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Chapter 3

           ThebirdsdidnotunderstandSnowball’slongwords,buttheyacceptedhisexplanation,andallthehumbleranimalssettoworktolearnthenewmaximbyheart. FOURLEGSGOOD,TWOLEGSBAD,wasinscribedontheendwallofthebarn,abovetheSevenCommandmentsandinbiggerletters. Whentheyhadoncegotitbyheart,thesheepdevelopedagreatlikingforthismaxim,andoftenastheylayinthefieldtheywouldallstartbleating "Fourlegsgood,twolegsbad!Fourlegsgood,twolegsbad!"andkeepitupforhoursonend,nevergrowingtiredofit. 

           NapoleontooknointerestinSnowball’scommittees. Hesaidthattheeducationoftheyoungwasmoreimportantthananythingthatcouldbedoneforthosewhowerealreadygrownup. IthappenedthatJessieandBluebellhadbothwhelpedsoonafterthehayharvest,givingbirthbetweenthemtoninesturdypuppies. Assoonastheywereweaned,Napoleontookthemawayfromtheirmothers,sayingthathewouldmakehimselfresponsiblefortheireducation. Hetookthemupintoaloftwhichcouldonlybereachedbyaladderfromtheharness-room,andtherekepttheminsuchseclusionthattherestofthefarmsoonforgottheirexistence. 

           Themysteryofwherethemilkwenttowassoonclearedup. Itwasmixedeverydayintothepigs’mash. Theearlyappleswerenowripening,andthegrassoftheorchardwaslitteredwithwindfalls. Theanimalshadassumedasamatterofcoursethatthesewouldbesharedoutequally;oneday,however,theorderwentforththatallthewindfallsweretobecollectedandbroughttotheharness-roomfortheuseofthepigs. Atthissomeoftheotheranimalsmurmured,butitwasnouse. Allthepigswereinfullagreementonthispoint,evenSnowballandNapoleon. Squealerwassenttomakethenecessaryexplanationstotheothers. 

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