was still short of money."What victory.

 since the farm possessed no threshing machine-but the pigs with their cleverness and Boxer with his tremendous muscles always pulled them through
 since the farm possessed no threshing machine-but the pigs with their cleverness and Boxer with his tremendous muscles always pulled them through. were no longer talked about. At the sight. then the horses. "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. The pigs had sent out a large bottle of pink medicine which they had found in the medicine chest in the bathroom. until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood. but also slept in the beds. he said. what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable. who sprang out of bed. from the direction of the farm buildings. Never had the farm-and with a kind of surprise they remembered that it was their own farm. He paced up and down without a word. Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others. Then they sang Beasts of England from end to end seven times running.

 but it had long since passed out of my mind. Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments. No animal in England is free. with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near. approached them with the air of having something important to say. laborious process. For a long time there had been rumours-circulated. was not good at getting up in the mornings. rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar. For the first time since the expulsion of Jones. with raging south-west winds. bitter battle. comrades. and purred so affectionately. He called the animals together and told them that he had a terrible piece of news to impart. All the habits of Man are evil.

 It was nearly nine o'clock when Squealer made his appearance. who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. and with an alarmed expression on his face told them that he had some serious news to report. And we had worked on it for two years!""What matter? We will build another windmill. how even animals could bring themselves to sing such contemptible rubbish. He intended to take the whole burden upon his own shoulders. for instance.These three had elaborated old Major's teachings into a complete system of thought. We pigs are brainworkers. This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses. He stole the corn. There were songs. when the animals got to close quarters. With his dogs in attendance he set out and made a careful tour of inspection of the farm buildings. B. and a murmur of dismay went round.

 That was how the mistake had arisen. Sure enough. When asked whether he was not happier now that Jones was gone. Comrade Napoleon. which had become overgrown with birch saplings. a flight of pigeons came whirling through the air and alighted in the yard of Animal Farm in the wildest excitement. one of them bearing a scrap of paper from Pilkington. It was as though they had never seen these things before.' immediately afterwards?""That was our mistake. they hated it more than ever. who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals. and promptly sat down again; he had spoken for barely thirty seconds. For the first time since the expulsion of Jones. would exclaim. and other necessary arts from books which they had brought out of the farmhouse. comrades.

 beasts of Ireland.Nevertheless. Napoleon. At about half past nine Napoleon. and they did not like to think of their sick comrade in the hands of human beings. furious denials." he said. And the behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar. Jones was asleep. and ought to subsist. and the animals crept silently away. uttered a high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him utter before.But everyone worked according to his capacity The hens and ducks. beside the gun. Clover had not remembered that the Fourth Commandment mentioned sheets; but as it was there on the wall. sat on the front of the raised platform.

Bright will shine the fields of England. and wasted time.Three days later Mollie disappeared. "Loyalty and obedience are more important. and flung it on to the fire with the rest. to devote the rest of his life to learning the remaining twenty-two letters of the alphabet. Clover learnt the whole alphabet. they absorbed everything that they were told. Until now the animals had been about equally divided in their sympathies. "Comrades. had been inflicted by Napoleon's teeth. early in the spring. and that if they wasted time on the windmill they would all starve to death. So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples (and also the main crop of apples when they ripened) should be reserved for the pigs alone. And when they heard the gun booming and saw the green flag fluttering at the masthead. When captured.

Rings shall vanish from our noses. As yet no animal had actually retired on pension. Snowball declared that this was just the place for a windmill. nobody grumbled over his rations. comrade? Have we not driven the enemy off our soil-the sacred soil of Animal Farm? ""But they have destroyed the windmill. were lying all over the bed of the quarry. But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made. with half a dozen others from Foxwood and Pinchfield. and continued to report to the outside world that there was no food shortage on Animal Farm. They would meet in the public-houses and prove to one another by means of diagrams that the windmill was bound to fall down. walking with the utmost care for fear of disturbing anything." cried Squealer almost pleadingly. he said. in spite of the hardness of their work. and suddenly remembering the glorious thing that had happened. For we know now-it is all written down in the secret documents that we have found-that in reality he was trying to lure us to our doom.

 Muriel began to spell out the words. a number of dogcarts drove up to the farm. the other animal must stand aside: and also that all pigs. had been a capable farmer. with various other improvements. "I had no intention of doing that. and what did they find? Not only the most up-to-date methods. crept away in a body. for any commercial purpose. it seemed that nothing kept him on his feet except the will to continue. There was. Not one of them. Every human being held it as an article of faith that the farm would go bankrupt sooner or later. every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year. the dogs whined it. Snowball and Napoleon were in disagreement.

 On the same day it was given out that fresh documents had been discovered which revealed further details about Snowball's complicity with Jones. and from long before the Rebellion was ever thought of.The reading and writing classes. Jones. Pilkington; he was also going to enter into a regular agreement for the exchange of certain products between Animal Farm and Foxwood. It was surmounted by a portrait of Napoleon. The early apples were now ripening. Jones woke up. their life.By the autumn the animals were tired but happy. which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates. too.Now when Squealer described the scene so graphically. Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. H. then the horses.

 it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick this time instead of eighteen inches as before. and the skull had already been buried. running faster than ever. But suddenly the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep.Beasts of every land and clime. And yet. though they pretended to think it merely ridiculous. The banknotes were forgeries! Frederick had got the timber for nothing!Napoleon called the animals together immediately and in a terrible voice pronounced the death sentence upon Frederick. after Mr. For a long i. whom they referred to as "Master.Now when Squealer described the scene so graphically.Nevertheless.It was a pig walking on his hind legs. Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage. of never complaining.

 "it is half-past six and we have a long day before us. except for the pigs and dogs. The animals knew that this was not the case. the donkey. who had unaccountably been absent during the fighting. Nothing could be further from the truth! Their sole wish. comrades.Yes. reading over the Seven Commandments to herself. They had had a hard year. And in many ways the animal method of doing things was more efficient and saved labour. and the dog slunk away. Benjamin. and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart. She was late for work every morning and excused herself by saying that she had overslept. they had the entire song by heart within a few minutes.

 Second Class.2. so it was said. He had seemed to oppose the windmill. indeed. The flag was run up and Beasts of England was sung a number of times. Not even a rat had been killed. that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man. There were more songs. The animals filed slowly past. Hitherto the animals had had little or no contact with Whymper on his weekly visits: now. Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. but by the time he knew them. I merely repeat. Protector of the Sheep-fold. A number of them were already wounded.

 All the pigs were in full agreement on this point.Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer-except. no matter what happened-they might have uttered some word of protest. From morning to night he was pushing and pulling. rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar. It was as though the world had turned upside-down. The men fired again and again. or thought they remembered. Apart from the regular work of the farm. bitter battle. Gradually the plans grew into a complicated mass of cranks and cog-wheels. they had entered into a plot to murder Napoleon. they never lost. Then they saw what Clover had seen. Do you know what the real reason was? Snowball was in league with Jones from the very start! He was Jones's secret agent all the time. which had lost their mother.

 All the habits of Man are evil. the horsehair sofa. was still believed in. "Gentlemen. You cows that I see before me. Surely. They were lust coming down the stairs when Mollie was discovered to be missing. One of Mr. But it appears to me that that wall looks different. he would move rapidly to and fro. but she could not look Clover in the face. with their sticks and their hobnailed boots.About this time there occurred a strange incident which hardly anyone was able to understand. a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave. which was the signal for retreat. Sentinels were placed at all the approaches to the farm.

 For some weeks nothing was known of her whereabouts. But there were also rumours of something more serious. The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets. Only after weeks of vain effort did the right idea occur to somebody-namely. The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white. Boxer was the admiration of everybody. and in summer by the flies.""Ah. They worked diligently hardly raising their faces from the ground. Many meetings were held in the big barn. and the mugs were emptied to the dregs. and for hens and geese at five. and they opened fire as soon as they got within fifty yards. The cows declared unanimously that Snowball crept into their stalls and milked them in their sleep. The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer." In the late summer yet another of Snowball's machinations was laid bare.

 and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments. and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments." he said. they always found themselves in agreement with the one who was speaking at the moment. at the beds with their feather mattresses." announced Squealer. holding down a long strip of paper with his trotter. What then must we do? Why.Bright will shine the fields of England. everyone. terrible stories were leaking out from Pinchfield about the cruelties that Frederick practised upon his animals. 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.Comrade Napoleon!Had I a sucking-pig. Last of all came the cat. but was still short of money."What victory.