Чарівник країни Оз
The Cyclone
"Iamanxioustogetbacktomyauntanduncle, forIamsuretheywillworryaboutme. Canyouhelpmefindmyway?"
TheMunchkinsandtheWitchfirstlookedatoneanother, andthenatDorothy,andthenshooktheirheads.
"AttheEast,notfarfromhere,"saidone, "thereisagreatdesert,andnonecouldlivetocrossit."
"ItisthesameattheSouth,"saidanother, "forIhavebeenthereandseenit. TheSouthisthecountryoftheQuadlings."
"Iamtold,"saidthethirdman, "thatitisthesameattheWest. Andthatcountry,wheretheWinkieslive,isruledbytheWickedWitchoftheWest, whowouldmakeyouherslaveifyoupassedherway."
"TheNorthismyhome,"saidtheoldlady, "andatitsedgeisthesamegreatdesert thatsurroundsthisLandofOz. I’mafraid,mydear,youwillhavetolivewithus."
Dorothybegantosobatthis, forshefeltlonelyamongallthesestrangepeople. Hertearsseemedtogrievethekind-heartedMunchkins, fortheyimmediatelytookouttheirhandkerchiefsandbegantoweepalso.
Asforthelittleoldwoman, shetookoffhercapandbalancedthepointontheendofhernose, whileshecounted"One,two,three"inasolemnvoice. Atoncethecapchangedtoaslate, onwhichwaswritteninbig,whitechalkmarks:
"LETDOROTHYGOTOTHECITYOFEMERALDS"
