005 困在河上

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At last Dorothy and her friends exited the forest

多萝西和她的朋友们终于走出了森林。

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In front of them lay open land — and a river with a powerful current

他们面前是一片开阔地——还有一条水流很急的河。

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The Tin Man eyed the river

铁皮人打量着那条河。

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" How will we cross that river?" he asked his friends

“我们怎么过那条河呢？”他问朋友们。

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" Oh, that's easy," said the Scarecrow

“哦，那很简单，”稻草人说。

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" You will cut some logs, and we will build a raft."

“你砍一些木头，我们来造一个木筏。”

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With the Tin Man's ax, the Lion's strength, and the Scarecrow's encouragement, a raft was soon built

靠着铁皮人的斧头、狮子的力气和稻草人的鼓励，木筏很快就造好了。

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" How will we steer the raft?" asked Dorothy

“我们怎么让木筏转向呢？”多萝西问。

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" We'll make long poles," replied the Scarecrow

“我们做一些长竿子，”稻草人回答。

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" We will push the raft across the river."

“我们用竿子把木筏推过河去。”

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" Careful!" shouted the Tin Man to the Lion

“小心！”铁皮人朝狮子喊道。

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" If I fall into the river, I'll rust for sure."

“要是我掉进河里，肯定会生锈的。”

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" Sorry," said the Lion

“对不起，”狮子说。

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" Use the poles to push us off," said the Scarecrow

“用竿子把我们撑开，”稻草人说。

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They all pushed hard and were soon making their way across the river

他们一起用力撑，很快就开始往河对岸前进了。

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The Tin Man looked nervous." This isn't good," he said

铁皮人看起来很紧张。“情况不妙，”他说。

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" No, not at all," said the Scarecrow

“是的，非常不妙，”稻草人说。

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" What's wrong?" asked Dorothy

“怎么了？”多萝西问。

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" If the river takes us any farther downriver," answered the Tin Man," we'll be in trouble."

“如果河水再把我们往下游冲，”铁皮人回答，“我们就有麻烦了。”

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" Yes," said the Lion, who was starting to cry

“是啊，”狮子说着，开始哭了起来。

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" It'll take us to the Wicked Witch of the West. She'll kill us for sure!"

“它会带我们去西方坏女巫那里。她肯定会杀了我们！”

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" Oh no!" exclaimed Dorothy

“哦不！”多萝西叫道。

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" Help!" cried the Scarecrow suddenly

“救命！”稻草人突然喊道。

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Everyone looked and realized the Scarecrow was no longer on the raft

大家一看，发现稻草人已经不在木筏上了。

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He was holding onto his pole in the middle of the river

他正抓着撑杆，在河中央漂着。

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" What should we do?" shouted Dorothy

“我们该怎么办？”多萝西喊道。

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" Good-bye!" shouted the Scarecrow, waving from the pole

“再见！”稻草人从杆子上挥手喊道。

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The Tin Man began to cry

铁皮人哭了起来。

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" Stop," said Dorothy

“别哭，”多萝西说。

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" Crying will make you rust, and that will make a bad situation worse."

“哭会让你生锈，那会让糟糕的情况变得更糟。”

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The Tin Man dried his eyes on Dorothy's dress

铁皮人用自己的裙子替多萝西擦干眼泪。

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" We must get across, or we are doomed," said the Lion

"我们必须过去，不然就完了。"狮子说。

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" I can swim, but you must hold my tail and pull the raft."

"我能游泳，但你们必须抓住我的尾巴，拖着木筏。"

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" What should we do now?" said the Tin Man when they had reached shore

"我们现在该怎么办？"他们一上岸，铁皮人就问。

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" We must get back to the road," said Dorothy

"我们必须回到大路上去。"多萝西说。

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" We should follow the river upstream," said the Lion, shaking himself dry

"我们应该顺着河往上游走。"狮子一边说，一边抖干身上的水。

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" It will take us back to the road."

"这样就能回到大路上。"

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" Look," said the Tin Man, pointing to the Scarecrow perched upon his pole

"看。"铁皮人指着困在撑杆上的稻草人说。

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" How can we save him?" asked Dorothy

"我们怎么才能救他呢？"多萝西问。

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" Well, if one of you could fly, it would be easy," said the Scarecrow

"唉，要是你们有谁会飞，那就简单了。"稻草人说。

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Just then a great white stork flew overhead

就在这时，一只巨大的白鹳从头顶飞过。

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" Mr. Stork!" shouted the Tin Man

“鹳先生！”铁人大喊。

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" It's Mrs. Stork," said the Stork, annoyed

“是鹳太太，”鹳不高兴地说。

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" Oh, don't listen to the Tin Man," said Dorothy sweetly

“哦，别理铁人，”多萝西甜甜地说。

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" I can see you are a wonderful mother."

“我看得出来，你是位了不起的母亲。”

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" Why yes, I am," said the Stork happily." And who are you?"

“哎呀，可不是嘛，”鹳高兴地说，“你们是谁？”

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" I'm Dorothy and these are my friends

“我是多萝西，这些是我的朋友们。

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We are on our way to see the Wizard of Oz," she said

我们正要去找奥兹国的魔法师，”她说。

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" I see," said the Stork," but this isn't the road to Oz."

“原来如此，”鹳说，“可这不是去奥兹国的路啊。”

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" I know," said Dorothy." Our friend needs our help, but none of us can fly."

“我知道，”多萝西说，“我们的朋友需要帮助，但我们谁都不会飞。”

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" I can fly," said the Stork proudly

“我会飞，”白鹳骄傲地说。

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" Could you help our friend?" asked Dorothy

“你能帮帮我们的朋友吗？”多萝西问道。

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" He looks heavy," said the Stork

“他看起来很重，”白鹳说。

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" Oh no, he's very light," replied Dorothy." He's made of straw."

“哦不，他很轻的，”多萝西回答，“他是稻草做的。”

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The Stork flew to the Scarecrow, grabbed him with her claws, and easily brought him to shore

白鹳飞到稻草人身边，用爪子抓住他，轻松地带到了岸上。

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" Thank you," said the Scarecrow, happy to be back with his friends

“谢谢你，”稻草人说，很高兴能回到朋友们身边。

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" That's all right," said the Stork." I like to help people who are in trouble

“别客气，”白鹳说，“我喜欢帮助遇到麻烦的人。

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Now I must return to my babies. Have a good trip to Oz."

现在我得回去照顾我的宝宝们了。祝你们去奥兹国的旅途愉快。”

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Dorothy and her friends waved good-bye as the Stork flew away

白鹳飞走时，多萝西和她的朋友们挥手告别。

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" Look!" shouted the Lion." There's the Yellow Brick Road."

“快看！”狮子喊道，“黄砖路在那儿。”

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" Let's get back to the road," said Dorothy happily

“我们回到路上去吧，”多萝西高兴地说。

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She started to run, and her friends followed her

她开始跑起来，朋友们跟在她后面。

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Soon Dorothy stumbled because she felt sleepy. But she did not get up

不久，多萝西因为感到困倦而摔倒了，却没有再站起来。

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" Dorothy, what's wrong?" asked the Tin Man

“多萝西，你怎么了？”铁皮人问道。

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" It's the flowers," said the Lion sleepily

“是这些花，”狮子昏昏欲睡地说。

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" They are magic and make people sleep forever."

“它们有魔力，会让人永远睡下去。”

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" Don't you fall asleep too," said the Scarecrow to the Lion

“你可不能也睡着了，”稻草人对狮子说，

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" You are too big for us to carry."

“你太大了，我们抬不动。”

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" Get out of here as fast as you can," the Tin Man told the Lion

“赶快离开这里，越快越好，”铁皮人对狮子说，

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" We will bring Dorothy."

“我们会带着多萝西的。”

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The Lion tried to run, but he soon fell asleep

狮子努力想跑，但很快就睡着了。