But the pigswere so clever that they could think of
a way round every difficulty. I have no wish to take life, not even human life,
repeated Boxer, andhis eyes were full of tears.
By theautumn almost every animal on the farm was
literate in some degree. The other farm, which was called Pinchfield, wassmaller and
better kept.
All the pigs were in fullagreement on this point,
even Snowball and Napoleon. These two disagreed at every pointwhere disagreement was
possible. With the worthless parasitical human beingsgone, there was more for
everyone to eat.
By theautumn almost every animal on the farm was
literate in some degree.
Clover learntthe whole alphabet, but could not put
words together. This was what came of rebelling against the laws of Nature,Frederick
and Pilkington said.
Now that Snowball was out of the way, the plan
could goforward without his interference. Within a few weeks Snowballs plans for the
windmill were fully workedout.
He had declared himself against the windmill from
the start.
Jones used sometimes to mix some of it in our mash,
said one of the hens. Joness and had painted on ita hoof and a horn in white. Then
thesheep broke out into a tremendous bleating of Four legs good, two legsbad!
Snowballdid not deny that to build it would be a difficult business.
It was possible to foreseethat the coming winter
would be a hard one.
Then they filed back to the farm buildings and
halted in silence outsidethe door of the farmhouse. Snowball now gave the signal for
the charge. Thismorning I saw you looking over the hedge that divides Animal Farm
fromFoxwood.
Jones used sometimes to mix some of it in our mash,
said one of the hens.
Several of them would haveprotested if they could
have found the right arguments. One false step, and our enemies would be upon us. It
should therefore be regarded as a leg. From morning to night he was pushing and
pulling, alwaysat the spot where the work was hardest. The rest of the animals
satfacing them in the main body of the barn.
Who will believe that I did not dothis on
purpose?
And every animal down to the humblest worked at
turning thehay and gathering it. It was soonnoticed that when there was work to be
done the cat could never be found. You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are
doingthis in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?
Nowadays they did not sit all together as they had
donein the past. Squealer was sent tomake the necessary explanations to the
others.
As usual, Snowball and Napoleon were
indisagreement. It was soonnoticed that when there was work to be done the cat could
never be found.