Путешествие Гулливера

           Icouldforcenothingonhimbutafootman’stooth,whichIobservedhimtoexaminewithgreatcuriosity,andfoundhehadafancyforit.Hereceiveditwithabundanceofthanks,morethansuchatriflecoulddeserve.Itwasdrawnbyanunskilfulsurgeon,inamistake,fromoneofGlumdalclitch’smen,whowasafflictedwiththetooth-ache,butitwasassoundasanyinhishead.Igotitcleaned,andputitintomycabinet.Itwasaboutafootlong,andfourinchesindiameter.

           ThecaptainwasverywellsatisfiedwiththisplainrelationIhadgivenhim,andsaid,"hehoped,whenwereturnedtoEngland,Iwouldobligetheworldbyputtingitonpaper,andmakingitpublic."Myanswerwas,"thatwewereoverstockedwithbooksoftravels:thatnothingcouldnowpasswhichwasnotextraordinary;whereinIdoubtedsomeauthorslessconsultedtruth,thantheirownvanity,orinterest,orthediversionofignorantreaders;thatmystorycouldcontainlittlebesidecommonevents,withoutthoseornamentaldescriptionsofstrangeplants,trees,birds,andotheranimals;orofthebarbarouscustomsandidolatryofsavagepeople,withwhichmostwritersabound.However,Ithankedhimforhisgoodopinion,andpromisedtotakethematterintomythoughts."

           Hesaid"hewonderedatonethingverymuch,whichwas,tohearmespeaksoloud;"askingme"whetherthekingorqueenofthatcountrywerethickofhearing?"Itoldhim,"itwaswhatIhadbeenusedtoforabovetwoyearspast,andthatIadmiredasmuchatthevoicesofhimandhismen,whoseemedtomeonlytowhisper,andyetIcouldhearthemwellenough.But,whenIspokeinthatcountry,itwaslikeamantalkinginthestreets,toanotherlookingoutfromthetopofasteeple,unlesswhenIwasplacedonatable,orheldinanyperson’shand."Itoldhim,"Ihadlikewiseobservedanotherthing,that,whenIfirstgotintotheship,andthesailorsstoodallaboutme,IthoughttheywerethemostlittlecontemptiblecreaturesIhadeverbeheld."