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She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with. 🔊

As for the dogs, when they grow old and toothless, Jones ties a brick round their necks and drowns them in the nearest pond. 🔊

When he did emerge, it was in a ceremonial manner, with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near. 🔊

As the summer wore on, and the windmill neared completion, the rumours of an impending treacherous attack grew stronger and stronger. 🔊

The two with the hammer and the crowbar were drilling a hole near the base of the windmill. 🔊

Squealer, temporarily stunned, was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lantern, a paintbrush, and an overturned pot of white paint. 🔊

The sheep were the greatest devotees of the Spontaneous Demonstration, and if anyone complained (as a few animals sometimes did, when no pigs or dogs were near) that they wasted time and meant a lot of standing about in the cold, the sheep were sure to silence him with a tremendous bleating of "Four legs good, two legs bad!" 🔊

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