CHAPTER  3

How they toiled and sweated to get the hay in！ But their efforts were rewarded，for the harvest was an even bigger success when they had hoped.

Sometimes the work was hard；The implements had been designed for human beings and not for animals，and it was a great drawback【n. 缺点，不利条件；退税】 that no animal was able to use any tool the that involved【adj. 有关的；卷入的；复杂的】 standing on his hind legs.  But the pigs were so clever that they could think of a away round every difficulty.  As for the horses，they knew every inch of the field，and in fact understood the business of mowing【n. 刈草；牧草地；一次所割之草】 and raking far better than Jones and his men had ever done.  The pigs did not actually work，But directed and supervised the others.  With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.