The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · chapter 19 of 25
A Bucket of Water
一桶水
Dorothy has lost a shoe and lost her temper, and there is a bucket of water at her feet. What happens next sets a whole country free.
Read what you hear
- Dorothy 你拿了我的银鞋！你是坏女巫！
Nǐ ná le wǒ de yínxié! Nǐ shì huài nǚwū!
You took my silver shoe! You're a wicked witch!
- Narrator 多萝西太生气了。她拿起了地上的一桶水。
Duōluóxī tài shēngqì le. Tā náqǐ le dìshang de yì tǒng shuǐ.
Dorothy was so angry. She picked up the bucket of water from the floor.
- Witch of the West 水！水！你做了什么？
Shuǐ! Shuǐ! Nǐ zuò le shénme?
Water! Water! What have you done?
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- Dorothy 你……你怎么了？你越来越小了！
Nǐ… nǐ zěnme le? Nǐ yuèláiyuè xiǎo le!
What... what's happening to you? You're getting smaller and smaller!
- Witch of the West 我要化了！你不知道吗？水会让我化掉！
Wǒ yào huà le! Nǐ bù zhīdào ma? Shuǐ huì ràng wǒ huà diào!
I'm going to melt! Didn't you know? Water melts me away!
- Dorothy 我不知道！对不起……
Wǒ bù zhīdào! Duìbuqǐ…
I didn't know! I'm sorry...
- Witch of the West 我做了那么多坏事……最后，是一个小女孩……
Wǒ zuò le nàme duō huàishì… zuìhòu, shì yí gè xiǎo nǚhái…
All the wicked things I've done... and in the end, a little girl...
- Narrator 很快，女巫没有了。地上有一小片水。
Hěn kuài, nǚwū méiyǒu le. Dìshang yǒu yì xiǎo piàn shuǐ.
Soon the witch was gone. All that was left was a little puddle on the floor.
- Dorothy 我的银鞋还在！洗一洗，穿上！
Wǒ de yínxié hái zài! Xǐ yi xǐ, chuānshang!
My silver shoe is still here! A quick wash, and on it goes!
- Dorothy 狮子！狮子！女巫没有了！
Shīzi! Shīzi! Nǚwū méiyǒu le!
Lion! Lion! The witch is gone!
- Cowardly Lion 没有了？她去哪儿了？
Méiyǒu le? Tā qù nǎr le?
Gone? Where did she go?
- Dorothy 一桶水，她就化了！你自由了！
Yì tǒng shuǐ, tā jiù huà le! Nǐ zìyóu le!
One bucket of water, and she melted! You're free!
- Cowardly Lion 太好了！黄衣人也不用给她干活了！
Tài hǎo le! Huángyīrén yě bú yòng gěi tā gànhuó le!
Wonderful! And the People in Yellow won't have to work for her anymore!
- Dorothy 你听！黄衣人又笑又跳！
Nǐ tīng! Huángyīrén yòu xiào yòu tiào!
Listen! The People in Yellow are laughing and dancing!
- Cowardly Lion 可是稻草人和铁皮人不在这儿……
Kěshì Dàocǎorén hé Tiěpírén bú zài zhèr…
But the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman aren't here...
- Dorothy 我们去找他们！黄衣人会帮我们的！
Wǒmen qù zhǎo tāmen! Huángyīrén huì bāng wǒmen de!
Let's go and find them! The People in Yellow will help us!
- Narrator 黄衣人在石头上找到了铁皮人。他们修了三天四夜。
Huángyīrén zài shítou shang zhǎodào le Tiěpírén. Tāmen xiū le sān tiān sì yè.
The People in Yellow found the Tin Woodman on the rocks. They worked on him for three days and four nights.
- Tin Woodman 我又能动了！谢谢你们！我……太高兴了！
Wǒ yòu néng dòng le! Xièxie nǐmen! Wǒ… tài gāoxìng le!
I can move again! Thank you all! I'm... so happy!
- Dorothy 别哭！眼泪会让你生锈的！
Bié kū! Yǎnlèi huì ràng nǐ shēngxiù de!
Don't cry! Your tears will make you rust!
- Tin Woodman 我没有心，可是眼泪自己出来了！
Wǒ méiyǒu xīn, kěshì yǎnlèi zìjǐ chūlai le!
I have no heart, but the tears just come out by themselves!
- Cowardly Lion 黄衣人修得真好！还送了我们礼物！
Huángyīrén xiū de zhēn hǎo! Hái sòng le wǒmen lǐwù!
The People in Yellow did a fine job mending you! And they gave us presents too!
- Tin Woodman 稻草人的衣服，还挂在高树上。我来砍！
Dàocǎorén de yīfu, hái guà zài gāo shù shang. Wǒ lái kǎn!
The Scarecrow's clothes are still hanging in that tall tree. I'll chop it down!
- Dorothy 衣服掉在地上了！快拿新的稻草来！
Yīfu diào zài dìshang le! Kuài ná xīn de dàocǎo lái!
The clothes have come down! Quick, bring new straw!
- Scarecrow 我又是我了！新稻草，真舒服！
Wǒ yòu shì wǒ le! Xīn dàocǎo, zhēn shūfu!
I'm me again! New straw, so comfy!
- Dorothy 你们看！女巫的房间里，有一个金帽子！
Nǐmen kàn! Nǚwū de fángjiān lǐ, yǒu yí gè jīn màozi!
Look! There was a Golden Cap in the witch's room!
- Scarecrow 真漂亮！里边还有字……是什么意思？
Zhēn piàoliang! Lǐbian hái yǒu zì… shì shénme yìsi?
So pretty! There's writing inside, too... What does it mean?
- Dorothy 我们回翡翠城！奥兹会送我回家……金帽子，你能做什么呢？
Wǒmen huí Fěicuìchéng! Àozī huì sòng wǒ huí jiā… jīn màozi, nǐ néng zuò shénme ne?
Back to the Emerald City! Oz will send me home... And you, Golden Cap, what can you do?
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What changed in the story?
- What does Dorothy do when the witch keeps her shoe?
“她拿起了地上的一桶水。”
- What does the witch say water does to her?
“水会让我化掉！”
- Who mends the Tin Woodman?
“黄衣人在石头上找到了铁皮人。他们修了三天四夜。”
- Where are the Scarecrow's clothes?
“稻草人的衣服，还挂在高树上。”
- What does Dorothy find in the witch's room?
“女巫的房间里，有一个金帽子！”