格列佛发现自己夹在了两个部落的煮鸡蛋战争中间，其中之一认为应该从尖头一端敲开来吃，另一个则一心认定地只有蛋屁股才是勺子的绝配。
Gulliver finds himself caught in a war between two tribes, one of which believes that a boiled egg should always be opened at the narrow end, while the other is fervent in its view that a spoon fits better into the bigger, rounded end.