Animal Farm｜动物农场

原著作者｜乔治·奥威尔 The story begins at Manor Farm where Jones the farmer drank and whipped the animals Old Major left a dying dream a paradise without humans governed by animals Inspired the starving animals rose up one morning and drove Jones away The farm welcomed two new leaders both of them clever pigs Snowball was eloquent and passionate wanting to improve everyone's life Napoleon was silent and dark caring more about the power in his hands And there was Boxer the tall horse strong and absolutely loyal to the pigs That winter Snowball proposed a grand plan to build a windmill He drew complex plans on the ground promising electricity and easier work The animals longed for that future but Napoleon strongly opposed it Napoleon never drew plans he did only one thing He secretly took nine puppies and hid them in the attic for training On voting day Snowball's speech won the cheers of all the animals Just as Snowball was about to win Napoleon let out a sharp whistle A terrifying scene unfolded as the nine hidden puppies rushed out They had grown into fierce beasts wearing studded collars The dogs opened their jaws and lunged madly at Snowball Chased through the mud Snowball squeezed through the hedge and fled forever Standing among the dogs Napoleon cancelled the windmill and ended all voting Fear covered the farm and no one dared to speak a word of opposition Just three weeks later Napoleon suddenly ordered the windmill to be built His mouthpiece a pig named Squealer claimed it was Napoleon's idea all along For this windmill the animals began to work like slaves Boxer worked the hardest dragging heavy stones up the slope day and night Though food grew scarce he always said I will work harder And his other motto Comrade Napoleon is always right Years of labor finally broke Boxer down He was the farm's backbone a cart-horse of immense strength but simple mind He collapsed in a pool of blood while moving stones his lung badly injured Napoleon said he would pay to send him to the best hospital A van arrived but Benjamin the donkey read the side in terror Alfred Simmonds Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler Napoleon had sold his most loyal soldier to buy whiskey The animals screamed and chased Boxer kicked the door but the sound grew weak The van disappeared into the dust never to return Years passed the windmill was built but used for milling corn not electricity The pigs grew fatter while the other animals remained hungry On a summer evening something even more terrible happened The pigs walked out on two legs just like humans Napoleon wore Jones's old clothes carrying a whip and parading proudly The Seven Commandments were gone replaced by one contradictory line All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others Outside the animals looked into the room Pigs and humans sat together drinking gambling and laughing They looked from pig to man and then from man to pig And from man to pig and then back to man It was already impossible to say which face was pig and which was man前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动