英文名著分集阅读 弗兰克·鲍姆 《绿野仙踪》 part3
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The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
原文
Chapter Three: The Emerald City
It was a long day.
The yellow brick road went past fields and through trees,up hills and down hills.
In the evening, they began to see small green houses.
By sometimes, little people in green clothes came out and looked at the friends,but they did not come near them because they were afraid of the cowardly lion.
'Everything here is green. Perhaps we're near the Emerald city,' said Dorothy, 'Toto and I are hungry. Let's stop at the next house.'
A little woman opened the door.
And Dorothy said, 'please can we stay the night in your house?'
The little woman looked at the lion.
And Dorothy said quickly, 'The lion is my friend and he never hurts anybody.'
'All right? ' the little woman said, 'You can all come in.'
She put a wonderful dinner on the table.
Dorothy and Toto ate a lot of it, and the lion ate some of it.
But the Scarecrow and the Tin Man ate nothing.
'Where are you all going?' asked the little woman.
'To the Emerald city,' said Dorothy, 'We want to see the Wizard of Oz.'
'That'snot easy,' said the woman, 'The wizard never goes out of his house and nobody sees his face.'
'Is the wizard a man?' asked the Scarecrow.
'Nobody knows,' said the woman, 'He is a wizard, so he can be a man or an animal or anything.'
'How strange!' said Dorothy, 'But we need his help, so we must see him.'
The next day, they thanked the woman, left the house and began walking again.
Soon they saw a beautiful city in front of them.
It was the Emerald city.
At last, the friends went up the yellow brick road to a big green door and stopped slowly.
The door opened and a little man in green clothes stood there.
'We want to see the wizard, please,' said Dorothy.
'Nobody sees the wizard,' he said, 'He is a very good and very famous wizard, but nobody can see him.'
'We must see him,' said Dorothy, 'Please ask him!'
'All right,' said the green man, 'I can take you to his house, but first you must all put glasses on.'
He opened a big box. In it were lots of glasses.
'You must wear your glasses all the time,' he said, 'Everybody in the city must wear glasses. The Wizard says this.'
So they all put on glasses.
The green man put on some glasses too.
And then he took them through the Emerald city.
Everything in the city was green—— men, women, children, houses, shops, streets.
The green man took them to a very big house, and they went into a long green room.
'Wait here,' he said.
After a short time, he came back.
'You can see the Wizard,' he said, 'But you must go to him one by one. He wants to see the little girl first.'
Then he went away and a green girl came in.
She took Dorothy to a tall green door.
'The Wizard is in there,' said the Green girl, 'He's waiting for you.'
Dorothy went in.
On a green chair was a very, very big head.
There was no body, or arms, or legs—— only a head.
Its mouth opened and the head said, 'I am Oz,who are you and what do you want?'
'I am Dorothy,' said the child bravely.
'Where did you get those red shoes from?'
'The bad Witch of the East,' said Dorothy, 'My house fell on her and killed her.'
'What is that thing on your face?'
'A kiss. The good Witch of the North kissed me,' said Dorothy, 'I need help and she told me about you.
'And what do you want?'
'I want to go home to Kansas,' answered Dorothy, 'But I don't know the way. Please help me to get home.
The big eyes opened and closed, opened and closed.
Then the mouth opened and the head spoke again.
'Well,'it said, 'Perhaps I can help you, but first you must do something for me.'
'What do you want me to do?' asked Dorothy.
'Kill the bad Witch of the West.'
'But I don't want to kill anybody,' said Dorothy.
'You killed her sister and you are wearing her shoes. Go now and kill the Witch of the West.'
The little girl began to cry.
'But how can I kill the witch?' She said.
The big eyes opened and looked at her, but the head did not answer.
Dorothy went away, and then her friends went into the Wizard's room.
First the Scarecrow, then the Tin Man, and last the Lion.
Later,they all met in the long green room and talked.
Dorothy told her friends about the head.
'That's interesting,' said the Scarecrow, 'I didn't see a head. I saw a beautiful woman. I asked her for some brains and she said, “yes, but first you must help Dorothy to kill the Witch of the West.”'
'I saw a big animal with two heads,' said the Tin Man, 'I asked for a heart. The animal said, “I can give you a heart, but first you must help Dorothy to kill the witch of the west.” What did you see? Lion.'
'Oh,I saw a ball of fire.' said the cowardly lion. 'I said, “I am a coward, please make me brave.” And the fire said, “When the Witch of the West is dead, I can help you. But not before.”'
'I was angry then,' said the lion, 'But the ball of fire got bigger and bigger, so I ran away.'
'Oh,what are we going to do?' said Dorothy.
'Well,'said the scarecrow, 'we must find the Witch of the West, and then we must kill her.'
翻译
第三章：翡翠城
这一天过得十分漫长。
黄色的砖路穿过田野，穿过树林，爬上山坡，又滑下山坡。
傍晚时分，他们开始看到一些小小的绿色房屋。
不一会儿，穿着绿色衣服的小个子人们走了出来，打量着朋友们，但他们没有靠近他们，因为他们害怕那只胆小的狮子。
“这里的一切都是绿色的。也许我们离翡翠城不远了。”多萝西说，“我和托托饿了。咱们去下一家房子歇歇吧。”
一个矮小的女人开了门。
多萝西说：“请让我们在您家过夜好吗？”
那个矮小的女人看了看狮子。
多萝西急忙说道：“狮子是我的朋友，他从不伤害任何人。”
“行吗？”那个矮小的女人说，“你们都可以进来。”
她把一顿丰盛的晚餐放在了桌上。
多萝西和托托吃了很多，狮子也吃了一些。
但稻草人和铁皮人什么也没吃。
“你们要去哪儿？”那个矮小的女人问道。
“去翡翠城。”多萝西说，“我们想去见奥兹巫师。”
“那可不容易。”那个女人说，“巫师从不走出他的房子，也没人能看到他的脸。”
“巫师是个男人吗？”稻草人问道。
“没人知道，”那位女士说道，“他是位巫师，所以他可以变成人、动物或者任何东西。”
“这太奇怪了！”多萝西说道，“但我们需要他的帮助，所以我们必须见见他。”
第二天，他们向那位女士道谢，离开了房子，再次踏上了前行的路。
很快，他们就看到一座美丽的城市出现在眼前。
那就是翡翠城。
最后，朋友们沿着黄色的砖路走向一座巨大的绿色大门，缓缓停下。
门开了，一个穿着绿色衣服的小个子男人站在那里。
“我们想见见那位巫师，请问可以吗？”多萝西说道。
“没人能见到那位巫师，”他说道，“他是位非常出色且非常有名的巫师，但没人能见到他。”
“我们必须见见他，”多萝西说道，“请让他带我们去吧！”
“好吧，”那个绿衣人说道，“我可以带你们去他家，但首先你们所有人都必须戴上眼镜。”
他打开一个大箱子。里面有许多副眼镜。
“你们必须一直戴着眼镜，”他说，“城里所有人都必须戴眼镜。巫师这么说的。”
于是他们都戴上了眼镜。
那个绿衣人也戴上了眼镜。
然后他带着他们穿过了翡翠城。
城里的所有事物都是绿色的——男人、女人、孩子、房屋、商店、街道。
那个绿人带他们来到一座非常大的房子前，然后他们走进了一个长长的绿色房间。
“在这儿等着吧。”他说。
过了一会儿，他回来了。
“你可以见到巫师了，”他说，“但你们必须一个一个地去见他。他想先见到那个小女孩。”
然后他离开了，一个绿衣女孩走了进来。
她带着多萝西来到一扇高高的绿色门前。
“巫师在里面，”绿衣女孩说，“他在等你。”
多萝西走了进去。
在一张绿色的椅子上有一个非常非常大的脑袋。
没有身体、胳膊或腿——只有一个脑袋。
它的嘴巴张开，脑袋说道：“我是奥兹，你是谁？想要什么？”
“我是多萝西，”孩子勇敢地说。
“你从哪儿得到那些红色鞋子的？”
“东方的恶女巫，”多萝西说，“我的房子压倒了她并杀了她。”
“你脸上的那个东西是什么？”
“一个吻。北方的好女巫亲了我，”多萝西说，“我需要帮助，她告诉了我关于你的消息。”
“那你想要什么？”
“我想回堪萨斯去，”多萝西回答，“但我不知道路。请帮我回家吧。”
那双大眼睛睁了又闭，闭了又开。
然后嘴巴张开，脑袋再次说话了。
“好吧，”它说道，“或许我能帮到你，但首先你得为我做一件事。”
“你想要我做什么？”多萝西问道。
“杀死西边的那个邪恶女巫。”
“但我不想杀任何人啊。”多萝西说道。
“你杀了她姐姐，而且你还穿着她的鞋子。现在赶紧去杀死西边的那个女巫吧。”
小女孩开始哭泣起来。
“但我怎么才能杀死那个女巫呢？”她说。
那双大眼睛睁开了，看向她，但脑袋却没有回应。
多萝西离开了，随后她的朋友们走进了巫师的房间。
先是稻草人，然后是铁皮人，最后是狮子。
后来，他们都来到了那间长长的绿色房间里交谈。
多萝西向她的朋友们讲述了那个脑袋的事。
“那很有趣，”稻草人说，“我没有看到一个脑袋。我看到的是一位美丽的女子。我向她要了一些头脑，她说：‘可以，但首先你必须帮助多萝西杀死西方女巫。’”
“我看到一只有两只脑袋的大型动物，”铁皮人说，“我想要一颗心。那只动物说：‘我可以给你一颗心，但首先你必须帮助多萝西杀死西方女巫。’你看到了什么？狮子。”
“哦，我看到一个火球。”胆小的狮子说，“我说：‘我是个胆小鬼，请让我勇敢起来。’然后那火球说：‘等西方女巫死了之后，我可以帮助你。但在此之前不行。’”
“我当时很生气，”狮子说，“但那个火球变得越来越大，所以我跑开了。”
“哦，我们该怎么办？”多萝西说。
“嗯，”稻草人说，“我们必须找到西方女巫，然后我们必须杀死她。”
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