← The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership. 🔊
← The animals had assumed as a matter of course that these would be shared out equally; one day, however, the order went forth that all the windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness−room for the use of the pigs. 🔊
← By this time the weather had broken and the spring ploughing had begun. The shed where Snowball had drawn his plans of the windmill had been shut up and it was assumed that the plans had been rubbed off the floor. 🔊
← Too many farmers had assumed, without due enquiry, that on such a farm a spirit of licence and indiscipline would prevail. 🔊