← After the horses came Muriel, the white goat, and Benjamin, the donkey. Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. 🔊
← None of the other animals on the farm could get further than the letter A. 🔊
← At this some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use. All the pigs were in full agreement on this point, even Snowball and Napoleon. 🔊
← One of Mr. Pilkington's men was standing on the other side of the hedge. 🔊
← In the long pasture, not far from the farm buildings, there was a small knoll which was the highest point on the farm. 🔊
← Napoleon, on the other hand, argued that the great need of the moment was to increase food production, and that if they wasted time on the windmill they would all starve to death. 🔊
← At last the day came when Snowball's plans were completed. At the Meeting on the following Sunday the question of whether or not to begin work on the windmill was to be put to the vote. 🔊
← On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among Napoleon's papers. 🔊
← All this while no more had been seen of Snowball. He was rumoured to be hiding on one of the neighbouring farms, either Foxwood or Pinchfield. 🔊
← "But they have destroyed the windmill. And we had worked on it for two years!" 🔊
← By the evening, however, Napoleon appeared to be somewhat better, and the following morning Squealer was able to tell them that he was well on the way to recovery. 🔊
← The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage. 🔊
← He is lying on his side and can't get up!" 🔊
← About half the animals on the farm rushed out to the knoll where the windmill stood. 🔊
← "Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?" That gave the animals pause, and there was a hush. 🔊
← There were many more creatures on the farm now, though the increase was not so great as had been expected in earlier years. 🔊
← It was just after the sheep had returned, on a pleasant evening when the animals had finished work and were making their way back to the farm buildings, that the terrified neighing of a horse sounded from the yard. 🔊
← Then they saw what Clover had seen. It was a pig walking on his hind legs. 🔊
← And a moment later, out from the door of the farmhouse came a long file of pigs, all walking on their hind legs. 🔊
← He believed that he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county. 🔊