Dorothy blew the little whistle
(Дороти дунула в маленький свисток;"We have lost our way
(мы потеряли нашу дорогу = мы заблудились)," said Dorothy. "Can you tell us where the Emerald City is (можешь ли ты сказать нам, где находится Изумрудный Город)?"blew [bluː], neck [nek], tiny [ˈtaɪnɪ], squeaky [ˈskwiːkɪ]
"To be sure they could," cried the Scarecrow. "Why didn’t we think of that before?" Dorothy blew the little whistle she had always carried about her neck since the Queen of the Mice had given it to her. In a few minutes they heard the pattering of tiny feet, and many of the small gray mice came running up to her. Among them was the Queen herself, who asked, in her squeaky little voice: "What can I do for my friends?"
"We have lost our way," said Dorothy. "Can you tell us where the Emerald City is?"
"Certainly
(конечно)," answered the Queen; "but it is a great way off (но он очень далеко), for you have had it at your backs all this time (так как он оставался у вас за спиной все это время)." Then she noticed Dorothy’s Golden Cap, and said (затем она заметила Золотую Шапку Дороти и сказала), "Why don’t you use the charm of the Cap (почему ты не воспользуешься магическим заклинанием Шапки), and call the Winged Monkeys to you (и не призовешь к себе Крылатых Обезьян)? They will carry you to the City of Oz in less than an hour (они донесут вас до Города Оза менее чем за час).""I didn’t know there was a charm
(а я и не знала, что есть это заклинание)," answered Dorothy, in surprise (удивленно ответила Дороти). "What is it (что это /за заклинание/)?""It is written inside the Golden Cap
(оно написано внутри Золотой Шапки)," replied the Queen of the Mice (ответила Королева Мышей). "But if you are going to call the Winged Monkeys we must run away (но, если ты собираешься вызвать Крылатых Обезьян, мы должны убежать), for they are full of mischief (ведь они полны /злого/ озорства;use [juːz], charm [ʧɑːm], cap [kæp], carry [ˈkærɪ], written [rɪtn], mischief [ˈmɪsʧɪf], plague [pleɪɡ]
"Certainly," answered the Queen; "but it is a great way off, for you have had it at your backs all this time." Then she noticed Dorothy’s Golden Cap, and said, "Why don’t you use the charm of the Cap, and call the Winged Monkeys to you? They will carry you to the City of Oz in less than an hour."
"I didn’t know there was a charm," answered Dorothy, in surprise. "What is it?"