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lunes, 27 de junio de 2011

Bookaholic: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L.Frank Baum

"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" tells the story about a girl, Dorothy, who is carried away by a cyclone to the land of Oz. Among the characters she bumps into, there's the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow or the Tin Woodman. This gang heads for the land of Oz in order to get something in return ( Dorothy's wish is to go back home). On their way, they will have to face plenty of dangerous beings such as the Winged Monkeys or the Wicked witches.

Here's an excerpt from chapter 7 "The Journey to the Great Oz":

They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near. The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely. She and Toto ate the last of their bread, and now she did not know what they would do for breakfast.

'If you wish', said the Lion. 'I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you. You can roast it by the fire, since your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food, and then you will have a very good breakfast.'

'Don't! Please don't,' begged the Tin Woodman. 'I should certainly weep if you killed a poor deer, an then my jaws would rust again.'

But the Lion went away into the forest and found his own supper, and no one ever knew what it was, for he didn't mention it. And the Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time.

P.d. Watermelon, espero que lo entiendas :)

to bump into /bamp intu/ : encontrarse con
Scarecrow /ske:rcrou/: espantapájaros
Tin Woodman /tin wu:dmaen/ : literalmente El leñador de hojalata (hombre de hojalata
gang /gaen/: grupo
to head for /hed for/: dirigirse hacia
in return /in ritern/: a cambio
Wicked witches /wikid witchiz/: brujas malvadas
dew /diu:/: rocío de la mañana
to chop: talar, picar, cortar
axe /eiks/: hacha
deer /dier/: ciervo
to roast /roust/: asar
to beg: suplicar
jaws /djo:s/: mandíbulas
to rust /rast/: oxidarse
nuts: /nats/ castañas
supper /saper/: cena


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