← "Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? 🔊
← The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out rabbiting, without bothering to feed the animals. 🔊
← It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. The next moment he and his four men were in the store−shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions. 🔊
← Then they sang Beasts of England from end to end seven times running, and after that they settled down for the night and slept as they had never slept before. 🔊
← Then they filed back to the farm buildings and halted in silence outside the door of the farmhouse. 🔊
← All were agreed that no animal must ever live there. The animals had their breakfast, and then Snowball and Napoleon called them together again. 🔊
← Then Snowball (for it was Snowball who was best at writing) took a brush between the two knuckles of his trotter, painted out MANOR FARM from the top bar of the gate and in its place painted ANIMAL FARM. 🔊
← Stone would have to be carried and built up into walls, then the sails would have to be made and after that there would be need for dynamos and cables. 🔊
← The animals listened first to Napoleon, then to Snowball, and could not make up their minds which was right; indeed, they always found themselves in agreement with the one who was speaking at the moment. 🔊
← Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him. Then he was up again, running faster than ever, then the dogs were gaining on him again. 🔊
← And from then on he adopted the maxim, "Napoleon is always right," in addition to his private motto of "I will work harder." 🔊
← They would meet in the public−houses and prove to one another by means of diagrams that the windmill was bound to fall down, or that if it did stand up, then that it would never work. 🔊
← "You have heard then, comrades," he said, "that we pigs now sleep in the beds of the farmhouse? 🔊
← Then it was discovered that the greater part of the potato crop had been frosted in the clamps, which had not been covered thickly enough. 🔊
← The dogs saw to it that these orders were carried out. For five days the hens held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. 🔊
← After a few minutes the men were seen to be running in all directions. Then there was a deafening roar. 🔊
← "Then we have won back what we had before," said Boxer. "That is our victory," said Squealer. 🔊
← At the appointed time the animals would leave their work and march round the precincts of the farm in military formation, with the pigs leading, then the horses, then the cows, then the sheep, and then the poultry. 🔊
← Then they saw what Clover had seen. It was a pig walking on his hind legs. 🔊
← Then, the applause having come to an end, the company took up their cards and continued the game that had been interrupted, and the animals crept silently away. 🔊