Orwell: Animal farm – 11


Mrs. Jones looked out of the bedroom window, saw what was happening, hurriedly flung a few possessions into a carpet bag, and slipped out of the farm by another way. Moses sprang off his perch and flapped after her, croaking loudly. Meanwhile the animals had chased Jones and his men out on to the road and slammed the five-barred gate behind them. And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs.

For the first few minutes the animals could hardly believe in their good fortune. Their first act was to gallop in a body right round the boundaries of the farm, as though to make quite sure that no human being was hiding anywhere upon it; then they raced back to the farm buildings to wipe out the last traces of Jones’s hated reign. The harness-room at the end of the stables was broken open; the bits, the nose-rings, the dog-chains, the cruel knives with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs, were all flung down the well. The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard. So were the whips. All the animals capered with joy when they saw the whips going up in flames. Snowball also threw on to the fire the ribbons with which the horses’ manes and tails had usually been decorated on market days.

‚Ribbons,’ he said, ‚should be considered as clothes, which are the mark of a human being. All animals should go naked.’

When Boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it on to the fire with the rest.

In a very little while the animals had destroyed everything that reminded them of Mr. Jones. Napoleon then led them back to the store-shed and served out a double ration of corn to everybody, with two biscuits for each dog. Then they sang Beasts of England from end to end seven times running, and after that they settled down for the night and slept as they had never slept before.

But they woke at dawn as usual, and suddenly remembering the glorious thing that had happened, they all raced out into the pasture together. A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm. The animals rushed to the top of it and gazed round them in the clear morning light. Yes, it was theirs-everything that they could see was theirs! In the ecstasy of that thought they gambolled round and round, they hurled themselves into the air in great leaps of excitement. They rolled in the dew, they cropped mouthfuls of the sweet summer grass, they kicked up clods of the black earth and snuffed its rich scent. Then they made a tour of inspection of the whole farm and surveyed with speechless admiration the ploughland, the hayfield, the orchard, the pool, the spinney. It was as though they had never seen these things before, and even now they could hardly believe that it was all their own.

Then they filed back to the farm buildings and halted in silence outside the door of the farmhouse. That was theirs too, but they were frightened to go inside. After a moment, however, Snowball and Napoleon butted the door open with their shoulders and the animals entered in single file, walking with the utmost care for fear of disturbing anything. They tiptoed from room to room, afraid to speak above a whisper and gazing with a kind of awe at the unbelievable luxury, at the beds with their feather mattresses, the looking-glasses, the horsehair sofa, the Brussels carpet, the lithograph of Queen Victoria over the drawing-room mantelpiece. They were lust coming down the stairs when Mollie was discovered to be missing. Going back, the others found that she had remained behind in the best bedroom. She had taken a piece of blue ribbon from Mrs. Jones’s dressing-table, and was holding it against her shoulder and admiring herself in the glass in a very foolish manner. The others reproached her sharply, and they went outside. Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial, and the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer’s hoof,-otherwise nothing in the house was touched. A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum. All were agreed that no animal must ever live there.

 

bedroom sypialnia
window okno
to happen wydarzać się, dziać się
hurriedly pospiesznie,w pośpiechu
to fling (flung) cisnąć, rzucić
possession dobytek
bag torba
carpet dywan; kobierzec
to slip out wyskakiwać
to spring skakać
perch grzęda
to flapp machać, łopotać
to croack krakać
loudly głośno
Meanwhile tymczasem
to chase gonić, uganiać się
road droga
to slamm trzaskać
gate brama, furtka, szlaban
behind them za nimi
successfully pomyślnie
to expel usuwać, wypędzić, wyrzucać
theirs ich
successfull zakończone sukcesem, odnoszące sukces
could hardly believe ledwie mogły w to uwierzyć
fortune szczęście, powodzenie
act postępek, działanie
to gallop galopować
boundary granica
to make quite sure żeby się upewnić
human being człowiek, istota ludzka
to hide ukrywać się
anywhere upon it gdzieś na niej (na farmie)
to race back gnać, pędzić z powrotem
building budowla, budynek
to wipe out zmieść z owierzchni ziemi
the last traces ostatnie ślady
hated reign znienawidzone panowanie, rządy
harness uprząż
at the end na końcu
stable stajnia, obora
bit wędzidło
nose nos
ring pierścień, kółko
chain łańcuch
cruel okrutny
knive nóż
with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs którymi pan Jones kastrował świnie i owce
lamb jagnię, owca
well studnia
reins lejce
halter uździenica
blinkers klapki na oczy
degrading poniżający
to throw rzucać
rubbish śmieci, odpadki
fire ogień, pożar
to burn palic się
yard podwórko
whip bat, bicz, pejcz
caper psota, figiel
joy radość
to go up in flames stwać w płomieniach
ribbon wstążka
mane grzywa
tail ogon
to decorate ozdobić, dekorować
market targ, rynek
to considere ropatrywać, rozważać
clothes ubranie, ubrania
mark znak, oznaka
naked nagi, nago
to fetch przynieść
small mały
straw słoma
to wear nosić
summer lato
to keep out trzymać z daleka
fly (flies) mucha
ear ucho
rest reszta
to destroy niszczyć
everything that reminded them of Mr. Jones wszystko, co przypominało im pana Jonesa
shed szopa
to serve out serwować, podawać
a double ration of corn podwójna porcja zboża
biscuit herbatnik, kruche ciasteczko
to settle down sadowić się
and slept as they had never slept before i spali jak jeszcze nigdy dotąd
dawn świt
as usual jak zwykle
suddenly nagle
glorious wspaniały
pasture pastwisko
to command dowodzić
view widok
to rush pędzić
to the top na szczyt
to gaze at sth wpatrywać się w coś
clear jasny
morning poranny
light światło
everything that they could see was theirs! wszystko, co widzieli było ich
in ecstasy w uniesieniu
to gambol hasać
to hurl ciskać, cisnąć
air powietrze
leap skok
excitement podniecenie, podekscytowanie
to roll toczyć, kulać
dew rosa
to crop skubać
mouthfuls kęs
sweet słodki
summer letni
grass trawa
to kick kopać; rzucać; wierzgać
black earth czarna ziemia
rich bogaty
scent woń, zapach
tour podróż, wycieczka
inspection badanie, przegląd, inspekcja
whole cały
to survey oceniać, poddawać ekspertyzie, oględzinom
speechless oniemiały
admiration podziw
plough pług
hay siano
field pole
orchard sad
pool sadzawka
to halt przystanąć
in silence w ciszy
outside na zewnątrz
door drzwi
frightened przestraszony, przerażony
to go inside wejść do środka
to butt bość, uderzać głową
shoulder bark
to enter wejść, wstąpić
to file in wchodzić jeden za drugim, gęsiego
single pojedynczo
utmost najwyższy
care ostrożność
for fear of disturbing anything ze strachu przed naruszeniem czegoś
to tiptoe na palcach
room pokój
afraid przestraszony, bojący się
to speak above a whisper mówić głośniej niż szeptem
to gaze at sth wpatrywać się w coś
a kind of awe rodzaj respektu
unbelievable niewiarygodny
luxury luksus
feather puchowy
mattress materac
glasses okulary
horsehair końska sierść
sofa kanapa
Brussels Bruksela
carpet dywan, kobierzec
lithograph litnografia
drawing-room salon
mantelpiece gzyms kominka
lust żądza
coming down the stairs schodząc w dół po schodach
to discover odkrywać
to be missing być zaginionym
Going back wracając
to remain zostać, pozostać
bedroom sypialnia
best njalepszy
dressing-table toaletka
a piece of blue ribbon kawałek niebieskiej wstążki
to hold trzymać
to admire podziwiać
glass szkło
manner sposób
foolish głupi
to reproach sb for sth wyrzucać coś komuś
to reproach sb with sth zarzucać coś komuś
sharply ostro
to go outside wyjść na zewnątrz
ham szynka
hanging wiszący
kitchen kuchnia
burial potrzeb
barrel of beer beczka piwa
scullery pomieszczenie przylegające do kuchni, w którym odbywało się pranie, zmywanie itp
hoof kopyto
kick kopnięcie, kopniak
otherwise poza tym
nothing in the house was touched nic w domu nie zostało dotknięte
unanimous jednomyślny, jednogłośny
resolution rozwiązanie
to pass uchwalać
on the spot na miejscu
to preserve zachowywać; konserwować
as a museum jako muzeum
to agree zgadzać się
to live there mieszkać, żyć tam