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PAGE 【导读】　《绿野仙踪》是美国作家弗兰克·鲍姆的优秀的儿童文学作品。作者以奇特的想象力描述了一个小女孩因被旋风刮到奥芝国，和她的三个朋友：狮子、稻草人、铁皮人团结在一起，共同克服困难，战胜险恶，为了实现自己的愿望，不屈不挠地同恶魔斗争，最终如愿以偿的故事。 Wizard of Oz(Excerpt) Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies，with Uncle Henry，who was a farmer，and Aunt Em，who was the farmers wife.Their house was small，for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.There were four walls，a floor and a roof，which made one room；and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove，a cupboard for the dishes，a table，three or four chairs，and two beds.Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner，and Dorothy a little bed in another corner.There was no garret at all，and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground，called a cyclone cellar，where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose，mighty enough to crush any building in its path.It was reached by a trapdoor in the middle of the floor，from which a ladder led down into the small，dark hole. When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around，she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side.Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of fiat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions.The sun had baked the plowed land into a gray mass，with little cracks running through it.Even the grass was not green，for the sun had burned the tops of the long blades until they were the same gray color to be seen everywhere.Once the house had been painted，but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away，and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else. When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young，pretty wife.The sun and wind had changed her，too.They had taken the sparkle from her eyes and left them a sober gray；they had taken the red from her cheeks and lips，and they were gray also.She was thin and gaunt，and never smiled now. 绿野仙踪(节选) 多萝茜与亨利叔叔、爱姆婶婶，一起住在堪萨斯州大草原中部的小木屋里。叔叔是个农民，他和婶婶长年在地里干活。因为建屋子的木材，要从很远的地方用货车运过来，很不容易，因而他们住的一间屋子只是小小的、四垛板壁、一个屋顶和一个地板构成的；屋子里有一