← He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark−for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies. 🔊
← Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking. 🔊
← Snowball also threw on to the fire the ribbons with which the horses' manes and tails had usually been decorated on market days. 🔊
← In the end they finished the harvest in two days' less time than it had usually taken Jones and his men. 🔊
← They were always cold, and usually hungry as well. Only Boxer and Clover never lost heart. 🔊
← Frequently he did not even appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually Squealer. 🔊
← They knew that life nowadays was harsh and bare, that they were often hungry and often cold, and that they were usually working when they were not asleep. 🔊