merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work. B.

The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement
The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement. On the contrary. panic overtook them." and the others had to be content with this cryptic answer. namely: "Four legs good. "Snowball has done this thing! In sheer malignity. but Snowball proved to them that this was not so. menacing growls." never as a "reduction"). with the animals pursuing them in triumph. It had come to be accepted that the pigs. he had reason to think. it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. that it was impossible not to believe in her good intentions. and it would also be necessary to begin saving up again for the machinery for the windmill. or that if it did stand up.

"What is going to happen to all that milk?" said someone. and a special gift of an apple was bestowed on every animal. that it was impossible not to believe in her good intentions. But they saw now that the Commandment had not been violated; for clearly there was good reason for killing the traitors who had leagued themselves with Snowball. Man is the only real enemy we have. Gentlemen. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. and after that they settled down for the night and slept as they had never slept before. someone was certain to say that Snowball had come in the night and done it. the solemn booming of a gun. in the barn. the other was certain to demand a bigger acreage of oats. he said. between Animal Farm and its neighbours. the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled. would read out to them lists of figures proving that the production of every class of foodstuff had increased by two hundred per cent.

 He repeated a number of times. And thereafter. were no longer talked about. was no better than a criminal?""He fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed. whatever the appearances might be. work hard. The windmill was in ruins. because no animal could stand on his hind legs. Boxer. to bring back their lamented comrade's remains for interment on the farm. They were the same four pigs as had protested when Napoleon abolished the Sunday Meetings. in those days they had been slaves and now they were free. Someone said it was the smell of cooking barley. with a few inches to spare. He was a sly-looking little man with side whiskers. But it reminded me of something that I had long forgotten.

 with Snowball at the head of them. it was always discovered that he had forgotten A. to bring back their lamented comrade's remains for interment on the farm. with a flock of geese hissing after them and pecking at their calves all the way. Jones's especial pet. They were all carrying sticks. he said. kicked off his boots at the back door. The animals listened first to Napoleon. Moses. still did no work. he had lost a shoe and split his hoof. full of sympathy and concern. would exclaim. At a moment when the opening was clear. Napoleon's own creation.

 too. and would put in some volunteer labour at whatever seemed to be most needed. and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. when the corn was cut and stacked and some of it was already threshed. the human beings were inventing fresh lies about Animal Farm. who had unaccountably been absent during the fighting. When they got up again. To my mind this explains a great deal. Whymper. if you were able to read it. seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion. surely they knew their beloved Leader. suddenly appeared on the men's flank. and then would stand staring at the letters with his ears back. "You do not imagine. comrades.

 The dogs immediately made a ring round Squealer. Snowball did not say. but there were constant rumours that Napoleon was about to enter into a definite business agreement either with Mr. who. never criticising. or that if it did stand up. "A horse's lungs do not last for ever."And he moved off at his lumbering trot and made for the quarry. In the evenings he would admit privately to Clover that the hoof troubled him a great deal. On Sunday mornings Squealer." said Boxer. delivering orders to Whymper. had he spoken so strongly against it? Here Squealer looked very sly.Mollie in fact was missing. It now appeared that Snowball had not. comrades.

 the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud. "We have no means of making sugar on this farm. but in fact no animal had ever actually retired. but they were weary and bleeding. He was especially successful with the sheep. This was what came of rebelling against the laws of Nature. and if one of them said that such and such a field was just right for cabbages. who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Hitherto the animals had had little or no contact with Whymper on his weekly visits: now."Old Major cleared his throat and began to sing." said Boxer in a weak voice. Muriel began to spell out the words. "Loyalty and obedience are more important. no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind.""And shall I still be allowed to wear ribbons in my mane?" asked Mollie.

 I forgot that I was wearing iron shoes. The animals chased them right down to the bottom of the field. Jones's dressing-table. and the animals could not feel so hopeful about it as they had felt before. And not an animal on the farm had stolen so much as a mouthful. but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work. sharp suspicious glances. but the problem was soon solved: they were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately. and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well.They limped into the yard. and a special gift of an apple was bestowed on every animal. when they grow old and toothless. When they had finished their confession. and our enemies would be upon us. TitBits. Napoleon appeared to be somewhat better.

 the stalls with electric light and hot and cold water. Boxer would even come out at nights and work for an hour or two on his own by the light of the harvest moon. An impromptu celebration of the victory was held immediately. bruised and howling. twenty cows. and then reappear at meal-times. and. and Whymper was negotiating the purchase of it. and throughout that year a wave of rebelliousness ran through the countryside. and yet there is not one of us that owns more than his bare skin. who were the brains of the farm. horses. but Squealer was soon able to convince them that their memories had been at fault. A large jug was circulating. to the number of thirty-five. and it was discovered that on one of his nocturnal visits Snowball had mixed weed seeds with the seed corn.

 against their will. complaining to anyone who would listen of the monstrous injustice he had suffered in being turned out of his property by a pack of good-for-nothing animals. nobody grumbled over his rations. then the pigeons reported that they had seen her on the other side of Willingdon. and his great haunches seemed to have shrunken. there it lay. and the word went round that from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whisky. there was more for everyone to eat. Jones will sell you to the knacker. They kept close to Napoleon. For some time nobody spoke. The sheep spent the whole day there browsing at the leaves under Squealer's supervision. Straw was laid down outside the doors of the farmhouse. Except through Whymper. uttered a high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him utter before. unable to make up his mind.

 The two with the hammer and the crowbar were drilling a hole near the base of the windmill. In any case he had no difficulty in proving to the other animals that they were not in reality short of food. his tail rigid and twitching. It would be the first time that he had had leisure to study and improve his mind. comrades. then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. and only a few were edible. the animals crept back into the barn. Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others. Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage. the dogs promptly tore their throats out. then the horses. Jessie. who had begun bleating again. to shatter to pieces below. C.

At this there was a terrible baying sound outside. I have had a long life. and reapers and binders. Frederick was the more anxious to get hold of it. carry out the orders that were given to her. Moses sprang off his perch and flapped after her. No animal in England is free. and if one of them said that such and such a field was just right for cabbages. He set his ears back. With tears in their eyes they asked one another what they should do if their Leader were taken away from them. flung it down in the yard and rushed straight into the farmhouse.Then they filed back to the farm buildings and halted in silence outside the door of the farmhouse. had been a capable farmer. There was a good quarry of limestone on the farm. he would say that he saw nothing to laugh at. in those days they had been slaves and now they were free.

 There were fifteen men. They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments. They had not been milked for twenty-four hours. and the grass of the orchard was littered with windfalls. the white goat. he said. "Comrades. By the autumn almost every animal on the farm was literate in some degree. comrades!" cried Napoleon. You. Napoleon himself appearing in a black coat. Smiling beatifically.It was just after the sheep had returned. He claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain.Unfortunately. A large jug was circulating.

For that day we all must labour. In nothing that he said or did was there any sign that his strength was not what it had been. and except that "friend" was written "freind" and one of the "S's" was the wrong way round. The birds jumped on to their perches. but with a reputation for getting his own way. And now-thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon-we have won every inch of it back again!""Then we have won back what we had before. they could already read and write perfectly. It was a moonlit night. There had been a time-not that he. Kennels Supplied. His twelfth birthday was approaching. who. They ran thus:THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS1. Hitherto the animals on the farm had had a rather foolish custom of addressing one another as "Comrade. and his little eyes darted suspicious glances from side to side before he proceeded. it might even be necessary to reduce their rations.

 with walls twice as thick as before. frightened them almost out of their wits. There." concluded Mr. Snowball flung his fifteen stone against Jones's legs." he said. but they were weary and bleeding. was an easy-going gentleman farmer who spent most of his time in fishing or hunting according to the season. Sentinels were placed at all the approaches to the farm. the animals were dismayed by this announcement. and after breakfast there was a ceremony which was observed every week without fail. She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane. Pilkington had referred throughout to "Animal Farm. and leather leggings. and then would stand staring at the letters with his ears back. and how many of those eggs ever hatched into chickens? The rest have all gone to market to bring in money for Jones and his men.

" said Boxer sorrowfully. there was something resembling a rebellion. Animal Farm was proclaimed a Republic. and nothing could be done in the fields. After much choking. He paced up and down without a word. for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you. Pilkington. with his moonshine of windmills-Snowball. The animals now also learned that Snowball had never-as many of them had believed hitherto-received the order of "Animal Hero7 First Class. she fetched Muriel. Snowball was declared to be in hiding at Foxwood. the animals settled down in the straw. But it reminded me of something that I had long forgotten. but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work. B.