A cry of _____________ went up. Straw was laid down outside the doors of the farmhouse, and the animals walked on tiptoe.

When he did appear, he was attended not only by his _________ of dogs but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud "cock-a-doodle-doo" before Napoleon spoke.

It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, ___________ the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.

Here it became apparent that Mr. Pilkington was about to spring some carefully prepared ___________ on the company, but for a moment he was too overcome by amusement to be able to utter it.

There was a cry of _____________, and everyone began thinking out ways of catching Snowball if he should ever come back.

In sheer ____________, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.

You would not rob us of our ________, would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties?

For five days the hens held out, then they ________ and went back to their nesting boxes.

In addition, four pigeons were sent to Foxwood with a ________ message, which it was hoped might re-establish good relations with Pilkington.