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Gulliver and the Lilliputs

A long time ago, there lived a businessman and a merchant with the name Lemuel Gulliver. In those days, merchants had to travel to other countries using ships to buy and sell the products. In the same way, Gulliver once set out on his business trip on a ship.

To his misfortune, the ship Gulliver was traveling was struck in a cyclone. The ship gets wrecked. Gulliver somehow manages to find a wooden log and holds to it. The log keeps him afloat on the ocean. It washes him to the shore of an island after many days.

That island is the Kingdom of Lilliputians. The people here are called Lilliputians or Lilliputs. Their capital city is Lilliput. They are the size of a pen and pencil and shorter than 6 inches!!

When he was washed onto this fascinating land, the Lilliputians found Gulliver. They assume him to be a giant from a foreign land to conquer and occupy their kingdom. They tie him up with ropes and strings.

While he is being carried to the capital city to be summoned before the King, Gulliver regains his senses. When he tries to get up from the cart he is on, Gulliver finds that he is tied to the cart and cannot move. However, what fascinates him is the size of the people around him. They are the size of his fingers! They are standing on him, around him and all over him!!

In the middle, Gulliver sneezes. Due to the air from his nose, all the Lilliputians are thrown away! They start getting more scared of him and rush him to the King.

The King of the Lilliput gets amazed when he sees Gulliver. Never he has seen any such huge creature resembling a human nor did he read in his books. However, Gulliver assures the king that he is not here to harm them in any sort. He tells about his shipwreck and requests the King to permit him to stay in Lilliput.

The King assures him a safe stay provided that he should not harm the country and the people. Soon, Gulliver starts helping Lilliputians in many ways. With his friendly actions, they realize that Gulliver is a helpful person and not as harmful as they imagined.

After some months, the neighboring country Blefuscu comes to a war with Lilliput. The people of Blefuscu are also the size of Lilliputians. Their army comes with many ships and soldiers. Gulliver assures his help to the Lilliputians. He comes to the shore where the ships of Blefuscudians are present. He blows them away with a big blow of air. All the ships get torn apart and some drown in the water. The King of Lilliput could not be more than happy!