有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第24卷Aunt Em had just come out of the house towater the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.“Mydarling child!” she cried, folding the little girl in her arms and covering herface with kisses. “Where in the world did you come from?”“Fromthe Land of Oz,” said Dorothy gravely. “And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em!I’m so glad to be at home again!”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第9章At length,however, she sat up and looked about her.“Good gracious!”she cried.For she wassitting on the broad Kansas prairie, and just before her was the new farmhouse UncleHenry built after the cyclone had carried away the old one. Uncle Henry wasmilking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and wasrunning toward the barn, barking furiously.Dorothy stood upand found she was in her stocking-feet. For the Silver Shoes had fallen off inher flight through the air, and were lost forever in the desert.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第8章Glinda the Goodstepped down from her ruby throne to give the little girl a good-bye kiss, andDorothy thanked her for all the kindness she had shown to her friends andherself.Dorothy now tookToto up solemnly in her arms, and having said one last good-bye she clapped theheels of her shoes together three times, saying: “Take me home to AuntEm!”Instantly shewas whirling through the air, so swiftly that all she could see or feel was thewind whistling past her ears.The Silver Shoestook but three steps, and then she stopped so suddenly that she rolled overupon the grass several times before she knew where she was.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第7章“The Silver Shoes,”said the Good Witch, “have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious thingsabout them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps,and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is toknock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry youwherever you wish to go.”“If that is so,”said the child joyfully, “I will ask them to carry me back to Kansas at once.”She threw herarms around the Lion’s neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Thenshe kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to hisjoints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her armsinstead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at thissorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第6章“But then Ishould not have had my wonderful brains!” cried the Scarecrow. “I might havepassed my whole life in the farmer’s cornfield.”“And I shouldnot have had my lovely heart,” said the Tin Woodman. “I might have stood andrusted in the forest till the end of the world.”“And I shouldhave lived a coward forever,” declared the Lion, “and no beast in all theforest would have had a good word to say to me.”“This is alltrue,” said Dorothy, “and I am glad I was of use to these good friends. But nowthat each of them has had what he most desired, and each is happy in having akingdom to rule besides, I think I should like to go back to Kansas.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第4章Then the Witch looked at the big, shaggy Lion and asked, “When Dorothy has returned to her own home, what will become of you?”“Over the hill of the Hammer-Heads,” he answered, “lies a grand old forest, and all the beasts that live there have made me their King. If I could only get back to this forest, I would pass my life very happily there.”“My third command to the Winged Monkeys,” said Glinda, “shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore.”The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed:“You are certainly as good as you are beautiful! But you have not yet told me how to get back to Kansas.”“Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert,” replied Glinda. “If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第4章“Am I reallywonderful?” asked the Scarecrow.“You areunusual,” replied Glinda.Turning to theTin Woodman, she asked, “What will become of you when Dorothy leaves thiscountry?”He leaned on hisaxe and thought a moment. Then he said, “The Winkies were very kind to me, andwanted me to rule over them after the Wicked Witch died. I am fond of theWinkies, and if I could get back again to the Country of the West, I shouldlike nothing better than to rule over them forever.”“My secondcommand to the Winged Monkeys,” said Glinda “will be that they carry you safelyto the land of the Winkies. Your brain may not be so large to look at as thoseof the Scarecrow, but you are really brighter than he is–when you are wellpolished– and I am sure you will rule the Winkies wisely and well.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第3章“Willingly!”exclaimed Dorothy; “indeed, it is of no use to me now, and when you have it youcan command the Winged Monkeys three times.”“And I think Ishall need their service just those three times,” answered Glinda, smiling.Dorothy thengave her the Golden Cap, and the Witch said to the Scarecrow, “What will you dowhen Dorothy has left us?”“I will returnto the Emerald City,” he replied, “for Oz has made me its ruler and the peoplelike me. The only thing that worries me is how to cross the hill of theHammer-Heads.”“By means of theGolden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of theEmerald City,” said Glinda, “for it would be a shame to deprive the people ofso wonderful a ruler.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第2章“What can I dofor you, my child?” she asked.Dorothy told theWitch all her story: how the cyclone had brought her to the Land of Oz, how shehad found her companions, and of the wonderful adventures they had met with.“My greatestwish now,” she added, “is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely thinksomething dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning;and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure UncleHenry cannot afford it.”Glinda leanedforward and kissed the sweet, upturned face of the loving little girl.“Bless your dearheart,” she said, “I am sure I can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas.”Then she added, “But, if I do, you must give me the Golden Cap.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第23卷 第1章Before they wentto see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothywashed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of hismane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodmanpolished his tin and oiled his joints.When they wereall quite presentable they followed the soldier girl into a big room where theWitch Glinda sat upon a throne of rubies.She was both beautiful and young to theireyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over hershoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they lookedkindly upon the little girl.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第22卷 第7章Thanking the good woman, they startedafresh and walked by the fields and across the pretty bridges until they sawbefore them a very beautiful Castle. Before the gates were three young girls,dressed in handsome red uniforms trimmed with gold braid; and as Dorothyapproached, one of them said to her: “Why have you come to the SouthCountry?”“To see the Good Witch who rules here,” sheanswered. “Will you take me to her?”“Let me have your name, and I will askGlinda if she will receive you.” They told who they were, and the girl soldierwent into the Castle. After a few moments she came back to say that Dorothy andthe others were to be admitted at once.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第22卷 第6章The country of the Quadlings seemed richand happy. There was field upon field of ripening grain, with well-paved roadsrunning between, and pretty rippling brooks with strong bridges across them.The fences and houses and bridges were all painted bright red, just as they hadbeen painted yellow in the country of the Winkies and blue in the country ofthe Munchkins. The Quadlings themselves, who were short and fat and lookedchubby and good-natured, were dressed all in red, which showed bright againstthe green grass and the yellowing grain.The Monkeys had set them down near afarmhouse, and the four travelers walked up to it and knocked at the door. Itwas opened by the farmer’s wife, and when Dorothy asked for something to eatthe woman gave them all a good dinner, with three kinds of cake and four kindsof cookies, and a bowl of milk for Toto.“How far is it to the Castle of Glinda?”asked the child.“It is not a great way,” answered thefarmer’s wife. “Take the road to the South and you will soon reach it.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第22卷 第5章“It shall be done,” said the King, and atonce the Winged Monkeys caught the four travelers and Toto up in their arms andflew away with them. As they passed over the hill the Hammer-Heads yelled withvexation, and shot their heads high in the air, but they could not reach theWinged Monkeys, which carried Dorothy and her comrades safely over the hill andset them down in the beautiful country of the Quadlings.“This is the last time you can summon us,”said the leader to Dorothy; “so good-bye and good luck to you.”“Good-bye, and thank you very much,”returned the girl; and the Monkeys rose into the air and were out of sight in atwinkling.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第22卷 第4章Dorothy ran down and helped the Scarecrowto his feet, and the Lion came up to her, feeling rather bruised and sore, andsaid, “It is useless to fight people with shooting heads; no one can withstandthem.”“What can we do, then?” she asked.“Call the Winged Monkeys,” suggested theTin Woodman. “You have still the right to command them once more.”“Very well,” she answered, and putting onthe Golden Cap she uttered the magic words. The Monkeys were as prompt as ever,and in a few moments the entire band stood before her.“What are your commands?” inquired the Kingof the Monkeys, bowing low.“Carry us over the hill to the country ofthe Quadlings,” answered the girl.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第22卷 第3章As quick as lightning the man’s head shotforward and his neck stretched out until the top of the head, where it wasflat, struck the Scarecrow in the middle and sent him tumbling, over and over,down the hill. Almost as quickly as it came the head went back to the body, andthe man laughed harshly as he said, “It isn’t as easy as you think!”A chorus of boisterous laughter came fromthe other rocks, and Dorothy saw hundreds of the armless Hammer-Heads upon thehillside, one behind every rock.The Lion became quite angry at the laughtercaused by the Scarecrow’s mishap, and giving a loud roar that echoed likethunder, he dashed up the hill.Again a head shot swiftly out, and thegreat Lion went rolling down the hill as if he had been struck by a cannonball.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第22卷 第2章“But we must cross it,” said the Scarecrow.“We’re going to the country of the Quadlings.”“But you shall not!” replied the voice, andthere stepped from behind the rock the strangest man the travelers had everseen.He was quite short and stout and had a bighead, which was flat at the top and supported by a thick neck full of wrinkles.But he had no arms at all, and, seeing this, the Scarecrow did not fear that sohelpless a creature could prevent them from climbing the hill. So he said, “I’msorry not to do as you wish, but we must pass over your hill whether you likeit or not,” and he walked boldly forward.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第22卷 第1章The four travelers passed through the restof the forest in safety, and when they came out from its gloom saw before thema steep hill, covered from top to bottom with great pieces of rock.“That will be a hard climb,” said theScarecrow, “but we must get over the hill, nevertheless.”So he led the way and the others followed.They had nearly reached the first rock when they heard a rough voice cry out,“Keep back!”“Who are you?” asked the Scarecrow.Then a head showed itself over the rock andthe same voice said, “This hill belongs to us, and we don’t allow anyone tocross it.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第21卷 第6章The great spiderwas lying asleep when the Lion found him, and it looked so ugly that its foeturned up his nose in disgust. Its legs were quite as long as the tiger hadsaid, and its body covered with coarse black hair. It had a great mouth, with arow of sharp teeth a foot long; but its head was joined to the pudgy body by aneck as slender as a wasp’s waist. This gave the Lion a hint of the best way toattack the creature, and as he knew it was easier to fight it asleep thanawake, he gave a great spring and landed directly upon the monster’s back.Then, with one blow of his heavy paw, all armed with sharp claws, he knockedthe spider’s head from its body. Jumping down, he watched it until the longlegs stopped wiggling, when he knew it was quite dead.The Lion wentback to the opening where the beasts of the forest were waiting for him andsaid proudly:“You need fearyour enemy no longer.”Then the beastsbowed down to the Lion as their King, and he promised to come back and ruleover them as soon as Dorothy was safely on her way to Kansas.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第21卷 第5章“Are there anyother lions in this forest?” he asked.“No; there weresome, but the monster has eaten them all. And, besides, they were none of themnearly so large and brave as you.”“If I put an endto your enemy, will you bow down to me and obey me as King of the Forest?”inquired the Lion.“We will do thatgladly,” returned the tiger; and all the other beasts roared with a mightyroar: “We will!”“Where is thisgreat spider of yours now?” asked the Lion.“Yonder, amongthe oak trees,” said the tiger, pointing with his forefoot.“Take good careof these friends of mine,” said the Lion, “and I will go at once to fight themonster.”He bade hiscomrades good-bye and marched proudly away to do battle with the enemy.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第21卷 第4章“What is yourtrouble?” asked the Lion quietly.“We are allthreatened,” answered the tiger, “by a fierce enemy which has lately come intothis forest. It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, with a bodyas big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk. It has eight of theselong legs, and as the monster crawls through the forest he seizes an animalwith a leg and drags it to his mouth, where he eats it as a spider does a fly.Not one of us is safe while this fierce creature is alive, and we had called ameeting to decide how to take care of ourselves when you came among us.”The Lion thoughtfor a moment.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第21卷 第3章When morningcame, they started again. Before they had gone far they heard a low rumble, asof the growling of many wild animals. Toto whimpered a little, but none of theothers was frightened, and they kept along the well-trodden path until theycame to an opening in the wood, in which were gathered hundreds of beasts ofevery variety. There were tigers and elephants and bears and wolves and foxesand all the others in the natural history, and for a moment Dorothy was afraid.But the Lion explained that the animals were holding a meeting, and he judgedby their snarling and growling that they were in great trouble.As he spokeseveral of the beasts caught sight of him, and at once the great assemblagehushed as if by magic. The biggest of the tigers came up to the Lion and bowed,saying:“Welcome, O Kingof Beasts! You have come in good time to fight our enemy and bring peace to allthe animals of the forest once more.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第21卷 第2章“Not a bit ofit,” answered the Lion. “I should like to live here all my life. See how softthe dried leaves are under your feet and how rich and green the moss is thatclings to these old trees. Surely no wild beast could wish a pleasanter home.”“Perhaps there arewild beasts in the forest now,” said Dorothy.“I suppose thereare,” returned the Lion, “but I do not see any of them about.”They walkedthrough the forest until it became too dark to go any farther. Dorothy and Totoand the Lion lay down to sleep, while the Woodman and the Scarecrow kept watchover them as usual.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第21卷 第1章After climbingdown from the china wall the travelers found themselves in a disagreeablecountry, full of bogs and marshes and covered with tall, rank grass. It wasdifficult to walk without falling into muddy holes, for the grass was so thick thatit hid them from sight. However, by carefully picking their way, they gotsafely along until they reached solid ground. But here the country seemedwilder than ever, and after a long and tiresome walk through the underbrushthey entered another forest, where the trees were bigger and older than anythey had ever seen.“This forest isperfectly delightful,” declared the Lion, looking around him with joy. “Neverhave I seen a more beautiful place.”“It seemsgloomy,” said the Scarecrow.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第20卷 第10章They walked carefully through the chinacountry. The little animals and all the people scampered out of their way,fearing the strangers would break them, and after an hour or so the travelersreached the other side of the country and came to another china wall.It was not so high as the first, however,and by standing upon the Lion’s back they all managed to scramble to the top.Then the Lion gathered his legs under himand jumped on the wall; but just as he jumped, he upset a china church with histail and smashed it all to pieces.“That was too bad,” said Dorothy, “butreally I think we were lucky in not doing these little people more harm thanbreaking a cow’s leg and a church. They are all so brittle!”“They are, indeed,” said the Scarecrow,“and I am thankful I am made of straw and cannot be easily damaged. There areworse things in the world than being a Scarecrow.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第20卷 第9章“Oh, I don’t mind him a bit,” said Dorothy.“But you are so beautiful,” she continued, “that I am sure I could love youdearly. Won’t you let me carry you back to Kansas, and stand you on Aunt Em’smantel? I could carry you in my basket.”“That would make me very unhappy,” answeredthe china Princess. “You see, here in our country we live contentedly, and cantalk and move around as we please. But whenever any of us are taken away ourjoints at once stiffen, and we can only stand straight and look pretty. Ofcourse that is all that is expected of us when we are on mantels and cabinetsand drawing-room tables, but our lives are much pleasanter here in our owncountry.”“I would not make you unhappy for all theworld!” exclaimed Dorothy. “So I’ll just say good-bye.”“Good-bye,” replied the Princess.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第20卷 第8章Indeed, a jolly little clown came walkingtoward them, and Dorothy could see that in spite of his pretty clothes of redand yellow and green he was completely covered with cracks, running every whichway and showing plainly that he had been mended in many places.The Clown put his hands in his pockets, andafter puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at them saucily, he said:“My lady fair,Why do you stareAt poor old Mr. Joker?You’re quite as stiffAnd prim as ifYou’d eaten up a poker!”“Be quiet, sir!” said the Princess. “Can’tyou see these are strangers, and should be treated with respect?”“Well, that’s respect, I expect,” declaredthe Clown, and immediately stood upon his head.“Don’t mind Mr. Joker,” said the Princessto Dorothy. “He is considerably cracked in his head, and that makes himfoolish.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第20卷 第7章Dorothy wanted to see more of the Princess,so she ran after her. But the china girl cried out:“Don’t chase me! Don’t chase me!”She had such a frightened little voice thatDorothy stopped and said, “Why not?”“Because,” answered the Princess, alsostopping, a safe distance away, “if I run I may fall down and break myself.”“But could you not be mended?” asked thegirl.“Oh, yes; but one is never so pretty afterbeing mended, you know,” replied the Princess.“I suppose not,” said Dorothy.“Now there is Mr. Joker, one of ourclowns,” continued the china lady, “who is always trying to stand upon his head.He has broken himself so often that he is mended in a hundred places, anddoesn’t look at all pretty. Here he comes now, so you can see for yourself.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第20卷 第6章But the pretty milkmaid was much too vexedto make any answer. She picked up the leg sulkily and led her cow away, thepoor animal limping on three legs. As she left them the milkmaid cast manyreproachful glances over her shoulder at the clumsy strangers, holding hernicked elbow close to her side.Dorothy was quite grieved at this mishap.“We must be very careful here,” said thekind-hearted Woodman, “or we may hurt these pretty little people so they willnever get over it.”A little farther on Dorothy met a mostbeautifully dressed young Princess, who stopped short as she saw the strangersand started to run away.
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第20卷 第5章They began walking through the country ofthe china people, and the first thing they came to was a china milkmaid milkinga china cow. As they drew near, the cow suddenly gave a kick and kicked overthe stool, the pail, and even the milkmaid herself, and all fell on the chinaground with a great clatter.Dorothy was shocked to see that the cow hadbroken her leg off, and that the pail was lying in several small pieces, whilethe poor milkmaid had a nick in her left elbow.“There!” cried the milkmaid angrily. “Seewhat you have done! My cow has broken her leg, and I must take her to themender’s shop and have it glued on again. What do you mean by coming here andfrightening my cow?”“I’m very sorry,” returned Dorothy. “Pleaseforgive us.”
有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第20卷 第4章No one did so much as look at the travelersat first, except one little purple china dog with an extra-large head, whichcame to the wall and barked at them in a tiny voice, afterwards running awayagain.“How shall we get down?” asked Dorothy.They found the ladder so heavy they couldnot pull it up, so the Scarecrow fell off the wall and the others jumped downupon him so that the hard floor would not hurt their feet. Of course they tookpains not to light on his head and get the pins in their feet. When all weresafely down they picked up the Scarecrow, whose body was quite flattened out,and patted his straw into shape again.“We must cross this strange place in orderto get to the other side,” said Dorothy, “for it would be unwise for us to goany other way except due South.”
