Kitabı oku: «Gulliver's Travels. A Voyage to Lilliput. A2 / Путешествия Гулливера. Гулливер в стране лилипутов», sayfa 9

After a while, everyone left, and I stayed with some strongguards to keep me safe. There were people who wanted to get close to me, but some of them were not nice and sent arrows to me. One arrow almost crashed in my left eye. The emperor told to bring these people to me. I put five of them in my pocket, and for the sixth, I acted like I was going to eat him. Anyway, after all, I let them all go: people understood that I was good and started to respect me more.

At first, I slept on the ground; then the emperor ordered people to make a bed for my size. A hundred and fifty of their beds were used, so that I no longer slept on the floor, which was hard like a stone. They also gave me some sheets and blankets to make my sleep even better.

After I came to the kingdom, there were many rich andcurious people who wanted to see me; so the emperor had to tell everyone not to come within fifty yards of my house; it was possible only for some money.

At the same time, the emperor had many meetings to decide what to do with me: my food was so expensive, that others could have nothing to eat. They wanted to stop giving me food, or to kill me quickly, but they thought that my big dead body would be a problem for thehealth of the kingdom. Surprisingly, my last actions helped me: when the emperor learnt that I let six bad people go and didn't kill them, he felt more kindness to me. He ordered to bring some fresh food for me every morning, and gave his own money for bread, wine, and other drinks. He also sent hundreds of people to help me: three hundred to make clothes for me, after the fashion of the country, and other six to teach me their language.