A Gulliver in Lilliput
Sandy loves reading novels.She is reading a book called Gulliver's Travels,
by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745).Here is an extract from the book.
After our ship crashed against the rocks, I swam as far as I could.
By the time I finally felt the land under my feet, I was tired out.
I fell down on the beach and went to sleep.
I woke up as the sun was rising, but I found I could not move.
My arms, legs and hair were tied to the ground!
Then I felt something on my leg.It moved up over my stomach and neck
until it was standing near my face.I looked down and saw a very small man.
He was the same size as my little finger! Where was I? Who was this tiny person?
Soon more small men started climbing all over me.There were around 40 of them.
I shouted at them—the loud noise made them all fall over.However,
they soon got up again and continued moving across my body.
One of these small men began talking to me, but I could not understand him.
I did not know what to say either.I tried to pull one hand free and finally
managed to break the ropes.When I lifted my left hand into the air, the small
men began to shout.I looked down and saw a huge army of tiny people.
They were coming straight towards me.“I must run away from them,”
I thought, but I did not know how to get away.