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But the strangestof all were the people who lived in this queer country.

但是其中最奇怪的，是住在这个奇异国度里的那些百姓。

There were milkmaids and shepherdesses, with brightlycolored bodices and golden spots all over their gowns;

挤牛奶的女郎和牧羊的女郎，全都穿着白底有金黄色斑点的外衣；

and princesses with most gorgeous frocks of silver andgold and purple; and shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellowand blue stripes down them,

公主们穿着最华丽的银色、金色和紫色的长袍；牧童穿着淡红色和黄色的短裤，垂着蓝色的丝条，

 and goldenbuckles on their shoes; and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads,wearing ermine robes and satin doublets; and funny clowns in ruffled gowns, withround red spots upon their cheeks and tall, pointed caps.

在他们的鞋子上有黄色的钮扣；皇子们的头上，戴着用宝石装饰的皇冠，穿着白鼬皮的长袍和闪光缎的紧身衣；还有滑稽有趣的小丑们，穿着皱边的长袍，两边面颊上点着红的圆点，尖顶的高帽子覆盖到他们的额上。

And, strangest of all, these people were all made ofchina, even to their clothes, and were so small that the tallest of them was nohigher than Dorothy's knee.

最最奇怪的，这些人们完全是瓷做的，即使他们的衣服也是瓷的，他们都是那样小小的，其中最最高的，还没有高出多萝茜的膝部。

  No one did so much as look at the travelersat first, except one little purple china dog with an extra-large head, whichcame to the wall and barked at them in a tiny voice, afterwards running awayagain.

起初，除了一头紫色的狗以外，没有一个人注视到这几个旅行者，它长着一个特别大的头，跑到墙根边，用一种细小的声音，向他们吠着，然后向后走回去了。

"How shall we get down?" asked Dorothy.

　　多萝茜问：“我们怎么样下去？”

They found the ladder so heavy they could not pull itup, so the Scarecrow fell off the wall and the others jumped down upon him sothat the hard floor would not hurt their feet. 

他们发觉梯子这么笨重，拔它不起来，所以稻草人从墙上倒下去，其余的都跳落在他的身上，这样，坚硬的地面，不会碰伤他们的脚。

Of course they took pains not to light on his head andget the pins in their feet.

当然，他们的脚不落在稻草人的头上，不然，给钉子戳进脚里，就要受到痛苦。

When all weresafely down they picked up the Scarecrow, whose body was quite flattened out,and patted his straw into shape again.

　当大家一齐跳了下去，他们扶起了稻草人，他的身体被重压着，变得十分扁平了，他们轻轻地拍着稻草，使他再恢复成人形。

"We mustcross this strange place in order to get to the other side," said Dorothy,"for it would be unwise for us to go any other way except due South."

　“为了要到达那目的地，我们必须穿过这奇怪的地方，”多萝茜说，“除了向南方以外，走别的路，都是不聪明的。”

They began walking through the country of the chinapeople, and the first thing they came to was a china milkmaid milking a chinacow.

他们开始走着，穿过瓷器国的路，他们遇到的第一件事情，是一个捋牛奶的瓷女郎，正在扭着一条瓷牛的奶。

 As they drewnear, the cow suddenly gave a kick and kicked over the stool, the pail, andeven the milkmaid herself, and all fell on the china ground with a greatclatter.

当他们走近去时，那瓷牛突然一踢，踢翻了那瓷凳子、瓷提桶，捋牛奶的女郎自己也被踢着，一起倒在瓷的地面上，发出很大的声音来。

Dorothy was shocked to see that the cow had broken herleg off, and that the pail was lying in several small pieces, while the poormilkmaid had a nick in her left elbow.

　多萝茜吃惊了，看见那瓷牛断了腿，那瓷桶碎成许多小块，可怜的扭牛奶的女郎，在左肘上被踢出了一个洞。

"There!" cried the milkmaid angrily.  "See what you have done! My cow hasbroken her leg, and I must take her to the mender's shop and have it glued onagain.  What do you mean by coming here andfrightening my cow?"

“看吧！”女郎愤怒地喊着，“看看你们做了些什么事！我的牛断了腿，我必得把它牵到修理店去，再胶合好。你们跑过来惊吓我的牛，是什么意思？”

"I'm very sorry," returned Dorothy.  "Please forgive us."

多萝茜回答说：“我十分抱歉，请原谅我们。”