← And what has happened to that milk which should have been breeding up sturdy calves? 🔊
← or "If this Rebellion is to happen anyway, what difference does it make whether we work for it or not? 🔊
← And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs. 🔊
← "What is going to happen to all that milk?" said someone. "Jones used sometimes to mix some of it in our mash," said one of the hens. 🔊
← She would vanish for hours on end, and then reappear at meal−times, or in the evening after work was over, as though nothing had happened. 🔊
← BY THE late summer the news of what had happened on Animal Farm had spread across half the county. 🔊
← The one argued that if they could not defend themselves they were bound to be conquered, the other argued that if rebellions happened everywhere they would have no need to defend themselves. 🔊
← skipping round and whisking his tail with a merry laugh. The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions. 🔊
← And Squealer, who happened to be passing at this moment, attended by two or three dogs, was able to put the whole matter in its proper perspective. 🔊
← When the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. They had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. 🔊
← It happened that there was in the yard a pile of timber which had been stacked there ten years earlier when a beech spinney was cleared. 🔊
← In the old days there had often been scenes of bloodshed equally terrible, but it seemed to all of them that it was far worse now that it was happening among themselves. 🔊
← Finally he said: "I do not understand it. I would not have believed that such things could happen on our farm. 🔊
← Whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of Napoleon. 🔊
← Late one evening in the summer, a sudden rumour ran round the farm that something had happened to Boxer. 🔊
← Boxer professed not to be sorry for what had happened. If he made a good recovery, he might expect to live another three years, and he looked forward to the peaceful days that he would spend in the corner of the big pasture. 🔊
← It was as though the world had turned upside−down. Then there came a moment when the first shock had worn off and when, in spite of everything−in spite of their terror of the dogs, and of the habit, developed through long years, of never complaining, never criticising, no matter what happened−they might have uttered some word of protest. 🔊
← What could be happening in there, now that for the first time animals and human beings were meeting on terms of equality? 🔊
← But as the animals outside gazed at the scene, it seemed to them that some strange thing was happening. 🔊
← Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. 🔊