GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (8) [GULLIVER'S TRAVELS]
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (8)
When the two little men had finished looking in my pockets, they looked at my belt.
They wrote down that I had sword as long as five men and a pouch with two pockets.
One of these pockets held black powder, the other very heavy round balls.
They took their list to the emperor, who asked me to take out my sword and put it carefully on the ground.
Then he asked me what my pistols were for.
I told him not to be afraid, and I fired one of them in the air.
Everyone fell down in fright except the emperor, although he too went very white.
He made me give up my pistols at once.
I did so, telling him that the black powder must be kept away from fire because it was very dangerous.
All my things were put away in the emperor's store room, except for my eyeglass which were in a pocket the men had not found.
Slowly the emperor and his people came to understand that they were in no danger from me.
From time to time some of them would dance on my hand, and the boys and girls liked to play hide and seek in my hair as I lay on the ground.
Even the horses stopped being afraid of me, and horses and riders would take turns to leap over my hand as I held it on the ground.
(8/25 ?)
When the two little men had finished looking in my pockets, they looked at my belt.
They wrote down that I had sword as long as five men and a pouch with two pockets.
One of these pockets held black powder, the other very heavy round balls.
They took their list to the emperor, who asked me to take out my sword and put it carefully on the ground.
Then he asked me what my pistols were for.
I told him not to be afraid, and I fired one of them in the air.
Everyone fell down in fright except the emperor, although he too went very white.
He made me give up my pistols at once.
I did so, telling him that the black powder must be kept away from fire because it was very dangerous.
All my things were put away in the emperor's store room, except for my eyeglass which were in a pocket the men had not found.
Slowly the emperor and his people came to understand that they were in no danger from me.
From time to time some of them would dance on my hand, and the boys and girls liked to play hide and seek in my hair as I lay on the ground.
Even the horses stopped being afraid of me, and horses and riders would take turns to leap over my hand as I held it on the ground.
(8/25 ?)
2013-10-20 19:00
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