If they went hungry，it was not from feeding tyrannical【adj. 残暴的；暴君的；专横的】 human beings；if they worked hard，at least they worked for themselves. No creature among them went upon two legs.  No creature called any other creature “master.” All animals were equal.

如果他们挨饿，那不是因为给残暴的人类喂食;如果他们努力工作，至少是为自己工作。他们中间没有人是用两条腿走路的。没有一种动物叫别的动物“主人”。所有的动物都是平等的。

One day in early summer Squealer ordered the sheep to follow him，and let them out to a piece of waste ground at the other end of the farm，which had become overgrown birch saplings.  The sheep spent the whole day there browsing at the leaves under Squealer`s supervision. In the evening he returned to the farmhouse himself，but，as it was warm weather，told the sheep to stay where they were.  In ended by their remaining there for a whole week，during which time the other animals saw nothing of them.  Squealer was with them for the greater part of every day.  He was，he said，teaching them to sing a new song，for which privacy was needed.

初夏的一天，斯奎拉命令羊跟他走，把它们放到庄园另一头的一块荒地上，那里长满了桦树树苗。绵羊在斯奎拉的监督下在那儿啃了一整天的树叶。晚上，他自己回到了庄主院，但是，因为天气暖和，他叫羊呆在原地不动。结果，他们在那儿呆了整整一个星期，在此期间，别的动物看不见他们的踪影。斯奎拉每天大部分时间都和他们在一起。他说，他正在教他们唱一首新歌，这需要隐私。

It was just after the sheep had returned，on a present evening when the animals had finished work and were making their way back to the farm buildings，that the terrified neighing of a horse sounded from the yard.  Startled【adj. 受惊吓了的】，the animals stopped in their tracks.  It was Clover voice voice.  She neighed again，and all the animals broke into a gallop and ruched into the yard.  Then they saw what Clover had seen.

就在这天晚上，羊群刚回来，牲口们刚刚干完活，正往庄园的窝棚里走，院子里突然传来一阵可怕的马嘶声。动物们吓了一跳，立刻停住了脚步。这是克拉弗的声音。她又嘶鸣起来，所有的动物都飞奔着冲进了院子。然后他们看到了克拉弗所看到的一切。

It was a pig walking on his hind legs.

一只用后腿走路的猪。