In chapter five, Mollie becomes more of a distraction on the farm and is continually late to work. In addition to constantly oversleeping and coming late to work, Mollie complains often and runs off to gaze at her reflection in the pool whenever the opportunity presents itself. One day, Clover confronts Mollie and says that she saw one of Mr. Pilkington’s men stroking her nose and talking to her over the hedge dividing Animal Farm and Foxwood. Mollie immediately denies that accusation before Clover discovers a pile of lump sugar and ribbons underneath the straw in her stable, which proves that she has been interacting with workers from the neighboring farms. Three days after Clover confronts Mollie, she disappears and flees the farm. For some weeks nothing was known of Mollie's whereabouts, until a flock of pigeons spotted her on the other side of Willingdon being treated like a prized mare by a man grooming her and feeding her lumps of sugar.