Animal's Farm (standard:Satire, 1226 words)
Author: hvysmker	Added: Dec 07 2005	Views/Reads: 5311/2823	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Animals take over a farm after the owner dies. ( Sound familiar?)

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Finding an animal relief agency in Toonertown, they soon found gainful 
employment. 

The oldest pig, Samson, talked them into living together in some old
shacks behind the town dump.  There being a fine muddy area there, they 
agreed.  The pigs needs were simple.  Give them plenty to eat and some 
nice cool mud, and they were happy.  They saved their money, never 
spending frivolously. 

Meanwhile, back at the farm, the animals had no major problems the next
spring.  As Billy had stated, the horses could plow the fields on their 
own.  Chickens followed the plow, dropping seeds in the furrows.  The 
fields were planted.  Billy did think to plant more acres in food crops 
for the residents than in crops to sell. 

They would have little money coming in, but also little would be needed
to run the farm.  They found a chicken who became quite adept at 
forging Farmer Jone's handwriting and signature.  Finding his 
checkbook, they could use the late farmer's savings to buy anything 
needed.  Some of the goats had lived in the shack that housed the 
farmer's little whiskey still and could produce that staple for the 
animals. 

Soon, with plenty of free time, the still was enlarged and a portion of
the corn crop earmarked for whiskey.  The animals began drinking 
heavily.  With the drinking came a number of arguments and even 
physical assaults.  A police force had to be formed from each group of 
animals to keep order. 

Some of the animals became lazy by the next harvest time, others just
wanted to drink and avoided work.  The next harvest saw a lot of 
wasted, and unharvested crops. 

During the second winter the animals heard, from a loud mouthed rooster,
about the farmer's savings and they all wanted not only television but 
cable television in their homes.  The savings dwindled on unnecessary 
luxuries. 

Over the next few years, things got worse.  There were many babies born,
especially among the chickens.  Since nobody collected eggs, they all 
became fertile.  The Bulls had a very good time making babies.  With 
time, the farm was soon overrun by children, all of which had to eat. 

Eventually the Farmer's savings gave out and they had to sell produce to
live.  Nobody knew how to sell it or who to approach to purchase the 
large stock of harvested crops.  The telephone had been turned off long 
ago for nonpayment.  The Board had judged that they needed electricity 
to run television sets, and had paid the electric bill, but had no use 
for a telephone. 

Billy went to town and found a shady fox that would buy their goods. 
They didn't know the going rate for their crops and accepted a cheap 
rate.  That meant that the animals had to work harder in coming years 
to produce enough product to live on.  The good times were gone. 

The pigs were smart.  They worked hard and saved their money.  When
their finances built up, they used it as a down payment to build a 
large condominium complex.  Needing a cheap plot of ground, one of them 
thought of checking with the tax department.  The pigs ended up buying 
their old home for back taxes and evicted the other animals.  They, the 
pigs, lived happily ever after. 

The End


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