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The Monkeys had set them down near a farmhouse, andthe four travelers walked up to it and knocked at the door.  It was opened by the farmer's wife, and whenDorothy asked for something to eat the woman gave them all a good dinner, withthree kinds of cake and four kinds of cookies, and a bowl of milk for Toto.

飞猴们把他们安放在靠近一间农舍的地方，这四个旅行者走向前去敲门。农民的妻子跑来开了门，当多萝茜请求给一些东西来吃时，这妇人供给他们一顿很好的午饭，有三种糕，四种小饼，还给托托喝一碗牛奶。

"How far is it to the Castle of Glinda?"asked the child.

“到甘林达的宫里去有多远？”小女孩子问。

"It is not a great way," answered thefarmer's wife.

　“没有多少路了，”农民的妻子回答她，

"Take theroad to the South and you will soon reach it.

　 “从这条路向南走去，不要多久，你们就可以跑到那里。”

Thanking the good woman, they started afresh andwalked by the fields and across the pretty bridges until they saw before them avery beautiful Castle.  Before the gateswere three young girls, dressed in handsome red uniforms trimmed with goldbraid; and as Dorothy approached, one of them said to her:

他们向好妇人道谢了以后，重新出发，沿着田野走，过了一座美丽的小桥，他们看见前面有一座十分美丽的城堡。在城门前有三个年轻的女郎，都穿着漂亮的用金边饰镶着的红色制服；当多萝茜走近去时，其中的一个盘问她说：

"Why have you come to the South Country?"

“你为什么到南方的国度里来？”

"To see the Good Witch who rules here," sheanswered. "Will you take me to her?"

“我来拜访管理这里的善女巫，”她回答说，“你可以带我到她那里去吗！”

"Let me haveyour name, and I will ask Glinda if she will receive you." 

“让我先知道了你们的姓名，随后，我将请问甘林达去，如果她肯接见的话，我就回来告诉你们，”

They told who they were, and the girl soldier went intothe Castle.  After a few moments she cameback to say that Dorothy and the others were to be admitted at once.

他们就告诉她，他们是谁，女兵就走进城堡去了。几分钟以后，她跑回来说，多萝茜和她的同伴们，立刻都被允许接见。

          23. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy's Wish

第二十三章　甘林达满足了多萝茜的愿望

Before they went to see Glinda, however, they weretaken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair,and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himselfinto his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

但是他们在看到甘林达以前，先被接待到城堡的一间屋子里去。在那里，多萝茜洗着她的脸，梳着她的发。狮子摇去它鬃毛上的灰尘。稻草人轻轻地拍着自己，使他成为最最好看的样子。铁皮人擦亮他的铁皮，并且把油灌着他的关节。

When they were all quite presentable they followed thesoldier girl into a big room where the Witch Glinda sat upon a throne ofrubies.

他们十分喜欢地跟着女兵，走进一间大厦去，在那里，看见女巫甘林达坐在一张红宝石的宝座上。

She was both beautiful and young to their eyes.  Her hair was a rich red in color and fell inflowing ringlets over her shoulders.

从他们的眼睛里看出来，这个女巫又美丽又年轻，她的头发是深红的，松软的再发，垂下在她的肩上。

Her dress was purewhite but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.

她的衣服是雪白的，但是她的一双眼睛是蓝的，和蔼地注视着小女孩。

"What can I do for you, my child?" sheasked.

　她问道：“我的孩子，我能为她做些什么事？”

Dorothy told the Witch all her story: how the cyclonehad brought her to the Land of Oz, how she had found her companions, and of thewonderful adventures they had met with.

多萝茜把她所有的经过，告诉了女巫：旋风怎样地把她带到了奥芝的国度里，她怎样地遇见了她的同伴们，以及他们一同遇见的、各种奇怪的惊险的事情。

"My greatestwish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em willsurely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her puton mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, Iam sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."

“现在我的最大的愿望，”她再说道，“是回到堪萨斯州去，因为爱姆婶婶一定想我碰到了什么可怕的事情了，这会使她悲哀而又伤心的；并且，除非今年的收获比去年更好，我相信亨利叔叔一定支持不了。”