The Secret Agent
Andrรฉ Arruda & Ricardo Crestana Synopsis:ย
What if Benjamin secretly started teaching the animals how to read and comprehend what really had happened. How would they be able to start a second revolution? Read our fanfic and discover how Benjamin managed to lead a new revolution and if they were able to reestablish the order in the Manor Farm. K+
Since the first reading and writing class, Benjamin knew the intentions of the teaching pigs, he noticed that they were skipping teaching steps and hiding some of the things they knew, since then, he was the only one in notice that their intentions were not the best.
ย The moment the teaching cycle imposed by the pigs ended, all animals knew at least how to read what was written in the 7 commandments. Although, Benjamin, noticing that that wasn't enough, decided to create a secret organization in order to teach the animals how to really read. And after the ordinary sunday meeting, when the pigs were already out, he announced to all the animals:
โ Everyone invited, starting today, every Sunday at 4am we are going to have secret free classes given by myself. I don't want y'all talking about this with the pigs, later you will understand why, but by now just keep it a secret and trust me.
As time went by, animals started to learn how to read and understand the intentions of the pigs, but Benjamin, as always, kept telling them to hide their learnings from the pigs. At that time of the story, Snowball had already been kicked out of the farm, and all animals knew that Napoleon was the responsible for that, but lied that believed in the leader's story. One point of the donkeyโs plan was to give Napoleon a fake sensation of power. The pigs thought they had control over the situation, they had no clue of the secret organization.ย
Some days passed, and over the week, day by day, an anger grew in the animals towards the pigs. So on Sunday, as Benjamin planned from the beginning, one of the dogs, Marcus, announced the start of the second revolution against the pigs. Every animal agreed, expect Boxer:
โ Why a revolution?
โ Canโt you see all the corruption that the pigs are doing, you donโt feel tired with all the work that you have to do in the name of โprogress for the animalsโ? - Marcus replied.
โ But Napoleon said that I'm doing it for the good of the animals.
โ You really think that? After everything we discovered about the pigs, the truth, how can you trust them? Are you paying attention to the classes?
โ Relax Marcus, horses aren't the most intelligent species. โ Benjamin interrupted โ Just come here with me, I can explain it all back to you, no worries. The second revolution consists in three parts: For the first part, we are going to end Napoleonโs supremacy, tonight the pigeons are going to enter his room through the window and poison his morning water. As a second step, we have a goal to convert all the animals who work for Napoleon, if they keep protecting the leading pig, we will sadly have to kill them. In the third and final part, weโll establish a new government, with me as a leader, and my most loyal followers as my counselors, and differently from the pigs, we promise a more equal and fair government. In order to prove that, we will even use plebiscites to decide the future.
After having it all explained, Boxer understood the plan and agreed to be part of it. On the night of this day, as they planned, the pigeons invaded Napoleon's bedroom by the window, and silently poisoned his morning water. The next day, Napoleon wakes up, and drinks the poisoned water without any concern. He walks to his balcony and rings the bell to wake up all the farm. After some minutes, all the animals appeared in front of the dormitory, looking for what Napoleonโs gonna say:
โ Good morning comrades, today is a great day, cause today we start the week. Everyone be ready and start the hard work.
The animals started working hard like never before, the results after just one hour were incredible, and Napoleon thought to himself:
โ Wow, these idiots are working like never before, and theyโre happy. I never saw them like this, what a great day, it feels like this is my last day.
At lunch, Napoleon started feeling very bad, and after just some minutes he died. The animals acted as the worst day of their lives, but in their head they had a mission that was being completed perfectly. After lunch, Benjamin called everyone to a reunion about what will happen in the next hours, and after a few minutes discussion the animals went to their positions with everything planned for the next step of the revolution. The animals positioned themselves in the center of the farm, and Benjamin called out the dogs and pigs that were still on Napoleon's side, saying that was an important reunion about their leader's death. When everyone was together, Benjamin started trying to convince the odd animals that having himself as a new leader was a good idea, and that Napoleon's way of governance was bad and ineffective. At first the dogs doubted, but Benjamin said all the truth behind the 7 commandments, they changed their opinion. However, the pigs disagreed with Benjaminโs idea, and said that it would be better if Squealer assumed Napoleonโs post. The donkey at that point, was already expecting that this would happen, so to prevent a conflict, he ordered Boxer to kill the pigs. The horse killed all the pigs, so the second step of the revolution had been concluded.
ย Now is time for the third step, the easiest of them all. Benjamin took the charge, and he acted as expected, sanctioning the plebiscites,ย the very first law of the new farm called โAnimal Farmโ, just like it was in the beginning.
The new leaders even remastered the music โBeasts of Englandโ, and taught all the animals how to sing it, they would do it as a coral every sunday night. No one could stop them anymore, this time it will go all right. No traitors, no hiding from the government and only progress.
โNew beasts of England
Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland
Beasts of ev'ry land and clime
Hearken to my joyful tidings
Of the golden future time
Soon or late the day is coming
Tyrant pig shall lose his throne
And the free fields of England
Shall be leaded by real beasts alone
the lie shall vanish from under our noses
And the harness from our back
the 7 commandments shall rust forever
Cruel whips no more shall crack
Riches more than mind can picture
Wheat and barley, oats and hay
Clover, beans, and mangold wurzels
Shall be ours upon that day
Bright will shine the fields of England
Purer shall its waters be
Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes
On the day that sets us free
For that day we all must labor
Though we die before it break
Cows and horses, geese and turkeys
All must toil for freedom's sake
Four legs good, two legs bad
Pigs are the only anomaly
For what they did in the past
We must not work jointly
Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland
Beasts of ev'ry land and clime
Hearken to my joyful tidings
Of the golden future timeโ
