Here is a book that is easy to read， but is about a serious subject. The book is called Animal Farm （1945）. It is by English writer George On well. It is a story about farm animals. They can't stand Mr. Jones， a farmer who treats them badly. Mr. Jones makes the animals work too hard and he is always drunk. The farm animals decide to kick him off the farm and run the farm themselves. One day， an old pig named Old Major gathers the other animals around him. He tells them that all animals should stand together. He says they should get control of the farm because they believe all animals are equal （平等的）.
After they make Mr. Jones leave， two pigs become the leaders of the farm. One pig named Snowball is a great speaker with big ideas for the farm. The other leader is named Napoleon. Napoleon is crafty. He brings together supporters by offering them advantages.
Napoleon starts a war against Snowball and kicks him off the farm. He tells all the animals， that Snowball hates the farm. He says that Snowball is working with Farmer Jones. But actually， it is Napoleon who has joined up with the human enemies of the animals. Meanwhile he tells the animals that he is working for them. As a result， the animals still have to work hard. It is just as bad to live under Napoleon as it was under Farmer Jones!
