Your book leaves a few things out of Gulliver's adventure in Lilliput. I'm going to tell you about them. It's kind of gross so get ready!
The book you're reading is a short version of the original book written by Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels. Swift was a funny guy—very funny—that's one reason I like him so much. I'll bet some of the things that were left out of your book you would think are funny too, so I'm going to tell you about them.
How many of you—well—this is a delicate question—but how many of you use the bathroom? At least once a day? Yeah, me too. I pee and poop everyday and so did Gulliver. But Gulliver was a giant in Lilliput so they had to do something with all that poop, so the king got soldiers to take it away in wheel barrows. Yuck!
Another time there was a big fire in Lilliput. Gulliver came running to try to help but the fire was too big and there was no water around. Well, guess what Gulliver did? He put the fire out. Guess how he did it? That's right, he peed on it and saved the King and Queen's palace. They weren't very grateful though. That was one of the reasons they decided Gulliver should be punished because no one was allowed to pee in public, apparently even if it accomplished something good.
The other thing that is not in your book is the Lilliputian oath posture. Do you know what an oath is? That's when you promise to do something. It wasn't too long ago when people placed their hand on the Bible and promised to tell the truth. The Lilliputians did something different. See if you can do this. Stand up. Now take your left hand and grab your right foot. Once you've done that take your right hand, place you middle finger on the top of your head and your thumb on the top of your right ear now repeat after me: I promise to tell everyone that Sniffy is the greatest hamster that has ever lived. Very good!
