Exercises

1. Fill in the articles.

____ queen took me in her hand and carried me to ____ king. At first ____ king thought that I was some little animal. Then ____ queen put me on ____ table on my feet and asked me to tell ____ king all about myself. I did so, but____ king refused to believe my story. These gentlemen looked at me for ____ long time, then they told ____ king that I was____ very strange animal.

2. Fill in the words.

They did not _____________, they said, how I could ______ myself or defend myself ______ other animals: I could not run very ______ or climb trees, I ______ not dig holes _______ in the ground. I tried to ______ to them that in my _______ and in other countries which I _____ , all people were of my _____ , and all animals were in __________, so, I said, there I could very well _______ myself and feed myself. But they did not ________ me.

3. Fill in the prepositions.

The king sent them ______ and asked me many questions. He also spoke _____ Glumdalclitch, then sent _____ the farmer and spoke _____ him. Now I shall tell the reader how I lived _____ the palace. The queen ordered some workmen to make a box as a bedroom_____ me. The board which made the roof, could be raised, so Glumdalclitch could take my bed _____ every morning and put it back _____ the evening.

1. Put the sentences in the right order.

Finally he began to think that what I told him was true.	Besides the bed, I had two tables and two chairs in my room, which one of the queen’s workmen had made for me.
The king sent them away and asked me many questions.	He invited three great scholars and asked them what they thought about me.
This box had a door and windows.	But they did not believe me.

2. Match the words.

Little	a box
Great	workmen
Defend	myself
Queen’s	scholars
To make	animal

5. Find and write the description of Gulliver’s house.

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6. Make up a dialogue and dramatize it.

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III

The queen liked me so much, that she never had dinner without me. At dinner-time my table and chair were put on the queen’s table near her plate. Glumdalclitch stood on a low stool on the floor near my table to take care of me. I had my own plates, spoons, knives and forks, which were like toys to these people. Glumdalclitch kept them in a silver box in her pocket and always washed them herself. The queen used to put a little piece of meat on my plate, and it gave her a great pleasure to see how I cut it with my knife and fork and ate it. One of the pieces of meat which the queen herself put into her mouth was big enough to feed ten English farmers. I did not like to look at her when she was eating.

The queen sometimes laughed at me and called me a coward. She often asked me, “Are all the people of your country as great cowards as you?” The reason was this: there were very many flies in the country in summer. When we were sitting at dinner, these terrible insects, each of them as big as our sparrow, gave no rest. Sometimes they came down on my food or on my face, and I always jumped up.

I remember, one fine morning, Glumdalclitch put me in my box upon a window, to give me air. I opened one of my windows and sat down at the table to eat a piece of sweet cake for breakfast. Suddenly about twenty wasps came flying into my room. Some of them seized my cake and carried pieces of it away. Others flew around my head and face and made a great noise. I was very much afraid of their terrible stings. I jumped up, pulled out my sword and attacked them in the air. I killed four of them, the rest flew away, and I quickly shut my window. These insects were as large as crows. I took out their stings. They were an inch and a half long, and as sharp as needles.