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But one day the girl thought of Aunt Em, and said, “We must goback to Oz, and claim his promise.”

“Yes,” said the Woodman, “at last I shall get my heart.”

“And I shall get my brains,” added the Scarecrow joyfully.

“And I shall get my courage,” said the Lion thoughtfully.

“And I shall get back to Kansas,” cried Dorothy, clapping herhands. “Oh, let us start for the Emerald City tomorrow!”

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As soon as he had spoken, the Tin Woodman began to chop, and in ashort time the tree fell over with a crash, whereupon the Scarecrow’s clothesfell out of the branches and rolled off on the ground.

Dorothy picked them up and had the Winkies carry them back to thecastle, where they were stuffed with nice, clean straw; and behold! here wasthe Scarecrow, as good as ever, thanking them over and over again for savinghim.

Now that they were reunited, Dorothy and her friends spent a fewhappy days at the Yellow Castle, where they found everything they needed tomake them comfortable.

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So she called the Winkies to help her, and they walked all that day and part of the next until they came to the tall tree in the branches of which the Winged Monkeys had tossed the Scarecrow’s clothes.

It was a very tall tree, and the trunk was so smooth that no one could climb it; but the Woodman said at once, “I’ll chop it down, and then we can get the Scarecrow’s clothes.”

Now while the tinsmiths had been at work /'mendɪŋ/ the Woodman himself, another of the Winkies, who was a goldsmith, had made an axe-handle of solid gold and fitted it to the Woodman’s axe, instead of the old broken handle. Others polished the blade until all the rust was removed and it glistened like burnished silver.

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When, at last, he walked into Dorothy’s room and thanked her forrescuing him, he was so pleased that he wept tears of joy, and Dorothy had towipe every tear carefully from his face with her apron, so his joints would notbe rusted. At the same time her own tears fell thick and fast at the joy ofmeeting her old friend again, and these tears did not need to be wiped away. Asfor the Lion, he wiped his eyes so often with the tip of his tail that itbecame quite wet, and he was obliged to go out into the courtyard and hold itin the sun till it dried.

“If we only had the Scarecrow with us again,” said the TinWoodman, when Dorothy had finished telling him everything that had happened, “Ishould be quite happy.”

“We must try to find him,” said the girl.

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The tinsmiths looked the Woodman over carefully and then answeredthat they thought they could mend him so he would be as good as ever. So theyset to work in one of the very big yellow rooms of the castle and worked forthree days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and solderingand polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman,until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his joints workedas well as ever. To be sure, there were several patches on him, but thetinsmiths did a good job, and as the Woodman was not a vain man he did not mindthe patches at all.

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第13卷 第3章

Chapter 3

The Winkies lifted him tenderly in their arms, and carried him back to the Yellow Castle again, Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way at the sad plight of her old friend, and the Lion looking sober and sorry. When they reached the castle Dorothy said to the Winkies:

“Are any of your people tinsmiths?”

“Oh, yes. Some of us are very good tinsmiths,” they told her.

 “Then bring them to me,” she said. And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, “Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?”

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“If our friends, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, were only with us,” said the Lion, “I should be quite happy.”

“Don’t you suppose we could rescue them?” asked the girl anxiously.

“We can try,” answered the Lion.

So they called the yellow Winkies and asked them if they would help to rescue their friends, and the Winkies said that they would be delighted to do all in their power for Dorothy, who had set them free from bondage. So she chose a number of the Winkies who looked as if they knew the most, and they all started away. They traveled that day and part of the next until they came to the rocky plain where the Tin Woodman lay, all battered and bent. His axe was near him, but the blade was rusted and the handle broken off short

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第13卷 第1章

The Cowardly Lion was much pleased to hear that the Wicked Witchhad been melted by a bucket of water, and Dorothy at once unlocked the gate ofhis prison and set him free. They went in together to the castle, whereDorothy’s first act was to call all the Winkies together and tell them thatthey were no longer slaves.

There was great rejoicing among the yellow Winkies, for they hadbeen made to work hard during many years for the Wicked Witch, who had alwaystreated them with great cruelty. They kept this day as a holiday, then and everafter, and spent the time in feasting and dancing.

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With these words the Witch fell down in a brown, melted, shapelessmass and began to spread over the clean boards of the kitchen floor. Seeingthat she had really melted away to nothing, Dorothy drew another bucket ofwater and threw it over the mess. She then swept it all out the door. Afterpicking out the silver shoe, which was all that was left of the old woman, shecleaned and dried it with a cloth, and put it on her foot again. Then, being atlast free to do as she chose, she ran out to the courtyard to tell the Lionthat the Wicked Witch of the West had come to an end, and that they were nolonger prisoners in a strange land.

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Instantly the wicked woman gave a loud cry of fear, and then, asDorothy looked at her in wonder, the Witch began to shrink and fall away.

“See what you have done!” she screamed. “In a minute I shall meltaway.”

“I’m very sorry, indeed,” said Dorothy, who was truly frightenedto see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes.

“Didn’t you know water would be the end of me?” asked the Witch,in a wailing, despairing voice.

“Of course not,” answered Dorothy. “How should I?”

“Well, in a few minutes I shall be all melted, and you will havethe castle to yourself. I have been wicked in my day, but I never thought alittle girl like you would ever be able to melt me and end my wicked deeds.Look out–here I go!”