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BUT
SOME
ANIMALS
ARE
MORE
EQUAL
THAN
OTHERS
After
that
it
did
not
seem
strange
when
next
day
the
pigs
who
were
supervising
the
work
of
the
farm
all
carried
whips
in
their
trotters
.
It
did
not
seem
strange
to
learn
that
the
pigs
had
bought
themselves
a
wireless
set
,
were
arranging
to
install
a
telephone
,
and
had
taken
out
subscriptions
to
‘
John
Bull
’
,
‘
Tit
-
Bits
’
,
and
the
‘
Daily
Mirror
’
.
It
did
not
seem
strange
when
Napoleon
was
seen
strolling
in
the
farmhouse
garden
with
a
pipe
in
his
mouth
—
no
,
not
even
when
the
pigs
took
Mr
.
Jones
’
s
clothes
out
of
the
wardrobes
and
put
them
on
,
Napoleon
himself
appearing
in
a
black
coat
,
ratcatcher
breeches
,
and
leather
leggings
,
while
his
favourite
sow
appeared
in
the
watered
silk
dress
which
Mrs
.
Jones
had
been
used
to
wearing
on
Sundays
.
A
week
later
,
in
the
afternoon
,
a
number
of
dog
-
carts
drove
up
to
the
farm
.
A
deputation
of
neighbouring
farmers
had
been
invited
to
make
a
tour
of
inspection
.
They
were
shown
all
over
the
farm
,
and
expressed
great
admiration
for
everything
they
saw
,
especially
the
windmill
.
The
animals
were
weeding
the
turnip
field
.
They
worked
diligently
hardly
raising
their
faces
from
the
ground
,
and
not
knowing
whether
to
be
more
frightened
of
the
pigs
or
of
the
human
visitors
.
That
evening
loud
laughter
and
bursts
of
singing
came
from
the
farmhouse
.
And
suddenly
,
at
the
sound
of
the
mingled
voices
,
the
animals
were
stricken
with
curiosity
.
What
could
be
happening
in
there
,
now
that
for
the
first
time
animals
and
human
beings
were
meeting
on
terms
of
equality
?
With
one
accord
they
began
to
creep
as
quietly
as
possible
into
the
farmhouse
garden
.
At
the
gate
they
paused
,
half
frightened
to
go
on
but
Clover
led
the
way
in
.
They
tiptoed
up
to
the
house
,
and
such
animals
as
were
tall
enough
peered
in
at
the
dining
-
room
window
.
There
,
round
the
long
table
,
sat
half
a
dozen
farmers
and
half
a
dozen
of
the
more
eminent
pigs
,
Napoleon
himself
occupying
the
seat
of
honour
at
the
head
of
the
table
.
The
pigs
appeared
completely
at
ease
in
their
chairs
.
The
company
had
been
enjoying
a
game
of
cards
but
had
broken
off
for
the
moment
,
evidently
in
order
to
drink
a
toast
.
A
large
jug
was
circulating
,
and
the
mugs
were
being
refilled
with
beer
.
No
one
noticed
the
wondering
faces
of
the
animals
that
gazed
in
at
the
window
.
Mr
.
Pilkington
,
of
Foxwood
,
had
stood
up
,
his
mug
in
his
hand
.
In
a
moment
,
he
said
,
he
would
ask
the
present
company
to
drink
a
toast
.
But
before
doing
so
,
there
were
a
few
words
that
he
felt
it
incumbent
upon
him
to
say
.
It
was
a
source
of
great
satisfaction
to
him
,
he
said
—
and
,
he
was
sure
,
to
all
others
present
—
to
feel
that
a
long
period
of
mistrust
and
misunderstanding
had
now
come
to
an
end
.
There
had
been
a
time
—
not
that
he
,
or
any
of
the
present
company
,
had
shared
such
sentiments
—
but
there
had
been
a
time
when
the
respected
proprietors
of
Animal
Farm
had
been
regarded
,
he
would
not
say
with
hostility
,
but
perhaps
with
a
certain
measure
of
misgiving
,
by
their
human
neighbours
.
Unfortunate
incidents
had
occurred
,
mistaken
ideas
had
been
current
.
It
had
been
felt
that
the
existence
of
a
farm
owned
and
operated
by
pigs
was
somehow
abnormal
and
was
liable
to
have
an
unsettling
effect
in
the
neighbourhood
.
Too
many
farmers
had
assumed
,
without
due
enquiry
,
that
on
such
a
farm
a
spirit
of
licence
and
indiscipline
would
prevail
.
They
had
been
nervous
about
the
effects
upon
their
own
animals
,
or
even
upon
their
human
employees
.
But
all
such
doubts
were
now
dispelled
.
Today
he
and
his
friends
had
visited
Animal
Farm
and
inspected
every
inch
of
it
with
their
own
eyes
,
and
what
did
they
find
?
Not
only
the
most
up
-
to
-
date
methods
,
but
a
discipline
and
an
orderliness
which
should
be
an
example
to
all
farmers
everywhere
.
He
believed
that
he
was
right
in
saying
that
the
lower
animals
on
Animal
Farm
did
more
work
and
received
less
food
than
any
animals
in
the
county
.
Indeed
,
he
and
his
fellow
-
visitors
today
had
observed
many
features
which
they
intended
to
introduce
on
their
own
farms
immediately
.
He
would
end
his
remarks
,
he
said
,
by
emphasising
once
again
the
friendly
feelings
that
subsisted
,
and
ought
to
subsist
,
between
Animal
Farm
and
its
neighbours
.
Between
pigs
and
human
beings
there
was
not
,
and
there
need
not
be
,
any
clash
of
interests
whatever
.
Their
struggles
and
their
difficulties
were
one
.
Was
not
the
labour
problem
the
same
everywhere
?
Here
it
became
apparent
that
Mr
.
Pilkington
was
about
to
spring
some
carefully
prepared
witticism
on
the
company
,
but
for
a
moment
he
was
too
overcome
by
amusement
to
be
able
to
utter
it
.
After
much
choking
,
during
which
his
various
chins
turned
purple
,
he
managed
to
get
it
out
:
"
If
you
have
your
lower
animals
to
contend
with
,
"
he
said
,
"
we
have
our
lower
classes
!
"
