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 5
The old man from Kansas
堪萨斯来的老头儿
The little green man opened the door. He gave them all glasses, then he took them through the city to the Wizard’s house. There, in the long green room, the friends waited, and waited... and waited.
绿衣小矮人打开了门，他给了他们每人一副眼镜，带他们穿过城市，来到魔法师的房子里。在那长长的绿房子里，他们几个等啊，等啊，等啊……
After three hours the Scarecrow said, ‘I’m tired of waiting.’ He called the green man. ‘We want to see the Wizard now. Or we’re going to call the Magic Monkeys. Please tell the Wizard that.’
三个小时以后，稻草人说：“我讨厌这么等下去了。”他叫绿衣人，“去告诉魔法师，我们现在就要见他。否则我们要召唤魔猴来帮忙了。”
The green man went away to speak to the Wizard through the door. The Wizard knew about the Magic Monkeys, and he was very afraid of them. So he said to the green man, ‘These people can come and see me at nine o’clock tomorrow morning.’
绿衣人隔着门将稻草人的话转告给了魔法师。魔法师知道魔猴是怎么回事，并且很怕它们。因此他对绿衣人说：“这些人可以在明天早上9点来见我。”
At nine o’clock the green man took the friends to the Wizard’s room. They went in and looked all round, but they could not see anybody. Then a voice said, ‘I am the Wizard of Oz. Who are you, and what do you want?’
第二天9点钟，绿衣人将多萝西和她的朋友们带到魔法师那里。他们进去四处张望，却看不见任何人。这时一个声音响起了：“我就是奥兹魔法师，你们是谁？有什么要求？”
‘Where are you?’ asked Dorothy.
“你在哪儿？”多萝西问。
‘I am everywhere, but you can’t see me. Now answer me—who are you and what do you want?’
“我无处不在，但你们看不见我。现在回答我——你们是谁，有什么要求？”
‘You know us all,’ said the Scarecrow. ‘You said to me, “help Dorothy to kill the Witch of the West, and you can have some brains.” Well, the Witch is dead, and now I want my brains.’
“你认识我们，”稻草人说，“你还对我说过：‘帮助多萝西杀死西方女巫，你就可以得到智慧。’嗯，现在巫婆死了，我要我的智慧。”
‘And I want my heart.’ said the Tin Man.
“我要我的心。”锡人说。
‘And I want to be brave,’ said the Cowardly Lion.
“我要我的勇气。”胆小鬼狮子说。
“And I want to go home to Kansas,’ said Dorothy.
“我要回堪萨斯的家。”多萝西说。
‘Is the Witch truly dead?’ asked the Voice.
“巫婆真的死了？”那声音问道。
‘Yes, ‘ said Dorothy. ‘I threw a bucket of water over her, and she disappeared.’
“是的，”多萝西回答说，“我朝她泼了一桶水，然后她就消失了。”
‘Very well,’ said the Voice. ‘Come again tomorrow. I must think about things first and—’
“很好，”声音说，“你们明天再来吧！我需要先考虑一下然后——”
‘No!’ said the Tin Man. ‘I want my heart now!’
“不行！”锡人说，“我现在就要我的心！”
‘I’m not going to wait another minute!’ said the Scarecrow.
“我一分钟都不愿再等了！”稻草人说。
‘And I’m going to eat you!’ the Lion shouted very angrily. Toto was afraid. He jumped away from the Lion, and hit a screen near the wall. The screen fell over, and behind it the friends saw an old man with no hair.
“我要吃了你！”狮子怒吼道。托托吓坏了，它从狮子身边跳开，撞到墙边的一堵屏风上，屏风倒了，他们看见后面躲着一个秃顶的老头儿。
The Tin Man looked angry and picked up his axe.
锡人举起斧子，一脸怒气。
‘Who are you?’ he said.
“你是谁？”锡人问道。
‘Please don’t hurt me!’ said the old man, in a quiet little voice. ‘I’m the Wizard of Oz.’
“请别伤害我！”老头儿用细细的声音说，“我就是奥兹魔法师。”
‘But the Wizard of Oz is a big head without a body,’ said Dorothy.
“可奥兹魔法师是一个没有身体的大脑袋呀！”多萝西说。
‘No, he’s a beautiful woman.’ said the Scarecrow.
“不，他是个漂亮的女人。”稻草人说。
‘You’re wrong,’ said the Tin Man. ‘The Wizard of Oz is a big animal with two heads.’
“你们都错了，”锡人说，“奥兹魔法师是一个长了两个脑袋的怪兽。”
‘No,’ said the Lion. ‘The Wizard is a ball of fire.’
“不对，”狮子说，“魔法师是一团火。”
‘You’re all wrong.’ said the old man. ‘I am the Wizard... Well, I’m not a true wizard. Oh, I know a lot of tricks, but I don’t know any true magic. You see, I’m from Kansas too. I went from town to town and did magic tricks. And I went up in a big balloon. The balloon was always on a rope, but one day something went wrong. The rope broke and the balloon blew away. For a long time the wind carried my balloon across the sky. Then I came down here, in the country of Oz. The people saw my balloon and said, “This man is a wizard! He comes out of the sky!” They were afraid of me and wanted to work for me... So they built this city for me, and I called it the Emerald City. Well, emeralds are green, so I made green glasses for everybody. That’s why everything in the city looks green.’
“你们都错了。”老头儿说，“我是奥兹魔法师……嗯，我不是个真正的魔法师。哦，我虽然会变许多魔术，可我没有魔力。你们看，我也是堪萨斯人。我走乡串镇变魔术。我钻进一个大气球里，气球通常是拴在一根绳子上的，但是有一天出了意外，绳子断了，气球飞起来了。风使我的气球在天空中飘了很久。最后我落在了这儿——奥兹国。这儿的人看见了我的气球，说：‘这人是魔法师！他从天而降！’他们都怕我，愿意为我效劳……所以他们为我修了这座城，我将它命名为绿宝石城。哦，绿宝石是绿色的，所以我给所有人都做了绿色的眼镜，这就是为什么城里一切看起来都是绿色的原因了。”
The Scarecrow took off his glasses. ‘Oh,’ he said. ‘Now I understand. The Emerald City isn’t green. It just looks green. It’s all a trick.’
稻草人摘下眼镜。“噢，”他说，“我明白了，绿宝石城原来不是绿色的，只是看起来是绿色的，这全是骗人的把戏。”
‘That’s right.’ said the old man. ‘Well, all that happened many years ago. I never went out because I was afraid of the two bad Witches. Now they are dead—thanks to you, Dorothy. But I’m very sorry, I don’t know any true magic, so I can’t help you.’
“完全正确，”老头儿说，“嗯，这些都是许多年前的事了。我从不出去是因为我怕两个坏巫婆。现在她们已死——谢谢你，多萝西，但是很抱歉，我不会真正的魔法，所以不能帮你。”
‘You’re a very bad man.’ said Dorothy.
“你真是个坏蛋！”多萝西说。
‘No, my child. I’m a very good man, but I am a very bad wizard, that’s true.’
“不，我的孩子，我是一个非常善良的人，但我的确是一个糟糕的魔法师。一点不假。”
‘What about my brains?’ said the Scarecrow.
“那我要的智慧呢？”稻草人问。
‘You don’t need brains. You understand things; you can think, you learn quickly. You’re very clever.’
“你不需要智慧。你能理解事物，你会思考，你学东西也很快。你很聪明。”
‘I want brains.’ said the Scarecrow.
“可我想要智慧。”稻草人说。
‘Very well,’ said the old man. ‘I can give you some brains tomorrow morning.’
“好吧，”老头儿说，“明早我会给你一些智慧。”
‘What about my heart?’ asked the Tin Man.
“那我的心呢？”锡人问。
‘You don’t need a heart,’ said the old man. ‘You laugh, you cry, you love, you feel sorry for people.’
“你不需要心，”老头儿回答，“你笑，你哭，你爱别人，你同情别人。”
The Tin Man looked angry and picked up his axe.
锡人气呼呼地举起他的斧子。
‘All right —please don’t hurt me!’ said the old man. ‘I can give you a heart tomorrow morning.’
“好，好——别伤害我！”老头儿说，“我明早就给你一颗心。”
‘I want to be brave.’ said the Cowardly Lion.
“我要变得勇敢。”胆小鬼狮子说。
‘But you are brave. You do a lot of brave things! No, no—don’t eat me! Come here tomorrow morning. I’m going to make you brave.’
“但你的确很勇敢。你做了许多英勇的事情！别，别——别吃我！明早来吧，我会让你变得勇敢。”
‘What about Toto and me?’ asked Dorothy.
“那我和托托怎么办？”多萝西问。
‘We can go up in my balloon,’ said the Wizard. ‘The wind blew us here from Kansas—perhaps it can blow us back to Kansas again.’
“我们可以钻进我的气球，”魔法师说，“风把我们从堪萨斯吹到这儿——或许它也能把我们吹回堪萨斯。”
The next morning the friends came again to the Wizard’s room. The old man was ready. He took a bottle with BRAINS on it in big green letters, and carefully opened the Scarecrow’s head.
第二天早上，这几个朋友重新来到魔法师的屋里。老头儿已经准备就绪了。他拿出一个瓶子，瓶子上用绿色的字母写着两个大字“智慧”。他小心翼翼地打开稻草人的脑袋。
‘Don’t move. I’m putting your brains in,’ he said. ‘There—now you’re the cleverest scarecrow in Oz.’ The Scarecrow thanked him.
“别动，我要把智慧放入你的脑袋里，”老头儿说，“好——你现在是奥兹国最聪明的稻草人了。”稻草人谢过了老头儿。
Next the Wizard gave the Tin Man a small red heart. ‘Wear this always.’ he said.
然后老头儿又给了锡人一颗小小的红色的心。他说：“一直戴着它。”
The Tin Man was very happy and thanked the Wizard again and again.
锡人非常高兴，不停地感谢老头儿。
Then the old man took a bottle with BE BRAVE on it. ‘Drink this.’ he said to the Cowardly Lion.
接着，老头儿拿出一个贴着“勇敢”标签的瓶子。“喝下去。”他对胆小鬼狮子说。
The Lion drank. ‘Yes. Yes. I feel brave!’ he shouted. ‘Very, very brave! Thank you!’
狮子喝了下去。“是的，是的。我感到自己有勇气了！”他大叫道，“非常非常的勇敢！谢谢你！”
The Wizard smiled at them. ‘You didn’t need my magic,’ he said. ‘But you’re all happy now, and that’s a good thing. Now, Dorothy,’ he said, ‘come and see my balloon. It’s all ready. I mended it last night.’
魔法师微笑着望着他们。“你们并不需要我的魔法。”他说，“但你们现在很开心，这就好。现在，多萝西，”他说，“来看看我的气球，它已经准备就绪，我昨晚把它修好了。”
They went out into the garden behind the Wizard’s house. The balloon was very big. There was a small box under it, and the Wizard of Oz jumped into the box.
他们一起走到魔法师房子后面的花园里。气球很大，下面挂了一个小箱子。魔法师跳进箱子里。
‘Come on, Dorothy!’ he shouted. ‘We’re going to Kansas. Say goodbye to your friends.’
“多萝西，来呀！”他大喊，“我们要回堪萨斯去了，和你的朋友们告别吧。”
Dorothy kissed the Scarecrow, the Lion, and the Tin Man, and said goodbye. ‘Come on, Toto,’ she said. ‘We’re going home to Kansas. We’re going to see Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.’
多萝西一一吻了稻草人、狮子和锡人，并与他们道了别。“走，托托，”她说，“我们就要回家了，我们就要见到埃姆舅妈和亨利舅舅了。”
But just then Toto saw a cat. He jumped out of Dorothy’s arms and ran after it.
但就在那时，托托看见了一只猫。它跳出多萝西的手臂，追了过去。
‘Toto!’ called Dorothy, and she began to run after him.
“托托！”多萝西大叫，开始追它。
