Скотный двор
Chapter 2
Napoleonsentforpotsofblackandwhitepaintandledthewaydowntothefive-barredgatethatgaveontothemainroad. ThenSnowball(foritwasSnowballwhowasbestatwriting)tookabrushbetweenthetwoknucklesofhistrotter,paintedoutMANORFARMfromthetopbarofthegateandinitsplacepaintedANIMALFARM. Thiswastobethenameofthefarmfromnowonwards. Afterthistheywentbacktothefarmbuildings,whereSnowballandNapoleonsentforaladderwhichtheycausedtobesetagainsttheendwallofthebigbarn. TheyexplainedthatbytheirstudiesofthepastthreemonthsthepigshadsucceededinreducingtheprinciplesofAnimalismtoSevenCommandments. TheseSevenCommandmentswouldnowbeinscribedonthewall;theywouldformanunalterablelawbywhichalltheanimalsonAnimalFarmmustliveforeverafter. Withsomedifficulty(foritisnoteasyforapigtobalancehimselfonaladder)Snowballclimbedupandsettowork,withSquealerafewrungsbelowhimholdingthepaint-pot. TheCommandmentswerewrittenonthetarredwallingreatwhitelettersthatcouldbereadthirtyyardsaway. Theyranthus:
THESEVENCOMMANDMENTS
1.Whatevergoesupontwolegsisanenemy.
2.Whatevergoesuponfourlegs,orhaswings,isafriend.
3.Noanimalshallwearclothes.
4.Noanimalshallsleepinabed.
5.Noanimalshalldrinkalcohol.
6.Noanimalshallkillanyotheranimal.
7.Allanimalsareequal.
