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Chapter 4

           TheyputitaboutthattheanimalsontheManorFarm(theyinsistedoncallingittheManorFarm;theywouldnottoleratethename"AnimalFarm")wereperpetuallyfightingamongthemselvesandwerealsorapidlystarvingtodeath. Whentimepassedandtheanimalshadevidentlynotstarvedtodeath,FrederickandPilkingtonchangedtheirtuneandbegantotalkoftheterriblewickednessthatnowflourishedonAnimalFarm. Itwasgivenoutthattheanimalstherepractisedcannibalism,torturedoneanotherwithred-hothorseshoes,andhadtheirfemalesincommon. ThiswaswhatcameofrebellingagainstthelawsofNature,FrederickandPilkingtonsaid. 

           However,thesestorieswereneverfullybelieved. Rumoursofawonderfulfarm,wherethehumanbeingshadbeenturnedoutandtheanimalsmanagedtheirownaffairs,continuedtocirculateinvagueanddistortedforms,andthroughoutthatyearawaveofrebelliousnessranthroughthecountryside. Bullswhichhadalwaysbeentractablesuddenlyturnedsavage,sheepbrokedownhedgesanddevouredtheclover,cowskickedthepailover,huntersrefusedtheirfencesandshottheirridersontotheotherside. Aboveall,thetuneandeventhewordsof‘BeastsofEngland’wereknowneverywhere. Ithadspreadwithastonishingspeed. Thehumanbeingscouldnotcontaintheirragewhentheyheardthissong,thoughtheypretendedtothinkitmerelyridiculous. Theycouldnotunderstand,theysaid,howevenanimalscouldbringthemselvestosingsuchcontemptiblerubbish. Anyanimalcaughtsingingitwasgivenafloggingonthespot. Andyetthesongwasirrepressible. Theblackbirdswhistleditinthehedges,thepigeonscooeditintheelms,itgotintothedinofthesmithiesandthetuneofthechurchbells. Andwhenthehumanbeingslistenedtoit,theysecretlytrembled,hearinginitaprophecyoftheirfuturedoom. 

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