← Everyone fled to his own sleeping−place. The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment. 🔊
← The birds at first objected, since it seemed to them that they also had two legs, but Snowball proved to them that this was not so. 🔊
← "A bird's wing, comrades," he said, "is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. 🔊
← The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart. 🔊
← Two whole days were given over to celebrations. There were songs, speeches, and more firing of the gun, and a special gift of an apple was bestowed on every animal, with two ounces of corn for each bird and three biscuits for each dog. 🔊