有声少儿英语童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第10章

They walked along listening tothe singing of the brightly colored birds and looking at the lovely flowerswhich now became so thick that the ground was carpeted with them. There werebig yellow and white and blue and purple blossoms, besides great clusters ofscarlet poppies, which were so brilliant in color they almost dazzled Dorothy’seyes.

“Aren’t they beautiful?” the girlasked, as she breathed in the spicy scent of the bright flowers.

“I suppose so,” answered theScarecrow. “When I have brains, I shall probably like them better.”

“If I only had a heart, I shouldlove them,” added the Tin Woodman.

“I always did like flowers,” saidthe Lion. “They of seem so helpless and frail. But there are none in the forestso bright as these.”

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第9章

“I was afraid I should have tostay in the river forever,” he said, “but the kind Stork saved me, and if Iever get any brains I shall find the Stork again and do her some kindness inreturn.”

“That’s all right,” said theStork, who was flying along beside them. “I always like to help anyone introuble. But I must go now, for my babies are waiting in the nest for me. Ihope you will find the Emerald City and that Oz will help you.”

“Thank you,” replied Dorothy, andthen the kind Stork flew into the air and was soon out of sight.

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第8章

“Well, I’ll try,” said the Stork,“but if I find he is too heavy to carry I shall have to drop him in the riveragain.”

So the big bird flew into the airand over the water till she came to where the Scarecrow was perched upon hispole. Then the Stork with her great claws grabbed the Scarecrow by the arm andcarried him up into the air and back to the bank, where Dorothy and the Lionand the Tin Woodman and Toto were sitting.

When the Scarecrow found himself among hisfriends again, he was so happy that he hugged them all, even the Lion and Toto;and as they walked along he sang “Tol-de-ri-de-oh!” at every step, he felt sogay.

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第7章

“This isn’t the road,” said theStork, as she twisted her long neck and looked sharply at the queer party.

“I know it,” returned Dorothy,“but we have lost the Scarecrow, and are wondering how we shall get him again.”

“Where is he?” asked the Stork.

“Over there in the river,”answered the little girl.

“If he wasn’t so big and heavy Iwould get him for you,” remarked the Stork.

“He isn’t heavy a bit,” saidDorothy eagerly, “for he is stuffed with straw; and if you will bring him backto us, we shall thank you ever and ever so much.”

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第6章

They walked along as fast as theycould, Dorothy only stopping once to pick a beautiful flower; and after a timethe Tin Woodman cried out: “Look!”

Then they all looked at the riverand saw the Scarecrow perched upon his pole in the middle of the water, lookingvery lonely and sad.

“What can we do to save him?”asked Dorothy.

The Lion and the Woodman bothshook their heads, for they did not know. So they sat down upon the bank andgazed wistfully at the Scarecrow until a Stork flew by, who, upon seeing them,stopped to rest at the water’s edge.

“Who are you and where are yougoing?” asked the Stork.

“I am Dorothy,” answered thegirl, “and these are my friends, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion; and weare going to the Emerald City.”

有声少儿英语童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第5章

“What shall we do now?” asked theTin Woodman, as the Lion lay down on the grass to let the sun dry him.

“We must get back to the road, insome way,” said Dorothy.

“The best plan will be to walkalong the riverbank until we come to the road again,” remarked the Lion.

So, when they were rested, Dorothy picked up herbasket and they started along the grassy bank, to the road from which the riverhad carried them. It was a lovely country, with plenty of flowers and fruittrees and sunshine to cheer them, and had they not felt so sorry for the poorScarecrow, they could have been very happy.

有声少儿英语童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第4章

So he sprang into the water, andthe Tin Woodman caught fast hold of his tail. Then the Lion began to swim withall his might toward the shore. It was hard work, although he was so big; butby and by they were drawn out of the current, and then Dorothy took the TinWoodman’s long pole and helped push the raft to the land.

They were all tired out when theyreached the shore at last and stepped off upon the pretty green grass, and theyalso knew that the stream had carried them a long way past the road of yellowbrick that led to the Emerald City.

有声少儿英语童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第3章

“Good-bye!” he called after them,and they were very sorry to leave him. Indeed, the Tin Woodman began to cry,but fortunately remembered that he might rust, and so dried his tears onDorothy’s apron.

Of course this was a bad thingfor the Scarecrow.

“I am now worse off than when Ifirst met Dorothy,” he thought. “Then, I was stuck on a pole in a cornfield,where I could make-believe scare the crows, at any rate. But surely there is nouse for a Scarecrow stuck on a pole in the middle of a river. I am afraid Ishall never have any brains, after all!”

Down the stream the raft floated,and the poor Scarecrow was left far behind. Then the Lion said:

“Something must be done to save us.I think I can swim to the shore and pull the raft after me, if you will onlyhold fast to the tip of my tail.”

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They got alongquite well at first, but when they reached the middle of the river the swiftcurrent swept the raft downstream, farther and farther away from the road ofyellow brick. And the water grew so deep that the long poles would not touchthe bottom.

“This is bad,”said the Tin Woodman, “for if we cannot get to the land we shall be carriedinto the country of the Wicked Witch of the West, and she will enchant us andmake us her slaves.”

“And then I shouldget no brains,” said the Scarecrow.

“And I should getno courage,” said the Cowardly Lion.

“And I should getno heart,” said the Tin Woodman.

“And I shouldnever get back to ['kænsəz/,” said Dorothy.

“We must certainly get to the Emerald City if we can,” theScarecrow continued, and he pushed so hard on his long pole that it stuck fastin the mud at the bottom of the river. Then, before he could pull it outagain–or let go–the raft was swept away, and the poor Scarecrow left clingingto the pole in the middle of the river.

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第8卷 第1章

Our little partyof travelers awakened the next morning refreshed and full of hope, and Dorothybreakfasted like a princess off peaches and plums from the trees beside the river.Behind them was the dark forest they had passed safely through, although theyhad suffered many discouragements; but before them was a lovely, sunny countrythat seemed to beckon them on to the Emerald City.

To be sure, thebroad river now cut them off from this beautiful land. But the raft was nearlydone, and after the Tin Woodman had cut a few more logs and fastened themtogether with wooden pins, they were ready to start. Dorothy sat down in themiddle of the raft and held Toto in her arms. When the Cowardly Lion steppedupon the raft it tipped badly, for he was big and heavy; but the Scarecrow andthe Tin Woodman stood upon the other end to steady it, and they had long polesin their hands to push the raft through the water.