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1 At this some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use.
2 Moreover, it was the biggest harvest that the farm had ever seen.
3 With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.
4 The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.
5 It was as though they had never seen these things before, and even now they could hardly believe that it was all their own.
6 The dogs had suddenly caught sight of them, and it was only by a swift dash for their holes that the rats saved their lives.
7 She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with.
8 But she always made such excellent excuses, and purred so affectionately, that it was impossible not to believe in her good intentions.
9 But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the other could be counted on to oppose it.
10 In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges.
11 So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared.
12 Mollie, it was true, was not good at getting up in the mornings, and had a way of leaving work early on the ground that there was a stone in her hoof.
13 Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it was truly their own food, produced by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a grudging master.
14 Sometimes the work was hard; the implements had been designed for human beings and not for animals, and it was a great drawback that no animal was able to use any tool that involved standing on his hind legs.
15 They did not know when the Rebellion predicted by Major would take place, they had no reason for thinking that it would be within their own lifetime, but they saw clearly that it was their duty to prepare for it.
16 He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark--for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.
17 Even when it was resolved--a thing no one could object to in itself--to set aside the small paddock behind the orchard as a home of rest for animals who were past work, there was a stormy debate over the correct retiring age for each class of animal.
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