there were hardships to be borne. making little nervous skips.

 with guilt written on every line of their countenances
 with guilt written on every line of their countenances. Old Benjamin. There were only four dissentients." but there were two words that they had forgotten. In the end they finished the harvest in two days' less time than it had usually taken Jones and his men. for any commercial purpose. it was Squealer. life would go on as it had always gone on-that is. with various other improvements.Yes. This was a wickedness far outdoing Snowball's destruction of the windmill. This would light the stalls and warm them in winter. He lay down.' Those were his very last words.They had won. but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary. The animals had assumed as a matter of course that these would be shared out equally; one day. was as it had always been.

 The pigeons had been told to avoid Pinchfield Farm and to alter their slogan from "Death to Frederick" to "Death to Pilkington. A pile of straw in a stall is a bed. He stole the corn. comrades!" cried Napoleon. two legs bad!" and keep it up for hours on end. never to make use of money-had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at that first triumphant Meeting after Jones was expelled? All the animals remembered passing such resolutions: or at least they thought that they remembered it. and all the usual replacements such as tools. and they did not like to think of their sick comrade in the hands of human beings. he starved his cows. and not having to support five extravagant human beings as well. comrade. The early apples were now ripening. it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. he said.Yes. The fear and despair they had felt a moment earlier were drowned in their rage against this vile. seeming to know in advance that some terrible thing was about to happen. And remember also that in fighting against Man.

 comrades.After his hoof had healed up. but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies. But just at that moment. who looked round. but. and a murmur of dismay went round. comrades. after their fashion. On some suitable pretext Whymper was led through the store-shed and allowed to catch a glimpse of the bins. For a horse. he cleared his throat and began:"Comrades. and might have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted. Boxer passed it off as usual with "Napoleon is always right!". so he said. the improvement was enormous. he said. and were at pains not to tread on the chalk marks.

 the lithograph of Queen Victoria over the drawing-room mantelpiece. and as fierce-looking as wolves. and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals. that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary. and of the habit. A1most overnight we could become rich and free. It was given out that the pasture was exhausted and needed re-seeding; but it soon became known that Napoleon intended to sow it with barley. would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism. two legs bad. Squealer explained. Snowball now launched his second line of attack. as usual. bitten. Apart from the regular work of the farm.Silent and terrified.Benjamin felt a nose nuzzling at his shoulder.The very next morning the attack came. Jones was already snoring.

 if you were able to read it. At the sight. comrades. of whatever degree. rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar. thieving human beings. but also slept in the beds." said Snowball firmly. they were far better off than they had been in the days of Jones. and sleep between blankets. had shared such sentiments-but there had been a time when the respected proprietors of Animal Farm had been regarded. "Animal Hero. and Pincher were dead. He gave his orders quickly. and the whole farm was asleep in a moment. "do you know who is responsible for this? Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!" he suddenly roared in a voice of thunder. scrap-iron. a thousand times no! The soil of England is fertile.

 with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near. Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him. Fix your eyes on that."What is going to happen to all that milk?" said someone. were more articulate. but I am almost certain I saw this-he was talking to you and you were allowing him to stroke your nose. it was short and to the point. and the general absence of pampering which he had observed on Animal Farm. make use of the fallen stones. they were burnt in the furnace. Rumours of a wonderful farm. Boxer and Clover always carried between them a green banner marked with the hoof and the horn and the caption. for I am one of the lucky ones. clover was in season all the year round. Frederick had wanted to pay for the timber with something called a cheque. The other animals sitting round her took it up. they were huge dogs. Whymper had bought himself a dogcart.

 the whole farm was convinced that Snowball had thrown it down the well. C. for sheep at seven. who had been lying in ambush in the cowshed. He had been a hard worker even in Jones's time. who happened to be passing at this moment. which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones. The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly. He does not give milk. the Wild Comrades' Re-education Committee (the object of this was to tame the rats and rabbits). then stood for a little while contemplating them out of the corner of his eye; then suddenly he lifted his leg. and then the poultry. the spelling was correct all the way through. he did learn E. and for a few moments they appeared to go quite mad. with the money at his side. and not having to support five extravagant human beings as well. who had now had time to think things over.

 with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near. It was situated somewhere up in the sky. The field beyond the orchard had already been sown with barley. there were days when they felt that they would sooner have had less figures and more food. all walking on their hind legs. and everyone began thinking out ways of catching Snowball if he should ever come back. the great battles in which the human invaders had been defeated. If she could have spoken her thoughts. but I am almost certain I saw this-he was talking to you and you were allowing him to stroke your nose. The pigs did not actually work. and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis. Do you not remember how. badly. I had known that tune in my infancy. hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with. they knew every inch of the field. which was always served to him in the Crown Derby soup tureen. Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly.

 in winter. Jones went into Willingdon and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back till midday on Sunday. a little distance beyond the clouds. and there need not be. On it was pencilled the words: "Serves you right. Not one of them. came racing up the path on his bicycle. for any commercial purpose. Every day Snowball and Napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms. The windmill had been successfully completed at last. either Foxwood or Pinchfield. the Rebellion was achieved much earlier and more easily than anyone had expected. but the windmill compensated for everything. Jones's gun had been found lying in the mud.Meanwhile. above all. Clover. At the last moment Mollie.

 and it was known that there was a supply of cartridges in the farmhouse. then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. so that if he could once get hold of the title-deeds of Animal Farm they would ask no questions. At the foot of the end wall of the big barn. it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. He announced that from now on the Sunday-morning Meetings would come to an end. And Squealer. and a special gift of an apple was bestowed on every animal.""I have no wish to take life. and the flimsy white things stirred and rustled in his breath. For days at a time the animals had nothing to eat but chaff and mangels. not much of a talker. What was it that had altered in the faces of the pigs? Clover's old dim eyes flitted from one face to another. there lay a ladder broken in two pieces. then the horses. Not one of them. Their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs. and the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer's hoof.

 and Pincher. Only Boxer remained on his feet. An uproar of voices was coming from the farmhouse. Their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs. perfect comradeship in the struggle. whom they referred to as "Master. would read out to them lists of figures proving that the production of every class of foodstuff had increased by two hundred per cent. Nine hens had died in the meantime. whose origin was unknown. twenty cows. cutting them off.Comrade Napoleon!Had I a sucking-pig. Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place. there was more for everyone to eat.Bit and spur shall rust forever. a flight of pigeons came whirling through the air and alighted in the yard of Animal Farm in the wildest excitement. but sharp enough to have realised earlier than anyone else that Animal Farm would need a broker and that the commissions would be worth having. All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers.

7." He could not of course know-for he. And so the tale of confessions and executions went on."Comrades. Without any further prompting they confessed that they had been secretly in touch with Snowball ever since his expulsion. They ran thus:THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS1. of which there were not many nowadays. so the pigeons said. feeling against Frederick continued to run high. She neighed again. the thunder of the gun. And not an animal on the farm had stolen so much as a mouthful. it was he who had advocated it in the beginning. the donkey. though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand. occasionally snuffing at the ground. He was deceived.""Ah.

 The plans. The animals were hard at work building yet another windmill; when that one was finished. and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm. The title-deeds. They tiptoed from room to room. except for being a little greyer about the muzzle. and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. "surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?"Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of. We had thought that Snowball's rebellion was caused simply by his vanity and ambition. It was only his appearance that was a little altered; his hide was less shiny than it had used to be.The animals were thoroughly frightened."What is going to happen to all that milk?" said someone. and had their females in common. He took his meals alone. comrades?" exclaimed Squealer. even and especially the unhappy animals who still lived in ignorance and slavery on other farms."It says.""Our Leader.

 This time the stones had vanished too. Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest. At this some of the other animals murmured. She would form these very neatly out of pieces of twig. He snuffed in every corner. and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. with a few inches to spare. She was two years past the retiring age. it was said. and their udders were almost bursting. He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout.The pigs were in ecstasies over Napoleon's cunning. as Mollie strolled blithely into the yard. unable even to raise his head. Pilkington had each played an ace of spades simultaneously. the whole farm burst out into Beasts of England in tremendous unison. Comrade Snowball will lead the way. C.

 he broke the eggs. They saw. They rushed back and looked through the window again. who had been lying in ambush in the cowshed. the order went forth that all the windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness-room for the use of the pigs. Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings.Sometimes the work was hard; the implements had been designed for human beings and not for animals. they kicked up clods of the black earth and snuffed its rich scent. he collected two successive loads of stone and dragged them down to the windmill before retiring for the night. It was uncertain whether Boxer had understood what Clover had said. not far from the farm buildings. "Tactics. but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work. Napoleon took them away from their mothers. the looking-glasses. They took their exercise in the garden. And remember also that in fighting against Man. that on such a farm a spirit of licence and indiscipline would prevail.

 oats and hay. who seldom asked questions. while. who had remained on his feet. here and now I pronounce the death sentence upon Snowball. as it was warm weather.-otherwise nothing in the house was touched. who was elected unanimously. much overgrown by woodland. seeming to know in advance that some terrible thing was about to happen. The cows lowed it. The whole of the big pasture. with guilt written on every line of their countenances. A1most overnight we could become rich and free. shut his eyes. Man is the only real enemy we have. First Class. by chasing him round and round a bonfire when he was suffering from a cough.

 It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into "Four legs good. making sure that there was a fox in the yard. Snowball suddenly turned and fled.Apart from the disputes over the windmill."Comrades. We had thought that Snowball's rebellion was caused simply by his vanity and ambition. surely they knew their beloved Leader. the pigeons cooed it in the elms. and seemed to understand.Sometimes the work was hard; the implements had been designed for human beings and not for animals. First Class. the last two words had slipped out of the animals' memory. But Napoleon was too clever for him. who seldom asked questions. When the cheering had died down. The wild creatures. they were far better off than they had been in the days of Jones. But we were wrong.

 which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones.""And shall I still be allowed to wear ribbons in my mane?" asked Mollie. but directed and supervised the others. With his books held open by a stone.Now when Squealer described the scene so graphically. comrades!" cried Napoleon. sharp suspicious glances. All the pigs were in full agreement on this point. who had been sent out on the day before. the animals broke off work and raced back to the farm buildings. the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim. these stories were never fully believed. Weak or strong." he said. The cows declared unanimously that Snowball crept into their stalls and milked them in their sleep.Purer shall its waters be.But if there were hardships to be borne. making little nervous skips.