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           Nevertheless,someoftheanimalsweredisturbedwhentheyheardthatthepigsnotonlytooktheirmealsinthekitchenandusedthedrawing-roomasarecreationroom,butalsosleptinthebeds. Boxerpasseditoffasusualwith"Napoleonisalwaysright!",butClover,whothoughtsherememberedadefiniterulingagainstbeds,wenttotheendofthebarnandtriedtopuzzleouttheSevenCommandmentswhichwereinscribedthere. Findingherselfunabletoreadmorethanindividualletters,shefetchedMuriel. 

           "Muriel,"shesaid,"readmetheFourthCommandment. Doesitnotsaysomethingaboutneversleepinginabed?" 

           WithsomedifficultyMurielspeltitout. 

           "Itsays,‘Noanimalshallsleepinabedwithsheets,"’sheannouncedfinally. 

           Curiouslyenough,CloverhadnotrememberedthattheFourthCommandmentmentionedsheets;butasitwasthereonthewall,itmusthavedoneso. AndSquealer,whohappenedtobepassingatthismoment,attendedbytwoorthreedogs,wasabletoputthewholematterinitsproperperspective. 

           "Youhaveheardthen,comrades,"hesaid,"thatwepigsnowsleepinthebedsofthefarmhouse? Andwhynot? Youdidnotsuppose,surely,thattherewaseverarulingagainstbeds? Abedmerelymeansaplacetosleepin. Apileofstrawinastallisabed,properlyregarded. Therulewasagainstsheets,whichareahumaninvention. Wehaveremovedthesheetsfromthefarmhousebeds,andsleepbetweenblankets. Andverycomfortablebedstheyaretoo! Butnotmorecomfortablethanweneed,Icantellyou,comrades,withallthebrainworkwehavetodonowadays. Youwouldnotrobusofourrepose,wouldyou,comrades? Youwouldnothaveustootiredtocarryoutourduties? SurelynoneofyouwishestoseeJonesback?"