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at all. Ozma is more powerful than either of you, yet
she could not defeat the wicked Ugu, who has shut her
up in a dungeon. We must go to the Shoemaker in one
mighty band, for only in union is there strength."
"That is excellent advice," said the Lavender Bear,
approvingly.
"But what can we do, when we get to Ugu?" inquired
the Cookie Cook anxiously.
"Do not expect a prompt answer to that important
question," replied the Wizard, "for we must first plan
our line of conduct. Ugu knows, of course, that we are
after him, for he has seen our approach in the Magic
Picture, and he has read of all we have done up to the
present moment in the Great Book of Records. Therefore
we cannot expect to take him by surprise."
"Don't you suppose Ugu would listen to reason?" asked
Betsy. "If we explained to him how wicked he has been,
don't you think he'd let poor Ozma go?"
"And give me back my dishpan?" added the Cookie Cook
eagerly.
"Yes, yes; won't he say he's sorry and get on his
knees and beg our pardon?" cried Scraps, turning a
flip-flop to show her scorn of the Suggestion. "When
Ugu the Shoemaker does that, please knock at the front
door and let me know."
The Wizard sighed and rubbed his bald head with a
puzzled air.
"I'm quite sure Ugu will not be polite to us, said
he, "so we must conquer this cruel magician by force,
much as we dislike to be rude to anyone. But none of
you has yet suggested a way to do that. Couldn't the
Little Pink Bear tell us how?" he asked, turning to the
Bear King.
"No, for that is something that is going to happen,"
replied the Lavender Bear. "He can only tell us what
already has happened."
Again they were grave and thoughtful. But after a
time Betsy said in a hesitating voice:
"Hank is a great fighter; perhaps he could
conquer the magician."
The Mule turned his head to look reproachfully at his
old friend, the young girl.
"Who can fight against magic?" he asked.
"The Cowardly Lion could," said Dorothy.
The Lion, who was lying with his front legs spread
out, his chin on his paws, raised his shaggy head.
"I can fight when I'm not afraid," said he calmly;
"but the mere mention of a fight sets me to trembling."
"Ugu's magic couldn't hurt the Sawhorse," suggested
tiny Trot.
"And the Sawhorse couldn't hurt the Magician,"
declared that wooden animal.
"For my part," said Toto, "I am helpless, having lost
my growl."
"Then," said Cayke the Cookie Cook, "we must depend
upon the Frogman. His marvelouswisdom will surely
inform him how to conquer the wicked Magician and
restore to me my dishpan."
All eyes were now turned questioningly upon the
Frogman. Finding himself the center of observation, he
swung his gold-headed cane, adjusted his big spectacles
and after swelling out his chest, sighed and said in a
modest tone of voice:
"Respect for truth obliges me to confess that Cayke
is mistaken in regard to my superior wisdom. I am not
very wise. Neither have I had any practical experience
in conquering magicians. But let us consider this case.
What is Ugu, and what is a magician? Ugu is a renegade
shoemaker and a magician is an ordinary man who, having
learned how to do magical tricks, considers himself
above his fellows. In this case, the Shoemaker has been
naughty enough to steal a lot of magical tools and
things that did not belong to him, and it is more
wicked to steal than to be a magician. Yet, with all
the arts at his command, Ugu is still a man, and surely
there are ways in which a man may be conquered. How,
do you say, how? Allow me to state that I don't know.
In my judgment we cannot decide how best to act until
we get to Ugu's castle. So let us go to it and take a
look at it. After that we may discover an idea that
will guide us to victory."
"That may not be a wise speech, but it sounds good,"
said Dorothy approvingly. "Ugu the Shoemaker is not
only a common man, but he's a wicked man and a cruel
man and deserves to be conquered. We mustn't have any
mercy on him till Ozma is set free. So let's go to his
castle, as the Frogman says, and see what the place
looks like."
No one offered an objection to this plan and so it
was adopted. They broke camp and were about to start on
the journey to Ugu's castle when they discovered that
Button-Bright was lost again. The girls and the Wizard
shouted his name and the Lion roared and the Donkey
brayed and the Frogman croaked and the Big Lavender
Bear growled (to the envy of Toto, who couldn't growl
but barked his loudest) yet none of them could make
Button-Bright hear. So, after vainly searching for the
boy a full hour, they formed a procession and proceeded
in the direction of the wicker castle of Ugu the
Shoemaker.
"Button-Bright's always getting lost," said Dorothy.
"And, if he wasn't always getting found again, I'd
prob'ly worry. He may have gone ahead of us, and he may
have gone back; but, wherever he is, we'll find him
sometime and somewhere, I'm almost sure.
Chapter Nineteen
Ugu the Shoemaker
A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he
didn't suspect, in the least, that he was wicked. He
wanted to be powerful and great and he hoped to make
himself master of all the Land of Oz, that he might
compel everyone in that fairy country to obey him. His
ambition blinded him to the rights of others and he
imagined anyone else would act just as he did if anyone
else happened to be as clever as himself.
When he inhabited his little shoemaking shop in the
City of Herku he had been discontented, for a shoemaker
is not looked upon with high respect and Ugu knew that
his ancestors had been famous magicians for many
centuries past and therefore his family was above the
ordinary. Even his father practiced magic, when Ugu was
a boy; but his father had wandered away from Herku and
had never come back again. So, when Ugu grew up, he was
forced to make shoes for a living, knowing nothing of
the magic of his forefathers. But one day, in searching
through the attic of his house, he discovered all the
books of magical recipes and many magical instruments
which had formerly been in use in his family. From that
day he stopped making shoes and began to study magic.
Finally he aspired to become the greatest magician in
Oz, and for days and weeks and months he thought on a
plan to render all the other sorcerers and wizards, as
well as those with fairy powers, helpless to oppose
him.
From the books of his ancestors he learned the
following facts:
(1) That Ozma of Oz was the fairy ruler of the
Emerald City and the Land of Oz, and that she could not
be destroyed by any magic ever devised. Also, by means
of her Magic Picture she would be able to discover
anyone who approached her royal palace with the idea of
conquering it.
(2) That Glinda the Good was the most powerful
Sorceress in Oz, among her other magical possessions
being the Great Book of Records, which told her all
that happened anywhere in the world. This Book of
Records was very dangerous to Ugu's plans and Glinda
was in the service of Ozma and would use her arts of
sorcery to protect the girl Ruler.
(3) That the Wizard of Oz, who lived in Ozma's
palace, had been taught much powerful magic by Glinda
and had a bag of magic tools with which he might be
able to conquer the Shoemaker.
(4) That there existed in Oz-in the Yip Country -- a
jeweled dishpan made of gold, which dishpan possessed
marvelous powers of magic. At a magic word, which Ugu
learned from the book, the dishpan would grow large
enough for a man to sit inside it. Then, when he
grasped both the golden handles, the dishpan would
transport him in an instant to any place he wished to
go within the borders of the Land of Oz.
No one now living, except Ugu, knew of the powers of
this Magic Dishpan; so, after long study, the shoemaker
decided that if he could manage to secure the dishpan
he could, by its means, rob Ozma and Glinda and the
Wizard of Oz of all their magic, thus becoming himself
the most powerful person in all the land.
His first act was to go away from the City of Herku
and built for himself the Wicker Castle in the hills.
Here he carried his books and instruments of magic and
here for a full year he diligentlypracticed all the
magical arts learned from his ancestors. At the end of
that time he could do a good many wonderful things.
Then, when all his preparations were made, he set out
for the Yip Country and climbing the steep mountain at
night he entered the house of Cayke the Cookie Cook and
stole her diamond-studded gold dishpan while all the
Yips were asleep. Taking his prize outside, he set the
pan upon the ground and uttered the required magic
word. Instantly the dishpan grew as large as a big
washtub and Ugu seated himself in it and grasped the
two handles. Then he wished himself in the great
drawing-room of Glinda the Good.
He was there in a flash. First he took the Great Book
of Records and put it in the dishpan. Then he went to
Glinda's laboratory and took all her rare chemical
compounds and her instruments of sorcery, placing these
also in the dishpan, which he caused to grow large
enough to hold them. Next he seated himself amongst the
treasures he had stolen and wished himself in the room
in Ozma's palace which the Wizard occupied and where he
kept his bag of magic tools. This bag Ugu added to his
plunder and then wished himself in the apartments of
Ozma.
Here he first took the Magic Picture from the wall
and then seized all the other magical things which Ozma
possessed. Having placed these in the dishpan he was
about to climb in himself when he looked up and saw
Ozma standing beside him. Her fairy instinct had warned
her that danger was threatening her, so the beautiful
girl Ruler rose from her couch and leaving her
she could not defeat the wicked Ugu, who has shut her
up in a dungeon. We must go to the Shoemaker in one
mighty band, for only in union is there strength."
"That is excellent advice," said the Lavender Bear,
approvingly.
"But what can we do, when we get to Ugu?" inquired
the Cookie Cook anxiously.
"Do not expect a prompt answer to that important
question," replied the Wizard, "for we must first plan
our line of conduct. Ugu knows, of course, that we are
after him, for he has seen our approach in the Magic
Picture, and he has read of all we have done up to the
present moment in the Great Book of Records. Therefore
we cannot expect to take him by surprise."
"Don't you suppose Ugu would listen to reason?" asked
Betsy. "If we explained to him how wicked he has been,
don't you think he'd let poor Ozma go?"
"And give me back my dishpan?" added the Cookie Cook
eagerly.
"Yes, yes; won't he say he's sorry and get on his
knees and beg our pardon?" cried Scraps, turning a
flip-flop to show her scorn of the Suggestion. "When
Ugu the Shoemaker does that, please knock at the front
door and let me know."
The Wizard sighed and rubbed his bald head with a
puzzled air.
"I'm quite sure Ugu will not be polite to us, said
he, "so we must conquer this cruel magician by force,
much as we dislike to be rude to anyone. But none of
you has yet suggested a way to do that. Couldn't the
Little Pink Bear tell us how?" he asked, turning to the
Bear King.
"No, for that is something that is going to happen,"
replied the Lavender Bear. "He can only tell us what
already has happened."
Again they were grave and thoughtful. But after a
time Betsy said in a hesitating voice:
"Hank is a great fighter; perhaps he could
conquer the magician."
The Mule turned his head to look reproachfully at his
old friend, the young girl.
"Who can fight against magic?" he asked.
"The Cowardly Lion could," said Dorothy.
The Lion, who was lying with his front legs spread
out, his chin on his paws, raised his shaggy head.
"I can fight when I'm not afraid," said he calmly;
"but the mere mention of a fight sets me to trembling."
"Ugu's magic couldn't hurt the Sawhorse," suggested
tiny Trot.
"And the Sawhorse couldn't hurt the Magician,"
declared that wooden animal.
"For my part," said Toto, "I am helpless, having lost
my growl."
"Then," said Cayke the Cookie Cook, "we must depend
upon the Frogman. His marvelouswisdom will surely
inform him how to conquer the wicked Magician and
restore to me my dishpan."
All eyes were now turned questioningly upon the
Frogman. Finding himself the center of observation, he
swung his gold-headed cane, adjusted his big spectacles
and after swelling out his chest, sighed and said in a
modest tone of voice:
"Respect for truth obliges me to confess that Cayke
is mistaken in regard to my superior wisdom. I am not
very wise. Neither have I had any practical experience
in conquering magicians. But let us consider this case.
What is Ugu, and what is a magician? Ugu is a renegade
shoemaker and a magician is an ordinary man who, having
learned how to do magical tricks, considers himself
above his fellows. In this case, the Shoemaker has been
naughty enough to steal a lot of magical tools and
things that did not belong to him, and it is more
wicked to steal than to be a magician. Yet, with all
the arts at his command, Ugu is still a man, and surely
there are ways in which a man may be conquered. How,
do you say, how? Allow me to state that I don't know.
In my judgment we cannot decide how best to act until
we get to Ugu's castle. So let us go to it and take a
look at it. After that we may discover an idea that
will guide us to victory."
"That may not be a wise speech, but it sounds good,"
said Dorothy approvingly. "Ugu the Shoemaker is not
only a common man, but he's a wicked man and a cruel
man and deserves to be conquered. We mustn't have any
mercy on him till Ozma is set free. So let's go to his
castle, as the Frogman says, and see what the place
looks like."
No one offered an objection to this plan and so it
was adopted. They broke camp and were about to start on
the journey to Ugu's castle when they discovered that
Button-Bright was lost again. The girls and the Wizard
shouted his name and the Lion roared and the Donkey
brayed and the Frogman croaked and the Big Lavender
Bear growled (to the envy of Toto, who couldn't growl
but barked his loudest) yet none of them could make
Button-Bright hear. So, after vainly searching for the
boy a full hour, they formed a procession and proceeded
in the direction of the wicker castle of Ugu the
Shoemaker.
"Button-Bright's always getting lost," said Dorothy.
"And, if he wasn't always getting found again, I'd
prob'ly worry. He may have gone ahead of us, and he may
have gone back; but, wherever he is, we'll find him
sometime and somewhere, I'm almost sure.
Chapter Nineteen
Ugu the Shoemaker
A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he
didn't suspect, in the least, that he was wicked. He
wanted to be powerful and great and he hoped to make
himself master of all the Land of Oz, that he might
compel everyone in that fairy country to obey him. His
ambition blinded him to the rights of others and he
imagined anyone else would act just as he did if anyone
else happened to be as clever as himself.
When he inhabited his little shoemaking shop in the
City of Herku he had been discontented, for a shoemaker
is not looked upon with high respect and Ugu knew that
his ancestors had been famous magicians for many
centuries past and therefore his family was above the
ordinary. Even his father practiced magic, when Ugu was
a boy; but his father had wandered away from Herku and
had never come back again. So, when Ugu grew up, he was
forced to make shoes for a living, knowing nothing of
the magic of his forefathers. But one day, in searching
through the attic of his house, he discovered all the
books of magical recipes and many magical instruments
which had formerly been in use in his family. From that
day he stopped making shoes and began to study magic.
Finally he aspired to become the greatest magician in
Oz, and for days and weeks and months he thought on a
plan to render all the other sorcerers and wizards, as
well as those with fairy powers, helpless to oppose
him.
From the books of his ancestors he learned the
following facts:
(1) That Ozma of Oz was the fairy ruler of the
Emerald City and the Land of Oz, and that she could not
be destroyed by any magic ever devised. Also, by means
of her Magic Picture she would be able to discover
anyone who approached her royal palace with the idea of
conquering it.
(2) That Glinda the Good was the most powerful
Sorceress in Oz, among her other magical possessions
being the Great Book of Records, which told her all
that happened anywhere in the world. This Book of
Records was very dangerous to Ugu's plans and Glinda
was in the service of Ozma and would use her arts of
sorcery to protect the girl Ruler.
(3) That the Wizard of Oz, who lived in Ozma's
palace, had been taught much powerful magic by Glinda
and had a bag of magic tools with which he might be
able to conquer the Shoemaker.
(4) That there existed in Oz-in the Yip Country -- a
jeweled dishpan made of gold, which dishpan possessed
marvelous powers of magic. At a magic word, which Ugu
learned from the book, the dishpan would grow large
enough for a man to sit inside it. Then, when he
grasped both the golden handles, the dishpan would
transport him in an instant to any place he wished to
go within the borders of the Land of Oz.
No one now living, except Ugu, knew of the powers of
this Magic Dishpan; so, after long study, the shoemaker
decided that if he could manage to secure the dishpan
he could, by its means, rob Ozma and Glinda and the
Wizard of Oz of all their magic, thus becoming himself
the most powerful person in all the land.
His first act was to go away from the City of Herku
and built for himself the Wicker Castle in the hills.
Here he carried his books and instruments of magic and
here for a full year he diligentlypracticed all the
magical arts learned from his ancestors. At the end of
that time he could do a good many wonderful things.
Then, when all his preparations were made, he set out
for the Yip Country and climbing the steep mountain at
night he entered the house of Cayke the Cookie Cook and
stole her diamond-studded gold dishpan while all the
Yips were asleep. Taking his prize outside, he set the
pan upon the ground and uttered the required magic
word. Instantly the dishpan grew as large as a big
washtub and Ugu seated himself in it and grasped the
two handles. Then he wished himself in the great
drawing-room of Glinda the Good.
He was there in a flash. First he took the Great Book
of Records and put it in the dishpan. Then he went to
Glinda's laboratory and took all her rare chemical
compounds and her instruments of sorcery, placing these
also in the dishpan, which he caused to grow large
enough to hold them. Next he seated himself amongst the
treasures he had stolen and wished himself in the room
in Ozma's palace which the Wizard occupied and where he
kept his bag of magic tools. This bag Ugu added to his
plunder and then wished himself in the apartments of
Ozma.
Here he first took the Magic Picture from the wall
and then seized all the other magical things which Ozma
possessed. Having placed these in the dishpan he was
about to climb in himself when he looked up and saw
Ozma standing beside him. Her fairy instinct had warned
her that danger was threatening her, so the beautiful
girl Ruler rose from her couch and leaving her
- wicked [´wikid]
a.邪恶的；不道德的 (初中英语单词) - suggestion [sə´dʒestʃən] n.建议，提议；暗示 (初中英语单词)
- polite [pə´lait] a.有礼貌的；温和的 (初中英语单词)
- conquer [´kɔŋkə] v.征服；克服；抑制 (初中英语单词)
- dislike [dis´laik] vt.&n.不喜爱，厌恶 (初中英语单词)
- wooden [´wudn] a.木制的；呆板的 (初中英语单词)
- helpless [´helpləs] a.无助的，无依靠的 (初中英语单词)
- marvelous [´mɑ:viləs] (=marvellous) a.奇异的 (初中英语单词)
- wisdom [´wizdəm] n.智慧，聪明，才智 (初中英语单词)
- observation [,ɔbzə´veiʃən] n.观测；注意；意义 (初中英语单词)
- confess [kən´fes] vt.供认；坦白；承认 (初中英语单词)
- objection [əb´dʒekʃən] n.反对；异议；缺点 (初中英语单词)
- procession [prə´seʃən] n.队伍 v.列队行进 (初中英语单词)
- wherever [weər´evə] conj.无论在哪里 (初中英语单词)
- suspect [´sʌspekt, sə´spekt] v.怀疑；觉得 n.嫌疑犯 (初中英语单词)
- everyone [´evriwʌn] pron.=everybody 每人 (初中英语单词)
- therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)
- knowing [´nəuiŋ] a.会意的，心照不宣的 (初中英语单词)
- formerly [´fɔ:məli] ad.从前，以前 (初中英语单词)
- anywhere [´eniweə] ad.无论何处；任何地方 (初中英语单词)
- instant [´instənt] a.立即的 n.紧迫；瞬间 (初中英语单词)
- diligently [´dilidʒəntli] ad.勤奋地 (初中英语单词)
- instantly [´instəntli] ad.立即，立刻 (初中英语单词)
- stolen [´stəulən] steal 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)
- standing [´stændiŋ] n.持续 a.直立的 (初中英语单词)
- instinct [´instiŋkt] n.本能；直觉；天资 (初中英语单词)
- dungeon [´dʌndʒən] n.地牢，土牢 (高中英语单词)
- shoemaker [´ʃu:,meikə] n.鞋匠 (高中英语单词)
- lavender [´lævində] n.熏衣草；淡紫色 (高中英语单词)
- prompt [prɔmpt] a.敏捷的 vt.促使 (高中英语单词)
- magician [mə´dʒiʃən] n.魔法师；妖道；术士 (高中英语单词)
- thoughtful [´θɔ:tfəl] a.深思的；体贴的 (高中英语单词)
- fighter [´faitə] n.战士；战斗机 (高中英语单词)
- finding [´faindiŋ] n.发现物；判断；结果 (高中英语单词)
- mistaken [mis´teikən] mistake的过去分词 (高中英语单词)
- vainly [´veinli] ad.虚荣地；自负地 (高中英语单词)
- learned [´lə:nid] a.有学问的，博学的 (高中英语单词)
- laboratory [lə´bɔrətəri] n.实验室；研究室(所) (高中英语单词)
- amongst [ə´mʌŋst] prep.其中之一 =among (高中英语单词)
- cookie [´kuki] n.家常小甜饼 (英语四级单词)
- wizard [´wizəd] n.术士；男巫 (英语四级单词)
- cowardly [´kauədli] a.&ad.胆小的(地) (英语四级单词)
- shaggy [´ʃægi] a.蓬乱的；多粗毛的 (英语四级单词)
- magical [´mædʒikəl] a.有魔术的，神奇的 (英语六级单词)
- discontented [,diskən´tentid] a.不平的；不满的 (英语六级单词)
- practiced [´præktist] a.经验丰富的；熟练的 (英语六级单词)
- taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)
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