← Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal. 🔊
← As the human beings approached the farm buildings, Snowball launched his first attack. All the pigeons, to the number of thirty−five, flew to and fro over the men's heads and muted upon them from mid−air; and while the men were dealing with this, the geese, who had been hiding behind the hedge, rushed out and pecked viciously at the calves of their legs. 🔊
← They had just finished singing it for the third time when Squealer, attended by two dogs, approached them with the air of having something important to say. 🔊
← Frederick and his men might make their long−expected attack at any moment. Sentinels were placed at all the approaches to the farm. 🔊
← It was as though the windmill had never been. As they approached the farm Squealer, who had unaccountably been absent during the fighting, came skipping towards them, whisking his tail and beaming with satisfaction. 🔊
← His twelfth birthday was approaching. He did not care what happened so long as a good store of stone was accumulated before he went on pension. 🔊