Boxer professed not to be sorry for what had happened. If he made a good recovery, he might expect to live another three years,
and he looked forward to the peaceful days that he would spend in the corner of the big pasture.
It would be the first time that he had had leisure to study and improve his mind.
He intended, he said, to devote the rest of his life to learning the remaining twenty-two letters of the alphabet.
However, Benjamin and Clover could only be with Boxer after working hours, and it was in the middle of the day when the van came to take him away.
The animals were all at work weeding turnips under the supervision of a pig, when they were astonished to see Benjamin
come galloping from the direction of the farm buildings, braying at the top of his voice.
It was the first time that they had ever seen Benjamin excited—indeed, it was the first time that anyone had ever seen him gallop.
“Quick, quick!” he shouted. “Come at once! They’re taking Boxer away!”
Without waiting for orders from the pig, the animals broke off work and raced back to the farm buildings.
Sure enough, there in the yard was a large closed van, drawn by two horses, with lettering on its side
and a sly-looking man in a low-crowned bowler hat sitting on the driver’s seat. And Boxer’s stall was empty.
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