Kitabı oku: «Gulliver's Travels. A Voyage to Lilliput. A2 / Путешествия Гулливера. Гулливер в стране лилипутов», sayfa 6

They are great mathematicians, especially in mechanics. They didn't have any problem building a special machine for me, however, the main difficulty was to have me in it. When I slept, because of something that theyadded to my wine, there were nine hundred of the strongest men and fifteen hundred emperor's horses to move me there. It was hard, but successful: finally, I was inside.

On our way, we had problems with the machine and stopped; from the windows I woke up and saw a lot of people looking at me and playing with my nose. I sneezed and they ran away. We rode for the rest of the day, and at night I had five hundred people on each side of me, ready to sendarrows, if I moved. We finally arrived at the capital about noon the next day; the emperor came to meet us with his guards.

There was an oldtemple where we stopped, the largest in the kingdom. Some years ago people were killed there, and since that time everyone could use it. They decided that I would stay there and chained me to it. Twenty feet away, there was the tower where the emperor stayed, with many important lords. I couldn't see them, but they, I believe, could easily see me. People there were shocked when they heard me walking. The biggest temple of the empire was big enough for me to lie down at my full length on the ground.