Money comes, money goes

The wealthiest animal in all of White’s animal farm was a chameleon called Coyote who, through friendships with every single farm manager, managed to have rules which saw him increase in wealth as the years went by. Dan Goat changed colour so that he resembled every animal that was in power. He supported them and […]

The wealthiest animal in all of White’s animal farm was a chameleon called Coyote who, through friendships with every single farm manager, managed to have rules which saw him increase in wealth as the years went by. Dan Goat changed colour so that he resembled every animal that was in power. He supported them and knew never to openly challenge any farm manager or show partisan support. If two animals were vying to become leaders of their quarters, he supported them all. Coyote was friends with Goodhead as well as White. With friends of Goodhead as well as Whitists priests. He was the colour of everyone without allowing anyone’s colour rub off on him. And by so doing quietly became praised as the wealthiest animal who employed the highest number of animals.
As soon as a crisis hit the farm and White let go of his stubborn insistence on keeping the cost of grains in his farm artificially low, Coyote lost a lot of his wealth. Still animals praised Coyote every chance they could as a hard working animal who helped many animals get food and gainful employment. It didn’t matter that if more animals had the kind of access Coyote had, the farm might have produced far more super wealthy animals like Coyote. But no animal could say this because Coyote was friends with everyone while being attached to no one.
The crisis that hit the farm also exposed other animals who pretended to be wealthy. One animal, a kangaroo called Hen Hurry (because of how much he was in a hurry to speak in matters that didn’t concern him), was rumoured to have a business empire which included a pageant for peacocks and a hilltop for viewing the sun while eating the most expensive sweetened grains. Not a day went by when he did not say something mean about White and about how White had no common sense. He put his businesses forward as sterling examples of his capacity to lead with nothing more than common sense. One day, a committee on the farm in charge of collecting debts uncovered that his fortune was based on a lie, a debt he had collected and never repaid. The committee concluded that if he had any common sense at all he would have run businesses that turned profit enough to at least start repaying his debts. They took over his properties and took control of the hill where he used to sell expensive sweetened grains. The committee declared that no animal should have to pay so much for grains while being entertained. And they began giving away his sweetened grains for free.
Somewhere in the West of the farm an obnoxious species leader, a wild rabid dog called Fayourshit was barking wildly and saying vile things about White. He did this, beating his chest, reminding animals that there were rules preventing White from arresting or harming any species leader while such leader is in power. Fayourshit bragged that no creature born of an animal could touch him. So White asked one of his farm hands to confiscate a warehouse where Fayourshit had stashed goods he had stolen. When this happened Fayourshit went wild and began rolling in the dust to protest what had been done to him. But all the animals, fed up with his wild barking and calisthenics paid him no heed. And they walked past as he swore that it was illegal to confiscate his property.
While all of this was going on, far away in the farm where White’s favourite veterinarian lived, there was chaos. Long ago, before White or White’s parents were born, this farm had invaded a quarter of all the farms that existed. They enslaved animals and forced them to act and speak like them. They massacred animals on many farms and set fire to some. But slowly their power waned and they did not have the resources to keep simultaneously destroying a quarter of all the farms. So, they slowly left farm after farm, without fixing any of the things they had destroyed. Consequently, some of the animals from the farms they had destroyed migrated to their now wealthy, powerful farm. Over the years they became animals from farms all over the animal world – farms they had destroyed and others – were now invading their farm to work and live and adopt it as their new home. And because the animals that came from other places worked cheaply, the animals originally from the farm became lazy and refused to do any jobs like cleaning or serving or transporting animals from one places to the other. Suddenly, now, they panicked and claimed that they had too many foreign animals on their farm and needed to kick them all out, forgetting that they once, without invitation, invaded a quarter of all farms.
And White continued to manage his health, having just returned from the veterinarian.
And Fayourshit continued to complain about his seized stolen property.
And WHite’s genocidal farm hand continued to harass animals in the east of the farm.
And the souls of the bats massacred by the genocidal Dick-Tai cried out for justice.
And associates of White continued to watch him closely preparing for any eventuality and positioning themselves to take over.
And farm hands of White began to steal grains recovered from animals who had once stolen grains.
And Whitists continued to worship White, day and night.