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"Take good care of these friends of mine," said the Lion, "and I will go at once to fight the monster."
獅子說：“你照顧好我的朋友們，我立刻去找那個怪物決斗。”
He bade his comrades good-bye and marched proudly away to do battle with the enemy.
它向朋友們說聲再會，昂首朝櫟樹林里走去，去向那個怪物挑戰(zhàn)。
The great spider was lying asleep when the Lion found him, and it looked so ugly that its foe turned up his nose in disgust.
當(dāng)獅子發(fā)現(xiàn)它時，這個大蜘蛛正在酣睡中，那樣子是兇惡而丑陋，使得獅子因為厭惡而掩著自己的鼻子。
Its legs were quite as long as the tiger had said, and its body covered with coarse black hair.
它的幾只腳，就像老虎所描述的，身上覆蓋著粗糙的黑色的毛發(fā)。
It had a great mouth, with a row of sharp teeth a foot long; but its head was joined to the pudgy body by a neck as slender as a wasp's waist.
它的嘴很大，有一排一尺長的尖利的牙齒；但是它的頭，卻和一條像一只黃蜂的腰似的細(xì)弱頸項連接著。
This gave the Lion a hint of the best way to attack the creature, and as he knew it was easier to fight it asleep than awake,
這就獅子有了攻擊它的辦法，知道在它睡著時攻擊它，比較它醒來時更出其不意。
he gave a great spring and landed directly upon the monster's back.
于是獅子對準(zhǔn)那個怪物的背，跳了一下，就撲了上去。
Then, with one blow of his heavy paw, all armed with sharp claws, he knocked the spider's head from its body.
隨后，用沉重的腳掌一擊，使出了所有的利爪，打擊著蜘蛛的頭，使它身體和頭都分離開來。
Jumping down, he watched it until the long legs stopped wiggling, when he knew it was quite dead.
最后它所有的長腳都不動了，獅子知道它已經(jīng)死去了，才跳了下來。
The Lion went back to the opening where the beasts of the forest were waiting for him and said proudly:
獅子又回到空曠的地方來，在森林中的野獸們正等著它，它驕傲地說道：
"You need fear your enemy no longer."
“你們再也不用怕那怪物了。”
Then the beasts bowed down to the Lion as their King,
于是野獸們像向著它們的王一樣地拜倒在獅子腳下；
and he promised to come back and rule over them as soon as Dorothy was safely on her way to Kansas.
獅子便答應(yīng)在多蘿茜平安地走上了到堪薩斯州去的道路后，一定回來管理它們。
