Although the animals struggle against starvation, Napoleon uses Mr. Whymper to deliver the news of Animal Farm's ‘sufficiency’ to the human world. When Napoleon tells the hens that they must give up their eggs, they rebel which ends when they can’t live any longer without the rations that Napoleon had denied them. The protest resulted in the death of nine hens. The animals are led to believe that Snowball is visiting the farm at night and purposely destabilizing their labor. He is constantly used as a threat to the animals’ security, and Squealer eventually tells the animals that Snowball has sold himself to Frederick and that he was in league with Jones from the very beginning. One day in spring, Napoleon calls a meeting of all the animals,
