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But
a
few
days
later
Muriel
,
reading
over
the
Seven
Commandments
to
herself
,
noticed
that
there
was
yet
another
of
them
which
the
animals
had
remembered
wrong
.
They
had
thought
the
Fifth
Commandment
was
"
No
animal
shall
drink
alcohol
,
"
but
there
were
two
words
that
they
had
forgotten
.
Actually
the
Commandment
read
:
"
No
animal
shall
drink
alcohol
TO
EXCESS
.
"
Boxer
’
s
split
hoof
was
a
long
time
in
healing
.
They
had
started
the
rebuilding
of
the
windmill
the
day
after
the
victory
celebrations
were
ended
.
Boxer
refused
to
take
even
a
day
off
work
,
and
made
it
a
point
of
honour
not
to
let
it
be
seen
that
he
was
in
pain
.
In
the
evenings
he
would
admit
privately
to
Clover
that
the
hoof
troubled
him
a
great
deal
.
Clover
treated
the
hoof
with
poultices
of
herbs
which
she
prepared
by
chewing
them
,
and
both
she
and
Benjamin
urged
Boxer
to
work
less
hard
.
"
A
horse
’
s
lungs
do
not
last
for
ever
,
"
she
said
to
him
.
But
Boxer
would
not
listen
.
He
had
,
he
said
,
only
one
real
ambition
left
—
to
see
the
windmill
well
under
way
before
he
reached
the
age
for
retirement
.
At
the
beginning
,
when
the
laws
of
Animal
Farm
were
first
formulated
,
the
retiring
age
had
been
fixed
for
horses
and
pigs
at
twelve
,
for
cows
at
fourteen
,
for
dogs
at
nine
,
for
sheep
at
seven
,
and
for
hens
and
geese
at
five
.
Liberal
old
-
age
pensions
had
been
agreed
upon
.
As
yet
no
animal
had
actually
retired
on
pension
,
but
of
late
the
subject
had
been
discussed
more
and
more
.
Now
that
the
small
field
beyond
the
orchard
had
been
set
aside
for
barley
,
it
was
rumoured
that
a
corner
of
the
large
pasture
was
to
be
fenced
off
and
turned
into
a
grazing
-
ground
for
superannuated
animals
.
For
a
horse
,
it
was
said
,
the
pension
would
be
five
pounds
of
corn
a
day
and
,
in
winter
,
fifteen
pounds
of
hay
,
with
a
carrot
or
possibly
an
apple
on
public
holidays
.
Boxer
’
s
twelfth
birthday
was
due
in
the
late
summer
of
the
following
year
.
Meanwhile
life
was
hard
.
The
winter
was
as
cold
as
the
last
one
had
been
,
and
food
was
even
shorter
.
Once
again
all
rations
were
reduced
,
except
those
of
the
pigs
and
the
dogs
.
A
too
rigid
equality
in
rations
,
Squealer
explained
,
would
have
been
contrary
to
the
principles
of
Animalism
.
In
any
case
he
had
no
difficulty
in
proving
to
the
other
animals
that
they
were
NOT
in
reality
short
of
food
,
whatever
the
appearances
might
be
.
For
the
time
being
,
certainly
,
it
had
been
found
necessary
to
make
a
readjustment
of
rations
(
Squealer
always
spoke
of
it
as
a
"
readjustment
,
"
never
as
a
"
reduction
"
)
,
but
in
comparison
with
the
days
of
Jones
,
the
improvement
was
enormous
.
Reading
out
the
figures
in
a
shrill
,
rapid
voice
,
he
proved
to
them
in
detail
that
they
had
more
oats
,
more
hay
,
more
turnips
than
they
had
had
in
Jones
’
s
day
,
that
they
worked
shorter
hours
,
that
their
drinking
water
was
of
better
quality
,
that
they
lived
longer
,
that
a
larger
proportion
of
their
young
ones
survived
infancy
,
and
that
they
had
more
straw
in
their
stalls
and
suffered
less
from
fleas
.
The
animals
believed
every
word
of
it
.
Truth
to
tell
,
Jones
and
all
he
stood
for
had
almost
faded
out
of
their
memories
.
They
knew
that
life
nowadays
was
harsh
and
bare
,
that
they
were
often
hungry
and
often
cold
,
and
that
they
were
usually
working
when
they
were
not
asleep
.
But
doubtless
it
had
been
worse
in
the
old
days
.
They
were
glad
to
believe
so
.
Besides
,
in
those
days
they
had
been
slaves
and
now
they
were
free
,
and
that
made
all
the
difference
,
as
Squealer
did
not
fail
to
point
out
.
There
were
many
more
mouths
to
feed
now
.
In
the
autumn
the
four
sows
had
all
littered
about
simultaneously
,
producing
thirty
-
one
young
pigs
between
them
.
The
young
pigs
were
piebald
,
and
as
Napoleon
was
the
only
boar
on
the
farm
,
it
was
possible
to
guess
at
their
parentage
.
It
was
announced
that
later
,
when
bricks
and
timber
had
been
purchased
,
a
schoolroom
would
be
built
in
the
farmhouse
garden
.
For
the
time
being
,
the
young
pigs
were
given
their
instruction
by
Napoleon
himself
in
the
farmhouse
kitchen
.
They
took
their
exercise
in
the
garden
,
and
were
discouraged
from
playing
with
the
other
young
animals
.
About
this
time
,
too
,
it
was
laid
down
as
a
rule
that
when
a
pig
and
any
other
animal
met
on
the
path
,
the
other
animal
must
stand
aside
:
and
also
that
all
pigs
,
of
whatever
degree
,
were
to
have
the
privilege
of
wearing
green
ribbons
on
their
tails
on
Sundays
.
The
farm
had
had
a
fairly
successful
year
,
but
was
still
short
of
money
.
There
were
the
bricks
,
sand
,
and
lime
for
the
schoolroom
to
be
purchased
,
and
it
would
also
be
necessary
to
begin
saving
up
again
for
the
machinery
for
the
windmill
.
Then
there
were
lamp
oil
and
candles
for
the
house
,
sugar
for
Napoleon
’
s
own
table
(
he
forbade
this
to
the
other
pigs
,
on
the
ground
that
it
made
them
fat
)
,
and
all
the
usual
replacements
such
as
tools
,
nails
,
string
,
coal
,
wire
,
scrap
-
iron
,
and
dog
biscuits
.
A
stump
of
hay
and
part
of
the
potato
crop
were
sold
off
,
and
the
contract
for
eggs
was
increased
to
six
hundred
a
week
,
so
that
that
year
the
hens
barely
hatched
enough
chicks
to
keep
their
numbers
at
the
same
level
.
Rations
,
reduced
in
December
,
were
reduced
again
in
February
,
and
lanterns
in
the
stalls
were
forbidden
to
save
oil
.
But
the
pigs
seemed
comfortable
enough
,
and
in
fact
were
putting
on
weight
if
anything
.
One
afternoon
in
late
February
a
warm
,
rich
,
appetising
scent
,
such
as
the
animals
had
never
smelt
before
,
wafted
itself
across
the
yard
from
the
little
brew
-
house
,
which
had
been
disused
in
Jones
’
s
time
,
and
which
stood
beyond
the
kitchen
.
Someone
said
it
was
the
smell
of
cooking
barley
.
The
animals
sniffed
the
air
hungrily
and
wondered
whether
a
warm
mash
was
being
prepared
for
their
supper
.
But
no
warm
mash
appeared
,
and
on
the
following
Sunday
it
was
announced
that
from
now
onwards
all
barley
would
be
reserved
for
the
pigs
.
The
field
beyond
the
orchard
had
already
been
sown
with
barley
.
And
the
news
soon
leaked
out
that
every
pig
was
now
receiving
a
ration
of
a
pint
of
beer
daily
,
with
half
a
gallon
for
Napoleon
himself
,
which
was
always
served
to
him
in
the
Crown
Derby
soup
tureen
.
But
if
there
were
hardships
to
be
borne
,
they
were
partly
offset
by
the
fact
that
life
nowadays
had
a
greater
dignity
than
it
had
had
before
.
There
were
more
songs
,
more
speeches
,
more
processions
.
Napoleon
had
commanded
that
once
a
week
there
should
be
held
something
called
a
Spontaneous
Demonstration
,
the
object
of
which
was
to
celebrate
the
struggles
and
triumphs
of
Animal
Farm
.
At
the
appointed
time
the
animals
would
leave
their
work
and
march
round
the
precincts
of
the
farm
in
military
formation
,
with
the
pigs
leading
,
then
the
horses
,
then
the
cows
,
then
the
sheep
,
and
then
the
poultry
.
The
dogs
flanked
the
procession
and
at
the
head
of
all
marched
Napoleon
’
s
black
cockerel
.
Boxer
and
Clover
always
carried
between
them
a
green
banner
marked
with
the
hoof
and
the
horn
and
the
caption
,
"
Long
live
Comrade
Napoleon
!
"
Afterwards
there
were
recitations
of
poems
composed
in
Napoleon
’
s
honour
,
and
a
speech
by
Squealer
giving
particulars
of
the
latest
increases
in
the
production
of
foodstuffs
,
and
on
occasion
a
shot
was
fired
from
the
gun
.
The
sheep
were
the
greatest
devotees
of
the
Spontaneous
Demonstration
,
and
if
anyone
complained
(
as
a
few
animals
sometimes
did
,
when
no
pigs
or
dogs
were
near
)
that
they
wasted
time
and
meant
a
lot
of
standing
about
in
the
cold
,
the
sheep
were
sure
to
silence
him
with
a
tremendous
bleating
of
"
Four
legs
good
,
two
legs
bad
!
"
But
by
and
large
the
animals
enjoyed
these
celebrations
.
They
found
it
comforting
to
be
reminded
that
,
after
all
,
they
were
truly
their
own
masters
and
that
the
work
they
did
was
for
their
own
benefit
.
So
that
,
what
with
the
songs
,
the
processions
,
Squealer
’
s
lists
of
figures
,
the
thunder
of
the
gun
,
the
crowing
of
the
cockerel
,
and
the
fluttering
of
the
flag
,
they
were
able
to
forget
that
their
bellies
were
empty
,
at
least
part
of
the
time
.
In
April
,
Animal
Farm
was
proclaimed
a
Republic
,
and
it
became
necessary
to
elect
a
President
.
There
was
only
one
candidate
,
Napoleon
,
who
was
elected
unanimously
.
