The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum

原文

Chapter Five: The Old Man from Kansas

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.

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.'

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.'

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?'

'Where are you?' asked Dorothy.

'Ah,I am everywhere, but you can't see me. Now, answer me. Who are you and what do you want?'

'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.'

'And I want my heart,' said the Tin Man.

'And I want to be brave,' said the Cowardly Lion.

'And I want to go home to Kansas,' said Dorothy.

'Is the witch truly dead?' asked the voice.

'Yes,'said Dorothy, 'I threw a bucket of water over her, and she disappeared. '

'Very well,' said the voice, 'Come again tomorrow. I must think about things first and…'

'No,'said the Tin Man, 'I want my heart now.'

'I'm not going to wait another minute,' said the Scarecrow.

'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.

The Tin Man looked angry and picked up his axe.

'Who are you?' he said.

'Please don't hurt me,' said the old man in a quiet little voice, 'I'm the Wizard of Oz.'

'But the Wizard of Oz is a big head without body,' said Dorothy.

'No,he's a beautiful woman,' said the Scarecrow.

'You're wrong,' said the tin man, 'The Wizard of Oz is a big animal with two heads.'

'No,'said the lion, 'The Wizard is a ball of fire.'

'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.'

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 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.'

'You're a very bad man,' said Dorothy.

'No,my child, I am a very good man, but I am a very bad Wizard. That's true.'

'What about my brains?' said the Scarecrow.

'You don't need brains. You understand things. You can think. you learn quickly. You are very clever.'

'I want brains,' said the Scarecrow.

'Very well,' said the old man, ' I can give you some brains tomorrow morning.'

'What about my heart?' asked the Tin Man.

'You don't need a heart,' said the old man, 'You laugh, you cry, you love, you feel sorry for people.'

The Tin Man looked angry and picked up his axe.

'All right, please don't hurt me,' said the old man, 'I can give you a heart tomorrow morning.'

'And I want to be brave,' said the Cowardly Lion.

'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.'

'What about Toto and me?' asked Dorothy.

'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.'

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.

'Don't move. I'm putting your brains in,' he said, 'There, now, you're the cleverest scarecrow in Oz.'

The Scarecrow thanked him.

Next,the Wizard gave the Tin Man a small red heart.

'Wear this always.' he said.

The Tin Man was very happy and thanked the Wizard again and again.

Then the old man took a bottle with be brave on it.

'Drink this,' he said to the Cowardly Lion.

The Lion drank.

'Yes, yes, I feel brave.' He shouted, 'Very, very brave. Thank you.'

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 already I mended it last night.'

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.

'Come on, Dorothy,' he shouted, 'We're going to Kansas. Say good bye to dear friends.'

Dorothy kissed the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man, and said 'Good bye.'

'Come on, Toto,' she said, 'We're going home to Kansas. We're going to see Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.'

But just then, Toto saw a cat. He jumped out of Dorothy's arms and ran after it.

'Toto!'called Dorothy, and she began to run after him.

翻译

第五章：来自堪萨斯的老人

那个绿色的小人打开了门。
他给他们每人发了眼镜。
然后他带着他们穿过城市，来到了巫师的住所。
在那里，在那间长长的绿色房间里，朋友们一直在等待着。
三个小时后，稻草人说：“我已经等得不耐烦了。”
他叫那个绿色的小人：“我们现在想见见巫师，否则我们就叫那些魔法猴子来了。请告诉巫师。”
绿色的小人离开那里去通过门和巫师交谈。
巫师知道有关那些魔法猴子的事，他非常害怕它们。
所以他对绿色的小人说：“这些人明天早上九点可以来见我。”
九点钟的时候，绿色的小人带着朋友们去了巫师的房间。
他们进去后四处看了看，但什么也没看到。
然后一个声音说道：“我是奥兹巫师。你们是谁？想要什么？”
“你在哪里？”多萝西问道。
“啊，我无处不在，但你们看不到我。现在，请回答我。你们是谁？想要什么？”
“你们认识我们所有人，”稻草人说，“你对我说过，‘帮我杀死西方女巫，你就能得到一些头脑。’好了，女巫已经死了。现在我想要我的头脑。”
“还有我想要我的心脏，”铁皮人说。

“还有我想要勇敢起来。”胆小的狮子说道。
“还有我想回堪萨斯州的家去。”多萝西说道。
“那个女巫真的死了吗？”那个声音问道。
“是的，”多萝西说，“我朝她身上泼了一桶水，她就消失了。”
“那好吧，”那个声音说道，“明天再来吧。我得先考虑一下事情才行……”
“不，”铁皮人说，“我现在就要我的心脏。”
“我不打算再等一分钟了，”稻草人说道。
“而且我要吃掉你。”狮子愤怒地大喊道。
托托很害怕，他从狮子身边跳开，撞到了靠近墙边的一个屏风上。
屏风倒下了，屏风后面，朋友们看到了一个没有头发的老人。
铁皮人看起来很生气，拿起了他的斧头。
“你是谁？”他问道。
“请别伤害我，”老人用轻柔的声音小声说道，“我是奥兹巫师。”
“但奥兹巫师是个没有身体的大脑袋，”多萝西说。
“不，他是位美丽的女人，”稻草人说。
“你错了，”铁皮人说，“奥兹巫师是个有两只脑袋的大动物。”
“不，”狮子说，“巫师是个燃烧着的火球。”
“你们都错了，”老人说，“我是巫师。嗯，我不是真正的巫师。我知道很多把戏，但我不知道任何真正的魔法。你瞧，我也来自堪萨斯州。我四处游历，表演魔术，还坐过一次大气球。那气球总是系在一根绳子上。但有一天出了问题，绳子断了，气球飞走了。很长一段时间里，风带着我的气球在天空中飘荡。然后我来到了奥兹国的这片土地上。人们看到了我的气球，说：“这个人是个巫师。他从天上降下来。”他们害怕我，想为我效力。于是他们为我建起了这座城市，我把它命名为翡翠城。嗯，翡翠是绿色的，所以我给每个人都做了绿色的眼镜。这就是为什么城里的所有东西看起来都是绿色的。”
稻草人摘下了他的眼镜。
“哦，”他说，“现在我明白了翡翠城并不是绿色的。它只是看起来是绿色的。”
“这一切都是个骗局，没错。”老人说道。“嗯，这一切都发生在很多年前了。我因为害怕那两个邪恶的女巫而没有出去。现在她们已经死了。多亏了你，多萝西。但我非常抱歉。我并不知道任何真正的魔法，所以无法帮助你。”
“你是个非常坏的人。”多萝西说道。
“不，孩子，我是个非常好的人，但我是个非常糟糕的巫师。这是事实。”
“那我的脑子呢？”稻草人问道。

“你不需要聪明才智。你懂得很多东西。你能思考。你能快速学习。你非常聪明。”
“我想要脑子。”稻草人说道。
“好的，”老人说道，“明天早上我可以给你一些脑子。”
“那我的心呢？”铁皮人问道。
“你不需要一颗心。”老人说道，“你欢笑，你哭泣，你爱，你为他人感到难过。”
铁皮人看起来很生气，拿起他的斧头。
“好吧，请别伤害我。”老人说道，“明天早上我可以给你一颗心。”
“我还想变得勇敢。”胆小的狮子说道。
“但你已经很勇敢了。你做了很多勇敢的事。不，不，别吃掉我。明天早上到这儿来吧。我让你变得勇敢。”
“托托和我怎么办？”多萝西问道。
“我们可以坐我的气球上去。”巫师说道，“风把我们从堪萨斯吹到这里来了。也许它能再把我们吹回堪萨斯。”
第二天早上，朋友们又来到巫师的房间。
老人已经准备好了。
他拿了一个标有“脑子”字样、用大大的绿色字体写着的瓶子，小心翼翼地打开稻草人的头。
“别动。我要把你的脑子放进去。”他说，“好了，现在，你是奥兹国最聪明的稻草人了。”
稻草人向他道谢。

接下来，巫师给了铁皮人一颗小小的红色心形饰品。
“永远佩戴着它吧。”他说道。
铁皮人非常高兴，不断地向巫师表示感谢。
然后，那位老人拿出一个刻有“勇敢”字样的瓶子。
“喝下这个吧，”他对胆小的狮子说。
狮子喝了下去。
“是的，是的，我感觉勇敢了。”他喊道，“非常非常勇敢。谢谢你。”
巫师对他们笑了笑。
“你们不需要我的魔法。”他说，“但现在你们都很开心，这是件好事。”
“多萝西，”他说，“来看看我的气球吧。昨晚我已经把它修补好了。”
他们走进了巫师房子后面的花园。
气球很大。
下面有一个小盒子，奥兹巫师跳进了那个盒子里。
“来吧，多萝西，”他喊道，“我们要去堪萨斯了。跟亲爱的朋友道别吧。”
多萝西亲吻了稻草人、狮子和铁皮人，然后说：“再见。”
“来吧，托托，”她说，“我们要回堪萨斯了。我们要去看艾米姨妈和亨利叔叔。”
但就在这时，托托看到了一只猫。它从多萝西的怀里跳了出去，追着那只猫跑了。
“托托！”多萝西喊道，然后她也开始追着它跑。

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