Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 3

           Mymasterwaseagertolearn"whenceIcame;howIacquiredthoseappearancesofreason,whichIdiscoveredinallmyactions;andtoknowmystoryfrommyownmouth,whichhehopedheshouldsoondobythegreatproficiencyImadeinlearningandpronouncingtheirwordsandsentences."Tohelpmymemory,IformedallIlearnedintotheEnglishalphabet,andwritthewordsdown,withthetranslations.Thislast,aftersometime,Iventuredtodoinmymaster’spresence.ItcostmemuchtroubletoexplaintohimwhatIwasdoing;fortheinhabitantshavenottheleastideaofbooksorliterature.

           Inabouttenweekstime,Iwasabletounderstandmostofhisquestions;andinthreemonths,couldgivehimsometolerableanswers.Hewasextremelycurioustoknow"fromwhatpartofthecountryIcame,andhowIwastaughttoimitatearationalcreature;becausetheYahoos(whomhesawIexactlyresembledinmyhead,hands,andface,thatwereonlyvisible),withsomeappearanceofcunning,andthestrongestdispositiontomischief,wereobservedtobethemostunteachableofallbrutes."Ianswered,"thatIcameoverthesea,fromafarplace,withmanyothersofmyownkind,inagreathollowvesselmadeofthebodiesoftrees:thatmycompanionsforcedmetolandonthiscoast,andthenleftmetoshiftformyself."Itwaswithsomedifficulty,andbythehelpofmanysigns,thatIbroughthimtounderstandme.

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