and his devoted friend Benjamin, the donkey.

But the greatest inspiration came from Boxer who, with his friend Benjamin, worked early and late, in season and out.

The fields yielded richly and they were cut and gleaned with diligence and devotion.

and one fine day, pig delegates from far and wide arrived at Animal Farm to celebrate the coming of a new era.

but the animals themselves were no better off, with the exception of the pigs, and their supreme leader, Napoleon.

And that night, the pigs drank to Boxer's memory in the whiskey they had bought with Boxer's life.