BENJAMIN in Classic Quotes
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1 But Benjamin was watching the movements of the men intently.
2 Benjamin was the only animal who did not side with either faction.
3 Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered.
4 Old Benjamin, the donkey, seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion.
5 After the horses came Muriel, the white goat, and Benjamin, the donkey.
6 Benjamin could read as well as any pig, but never exercised his faculty.
7 Slowly, and with an air almost of amusement, Benjamin nodded his long muzzle.
8 Once again Clover and Benjamin warned him to take care of his health, but Boxer paid no attention.
9 Only Clover remained, and Benjamin who lay down at Boxer's side, and, without speaking, kept the flies off him with his long tail.
10 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.
11 Clover asked Benjamin to read her the Sixth Commandment, and when Benjamin, as usual, said that he refused to meddle in such matters, she fetched Muriel.
12 The horses carried it off in cart-loads, the sheep dragged single blocks, even Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share.
13 Only old Benjamin refused to grow enthusiastic about the windmill, though, as usual, he would utter nothing beyond the cryptic remark that donkeys live a long time.
14 None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant, except old Benjamin, who nodded his muzzle with a knowing air, and seemed to understand, but would say nothing.
15 Muriel, Benjamin, and all the sheep, with Snowball at the head of them, rushed forward and prodded and butted the men from every side, while Benjamin turned around and lashed at them with his small hoofs.
16 And about half an hour later, when Boxer had somewhat recovered, he was with difficulty got on to his feet, and managed to limp back to his stall, where Clover and Benjamin had prepared a good bed of straw for him.
17 They had made their way on to the little knoll where the half-finished windmill stood, and with one accord they all lay down as though huddling together for warmth--Clover, Muriel, Benjamin, the cows, the sheep, and a whole flock of geese and hens--everyone, indeed, except the cat, who had suddenly disappeared just before Napoleon ordered the animals to assemble.
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