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Animal Farm by George Orwell

Imagined ending (section XI) by student Ghita Antonia, 10 H

As this was happening, a 10 year old girl was peeking over the
fence separating Manor and Foxwood Farms. She kept coming
daily, staring at the five barret-gate, until, one day, she made
up her mind to sneak in while Mr Whymper was delivering his
usual commissions...
At first, the hard-working animals didn't begin notice her in
their laborious tasks so she could take a better look around.
She noticed, of course, that the hardest jobs were given to
the same animals that received the poorest rations. The most
privileged class was the pigs' because they were considered
the smartest animals. Then, she came across the
"Commandments". She couldn't quite understand the
meaning of the word, but she immediately recognised their
absurdity upon reading them: "All animals are equal, but
some animals are more equal than others", "Four legs good,
two legs better". After studying the farm, her mind was
already forming a connection between this regime and
communism, as she understood it from history lessons.
As the animals were returning to their stalls from work, a
group consisting of a cow, a horse and a sheep noticed her.
Having been discovered she promptly introduced herself:
"My name is 'Faith'" and an entire discussion began. At first,
animals were reluctant to admit to the fact that they live
hard, unfair lives, similar to those of other animals still under
the control of men. With quite some eloquence, Faith soon
was giving an entire speech, away from the pigs' ears, about
the importance of bringing peace to the farm and moreover,
to the world, and explaining to them that, from what she had
learnt from them, they have certainly been manipulated by
their leaders, the pigs. They seemed to understand and
agree, even started quietly singing "Beasts of England".
Faith had to leave at dawn, as to not get her parents, the
Pilkingtons worried. She left with the promise from the
animals that they would revolt peacefully and try their best
to start a fairer regime.
Months passed and Faith was still waiting for some change at
Manor's Farm, but everything was as usual. She decided to
sneak in again and asked the animals. A cow answered: "It's
too difficult. Anyway, who knows if we're going to be better
off without the pigs' leadership? I, for one, am going to go
back to work, because I've got no time to plan revolts".
Quickly, the animals dissipated and Faith remained all e,
thinking: "of course, as I have learnt from history lessons,
revolutions can only lead to a change of masters, revolutions
can only affect a radical improvement when masses are alert.
Otherwise they will be manipulated easily and won't find the
power to speak their minds. I hope, in time, things will get
better and characters will grow stronger and fairer".
So thinking to herself she left the Farm wondering why
history keeps repeating itself.

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