The pigs were in ecstasies over Napoleon's cunning; by seeming to be friendly with Pilkington,
he had forced Frederick to raise his price by twelve pounds.
But the superior quality of Napoleon's mind, said Squealer, was shown in the fact that he trusted nobody, not even Frederick.
Frederick had wanted to pay for the timber with something called a cheque,
which, it seemed, was a piece of paper with a promise to pay written upon it.
But Napoleon was too clever for him. He had demanded payment in real five-pound notes, which were to be handed over before the timber was removed.
Already Frederick had paid up; and the sum he had paid was just enough to buy the machinery for the windmill.
Meanwhile the timber was being carted away at high speed. When it was all gone,
another special meeting was held in the barn for the animals to inspect Frederick's bank-notes.
Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform,
with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen.
The animals filed slowly past, and each gazed his fill. And Boxer put out his nose to sniff at the bank-notes,
전체재생
다음페이지
문장검색