美文欣賞-The Wizard of Oz

(Dorothy kills the bad witch by accident.)

Glinda: Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

Dorothy: Who, me? I’m not a witch at all. I’m Dorothy Gale from Kansas.

Glinda: Oh. Well, is that the witch?

Dorothy: Who, Toto? Toto is my dog.

Glinda: I’m a little 1)muddled. The Munchkins called me, because a new witch has just dropped a house on the Wicked Witch of the East. And there’s the house, and here you are, and that’s all that’s left of the Wicked Witch of the East. And so, what the Munchkins want to know is - are you a good witch or a bad witch?

Dorothy: Oh, but I’ve already told you, I’m not a witch at all. Witches are old and ugly. What was that?

Glinda: The Munchkins. They’re laughing because I am a witch. I’m Glinda, the Witch of the North.

Dorothy: You are? I beg your pardon, but I’ve never heard of a beautiful witch before.

Glinda: Only bad witches are ugly. The Munchkins are happy because you have freed them from the Wicked Witch of the East.

Dorothy: Oh, but if you please, what are Munchkins?

Glinda: The little people who live in this land. It’s Muchkinland, and you are their national heroine, my dear. (To the Munchkins) It’s all right. You may all come out and thank her.

Munchkins: We thank you very sweetly for doing it so neatly.

Munchkins: You’ve killed her so completely. That we thank you very sweetly.

Glinda: Let the joyous news be spread! The Wicked Old Witch at last is dead.

Chorus:

Ding-dong, the witch is dead.

Which old witch? The Wicked Witch!

Ding-dong, the Wicked Witch is dead.

Wake up, you sleepyhead.

Rub your eyes, get out of your bed.

Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead.

She’s gone where the 2)goblins go.

Below, below, below! Yo ho!

Let’s open up and sing,

And ring the bells out.

Ding-dong, the merry-o!

Sing it high, sing it low!

Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead.