Gulliver's Travels. A Voyage to Lilliput. A2 / Путешествия Гулливера. Гулливер в стране лилипутов

The author tells us about himself and family. When he travels, the bad weather finds theirship: he has to swim in the open ocean for his life. That's how he comes to the country of Lilliput.

My father had a small house in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons. At fourteen years old, I went to Emmanuel College in Cambridge, where I lived for three years. To make money for my life, I had to become an assistant of Mr. James Bates, a famous doctor in London, with whom I worked for four years. When my father sent me money, I mostly spent it learning navigation, which Ibelieved could be good for my future journeys.

After working with Mr. Bates, I went back to my father: with his and my family's help, I got some money for my life in Leyden, where Icontinued studying.

Just after I came back from Leyden, Mr. Bates helped me to find a job as a doctor to theship called Swallow, Captain Abraham Pannel, on which I made a journey or two into the Levant, and some other parts.

When I came back, Idecided to stayin London; and it was Mr. Bates, who told some of his patients about me. I got part of a small house in the Old Jewry; and married Mrs. Mary Burton, getting four hundred pounds from her father.

When Mr. Bates died, I got a big problem; I didn't have a good example anymore. I spoke to my wife and some friends, anddecided to go to sea again. I worked on two ships for six years, going to the East and West Indies, which helped me to make some extra money. In my free time, I read the best authors, ancient and modern, paying attention to their manners, as well as learning their language; it was easy for me, thanks to my good memory.