Animal Farm By: George Orwell
...a dream he had about one day animals ruling the world. He said there was to be a
rebellion in the farm against their cruel farmer, Mr. Jones. Old Major did not know when the
rebellion was to take place but he knew it would be soon. He taught the barnyard a song called
Beasts Of England. This song riled the animals up about the rebellion.
Three nights later Old Major died. There were pigs to take his place though. They were
Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer. They called Old Majors teachings "Animalism." After Old Major
died the animals did not think that much of the rebellion as they used to. Two horses did not like
the idea. They were Clover and Mollie. The other horse, Boxer, listened to what ever his leader
said. The pigs also had trouble with the farmer's tame raven, Moses. Moses said that the rebellion
was not a good idea. One day however, the rebellion did happen. After the animals had the farm
secure, they made laws called the Seven Commandments. They were like our ten commandments.
Then they renamed the farm from Manor Farm to Animal Farm.
The pigs learned to read and write by looking at books in the farmhouse. They also learned
many other things. The animals had to work even harder than before. They had to harvest the
fields without any tools. The animals were still happy anyway because they were free from the
farmers rule. An old donkey named Benjamin was unchanged after the rebellion. They had sort of
what was like council meetings. Napoleon and Snowball were most active in the debates. They
made committees to teach the animals how to read and write. Napoleon found that two dogs,
Jessie and Bluebell, gave birth to six sturdy puppies. He took them away to the barn loft where no
one could reach them but him. He was going to teach them himself. The cows were milked and the
pigs took the milk for themselves. They said they needed it for...
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