← That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion! I do not know when that Rebellion will come, it might be in a week or in a hundred years, but I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner or later justice will be done. 🔊
← They were so delighted with the song that they sang it right through five times in succession, and might have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted. 🔊
← or "Whoa back, comrade!" as the case might be. And every animal down to the humblest worked at turning the hay and gathering it. 🔊
← Clover learnt the whole alphabet, but could not put words together. Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof, and then would stand staring at the letters with his ears back, sometimes shaking his forelock, trying with all his might to remember what came next and never succeeding. 🔊
← "Where is Mollie?" exclaimed somebody. Mollie in fact was missing. For a moment there was great alarm; it was feared that the men might have harmed her in some way, or even carried her off with them. 🔊
← It was fully realised that though the human beings had been defeated in the Battle of the Cowshed they might make another and more determined attempt to recapture the farm and reinstate Mr. Jones. 🔊
← In glowing sentences he painted a picture of Animal Farm as it might be when sordid labour was lifted from the animals' backs. 🔊
← But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? 🔊
← He did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work, it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. 🔊
← Napoleon was well aware of the bad results that might follow if the real facts of the food situation were known, and he decided to make use of Mr. Whymper to spread a contrary impression. 🔊
← 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. 🔊
← But that society has now been established. Clearly this song has no longer any purpose." Frightened though they were, some of the animals might possibly have protested, but at this moment the sheep set up their usual bleating of "Four legs good, two legs bad," which went on for several minutes and put an end to the discussion. 🔊
← Frederick and his men might make their long−expected attack at any moment. Sentinels were placed at all the approaches to the farm. 🔊
← Wistful glances were sent in the direction of Foxwood. If Pilkington and his men would help them, the day might yet be won. 🔊
← In any case he had no difficulty in proving to the other animals that they were not in reality short of food, whatever the appearances might be. 🔊
← 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. 🔊
← Some day it was coming: it might not be soon, it might not be within the lifetime of any animal now living, but still it was coming. 🔊
← It might be that their lives were hard and that not all of their hopes had been fulfilled; but they were conscious that they were not as other animals. 🔊
← 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. 🔊
← This, too, would be suppressed, and the skull had already been buried. His visitors might have observed, too, the green flag which flew from the masthead. 🔊