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Transporting the stone when it was once broken was comparatively simple.
這樣一來，運送的事倒顯得相對簡一些了。
The horses carried it off in cart-loads, the sheep dragged single blocks,
馬駕著滿載的貨車運送，羊則一塊一塊地拖，
even Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share.
就連穆麗爾和本杰明也套上一輛舊兩輪座車，貢獻出了他們的力量。
By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
這樣到了夏末，備用的石頭便積累足了，接著，在豬的監督下，工程就破土動工了。
But it was a slow, laborious process.
但是，整個采石過程在當時卻進展緩慢，歷盡艱辛。
Frequently it took a whole day of exhausting effort to drag a single boulder to the top of the quarry,
把一塊圓石拖到礦頂，常常要竭盡全力干整整一天，
and sometimes when it was pushed over the edge it failed to break.
有些時候，石頭從崖上推下去了，卻沒有摔碎。
Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer, whose strength seemed equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together.
要是沒有鮑克瑟，沒有他那幾乎能與所有其他動物合在一起相匹敵的力氣，恐怕什么事都干不成。
When the boulder began to slip and the animals cried out in despair at finding themselves dragged down the hill,
每逢動物們發現圓石開始往下滑，他們自己正被拖下山坡而絕望地哭喊時，
it was always Boxer who strained himself against the rope and brought the boulder to a stop.
總是多虧鮑克瑟拉住了繩索才穩了下來。
To see him toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast,
看著他蹄子尖緊扣著地面，一吋一吋吃力地爬著坡；
the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration.
看著他呼吸急促，巨大的身軀浸透了汗水，動物們無不滿懷欽佩和贊嘆。
Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her.
克拉弗常常告誡他小心點，不要勞累過度了，但他從不放在心上。
His two slogans, "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right," seemed to him a sufficient answer to all problems.
對他來說，“我要更加努力工作”和“拿破侖同志永遠正確”這兩句口頭禪足以回答所有的難題。
He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour.
他已同那只小公雞商量好了，把原來每天早晨提前半小時叫醒他，改為提前三刻鐘。
And in his spare moments, of which there were not many nowadays, he would go alone to the quarry,
同時，盡管近來業余時間并不多，但他仍要在空閑時間里，獨自到采石場去，在沒有任何幫手的情況下，
collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted.
裝上一車碎石，拖去倒在風車的地基里。
The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work.
這一夏季，盡管動物們工作得十分辛苦，他們的境況還不算太壞。
If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day, at least they did not have less.
雖然他們得到的飼料不比瓊斯時期多，但至少也不比那時少。
The advantage of only having to feed themselves, and not having to support five extravagant human beings as well,
除了自己食用外，動物們不必去并供養那五個驕奢淫逸的人，
