← Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices. No animal must ever live in a house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade. 🔊
← You will have all the oats and hay you want." "And shall I still be allowed to wear ribbons in my mane?" 🔊
← All animals should go naked." When Boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it on to the fire with the rest. 🔊
← 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. 3. No animal shall wear clothes. 🔊
← One of them, which was named Foxwood, was a large, neglected, old−fashioned farm, much overgrown by woodland, with all its pastures worn out and its hedges in a disgraceful condition. 🔊
← I forgot that I was wearing iron shoes. Who will believe that I did not do this on purpose?" 🔊
← It consisted of a brass medal (they were really some old horse−brasses which had been found in the harness−room), to be worn on Sundays and holidays. 🔊
← Her coat was newly clipped and she wore a scarlet ribbon round her forelock. She appeared to be enjoying herself, so the pigeons said. 🔊
← At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass−studded collars came bounding into the barn. 🔊
← Nevertheless, as the summer wore on, various unforeseen shortages began to make them selves felt. 🔊
← When they were all gathered together, Napoleon emerged from the farmhouse, wearing both his medals (for he had recently awarded himself "Animal Hero, First Class," and "Animal Hero, Second Class"), with his nine huge dogs frisking round him and uttering growls that sent shivers down all the animals' spines. 🔊
← As the summer wore on, and the windmill neared completion, the rumours of an impending treacherous attack grew stronger and stronger. 🔊
← Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen. 🔊
← At about half past nine Napoleon, wearing an old bowler hat of Mr. Jones's, was distinctly seen to emerge from the back door, gallop rapidly round the yard, and disappear indoors again. 🔊
← About this time, too, it was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal met on the path, the other animal must stand aside: and also that all pigs, of whatever degree, were to have the privilege of wearing green ribbons on their tails on Sundays. 🔊
← It was as though the world had turned upside−down. Then there came a moment when the first shock had worn off and when, in spite of everything−in spite of their terror of the dogs, and of the habit, developed through long years, of never complaining, never criticising, no matter what happened−they might have uttered some word of protest. 🔊
← It did not seem strange when Napoleon was seen strolling in the farmhouse garden with a pipe in his mouth−no, not even when the pigs took Mr. Jones's clothes out of the wardrobes and put them on, Napoleon himself appearing in a black coat, ratcatcher breeches, and leather leggings, while his favourite sow appeared in the watered silk dress which Mrs. Jones had been used to wear on Sundays. 🔊