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17. The Scarecrow Wins the Fight
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After Billina had entered the palace Dorothy and Evring sat down to await the success or failure of her mission, and the Nome King occupied his throne and smoked his long pipe for a while in a cheerful and contented1 mood.
Then the bell above the throne, which sounded whenever an enchantment2 was broken, began to ring, and the King gave a start of annoyance4 and exclaimed, "Rocketty-ricketts!"
When the bell rang a second time the King shouted angrily, "Smudge and blazes!" and at a third ring he screamed in a fury, "Hippikaloric!" which must be a dreadful word because we don't know what it means.
After that the bell went on ringing time after time; but the King was now so violently enraged5 that he could not utter a word, but hopped6 out of his throne and all around the room in a mad frenzy7, so that he reminded Dorothy of a jumping-jack.
The girl was, for her part, filled with joy at every peal8 of the bell, for it announced the fact that Billina had transformed one more ornament9 into a living person. Dorothy was also amazed at Billina's success, for she could not imagine how the yellow hen was able to guess correctly from all the bewildering number of articles clustered in the rooms of the palace. But after she had counted ten, and the bell continued to ring, she knew that not only the royal family of Ev, but Ozma and her followers10 also, were being restored to their natural forms, and she was so delighted that the antics of the angry King only made her laugh merrily.
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contented
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| n.迷惑,妖术,魅力 | |
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| vt.使陶醉,使入迷;使着魔,用妖术迷惑 | |
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annoyance
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enraged
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| 使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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| 跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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frenzy
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peal
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ornament
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| v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物 | |
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followers
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monarch
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frantic
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| n.魅力( enchantment的名词复数 );迷人之处;施魔法;着魔 | |
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dispelled
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shrill
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warriors
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| 武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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winding
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cavern
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snarled
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mule
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dominions
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