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Out
of
spite
,
the
human
beings
pretended
not
to
believe
that
it
was
Snowball
who
had
destroyer
the
windmill
:
they
said
that
it
had
fallen
down
because
the
walls
were
too
thin
.
The
animals
knew
that
this
was
not
the
case
.
Still
,
it
had
been
decided
to
build
the
walls
three
feet
thick
this
time
instead
of
eighteen
inches
as
before
,
which
meant
collecting
much
larger
quantities
of
stone
.
For
a
long
time
the
quarry
was
full
of
snowdrifts
and
nothing
could
be
done
.
Some
progress
was
made
in
the
dry
frosty
weather
that
followed
,
but
it
was
cruel
work
,
and
the
animals
could
not
feel
so
hopeful
about
it
as
they
had
felt
before
.
They
were
always
cold
,
and
usually
hungry
as
well
.
Only
Boxer
and
Clover
never
lost
heart
.
Squealer
made
excellent
speeches
on
the
joy
of
service
and
the
dignity
of
labour
,
but
the
other
animals
found
more
inspiration
in
Boxer
’
s
strength
and
his
never
-
failing
cry
of
"
I
will
work
harder
!
"
In
January
food
fell
short
.
The
corn
ration
was
drastically
reduced
,
and
it
was
announced
that
an
extra
potato
ration
would
be
issued
to
make
up
for
it
.
Then
it
was
discovered
that
the
greater
part
of
the
potato
crop
had
been
frosted
in
the
clamps
,
which
had
not
been
covered
thickly
enough
.
The
potatoes
had
become
soft
and
discoloured
,
and
only
a
few
were
edible
.
For
days
at
a
time
the
animals
had
nothing
to
eat
but
chaff
and
mangels
.
Starvation
seemed
to
stare
them
in
the
face
.
It
was
vitally
necessary
to
conceal
this
fact
from
the
outside
world
.
Emboldened
by
the
collapse
of
the
windmill
,
the
human
beings
were
inventing
fresh
lies
about
Animal
Farm
.
Once
again
it
was
being
put
about
that
all
the
animals
were
dying
of
famine
and
disease
,
and
that
they
were
continually
fighting
among
themselves
and
had
resorted
to
cannibalism
and
infanticide
.
Napoleon
was
well
aware
of
the
bad
results
that
might
follow
if
the
real
facts
of
the
food
situation
were
known
,
and
he
decided
to
make
use
of
Mr
.
Whymper
to
spread
a
contrary
impression
.
Hitherto
the
animals
had
had
little
or
no
contact
with
Whymper
on
his
weekly
visits
:
now
,
however
,
a
few
selected
animals
,
mostly
sheep
,
were
instructed
to
remark
casually
in
his
hearing
that
rations
had
been
increased
.
In
addition
,
Napoleon
ordered
the
almost
empty
bins
in
the
store
-
shed
to
be
filled
nearly
to
the
brim
with
sand
,
which
was
then
covered
up
with
what
remained
of
the
grain
and
meal
.
On
some
suitable
pretext
Whymper
was
led
through
the
store
-
shed
and
allowed
to
catch
a
glimpse
of
the
bins
.
He
was
deceived
,
and
continued
to
report
to
the
outside
world
that
there
was
no
food
shortage
on
Animal
Farm
.
Nevertheless
,
towards
the
end
of
January
it
became
obvious
that
it
would
be
necessary
to
procure
some
more
grain
from
somewhere
.
In
these
days
Napoleon
rarely
appeared
in
public
,
but
spent
all
his
time
in
the
farmhouse
,
which
was
guarded
at
each
door
by
fierce
-
looking
dogs
.
When
he
did
emerge
,
it
was
in
a
ceremonial
manner
,
with
an
escort
of
six
dogs
who
closely
surrounded
him
and
growled
if
anyone
came
too
near
.
Frequently
he
did
not
even
appear
on
Sunday
mornings
,
but
issued
his
orders
through
one
of
the
other
pigs
,
usually
Squealer
.
One
Sunday
morning
Squealer
announced
that
the
hens
,
who
had
just
come
in
to
lay
again
,
must
surrender
their
eggs
.
Napoleon
had
accepted
,
through
Whymper
,
a
contract
for
four
hundred
eggs
a
week
.
The
price
of
these
would
pay
for
enough
grain
and
meal
to
keep
the
farm
going
till
summer
came
on
and
conditions
were
easier
.
When
the
hens
heard
this
,
they
raised
a
terrible
outcry
.
They
had
been
warned
earlier
that
this
sacrifice
might
be
necessary
,
but
had
not
believed
that
it
would
really
happen
.
They
were
just
getting
their
clutches
ready
for
the
spring
sitting
,
and
they
protested
that
to
take
the
eggs
away
now
was
murder
.
For
the
first
time
since
the
expulsion
of
Jones
,
there
was
something
resembling
a
rebellion
.
Led
by
three
young
Black
Minorca
pullets
,
the
hens
made
a
determined
effort
to
thwart
Napoleon
’
s
wishes
.
Their
method
was
to
fly
up
to
the
rafters
and
there
lay
their
eggs
,
which
smashed
to
pieces
on
the
floor
.
Napoleon
acted
swiftly
and
ruthlessly
.
He
ordered
the
hens
’
rations
to
be
stopped
,
and
decreed
that
any
animal
giving
so
much
as
a
grain
of
corn
to
a
hen
should
be
punished
by
death
.
The
dogs
saw
to
it
that
these
orders
were
carried
out
.
For
five
days
the
hens
held
out
,
then
they
capitulated
and
went
back
to
their
nesting
boxes
.
Nine
hens
had
died
in
the
meantime
.
Their
bodies
were
buried
in
the
orchard
,
and
it
was
given
out
that
they
had
died
of
coccidiosis
.
Whymper
heard
nothing
of
this
affair
,
and
the
eggs
were
duly
delivered
,
a
grocer
’
s
van
driving
up
to
the
farm
once
a
week
to
take
them
away
.
All
this
while
no
more
had
been
seen
of
Snowball
.
He
was
rumoured
to
be
hiding
on
one
of
the
neighbouring
farms
,
either
Foxwood
or
Pinchfield
.
Napoleon
was
by
this
time
on
slightly
better
terms
with
the
other
farmers
than
before
.
It
happened
that
there
was
in
the
yard
a
pile
of
timber
which
had
been
stacked
there
ten
years
earlier
when
a
beech
spinney
was
cleared
.
It
was
well
seasoned
,
and
Whymper
had
advised
Napoleon
to
sell
it
;
both
Mr
.
Pilkington
and
Mr
.
Frederick
were
anxious
to
buy
it
.
Napoleon
was
hesitating
between
the
two
,
unable
to
make
up
his
mind
.
It
was
noticed
that
whenever
he
seemed
on
the
point
of
coming
to
an
agreement
with
Frederick
,
Snowball
was
declared
to
be
in
hiding
at
Foxwood
,
while
,
when
he
inclined
toward
Pilkington
,
Snowball
was
said
to
be
at
Pinchfield
.
Suddenly
,
early
in
the
spring
,
an
alarming
thing
was
discovered
.
Snowball
was
secretly
frequenting
the
farm
by
night
!
The
animals
were
so
disturbed
that
they
could
hardly
sleep
in
their
stalls
.
Every
night
,
it
was
said
,
he
came
creeping
in
under
cover
of
darkness
and
performed
all
kinds
of
mischief
.
He
stole
the
corn
,
he
upset
the
milk
-
pails
,
he
broke
the
eggs
,
he
trampled
the
seedbeds
,
he
gnawed
the
bark
off
the
fruit
trees
.
Whenever
anything
went
wrong
it
became
usual
to
attribute
it
to
Snowball
.
If
a
window
was
broken
or
a
drain
was
blocked
up
,
someone
was
certain
to
say
that
Snowball
had
come
in
the
night
and
done
it
,
and
when
the
key
of
the
store
-
shed
was
lost
,
the
whole
farm
was
convinced
that
Snowball
had
thrown
it
down
the
well
.
Curiously
enough
,
they
went
on
believing
this
even
after
the
mislaid
key
was
found
under
a
sack
of
meal
.
The
cows
declared
unanimously
that
Snowball
crept
into
their
stalls
and
milked
them
in
their
sleep
.
The
rats
,
which
had
been
troublesome
that
winter
,
were
also
said
to
be
in
league
with
Snowball
.
Napoleon
decreed
that
there
should
be
a
full
investigation
into
Snowball
’
s
activities
.
With
his
dogs
in
attendance
he
set
out
and
made
a
careful
tour
of
inspection
of
the
farm
buildings
,
the
other
animals
following
at
a
respectful
distance
.
At
every
few
steps
Napoleon
stopped
and
snuffed
the
ground
for
traces
of
Snowball
’
s
footsteps
,
which
,
he
said
,
he
could
detect
by
the
smell
.
He
snuffed
in
every
corner
,
in
the
barn
,
in
the
cow
-
shed
,
in
the
henhouses
,
in
the
vegetable
garden
,
and
found
traces
of
Snowball
almost
everywhere
.
He
would
put
his
snout
to
the
ground
,
give
several
deep
sniffs
,
ad
exclaim
in
a
terrible
voice
,
"
Snowball
!
He
has
been
here
!
I
can
smell
him
distinctly
!
"
and
at
the
word
"
Snowball
"
all
the
dogs
let
out
blood
-
curdling
growls
and
showed
their
side
teeth
.
