Kitabı oku: «Gulliver's Travels. A Voyage to Lilliput. A2 / Путешествия Гулливера. Гулливер в стране лилипутов», sayfa 16

“8th, He must tell us how big our country is (measure it);

“Lastly, If he says 'yes' to ourrules, he will have meat and drink, as for 1724 Lilliputians, will be able to speak to our emperor and many other things.”

I wasthankful for this chance and was ready to follow these rules. However, Skyresh Bolgolam, who didn't like me, made some of them unfair. When I said yes, he took off all my chains, and I was finally free. The emperor himself was at the ceremony. He said kind words to me and added that he hoped that I would help his kingdom in the future.

If you look at the lastrule, you will see that they planned to give me food as for 1724 Lilliputians. Some time after, my friend told me that his mathematicians measured that I was twelve times higher than their one Lilliput, and that's how they got that I need this much food. It tells us a lot about how clever and wise these people were.