評論
打印
The Queen turned to the mice that attended her and told them to go at once and get all her people.
皇后立刻轉過身來吩咐等候它的田鼠們，讓它們迅速地把所有的老百姓招呼來。
As soon as they heard her orders they ran away in every direction as fast as possible.
它們一聽到這命令，很快就向四處散去。
"Now," said the Scarecrow to the Tin Woodman, "you must go to those trees by the riverside and make a truck that will carry the Lion."
“你呢，”稻草人對鐵皮人說，“必須跑到河邊的那個樹林中去，造一輛大車來裝運獅子。”
So the Woodman went at once to the trees and began to work;
鐵皮人立刻跑到樹林中去，開始工作；
and he soon made a truck out of the limbs of trees, from which he chopped away all the leaves and branches.
他砍去樹上的所有葉和小枝，
He fastened it together with wooden pegs and made the four wheels out of short pieces of a big tree trunk.
用木栓釘合在一起，在一株大樹的干上切成了四片輪子。
So fast and so well did he work that by the time the mice began to arrive the truck was all ready for them.
他做得這么快，又那么精致，在田鼠們聚集在那兒時，大車已經造好了，赫然立在那里。
They came from all directions, and there were thousands of them: big mice and little mice and middle-sized mice;
它們從各處聚攏來，有好幾千，大田鼠，小田鼠和不大不小的田鼠；
and each one brought a piece of string in his mouth.
每一只都銜著一條繩子。
It was about this time that Dorothy woke from her long sleep and opened her eyes.
就在這時候，多蘿茜從她的昏睡中醒過來，睜大了眼睛。
She was greatly astonished to find herself lying upon the grass,
她非常驚異地發現自己躺在草地上，
with thousands of mice standing around and looking at her timidly.
好幾千只田鼠圍在她身邊，怯怯地注視著她。
But the Scarecrow told her about everything, and turning to the dignified little Mouse, he said:
然而鐵皮人把事情的來龍去脈詳細說給她聽，隨后轉過身來，指著高貴的田鼠皇后，問：
"Permit me to introduce to you her Majesty, the Queen."
“請允許我把田鼠皇后介紹給你。”
Dorothy nodded gravely and the Queen made a curtsy, after which she became quite friendly with the little girl.
多蘿茜微笑著點點頭，皇后行了禮，很快它就和小女孩子友好相處了。
