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You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins.
“最高貴的女術(shù)士，歡迎您降臨芒奇金人的國家。
We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of East, and for setting our people free from bondage.
我們很感激您，因為您殺死了東方的壞女巫，把我們從奴役中解救了出來。”
Dorothy listened to this speech with wonder.
多蘿茜聽得一頭霧水。
What could the little woman possibly mean by calling her a sorceress, and saying she had killed the Wicked Witch of the East?
這個小老婦人怎么稱呼她做“女術(shù)士”，并且口口聲聲地說她殺死了那東方的壞女巫，這究竟是什么意思？
Dorothy was an innocent, harmless little girl, who had been carried by a cyclone many miles for home; and she had never killed anything in all her life.
多蘿茜只是一個天真無邪的小女孩兒，被旋風(fēng)帶到這里，她從未殺死過什么人。
But the little woman evidently expected her to answer; so Dorothy said, with hesitation, "You are very kind, but there must be some mistake. I have not killed anything."
然而很明顯那小老婦人正熱切地等待著她的回答；所以多蘿茜只有所顧慮地說：“您很好，但是你們一定弄錯了，我并沒有殺人。”
"Your house did it anyway," replied the little old woman, with a laugh, "and that is the same thing. See!" she continued, pointed to the corner of the house.
“但是你的屋子確實這樣做了，”小老婦人笑著回答說；“你瞧！確實如此。” 她繼續(xù)說下去，指著屋子的角落里。
"There are her two feet, still sticking out from under a block of wood."
“女巫的兩只腳仍舊露在木板底下呢。”
Dorothy looked, and gave a little cry of fright.
多蘿茜朝她指點的地方看去，嚇得她叫了一聲。
There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.
在屋子架著大橫梁的角落下面，伸出了兩只腳，套著一雙尖頭的銀鞋子。
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" cried Dorothy, clasping her hands together in dismay.
“啊！啊！”多蘿茜叫著，驚慌地握著雙手。
"The house must have fallen on her. Whatever shall we do!"
“她肯定是被屋子壓著了。我們要做點什么呢？”
"There is nothing to be done" Said the little woman calmly.
“什么都不用做，”小老婦人平靜地說。
"But who was she? "asked Dorothy.
“可是她是誰呢？”多蘿茜問。
"She was the Wicked Witch of the East, as I said," answered the little woman.
“她就是我剛才說的東方壞女巫。”小老婦人回答。
"She has held all the Munchkins in bondage for many years, making them slave for her night and day.
“她許多年前就奴役了所有的芒奇金人，讓他們整日整夜地做作苦役。
