Animal farm is as close as you can get to Sugarcandy Mountain. Why do you ask? Well for starters all the animals are treated as equals, no animal kills another animal – sure they work, but it's fair and it's because that's how they get their food. There are no humans around and everyone is always happy and well fed.

Animal farm is a very beautiful place - almost near perfection for any animal –but it hadn't always been like that.

The farm served as a symbol of fearlessness and bravery to all domesticated animals. They had gone through many hardships and pulled through, never giving into the situation, never loosing hope, no matter how bad it was.

It had all started as a dream of freedom. Without even planning it, their dream turned into a reality. If you saw the farm now you wouldn't believe the horrors that had happened. Before the calm comes the storm right? Well that's what had happened but before the storm took place there was conflict. Even if the animals claimed to all have been equal, there were still animals taking advantage of others. Before the "drastic" change occurred there were problems everywhere even they were being covered up with excuses. This transpired on a daily basis, well, until one day everything had gone wrong and finally collapsed under the weight of turmoil they had caused for themselves.

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One afternoon, Snowball was in the middle of his speech about the windmill when out of nowhere he heard a sound like none he had heard before. It was high pitched and it was coming from Napoleon, Snowball didn't know what was going on.

Snowball was pondering about what could have caused his comrade to release such sound, until all of the sudden the barn doors swung open and nine large dogs wearing brass-studded collars busted inside and sprinted towards Snowball.

As this happened all the farm animals were left flabbergasted and Snowball's throat went dry. In that instant his blood chilled, he felt as ice was running through his veins instead of blood. His reflexes kicked in and luckily he got away just in time to avoid the dog's sharp teeth as its jaws snapped at him. He ran as fast as his short stubby four legs allowed him. All around him felt like time had slowed down, his surroundings were blurred and he was relying on his instincts. His heart felt like it was going to burst out of his ribcage and his heart beat rung loudly in his ears.

He felt teeth graze at his tail, with abundant fright he gained a speed boost – from the adrenaline that pumped in his veins. Snowball spotted a hedge. (He had discovered that the hedge had a hole in it. He had acquired this information in the morning while he was roaming around the farms grounds; he was planning on covering up in the afternoon after his speech but now he was glad he hadn't done so, because that hole was his only chance for escape.)

He headed towards the hedge and once he had gone through it, he kept running until he was no longer able to. His legs felt like lead but none the less he continued running distracted, as a million thoughts were running through his head.

A while passed as he was running continuously for a long period of time; his legs hurt but he wouldn't give up, he didn't want to die at the hands of his former comrade. After a couple of minutes of running continuously his legs gave out and he collapsed to the cold and unforgiving ground.

He felt cold and for the first time in his life he was alone. Snowball had no idea where he was, but he knew he was far from the farm because he was no longer able to see anything that seemed even remotely familiar.

The roads were long gone; he had left them behind after the first couple of minutes at the beginning of his run. He knew he was currently deep in the forest besides the farm.

Snowball was beyond exhausted from all the running he had just done. It had taken a toll on his body and as much as he tried to get up his body wouldn't allow him to do so. He gave up knowing that his struggles were useless. He rested his body on the forest floor; with his head on his folded front legs and without knowing his body lost its consciousness and succumbed to sleep.

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That night the events that had taken place back at the farm played in his mind over and over, until they all faded away and he was left surrounded by the darkness in his mind.

After a few minutes of complete darkness the obscurity was starting to be consumed by a faint orange glow until it was inevitably replaced by a bright orange.

Snowball felt cold, he didn't understand why he was cold if he was supposed to be sleeping at the barn. It took him a couple of seconds to process things but once it clicked, all the events of the night before came flooding back and the memories stung him filling his heart with sorrow.

Snowball's eyelids slowly began to flutter open exposing his eyes to the bright morning light, he repeatedly blinked trying to adjust them to the light that that was annoyingly uncomfortable. He looked around and it took a couple of seconds for him to take in his surroundings and realize he was lost.

He was a domestic animal in the wilderness, he wasn't dumb; he knew that there were predators in the forest surrounding the farms past the roads. He was in trouble, he didn't know what to do. Should he return to the farm and try to reason with Napoleon? Or should he give up on the farm and try to find shelter and survive?

He was feeling very conflicted; a part of him didn't want to give up, he wanted to fight and do what was right. Animal Farm was his home and his friends were there; he had literally spent his whole life there and now it was all being taken away from him. He didn't want to let it happen. He felt deep in his core the need to fight and no let Napoleon continue.

On the other hand, he feared for his own health; it was no secret that he was no match for the nine dogs that Napoleon had guarding him and he couldn't just waltz right in to the farm pretending that nothing had happened.

The latter made more sense, if he was going to take back the farm from Napoleon and make justice happen, he had to be smart about his actions; he couldn't act reckless and give into his feelings, he had to be cold and calculating, he needed a plan first or else his actions would make a mess and things would end in disaster.

He finally settled settled for both of his ideas he was going to take it slow and he was going to fight; everything would come when the time was right. For now he just had to focus on finding shelter and food.

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Snowball traveled for a couple of minutes - which seemed like hours to him since he was clearly engrossed in his thoughts - before the sound of moving water snapped him out of his thoughts.

While in deep thought he had walked straight until he came across a river. He approached the river amazed by the crystalline appearance the water presented to him. It was beautiful and he could see the colorful fish swimming and the alluring round rocks that were smoothened by the current of the water under the surface.

Off at the river bank there were onions growing, suddenly the memory of the last meal he had eaten hit him; it had been yesterday. Since he hadn't eaten he took the opportunity that was presented to him and rushed towards the offered vegetables never taking his eyes off them, fearing that if he were to blink or look away for a second they would vanish and disappear forever out of his reach never to be seen again.

When he was close enough he sniffed them the smell was fresh and spicy; he stood a second before the onions and stared at them his gaze full of intrigue, while he was focused on the onions he also took in the view and smells of his surroundings.

He paid attention to all the different hues presented to him and admired the fresh mist grazing at him. Snowball decided that he had postponed the consumption of those onions before him for too long so he proceeded to dig them up and eat them. The taste was exquisite, sure he had eaten onions before but now; now he was free and that made everything taste better.

The onions were sweet and the flavor was doing a wonderful dance on his taste buds and he was greedily accepting it. The wonderful feeling was short lived as he wanted to share the experience he was feeling with his friends but soon the realization that they were no longer there with him struck him hard and he fell off the cloud he was on.

The moment was ruined and he finished eating the onions and then started his search for shelter.

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What Snowball didn't know was that there was someone watching him ever since he woke up and had been following him.

That someone was a blue jay and his name was Rick. He had been watching every step Snowball took with his small beady eyes; observing him trying to figure out what this domestic animal was thinking getting out of the safety of his home and coming into the wild where he could be the meal of the next hungry predator he came across.

For now he was just observing his actions but he had decided to intervene whenever he saw that the animal would commit a mistake.

So far he had done what any normal animal would have done which was look for food, water, and shelter but the only mistake that he was doing was not being aware of his surroundings, if he was he would have noticed Rick was following him.

Although that hardly mattered as Rick had no ill intentions and was anything but a threat to Snowball.

As a matter of fact he was actually taking care of Smowball without the pig knowing about him so he was actually making him a favor.

While Rick was deep in thought he hadn't realize Snowball had stopped walking. When he came back into reality he was slightly taken by surprise not seeing Snowball in front of him, when he turned around and flew back and rested on a tree above Snowball to observe what he was doing he saw what looked like Snowball was going to start building a shelter.

The pig was gathering twigs and laying them on the ground creating a makeshift bed. Rick thought he was doing a good job but as he looked around he noticed he could still see the river from where they were and instantly a little red flag popped up in his head.

He had to warn Snowball about the mistake he was making. He flew down and landed next to Snowball. He had decided that before he was going to intervene it was normal and obvious that he should introduce himself.

"Hello my name is Rick, may I ask what's yours and also what are you doing here?" He tried to be as polite as possible to not scare off Snowball. "If you don't mind me asking of course."

Snowball was surprised at the bird's politeness and complied since he had asked so nicely; besides it couldn't hurt to make new friends since he was alone now, right?

"My name is Snowball and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I'm here because I have recently have lost my home. That's why you hadn't seen me around here before and since I can't return; well at least not any time soon, I've decided to make myself a new home meanwhile." Snowball tried to inform his new acquaintance as much as possible without revealing too many details. He knew better than to trust someone he had just met.

"Well my friend the reason I approached you was to warn you about the location of your home, well at least the one you are attempting to build" he was trying to be careful about how he expressed his thoughts. "Excuse me if that sounded a bit rude and I know this is none of my business but I just wanted you to know that it isn't wise for you to place your home so close to the river."

"I don't mind at all and I appreciate your effort to inform me but why can't I build my home so close to the river?" asked Snowball he was having trouble coming up with reasons for the blue jay was showing concern for him and why he had recommended to him to not live there.

"Well you see here in the wild, animals all need to find the resources to survive as they are not given to us; we have to acquire them ourselves and most of the time we fight for them." Rick was trying to explain to the best of his ability. "Since you are not a carnivore you are most likely to be classified as a prey. Since some of the carnivore predators live here and need water to survive as well as meat they come to the river to get the supply of water they need to survive they'll be coming here and if they find you here they'll think you are an easy meal and if you don't experience any problems with any predators another animal that is jealous will try to remove you from where you are because they think you'll want all the water for yourself. The list of opossible outcomes goes on but I think you might have understood my point by now."

"Oh I see." It was all Snowball was able to say, he had barely spent a day in the wilderness and he had already learned a valuable lesson for survival. Perhaps having the bird as an acquaintance would have his benefits and would help him survive longer in the forest than he would have by himself. "Thank you for this valuable information comrade I'm glad you were here to tell me so I didn't have to learn the hard way."

"No problem besides animals are supposed to stick together right?" Rick would have flashed Snowball a bright smile if he would have had teeth to do so with but for now he had his words to work with for sharing his feelings so that would do for now.

Snowball could tell his words were true even if his face looked stoic his eyes told a different story. The beady eyes showed compassion and warmth; so far he had showed himself to be trustworthy and had probably saved his life. Snowball decided he could trust him so he put his guard down.

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Since Snowball wasn't speaking and the air was starting to fill with awkwardness. Rick decided to break the tension and continue speaking since he noticed that Snowball wasn't going to speak anytime soon.

"Anyway, Snowball what brought you here to the forest? I mean there must be a reason for you to have left the safety of the place you came from, so what happened?"

Snowball didn't hesitate to tell Rick the truth. He told him everything since the revolution until the windmill speech when he was chased by the dogs and when he came to the forest. He told Rick because he thought that maybe he could help him go back to the farm somehow.

"That's a shame comrade animals are supposed to stick together and this Napoleon pig did a dishonorable thing. I can't help you get back because I'm not strong, the best thing I can do is keep you informed about what is going on. Since I'm small and I can fly I'll just travel to the farm and hide in a bush or something that will keep them from spotting me and I'll tell you everything I see." said Rick.

"I'm glad you want to help me friend. Please call me Snowball. By the way would you mind if I call you by your name?" Snowball said flashing Rick a big smile.

"Not at all, now what would you like to do now? Since I'm caught up on your situation I suggest you look for allies so you can take back the farm from Napoleon and save your friends." Rick had never been in a situation like this before but it seemed like the next logical step.

"I guess you're right Rick, but first I have to make shelter; I mean I was in the middle of doing that but since I chose the wrong spot... Do you know a better place that I could use?" Snowball wanted to hurry because the morning was passing by pretty quickly and who knows when predators would show up.

"Well it has to be a spot that is away from the river but not too far away, more like in-between. Also if you are going to live here I should inform you that there is a large pack of wolves living in this forest but they only come to the river in the afternoon so you should remember that, otherwise you can be by the river almost all day." Rick was trying to inform Snowball but he also didn't want to scare him so he was trying to be subtle while telling him about the predator thing but judging by the look in Snowball's face he was failing miserably. "Don't worry you can trust me I won't let them harm you. They're my friends so maybe I can get them to help you. I need to introduce you to them so they don't harm you. Now you can't go up to them and introduce yourself because they're still carnivores and they'll just think you are dumb and they'll eat you." The more words came out of Rick's beak the more contorted in fear Snowball's face became and he paled more and more. Rick was patient but it was getting annoying so he snapped. "Look Snowball I'm trying to help and I know wolves to a pig don't sound like the best of creatures but you told me that at your farm all animals were supposed to get along so why can't you try if it's going to help you. I'm not going to lie to you they still consume meat but only do so because it's part of their diet there's nothing they can do about it; I mean have you ever heard of a vegetarian wolf? Besides they're not cold blooded murderers, to eat they get their food from a farm where the people eat chickens and when they are done even if they didn't completely eat them they throw them out, so all they do is eat the scraps. They're good animals just give them a chance. They actually changed their ways because hearing from what the animals in your farm inspired them. They were hoping the other animals in other animals would rebel against their farmers so they could run the horrible farmers out of the areas surrounding the forest." After that was said snowballs facial expression changed completely his face said relief and his eyes showed curiosity with a light dash of concern.

"What you said changed my perspective about them but there's two things I want to add and the first thing is a question towards you." Said Snowball with as much confidence he could muster.

"Well go ahead in don't mind." said Rick, he wanted to know what the question would be his curiosity was sparked by Snowball's comment.

"Well since you are a bird how doesn't it bother you that the wolves eat chickens?" Snowball was starting to become really comfortable with Rick so he was staring to be blunt towards the small bird.

"It's not that I'm comfortable with it it's just that I've come to accept that it's the only food source available to them that they don't have to kill. I mean it's not good but they can't help it they're carnivores and they need a way to get food and that way they don't have to kill, they just eat what was not consumed by the humans so it's not wasted." Rick felt his stomach twist as he was explaining to Snowball he had come to accept what was going on but it still got to him. For as long that Rick had known the wolves he tried not to think about it because he was friends with them and knew their hearts were in the right place; but Snowball was venturing into a somber place focusing in what they had to do to continue living. Rick didn't like it but they had to do it to survive; if it was up to them and possible he was sure that they would have turned vegetarian but that was not ossible, they couldn't change their nature, at least not completely. Snowball saw how Rick's eyes darkened and knew that maybe it wasn't the best question he could have asked his friend and hoped he hadn't hurt him.

"Oh I see. Well before I say the next thing I wanted to know if you were alright." Snowball was genuinely preoccupied about his friend. Rick was glad to see that his friend cared about him.

"Yes I'm fine; you can make your next statement." Snowball was hoping his friend was actually ok and that he hadn't hurt his feelings in any way. Rick's eyes softened and the spark they had when they had first met returned. The hardened look his eyes had vanished and his expression returned to normal. The statement and change in expression from Rick made Snowball's concern subside and he felt confident enough to continue talking.

"Well I just wanted to say that I wanted to go see the wolves after you help me find a better place to build my shelter." Snowball actually wanted to ask him if the wolves were actually "civilized" enough for him to actually meet them without him having to be worried about getting eaten at sight; but Rick's speech had changed his mind. Snowball genuinely wanted to meet them and ask them for help.

"Great I'll take you to meet them as soon as we find you a place." With that said Rick led Snowball deeper into the forest away from river.

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They decided on a spot a mile away from the river and they started working. It took them a few months to build Snowball a new home; meanwhile they were building the home for Snowball, Rick found him a place where he could stay temporarily.

Rick's friend was a wild boar whose name was Beatrice; she had been friends with Rick from back when they were little. When Rick asked her if Snowball could stay at her home while they built his she said "any friend of Rick's is a friend of mine." And gladly let Snowball stay.

Snowball was ecstatic when he found out that he could stay somewhere where he could be safe. He thanked Beatrice for letting him stay at her home and tried to stay out her way to show his gratitude for her kindness towards him.

The months passed by quickly and they were all getting along well and making their friendship stronger and Snowball was becoming happier but he never forgot friends he had left back the farm; he swore he was going to get back to the farm and help his friends.

The more time passed, the worse the situation the farm was in. Napoleon ruled with an iron fist and was working the animals like slaves; the most recent news Snowball had received from Rick were that Napoleon was killing the animals' cold bloodedly.

After hearing the news from Rick Snowball's heart sunk, he felt terrible for not being able to get to them sooner and helping them before everything turned nightmarish.

He cursed himself for not seeing napoleons intentions and stopping him before he had the dogs help; he wished he had actually checked what Napoleon had been teaching the puppies.

Before the negative thoughts could consume his mind and drove him crazy he stopped himself from continuing to think that way. He thought of it as something to push him to stop Napoleon faster.

Two years passed, during all this time he had tried to talk with Napoleon and convince him to change his ways; but Napoleon was a stubborn pig and couldn't be reasoned with.

While this was happening Snowball was recruiting animals to join him in freeing the animal farm from the tyrannical hooves. So far he had many followers- with the wolves being the strongest help he had- Snowball had tried to stay away from violence and tried using diplomacy but so far he was failing miserably and with every passing day conditions at the animal farm was worsening.

What threw Snowball over the edge was when because of Napoleon's fault the farm had gotten yet into another battle where animals had gotten injured and even perished. Snowball had had enough of Napoleon's conduct, he was beyond enraged. He had planned a way to take back the farm from Napoleon but he knew he should only set it in motion as a last resource.

It had been two years since Snowball had met Daiki. He had been introduced to the alpha of the wolf pack and had talked him and as the time passed they had become very good friends.

Daiki was a really great animal and Snowball couldn't believe that all this time he had believed that wolves were heinous beings that killed for their own heartless and revolting entertainment.

He was glad to have his as company; Daiki was the perfect example of "don't judge a book by its cover". Daiki was just great: he was loyal, trustworthy, and dependable; he cared for his people and treated them with respect. He was very protective over the people that were precious to him he was known to be unyielding and ruthless towards his enemies or anyone that harmed or was a threat to the people who were dear to him.

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Snowball had decided he was going to make his move that day. He was going to be forward and approach the farm from the main road so the animals from the Animal farm would see him and his allies coming towards them.

What he didn't know was that it was the same day his friend Boxer was in grave danger. Boxer had injured himself from doing manual labor. Napoleon had no longer any use for a horse that couldn't work so instead of helping Boxer he had decided he would get rid of Boxer by sending him a glue factory to be slaughtered.

By mere chance Snowball and his allies had come across the van that was taking Boxer to a knacker; at first they had heard commotion coming from the inside of the van but they thought it was nothing, then all of the suddenly they started hearing sobbing coming from within the van as it moved away from them.

They didn't know what was going on until a crowd of animals came sprinting towards them shouting "Boxer" over and over again.

Then in Snowball's mind a little light switched on. He was standing there as his friend was being taken away; quickly his brain turned on and he started giving chase to the van as well.

His allies soon started chasing the van as well; Snowball gave orders to the wolves to stop the van. They dashed forward until they were ahead and stopped in front of the horses and threatened them to make them cease their running.

The horses were cowering in fear while the other allies –including Snowball- and friends caught up. Once Snowball got to the van he went towards the conductor and demanded the keys for the back doors to the van. Once they managed to take them from the human they shooed him and threatened him by telling him to get another job or else they would find him and make him pay for being an accomplice for the deaths of many animals. Of course after he heard that he ran for the hills never to be seen again.

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All the farm animals were shedding tears of joy seeing Boxer was going to live, they were glad he no longer was going to be sent to the glue maker. They were confused to see Snowball with different animals accompanying him but they didn't care about it; for now it was irrelevant to ask because all that mattered to them was that they had saved Boxer.

"Thank you Snowball for saving my life." Boxer was bawling and sniveling; his tears were from joy and relief. He had never been happier to see Snowball, he did want to know why he had come to rescue him and how had he known what was happening. After he had calmed down enough to speak he asked. "Snowball why have you come to help me and how did you know I was in trouble?"

"My dear friend Boxer I will not lie to you and tell you that I had known you were being taken away and I have come to rescue you. I was actually coming to help animal farm escape from the tyrannical rule of Napoleon; but I do want to say that I am very glad that I came in time to save you. I couldn't imagine a world without you comrade, there aren't many kind souls like you left in this world and I'd like to say that I consider you one of my esteemed friends." Snowball spoke from his heart and he meant what he had said, he truly cared for his friend.

After Snowball had said that Boxer couldn't help but break into weeping and a fit of hiccups; when their moment had finished they closed the vans doors and this time Clover and Benjamin were the ones pulling the van towards the farm. They knew that they weren't out of the woods just yet, they had to get rid of Napoleon and the pigs that were working alongside him and then they would be able to seek medical attention for their injured friend.

When they arrived at the gates of Animal farm they saw Napoleon and his dogs waiting for them. Snowball had made sure Napoleon would know that they were coming but he didn't expect him to be in the front lines of defense; if anything Snowball had thought that Napoleon would be trembling in fear in a safe place away from the clash between the animals.

But there he was standing his ground even if he knew the odds were against him; he was too prideful to admit defeat, and that was going to be his downfall.

"Napoleon this is your last chance to change your mind, this fight can be avoided if we come to an agreement and end this dispute; we both wanted equality for all animals and to change their lives, if we've worked together in the past why can't we now?" Snowball was trying to reason with Napoleon to avoid starting a battle. He was hoping that Napoleon would see the situation was in and he would swallow his pride and surrender; but yet again he was too stubborn for his own good.

"I would agree with you but our views about how things should be run and how the animals should be treated are too different to actually reach an agreement; I'm sorry but I'm going to have to decline your proposal." Napoleon had wanted hurt Snowball for a long time now and he wasn't going to give up his chance this time, he was planning to kill him to get rid of him once and for all.

"Just remember you called this upon yourself." That was the last thing Snowball said before the fight began.

The first one to make a move was Napoleon he sent his dogs against the group of animals that were the ones who had tried to help Boxer; Rick had called some of his friends so two harpy eagles along with a couple of ravens helped the animals to fight against the dogs by pecking them.

Beatrice had gathered some squirrels to help with the fight; the little squirrels were biting at the dogs feet while Beatrice was trying to sink her teeth to at least one dog.

Daiki had sent his subordinates at the pigs; they weren't supposed to kill them just chase them out of the farm. All around was chaos, there was squealing and whining sounds everywhere.

The dogs gave up and ran out of the farm down the roads all in different directions; meanwhile the pigs wouldn't give up and since the animals had won the fight against the dogs and were no longer occupied they went after the pigs as well. The pigs were tired of running from the animals so they also ran outside the farm they went down the roads and went towards the farm of the farmers that they were allied with and asked for help to take back the farm.

The farmers let the pigs inside the farm and told them to wait inside until they brought their men and weapons to go take back the farm. The pigs did as they were told and waited for the farmers to come back; when the farmers did come back they came back with their men and with weapons but they weren't fire arms, they were butcher's knifes and other melee weapons plus a couple of ropes. The pigs were surprised to see that the farmers hadn't brought any firearms and were confused so they asked not knowing what they would answer.

"Why don't you guys have firearms?" they were trying to think reasonably and they thought the farmers were being dumb. "You are aware that there are wolves within those animals right?"

"Wow you pigs aren't as smart as you think huh?" one of the farmers spoke up, he was mocking the pigs at their foolishness. "Well it doesn't matter we don't want you for your smarts anyways." With that said the farmers jumped at the pigs and tied them up. Later that night they butchered the pigs and had a feast because they had finally had gotten rid of the pigs.

Meanwhile back at the animal farm all the animals celebrated the end of the oppression from Napoleon and the other pigs. They were all telling their stories and writing them in the walls for all the future generations to come; they didn't want history to repeat.

All the animals that had been slaughtered by Napoleon and his dogs were remembered and honored by the animal at the farm. They had succeeded on getting the farm back from Napoleon and now they were free to live haply.

The animals invited the new friends that Snowball had made to stay with them, some of them accepted and others left to their homes to go back with their families.

Beatrice stayed to live with Snowball and all the other animals. Rick also stayed because he had gotten used to having Snowball as company and Daiki and his wolf pack stayed because they were very good friends with Snowball and they had become friends with the other animals at the farm; plus they wanted to stay and protect the farm from future threats.

A year had passed and with that there were new members of the Animal farm. Since Napoleon had left the hens no longer had to give their eggs and so there were plenty of new chicks around the farm, there were also a new litter of kittens and of pigglets. The wolf pack had new members as well as cubs. Boxer, Clover, and Benjamin were now retired and enjoying their labor free lives. They had left a great legacy for the new generations to come and they made sure to write down all the major events that happened at animal farm both positive and negative; they did it for their safety. They didn't want history to repeat.