The King of Oogaboo used to be a man named Jol Jemkiph Soforth, who for many years did
奥尕竹以前的国王是一个叫作蛟奕的男人，很多年以前，他召集了所有的苦工去告知他的子民什么时候
all the drudgery of deciding disputes and telling his people when to plant cabbages and pickle
应该种包菜和什么时候腌制洋葱，
onions. But the King's wife had a sharp tongue and small respect for the King, her husband;
但是国王的妻子亦是能言善辩，并且对她的丈夫，国家的国王，不怎么感冒。
therefore one night King Jol crept over the pass into the Land of Oz and disappeared from
因此一个晚上，蛟奕爬着进入了奥兹大陆，并且能言善辩的他也再没出现在奥尕竹
Oogaboo for good and all. The Queen waited a few years for him to return and then started
女王等他返回等了几年，然后开始去寻找他，留下了她的大女儿，安娜去继任女王
in search of him, leaving her eldest daughter, Ann Soforth, to act as Queen
Now, Ann had not forgotten when her birthday came, for that meant a party and
现在，安娜都还没忘记当她生日的时候，那时舞会上的盛宴与舞蹈。但是她确实
feasting and dancing, but she had quite forgotten how many years the birthdays marked. In
忘记了那个生日是什么时候举办的了。 |
