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One day, the king and queen came to visit me.

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Soon a large, noisy crowd gathered, because people were very curious about me.

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Some people pushed others out of the way to get a better look.

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They wanted to see me and hear what the king said to me.

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The king was taller than most Lilliputians and moved gracefully.

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He and the queen wore magnificent clothes.

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I lay down on my side so that the king and I could observe each other more easily.

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He spoke to me for a long time, but I couldn't understand his words.

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Then the king and queen returned to the palace.

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He left his guards to watch me and control the crowd.

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Some men in the crowd shouted and shot arrows at me.

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The chief guard ordered six of them to be caught and tied up.

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To punish them, the guard gave them to me.

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"Yum, you'll make a delicious snack," I said.

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I put five of the troublemakers in my pocket and picked up the sixth man between my finger and thumb.

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He struggled, and I moved my hand toward my mouth. He screamed.

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I took out my pocketknife, and he thought I was going to cut him up.

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Instead, I cut the strings that he was tied with and put the man carefully on the ground.

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Then I took the other men out of my pocket.

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"Don't ever shoot at me again,"

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I said as I set them free.

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Soon everyone in Lilliput knew about me, but people had trouble pronouncing my name.

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To make things easy, they called me "Enormous One" in their language.

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The king ordered his best scholars to teach me the Lilliputian language.

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I learn languages easily, because I'm interested in people from other countries.

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In about three weeks I knew enough Lilliputian to talk with the king.

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He came to visit me often.

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Each time, I asked him the same thing:

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"Please, Your Majesty, take the chains off my ankle."

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"First I must consult with my advisors," the king replied.

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"Also, you must show my officers what is in your pockets."

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"Your officers may inspect all my possessions," I said.

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I took everything out of my pockets, and the officers examined my things with great interest.

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Later I read the report they wrote about my things.

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My handkerchief and my pocketknife were noted in the report.

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But "the most interesting thing," the report said, "is the large shiny engine.

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It makes a sound again and again.

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The Enormous One often looks at this engine."

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Lilliput has no clocks, so the officers didn't know what my gold watch was for.

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"The Enormous One has another metal thing," continued the report.

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"It is bent, and part of it is a long tube."

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My gun had been discovered.

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"What is this thing for?" asked the king.

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"I will show you, but it will make a loud noise," I explained.

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"Order your people to move away from that tree.

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I don't want anyone to get hurt."

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I pointed my gun at the tree and fired.

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Many people fell down or ran away or hid.

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The noise terrified everyone, including the king.

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But he calmed down quickly.

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"You may keep your things," he told me.

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"But I will keep the metal one that makes the big noise."

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"It is my gift to you," I said.

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"Please be very careful with it, and keep it locked up."