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“How long will it be,” the child asked of the Tin Woodman, “beforewe are out of the forest?”

“I cannot tell,” was the answer, “for I have never been to theEmerald City. But my father went there once, when I was a boy, and he said itwas a long journey through a dangerous country, although nearer to the citywhere Oz dwells the country is beautiful. But I am not afraid so long as I havemy oil-can, and nothing can hurt the Scarecrow, while you bear upon yourforehead the mark of the Good Witch’s kiss, and that will protect you fromharm.”

 “But Toto!” said the littlegirl anxiously. “What will protect him?”

“We must protect him ourselves if he is in danger,” replied theTin Woodman.

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All this time Dorothy and her companions had been walking throughthe thick woods. The road was still paved with yellow brick, but these weremuch covered by dried branches and dead leaves from the trees, and the walkingwas not at all good.

There were few birds in this part of the forest, for birds lovethe open country where there is plenty of sunshine. But now and then there camea deep growl from some wild animal hidden among the trees.These sounds made the little girl’s heart beat fast, for she did not know whatmade them; but Toto knew, and he walked close to Dorothy’s side, and did noteven bark in return.

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有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第5卷 第3章

One of the big trees had been partly choppedthrough, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a manmade entirely of tin. His head and arms and legs were jointed upon his body,but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.

Dorothy looked at him inamazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snapat the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.

“Did you groan?” asked Dorothy.

“Yes,” answered the tin man, “Idid. I’ve been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard mebefore or come to help me.”

“What can I do for you?” sheinquired softly, for she was moved by the sad voice in which the man spoke.

“Get an oil-can and oil myjoints,” he answered. “They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all;if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again. You will find an oil-can onthe shelf in my cottage.”

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第5卷 第13章

Both Dorothy and the Scarecrowhad been greatly interested in the story of the Tin Woodman, and now they knewwhy he was so anxious to get a new heart.

“All the same,” said theScarecrow, “I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would notknow what to do with a heart if he had one.”

“I shall take the heart,”returned the Tin Woodman; “for brains do not make one happy, and happiness isthe best thing in the world.”

Dorothy did not say anything, forshe was puzzled to know which of her two friends was right, and she decided ifshe could only get back to Kansas and Aunt Em, it did not matter so muchwhether the Woodman had no brains and the Scarecrow no heart, or each got whathe wanted.

What worried her most was thatthe bread was nearly gone, and another meal for herself and Toto would emptythe basket. To be sure neither the Woodman nor the Scarecrow ever ate anything,but she was not made of tin nor straw, and could not live unless she was fed.

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“My body shone so brightly in the sun that I feltvery proud of it and it did not matter now if my axe slipped, for it could notcut me.”

“There was only one danger–that my joints wouldrust; but I kept an oil-can in my cottage and took care to oil myself wheneverI needed it. However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, beingcaught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, andI was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me. It was a terriblething to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think thatthe greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love Iwas the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and soI am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. If he does, I will go back to theMunchkin maiden and marry her.”

有声英语少儿童话故事 绿野仙踪 第5卷第11章

“I thought I had beaten the Wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than ever; but I little knew how cruel my enemy could be. She thought of a new way to kill my love for the beautiful Munchkin maiden, and made my axe slip again, so that it cut right through my body, splitting me into two halves. Once more the tinsmith came to my help and made me a body of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs and head to it, by means of joints, so that I could move around as well as ever. But, alas! I had now no heart, so that I lost all my love for the Munchkin girl, and did not care whether I married her or not. I suppose she is still living with the old woman, waiting for me to come after her.

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“This at first seemed a great misfortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood-chopper. So I went to a tinsmith and had him make me a new leg out of tin. The leg worked very well, once I was used to it. But my action angered the Wicked Witch of the East, for she had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munchkin girl. When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right leg. Again I went to the tinsmith, and again he made me a leg out of tin. After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones. The Wicked Witch then made the axe slip and cut off my head, and at first I thought that was the end of me. But the tinsmith happened to come along, and he made me a new head out of tin.

有声少儿儿童童话故事 绿野仙踪 第5卷 第9章

“I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold the wood for a living. When I grew up, I too became a woodchopper, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as she lived. Then I made up my mind that instead of living alone I would marry, so that I might not become lonely.

“There was one of the Munchkin girls who was so beautiful that I soon grew to love her with all my heart. She, on her part, promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for her; so I set to work harder than ever. But the girl lived with an old woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the housework. So the old woman went to the Wicked Witch of the East, and promised her two sheep and a cow if she would prevent the marriage. Thereupon the Wicked Witch enchanted my axe, and when I was chopping away at my best one day, for I was anxious to get the new house and my wife as soon as possible, the axe slipped all at once and cut off my left leg.

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“I don’t know enough,” repliedthe Scarecrow cheerfully. “My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that iswhy I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains.”

“Oh, I see,” said the TinWoodman. “But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world.”

“Have you any?” inquired theScarecrow.

“No, my head is quite empty,”answered the Woodman. “But once I had brains, and a heart also; so, havingtried them both, I should much rather have a heart.”

“And why is that?” asked theScarecrow.

“I will tell you my story, andthen you will know.”

So, while they were walkingthrough the forest, the Tin Woodman told the following story:

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The Tin Woodman had asked Dorothyto put the oil-can in her basket. “For,” he said, “if I should get caught inthe rain, and rust again, I would need the oil-can badly.”

It was a bit of good luck to havetheir new comrade join the party, for soon after they had begun their journeyagain they came to a place where the trees and branches grew so thick over theroad that the travelers could not pass. But the Tin Woodman set to work withhis axe and chopped so well that soon he cleared a passage for the entireparty.

Dorothy was thinking so earnestlyas they walked along that she did not notice when the Scarecrow stumbled into ahole and rolled over to the side of the road. Indeed he was obliged to call toher to help him up again.
“Why didn’t you walk around the hole?” asked the Tin Woodman.