It was very neatly written，And except that “friend” was written “freind” and one of the “S’s” was the wrong way round，the spelling was correct all the way through. Snowball read it aloud for the benefit of the others. All the animals nodded in complete agreement，and the clever ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart.
“Now，comrades，”Cried Snowball，throwing down the paintbrush，“To the hayfield！Let us make a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do.”
But at this moment the three cows，who had seemed uneasy for some time past，set up a lound lowing. They had not been milked for twenty-four hours，and their udders were almost bursting. After a little thought， the pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully，theit trotters being well adapted to this task. Soon there were five buckets of frothing【v. 使起泡沫；以泡沫覆盖；泛起；溢出；发泄（froth 的现在分词）】 creamy【adj. 奶油色的；乳脂状的；含乳脂的】 milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest.
“What is going to happen to all that milk？”said someone.
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