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And
he
moved
off
at
his
lumbering
trot
and
made
for
the
quarry
.
Having
got
there
,
he
collected
two
successive
loads
of
stone
and
dragged
them
down
to
the
windmill
before
retiring
for
the
night
.
The
animals
huddled
about
Clover
,
not
speaking
.
The
knoll
where
they
were
lying
gave
them
a
wide
prospect
across
the
countryside
.
Most
of
Animal
Farm
was
within
their
view
—
the
long
pasture
stretching
down
to
the
main
road
,
the
hayfield
,
the
spinney
,
the
drinking
pool
,
the
ploughed
fields
where
the
young
wheat
was
thick
and
green
,
and
the
red
roofs
of
the
farm
buildings
with
the
smoke
curling
from
the
chimneys
.
It
was
a
clear
spring
evening
.
The
grass
and
the
bursting
hedges
were
gilded
by
the
level
rays
of
the
sun
.
Never
had
the
farm
—
and
with
a
kind
of
surprise
they
remembered
that
it
was
their
own
farm
,
every
inch
of
it
their
own
property
—
appeared
to
the
animals
so
desirable
a
place
.
As
Clover
looked
down
the
hillside
her
eyes
filled
with
tears
.
If
she
could
have
spoken
her
thoughts
,
it
would
have
been
to
say
that
this
was
not
what
they
had
aimed
at
when
they
had
set
themselves
years
ago
to
work
for
the
overthrow
of
the
human
race
.
These
scenes
of
terror
and
slaughter
were
not
what
they
had
looked
forward
to
on
that
night
when
old
Major
first
stirred
them
to
rebellion
.
If
she
herself
had
had
any
picture
of
the
future
,
it
had
been
of
a
society
of
animals
set
free
from
hunger
and
the
whip
,
all
equal
,
each
working
according
to
his
capacity
,
the
strong
protecting
the
weak
,
as
she
had
protected
the
lost
brood
of
ducklings
with
her
foreleg
on
the
night
of
Major
’
s
speech
.
Instead
—
she
did
not
know
why
—
they
had
come
to
a
time
when
no
one
dared
speak
his
mind
,
when
fierce
,
growling
dogs
roamed
everywhere
,
and
when
you
had
to
watch
your
comrades
torn
to
pieces
after
confessing
to
shocking
crimes
.
There
was
no
thought
of
rebellion
or
disobedience
in
her
mind
.
She
knew
that
,
even
as
things
were
,
they
were
far
better
off
than
they
had
been
in
the
days
of
Jones
,
and
that
before
all
else
it
was
needful
to
prevent
the
return
of
the
human
beings
.
Whatever
happened
she
would
remain
faithful
,
work
hard
,
carry
out
the
orders
that
were
given
to
her
,
and
accept
the
leadership
of
Napoleon
.
But
still
,
it
was
not
for
this
that
she
and
all
the
other
animals
had
hoped
and
toiled
.
It
was
not
for
this
that
they
had
built
the
windmill
and
faced
the
bullets
of
Jones
’
s
gun
.
Such
were
her
thoughts
,
though
she
lacked
the
words
to
express
them
.
At
last
,
feeling
this
to
be
in
some
way
a
substitute
for
the
words
she
was
unable
to
find
,
she
began
to
sing
‘
Beasts
of
England
’
.
The
other
animals
sitting
round
her
took
it
up
,
and
they
sang
it
three
times
over
—
very
tunefully
,
but
slowly
and
mournfully
,
in
a
way
they
had
never
sung
it
before
.
They
had
just
finished
singing
it
for
the
third
time
when
Squealer
,
attended
by
two
dogs
,
approached
them
with
the
air
of
having
something
important
to
say
.
He
announced
that
,
by
a
special
decree
of
Comrade
Napoleon
,
‘
Beasts
of
England
’
had
been
abolished
.
From
now
onwards
it
was
forbidden
to
sing
it
.
The
animals
were
taken
aback
.
"
Why
?
"
cried
Muriel
.
"
It
’
s
no
longer
needed
,
comrade
,
"
said
Squealer
stiffly
.
"
‘
Beasts
of
England
’
was
the
song
of
the
Rebellion
.
But
the
Rebellion
is
now
completed
.
The
execution
of
the
traitors
this
afternoon
was
the
final
act
.
The
enemy
both
external
and
internal
has
been
defeated
.
In
‘
Beasts
of
England
’
we
expressed
our
longing
for
a
better
society
in
days
to
come
.
But
that
society
has
now
been
established
.
Clearly
this
song
has
no
longer
any
purpose
.
"
Frightened
though
they
were
,
some
of
the
animals
might
possibly
have
protested
,
but
at
this
moment
the
sheep
set
up
their
usual
bleating
of
"
Four
legs
good
,
two
legs
bad
,
"
which
went
on
for
several
minutes
and
put
an
end
to
the
discussion
.
