绿野仙踪（中文版+英文版）第 43 章

Others of the Monkeys caught the Scarecrow, and with theirlong fingers pulled all of the straw out of his clothes and head.They made his hat and boots and clothes into a small bundle andthrew it into the top branches of a tall tree.The remaining Monkeys threw pieces of stout rope aroundthe Lion and wound many coils about his body and head and legs,until he was unable to bite or scratch or struggle in any way.Then they lifted him up and flew away with him to the Witch's castle,where he was placed in a small yard with a high iron fence around it,so that he could not escape.

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But Dorothy they did not harm at all. She stood, with Toto inher arms, watching the sad fate of her comrades and thinking itwould soon be her turn. The leader of the Winged Monkeys flew upto her, his long, hairy arms stretched out and his ugly facegrinning terribly; but he saw the mark of the Good Witch's kissupon her forehead and stopped short, motioning the others not totouch her.

"We dare not harm this little girl," he said to them, "for sheis protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than thePower of Evil. All we can do is to carry her to the castle of theWicked Witch and leave her there."So, carefully and gently, they lifted Dorothy in theirarms and carried her swiftly through the air until they cameto the castle, where they set her down upon the front doorstep.Then the leader said to the Witch:

"We have obeyed you as far as we were able. The Tin Woodman andthe Scarecrow are destroyed, and the Lion is tied up in your yard.The little girl we dare not harm, nor the dog she carries in her arms.Your power over our band is now ended, and you will never see us again."Then all the Winged Monkeys, with much laughing and chatteringand noise, flew into the air and were soon out of sight.The Wicked Witch was both surprised and worried when she sawthe mark on Dorothy's forehead, for she knew well that neither theWinged Monkeys nor she, herself, dare hurt the girl in any way.She looked down at Dorothy's feet, and seeing the Silver Shoes,began to tremble with fear, for she knew what a powerful charmbelonged to them. At first the Witch was tempted to run away fromDorothy; but she happened to look into the child's eyes and sawhow simple the soul behind them was, and that the little girl didnot know of the wonderful power the Silver Shoes gave her. So theWicked Witch laughed to herself, and thought, "I can still makeher my slave, for she does not know how to use her power."Then she said to Dorothy, harshly and severely:"Come with me; and see that you mind everything I tell you,for if you do not I will make an end of you, as I did of the TinWoodman and the Scarecrow."

Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms inher castle until they came to the kitchen, where the Witch badeher clean the pots and kettles and sweep the floor and keep thefire fed with wood.