The Return of the Animal Farm
Chapter 1 Part 5
Napoleon digressed. This wasn't truly about his pride, but the fact that pigs were the dominant species. Napoleon was very much the Darwin type, where he believed in survival of the fittest. Swine were, simply put, to every pig, the greatest of all living creatures. Even Louise believed so, as she always she was their true Messiah. No, we're not talking about swine, and not even farmers. The sow Louise believed she was a savior to all of humanity. Louise always proved through her ideas that Christianity was the perfect religion for her. Only a Christian would believe such a thing. Are all Christians this way? From what Napoleon has seen, yes, yes indeed, they are.
Theology aside, they had to acquire a vehicle if they were ever to move to greener pasture. After a long nap inspired by their morning slop, they finally made their move. The farmhand had started up his tractor. Perfect. All six of the swine jointly attacked the farmhand, and easily pushed his lean body out of the seat with their combined enormous body weight. He dusted himself off, and shouted, "You darned pigs! I knew we couldn't trust you! We'll get you!" Yet, it was too late. Napoleon had managed to steer the combine off the farm and onto the dirt road, barely, as he swerved the whole time. One would assume that Napoleon was intoxicated on wheat rum, but Napoleon never had touch a drip. Nana pig had always told him, "Don't drink like your devil of a boar Pa. He would ram me, snoutbutt me, and be real mean when he was drunk. Stick to your slop like your Ma sow does." Napoleon had always despised his Pa pig. Like his son, he also wanted to mate with his Ma pig, and despised that his papa pig wouldn't let him. Napoleon knew in his world when he had easily taken over the farms and eventually the country that he would make it so that they could mate with their ma and pa pig. It was the swine's right to mate with their ma and pa, after all, be them sow or boar.
As Napoleon steered the tractor to the next farm, unsteadily, as everyone held to their seat to avoid falling off, he debated the other animals. He knew that they were inferior to him, but he also knew that horses and cows were quite big and strong. They possessed one thing that he never could: a good work ethic. He could send Louise to blow them some smoke. She was really good at confusing animals. Now, Louise wasn't smart enough to fool anyone, as she was a bigger fool than the rest. Louise did excel when it came to confusing people on her intentions, nonetheless. Napoleon could use her to make big promises that no swine ever would intend to keep. All she had to do is remember when she heard the farmer's family praying. They must all know about broken promises from the mere experience of prayer alone. She easily would be able to make the horses and cows fight for their freedom, which wasn't their freedom at all. As soon as Napoleon is the king of the heartland, he will make them his minions. We've never said that swine's were moral, or believed in a fair day's wages. It would be easy to promise them things and simply not give any of it to them. Napoleon's massive intellect would prove such.
Before they made it to the farm, both Louise and Sparky started to wail loudly. They said that they missed slop too much, and were about to relieve themselves on the tractor. Napoleon pulled over, right next to a corn field. They announced that they do not like corn nor knew how to shuck. Napoleon cried out, "Eat it or go hungry!" Louise and Sparky, being the hogs that they were, reluctantly ate rows and rows of corn without even shucking them. Louise thought it to be grits, and no one was ever sure if Sparky tasted his slop ever. He tended to breathe his slop in and not eat it, and definitely did not ever bother to chew. Cud eating would be easy for him, that's definitely true.
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