← As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all through the farm buildings. 🔊
← It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way. 🔊
← Soon or late the day is coming, Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown, And the fruitful fields of England Shall be trod by beasts alone. 🔊
← Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest. 🔊
← And the behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar. It was soon noticed that when there was work to be done the cat could never be found. 🔊
← It happened that Jessie and Bluebell had both whelped soon after the hay harvest, giving birth between them to nine sturdy puppies. 🔊
← As soon as they were weaned, Napoleon took them away from their mothers, saying that he would make himself responsible for their education. 🔊
← He took them up into a loft which could only be reached by a ladder from the harness−room, and there kept them in such seclusion that the rest of the farm soon forgot their existence. 🔊
← The mystery of where the milk went to was soon cleared up. It was mixed every day into the pigs' mash. 🔊
← This was just what Snowball had intended. As soon as they were well inside the yard, the three horses, the three cows, and the rest of the pigs, who had been lying in ambush in the cowshed, suddenly emerged in their rear, cutting them off. 🔊
← She had taken to flight as soon as the gun went off. And when the others came back from looking for her, it was to find that the stable−lad, who in fact was only stunned, had already recovered and made off. 🔊
← At first no one had been able to imagine where these creatures came from, but the problem was soon solved: they were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately. 🔊
← Once again some of the animals heard this with a certain bewilderment, but Squealer was soon able to convince them that their memories had been at fault. 🔊
← There were fifteen men, with half a dozen guns between them, and they opened fire as soon as they got within fifty yards. 🔊
← The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets, and in spite of the efforts of Napoleon and Boxer to rally them, they were soon driven back. 🔊
← It was given out that the pasture was exhausted and needed re−seeding; but it soon became known that Napoleon intended to sow it with barley. 🔊
← The dogs immediately made a ring round Squealer, and escorted him back to the farmhouse as soon as he was able to walk. 🔊
← The field beyond the orchard had already been sown with barley. And the news soon leaked out that every pig was now receiving a ration of a pint of beer daily, with half a gallon for Napoleon himself, which was always served to him in the Crown Derby soup tureen. 🔊
← These were large sheets of paper which had to be closely covered with writing, and as soon as they were so covered, they were burnt in the furnace. 🔊
← Some day it was coming: it might not be soon, it might not be within the lifetime of any animal now living, but still it was coming. 🔊