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Chapter 7

           "Ah,thatisdifferent!"saidBoxer. "IfComradeNapoleonsaysit,itmustberight." 

           "Thatisthetruespirit,comrade!"criedSquealer,butitwasnoticedhecastaveryuglylookatBoxerwithhislittletwinklingeyes. Heturnedtogo,thenpausedandaddedimpressively: "Iwarneveryanimalonthisfarmtokeephiseyesverywideopen. ForwehavereasontothinkthatsomeofSnowball’ssecretagentsarelurkingamongusatthismoment!" 

           Fourdayslater,inthelateafternoon,Napoleonorderedalltheanimalstoassembleintheyard. Whentheywereallgatheredtogether,Napoleonemergedfromthefarmhouse,wearingbothhismedals(forhehadrecentlyawardedhimself"AnimalHero,FirstClass",and"AnimalHero,SecondClass"),withhisninehugedogsfriskingroundhimandutteringgrowlsthatsentshiversdownalltheanimals’spines. Theyallcoweredsilentlyintheirplaces,seemingtoknowinadvancethatsometerriblethingwasabouttohappen. 

           Napoleonstoodsternlysurveyinghisaudience;thenheutteredahigh-pitchedwhimper. Immediatelythedogsboundedforward,seizedfourofthepigsbytheearanddraggedthem,squealingwithpainandterror,toNapoleon’sfeet. Thepigs’earswerebleeding,thedogshadtastedblood,andforafewmomentstheyappearedtogoquitemad. Totheamazementofeverybody,threeofthemflungthemselvesuponBoxer. Boxersawthemcomingandputouthisgreathoof,caughtadoginmid-air,andpinnedhimtotheground. Thedogshriekedformercyandtheothertwofledwiththeirtailsbetweentheirlegs. BoxerlookedatNapoleontoknowwhetherheshouldcrushthedogtodeathorletitgo. Napoleonappearedtochangecountenance,andsharplyorderedBoxertoletthedoggo,whereatBoxerliftedhishoof,andthedogslunkaway,bruisedandhowling. 

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