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Napoleon
approved
of
this
poem
and
caused
it
to
be
inscribed
on
the
wall
of
the
big
barn
,
at
the
opposite
end
from
the
Seven
Commandments
.
It
was
surmounted
by
a
portrait
of
Napoleon
,
in
profile
,
executed
by
Squealer
in
white
paint
.
Meanwhile
,
through
the
agency
of
Whymper
,
Napoleon
was
engaged
in
complicated
negotiations
with
Frederick
and
Pilkington
.
The
pile
of
timber
was
still
unsold
.
Of
the
two
,
Frederick
was
the
more
anxious
to
get
hold
of
it
,
but
he
would
not
offer
a
reasonable
price
.
At
the
same
time
there
were
renewed
rumours
that
Frederick
and
his
men
were
plotting
to
attack
Animal
Farm
and
to
destroy
the
windmill
,
the
building
of
which
had
aroused
furious
jealousy
in
him
.
Snowball
was
known
to
be
still
skulking
on
Pinchfield
Farm
.
In
the
middle
of
the
summer
the
animals
were
alarmed
to
hear
that
three
hens
had
come
forward
and
confessed
that
,
inspired
by
Snowball
,
they
had
entered
into
a
plot
to
murder
Napoleon
.
They
were
executed
immediately
,
and
fresh
precautions
for
Napoleon
’
s
safety
were
taken
.
Four
dogs
guarded
his
bed
at
night
,
one
at
each
corner
,
and
a
young
pig
named
Pinkeye
was
given
the
task
of
tasting
all
his
food
before
he
ate
it
,
lest
it
should
be
poisoned
.
At
about
the
same
time
it
was
given
out
that
Napoleon
had
arranged
to
sell
the
pile
of
timber
to
Mr
.
Pilkington
;
he
was
also
going
to
enter
into
a
regular
agreement
for
the
exchange
of
certain
products
between
Animal
Farm
and
Foxwood
.
The
relations
between
Napoleon
and
Pilkington
,
though
they
were
only
conducted
through
Whymper
,
were
now
almost
friendly
.
The
animals
distrusted
Pilkington
,
as
a
human
being
,
but
greatly
preferred
him
to
Frederick
,
whom
they
both
feared
and
hated
.
As
the
summer
wore
on
,
and
the
windmill
neared
completion
,
the
rumours
of
an
impending
treacherous
attack
grew
stronger
and
stronger
.
Frederick
,
it
was
said
,
intended
to
bring
against
them
twenty
men
all
armed
with
guns
,
and
he
had
already
bribed
the
magistrates
and
police
,
so
that
if
he
could
once
get
hold
of
the
title
-
deeds
of
Animal
Farm
they
would
ask
no
questions
.
Moreover
,
terrible
stories
were
leaking
out
from
Pinchfield
about
the
cruelties
that
Frederick
practised
upon
his
animals
.
He
had
flogged
an
old
horse
to
death
,
he
starved
his
cows
,
he
had
killed
a
dog
by
throwing
it
into
the
furnace
,
he
amused
himself
in
the
evenings
by
making
cocks
fight
with
splinters
of
razor
-
blade
tied
to
their
spurs
.
The
animals
’
blood
boiled
with
rage
when
they
heard
of
these
things
beingdone
to
their
comrades
,
and
sometimes
they
clamoured
to
be
allowed
to
go
out
in
a
body
and
attack
Pinchfield
Farm
,
drive
out
the
humans
,
and
set
the
animals
free
.
But
Squealer
counselled
them
to
avoid
rash
actions
and
trust
in
Comrade
Napoleon
’
s
strategy
.
Nevertheless
,
feeling
against
Frederick
continued
to
run
high
.
One
Sunday
morning
Napoleon
appeared
in
the
barn
and
explained
that
he
had
never
at
any
time
contemplated
selling
the
pile
of
timber
to
Frederick
;
he
considered
it
beneath
his
dignity
,
he
said
,
to
have
dealings
with
scoundrels
of
that
description
.
The
pigeons
who
were
still
sent
out
to
spread
tidings
of
the
Rebellion
were
forbidden
to
set
foot
anywhere
on
Foxwood
,
and
were
also
ordered
to
drop
their
former
slogan
of
"
Death
to
Humanity
"
in
favour
of
"
Death
to
Frederick
.
"
In
the
late
summer
yet
another
of
Snowball
’
s
machinations
was
laid
bare
.
The
wheat
crop
was
full
of
weeds
,
and
it
was
discovered
that
on
one
of
his
nocturnal
visits
Snowball
had
mixed
weed
seeds
with
the
seed
corn
.
A
gander
who
had
been
privy
to
the
plot
had
confessed
his
guilt
to
Squealer
and
immediately
committed
suicide
by
swallowing
deadly
nightshade
berries
.
The
animals
now
also
learned
that
Snowball
had
never
—
as
many
of
them
had
believed
hitherto
—
received
the
order
of
"
Animal
Hero
,
First
Class
.
"
This
was
merely
a
legend
which
had
been
spread
some
time
after
the
Battle
of
the
Cowshed
by
Snowball
himself
.
So
far
from
being
decorated
,
he
had
been
censured
for
showing
cowardice
in
the
battle
.
Once
again
some
of
the
animals
heard
this
with
a
certain
bewilderment
,
but
Squealer
was
soon
able
to
convince
them
that
their
memories
had
been
at
fault
.
In
the
autumn
,
by
a
tremendous
,
exhausting
effort
—
for
the
harvest
had
to
be
gathered
at
almost
the
same
time
—
the
windmill
was
finished
.
The
machinery
had
still
to
be
installed
,
and
Whymper
was
negotiating
the
purchase
of
it
,
but
the
structure
was
completed
.
In
the
teeth
of
every
difficulty
,
in
spite
of
inexperience
,
of
primitive
implements
,
of
bad
luck
and
of
Snowball
’
s
treachery
,
the
work
had
been
finished
punctually
to
the
very
day
!
Tired
out
but
proud
,
the
animals
walked
round
and
round
their
masterpiece
,
which
appeared
even
more
beautiful
in
their
eyes
than
when
it
had
been
built
the
first
time
.
Moreover
,
the
walls
were
twice
as
thick
as
before
.
Nothing
short
of
explosives
would
lay
them
low
this
time
!
And
when
they
thought
of
how
they
had
laboured
,
what
discouragements
they
had
overcome
,
and
the
enormous
difference
that
would
be
made
in
their
lives
when
the
sails
were
turning
and
the
dynamos
running
—
when
they
thought
of
all
this
,
their
tiredness
forsook
them
and
they
gambolled
round
and
round
the
windmill
,
uttering
cries
of
triumph
.
Napoleon
himself
,
attended
by
his
dogs
and
his
cockerel
,
came
down
to
inspect
the
completed
work
;
he
personally
congratulated
the
animals
on
their
achievement
,
and
announced
that
the
mill
would
be
named
Napoleon
Mill
.
Two
days
later
the
animals
were
called
together
for
a
special
meeting
in
the
barn
.
They
were
struck
dumb
with
surprise
when
Napoleon
announced
that
he
had
sold
the
pile
of
timber
to
Frederick
.
Tomorrow
Frederick
’
s
wagons
would
arrive
and
begin
carting
it
away
.
Throughout
the
whole
period
of
his
seeming
friendship
with
Pilkington
,
Napoleon
had
really
been
in
secret
agreement
with
Frederick
.
All
relations
with
Foxwood
had
been
broken
off
;
insulting
messages
had
been
sent
to
Pilkington
.
The
pigeons
had
been
told
to
avoid
Pinchfield
Farm
and
to
alter
their
slogan
from
"
Death
to
Frederick
"
to
"
Death
to
Pilkington
.
"
At
the
same
time
Napoleon
assured
the
animals
that
the
stories
of
an
impending
attack
on
Animal
Farm
were
completely
untrue
,
and
that
the
tales
about
Frederick
’
s
cruelty
to
his
own
animals
had
been
greatly
exaggerated
.
All
these
rumours
had
probably
originated
with
Snowball
and
his
agents
.
It
now
appeared
that
Snowball
was
not
,
after
all
,
hiding
on
Pinchfield
Farm
,
and
in
fact
had
never
been
there
in
his
life
:
he
was
living
—
in
considerable
luxury
,
so
it
was
said
—
at
Foxwood
,
and
had
in
reality
been
a
pensioner
of
Pilkington
for
years
past
.
The
pigs
were
in
ecstasies
over
Napoleon
’
s
cunning
.
By
seeming
to
be
friendly
with
Pilkington
he
had
forced
Frederick
to
raise
his
price
by
twelve
pounds
.
But
the
superior
quality
of
Napoleon
’
s
mind
,
said
Squealer
,
was
shown
in
the
fact
that
he
trusted
nobody
,
not
even
Frederick
.
Frederick
had
wanted
to
pay
for
the
timber
with
something
called
a
cheque
,
which
,
it
seemed
,
was
a
piece
of
paper
with
a
promise
to
pay
written
upon
it
.
But
Napoleon
was
too
clever
for
him
.
He
had
demanded
payment
in
real
five
-
pound
notes
,
which
were
to
be
handed
over
before
the
timber
was
removed
.
Already
Frederick
had
paid
up
;
and
the
sum
he
had
paid
was
just
enough
to
buy
the
machinery
for
the
windmill
.
