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As
winter
drew
on
,
Mollie
became
more
and
more
troublesome
.
She
was
late
for
work
every
morning
and
excused
herself
by
saying
that
she
had
overslept
,
and
she
complained
of
mysterious
pains
,
although
her
appetite
was
excellent
.
On
every
kind
of
pretext
she
would
run
away
from
work
and
go
to
the
drinking
pool
,
where
she
would
stand
foolishly
gazing
at
her
own
reflection
in
the
water
.
But
there
were
also
rumours
of
something
more
serious
.
One
day
,
as
Mollie
strolled
blithely
into
the
yard
,
flirting
her
long
tail
and
chewing
at
a
stalk
of
hay
,
Clover
took
her
aside
.
"
Mollie
,
"
she
said
,
"
I
have
something
very
serious
to
say
to
you
.
This
morning
I
saw
you
looking
over
the
hedge
that
divides
Animal
Farm
from
Foxwood
.
One
of
Mr
.
Pilkington
’
s
men
was
standing
on
the
other
side
of
the
hedge
.
And
—
I
was
a
long
way
away
,
but
I
am
almost
certain
I
saw
this
—
he
was
talking
to
you
and
you
were
allowing
him
to
stroke
your
nose
.
What
does
that
mean
,
Mollie
?
"
"
He
didn
’
t
!
I
wasn
’
t
!
It
isn
’
t
true
!
"
cried
Mollie
,
beginning
to
prance
about
and
paw
the
ground
.
"
Mollie
!
Look
me
in
the
face
.
Do
you
give
me
your
word
of
honour
that
that
man
was
not
stroking
your
nose
?
"
"
It
isn
’
t
true
!
"
repeated
Mollie
,
but
she
could
not
look
Clover
in
the
face
,
and
the
next
moment
she
took
to
her
heels
and
galloped
away
into
the
field
.
A
thought
struck
Clover
.
Without
saying
anything
to
the
others
,
she
went
to
Mollie
’
s
stall
and
turned
over
the
straw
with
her
hoof
.
Hidden
under
the
straw
was
a
little
pile
of
lump
sugar
and
several
bunches
of
ribbon
of
different
colours
.
Three
days
later
Mollie
disappeared
.
For
some
weeks
nothing
was
known
of
her
whereabouts
,
then
the
pigeons
reported
that
they
had
seen
her
on
the
other
side
of
Willingdon
.
She
was
between
the
shafts
of
a
smart
dogcart
painted
red
and
black
,
which
was
standing
outside
a
public
-
house
.
A
fat
red
-
faced
man
in
check
breeches
and
gaiters
,
who
looked
like
a
publican
,
was
stroking
her
nose
and
feeding
her
with
sugar
.
Her
coat
was
newly
clipped
and
she
wore
a
scarlet
ribbon
round
her
forelock
.
She
appeared
to
be
enjoying
herself
,
so
the
pigeons
said
.
None
of
the
animals
ever
mentioned
Mollie
again
.
In
January
there
came
bitterly
hard
weather
.
The
earth
was
like
iron
,
and
nothing
could
be
done
in
the
fields
.
Many
meetings
were
held
in
the
big
barn
,
and
the
pigs
occupied
themselves
with
planning
out
the
work
of
the
coming
season
.
It
had
come
to
be
accepted
that
the
pigs
,
who
were
manifestly
cleverer
than
the
other
animals
,
should
decide
all
questions
of
farm
policy
,
though
their
decisions
had
to
be
ratified
by
a
majority
vote
.
This
arrangement
would
have
worked
well
enough
if
it
had
not
been
for
the
disputes
between
Snowball
and
Napoleon
.
These
two
disagreed
at
every
point
where
disagreement
was
possible
.
If
one
of
them
suggested
sowing
a
bigger
acreage
with
barley
,
the
other
was
certain
to
demand
a
bigger
acreage
of
oats
,
and
if
one
of
them
said
that
such
and
such
a
field
was
just
right
for
cabbages
,
the
other
would
declare
that
it
was
useless
for
anything
except
roots
.
Each
had
his
own
following
,
and
there
were
some
violent
debates
.
At
the
Meetings
Snowball
often
won
over
the
majority
by
his
brilliant
speeches
,
but
Napoleon
was
better
at
canvassing
support
for
himself
in
between
times
.
He
was
especially
successful
with
the
sheep
.
Of
late
the
sheep
had
taken
to
bleating
"
Four
legs
good
,
two
legs
bad
"
both
in
and
out
of
season
,
and
they
often
interrupted
the
Meeting
with
this
.
It
was
noticed
that
they
were
especially
liable
to
break
into
"
Four
legs
good
,
two
legs
bad
"
at
crucial
moments
in
Snowball
’
s
speeches
.
Snowball
had
made
a
close
study
of
some
back
numbers
of
the
‘
Farmer
and
Stockbreeder
’
which
he
had
found
in
the
farmhouse
,
and
was
full
of
plans
for
innovations
and
improvements
.
He
talked
learnedly
about
field
drains
,
silage
,
and
basic
slag
,
and
had
worked
out
a
complicated
scheme
for
all
the
animals
to
drop
their
dung
directly
in
the
fields
,
at
a
different
spot
every
day
,
to
save
the
labour
of
cartage
.
Napoleon
produced
no
schemes
of
his
own
,
but
said
quietly
that
Snowball
’
s
would
come
to
nothing
,
and
seemed
to
be
biding
his
time
.
But
of
all
their
controversies
,
none
was
so
bitter
as
the
one
that
took
place
over
the
windmill
.
In
the
long
pasture
,
not
far
from
the
farm
buildings
,
there
was
a
small
knoll
which
was
the
highest
point
on
the
farm
.
After
surveying
the
ground
,
Snowball
declared
that
this
was
just
the
place
for
a
windmill
,
which
could
be
made
to
operate
a
dynamo
and
supply
the
farm
with
electrical
power
.
This
would
light
the
stalls
and
warm
them
in
winter
,
and
would
also
run
a
circular
saw
,
a
chaff
-
cutter
,
a
mangel
-
slicer
,
and
an
electric
milking
machine
.
The
animals
had
never
heard
of
anything
of
this
kind
before
(
for
the
farm
was
an
old
-
fashioned
one
and
had
only
the
most
primitive
machinery
)
,
and
they
listened
in
astonishment
while
Snowball
conjured
up
pictures
of
fantastic
machines
which
would
do
their
work
for
them
while
they
grazed
at
their
ease
in
the
fields
or
improved
their
minds
with
reading
and
conversation
.
