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Exercises

1. Complete the sentences.

When my ________ saw how much money he could ______ with my help, he thought of a ______ plan. He decided to ______ me to the largest ______ of the country and show me _______. He prepared for a long _________, and on the 17th of ________, 1703, we started for the ________ of the country. My master told ________________ to ride behind him. She carried me in a _______ which was tied round her ________.

2. Fill in the prepositions.

My master’s plan was to show me _____ all the towns and villages _____ the way. Our journey lasted ten weeks, and I was shown _____ eighteen large towns and many villages. We passed _____ five or six rivers, much wider and deeper than the Nile. I did not even see a river the size _____ the Thames. ______ the 26th ______ October we came _____ the capital. My master found a room ______ a large table, _____ which he built a low fence.

3. Fill in the articles.

I was shown ten times ____ day. _____ people were very surprised and pleased. This work was too hard for me, and in ____ few weeks I looked quite ill. _____ farmer noticed it and decided that I must soon die. While he was thinking about this, ____ man from ____ court came and commanded my master, to carry me to ____ palace, because ____ queen and her ladies wanted to look at me.

4. Put the sentences in the right order.

The queen agreed, and the girl was happy.

She asked me if I would like to live at court.

On the 26th of October we came to the capital.

I could now speak their language rather well, and understood almost every word.

So he began to think how to make as much money as possible before I died.

Then the queen asked my master to sell me, and he agreed.

5. Open the brackets.

The queen (to like) __________ me very much and (to ask) ________ me some questions about my country and my travels, which I (to answer) ________________ in a few words. I (to answer) ___________ that I (to be) ____________ my master’s slave, but I (to be) _____________ happy to stay at court if I could. I (to ask) ________ the queen to allow Glumdalclitch to stay at court, and (to be) ________ my nurse and teacher as before. The farmer (to be) ________ also glad to leave his daughter at the queen’s court. So he (to go) __________ home and Clumdalclitch and I (to remain) ____________ in the palace.

5. Make up a dialogue and dramatize it.

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II

The queen took me in her hand and carried me to the king. At first the king thought that I was some little animal. Then the queen put me on the table on my feet and asked me to tell the king all about myself. I did so, but the king refused to believe my story. He invited three great scholars and asked them what they thought about me. These gentlemen looked at me for a long time, then they told the king that I was a very strange animal. They did not understand, they said, how I could feed myself or defend myself against other animals: I could not run very fast or climb trees, I could not dig holes quickly in the ground.

I tried to explain to them that in my country and in other countries which I knew, all people were of my size, and all animals were in proportion, so, I said, there I could very well defend myself and feed myself. But they did not believe me.

The king sent them away and asked me many questions. He also spoke to Glumdalclitch, then sent for the farmer and spoke to him. Finally, he began to think that what I told him was true.

Now I shall tell the reader how I lived in the palace. The queen ordered some workmen to make a box as a bedroom for me. This box had a door and windows. The board which made the roof, could be raised, so Glumdalclitch could take my bed out every morning and put it back in the evening. Besides the bed, I had two tables and two chairs in my room, which one of the queen’s workmen had made for me.