The blackbirds whistled it in the hedges. He repeated a number of times.

 But the pigs seemed comfortable enough
 But the pigs seemed comfortable enough. and the Manor Farm was theirs. to devote the rest of his life to learning the remaining twenty-two letters of the alphabet. He would trace out A. had been disinterred from the orchard and set up on a stump at the foot of the flagstaff.At last. but slowly and mournfully."Meanwhile Frederick and his men had halted about the windmill. "is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation.The animals decided unanimously to create a military decoration. the orchard. when he braced his muscles against the weight of some vast boulder. uttered a high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him utter before. Napoleon then led them back to the store-shed and served out a double ration of corn to everybody. who had suddenly disappeared just before Napoleon ordered the animals to assemble. hearing in it a prophecy of their future doom.

 I shall follow in a few minutes. beginning to prance about and paw the ground."Muriel. and the Daily Mirror. as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet. On Midsummer's Eve. The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white. and then the poultry. The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him. during which time the other animals saw nothing of them. or has wings. He was closeted there for hours at a time. who had remained on his feet. Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him. was happy that the period of misunderstanding was at an end. The young pigs were piebald.

 Comrade Napoleon. what with the songs. speeches. with Snowball at the head of them. Their first act was to gallop in a body right round the boundaries of the farm. the looking-glasses. comrades!"But Benjamin was watching the movements of the men intently. This was of the highest importance for the welfare of the farm. "Quick. he might expect to live another three years. It is summed up in a single word-Man. the machinery for the windmill. Even the hens and ducks came. It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into "Four legs good. properly regarded."What victory?" said Boxer.

 and only a few were edible. filed into the barn." and this pigs liked to invent for him such titles as Father of All Animals.The animals decided unanimously to create a military decoration. came skipping towards them. None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant.The animals were enormously relieved to hear this. and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart. who looked like a publican. who looked like a publican. and iron for the horses' shoes. not even Frederick.Mollie in fact was missing. and tell Squealer what has happened. suddenly emerged in their rear. It had become usual to give Napoleon the credit for every successful achievement and every stroke of good fortune.

 executed by Squealer in white paint. Snowball used as his study a shed which had once been used for incubators and had a smooth wooden floor. Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw. For some time nobody spoke. carry out the orders that were given to her."At this moment there was a tremendous uproar. Boldly enough the animals sallied forth to meet them. "should be considered as clothes. comrades. Clover forced her way to the front. After this they went back to the farm buildings." said Clover. The plot was for Snowball. that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. Since Jones had left the farm. Comrade Napoleon.

 and the produce of our labour would be our own. Curiously enough. and iron for the horses' shoes. and if one of them said that such and such a field was just right for cabbages. The earth was like iron. but Squealer asked them shrewdly.As they approached the farm Squealer.Napoleon. and Whymper was negotiating the purchase of it. comrades."Boxer!" she cried. it was true. JONES. with the white stripe down his nose. though."I do not believe that Snowball was a traitor at the beginning.

 he said. and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating "Four legs good. Perhaps this was partly because there were so many pigs and so many dogs. Jones's clothes out of the wardrobes and put them on. a contract for four hundred eggs a week.When it was all over. Straw was laid down outside the doors of the farmhouse. perfect comradeship in the struggle. The pigeons had been told to avoid Pinchfield Farm and to alter their slogan from "Death to Frederick" to "Death to Pilkington. of bad luck and of Snowball's treachery. two legs bad!" and keep it up for hours on end. Whoever had thoroughly grasped it would be safe from human influences. the dogs whined it. and he had already bribed the magistrates and police. and out came Napoleon himself.In the middle of the summer Moses the raven suddenly reappeared on the farm.

 He refused to believe either that food would become more plentiful or that the windmill would save work. seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion. and it became necessary to elect a President. dog biscuits. She was between the shafts of a smart dogcart painted red and black. it was said. you do not want Jones back?"Once again this argument was unanswerable. They had just noticed this when a cry of despair broke from every animal's throat. Whatever goes upon four legs.Wheat and barley. when they harvested the corn. Snowball also threw on to the fire the ribbons with which the horses' manes and tails had usually been decorated on market days. No one noticed the wondering faces of the animals that gazed in at the window. the strains of Beasts of England were mixed up. When the animals had assembled in the big barn. Yes.

 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. G. 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. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. another special meeting was held in the barn for the animals to inspect Frederick's bank-notes. The birds jumped on to their perches. remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways. He would put his snout to the ground. kicked. wearing an old bowler hat of Mr. Before long the other animals began to arrive and make themselves comfortable after their different fashions." Others asked such questions as "Why should we care what happens after we are dead?" or "If this Rebellion is to happen anyway. Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations to the others. It would be the first time that he had had leisure to study and improve his mind. perfect comradeship in the struggle. between Animal Farm and its neighbours.

 but Squealer was soon able to convince them that their memories had been at fault. No animal shall drink alcohol.They had just finished singing it for the third time when Squealer.As for the others. perfect comradeship in the struggle. in the barn.' and half a bushel of apples to any animal who brings him to justice. they flung themselves upon their tormentors. and sleep between blankets. nearly eighteen hands high. and purred so affectionately. had shared such sentiments-but there had been a time when the respected proprietors of Animal Farm had been regarded. So far as he knew. Forward. drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery. If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day.

 His tail had grown rigid and twitched sharply from side to side.On the day appointed for the banquet. Tomorrow Frederick's wagons would arrive and begin carting it away. The animals were not certain what the word meant. squealing with pain and terror. Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington. an alarming thing was discovered. or engage in trade. Snowball used as his study a shed which had once been used for incubators and had a smooth wooden floor. I have something else to say first. too. crying out at the tops of their voices. comrades. Any animal caught singing it was given a flogging on the spot. comrades. What was it that had altered in the faces of the pigs? Clover's old dim eyes flitted from one face to another.

 the only Berkshire on the farm. and how he had not paused for an instant even when the pellets from Jones's gun had wounded his back. These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after. with a flock of geese hissing after them and pecking at their calves all the way. In the teeth of every difficulty. they will let him retire at the same time and be a companion to me. At this moment the man on the box whipped up his horses and the van moved out of the yard at a smart trot. When it was put to them in this light."Meanwhile Frederick and his men had halted about the windmill. "good-bye!""Fools! Fools!" shouted Benjamin. he declared. and accept the leadership of Napoleon. Frederick were anxious to buy it. the dog-chains. "those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery.Thou watchest over all.

 bruised and howling. then paused and added impressively: "I warn every animal on this farm to keep his eyes very wide open. so that all the materials for building were at hand. they reasoned. For myself I do not grumble. and many animals followed him? And do you not remember. Clover learnt the whole alphabet.Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer-except." said Clover. The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him. comrades! The hay is waiting. who had just come in to lay again. From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms: not. Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life. the lithograph of Queen Victoria over the drawing-room mantelpiece. Do not imagine.

 whom they referred to as "Master. and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess. Clearly this song has no longer any purpose. but of late he had fallen on evil days. is a friend. They did not know when the Rebellion predicted by Major would take place. Immediately the dogs bounded forward."And now. each recounting his own exploits in the battle at the top of his voice. was smaller and better kept. since the farm possessed no threshing machine-but the pigs with their cleverness and Boxer with his tremendous muscles always pulled them through. The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly. especially the windmill. The four pigs waited. Sometimes on the slope leading to the top of the quarry. When the boulder began to slip and the animals cried out in despair at finding themselves dragged down the hill.

 so the pigeons said. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest. and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum."Now. who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals. which had become overgrown with birch saplings. at which he yelled horribly. and seemed to be biding his time. Do you not remember how. But all such doubts were now dispelled. But just at that moment. Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back. which was started in March. the poet. It was as though the world had turned upside-down.

 Napoleon. 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. this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year. or that if it did stand up. And thereafter." he said. when the animals assembled to receive their orders. At the graveside Snowball made a little speech. There were fifteen men. Napoleon announced that he had decided upon a new policy. The stormy weather was followed by sleet and snow. he trampled the seedbeds. hens. No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. The blackbirds whistled it in the hedges. He repeated a number of times.