The animals had their breakfast, and then Snowball and Napoleon called them together again. 

‚Comrades,’ said Snowball, ‚it is half-past six and we have a long day before us. Today we begin the hay harvest. But there is another matter that must be attended to first.’

The pigs now revealed that during the past three months they had taught themselves to read and write from an old spelling book which had belonged to Mr. Jones’s children and which had been thrown on the rubbish heap. Napoleon sent for pots of black and white paint and led the way down to the five-barred gate that gave on to the main road. Then Snowball (for it was Snowball who was best at writing) took a brush between the two knuckles of his trotter, painted out MANOR FARM from the top bar of the gate and in its place painted ANIMAL FARM. This was to be the name of the farm from now onwards. After this they went back to the farm buildings, where Snowball and Napoleon sent for a ladder which they caused to be set against the end wall of the big barn. They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments. These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after. With some difficulty (for it is not easy for a pig to balance himself on a ladder) Snowball climbed up and set to work, with Squealer a few rungs below him holding the paint-pot. The Commandments were written on the tarred wall in great white letters that could be read thirty yards away. They ran thus:

THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.

2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

3. No animal shall wear clothes.

4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.

5. No animal shall drink alcohol.

6. No animal shall kill any other animal.

7. All animals are equal.

 

breakfast	śniadanie
called them together again	zwołali ich ponownie
we have a long day before us	mamy przed sobą długi dzień
Today we begin the hay harvest	dzisiaj rozpoczynamy żniwa, zbiory siana
But there is another matter that must be attended to first	ale jest jeszcze inna sprawa, którą musimy się najpierw zająć
to reveal	ujawniać, odsłonić
that during the past three months	że w ciągu ostatnich trzech miesięcy
they had taught themselves to read and write	same uczyły się czytać i pisać
spelling book	książka do ortografii
to belong	należeć
rubbish heap	stos, sterta śmieci
sent for	kazał przynieść
pots of black and white paint	puszki z czarną i białą farbą
best at writing	najlepszy w pisaniu
brush	pędzel
knuckles	kostki
to paint	malować
top bar	górna tabliczka
to paint out	zamalować
from now onwards	od tego czasu
ladder	drabina
to explain	tłumaczyć, wyjaśniać
to succeed	powieść się, odnieść sukces
reducing	zmniejszanie
principle	zasada
Seven Commandments	siedem przykazań
to inscribe sth on the wall	napisać coś na ścianie
to form	tworzyć
law	prawo
difficulty	trudność
to balance	balansować
to climb up	wspinać się
set to work	przygotował się do pracy
rungs	szczeble
below	pod, poniżej
in great white letters	wielkimi białymi literami
that could be read thirty yards away	które można było odczytać z odległości trzydziestu jardów
They ran thus	brzmiały w ten sposób, następująco
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy	wszystko, co chodzi na dwóch nogach jest wrogiem
leg	noga
wings	skrzydła
friend	przyjaciel
to wear clothes	nosić ubranie
to sleep in a bed	spać w łóżku
to drink alcohol	pić alkohol
to kill any other animal	zabić inne zwierzę
equal	równy