书名：The Wizard of Oz 《绿野仙踪》
作者：L. Frank Baum 莱曼·弗兰克·鲍姆
简介：
在美国的堪萨斯州，没有巫婆或巫师，可是那里有龙卷风。有一天，一阵龙卷风把多萝西和她的狗托托连同她的房子一起卷到了一个叫奥兹的国度。在奥兹住着四个巫婆和一个非常有名的巫师——奥兹魔法师。
多萝西想重新回到家乡堪萨斯，但是她不知怎样才能回去。她需要帮助。北方巫婆对她说：“去绿宝石城吧，请求奥兹魔法师帮助你。”
其后多萝西先后遇见了稻草人、锡人和胆小鬼狮子，而他们也都需要帮助。因此，多萝西和他们一起踏上了通向绿宝石城的黄砖路。可是他们去那里找什么呢？这个大名鼎鼎的奥兹魔法师是谁？他是怎样一个人呢？
Chapter 4
The witch and the monkeys
女巫和魔猴
The next morning they left the Emerald City. The green man took away their glasses and told them the way to the Witch’s house. ‘Everybody is afraid of the Witch of the West,’ he said. ‘So be careful!’
第二天早上，他们离开了绿宝石城。绿衣人拿走了他们戴的眼镜，给他们指了去女巫那儿的路。“没有人不怕西方女巫。”他说，“小心啊！”
The friends walked for a long time. The road was bad, and there were no houses, no fields, no trees.
他们又走了很久。路变得崎岖了，两侧也没有房舍、田地和树木了。
Now the Witch of the West had a magic eye, and it could see everything. She saw the friends on the road, and she was angry. She put on her tall black hat and shouted, ‘Magic Monkeys—come!’
西方女巫有一只神眼，可以看见一切。她看到多萝西他们走在路上，非常生气。她戴上高高的黑帽子，大声喝道：“魔猴，来呀！”
In a second forty monkeys arrived at her tall house, ‘What do you want?’ they asked.
刹那间，40只猴子来到了她高大的房子里。“您有何吩咐？”它们问。
‘There are three people, a dog, and a lion on my road,’ she said. ‘Kill the people and the dog. But bring the lion here to my house. He can work for me.’
“有三个人、一只狗和一头狮子在我的路上走，”她说，“杀了人和狗。把狮子带到这儿来，他能为我干活。”
‘At once,’ said the Monkeys. And away they went.
“遵命。”猴子们说。然后它们就走了。
They broke the Tin Man’s arms and legs. They took all the straw out of the Scarecrow and threw his clothes up into a tall tree. Then they took the Lion and carried him to a dark cellar under the Witch’s house.
它们折断了锡人的胳膊和腿，掏出了稻草人的稻草并把他的衣服扔在一棵高高的树上。然后它们抓住了狮子，把它弄到巫婆房子阴暗的地窖里。
But they could not hurt Dorothy and Toto, because of the good Witch’s kiss. So the Monkeys picked them up very carefully and carried them to the Witch’s house. The Witch saw the kiss on Dorothy’s face, and was afraid. But she did not tell Dorothy that.
但好女巫的吻使它们无法伤害多萝西和托托，因而猴子们非常小心地抓住她们，把她们带到巫婆的住处。巫婆看到多萝西脸上的唇印，害怕了，但她没有让多萝西知道。
‘You must work for me in my house now,’ she said to the child. ‘All day, and every day. And remember —I am watching you all the time.’
“从现在起，你要呆在这房子里为我干活，”她对女孩说，“从早到晚，日复一日。记住——我一直在监视你。”
Now Dorothy did not know this, but the red shoes were magic. The Witch wanted those shoes very much, but Dorothy never took them off. She took them off when she washed, of course, but the Witch never went near water. She was very, very afraid of water.
红鞋子有魔力，可现在多萝西还不知道。巫婆很想要这鞋，但多萝西从不脱下它们。当然，她会在洗脚时把鞋脱掉，但巫婆从不靠近水，因为她非常非常怕水。
Then, one morning, Dorothy’s left shoe fell off.
一天早上，多萝西左脚的鞋掉了。
The Witch picked up the shoe at once. ‘This is my shoe now!’ she shouted.
巫婆立即捡了起来，大叫：“从现在起这鞋是我的了！”
‘No, it isn’t!’ shouted Dorothy angrily. ‘Give it back to me at once!’
“不是的！”多萝西生气地喊道，“马上还给我！”
‘No!’ said the Witch. And then she tried to take Dorothy’s right shoe too.
“不！”巫婆喊道。她还试图抢夺多萝西右脚上的鞋。
Dorothy loved her red shoes, and she was very angry. There was a bucket of water near the door. Dorothy picked up the bucket and threw the water at the Witch. The water hit her in the face, and she cried out, ‘Help! Help! The water is killing me! The —water—is...’
多萝西喜欢她的红鞋子，因而她很生气。门边恰好有一桶水，于是她提起桶，把水泼向巫婆。水泼在了她的脸上，她大叫：“救命啊！救命！水会杀了我的！水——会……”
And then she disappeared! There was only her tall black hat and a long black dress.
接着她就消失了！地上只剩下她高高的黑帽子和黑色的长袍。
Dorothy looked and looked, but the Witch was not there. Dorothy picked up her red shoe and put it on.
多萝西看看这儿，又看看那儿，就是不见巫婆的踪影。多萝西捡起她的红鞋子，把它们穿上。
‘Now, how can I help my friends?’ she said. ‘Can I call the Magic Monkeys?’ She picked up the Witch’s black hat and looked at it. ‘Perhaps I must wear this magic hat when I speak.’ So she put the hat on and called, ‘Magic Monkeys —come!’
“现在该怎么解救我的朋友们呢？”多萝西自言自语道，“我能召唤魔猴吗？”她拿起巫婆的黑帽子端详了一番。“也许召唤时得戴上这帽子。”于是她戴上帽子，开始喊：“魔猴，来呀！”
The Monkeys arrived in a second.
猴子们立即赶到。
‘Please can you help my friends?’ asked Dorothy.
“请你们帮助我的朋友们。”多萝西要求说。
‘Of course,’ said the Monkeys. ‘We must always help the wearer of the magic black hat.’
“当然，”魔猴们回答，“我们总是帮助戴这顶黑色魔法帽的人。”
They broke open the dark cellar, and the Cowardly Lion came out. ‘Free at last!’ he said. ‘Thank you!’
它们砸开阴暗的地窖，胆小鬼狮子走了出来。“重获自由了！”他说，“谢谢！”
Then the Monkeys found the Scarecrow’s clothes and put some new straw in them. The Scarecrow laughed and jumped. ‘Thank you!’ he said.
之后，猴子们找到了稻草人的衣服，又填了些新稻草进去。稻草人笑着、跳着。“谢谢！”他说。
Next the Monkeys mended the Tin Man and gave him a new oil-can. He moved his arms and legs. ‘I feel wonderful!’ he said. ‘Thank you!’
最后，猴子们修好了锡人，又给了他一个新油罐。锡人活动着胳膊和腿，“感觉好极了，”他说，“谢谢！”
Dorothy told her friends about the Witch and the water, and they were all very happy. Toto could not speak, but he jumped up and down very happily.
多萝西对她的朋友们讲了巫婆和水的事，她的朋友们都非常开心。托托虽然不会说话，但它高兴得上蹿下跳。
‘Now,’ said Dorothy, ‘we must go back to the Wizard of Oz. Magic Monkeys—take us to the Emerald City!’
“现在，”多萝西说，“我们必须返回到奥兹魔法师那里。魔猴，带我们去绿宝石城！”
‘Don’t forget the magic black hat!’ said the Tin Man.
“别忘了戴上黑魔帽！”锡人说。
The Monkeys carried them up into the sky, and ten minutes later the friends were once again at the big green door of the Emerald City.
猴子们带他们飞上了天空，10分钟后他们就到了绿宝石城绿色的大门口。
