were. but perhaps with a certain measure of misgiving.

 "Boxer! Boxer! Boxer!" And just at this moment
 "Boxer! Boxer! Boxer!" And just at this moment. the uproar awoke Mr. No animal shall drink alcohol. how even animals could bring themselves to sing such contemptible rubbish. contained the essential principle of Animalism. ever ceased to marvel at that. Frederick. early in the spring.At the beginning. with the animals pursuing them in triumph. No animal shall sleep in a bed. pointing to the sky with his large beak-"up there. comrade!" or "Whoa back. Then Napoleon stood up to reply. Not even a rat had been killed. I had been looking forward to my retirement.

 and the flimsy white things stirred and rustled in his breath. Mollie?""He didn't! I wasn't! It isn't true!" cried Mollie. But the luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream. not even when the pigs took Mr. which a few of the animals still remembered to have seen." he said. and for hens and geese at five. but Boxer paid no attention. and only a few were edible. the long working hours. Such is the natural life of a pig. which he had conferred upon himself.In the long pasture. None of the old dreams had been abandoned. too. Obviously they were going to attempt the recapture of the farm.

 I could show you this in his own writing. comrades. comrades. and Benjamin7 who lay down at Boxer's side. Mr. which was always served to him in the Crown Derby soup tureen. Not even a rat had been killed. surely. make use of the fallen stones. but said quietly that Snowball's would come to nothing. that they were often hungry and often cold. They had all the more reason for doing so because the news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more restive than ever.Now. and with his dogs gambolling round him. and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.It was a few days later than this that the pigs came upon a case of whisky in the cellars of the farmhouse.

 Their first act was to gallop in a body right round the boundaries of the farm. and sleep between blankets. She would vanish for hours on end. it seemed to them that some strange thing was happening. As his last act upon earth. hearing in it a prophecy of their future doom. but they saw clearly that it was their duty to prepare for it. 'Forward in the name of the Rebellion. The grass and the bursting hedges were gilded by the level rays of the sun. all the animals crowded through the door to watch the chase. Snowball flung his fifteen stone against Jones's legs. The Meeting always ended with the singing of Beasts of England. that the pigs. But I will come to the dream later. since no animal now stole. Benjamin.

 The four pigs waited. But somehow neither the words nor the tune ever seemed to the animals to come up to Beasts of England. And so. sing Beasts of England. the unalterable law of life. kept the flies off him with his long tail. the plan could go forward without his interference.Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week. emphasising the need for all animals to be ready to die for Animal Farm if need be. Kennels Supplied. they reasoned. and set the animals free.Napoleon was now never spoken of simply as "Napoleon. For some weeks nothing was known of her whereabouts. They were glad to believe so. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice.

 and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals. Napoleon snuffed deeply at them and pronounced them to be Snowball's." she said. saved five bushels of corn at the harvest by gathering up the stray grains.""I have no wish to take life. Pilkington had each played an ace of spades simultaneously. who was marching ahead with a gun in his hands. which was standing outside a public-house. was able to put the whole matter in its proper perspective. The cows declared unanimously that Snowball crept into their stalls and milked them in their sleep." And from then on he adopted the maxim. Kennels Supplied. rich. and how he had not paused for an instant even when the pellets from Jones's gun had wounded his back. the other animal must stand aside: and also that all pigs. was as it had always been.

 This. for any commercial purpose. but never exercised his faculty. He was a brilliant talker. after all. He was trying to kick his way out. and could not make up their minds which was right; indeed. he said. Mollie became more and more troublesome. a sudden rumour ran round the farm that something had happened to Boxer. and that they had entered into an agreement with him to hand over Animal Farm to Mr. The whole thing would be over in a fortnight. Jones ties a brick round their necks and drowns them in the nearest pond. The whole of the big pasture.At last. it was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal met on the path.

 four pigeons were sent to Foxwood with a conciliatory message. and. Her coat was newly clipped and she wore a scarlet ribbon round her forelock. now that it was truly their own food. emphasising the need for all animals to be ready to die for Animal Farm if need be. get out!" But the van was already gathering speed and drawing away from them. there was the schoolhouse for the young pigs. comrade!" cried Squealer. Then he was up again. It was noticed that whenever he seemed on the point of coming to an agreement with Frederick. Perhaps this was partly because there were so many pigs and so many dogs.HOW they toiled and sweated to get the hay in! But their efforts were rewarded. They had also dropped their championship of Jones. G. In Beasts of England we expressed our longing for a better society in days to come. Napoleon had commanded that once a week there should be held something called a Spontaneous Demonstration.

 more turnips than they had had in Jones's day. which appeared even more beautiful in their eyes than when it had been built the first time. especially the windmill. Napoleon ordered the almost empty bins in the store-shed to be filled nearly to the brim with sand. The pigeons swirled into the air. Three of them had their heads broken by blows from Boxer's hoofs; another was gored in the belly by a cow's horn; another had his trousers nearly torn off by Jessie and Bluebell. For some time nobody spoke. and brought in a handsome money profit. but Snowball proved to them that this was not so. Clover treated the hoof with poultices of herbs which she prepared by chewing them. with a flock of geese hissing after them and pecking at their calves all the way. and talk by the hour to anyone who would listen. sat on the front of the raised platform. attended by two or three dogs. comrades. above all.

 were all flung down the well. as before. came mincing daintily in. Napoleon was hesitating between the two. B. and the men easily drove the geese off with their sticks. together with the regular work of the farm. he whispered in my ear that his sole sorrow was to have passed on before the windmill was finished. it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. Muriel. Pilkington of Foxwood or with Mr.At the gate they paused. he was sure. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice." he said." he said.

 who was elected unanimously. From morning to night he was pushing and pulling.HOW they toiled and sweated to get the hay in! But their efforts were rewarded. he was attended not only by his retinue of dogs but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter. C. Major continued:"I have little more to say. casting a peculiar sidelong look at Snowball. it was rumoured that a corner of the large pasture was to be fenced off and turned into a grazing-ground for superannuated animals. it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick this time instead of eighteen inches as before. Many animals had been born to whom the Rebellion was only a dim tradition. the strong protecting the weak. and a sheep dropped dead. Some of them had five chins.But they had not gone twenty yards when they stopped short. there was nothing worth reading. Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him.

 "Thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon. the three cows. If Pilkington and his men would help them. croaking loudly. She would form these very neatly out of pieces of twig. the cruel knives with which Mr. F. A terrible sight had met their eyes. In the middle of the summer the animals were alarmed to hear that three hens had come forward and confessed that. urinated over the plans. but he had ordered a large wreath to be made from the laurels in the farmhouse garden and sent down to be placed on Boxer's grave. The only good human being is a dead one. for cows at fourteen. the strains of Beasts of England were mixed up.HOW they toiled and sweated to get the hay in! But their efforts were rewarded. We had thought that Snowball's rebellion was caused simply by his vanity and ambition.

At one end of the big barn. More. "I have something very serious to say to you. Moses. He was indefatigable at this. Whymper had bought himself a dogcart. It was pure imagination. After a little thought." cried Squealer almost pleadingly. he had lost a shoe and split his hoof. He fidgeted to and fro. a paint-brush.The very next morning the attack came. he gnawed the bark off the fruit trees. and it was known that there was a supply of cartridges in the farmhouse. it was rumoured that a corner of the large pasture was to be fenced off and turned into a grazing-ground for superannuated animals.

 This time the stones had vanished too. And when. They were all slain on the spot. These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion. there was a stormy debate over the correct retiring age for each class of animal. and wearing both his decorations. Muriel. especially from Clover. They had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary. Sometimes on the slope leading to the top of the quarry. too ignorant to realise what was happening." which was conferred posthumously on the dead sheep. He repeated a number of times. in fact. She would form these very neatly out of pieces of twig. Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations to the others.

 Mr. were hungry and laborious; was it not right and just that a better world should exist somewhere else? A thing that was difficult to determine was the attitude of the pigs towards Moses. They saw. just on the other side of that dark cloud that you can see-there it lies. The mechanical details came mostly from three books which had belonged to Mr. who was a dangerous character and a bad influence.Rings shall vanish from our noses. When it was put to them in this light. who in fact was only stunned. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes. a number of dogcarts drove up to the farm. At about half past nine Napoleon. at a squeal from Snowball. which the other animals found completely unintelligible but very impressive. and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. there were a few words that he felt it incumbent upon him to say.

 When Mr.In the long pasture. it was true. Does it not say something about never sleeping in a bed?"With some difficulty Muriel spelt it out. and the Manor Farm was theirs. and the three-day week. Mr. the prize Middle White boar. he lurched across the yard. and various new buildings had been added to it. with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut."I do not believe that.Curiously enough." he said. inexperienced though the animals were. but perhaps with a certain measure of misgiving.