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Chapter 4

           "Heisdead,"saidBoxersorrowfully."Ihadnointentionofdoingthat. IforgotthatIwaswearingironshoes. WhowillbelievethatIdidnotdothisonpurpose?" 

           "Nosentimentality,comrade!"criedSnowballfromwhosewoundsthebloodwasstilldripping. "Wariswar.Theonlygoodhumanbeingisadeadone." 

           "Ihavenowishtotakelife,notevenhumanlife,"repeatedBoxer,andhiseyeswerefulloftears. 

           "WhereisMollie?"exclaimedsomebody. 

           Mollieinfactwasmissing. Foramomenttherewasgreatalarm;itwasfearedthatthemenmighthaveharmedherinsomeway,orevencarriedheroffwiththem. Intheend,however,shewasfoundhidinginherstallwithherheadburiedamongthehayinthemanger. Shehadtakentoflightassoonasthegunwentoff. Andwhentheotherscamebackfromlookingforher,itwastofindthatthestable-lad,whoinfactwasonlystunned,hadalreadyrecoveredandmadeoff. 

           Theanimalshadnowreassembledinthewildestexcitement,eachrecountinghisownexploitsinthebattleatthetopofhisvoice. Animpromptucelebrationofthevictorywasheldimmediately. Theflagwasrunupand‘BeastsofEngland’wassunganumberoftimes,thenthesheepwhohadbeenkilledwasgivenasolemnfuneral,ahawthornbushbeingplantedonhergrave. AtthegravesideSnowballmadealittlespeech,emphasisingtheneedforallanimalstobereadytodieforAnimalFarmifneedbe. 

           Theanimalsdecidedunanimouslytocreateamilitarydecoration,"AnimalHero,FirstClass,"whichwasconferredthereandthenonSnowballandBoxer. 

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