◎還原“暗黑童話”、奇幻美劇《翡翠城》，重讀百年經典童話，把愛和勇氣帶給2018。

◎本版為綠色純享版，無添加，無刪節，僅附作者原序，給你原汁原味的閱讀體驗。

◎以1900年初版為底本，修正小部分原文單詞、語句及標點，語法更規範。

◎本書生詞量不大，語法不復雜，情節簡單有趣，閱讀障礙較少，非骨灰級英文原著愛好者也能讀。

《綠野仙蹤》（The Wonderful Wizard of Oz），也稱《奧茲國的魔法師》《奧茲國的奇特男巫》。

書中講述了堪薩斯小女孩兒多蘿茜及小狗托托被一陣龍卷風吹到了一個神奇的國度奧茲國，為回到家鄉而展開的一場關於友情、勇氣與夢想的奇幻歷險故事。一路上，多蘿茜遇到了渴望擁有聰明大腦的稻草人、想擁有善良之心的鐵皮人，還有希望獲得無上勇氣的膽小獅子，並成了好朋友。他們患難與共，歷盡艱辛，每個人都實現了願望。

萊曼·弗蘭克·鮑姆（Lyman Frank Baum，1856—1919），美國具有開創意義的童話作家，曾自封“奧茲國皇家歷史學家”。

1899年，開始兒童文學創作。一生共創作55部小說、83個短篇故事，以及200餘首詩歌。其中總共14部的“綠野仙蹤”繫列（又名《奧茲國經典童話》）極為成功，《奧茲國的魔法師》更是高居美國暢銷童書榜首。他也因此被稱為“奧茲的作家”，被譽為“美國童話之父”。

Chapter 2  The Council with the Munchkins（節選）

She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room. She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.

The little girl gave a cry of amazement and looked about her, her eyes growing bigger and bigger at the wonderful sights she saw.

The cyclone had set the house down very gently—for a cyclone—in the midst of a country of marvelous beauty. There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits. Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.

While she stood looking eagerly at the strange and beautiful sights, she noticed coming toward her a group of the queerest people she had ever seen. They were not as big as the grown folk she had always been used to; but neither were they very small. In fact, they seemed about as tall as Dorothy, who was a well-grown child for her age, although they were, so far as looks go, many years older.

Three were men and one a woman, and all were oddly dressed. They wore round hats that rose to a small point a foot above their heads, with little bells around the brims that tinkled sweetly as they moved. The hats of the men were blue; the little woman’s hat was white, and she wore a white gown that hung in pleats from her shoulders. Over it were sprinkled little stars that glistened in the sun like diamonds. The men were dressed in blue, of the same shade as their hats, and wore well-polished boots with a deep roll of blue at the tops. The men, Dorothy thought, were about as old as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards. But the little woman was doubtless much older. Her face was covered with wrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and she walked rather stiffly.