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At the beginning, when the laws of Animal Farm were first formulated, the retiring age had been fixed for horses and pigs at twelve, for cows at fourteen, for dogs at nine, for sheep at seven, and for hens and geese at five. ||في البداية|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Liberal old-age pensions had been agreed upon. As yet no animal had actually retired on pension, but of late the subject had been discussed more and more. Now that the small field beyond the orchard had been set aside for barley, it was rumoured that a corner of the large pasture was to be fenced off and turned into a grazing-ground for superannuated animals. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||المُسنّة| For a horse, it was said, the pension would be five pounds of corn a day and, in winter, fifteen pounds of hay, with a carrot or possibly an apple on public holidays. Boxer's twelfth birthday was due in the late summer of the following year.

Boxer's split hoof was a long time in healing. They had started the rebuilding of the windmill the day after the victory celebrations were ended. Boxer refused to take even a day off work, and made it a point of honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain. In the evenings he would admit privately to Clover that the hoof troubled him a great deal. Wieczorami przyznawał prywatnie Clover, że kopyto bardzo go niepokoi. Clover treated the hoof with poultices of herbs which she prepared by chewing them, and both she and Benjamin urged Boxer to work less hard. "A horse's lungs do not last for ever," she said to him. But Boxer would not listen. He had, he said, only one real ambition left-to see the windmill well under way before he reached the age for retirement.

Meanwhile life was hard. The winter was as cold as the last one had been, and food was even shorter. Once again all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs. A too rigid equality in rations, Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism. In any case he had no difficulty in proving to the other animals that they were NOT in reality short of food, whatever the appearances might be. W każdym razie nie miał trudności z udowodnieniem innym zwierzętom, że w rzeczywistości NIE brakowało im jedzenia, niezależnie od tego, jakie były pozory. For the time being, certainly, it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations (Squealer always spoke of it as a "readjustment," never as a "reduction"), but in comparison with the days of Jones, the improvement was enormous. Na razie oczywiście konieczne było ponowne dostosowanie racji żywnościowych (Squealer zawsze mówił o tym jako o "ponownym dostosowaniu", nigdy jako o "redukcji"), ale w porównaniu z czasami Jonesa poprawa była ogromna. Reading out the figures in a shrill, rapid voice, he proved to them in detail that they had more oats, more hay, more turnips than they had had in Jones's day, that they worked shorter hours, that their drinking water was of better quality, that they lived longer, that a larger proportion of their young ones survived infancy, and that they had more straw in their stalls and suffered less from fleas. The animals believed every word of it. Truth to tell, Jones and all he stood for had almost faded out of their memories. They knew that life nowadays was harsh and bare, that they were often hungry and often cold, and that they were usually working when they were not asleep. But doubtless it had been worse in the old days. Ale bez wątpienia w dawnych czasach było gorzej. They were glad to believe so. Besides, in those days they had been slaves and now they were free, and that made all the difference, as Squealer did not fail to point out.

There were many more mouths to feed now. In the autumn the four sows had all littered about simultaneously, producing thirty-one young pigs between them. Jesienią wszystkie cztery maciory miotały się jednocześnie, wydając na świat trzydzieści jeden młodych świń. The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage. Młode świnie były pręgowane, a ponieważ Napoleon był jedynym knurem na farmie, można było odgadnąć ich pochodzenie. It was announced that later, when bricks and timber had been purchased, a schoolroom would be built in the farmhouse garden. For the time being, the young pigs were given their instruction by Napoleon himself in the farmhouse kitchen. They took their exercise in the garden, and were discouraged from playing with the other young animals. About this time, too, it was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal met on the path, the other animal must stand aside: and also that all pigs, of whatever degree, were to have the privilege of wearing green ribbons on their tails on Sundays.

The farm had had a fairly successful year, but was still short of money. There were the bricks, sand, and lime for the schoolroom to be purchased, and it would also be necessary to begin saving up again for the machinery for the windmill. Then there were lamp oil and candles for the house, sugar for Napoleon's own table (he forbade this to the other pigs, on the ground that it made them fat), and all the usual replacements such as tools, nails, string, coal, wire, scrap-iron, and dog biscuits. A stump of hay and part of the potato crop were sold off, and the contract for eggs was increased to six hundred a week, so that that year the hens barely hatched enough chicks to keep their numbers at the same level. Rations, reduced in December, were reduced again in February, and lanterns in the stalls were forbidden to save oil. But the pigs seemed comfortable enough, and in fact were putting on weight if anything. Ale świnie wydawały się wystarczająco wygodne i faktycznie przybierały na wadze. One afternoon in late February a warm, rich, appetising scent, such as the animals had never smelt before, wafted itself across the yard from the little brew-house, which had been disused in Jones's time, and which stood beyond the kitchen. Someone said it was the smell of cooking barley. Ktoś powiedział, że to zapach gotowanego jęczmienia. The animals sniffed the air hungrily and wondered whether a warm mash was being prepared for their supper. Zwierzęta łapczywie wąchały powietrze i zastanawiały się, czy na ich kolację przygotowywana jest ciepła zupa. But no warm mash appeared, and on the following Sunday it was announced that from now onwards all barley would be reserved for the pigs. Nie pojawił się jednak ciepły zacier, a w następną niedzielę ogłoszono, że od tej pory cały jęczmień będzie zarezerwowany dla świń. The field beyond the orchard had already been sown with barley. Pole za sadem było już obsiane jęczmieniem. And the news soon leaked out that every pig was now receiving a ration of a pint of beer daily, with half a gallon for Napoleon himself, which was always served to him in the Crown Derby soup tureen.

But if there were hardships to be borne, they were partly offset by the fact that life nowadays had a greater dignity than it had had before. Ale jeśli trzeba było znosić trudy, były one częściowo rekompensowane przez fakt, że życie w dzisiejszych czasach miało większą godność niż wcześniej. There were more songs, more speeches, more processions. Napoleon had commanded that once a week there should be held something called a Spontaneous Demonstration, the object of which was to celebrate the struggles and triumphs of Animal Farm. Napoleon nakazał, aby raz w tygodniu odbywała się tak zwana Spontaniczna Demonstracja, której celem było świętowanie walk i triumfów Folwarku Zwierzęcego. At the appointed time the animals would leave their work and march round the precincts of the farm in

military formation, with the pigs leading, then the horses, then the cows, then the sheep, and then the poultry. The dogs flanked the procession and at the head of all marched Napoleon's black cockerel. Boxer and Clover always carried between them a green banner marked with the hoof and the horn and the caption, "Long live Comrade Napoleon!" Afterwards there were recitations of poems composed in Napoleon's honour, and a speech by Squealer giving particulars of the latest increases in the production of foodstuffs, and on occasion a shot was fired from the gun. The sheep were the greatest devotees of the Spontaneous Demonstration, and if anyone complained (as a few animals sometimes did, when no pigs or dogs were near) that they wasted time and meant a lot of standing about in the cold, the sheep were sure to silence him with a tremendous bleating of "Four legs good, two legs bad!" Owce były największymi wielbicielami Spontanicznej Demonstracji, a jeśli ktoś narzekał (jak to czasami robiło kilka zwierząt, gdy w pobliżu nie było świń ani psów), że marnują czas i oznaczają dużo stania na mrozie, owce z pewnością uciszały go ogromnym beczeniem "Cztery nogi dobre, dwie nogi złe!". But by and large the animals enjoyed these celebrations. Ale ogólnie rzecz biorąc, zwierzęta cieszyły się z tych uroczystości. They found it comforting to be reminded that, after all, they were truly their own masters and that the work they did was for their own benefit. So that, what with the songs, the processions, Squealer's lists of figures, the thunder of the gun, the crowing of the cockerel, and the fluttering of the flag, they were able to forget that their bellies were empty, at least part of the time.

In the middle of the summer Moses the raven suddenly reappeared on the farm, after an absence of several years. He was quite unchanged, still did no work, and talked in the same strain as ever about Sugarcandy Mountain. He would perch on a stump, flap his black wings, and talk by the hour to anyone who would listen. "Up there, comrades," he would say solemnly, pointing to the sky with his large beak --"up there, just on the other side of that dark cloud that you can see-there it lies, Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy country where we poor animals shall rest for ever from our labours!" He even claimed to have been there on one of his higher flights, and to have seen the everlasting fields of clover and the linseed cake and lump sugar growing on the hedges. Many of the animals believed him. Their lives now, they reasoned, were hungry and laborious; was it not right and just that a better world should exist somewhere else? Rozumowali, że ich życie jest teraz głodne i pracowite; czy nie jest słuszne i sprawiedliwe, że lepszy świat powinien istnieć gdzieś indziej? A thing that was difficult to determine was the attitude of the pigs towards Moses. They all declared contemptuously that his stories about Sugarcandy Mountain were lies, and yet they allowed him to remain on the farm, not working, with an allowance of a gill of beer a day. Wszyscy z pogardą stwierdzili, że jego opowieści o Sugarcandy Mountain to kłamstwa, a mimo to pozwolili mu pozostać na farmie, nie pracując, z przydziałowym gilem piwa dziennie.

In April, Animal Farm was proclaimed a Republic, and it became necessary to elect a President. There was only one candidate, Napoleon, who was elected unanimously. On the same day it was given out that fresh documents had been discovered which revealed further details about Snowball's complicity with Jones. Tego samego dnia poinformowano, że odkryto nowe dokumenty, które ujawniły dalsze szczegóły dotyczące współpracy Snowballa z Jonesem. It now appeared that Snowball had not, as the animals had previously imagined, merely attempted to lose the Battle of the Cowshed by means of a stratagem, but had been openly fighting on Jones's side. Teraz okazało się, że Snowball nie próbował jedynie przegrać bitwy o oborę za pomocą podstępu, jak wcześniej przypuszczały zwierzęta, ale otwarcie walczył po stronie Jonesa. In fact, it was he who had actually been the leader of the human forces, and had charged into battle with the words "Long live Humanity!" W rzeczywistości to on był przywódcą sił ludzkich i ruszył do walki ze słowami "Niech żyje ludzkość!". on his lips. The wounds on Snowball's back, which a few of the animals still remembered to have seen, had been inflicted by Napoleon's teeth. Rany na plecach Snowballa, które kilka zwierząt wciąż pamiętało, że widziało, zostały zadane przez zęby Napoleona.

After his hoof had healed up, Boxer worked harder than ever. Indeed, all the animals worked like slaves that year. Apart from the regular work of the farm, and the rebuilding of the windmill, there was the schoolhouse for the young pigs, which was started in March. Sometimes the long hours on insufficient food were hard to bear, but Boxer never faltered. Czasami długie godziny spędzone na niewystarczającej ilości jedzenia były trudne do zniesienia, ale Boxer nigdy się nie poddawał. In nothing that he said or did was there any sign that his strength was not what it had been. Nic, co powiedział lub zrobił, nie wskazywało na to, że jego siła nie była taka, jak wcześniej. It was only his appearance that was a little altered; his hide was less shiny than it had used to be, and his great haunches seemed to have shrunken. Jedynie jego wygląd był nieco zmieniony; jego skóra była mniej błyszcząca niż wcześniej, a jego wielkie zadki zdawały się skurczyć. The others said, "Boxer will pick up when the spring grass comes on"; but the spring came and Boxer grew no fatter. Inni mówili: "Boxer podniesie się, gdy pojawi się wiosenna trawa"; ale nadeszła wiosna, a Boxer nie urósł. Sometimes on the slope leading to the top of the quarry, when he braced his muscles against the weight of some vast boulder, it seemed that nothing kept him on his feet except the will to continue. Czasami na zboczu prowadzącym na szczyt kamieniołomu, gdy opierał mięśnie przed ciężarem jakiegoś ogromnego głazu, wydawało się, że nic nie trzyma go na nogach poza chęcią kontynuowania. At such times his lips were seen to form the words, "I will work harder"; he had no voice left. Once again Clover and Benjamin warned him to take care of his health, but Boxer paid no attention. His twelfth birthday was approaching. He did not care what happened so long as a good store of stone was accumulated before he went on pension. Late one evening in the summer, a sudden rumour ran round the farm that something had happened to Boxer. He had gone out alone to drag a load of stone down to the windmill. Wyszedł sam, aby przeciągnąć ładunek kamienia do wiatraka. And sure enough, the rumour was true. I rzeczywiście, plotki okazały się prawdziwe. A few minutes later two pigeons came racing in with the news; "Boxer has fallen! Kilka minut później przyleciały dwa gołębie z wiadomością: "Boxer upadł! He is lying on his side and can't get up!" Leży na boku i nie może wstać!"