So after going to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and Houyhnhnms, Gulliver reportedly visited a fifth country...
The country of Barlog the giant and the oompa-loompas
"Gulliver appeared surprisingly in a fifth country. There, he hid behind a rock and saw people who were one meter tall, worshipping a giant. They were standing in a row with many different things, for example one of them had fruit, another had clothes, others had minerals, etc. The all gave those things to the giant, they kissed their feet and they left.(...) When it was his turn and and he got closer to the giant, the giant realized that he was new and asked him who he was and where he came from. (...) Once in the giant´s palace, the oompa loompa, that is how people in London were called, told him that nobody was obliged to stay there or to give all they earned to Barlog, the giant, but they did it because they admired him, since he was the representative of an energy which was something they couldn´t see but they could feel. (...) Gulliver was staggered to see how they could live for a giant that the only thing he did was to brainwash them and take everything the oompa loompas had got by the sweat of their brow, so he decided to convince them. (...) One day they rebelled against Barlog and he got so furious that (...) all the oompa-loompas saw he was not as nice as he seemed. then, he left. After that they lived very happily, much more than befor, because they understood that the real happiness is deep down within us". (Sarai L.)
Sobrakir, the country where people have two faces
"After visiting all those countries, Gulliver appeared in Sobrakir. Sobrakir is a country whose inhabitants have two faces, one smiling happily and the other smiling evilly. Gulliver was at first scared of those faces, but was brave enough to ask a nice looking girl about the country where he was. The girl, called Daphne, was kind and helped him a lot, inviting him to have dinner and stay at her apartment till he found somewhere else to rest. (...) He felt so comfortable with her that he even told her his secrets! Daphne always had a kind expression on her face and promised not to tell anyone about those secrets, but Gulliver couldn´t see the evil smile Daphne´s other face had! As soon as Gulliver fell asleep, Daphne ran to a "friend"´s house and told her all of Gulliver´s secrets and made fun of him. (...) As soon as Gulliver realized that, he ran away from that creepy island". (Alexandra D.)
Maidara, the country where dogs and cats were ruled by Dalmod Prumt
"In this country, cats and dogs lived together but they needed to decide who was going to be the governor. Dogs suggested a dog whose name was Dalmod Prumt. Cats agreed, but they didn´t trust him. Dalmod gave animals dog food, which was from their houses, so that they would vote him as the governor of Maidara. He wanted to become the leader of the whole country. He then sent burglars to steal the food he had given to them so that he could use it later with other animals.
Gulliver got on so well with the people there that Dalmod confessed him he hated cats. For many years cats had been superior to dogs. cats believed they were much more elegant and glamurous than dogs, (...) so he wanted to get rid of them. (...) Despite Gulliver´s warnings to the population, Trump [oops, sorry, Prumt] became the governor. When he won, he turned all the cats and the dogs who didn´t follow his orders into slaves. It didn´t matter if cats were for or against him. They were cats and that meant they were inferior to dogs. Gulliver camr to the conclusion that inequality, discrimination and racism ruled in this country". (Raquel B.)
Trisla, the miserable island
"Gulliver found an island in the middle of the ocean. Everyone there seemed to be crying over little problems. He found a man crying because he´d finished the book he was reading and didn´t know what to read next. He met a woman who was crying because she had forgotten her hat home.(...) Gulliver wondered how they could be crying over such small things where in other places around the world there were wars, poverty and hunger.(...)
Then he found another city where everyone was afraid of bad things happening but did nothing to protect themselves. There were no houses because they were afraid the houses might fall. They were afraid of dying of hunger but also of choking while eating.
Gulliver kept walking and found a city where they hated foreigners. (...) How could their society advance if they didn´t meet people from the outside and they always did everything the same?" (Patricia A.)
Mobairu, the island of the mysterious torches
"(...) Mobairu-island was a really strange place. There weren´t people in the streets or squares, they rarely appeared, and when they did, they were always looking at a little torch whose flame never turned off. They were all like spellbound. They didn´t talk or move. They even seemed not to breathe. They stayed for hours watching the torch., without caring about the bad effects it could cause in them. (...)
When they left the island, the ship crew were sad. They were worried about those people who highly depended on a stupid thing. They prayed for their future, and hoped they had salvation. (Mobairu means mobile phone in Japanese)". (Álvaro C.)
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