The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · chapter 25 of 25
Home Again
回家了
Dorothy stands before Glinda at last. Can the Good Witch of the South do what Oz could not, and send her home to Aunt Em?
Read what you hear
- Narrator 红宝石的椅子上，坐着红头发的格琳达。
Hóng bǎoshí de yǐzi shang, zuò zhe hóng tóufa de Gélíndá.
On a throne of rubies sat red-haired Glinda.
- Glinda 孩子，我能帮你什么？
Háizi, wǒ néng bāng nǐ shénme?
My child, what can I do for you?
- Dorothy 请您送我回家吧！艾姆婶婶会以为，我不在了……
Qǐng nín sòng wǒ huí jiā ba! Àimǔ Shěnshen huì yǐwéi, wǒ bú zài le…
Please send me home! Aunt Em will think I'm gone forever...
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- Glinda 先给我金帽子。多萝西走了，你们去哪儿？
Xiān gěi wǒ jīn màozi. Duōluóxī zǒu le, nǐmen qù nǎr?
First, give me the Golden Cap. And when Dorothy has gone, where will you go?
- Scarecrow 我回翡翠城。我管那儿！
Wǒ huí Fěicuìchéng. Wǒ guǎn nàr!
Back to the Emerald City. I rule it now!
- Tin Woodman 黄衣人要我去管他们。
Huángyīrén yào wǒ qù guǎn tāmen.
The People in Yellow want me to rule them.
- Cowardly Lion 我回森林！蜘蛛没有了，我是那儿的大王！
Wǒ huí sēnlín! Zhīzhū méiyǒu le, wǒ shì nàr de dàwáng!
Back to my forest! The spider's gone, and I'm king there!
- Glinda 飞猴送你们回去。金帽子给飞猴王，飞猴就永远自由了！
Fēihóu sòng nǐmen huíqu. Jīn màozi gěi Fēihóu Wáng, fēihóu jiù yǒngyuǎn zìyóu le!
The Winged Monkeys will carry you home. Then the Golden Cap goes to their King, and the Monkeys will be free forever!
- Dorothy 我呢？我怎么回家？
Wǒ ne? Wǒ zěnme huí jiā?
And me? How do I get home?
- Glinda 银鞋有魔法，能送你过沙漠。第一天，它们就能送你回家了！
Yínxié yǒu mófǎ, néng sòng nǐ guò shāmò. Dì yī tiān, tāmen jiù néng sòng nǐ huí jiā le!
The silver shoes have magic, and they can carry you over the desert. They could have taken you home on your very first day!
- Scarecrow 那我就没有我的好脑子了！
Nà wǒ jiù méiyǒu wǒ de hǎo nǎozi le!
But then I'd never have had my wonderful brains!
- Tin Woodman 我也没有我漂亮的心了。
Wǒ yě méiyǒu wǒ piàoliang de xīn le.
Nor I my lovely heart.
- Cowardly Lion 我也会一直胆小！
Wǒ yě huì yìzhí dǎnxiǎo!
And I'd have been a coward forever!
- Dorothy 能帮你们，我很高兴。现在……我想回家了。
Néng bāng nǐmen, wǒ hěn gāoxìng. Xiànzài… wǒ xiǎng huí jiā le.
I'm glad I could help you. But now... I want to go home.
- Glinda 两只银鞋碰三下，告诉它们你要去哪儿。
Liǎng zhī yínxié pèng sān xià, gàosu tāmen nǐ yào qù nǎr.
Knock your silver shoes together three times, and tell them where you want to go.
- Tin Woodman 再见，多萝西……我们都会想你的。我又要哭了……
Zàijiàn, Duōluóxī… wǒmen dōu huì xiǎng nǐ de. Wǒ yòu yào kū le…
Goodbye, Dorothy... we'll all miss you. Oh, I'm going to cry again...
- Dorothy 别哭！我不在，谁给你油？
Bié kū! Wǒ bú zài, shéi gěi nǐ yóu?
Don't cry! Who'll oil you when I'm gone?
- Dorothy 带我回家，回到艾姆婶婶那儿！
Dài wǒ huí jiā, huí dào Àimǔ Shěnshen nàr!
Take me home to Aunt Em!
- Narrator 大风吹着她，转啊转……她坐在了草地上。
Dàfēng chuī zhe tā, zhuàn a zhuàn… tā zuò zài le cǎodì shang.
A great wind whirled her round and round... and then she was sitting in the grass.
- Dorothy 这是堪萨斯！没有颜色……可是，这是我的家！
Zhè shì Kānsàsī! Méiyǒu yánsè… kěshì, zhè shì wǒ de jiā!
It's Kansas! No color at all... but it's my home!
- Toto 汪汪！
Wāngwāng!
Woof!
- Dorothy 新房子！亨利叔叔在看牛！……我的银鞋呢？
Xīn fángzi! Hēnglì Shūshu zài kàn niú! … Wǒ de yínxié ne?
A new house! Uncle Henry's out with the cows! ...Where are my silver shoes?
- Narrator 银鞋掉进了沙漠，永远找不到了。
Yínxié diào jìn le shāmò, yǒngyuǎn zhǎo bu dào le.
The silver shoes had fallen into the desert, lost forever.
- Dorothy 艾姆婶婶！
Àimǔ Shěnshen!
Aunt Em!
- Narrator 艾姆婶婶跑过来，抱着多萝西，哭了，也笑了。
Àimǔ Shěnshen pǎo guòlai, bào zhe Duōluóxī, kū le, yě xiào le.
Aunt Em ran to her and held her tight, crying and laughing at once.
- Aunt Em 我的好孩子！你是从哪儿来的？
Wǒ de hǎo háizi! Nǐ shì cóng nǎr lái de?
My darling child! Where in the world did you come from?
- Dorothy 从奥兹国来的。托托也回来了。艾姆婶婶，我回家了，我真高兴！
Cóng Àozī Guó lái de. Tuōtuō yě huílai le. Àimǔ Shěnshen, wǒ huí jiā le, wǒ zhēn gāoxìng!
From the Land of Oz. And here's Toto too. And oh, Aunt Em, I'm so glad to be home again!
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What changed in the story?
- What does Glinda ask Dorothy to give her first?
“先给我金帽子。”
- Where will the Tin Woodman go?
“黄衣人要我去管他们。”
- What does Glinda say the silver shoes could always do?
“第一天，它们就能送你回家了！”
- What does Dorothy say to the silver shoes?
“带我回家，回到艾姆婶婶那儿！”
- What happened to the silver shoes?
“银鞋掉进了沙漠，永远找不到了。”