Animal Farm（20）

Going back， the others found that she had remained behind in the best bedroom. She had taken a piece of blue ribbon from Mrs. Jones's dressing-table，and was holding it against her shoulder and admiring herself in the glass in a very foolish manner.  The others reproached her sharply，and they went outside. 

Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial，and the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer’s hoof；otherwise nothing in the house was touched.  A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum.  All was agreed that no animal must ever live there.

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 have been thrown on the rubbish heap.  Napoleon sent for pots of black and white paints and led the way down to the five-barred gate on 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，painting out MANOR FARM from the top bar of the gate and in its place painting ANIMAL FARM.