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Picture G

lossary

seastorm

wave

ship

beachbow

arrowhorse

temple

treem

ountaingarden

emperor

officerpocket

egg

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It is 4th May, 1699. T

he Antelope is going to the Far E

ast.

One night the sea is rough.

My nam

e’s Lemuel G

ulliver.I’m

a ship’s doctor. I liketravelling. I’m

going to theEast Indies.

What’s w

rong?

It’s a storm!

Help!

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There are a lot of w

aves. The ship and the other m

en disappearunder the w

ater. Gulliver sw

ims and sw

ims.

Finally, Gulliver arrives at a beach. H

e cannot see any houses.H

e is very tired and he goes to sleep.

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There is som

ething on Gulliver’s hand.

It is moving up his arm

.

What’s that?!

Where am

I? What’s w

rong?I can’t m

ove my arm

s! I can’t move m

ylegs! I can’t m

ove my head!

Gulliver opens his eyes. H

e sees a very little man.

5

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6 Hello!

The m

an is about 15centim

etres tall. He

is looking at Gulliver.

Gulliver is very surprised.

Gulliver says ‘H

ello’ to the little man.

The little m

an runs away!

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There are hundreds of little m

en. They have got bow

s andarrow

s. They speak a strange language.

η τ ι∞

°℘ℑ

℘∝

ℜ°τ ∂≈∝

ℜ°σ℘

∝

ω℘

°ι

∞α℘

°ε σ≠≅3

λον∞τ

∂℘ℜ

ο°

∝χ≠∞

εε ℜ

℘γ°τ υπ ∂

ξοσε!

What are they saying?I don’t understand.

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But the little m

en do not understand Gulliver. H

e moves his

hand up and down. Finally, his hand is free. H

e points tohis m

outh.

Gulliver is very hungry. H

e is very thirsty too.

I’m hungry and

I’m thirsty!

I’m hungry and I’m

thirsty!

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Now

the little men understand. T

hey give Gulliver m

eat,bread, fruit and m

ilk. Gulliver is happy.

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Gulliver goes to sleep again. T

he little men take him

to thecity. T

hey need more than 1000 horses!

Gulliver w

akes up. He is next to a

big temple. H

e cannot escape.

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Gulliver stands up. H

e can see a city, trees and mountains.

Everything is very sm

all.

One day the em

peror visits Gulliver. H

e speaks to Gulliver,

but Gulliver does not understand the em

peror.

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The em

peror sends ten clever teachers. They teach G

ulliver their language. G

ulliver learns very quickly. The country’s

name is Lilliput. T

he language is called Lilliputian. Gulliver is

very happy. Now

he can talk to the little people.

Please, your majesty, can I go?

I want to be free!

One day G

ulliver asks the emperor a question.

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This is a book.But w

e don’tunderstandthe w

ords.

Fine. You canfree G

ulliver.

This strange thing isfor his hair.

They tell the em

peror what is in G

ulliver’s pockets.

But the em

peror is not sure.‘Is G

ulliver dangerous?’he thinks. T

he emperor asks

some officers to look in

Gulliver’s pockets. G

ulliverhelps the m

en. The officers

make a list of the things

they find.

This machine says

‘tick tock’.

We don‘t knoww

hat this is.

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One day the em

peror talks to Gulliver.

We need your help.

The people of Blefuscuw

ant to attack Lilliput.

It‘s a country. The peopleof Blefuscu are bad.

Gulliver is free now

. He visits the city. T

he children playw

ith him in the streets. G

ulliver is very happy.

What‘s

Blefuscu?

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Gulliver helps the em

peror.H

e goes to Blefuscu and pulls its

ships to Lilliput.N

ow B

lefuscu cannot attack Lilliput.

Why do they w

ant toattack Lilliput?

Because we eat our

eggs like this and …

Oh! A

nd is thatim

portant?

Very important.

Really?

… they eat

their eggslike that.

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So one day Gulliver leaves Lilliput. H

e goes to Blefuscu and

looks for new adventures there.

The em

peror of Lilliput is very happy. But there are som

e badm

en in Lilliput. They w

ant to kill Gulliver. ‘H

e is too big. He

eats too much,’ say the bad m

en.

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