"If you wish," said the Lion, "I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you. You can roast it by the fire, since your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food, and then you will have a very good breakfast."
狮子说：“如果你愿意，我将跑到森林中去，为你杀一只鹿来。你可以用火烤煮它，因为你们的嗜好是这样的特别，喜欢吃煮熟了的食物，这样一烤，你们会有一顿很精美的早餐了。
But the Lion went away into the forest and found his own supper, and no one ever knew what it was, for he didn't mention it.
但是狮子跑进森林中去，找寻它自己的晚餐，谁也不知道它吃了些什么，因它也没有说出来。
"Don't! Please don't," begged the Tin Woodman. "I should certainly weep if you killed a poor deer, and then my jaws would rust again."
“不要这样做！请不要这样做！”铁皮人恳求着，“如果你杀死了一只可怜的鹿，我一定会哭的，于是我的牙床又要发锈了。
They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near. The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely. She and Toto ate the last of their bread, and now she did not know what they would do for breakfast.
那天夜里，他们不得不露宿在森林中的一株大树底下，因为附近没有一间屋子。那株大树长得很高很茂盛，在下露的夜里，保护了他们。铁皮人用他的斧头，斫下一大堆木柴，多萝茜燃起了一股美丽的火来，使她温暖着，并且不觉得寂寞。她和托托吃着最后剩下的面包，现在她不知道明天拿什么东西来当早餐。
And the Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time.
稻草人寻到一株生满了硬壳果的树。他就摘下硬壳果，放满在多萝茜的篮子里，这样使她在一个长时期里，不会觉得饥饿。
His padded hands were so clumsy and the nuts were so small that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket.
他那填塞着稻草的手，多么地不灵巧，硬壳果又这么小，使他落掉了的，和放进篮子里的差不多一样多。
She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the Scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up the nuts.
她想，这倒是稻草人的十分美意，并且有了思想了，但是她看到那可怜的家伙，笨拙地摘取硬壳果的样子，不由得大笑了起来。
This was to be an eventful day for the travelers. They had hardly been walking an hour when they saw before them a great ditch that crossed the road and divided the forest as far as they could see on either side. It was a very wide ditch, and when they crept up to the edge and looked into it they could see it was also very deep, and there were many big, jagged rocks at the bottom.
这一天是旅行者们多事的日子。他们辛苦地走了一个钟头，看见前面有一条极大的壕沟，横在道路上，并且把森林划分开来，阔得使他们只能望见对岸的侧边，那真是一条十分宽阔的大壕沟。当他们爬到沟边望下去时，也可以看见这沟是十分深的，在那沟底下面有许多巨大的锯齿形的石块。
When it was daylight, the girl bathed her face in a little rippling brook, and soon after they all started toward the Emerald City.
天亮了，小女孩子醒来起身，在一条水声潺潺的小河里，洗过了她的脸后，立刻和大家一块儿动身，向翡翠城进发。
But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up. So he kept a good distance away from the flames, and only came near to cover Dorothy with dry leaves when she lay down to sleep. These kept her very snug and warm, and she slept soundly until morning.
但是稻草人不在乎放满一篮子的硬壳果，要花怎样长的时间，因为干这件事情，能够使他离开那火，他害怕这一股闪闪发光的东西，可以钻进他的稻草，因此烧死了他。所以他和火焰保持着一个相当远的距离，不过当多萝茜躺下去睡觉的时候，他跑近她的身边去，用干叶子遮盖着她。这些树叶子，使她觉得十分舒适和温暖，一直酣睡到早晨。
The sides were so steep that none of them could climb down, and for a moment it seemed that their journey must end.
这侧边多么陡峭，使得他们没法爬下去，在这一刻，他们的旅程似乎必须终止了。
"I haven't the faintest idea," said the Tin Woodman, and the Lion shook his shaggy mane and looked thoughtful.
铁皮人说：“我丝毫意见也没有。”狮子摇着蓬松的鬃毛，好像在想什么。
"Then we are all right," answered the Scarecrow, "for you can carry us all over on your back, one at a time."
“那么，行了，”稻草人回答说：“因为你可以在你的背上把我们全都背过去，每一次背一个。
But the Scarecrow said, "We cannot fly, that is certain. Neither can we climb down into this great ditch. Therefore, if we cannot jump over it, we must stop where we are."
但是稻草人说：“我们既不能够飞过去，也不能够爬下这个壕沟里去，所以如果我不能够跳过去，必得停在这里了。
"What shall we do?" asked Dorothy despairingly.
多萝茜失望地问道：“我们要怎么办？
"Well, I'll try it," said the Lion. "Who will go first?"
“好，我来试试看，”狮子说：“谁愿意第一个过去？
"I think I could jump over it," said the Cowardly Lion, after measuring the distance carefully in his mind.
胆小的狮子，在它谨慎地估量好了壕沟的宽度，就说：“我想我能够跳过去的。
"I am terribly afraid of falling, myself," said the Cowardly Lion, "but I suppose there is nothing to do but try it. So get on my back and we will make the attempt."
“就是我自己，也非常害怕掉下去，”胆小的狮子说：“但是，我思来想去，除了尝试一下以外，没有旁的法子，所以你骑上我的背吧，让我们来尝试一下。
"I will," declared the Scarecrow, "for, if you found that you could not jump over the gulf, Dorothy would be killed, or the Tin Woodman badly dented on the rocks below. But if I am on your back it will not matter so much, for the fall would not hurt me at all."
“我愿意，”稻草人坚决地说：“因为，如果你发觉你不能够跳过这个深沟时，多萝茜将被跌死的，或者铁皮人跌在下面的石块上，会剧烈地撞坏的。但是如果我坐在你背上，就不在乎这些了，因为摔了下去也丝毫不能伤害我。
The Scarecrow sat upon the Lion's back, and the big beast walked to the edge of the gulf and crouched down.
稻草人跨在狮子的背上，这只大兽走到深沟的旁边，蹲了下来。
The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman, and then they all sat down for a few moments to give the beast a chance to rest, for his great leaps had made his breath short, and he panted like a big dog that has been running too long.
狮子回过去，第三次驮了铁皮人过来。于是他们一起坐下来歇了一会儿，让狮子有一个休息的机会。因为它的几次大跳，使得它呼吸短促，气喘得像一只跑得太长久的大狗。
"Why don't you run and jump?" asked the Scarecrow.
稻草人问：“为什么你不跑着跳过去？
"Because that isn't the way we Lions do these things," he replied. Then giving a great spring, he shot through the air and landed safely on the other side. They were all greatly pleased to see how easily he did it, and after the Scarecrow had got down from his back the Lion sprang across the ditch again.
“这不是我们狮子跳的方式，”它回答说。马上来了一个大跳，迅疾地跃过空中，平安地登上那一边。他们看它这样容易地跳过去，皆大欢喜。当稻草人从它的背上下来以后，狮子再跳回到壕沟的这边来。
Dorothy thought she would go next; so she took Toto in her arms and climbed on the Lion's back, holding tightly to his mane with one hand. The next moment it seemed as if she were flying through the air; and then, before she had time to think about it, she was safe on the other side.
多萝茜想她应该第二个过去，所以在她的臂弯里带着托托，爬上狮子的背，一只手紧紧地揪住它的鬃毛，一会儿，她似乎在空中飞过。当她还在想的时候，已经平安地到达那一边了。
They found the forest very thick on this side, and it looked dark and gloomy. After the Lion had rested they started along the road of yellow brick, silently wondering, each in his own mind, if ever they would come to the end of the woods and reach the bright sunshine again. To add to their discomfort, they soon heard strange noises in the depths of the forest, and the Lion whispered to them that it was in this part of the country that the Kalidahs lived.
他们发觉在这一边的森林，十分深密，望进去模糊而且黑暗。狮子休息好了以后，他们沿着黄砖铺砌的路出发，寂静无声，他们每一个都在心上想，能不能够跑出这森林，再跑到有明亮的太阳的地方去。不久，他们在树林深处，听到有一种奇异的声音，加深了他们的不愉快。狮子低声地对他们说，这部分的国土，是开力大住的地方。
The Lion was about to reply when suddenly they came to another gulf across the road. But this one was so broad and deep that the Lion knew at once he could not leap across it.
突然地，他们走到了另外一条壕沟旁边。这一条又阔又深的壕沟，横断在路上，使得狮子立刻知道它跳不过去。
So they sat down to consider what they should do, and after serious thought the Scarecrow said: "Here is a great tree, standing close to the ditch. If the Tin Woodman can chop it down, so that it will fall to the other side, we can walk across it easily."
他们就坐下来商量，应该怎么办，在郑重地思考过以后，稻草人说：“这里有一株大树，挺立在壕沟旁。如果铁皮人能够砍倒它，使它横倒了搁上那一边，我们就能够很容易地走过去了。
"That is a first-rate idea," said the Lion. "One would almost suspect you had brains in your head, instead of straw."
“这是一个第一等的思想，”狮子说，“差不多谁都要尊敬你，在你的头壳里已经有了脑子代替稻草了。
The Woodman set to work at once, and so sharp was his axe that the tree was soon chopped nearly through. Then the Lion put his strong front legs against the tree and pushed with all his might, and slowly the big tree tipped and fell with a crash across the ditch, with its top branches on the other side.
铁皮人立刻动手，他的斧头劈得这样地猛烈，一会儿，那树几乎要倒下去了。于是狮子就把它有力的前腿，抵住了树干，尽力气推着它。这株大树逐渐倾斜着，砰的一声响，就横着倒躺在壕沟上面，那有枝叶的树顶，落到壕沟的那一边。
"I'm not surprised that you are," returned Dorothy. "They must be dreadful beasts."
“你害怕它们我不觉得奇怪，”多萝茜回答说，“它们一定是一种可怕的野兽。
"What are the Kalidahs?" asked the girl.
“开力大是什么？”小女孩子问。
"They are monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers," replied the Lion, "and with claws so long and sharp that they could tear me in two as easily as I could kill Toto. I'm terribly afraid of the Kalidahs."
狮子回答说：“它们是一种奇怪的野兽：身体像熊，头像老虎，有着长而尖的脚爪，能够很容易地把我一撕两半，好像我要杀死托托一样。我非常害怕开力大。
So Dorothy went first, holding Toto in her arms, the Tin Woodman followed, and the Scarecrow came next. The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs, and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed and the Scarecrow fell over backward, while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise.
多萝茜臂弯里抱了托托，第一个先走；铁皮人跟在后面，稻草人再在后面。狮子虽然害怕，只能转过身来对着开力大，发出一声宏亮的可怕怒吼，多萝茜尖声极叫，稻草人向后倒退一步。这时候，那凶猛的开力大暂时停步，惊奇地看着狮子。
"They are the Kalidahs!" said the Cowardly Lion, beginning to tremble.
“它们都是开力大！”胆小的狮子说着，浑身哆嗦起来。
"Quick!" cried the Scarecrow. "Let us cross over."
“快！”稻草人高声喊着，“让我们跨过去。
They had just started to cross this queer bridge when a sharp growl made them all look up, and to their horror they saw running toward them two great beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.
他们正要出发跨过这座奇异的桥时，一声尖锐的咆哮，他们向四面察看，只见两只大兽向他们奔来，头像老虎，身体像熊，他们害怕得发抖。
But, seeing they were bigger than the Lion, and remembering that there were two of them and only one of him, the Kalidahs again rushed forward, and the Lion crossed over the tree and turned to see what they would do next. Without stopping an instant the fierce beasts also began to cross the tree.
开力大看见它们自己都比狮子大，而且想起它们是两个，它只是一个，于是再冲向前去。狮子跨过了树，转过身来看看它们怎么样。那凶猛的野兽却紧迫地，不停留地，也在跨过树来。
And the Lion said to Dorothy: "We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws. But stand close behind me, and I will fight them as long as I am alive."
狮子对多萝茜说：“我们都要没命了，它们必定会用尖利的爪子，将我们撕得粉碎。但是请你站在我后面，只要我还活着，我将要和它们恶斗到底。
"Ah," said the Tin Woodman sadly, "I wish I had a heart to beat."
铁皮人却忧愁地说：“唉，我倒愿意我有一个心被吓得跳着。
The Tin Woodman began to use his axe at once, and, just as the two Kalidahs were nearly across, the tree fell with a crash into the gulf, carrying the ugly, snarling brutes with it, and both were dashed to pieces on the sharp rocks at the bottom.
铁皮人立刻用他的斧头砍着，正当两只开力大几乎冲过来时，这树发出一声砰訇，连带这两只丑陋而凶暴地咆哮着的野兽，掉下深沟里去了。它们都跌在沟底下尖锐的石块上，被撞得粉身碎骨。
"Well," said the Cowardly Lion, drawing a long breath of relief, "I see we are going to live a little while longer, and I am glad of it, for it must be a very uncomfortable thing not to be alive. Those creatures frightened me so badly that my heart is beating yet."
“好了，”胆小的狮子吸着一口长长的气安慰地说，“我知道我们都得救了，我很欢喜，因为死必定是一件十分不愉快的事情。这些野兽，曾经这样剧烈地恐吓我，使得我的心到现在还跳着。
This adventure made the travelers more anxious than ever to get out of the forest, and they walked so fast that Dorothy became tired, and had to ride on the Lion's back. To their great joy the trees became thinner the farther they advanced.
这一次危险，使得这些旅客们，比以前更加迫切地，急于要走出这个森林去。他们走得这般快，使得多萝茜感觉疲倦起来，不得不骑在狮子的背上。他们再向前进时，树木变得稀疏了，这使他们大大地高兴起来。
And in the afternoon they suddenly came upon a broad river, flowing swiftly just before them. On the other side of the water they could see the road of yellow brick running through a beautiful country, with green meadows dotted with bright flowers and all the road bordered with trees hanging full of delicious fruits. They were greatly pleased to see this delightful country before them.
下午，他们突然看到一条宽阔的大河横在前面，河水急流着。他们望见在河的那一边，有条黄砖铺砌的道路，穿过一个美丽的地方。在那碧绿的草场上，点缀着发光的花朵；砖路的两旁，种着挂满鲜果的树木。他们望见前面有这么一块美好的地方，都非常地快活。
"Wait a minute!" called the Scarecrow. He had been thinking what was best to be done, and now he asked the Woodman to chop away the end of the tree that rested on their side of the ditch.
稻草人喊道：“不要急！”他已经想出了最好的法子来，请求铁皮人砍掉靠在他们壕沟这边的树梢。
"How shall we cross the river?" asked Dorothy.
多萝茜问：“我们将怎么过河？
"That is easily done," replied the Scarecrow. "The Tin Woodman must build us a raft, so we can float to the other side."
稻草人回答说：“那很容易的，只要铁皮人替我们造一个木筏，我们便能够浮到那一边去。
So they found a cozy place under the trees where they slept well until the morning; and Dorothy dreamed of the Emerald City, and of the good Wizard Oz, who would soon send her back to her own home again.
所以他们只能在树下面寻到一个安适的地方，就在那里一直睡到第二天早晨。多萝茜梦见了翡翠城，还有好心肠的魔术家奥芝，要立刻把她送回到她自己的家里去。
So the Woodman took his axe and began to chop down small trees to make a raft, and while he was busy at this the Scarecrow found on the riverbank a tree full of fine fruit. This pleased Dorothy, who had eaten nothing but nuts all day, and she made a hearty meal of the ripe fruit.
于是铁皮人用他的斧头，砍倒了一些小树，做成一个木筏。当他正在忙碌地劳动时，稻草人发现靠在河边的一株树上，满生着佳果。这就使得多萝茜很快活，她成天除了硬壳果以外，没有旁的东西吃，便把成熟的水果做了一顿滋养的食品。
But it takes time to make a raft, even when one is as industrious and untiring as the Tin Woodman, and when night came the work was not done.
但是做一个木筏要费不少的时间，即使像铁皮人那样地勤劳，不知疲倦，当黑夜来临时候，工作还是没有完成。