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[a] [bedtime] [story-book] 

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

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

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

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

[chapter] [page] 

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

[i] 

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

the [imp] of [mischief] , woe is me , [is] [always] [busy] as a bee . 
1 the 3 of
3 of 5 ,
5 , 15 bee
6 woe 7 is
7 is 8 me
8 me 9 ,
9 , 13 as
13 as 14 a
14 a 15 bee
15 bee 16 .

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

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

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

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

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

certainly not . 
1 certainly 2 not
2 not 3 .

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

you know [peter] dearly loves a joke [when] it is [on] some one else . 
1 you 2 know
1 you 4 dearly
4 dearly 5 loves
5 loves 6 a
6 a 7 joke
7 joke 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 12 some
12 some 13 one
13 one 14 else
14 else 15 .

he sat right where he was and watched to see if [jimmy] would come out of the barrel . 
1 he 2 sat
1 he 18 barrel
2 sat 8 watched
3 right 4 where
4 where 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 and
7 and 8 watched
8 watched 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 if
13 would 14 come
14 come 15 out
15 out 16 of
16 of 17 the
17 the 18 barrel
18 barrel 19 .

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

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

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

all [the] [time] the [imp] of [mischief] was whispering to him that this was a splendid chance to play a joke on [jimmy] . 
1 all 4 the
1 all 16 splendid
4 the 6 of
4 the 9 whispering
6 of 8 was
9 whispering 10 to
10 to 11 him
11 him 12 that
13 this 14 was
13 this 16 splendid
14 was 15 a
16 splendid 17 chance
17 chance 18 to
18 to 19 play
19 play 20 a
20 a 21 joke
21 joke 22 on
22 on 24 .

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

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

it isn't a very safe thing to do , not if [jimmy] [is] awake . 
1 it 2 isn't
1 it 14 awake
2 isn't 3 a
3 a 5 safe
4 very 5 safe
5 safe 6 thing
6 thing 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 ,
9 , 10 not
10 not 11 if
14 awake 15 .

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

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

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

he wanted to play a joke on [jimmy] , but like most jokers he didn't want the joke to come back on himself . 
1 he 11 like
2 wanted 3 to
2 wanted 10 but
3 to 4 play
4 play 5 a
5 a 6 joke
6 joke 7 on
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 like
11 like 12 most
12 most 13 jokers
12 most 14 he
14 he 23 himself
15 didn't 16 want
16 want 18 joke
16 want 19 to
17 the 18 joke
19 to 20 come
20 come 21 back
21 back 22 on
22 on 23 himself
23 himself 24 .

as he sat there in a brown study , he happened to glance over on the [green] [meadows] and there he saw something [red] . 
1 as 2 he
1 as 9 ,
2 he 3 sat
3 sat 4 there
4 there 5 in
5 in 6 a
6 a 7 brown
7 brown 8 study
9 , 10 he
9 , 25 .
10 he 11 happened
11 happened 13 glance
12 to 13 glance
13 glance 14 over
14 over 16 the
15 on 16 the
19 and 20 there
19 and 25 .
20 there 21 he
21 he 22 saw
22 saw 23 something

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

right away , [peter] 's nimble [wits] began to plan how he could use [reddy] [fox] to play a joke [on] [jimmy] . 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 ,
3 , 23 .
5 's 6 nimble
6 nimble 20 joke
8 began 9 to
8 began 10 plan
10 plan 11 how
11 how 13 could
12 he 13 could
13 could 14 use
14 use 17 to
17 to 18 play
18 play 19 a
19 a 20 joke
20 joke 23 .

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

you see , the [imp] of [mischief] was very , very busy whispering [to] [peter] . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 8 was
2 see 3 ,
3 , 4 the
4 the 6 of
8 was 10 ,
9 very 10 ,
10 , 11 very
11 very 12 busy
12 busy 13 whispering
13 whispering 16 .

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

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

right away a plan for getting [reddy] [up] [there] [flashed] into [peter] ['s] [head] [.] 
1 right 2 away
2 away 3 a
3 a 4 plan
3 a 5 for
5 for 6 getting
6 getting 11 into

he would get [sammy] angry , and that would make [sammy] scream . 
1 he 2 would
2 would 3 get
3 get 5 angry
5 angry 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 that
7 and 13 .
8 that 9 would
9 would 10 make
10 make 12 scream

reddy would be sure to come up there to see what [sammy] [jay] was making such a fuss [about] . 
1 reddy 4 sure
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 sure
4 sure 6 come
5 to 6 come
6 come 7 up
7 up 8 there
8 there 9 to
9 to 10 see
10 see 11 what
11 what 14 was
14 was 18 fuss
15 making 16 such
16 such 17 a
17 a 18 fuss
18 fuss 20 .

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

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

so instead of replying politely to [sammy] , as he should have done , [peter] [spoke] crossly [:] 
1 so 2 instead
2 instead 3 of
2 instead 17 crossly
3 of 4 replying
4 replying 5 politely
5 politely 6 to
6 to 8 ,
8 , 9 as
9 as 13 done
10 he 11 should
11 should 12 have
12 have 13 done
13 done 14 ,

" fly away , [sammy] , fly [away] ! 
1 " 2 fly
2 fly 3 away
2 fly 4 ,
4 , 6 ,
4 , 9 !
6 , 7 fly

it is no business of yours what [i] am laughing at , " said he . 
1 it 2 is
1 it 3 no
3 no 4 business
3 no 7 what
4 business 5 of
5 of 6 yours
6 yours 7 what
7 what 11 at
7 what 12 ,
7 what 15 he
9 am 10 laughing
10 laughing 11 at
13 " 14 said
14 said 15 he
15 he 16 .

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

he began to call [peter] [names] , and [peter] answered [back] . 
1 he 2 began
2 began 3 to
3 to 4 call
4 call 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 answered
10 answered 12 .

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

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

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

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

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

" as soon as he sees me he will think that at last he has a chance to catch me , " thought [peter] . 
1 " 7 me
1 " 25 .
2 as 3 soon
2 as 4 as
4 as 7 me
5 he 6 sees
6 sees 7 me
7 me 11 that
7 me 20 me
8 he 9 will
9 will 10 think
10 think 11 that
12 at 13 last
12 at 14 he
14 he 15 has
15 has 16 a
16 a 17 chance
17 chance 18 to
18 to 19 catch
19 catch 20 me
21 , 22 "
21 , 25 .
22 " 23 thought

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

[ii] 

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

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

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

never do such a crazy thing as [peter] [rabbit] was doing . 
1 never 2 do
2 do 6 thing
2 do 11 doing
3 such 4 a
4 a 6 thing
5 crazy 6 thing
6 thing 7 as
10 was 11 doing
11 doing 12 .

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

why , he was running the risk of being caught by [reddy] [fox] all for the sake of a joke . 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 3 he
2 , 21 .
3 he 5 running
4 was 5 running
5 running 6 the
6 the 7 risk
7 risk 8 of
8 of 9 being
9 being 10 caught
10 caught 11 by
14 all 15 for
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 sake
17 sake 18 of
18 of 19 a
19 a 20 joke
20 joke 21 .

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

the fact is , [peter] [didn't] stop to [think] what [dreadful] [thing] might happen if his plans didn't work out as he intended . 
1 the 2 fact
2 fact 3 is
3 is 4 ,
4 , 7 stop
7 stop 8 to
8 to 10 what
10 what 13 might
13 might 14 happen
13 might 15 if
15 if 18 didn't
15 if 24 .
16 his 17 plans
17 plans 18 didn't
18 didn't 19 work
19 work 20 out
20 out 23 intended
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 intended

he didn't once think of [little] [mrs] [peter] [over] [in] the dear [old] [briar-patch] and [how] she would feel if he never came home [again] . 
1 he 2 didn't
1 he 21 he
2 didn't 4 think
3 once 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 11 the
11 the 12 dear
15 and 17 she
15 and 20 if
17 she 18 would
18 would 19 feel
20 if 21 he
21 he 26 .
22 never 23 came
23 came 24 home
24 home 26 .

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

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

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

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

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

the instant that sharp nose dropped out of sight , [peter] made [ready] to run for his life . 
1 the 2 instant
1 the 14 to
2 instant 3 that
3 that 4 sharp
4 sharp 5 nose
5 nose 6 dropped
5 nose 12 made
6 dropped 7 out
7 out 8 of
8 of 9 sight
9 sight 10 ,
14 to 15 run
15 run 18 life
16 for 18 life
17 his 18 life
18 life 19 .

" go it , [peter] ! 
1 " 2 go
2 go 3 it
3 it 4 ,
4 , 6 !

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

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

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

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

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

reddy grinned as he saw [peter] start [towards] [the] [green] [meadows] . 
1 reddy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 saw
4 he 12 .
5 saw 7 start

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

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

but [peter] didn't even try . 
1 but 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 even
4 even 5 try
5 try 6 .

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

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

" if he tries that , [i] will [get] him without the trouble of much of a chase , " thought [reddy] , and chuckled . 
1 " 2 if
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 tries
3 he 10 him
4 tries 5 that
5 that 6 ,
6 , 8 will
10 him 18 chase
11 without 13 trouble
12 the 13 trouble
13 trouble 14 of
14 of 16 of
15 much 16 of
16 of 17 a
17 a 18 chase
18 chase 19 ,
19 , 20 "
20 " 26 .
21 thought 23 ,
23 , 24 and
23 , 26 .
24 and 25 chuckled

lipperty-lipperty-lip [ran] [peter] , [lipperty-lipperty-lip] , [reddy] [right] [at] his heels ! 
1 lipperty-lipperty-lip 4 ,
4 , 6 ,
6 , 10 his
10 his 11 heels
11 heels 12 !

to [sammy] [jay] it looked as if in a [few] [more] jumps [reddy] certainly would catch [peter] . 
1 to 12 jumps
4 it 5 looked
5 looked 6 as
6 as 7 if
7 if 8 in
8 in 9 a
9 a 12 jumps
12 jumps 18 .
14 certainly 15 would
15 would 16 catch
16 catch 18 .

" go it , [peter] ! 
1 " 2 go
2 go 3 it
3 it 4 ,
4 , 6 !

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

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

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

[iii] 

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

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

in fact , [reddy] was so close on [peter] 's heels that he had no thought of anything but catching [peter] . 
1 in 10 's
2 fact 3 ,
2 fact 10 's
3 , 5 was
5 was 7 close
6 so 7 close
7 close 8 on
10 's 11 heels
11 heels 12 that
12 that 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 15 no
15 no 16 thought
16 thought 17 of
17 of 18 anything
18 anything 19 but
19 but 20 catching
20 catching 22 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

there was . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 .

you remember that [jimmy] [skunk] had curled up in there for a nap . 
1 you 2 remember
2 remember 3 that
3 that 6 had
6 had 7 curled
7 curled 8 up
7 curled 13 nap
9 in 10 there
9 in 11 for
11 for 12 a
11 for 13 nap
12 a 13 nap
13 nap 14 .

now [jimmy] was awake , very much awake . 
1 now 3 was
3 was 4 awake
4 awake 5 ,
5 , 6 very
6 very 9 .
7 much 8 awake
8 awake 9 .

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

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

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

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

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

now [reddy] didn't know who was in the barrel . 
1 now 9 barrel
1 now 10 .
3 didn't 4 know
3 didn't 6 was
4 know 5 who
6 was 7 in
7 in 8 the
8 the 9 barrel

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

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

sammy [jay] was flying overhead , screaming enough to split his throat . 
1 sammy 3 was
3 was 4 flying
4 flying 5 overhead
5 overhead 6 ,
6 , 7 screaming
7 screaming 8 enough
8 enough 9 to
9 to 10 split
10 split 11 his
11 his 12 throat
12 throat 13 .

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

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

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

so he dodged into the old house of [johnny] [chuck] and lay low in the doorway , where he could watch . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 dodged
3 dodged 4 into
4 into 5 the
5 the 6 old
5 the 22 .
6 old 7 house
7 house 8 of
11 and 12 lay
12 lay 13 low
12 lay 14 in
12 lay 17 ,
15 the 17 ,
16 doorway 17 ,
17 , 18 where
17 , 22 .
18 where 19 he
19 he 20 could
20 could 21 watch

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

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

he hadn't once thought of what might happen to [jimmy] when he planned that joke . 
1 he 2 hadn't
1 he 16 .
2 hadn't 3 once
3 once 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
5 of 6 what
6 what 8 happen
7 might 8 happen
8 happen 9 to
9 to 15 joke
11 when 12 he
12 he 13 planned
13 planned 14 that
14 that 15 joke

but [presently] [jimmy] [began] to wave [first] [one] leg and then another , as if to make sure that he had some legs left . 
1 but 5 to
5 to 6 wave
6 wave 9 leg
9 leg 10 and
10 and 11 then
11 then 12 another
12 another 13 ,
12 another 24 left
14 as 15 if
15 if 16 to
15 if 24 left
16 to 17 make
17 make 18 sure
18 sure 19 that
20 he 24 left
21 had 24 left
22 some 23 legs
23 legs 24 left
24 left 25 .

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

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

[iv] 

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

when [jimmy] [skunk] [is] [angry] [then] [every] [one] watch out ! 
1 when 11 !
9 watch 10 out
9 watch 11 !

it 's better far at such a time [to] be nowhere about . 
1 it 2 's
1 it 4 far
3 better 4 far
4 far 5 at
5 at 6 such
5 at 8 time
6 such 7 a
8 time 11 nowhere
10 be 11 nowhere
11 nowhere 12 about
11 nowhere 13 .

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

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

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

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

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

and this time [jimmy] was mad clear through , as he got to his feet and shook himself to see that he was all there . 
1 and 2 this
1 and 26 .
2 this 3 time
3 time 5 was
6 mad 7 clear
7 clear 8 through
8 through 9 ,
9 , 10 as
10 as 11 he
11 he 12 got
12 got 13 to
13 to 15 feet
14 his 15 feet
15 feet 17 shook
16 and 17 shook
17 shook 18 himself
17 shook 19 to
17 shook 24 all
20 see 21 that
21 that 24 all
22 he 24 all
23 was 24 all
24 all 25 there
25 there 26 .

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

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

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

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

the first person [he] [saw] was [reddy] [fox] . 
1 the 2 first
1 the 3 person
3 person 6 was
6 was 9 .

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

if [reddy] had known that it was [jimmy] [skunk] , he would have been quite content to remain at the top of the hill . 
1 if 3 had
1 if 10 ,
3 had 4 known
4 known 5 that
5 that 6 it
6 it 7 was
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 would
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 been
14 been 15 quite
15 quite 16 content
16 content 21 top
17 to 18 remain
18 remain 19 at
19 at 20 the
20 the 21 top
21 top 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 hill
24 hill 25 .

now when [jimmy] [skunk] is angry , he doesn't bite and he doesn't scratch [.] 
1 now 2 when
2 when 6 angry
5 is 6 angry
6 angry 7 ,
6 angry 14 scratch
8 he 9 doesn't
9 doesn't 10 bite
9 doesn't 13 doesn't
11 and 13 doesn't
12 he 13 doesn't
13 doesn't 14 scratch

that is why he is afraid of no one , and why [every] one respects [jimmy] and his rights . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 14 one
2 is 3 why
3 why 4 he
4 he 5 is
5 is 6 afraid
6 afraid 7 of
7 of 10 ,
8 no 9 one
8 no 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 why
14 one 15 respects
15 respects 19 rights
17 and 18 his
18 his 19 rights
19 rights 20 .

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

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

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

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

poor [reddy] ! 
1 poor 3 !

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

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

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

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

jimmy [skunk] just stood and looked on , and there wasn't a bit of pity in his eyes . 
1 jimmy 3 just
3 just 4 stood
4 stood 5 and
5 and 6 looked
6 looked 7 on
7 on 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 there
10 there 11 wasn't
11 wasn't 13 bit
12 a 13 bit
13 bit 14 of
14 of 15 pity
15 pity 16 in
16 in 17 his
17 his 18 eyes
18 eyes 19 .

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

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

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

" huh ! " snorted [jimmy] [skunk] , who didn't believe a word of it . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 snorted
5 snorted 8 ,
8 , 9 who
9 who 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 believe
11 believe 15 it
12 a 13 word
13 word 15 it
14 of 15 it
15 it 16 .

" [i] didn't . 
1 " 3 didn't
1 " 4 .

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

" [i] [ran] [against] the barrel by accident , chasing [peter] [rabbit] . 
1 " 5 the
1 " 13 .
5 the 6 barrel
6 barrel 7 by
8 accident 9 ,
8 accident 13 .
9 , 10 chasing

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

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

" if you were chasing [peter] [rabbit] , where is he now ? " 
1 " 2 if
1 " 3 you
3 you 4 were
4 were 5 chasing
5 chasing 8 ,
8 , 9 where
9 where 11 he
10 is 11 he
11 he 12 now
11 he 13 ?
13 ? 14 "

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

he was nowhere in sight , and he certainly hadn't had time to reach the dear [old] [briar-patch] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 19 .
2 was 3 nowhere
2 was 15 the
3 nowhere 14 reach
4 in 5 sight
4 in 6 ,
6 , 13 to
7 and 8 he
7 and 11 had
8 he 9 certainly
9 certainly 10 hadn't
11 had 12 time
12 time 13 to
13 to 14 reach
15 the 16 dear

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

" huh ! " said he again , turning his back on [reddy] [fox] and walking away with a great deal of dignity . 
1 " 2 huh
2 huh 3 !
2 huh 7 again
3 ! 4 "
4 " 5 said
5 said 6 he
7 again 8 ,
8 , 9 turning
9 turning 10 his
10 his 11 back
11 back 12 on
12 on 16 walking
12 on 23 dignity
12 on 24 .
15 and 16 walking
16 walking 17 away
17 away 18 with
18 with 19 a
19 a 20 great
20 great 21 deal
21 deal 22 of

[v] 

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

just as soon as [reddy] [fox] could see [after] [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [thrown] that [terrible] perfume [in] [reddy] 's face he started for the [green] [forest] . 
1 just 2 as
1 just 27 .
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
4 as 7 could
7 could 8 see
8 see 14 that
8 see 21 he
14 that 16 perfume
16 perfume 19 's
19 's 20 face
21 he 22 started
22 started 23 for
23 for 24 the

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

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

no indeed . 
1 no 2 indeed
2 indeed 3 .

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

poor [reddy] ! 
1 poor 3 !

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

reddy took no notice [at] [all] [.] 
1 reddy 2 took
2 took 4 notice
3 no 4 notice

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

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

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

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

" the only thing [i] can do is to get as far away from everybody as [i] can , " thought he . 
1 " 2 the
1 " 8 is
1 " 19 ,
2 the 3 only
3 only 4 thing
4 thing 7 do
6 can 7 do
8 is 9 to
9 to 10 get
10 get 11 as
11 as 12 far
12 far 13 away
13 away 14 from
14 from 15 everybody
14 from 16 as
16 as 18 can
19 , 20 "
20 " 21 thought
21 thought 22 he
22 he 23 .

" [i] guess [i] 'll have to go up to the [old] [pasture] to live for a while . " 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 20 "
5 'll 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 up
8 go 14 to
9 up 10 to
10 to 11 the
14 to 15 live
15 live 16 for
16 for 17 a
17 a 18 while
18 while 19 .
19 . 20 "

so he started for the [old] [pasture] , keeping as much out of sight as possible . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 started
3 started 4 for
3 started 8 ,
4 for 5 the
8 , 9 keeping
9 keeping 10 as
10 as 11 much
10 as 15 as
11 much 12 out
12 out 13 of
12 out 14 sight
15 as 16 possible
16 possible 17 .

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

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

" it wouldn't be so bad if [i] had [really] been to blame , but [i] wasn't . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 11 been
3 wouldn't 4 be
3 wouldn't 7 if
4 be 5 so
5 so 6 bad
7 if 9 had
9 had 11 been
11 been 12 to
12 to 13 blame
13 blame 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 17 wasn't
17 wasn't 18 .

i didn't know [jimmy] [skunk] was in that barrel and [i] didn't mean to start it rolling down the hill anyway , " he muttered . 
1 i 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
2 didn't 6 was
6 was 7 in
7 in 8 that
8 that 9 barrel
9 barrel 10 and
10 and 14 to
12 didn't 13 mean
13 mean 14 to
14 to 15 start
15 start 16 it
15 start 17 rolling
17 rolling 18 down
18 down 20 hill
19 the 20 hill
20 hill 21 anyway
21 anyway 22 ,
22 , 23 "
23 " 24 he
24 he 25 muttered
25 muttered 26 .

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

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

[vi] 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

they were [yellow] [jackets] , [which] you know belong to the wasp family and carry very sharp little lances in their tails . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 5 ,
5 , 8 know
7 you 8 know
8 know 23 .
9 belong 10 to
10 to 11 the
11 the 13 family
12 wasp 13 family
13 family 14 and
14 and 15 carry
15 carry 17 sharp
15 carry 23 .
16 very 17 sharp
17 sharp 19 lances
18 little 19 lances
19 lances 20 in
20 in 21 their
21 their 22 tails

poor [peter] ! 
1 poor 3 !

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

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

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

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

he [remembered] [that] [johnny] [chuck] digs his house deep down in the ground . 
1 he 13 ground
6 digs 8 house
7 his 8 house
8 house 10 down
9 deep 10 down
10 down 11 in
11 in 12 the
12 the 13 ground
13 ground 14 .

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

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

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

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

so [peter] scrambled to his feet and [scurried] [down] the long hall , and as he ran , he cried " ouch ! 
1 so 3 scrambled
3 scrambled 4 to
3 scrambled 10 the
3 scrambled 12 hall
4 to 5 his
5 his 6 feet
6 feet 7 and
10 the 11 long
12 hall 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 as
15 as 16 he
15 as 19 he
16 he 17 ran
17 ran 18 ,
19 he 20 cried
20 cried 21 "
21 " 22 ouch
22 ouch 23 !

ouch ! 
1 ouch 2 !

oh ! 
1 oh 2 !

ohoo ! " 
1 ohoo 2 !
2 ! 3 "

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

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

it was just as he [had] hoped ; the [yellow] [jackets] did not follow him down there . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 14 follow
2 was 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 7 hoped
7 hoped 8 ;
8 ; 9 the
12 did 13 not
13 not 14 follow
14 follow 15 him
15 him 16 down
16 down 17 there
17 there 18 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[vii] 

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

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

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

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

so , of course , he had seen what happened to [reddy] . 
1 so 2 ,
2 , 4 course
3 of 4 course
4 course 5 ,
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 seen
8 seen 9 what
9 what 10 happened
10 happened 11 to
11 to 13 .

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

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

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

so [sammy] had [laughed] [and] [made] [fun] [of] [poor] [reddy] . 
1 so 3 had
1 so 11 .

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

and [then] it would make such a splendid story to tell , and no one [likes] to carry tales [more] than [does] [sammy] [jay] . 
1 and 3 it
1 and 25 .
3 it 4 would
4 would 5 make
5 make 6 such
6 such 7 a
7 a 8 splendid
8 splendid 9 story
10 to 11 tell
11 tell 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 no
14 no 15 one
15 one 17 to
17 to 18 carry
17 to 25 .
18 carry 19 tales
19 tales 21 than

he watched [reddy] [sneak] away to the [green] [forest] , [and] [jimmy] [skunk] slowly walk away in a very dignified manner . 
1 he 2 watched
2 watched 5 away
5 away 6 to
6 to 7 the
7 the 10 ,
10 , 22 .
14 slowly 15 walk
15 walk 16 away
15 walk 21 manner
16 away 17 in
17 in 18 a
18 a 19 very
19 very 20 dignified
21 manner 22 .

then [sammy] flew [back] to the [old] [orchard] to spread the news [among] the little people there . 
1 then 3 flew
1 then 14 the
3 flew 5 to
5 to 6 the
6 the 12 news
9 to 10 spread
10 spread 11 the
11 the 12 news
14 the 15 little
15 little 16 people
16 people 17 there
17 there 18 .

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

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

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

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

but [i] saw it all , and [i] know that it was all an accident so far as [reddy] was concerned . 
1 but 3 saw
3 saw 6 ,
3 saw 9 know
3 saw 12 was
4 it 5 all
5 all 6 ,
6 , 7 and
9 know 10 that
9 know 11 it
12 was 13 all
13 all 15 accident
14 an 15 accident
15 accident 16 so
16 so 17 far
17 far 18 as
18 as 20 was
20 was 21 concerned
21 concerned 22 .

but [peter] [rabbit] may have known . 
1 but 4 may
4 may 5 have
5 have 6 known
6 known 7 .

why did [peter] run so that he would have to jump over that barrel when he could have run right past it ? 
1 why 2 did
1 why 23 ?
4 run 5 so
5 so 6 that
6 that 8 would
6 that 14 barrel
7 he 8 would
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 to
11 jump 12 over
12 over 14 barrel
13 that 14 barrel
14 barrel 22 it
15 when 16 he
15 when 17 could
17 could 18 have
17 could 19 run
19 run 20 right
20 right 21 past
20 right 22 it
22 it 23 ?

that would have been pretty smart of [peter] and quite like him . 
1 that 4 been
1 that 12 him
1 that 13 .
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 been
5 pretty 6 smart
6 smart 7 of
7 of 9 and
9 and 10 quite
9 and 12 him
11 like 12 him

the [more] [i] [think] of it , the more [i] [believe] [that] [peter] did know [and] that he planned the whole thing [.] 
1 the 5 of
5 of 6 it
6 it 7 ,
7 , 8 the
7 , 14 did
8 the 9 more
14 did 15 know
14 did 17 that
17 that 18 he
18 he 19 planned
19 planned 20 the
20 the 21 whole
21 whole 22 thing

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

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

it was rather hard on [jimmy] [skunk] , but it got rid of [reddy] [fox] for a while . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 5 on
2 was 3 rather
3 rather 4 hard
5 on 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 it
9 but 16 for
10 it 12 rid
11 got 12 rid
12 rid 13 of
16 for 17 a
17 a 18 while
18 while 19 .

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

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

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

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

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

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

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

" hello , [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
3 , 5 .

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

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

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

" [i] [saw] [him] [up] [here] early this morning . 
1 " 7 early
7 early 8 this
8 this 9 morning
9 morning 10 .

why ? " 
1 why 2 ?
2 ? 3 "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and [i] 'm doing a little guessing , too . " 
1 and 9 too
3 'm 4 doing
4 doing 5 a
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 guessing
7 guessing 8 ,
8 , 9 too
9 too 10 .
10 . 11 "

[viii] 

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

jimmy [skunk] looked very hard at [sammy] [jay] [.] 
1 jimmy 3 looked
3 looked 4 very
4 very 5 hard
5 hard 6 at

sammy [jay] looked very hard at [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 sammy 3 looked
3 looked 4 very
4 very 5 hard
5 hard 6 at

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

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

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

sammy [jay] said nothing , but winked again . 
1 sammy 3 said
3 said 4 nothing
4 nothing 5 ,
5 , 6 but
6 but 7 winked
7 winked 8 again
8 again 9 .

jimmy grinned . 
1 jimmy 2 grinned
2 grinned 3 .

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

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

" and [i] wonder if he did it just to get [reddy] into trouble , " continued [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 and
1 " 19 .
2 and 4 wonder
4 wonder 5 if
4 wonder 6 he
7 did 8 it
7 did 19 .
8 it 9 just
9 just 10 to
10 to 11 get
11 get 13 into
13 into 14 trouble
14 trouble 15 ,
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 continued

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

" [i] wonder , " said [sammy] [jay] once more , and burst out laughing . 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 ,
4 , 5 "
4 , 6 said
5 " 6 said
6 said 12 and
9 once 10 more
10 more 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 burst
13 burst 14 out
14 out 15 laughing
15 laughing 16 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

my neck might have been broken in that wild ride down the hill , and certainly [i] was [made] most [uncomfortable] . 
1 my 2 neck
2 neck 6 broken
3 might 4 have
3 might 6 broken
4 have 5 been
5 been 6 broken
6 broken 7 in
7 in 8 that
7 in 9 wild
9 wild 10 ride
10 ride 11 down
11 down 12 the
12 the 13 hill
13 hill 14 ,
14 , 15 and
14 , 22 .
15 and 16 certainly
18 was 20 most
20 most 22 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

jimmy [skunk] turned and looked down the hill . 
1 jimmy 3 turned
3 turned 4 and
4 and 5 looked
5 looked 6 down
6 down 7 the
7 the 8 hill
8 hill 9 .

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

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

" to look for [peter] [rabbit] , " replied [jimmy] [.] 
1 " 8 "
2 to 3 look
3 look 4 for
4 for 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 replied

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

jimmy [skunk] ambled along down the hill . 
1 jimmy 3 ambled
3 ambled 4 along
3 ambled 5 down
5 down 6 the
6 the 7 hill
7 hill 8 .

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

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

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

now , [i] wonder [where] he can be . 
1 now 6 he
2 , 4 wonder
4 wonder 6 he
6 he 7 can
7 can 8 be
8 be 9 .

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

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

seems to [me] [i] remember an old house of [johnny] [chuck] 's [not] [very] [far] [from] [here] . 
1 seems 2 to
2 to 5 remember
5 remember 6 an
6 an 7 old
6 an 9 of
7 old 8 house
8 house 9 of
9 of 12 's
9 of 18 .

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

[[] [illustration] []] 

[ix] 

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

jimmy [skunk] was smiling as he ambled towards the old house of [johnny] [chuck] near the foot of the hill . 
1 jimmy 3 was
3 was 4 smiling
4 smiling 5 as
5 as 6 he
5 as 7 ambled
7 ambled 8 towards
8 towards 9 the
8 towards 11 house
10 old 11 house
11 house 12 of
12 of 20 hill
15 near 16 the
16 the 17 foot
17 foot 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 hill
20 hill 21 .

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

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

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

" [i] guess it 's a good thing that [old] [mother] [nature] [didn't] [make] [us] all alike , " said he to himself . 
1 " 3 guess
3 guess 4 it
3 guess 24 .
4 it 5 's
5 's 6 a
6 a 7 good
7 good 8 thing
9 that 16 all
16 all 17 alike
17 alike 18 ,
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
21 he 22 to
22 to 23 himself
23 himself 24 .

" [i] think there must be something the matter with their noses , and [i] suppose they think there is something the matter with mine . 
1 " 3 think
1 " 26 .
4 there 5 must
5 must 6 be
6 be 7 something
7 something 9 matter
8 the 9 matter
9 matter 12 noses
10 with 11 their
10 with 12 noses
11 their 12 noses
12 noses 24 with
12 noses 25 mine
13 , 14 and
13 , 17 they
14 and 17 they
16 suppose 17 they
17 they 18 think
18 think 19 there
19 there 21 something
20 is 21 something
21 something 24 with
22 the 23 matter
23 matter 24 with
25 mine 26 .

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

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

hello ! 
1 hello 2 !

there is [johnny] [chuck] 's old house just ahead of me . 
1 there 2 is
2 is 11 me
5 's 6 old
6 old 7 house
7 house 11 me
8 just 9 ahead
9 ahead 10 of
9 ahead 11 me
11 me 12 .

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

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

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

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

if [peter] [once] got outside [that] [old] [house] , his long legs would [soon] [put] [him] [beyond] [jimmy] ['s] reach , and [jimmy] knew it . 
1 if 4 got
4 got 5 outside
5 outside 9 ,
9 , 10 his
10 his 12 legs
11 long 12 legs
12 legs 13 would
13 would 20 reach
20 reach 21 ,
21 , 22 and
22 and 26 .
24 knew 25 it
25 it 26 .

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

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

there [wasn't] [a] [sound] to tell [him] whether [peter] [was] there or not . 
1 there 5 to
5 to 6 tell
6 tell 8 whether
8 whether 12 or
11 there 12 or
12 or 13 not
13 not 14 .

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

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

" if he is here , he is way down inside , " thought [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 if
1 " 13 "
2 if 3 he
3 he 4 is
4 is 5 here
5 here 6 ,
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 is
8 is 9 way
9 way 10 down
10 down 11 inside
11 inside 12 ,
13 " 14 thought
13 " 16 .

" [i] wonder if he really is here . 
1 " 3 wonder
3 wonder 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 really
6 really 7 is
7 is 8 here
8 here 9 .

i [think] [i] 'll look about a [bit] [before] [i] go [in] . " 
1 i 4 'll
1 i 7 a
4 'll 5 look
5 look 6 about
7 a 11 go
11 go 13 .
13 . 14 "

now the doorstep was of sand , as [johnny] [chuck] 's doorsteps [always] [are] . 
1 now 2 the
2 the 3 doorstep
3 doorstep 4 was
3 doorstep 12 doorsteps
4 was 5 of
5 of 6 sand
6 sand 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 11 's
12 doorsteps 15 .

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

there [were] [peter] 's tracks , and they pointed straight towards the inside of [johnny] [chuck] 's [old] [house] . 
1 there 4 's
1 there 17 's
4 's 5 tracks
5 tracks 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 they
8 they 9 pointed
9 pointed 10 straight
10 straight 11 towards
11 towards 12 the
12 the 14 of
13 inside 14 of
17 's 20 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

but that was as [far] as [jimmy] [skunk] went . 
1 but 2 that
2 that 3 was
3 was 4 as
4 as 6 as
6 as 9 went
9 went 10 .

yes , [sir] , that was just as far as [jimmy] [skunk] went . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 that
5 that 6 was
6 was 7 just
7 just 8 as
8 as 9 far
8 as 10 as
10 as 13 went
13 went 14 .

jimmy [skunk] knows all about [yellow] [jackets] [and] the [sharp] [little] lances they carry in their tails ; he has the greatest respect for them . 
1 jimmy 3 knows
3 knows 4 all
3 knows 5 about
5 about 9 the
9 the 12 lances
12 lances 13 they
13 they 14 carry
14 carry 17 tails
14 carry 20 has
15 in 16 their
16 their 17 tails
18 ; 20 has
19 he 20 has
20 has 23 respect
21 the 22 greatest
22 greatest 23 respect
23 respect 24 for
24 for 25 them
25 them 26 .

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

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

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

" [i] know what happened , " said he , talking to himself . 
1 " 3 know
3 know 4 what
4 what 5 happened
5 happened 6 ,
5 happened 7 "
5 happened 11 talking
8 said 9 he
9 he 10 ,
9 he 11 talking
11 talking 12 to
11 talking 13 himself
11 talking 14 .

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

those [yellow] [jackets] [just] naturally [got] [after] [him] [.] 
1 those 5 naturally

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

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

[[] [illustration] []] 

[x] 

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

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

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

peter wished with all his might that he had known about their home in [johnny] [chuck] 's old house before ever he thought of hiding there . 
1 peter 2 wished
2 wished 3 with
3 with 4 all
3 with 7 that
4 all 5 his
5 his 6 might
7 that 8 he
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 known
10 known 11 about
11 about 12 their
12 their 13 home
12 their 20 before
14 in 19 house
17 's 18 old
18 old 19 house
19 house 20 before
20 before 22 he
20 before 27 .
21 ever 22 he
22 he 23 thought
23 thought 24 of
24 of 25 hiding
25 hiding 26 there

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

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

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

he remembered [that] [johnny] [chuck] usually has a back door . 
1 he 2 remembered
2 remembered 6 usually
2 remembered 11 .
6 usually 7 has
7 has 8 a
8 a 10 door
9 back 10 door

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

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

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

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

and there [yes] , [sir] , there was another hall ! 
1 and 2 there
1 and 6 ,
2 there 4 ,
6 , 11 !
7 there 8 was
7 there 11 !
8 was 9 another
9 another 10 hall

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

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

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

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

yes , [sir] , [peter] bumped his nose against the end of that hall . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 6 bumped
6 bumped 7 his
6 bumped 8 nose
7 his 8 nose
8 nose 9 against
8 nose 14 hall
10 the 11 end
11 end 12 of
11 end 14 hall
13 that 14 hall
14 hall 15 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" [i] [know] where you are , [peter] [rabbit] , " said the voice . 
1 " 4 where
1 " 11 "
4 where 6 are
5 you 6 are
6 are 7 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 13 the
13 the 14 voice
14 voice 15 .

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

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

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

there are a lot of [very] angry [yellow] [jackets] up [here] , as you will find out if you try to come out before dark . 
1 there 2 are
1 there 10 up
2 are 3 a
3 a 4 lot
4 lot 5 of
5 of 7 angry
10 up 12 ,
12 , 13 as
13 as 14 you
13 as 15 will
15 will 16 find
15 will 18 if
16 find 17 out
18 if 19 you
18 if 20 try
20 try 21 to
21 to 22 come
22 come 24 before
23 out 24 before
24 before 25 dark
25 dark 26 .

i 'm going away now , but [i] 'm going to come back [about] [dark] to wait for you . 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 going
3 going 4 away
4 away 5 now
5 now 6 ,
6 , 7 but
7 but 9 'm
9 'm 10 going
10 going 17 wait
11 to 12 come
12 come 13 back
13 back 16 to
16 to 17 wait
17 wait 18 for
18 for 19 you
19 you 20 .

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

that [put] [an] [end] [to] [peter] 's hope of a nap . 
1 that 7 's
7 's 11 nap
8 hope 9 of
9 of 10 a
10 a 11 nap
11 nap 12 .

he shivered as he thought of what might happen to him if [jimmy] [skunk] should catch him . 
1 he 2 shivered
1 he 17 him
2 shivered 3 as
3 as 4 he
4 he 5 thought
5 thought 6 of
6 of 7 what
7 what 9 happen
8 might 9 happen
9 happen 10 to
10 to 11 him
11 him 12 if
15 should 16 catch
16 catch 17 him
17 him 18 .

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

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

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

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

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

" [i] wish [i] 'd never thought of that joke , " he [half] sobbed . 
1 " 11 ,
3 wish 5 'd
5 'd 7 thought
6 never 7 thought
7 thought 8 of
8 of 9 that
9 that 10 joke
10 joke 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 15 sobbed
15 sobbed 16 .

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

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

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

meanwhile [jimmy] [skunk] had gone [off] , [chuckling] . 
1 meanwhile 9 .
4 had 5 gone
5 gone 7 ,
7 , 9 .

[xi] 

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

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

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

the truth is , [jimmy] was no longer angry at all . 
1 the 2 truth
2 truth 3 is
2 truth 4 ,
4 , 6 was
4 , 12 .
6 was 8 longer
7 no 8 longer
8 longer 9 angry
9 angry 11 all
10 at 11 all

he had quite recovered his good nature and was very much inclined to laugh himself over [peter] 's trick . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 recovered
3 quite 4 recovered
4 recovered 5 his
5 his 6 good
6 good 7 nature
6 good 8 and
8 and 9 was
9 was 10 very
10 very 11 much
11 much 12 inclined
12 inclined 13 to
13 to 14 laugh
13 to 15 himself
15 himself 16 over
15 himself 20 .
16 over 18 's
16 over 19 trick

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

as [jimmy] [ambled] [away] to look for some beetles , he chuckled and chuckled and chuckled . 
1 as 5 to
1 as 10 ,
5 to 9 beetles
6 look 7 for
7 for 8 some
8 some 9 beetles
10 , 11 he
11 he 12 chuckled
12 chuckled 13 and
13 and 14 chuckled
14 chuckled 15 and
15 and 16 chuckled
16 chuckled 17 .

" [i] guess [that] by this time [peter] [wishes] he [hadn't] thought of that joke on [reddy] [fox] and myself , " said he . 
1 " 3 guess
1 " 25 .
5 by 6 this
6 this 7 time
7 time 10 he
10 he 12 thought
12 thought 13 of
12 thought 24 he
13 of 14 that
14 that 15 joke
15 joke 16 on
19 and 20 myself
20 myself 21 ,
21 , 23 said
22 " 23 said
23 said 24 he
24 he 25 .

" [perhaps] [i] ['ll] go back there tonight and [perhaps] [i] won't . 
1 " 9 and
1 " 12 won't
5 go 6 back
5 go 9 and
6 back 7 there
7 there 8 tonight
12 won't 13 .

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

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

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

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

" [i] [really] don't want to go back there tonight , " he muttered , " but [i] [guess] [i] 'll have to . 
1 " 4 don't
4 don't 5 want
5 want 6 to
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 back
8 back 9 there
9 there 10 tonight
10 tonight 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 muttered
14 muttered 15 ,
15 , 16 "
15 , 17 but
17 but 21 'll
21 'll 22 have
22 have 23 to
23 to 24 .

i said [i] would , and so [i] 'll have to do it . 
1 i 2 said
1 i 5 ,
2 said 4 would
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 so
7 so 14 .
9 'll 10 have
10 have 11 to
11 to 12 do
12 do 13 it
13 it 14 .

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

yes , [sir] , [i] 'll have to go [back] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 11 .
2 , 4 ,
4 , 9 go
6 'll 7 have
7 have 8 to
8 to 9 go

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

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

there [jimmy] found a warm , sunny spot and curled [up] for a nap . 
1 there 3 found
3 found 4 a
4 a 5 warm
5 warm 6 ,
6 , 7 sunny
7 sunny 8 spot
8 spot 9 and
9 and 10 curled
10 curled 12 for
12 for 13 a
13 a 14 nap
14 nap 15 .

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

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

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

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

the [yellow] [jackets] had gone to bed for the night . 
1 the 4 had
4 had 5 gone
5 gone 6 to
5 gone 7 bed
7 bed 8 for
7 bed 10 night
9 the 10 night
10 night 11 .

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

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

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

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

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

as for [peter] [rabbit] , that had been one of the very worst [days] he could recall . 
1 as 2 for
1 as 5 ,
5 , 6 that
5 , 18 .
6 that 7 had
7 had 8 been
8 been 9 one
9 one 10 of
10 of 11 the
11 the 12 very
12 very 13 worst
15 he 16 could
15 he 18 .
16 could 17 recall

he had had just a little bit of hope , and this was that [jimmy] [skunk] [wouldn't] come back when it grew dark [.] 
1 he 2 had
1 he 18 come
2 had 3 had
3 had 4 just
4 just 7 bit
5 a 6 little
5 a 7 bit
6 little 7 bit
7 bit 8 of
8 of 9 hope
9 hope 10 ,
9 hope 12 this
11 and 12 this
12 this 13 was
13 was 14 that
18 come 19 back
19 back 20 when
20 when 22 grew
21 it 22 grew
22 grew 23 dark

poor [peter] ! 
1 poor 3 !

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

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

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

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

just before it was time for [mr] [sun] to rise , [peter] [ventured] to dash out of [johnny] [chuck] 's old [house] . 
1 just 2 before
2 before 3 it
3 it 4 was
4 was 5 time
5 time 6 for
6 for 9 to
9 to 10 rise
10 rise 11 ,
11 , 14 to
14 to 15 dash
15 dash 16 out
16 out 17 of
17 of 23 .
20 's 21 old
21 old 23 .

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

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

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

with a sigh of relief , [peter] started for the [dear] , safe [old] [briar-patch] , lipperty-lipperty-lip , as fast as he could go . 
1 with 2 a
1 with 13 safe
2 a 3 sigh
3 sigh 4 of
4 of 5 relief
5 relief 6 ,
6 , 12 ,
8 started 9 for
9 for 10 the
10 the 12 ,
13 safe 16 ,
16 , 17 lipperty-lipperty-lip
17 lipperty-lipperty-lip 18 ,
18 , 19 as
19 as 20 fast
20 fast 21 as
21 as 22 he
22 he 23 could
23 could 24 go
24 go 25 .

" [i] 'll never , never play another joke , " he said , over and over again as he ran . 
1 " 3 'll
3 'll 4 never
4 never 6 never
5 , 6 never
6 never 7 play
7 play 9 joke
8 another 9 joke
9 joke 10 ,
9 joke 15 over
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 said
14 , 15 over
15 over 16 and
15 over 17 over
17 over 18 again
18 again 19 as
19 as 20 he
20 he 21 ran
21 ran 22 .

[xii] 

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

jimmy [skunk] ambled along down the [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 jimmy 3 ambled
1 jimmy 14 .
3 ambled 4 along
3 ambled 5 down
5 down 6 the

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

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

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

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

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

up [the] [lone] [little] [path] through the [green] [forest] shuffled [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 up 6 through
6 through 7 the
7 the 10 shuffled
10 shuffled 12 '

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

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

unlike [jimmy] [skunk] , he does hurry [sometimes] , [does] [unc] ' [billy] , especially when he suspects that [bowser] the [hound] [is] [about] . 
1 unlike 4 ,
4 , 6 does
5 he 6 does
6 does 7 hurry
7 hurry 25 .
9 , 12 '
9 , 14 ,
14 , 15 especially
15 especially 21 the
15 especially 25 .
16 when 17 he
17 he 18 suspects
18 suspects 19 that
19 that 21 the

and [sometimes] [unc] ' [billy] [does] worry . 
1 and 4 '
4 ' 8 .
7 worry 8 .

you [see] , there are people who think that [unc] ' [billy] [would] [make] a very good dinner . 
1 you 3 ,
1 you 19 .
3 , 4 there
4 there 5 are
5 are 6 people
6 people 7 who
6 people 8 think
8 think 9 that
11 ' 15 a
11 ' 19 .
15 a 16 very
16 very 17 good
17 good 18 dinner

unc ['] [billy] [doesn't] [think] he would . 
1 unc 6 he
6 he 7 would
7 would 8 .

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

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

but just now [unc] ['] [billy] was neither hurrying nor worrying [.] 
1 but 3 now
1 but 8 neither
2 just 3 now
7 was 8 neither
8 neither 9 hurrying
8 neither 10 nor
8 neither 11 worrying

there was no need of doing either , and [unc] ['] [billy] never [does] anything that there is no need of doing . 
1 there 4 need
2 was 4 need
3 no 4 need
4 need 5 of
4 need 6 doing
6 doing 7 either
7 either 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 never
9 and 23 .
13 never 15 anything
16 that 17 there
17 there 18 is
18 is 19 no
18 is 23 .
19 no 20 need
20 need 21 of
21 of 22 doing

[[] [illustration] []] 

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

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

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

unc ' [billy] grinned [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 4 grinned

" good [mo'nin] ' , [brer] [skunk] , " he replied . 
1 " 2 good
1 " 5 ,
1 " 9 "
4 ' 5 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 replied
11 replied 12 .

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

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

jimmy sat down and looked at [unc] ['] [billy] with twinkling eyes . 
1 jimmy 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
3 down 4 and
4 and 5 looked
5 looked 6 at
5 looked 10 with
10 with 11 twinkling
11 twinkling 12 eyes
12 eyes 13 .

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

" [unc] ' [billy] , " said he , " have you ever in your life combed [your] [hair] or brushed your coat ? " 
1 " 3 '
1 " 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 ,
8 he 25 "
10 " 11 have
10 " 24 ?
11 have 12 you
12 you 13 ever
13 ever 14 in
13 ever 17 combed
14 in 16 life
15 your 16 life
20 or 21 brushed
20 or 24 ?
21 brushed 22 your
22 your 23 coat
24 ? 25 "

unc ' [billy] 's eyes twinkled . 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 4 's
4 's 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 twinkled
6 twinkled 7 .

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

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

by the way , [brer] [skunk] [,] did yo ' ever run away from anybody in all your life ? " 
1 by 2 the
2 the 3 way
3 way 4 ,
4 , 20 ?
8 did 9 yo
8 did 20 ?
9 yo 10 '
9 yo 11 ever
9 yo 15 anybody
12 run 13 away
13 away 14 from
14 from 15 anybody
15 anybody 16 in
16 in 17 all
17 all 18 your
18 your 19 life
20 ? 21 "

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

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

" not that [i] remember of , " said he after a little . 
1 " 2 not
1 " 8 "
2 not 3 that
5 remember 6 of
6 of 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
8 " 14 .
9 said 10 he
11 after 12 a
11 after 14 .
12 a 13 little

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

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

why do you ask , [unc] ' [billy] ? " 
1 why 3 you
1 why 4 ask
2 do 3 you
4 ask 5 ,
5 , 7 '
7 ' 10 "
9 ? 10 "

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

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

only [ah] wonder [sometimes] if yo ' ever realize how lucky yo ' [are] [.] 
1 only 13 '
3 wonder 5 if
5 if 6 yo
6 yo 7 '
6 yo 8 ever
6 yo 12 yo
8 ever 9 realize
9 realize 10 how
10 how 11 lucky
12 yo 13 '

if [ah] never had to worry about mah hungry neighbors , [ah] [reckons] [perhaps] [ah] [might] brush mah [coat] oftener . ["] 
1 if 3 never
3 never 4 had
4 had 5 to
4 had 8 mah
5 to 6 worry
6 worry 7 about
8 mah 21 .
9 hungry 10 neighbors
10 neighbors 11 ,
11 , 17 brush
17 brush 18 mah
18 mah 20 oftener
20 oftener 21 .

unc ' [billy] 's eyes twinkled more than ever . 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 4 's
4 's 5 eyes
5 eyes 6 twinkled
6 twinkled 7 more
6 twinkled 8 than
8 than 9 ever
9 ever 10 .

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

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

just think it over , [unc] ' [billy] . " 
1 just 2 think
2 think 3 it
3 it 4 over
4 over 5 ,
5 , 10 "
7 ' 9 .
9 . 10 "

it was [unc] ['] [billy] 's turn to scratch his head thoughtfully . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 13 .
6 's 7 turn
7 turn 8 to
7 turn 9 scratch
9 scratch 11 head
10 his 11 head
11 head 12 thoughtfully
12 thoughtfully 13 .

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

" sit down , [unc] ' [billy] , and [i] 'll explain , " replied [jimmy] . 
1 " 9 and
1 " 11 'll
2 sit 3 down
2 sit 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 8 ,
8 , 9 and
11 'll 12 explain
12 explain 17 .
13 , 14 "
13 , 17 .
14 " 15 replied

[xiii] 

[jimmy] [skunk] [explains] 

you 'll find this true where'er you go [that] those prepared few troubles know . 
1 you 3 find
2 'll 3 find
3 find 4 this
4 this 6 where'er
5 true 6 where'er
6 where'er 7 you
6 where'er 10 those
7 you 8 go
10 those 12 few
11 prepared 12 few
12 few 13 troubles
13 troubles 14 know
14 know 15 .

" to begin with , [i] [am] not [such] a very big [fellow] , am [i] ? " said [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 to
1 " 21 .
2 to 3 begin
3 begin 4 with
4 with 5 ,
5 , 8 not
8 not 10 a
8 not 14 ,
10 a 11 very
11 very 12 big
15 am 17 ?
17 ? 18 "
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 .

you know [jimmy] [skunk] really is a little fellow compared with some of his neighbors . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 6 is
5 really 6 is
6 is 7 a
6 is 10 compared
7 a 8 little
9 fellow 10 compared
10 compared 11 with
11 with 12 some
12 some 13 of
13 of 14 his
14 his 15 neighbors
15 neighbors 16 .

" and [i] [haven't] [very] [long] claws or [very] [big] teeth , have [i] ? " continued [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 and
1 " 13 have
2 and 12 ,
7 claws 8 or
8 or 11 teeth
11 teeth 12 ,
13 have 15 ?
15 ? 16 "
16 " 17 continued
17 continued 19 .

" ah reckons [mine] [are] [about] [as] [long] and [about] as big , " returned [unc] ['] [billy] , [looking] more puzzled than ever . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 9 and
2 ah 3 reckons
9 and 11 as
9 and 19 ,
11 as 12 big
12 big 14 "
12 big 15 returned
13 , 14 "
19 , 23 than
21 more 22 puzzled
21 more 23 than
22 puzzled 23 than
23 than 24 ever
24 ever 25 .

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

" no , " replied [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 2 no
1 " 7 '
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 5 replied
7 ' 9 .

" and it 's the same way with [prickly] [porky] the [porcupine] . 
1 " 2 and
1 " 13 .
2 and 3 it
3 it 4 's
4 's 6 same
5 the 6 same
6 same 7 way
7 way 8 with
11 the 13 .

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

" no , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] once more . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 11 .
7 ' 10 more
7 ' 11 .
9 once 10 more

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

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

leastways , [ah] [does] . 
1 leastways 2 ,
1 leastways 5 .

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

ah knows when [ah] ['s] [well] [off] , and [ah] reckons [most] [folks] [feel] the same way . " 
1 ah 2 knows
1 ah 8 ,
2 knows 3 when
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 reckons
11 reckons 19 "
15 the 16 same
16 same 17 way
17 way 18 .
18 . 19 "

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

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

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

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

" ah [can't] [say] [ah] ever did , " he replied . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 9 "
6 ever 7 did
7 did 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 he
10 he 11 replied
11 replied 12 .

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

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

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

prickly [porky] and [i] are armed [for] [defence] , but we never use our weapons for offence . 
1 prickly 3 and
3 and 5 are
5 are 6 armed
6 armed 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 we
11 we 12 never
12 never 13 use
13 use 15 weapons
14 our 15 weapons
15 weapons 17 offence
15 weapons 18 .
16 for 17 offence

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

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

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

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

" ah reckons yo ' and [brer] [porky] are about the luckiest [people] [ah] [knows] , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 4 yo
1 " 17 "
2 ah 3 reckons
5 ' 6 and
5 ' 17 "
9 are 10 about
10 about 11 the
11 the 12 luckiest
12 luckiest 16 ,
16 , 17 "
17 " 18 said
18 said 19 he
19 he 20 .

" yes , [sah] , [ah] reckons yo ' is [just] that . 
1 " 2 yes
2 yes 3 ,
2 yes 13 .
5 , 9 '
5 , 10 is
7 reckons 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
10 is 12 that
10 is 13 .

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

ah cert'nly believes in preparedness after seein ' yo ' , [brer] [skunk] . 
1 ah 2 cert'nly
2 cert'nly 3 believes
2 cert'nly 11 ,
3 believes 4 in
4 in 5 preparedness
5 preparedness 6 after
6 after 7 seein
7 seein 8 '
8 ' 9 yo
9 yo 10 '
11 , 14 .

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

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

[xiv] 

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

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

" an egg , " says [mrs] [grouse] , " [is] dear [;] ['] [twill] hatch into a baby [sweet] . " 
1 " 2 an
2 an 3 egg
3 egg 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 10 "
6 says 9 ,
9 , 10 "
10 " 16 hatch
12 dear 16 hatch
16 hatch 22 "
17 into 18 a
18 a 19 baby
19 baby 21 .
21 . 22 "

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

to [jimmy] [skunk] [and] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] eggs are looked on from the viewpoint of something to eat . 
1 to 10 are
9 eggs 10 are
10 are 11 looked
11 looked 12 on
11 looked 16 of
13 from 14 the
14 the 16 of
15 viewpoint 16 of
16 of 17 something
16 of 20 .
17 something 19 eat
18 to 19 eat

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

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

the mere thought of eggs [will] [make] [jimmy] and [unc] ['] [billy] smack their lips . 
1 the 2 mere
2 mere 3 thought
3 thought 4 of
4 of 5 eggs
5 eggs 9 and
9 and 13 smack
13 smack 14 their
13 smack 15 lips
13 smack 16 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

" no , " replied [jimmy] , " [i] [haven't] had any luck at all this spring . 
1 " 2 no
1 " 11 had
2 no 3 ,
3 , 4 "
4 " 7 ,
5 replied 7 ,
7 , 8 "
11 had 12 any
12 any 13 luck
13 luck 14 at
14 at 15 all
14 at 17 spring
15 all 16 this
17 spring 18 .

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

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

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

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

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

" do yo ' suppose [ah] 'd tell yo ' [if] [ah] had ? " he demanded . 
1 " 3 yo
1 " 4 '
1 " 16 he
2 do 3 yo
4 ' 5 suppose
4 ' 10 '
7 'd 8 tell
8 tell 9 yo
9 yo 10 '
10 ' 15 "
13 had 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
16 he 17 demanded
17 demanded 18 .

here [unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [back] over his shoulder to make sure that old [mrs] [possum] [wasn't] [within] [hearing] , and [jimmy] [skunk] [chuckled] [.] 
1 here 21 and
7 over 8 his
8 his 9 shoulder
9 shoulder 10 to
10 to 11 make
11 make 12 sure
12 sure 13 that
13 that 14 old
14 old 20 ,
20 , 21 and

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

yo ' know [ah] [never] [did] hanker fo ' to get far away from trees , but yo ' [don't] [mind] . 
1 yo 22 .
2 ' 3 know
2 ' 19 '
7 hanker 8 fo
8 fo 9 '
8 fo 10 to
10 to 11 get
10 to 12 far
10 to 18 yo
12 far 13 away
13 away 14 from
14 from 15 trees
16 , 17 but
17 but 18 yo
18 yo 19 '
19 ' 22 .

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

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

" never [mind] any more , [unc] ' [billy] , " interrupted [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 2 never
2 never 4 any
4 any 5 more
5 more 6 ,
6 , 8 '
8 ' 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 interrupted
12 interrupted 15 .

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

that is , [i] know all about them [i] [want] [to] [know] , [except] where [their] [eggs] are . 
1 that 2 is
1 that 6 all
2 is 3 ,
3 , 5 know
6 all 7 about
7 about 8 them
8 them 13 ,
13 , 15 where
15 where 18 are
18 are 19 .

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

that 's why [i] ['m] over here . " 
1 that 2 's
1 that 9 "
2 's 3 why
6 over 7 here
7 here 8 .
8 . 9 "

[xv] 

[a] [second] [meeting] 

jimmy [skunk] couldn't think of anything but eggs [.] 
1 jimmy 3 couldn't
3 couldn't 4 think
4 think 5 of
4 think 7 but
6 anything 7 but
7 but 8 eggs

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

unc ' [billy] [possum] was faring about the [same] [way] . 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 5 was
5 was 6 faring
5 was 11 .
6 faring 7 about
7 about 8 the

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

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

" no , [sah] , there isn't the least bit of use . 
1 " 2 no
2 no 3 ,
3 , 5 ,
5 , 13 .
6 there 7 isn't
7 isn't 9 least
8 the 9 least
9 least 10 bit
10 bit 11 of
11 of 12 use
12 use 13 .

ah [done] look every place [ah] [can] [think] [of] [already] . 
1 ah 11 .
3 look 4 every
4 every 5 place
5 place 11 .

still , [ah] haven't got anything else [special] on mah mind , and those aiggs cert'nly would taste good . 
1 still 2 ,
1 still 16 cert'nly
4 haven't 5 got
4 haven't 6 anything
6 anything 7 else
7 else 9 on
9 on 10 mah
10 mah 16 cert'nly
11 mind 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 those
14 those 15 aiggs
15 aiggs 16 cert'nly
16 cert'nly 17 would
17 would 18 taste
18 taste 19 good
19 good 20 .

ah reckons it must be [ah] [needs] [those] aiggs , or [ah] wouldn't have them on mah mind so much . 
1 ah 2 reckons
2 reckons 3 it
3 it 5 be
4 must 5 be
5 be 9 aiggs
9 aiggs 10 ,
10 , 11 or
11 or 13 wouldn't
13 wouldn't 14 have
14 have 15 them
14 have 16 on
16 on 18 mind
17 mah 18 mind
18 mind 20 much
19 so 20 much
20 much 21 .

ah finds it rather painful to [carry] aiggs [on] mah [mind] all the time , but [ah] would enjoy carrying them in [mah] stomach . 
1 ah 2 finds
2 finds 3 it
3 it 4 rather
3 it 5 painful
5 painful 6 to
6 to 8 aiggs
8 aiggs 10 mah
10 mah 24 stomach
12 all 13 the
13 the 14 time
14 time 15 ,
15 , 16 but
16 but 18 would
18 would 19 enjoy
19 enjoy 20 carrying
20 carrying 21 them
20 carrying 22 in
22 in 24 stomach
24 stomach 25 .

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

unc ' [billy] grinned and started to ramble [about] aimlessly , hoping that [chance] would lead him to the nest of [mrs] [grouse] . 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 4 grinned
4 grinned 5 and
4 grinned 10 aimlessly
5 and 6 started
6 started 7 to
7 to 8 ramble
10 aimlessly 11 ,
11 , 21 of
11 , 24 .
12 hoping 13 that
13 that 15 would
15 would 16 lead
16 lead 17 him
17 him 18 to
18 to 19 the
19 the 20 nest
20 nest 21 of

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

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

there was no sign of [bowser] the [hound] , and [unc] ['] [billy] sighed gently . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 no
3 no 4 sign
4 sign 5 of
5 of 7 the
7 the 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 14 sighed
14 sighed 15 gently
15 gently 16 .

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

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

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

it moved . 
1 it 2 moved
2 moved 3 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

it was a [white] stripe [on] [jimmy] 's coat that [unc] ['] [billy] had seen . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 5 stripe
5 stripe 16 .
8 's 9 coat
9 coat 10 that
10 that 14 had
14 had 15 seen
15 seen 16 .

jimmy gave a little snort of surprise when he almost bumped into [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 jimmy 2 gave
1 jimmy 8 when
2 gave 5 snort
3 a 4 little
3 a 5 snort
6 of 8 when
7 surprise 8 when
8 when 9 he
8 when 11 bumped
9 he 10 almost
11 bumped 12 into

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

" [just] taking [a] li'l walk fo ' the [good] of mah appetite , " replied [unc] ' [billy] [,] grinning [more] [broadly] than ever . 
1 " 15 "
1 " 18 '
3 taking 6 walk
5 li'l 6 walk
6 walk 7 fo
7 fo 8 '
7 fo 9 the
9 the 11 of
11 of 12 mah
12 mah 13 appetite
13 appetite 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
18 ' 21 grinning
21 grinning 24 than
24 than 25 ever
25 ever 26 .

" what are yo ' doing here , [brer] [skunk] ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 6 doing
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 6 doing
6 doing 7 here
7 here 8 ,
8 , 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

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

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

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

i guess you must have had the same thing on your mind all day that [i] have , " he added . 
1 i 2 guess
1 i 22 .
2 guess 3 you
3 you 4 must
4 must 5 have
5 have 6 had
6 had 7 the
7 the 8 same
8 same 9 thing
10 on 11 your
10 on 18 ,
11 your 12 mind
12 mind 13 all
13 all 14 day
14 day 15 that
15 that 17 have
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 he
20 he 21 added
21 added 22 .

" ah reckon so , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] , and both grinned . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 11 ,
2 ah 3 reckon
3 reckon 4 so
4 so 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 both
13 both 14 grinned
13 both 15 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xvi] 

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

it costs not much to be polite [and] , furthermore , it 's always right . 
1 it 2 costs
2 costs 10 furthermore
2 costs 13 's
3 not 10 furthermore
4 much 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 polite
7 polite 9 ,
9 , 10 furthermore
10 furthermore 11 ,
10 furthermore 12 it
13 's 14 always
14 always 15 right
15 right 16 .

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

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

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

yes , [sir] , it was all on account of eggs . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 7 all
6 was 7 all
7 all 8 on
8 on 9 account
9 account 10 of
10 of 11 eggs
11 eggs 12 .

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

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

" ah was just going in , but [ah] 'll follow yo ' , [brer] [skunk] , " [replied] [unc] ' [billy] just as politely . 
1 " 18 "
2 ah 3 was
3 was 4 just
3 was 5 going
3 was 12 yo
5 going 6 in
6 in 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 10 'll
10 'll 11 follow
12 yo 13 '
12 yo 14 ,
14 , 17 ,
17 , 18 "
18 " 26 .
21 ' 23 just
23 just 24 as
24 as 25 politely
24 as 26 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

there is a saying that han'some is as han'some does , and your politeness is as fine as yo ' [are] han'some , [brer] [skunk] . 
1 there 2 is
1 there 3 a
3 a 4 saying
3 a 9 han'some
3 a 19 yo
5 that 6 han'some
5 that 7 is
7 is 8 as
8 as 9 han'some
9 han'some 10 does
10 does 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 politeness
13 your 14 politeness
14 politeness 15 is
15 is 16 as
16 as 18 as
17 fine 18 as
19 yo 20 '
20 ' 26 .
22 han'some 23 ,
23 , 26 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

if there was , he [much] preferred that [unc] ['] [billy] should be the one to find it [out] . 
1 if 2 there
1 if 13 be
2 there 3 was
3 was 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 7 preferred
7 preferred 8 that
8 that 12 should
13 be 14 the
14 the 15 one
15 one 20 .
16 to 17 find
17 find 18 it
18 it 20 .

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

unc ' [billy] wanted [jimmy] to go first because he always feels safer behind [jimmy] than in front of him [.] 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 20 him
4 wanted 9 because
6 to 7 go
7 go 8 first
8 first 9 because
9 because 11 always
10 he 11 always
11 always 12 feels
12 feels 13 safer
13 safer 14 behind
13 safer 16 than
16 than 18 front
17 in 18 front
18 front 19 of
18 front 20 him

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

so [unc] ['] [billy] preferred that [jimmy] should [go] [first] . 
1 so 5 preferred
5 preferred 6 that
6 that 8 should
8 should 11 .

it wasn't [politeness] at all on the part of [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 it 2 wasn't
1 it 13 .
2 wasn't 4 at
4 at 5 all
5 all 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 part
8 part 9 of
11 ' 13 .

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

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

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

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

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

it was from [bowser] the [hound] . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 from
3 from 5 the
5 the 7 .

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

bowser sniffed again , and this time [unc] ['] [billy] [managed] to squeeze [jimmy] aside and slip through . 
1 bowser 3 again
2 sniffed 3 again
3 again 4 ,
4 , 19 .
5 and 6 this
5 and 19 .
6 this 7 time
7 time 12 to
12 to 13 squeeze
13 squeeze 15 aside
15 aside 16 and
16 and 17 slip
17 slip 18 through

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

[xvii] 

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

when [bowser] reached that hole , of course he smelled the tracks of [unc] ['] [billy] and [jimmy] , and right [away] he became [excited] . 
1 when 3 reached
3 reached 5 hole
4 that 5 hole
5 hole 6 ,
5 hole 10 smelled
6 , 7 of
7 of 8 course
8 course 9 he
10 smelled 12 tracks
10 smelled 19 ,
11 the 12 tracks
12 tracks 13 of
13 of 17 and
19 , 20 and
19 , 26 .
20 and 21 right
23 he 24 became
23 he 26 .

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] [knew] that [bowser] couldn't get through that , even if he did manage to dig his way under the henhouse . 
1 unc 24 .
5 that 23 henhouse
5 that 24 .
7 couldn't 8 get
8 get 9 through
9 through 10 that
10 that 11 ,
11 , 12 even
12 even 13 if
13 if 14 he
14 he 15 did
15 did 16 manage
16 manage 17 to
16 manage 22 the
17 to 18 dig
18 dig 19 his
19 his 20 way
20 way 21 under
22 the 23 henhouse

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

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

jimmy [skunk] hurried after [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 jimmy 3 hurried
3 hurried 4 after
4 after 8 .

it wasn't fear that caused [jimmy] to hurry . 
1 it 2 wasn't
1 it 3 fear
3 fear 4 that
4 that 5 caused
5 caused 7 to
7 to 8 hurry
8 hurry 9 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

he had come for eggs , and so had [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 come
3 come 4 for
4 for 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 so
8 so 9 had
8 so 13 .

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

so [jimmy] [skunk] did what he very seldom does [hurried] [.] 
1 so 5 what
4 did 5 what
5 what 6 he
6 he 8 seldom
7 very 8 seldom
8 seldom 9 does

yes , [sir] , he hurried after [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 9 '
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 hurried
6 hurried 7 after
9 ' 12 .

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

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

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

jimmy doesn't climb , but [unc] ['] [billy] is a famous climber . 
1 jimmy 12 climber
2 doesn't 3 climb
2 doesn't 5 but
2 doesn't 9 is
2 doesn't 12 climber
4 , 5 but
9 is 11 famous
10 a 11 famous
12 climber 13 .

" [i] 'll take these lower [nests] , " said [jimmy] , and lifted his tail in a way that made [unc] ' [billy] nervous . 
1 " 9 "
3 'll 4 take
4 take 5 these
5 these 6 lower
6 lower 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
9 " 26 .
10 said 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 lifted
14 lifted 15 his
15 his 16 tail
16 tail 17 in
17 in 18 a
18 a 19 way
19 way 20 that
20 that 21 made
23 ' 25 nervous
25 nervous 26 .

" all right , " replied [unc] ' [billy] promptly . 
1 " 2 all
1 " 11 .
2 all 3 right
3 right 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
8 ' 10 promptly
10 promptly 11 .

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

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

with this , [unc] ' [billy] scrambled up to the [next] row of nests . 
1 with 2 this
1 with 3 ,
3 , 5 '
5 ' 14 nests
7 scrambled 8 up
8 up 9 to
9 to 10 the
10 the 12 row
12 row 13 of
13 of 14 nests
14 nests 15 .

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

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

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

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

meanwhile [unc] ['] [billy] had hurried from one nest to another in the second row with no better success . 
1 meanwhile 5 had
5 had 6 hurried
6 hurried 9 nest
7 from 8 one
8 one 9 nest
9 nest 19 success
10 to 11 another
11 another 14 second
12 in 14 second
13 the 14 second
14 second 15 row
15 row 19 success
16 with 17 no
16 with 19 success
17 no 18 better
19 success 20 .

disappointment was making [unc] ['] [billy] lose [his] [temper] [.] 
1 disappointment 3 making
2 was 3 making
3 making 7 lose

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

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

down [fell] that [hard] china [egg] [squarely] on [jimmy] [skunk] 's head . 
1 down 3 that
3 that 5 china
5 china 8 on
8 on 12 head
11 's 12 head
12 head 13 .

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

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

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

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

[xviii] 

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

what he saw was the [anxious] [looking] face of [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] staring down at him . 
1 what 3 saw
2 he 3 saw
3 saw 4 was
4 was 5 the
5 the 8 face
5 the 9 of
9 of 14 staring
14 staring 15 down
15 down 16 at
15 down 18 .
16 at 17 him

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

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

" on mah honor [ah] didn't , " [protested] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 " 2 on
1 " 8 "
2 on 3 mah
2 on 4 honor
6 didn't 7 ,
7 , 8 "
8 " 11 '
11 ' 13 .

" it was an accident , just a sho ' ' nuff accident , and [ah] ['m] right sorry fo ' it . " 
1 " 2 it
1 " 14 ,
2 it 6 ,
3 was 6 ,
4 an 5 accident
5 accident 6 ,
6 , 7 just
7 just 8 a
8 a 13 accident
9 sho 10 '
10 ' 12 nuff
11 ' 12 nuff
12 nuff 13 accident
14 , 15 and
15 and 24 "
18 right 20 fo
19 sorry 20 fo
20 fo 21 '
21 ' 22 it
22 it 23 .
23 . 24 "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

jimmy [skunk] had doubted his word , had refused to believe him , and that made him angry . 
1 jimmy 3 had
3 had 4 doubted
4 doubted 7 ,
4 doubted 8 had
4 doubted 12 him
5 his 6 word
6 word 7 ,
8 had 9 refused
9 refused 10 to
10 to 11 believe
12 him 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 that
15 that 16 made
16 made 17 him
17 him 18 angry
18 angry 19 .

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

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

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

this [made] [jimmy] angrier than ever . 
1 this 4 angrier
4 angrier 5 than
5 than 6 ever
6 ever 7 .

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

unc ' [billy] was perfectly safe in promising to wait for him . 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 4 was
4 was 5 perfectly
5 perfectly 6 safe
6 safe 10 wait
7 in 8 promising
8 promising 9 to
9 to 10 wait
10 wait 11 for
11 for 12 him
12 him 13 .

" you 're a coward , just a plain no-account coward ! " snapped [jimmy] . 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 a
4 a 5 coward
5 coward 6 ,
5 coward 11 coward
6 , 7 just
7 just 9 plain
8 a 9 plain
9 plain 10 no-account
11 coward 12 !
12 ! 13 "
13 " 14 snapped
14 snapped 16 .

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

i thought you were a [friend] , but [now] [i] know better . " 
1 i 2 thought
1 i 5 a
2 thought 3 you
3 you 4 were
5 a 7 ,
7 , 8 but
8 but 14 "
11 know 12 better
12 better 13 .
13 . 14 "

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

ah [reckons] [ah] can stay as long as yo ' [can] , " retorted [unc] ' [billy] , [grinding] and snapping his teeth . 
1 ah 4 can
4 can 5 stay
4 can 6 as
6 as 7 long
6 as 8 as
8 as 9 yo
9 yo 10 '
10 ' 24 .
12 , 13 "
12 , 16 '
13 " 14 retorted
16 ' 18 ,
18 , 20 and
20 and 21 snapping
21 snapping 23 teeth
22 his 23 teeth
23 teeth 24 .

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

" [i] 'm going to pay you up for that [bump] [on] my [head] [or] know the reason why . " 
1 " 3 'm
1 " 20 .
1 " 21 "
3 'm 4 going
4 going 6 pay
5 to 6 pay
6 pay 7 you
7 you 8 up
8 up 9 for
9 for 10 that
10 that 13 my
16 know 18 reason
17 the 18 reason
18 reason 19 why
19 why 20 .

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

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

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

you see , [farmer] [brown] 's boy had gathered every egg when he shut the biddies up for the night . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 6 's
6 's 7 boy
7 boy 8 had
8 had 9 gathered
9 gathered 10 every
10 every 11 egg
11 egg 12 when
11 egg 16 biddies
12 when 13 he
14 shut 16 biddies
15 the 16 biddies
16 biddies 20 night
17 up 18 for
18 for 20 night
19 the 20 night
20 night 21 .

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

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xix] 

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

unc ' [billy] [possum] was having a bad night of it . 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 5 was
5 was 6 having
6 having 7 a
6 having 9 night
6 having 10 of
8 bad 9 night
10 of 11 it
10 of 12 .

when he had grown tired of quarreling with [jimmy] [skunk] , he had tried to take a nap . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 grown
4 grown 5 tired
5 tired 6 of
6 of 7 quarreling
7 quarreling 8 with
7 quarreling 14 tried
7 quarreling 15 to
7 quarreling 18 nap
11 , 12 he
12 he 13 had
13 had 14 tried
16 take 17 a
17 a 18 nap
18 nap 19 .

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

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

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

unc ' [billy] had no intention of going down [while] [jimmy] [was] there . 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 4 had
4 had 5 no
5 no 6 intention
6 intention 7 of
7 of 8 going
8 going 9 down
9 down 13 there
13 there 14 .

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

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

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

unc ' [billy] had no desire to be found in that henhouse [when] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy came to feed the biddies . 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 4 had
4 had 5 no
5 no 6 desire
6 desire 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 found
9 found 10 in
9 found 23 .
10 in 11 that
10 in 12 henhouse
12 henhouse 22 biddies
17 boy 18 came
18 came 19 to
19 to 20 feed
20 feed 22 biddies
21 the 22 biddies

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

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

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

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

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

unc ['] [billy] wished that there was no such [place] as [farmer] [brown] 's henhouse . 
1 unc 4 wished
1 unc 16 .
4 wished 5 that
5 that 6 there
6 there 7 was
7 was 8 no
8 no 9 such
9 such 11 as
11 as 15 henhouse
14 's 15 henhouse

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

" [don] ' yo ' think we-uns better make up and get out of here [,] [brer] [skunk] ? " he ventured . 
1 " 3 '
3 ' 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 6 think
6 think 7 we-uns
7 we-uns 8 better
7 we-uns 19 ?
8 better 9 make
9 make 10 up
10 up 11 and
11 and 12 get
12 get 14 of
13 out 14 of
14 of 15 here
19 ? 20 "
20 " 21 he
21 he 22 ventured
22 ventured 23 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

" [i] 'm not worrying about [farmer] [brown] 's boy . 
1 " 3 'm
3 'm 4 not
3 'm 5 worrying
5 worrying 6 about
6 about 9 's
9 's 10 boy
10 boy 11 .

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

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

no , [sir] , it wasn't , and [unc] ' [billy] knew it . 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 7 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 6 wasn't
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 '
10 ' 14 .
12 knew 13 it
13 it 14 .

he knew that [jimmy] meant it . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 5 meant
2 knew 3 that
5 meant 6 it
6 it 7 .

unc ' [billy] was in despair . 
1 unc 2 '
1 unc 4 was
4 was 5 in
5 in 6 despair
6 despair 7 .

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

it certainly had been a bad night [for] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] . 
1 it 2 certainly
1 it 13 .
2 certainly 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 6 bad
5 a 6 bad
6 bad 7 night
10 ' 13 .

[xx] 

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

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

furthermore , they had discovered [jimmy] [skunk] down below and were making a great fuss . 
1 furthermore 2 ,
2 , 3 they
3 they 4 had
4 had 5 discovered
5 discovered 8 down
8 down 9 below
9 below 10 and
10 and 15 fuss
11 were 12 making
12 making 13 a
13 a 15 fuss
14 great 15 fuss
15 fuss 16 .

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

it doesn't trouble me a bit , " [replied] [jimmy] [skunk] , and grinned . 
1 it 2 doesn't
1 it 15 .
2 doesn't 4 me
3 trouble 4 me
4 me 6 bit
5 a 6 bit
7 , 8 "
7 , 15 .
8 " 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 grinned

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

but [unc] ['] [billy] wasn't . 
1 but 5 wasn't
5 wasn't 6 .

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

at last he heard them , and he knew by the sound that [farmer] [brown] 's boy was coming in a hurry . 
1 at 2 last
1 at 3 he
3 he 5 them
4 heard 5 them
5 them 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 he
7 and 23 .
8 he 9 knew
9 knew 10 by
10 by 11 the
11 the 13 that
12 sound 13 that
16 's 17 boy
17 boy 18 was
18 was 19 coming
19 coming 20 in
19 coming 22 hurry
20 in 21 a
22 hurry 23 .

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

unc ['] [billy] hoped that now [jimmy] [skunk] would retreat through the hole in the floor and give him a chance to escape . 
1 unc 4 hoped
4 hoped 5 that
4 hoped 13 hole
5 that 6 now
9 would 10 retreat
10 retreat 11 through
11 through 12 the
12 the 13 hole
13 hole 16 floor
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 floor
16 floor 17 and
17 and 18 give
18 give 19 him
19 him 20 a
20 a 21 chance
21 chance 22 to
22 to 23 escape
23 escape 24 .

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

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

yo ' better get away while yo ' can ! " [whispered] [unc] ' [billy] . 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 3 better
3 better 4 get
4 get 5 away
5 away 6 while
5 away 10 !
6 while 7 yo
7 yo 8 '
7 yo 9 can
10 ! 11 "
11 " 14 '
14 ' 16 .

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

" [i] ['m] waiting [for] him to [open] [the] [door] [for] me to go out . 
1 " 4 waiting
4 waiting 6 him
6 him 7 to
7 to 12 me
12 me 13 to
13 to 14 go
14 go 15 out
15 out 16 .

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

unc ' [billy] gasped [.] 
1 unc 2 '
2 ' 4 gasped

he hoped that at last [jimmy] 's boldness [would] [get] [him] [into] [trouble] [.] 
1 he 2 hoped
1 he 8 boldness
2 hoped 3 that
3 that 4 at
4 at 5 last
7 's 8 boldness

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

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

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

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

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

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

farmer [brown] 's boy stood in the doorway [and] looked in . 
1 farmer 8 doorway
3 's 5 stood
4 boy 5 stood
5 stood 6 in
6 in 7 the
7 the 8 doorway
8 doorway 10 looked
10 looked 11 in
10 looked 12 .

of course [farmer] [brown] 's boy [saw] [him] [at] [once] . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 6 boy
2 course 5 's
6 boy 11 .

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

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

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

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

you didn't get any eggs , [because] [i] gathered all of them [last] [night] [.] 
1 you 2 didn't
2 didn't 4 any
3 get 4 any
4 any 5 eggs
5 eggs 6 ,
6 , 9 gathered
9 gathered 12 them
10 all 11 of
11 of 12 them

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

[xxi] 

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

' [tis] [little] [things] that [often] [seem] [scarce] worth [a] [passing] [thought] [which] in the end may prove that they [with] [big] [results] are fraught . 
1 ' 5 that
1 ' 26 .
5 that 9 worth
9 worth 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 end
17 may 18 prove
18 prove 19 that
19 that 20 they
20 they 24 are
24 are 25 fraught
25 fraught 26 .

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

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

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

jimmy [knew] he was all ready for trouble if [i] chose to make it , and [that] because of [that] [i] [wouldn't] [make] it . 
1 jimmy 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 all
5 all 6 ready
6 ready 7 for
7 for 8 trouble
8 trouble 24 it
9 if 11 chose
11 chose 12 to
12 to 13 make
13 make 14 it
14 it 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 18 because
18 because 19 of
19 of 24 it
24 it 25 .

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

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

then [farmer] [brown] 's boy once more [turned] to the henhouse and entered it . 
1 then 4 's
1 then 15 .
4 's 5 boy
6 once 7 more
6 once 10 the
7 more 9 to
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 12 and
12 and 13 entered
13 entered 14 it
13 entered 15 .

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

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

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

it must be that [jimmy] [skunk] pulled it out of one of those lower nests . " 
1 it 3 be
1 it 4 that
2 must 3 be
4 that 7 pulled
7 pulled 9 out
8 it 9 out
9 out 10 of
10 of 11 one
11 one 12 of
12 of 13 those
13 those 14 lower
14 lower 15 nests
15 nests 16 .
16 . 17 "

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

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

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

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

they certainly didn't do it this morning , because they wouldn't have dared leave the roosts with [jimmy] [skunk] [here] [.] 
1 they 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 do
4 do 5 it
5 it 7 morning
6 this 7 morning
7 morning 16 roosts
8 , 9 because
9 because 10 they
9 because 11 wouldn't
11 wouldn't 12 have
12 have 13 dared
13 dared 14 leave
14 leave 15 the
14 leave 16 roosts
16 roosts 17 with

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

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

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

of course , [farmer] [brown] 's boy [saw] it . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 9 it
2 course 3 ,
3 , 6 's
6 's 7 boy
9 it 10 .

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

" [ho] , ho ! " he exclaimed [right] away . 
1 " 3 ,
1 " 6 "
3 , 4 ho
4 ho 5 !
6 " 7 he
6 " 11 .
7 he 8 exclaimed
7 he 10 away

" [ho] , ho ! 
1 " 3 ,
3 , 4 ho
4 ho 5 !

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

this henhouse seems to be a very popular place . 
1 this 2 henhouse
2 henhouse 3 seems
3 seems 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 a
6 a 7 very
6 a 8 popular
8 popular 9 place
9 place 10 .

i see that the first thing for me to do after breakfast is to nail a board over that hole in the floor . 
1 i 2 see
2 see 3 that
3 that 5 first
3 that 7 for
4 the 5 first
5 first 6 thing
7 for 8 me
8 me 9 to
9 to 10 do
10 do 12 breakfast
11 after 12 breakfast
12 breakfast 13 is
13 is 14 to
14 to 15 nail
15 nail 16 a
16 a 17 board
17 board 20 hole
18 over 19 that
19 that 20 hole
20 hole 21 in
21 in 23 floor
22 the 23 floor
23 floor 24 .

so it was you , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] , who kicked that nest-egg out . 
1 so 2 it
2 it 3 was
2 it 4 you
4 you 5 ,
4 you 14 nest-egg
5 , 7 '
10 , 11 who
11 who 12 kicked
12 kicked 13 that
12 kicked 14 nest-egg
14 nest-egg 15 out
15 out 16 .

found it a little hard for your teeth , didn't you ? 
1 found 2 it
1 found 3 a
1 found 10 didn't
3 a 4 little
4 little 5 hard
6 for 7 your
7 your 8 teeth
8 teeth 9 ,
8 teeth 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 you
10 didn't 12 ?

lost your temper and kicked it out , didn't you ? 
1 lost 2 your
1 lost 3 temper
1 lost 4 and
4 and 5 kicked
5 kicked 7 out
6 it 7 out
7 out 8 ,
7 out 9 didn't
9 didn't 10 you
9 didn't 11 ?

that was foolish , [unc] ' [billy] , very foolish indeed . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 3 foolish
3 foolish 4 ,
3 foolish 10 foolish
4 , 6 '
8 , 9 very
9 very 10 foolish
10 foolish 11 indeed
11 indeed 12 .

never lose your temper over trifles . 
1 never 4 temper
2 lose 4 temper
3 your 4 temper
4 temper 5 over
5 over 6 trifles
6 trifles 7 .

it doesn't pay . 
1 it 2 doesn't
2 doesn't 3 pay
3 pay 4 .

now [i] wonder what [i] 'd better do with you . " 
1 now 11 .
3 wonder 4 what
4 what 8 do
6 'd 7 better
7 better 8 do
8 do 9 with
9 with 10 you
10 you 11 .
11 . 12 "

all this time [unc] ' [billy] [hadn't] [moved] [.] 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 5 '

of course , he couldn't understand what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was saying . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 couldn't
5 couldn't 6 understand
6 understand 7 what
7 what 12 was
12 was 13 saying
13 saying 14 .

nor could he see what [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy was doing . 
1 nor 3 he
2 could 3 he
3 he 12 .
4 see 5 what
5 what 11 doing
9 boy 10 was
10 was 11 doing
11 doing 12 .

so he held his breath and hoped and hoped that he hadn't been discovered . 
1 so 2 he
2 he 3 held
3 held 4 his
4 his 5 breath
5 breath 6 and
6 and 7 hoped
7 hoped 8 and
8 and 9 hoped
9 hoped 10 that
10 that 11 he
11 he 12 hadn't
12 hadn't 14 discovered
13 been 14 discovered
14 discovered 15 .

and perhaps he wouldn't have been but for that telltale nest-egg on the floor . 
1 and 2 perhaps
1 and 3 he
3 he 6 been
3 he 10 telltale
3 he 15 .
4 wouldn't 5 have
5 have 6 been
6 been 7 but
8 for 9 that
9 that 10 telltale
10 telltale 11 nest-egg
10 telltale 12 on
12 on 13 the
13 the 14 floor

that was the cause of all his troubles . 
1 that 2 was
2 was 4 cause
3 the 4 cause
4 cause 5 of
5 of 6 all
6 all 7 his
7 his 8 troubles
8 troubles 9 .

first [it] [had] [angered] [jimmy] [skunk] [because] [as] [you] remember , it had fallen on [jimmy] ['s] [head] . 
1 first 10 remember
10 remember 11 ,
11 , 12 it
12 it 13 had
13 had 14 fallen
14 fallen 15 on
15 on 19 .

then it had led [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy to look in all the nests . 
1 then 2 it
2 it 3 had
3 had 4 led
4 led 8 boy
8 boy 9 to
9 to 10 look
10 look 11 in
11 in 14 nests
12 all 13 the
13 the 14 nests
14 nests 15 .

it had seemed a trifle , kicking that egg out of that nest , but see what the results were . 
1 it 2 had
1 it 9 egg
2 had 3 seemed
4 a 5 trifle
4 a 9 egg
5 trifle 6 ,
6 , 7 kicking
7 kicking 8 that
9 egg 11 of
9 egg 13 nest
10 out 11 of
12 that 13 nest
13 nest 14 ,
14 , 15 but
15 but 21 .
16 see 17 what
17 what 18 the
17 what 21 .
18 the 19 results
19 results 20 were

truly , little things often are not so little as they seem . 
1 truly 2 ,
1 truly 4 things
3 little 4 things
4 things 5 often
4 things 6 are
6 are 7 not
7 not 8 so
7 not 10 as
8 so 9 little
10 as 11 they
11 they 12 seem
12 seem 13 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xxii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [tries] [his] [old] [trick] 

the first knowledge [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] had that he was discovered [came] to him [through] his tail . 
1 the 2 first
1 the 3 knowledge
3 knowledge 18 tail
8 had 9 that
9 that 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 discovered
12 discovered 14 to
14 to 15 him
15 him 17 his
17 his 18 tail
18 tail 19 .

yes , [sir] , it came to him [through] his tail . 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 5 it
5 it 12 .
6 came 7 to
7 to 8 him
8 him 10 his
10 his 11 tail
11 tail 12 .

farmer [brown] 's boy pinched it . 
1 farmer 5 pinched
3 's 5 pinched
4 boy 5 pinched
5 pinched 6 it
6 it 7 .

it was rather a mean thing to do , but [farmer] [brown] 's boy was curious . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 16 curious
2 was 3 rather
3 rather 4 a
4 a 5 mean
4 a 6 thing
6 thing 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 13 's
13 's 14 boy
14 boy 15 was
16 curious 17 .

he wanted to see what [unc] ['] [billy] would do . 
1 he 2 wanted
2 wanted 3 to
3 to 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 10 do
9 would 10 do
10 do 11 .

and he didn't pinch very hard , not hard enough to really hurt . 
1 and 2 he
2 he 3 didn't
2 he 13 hurt
3 didn't 4 pinch
4 pinch 6 hard
5 very 6 hard
7 , 8 not
8 not 10 enough
9 hard 10 enough
10 enough 11 to
11 to 12 really
12 really 13 hurt
13 hurt 14 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [is] [too] good-hearted to hurt any one if he can help it . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 17 .
7 good-hearted 8 to
7 good-hearted 17 .
8 to 9 hurt
9 hurt 10 any
10 any 11 one
10 any 12 if
12 if 13 he
12 if 14 can
14 can 15 help
15 help 16 it

but [unc] ' [billy] [didn't] . 
1 but 3 '
3 ' 6 .

no , [sir] , [unc] ' [billy] [didn't] . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
4 , 6 '
6 ' 9 .

that tail might have belonged to any one but him so far as he made any sign . 
1 that 2 tail
2 tail 10 him
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 belonged
5 belonged 6 to
6 to 8 one
7 any 8 one
8 one 9 but
9 but 10 him
10 him 11 so
11 so 12 far
12 far 13 as
13 as 14 he
13 as 16 any
14 he 15 made
15 made 16 any
16 any 17 sign
17 sign 18 .

of course , he felt like pulling it away . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 felt
5 felt 6 like
6 like 7 pulling
7 pulling 8 it
8 it 9 away
9 away 10 .

any one would have in his place . 
1 any 2 one
2 one 3 would
3 would 4 have
4 have 5 in
5 in 6 his
6 his 7 place
7 place 8 .

but he didn't move it [the] [tiniest] [bit] , which goes to show that [unc] ' [billy] has great self-control when he wishes . 
1 but 2 he
1 but 24 .
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 move
4 move 5 it
5 it 9 ,
5 it 16 '
9 , 10 which
10 which 11 goes
11 goes 12 to
12 to 13 show
13 show 14 that
18 has 20 self-control
19 great 20 self-control
20 self-control 21 when
21 when 22 he
21 when 23 wishes
23 wishes 24 .

farmer [brown] 's boy pinched again , just a little harder , but still [unc] ['] [billy] [made] no sign . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 5 pinched
3 's 4 boy
5 pinched 6 again
6 again 7 ,
7 , 8 just
8 just 9 a
9 a 10 little
10 little 11 harder
11 harder 12 ,
12 , 13 but
13 but 14 still
14 still 19 no
19 no 20 sign
20 sign 21 .

farmer [brown] 's boy chuckled and began to pull on that tail . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 13 .
3 's 4 boy
5 chuckled 6 and
6 and 7 began
7 began 8 to
8 to 9 pull
9 pull 11 that
10 on 11 that
11 that 12 tail
11 that 13 .

there wasn't the least sign of life [about] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 there 5 sign
2 wasn't 5 sign
3 the 4 least
4 least 5 sign
5 sign 6 of
6 of 7 life
7 life 12 .

he looked as if he were dead , and he acted as if he were dead . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 as
3 as 4 if
4 if 5 he
5 he 6 were
5 he 7 dead
7 dead 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 acted
11 acted 12 as
12 as 13 if
13 if 14 he
13 if 17 .
14 he 15 were
14 he 16 dead

any one [not] knowing [unc] ' [billy] would have supposed that he was dead . 
1 any 2 one
1 any 8 would
2 one 4 knowing
4 knowing 6 '
8 would 9 have
9 have 10 supposed
10 supposed 11 that
11 that 12 he
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 dead
14 dead 15 .

farmer [brown] 's boy dropped [unc] ['] [billy] on the floor . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 11 floor
3 's 4 boy
5 dropped 9 on
9 on 10 the
10 the 11 floor
11 floor 12 .

he lay just as he fell . 
1 he 2 lay
2 lay 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 fell
6 fell 7 .

farmer [brown] 's boy rolled him [over] with his foot , but there wasn't a sign of life in [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 23 .
3 's 10 foot
4 boy 5 rolled
5 rolled 6 him
6 him 9 his
8 with 9 his
9 his 10 foot
11 , 12 but
11 , 23 .
12 but 14 wasn't
13 there 14 wasn't
14 wasn't 15 a
14 wasn't 16 sign
16 sign 17 of
16 sign 19 in
17 of 18 life

he [hoped] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] really did think him dead . 
1 he 8 really
8 really 9 did
9 did 10 think
10 think 11 him
11 him 12 dead
12 dead 13 .

that was what he wanted . 
1 that 2 was
1 that 3 what
3 what 4 he
4 he 5 wanted
5 wanted 6 .

then he went about his work of cleaning out the henhouse and measuring out the grain for the biddies . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 7 of
4 about 7 of
5 his 6 work
5 his 7 of
7 of 8 cleaning
8 cleaning 9 out
9 out 11 henhouse
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 19 biddies
12 and 13 measuring
13 measuring 15 the
13 measuring 17 for
14 out 15 the
15 the 16 grain
17 for 19 biddies
18 the 19 biddies
19 biddies 20 .

unc ' [billy] lay [there] on the box , and he certainly was pathetic looking . 
1 unc 16 .
2 ' 4 lay
4 lay 6 on
6 on 7 the
7 the 8 box
8 box 9 ,
9 , 10 and
9 , 16 .
10 and 11 he
10 and 14 pathetic
11 he 12 certainly
12 certainly 13 was
14 pathetic 15 looking

his hair was all rumpled up , as it usually is . 
1 his 2 hair
1 his 3 was
3 was 5 rumpled
3 was 11 is
3 was 12 .
4 all 5 rumpled
5 rumpled 6 up
6 up 7 ,
7 , 8 as
8 as 9 it
10 usually 11 is

it was filled with dust from the floor and bits of straw . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 3 filled
2 was 3 filled
3 filled 4 with
3 filled 6 from
4 with 5 dust
6 from 8 floor
7 the 8 floor
8 floor 9 and
9 and 10 bits
10 bits 11 of
11 of 12 straw
12 straw 13 .

his lips were drawn back and his mouth partly open . 
1 his 2 lips
1 his 6 and
2 lips 3 were
3 were 4 drawn
4 drawn 5 back
6 and 7 his
7 his 8 mouth
8 mouth 9 partly
9 partly 10 open
10 open 11 .

his eyes seemed to be closed . 
1 his 2 eyes
2 eyes 6 closed
2 eyes 7 .
3 seemed 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 closed

but to have looked at him you would have thought him as dead as the deadest thing that ever was . 
1 but 2 to
2 to 3 have
3 have 4 looked
4 looked 5 at
5 at 6 him
6 him 7 you
6 him 11 him
7 you 8 would
8 would 9 have
10 thought 11 him
11 him 12 as
11 him 16 deadest
12 as 14 as
13 dead 14 as
15 the 16 deadest
16 deadest 17 thing
17 thing 18 that
17 thing 19 ever
17 thing 21 .
19 ever 20 was

as he went about his [work] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [kept] [an] eye on [unc] ['] [billy] and chuckled . 
1 as 2 he
2 he 3 went
3 went 4 about
4 about 5 his
5 his 13 eye
13 eye 14 on
14 on 18 and
18 and 19 chuckled
19 chuckled 20 .

" you old fraud , " said he . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 5 ,
2 you 4 fraud
3 old 4 fraud
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 he
8 he 9 .

" you think you are fooling me , but [i] know you . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 4 you
2 you 3 think
4 you 5 are
5 are 6 fooling
6 fooling 7 me
7 me 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 13 .
11 know 12 you
12 you 13 .

possums don't die of nothing in hens ' nests . 
1 possums 2 don't
2 don't 3 die
2 don't 8 '
4 of 6 in
4 of 8 '
5 nothing 6 in
7 hens 8 '
8 ' 9 nests
8 ' 10 .

you certainly are a clever old rascal , and the best actor [i] ['ve] [ever] [seen] . 
1 you 2 certainly
2 certainly 3 are
2 certainly 7 rascal
3 are 4 a
4 a 5 clever
5 clever 6 old
7 rascal 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 the
9 and 12 actor
10 the 11 best
12 actor 17 .

i wonder how long you will keep it up . 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 how
3 how 4 long
3 how 5 you
3 how 8 it
5 you 6 will
6 will 7 keep
8 it 9 up
9 up 10 .

i wish [i] had half as much self-control . " 
1 i 2 wish
2 wish 4 had
4 had 8 self-control
4 had 9 .
5 half 7 much
6 as 7 much
7 much 8 self-control
9 . 10 "

still [unc] ['] [billy] [gave] no sign of life . 
1 still 6 no
6 no 7 sign
7 sign 8 of
8 of 9 life
9 life 10 .

he wondered where he was being taken to . 
1 he 2 wondered
1 he 4 he
2 wondered 3 where
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 being
6 being 7 taken
7 taken 8 to
8 to 9 .

he was terribly frightened . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 terribly
3 terribly 4 frightened
4 frightened 5 .

but he stuck to his old trick of playing dead which had served him so well more than once before . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 stuck
3 stuck 4 to
4 to 5 his
5 his 7 trick
6 old 7 trick
7 trick 9 playing
8 of 9 playing
9 playing 10 dead
10 dead 11 which
10 dead 13 served
11 which 12 had
13 served 14 him
13 served 15 so
15 so 16 well
15 so 17 more
17 more 18 than
18 than 20 before
19 once 20 before
20 before 21 .

[[] [illustration] []] 

[xxiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [gives] [himself] [away] 

never had [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] played that old trick of his better than he was playing it now . 
1 never 2 had
2 had 7 played
7 played 10 trick
8 that 10 trick
9 old 10 trick
10 trick 13 better
10 trick 18 it
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 better
13 better 14 than
15 he 16 was
16 was 17 playing
17 playing 18 it
18 it 19 now
19 now 20 .

they were half-way from the henyard to the house when [bowser] the [hound] came to meet [his] [master] [.] 
1 they 2 were
1 they 10 when
2 were 3 half-way
3 half-way 4 from
4 from 5 the
5 the 6 henyard
6 henyard 7 to
7 to 8 the
8 the 9 house
10 when 12 the
12 the 16 meet
14 came 15 to
15 to 16 meet

" now we shall see what we shall see , " said [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] , as [bowser] came trotting up . 
1 " 2 now
1 " 7 we
2 now 3 we
3 we 4 shall
4 shall 5 see
5 see 6 what
7 we 8 shall
8 shall 9 see
9 see 10 ,
10 , 12 said
11 " 12 said
12 said 17 ,
17 , 18 as
18 as 23 .
20 came 21 trotting
21 trotting 22 up
22 up 23 .

" if [unc] ['] [billy] can stand this test , [i] ['ll] take [off] my hat [to] [him] every time we meet hereafter . " 
1 " 2 if
2 if 6 can
6 can 7 stand
7 stand 8 this
8 this 9 test
9 test 10 ,
10 , 16 hat
13 take 15 my
15 my 16 hat
16 hat 25 "
19 every 20 time
20 time 21 we
21 we 22 meet
22 meet 23 hereafter
23 hereafter 24 .
24 . 25 "

he held [unc] ['] [billy] out to [bowser] , and [bowser] sniffed him all over . 
1 he 2 held
1 he 9 ,
2 held 6 out
6 out 7 to
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 sniffed
12 sniffed 15 over
13 him 14 all
14 all 15 over
15 over 16 .

just imagine that ! 
1 just 2 imagine
2 imagine 3 that
3 that 4 !

just think of being nosed and sniffed at by one of whom you were terribly afraid and not so much as twitching an ear ! 
1 just 2 think
2 think 3 of
3 of 4 being
4 being 5 nosed
4 being 6 and
6 and 7 sniffed
7 sniffed 8 at
8 at 9 by
9 by 10 one
10 one 12 whom
11 of 12 whom
12 whom 14 were
13 you 14 were
14 were 15 terribly
15 terribly 16 afraid
16 afraid 17 and
17 and 18 not
18 not 19 so
19 so 20 much
20 much 21 as
21 as 22 twitching
22 twitching 24 ear
23 an 24 ear
24 ear 25 !

he 's dead . 
1 he 2 's
2 's 3 dead
3 dead 4 .

he must be the fellow [i] [saw] [go] under the henhouse [last] [night] . 
1 he 2 must
1 he 14 .
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 the
4 the 5 fellow
9 under 10 the
10 the 11 henhouse
11 henhouse 14 .

how did you kill him ? " 
1 how 2 did
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 kill
4 kill 5 him
5 him 6 ?
6 ? 7 "

farmer [brown] 's boy laughed and picked [unc] ['] [billy] up by the tail again . 
1 farmer 5 laughed
3 's 5 laughed
4 boy 5 laughed
5 laughed 6 and
6 and 7 picked
7 picked 11 up
11 up 12 by
12 by 13 the
13 the 14 tail
14 tail 15 again
15 again 16 .

the mother of [farmer] [brown] 's boy was in the doorway , watching them approach . 
1 the 2 mother
1 the 3 of
3 of 6 's
6 's 16 .
7 boy 15 approach
7 boy 16 .
8 was 9 in
9 in 10 the
9 in 15 approach
10 the 11 doorway
11 doorway 12 ,
12 , 13 watching
13 watching 14 them

" what have you got there ? " she demanded . 
1 " 7 ?
2 what 3 have
3 have 4 you
4 you 5 got
4 you 7 ?
5 got 6 there
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 demanded
10 demanded 11 .

" [i] [declare] [if] it isn't a [possum] ! 
1 " 5 it
1 " 7 a
5 it 6 isn't
7 a 9 !

where did you kill him ? 
1 where 4 kill
2 did 3 you
3 you 4 kill
4 kill 5 him
5 him 6 ?

was he the cause of all that racket among the chickens ? " 
1 was 2 he
1 was 3 the
1 was 12 ?
3 the 4 cause
3 the 5 of
5 of 6 all
6 all 7 that
7 that 8 racket
8 racket 11 chickens
9 among 10 the
9 among 11 chickens
10 the 11 chickens
12 ? 13 "

farmer [brown] 's boy [took] [unc] ' [billy] into the kitchen and dropped him on a chair . 
1 farmer 3 's
3 's 4 boy
4 boy 17 chair
7 ' 9 into
7 ' 10 the
10 the 11 kitchen
11 kitchen 12 and
12 and 13 dropped
13 dropped 14 him
14 him 15 on
15 on 16 a
16 a 17 chair
17 chair 18 .

mrs [brown] [came] [over] [to] [look] [at] [him] closer . 
1 mrs 9 closer
9 closer 10 .

" poor little fellow , " said she . 
1 " 6 "
2 poor 3 little
2 poor 4 fellow
2 poor 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 8 she
8 she 9 .

" poor little fellow . 
1 " 5 .
2 poor 3 little
2 poor 4 fellow
2 poor 5 .

it was too bad he got into mischief and had to be killed . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 5 he
3 too 4 bad
3 too 5 he
5 he 6 got
5 he 9 and
6 got 7 into
7 into 8 mischief
9 and 10 had
10 had 11 to
11 to 12 be
12 be 13 killed
13 killed 14 .

i don't suppose he knew any better . 
1 i 2 don't
1 i 8 .
2 don't 3 suppose
3 suppose 4 he
3 suppose 5 knew
5 knew 7 better
6 any 7 better

she stroked [unc] ['] [billy] gently . 
1 she 2 stroked
2 stroked 6 gently
6 gently 7 .

the eyes of [farmer] [brown] 's boy [twinkled] . 
1 the 2 eyes
1 the 3 of
3 of 6 's
6 's 7 boy
7 boy 9 .

he went over to a corner and pulled a straw from his mother 's broom . 
1 he 2 went
2 went 3 over
3 over 4 to
4 to 5 a
5 a 6 corner
6 corner 7 and
7 and 8 pulled
8 pulled 9 a
9 a 10 straw
10 straw 11 from
11 from 12 his
12 his 13 mother
13 mother 14 's
14 's 15 broom
15 broom 16 .

then he [returned] to [unc] ['] [billy] and began to tickle [unc] ['] [billy] 's nose . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 8 and
2 he 4 to
8 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
10 to 11 tickle
11 tickle 16 nose
15 's 16 nose
16 nose 17 .

mrs [brown] [looked] [puzzled] . 
1 mrs 5 .

she was puzzled . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 3 puzzled
3 puzzled 4 .

" what are you doing that for ? " she asked . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 3 are
3 are 5 doing
4 you 5 doing
5 doing 6 that
6 that 7 for
7 for 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
9 " 10 she
10 she 11 asked
11 asked 12 .

" [just] for fun , " [replied] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] and kept on tickling [unc] ['] [billy] 's nose . 
1 " 6 "
3 for 4 fun
4 fun 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 12 and
12 and 13 kept
13 kept 14 on
14 on 15 tickling
15 tickling 20 nose
19 's 20 nose
20 nose 21 .

he had got to sneeze . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 5 sneeze
2 had 3 got
4 to 5 sneeze
5 sneeze 6 .

he did sneeze . 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 sneeze
3 sneeze 4 .

he couldn't help it , though it were to cost him his life . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 help
2 couldn't 9 to
2 couldn't 13 life
3 help 4 it
4 it 5 ,
5 , 6 though
6 though 7 it
7 it 8 were
10 cost 11 him
11 him 12 his
12 his 13 life
13 life 14 .

" do you mean to say that that [possum] is alive ? " 
1 " 2 do
2 do 4 mean
3 you 4 mean
4 mean 6 say
5 to 6 say
6 say 7 that
6 say 8 that
8 that 10 is
10 is 11 alive
11 alive 12 ?
12 ? 13 "

" seems that way , " replied [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] as [unc] ['] [billy] sneezed again , for that straw was still tickling his nose . 
1 " 2 seems
1 " 5 ,
2 seems 3 that
3 that 4 way
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 17 again
12 as 16 sneezed
16 sneezed 17 again
17 again 18 ,
17 again 24 tickling
18 , 19 for
20 that 21 straw
21 straw 22 was
22 was 23 still
23 still 24 tickling
24 tickling 26 nose
24 tickling 27 .
25 his 26 nose

" [i] [should] certainly [say] it seems that way . 
1 " 4 certainly
4 certainly 6 it
6 it 7 seems
6 it 10 .
7 seems 8 that
8 that 9 way

the old sinner is [no] [more] [dead] [than] [i] am . 
1 the 2 old
2 old 3 sinner
3 sinner 4 is
4 is 10 am
4 is 11 .

he 's just pretending . 
1 he 2 's
2 's 4 pretending
3 just 4 pretending
4 pretending 5 .

he fooled [you] all right , [mother] , but he didn't fool me . 
1 he 2 fooled
1 he 6 ,
2 fooled 4 all
4 all 5 right
6 , 8 ,
8 , 9 but
9 but 10 he
9 but 11 didn't
10 he 11 didn't
11 didn't 12 fool
11 didn't 14 .
12 fool 13 me

i haven't hurt a hair of him . 
1 i 2 haven't
1 i 8 .
2 haven't 5 hair
3 hurt 5 hair
4 a 5 hair
5 hair 6 of
5 hair 7 him

you ought to know me well enough by this time to know that [i] wouldn't hurt him . " 
1 you 2 ought
2 ought 3 to
2 ought 4 know
4 know 6 well
5 me 6 well
6 well 7 enough
7 enough 11 to
8 by 9 this
9 this 10 time
10 time 11 to
11 to 12 know
12 know 13 that
13 that 19 "
15 wouldn't 16 hurt
16 hurt 17 him
17 him 18 .
18 . 19 "

he looked at his mother reproachfully , and she hastened to apologize . 
1 he 4 his
2 looked 3 at
3 at 4 his
4 his 5 mother
5 mother 8 and
6 reproachfully 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 she
9 she 10 hastened
10 hastened 11 to
11 to 12 apologize
12 apologize 13 .

" but what could [i] think ? " she demanded . 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 what
2 but 10 demanded
3 what 4 could
6 think 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 demanded
10 demanded 11 .

" if he isn't a dead-looking creature , [i] [never] [have] [seen] [one] . 
1 " 2 if
1 " 14 .
2 if 4 isn't
2 if 8 ,
3 he 4 isn't
4 isn't 5 a
5 a 7 creature
6 dead-looking 7 creature

what are you going to do with him , son ? " 
1 what 2 are
2 are 3 you
3 you 4 going
4 going 5 to
5 to 6 do
6 do 7 with
7 with 8 him
8 him 9 ,
9 , 10 son
10 son 11 ?
11 ? 12 "

" take him over to the [green] [forest] [after] breakfast and let him go , " replied [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 " 2 take
1 " 6 the
2 take 3 him
2 take 4 over
4 over 5 to
6 the 10 breakfast
10 breakfast 11 and
11 and 12 let
11 and 15 ,
11 and 16 "
11 and 17 replied
12 let 13 him
13 him 14 go
15 , 16 "

this is just what he did do , and [unc] ' [billy] [wasted] no time in [getting] [home] . 
1 this 2 is
2 is 3 just
3 just 4 what
4 what 6 did
4 what 7 do
5 he 6 did
7 do 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 '
11 ' 19 .
14 no 15 time
15 time 16 in
16 in 19 .

it was a long time before he met [jimmy] [skunk] again . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 a
3 a 4 long
4 long 5 time
5 time 6 before
6 before 7 he
7 he 8 met
8 met 11 again
11 again 12 .

when he did , [jimmy] was his usual good-natured self , and [unc] ' [billy] was wise enough not to refer to eggs . 
1 when 2 he
1 when 4 ,
2 he 3 did
4 , 6 was
6 was 24 .
7 his 10 self
7 his 11 ,
8 usual 9 good-natured
9 good-natured 10 self
11 , 12 and
11 , 16 was
12 and 14 '
16 was 17 wise
17 wise 18 enough
18 enough 19 not
19 not 20 to
20 to 21 refer
21 refer 22 to
22 to 23 eggs
23 eggs 24 .