“Comrades” Benjamin said “we are not going to put up with this nonsense any more we are going to put an end to it once and for all!” Then came a lot of voices from the herd of animals saying “but what are we going to do?” Benjamin said “we are going to put Napoleon and his gang out of this farm as soon as possible!”
Excitement grew upon all of their poor faces. Benjamin then said in a serious tone “the first thing to do is to get rid of Napoleons dogs!” Clover emerged from the heard of animals saying in a confused way “but how Benjamin?” Benjamin then said “We are going to poison them; we are going to make sure that these dogs never see the light of day again!”
The sun was setting between the clouds. As for Benjamin he was very impatient and couldn’t wait until the dogs were fast asleep. Eventually Benjamin hopped to his feet, crept over to Clover and whispered into her ear “Clover the dogs are fast asleep and I will go and finish them off!” The room was full of silence. Suddenly Clover broke the silence by saying to Benjamin in a worried voice “Are you sure? Do you want me to accompany you on your mission?” Benjamin gathered to his feet. Then said in a trembled voice to Clover “No its fine I can do it myself, now go back to sleep.”
As cunning as a fox Benjamin aimed for Mr Jones’ rat poison. He poured it into the dogs’ bowls in the quiet, stillness of the night. As for Clover she couldn’t sleep. Her eyes were peering out of the barn windows. Her great mane shaking like a leaf. Benjamin then managed with great success to put the bowls in their rightful positions and set off for the barn looking smugly satisfied.
The following day Napoleon had received a very important phone call from Mr. Pilkington. His head was throbbing and he felt very ill indeed. As soon as his conversation was over with Mr Pilkington he told Squealer to tell the animals to take the day off as Napoleon had arranged a meeting with Mr Pilkington and he wanted Mr Pilkington to think that things were going well at Animal Farm, that a holiday was given each week. Squealer ran as fast as his tiny stout legs could carry him and he immediately said to the pigs “today comrades you get a work free day because of your previous hard work” once they heard this they were so happy.
Looking very happy and confident and anticipating his meeting with Mr Pilkington eagerly, Napoleon darted for his most loyal servants, the dogs. As Napoleon reached the dogs’ pen he said to them in a happy voice “Dinner time boys!” Napoleon without noticing forked the food into the dog’s bowls on top of the rat poison. Just as Napoleon had turned his back heading towards the Jones house he heard the yelps of his dogs. Napoleon ran as fast as his hind legs could carry him until he reached the dogs’ pen, but it was too late for they dropped on the spot.
It was half past seven in the evening and Napoleon was looking very shifty and keeping a close eye on the animals to see what they were up to. The animals were too clever for Napoleon at this stage for they knew to stop what they were doing and graze around the field when Napoleon was watching them.
The time has come. The animals were ready and Mr. Pilkington had arrived. The meeting was in progress. Mr. Pilkington and Napoleon had begun talking about what was to be done with Animal farm and the other animals living on the farm. As they were discussing this the animals had put their plans to action. Benjamin and Clover stood at either side of the front door. As for the rest of the animals, they hid behind the back door.
As soon as Benjamin got the signal he rang the doorbell. Squealer then forced himself towards the door to open it. As it opened he was compressed with the clutches of Benjamin and Clover who was so quick at slicing his throat that he couldn’t even let out a squeal of surrender. Napoleon and the pigs got very confused with the disappearance of Squealer so they went looking for him.
As they made their first move they were startled by the bursting of doors. The animals had stampeded their way in killing everyone in sight until only Napoleon was left. It was Napoleon against the animals that he had treated with cruelty for half their lives. There was nothing that he could do. It was the end for him and he knew that as well. So he sprang up as quick as lightning and said “please comrades I will give you what you desire please just spare me my life?”
“Not this time Napoleon” shouted Benjamin at the top of his voice “we are going to get you, the way you got us and that is a promise!” By the look on Napoleons face you could tell that he was truly terrified by what Benjamin said. Seconds later Clover emerged from the crowd and shouted “attack!” this was the last of cruel Napoleon the pig.
Animal Farm was restored to the way it was at the beginning with the correct seven commandments of old Majors and all of the animals had lived their lives the way they had dreamed of. Freedom.
