or “If this Rebellion is to happen anyway, what difference does it make whether we work for it or not?”
and the pigs had great difficulty in making them see that this was contrary to the spirit of Animalism.
The stupidest questions of all were asked by Mollie, the white mare. The very first question she asked Snowball was:
“Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion?”
“No,” said Snowball firmly. “We have no means of making sugar on this farm.”
“Besides, you do not need sugar. You will have all the oats and hay you want.”
“And shall I still be allowed to wear ribbons in my mane?” asked Mollie.
“Comrade,” said Snowball, “those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery.”
“Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?”
Mollie agreed, but she did not sound very convinced.
The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven.
Moses, who was Mr. Jones’s especial pet, was a spy and a tale-bearer, but he was also a clever talker.
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