Дороти и Волшебник в стране Оз
3. The Arrival of the Wizard
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"Mangaboos,"saidtheSorcerer,correctinghim."IfyouareaWizardyououghttobeabletocallpeoplebytheirrightnames."
"Oh,I’maWizard;youmaybesureofthat.JustasgoodaWizardasyouareaSorcerer."
"Thatremainstobeseen,"saidtheother.
"Ifyouareabletoprovethatyouarebetter,"saidthePrincetothelittleman,"IwillmakeyoutheChiefWizardofthisdomain.Otherwise—"
"Whatwillhappenotherwise?"askedtheWizard.
"Iwillstopyoufromlivingandforbidyoutobeplanted,"returnedthePrince.
"Thatdoesnotsoundespeciallypleasant,"saidthelittleman,lookingattheonewiththestaruneasily."Butnevermind.I’llbeatOldPrickly,allright."
"MynameisGwig,"saidtheSorcerer,turninghisheartless,crueleyesuponhisrival."LetmeseeyouequalthesorceryIamabouttoperform."
Hewavedathornyhandandatoncethetinklingofbellswasheard,playingsweetmusic.Yet,lookwhereshewould,Dorothycoulddiscovernobellsatallinthegreatglasshall.
TheMangaboopeoplelistened,butshowednogreatinterest.ItwasoneofthethingsGwigusuallydidtoprovehewasasorcerer.
NowwastheWizard’sturn,sohesmiledupontheassemblageandasked:
"Willsomebodykindlyloanmeahat?"
Noonedid,becausetheMangaboosdidnotwearhats,andZebhadlosthis,somehow,inhisflightthroughtheair.
"Ahem!"saidtheWizard,"willsomebodypleaseloanmeahandkerchief?"
Buttheyhadnohandkerchiefs,either.
"Verygood,"remarkedtheWizard."I’llusemyownhat,ifyouplease.Now,goodpeople,observemecarefully.
