The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Volume 2 Chapter 2

有声英语儿童童话故事 绿野仙踪 第2卷 第2章

While she stood looking eagerly at the strangeand beautiful sights, she noticed coming toward her a group of the queerestpeople she had ever seen. They were not as big as the grown folk she had alwaysbeen used to; but neither were they very small. In fact, they seemed about astall as Dorothy, who was a well-grown child for her age, although they were, sofar as looks go, many years older.

Threewere men and one a woman, and all were oddly dressed. They wore round hats thatrose to a small point a foot above their heads, with little bells around thebrims that tinkled sweetly as they moved. The hats of the men were blue; thelittle woman’s hat was white, and she wore a white gown that hung in pleatsfrom her shoulders. Over it were sprinkled little stars that glistened in thesun like diamonds. The men were dressed in blue, of the same shade as their hats,and wore well-polished boots with a deep roll of blue at the tops. The men,Dorothy thought, were about as old as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards.But the little woman was doubtless much older. Her face was covered withwrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and she walked rather stiffly.