During his first voyage, Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck and
finds himself a prisoner of a race of tiny people, less than 6 inches
tall, who are inhabitants of the island country of Lilliput. After
giving assurances of his good behaviour, he is given a residence in
Lilliput and becomes a favorite of the court. From there, the book
follows Gulliver's observations on the Court of Lilliput. He is also
given the permission to roam around the city on a condition that he must
not harm their subjects. Gulliver assists the Lilliputians to subdue
their neighbours, the Blefuscudians, by stealing their fleet. However,
he refuses to reduce the island nation of Blefuscu to a province of
Lilliput, displeasing the King and the court. Gulliver is charged with
treason for, among other "crimes", "making water" in the capital (even
though he was putting out a fire and saving countless lives.) He is
convicted and sentenced to be blinded, but with the assistance of a kind
friend, he escapes to Blefuscu. Here he spots and retrieves an
abandoned boat and sails out to be rescued by a passing ship
