1 At the beginning they met with much stupidity and apathy.
2 At the sight, several men dropped their sticks and tried to run.
3 At the gate they paused, half frightened to go on but Clover led the way in.
4 At the same time he warned them that after this treacherous deed the worst was to be expected.
5 At the Meeting on the following Sunday the question of whether or not to begin work on the windmill was to be put to the vote.
6 At the foot of the end wall of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written, there lay a ladder broken in two pieces.
7 At the graveside Snowball made a little speech, emphasising the need for all animals to be ready to die for Animal Farm if need be.
8 At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
9 At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.