Napoleon was running the hill down; dogs were behind him, waiting his commandments. The dark sky was showing that a storm was to come. Snowball was running as well, his legs were tired, however his life depended on that.
The fat pig, Napoleon knew that he could not run more than that, so he stopped and turned to his followers. “Comrades, I give you carte blanche to catch Snowball; I just need him alive, bring the pig to the cabana near to the lake. I will be there waiting for you”.
The dog´s eyes were shining with expectation, they were almost jumping of happiness because of the opportunity to help their master. When Napoleon gave them carte blanche, they could not stop in their places, so the pig let them go after Snowball. …show more content…
He quickly got up, in alert. What he saw was surprising, Napoleon was sitting on a table, eating apples and drinking milk, animals’ milk!
“Snowball, you finally got up.” He said, smiling, “Come on, sit with me and have a meal.” Snowball did not what to do, so he got up and sat in the table in front of Napoleon, “Bon appétit” He said, smiling again. “I have a proposal for you.” Snowball bend to listen Napoleon clearly.
“Quid pro quo” He said, Snowball was ratiocinating, trying to understand what Napoleon wanted “You can continue commanding the farm with me, however, you will have to shut your righteous mouth and steal food with me” Snowball was shocked, never in a million years he thought that someday he would listen that propose.
“I cannot do this.” Snowball said he really could not; his beliefs did not let him do that. “Why cannot you?” Napoleon asked puzzled. “Commanding in pair is not like this, is a pas de deux, we would have to support each other, I could not stand all of your lies and injuries to the animals.” Snowball started to say all that he always wanted “ I have my beliefs and I will not break them, if I was a commandant, I would do what is right to our people, not what is better for