Волшебник страны Оз
How the Balloon Was Launched
ButtheMonkeyKingshookhishead.
"Thatcannotbedone,"hesaid. "Webelongtothiscountryalone,andcannotleaveit. TherehasneverbeenaWingedMonkeyinKansasyet,andIsupposethereneverwillbe,fortheydon’tbelongthere. Weshallbegladtoserveyouinanywayinourpower,butwecannotcrossthedesert.Good-bye."
Andwithanotherbow,theMonkeyKingspreadhiswingsandflewawaythroughthewindow,followedbyallhisband.
Dorothywasreadytocrywithdisappointment. "IhavewastedthecharmoftheGoldenCaptonopurpose,"shesaid,"fortheWingedMonkeyscannothelpme."
"Itiscertainlytoobad!"saidthetender-heartedWoodman.
TheScarecrowwasthinkingagain,andhisheadbulgedoutsohorriblythatDorothyfeareditwouldburst.
"Letuscallinthesoldierwiththegreenwhiskers,"hesaid,"andaskhisadvice."
SothesoldierwassummonedandenteredtheThroneRoomtimidly,forwhileOzwasaliveheneverwasallowedtocomefartherthanthedoor.
"Thislittlegirl,"saidtheScarecrowtothesoldier,"wishestocrossthedesert.Howcanshedoso?"
"Icannottell,"answeredthesoldier,"fornobodyhasevercrossedthedesert,unlessitisOzhimself."
