abitants came out of the town upon the same errand;
and in spite of my guards, I believe there could not be fewer 5
than ten thousand, at several times, who mounted upon my
body by the help of ladders. But a proclamation was soon
issued to forbid it upon pain of death. When the workmen
found that it was impossible for me to break loose, they
cut all the strings that bound me; whereupon I rose up 10
with as melancholy a disposition as ever I had in my life.
But the noise and astonishment of the people at seeing me
rise and walk are not to be expressed. The chains that
held my left leg were about two yards long, and gave me
not only the liberty of walking backwards and forwards in 15
a semicircle, but being fixed within four inches of the gate,
allowed me to creep in, and lie at full length in the temple.

--_Gulliver's Travels._

1. Relate briefly what happened to Gulliver after
he landed on Lilliput. What devices does Swift use
to make this story appear real.

2. Do the little people act exactly like people of
our own kind?

3. Swift was a master satirist; that is, he was
constantly ridiculing people, things, or customs.
Do you find any trace of satire in this selection?

4. Pronounce, define, and use in sentences:
prosperous
league
inhabitant
pulley
perceived
violent
forty
soporiferous
syllable
morsel
dexterity
metropolis
intrepidity
diminutive
parallel
hospitality

5. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born and educated
in Dublin, Ireland. Most of his manhood was spent
in that country, where he figured prominently in
political and religious affairs. In 1713 he was
made dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

THE STRUGGLE IN THE ARENA

BY HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ

Nero was the emperor of Rome, A. D. 54-68. He was a
wicked tyrant among whose crimes are the death of
his first wife, the death of his own mother,