The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Volume 2 Chapter 5

有声英语儿童童话故事 绿野仙踪 第2卷 第5章

“Who are the Munchkins?” inquiredDorothy.

“They are the people who live inthis land of the East where the Wicked Witch ruled.”

“Are you a Munchkin?” askedDorothy.

“No, but I am their friend,although I live in the land of the North. When they saw the Witch of the Eastwas dead the Munchkins sent a swift messenger to me, and I came at once. I amthe Witch of the North.”

“Oh, gracious!” cried Dorothy.“Are you a real witch?”

“Yes, indeed,” answered thelittle woman. “But I am a good witch, and the people love me. I am not aspowerful as the Wicked Witch was who ruled here, or I should have set thepeople free myself.”

“But I thought all witches werewicked,” said the girl, who was half frightened at facing a real witch. “Oh,no, that is a great mistake. There were only four witches in all the Land ofOz, and two of them, those who live in the North and the South, are goodwitches. I know this is true, for I am one of them myself, and cannot bemistaken. Those who dwelt in the East and the West were, indeed, wickedwitches; but now that you have killed one of them, there is but one WickedWitch in all the Land of Oz–the one who lives in the West.”