The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · chapter 20 of 25
The Golden Cap
金帽子
Lost in the yellow fields, the friends try the strange words inside the Golden Cap. Back in the Emerald City, though, the great Oz keeps them waiting.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 多萝西和朋友们要回翡翠城，可是没有路。
Duōluóxī hé péngyoumen yào huí Fěicuìchéng, kěshì méiyǒu lù.
Dorothy and her friends set off back to the Emerald City, but there was no road.
- Scarecrow 我们走了好几天，还在黄色的花里！
Wǒmen zǒu le hǎo jǐ tiān, hái zài huángsè de huā lǐ!
We've walked for days, and we're still in these yellow flowers!
- Cowardly Lion 我没有勇气再走了……
Wǒ méiyǒu yǒngqì zài zǒu le…
I haven't the courage to walk another step...
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- Dorothy 我们回不去了……我也不能回家了。
Wǒmen huí bu qù le… wǒ yě bù néng huí jiā le.
We can't get back... and I'll never get home.
- Scarecrow 我没有脑子……可是我有一个主意！金帽子！
Wǒ méiyǒu nǎozi… kěshì wǒ yǒu yí gè zhǔyi! Jīn màozi!
I have no brains... but I have an idea! The Golden Cap!
- Dorothy 这上边说……要一只脚站着读！
Zhè shàngbian shuō… yào yì zhī jiǎo zhàn zhe dú!
It says here... you have to read it standing on one foot!
- Scarecrow 小心！一只脚站着……要倒了！我知道！
Xiǎoxīn! Yì zhī jiǎo zhàn zhe… yào dǎo le! Wǒ zhīdào!
Careful! On one foot... you'll topple over! I should know!
- King of the Winged Monkeys 你叫我们来，要我们做什么？
Nǐ jiào wǒmen lái, yào wǒmen zuò shénme?
You have called us. What do you want of us?
- Dorothy 请带我们去翡翠城！
Qǐng dài wǒmen qù Fěicuìchéng!
Please take us to the Emerald City!
- Tin Woodman 又是飞猴……这次别放开手！我刚修好！
Yòu shì fēihóu… zhè cì bié fàngkāi shǒu! Wǒ gāng xiū hǎo!
Winged Monkeys again... Don't let go this time! I've only just been mended!
- Gatekeeper 你们回来了？女巫让你们走了？
Nǐmen huílai le? Nǚwū ràng nǐmen zǒu le?
You're back? The witch let you go?
- Scarecrow 她不能不让我们走。她化了！
Tā bù néng bú ràng wǒmen zǒu. Tā huà le!
She couldn't help it. She melted!
- Cowardly Lion 是多萝西！一桶水，女巫就没了！
Shì Duōluóxī! Yì tǒng shuǐ, nǚwū jiù méi le!
It was Dorothy! One bucket of water, and no more witch!
- Gatekeeper 多萝西，你真行！来，眼镜我给你们戴上。
Duōluóxī, nǐ zhēn xíng! Lái, yǎnjìng wǒ gěi nǐmen dàishang.
Dorothy, well done! Now, let me put your glasses on.
- Narrator 可是，奥兹没有叫他们。一天，两天，三天……
Kěshì, Àozī méiyǒu jiào tāmen. Yì tiān, liǎng tiān, sān tiān…
But Oz did not send for them. One day passed, then two, then three...
- Scarecrow 告诉奥兹：再不让我们进去，我们就叫飞猴来！
Gàosu Àozī: zài bú ràng wǒmen jìnqu, wǒmen jiù jiào fēihóu lái!
Tell Oz: if he won't let us in, we'll call the Winged Monkeys!
- Narrator 第二天，他们走进大房间。里边一个人也没有。
Dì èr tiān, tāmen zǒujìn dà fángjiān. Lǐbian yí gè rén yě méiyǒu.
The next day they walked into the great room. There was nobody there at all.
- Wizard of Oz 我是伟大又可怕的奥兹。你们找我做什么？
Wǒ shì wěidà yòu kěpà de Àozī. Nǐmen zhǎo wǒ zuò shénme?
I am Oz, the Great and Terrible. Why do you seek me?
- Dorothy 您在哪儿？我们看不见您！
Nín zài nǎr? Wǒmen kàn bu jiàn nín!
Where are you? We can't see you!
- Wizard of Oz 我哪儿都在。
Wǒ nǎr dōu zài.
I am everywhere.
- Dorothy 您说过，女巫不在了，就送我回家！
Nín shuō guo, nǚwū bú zài le, jiù sòng wǒ huí jiā!
You promised! Once the witch was gone, you'd send me home!
- Scarecrow 还有我的脑子！铁皮人的心！狮子的勇气！
Hái yǒu wǒ de nǎozi! Tiěpírén de xīn! Shīzi de yǒngqì!
And my brains! The Tin Woodman's heart! The Lion's courage!
- Wizard of Oz 女巫……真的化了？那……你们明天再来吧。
Nǚwū… zhēn de huà le? Nà… nǐmen míngtiān zài lái ba.
The witch... really melted? Well... come back tomorrow.
- Cowardly Lion 明天？我大叫一声，看他怕不怕！
Míngtiān? Wǒ dàjiào yì shēng, kàn tā pà bu pà!
Tomorrow? One big roar from me, and we'll see if he's scared!
- Toto 汪汪！
Wāngwāng!
Woof woof!
- Dorothy 托托！那个高高的绿东西，倒了！
Tuōtuō! Nàge gāogāo de lǜ dōngxi, dǎo le!
Toto! That tall green thing has fallen over!
- Scarecrow 那是屏风！屏风后边，有一个小老头！
Nà shì píngfēng! Píngfēng hòubian, yǒu yí gè xiǎo lǎotóu!
It's a screen! And behind the screen, there's a little old man!
- Cowardly Lion 他没有头发……他好像比我还怕！
Tā méiyǒu tóufa… tā hǎoxiàng bǐ wǒ hái pà!
He's bald... and he looks even more scared than me!
- Narrator 铁皮人举起斧头，跑了过去。
Tiěpírén jǔqǐ fǔtóu, pǎo le guòqu.
The Tin Woodman raised his axe and rushed at him.
- Tin Woodman 你是谁？
Nǐ shì shéi?
Who are you?
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What changed in the story?
- Who thinks of using the Golden Cap?
“我没有脑子……可是我有一个主意！金帽子！”
- Why is the Tin Woodman nervous about flying with the Monkeys?
“这次别放开手！我刚修好！”
- What does the Gatekeeper do when they come back?
“来，眼镜我给你们戴上。”
- What does the voice say when Dorothy asks where it is?
“我哪儿都在。”
- What falls over after the Lion's roar?
“托托！那个高高的绿东西，倒了！”