the [big] [river] caught [mr] [quack] 's quick ear . 1 suddenly 2 a 1 suddenly 4 splash 2 a 3 little 4 splash 5 out 4 splash 10 caught 5 out 6 in 6 in 7 the 10 caught 16 . 13 's 14 quick 14 quick 16 . 15 ear 16 . as [mrs] [quack] brought her head up out of the water , [mr] [quack] warned her to keep quiet . 1 as 4 brought 4 brought 7 up 5 her 6 head 6 head 7 up 7 up 9 of 8 out 9 of 9 of 11 water 10 the 11 water 11 water 12 , 12 , 19 quiet 15 warned 16 her 16 her 17 to 17 to 18 keep 18 keep 19 quiet 19 quiet 20 . noiselessly they swam among the brown stalks until they could see out across the [big] [river] . 1 noiselessly 2 they 1 noiselessly 3 swam 2 they 3 swam 3 swam 6 brown 3 swam 7 stalks 4 among 5 the 4 among 6 brown 7 stalks 8 until 7 stalks 11 see 8 until 9 they 9 they 10 could 9 they 11 see 11 see 12 out 12 out 13 across 12 out 14 the 14 the 17 . there was another little splash out there in the middle . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 another 3 another 6 out 4 little 5 splash 5 splash 6 out 6 out 8 in 7 there 8 in 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 middle 10 middle 11 . it wasn't the splash made [by] a fish ; it was a splash made by something much bigger than any fish . 1 it 5 made 2 wasn't 3 the 3 the 4 splash 3 the 5 made 5 made 8 fish 7 a 8 fish 8 fish 16 something 9 ; 10 it 10 it 11 was 11 was 12 a 12 a 13 splash 13 splash 14 made 13 splash 16 something 14 made 15 by 16 something 20 any 17 much 18 bigger 17 much 20 any 18 bigger 19 than 18 bigger 20 any 20 any 21 fish 21 fish 22 . presently they made out a silver line moving towards them from the [black] [shadows] . 1 presently 2 they 1 presently 5 a 2 they 3 made 3 made 4 out 3 made 5 a 5 a 6 silver 5 a 8 moving 6 silver 7 line 8 moving 9 towards 9 towards 12 the 9 towards 15 . 10 them 11 from 11 from 12 the they knew exactly what it meant . 1 they 2 knew 1 they 3 exactly 3 exactly 4 what 4 what 5 it 5 it 6 meant 6 meant 7 . it meant that some one was out there in the [big] [river] moving towards them . 1 it 2 meant 1 it 6 was 2 meant 3 that 3 that 4 some 4 some 5 one 6 was 7 out 7 out 10 the 8 there 9 in 9 in 10 the 10 the 13 moving 13 moving 14 towards 14 towards 15 them 14 towards 16 . 15 them 16 . could it be a boat containing a hunter ? 1 could 3 be 2 it 3 be 3 be 4 a 4 a 6 containing 5 boat 6 containing 6 containing 7 a 7 a 8 hunter 8 hunter 9 ? with their necks stretched high , [mr] and [mrs] . quack watched . 1 with 2 their 1 with 3 necks 3 necks 5 high 4 stretched 5 high 5 high 8 and 6 , 8 and 8 and 10 . 10 . 11 quack 11 quack 12 watched 11 quack 13 . they were ready to take to their strong wings the instant they discovered danger . 1 they 2 were 1 they 5 take 3 ready 4 to 4 to 5 take 5 take 7 their 6 to 7 their 7 their 8 strong 8 strong 12 they 9 wings 10 the 9 wings 11 instant 10 the 11 instant 11 instant 12 they 12 they 14 danger 13 discovered 14 danger 14 danger 15 . but they did not want to fly until they were sure that it [was] danger approaching . 1 but 4 not 2 they 3 did 3 did 4 not 4 not 5 want 5 want 6 to 5 want 7 fly 6 to 7 fly 7 fly 8 until 8 until 9 they 8 until 13 it 9 they 10 were 10 were 11 sure 11 sure 12 that 13 it 15 danger 15 danger 17 . 16 approaching 17 . they were startled , very much startled . 1 they 3 startled 2 were 3 startled 3 startled 5 very 4 , 5 very 5 very 6 much 5 very 7 startled 6 much 7 startled 7 startled 8 . presently they made out what looked [like] the branch of a tree moving over the water towards them . 1 presently 10 of 2 they 4 out 2 they 9 branch 3 made 4 out 5 what 6 looked 6 looked 8 the 6 looked 9 branch 9 branch 10 of 10 of 15 the 11 a 13 moving 12 tree 13 moving 13 moving 14 over 14 over 15 the 15 the 17 towards 16 water 17 towards 17 towards 19 . 18 them 19 . that was queer , very queer . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 queer 3 queer 4 , 4 , 5 very 5 very 6 queer 6 queer 7 . mr [quack] said so . 1 mr 3 said 1 mr 5 . 4 so 5 . mrs [quack] said so . 1 mrs 3 said 1 mrs 5 . 4 so 5 . both were growing more and more suspicious . 1 both 2 were 2 were 3 growing 3 growing 4 more 4 more 7 suspicious 5 and 6 more 6 more 7 suspicious 7 suspicious 8 . they couldn't understand it at all , and it is always best to be suspicious of things you cannot understand . 1 they 2 couldn't 1 they 3 understand 1 they 12 best 3 understand 4 it 3 understand 11 always 4 it 5 at 6 all 7 , 6 all 11 always 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 it 9 it 10 is 11 always 12 best 12 best 15 suspicious 13 to 14 be 14 be 15 suspicious 15 suspicious 16 of 15 suspicious 21 . 16 of 17 things 18 you 19 cannot 18 you 20 understand 20 understand 21 . mr and [mrs] . quack half lifted their wings to fly . 1 mr 5 quack 2 and 4 . 4 . 5 quack 5 quack 6 half 6 half 7 lifted 7 lifted 10 to 8 their 9 wings 9 wings 10 to 10 to 11 fly 11 fly 12 . [chapter] [xxx] [:] [the] [mystery] [is] [solved] it was very mysterious . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 very 3 very 4 mysterious 4 mysterious 5 . yes , [sir] , it was very mysterious . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 very 7 very 8 mysterious 8 mysterious 9 . mr [quack] thought so . 1 mr 3 thought 3 thought 4 so 4 so 5 . mrs [quack] thought so . 1 mrs 3 thought 3 thought 4 so 4 so 5 . but how could the branch of a tree swim ? 1 but 3 could 2 how 3 could 3 could 5 branch 4 the 5 branch 5 branch 6 of 6 of 7 a 7 a 8 tree 8 tree 9 swim 9 swim 10 ? that was too much for [mr] [quack] . 1 that 2 was 2 was 3 too 3 too 4 much 4 much 5 for 5 for 8 . it was too much for [mrs] [quack] . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 too 3 too 4 much 4 much 5 for 5 for 8 . they were ready to spring into the air and trust to their swift wings the instant they should detect danger . 1 they 10 trust 1 they 16 instant 2 were 3 ready 3 ready 4 to 3 ready 5 spring 5 spring 6 into 6 into 9 and 7 the 8 air 8 air 9 and 9 and 10 trust 10 trust 11 to 10 trust 13 swift 12 their 13 swift 13 swift 14 wings 14 wings 15 the 16 instant 21 . 17 they 19 detect 18 should 19 detect 19 detect 20 danger 20 danger 21 . but they did not want to fly unless they had to . 1 but 2 they 2 they 3 did 2 they 4 not 4 not 5 want 4 not 7 fly 6 to 7 fly 7 fly 8 unless 8 unless 9 they 9 they 10 had 9 they 12 . 10 had 11 to 11 to 12 . besides , they were curious . 1 besides 2 , 2 , 3 they 3 they 4 were 4 were 5 curious 5 curious 6 . they were very curious indeed . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 very 3 very 4 curious 4 curious 5 indeed 5 indeed 6 . they wanted to find out what that mysterious thing moving through the water towards them was . 1 they 2 wanted 1 they 5 out 2 wanted 3 to 2 wanted 4 find 5 out 13 water 6 what 7 that 6 what 8 mysterious 8 mysterious 10 moving 8 mysterious 13 water 9 thing 10 moving 11 through 12 the 12 the 13 water 13 water 14 towards 14 towards 15 them 14 towards 17 . 16 was 17 . but [paddy] the [beaver] was way back in his own pond , deep in the [green] [forest] , and they knew it . 1 but 3 the 1 but 20 they 5 was 8 in 6 way 7 back 7 back 8 in 8 in 11 pond 9 his 10 own 10 own 11 pond 11 pond 12 , 12 , 13 deep 12 , 19 and 13 deep 15 the 14 in 15 the 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 they 20 they 21 knew 21 knew 22 it 21 knew 23 . 22 it 23 . so this thing became more and more of a mystery . 1 so 5 more 2 this 3 thing 3 thing 4 became 4 became 5 more 5 more 7 more 6 and 7 more 7 more 8 of 8 of 10 mystery 9 a 10 mystery 10 mystery 11 . the nearer it came , the more nervous and anxious they grew , and at the same time the greater became their curiosity [.] 1 the 4 came 2 nearer 3 it 3 it 4 came 4 came 12 grew 5 , 6 the 6 the 7 more 7 more 8 nervous 8 nervous 9 and 8 nervous 10 anxious 10 anxious 11 they 10 anxious 12 grew 12 grew 20 greater 13 , 14 and 13 , 20 greater 14 and 15 at 15 at 16 the 16 the 17 same 17 same 18 time 18 time 19 the 20 greater 21 became 21 became 22 their 21 became 23 curiosity 22 their 23 curiosity at last [mr] [quack] felt that not even to gratify his curiosity would it be safe to wait longer . 1 at 2 last 1 at 10 gratify 2 last 5 felt 5 felt 6 that 6 that 7 not 7 not 8 even 8 even 9 to 10 gratify 16 safe 11 his 12 curiosity 12 curiosity 13 would 13 would 14 it 13 would 15 be 14 it 15 be 15 be 16 safe 16 safe 17 to 17 to 19 longer 18 wait 19 longer 19 longer 20 . he prepared to spring into the air , knowing that [mrs] [quack] would follow him . 1 he 2 prepared 1 he 4 spring 2 prepared 3 to 4 spring 7 air 5 into 6 the 6 the 7 air 7 air 9 knowing 8 , 9 knowing 9 knowing 10 that 10 that 13 would 13 would 16 . 14 follow 15 him 15 him 16 . it was just then that a funny little sound reached him . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 then 2 was 3 just 4 then 9 sound 5 that 6 a 6 a 7 funny 7 funny 8 little 8 little 9 sound 9 sound 10 reached 10 reached 11 him 11 him 12 . it was [half] snort , half cough , as if some one had sniffed some water up his nose . 1 it 2 was 1 it 5 , 2 was 4 snort 5 , 7 cough 6 half 7 cough 7 cough 16 water 8 , 9 as 8 , 10 if 10 if 11 some 11 some 12 one 11 some 14 sniffed 12 one 13 had 14 sniffed 15 some 14 sniffed 16 water 16 water 17 up 17 up 20 . 18 his 19 nose 18 his 20 . 19 nose 20 . there was something familiar about that sound . 1 there 2 was 1 there 3 something 2 was 3 something 3 something 4 familiar 4 familiar 5 about 5 about 6 that 6 that 7 sound 7 sound 8 . mr [quack] decided to wait a few minutes longer . 1 mr 4 to 3 decided 4 to 4 to 5 wait 5 wait 6 a 5 wait 8 minutes 6 a 7 few 7 few 8 minutes 8 minutes 9 longer 9 longer 10 . somehow [i] have a feeling that we are in no danger . " 1 somehow 6 that 3 have 4 a 4 a 5 feeling 5 feeling 6 that 6 that 7 we 7 we 8 are 8 are 9 in 9 in 11 danger 10 no 11 danger 11 danger 12 . 12 . 13 " so [mr] . and [mrs] [quack] waited and watched . 1 so 3 . 3 . 7 waited 4 and 7 waited 7 waited 8 and 8 and 9 watched 9 watched 10 . it was a mystery no longer . 1 it 2 was 1 it 3 a 3 a 4 mystery 4 mystery 5 no 5 no 6 longer 6 longer 7 . they saw that they had mistaken the antlers of [lightfoot] the [deer] for the branch of a tree . 1 they 2 saw 1 they 5 had 2 saw 3 that 3 that 4 they 4 they 5 had 5 had 6 mistaken 6 mistaken 8 antlers 7 the 8 antlers 8 antlers 9 of 8 antlers 16 of 11 the 15 branch 13 for 14 the 14 the 15 branch 15 branch 16 of 16 of 18 tree 17 a 18 tree 18 tree 19 . lightfoot was swimming across the [big] [river] on his way back to his home in the [green] [forest] . 1 lightfoot 2 was 1 lightfoot 3 swimming 3 swimming 4 across 3 swimming 11 back 4 across 5 the 8 on 9 his 8 on 10 way 10 way 11 back 11 back 12 to 12 to 13 his 13 his 14 home 14 home 15 in 15 in 16 the 16 the 19 . at once [mr] and [mrs] . quack swam out to meet him and to tell him how glad they were that he was alive and safe . 1 at 2 once 2 once 6 . 2 once 8 swam 4 and 6 . 6 . 7 quack 7 quack 8 swam 8 swam 10 to 8 swam 14 to 9 out 10 to 11 meet 12 him 11 meet 14 to 12 him 13 and 14 to 16 him 15 tell 16 him 16 him 18 glad 17 how 18 glad 18 glad 19 they 19 they 20 were 19 they 27 . 21 that 22 he 22 he 23 was 23 was 24 alive 24 alive 25 and 25 and 26 safe 26 safe 27 . [chapter] [xxxi] [:] [a] [surprising] [discovery] so [lightfoot] roamed about without fear and was happy . 1 so 3 roamed 3 roamed 4 about 4 about 5 without 4 about 6 fear 6 fear 7 and 7 and 10 . 8 was 9 happy 9 happy 10 . it seemed to him that he could not be happier . 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 6 he 3 to 4 him 4 him 5 that 5 that 6 he 6 he 7 could 7 could 10 happier 8 not 9 be 9 be 10 happier 10 happier 11 . there was plenty to eat and that blessed feeling of nothing to fear . 1 there 5 eat 2 was 3 plenty 3 plenty 4 to 4 to 5 eat 5 eat 9 feeling 6 and 7 that 7 that 8 blessed 8 blessed 9 feeling 9 feeling 10 of 10 of 11 nothing 11 nothing 12 to 12 to 13 fear 12 to 14 . what more could any one ask ? 1 what 2 more 2 more 3 could 3 could 4 any 4 any 5 one 4 any 6 ask 6 ask 7 ? he began to grow sleek and fat and handsomer than ever . 1 he 2 began 2 began 3 to 2 began 7 fat 3 to 4 grow 4 grow 5 sleek 5 sleek 6 and 7 fat 10 than 8 and 9 handsomer 9 handsomer 10 than 10 than 11 ever 11 ever 12 . the days were growing colder and the frosty air made him feel good . 1 the 2 days 1 the 5 colder 3 were 4 growing 4 growing 5 colder 5 colder 8 frosty 6 and 7 the 6 and 8 frosty 8 frosty 9 air 9 air 11 him 9 air 12 feel 10 made 11 him 12 feel 14 . 13 good 14 . just at dusk one evening he went down to his favorite drinking place at the [laughing] [brook] . 1 just 5 evening 1 just 7 went 1 just 12 drinking 2 at 3 dusk 3 dusk 4 one 4 one 5 evening 6 he 7 went 8 down 9 to 9 to 10 his 10 his 11 favorite 10 his 12 drinking 12 drinking 13 place 13 place 18 . 14 at 15 the 15 the 18 . as he put down his head to drink he saw something which so surprised him that he quite forgot he was thirsty . 1 as 2 he 1 as 4 down 2 he 3 put 4 down 21 was 5 his 6 head 5 his 8 drink 6 head 7 to 8 drink 10 saw 9 he 10 saw 10 saw 12 which 11 something 12 which 12 which 13 so 13 so 20 he 14 surprised 19 forgot 14 surprised 20 he 15 him 16 that 16 that 17 he 17 he 18 quite 17 he 19 forgot 18 quite 19 forgot 20 he 21 was 21 was 22 thirsty 22 thirsty 23 . what do you think it was he saw ? 1 what 2 do 1 what 3 you 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 think 4 think 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 he 7 he 8 saw 8 saw 9 ? it was a footprint in the soft mud . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 footprint 2 was 3 a 4 footprint 5 in 5 in 6 the 6 the 7 soft 6 the 8 mud 8 mud 9 . yes , [sir] , it was a footprint . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 5 it 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 a 7 a 8 footprint 8 footprint 9 . for a long time [lightfoot] stood staring at that footprint . 1 for 3 long 2 a 3 long 3 long 4 time 4 time 6 stood 6 stood 7 staring 7 staring 8 at 7 staring 10 footprint 8 at 9 that 10 footprint 11 . in his great , soft eyes was a look of wonder and surprise . 1 in 8 a 2 his 3 great 3 great 4 , 4 , 5 soft 5 soft 6 eyes 6 eyes 7 was 7 was 8 a 8 a 9 look 9 look 10 of 10 of 11 wonder 11 wonder 12 and 12 and 13 surprise 13 surprise 14 . you see , that footprint was exactly like one of his own , only smaller . 1 you 2 see 1 you 5 footprint 2 see 3 , 2 see 4 that 3 , 4 that 5 footprint 8 like 6 was 7 exactly 7 exactly 8 like 8 like 12 own 9 one 10 of 10 of 11 his 11 his 12 own 12 own 13 , 12 own 15 smaller 13 , 14 only 15 smaller 16 . to [lightfoot] it was a very wonderful footprint . 1 to 3 it 3 it 5 a 4 was 5 a 5 a 9 . 6 very 7 wonderful 7 wonderful 8 footprint 8 footprint 9 . he was quite sure that never had he seen such a dainty footprint . 1 he 2 was 1 he 4 sure 2 was 3 quite 4 sure 5 that 5 that 7 had 6 never 7 had 7 had 10 such 8 he 9 seen 9 seen 10 such 10 such 14 . 11 a 12 dainty 12 dainty 13 footprint 13 footprint 14 . he forgot to drink . 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 to 3 to 4 drink 4 drink 5 . instead , he began to search for other footprints , and presently he found them . 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 6 search 1 instead 10 , 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 began 4 began 5 to 6 search 7 for 6 search 9 footprints 7 for 8 other 8 other 9 footprints 10 , 11 and 10 , 14 found 12 presently 13 he 13 he 14 found 14 found 16 . 15 them 16 . each was as dainty as that first one . 1 each 4 dainty 2 was 3 as 3 as 4 dainty 4 dainty 5 as 4 dainty 7 first 6 that 7 first 7 first 8 one 8 one 9 . who could have made them ? 1 who 2 could 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 made 4 made 5 them 5 them 6 ? that is what [lightfoot] wanted to know and what he meant to find out . 1 that 5 wanted 2 is 3 what 3 what 5 wanted 5 wanted 9 what 6 to 7 know 7 know 8 and 8 and 9 what 9 what 11 meant 10 he 11 meant 11 meant 12 to 12 to 13 find 13 find 14 out 13 find 15 . 14 out 15 . it was clear to him that there was a stranger in the [green] [forest] , and somehow he didn't resent it in the least . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 clear 3 clear 5 him 3 clear 10 stranger 4 to 5 him 5 him 6 that 7 there 8 was 8 was 9 a 8 was 10 stranger 10 stranger 12 the 10 stranger 17 somehow 11 in 12 the 15 , 16 and 15 , 17 somehow 17 somehow 20 resent 17 somehow 24 least 18 he 19 didn't 19 didn't 20 resent 20 resent 21 it 22 in 23 the 23 the 24 least 24 least 25 . in fact , he was glad . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 glad 6 glad 7 . he couldn't have told why , but it was true . 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 have 2 couldn't 5 why 3 have 4 told 5 why 7 but 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 it 8 it 9 was 8 it 10 true 10 true 11 . lightfoot put his nose to the footprints and sniffed of them . 1 lightfoot 4 nose 1 lightfoot 5 to 2 put 3 his 3 his 4 nose 5 to 6 the 6 the 7 footprints 7 footprints 9 sniffed 8 and 9 sniffed 9 sniffed 11 them 10 of 11 them 11 them 12 . a great longing to find the maker [of] those footprints took possession of him . 1 a 2 great 1 a 7 maker 2 great 3 longing 4 to 5 find 4 to 7 maker 5 find 6 the 7 maker 10 footprints 7 maker 12 possession 9 those 10 footprints 10 footprints 11 took 11 took 12 possession 12 possession 15 . 13 of 14 him 14 him 15 . he lifted his handsome head and listened for some slight [sound] which might show that the stranger was near . 1 he 9 some 1 he 12 which 2 lifted 3 his 2 lifted 4 handsome 4 handsome 5 head 4 handsome 7 listened 5 head 6 and 6 and 7 listened 7 listened 8 for 8 for 9 some 10 slight 12 which 12 which 17 stranger 13 might 14 show 14 show 15 that 15 that 16 the 16 the 17 stranger 17 stranger 19 near 17 stranger 20 . 18 was 19 near with his delicate nostrils he tested the wandering little [night] [breezes] for a stray whiff of scent to tell him which way to go . 1 with 2 his 1 with 6 tested 2 his 3 delicate 3 delicate 4 nostrils 4 nostrils 5 he 6 tested 15 whiff 7 the 8 wandering 8 wandering 9 little 8 wandering 14 stray 12 for 13 a 13 a 14 stray 14 stray 15 whiff 15 whiff 16 of 15 whiff 22 way 16 of 17 scent 17 scent 19 tell 18 to 19 tell 19 tell 20 him 21 which 22 way 22 way 23 to 23 to 24 go 24 go 25 . but there was no sound and the wandering little [night] [breezes] told him nothing . 1 but 2 there 1 but 12 told 2 there 3 was 3 was 4 no 4 no 5 sound 5 sound 6 and 6 and 7 the 7 the 8 wandering 8 wandering 9 little 12 told 13 him 13 him 14 nothing 13 him 15 . lightfoot followed the dainty footprints up the bank . 1 lightfoot 2 followed 1 lightfoot 3 the 3 the 4 dainty 4 dainty 5 footprints 4 dainty 6 up 6 up 8 bank 7 the 8 bank 8 bank 9 . there they disappeared , for the ground was hard . 1 there 2 they 1 there 4 , 2 they 3 disappeared 4 , 5 for 5 for 6 the 6 the 7 ground 7 ground 8 was 7 ground 10 . 8 was 9 hard lightfoot paused , undecided which way to go . 1 lightfoot 2 paused 1 lightfoot 4 undecided 2 paused 3 , 3 , 4 undecided 4 undecided 6 way 5 which 6 way 6 way 7 to 7 to 8 go 8 go 9 . [chapter] [xxxii] [:] [lightfoot] [sees] [the] [stranger] lightfoot the [deer] was unhappy . 1 lightfoot 2 the 2 the 5 unhappy 4 was 5 unhappy 5 unhappy 6 . it was a strange unhappiness , an unhappiness such as he had never known before . 1 it 2 was 2 was 14 known 3 a 5 unhappiness 3 a 7 an 4 strange 5 unhappiness 5 unhappiness 6 , 7 an 8 unhappiness 8 unhappiness 9 such 8 unhappiness 14 known 9 such 10 as 10 as 11 he 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 never 14 known 16 . 15 before 16 . you see , he had discovered that there was a stranger in the [green] [forest] , a stranger of his own kind , another [deer] . 1 you 2 see 1 you 10 a 2 see 5 had 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 had 5 had 6 discovered 6 discovered 8 there 7 that 8 there 9 was 10 a 10 a 12 in 10 a 17 a 11 stranger 12 in 12 in 13 the 16 , 17 a 17 a 19 of 18 stranger 19 of 19 of 22 kind 20 his 21 own 21 own 22 kind 22 kind 23 , 22 kind 26 . 24 another 26 . he knew it by dainty footprints in the mud along the [laughing] [brook] and on the edge of the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 3 it 2 knew 6 footprints 4 by 5 dainty 5 dainty 6 footprints 6 footprints 7 in 7 in 8 the 7 in 17 edge 8 the 9 mud 9 mud 10 along 10 along 11 the 10 along 16 the 14 and 15 on 15 on 16 the 17 edge 18 of 18 of 23 the 19 the 20 pond 20 pond 21 of 21 of 23 the 23 the 25 . he knew it by other signs which he ran across every now and then . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 6 signs 2 knew 3 it 2 knew 5 other 4 by 5 other 6 signs 7 which 6 signs 9 ran 6 signs 11 every 7 which 8 he 9 ran 10 across 11 every 12 now 11 every 13 and 13 and 14 then 14 then 15 . but search as he would , he was unable to find that newcomer . 1 but 2 search 2 search 5 would 3 as 4 he 4 he 5 would 5 would 11 find 6 , 7 he 7 he 8 was 8 was 9 unable 9 unable 10 to 10 to 11 find 11 find 13 newcomer 12 that 13 newcomer 13 newcomer 14 . he had searched everywhere but always he was just too late . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 searched 3 searched 4 everywhere 4 everywhere 6 always 4 everywhere 8 was 5 but 6 always 7 he 8 was 8 was 11 late 9 just 10 too 10 too 11 late 11 late 12 . the stranger had been and gone . 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 had 3 had 4 been 4 been 5 and 5 and 6 gone 6 gone 7 . now there was no anger in [lightfoot] 's desire to find that stranger . 1 now 3 was 2 there 3 was 3 was 5 anger 4 no 5 anger 5 anger 6 in 5 anger 9 desire 8 's 9 desire 9 desire 10 to 10 to 11 find 10 to 14 . 11 find 12 that 12 that 13 stranger instead , there was a great longing . 1 instead 2 , 1 instead 3 there 3 there 4 was 4 was 5 a 4 was 6 great 5 a 6 great 6 great 7 longing 7 longing 8 . for the first time in his life [lightfoot] felt lonely . 1 for 3 first 2 the 3 first 3 first 4 time 4 time 5 in 5 in 6 his 6 his 7 life 6 his 10 lonely 9 felt 10 lonely 10 lonely 11 . so he hunted and hunted and was unhappy . 1 so 2 he 1 so 3 hunted 2 he 3 hunted 3 hunted 5 hunted 4 and 5 hunted 5 hunted 6 and 6 and 7 was 7 was 8 unhappy 8 unhappy 9 . he lost his appetite . 1 he 2 lost 2 lost 3 his 3 his 4 appetite 4 appetite 5 . he slept little . 1 he 2 slept 2 slept 3 little 3 little 4 . he roamed about uneasily , looking , listening , testing every [merry] [little] [breeze] , but all in vain . 1 he 4 uneasily 2 roamed 3 about 2 roamed 4 uneasily 4 uneasily 5 , 4 uneasily 8 listening 5 , 6 looking 6 looking 7 , 8 listening 10 testing 8 listening 11 every 9 , 10 testing 11 every 15 , 15 , 16 but 16 but 19 vain 17 all 18 in 18 in 19 vain 19 vain 20 . then , one never-to-be-forgotten night , as he drank at the [laughing] [brook] , a strange feeling swept over him . 1 then 2 , 1 then 14 , 2 , 3 one 3 one 4 never-to-be-forgotten 4 never-to-be-forgotten 5 night 5 night 6 , 6 , 7 as 7 as 9 drank 8 he 9 drank 9 drank 10 at 10 at 11 the 14 , 17 feeling 15 a 16 strange 16 strange 17 feeling 17 feeling 18 swept 18 swept 19 over 18 swept 21 . 19 over 20 him it was the feeling of being watched . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 the 3 the 4 feeling 4 feeling 5 of 5 of 6 being 6 being 7 watched 7 watched 8 . lightfoot lifted his beautiful head and a slight movement caught his quick eye and drew it to a thicket [not] far away . 1 lightfoot 2 lifted 1 lightfoot 10 caught 2 lifted 4 beautiful 2 lifted 6 and 3 his 4 beautiful 4 beautiful 5 head 6 and 9 movement 7 a 8 slight 8 slight 9 movement 10 caught 11 his 11 his 12 quick 11 his 13 eye 12 quick 13 eye 13 eye 18 a 14 and 15 drew 15 drew 16 it 15 drew 18 a 16 it 17 to 18 a 23 . 19 thicket 21 far 21 far 23 . 22 away 23 . for a long minute [lightfoot] stood gazing . 1 for 2 a 2 a 3 long 2 a 6 stood 3 long 4 minute 6 stood 7 gazing 7 gazing 8 . a pair of wonderful , great , soft eyes gazed back at him . 1 a 2 pair 1 a 4 wonderful 2 pair 3 of 4 wonderful 9 eyes 4 wonderful 11 back 5 , 6 great 5 , 9 eyes 6 great 7 , 7 , 8 soft 9 eyes 10 gazed 11 back 12 at 12 at 13 him 13 him 14 . then that beautiful head disappeared . 1 then 2 that 2 that 3 beautiful 3 beautiful 4 head 4 head 5 disappeared 5 disappeared 6 . with a mighty bound , [lightfoot] cleared the [laughing] [brook] and rushed over to the thicket in which that beautiful head had disappeared . 1 with 2 a 1 with 3 mighty 3 mighty 4 bound 4 bound 5 , 4 bound 13 over 5 , 7 cleared 7 cleared 8 the 11 and 12 rushed 12 rushed 13 over 13 over 18 which 14 to 15 the 15 the 16 thicket 16 thicket 17 in 16 thicket 18 which 18 which 20 beautiful 19 that 20 beautiful 20 beautiful 21 head 21 head 23 disappeared 21 head 24 . 22 had 23 disappeared 23 disappeared 24 . he plunged in , but there was no one there . 1 he 2 plunged 1 he 7 was 2 plunged 3 in 3 in 4 , 5 but 6 there 6 there 7 was 7 was 8 no 8 no 9 one 9 one 10 there 10 there 11 . frantically he searched , but that thicket was empty . 1 frantically 5 but 2 he 3 searched 3 searched 4 , 4 , 5 but 5 but 6 that 6 that 7 thicket 7 thicket 8 was 7 thicket 9 empty 8 was 9 empty 9 empty 10 . then he stood still and listened . 1 then 3 stood 2 he 3 stood 3 stood 4 still 4 still 5 and 5 and 6 listened 6 listened 7 . not a sound reached him . 1 not 2 a 2 a 3 sound 3 sound 4 reached 4 reached 5 him 5 him 6 . it was as still as if there were no other living things in all the [green] [forest] . 1 it 2 was 1 it 4 still 2 was 3 as 4 still 7 there 5 as 6 if 6 if 7 there 7 there 11 living 8 were 9 no 9 no 10 other 10 other 11 living 11 living 13 in 12 things 13 in 13 in 15 the 14 all 15 the 15 the 18 . the beautiful stranger had slipped away as silently as a shadow . 1 the 2 beautiful 2 beautiful 3 stranger 2 beautiful 7 as 3 stranger 4 had 4 had 5 slipped 5 slipped 6 away 7 as 8 silently 8 silently 9 as 9 as 11 shadow 10 a 11 shadow 11 shadow 12 . all the rest of that night [lightfoot] searched through the [green] [forest] but his search was in vain . 1 all 3 rest 2 the 3 rest 3 rest 4 of 3 rest 8 searched 4 of 5 that 5 that 6 night 8 searched 10 the 8 searched 15 search 9 through 10 the 13 but 14 his 14 his 15 search 15 search 16 was 16 was 17 in 17 in 18 vain 18 vain 19 . the longing to find that beautiful stranger had become so great that he fairly ached with it . 1 the 6 beautiful 2 longing 4 find 3 to 4 find 4 find 5 that 5 that 6 beautiful 6 beautiful 7 stranger 7 stranger 12 that 8 had 9 become 9 become 10 so 10 so 11 great 10 so 12 that 12 that 13 he 13 he 14 fairly 14 fairly 15 ached 15 ached 16 with 15 ached 18 . 17 it 18 . it seemed to him that until he found her he could know no happiness . 1 it 2 seemed 1 it 6 until 2 seemed 3 to 3 to 4 him 4 him 5 that 6 until 8 found 7 he 8 found 8 found 11 could 9 her 10 he 10 he 11 could 11 could 12 know 12 know 13 no 13 no 14 happiness 14 happiness 15 . [chapter] [xxxiii] [:] [a] [different] [game] [of] [hide] [and] [seek] once more [lightfoot] the [deer] was playing hide and seek in the [green] [forest] . 1 once 2 more 1 once 7 playing 2 more 4 the 6 was 7 playing 7 playing 8 hide 8 hide 10 seek 8 hide 11 in 9 and 10 seek 11 in 12 the 12 the 15 . but [it] was a very different game from the one he had played just a short time before . 1 but 3 was 3 was 6 different 4 a 5 very 5 very 6 different 6 different 17 time 7 game 8 from 7 game 13 played 8 from 9 the 10 one 12 had 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 played 13 played 16 short 14 just 15 a 14 just 16 short 16 short 17 time 17 time 19 . 18 before 19 . now , he was " it " , and some one else was doing the hiding . 1 now 4 was 2 , 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 10 some 5 " 6 it 6 it 8 , 7 " 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 some 10 some 14 doing 11 one 12 else 12 else 13 was 13 was 14 doing 14 doing 16 hiding 15 the 16 hiding 16 hiding 17 . at times [lightfoot] would lose his temper . 1 at 2 times 2 times 4 would 4 would 5 lose 5 lose 6 his 6 his 7 temper 7 temper 8 . yes , [sir] , [lightfoot] would lose his temper . 1 yes 2 , 1 yes 4 , 4 , 6 would 6 would 7 lose 7 lose 8 his 8 his 9 temper 9 temper 10 . that was a foolish thing to do , but it seemed to him that he just couldn't help it . 1 that 2 was 1 that 4 foolish 2 was 3 a 4 foolish 8 , 5 thing 6 to 6 to 7 do 7 do 8 , 8 , 15 he 9 but 10 it 10 it 11 seemed 11 seemed 12 to 12 to 13 him 13 him 14 that 14 that 15 he 15 he 17 couldn't 16 just 17 couldn't 17 couldn't 18 help 18 help 19 it 19 it 20 . more than once when he did [this] a pair of great , soft , gentle eyes were watching him , though he didn't know it . 1 more 6 did 2 than 3 once 3 once 4 when 4 when 5 he 5 he 6 did 6 did 13 soft 8 a 9 pair 8 a 11 great 9 pair 10 of 11 great 12 , 11 great 13 soft 13 soft 14 , 13 soft 21 though 14 , 15 gentle 15 gentle 16 eyes 15 gentle 17 were 18 watching 19 him 19 him 20 , 20 , 21 though 21 though 22 he 22 he 24 know 22 he 26 . 23 didn't 24 know 24 know 25 it at other times [lightfoot] would steal about through the [green] [forest] as noiselessly as a shadow . 1 at 2 other 2 other 7 about 3 times 6 steal 5 would 6 steal 6 steal 7 about 7 about 8 through 8 through 9 the 8 through 13 noiselessly 12 as 13 noiselessly 13 noiselessly 14 as 14 as 16 shadow 15 a 16 shadow 16 shadow 17 . he would peer into thickets and behind tangles [of] fallen trees and brush piles , hoping to surprise the one he sought . 1 he 2 would 1 he 3 peer 3 peer 8 tangles 3 peer 13 brush 4 into 5 thickets 5 thickets 7 behind 6 and 7 behind 7 behind 8 tangles 8 tangles 12 and 10 fallen 11 trees 11 trees 12 and 12 and 13 brush 13 brush 14 piles 14 piles 15 , 14 piles 16 hoping 14 piles 23 . 16 hoping 17 to 18 surprise 20 one 18 surprise 23 . 19 the 20 one 21 he 22 sought 22 sought 23 . he would be very , very patient . 1 he 2 would 2 would 4 very 3 be 4 very 4 very 5 , 5 , 7 patient 6 very 7 patient 7 patient 8 . perhaps he would come to the [thicket] which he knew from the signs the stranger had left only a few moments before . 1 perhaps 3 would 1 perhaps 4 come 2 he 3 would 4 come 5 to 5 to 6 the 5 to 10 knew 6 the 8 which 8 which 9 he 10 knew 11 from 10 knew 15 stranger 11 from 12 the 13 signs 14 the 13 signs 15 stranger 15 stranger 19 a 16 had 18 only 17 left 18 only 18 only 19 a 19 a 20 few 20 few 22 before 20 few 23 . 21 moments 22 before then his patience would vanish [in] impatience , and he would dash ahead , eager to catch up with the shy stranger . 1 then 2 his 1 then 3 patience 3 patience 8 , 4 would 5 vanish 5 vanish 7 impatience 7 impatience 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 15 eager 10 he 11 would 10 he 15 eager 11 would 12 dash 12 dash 13 ahead 13 ahead 14 , 15 eager 18 up 16 to 17 catch 16 to 18 up 18 up 19 with 18 up 21 shy 19 with 20 the 21 shy 22 stranger 21 shy 23 . but always it was in vain . 1 but 2 always 2 always 3 it 3 it 4 was 4 was 5 in 5 in 6 vain 6 vain 7 . he had thought himself very clever but this stranger was proving herself more clever . 1 he 2 had 1 he 6 clever 2 had 3 thought 3 thought 5 very 4 himself 5 very 6 clever 12 herself 7 but 8 this 8 this 9 stranger 9 stranger 10 was 10 was 11 proving 11 proving 12 herself 12 herself 15 . 13 more 14 clever 14 clever 15 . of course it wasn't long before all the little people in the [green] [forest] knew what was going on . 1 of 2 course 1 of 5 long 2 course 3 it 3 it 4 wasn't 5 long 6 before 6 before 7 all 6 before 10 people 7 all 8 the 8 the 9 little 10 people 17 was 11 in 12 the 12 the 15 knew 15 knew 16 what 16 what 17 was 17 was 18 going 18 going 20 . 19 on 20 . but now , instead of trying to help [lightfoot] as they did then , they gave him no help at all . 1 but 2 now 1 but 13 then 2 now 3 , 3 , 4 instead 4 instead 5 of 4 instead 6 trying 6 trying 7 to 7 to 8 help 8 help 11 they 10 as 11 they 11 they 12 did 13 then 15 they 14 , 15 they 15 they 16 gave 16 gave 17 him 16 gave 21 all 17 him 18 no 18 no 19 help 19 help 20 at 21 all 22 . the fact is , they were enjoying that game . 1 the 2 fact 2 fact 3 is 2 fact 5 they 3 is 4 , 5 they 6 were 6 were 7 enjoying 7 enjoying 10 . 8 that 9 game 9 game 10 . mischievous [sammy] [jay] even went so far as to warn the stranger several times when [lightfoot] was approaching . 1 mischievous 5 went 1 mischievous 7 far 1 mischievous 13 several 4 even 5 went 5 went 7 far 6 so 7 far 8 as 9 to 9 to 10 warn 10 warn 11 the 11 the 12 stranger 11 the 13 several 13 several 18 approaching 13 several 19 . 14 times 15 when 14 times 18 approaching 17 was 18 approaching of course [lightfoot] knew when [sammy] did this , and each time he lost his temper . 1 of 2 course 2 course 4 knew 4 knew 5 when 5 when 7 did 7 did 14 lost 8 this 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 each 11 each 12 time 12 time 13 he 12 time 14 lost 14 lost 16 temper 14 lost 17 . 15 his 16 temper for the time being , he quite forgot all that [sammy] had done for him when he was the one that was being hunted . 1 for 7 quite 2 the 3 time 3 time 4 being 4 being 5 , 4 being 7 quite 5 , 6 he 7 quite 8 forgot 8 forgot 9 all 9 all 10 that 10 that 17 he 12 had 13 done 13 done 14 for 14 for 15 him 15 him 16 when 16 when 17 he 17 he 18 was 18 was 24 hunted 19 the 20 one 20 one 23 being 21 that 22 was 21 that 23 being 23 being 24 hunted 24 hunted 25 . but when [buster] grinned good-naturedly at him , [lightfoot] thought better of it and bounded away to continue his search . 1 but 2 when 1 but 13 it 2 when 4 grinned 4 grinned 5 good-naturedly 5 good-naturedly 6 at 5 good-naturedly 10 thought 6 at 7 him 7 him 8 , 10 thought 11 better 11 better 12 of 13 it 15 bounded 14 and 15 bounded 15 bounded 18 continue 16 away 17 to 17 to 18 continue 18 continue 20 search 19 his 20 search 20 search 21 . then there were times when [lightfoot] would sulk and would declare over and over to himself , " [i] don't care anything about that stranger . 1 then 2 there 1 then 8 sulk 2 there 3 were 3 were 4 times 4 times 5 when 5 when 7 would 8 sulk 14 over 9 and 10 would 10 would 11 declare 11 declare 12 over 12 over 13 and 13 and 14 over 14 over 16 himself 15 to 16 himself 16 himself 23 about 17 , 18 " 18 " 20 don't 20 don't 22 anything 21 care 22 anything 22 anything 23 about 23 about 25 stranger 24 that 25 stranger 25 stranger 26 . i won't spend another minute looking for her . " 1 i 2 won't 2 won't 3 spend 3 spend 4 another 4 another 5 minute 5 minute 6 looking 6 looking 7 for 6 looking 9 . 7 for 8 her 9 . 10 " and then within five minutes he would be watching , listening and seeking some sign that she was still in the [green] [forest] . 1 and 2 then 1 and 6 he 2 then 5 minutes 3 within 5 minutes 4 five 5 minutes 6 he 7 would 7 would 8 be 8 be 9 watching 8 be 14 some 9 watching 10 , 9 watching 11 listening 12 and 13 seeking 12 and 14 some 14 some 16 that 15 sign 16 that 16 that 17 she 17 she 18 was 17 she 24 . 18 was 19 still 19 still 21 the 20 in 21 the [chapter] [xxxiv] [:] [a] [startling] [new] [footprint] he had stolen very softly clown to the [laughing] [brook] , hoping to surprise the beautiful stranger drinking there . 1 he 2 had 1 he 5 softly 2 had 3 stolen 3 stolen 4 very 5 softly 6 clown 6 clown 8 the 6 clown 17 stranger 7 to 8 the 11 , 12 hoping 12 hoping 13 to 13 to 14 surprise 14 surprise 15 the 15 the 16 beautiful 15 the 17 stranger 16 beautiful 17 stranger 17 stranger 18 drinking 18 drinking 19 there 18 drinking 20 . 19 there 20 . she wasn't to be seen . 1 she 2 wasn't 2 wasn't 3 to 3 to 4 be 4 be 5 seen 5 seen 6 . almost at once he discovered fresh footprints . 1 almost 2 at 2 at 3 once 3 once 5 discovered 4 he 5 discovered 5 discovered 6 fresh 5 discovered 8 . 6 fresh 7 footprints they were not the prints he was looking for . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 not 3 not 5 prints 4 the 5 prints 5 prints 10 . 6 he 7 was 7 was 8 looking 8 looking 9 for 9 for 10 . no , [sir] , they were not the dainty prints he had learned to know so well . 1 no 2 , 1 no 4 , 4 , 5 they 5 they 7 not 5 they 15 know 6 were 7 not 8 the 9 dainty 9 dainty 10 prints 10 prints 12 had 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 learned 13 learned 14 to 14 to 15 know 15 know 16 so 16 so 17 well 17 well 18 . they [were] prints very near the size of his own big ones , and they had been made only a short time before . 1 they 4 very 3 prints 4 very 4 very 15 they 5 near 6 the 6 the 8 of 7 size 8 of 8 of 9 his 9 his 10 own 10 own 12 ones 10 own 13 , 11 big 12 ones 12 ones 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 they 15 they 18 made 16 had 17 been 16 had 18 made 18 made 21 short 19 only 20 a 19 only 21 short 20 a 21 short 21 short 22 time 22 time 23 before 23 before 24 . the finding of those prints was a dreadful shock to [lightfoot] . 1 the 2 finding 2 finding 4 those 3 of 4 those 4 those 9 shock 5 prints 6 was 6 was 7 a 7 a 8 dreadful 7 a 9 shock 9 shock 10 to 10 to 12 . he understood instantly what they meant . 1 he 2 understood 2 understood 4 what 3 instantly 4 what 4 what 6 meant 5 they 6 meant 6 meant 7 . they meant that a second stranger had come into the [green] [forest] , one who had antlers like his own . 1 they 2 meant 1 they 7 had 2 meant 3 that 3 that 4 a 4 a 5 second 5 second 6 stranger 7 had 8 come 7 had 17 antlers 8 come 9 into 9 into 10 the 13 , 14 one 14 one 15 who 15 who 16 had 15 who 17 antlers 17 antlers 21 . 18 like 19 his 19 his 20 own 19 his 21 . jealousy took possession of [lightfoot] the [deer] ; jealousy that filled his heart with rage . 1 jealousy 4 of 2 took 3 possession 3 possession 4 of 4 of 6 the 6 the 16 . 8 ; 9 jealousy 9 jealousy 11 filled 10 that 11 filled 11 filled 13 heart 12 his 13 heart 13 heart 14 with 14 with 15 rage 15 rage 16 . " he has come here to seek that beautiful stranger [i] have been hunting for , " thought [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 he 1 " 7 seek 2 he 3 has 3 has 5 here 4 come 5 here 5 here 6 to 7 seek 8 that 7 seek 9 beautiful 8 that 9 beautiful 9 beautiful 14 hunting 10 stranger 12 have 12 have 13 been 13 been 14 hunting 14 hunting 15 for 14 hunting 18 thought 15 for 16 , 16 , 17 " 18 thought 20 . " he has come here to try to steal her away from me . 1 " 2 he 1 " 3 has 2 he 3 has 3 has 4 come 4 come 5 here 5 here 6 to 5 here 8 to 6 to 7 try 8 to 9 steal 9 steal 10 her 9 steal 12 from 10 her 11 away 12 from 13 me 13 me 14 . he has no right here in my [green] [forest] . 1 he 2 has 2 has 3 no 3 no 4 right 3 no 5 here 5 here 6 in 6 in 7 my 7 my 10 . that is where that beautiful stranger must have come from , too . 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 where 3 where 8 have 4 that 5 beautiful 5 beautiful 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 must 7 must 8 have 8 have 9 come 9 come 10 from 9 come 12 too 11 , 12 too 12 too 13 . i want her to stay , but [i] must drive this fellow out . 1 i 2 want 1 i 5 stay 2 want 3 her 4 to 5 stay 5 stay 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 9 must 9 must 10 drive 10 drive 14 . 11 this 12 fellow 12 fellow 13 out 13 out 14 . i 'll make him fight . 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 make 3 make 4 him 4 him 5 fight 5 fight 6 . that 's what [i] 'll do ; [i] 'll make him fight ! 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 what 3 what 5 'll 5 'll 6 do 6 do 7 ; 7 ; 9 'll 9 'll 10 make 10 make 11 him 10 make 12 fight 12 fight 13 ! i 'm not afraid of him , but [i] 'll make him fear me . " 1 i 2 'm 1 i 3 not 3 not 4 afraid 4 afraid 5 of 4 afraid 6 him 6 him 7 , 7 , 8 but 8 but 10 'll 10 'll 11 make 11 make 12 him 11 make 13 fear 13 fear 14 me 13 fear 15 . 15 . 16 " lightfoot stamped his feet and with his great antlers thrashed the bushes as if he felt that they were the enemy he sought . 1 lightfoot 2 stamped 2 stamped 4 feet 2 stamped 17 that 3 his 4 feet 4 feet 5 and 5 and 9 antlers 5 and 10 thrashed 6 with 7 his 6 with 8 great 8 great 9 antlers 10 thrashed 11 the 10 thrashed 14 if 11 the 12 bushes 12 bushes 13 as 14 if 15 he 14 if 16 felt 15 he 16 felt 17 that 21 enemy 17 that 22 he 18 they 19 were 19 were 20 the 20 the 21 enemy 22 he 24 . 23 sought 24 . could you have looked into his great eyes then , you would have found nothing soft and beautiful about them . 1 could 8 eyes 1 could 18 beautiful 2 you 3 have 2 you 4 looked 4 looked 8 eyes 5 into 6 his 6 his 7 great 7 great 8 eyes 8 eyes 9 then 9 then 12 would 10 , 11 you 11 you 12 would 12 would 13 have 13 have 14 found 14 found 15 nothing 14 found 18 beautiful 15 nothing 16 soft 16 soft 17 and 18 beautiful 21 . 19 about 20 them 20 them 21 . they became almost red with anger . 1 they 2 became 2 became 3 almost 2 became 4 red 4 red 5 with 5 with 6 anger 6 anger 7 . lightfoot quivered all over with rage . 1 lightfoot 2 quivered 2 quivered 3 all 3 all 4 over 4 over 5 with 5 with 6 rage 6 rage 7 . the hair on the back of his neck stood up . 1 the 2 hair 2 hair 3 on 3 on 4 the 4 the 8 neck 5 back 7 his 6 of 7 his 7 his 8 neck 8 neck 9 stood 9 stood 10 up 9 stood 11 . 10 up 11 . lightfoot the [deer] looked anything but gentle . 1 lightfoot 2 the 2 the 4 looked 4 looked 5 anything 5 anything 6 but 5 anything 7 gentle 7 gentle 8 . then he leaped over the [laughing] [brook] and once more began to search through the [green] [forest] . 1 then 4 over 1 then 5 the 2 he 3 leaped 3 leaped 4 over 5 the 10 more 8 and 9 once 9 once 10 more 10 more 13 search 11 began 12 to 11 began 13 search 12 to 13 search 13 search 14 through 14 through 15 the 15 the 18 . but this time it was not for the beautiful stranger with the dainty feet . 1 but 2 this 2 this 9 beautiful 3 time 4 it 4 it 5 was 5 was 6 not 6 not 7 for 7 for 8 the 8 the 9 beautiful 9 beautiful 13 dainty 10 stranger 11 with 11 with 12 the 12 the 13 dainty 13 dainty 14 feet 13 dainty 15 . 14 feet 15 . he had no time to think of her now . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 no 3 no 5 to 4 time 5 to 5 to 6 think 6 think 7 of 6 think 10 . 7 of 8 her 9 now 10 . he must first find this newcomer and he meant to waste no time in doing it . 1 he 6 newcomer 2 must 3 first 2 must 6 newcomer 3 first 4 find 4 find 5 this 6 newcomer 12 no 7 and 8 he 7 and 12 no 8 he 9 meant 9 meant 11 waste 10 to 11 waste 12 no 15 doing 13 time 14 in 13 time 15 doing 15 doing 16 it 16 it 17 . [chapter] [xxxv] [:] [lightfoot] [is] [reckless] in his search for the new stranger who had come to the [green] [forest] , [lightfoot] the [deer] was wholly reckless . 1 in 2 his 1 in 5 the 3 search 4 for 4 for 5 the 5 the 6 new 6 new 7 stranger 6 new 15 , 7 stranger 8 who 7 stranger 11 to 8 who 9 had 9 had 10 come 11 to 12 the 15 , 17 the 17 the 22 . 19 was 20 wholly 20 wholly 21 reckless 21 reckless 22 . he bounded along , careless of how much noise he made . 1 he 2 bounded 1 he 5 careless 2 bounded 3 along 3 along 4 , 5 careless 8 much 6 of 7 how 6 of 8 much 8 much 9 noise 9 noise 10 he 10 he 11 made 11 made 12 . after such exhibitions of anger he would pause to listen , hoping to hear some sound which would tell him where [the] stranger was . 1 after 6 he 2 such 3 exhibitions 3 exhibitions 4 of 3 exhibitions 5 anger 5 anger 6 he 6 he 10 listen 7 would 8 pause 8 pause 9 to 9 to 10 listen 10 listen 13 to 11 , 12 hoping 12 hoping 13 to 13 to 17 which 14 hear 15 some 15 some 16 sound 16 sound 17 which 17 which 20 him 17 which 21 where 18 would 19 tell 19 tell 20 him 21 where 24 was 21 where 25 . 23 stranger 24 was 24 was 25 . each time he found these signs [lightfoot] 's rage increased . 1 each 2 time 1 each 4 found 2 time 3 he 4 found 5 these 5 these 8 's 6 signs 8 's 8 's 9 rage 9 rage 11 . 10 increased 11 . of course it didn't take [sammy] [jay] long to discover what was going on . 1 of 2 course 1 of 8 long 2 course 4 didn't 3 it 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 take 8 long 10 discover 9 to 10 discover 10 discover 11 what 11 what 12 was 12 was 13 going 13 going 15 . 14 on 15 . there is little that escapes those sharp eyes of [sammy] [jay] . 1 there 2 is 1 there 12 . 3 little 7 sharp 4 that 5 escapes 5 escapes 6 those 5 escapes 7 sharp 7 sharp 8 eyes 8 eyes 9 of 8 eyes 12 . then , by chance , [sammy] had visited the [laughing] [brook] just as the big stranger had come down there to drink . 1 then 2 , 1 then 9 the 2 , 3 by 4 chance 8 visited 5 , 7 had 7 had 8 visited 8 visited 9 the 9 the 15 big 9 the 16 stranger 12 just 13 as 12 just 15 big 13 as 14 the 16 stranger 18 come 16 stranger 20 there 17 had 18 come 18 come 19 down 20 there 23 . 21 to 22 drink 22 drink 23 . for once [sammy] had kept his tongue still . 1 for 2 once 2 once 5 kept 4 had 5 kept 5 kept 7 tongue 6 his 7 tongue 7 tongue 8 still 8 still 9 . " there is going to be excitement here when [lightfoot] discovers this fellow , " thought [sammy] . 1 " 2 there 1 " 6 be 2 there 3 is 3 is 4 going 4 going 5 to 6 be 7 excitement 7 excitement 8 here 7 excitement 13 fellow 8 here 9 when 11 discovers 12 this 12 this 13 fellow 13 fellow 14 , 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 thought 16 thought 18 . " if they ever meet , and [i] have a feeling that they will , there is going to be a fight worth seeing . 1 " 2 if 1 " 3 they 3 they 4 ever 3 they 10 a 4 ever 9 have 5 meet 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 have 10 a 13 they 11 feeling 12 that 11 feeling 13 they 13 they 18 going 14 will 15 , 15 , 16 there 16 there 17 is 17 is 18 going 18 going 19 to 19 to 20 be 20 be 21 a 21 a 22 fight 21 a 23 worth 23 worth 24 seeing 23 worth 25 . i must pass the word around . " 1 i 2 must 2 must 3 pass 3 pass 4 the 4 the 5 word 5 word 6 around 6 around 7 . 7 . 8 " so [sammy] [jay] hunted up his cousin , [blacky] the [crow] , and told him what he had discovered . 1 so 4 hunted 1 so 7 cousin 4 hunted 5 up 5 up 6 his 7 cousin 8 , 7 cousin 12 , 8 , 10 the 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 told 13 and 17 he 14 told 15 him 15 him 16 what 17 he 18 had 18 had 19 discovered 19 discovered 20 . then he hunted up [bobby] [coon] and told him . 1 then 3 hunted 2 he 3 hunted 3 hunted 4 up 4 up 7 and 7 and 8 told 8 told 10 . 9 him 10 . he saw [unc] ' [billy] [possum] sitting in the doorway of his hollow tree and told him . 1 he 2 saw 1 he 7 sitting 2 saw 4 ' 7 sitting 12 his 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 doorway 10 doorway 11 of 11 of 12 his 12 his 13 hollow 13 hollow 16 told 14 tree 15 and 14 tree 16 told 16 told 17 him 17 him 18 . he discovered [jumper] the [hare] sitting under a little hemlock-tree and told him . 1 he 2 discovered 1 he 8 a 2 discovered 4 the 4 the 7 under 6 sitting 7 under 8 a 9 little 8 a 10 hemlock-tree 10 hemlock-tree 11 and 11 and 12 told 12 told 13 him 13 him 14 . then he flew over to the dear [old] [briar-patch] to tell [peter] [rabbit] . 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 flew 3 flew 4 over 4 over 5 to 4 over 7 dear 5 to 6 the 7 dear 11 tell 10 to 11 tell 11 tell 14 . sammy didn't forget to tell [paddy] the [beaver] , but it was no news to [paddy] . 1 sammy 2 didn't 1 sammy 9 , 2 didn't 3 forget 3 forget 4 to 4 to 5 tell 5 tell 7 the 9 , 13 no 10 but 11 it 11 it 12 was 12 was 13 no 13 no 14 news 14 news 15 to 14 news 17 . paddy had seen the big stranger on the edge of his pond early the night before . 1 paddy 8 the 2 had 3 seen 3 seen 4 the 3 seen 5 big 5 big 6 stranger 5 big 8 the 6 stranger 7 on 8 the 9 edge 9 edge 16 before 10 of 11 his 10 of 12 pond 11 his 12 pond 12 pond 13 early 13 early 14 the 13 early 15 night 15 night 16 before 16 before 17 . of course , [lightfoot] knew nothing about all this . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 , 3 , 5 knew 5 knew 6 nothing 6 nothing 7 about 7 about 8 all 8 all 9 this 9 this 10 . his one thought was to find that big stranger and drive him from the [green] [forest] , and so he continued his search tirelessly . 1 his 6 find 2 one 3 thought 3 thought 4 was 4 was 5 to 5 to 6 find 6 find 8 big 7 that 8 big 8 big 9 stranger 9 stranger 12 him 9 stranger 14 the 10 and 11 drive 11 drive 12 him 13 from 14 the 14 the 23 search 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 so 19 so 20 he 20 he 21 continued 21 continued 22 his 21 continued 23 search 23 search 25 . 24 tirelessly 25 . [chapter] [xxxvi] [:] [sammy] [jay] [takes] [a] [hand] sammy [jay] was bubbling over with excitement as he flew about through the [green] [forest] , following [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 sammy 3 was 1 sammy 10 flew 4 bubbling 5 over 4 bubbling 7 excitement 5 over 6 with 7 excitement 8 as 8 as 9 he 9 he 10 flew 10 flew 12 through 11 about 12 through 12 through 21 . 13 the 21 . 16 , 17 following 17 following 19 the 17 following 21 . he was so excited he wanted to scream . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 so 3 so 6 wanted 4 excited 5 he 5 he 6 wanted 6 wanted 8 scream 7 to 8 scream 8 scream 9 . but he didn't . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 . he kept his tongue still . 1 he 2 kept 2 kept 3 his 3 his 4 tongue 4 tongue 5 still 5 still 6 . you see , he didn't want [lightfoot] to know that he was being followed . 1 you 2 see 1 you 6 want 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 want 6 want 10 that 8 to 9 know 9 know 10 that 10 that 12 was 11 he 12 was 12 was 13 being 13 being 14 followed 14 followed 15 . under that pointed cap of [sammy] [jay] 's are quick wits . 1 under 4 cap 2 that 3 pointed 3 pointed 4 cap 4 cap 5 of 5 of 11 wits 8 's 9 are 9 are 10 quick 10 quick 11 wits 11 wits 12 . lightfoot made so much noise that it was quite easy to know just where he was and so keep out of his sight . 1 lightfoot 10 easy 1 lightfoot 24 . 2 made 3 so 3 so 4 much 4 much 5 noise 5 noise 6 that 5 noise 7 it 7 it 8 was 8 was 9 quite 8 was 10 easy 10 easy 11 to 11 to 12 know 11 to 13 just 13 just 15 he 14 where 15 he 15 he 16 was 17 and 23 sight 17 and 24 . 18 so 19 keep 19 keep 20 out 20 out 21 of 20 out 23 sight 21 of 22 his 23 sight 24 . " that stranger is nearly as big as [lightfoot] , but it is very plain that he doesn't want to fight , " thought [sammy] . 1 " 11 but 2 that 3 stranger 3 stranger 10 , 4 is 5 nearly 5 nearly 7 big 6 as 7 big 7 big 8 as 7 big 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 15 plain 12 it 13 is 12 it 15 plain 13 is 14 very 15 plain 26 . 16 that 19 want 17 he 18 doesn't 18 doesn't 19 want 19 want 20 to 20 to 24 thought 20 to 26 . 21 fight 22 , 21 fight 24 thought 22 , 23 " " he must be a coward . " 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 must 3 must 4 be 4 be 5 a 5 a 6 coward 6 coward 7 . 7 . 8 " now the truth is , the stranger was not a coward . 1 now 4 is 2 the 3 truth 3 truth 4 is 4 is 7 stranger 5 , 6 the 6 the 7 stranger 7 stranger 10 a 8 was 9 not 8 was 10 a 10 a 11 coward 11 coward 12 . he was ready and willing to fight if he had to , but if he could avoid fighting he meant to . 1 he 5 willing 2 was 3 ready 3 ready 4 and 4 and 5 willing 5 willing 6 to 5 willing 7 fight 5 willing 20 meant 6 to 7 fight 7 fight 8 if 7 fight 11 to 8 if 9 he 9 he 10 had 12 , 13 but 13 but 15 he 13 but 18 fighting 14 if 15 he 15 he 16 could 16 could 17 avoid 18 fighting 19 he 18 fighting 20 meant 20 meant 22 . 21 to 22 . you see , big as he was , he wasn't quite so big as [lightfoot] , and he knew it . 1 you 2 see 1 you 10 wasn't 2 see 4 big 2 see 5 as 3 , 4 big 5 as 6 he 5 as 9 he 6 he 7 was 8 , 9 he 10 wasn't 11 quite 10 wasn't 16 , 11 quite 12 so 12 so 13 big 13 big 14 as 16 , 19 knew 17 and 18 he 18 he 19 knew 19 knew 21 . 20 it 21 . he had seen [lightfoot] 's big footprints , and from their size he knew that [lightfoot] must be bigger and heavier than he . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 seen 3 seen 6 big 3 seen 12 size 5 's 6 big 6 big 7 footprints 7 footprints 8 , 8 , 9 and 10 from 11 their 11 their 12 size 12 size 18 be 13 he 14 knew 14 knew 15 that 14 knew 18 be 15 that 17 must 18 be 22 than 19 bigger 20 and 19 bigger 21 heavier 21 heavier 22 than 22 than 24 . 23 he 24 . then , too , he knew that he really had no right to be there in the [green] [forest] . 1 then 3 too 1 then 5 he 2 , 3 too 3 too 4 , 5 he 6 knew 5 he 10 had 6 knew 8 he 7 that 8 he 9 really 10 had 10 had 12 right 11 no 12 right 12 right 14 be 13 to 14 be 14 be 15 there 15 there 16 in 16 in 17 the 17 the 20 . that was [lightfoot] 's home and so he was an intruder . 1 that 2 was 1 that 4 's 4 's 5 home 5 home 6 and 6 and 7 so 7 so 8 he 8 he 9 was 9 was 12 . 10 an 11 intruder 11 intruder 12 . he knew that [lightfoot] would feel this way about it and that this would make him fight all the harder . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 9 about 3 that 5 would 5 would 6 feel 6 feel 7 this 6 feel 9 about 7 this 8 way 9 about 10 it 10 it 18 all 11 and 12 that 11 and 15 make 12 that 14 would 13 this 14 would 15 make 16 him 15 make 18 all 16 him 17 fight 18 all 19 the 19 the 21 . 20 harder 21 . so the big stranger wanted to avoid a fight if possible . 1 so 2 the 2 the 4 stranger 3 big 4 stranger 4 stranger 9 fight 5 wanted 7 avoid 6 to 7 avoid 7 avoid 8 a 8 a 9 fight 9 fight 10 if 10 if 11 possible 11 possible 12 . but he wanted still more to find that beautiful young visitor with the dainty feet for whom [lightfoot] had been looking . 1 but 3 wanted 2 he 3 wanted 3 wanted 6 to 3 wanted 11 visitor 4 still 5 more 5 more 6 to 7 find 8 that 8 that 9 beautiful 9 beautiful 11 visitor 10 young 11 visitor 11 visitor 17 whom 12 with 14 dainty 13 the 14 dainty 14 dainty 15 feet 15 feet 16 for 15 feet 17 whom 17 whom 21 looking 19 had 20 been 20 been 21 looking 21 looking 22 . if he had to , he would fight for her , but until he had to he would keep out of the fight . 1 if 5 , 1 if 7 would 2 he 3 had 3 had 4 to 4 to 5 , 6 he 7 would 7 would 13 until 8 fight 9 for 9 for 10 her 10 her 11 , 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 until 13 until 14 he 14 he 15 had 14 he 18 would 15 had 16 to 17 he 18 would 18 would 19 keep 19 keep 21 of 20 out 21 of 21 of 22 the 22 the 23 fight 23 fight 24 . so he dodged [lightfoot] and at the same time looked for the beautiful stranger . 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 dodged 3 dodged 12 the 5 and 6 at 6 at 7 the 7 the 8 same 7 the 9 time 9 time 10 looked 9 time 11 for 11 for 12 the 12 the 14 stranger 13 beautiful 14 stranger 14 stranger 15 . all this [sammy] [jay] guessed , and after a while he grew tired of following [lightfoot] for nothing . 1 all 2 this 2 this 13 tired 5 guessed 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 after 8 after 9 a 9 a 10 while 9 a 13 tired 10 while 11 he 10 while 12 grew 11 he 12 grew 13 tired 14 of 13 tired 15 following 15 following 17 for 17 for 18 nothing 18 nothing 19 . " [i] 'll have to take a hand in this thing myself , " muttered [sammy] . 1 " 4 have 3 'll 4 have 4 have 5 to 4 have 6 take 5 to 6 take 6 take 9 in 7 a 8 hand 8 hand 9 in 9 in 11 thing 10 this 11 thing 11 thing 12 myself 12 myself 15 muttered 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 muttered 15 muttered 17 . " at this rate , [lightfoot] never will find that big stranger ! " 1 " 7 never 2 at 3 this 3 this 4 rate 4 rate 5 , 5 , 7 never 7 never 9 find 8 will 9 find 9 find 10 that 10 that 11 big 11 big 12 stranger 12 stranger 13 ! 13 ! 14 " so [sammy] stopped following [lightfoot] and began to search through the [green] [forest] for the big stranger . 1 so 4 following 3 stopped 4 following 4 following 6 and 6 and 15 the 6 and 18 . 7 began 8 to 7 began 9 search 9 search 10 through 9 search 14 for 10 through 11 the 14 for 15 the 15 the 16 big 17 stranger 18 . it didn't take very long to find him . 1 it 2 didn't 1 it 3 take 3 take 4 very 4 very 6 to 5 long 6 to 6 to 7 find 7 find 8 him 8 him 9 . he was over near the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] . 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 over 3 over 5 the 4 near 5 the 5 the 6 pond 6 pond 7 of 7 of 9 the 9 the 11 . as soon as he saw him , [sammy] began to scream at the top of his lungs . 1 as 3 as 2 soon 3 as 3 as 9 began 4 he 5 saw 5 saw 6 him 5 saw 9 began 6 him 7 , 9 began 11 scream 10 to 11 scream 11 scream 14 top 12 at 13 the 13 the 14 top 14 top 15 of 15 of 16 his 16 his 17 lungs 17 lungs 18 . [chapter] [xxxvii] [:] [the] [great] [fight] down from the top of the ridge back of the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] plunged [lightfoot] the [deer] , his eyes blazing with rage . 1 down 2 from 1 down 4 top 2 from 3 the 4 top 8 back 5 of 6 the 6 the 7 ridge 7 ridge 8 back 8 back 11 pond 9 of 10 the 10 the 11 pond 11 pond 12 of 11 pond 22 eyes 12 of 14 the 12 of 18 the 14 the 16 plunged 20 , 21 his 21 his 22 eyes 22 eyes 23 blazing 23 blazing 24 with 23 blazing 25 rage 25 rage 26 . he had understood the screaming of [sammy] [jay] . 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 understood 3 understood 4 the 4 the 5 screaming 5 screaming 6 of 6 of 9 . he knew that somewhere down there was the big stranger he had been looking for . 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 4 somewhere 2 knew 5 down 3 that 4 somewhere 5 down 6 there 5 down 8 the 6 there 7 was 8 the 9 big 8 the 10 stranger 9 big 10 stranger 10 stranger 16 . 11 he 12 had 11 he 13 been 13 been 14 looking 14 looking 15 for 15 for 16 . the big stranger had understood [sammy] 's screaming quite as well as [lightfoot] . 1 the 2 big 2 big 5 understood 3 stranger 4 had 4 had 5 understood 5 understood 8 screaming 7 's 8 screaming 8 screaming 9 quite 9 quite 10 as 10 as 11 well 10 as 14 . 11 well 12 as he [must] fight . 1 he 3 fight 3 fight 4 . there was no way out of it , he [must] fight . 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 no 3 no 5 out 4 way 5 out 5 out 6 of 6 of 7 it 7 it 8 , 8 , 9 he 9 he 11 fight 11 fight 12 . the hair on the back of his neck stood up with anger just as did the hair on the neck of [lightfoot] . 1 the 2 hair 2 hair 9 stood 2 hair 18 on 3 on 4 the 4 the 8 neck 5 back 6 of 6 of 7 his 7 his 8 neck 8 neck 9 stood 9 stood 11 with 10 up 11 with 12 anger 13 just 13 just 14 as 13 just 18 on 14 as 15 did 15 did 17 hair 16 the 17 hair 18 on 20 neck 19 the 20 neck 20 neck 23 . 21 of 23 . his eyes also blazed . 1 his 2 eyes 2 eyes 3 also 3 also 4 blazed 4 blazed 5 . he bounded out into a little open place by the pond of [paddy] the [beaver] and there he waited . 1 he 11 pond 2 bounded 3 out 3 out 4 into 4 into 5 a 5 a 6 little 5 a 7 open 7 open 8 place 7 open 11 pond 8 place 9 by 9 by 10 the 11 pond 20 . 12 of 14 the 14 the 20 . 16 and 17 there 17 there 18 he 17 there 19 waited 18 he 19 waited 19 waited 20 . meanwhile [sammy] [jay] was flying about in the greatest excitement , screaming at the top of his lungs , " a fight ! 1 meanwhile 4 was 4 was 7 in 5 flying 6 about 6 about 7 in 7 in 10 excitement 8 the 9 greatest 9 greatest 10 excitement 10 excitement 16 of 11 , 12 screaming 12 screaming 14 the 12 screaming 15 top 13 at 14 the 15 top 16 of 16 of 17 his 17 his 18 lungs 18 lungs 19 , 18 lungs 21 a 19 , 20 " 21 a 22 fight 22 fight 23 ! a fight ! 1 a 2 fight 2 fight 3 ! a fight ! " 1 a 2 fight 2 fight 3 ! 3 ! 4 " everybody who was near enough hurried there . 1 everybody 2 who 2 who 3 was 2 who 5 enough 4 near 5 enough 5 enough 6 hurried 6 hurried 7 there 7 there 8 . bobby [coon] and [unc] ' [billy] [possum] climbed trees from which they could see and at the same time be safe . 1 bobby 3 and 1 bobby 9 trees 5 ' 8 climbed 8 climbed 9 trees 9 trees 14 see 10 from 11 which 11 which 13 could 12 they 13 could 13 could 14 see 14 see 16 at 15 and 16 at 16 at 18 same 17 the 18 same 18 same 19 time 18 same 21 safe 19 time 20 be 21 safe 22 . billy [mink] hurried to a safe place on the dam of [paddy] the [beaver] . 1 billy 3 hurried 3 hurried 6 safe 4 to 5 a 5 a 6 safe 6 safe 11 of 7 place 8 on 8 on 9 the 9 the 10 dam 10 dam 11 of 11 of 13 the 13 the 15 . paddy himself climbed up on the roof of his house out in the pond . 1 paddy 4 up 1 paddy 10 house 2 himself 3 climbed 3 climbed 4 up 4 up 7 roof 5 on 6 the 6 the 7 roof 7 roof 8 of 8 of 9 his 10 house 14 pond 10 house 15 . 11 out 12 in 12 in 13 the 12 in 14 pond 13 the 14 pond buster [bear] shuffled down the hill and watched from the other side of the pond . 1 buster 3 shuffled 1 buster 5 the 4 down 5 the 5 the 6 hill 6 hill 13 of 7 and 8 watched 8 watched 12 side 9 from 10 the 10 the 12 side 11 other 12 side 12 side 13 of 13 of 14 the 14 the 15 pond 14 the 16 . 15 pond 16 . reddy and [granny] [fox] were both there . 1 reddy 2 and 1 reddy 5 were 5 were 6 both 6 both 7 there 7 there 8 . then , snorting with rage , they lowered their heads and plunged together . 1 then 7 they 2 , 3 snorting 3 snorting 5 rage 4 with 5 rage 5 rage 6 , 6 , 7 they 7 they 8 lowered 8 lowered 9 their 8 lowered 12 plunged 9 their 10 heads 10 heads 11 and 11 and 12 plunged 12 plunged 13 together 13 together 14 . their antlers clashed with a noise that rang through the [green] [forest] , and both fell to their knees . 1 their 2 antlers 1 their 5 a 2 antlers 3 clashed 3 clashed 4 with 5 a 6 noise 6 noise 10 the 7 that 8 rang 8 rang 9 through 9 through 10 the 10 the 19 knees 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 both 14 and 16 fell 16 fell 17 to 16 fell 19 knees 17 to 18 their 19 knees 20 . there they pushed and struggled . 1 there 2 they 2 they 3 pushed 3 pushed 4 and 4 and 5 struggled 5 struggled 6 . then they separated and backed away , to repeat the movement over again . 1 then 5 backed 2 they 3 separated 3 separated 4 and 4 and 5 backed 5 backed 9 repeat 6 away 7 , 6 away 8 to 8 to 9 repeat 9 repeat 11 movement 10 the 11 movement 11 movement 12 over 12 over 14 . 13 again 14 . it was a terrible fight . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 terrible 4 terrible 5 fight 5 fight 6 . everybody said so [.] 1 everybody 2 said 1 everybody 3 so if they had not known before , everybody knew now what those great antlers were for . 1 if 2 they 1 if 4 not 3 had 4 not 4 not 11 what 5 known 6 before 6 before 7 , 6 before 8 everybody 8 everybody 9 knew 9 knew 10 now 9 knew 11 what 11 what 13 great 12 those 13 great 13 great 14 antlers 14 antlers 15 were 14 antlers 17 . 16 for 17 . it only made [lightfoot] fight harder . 1 it 2 only 2 only 3 made 3 made 5 fight 5 fight 6 harder 6 harder 7 . sometimes they would rear up and strike with their sharp hoofs . 1 sometimes 6 and 2 they 3 would 3 would 4 rear 4 rear 5 up 5 up 6 and 6 and 7 strike 7 strike 8 with 8 with 10 sharp 9 their 10 sharp 10 sharp 12 . 11 hoofs 12 . back and forth they plunged , and the ground was torn up by their feet . 1 back 4 they 2 and 3 forth 3 forth 4 they 4 they 5 plunged 5 plunged 8 the 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 the 8 the 9 ground 9 ground 11 torn 10 was 11 torn 11 torn 12 up 11 torn 15 feet 12 up 13 by 14 their 15 feet 15 feet 16 . both were getting out of breath , and from time to time they had to stop for a moment 's rest . 1 both 4 out 1 both 7 , 2 were 3 getting 3 getting 4 out 4 out 6 breath 5 of 6 breath 7 , 8 and 7 , 12 time 9 from 10 time 10 time 11 to 11 to 12 time 12 time 18 a 13 they 14 had 14 had 15 to 15 to 16 stop 15 to 18 a 16 stop 17 for 18 a 22 . 19 moment 20 's 20 's 21 rest 21 rest 22 . then they would come together again more fiercely than ever . 1 then 4 come 2 they 3 would 3 would 4 come 4 come 6 again 5 together 6 again 6 again 8 fiercely 7 more 8 fiercely 8 fiercely 9 than 9 than 10 ever 10 ever 11 . never had such a fight been seen in the [green] [forest] . 1 never 2 had 1 never 5 fight 2 had 4 a 3 such 4 a 5 fight 6 been 6 been 7 seen 7 seen 8 in 8 in 9 the 9 the 12 . [chapter] [xxxviii] [:] [an] [unseen] [watcher] each was filled fully with rage and determined to drive the other from the [green] [forest] . 1 each 4 fully 2 was 3 filled 3 filled 4 fully 4 fully 5 with 5 with 6 rage 6 rage 7 and 7 and 8 determined 8 determined 9 to 8 determined 10 drive 10 drive 11 the 11 the 12 other 12 other 17 . 13 from 14 the 14 the 17 . each was fighting for the right to win the love of [miss] [daintyfoot] . 1 each 5 the 2 was 3 fighting 3 fighting 4 for 4 for 5 the 5 the 6 right 6 right 7 to 7 to 8 win 8 win 9 the 9 the 10 love 10 love 11 of 10 love 14 . neither of them knew that [miss] [daintyfoot] herself was watching them . 1 neither 2 of 2 of 3 them 2 of 8 herself 3 them 4 knew 4 knew 5 that 8 herself 10 watching 9 was 10 watching 10 watching 11 them 11 them 12 . but she was . 1 but 2 she 2 she 3 was 3 was 4 . timidly she had stolen forward to a thicket where , safely hidden , she could watch that terrible [fight] . 1 timidly 2 she 1 timidly 15 could 2 she 3 had 3 had 5 forward 3 had 7 a 4 stolen 5 forward 6 to 7 a 8 thicket 9 where 9 where 10 , 9 where 14 she 10 , 11 safely 11 safely 12 hidden 12 hidden 13 , 14 she 15 could 15 could 20 . 16 watch 17 that 17 that 18 terrible 18 terrible 20 . she knew that they were fighting for her . 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 that 3 that 4 they 4 they 5 were 5 were 6 fighting 6 fighting 7 for 7 for 8 her 8 her 9 . of course . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 . she knew it just as she had known how both had been hunting for her . 1 she 2 knew 1 she 8 known 2 knew 3 it 3 it 4 just 4 just 5 as 5 as 6 she 6 she 7 had 8 known 9 how 8 known 10 both 8 known 12 been 9 how 10 both 11 had 12 been 12 been 13 hunting 13 hunting 15 her 13 hunting 16 . 14 for 15 her what she didn't know for some time was which one she wanted to win that fight . 1 what 2 she 2 she 8 was 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 for 5 for 6 some 6 some 7 time 7 time 8 was 8 was 12 wanted 9 which 10 one 9 which 11 she 11 she 12 wanted 12 wanted 13 to 12 wanted 14 win 13 to 14 win 14 win 17 . 15 that 16 fight 16 fight 17 . both [lightfoot] and the big stranger were handsome . 1 both 3 and 3 and 4 the 4 the 5 big 5 big 6 stranger 5 big 7 were 6 stranger 7 were 7 were 8 handsome 8 handsome 9 . yes , indeed , they were very handsome . 1 yes 5 they 2 , 3 indeed 3 indeed 4 , 4 , 5 they 5 they 6 were 6 were 7 very 7 very 8 handsome 8 handsome 9 . lightfoot was just a [little] bit the bigger and it seemed to her just a little bit the handsomer . 1 lightfoot 4 a 1 lightfoot 6 bit 2 was 3 just 2 was 4 a 6 bit 10 it 7 the 8 bigger 8 bigger 9 and 9 and 10 it 10 it 11 seemed 11 seemed 15 a 12 to 13 her 12 to 14 just 14 just 15 a 15 a 16 little 16 little 19 handsomer 16 little 20 . 17 bit 18 the 18 the 19 handsomer she almost wanted him to win . 1 she 2 almost 2 almost 3 wanted 3 wanted 4 him 4 him 5 to 5 to 6 win 6 win 7 . that great fight lasted a long time . 1 that 2 great 2 great 3 fight 3 fight 4 lasted 3 fight 6 long 4 lasted 5 a 6 long 7 time 7 time 8 . to pretty [miss] [daintyfoot] it seemed that it never would end . 1 to 2 pretty 2 pretty 6 seemed 5 it 6 seemed 6 seemed 7 that 7 that 10 would 8 it 9 never 8 it 10 would 10 would 11 end 11 end 12 . but after a while [lightfoot] 's greater size and strength began to tell . 1 but 2 after 1 but 3 a 3 a 4 while 3 a 8 size 6 's 7 greater 7 greater 8 size 8 size 11 began 9 and 10 strength 9 and 11 began 11 began 12 to 11 began 13 tell 13 tell 14 . little by little the big stranger was forced back towards the edge of the open place . 1 little 6 stranger 1 little 10 towards 2 by 3 little 3 little 5 big 4 the 5 big 5 big 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 was 7 was 8 forced 7 was 9 back 10 towards 13 of 10 towards 17 . 11 the 12 edge 12 edge 13 of 14 the 15 open 15 open 16 place 15 open 17 . now he would be thrown to his knees when [lightfoot] wasn't . 1 now 3 would 2 he 3 would 3 would 4 be 4 be 5 thrown 4 be 8 knees 5 thrown 6 to 6 to 7 his 8 knees 9 when 9 when 11 wasn't 11 wasn't 12 . as [lightfoot] saw this , he seemed to gain new strength . 1 as 6 he 3 saw 4 this 4 this 5 , 5 , 6 he 6 he 7 seemed 7 seemed 8 to 8 to 9 gain 9 gain 12 . 10 new 11 strength 11 strength 12 . at last he caught the stranger in such a way that he threw him over . 1 at 5 the 2 last 3 he 2 last 4 caught 4 caught 5 the 5 the 6 stranger 6 stranger 7 in 7 in 8 such 7 in 9 a 9 a 10 way 10 way 12 he 11 that 12 he 12 he 13 threw 13 threw 15 over 14 him 15 over 15 over 16 . while the stranger struggled to get to his feet again , [lightfoot] 's sharp antlers made long tears in his gray coat . 1 while 2 the 1 while 4 struggled 2 the 3 stranger 4 struggled 8 his 4 struggled 15 antlers 5 to 6 get 5 to 8 his 6 get 7 to 8 his 9 feet 9 feet 11 , 10 again 11 , 13 's 14 sharp 13 's 15 antlers 15 antlers 21 gray 16 made 17 long 16 made 18 tears 18 tears 19 in 19 in 20 his 20 his 21 gray 21 gray 22 coat 22 coat 23 . the stranger was beaten and he knew it . 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 6 he 3 was 4 beaten 4 beaten 5 and 5 and 6 he 6 he 7 knew 7 knew 8 it 8 it 9 . the instant he succeeded in getting to his feet he turned tail and plunged for the shelter of the [green] [forest] . 1 the 2 instant 1 the 9 feet 3 he 4 succeeded 4 succeeded 5 in 5 in 6 getting 6 getting 7 to 6 getting 9 feet 7 to 8 his 9 feet 11 turned 9 feet 14 plunged 10 he 11 turned 11 turned 12 tail 12 tail 13 and 14 plunged 17 shelter 15 for 16 the 16 the 17 shelter 17 shelter 18 of 18 of 19 the 19 the 22 . with a snort of triumph , [lightfoot] plunged after him . 1 with 2 a 2 a 3 snort 3 snort 4 of 4 of 5 triumph 5 triumph 6 , 5 triumph 9 after 6 , 8 plunged 9 after 10 him 10 him 11 . but now that he was beaten , fear took possession of the stranger . 1 but 2 now 1 but 4 he 2 now 3 that 4 he 9 took 5 was 6 beaten 6 beaten 7 , 7 , 8 fear 8 fear 9 took 9 took 12 the 10 possession 11 of 11 of 12 the 12 the 14 . 13 stranger 14 . all desire to fight left him . 1 all 2 desire 2 desire 3 to 3 to 4 fight 4 fight 5 left 5 left 6 him 6 him 7 . his one thought was to get away , and fear gave him speed . 1 his 11 gave 2 one 3 thought 3 thought 4 was 4 was 5 to 5 to 6 get 6 get 7 away 7 away 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 fear 9 and 11 gave 11 gave 12 him 11 gave 13 speed 13 speed 14 . straight back towards the [great] [mountain] from which he had come the stranger headed . 1 straight 3 towards 1 straight 10 had 2 back 3 towards 3 towards 4 the 7 from 8 which 8 which 9 he 9 he 10 had 10 had 11 come 11 come 12 the 12 the 13 stranger 13 stranger 15 . 14 headed 15 . lightfoot followed only a short distance . 1 lightfoot 2 followed 2 followed 4 a 3 only 4 a 4 a 5 short 5 short 6 distance 6 distance 7 . he knew that that stranger was going for good and would not come back . 1 he 2 knew 1 he 6 was 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 that 4 that 5 stranger 5 stranger 6 was 6 was 12 not 7 going 8 for 8 for 9 good 9 good 10 and 10 and 11 would 11 would 12 not 12 not 13 come 13 come 14 back 14 back 15 . then [lightfoot] turned back to the open place where they had fought . 1 then 3 turned 3 turned 5 to 4 back 5 to 5 to 7 open 6 the 7 open 7 open 8 place 8 place 11 had 9 where 10 they 10 they 11 had 11 had 12 fought 12 fought 13 . there he threw up his beautiful head , crowned by its great antlers , and whistled a challenge to all the [green] [forest] . 1 there 5 his 2 he 3 threw 3 threw 4 up 4 up 5 his 5 his 7 head 6 beautiful 7 head 7 head 8 , 7 head 9 crowned 9 crowned 14 , 9 crowned 17 a 10 by 11 its 11 its 13 antlers 12 great 13 antlers 13 antlers 14 , 15 and 16 whistled 15 and 17 a 17 a 18 challenge 17 a 24 . 18 challenge 19 to 20 all 21 the 21 the 24 . as she looked at him , [miss] [daintyfoot] knew that she had wanted him to win . 1 as 2 she 1 as 9 knew 2 she 3 looked 3 looked 4 at 4 at 5 him 5 him 6 , 9 knew 11 she 9 knew 13 wanted 10 that 11 she 12 had 13 wanted 13 wanted 14 him 14 him 15 to 15 to 16 win 16 win 17 . she knew that there simply couldn't be anybody else so handsome and strong and brave in all the [great] [world] . 1 she 2 knew 1 she 7 be 2 knew 4 there 3 that 4 there 4 there 5 simply 5 simply 6 couldn't 7 be 8 anybody 8 anybody 9 else 8 anybody 21 . 9 else 12 and 9 else 13 strong 10 so 11 handsome 11 handsome 12 and 12 and 13 strong 13 strong 14 and 13 strong 15 brave 15 brave 16 in 16 in 18 the 17 all 18 the [chapter] [xxxix] [:] [lightfoot] [discovers] [love] she adored him , which means that she loved him just as much as it was possible for her to love . 1 she 2 adored 1 she 6 means 2 adored 3 him 2 adored 5 which 3 him 4 , 4 , 5 which 6 means 13 much 7 that 8 she 8 she 9 loved 9 loved 10 him 9 loved 11 just 11 just 12 as 12 as 13 much 13 much 14 as 14 as 15 it 15 it 16 was 16 was 17 possible 17 possible 22 . 18 for 19 her 19 her 20 to 20 to 21 love 21 love 22 . but [lightfoot] didn't know this . 1 but 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 this 5 this 6 . in fact , he didn't know that [miss] [daintyfoot] was there . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 6 know 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 didn't 5 didn't 6 know 6 know 7 that 7 that 10 was 10 was 11 there 11 there 12 . his one thought had been to drive out of the [green] [forest] the big stranger who had come down from the [great] [mountain] . 1 his 8 out 1 his 15 stranger 2 one 3 thought 3 thought 4 had 4 had 5 been 5 been 7 drive 5 been 8 out 6 to 7 drive 9 of 10 the 10 the 14 big 13 the 14 big 14 big 15 stranger 15 stranger 16 who 16 who 17 had 17 had 18 come 18 come 19 down 19 down 20 from 20 from 21 the 21 the 24 . he had been jealous of that big stranger , though he hadn't known that he was jealous . 1 he 2 had 1 he 3 been 3 been 4 jealous 3 been 11 he 4 jealous 5 of 6 that 8 stranger 6 that 11 he 7 big 8 stranger 9 , 10 though 9 , 11 he 11 he 12 hadn't 12 hadn't 13 known 12 hadn't 15 he 13 known 14 that 14 that 15 he 15 he 16 was 16 was 18 . 17 jealous 18 . of course this was nothing but jealousy . 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 this 3 this 4 was 4 was 5 nothing 5 nothing 6 but 6 but 7 jealousy 7 jealousy 8 . in its place was a great longing to find [miss] [daintyfoot] . 1 in 2 its 2 its 4 was 3 place 4 was 4 was 6 great 5 a 6 great 6 great 7 longing 7 longing 8 to 8 to 9 find 9 find 12 . his great eyes became once more soft and beautiful . 1 his 2 great 2 great 5 once 3 eyes 4 became 4 became 5 once 5 once 7 soft 6 more 7 soft 7 soft 8 and 7 soft 9 beautiful 9 beautiful 10 . in them was a look of wistfulness . 1 in 2 them 1 in 4 a 3 was 4 a 4 a 5 look 5 look 6 of 6 of 7 wistfulness 7 wistfulness 8 . lightfoot walked down to the edge of the water and drank , for he was very , very thirsty . 1 lightfoot 3 down 1 lightfoot 4 to 2 walked 3 down 4 to 6 edge 5 the 6 edge 6 edge 16 very 7 of 9 water 8 the 9 water 9 water 12 , 9 water 13 for 10 and 11 drank 11 drank 12 , 13 for 14 he 14 he 15 was 15 was 16 very 16 very 20 . 17 , 18 very 18 very 20 . 19 thirsty 20 . then he turned , intending to take up once more his search for beautiful [miss] [daintyfoot] . 1 then 2 he 1 then 9 once 2 he 3 turned 2 he 5 intending 3 turned 4 , 5 intending 6 to 6 to 7 take 6 to 8 up 9 once 10 more 9 once 17 . 10 more 12 search 10 more 13 for 10 more 14 beautiful 11 his 12 search when he turned he faced the thicket in which [miss] [daintyfoot] was hiding . 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 turned 1 when 5 faced 4 he 5 faced 5 faced 7 thicket 6 the 7 thicket 7 thicket 9 which 8 in 9 which 9 which 12 was 12 was 13 hiding 13 hiding 14 . his keen eyes caught a little movement of the branches . 1 his 2 keen 1 his 3 eyes 2 keen 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 caught 4 caught 5 a 5 a 7 movement 6 little 7 movement 7 movement 8 of 7 movement 10 branches 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 branches 10 branches 11 . he wondered if she would disappear and run away as she had the last time he saw her . 1 he 2 wondered 2 wondered 3 if 2 wondered 5 would 3 if 4 she 4 she 5 would 5 would 6 disappear 6 disappear 9 away 7 and 8 run 8 run 9 away 9 away 15 time 10 as 11 she 11 she 12 had 12 had 14 last 13 the 14 last 14 last 15 time 15 time 17 saw 16 he 17 saw 17 saw 18 her 18 her 19 . he took a step or two forward . 1 he 2 took 2 took 3 a 2 took 4 step 4 step 5 or 4 step 6 two 6 two 7 forward 6 two 8 . the beautiful head was withdrawn . 1 the 2 beautiful 2 beautiful 3 head 3 head 4 was 4 was 5 withdrawn 5 withdrawn 6 . lightfoot 's heart sank . 1 lightfoot 2 's 2 's 3 heart 3 heart 4 sank 4 sank 5 . then he bounded forward into that thicket . 1 then 2 he 1 then 4 forward 2 he 3 bounded 4 forward 5 into 5 into 6 that 6 that 7 thicket 7 thicket 8 . there stood [miss] [daintyfoot] , timid , bashful , but with a look in her eyes which [lightfoot] could not mistake . 1 there 5 , 2 stood 5 , 5 , 21 mistake 6 timid 7 , 6 timid 8 bashful 8 bashful 11 with 9 , 10 but 9 , 11 with 11 with 12 a 12 a 13 look 12 a 16 eyes 13 look 14 in 14 in 15 her 16 eyes 17 which 16 eyes 21 mistake 17 which 19 could 19 could 20 not 21 mistake 22 . it was love . 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 love 3 love 4 . lightfoot knew that he loved [miss] [daintyfoot] and , looking into her soft , gentle eyes , he knew that [miss] [daintyfoot] loved him . 1 lightfoot 2 knew 1 lightfoot 11 into 2 knew 3 that 2 knew 4 he 3 that 4 he 4 he 5 loved 5 loved 8 and 9 , 10 looking 10 looking 11 into 11 into 15 gentle 12 her 13 soft 13 soft 14 , 13 soft 15 gentle 15 gentle 19 knew 16 eyes 18 he 17 , 18 he 18 he 19 knew 19 knew 20 that 20 that 23 loved 23 loved 24 him 23 loved 25 . [chapter] [xl] [:] [happy] [days] [in] [the] [green] [forest] these were happy days in the [green] [forest] . 1 these 2 were 2 were 3 happy 3 happy 4 days 4 days 5 in 5 in 6 the 6 the 9 . at least , they were happy for [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 at 2 least 2 least 3 , 3 , 4 they 4 they 5 were 5 were 6 happy 6 happy 7 for 7 for 9 the 9 the 11 . they were the happiest days he had ever known . 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 the 3 the 5 days 4 happiest 5 days 5 days 7 had 6 he 7 had 7 had 9 known 8 ever 9 known 9 known 10 . you see , he had won beautiful , slender , young [miss] [daintyfoot] , and now she was no longer [miss] [daintyfoot] but [mrs] [lightfoot] . 1 you 5 had 1 you 9 slender 2 see 3 , 3 , 4 he 4 he 5 had 6 won 7 beautiful 7 beautiful 8 , 7 beautiful 9 slender 9 slender 11 young 10 , 11 young 11 young 14 , 14 , 19 no 15 and 16 now 16 now 17 she 17 she 18 was 18 was 19 no 19 no 20 longer 20 longer 23 but 20 longer 26 . wherever [lightfoot] went , [mrs] [lightfoot] went . 1 wherever 3 went 3 went 4 , 4 , 7 went 7 went 8 . he showed her all his favorite hiding-places . 1 he 2 showed 2 showed 3 her 2 showed 4 all 4 all 5 his 5 his 6 favorite 6 favorite 7 hiding-places 7 hiding-places 8 . he led her to his favorite eating-places . 1 he 2 led 2 led 3 her 2 led 5 his 4 to 5 his 5 his 6 favorite 6 favorite 7 eating-places 7 eating-places 8 . but he didn't stop to think and proudly led her from place to place . 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 didn't 2 he 4 stop 4 stop 5 to 5 to 6 think 5 to 9 led 6 think 7 and 7 and 8 proudly 9 led 10 her 9 led 11 from 11 from 12 place 12 place 13 to 12 place 15 . 13 to 14 place 14 place 15 . and [mrs] [lightfoot] wisely expressed delight with all she saw quite as if it were all new . 1 and 4 wisely 1 and 10 saw 4 wisely 5 expressed 5 expressed 6 delight 6 delight 7 with 8 all 9 she 9 she 10 saw 10 saw 11 quite 11 quite 13 if 11 quite 14 it 12 as 13 if 14 it 17 new 15 were 16 all 15 were 17 new 17 new 18 . and they really did feel glad . 1 and 2 they 2 they 3 really 3 really 4 did 4 did 5 feel 5 feel 6 glad 6 glad 7 . the [green] [forest] would not be the same at all without [lightfoot] the [deer] . 1 the 4 would 4 would 8 same 5 not 6 be 6 be 7 the 7 the 8 same 8 same 11 without 9 at 10 all 10 all 11 without 11 without 13 the 13 the 15 . " [i] know , " replied [mrs] [lightfoot] softly . 1 " 3 know 3 know 4 , 4 , 6 replied 5 " 6 replied 6 replied 9 softly 9 softly 10 . " [i] know all about it . 1 " 3 know 3 know 5 about 4 all 5 about 5 about 6 it 6 it 7 . you see , there were hunters on the [great] [mountain] . 1 you 2 see 2 see 3 , 2 see 4 there 4 there 5 were 5 were 6 hunters 6 hunters 7 on 6 hunters 11 . 7 on 8 the in fact , that is how [i] happened to come down to the [green] [forest] . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 that 4 that 8 happened 5 is 6 how 6 how 8 happened 8 happened 10 come 9 to 10 come 10 come 11 down 11 down 12 to 12 to 13 the 13 the 16 . they hunted me so up there that [i] did not dare stay , and [i] came down here thinking that there might be fewer hunters . 1 they 2 hunted 1 they 10 not 2 hunted 3 me 3 me 4 so 3 me 5 up 5 up 6 there 6 there 7 that 6 there 9 did 10 not 11 dare 10 not 12 stay 12 stay 22 might 13 , 14 and 13 , 19 thinking 14 and 16 came 16 came 17 down 17 down 18 here 19 thinking 20 that 20 that 21 there 20 that 22 might 22 might 23 be 23 be 24 fewer 23 be 25 hunters 25 hunters 26 . i wouldn't have believed that [i] could ever be thankful to hunters for anything , but [i] am , truly [i] am . " 1 i 4 believed 1 i 8 ever 2 wouldn't 3 have 3 have 4 believed 5 that 7 could 7 could 8 ever 8 ever 9 be 9 be 14 anything 10 thankful 11 to 10 thankful 14 anything 11 to 12 hunters 12 hunters 13 for 14 anything 15 , 15 , 16 but 15 , 18 am 18 am 22 am 19 , 20 truly 20 truly 22 am 22 am 23 . 23 . 24 " there was a puzzled look on [lightfoot] 's face . 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 a 3 a 4 puzzled 4 puzzled 5 look 5 look 6 on 6 on 10 . 8 's 9 face 9 face 10 . " what for ? " he demanded . 1 " 2 what 2 what 3 for 3 for 4 ? 4 ? 5 " 5 " 6 he 6 he 7 demanded 7 demanded 8 . " [i] can't imagine anybody being thankful to hunters for anything . " 1 " 4 imagine 3 can't 4 imagine 4 imagine 6 being 5 anybody 6 being 6 being 7 thankful 7 thankful 8 to 8 to 9 hunters 9 hunters 10 for 10 for 11 anything 11 anything 12 . 12 . 13 " " oh , you stupid , " cried [mrs] [lightfoot] . 1 " 2 oh 1 " 5 stupid 2 oh 3 , 3 , 4 you 5 stupid 6 , 5 stupid 7 " 7 " 8 cried 8 cried 11 . " don't you see that if [i] hadn't been driven down from the [great] [mountain] , [i] never would have found [you] ? " 1 " 2 don't 1 " 8 hadn't 3 you 4 see 3 you 8 hadn't 4 see 5 that 4 see 6 if 8 hadn't 9 been 9 been 10 driven 9 been 21 found 10 driven 11 down 11 down 13 the 12 from 13 the 16 , 18 never 18 never 20 have 18 never 21 found 19 would 20 have 21 found 23 ? 23 ? 24 " " you mean , [i] never would have found [you] , " retorted [lightfoot] . 1 " 6 never 2 you 3 mean 3 mean 4 , 4 , 6 never 6 never 7 would 7 would 8 have 7 would 9 found 9 found 11 , 11 , 12 " 12 " 13 retorted 13 retorted 15 . " [i] guess [i] owe these hunters more than you do . 1 " 3 guess 1 " 5 owe 5 owe 6 these 6 these 10 you 7 hunters 8 more 8 more 9 than 8 more 10 you 10 you 11 do 11 do 12 . i owe them the greatest happiness [i] have ever known , but [i] never would have thought of it myself . 1 i 3 them 2 owe 3 them 3 them 11 , 4 the 5 greatest 4 the 6 happiness 6 happiness 10 known 6 happiness 11 , 8 have 9 ever 8 have 10 known 11 , 12 but 12 but 21 . 14 never 15 would 15 would 16 have 16 have 17 thought 17 thought 20 myself 17 thought 21 . 18 of 19 it 19 it 20 myself isn't it queer how things [which] seem the very worst possible sometimes turn out to be the very best possible ? " 1 isn't 5 things 1 isn't 11 possible 2 it 3 queer 3 queer 4 how 4 how 5 things 5 things 7 seem 7 seem 9 very 8 the 9 very 9 very 10 worst 11 possible 14 out 11 possible 16 be 12 sometimes 13 turn 13 turn 14 out 14 out 15 to 16 be 18 very 16 be 20 possible 17 the 18 very 18 very 19 best 20 possible 21 ? 21 ? 22 " blacky the [crow] is one of [lightfoot] 's friends , but sometimes even friends are envious . 1 blacky 2 the 2 the 13 even 4 is 5 one 5 one 6 of 5 one 12 sometimes 8 's 9 friends 8 's 12 sometimes 9 friends 10 , 10 , 11 but 12 sometimes 13 even 13 even 14 friends 14 friends 16 envious 15 are 16 envious 16 envious 17 . it is so [with] [blacky] . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 so 3 so 6 . he insists that he is quite as important in the [green] [forest] [as] is [lightfoot] and that his doings are quite as interesting . 1 he 2 insists 2 insists 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 14 is 4 he 5 is 5 is 6 quite 6 quite 7 as 6 quite 8 important 8 important 9 in 9 in 10 the 14 is 24 . 16 and 17 that 16 and 21 quite 18 his 19 doings 19 doings 20 are 20 are 21 quite 21 quite 23 interesting 22 as 23 interesting 23 interesting 24 . therefore just to please him the next book is to be [blacky] the [crow] . 1 therefore 3 to 1 therefore 7 next 2 just 3 to 3 to 4 please 4 please 5 him 6 the 7 next 7 next 8 book 8 book 9 is 9 is 10 to 10 to 11 be 11 be 15 . 13 the 15 . end of [project] [gutenberg] ['s] [lightfoot] the [deer] [,] [by] [thornton] [w] [burgess] 1 end 2 of 2 of 7 the