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1、ANIMALFARM:AFAIRYSTORYGEORGEORWELLCHAPTERIMRJONES,oftheManorFarm,hadlockedthehen-housesforthenight,butwastoodrunktoremembertoshutthepop-holes.Withtheringoflightfromhislanterndancingfromsidetosidehelurchedacrosstheyard,kickedoffhisbootsatthebackdoor,drewhimselfalastglassofbeerfromthebarrelinthesculle
2、ry,andmadehiswayuptobed,whereMrsJoneswasalreadysnoring.Assoonasthelightinthebedroomwentouttherewasastirringandaflutteringallthroughthefarmbuildings.WordhadgoneroundduringthedaythatoldMajor,theprizeMiddleWhiteboar,hadhadastrangedreamonthepreviousnightandwishedtocommunicateittotheotheranimals.Ithadbee
3、nagreedthattheyshouldallmeetinthebigbarnassoonasMrJoneswassafelyoutoftheway.OldMajor(sohewasalwayscalled,thoughthenameunderwhichhehadbeenexhibitedwasWillingdonBeauty)wassohighlyregardedonthefarmthateveryonewasquitereadytoloseanhour‟ssleepinordertohearwhathehadtosay.Atoneendofthebigbarn,onasortofrais
4、edplatform,Majorwasalreadyensconcedonhisbedofstraw,underalanternwhichhungfromabeam.Hewastwelveyearsoldandhadlatelygrownratherstout,buthewasstillamajestic-lookingpig,withawiseandbenevolentappearanceinspiteofthefactthathistusheshadneverbeencut.Beforelongtheotheranimalsbegantoarriveandmakethemselvescom
5、fortableaftertheirdifferentfashions.Firstcamethethreedogs,Bluebell,JessieandPincher,andthenthepigs,whosettleddowninthestrawimmediatelyinfrontoftheplatform.Thehensperchedthemselvesonthewindow-sills,thepigeonsfluttereduptotherafters,thesheepandcowslaydownbehindthepigsandbegantochewthecud.Thetwocart-ho
6、rses,BoxerandClover,cameintogether,walkingveryslowlyandsettingdowntheirvasthairyhoofswithgreatcarelestthereshouldbesomesmallanimalconcealedinthestraw.Cloverwasastoutmotherlymareapproachingmiddlelife,whohadneverquitegotherfigurebackafterherfourthfoal.Boxerwasanenormousbeast,nearlyeighteenhandshigh,an
7、dasstrongasanytwoordinaryhorsesputtogether.Awhitestripedownhisnosegavehimasomewhatstupidappearance,andinfacthewasnotoffirst-rateintelligence,buthewasuniversallyrespectedforhissteadinessofcharacterandt
