← As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all through the farm buildings. 🔊
← All men are enemies. All animals are comrades." At this moment there was a tremendous uproar. 🔊
← All were agreed that no animal must ever live there. The animals had their breakfast, and then Snowball and Napoleon called them together again. 🔊
← 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. 🔊
← Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of, it was that they did not want Jones back. 🔊
← There was much discussion as to what the battle should be called. In the end, it was named the Battle of the Cowshed, since that was where the ambush had been sprung. 🔊
← Mr. Jones's gun had been found lying in the mud, and it was known that there was a supply of cartridges in the farmhouse. 🔊
← In the long pasture, not far from the farm buildings, there was a small knoll which was the highest point on the 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. 🔊
← Apart from the disputes over the windmill, there was the question of the defence of the farm. 🔊
← By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go. 🔊
← There was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind. She knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of Jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. 🔊
← There were times when it seemed to the animals that they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in Jones's day. 🔊
← All the same, there were days when they felt that they would sooner have had less figures and more food. 🔊
← Apart from the regular work of the farm, and the rebuilding of the windmill, there was the schoolhouse for the young pigs, which was started in March. 🔊
← In nothing that he said or did was there any sign that his strength was not what it had been. 🔊
← "Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?" That gave the animals pause, and there was a hush. 🔊
← There were many more creatures on the farm now, though the increase was not so great as had been expected in earlier years. 🔊
← It ended by their remaining there for a whole week, during which time the other animals saw nothing of them. 🔊
← What could be happening in there, now that for the first time animals and human beings were meeting on terms of equality? 🔊