← The harness−room at the end of the stables was broken open; the bits, the nose−rings, the dog−chains, the cruel knives with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs, were all flung down the well. 🔊
← That was theirs too, but they were frightened to go inside. After a moment, however, Snowball and Napoleon butted the door open with their shoulders and the animals entered in single file, walking with the utmost care for fear of disturbing anything. 🔊
← He was closeted there for hours at a time. With his books held open by a stone, and with a piece of chalk gripped between the knuckles of his trotter, he would move rapidly to and fro, drawing in line after line and uttering little whimpers of excitement. 🔊
← He turned to go, then paused and added impressively: "I warn every animal on this farm to keep his eyes very wide open. 🔊
← There were fifteen men, with half a dozen guns between them, and they opened fire as soon as they got within fifty yards. 🔊