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One by one the mice came creeping back, and Toto did not bark again,
田鼠都爬了回來，托托不再吠了，
although he tried to get out of the Woodman's arms,
仍在鐵皮人的手臂掙扎著，
and would have bitten him had he not known very well he was made of tin.
甚至咬他，它忘了他是鐵皮做的。
Finally one of the biggest mice spoke.
后來其中一只最大的田鼠開口了。
"Is there anything we can do," it asked, "to repay you for saving the life of our Queen?"
它問道：“你救出我們皇后的性命，我們怎么報答你呢？”
"Nothing that I know of," answered the Woodman;
“我想不起有什么事可做，”鐵皮人回答說；
but the Scarecrow, who had been trying to think,
稻草人也在思索著，
but could not because his head was stuffed with straw, said, quickly,
但是他想不出，因為他的頭是稻草填塞的，只好信口說到：
"Oh, yes; you can save our friend, the Cowardly Lion, who is asleep in the poppy bed."
“啊，有一件事情，你們去救出那只膽小的獅子，它是我們的伙伴兒，它睡倒在罌粟花的田地里。”
"A Lion!" cried the little Queen. "Why, he would eat us all up."
“一只獅子！”小皇后叫著說；“不可思議，它會把我們全都吃掉的。”
"Oh, no," declared the Scarecrow; "this Lion is a coward."
“啊，沒關系，”稻草人斷然地說；“它是個膽小鬼。”
"Really?" asked the Mouse.
一只田鼠問：“真的嗎？”
"He says so himself," answered the Scarecrow,
“是它自己告訴我們的，”稻草人回答說。
"and he would never hurt anyone who is our friend. If you will help us to save him I promise that he shall treat you all with kindness."
“它決不會傷害誰，它是我們的朋友。況且你們幫助我們救它，我保證它將會和善而友好地對待你們。”
"Very well," said the Queen, "we trust you. But what shall we do?"
“那太好了，”皇后說，“我們相信你。但是我們能做些什么呢？”
"Are there many of these mice which call you Queen and are willing to obey you?"
“你是這些田鼠的皇后，是不是所有田鼠都聽從你的命令？”
"Oh, yes; there are thousands," she replied.
“當然，是的；我們還有很多老百姓呢，”她回答說。
"Then send for them all to come here as soon as possible, and let each one bring a long piece of string."
“那么，請你盡快地昭喚他們到這里來，并且讓它們每一個都帶著一根長繩子。”
