But at this moment the three cows, who had seemed uneasy for some time past, set up a loud lowing. They had not been milked for twenty-four hours, and their udders were almost bursting. After a little thought, the pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully, their trotters being well adapted to this task. Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest.
"What is going to happen to all that milk?” said someone.
"Jones used sometimes to mix some of it in our mash,” said one of the hens.
"Never mind the milk, comrades!” cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets. "That will be attended to. The harvest is more important. Comrade Snowball will lead the way. I shall follow in a few minutes. Forward, comrades! The hay is waiting.”
So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared.
Which quotation from the context of this passage is an example of foreshadowing?
“The pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully.”
“In the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared.”
“The harvest is more important. Comrade Snowball will lead the way.”
“‘What is going to happen to all that milk?’ said someone.”
1 answer
The quotation that serves as an example of foreshadowing is:
“In the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared.”
This line hints at the possibility that the milk will be taken or used in a way that may not be fair or transparent, suggesting that something significant related to the milk will unfold later in the story.
