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1 The pile of timber was still unsold.
2 Meanwhile the timber was being carted away at high speed.
3 They were struck dumb with surprise when Napoleon announced that he had sold the pile of timber to Frederick.
4 He had demanded payment in real five-pound notes, which were to be handed over before the timber was removed.
5 It was announced that later, when bricks and timber had been purchased, a schoolroom would be built in the farmhouse garden.
6 It happened that there was in the yard a pile of timber which had been stacked there ten years earlier when a beech spinney was cleared.
7 Frederick had wanted to pay for the timber with something called a cheque, which, it seemed, was a piece of paper with a promise to pay written upon it.
8 At about the same time it was given out that Napoleon had arranged to sell the pile of timber to Mr. Pilkington; he was also going to enter into a regular agreement for the exchange of certain products between Animal Farm and Foxwood.
9 One Sunday morning Napoleon appeared in the barn and explained that he had never at any time contemplated selling the pile of timber to Frederick; he considered it beneath his dignity, he said, to have dealings with scoundrels of that description.