By subtitling the novella as a "fairy story", readers realize that happy endings that are existent in fairy tales are nonexistent in real life. Boxer, a hardworking and loyal horse, is promised pension after his working days, yet after he becomes ill,"Boxer!... Boxer! Get out quickly! They're taking you to your death!" (108). Though Boxer's endeavors prove that he should be rewarded, he is betrayed by those to which he is loyal, which show there are no consolations of happy endings in real life. The irony of happy endings in Animal Farm