Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)

the crew died from the effects of the hard work and the bad food, and all the others were worn out and weak. On a sailing ship, when the weather is very heavy, all hands have to be constantly o

Possibly even those who belong to the "watch below" may have to remain on deck. Or, if they have the good fortune to be allowed to go below, they may no sooner have dropped off asleep (rolled round in blankets which perhaps have been wet ever since the gale began) than there is a thump, thump overhead, and one of the watch on deck bellows down the forecastl

had not yet cleared off, and the weather was very thick, the wind coming in furious squalls that dro

seen through the thick driving spray, that immediately, with,

and legs were tightly

ey could not handle the boat in such a sea, and very soon, during a fierce squall, she sank. What became of the men Gulliver never knew, f

seas that broke over his head. Still he struggled on, utterly spent, until at last, in a part where the wind seemed to have less force, and the seas swept over him less furiously, on letting down his le

houses or of people. He staggered forward but a little distance,

leep lying on his back, and now he found that his arms and legs were tightly fastened to the ground. Across his body were number

he could see nothing except the sky, and the sun shone so hot

st almost to his chin. Looking down as much as possible, he saw standing there

onder and fright that they all turned and ran, many of them getting bad falls in th

olent wrench that hurt him dreadfully, he slightly loosened the strings that fastened his hair, so that he was able to turn hi

phonac," and immediately, arrows like needles were shot into his hand, and another volley st

r freedom, the more the little men shot arrows into him, and

is left hand was free, he could easily get rid of the rest of his bonds. As soon as the little people saw that he struggled no more, they

s being built. On to this, when it was finished, there climbed by ladders four men, and one of them (who seemed to be a very important person, for a little page boy attended to hold up his tra

h could Gulliver understand, but it seemed to him that sometimes

feeling by this time faint with hunger, he pointed with his finger

bread and meat. There were things shaped like legs, and shoulders, and saddles of mutton. Very good they were, Gulliver thought, but very small, no bigger than a lar

g rolled them forward to his hand they knocked out the heads of the casks. Gulliver drank them both off at a d

fifty of them and dash them on the ground, and then to make a further struggle for liberty. But the

eld up to his eyes a paper which Gulliver understood to be an order from the King of the country. The officer made a long speech, often pointing toward

l more comfortable. After this, the little people drew out the arrows that still stuck in his hands and face, and rubbed the wounds with some pleasant-smelling ointment, which so soothed his pain th

neezing, and with the feeling of small

he find himself lying on the ground. It puzzled him greatly

slept. Before he dropped asleep, he had heard a rumbling as of wheels, and the shouts of many drivers. This, it seemed, was caused by th

d, to which were attached many pulleys, and the strongest ropes to be found in the country, nine hundre

the officers of the King's Guard who had not before seen Gulliver, climbed with some friends up his body. While looking at his face, the offi