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The Wicked Witch was so angry when she saw her black bees in little heaps like fine coal that she stamped her foot and tore her hair and gnashed her teeth.
這個惡女巫瘋狂了，她看見黑蜂們像一小堆上等的煤樣地死了，跺著她的腳，撕扯著她的頭發，咬著她的牙齒。
And then she called a dozen of her slaves, who were the Winkies, and gave them sharp spears, telling them to go to the strangers and destroy them.
于是她叫來了十二個奴隸，都是溫基人，交給他們銳利的槍，命令他們沖到陌生的客人那里去殺死他們。
The Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told.
這幾個溫基人都是很怯懦的人，他們還是接受了命令，只能去干。
So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy.
他們向前走去，碰到了多蘿茜。
Then the Lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them, and the poor Winkies were so frightened that they ran back as fast as they could.
于是獅子大吼一聲，猛然出現在他們的面前，可憐的溫基人，他們害怕極了，四散逃命去了。
When they returned to the castle the Wicked Witch beat them well with a strap, and sent them back to their work, after which she sat down to think what she should do next.
當那幫可憐的溫基人逃回去后，女巫用鐵條懲罰了他們，接著讓溫基人回去工作，女巫坐下來思考下一步怎么做。
She could not understand how all her plans to destroy these strangers had failed;
女巫始終沒有想明白她殺人計劃失敗的原因；
but she was a powerful Witch, as well as a wicked one, and she soon made up her mind how to act.
而她是個惡毒的女巫，沒多久，又想出了新的辦法。
There was, in her cupboard, a Golden Cap, with a circle of diamonds and rubies running round it.
在她的櫥里，有一頂金冠，四周鑲嵌著一圈金鋼鉆和紅寶石。
This Golden Cap had a charm.
這頂金冠有神奇的魔力。
Whoever owned it could call three times upon the Winged Monkeys, who would obey any order they were given.
只要戴上它，可以召喚出一批飛猴，飛猴能聽從任何命令。
But no person could command these strange creatures more than three times.
然而召喚這些奇怪的動物不能超過三次。
Twice already the Wicked Witch had used the charm of the Cap.
她已經用過兩次這頂金冠的魔力了。
Once was when she had made the Winkies her slaves, and set herself to rule over their country.
第一次是她想奴役溫基人，讓她能夠統治他們的國土。
The Winged Monkeys had helped her do this.
飛猴們也讓她如愿以償。
The second time was when she had fought against the Great Oz himself, and driven him out of the land of the West.
第二次是當她對大麼術師奧芝作戰，并且把他從這西方趕出去。
The Winged Monkeys had also helped her in doing this.
飛猴們曾經幫助她實現她的愿望。
Only once more could she use this Golden Cap, for which reason she did not like to do so until all her other powers were exhausted.
這頂金冠，她只能用一次了，因為這個原因，她不愿意再次使用，除非其他方法都失敗了。
But now that her fierce wolves and her wild crows and her stinging bees were gone,
現在她那兇猛的惡狼們和野烏鴉們，以及螫人的黑蜂們，都被那幫陌生人殺掉了，
and her slaves had been scared away by the Cowardly Lion, she saw there was only one way left to destroy Dorothy and her friends.
她的奴隸們也給小膽獅嚇了回來，她知道只有一個方法可以殺掉多蘿茜和她的朋友。
