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莱曼·弗兰克·鲍姆（Lyman Frank Baum，1856—1919），美国儿童文学作家，1856年出生于纽约州。他的父亲是个桶匠，后来到宾夕法尼亚州开采石油并发了财。鲍姆的童年是在父亲的大庄园里度过的，他从小体弱多病，受到家人的特别关照。他对童话和幻想故事非常迷恋，这也使他创作了多部儿童文学作品。

本文节选自莱曼·弗兰克·鲍姆的《绿野仙踪》，节选时有删改。善良的小姑娘多萝茜被一场龙卷风刮到了一个陌生而神奇的国度——奥兹国，她陆续结识了没有脑子的稻草人、没有心脏的铁皮人和十分胆小的狮子，遇到了许多稀奇古怪的事情。最终，他们凭借自己非凡的智慧和顽强的毅力，都如愿以偿地完成了自己的心愿……

Dorothy lived in a small house in Kan⁃sas， with Uncle Henry， Aunt Em， and alittle black dog called Toto.

There were no trees and no hills inKansas， and it was often very windy. Some⁃times the wind came very fast and very sud⁃denly. That was a cyclone， and it couldblow trees， people and buildings away.There were cellars （地下室） under all thehouses. And when a cyclone came， peoplewent down into their cellars and stayedthere. One day， Uncle Henry came out andlooked up at the sky. Then he ran quicklyback into the house.

“Theres a cyclone coming，”he calledto Aunt Em and Dorothy.“We must godown into the cellar！”

They ran to the door of the cellar， butToto was afraid， and he ran under the bed.Dorothy ran after him.

“Quick！”shouted Aunt Em from thecellar.“Leave the dog and come down intothe cellar！”

Dorothy picked up Toto and ran to thecellar door. But before she got there， thecyclone had hit the house. And then a verystrange thing happened. The house moved，and then it went slowly up into the sky.Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were down inthe cellar under the ground， but the house，Dorothy and Toto went up to the top of thecyclone. Dorothy looked through the opencellar door and saw hills and houses， along way down. She closed the cellar doorquickly. The wind blew the house along formany hours. At first， Dorothy was afraid.

“But we cant do anything about it，”she said to Toto.“So lets wait and see.”And after two or three hours， she and Totowent to sleep. When Dorothy opened hereyes again， the house was on the groundand everything was quiet. She picked upToto， opened the door， and went out. Theysaw tall trees and beautiful flowers， andlittle houses with blue doors. Dorothy gavea little cry.“This isnt Kansas， Toto！ Andwho are these people？”

There were three very short men inblue hats， coats and trousers， and a littleold woman in a beautiful white dress. Thewoman walked up to Dorothy and said，“Thank you！ Thank you！ Now the peopleare free！”

“Why are you thanking me？”Dorothyasked.

“You killed the Witch （女巫） of theEast，”said the woman.“She was a badwitch， and her people， the Munchkins，were very afraid of her. Now she is dead.We and the Munchkins want to thankyou.”The little old woman and the threelittle men all smiled happily at Dorothy，but Dorothy did not understand.

“But I didnt kill anybody！”she said.

“Your house fell on the Witch，”laughed the little woman.“Look！ You cansee her feet！”

Dorothy looked， and saw two feet，with red shoes， under the house. Suddenly，one of the Munchkins gave a shout.“Look！Her feet are disappearing in the hot sun.”A second later， there were only the redshoes.“

Good，”said the little woman. Shepicked up the shoes and gave them to Doro⁃thy.“They re your shoes now. You mustwear them， because a witchs shoes cansometimes do wonderful things.”

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