Bright will shine the fields of England，
Purer shall its waters be，
Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes，
On the day that sets us free.
For that day we all must labour
Though we die before it break；
Cows and horses，geese and turkeys，
All must toil for freedom's sake.
Beasts of England，beasts of Ireland，
Beasts of every land and clime，
Hearken well and spread my tidings
Of the garden future time.
The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement. Almost before Major had reached the end，they had begun singing it for themselves. Even the stupidest of them had already picked up the tune and a few of the words，and as for the clever ones，such as the pigs and dogs，they had the entire song by heart within a few minutes. And then，after a few preliminary【adj. 初步的；开始的；预备的】 tries，the whole farm burst out into Beasts of England in tremendous【adj. 极大的，巨大的；惊人的；极好的】 unison【n. 和谐；齐唱；同度；[声] 同音】. The cows lowed it，the dogs whined it，the sheep bleated it，the horses whinnied it，the ducks quacked it.
They were so delighted with the song that they sang it right through five times in succession，and might have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted.
Unfortunately， the uproar awork Mr. Jones，who sprang a out of bed，making sure that there was a fox in the yard. He seized【vt. 抓住；夺取；理解；逮捕】 the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom，and let fly a charge of number 6 shot into the darkness. The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly. Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place. The bird jumped on to their perches，the animals settled down in the straw，and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.
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