2022-02-25
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Dr Gulliver, I see a ship coming towards us.
Let me look.
Pirates!
Quick, fill the sails!
Full speed ahead!
Yes.
Pirates!
They caught us.
Luckily, they spared my life,
but set me adrift in a small canoe with paddles and enough food for only three days.
I'm Gulliver, and this is my third voyage to the mysterious land of Laputa.
Once again, a voyage I'd begun full of hope ended in misfortune.
My luck ran out when the pirates arrived, so here I was floating in a canoe.
For three days I saw nothing and no one, just mile upon mile of water and sky.
Then I came upon a tiny rocky island and survived there by roasting birds' eggs,
eating dried seaweed and drinking from pools of water.
My situation seemed hopeless.
But one morning... A black shadow crossed the sun and the air went cold.