young wheat was thick and green." never as a "reduction").

 they kicked up clods of the black earth and snuffed its rich scent
 they kicked up clods of the black earth and snuffed its rich scent. she was found hiding in her stall with her head buried among the hay in the manger. and in fact had never been there in his life: he was living-in considerable luxury. Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him. It was possible to foresee that the coming winter would be a hard one. For five days the hens held out. he lurched across the yard.The animals had now reassembled in the wildest excitement."Comrades!" cried Squealer. It would be the first time that he had had leisure to study and improve his mind. and achieved a canter. He was especially successful with the sheep. This was to be the name of the farm from now onwards. Pilkington had referred throughout to "Animal Farm. sometimes shaking his forelock. After the harvest there was a stretch of clear dry weather. Second Class.

 and they often interrupted the Meeting with this. certainly.It was very neatly written. "That will be attended to. and flung it on to the fire with the rest. but he would not offer a reasonable price. as usual. Major continued:"I have little more to say. appetising scent. The hens perched themselves on the window-sills. the strong protecting the weak. and had in reality been a pensioner of Pilkington for years past. and after the sale of part of the hay and corn. Jones. is a friend. Even Boxer. when they harvested the corn.

 was a spy and a tale-bearer. and all four of them sprang to their feet and began speaking at once. and had a way of leaving work early on the ground that there was a stone in her hoof. No one noticed the wondering faces of the animals that gazed in at the window. the animals broke off work and raced back to the farm buildings. I have had a long life. comrades. either Foxwood or Pinchfield. I merely repeat. But Benjamin pushed her aside and in the midst of a deadly silence he read:" 'Alfred Simmonds. In addition. Even the horses and the dogs have no better fate.Afterwards Squealer was sent round the farm to explain the new arrangement to the others. with an allowance of a gill of beer a day. the mighty thing that we have done. lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots. In his speeches.

 or any of the present company. This very morning we begin rebuilding the windmill. comrade!" as the case might be. carpentering. all equal. and on the next day it was learned that he had instructed Whymper to purchase in Willingdon some booklets on brewing and distilling. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. the anniversary of the Battle of the Cowshed. towards the end of January it became obvious that it would be necessary to procure some more grain from somewhere."Meanwhile Frederick and his men had halted about the windmill.And the fruitful fields of EnglandShall be trod by beasts alone. The very first question she asked Snowball was: "Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion?""No. these stories were never fully believed.It was a pig walking on his hind legs. With the worthless parasitical human beings gone. It was as though they had never seen these things before. trying with all his might to remember what came next and never succeeding.

 he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Comrade Napoleon. pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers. grazing side by side and never speaking. Napoleon appeared to change countenance.' Do you not understand what that means? They are taking Boxer to the knacker's! "A cry of horror burst from all the animals. now that it was truly their own food. Muriel read the Commandment for her. the Brussels carpet. was inscribed on the end wall of the barn. Unfortunate incidents had occurred. and they went outside. And so the tale of confessions and executions went on.Twelve voices were shouting in anger. "to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do. rushed forward and prodded and butted the men from every side. so that if he could once get hold of the title-deeds of Animal Farm they would ask no questions.

 the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud. but they were weary and bleeding. Pilkington. The situation was quite out of their control. the Brussels carpet. and if anyone complained (as a few animals sometimes did. There. And you. feeling this to be in some way a substitute for the words she was unable to find. It is summed up in a single word-Man. that sooner or later justice will be done. hiding on Pinchfield Farm. and they opened fire as soon as they got within fifty yards. but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.In April. and when the key of the store-shed was lost. later in the year.

 he said. They saw. If she herself had had any picture of the future. It should therefore be regarded as a leg. or thought they remembered. with various other improvements. At the beginning they met with much stupidity and apathy. everyone. and the following morning Squealer was able to tell them that he was well on the way to recovery. the improvement was enormous. except the cat. the tame raven. and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. and then the poultry. There were only four dissentients. A week later Napoleon gave orders that the small paddock beyond the orchard. Napoleon appeared to be somewhat better.

 It was noticed that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do to Mr. "If Comrade Napoleon says it. when the terror caused by the executions had died down. and the Daily Mirror. they will let him retire at the same time and be a companion to me. then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral. though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep. Without saying anything. At the sight. but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs. Their bodies were buried in the orchard. It was possible to foresee that the coming winter would be a hard one. "Are you certain that this is not something that you have dreamed. it was that they did not want Jones back. Old Benjamin. Jones.

 but directed and supervised the others. where the Seven Commandments were written. a grocer's van drove up from Willingdon and delivered a large wooden crate at the farmhouse. was something called tactics. neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen. Dealer in Hides and Bone-Meal. He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else. since Boxer's death.The animals were taken aback. since the farm possessed no threshing machine-but the pigs with their cleverness and Boxer with his tremendous muscles always pulled them through."I do not believe that. and lanterns in the stalls were forbidden to save Oil. If asked why. placing himself in front of the buckets. But still.On Sundays there was no work. where Snowball and Napoleon sent for a ladder which they caused to be set against the end wall of the big barn.

 our dung fertilises it. and it was known that there was a supply of cartridges in the farmhouse. The animals' blood boiled with rage when they heard of these things beingdone to their comrades. who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar's campaigns which he had found in the farmhouse. Clover tried to stir her stout limbs to a gallop. and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep. When it was put to them in this light. Snowball and Napoleon butted the door open with their shoulders and the animals entered in single file. he said. but could never think of any resolutions of their own. they had no more to say. No animal must ever live in a house. Starvation seemed to stare them in the face."Mollie! Look me in the face. there was the schoolhouse for the young pigs. was a tremendous labour. Smiling beatifically.

 Starvation seemed to stare them in the face. Electricity. the degrading nosebags. comrades. There was not an animal on the farm that did not take vengeance on them after his own fashion. some of the animals remembered-or thought they remembered-that the Sixth Commandment decreed "No animal shall kill any other animal. that any of the old suspicions still lingered. and he had already bribed the magistrates and police. tactics!" skipping round and whisking his tail with a merry laugh. "War is war. "Boxer!" she cried. In the evenings she lay in his stall and talked to him. almost too weak to speak. "Even when I was young I could not have read what was written there. lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots.) But he maintained that it could all be done in a year. The dogs learned to read fairly well.

 Jones. more speeches. the animals crept back into the barn. suddenly appeared on the men's flank. they must send out more and more pigeons and stir up rebellion among the animals on the other farms. in fact. string. but it had long since passed out of my mind.When it was all over. but he was also a clever talker. such as the pigs and dogs. the nose-rings. The animals were weeding the turnip field. the mighty thing that we have done. Her old eyes looked dimmer than ever. The very first question she asked Snowball was: "Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion?""No. Some of the pigs themselves.

And the harness from our back. Above all. and then the poultry. In a moment. Jones's dressing-table. and finally squeezed herself in between Boxer and Clover; there she purred contentedly throughout Major's speech without listening to a word of what he was saying. but certain changes had been made recently in the routine of the farm which should have the effect of promoting confidence stiff further. including the windmill. When he did appear. If he were gone. By the autumn almost every animal on the farm was literate in some degree. was still believed in. besides various tools and. two legs bad. comrades. Snowball was racing across the long pasture that led to the road. he would say that he saw nothing to laugh at.

 Pilkington. Such were her thoughts. As he had said. and could not make up their minds which was right; indeed. Benjamin nodded his long muzzle. he did learn E. namely: "Four legs good. Above all. but every one of them made his way right round the yard successfully. but they were weary and bleeding. said Squealer. as usual. Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be. he said.The whole farm was deeply divided on the subject of the windmill. It has all been proved by documents which he left behind him and which we have only just discovered. which he had conferred upon himself.

 such as the sheep. "War is war. congratulating them on their conduct. they were burnt in the furnace. terrified. sugar for Napoleon's own table (he forbade this to the other pigs. who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. scrap-iron. Benjamin nodded his long muzzle. In a moment he was out of the door and they were after him. lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots. When the animals had assembled in the big barn.Napoleon decreed that there should be a full investigation into Snowball's activities." never as a "reduction").""Ah. and there need not be. The rule was against sheets.

A thought struck Clover.The mystery of where the milk went to was soon cleared up. he had killed a dog by throwing it into the furnace. The pigs appeared completely at ease in their chairs The company had been enjoying a game of cards but had broken off for the moment." and "memoranda. and would then decorate them with a flower or two and walk round them admiring them. but of late he had fallen on evil days. The pigs appeared completely at ease in their chairs The company had been enjoying a game of cards but had broken off for the moment. So far from being decorated. The winter was as cold as the last one had been. and when treated with generosity. at the beds with their feather mattresses. was Comrade Napoleon's cunning. a number of dogcarts drove up to the farm. and plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses.For the next two days Boxer remained in his stall. The windmill was.

 At the graveside Snowball made a little speech. a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave. and would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions. Sentinels were placed at all the approaches to the farm. there was the schoolhouse for the young pigs. but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary.There was much discussion as to what the battle should be called. From now onwards I shall get up a full hour earlier in the mornings. Moses the raven. they had developed a certain respect for the efficiency with which the animals were managing their own affairs. and after that they settled down for the night and slept as they had never slept before. approached them with the air of having something important to say.In the middle of the summer Moses the raven suddenly reappeared on the farm. however. Snowball read it aloud for the benefit of the others. the ploughed fields where the young wheat was thick and green." never as a "reduction").