← But it was some minutes before they could fully take it in. They all remembered, or thought they remembered, how they had seen Snowball charging ahead of them at the Battle of the Cowshed, how he had rallied and encouraged them at every turn, and how he had not paused for an instant even when the pellets from Jones's gun had wounded his back. 🔊
← He turned to go, then paused and added impressively: "I warn every animal on this farm to keep his eyes very wide open. 🔊
← "Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?" That gave the animals pause, and there was a hush. 🔊
← At the gate they paused, half frightened to go on but Clover led the way in. 🔊