Озма з країни Оз
1. The Girl in the Chicken Coop
FortheCaptainsaysifwegoondeckwemaybeblownoverboard."
Noonewantedtorisksuchanaccidentasthat,youmaybesure;soallthepassengersstayedhuddledupinthedarkcabin,listeningtotheshriekingofthestormandthecreakingofthemastsandriggingandtryingtokeepfrombumpingintooneanotherwhentheshiptippedsidewise.
DorothyhadalmostfallenasleepwhenshewasarousedwithastarttofindthatUncleHenrywasmissing.Shecouldn’timaginewherehehadgone,andashewasnotverystrongshebegantoworryabouthim,andtofearhemighthavebeencarelessenoughtogoondeck.Inthatcasehewouldbeingreatdangerunlessheinstantlycamedownagain.
ThefactwasthatUncleHenryhadgonetoliedowninhislittlesleeping-berth,butDorothydidnotknowthat.SheonlyrememberedthatAuntEmhadcautionedhertotakegoodcareofheruncle,soatonceshedecidedtogoondeckandfindhim,inspiteofthefactthatthetempestwasnowworsethanever,andtheshipwasplunginginareallydreadfulmanner.Indeed,thelittlegirlfounditwasasmuchasshecoulddotomountthestairstothedeck,andassoonasshegottherethewindstruckhersofiercelythatitalmosttoreawaytheskirtsofherdress.YetDorothyfeltasortofjoyousexcitementindefyingthestorm,andwhilesheheldfasttotherailingshepeeredaroundthroughthegloomandthoughtshesawthedimformofamanclingingtoamastnotfarawayfromher.
