Baba,
I think Orwell had only us in mind when he wrote this.

Malanding



Baba Galleh Jallow wrote:

> Animal Farm Reloaded (Part one)
>
> By Baba Galleh Jallow
>
> As the overthrow of Farmer Jones and his human companions drifted 
> further into the past, the ‘lower animals’ on Animal Farm grew more 
> and more restive. Some grew very angry at what they saw as Napoleon’s 
> treasonable and vicious treachery and backsliding on his lofty 
> promises. In spite of all the assurances that the long-snouted 
> Squealer, Napoleon’s faithful crony, that the great leader had their 
> best interests at heart, the lower animals just could not be convinced 
> any longer and grew increasingly suspicious of the pigs’ motives. And 
> for good reasons too.
>
> While Clover the horse, Muriel the goat and Minimus the poet were 
> often carried away by Squealer’s honey-coated oratory, Benjamin the 
> donkey, Moses the raven, and a great number of animals maintained a 
> good deal of doubt in Napoleon the pig’s sincerity. Though he could 
> not boast of such intelligence as the pigs possessed, Benjamin the 
> donkey was sure that something had been going seriously wrong since 
> Napoleon’s fierce dogs chased Snowball the pig, a former leading 
> figure of his regime, out of Animal Farm accusing him of complicity 
> with the ousted Farmer Jones at the battle of the Cowshed. Even Toady 
> the frog agreed with Benjamin that Snowball was the architect and hero 
> of that memorable battle against Farmer Jones and his bunch of human 
> invaders. In spite of Napoleon’s claims to the contrary, Benjamin was 
> sure that he heard Snowball cry attack! and saw the brave pig butt and 
> bite Jones himself, sending him on his heels. That Napoleon should 
> therefore insist that Snowball was a traitor just could not make sense 
> to Benjamin, though for many years, he kept mute about what he 
> thought. When he felt really pissed off at Napoleon’s treachery, 
> Benjamin the donkey would turn his backside in the direction of 
> Napoleon’s mansion, hold his breath, and let out a long and loud fart 
> as an expression of his displeasure at the ungrateful and treacherous 
> pig.
>
> It was not only Benjamin who grew increasingly restive and angry under 
> the rule of the clever pigs of Animal Farm. Many other animals were 
> getting increasingly worried and angry. Over the years, they had seen 
> Napoleon become more and more like Farmer Jones in more and more 
> respects. They had seen him grow more and more arrogant by the hour, 
> more and more wealthy, and more and more fat and confident that he 
> could do just anything and get away with it because he had fierce dogs 
> guarding him and ready to execute anyone like they executed those 
> innumerable cows, sheep, and hens who were accused of collaborating 
> with Snowball. The lower animals were particularly pissed off that 
> Napoleon had cultivated the nauseating habit of loudly proclaiming 
> that he possessed supernatural powers and that he was actually some 
> kind of divine being in pigskin. Napoleon not only made such dubious 
> proclamations: he also insisted, upon pain of death and destruction 
> that all the lower animals accept his words without doubt or question. 
> In spite of their dullness of wit, Benjamin the donkey, Muriel the 
> goat, Minimus the poet, and indeed all the lower animals had begun 
> realizing that Napoleon the pig had fast become worse than Farmer 
> Jones. Even the sheep who piped “four legs good, two legs better” when 
> Napoleon decided to walk on two legs, were growing less enthusiastic 
> about their song. Now when they sang it, they only slightly parted 
> their lips and half-heartedly bleated . . . ur le goo--- wo leg mbe . 
> . . with their eyes closed, and often dropped a few piles of dung as 
> they sang as a show of defiance and resistance.
>
> Of course, Napoleon was not to be openly challenged by anyone on 
> Animal Farm - sheep, goat, monkey, donkey or pig. He ensured that his 
> gang of faithful dogs was well fed and kept as stupid as possible by 
> criminalizing all thinking among their ranks. Those dogs that showed 
> the slightest signs of displeasure at Napoleon’s rule or exhibiting 
> any suspicious behavior were effectively terminated. So that the 
> recent history of Animal Farm was sprinkled with a series of sudden 
> and unexplained arrests, summary executions, disappearances, and 
> remote-controlled treason trials of dogs formally considered loyal to 
> Napoleon. Of course, these trials, where Napoleon took the liberty to 
> order their procedure, were merely put up for show. No one was ever 
> declared innocent at these trials. Every single dog or other animal 
> brought before these tribunals were declared guilty as charged.
>
> To ensure that his plan to subdue and control all the animals worked 
> perfectly, Napoleon appointed his most faithful crony Squealer the 
> Dealer, Director of Animal Affairs. He also ordered his storekeepers 
> to supply the best honey and grain to Kokoliko, his faithful black 
> cockerel, so that his voice would become louder and clearer when he 
> announced the numerous exploits of the gallant Napoleon and proclaimed 
> the verity of his divinity on top of Napoleon’s miracle tree, the 
> tallest on Animal Farm, every dawn, every noon, and every sunset. This 
> tree was designated a miracle tree and sign of Napoleon’s divinity 
> when it had three fruits stuck together. The Great God Yallah, it was 
> proclaimed throughout the land, was demonstrating Napoleon’s 
> near-divinity to the lower animals by causing a triplet fruit to 
> sprout from the belly of that tree, even though it was not pregnant. 
> All the other pigs at the farm were kept well fed and well clothed and 
> some sows he honored by taking them on as his mistresses and 
> concubines. He ensured that his clever dealings with Mr. Squinteyes of 
> dubious fame filled the lower animals with awe at his mental prowess 
> and made them see that he was indeed a superior kind of pig whose name 
> was even mentioned in the holy books. To drive the message of his 
> invincibility and mental prowess home, Napoleon ordered that the seven 
> principles of Animalism be abolished and replaced with the bold 
> caption: ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, PIGS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHER 
> ANIMALS, NAPOLEON IS MORE EQUAL THAN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD!
>
> When Napoleon sold Boxer the great horse to the horse slaughterer, he 
> totally lost the loyalty of more animals. Benjamin the donkey, Clover 
> the horse, and Minimus the poet were particularly aggrieved. 
> Squealer’s explanation that Boxer had been taken to a hospital in 
> Willingdon Farm failed to convince the animals. And when news of 
> Boxer’s death reached their tortured ears, their worst fears and 
> suspicions were confirmed in no uncertain terms. Surely, Boxer did not 
> deserve such cruel treatment from Napoleon whom he always insisted was 
> always right. But because Napoleon’s fierce dogs menacingly growled 
> and bared their sharp, bloodthirsty teeth when anyone asked stupid 
> questions, the animals took Squealer’s explanation quietly but 
> angrily. Boxer was never mentioned in public again, but the animals 
> angrily whispered about him and cursed Napoleon whenever they were in 
> their private spaces.
>
> Throughout that day, Benjamin the donkey ate more hay than ever before 
> and deliberately picked up and swallowed every piece of rubbish he 
> could find. As soon as darkness fell on Animal Farm, Benjamin crept 
> quietly to a few feet away from an open window of Napoleon’s mansion, 
> turned his backside to it, and let out a long, drawn, silent fart. As 
> he walked away, he heard Napoleon loudly coughing, spluttering, 
> cursing, and asking what the hell was wrong with everybody in that 
> darned house! Benjamin the donkey, like a few other animals on the 
> Farm, had discovered the power of the secret weapons of the weak, and 
> they were going to use them generously against the tyrant Napoleon. No 
> help from goats!
>
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