Путешествие в Страну Оз

10. Escaping the Soup-Kettle

           DorothyandPollyhadreachedthebridgeandcrosseditwhentheScoodlersbeganthrowingtheirheads.Oneofthequeermissilesstrucktheshaggymanonhisbackandnearlyknockedhimover;buthewasatthemouthofthecavenow,sohesetdownButton-BrightandtoldtheboytorunacrossthebridgetoDorothy.

           Thentheshaggymanturnedaroundandfacedhisenemies,standingjustoutsidetheopening,andasfastastheythrewtheirheadsathimhecaughtthemandtossedthemintotheblackgulfbelow.TheheadlessbodiesoftheforemostScoodlerskepttheothersfromrunningcloseup,buttheyalsothrewtheirheadsinanefforttostoptheescapingprisoners.Theshaggymancaughtthemallandsentthemwhirlingdownintotheblackgulf.AmongthemhenoticedthecrimsonandyellowheadoftheQueen,andthishetossedaftertheotherswithrightgoodwill.

           PresentlyeveryScoodlerofthelothadthrownitshead,andeveryheadwasdowninthedeepgulf,andnowthehelplessbodiesofthecreaturesweremixedtogetherinthecaveandwrigglingaroundinavainattempttodiscoverwhathadbecomeoftheirheads.Theshaggymanlaughedandwalkedacrossthebridgetorejoinhiscompanions.

           "It’sluckyIlearnedtoplaybase-ballwhenIwasyoung,"heremarked,"forIcaughtallthoseheadseasilyandnevermissedone.Butcomealong,littleones;theScoodlerswillneverbotherusoranyoneelseanymore."

           Button-Brightwasstillfrightenedandkeptinsisting,"Idon’twanttobesoup!"forthevictoryhadbeengainedsosuddenlythattheboycouldnotrealizetheywerefreeandsafe

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 68 из 151