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At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar. 🔊

The stupidest questions of all were asked by Mollie, the white mare. The very first question she asked Snowball was: "Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion? " 🔊

"No," said Snowball firmly. "We have no means of making sugar on this farm. Besides, you do not need sugar. 🔊

In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges. 🔊

Hidden under the straw was a little pile of lump sugar and several bunches of ribbon of different colours. 🔊

A fat redfaced man in check breeches and gaiters, who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar. 🔊

Then there were lamp oil and candles for the house, sugar for Napoleon's own table (he forbade this to the other pigs, on the ground that it made them fat), and all the usual replacements such as tools, nails, string, coal, wire, scrapiron, and dog biscuits. 🔊

He even claimed to have been there on one of his higher flights, and to have seen the everlasting fields of clover and the linseed cake and lump sugar growing on the hedges. 🔊

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