Monday, February 14, 2011

An Order of Eggs

Dear Journal,
On my recommendation, Napoleon has accepted a contract of four hundred eggs a week. The revenue from the produce will pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going until summer. A grocer's van will be arranged to drive up to the farm once a week to take them away. Through my guidance, Animal Farm is improving relations with its neighboring farms. Moreover, I have noticed upon my rounds a pile of well-seasoned timber in the yard which had been stacked ten years earlier. I have advised Napoleon to sell it as both Pilkington and Frederick are anxious to buy it. Napoleon is hesitating between the two; whenever he seems close to sealing a deal, it is rumored that Snowball, his enemy, is hiding there.
- Mr. Whymper
Eggs: image source

4 comments:

  1. Napoleon is a corrupt ruler! He seized eggs away from the hens, and when they tried to go against his wishes, he had them brutally silenced! Led by three Black Minorca pullets, the hens attempted to sit on top of the barn rafters in a strike. Napoleon called out his dogs and ruthlessly ordered their rations to be stopped if they continued. The eggs were only reluctantly delivered!

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  2. Snowball is but spreading lies! I have heard news, comrades, that he has even stooped as low as to sell himself to Mr. Frederick of Pinchfield! The treacherous pig has been working for Mr. Jones from the start, the very start, I tell you! As for his lies about our brilliant leader -- well they are completely nonsense! Napoleon is a great, kind leader. We shall sing Minimus's "Comrade Napoleon" as our anthem instead. "Beasts of England" is outdated and shall no longer be sung. It indicated a wish for Rebellion and now there is no need for that in this perfect community led by Comrade Napoleon...

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  3. Napoleon has violated the original principles of Animalism! Before his death, Old Major warned us that taking eggs away from hens was a crime, but Napoleon has done it! He has further violated a major commandment: no animal shall kill any other animal. Yet he has brutally done so to the rebellious hens.

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  4. The commandment clearly reads: "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause." In any case, I have a list of statistics proving that conditions on Animal Farm are far better now under the leadership of Comrade Napoleon than ever before. The statistics continue to improve!

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