Kitabı oku: «Gulliver's Travels. A Voyage to Lilliput. A2 / Путешествия Гулливера. Гулливер в стране лилипутов», sayfa 5

After some time, they saw that I didn't eat meat anymore and they asked some important person to visit me. Heclimbed onto my body, came closer to my face with about twelve other small people. He showed some important documents: he wanted to solve a problem, but he wasn't angry at all. I tried to answer but it didn't help.

Then I showed them that I wanted to be free. He looked like he understood me, but he didn't have the same opinion. But he showed me that I would always have enough food and drink, and they would alwaystreat me well. I didn't like it and asked again, however, it didn't have any result. I showed them that they could do everything that they wanted to me. After this, the hurgo (“the great lord” in Lilliput) and other people left me. I had some food, drink, and medicine and I tried to sleep. I slept for about eight hours, as they told me; and I wasn't surprised because they added something to my wine.

Overall, I felt like I was lucky enough: I had a lot of meat and drink, and a special machine to get me to the capital city. Ibelieve this decision was quite brave for them, and I was sure that no prince in Europe did the same in this situation. In my opinion, it was very wise and kind: if they tried to kill me when I slept, I could become angry and it could be dangerous.