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Chapter 9 GULLIVER IS WRECKED ON THE COAST OF LILLIPUT

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the crew died from the effects of the hard work and the bad food, and all the others were worn out and weak. On a sailing ship, when the weather is very heavy, all hands have to be constantly o

Possibly even those who belong to the "watch below" may have to remain on deck. Or, if they have the good fortune to be allowed to go below, they may no sooner have dropped off asleep (rolled round in blankets which perhaps have been wet ever since the gale began) than there is a thump, thump overhead, and one of the watch on deck bellows down the forecastl

had not yet cleared off, and the weather was very thick, the wind coming in furious squalls that dro

seen through the thick driving spray, that immediately, with,

and legs were tightly

ey could not handle the boat in such a sea, and very soon, during a fierce squall, she sank. What became of the men Gulliver never knew, f

seas that broke over his head. Still he struggled on, utterly spent, until at last, in a part where the wind seemed to have less force, and the seas swept over him less furiously, on letting down his le

houses or of people. He staggered forward but a little distance,

leep lying on his back, and now he found that his arms and legs were tightly fastened to the ground. Across his body were number

he could see nothing except the sky, and the sun shone so hot

st almost to his chin. Looking down as much as possible, he saw standing there

onder and fright that they all turned and ran, many of them getting bad falls in th

olent wrench that hurt him dreadfully, he slightly loosened the strings that fastened his hair, so that he was able to turn hi

phonac," and immediately, arrows like needles were shot into his hand, and another volley st

r freedom, the more the little men shot arrows into him, and

is left hand was free, he could easily get rid of the rest of his bonds. As soon as the little people saw that he struggled no more, they

s being built. On to this, when it was finished, there climbed by ladders four men, and one of them (who seemed to be a very important person, for a little page boy attended to hold up his tra

h could Gulliver understand, but it seemed to him that sometimes

feeling by this time faint with hunger, he pointed with his finger

bread and meat. There were things shaped like legs, and shoulders, and saddles of mutton. Very good they were, Gulliver thought, but very small, no bigger than a lar

g rolled them forward to his hand they knocked out the heads of the casks. Gulliver drank them both off at a d

fifty of them and dash them on the ground, and then to make a further struggle for liberty. But the

eld up to his eyes a paper which Gulliver understood to be an order from the King of the country. The officer made a long speech, often pointing toward

l more comfortable. After this, the little people drew out the arrows that still stuck in his hands and face, and rubbed the wounds with some pleasant-smelling ointment, which so soothed his pain th

neezing, and with the feeling of small

he find himself lying on the ground. It puzzled him greatly

slept. Before he dropped asleep, he had heard a rumbling as of wheels, and the shouts of many drivers. This, it seemed, was caused by th

d, to which were attached many pulleys, and the strongest ropes to be found in the country, nine hundre

the officers of the King's Guard who had not before seen Gulliver, climbed with some friends up his body. While looking at his face, the offi

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Contents

Chapter 1 CLASSIC TALES Chapter 2 HOW DON QUIXOTE WAS KNIGHTED Chapter 3 HOW DON QUIXOTE RESCUED ANDRES; AND HOW HE RETURNED HOME Chapter 4 HOW DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA STARTED ON THEIR SEARCH FOR ADVENTURES; AND HOW DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT WITH THE WINDMILLS Chapter 5 HOW DON QUIXOTE WON A HELMET; HOW HE FOUGHT WITH TWO ARMIES; AND HOW SANCHO'S ASS WAS STOLEN Chapter 6 HOW DON QUIXOTE SAW DULCINEA Chapter 7 HOW DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT WITH A LION; AND HOW HE DEFEATED THE MOORS Chapter 8 GULLIVER'S BIRTH AND EARLY VOYAGES Chapter 9 GULLIVER IS WRECKED ON THE COAST OF LILLIPUT Chapter 10 GULLIVER IS TAKEN AS A PRISONER TO THE CAPITAL OF LILLIPUT Chapter 11 GULLIVER IS FREED, AND CAPTURES THE BLEFUSCAN FLEET
Chapter 12 ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
Chapter 13 THE ENCHANTED HORSE
Chapter 14 THE STORY OF WHAT LED TO THE SIEGE OF TROY
Chapter 15 THE COUNCIL
Chapter 16 THE FIGHT BETWEEN PARIS AND MENELAUS
Chapter 17 HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE
Chapter 18 HOW PATROCLUS FOUGHT AND DIED
Chapter 19 WHAT HAPPENED IN ITHACA WHILE ODYSSEUS WAS AWAY
Chapter 20 HOW ROBINSON FIRST WENT TO SEA; AND HOW HE WAS SHIPWRECKED
Chapter 21 ROBINSON WORKS HARD AT MAKING HIMSELF A HOME
Chapter 22 THE EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE; AND HOW ROBINSON BUILT A BOAT
Chapter 23 ROBINSON BUILDS A SECOND BOAT, IN WHICH HE IS SWEPT OUT TO SEA
Chapter 24 ROBINSON SEES A FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND, FINDS A CAVE, AND RESCUES FRIDAY
Chapter 25 ROBINSON TRAINS FRIDAY, AND THEY BUILD A LARGE BOAT; THEY RESCUE TWO PRISONERS FROM THE CANNIBALS
Chapter 26 DORIGEN
Chapter 27 EMELIA
Chapter 28 THE TEMPEST
Chapter 29 QUEEN OF THE MAY
Chapter 30 BAD NEWS
Chapter 31 SUSAN'S GUINEA-FOWL
Chapter 32 SUSAN VISITS THE ABBEY
Chapter 33 SUSAN'S PET LAMB
Chapter 34 THE BLIND HARPER
Chapter 35 GOOD NEWS
Chapter 36 BARBARA VISITS THE ABBEY
Chapter 37 A SURPRISE FOR SUSAN
Chapter 38 BARBARA'S ACCIDENT
Chapter 39 THE PRIZE-GIVING
Chapter 40 ATTORNEY CASE IN TROUBLE
Chapter 41 No.41
Chapter 42 No.42
Chapter 43 No.43
Chapter 44 No.44
Chapter 45 No.45
Chapter 46 No.46
Chapter 47 No.47
Chapter 48 THE GOOD-NATURED LITTLE BOY
Chapter 49 HOW AND ABOUT LITTLE MARGERY AND HER BROTHER
Chapter 50 HOW AND ABOUT MR. SMITH
Chapter 51 HOW LITTLE MARGERY OBTAINED THE NAME OF GOODY TWO-SHOES, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PARISH
Chapter 52 HOW LITTLE MARGERY LEARNED TO READ, AND BY DEGREES TAUGHT OTHERS
Chapter 53 HOW LITTLE TWO-SHOES BECAME A TROTTING TUTORESS, AND HOW SHE TAUGHT HER YOUNG PUPILS
Chapter 54 HOW THE WHOLE PARISH WAS FRIGHTENED
Chapter 55 CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE SPIRITS OR THINGS SHE SAW IN THE CHURCH
Chapter 56 OF SOMETHING WHICH HAPPENED TO LITTLE MARGERY TWO-SHOES IN A BARN, MORE DREADFUL THAN THE GHOST IN THE CHURCH; AND HOW SHE RETURNED GOOD FOR EVIL TO HER ENEMY, SIR TIMOTHY.
Chapter 57 OF HER SCHOOL, HER USHERS, OR ASSISTANTS, AND HER MANNER OF TEACHING
Chapter 58 A SCENE OF DISTRESS IN A SCHOOL
Chapter 59 OF THE AMAZING SAGACITY AND INSTINCT OF A LITTLE DOG
Chapter 60 WHAT HAPPENED AT FARMER GROVE'S, AND HOW SHE GRATIFIED HIM FOR THE USE OF HIS ROOM
Chapter 61 THE CASE OF MRS. MARGERY
Chapter 62 THE TRUE USE OF RICHES
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