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