It had become usual to give Napoleon the credit for every successful achievement and every stroke of good fortune.
You would often hear one hen remark to another, “Under the guidance of our Leader, Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days”;
or two cows, enjoying a drink at the pool, would exclaim, “Thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon, how excellent this water tastes!”
The general feeling on the farm was well expressed in a poem entitled Comrade Napoleon, which was composed by Minimus and which ran as follows:
Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket!
Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding eye, Like the sun in the sky, Comrade Napoleon!
Thou are the giver of All that thy creatures love, Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon;
Every beast great or small Sleeps at peace in his stall, Thou watchest over all, Comrade Napoleon!
Had I a sucking-pig, Ere he had grown as big Even as a pint bottle or as a rolling-pin,
He should have learned to be Faithful and true to thee, Yes, his first squeak should be “Comrade Napoleon!”
Napoleon approved of this poem and caused it to be inscribed on the wall of the big barn, at the opposite end from the Seven Commandments.
It was surmounted by a portrait of Napoleon, in profile, executed by Squealer in white paint.
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