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by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · 1856–1919
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum is a children's novel written in 1900. When a cyclone sweeps young Dorothy and her dog Toto from Kansas to the magical Land of Oz, she discovers only one way home: she must destroy the Wicked Witch of the West. Joined by a Scarecrow seeking brains, a Tin Woodman wanting a heart, and a Cowardly Lion desiring courage, Dorothy follows the yellow brick road to seek help from the mysterious Wizard of Oz.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 179 min
- Words
- 39,272
- Chapters
- 24
- Paragraphs
- 1,128
- Price
- Free
- Courage -- Juvenile fiction
- Cowardly Lion (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Cyclones -- Juvenile fiction
- Dreams -- Juvenile fiction
- Fantasy literature
- Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction
- Home -- Juvenile fiction
“Why, I guess so,” Dorothy answered.
«Pues, supongo que sí», respondió Dorothy.
“It would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains.”
«Sería tan fácil como darle ideas al Espantapájaros».
“True,” the Tin Woodman returned.
«Es cierto», replicó el Hombre de Hojalata.
“So, if you will allow me to join your party, I will also go to the Emerald City and ask Oz to help me.”
«Así que, si me permitís uniros a vuestra compañía, también iré a la Ciudad Esmeralda y le pediré a Oz que me ayude».
“Come along,” said the Scarecrow heartily, and Dorothy added that she would be pleased to have his company.
«Vamos», dijo el Espantapájaros con entusiasmo, y Dorothy añadió que estaría encantada de contar con su compañía.
So the Tin Woodman shouldered his axe and they all passed through the forest until they came to the road that was paved with yellow brick.
Así que el Hombre de Hojalata se colgó el hacha al hombro y todos atravesaron el bosque hasta llegar al camino pavimentado con ladrillos amarillos.
The Tin Woodman had asked Dorothy to put the oil-can in her basket.
El Hombre de Hojalata había pedido a Dorothy que guardara la lata de aceite en su cesta.
“For,” he said, “if I should get caught in the rain, and rust again, I would need the oil-can badly.”
«Porque», dijo, «si me pillara la lluvia y me oxidara de nuevo, necesitaría la lata de aceite urgentemente».
It was a bit of good luck to have their new comrade join the party,
Fue una buena fortuna que se uniera nuestro nuevo compañero a la partida,
for soon after they had begun their journey again they came to a place where the trees and branches grew so thick over the road that the travelers could not pass.
pues poco después de haber reanudado el viaje llegaron a un lugar donde los árboles y las ramas crecían tan densamente sobre el camino que los viajeros no podían pasar.
But the Tin Woodman set to work with his axe and chopped so well that soon he cleared a passage for the entire party.
Pero el Hombre de Hojalata se puso a trabajar con su hacha y cortó tan bien que pronto despejó un paso para toda la comitiva.
Dorothy was thinking so earnestly as they walked along that she did not notice when the Scarecrow stumbled into a hole and rolled over to the side of the road.
Dorothy estaba tan absorta en sus pensamientos mientras caminaban que no se dio cuenta de cuando el Espantapájaros tropezó con un hoyo y rodó hasta el borde del camino.
Indeed he was obliged to call to her to help him up again.
De hecho, tuvo que llamarla para que le ayudara a levantarse.
About the author
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum1856–1919
L. Frank Baum, born Lyman Frank Baum in 1856, was an American author who lived until 1919.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- Spanish, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #55
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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