第十四章 飞 猴
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第十四章 飞
猴
小朋友，你们大家一定还记得，在邪恶女巫的城堡和翡翠城之间，是没有路的，甚至连一条小径都没有。当时那四位异客去追寻女巫，她发现了他们的行踪后，于是，她派飞猴去把他们抓来了。现在，要在长满金凤花和黄雏菊的广漠原野中找到回路，比起被携带着腾空飞越，要艰难得多了。他们当然知道，必须朝着太阳升起的地方，笔直往东走；他们出发时方向是正确的。但是到了中午，太阳升到了头顶上，他们就不知道哪边是东哪边是西了，而这正是他们在旷野里迷失方向的原因。但不管怎样，他们还是继续往前走，到了晚上，月亮升起来了，明晃晃地照耀着。于是，他们躺就在芳香四溢的黄花丛中躺下，酣然睡着了，一直睡到天亮，只有稻草人和铁皮人除外。
第二天早晨，太阳藏在乌云的背后，但是他们又动身了，仿佛对自己行走的路，很有把握的。
“只要我们不停地往前走，”朵萝茜说道。“我肯定，我们总有一天会走到一个地方的。”
但是日子一天天过去，除了赤色原野，他们的前方还是什么都看不见。稻草人开始发牢骚，有点不耐烦了。
“我们肯定是迷路了，”他说道。“如果我们不能及时找到路，赶到翡翠城，我就永远也得不到大脑了。”
“我也得不到心了，”铁皮人断言道。“我似乎很难等到去见乌子了，你们必须承认，这是一个很漫长的历程。”
“你们都明白，”胆小的狮子带着哭腔说道。“如果还是前不到村后不着店的，我是再也没有勇气这样一直走下去了。”
这时，朵萝茜也灰心了。她在草地上坐了下来，无奈地看着同伴们，他们也都坐下来，呆呆地看着她，连多多也觉得自己生平第一次
累成了这样，一只蝴蝶从自己的头顶飞过，他都不想去追了。他伸出舌头，喘着粗气，望着朵萝茜，仿佛在问，他们下一步该怎么办。
“我们可以把田鼠召来，”她建议道。“他们或许能告诉我们去翡翠城的路。”
“肯定他们可以！”稻草人嚷道。“我们怎么就没有早些想到呢？”
朵萝茜拿起小哨子吹了一下，这只小哨子是田鼠女王送给她的，一直挂在她的脖子上。不多一会儿，他们就听见了的小脚的啪嗒声，许多灰色的小田鼠跑到她跟前来了。田鼠女王也在其中，她用尖细的嗓音问道：
“我能为我的朋友们做点什么吗？”
“我们迷路了，”朵萝茜说道。“你能告诉我们翡翠城在哪边吗？”
“当然啦，”女王答道。“但离这儿还远得很哩，因为你们一直在朝反方向走。”这时她注意到了朵萝茜的金帽子，就说道：“你为什么不念这帽子的符咒，把飞猴们召过来呢？他们只需大半个钟头，就能把你们送到乌子的都城去。”
“我不知道它有符咒，”朵萝茜答道，感到很惊讶。“什么符咒呢？”
“符咒就写在金帽子的里面，”田鼠女王答道。“不过，你要是要召飞猴来的话，我们就必须躲开，因为他们惯搞恶作剧，总是把折磨我们当作莫大的乐趣。”
“他们该不会伤害我们吧？”小姑娘焦急地问道。
“哦，不会的。他们必须服从这顶帽子的主人。再见啦！”说罢，她就蹦跳着离去，所有的田鼠都紧跟在她后面，一会儿就看不见了。
朵萝茜朝金帽子的里面望去，看见帽子衬里上写有一些字。她想，这些肯定就是咒语，于是她仔细地读了这些字的说明，然后把帽子戴在头上。
“挨扑，派扑，喀克！”她念道，单用右脚站着。
“你在说什么呀？”稻草人问道，不明白她在干什么。
“黑罗，活罗，哈罗！”朵萝茜继续念道，这回她单用右腿站着。
“哈罗！”铁皮人平静地回应道。
“兹西，卒西，兹克！”朵萝茜念道，这时她双脚立地。这样咒语就念完了。他们就听到一阵叽喳声和翅膀的拍打声，因为那一大群飞猴就飞到了他们跟前。猴王在朵萝茜面前深深鞠了一躬，问道：“你有什么吩咐？”
“我们要到翡翠城去。”小姑娘说道。“可是，我们迷路了。”
“我们愿意送你们去，”猴王答道，话刚说完，就有两只飞猴用长臂挽住朵萝茜，带着她飞走了。别的飞猴带上稻草人、铁皮人和狮子，还有一只小飞猴抓住多多，紧随其后，尽管这小狗使劲挣扎着，还想咬它。
稻草人和铁皮人刚开始挺害怕的，因为他们还记得，不久前这些飞猴曾经怎样粗暴地对待他们；但他们很快就发现，这一次飞猴们并没有伤害他们的意图，便高高兴兴地在空中飞驰，俯视着下面美丽的花园和树林，非常开心。
朵萝茜轻快地飞驰在空中，发现自己被夹在两只最大的猴子中间，其中一只是猴王自己。在他们用手臂搭成椅子抬着她，小心呵护着不让她受伤。
“你们为什么不得不服从这顶金帽子的魔法呢？”她问道。
“这就说来话长了，”猴王答道，翼然一笑；“不过，既然我们前面的路还很长，你要是真的想听，我就给你讲一讲，就算是消磨时间。”
“我很高兴听你讲，”她答道。
“从前，”猴王开口讲道。“我们都是自由民，在大森林里快乐地生活着，在树林间飞来飞去，吃各种果子，想做什么就做什么，不把任何人认作主子。我们当中或许有些猴子也很淘气，有时候从树上飞下去，拉拽那些没有翅膀的动物的尾巴，追逐飞鸟，朝那些在林子里走路的人们扔坚果。但是我们的生活无忧无虑，充满了乐趣，每日每时都非常开心。这是许多年以前的事了，在乌子从云端下来统治这块土地以前很久。
“那时，在离这儿很远的北方，住着一位美丽的公主，她也是一位法力很强大的女巫。她的全部法术都是用来助人的，从来没有听说她伤害过一个好人。她名叫盖丽特，居住在一座用巨大的红宝石砌成的豪华宫殿里。人人都很喜爱她，但她最大的苦恼，就是找不到一个能让她以爱作回报的人，因为所有的男子都太笨太丑，配不上那么美丽那么聪明的一位女子。最后，她总算找到了一个男孩，他很英俊，有男子汉气概，而且聪明过人。盖丽特决定，等他长大成人后，就让他做自己的丈夫，于是，她召他进红宝石宫，用她所有的法力，把他打造成任何女人心目中最强壮、最优秀、最可爱的男子。他名叫克拉拉，他长大成人后，被炫耀成为全国最优秀最聪明的男人，同时，他那阳刚之美非常突出，盖丽特深深地爱着他，于是就加紧安排好一切，准备成婚。
“那时，我的祖父是一群飞猴的大王，那群飞猴都住在盖丽特的宫殿附近的森林里，这个老爷子爱开玩笑胜过吃美味大餐。有一天，就在举行婚礼之前，我的祖父和他的那群飞猴正在飞出林外，偶然看见克拉拉在河边散步。他身穿的粉色丝绸和紫色天鹅绒做的华美衣服，我祖父想看看他能做些什么。他发出一声号令，那帮飞猴便飞下去抓住了克拉拉，用胳膊架着他，飞到河中央的上空，然后把他扔进河里了。
“‘游出来吧，我漂亮的小子，’我祖父大声喊叫道。‘看看河水是不是把你美丽的衣服弄脏了。’克拉拉非常聪明，但游泳的功夫也不差，而且他并没有因为鸿运高照而被宠坏。他钻出水面，哈哈大笑，便向岸边游去。可是，当盖丽特跑出来找到他时，发现他的丝绸衣服和天鹅绒衣服全被在河水中泡坏了。
“公主非常愤怒，她当然知道这是谁干的。她把所有的飞猴都召集过来，首先她说，她要把他们的翅膀全部绑起来，再象他们整治克拉拉那样，把他们扔进河里。但是，我的祖父竭力申辩，因为他很清楚，飞猴的翅膀被绑住以后，再扔进水里，就会淹死，克拉拉也为他们说好话求情；所以最后，盖丽特饶了他们，但她有一个条件，她要求从此以后，飞猴们要按照金帽子主人的吩咐做三件事。这顶金帽子是准备在婚礼上献给克拉拉的礼物，据说花去了半个王国的财富。当然，我的祖父和其他飞猴全都立刻同意了这个条件，所以现在，我们要给金帽子主人的做奴隶，为他服役三次，不管那个人是谁。”
“后来他们都怎样了呢？”朵萝茜问道，她已经对这个故事产生了极大的兴趣。
“克拉拉成了这顶金帽子的第一个主人，”飞猴答道。“他是第一个命令我们按他的愿望去做的人。他的新娘不想再看到我们，所以他们结婚以后，他就在森林里把我们全都叫到跟前，命令我们走得远远的，从此不再出现在盖丽特的面前，我们都非常乐意去做，因为我们都很怕她。
“在金帽子落到西方邪恶女巫手里之前，我们被迫做的事情就这一件，而后来女巫迫使我们把温基人变成了她的奴隶，又后来，把乌子本人驱赶出了西方邦域。现在金帽子是你的了，你有权下令，我们愿意按照念道愿望为你办三件事。”
猴王的故事说完了，这时，朵萝茜朝下一望，看见翡翠城那绿光闪闪的城墙就展现在他们的眼前。她对飞猴们的快速飞行非常惊讶，不过，她也为这次空中旅行终于结束而感到高兴。那些灵物们小心翼翼地把那几个异客放在了城门口，猴王向朵萝茜深深鞠了一躬，然后带着他的全群飞猴，迅速飞走了。
“这真是一次快乐的空中飞行，”小姑娘说道。
“是啊，而且这是我们摆脱困境的捷径，”狮子回应道。“幸亏你随身带着那顶神奇的金帽子！”
附录：原文
Chapter XIV The Winged Monkeys
You will remember there was no road—not even a
pathway—between the castle of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald
City. When the four travellers went in search of the Witch she had
seen them coming, and so sent the Winged Monkeys to bring them to
her. It was much harder to find their way back through the big
fields of buttercups and yellow daisies than it was being carried.
They knew, of course, they must go straight east, toward the rising
sun; and they started off in the right way. But at noon, when the
sun was over their heads, they did not know which was east and
which was west, and that was the reason they were lost in the great
fields. They kept on walking, however, and at night the moon came
out and shone brightly. So they lay down among the sweet smelling
yellow flowers and slept soundly until morning—all but the
Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman.
The next morning the sun was behind a cloud, but they started
on, as if they were quite sure which way they were
going.
'If we walk far enough,' said Dorothy, 'we shall sometime
come to some place, I am sure.'
But day by day passed away, and they still saw nothing before
them but the yellow fields. The Scarecrow began to grumble a
bit.
'We have surely lost our way,' he said, 'and unless we find
it again in time to reach the Emerald City I shall never get my
brains.'
'Nor I my heart,' declared the Tin Woodman. 'It seems to me I
can scarcely wait till I get to Oz, and you must admit this is a
very long journey.'
'You see,' said the Cowardly Lion, with a whimper, 'I haven't
the courage to keep tramping forever, without getting anywhere at
all.'
Then Dorothy lost heart. She sat down on the grass and looked
at her companions, and they sat down and looked at her, and Toto
found that for the first time in his life he was too tired to chase
a butterfly that flew past his head; so he put out his tongue and
panted and looked at Dorothy as if to ask what they should do
next.
'Suppose we call the Field Mice,' she suggested. 'They could
probably tell us the way to the Emerald City.'
'To be sure they could,' cried the Scarecrow; 'why didn't we
think of that before?'
Dorothy blew the little whistle she had always carried about
her neck since the Queen of the Mice had given it to her. In a few
minutes they heard the pattering of tiny feet, and many of the
small grey mice came running up to her. Among them was the Queen
herself, who asked, in her squeaky little voice,
'What can I do for my friends?'
'We have lost our way,' said Dorothy. 'Can you tell us where
the Emerald City is?'
'Certainly,' answered the Queen; 'but it is a great way off,
for you have had it at your backs all this time.' Then she noticed
Dorothy's Golden Cap, and said, 'Why don't you use
the charm of the Cap, and call the Winged
Monkeys to you? They will carry you to the City of Oz in less than
an hour.'
'I didn't know there was a charm,' answered Dorothy, in
surprise. 'What is it?'
'It is written inside the Golden Cap,' replied the Queen of
the Mice; 'but if you are going to call the Winged Monkeys we must
run away, for they are full of mischief and think it great fun to
plague us.'
'Won't they hurt me?' asked the girl, anxiously.
'Oh, no; they must obey the wearer of the Cap. Good-bye!' And
she scampered out of sight, with all the mice hurrying after
her.
Dorothy looked inside the Golden Cap and saw some words
written upon the lining. These, she thought, must be the charm, so
she read the directions carefully and put the Cap upon her
head.
'Ep-pe, pep-pe, kak-ke!' she said, standing on her left
foot.
'What did you say?' asked the Scarecrow, who did not know
what she was doing.
'Hil-lo, hol-lo, hel-lo!' Dorothy went on, standing this time
on her right foot.
'Hello!' replied the Tin Woodman, calmly.
'Ziz-zy, zuz-zy, zik!' said Dorothy, who was now standing on
both feet. This ended the saying of the charm, and they heard a
great chattering and flapping of wings, as the
band of Winged Monkeys flew up to them. The King bowed low
before
Dorothy, and asked, 'What is your command?'
'We wish to go to the Emerald City,' said the child, 'and we
have lost our way.'
'We will carry you,' replied the King, and no sooner had he
spoken than two of the Monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and
flew away with her. Others took the Scarecrow and the Woodman and
the Lion, and one little Monkey seized Toto and flew after them,
although the dog tried hard to bite him.
The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were rather frightened at
first, for they remembered how badly the Winged Monkeys had treated
them before; but they saw that no harm was intended, so they rode
through the air quite cheerfully, and had a fine time looking at
the pretty gardens and woods far below them.
Dorothy found herself riding easily between two of the
biggest Monkeys, one of them the King himself. They had made a
chair of their hands and were careful not to hurt her.
'Why do you have to obey the charm of the Golden Cap?' she
asked.
'That is a long story,' answered the King, with a laugh; 'but
as we have a long journey before us I will pass the time by telling
you about it, if you wish.'
'I shall be glad to hear it,' she replied.
'Once,' began the leader, 'we were a free people, living
happily in the great forest, flying from tree to tree, eating nuts
and fruit, and doing just as we pleased without calling anybody
master. Perhaps some of us were rather too full of mischief at
times, flying down to pull the tails of the animals that had no
wings, chasing birds, and throwing nuts at the people who walked in
the forest. But we were careless and happy and full of fun, and
enjoyed every minute of the day. This was many years ago, long
before Oz came out of the clouds to rule over this
land.
'There lived here then, away at the North, a beautiful
princess, who was also a powerful sorceress. All her magic was used
to help the people, and she was never known to hurt anyone who was
good. Her name was Gayelette, and she lived in a handsome palace
built from great blocks of ruby. Everyone loved her, but her
greatest sorrow was that she could find no one to love in return,
since all the men were much too stupid and ugly to mate with one so
beautiful and wise. At last, however, she found a boy who was
handsome and manly and wise beyond his years. Gayelette made up her
mind that when he grew to be a man she would make him her husband,
so she took him to her ruby palace and used all her magic powers to
make him as strong and good and lovely as any woman could wish.
When he grew to manhood, Quelala, as he was called, was said to be
the best and wisest man in all the land, while his manly beauty was
so great that Gayelette loved him dearly, and hastened to make
everything ready for the wedding.
'My grandfather was at that time the King of the Winged
Monkeys which lived in the forest near Gayalette's palace, and the
old fellow loved a joke better than a good dinner. One day, just
before the wedding, my grandfather was flying out with his band
when he saw Quelala walking beside the river. He was dressed in a
rich costume of pink silk and purple velvet, and my grandfather
thought he would see what he could do. At his word the band flew
down and seized Quelala, carried him in their arms until they were
over the middle of the river, and then dropped him into the
water.
''Swim out, my fine fellow,'' cried my grandfather, ''and see
if the water has spotted your clothes.'' Quelala was much too wise
not to swim, and he was not in the least spoiled by all his good
fortune. He laughed, when he came to the top of the water, and swam
in to shore. But when Gayelette came running out to him she found
his silks and velvet all ruined by the river.
'The princess was very angry, and she knew, of course, who
did it. She had all the Winged Monkeys brought before her, and she
said at first that their wings should be tied and they should be
treated as they had treated Quelala, and dropped in the river. But
my grandfather pleaded hard, for he knew the Monkeys would drown in
the river with their wings tied, and Quelala said a kind
word for them also; so that Gayelette finally spared them,
on condition that the Winged Monkeys should ever after do three
times the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap. This Cap had been
made for a wedding present to Quelala, and it is said to have cost
the princess half her kingdom. Of course my grandfather and all the
other Monkeys at once agreed to the condition, and that is how it
happens that we are three times the slaves of the owner of the
Golden Cap, whomsoever he may be.'
'And what became of them?' asked Dorothy, who had been
greatly interested in the story.
'Quelala being the first owner of the Golden Cap,' replied
the Monkey, 'he was the first to lay his wishes upon us. As his
bride could not bear the sight of us, he called us all to him in
the forest after he had married her and ordered us to always keep
where she could never again set eyes on a Winged Monkey, which we
were glad to do, for we were all afraid of her.
'This was all we ever had to do until the Golden Cap fell
into the hands of the Wicked Witch of the West, who made us enslave
the Winkies, and afterward drive Oz himself out of the Land of the
West. Now the Golden Cap is yours, and three times you have the
right to lay your wishes upon us.'
As the Monkey King finished his story Dorothy looked down and
saw the green, shining walls of the Emerald City before them. She
wondered at the rapid flight of the Monkeys, but was glad the
journey was over. The strange creatures set the travellers down
carefully before the gate of the City, the King bowed low to
Dorothy, and then flew swiftly away, followed by all his
band.
'That was a good ride,' said the little girl.
'Yes, and a quick way out of our troubles.' replied the Lion.
'How lucky it was you brought away that wonderful
Cap!'
