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The Lion went backto the opening where the beasts of the forest were waiting for him and saidproudly: "You need fear your enemy no longer."

狮子跑回到空旷的地方来，在森林中的野兽们正等候着它，它骄傲地说道：“你们再也用不到怕你们的仇敌了。”

    Then the beasts bowed down to the Lion astheir King, and he promised to come back and rule over them as soon as Dorothywas safely on her way to Kansas.

　于是野兽们向着狮子，像向着它们的王一样地拜倒；狮子也答应让多萝茜平安地走上了到堪萨斯州去的道路以后，就回来管理它们。

22.  The Country of the Quadlings第二十二章　桂特林的国家

The four travelers passed through the rest of theforest in safety, and when they came out from its gloom saw before them a steephill, covered from top to bottom with great pieces of rock.

这四个旅行者，平安地走出了大森林，当他们从阴森森的黑暗里走出来，看见横在他们面前的，是一座峻峭的山，从底到顶，完全堆着大片的岩石。

"That will be a hard climb," said theScarecrow, "but we must get over the hill, nevertheless."

“这是一座难爬的山，”稻草人说道，“然而我们必须爬过去。”

So he led the wayand the others followed.  They had nearlyreached the first rock when they heard a rough voice cry out, "Keepback!"

　所以他领着路，其余的跟在他后面。当他们跑近第一块岩石时，听得一个粗暴的声音喊起来：“滚回去！”

"Who are you?" asked the Scarecrow.

稻草人问道：“你是谁？”

Then a head showed itself over the rock and the samevoice said, "This hill belongs to us, and we don't allow anyone to cross it."

这时一个头从岩石顶上探出来，用同样的声调说道：“这座山是属于我们的，我们不允许任何人爬过去。”

"But we must cross it," said theScarecrow.  "We're going to thecountry of the Quadlings."

“但是我们必须爬过去，”稻草人说，“我们要到桂特林的国家去。”

"But you shall not!" replied the voice, andthere stepped from behind the rock the strangest man the travelers had everseen.

“但是你们不可以！”声音回答说，从岩石后面一步一步地跑出一个奇怪的人来，这是旅行者们所从未看见过的怪人。

He was quite short and stout and had a big head, whichwas flat at the top and supported by a thick neck full of wrinkles.

他长得十分短，十分结实，有一个大大的头，头顶扁平，由一个粗厚的满是皱纹的脖子支撑着。

But he had no armsat all, and, seeing this, the Scarecrow did not fear that so helpless acreature could prevent them from climbing the hill.

但是他没有手臂。稻草人看到了这个情形，不相信这样一个无用的东西，能够阻止他们爬过山去。

 So he said, "I'm sorry not to do as youwish, but we must pass over your hill whether you like it or not," and he walkedboldly forward.

　所以他说：“我很抱歉，不能够如你的愿，不管你高兴或者不高兴，我们必须爬过你的山去，”他一边说着，一边大胆地向前走。

As quick as lightning the man's head shot forward andhis neck stretched out until the top of the head, where it was flat, struck theScarecrow in the middle and sent him tumbling, over and over, down thehill. 

这个人的头向前射出来，快得像闪电一般，他的脖子尽量向前伸长，直到扁平的头顶，触撞到稻草人身体的中部，把他撞倒了，滚着，滚着，滚下了山去。

Almost as quickly as it came the head went back to thebody, and the man laughed harshly as he said, "It isn't as easy as youthink!"

差不多像伸出来时那般快，头又缩回到了身上去，这个怪人狞笑着说道：“不像你所想的那般容易！”

A chorus of boisterous laughter came from the otherrocks, and Dorothy saw hundreds of the armless Hammer-Heads upon the hillside,one behind every rock.

一种异口同声的喧哗的笑声，在另外的岩石旁传播开来，多萝茜看见数百个无臂的大头人，从由旁站起来，每一块岩石后面都有一个。