← From now onwards it was forbidden to sing it. The animals were taken aback. "Why?" 🔊
← The pigeons who were still sent out to spread tidings of the Rebellion were forbidden to set foot anywhere on Foxwood, and were also ordered to drop their former slogan of "Death to Humanity" in favour of "Death to Frederick." 🔊
← Then there were lamp oil and candles for the house, sugar for Napoleon's own table (he forbade this to the other pigs, on the ground that it made them fat), and all the usual replacements such as tools, nails, string, coal, wire, scrap−iron, and dog biscuits. 🔊
← Rations, reduced in December, were reduced again in February, and lanterns in the stalls were forbidden to save oil. 🔊