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Now
if
there
was
one
thing
that
the
animals
were
completely
certain
of
,
it
was
that
they
did
not
want
Jones
back
.
When
it
was
put
to
them
in
this
light
,
they
had
no
more
to
say
.
The
importance
of
keeping
the
pigs
in
good
health
was
all
too
obvious
.
So
it
was
agreed
without
further
argument
that
the
milk
and
the
windfall
apples
(
and
also
the
main
crop
of
apples
when
they
ripened
)
should
be
reserved
for
the
pigs
alone
.
By
the
late
summer
the
news
of
what
had
happened
on
Animal
Farm
had
spread
across
half
the
county
.
Every
day
Snowball
and
Napoleon
sent
out
flights
of
pigeons
whose
instructions
were
to
mingle
with
the
animals
on
neighbouring
farms
,
tell
them
the
story
of
the
Rebellion
,
and
teach
them
the
tune
of
‘
Beasts
of
England
’
.
Most
of
this
time
Mr
.
Jones
had
spent
sitting
in
the
taproom
of
the
Red
Lion
at
Willingdon
,
complaining
to
anyone
who
would
listen
of
the
monstrous
injustice
he
had
suffered
in
being
turned
out
of
his
property
by
a
pack
of
good
-
for
-
nothing
animals
.
The
other
farmers
sympathised
in
principle
,
but
they
did
not
at
first
give
him
much
help
.
At
heart
,
each
of
them
was
secretly
wondering
whether
he
could
not
somehow
turn
Jones
’
s
misfortune
to
his
own
advantage
.
It
was
lucky
that
the
owners
of
the
two
farms
which
adjoined
Animal
Farm
were
on
permanently
bad
terms
.
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
.
Its
owner
,
Mr
.
Pilkington
,
was
an
easy
-
going
gentleman
farmer
who
spent
most
of
his
time
in
fishing
or
hunting
according
to
the
season
.
The
other
farm
,
which
was
called
Pinchfield
,
was
smaller
and
better
kept
.
Its
owner
was
a
Mr
.
Frederick
,
a
tough
,
shrewd
man
,
perpetually
involved
in
lawsuits
and
with
a
name
for
driving
hard
bargains
.
These
two
disliked
each
other
so
much
that
it
was
difficult
for
them
to
come
to
any
agreement
,
even
in
defence
of
their
own
interests
.
Nevertheless
,
they
were
both
thoroughly
frightened
by
the
rebellion
on
Animal
Farm
,
and
very
anxious
to
prevent
their
own
animals
from
learning
too
much
about
it
.
At
first
they
pretended
to
laugh
to
scorn
the
idea
of
animals
managing
a
farm
for
themselves
.
The
whole
thing
would
be
over
in
a
fortnight
,
they
said
.
They
put
it
about
that
the
animals
on
the
Manor
Farm
(
they
insisted
on
calling
it
the
Manor
Farm
;
they
would
not
tolerate
the
name
"
Animal
Farm
"
)
were
perpetually
fighting
among
themselves
and
were
also
rapidly
starving
to
death
.
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
.
It
was
given
out
that
the
animals
there
practised
cannibalism
,
tortured
one
another
with
red
-
hot
horseshoes
,
and
had
their
females
in
common
.
This
was
what
came
of
rebelling
against
the
laws
of
Nature
,
Frederick
and
Pilkington
said
.
However
,
these
stories
were
never
fully
believed
.
Rumours
of
a
wonderful
farm
,
where
the
human
beings
had
been
turned
out
and
the
animals
managed
their
own
affairs
,
continued
to
circulate
in
vague
and
distorted
forms
,
and
throughout
that
year
a
wave
of
rebelliousness
ran
through
the
countryside
.
Bulls
which
had
always
been
tractable
suddenly
turned
savage
,
sheep
broke
down
hedges
and
devoured
the
clover
,
cows
kicked
the
pail
over
,
hunters
refused
their
fences
and
shot
their
riders
on
to
the
other
side
.
Above
all
,
the
tune
and
even
the
words
of
‘
Beasts
of
England
’
were
known
everywhere
.
It
had
spread
with
astonishing
speed
.
The
human
beings
could
not
contain
their
rage
when
they
heard
this
song
,
though
they
pretended
to
think
it
merely
ridiculous
.
They
could
not
understand
,
they
said
,
how
even
animals
could
bring
themselves
to
sing
such
contemptible
rubbish
.
Any
animal
caught
singing
it
was
given
a
flogging
on
the
spot
.
And
yet
the
song
was
irrepressible
.
The
blackbirds
whistled
it
in
the
hedges
,
the
pigeons
cooed
it
in
the
elms
,
it
got
into
the
din
of
the
smithies
and
the
tune
of
the
church
bells
.
And
when
the
human
beings
listened
to
it
,
they
secretly
trembled
,
hearing
in
it
a
prophecy
of
their
future
doom
.
Early
in
October
,
when
the
corn
was
cut
and
stacked
and
some
of
it
was
already
threshed
,
a
flight
of
pigeons
came
whirling
through
the
air
and
alighted
in
the
yard
of
Animal
Farm
in
the
wildest
excitement
.
Jones
and
all
his
men
,
with
half
a
dozen
others
from
Foxwood
and
Pinchfield
,
had
entered
the
five
-
barred
gate
and
were
coming
up
the
cart
-
track
that
led
to
the
farm
.
They
were
all
carrying
sticks
,
except
Jones
,
who
was
marching
ahead
with
a
gun
in
his
hands
.
Obviously
they
were
going
to
attempt
the
recapture
of
the
farm
.
This
had
long
been
expected
,
and
all
preparations
had
been
made
.
Snowball
,
who
had
studied
an
old
book
of
Julius
Caesar
’
s
campaigns
which
he
had
found
in
the
farmhouse
,
was
in
charge
of
the
defensive
operations
.
He
gave
his
orders
quickly
,
and
in
a
couple
of
minutes
every
animal
was
at
his
post
.
As
the
human
beings
approached
the
farm
buildings
,
Snowball
launched
his
first
attack
.
All
the
pigeons
,
to
the
number
of
thirty
-
five
,
flew
to
and
fro
over
the
men
’
s
heads
and
muted
upon
them
from
mid
-
air
;
and
while
the
men
were
dealing
with
this
,
the
geese
,
who
had
been
hiding
behind
the
hedge
,
rushed
out
and
pecked
viciously
at
the
calves
of
their
legs
.
However
,
this
was
only
a
light
skirmishing
manoeuvre
,
intended
to
create
a
little
disorder
,
and
the
men
easily
drove
the
geese
off
with
their
sticks
.
Snowball
now
launched
his
second
line
of
attack
.
Muriel
,
Benjamin
,
and
all
the
sheep
,
with
Snowball
at
the
head
of
them
,
rushed
forward
and
prodded
and
butted
the
men
from
every
side
,
while
Benjamin
turned
around
and
lashed
at
them
with
his
small
hoofs
.
But
once
again
the
men
,
with
their
sticks
and
their
hobnailed
boots
,
were
too
strong
for
them
;
and
suddenly
,
at
a
squeal
from
Snowball
,
which
was
the
signal
for
retreat
,
all
the
animals
turned
and
fled
through
the
gateway
into
the
yard
.
The
men
gave
a
shout
of
triumph
.
They
saw
,
as
they
imagined
,
their
enemies
in
flight
,
and
they
rushed
after
them
in
disorder
.
This
was
just
what
Snowball
had
intended
.
As
soon
as
they
were
well
inside
the
yard
,
the
three
horses
,
the
three
cows
,
and
the
rest
of
the
pigs
,
who
had
been
lying
in
ambush
in
the
cowshed
,
suddenly
emerged
in
their
rear
,
cutting
them
off
.
Snowball
now
gave
the
signal
for
the
charge
.
He
himself
dashed
straight
for
Jones
.
Jones
saw
him
coming
,
raised
his
gun
and
fired
.
The
pellets
scored
bloody
streaks
along
Snowball
’
s
back
,
and
a
sheep
dropped
dead
.
Without
halting
for
an
instant
,
Snowball
flung
his
fifteen
stone
against
Jones
’
s
legs
.
Jones
was
hurled
into
a
pile
of
dung
and
his
gun
flew
out
of
his
hands
.
But
the
most
terrifying
spectacle
of
all
was
Boxer
,
rearing
up
on
his
hind
legs
and
striking
out
with
his
great
iron
-
shod
hoofs
like
a
stallion
.
His
very
first
blow
took
a
stable
-
lad
from
Foxwood
on
the
skull
and
stretched
him
lifeless
in
the
mud
.
At
the
sight
,
several
men
dropped
their
sticks
and
tried
to
run
.
Panic
overtook
them
,
and
the
next
moment
all
the
animals
together
were
chasing
them
round
and
round
the
yard
.
They
were
gored
,
kicked
,
bitten
,
trampled
on
.
There
was
not
an
animal
on
the
farm
that
did
not
take
vengeance
on
them
after
his
own
fashion
.
Even
the
cat
suddenly
leapt
off
a
roof
onto
a
cowman
’
s
shoulders
and
sank
her
claws
in
his
neck
,
at
which
he
yelled
horribly
.
At
a
moment
when
the
opening
was
clear
,
the
men
were
glad
enough
to
rush
out
of
the
yard
and
make
a
bolt
for
the
main
road
.
And
so
within
five
minutes
of
their
invasion
they
were
in
ignominious
retreat
by
the
same
way
as
they
had
come
,
with
a
flock
of
geese
hissing
after
them
and
pecking
at
their
calves
all
the
way
.
