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When time passed and the animals had evidently not starved to death, Frederick and Pilkington changed their tune and began to talk of the terrible wickedness that now flourished on Animal Farm. 🔊

At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brassstudded collars came bounding into the barn. 🔊

A terrible sight had met their eyes. The windmill was in ruins. With one accord they dashed down to the spot. 🔊

When the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. They had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. 🔊

He would put his snout to the ground, give several deep sniffs, and exclaim in a terrible voice, "Snowball! 🔊

"Comrades!" cried Squealer, making little nervous skips, "a most terrible thing has been discovered. Snowball has sold himself to Frederick of Pinchfield Farm, who is even now plotting to attack us and take our farm away from us! 🔊

They all cowered silently in their places, seeming to know in advance that some terrible thing was about to happen. 🔊

When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess. 🔊

In the old days there had often been scenes of bloodshed equally terrible, but it seemed to all of them that it was far worse now that it was happening among themselves. 🔊

Moreover, terrible stories were leaking out from Pinchfield about the cruelties that Frederick practised upon his animals. 🔊

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. 🔊

Napoleon called the animals together immediately and in a terrible voice pronounced the death sentence upon Frederick. 🔊

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. 🔊

He called the animals together and told them that he had a terrible piece of news to impart. 🔊

"Boxer!" cried Clover in a terrible voice. "Boxer! Get out! Get out quickly! They're taking you to your death!" 🔊

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