Its door was only a metre high and half a metre wide, so could only just get inside on my hands and knees. My guards put ninety- one chains on my left leg, so that I could not escape. Then they cut the ropes that tied me and I was able to get to my feet. As l stood up, I heard cries of astonishment all around me, felt rather miserable, but at least I could walk about now, in a Iwo-metre circle. 1 was certainly an interesting sight for the Lilliputians, i who had come out of the city in crowds of several thousand to see Mr guards pur chains on my leg Now had a good view of the countryside. The fields looked like flowerbeds in a garden, and even the tallest trees were only two metres high. I was soon visited by the King himselt. He has a strong, handsome face, and is very popular among his people. He arrived with his Queen, his children, and his lords and ladies. all dressed in beautiful gold and silver clothes. order to make conversation easier, I lay on my side so that my face was close to him. I spoke to him in all the languages.