Chapter 6

           Allthatyeartheanimalsworkedlikeslaves. Buttheywerehappyintheirwork;theygrudgednoeffortorsacrifice,wellawarethateverythingthattheydidwasforthebenefitofthemselvesandthoseoftheirkindwhowouldcomeafterthem,andnotforapackofidle,thievinghumanbeings. 

           Throughoutthespringandsummertheyworkedasixty-hourweek,andinAugustNapoleonannouncedthattherewouldbeworkonSundayafternoonsaswell. Thisworkwasstrictlyvoluntary,butanyanimalwhoabsentedhimselffromitwouldhavehisrationsreducedbyhalf. Evenso,itwasfoundnecessarytoleavecertaintasksundone. Theharvestwasalittlelesssuccessfulthaninthepreviousyear,andtwofieldswhichshouldhavebeensownwithrootsintheearlysummerwerenotsownbecausetheploughinghadnotbeencompletedearlyenough. Itwaspossibletoforeseethatthecomingwinterwouldbeahardone. 

           Thewindmillpresentedunexpecteddifficulties. Therewasagoodquarryoflimestoneonthefarm,andplentyofsandandcementhadbeenfoundinoneoftheouthouses,sothatallthematerialsforbuildingwereathand. Buttheproblemtheanimalscouldnotatfirstsolvewashowtobreakupthestoneintopiecesofsuitablesize. Thereseemednowayofdoingthisexceptwithpicksandcrowbars,whichnoanimalcoulduse,becausenoanimalcouldstandonhishindlegs. Onlyafterweeksofvaineffortdidtherightideaoccurtosomebody-namely,toutilisetheforceofgravity. Hugeboulders,fartoobigtobeusedastheywere,werelyingalloverthebedofthequarry. Theanimalslashedropesroundthese,andthenalltogether,cows,horses,sheep,anyanimalthatcouldlayholdoftheropeeventhepigssometimesjoinedinatcriticalmomentstheydraggedthemwithdesperateslownessuptheslopetothetopofthequarry,wheretheyweretoppledovertheedge,toshattertopiecesbelow. 

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