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The animals rushed to the top of it and gazed round them in the clear morning light. 🔊

As the human beings approached the farm buildings, Snowball launched his first attack. All the pigeons, to the number of thirtyfive, flew to and fro over the men's heads and muted upon them from mid−air; and while the men were dealing with this, the geese, who had been hiding behind the hedge, rushed out and pecked viciously at the calves of their legs. 🔊

Snowball now launched his second line of attack. Muriel, Benjamin, and all the sheep, with Snowball at the head of them, rushed forward and prodded and butted the men from every side, while Benjamin turned around and lashed at them with his small hoofs. 🔊

The men gave a shout of triumph. They saw, as they imagined, their enemies in flight, and they rushed after them in disorder. 🔊

At a moment when the opening was clear, the men were glad enough to rush out of the yard and make a bolt for the main road. 🔊

Three days later there was a terrible hullabaloo. Whymper, his face deadly pale, came racing up the path on his bicycle, flung it down in the yard and rushed straight into the farmhouse. 🔊

One night at about twelve o'clock there was a loud crash in the yard, and the animals rushed out of their stalls. 🔊

About half the animals on the farm rushed out to the knoll where the windmill stood. 🔊

Startled, the animals stopped in their tracks. It was Clover's voice. She neighed again, and all the animals broke into a gallop and rushed into the yard. 🔊

They rushed back and looked through the window again. Yes, a violent quarrel was in progress. 🔊

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