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Describe Gulliver’s home in Lilliput.

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Describe Gulliver’s home in Lilliput. 

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Gulliver's home in Lilliput was a church that remained unused for many years. It was the largest building in the whole country. The great door on the north was four feet high and two feet wide and so he could go into it by going down on his hand.

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Chapter 13: The Adventures of Gulliver - Things to do [Page 32]

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