綠野仙蹤

绿野仙踪

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

第一章 旋风

Chapter I The Cyclone

多萝西住在堪萨斯大草原的中央，

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies,

与她的亨利叔叔

with Uncle Henry,

——一个农夫——

who was a farmer,

还有爱姆婶婶住在一起，

and Aunt Em,

她是那农夫的妻子。

who was the farmer’s wife.

他们的房子很小，

Their house was small,

因为盖房子的木料得用大车从许多英里外运来。

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

房子有四面墙、

There were four walls,

一层地板和一个屋顶，

a floor and a roof,

合起来成了一个房间；

which made one room;

这房间里有一只看上去锈迹斑斑的炉灶、

and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove,

一个盛碗盘的橱柜、

a cupboard for the dishes,

一张桌子、

a table,

三四把椅子，

three or four chairs,

还有几张床。

and the beds.

亨利叔叔和爱姆婶婶的大床放在一个角落里，

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

多萝西的小床放在另一个角落里。

and Dorothy a little bed in another corner.

这里根本没有阁楼，

There was no garret at all,

也没有地窖——只有地上挖出的一个小洞，

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

叫做旋风地洞，

called a cyclone cellar,

万一刮起那种巨大的旋风，

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

力量足以把沿路的任何房屋碾成粉碎，一家人就可以躲进去。

mighty enough to crush any building in its path.

洞口是地板正中的一扇活板门，

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

掀开门，一架梯子通向那又小

from which a ladder led down into the small,

又黑的洞里。

dark hole.