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On Sundays there was no work. Breakfast was an hour later than usual, and after breakfast there was a ceremony which was observed every week without fail. 🔊

Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! 🔊

But it was a slow, laborious process. Frequently it took a whole day of exhausting effort to drag a single boulder to the top of the quarry, and sometimes when it was pushed over the edge it failed to break. 🔊

Squealer made excellent speeches on the joy of service and the dignity of labour, but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer's strength and his neverfailing cry of "I will work harder! " 🔊

Besides, in those days they had been slaves and now they were free, and that made all the difference, as Squealer did not fail to point out. 🔊

"My sight is failing," she said finally. "Even when I was young I could not have read what was written there. 🔊

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