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[a] [bedtime] [story-book] 

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

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

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

[[] [illustration] []] 

little , [brown] and [company] [boston] [toronto] 
1 little 2 ,
2 , 4 and

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1 copyright 9 renewed
9 renewed 16 rights
16 rights 18 .

[republished] [in] [@number@] [printed] [and] [bound] [in] [canada] 

[contents] 

[chapter] [page] 

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

[i] 

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

the [imp] of [mischief] [,] woe is [me] [,] [is] always busy as a bee . 
1 the 3 of
1 the 6 woe
6 woe 7 is
7 is 11 always
11 always 12 busy
12 busy 15 bee
13 as 14 a
14 a 15 bee
15 bee 16 .

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

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

no , [sir] , he won't keep still unless he is made to . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 9 unless
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 won't
6 won't 9 unless
7 keep 8 still
8 still 9 unless
9 unless 10 he
10 he 11 is
10 he 12 made
12 made 13 to
13 to 14 .

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

of course [peter] shouldn't have listened . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 4 shouldn't
4 shouldn't 5 have
4 shouldn't 6 listened
6 listened 7 .

certainly not . 
1 certainly 2 not
2 not 3 .

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

you [know] [peter] dearly [loves] a joke when it is [on] [some] one else . 
1 you 4 dearly
4 dearly 6 a
6 a 7 joke
7 joke 15 .
8 when 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 13 one
13 one 14 else
14 else 15 .

he sat right where he was and watched to see [if] [jimmy] would come out of the barrel . 
1 he 2 sat
2 sat 3 right
2 sat 8 watched
3 right 4 where
4 where 5 he
5 he 6 was
7 and 8 watched
8 watched 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 18 barrel
13 would 14 come
14 come 15 out
15 out 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 barrel
18 barrel 19 .

jimmy didn't come out , and [after] a little [peter] stole over to the barrel and peeped inside . 
1 jimmy 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 come
3 come 4 out
4 out 15 barrel
5 , 6 and
6 and 8 a
6 and 11 stole
8 a 9 little
11 stole 12 over
12 over 13 to
12 over 14 the
14 the 15 barrel
15 barrel 19 .
16 and 17 peeped
17 peeped 18 inside
18 inside 19 .

there was [jimmy] [skunk] curled up for a nap . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 curled
5 curled 6 up
6 up 7 for
7 for 8 a
8 a 9 nap
9 nap 10 .

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

all the [time] the [imp] [of] [mischief] [was] whispering to him that this was a splendid chance to play a joke [on] [jimmy] . 
1 all 2 the
2 the 9 whispering
4 the 9 whispering
9 whispering 24 .
10 to 11 him
10 to 19 play
11 him 12 that
13 this 14 was
14 was 15 a
15 a 16 splendid
16 splendid 17 chance
17 chance 18 to
18 to 19 play
19 play 21 joke
20 a 21 joke
21 joke 24 .

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

peter doesn't often have a chance to play a joke on [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 peter 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 often
3 often 6 chance
4 have 6 chance
5 a 6 chance
6 chance 8 play
7 to 8 play
8 play 10 joke
9 a 10 joke
10 joke 11 on
11 on 14 .

it isn't a very safe thing to do , not [if] [jimmy] is awake . 
1 it 2 isn't
1 it 13 is
2 isn't 3 a
3 a 4 very
4 very 5 safe
5 safe 6 thing
6 thing 8 do
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 ,
8 do 10 not
13 is 14 awake
14 awake 15 .

no one knows that better than [peter] . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 knows
3 knows 4 that
3 knows 5 better
5 better 6 than
6 than 8 .

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

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

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

as he sat there in a brown study , he happened to glance over on the [green] [meadows] and [there] he saw something red [.] 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 sat
2 he 22 saw
3 sat 4 there
3 sat 5 in
3 sat 15 on
5 in 6 a
6 a 7 brown
6 a 13 glance
7 brown 8 study
8 study 9 ,
8 study 13 glance
10 he 11 happened
11 happened 12 to
11 happened 13 glance
13 glance 14 over
15 on 16 the
19 and 21 he
21 he 22 saw
22 saw 23 something
23 something 24 red

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

right away [,] [peter] 's [nimble] wits began to plan how he could use [reddy] [fox] to play a joke [on] [jimmy] . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 23 .
5 's 7 wits
7 wits 8 began
8 began 9 to
9 to 10 plan
10 plan 20 joke
11 how 13 could
12 he 13 could
13 could 14 use
14 use 17 to
17 to 18 play
18 play 19 a
19 a 20 joke
20 joke 23 .

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

you [see] , [the] [imp] [of] [mischief] [was] very , very busy whispering [to] [peter] . 
1 you 3 ,
3 , 9 very
9 very 12 busy
10 , 11 very
11 very 12 busy
12 busy 13 whispering
13 whispering 16 .

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

it was the voice of [sammy] [jay] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 voice
4 voice 5 of
4 voice 8 .

right away [a] [plan] [for] getting [reddy] [up] there flashed into [peter] 's head . 
1 right 2 away
1 right 11 into
6 getting 11 into
9 there 10 flashed
10 flashed 11 into
11 into 14 head
13 's 14 head
14 head 15 .

he would get [sammy] angry , and that would make [sammy] [scream] [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 get
3 get 5 angry
5 angry 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 that
8 that 9 would
9 would 10 make

reddy would be sure to come [up] [there] to see what [sammy] [jay] was [making] [such] a fuss about . 
1 reddy 2 would
2 would 3 be
2 would 6 come
3 be 4 sure
4 sure 5 to
6 come 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 what
11 what 14 was
14 was 17 a
17 a 18 fuss
18 fuss 19 about
19 about 20 .

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

no one knows this better than [peter] . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 knows
3 knows 4 this
3 knows 5 better
5 better 6 than
6 than 8 .

so [instead] [of] [replying] politely [to] [sammy] , as he should have done , [peter] [spoke] crossly : 
1 so 17 crossly
5 politely 8 ,
5 politely 17 crossly
8 , 9 as
9 as 10 he
10 he 11 should
11 should 12 have
12 have 13 done
13 done 14 ,
17 crossly 18 :

" fly away , [sammy] [,] fly away ! 
1 " 9 !
2 fly 3 away
2 fly 8 away
2 fly 9 !
3 away 4 ,
7 fly 8 away

it is no business of yours [what] [i] am laughing [at] , " said he . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 no
3 no 4 business
4 business 6 yours
5 of 6 yours
6 yours 16 .
9 am 10 laughing
10 laughing 12 ,
12 , 13 "
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
14 said 16 .

right [away] [sammy] ['s] quick temper flared up . 
1 right 5 quick
5 quick 8 up
6 temper 7 flared
7 flared 8 up
8 up 9 .

he began to call [peter] names [,] [and] [peter] [answered] [back] . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
2 began 12 .
3 to 4 call
4 call 6 names

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

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

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

peter knew that [reddy] wouldn't come straight up there . 
1 peter 2 knew
1 peter 10 .
2 knew 3 that
5 wouldn't 6 come
6 come 7 straight
7 straight 8 up
8 up 9 there
8 up 10 .

that isn't [reddy] 's way . 
1 that 2 isn't
1 that 4 's
1 that 5 way
5 way 6 .

" [as] [soon] [as] he sees me he will think that at last he has a chance to catch me , " thought [peter] . 
1 " 5 he
5 he 6 sees
6 sees 7 me
6 sees 20 me
8 he 9 will
9 will 10 think
9 will 19 catch
10 think 11 that
12 at 13 last
13 last 17 chance
14 he 15 has
15 has 16 a
16 a 17 chance
17 chance 18 to
18 to 19 catch
19 catch 20 me
20 me 21 ,
21 , 22 "
22 " 23 thought
23 thought 25 .

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

[ii] 

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

to risk your life unless there 's [need] [is] downright [foolishness] [indeed] . 
1 to 2 risk
2 risk 3 your
3 your 4 life
4 life 13 .
5 unless 6 there
6 there 7 's
7 's 10 downright
10 downright 13 .

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

never do such a crazy thing [as] [peter] [rabbit] was [doing] [.] 
1 never 3 such
2 do 3 such
3 such 4 a
3 such 6 thing
4 a 5 crazy
6 thing 10 was

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

why , he was running the risk of being caught by [reddy] [fox] [all] [for] the sake of a joke . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 running
5 running 7 risk
6 the 7 risk
7 risk 10 caught
8 of 9 being
9 being 10 caught
10 caught 11 by
11 by 16 the
16 the 17 sake
17 sake 18 of
18 of 19 a
19 a 20 joke
20 joke 21 .

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

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

he didn't once think of [little] [mrs] [peter] [over] in the [dear] [old] [briar-patch] [and] [how] [she] would feel if he never came home again . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 18 would
2 didn't 3 once
2 didn't 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 11 the
10 in 11 the
18 would 19 feel
19 feel 20 if
20 if 21 he
21 he 22 never
22 never 25 again
23 came 24 home
24 home 25 again
25 again 26 .

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

if he had known it , he would have suspected one of [peter] 's tricks . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 known
4 known 5 it
5 it 6 ,
5 it 14 's
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 would
7 he 10 suspected
8 would 9 have
10 suspected 11 one
11 one 12 of
14 's 15 tricks
15 tricks 16 .

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

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

it all happened just as [peter] had expected . 
1 it 2 all
1 it 3 happened
3 happened 4 just
4 just 5 as
5 as 8 expected
7 had 8 expected
8 expected 9 .

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

" [go] it , [peter] ! 
1 " 3 it
1 " 6 !
3 it 4 ,

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

that was just like [sammy] . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 like
4 like 6 .

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

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

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

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

he watched sharply for [peter] [to] dodge and try to get back to the old stone wall . 
1 he 2 watched
2 watched 3 sharply
3 sharply 4 for
3 sharply 7 dodge
3 sharply 18 .
7 dodge 14 the
8 and 9 try
9 try 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 12 back
12 back 13 to
13 to 14 the
14 the 15 old
15 old 16 stone
17 wall 18 .

he didn't mean to let [peter] do that . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 mean
3 mean 4 to
4 to 5 let
4 to 7 do
7 do 8 that
8 that 9 .

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

he ran straight for the edge of the hill above the [green] [meadows] . 
1 he 2 ran
2 ran 3 straight
3 straight 4 for
4 for 5 the
5 the 6 edge
6 edge 7 of
7 of 8 the
8 the 9 hill
9 hill 10 above
9 hill 14 .
10 above 11 the

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

" if he tries [that] [,] [i] [will] [get] [him] [without] [the] [trouble] of much of a chase , ["] thought [reddy] , and chuckled . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 tries
4 tries 14 of
4 tries 18 chase
15 much 16 of
16 of 17 a
17 a 18 chase
18 chase 26 .
19 , 24 and
19 , 26 .
21 thought 23 ,
23 , 24 and
24 and 25 chuckled

lipperty-lipperty-lip ran [peter] [,] lipperty-lipperty-lip [,] [reddy] right at his heels ! 
1 lipperty-lipperty-lip 2 ran
1 lipperty-lipperty-lip 5 lipperty-lipperty-lip
5 lipperty-lipperty-lip 11 heels
8 right 11 heels
9 at 11 heels
10 his 11 heels
11 heels 12 !

to [sammy] [jay] it [looked] [as] [if] in a few [more] jumps [reddy] [certainly] [would] catch [peter] . 
1 to 4 it
4 it 18 .
8 in 9 a
9 a 10 few
10 few 12 jumps
12 jumps 16 catch
16 catch 18 .

" [go] it , [peter] ! 
1 " 3 it
1 " 6 !
3 it 4 ,

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

just as he reached the old barrel , [reddy] was so close to him that [peter] was almost sure that he could feel [reddy] 's breath . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 he
3 he 4 reached
3 he 10 was
4 reached 5 the
5 the 6 old
6 old 7 barrel
7 barrel 8 ,
10 was 11 so
11 so 12 close
12 close 13 to
13 to 14 him
14 him 15 that
14 him 27 .
17 was 18 almost
18 almost 19 sure
19 sure 20 that
20 that 21 he
20 that 25 's
21 he 22 could
22 could 23 feel
25 's 26 breath
26 breath 27 .

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

[iii] 

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

peter [rabbit] 's jump over the old barrel on the edge of the hill was unexpected to [reddy] [fox] . 
1 peter 3 's
3 's 8 barrel
4 jump 5 over
5 over 6 the
6 the 7 old
6 the 8 barrel
8 barrel 20 .
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 edge
11 edge 12 of
11 edge 14 hill
12 of 13 the
14 hill 16 unexpected
14 hill 20 .
15 was 16 unexpected
16 unexpected 17 to

in fact , [reddy] [was] so close [on] [peter] ['s] heels that he had no thought of [anything] [but] [catching] [peter] . 
1 in 2 fact
2 fact 3 ,
3 , 6 so
6 so 7 close
6 so 12 that
7 close 11 heels
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 had
13 he 16 thought
14 had 15 no
16 thought 17 of
17 of 22 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

there was . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 .

you remember that [jimmy] [skunk] had curled up in [there] [for] a nap . 
1 you 2 remember
2 remember 3 that
3 that 12 a
6 had 7 curled
7 curled 8 up
8 up 12 a
9 in 12 a
12 a 13 nap
13 nap 14 .

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

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

no , [sir] , it wasn't at all a comfortable way in which to travel . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
6 wasn't 7 at
6 wasn't 10 comfortable
7 at 8 all
9 a 10 comfortable
10 comfortable 11 way
10 comfortable 15 travel
12 in 13 which
13 which 15 travel
14 to 15 travel
15 travel 16 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

sammy [jay] was flying overhead , screaming [enough] to split his throat . 
1 sammy 10 split
3 was 4 flying
4 flying 5 overhead
5 overhead 6 ,
5 overhead 7 screaming
7 screaming 9 to
9 to 10 split
10 split 12 throat
11 his 12 throat
12 throat 13 .

altogether , it was quite the most exciting thing [peter] had ever seen . 
1 altogether 14 .
2 , 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 quite
5 quite 8 exciting
6 the 7 most
7 most 8 exciting
8 exciting 9 thing
8 exciting 12 ever
11 had 12 ever
12 ever 13 seen
13 seen 14 .

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

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

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

he saw [jimmy] [skunk] [lay] perfectly still , and a great fear crept into his heart . 
1 he 2 saw
1 he 13 crept
6 perfectly 7 still
7 still 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 a
10 a 11 great
11 great 12 fear
12 fear 13 crept
13 crept 14 into
14 into 15 his
15 his 16 heart
16 heart 17 .

had [jimmy] been killed ? 
1 had 3 been
3 been 4 killed
4 killed 5 ?

he hadn't once thought of [what] [might] happen [to] [jimmy] when he planned that joke . 
1 he 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 4 thought
3 once 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
4 thought 15 joke
8 happen 11 when
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 planned
13 planned 15 joke
14 that 15 joke
15 joke 16 .

but presently [jimmy] [began] [to] wave [first] one leg and then [another] , as if to make sure that he had some legs left . 
1 but 2 presently
2 presently 6 wave
6 wave 8 one
6 wave 9 leg
9 leg 10 and
10 and 11 then
11 then 13 ,
13 , 14 as
14 as 15 if
14 as 20 he
16 to 17 make
17 make 18 sure
18 sure 19 that
19 that 20 he
20 he 21 had
21 had 22 some
22 some 23 legs
23 legs 24 left
23 legs 25 .

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

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

[iv] 

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

when [jimmy] [skunk] [is] angry [then] [every] [one] watch [out] ! 
1 when 9 watch
5 angry 9 watch
9 watch 11 !

it 's [better] [far] [at] such a time [to] be nowhere about . 
1 it 2 's
1 it 10 be
2 's 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 time
10 be 11 nowhere
11 nowhere 12 about
12 about 13 .

jimmy [skunk] was angry [this] time and no mistake . 
1 jimmy 3 was
3 was 4 angry
4 angry 9 mistake
6 time 7 and
7 and 8 no
8 no 9 mistake
9 mistake 10 .

he was just plain mad , and when [jimmy] [skunk] feels that way , no one wants to be very near him . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 just
2 was 15 no
3 just 4 plain
4 plain 5 mad
5 mad 6 ,
5 mad 11 feels
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 when
11 feels 12 that
12 that 13 way
13 way 14 ,
15 no 16 one
16 one 17 wants
17 wants 23 .
18 to 19 be
19 be 20 very
20 very 21 near
21 near 22 him
22 him 23 .

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

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

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

and this [time] [jimmy] was mad clear through , as he got to his feet and shook himself to see that he was all there . 
1 and 2 this
2 this 5 was
5 was 7 clear
6 mad 7 clear
7 clear 8 through
7 clear 18 himself
9 , 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 got
12 got 13 to
13 to 18 himself
14 his 15 feet
15 feet 17 shook
16 and 17 shook
17 shook 18 himself
18 himself 19 to
18 himself 26 .
19 to 20 see
20 see 21 that
21 that 22 he
21 that 25 there
22 he 23 was
23 was 24 all

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

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

now [jimmy] can never be [accused] [of] [being] stupid . 
1 now 10 .
3 can 4 never
3 can 5 be
5 be 9 stupid
9 stupid 10 .

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

the [first] person he saw was [reddy] [fox] . 
1 the 3 person
3 person 6 was
3 person 9 .
4 he 5 saw
4 he 6 was

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

if [reddy] had known that it was [jimmy] [skunk] , he would have been [quite] content to remain at the top of the hill . 
1 if 3 had
3 had 4 known
4 known 5 that
4 known 12 would
5 that 11 he
6 it 7 was
6 it 10 ,
10 , 11 he
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 been
13 have 17 to
14 been 16 content
17 to 18 remain
18 remain 21 top
19 at 20 the
20 the 21 top
21 top 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 hill
24 hill 25 .

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

that is why he is afraid of no one , and [why] every one respects [jimmy] [and] [his] [rights] . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 why
3 why 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 afraid
5 is 8 no
6 afraid 7 of
8 no 9 one
9 one 10 ,
9 one 15 respects
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 every
13 every 14 one
15 respects 20 .

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

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

" take that ! " snapped [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 take
1 " 6 snapped
3 that 4 !
4 ! 5 "
5 " 6 snapped
6 snapped 9 .

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

poor [reddy] ! 
1 poor 3 !

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

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

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

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

jimmy [skunk] [just] [stood] and looked on , and there wasn't a [bit] [of] pity in his eyes . 
1 jimmy 15 pity
5 and 6 looked
6 looked 7 on
7 on 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 there
10 there 11 wasn't
11 wasn't 12 a
12 a 15 pity
15 pity 19 .
16 in 17 his
17 his 18 eyes
18 eyes 19 .

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

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

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

" huh ! " snorted [jimmy] [skunk] [,] [who] [didn't] [believe] a word of it . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 snorted
5 snorted 12 a
12 a 16 .
13 word 14 of
14 of 15 it
15 it 16 .

" [i] didn't [.] 
1 " 3 didn't

honestly [i] didn't , " protested [reddy] . 
1 honestly 3 didn't
1 honestly 6 protested
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 protested
6 protested 8 .

" [i] [ran] [against] [the] barrel by accident , chasing [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 6 barrel
6 barrel 8 accident
7 by 8 accident
8 accident 9 ,
8 accident 10 chasing
10 chasing 13 .

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

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

" if [you] were chasing [peter] [rabbit] , where is he now ? " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 4 were
4 were 5 chasing
5 chasing 8 ,
8 , 14 "
9 where 10 is
9 where 11 he
9 where 13 ?
12 now 13 ?
13 ? 14 "

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

he was nowhere in sight , and he certainly hadn't had time to reach the [dear] [old] [briar-patch] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 nowhere
3 nowhere 4 in
3 nowhere 5 sight
3 nowhere 9 certainly
3 nowhere 13 to
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 certainly
9 certainly 10 hadn't
10 hadn't 11 had
10 hadn't 12 time
12 time 13 to
13 to 14 reach
14 reach 15 the
14 reach 19 .

jimmy looked this way and that way , but there was no sign of [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
2 looked 4 way
2 looked 7 way
3 this 4 way
4 way 5 and
6 that 7 way
7 way 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 there
10 there 11 was
10 there 12 no
12 no 13 sign
13 sign 14 of
14 of 17 .

" huh ! " said he [again] , turning his back on [reddy] [fox] and walking away with a great deal of dignity . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
5 said 8 ,
5 said 24 .
8 , 9 turning
9 turning 10 his
9 turning 11 back
11 back 12 on
15 and 16 walking
16 walking 17 away
17 away 18 with
18 with 19 a
19 a 20 great
20 great 21 deal
21 deal 22 of
22 of 23 dignity
23 dignity 24 .

[v] 

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

just as soon as [reddy] [fox] [could] [see] [after] [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [thrown] [that] [terrible] [perfume] [in] [reddy] ['s] [face] he started for the [green] [forest] . 
1 just 2 as
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
4 as 21 he
21 he 22 started
22 started 23 for
23 for 24 the
24 the 27 .

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

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

no indeed . 
1 no 2 indeed
2 indeed 3 .

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

poor [reddy] ! 
1 poor 3 !

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

he couldn't go home , for old [granny] [fox] would drive him out of the house . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 go
3 go 4 home
4 home 5 ,
4 home 17 .
5 , 6 for
7 old 16 house
10 would 11 drive
11 drive 12 him
12 him 13 out
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 the
15 the 16 house
16 house 17 .

sammy [jay] would see to that . 
1 sammy 3 would
3 would 4 see
4 see 6 that
5 to 6 that
6 that 7 .

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

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

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

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

when he reached the [green] [forest] he hurried over to the [laughing] [brook] to wash out his eyes . 
1 when 3 reached
1 when 7 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 4 the
7 he 8 hurried
8 hurried 9 over
8 hurried 14 to
9 over 10 to
9 over 11 the
14 to 15 wash
15 wash 19 .
16 out 17 his
17 his 18 eyes
18 eyes 19 .

it was [just] his luck to have [billy] [mink] come [along] while he was doing this . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 14 was
2 was 4 his
4 his 5 luck
5 luck 6 to
6 to 7 have
7 have 10 come
12 while 13 he
13 he 14 was
14 was 15 doing
15 doing 16 this
15 doing 17 .

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

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

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

there [he] [stopped] [and] [made] [fun] [of] [reddy] [fox] [and] [said] [all] [the] [provoking] [things] [he] [could] [think] [of] . 
1 there 20 .

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

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

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

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

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

" [the] [only] [thing] [i] can do [is] [to] [get] [as] [far] [away] [from] [everybody] [as] [i] [can] , " thought he . 
1 " 6 can
6 can 7 do
7 do 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 thought
21 thought 22 he
22 he 23 .

" [i] guess [i] 'll have to go [up] to the [old] [pasture] [to] live for a while . " 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 6 have
5 'll 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 go
7 to 15 live
8 go 10 to
10 to 11 the
15 live 16 for
16 for 17 a
17 a 18 while
18 while 19 .
19 . 20 "

so he started for the [old] [pasture] [,] keeping as much [out] of [sight] as possible . 
1 so 2 he
1 so 9 keeping
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 for
4 for 5 the
9 keeping 10 as
10 as 11 much
11 much 13 of
11 much 15 as
15 as 16 possible
16 possible 17 .

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

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

" it wouldn't [be] [so] [bad] if [i] had [really] [been] to blame [,] [but] [i] wasn't . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 wouldn't
2 it 17 wasn't
3 wouldn't 13 blame
7 if 9 had
9 had 12 to
12 to 13 blame
17 wasn't 18 .

i didn't know [jimmy] [skunk] [was] [in] that barrel [and] [i] didn't mean to start it rolling down the hill anyway , " he muttered . 
1 i 2 didn't
1 i 12 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
3 know 8 that
8 that 9 barrel
12 didn't 13 mean
13 mean 14 to
14 to 15 start
15 start 16 it
15 start 17 rolling
17 rolling 18 down
17 rolling 20 hill
18 down 19 the
19 the 20 hill
20 hill 21 anyway
21 anyway 22 ,
21 anyway 25 muttered
22 , 23 "
24 he 25 muttered
25 muttered 26 .

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

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

[vi] 

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

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

of course , that wasn't a bit nice of [peter] [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 5 wasn't
4 that 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 7 bit
6 a 7 bit
7 bit 8 nice
7 bit 9 of

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

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

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

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

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

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

all [he] [could] [do] [was] [to] [kick] [and] [squirm] [and] [twist] [his] [head] [around] [to] [see] [what] [was] happening . 
1 all 19 happening
19 happening 20 .

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

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

they [were] [yellow] [jackets] [,] [which] [you] know belong to the [wasp] [family] and [carry] very sharp little lances in their tails . 
1 they 8 know
8 know 23 .
9 belong 10 to
9 belong 22 tails
10 to 11 the
11 the 19 lances
14 and 16 very
16 very 17 sharp
17 sharp 19 lances
18 little 19 lances
20 in 21 their
20 in 22 tails
22 tails 23 .

poor [peter] ! 
1 poor 3 !

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

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

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

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

he remembered that [johnny] [chuck] digs his house [deep] [down] in the ground . 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that
3 that 6 digs
6 digs 14 .
7 his 8 house
8 house 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 ground
13 ground 14 .

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

it was [dark] down there . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 there
4 down 5 there
5 there 6 .

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

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

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

ouch ! 
1 ouch 2 !

oh ! 
1 oh 2 !

ohoo ! " 
1 ohoo 2 !
2 ! 3 "

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

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

it was just as he had hoped ; [the] [yellow] [jackets] did not follow him down there . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 14 follow
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 had
5 he 7 hoped
7 hoped 8 ;
12 did 13 not
13 not 14 follow
14 follow 15 him
15 him 18 .
16 down 17 there
17 there 18 .

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

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

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

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

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

and [to] [get] out he would have to go [right] [past] [the] [yellow] [jacket] home again . 
1 and 4 out
1 and 5 he
5 he 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 to
8 to 9 go
9 go 15 home
15 home 16 again
16 again 17 .

" [i] guess [i] [am] served just right . " 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 6 served
6 served 7 just
6 served 8 right
8 right 9 .
9 . 10 "

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

[vii] 

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

sammy [jay] is a queer fellow . 
1 sammy 3 is
3 is 4 a
4 a 5 queer
5 queer 6 fellow
6 fellow 7 .

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

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

so , [of] [course] [,] he had seen what happened to [reddy] . 
1 so 2 ,
1 so 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 seen
7 had 10 happened
9 what 10 happened
10 happened 11 to
11 to 13 .

now , instead of being sorry for [reddy] , he had openly rejoiced . 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 9 ,
2 , 3 instead
3 instead 4 of
4 of 5 being
5 being 6 sorry
6 sorry 7 for
9 , 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 openly
12 openly 13 rejoiced
13 rejoiced 14 .

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

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

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

in the first place it was very exciting , and [sammy] dearly loves excitement . 
1 in 2 the
1 in 14 excitement
2 the 3 first
3 first 4 place
4 place 5 it
6 was 7 very
7 very 8 exciting
7 very 12 dearly
8 exciting 9 ,
9 , 10 and
12 dearly 13 loves
13 loves 14 excitement
14 excitement 15 .

and [then] it would make such a splendid story [to] [tell] , and no one likes to carry tales more than [does] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 and 3 it
3 it 4 would
4 would 5 make
5 make 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 splendid
8 splendid 9 story
9 story 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 no
14 no 15 one
14 no 20 more
15 one 16 likes
16 likes 17 to
16 likes 19 tales
17 to 18 carry
20 more 21 than
21 than 25 .

he watched [reddy] [sneak] [away] to the [green] [forest] , and [jimmy] [skunk] slowly [walk] away in a very dignified manner [.] 
1 he 2 watched
2 watched 6 to
2 watched 21 manner
6 to 7 the
10 , 11 and
10 , 14 slowly
14 slowly 20 dignified
16 away 17 in
17 in 18 a
18 a 19 very
19 very 20 dignified
20 dignified 21 manner

then [sammy] [flew] [back] [to] [the] [old] [orchard] [to] spread the news among the little people there [.] 
1 then 10 spread
10 spread 12 news
11 the 12 news
12 news 13 among
13 among 14 the
13 among 16 people
15 little 16 people
16 people 17 there

it wasn't until he reached the [old] [orchard] that he remembered [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 until
3 until 4 he
4 he 5 reached
4 he 11 remembered
5 reached 6 the
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 remembered
11 remembered 14 .

the fact is , [sammy] [jay] was doing some hard thinking . 
1 the 2 fact
2 fact 3 is
2 fact 4 ,
2 fact 8 doing
7 was 8 doing
8 doing 9 some
8 doing 11 thinking
10 hard 11 thinking
11 thinking 12 .

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

it had popped into that shrewd little head of his that it was very strange how suddenly [peter] [rabbit] had disappeared . 
1 it 2 had
2 had 3 popped
3 popped 4 into
3 popped 6 shrewd
3 popped 8 head
5 that 6 shrewd
6 shrewd 7 little
8 head 9 of
8 head 21 disappeared
9 of 10 his
11 that 13 was
12 it 13 was
13 was 14 very
14 very 15 strange
15 strange 16 how
15 strange 17 suddenly
17 suddenly 21 disappeared
20 had 21 disappeared
21 disappeared 22 .

but [i] [saw] it all , and [i] know that it was all [an] [accident] so far as [reddy] was concerned . 
1 but 4 it
4 it 5 all
5 all 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 21 concerned
9 know 10 that
10 that 20 was
11 it 12 was
11 it 20 was
12 was 13 all
12 was 16 so
16 so 17 far
17 far 18 as
20 was 21 concerned
21 concerned 22 .

but [peter] [rabbit] may [have] [known] [.] 
1 but 4 may

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

that would have been pretty smart of [peter] [and] [quite] [like] him . 
1 that 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 been
4 been 5 pretty
5 pretty 6 smart
6 smart 7 of
6 smart 12 him
12 him 13 .

the [more] [i] think of it , [the] [more] [i] believe [that] [peter] did know and that he planned the whole thing . 
1 the 21 whole
4 think 5 of
4 think 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 18 he
11 believe 17 that
14 did 15 know
15 know 17 that
16 and 17 that
17 that 18 he
18 he 19 planned
19 planned 21 whole
20 the 21 whole
21 whole 22 thing
22 thing 23 .

if he did , it was one of the smartest tricks [i] ever heard of . 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 did
3 did 5 it
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 10 smartest
7 one 10 smartest
8 of 9 the
9 the 10 smartest
10 smartest 11 tricks
10 smartest 13 ever
10 smartest 15 of
13 ever 14 heard
15 of 16 .

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

it was rather hard [on] [jimmy] [skunk] , but it [got] rid [of] [reddy] [fox] for a while . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 hard
2 was 3 rather
4 hard 8 ,
4 hard 16 for
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 it
10 it 12 rid
16 for 17 a
17 a 18 while
18 while 19 .

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

that means that [peter] will have one less worry on his mind . 
1 that 2 means
2 means 3 that
2 means 8 less
5 will 6 have
6 have 7 one
7 one 8 less
8 less 9 worry
9 worry 10 on
10 on 11 his
11 his 12 mind
12 mind 13 .

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

here comes [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 here 2 comes
1 here 5 .

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

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

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

" hello , [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,

have you seen [peter] [rabbit] this morning ? " cried [sammy] [jay] . 
1 have 2 you
2 you 3 seen
2 you 8 ?
6 this 7 morning
7 morning 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 cried
10 cried 13 .

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

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

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

why ? " 
1 why 2 ?
2 ? 3 "

" did he see you go into that old barrel ? " persisted [sammy] . 
1 " 13 persisted
2 did 3 he
2 did 5 you
4 see 5 you
5 you 6 go
6 go 7 into
7 into 10 barrel
8 that 10 barrel
9 old 10 barrel
10 barrel 13 persisted
11 ? 12 "
12 " 13 persisted
13 persisted 15 .

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

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

what have you got on your mind , [sammy] [jay] ? " 
1 what 2 have
2 have 3 you
2 have 4 got
4 got 5 on
5 on 6 your
6 your 7 mind
7 mind 8 ,
8 , 12 "
11 ? 12 "

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

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

" no , " replied [sammy] . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 7 .

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

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

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

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

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

[viii] 

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

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

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

then [sammy] slowly [shut] [one] [eye] and as slowly opened it again . 
1 then 3 slowly
3 slowly 9 slowly
7 and 8 as
8 as 9 slowly
9 slowly 10 opened
10 opened 11 it
11 it 12 again
12 again 13 .

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

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

sammy [jay] said nothing , but [winked] again . 
1 sammy 9 .
3 said 4 nothing
3 said 9 .
4 nothing 6 but
5 , 6 but
8 again 9 .

jimmy grinned . 
1 jimmy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 .

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

" [i] wonder , " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 9 .

" and [i] wonder if he did it just [to] get [reddy] into trouble , " continued [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 and
1 " 17 continued
4 wonder 5 if
5 if 6 he
6 he 7 did
7 did 8 it
7 did 11 get
8 it 9 just
11 get 13 into
13 into 14 trouble
14 trouble 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 continued
17 continued 19 .

" [i] wonder , " repeated [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 repeated
6 repeated 9 .

" [i] wonder , " said [sammy] [jay] [once] [more] , and burst out laughing . 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 15 laughing
11 , 12 and
11 , 15 laughing
12 and 13 burst
13 burst 14 out
15 laughing 16 .

now [jimmy] [skunk] [has] a very shrewd little head on his shoulders . 
1 now 13 .
5 a 6 very
5 a 8 little
6 very 7 shrewd
8 little 9 head
9 head 12 shoulders
10 on 12 shoulders
11 his 12 shoulders
12 shoulders 13 .

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

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

" [i] [think] [i] will go look for [peter] . 
1 " 5 will
5 will 6 go
6 go 7 look
7 look 8 for
8 for 10 .

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

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

my neck might have been broken in that wild ride down the hill , and [certainly] [i] was made most uncomfortable . 
1 my 2 neck
2 neck 3 might
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 been
5 been 6 broken
6 broken 7 in
6 broken 10 ride
7 in 8 that
9 wild 10 ride
10 ride 11 down
11 down 12 the
12 the 13 hill
13 hill 14 ,
13 hill 21 uncomfortable
14 , 15 and
18 was 19 made
19 made 21 uncomfortable
20 most 21 uncomfortable
21 uncomfortable 22 .

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

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

by the way , what became of [peter] after he jumped over the barrel ? " 
1 by 2 the
2 the 3 way
2 the 14 barrel
3 way 4 ,
4 , 5 what
5 what 6 became
6 became 7 of
9 after 10 he
10 he 11 jumped
11 jumped 14 barrel
12 over 13 the
13 the 14 barrel
14 barrel 15 ?
15 ? 16 "

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

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

i guess [reddy] [fox] forgot all about [peter] [.] 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 5 forgot
5 forgot 7 about
6 all 7 about

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

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

he hadn't had time to reach the [old] [briar-patch] . 
1 he 2 hadn't
1 he 3 had
3 had 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 reach
6 reach 7 the
6 reach 10 .

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

jimmy [skunk] [turned] and looked down the hill . 
1 jimmy 8 hill
4 and 5 looked
5 looked 6 down
6 down 7 the
7 the 8 hill
8 hill 9 .

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

" where are you going ? " asked [sammy] . 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 are
3 are 4 you
4 you 5 going
4 you 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
6 ? 8 asked
8 asked 10 .

" [to] [look] for [peter] [rabbit] , " replied [jimmy] . 
1 " 9 replied
4 for 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 replied
9 replied 11 .

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

jimmy [skunk] ambled [along] down the hill . 
1 jimmy 7 hill
3 ambled 5 down
5 down 6 the
6 the 7 hill
7 hill 8 .

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

peter really ought to be punished , but somehow [i] don't feel so much like punishing him as [i] did . 
1 peter 3 ought
2 really 3 ought
3 ought 4 to
3 ought 6 punished
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 punished
6 punished 9 somehow
6 punished 21 .
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 somehow
9 somehow 12 feel
9 somehow 20 did
11 don't 12 feel
12 feel 13 so
12 feel 15 like
12 feel 18 as
13 so 14 much
15 like 16 punishing
16 punishing 17 him

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

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

i have an idea [he] [isn't] [very] [far] [away] . 
1 i 2 have
2 have 4 idea
3 an 4 idea
4 idea 10 .

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

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

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

[[] [illustration] []] 

[ix] 

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

jimmy [skunk] [was] smiling as he [ambled] towards the old house of [johnny] [chuck] [near] the foot of the hill . 
1 jimmy 4 smiling
4 smiling 21 .
5 as 6 he
6 he 8 towards
8 towards 17 foot
9 the 10 old
9 the 12 of
10 old 11 house
12 of 16 the
16 the 17 foot
17 foot 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 hill
20 hill 21 .

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

to [jimmy] himself it wasn't unpleasant at all , and he couldn't understand why other people disliked it so . 
1 to 3 himself
3 himself 20 .
4 it 5 wasn't
4 it 20 .
5 wasn't 6 unpleasant
6 unpleasant 7 at
7 at 8 all
8 all 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 couldn't
12 couldn't 13 understand
13 understand 14 why
13 understand 17 disliked
15 other 16 people
16 people 17 disliked
17 disliked 18 it
17 disliked 19 so

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

" [i] guess it 's a good thing that [old] [mother] [nature] [didn't] [make] [us] [all] alike , " said he to himself . 
1 " 20 said
3 guess 4 it
3 guess 17 alike
4 it 5 's
5 's 6 a
6 a 7 good
7 good 8 thing
8 thing 9 that
17 alike 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
21 he 23 himself
22 to 23 himself
23 himself 24 .

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

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

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

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

there is [johnny] [chuck] 's old house [just] ahead of [me] . 
1 there 2 is
1 there 5 's
5 's 7 house
6 old 7 house
7 house 12 .
9 ahead 10 of
9 ahead 12 .

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

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

if [peter] was way down inside , it wouldn't matter how he approached . 
1 if 8 it
3 was 6 inside
4 way 5 down
5 down 6 inside
6 inside 7 ,
6 inside 8 it
8 it 9 wouldn't
9 wouldn't 10 matter
10 matter 11 how
10 matter 13 approached
12 he 13 approached
13 approached 14 .

jimmy didn't intend to give [peter] a chance to do any such thing . 
1 jimmy 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 intend
3 intend 4 to
4 to 5 give
5 give 8 chance
7 a 8 chance
8 chance 9 to
9 to 10 do
10 do 11 any
11 any 13 thing
12 such 13 thing
13 thing 14 .

if [peter] [once] [got] [outside] that old house , [his] [long] [legs] would soon put him beyond [jimmy] ['s] reach , and [jimmy] [knew] [it] [.] 
1 if 6 that
6 that 7 old
7 old 8 house
8 house 9 ,
9 , 22 and
13 would 14 soon
14 soon 15 put
15 put 16 him
16 him 17 beyond
17 beyond 22 and
20 reach 21 ,
21 , 22 and

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

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

there wasn't a [sound] [to] [tell] [him] whether [peter] was [there] [or] not . 
1 there 2 wasn't
1 there 10 was
2 wasn't 3 a
3 a 8 whether
10 was 13 not
13 not 14 .

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

there was no [peter] to be seen . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 no
1 there 6 be
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 seen
7 seen 8 .

" if he is here , he is [way] [down] inside , " thought [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 here
5 here 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 11 inside
11 inside 16 .
12 , 13 "
12 , 16 .
13 " 14 thought

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

i think [i] 'll look about a bit [before] [i] [go] [in] . " 
1 i 2 think
1 i 4 'll
4 'll 5 look
5 look 6 about
5 look 8 bit
7 a 8 bit
8 bit 13 .
13 . 14 "

now the doorstep was [of] sand , as [johnny] [chuck] ['s] doorsteps [always] [are] . 
1 now 15 .
2 the 3 doorstep
2 the 6 sand
3 doorstep 4 was
6 sand 7 ,
6 sand 12 doorsteps
7 , 8 as
12 doorsteps 15 .

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

there were [peter] 's tracks , and they pointed straight towards the [inside] [of] [johnny] [chuck] 's [old] house . 
1 there 2 were
1 there 4 's
4 's 5 tracks
5 tracks 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 they
8 they 9 pointed
9 pointed 10 straight
10 straight 11 towards
11 towards 12 the
12 the 19 house
17 's 19 house
19 house 20 .

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

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

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

in this [jimmy] was partly [right] and partly wrong , as you [and] [i] know . 
1 in 2 this
2 this 4 was
4 was 5 partly
5 partly 8 partly
7 and 8 partly
8 partly 9 wrong
9 wrong 10 ,
10 , 11 as
11 as 12 you
12 you 15 know
15 know 16 .

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

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

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

yes , [sir] , that was just as far as [jimmy] [skunk] [went] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 just
7 just 8 as
8 as 9 far
9 far 10 as

jimmy [skunk] knows all about [yellow] [jackets] and the sharp little lances [they] [carry] in their tails ; he has the greatest respect for them . 
1 jimmy 3 knows
1 jimmy 26 .
3 knows 5 about
4 all 5 about
8 and 9 the
9 the 10 sharp
10 sharp 11 little
10 sharp 12 lances
12 lances 17 tails
15 in 16 their
16 their 17 tails
17 tails 18 ;
17 tails 22 greatest
18 ; 19 he
19 he 20 has
21 the 22 greatest
22 greatest 23 respect
23 respect 24 for
23 respect 26 .
24 for 25 them

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

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

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

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

" [peter] [rabbit] popped into that doorway . 
1 " 4 popped
4 popped 8 .
5 into 7 doorway
6 that 7 doorway
7 doorway 8 .

those [yellow] [jackets] [just] [naturally] [got] [after] [him] . 
1 those 9 .

i reckon [i] don't need to scare [peter] to pay him for that joke . 
1 i 2 reckon
1 i 4 don't
4 don't 5 need
5 need 6 to
6 to 7 scare
7 scare 9 to
9 to 10 pay
10 pay 11 him
11 him 12 for
11 him 15 .
13 that 14 joke
14 joke 15 .

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

[[] [illustration] []] 

[x] 

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

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

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

peter wished with all his might that he had known about their home [in] [johnny] [chuck] ['s] [old] [house] before [ever] he thought of hiding there . 
1 peter 2 wished
2 wished 6 might
3 with 4 all
3 with 5 his
5 his 6 might
6 might 10 known
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 known
10 known 11 about
11 about 12 their
12 their 13 home
13 home 27 .
20 before 22 he
22 he 23 thought
23 thought 24 of
24 of 25 hiding
25 hiding 26 there
25 hiding 27 .

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

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

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

he remembered that [johnny] [chuck] usually [has] a back door . 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 3 that
2 remembered 6 usually
6 usually 8 a
8 a 11 .
9 back 10 door
10 door 11 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

carefully [peter] crept up it . 
1 carefully 3 crept
3 crept 4 up
4 up 6 .
5 it 6 .

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

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

yes , [sir] , [peter] [bumped] [his] [nose] [against] the [end] [of] [that] hall . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 10 the
10 the 14 hall
14 hall 15 .

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

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

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

sadly [peter] backed out to the little bedroom . 
1 sadly 3 backed
3 backed 8 bedroom
4 out 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 7 little
7 little 8 bedroom
8 bedroom 9 .

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

hardly had [peter] curled up for that [nap] [when] he heard a voice . 
1 hardly 2 had
1 hardly 4 curled
4 curled 5 up
5 up 6 for
6 for 7 that
7 that 10 he
10 he 11 heard
11 heard 13 voice
12 a 13 voice
13 voice 14 .

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

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

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

it was [jimmy] [skunk] 's voice . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 5 's
5 's 6 voice
6 voice 7 .

" [i] know [where] you are , [peter] [rabbit] , " said the voice . 
1 " 12 said
3 know 5 you
5 you 6 are
6 are 7 ,
7 , 11 "
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 the
13 the 14 voice
14 voice 15 .

" and [i] know why you are hiding down there . 
1 " 2 and
1 " 5 why
4 know 5 why
5 why 6 you
6 you 7 are
7 are 8 hiding
8 hiding 10 there
8 hiding 11 .
9 down 10 there

i know , too , how it happened that [i] was rolled down hill in that barrel . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 6 how
2 know 18 .
3 , 4 too
4 too 5 ,
5 , 6 how
6 how 8 happened
7 it 8 happened
8 happened 9 that
9 that 11 was
12 rolled 13 down
12 rolled 14 hill
14 hill 17 barrel
15 in 17 barrel
16 that 17 barrel
17 barrel 18 .

i 'm just giving you a little warning , [peter] . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 just
2 'm 4 giving
4 giving 5 you
4 giving 11 .
6 a 7 little
6 a 8 warning
8 warning 9 ,
8 warning 11 .

there are a lot of [very] [angry] [yellow] [jackets] up here , as you will find out if you try to come out before dark . 
1 there 15 will
2 are 14 you
3 a 4 lot
3 a 10 up
4 lot 5 of
10 up 11 here
11 here 12 ,
12 , 13 as
13 as 14 you
14 you 15 will
15 will 16 find
16 find 17 out
16 find 23 out
18 if 19 you
19 you 20 try
20 try 21 to
21 to 22 come
22 come 23 out
23 out 25 dark
24 before 25 dark
25 dark 26 .

i 'm going away [now] , but [i] 'm going to come back about dark to wait for you . 
1 i 2 'm
1 i 9 'm
2 'm 3 going
3 going 4 away
4 away 6 ,
6 , 7 but
9 'm 10 going
10 going 11 to
11 to 12 come
12 come 13 back
13 back 15 dark
13 back 16 to
14 about 15 dark
16 to 17 wait
17 wait 18 for
18 for 19 you
19 you 20 .

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

that put an end to [peter] ['s] hope of a nap . 
1 that 4 end
2 put 4 end
3 an 4 end
4 end 5 to
4 end 9 of
8 hope 9 of
9 of 10 a
10 a 11 nap
11 nap 12 .

he shivered as he thought of what might happen to him [if] [jimmy] [skunk] [should] catch him . 
1 he 2 shivered
2 shivered 3 as
2 shivered 5 thought
2 shivered 18 .
3 as 4 he
5 thought 6 of
7 what 9 happen
8 might 9 happen
9 happen 10 to
10 to 11 him
10 to 16 catch
16 catch 17 him
17 him 18 .

he was almost ready to [face] [those] [yellow] [jackets] [rather] [than] wait and meet [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 almost
3 almost 4 ready
4 ready 5 to
5 to 12 wait
12 wait 13 and
12 wait 14 meet
14 meet 17 .

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

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

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

yes , [sir] , he was miserable and most uncomfortable in both body and mind . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 he
4 , 8 and
4 , 14 and
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 miserable
7 miserable 8 and
9 most 10 uncomfortable
10 uncomfortable 11 in
10 uncomfortable 13 body
12 both 13 body
13 body 14 and
14 and 15 mind
15 mind 16 .

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

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

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

why , oh , why did [i] ever think of it ? " 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 5 why
3 oh 4 ,
3 oh 5 why
5 why 6 did
5 why 12 ?
6 did 8 ever
9 think 10 of
9 think 11 it
11 it 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

meanwhile [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [gone] [off] , chuckling . 
1 meanwhile 8 chuckling
7 , 8 chuckling
8 chuckling 9 .

[xi] 

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

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

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

the truth is , [jimmy] was no longer [angry] at all . 
1 the 2 truth
2 truth 3 is
2 truth 4 ,
2 truth 12 .
6 was 7 no
7 no 8 longer
8 longer 10 at
10 at 11 all
11 all 12 .

he had quite recovered his good nature and was very much inclined to laugh himself over [peter] 's [trick] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 recovered
3 quite 4 recovered
4 recovered 5 his
4 recovered 7 nature
6 good 7 nature
7 nature 8 and
7 nature 12 inclined
7 nature 18 's
9 was 10 very
10 very 11 much
11 much 12 inclined
12 inclined 13 to
12 inclined 14 laugh
14 laugh 15 himself
14 laugh 16 over

so that is why he told [peter] that he was coming back at dark . 
1 so 2 that
2 that 3 is
3 is 4 why
4 why 5 he
5 he 6 told
6 told 8 that
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 coming
11 coming 12 back
12 back 13 at
12 back 14 dark
14 dark 15 .

as [jimmy] [ambled] [away] [to] [look] for [some] beetles , he chuckled and chuckled and chuckled . 
1 as 7 for
7 for 9 beetles
9 beetles 10 ,
9 beetles 12 chuckled
9 beetles 17 .
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 chuckled
12 chuckled 14 chuckled
13 and 14 chuckled
14 chuckled 16 chuckled
15 and 16 chuckled

" [i] guess [that] by this time [peter] [wishes] he [hadn't] thought of that joke [on] [reddy] [fox] [and] myself , " said he . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 15 joke
5 by 6 this
6 this 7 time
7 time 10 he
10 he 12 thought
12 thought 13 of
13 of 14 that
13 of 15 joke
15 joke 25 .
20 myself 21 ,
21 , 22 "
22 " 23 said
23 said 24 he
23 said 25 .

" perhaps [i] 'll go back there tonight [and] perhaps [i] [won't] [.] 
1 " 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 4 'll
2 perhaps 10 perhaps
4 'll 5 go
5 go 6 back
6 back 8 tonight
7 there 8 tonight

he won't [know] whether [i] do [or] not , and he won't dare come out . " 
1 he 2 won't
2 won't 13 dare
4 whether 6 do
6 do 8 not
8 not 13 dare
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 he
11 he 12 won't
12 won't 13 dare
13 dare 14 come
14 come 15 out
15 out 16 .
16 . 17 "

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

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

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

" [i] [really] don't want to go back there tonight , " he muttered , " [but] [i] guess [i] 'll have to . 
1 " 4 don't
1 " 14 muttered
4 don't 5 want
5 want 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 back
9 there 10 tonight
10 tonight 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 14 muttered
13 he 14 muttered
14 muttered 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 19 guess
19 guess 22 have
21 'll 22 have
22 have 23 to
23 to 24 .

i said [i] [would] , and so [i] 'll have to do it . 
1 i 2 said
2 said 5 ,
2 said 14 .
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 so
9 'll 10 have
10 have 11 to
11 to 12 do
12 do 13 it
13 it 14 .

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

yes , [sir] , [i] ['ll] [have] [to] [go] [back] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 11 .

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

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

there [jimmy] [found] a warm , sunny spot and curled up for a nap . 
1 there 4 a
4 a 5 warm
5 warm 6 ,
5 warm 7 sunny
7 sunny 8 spot
8 spot 9 and
8 spot 10 curled
10 curled 11 up
11 up 12 for
12 for 13 a
13 a 14 nap
14 nap 15 .

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

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

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

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

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

" come out , [peter] . 
1 " 2 come
1 " 6 .
2 come 3 out
2 come 4 ,

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

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

then [jimmy] [skunk] [calmly] turned and went about his business . 
1 then 7 went
5 turned 6 and
6 and 7 went
7 went 8 about
8 about 10 business
9 his 10 business
10 business 11 .

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

as for [peter] [rabbit] , that had been one of the very worst [days] [he] [could] recall . 
1 as 2 for
2 for 13 worst
5 , 6 that
6 that 7 had
7 had 8 been
8 been 9 one
8 been 12 very
9 one 10 of
10 of 11 the
12 very 13 worst
13 worst 18 .
17 recall 18 .

he had had just a little bit of hope , and this was [that] [jimmy] [skunk] [wouldn't] [come] [back] when it grew dark . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 had
1 he 13 was
3 had 4 just
4 just 7 bit
5 a 7 bit
6 little 7 bit
7 bit 8 of
7 bit 9 hope
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 this
12 this 13 was
13 was 23 dark
20 when 22 grew
21 it 22 grew
22 grew 23 dark
23 dark 24 .

poor [peter] ! 
1 poor 3 !

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

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

he 's kept his word , " he half sobbed as he once more went back to [johnny] [chuck] ['s] old bedroom . 
1 he 2 's
1 he 3 kept
1 he 15 went
4 his 5 word
5 word 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 he
8 he 15 went
9 half 10 sobbed
9 half 11 as
11 as 12 he
12 he 13 once
12 he 15 went
13 once 14 more
15 went 16 back
16 back 17 to
17 to 22 bedroom
21 old 22 bedroom
22 bedroom 23 .

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

just [before] [it] [was] [time] [for] [mr] [sun] to rise [,] [peter] [ventured] [to] [dash] out of [johnny] [chuck] ['s] old [house] . 
1 just 9 to
9 to 10 rise
10 rise 16 out
16 out 17 of
17 of 21 old
21 old 23 .

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

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

jimmy [skunk] wasn't there . 
1 jimmy 3 wasn't
3 wasn't 4 there
4 there 5 .

with a sigh of relief , [peter] [started] for the [dear] [,] safe [old] [briar-patch] , lipperty-lipperty-lip , as fast as he could go . 
1 with 2 a
2 a 3 sigh
3 sigh 4 of
3 sigh 17 lipperty-lipperty-lip
4 of 5 relief
5 relief 6 ,
6 , 9 for
9 for 10 the
10 the 13 safe
13 safe 16 ,
17 lipperty-lipperty-lip 20 fast
18 , 19 as
19 as 20 fast
20 fast 21 as
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 could
23 could 24 go
24 go 25 .

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

[xii] 

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

jimmy [skunk] ambled [along] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 jimmy 3 ambled
3 ambled 14 .

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

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

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

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

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

up [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] shuffled [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 up 10 shuffled
10 shuffled 12 '

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

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

unlike [jimmy] [skunk] , he does hurry [sometimes] , [does] [unc] ' [billy] [,] especially when he suspects [that] [bowser] the [hound] [is] [about] . 
1 unlike 4 ,
1 unlike 18 suspects
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 does
6 does 17 he
7 hurry 15 especially
9 , 12 '
9 , 15 especially
15 especially 16 when
16 when 17 he
18 suspects 25 .
21 the 25 .

and [sometimes] [unc] ['] [billy] [does] worry . 
1 and 7 worry
7 worry 8 .

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

unc ['] [billy] doesn't think he would [.] 
1 unc 4 doesn't
4 doesn't 5 think
5 think 7 would
6 he 7 would

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

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

but just [now] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [neither] hurrying [nor] worrying . 
1 but 2 just
2 just 9 hurrying
9 hurrying 11 worrying
11 worrying 12 .

there was no need of doing either , and [unc] ['] [billy] never [does] anything that there is no need of [doing] . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 15 anything
2 was 3 no
2 was 6 doing
3 no 4 need
4 need 5 of
7 either 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 never
13 never 15 anything
15 anything 16 that
16 that 18 is
17 there 18 is
18 is 19 no
19 no 20 need
20 need 21 of
21 of 23 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

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

" [hello] , [unc] ' [billy] ! " said he . 
1 " 9 said
3 , 5 '
5 ' 9 said
7 ! 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 he
9 said 11 .

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

unc ['] [billy] grinned . 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 .

" [good] mo'nin ['] , [brer] [skunk] , " he replied . 
1 " 3 mo'nin
1 " 11 replied
3 mo'nin 5 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 11 replied
10 he 11 replied
11 replied 12 .

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

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

jimmy sat down and looked at [unc] ['] [billy] [with] twinkling [eyes] . 
1 jimmy 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
3 down 4 and
4 and 5 looked
5 looked 6 at
6 at 11 twinkling
11 twinkling 13 .

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

" [unc] ['] [billy] , " said he , " have you ever in your life combed your hair or brushed your coat ? " 
1 " 7 said
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 21 brushed
9 , 10 "
10 " 12 you
11 have 12 you
12 you 13 ever
13 ever 17 combed
14 in 16 life
15 your 16 life
16 life 17 combed
17 combed 19 hair
17 combed 21 brushed
18 your 19 hair
20 or 21 brushed
21 brushed 23 coat
22 your 23 coat
23 coat 24 ?
24 ? 25 "

unc ['] [billy] 's eyes twinkled . 
1 unc 4 's
4 's 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 twinkled
6 twinkled 7 .

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

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

by the way , [brer] [skunk] , did [yo] ['] ever run away from anybody in all your life ? " 
1 by 2 the
1 by 3 way
3 way 4 ,
4 , 21 "
7 , 21 "
8 did 11 ever
8 did 20 ?
11 ever 15 anybody
12 run 13 away
12 run 15 anybody
13 away 14 from
15 anybody 16 in
16 in 19 life
17 all 19 life
18 your 19 life
20 ? 21 "

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

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

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

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

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

why do you [ask] , [unc] ' [billy] ? " 
1 why 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 9 ?
3 you 5 ,
5 , 7 '
9 ? 10 "

" oh , no reason in particular , [brer] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 oh
1 " 11 .
2 oh 3 ,
2 oh 4 no
2 oh 8 ,
4 no 5 reason
6 in 7 particular
7 particular 8 ,

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

only [ah] [wonder] [sometimes] [if] yo ['] ever realize how lucky yo ['] [are] . 
1 only 6 yo
6 yo 15 .
8 ever 9 realize
9 realize 10 how
9 realize 11 lucky
11 lucky 12 yo
12 yo 15 .

if [ah] [never] had to worry about mah hungry neighbors , [ah] reckons [perhaps] [ah] [might] brush mah coat oftener . " 
1 if 4 had
4 had 5 to
5 to 6 worry
6 worry 7 about
6 worry 8 mah
8 mah 13 reckons
9 hungry 10 neighbors
10 neighbors 11 ,
11 , 13 reckons
13 reckons 17 brush
17 brush 22 "
18 mah 20 oftener
19 coat 20 oftener
20 oftener 21 .
21 . 22 "

unc ['] [billy] 's eyes twinkled more than ever . 
1 unc 6 twinkled
4 's 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 twinkled
6 twinkled 7 more
6 twinkled 10 .
7 more 8 than
8 than 9 ever

" worry , " replied [jimmy] [skunk] [sagely] , " is the result of being unprepared . 
1 " 5 replied
2 worry 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 9 ,
5 replied 12 the
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 is
12 the 13 result
13 result 14 of
13 result 16 unprepared
14 of 16 unprepared
15 being 16 unprepared
16 unprepared 17 .

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

just think it [over] , [unc] ' [billy] . " 
1 just 2 think
2 think 3 it
3 it 5 ,
5 , 7 '
7 ' 9 .
9 . 10 "

it was [unc] ['] [billy] 's [turn] to [scratch] his head thoughtfully . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 6 's
6 's 11 head
8 to 10 his
10 his 11 head
11 head 13 .
12 thoughtfully 13 .

" ah [fear] [ah] don't quite get your meaning , [brer] [skunk] , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 15 said
5 don't 6 quite
5 don't 7 get
7 get 8 your
8 your 9 meaning
9 meaning 10 ,
10 , 14 "
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 said
15 said 16 he
15 said 17 .

" sit down , [unc] ' [billy] , and [i] ['ll] explain , " replied [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 sit
1 " 15 replied
2 sit 3 down
3 down 4 ,
4 , 6 '
8 , 9 and
8 , 15 replied
12 explain 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 replied
15 replied 17 .

[xiii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [explains] 

you 'll find this [true] [where'er] [you] go [that] [those] prepared [few] [troubles] know . 
1 you 2 'll
2 'll 3 find
2 'll 8 go
3 find 4 this
8 go 11 prepared
11 prepared 15 .
14 know 15 .

" to begin with , [i] [am] not such a very [big] [fellow] , [am] [i] ? " said [jimmy] . 
1 " 19 said
2 to 3 begin
3 begin 4 with
3 begin 5 ,
5 , 19 said
8 not 9 such
9 such 10 a
10 a 11 very
11 very 14 ,
14 , 18 "
17 ? 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 .

you know [jimmy] [skunk] really [is] a little fellow compared [with] [some] [of] [his] [neighbors] . 
1 you 2 know
1 you 5 really
5 really 10 compared
7 a 8 little
7 a 10 compared
8 little 9 fellow
10 compared 16 .

" and [i] haven't very long claws or very big teeth , [have] [i] ? " continued [jimmy] . 
1 " 17 continued
2 and 4 haven't
4 haven't 7 claws
5 very 6 long
6 long 7 claws
7 claws 8 or
7 claws 11 teeth
9 very 10 big
10 big 11 teeth
11 teeth 12 ,
11 teeth 17 continued
15 ? 16 "
16 " 17 continued
17 continued 19 .

" ah reckons mine are about as long and about as big , " [returned] [unc] ['] [billy] , looking more puzzled than ever . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
2 ah 13 ,
3 reckons 4 mine
3 reckons 5 are
3 reckons 6 about
3 reckons 8 long
3 reckons 10 about
7 as 8 long
8 long 9 and
10 about 11 as
11 as 12 big
13 , 14 "
14 " 25 .
19 , 20 looking
20 looking 22 puzzled
21 more 22 puzzled
22 puzzled 23 than
22 puzzled 25 .
23 than 24 ever

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

" no , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
5 replied 9 .

" and it 's the same way with [prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [.] 
1 " 3 it
2 and 3 it
3 it 4 's
4 's 5 the
5 the 6 same
6 same 7 way
7 way 8 with

you never see anybody bothering him or offering to do him any harm , do you ? " persisted [jimmy] . 
1 you 5 bothering
2 never 5 bothering
3 see 5 bothering
4 anybody 5 bothering
5 bothering 6 him
5 bothering 8 offering
5 bothering 11 him
5 bothering 15 do
7 or 8 offering
8 offering 9 to
8 offering 10 do
11 him 13 harm
12 any 13 harm
13 harm 14 ,
15 do 16 you
16 you 17 ?
17 ? 18 "
18 " 19 persisted
19 persisted 21 .

" no , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] once more . 
1 " 2 no
1 " 11 .
2 no 3 ,
2 no 10 more
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
9 once 10 more

" why ? " demanded [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 ?
3 ? 4 "
4 " 5 demanded
5 demanded 7 .

unc ['] [billy] grinned broadly . 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 broadly
5 broadly 6 .

leastways , [ah] [does] [.] 
1 leastways 2 ,

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

ah [knows] [when] [ah] ['s] well [off] , and [ah] [reckons] [most] [folks] [feel] the same way . " 
1 ah 6 well
6 well 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 15 the
15 the 16 same
16 same 17 way
17 way 18 .
18 . 19 "

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] considered for a few minutes . 
1 unc 4 considered
4 considered 5 for
5 for 6 a
6 a 7 few
7 few 8 minutes
8 minutes 9 .

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

" and you never knew [prickly] [porky] to go hunting [trouble] [either] , " declared [jimmy] . 
1 " 3 you
1 " 15 declared
2 and 3 you
3 you 4 never
4 never 5 knew
8 to 9 go
9 go 10 hunting
10 hunting 13 ,
13 , 14 "
14 " 15 declared
15 declared 17 .

buster [bear] could squash me by just stepping on me , but he doesn't try it . 
1 buster 4 squash
3 could 4 squash
4 squash 5 me
4 squash 6 by
4 squash 8 stepping
4 squash 10 me
7 just 8 stepping
8 stepping 9 on
10 me 17 .
11 , 12 but
12 but 13 he
13 he 14 doesn't
14 doesn't 15 try
15 try 16 it
16 it 17 .

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

prickly [porky] [and] [i] [are] armed [for] [defence] , but we [never] use our weapons for offence . 
1 prickly 6 armed
6 armed 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 we
11 we 13 use
13 use 15 weapons
14 our 15 weapons
15 weapons 16 for
15 weapons 17 offence
17 offence 18 .

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

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

unc ['] [billy] thought it over for a few minutes . 
1 unc 4 thought
4 thought 5 it
5 it 6 over
5 it 7 for
7 for 8 a
8 a 9 few
9 few 10 minutes
10 minutes 11 .

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

" ah reckons yo ' and [brer] [porky] [are] [about] the luckiest [people] [ah] knows , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
3 reckons 4 yo
4 yo 15 knows
5 ' 6 and
6 and 11 the
6 and 15 knows
11 the 12 luckiest
15 knows 20 .
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 19 he
18 said 20 .

" yes , [sah] , [ah] reckons yo ['] is just that . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
2 yes 5 ,
5 , 7 reckons
7 reckons 8 yo
8 yo 10 is
10 is 11 just
11 just 12 that
12 that 13 .

ah [don't] fear anybody mah own size , but [ah] cert'nly [does] [have] [some] [mighty] [scary] [times] [when] [ah] meets some [people] [ah] [might] mention . 
1 ah 26 .
3 fear 5 mah
4 anybody 5 mah
5 mah 6 own
5 mah 7 size
5 mah 11 cert'nly
8 , 9 but
8 , 11 cert'nly
11 cert'nly 20 meets
20 meets 25 mention
21 some 25 mention
25 mention 26 .

ah cert'nly believes in preparedness after seein ' yo ['] , [brer] [skunk] . 
1 ah 2 cert'nly
2 cert'nly 5 preparedness
3 believes 4 in
3 believes 5 preparedness
4 in 5 preparedness
5 preparedness 6 after
5 preparedness 7 seein
7 seein 14 .
8 ' 9 yo
9 yo 11 ,
11 , 14 .

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

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

[xiv] 

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

" [an] egg , " says [jimmy] [skunk] , " is good ; [it] ['s] very good [indeed] to eat . " 
1 " 3 egg
3 egg 4 ,
4 , 5 "
4 , 22 "
5 " 6 says
9 , 10 "
9 , 22 "
10 " 11 is
11 is 12 good
11 is 16 very
12 good 13 ;
16 very 17 good
19 to 20 eat
20 eat 21 .
21 . 22 "

" [an] egg , " says [mrs] [grouse] , " is [dear] [;] ['] [twill] hatch into a baby [sweet] . " 
1 " 3 egg
3 egg 4 ,
4 , 5 "
4 , 22 "
5 " 6 says
9 , 10 "
9 , 22 "
10 " 11 is
16 hatch 19 baby
17 into 18 a
18 a 19 baby
19 baby 21 .
21 . 22 "

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

to [jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] eggs [are] looked on from the viewpoint of something to eat . 
1 to 9 eggs
9 eggs 15 viewpoint
11 looked 15 viewpoint
12 on 15 viewpoint
13 from 15 viewpoint
14 the 15 viewpoint
15 viewpoint 16 of
15 viewpoint 17 something
15 viewpoint 19 eat
18 to 19 eat
19 eat 20 .

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

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

the mere thought of eggs will make [jimmy] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [smack] [their] lips . 
1 the 2 mere
2 mere 3 thought
2 mere 5 eggs
3 thought 4 of
5 eggs 6 will
6 will 7 make
7 make 15 lips
15 lips 16 .

they say [they] ["] [love] ["] [eggs] , but they don't . 
1 they 2 say
2 say 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 they
10 they 11 don't
11 don't 12 .

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

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

blacky [the] [crow] [is] [one] and his cousin , [sammy] [jay] [,] [is] [another] . 
1 blacky 6 and
1 blacky 15 .
6 and 7 his
7 his 8 cousin
8 cousin 9 ,

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

to tell the truth , it was a longing for some eggs that [had] [brought] [jimmy] to the [green] [forest] . 
1 to 2 tell
1 to 3 the
3 the 4 truth
4 truth 9 longing
5 , 6 it
6 it 7 was
7 was 8 a
8 a 9 longing
9 longing 10 for
9 longing 12 eggs
9 longing 17 to
10 for 11 some
12 eggs 13 that
17 to 18 the
18 the 21 .

" no , " replied [jimmy] , " [i] haven't [had] [any] luck at all this spring . 
1 " 2 no
1 " 13 luck
2 no 3 ,
2 no 7 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
7 , 8 "
8 " 10 haven't
13 luck 18 .
14 at 15 all
15 all 16 this
16 this 17 spring
17 spring 18 .

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

either [i] 'm growing dull and stupid , or some folks are smarter than they used to be . 
1 either 4 growing
3 'm 4 growing
4 growing 5 dull
5 dull 6 and
5 dull 7 stupid
7 stupid 9 or
7 stupid 13 smarter
8 , 9 or
10 some 11 folks
11 folks 13 smarter
12 are 13 smarter
13 smarter 14 than
13 smarter 16 used
15 they 16 used
16 used 17 to
17 to 18 be
18 be 19 .

by the way , have you seen [mrs] [.] grouse lately ? " 
1 by 2 the
1 by 3 way
3 way 4 ,
4 , 13 "
5 have 6 you
6 you 7 seen
6 you 12 ?
10 grouse 11 lately
11 lately 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

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

unc ['] [billy] chuckled until his sides shook . 
1 unc 4 chuckled
4 chuckled 5 until
4 chuckled 7 sides
4 chuckled 9 .
6 his 7 sides
7 sides 8 shook

" do yo ' suppose [ah] ['d] [tell] yo ' if [ah] [had] ? " he demanded . 
1 " 17 demanded
2 do 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 5 suppose
3 yo 9 yo
9 yo 10 '
10 ' 11 if
11 if 16 he
14 ? 15 "
15 " 16 he
16 he 17 demanded
17 demanded 18 .

here [unc] ['] [billy] looked back over his shoulder [to] [make] [sure] [that] [old] [mrs] [possum] wasn't within hearing , and [jimmy] [skunk] [chuckled] . 
1 here 25 .
5 looked 6 back
5 looked 7 over
7 over 9 shoulder
8 his 9 shoulder
9 shoulder 21 and
9 shoulder 25 .
17 wasn't 18 within
18 within 19 hearing
19 hearing 20 ,
20 , 21 and

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

yo ' [know] [ah] never did hanker fo ['] to get [far] away from trees , but yo ['] [don't] [mind] . 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 7 hanker
5 never 6 did
5 never 7 hanker
7 hanker 22 .
8 fo 10 to
8 fo 15 trees
10 to 11 get
11 get 13 away
13 away 14 from
15 trees 16 ,
16 , 17 but
17 but 18 yo
18 yo 22 .

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

there is [brer] [bob] [white] [and] [brer] [meadowlark] [and] [brer] [bobolink] [and] [brer] [field] [sparrow] [and] [brer] ["] 
1 there 2 is

" never [mind] any more , [unc] ['] [billy] , " interrupted [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 12 interrupted
2 never 4 any
4 any 5 more
5 more 6 ,
6 , 11 "
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 interrupted
12 interrupted 15 .

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

that is [,] [i] [know] [all] [about] [them] [i] [want] to know , except where their eggs are . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 19 .
2 is 11 to
11 to 12 know
12 know 15 where
13 , 14 except
14 except 15 where
15 where 18 are
16 their 17 eggs
17 eggs 18 are

didn't [i] just tell you [i] haven't [had] any luck at all ? 
1 didn't 9 any
3 just 4 tell
4 tell 5 you
5 you 7 haven't
7 haven't 9 any
9 any 10 luck
10 luck 11 at
11 at 12 all
12 all 13 ?

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

[xv] 

[a] [second] [meeting] 

jimmy [skunk] couldn't think of [anything] [but] [eggs] . 
1 jimmy 9 .
3 couldn't 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 9 .

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] was [faring] [about] the same way . 
1 unc 5 was
5 was 8 the
8 the 9 same
9 same 10 way
10 way 11 .

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

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

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

ah [done] [look] [every] [place] [ah] can think of already . 
1 ah 7 can
7 can 8 think
8 think 9 of
9 of 10 already
10 already 11 .

still , [ah] haven't got anything else special [on] mah [mind] , and [those] aiggs cert'nly would taste [good] . 
1 still 2 ,
2 , 13 and
4 haven't 5 got
4 haven't 6 anything
6 anything 7 else
7 else 8 special
8 special 10 mah
10 mah 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 aiggs
15 aiggs 16 cert'nly
16 cert'nly 20 .
17 would 18 taste
18 taste 20 .

ah reckons it must be [ah] needs [those] aiggs [,] [or] [ah] [wouldn't] [have] [them] [on] mah mind so much . 
1 ah 2 reckons
2 reckons 17 mah
3 it 4 must
4 must 5 be
5 be 7 needs
7 needs 9 aiggs
9 aiggs 17 mah
17 mah 18 mind
18 mind 20 much
19 so 20 much
20 much 21 .

ah [finds] it [rather] painful to carry [aiggs] on mah mind all the time , but [ah] would enjoy carrying them in mah stomach . 
1 ah 3 it
1 ah 10 mah
5 painful 6 to
6 to 7 carry
7 carry 9 on
9 on 10 mah
10 mah 11 mind
11 mind 25 .
12 all 13 the
13 the 14 time
13 the 24 stomach
14 time 15 ,
15 , 16 but
18 would 19 enjoy
19 enjoy 20 carrying
20 carrying 21 them
20 carrying 23 mah
21 them 22 in
23 mah 24 stomach
24 stomach 25 .

ah cert'nly [would] . " 
1 ah 2 cert'nly
2 cert'nly 4 .
4 . 5 "

unc ['] [billy] grinned and started to ramble about aimlessly , hoping that chance would lead him to the nest of [mrs] [grouse] . 
1 unc 4 grinned
4 grinned 10 aimlessly
5 and 6 started
6 started 7 to
6 started 10 aimlessly
8 ramble 10 aimlessly
9 about 10 aimlessly
10 aimlessly 11 ,
10 aimlessly 12 hoping
10 aimlessly 14 chance
10 aimlessly 15 would
10 aimlessly 16 lead
12 hoping 13 that
16 lead 17 him
17 him 18 to
18 to 19 the
19 the 20 nest
20 nest 24 .
21 of 24 .

and [that] led him to think of [farmer] [brown] ['s] henhouse . 
1 and 3 led
3 led 4 him
4 him 5 to
4 him 12 .
6 think 7 of
7 of 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 12 .

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

there was no sign of [bowser] the [hound] , and [unc] ['] [billy] [sighed] gently . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 no
3 no 4 sign
4 sign 5 of
5 of 7 the
7 the 15 gently
9 , 10 and
9 , 15 gently
15 gently 16 .

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

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

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

it moved . 
1 it 2 moved
2 moved 3 .

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

unc ['] [billy] stopped right where he was . 
1 unc 4 stopped
4 stopped 5 right
5 right 6 where
5 right 9 .
6 where 7 he
7 he 8 was

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

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

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

a few seconds later up [came] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 a 2 few
2 few 3 seconds
3 seconds 5 up
4 later 5 up
5 up 9 .

it was a white stripe [on] [jimmy] ['s] coat [that] [unc] ['] [billy] had seen . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
2 was 5 stripe
3 a 4 white
5 stripe 16 .
9 coat 14 had
14 had 15 seen
15 seen 16 .

jimmy gave a little snort of surprise [when] [he] [almost] bumped [into] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 jimmy 5 snort
2 gave 5 snort
3 a 5 snort
4 little 5 snort
5 snort 6 of
5 snort 7 surprise
5 snort 11 bumped
11 bumped 16 .

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

" [just] [taking] a [li'l] [walk] fo ' the [good] of mah appetite , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] [,] grinning [more] [broadly] than ever . 
1 " 4 a
4 a 7 fo
7 fo 8 '
7 fo 12 mah
8 ' 9 the
11 of 12 mah
12 mah 26 .
13 appetite 14 ,
13 appetite 21 grinning
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
21 grinning 24 than
24 than 25 ever
25 ever 26 .

" what are yo ' [doing] here , [brer] [skunk] ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
2 what 11 ?
3 are 4 yo
5 ' 7 here
7 here 8 ,
7 here 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

" the same thing , " replied [jimmy] . 
1 " 7 replied
2 the 3 same
3 same 4 thing
4 thing 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 9 .

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

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

i guess you must have had the [same] [thing] [on] [your] [mind] [all] [day] [that] [i] have , " he added . 
1 i 2 guess
2 guess 3 you
3 you 4 must
3 you 18 ,
4 must 5 have
4 must 17 have
5 have 6 had
6 had 7 the
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 he
19 " 21 added
21 added 22 .

" ah reckon [so] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] , and [both] grinned . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckon
3 reckon 5 ,
5 , 6 "
5 , 12 and
6 " 7 replied
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 grinned
14 grinned 15 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xvi] 

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

it costs not much to be polite [and] , furthermore , it 's always [right] . 
1 it 2 costs
2 costs 3 not
2 costs 4 much
2 costs 7 polite
4 much 5 to
5 to 6 be
7 polite 9 ,
9 , 10 furthermore
10 furthermore 11 ,
10 furthermore 12 it
10 furthermore 16 .
12 it 13 's
13 's 14 always

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

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

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

yes , [sir] , it was [all] [on] account of eggs . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 9 account
9 account 12 .
10 of 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 .

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

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

" ah was just going in , but [ah] ['ll] follow yo ' , [brer] [skunk] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] [just] [as] politely . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 19 replied
2 ah 4 just
2 ah 7 ,
2 ah 12 yo
3 was 4 just
4 just 5 going
5 going 6 in
7 , 8 but
8 but 11 follow
12 yo 13 '
14 , 19 replied
17 , 18 "
18 " 19 replied
19 replied 25 politely
25 politely 26 .

" nothing of the kind , " returned [jimmy] . 
1 " 8 returned
2 nothing 3 of
2 nothing 5 kind
3 of 4 the
5 kind 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 returned
8 returned 10 .

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

i hope [i] know my manners better than that . " 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 9 that
4 know 7 better
5 my 6 manners
6 manners 7 better
7 better 8 than
8 than 9 that
9 that 10 .
10 . 11 "

" yo ' cert'nly are [most] polite , [brer] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 cert'nly
4 cert'nly 5 are
4 cert'nly 7 polite
7 polite 8 ,
8 , 11 .

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

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

there is a saying that han'some is as han'some does , and your politeness is [as] [fine] [as] yo ' are han'some , [brer] [skunk] . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 a
2 is 6 han'some
4 saying 6 han'some
5 that 6 han'some
6 han'some 7 is
6 han'some 9 han'some
8 as 9 han'some
9 han'some 10 does
9 han'some 11 ,
9 han'some 14 politeness
9 han'some 15 is
9 han'some 22 han'some
12 and 13 your
13 your 14 politeness
19 yo 20 '
19 yo 22 han'some
20 ' 21 are
22 han'some 26 .
23 , 26 .

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

" [i] guess you 've forgotten that other old saying , ' [age] [before] beauty , ' [unc] ' [billy] , " said he . 
1 " 3 guess
1 " 23 said
3 guess 4 you
4 you 5 've
5 've 6 forgotten
6 forgotten 7 that
6 forgotten 8 other
9 old 10 saying
10 saying 11 ,
11 , 12 '
12 ' 15 beauty
15 beauty 16 ,
16 , 17 '
16 , 19 '
19 ' 23 said
21 , 22 "
22 " 23 said
23 said 24 he
23 said 25 .

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

you know you are older than [i] [..y] [i] [couldn't] think of being so impolite as to go first . 
1 you 2 know
1 you 4 are
1 you 11 think
2 know 3 you
4 are 5 older
5 older 6 than
11 think 12 of
12 of 13 being
13 being 15 impolite
14 so 15 impolite
15 impolite 16 as
15 impolite 17 to
15 impolite 19 first
15 impolite 20 .
17 to 18 go

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

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

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

if there was , he [much] preferred [that] [unc] ' [billy] [should] [be] the one to find it out . 
1 if 2 there
1 if 5 he
2 there 3 was
4 , 5 he
5 he 7 preferred
7 preferred 16 to
10 ' 14 the
14 the 15 one
15 one 16 to
16 to 17 find
17 find 18 it
17 find 19 out
19 out 20 .

yes , [sir] , that is why [jimmy] [skunk] was so very polite . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 that
5 that 6 is
6 is 7 why
6 is 12 very
10 was 11 so
10 was 12 very
12 very 13 polite
13 polite 14 .

unc ['] [billy] wanted [jimmy] to go first because he always feels safer [behind] [jimmy] [than] in front of him . 
1 unc 12 feels
4 wanted 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 first
8 first 9 because
9 because 10 he
9 because 12 feels
11 always 12 feels
12 feels 13 safer
13 safer 18 front
17 in 18 front
18 front 19 of
19 of 20 him
20 him 21 .

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

so [unc] ['] [billy] preferred that [jimmy] [should] [go] [first] [.] 
1 so 6 that
5 preferred 6 that

it wasn't politeness at all on the part of [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 it 2 wasn't
2 wasn't 3 politeness
3 politeness 4 at
3 politeness 6 on
3 politeness 8 part
3 politeness 13 .
4 at 5 all
6 on 7 the
8 part 9 of

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

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

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

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

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

it was [from] [bowser] the [hound] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 the
5 the 7 .

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

bowser sniffed again , and this time [unc] ' [billy] managed to squeeze [jimmy] aside and slip [through] . 
1 bowser 2 sniffed
2 sniffed 3 again
3 again 4 ,
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 this
6 this 7 time
7 time 12 to
9 ' 11 managed
11 managed 12 to
12 to 17 slip
13 squeeze 17 slip
15 aside 16 and
16 and 17 slip
17 slip 19 .

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

[xvii] 

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

when [bowser] reached [that] hole , of course he [smelled] the tracks [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [and] [jimmy] , and [right] away he became excited . 
1 when 3 reached
3 reached 5 hole
5 hole 6 ,
5 hole 12 tracks
7 of 8 course
7 of 11 the
8 course 9 he
11 the 12 tracks
12 tracks 19 ,
19 , 20 and
20 and 22 away
22 away 26 .
23 he 24 became
24 became 25 excited
25 excited 26 .

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] knew that [bowser] [couldn't] [get] [through] that , even if he did manage to dig his way under the henhouse . 
1 unc 4 knew
4 knew 5 that
5 that 23 henhouse
10 that 14 he
11 , 12 even
12 even 13 if
13 if 14 he
14 he 15 did
15 did 16 manage
16 manage 18 dig
17 to 18 dig
18 dig 20 way
18 dig 23 henhouse
19 his 20 way
21 under 22 the
21 under 23 henhouse
22 the 23 henhouse
23 henhouse 24 .

once through that and fairly in the henhouse , [unc] ' [billy] drew a long breath . 
1 once 2 through
2 through 5 fairly
3 that 5 fairly
4 and 5 fairly
5 fairly 8 henhouse
5 fairly 16 breath
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 henhouse
8 henhouse 9 ,
9 , 11 '
13 drew 16 breath
14 a 15 long
15 long 16 breath
16 breath 17 .

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

jimmy [skunk] hurried [after] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 jimmy 3 hurried
3 hurried 8 .

it [wasn't] [fear] [that] caused [jimmy] to hurry . 
1 it 5 caused
5 caused 7 to
7 to 8 hurry
8 hurry 9 .

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

he had been startled by the unexpectedness of [bowser] 's appearance . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 4 startled
4 startled 12 .
5 by 6 the
6 the 7 unexpectedness
7 unexpectedness 8 of
7 unexpectedness 11 appearance
10 's 11 appearance
11 appearance 12 .

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

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

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

he was sorely tempted to turn around and send [bowser] about his business , as he knew he very well could . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 17 knew
2 was 3 sorely
3 sorely 4 tempted
3 sorely 6 turn
3 sorely 7 around
3 sorely 9 send
4 tempted 5 to
7 around 8 and
11 about 13 business
12 his 13 business
13 business 14 ,
14 , 15 as
15 as 16 he
16 he 17 knew
17 knew 18 he
17 knew 20 well
17 knew 21 could
19 very 20 well
21 could 22 .

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

he had come [for] [eggs] , and so had [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 9 had
2 had 3 come
3 come 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 so
9 had 13 .

it would never do to let [unc] ['] [billy] [be] [alone] up there for long . 
1 it 2 would
1 it 12 up
2 would 3 never
2 would 4 do
2 would 6 let
5 to 6 let
12 up 16 .
13 there 14 for
14 for 15 long
15 long 16 .

so [jimmy] [skunk] did [what] he [very] seldom [does] hurried . 
1 so 4 did
1 so 6 he
6 he 8 seldom
8 seldom 10 hurried
10 hurried 11 .

yes , [sir] , he hurried [after] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 hurried
6 hurried 12 .

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

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

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

jimmy [doesn't] climb , [but] [unc] ' [billy] is a famous climber . 
1 jimmy 12 climber
3 climb 4 ,
4 , 7 '
7 ' 9 is
9 is 12 climber
10 a 12 climber
11 famous 12 climber
12 climber 13 .

" [i] ['ll] take these lower nests , " said [jimmy] , and lifted his tail in a way that made [unc] ['] [billy] nervous . 
1 " 4 take
1 " 10 said
5 these 6 lower
6 lower 7 nests
7 nests 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 12 ,
10 said 26 .
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 lifted
14 lifted 15 his
16 tail 17 in
17 in 18 a
18 a 19 way
19 way 20 that
20 that 21 made
21 made 25 nervous
25 nervous 26 .

" all right , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] promptly . 
1 " 3 right
2 all 3 right
3 right 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 10 promptly
10 promptly 11 .

" all right , [brer] [skunk] . 
1 " 3 right
2 all 3 right
3 right 4 ,
4 , 7 .

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

with [this] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [scrambled] up to the next row of nests . 
1 with 8 up
8 up 15 .
9 to 10 the
9 to 12 row
10 the 11 next
12 row 14 nests
13 of 14 nests
14 nests 15 .

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

he took his time about it , for that is [jimmy] 's way . 
1 he 2 took
2 took 3 his
2 took 6 it
4 time 5 about
5 about 6 it
6 it 10 is
6 it 12 's
7 , 8 for
8 for 9 that
9 that 10 is
12 's 13 way
13 way 14 .

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

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

meanwhile [unc] ['] [billy] [had] hurried [from] one nest to another in the second row with no better success . 
1 meanwhile 6 hurried
6 hurried 9 nest
8 one 9 nest
9 nest 15 row
10 to 15 row
11 another 15 row
12 in 13 the
13 the 14 second
14 second 15 row
15 row 19 success
16 with 19 success
17 no 18 better
18 better 19 success
19 success 20 .

disappointment [was] [making] [unc] ['] [billy] lose his temper . 
1 disappointment 7 lose
7 lose 9 temper
8 his 9 temper
9 temper 10 .

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

now it happened that [jimmy] [skunk] was just underneath . 
1 now 2 it
2 it 3 happened
3 happened 4 that
4 that 7 was
7 was 8 just
8 just 9 underneath
9 underneath 10 .

down [fell] [that] [hard] [china] egg [squarely] [on] [jimmy] [skunk] 's head . 
1 down 6 egg
6 egg 13 .
11 's 12 head
12 head 13 .

for just a minute [jimmy] saw stars . 
1 for 4 minute
2 just 3 a
3 a 4 minute
4 minute 8 .
6 saw 7 stars
7 stars 8 .

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

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

jimmy [skunk] lost his temper , a thing he rarely does . 
1 jimmy 12 .
3 lost 5 temper
4 his 5 temper
5 temper 6 ,
5 temper 10 rarely
5 temper 12 .
7 a 8 thing
8 thing 10 rarely
9 he 10 rarely
10 rarely 11 does

[xviii] 

a [sad] , [sad] [quarrel] 
1 a 3 ,

what he saw was the anxious looking face [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [staring] [down] at him . 
1 what 2 he
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 17 him
4 was 5 the
4 was 6 anxious
6 anxious 7 looking
7 looking 8 face
7 looking 16 at
16 at 17 him
17 him 18 .

" you did [that] purposely ! " snapped [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 5 purposely
2 you 3 did
5 purposely 6 !
5 purposely 8 snapped
6 ! 7 "
8 snapped 10 .

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

" [on] mah honor [ah] [didn't] , " protested [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 3 mah
3 mah 4 honor
4 honor 7 ,
4 honor 13 .
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 protested
11 ' 13 .

" it was an accident , just a [sho] ['] ['] [nuff] accident , and [ah] 'm right sorry fo ' it . " 
1 " 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 an
4 an 5 accident
5 accident 6 ,
5 accident 8 a
6 , 7 just
8 a 13 accident
13 accident 14 ,
14 , 15 and
14 , 24 "
17 'm 18 right
17 'm 19 sorry
19 sorry 20 fo
20 fo 24 "
21 ' 22 it
21 ' 23 .
23 . 24 "

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

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

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

i dare you [to] ! " 
1 i 2 dare
2 dare 3 you
3 you 5 !
5 ! 6 "

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

unc ['] [billy] began to grow angry . 
1 unc 4 began
4 began 5 to
5 to 6 grow
6 grow 7 angry
7 angry 8 .

he hadn't known that [jimmy] was there . 
1 he 2 hadn't
1 he 6 was
2 hadn't 3 known
3 known 4 that
6 was 7 there
7 there 8 .

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

jimmy [skunk] [had] doubted his word , had refused to [believe] him , and [that] made him [angry] . 
1 jimmy 4 doubted
4 doubted 19 .
5 his 6 word
6 word 7 ,
7 , 14 and
8 had 9 refused
9 refused 10 to
10 to 12 him
12 him 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 16 made
16 made 17 him
17 him 19 .

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

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

i 'll wait fo ' yo ' [right] where [ah] [am] , " he sputtered . 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 wait
3 wait 4 fo
4 fo 5 '
4 fo 6 yo
6 yo 7 '
6 yo 15 sputtered
7 ' 9 where
12 , 13 "
12 , 15 sputtered
13 " 14 he
15 sputtered 16 .

this made [jimmy] [angrier] [than] [ever] [.] 
1 this 2 made

he couldn't climb up there , and he knew that [unc] ['] [billy] knew it . 
1 he 2 couldn't
1 he 9 knew
2 couldn't 3 climb
3 climb 4 up
3 climb 5 there
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 knew
9 knew 10 that
9 knew 15 it
14 knew 15 it
15 it 16 .

unc ['] [billy] was perfectly safe in promising to wait for him . 
1 unc 4 was
4 was 5 perfectly
5 perfectly 6 safe
6 safe 7 in
6 safe 8 promising
8 promising 9 to
9 to 10 wait
10 wait 11 for
11 for 12 him
12 him 13 .

" you 're a coward , [just] a plain no-account coward ! " snapped [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 14 snapped
2 you 3 're
4 a 5 coward
4 a 8 a
5 coward 6 ,
8 a 9 plain
8 a 10 no-account
10 no-account 11 coward
11 coward 12 !
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 snapped
14 snapped 16 .

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

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

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

ah [reckons] [ah] [can] stay as long as yo ' can , " retorted [unc] ['] [billy] , grinding and snapping his teeth . 
1 ah 5 stay
1 ah 24 .
5 stay 7 long
6 as 7 long
7 long 8 as
9 yo 10 '
9 yo 19 grinding
10 ' 11 can
12 , 13 "
12 , 19 grinding
13 " 14 retorted
14 retorted 18 ,
19 grinding 20 and
19 grinding 21 snapping
21 snapping 22 his
22 his 23 teeth
23 teeth 24 .

" suit yourself , " retorted [jimmy] . 
1 " 6 retorted
2 suit 3 yourself
3 yourself 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 retorted
6 retorted 8 .

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

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

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

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

you see , [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [had] [gathered] [every] egg when he shut the biddies [up] for the night . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 11 egg
11 egg 21 .
12 when 13 he
12 when 15 the
13 he 14 shut
15 the 16 biddies
16 biddies 18 for
18 for 19 the
19 the 20 night
20 night 21 .

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

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xix] 

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

unc ['] [billy] [possum] was [having] a bad night of it . 
1 unc 5 was
5 was 7 a
7 a 8 bad
8 bad 9 night
9 night 12 .
10 of 11 it
11 it 12 .

when he had grown tired [of] quarreling with [jimmy] [skunk] , he had [tried] to take a nap . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 had
2 he 13 had
3 had 4 grown
4 grown 5 tired
5 tired 7 quarreling
7 quarreling 8 with
11 , 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 15 to
15 to 16 take
16 take 18 nap
17 a 18 nap
18 nap 19 .

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] had no intention of going down [while] [jimmy] [was] there . 
1 unc 6 intention
4 had 6 intention
5 no 6 intention
6 intention 7 of
6 intention 8 going
8 going 9 down
9 down 13 there
13 there 14 .

he thought that [jimmy] would soon grow tired of waiting and go away . 
1 he 2 thought
2 thought 3 that
2 thought 5 would
5 would 6 soon
5 would 12 go
6 soon 7 grow
7 grow 8 tired
8 tired 9 of
8 tired 10 waiting
8 tired 11 and
12 go 13 away
13 away 14 .

so [for] [quite] awhile [unc] ' [billy] didn't worry . 
1 so 9 worry
4 awhile 6 '
4 awhile 9 worry
8 didn't 9 worry
9 worry 10 .

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

unc ['] [billy] had no desire to be found in that henhouse when [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy came to feed the biddies . 
1 unc 4 had
4 had 5 no
5 no 6 desire
6 desire 7 to
6 desire 12 henhouse
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 found
9 found 10 in
11 that 12 henhouse
12 henhouse 13 when
12 henhouse 22 biddies
17 boy 22 biddies
18 came 19 to
19 to 20 feed
20 feed 22 biddies
21 the 22 biddies
22 biddies 23 .

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

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

yes , [sir] , it was a great deal better to go hungry . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 a
7 a 8 great
8 great 9 deal
9 deal 10 better
10 better 12 go
11 to 12 go
12 go 13 hungry
13 hungry 14 .

several times , when he thought [jimmy] was asleep , he tried to steal down . 
1 several 2 times
2 times 3 ,
2 times 4 when
4 when 5 he
5 he 6 thought
5 he 14 steal
6 thought 9 asleep
8 was 9 asleep
9 asleep 10 ,
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 tried
12 tried 13 to
14 steal 15 down
15 down 16 .

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

unc ['] [billy] wished that there was no such [place] [as] [farmer] [brown] ['s] henhouse . 
1 unc 4 wished
4 wished 5 that
5 that 6 there
6 there 7 was
6 there 8 no
8 no 9 such
9 such 15 henhouse
15 henhouse 16 .

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

" [don] ' yo ' [think] we-uns [better] [make] up and [get] out [of] here , [brer] [skunk] ? " he ventured . 
1 " 7 we-uns
1 " 23 .
3 ' 4 yo
3 ' 7 we-uns
4 yo 5 '
7 we-uns 10 up
10 up 22 ventured
11 and 22 ventured
13 out 15 here
15 here 16 ,
15 here 19 ?
19 ? 20 "
20 " 21 he
21 he 22 ventured

it was plain to see that [jimmy] hadn't forgiven him . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 4 to
3 plain 11 .
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 that
8 hadn't 9 forgiven
9 forgiven 10 him
10 him 11 .

for some time [unc] ' [billy] [said] no more , but he grew more and more restless . 
1 for 2 some
2 some 3 time
2 some 9 more
5 ' 8 no
8 no 9 more
9 more 17 restless
10 , 11 but
11 but 12 he
12 he 13 grew
13 grew 14 more
13 grew 15 and
13 grew 17 restless
16 more 17 restless
17 restless 18 .

you see , he knew it would soon be time for [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to come to [let] the hens [out] and feed them . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 6 it
6 it 7 would
6 it 26 .
7 would 8 soon
7 would 9 be
10 time 11 for
10 time 16 to
16 to 17 come
17 come 18 to
18 to 20 the
20 the 21 hens
21 hens 24 feed
23 and 24 feed
24 feed 25 them
25 them 26 .

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

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

" what is that ? " asked [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 is
2 what 5 ?
3 is 4 that
5 ? 6 "
5 ? 7 asked
7 asked 9 .

" [i] ['m] not worrying [about] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 " 4 not
4 not 5 worrying

he can come as soon as he pleases , " retorted [jimmy] [skunk] , and grinned . 
1 he 2 can
2 can 3 come
3 come 5 soon
4 as 5 soon
5 soon 6 as
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 pleases
8 pleases 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 11 retorted
11 retorted 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 grinned
16 grinned 17 .

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

no , [sir] , it [wasn't] , and [unc] ' [billy] [knew] [it] . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 14 .
2 , 10 '
4 , 8 and
4 , 10 '
5 it 7 ,
7 , 8 and

he knew that [jimmy] [meant] it . 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 3 that
2 knew 6 it
6 it 7 .

unc ['] [billy] was in despair . 
1 unc 4 was
4 was 5 in
5 in 6 despair
6 despair 7 .

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

it certainly had been a bad night for [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 it 2 certainly
1 it 13 .
2 certainly 4 been
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 a
5 a 6 bad
6 bad 7 night
6 bad 8 for

[xx] 

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

the light crept farther under the door of [farmer] [brown] ['s] henhouse , and by this time the hens were [all] awake . 
1 the 2 light
2 light 3 crept
3 crept 4 farther
3 crept 5 under
5 under 6 the
5 under 12 henhouse
6 the 7 door
7 door 8 of
12 henhouse 23 .
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 by
15 by 16 this
16 this 17 time
16 this 19 hens
17 time 18 the
19 hens 22 awake
20 were 22 awake
22 awake 23 .

furthermore , they had discovered [jimmy] [skunk] [down] below and were making a great fuss . 
1 furthermore 2 ,
1 furthermore 16 .
2 , 3 they
3 they 4 had
4 had 5 discovered
9 below 10 and
9 below 15 fuss
11 were 12 making
12 making 15 fuss
13 a 14 great
14 great 15 fuss
15 fuss 16 .

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

it [doesn't] [trouble] [me] [a] [bit] , " replied [jimmy] [skunk] , and grinned . 
1 it 7 ,
7 , 8 "
7 , 13 and
8 " 9 replied
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 grinned
14 grinned 15 .

it was plain enough to [unc] ' [billy] that [jimmy] was enjoying the situation . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 15 .
2 was 3 plain
3 plain 4 enough
4 enough 5 to
7 ' 9 that
9 that 11 was
11 was 12 enjoying
12 enjoying 14 situation
13 the 14 situation
14 situation 15 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] [wasn't] . 
1 but 6 .

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

at last he heard them , and he knew [by] [the] [sound] that [farmer] [brown] 's boy was coming in a hurry . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 3 he
3 he 4 heard
4 heard 5 them
5 them 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
8 he 9 knew
8 he 18 was
9 knew 13 that
13 that 16 's
16 's 17 boy
18 was 21 a
19 coming 20 in
20 in 21 a
21 a 22 hurry
22 hurry 23 .

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

unc ['] [billy] hoped that [now] [jimmy] [skunk] would retreat through the hole in the floor and give him a chance to escape . 
1 unc 4 hoped
4 hoped 5 that
4 hoped 10 retreat
5 that 9 would
10 retreat 16 floor
11 through 12 the
12 the 13 hole
13 hole 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 floor
16 floor 17 and
16 floor 18 give
18 give 19 him
18 give 21 chance
20 a 21 chance
21 chance 22 to
22 to 23 escape
23 escape 24 .

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

farmer [brown] 's boy [is] [coming] , [brer] [skunk] [!] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 7 ,

yo ' better get away [while] yo ['] [can] ! " whispered [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 3 better
1 yo 7 yo
3 better 4 get
4 get 5 away
7 yo 10 !
10 ! 11 "
10 ! 14 '
11 " 12 whispered
14 ' 16 .

" [i] hear him , " replied [jimmy] calmly . 
1 " 3 hear
3 hear 4 him
4 him 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 9 calmly
9 calmly 10 .

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

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

unc ['] [billy] gasped . 
1 unc 4 gasped
4 gasped 5 .

he hoped that [at] [last] [jimmy] 's boldness would get [him] into trouble . 
1 he 2 hoped
1 he 9 would
2 hoped 3 that
2 hoped 8 boldness
3 that 7 's
9 would 10 get
10 get 12 into
12 into 13 trouble
13 trouble 14 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

farmer [brown] ['s] boy [stood] in the doorway and looked in . 
1 farmer 12 .
4 boy 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 doorway
8 doorway 9 and
8 doorway 12 .
9 and 10 looked
10 looked 11 in

of [course] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [saw] him at once . 
1 of 8 him
8 him 11 .
9 at 10 once
10 once 11 .

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

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

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

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

you didn't get any eggs [,] [because] [i] gathered all [of] [them] [last] [night] . 
1 you 3 get
2 didn't 3 get
3 get 5 eggs
4 any 5 eggs
5 eggs 9 gathered
9 gathered 15 .
10 all 15 .

come along [out] [of] [there] , you rascal . " 
1 come 2 along
2 along 6 ,
6 , 7 you
7 you 8 rascal
8 rascal 9 .
9 . 10 "

[xxi] 

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

' [tis] [little] things that [often] seem [scarce] [worth] [a] [passing] [thought] [which] in the end [may] prove [that] [they] [with] [big] [results] [are] [fraught] . 
1 ' 15 the
4 things 5 that
4 things 7 seem
7 seem 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 end
16 end 18 prove
18 prove 26 .

farmer [brown] 's boy watched [jimmy] [skunk] calmly and peacefully go his way and grinned as he watched him . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 15 grinned
5 watched 10 peacefully
8 calmly 10 peacefully
9 and 10 peacefully
10 peacefully 11 go
10 peacefully 13 way
10 peacefully 15 grinned
12 his 13 way
14 and 15 grinned
15 grinned 16 as
15 grinned 18 watched
16 as 17 he
17 he 18 watched
18 watched 19 him
19 him 20 .

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

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

jimmy knew he was all ready for [trouble] [if] [i] [chose] to make it , and that [because] [of] that [i] wouldn't make it . 
1 jimmy 2 knew
1 jimmy 25 .
2 knew 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 6 ready
5 all 6 ready
6 ready 7 for
6 ready 12 to
12 to 13 make
13 make 14 it
14 it 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 that
20 that 22 wouldn't
22 wouldn't 23 make
23 make 24 it
24 it 25 .

so he has calmly gone his way as if he were as much bigger than [i] [as] [i] am bigger than he . 
1 so 2 he
1 so 13 much
2 he 3 has
3 has 5 gone
4 calmly 5 gone
5 gone 7 way
6 his 7 way
8 as 9 if
8 as 13 much
9 if 10 he
9 if 11 were
12 as 13 much
13 much 14 bigger
14 bigger 15 than
14 bigger 20 bigger
19 am 20 bigger
20 bigger 21 than
21 than 22 he
21 than 23 .

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

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

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

" hello ! " exclaimed [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] when he saw it . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 exclaimed
4 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 14 .
10 when 11 he
11 he 12 saw
12 saw 13 it
13 it 14 .

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

it must be [that] [jimmy] [skunk] pulled it out of one of those lower nests . " 
1 it 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 7 pulled
7 pulled 15 nests
8 it 9 out
9 out 10 of
9 out 12 of
11 one 12 of
12 of 13 those
13 those 14 lower
14 lower 15 nests
15 nests 16 .
16 . 17 "

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

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

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

none of the hens could have kicked it out last night , because they were all on the roosts when [i] shut them up . 
1 none 2 of
2 of 3 the
3 the 4 hens
3 the 19 roosts
4 hens 5 could
5 could 6 have
6 have 7 kicked
8 it 9 out
9 out 10 last
10 last 11 night
11 night 13 because
12 , 13 because
13 because 14 they
13 because 19 roosts
14 they 15 were
15 were 16 all
17 on 18 the
17 on 19 roosts
18 the 19 roosts
19 roosts 20 when
19 roosts 22 shut
22 shut 23 them
22 shut 24 up
24 up 25 .

they certainly didn't do it [this] [morning] , [because] they wouldn't have dared [leave] the roosts [with] [jimmy] [skunk] [here] . 
1 they 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 21 .
8 , 10 they
10 they 11 wouldn't
11 wouldn't 12 have
12 have 13 dared
13 dared 16 roosts
15 the 16 roosts
16 roosts 21 .

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

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

yes , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] had forgotten his tail , and it hung just over the edge of the nest . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 6 '
4 , 13 and
8 had 9 forgotten
9 forgotten 10 his
10 his 11 tail
11 tail 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 hung
14 it 15 hung
15 hung 17 over
16 just 17 over
17 over 19 edge
18 the 19 edge
19 edge 20 of
19 edge 22 nest
20 of 21 the
22 nest 23 .

of course , [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [saw] it . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
2 course 9 it
9 it 10 .

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

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

" [ho] , ho ! 
1 " 3 ,
1 " 5 !
4 ho 5 !

so there [was] [more] [than] [one] [visitor] [here] [last] [night] [.] 
1 so 2 there

this henhouse seems to be a very popular place . 
1 this 2 henhouse
2 henhouse 3 seems
2 henhouse 8 popular
2 henhouse 10 .
3 seems 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 a
7 very 8 popular
8 popular 9 place

i see that the first thing for me to do after breakfast is to nail a board over that hole in the floor . 
1 i 2 see
2 see 3 that
3 that 15 nail
4 the 5 first
5 first 6 thing
6 thing 7 for
7 for 8 me
7 for 12 breakfast
8 me 9 to
9 to 10 do
11 after 12 breakfast
12 breakfast 15 nail
13 is 15 nail
14 to 15 nail
15 nail 17 board
15 nail 20 hole
16 a 17 board
17 board 18 over
19 that 20 hole
20 hole 21 in
20 hole 23 floor
21 in 22 the
22 the 23 floor
23 floor 24 .

so it was [you] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] [who] kicked [that] nest-egg [out] . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 12 kicked
12 kicked 14 nest-egg
14 nest-egg 16 .

found it a little hard for your teeth , didn't you ? 
1 found 2 it
1 found 3 a
1 found 5 hard
3 a 4 little
5 hard 6 for
6 for 7 your
7 your 8 teeth
8 teeth 9 ,
9 , 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 you
11 you 12 ?

lost your temper and kicked it out , didn't you ? 
1 lost 3 temper
2 your 3 temper
3 temper 5 kicked
3 temper 8 ,
4 and 5 kicked
5 kicked 6 it
5 kicked 7 out
8 , 9 didn't
9 didn't 10 you
10 you 11 ?

that was foolish , [unc] ' [billy] , very foolish indeed . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 foolish
3 foolish 4 ,
3 foolish 10 foolish
4 , 6 '
8 , 9 very
9 very 10 foolish
10 foolish 11 indeed
11 indeed 12 .

never lose your temper over trifles . 
1 never 6 trifles
2 lose 3 your
2 lose 4 temper
4 temper 6 trifles
5 over 6 trifles
6 trifles 7 .

it doesn't pay . 
1 it 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 pay
3 pay 4 .

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

all this time [unc] ['] [billy] [hadn't] [moved] . 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 9 .

of course , he couldn't understand what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was saying . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 understand
6 understand 7 what
7 what 12 was
12 was 13 saying
13 saying 14 .

nor could he see what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was doing . 
1 nor 2 could
2 could 4 see
3 he 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 10 was
10 was 11 doing
11 doing 12 .

so he held his breath and hoped and hoped that he hadn't been discovered . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 held
3 held 5 breath
4 his 5 breath
5 breath 6 and
5 breath 7 hoped
5 breath 15 .
7 hoped 9 hoped
8 and 9 hoped
10 that 11 he
10 that 14 discovered
11 he 12 hadn't
12 hadn't 13 been
14 discovered 15 .

and perhaps he wouldn't have been but for that telltale nest-egg on the floor . 
1 and 2 perhaps
2 perhaps 3 he
3 he 4 wouldn't
4 wouldn't 5 have
4 wouldn't 10 telltale
5 have 6 been
7 but 10 telltale
8 for 10 telltale
9 that 10 telltale
10 telltale 11 nest-egg
11 nest-egg 12 on
12 on 13 the
13 the 14 floor
14 floor 15 .

that was the cause of all his troubles . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 the
3 the 4 cause
4 cause 5 of
4 cause 8 troubles
6 all 7 his
7 his 8 troubles
8 troubles 9 .

first [it] [had] [angered] [jimmy] [skunk] [because] [as] [you] [remember] , it [had] fallen [on] [jimmy] 's head . 
1 first 11 ,
11 , 12 it
12 it 14 fallen
14 fallen 19 .
17 's 18 head
18 head 19 .

then it had led [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to look in [all] the nests . 
1 then 13 the
2 it 3 had
3 had 4 led
4 led 9 to
9 to 10 look
10 look 11 in
11 in 13 the
13 the 14 nests
14 nests 15 .

it had seemed a trifle , kicking that egg out of that nest , but see what the results were . 
1 it 3 seemed
2 had 3 seemed
3 seemed 5 trifle
4 a 5 trifle
5 trifle 7 kicking
6 , 7 kicking
7 kicking 9 egg
7 kicking 13 nest
8 that 9 egg
9 egg 10 out
10 out 11 of
12 that 13 nest
13 nest 14 ,
13 nest 19 results
14 , 15 but
16 see 17 what
16 see 19 results
18 the 19 results
19 results 20 were
19 results 21 .

truly , little things often are not so little as they seem . 
1 truly 2 ,
1 truly 4 things
3 little 4 things
4 things 5 often
4 things 12 seem
4 things 13 .
6 are 7 not
7 not 8 so
7 not 12 seem
8 so 9 little
10 as 11 they
11 they 12 seem

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xxii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [tries] [his] [old] [trick] 

the first knowledge [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] that he was discovered came to him through his tail . 
1 the 2 first
1 the 3 knowledge
3 knowledge 12 discovered
3 knowledge 19 .
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 was
10 he 12 discovered
12 discovered 14 to
13 came 14 to
14 to 15 him
16 through 17 his
17 his 18 tail
18 tail 19 .

yes , [sir] , it came to [him] [through] his tail [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 11 tail
6 came 7 to
7 to 10 his
10 his 11 tail

farmer [brown] ['s] boy pinched it . 
1 farmer 7 .
4 boy 5 pinched
5 pinched 6 it
6 it 7 .

it was rather a mean thing to do , but [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was curious . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 rather
3 rather 16 curious
4 a 6 thing
4 a 16 curious
5 mean 6 thing
6 thing 8 do
7 to 8 do
9 , 10 but
10 but 15 was
15 was 16 curious
16 curious 17 .

he wanted to see what [unc] ['] [billy] would do . 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 10 do
9 would 10 do
10 do 11 .

and he didn't pinch very hard , not hard enough to really hurt . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 pinch
3 didn't 13 hurt
4 pinch 6 hard
4 pinch 7 ,
4 pinch 8 not
4 pinch 9 hard
5 very 6 hard
9 hard 10 enough
10 enough 11 to
12 really 13 hurt
13 hurt 14 .

farmer [brown] ['s] boy is too good-hearted to hurt any one if he can help it . 
1 farmer 17 .
4 boy 7 good-hearted
5 is 7 good-hearted
6 too 7 good-hearted
7 good-hearted 8 to
7 good-hearted 9 hurt
7 good-hearted 10 any
7 good-hearted 12 if
10 any 11 one
12 if 13 he
12 if 14 can
14 can 15 help
15 help 16 it
16 it 17 .

but [unc] ['] [billy] didn't . 
1 but 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 .

no , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [didn't] . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 9 .

that tail might have belonged to any one but him so far as he made any sign . 
1 that 5 belonged
2 tail 5 belonged
3 might 4 have
3 might 5 belonged
5 belonged 6 to
5 belonged 7 any
5 belonged 10 him
7 any 8 one
8 one 9 but
10 him 18 .
11 so 12 far
12 far 13 as
13 as 14 he
14 he 15 made
15 made 17 sign
16 any 17 sign
17 sign 18 .

of course , he felt like pulling it away . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 6 like
5 felt 7 pulling
7 pulling 9 away
8 it 9 away
9 away 10 .

any one would have in his place . 
1 any 2 one
1 any 7 place
2 one 3 would
3 would 4 have
5 in 6 his
6 his 7 place
7 place 8 .

but he didn't move it the tiniest bit , which goes to show that [unc] ' [billy] [has] [great] [self-control] [when] he [wishes] . 
1 but 3 didn't
1 but 22 he
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 move
4 move 7 tiniest
5 it 7 tiniest
6 the 7 tiniest
7 tiniest 8 bit
7 tiniest 10 which
7 tiniest 11 goes
7 tiniest 13 show
9 , 10 which
12 to 13 show
13 show 14 that
16 ' 22 he
22 he 24 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [pinched] [again] , just a little harder , but [still] [unc] ['] [billy] [made] no sign . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 7 ,
7 , 13 but
8 just 9 a
9 a 10 little
10 little 11 harder
11 harder 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 19 no
19 no 20 sign
20 sign 21 .

farmer [brown] 's boy chuckled and began to pull on that tail . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 chuckled
5 chuckled 9 pull
6 and 7 began
7 began 8 to
7 began 9 pull
9 pull 12 tail
10 on 12 tail
11 that 12 tail
12 tail 13 .

there [wasn't] the least sign [of] [life] about [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 there 5 sign
3 the 4 least
4 least 5 sign
5 sign 8 about

he looked as if he were dead , and he acted as if he were dead . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 he
4 if 6 were
6 were 7 dead
7 dead 8 ,
7 dead 11 acted
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 acted
11 acted 12 as
12 as 13 if
13 if 14 he
13 if 15 were
15 were 16 dead
16 dead 17 .

any one [not] [knowing] [unc] ['] [billy] would have supposed that he was dead . 
1 any 2 one
2 one 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 supposed
10 supposed 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 dead
14 dead 15 .

farmer [brown] 's [boy] dropped [unc] ['] [billy] on the floor . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 11 floor
5 dropped 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 floor
11 floor 12 .

he lay just as he fell . 
1 he 2 lay
2 lay 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 fell
6 fell 7 .

farmer [brown] 's boy rolled him over with his foot , but there wasn't a sign of life in [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 5 rolled
5 rolled 6 him
5 rolled 7 over
5 rolled 9 his
8 with 9 his
9 his 10 foot
9 his 18 life
10 foot 11 ,
12 but 13 there
13 there 14 wasn't
14 wasn't 16 sign
15 a 16 sign
16 sign 17 of
16 sign 18 life
18 life 19 in

he hoped that [farmer] [brown] 's boy [really] [did] [think] him [dead] . 
1 he 2 hoped
2 hoped 3 that
3 that 6 's
6 's 7 boy
7 boy 13 .
11 him 13 .

that was [what] he wanted . 
1 that 2 was
1 that 4 he
4 he 5 wanted
5 wanted 6 .

then he went about his work of cleaning out the henhouse and measuring out the grain for the biddies . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 about
4 about 8 cleaning
5 his 6 work
6 work 8 cleaning
7 of 8 cleaning
8 cleaning 9 out
8 cleaning 13 measuring
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 13 measuring
12 and 13 measuring
13 measuring 14 out
13 measuring 16 grain
13 measuring 19 biddies
15 the 16 grain
16 grain 17 for
17 for 18 the
19 biddies 20 .

unc ['] [billy] lay there on the box , and he certainly was pathetic looking . 
1 unc 4 lay
4 lay 5 there
4 lay 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 box
8 box 9 ,
8 box 14 pathetic
9 , 10 and
11 he 12 certainly
12 certainly 14 pathetic
13 was 14 pathetic
14 pathetic 15 looking
14 pathetic 16 .

his hair was all rumpled up , as it usually is . 
1 his 2 hair
2 hair 5 rumpled
3 was 5 rumpled
4 all 5 rumpled
5 rumpled 6 up
5 rumpled 10 usually
5 rumpled 12 .
7 , 8 as
8 as 10 usually
9 it 10 usually
10 usually 11 is

it was filled with dust from the floor and bits of straw . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 filled
3 filled 4 with
3 filled 8 floor
5 dust 6 from
6 from 7 the
7 the 8 floor
8 floor 13 .
9 and 10 bits
10 bits 12 straw
11 of 12 straw
12 straw 13 .

his lips were drawn back and his mouth partly open . 
1 his 2 lips
2 lips 4 drawn
3 were 4 drawn
4 drawn 5 back
4 drawn 9 partly
6 and 9 partly
7 his 8 mouth
8 mouth 9 partly
9 partly 10 open
10 open 11 .

his eyes seemed to be closed . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 3 seemed
2 eyes 6 closed
3 seemed 4 to
4 to 5 be
6 closed 7 .

but to have looked at him you would have thought him as dead as the deadest thing that ever was . 
1 but 2 to
2 to 3 have
2 to 6 him
4 looked 5 at
5 at 6 him
6 him 16 deadest
6 him 21 .
7 you 9 have
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 thought
10 thought 16 deadest
11 him 16 deadest
12 as 16 deadest
13 dead 16 deadest
14 as 16 deadest
15 the 16 deadest
16 deadest 17 thing
16 deadest 18 that
16 deadest 19 ever
16 deadest 20 was

as he [went] [about] [his] [work] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [kept] [an] eye [on] [unc] ' [billy] and chuckled . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 9 's
9 's 10 boy
10 boy 20 .
13 eye 19 chuckled
13 eye 20 .
16 ' 18 and
18 and 19 chuckled

" you old fraud , " said he . 
1 " 7 said
2 you 4 fraud
3 old 4 fraud
4 fraud 5 ,
4 fraud 7 said
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
7 said 9 .

" you think you are fooling me , but [i] know you . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 think
2 you 11 know
4 you 5 are
4 you 11 know
5 are 6 fooling
6 fooling 7 me
7 me 8 ,
8 , 9 but
11 know 12 you
11 know 13 .

possums don't die of nothing in hens ' nests . 
1 possums 2 don't
1 possums 3 die
1 possums 5 nothing
1 possums 7 hens
3 die 4 of
5 nothing 6 in
7 hens 9 nests
8 ' 9 nests
9 nests 10 .

you certainly are a clever old rascal , and the best actor [i] 've ever seen . 
1 you 3 are
1 you 14 've
2 certainly 3 are
3 are 5 clever
4 a 5 clever
5 clever 7 rascal
6 old 7 rascal
7 rascal 8 ,
7 rascal 12 actor
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 the
10 the 11 best
14 've 16 seen
15 ever 16 seen
16 seen 17 .

i wonder how long you will keep it up . 
1 i 2 wonder
1 i 6 will
2 wonder 3 how
3 how 4 long
5 you 6 will
6 will 7 keep
7 keep 8 it
7 keep 9 up
9 up 10 .

i [wish] [i] had half as much [self-control] . ["] 
1 i 4 had
1 i 9 .
4 had 7 much
5 half 6 as
6 as 7 much

still [unc] ['] [billy] [gave] no sign of life . 
1 still 6 no
6 no 7 sign
7 sign 8 of
8 of 9 life
9 life 10 .

he wondered where he was being taken to . 
1 he 2 wondered
2 wondered 3 where
3 where 4 he
4 he 5 was
5 was 7 taken
6 being 7 taken
7 taken 8 to
8 to 9 .

he was terribly frightened . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 terribly
3 terribly 4 frightened
4 frightened 5 .

but he stuck to his old trick of playing dead which had served him so well more than once before . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 stuck
3 stuck 4 to
3 stuck 7 trick
4 to 5 his
6 old 7 trick
7 trick 8 of
7 trick 9 playing
7 trick 13 served
9 playing 10 dead
11 which 12 had
11 which 13 served
12 had 13 served
13 served 14 him
13 served 16 well
13 served 18 than
15 so 16 well
17 more 18 than
18 than 19 once
18 than 20 before
20 before 21 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xxiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [gives] [himself] [away] 

never had [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] played that old trick of his better than he was playing it now . 
1 never 2 had
2 had 7 played
7 played 10 trick
8 that 10 trick
9 old 10 trick
10 trick 11 of
10 trick 13 better
10 trick 17 playing
11 of 12 his
13 better 14 than
14 than 15 he
16 was 17 playing
17 playing 19 now
18 it 19 now
19 now 20 .

they were half-way from the henyard to the house when [bowser] the [hound] came to meet [his] [master] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 half-way
3 half-way 6 henyard
4 from 5 the
5 the 6 henyard
6 henyard 19 .
7 to 8 the
7 to 16 meet
8 the 9 house
10 when 12 the
10 when 14 came
14 came 15 to
15 to 16 meet
16 meet 19 .

" now we shall see what we shall see , " said [farmer] [brown] 's boy , as [bowser] [came] trotting up . 
1 " 2 now
2 now 3 we
3 we 4 shall
3 we 8 shall
4 shall 5 see
5 see 6 what
7 we 8 shall
8 shall 9 see
9 see 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 22 up
15 's 16 boy
16 boy 17 ,
17 , 18 as
18 as 21 trotting
21 trotting 22 up
22 up 23 .

" [if] [unc] ['] [billy] can stand this [test] , [i] 'll take off my hat to him every [time] we meet hereafter . " 
1 " 6 can
6 can 7 stand
7 stand 8 this
8 this 10 ,
10 , 25 "
12 'll 13 take
13 take 14 off
13 take 18 him
14 off 16 hat
15 my 16 hat
17 to 18 him
18 him 24 .
19 every 23 hereafter
21 we 22 meet
22 meet 23 hereafter
23 hereafter 24 .
24 . 25 "

he [held] [unc] ['] [billy] out [to] [bowser] , and [bowser] sniffed him [all] [over] . 
1 he 12 sniffed
6 out 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 sniffed
12 sniffed 16 .
13 him 16 .

just imagine that ! 
1 just 2 imagine
2 imagine 3 that
3 that 4 !

just think of being nosed and sniffed at by one of whom you were terribly afraid and not so much as twitching an ear ! 
1 just 5 nosed
2 think 5 nosed
3 of 4 being
4 being 5 nosed
5 nosed 6 and
5 nosed 7 sniffed
5 nosed 9 by
5 nosed 10 one
7 sniffed 8 at
10 one 11 of
10 one 12 whom
12 whom 13 you
12 whom 15 terribly
14 were 15 terribly
15 terribly 16 afraid
16 afraid 22 twitching
17 and 22 twitching
18 not 20 much
19 so 20 much
20 much 21 as
20 much 22 twitching
22 twitching 23 an
22 twitching 24 ear
22 twitching 25 !

he 's dead . 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 dead
3 dead 4 .

he must be the fellow [i] [saw] go under the henhouse last night . 
1 he 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 the
4 the 11 henhouse
5 fellow 11 henhouse
8 go 11 henhouse
9 under 11 henhouse
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 12 last
11 henhouse 14 .
12 last 13 night

how did you kill him ? " 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 kill
4 kill 5 him
5 him 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

farmer [brown] 's boy [laughed] and [picked] [unc] ['] [billy] up by the tail again . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 11 up
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 6 and
11 up 14 tail
12 by 13 the
13 the 14 tail
14 tail 16 .
15 again 16 .

the mother [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was in the doorway , watching them approach . 
1 the 2 mother
2 mother 8 was
8 was 13 watching
9 in 10 the
10 the 11 doorway
11 doorway 13 watching
12 , 13 watching
13 watching 14 them
14 them 16 .
15 approach 16 .

" what have you got there ? " she demanded . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 have
2 what 4 you
4 you 5 got
4 you 7 ?
6 there 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 demanded
10 demanded 11 .

" [i] [declare] if it isn't a [possum] [!] 
1 " 4 if
4 if 5 it
5 it 6 isn't
6 isn't 7 a

where did you kill him ? 
1 where 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 kill
4 kill 5 him
5 him 6 ?

was [he] the cause of all that racket among the chickens ? " 
1 was 3 the
3 the 4 cause
4 cause 5 of
4 cause 6 all
4 cause 8 racket
7 that 8 racket
8 racket 9 among
8 racket 11 chickens
9 among 10 the
11 chickens 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

farmer [brown] 's boy [took] [unc] ['] [billy] [into] [the] [kitchen] and dropped him on a chair . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 12 and
12 and 13 dropped
13 dropped 14 him
14 him 18 .
15 on 16 a
16 a 17 chair
17 chair 18 .

mrs [brown] [came] [over] [to] [look] [at] [him] closer . 
1 mrs 9 closer
9 closer 10 .

" poor little fellow , " said she . 
1 " 2 poor
2 poor 4 fellow
3 little 4 fellow
4 fellow 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
6 " 8 she
8 she 9 .

" poor little fellow . 
1 " 2 poor
2 poor 4 fellow
3 little 4 fellow
4 fellow 5 .

it was too bad he got into mischief and had to be killed . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 too
3 too 4 bad
4 bad 8 mischief
5 he 6 got
6 got 7 into
7 into 8 mischief
8 mischief 9 and
8 mischief 13 killed
8 mischief 14 .
10 had 13 killed
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 killed

i don't suppose he knew any better . 
1 i 3 suppose
1 i 5 knew
2 don't 3 suppose
4 he 5 knew
5 knew 7 better
6 any 7 better
7 better 8 .

she stroked [unc] ['] [billy] gently . 
1 she 2 stroked
2 stroked 6 gently
6 gently 7 .

the eyes [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy twinkled . 
1 the 2 eyes
2 eyes 8 twinkled
7 boy 8 twinkled
8 twinkled 9 .

he went over to a corner and pulled a straw from his mother 's broom . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 over
2 went 4 to
2 went 15 broom
4 to 5 a
5 a 6 corner
6 corner 8 pulled
7 and 8 pulled
9 a 15 broom
10 straw 11 from
10 straw 15 broom
11 from 12 his
12 his 13 mother
13 mother 14 's
13 mother 15 broom
15 broom 16 .

then he returned to [unc] ['] [billy] and began to tickle [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [nose] . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 9 began
2 he 3 returned
3 returned 4 to
8 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
10 to 11 tickle
11 tickle 17 .

mrs [brown] [looked] [puzzled] . 
1 mrs 5 .

she was puzzled . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 puzzled
3 puzzled 4 .

" what are you doing that for ? " she asked . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 5 doing
3 are 5 doing
4 you 5 doing
5 doing 6 that
5 doing 7 for
5 doing 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
8 ? 11 asked
10 she 11 asked
11 asked 12 .

" [just] for fun , " replied [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] and kept on [tickling] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [nose] . 
1 " 7 replied
3 for 4 fun
4 fun 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 21 .
12 and 13 kept
13 kept 14 on
14 on 21 .

he had got to sneeze . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 got
3 got 5 sneeze
4 to 5 sneeze
5 sneeze 6 .

he did sneeze . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 sneeze
3 sneeze 4 .

he couldn't help it , though it were to cost him his life . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 help
3 help 4 it
4 it 10 cost
5 , 6 though
6 though 10 cost
7 it 10 cost
8 were 9 to
9 to 10 cost
10 cost 11 him
10 cost 13 life
12 his 13 life
13 life 14 .

" do you mean to say that that [possum] is alive ? " 
1 " 2 do
2 do 4 mean
3 you 4 mean
4 mean 5 to
4 mean 6 say
6 say 7 that
6 say 8 that
8 that 10 is
10 is 11 alive
11 alive 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" seems that way , " replied [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [as] [unc] ['] [billy] [sneezed] [again] , for that [straw] was still tickling [his] [nose] . 
1 " 2 seems
2 seems 3 that
3 that 4 way
4 way 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 24 tickling
18 , 19 for
18 , 24 tickling
19 for 20 that
20 that 22 was
22 was 23 still
24 tickling 27 .

" [i] [should] [certainly] say it seems that way . 
1 " 7 seems
5 say 6 it
6 it 7 seems
7 seems 8 that
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 .

the old sinner is no more dead than [i] [am] . 
1 the 2 old
2 old 3 sinner
3 sinner 4 is
3 sinner 7 dead
3 sinner 8 than
3 sinner 11 .
4 is 5 no
5 no 6 more

he 's just pretending . 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 just
3 just 4 pretending
4 pretending 5 .

he fooled you all right , [mother] , but he didn't fool me . 
1 he 2 fooled
2 fooled 3 you
2 fooled 4 all
2 fooled 13 me
4 all 5 right
5 right 6 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 11 didn't
10 he 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 fool
12 fool 13 me
13 me 14 .

i haven't hurt a hair of him . 
1 i 2 haven't
2 haven't 3 hurt
3 hurt 7 him
4 a 5 hair
5 hair 6 of
6 of 7 him
7 him 8 .

you ought to know me well enough by this time to know that [i] wouldn't hurt him . " 
1 you 2 ought
1 you 12 know
1 you 15 wouldn't
2 ought 3 to
2 ought 4 know
2 ought 11 to
4 know 5 me
6 well 7 enough
7 enough 11 to
8 by 9 this
9 this 10 time
10 time 11 to
12 know 13 that
15 wouldn't 16 hurt
16 hurt 17 him
17 him 18 .
18 . 19 "

he looked at his mother reproachfully , and she hastened to apologize . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 at
2 looked 6 reproachfully
4 his 5 mother
5 mother 6 reproachfully
6 reproachfully 7 ,
6 reproachfully 12 apologize
6 reproachfully 13 .
7 , 8 and
9 she 10 hastened
10 hastened 11 to
10 hastened 12 apologize

" but what could [i] think ? " she demanded . 
1 " 2 but
1 " 10 demanded
3 what 4 could
3 what 7 ?
6 think 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 demanded
10 demanded 11 .

" if he [isn't] a dead-looking [creature] , [i] never have seen [one] . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 5 a
5 a 6 dead-looking
6 dead-looking 14 .
8 , 10 never
10 never 12 seen
11 have 12 seen
12 seen 14 .

what are you going to do with him , son ? " 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
2 are 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 with
7 with 8 him
8 him 9 ,
9 , 10 son
10 son 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

" [take] him over [to] the [green] [forest] [after] breakfast and let him go , " replied [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 17 replied
3 him 4 over
4 over 6 the
6 the 10 breakfast
10 breakfast 11 and
11 and 12 let
12 let 13 him
12 let 14 go
14 go 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 replied
17 replied 22 .

this is just what he did do , and [unc] ['] [billy] wasted [no] time in getting home . 
1 this 2 is
1 this 15 time
2 is 3 just
3 just 4 what
4 what 6 did
4 what 7 do
5 he 6 did
7 do 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 wasted
15 time 17 getting
16 in 17 getting
17 getting 18 home
18 home 19 .

it was a long time before he met [jimmy] [skunk] again . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 11 again
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 time
4 long 6 before
6 before 7 he
7 he 8 met
11 again 12 .

when he did , [jimmy] was his usual good-natured self , and [unc] ['] [billy] was wise enough [not] to refer to eggs . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 did
2 he 16 was
3 did 4 ,
4 , 12 and
6 was 7 his
7 his 8 usual
8 usual 9 good-natured
9 good-natured 10 self
10 self 11 ,
11 , 12 and
16 was 17 wise
17 wise 18 enough
18 enough 20 to
18 enough 22 to
20 to 21 refer
22 to 24 .
23 eggs 24 .