The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · chapter 17 of 25
The Winged Monkeys
飞猴
The sky goes dark with wings. One by one the friends are carried off, until the Winged Monkeys reach Dorothy and suddenly stop.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 女巫的城堡前，天上都是飞猴。
Nǚwū de chéngbǎo qián, tiānshàng dōu shì fēihóu.
Before the witch's castle, the sky was full of Winged Monkeys.
- King of the Winged Monkeys 这是你第三次叫我们，也是最后一次。你要我们做什么？
Zhè shì nǐ dì sān cì jiào wǒmen, yě shì zuìhòu yí cì. Nǐ yào wǒmen zuò shénme?
This is the third time you have called us, and the last. What do you want of us?
- Witch of the West 狮子给我带回来，我要他拉车！别的，一个也别留！
Shīzi gěi wǒ dài huílai, wǒ yào tā lā chē! Biéde, yí gè yě bié liú!
Bring the Lion back to me. I'll make him pull my cart! The others... spare not a single one!
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- Dorothy 天怎么黑了？……好多翅膀！
Tiān zěnme hēi le? … Hǎoduō chìbǎng!
Why has the sky gone dark? ... So many wings!
- Cowardly Lion 是飞猴！我什么都怕，最怕飞猴！
Shì fēihóu! Wǒ shénme dōu pà, zuì pà fēihóu!
It's the Winged Monkeys! I'm afraid of everything, and of them most of all!
- Narrator 飞猴们抓起铁皮人，飞得很高很高。
Fēihóumen zhuāqǐ Tiěpírén, fēi de hěn gāo hěn gāo.
The Monkeys seized the Tin Woodman and flew up high, very high.
- Tin Woodman 放开我！……不，不要放开！太高了！
Fàngkāi wǒ! … Bù, bú yào fàngkāi! Tài gāo le!
Let go of me! ... No, don't let go! It's too high!
- Dorothy 铁皮人！他掉在石头上了！
Tiěpírén! Tā diào zài shítou shang le!
Tin Woodman! He's fallen onto the rocks!
- Scarecrow 别拿我的稻草！……我的稻草都飞走了！
Bié ná wǒ de dàocǎo! … Wǒ de dàocǎo dōu fēi zǒu le!
Don't take my straw! ... My straw is all blowing away!
- Dorothy 稻草人的衣服和帽子……挂在了高高的树上！
Dàocǎorén de yīfu hé màozi… guà zài le gāogāo de shù shang!
The Scarecrow's clothes and hat... they've hung them up in a tall tree!
- Cowardly Lion 别拉我！这么多线……我的头，我的脚，都不能动了！
Bié lā wǒ! Zhème duō xiàn… wǒ de tóu, wǒ de jiǎo, dōu bù néng dòng le!
Stop pulling me! So much cord... my head, my feet, I can't move anything!
- King of the Winged Monkeys 带他去女巫的城堡。
Dài tā qù nǚwū de chéngbǎo.
Take him to the witch's castle.
- Dorothy 托托，别怕……我在这儿。
Tuōtuō, bié pà… wǒ zài zhèr.
Toto, don't be scared... I'm here.
- King of the Winged Monkeys 停！她头上有记号。北方女巫亲过她，没有人敢动她！
Tíng! Tā tóu shang yǒu jìhao. Běifāng Nǚwū qīn guo tā, méiyǒu rén gǎn dòng tā!
Stop! There's a mark on her forehead. The Witch of the North kissed her, and no one dares to harm her!
- Narrator 飞猴们轻轻地抱起多萝西和托托，飞到了女巫的城堡。
Fēihóumen qīngqīng de bàoqǐ Duōluóxī hé Tuōtuō, fēi dào le nǚwū de chéngbǎo.
Gently the Monkeys lifted Dorothy and Toto, and flew them to the witch's castle.
- King of the Winged Monkeys 铁皮人掉在石头上，稻草人挂在树上，狮子在你的院子里。
Tiěpírén diào zài shítou shang, Dàocǎorén guà zài shù shang, Shīzi zài nǐ de yuànzi lǐ.
The Tin Woodman lies on the rocks, the Scarecrow hangs in a tree, and the Lion is in your yard.
- Witch of the West 那个女孩呢？
Nàge nǚhái ne?
And the girl?
- King of the Winged Monkeys 她，我们不敢动。你的三次，都用完了。再见！
Tā, wǒmen bù gǎn dòng. Nǐ de sān cì, dōu yòng wán le. Zàijiàn!
Her we dare not touch. Your three calls are used up. Farewell!
- Witch of the West 北方女巫的记号……还有，银鞋！
Běifāng Nǚwū de jìhao… hái yǒu, yínxié!
The Witch of the North's mark... and the silver shoes!
- Witch of the West 孩子，你的银鞋，有什么魔法？
Háizi, nǐ de yínxié, yǒu shénme mófǎ?
Child, what magic do your silver shoes have?
- Dorothy 我不知道。我也很想知道！
Wǒ bù zhīdào. Wǒ yě hěn xiǎng zhīdào!
I don't know. I'd really like to know too!
- Witch of the West 不知道？好！从今天起，你给我洗地、生火！
Bù zhīdào? Hǎo! Cóng jīntiān qǐ, nǐ gěi wǒ xǐ dì, shēng huǒ!
You don't know? Good! From today on, you'll scrub the floors and make the fire!
- Dorothy 托托……我们怎么办？
Tuōtuō… wǒmen zěnme bàn?
Toto... what are we going to do?
- Witch of the West 有一天，她的银鞋会是我的！
Yǒu yì tiān, tā de yínxié huì shì wǒ de!
One day, those silver shoes of hers will be mine!
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What changed in the story?
- What does the witch want the Lion for?
“狮子给我带回来，我要他拉车！”
- What do the Monkeys do with the Tin Woodman?
“飞猴们抓起铁皮人，飞得很高很高。”……“他掉在石头上了！”
- Why won't the Monkeys hurt Dorothy?
“她头上有记号。北方女巫亲过她，没有人敢动她！”
- What does the Monkey King tell the witch before he goes?
“你的三次，都用完了。”
- What does Dorothy say about the magic in her silver shoes?
“我不知道。我也很想知道！”