英文名著分集阅读 弗兰克·鲍姆 《绿野仙踪》 part2
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The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
单词提示
1.scarecrow 稻草人
2.pole 杆子
3.straw 稻草
4.tin 包白铁
5.coward 胆小鬼
原文
Chapter Two: The Yellow Brick Road
Dorothy and Toto walked along the yellow brick road for a long time.
When they were tired, they stopped in a field by the road.
Not far away, there was a scarecrow, and Dorothy and Toto walked across to look at it.
'Good day,' said the Scarecrow.
'Oh!'said Dorothy. 'You can speak!'
'Of course I can speak,' said the Scarecrow, 'But I can't move, up here on this pole. I'd like to get down, can you help me?'
Carefully,Dorothy took the Scarecrow off his pole.
'Thank you very much,' said the Scarecrow.
He moved his arms and legs, and straw went everywhere.
'Who are you?', he asked, 'And where are you going? '
'I'm Dorothy, and I'm going to the Emerald City. I want to go home to Kansas, but I don't know the way. I'm going to ask the Wizard of Oz for help. '
'Where is the Emerald City?', asked the Scarecrow, 'And who is the Wizard of Oz? I don't know anything, you see, because I have no brains in my head— only straw.'
'Oh dear!', said Dorothy, 'I'm very sorry.'
'I would very much like to have some brains,' the Scarecrow said, 'Can I go to the Emerald City with you? Perhaps the Wizard of Oz can give me some brains. What do you think?'
'I don't know,' said Dorothy, 'But yes, please come with me. He's a famous wizard,so perhaps he can help you.'
She felt very sorry for the Scarecrow.
'Don't be afraid of Toto,' she said, 'He never hurts people.'
'Nothing can hurt me,' said the Scarecrow, 'I'm not afraid of anything. Well, that's not true. I am afraid of fire, of course.'
Dorothy walked along the road with her new friend.
Soon she began to feel hungry, so she sat down and she and Toto ate some bread and apples.
'Would you like some, Scarecrow?' said Dorothy.
'No,thank you,' said the Scarecrow.
'I don't need to eat or drink. You can't eat when you're made of straw...Now, tell me about your home. '
So Dorothy told him about Kansas, and Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, and the cyclone.
'But why do you want to leave this beautiful country?' asked the Scarecrow, 'Kansas,you say, has no trees, no green hills, no gardens. I don't understand.'
'That's because you have no brains,' said Dorothy, 'Kansas is my home. We say, “East,west, home's best”, and it's true. I want to go home.'
They walked along the road for some hours, and then it got dark.
Dorothy was tired, and soon the Scarecrow saw a little house behind some trees.
There was nobody there, so they went in.
Dorothy and Toto slept, but the Scarecrow just stood all night with his eyes open.
'Scarecrows don't sleep,' he said.
In the morning, Dorothy looked for water.
'Why do you want water?' asked the Scarecrow.
'Toto and I are thirsty. And I need to wash.'
'I'm sorry for you,' said the Scarecrow, 'You need a lot of things! But you have brains, and you can think, and that's wonderful.'
They found some water, and Dorothy washed.
Then she and Toto ate some bread.
Suddenly,they heard a shout from the trees near the house, and they all ran out of the house to look.
They saw a man by a big tree, with an axe in his hand.
He was made of tin.
He stood very still and shouted 'Help!' again and again.
'What can I do for you?' asked Dorothy.
'I can't move,' said the Tin Man, 'Please oil me. There's an oil-can in my house.'
At once, Dorothy ran back to the house and found the oil-can.
Then she came back, and with the Scarecrow's help, she carefully oiled the Tin Man.
Slowly,he began to move, first his head, and then his arms and legs.
'Thank you,' he said. 'I feel better now.'
He put down his axe.
'I went out in the rain, you see, and water is very bad for a tin body. I was there for a long time, and nobody came to help me.'
'We stopped at your house for the night,' Dorothy said, 'and we heard your shout this morning.'
'Where are you going?' asked the Tin Man.
So Dorothy told him about the Wizard of Oz.
'I want to go back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow wants some brains,' she said.
The Tin Man was very interested.
'Can the Wizard give me a heart, do you think? I have no heart, so I can't love, or feel... I would very much like to have a heart.'
'Come with us,' said the Scarecrow.
'Yes,' said Dorothy, 'And then you can ask the Wizard for help, too.'
So they all walked along the yellow brick road.
There were many tall trees next to the road, and sometimes the three friends heard noises from animals behind the trees.
Dorothy did not like these noises very much.
'How far is it to the Emerald City?' she asked the Tin Man, 'Do you know?'
'It's a long way, I think,' said the Tin Man, 'And we must be careful because—'
But just then, a big lion suddenly ran out from the trees, into the road.
It opened its mouth— it had long yellow teeth— and began to run after Toto.
Dorothy was afraid for Toto.
She ran up to the lion and hit it on the nose with her bag.
'Don't hurt my dog!' she cried angrily, 'He's smaller than you!'
'I didn't hurt him,' said the Lion, 'Don't hit me again— please!'
'Why—you're afraid!' said Dorothy, 'Be quiet,Toto, he isn't going to hurt you. He's more afraid than you are. He's just a big coward.’
'It's true,' said the Lion, 'I am a coward.Everyone thinks lions are brave. I make a lot of noise, but I'm not brave. I'm just a coward.'
And the Cowardly Lion began to cry.
Then Dorothy told him about the Wizard of Oz.
'Come with us to the Emerald City,' she said, 'I want to go back to Kansas, the Scarecrow wants some brains, and the Tin Man wants a heart. Perhaps the Wizard of Oz can make you brave.'
'Oh,thank you!' said the Lion, 'I would very much like to be brave.'
And so the Cowardly Lion came with them.
At first, Toto was afraid of him, but very soon he and the Lion were good friends.
That night, Dorothy and Toto slept under a big tree, next to the Cowardly Lion's big warm body.
In the morning, they ate the last of their bread.
'Oh dear!' said Dorothy, 'What are we going to eat for dinner?'
'I can kill an animal for you,' said the Cowardly Lion.
'Oh no— please don't kill anything!' the Tin Man said.
He began to cry, 'We don't want to hurt any animals. I haven't got a heart, but Ifeel sorry for them.'
Dorothy quickly got out the oil-can and oiled his face.
'Don't cry,' she said, 'You know water is bad for you.'
They walked along the yellow road, and after an hour or two, they came to a big river.
'Oh no!' said Dorothy, 'How can we get across?'
The Lion looked down at the river.
'I'm very afraid of falling,' he said, 'but I think I can jump across.'
'Good!'said the Scarecrow at once, 'You can carry us on your back, one at a time.'
So the Cowardly Lion jumped across the river, first with the Scarecrow on his back, then with Dorothy and Toto, and last with the Tin Man.
But soon they came to a second river.
This one was very big, and the Lion could not jump across it.
The Scarecrow thought for a minute.
'Look,'he said, 'There's a tall tree next to the river. The Tin Man can cut it down with his axe. And when the tree falls across the river, we can walk across the tree.'
'Very good,' said the Lion, 'For somebody with straw in their head, and not brains.'
So the Tin Man cut down the tree with his axe, and soon they were all across that river, too.
翻译
第二章：黄砖路
多萝西和托托沿着黄色的砖路走了很长一段距离。
当他们感到疲惫时，便在路边的一片田野里停下来休息。
不远处有一个稻草人，多萝西和托托走过去去看他。
“你好啊，”稻草人说道。
“哦！”多萝西说道，“你居然能说话啊！”
“当然我能说话，”稻草人说道，“但我在这根杆子上动不了了。我想下来，你能帮我吗？”
多萝西小心翼翼地把稻草人从杆子上取了下来。
“非常感谢你，”稻草人说道。
他动了动自己的胳膊和腿，稻草四处乱飞。
“你是谁？”他问道，“你要去哪里？”
“我是多萝西，我要去翡翠城。我想回堪萨斯老家，但我不知道路。我要去向奥兹巫师求助。”
“翡翠城在哪里？”稻草人问道，“奥兹巫师是谁？你知道的，因为我脑袋里没有脑子——只有稻草。”
“哎呀！”多萝西说道，“我很抱歉。”
“我非常希望能有一些脑子，”稻草人说道，“我能和你一起去翡翠城吗？也许奥兹巫师能给我一些脑子。你觉得怎么样？”
“我不知道，”多萝西说道，“不过，好吧，请跟我来吧。他可是个著名的巫师，或许他能帮到你。”
她为稻草人感到非常难过。
“别害怕托托，”她说，“他从不伤害人。”
“没有什么能伤害到我，”稻草人说道，“我什么都不怕。嗯，这不完全是真的。我当然害怕火。”
多萝西和她的新朋友一起沿着道路前行。
很快她就开始感到饿了，于是她坐了下来，和托托一起吃了些面包和苹果。
“稻草人，你想吃点吗？”多萝西说道。
“不用了，谢谢，”稻草人说道。“我不需要吃或者喝。当你是稻草做成的时候，是不能吃东西的……现在，告诉我一些关于你家乡的事”
多萝西向他讲述了她的家乡——堪萨斯州，还有亨利叔叔和埃姆婶婶，以及那场龙卷风。
“可你为什么要离开这个美丽的国度呢？”稻草人问道，“你说的堪萨斯没有树木、没有绿色的山丘、没有花园。我不明白。”
“那是因为你没有头脑，”多萝西说道，“堪萨斯是我的家乡。我们常说‘无论东西，家才是最好的’，这是真的。我想回家。”
他们沿着道路走了几个小时，然后天色暗了下来。
多萝西累了，很快稻草人看到一些树后面有一座小房子。
那里没有人，于是他们走了进去。
多萝西和托托睡着了，但稻草人整晚都睁着眼睛站着。
“稻草人是不会睡觉的。”他说。
早上，多萝西去找水。
“你为什么需要水？”稻草人问道。
“我和托托都渴了。而且我还需要洗一洗。”
“我很为你感到难过。”稻草人说。“你需要很多东西！但你有头脑，能思考，这真是太好了。”
他们找到了一些水，多萝西洗了洗。
然后她和托托吃了些面包。
突然，他们听到房子附近树林里传来一声喊叫，于是他们都跑出房子去看。
他们看到一个男人站在一棵大树旁，手里拿着一把斧子。
他是用锡做成的。
他一动不动地站着，一遍又一遍地喊着“救命！”
“我能为你做些什么？”多萝西问道。
“我动不了了。”铁皮人说，“请给我抹点油。我家里有个油罐。”
立刻，多萝西跑回房子，找到了那个油罐。
然后她回来了，在稻草人的帮助下，她小心翼翼地给铁皮人抹上了油。
慢慢地，他开始动了，先是他的头，然后是他的胳膊和腿。
“谢谢你。”他说。“现在我感觉好多了。”
他放下斧子。“我是在雨中出去的，你知道的，而雨水对铁质的身体来说可是非常有害的。我在那里待了很长时间，却没有人来帮我。”
“我们昨晚就在你家过夜的，”多萝西说，“今天早上我们听到你发出了呼救声。”
“你要去哪里？”“铁皮人问道。
于是多萝西便向他讲述了奥兹巫师的事。
“我想回堪萨斯州去，而稻草人想要一些头脑，”她说。
铁皮人非常感兴趣。
“你觉得巫师能给我一颗心吗？我没有心，所以无法爱，也无法感受……我非常渴望拥有一颗心。”
“跟我们走吧，”稻草人说。
“好啊，”多萝西说，“然后你们也能向巫师寻求帮助。”
于是他们一起沿着黄色的砖路前行。
路旁有许多高大的树木，有时这三位朋友会听到树后动物发出的声音。
多萝西不太喜欢这些声音。
“去翡翠城还有多远？”她问铁皮人，“你知道吗？”
“我觉得很远，”铁皮人说，“而且我们必须小心，因为——”
但就在这时，一只大狮子突然从树丛中冲了出来，跑到了路上。
它张开嘴巴——它有着长长的黄色牙齿——然后开始追赶托托。
多萝西为托托感到害怕。
她跑到狮子面前，用她的包打它的鼻子。
“别伤害我的狗！”她生气地喊道，“它比你小多了！”
“我没有伤害它，”狮子说，“别再打了——求求你了！”
“为什么——你害怕了！”多萝西说道，“安静点，托托，他不会伤害你的。他比你还要害怕。他只不过是个胆小鬼罢了。”
“确实如此，”狮子说道，“我就是个胆小鬼。大家都认为狮子很勇敢。我总是大声吼叫，但我其实并不勇敢。我只是个胆小鬼罢了。”
于是，胆小的狮子开始哭泣起来。
接着，多萝西向他讲述了奥兹巫师的事。
“跟我们一起去翡翠城吧，”她说，“我想回堪萨斯州去，稻草人需要一些头脑，铁皮人需要一颗心。也许奥兹巫师能让你变得勇敢。”
“哦，谢谢你！”狮子说道，“我非常希望能变得勇敢。”
于是，胆小的狮子就跟他们一起去了。
起初，托托害怕他，但很快他就和狮子成了好朋友。
那天晚上，多萝西和托托睡在一棵大树下，紧挨着胆小的狮子那温暖的大身躯。
第二天早上，他们吃完了最后一点面包。
“哎呀！”多萝西说道，“晚餐吃什么呀？”
“我可以为你杀一只动物。”胆小的狮子说道。
“哦，不——请别杀任何动物！”铁皮人说道。
他开始哭泣，“我们不想伤害任何动物。我并没有心脏，但我还是为他们感到难过。”
多萝西迅速拿出油罐，给他的脸抹上油。
“别哭了，”她说，“你知道水对你是有害的。”
他们沿着黄色的道路前行，过了一个小时左右，他们来到了一条大河旁。
“哦，不！”多萝西说道，“我们怎么才能过河呢？”
狮子低头看着这条河。
“我非常害怕掉下去，”他说，“但我认为我能跳过去。”
“好啊！”稻草人立刻说道，“你可以背着我们，一次一个。”
于是，胆小的狮子先跳过了河，背上是稻草人，接着是多萝西和托托，最后是铁皮人。
但很快他们又来到了第二条河旁。
这条河非常大，狮子无法跳过去。
稻草人思考了一会儿。
“看，”他说，“河旁边有一棵高大的树。铁皮人可以用他的斧子把它砍倒。当树横在河上时，我们就可以从树上走过去。”
“很好，”狮子说道，“对于脑袋里只有稻草而没有头脑的人来说，这真是个好主意。”
于是铁皮人用他的斧子砍倒了那棵树，很快他们也都过了那条河。
