🏰 巨人國的生活
在一次航海中，格列佛又遇到大風浪。他爬上岸時，突然覺得草叢比他還高，樹幹像巨大的柱子。還沒弄清楚發生什麼事，一隻像「山」一樣大的巨人伸手把他抓了起來！
「這是什麼小東西？」巨人驚訝地說。
格列佛就像玩偶一樣，被放在籃子裡，帶到巨人的家。巨人家的小女孩看見了，立刻喜歡上這個「小人朋友」，小心翼翼地給他食物，還幫他縫小衣服。
在巨人國，格列佛什麼都顯得很渺小。桌子高得像天空，他要靠繩子爬上去；一碗湯大得像游泳池，他得用木勺子划水才能喝到一口。雖然一切都很新奇，但格列佛也常覺得自己弱小又無助。
一天，巨人國的國王請格列佛到宮殿，想聽聽小人的故事。格列佛滔滔不絕地講起人類的國家、軍隊和發明。可是國王聽了卻搖頭嘆氣：「你們雖然會造大炮和戰船，但為什麼要用來互相傷害呢？你們爭財寶、打仗，反而像野人啊。」
格列佛一時間說不出話來，他覺得自己原本引以為傲的文明，竟在巨人眼裡那麼渺小。
於是他開始懂了：真正的偉大，不在於身體大小或武力強弱，而是在於心是否善良、是否能和平生活。
🏰 Life in Brobdingnag
On another voyage, Gulliver encountered another storm. When he climbed ashore, the grass seemed taller than him, and tree trunks looked like huge pillars. Before he could figure out what was happening, a giant as tall as a mountain grabbed him!
“What is this tiny thing?” the giant exclaimed.
Gulliver was like a doll, placed in a basket, and brought to the giant’s home. The giant’s little daughter immediately liked this “tiny friend,” carefully feeding him and sewing small clothes for him.
In Brobdingnag, everything seemed enormous. The table was as tall as the sky, and a bowl of soup was like a swimming pool—he had to use a wooden spoon to drink a single sip. Everything was fascinating, but Gulliver often felt weak and helpless.
One day, the king invited Gulliver to the palace to hear about humans. Gulliver spoke eagerly about human nations, armies, and inventions. But the king shook his head and sighed: “You can make cannons and warships, yet you use them to hurt each other. You fight over treasures—how barbaric!”
Gulliver was speechless. He realized that what humans considered civilization seemed so small in the eyes of giants.
He then understood: true greatness is not measured by size or strength, but by kindness and the ability to live peacefully.
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