Mrs. Jones looked out of the bedroom window, saw what was happening, hurriedly flung a few possessions into a carpet bag, and slipped out of the farm by another way. Moses sprang off his perch and flapped after her, croaking loudly. Meanwhile the animals had chased Jones and his men out on to the road and slammed the five-barred gate behind them. And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs.

For the first few minutes the animals could hardly believe in their good fortune. Their first act was to gallop in a body right round the boundaries of the farm, as though to make quite sure that no human being was hiding anywhere upon it; then they raced back to the farm buildings to wipe out the last traces of Jones’s hated reign. The harness-room at the end of the stables was broken open; the bits, the nose-rings, the dog-chains, the cruel knives with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs, were all flung down the well. The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard. So were the whips. All the animals capered with joy when they saw the whips going up in flames. Snowball also threw on to the fire the ribbons with which the horses’ manes and tails had usually been decorated on market days.

‚Ribbons,’ he said, ‚should be considered as clothes, which are the mark of a human being. All animals should go naked.’

When Boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it on to the fire with the rest.

In a very little while the animals had destroyed everything that reminded them of Mr. Jones. Napoleon then led them back to the store-shed and served out a double ration of corn to everybody, with two biscuits for each dog. Then they sang Beasts of England from end to end seven times running, and after that they settled down for the night and slept as they had never slept before.

But they woke at dawn as usual, and suddenly remembering the glorious thing that had happened, they all raced out into the pasture together. A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm. The animals rushed to the top of it and gazed round them in the clear morning light. Yes, it was theirs-everything that they could see was theirs! In the ecstasy of that thought they gambolled round and round, they hurled themselves into the air in great leaps of excitement. They rolled in the dew, they cropped mouthfuls of the sweet summer grass, they kicked up clods of the black earth and snuffed its rich scent. Then they made a tour of inspection of the whole farm and surveyed with speechless admiration the ploughland, the hayfield, the orchard, the pool, the spinney. It was as though they had never seen these things before, and even now they could hardly believe that it was all their own.

Then they filed back to the farm buildings and halted in silence outside the door of the farmhouse. That was theirs too, but they were frightened to go inside. After a moment, however, Snowball and Napoleon butted the door open with their shoulders and the animals entered in single file, walking with the utmost care for fear of disturbing anything. They tiptoed from room to room, afraid to speak above a whisper and gazing with a kind of awe at the unbelievable luxury, at the beds with their feather mattresses, the looking-glasses, the horsehair sofa, the Brussels carpet, the lithograph of Queen Victoria over the drawing-room mantelpiece. They were lust coming down the stairs when Mollie was discovered to be missing. Going back, the others found that she had remained behind in the best bedroom. She had taken a piece of blue ribbon from Mrs. Jones’s dressing-table, and was holding it against her shoulder and admiring herself in the glass in a very foolish manner. The others reproached her sharply, and they went outside. Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial, and the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer’s hoof,-otherwise nothing in the house was touched. A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum. All were agreed that no animal must ever live there.

 

bedroom	sypialnia
window	okno
to happen	wydarzać się, dziać się
hurriedly	pospiesznie,w pośpiechu
to fling (flung)	cisnąć, rzucić
possession	dobytek
bag	torba
carpet	dywan; kobierzec
to slip out	wyskakiwać
to spring	skakać
perch	grzęda
to flapp	machać, łopotać
to croack	krakać
loudly	głośno
Meanwhile	tymczasem
to chase	gonić, uganiać się
road	droga
to slamm	trzaskać
gate	brama, furtka, szlaban
behind them	za nimi
successfully	pomyślnie
to expel	usuwać, wypędzić, wyrzucać
theirs	ich
successfull	zakończone sukcesem, odnoszące sukces
could hardly believe	ledwie mogły w to uwierzyć
fortune	szczęście, powodzenie
act	postępek, działanie
to gallop	galopować
boundary	granica
to make quite sure	żeby się upewnić
human being	człowiek, istota ludzka
to hide	ukrywać się
anywhere upon it	gdzieś na niej (na farmie)
to race back	gnać, pędzić z powrotem
building	budowla, budynek
to wipe out	zmieść z owierzchni ziemi
the last traces	ostatnie ślady
hated reign	znienawidzone panowanie, rządy
harness	uprząż
at the end	na końcu
stable	stajnia, obora
bit	wędzidło
nose	nos
ring	pierścień, kółko
chain	łańcuch
cruel	okrutny
knive	nóż
with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs	którymi pan Jones kastrował świnie i owce
lamb	jagnię, owca
well	studnia
reins	lejce
halter	uździenica
blinkers	klapki na oczy
degrading	poniżający
to throw	rzucać
rubbish	śmieci, odpadki
fire	ogień, pożar
to burn	palic się
yard	podwórko
whip	bat, bicz, pejcz
caper	psota, figiel
joy	radość
to go up in flames	stwać w płomieniach
ribbon	wstążka
mane	grzywa
tail	ogon
to decorate	ozdobić, dekorować
market	targ, rynek
to considere	ropatrywać, rozważać
clothes	ubranie, ubrania
mark	znak, oznaka
naked	nagi, nago
to fetch	przynieść
small	mały
straw	słoma
to wear	nosić
summer	lato
to keep out	trzymać z daleka
fly (flies)	mucha
ear	ucho
rest	reszta
to destroy	niszczyć
everything that reminded them of Mr. Jones	wszystko, co przypominało im pana Jonesa
shed	szopa
to serve out	serwować, podawać
a double ration of corn	podwójna porcja zboża
biscuit	herbatnik, kruche ciasteczko
to settle down	sadowić się
and slept as they had never slept before	i spali jak jeszcze nigdy dotąd
dawn	świt
as usual	jak zwykle
suddenly	nagle
glorious	wspaniały
pasture	pastwisko
to command	dowodzić
view	widok
to rush	pędzić
to the top	na szczyt
to gaze at sth	wpatrywać się w coś
clear	jasny
morning	poranny
light	światło
everything that they could see was theirs!	wszystko, co widzieli było ich
in ecstasy	w uniesieniu
to gambol	hasać
to hurl	ciskać, cisnąć
air	powietrze
leap	skok
excitement	podniecenie, podekscytowanie
to roll	toczyć, kulać
dew	rosa
to crop	skubać
mouthfuls	kęs
sweet	słodki
summer	letni
grass	trawa
to kick	kopać; rzucać; wierzgać
black earth	czarna ziemia
rich	bogaty
scent	woń, zapach
tour	podróż, wycieczka
inspection	badanie, przegląd, inspekcja
whole	cały
to survey	oceniać, poddawać ekspertyzie, oględzinom
speechless	oniemiały
admiration	podziw
plough	pług
hay	siano
field	pole
orchard	sad
pool	sadzawka
to halt	przystanąć
in silence	w ciszy
outside	na zewnątrz
door	drzwi
frightened	przestraszony, przerażony
to go inside	wejść do środka
to butt	bość, uderzać głową
shoulder	bark
to enter	wejść, wstąpić
to file in	wchodzić jeden za drugim, gęsiego
single	pojedynczo
utmost	najwyższy
care	ostrożność
for fear of disturbing anything	ze strachu przed naruszeniem czegoś
to tiptoe	na palcach
room	pokój
afraid	przestraszony, bojący się
to speak above a whisper	mówić głośniej niż szeptem
to gaze at sth	wpatrywać się w coś
a kind of awe	rodzaj respektu
unbelievable	niewiarygodny
luxury	luksus
feather	puchowy
mattress	materac
glasses	okulary
horsehair	końska sierść
sofa	kanapa
Brussels	Bruksela
carpet	dywan, kobierzec
lithograph	litnografia
drawing-room	salon
mantelpiece	gzyms kominka
lust	żądza
coming down the stairs	schodząc w dół po schodach
to discover	odkrywać
to be missing	być zaginionym
Going back	wracając
to remain	zostać, pozostać
bedroom	sypialnia
best	njalepszy
dressing-table	toaletka
a piece of blue ribbon	kawałek niebieskiej wstążki
to hold	trzymać
to admire	podziwiać
glass	szkło
manner	sposób
foolish	głupi
to reproach sb for sth	wyrzucać coś komuś
to reproach sb with sth	zarzucać coś komuś
sharply	ostro
to go outside	wyjść na zewnątrz
ham	szynka
hanging	wiszący
kitchen	kuchnia
burial	potrzeb
barrel of beer	beczka piwa
scullery	pomieszczenie przylegające do kuchni, w którym odbywało się pranie, zmywanie itp
hoof	kopyto
kick	kopnięcie, kopniak
otherwise	poza tym
nothing in the house was touched	nic w domu nie zostało dotknięte
unanimous	jednomyślny, jednogłośny
resolution	rozwiązanie
to pass	uchwalać
on the spot	na miejscu
to preserve	zachowywać; konserwować
as a museum	jako muzeum
to agree	zgadzać się
to live there	mieszkać, żyć tam