蒂普造了一个南瓜头.doc

第一章 蒂普造了一个南瓜头 Chapter 1 Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead 奥兹国北方的吉利金国里有一个名叫蒂普的小男孩，他很小的时候被一个叫姆比的巫婆收养。蒂普要为老巫婆做所有的家务活和地里的活。 有一天，收割完玉米后，蒂普往牛棚里搬运南瓜，他忽然想到做一只“鬼脸南瓜灯”，用它来吓吓姆比。他挑了一只橘红色的大南瓜，用小刀刻了两只圆眼睛，一只三角鼻子，一张新月似的嘴巴。南瓜的笑容如此夸张，蒂普忍不住大笑起来。 姆比到村里买东西，要两天才回来。蒂普用树枝和叶子做了人的手臂、腿和脚，用厚树皮做了身体。完成之后，蒂普就扛着南瓜人回家了。它看上去十分高大。第二天，他又为它做了一个灵巧的脖子，使南瓜人的头可以灵巧地转动。 最后，蒂普在姆比放纪念品与财宝的大柜子的最底层，找到了一条紫色的裤子、一件红衬衫和一件带着白斑点的粉红色背心为南瓜人穿上，并叫它“南瓜头杰克”。 n the Country of the Gillikins, which is at the North of the Land of Oz, lived a youth called Tip. There was more to his name than that, for old Mombi often declared that his whole name was Tippetarius; but no one was expected to say such a long word when “Tip” would do just as well. This boy remembered nothing of his parents, for he had been brought when quite young to be reared by the old woman known as Mombi, whose reputation, I am sorry to say, was none of the best. For the Gillikin people had reason to suspect her of indulging in magical arts, and therefore hesitated to associate with her. Mombi was not exactly a Witch, because the Good Witch who ruled that part of the Land of Oz had forbidden any other Witch to exist in her dominions. So Tip’s guardian, however much she might aspire to working magic, realized it was unlawful to be more than a Sorceress, or at most a Wizardess. Tip was made to carry wood from the forest, that the old woman might boil her pot. He also worked in the corn-fields, hoeing and husking,and he fed the pigs and milked the four-homed cow that was Mombi’s especial pride. But you must not suppose he worked all the time, for he felt that would be bad for him. When sent to the forest Tip often climbed trees for birds’eggs or amused himself chasing the fleet white rabbits or fishing in the brooks with bent pins. Then he would hastily gather his armful of wood and carry it home. And when he was supposed to be working in the corn-fields, and the tall stalks hid him from Mombi’s view, Tip would often dig in the gopher holes, or if the mood seized