Every animal young and old, wise and stupid roared together “Death to the scum”. The animals sternly marched out onto the land. The plan was to attack the core of the pigs, ‘the house’. Before they entered the house, Benjamin noticed that one of Mr. Pilkington’s men had left guns, grenades and ammunition in the boot of their car, so the chickens and sheep obliged.
The horses (excluding Clover) took a stand at each door of the house (the front, back and patio doors). The chickens grabbed the pistols from the boot and took a stance at each window of the house. The sheep grabbed some grenades and the remaining pistols, and backed up the horses at each door of the house. Clover and Benjamin stayed a small distance away from the house and promised to take out any runners.
“After three: 1, 2, …..3!” shouted Clover. The horses were ruthless in their attack. They stormed into the building without remorse, and took out the pigs who were still tired from the night before. The noise awoke the humans. Mr Pilkington’s men grabbed their guns and raced to see what had happened. The horses quickly galloped out the door, behind the sheep.
“What has happened in here?” exclaimed a human. The chickens jumped onto the window ledge and targeted the humans. “Don’t move, I think I hear something” said a petrified human. Shots were fired.
The three-armed men dropped to the ground as the other guards scampered out into the open land. The chickens move had been a success and they clucked their way around to the open garden. The pigs had suffered huge losses in the house battle but they still had more than enough firepower to fight. Napoleon and Squealer called the pigs together. “My friend’s, we have given Benjamin and Clover everything, yet they are not grateful.” exclaimed Squealer. “They are trying to kill us off for being nice, for doing all we can to help them. It’s about time you showed them a thing or two about being grateful, my pigs. Go out there and kill those scumbags.” The pigs were inspired by this speech from Squealer and marched sternly out to face the wrath of Benjamin’s army.
The two armies were face to face. The pigs, forty in all, were no match for the fifty animals armed with weapons. Millington, who had been hiding indoors, raced towards his car, but was picked off by one the chickens.
The forty pigs quickly formed a circle around the other animals. The pig’s tactic was to charge straight into the animals without remorse. Their plan was very successful because they took out all the sheep and most of the chickens. The remaining chickens fired their pistols with all the energy they had left and killed twenty-two pigs. Clover and the other horses kicked out and killed twelve of the remaining pigs. Squealer quickly shouted at the remaining horses and told them to follow him around to the back garden.
The horses obliged and galloped around to meet them only to realise they were trapped. Napoleon shot rounds at the horses. The chickens heard the shots and scampered around to the back of the house only to find their partners had been killed. The chickens were seething and fired at the remaining pigs. Napoleon again fired shots. The chickens fell to the ground and died. Napoleon was out of ammunition.
After all the battling, Napoleon, Squealer, Benjamin and Clover were the last standing. The four most influential animals in the farm’s history were all that were left. Squealer walked up to Benjamin and said“ Why have you done this? We have given you everything”. “You have done nothing for me. Anything I have accomplished on this farm is thanks to my good will and strength. I owe you nothing.” Squealer slapped Benjamin. Shots were fired.
Squealer collapsed to the ground as Napoleon reloaded the pistol for one final shot. Napoleon fell to the ground.
The farm’s last battle was a costly one. Only two walked away from it all unscathed. Clover and Benjamin walked through the gates of the farm without looking back. They finally had their freedom………….
By Damian McCarron 3rd draft
