I could eat and drink. In just one mouthful I ate three their meat dishes and three of their loaves of bread. drank two of their barrels of wine, and was still thirst e they were because that was only half a bringing me food, I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their d But I was afraid they would shoot at me again. and anyway I was grateful for their kindness in giving food and drink. so I did not move. After some time, another official climbed up to the platform and spoke to me. From his signs understood that they were going to move me. The King of this country(which was called Lilliput) had ordered his people to carry me to the capital city. about kilometre away. I made signs to ask whether I could be ed, but the official politely refused. While I was eating, a plaform had been prepared to carry me. The people of Lilliput. known as the Lilliputians, re very intelligent and clever with their hands. For me, five hundred men built a special wooden platform with twenty-two wheels. Nine hundred of the strongest men worked for about three hours to lift me on to the platform, and one thousand five hundred of the King's largest horses(each eleven and a half centimetres high) pulled me to the capital. I did not know about any of this, because they had put a sleeping powder in my wine, and I was in a deep sleep The King had decided I would stay in the largest available building, just outside the city gates.