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Chapter 2

Meeting the Emperor

 
Gulliver requests for food and drinks. The little people understood his need and he is given food and drinks. The emperor arrives and Gulliver signals for his liberty. The emperor refuses him but ensures him that he will be treated well. The men then bring Gulliver to the capital and there Gulliver’s leg is chained to the ground. He stays in a large temple which becomes his home. He is taken good care by the Lilliputians. He learns their language and they call him Man –Mountain. Gulliver asks the emperor for his liberty again but the emperor says he can only leave if the council agrees. The emperor orders his men to search Gulliver. After going through his pockets and finding a clock and some coins, they release him. They also make him agree to a few conditions in which one of it is to help Lilliput fight their enemy, Blefuscu.
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