1 00:00:12,067 --> 00:00:17,493 When the queen traveled with the king, she liked to take Glumdalclitch and me with her. 2 00:00:17,494 --> 00:00:21,375 I enjoyed traveling with them and seeing the countryside. 3 00:00:21,376 --> 00:00:26,624 I was amazed at how big Brobdingnag was compared to England. 4 00:00:26,625 --> 00:00:29,754 "I can't believe the size of your country!" 5 00:00:29,755 --> 00:00:32,443 I often exclaimed to Glumdalclitch. 6 00:00:32,444 --> 00:00:37,753 "It is five thousand kilometers wide and ten thousand kilometers long. 7 00:00:37,754 --> 00:00:41,109 England would fit into it many times over! 8 00:00:41,110 --> 00:00:45,993 I wonder why we in England have never heard of Brobdingnag." 9 00:00:45,994 --> 00:00:51,619 "The tutor said that my country is a peninsula," she reminded me. 10 00:00:51,620 --> 00:00:56,036 "That means that the sea surrounds the country on three sides. 11 00:00:56,037 --> 00:01:03,626 On the fourth side, the mountains are so high that no one has ever been able to cross them. 12 00:01:03,627 --> 00:01:09,029 The sea near Brobdingnag is full of rocks and always very rough. 13 00:01:09,030 --> 00:01:14,120 Before your ship, no other ship had ever come close to Brobdingnag. 14 00:01:14,121 --> 00:01:18,795 You are the first person from another country to come here." 15 00:01:18,796 --> 00:01:22,834 "My ship had almost run out of water," I told her. 16 00:01:22,835 --> 00:01:24,418 "We were desperate. 17 00:01:24,419 --> 00:01:28,125 That is why the sailors and I came here in the rowboat. 18 00:01:28,126 --> 00:01:31,663 We were lucky to find a little beach to land on." 19 00:01:31,664 --> 00:01:35,726 During our travels, I learned a lot about Brobdingnag. 20 00:01:35,727 --> 00:01:41,947 It contained 51 big cities, hundreds of large towns, and many villages. 21 00:01:41,948 --> 00:01:44,214 We lived in the capital city. 22 00:01:44,215 --> 00:01:48,743 A river about five kilometers wide ran through the capital. 23 00:01:48,744 --> 00:01:55,325 The palace, which was near the river, was not just one building, but dozens of buildings. 24 00:01:55,326 --> 00:02:00,606 Even the smallest one was many times bigger than the largest building in England. 25 00:02:00,607 --> 00:02:04,286 What really amazed me about the palace was the kitchen. 26 00:02:04,287 --> 00:02:07,303 Glumdalclitch and I visited it one day. 27 00:02:07,304 --> 00:02:13,421 "It looks to be almost two hundred meters high!" I exclaimed to Glumdalclitch. 28 00:02:13,422 --> 00:02:17,692 "And I've never seen pots and pans and knives this big. 29 00:02:17,693 --> 00:02:21,347 That knife there is three times as tall as I am! 30 00:02:21,348 --> 00:02:27,930 If I ever get back to England, no one will believe me when I tell them about this kitchen." 31 00:02:27,931 --> 00:02:31,047 My days in the capital were very pleasant. 32 00:02:31,048 --> 00:02:33,827 Sometimes Glumdalclitch said to me, 33 00:02:33,828 --> 00:02:37,079 "Let's go out and explore the city. 34 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,162 We always see such interesting things. 35 00:02:40,163 --> 00:02:46,108 Because I lived on a farm, I am just as curious as you are about this city." 36 00:02:46,109 --> 00:02:49,512 I enjoyed exploring, so I always said, 37 00:02:49,513 --> 00:02:51,703 "That's a great idea." 38 00:02:51,704 --> 00:02:56,373 We traveled in one of the palace carriages pulled by horses. 39 00:02:56,374 --> 00:03:00,631 Glumdalclitch put me in my box and held it on her lap. 40 00:03:00,632 --> 00:03:05,511 "Look at that," she would say to me when something caught her attention. 41 00:03:05,512 --> 00:03:07,709 "Would you like a better view? 42 00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:12,191 I'll ask the driver to stop so that you can see better." 43 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:18,104 One day the queen said, "Your bedroom box is too big for traveling. 44 00:03:18,105 --> 00:03:24,895 Glumdalclitch has trouble holding it on her lap, and I am afraid that she might drop it. 45 00:03:24,896 --> 00:03:29,165 I will tell the carpenter to make you a smaller one." 46 00:03:29,166 --> 00:03:32,625 "How kind of you," I said to her. 47 00:03:32,626 --> 00:03:35,867 "A smaller box will be much more convenient. 48 00:03:35,868 --> 00:03:42,445 My new traveling box was about three and a half meters square and three meters high. 49 00:03:42,446 --> 00:03:47,462 Three of the walls had a window with metal bars on the outside to protect me. 50 00:03:47,463 --> 00:03:55,321 Two large loops on the fourth side of my box could be used to tie the box to the waist of whoever carried it. 51 00:03:55,322 --> 00:03:58,480 "Look!" exclaimed Glumdalclitch. 52 00:03:58,481 --> 00:04:01,636 "The furniture is attached to the floor. 53 00:04:01,637 --> 00:04:04,499 It can't move around and hurt you!" 54 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:08,504 Also, the clever carpenter had hung a hammock from the ceiling. 55 00:04:08,505 --> 00:04:13,024 "Are you comfortable?" she asked as she carried my box. 56 00:04:13,025 --> 00:04:21,166 "Very comfortable," I replied, swinging in my cozy hammock.