Дороті та Чарівник у країні Оз
18. The Trial of Eureka, the Kitten
"IwillasktheTinWoodmantodefendtheprisoner,becausehehassuchakindheartIamsurehewilldohisbesttosaveher.AndtheWoggle-BugshallbethePublicAccuser,becauseheissolearnedthatnoonecandeceivehim."
"Whowillbethejury?"askedtheTinWoodman.
"Thereoughttobeseveralanimalsonthejury,"saidOzma,"becauseanimalsunderstandeachotherbetterthanwepeopleunderstandthem.SothejuryshallconsistoftheCowardlyLion,theHungryTiger,JimtheCab-horse,theYellowHen,theScarecrow,theWizard,Tik-toktheMachineMan,theSawhorseandZebofHugson’sRanch.Thatmakestheninewhichthelawrequires,andallmypeopleshallbeadmittedtohearthetestimony."
Theynowseparatedtoprepareforthesadceremony;forwheneveranappealismadetolawsorrowisalmostcertaintofollow—eveninafairylandlikeOz.ButismustbestatedthatthepeopleofthatLandweregenerallysowell-behavedthattherewasnotasinglelawyeramongstthem,andithadbeenyearssinceanyRulerhadsatinjudgmentuponanoffenderofthelaw.Thecrimeofmurderbeingthemostdreadfulcrimeofall,tremendousexcitementprevailedintheEmeraldCitywhenthenewsofEureka’sarrestandtrialbecameknown.
TheWizard,whenhereturnedtohisownroom,wasexceedinglythoughtful.
