When time passed and the animals had evidently not starved to death，Frederick and Pilkington changed their tune and began to talk of the terrible wickedness that now flourished on Animal Farm. It was given out that the animals there practisced cannibalism，tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes， and had their females in common. This was what came of rebelling against the laws of Nature， Frederick and Pilkington said.
However， this stories were never believed. Rumours of a wonderful farm，where the human beings had been turned out and the animals managed their own affairs，continued to circulate in value and distorted forms，and throughout the year a wave of rebelliousness ran through the countryside. Bulls which have always been tractable suddenly turned savage，sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover，cows kicked the pair over，hunters refused that fences and shot their riders on to the other side.
Above all， the tune and even the words of Beasts of England were known everywhere. It had spread with astonishing speed. The human beings could not contain their rage when they heard this song，though they pretended to think it merely ridiculous. They could understand，they said， how even animals could bring themselves to sing such contemptible rubbish.
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