The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · chapter 10 of 25
Red Flowers
红花
Can anyone reach the Scarecrow in the middle of the river? And past the riverbank lies a field of sweet red flowers, far more dangerous than it looks.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天早上，船走远了。稻草人一个人在河中间。
Nà tiān zǎoshang, chuán zǒu yuǎn le. Dàocǎorén yí gè rén zài hé zhōngjiān.
That morning, the raft drifted away, and the Scarecrow was left all alone in the middle of the river.
- Tin Woodman 我的好朋友……不，我不能哭！我会生锈的！
Wǒ de hǎo péngyou… bù, wǒ bù néng kū! Wǒ huì shēngxiù de!
My dear friend... No, I mustn't cry! I'll rust!
- Dorothy 来，我帮你。好了，没有眼泪了。
Lái, wǒ bāng nǐ. Hǎo le, méiyǒu yǎnlèi le.
Here, let me help. There, no more tears.
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- Cowardly Lion 我跳到水里，拉着船走！你们拉着我的尾巴！
Wǒ tiào dào shuǐ lǐ, lā zhe chuán zǒu! Nǐmen lā zhe wǒ de wěiba!
I'll jump in and pull the raft! Hold on to my tail!
- Tin Woodman 我拉着你的尾巴！狮子，快！快！
Wǒ lā zhe nǐ de wěiba! Shīzi, kuài! Kuài!
I've got your tail! Go, Lion, go!
- Narrator 狮子拉着船，一点一点到了河边。
Shīzi lā zhe chuán, yìdiǎn yìdiǎn dào le hébiān.
The Lion pulled the raft, and little by little it reached the bank.
- Cowardly Lion 到了……黄砖路在哪儿？
Dào le… Huángzhuān Lù zài nǎr?
We made it... but where's the Yellow Brick Road?
- Dorothy 我们走回去，找黄砖路，也找稻草人！
Wǒmen zǒu huíqu, zhǎo Huángzhuān Lù, yě zhǎo Dàocǎorén!
Let's walk back. We'll find the road, and the Scarecrow too!
- Tin Woodman 看！稻草人还在河中间！
Kàn! Dàocǎorén hái zài hé zhōngjiān!
Look! The Scarecrow's still out in the middle of the river!
- Dorothy 我们怎么救他？
Wǒmen zěnme jiù tā?
How can we save him?
- Narrator 这时候，一只大白鸟飞到河边的石头上休息。
Zhè shíhou, yì zhī dà bái niǎo fēi dào hébiān de shítou shang xiūxi.
Just then, a big white stork flew down to rest on a rock by the river.
- Dorothy 大白鸟，你能帮我们吗？我们的朋友在河里！
Dà bái niǎo, nǐ néng bāng wǒmen ma? Wǒmen de péngyou zài hé lǐ!
Please, big white bird, can you help us? Our friend is out in the river!
- Dorothy 他是稻草做的，一点儿也不重！
Tā shì dàocǎo zuò de, yìdiǎnr yě bú zhòng!
He's made of straw. He isn't heavy at all!
- Cowardly Lion 看！稻草人在天上飞！他回来了！
Kàn! Dàocǎorén zài tiānshàng fēi! Tā huílai le!
Look! The Scarecrow's flying through the sky! He's coming back!
- Scarecrow 我回来了！谢谢你，大白鸟！
Wǒ huílai le! Xièxie nǐ, dà bái niǎo!
I'm back! Thank you, big white bird!
- Scarecrow 我有了脑子，一定回来谢谢你！
Wǒ yǒu le nǎozi, yídìng huílai xièxie nǐ!
When I get my brains, I'll come back and thank you properly!
- Scarecrow 来，我要抱你们！多萝西！铁皮人！狮子！托托！
Lái, wǒ yào bào nǐmen! Duōluóxī! Tiěpírén! Shīzi! Tuōtuō!
Come here, I want to hug you all! Dorothy! Tin Woodman! Lion! Toto!
- Dorothy 看！很多很多红花！真香！
Kàn! Hěn duō hěn duō hóng huā! Zhēn xiāng!
Look! So many red flowers! They smell so sweet!
- Cowardly Lion 我很喜欢花。这些花真香！
Wǒ hěn xǐhuan huā. Zhèxiē huā zhēn xiāng!
I've always loved flowers. These smell wonderful!
- Dorothy 我……好想睡觉……
Wǒ… hǎo xiǎng shuìjiào…
I'm... so sleepy...
- Toto 汪汪……
Wāngwāng…
Woof...
- Tin Woodman 多萝西，别睡！我们要走！
Duōluóxī, bié shuì! Wǒmen yào zǒu!
Dorothy, don't fall asleep! We have to keep going!
- Narrator 多萝西和托托在红花里睡着了。
Duōluóxī hé Tuōtuō zài hóng huā lǐ shuìzháo le.
Dorothy and Toto fell asleep among the red flowers.
- Cowardly Lion 这些花……谁睡着了，就不会醒了……
Zhèxiē huā… shéi shuìzháo le, jiù bú huì xǐng le…
These flowers... whoever falls asleep here never wakes up...
- Scarecrow 狮子，快跑！你太重了，我们抱不动你！
Shīzi, kuài pǎo! Nǐ tài zhòng le, wǒmen bào bu dòng nǐ!
Run, Lion, as fast as you can! You're too heavy for us to carry!
- Tin Woodman 我们带多萝西和托托走！快！
Wǒmen dài Duōluóxī hé Tuōtuō zǒu! Kuài!
We'll carry Dorothy and Toto out! Hurry!
- Scarecrow 看！狮子在那儿！他快跑出去了……可是他睡着了！
Kàn! Shīzi zài nàr! Tā kuài pǎo chūqu le… kěshì tā shuìzháo le!
Look, there's the Lion! He almost made it out... but he's fallen asleep!
- Tin Woodman 他太重了……我们抱不动他。
Tā tài zhòng le… wǒmen bào bu dòng tā.
He's too heavy... we can't lift him.
- Scarecrow 他很胆小，可是他是我们的好朋友。
Tā hěn dǎnxiǎo, kěshì tā shì wǒmen de hǎo péngyou.
He may be a coward, but he's a good friend to us.
- Tin Woodman 我们……只能留下他了。
Wǒmen… zhǐ néng liúxià tā le.
We... we have to leave him here.
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What changed in the story?
- How does the Lion get the raft to the riverbank?
“我跳到水里，拉着船走！”……“我拉着你的尾巴！”
- Why can the stork carry the Scarecrow back?
“他是稻草做的，一点儿也不重！”
- What does the Scarecrow promise the stork?
“我有了脑子，一定回来谢谢你！”
- What happens to Dorothy in the field of red flowers?
“多萝西和托托在红花里睡着了。”
- Why do the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman leave the Lion behind?
“他太重了……我们抱不动他。”……“我们……只能留下他了。”