They took the exercise in the garden，and were discouraged from playing with the other young animals. About this time，too，it was a laid down as a rule the when a pig and any other animals met on the path，the other animal must stand aside：and also that all pigs，of whatever degree， were to have the privilege of wearing green ribbons on their tails on Sundays.
他们在花园里训练，不鼓励和其他小动物玩耍。大约就在这个时候，有一条规定出台：当猪和其他动物在路上相遇时，其他动物必须站在一边。而且，所有的猪，不论级别如何，都有权在星期天在尾巴系上绿丝带。
The farm had had a fairly successful year，but was still short of money. There were the bricks，sand，and lime for the schoolroom to be purchased，and it would also be necessary to begin saving up again for the machinery for the windmill. Then there were lamp oil and candles for the house，sugar for Napoleon’s own table（he forbade this to the other pigs，on the ground that it make them fat），and all the usual replacements such as tools，nails，string，coal，wire，scrap-iron，and dog biscuits. A stump of hay and part of the potato crop were sold off，and the contract for eggs was increased to six hundred a week，so that that year the hens barely hatched enough chicks to keep their numbers at the same level. Rations，reduced in December，were reduced again in February，and lanterns in the stalls were forbidden to save oil. But the pigs seemed comfortable enough，and in fact were putting on weight if anything. One afternoon in late February a warm，rich，appetising scent，such as the animals had never smelled before，wafted itself across the yard from the little brew-house，which had been disused in Jone’s time，and which stood beyond the kitchen.
农场度过了相当成功的一年，但仍然缺钱。建教室用的砖、沙和石灰都得买，还得开始攒钱买风车用的机器。房子里用的油灯和蜡烛，拿破仑餐桌上用的糖(他禁止其他猪吃糖，理由是糖会使他们发胖)，还有一切日常用品，诸如工具、钉子、绳子、煤、铁丝、废铁和狗食饼干等。一段干草和部分马铃薯被卖掉，鸡蛋的合同增加到每周600个，因此那一年母鸡孵出的小鸡仅够维持原来的数量。十二月份减少的口粮，二月份又减少了，为了节省油，不许在货摊上点灯。但猪似乎很舒服，事实上，如果有什么变化的话，它们的体重也在增加。二月底的一个下午，一股温暖、浓郁、令人馋口的香味，动物们以前从来没有闻到过，从厨房那边的小酿酒厂飘过院子。这间小酿酒厂在琼斯时代已经废弃了。
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