Скотный двор / The Animal Farm

Скотный двор / The Animal Farm

George Orwell

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Джордж Оруэлл / George Orwell

Скотный двор / The Animal Farm

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Харвест, 2006

Chapter I

Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the henhouses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes[1 - pop-hole – цыплячий лаз]. With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery[2 - scullery – кладовая, чулан], and made his way up to bed, where Mrs.

Jones was already snoring.

As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all through the farm buildings. Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar[3 - boar – хряк], had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals. It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn[4 - barn – амбар; сарай] as soon as Mr.

Jones was safely out of the way. Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour’s sleep in order to hear what he had to say.

At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced[5 - ensconce – устраиваться] on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.