绿野仙踪

綠野仙蹤

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

第一章 旋風

Chapter I The Cyclone

桃樂絲住在堪薩斯大草原的正中央，

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies,

和亨利叔叔住在一起，

with Uncle Henry,

他是個農夫，

who was a farmer,

還有愛姆姨媽，

and Aunt Em,

她是農夫的妻子。

who was the farmer’s wife.

他們的房子很小，

Their house was small,

因為蓋房子的木材得用馬車運上好幾哩路。

for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.

房子有四面牆、

There were four walls,

一片地板和一個屋頂，

a floor and a roof,

合起來就成了一個房間；

which made one room;

這個房間裡有一座看來鏽跡斑斑的爐灶、

and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove,

一個放碗盤的櫥櫃、

a cupboard for the dishes,

一張桌子、

a table,

三四把椅子，

three or four chairs,

還有幾張床。

and the beds.

亨利叔叔和愛姆姨媽的大床放在一個角落，

Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner,

桃樂絲的小床放在另一個角落。

and Dorothy a little bed in another corner.

屋裡完全沒有閣樓，

There was no garret at all,

也沒有地窖——只有地上挖出的一個小洞，

and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground,

叫做旋風地窖，

called a cyclone cellar,

萬一颳起那種大旋風，一家人便能躲進去，

where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose,

那種風的威力足以摧毀路上任何一棟房子。

mighty enough to crush any building in its path.

要進去得掀開地板中央的一扇活門，

It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor,

順著一把梯子下到那又小、

from which a ladder led down into the small,

又黑的洞裡。

dark hole.