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Now this same morning the Wicked Witch came to the door of her castle and looked out with her one eye that could see far off.
這天早晨，惡女巫來到城堡的門口，用她的單眼四處望著，瞭望遠處。
She saw all her wolves lying dead, and the strangers still traveling through her country.
她發(fā)現(xiàn)惡狼們?nèi)继芍懒耍切┠吧目腿耍耘f在她的國土上向前行進。
This made her angrier than before, and she blew her silver whistle twice.
這使得她更加憤怒了，吹了兩聲銀笛。
Straightway a great flock of wild crows came flying toward her, enough to darken the sky.
立刻飛來一大群野烏鴉，遮黑了一大片天空。
And the Wicked Witch said to the King Crow, "Fly at once to the strangers; peck out their eyes and tear them to pieces."
女巫命令烏鴉王說：“火速飛到那些陌生的客人走的地方去；啄掉他們的眼睛，把他們撕成碎片罷。”
The wild crows flew in one great flock toward Dorothy and her companions.
野烏鴉們瘋狂地飛向多蘿茜和她的同伴。
When the little girl saw them coming she was afraid.
當(dāng)這小女孩子看到黑壓壓的一群鳥兒飛來時，驚慌萬分。
But the Scarecrow said, "This is my battle, so lie down beside me and you will not be harmed."
稻草人卻鎮(zhèn)定地說：“這次我來解決；請你們躺在我的身旁，就不會傷害到你們了。”
So they all lay upon the ground except the Scarecrow, and he stood up and stretched out his arms.
這時，除了稻草人站著外，他們一起躺在地上，他伸出手臂。
And when the crows saw him they were frightened, as these birds always are by scarecrows, and did not dare to come any nearer.
起初這些烏鴉們看見了他，都很害怕，因為這些鳥兒們，都是被稻草人嚇慣了的，遠遠的徘徊在空中。
But the King Crow said: "It is only a stuffed man. I will peck his eyes out."
然而烏鴉王說道：“那只是一個稻草人。我去啄掉他的眼睛。”
The King Crow flew at the Scarecrow, who caught it by the head and twisted its neck until it died.
烏鴉王猛然向稻草人沖過去，稻草人掐住它的脖子，絞著，一直把它絞到死去。
And then another crow flew at him, and the Scarecrow twisted its neck also.
接著另一只烏鴉向他沖來，也被它絞死了。
There were forty crows, and forty times the Scarecrow twisted a neck, until at last all were lying dead beside him.
就這樣，稻草人扭絞了四十次脖子，所有的烏鴉都死了，躺在他的旁邊。
Then he called to his companions to rise, and again they went upon their journey.
稻草人喊起他的同伴們，又踏上旅途。
