← Alone among the animals on the farm he never laughed. If asked why, he would say that he saw nothing to laugh at. 🔊
← If he were gone, we should starve to death." Others asked such questions as "Why should we care what happens after we are dead?" 🔊
← The stupidest questions of all were asked by Mollie, the white mare. The very first question she asked Snowball was: "Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion? " 🔊
← asked Mollie. "Comrade," said Snowball, "those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. 🔊
← About the Rebellion and its results he would express no opinion. When asked whether he was not happier now that Jones was gone, he would say only "Donkeys live a long time. 🔊
← The windmill was, in fact, Napoleon's own creation. Why, then, asked somebody, had he spoken so strongly against it? 🔊
← It was pure imagination, probably traceable in the beginning to lies circulated by Snowball. A few animals still felt faintly doubtful, but Squealer asked them shrewdly, "Are you certain that this is not something that you have dreamed, comrades? 🔊
← Even Boxer, who seldom asked questions, was puzzled. He lay down, tucked his fore hoofs beneath him, shut his eyes, and with a hard effort managed to formulate his thoughts. 🔊
← Clover asked Benjamin to read her the Sixth Commandment, and when Benjamin, as usual, said that he refused to meddle in such matters, she fetched Muriel. 🔊
← Frederick, it was said, intended to bring against them twenty men all armed with guns, and he had already bribed the magistrates and police, so that if he could once get hold of the titleādeeds of Animal Farm they would ask no questions. 🔊
← With tears in their eyes they asked one another what they should do if their Leader were taken away from them. 🔊
← Mr. Pilkington, of Foxwood, had stood up, his mug in his hand. In a moment, he said, he would ask the present company to drink a toast. 🔊
← And now, he said finally, he would ask the company to rise to their feet and make certain that their glasses were full. 🔊