At last the day came when Snowball’s plans were completed. At the meeting on the following Sunday the question of whether or not to begin work on the windmill was to be put to the vote. When the animals had assembled in the big barn，Snowball stood up and绒疗， though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep侵歇，set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill.? Then Napoleon stood up to reply.? He said very quietly that the windmill was nonsense and he advised nobody to avoid for it，and promptly sat down again吓蘑；he had spoken for barely thirty seconds惕虑，and seemed almost indifferent as to the effect he produced.? As this Snowball Sprang to his feet，and shouting down the sheep溃蔫，who had begun bleating again，broke into a passionat appeal in favour of the windmill.? Until now the animals had been about equally divided in their sympathies琳猫，but in a moment Snowball’s eloquence had carried them away. In growing sentence he painted a picture of Animal Farm as it might be when sordid labour was lifted from the animals' backs.? His imagination had now run far beyond chaff-cutters and turnip-slicers.? Electricity伟叛，he said，could operate threshing machines脐嫂，ploughs统刮， harrows，rollers账千，and reapers and binders侥蒙，besides supplying every stall with its own electric light，hot and cold water匀奏，and an electric heater.? By the time he had finished speaking鞭衩，there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go.? But just at this moment Napoleon stood up and，casting a peculiar sidelong look at Snowball，uttered high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him at utter before.
